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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) October 29, 2010
NABORS INDUSTRIES LTD.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
         
Bermuda
(State or Other
Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or
Organization) 		  001-32657
(Commission File Number) 		  98-0363970
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
     
Mintflower Place
8 Par-La-Ville Road
Hamilton, HM08		    
Bermuda   N/A
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)
(441) 292-1510
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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Item 5.02.   Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
     On October 29, 2010, the Company issued a press release announcing that its Board of Directors voted to expand the board to eight members from the current seven and subsequently appointed John Yearwood to fill the newly created vacancy. Mr. Yearwood joins the board as a Class III Director which has a term through the Company’s 2012 annual general meeting of shareholders. A copy of the Company’s press release announcing Mr. Yearwood’s appointment is attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01.   Financial Statements and Exhibits
         
  99.1    
Press release issued by the Company on October 29, 2010.

 

 

SIGNATURE
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
         
  Nabors Industries Ltd.
 		  
Date: October 29, 2010  By:   /s/ Mark Andrews    
    Mark Andrews   
    Corporate Secretary   
 

 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX
         
Exhibit No.   Description
  99.1    
Press Release issued by Nabors Industries Ltd. on October 29, 2010.