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): August 8, 2008
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
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1-9260
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73-1283193
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(State
or other jurisdiction
of
incorporation)
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(Commission
File Number)
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(I.R.S.
Employer
Identification
No.)
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7130
South Lewis, Suite 1000, Tulsa, Oklahoma
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74136
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code: (918) 493-7700
Not
Applicable
(Former
name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the
appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
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provisions:
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Section
5 – Corporate Governance and Management.
Item 5.02 Departure of
Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain
Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On August
8, 2008, Mr. Stanley Belitz, Unit Corporation’s Controller and principal
accounting officer, announced that he plans to resign from his employment with
the Company effective September 1, 2008.
The
Company’s Board of Directors has elected Mr. Don Hayes, the Company’s Assistant
Controller, to succeed Mr. Belitz as the Company’s Controller and principal
accounting officer effective September 1, 2008.
Mr.
Hayes, age 49, joined the Company in October 1984 and served as a staff
accountant in Taxation and Drilling Accounting until May 1989 when he was
promoted to Financial Reporting Supervisor. In September 2003 he was
promoted to Assistant Controller. He began his career as a staff
accountant with Jim Elliot, CPA from August 1982 until joining the Company and
has a Masters Degree in Accounting from Oklahoma State University and is a
Certified Public Accountant.
Section
9 - Financial Statements and Exhibits.
Item
9.01 Financial
Statements and Exhibits.
(a) Financial Statements of
Businesses Acquired.
Not
Applicable.
(b) Pro Forma Financial
Information.
Not
Applicable.
(c) Shell Company
Transactions.
Not
Applicable.
(d) Exhibits.
Not
Applicable.
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SIGNATURES
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.
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Unit
Corporation
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Date: August
13, 2008
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By: /s/ Mark E.
Schell
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Mark
E. Schell
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Senior
Vice President
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and General
Counsel
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