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): February 17, 2011

 

 

Vantage Drilling Company

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Cayman Islands   1-34094   N/A

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

777 Post Oak Boulevard, Suite 800

Houston, TX

  77056
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

(281) 404-4700

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

(Not Applicable)

(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

Koichiro Esaka previously informed the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Vantage Drilling Company (the “Company”) that effective upon the appointment of Duke R. Ligon to the Board, he would resign from the Board and from the Audit Committee and Compensation Committee of the Board.

On February 17, 2011, the Board appointed Duke R. Ligon to the Board. Both Messrs. Esaka and Ligon were nominated to the Board by F3 Capital. Hsin-Chi Su, one of our directors, owns and controls F3 Capital. Mr. Ligon will serve on the Audit Committee and the Compensation Committee of the Board.

Mr. Ligon is a lawyer and owns and manages Mekusukey Oil Company, LLC. From January 2007 to March 2010, Mr. Ligon worked as a Legal Strategic Advisor to Love’s Travel Shops & Country Stores, Inc. From February 1997 to January 2007, Mr. Ligon served as General Counsel and Senior Vice President of Devon Energy Corporation in addition to serving as a member of Devon’s Executive Management Committee. Prior to that, Mr. Ligon was a partner in the New York office of the law firm Mayer, Brown & Platt from 1995 to February 1997. From 1985 to 1995, Mr. Ligon worked as a Senior Vice President and Managing Director and the Head of Energy Merchant Banking for Bankers Trust Company in New York. Prior to that, Mr. Ligon worked for Corcoran, Hardesty, Whyte, Hemphill & Ligon P.C. as a partner in the law firm’s Washington D.C. office from 1982 through 1985. From 1975 to 1982, Mr. Ligon worked as a partner at Bracewell & Patterson and was a member of the firm’s Management Committee. Prior to that, Mr. Ligon worked as an Assistant Administrator in the Federal Energy Administration (the predecessor to the U.S. Department of Energy) from 1973 through 1975. In 1973, Mr. Ligon worked as a Director at the U.S. Department of the Interior and headed the Department’s Office of Oil and Gas. Prior to that, Mr. Ligon worked as the oil and gas advisor to U.S. Treasury Secretary, John B. Connally in 1972. Before serving Secretary Connally, Mr. Ligon worked as an Assistant to the President of Continental Oil Company (Conoco) from 1971 through 1972. Before going to work for Continental Oil Company, Mr. Ligon served as a Captain in the United States Army from 1969 through 1971 and was awarded a Bronze Star for his service in the Republic of Vietnam. Mr. Ligon currently serves on the Boards of Directors of SteelPath MLP Funds Trust, SteelPath Energy Infrastructure Investment Company and Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc., Blueknight Energy Partners, LLP and PostRock Energy. Mr. Ligon received a B.A. from Westminster College in 1963 and a J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law in 1969.

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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.

Date: February 22, 2011

 

VANTAGE DRILLING COMPANY

/s/ Chris Celano

Chris Celano
General Counsel