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 12,
2005
Kirby
Corporation
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Nevada
|
1-7615
|
74-1884980
|
(State
or other jurisdiction of incorporation
or organization)
|
(Commission
File Number)
|
(I.R.S.
Employer Identification
No.)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
55
Waugh Drive, Suite 1000
|
|
77007
|
Houston,
Texas
|
|
(Zip
Code)
|
(Address
of principal executive offices)
|
|
|
Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code:
|
(713)
435-1000
|
Check
the
appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
provisions:
¨
Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
230.425)
¨
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14a-12)
¨
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange
Act
(17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
¨
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange
Act
(17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item
2.02.
|
Results
of Operations and Financial
Condition
|
On
October
12, 2005, Kirby Corporation (“Kirby”) issued a press release announcing it
expects its 2005 third quarter earnings to be $.65 to $.67 per share, after
the
impact of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. A copy of the press release is attached
as Exhibit 99.1 to this report.
Item
9.01.
|
Financial
Statements and Exhibits
|
|
99.1
|
Press
release dated October 12, 2005
|
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 thereunto
duly authorized.
|
KIRBY
CORPORATION
|
|
|
(Registrant)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
By:
|
/s/
Norman W. Nolen
|
|
|
|
Norman
W. Nolen
|
|
|
|
Executive
Vice President, Treasurer
|
|
|
|
and
Chief Financial Officer
|
|
Dated:
October 13, 2005
EXHIBIT
INDEX
|
Press
release dated October 12, 2005
|