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 18, 2014

ORION MARINE GROUP, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 	 	 	
Delaware	1-33891	26-0097459	
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification Number)	

12000 Aerospace Suite 300
Houston, Texas 77034
(Address of principal executive offices)

(713) 852-6500
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 	Other Events	
Item5.02Departure of Directors of Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
SIGNATURESEXHIBIT INDEX
    
EX 99.1 (Press Release)

Item 8.01    Other Events

On August 18, 2014, Orion Marine Group, Inc. (the "Company") issued a press release announcing the appointment of James L. Rose to the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. A copy of the press release is attached to this Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 5.02Departure of Directors of Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On August 14, 2014, the Board elected James L. Rose, age 49, as the Company's Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. With over 27 years of experience, Mr. Rose will oversee the daily field operations of the Company. Mr. Rose has been an integral part of Orion Marine Group since 2005 and has most recently served as Executive Vice President - Operations since 2011. Prior to joining Orion Marine Group, Mr. Rose served as both a Project Manager and Project Engineer for Granite Construction (NYSE: GVA).

Contemporaneous with his promotion, Mr. Rose’s annual base salary was set at $400,000. Mr. Rose remains eligible for any other bonus and compensatory plans and perquisites as determined by the Compensation Committee of the Board in its discretion and has a car allowance of $1,050 per month. Mr. Rose previously entered into an employment agreement which was not changed by this promotion. Mr. Rose’s agreement was exhibit 10.16 of the Company’s 2013 Form 10-K filed March 6, 2014.

 

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.

 	
 	 	 	
 	Orion Marine Group, Inc.	
Dated: August 19, 2014	By:	/s/ Christopher J. DeAlmeida	
 	 	Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	

Exhibit Index

 	
 	 	 	
Exhibit No.	 	Description	
99.1	 	Press Release issued August 18, 2014	

Orion Marine Group Appoints James L. Rose as Chief Operating Officer    
HOUSTON, August 18, 2014 -- Orion Marine Group, Inc. (NYSE: ORN) (the "Company"), a leading heavy civil marine contractor serving the infrastructure sector, today announced the appointment of James L. Rose to the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer.
With over 27 years of experience, Mr. Rose will now oversee the daily field operations of the Company. Mr. Rose has been an integral part of Orion Marine Group since 2005 and has most recently served as Executive Vice President - Operations since 2011. Prior to joining Orion Marine Group, Mr. Rose served as both a Project Manager and Project Engineer for Granite Construction (NYSE: GVA).
About Orion Marine Group
Orion Marine Group, Inc. provides a broad range of heavy civil marine construction and specialty services on, over and under the water along the Gulf Coast, the Atlantic Seaboard, the West Coast, and in Alaska, Canada and the Caribbean Basin, and acts as a single source turn-key solution for its customers' marine contracting needs. Its heavy civil marine construction services include marine transportation facility construction, marine pipeline construction, marine environmental structures, dredging of waterways, channels and ports, environmental dredging, and specialty services. The Company is headquartered in Houston, Texas and has a near 100-year legacy of successful operations.

Forward-Looking Statements

The matters discussed in this press release may constitute or include projections or other forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, the provisions of which the Company is availing itself. Certain forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology, such as ‘believes’, ‘expects’, ‘may’, ‘will’, ‘could’, ‘should’, ‘seeks’, ‘approximately’, ‘intends’, ‘plans’, ‘estimates’, or ‘anticipates’, or the negative thereof or other comparable terminology, or by discussions of strategy, plans, objectives, intentions, estimates, forecasts, assumptions, or goals. In particular, statements regarding future operations or results, including those set forth in this press release, and any other statement, express or implied, concerning future operating results or the future generation of or ability to generate revenues, income, net income, profit, EBITDA, EBITDA margin, or cash flow, including to service debt, and including any estimates, forecasts or assumptions regarding future revenues or revenue growth, are forward-looking statements. Forward looking statements also include estimated project start dates, expected project duration, estimated project completion dates, anticipated revenues, and contract options which may or may not be awarded in the future, including the statements set forth above in this press release. Forward looking statements involve risks, including those associated with the Company’s fixed price contracts, unforeseen productivity delays that may alter the final profitability of the contract, cancellation of the contract by the customer for unforeseen reasons, delays or decreases in funding by the customer, and any potential contract options which may or may not be awarded in the future, which awards are in the sole discretion of the customer. Past performance is not necessarily an indicator of future results. In light of these and other uncertainties, the inclusion of forward-looking statements in this press release should not be regarded as a representation by the Company that the Company’s plans, estimates, forecasts, goals, intentions, or objectives will be achieved or realized. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. The Company assumes no obligation to update information contained in this press release whether as a result of new developments or otherwise.

Please refer to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed on March 27, 2014, which is available on its website at  www.orionmarinegroup.com  or at the SEC’s website at  www.sec.gov , for additional and more detailed discussion of risk factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from our current expectations, estimates or forecasts.

SOURCE: Orion Marine Group, Inc.
Orion Marine Group, Inc.
Drew Swerdlow, Investor Relations Manager
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