---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-22-082952"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RES"
cik: "0000742278"
company_name: "RPC INC"
filed_at: "2022-07-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T08:23:49.521200+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# RPC reinstates quarterly cash dividend of $0.02 per share; first since 2019

## Summary
- Board declared $0.02 per share quarterly dividend, payable Sept 9, 2022; record date Aug 10, 2022.
- First dividend payment since 2019, per CEO Ben M. Palmer.
- Reinstatement reflects confidence in improving U.S. oilfield services industry and RPC's financial performance.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-22-082952
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RES
- cik: 0000742278
- company_name: RPC INC
- filed_at: 2022-07-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: dividend
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/742278/000110465922082952/0001104659-22-082952-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/742278/000110465922082952/tm2221849d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-082952.txt

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