Kirby Corp 8-K 06-14-2006
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): June 14, 2006


Kirby Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Nevada
  
1-7615
  
74-1884980
(State or other jurisdiction of
  
(Commission File Number)
  
(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)
      
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:

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o    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
 

 
 
 

Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

On June 14, 2006, Joseph H. Pyne, Kirby Corporation’s President and Chief Executive Officer will present at the Merrill Lynch Global Transportation Conference in New York City. The presentation will be at 1:15 p.m. eastern time. A live audio webcast of the presentation will be available to the public and replays will be available afterward. The webcast can be accessed by visiting Kirby’s Web site at http://www.kirbycorp.com/.
 
A copy of the slide presentation that will be used by Kirby, substantially in the form intended to be used, is included as Exhibit 99.1 to this report and is also posted on Kirby’s Web site at http://www.kirbycorp.com/ on the opening page.
 
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
(c)
Exhibits
 
 
99.1
Kirby Corporation slide presentation dated June 2006
 
 
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/ G. Stephen Holcomb
   
G. Stephen Holcomb
   
Vice President, Investor Relations

Dated: June 14, 2006

 
 
 

EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit 99.1
Kirby Corporation slide presentation dated June 2006