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

(e) Amendments to Executive Employment Agreement

Superior Energy Services, Inc. (the "Company") entered into an amendment dated December 29, 2008, to the Amended and Restated Employment Agreement with Terence E. Hall, its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.
Mr. Hall's employment agreement was amended to replace the provision providing for the automatic extension of the employment term for an additional year on July 15 of each year (to a three-year term) to simply provide that at all times he will have a three year employment term. In addition, the Company and Mr. Hall will each have the option during December of each year, commencing in 2010, to discontinue this arrangement and fix Mr. Hall's employment term at three years.
The employment agreement was further amended to comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
A copy of the amendment is included as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, incorporated by reference herein, and the description of the amendment is qualified in its entirety by the full text of such Exhibit. Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.

10.1 Amendment No. 2 to Amended and Restated Employment Agreement dated as of December 29, 2008, between the Company and Terence E. Hall.

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