Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. On February 9, 2009, Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V. (the "Company") announced that Lasse Petterson, 52, joined the company as Chief Operating Officer. Previously, Mr. Petterson was Chief Executive Officer of Gearbulk (UK) Limited, the world's largest operator of gantry craned vessels, and served from 2002 to 2006 as President and Chief Operating Officer of AMEC Inc. USA, a project management engineering and construction company. From 1980 to 2002, he worked in various international executive and operations assignments for Aker Kvaerner, serving as President of both the Oil & Gas division and the Maritime division.

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