SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
AMENDMENT NO. 7
TO
SCHEDULE 13D
(RULE 13D-101)
INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13D-1(A)
AND AMENDMENTS THERETO FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13D-2(A)
BOOTS & COOTS INTERNATIONAL WELL CONTROL, INC.
(NAME OF ISSUER)
COMMON STOCK
$0.00001 PAR VALUE
(TITLE OF CLASS OF SECURITIES)
099469108
(CUSIP NUMBER)
JACK L. PFEILSTICKER
VICE PRESIDENT AND CORPORATE COUNSEL
THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA
GATEWAY CENTER FOUR
7TH FLOOR
100 MULBERRY STREET
NEWARK, NEW JERSEY 07102-4069
(973) 802-9200
(NAME, ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER OF PERSON AUTHORIZED
TO RECEIVE NOTICES AND COMMUNICATIONS)
MARCH 30, 2006
(DATE OF EVENT WHICH REQUIRES FILING OF
THIS STATEMENT)
IF THE FILING PERSON HAS PREVIOUSLY FILED A STATEMENT ON SCHEDULE 13G
TO REPORT THE ACQUISITION WHICH IS THE SUBJECT OF THIS SCHEDULE 13D, AND IS
FILING THIS STATEMENT BECAUSE OF RULE 13D-1(E), 13D-1(F) OR 13D-1(G), CHECK THE
FOLLOWING BOX [ ].
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CUSIP No. 099469108 13D Page 2
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1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON: PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL, INC.
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON (ENTITIES ONLY):
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2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP: (A) [ ]
(B) [ ]
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3 SEC USE ONLY
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4 SOURCE OF FUNDS: N/A
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5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) OR 2(e): [ ]
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6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION: New Jersey
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NUMBER OF 7 SOLE VOTING POWER: 1,620,435
SHARES
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BENEFICIALLY 8 SHARED VOTING POWER: 0
OWNED BY
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EACH 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER: 1,620,435
REPORTING
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PERSON WITH 10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER: 0
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11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY REPORTING PERSON: 1,620,435
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12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES: [ ]
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13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11): 2.8%
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14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON: HC
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SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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This Amendment No. 7 to Schedule 13D ("Amendment No. 7")
amends the Schedule 13D filed by The Prudential Insurance Company of America, a
New Jersey corporation ("Prudential"), with the Commission on July 16, 2001 (the
"Schedule 13D"), as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Schedule 13D filed by
Prudential Financial, Inc. ("Prudential Financial") with the Commission on April
1, 2003, Amendment No. 2 to Schedule 13D filed by Prudential Financial on July
8, 2003, Amendment No. 3 to Schedule 13D filed by Prudential Financial on July
22, 2003, Amendment No. 4 to Schedule 13D filed by Prudential Financial on
August 12, 2003, Amendment No. 5 to Schedule 13D filed by Prudential Financial
on August 20, 2003 and Amendment No. 6 to Schedule 13D filed by Prudential
Financial on August 18, 2004, and relates to the common stock, par value
$0.00001 per share ("Common Stock") of Boots & Coots International Well Control,
Inc. (the "Company"). Unless otherwise defined herein, all capitalized terms
used herein shall have the meanings previously ascribed to them in the previous
filings of the Schedule 13D.
Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer.
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Item 5 of the Schedule 13D is supplemented as follows:
(a) The responses of Prudential Financial to Rows (11) through
(13) of the cover pages of this Amendment No. 7 are incorporated herein by
reference. As of June 16, 2006, Prudential Financial, through its wholly owned
subsidiary, Prudential, beneficially owned an aggregate of 1,620,435 shares of
Common Stock, representing 2.8% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock,
calculated in accordance with Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the outstanding shares of Common Stock, 58,453,821, is based
on the shares outstanding as of May 11, 2006, as disclosed by the Company in its
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2006).
Except as disclosed in this Item 5(a), neither Prudential
Financial, nor, to the best of its knowledge, any of its directors or executive
officers beneficially owns any shares of Common Stock.
(b) The responses of Prudential Financial to (i) Rows (7)
through (10) of the cover page of this Amendment No. 7 and (ii) Item 5(a) hereof
are incorporated herein by reference.
(c) Neither Prudential Financial, nor, to the best of its
knowledge, any of its directors or executive officers, has effected any
transaction in Common Stock during the past 60 days except for the following
market transactions effected by Prudential as follows:
Transaction Date Number of Shares Price Per Share
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4/25/06 2,000 $2.35
4/26/06 3,100 $2.211
4/27/06 1,400 $2.2221
5/2/06 15,000 $2.2093
5/3/06 39,000 $2.3065
5/4/06 20,400 $2.3073
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Transaction Date Number of Shares Price Per Share
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5/5/06 14,600 $2.3042
5/8/06 19,100 $2.3
5/9/06 52,100 $2.3109
6/2/06 2,500 $1.714
6/5/06 2,500 $1.73
6/6/06 2,500 $1.7
6/7/06 2,500 $1.7
6/8/06 5,500 $1.7218
6/9/06 7,500 $1.73
6/12/06 8,000 $1.7469
6/13/06 1,000 $1.7
6/14/06 2,500 $1.664
6/15/06 3,500 $1.6829
6/16/06 4,500 $1.7
(d) Not applicable.
(e)
The date on which Prudential Financial ceased to be the
beneficial owner of more than five percent of the Common Stock was March 30,
2006, based on the Company's disclosure in its Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2005 that its number of outstanding shares of Common Stock on March
30, 2006 was 58,269,971.
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SIGNATURES
After reasonable inquiry and to the best knowledge and belief
of the undersigned, the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in
this statement is true, complete and correct.
Date: June 19, 2006
PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL, INC.
By: /s/ Jack L. Pfeilsticker
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Name: Jack L. Pfeilsticker
Title: Vice President
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