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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001564590-17-017436
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20170809
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
FILED AS OF DATE:		20170811
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20170811

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			TETRA TECHNOLOGIES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000844965
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	CRUDE PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS [1311]
		IRS NUMBER:				742148293
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-13455
		FILM NUMBER:		171026028

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		24955 INTERSTATE 45 NORTH
		CITY:			THE WOODLANDS
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77380
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2813671983

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		24955 INTERSTATE 45 NORTH
		CITY:			THE WOODLANDS
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77380
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<p style="margin-top:18pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Item 5.02<font style="margin-left:36pt;">Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.</font></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-style:italic;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><font style="text-decoration:underline;">Stock Option Reformation</font></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;text-indent:6.67%;">On February 22, 2017, the compensation committee (the "Compensation Committee") of the board of directors of TETRA Technologies, Inc. (the "Company") approved a grant of stock options with an exercise price of $4.51 per share relating to 367,648 shares of Company common stock (the "Stock Option") and a grant of 166,298 shares of restricted stock (the&#160;"Restricted Stock", and together with the Stock Option, the "2017 Awards") to Stuart M. Brightman, the Company's Chief Executive Officer, under the Company&#8217;s Third Amended and Restated 2011 Long Term Incentive Compensation Plan (the "2011 Plan"). </p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:6.67%;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The total number of shares issuable in connection with the 2017 Awards were determined to be in excess of the 400,000 maximum number of shares that may be granted per calendar year to a single person under the terms of the 2011 Plan (the "Maximum Limit").&nbsp;&nbsp;On August 9, 2017, the Compensation Committee reformed the 2017 Awards to comply with the terms of the 2011 Plan by rescinding 133,946 shares of common stock otherwise subject to the Stock Option that exceeded the Maximum Limit.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Compensation Committee&#8217;s actions had no effect on the 166,298 shares of common stock that were subject to the Restricted Stock award.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-style:italic;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><font style="text-decoration:underline;">Brightman Stock Appreciation Rights Grant</font></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;text-indent:6.67%;">On August 9, 2017, the Compensation Committee approved a grant of 133,946 stock appreciation rights (the "SARs") with an exercise price of $4.51 per right pursuant to a Stand-Alone Cash-Settled SAR Award Agreement. Upon exercise, each vested SAR will entitle Mr. Brightman to the excess of the fair market value of one share of Company common stock on the date of exercise over the exercise price. The SARs may only be settled in cash and shall vest 12/36ths on February 22, 2018 and 1/36ths of the award on the 22<sup style="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">nd</sup> day of each of the following 24 months thereafter until fully vested, subject to Mr. Brightman's continued service with the Company through the applicable vesting dates. The SARs expire February 22, 2027. The SARs were not granted under the 2011 Plan or any other stockholder-approved equity incentive plan of the Company.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:6.67%;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The foregoing description does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the TETRA Technologies, Inc. Stand-Alone Cash-Settled SAR Award Agreement, dated as of August 11, 2017 by and between the Company and Mr. Brightman, a copy of which will be filed as an Exhibit to the Company&#8217;s Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ending September 30, 2017.</p>
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