~~Table~~UNITED ofSTATES SECURITIES ~~Contents~~AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

~~UNITED~~WASHINGTON, ~~STATES~~D.C. ~~SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION~~20549

~~WASHINGTON,~~FORM ~~D.C. 20549~~8-K

~~FORM~~CURRENT ~~8-K~~REPORT Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

~~CURRENT~~Date ~~REPORT Pursuant~~of toReport ~~Section 13 OR 15~~(d)Date of ~~the~~earliest ~~Securities~~event ~~Exchange~~reported): ~~Act~~May 31, ~~of 1934~~2006

~~Date~~MAVERICK ofTUBE ~~Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 11, 2006~~CORPORATION

~~MAVERICK~~(Exact ~~TUBE~~name ~~CORPORATION~~ of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware (~~Exact~~State ~~name~~or other jurisdiction of ~~registrant~~incorporation) as001-10651 ~~specified~~(Commission inFile ~~its~~Number) ~~charter~~43-1455766 (IRS Employer Identification No.)

~~Delaware~~16401 ~~(State~~Swingley orRidge ~~other~~Road, ~~jurisdiction~~Seventh ofFloor ~~incorporation)~~Chesterfield, ~~001-10651~~Missouri (~~Commission~~Address ~~File~~of ~~Number~~principal executive offices) ~~43-1455766~~63017 (~~IRS~~Zip ~~Employer Identification No.~~Code)

~~16401~~Registrant’s ~~Swingley~~telephone ~~Ridge Road~~number, ~~Seventh~~including ~~Floor~~area ~~Chesterfield,~~code: ~~Missouri~~ (~~Address of principal executive offices~~636) ~~63017 (Zip Code)~~ 733-1600

~~Registrant’s~~N/A (Former ~~telephone~~name ~~number~~or former address, ~~including~~if ~~area~~changed ~~code:~~since ~~(636~~last report.) ~~733-1600~~

~~N/A (Former~~Check ~~name~~the orappropriate ~~former~~box ~~address,~~below if ~~changed~~the ~~since~~Form ~~last~~8-K ~~report~~filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2):

~~Check~~o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the ~~appropriate~~Securities ~~box~~Act ~~below~~(17 ifCFR 230.425) o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the ~~Form~~Exchange 8Act (17 CFR 240.14a-K12) ~~filing~~o isPre-commencement ~~intended~~communications pursuant to ~~simultaneously~~Rule ~~satisfy~~ 14d-2(b) under the ~~filing~~Exchange ~~obligation~~Act of(17 ~~the~~CFR ~~registrant~~240.14d-2(b)) ~~under~~o ~~any~~Pre-commencement ofcommunications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the ~~following~~Exchange ~~provisions~~Act (~~see~~17 ~~General Instruction~~CFR A240.213e-4(c): )

~~¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule~~Item ~~425~~8.01 ~~under~~Other ~~the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)~~Events

¨On ~~Soliciting~~May 31, ~~material~~2006, ~~pursuant~~Maverick toTube ~~Rule~~Corporation (the “Registrant”) entered into a steel purchasing contract (the “Contract”), dated May ~~14a~~24, 2006, with Nucor Corporation (“Nucor”). Subject to the terms of the Contract, the Registrant has agreed to buy, and Nucor has agreed to sell, a set amount of hot rolled steel at a fixed pricing formula during the six-12month ~~under~~term of the ~~Exchange~~Contract ~~Act~~from ~~(17~~July 1, ~~CFR~~2006 ~~240~~through December 31, 2006.~~14a-12)~~

~~¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))~~SIGNATURES

¨Pursuant ~~Pre-commencement communications pursuant~~ to ~~Rule 13e-4(c)~~the ~~under~~requirements of the Securities Exchange Act ~~(17~~of ~~CFR~~1934, ~~240~~the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.~~13e-4(c))~~

~~TABLE~~Date: OFJune 2, ~~CONTENTS~~2006

~~Item~~MAVERICK ~~7.01~~TUBE ~~Regulation~~CORPORATION FDBy: ~~Disclosure~~/s/ ~~Item~~Joyce 9M.01 ~~Financial~~Schuldt ~~Statements~~Joyce ~~and~~M. ~~Exhibits~~Schuldt ~~SIGNATURES~~Senior ~~Slide~~Vice ~~Show~~President ~~Presentation~~– Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

On January 11, 2006, Maverick Tube Corporation (the “Registrant”) will present a slide show presentation (the “Presentation”) during a conference and meetings with various institutional investors and analysts. Until the Registrant updates the Presentation, the Registrant intends on using the Presentation at future conferences and meetings. The Presentation, attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1, updates and supersedes any previously filed slide show presentation and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

No.				Description
99.1				Slide show presentation first presented by Maverick Tube Corporation on January 11, 2006

The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including the attached exhibits, is “furnished,” but shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of the Section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, except as shall be expressly stated by specific reference in such filing. This report and the attached exhibits may contain forward-looking information that is based on assumptions that are subject to numerous business risks, many of which are beyond the control of Maverick. There is no assurance that such assumptions will prove to be accurate. Actual results may differ from these forward-looking statements due to numerous factors, including those described under “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in Maverick’s Form 10-K for its year ended December 31, 2004.

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 hereunto duly authorized.

Date: January 11, 2006

MAVERICK TUBE CORPORATION By: /s/ Joyce M. Schuldt Joyce M. Schuldt Senior Vice President – Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary

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