X0205 3 2011-07-28 0 0000085408 ROWAN COMPANIES INC RDC 0001479353 Burke Thomas Peter 2800 POST OAK BLVD, SUITE 5450 HOUSTON TX 77056 0 1 0 0 Chief Operating Officer Common Stock 15707 D 5,000 shares of Rowan common stock were inadvertantly included in the Form 4 filed by the reporting person on 3/9/2012, so the amount of securities beneficially owned in that Form 4 should have been 45,443 shares, which included 29,736 shares of restricted stock held by the reporting person. /s/ Melanie M. Trent, attorney-in-fact 2012-04-02