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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of April, 2000
SANTA FE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
(Translation of registrant's name into English)
5420 LBJ Freeway, Suite 1100, Dallas, Texas 75240
(Address of principal executive offices)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual
reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form 20-F X Form 40-F
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the
information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to
the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934.
Yes No X
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PRESS RELEASE
Enclosed herewith as Exhibit 1 is a copy of the Registrant's press
release dated April 7, 2000.
EXHIBITS
1 Press Release dated April 7, 2000.
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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, thereunto duly authorized.
SANTA FE INTERNATIONAL
CORPORATION
(Registrant)
Date: April 12, 2000 By: /s/ Cary A. Moomjian, Jr.
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Cary A. Moomjian, Jr.
Vice President, Secretary and
General Counsel
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EXHIBITS
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EXHIBIT 1
Santa Fe International Corporation Confirms
Reports of Potential Secondary Offering
DALLAS, April 7 / PRNewswire/ - Santa Fe International Corporation
(NYSE: SDC) today confirmed reports that the Kuwait Supreme Petroleum Council
has authorized the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) to proceed with an
underwritten public offering of a portion of the ordinary shares of Santa Fe
International Corporation indirectly held by KPC. Santa Fe will not be issuing
any of its own shares in any proposed offering. Any offering will be made only
by means of a prospectus, and it currently is anticipated that such an offering
would be completed in the second quarter of 2000.
Santa Fe International Corporation is a leading international offshore
and land contract driller. The Company owns and operates a high quality,
technologically advanced fleet of 27 marine drilling rigs and 33 land drilling
rigs and is a provider of drilling related services to the petroleum industry.
Statements made in this document that state the Company's or
management's intentions, hopes, plans, estimates, beliefs, expectations,
anticipations or predictions of the future and words of similar import are
"forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Although the Company believes that the
expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, it can
give no assurance that such expectations will prove to have been correct.
Important factors with respect to such forward-looking statements, including
risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially
from the Company's expectations are disclosed from time to time in the Company's
SEC filings including but not limited to the Company's Annual Report filed on
Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 1999. Copies of the SEC filings may be
obtained by contacting the Company or the SEC.
/CONTACT: Richard Hoffman, Vice President, Investor Relations of Santa
Fe International Corporation, 972-701-7950, or fax, 972-701-7737, or
email, [email protected]/
/Web site: http://www.sfdrill.com/
