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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 30, 2000
PETER KIEWIT SONS', INC.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 000-23943 91-1842817
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(State or other jurisdiction (Commission File (IRS Employer
of incorporation) Number) Identification No.)
Kiewit Plaza, Omaha, Nebraska 68131
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(Address of principal executive offices) Zip Code
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (402) 342-2052
N/A
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(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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Item 5. Other Events
On September 30, 2000, Peter Kiewit Sons', Inc. ("Kiewit") completed the
previously announced separation of its construction business and its materials
business by distributing all of the shares of common stock of Kiewit Materials
Company, a formerly wholly owned subsidiary of Kiewit ("Materials"), it then
held to Kiewit stockholders in a spin-off that is intended to be tax-free for
U.S. federal income tax purposes. The record date for the spin-off dividend was
set as of the close of business on September 15, 2000.
On September 18, 2000, Kiewit mailed to its stockholders as of the record
date an information statement describing the spin-off and the Materials common
stock to be distributed in the spin-off. On September 30, 2000, Kiewit
distributed the 32,288,840 shares of Materials common stock it then held as a
dividend on a pro rata basis to holders of Kiewit common stock in the spin-off.
In the spin-off, Kiewit stockholders received one share of Materials common
stock for each share of Kiewit common stock they held on the record date.
Kiewit and Materials now operate as two separate, independent companies.
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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 hereunto duly authorized.
PETER KIEWIT SONS', INC.
By: /s/ Tobin A. Schropp
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Name: Tobin A. Schropp
Title: Vice President, General Counsel
and Secretary
Dated: October 2, 2000
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