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+--------+ UNITED STATES
| FORM 5 | SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
+--------+ Washington, D.C. 20549
[_] Check box if
no longer subject ANNUAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
to Section 16.
Form 4 or Form 5 Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities
obligations may Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the
continue. See Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
Instruction 1(b). Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
[_] Form 3 Holdings Reported
[_] Form 4 Transactions Reported
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
SIMPSON MURRAY S.
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
1300 Post Oak Blvd., Suite 1220
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(Street)
Houston TX 77056
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(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol U.S. Concrete, Inc. (RMIX)
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3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity
(Voluntary)
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4. Statement for Month/Year January 2000
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
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6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
[X] Director [ ] Officer [ ] 10% Owner [ ] Other
(give title below) (specify below)
7. Individual or Joint/Group Reporting (check applicable line)
_X_ Form Filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form Filed by More than One Reporting Person
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Table I--Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
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1. Title of Security 2. Trans- 3. Trans- 4. Securities Acquired (A) 5. Amount of 6. Owner- 7. Nature
(Instr. 3) action action or Disposed of (D) Securities ship of In-
Date Code (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Form: direct
(Month/ (Instr. 8) Owned at the Direct Bene-
Day/ end of (D) or ficial
Year) Issuer's Indirect Owner-
(A) or Fiscal Year (I) ship
Amount (D) Price (Instr. 3 and 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
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Common stock 8/23/99 J4 20,851(1) A 20,851 D
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50,044 I Custodian for
grandchildren
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118,219 I by self as
trustee of the
CSS GRAT
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118,219 I by spouse as
trustee of the
MSS GRAT
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* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see instruction
4(b)(v).
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Table II--Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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1. Title of Derivative 2. Conver- 3. Trans- 4. Transac- 5. Number of Deriv-
Security (Instr. 3) sion or action tion Code ative Securities
Exercise Date (Instr. 8) Acquired (A) or
Price of (Month/ Disposed of (D)
Deriv- Day/ (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)
ative Year)
Security
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(A) (D)
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6. Date Exer- 7. Title and Amount of 8. Price 9. Number 10. Owner- 11. Na-
cisable and Underlying Securities of of Deriv- ship ture
Expiration (Instr. 3 and 4) Deriv- ative of De- of In-
Date ative Secur- rivative direct
(Month/Day/ Secur- ities Secu- Bene-
Year) ity Bene- rity: ficial
(Instr. 5) ficially Direct Owner-
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Date Expira- Amount or at End Indi- (Instr. 4)
Exer- tion Title Number of of Year rect (1)
cisable Date Shares (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
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(1) Represents shares formerly held by American Ready-Mix, LLC, which have been
distributed to its members, including Mr. Simpson.
Explanation of Responses:
/s/ Murray S. Simpson 2/11/00
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal
Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.
