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)
DECEMBER 31, 1997
Halliburton Company
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
State or other Commission IRS Employer
jurisdiction File Number Identification
of incorporation Number
Delaware 1-3492 No. 75-2677995
3600 Lincoln Plaza
500 North Akard Street
Dallas, Texas 75201-3391
(Address of principal executive offices)
Registrant's telephone number,
including area code - 214/978-2600
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INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN REPORT
Item 5. Other Events
The registrant may, at its option, report under this item any events,
with respect to which information is not otherwise called for by this form, that
the registrant deems of importance to security holders.
On December 31, 1997 registrant issued a press release entitled Tetra
Tech, Inc. Completes Purchase of Halliburton's Environmental Services Business
pertaining, among other things, to an announcement that registrant's Brown &
Root, Inc. and Halliburton NUS Corporation completed the sale of the assets of
their environmental services business to Tetra Tech, Inc. The cash transaction
is valued at about $32 million, but is subject to certain December 31, 1997
closing balance sheet adjustments.
Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits
List below the financial statements, pro forma financial information
and exhibits, if any, filed as part of this report.
(c) Exhibits.
Exhibit 20 - Press release dated December 31, 1997.
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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.
HALLIBURTON COMPANY
/s/ Susan S. Keith
Date: January 2, 1998 By: --------------------------------
Susan S. Keith
Vice President and Secretary
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Exhibit Sequentially
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20 Press Release of 5 of 6
December 31, 1997
Incorporated by Reference
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 31, 1997
Contact: Guy T. Marcus Dirk Vande Beek Li-San Hwang
V. P.-Inv. Rel. News Media President & CEO
Halliburton Halliburton Tetra Tech
(214) 978-2691 (713) 676-8097 (626) 351-4664
TETRA TECH, INC. COMPLETES PURCHASE OF HALLIBURTON'S
ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES BUSINESS
DALLAS, Texas - Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL) and Tetra Tech, Inc.
(NASDAQ:WATR) jointly announced today that Halliburton's Brown & Root, Inc. and
Halliburton NUS Corporation completed the sale of the assets of their
environmental services business to Tetra Tech. The cash transaction is valued at
about $32 million, but is subject to certain December 31, 1997 closing balance
sheet adjustments.
The environmental business acquired by Tetra Tech provides consulting,
engineering and design services for the environmental remediation of
contaminated air, water and soil conditions. Customers include industrial
clients as well as federal, state and local governments, focused in the United
States.
Tetra Tech provides comprehensive environmental and telecommunications
support services including research and development, engineering and design,
-more-
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Halliburton Company 2
construction management, and operation and maintenance. Tetra Tech provides
these services to a broad base of customers world-wide.
Halliburton Company is one of the world's largest diversified energy
services, engineering, maintenance, and construction companies. Founded in 1919,
Halliburton provides a broad range of energy services and products, industrial
and marine engineering and construction services.
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