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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: September 9, 1999
MORRISON KNUDSEN CORPORATION
Commission File Number 1-12054
A Delaware corporation
IRS Employer Identification No. 33-0565601
MORRISON KNUDSEN PLAZA, BOISE, IDAHO 83729
208/386-5000
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Item 5. Other Material Important Events.
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On September 9, 1999, the Company announced that Leo A. Giacometto has been
named as a principle officer of the Company to the office of vice president of
government affairs. (See the attached press release dated September 9, 1999
filed as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and incorporated herein by this reference.)
Signature
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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.
MORRISON KNUDSEN CORPORATION
September 15, 1999
By: /s/ Stephen G. Hanks
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Stephen G. Hanks
Executive Vice President,
Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
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EXHIBIT 99.1
[Morrison Knudsen Corporation News Release Letterhead]
September 9, 1999
MK NAMES LEO GIACOMETTO VICE PRESIDENT OF
GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS
BOISE -Leo A. Giacometto, formerly chief of staff for United States
Senator Conrad Burns of Montana, has been named vice president of government
affairs of Morrison Knudsen Corporation.
Dennis R. Washington, MK chairman, president and chief executive officer,
announced the appointment and said Giacometto will head the company's government
affairs office in Washington, D.C. Giacometto replaces Charles W. Simpson, who
has retired after nine years with MK.
"Leo Giacometto's experience on Senator Burns' staff and his many
other public-service positions provide him with strong credentials to represent
MK in our nation's capital and to keep company management informed about
important public-policy issues," said Washington.
A native of Montana, Giacometto first joined Senator Burns' staff in
1988 as the senator's executive assistant. A year later, at age 27, he became
the youngest person ever confirmed by the U.S. Senate as a U.S. marshal after he
was nominated by President George Bush to fill that position in Montana. In
1993, Giacometto was named director of the Montana Department of Agriculture,
and he returned to Washington, D.C. in 1995 as chief of staff for Senator Burns.
Earlier, Giacometto served two terms in the Montana Legislature.
Morrison Knudsen Corporation (MK--NYSE) has 23,500 employees at work
in more than 35 countries serving the environmental, energy, government, heavy-
civil, industrial, mining, nuclear-services, operations and maintenance,
process, transportation and water-resources markets as an engineer, constructor
and program manager.
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This news release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of
the private securities litigation reform act of 1995, which are identified by
the use of forward-looking terminology such as "may," "will," "could," "should,"
"expect," "anticipate," "intend," "plan," "estimate," or "continue" or the
negative thereof or other variations thereof. Such forward-looking statements
are necessarily based on various assumptions and estimates and are inherently
subject to various risks and uncertainties, including risks and uncertainties
relating to the possible invalidity of the underlying assumptions and estimates
and possible changes or developments in social, economic, business industry,
market, legal, and regulatory circumstances and conditions and actions taken or
omitted to be taken by third parties, including the corporation's customers,
suppliers, business partners, and competitors and legislative, regulatory,
judicial, and other governmental authorities and officials.
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