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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549-1004
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 9, 1997
UNION PACIFIC RESOURCES GROUP INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Commission file number 1-13916
UTAH 13-2647483
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
801 CHERRY STREET, FORT WORTH, TEXAS
(Address of principal executive offices)
76102
(Zip Code)
(817) 877-6000
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
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Item 4. Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant
On December 4, 1997, Union Pacific Resources Group Inc. (the
"Company"), with the approval of the Audit Committee of the Company's Board of
Directors, dismissed Deloitte & Touche LLP ("D&T") as its independent
accountants, effective upon D&T's completion of its audit of the Company's
financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1997. The reports of
D&T on the financial statements of the Company for either of the two most recent
fiscal years did not contain an adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion and was
not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting
principle. During such years and during the period between December 31, 1996 and
the date on which D&T was dismissed, there was no disagreement between the
Company and D&T on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial
statement disclosure or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements, if not
resolved to the satisfaction of D&T, would have caused D&T to make reference to
the subject matter of such disagreement in connection with its report on the
Company's financial statements. On December 4, 1997, the Company engaged Arthur
Andersen LLP as its new independent auditor effective January 1, 1998.
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Item 7. Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.
Exhibit No. Exhibit
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16.1 Letter regarding change in certifying accountant.
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Signature
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.
UNION PACIFIC RESOURCES GROUP INC.
By: /s/ Joseph A. LaSala, Jr.
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Name: Joseph A. LaSala, Jr.
Title: Vice President, General
Counsel and Secretary
Dated: December 10, 1997
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number Description
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16.1 Letter regarding change in certifying accountant.
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EXHIBIT 16.1
December 10, 1997
Securities and Exchange Commission
Mail Stop 9-5
450 5th Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20549
Dear Sirs/Madams:
We have read and agree with the comments in Item 4 Form 8-K of Union Pacific
Resources Group Inc. dated December 10, 1997.
Yours truly,
/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
Deloitte & Touche
