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 5, 2001
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.
Halliburton Company announces that on December 5, 2001, a jury in
Baltimore, Maryland returned verdicts against its subsidiary, Dresser
Industries, Inc., and other defendants following a trial of several weeks
involving asbestos claims. Each of five plaintiffs alleged exposure to
Harbison-Walker Refractories products. Dresser's portion of the verdicts totals
$30 million. Dresser believes that the trial court committed numerous errors,
and that the trial evidence did not support the verdicts. Dresser intends to
challenge the verdicts by post trial motion and, if those motions are not
successful, to pursue an appeal aggressively.
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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
Date: December 6, 2001 By: /s/ Susan S. Keith
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Susan S. Keith
Vice President and Secretary
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