HALCO RSPlan Form 11-K/A 20022001_Amend



SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549





Form 11-K/A
 
 
                (X)       Annual Report pursuant to Section 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
             For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002

            or

( )   Transition Report pursuant to Section 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
For the transition period from ______________ to ___________.

Commission file number 1-3492

A.   Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different from that of the issuer named below:

Halliburton Retirement and Savings Plan
10200 Bellaire Blvd.
Building 91, Room 2NE18B
Houston, TX 77072


B.   Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address of its principal executive office:

Halliburton Company
(a Delaware Corporation)
75-2677995
140l McKinney, Suite 2400
Houston, Texas 77010
 
Telephone Number – Area Code (713) 759-2600


     

 
EXPLANATORY NOTE
 
 
We have amended our Form 11-K to include the signature of the Chairperson of the Halliburton Company Benefits Committee.
 
 
 
 
 
     

 
 
Required Information
 
 
The following financial statements prepared in accordance with the financial reporting requirements of Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, signatures and exhibit are filed for the Halliburton Retirement and Savings Plan:
 
Financial Statements and Schedules
 
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
 
Statements of Net Assets Available for Plan Benefits as of December 31, 2002 and 2001
 
Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Plan Benefits for the Year ended December 31, 2002
 
Notes to Financial Statements
 
Supplemental Schedule H, Line 4i – Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) as of December 31, 2002

Signatures

Exhibit

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (Exhibit 23)


     


HALLIBURTON RETIREMENT AND SAVINGS PLAN

Table of Contents

 
Page
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
       1
   
Statements of Net Assets Available for Plan Benefits
 
December 31, 2002 and 2001
        2
 
 
Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Plan Benefits
 
Year Ended December 31, 2002
        3
   
Notes to Financial Statements
4 – 12
 
 
Supplemental Schedule
 
 
 
Schedule H, Line 4i – Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)
 
December 31, 2002
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
 
 

To the Halliburton Company
       Benefits Committee:

We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for plan benefits of the Halliburton Retirement and Savings Plan (the Plan) as of December 31, 2002 and 2001, and the related statement of changes in net assets available for plan benefits for the year ended December 31, 2002. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
 
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
 
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for plan benefits of the Plan as of December 31, 2002 and 2001 and the changes in its net assets available for plan benefits for the year ended December 31, 2002, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
 
Our audits were made for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic financial statements taken as a whole. The supplemental schedule H, line 4i – schedule of assets (held at end of year) as of December 31, 2002 is presented for the purpose of additional analysis and is not a required part of the basic financial statements but is supplementary information required by the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. The supplemental schedule is the responsibility of the Plan’s management. The supplemental schedule has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in our audit of the basic financial statements and, in our opinion, is fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole.
 

 

/s/   KPMG LLP

Houston, Texas
June 19, 2003


   
     


HALLIBURTON RETIREMENT AND SAVINGS PLAN
Statements of Net Assets Available for Plan Benefits
December 31, 2002 and 2001



 
 
2002
2001
   
 
 
Assets:
   
 
   
 
 
Cash
 
$
1,797,109
 
$
2,937,648
 
Company contributions receivable
   
9,126,603
   
55,893,096
 
Plan participants’ contributions receivable
   
2,191,737
   
4,293,969
 
Participation in Master Trust, at fair value
   
3,303,250,349
   
3,400,232,865
 
Participant loans
   
73,403,342
   
81,529,596
 
   
 
 
   Net assets available for plan benefits
 
$
3,389,769,140
 
$
3,544,887,174
 
   
 
 
 

 
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
       
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HALLIBURTON RETIREMENT AND SAVINGS PLAN
Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Plan Benefits
Year ended December 31, 2002
 
 

Additions:
   
 
 
Contributions:
   
 
 
   Company
 
$
62,689,680
 
   Plan participants
   
114,309,263
 
   Transfers from other plans – rollovers
   
4,182,355
 
   Transfer from Brown & Root R&S Plan
   
68,699,862
 
 
   
 
 
Investment activity:
   
 
 
   Allocation of Master Trust net investment activity
   
(126,811,732
)
   Interest and dividends
   
4,070,131
 
   Interest on loans to participants
   
5,255,268
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
       Total additions
   
132,394,827
 
 
 
Deductions:
   
 
 
Benefits paid to participants
   
(272,689,702
)
Transfer to other plan
   
(227,757
)
Forfeitures expense
   
(1,182,674
)
Administrative expenses and other
   
(13,412,728
)
 
 
       Total deductions
   
(287,512,861
)
 
 
       Net decrease in net assets available for plan benefits
   
(155,118,034
)
 
   
 
 
Net assets available for plan benefits, beginning of year
   
3,544,887,174
 
 
 
Net assets available for plan benefits, end of year
 
$
3,389,769,140
 
   
 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

       
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HALLIBURTON RETIREMENT AND SAVINGS PLAN
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2002 and 2001

(1)        Description of Plan
 
The Halliburton Retirement and Savings Plan (the Plan) is a defined contribution profit sharing pension plan for certain qualified employees of Halliburton Company and subsidiaries (the Company). The Plan was established in accordance with Sections 401(a) and 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) and is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). The following description of the Plan provides only general information. Participants should refer to the plan document or summary plan description for a more complete description of the Plan’s provisions.
 
  (a)   Eligibility
 
Certain employees of the Company are eligible for participation in the Plan upon their date of hire.
 
 (b)          Contributions
 
Participants may elect to contribute to the tax deferred savings and/or after-tax features of the Plan through periodic payroll deductions. These contributions are limited to an aggregate of 25% for 2002 and 15% for 2001, of the participant’s eligible earnings of up to $200,000; the total amount of participant tax deferred savings contributions is limited to $11,000 for 2002 and $10,500 for 2001. Any contributions in excess of the $11,000 limit are automatically made to the participant’s after-tax account. The Plan participants who contribute also receive Company matching contributions equal to 100% of the first 4% of a participant’s compensation. The Company may make annual profit sharing contributions to participants on a tax deferred basis, based on Company performance. Participants are not required to have contributed to the Plan to be eligible for such a contrib ution. The participant’s share of any discretionary profit sharing contribution is based on a percentage of their eligible pay for the year. For the plan years 2002 and 2001, discretionary profit sharing contribution receivables totaled approximately $8.1 million and $55.2 million, respectively.
 
Eligible employees who participated in a qualified savings or retirement plan of a former employer may be able to roll over tax deferred contributions and earnings from their former plan into the Plan.
 
Upon attainment of either the normal retirement age (65) or early retirement age (55 or 50 during specified periods), participants in the Halliburton Retirement Plan (a defined benefit pension plan sponsored by the Company) may elect to transfer their vested benefits to the Plan. Such transfers are restricted as to the investment elections in which they may be invested. The amount of the benefit that may be rolled over is the actuarially determined amount to be received by the participant. Transfers may be made during any month of the year.
 
 (c)           Cash Accounts
 
                The Plan maintains cash accounts to facilitate the payment of benefits and receipt of contributions to the Plan.
 
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HALLIBURTON RETIREMENT AND SAVINGS PLAN
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2002 and 2001

  (d)    Investment Elections
 
Contributions and participant account balances may be directed to one of eleven funds or a combination of funds. The assets of the funds are held in the Halliburton Company Employee Benefit Master Trust (the Master Trust, see note 3). The Plan allows participants to make daily transfers of their account balances among the funds. The amount of the transfer may be all or any portion of the participant’s account balance, subject to certain limitations on transfers to the Halliburton Stock Fund (HSF).
 
(e)   Participant Loans
 
A participant may borrow from their vested account balance a minimum of $1,000 up to a maximum equal to the lesser of $50,000 or 50% of their vested account balance. A participant may not have more than one loan outstanding at any time. Prior to January 1, 2002 a participant could have had up to two loans outstanding at any time. Loans bear interest at the current prime rate plus 1% as published in the Wall Street Journal. Loans must be repaid within five years (10 years for primary residence loan) through payroll deductions and are collateralized by the participant’s account balance. If a participant fails to comply with the repayment terms of the loan, the Benefits Committee or its designee may deem such defaulted loans as a distribution when the loans are considered uncollectible from the participant.
 
(f)   Vesting
 
 Participants’ contributions to their accounts and the earnings thereon are fully vested when made or earned. Participants employed by the Company on December 31, 1998 are fully vested in all Company matching and profit sharing contributions. Participants hired after December 31, 1998 are fully vested in all Company matching and profit sharing contributions after completing one year of service. Participants who terminate prior to obtaining one year of service forfeit their nonvested balances.
 
The nonvested portion of account balances of participants who terminated prior to December 31, 1998 is forfeitable. The nonvested portion is forfeited at the end of the fifth year following termination unless the participant is rehired within five years of termination. Such forfeitures are used to reduce future Company matching contributions. As of December 31, 2002 and 2001, the forfeiture expense was $1,182,674 and $1,345,747, respectively. The forfeiture amounts that were used to reduce Company contributions were $685,321, and $1,270,829 for the years ended December 31, 2002 and 2001, respectively.
 
(g)      Distributions
 
Each participant, or their designated beneficiary, may elect to receive a distribution upon retirement, termination, disability, or death. Certain participants’ balances related to prior plan mergers may be withdrawn at any time. Direct rollovers to an IRA or other qualified plan are permitted. All distributions are made in lump-sum amounts or in periodic installments, at the participant’s election. Distributions from the HSF may be made in the form of shares of stock or cash. Each participant may elect to receive an in-service withdrawal of their after-tax contributions.
 
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HALLIBURTON RETIREMENT AND SAVINGS PLAN
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2002 and 2001

(h)       Administration
 
State Street Bank and Trust Company (State Street) is the Plan’s trustee, and Hewitt Associates LLC is the recordkeeper.
 
   (i)         Investment Earnings
 
Investment earnings on participants’ accounts are allocated proportionately based on their relative account balance in each investment fund. Such earnings are taxable to participants at the time of distribution from the Plan.
 
   (j)         Plan Termination
 
The Board of Directors of the Company may amend, modify, or terminate the Plan at any time. No such termination is contemplated, but if it should occur, the accounts of all participants would be immediately fully vested and paid in accordance with the terms of the Plan.
 
  (2)      Significant Accounting Policies
 
(a)   Basis of Accounting
 
 The accompanying financial statements are prepared using the accrual basis of accounting.
 
   (b)     Investment in Master Trust
 
Assets of the Plan are combined with the assets of certain other benefit plans of affiliated companies in the Master Trust. The assets of the Master Trust are segregated into eleven funds in which the benefit plans may participate. The combination of the benefit plans’ assets is only for investment purposes, and each benefit plan continues to be operated under its current plan document. All investments of the Master Trust are held by State Street.
 
The funds within the Master Trust hold bank, insurance, and investment contracts providing a fully benefit-responsive feature. These investments are stated at contract value, which approximates fair value. Where the Master Trust owns the underlying securities of asset-backed investment contracts, the contracts are stated at fair market value of the underlying securities plus an adjustment for the difference between fair market value of the underlying securities and contract value. Contract value represents the principal balance of the investment plus accrued interest at the stated contract rate, less payments received, and contract charges by the insurance company or bank.
 
Cash equivalents, derivative financial instruments, stock securities, bonds and notes, and all other debt securities are presented at their quoted market value. Realized and unrealized changes in market values are recognized in the period in which the changes occur.
 
Real estate related investments consist of real estate mortgages and investments in Real Estate Investment Trusts. Real estate mortgages are stated at cost plus accrued interest less payments received which approximates fair value.
 
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HALLIBURTON RETIREMENT AND SAVINGS PLAN
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2002 and 2001

All investment transactions are accounted for on the trade-date basis in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.
 
(c)       Allocation of Master Trust Net Investment Activity
 
The allocation of Master Trust net investment activity represents the Plan’s share of the net investment income or loss on investments held by the Master Trust determined by the Plan’s allocable share of the net assets of the Master Trust. The net investment income or loss is the realized net gain or loss from investments sold, change in the unrealized net gain or loss on investments, dividend income, and interest income of the Master Trust.
 
 (d)     Administrative Expenses
 
Administrative expenses which are related to compliance and operational activities as defined by the Department of Labor may be charged against the Plan assets at the discretion of the plan administrator and in accordance with the terms of the Plan.
 
(e)       Payment of Benefits
 
Benefits are recorded when paid.
 
     (f)       Use of Estimates
 
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, and changes therein, and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
 
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HALLIBURTON RETIREMENT AND SAVINGS PLAN
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2002 and 2001
 
   (3)        Master Trust
 
The following are the statements of net assets as of December 31, 2002 and 2001 and the statement of changes in net assets of the Master Trust for the year ended December 31, 2002 (dollar amounts in thousands):

Statements of Net Assets
 
2002
2001
 

Cash and equivalents
 
$
331,928
 
$
298,416
 
Receivables
   
41,394
   
28,249
 
Asset-backed investment contracts
   
(63,425
)
 
(29,495
)
U.S. corporate and government bonds and notes
   
1,812,184
   
1,890,763
 
Non-U.S. bonds and notes
   
164,335
   
293,638
 
Non-U.S. stock
   
280,581
   
377,376
 
Halliburton Company stock
   
151,432
   
100,757
 
Insurance investment contracts
   
12,275
   
23,698
 
Pooled equity index funds
   
237,786
   
319,214
 
Other U.S. stock
   
770,807
   
1,036,399
 
Pooled bond funds
   
165,293
   
78,451
 
Pooled stable value funds
   
163,779
   
10,339
 
Real estate related investments
   
111
   
4,748
 
Investments in mutual funds
   
134,361
   
140,672
 
Payables
   
(230,182
)
 
(315,725
)
 
 
 
Net assets of the Master Trust
 
$
3,972,659
 
$
4,257,500
 
   
 
 
Plan dollar value interest
 
$
3,303,250
 
$
3,400,233
 
Plan percent interest
   
83.15
%
 
79.86
%


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HALLIBURTON RETIREMENT AND SAVINGS PLAN
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2002 and 2001

 
 
Year ended
 
 
December 31,
Statement of Changes in Net Assets
 
2002
 
Participating plans’ net assets, beginning of year
 
$
4,257,500
 
Net investment appreciation (depreciation)
   
(290,828
)
Net investment income (loss)
   
130,347
 
Receipts from participating plans
   
1,956,101
 
Withdrawals by participating plans
   
(2,080,461
)
 
 
Participating plans’ net assets, end of year
 
$
3,972,659
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
Year ended
 
 
December 31,
Net Appreciation (Depreciation) by Type
 
2002
 
Cash and equivalents
 
$
(287
)
U.S. corporate and government bonds and notes
   
7,857
 
Non-U.S. bonds and notes
   
3,493
 
Non-U.S. stock
   
(38,523
)
Halliburton Company stock
   
52,008
 
Real estate related investments
   
285
 
Pooled equity index funds
   
(67,916
)
Pooled stable value fund
   
4,533
 
Pooled Bond Fund
   
9,956
 
Other U.S. stock
   
(238,468
)
Investments in mutual funds
   
(16,891
)
Other investments
   
(6,875
)
 
 
       Total depreciation
 
$
(290,828
)
   
 
 

 
 
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HALLIBURTON RETIREMENT AND SAVINGS PLAN
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2002 and 2001

The Master Trust makes use of several investment strategies involving limited use of derivative investments. The Master Trust’s management, as a matter of policy and with risk management as their primary objective, monitors risk indicators such as duration and counter-party credit risk, both for the derivatives themselves and for the investment portfolios holding the derivatives. Investment managers are allowed to use derivatives for such strategies as portfolio structuring, return enhancement, and hedging against deterioration of investment holdings from market and interest rate changes. Derivatives are also used as a hedge against foreign currency fluctuations. The Master Trust’s management does  not allow investment managers for the Master Trust to use leveraging for any investment purchase. Derivative investments are stated at estimated fair market values as determined by quoted market prices. Gains and losses on such investments are included in the statement of changes in net assets of the Master Trust.
 
(4)           Plan Mergers, Spin-offs, Divestitures and Transfers
 
In April 2000, the Company’s Board of Directors approved plans to sell the businesses within the Dresser Equipment Group (DEG) which specialized in the manufacturing and marketing of equipment used primarily in the energy, petrochemical, power, and transportation industries. The Company sold DEG effective April 10, 2001, retaining a 5% equity interest. The sale of DEG resulted in the transfer of associated net assets from the Plan during 2001 totaling approximately $164 million.
 
Effective September 1, 2000, the Plan spun off certain participants to the National-Oil Well Retirement and Thrift Plan (NOW Plan) based upon the purchase and sale agreement signed by the Company and National-Oil Well, L.P. on September 6, 2000. Approximately $4.4 million in assets were transferred to the NOW Plan on January 2, 2001, from the Master Trust.
 
In June 2001, the Plan was amended to allow participants who transferred to employment with Well Dynamics, Inc. (WDI) and Enventure Global Technology LLC (Enventure) to voluntarily transfer their account balance in the Plan to the WDI 401(k) Retirement Plan and the Enventure 401(k) Retirement Plan, respectively. On July 31, 2001, amounts that transferred to the WDI 401(k) Retirement Plan and the Enventure 401(k) Retirement Plan totaled $3.4 million and $1.5 million, respectively.
 
In August 2001, Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., a subsidiary of the Company, entered into an asset purchase and sale agreement with Weatherford Artificial Lift Systems, Inc. (Weatherford). As a result of the agreement, approximately $1 million of plan assets were transferred to the Weatherford International Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan on October 31, 2001.
 
On December 6, 2002, 367 participants and their associated plan assets were transferred to the Plan from the Brown & Root, Inc. Employees’ Retirement and Savings Plan. The total amount of the transfer was $68.7 million.
 
(5)           Investments
 
Individual investments in excess of 5% of net assets available for plan benefits are as follows:

 
 
2002
2001
 

Participation in Master Trust, at fair value:
   
 
   
 
 
Fixed Investment Fund
 
$
1,518,014,146
 
$
1,273,734,474
 
Equity Investment Fund
   
172,295,820
   
253,319,999
 
General Investment Fund
   
726,149,222
   
964,413,585
 
S&P 500 Index Fund
   
205,911,197
   
285,530,973
 

 
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HALLIBURTON RETIREMENT AND SAVINGS PLAN
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2002 and 2001
 
(6)          Tax Status
 
The Plan is subject to ERISA and certain provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) and is intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the IRC. The Internal Revenue Service has determined and informed the Company by letter dated June 12, 2002 that the Plan and related trust are designed in accordance with the applicable sections of the IRC. The Plan has been amended since receiving the determination letter. However, management believes that the Plan is currently designed and operating in compliance with the applicable requirements of the IRC. Therefore, no provision for income tax has been included in the Plan’s financial statements.
 
Although the Plan has been amended since receiving the determination letter, the plan administrator and the Plan’s tax counsel believe that the Plan is designed and is currently being operated in compliance with applicable requirements of the IRC.
 
(7)           Related-Party Transactions
 
State Street is the trustee defined by the Plan. The assets of the Plan are held by the Master Trust, of which State Street is also the trustee. Additionally, the Master Trust invests in the HSF. Therefore, State Street, the Master Trust, the Company, and the participants of the Plan qualify as parties in interest.
 
(8)          Subsequent Event
 
Effective January 1, 2003, $1.05 billion of the net assets of Halliburton Retirement and Savings Plan were split off to form the KBR Retirement and Savings Plan.
 
Effective July 1, 2003, the Landmark Savings Plan will merge into the Halliburton Retirement and Savings Plan.
 
(9)           Plan Amendments
 
In 2002, the Plan was amended as follows:

a)    Effective January 1, 2002, the Plan was amended and restated to comply with rules and regulations contained in the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 (EGTRRA), which permitted accepting employee catch-up contributions in accordance with IRS limits.
 
b)    Effective July 1, 2002, the Halliburton Stock Fund was converted into an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). The ESOP is designed  to comply with  Section 4975(e)(7) of the  Internal  Revenue Code and Section  407(d)(6) of the Employee  Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA).
 
The ESOP has a dividend pass-through election whereby any cash dividends attributable to Halliburton Stock held by the ESOP are to be paid by the Company directly to the Trustee. Any cash dividends received by the Trustee which are attributable to financed stock are to be used by the Trustee to make exempt loan payments until the exempt loan has been repaid in full.
 
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HALLIBURTON RETIREMENT AND SAVINGS PLAN
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2002 and 2001

The ESOP has a put option allowing the former participant or designated beneficiary, when the shares of Halliburton Stock are distributed to him, the option to sell the shares of Halliburton Stock to the Company. The put option extends for a period of sixty days following the date the shares of Halliburton Stock are distributed to the former participant or designated beneficiary.

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HALLIBURTON RETIREMENT AND SAVINGS PLAN
EIN: 75-2677995
Plan #: 001

Schedule H, Line 4i – Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)
December 31, 2002

(a)
 
(b)
 
(c)
 
(d)
 
 
Identity of issue, borrower,
 
 
 
Current
 
 
lessor, or similar party
 
Description of investment
 
value




*
 
State Street Bank and
 
Cash
 
$          1,797,109
 
 
Trust Company
 
 
 
 
             
*
 
Halliburton Company Employee
 
Investment in net assets of
 
 
 
 
Benefit Master Trust
 
Halliburton Company
 
 
 
 
 
 
Employee Benefit Master
 
 
 
 
 
 
Trust
 
     3,303,250,349
             
*
 
Participant Loans
 
Loans issued at interest rates
 
 
 
 
 
 
between 5.25% and 5.75%
 
         73,403,342

* Column (a) indicates each identified person/entity known to be a party in interest.
 
This supplemental schedule lists assets held for investment purposes at December 31, 2002, as required by
the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure.
 
See accompanying report of independent registered public accounting firm.

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Signatures


The Plan. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Halliburton Company Benefits Committee of the Halliburton Retirement and Savings Plan has duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date:   June 25, 2004

 
 
 
     
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
By:   /s/   Michele Mastrean
 
  Michele Mastrean, Chairperson of the
  Halliburton Company Benefits Committee


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HALCORSPlanForm11-K/A20022001Amnd_exh23


                                                                                                Exhibit 23

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm


To the Halliburton Company
     Benefits Committee:


We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement No. 333-86080 on Form S-8 of Halliburton Company of our report dated June 19, 2003 with respect to the statement of net assets available for plan benefits of Halliburton Retirement and Savings Plan as of December 31, 2002 and 2001, and the related statement of changes in net assets available for plan benefits for the year ended December 31, 2002, and the related supplemental schedule H, line 4i – schedule of assets (held at end of year) as of December 31, 2002, which report appears in the December 31, 2002 Annual Report on Form 11-K/A of Halliburton Retirement and Savings Plan.




/s/   KPMG LLP

Houston, Texas
June 25, 2004