September
27, 2005
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(Date
of Report - Date of earliest event
reported)
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KERR-McGEE
CORPORATION
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(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its
charter)
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Delaware
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1-16619
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73-1612389
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(State
of Incorporation)
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(Commission
File Number)
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(IRS
Employer Identification No.)
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123
Robert S. Kerr Avenue
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Oklahoma
City, Oklahoma
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73102
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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(405) 270-1313
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(Registrant's
telephone number)
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Item
1.01
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Entry
into a Material Definitive Agreement
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On
September 21, 2005, Kerr-McGee Corporation and Citibank, N.A., as
Trustee,
entered into a Supplemental Indenture amending the Indenture, dated
as of
August 1, 2001, between Kerr-McGee and Citibank. The Indenture governs
the
following outstanding Kerr-McGee debt securities: 5.875% Notes due
2006;
6.875% Notes due 2011; 7.875% Notes due 2031; and 6.950% Notes due
2024.
The Supplemental Indenture provides for the release of Kerr-McGee’s
chemical business subsidiary, Tronox Worldwide LLC (formerly Kerr-McGee
Chemical Worldwide LLC), as a guarantor of the notes upon an initial
public offering of securities by Tronox Worldwide, or upon a spinoff
or
splitoff of Tronox Worldwide or any successor to or parent of Tronox
Worldwide.
A
copy of the Supplemental Indenture is attached hereto as Exhibit
99.1.
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Item
3.03
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Material
Modification to Rights of Security Holders
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See
Item 1.01 above.
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Item
9.01
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Financial
Statements and Exhibits
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(c)
Exhibits
99.1
Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 21, 2005, between the
company and Citibank, N.A., as Trustee, amending the Indenture dated
as of
August 1, 2001, between the company and Citibank, N.A., as
Trustee
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SIGNATURES
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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
hereunto duly authorized.
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KERR-MCGEE
CORPORATION
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By:
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(John
F. Reichenberger)
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John
F. Reichenberger
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Vice
President, Deputy General Counsel
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and
Secretary
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Dated:
September 27, 2005
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99.1
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Supplemental
Indenture, dated as of September 21, 2005, between the company and
Citibank, N.A., as Trustee, amending the Indenture dated as of August
1,
2001, between the company and Citibank, N.A., as
Trustee
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