Trading blackout 8K

UNITED STATES
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


March 9, 2006
(Date of Report - Date of earliest event reported)


KERR-McGEE CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware
  
1-16619
  
73-1612389
(State of Incorporation)
  
(Commission File Number)
  
(IRS Employer Identification No.)


123 Robert S. Kerr Avenue
    
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
  
73102
(Address of principal executive offices)
  
(Zip Code)


(405)   270-1313
(Registrant's telephone number)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:


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Item 5.04
Temporary Suspension of Trading under Registrant’s Employee Benefit Plans
 
 
 
On March 8, 2006, Kerr-McGee Corporation announced that a record date of March 20, 2006, and a distribution date of March 30, 2006, had been set for the spinoff of Tronox Incorporated, its majority-owned subsidiary. To complete the spinoff, participants in Kerr-McGee’s Savings Investment Plan (SIP) will be unable to make exchanges, take loans, make withdrawals and receive distributions from the portion of their SIP account that is invested in Kerr-McGee shares beginning on March 29, 2006. The suspension under the SIP is expected to end on April 10, 2006.  A notice to directors and executive officers of a general trading suspension during the same period, dated March 9, 2006, is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
 

Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits
 
 
(c) Exhibits
 
99.1 Regulation BTR Trading Blackout notice

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.


   
KERR-MCGEE CORPORATION
     
     
 
By:
(John M. Rauh)
   
John M. Rauh
   
Vice President and Controller
     
Dated: March 9, 2006