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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

 

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): January 13, 2012

 

PERNIX GROUP, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Delaware

 

333-92445

 

36-4025775

(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

151 E. 22nd Street
Lombard, Il.

 

60148

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

(630) 620-4787

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o            Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 



 

ITEM 8.01  OTHER EVENTS

 

On January 13, 2012 the U.S. Department of State (“DOS”) awarded Pernix Group, Inc.’s  joint venture with Serka Insaat VeTicaret A.S., Pernix-Serka JV (“Pernix-Serka”), with a re-procurement contract having an estimated value of between $95 and $115 million for design and construction services work related to the former Sather Air Base in Iraq (n.k.a. the Baghdad Diplomatic Support Center). Significant design and construction work is expected to commence during the first half of 2012. Including the $95 to $115 million estimated value of this project, the Company has received construction awards during the ten month period from April 2011 through January 2012 totaling over $220 to $240 million.

 

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Item 9.01      Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

99.1

 

Press Release

 

 

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.

 

 

 

PERNIX GROUP, INC.

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Nidal Zayed

 

 

Nidal Zayed

 

 

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Gregg D. Pollack

 

 

Gregg D. Pollack

 

 

Vice President — Administration and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Carol J. Groeber

 

 

Carol J. Groeber

 

 

Corporate Controller and Principal Accounting Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dated:  February 21, 2012

 

 

 

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