================================================================================ 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 DECEMBER 3, 2001 Date of Report Earliest Reported Event is DECEMBER 1, 2001 QUANTA SERVICES, INC. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) DELAWARE (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) 001-13831 74-2851603 Commission File No. IRS Employer Identification No. 1360 POST OAK BLVD. SUITE 2100 HOUSTON, TEXAS 77056 (Address of principal executive offices) Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (713) 629-7600 ================================================================================ ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS. The Board of Directors (the "Board") of Quanta Services, Inc. (the "Company") acted on December 1, 2001 to form a Board committee consisting of the seven Quanta directors unaffiliated with UtiliCorp United Inc. ("UtiliCorp") and delegated to the Board committee the full power of the Board, to the maximum extent permitted by law, to consider and authorize on behalf of the Board the Company's actions and responses to UtiliCorp's control-related initiatives. The Board committee thereupon acted on December 1, 2001 to ratify and reauthorize the rights plan amendments, the related amendments to the Company's certificate of incorporation and the related actions taken by the Board on November 18, 2001. ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS. (c) Exhibits. The following documents are filed as exhibits to this current report. 4.8 Amendment No. 1 (as amended December 1, 2001) to Rights Agreement dated March 8, 2000 between Quanta Services, Inc. and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as Rights Agent, which includes as Exhibit B thereto the Form of Right Certificate. 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. Date: DECEMBER 3, 2001 QUANTA SERVICES, INC. By: /s/ Dana A. Gordon ----------------------------- Name: Dana A. Gordon Title: Vice President - General Counsel Exhibit Index Exhibit No. Description ----------- ----------- 4.8 Amendment No. 1 (as amended December 1, 2001) to Rights Agreement dated March 8, 2000 between Quanta Services, Inc. and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as Rights Agent, which includes as Exhibit B thereto the Form of Right Certificate.