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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000909518-04-000968
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20041208
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20041208
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20041208

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			LEUCADIA NATIONAL CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000096223
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	TELEGRAPH & OTHER MESSAGE COMMUNICATIONS [4822]
		IRS NUMBER:				132615557
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NY
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-05721
		FILM NUMBER:		041191018

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		315 PARK AVE S
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10010
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2124601900

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		315 PARK AVENUE SOUTH
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10010

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	TALCOTT NATIONAL CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19800603
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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 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): December 8, 2004


                          LEUCADIA NATIONAL CORPORATION
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)


                                    NEW YORK
                 (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)


         1-5721                                            13-2615557
(Commission File Number)                       (IRS Employer Identification No.)


315 PARK AVENUE SOUTH, NEW YORK, NEW YORK                        10010
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                       (Zip Code)

                                  212-460-1900
              (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)


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:

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

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

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

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



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Item 8.01.  Other Events.

The information set forth in the press release issued by Leucadia National
Corporation on December 8, 2004, attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1, is
incorporated herein by reference.


Item 9.01(c).  Exhibits.

Exhibit No.          Description

99.1                 Press Release issued by Leucadia National Corporation on
                     December 8, 2004


























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                                   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 8, 2004

                                          LEUCADIA NATIONAL CORPORATION

                                          /s/ Joseph A. Orlando
                                          ------------------------------------
                                          Name: Joseph A. Orlando
                                          Title: Vice President and Chief
                                                 Financial Officer



















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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit No.             Exhibit

99.1                    Press Release, dated December 8, 2004


















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                                                                  Exhibit 99.1

For Immediate Release:

                          LEUCADIA NATIONAL CORPORATION
         ANNOUNCES THREE-FOR-TWO STOCK SPLIT AND INCREASED CASH DIVIDEND


New York, NY, - (Business Wire) - December 8, 2004. Leucadia National
Corporation (NYSE and PCX: LUK) ("Leucadia") announced today that its Board of
Directors has authorized a three-for-two split of Leucadia's common shares. The
split will be effected in the form of a 50% stock dividend to be paid on
December 31, 2004 to holders of record of the common shares at the close of
business on December 23, 2004.

Leucadia also announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a cash
dividend equal to $0.375 per Leucadia common share (on a pre-split basis)
payable on December 31, 2004 to record holders of Leucadia common shares on
December 23, 2004. Last year's dividend was $0.25 per outstanding Leucadia
common share.

As a result of these actions, for each Leucadia common share held of record on
December 23, a shareholder will receive one-half of a Leucadia common share
(i.e., one additional Leucadia common share for each two shares held) and $0.375
in cash. Stockholders entitled to receive fractional shares will receive cash in
lieu of such fractional shares.

Leucadia National Corporation is a holding company engaged in a variety of
businesses, including telecommunications (principally through WilTel
Communications Group, Inc.), healthcare services (through Symphony Health
Services, LLC), manufacturing (through its Plastics Division), real estate
activities, winery operations, development of a copper mine (through its 72.5%
interest in MK Resources Company) and property and casualty reinsurance.


CONTACT: Leucadia National Corporation
         Laura Ulbrandt
         (212) 460-1900








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