SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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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)
November 15, 1999
UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
New York 1-1463 13-1421730
(State or other (Commission File Number) (IRS Employer
jurisdiction of Identification No.)
incorporation)
39 Old Ridgebury Rd, Danbury, CT 06817-0001
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Registrant's telephone number,
including area code 203-794-2000
Total number of sequentially numbered pages in this filing,
including exhibits thereto: 5
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Item 5. OTHER EVENTS.
See Union Carbide Corporation's press release dated
November 15, 1999 accompanying this report as Exhibit 99.
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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.
Date: November 15, 1999
UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION
By: /s/ J. Macdonald
J. Macdonald
Assistant Secretary
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibits
99. Press release, dated November 15, 1999.
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UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION
NEWS RELEASE
CONTACT: Terri McNeill Sean S. Clancy
The Dow Chemical Company Union Carbide Corporation
(517) 636-2876 (203) 794-6976
DOW AND UNION CARBIDE RECEIVE REQUESTS FROM FTC FOR ADDITIONAL MERGER
INFORMATION;
INITIAL NOTIFICATIONS RELATING TO MERGER PROVIDED TO EUROPEAN COMMISSION
MIDLAND, Mich., and DANBURY, Conn., Nov. 15 -- The Dow Chemical Company
(NYSE: DOW) and Union Carbide Corporation (NYSE: UK) today announced that
each had received on November 12, 1999 a request from the Federal Trade
Commission for additional information under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust
Improvements Act of 1976. The FTC made these requests in connection with
the pre-merger notifications under such Act made by Dow and Union Carbide
on October 13, 1999 for the proposed merger between Union Carbide and a
subsidiary of Dow.
On October 29, 1999, Dow and Union Carbide provided initial merger
notifications to, and is now in the process of review with, the European
Commission.
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1999
P3-01-019
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