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[MASADA SECURITY LETTERHEAD]
January 13, 1997
VIA EDGAR
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
450 5th Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attn: Office of Document Control, Stop 1-4
RE: APPLICATION FOR WITHDRAWAL OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-1
OF COMMON STOCK OF MASADA SECURITY HOLDINGS, INC., FILE NO. 333-13505
Dear Sir or Madam:
Pursuant to Rule 477 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, I am writing to hereby officially make application to withdraw the
Registration Statement on Form S-1 of Masada Security Holdings, Inc. ("Masada")
initially filed with the Commission on October 4, 1996 ("Registration
Statement") to register 2,400,000 shares of the common stock of Masada. Masada
is requesting the withdrawal due to financial market conditions. Masada has
not sold any of the shares covered by the Registration Statement.
Please provide the Company with a copy of the order granting withdrawal of
the Registration Statement as soon as available. We understand that the filing
fee for the Registration Statement is nonrefundable. If you have any
questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at (205) 323-7233 or Masada's
legal counsel, David D. Dowd, III of Burr & Forman LLP, at (205) 458-5293.
Very truly yours,
/s/ David P. Tomick
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David P. Tomick
Chief Financial Officer
DPT/wkh
Enclosures
cc: Roland St. Paul, Esq. (via facsimile 202-942-9533)
