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Form U-13-60/A
Mutual and Subsidiary Service Companies
Revised February 7, 1980
ANNUAL REPORT
For the Period
Beginning January 1, 1994 and Ending December 31, 1994
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To The
U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
OF
TRISTAR VENTURES CORPORATION
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(Exact Name of Reporting Company)
A Subsidiary Service Company
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("Mutual" or "Subsidiary")
Date of Incorporation September 26, 1986
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State or Sovereign Power under which Incorporated or Organized Delaware
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Location of Principal Executive Offices of Reporting Company:
20 Montchanin Road, Wilmington, Delaware 19807
DENNIS P. DETAR, TREASURER
20 Montchanin Road
Wilmington, DE 19807
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(Name, title and address of officer to whom correspondence concerning
this report should be addressed)
TRISTAR VENTURES CORPORATION
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(Name of Principal Holding Company whose Subsidiaries are served by
Reporting Company)
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