SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 15
Certification and Notice of Termination of Registration under Section 12(g)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Suspension of Duty to File Reports
Under Sections 13 and 15(d)) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Commission File Number 1-6537-3
Empire Gas Operating Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
1700 Jefferson Street, Lebanon, Missouri 65536 (417) 532-3101
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
registrant's principal executive offices)
9% Convertible Subordinated Debentures due 1998
12% Senior Subordinated Debentures due 2002
9% Subordinated Debentures due 1998
(Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)
9% Subordinated Debentures due 2007*
(Titles of all other classes of securities for which a duty to file reports
under section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)
* The obligation to file with respect to these securities has been
assumed by Empire Gas Corporation, which has succeeded to Empire Gas
Operating Corporation as a result of the merger of Empire Gas
Operating Corporation with and into Empire Gas Corporation.
Pursuant to discussions with the Branch of Quality Control of the
Office of Filings and Information Services, Empire Gas Corporation
will continue to report using the file number formerly used by
Empire Gas Operating Corporation.
Please place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule
provision(s) relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:
Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(i) [ ] Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii) [ ]
Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(ii) [ ] Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(i) [ ]
Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(i) [ ] Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(ii) [ ]
Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(i) [ ] Rule 15d-6 [X]
Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(i) [X]
Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification or
notice date: None, except for the 9% Subordinated Debentures due 2007, of
which there are 415 holders of record.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Empire Gas Corporation (as the surviving corporation of the merger of Empire
Gas Operating Corporation into Empire Gas Corporation) has caused this
certification/notice to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly
authorized person.
DATE: 10-12-94 BY: /s/ Valeria Schall
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Valeria Schall
