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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13G
(AMENDMENT NO. 13)
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
HACH COMPANY
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(Name of Issuer)
COMMON STOCK
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(Title of class of securities)
404504 10 2
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(CUSIP Number)
Check the following box if a fee is being paid with this
statement: / /
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CUSIP No. 404504 10 2 Page 2 of 6 Pages
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(1) Names of Reporting Persons. S.S. or I.R.S. Identification Nos. of Above
Persons
Kathryn C. Hach-Darrow
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(2) Check the appropriate Box if a Member (a) / /
of a Group (b) / /
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(3) SEC Use Only
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(4) Citizenship or Place of Organization
United States of America
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Number of Shares (5) Sole Voting
Beneficially Power 4,478,269
Owned by --------------------------------------------------
Each Reporting (6) Shared Voting
Person With Power 120,782
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(7) Sole Dispositive
Power 4,478,269
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(8) Shared Dispositive
Power 120,782
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(9) Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
4,599,051
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(10) Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares
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(11) Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9)
40.43%
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(12) Type of Reporting Person
IN
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SCHEDULE 13G
(AMENDMENT NO. 13)
ITEM 1.
(a) Name of Issuer: Hach Company
(b) Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Office:
5600 Lindbergh Drive
Loveland, Colorado 80537
ITEM 2.
(a) Name of Persons Filing: Kathryn C. Hach-Darrow
(b) Address of Principal Business Office or, if none,
Residence:
5600 Lindbergh Drive
Loveland, Colorado 80537
(c) Citizenship: United States of America
(d) Title of Class of Securities: Common Stock
(e) CUSIP Number: 404504 10 2
ITEM 3. Not Applicable
ITEM 4. OWNERSHIP.
(a) Amount Beneficially Owned:
4,599,051
(b) Percent of Class
40.43%
(c) The number of shares which Mrs. Kathryn C. Hach-Darrow owns
and the nature of her beneficial ownership is as follows:
(i) Sole power to vote or direct the vote:
4,478,269 (1)
(ii) Shared power to vote or direct the vote:
120,782(2)
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(iii)Sole Power to dispose or direct the disposition:
4,478,269(1)
(iv) Shared power to dispose or direct the disposition:
120,782(2)
(1) These shares consist of (a) 928,300 shares which Mrs.
Hach-Darrow owns individually and has the sole power to vote and dispose of,
(b) 2,038,554 shares which are held in three trusts created by the late
Clifford C. Hach and which Mrs. Hach-Darrow has the power as trustee to vote
and dispose of, and (c) 1,511,415 shares held by C&K Enterprises, Ltd., of
which Mrs. Hach-Darrow, both individually and as trustee under the marital
trust established under her deceased husband's estate, has the power to
direct the vote and to direct the disposition.
(2) These shares include 120,782 shares owned by the Hach
Scientific Foundation, a charitable foundation. Kathryn C. Hach-Darrow is
president and a trustee of the Foundation, and she shares the voting and
investment owner with respect to such shares.
ITEM 5. OWNERSHIP OF FIVE PERCENT OR LESS OF A CLASS.
Not applicable.
ITEM 6. OWNERSHIP OF MORE THAN FIVE PERCENT ON BEHALF OF ANOTHER PERSON.
The stockholders of C&K Enterprises, Ltd., who are
currently Mrs. Hach-Darrow and her three children , Paul Hach, Bruce Hach and
Mary Hach, as stockholders in C&K Enterprises, Ltd., are entitled to share in
the dividends and proceeds from the sale of the stock being held by C&K.
ITEM 7. IDENTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF THE SUBSIDIARY WHICH
ACQUIRED THE SECURITY BEING REPORTED ON BY THE PARENT HOLDING
COMPANY.
Not applicable.
ITEM 8. IDENTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF MEMBERS OF THE GROUP.
Not applicable.
ITEM 9. NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF GROUP.
Not applicable.
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ITEM 10. CERTIFICATION.
Not applicable.
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SIGNATURES
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After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge
and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this Statement is
true, complete and correct.
/S/ KATHRYN HACH-DARROW
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Kathryn C. Hach-Darrow
February 13, 1997
