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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
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(1) Names of Reporting Person
S.S. or I.R.S. Identifica- Kathryn C. Hach-Darrow
tion Nos. of Above Person ###-##-####
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(2) Check the appropriate Box (a)
if a Member of a Group (b)
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(3) SEC Use Only
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(4) Citizenship or Place of United States of America
Organization
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Number of Shares (5) Sole Voting Power
Beneficially Owned 4,452,992
by Each Reporting ----------------------------------------------
Person With (6) Shared Voting 120,782
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(7) Sole Dispositive 4,452,992
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(8) Shared Dispositive Power 120,782
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(9) Aggregate Amount Beneficially
Owned by Each Reporting Person 4,573,774
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(10) Check if the Aggregate Amount
in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares
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(11) Percent of Class Represented
by Amount in Row (9) 55.49%
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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:
4,573,774
(b) Percent of Class
55.52%
(c) The number of shares of Common Stock 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:
4,452,992(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:
4,452,992(1)
(iv) Shared power to dispose or direct the disposition:
120,782(2)
(1) These shares consist of (a) 927,000 shares of Common Stock which
Mrs. Hach-Darrow owns individually and has the sole power to vote and dispose
of, (b) 2,014,400 shares of Common Stock which are held in three trusts created
by the late Clifford C. Hach (the "Hach Trusts")and which Mrs. Hach-Darrow
has the power as trustee to vote and dispose of, (c) 1,511,415 shares of
Common Stock held by C&K Enterprises, Ltd.("C&K"), 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, and (d) 177 shares of Common Stock allocated to Mrs.
Hach-Darrow's account under the Hach Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan
("Hach ESOP").
(2) These shares include 120,782 shares of Common Stock owned by the Hach
Scientific Foundation(the "Hach Foundation"), a charitable foundation.
Kathryn C. Hach-Darrow is president and a trustee of the Hach Foundation, and
she shares the voting and investment owner with respect to such shares of
Common Stock.
Mrs. Hach-Darrow is also the beneficial owner of 4,573,774 shares of Class A
Common Stock, $1.00 par value, of the Issuer ("Class A Stock"), a class of
non-voting equity securities. These shares consist of (a) 927,000 shares of
Class A Stock which Mrs. Hach-Darrow owns individually and has the sole power
to vote and dispose of, (b) 2,014,400 shares of Class A Stock which are held
by the Hach Trusts , (c) 1,511,415 shares of Class A Stock held by C&K (d)
177 shares of Class A Stock allocated to Mrs. Hach-Darrow's account under the
Hach ESOP and (e) 120,782 shares of Class A Stock owned by the Hach
Foundation. Neither the Common Stock nor the Class A Stock will be
convertible into another class of common stock or any other security of the
Issuer. However, the holders of outstanding Class A Stock will be entitled to
one vote per share of Class A Stock on all matters presented to the
stockholders of the Issuer automatically (i) at any time when the number of
outstanding shares of Common Stock falls below 10% of the aggregate number of
outstanding Common Stock and Class A Stock; and (ii) upon resolution of the
Board of Directors of the Issuer if, as a result of the existence of the
Class A Stock, either the Common Stock or Class A Stock or both, are excluded
from trading on the NASDAQ Stock Market National
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Market System and other comparable quotation systems then in use, and are
excluded from trading by the New York Stock Exchange, American Stock Exchange
and all other principal national securities exchanges then in use.
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, who are currently Mrs. Hach-Darrow and her three
children , Paul Hach, Bruce Hach and Mary Hach, as stockholders in C&K, 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.
ITEM 10. CERTIFICATION.
Not applicable.
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SIGNATURES
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 10, 1998
