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PRICING SUPPLEMENT NO. 7 Rule 424(b)(3)
TRADE DATE: October 1, 1997 Registration No. 333-5763
(To Prospectus Supplement dated December 4, 1996
including the Prospectus dated November 8, 1996)
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M.A. HANNA COMPANY
MEDIUM-TERM NOTES
Due More Than Nine Months from Date of Issue
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Floating Rate Note ( ) 6.91% Fixed Rate Note (X)
Principal Amount: $20,000,000 Issue Price: See Below
Original Issue Date: October 6, 1997 Specified Currency: U.S. dollars
Interest Accrual Date: October 6, 1997 Maturity Date: October 6, 2009
Redemption Date(s): N/A
Redemption Price(s): N/A
Authorized Denominations (if other than
denominations of $1,000 and integral
multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof Interest Payment Period: Semi-Annual
in U.S. Dollars): N/A
Repayment Date(s): N/A Interest Payment Dates: Each June 1 and
Repayment Price(s): N/A December 1, commencing
on December 1, 1997
Total Amount of OID: N/A
Yield to Maturity: N/A Global Security: (X) Yes ( ) No
Initial Accrual Period OID: N/A Exchange Rate Agent: N/A
Method Used to Determine Historical Exchange Rate: N/A
Yield to Maturity and Initial
Accrual Period OID: N/A
(Only applicable to Floating Rate Notes): Spread (plus or minus): N/A
Initial Interest Rate: N/A Spread Multiplier: N/A
Index Maturity: N/A Maximum Interest Rate: N/A
Base Rate(s): N/A Minimum Interest Rate: N/A
If LIBOR, Designated LIBOR Page: Calculation Rate Agent: N/A
( ) LIBOR Reuters
( ) LIBOR Telerate Name of Agents: Salomon Brothers Inc ($10,000,000)
and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated ($10,000,000)
Index Currency: N/A Agents' Aggregate Discount or
Commission: .625%
Interest Reset Period: N/A
Interest Reset Dates: N/A Net Proceeds to Co.: $19,875,000
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( ) Agent is acting as Agent for the sale of Notes by the Company at a price to
the public of ( ) 100% of Principal Amount or ( ) _____% of Principal Amount.
(X) Agents are purchasing Notes from the Company as Principal for resale to
Investors and other purchasers at:
( ) a fixed initial public offering price of 100% of the principal amount; ( ) a
fixed initial public offering price of ___% of the principal amount; or (X)
varying prices relating to prevailing market prices at time of resale to be
determined by Agents.
Additional Terms: CUSIP No. 41051PAG1
