LOCTITE CORP
SC 14D1/A, 1996-11-27
ADHESIVES & SEALANTS
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 27, 1996.

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                SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                      WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                          SCHEDULE 14D-1
                      TENDER OFFER STATEMENT
(PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(d)(1) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934)
                         (Amendment No. 4)
                                AND
                           SCHEDULE 13D
             UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
                        (Amendment No. 17)

                        Loctite Corporation
                     (Name Of Subject Company)

                        HC Investments, Inc.
                            Henkel KGaA
                             (Bidders)

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              COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $0.01 PER SHARE (Including
         Any Associated Stock Purchase Rights)
                  (Title of Class of Securities)

                            540137 10 6
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               (CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)

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                          Dr. Karl Gruter
                            Henkel KGaA
                         Henkelstrasse 67
                        D-40191 Dusseldorf
                              Germany
                          49-211-797-2137
           (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
 Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications on Behalf of Bidder)
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                         With a copy to:
                      William A. Groll, Esq.
                Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton
                         One Liberty Plaza
                     New York, New York 10006
                          (212) 225-2000

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      HC Investments, Inc. and Henkel KGaA hereby amend and
supplement their Tender Offer Statement on Schedule 14D-1 (the
"Statement") originally filed on November 6, 1996, with respect
to the offer by HC Investments, Inc. to purchase all outstanding
shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Loctite
Corporation, a Delaware corporation, including the associated
common stock purchase rights issued pursuant to the Rights
Agreement, dated as of April 14, 1994, between the Company and
The First National Bank of Boston, as Rights Agent, and all
benefits that may inure to holders thereof, for a purchase price
of $57.75 per share, net to the seller in cash, without interest
thereon, as set forth in this Amendment No. 4. This amendment
also amends and supplements the Schedule 13D of Purchaser with
respect to the Shares. Capitalized terms not defined herein have
the meanings assigned thereto in the Statement.

ITEM 3.    PAST CONTACTS, TRANSACTIONS OR NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE
           SUBJECT COMPANY.

Item 3(b) of the Statement is hereby amended and supplemented by
adding thereto the following:

      On November 27, 1996, Parent issued a press release stating
that the Company met with Purchaser and Parent on November 26,
1996 and made presentations about the Company. The November 27
press release also stated that the Company had agreed to provide
Purchaser and Parent with access to certain information,
including projections, regarding the Company that had been
gathered or prepared by the Company for the purpose of its being
provided to potential acquirors of the Company. A copy of the
November 27 press release is included as exhibit (g)(6) hereto
and the information contained therein is incorporated herein by
reference.


ITEM 11.  MATERIAL TO BE FILED AS EXHIBITS.

Item 11 of the Statement is hereby amended to add the following
exhibit:

(g)(6)     Press Release dated November 27, 1996.





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                             SIGNATURE


      After due inquiry and to the best of its knowledge and
belief, each of the undersigned certifies that the information
set forth in this Statement is true, complete and correct.


Dated: November 27, 1996

                             HC INVESTMENTS, INC.



                             by /s/ Karl Gruter
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                               Name: Karl Gruter
                               Title: Chairman of the Board of Directors



                             HENKEL KGaA



                             by /s/ Karl Gruter
                               ---------------------------------
                               Name: Karl Gruter
                               Title: General Counsel


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                           EXHIBIT INDEX


EXHIBIT
NUMBER         EXHIBIT NAME
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(g)(6)         Press Release dated November 27, 1996.




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                                         Contacts:  Thomas Davies
                                                     Todd Fogarty
                                                  Kekst & Company
                                                     212-593-2655

                                            FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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            HENKEL BEGINS RECEIVING LOCTITE INFORMATION

      DUSSELDORF, GERMANY, November 27, 1996 -- HENKEL KGaA
announced today it had met with Loctite Corporation on November
26, 1996 to hear presentations about Loctite. Henkel also
announced that Loctite has agreed to provide Henkel and its
subsidiary HC Investments, Inc. with access to certain
information, including projections, regarding Loctite that had
been gathered or prepared by Loctite for the purpose of its being
provided to potential acquirors of Loctite.

      HC Investments' tender offer for all of the Common Stock of
Loctite is scheduled to expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time,
on Monday, January 6, 1997.
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