LOCTITE CORP
SC 14D1/A, 1996-12-19
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    As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 19, 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. 10)
                               AND
                           SCHEDULE 13D
            UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
                        (Amendment No. 23)

                       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 $61.00 per share, net to the seller in cash, without interest
thereon, as set forth in this Amendment No. 10. 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 10.  ADDITONAL INFORMATION.

Item 10(c) of the Statement is hereby amended and supplemented by
adding thereto the following:

         On December 19, 1996, Parent issued a press release, a
copy of which is included as exhibit (g)(12) 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)(12)  Press Release dated December 19, 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:  December 19, 1996

                       HC INVESTMENTS, INC.
                       
                         
                         
                       by  /s/ Ernest G. Szoke
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                           Name:  Ernest G. Szoke
                           Title: Secretary
                       
                         
                         
                       HENKEL KGaA
                         
                         
                         
                       by  /s/ Lothar Steinebach            Petra Hammerlein
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                            Name:   Lothar Steinebach       Petra Hammerlein
                            Title:  Vice President          Senior Counsel


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                          EXHIBIT INDEX


EXHIBIT
NUMBER                 EXHIBIT NAME
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(g)(12)                Press Release dated December 19, 1996.




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


                                                         FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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             HENKEL'S PENDING OFFER FOR LOCTITE CLEARS
                      GERMAN ANTITRUST REVIEW

      DUSSELDORF, GERMANY, December 19, 1996 -- HENKEL KGaA
announced today that it had received clearance from the Federal
Cartel Office in Germany for the pending tender offer for all
outstanding shares of common stock of Loctite Corporation and the
related merger to be consummated.

      The tender offer is scheduled to expire at 12:00 Midnight, 
New York City time, on Friday, December 20, 1996, unless extended.

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