SCHEDULE 14A
(RULE 14A-101)
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROXY STATEMENT
SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION
PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(A) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Filed by the Registrant [X]
Filed by a Party other than the Registrant [ ]
Check the appropriate box:
[X] Preliminary Proxy Statement [ ] Confidential, for Use of the Commission
Only (as permitted by Rule 14a-6(e)(2))
[ ] Definitive Proxy Statement
[ ] Definitive Additional Materials
[ ] Soliciting Material Pursuant to Rule 14a-11(c) or Rule 14a-12
ROCHEM ENVIRONMENTAL, INC.
(Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
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[ ] No fee required.
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pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 0-11 (Set forth the amount on which the filing fee
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previously. Identify the previous filing by registration statement number, or
the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing.
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February 20, 1998
Dear Shareholder:
You are cordially invited to attend the 1998 Annual Meeting of
Stockholders of ROCHEM ENVIRONMENTAL, Inc. to be held on Friday, March 27, 1998
at 10:00 a.m., Central Standard Time at the Company's corporate office located
at 610 North Milby Street, Houston, Texas. We look forward to this opportunity
to update you on developments at ROCHEM ENVIRONMENTAL.
We hope you will attend the meeting in person. Whether you expect to be
present and regardless of the number of shares you own, please mark, sign and
mail the enclosed proxy in the envelope provided. Matters on which action will
be taken at the meeting are explained in detail in the notice and proxy
statement following this letter.
Sincerely,
Erick J. Neuman
President
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ROCHEM ENVIRONMENTAL, INC.
610 North Milby Street
Houston, Texas 77003
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
To Be Held March 27, 1998
Notice is hereby given that the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Rochem
Environmental, Inc. (the "Company") will be held at the Company's corporate
office located at 610 N. Milby Street, Houston, TX 77003 at 10:00 a.m., Central
Standard time, on Friday, March 27, 1998, for the following purposes:
1. To elect four Directors;
2. To ratify the selection of Weinstein Spira & Company, P.C. as
independent auditors of the Company for the fiscal year ended September 30,
1998;
3. To transact such other business as may properly come before the
meeting.
Common stockholders of record at the close of business on February 12,
1998 will be entitled to notice of and to vote at the meeting.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
Erick J. Neuman
President
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PROXY
ROCHEM ENVIRONMENTAL, INC.
ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
March 27, 1998
THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF ROCHEM
ENVIRONMENTAL, INC. THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE CHOICES SPECIFIED BELOW.
The undersigned stockholder of ROCHEM ENVIRONMENTAL, INC. (the "Company") hereby
appoints __________, the true and lawful attorneys, agents and proxies of the
undersigned with full power of substitution for and in the name of the
undersigned, to vote all the shares of Common Stock of the Company which the
undersigned may be entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the
Company to be held at the Company's corporate office located at 610 North Milby
Street, Houston, Texas on Friday, March 27, 1998 at 10:00 a.m., Central Standard
Time and any and all adjournments thereof, with all of the powers which the
undersigned would possess if personally present, for the following purposes:
1. To elect four directors.
FOR WITHHOLD
William E. Bracken [ ] [ ]
David A. LaMonica. [ ] [ ]
Philip LeFevre [ ] [ ]
Erick J. Neuman [ ] [ ]
FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN
2. To ratify the selection of Weinstein Spira & Co. [ ] [ ] [ ]
as independent auditors of the Company for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 1998.
3. The proxies are authorized to vote as they
determine in their discretion upon such other
matters as may properly come before the meeting.
THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED FOR THE CHOICES SPECIFIED. IF NO CHOICE IS SPECIFIED
FOR ITEMS 1 AND 2, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED FOR THESE ITEMS.
The undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt of the Notice of Annual Meeting and
Proxy Statement dated February 20, 1998.
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PLEASE MARK, SIGN AND DATE THIS PROXY AND RETURN IT IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE.
DATED:_______________________________
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[Signature]
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[Signature if jointly held]
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[Printed Name]
Please sign exactly as name appears on stock
certificate(s). Joint owners should each
sign. Trustees and others acting in a
representative capacity should indicate the
capacity in which they sign.
