SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report: August 8, 1996
PUBLICKER INDUSTRIES INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Pennsylvania
(State of incorporation)
1-3315 23-0991870
(Commission file number) (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
1445 East Putnam Avenue
Old Greenwich, Connecticut 06870
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
(203) 637-4500
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
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Item 5. Other Events
On August 1, 1996, Publicker Industries Inc.'s
common shares began trading on the OTC Bulletin
Board under the symbol PLKR. Previously, the
Company's common shares had traded on the New
York Stock Exchange. The NYSE advised the
Company on July 11, 1996, that trading of the
Company's shares would be suspended effective
with the close of trading on July 31, 1996. The
NYSE indicated that its decision to delist was
based on consideration of certain qualitative
listing criteria, including the reduction in
operations due to recent and proposed subsidiary
sales, as well as the Company's failure to meet
certain quantitative listing criteria, including
average net income for the last three years and
net tangible assets. The Company was informally
notified by the American Stock Exchange and the
NASDAQ that its shares do not presently qualify
for listing on the AMEX or NASDAQ.
Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits
None
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
PUBLICKER INDUSTRIES INC.
/s/Antonio L. DeLise
Antonio L. DeLise
Vice President, Chief Financial
Officer and Secretary
Dated: August 8, 1996
