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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 NOVEMBER 24, 1999
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ALIGN-RITE INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
CALIFORNIA 0-26240 954528353
(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF (COMMISSION FILE NUMBER) (I.R.S. EMPLOYER
INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION) IDENTIFICATION NO.)
2428 ONTARIO STREET, BURBANK, CA 91504
(ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES) (ZIP CODE)
(818) 843-7220
REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE
N/A
(FORMER NAME, FORMER ADDRESS AND FORMER FISCAL YEAR,
IF CHANGED SINCE LAST REPORT)
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ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS.
On October 1, 1999, Align-Rite International, Inc. ("Align-Rite") and
Photronics, Inc. ("Photronics") filed with the Federal Trade Commission and the
Department of Justice their respective notification and report forms under the
Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act relating to the proposed merger of
Align-Rite and Photronics. On October 28, 1999, Photronics withdrew and
subsequently refiled its notification and report form. This procedure provided
the Department of Justice an additional thirty days to conduct its preliminary
review of the proposed transaction. Align-Rite has not been requested to refile
its notification and report form.
On November 24, 1999, Align-Rite and Photronics received a request for
additional information from the Department of Justice. The receipt of this
request tolls the thirty-day waiting period for the proposed transaction pending
submission of the requested additional information. The Department of Justice
must approve or disapprove of the proposed transaction no later than twenty days
after it deems the responses to the request submitted by the parties to be
complete.
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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.
DATED: NOVEMBER 29, 1999
/s/ PETAR N. KATURICH
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PETAR N. KATURICH
VICE PRESIDENT OF FINANCE,
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AND SECRETARY
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