[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 118 (Friday, June 19, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 33740]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-16347]
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
[Release No. 35-26885]
Filings Under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as
Amended (``Act'')
June 12, 1998.
Notice is hereby given that the following filing(s) has/have been
made with the Commission pursuant to provisions of the Act and rules
promulgated under the Act. All interested persons are referred to the
application(s) and/or declaration(s) for complete statements of the
proposed transaction(s) summarized below. The application(s) and/or
declaration(s) and any amendments is/are available for public
inspection through the Commission's Office of Public Reference.
Interested persons wishing to comment or request a hearing on the
application(s) and/or declaration(s) should submit their views in
writing by July 6, 1998, to the Secretary, Securities and Exchange
Commission, Washington, D.C. 20549, and serve a copy on the relevant
applicant(s) and/or declarant(s) at the address(es) specified below.
Proof of service (by affidavit or, in case of an attorney at law, by
certificate) should be filed with the request. Any request for hearing
should identify specifically the issues of fact or law that are
disputed. A person who so requests will be notified of any hearing, if
ordered, and will receive a copy of any notice or order issued in the
matter. After July 6, 1998, the application(s) and/or declaration(s),
as filed or as amended, may be granted and/or permitted to become
effective.
Eastern Utilities Associates (70-9205)
Notice of Proposal to Amend Declaration of Trust to Eliminate
Requirement of Shareholder Approval For the Sale By Eastern Utility
Associates of Any of Its Majority-Owned Subsidiaries; Order Authorizing
Solicitation of Proxies
Eastern Utilities Associates, (``EUA''), P.O. Box 2333, Boston,
Massachusetts 02107, a registered holding company, has filed a
declaration with the Commission under section 6(a)(2), 7, and 12(e) of
the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended (``Act''),
and rules 62 and 65 under the Act.
EUA's declaration of trust (``Declaration of Trust'') currently
provides that a two thirds majority of the holders of its outstanding
common shares entitled to vote must approve the sale by EUA of any of
its majority-owned subsidiaries. EUA seeks authority to amend its
Declaration of Trust to eliminate this requirement (``Proposed
Amendment'').
EUA proposes to solicit proxies from its common shareholders
(``Shareholders'') to approve the Proposed Amendment at a special
meeting scheduled for July 20, 1998 (``Special Meeting''). Accordingly,
EUA requests that an order authorizing the solicitation of proxies be
issued as soon as practicable under rule 62(d).
It is ordered, under rule 62 under the Act, that the declaration
regarding the proposed solicitation of proxies can become effective
immediately, subject to the terms and conditions contained in rule 24
under the Act.
For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management,
under delegated authority.
Jonathan G. Katz,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-16347 Filed 6-18-98; 8:45 am]
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