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Potlatch Blocks Takeover

What stockmarket analysts described as "greenmail" of the Potlatch Corp. by the wealthy Belzberg family of Canada was blocked last month when Potlatch boughtback 2.4 million of its shares for $l0l million, including the Belzberg's 7.ls/o.

Analysts have coined the term "greenmail" to describe situations in which buyers do not want to take over a company, but buy large stakes in hopes of a quick gain through stock buy backs or by makingthecompany a takeover target.

Using the First City Financial of Vancouver, B.C., which they control, the Belzbergs had purchased 1.09 million shares and options of the San Francisco, Ca., forest products firm. Potlatch bought these back for $43 a share or $46.7 million. First City recorded a pretax gain of $8.7 million on the transaction according to the company. Potlatch also paid First City $990,000 to drop a lawsuit to block an anti-takeover amendment proposed by Potlatch. First City also agreed to buy no Potlatch stock or take part in a takeover of the company for five years.

Shareholders will have an opportunity to approve the anti-takeover "time-phased voting" plan at a special shareholders meeting Dec. 12. The plan gives long term shareholders more votes per share than short term shareholders.

Potlatch's stock repuchase allowed stockholders with short term goals to sell out and frustrated First City's effort to acquire control of the company at what the board considered an inadequate price and poor time to sell the company, according to Richard B. Madden, Potlatch chairman and c.e.o.

Rail Abandonment Fought

A special Oregon state task force hopes to save some of 26 rail branch lines identified as possibly being abandoned because of cost+utting by the state's three major railroads.

The Southern Pacific, Union Pacific and Burlington Northern branches serve the cities of Brownsville, Burns, Condon, Dee, Heppner, Lakeview, Monroe, Stayton and Tillamook.

Zayre Set To Buy Homeclub

HomeClub Inc., the fast-growing discount home center chain, has agreed to be acquired by East Coastbased retail firm Z,ayre Corp. for approximately $l5l million in stock.

Under the agreement announced Nov. 19, the Framingham, Ma.-based operator of discount and specialty stores would trade $14.25 for each of HomeClub's 10.3 million outstanding shares, with an option to buy more.

HomeClub shareholders will vote on the sale at a special meeting in early January.

HomeClub, started in October, 1983 with two stores in Norwalk and Fountain Valley, Ca., and $4.5 million in venture capital, now has 15 stores, mostly in Southern California. Three more stores are to open by the end of 1985, with l8 set to added in California and other western states in 1986. The firm earned $1.7 million on sales of $90 million for the six months ending July 28.

Under the trade agreement, cofounder and president Robert McNulty and key staff members would continue to run the company for another three years.

(Continued from page 36) aspects of the NHLA as well as to accept custom kiln dryers and hardwood timberland owners to membership eligibility.

In other business it was agreed to increase inspection per diem fees for NHLA inspectors to $145, to increase the reimbursement for lumber handling charges in complaints or reinspection to $15 per thousand or actual cost, whichever is less, and tentatively approved acceptance of the Hardwood Research Council into the framework of the NHLA.

Attendance was nearly 1250, making it the largest gathering of hardwood people in the world. Next year's meeting will be held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, October 20-22, 1986.