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. In conform i t yt her ew i t h, i ti s her eby O R D E R E D A N D A D J U D G E D b yth e C o u rt th a t th e R e s p o n d e n t, D .A . N o lt, I n c ., B e rlin , N e w Je rse y , it s o f f ice rs, a g e n ts, su c c e ss o rs, a n d a ss ig n s, sh a ll 1. C eas e and de s i s tfr om
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c. W i t hi n 14 day s aft ers ervi ce bythe R egi on, pos tati t s fac i l i t yi n B er l i n, N ew J er s ey , copi es of the att ache d not i ce mar ked “A ppendi x. ” C opi es of the not i ce, on form s pr ovi ded byt he R egi onal D i r ect orforR egi on 4, aft erbei ng s i gned bytheR espon den tand m ai ntai ned for 60 con secut i ve d ay s i n co nspicuou s pl aces,

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. I n t he eve ntthat , dur i ng t he pendenc yof thes e pr ocee di ngs , the R es pondenthas gone outof bus i nes s orcl os ed th e f a c ili tyin v o lv e d in th e se p ro c e e d in g s, th e R e sp o n d e n t sh a ll d u p lica te a n d m a il, ati t s ow n expens e, a copyof the not i ce t o al l curr entempl oy ees and form er e m p lo y e e s e m p lo y e d b yth e R e s p o n d e n t a t a n ytim e s in c e M a y1 , 2 0 0 1
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o rm p ro v id e d b yth e R e g io n a ttes tin g to th e s te p s th a t th e R e s p o n d e n t h a s ta k e n to c o m p ly.
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