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EXHIBIT 10.194

THIS DOCUMENT IS IMPORTANT AND REQUIRES YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION. If you are in
any doubt as to the action you should take, you are recommended to seek your own
financial advice from your stockbroker, bank manager, solicitor, accountant or
other independent professional adviser duly authorised under the Financial
Services Act 1986.

Companies Form No.  429(4)
Notice to non-assenting shareholders

Pursuant to Section 429(4) of the Companies Act 1985 as inserted by Schedule 12
to the Financial Services Act 1986

To:

Recommended cash offers ("the Offers") were made on 1 June 2000 by N M
Rothschild & Sons Limited on behalf of Catalina International PLC ("the
Offeror") for all the ordinary shares of 50p each and all the convertible
preference shares of 25p each in Ring PLC ("the Company"). On 5 July 2000 the
Offers were declared unconditional in all respects.

The Offeror has, within four months of making the Ordinary Offer, acquired or
contracted to acquire not less than nine-tenths in value of the ordinary shares
to which the Ordinary Offer relates. The Offeror gives notice that it now
intends to exercise its right under section 429 of the Companies Act 1985 to
acquire ordinary shares held by shareholders of the Company who have not yet
accepted the Ordinary Offer.

The terms of the Offer are set out in the Offer Document dated 1 June 2000. The
Offers will remain open for acceptance until further notice.

The terms of the Offer are:

For every ordinary share                        50p in cash

Further details of the Offer can be found in the Offer Document.

Words or phrases used in this Notice but not defined herein shall, unless the
context otherwise requires, have the meanings ascribed to them in the Offer
Document.

If you do nothing and do not make application to the Court (see below) the
Offeror will acquire your shares on the following terms:

For every ordinary share                        50p in cash

Settlement will be made within 14 days following the expiry of the six-week
period from the date of the Notice.

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If you return the Form of Acceptance sent to you with the Offer Document and
accept the Ordinary Offer, settlement will be made within 14 days of such
acceptance.

NOTE You are entitled under section 430C of the Companies Act 1985 to make an
application in the court within six weeks of the date of this Notice for an
order either that the Offer shall not be entitled and bound to acquire your
shares or that different terms to those of the Ordinary Offer shall apply to the
acquisition. If you are contemplating such action you may wish to seek legal
advice.

Signed

/S/ THOMAS BLUTH
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Director/Secretary
Catalina International PLC                                     Dated 5 July 2000

If you have not received a copy of the Offer Document or the accompanying Form
of Acceptance, or you require any further information in respect of the above
notice, please contact the New Issues Department, IRG plc, PO Box No. 166,
Bourne House, 34 Beckenham Road, Beckenham, Kent BR3 4TH (Telephone: 0208 639
2141).EXHIBIT 10.195

For Immediate Release

                        CATALINA LIGHTING, INC. COMPLETES
                OFFER FOR LEADING U.K. LIGHTING COMPANY RING PLC

        ACQUISITION IS CONSISTENT WITH CATALINA'S GOAL TO BECOME A GLOBAL
                    LEADER IN THE LIGHTING PRODUCTS INDUSTRY

MIAMI, July 5, 2000 /PRNewswire/ -- Catalina Lighting, Inc. (NYSE: LTG), a
leading international designer, manufacturer and distributor of lighting
products for residential and office environments, today announced that it has
completed its previously-announced cash offer, through its wholly-owned
subsidiary, Catalina International PLC, for all of the outstanding ordinary and
convertible preference shares of U.K.-based Ring PLC. Catalina will pay Ring
shareholders 50 pence per share and 22.4 pence per share for the ordinary and
convertible preference shares, respectively, valuing Ring's existing share
capital at approximately 22 million UK Pounds Sterling ($33 million US).

As of July 4, 2000, according to the receiving agent for the offer, 35,890,837
Ring Ordinary Shares, representing 90.52 per cent of the Ring Ordinary Shares in
issue, and 7,014,835 Ring Convertible Preference Shares, representing 73.90 per
cent of the Ring Convertible Preference Shares in issue, were received in the
form of valid acceptances of the offer.

Ring, with revenues of approximately $127 million and net income of $3.5 million
for the year ended December 31, 1999, is a leading supplier of lighting,
automotive aftermarket products, and industrial consumables to the U.K. market.
Catalina and Ring's combined revenues for the twelve months ended March 31,
2000, were approximately $300 million, and management expects this acquisition
to be accretive to its earnings per share.

"Having enjoyed a successful ten-year business relationship with Ring and its
senior management, Catalina is pleased to welcome Ring's customers, employees
and suppliers to our Company," stated Robert Hersh, Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer of Catalina Lighting, Inc. "We are confident that the combined strengths
of our organizations will prove to be very successful as Catalina pursues a
position of strategic leadership within the global lighting products industry."

"The Ring acquisition is integral to Catalina's ability to support the
international growth initiatives of its key retail customers in the most
effective manner," continued Hersh. "We will continue to look for additional
opportunities, both domestically and internationally, to expand our channels of
distribution and product lines, augment our capabilities, and enhance Catalina's
value to its customers and shareholders."

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TM Capital Corp. and N M Rothschild & Sons served as financial advisors to
Catalina Lighting, Inc. in connection with this transaction. Arthur Andersen
served as financial advisor to Ring PLC. SunTrust Bank, one of Company's
existing lenders, provided the financing for the acquisition.

Catalina Lighting, Inc. is a leading international designer, manufacturer and
distributor of lighting products for residential and office environments, and
employs approximately 3,200 people throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico,
South America, and Southeast Asia. The Company is headquartered in Miami,
Florida, and its common stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the
ticker symbol "LTG."

Statements in this press release regarding future earnings and operations and
other statements relating to the future constitute "forward-looking" statements
pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements inherently involve risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the
forward-looking statements. Factors that would cause or contribute to such
differences include, but are not limited to, ability to integrate operations and
personnel, actions by significant customers or competitors, general domestic and
international economic conditions, consumer spending trends, reliance on key
customers, continued acceptance of the Company's products in the marketplace,
competitive factors, new products and technological changes, product prices and
raw material costs, dependence upon third-party vendors, dependence on imports
from China, competitive developments, changes in manufacturing and
transportation costs, the availability of capital, and other risks detailed in
the Company's periodic report filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. By making these forward-looking statements, the Company undertakes
no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes after the date
of this release.

For further information, please contact David Sasnett, Chief Financial Officer,
Dean Rappaport, Executive Vice President at (305) 558-4777 or R. Jerry Falkner,
CFA, Investor Relations Counsel at (800) 377-9893 or www.rjfalkner.com. Copies
of Catalina press releases may be obtained by fax at any time by calling (800)
758-5804 and inputting access number 146925. Additional information on the
Company can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.Catalinaltg.com. SOURCE
Catalina Lighting, Inc.Exhibit 4.1

                                 EQUICAP, INC.
             INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

NUMBER                                                                    SHARES

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                                                              SEE REVERSE FOR
                                                            CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

                                                            CUSIP  29441R  30  4

This Certifies that

is the owner of

FULLY PAID AND NON-ASSESSABLE SHARES OF NO PAR VALUE EACH OF THE COMMON STOCK OF

                                  Equicap, Inc.

transferable on the books of the Corporation in person or by attorney upon
surrender of this Certificate properly endorsed or assigned. This Certificate is
not valid until countersigned by the Transfer Agent.

     In Witness Whereof, the Corporation has caused this Certificate to be
signed by the facsimile signatures of its duly authorized officers and to be
sealed with the facsimile seal of the Corporation.

Dated:

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SECRETARY             [Graphic of corporate seal omitted]             PRESIDENT

Countersigned:

UNITED STOCK TRANSFER, INC.
3615 South Huron Street, Suite 104, Englewood, CO 80110

By:
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    Transfer Agent & Registrar - Authorized Signature

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                                 EQUICAP, INC.

                          United Stock Transfer, Inc.
                           Transfer Fee: As Required

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     The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of
this certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full
according to applicable laws or regulations:

TEN COM    -   as tenants in common  UNIF GIFT MIN ACT -     Custodian for

TEN ENT    -   as tenants by the                        (Cust.)          (Minor)
               entireties               under Uniform Gifts to Minors

JT TEN     -   as joint tenants with    Act of
               right of survivorship          ----------------------------------
               and not as tenants in                        (State)
               common

    Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

  For value received ___________________ hereby sell, assign and transfer unto

                     PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER
                         IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE

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               Please print or type name and address or assignee

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of the Common Stock represented by the within Certificate and do hereby
irrevocably constitute and appoint

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Attorney to transfer the said stock on the books of the within-named
Corporation, with full power of substitution in the premises.

Dated ___________________ 20 ________

SIGNATURE GUARANTEED:                             X
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THE SIGNATURE TO THIS ASSIGNMENT MUST CORRESPOND WITH THE NAME AS WRITTEN UPON
THE FACE OF THIS CERTIFICATE IN EVERY PARTICULAR, WITHOUT ALTERATION OR
ENLARGEMENT OR ANY CHANGE WHATSOEVER. THE SIGNATURE(S) MUST BE GUARANTEED BY AN
ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION (Banks, Stockbrokers, Savings and Loan
Associations and Credit Unions) WITH MEMBERSHIP IN AN APPROVED SIGNATURE
GUARANTEE MEDALLION PROGRAM.

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