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                                 UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 15

      Certification and Notice of Termination of Registration under Section
12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Suspension of Duty to File
Reports Under Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

                          Commission File No. 0-12489
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                              SPECTRAN CORPORATION
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                                  50 Hall Road
                        Sturbridge, Massachusetts 01566
                                 (508) 347-2261
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       (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area
               code, of registrant's principal executive offices)

                     Common Stock, par value $.10 per share
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            (Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)

                                      None
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         (Titles of all other classes of securities for which a duty to
               file reports under section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)

      Please place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule
provision(s) relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:

      Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(i)     [X]             Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii)    [ ]
      Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(ii)    [ ]             Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(i)     [ ]
      Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(i)     [ ]             Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(ii)    [ ]
      Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(ii)    [ ]             Rule 15d-6              [ ]
      Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(i)     [X]

      Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification or notice
date: One

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      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
SpecTran Corporation has caused this certification/notice to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.

Date:  February 1, 2000

                                          By: /s/ Charles B. Harrison
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                                              Charles B. Harrison,
                                              Chief Executive Officer