COLTEC INDUSTRIES INC
8-K, 1998-04-09
MISC INDUSTRIAL & COMMERCIAL MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT
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                        UNITED STATES
             SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                   WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
                              
                              
                  ________________________
                              
                             Form 8-K
                              
                              
                        CURRENT REPORT
                              
           PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 or 15(d) OF THE
               SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT of 1934
                              
                              
                              
Date of Report  (Date of earliest event reported):  April 9, 1998
                              
                              
                    Coltec Industries Inc
   (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
                              
                              
        Pennsylvania                  1-7568            13-1846375
       (State or other juris-         (Commission       (I.R.S. Employer
        diction of incorporation)      File Number)      Identification No.)
                              
                              
 3 Coliseum Centre, 2550 West Tyvola Road, Charlotte, North Carolina 28217
 (Address of principal executive offices)                        (Zip Code)
                              
                              
  Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (704) 423-7000
                              
                              
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Item 5.             Other Events.

      Attached  as  an Exhibit to this Report is  the  Press
Release issued by Coltec Industries Inc ("Coltec") on  April
9,   1998  which  announces  the  pricing  of  $130  million
aggregate   liquidation  value  of  5 1/4%  Trust   Convertible
Preferred  Securities to institutional  buyers  pursuant  to
Rule   144A   and  to  a  limited  number  of  international
"accredited investors" (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2),
(3)  or  (7)) and the pricing of $300 million of 7 1/2%  Senior
Notes   to  institutional  buyers  pursuant  to  Rule   144A
(collectively the "Securities").

      In  the Offering Circulars relating to the Securities,
Coltec  disclosed  that the Company is  in  the  process  of
exploring the disposition of the business of its Holley Per-
formance Products Inc  subsidiary  ("Holley").   Currently,  
the  Company is evaluating  indications  of interest  from  
several  parties interested  in  an  acquisition of the Holley 
business and believes  that  a  letter of intent or definitive
agreement regarding  such  acquisition may be  executed  in  
the  near future.   For 1997, Holley had gross revenues and
operating income  of  $98.6  million and $7.7  million,  
respectively.  There  can  be  no  assurances that such  a  
transaction in respect of Holley will be consummated or as to 
the timing or terms of such transaction.

Item 7.   Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(c)  Exhibits.

99.1.     Attached as an Exhibit to this Report is the Press
          Release  issued by Coltec Industries Inc ("Coltec")  on
          April  9,  1998  which announces the  pricing  of  $130
          million  aggregate  liquidation  value  of  5 1/2%   trust
          convertible   preferred  securities  to   institutional
          buyers pursuant to Rule 144A and to a limited number of
          international  "accredited investors"  (as  defined  in
          Rule  501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7)) and the pricing  of
          $300  million  of  7 1/2%  Senior Notes  to  institutional
          buyers pursuant to Rule 144A.

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                         SIGNATURES


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly
authorized.



                                           Coltec Industries Inc
                                                 Registrant


                                              /s/Robert J. Tubbs   
Date:  April 9, 1998                 By:  Name:  Robert J. Tubbs
                                     Title: Executive Vice President

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Exhibit 99.1


COLTEC INDUSTRIES ANNOUNCES THE PRICING OF $300 MILLION OF
SENIOR NOTES AND $130 MILLION CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED
SECURITIES

Charlotte,  NC,  April  9,  1998 - Coltec  Industries  Inc
(NYSE:COT) announced the pricing of its previously announced
private  placements  of $300 million  principal  amount  7 1/2%
Senior  Notes  due  2008  (Senior Notes)  and  $130  million
liquidation   value  of  5 1/4%  Trust  Convertible   Preferred
Securities (Convertible Preferred Securities).  The  initial
purchasers of the Convertible Preferred Securities have also
exercised their option to purchase an additional $20 million
liquidation  value  of Convertible Preferred  Securities  to
cover over allotments.

Proceeds  from  both  offerings  will  be  used  to   reduce
indebtedness under Coltec's credit agreement and for general
corporate purposes.  The primary purpose of the offerings is
to  improve Coltec's balance sheet and extend the maturities
of Coltec's debt structure.

The  Senior  Notes  will  be senior  obligations  of  Coltec
ranking pari passu in right of payment with all existing and
future  senior  debt of Coltec.  The Senior  Notes  will  be
guaranteed and secured equally and ratably with loans by the
lenders under the Company's credit facility.

The  Convertible Preferred Securities will  be  entitled  to
preferred distributions from Coltec Capital Trust of 5 1/4% per
annum  and will be convertible, at the option of the holders
thereof, into common stock of Coltec at a price of $29 5/16
per  common share, representing a conversion premium of  25%
over  the  closing sales price on April 7 of  $23 7/16  for
Coltec common stock on the New York Stock Exchange.

The  Convertible Preferred Securities and the  Senior  Notes
are  being  sold in separate private placements to qualified
institutional  buyers  pursuant  to  Rule  144A  under   the
Securities  Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act") and,  in  the
case  of  the Convertible Preferred Securities, to a limited
number  of  institutional accredited investors and,  in  the
case  of  the  Senior Notes, to certain persons in  offshore
transactions  in  reliance  on  Regulation S under the
Securities Act.

No registration statement relating to either the Convertible
Preferred  Securities or the Senior Secured Notes  has  been
filed  with  the  Securities and  Exchange  Commission,  and
neither the Convertible Preferred Securities nor the  Senior
Secured  Notes  may be offered or sold in the United  States
absent  registration  or an applicable exemption  therefrom,
under Rule 144A, or otherwise.  This press release shall not
constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an  offer
to   buy,  nor  shall  there  be  any  sale  of  either  the
Convertible Preferred Securities or the Senior Secured Notes
in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would
be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the
securities laws of any such state.

Coltec  Industries  is  a diversified manufacturing  company
serving primarily aerospace and general industrial markets.



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