PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 424(b)(3)
(To Prospectus dated July 10, 1997) Registration No. 333-30199
DATA GENERAL CORPORATION
$212,750,000 Principal Amount of 6% Convertible
Subordinated Notes due 2004
(Interest payable May 15 and November 15)
8,122,089 Shares of Common Stock
This document supplements the Prospectus dated July 10, 1997 relating to
(i) $212,750,000 aggregate principal amount of 6% Convertible Subordinated
Notes due 2004 (the "Notes") of Data General Corporation, a Delaware
corporation (the (the "Common Stock") of the Company which are initially
issuable upon conversion of the Notes plus such additional indeterminate number
of shares of Common Stock as may become issuable upon conversion of the Notes
as a result of adjustments to the conversion price (the "Shares"). The Notes
and the Shares are being offered for the account of the holders thereof. The
Notes were initially acquired from the Company by Morgan Stanley & Co.
Incorporated and Dillon, Read & Co., Inc in May 1997 in connection with a
private offering. This Prospectus Supplement is incorporated by reference into
the Prospectus, and all terms used herein shall have the meaning assigned to
them in the Prospectus. On September 11, 1997 the last sale price of the Common
Stock of the Company on the New York Stock Exchange was $32 7/8ths. The Common
Stock of the Company is traded under the symbol "DGN."
Selling Securityholder: The Yasuda Trust and Banking Co., Ltd.*
2-1 Yaesu 1-Chome Chuo-ku
Tokyo 103 Japan
Securities Being Sold: $750,000.00 aggregate principal amount
of 6% Convertible
Subordinated Notes due 2004
*Yasuda Bank and Trust Co. (USA) is signing on behalf of the aforementioned
company as an authorized custodian.
As of September 11, 1997, and prior to giving effect to the sale of
the Notes being offered by the Selling Securityholder hereby, the Selling
Securityholder beneficially owned $750,000.00 aggregate principal amount of
Notes, [representing less than 1% of the Notes outstanding as of such date].
[As of Common Stock of the Company, other than the shares of Common Stock into
which the Notes beneficially owned by the Selling Securityholder are
convertible].
Since January 1, 1994, the Selling Securityholder had the following
transactions with Data General securities:
Data General Corp. Common Stock: Cusip# 237688106
1) 1/12/96 Sell 30,000 shares
2) 7/03/96 Sell 20,000 shares
3) 7/31/96 Sell 60,000 shares
4) 4/10/97 Buy 103 shares
5) 7/22/97 Sell 103 shares
SEE "RISK FACTORS" BEGINNING ON PAGE 4 OF THE ACCOMPANYING PROSPECTUS FOR
A DESCRIPTION OF CERTAIN FACTORS THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED BY PROSPECTIVE
INVESTORS.
THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY
THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OF ANY STATE
SECURITIES COMMISSION NOR HAS THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION PASSED UPON
THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY
REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY
IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
The date of this Prospectus Supplement is September
12, 1997.
