PARKER & PARSLEY PETROLEUM CO
10-K405/A, 1997-04-04
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                   FORM 10-K/A
                                (Amendment No. 1)

              ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                   For the fiscal year ended December 31, 1996

                         Commission File Number: 1-10695

                       Parker & Parsley Petroleum Company
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                Delaware                                      74-2570602
      (State or other jurisdiction of                      (I.R.S. Employer
      incorporation or organization)                      Identification No.)

 303 West Wall, Suite 101, Midland, Texas                        79701
 (Address of principal executive offices)                      (Zip Code)

               Registrant's telephone number, including area code:
                                 (915) 683-4768

           Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

                                                        Name of each exchange
   Title of each class                                     on which registered

   Common Stock....................................   New York Stock Exchange
   Rights to Acquire Shares of
     Common Stock..................................   New York Stock Exchange

        Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required
to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during
the  preceding 12 months (or for such  shorter  period that the  Registrant  was
required  to file  such  reports),  and  (2) has  been  subject  to such  filing
requirements for the past 90 days. YES X NO

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent  filers  pursuant to Item 405
of Regulation S-K is not contained herein and will not be contained, to the best
of  Registrant's  knowledge,  in  definitive  proxy  or  information  statements
incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this
Form 10-K. [X]

Aggregate market value of the voting stock held by
  non-affiliates of the Registrant as of February 3, 1997...... $1,174,357,828

Number of shares of Common Stock outstanding as of
  February 3, 1997.............................................     35,085,247


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                                    PART III

ITEM 10.     DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT

         The  Company's  Board of  Directors  consists  of two  persons  who are
employees of the Company and seven who are outside directors.  The directors and
executive officers of the Company, and their ages at March 31, 1997, are:

     Name                 Age                  Position
     ----                 ---                  --------
Scott D. Sheffield......  44   Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive
                                Officer, and Director
Mel Fischer.............  63   Director, Executive Vice President - World Wide
                                Exploration
R. Hartwell Gardner.....  62   Director
James L. Houghton.......  66   Director
Jerry P. Jones..........  65   Director
Charles E. Ramsey, Jr...  60   Director
Arthur L. Smith.........  44   Director
Edward O. Vetter........  76   Director
Michael D. Wortley......  49   Director
Timothy A. Leach........  37   Executive Vice President - Engineering
Steven L. Beal..........  38   Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
                                and Treasurer
Mark L. Withrow.........  49   Senior Vice President, General Counsel and
                                Secretary
David A. Chroback.......  41   Senior Vice President - Geology
Timothy L. Dove.........  40   Senior Vice President - Business Development
Lon C. Kile.............  41   Senior Vice President - Investor Relations

         The Company has  classified  its Board of Directors into three classes.
Directors  in each  class are  elected to serve for  three-year  terms and until
their  successors  are elected and  qualified.  Each year,  the directors of one
class stand for election as their terms of office expire. Messrs. Fischer, Smith
and Vetter are designated as Class I directors, and their terms of office expire
at the annual meeting of stockholders in 1998. Messrs. Gardner, Jones and Ramsey
are  designated as Class II  directors,  and their terms of office expire at the
annual meeting of stockholders in 1999. Messrs. Sheffield,  Houghton and Wortley
are Class III directors,  and their terms of office expire at the annual meeting
of stockholders in 1997.

         Executive officers serve at the discretion of the Board of Directors.

         Set forth below is biographical information about each of the Company's
directors and executive officers.

         Scott D. Sheffield.   Mr.  Sheffield,  a graduate of  the University of
Texas with a Bachelor of Science degree in Petroleum  Engineering,  has been the
President and a director of the Company since May 1990 and has been the Chairman
of the Board and Chief Executive  Officer since October 1990. Mr.  Sheffield was
the sole director of the Company from May 1990 until October 1990. Mr. Sheffield
joined Parker & Parsley  Development  Company  ("PPDC"),  a  predecessor  of the

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Company, as a petroleum engineer in 1979. Mr. Sheffield served as Vice President
- - Engineering of PPDC from September 1981 until April 1985,  when he was elected
President and a director.  In March 1989, Mr.  Sheffield was elected Chairman of
the  Board  and  Chief  Executive   Officer  of  PPDC.   Before  joining  PPDC's
predecessor,  Mr. Sheffield was employed as a production and reservoir  engineer
for Amoco Production Company.

         Mel Fischer.   Mr. Fischer,  a graduate of the University of California
at  Berkeley  with a Masters  degree in  Geology,  was elected a director of the
Company in November 1995. Before joining the Company as a director,  Mr. Fischer
worked in the petroleum industry for 32 years, starting as a Petroleum Geologist
with Texaco in 1962 and  retiring  from the  position of  President,  Occidental
International  Exploration  and  Production  Company,  in March 1994. For the 10
years before becoming  President of Occidental  International,  Mr. Fischer held
the  position  of  Executive  Vice  President  -  World  Wide  Exploration  with
Occidental Oil and Gas Corporation. He is a registered geologist in the state of
California, a member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, and an
emeritus  member  of the  Board of  Advisors  for the  Earth  Sciences  Research
Institute at the University of Utah.   Effective February 1,  1997,  Mr. Fischer

expanded  his  duties  with  Parker  &  Parsley  Petroleum  Company  when he was
appointed to serve as Executive Vice President - World Wide  Exploration for the
Company.

         R. Hartwell Gardner.  Mr. Gardner, elected a director of the Company in
November 1995,  graduated from Colgate University with a Bachelor of Arts degree
in Economics and then earned a Masters  degree in Business  Administration  from
Harvard  University.  Until  October 1, 1995,  Mr.  Gardner was the Treasurer of
Mobil Oil Corporation and Mobil Corporation from 1974 and 1976 respectively. Mr.
Gardner is a member of the Financial  Executives Institute of which he served as
Chairman in 1986/1987 and is a Director of Oil Investment  Corporation  Ltd. and
Oil Casualty Investment Corporation Ltd., Pembroke, Bermuda.

         James L. Houghton.  Mr. Houghton is a certified public accountant and a
graduate of Kansas  University  with a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting,
as well as a Bachelor of Law degree.  Mr. Houghton was elected a director of the
Company in October 1991.  Until October 1, 1991,  Mr.  Houghton was the lead oil
and gas tax specialist for the accounting firm of Ernst & Young, was a member of
Ernst & Young's National Energy Group, and had served as the Southwest  Regional
Director of Tax. Mr. Houghton is a member of the American Institute of Certified
Public  Accountants,  a member  of the  Oklahoma  Society  of  Certified  Public
Accountants and a former Chairman of its Federal and Oklahoma Taxation Committee
and past President of the Oklahoma Institute on Taxation.  He has also served as
a Director for the Independent  Petroleum Association of America and as a member
of its Tax Committee.  He is a former coordinator for the International  Society
of the Energy  Advocates  and was  previously  the Editor of  Commerce  Clearing
House's Ernst & Young's Oil and Gas Federal Income Taxation and Matthew Bender's
Taxation of Mining  Operations.  Mr. Houghton is currently a member of the Board
of Advisors  for the Natural  Resources  Tax Review and an editor of  Foundation
Press'  The  Federal  Income  Taxation  of Oil  and Gas  and  Natural  Resources
Transactions.  Since 1990,  Mr.  Houghton has served as trustee of the J.E.  and
L.E. Mabee Foundation, Inc.

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         Jerry P. Jones. Mr. Jones earned a Bachelor of Science degree from West
Texas State College in 1953 and a Bachelor of Law degree from the  University of
Texas School of Law in 1959.  Elected a director of the Company in May 1991, Mr.
Jones has been an attorney with the law firm of Thompson & Knight, P.C., Dallas,
Texas,  since  September 1959 and is a shareholder in the firm. He has served on
its  Management  Committee  for a  number  of  years  and  was  chairman  of the
litigation  section for several years. He has  specialized in civil  litigation,
particularly  in the area of  energy  disputes.  Mr.  Jones  is a member  of the
American  College  of Trial  Lawyers,  a  qualified  mediator,  a member  of the
Advisory Board of the International  Mediation Center,  Dallas,  Texas, and is a
co-founder  and  member of  Lawyers  Concerned  for  Lawyers  and Texas  Lawyers
Concerned for Lawyers.

         Charles E. Ramsey,  Jr. Mr. Ramsey is a graduate of the Colorado School
of Mines with a  Petroleum  Engineering  degree and a  graduate  of the  Smaller
Company   Management   program  at  the  Harvard  Graduate  School  of  Business
Administration.  In  October  1991,  Mr.  Ramsey was  elected a director  of the
Company and began operating an independent  management and financial  consulting
firm.  From June 1958 until June 1986, Mr. Ramsey held various  engineering  and
management  positions  in the oil and gas  industry,  and for six  years  before
October 1, 1991, was a Senior Vice President in the Corporate Finance Department
of Dean Witter Reynolds Inc.  (Dallas,  Texas office).  His industry  experience
includes 12 years of senior management experience in the positions of President,
Chief  Executive  Officer and Executive Vice President of May Petroleum Inc. Mr.
Ramsey is also a former director of MBank Dallas,  the Dallas Petroleum Club and
Lear Petroleum Corporation.

         Arthur L. Smith.   Mr.  Smith has a  Bachelor of Arts  degree from Duke
University,  and is a graduate of New York University's Stern School of Business
with a Masters of Business  Administration  degree in Economics.  Mr. Smith, who
has been serving as a director of the Company since August 1991, is Chairman and
Chief  Executive  Officer of John S.  Herold,  Inc.,  a petroleum  research  and
consulting firm based in Stamford,  Connecticut.  Mr. Smith acquired  control of
John S.  Herold,  Inc. in 1984 after nine years on Wall Street in  institutional
equity research and corporate  finance with  Oppenheimer and Company,  Inc., The
First Boston Corporation,  and Argus Research Corp. From 1988 to 1993, he served
on the Board of  Directors  of the New York  Society of Security  Analysts.  Mr.
Smith holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.

         Edward O. Vetter.   Mr.  Vetter  is  a  graduate  of  the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology.  Mr. Vetter,  who has been serving as a director of the
Company  since  February  1992,  has in  the  past  served  as  director  of AMR
Corporation,  American Airlines, Inc., Cabot Corporation, The Western Company of
North America and Champion International Corporation.  Since 1977, Mr. Vetter
has been  President of  Edward O. Vetter & Associates,  a management  consulting
firm in Dallas,  Texas.  Mr.  Vetter was the Energy  Advisor to the  Governor of
Texas  from  1979  to  1983  and  was  a  Presidential  appointee  to  the  U.S.
Competitiveness  Policy  Council.  He is a life  trustee  of  the  Massachusetts
Institute of Technology and a former member of the National Petroleum Council.

         Michael D.  Wortley.  Mr.  Wortley,  a graduate of  Southern  Methodist
University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political  Science,  the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a Masters degree in Regional Planning, and

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Southern Methodist  University with a Juris Doctorate degree,  became a director
of the Company in April 1991. Mr. Wortley, a partner with the law firm of Vinson
&  Elkins  L.L.P.  (Dallas,  Texas  office),  specializes  in  acquisitions  and
securities  matters  and serves as the  co-head  of the  Corporate  Finance  and
Securities Section of the firm. He served on the Board of Directors of Johnson &
Wortley,  P.C.,  from May 1994  until  December  1994 and from April 1990 to May
1993,  as President and Chairman of the Board from November 1991 to May 1993 and
as the Managing Director from February 1992 to May 1993.

         Timothy A. Leach.  Mr. Leach, a graduate of Texas A&M University with a
Bachelor of Science degree in Petroleum  Engineering and the University of Texas
of the  Permian  Basin with a Masters of  Business  Administration  degree,  was
elected Executive Vice President - Engineering of the Company in March 1995. Mr.
Leach had been serving as Senior Vice  President - Engineering  since March 1993
and served as Vice  President - Engineering  of the Company from October 1990 to
March 1993.  Mr. Leach joined PPDC as Vice  President - Engineering in September
1989.  Before  joining PPDC, Mr. Leach was employed as Senior Vice President and
Director of First City Texas - Midland, N.A.

         Steven L. Beal.  Mr. Beal, a graduate of the University of Texas with a
Bachelor of Business  Administration degree in Accounting and a certified public
accountant,  was  elected  Senior Vice  President - Finance in January  1995 and
Chief  Financial  Officer in March 1995.  Mr. Beal has been the Company's  Chief
Accounting  Officer since  November  1992 and has been the  Company's  Treasurer
since  October  1990.  Mr. Beal joined PPDC as  Treasurer  in March 1988 and was
elected Vice President - Finance in October 1991.  Before joining PPDC, Mr. Beal
was employed as an audit manager for Price Waterhouse.

         Mark  L.  Withrow.   Mr.  Withrow,  a  graduate  of  Abilene  Christian
University  with a  Bachelor  of  Science  degree in  Accounting  and Texas Tech
University with a Juris Doctorate  degree,  was Vice President - General Counsel
of the Company from January 1991 to January 1995,  when he was appointed  Senior
Vice  President,  General  Counsel.  He has been the Company's  Secretary  since
August 1992. Mr.  Withrow joined PPDC in January 1991.  Before joining PPDC, Mr.
Withrow was the managing partner of the law firm of Turpin,  Smith, Dyer, Saxe &
MacDonald, Midland, Texas.

         David A. Chroback.  Mr. Chroback,  a graduate of Hanover College with a
Bachelor  of Science  degree in Geology,  and a graduate  of  Southern  Illinois
University at Carbondale with a Master of Science degree in Geology, was elected
Senior Vice President - Geology of the Company in October 1996. He had served as
Vice President - Geology of the Company since  February  1993. Mr.  Chroback has
been the Geological Manager since June 1992, and prior to that has been a Senior
Geologist with the Company since January 1988.  Before  joining the Company,  he
was a  project  geologist  with  Indian  Wells Oil  Company.  Mr.  Chroback  was
previously  employed by Amoco Production  Company as a petroleum  geologist from
1980 through 1984.

         Timothy  L.  Dove.  Mr.  Dove  joined  the  Company in May 1994 as Vice
President -  International  and was promoted to Senior Vice President - Business
Development in October 1996. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Dove was employed
with Diamond  Shamrock Corp.,  and its successor,  Maxus Energy Corp, in various

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capacities in international exploration and production,  marketing, refining and
marketing,  and planning and development.  Mr. Dove earned a Bachelor of Science
degree in Mechanical  Engineering from Massachusetts  Institute of Technology in
1979 and  received  his  Masters  of  Business  Administration  in 1981 from the
University of Chicago.

         Lon C. Kile.  Mr. Kile,  a graduate of Oklahoma State University with a
Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Accounting,  joined the Company in
1985 and was recently promoted to Senior Vice President - Investor  Relations in
October 1996. Previously, he was Vice President and Manager of the Mid-Continent
Division. Prior to that he held the positions of Vice President - Equity Finance
& Analysis and Vice President - Marketing and Program Administration.   Prior to
joining the Company, he was employed as Supervisor - Senior, Audit, in charge of
the Company's audit, with Ernst & Young.

ITEM 11.     EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

Compensation of Directors

         General. As compensation for services as a director,  each non-employee
director  receives an annual  retainer fee, which is paid 50% in cash and 50% in
the form of Company  common stock.  See "Equity  Compensation  Plan" below.  The
amount of the annual  retainer fee for 1996 was  $40,000,  and the amount of the
annual  retainer fee for 1997 is also $40,000.  In addition,  each  non-employee
director is reimbursed for travel expenses incurred in connection with attending
meetings of the Board of Directors or its  committees  and an additional  $2,500
for  services  as  chairman  of a  committee.  No  additional  fees are paid for
attending  board or committee  meetings.  Executive  officers of the Company who
serve as directors  do not receive  additional  compensation  for serving on the
Board of Directors.

         A non-employee  director may elect,  before the beginning of a year, to
defer payment of all or portion of his cash  compensation  for that year until a
later  year or  until  his  termination  of  services  as a  director.  Deferred
compensation accrues interest (compounded quarterly) at the prime rate in effect
from time to time at the Company's primary lending institution. Accrued interest
is  payable at the time the  deferred  compensation  is  payable.  A  director's
deferred  compensation and accrued interest become immediately  payable upon his
termination of services as a director of the Company or upon the occurrence of a
change in  control  of the  Company.  In  addition,  a  director  who  suffers a
financial or personal hardship or other emergency  circumstances may request the
Company to  accelerate  the payment of his deferred  compensation.  The decision
whether to permit acceleration will be made by the Company's Board of Directors,
acting on a majority  vote of all directors  other than the director  making the
request.

         Under  the  Company's   Long-term  Incentive  Plan,  each  non-employee
director is eligible to receive  $125,000 of Company common stock at the time he
begins to serve as a director.  The price used to calculate the number of shares
to be awarded is the average trading price of the Company's  common stock during
the 60 days  immediately  preceding the award. The shares awarded are subject to

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vesting and  transfer  restrictions  that lapse with respect to one-third of the
shares six  months  after the award,  another  one-third  of the shares one year
after the award and the  remaining  one-third  of the shares two years after the
award.  The vesting of ownership and the lapse of the transfer  restrictions may
be  accelerated  in the event of the  death,  disability  or  retirement  of the
director or a change in control of the Company.  The  Long-term  Incentive  Plan
requires  each  non-employee  director  to make an election  under the  Internal
Revenue  Code to  include  the value of the  stock in his  income in the year of
grant and  provides for a cash award to the  non-employee  director in an amount
sufficient  to pay the federal  income  taxes due with  respect to the award and
such cash payment.

         Equity  Compensation Plan. Under the Parker & Parsley Petroleum Company
Non-Employee  Director Equity Compensation Plan (the "Director Plan"), which the
Company's stockholders adopted in 1994, each non-employee director automatically
receives  50% of the  amount of the annual  retainer  fee in the form of Company
common  stock.  Pursuant to the Director  Plan,  on the last business day of the
month in which the annual  meeting of the  stockholders  of the Company is held,
each non-employee director will automatically receive an award of Company common
stock equal to 50% of the then current annual retainer fee. The number of shares
included in each such award is determined by dividing 50% of the annual retainer
fee by the closing sales price of the Company's common stock on the business day
immediately  preceding the date of the award. On May 31, 1996, each non-employee
director (Mr. Fischer,  Mr. Gardner,  Mr. Houghton,  Mr. Jones, Mr. Ramsey,  Mr.
Smith,  Mr.  Vetter  and Mr.  Wortley)  received  an award of 812  shares of the
Company's  common  stock (which  number was  calculated  by dividing  $20,000 by
$24.625, the closing sales price of the Company's common stock on May 30, 1996).

         When issued, the shares of Company common stock awarded pursuant to the
Director  Plan are  subject  to  transfer  restrictions  that lapse on the first
anniversary of the date of the award. In addition, if a non-employee  director's
services as a director of the Company are  terminated  for any reason before the
next annual  meeting of the  Company's  stockholders,  a pro rata portion of the
shares are forfeited based on the number of regularly  scheduled meetings of the
Board of Directors  remaining  to be held before the next annual  meeting of the
Company's stockholders.

Compensation of Executive Officers

         The  compensation   paid  to  the  Company's   executive   officers  is
administered  by the  Compensation  Committee  of the  Board  of  Directors  and
generally consists of base salaries, annual bonuses, awards made pursuant to the
Company's  Long-term  Incentive  Plan,  contributions  to the  Company-sponsored
401(k)  retirement  plan, and  miscellaneous  perquisites.  The following  table
summarizes the total compensation for 1996, 1995, and 1994 awarded to, earned by
or paid to the following persons (the "Named Executive Officers").

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<TABLE>
                                          SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE (a)
                                    Annual Compensation         Long-term Compensation
                               ------------------------------   -----------------------
                                                                         Awards
                                                                -----------------------
                                                      Other                                  All
                                                      Annual    Restricted     Shares       Other
     Name and                                         Compen-     Stock      Underlying    Compen-
Principal Position     Year     Salary    Bonus(b)   sation(c)   Awards(d)     Options    sation(e)
- ------------------     ----    --------   --------   --------   ----------   ----------   ---------
<S>                    <C>     <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>          <C>         <C>      
Scott D. Sheffield     1996    $390,000   $375,375   $ 47,770    $    -       $ 70,000    $  87,990
Chairman of the        1995     321,094        -       12,592         -         56,232        8,260
Board, President,      1994     330,000    165,000     69,636       6,581          -          8,260
and Chief
Executive Officer

Timothy A. Leach       1996     200,000    157,500     38,516      59,500       31,000       49,519
Executive Vice         1995     171,925        -        8,992         -         31,824        6,930
President              1994     120,000     84,000     33,409       1,763          -          6,930

Steven L. Beal         1996     175,000    133,875     33,021      59,500       25,000       41,269
Sr. Vice President,    1995     147,364        -        7,192         -         28,324        6,631
Chief Financial        1994     100,000     70,000     27,068       1,681          -          4,500
Officer & Treasurer

Mark L. Withrow        1996     175,000    201,737     33,021      59,500       21,000       43,103
Sr. Vice President     1995     157,438        -        7,192         -         27,743        6,930
& General Counsel      1994     144,000     72,000     20,916       2,460          -          6,930

David A. Chroback      1996     175,000    133,875     32,870      59,500       21,000       41,077
Sr. Vice President     1995     143,125        -        6,740         -         27,493        6,441
                       1994     110,000     55,000     21,926       1,312          -          4,950

Timothy L. Dove        1996     160,609    190,080     30,842      59,500       21,000       38,834
Sr. Vice President     1995     133,583        -        6,934     199,988       15,000        6,011
                       1994(f)   84,359     40,833     20,916         -         12,000          -
</TABLE>

(a)      See   "Compensation  of  Executive   Officers  -  Employee   Investment
         Partnerships"   for  information   about   Company-sponsored   employee
         investment  partnerships in which the Named Executive Officers invested
         their own funds.

(b)      Represents the amount awarded under the Company's  annual bonus program
         and bonus  awards  related to specific  events in  accordance  with the
         Company's   executive   compensation   program   administered   by  the
         Compensation  Committee of the Board of  Directors.  In 1994 the annual
         bonus was paid  one-half in cash and one-half in restricted  stock.  In
         1996,  Mr.  Sheffield  received all of his bonus in cash, and all other
         Named Executive Officers received one-half of a previously  established

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         target level in restricted  stock and the other one-half of target plus
         any excess  above  target in cash.  The  amounts  shown in the  Summary
         Compensation Table  include both  the cash and the value of  restricted
         stock awards.  The  amount of cash and the  number  and value of shares
         of  restricted  stock  awarded  for each  year under the  annual  bonus
         program  are as follows:
                                                         Restricted Stock Award
                                                         ----------------------
                                                           Number     Value of
                                   Year    Cash Award    of Shares     Shares
                                   ----    ----------    ---------    --------
         Mr. Sheffield........     1996    $  375,375         -       $    -
                                   1995           -           -            -
                                   1994        82,500       3,529       82,500

         Mr. Leach............     1996       112,493       1,494       45,007
                                   1995           -           -            -
                                   1994        42,000       1,797       42,000

         Mr. Beal.............     1996        94,502       1,307       39,373
                                   1995           -           -            -
                                   1994        35,000       1,497       35,000

         Mr. Withrow..........     1996       102,377       1,307       39,373
                                   1995           -           -            -
                                   1994        36,000       1,540       36,000

         Mr. Chroback.........     1996        94,502       1,307       39,373
                                   1995           -           -            -
                                   1994        27,500       1,176       27,500

         Mr. Dove.............     1996        93,956       1,200       36,137
                                   1995           -           -            -
                                   1994        20,427         873       20,406

         The number of shares of the restricted  stock awarded as annual bonuses
         was  calculated  using the last  closing  sales price of the  Company's
         common stock before the time of the award ($30.125 for 1996 and $23.375
         for 1994).  Ownership of the restricted  stock awarded in 1996 vests on
         August 13, 1997, and ownership of the restricted  stock awarded in 1994
         vested on March 31,  1995.  Subject  to  accelerated  lapse in  certain
         circumstances,  the  transfer  restrictions  lapse on  one-third of the
         shares on each of the first, second and third anniversaries of the date
         of grant (February 13, 1997, for 1996 awards and November 15, 1994, for
         1994  awards).  In  1996,  Mr.  Withrow  and  Mr.  Dove  each  received
         restricted  stock bonus awards of 2,436 shares valued at $59,987 on the
         date of grant in  recognition  of their critical role in the successful
         divestiture of the Company's  Australasian assets. These shares vest on
         April 3, 1997,  and transfer  restrictions  lapse  one-third  each year
         beginning April 3, 1997.  Dividends are paid on the restricted stock at
         the same rate as they are paid on all other shares of common stock.

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(c)      Includes (i) cash payments to Mr. Sheffield equal to 50% of the federal
         income tax liability associated with the cash bonus received in lieu of
         restricted  stock under the annual bonus  program and cash  payments to
         other  Named  Executive  Officers  for  federal  income  tax  liability
         associated with the receipt of restricted  stock awards pursuant to the
         annual bonus  program;  (ii) cash payments for a portion of the federal
         income tax liability  associated  with the receipt of restricted  stock
         pursuant  to  the   Company's   Performance   Unit  Program  which  was
         discontinued in 1995; and (iii)  automobile  allowances as shown below.
         Amounts not shown below represent miscellaneous perquisites.

                                     Federal Tax     Federal Tax
                                     Liability -     Liability -
                                       Annual        Performance     Automobile
                            Year    Bonus Program    Unit Program    Allowance
                            ----    -------------    ------------    ----------
         Mr. Sheffield      1996     $    35,178      $     -        $  10,200
                            1995             -              -           10,200
                            1994          54,087          2,957         10,200

         Mr. Leach          1996          29,524            -            6,600
                            1995             -              -            6,600
                            1994          23,625            792          6,600

         Mr. Beal           1996          25,829            -            4,800
                            1995             -              -            4,800
                            1994          19,121            755          4,800

         Mr. Withrow        1996          25,829            -            4,800
                            1995             -              -            4,800
                            1994          20,250          1,105          4,800

         Mr. Chroback       1996          25,829            -            4,800
                            1995             -              -            4,800
                            1994          15,186            -            4,800

         Mr. Dove           1996          23,706            -            4,800
                            1995             -              -            4,800
                            1994          17,227            -            2,800

(d)      The restricted stock awarded in 1996 represents grants on  November 19,
         1996,  to  Messrs.  Leach,  Beal,  Withrow,  Chroback and Dove of 2,000
         shares  each  of  common  stock  with  vesting  restrictions that lapse
         November 19,  1999.   The restricted stock awarded in 1995 to  Mr. Dove
         represents a grant on June 1,  1995,  of 10,389  shares of common stock
         with vesting restrictions that lapse June 1, 1998. The restricted stock
         awarded  in 1994  represents  partial  settlement of  Performance Units
         through grants of common stock on December 30,  1994,  of 321 shares to
         Mr.  Sheffield,  86 shares to  Mr. Leach,  82 shares to  Mr. Beal,  120
         shares to  Mr. Withrow and 64 shares to  Mr. Chroback.   Vesting of the
         shares was accelerated so that 50% of the shares vested on December 31,
         1995, and the remaining 50% vested on December 31, 1996. The shares are

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         subject  to  transfer  restrictions  that  will  lapse  with respect to
         one-third of the shares at the end of 1998,  one-third of the shares at
         the  end  of 1999  and  one-third  of the  shares  at the  end of 2000.
         Dividends are paid on the restricted stock at the same rate as they are
         paid on all other shares of common stock.

         The values of the awards were calculated  using the closing sales price
         of the Company's common stock of $29.75 on November 18, 1996, $19.25 on
         May 31, 1995, and $20.50 on December 30, 1994.

         The total number and value of all shares of restricted  stock that each
         executive  officer held on December 31, 1996,  are as follows  based on
         the closing sales that day of $36.75:

                                       Number of Shares            Value
                                       ----------------         -----------
               Mr. Sheffield                54,400              $ 1,999,200
               Mr. Leach                    16,969                  623,611
               Mr. Beal                     16,185                  594,799
               Mr. Withrow                  24,908                  915,369
               Mr. Chroback                 12,181                  447,652
               Mr. Dove                     15,116                  555,513

(e)      Includes (i) Company  contributions  under the  Company's  401(k) plan,
         (ii) 1996 Company  contributions to the Company's deferred compensation
         retirement  plan for  executives,  (iii) deemed payment of one-third of
         the  principal  and  all  accrued  interest  related  to a  1995  stock
         acquisition  loan  program and (iv) $1,330 of premiums  paid in each of
         1996,  1995 and 1994 with respect to term life  insurance  policies for
         the benefit of Mr. Sheffield.

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<TABLE>
                                  401(k) Employer    Non-Qualified Savings Plan    Stock Acquisition
         Name             Year         Match               Employer Match            Loan Agreement
         ----             ----    ---------------    --------------------------    -----------------
<S>      <C>              <C>     <C>                <C>                           <C>     
         Mr. Sheffield    1996       $  6,750                $  29,250                  $ 50,660
                          1995          6,930                      -                         -
                          1994          6,930                      -                         -

         Mr. Leach        1996          7,500                   15,000                    27,019
                          1995          6,930                      -                         -
                          1994          6,930                      -                         -

         Mr. Beal         1996          7,688                    6,563                    27,019
                          1995          6,930                      -                         -
                          1994          6,930                      -                         -

         Mr. Withrow      1996          7,688                   13,125                    22,290
                          1995          6,631                      -                         -
                          1994          4,500                      -                         -

         Mr. Chroback     1996          7,688                   13,125                    20,264
                          1995          6,441                      -                         -
                          1994          4,950                      -                         -

         Mr. Dove         1996          7,875                   12,046                    18,913
                          1995          6,011                      -                         -
                          1994            -                        -                         -
</TABLE>
(f)      Mr. Dove joined the Company as an employee on April 28, 1994.

         Stock  Options.  The  Long-term  Incentive  Plan  provides for employee
awards  in the form of stock  options,  stock  appreciation  rights,  restricted
stock,  and  Performance  Units payable in stock or cash.  The maximum number of
shares of common stock that may be issued under the Long-term  Incentive Plan is
equal to 10% of the total shares of Company common stock  outstanding  from time
to  time.  The  Long-term  Incentive  Plan  had  105,155  shares  available  for
additional awards at December 31, 1996.

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         The following  table sets forth  information  about stock option grants
made during 1996 to the Named Executive Officers.

                        OPTION GRANTS IN LAST FISCAL YEAR

                             Individual Grants
                -------------------------------------
                               % of Total
                Number of        Options     Exercise
                 Securities    Granted to     or Base
                Underlying    Employees        Price
                  Options       in Fiscal   per Share   Expiration   Grant Date
    Name        Granted(a)         Year           (b)      Date       Value(c)
    ----        -----------   -----------   ---------   ----------   ----------
Mr. Sheffield      70,000        11.0%      $   29.75    11/19/01    $  707,700
Mr. Leach          31,000         4.9%          29.75    11/19/01       313,410
Mr. Beal           25,000         3.9%          29.75    11/19/01       252,750
Mr. Withrow        21,000         3.3%          29.75    11/19/01       212,310
Mr. Chroback       21,000         3.3%          29.75    11/19/01       212,310
Mr. Dove           21,000         3.3%          29.75    11/19/01       212,310

(a)      Stock  options were granted  under the Long-term  Incentive  Plan.  The
         options  were  granted  on  November  19,  1996,  vest  at the  rate of
         one-third  each year  commencing on the first  anniversary of the grant
         date, and have a term of five years. The Compensation Committee retains
         discretion,  subject to plan limits, to modify the terms of the options
         and to  reprice  the  options.  In the event of a change in  control as
         defined in the Long-term  Incentive Plan, each holder of an option will
         immediately be granted  corresponding stock appreciation rights and the
         options will immediately become fully vested and exercisable in full.

(b)      The  exercise  price  per  share is equal to the  closing  price of the
         Company's common stock on the NYSE composite tape on the day before the
         date of grant.

(c)      The estimated  grant date value of the options is determined  using the
         Black-Scholes   model.   The  material   assumptions   and  adjustments
         incorporated in the Black-Scholes  model in estimating the value of the
         options include the following:

         o     An interest rate of 6.18% which represents the interest rate on a
               U. S. Treasury security with a maturity date corresponding to the
               option term.

         o     Volatility of  32.22% calculated using daily stock prices for the
               120-day period prior to the grant date.

         o     Dividends  at  the  rate  of  $.10  per  share  representing  the
               annualized dividends paid with respect to a share of common stock
               at the date of grant.

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         No other adjustments were made to the model for  non-transferability or
risk of forfeiture. The ultimate values of the options will depend on the future
market price of the Company's  stock,  which cannot be forecast with  reasonable
accuracy. The actual value, if any, an optionee will realize upon exercise of an
option will  depend on the excess of the market  value of the  company's  common
stock over the exercise price on the date the option is exercised.

         The  following  table sets  forth,  for each Named  Executive  Officer,
information  concerning  the exercise of stock options during 1996 and the value
of unexercised stock options as of December 31, 1996.

                    AGGREGATED EXERCISES IN LAST FISCAL YEAR
                       AND FISCAL YEAR END OPTIONS VALUES
<TABLE>
                                               Number of Securities          Value of Unexercised
                  Number of                    Underlying Unexercised        In-the-Money Options
                   Shares                    Options at Fiscal Year-End      at Fiscal Year-End(b)
                 Acquired on     Value       ---------------------------   --------------------------
                  Exercise     Realized(a)   Exercisable   Unexercisable   Exercisable  Unexercisable
                 -----------   -----------   -----------   -------------   -----------  -------------
<S>              <C>           <C>           <C>           <C>             <C>          <C>        
 Mr. Sheffield      30,000     $  541,250       66,666        103,334      $ 1,474,988   $ 1,077,512
 Mr. Leach          16,666        300,898        9,500         50,000          167,438       551,875
 Mr. Beal           20,784        262,458          -           41,666              -         468,738
 Mr. Withrow        12,500        147,063        4,334         37,666           76,387       440,738
 Mr. Chroback        6,000        110,751       13,334         37,666          259,387       440,738
 Mr. Dove              -              -         13,000         35,000          187,125       372,750
</TABLE>

(a)      Amounts were calculated by multiplying the number of options  exercised
         by the  market  price  of the  Company's  common  stock  at the time of
         exercise minus the exercise price.

(b)      Amounts  were  calculated  by  multiplying  the  number of  unexercised
         options by the closing  sales price of the  Company's  common  stock on
         December 31, 1996 ($36.75) minus the exercise price.

         Retirement Plan. Effective January 1, 1996, the Compensation  Committee
approved a deferred  compensation  retirement plan for the executive officers of
the Company.  Each  executive is allowed to contribute up to 25% of base salary.
The  Company  provides  a  matching  contribution  of  100%  of  the  employee's
contribution  limited  to the  first 10% of the  executive's  base  salary.  The
Company matching contribution vests immediately.

         Employee  Investment  Partnerships.  During 1994,  the Company formed a
Direct  Investment  Partnership  to invest in all wells  drilled by the  Company
during that year (except in certain  circumstances where its participation would
impose  additional  costs on the  Company).  The Company had also formed  Direct
Investment Partnerships in 1992 and 1993. No partnerships were formed in 1995 or
1996,  and the  Company  does not  expect  to form any new  partnerships  in the
future.
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         The 1994 Direct Investment  Partnership was formed in January 1994 with
ten employee participants. Mr. Chroback was the only Named Executive Officer who
participated.   The  total  initial  capital  contributions  were  approximately
$144,000,  with the employees contributing  approximately $142,600 (99%) and the
managing general partner contributing approximately $1,400 (1%). The partnership
pays .34% of the costs and  receives  .34% of the revenues  attributable  to the
Company's  interest  in the wells in which  the  partnership  participates.  Mr.
Chroback contributed $11,167 and has received  distributions of $9,184 since the
partnership formation.

         The Direct  Investment  Partnership  program  replaced  prior  employee
partnership programs that had been sponsored by the Company and its predecessors
during 1987 through 1991. As of December 31, 1996,  the aggregate  contributions
that have been made to those partnerships and the Direct Investment Partnerships
by the Named Executive  Officers and the aggregate  distributions that have been
received by the Named Executive Officers from those partnerships are as follows:
Mr. Sheffield  contributed $643,334 and received $782,323 ($156,648 of which was
received  during 1996);  Mr. Leach  contributed  $361,255 and received  $394,798
($75,397 of which was received during 1996);  Mr. Withrow  contributed  $120,673
and received  $91,716  ($21,330 of which was  received  during  1996);  Mr. Beal
contributed $169,573 and received $219,264 ($40,014 of which was received during
1996);  and Mr. Chroback  contributed  $80,667 and received  $77,858 ($16,654 of
which was received during 1996).

         Severance  Agreements.  On January 1, 1996,  the Company  entered  into
severance  agreements with its officers to replace their  employment  agreements
that  expired  at  the  end  of  1995.  Salaries  and  bonuses  are  set  by the
Compensation  Committee  independent of these  agreements,  and the Compensation
Committee can increase or reduce base salary at its discretion.

         Either  the  Company  or  the  officer  may   terminate  the  officer's
employment  under the severance  agreement at any time. The Company must pay the
officer an amount equal to one year's base salary if the officer's employment is
terminated because of death, disability, or normal retirement.  The Company must
pay the officer an amount  equal to one year's base salary and  continue  health
insurance for the officer's  family for one year if the Company  terminates  the
officer's  employment without cause or if the officer terminates  employment for
good reason, which is when reductions in the officer's base annual salary exceed
specified limits or when the officer's  responsibilities have been significantly
reduced.  If within  one year  after a change of  control  of the  Company,  the
Company  terminates  the  officer  without  cause or if the  officer  terminates
employment for good reason,  the Company must pay the officer an amount equal to
2.99 times the sum of the  officer's  base salary plus target bonus for the year
and continue  health  insurance  for the  officer's  family for one year. If the
officer terminates employment with the Company without reason between six months
and one year after a change in  control,  or at any time within one year after a
change in control if the officer is required to move,  then the Company must pay
the  officer  one year's  base  salary and  continue  health  insurance  for the
officer's family for one year. Officers are also entitled to additional payments
for certain tax  liabilities  that may apply to severance  payments  following a
change of control.

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         Indemnification Agreements

          The Company has entered into  indemnification  agreements with each of
its directors  and  officers,  including  the Named  Executive  Officers.  Those
agreements  require the Company to indemnify  the  directors and officers to the
fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General  Corporation Law and to advance
expenses in connection with certain claims against  directors and officers.  The
Company  expects to enter into similar  agreements  with persons  selected to be
directors  and  officers  in the future.  Each  indemnification  agreement  also
provides that,  upon a  potential change in  control of the  Company and  if the
indemnified director or officer so requests, the Company will create a trust for
the benefit of the  indemnified  director or officer in an amount  sufficient to
satisfy  payment of all  liabilities  and suits  against  which the  Company has
indemnified the director or officer.

         Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

         Mr. Fischer,  Mr. Ramsey (Chairman),  Mr. Smith, and Mr. Wortley served
as members of the  Compensation  Committee of the  Company's  Board of Directors
during  1996.  None of them was an officer  or  employee,  or former  officer or
employee, of the Company during 1996. Mr. Fischer was employed by the Company on
February 1, 1997, and resigned from the Compensation Committee that day.

         Mr.  Smith  is the  Chairman  and Chief  Executive  Officer of  John S.
Herold,  Inc., which has provided financial services to the Company periodically
since 1990.  During  1996,  the Company  paid John S.  Herold,  Inc. and a joint
venture approximately $60,405 as consideration for its services.  Mr. Sheffield,
the Company's Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, owns less than 1%
of the outstanding common stock of John S. Herold, Inc.

         Mr.  Wortley is a partner  of Vinson & Elkins  L.L.P.,  which  provided
various  legal  services to the Company  during  1996 as the  Company's  primary
outside  corporate  counsel.  The dollar amount of fees that the Company paid to
Vinson & Elkins  L.L.P.  during  the last  fiscal  year of that law firm did not
exceed 5% of that firm's gross revenues for that year.

ITEM 12.     SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT

Ownership by 5% Stockholders

         The following table provides information about the beneficial ownership
of the  Company's  common  stock by the  persons  known to the Company to be the
beneficial owners of more than 5% of the Company's common stock.

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<TABLE>
    Title               Name and Address of           Amount and Nature of   Percentage of
  of Class                Beneficial Owner            Beneficial Ownership     Class (d)
- ------------   ------------------------------------   --------------------   -------------
<S>            <C>                                    <C>                    <C>   
Common Stock   Denver Investment Advisors LLC             3,817,640 (a)          10.89%
               1225 17th Street, 26th Floor
               Denver, Colorado 80202

Common Stock   FMR Corp.                                  3,658,400 (b)          10.43%
               82 Devonshire Street
               Boston, Massachusetts 02109

Common Stock   Mackay-Shields Financial Corporation       1,808,050 (c)           5.16%
               9 West 57th Street
               New York, New York 10019
</TABLE>
- ---------------

(a)  Based on the Schedule 13G dated January 10, 1997, filed with the Securities
     and Exchange  Commission,  this person holds sole voting power of 2,488,400
     shares,  sole investment power of 3,814,100  shares,  and shared voting and
     investment power of 3,540 shares.

(b)  Based on the Schedule 13G dated January 9, 1997,  filed with the Securities
     and  Exchange  Commission,  this person  holds sole voting  power of 87,500
     shares, sole investment power of 3,658,400 shares, and no shared voting and
     investment power.

(c)  Based on the Schedule 13G dated February 7, 1997, filed with the Securities
     and  Exchange  Commission,  this person  holds sole voting  power of 60,000
     shares,  sole  investment  power of 60,000 shares,  and no shared voting or
     investment power.

(d)  Based upon the number of shares outstanding at December 31, 1996.

Ownership by Management

     The following table provides  information about the beneficial ownership of
the  Company's  common  stock as of February 3, 1997,  by each of the  Company's
directors, by each Named Executive Officer, by the Company's directors and Named
Executive Officers as a group, and by the Company's directors,  officers and key
employees as a group. To the best of the Company's  knowledge,  each such person
holds  sole  investment  and  voting  power  over the  shares  shown,  except as
otherwise  indicated.  None of these persons beneficially owns any of the 6-1/4%
Cumulative  Guaranteed  Monthly Income  Convertible  Preferred  Shares issued by
Parker & Parsley Capital LLC, a wholly-owned  special-purpose finance subsidiary
of the Company.
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<TABLE>

      Title             Name and Address of            Amount and Nature of   Percentage of
    of Class            Beneficial Owner (a)           Beneficial Ownership     Class (b)
- ------------   -------------------------------------   --------------------   -------------
<S>            <C>                                     <C>                    <C> 
Common Stock   Scott D. Sheffield                         381,236 (c)(d)           1.1%
Common Stock   Mel H. Fischer                               7,890                   *
Common Stock   R. Hartwell Gardner                          9,340                   *
Common Stock   James L. Houghton                           12,066 (e)               *
Common Stock   Jerry P. Jones                              13,978                   *
Common Stock   Charles E. Ramsey, Jr.                      15,662                   *
Common Stock   Arthur L. Smith                              8,653                   *
Common Stock   Edward O. Vetter                            12,623 (f)               *
Common Stock   Michael D. Wortley                           6,144                   *
Common Stock   Timothy A. Leach                            32,609 (c)(g)            *
Common Stock   Steven L. Beal                              16,883                   *
Common Stock   Mark L. Withrow                             37,000 (c)(h)            *
Common Stock   David A. Chroback                           31,935 (c)(i)            *
Common Stock   Timothy L. Dove                             31,040 (c)               *
Common Stock   Directors and Named Executive
                Officers as a group (14 persons)          617,059 (j)              1.8%
Common Stock   Directors, officers and key
                contributors as a group (77 persons)      956,395 (k)              2.7%
</TABLE>
- ---------------

*    Less than 1%.

(a)  Unless otherwise indicated, shares are held of record by the named person.

(b)  Based on the number of shares outstanding at February 3, 1997.

(c)  Includes the following  number of shares subject to stock options that were
     exercisable at or within 60 days of February 3, 1997: Mr. Sheffield 66,666;
     Mr. Leach  9,500;  Mr. Withrow  4,334;  Mr. Chroback  13,334;  and Mr. Dove
     13,000.

(d)  Includes 400 shares held in an IRA account by  Mr. Sheffield and 100 shares
     held by a minor child of Mr. Sheffield.

(e)  Includes 4,004 shares held by Mr. Houghton's wife.

(f)  Includes  9,970  shares  held by a  family  trust of  which Mr. Vetter is a
     trustee.

(g)  Includes 500 shares held in an IRA account by Mr. Leach's wife.

(h)  Includes 2,000 shares held in an SEP account by Mr. Withrow.

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(i)  Includes 780 shares held in an IRA account by Mr. Chroback.

(j)  Includes  106,834  shares  subject  to  stock  options  granted  under  the
     Long-term  Incentive Plan that were  exercisable at or within 60 days after
     February 3, 1997.

(k)  Includes  284,564  shares  subject  to  stock  options  granted  under  the
     Long-term  Incentive Plan that were  exercisable at or within 60 days after
     February 3, 1997.

ITEM 13.     CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS

     The  Company,  through a  wholly-owned  subsidiary,  serves as  operator of
properties  in which it and its  sponsored  partnerships  have an interest,  for
which the Company receives producing well overhead,  drilling well overhead, and
other  charges  related  to the  operation  of  the  properties.  The  sponsored
partnerships  reimburse  the  Company for their  allocated  share of general and
administrative  charges. In 1996, the sponsored  partnerships paid the Company a
total  of  $9.7  million  for  lease  operating  and  supervision   charges  and
reimbursement of general and administrative expenses. The Company has guaranteed
$681 thousand of debt related to some of the sponsored partnerships.

     See Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation included in
"Item  11.  Executive   Compensation"   for  a  discussion  of  certain  related
transactions involving members of the Compensation Committee.


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                       PARKER & PARSLEY PETROLEUM COMPANY



                                   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 thereto duly authorized.


                                   PARKER & PARSLEY PETROLEUM COMPANY





Date:    April 3, 1997       By:       /s/ Scott D. Sheffield
                                   -----------------------------------------
                                   Scott D. Sheffield, Chairman of the Board,
                                     President, Chief Executive Officer
                                     and Director (principal executive officer)


Date:    April 3, 1997       By:       /s/ Steven L. Beal
                                   -----------------------------------------
                                   Steven L. Beal, Senior Vice President
                                    and Chief Financial Officer (principal
                                    financial and accounting officer)



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