As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 10, 1996.
Registration No. 33-
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
Registration Statement
Under the Securities Act of 1933
F.N.B. CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Pennsylvania
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
25-1255406
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
Hermitage Square
Hermitage, PA 16148
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (zip code)
F.N.B. CORPORATION 1996 STOCK OPTION PLAN
(Full Title of Plan)
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Peter Mortensen
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
F.N.B. Corporation
Hermitage Square
Hermitage, PA 16148
(Name and address of agent for service)
(412) 981-6000
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Proposed maximum Proposed maximum
Title of securities Amount to be offering price aggregate offering Amount of
to be registered registered per share price per share registration fee
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Common stock, par 1,000,000(1) $23.44(2) $23,440,000 $8,082.76
value $2.00 per share
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(1) Based on the estimated maximum number of shares issuable under the Plan
as of May 1, 1996 (a number of shares equal to 10% of the total issued and
outstanding shares of Common Stock of F.N.B. Corporation, calculated on a
fully diluted basis). There are also being registered hereunder such number
of additional shares of Common Stock which may become available for purchase
in accordance with the provisions of the Plan in the event of any change in
the outstanding shares of F.N.B. Corporation, including a stock dividend or
stock split.
(2) Estimated solely for the purposes of calculating the registration fee:
Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(c) based upon the market value per share of
F.N.B. Corporation common stock as of May 6, 1996.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.
The following documents filed by F.N.B. Corporation ("FNB" or the
"Corporation") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission")
are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:
1. FNB's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 1995.
2. FNB's definitive Proxy Statement filed with the Commission
pursuant to Section 14 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, (the "Exchange Act"), in connection with
the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of FNB held on
April 24, 1996.
3. The description of FNB's Common Stock, par value $2.00 per
share (the "Common Stock"), contained in FNB's
Registration Statement filed under Section 12 of the
Exchange Act, including all amendments and reports
updating such description.
The consolidated financial statements of FNB at December 31, 1995
and 1994, and for each of the three years in the period ended December 31,
1995, have been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, independent auditors, as set
forth in their report thereon, incorporated by reference in FNB's Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1995 and incorporated
herein by reference. As to 1993, the report of Ernst & Young LLP is based in
part on the reports of S.R. Snodgrass, independent auditors. The financial
statements referred to above are included in reliance upon such reports given
upon the authority of such firms as experts in accounting and auditing.
All documents subsequently filed by FNB with the Commission pursuant
to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of
this Registration Statement, but prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities
offered by this Registration Statement have been sold or which deregisters all
such securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference into this Registration Statement. Each document incorporated by
reference into this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a part of
this Registration Statement from the date of the filing of such document with
the Commission until the information contained therein is superseded or
updated by any subsequently filed document which is incorporated by reference
into this Registration Statement or by any document which constitutes part of
the prospectus relating to the F.N.B. Corporation 401(k) Plan meeting the
requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act").
ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.
The class of securities to be offered under the Registration
Statement is registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act.
ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.
The legality of the securities offered hereby will be passed upon by
Cohen & Grigsby, P.C., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, counsel to FNB.
ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
The effect of charter, by-law, statutory and other provisions
whereby the directors and officers of FNB may be insured or indemnified
against liability as officers and directors are set out below:
Numbered Paragraph 6.b. of the Articles of Incorporation, as
amended, of FNB provides as follows:
Directors and Officers of the Corporation shall be indemnified as of
right to the fullest extent now or hereafter permitted by law in
connection with any actual or threatened action, suit or proceedings,
civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or other (whether
brought by or in the right of the Corporation or otherwise), arising
out of their service to the Corporation or to another organization at
the request of the Corporation or because of their positions with the
the Corporation. Persons who are not Directors or Officers of the
Corporation may be similarly indemnified in respect of such service
to the extent authorized at any time by the Board of Directors of the
Corporation. The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance to
protect itself and any such Director, Officer or other person against
any liability, cost or expense asserted against or incurred by him in
respect of such service, whether or not the Corporation would have the
power to indemnify him against such liability by law or under the
provisions of this paragraph. The provisions of this paragraph shall
be applicable to persons who have ceased to be Directors or Officers,
and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and
administrators of persons entitled to indemnity hereunder.
Article IX of the Bylaws of the Corporation provides that the
Corporation shall indemnify each director and officer of the Corporation and
of its controlled subsidiaries made or threatened to be made a party to any
civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding
(whether brought by or in the name of the Corporation or otherwise) arising
out of such director's or officer's service to the Corporation or to another
organization at the Corporation's request against all expenses (including
attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and
reasonably incurred by such director and officer in connection with such
action, suit or proceeding. Indemnification shall not be made with respect to
actions, suits or proceedings where the act or omission giving rise to the
claim for indemnification has been determined to have constituted willful
misconduct or recklessness or where prohibited by law. In addition, expenses
incurred by each director and officer in defending any such action, suit or
proceeding, shall be paid by the Corporation in advance of the final
disposition of such action, suit or proceeding if an undertaking (in form and
scope satisfactory to the Corporation) shall have been furnished to the
Corporation to repay amounts so advanced if and to the extent it shall
ultimately be determined that such officer or director is not entitled to
indemnification and certain other conditions shall have been satisfied. The
Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance, create a fund of any nature,
grant a security interest or otherwise secure or insure in any manner its
indemnification obligations.
Section 1741 of the Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law provides
that a corporation shall (subject to the provisions described in the second
succeeding paragraph) have the power to indemnify any person who was or is a
party, or is threatened to be made a party, to any threatened, pending or
completed action or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation), by
reason of the fact that such person is or was a representative of the
corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a
representative of another domestic or foreign corporation for profit or not-
for-profit, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against
expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in
settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with
the action or proceeding if such person acted in good faith and in a manner he
reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the
corporation and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable
cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action or
proceeding by judgment, order, settlement or conviction, or upon a plea of
nolo contendere or its equivalent shall not of itself create a presumption
that such person did not act in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably
believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation
and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe
that his conduct was unlawful.
Section 1742 of the Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law provides
that a corporation shall (subject to the provisions described in the
succeeding paragraph) have the power to indemnify any person who was or is a
party, or is threatened to be made a party, to any threatened, pending or
completed action by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment
in its favor by reason of the fact that such person is or was a representative
of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as
a representative of another domestic or foreign corporation for profit or not-
for-profit, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against
expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such
person in connection with the defense or settlement of the action if such
person acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in, or
not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation. Indemnification shall
not be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person
has been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the
extent that the court of common pleas of the county in which the registered
office of the corporation is located or the court in which the action was
brought determines upon application that, despite the adjudication of
liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is
fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses that the court
of common pleas or other court deems proper.
Under Section 1744 of the Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law, any
such indemnification (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the
corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that
indemnification of the representative is proper in the circumstances because
such person has met the applicable standard of conduct. Such determination
shall be made:
(1) By the Board of Directors by a majority vote of a quorum
consisting of directors who were not parties to the action or
proceeding; or
(2) If such quorum is not obtainable or, even if obtainable a
majority vote of a quorum of disinterested directors so
directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion; or
(3) By the shareholders.
Notwithstanding the above, Section 1743 provides that to the extent
that a representative of the corporation has been successful on the merits or
otherwise in defense of any action or proceeding referred to above, or in
defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall be
indemnified against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and
reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith.
Under Section 1745 of the Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law,
expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred in defending any action or
proceeding may be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition
of the action or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of
the representative to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that
such person is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation.
Section 1746 of the Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law further
provides that the indemnification provided by Sections 1741, 1742 and 1743 and
the advancement of expenses provided by Section 1745 shall not be deemed
exclusive of any other rights to which a person seeking indemnification or
advancement of expenses may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of
shareholders, disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in his
official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding that
office. A corporation may create a fund of any nature, which may, but need
not be, under the control of a trustee, or otherwise secure or insure in any
manner its indemnification obligations, whether arising under or pursuant to
Section 1746 or otherwise. Indemnification pursuant to Section 1746 shall not
be made in any case where the act or failure to act giving rise to the claim
for indemnification is determined by a court to have constituted willful
misconduct or recklessness.
Indemnification pursuant to Section 1746 under any bylaw, agreement,
vote of shareholders, or directors or otherwise may be granted for any action
taken or any failure to take any action and may be made whether or not the
corporation would have the power to indemnify the person under any other
provision of law except as provided in such Section 1746 and whether or not
the indemnified liability arises or arose from any threatened, pending or
completed action by or in the right of the corporation. Section 1746 declares
such indemnification to be consistent with the public policy of Pennsylvania.
ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.
Not applicable.
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.
4.1 F.N.B. Corporation 1996 Stock Option Plan (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.15 to the Corporation's Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1995).
5.1 Opinion of Cohen & Grigsby, P.C. regarding legality of the
securities being registered.
23.1 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
23.2 Consent of Cohen & Grigsby, P.C., included in opinion filed as
Exhibit 5.1.
24.1 Power of Attorney (see page 6).
ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS.
(a) Rule 415 Offering undertaking:
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are
being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
arising after the effective date of the registration
statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
aggregate, represents a fundamental change in the
information set forth in the registration statement;
(iii) To include any material information with respect to
the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in
the registration statement or any material change to
such information in the registration statement;
provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(l)(i) and (a)(l)(ii) do not apply if
the registration statement is on Form S-3 or Form S-8 and the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is
contained in periodic reports filed by the registrants pursuant to Section 13
or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated
by reference in the registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under
the Securities Act of 1933, each post-effective amendment shall be deemed to
be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein,
and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.
(b) Filings Incorporating Subsequent Exchange Act Documents by
Reference undertaking:
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes
of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of
the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the
registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof.
(c) Filing of Registration Statement on Form S-8 undertaking:
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions or otherwise,
the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and
Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed
in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless
in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act
and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
The Registrant. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to
believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Hermitage, Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, on April 24, 1996.
F.N.B. CORPORATION
By /s/Peter Mortensen
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Peter Mortensen, Chairman, President
and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose
signature appears below constitutes and appoints Peter Mortensen, John D.
Waters and William J. Rundorff, and each of them, his true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to this registration statement, and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully and to all
intents and purposes as he might do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or either of them, or their or his
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
/s/Peter Mortensen Chairman, President and Chief April 24, 1996
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Peter Mortensen (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/Stephen J. Gurgovits Executive Vice President and April 24, 1996
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Stephen J. Gurgovits
/s/Samuel K. Sollenberger Vice President and Director April 24, 1996
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Samuel K. Sollenberger
/s/William J. Rundorff Executive Vice President April 24, 1996
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William J. Rundorff
/s/John D. Waters Vice President and CFO April 24, 1996
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John D. Waters Accounting Officer)
/s/David B. Mogle Secretary and Treasurer April 24, 1996
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David B. Mogle
/s/W. Richard Blackwood Director April 24, 1996
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W. Richard Blackwood
/s/William B. Campbell Director April 24, 1996
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William B. Campbell
/s/Charles T. Cricks Director April 24, 1996
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Charles T. Cricks
/s/Henry M. Ekker Director April 24, 1996
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Henry M. Ekker
/s/Thomas C. Elliott Director April 24, 1996
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Thomas C. Elliott
/s/Thomas W. Hodge Director April 24, 1996
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Thomas W. Hodge
/s/George E. Lowe Director April 24, 1996
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George E. Lowe
/s/Paul P. Lynch Director April 24, 1996
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Paul P. Lynch
/s/James B. Miller Director April 24, 1996
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James B. Miller
/s/Robert S. Moss Director April 24, 1996
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Robert S. Moss
/s/John R. Perkins Director April 24, 1996
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John R. Perkins
/s/William A. Quinn Director April 24, 1996
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William A. Quinn
/s/George A. Seeds, Jr. Director April 24, 1996
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George A. Seeds, Jr.
/s/William J. Strimbu Director April 24, 1996
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William J. Strimbu
/s/Archie O. Wallace Director April 24, 1996
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Archie O. Wallace
/s/Joseph M. Walton Director April 24, 1996
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Joseph M. Walton
/s/James T. Weller Director April 24, 1996
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James T. Weller
/s/Eric J. Werner Director April 24, 1996
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Eric J. Werner
/s/Donna C. Winner Director April 24, 1996
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Donna C. Winner
EXHIBIT INDEX
4.1 F.N.B. Corporation 1996 Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 10.15 to the Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the fiscal year ended December 31, 1995).
5.1 Opinion of Cohen & Grigsby, P.C. regarding legality of the securities
being registered.
23.1 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
23.2 Consent of Cohen & Grigsby, P.C., included in opinion filed as Exhibit
5.1.
24.1 Power of Attorney (see page 6).
EXHIBIT 5.1
May 9, 1996
To the Board of Directors
of F.N.B. Corporation
We refer to the Form S-8 Registration Statement under the Securities Act
of 1933 to be filed by F.N.B. Corporation ("FNB") with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on or about May 10, 1996, relating to the issuance and
sale of up to 1,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $2.00 per share (the
"Common Stock"), of FNB pursuant to the F.N.B. Corporation 1996 Stock Option
Plan. We have acted as counsel to FNB in connection with the preparation and
filing of such Registration Statement, and have examined such records,
certificates and documents as we deemed relevant and necessary as a basis for
the opinion set forth below.
Based upon the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the shares of Common
Stock to be issued, when issued in accordance with the terms of the
Registration Statement, will be validly issued, fully-paid and non-assessable
shares of Common Stock of FNB.
We hereby consent to the reference to us in the Prospectus of FNB
constituting part of FNB's Registration Statement on Form S-8 to be filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission registering the Common Stock, and to
the inclusion of this letter as an exhibit to the Registration Statement.
This Opinion Letter is governed by, and shall be interpreted in
accordance with, the Legal Opinion Accord (the "Accord") of the ABA Section of
Business Law (1991) as supplemented or modified by Part I, together with the
Forward and Glossary of the Pennsylvania Third Party Legal Opinion Supplement
(the "Pennsylvania Supplement") of the PBA Section of Corporation, Banking and
Business Law (1992). As a consequence, it is subject to a number of
qualifications, exceptions, definitions, limitations on coverage and other
limitations, all as more particularly described in the Accord and the
Pennsylvania Supplement, and this Opinion Letter should be read in conjunction
therewith. Unless otherwise indicated, capitalized terms used in this Opinion
that are defined in the Accord or the Pennsylvania Supplement will have the
same meanings in this Opinion as the meanings set forth in the Accord or the
Pennsylvania Supplement, respectively (and, to the extent of a conflict
between the same, priority shall be given to the Accord and the Pennsylvania
Supplement in that order).
Yours very truly,
/s/Cohen & Grigsby, P.C.
COHEN & GRIGSBY, P.C.
CJR:JWE
EXHIBIT 23.1
CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
We consent to the reference to our firm in the Registration Statement on Form
S-8 pertaining to the F.N.B. Corporation 1996 Stock Option Plan and to the
Corporation by reference therein of our report dated February 5, 1996, with
respect to the consolidated financial statements of F.N.B. Corporation and
subsidiaries incorporated by reference in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for
the year ended December 31, 1995, filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
/s/Ernst & Young LLP
ERNST & YOUNG LLP
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
May 7, 1996
