GODDARD INDUSTRIES INC
DEF 14A, 2000-01-25
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                    GODDARD INDUSTRIES, INC.
                      705 Plantation Street
                 Worcester, Massachusetts 01605

                    NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING
                           IN LIEU OF
                        ANNUAL MEETING OF
                          STOCKHOLDERS
                    To Be Held March 17, 2000



To: The Stockholders of
    Goddard Industries, Inc.

     Notice is hereby given that a Special Meeting in lieu of the
Annual  Meeting  of Stockholders of Goddard Industries,  Inc.,  a
Massachusetts corporation, will be held on Friday, March 17, 2000
at  11:00  a.m.  at  The  Beechwood Inn, 363  Plantation  Street,
Worcester, Massachusetts for the following purposes:

     1.    To  elect one director to hold office until the Annual
         Meeting of Stockholders in 2003 and until his successor is duly
         elected and qualified.

     2.   To approve an amendment to the 1998 Equity Incentive Plan to
         increase the number of shares available for issuance to 600,000
         shares from 300,000 shares.

     3.    To consider and act upon any matters incidental to the
         foregoing purposes and any other matters which may properly come
         before the meeting or any adjournments thereof.

      Information  regarding matters to  be  acted  upon  at  the
Special  Meeting  in  Lieu of Annual Meeting of  Stockholders  is
contained in the proxy statement attached to this notice.

      Only  stockholders of record at the close  of  business  on
January  19, 2000 are entitled to notice of, or to vote at,  such
meeting or any adjournments thereof.

                                           By Order of the Board of Directors


                                                          Joel M. Reck, Clerk

Worcester, Massachusetts
January 25, 2000

      You are cordially invited to attend this meeting in person,
but  if  you cannot do so, please complete, date, sign and return
the  accompanying proxy at your earliest convenience.   For  your
convenience,  we have provided a reply envelope  which  needs  no
postage if mailed in the United States.


                    GODDARD INDUSTRIES, INC.
                         PROXY STATEMENT
  For Special Meeting in Lieu of Annual Meeting of Stockholders
                To be Held Friday, March 17, 2000



      This  proxy statement is furnished in connection  with  the
solicitation  of  proxies by the Board of  Directors  of  Goddard
Industries,  Inc. (referred to hereinafter as the "Company")  for
use  at  the  Special  Meeting  in  Lieu  of  Annual  Meeting  of
Stockholders to be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, March  17,  2000
at   The   Beechwood  Inn,  363  Plantation  Street,   Worcester,
Massachusetts and at any adjournment or adjournments thereof (the
"Meeting").  Solicitation of proxies may be made in person or  by
mail,  telephone or telegram by directors, officers  and  regular
employees  of  the Company, for which no additional  compensation
will   be   received.   The  Company  may  also  request  banking
institutions, brokerage firms, custodians, trustees, nominees and
fiduciaries  to  forward solicitation material to the  beneficial
owners  of Common Stock held of record by such persons,  and  the
Company  will  reimburse the forwarding expense.   All  costs  of
preparing, printing, assembling and mailing the form of proxy and
proxy  statement will be borne by the Company.   It  is  expected
that  this  proxy statement and the accompanying  proxy  will  be
mailed  to  the stockholders on or about January 25,  2000.   The
principal  executive offices of the Company are  located  at  705
Plantation Street, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605.

      Only  stockholders of record at the close  of  business  on
January  19, 2000 are entitled to notice of, and to vote at,  the
Meeting.  As of that date, there were outstanding and entitled to
vote  2,131,531  shares  of Common Stock,  $.01  par  value  (the
"Common Stock"), of the Company.  Each share is entitled  to  one
vote  on  all  matters  to come before the Meeting.   Provided  a
quorum  (consisting of a majority of the shares  outstanding  and
entitled  to  vote)  is present in person  or  by  proxy  at  the
meeting,  a  plurality  of  the votes cast  for  any  nominee  is
required for election of directors, and the affirmative  vote  of
the  holders of a majority of shares of Common Stock  present  in
person  or  represented by proxy at the Meeting and  entitled  to
vote  thereon  is  required  to  approve  the  amendment  to  the
Company's  1998 Equity Incentive Plan (the "1998  Plan").   Under
Massachusetts  law and the Company's By-laws, all shares  present
or  represented by proxy, whether they vote or abstain,  will  be
counted  as present for purposes of determining a quorum and  for
purposes of determining the number of shares present and entitled
to  vote.   Accordingly, abstentions, including broker non-votes,
will  have no effect on the outcome of the vote for the  election
of directors or the approval of the amendment to the 1998 Plan.

      The enclosed proxy, if executed and returned, will be voted
as  directed on the proxy and, in the absence of such  direction,
for  the  election of the nominees as directors, for the proposal
to approve the amendment to the 1998 Plan, and in accordance with
their  best  judgment by the proxies if any  other  matter  shall
properly  come before the Meeting.  The proxy may be  revoked  at
any  time  prior  to exercise by filing with  the  Clerk  of  the
Company  a written revocation, by executing a proxy with a  later
date,  or  by attending and voting at the Meeting.  The Board  of
Directors  knows of no matters, other than election of  directors
and the proposal to approve the amendment to the 1998 Plan, to be
presented for consideration at the Meeting.

      The  Annual Report to Stockholders of the Company  for  the
fiscal  year  ended October 2, 1999, including audited  financial
statements,  is being mailed to each of the stockholders  of  the
Company simultaneously with this proxy statement.


                         PROPOSAL NO. 1
                      ELECTION OF DIRECTORS


      At the Meeting, one director (constituting 20% of the Board
of  Directors)  is to be elected to serve until the  2003  annual
meeting  of stockholders and until his successor is duly  elected
and qualified.  The proxy cannot be voted for a greater number of
persons than one.

     The Company's Restated Articles of Organization, as amended,
and  By-laws  and  the  Massachusetts  Business  Corporation  Law
provide  that the Board of Directors shall be composed  of  three
classes of directors, one class to be elected each year.

     It is the intention of the persons named in the accompanying
form  as proxies to vote for the election of Saul I. Reck to  the
class of directors indicated, and for the term set forth therein.
In  the  unanticipated event that the nominee is unable to serve,
the  persons  named as proxies will vote for such substitute,  if
any, as the present Board of Directors may designate or to reduce
the number of directors.  Directors are elected by a plurality of
the votes cast for election of directors.

Information As To Officers, Directors and Beneficial Owners

      The  following table sets forth certain information, as  of
November  30,  1999, with respect to the nominees,  each  of  the
directors whose term extends beyond the Meeting, all officers and
directors  as  a group (6 persons) and each  person  owning  five
percent  or  more of the Company's Common Stock.  This  table  is
based on information furnished by such persons.

                                    Number    of
                                    Shares of
                                       Common              Year
                                       Stock               Term
Name (1)                   Direct   Beneficiall  Percen   Would
                             or          y         t      Expire
                            Since      Owned       of      and
                                                 Class    Class

Salvatore J. Vinciguerra    1999     50,000 (2)   2.3%     2002
                                                         Class 3

Dr. Jacky Knopp, Jr         1972     88,000 (3)   4.1%     2002
                                                         Class 3

Saul I. Reck                1959    333,930 (4)  15.6%     2003
                                                         Class 1

Lyle E. Wimmergren          1978     20,000 (5)    *       2001
                                                         Class 2

Dr. Robert E. Humphreys     1997    472,950 (6)  22.0%     2001
                                                         Class 2

All executive officers and   --      1,057,780   45.8%      --
directors as a group                    (7)
(6 persons)

Joseph A. Lalli              --     183,550 (8)   8.6%      --
6 Middlemont Way, Stow, MA

Stanley  A. Goldstein  and   --     117,500 (9)   5.5%      --
Audrey I. Goldstein
2   No.  Montgomery  Ave.,
Atlantic City, NJ

*Less than one percent
         (1)                       Unless  otherwise noted,  each
         person's  address is c/o Goddard Industries,  Inc.,  705
         Plantation Street, Worcester, Massachusetts  01605,  and
         each   person  identified  possesses  sole  voting   and
         investment  power with respect to the shares  set  forth
         opposite such person's name.
         (2)                       Consists of options to acquire
         50,000 shares exercisable within 60 days of November 30,
         1999 held by Mr. Vinciguerra.
         (3)                      Includes 32,000 shares owned by
         Dr.  Knopp's  wife, as to which he disclaims  beneficial
         ownership, and options to acquire 20,000 shares held  by
         Dr. Knopp.
         (4)                       Includes 5,250 shares held  by
         Mr.  Reck's  wife,  as to which he disclaims  beneficial
         ownership and options to acquire 10,000 shares  held  by
         Mr. Reck.
         (5)                       Consists of options to acquire
         20,000 shares held by Mr. Wimmergren.
         (6)                       Includes 217,650 shares as  to
         which  Dr.  Humphreys  has sole voting  and  dispositive
         power  and  240,300  shares as to  which  Dr.  Humphreys
         shares voting and dispositive power by virtue of a power
         of  attorney  over  the  investment  accounts  of  seven
         persons.   Dr.  Humphreys  and  certain  other  persons,
         acting  as  a  group, beneficially own an  aggregate  of
         457,950 shares.  Also includes options to acquire 15,000
         shares  held by Dr. Humphreys.  Dr. Humphreys's  address
         is   One   Innovation  Drive,  Worcester,  Massachusetts
         01605.
         (7)                       In  addition  to  the  matters
         noted above in (2)-(6), includes 19,900 shares owned  by
         one  executive officer jointly with his wife and options
         to acquire 25,000 shares held by such officer.
         (8)                       Mr. Lalli has reported to  the
         Company that a Schedule 13D, Amendment No. 6, was  filed
         with  the  Securities and Exchange Commission indicating
         that  he  has  sole  voting and dispositive  power  over
         154,050  shares and shared voting and dispositive  power
         with his wife over 29,500 shares.
         (9)                      Based upon information reported
         in a Schedule 13G filed with the Securities and Exchange
         Commission.   Mr.  and Mrs. Goldstein share  voting  and
         dispositive power over 117,500 shares.


     Mr.  Saul I. Reck, age 81, the founder and Chairman  of  the
Board of the Company, served as President and Treasurer from 1960
until October 19, 1998.

     Mr.  Vinciguerra,  age  61, has served  as  Chief  Executive
Officer, President and Treasurer of the Company since October 19,
1998.  Prior to joining the Company, he served as Chief Executive
Officer and director of Ferrofluidics Corporation from June  1996
until June 1998 and as its President from January 1995 until June
1996.  From 1991 until 1994, Mr. Vinciguerra served as  President
and Chief Executive Officer of the Weighing and Systems Group  of
Staveley  Industries, plc.  Mr. Vinciguerra is a  member  of  the
Board  of  Directors of Metrisa Corporation, Saphikon Corporation
and Carr Separations, Inc., a member of the Board of Directors of
the  Japan  Society of Boston and a Trustee of the  Collaborative
Laboratory Charter School of Boston.

     Dr. Knopp, age 77, has served as a director since 1972.  For
more  than  five years, he has been an account executive  at  the
stock brokerage firm of Moors & Cabot, Inc. and its predecessors.
Dr.  Knopp  is  also  Professor  Emeritus  of  Canisius  College,
Buffalo, New York.

     Mr. Wimmergren, age 68, has served as a director since 1978.
He  is  Professor Emeritus of Management at Worcester Polytechnic
Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts.

     Dr.  Humphreys, age 57, has served as a director since 1997.
Since  August 1995, Dr. Humphreys has been President  of  Antigen
Express,  Inc., a biotech company focused on creating  drugs  for
auto-immune diseases.  Prior to August 1995, he was Professor and
interim Chair of the Department of Pharmacology at the University
of Massachusetts Medical School.

     Saul I. Reck is the father of Michael E. Reck, President  of
the  Webstone  Company,  Inc., and Joel M.  Reck,  Clerk  of  the
Company.

     The  Board  of  Directors of the Company held  six  meetings
during  the  fiscal  year ended October  2, 1999.   Each  present
director  attended at least 75% of the meetings of the  Board  of
Directors and of all committees of which he was a member.

     The  Board  of  Directors  has  an  Audit  Committee  and  a
Compensation  Committee,  both composed  of  Dr.  Knopp  and  Mr.
Wimmergren.  The Audit Committee, which met once during the  last
fiscal  year,  is  charged  with recommending  to  the  Board  of
Directors retention of a firm of independent accountants and with
reviewing  the Company's internal audit and accounting  controls,
the  report  of  the  independent accountants and  the  financial
statements of the Company.  The Compensation Committee, which met
once during the last fiscal year, is responsible for recommending
salary and bonus levels of officers and key employees.  There  is
no  Nominating Committee of the Board of Directors.  The Board of
Directors  as  a  whole  will  consider  nominees  for   director
submitted to it in writing by any shareholder.

Executive Compensation

     The  following  table sets forth information concerning  the
annual compensation for the chief executive officer, former chief
executive  officer, and each of the other most highly compensated
executive officers of the Company whose annual salary and  bonus,
if  any, exceeded $100,000 for services in all capacities to  the
Company during the last fiscal year.

                   SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE

                                Annual Compensation

                                                      All Other
 Name and    Fiscal Year     Salary       Bonus      Compensatio
                                                          n
 Principal      Ended         ($)          ($)           ($)
 Position


Salvatore      10/2/99      $140,000     $35,000     $16,700 (1)
J.
Vinciguerra
Chief          10/3/98         --           --           --
Executive
   Officer,    9/27/97         --           --           --

President &

Treasurer


Donald         10/2/99      $100,000      $6,500     $5,000 (2)
Nelson
       Vice    10/3/98       95,000       10,000         --
President
               9/27/97       85,200       20,000         --

Saul     I.    10/2/99        37,000                 $42,000 (3)
Reck
     Former    10/3/98      115,000    120,700 (4)   $10,000 (2)
Chief
               9/27/97      115,000    143,300 (4)   $10,000 (2)
Executive
Officer
        and
President




      (1)   Consists of payments made by the Company to  Mr.
Vinciguerra  as a percentage of management fees received  by
the Company for Mr. Vinciguerra's services rendered pursuant
to  the terms of an agreement, which is no longer in effect,
between the Company and Carr Separations, Inc.

      (2)   Consists of cash payments used for  purchase  of
retirement benefits.

     (3)  Consists of cash payments of retirement benefits.

      (4)   Under the terms of his Employment Agreement with
the  Company, Mr. Reck was entitled to receive a bonus equal
to  10%  of  the  amount  by which Company  pre-tax  profits
exceeded specified base amounts.



      The  following table shows information concerning  the
grant  of stock options and SARs during fiscal 1999 to  each
of the named executive officers.

                   OPTION/SAR GRANTS FOR LAST FISCAL YEAR

              Number of    Percent of
              Securities     Total
              Underlying  Options/SAR
             Options/SAR   s Granted   Exercise or
   Name       s Granted        to       Base Price   Expiration
                           Employees                    Date
                           in Fiscal
                              Year

Salvatore      200,000        100%        $1.625     10/19/2008
J.
Vinciguerra

Donald            --           --           --           --
Nelson

Saul     I.       --           --           --           --
Reck




      The  following table shows information concerning  the
exercise of stock options during fiscal 1999 and the  fiscal
year-end value of unexercised options and stock appreciation
rights.


             AGGREGATED OPTION/SAR EXERCISES IN LAST
            FISCAL YEAR AND FY-END OPTION/SAR VALUES

                                    Number of        Value of
                                   Securities      Unexercised
                                   Underlying      In-the Money
                                   Unexercised
                                  Options/SARs     Options/SARs
                                                        at
          Shares                   At 10/2/99       At 10/2/99
          Acquired
             on      Value       Exercisable/Une  Exercisable/Un
          Exercise   Realized      xercisable      exercisable
Name         (#)        ($)            (#)             ($)

Salvator     --          --        0 / 200,000      0 / 50,000
e J.
Vincigue
rra

Donald       --          --        25,000 / 0       13,750 / 0
Nelson

Saul  I.     --          --         5,000 / 0         0 / 0
Reck



      In  connection  with the hiring of Mr. Vinciguerra  as
Chief  Executive  Officer,  President  and  Treasurer,   the
Company entered into an Employment Agreement with him  dated
October  19,  1998.   Under  the Employment  Agreement,  Mr.
Vinciguerra  is  entitled to a base salary of  $140,000  per
year,  plus a bonus of up to 25% of his base salary  at  the
discretion of the Board of Directors.  In addition,  he  was
granted  ten year incentive stock options to acquire 200,000
shares  of Common Stock.  Those options vest 25% at the  end
of  each  of  the  first  four  years  of  employment,  with
acceleration  of  vesting  upon  the  happening  of  certain
events.   In  October  1999,  Mr.  Vinciguerra  was  granted
incentive  stock  options to acquire  an  additional  50,000
shares of Common Stock on similar terms.  Mr. Vinciguerra is
entitled  to  six months severance upon termination  of  his
employment by the Company other than for cause.

Compensation of Directors

     Each director who is not also an officer or employee of
the  Company receives a base fee of $2,400 per  year.   Each
director  who  is  not also an officer or  employee  of  the
Company and who lives in the greater Worcester area receives
$500  for each directors' meeting he attends.  Each director
who  is  not also an officer or employee of the Company  and
who  lives outside the greater Worcester area receives  $750
for  each  such meeting, plus travel expenses  to  and  from
Worcester.  No extra compensation is paid for attendance  at
meetings  of  committees.  All non-employee directors  as  a
group  were paid $24,600 for services rendered during fiscal
year 1999.

      The  Board  of Directors has a Severance  Compensation
Plan  for  certain officers and all directors in  the  event
that  there  is  a  "change in control" of the  Company  not
approved  by  the  Board  of  Directors  resulting  in   the
termination  of  employment or reduction in the  duties  and
responsibilities  of  the  President,  Vice-Presidents   and
Treasurer (as determined by the Board of Directors) and/or a
termination of service as director of the Company.  The plan
provides  that such President, Vice-Presidents and Treasurer
will continue to receive the compensation being paid to them
at  the  time of the termination or change in the nature  of
employment,  for  a  period  of five  years  following  such
termination  or change, and the non-employee directors  will
continue  to  receive directors' fees of $500  or  $750  per
fiscal  quarter,  depending on whether or not  the  director
lives  in  the  greater Worcester area, for such  five  year
period.   At  the  current rate of compensation  this  would
entail  an  aggregate payment of $1,200,000 to the executive
officers  as  a group and a payment of $50,000 to  the  non-
employee directors as a group.
                         PROPOSAL NO. 2

   APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE 1998 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN


      On  March  12, 1999, the stockholders of  the  Company
approved the Company's 1998 Equity Incentive Plan (the "1998
Plan").   The  purposes of the 1998 Plan are to attract  and
retain key employees, directors, and consultants, to provide
an incentive for them to assist the Company to achieve long-
range performance goals and to enable them to participate in
the long-term growth of the Company.

      All  employees and, in the case of awards  other  than
incentive  stock options, directors and consultants  of  the
Company  or  any affiliate (as that term is defined  in  the
1998  Plan)  capable  of contributing significantly  to  the
successful performance of the Company, other than  a  person
who has irrevocably elected not to be eligible, are eligible
to  participate in the 1998 Plan.  As of January  19,  2000,
there were approximately 34 persons eligible to participate.

      As  originally adopted, the 1998 Plan provided that  a
maximum of 300,000 shares of Common Stock would be available
for  issuance  under the 1998 Plan.  The  shares  of  Common
Stock available for issuance under the 1998 Plan are subject
to  adjustment  for  any  stock dividend,  recapitalization,
stock  split,  stock combination or certain other  corporate
reorganizations.  Shares issued may consist in whole  or  in
part  of  authorized but unissued shares or treasury shares.
Shares  subject  to an award that expires or  is  terminated
unexercised or is forfeited for any reason or settled  in  a
manner  that results in fewer shares outstanding  than  were
initially  awarded will again be available for  award  under
the 1998 Plan.

      On  December 17, 1999, the Board of Directors approved
the proposed amendment to the 1998 Plan and recommended that
it be submitted to the stockholders for their approval.  The
proposed  amendment is attached hereto as  Exhibit  A.   The
amendment  would  increase the number of  shares  of  Common
Stock available for issuance pursuant to the 1998 Plan  from
300,000   shares  to  600,000  shares,  subject  to   future
adjustment  as  provided in the 1998 Plan.   Management  has
recommended this amendment so that it can continue to reward
officers and key employees of the Company having substantial
management responsibilities with the opportunity to  acquire
a  proprietary  interest  in the Company  as  an  additional
incentive to promote its success and remain in its employ.

      As  of  January 19, 2000, options to purchase  321,500
shares of Common Stock had been granted under the 1998 Plan,
including  250,000 options to Salvatore J. Vinciguerra,  the
Company's  Chief Executive Officer, President and Treasurer,
and  71,500  options  to various employees  of  the  Company
subject  to  the stockholders' approval of the amendment  to
the  1998 Plan.  In the event the amendment to the 1998 Plan
does  not  receive the necessary stockholder  approval,  the
71,500  options  to  various  employees  will  automatically
convert  to non-qualified stock options outside of the  1998
Plan.   The closing price of the Company's Common  Stock  on
January 19, 2000 was $1.441.

      The  affirmative vote of a majority of  the  votes  of
holders of the Common Stock present in person or by proxy at
the Meeting is required to approve the amendment to the 1998
Plan.

      The  Board  of Directors recommends that  stockholders
vote FOR approval of Proposal No. 2.
                          OTHER MATTERS

Certain Transactions

      On  July  2,  1999,  after several months  of  negotiations
between  the Company and Michael E. Reck, son of Saul I. Reck,  a
special  committee of directors reached an agreement to sell  the
stock of The Webstone Company, Inc. ("Webstone"), a subsidiary of
the Company, to Michael Reck for a purchase price of $1,789,000 -
$1,389,000 in cash at closing, $150,000 in the form of  a  ninety
day non-interest-bearing loan, and $250,000 in preferred stock of
Webstone.   Fechtor Detwiler, Inc., provided an  opinion  to  the
Board of Directors that the transaction was fair to the Company.

Relationship with Independent Public Accountants

      The  Audit Committee of the Board of Directors has selected
Greenberg,  Rosenblatt,  Kull  &  Bitsoli,  P.C.  as  independent
auditors for the Company for the current fiscal year.  That  firm
and  its  predecessors have served in such capacity since  fiscal
year 1982.

      It  is  anticipated  that  a representative  of  Greenberg,
Rosenblatt, Kull & Bitsoli, P.C. will be present at the  Meeting.
The  representative will be afforded the opportunity  to  make  a
statement  and  is  expected  to  be  available  to  respond   to
appropriate questions.

Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance

      Section  16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of  1934,  as
amended, requires the Company's executive officers and directors,
and  persons who own more than 10% of the Company's Common Stock,
to file reports of ownership and changes in ownership on Forms 3,
4  and  5 with the Securities and Exchange Commission.  Executive
officers,  directors  and  greater  than  10%  stockholders   are
required to furnish the Company with copies of all Forms 3, 4 and
5 they file.

      Based solely on the Company's review of the copies of  such
forms  it  has received and written representations from  certain
reporting persons that they were not required to file Forms 5 for
specified  fiscal years, the Company believes  that  all  of  its
executive  officers, directors and greater than 10%  stockholders
complied with all Section 16(a) filing requirements applicable to
them during the Company's fiscal year ended October 2, 1999.

Other Matters To Be Acted Upon

     The Board of Directors has no knowledge of any other matters
which  may come before the Meeting and does not itself intend  to
present  any  such matters.  However, if any other matters  shall
properly  come before the Meeting, the persons named  as  proxies
will  have discretionary authority to vote the shares represented
by the accompanying proxy in accordance with their own judgment.

Shareholder Proposals

     Shareholder proposals intended to be presented at the Annual
Meeting  in  2001  and included in the Company's proxy  materials
pursuant  to Rule 14a-8 promulgated under the Securities Exchange
Act  of  1934, as amended must be received by the Company  on  or
before September 27, 2000 and should be addressed to Salvatore J.
Vinciguerra, President, Goddard Industries, Inc., 705  Plantation
Street, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605.  If a proponent fails  to
notify  the  Company  by December 11, 2000 of  a  non-Rule  14a-8
shareholder  proposal which it intends to submit  at  the  Annual
Meeting  in  2001, the proxy solicited by the Board of  Directors
with respect to such meeting may grant discretionary authority to
the proxies named therein to vote with respect to such matter.

Annual Report And Form 10-KSB

      Additional copies of the Annual Report to Stockholders  for
the  fiscal  year ended October 2, 1999 and copies of the  Annual
Report  of  the Company to the Securities and Exchange Commission
on Form 10-KSB for that fiscal year are available to stockholders
without  charge upon written request addressed to Lucy J. Rybacki
at the Company at 705 Plantation Street, Worcester, Massachusetts
01605.

       IT   IS  IMPORTANT  THAT  PROXIES  BE  RETURNED  PROMPTLY.
THEREFORE, STOCKHOLDERS ARE URGED TO FILL IN, SIGN AND RETURN THE
ACCOMPANYING FORM OF PROXY IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE.








                                                        EXHIBIT A

                            AMENDMENT
                               TO
                    GODDARD INDUSTRIES, INC.
                   1998 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN



WHEREAS:   The  Board  of  Directors of the  Goddard  Industries,
           Inc. (the "Corporation") has determined that it is  in
           the  best interests of the Corporation that the number
           of  shares  available  for  issuance  under  the  1998
           Equity  Incentive Plan (the "1998 Plan") be  increased
           by  300,000  shares, from 300,000  shares  to  600,000
           shares.

WHEREAS:   The  stockholders  of  the Corporation  have  approved
           this Amendment to the 1998 Plan.

NOW,
THEREFORE: The  first and second sentences of Section 5(a) of the
           1998  Plan  are hereby deleted in their  entirety  and
           replaced with the following:


           Subject  to  adjustment under subsection  (b),  Awards
           may  be made under the Plan of Options to acquire  not
           in  excess of 600,000 shares of Company Common  Stock.
           Other  Awards may be made as the Board may  determine,
           provided  that a maximum of 600,000 shares  of  Common
           Stock may be issued under this Plan.

PROXY                    GODDARD INDUSTRIES, INC.      PROXY

     The undersigned hereby appoints Dr. Robert E. Humphreys and
Mr. Lyle E. Wimmergren, and each of them, with full power of
substitution, attorneys and proxies to represent the undersigned
at the Special Meeting in Lieu of Annual Meeting of Stockholders
of Goddard Industries, Inc. to be held on Friday, March 17, 2000
and at any adjournment or adjournments thereof, with all power
which the undersigned may be entitled to vote at said meeting
upon the following proposals more fully described in the notice
of and proxy statement for the meeting in accordance with the
following instructions and with discretionary authority upon such
other matters as may come before the meeting.  All previous
proxies are hereby revoked.

1.  Election of Directors

  To elect to serve as director until the year 2003:   Saul I.
Reck

  FOR the nominee
WITHHOLD AUTHORITY on the nominee


2.  Proposal to approve an amendment to the Company's 1998 Equity
Incentive Plan

  FOR                 AGAINST                 ABSTAIN



THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.  IT
WILL BE VOTED AS DIRECTED BY THE UNDERSIGNED AND IF NO DIRECTION
IS INDICATED, IT WILL BE VOTED FOR THE ELECTION OF THE NOMINEE
AND FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE AMENDMENT TO THE COMPANY'S 1998
EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN.

(PLEASE FILL IN, DATE AND SIGN ON THE REVERSE SIDE AND RETURN IN
THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE)


                                   Dated:
___________________________, 2000



______________________________________
                                   Signature(s)


______________________________________
                                   (Signatures should be the same
as the name
                                    printed hereon.  Executors,
administrators,
                                    trustees, guardians,
attorneys and officers of
                                    corporations should add their
titles when signing.)





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