UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 4
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
( ) Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16.
Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instructions 1(b).
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
Vinney, Les C.
4020 Kinross Lakes Parkway
Richfield, OH 44286-9368
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
The B.F.Goodrich Company
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3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
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4. Statement for Month/Year
April 1998
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
( ) Director ( ) 10% Owner (X) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other
(specify below)
Senior Vice President - Finance
7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
( ) Form filed by One Reporting Person
( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned |
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1. Title of Security |2. |3. |4.Securities Acquired (A) |5.Amount of |6.Dir |7.Nature of Indirect |
| Transaction | or Disposed of (D) | Securities |ect | Beneficial Ownership |
| | | | Beneficially |(D)or | |
| | | | | A/| | Owned at |Indir | |
| Date |Code|V| Amount | D | Price | End of Month |ect(I)| |
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<S> <C> <C> <C><C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Common Stock |4/13/9|M |V|2,750 |A |$20.875 | | | |
|8 | | | | | | | | |
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" |4/13/9|M |V|4,092 |A |$24.4375 | | | |
|8 | | | | | | | | |
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" |4/13/9|M |V|500 |A |$20.00 |36,785 |D | |
|8 | | | | | | | | |
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" | | | | | | |5,675.8338 |I |Savings Plan Trust |
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Table II -- Derivative Securitites Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned |
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1.Title of Derivative |2.Con- |3. |4. |5.Number of De |6.Date Exer|7.Title and Amount |8.Price|9.Number |10.|11.Nature of|
Security |version |Transaction | rivative Secu |cisable and| of Underlying |of Deri|of Deriva |Dir|Indirect |
|or Exer | | | rities Acqui |Expiration | Securities |vative |tive |ect|Beneficial |
|cise | | | red(A) or Dis |Date(Month/| |Secu |Securities |(D)|Ownership |
|Price of| | | posed of(D) |Day/Year) | |rity |Benefi |or | |
|Deriva- | | | |Date |Expir| | |ficially |Ind| |
|tive | | | | A/|Exer-|ation| Title and Number | |Owned at |ire| |
|Secu- | | | | | D |cisa-|Date | of Shares | |End of |ct | |
|rity |Date |Code|V| Amount | |ble | | | |Month |(I)| |
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Employee Stock Option |$20.875 |4/13/|M |V|2,750 |D |1/2/9|1/1/0|Common Stock|2,750 | |210 | | |
(1) | |98 | | | | |3 |2 | | | | | | |
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" |$24.4375|4/13/|M |V|4,092 |D |1/4/9|1/3/0|" |4,092 | |1,108 | | |
| |98 | | | | |4 |3 | | | | | | |
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" |$20.00 |4/13/|M |V|500 |D |1/3/9|1/2/0|" |500 | |5,500 | | |
| |98 | | | | |5 |4 | | | | | | |
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) Right to buy - a portion of the options are incentive stock
options.
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
/s/Nicholas J. Calise, Pursuant to Power of Attorney
DATE
May 5, 1998
