KANEB SERVICES INC
10-Q, 1998-08-13
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 10-Q

              [X] QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
                     OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                                       OR

              [ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
                     OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
                        For the transition period from to

For the Quarterly Period                                         Commission File
Ended June 30, 1998                                              Number 001-5083

                              KANEB SERVICES, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

          DELAWARE                                        74-1191271
(State or other jurisdiction of             (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
Incorporation or Organization)

                          2435 North Central Expressway
                             Richardson, Texas 75080
          (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

                                 (214) 699-4000
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

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 the number of shares  outstanding  of each of the  issuer's  classes of
common stock, as of the latest practicable date.

Class of Common Stock                              Outstanding at August 7, 1998
  no par value                                            31,438,129 shares

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KANEB SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

FORM 10-Q
QUARTER ENDED JUNE 30, 1998
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                                                                        Page No.
                           Part I. Financial Information

Item 1.    Financial Statements (Unaudited)

           Consolidated Statements of Income - Three and Six Months
              Ended June 30, 1998 and 1997                                    1

           Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets - June 30, 1998
              and December 31, 1997                                           2

           Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - Six
              Months Ended June 30, 1998 and 1997                             3

           Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements                         4

Item 2.    Management's Discussion and Analysis of
              Financial Condition and Results of Operations                   7

                           Part II. Other Information

Item 6.    Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K                                   10

Signature                                                                     10




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KANEB SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(In Thousands - Except Per Share Amounts)
(Unaudited)
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                Three Months Ended         Six Months Ended
                                                     June 30,                  June 30,
                                              ----------------------    ----------------------
                                                 1998         1997        1998          1997
                                              ---------    ---------    ---------    ---------
<S>                                           <C>          <C>          <C>          <C>      
Revenues                                      $ 100,492    $  58,388    $ 159,993    $ 111,542
                                              ---------    ---------    ---------    ---------

Costs and expenses:
     Operating costs                             79,949       38,598      121,730       74,057
     Depreciation and amortization                4,202        4,176        8,249        8,389
     General and administrative                   1,360        1,369        2,426        2,407
                                              ---------    ---------    ---------    ---------

         Total costs and expenses                85,511       44,143      132,405       84,853
                                              ---------    ---------    ---------    ---------

Operating income                                 14,981       14,245       27,588       26,689

Other income (expense), net                          62          (75)          25          (95)
Interest expense                                 (3,891)      (3,828)      (7,636)      (7,690)
Amortization of excess of cost over fair
   value of net assets of acquired business        (495)        (462)        (970)        (923)
                                              ---------    ---------    ---------    ---------

Income before interest of outside non-
   controlling partners in KPP's net
   income and income tax expense                 10,657        9,880       19,007       17,981
Interest of outside non-controlling
   partners in KPP's net income                  (6,762)      (6,724)     (12,817)     (12,744)
Income tax expense                                 (530)        (449)        (989)      (1,001)
                                              ---------    ---------    ---------    ---------

Net income                                        3,365        2,707        5,201        4,236
Dividends applicable to preferred stock             158          129          308          252
                                              ---------    ---------    ---------    ---------

Net income applicable to common stock         $   3,207    $   2,578    $   4,893    $   3,984
                                              =========    =========    =========    =========

Earnings per common share -
   Basic and Diluted                          $     .10    $     .08    $     .15    $     .12
                                              =========    =========    =========    =========
</TABLE>




                 See notes to consolidated financial statements
                                       1

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KANEB SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In Thousands)
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                                                          June 30,  December 31,
                                                            1998        1997
                                                        ----------- ------------
       ASSETS                                           (Unaudited)
Current assets:
   Cash and cash equivalents                           $  11,878      $  23,025
   Accounts receivable, trade                             48,118         35,268
   Inventories                                            11,082          7,079
   Prepaid expenses and other current assets               5,183          5,693
                                                       ---------      ---------
     Total current assets                                 76,261         71,065
                                                       ---------      ---------

Property and equipment                                   395,805        383,078
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization           128,280        121,717
                                                       ---------      ---------
     Net property and equipment                          267,525        261,361
                                                       ---------      ---------

Excess of cost over fair value of net assets
 of acquired business                                     63,500         62,719

Other assets                                               7,485          7,128
                                                       ---------      ---------
                                                       $ 414,771      $ 402,273
                                                       =========      =========
       LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

Current liabilities:
   Current portion of long-term debt                   $  10,396      $   5,394
   Accounts payable                                       15,817          9,569
   Accrued expenses                                       39,026         35,679
                                                       ---------      ---------
     Total current liabilities                            65,239         50,642
                                                       ---------      ---------

Long-term debt, less current portion:
   Industrial field services                              22,766         25,268
   Pipeline, terminaling and 
     product marketing services                          134,000        132,118
   Parent company                                         23,666         23,666
                                                       ---------      ---------
     Total long-term debt, less current portion          180,432        181,052
                                                       ---------      ---------

Deferred income taxes and other liabilities               15,541         15,903

Interest of outside non-controlling partners in KPP       74,791         76,229

Commitments and contingencies

Stockholders' equity:
   Preferred stock, without par value                      5,792          5,792
   Common stock, without par value                         4,239          4,234
   Additional paid-in-capital                            197,300        197,242
   Accumulated deficit                                   (96,598)      (101,491)
   Unamortized restricted stock compensation                (141)          --
   Treasury stock, at cost                               (29,737)       (25,216)
   Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)
     - foreign currency translation adjustment            (2,087)        (2,114)
                                                       ---------      ---------
       Total stockholders' equity                         78,768         78,447
                                                       ---------      ---------
                                                       $ 414,771      $ 402,273
                                                       =========      =========
                 See notes to consolidated financial statements
                                       2

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KANEB SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In Thousands)
(Unaudited)
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                                                       Six Months Ended June 30,
                                                       -------------------------
                                                         1998             1997
                                                       --------        ---------
Operating activities:
   Net income                                          $  5,201        $  4,236
   Adjustments to reconcile net income to net
     cash provided by operating activities:
        Depreciation and amortization                     8,249           8,389
        Interest of outside non-controlling 
          partners in KPP                                12,817          12,744
        Amortization of excess of cost over fair
          value of net assets acquired                      970             923
        Deferred income taxes                               292             435
        Changes in working capital components            (6,748)         (2,284)
                                                       --------        --------

         Net cash provided by operating activities       20,781          24,443
                                                       --------        --------

Investing activities:
   Capital expenditures                                  (7,192)         (6,774)
   Acquisitions of pipelines, terminals and
     product marketing services                          (7,829)           --
   Other, net                                            (2,417)            559
                                                       --------        --------

         Net cash used in investing activities          (17,438)         (6,215)
                                                       --------        --------

Financing activities:
   Issuance of long-term debt                            10,247           4,939
   Payments on long-term debt                            (5,655)         (6,613)
   Preferred stock dividends paid                          (228)           (252)
   Distributions to outside non-controlling 
     partners in KPP                                    (14,255)        (13,157)
   Common stock issued                                      137            --
   Purchase of treasury stock                            (4,736)         (3,471)
                                                       --------        --------

         Net cash used in financing activities          (14,490)        (18,554)
                                                       --------        --------

Decrease in cash and cash equivalents                   (11,147)           (326)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period         23,025          23,693
                                                       --------        --------

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period             $ 11,878        $ 23,367
                                                       ========        ========


                 See notes to consolidated financial statements
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KANEB SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
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1.   SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

     The unaudited consolidated financial statements of Kaneb Services, Inc. and
     its subsidiaries  (the "Company") for the three and six month periods ended
     June 30, 1998 and 1997 have been  prepared  in  accordance  with  generally
     accepted accounting  principles applied on a consistent basis.  Significant
     accounting  policies  followed  by the Company  and its  subsidiaries  were
     disclosed in the notes to the consolidated financial statements included in
     the Company's  Annual  Report on Form 10-K for the year ended  December 31,
     1997.  In  the  opinion  of  the  Company's  management,  the  accompanying
     consolidated  financial  statements contain the adjustments,  consisting of
     normal  recurring  accruals,  necessary to present fairly the  consolidated
     financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries at June
     30, 1998 and the  consolidated  results of their  operations and cash flows
     for the  periods  ended June 30, 1998 and 1997.  Operating  results for the
     three and six months ended June 30, 1998 are not necessarily  indicative of
     the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 1998.

2.   COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

     The Company has adopted the provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting
     Standards No. 130,  "Reporting  Comprehensive  Income,"  which  establishes
     standards  for the reporting  and display of  comprehensive  income and its
     components in a full set of general purpose financial statements.

     Comprehensive  income for the three and six months  ended June 30, 1998 and
     1997 is as follows:

                                         Three Months Ended     Six Months Ended
                                               June 30,             June 30,
                                         ------------------    -----------------
                                           1998      1997       1998      1997
                                         --------   -------    -------  --------
                                                      (in thousands)

     Net income                          $ 3,365   $ 2,707    $ 5,201   $ 4,236
     Other comprehensive income - foreign
        currency translation adjustment       26      (713)        27    (2,068)
                                         -------   -------    -------   -------

     Comprehensive income                $ 3,391   $ 1,994    $ 5,228   $ 2,168
                                         =======   =======    =======   =======




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3.   EARNINGS PER SHARE

     The following is a  reconciliation  of Basic and Diluted earnings per share
     (in thousands, except for per share amounts):
                                                 Net         Common    Per-Share
                                               Income        Shares      Amount
                                               -------      -------     --------
     Three Months Ended June 30, 1998
     --------------------------------
     Net income                                $ 3,365
     Dividends applicable to preferred stock      (158)
                                               -------

     Basic earnings per share:
       Income available to common stock         3,207        31,944     $   0.10
                                                                        ========

     Effect of dilutive securities:
       Common stock options                      --             800
                                             --------       -------
     Diluted earnings per share:
       Income available to common stock
       and assumed options exercised          $ 3,207        32,744     $   0.10
                                              =======       =======     ========

     Three Months Ended June 30, 1997
     --------------------------------
     Net income                               $ 2,707
     Dividends applicable to preferred stock     (129)
                                              -------

     Basic earnings per share:
       Income available to common stock         2,578        32,615     $   0.08
                                                                        ========

     Effect of dilutive securities:
       Common stock options                      --             495
                                             --------       -------
     Diluted earnings per share:
       Income available to common stock
       and assumed options exercised          $ 2,578        33,110     $   0.08
                                              =======       =======     ========

     Six Months Ended June 30, 1998
     ------------------------------
     Net income                               $ 5,201
     Dividends applicable to preferred stock     (308)
                                              -------

     Basic earnings per share:
       Income available to common stock         4,893        32,066     $   0.15
                                                                        ========

     Effect of dilutive securities:
       Common stock options                      --             777
                                             --------       -------

     Diluted earnings per share:
       Income available to common stock
       and assumed options exercised          $ 4,893        32,843     $   0.15
                                              =======       =======     ========



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                                                 Net         Common    Per-Share
                                               Income        Shares      Amount
                                              -------      -------     ---------
     Six Months Ended June 30, 1997
     ------------------------------
     Net income                               $ 4,236
     Dividends applicable to preferred stock     (252)
                                              -------

     Basic earnings per share:
       Income available to common stock         3,984        32,866     $   0.12
                                                                        ========

     Effect of dilutive securities:
       Common stock options                      --             474
                                             --------       -------
     Diluted earnings per share:
       Income available to common stock
       and assumed options exercised          $ 3,984        33,340     $   0.12
                                              =======       =======     ========





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KANEB SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Results of Operations
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     This  discussion  should  be  read in  conjunction  with  the  consolidated
     financial  statements of Kaneb  Services,  Inc. (the  "Company")  and notes
     thereto included elsewhere in this report.

     Operating Results:

     Industrial Field Services

                                         Three Months Ended    Six Months Ended
                                               June 30,           June 30,
                                         ------------------   ------------------
                                           1998       1997     1998       1997
                                         --------   -------   -------   --------
                                                      (in millions)
     Revenues:
        United States                    $   8.9    $   8.9   $  17.8   $  16.6
        Europe                              17.9       17.0      33.8      31.3
        Asia-Pacific                         2.7        0.9       5.4       1.5
                                         -------    -------   -------    ------
        Total Revenues                   $  29.5    $  26.8   $  57.0   $  49.4
                                         =======    =======   =======   =======

     Operating income:
       United States                    $    .3    $    .6    $    .8   $    .9
       Europe                               1.9        1.6        2.4       2.4
       Asia-Pacific                          .3         .1         .4      --
       Headquarters                         (.3)       (.3)       (.4)      (.4)
                                        -------    -------    -------    ------
       Total operating income           $   2.2    $   2.0    $   3.2   $   2.9
                                        =======    =======    =======   =======

     Capital expenditures               $    .7    $    .5    $   1.3   $   1.2
                                        =======    =======    =======   =======

     This business  segment  provides  specialized  industrial  field  services,
     including under-pressure leak sealing, on-site machining, safety and relief
     valve testing and repair,  passive fire  protection and fugitive  emissions
     inspections to the process and power industry worldwide.

     For the  three  and six  months  ended  June  30,  1998,  revenues  for the
     Industrial  Field  Services  segment  increased 10% and 15%,  respectively,
     compared to the same 1997 periods,  due to overall  improvements in each of
     the three  geographical  areas.  For the six months  ended  June 30,  1998,
     revenues  for the United  States  increased  7%,  compared to the same 1997
     period,  due  primarily  to  higher  on-site  machining  and  valve  repair
     services.  Revenues  in  Europe  increased  5% and 8% for the three and six
     months ended June 30,  1998,  respectively,  due  primarily to increases in
     passive fire  protection  and leak sealing  services.  The $1.8 million and
     $3.9 million increase in Asia-Pacific  revenues for the three and six month
     periods ended June 30, 1998, respectively, is primarily attributable to the
     operations of Australia acquired effective July 1, 1997.

     Overall,  Industrial Field Services operating income increased $0.2 million
     for the three months  ended June 30, 1998,  compared to the same prior year
     period,  primarily due to improvements in revenues and operating income for
     Europe and  Asia-Pacific,  partially  offset by a decrease in United States
     operating income due principally to customer-delayed plant turnarounds. For
     the six  months  ended  June 30,  1998,  operating  income  increased  $0.3
     million,  compared to 1997,  due  primarily  to  increases  in revenues and
     operating income in the Asia-Pacific area.


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     Pipeline, Terminaling and Product Marketing Services

                                         Three Months Ended    Six Months Ended
                                               June 30,           June 30,
                                         ------------------   ------------------
                                           1998       1997     1998       1997
                                         --------   -------   -------   --------
                                                      (in millions)

     Revenues:
        Pipeline and terminaling         $  30.6    $  29.8   $  58.6   $  58.4
        Product marketing                   37.7        --       39.6       --
                                         -------    -------   -------   -------
                                         $  68.3    $  29.8   $  98.2   $  58.4
                                         =======    =======   =======   =======

     Operating income                    $  13.2    $  12.9   $  25.1   $  24.8
                                         =======    =======   =======   =======

     Capital expenditures,
        excluding acquisitions           $   3.4    $   3.4   $   5.8   $   5.2
                                         =======    =======   =======   =======

     This business  segment includes the operations of Kaneb Pipe Line Partners,
     L.P. ("KPP") and the Company's product marketing  business acquired in late
     March 1998.  KPP  provides  transportation  services  of refined  petroleum
     products  through a pipeline  system that  extends  through the Midwest and
     Eastern Rocky Mountain areas and provides  terminaling and storage services
     for  petroleum  products and  specialty  chemicals.  The Company  operates,
     manages and controls the pipeline and terminaling operations of KPP through
     its 2% general partner  interest and a 31% limited partner  interest in the
     partnership.  The product marketing  business provides motor fuel wholesale
     marketing  services  throughout the Midwest and Rocky Mountain regions,  as
     well as California.

     The $0.8  million  increase in pipeline  and  terminaling  revenues for the
     quarter  ended  June 30,  1998 is due to a $0.4  million  increase  in both
     pipeline and terminaling revenues, when compared to 1997. For the six month
     period ended June 30, 1998, pipeline and terminaling  revenues increased by
     $0.2 million,  compared to 1997, due to a $0.5 million increase in pipeline
     revenues,  partially  offset  by a $0.3  million  decrease  in  terminaling
     revenues.  The  increase in pipeline  revenues for the three and six months
     ended June 30, 1998 is due to increases in volumes  shipped,  when compared
     to 1997.  The increase in  terminaling  revenues for the three months ended
     June 30, 1998 is due to an increase in tank  utilization  due to  favorable
     market conditions.  The decrease in terminaling revenues for the six months
     ended June 30, 1998 resulted  primarily  from overall lower rates  realized
     for  storage,  due to the  storage  of a  larger  proportionate  volume  of
     lower-rate products, when compared to the same period in 1997.

     Capital expenditures of $3.4 million and $5.8 million for the three and six
     months  ended June 30, 1998,  respectively,  relate to the  maintenance  of
     existing operations.


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     Other Operations

     The  Company  recorded  revenues of $2.7  million and $4.7  million for the
     three and six months  ended June 30, 1998,  respectively,  compared to $1.8
     and $3.7 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 1997,  related
     to subsidiaries that provide information processing, payment and collection
     services primarily to financial institutions.  Related operating income for
     the three and six months  ended  June 30,  1998 was $1.0  million  and $1.7
     million,  respectively,  compared to $0.7  million and $1.4 million for the
     three and six months ended June 30, 1997

     Financial Condition

     During  the  first  six  months  of 1998,  the  Company's  working  capital
     requirements   for   operations   and   capital   expenditures   (excluding
     acquisitions) were funded through the use of internally generated funds.

     Cash provided by operations was $20.8 million and $24.4 million for the six
     months  ended June 30, 1998 and 1997,  respectively.  Capital  expenditures
     (excluding  acquisitions)  were $7.2  million for the six months ended June
     30, 1998, compared to $6.8 million in 1997.

     Consolidated  capital  expenditures  (excluding   acquisitions)  have  been
     estimated  at $10  million  to $15  million,  depending  upon the  economic
     environment and the needs of the business. Capital expenditures in 1998 are
     expected to be funded by internally generated funds.

     Additional information related to the sources and uses of cash is presented
     in the financial statements included in this report.

     Although the Company  believes that most of its  activities  and operations
     are not  materially  impacted by Year 2000  concerns,  it has  undertaken a
     review and testing of its computer  systems to identify  Year  2000-related
     issues  associated  with any  items of  software  or  hardware  used in its
     business  operations.  Most of the software systems used by the Company are
     licensed from third parties and are Year 2000 compliant or will be upgraded
     to Year 2000  compliant  releases  over the next year.  At this  time,  the
     Company cannot assess the extent to which further actions will be required,
     or assess  whether  this  issue  will have a material  effect  upon  future
     operations.  The Company does not anticipate that the  incremental  cost to
     become fully Year 2000 compliant will be material.



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                           PART II - Other Information

     Item 6.      Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K

          (a)     Exhibits.

                  10.1   Amended Deferred Stock Unit Plan
                  10.2   Amended 1996 Supplemental Deferred Compensation Plan
                  10.3   Amended Non-Employee Directors Deferred Stock Unit Plan
                  10.4   Amended 1996 Directors Stock Incentive Plan
                  27.    Financial Data Schedule


         (b)      Reports on Form 8-K - Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K,
                  dated  April 9, 1998 (SEC  File No.  001-05083),  was filed to
                  report, in Item 5, the declaration of a dividend in connection
                  with the adoption of a replacement Stockholder Rights Plan.


                                    Signature


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.



                                             KANEB SERVICES, INC.
                                             (Registrant)


Date:  August 13, 1998                       Michael R. Bakke
                                             Controller


                                                                    Exhibit 10.1


                              KANEB SERVICES, INC.
                            DEFERRED STOCK UNIT PLAN


         1. Purpose.  This Deferred Stock Unit Plan of Kaneb  Services,  Inc., a
Delaware  corporation,  is intended to advance the best interests of the Company
by providing executives and other key personnel with additional incentive and by
increasing  their  proprietary  interest in the success of the Company,  thereby
encouraging  them to continue  their  service to the  Company.  By this Plan (as
defined  below) the Company (as defined  below)  seeks to  establish  an orderly
compensation  plan to more  closely  align the  interests of a  Participant  (as
defined below) with those of the Company's  stockholders over a multi-year term,
in return for the Participant's service to the Company or its subsidiaries.

         2. Definitions.

                  A.  "Board  of  Directors"  or  "Board"  means  the  Board  of
         Directors of the Company.

                  B. "Change of Control" means, with respect to the Company, the
         occurrence of any one or more of the following events:

                           (1) the  acquisitions  by any individual or entity of
                  the legal or beneficial ownership of securities of the Company
                  having 20% or more of the total votes that may be cast for the
                  election of  directors  of the  Company;  

                           (2) the  approval by  stockholders  of the Company of
                  the sale or other  disposition of all or substantially  all of
                  the assets of the Company  (including a plan of liquidation or
                  dissolution)  or the merger or  consolidation  of the  Company
                  with or into  another  corporation,  in  accordance  with  the
                  requirements  of Certificate of  Incorporation  of the Company
                  and applicable law; or

                           (3) as a result of or in  connection  with any tender
                  offer, exchange offer, merger or other business combination of
                  the foregoing,  the failure of the individuals who are members
                  of the Board of Directors  immediately  prior to such event to
                  continue to constitute the majority of the Board.

                  C. "Committee"  means the Compensation  Committee of the Board
         of Directors, or any successor committee appointed by resolution of the
         Board.

                  D.  "Company"  means  Kaneb   Services,   Inc.  ,  a  Delaware
         Corporation.

                  E. "Common  Stock"  means the Common Stock of the Company,  no
         par value.

                  F.  "Compensation"  means with respect to a salaried  employee
         his or her regular base salary  unless  otherwise  defined from time to
         time by the Committee.

                  G.  "Contribution  Period"  means  the  first day of the first
         payroll  period  commencing on or after the Initial  Valuation Date and
         ending on the last day of the last payroll  period as determined by the
         Committee  and  elected  by a  Participant,  during  which  period  the
         Participant defers Compensation into this Plan.

                  H. "Contributions" means the cumulative amount of Compensation
         that has been credited to a  Participant's  Deferred  Stock Unit Ledger
         Account, in accordance with Section 7 hereof.

                  I. "Deferred Stock Unit" or "DSU",  means a unit credited to a
         Participant's  Deferred  Stock Unit Ledger  Account in accordance  with
         Section 7 hereof.

                  J. "Deferred Stock Unit Ledger" or "DSU Ledger" means a record
         that  from  time to time  reflects  the  name of each  Participant  and
         credits  such  Participant  with the  number  of Deus  which  have been
         purchased  on his or her  behalf  under the Plan.  As each  Participant
         becomes  Partially  Vested and Fully  Vested in DSU's,  the record will
         also indicate the vesting status of the DSU's.

                  K. "Disability"  means the inability of a Participant  through
         life-threatening  illness or other  life-threatening  cause, within the
         judgment of the Committee  based on the advice of competent  physicians
         of their selection,  to continue in the employment of the Company for a
         consecutive  period of six (6)  months or more,  as  determined  by the
         Committee, or if the Participant is determined to be Disabled under the
         provisions Company's Long-term Disability Insurance Plan.

                  L.  "Entrance  Date"  means  the  date on  which  an  Eligible
         Employee  elects to become a  Participant  in the Plan by delivering to
         the Company the election authorization described in Section 6 hereof.

                  M. "Eligible Employee" means any officer or other key employee
         of  the  Company  or  any  of  its  subsidiaries  who  is  eligible  to
         participate in the Plan. In all cases, the  determination of whether an
         officer or other key employee is an "Eligible  Employee"  shall be made
         solely by the Committee or its delegate.

                  N.  "Final   Valuation   Date"   means,   with  respect  to  a
         Participant,  the earlier to occur of the following dates: (i) the date
         of a  Participant's  severance from  employment with the Company or any
         subsidiary  by  reason  of  death  or  Disability;  (ii)  the date of a
         Participant's  severance  from  employment  with  the  Company  or  any
         subsidiary;  (iii) the date on which the Company  undergoes a Change of
         Control;  (iv) or any date selected by the  Participant  which is on or
         after January 1 of the calendar year next  succeeding the calendar year
         in which the Contribution Period ends.

                  O.  "Initial  Valuation  Date" means the date  selected by the
         Committee  on  which a  Participant's  DSU  Ledger  is  established  as
         prescribed in Section 7 hereof..

                  P.  "Participant"  means each Eligible  Employee who elects to
         participate in the Plan pursuant to Section 5 hereof.

                  Q. "Plan" means this Kaneb Services,  Inc. Deferred Stock Unit
         Plan as the same shall be amended from time to time.

                  R.   "DSU Value"  means:

                           (1) on any Final  Valuation Date occurring  after the
                  end of the full Contribution Period, the dollar value of DSU's
                  determined by multiplying the DSU's credited to the DSU Ledger
                  account of a  Participant  by the closing sale price per share
                  of the Company's  Common Stock on the New York Stock  Exchange
                  on such date (or, if there is no  reported  sale on such date,
                  on the last preceding date on which such sale occurred; or

                           (2) on any Final  Valuation  Date prior to the end of
                  the  full  Contribution  Period,  provided  that a  Change  of
                  Control has not  occurred or the  Participant  has not died or
                  experienced a Disability,  the lesser of (i) the actual dollar
                  amount of  compensation  deferred  as of the  Final  Valuation
                  Date,  or  (ii)  the  amount  of  cash  compensation  actually
                  deferred by the  Participant  as of the Final  Valuation  Date
                  divided by the amount of total aggregate compensation that was
                  previously  calculated on the Initial Valuation Date to be the
                  total expected aggregate amount deferred over the Contribution
                  Period multiplied by the closing price of the Company's Common
                  Stock on the Final Valuation Date (or, if there is no reported
                  sale on such date, on the last preceding day on which any such
                  reported sale occurred),  however, if the Final Valuation Date
                  in this  Section  2,  Item R (2) is  caused  by the  death  or
                  Disability  of the  Participant,  or a Change of Control,  DSU
                  Value shall mean the greater of (i) the actual  dollar  amount
                  of  compensation  deferred as of the Final  Valuation Date, or
                  (ii) the amount of cash compensation  actually deferred by the
                  Participant  as of the Final  Valuation  Date  divided  by the
                  amount of total  aggregate  compensation  that was  previously
                  calculated  on the  Initial  Valuation  Date  to be the  total
                  expected  aggregate  amount  deferred  over  the  Contribution
                  Period multiplied by the closing price of the Company's Common
                  Stock on the Final Valuation Date (or, if there is no reported
                  sale on such date, on the last preceding day on which any such
                  reported sale occurred),

                  S. "Fully Vested" shall mean the  Participant's DSU Value when
         computed pursuant to Section 2, item R (1) above.

                  T. "Partially  Vested" shall mean the  Participant's DSU Value
         when computed pursuant to Section 2, item R (2) above.

         3.    Administration.

                  A.  The Plan  shall  be  administered  by the  Committee.  The
         Committee may delegate the  Administration of the Plan to an officer or
         executive of the Company,  however the  Committee  may not delegate its
         authority to amend, change or terminate the Plan.

                  B. The Committee may make such rules and  regulations  for the
         conduct of its  affairs,  and  subject to the  provisions  of the Plan,
         interpret  the Plan,  amend the Plan and make all other  determinations
         and  perform  such  actions  as it  deems  necessary  or  advisable  to
         administer the Plan.

                  C. No member of the  Committee  shall be liable for any action
         taken or  determination  made in good faith with respect to the Plan or
         any Option granted hereunder.

                  D. The  Company's  Vice  President  of Human  Resources  shall
         report as necessary to the  Committee  those events with respect to the
         Plan requiring action, determination, or rulings from the Committee.

         4.  Determination  of Eligible  Employees.  The  determination of which
executives or other key employees of the Company are Eligible Employees and thus
eligible to participate  in the Plan shall be within the sole  discretion of the
Committee.  Upon  determining  that any  executive  or other key  employee is an
Eligible Employee, the Committee shall notify such person in writing.

         5.  Method  of  Participation.  Each  Eligible  Employee  may  elect to
participate in the Plan by executing and delivering to the Company, on or before
the Election Date, an election authorization  described in Section 6 below. Such
eligible  employee  shall  thereby  become  a  Participant  effective  as of the
Election Date shall remain a Participant  until such  Participant  or his or her
beneficiary,  as the case may be, has received  payment of the DSU value of such
Participant's Deferred Stock Units in accordance with Section 9 hereof, or until
such  Participant's  rights are  earlier  forfeited  as  provided  in Section 11
hereof.  Upon  electing  to  participate,  each  Participant  shall be granted a
non-qualified stock option to purchase shares of Common Stock of the Company for
a price equal to the closing  sale price of the  Company's  Common  Stock on the
Initial Valuation Date. The number of shares subject to such non-qualified stock
option and  vesting  provisions  attached  thereto  shall be  determined  by the
Committee in its sole  discretion.  Upon the grant of such  non-qualified  stock
option  to a  Participant,  the  Company  and the  Participant  shall  execute a
non-qualified stock option agreement.

         6. Election  Authorization.  The Company shall furnish to each Eligible
Employee an election  authorization in such form or forms as the Committee shall
prescribe. The election authorization shall request a deferral of pay during the
Contribution  Period  of an  amount  up to  50%  of  such  Participant's  annual
Compensation (but not less than 5% of such Participant's  annual  compensation).
No election authorization shall be effective sooner than the next payroll period
that begins  after the  Company's  receipt of the  election  authorization.  All
amounts deferred in accordance with a Participant's election authorization shall
be credited to such Participant's  account under the Deferred Stock Unit Ledger,
more fully described below. No interest shall be payable on such accounts.

         7.  Establishment and Maintenance of Deferred Stock Unit Ledger. On the
Initial Valuation Date, the Company shall establish a Deferred Stock Unit Ledger
which  shall  reflect  the  name  of  each   Participant   and  credit  to  such
Participant's  account established  thereunder (i) the amounts actually deferred
from  his  or  her   Compensation   in  accordance  with  his  or  her  election
authorization  and (ii) the number of his or her Deferred Stock Units.  For this
purpose,  the number of DSU's to be credited to the account  shall be the number
of DSU's  determined by dividing (x) the aggregate  amount of the  Participant's
Compensation  to be  deferred  over the  Contribution  Period by (y) the closing
price per share of the Company's  Common stock on the New York Stock Exchange on
the Initial  Valuation Date. As each  Participant  becomes  Partially Vested and
Fully  Vested as defined in Section 3 above,  the DSU Ledger  shall also reflect
the number of his or her cumulative vested Units.  Finally, on the Participant's
Final  Valuation Date, his or her account shall be credited with a dollar amount
equal to the DSU value of all his or here Fully Vested or Partially Vested DSU's
on such Final Valuation Date.

         8. Amount and Form of Payment.  Upon a  Participant's  Final  Valuation
Date, such Participant or his or her  beneficiary,  as the case may be, shall be
entitled to receive an amount equal to the DSU Value of such Participant's Fully
Vested or Partially Vested DSU's determined as of such Final Valuation Date. All
amounts  distributed  to  Participants  or  beneficiaries  with respect to Final
Valuation  Dates  occurring  prior  the end of the full  Contribution  Period as
elected by the  Participant  shall be paid in cash.  All amounts  distributed to
Participants  or  beneficiaries  with respect to Final Valuation Dates occurring
after the end of such  Contribution  Period shall be in shares of the  Company's
Common Stock.  The Company may satisfy its obligation to deliver shares of stock
from treasury shares, from authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock, or by
repurchasing  shares of its Common Stock on the open market.  The Company shall,
where applicable, issue and deliver to the Participant certificates representing
shares of its Common  Stock as soon as  practicable  after the DSU Value of such
Participant  becomes  due and  payable  hereunder;  provided  however,  that the
obligation  of the Company to deliver  shares of Common Stock shall be postponed
for such period of time as may be  necessary  to register or qualify such shares
under the Securities Act of 1933 or any applicable state securities law.

         9. Timing of Payment. The Company shall pay to such Participant,  or to
his or her beneficiary,  as the case may be, the DSU Value of the  Participant's
DSU's in the form  determined  in accordance  with Section 8 above,  in a single
lump-sum  no later than  sixty  (60) days  following  such  Participant's  Final
Valuation Date;  provided however,  that on or before his or her Final Valuation
Date, the Participant may elect that his or her Unit Value be paid in accordance
with such alternate payment schedule as the Committee in its sole discretion may
approve.

         10. Beneficiary Designation.  Prior to the Initial Valuation Date, each
Participant  shall file with the Company a beneficiary  designation on such form
or forms as the Committee shall prescribe  naming gone or more  beneficiaries to
succeed to the Participant's right to receive payments hereunder in the event of
his  or her  death.  The  Participant  shall  have  the  right  to  change  such
designation  from time to time;  provided,  however,  that no such change  shall
become effective until received in writing by the Committee.

         11.  Forfeiture  of Deferred  Stock  Units.  Notwithstanding  any other
provision  hereof,  on a  Participant's  Final  Valuation  Date,  any  DSU's not
Partially Vested or Fully Vested shall be forfeited.

         12.   Contingent  Right  to  Receive  DSU  Value.  The  right  of  each
Participant to payment of the future DSU Value is contingent only and subject to
forfeiture as provided in Sections 3 and 17. Title to and  beneficial  ownership
of any assets,  whether cash or investments,  which the Company may set aside or
earmark to meet its contingent deferred obligation hereunder, shall at all times
remain  in the  Company  and no  Participant  or  beneficiary  shall  under  any
circumstances  acquire  any  interest  in any  specific  assets in the  Company.
Nothing  contained  herein  shall be  deemed to create a trust of any kind or to
create a fiduciary  relationship  between the  Company or the  Committee  or the
Committee's  Designee(s)  and a  Participant.  To the  extent  that  any  person
acquires a right to receive  payments  from the  Company  under this Plan,  such
right shall be no greater  than that of any  unsecured  general  creditor of the
Company.

         13. Limitation on Rights. Nothing in this Plan shall be construed to:

                  A. Give any employee of the Company any unilateral right to be
         named an Eligible Employee or a Participant in the Plan;

                  B. Give a Participant  any rights  whatsoever  with respect to
         shares of Common Stock of the Company;

                  C.  Give a  Participant  any  rights of a  shareholder  of the
         Company;

                  D. Limit in any way the right of the  Company to  terminate  a
         Participant's employment with the Company at any time;

                  E. Be evidence of any agreement or  understanding,  express or
         implied,  that the Company will engage the services of a Participant in
         any particular position or at any particular rate of remuneration.

         14. Dividends and Dilution. The existence of outstanding Deferred Stock
Units  shall  not  affect in any way the  right or power of the  Company  or its
shareholders   to   make  or   authorize   any   adjustment,   recapitalization,
reorganization,  or any other change in the Company's  capital  structure or its
business,  any  merger  or  consolidation  of the  Company,  any issue of bonds,
debentures, preferred or prior preference stock ahead of or affecting the Common
Stock or any right thereto,  the dissolution or liquidation of the Company,  any
sale or  transfer  of all or any part of its  assets or  business,  or any other
corporate act or proceeding whether of a similar character or otherwise.

         15. Transferability of Contingent Right to Future Payments. No right or
payment  under this Plan shall be subject  to  anticipation,  alienation,  sale,
assignment,  pledge,  encumbrance  or charge,  and any  attempt  to  anticipate,
alienate,  sell, assign,  pledge,  encumber or charge the same shall be void. No
right or payment  hereunder  shall in any manner be liable for or subject to the
debts, contracts,  liabilities or torts of any person entitled to such benefits.
If any Participant or beneficiary  hereunder shall become bankrupt or attempt to
anticipate,  alienate,  assign,  sell,  pledge,  encumber or charge any right or
benefit  hereunder,  or if any creditor  shall  attempt to subject the same to a
writ of garnishment,  attachment, execution, sequestration, or any other form of
process or involuntary lien or seizure, then such right or payment shall, in the
discretion of the Committee, either cease and terminate absolutely or be held by
the Company for the sole benefit of the Participant or such beneficiary,  his or
her spouse,  children or other dependents,  or any of them in such manner and in
such proportion as the Committee shall deem proper, free and clear of the claims
of any other party whatsoever.

         16.  Adjustments  Upon Changes in Common  Stock.  In the event that the
Company  shall effect a split of its Common stock or declare a dividend  payable
in Common  Stock,  or in the event that the  outstanding  Common  Stock shall be
combined into a smaller number of shares, the number of DSU's of any Participant
shall be increased or decreased proportionately,  in a manner deemed appropriate
by the  Committee.  In the  event of a  reclassification  of  Common  Stock  not
encompassed by the foregoing, or in the event of a liquidation or reorganization
of the  Company,  including  a  merger,  consolidation  or sale of  assets,  the
Committee shall make such adjustments, if any, as it may deem appropriate in the
number of DSU's of any Participant  that are subject to the Plan. The provisions
of this Section  shall only be applicable  if, and only to the extent that,  the
application  thereof  does  not  conflict  with  any  valid  government  statue,
regulation or rule.

         17.  Financial   Hardship.   Upon  written  petition  of  the  affected
Participant,  in a manner  specified by the Committee,  the Committee may in its
sole discretion, with satisfactory documentation from the Participant, determine
a Final  Valuation  Date for the affected  Participant.  The value at such Final
Valuation Date shall be determined as provided for under Section 2, Items R. (1)
and R. (2) above.

         18.  Withholding  Taxes.  If  the  Company  or  any  subsidiary  in its
discretion  determines  that it is obligated  to withhold any tax in  connection
with the payment or vesting of benefits  with  respect to Deferred  Stock Units,
the Company or such subsidiary may withhold from the Participant's wage or other
remuneration the appropriate amount of the tax. At the discretion of the Company
or such  subsidiary,  the amount  required to be withheld may be withheld may be
withheld  in cash from such  wages or other  remuneration  or in cash or in kind
from cash or the Common Stock, respectively deliverable to the Participant under
the terms hereof.  If the Company or any subsidiary  does not withhold an amount
from the  Participant's  wages or other  remuneration  sufficient to satisfy the
withholding obligation of the Company or such subsidiary,  the Participant shall
be  required  to  make   reimbursement  on  demand,  in  cash,  for  the  amount
underwithheld

         19.  Amendment or  Termination of Plan. The Company may amend this Plan
in  whole or in part at any time  and  from  time to  time.  Notice  of any such
amendment  shall be given in writing to each  Participant  and  beneficiary of a
deceased  participant.  No amendment shall operate  retroactively to deprive any
Participant or  beneficiary of any benefit  hereunder to which he or she is then
entitled.  The Company may  terminate  the Plan at any time.  Notice of any such
termination  shall be given in writing to each  participant and beneficiary of a
deceased  Participant.  No such  termination  shall be operate  retroactively to
deprive any  Participant or beneficiary of any benefit  hereunder to which he or
she is then entitled.

         20. Gender.  Reference  hereunder to the male gender shall be deemed to
include the female and neuter genders,  unless  otherwise stated or indicated by
the circumstances.

         21. Headings.  All the headings set forth in this Plan are intended for
convenience  only and shall not control or affect the meaning,  construction  or
effect of this Plan.

         22. Severability.  In case any term in this Plan shall be held invalid,
illegal  or  unenforceable  in whole or in part,  neither  the  validity  of the
remaining  part of such term,  nor the validity of the other terms of this Plan,
shall in any way be affected thereby.

         23.  Applicable  Law.  To the extent not in  conflict  with  applicable
federal  law,  the  laws of the  State  of  Texas  shall  govern  the  validity,
construction and interpretation of this Plan.

         24.  Effective  Date.  This Plan has been approved by the  Compensation
Committee, effective as of the 23rd day of July, 1998.




                                                                    Exhibit 10.2

                              KANEB SERVICES, INC.
                  1996 SUPPLEMENTAL DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

         1. Purpose.  This 1996 Supplemental Deferred Compensation Plan of Kaneb
Services,  Inc.,  a  Delaware  corporation,  is  intended  to  advance  the best
interests of the Company by providing  executives and other key personnel with a
means of  supplementing  their deferrals made to the Company's  401(k) plan, The
Kaneb Services,  Inc. Savings Investment Plan.  Deferrals to the 401(k) plan are
limited by the Internal  Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"),  so that
allowable deferrals,  Company matching, and other Company contributions for many
key employees are, on a percentage of compensation basis, less than that allowed
for non-key  employees.  In addition,  participation  in the Company's  Deferred
Stock  Unit  Plan may  further  reduce  the  compensation  considered  under the
Company's 401(k) plan,  resulting in additional reduction of allowable deferrals
and Company  contributions  to that Plan.  By this Plan (as  defined  below) the
Company (as defined below) seeks to remain competitive in its compensation plans
and  programs,  thereby  serving to attract  and  retain  key  employees  and to
establish an orderly  compensation plan to more closely align the interests of a
Participant (as defined below) with those of the Company's  stockholders  over a
multi-year term, in return for the  Participant's  service to the Company or its
subsidiaries.

         2. Definitions.

                  A.  "Board  of  Directors"  or  "Board"  means  the  Board  of
         Directors of the Company.

                  B. "Change of Control" means, with respect to the Company, the
         occurrence of any one or more of the following events:

                           (1) the  acquisition  by any  individual or entity of
                  the legal or beneficial ownership of securities of the Company
                  resulting in such person having 20% or more of the total votes
                  that may be cast for the election of directors of the Company;

                           (2) the  approval by  stockholders  of the Company of
                  the sale or other  disposition of all or substantially  all of
                  the assets of the Company  (including a plan of liquidation or
                  dissolution)  or the merger or  consolidation  of the  Company
                  with or into  another  corporation,  in  accordance  with  the
                  requirements  of Certificate of  Incorporation  of the Company
                  and applicable law; or

                           (3) as a result of, or in connection with, any tender
                  offer,  exchange offer,  merger or other business  combination
                  which results in the failure of individuals who are members of
                  the  Board of  Directors  immediately  prior to such  event to
                  continue to constitute the majority of the Board.

                  C. "Committee"  means the Compensation  Committee of the Board
         of Directors, or any successor committee appointed by resolution of the
         Board.

                  D.  "  Company"  means  Kaneb  Services,  Inc.  ,  a  Delaware
         Corporation.

                  E. "Common  Stock"  means the Common Stock of the Company,  no
         par value.

                  F. "Compensation" means, with respect to a Participant, his or
         her regular base salary in respect of his or her service as an employee
         with the Company or any of its  subsidiaries,  unless otherwise defined
         from time to time by the Committee.

                  G. "Contributions" means the cumulative amount of Compensation
         which has been credited to a  Participant's  Deferred Stock Unit Ledger
         Account, in accordance with Section 7 hereof.

                  H. "Deferred Stock Unit" or "DSU",  means a unit credited to a
         Participant's  Deferred  Stock Unit Ledger  Account in accordance  with
         Section 7 hereof.

                  I.  "Deferred  Stock  Unit  Ledger"  or "DSU  Ledger"  means a
         bookkeeping record maintained by the Company which, among other things,
         reflects  the name of each  Participant,  the number of DSUs which have
         been  purchased  on his or her  behalf  under the Plan and the  vesting
         status of the DSUs for such Participant.

                  J. "Disability" means the inability of a Participant,  through
         life-threatening  illness or other  life-threatening cause or event, as
         determined in the  discretion  of the Committee  based on the advice of
         competent physicians of their selection,  to continue in the employment
         of the Company for a  consecutive  period of six (6) months or more, as
         determined by the Committee.

                  K.  "Election  Date"  means  the  date on  which  an  Eligible
         Employee  elects to become a  Participant  in the Plan by delivering to
         the Company the  election  authorization  described in Section 6 hereof
         and all periods of  revocability  of  participation  have expired.  The
         initial  election  date shall be made prior to August 16,  1996 for the
         period August 16, 1996 through December 31, 1996.  Subsequent  Election
         Dates shall be offered prior the date an Eligible Employee commences or
         recommences  Contributions  and  again,  prior  to  January  1 of  each
         subsequent calendar year, to be effective for that year.

                  L. "Eligible Employee" means any officer or other key employee
         of  the  Company  or  any  of  its  subsidiaries  who  is  eligible  to
         participate in the Company's  401(k) Plan and who  participates  in the
         Company's  Deferred Stock Unit Plan or an officer or other key employee
         who is  eligible  to  participate  in the  Company's  401(k) plan whose
         compensation  exceeds  the  limitations  referred  to above  and  whose
         Company matching and other Company  contributions under the 401(k) Plan
         are reduced or limited by the Code.

                  M.  "Final   Valuation   Date"   means,   with  respect  to  a
         Participant, the date elected by the Participant in the manner and form
         prescribed by the Committee on which the Participant's Vested DSU Value
         will be calculated for  distribution.  The Participant may elect his or
         her Final Valuation Date as any one of the following: (i) the date of a
         Participant's  severance  from  employment  with  the  Company  or  any
         subsidiary  occurs for any  reason;  (ii) the earlier of, the date of a
         Participant's  severance  from  employment  with  the  Company  or  any
         subsidiary,  or a specific date selected by the Participant,  or; (iii)
         the later of the date of a Participant's severance from employment with
         the  Company or any  subsidiary,  or a specific  date  selected  by the
         Participant,   all  as   indicated   on  the   Participant's   election
         authorization.  Notwithstanding  the above,  the Final  Valuation  Date
         shall  occur  as of the  date of  occurrence  of a  Change  of  Control
         regardless of such other date elected by the  Participant  as described
         above.

                  N.  "Monthly  Valuation  Date"  means  the  last  day of  each
         calendar  month,  commencing  with the first month or partial  month of
         participation..

                  O.  "Participant"  means each Eligible  Employee who elects to
         participate in the Plan pursuant to Section 5 hereof.

                  P. "Plan" means this Kaneb  Services,  Inc. 1996  Supplemental
         Deferred  Compensation  Plan as the same may be  amended  from  time to
         time.

                  Q. "DSU Value" means:  on any Final Valuation Date, the dollar
         value of DSUs  determined by multiplying the number of DSUs credited to
         the DSU Ledger account of any Participant by the closing sale price per
         share of the Company's  Common Stock on the New York Stock  Exchange on
         such date (or, if there is no reported  sale on such date,  on the last
         preceding date on which such sale occurred).

                  R. "Vested" shall mean the  Participant is entitled to receive
         as of the  Final  Valuation  Date the DSU Value on  applicable  DSUs as
         computed pursuant to Section 2, item Q above.

         3. Administration.

                  A.  The Plan  shall  be  administered  by the  Committee.  The
         Committee may delegate the  Administration of the Plan to an officer or
         executive of the Company,  however the  Committee  may not delegate its
         authority to amend, change or terminate the Plan.

                  B. The Committee may make such rules and  regulations  for the
         conduct of its  affairs,  and  subject to the  provisions  of the Plan,
         interpret  the Plan,  amend the Plan and make all other  determinations
         and  perform  such  actions  as it  deems  necessary  or  advisable  to
         administer the Plan.

                  C. No member of the  Committee  shall be liable for any action
         taken or  determination  made in good faith with respect to the Plan or
         any Option granted hereunder.

                  D. The Company's  Director of Human  Resources shall report as
         necessary  to the  Committee  those  events  with  respect  to the Plan
         requiring action, determination, or rulings from the Committee.

         4.  Determination  of Eligible  Employees.  The  determination of which
executives or other key employees of the Company are Eligible Employees and thus
eligible to participate  in the Plan shall be within the sole  discretion of the
Committee.  Upon  determining  that any  executive  or other key  employee is an
Eligible Employee, the Committee shall notify such person in writing.

         5.  Method  of  Participation.  Each  Eligible  Employee  may  elect to
participate in the Plan by executing and delivering to the Company, on or before
the date his or her salary is first  applicable to  Contribution to the Plan, an
election  authorization  described in Section 6 below.  Such  eligible  employee
shall thereby become a Participant  effective as such date  described  above and
shall remain a Participant until such Participant or his or her beneficiary,  as
the  case  may  be,  has  received  payment  of the  Vested  DSU  value  of such
Participant's  Deferred Stock Units in accordance  with Sections 8 and 9 hereof,
or until such Participant's  rights are earlier forfeited as provided in Section
11.

         6. Election  Authorization.  The Company shall furnish to each Eligible
Employee an election  authorization in such form or forms as the Committee shall
proscribe. The election authorization shall request a deferral of pay during the
Contribution  Period of an amount up to six (6)  percent  of such  Participant's
Compensation as calculated  prior to reduction by other deferrals but reduced by
his or her  projected  contribution  to the  Company's  401(k) plan. No election
authorization shall be effective sooner than the next payroll period that begins
after the Company's receipt of the election authorization.  All amounts deferred
in accordance with a Participant's  election  authorization shall be credited to
such  Participant's  account under the Deferred Stock Unit Ledger, as more fully
described herein. No interest shall be payable on such accounts.

         7. Establishment and Maintenance of Deferred Stock Unit Ledger.

                  A. Concurrent with the  establishment of the Plan, the Company
         shall  establish an Employee  Deferred  Stock Unit  Sub-Ledger  account
         which shall be used as the  official  record and method of  identifying
         the number and value of DSU's  credited to a  Participant's  individual
         accounts  under the  Participant's  DSU Ledger.  The Employee  Deferred
         Stock Unit Sub-ledger will reflect,  with respect to each Participant's
         respective accounts  thereunder (as may be more specifically  described
         below):  (i) the name of each  Participant;  (ii) the amounts  actually
         deferred  (as of the  relevant  date) from his or her  Compensation  in
         accordance with his or her election authorization;  (iii) the number of
         his  or  her   Deferred   Stock  Units  to  which  such   Participant's
         Contributions  equate; (iv) the vesting status of the DSU's credited to
         each respective  Participant's DSU Ledger account;  and, (v) such other
         information  as the Committee or its designee  shall deem  appropriate.
         For purposes of a Participant's Employee  Contributions,  the number of
         DSUs to be initially  credited to the  Sub-Ledger  account shall be the
         number of DSUs  determined  by  dividing  the  amount  of  Compensation
         deferred for that month as described in Section 6 above, by the closing
         price per share of the  Company's  Common  stock on the New York  Stock
         Exchange on the Monthly  Valuation  Date.  The  Participant's  Employee
         Deferred  Stock Unit  Sub-Ledger  Account shall always be Vested in the
         full value of such account.

                  B. Concurrent with the  establishment of the Plan, the Company
         shall  establish  a  Participant's  Company  Matching  Unit  Sub-Ledger
         account  which  shall be used as the  official  record  and  method  of
         identifying  the number and value of DSU's credited to a  Participant's
         individual   accounts   under  the   Participant's   DSU  Ledger.   The
         Participant's  Company  Matching Unit  Sub-ledger  will  reflect,  with
         respect to each Participant's  respective accounts thereunder:  (i) the
         name of each  Participant;  (ii) the amounts  actually  credited by the
         Company;  (iii) the number of his or her Deferred  Stock Units to which
         such credit  equates;  (iv) the vesting status of the DSU's credited to
         each respective  Participant's DSU Ledger account;  and, (v) such other
         information  as the Committee or its designee  shall deem  appropriate.
         For purposes of a Participant's  Company Matching  Sub-Ledger  Account,
         the Company  shall  credit  monthly to each  Participant's  account the
         number  of DSUs  equal to 50% of the DSUs  determined  in the  Employee
         Deferred Stock Unit Sub-Ledger Account above. The Participant's Company
         Matching  Sub-Ledger  Account shall vest in 20%  increments in the same
         manner as the  Participant's  Kaneb Services,  Inc. Savings  Investment
         Plan  401(k)  account,  and shall be Vested at any and all times in the
         same percentage as the  Participant's  Employer Account under the Kaneb
         Services, Inc. Savings Investment 401(k) Plan.

                  C. Concurrent with the  establishment of the Plan, the Company
         shall establish a Company 2% DSU Sub-Ledger account which shall be used
         as the official  record and method of identifying  the number and value
         of  DSU's  credited  to a  Participant's  individual  accounts  under a
         Participant's DSU Ledger.  The Participant's  Company 2% DSU Sub-ledger
         will reflect,  with respect to each Participant's  respective  accounts
         thereunder: (i) the name of each Participant; (ii) the amounts actually
         credited by the Company;  (iii) the number of his or her Deferred Stock
         Units to which such  credit  equates;  (iv) the  vesting  status of the
         DSU's credited to each  respective  Participant's  DSU Ledger  account;
         and, (v) such other  information as the Committee or its designee shall
         deem  appropriate.  For purposes of a  Participant's  2% DSU Sub-Ledger
         Account, the Company shall credit monthly to each Participant's account
         the  number  of  DSUs  equal  to two  (2)  percent  of his or her  base
         compensation  prior to reduction by other deferrals,  but reduced by an
         amount   equal   to  his  or  her   projected   Non-matching   Employer
         Contributions made to his Kaneb Services,  Inc. Savings Investment Plan
         401(k)  account  for the same  period.  The  Participant's  Company  2%
         Sub-Ledger  Account shall vest in 20%  increments in the same manner as
         the Participant's  Kaneb Services,  Inc. Savings Investment Plan 401(k)
         account,  and  shall  be  Vested  at any  and  all  times  in the  same
         percentage  as the  Participant's  Employer  Account  under  the  Kaneb
         Services, Inc. Savings Investment 401(k) Plan.

         8. Amount and Form of Payment. On a Participant's Final Valuation Date,
such  Participant  or his or her  beneficiary,  as the  case  may be,  shall  be
entitled  to  receive  an  amount   equal  to  the  Vested  DSU  Value  of  such
Participant's  DSU Ledger  Accounts  determined as of such Final Valuation Date,
and to be distributed in the manner described herein. All amounts distributed to
Participants  or  beneficiaries  with respect to Final Valuation Dates less than
one (1) year after the date  participation  commenced shall be paid in cash. All
amounts  distributed  to  Participants  or  beneficiaries  with respect to Final
Valuation  Dates  occurring  one (1) year or more  after the date  participation
commenced  shall be in shares of the  Company's  Common  Stock.  The Company may
satisfy  its  obligation  to deliver  shares of stock  hereunder  from  treasury
shares,  from authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock, or by repurchasing
shares  of its  Common  Stock on the  open  market.  The  Company  shall,  where
applicable,  issue and  deliver  to the  Participant  certificates  representing
shares of its Common Stock as soon as practicable  after the Vested DSU Value of
such Participant's account becomes due and payable hereunder;  provided however,
that the  obligation  of the Company to deliver  shares of Common Stock shall be
postponed  for such  period of time as may be  necessary  to register or qualify
such shares under the  Securities  Act of 1933,  as amended,  or any  applicable
state  securities  law or in order to list such  shares  with the New York Stock
Exchange.

         9. Timing of Payment. The Company shall pay to such Participant,  or to
his or her  beneficiary,  as the  case  may be,  the  Vested  DSU  Value  of the
Participant's account in the form determined in accordance with Section 8 above,
in a single lump-sum no later than sixty (60) days following such  Participant's
Final Valuation Date;  provided  however,  that on or before his or her Election
Date, the Participant may elect that his or her Unit Value be paid in accordance
with such alternate payment schedule as the Committee in its sole discretion may
approve.

         10. Beneficiary Designation. Prior to the first Monthly Valuation Date,
each Participant  shall file with the Company a beneficiary  designation on such
form or forms as the Committee shall proscribe naming one or more  beneficiaries
to succeed to the Participant's right to receive payments hereunder in the event
of his or her  death.  The  Participant  shall  have the  right to  change  such
beneficiary  designation  from  time to time;  provided,  however,  that no such
change shall become  effective until received in writing by the Committee or its
designee.

         11.  Forfeiture  of Deferred  Stock  Units.  On a  Participant's  Final
Valuation Date, any DSUs not Fully Vested shall be forfeited.

         12.   Contingent  Right  to  Receive  DSU  Value.  The  right  of  each
Participant  to payment and  distribution  of the DSU Value is  contingent  only
upon,  and subject to,  forfeiture as provided  herein.  Title to and beneficial
ownership of any assets,  whether cash or  investments,  tangible or intangible,
which the Company may set aside or  designate  to meet its  contingent  deferred
obligation  hereunder  shall at all times remain  vested in and with the Company
and no  Participant  or beneficiary  shall under any  circumstances  acquire any
interest in any general or specific  assets of the  Company.  Nothing  contained
herein  shall be deemed  to create a trust of any kind or to create a  fiduciary
relationship  between the Company or the  Committee (or its  designee(s))  and a
Participant.  To the extent that any person acquires a right to receive payments
from the Company  under this Plan,  such right shall be no greater  than that of
any unsecured general creditor of the Company.

         13. Limitation on Rights. Nothing in this Plan shall be construed to:

                  A. give any employee of the Company any unilateral right to be
         named an Eligible Employee or a Participant in the Plan;

                  B. give a Participant  any rights  whatsoever  with respect to
         shares of Common Stock of the Company;

                  C.  give a  Participant  any  rights of a  shareholder  of the
         Company;

                  D. limit in any way the right of the  Company to  terminate  a
         Participant's employment with the Company at any time;

                  E. be evidence of any agreement or  understanding,  express or
         implied,  that the Company will engage the services of a Participant in
         any particular position or at any particular rate of remuneration.

         14. Dividends and Dilution. The existence of outstanding Deferred Stock
Units  shall  not  affect in any way the  right or power of the  Company  or its
shareholders   to   make  or   authorize   any   adjustment,   recapitalization,
reorganization,  or any other change in the Company's  capital  structure or its
business,  any  merger  or  consolidation  of the  Company,  any issue of bonds,
debentures, preferred or prior preference stock ahead of or affecting the Common
Stock or any right thereto,  the dissolution or liquidation of the Company,  any
sale or  transfer  of all or any part of its  assets or  business,  or any other
corporate act or proceeding whether of a similar character or otherwise.

         15. Transferability of Contingent Right to Future Payments. No right or
payment  under this Plan shall be subject  to  anticipation,  alienation,  sale,
assignment,  pledge,  encumbrance  or charge,  and any  attempt  to  anticipate,
alienate,  sell, assign,  pledge,  encumber or charge the same shall be void. No
right or payment  hereunder  shall in any manner be liable for or subject to the
debts, contracts,  liabilities or torts of any person entitled to such benefits.
If any Participant or beneficiary  hereunder shall become bankrupt or attempt to
anticipate,  alienate,  assign,  sell,  pledge,  encumber or charge any right or
benefit  hereunder,  or if any creditor  shall  attempt to subject the same to a
writ of garnishment,  attachment, execution, sequestration, or any other form of
process or involuntary lien or seizure, then such right or payment shall, in the
discretion of the Committee, either cease and terminate absolutely or be held by
the Company for the sole benefit of the Participant or such beneficiary,  his or
her spouse,  children or other dependents,  or any of them in such manner and in
such proportion as the Committee shall deem proper, free and clear of the claims
of any other party whatsoever.

         16.  Adjustments  Upon Changes in Common  Stock.  In the event that the
Company  shall effect a split of its Common stock or declare a dividend  payable
in Common  Stock,  or in the event that the  outstanding  Common  Stock shall be
combined into a smaller number of shares,  the number of DSUs of any Participant
shall be increased or decreased proportionately,  in a manner deemed appropriate
by the  Committee.  In the  event of a  reclassification  of  Common  Stock  not
encompassed by the foregoing, or in the event of a liquidation or reorganization
of the  Company,  including  a  merger,  consolidation  or sale of  assets,  the
Committee shall make such adjustments, if any, as it may deem appropriate in the
number of DSUs of any  Participant  that are subject to the Plan. The provisions
of this Section  shall only be applicable  if, and only to the extent that,  the
application  thereof  does not  conflict  with  any  valid  government  statute,
regulation or rule.

         17.  Financial   Hardship.   Upon  written  petition  of  the  affected
Participant,  in a manner  specified by the Committee,  the Committee may in its
sole discretion, with satisfactory documentation from the Participant, determine
a Final  Valuation  Date for the affected  Participant.  The value at such Final
Valuation  Date shall be determined as provided for under Section 2, Items Q and
R above.

         18.  Withholding  Taxes.  If  the  Company  or  any  subsidiary  in its
discretion  determines  that it is obligated  to withhold any tax in  connection
with the payment or vesting of benefits  with  respect to Deferred  Stock Units,
the Company or such subsidiary may withhold from the Participant's wage or other
remuneration the appropriate amount of the tax. At the discretion of the Company
or such  subsidiary,  the amount required to be withheld may be withheld in cash
from  such  wages or other  remuneration  or in cash or in kind from cash or the
Common  Stock,  respectively  deliverable  to the  Participant  under  the terms
hereof.  If the Company or any  subsidiary  does not withhold an amount from the
Participant's wages or other remuneration  sufficient to satisfy the withholding
obligation of the Company or such subsidiary,  the Participant shall be required
to make reimbursement on demand, in cash, for the amount underwithheld.

         19.  Amendment or  Termination of Plan. The Company may amend this Plan
in  whole or in part at any time  and  from  time to  time.  Notice  of any such
amendment  shall be given in writing to each  Participant  and  beneficiary of a
deceased  participant.  No amendment shall operate  retroactively to deprive any
Participant or  beneficiary of any benefit  hereunder to which he or she is then
entitled.  The Company may  terminate  the Plan at any time.  Notice of any such
termination  shall be given in writing to each  participant and beneficiary of a
deceased  Participant.  No such  termination  shall be operate  retroactively to
deprive any  Participant or beneficiary of any benefit  hereunder to which he or
she is then entitled.

         20.  Special  Start-up   Provision.   Eligible  Employees  whose  Kaneb
Services, Inc. Savings Investment Plan 401(k) Company contributions to that plan
were  limited as  described  in Section 2, Item L prior to August 16, 1996 shall
have the opportunity to defer  additional  Compensation  during the remainder of
1996 of up to the aggregate amount of additional deferrals which could have been
made under the Kaneb Services,  Inc.  Savings  Investment Plan 401(k) as if such
deferrals were not limited by the Code during that time, to the extent that such
deferrals  when added to actual  deferrals made under the Kaneb  Services,  Inc.
Savings  Investment  Plan do not exceed six (6) percent of  Compensation  during
that time. Such additional deferrals,  if any, shall be credited to the Eligible
Employee's  Employee DSU Sub-Ledger  account in a manner consistent with Section
7,  Item A  above.  If the  Eligible  Employee  makes  additional  deferrals  as
described in this Section 20, the Company shall make a  corresponding  credit to
the Eligible  Employee's  Company  Matching DSU  Sub-Ledger  Account in the same
manner  and  terms as  described  in  Section  7 above.  Further,  the  Eligible
Employee's  Company 2% DSU  Sub-ledger  Account  shall be credited for the prior
period in the same manner described in Section 7 above, regardless of whether or
not the Eligible Employee makes all or part of the additional deferral available
under this Section 20.

         21. Gender.  Reference  hereunder to the male gender shall be deemed to
include the female and neuter genders,  unless  otherwise stated or indicated by
the circumstances.

         22. Headings.  All the headings set forth in this Plan are intended for
convenience  only and shall not control or affect the meaning,  construction  or
effect of this Plan.

         23. Severability.  In case any term in this Plan shall be held invalid,
illegal  or  unenforceable  in whole or in part,  neither  the  validity  of the
remaining  part of such term,  nor the validity of the other terms of this Plan,
shall in any way be affected thereby.

         24.  Applicable  Law.  To the extent not in  conflict  with  applicable
federal  law,  the  laws of the  State  of  Texas  shall  govern  the  validity,
construction and interpretation of this Plan.

         25.  Effective  Date.  This Plan has been approved by the  Compensation
Committee, effective as of the 23rd day of July, 1998.



                                                                    Exhibit 10.3


                              KANEB SERVICES, INC.
                 NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS DEFERRED STOCK UNIT PLAN


         1. Purpose.  This Deferred Stock Unit Plan of Kaneb  Services,  Inc., a
Delaware  corporation,  is intended to advance the best interests of the Company
by providing non-employee directors of the Company with additional incentive and
by increasing their proprietary interest in the success of the Company,  thereby
encouraging  them to continue  their  service to the  Company.  By this Plan (as
defined  below) the Company (as defined  below)  seeks to  establish  an orderly
compensation  plan to more  closely  align the  interests of a  Participant  (as
defined below) with those of the Company's  stockholders over a multi-year term,
in return for the Participant's service to the Company or its subsidiaries.

         2. Definitions.

                  A.  "Board  of  Directors"  or  "Board"  means  the  Board  of
         Directors of the Company.

                  B. "Change of Control" means, with respect to the Company, the
         occurrence of any one or more of the following events:

                           (1) the  acquisitions  by any individual or entity of
                  the legal or beneficial ownership of securities of the Company
                  having 20% or more of the total votes that may be cast for the
                  election of  directors  of the  Company;  (3) the  approval by
                  stockholders  of the Company of the sale or other  disposition
                  of all or  substantially  all of  the  assets  of the  Company
                  (including a plan of liquidation or dissolution) or the merger
                  or   consolidation   of  the  Company  with  or  into  another
                  corporation,   in   accordance   with  the   requirements   of
                  Certificate  of  Incorporation  of the Company and  applicable
                  law; or

                           (2) as a result of or in  connection  with any tender
                  offer, exchange offer, merger or other business combination of
                  the foregoing,  the failure of the individuals who are members
                  of the Board of Directors  immediately  prior to such event to
                  continue to constitute the majority of the Board.

                  C. "Committee"  means the Compensation  Committee of the Board
         of Directors, or any successor committee appointed by resolution of the
         Board.

                  D.  "Company"  means  Kaneb   Services,   Inc.  ,  a  Delaware
         Corporation.

                  E. "Common  Stock"  means the Common Stock of the Company,  no
         par value.

                  F.  "Compensation"  means  with  respect  to a  Director,  his
         regular  cash payment from the Company in respect of his service to the
         Company.

                  G.  "Contribution  Period"  means  the  first day of the first
         payment  period  commencing on or after the Initial  Valuation Date and
         ending on the last day of the last payment  period as determined by the
         Committee  and  elected  by a  Participant,  during  which  period  the
         Participant defers Compensation into this Plan.

                  H. "Contributions" means the cumulative amount of Compensation
         which has been credited to a  Participant's  Deferred Stock Unit Ledger
         Account, in accordance with Section 7 hereof.

                  I. "Deferred Stock Unit" or "DSU",  means a unit credited to a
         Participant's  Deferred  Stock Unit Ledger  Account in accordance  with
         Section 7 hereof.

                  J. "Deferred Stock Unit Ledger" or "DSU Ledger" means a record
         that  from  time to time  reflects  the  name of each  Participant  and
         credits  such  Participant  with the  number of DSU's  which  have been
         purchased  on his or her  behalf  under the Plan.  As each  Participant
         becomes  Partially  Vested and Fully  Vested in DSU's,  the record will
         also indicate the vesting status of the DSU's.

                  K. "Disability"  means the inability of a Participant  through
         life-threatening  illness or other  life-threatening  cause, within the
         judgment of the Committee  based on the advice of competent  physicians
         of their selection,  to continue in the employment of the Company for a
         consecutive  period of six (6)  months or more,  as  determined  by the
         Committee.

                  L.  "Entrance  Date"  means  the  date on  which  an  Eligible
         Director  elects to become a  Participant  in the Plan by delivering to
         the Company the election authorization described in Section 6 hereof.

                  M. "Eligible Director" means any non-employee  director of the
         Company.

                  N.  "Final   Valuation   Date"   means,   with  respect  to  a
         Participant,  the earlier to occur of the following dates: (i) the date
         on which a Participant is not reelected to the Board;  (ii) the date of
         a  Participant's  death or  Disability;  (iii)  the  date on which  the
         Company undergoes a Change of Control; (iv) or any date selected by the
         Participant  which is on or after  January 1 of the calendar  year next
         succeeding the calendar year in which the Contribution Period ends.

                  O.  "Initial  Valuation  Date" means the date  selected by the
         Committee  on  which a  Participant's  DSU  Ledger  is  established  as
         prescribed in Section 7 hereof.

                  P.  "Participant"  means each Eligible  Director who elects to
         participate in the Plan pursuant to Section 5 hereof.

                  Q.  "Plan"  means  this  Kaneb  Services,   Inc.  Non-Employee
         Directors  Deferred  Stock Unit Plan as the same shall be amended  from
         time to time.

                  R.   "DSU Value"  means:

                           (1) on any Final  Valuation Date occurring  after the
                  end of the full Contribution Period, the dollar value of DSU's
                  determined by multiplying the DSU's credited to the DSU Ledger
                  account of a  Participant  by the closing sale price per share
                  of the Company's  Common Stock on the New York Stock  Exchange
                  on such date (or, if there is no  reported  sale on such date,
                  on the last preceding date on which such sale occurred; or

                           (2) on any Final  Valuation  Date prior to the end of
                  the full Contribution  Period, the amount of cash compensation
                  actually deferred by the Participant as of the Final Valuation
                  Date  divided  by the amount of total  aggregate  compensation
                  that was previously  calculated on the Initial  Valuation Date
                  to be the total expected  aggregate  amount  deferred over the
                  Contribution  Period  multiplied  by the closing  price of the
                  Company's  Common  Stock on the Final  Valuation  Date (or, if
                  there is no reported sale on such date, on the last  preceding
                  day on which any such reported sale occurred).

                  S. "Fully Vested" shall mean the  Participant's DSU Value when
         computed pursuant to Section 2, item R (1) above.

                  T. "Partially  Vested" shall mean the  Participant's DSU Value
         when computed pursuant to Section 2, item R (2) above.

         3.    Administration.

                  A.  The Plan  shall  be  administered  by the  Committee.  The
         Committee may delegate the  Administration of the Plan to an officer or
         executive of the Company,  however the  Committee  may not delegate its
         authority to amend, change or terminate the Plan.

                  B. The Committee may make such rules and  regulations  for the
         conduct of its  affairs,  and  subject to the  provisions  of the Plan,
         interpret  the Plan,  amend the Plan and make all other  determinations
         and  perform  such  actions  as it  deems  necessary  or  advisable  to
         administer the Plan.

                  C. No member of the  Committee  shall be liable for any action
         taken or  determination  made in good faith with respect to the Plan or
         any Option granted hereunder.

         4. Notification of Eligibility.  The Committee shall notify such person
in writing of eligibility prior to the Initial Valuation Date.

         5.  Method  of  Participation.  Each  Eligible  Director  may  elect to
participate in the Plan by executing and delivering to the Company, on or before
the Election Date, an election authorization  described in Section 6 below. Such
Eligible  Director  shall  thereby  become  a  Participant  effective  as of the
Election Date and shall remain a Participant  until such  Participant  or his or
her  beneficiary,  as the case may be, has received  payment of the DSU value of
such Participant's  Deferred Stock Units in accordance with Section 9 hereof, or
until such Participant's  rights are earlier forfeited as provided in Section 11
hereof.  Upon the  effectiveness of the  Participant's  election to participate,
each  Participant  shall be granted a  non-qualified  stock  option to  purchase
shares of Common  Stock of the Company  for a price  equal to the  closing  sale
price of the Company's Common Stock on the Initial Valuation Date. The number of
shares  subject  to such  non-qualified  stock  option  and  vesting  provisions
attached  thereto shall be  determined by the Committee in its sole  discretion.
Upon the grant of such non-qualified stock option to a Participant,  the Company
and the Participant shall execute a non-qualified stock option agreement.

         6. Election  Authorization.  The Company shall furnish to each Eligible
Director an election  authorization in such form or forms as the Committee shall
prescribe. The election authorization shall request a deferral of pay during the
Contribution  Period  of an  amount  up to  100% of  such  Participant's  annual
Compensation (but not less than 5% of such Participant's  annual  compensation).
No election  authorization  shall be effective sooner than the next compensation
period that begins after the  Company's  receipt of the election  authorization.
All amounts deferred in accordance with a Participant's  election  authorization
shall be credited to such  Participant's  account under the Deferred  Stock Unit
Ledger,  more  fully  described  below.  No  interest  shall be  payable on such
accounts.

         7.  Establishment and Maintenance of Deferred Stock Unit Ledger. On the
Initial Valuation Date, the Company shall establish a Deferred Stock Unit Ledger
which  shall  reflect  the  name  of  each   Participant   and  credit  to  such
Participant's  account established  thereunder (i) the amounts actually deferred
from  his  or  her   Compensation   in  accordance  with  his  or  her  election
authorization  and (ii) the number of his or her Deferred Stock Units.  For this
purpose,  the number of DSU's to be credited to the account  shall be the number
of DSU's  determined by dividing (x) the aggregate  amount of the  Participant's
Compensation  to be  deferred  over the  Contribution  Period by (y) the closing
price per share of the Company's  Common stock on the New York Stock Exchange on
the Initial  Valuation Date. As each  Participant  becomes  Partially Vested and
Fully  Vested as defined in Section 3 above,  the DSU Ledger  shall also reflect
the number of his or her cumulative vested Units.  Finally, on the Participant's
Final  Valuation Date, his or her account shall be credited with a dollar amount
equal to the DSU value of all his or here Fully Vested or Partially Vested DSU's
on such Final Valuation Date.

         8. Amount and Form of Payment.  Upon a  Participant's  Final  Valuation
Date, such Participant or his or her  beneficiary,  as the case may be, shall be
entitled to receive an amount equal to the DSU Value of such Participant's Fully
Vested or Partially Vested DSU's determined as of such Final Valuation Date. All
amounts  distributed  to  Participants  or  beneficiaries  with respect to Final
Valuation  Dates  occurring  prior  the end of the full  Contribution  Period as
elected by the  Participant  shall be paid in cash.  All amounts  distributed to
Participants  or  beneficiaries  with respect to Final Valuation Dates occurring
after the end of such  Contribution  Period shall be in shares of the  Company's
Common Stock.  The Company may satisfy its obligation to deliver shares of stock
from treasury shares, from authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock, or by
repurchasing  shares of its Common Stock on the open market.  The Company shall,
where applicable, issue and deliver to the Participant certificates representing
shares of its Common  Stock as soon as  practicable  after the DSU Value of such
Participant  becomes  due and  payable  hereunder;  provided  however,  that the
obligation  of the Company to deliver  shares of Common Stock shall be postponed
for such period of time as may be  necessary  to register or qualify such shares
under the Securities Act of 1933 or any applicable state securities law.

         9. Timing of Payment. The Company shall pay to such Participant,  or to
his or her beneficiary,  as the case may be, the DSU Value of the  Participant's
DSU's in the form  determined  in accordance  with Section 8 above,  in a single
lump-sum  no later than  sixty  (60) days  following  such  Participant's  Final
Valuation Date;  provided however,  that on or before his or her Final Valuation
Date, the Participant may elect that his or her Unit Value be paid in accordance
with such alternate payment schedule as the Committee in its sole discretion may
approve.

         10. Beneficiary Designation.  Prior to the Initial Valuation Date, each
Participant  shall file with the Company a beneficiary  designation on such form
or forms as the Committee shall prescribe  naming gone or more  beneficiaries to
succeed to the Participant's right to receive payments hereunder in the event of
his  or her  death.  The  Participant  shall  have  the  right  to  change  such
designation  from time to time;  provided,  however,  that no such change  shall
become effective until received in writing by the Committee.

         11.  Forfeiture  of Deferred  Stock  Units.  Notwithstanding  any other
provision  hereof,  on a  Participant's  Final  Valuation  Date,  any  DSU's not
Partially Vested or Fully Vested shall be forfeited.

         12.   Contingent  Right  to  Receive  DSU  Value.  The  right  of  each
Participant to payment of the future DSU Value is contingent only and subject to
forfeiture as provided in Sections 3 and 17. Title to and  beneficial  ownership
of any assets,  whether cash or investments,  which the Company may set aside or
earmark to meet its contingent deferred obligation hereunder, shall at all times
remain  in the  Company  and no  Participant  or  beneficiary  shall  under  any
circumstances  acquire  any  interest  in any  specific  assets in the  Company.
Nothing  contained  herein  shall be  deemed to create a trust of any kind or to
create a fiduciary  relationship  between the  Company or the  Committee  or the
Committee's  Designee(s)  and a  Participant.  To the  extent  that  any  person
acquires a right to receive  payments  from the  Company  under this Plan,  such
right shall be no greater  than that of any  unsecured  general  creditor of the
Company.

         13. Limitation on Rights. Nothing in this Plan shall be construed to:

                  A. give a Participant  any rights  whatsoever  with respect to
         shares of Common Stock of the Company;

                  B.  give a  Participant  any  rights of a  stockholder  of the
         Company;

                  C.  limit  in any way the  right  of the  stockholders  of the
         Company to elect or choose not to elect a Participant to the Board;

                  D. be evidence of any agreement or  understanding,  express or
         implied,  that the Company will engage the services of a Participant in
         any particular position or at any particular rate of remuneration.

         14. Dividends and Dilution. The existence of outstanding Deferred Stock
Units  shall  not  affect in any way the  right or power of the  Company  or its
stockholders   to   make  or   authorize   any   adjustment,   recapitalization,
reorganization,  or any other change in the Company's  capital  structure or its
business,  any  merger  or  consolidation  of the  Company,  any issue of bonds,
debentures, preferred or prior preference stock ahead of or affecting the Common
Stock or any right thereto,  the dissolution or liquidation of the Company,  any
sale or  transfer  of all or any part of its  assets or  business,  or any other
corporate act or proceeding whether of a similar character or otherwise.

         15. Transferability of Contingent Right to Future Payments. No right or
payment  under this Plan shall be subject  to  anticipation,  alienation,  sale,
assignment,  pledge,  encumbrance  or charge,  and any  attempt  to  anticipate,
alienate,  sell, assign,  pledge,  encumber or charge the same shall be void. No
right or payment  hereunder  shall in any manner be liable for or subject to the
debts, contracts,  liabilities or torts of any person entitled to such benefits.
If any Participant or beneficiary  hereunder shall become bankrupt or attempt to
anticipate,  alienate,  assign,  sell,  pledge,  encumber or charge any right or
benefit  hereunder,  or if any creditor  shall  attempt to subject the same to a
writ of garnishment,  attachment, execution, sequestration, or any other form of
process or involuntary lien or seizure, then such right or payment shall, in the
discretion of the Committee, either cease and terminate absolutely or be held by
the Company for the sole benefit of the Participant or such beneficiary,  his or
her spouse,  children or other dependents,  or any of them in such manner and in
such proportion as the Committee shall deem proper, free and clear of the claims
of any other party whatsoever.

         16.  Adjustments  Upon Changes in Common  Stock.  In the event that the
Company  shall effect a split of its Common stock or declare a dividend  payable
in Common  Stock,  or in the event that the  outstanding  Common  Stock shall be
combined into a smaller number of shares, the number of DSU's of any Participant
shall be increased or decreased proportionately,  in a manner deemed appropriate
by the  Committee.  In the  event of a  reclassification  of  Common  Stock  not
encompassed by the foregoing, or in the event of a liquidation or reorganization
of the  Company,  including  a  merger,  consolidation  or sale of  assets,  the
Committee shall make such adjustments, if any, as it may deem appropriate in the
number of DSU's of any Participant  that are subject to the Plan. The provisions
of this Section  shall only be applicable  if, and only to the extent that,  the
application  thereof  does  not  conflict  with  any  valid  government  statue,
regulation or rule.

         17.  Financial   Hardship.   Upon  written  petition  of  the  affected
Participant,  in a manner  specified by the Committee,  the Committee may in its
sole discretion, with satisfactory documentation from the Participant, determine
a Final  Valuation  Date for the affected  Participant.  The value at such Final
Valuation Date shall be determined as provided for under Section 2, Items R. (1)
and R. (2) above.

         18.  Withholding  Taxes.  As of the  Effective  Date of this Plan,  the
Company  believes  that it has no  obligation  to withhold  taxes from  Eligible
Directors of the Company;  however, if the Company in its discretion  determines
that it is  obligated  to  withhold  any tax in  connection  with the payment or
vesting of  benefits  with  respect to  Deferred  Stock  Units,  the Company may
withhold from the Participant's  remuneration the appropriate amount of the tax.
At the  discretion  of the  Company,  the amount  required to be withheld may be
withheld in cash from such  remuneration  or in cash or in kind from cash or the
Common  Stock,  respectively,  deliverable  to the  Participant  under the terms
hereof.  If the  Company  does not  withhold  an amount  from the  Participant's
remuneration  sufficient to satisfy the withholding obligation of the Company or
such  subsidiary,  the Participant  shall be required to make  reimbursement  on
demand, in cash, for the amount underwithheld.

         19.  Amendment or  Termination of Plan. The Company may amend this Plan
in  whole or in part at any time  and  from  time to  time.  Notice  of any such
amendment  shall be given in writing to each  Participant  and  beneficiary of a
deceased  participant.  No amendment shall operate  retroactively to deprive any
Participant or  beneficiary of any benefit  hereunder to which he or she is then
entitled.  The Company may  terminate  the Plan at any time.  Notice of any such
termination  shall be given in writing to each  participant and beneficiary of a
deceased  Participant.  No such  termination  shall be operate  retroactively to
deprive any  Participant or beneficiary of any benefit  hereunder to which he or
she is then entitled.

         20. Gender.  Reference  hereunder to the male gender shall be deemed to
include the female and neuter genders,  unless  otherwise stated or indicated by
the circumstances.

         21. Headings.  All the headings set forth in this Plan are intended for
convenience  only and shall not control or affect the meaning,  construction  or
effect of this Plan.

         22. Severability.  In case any term in this Plan shall be held invalid,
illegal  or  unenforceable  in whole or in part,  neither  the  validity  of the
remaining  part of such term,  nor the validity of the other terms of this Plan,
shall in any way be affected thereby.

         23.  Applicable  Law.  To the extent not in  conflict  with  applicable
federal  law,  the  laws of the  State  of  Texas  shall  govern  the  validity,
construction and interpretation of this Plan.

         24.  Effective  Date.  This Plan has been approved by the  Compensation
Committee, effective as of the 23rd day of July, 1998.




                                                                    Exhibit 10.4

                              KANEB SERVICES, INC.
                       1996 DIRECTORS STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

Purpose

         This Plan is intended to assist the Company in recruiting and retaining
directors  with ability and  initiative by enabling them to  participate  in the
Company's  future  success and to associate  their  interests  with those of the
Company and its shareholders.  The Plan is intended to permit the grant of SARs,
and the grant of  non-qualified  stock  options  (options  not  qualified  under
Section 422 of the Code as "incentive stock options").  The proceeds received by
the Company  from the sale of Common  Stock  pursuant to this Plan shall be used
for general corporate purposes.

Article I - Definitions

1.01     "Agreement"  means a written  agreement  (including  any  amendment  or
         supplement  thereto)  between the Company and a Participant  specifying
         the terms and  conditions  under  which an Option or SAR is  granted to
         such Participant.
1.02     "Board" means the Board of Directors of the Company.
1.03     "Code" means the  Internal  Revenue  Code of 1986,  and any  amendments
         thereto.
1.04     "Common  Stock"  means the Common  Stock,  without  par  value,  of the
         Company.
1.05     "Company" means Kaneb Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
1.06     "Corresponding  SAR"  means an SAR that is  granted  in  relation  to a
         particular  Option and that can be exercised only upon surrender to the
         Company,  unexercised,  of that  portion of the Option to which the SAR
         relates.
1.07     "Date of Exercise" means (i) with respect to a particular  Option,  the
         date that the Option  price is  received  by the  Company and (ii) with
         respect to an SAR,  the date that the notice of exercise is received by
         the Company.
1.08     "Director"  means any duly  elected  member of the  Company's  Board of
         Directors.
1.09     "Fair Market Value" means,  on any given date, the closing price of the
         Common Stock. If the Common Stock was not traded on such date, then the
         "Fair Market Value" is determined  with  reference to the preceding day
         that the Common Stock was so traded.
1.10     "Initial Value" means, with respect to an SAR, the Fair Market Value of
         one  share of Common  Stock on the date of  grant,  as set forth in the
         Agreement.
1.11     "Option" means a stock option that entitles the holder to purchase from
         the Company a stated  number of shares of Common Stock at the price set
         forth in an Agreement.
1.12     "Participant"   means  a  member  of  the  Board,   who  satisfies  the
         requirements  of Article III and is selected by the Board to receive an
         Option, an SAR, or a combination thereof.
1.13     "Plan" means the Kaneb  Services,  Inc. 1996 Directors  Stock Incentive
         Plan.
1.14     "SAR"  means a stock  appreciation  right that  entitles  the holder to
         receive,  with respect to each share of Common Stock encompassed by the
         exercise of such SAR, the amount  determined by the Board and specified
         in the Agreement.  In the absence of such a  determination,  the holder
         shall be  entitled  to  receive,  with  respect to each share of Common
         Stock  encompassed  by the exercise of such SAR, the excess of the Fair
         Market Value on the Date of Exercise over the Initial Value, payable in
         cash or the  equivalent  value in Common Stock,  at the election of the
         Board.  References to "SARs" include both  Corresponding  SARs and SARs
         granted independently of Options unless the context requires otherwise.

Article II - Administration

         Except as provided in this  Article II, the Plan shall be  administered
by the Board.  The Board shall have the  authority to grant  Options and SARs on
such  terms  (not  inconsistent  with  this  Plan) as the Board  shall  consider
appropriate.  Such terms may include  conditions (in addition to those contained
in this  Plan) on the  exercisability  of all or any part of an  Option  or SAR.
Notwithstanding  any  such  conditions,   the  Board  may,  in  its  discretion,
accelerate  the time at which any Option or SAR may be  exercised.  In addition,
the Board shall have  complete  authority to interpret  all  provisions  of this
Plan; to prescribe the form of Agreements;  to adopt,  amend,  and rescind rules
and regulations  pertaining to the  administration  of the Plan; and to make all
other determinations desirable, necessary or advisable for the administration of
this Plan.  The  express  grant in the Plan of any  specific  power to the Board
shall not be construed  as limiting  any power or  authority  of the Board.  Any
decision  made,  or  action  taken,  by the  Board  or in  connection  with  the
administration  of this  Plan  shall be final and  conclusive.  No member of the
Board  shall be liable for any act done in good faith with  respect to this Plan
or any Agreement,  Option, or SAR award. All expenses of administering this Plan
shall be borne by the Company.

Article III - Eligibility

3.01     General.  Each  Director of the Company is eligible to  participate  in
         this Plan. Any such Director may be granted one or more Options,  SARs,
         or Options  and SARs.  A Director  of the Company who is an employee of
         the Company or a Subsidiary  may be granted  Options or SARs under this
         Plan.
3.02     Grants.  The Board will designate  individuals to whom Options and SARs
         are to be granted and will specify the number of shares of Common Stock
         subject  to each  award or grant.  An  Option  may be  granted  with or
         without a related  SAR. An SAR may be granted with or without a related
         Option. All Options and SARs granted under this Plan shall be evidenced
         by Agreements  which shall be subject to the  applicable  provisions of
         this Plan and to such  other  provisions  as the Board may  adopt.  The
         Board may substitute new Options or SARs for previously granted Options
         or SARs,  including  those  previously  granted having higher  exercise
         prices.  The Board may also substitute new SARs for previously  granted
         Options or new Options for previously granted SARs including those SARs
         or Options  theretofore  granted  having  higher  exercise  prices.  No
         Participant may be granted incentive stock options under this Plan.

Article IV - Stock Subject to Plan

4.01     Source of Shares. Upon the exercise of any Options or SARs, the Company
         may use Common Stock held by the Company in its Treasury, or subject to
         shareholder  approval,  the Company may issue  authorized  but unissued
         Common Stock.
4.02     Maximum  Number of Shares.  The maximum  aggregate  number of shares of
         Common  Stock that may be utilized  pursuant to the exercise of Options
         and  SARs  under  this  Plan  is  400,000,  subject  to  increases  and
         adjustments as provided in Article VIII.
4.03     Forfeitures.  If an option or SAR is  terminated,  in whole or in part,
         for any reason other than its exercise,  the number of shares of Common
         Stock  allocated  to  the  Option  or  SAR or  portion  thereof  may be
         reallocated to other Options or SARs to be granted under this Plan.

Article V - Option Price

         The price per share for Common  Stock  purchased  on the exercise of an
Option shall be determined by the Board on the date of grant; provided, however,
that the price per share for  Common  Stock  purchased  on the  exercise  of any
Option, including an Option that is an incentive stock option, shall not be less
than the Fair Market Value on the date the Option is granted.

Article VI - Exercise of Options

6.01     Maximum Option or SAR Period.  The maximum period in which an Option or
         SAR may be exercised  shall be  determined  by the Board on the date of
         grant and any  Corresponding  SAR that  relates to such Option shall be
         exercisable  after the  expiration of 10 years from the date the Option
         or SAR was granted.  The terms of any Option or SAR may provide that it
         is exercisable for a period less than such maximum period.
6.02     Transferability.  Any  Option or SAR  granted  under this Plan shall be
         transferable  only by will,  laws of descent and  distribution  or by a
         gift from a Participant  to a family member or a trust,  partnership or
         similar entity for the benefit of a family member.  In the event of any
         such  transfer,  the Option and any  Corresponding  SAR that relates to
         such Option must be transferred to the same person or persons or entity
         or entities. No right or interest of a Participant in any Option or SAR
         shall be liable for, or subject to, any lien, obligation,  or liability
         of such Participant, except in connection with a permitted transfer.
6.03     Director  Status.  In the  event  that the  terms of any  Option or SAR
         provide that it may be exercised only during active service or within a
         specified  period of time after  termination of service,  the Board may
         decide to what  extent  leaves of absence  for  government  or military
         service,  illness,  temporary disability, or other reasons shall not be
         deemed  interruptions  of continuous  service.  In the absence of terms
         established  in an  Option  and or SAR  Agreement  by  the  Board,  the
         following shall apply:

         (a)      Death. In the event of death while in active service,  Options
                  and SARs may be exercised  for a period of one hundred  eighty
                  (180)  days  after  the  Participant's   death  or  until  the
                  expiration of the Option or SAR (if sooner),  to the extent of
                  the shares with  respect to which the Option or SAR could have
                  been  exercised  by  the   Participant  on  the  date  of  the
                  Participant's  death, by the Participant's  estate or personal
                  representative,  or by the  person who  acquired  the right to
                  exercise  the Option or SAR by bequest  or  inheritance  or by
                  reason of the Participant's death;
         (b)      Disability.  In the event of  termination  of  service  as the
                  result of a permanent  disability or life-threatening  illness
                  (as  determined  by the  Board),  the  Option  or  SAR  may be
                  exercised by the  Participant  or his guardian for a period of
                  180  days  after  the   Participant's   termination  or  until
                  expiration  of the  Option or SAR  period  (if  sooner) to the
                  extent of the shares  with  respect to which the Option or SAR
                  could have been  exercised by the  Participant  on the date of
                  such termination;
         (c)      Termination.  A Participant may exercise such Option or SAR in
                  the  event  that he  resigns  or fails to be  reelected  for a
                  period of ninety (90) days after the Participant's termination
                  from service or until  expiration  of the Option or SAR period
                  (if sooner) to the extent of the shares with  respect to which
                  the Option or SAR could have been exercised by the Participant
                  on the date of termination of service.

6.04     Terms.  The  Board  may  provide  for the  terms  of the  Participant's
         eligibility to exercise  Options or SARs in  installments  or under any
         such conditions and restrictions as it may determine. In the absence of
         such terms  established in an Option or SAR Agreement by the Board, the
         Option  or SAR  shall be  exercisable  in its  entirety  on the date of
         grant,  subject  to any  applicable  law or  statute  and as  otherwise
         provided for in this Article VI.

Article VII - Method of Exercise

7.01     Exercise.  An Option or SAR granted  under this Plan shall be deemed to
         have been exercised on the Date of Exercise.  Subject to the provisions
         of  Articles VI and IX, an Option or SAR may be  exercised  in whole at
         any time or in part at any time at such  times and in  compliance  with
         such  requirements  as the  Board  shall  determine.  An  Option or SAR
         granted under this Plan may be exercised  with respect to any number of
         whole  shares less than the full  number of whole  shares for which the
         Option or SAR could be  exercised.  A partial  exercise of an Option or
         SAR shall not affect the right to exercise  the Option or SAR from time
         to time in accordance with this Plan and the applicable  Agreement with
         respect  to  remaining  shares  subject to the Option or related to the
         SAR. The exercise of either an Option or Corresponding SAR shall result
         in the  termination  of the other to the extent of the number of shares
         with respect to which the Option or Corresponding SAR is exercised.
7.02     Payment.  Unless  otherwise  provided by the Agreement,  payment of the
         Option price shall be made in cash, a cash equivalent acceptable to the
         Board, or in Common Stock.  With the approval of the Board, all or part
         of the Option price may be paid by surrendering  shares of Common Stock
         to the  Company.  If  Common  Stock  is  used to pay all or part of the
         Option  price,  the shares  surrendered  must have a Fair Market  Value
         (determined  as of the day preceding the Date of Exercise)  that is not
         less than such  price or part  thereof.  A  fractional  share of Common
         Stock shall not be  deliverable  upon the  exercise of an SAR or Option
         but a cash payment will be made in lieu thereof.
7.03     Shareholder   Rights.  No  Participant  shall  have  any  rights  as  a
         stockholder  with respect to shares  subject to his Option or SAR until
         the Date of Exercise of such Option or SAR.

Article VIII - Adjustment Upon Change in Common Stock

8.01     General.  The maximum number of shares as to which Options and SARs may
         be granted under this Plan shall be proportionately  adjusted,  and the
         terms of outstanding  Options and SARs shall be adjusted,  as the Board
         shall determine to be equitably  required in the event that the Company
         effects one or more stock dividends,  stock split-ups,  subdivisions or
         consolidations  of shares.  Any  determination  made under this Article
         VIII by the Board shall be final and  conclusive.  This issuance by the
         Company of shares of stock of any class, or securities convertible into
         shares of stock of any  class,  for cash or  property,  or for labor or
         services,  either  upon  direct  sale or upon  exercise  of  rights  or
         warrants  to  subscribe  therefore,  or upon  conversion  of  shares or
         obligations  of the  Company  convertible  into  such  shares  or other
         securities,  shall not affect and no adjustment by reason thereof shall
         be made with  respect to,  outstanding  Options or SARs.  The Board may
         grant  Options,  and may grant SARs in  substitution  for stock awards,
         stock options,  stock appreciation rights, or similar awards held by an
         individual  who  becomes  a member of the  Board in  connection  with a
         transaction  described in the first  paragraph  of this  Article  VIII.
         Notwithstanding   any  provision  of  the  Plan,   the  terms  of  such
         substituted  Option  or  SAR  grants  shall  be as  the  Board,  in its
         discretion, determines is appropriate.
8.02     Liquidation  or  Dissolution.  In case the Company  shall,  at any time
         while  any  unexercised  Option  or SAR  shall be in force  and  remain
         unexpired  under  this  Plan,  (i)  sell all or  substantially  all its
         property and thereafter  distribute in partial or total  liquidation of
         the Company, or (ii) dissolve,  liquidate, or wind up its affairs, then
         each  Participant  may  thereafter  receive upon exercise of Options or
         SARs (in lieu of each share of Common  Stock of the Company  which such
         Participant  would have been  entitled  to  receive)  the same kind and
         amount of any securities or assets as may be issuable, distributable or
         payable  upon any such sale,  dissolution,  liquidation,  or winding up
         with respect to each share of Common Stock of the Company. In the event
         that the  Company  shall,  at any time prior to the  expiration  of any
         Option or SAR,  make any  partial  distribution  of its assets (but not
         including  dividends  payable in capital stock of the Company),  in the
         nature of a partial  liquidation,  whether  payable  in cash or in kind
         (but  excluding  the  distribution  of a cash  dividend  payable out of
         earned  surplus and designated as such) then in such event the exercise
         prices then in effect with  respect to each  outstanding  Option or SAR
         shall  be  reduced,  on the  payment  date  of  such  distribution,  in
         proportion  to the  percentage  reduction in the tangible book value of
         the shares of the Company's Common Stock (determined in accordance with
         generally accepted accounting  principles)  resulting by reason of such
         distribution.

Article IX - Compliance With Law and Approval of Regulatory Bodies

         No Option or SAR shall be exercisable, no Common Stock shall be issued,
no  certificates  for shares of Common Stock shall be delivered,  and no payment
shall be made under this Plan except in compliance  will all applicable  federal
and state laws and regulations  (including without  limitation,  withholding tax
requirements, if any) and the rules of all domestic stock exchanges on which the
Company's  shares may be listed.  The Company shall have the right to rely on an
opinion of its counsel as to such compliance.  Any share  certificate  issued to
evidence  Common  Stock for which an  Option or SAR is  exercised  may bear such
legends and statements as the Board may deem advisable to assure compliance with
applicable  federal  and state laws and  regulations.  No Option or SAR shall be
exercisable, no Common Stock Shall be issued, no certificate for shares shall be
delivered,  and no payment  shall be made under this Plan until the  Company has
obtained  such  consent  or  approval  as the  Board  may  deem  advisable  from
regulatory bodies having jurisdiction over such matters.

Article X - General Provisions

10.01    Effect on Service.  Neither the adoption of this Plan,  its  operation,
         nor any  documents  describing  or  referring to this Plan (or any part
         thereof)  shall  confer upon any  Director any right to continue in the
         service of the  Company or in any way effect any right and power of the
         shareholders  of the  Company to  terminate  the  service of a director
         without  assigning a reason  therefor. 
10.02    Unfunded Plan. The Plan,  insofar as it provides for grants,  shall not
         be required to segregate any assets that may at any time be represented
         by grants under this Plan.  Any  liability of the Company to any person
         with  respect to any grant  under this Plan shall be based  solely upon
         any contractual  obligations that may be created pursuant to this Plan.
         No such  obligation of the Company shall be deemed to be secured by any
         pledge of, or other encumbrance on, any property of the Company.
10.03    Rules of Construction.  Headings are given to the articles and sections
         of this Plan  solely as a  convenience  to  facilitate  reference.  The
         reference to any statute,  regulation,  or other provision of law shall
         be construed  to refer,  as well,  to any  amendment to or successor of
         such provision of law.

Article XI - Amendment

         The Board may amend or terminate this Plan from time to time, provided,
however,  that no amendment may become effective until  shareholder  approval is
obtained if the amendment  increases  the  aggregate  number of shares of Common
Stock that may be issued  under the Plan,  other than  through use Common  Stock
held in its  Treasury.  No  amendment  shall  without  a  Participant's  consent
adversely  affect  any  rights  of such  Participant  under  any  Option  or SAR
outstanding at the time such amendment is made.

Article XII - Duration of Plan

         No  Option  or SAR may be  granted  under  this Plan more than 10 years
after the date that the Plan is adopted by the Board.

Article XIII - Effective Date of Plan

         This Plan, as amended, has been approved by the Compensation Committee,
effective as of the 23rd day of July, 1998.


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