MODINE MANUFACTURING CO
8-A12G/A, 1995-01-27
MOTOR VEHICLE PARTS & ACCESSORIES
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January 27, 1995




Securities and Exchange Commission
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street
Washington, DC  20549

Re:  Modine Manufacturing Company
     Your File No. 1-1373
     Form 8-A Amendment No. 1 dated January 23, 1995

Gentlemen:

Transmitted herewith is the above-referenced Report.

An additional complete copy of the Report is being transmitted
for filing to the National Association of Securities Dealers,
Inc. where our Company's common stock is listed.

No fee is required since this Form 8-A amends the previous filing.

Very truly yours,




DEAN R. ZAKOS
Associate General Counsel
and Assistant Secretary

Enclosures

DRZ:ms

CC:  National Association of
       Securities Dealers, Inc.
     1735 K Street, N.W.
     Washington, DC 20006
     Attn: Market Listing Qualifications
     (Form 8-A)
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               SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                     Washington, D.C.  20549

                         ______________

                            FORM 8-A

                        (Amendment No. 1)

        FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
             PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE
                 SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                                
                  MODINE MANUFACTURING COMPANY
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     (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


             WISCONSIN                            39-0482000
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(State of incorporation or                      (I.R.S. Employer
        organization)                          Identification No.)


    1500 DEKOVEN AVENUE, RACINE, WISCONSIN              53403
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 (Address of principal executive offices)             (Zip Code)


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

    Title of each class          Name of each exchange on which
    to be so registered          each class is to be registered

           None                                 N/A
           ----                                ------


If this Form relates to the registration of a class of debt securities and 

is effective upon filing pursuant to General Instruction A.(c)(1), please 

check the following box.  [ ]


If this Form relates to the registration of a class of debt securities and 

is to become effective simultaneously with the effectiveness of a concurrent 

registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933 pursuant to General 

Instruction A.(c)(2), please check the following box.  [ ]
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Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

                   Preferred Share Purchase Rights
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                          (Title of class)



Item 1.  Description of Registrant's Securities to be Registered.
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    This Amendment No. 1 amends the Form 8-A filed by Modine Manufacturing 
    
Company (the "Company") dated November 18, 1986.


    On January 18, 1995, the Board of Directors of the Company authorized the 
    
amendment of the Rights Agreement (regarding certain Preferred Share Purchase 

Rights authorized as of October 15, 1986) by extending the Final Expiration 

Date of the Rights from October 27, 1996 to October 27, 2006.


    All other terms, provisions, covenants or restrictions of the Rights 
    
Agreement, to the extent not inconsistent with the Board of Directors' 

January 18, 1995 amendment action, remain unchanged and in full force and 

effect.  The Rights Agent, The First National Bank of Chicago, is now known 

as the First Chicago Trust Company of New York.


Item 2. Exhibits.
        --------   


        1.  Amendment No. 1 to Rights Agreement dated as of January 18, 1995 
        
            between the Registrant and First Chicago Trust Company of New 
            
            York (Rights Agent).



        2.  Amendment No. 2 to Rights Agreement dated as of January 18, 1995 
        
            between the Registrant and First Chicago Trust Company of New 
            
            York.
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                            SIGNATURE

    Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this
Amendment No. 1 to its registration statement to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.

Date:   January 23, 1995.


                             Modine Manufacturing Company



                             By:   R. T. SAVAGE
                                _______________________________
                                 R. T. Savage
                                 President and Chief
                                 Executive Officer



                             By:   W. E. PAVLICK
                                _______________________________
                                 W. E. Pavlick
                                 Vice President, General Counsel
                                 and Secretary
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                  MODINE MANUFACTURING COMPANY
                                
                               AND
                                
               THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO
                                
                          Rights Agent
                                
                       Amendment Number 1
                       ------------------
                                
                               to
                                
                        Rights Agreement
                                
                  Dated as of October 15, 1986
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                        RIGHTS AGREEMENT
                       ------------------
                       Amendment Number 1
                       ------------------         


     This Amendment, when executed, shall constitute a valid and binding 
amendment to that certain Rights Agreement dated as of October 15, 1986 
by and between Modine Manufacturing Company, a Wisconsin corporation (the 
"Company"), and The First National Bank of Chicago, a national banking 
association (the "Rights Agent").

                            Recitals

     A.  The Rights Agreement provides that the Company and the Rights Agent 
may supplement or amend the Rights Agreement from time to time.

     B.  The Rights Agent has consolidated all of its shareholder services, 
including the services contemplated by the Rights Agreement, in one business 
unit known as "First Chicago Trust Company of New York."

     C.  The Company and the Rights Agent desire to amend the Rights 
Agreement in accordance with the terms of this Amendment. 

                            Agreement
                                
                                
     1.  In consideration of the Recitals and other good and valuable 
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, 
the Company and the Rights Agent agree, pursuant to the provisions set forth 
in the Rights Agreement, to amend the Rights Agreement as follows:

     2.  The Rights Agreement is amended by substituting, where applicable, 
"First Chicago Trust Company of New York" in place of "The First National 
Bank of Chicago" as the Rights Agent. 

     3.  This Amendment shall be effective as of January 18, 1995.

     4.  The Company and the Rights Agent agree that all other terms, 
provisions, covenants, or restrictions of the Rights Agreement, to the 
extent not inconsistent with this Amendment, shall remain unchanged and in 
full force and effect.
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     5.  Capitalized terms which are not defined in this Amendment have the 
meanings given such terms in the Rights Agreement.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be 
duly executed and their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed and 
attested, as of the effective date hereof.

(SEAL)
                              MODINE MANUFACTURING COMPANY

Attest:

By W. E. PAVLICK              By R. T. SAVAGE
  ----------------------         _________________________
   Title:  Secretary             Title:  President and
                                         Chief Executive
                                         Officer
(SEAL)
                              FIRST CHICAGO TRUST COMPANY OF
                              NEW YORK

Attest:

By s/M. Phalen                By s/L. Woods
   ____________________          ______________________
   Title:Vice President          Title:Vice President

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                  MODINE MANUFACTURING COMPANY
                                
                               AND
                                
             FIRST CHICAGO TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK
                                
                          Rights Agent
                                
                       Amendment Number 2
                       ------------------
                                
                               to
                                
                        Rights Agreement
                                
                  Dated as of October 15, 1986
                                
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                        RIGHTS AGREEMENT
                        ----------------
                       Amendment Number 2
                       ------------------


     This Amendment, when executed, shall constitute a valid and
binding amendment to that certain Rights Agreement dated as of
October 15, 1986 by and between Modine Manufacturing Company, a
Wisconsin corporation (the "Company"), and First  Chicago Trust
Company of New York (the "Rights Agent").

                            Recitals

     A.  The Rights Agreement provides that the Company and the
Rights Agent may supplement or amend the Rights Agreement for the
purpose of, among other things, extending the Final Expiration
Date of the Rights.

     B  The Company and the Rights Agent desire to amend the
Rights Agreement in accordance with the terms of this Amendment.

                            Agreement
                                
                                
     1.  In consideration of the Recitals and other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is
hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Rights Agent agree,
pursuant to the provision set forth in Section 26 of the Rights
Agreement, to amend the Rights Agreement as follows:

     2.  Section 7(a)(i)of the Rights Agreement is amended by
substituting the following:

          (i) the close of business on October 27, 2006
          (the "Final Expiration Date"), . . . ,

     3.  This Amendment shall be effective as of January 18,
1995.

     4.  The Company and the Rights Agent agree that all other
terms, provisions, covenants, or restrictions of the Rights
Agreement, to the extent not inconsistent with this Amendment,
shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect.

     5.  Capitalized terms which are not defined in this
Amendment have the meanings given such terms in the Rights
Agreement.
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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Amendment to be duly executed and their respective corporate
seals to be hereunto affixed and attested, as of the effective
date hereof.

(SEAL)
                              MODINE MANUFACTURING COMPANY

Attest:

By W. E. PAVLICK              By R. T. SAVAGE
   ____________________          _________________________
   Title:  Secretary             Title:  President and
                                         Chief Executive
                                         Officer

(SEAL)
                              FIRST CHICAGO TRUST COMPANY OF
                              NEW YORK

Attest:

By s/M. Phalen                By s/L. Woods
   ____________________          ______________________
   Title:Vice President          Title:Vice President

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