OAK INDUSTRIES INC
424B3, 1998-05-08
ELECTRONIC CONNECTORS
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PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT                    FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 424(b)(3)
(To Prospectus dated May 6, 1998)           Registration No. 333-50093

                           OAK INDUSTRIES INC.

             $100,000,000 Principal Amount of 4 7/8% Convertible
                        Subordinated Notes due 2008
                 (Interest payable March 1 and September 1)

                     2,586,900 Shares of Common Stock
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This document supplements the Prospectus dated May 6, 1998 relating to (i) 
$100,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4 7/8% Convertible Subordinated 
Notes due 2008 (the "Notes") of Oak Industries Inc., a Delaware corporation 
(the "Company"), and (ii) 2,586,900 shares of common stock, par value $.01 
per share, (the "Common Stock") of the Company which are initially issuable 
upon conversion of the Notes plus such additional indeterminate number of 
shares of Common Stock as may become  issuable upon conversion of the Notes 
as a result of adjustments to the conversion price (the "Shares").  The 
Notes and the Shares are being offered for the account of the holders 
thereof.  The Notes were initially acquired from the Company by Donaldson, 
Lufkin  and  Jenrette Securities Corporation, Lehman Brothers and Cowen  
and  Company in February 1998 in transactions exempt from the registration 
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities 
Act").  This Prospectus Supplement is incorporated by reference into the 
Prospectus, and all terms used herein shall have the meaning assigned to 
them in the Prospectus.  The Common Stock of the Company is traded under 
the symbol "OAK."
          
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SEE "RISK  FACTORS"  BEGINNING ON PAGE 4 OF THE  ACCOMPANYING PROSPECTUS  
FOR A DESCRIPTION OF CERTAIN  FACTORS  THAT  SHOULD  BE  CONSIDERED BY  
PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS.

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THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES   
   AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION NOR HAS 
         THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE 
            SECURITIES COMMISSION PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY
               OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY 
                  REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY
                      IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
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The date of this Prospectus Supplement is May 8, 1998.


The following table sets forth (i) the name of each Selling Securityholder 
and position, office or other material relationship, if any, with the 
Company within the past three years, (ii) the amount of Notes owned by each 
Selling Securityholder named herein as of the most recent date for which 
the Company obtained such information from  such Selling Securityholder, 
(iii) the maximum amount of Notes which may be offered for the account of 
such Selling Securityholder under the Prospectus, (iv) the amount of Common 
Stock owned by each Selling Securityholder as of the most recent date for 
which the Company obtained such information from the respective Selling 
Securityholder, and (v) the number of Shares which may be offered for the 
account of such Selling Securityholder under the Prospectus.
 
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<CAPTION>

Name of Selling       Principal         Principal                           Shares
Securityholder        Amount of        Amount of Note        Shares         Offered
                      Notes Owned      Offered Hereby      Owned(1)(2)    Hereby(2)(3)
- ---------------       -----------      ---------------     -----------    ------------   
<S>                  <C>              <C>                  <C>            <C>   	
PaceSetter I, LP      $1,000,000        $1,000,000          25,869         25,869

Deutsche Bank, A.G.   $2,850,000        $2,850,000          73,726         73,726

Paloma Securities
      L.L.C.          $1,350,000        $1,350,000          40,223(4)      34,923

Donaldson, Lufkin 
 and Jenrette 
 Securities
 Corporation(5)       $28,950,000       $28,950,000        748,907        748,907

The Paul Revere 
 Life Insurance 
 Company               $1,500,000       $1,500,000           38,803        38,803

Silverton 
 International 
 Fund Limited            $900,000         $900,000           23,282        23,282

President and 
 Fellows of 
 Harvard College       $2,000,000       $2,000,000           51,738        51,738

Offshore       
 Strategies Ltd.         $500,000         $500,000           12,934        12,934

Laterman and Co.         $200,000         $200,000            5,173         5,173

Laterman 
 Strategies 90s          $300,000         $300,000            7,760         7,760

Fire and Capital
 Insurance Company
 of Harford            $1,500,000       $1,500,000           38,803        38,803

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(1)   Includes the Shares into which the Notes held by such Selling 
Securityholder are convertible at the Conversion Price (as defined in the 
Prospectus).

(2)   The Conversion Price and the number of Shares issuable upon 
conversion of the Notes are subject to adjustment under certain 
circumstances.  See "Description of Notes -- Conversion Rights."  
Accordingly, the number of Shares issuable upon conversion of the Notes may 
increase or decrease from time to time.  Fractional shares will not be 
issued upon conversion of the Notes; rather, cash will be paid in lieu of 
fractional shares, if any.

(3)   Assumes that the full amount of Notes held by the Selling 
Securityholder are converted into Shares at the Conversion Price and 
offered by such Shares by such Selling Securityholder pursuant to the 
Prospectus. 

(4)   Includes 5,300 shares of common stock of the Company held 
beneficially by this Selling Securityholder.

(5)   As set forth in the Prospectus, Donaldson, Lufkin  and  Jenrette 
Securities Corporation ("DLJ") was an initial purchaser of the Notes.  In 
addition, DLJ has, from time to time, provided investment banking and other 
advisory services to the Company.

</TABLE>

Because the Selling Securityholders may, pursuant to the Prospectus, offer 
all or some portion of the Notes and Shares they presently hold or, with 
respect to Shares, have the right to acquire upon conversion of such Notes, 
no estimate can be given as to the amount or percentage of the Notes and 
Shares that will be held by the Selling Securityholders upon termination of 
any such sales. In addition, the Selling Securityholders identified above 
may have sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of all or a portion of 
their Notes and Shares since the date on which they provided the 
information regarding their Notes and Shares, in transactions exempt from 
the registration requirements of the Securities Act. See "Plan of 
Distribution."  The Selling Securityholders may sell all, part or none of 
the Notes or Shares listed above.

The Company may from time to time include additional Selling 
Securityholders and information about such Selling Securityholders' plans 
of distribution in future supplements to the Prospectus.








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