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                          SCHEDULE 14A
                         (Rule 14a-101)

             INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROXY STATEMENT

                    SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION
   Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities
             Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No.  )

Filed by the registrant _x_

Filed by a party other than the registrant ___

Check the appropriate box:

___  Preliminary proxy statement

_x_  Definitive proxy statement

___  Definitive additional materials

___  Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-11(c) or Rule 14a-12

                     Ogden Corporation
       (Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

                      Ogden Corporation
        (Name of Person(s) Filing the Proxy Statement)

Payment of filing fee (check the appropriate box):

_x_  $125 per Exchange Act Rule 0-11(c)(1)(ii), 14a-6(i)(1) or
14a-6(j)(2).

___  $500 per each party to the controversy pursuant to Exchange
Act Rule 14a-6(i)(3).

___  Fee computed on table below per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(4)
and 0-11.

(1)  Title of each class of securities to which transaction
     applies:

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(2)  Aggregate number of securities to which transaction applies:

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(3)  Per unit price or other underlying value of transaction
     computed pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 0-11:*

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(4)  Proposed maximum aggregate value of transaction:

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* Set forth the amount on which the filing fee is calculated and
  state how it was determined.

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Ogden Corporation
Two Pennsylvania Plaza
New York, NY 10121
[Logo]
April 13, 1994
 
TO OUR SHAREHOLDERS:
 
     On  behalf of the  Board of Directors, it  is my pleasure  to invite you to
attend Ogden's 1994 Annual Meeting to be held at the Grand Hyatt New York hotel,
42nd Street,  west  of Lexington  Avenue,  New York,  New  York, at  10:30  A.M.
(Eastern Daylight Saving Time), on Thursday, May 26, 1994.
 
     The  matters to be acted upon at  the meeting are described in the attached
Notice of  Annual  Meeting  and  Proxy  Statement which  we  urge  you  to  read
carefully.  Time will be set aside at the meeting for discussion of each item of
business described  in the  Proxy Statement  as  well as  any other  matters  of
interest to you as a shareholder.
 
     It   is  important  that  your  shares   be  represented  at  the  meeting.
Accordingly, whether or not you  expect to attend, you  are urged to sign,  date
and  return the  enclosed proxy  card in the  enclosed postage  paid envelope to
ensure that your shares will be represented at the Annual Meeting.
 
R. RICHARD ABLON
PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
 
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         NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS OF OGDEN CORPORATION
 
     Notice is hereby  given that the  Annual Meeting of  Shareholders of  Ogden
Corporation  ('Ogden') will  be held  at the  Grand Hyatt  New York  hotel, 42nd
Street, west of Lexington Avenue, New York, New York, on Thursday, May 26, 1994,
at 10:30 A.M. (Eastern Daylight Saving Time), for the following purposes:
 
(1) To elect five directors to  hold office for terms  of three years until  the
    Annual Meeting of Shareholders in 1997 and until their respective successors
    have been elected and qualified;
 

(2) To  ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche as auditors of Ogden and its
    subsidiaries for the year ending December 31, 1994;

(3) To consider and act upon a proposal to approve the adoption by the Board  of
    Directors of an amendment to the Ogden 1990 Stock Option Plan;
 
(4) To  consider and act upon a proposal to approve the adoption by the Board of
    Directors of a CEO Formula Bonus Plan; and
 
(5) To consider and act upon such other business as may properly come before the
    meeting.
 
     The Board of Directors has fixed April 8, 1994, as the record date for  the
Annual  Meeting and all shareholders of record of Ogden at the close of business
on such date shall be entitled to notice of and to vote at the meeting.
 
                                        By Order of the Board of Directors
 
                                        KATHLEEN RITCH,
                                        Vice President and Secretary
 
Dated: New York, N.Y.
       April 13, 1994
 
                                   IMPORTANT
 
PLEASE DATE AND  SIGN THE ENCLOSED  PROXY CARD  AND RETURN IT  AT YOUR  EARLIEST
CONVENIENCE IN THE ENCLOSED STAMPED, ADDRESSED ENVELOPE, SO THAT YOUR SHARES MAY
BE VOTED IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL MEETING.

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                                PROXY STATEMENT
 
     The following statement is submitted to shareholders in connection with the
solicitation  of  proxies  for  the  Annual  Meeting  of  Shareholders  of Ogden
Corporation ('Ogden') to  be held on  May 26, 1994  (the 'Annual Meeting').  The
Annual Meeting will be held at the Grand Hyatt New York hotel, 42nd Street, west
of  Lexington  Avenue, New  York, New  York. A  proxy card  for this  meeting is
enclosed. This Proxy Statement and the  accompanying proxy card are first  being
sent to shareholders on or about April 13, 1994.
 
     The  purposes of the Annual Meeting are (1) to elect five directors to hold
office for terms of three years until the Annual Meeting of Shareholders in 1997
and until their respective  successors have been elected  and qualified; (2)  to
ratify  the  appointment of  Deloitte  & Touche  as  auditors of  Ogden  and its
subsidiaries for the year ending December 31, 1994; (3) to consider and act upon
a proposal to  approve the  adoption by  the Board  of Directors  of Ogden  (the
'Board  of Directors') of an amendment to  the Ogden 1990 Stock Option Plan; (4)
to consider and  act upon a  proposal to approve  the adoption by  the Board  of
Directors  of a CEO  Formula Bonus Plan; and  (5) to consider  and act upon such
other business as may properly come before the meeting.
 
     The solicitation of proxies to which  this Proxy Statement relates is  made
by  and on behalf of the Board of Directors. The costs of this solicitation will
be paid by Ogden. Such costs  include preparation, printing, and mailing of  the
Notice  of Annual  Meeting, proxy cards,  and Proxy  Statement. The solicitation
will be  conducted  principally  by  mail,  although  directors,  officers,  and
employees  of Ogden  and its  subsidiaries (at  no additional  compensation) may
solicit proxies personally or  by telephone and  telegram. Arrangements will  be
made  with brokerage houses and other  custodians, nominees, and fiduciaries for
proxy material to  be sent to  their principals, and  Ogden will reimburse  such
persons  for their  expenses in  so doing. Ogden  is also  retaining Georgeson &
Company to solicit proxies and will pay Georgeson & Company a fee of $16,500  in
connection therewith.
 
     The  shares represented by all  valid proxies in the  enclosed form will be
voted if  received  in  time for  the  Annual  Meeting in  accordance  with  the
specifications, if any, made on the proxy card. If no specification is made, the
proxies  will be voted FOR  the nominees named in  this Proxy Statement; FOR the
ratification of Deloitte & Touche as auditors; FOR the approval of the  adoption
of  the amendment to the Ogden 1990 Stock Option Plan as described in this Proxy
Statement; and FOR the  approval of the  adoption of a  CEO Formula Bonus  Plan.
Each  proxy  is revocable  at  any time  prior to  being  voted by  delivering a
subsequent proxy,  by giving  written notice  to the  Secretary of  Ogden or  by
attending  the meeting and voting  in person, provided that  such action must be
taken in sufficient time to permit  the necessary examination and tabulation  of
the revocation or the subsequent proxy before the vote is taken.
 
VOTING SECURITIES
 
     As  of April  8, 1994, the  record date  for the Annual  Meeting, Ogden had
outstanding 43,390,781  shares  of Common  Stock  and 55,853  shares  of  $1.875
Cumulative  Convertible  Preferred  Stock,  Partially  Participating  ('Series A
Preferred Stock'), excluding shares held  in the corporate treasury. Each  share
of  Common Stock is  entitled to one vote  and each share  of Series A Preferred
Stock is entitled to one-half vote per  share on all matters to come before  the
Annual Meeting, including the election of directors.
 
     The  proxy card provides space for a shareholder to withhold voting for any
or all nominees for  the Board of  Directors or to abstain  from voting for  any
proposal  if the shareholder  chooses to do  so. Each nominee  for election as a
director requires a plurality  of the votes  cast in order  to be elected.  Each
other  proposal submitted to  the shareholders requires  the affirmative vote of
the holders of a majority of the votes  present at the meeting, in person or  by
proxy,  and entitled to  vote. With respect  to the election  of directors, only
shares that are voted in favor of  a particular nominee will be counted  towards
achievement  of a plurality; where a shareholder properly withholds authority to
vote for  a particular  nominee such  shares will  not be  counted towards  such
nominee's  or any other nominee's achievement  of plurality. With respect to the
other proposals to be voted upon: (i) if a shareholder abstains from voting on a
proposal, such shares are  considered present at the  meeting for such  proposal
but,  since they are not affirmative votes  for the proposal, they will have the
same effect as votes against the
 
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proposal; and (ii) shares  registered in the names  of brokers or other  'street
name'  nominees for which proxies are voted on  some but not all matters will be
considered to be voted  only as to  those matters actually  voted, and will  not
have the effect of either an affirmative or negative vote as to the matters with
respect  to  which  a beneficial  holder  has not  provided  voting instructions
(commonly referred to as 'broker non-votes').
 
ELECTION OF DIRECTORS -- PROPOSAL NUMBER (1)
 
     The Ogden Restated  Certificate of  Incorporation provides for  a Board  of
Directors  that is divided into three classes of directors, which are designated
Class I, Class II,  and Class III, respectively.  The directors elected to  each
Class  serve  three-year terms.  The expiration  of the  terms of  the directors
elected in each Class is staggered so that the terms of directors elected to one
of the classes  expires at  each Annual Meeting  of Shareholders.  The terms  of
office  of directors  elected to Class  I will  expire at the  Annual Meeting of
Shareholders in 1994, those of the directors elected to Class II will expire  at
the  1995 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, and  those of the directors elected to
Class III will expire at the 1996 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
 
     The Board of Directors  has nominated the five  persons named in the  table
below  to serve as the  Class I directors for terms  of office commencing at the
1994 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and continuing until the 1997 Annual Meeting
of Shareholders and until their respective successors are elected and qualified.
Ogden has no reason to believe that any such nominee will be unable to serve  as
a director if elected.
 
                         NOMINEES FOR CLASS I DIRECTORS
 
     The  following table sets forth certain information concerning the nominees
for election  as directors.  Each of  the  nominees is  presently serving  as  a
director of Ogden.
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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                                                                                                           First
                                                                                                           Became
             Name, Age and                Term to                                                            a
           Other Information              Expire                  Principal Occupation (1)                 Director
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<S>                                       <C>       <C>                                                    <C>
David M. Abshire: Age 67                    1994    President,  Center  for Strategic  and International    1987(2)
  Director of Proctor & Gamble Company              Studies.
Norman G. Einspruch: Age 61                 1994    Senior Fellow in Science and Professor of Electrical    1981
  Chairman of Ogden's Audit Committee;              and Computer Engineering, University of Miami.
  Member of Ogden's Management
  Committee, Technology Committee and
  Compensation Committee
Attallah Kappas: Age 67                     1994    Sherman  Fairchild   Professor;   Physician-in-Chief    1988
  Member of Ogden's Management                      Emeritus  and past  Vice President,  The Rockefeller
  Committee and Technology Committee;               University.
  Ogden's Medical Director
Homer A. Neal: Age 51                       1994    Vice  President  for   Research  and  Professor   of    1985
  Member of Ogden's Audit Committee and             Physics, University of Michigan.
  Technology Committee
Stanford S. Penner: Age 72                  1994    Professor   of  Engineering  Physics  and  Director,    1985
  Member of Ogden's Technology                      Center for Energy  & Combustion Research,  Emeritus,
  Committee; Director, Optodyne Corp.               University    of    California    at    San   Diego;
                                                    Editor-in-Chief,   Energy   --   The   International
                                                    Journal, Pergamon Press, Oxford, England.
</TABLE>
 
THE BOARD RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR THE FOREGOING NOMINEES
 
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                         DIRECTORS WHOSE TERMS CONTINUE
 
     The  following table  sets forth  certain information  concerning directors
whose terms are continuing.
 
<TABLE>
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                                                                                                           First
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             Name, Age and                Term to                                                            a
           Other Information              Expire                  Principal Occupation (1)                 Director
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<S>                                       <C>       <C>                                                    <C>
R. Richard Ablon: Age 44                    1995    President and Chief Executive  Officer of Ogden  and    1986
  Member of Ogden's Management                      Chairman   and  Chief  Executive  Officer  of  Ogden
  Committee; Director of Ogden                      Projects, Inc.
  Projects, Inc.
Constantine G. Caras: Age 55                1995    Executive Vice  President and  Chief  Administrative    1990
  Director of Ogden Projects, Inc.;                 Officer, Ogden.
  Director of OMI Corp.
Judith D. Moyers: Age 58                    1995    President,  Public  Affairs  Television,  Inc.; Home    1978
  Member of Ogden's Management                      Economist and Education Specialist.
  Committee and Compensation Committee;
  Director, Paine Webber Family of
  Mutual Funds; Director, Columbia Real
  Estate Investments, Inc.
Robert E. Smith: Age 58                     1995    Partner, Rosenman & Colin, a law firm.                  1990
  Director of Ogden Projects, Inc.;
  Director, The Zweig Fund, Inc., and
  The Zweig Total Return Fund, Inc.
Abraham Zaleznik: Age 70                    1995    Konosuke   Matsushita   Professor   of    Leadership    1978
  Chairman of Ogden's Compensation                  Emeritus, Graduate School of Business
  Committee and Member of Ogden's                   Administration, Harvard University.
  Management Committee; Director of
  American Greetings Inc.; La Chateau
  Stores, Ltd.; Grossman's Inc.; TJX
  Companies; and The Timberland Co.
Ralph E. Ablon: Age 77                      1996    Chairman of the Board, Ogden.                           1962
  Chairman of Ogden's Management
  Committee
Terry Allen Kramer: Age 60                  1996    Self  employed  involving numerous  activities, most    1977
  Director and General Partner of                   notably the production of theatrical ventures.
  Astoria Studios, Inc.; Chairman of
  the Board, American Diversified
  Enterprises, Inc.; Liquidating
  Trustee, Allen and Company
Maria P. Monet: Age 44                      1996    Former Chief Financial Officer, Ogden.                  1986
Frederick Seitz: Age 82                     1996    President Emeritus of The Rockefeller University.       1977
  Chairman of Ogden's Technology
  Committee; Member of Ogden's
  Management Committee and Compensation
  Committee; Director of Profile
  Diagnostic Sciences
</TABLE>
 
(1) Except as set  forth below,  each named  individual has  held the  specified
    positions  for at least five years and the specified positions have been the
    principal occupations of the named individuals during the past five years:
 
         Ralph E. Ablon served as Chief Executive Officer of Ogden prior to  May
         1990.
 
         R.  Richard Ablon  has been  President and  Chief Executive  Officer of
         Ogden since  May 1990.  From January  1987  to May  1990 he  served  as
         President,  Chief  Operating  Officer, Operating  Services,  Ogden. Mr.
         Ablon has served as Chairman of  the Board and Chief Executive  Officer
         of Ogden Projects, Inc. since November 1990.
 
         Mr.  Caras has been  Executive Vice President  and Chief Administrative
         Officer of Ogden since  July 1990. Since September  1986 Mr. Caras  has
         served as Executive Vice President of Ogden Services Corporation.
 
         Ms.  Monet  served  as President,  Chief  Operating  Officer, Financial
         Services, Ogden, from January 1987 to  May 1990 and as Chief  Financial
         Officer of Ogden until December 1990.
 
(2) Dr. Abshire served as an Ogden director from 1978 to 1983.
 
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                      COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
 
              Management   Committee.   The  Management   Committee's  principal
              functions are to  review and evaluate  Ogden's strategies,  plans,
              policies  and  management  needed  to  meet  long-range  goals and
              objectives. The Committee  makes recommendations to  the Board  of
              Directors  with respect  to nominees for  new directors (including
              nominations submitted  in writing  to the  Secretary of  Ogden  by
              shareholders not less than 50 days prior to the Annual Meeting and
              in  compliance with the requirements of Ogden's By-laws) and board
              committee memberships.  The  Committee's  functions  also  include
              evaluating  and  reviewing  Ogden's  financial  status,  reviewing
              current  financial  arrangements   and  current  and   anticipated
              financial  requirements, advising management  with respect thereto
              and advising  and  recommending  with  respect  to  the  purchase,
              issuance  and sale of Ogden securities. There were six meetings of
              the Management Committee during 1993.
 
              Compensation Committee. The Compensation Committee, established in
              May 1992, is  composed of four  'disinterested directors'  (within
              the  meaning of Rule 16b-3 under  the Securities Exchange Act) who
              are not employees or members of management of Ogden or any of  its
              subsidiaries.   The  Compensation  Committee  is  responsible  for
              reviewing and approving compensation  and benefit plans for  Ogden
              and  providing  independent judgment  as  to the  fairness  of the
              compensation and  benefit arrangements  for senior  management  of
              Ogden and its subsidiaries. The Compensation Committee administers
              Ogden's Stock Option Plans, determines the Chief Executive Officer
              compensation and reviews and approves the annual salary, bonus and
              other benefits, direct or indirect, of other designated members of
              senior  management of Ogden and  its subsidiaries. There were four
              meetings of the Compensation Committee during 1993.
 
              Audit Committee. The Audit Committee's principal functions are  to
              evaluate  and review financial procedures, controls and reporting,
              compliance with Ogden's Corporate Policy of Business Conduct,  and
              both  the audit scope and audit fees. There were three meetings of
              the Audit Committee during 1993.
 
              Technology  Committee.   The  Technology   Committee's   principal
              functions  are  to  collect, review,  study  and  evaluate various
              changes and  innovations in  technology, materials  and  technical
              services  that  may  be  of  benefit  to  Ogden's  operations. The
              Committee also reviews and takes into consideration  environmental
              standards  and pollution-control  requirements connected  with the
              operation by  Ogden of  various  solid waste-to-energy  and  other
              operating  facilities  across the  United  States. There  were six
              meetings of the Technology Committee during 1993.
 
     During 1993 the Board of  Directors held six regularly scheduled  meetings.
Each  director attended at least 75% of the aggregate 1993 meetings of the Board
and of the committees to which they belonged, except Ms. Kramer and Ms. Monet.
 
                            DIRECTORS' COMPENSATION
 
     Each Ogden director who is not an employee of Ogden or an Ogden  subsidiary
receives  an  annual director's  fee of  $9,000  plus $1,500  for each  Board of
Directors meeting attended. Each  such director also receives  an annual fee  of
$12,000  for each committee on  which such director serves  plus $1,500 for each
committee meeting attended. In  addition, each such  director receives $500  for
each  day, or portion thereof, spent away  from the director's city of residence
on special  director  activities.  All directors  are  reimbursed  for  expenses
incurred  in attending Board of Directors  and committee meetings. Directors who
are employees of Ogden or an Ogden subsidiary receive no additional compensation
for serving on the  Board of Directors or  any committee. Effective December  1,
1993,  Dr. Kappas  was retained  on an  independent contractor  basis as Ogden's
Medical Director and senior  advisor, to advise and  consult with management  on
health  issues. Dr. Kappas  will receive $1,000  per month as  a consulting fee.
Each non-employee  director  of  Ogden  on  November  14,  1990  was  granted  a
Director's  Stock Option with respect to 25,000  shares of Ogden Common Stock at
an exercise price of  $18.3125 per share. See  'Ogden's 1990 Stock Option  Plan'
for a description of the Director's Stock Options.
 
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                        SECURITY OWNERSHIP BY MANAGEMENT
 
     Information  about  the  ownership  of  common  stock  of  Ogden  and Ogden
Projects, Inc. ('OPI') beneficially owned as  of March 1, 1994 by each  nominee,
each  director, each executive  officer named in  the Summary Compensation Table
and all directors and  executive officers of  Ogden as a group  is set forth  as
follows.
 
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                                        Beneficial Ownership of            Beneficial Ownership of
                                          Ogden Common Stock                  OPI Common Stock
                                    -------------------------------    -------------------------------
              Name                  Amount (1)       Percentage (2)    Amount (1)       Percentage (2)
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<S>                                 <C>              <C>               <C>              <C>
R. Richard Ablon.................     536,554 (3)       1.23             127,874(9)         *
Ralph E. Ablon...................     313,526            *                  None            *
David M. Abshire.................      15,200 (4)        *                   105            *
Constantine G. Caras.............     238,784 (5)        *                10,437(10)        *
Lynde H. Coit....................      31,000 (6)        *                 7,500(14)        *
Norman G. Einspruch..............      18,000 (4)        *                13,049(8)         *
Rita R. Fraad....................      43,795            *                   718            *
Philip G. Husby..................      53,000 (7)        *                 9,000(14)        *
Attallah Kappas..................      26,640 (4)        *                    25            *
Terry Allen Kramer...............     328,660 (4)        *                33,999(11)        *
Scott G. Mackin..................      95,500 (12)       *                35,500(14)        *
Maria P. Monet...................      30,145            *                25,757(11)        *
Judith D. Moyers.................      16,500 (4)        *                    37            *
Homer A. Neal....................      15,600 (4)        *                     5            *
Stanford S. Penner...............      16,000 (4)(13)    *                 5,025(15)        *
Frederick Seitz..................      15,550 (16)       *                12,525(15)        *
Robert E. Smith..................      16,000 (4)        *                  None            *
Abraham Zaleznik.................      15,700 (4)        *                25,110(11)        *
All officers and directors as a
  group (21 persons) including
  those named above..............   1,904,915 (17)      4.35             306,666(18)        *
</TABLE>
 
 (1) Each  individual has sole  investment and voting power  with respect to all
     shares except as  otherwise noted. No  officer or director  owns shares  of
     Ogden Series A Preferred Stock.
 
 (2) Asterisks indicate beneficial ownership of less than 1.0% of the class.
 
 (3) Includes  200 shares held by Mr. Ablon's  wife; 18,000 shares held in trust
     for his minor  children; and 93,354  shares and 225,000  shares subject  to
     presently exercisable options at an exercise price of $14.979 per share and
     $18.3125  per share, respectively, awarded pursuant to the Ogden 1986 Stock
     Option Plan. Mr. Ablon has neither investment nor voting power with respect
     to the shares  held by his  wife and disclaims  any beneficial interest  in
     such shares.
 
 (4) Includes  10,000 shares for  Dr. Kappas and  15,000 shares for  each of the
     other individuals subject to presently  exercisable options at an  exercise
     price of $18.3125 per share awarded pursuant to the Ogden 1990 Stock Option
     Plan.
 
 (5) Includes  5,000 shares held jointly with his  wife as well as 57,500 shares
     and 75,000 shares subject to  presently exercisable options at an  exercise
     price  of $14.979 per  share and $18.3125  per share, respectively, awarded
     pursuant to  the  Ogden  1986  Stock Option  Plan.  Mr.  Caras  has  shared
     investment  and voting power with respect  to the 5,000 shares held jointly
     with his wife.
 
 (6) Includes 30,000  shares  subject to  presently  exercisable options  at  an
     exercise  price of  $18.3125 per share  awarded pursuant to  the Ogden 1986
     Stock Option Plan.
 
 (7) Includes 1,000 shares held jointly with  his wife as well as 10,000  shares
     and  42,000 shares subject to presently  exercisable options at an exercise
     price of $28.2398 per share  and $18.3125 per share, respectively,  awarded
     pursuant  to  the  Ogden  1986  Stock Option  Plan.  Mr.  Husby  has shared
     investment and voting power with respect  to the 1,000 shares held  jointly
     with his wife.
 
 (8) Includes  13,000  shares subject  to  presently exercisable  options  at an
     exercise price of $11.90 per share  awarded pursuant to the OPI  Directors'
     Stock Option Plan.
 
 (9) Includes  five shares held by Mr. Ablon's  wife; 2,174 shares held in trust
     for his minor children; and 125,000 shares subject to presently exercisable
     options at an exercise  price of $11.90 per  share awarded pursuant to  the
     OPI  Employees' Stock  Option Plan.  Mr. Ablon  has neither  investment nor
     voting power with respect to the shares held by his wife and disclaims  any
     beneficial ownership in such shares.
 
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(10) Includes  10,000  shares subject  to  presently exercisable  options  at an
     exercise price of $11.90 per share  awarded pursuant to the OPI  Employees'
     Stock Option Plan.
 
(11) Includes  25,000  shares subject  to  presently exercisable  options  at an
     exercise price of $11.90 per share  awarded pursuant to the OPI  Directors'
     Stock Option Plan.
 
(12) Includes  10,000 shares and 75,000  shares subject to presently exercisable
     options at an exercise price of $26.3983 per share and $18.3125 per  share,
     respectively,  awarded pursuant  to the  Ogden 1986  and 1990  Stock Option
     Plans, respectively.
 
(13) Dr. Penner shares investment and voting power with his wife with respect to
     all shares, which are held in a living trust for his children.
 
(14) Includes 7,500  shares  subject  to presently  exercisable  options  at  an
     exercise  price of $11.90 per share  awarded pursuant to the OPI Employees'
     Stock Option Plan  for Messrs.  Coit and Husby  and 35,000  shares for  Mr.
     Mackin.
 
(15) Includes  5,000 shares for Dr. Penner and 12,500 shares for Dr. Seitz which
     are subject to presently exercisable options at an exercise price of $11.90
     per share awarded pursuant to the OPI Directors' Stock Option Plan.
 
(16) Includes 350 shares held  in trust over which  Dr. Seitz has shared  voting
     and  investment power with his children and 12,500 shares which are subject
     to presently exercisable options at an exercise price of $18.3125 per share
     awarded pursuant to the Ogden 1990 Stock Option Plan.
 
(17) Includes 816,354 shares subject to presently exercisable options. Does  not
     include  approximately 835,000  shares of Ogden  common stock  which may be
     voted by Messrs. Caras, Coit, Husby and two other individuals as members of
     the Investment Committee  of Ogden's  Group Trust Fund  for Profit  Sharing
     Plans. All disclaim any beneficial interest in the shares held by the Trust
     Fund.
 
(18) Includes 290,500 shares subject to presently exercisable options.
 
RATIFICATION OF AUDITORS -- PROPOSAL NUMBER (2)
 
     Shareholders  are requested to ratify the continued appointment of Deloitte
& Touche  as  auditors of  Ogden  and its  subsidiaries  for the  year  1994.  A
representative  of Deloitte &  Touche is expected  to be present  at the meeting
with the opportunity to make a  statement if he or she  desires to do so and  to
respond  to appropriate questions. Deloitte &  Touche have been Ogden's auditors
since 1951. Audit  services rendered by  Deloitte & Touche  for the fiscal  year
ended  December 31, 1993, in addition to the audit of the Consolidated Financial
Statements, included review of financial and  related information that is to  be
included  in filings with  the Securities and  Exchange Commission; consultation
during the year on matters related to accounting and financial reporting; audits
of financial statements of certain subsidiary companies and of employee  benefit
plans  contained in  filings required  pursuant to  ERISA; and  meeting with the
Audit Committee on matters related to the audit. Although Ogden is not  required
to submit the selection of auditors to the shareholders for ratification, it has
elected  to do  so. In  the event  such selection  is not  ratified, Ogden would
consider the selection of other auditors  for fiscal years after 1994.  However,
it  would not be possible to replace Deloitte  & Touche as auditors for the 1994
fiscal year without significant disruption of Ogden's business.
 
THE BOARD RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR PROPOSAL NUMBER (2)
 
AMENDMENT TO THE OGDEN 1990 STOCK OPTION PLAN -- PROPOSAL NUMBER (3)
 
     The Ogden 1990 Stock Option Plan (the '1990 Plan') is structured to  assist
Ogden  in attracting, retaining and motivating  the best available personnel for
the successful conduct  of Ogden's business.  A maximum of  3,000,000 shares  of
Ogden  Common  Stock ('Common  Stock') were  originally authorized  for issuance
under the 1990 Plan. Of the shares  granted through December 31, 1993, 88%  have
been  granted to individuals  other than the named  executive officers listed in
the Summary  Compensation Table.  These include  145 employees  whose  principal
responsibilities  are  focused  on  the day-to-day  management  of  Ogden's core
business activities. Only 237,000 shares  remained available for issuance  under
the 1990 Plan at December 31, 1993.
 
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     Consequently,  the Board has adopted and  the shareholders are requested to
consider and vote upon  an amendment to  the 1990 Plan  to, among other  things,
increase  by 3,200,000 shares the number of  shares of Common Stock reserved for
issuance under  the  1990  Plan.  In  addition  to  the  foregoing  increase  in
authorized  shares, the amendment also adds  a new provision limiting the number
of shares  that may  be made  subject  to Incentive  Awards (as  defined  below)
granted  under the 1990 Plan to any individual. Under the new provision, no more
than 700,000 shares  in the aggregate  may be made  subject to Incentive  Awards
granted  to any individual  in any four year  period. Furthermore, the amendment
ELIMINATES the following provisions from the 1990 Plan:
 
          (1) the flexibility to set the  exercise price of any Incentive  Award
     granted under the 1990 Plan at less than 100% of the fair market value of a
     share of Common Stock on the date such Incentive Award is granted;
 
          (2) the ability to replace or reprice any outstanding option;
 
          (3)  the ability to exercise an option through payment of the exercise
     price in shares of Ogden Common Stock owned by the optionee; and
 
          (4)  the  authorization   to  grant  Tandem   and  Stand-Alone   Stock
     Appreciation Rights.
 
     Ogden's  strategy is  to increase  its intrinsic  value and  ensure premier
market positions  in the  areas of  aviation, entertainment,  environmental  and
energy  services,  and  waste-to-energy. Achieving  this  strategy  requires the
commitment of employees at all levels and necessitates that we keep our existing
talented employees  and  attract  others.  On January  19,  1994  the  executive
officers  named in the Summary Compensation Table, Messrs. Ablon, Mackin, Caras,
Husby and Coit,  were awarded options,  subject to shareholder  approval of  the
foregoing amendment, representing 600,000 shares, 200,000 shares, 25,000 shares,
80,000  shares and 100,000  shares, respectively. Their  leadership of Ogden and
Ogden Projects, Inc. is critical to achieving our growth goals.
 
     The Compensation Committee of  the Board of  Directors has determined  that
option  grant reviews with respect to any individual will be made only on a four
year cycle and that most of the newly authorized shares will be used for  future
options  granted  to  employees on  a  world-wide  basis who  are  not corporate
officers but who are given line and operational responsibility which can  impact
our  results. With these  newly authorized shares,  Ogden will be  able to offer
significant ownership opportunities to its key employees which will pay off only
to the extent that shareholder value is increased. This is the most  fundamental
way to align employee interests with those of our shareholders.
 
     In  connection with its approval of new  shares to be issued under the 1990
Plan, the Board  of Directors  has approved  a significant  increase in  Ogden's
stock  repurchase program.  The Board of  Directors approved an  increase in the
existing authorization from 2  million to 3.2 million  shares. Linkage of  these
two  programs is  designed to  offset earnings  per share  dilution for existing
shareholders. The Board of Directors expects  that the purchase of these  shares
will be funded by the proceeds derived from the exercise of options issued under
Ogden's  1986 and  1990 stock  option plans.  Nevertheless, Ogden's  strong cash
flows and overall financial condition provide  flexibility as to both price  and
timing  of the repurchase of shares, and  enables Ogden to buy shares in advance
of the  exercise of  options,  thereby offsetting  any  dilution. The  Board  of
Directors  expects  to be  able to  accomplish  this repurchase  program without
impeding Ogden's growth and market development plans and while still maintaining
Ogden's very strong financial position.
 
     The Board of  Directors believes that  the proposed amendment  to the  1990
Plan  increasing the number of shares authorized  for issuance under the plan by
3.2 million  will satisfy  the  objectives of  attracting and  retaining  highly
capable  key employees and motivating them to exert their best efforts on behalf
of Ogden and its subsidiaries. The pricing of options at 100% of the fair market
value of Ogden Common Stock on the date of grant and the 700,000 share limit for
a grant to any one  employee in any four-year period  are designed, in part,  to
preserve  Ogden's tax deduction upon the  exercise of an option, notwithstanding
recent revisions  to  the  Internal  Revenue Code  that  limit  the  ability  of
publicly-held  corporations to take deductions  for compensation over $1 million
paid to certain executive  officers. The Board of  Directors also believes  that
the  amendment to eliminate the  ability of the Committee  to replace or reprice
'underwater' options, the ability  of optionees to pay  the exercise price  upon
the
 
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exercise  of an Option  in shares of Ogden  Common Stock and  the ability of the
Committee  to  grant  Tandem  and  Stand-Alone  Stock  Appreciation  Rights  are
consistent  with the interests of shareholders  in narrowly tailoring the design
of the 1990 Plan to fit Ogden's present  needs and with the manner in which  the
1990 Plan has been administered by the Committee in the past.
 
     Approval of the amendment requires the affirmative vote of the holders of a
majority of the votes present at the meeting, in person or by proxy and entitled
to vote.
 
     A  summary of the  1990 Plan and  the changes contemplated  by the proposed
amendment is set forth below  and is qualified in  its entirety by reference  to
the  1990 Plan as  proposed to be  amended, attached to  this Proxy Statement as
Appendix A.
 
THE BOARD RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR PROPOSAL NUMBER (3)
 
                               1990 PLAN SUMMARY
 
(A) Administration
 
          The 1990 Plan  is administered  by the Compensation  Committee of  the
     Board  of Directors (the  'Committee'). Other than  Director's Options, the
     Committee is authorized to designate from time to time the key employees of
     Ogden who will be  granted options, rights and  awards under the 1990  Plan
     ('Incentive  Awards'). The Committee  has full authority  to administer the
     1990 Plan, including  authority to  interpret and  construe the  provisions
     thereof and to adopt rules and regulations as it may deem necessary.
 
(B) Stock Available for Issuance
 
          As originally adopted, 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock were available
     for  issuance under the 1990 Plan.  All of the originally authorized shares
     have  been  used  for  option  grants.  If  the  amendment  is  adopted  as
     recommended,  an  additional  3,200,000  shares of  Common  Stock  would be
     authorized for issuance under the 1990 Plan.
 
(C) Term
 
          No Incentive Awards may be granted  under the 1990 Plan after  October
     11,  2000, and no Incentive Award  will be exercisable after the expiration
     of ten years from the date such Incentive Award was granted.
 
(D) Employee Options
 
          (i) Options granted  under the  1990 Plan  shall be  identified in  an
     agreement  evidencing each  option as  either a  non-qualified stock option
     ('NQO') or incentive stock option ('ISO') (collectively referred to  herein
     as an 'Option').
 
          (ii)  As  originally  adopted,  the 1990  Plan  does  not  require the
     exercise price of  a non-qualified  stock option to  be based  on the  fair
     market  value of  Common Stock on  the date  of grant. If  the amendment is
     adopted, the exercise  price of  each Option  granted under  the 1990  Plan
     shall  be not less than 100% of the  fair market value of a share of Common
     Stock on the  date of grant  (i.e., the average  of the high  and low  sale
     prices on such date).
 
          (iii)  As originally adopted, the 1990 Plan permitted the replacing or
     repricing of outstanding Options which  had an exercise price greater  than
     the  fair market value  of the Common  Stock. If the  amendment is adopted,
     this feature of the 1990 Plan would be eliminated.
 
          (iv) As originally adopted, the 1990 Plan permitted an optionee to pay
     the exercise price of an Option by tendering shares of Common Stock already
     owned by the  optionee. If the  amendment is adopted,  this feature of  the
     1990  Plan would be eliminated  and optionees would be  required to pay the
     exercise price upon the exercise of an Option in cash.
 
          (v) As originally adopted, the 1990  Plan did not limit the number  of
     shares  of Common Stock permitted to  be awarded to any individual pursuant
     to an Option  grant. If  the amendment is  adopted, the  maximum number  of
     shares  of Common  Stock that  could be subject  to Options  granted to any
     individual during any four-year period would be limited to 700,000 shares.
 
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(E) Tandem Stock Appreciation Rights ('Tandem SAR') and Stand-Alone Stock
    Appreciation Rights ('Stand-alone SAR')
 
          As originally drafted, the 1990 Plan permitted the Committee to  grant
     Stand-Alone  SARs and,  in connection  with any  Option, a  Tandem SAR with
     respect to a number of shares of  Common Stock not exceeding the number  of
     shares  subject to the related Option. In general, the exercise of a Tandem
     SAR or Stand-Alone SAR by an optionee entitles the optionee to an amount in
     cash, shares of Common Stock or a combination of cash and shares of  Common
     Stock,  as determined by the Committee,  with respect to each share subject
     thereto, equal to the excess of the value of a share of Common Stock on the
     exercise date over the exercise price of the related SAR. If the  amendment
     is  adopted, the 1990  Plan would no  longer permit the  granting of Tandem
     SARs or Stand-Alone SARs.
 
(F) Limited Stock Appreciation Rights ('LSARs')
 
          The Committee may  grant in connection  with any Option  an LSAR  with
     respect to a number of shares not exceeding the number of shares subject to
     the  Option. An LSAR shall be exercisable only during the period commencing
     on the  first day  following the  occurrence  of a  Change in  Control  (as
     defined  below) and terminating on the expiration of ninety days after such
     date. In  general, the  exercise of  an LSAR  entitles the  Optionee to  an
     amount  in cash, with respect  to each share subject  thereto, equal to the
     excess of the value of  a share of Common Stock  on the exercise date  over
     the exercise price of the related Option.
 
(G) Termination of Employment, Etc.
 
          In the event that the employment of an optionee terminates (i) for any
     reason  other than Disability, Retirement, Cause (as such terms are defined
     in the 1990 Plan) or death, Options granted to such optionee, to the extent
     that they  were  exercisable  at  the  time  of  such  termination,  remain
     exercisable  until the first anniversary of  such termination and those not
     exercisable on such date shall expire; (ii) on account of the Disability or
     Retirement of the optionee, such optionee  is entitled to exercise, at  any
     time until the expiration of the term of such Option, but not more than one
     year  after such  optionee's death, Options  which were  exercisable at the
     time  of  such  termination  or  would  have  become  exercisable  had  the
     optionee's  employment  continued  until  the  first  anniversary  of  such
     termination; (iii) on account of death, such optionee shall be entitled  to
     exercise until the first anniversary of such termination Options which were
     exercisable   at  the  time  of  such  termination  or  would  have  become
     exercisable  had  the  optionee's  employment  continued  until  the  first
     anniversary of such termination; or (iv) for Cause, all outstanding Options
     granted  to such optionee  shall expire at the  commencement of business on
     the date of such termination. In no  case may an Option be exercised  after
     the expiration of its term.
 
(H) Directors' Options
 
          Each non-employee Director of Ogden on November 14, 1990 was granted a
     Director's  Option with  respect to 25,000  shares of Common  Stock on such
     date. Any person who is not an  employee of Ogden or a subsidiary of  Ogden
     who  becomes a Director  in the future  may be granted  a Director's Option
     with respect  to a  number of  shares  of Common  Stock determined  by  the
     Committee not to exceed 25,000 shares. Such determination shall be made (i)
     in  the case  of an individual  who becomes  a Director by  election by the
     shareholders of Ogden, prior to such election  and (ii) in the case of  any
     other  individual, prior to  such person's appointment  or selection to the
     Board of Directors.
          The per share exercise  price of each Director's  Option shall be  the
     fair  market value  of a  share of Common  Stock on  the date  on which the
     Director's Option is granted.
          Directors' Options are exercisable with  respect to 20% of the  number
     of  shares of Common Stock subject to  each such Director's Option upon the
     first anniversary of the  date on which such  Director's Option is  granted
     and  with respect to  an additional 20%  of the number  of shares of Common
     Stock subject thereto on each subsequent anniversary of such date.
          In the event that the term of a Director's membership on the Board  of
     Directors terminates for any reason, then (x) any Director's Option granted
     to such Director, to the extent that it was
 
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     exercisable  at the time of such termination, remains exercisable until the
     expiration of one year  after the termination of  such Director's term,  at
     which  time such Director's Option expires  (Y) a Director's Option granted
     to such Director to the extent that  it was not exercisable at the time  of
     such  termination  but would  have become  exercisable during  the one-year
     period following such termination becomes exercisable upon such termination
     and remains exercisable until  the expiration of  such one-year period,  at
     which time such Director's Option shall expire. In no case may a Director's
     Option be exercised after the expiration of its term.
 
(I) Stock Bonuses
 
          As  originally adopted, the  1990 Plan permitted  the grant of bonuses
     payable in Common Stock and did not limit the number of shares permitted to
     be awarded to any one individual. If the Amendment is adopted, the  maximum
     number of shares of Common Stock that could be subject to Incentive Awards,
     including  stock bonuses,  granted to  any individual  during any four-year
     period would be 700,000  shares. Stock bonuses are  paid at such times  and
     subject  to  such conditions  as the  Committee determines  at the  time of
     grant.
 
(J) Change in Control
 
          In general,  for  purposes of  the  1990  Plan, the  term  'Change  in
     Control'  means the acquisition by any person  of 20% or more of the voting
     power  of  Ogden's   outstanding  securities,  the   approval  by   Ogden's
     stockholders of an agreement to merge Ogden or to sell substantially all of
     its  assets or the occurrence  of certain changes in  the membership of the
     Board of Directors. Upon the occurrence of a Change in Control, each Option
     outstanding at the time becomes immediately exercisable.
 
(K) Federal Income Tax Aspects
 
          An optionee will not be deemed to receive any income at the time a NQO
     is granted, nor will Ogden  be entitled to a  deduction at that time.  When
     any  part of a NQO is exercised, the optionee will be required to recognize
     for Federal income tax purposes compensation taxable as ordinary income  in
     an amount equal to the difference between the exercise price of the NQO and
     the  fair market value of  the shares received on  the exercise of the NQO.
     Ogden will be entitled to a Federal income tax deduction in an amount equal
     to the amount  of compensation taxable  as ordinary income  required to  be
     recognized by the optionee.
          Upon  any subsequent sale of the  shares acquired upon the exercise of
     any NQO, any gain (the excess of  the amount received over the fair  market
     value  of the shares  on the date  ordinary income was  recognized) or loss
     (the excess of the  fair market value  of the shares  on the date  ordinary
     income was recognized over the amount received) will be a long-term capital
     gain  or loss  if the  sale occurs more  than one  year after  such date or
     recognition and otherwise will be a short-term capital gain or loss.
          An optionee will not  be required to recognize  income at the time  an
     ISO  is granted or exercised. If an optionee does not dispose of the shares
     acquired on exercise of an ISO within two years after the grant of the  ISO
     and  one  year after  the  exercise of  the  ISO, the  gain  (if any)  on a
     subsequent sale (the excess of the amount received over the exercise price)
     or loss (if any)  on a subsequent  sale (the excess  of the exercise  price
     over  the amount  received) will  be a long-term  capital gain  or loss. In
     order to receive the  favorable ISO income tax  treatment described in  the
     preceding  sentence, an optionee must exercise his ISO not later than three
     months after termination  of employment, except  in the event  of death  or
     disability. Otherwise, the ISO will be treated as an NQO.
          If  an optionee sells the shares acquired on exercise of an ISO within
     two years after the date of grant of  the ISO or within one year after  the
     exercise  of the ISO, the disposition is a 'disqualifying disposition', and
     the  optionee  is  required  to  recognize  income  in  the  year  of   the
     'disqualifying  disposition' equal to the excess of the amount received for
     the shares over the  exercise price. Of that  income, the portion equal  to
     the  excess of the fair market value of  the shares at the time the ISO was
     exercised over the exercise price will  be treated as compensation and  the
     remaining  portion will be treated as long-term or short-term capital gains
     depending on whether the shares were sold more than one year after the  ISO
     was exercised.
 
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          The  Omnibus Budget  Reconciliation Act  of 1993  amended the Internal
     Revenue Code (the 'Code') to include a new Section 162(m), which  generally
     limits  the deduction that may be  taken by a publicly-held corporation for
     remuneration paid to the corporation's chief executive officer and its four
     other most highly compensated executive officers to $1 million, subject  to
     certain  exceptions.  Ogden  expects to  be  able  to rely  on  one  of the
     exceptions to the new provision, thereby preserving the tax deductions that
     Ogden would  otherwise be  entitled to  take relating  to the  exercise  of
     Options granted pursuant to the 1990 Plan.
 
ADOPTION OF THE CEO FORMULA BONUS PLAN -- PROPOSAL NUMBER (4)
 
     The  Board of Directors  has adopted and the  shareholders are requested to
consider and vote upon the CEO Formula Bonus Plan (the 'Bonus Plan'). The  Bonus
Plan  is a performance-based compensation plan designed to meet the requirements
for an  exception from  the limitations  of Section  162(m) of  the Code,  which
limits  the  corporate  Federal income  tax  deduction that  would  otherwise be
available for  compensation  paid by  Ogden  to certain  executives  in  certain
circumstances. Set forth below are the material terms of the Bonus Plan.
 
A) Administration
 
          The  Bonus Plan is  administered by the  Compensation Committee of the
     Board  of  Directors  (the  'Committee')  which  is  composed  entirely  of
     non-employee   outside  directors  of  Ogden  who  meet  the  qualification
     requirements of Section 162(m). The Bonus Plan is based upon Ogden's annual
     pre-tax return  on equity  performance.  The Committee  preestablishes  the
     performance  goal  under the  Bonus  Plan for  each  year before  the CEO's
     services begin  for  such  year  and while  the  outcome  is  substantially
     uncertain; reserves the right to terminate the Bonus Plan at any time or to
     amend  it subject  to the requirements  of Section 162(m);  and retains the
     discretion to reduce any  amount payable under the  Bonus Plan even if  the
     performance  goal is  attained. The Bonus  Plan shall  terminate and become
     null and void if  it is not  approved by Ogden's  shareholders at the  1994
     Annual Meeting.
 
B) Eligibility
 
          Participation  in the  Bonus Plan  is limited  to the  Chief Executive
     Officer of Ogden.
 
C) Significant Definitions
 
          (i) 'Bonus' means the amount approved by the Committee and payable  to
     the CEO in accordance with the Bonus Plan for each Measurement Year.
 
          (ii) 'Measurement Year' means each calendar year period over which the
     Company's Pre-Tax ROE Performance Level is measured.
 
          (iii)  'Pre-Tax  Income' for  any Measurement  Year  is the  amount of
     consolidated income  from continuing  operations  before income  taxes  and
     minority  interest as of the December 31 occurring in such Measurement Year
     as reported in Ogden's Statements of Consolidated Income.
 
          (iv) 'Pre-Tax ROE  Performance Level' for  any Measurement Year  means
     Ogden's  Pre-Tax Income  achieved in any  such Measurement  Year divided by
     Shareholders' Equity for such Measurement Year.
 
          (v) 'Shareholders' Equity' for  any Measurement Year  is equal to  the
     total  shareholders'  equity  as  of  the  December  31  occurring  in  the
     immediately preceding calendar year, as  reported in Ogden's Statements  of
     Shareholders' Equity.
 
          (vi)  'Target Bonus'  for any Measurement  Year shall be  equal to the
     CEO's base salary as determined by  the Committee prior to the  Measurement
     Year and which becomes effective as of March 1 of the Measurement Year.
 
D) Determination of Bonus
 
          The Participant will be eligible for an annual cash Bonus with respect
     to  each Measurement Year based upon  Ogden's Pre-Tax ROE Performance Level
     attained in such Measurement Year. The amount of each Bonus shall be  equal
     to    a    portion   of    the    Target   Bonus.    The    maximum   Bonus
 
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     payable under  the Plan  is 150%  of  Target Bonus.  For each  Pre-Tax  ROE
     Performance  Level, the  amount of any  Bonus payable is  designated in the
     following table.
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
            Pre-Tax ROE Performance Level               % Of Target Bonus
<S>                                                     <C>
<15%.................................................            0
15% to under 20%.....................................           75%
20% to under 25%.....................................          100%
25% to under 30%.....................................          125%
30% or greater.......................................          150%
</TABLE>
 
          The following is an  example of how the  Bonus Plan calculation  works
     using  1993 as the Measurement Year: Ogden's Pre-Tax Income of $125,501,000
     divided by Ogden's Shareholders' Equity  of $481,084,000 equals 26.1%.  The
     26.1%  Pre-Tax ROE Performance Level earns 125% of Target Bonus. The Target
     Bonus of $700,000 multiplied by 125% equals a cash Bonus for the CEO in the
     amount of $875,000.
 
          The following  table  sets forth  the  amount which  would  have  been
     received by Ogden's CEO for 1993 if the Bonus Plan had been in effect.
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
                                    CEO Formula Bonus Plan
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                               Name and Position                                   Dollar Value
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                                                <C>
R. Richard Ablon -- President and Chief Executive Officer.......................     $875,000
Scott G. Mackin -- President and Chief Operating Officer, Ogden Projects,
  Inc. .........................................................................            0
Constantine G. Caras -- Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative
  Officer.......................................................................            0
Philip G. Husby -- Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer............            0
Lynde H. Coit -- Senior Vice President and General Counsel......................            0
Executive Group.................................................................      875,000
Non-Executive Director Group....................................................            0
Non-Executive Officer Employee Group............................................            0
</TABLE>
 
     The  Board of Directors believes  that it would be  in the best interest of
Ogden and its shareholders to  quantify certain components of compensation  paid
to  Ogden's CEO for the tax deductibility  exception under Section 162(m) of the
Code. Therefore, the Board recommends that shareholders vote FOR the adoption of
the CEO Bonus Formula  Plan, a performance-based  compensation plan designed  to
meet  the exemption requirements of Section 162(m)  of the Code. Approval of the
CEO Bonus  Formula  Plan requires  the  affirmative vote  of  the holders  of  a
majority  of  the votes  present  at the  meeting, in  person  or by  proxy, and
entitled to vote.
 
THE BOARD RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR PROPOSAL NUMBER (4)
 
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                             COMPENSATION COMMITTEE
                        REPORT ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
 
THE EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION PROGRAM
 
     Ogden has designed its executive compensation program to attract, motivate,
and  retain  the  best  executives available.  Toward  this  end,  the executive
compensation program provides:
 
      A base  salary  program to  attract  and retain  talented  executives  who
      demonstrate the qualities required in the Ogden corporate culture and meet
      the corporation's rigorous goals and standards.
 
      Annual incentive bonus payments that are highly variable based on personal
      performance   and  financial  performance  relative  to  realistic  market
      opportunities.  These   incentive   bonuses   reward   individuals   whose
      performance  contributes  to  achieving  strategic,  financial  and  other
      shareholder  objectives.  Bonus  opportunities   are  set  vis-a-vis   the
      executives'  potential contribution, not  solely based on  salary level or
      pay grade.
 
      Clear  and  uncomplicated   long-term  incentives   to  encourage   equity
      ownership.  The corporation tends not to grant options annually but rather
      to make periodic grants to reflect expanded roles or to readjust the total
      compensation mix.
 
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (CEO) COMPENSATION
 
     The  Committee  increased  Mr.  Ablon's  1994  base  salary  to   $800,000,
representing  a  14%  increase  from  his base  salary  set  two  years  ago (7%
annualized) at $700,000,  and awarded  an $875,000 incentive  bonus payable  for
1993  performance. On  January 19, 1994,  the Committee,  subject to shareholder
approval of the amendment to the Ogden 1990 Stock Option Plan set forth  herein,
granted   to  Mr.  Ablon  a  non-qualified   stock  option  with  limited  stock
appreciation rights (LSARs),  for 600,000  shares of  Ogden Common  Stock at  an
exercise  price of $22.50 per share, the average of the high and low sales price
of the Common Stock on the date of grant. The LSARs only become exercisable upon
a change in control.
 
     The Committee believes Mr. Ablon should be well compensated in his position
as both President and  Chief Executive Officer of  Ogden Corporation as well  as
Chairman  and Chief  Executive Officer of  Ogden Projects,  Inc., an 84.2%-owned
subsidiary of Ogden.  The compensation  decisions were based  on the  subjective
business  judgement of the Committee, and the factors deliberated and considered
by the Committee in reaching its decisions are summarized below:
 
          Financial Performance -- The Committee is pleased with Ogden's  steady
     financial  performance.  In 1993  Ogden achieved  a  15% increase  in total
     revenues and an 11.2% increase in  pre-tax income, all while expanding  its
     global  services network at a record  rate. These long-term investments for
     global expansion will continue to build intrinsic value in the corporation.
     A significant part of Ogden's income is represented by its  waste-to-energy
     business.  The  Wall Street  Journal  reported that  the  pollution control
     industry was the second worst performing group in 1993, with a total return
     of negative 27%.  The Commercial Services  Index, the established  industry
     index  in  which  Ogden is  placed  by  Standard and  Poors,  experienced a
     negative 3.1% total  return in  1993. Despite  this difficult  environment,
     Ogden's  share price held its  ground, with a total  return of 5.5%. During
     the three years  since Mr. Ablon  became CEO, Ogden  achieved a  cumulative
     total  return of 45%, compared with 4%  and 56% cumulative total returns in
     the S&P  Commercial  Services Index  and  the S&P  500,  respectively.  The
     Committee  credits  Mr. Ablon  for  Ogden's financial  performance  and the
     durability  of  Ogden's  stock  price  during  this  period.  However,  the
     Committee did not quantitatively assign a weight to these factors.
 
          Competitive  Practice in  CEO Compensation  -- Ogden  operates diverse
     lines of business and success in its entrepreneurial culture depends on the
     marketing and financial acumen as well as the creativity of its executives.
     As such, it competes  for executive talent with  any number of Fortune  500
     companies across all industries. Therefore, the Committee reviews summaries
     of  prevailing CEO compensation  practices of Fortune  500 companies in all
     industries rather than
 
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     those of companies within a specific industry category. The Committee  uses
     this information to determine a competitive comfort zone for its decisions.
     The  Towers Perrin  database of  Fortune 500  companies showed  Mr. Ablon's
     combined base salary and bonus payment at the 77th percentile. Based on the
     1993 Wall Street Journal/William M. Mercer survey of CEO compensation  from
     350  proxy statements  across industry categories,  the sum  of Mr. Ablon's
     base salary and  bonus payment  approximated the 75th  percentile. Yet  his
     total  direct compensation package, which  includes equity incentives, fell
     significantly below the Wall Street Journal/William M. Mercer total  annual
     mean  average of $3,489,817.  The Committee concluded  that, while the base
     and bonus components of the Chief Executive Officer's compensation  package
     are  within an  acceptable range, the  equity incentives  granted Mr. Ablon
     through December 31, 1993 are well below the mean.
 
          Review of CEO  Performance --  In the  opinion of  the Committee,  Mr.
     Ablon's  personal performance as  both President and CEO  of Ogden has been
     outstanding  and   he  possesses   the  unique   combination  of   personal
     characteristics  necessary to lead Ogden.  Due to Ogden's diverse services,
     it is required to operate in  multiple and complex competitive markets  and
     is  expanding the geographic scope of  those markets globally. Mr. Ablon is
     well  suited  to  these  difficult   challenges.  During  1993  Mr.   Ablon
     accomplished  the  three  goals  agreed  to  early  in  the  year  with the
     Committee. First, Mr. Ablon continued to develop Ogden's strong  management
     team, retaining 96% of key executives and adding several foreign executives
     to  this team.  Second, under Mr.  Ablon's leadership,  Ogden initiated new
     business in more  than 12 foreign  countries and surpassed  its 1993  gross
     international sales target. Third, Ogden Projects, Inc., a major subsidiary
     of  Ogden where  he serves  as Chairman  of the  Board and  Chief Executive
     Officer, began construction of the new waste-to-energy plant in  Montgomery
     County, Maryland. This project will generate significant income even during
     the  construction phase and brought the  total number of new projects under
     construction to four, during 1993.
 
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     In the Committee's judgement, the sum of the foregoing factors warranted  a
14% increase in Mr. Ablon's base salary from two years ago (7% annualized) and a
9.4%  increase of $75,000 in his annual  incentive bonus. With respect to equity
incentives, the Committee believes that  a more aggressive stock option  program
will  better serve the shareholders' interests. The grant of the 600,000 options
in 1994 serves  to shift  Mr. Ablon's  total compensation  package more  towards
long-term  incentives. The Committee does not intend to grant additional options
to Mr. Ablon over the  next four years. By granting  the full 600,000 up  front,
the  Committee is  providing Mr.  Ablon an added  incentive to  realize the full
value of Ogden's global expansion strategies from this point forward. This  long
term  incentive pays off only to the  extent that Ogden's shareholders' value is
increased. The  Committee last  awarded Mr.  Ablon an  option grant  in 1990  of
375,000 shares.
 
OTHER EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
 
     For  Mr. Mackin,  President and Chief  Operating Officer of  OPI, the Ogden
Projects Compensation  Committee (the  OPI  Committee) decided  on a  1994  base
salary  of $400,000 and  a 1993 incentive  bonus of $300,000.  The OPI Committee
also recommended a 200,000 share grant of Ogden non-qualified stock options with
LSARs to the  Ogden Committee, subject  to shareholder approval  of the  amended
plan.  Mr.  Mackin leads  Ogden's key  operation, the  waste-to-energy business.
OPI's 1993 financial performance was remarkably strong with revenues  increasing
from  $466 to $681 million  and pre-tax income up 11.8%  from 1992. In 1993, OPI
expanded  the  foreign  territories  in   which  it  holds  rights  to   develop
waste-to-energy  projects using the proprietary  Martin Combustion System, which
will enable OPI to develop projects in additional international territories. The
Committee unanimously approved the OPI Committee's recommendations.
 
     The Committee decided on  1994 base salaries for  Messrs. Caras, Husby  and
Coit in the amounts of $265,000, $236,250 and $222,500, respectively, and annual
bonus amounts reflected in the Summary Compensation Table, for 1993 performance.
On  January  19, 1994,  the Committee,  subject to  shareholder approval  of the
amendments to the Ogden 1990 Stock Option Plan, also awarded non-qualified stock
options with LSARs for 25,000, 80,000 and 100,000 shares to Messrs. Caras, Husby
 
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and Coit, respectively, at an exercise price of $22.50, the average of the  high
and  low sales prices of the Common Stock  on the date of grant. These decisions
were made based on the Committee's subjective business judgement. In arriving at
these decisions, the Committee considered individual contributions during  1993,
as  well  as significant  changes in  roles  and responsibilities,  and reviewed
summaries of executive  compensation surveys published  by leading  compensation
consulting firms.
 
     With  respect  to 1993  contributions  and responsibilities,  the Committee
concluded that  each played  a pivotal  role in  Ogden's overall  financial  and
strategic   performance.  Mr.   Caras,  in  addition   to  his   role  as  Chief
Administrative  Officer  of  Ogden   Corporation,  oversees  operation  of   the
Government  Systems business, which  won several new  contracts during 1993. His
responsibilities were further increased  on January 1, 1994,  when he was  given
operations  oversight of an  additional business unit,  Ogden Facility Services.
Mr. Husby,  as  Chief Financial  Officer,  completed the  transition  period  of
restructuring  the  former  Ogden  Financial  Services  Company  and effectively
incorporated the  functions of  that operation  into Ogden  Corporation  without
replacing  the  former  executives.  Mr.  Coit,  as  General  Counsel  of  Ogden
Corporation, combined his legal and  financial expertise in finalizing  business
arrangements  with the Walt Disney Company,  which allowed the Arrowhead Pond of
Anaheim to become operational in 1993.
 
     In reviewing competitive pay  levels, the base salary  and bonus awards  of
Messrs.  Caras, Husby  and Coit  ranged near  the 75th  percentile of comparable
positions in  other  Fortune  500  companies. The  value  of  equity  incentives
generally  fell short of the 50th percentile,  based on a comparison compiled by
Towers Perrin of Fortune 500 stock option plans. The grant of the 1994  options,
if  approved by the shareholders, will  serve to increase the competitiveness of
the named  executive officers'  equity incentives  and shift  the mix  of  their
compensation  more  towards long-term  performance  rewards. In  determining the
number of  options  to grant,  the  Committee considered  existing  options  and
decided to equalize the total number of options granted to each. The 1994 grants
raise  the total number of options to  150,000 each for Messrs. Caras, Husby and
Coit.
 
POLICY REGARDING DEDUCTIBILITY OF EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
 
     Prudent evaluation of management's performance should balance assessment of
quantifiable measures as well as thoughtful qualitative judgements. It would not
be in the shareholders' best  interests to reduce compensation decisions  solely
to  a  series  of formulas  that  could  act as  a  disincentive  to considering
intangible matters  of managerial  judgement.  Conversely, failing  to  quantify
certain  components  of  compensation paid  to  executive officers  for  the tax
deductibility exception under new IRS rules would be an equal disservice to  the
shareholders. Therefore, Ogden's policy regarding deductibility of executive pay
in excess of $1 million is to preserve the tax deductibility of the CEO's annual
incentive  bonus  and  stock  options  by  qualifying  these  two  components of
compensation as performance-based under the new  IRS rules. The new CEO  Formula
Bonus  Plan and the amendment to the 1990 Ogden Stock Option Plan, both of which
were adopted by the  Committee and the Board,  subject to shareholder  approval,
are described above.
 
BENEFIT PLANS AND PROFIT SHARING
 
     The  Committee made  no changes  to employee  benefit plans.  The Committee
authorized a  profit  sharing  cash  payment equal  to  10%  of  annual  covered
compensation   for  each   eligible  employee.  Employees   who  had  previously
participated in the Ogden Corporation Profit Sharing Plan prior to its merger in
1989 are  eligible for  the cash  payment. All  payments are  taxed as  ordinary
income.
 
COMPENSATION COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
 
Abraham Zaleznik, Chairman
Norman G. Einspruch
Judith Davidson Moyers
Frederick Seitz
 
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                               PERFORMANCE GRAPHS
 
     The  following performance  graphs reflect  the cumulative  total return on
Ogden's Common Stock as compared with the  cumulative total return on the S &  P
500  Composite Stock Price Index  and the S&P Commercial  Services Index for the
last five fiscal years  (Graph I) and  last three fiscal  years (Graph II).  The
graphs assume that the value of the initial investment in Ogden Common Stock and
in each index was $100 and that all dividends were reinvested.
 


                                    GRAPH I
                    COMPARISON OF FIVE-YEAR CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN

                             [PERFORMANCE GRAPH I]

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                 12/31/88     12/31/89     12/31/90     12/31/91     12/31/92    12/31/93
                 ________     ________     ________     ________     ________    ________
                                               D O L L A R S
<S>              <C>          <C>          <C>          <C>          <C>         <C>
S&P 500......... 100          132          128          166          179         197
S&P Commercial
  Services...... 100          109           91           99           99          95
Ogden........... 100          116           72           83           98         104
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                                    GRAPH II
                    COMPARISON OF THREE-YEAR CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN

                             [PERFORMANCE GRAPH II]
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                 12/31/90     12/31/91     12/31/92     12/31/93
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                                D O L L A R S
<S>              <C>          <C>          <C>          <C>     
S&P 500......... 100          130          140          156     
S&P Commercial
  Services...... 100          109          108          104     
Ogden........... 100          115          137          145     
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                             EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
 
     The  following Summary Compensation Table sets forth the aggregate cash and
non-cash compensation for each of the last three fiscal years awarded to, earned
by or paid  to the Chief  Executive Officer of  Ogden and each  of Ogden's  four
other most highly compensated executive officers whose salary and bonus exceeded
$100,000.
 
                           SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
 
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                                                                     Annual Compensation (1)
                Name and                    --------------------------------------------------------------------------
                Principal                                                      Other Annual             All Other
                Position                    Year     Salary      Bonus      Compensation (2)(3)    Compensation (3)(4)
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<S>                                         <C>     <C>         <C>         <C>                    <C>
R. Richard Ablon,                           1993    $700,000    $875,000         $ 107,192(5)           $ 165,124
  President and Chief Executive Officer,    1992     700,000     800,000            89,353                207,763
  Ogden and Chairman and Chief Executive    1991     500,000     700,000
  Officer of Ogden Projects, Inc., an
  84.2%-owned subsidiary of Ogden
Scott G. Mackin,(6)                         1993     325,000     300,000                                   66,209
  President and Chief Operating Officer,    1992     250,000     225,000                                   55,870
  Ogden Projects, Inc., an 84.2%-owned      1991
  subsidiary of Ogden
Constantine G. Caras,                       1993     250,000     150,000                                   53,380
  Executive Vice President and Chief        1992     230,000     135,000                                   48,609
  Administrative Officer, Ogden             1991     215,000     125,000
Philip G. Husby,                            1993     225,000     140,000                                   41,771
  Senior Vice President and Chief           1992     210,000     125,000                                   44,686
  Financial Officer, Ogden                  1991     200,000     115,000
Lynde H. Coit,                              1993     212,000     125,000            57,026(7)              36,230
  Senior Vice President and General         1992     204,000     110,000            53,282                 40,090
  Counsel, Ogden                            1991     194,250      95,000
</TABLE>
 
(1) Includes annual compensation awarded to, earned by or paid to the individual
    during each year that he served as an executive officer of Ogden.
 
(2) The  amounts  in  this  column  represent  personal  benefits  which  in the
    aggregate exceeded the lesser of $50,000 or 10% of the executive's  combined
    salary and bonus.
 
(3) In accordance with applicable rules, information with respect to fiscal year
    1991 is not included.
 
(4) Includes,  for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1993: (i) 401(K) matching
    contributions credited  to the  account balances  of Messrs.  Ablon,  Caras,
    Husby and Coit in the amount of $0, $7,075, $7,075 and $7,075, respectively,
    under the Ogden Profit Sharing Plan and an annual contribution in the amount
    of  $21,006 to Mr. Mackin under the Ogden Projects Profit Sharing Plan; (ii)
    as a result of  contribution limitations imposed by  the terms of the  Ogden
    Projects  Profit  Sharing  Plan and  the  Internal Revenue  Code,  a special
    discretionary cash payment was made to Mr. Mackin in the amount of  $42,937,
    and as a result of Internal Revenue Service compensation limitations and the
    participation  by  Messrs.  Ablon,  Caras,  Husby  and  Coit  in  the  Ogden
    Corporation Profit Sharing Plan prior to its merger in 1989, a cash  payment
    was  made to  each of  the foregoing  executive officers  in the  amounts of
    $160,840, $32,957, $29,534  and $27,342, respectively;  and (iii)  insurance
    premiums  paid with respect  to life insurance coverage  for each of Messrs.
    Ablon, Mackin,  Caras, Husby  and Coit  in the  amounts of  $4,284,  $2,266,
    $13,348, $5,162 and $1,813, respectively.
 
(5) Of  this  amount,  $18,291  represents  reimbursement  for  medical expenses
    incurred by Mr. Ablon and his family in 1993 and $77,303 represents a charge
    for use of the Ogden airplane in 1993.
 
(6) Mr. Mackin's  compensation is  paid  directly by  Ogden Projects,  Inc.  for
    services  rendered to Ogden Projects, Inc.  and its subsidiaries. Mr. Mackin
    was not an executive officer of Ogden during 1991.
 
(7) Of this  amount,  $46,813  represents  reimbursement  for  medical  expenses
    incurred by Mr. Coit and his family in 1993.
 
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                               STOCK OPTION TABLE
 
     The  following  table  sets forth  information  with respect  to  the named
executive officers of Ogden concerning the exercise of Ogden and Ogden Projects,
Inc. (OPI) stock options during 1993 and the value of unexercised stock  options
held as of the end of 1993.
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                    Ogden Corporation Aggregated Option Exercises in 1993 and Fiscal Year-End Option Values
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                                                                                                       Value of Unexercised
                                                                     Number of Unexercised             In-the-Money Options
                           Number of Securities                        Options at FY-End                   at FY-End (4)
                            Underlying Options       Value       -----------------------------     -----------------------------
         Name                   Exercised           Realized     Exercisable     Unexercisable     Exercisable     Unexercisable
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<S>                        <C>                      <C>          <C>             <C>               <C>             <C>
R. Richard Ablon.......            6,646            $54,138 (1)    318,354(2)       150,000        $1,843,275        $ 721,875
                                       0                  0        125,000(3)             0           551,563                0
Scott G. Mackin........                0                  0         85,000(2)        50,000           360,938          240,625
                                       0                  0         35,000(3)             0           154,438                0
Constantine G. Caras...                0                  0        132,500(2)        50,000           829,333          240,625
                                       0                  0         10,000(3)             0            44,125                0
Philip G. Husby........                0                  0         52,000(2)        28,000           202,125          134,750
                                       0                  0          7,500(3)             0            33,094                0
Lynde H. Coit..........                0                  0         30,000(2)        20,000           144,375           96,250
                                       0                  0          7,500(3)             0            33,094                0
</TABLE>
 
(1) Based  upon the difference between the exercise price and the average of the
    high and  low sale  prices  of Ogden  Common Stock  on  the New  York  Stock
    Exchange Composite Tape on the date of exercise.
 
(2) Represents options to purchase shares of Common Stock of Ogden granted under
    the Ogden Stock Option Plans.
 
(3) Represents  options to purchase shares of  Common Stock of OPI granted under
    the OPI Stock Option Plan.
 
(4) Computed based  upon  the difference  between  the exercise  price  and  the
    average of the high and low sale prices of Ogden and OPI Common Stock on the
    New York Stock Exchange Composite Tape on December 30, 1993.
 
                          OGDEN EXECUTIVE PENSION PLAN
 
     The  Executive Pension  Plan is  a non-tax-qualified  pension plan  that is
generally not  subject  to the  provisions  of the  Employee  Retirement  Income
Security  Act of 1974.  Ogden makes annual contributions  to a trust established
pursuant to the Executive Pension Plan, as determined by Ogden's actuary,  which
are  deposited with The Bank  of New York pursuant  to a grantor trust agreement
between Ogden and The Bank of New York. Ogden does not have access to or use  of
the  trust assets; however, the  assets may be subject  to the claims of Ogden's
general creditors in the event of its insolvency or bankruptcy. Amounts  payable
under  the  Executive Pension  Plan are  generally  included in  the recipient's
income only when actually paid.
 
     All executive  officers of  Ogden, including  those listed  in the  Summary
Compensation  Table  (except Mr.  Mackin), are  eligible  to participate  in the
Executive Pension Plan  and are  entitled to  a retirement  benefit, subject  to
certain offsets, equal to 1.5% of the executive's final average compensation for
the  five consecutive highest paid  years out of the  executive's last ten years
preceding retirement multiplied by the executive's years of service. An eligible
executive becomes fully  vested and entitled  to a benefit  under the  Executive
Pension  Plan Trust  upon the  completion of five  years of  service, unless the
executive was a participant in Ogden's prior pension plan on December 31,  1988,
in which event the executive is automatically fully vested.
 
     Pursuant  to the  provisions of  the Executive  Pension Plan,  the lump-sum
equivalent of  the annual  benefit  reflected in  the  following table  will  be
distributed  to the  executive in one  cash payment upon  retirement, subject to
offset by any amounts  previously distributed to such  executive as a result  of
the  prior termination  of Ogden's  pension and  supplemental pension  plans and
subject to an early  retirement reduction of  6% per year prior  to age 65.  The
amount  distributed will be treated  by the executive as  ordinary income at the
time of distribution. Messrs. Ablon, Caras, Husby and Coit had average  earnings
for  the  past  five  years  of  $1,434,890,  $592,366,  $344,631  and $331,532,
respectively. As of December  31, 1993, the  foregoing individuals have  accrued
23, 18, 7 and 5 years of
 
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service,  respectively, under the plan and a net lump-sum benefit accrual in the
amount of $16,354, $0, $1,757 and  $1,934, respectively. Scott G. Mackin is  not
eligible for benefits under the Ogden Executive Pension Plan.
 
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  Average Annual
   Earnings in 5
Consecutive Highest
 Paid Years Out of                                Estimated Maximum Annual Retirement Benefits
   Last 10 Years                                           Based on Years of Service
     Preceding                                       (Subject to Offset as Described Above)
    Retirement                        5          10         15         20         25         30         35
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<S>                   <C>          <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>
    $   300,000       ...........  $ 22,500   $ 45,000   $ 67,500   $ 90,000   $112,500   $135,000   $157,500
        350,000       ...........    26,250     52,500     78,750    105,000    131,250    157,500    183,750
        400,000       ...........    30,000     60,000     90,000    120,000    150,000    180,000    210,000
        450,000       ...........    33,750     67,500    101,250    135,000    168,750    202,500    236,250
        500,000       ...........    37,500     75,000    112,500    150,000    187,500    225,000    262,500
        600,000       ...........    45,000     90,000    135,000    180,000    225,000    270,000    315,000
        700,000       ...........    52,500    105,000    157,500    210,000    262,500    315,000    367,500
        800,000       ...........    60,000    120,000    180,000    240,000    300,000    360,000    420,000
      1,000,000       ...........    75,000    150,000    225,000    300,000    375,000    450,000    525,000
      1,400,000       ...........   105,000    210,000    315,000    420,000    525,000    630,000    735,000
      1,600,000       ...........   120,000    240,000    360,000    480,000    600,000    720,000    840,000
</TABLE>
 
                                OPI PENSION PLAN
 
     Scott  G.  Mackin participates  in the  OPI  Pension Plan,  a tax-qualified
defined benefit plan subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974. Under the OPI Pension Plan each participant who meets  the
plan's  vesting requirements will be provided with an annual benefit at or after
age 65 equal to 1.5% of  the participant's average compensation during the  five
consecutive  calendar years  of employment out  of the  ten consecutive calendar
years immediately preceding his retirement date or termination date during which
such average is highest, multiplied by his  total years of service with OPI  and
any  affiliate  of  OPI.  Compensation includes  salary  and  other compensation
received during  the year  and  deferred income  earned,  but does  not  include
imputed  income,  severance pay,  special discretionary  cash payments  or other
noncash compensation. A plan participant who is at least age 55 and who  retires
after completion of at least 10 years of employment with OPI or any affiliate of
OPI  receives a  benefit equal to  the amount he  would have received  if he had
retired at age 65, reduced by an amount equal to 0.5% of the benefit  multiplied
by  the number  of months between  the date the  participant commenced receiving
benefits and the  date he would  have received  benefits if he  had not  retired
prior to age 65.
 
     Mr.  Mackin also participates in the OPI Supplemental Deferred Benefit Plan
(the 'OPI  Supplemental  Plan'),  a  deferred compensation  plan  which  is  not
qualified  for federal income tax purposes and which provides that, in the event
that the annual retirement  benefit of any participant  in the OPI Pension  Plan
determined  pursuant to  such plan's benefit  formula cannot be  paid because of
certain limits on  annual benefits and  contributions imposed by  the Code,  the
amount  by which such  benefit must be  reduced will be  paid to the participant
from OPI's general assets.
 
     The following table shows the estimated annual retirement benefits  payable
in  the form of a life annuity at age  65 under the OPI Pension Plan and the OPI
Supplemental Plan. These benefits  are not subject to  any deduction for  Social
Security  benefits. Mr. Mackin has  7.5 years of credited  service under the OPI
Pension Plan as of  December 31, 1993  and had annual  average earnings for  the
last five years of $392,493.
 
     In   order   to   comply   with   Code   regulations   concerning   certain
non-discriminatory tests,  the OPI  Pension Plan  was amended,  effective as  of
January  1,  1994. As  amended, the  plan provides  that all  additional benefit
accruals under the plan shall cease effective  as of December 31, 1993 and  that
all accrued benefits under the plan shall be frozen as of December 31, 1993. OPI
is  seeking regulatory  or legislative  clarification of  such tests  that would
permit benefit accruals to recommence in 1994.
 
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  Average Annual
   Earnings in 5
Consecutive Highest
 Paid Years Out of
   Last 10 Years                                         Estimated Annual Retirement Benefits
     Preceding                                                Based on Years of Service
    Retirement                            5        10         15         20         25         30         35
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                   <C>              <C>       <C>       <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>
     $ 300,000        ...............  $22,500   $45,000   $ 67,500   $ 90,000   $112,500   $135,000   $157,500
       325,000        ...............   24,375    48,750     73,125     97,500    121,875    146,250    170,625
       350,000        ...............   26,250    52,500     78,750    105,000    131,250    157,500    183,750
       375,000        ...............   28,125    56,250     84,375    112,500    140,625    168,750    196,875
       400,000        ...............   30,000    60,000     90,000    120,000    150,000    180,000    210,000
       425,000        ...............   31,875    63,750     95,625    127,500    159,375    191,250    223,125
       525,000        ...............   39,375    78,750    118,125    157,500    196,875    236,250    275,625
       625,000        ...............   46,875    93,750    140,625    187,500    234,375    281,250    328,125
</TABLE>
 
     EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS, TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT AND CHANGE-IN-CONTROL
                                  ARRANGEMENTS
 
     Employment Contracts
 
  (A) R. Richard Ablon is employed by Ogden as its President and Chief Executive
 Officer  pursuant to an  employment agreement which  became effective as of
 January 1,  1991  and  continues  through  December  31,  1995.  Commencing
 December  31,  1991  and  each  December 31  thereafter,  the  term  of the
 agreement is automatically extended an additional one year period until Mr.
 Ablon reaches  his normal  retirement  date and  year to  year  thereafter.
 Either  party may elect not  to extend the term  for an additional one year
 period by written notice given  to the other at  least sixty days prior  to
 December  31,  1994  or any  subsequent  December  31, in  which  event the
 agreement would  continue  in  effect  until the  expiration  of  its  then
 existing  term, at which  time Mr. Ablon's  employment would terminate. The
 annual salary under the agreement is fixed at a minimum of $500,000 with an
 annual incentive  bonus  in such  amount  as  determined by  the  Board  of
 Directors. If Mr. Ablon's employment is terminated by Ogden or if Mr. Ablon
 terminates  employment for good reason (as described in the agreement) then
 Mr. Ablon would  be entitled  to a  cash payment  equal to  five times  the
 average of his salary and bonus paid during the term of the agreement.
 
   (B) Mr. Mackin is employed by Ogden Projects, Inc. ('OPI') pursuant to an
 employment  agreement  dated  as  of  January  1,  1994  (the   'Employment
 Agreement').  The Employment Agreement provides for a minimum annual salary
 in the amount of $400,000 plus an annual incentive bonus in such amount  as
 may  be fixed by the Board of Directors of OPI. The Employment Agreement is
 for a three-year  term commencing  January 1, 1994  and continuing  through
 December  31, 1996  and year  to year thereafter,  subject to  the right of
 either Mr. Mackin or OPI to terminate such employment on December 31,  1994
 or  any  subsequent December  31, upon  at least  sixty days  prior written
 notice. The  Employment  Agreement  also  provides  that  if  the  employee
 terminates  employment for good reason (as  defined in the agreement) or if
 the employee's employment is  terminated by OPI for  any reason other  than
 for  cause (as defined in the agreement) then the employee is entitled to a
 severance payment equal  to three  times the employee's  annual salary  and
 bonus at the time of such termination.
 
   (C) Mr. Caras is employed by Ogden as its Executive Vice President and Chief
 Administrative Officer  pursuant to  an employment  agreement which  became
 effective  as of January  1, 1991 and continues  through December 31, 1995,
 and from year to year thereafter, subject  to the right of either party  to
 terminate  such  employment  as of  December  31, 1995,  or  any subsequent
 December 31, upon  at least  sixty days  prior written  notice. The  annual
 salary under the agreement is fixed at a minimum of $200,000 with an annual
 incentive bonus in such amount as determined by the Board of Directors. The
 agreement  also provides  that if  Ogden terminates  the employment  of Mr.
 Caras for any reason other than for cause (as defined in the agreement)  or
 if  Mr.  Caras terminates  employment for  good reason  (as defined  in the
 agreement), then Mr. Caras
 
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 is entitled to a cash  payment equal to three  times his annual salary  and
 bonus at the time of such termination.
 
  (D) Mr.  Husby is  employed by Ogden as its Senior Vice President and Chief
 Financial  Officer  pursuant  to  an  employment  agreement  which   became
 effective  as of July 2,  1990 and continues through  December 31, 1995 and
 year to year thereafter subject to  the right of either party to  terminate
 such  employment as  of December 31,  1995, or any  subsequent December 31,
 upon sixty days prior written notice. The annual salary under the agreement
 is set at  a minimum of  $185,000 with  an annual incentive  bonus in  such
 amount as determined by the Board of Directors. The agreement also provides
 that  if Ogden terminates the employment of  Mr. Husby for any reason other
 than for cause  (as defined in  the agreement) or  if Mr. Husby  terminates
 employment for good reason (as defined in the agreement), then Mr. Husby is
 entitled to a cash payment equal to three times his annual salary and bonus
 at the time of such termination.
 
  (E) Mr. Coit is employed by Ogden as its Senior Vice President and General
 Counsel pursuant to an  employment agreement which  became effective as  of
 January  30, 1990 and  continues through April  1, 1994, provided, however,
 commencing on April 1, 1990 and  each April 1 thereafter, the term  thereof
 is  automatically extended an additional  one year period unless terminated
 by Ogden upon ninety  days prior written notice.  Mr. Coit's annual  salary
 under  the agreement will be  no less than his base  salary in 1989 plus an
 incentive bonus in such amount as determined by the Board of Directors. The
 agreement provides that if Mr. Coit is terminated by Ogden without cause or
 resigns for good reason (as defined  in the agreement), Ogden will (a)  pay
 Mr. Coit an amount equal to his current monthly salary plus one-twelfth his
 incentive  bonus  for  the  12-month  period  ending  on  the  December  31
 immediately preceding his  date of  termination or  resignation, times  the
 lesser  of (i) 12 plus 2 for each twelve months of service, or (ii) 36; (b)
 purchase Mr. Coit's home for its original purchase price; and (c)  continue
 his  benefits for a number  of months equal to the  number of months of pay
 which Mr. Coit would be entitled during the period of time set forth  under
 (a) above.
 
     Limited Stock Appreciation Rights
 
     Ogden's  1986  and  1990  Stock  Option  Plans  (the  'Plans')  permit,  in
connection with the grant of an option award, the grant of tandem limited  stock
appreciation  rights  ('LSARs').  In general,  the  exercise  of an  LSAR  by an
optionee entitles the optionee to an amount in cash, with respect to each  share
subject  thereto, equal to  the excess of the  value of a  share of Ogden common
stock (determined in accordance  with the Plans) on  the exercise date over  the
exercise  price of the related option award.  An LSAR is exercisable only during
the period commencing  the first  day following the  occurrence of  a Change  in
Control  (as defined in each optionee Stock Option Agreement) and terminating on
the expiration of ninety days after such  date. In general, the term 'Change  in
Control'  means the acquisition by any person of 20% or more of the voting power
of Ogden's outstanding securities,  the approval by  Ogden's stockholders of  an
agreement  to merge  Ogden or  to sell  substantially all  of its  assets or the
occurrence of certain changes in the membership of the Ogden Board of Directors.
 
                 CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
 
     The maximum amount outstanding during 1993 pursuant to a loan made by Ogden
in 1989 to  Mr. Coit, Senior  Vice President  and General Counsel  of Ogden,  to
assist  Mr. Coit in the purchase of a  home in connection with his relocation at
that time was $290,000. The loan is evidenced by a demand note, bearing interest
at the rate of 8% per annum and is secured by a second mortgage on the premises.
As of December 31, 1993 there was an outstanding balance of $290,000.
 
      COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 16(a) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
     Section 16(a)  of the  Securities  Exchange Act  of 1934  requires  Ogden's
directors,  executive officers and persons who beneficially own more than 10% of
any class of  Ogden's equity  securities ('Reporting Persons')  to file  certain
reports  concerning their beneficial  ownership and changes  in their beneficial
ownership of Ogden's equity securities.  Ogden believes that during fiscal  1993
all Reporting
 
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Persons  complied with their Section 16(a)  filing requirements, except that Mr.
Mackin and Mr.  Kappas each  filed a  late Form  4 reporting  a single  purchase
transaction in Ogden Common Stock.
 
                                 OTHER MATTERS
 
     Ogden  has no knowledge of any matters to be presented to the meeting other
than those set forth above. The persons named in the accompanying form of  proxy
will use their own discretion in voting with respect to any such matters.
 
     Any  proposals of shareholders to be presented at Ogden's Annual Meeting in
1995 must be received at  Ogden's principal executive offices, Two  Pennsylvania
Plaza,  New York, New York 10121, Attn:  Vice President and Secretary, not later
than December 15, 1994.
 
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                                                                      SCHEDULE A
 
                               OGDEN CORPORATION
                             1990 STOCK OPTION PLAN
                          AS ADOPTED OCTOBER 11, 1990
 
                  AMENDED AND RESTATED AS OF JANUARY 19, 1994

<PAGE>
                               TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S>   <C>                                                                                                    <C>
  1.  Purpose of the Plan.................................................................................     A-1
  2.  Definitions.........................................................................................     A-1
           Board of Directors.............................................................................     A-1
           Cause..........................................................................................     A-1
           Change in Control..............................................................................     A-1
           Code...........................................................................................     A-1
           Committee......................................................................................     A-1
           Common Stock...................................................................................     A-1
           Company........................................................................................     A-1
           Director.......................................................................................     A-1
           Director's LSAR................................................................................     A-2
           Director's Option..............................................................................     A-2
           Disability.....................................................................................     A-2
           Exchange Act...................................................................................     A-2
           Fair Market Value..............................................................................     A-2
           Incentive Award................................................................................     A-2
           Incentive Stock Option.........................................................................     A-2
           LSAR...........................................................................................     A-2
           Non-Qualified Stock Option.....................................................................     A-2
           Ogden..........................................................................................     A-2
           Option.........................................................................................     A-2
           Participant....................................................................................     A-2
           Person.........................................................................................     A-2
           Plan...........................................................................................     A-2
           Retirement.....................................................................................     A-2
           Securities Act.................................................................................     A-2
           Stock Bonus....................................................................................     A-2
           Subsidiary.....................................................................................     A-2
  3.  Stock Subject to the Plan and Certain Individual Limitations........................................     A-3
  4.  Administration of the Plan..........................................................................     A-3
  5.  Eligibility.........................................................................................     A-4
  6.  Options.............................................................................................     A-4
           Identification of Options......................................................................     A-4
           Exercise Price.................................................................................     A-4
           Term and Exercise of Options...................................................................     A-4
           Limitations on Grant of Incentive Stock Options................................................     A-5
           Effect of Termination of Employment............................................................     A-5
           Consequences Upon Change in Control............................................................     A-6
           Cash Bonuses and Loans.........................................................................     A-6
  7.  Limited Stock Appreciation Rights...................................................................     A-6
           Benefit Upon Exercise..........................................................................     A-6
           Term and Exercise of LSARs.....................................................................     A-7
  8.  Director's Options and Director's LSARs.............................................................     A-7
           Grant of Director's Options....................................................................     A-7
           Identification of Director's Options...........................................................     A-7
           Exercise Price.................................................................................     A-8
           Term and Exercise of Options...................................................................     A-8
           Acceleration of Exercise Date Upon Change in Control...........................................     A-8
           Effect of Termination of Director's Term.......................................................     A-8
</TABLE>
 
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<PAGE>
<TABLE>
<S>   <C>                                                                                                    <C>
           Director's LSARs...............................................................................     A-8
  9.  Stock Bonuses.......................................................................................     A-9
 10.  Adjustment Upon Changes in Common Stock.............................................................    A-10
           Shares Available for Grants....................................................................    A-10
           Outstanding Options, LSARs, Director's Options and Director's LSARs -- Increase or Decrease in
            Issued Shares Without Consideration...........................................................    A-10
           Outstanding Options, LSARs, Director's Options and Director's LSARs -- Certain Mergers.........    A-10
           Outstanding Options, LSARs, Director's Options and Director's LSARs -- Certain Other
            Transactions..................................................................................    A-10
           Outstanding Options, LSARs -- Other Changes....................................................    A-11
           No Other Rights................................................................................    A-11
 11.  Rights as a Stockholder.............................................................................    A-11
 12.  No Special Employment Rights; No Right to Incentive Award...........................................    A-11
 13.  Securities Matters..................................................................................    A-11
 14.  Withholding Taxes...................................................................................    A-12
           Cash Remittance................................................................................    A-12
           Stock Remittance...............................................................................    A-12
           Stock Withholding..............................................................................    A-12
           Participants Subject to Section 16(b)..........................................................    A-12
           Timing and Method of Elections.................................................................    A-13
 15.  Amendment of the Plan...............................................................................    A-13
 16.  No Obligation to Exercise...........................................................................    A-13
 17.  Transfers Upon Death................................................................................    A-13
 18.  Expenses and Receipts...............................................................................    A-13
 19.  Failure to Comply...................................................................................    A-14
 20.  Effective Date and Term of Plan.....................................................................    A-14
</TABLE>
 
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1. Purpose of the Plan
 
     This  Ogden Corporation 1990  Stock Option Plan is  intended to promote the
interests of  the  Company  by  providing  the  employees  of  the  Company  and
non-employee directors of Ogden Corporation, who are largely responsible for the
management,  growth  and  protection  of  the  business  of  the  Company,  with
incentives and  rewards to  encourage them  to  continue in  the employ  of  the
Company.
 
2. Definitions
 
     As used in the Plan, the following definitions apply to the terms indicated
below:
 
     (a) 'Board of Directors' shall mean the Board of Directors of Ogden.
 
     (b)   'Cause,'  when  used   in  connection  with   the  termination  of  a
Participant's employment with  the Company,  shall mean the  termination of  the
Participant's  employment  by the  Company  on account  of  (i) the  willful and
continued failure by  the Participant  substantially to perform  his duties  and
obligations  (other than any  such failure resulting from  his incapacity due to
physical or mental illness) or (ii)  the willful engaging by the Participant  in
gross  misconduct  which  could  reasonably be  expected  to  be  materially and
demonstrably injurious to  the Company. For  purposes of this  Section 2(b),  no
act,  or failure to act,  on a Participant's part  shall be considered 'willful'
unless done, or omitted to be done, by the Participant in bad faith and  without
reasonable  belief that his action or omission  was in the best interests of the
Company.
 
     (c) 'Change in Control' shall mean:
 
          (i) any Person (an 'Acquiring Person') becomes the 'beneficial  owner'
     (as  such term is defined in Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act,
     a 'Beneficial  Owner'),  directly or  indirectly,  of securities  of  Ogden
     representing  20% or more of the combined  voting power of the Ogden's then
     outstanding securities, other than  beneficial ownership by a  Participant,
     the  Company, any  employee benefit  plan of the  Company or  any person or
     entity organized, appointed  or established  pursuant to the  terms of  any
     such benefit plan;
 
          (ii) Ogden's stockholders approve an agreement to merge or consolidate
     Ogden  with another corporation, or an  agreement providing for the sale of
     substantially all of the  assets of Ogden to  one or more corporations,  in
     any  case other  than with  or to  a corporation  50% or  more of  which is
     controlled by, or is under common control with, Ogden; or
 
          (iii) during any two-year period, individuals who at the date on which
     the period commences constitute a majority of the Board of Directors  cease
     to  constitute a majority thereof for any reason; provided, however, that a
     director who was not a  director at the beginning  of such period shall  be
     deemed  to have  satisfied the  two-year requirement  if such  director was
     elected by,  or  on the  recommendation  of,  at least  two-thirds  of  the
     directors  who  were  directors at  the  beginning of  such  period (either
     actually or by prior operation of this provision), other than any  director
     who  is so approved in connection with any actual or threatened contest for
     election to positions on the Board of Directors.
 
The Committee may, in its absolute discretion, define the term Change in Control
to mean, with respect to any  Incentive Award (other than any Director's  Option
or  Director's LSAR), the occurrence of any  one or more of the events described
in clauses (i) -- (iii) of this Section 2(c).
 
     (d) 'Code' shall mean  the Internal Revenue Code  of 1986, as amended  from
time to time.
 
     (e)  'Committee'  shall mean  the Compensation  Committee  of the  Board of
Directors or such other committee as  the Board of Directors shall appoint  from
time to time to administer the Plan.
 
     (f)  'Common Stock'  shall mean  Ogden's common  stock, $.50  par value per
share.
 
     (g) 'Company' shall mean Ogden and each of its Subsidiaries.
 
     (h) 'Director' shall mean a member of  the Board of Directors of Ogden  who
is  not at the time of reference an  employee of the Company and who is entitled
to receive an Incentive Award pursuant to Section 8 hereof.
 
                                      A-1
 
<PAGE>
     (i) 'Director's LSAR' shall mean  a limited stock appreciation right  which
is granted pursuant to the provisions of Section 8 hereof and which relates to a
Director's  Option.  Each  Director's  LSAR shall  be  exercisable  only  in the
alternative to the exercise of its related Director's Option.
 
     (j) 'Director's Option' shall mean an  option to purchase shares of  Common
Stock  of Ogden  granted pursuant  to Section  8 hereof.  Each Director's Option
shall be identified as a Non-Qualified Stock Option in the agreement by which it
is evidenced.
 
     (k) 'Disability' shall mean a condition entitling a Participant to benefits
under the long-term disability policy  maintained by the Company and  applicable
to him.
 
     (l)  'Exchange  Act' shall  mean the  Securities Exchange  Act of  1934, as
amended.
 
     (m) the 'Fair Market Value' of a share of Common Stock with respect to  any
day  shall be (i) the average of the high  and low sales prices on such day of a
share of Common Stock as reported on the principal securities exchange on  which
shares  of Common Stock are then listed or admitted to trading or (ii) if not so
reported, the average of the closing bid and ask prices on such day as  reported
on  the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System or
(iii) if not so reported, as furnished by any member of the National Association
of Securities Dealers,  Inc. selected by  the Committee. In  the event that  the
price of a share of Common Stock shall not be so reported, the Fair Market Value
of a share of Common Stock shall be determined by a qualified appraiser selected
by the Committee.
 
     (n)  'Incentive Award' shall mean an  Option, LSAR, Stock Bonus, Director's
Option or Director's LSAR granted pursuant to the terms of the Plan.
 
     (o) 'Incentive Stock Option'  shall mean an Option  which is an  'incentive
stock  option'  within the  meaning of  Section 422A  of the  Code and  which is
identified as  an  Incentive  Stock Option  in  the  agreement by  which  it  is
evidenced.
 
     (p)  'LSAR' shall mean a limited  stock appreciation right which is granted
pursuant to the provisions of Section 7  hereof and which relates to an  Option.
Each  LSAR shall be exercisable only upon  the occurrence of a Change in Control
and only in the alternative to the exercise of its related Option.
 
     (q) 'Non-Qualified Stock Option' shall mean  (i) an Option which is not  an
Incentive  Stock Option and which is  identified as a Non-Qualified Stock Option
in the agreement by which it is evidenced or (ii) a Director's Option.
 
     (r) 'Ogden' shall mean Ogden  Corporation, a Delaware corporation, and  its
successors.
 
     (s)  'Option' shall mean  an option to  purchase shares of  Common Stock of
Ogden granted pursuant to Section 6  hereof. Each Option shall be identified  as
either  an  Incentive  Stock  Option  or a  Non-Qualified  Stock  Option  in the
agreement by which it is evidenced.
 
     (t) 'Participant' shall mean an employee  of the Company or a Director  who
is eligible to participate in the Plan and to whom an Incentive Award is granted
pursuant  to the Plan, and upon his  death, his successors, heirs, executors and
administrators, as the case may be.
 
     (u) 'Person' shall mean a 'person,' as such term is used in Sections  13(d)
and 14(d) of the Exchange Act.
 
     (v)  'Plan' shall mean this Ogden Corporation 1990 Stock Option Plan, as it
may be amended from time to time.
 
     (w) 'Retirement'  shall  mean  the  termination  of  the  employment  of  a
Participant  with  the Company  on  or after  (i) the  first  date on  which the
Participant has both attained age 55 and  completed 5 years of service with  the
Company or (ii) the date on which the Participant attains age 65.
 
     (x) 'Securities Act' shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
 
     (y) 'Stock Bonus' shall mean a grant of a bonus payable in shares of Common
Stock pursuant to Section 9 hereof.
 
     (z) 'Subsidiary' shall mean any 'subsidiary corporation' within the meaning
of Section 425(f) of the Code.
 
                                      A-2
 
<PAGE>
3. Stock Subject to the Plan and Certain Individual Limitations
 
     Under  the  Plan,  the  Committee  may  grant  to  Participants  other than
Directors (i)  Options,  (ii)  LSARs  and  (iii)  Stock  Bonuses.  In  addition,
Directors  will be granted  Director's Options and  Director's LSARs pursuant to
the provisions of Section 8 hereof.
 
     Subject to adjustment as provided in  Section 10 hereof, the Committee  may
grant  Options under  the Plan  to Participants  under the  Plan, and Director's
Options shall be  granted to  Directors as provided  in Section  8 hereof,  with
respect  to a number  of shares of Common  Stock that in  the aggregate does not
exceed 6,200,000  shares. The  grant of  an LSAR  or Director's  LSAR shall  not
reduce  the number of  shares of Common  Stock with respect  to which Options or
Director's Options may be granted pursuant to the Plan.
 
     Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 10 hereof, the maximum  number
of  shares of Common Stock with respect to which Incentive Awards may be granted
under this Plan to any  one Participant shall not  exceed 700,000 shares in  the
aggregate  during any period of four consecutive calendar years commencing on or
after January 1, 1994. Each share subject to an Option or Director's Option  and
to a related LSAR or Director's LSAR, respectively, shall only count as a single
share for purposes of this limitation.
 
     In  the  event  that  any  outstanding  Option  expires,  terminates  or is
cancelled for any reason (other than pursuant to Paragraph 7(b)(2) hereof),  the
shares  of Common Stock subject to the  unexercised portion of such Option shall
again be available for grants under the  Plan. In the event that an  outstanding
Option  is  cancelled pursuant  to  Paragraph 7(b)(2)  hereof  by reason  of the
exercise of an LSAR, the shares of Common Stock subject to the cancelled portion
of such Option shall not  again be available for grants  under the Plan. In  the
event that any outstanding Director's Option expires, terminates or is cancelled
for any reason (other than pursuant to Paragraph 8(g)(ii)(B) hereof), the shares
of  Common Stock  subject to the  unexercised portion of  such Director's Option
shall again  be available  for  grants under  the Plan.  In  the event  that  an
outstanding  Director's Option  is cancelled  pursuant to  Paragraph 8(g)(ii)(B)
hereof by reason  of the exercise  of a  Director's LSAR, the  shares of  Common
Stock subject to the cancelled portion of such Director's Option shall not again
be available for grants under the Plan.
 
     Shares  of Common Stock  issued under the  Plan may be  either newly issued
shares or treasury shares, at the discretion of the Committee.
 
4. Administration of the Plan
 
     The Plan shall  be administered by  a Committee of  the Board of  Directors
consisting  of three  or more  persons, each of  whom shall  be a 'disinterested
person' within the  meaning of Rule  16b-3 promulgated under  Section 16 of  the
Exchange  Act and Section 162(m)  of the Code. Subject  to Section 3 hereof, the
Committee shall from time to time designate the key employees of the Company who
shall be granted  Incentive Awards  and the amount  and type  of such  Incentive
Awards,  other  than Director's  Options and  Director's  LSARs, which  shall be
granted pursuant to Section 8 hereof.
 
     The Committee shall have full  authority to administer the Plan,  including
authority  to interpret and construe any provision  of the Plan and the terms of
any Incentive Award issued under it and to adopt such rules and regulations  for
administering  the Plan  as it  may deem  necessary. Decisions  of the Committee
shall be final and binding on all parties; provided, however, that the Committee
shall have no authority or  discretion with respect to  Section 8 hereof to  the
extent  such  authority could  cause the  Participants granted  Incentive Awards
pursuant to such  Section 8 to  cease to be  'disinterested persons' within  the
meaning  of Rule 16b-3 promulgated  under the Exchange Act  or Section 162(m) of
the Code.
 
     The Committee may, in its absolute discretion, determine the time or  times
at  which each  Option shall  be exercisable, accelerate  the date  on which any
Option granted under the Plan becomes exercisable or, subject to Section 6(c)(1)
hereof, extend the term of any Option granted under the Plan.
 
     Whether  an  authorized  leave  of  absence,  or  absence  in  military  or
government   service,  shall  constitute  termination  of  employment  shall  be
determined by the Committee.
 
                                      A-3
 
<PAGE>
     No member of  the Committee shall  be liable for  any action, omission,  or
determination  relating to the Plan, and Ogden shall indemnify and hold harmless
each member of the Committee and each other director or employee of the  Company
to  whom any duty or  power relating to the  administration or interpretation of
the Plan has been delegated against any cost or expense (including counsel fees)
or liability (including any sum paid in settlement of a claim with the  approval
of  the Committee) arising out of any action, omission or determination relating
to the Plan, unless, in either case, such action, omission or determination  was
taken  or made  by such member,  director or  employee in bad  faith and without
reasonable belief that it was in the best interests of the Company.
 
5. Eligibility
 
     The persons who shall be eligible  to receive Incentive Awards pursuant  to
the  Plan shall be such employees of the Company who are largely responsible for
the management, growth and protection of the business of the Company  (including
officers  of Ogden, whether or not they are directors of Ogden) as the Committee
shall select from time to  time and such Directors  who are entitled to  receive
Incentive Awards pursuant to Section 8 hereof.
 
6. Options
 
     The  Committee may grant  Options pursuant to the  Plan to Participants who
are not Directors, which Options shall  be evidenced by agreements in such  form
as  the Committee shall from time to time approve. Options shall comply with and
be subject to the following terms and conditions:
 
     (a) Identification of Options
 
     All Options  granted under  the Plan  shall be  clearly identified  in  the
agreement  evidencing  such  Options as  either  Incentive Stock  Options  or as
Non-Qualified Stock Options.
 
     (b) Exercise Price
 
     The exercise price of any Option granted  under the Plan shall be not  less
than  100% of the Fair  Market Value of a  share of Common Stock  on the date on
which such Option is granted.
 
     (c) Term and Exercise of Options
 
     (1) Subject to Section 3 hereof,  each Option shall be exercisable on  such
date  or dates, during such period and for such number of shares of Common Stock
as shall be  determined by  the Committee  on the day  on which  such Option  is
granted  and set  forth in  the Option  agreement with  respect to  such Option;
provided, however, that no Option shall  be exercisable after the expiration  of
ten  years from the date  such Option was granted;  and, provided, further, that
each Option shall be subject to earlier termination, expiration or  cancellation
as provided in the Plan or in the agreement evidencing such Option.
 
     (2) Each Option shall be exercisable in whole or in part; provided, that no
partial  exercise of an Option shall be  for an aggregate exercise price of less
than $1,000. The partial exercise of  an Option shall not cause the  expiration,
termination or cancellation of the remaining portion thereof.
 
     (3)  An Option shall be exercised by delivering notice to Ogden's principal
office, to the attention of its Benefits Department, no less than three business
days in advance  of the  effective date of  the proposed  exercise. Such  notice
shall  specify the number  of shares of  Common Stock with  respect to which the
Option is being exercised  and the effective date  of the proposed exercise  and
shall  be signed by the Participant. The Participant may withdraw such notice at
any time  prior  to  the close  of  business  on the  business  day  immediately
preceding  the effective  date of the  proposed exercise. Payment  for shares of
Common Stock purchased  upon the  exercise of  an Option  shall be  made on  the
effective  date of such exercise either in  cash or by personal check, certified
check, bank cashier's check or wire transfer.
 
     (4) Any Option granted under the  Plan may be exercised by a  broker-dealer
acting on behalf of a Participant if (i) the broker-dealer has received from the
Participant  or Ogden a fully-and duly-endorsed agreement evidencing such Option
and instructions  signed by  the  Participant requesting  Ogden to  deliver  the
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the Participant and  specifying the  account into  which such  shares should  be
deposited,  (ii) adequate provision has been made with respect to the payment of
any withholding taxes due  upon such exercise  or, in the  case of an  Incentive
Stock Option, the disposition of such shares and (iii) the broker-dealer and the
Participant have otherwise complied with Section 220.3(e)(4) of Regulation T, 12
CFR Part 220.
 
     (5)  Certificates for shares of Common Stock purchased upon the exercise of
an Option shall be issued  in the name of the  Participant and delivered to  the
Participant  as soon  as practicable following  the effective date  on which the
Option is exercised.
 
     (6) During the lifetime of a Participant, each Option granted to him  shall
be  exercisable  only by  him.  No Option  shall  be assignable  or transferable
otherwise than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution.
 
     (d) Limitations on Grant of Incentive Stock Options
 
     (1) The aggregate Fair Market Value of shares of Common Stock with  respect
to  which 'incentive stock options'  (within the meaning of  Section 422A of the
Code) granted after December 31, 1986, are  exercisable for the first time by  a
Participant  during any calendar year under the  Plan and any other stock option
plan of the Company  (or any 'subsidiary'  of Ogden as such  term is defined  in
Section 425 of the Code) shall not exceed $100,000. Such Fair Market Value shall
be  determined  as of  the date  on which  each such  incentive stock  option is
granted. In the event that the aggregate  Fair Market Value of shares of  Common
Stock  with  respect  to such  incentive  stock options  exceeds  $100,000, then
Incentive Stock  Options granted  hereunder to  such Participant  shall, to  the
extent  and in the order required by  regulations promulgated under the Code (or
any other authority having the force of regulations), automatically be deemed to
be Non-Qualified  Stock Options,  but all  other terms  and provisions  of  such
Incentive  Stock  Options  shall  remain  unchanged.  In  the  absence  of  such
Regulations (and authority),  or in  the event such  Regulations (or  authority)
require  or permit a designation of the  options which shall cease to constitute
incentive stock options, Incentive  Stock Options shall, to  the extent of  such
excess  and in the order in which  they were granted, automatically be deemed to
be Non-Qualified  Stock Options,  but all  other terms  and provisions  of  such
Incentive Stock Options shall remain unchanged.
 
     (2)  No Incentive Stock Option  may be granted to  an individual if, at the
time of the proposed grant, such individual owns stock possessing more than  ten
percent  of the total combined voting power of  all classes of stock of Ogden or
any of  its 'subsidiaries'  (within the  meaning of  Section 425  of the  Code),
unless  (i) the exercise  price of such  Incentive Stock Option  is at least one
hundred and ten percent of the Fair Market  Value of a share of Common Stock  at
the  time such Incentive Stock  Option is granted and  (ii) such Incentive Stock
Option is not exercisable after the expiration of five years from the date  such
Incentive Stock Option is granted.
 
     (e) Effect of Termination of Employment
 
     (1)  In the  event that  the employment of  a Participant  with the Company
shall terminate for any reason other than Disability, Retirement, Cause or death
(i)  Options  granted  to  such  Participant,  to  the  extent  that  they  were
exercisable  at the time of such termination, shall remain exercisable until the
first anniversary of such termination, on which date they shall expire, and (ii)
Options  granted  to  such  Participant,  to  the  extent  that  they  were  not
exercisable  at  the time  of such  termination,  shall expire  at the  close of
business on the  date of  such termination;  provided, however,  that no  Option
shall be exercisable after the expiration of its term.
 
     (2)  In the  event that  the employment of  a Participant  with the Company
shall terminate on account of the  Disability or Retirement of the  Participant,
such Participant shall be entitled to exercise, at any time or from time to time
after such termination, Options granted to him hereunder to the extent that such
Options  were exercisable at the  time of such termination  or would have become
exercisable had his  employment continued  until the first  anniversary of  such
termination;  provided, however, no Option shall  be exercisable after the first
anniversary of the Participant's  death; and provided,  further, that no  Option
shall be exercisable after the expiration of its term.
 
     (3)  In the  event that  the employment of  a Participant  with the Company
shall terminate on  account of the  death of the  Participant, such  Participant
shall   be   entitled   to   exercise,   at   any   time   or   from   time   to
 
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time until the  first anniversary of  such termination, Options  granted to  him
hereunder  to the extent that such Options  were exercisable at the time of such
termination or would have become exercisable had his employment continued  until
the  first anniversary  of such termination;  provided, however,  that no Option
shall be exercisable after the expiration of its term.
 
     (4) In  the event  of the  termination of  a Participant's  employment  for
Cause,  all outstanding Options granted to  such Participant shall expire at the
commencement of business  on the  date of such  termination; provided,  however,
that no Participant shall be deemed to have been terminated for Cause during the
one year period following any Change in Control.
 
     (5)  For purposes  of this Section  6(e), an  Option shall be  deemed to be
exercisable on the date  of the termination of  the employment of a  Participant
with  the Company to the extent, if  any, it becomes exercisable by acceleration
by the Committee or pursuant to a written agreement between the Company and  the
Participant,   provided  that  such  acceleration  occurs  prior  to  the  first
anniversary of such termination of employment.
 
     (f) Consequences Upon Change in Control
 
     Upon the occurrence of a Change  in Control, each Option granted under  the
Plan and outstanding at such time shall become fully and immediately exercisable
and  shall remain exercisable until  its expiration, termination or cancellation
pursuant to the terms of the Plan.
 
     (g) Cash Bonuses and Loans
 
     (1) The Committee may, in its absolute discretion, grant to any Participant
a cash bonus in an amount determined by the Committee to enable the  Participant
to  pay any federal, state or local income  taxes arising out of the exercise of
an Option.
 
     (2) The Committee may,  in its absolute discretion,  provide a loan to  any
Participant  in an amount determined by  the Committee to enable the Participant
to pay (i) any federal, state or local income taxes arising out of the  exercise
of  an Option or  (ii) the exercise price  with respect to  any Option. Any such
loan (i) shall be for  such term and at such  rate of interest as the  Committee
may determine, (ii) shall be evidenced by a promissory note in a form determined
by  the Committee and executed by the  Participant and (iii) shall be subject to
such other terms and conditions as the Committee may determine.
 
7. Limited Stock Appreciation Rights
 
     The Committee may grant in connection with any Option granted hereunder one
or more LSARs relating to a number of shares of Common Stock less than or  equal
to  the number of shares of Common Stock  subject to the related Option. An LSAR
may be granted at the same time as, or subsequent to the time that, its  related
Option  is granted. Each LSAR shall be evidenced by an agreement in such form as
the Committee shall from time to time approve. Each LSAR granted hereunder shall
be subject to the following terms and conditions:
 
     (a) Benefit Upon Exercise
 
     (1) The exercise of an LSAR  relating to a Non-Qualified Stock Option  with
respect to any number of shares of Common Stock shall entitle the Participant to
a  cash payment, for each such share, equal to the excess of (i) the greatest of
(A) the highest price per share of Common Stock paid in the Change in Control in
connection with which such LSAR became exercisable, (B) the Fair Market Value of
a share of Common Stock on the date  of such Change in Control and (C) the  Fair
Market  Value of a share of Common Stock  on the effective date of such exercise
over (ii) the exercise price of the  related Option. Such payment shall be  paid
as soon as practical, but in no event later than the expiration of five business
days, after the effective date of such exercise.
 
     (2)  The exercise  of an  LSAR relating to  an Incentive  Stock Option with
respect to any number of shares of Common Stock shall entitle the Participant to
a cash payment, for each such share, equal to the excess of (i) the Fair  Market
Value  of a share  of Common Stock on  the effective date  of such exercise over
(ii) the exercise price  of the related  Option. Such payment  shall be paid  as
soon  as practical, but in  no event later than  the expiration of five business
days, after the effective date of such exercise.
 
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     (b) Term and Exercise of LSARs
 
     (1) An LSAR shall be exercisable  only during the period commencing on  the
first day following the occurrence of a Change in Control and terminating on the
expiration  of  ninety  days  after  such  date.  Notwithstanding  the preceding
sentence of this Section 7(b), in the event that an LSAR held by any Participant
who is or may be subject to the provisions of Section 16(b) of the Exchange  Act
becomes  exercisable prior to the expiration of six months following the date on
which it is granted, then the LSAR  shall also be exercisable during the  period
commencing  on the  first day immediately  following the expiration  of such six
month period and  terminating on the  expiration of ninety  days following  such
date.  Notwithstanding anything  else herein, an  LSAR relating  to an Incentive
Stock Option may be exercised  with respect to a share  of Common Stock only  if
the  Fair Market  Value of  such share  on the  effective date  of such exercise
exceeds the exercise price relating to such share. Notwithstanding anything else
herein, an LSAR may be  exercised only if and to  the extent that the Option  to
which it relates is exercisable.
 
     (2)  The exercise of an  LSAR with respect to a  number of shares of Common
Stock shall cause  the immediate  and automatic  cancellation of  the Option  to
which  it relates with respect to an equal  number of shares. The exercise of an
Option, or the cancellation, termination or expiration of an Option (other  than
pursuant  to this Paragraph (2)),  with respect to a  number of shares of Common
Stock, shall cause the cancellation of the LSAR related to it with respect to an
equal number of shares.
 
     (3) Each LSAR shall be exercisable in  whole or in part; provided, that  no
partial  exercise of an  LSAR shall be  for an aggregate  exercise price of less
than $1,000. The  partial exercise of  an LSAR shall  not cause the  expiration,
termination or cancellation of the remaining portion thereof.
 
     (4) During the lifetime of a Participant, each LSAR granted to him shall be
exercisable  only by him. No LSAR  shall be assignable or transferable otherwise
than by will  or by  the laws  of descent  and distribution  and otherwise  than
together with its related Option.
 
     (5)  An LSAR shall  be exercised, subject to  the requirements of Paragraph
7(b) above, by delivering notice to  Ogden's principal office, to the  attention
of  its Benefits Department, no less than  three business days in advance of the
effective date of the proposed exercise. Such notice shall specify the number of
shares of Common Stock with respect to which the LSAR is being exercised and the
effective date of the proposed exercise and shall be signed by the  Participant.
The  Participant may  withdraw such  notice at  any time  prior to  the close of
business on the  business day immediately  preceding the effective  date of  the
proposed exercise.
 
8. Director's Options and Director's LSARs
 
     Director's  Options and Director's LSARs shall  be granted pursuant to this
Section 8, in the  amounts and subject to  the terms and conditions  hereinafter
set  forth. Each Director's Option and Director's  LSAR shall be evidenced by an
agreement in the form set forth as Exhibit A hereto.
 
     (a) Grant of Director's Options
 
     (1) Each  individual who  on November  14,  1990, is  a Director  shall  be
granted on such date a Director's Option with respect to 25,000 shares of Common
Stock.
 
     (2)  Each individual who becomes a Director after November 14, 1990, may be
granted a Director's Option with respect to  a number of shares of Common  Stock
determined  by the  Committee not  to exceed  25,000 shares.  Such determination
shall be  made (i)  in the  case  of an  individual who  becomes a  Director  by
election  by the shareholders of  Ogden, prior to such  election and (ii) in the
case of any other individual, prior to such person's appointment or selection to
the Board of Directors. Such Director's Option  shall be granted on the date  on
which such individual's term as a Director commences.
 
     (b) Identification of Director's Options
 
     All  Director's Options granted under the  Plan shall be clearly identified
in the  agreement  evidencing such  Director's  Options as  Non-Qualified  Stock
Options.
 
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     (c) Exercise Price
 
     The  per share exercise price  of each Director's Option  shall be equal to
the Fair Market  Value of  a share  of Common  Stock on  the date  on which  the
Director's Option is granted.
     (d) Term and Exercise of Options
     (1)  Director's Options shall become exercisable with respect to 20% of the
number of shares of Common Stock subject to each such Director's Option upon the
first anniversary of  the date on  which such Director's  Option is granted  and
with  respect  to an  additional 20%  of the  number of  shares of  Common Stock
subject thereto on  each subsequent  anniversary of such  date. Each  Director's
Option  shall be exercisable until the expiration of ten years after the date on
which it is granted; provided, that  each Director's Option shall be subject  to
earlier termination, expiration or cancellation as provided herein.
     (2)  Each  Director's Option  shall  be exercisable  in  whole or  in part;
provided, that  no partial  exercise of  a  Director's Option  shall be  for  an
aggregate  exercise  price  of  less  than $1,000.  The  partial  exercise  of a
Director's Option shall not cause the expiration, termination or cancellation of
the remaining portion thereof.
     (3) A Director's Option shall be exercised by delivering notice to  Ogden's
principal  office, to  the attention  of its  Benefits Department,  no less than
three business days in advance of  the effective date of the proposed  exercise.
Such  notice shall specify the number of  shares of Common Stock with respect to
which the Director's  Option is being  exercised and the  effective date of  the
proposed  exercise and shall  be signed by the  Participant. The Participant may
withdraw such notice at any time prior to the close of business on the  business
day  immediately preceding the effective date  of the proposed exercise. Payment
for shares of Common  Stock purchased upon the  exercise of a Director's  Option
shall  be made  on the  effective date  of such  exercise either  in cash  or by
personal check, certified check, bank cashier's check or wire transfer.
     (4) Any Director's  Option granted  under the Plan  may be  exercised by  a
broker-dealer  acting on  behalf of a  Participant if (i)  the broker-dealer has
received from the Participant or the Company a fully-and duly-endorsed agreement
evidencing such Director's  Option and  instructions signed  by the  Participant
requesting  Ogden  to  deliver  the  shares  of  Common  Stock  subject  to such
Director's Option  to  the  broker-dealer  on  behalf  of  the  Participant  and
specifying  the account into which such shares  should be deposited and (ii) the
broker-dealer  and  the  Participant   have  otherwise  complied  with   Section
220.3(e)(4) of Regulation T, 12 CFR Part 220.
     (5)  Certificates for shares of Common Stock purchased upon the exercise of
a Director's Option shall be issued in the name of the Participant and delivered
to the Participant as soon as practicable following the effective date on  which
the Director's Option is exercised.
     (6) During the lifetime of a Participant, each Director's Option granted to
him  shall be exercisable only by him.  No Director's Option shall be assignable
or  transferable  otherwise  than  by  will  or  by  the  laws  of  descent  and
distribution.
     (e) Acceleration of Exercise Date Upon Change in Control
     Upon  the occurrence of a Change  in Control, any Director's Option granted
under the Plan and outstanding at  such time shall become fully and  immediately
exercisable  and shall remain  exercisable until its  expiration, termination or
cancellation pursuant to the terms of the Plan.
     (f) Effect of Termination of Director's Term
     In the event that the  term of a Participant's  membership on the Board  of
Directors terminates for any reason, then (x) Director's Options granted to such
Participant,  to  the extent  that they  were  exercisable at  the time  of such
termination, shall remain exercisable until the expiration of one year after the
termination of such Participant's  term, at which  time such Director's  Options
shall  expire and  (y) Director's  Options granted  to such  Participant, to the
extent that they were not exercisable at the time of such termination and  would
have  become exercisable during  the one-year period  following such termination
had  such  termination  not  occurred,   shall  become  exercisable  upon   such
termination  and shall remain exercisable until  the expiration of such one-year
period, at which time such  Director's Options shall expire; provided,  however,
that no Director's Option shall be exercisable after the expiration of its term.
 
     (g) Director's LSARs
 
     Each  Director's Option shall  include a Director's LSAR  with respect to a
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Common Stock equal  to the  number of  shares of  Common Stock  subject to  such
Director's  Option, which  Director's LSAR shall  be evidenced  by the agreement
evidencing such Director's Option. Each Director's LSAR granted hereunder  shall
be subject to the following terms and conditions:
 
     (i) Benefit Upon Exercise
 
     The  exercise of a Director's LSAR with  respect to any number of shares of
Common Stock shall  entitle the  Participant to a  cash payment,  for each  such
share,  equal to  the excess of  (i) the greatest  of (A) the  highest price per
share of Common Stock  paid in the  Change in Control  in connection with  which
such  LSAR became exercisable,  (B) the Fair  Market Value of  a share of Common
Stock on the date of such Change in  Control and (C) the Fair Market Value of  a
share  of Common  Stock on  the effective  date of  such exercise  over (ii) the
exercise price of the related Director's  Option. Such payment shall be paid  as
soon  as practical, but in  no event later than  the expiration of five business
days, after the effective date of such exercise.
 
     (ii) Term and Exercise of LSARs
 
     (A) Each  Director's  LSAR shall  be  exercisable only  during  the  period
commencing  on the first day following the occurrence of a Change in Control and
terminating on the expiration  of ninety days  after such date.  Notwithstanding
the  preceding  sentence  of  this  Section 8(g)(ii)(A),  in  the  event  that a
Director's LSAR  becomes  exercisable prior  to  the expiration  of  six  months
following  the date on which it is  granted, then the Director's LSAR shall also
be exercisable  during  the  period  commencing on  the  first  day  immediately
following  the  expiration  of such  six  month  period and  terminating  on the
expiration of ninety  days following  such date.  Notwithstanding anything  else
herein,  a Director's LSAR may  be exercised only if and  to the extent that the
Director's Option to which it relates is exercisable.
 
     (B) The exercise of a Director's LSAR with respect to a number of shares of
Common Stock  shall  cause  the  immediate and  automatic  cancellation  of  the
Director's Option to which it relates with respect to an equal number of shares.
The  exercise  of  a  Director's Option,  or  the  cancellation,  termination or
expiration of a Director's Option (other  than pursuant to this Paragraph  (B)),
with respect to a number of shares of Common Stock, shall cause the cancellation
of the Director's LSAR related to it with respect to an equal number of shares.
 
     (C)  Each  Director's  LSAR  shall  be exercisable  in  whole  or  in part;
provided, that  no  partial  exercise of  a  Director's  LSAR shall  be  for  an
aggregate  exercise  price  of  less  than $1,000.  The  partial  exercise  of a
Director's LSAR shall not cause  the expiration, termination or cancellation  of
the  remaining portion thereof. Upon the  partial exercise of a Director's LSAR,
the agreement evidencing the Director's  LSAR and the related Director's  Option
shall  be returned to  the Participant exercising  such Director's LSAR together
with the payment described in Paragraph 8(g)(i) hereof.
 
     (D) During the lifetime of a  Participant, each Director's LSAR granted  to
him  shall be exercisable only by him. No Director's LSAR shall be assignable or
transferable otherwise than by will or  by the laws of descent and  distribution
and otherwise than together with its related Director's Option.
 
     (E)  A Director's LSAR,  subject to the  requirements of Paragraph 8(g)(ii)
above, shall be exercised by delivering  notice to Ogden's principal office,  to
the  attention of its Benefits  Department, no less than  three business days in
advance of  the effective  date  of the  proposed  exercise. Such  notice  shall
specify  the  number  of  shares  of Common  Stock  with  respect  to  which the
Director's LSAR  is being  exercised  and the  effective  date of  the  proposed
exercise  and shall be  signed by the Participant.  The Participant may withdraw
such notice at  any time  prior to  the close of  business on  the business  day
immediately preceding the effective date of the proposed exercise.
 
9. Stock Bonuses
 
     Subject  to Section 3 hereof, the Committee may grant Stock Bonuses in such
amounts as it shall determine from time to time. A Stock Bonus shall be paid  at
such time and subject to such conditions as the Committee shall determine at the
time  of the grant of such Stock  Bonus. Certificates for shares of Common Stock
granted as a Stock Bonus shall be issued in the name of the Participant to  whom
such  grant was made  and delivered to  such Participant as  soon as practicable
after the date on which such Stock Bonus is required to be paid.
 
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10. Adjustment Upon Changes in Common Stock
 
     (a) Shares Available for Grants
 
     In the  event  of any  change  in the  number  of shares  of  Common  Stock
outstanding  by reason of any stock dividend or split, recapitalization, merger,
consolidation, combination or  exchange of shares  or similar corporate  change,
the maximum aggregate number of shares of Common Stock with respect to which the
Committee  may  grant Options,  Director's Options  and  Stock Bonuses  shall be
appropriately adjusted  by the  Committee. In  the event  of any  change in  the
number  of shares of  Common Stock outstanding  by reason of  any other event or
transaction, the  Committee may,  but need  not, make  such adjustments  in  the
number  and class of  shares of Common  Stock with respect  to which Options and
Stock Bonuses may be granted as the Committee may deem appropriate.
 
     (b)  Outstanding  Options,   LSARs,  Director's   Options  and   Director's
LSARs -- Increase or Decrease in Issued Shares Without Consideration
 
     Subject  to any required action by the  shareholders of Ogden, in the event
of any increase  or decrease  in the  number of  issued shares  of Common  Stock
resulting  from a subdivision or consolidation of  shares of Common Stock or the
payment of a stock  dividend (but only  on the shares of  Common Stock), or  any
other increase or decrease in the number of such shares effected without receipt
or  payment of consideration by Ogden, the Committee shall proportionally adjust
the number of shares of Common  Stock subject to each outstanding Option,  LSAR,
Director's Option and Director's LSAR and the exercise price per share of Common
Stock of each such Option, LSAR, Director's Option and Director's LSAR.
 
     (c)   Outstanding  Options,   LSARs,  Director's   Options  and  Director's
LSARs -- Certain Mergers
 
     Subject to any required action by  the shareholders of Ogden, in the  event
that  Ogden shall  be the surviving  corporation in any  merger or consolidation
(except a merger or consolidation as a result of which the holders of shares  of
Common  Stock  receive securities  of another  corporation), each  Option, LSAR,
Director's Option and Director's LSAR outstanding on the date of such merger  or
consolidation shall pertain to and apply to the securities which a holder of the
number of shares of Common Stock subject to such Option, LSAR, Director's Option
or Director's LSAR would have received in such merger or consolidation.
 
     (d)   Outstanding  Options,   LSARs,  Director's   Options  and  Director's
LSARs -- Certain Other Transactions
 
     In the event of (i) a dissolution  or liquidation of Ogden, (ii) a sale  of
all  or substantially  all of  Ogden's assets,  (iii) a  merger or consolidation
involving Ogden in which Ogden is not the surviving corporation or (iv) a merger
or consolidation involving Ogden in which Ogden is the surviving corporation but
the holders of shares of Common Stock receive securities of another  corporation
and/or  other property,  including cash,  the Committee  shall, in  its absolute
discretion, have the power to:
 
          (i) cancel,  effective immediately  prior to  the occurrence  of  such
     event,  each  Option  (including  each  LSAR  related  thereto) outstanding
     immediately prior to such event (whether or not then exercisable), and,  in
     full  consideration of  such cancellation, pay  to the  Participant to whom
     such Option was granted an amount in  cash, for each share of Common  Stock
     subject to such Option, equal to the excess of (A) the value, as determined
     by  the Committee  in its absolute  discretion, of  the property (including
     cash) received by the holder of a share of Common Stock as a result of such
     event over (B) the exercise price of such Option; or
 
          (ii) provide for the  exchange of each  Option (including any  related
     LSAR)  outstanding immediately  prior to  such event  (whether or  not then
     exercisable) for an option with respect to, as appropriate, some or all  of
     the property for which such Option is exchanged and, incident thereto, make
     an  equitable adjustment  as determined  by the  Committee in  its absolute
     discretion in the exercise price of the  Option or the number of shares  or
     amount  of property subject to the Option or, if appropriate, provide for a
     cash payment to the Participant to whom such Option was granted in  partial
     consideration for the exchange of the Option.
 
     Upon  the occurrence  of any event  described in this  Paragraph 10(d), the
     Committee shall, with respect to each Director's Option and Director's LSAR
     outstanding immediately prior to such event
 
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     (whether or not then exercisable), take the action described in clause  (i)
     above,  except that the  value of the  property received in  exchange for a
     share of Common Stock pursuant to such event shall be the fair market value
     of such property.
 
     (e) Outstanding Options, LSARs -- Other Changes
 
     In the event  of any  change in the  capitalization of  Ogden or  corporate
change  other than those specifically referred to  in Sections 10(b), (c) or (d)
hereof, the Committee may, in its absolute discretion, make such adjustments  in
the  number and class of shares subject  to Options and LSARs outstanding on the
date on which such  change occurs and  in the per share  exercise price of  each
such  Option  and LSAR,  as the  Committee may  consider appropriate  to prevent
dilution or enlargement of rights.
 
     (f) No Other Rights
 
     Except as expressly  provided in the  Plan, no Participant  shall have  any
rights  by reason of any subdivision or  consolidation of shares of stock of any
class, the payment of any  dividend, any increase or  decrease in the number  of
shares  of  stock  of  any  class or  any  dissolution,  liquidation,  merger or
consolidation of Ogden or any other corporation. Except as expressly provided in
the Plan, no issuance by  Ogden of shares of stock  of any class, or  securities
convertible  into shares of stock of any  class, shall affect, and no adjustment
by reason thereof shall be made with respect to, the number of shares of  Common
Stock  subject to an Incentive Award or  the exercise price of any Option, LSAR,
Director's Option or Director's LSAR.
 
11. Rights as a Stockholder
 
     No person shall have any rights as a stockholder with respect to any shares
of Common Stock covered by or  relating to any Incentive Award granted  pursuant
to  this Plan until the date of the issuance of a stock certificate with respect
to such shares. Except as otherwise expressly provided in Section 10 hereof,  no
adjustment  to any Incentive Award  shall be made for  dividends or other rights
for which the record  date occurs prior  to the date  such stock certificate  is
issued.
 
12. No Special Employment Rights; No Right to Incentive Award
 
     Nothing  contained in the Plan or any Incentive Award shall confer upon any
Participant any right with respect to the continuation of his employment by  the
Company  or interfere in any  way with the right of  the Company, subject to the
terms of  any separate  employment agreement  to the  contrary, at  any time  to
terminate  such employment  or to increase  or decrease the  compensation of the
Participant from the rate in existence at the time of the grant of an  Incentive
Award.
 
     No  person shall  have any  claim or  right to  receive an  Incentive Award
hereunder. The Committee's granting  of an Incentive Award  to a Participant  at
any time shall neither require the Committee to grant an Incentive Award to such
Participant  or any other Participant  or other person at  any time nor preclude
the Committee from  making subsequent grants  to such Participant  or any  other
Participant or other person.
 
13. Securities Matters
 
     (a)  Ogden shall be under no obligation to effect the registration pursuant
to the Securities Act of any shares of Common Stock to be issued hereunder or to
effect similar compliance under any state laws. Notwithstanding anything  herein
to the contrary, Ogden shall not be obligated to cause to be issued or delivered
any  certificates evidencing shares of Common  Stock pursuant to the Plan unless
and until Ogden is advised by its counsel that the issuance and delivery of such
certificates  is  in  compliance  with  all  applicable  laws,  regulations   of
governmental  authority and the requirements of any securities exchange on which
shares of Common Stock are traded. The Committee may require, as a condition  of
the  issuance and  delivery of  certificates evidencing  shares of  Common Stock
pursuant to  the terms  hereof, that  the  recipient of  such shares  make  such
covenants,  agreements and representations, and that such certificates bear such
legends, as the Committee, in its sole discretion, deems necessary or desirable.
 
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     (b) The exercise of any Option granted hereunder shall only be effective at
such time  as counsel  to Ogden  shall  have determined  that the  issuance  and
delivery  of shares of Common  Stock pursuant to such  exercise is in compliance
with  all  applicable  laws,  regulations  of  governmental  authority  and  the
requirements  of any  securities exchange  on which  shares of  Common Stock are
traded. Ogden  may, in  its  sole discretion,  defer  the effectiveness  of  any
exercise of an Option granted hereunder in order to allow the issuance of shares
of  Common Stock  pursuant thereto  to be  made pursuant  to registration  or an
exemption from  registration or  other methods  for compliance  available  under
federal  or state securities laws. Ogden shall inform the Participant in writing
of its decision to defer the effectiveness of the exercise of an Option  granted
hereunder. During the period that the effectiveness of the exercise of an Option
has  been  deferred,  the  Participant may,  by  written  notice,  withdraw such
exercise and obtain the refund of any amount paid with respect thereto.
 
14. Withholding Taxes
 
     (a) Cash Remittance
 
     Subject to Paragraph 14(d) whenever shares of Common Stock are to be issued
upon the exercise of an Option or a Director's Option or in connection with  the
grant of a Stock Bonus, Ogden shall have the right to require the Participant to
remit  to Ogden in cash an amount sufficient to satisfy federal, state and local
withholding tax requirements,  if any,  attributable to such  exercise or  grant
prior  to the delivery  of any certificate  or certificates for  such shares. In
addition, upon the exercise of  an LSAR Ogden shall  have the right to  withhold
from  any cash payment required to be made pursuant thereto an amount sufficient
to satisfy the federal,  state and local withholding  tax requirements, if  any,
attributable to such exercise.
 
     (b) Stock Remittance
 
     At  the  election  of  the  Participant, subject  to  the  approval  of the
Committee, when shares of Common Stock are to be issued upon the exercise of  an
Option or a Director's Option or the grant of a Stock Bonus, the Participant may
tender  to  Ogden  a  number  of  shares  of  Common  Stock  determined  by such
Participant, the Fair  Market Value of  which at the  tender date the  Committee
determines  to be sufficient to satisfy the federal, state and local withholding
tax requirements, if any, attributable to such exercise or grant and not greater
than the Participant's estimated total federal, state and local tax  obligations
associated  with  such  exercise  or  grant.  Such  election  shall  satisfy the
Participant's obligations under Paragraph 14(a) hereof, if any.
 
     (c) Stock Withholding
 
     At the  election  of  the  Participant, subject  to  the  approval  of  the
Committee,  when shares of Common Stock are to be issued upon the exercise of an
Option or  a Director's  Option  or the  grant of  a  Stock Bonus,  Ogden  shall
withhold a number of such shares determined by such Participant, the Fair Market
Value of which at the exercise date the Committee determines to be sufficient to
satisfy  the  federal, state  and local  withholding  tax requirements,  if any,
attributable to such exercise or grant and is not greater than the Participant's
estimated total federal, state  and local tax  obligations associated with  such
exercise  or grant.  Such election  shall satisfy  the Participant's obligations
under Paragraph 14(a) hereof, if any.
 
     (d) Participants subject to Section 16(b)
 
     Notwithstanding the last sentence  of Section 9  hereof, the Company  shall
hold  as  custodian for  any Participant  who  is subject  to the  provisions of
Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act and  who has not made an election pursuant  to
Section  83(b) of  the Code  stock certificates  evidencing the  total number of
shares of Common Stock required  to be issued pursuant to  the grant of a  Stock
Bonus  until the expiration of six months following the date of such grant. Upon
the expiration of  such six-month  period, the  Participant shall  remit to  the
Company  in  cash  an amount  sufficient  to  satisfy federal,  state  and local
withholding tax requirements, if  any, attributable to such  grant prior to  the
delivery  of  any  certificate  or  certificates  for  such  shares,  unless the
Participant has made an election pursuant  to Paragraph 14(b) or (c) hereof,  in
which  case  the Participant  shall  tender a  number  of shares  prior  to such
delivery, or  the  Company shall  withhold  a number  of  shares,  respectively,
determined  pursuant to  such Paragraph.  Paragraph 14(a)  hereof, and  not this
Paragraph 14(d), shall apply if the date on which
 
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income is required to be recognized for federal income tax purposes with respect
to such grant is more than six months after such grant.
 
     (e) Timing and Method of Elections
 
     (1) Notwithstanding  any other  provisions  of the  Plan,  in order  to  be
effective, an election under Paragraph 14(c) relating to a Stock Bonus made by a
Participant  who is  subject to Section  16(b) of  the Exchange Act  must (i) be
irrevocable and be made not less than six months in advance of the date on which
income is required  to be  recognized with  respect to  the grant  or (ii)  take
effect during a window period described in Rule 16b-3(e)(3) of the Exchange Act.
 
     (2)  Notwithstanding  any other  provisions  of the  Plan,  in order  to be
effective, an  election  under  Paragraph  14  (c)  relation  to  an  Option  or
Director's  Option made by a Participant who  is subject to Section 16(b) of the
Exchange Act must (i) take effect during a window period described in Rule  16b-
3(e)(3)  under the Exchange Act and exercise  of the Option or Director's Option
must occur at least six months after  the grant date or (ii) be irrevocable  and
be made not less than six months in advance of the date of exercise.
 
     (3)  Such  elections shall  be made  by the  delivery to  Ogden's principal
office, to the attention of its Benefits Department, of a written notice  signed
by  the Participant.  A Participant can  change an irrevocable  election made in
accordance with  clause  14(e)(1)(i)  or  clause  14(e)(2)(ii)  through  another
irrevocable election that takes effect at least six months thereafter.
 
15. Amendment of the Plan
 
     The  Board of Directors may at any  time suspend or discontinue the Plan or
revise or amend it  in any respect whatsoever;  provided, however, that  without
approval  of  the shareholders  no  revision or  amendment  shall (i)  except as
provided in Section  10 hereof, increase  the number of  shares of Common  Stock
that  may  be  issued under  the  Plan,  (ii) materially  increase  the benefits
accruing to individuals holding Incentive  Awards granted pursuant to the  Plan,
(iii)  materially modify the requirements as to eligibility for participation in
the Plan or (iv) modify or amend the provisions of Section 8 hereof or any terms
and conditions of  the Plan  with respect  to Director's  Options or  Director's
LSARs.
 
16. No Obligation to Exercise
 
     The  grant  to  a Participant  of  an  Option, LSAR,  Director's  Option or
Director's LSAR shall  impose no  obligation upon such  Participant to  exercise
such Option, LSAR, Director's Option or Director's LSAR.
 
17. Transfers Upon Death
 
     Upon  the death of  a Participant, outstanding  Incentive Awards granted to
such Participant may be exercised only by the executors or administrators of the
Participant's estate or by  any person or persons  who shall have acquired  such
right  to  exercise by  will  or by  the laws  of  descent and  distribution. No
transfer by will or the laws of descent and distribution of any Incentive Award,
or the right to exercise any Incentive  Award, shall be effective to bind  Ogden
unless  the Committee shall have been  furnished with (a) written notice thereof
and with a  copy of  the will  and/or such evidence  as the  Committee may  deem
necessary  to establish the validity of the transfer and (b) an agreement by the
transferee to comply with  all the terms and  conditions of the Incentive  Award
that are or would have been applicable to the Participant and to be bound by the
acknowledgements  made by  the Participant in  connection with the  grant of the
Incentive Award.
 
18. Expenses and Receipts
 
     The expenses of the Plan shall be  paid by Ogden. Any proceeds received  by
Ogden  in connection with any Incentive Award will be used for general corporate
purposes.
 
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19. Failure to Comply
 
     In addition to the remedies of Ogden elsewhere provided for herein, failure
by a Participant to comply with any of  the terms and conditions of the Plan  or
the agreement executed by such Participant evidencing an Incentive Award, unless
such  failure is remedied by such Participant  within ten days after having been
notified of such failure by the Committee, shall be grounds for the cancellation
and forfeiture of such Incentive Award, in  whole or in part, as the  Committee,
in its absolute discretion, may determine.
 
20. Effective Date and Term of Plan
 
     The  Plan was  adopted by the  Board of  Directors on October  11, 1990. No
grants may be  made under the  Plan after October  11, 2000. The  grant of  each
Option,  LSAR, Director's Option  and Director's LSAR to  any Participant who is
subject to Section 16(b) of the Exchange  Act is subject to the approval of  the
Plan  by the shareholders of  Ogden in accordance with  the requirements of Rule
16b-3 promulgated under such Section, and no Option, LSAR, Director's Option  or
Director's  LSAR granted to  any such Participant shall  be exercisable prior to
the receipt of  such approval,  unless, in  either case,  such Participants  are
entitled  to rely on the exemption provided by such Rule 16b-3, or any successor
thereto, in  connection with  such grants  notwithstanding the  absence of  such
shareholder approval.
 
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                                     APPENDIX

Graphic and Image Information:

See the performance graphs on page 16 of the proxy statement 
of this electronic filing.



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                                                   April 1994

Dear Shareholder:

At this year's Annual Meeting, in addition to the slate of
directors and the ratification of Ogden's auditors, Ogden's
shareholders are being asked to vote in favor of an amendment to
Ogden's 1990 Stock Option Plan and the adoption of a formula bonus
plan for Ogden's Chief Executive Officer.

The Ogden Board of Directors, following the recommendation of the
Compensation Committee, is seeking your approval to amend the 1990
Plan to, among other things, reserve an additional 3.2 million
shares of Ogden common stock for issuance under that plan,  which
will be linked to a 3.2 million stock repurchase program.  The
formula bonus plan for Ogden's Chief Executive Officer has been
designed to tie directly to performance and preserve the
corporation's ability to deduct the Chief Executive Officer's
annual bonus by meeting the requirements of the new tax law.  The
details of the proposed amendment and formula bonus plan are
described in Proposal (3) and Proposal (4) of the enclosed Proxy,
which I urge you to read carefully.

I am writing to you principally to explain why the Compensation
Committee of the Ogden Board of Directors believes the amendment to
Ogden's 1990 Stock Option Plan should be supported by its
shareholders.

In 1993, Ogden achieved strong financial results as evidenced by a
15% increase in total revenues and an 11.2% increase in pretax
income reflecting, in large measure, the results of its waste-to-
energy business.  The stock market did not treat waste management
related companies very kindly this past year.  Many of those
companies saw their share prices decline significantly, and the
companies as a group averaged a total return to their shareholders
of negative 27% in 1993.  Nevertheless, Ogden's 1993 share price
held its ground, supported by its $1.25 per share annual dividend,
resulting in a 5.5% total return to Ogden's shareholders.  In fact,
under R. Richard Ablon's three year tenure as Ogden's Chief
Executive Officer, Ogden's cumulative total return to shareholders
has been an impressive 45%.  We think that this is strong evidence
that Ogden's diversified service strategy makes sense.

However, Ogden faces many tough challenges as it seeks to create
greater economic value for its shareholders over the next decade. 
Ogden management is aggressively pursuing global expansion for its
core service businesses.  At the same time, they must focus their
energies on opportunities and businesses  that have the most
significant impact on the bottom line.

Ogden Corporation seeks to be the premier service company worldwide
in its core specialties.  Translating these strategies and tactics
into significant new shareholder value will require the commitment
of existing talent at all levels.  Furthermore, Ogden must attract
new employees with international expertise.  The Compensation
Committee believes that stock option grants help achieve these
goals by offering performance-sensitive pay opportunities that
directly align employee interests with the interests of
shareholders.

Substantially all of the shares previously authorized under the
1990 Stock Option Plan have been granted to approximately 150
employees.  Therefore, in early 1994 the Compensation Committee
recommended that 3.2 million additional shares be made available
for stock option grants.  The Compensation Committee determined
that a sizeable grant of new options to Ogden's senior executive
management would best tie their interests to those of Ogden's
shareholders.  The Committee granted a 600,000 share option to R.
Richard Ablon, Ogden's CEO; a 200,000 share option to Scott Mackin,
President and Chief Operating Officer of Ogden Projects; and
205,000 option shares to three other named executive officers as
described in the Proxy under the Report on Executive Compensation. 
We do not intend to grant additional options to these executives
for at least four years.  However, we do intend to use the
remaining newly authorized option shares, which number over two
million, for future options to employees who have operational
responsibility that can significantly impact Ogden's results.  With
these newly authorized shares, Ogden will be able to offer more
employees on a worldwide basis the opportunity for a significant
ownership stake, which will pay off only to the extent that
shareholder value is increased.

In conjunction with this amendment, Ogden's Board has approved an
increase in its stock  repurchase program to 3.2 million shares,
the implementation of which is expected to materially offset any
potential dilution to existing shareholder interests.  Ogden's
strong cash flow and overall financial condition are expected to
provide the flexibility to repurchase shares in advance of any
stock option exercise, thereby minimizing such dilution.  We expect
to be able to accomplish this repurchase program without impeding
our growth and market development plans or eroding our very strong
financial position.

In addition to increasing the shares reserved for stock option
grants, our proposed amendment includes a number of other desirable
plan improvements, which should further our goal of aligning
employee and shareholder interests.  The amendment also:

   -  Prohibits options with an exercise price below 100% of fair
      market value;
   -  Prohibits repricing of "underwater" options;
   -  Prohibits  payment of options exercise prices with Ogden
      stock already owned; and
   -  Eliminates tandem and stand-alone stock appreciation rights.

We strongly believe that our amended stock option program will add
value to Ogden Corporation stock.  We urge your support by voting
in favor of Proposal (3) at this year's Annual Meeting in May.  
Please call Nancy Christal, Vice President, Investor Relations at
1-800-858-0123 if you have any questions.

Respectfully, 
On behalf of the Ogden Compensation Committee,

/s/Dr. Abraham Zaleznik

Dr. Abraham Zaleznik
Chairman, Compensation Committee
Member, Ogden Corporation Board of Directors



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                CEO FORMULA BONUS PLAN

1.  PURPOSE:  The purpose of the CEO Formula Bonus Plan (the"Plan")
is to provide the CEO with an additional incentive to enhance and
improve the performance of the Company as well as to meet the
requirements of qualified performance-based compensation under
Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
(the "Code"), and preserve the deduction for compensation in excess
of $1.0 million paid to the CEO.

2.  DEFINITIONS:  

    (a)  "Bonus" shall be the amount approved by the Committee and
payable to the CEO in accordance with the Plan for each Measurement
Year.

    (b)  "CEO" means the Chief Executive Officer of Ogden
Corporation ("Ogden").

    (c)  "Committee" means the Compensation Committee of the Ogden
Board of Directors comprised of "outside directors" within the
meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code.

    (d)  "Company" means Ogden and its subsidiaries.

    (e)  "Designated Beneficiary" means the Participant's spouse
who shall receive any payments due to the Participant under the
Plan upon the Participant's death.  If the spouse is not living,
the Designated Beneficiary shall be the Participant's estate.

    (f)  "Disability" is defined as a condition entitling the
Participant to benefits under the Company's long-term disability
plan or policy applicable to the CEO.

    (g)  "Effective Date" shall be January 1, 1994.

    (h)  "Measurement Year" means each calendar year period over
which the Company's ROE Performance is measured.

    (i)  "Participant" means the CEO who is eligible to receive a
Bonus under the Plan.

    (j)  "Pre-Tax Income" for any Measurement Year is the amount
of consolidated income from continuing operations before income
taxes and minority interest as of the December 31 occurring in such
Measurement Year as reported in the Company's Statements of
Consolidated Income.

    (k)  "Pre-Tax ROE Performance Level" for any Measurement Year
means the Company's Pre-tax Income achieved in any such Measurement
Year divided by the Company's Shareholders' Equity for such
Measurement Year.

    (l)  "Shareholders' Equity" for any Measurement Year is equal
to the total shareholders equity as of the December 31 occurring in
the immediately preceding calendar year, as reported in the
Company's Statements of Shareholders' Equity.

    (m)  "Target Bonus" for any Measurement Year shall be equal to
the Participant's base salary as determined by the Committee prior
to the Measurement Year and which becomes effective as of March 1
of the Measurement Year.

3.  ELIGIBILITY:  Participation in the Plan will be limited to the
CEO.

4.  BONUS FORMULA:  The Participant will be eligible for an annual
cash Bonus with respect to each Measurement Year based upon the
Company's Pre-Tax ROE Performance Level attained in such
Measurement Year.  The amount of each Bonus shall be equal to a
portion of the Target Bonus.  The maximum Bonus payable under the
Plan is 150% of Target Bonus.  For each Pre-Tax ROE Performance
Level, the amount of any Bonus payable is designated in the
following table:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

               PRE-TAX ROE              % OF TARGET
               PERFORMANCE LEVEL        BONUS
               <S>                      <C>

               <15%                     0
               15% to under 20%         75%
               20% to under 25%         100%
               25% to under 30%         125%
               30% or greater           150%
</TABLE>

5.  AWARD DETERMINATION:  The annual Bonus amount to be awarded
under the Plan will be determined by the Committee based on the
actual Pre-Tax ROE Performance Level in the Measurement Year. 
Following December 31 of each Measurement Year, the Committee will
certify in writing to the Pre-Tax ROE Performance Level achieved
after the completion and audit of the Company's annual financial
statements.   Such certification shall be included in the minutes
of the Committee.

6.  MODIFICATION OF AWARDS BASED ON INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE:  The
Participant's Bonus award as determined by the Pre-Tax ROE
Performance Level may be reduced based on the Committee's
evaluation of other factors related to the Participant's and
Company's overall performance.

7.  TIMING AND PAYMENT OF AWARDS:  Payment of any Bonus under the
Plan will be made after completion of each Measurement Year as soon
as practical following Certification by the Committee of the
Company's Pre-Tax ROE Performance Level and final approval of the
Bonus by the Committee.

8.  DISABILITY OR DEATH:  In the event of the Participant's
Disability or Death during a Measurement Year, the full Bonus
earned for the Measurement Year and approved by the Committee will
be paid to the Participant or Designated Beneficiary, as the case
may be, as if the Participant had remained active throughout the
Measurement Year.  In the event of the Participant's death after
the end of a Measurement Year but prior to the payment of any Bonus
earned for such Measurement Year such Bonus shall be paid to the
Participant's Designated Beneficiary.

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9.  TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT:  In the event the Participant's
employment is terminated by Ogden during a Measurement Year for any
reason other than for cause, as determined by the Committee or if
the Participant has an employment agreement with Ogden, as set
forth in such employment agreement, the full Bonus earned for the
Measurement Year and approved by the Committee will be paid as if
the Participant had remained employed throughout the Measurement
Year.

10. ADMINISTRATION:  The Plan will be administered by the
Committee.  The Committee retains the discretion to change the Pre-
Tax ROE Performance Levels under the Bonus Formula, as set forth in
the table in Paragraph 4. above, prior to the start of any
Measurement Year and while the outcome is still uncertain.  The
Committee may reduce the Bonus payable under the Plan in any
Measurement Year.  The Committee reserves the right to terminate
the Plan at any time or to amend the Plan in any respect; provided
that no amendment shall be made which would cause payments pursuant
to this Plan to fail to qualify for the exemption from the
limitations of Section 162(m) of the Code provided by Section
162(m)(4)(C) of the Code.  No Plan amendment or termination will
alter the Participant's right to a Bonus for a Measurement Year
already in progress with the exception of the 1994 Measurement
Year.  The Plan shall terminate and become null and void if it is
not approved by the Ogden shareholders at the 1994 Annual Meeting
in accordance with the requirements of Section 162(m)(4)(C)(ii) of
the Code.

11. MISCELLANEOUS:

    (a)  The right of the Participant to any payment hereunder
shall not be assigned, transferred, pledged or encumbered.

    (b)  This Plan and all rights hereunder shall be subject to any
and all governmental laws, regulations and approvals that may exist
from time to time and shall be interpreted in accordance with the
laws of the State of New York.

    (c)  All payments required to be paid hereunder shall be
subject to any required Federal, state, local and other applicable
withholdings or deductions.

    (d)  Nothing contained in the Plan shall confer upon the
Participant any right with respect to the continuation of the
Participant's employment by the Company or interfere in any way
with the right of the Company at any time to terminate such
employment or to increase or decrease the base salary of the
Participant from the rate in effect at the commencement of a
Measurement Year.



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                 OGDEN CORPORATION -- BOARD OF DIRECTORS PROXY
 
     KNOW  ALL MEN BY  THESE PRESENTS that the  undersigned shareholder of OGDEN
CORPORATION (the 'Corporation')  does hereby constitute  and appoint R.  RICHARD
ABLON,  J.  L. EFFINGER  and KATHLEEN  RITCH,  and each  of them,  attorneys and
proxies with full  power of substitution  to each, for  and in the  name of  the
undersigned  and with all the powers the undersigned would possess if personally
present, to  vote all  the shares  of Common  Stock of  the undersigned  in  the
Corporation at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Corporation, to be held
at  the Grand Hyatt New  York hotel, 42nd Street,  west of Lexington Avenue, New
York, New York on Thursday, May 26, 1994 at 10:30 A.M. (Eastern Daylight  Saving
Time)  on all matters as  may properly come before the  meeting, as set forth in
the Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders,  dated April 13, 1994, and at  any
and all adjournments thereof.
 
     A  majority of  such attorneys as  shall be  present and shall  act at said
meeting, or any of them (or if only  one of such attorneys shall be present  and
act, then that one) shall have and may exercise all the powers of said attorneys
hereunder.
 
     THE  BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS THAT  SHAREHOLDERS VOTE FOR THE ELECTION
OF FIVE DIRECTORS TO HOLD OFFICE FOR A TERM OF THREE YEARS; FOR THE RATIFICATION
OF DELOITTE &  TOUCHE AS AUDITORS;  FOR THE  AMENDMENT TO THE  1990 OGDEN  STOCK
OPTION  PLAN;  AND  FOR  THE ADOPTION  OF  THE  CEO FORMULA  BONUS  PLAN.  IF NO
SPECIFICATION IS MADE  AS TO  ANY PROPOSAL,  THE SHARES  WILL BE  VOTED FOR  THE
ELECTION  OF FIVE DIRECTORS  TO HOLD OFFICE FOR  A TERM OF  THREE YEARS; FOR THE
RATIFICATION OF DELOITTE  & TOUCHE AS  AUDITORS; FOR THE  AMENDMENT TO THE  1990
OGDEN STOCK OPTION PLAN; AND FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE CEO FORMULA BONUS PLAN.
 
                (CONTINUED AND TO BE SIGNED ON THE REVERSE SIDE)


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This  Proxy, when properly executed, will be voted in the manner directed herein
by the undersigned shareholder. If no such directions are given with respect  to
all or some items, as to such items, the shares represented by the Proxy will be
voted FOR all Proposals.
 
[x] Please mark your votes as this
 
                                ---------------
                                     COMMON
 
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR ALL NOMINEES IN PROPOSAL 1 AND FOR
PROPOSALS 2, 3 AND 4.
 
Proposal  1. FOR election of the following five directors for a three year term:
David M.  Abshire; Norman  G. Einspruch;  Attallah Kappas;  Homer A.  Neal;  and
Stanford S. Penner.
 
<TABLE>
<S>                        <C>        <C>
   FOR                     WITHHOLD   WITHHELD FOR: (WRITE THAT NOMINEE'S NAME IN THE SPACE PROVIDED
   ALL                      FOR ALL   BELOW).
NOMINEES                   NOMINEES
   [ ]                        [ ]     ________________________________________________
</TABLE>
 

PROPOSAL 2. RATIFICATION OF
DELOITTE & TOUCHE AS AUDITORS
OF THE CORPORATION FOR THE YEAR
1994.
   FOR      AGAINST    ABSTAIN
   [ ]        [ ]        [ ]

PROPOSAL 3. PROPOSAL TO AMEND
THE OGDEN 1990 STOCK OPTION
PLAN.
   FOR      AGAINST    ABSTAIN
   [ ]        [ ]        [ ]

 PROPOSAL 4. PROPOSAL TO ADOPT
  THE CEO FORMULA BONUS PLAN.
   FOR      AGAINST    ABSTAIN
   [ ]        [ ]        [ ]

 
Signature(s)__________________________________________   Date __________________
 
NOTE:  Please sign as name  appears hereon. Joint owners  should each sign. When
signing as attorney, executor, administrator,  trustee or guardian, please  give
full title as such.



<PAGE>
                 OGDEN CORPORATION -- BOARD OF DIRECTORS PROXY
 
     KNOW  ALL MEN BY  THESE PRESENTS that the  undersigned shareholder of OGDEN
CORPORATION (the 'Corporation')  does hereby constitute  and appoint R.  RICHARD
ABLON,  J.  L. EFFINGER  and KATHLEEN  RITCH,  and each  of them,  attorneys and
proxies with full  power of substitution  to each, for  and in the  name of  the
undersigned  and with all the powers the undersigned would possess if personally
present, to vote all  the shares of  Preferred Stock of  the undersigned in  the
Corporation at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Corporation, to be held
at  the Grand Hyatt New  York hotel, 42nd Street,  west of Lexington Avenue, New
York, New York on Thursday, May 26, 1994 at 10:30 A.M. (Eastern Daylight  Saving
Time)  on all matters as  may properly come before the  meeting, as set forth in
the Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders,  dated April 13, 1994, and at  any
and all adjournments thereof.
 
     A  majority of  such attorneys as  shall be  present and shall  act at said
meeting, or any of them (or if only  one of such attorneys shall be present  and
act, then that one) shall have and may exercise all the powers of said attorneys
hereunder.
 
     THE  BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS THAT  SHAREHOLDERS VOTE FOR THE ELECTION
OF FIVE DIRECTORS TO HOLD OFFICE FOR A TERM OF THREE YEARS; FOR THE RATIFICATION
OF DELOITTE &  TOUCHE AS AUDITORS;  FOR THE  AMENDMENT TO THE  1990 OGDEN  STOCK
OPTION  PLAN;  AND  FOR  THE ADOPTION  OF  THE  CEO FORMULA  BONUS  PLAN.  IF NO
SPECIFICATION IS MADE  AS TO  ANY PROPOSAL,  THE SHARES  WILL BE  VOTED FOR  THE
ELECTION  OF FIVE DIRECTORS  TO HOLD OFFICE FOR  A TERM OF  THREE YEARS; FOR THE
RATIFICATION OF DELOITTE  & TOUCHE AS  AUDITORS; FOR THE  AMENDMENT TO THE  1990
OGDEN STOCK OPTION PLAN; AND FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE CEO FORMULA BONUS PLAN.
 
                (CONTINUED AND TO BE SIGNED ON THE REVERSE SIDE)

<PAGE>
This  Proxy, when properly executed, will be voted in the manner directed herein
by the undersigned shareholder. If no such directions are given with respect  to
all or some items, as to such items, the shares represented by the Proxy will be
voted FOR all Proposals.
 
[x] Please mark your votes as this
 
                                ---------------
                                   PREFERRED
 
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR ALL NOMINEES IN PROPOSAL 1 AND FOR
PROPOSALS 2, 3 AND 4.
 
Proposal  1. FOR election of the following five directors for a three year term:
David M.  Abshire; Norman  G. Einspruch;  Attallah Kappas;  Homer A.  Neal;  and
Stanford S. Penner.
 
<TABLE>
<S>                        <C>        <C>
   FOR                     WITHHOLD   WITHHELD FOR: (WRITE THAT NOMINEE'S NAME IN THE SPACE PROVIDED
   ALL                      FOR ALL   BELOW).
NOMINEES                   NOMINEES
   [ ]                        [ ]     ______________________________________________________
</TABLE>
 

PROPOSAL 2. RATIFICATION OF
DELOITTE & TOUCHE AS AUDITORS
OF THE CORPORATION FOR THE YEAR
1994.
   FOR      AGAINST    ABSTAIN
   [ ]        [ ]        [ ]

PROPOSAL 3. PROPOSAL TO AMEND
THE OGDEN 1990 STOCK OPTION
PLAN.
   FOR      AGAINST    ABSTAIN
   [ ]        [ ]        [ ]

PROPOSAL 4. PROPOSAL TO ADOPT
THE CEO FORMULA BONUS PLAN.
   FOR      AGAINST    ABSTAIN
   [ ]        [ ]        [ ]

 
Signature(s) _________________________________________   Date __________________

NOTE:  Please sign as name  appears hereon. Joint owners  should each sign. When
signing as attorney, executor, administrator,  trustee or guardian, please  give
full title as such.




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