MAGNETEK INC
10-Q, 1997-05-08
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                                  FORM 10-Q

                     SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                           Washington, D. C. 20549

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

For the quarterly period ended:  March 31, 1997
                                   OR
[       ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF THE
               SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from
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Commission file number 1-10233
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                                 MAGNETEK, INC.
              (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                 Delaware                                95-3917584
     (State or other jurisdiction of                  (I.R.S. Employer
     incorporation or organization)                Identification Number)


                                26 Century Blvd.
                                P. O. Box 290159
                        Nashville, Tennessee  37229-0159
                    (Address of principal executive offices)
                                   (Zip Code)
                                 (615) 316-5100
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

              ----------------------------------------------------
              (Former name, former address and former fiscal year,
                          if changed since last report)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required
to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during
the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was
required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing
requirements for the past 90 days.
Yes   X   No
     ---     ---

                      APPLICABLE ONLY TO CORPORATE ISSUERS:
The number of shares outstanding of Registrant's Common Stock, as of 
May 8th, 1997:  25,990,744 shares.

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PART I.   FINANCIAL INFORMATION

In the opinion of management, the accompanying condensed consolidated financial
statements contain all adjustments, consisting only of normal, recurring
adjustments, necessary to fairly present the financial position as of March 31,
1997 and the results of operations and cash flows for the three-month and nine-
month periods ended March 31, 1997 and 1996.  It is suggested that these
condensed consolidated financial statements be read in conjunction with the
consolidated financial statements and notes included in the Company's latest
annual report on Form 10-K.  Results for the three months and nine months ended
March 31, 1997 are not necessarily indicative of results which may be
experienced for the full fiscal year.

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ITEM 1

                                 MAGNETEK, INC.
                      CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
                        MARCH 31, 1997 and JUNE 30, 1996
                             (amounts in thousands)

ASSETS                                            March 31            June 30
- ------                                           -----------        -----------
                                                 (unaudited)
Current assets:
  Cash                                           $     5,007        $       871
  Accounts receivable                                190,051            201,814
  Inventories                                        182,793            203,265
  Prepaid expenses and other                          28,328             26,902
                                                 -----------        -----------
   Total current assets                              406,179            432,852
                                                 -----------        -----------
Property, plant and equipment                        404,042            383,498

Less-accumulated depreciation 
 and amortization                                    226,324            207,079
                                                 -----------        -----------
                                                     177,718            176,419
                                                 -----------        -----------
Net assets of discontinued operations                      -              1,174

Goodwill                                              31,086             30,668

Deferred financing costs,
 intangible and other assets                          38,196             37,661
                                                 -----------        -----------
Total Assets                                     $   653,179        $   678,774
                                                 -----------        -----------
                                                 -----------        -----------
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
- ------------------------------------
Current liabilities:
  Accounts payable                               $    91,549        $   104,273
  Accrued liabilities                                132,798            126,399
  Current portion of long-term debt                    2,935              2,895
                                                 -----------        -----------
     Total current liabilities                       227,282            233,567
                                                 -----------        -----------

Long-term debt, net of current portion               281,152            319,128

Other long-term obligations                           72,146             71,633

Deferred income taxes                                 11,985             12,888

Commitments and contingencies

Stockholders' equity
   Common stock                                          258                255
   Other                                              60,356             41,303
                                                 -----------        -----------
   Total stockholder's equity                         60,614             41,558
                                                 -----------        -----------
Total Liabilities and 
    Stockholders' Equity                         $   653,179        $   678,774
                                                 -----------        -----------
                                                 -----------        -----------


                            See accompanying notes

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ITEM 1 (Continued)

                               MAGNETEK, INC.
                  CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENTS
                         FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED
                          MARCH 31, 1997 and 1996
                (amounts in thousands except per share data)
                                (unaudited)

                                                      1997              1996
                                                      ----              ----
Net sales                                         $  301,391        $  301,628 
Cost of sales                                        236,719           249,116 
                                                    --------          --------
Gross profit                                          64,672            52,512 
Selling, general and administrative                   41,048            40,677 
                                                    --------          --------
Income from operations                                23,624            11,835 
Interest expense                                       6,953             7,545 
Other expense, net                                     1,077             1,198 
                                                    --------          --------
Income before provision for 
 income taxes and extraordinary item                  15,594             3,092 
Income taxes                                           6,396             1,668 
                                                    --------          --------
Income before extraordinary item                       9,198             1,424 
Extraordinary item (net of taxes)                      ( 170)                -
                                                    --------          --------
Net income                                        $    9,028          $  1,424 
                                                    --------          --------
                                                    --------          --------
EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE

Primary:
Income before extraordinary item                  $     0.34          $   0.06 
Extraordinary item                                     (0.01)                -
                                                    --------          --------
Net income                                        $     0.33          $   0.06
                                                    --------          --------
                                                    --------          --------
Fully diluted:
Income before extraordinary item                  $     0.32               *
Extraordinary item                                     (0.01)
                                                    --------          --------
Net Income                                        $     0.31               *
                                                    --------          --------
                                                    --------          --------


    *   Per share amounts on a fully diluted basis have been omitted as such 
        amounts are anti-dilutive in relation to primary per share amounts.

                             See accompanying notes

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ITEM 1 (Continued)

                                  MAGNETEK, INC.
                     CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENTS
                             FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED
                              MARCH 31, 1997 and 1996
                    (amounts in thousands except per share data)
                                   (unaudited)

                                                      1997              1996
                                                    --------          --------
Net sales                                         $  886,508        $  856,460 
Cost of sales                                        711,454           714,245 
                                                    --------          --------
Gross profit                                         175,054           142,215 
Selling, general and administrative                  117,661           117,600 
                                                    --------          --------
Income from operations                                57,393            24,615 
Interest expense                                      21,682            24,097 
Other expense, net                                     3,211             3,589 
                                                    --------          --------
Income (loss) before provision for
 income taxes and extraordinary item                  32,500           ( 3,071)
Income taxes                                          13,231               573 
                                                    --------          --------
Income (loss)before extraordinary item                19,269           ( 3,644)
Extraordinary item (net of taxes)                     ( 170)                 -
                                                    --------          --------
Net income (loss)                                  $  19,099        $  ( 3,644)
                                                    --------          --------
                                                    --------          --------
EARNINGS (LOSS) PER COMMON SHARE

Primary:
Income (loss) before extraordinary item            $    0.74            ( 0.15)
Extraordinary item (net of taxes)                      (0.01)                -
                                                    --------          --------
Net income (loss)                                  $    0.73        $   ( 0.15)
                                                    --------          --------
                                                    --------          --------
Fully diluted:
Income before extraordinary item                   $    0.71                *
Extraordinary item                                     (0.01)               -
                                                    --------          --------
Net income (loss)                                  $    0.70                *
                                                    --------          --------
                                                    --------          --------

    *   Per share amounts on a fully diluted basis have been omitted as such 
        amounts are anti-dilutive in relation to primary per share amounts.

                             See accompanying notes

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ITEM 1 (continued)


                                  MAGNETEK, INC.
                      CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
                FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 1997 AND 1996
                              (amounts in thousands)
                                   (unaudited)


                                                       1997             1996
                                                     -------          -------
Cash flows from operating activities:

Net income (loss)                                  $  19,099        $  ( 3,644)

Adjustments to reconcile net income 
 to net cash provided by 
  operating activities:
    Depreciation and amortization                     28,987            29,645 
    Changes in operating assets and liabilities 

    of continuing operations                          15,384            19,377 
                                                   ---------
Total adjustments                                     44,371            49,022 
                                                   ---------        ----------

Net cash provided by operating activities:            63,470            45,378 
                                                   ---------        ----------
Cash flows from investing activities:

Proceeds from sale of businesses and assets            2,017            75,883 
Capital expenditures                                (25,111)           (28,265)
Other investments                                   ( 1,329)           (    17)
                                                   ---------        ----------
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities (24,423)            47,601 
                                                   ---------        ----------
Cash flows from financing activities:

Proceeds from issuance of common stock                 3,250               352 
Repayment of bank and other long-term obligations   (37,936)           (88,578)
Increase in deferred financing costs                (   225)           (   276)
                                                   ---------        ----------
Net cash used in financing activities               (34,911)           (88,502)
                                                   ---------        ----------


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ITEM 1 (continued)

                                  MAGNETEK, INC.
                CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (continued)
                FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 1997 AND 1996
                              (amounts in thousands)
                                   (unaudited)

                                                       1997              1996
                                                       ----              ----
Net cash used in discontinued operations                   -            (2,785)
                                                    --------           --------
Net increase in cash                                   4,136              1,692
Cash at the beginning of period                          871                311
                                                    --------           --------
Cash at the end of period                           $  5,007           $  2,003
                                                    --------           --------
                                                    --------           --------
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:
   Cash paid during the period for:
     Interest                                       $ 17,594           $ 22,434
     Income Taxes                                   $  1,552           $  4,051



                            (see accompanying notes)
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ITEM 1 (continued)

                                 MAGNETEK, INC.
                NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                                 MARCH 31, 1997
                     (All dollar amounts are in the thousands)
                                   (unaudited)


1.   SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

     FISCAL PERIOD - The Company uses a fifty-two, fifty-three week fiscal year.
     Fiscal periods end on the Sunday nearest the end of the month.  For clarity
     of presentation, all periods are presented as if they ended on the last day
     of the calendar period.  The three month and nine month periods ended March
     31, 1997 and 1996 each contained thirteen weeks and thirty nine weeks
     respectively.
     
     REVENUE RECOGNITION - The Company's policy is to record and recognize sales
     only upon shipment.
     
     ACCOUNTING FOR STOCK OPTIONS - As permitted under statement of Financial
     Accounting standards No 123 (SFAS 123), "Accounting for Stock-Based
     Compensation", the Company has elected to follow Accounting Principles
     Board Opinion No 25 "Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees" (APB25), and
     related interpretations, in accounting for stock based awards to employees.
     Under APB 25, the Company recognizes no compensation expense with respect
     to such awards.  The Company has adopted the disclosure-only option under
     SFAS No. 123.

2.   INVENTORIES

     Inventories at March 31, 1997 and June 30, 1996 consist of the following:

                                                    March 31     June 30
                                                   ---------   ---------
        Raw materials and stock parts              $  61,459   $  60,018
        Work-in-process                               40,786      46,354
        Finished goods                                80,548      96,893
                                                   ---------   ---------
                                                   $ 182,793   $ 203,265
                                                   ---------   ---------
                                                   ---------   ---------

3.   REPOSITIONING COSTS AND DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

     As a result of significant declines in sales and profit margins in both
     electronic and magnetic ballast product lines during fiscal 1996, the
     Company conducted a review and analysis of actions required to reduce costs
     and improve future flexibility and profitability, largely focused on the
     lighting products business.  Upon completion of the review and approval by
     the Company's Board of Directors, certain reserves were established and
     charges recorded in the year ended June 30, 1996 to reflect costs
     associated with repositioning operations, primarily for severance,
     termination benefits and asset write-downs related to facility closures.
     Reserves were also established for estimated increases in warranty
     (primarily related to the electronic ballast product line) and other costs.
     During the third quarter of fiscal year 1997, approximately $2.8 million of
     cash outlays were made in connection with the repositioning reserves, for
     which approximately $1.8 million represented warranty costs and the balance
     of $1.0 million in severance and other costs.  Through the first nine
     months of fiscal 1997, approximately $5.8 million of net cash outlays have
     been made against these reserves.  Cash outlays for warranty costs through
     nine months were approximately $3.0 million with severance and other
     related costs representing the balance of the expenditures.  The net cash
     outlays through March, 1997, include approximately $.8 million of
     recoveries associated with vendor settlements on certain warranty matters
     included in the repositioning reserves.

     In January 1994, the Company's Board of Directors adopted a formal plan of
     disposal for certain businesses in connection with an overall restructuring


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     program designed to focus the Company's resources on the core product lines
     and reduce debt.  During the year ended June 30, 1996, the Company had
     completed the sale of substantially all remaining discontinued operations
     with the total net proceeds aggregating over $200 million, which was used
     to repay debt.  The Company retains certain indemifications related to
     these businesses which through the first nine months of fiscal 1997
     resulted in minimal cash outlays.

4.   LONG TERM DEBT AND BANK BORROWING ARRANGEMENTS

     Due to the positive operating cash performance in the first quarter of
     fiscal 1997, the Company's borrowing rates were reduced in the second
     quarter of fiscal 1997 by fifty basis points from the rates in effect at
     the end of fiscal 1996.  Rates on borrowings under the Bank Loan Agreement
     previously quoted as LIBOR plus two and one quarter percent or prime rate
     plus one percent were reduced to LIBOR plus one and three quarters percent
     or prime plus one half percent.  Based upon improvements made during the
     Company's second fiscal quarter, an additional twenty five basis point
     reduction in the borrowing rates was effective as of January, 1997. 
     Continued positive performance through the Company's third fiscal quarter
     has resulted in further interest rate reductions.  Effective at the end of
     April, 1997, borrowings under the LIBOR option will have a one and a
     quarter percent adder and prime rate borrowings will have no premium added
     to the base rate.
     
     During the quarter ended March 31, 1997, the Company repurchased $5 million
     of its 10 3/4 percent Senior Subordinated Notes (Notes) in open market
     transactions at a price of 105 percent of face value.  The premium paid
     together with the remaining unamortized portion of issue costs associated
     with the repurchased Notes is included as an extraordinary item (net of tax
     benefits) in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Income Statements. 
     Subsequent to quarter end, the Company repurchased in open market
     transactions an additional $10.8 million of Notes at prices of 104.5 and
     104.75 percent of face value, which will result in an extraordinary fourth
     quarter charge of $.3 million (net of tax benefits) related to this
     transaction.

5.   COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

     The Company and certain of its subsidiaries have been named as 
     defendants in a suit filed by Cooper Industries, Inc. ("Cooper"), 
     alleging breach of the 1986 agreement by which the Company acquired 
     certain businesses from Cooper.  At issue in the Cooper litigation is 
     the question of which party has responsibility in connection with 
     pending lawsuits (the "lawsuits") involving numerous plaintiffs who 
     allege injurious exposure to asbestos contained in products manufactured 
     by current or former subsidiaries and divisions of Cooper.  Cooper 
     claims that the Company is obligated to defend and indemnify Cooper in 
     connection with the lawsuits.  The Company has denied that it is 
     obligated under the agreement to defend and indemnify Cooper in 
     connection with the lawsuits, and has filed a counterclaim asserting 
     that Cooper is obligated under the agreement to defend and indemnify the 
     Company in connection with the lawsuits and that certain insurance 
     coverage available to Cooper should be applied to the lawsuits. The Company
     intends to litigate its position vigorously.

     In 1994, the Company sold the assets of one of its subsidiaries to Patriot
     Sensors and Controls ("Patriot") pursuant to an agreement which provides
     that the parties will share responsibility for most of the lawsuits over a
     five year period, with Patriot bearing full responsibility for such 
     lawsuits thereafter.  Patriot has stated that it may be financially unable
     to perform its indemnification obligations with respect to such lawsuits. 
     The Company and Patriot are not currently in litigation.


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     Due to (i) the early stage of the Cooper litigation, (ii) the potential 
     that Patriot may or may not perform some or all of its indemnification 
     obligations to the Company, and (iii) the ongoing review of strategies 
     and defenses available to the Company in the lawsuits, it is difficult 
     to predict the outcome of the foregoing legal proceedings. However, 
     management of the Company does not believe that the financial impact of 
     the foregoing legal proceedings will be material.

6.   STOCKHOLDER RIGHTS PLAN

     In March 1997, MagneTek adopted a "Stockholder Rights Plan," structured as
     follows:  ten business days after anyone becomes the beneficial owner of
     at least 15% of MagneTek's outstanding common stock, every Preferred Stock
     Purchase Right (a "Right") could be exercised to purchase the number of
     MagneTek shares whose total market value equals twice the exercise price
     of the Right (except those held by the 15% stockholder). Initially, the
     exercise price of each Right is $60, so each holder exercising a Right
     for $60 would be entitled to receive $120 worth of MagneTek stock.
     
     Furthermore, if MagneTek is merged into another corporation, or at least
     half of its assets or earning power are sold (in either case, after someone
     has acquired at least 15% of MagneTek's stock), every Right (except those
     held by the 15% stockholder) could be exercised for $60 to receive $120
     worth of the acquiring corporation's stock.


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ITEM 2

MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS:

     THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 1997 VS 1996
     Net Sales and Gross Profit.
     MagneTek's net sales for the third quarter of fiscal 1997 were $301.4
     million, compared to the third quarter of fiscal 1996 results of $301.6
     million.  Results for the third quarter of fiscal 1996 include
     approximately $3 million of sales for businesses which were subsequently
     sold.  Adjusting for businesses sold, third quarter fiscal 1997 revenues
     slightly exceeded revenues for the comparable prior year period.  Motors
     and Controls sales increased 2.8% in the third quarter due primarily to
     stronger generator and commercial fractional product revenues.  Sales for
     the Lighting Products segment increased 1.7% due largely to increased
     electronic and compact fluorescent sales partially offset by reduced
     magnetic ballast sales.  Power Supplies sales declined 7.4% after adjusting
     for the sales of divested businesses. Custom power supplies sales in Europe
     declined as the Company consciously reduced lower margin personal computer
     related revenues to improve profitability.

     The Company's gross profits increased to $64.7 million (21.5% of net sales)
     in the third quarter of fiscal 1997 from $52.5 million (17.4% of net sales)
     in fiscal 1996.  Improvement in gross profits was reflected in each of the
     segment results, however, Lighting Products performance was the predominant
     factor affecting over-all results.  Electronic, magnetic and compact
     fluorescent ballasts benefited from stable production coupled with lower
     manufacturing costs.  Higher generator sales volume improved gross profits
     within Motors and Controls while Power Supplies benefited from a favorable
     mix of product and lower cost for component parts.
     
     Operating Expenses.
     Selling, general and administrative (SG&A) expense was $41.0 million (13.6%
     of net sales) in the third quarter of fiscal 1997 versus $40.7 million
     (13.5% of net sales) in the third quarter of fiscal 1996.  The increase in
     spending reflected primarily higher expenses associated with stock price
     based compensation agreements.  Personnel procurement and relocation costs
     were higher as the Company continued to upgrade the capabilities of it's
     workforce.  These costs were partially offset by lower consulting and
     health and welfare costs.
     
     Interest and Other Expense.
     Interest expense for the third quarter of fiscal 1997 was $7.0 million
     compared to $7.5 million in the third quarter of fiscal 1996.  Debt levels
     continued to be reduced as improved working capital performance and
     profitability provided positive cash flows. In January of 1997, interest
     rates applicable to the Company's LIBOR and prime rate borrowings were
     reduced under the Bank Loan Agreement based upon achievement of specified
     performance levels.
     
     Net Income.
     The Company recorded an after-tax profit of $9.0 million in the third
     quarter of fiscal 1997 compared to an after-tax profit of $1.4 million in
     the third quarter of fiscal 1996.  Included in the third quarter fiscal
     1997 results was a $.2 million extraordinary charge (net of tax benefits)
     associated with the early extinguishment of debt (see Note 4).

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     NINE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 1997 VS 1996
     Net Sales and Gross Profit.
     Net sales for MagneTek in the first nine months of fiscal 1997 were $886.5
     million, a 3.5% increase over the $856.5 million in the initial nine months
     of fiscal 1996.  Sales for the Lighting Products segment increased 5.2%
     with the largest increase in compact fluorescent product sales.  Magnetic
     and electronic ballast sales also improved domestically but softened in
     Europe due to weaker economic conditions.  Motors and Controls revenues
     increased 3.8% primarily due to improved sales for residential and
     commercial horsepower motor products and generators.  Drives sales were
     consistent with the prior year nine-month results with stronger power
     conversion (fuel cell) sales offset by lower sales of drives products. 
     Sales for the Power Supplies segment (adjusted for the sales of divested
     businesses) increased 4.4% due to increased sales of custom power supplies
     and trade magnetics over the earlier nine-month period, partially offset by
     reduced sales of converters to the recreational vehicle market.
     
     The Company's gross profits grew to $175.1 million (19.8% of net sales) for
     the first nine months of fiscal 1997 as compared to $142.2 million (16.6%
     of net sales) in the prior year nine-month period.  Domestic Lighting
     Products improved gross profit levels by approximately fifty percent. 
     Stable prices and production levels as well as the successful transition to
     lower cost manufacturing sites were contributing factors.  European
     Lighting ballast gross profits improved significantly from the year earlier
     period as prices stabilized.  Motors and Controls continued penetration of
     niche markets in residential and commercial fractional applications and
     generator sales volume increases also contributed to higher gross profits. 
     Custom drives products incurred higher research and development costs
     associated with development of new products for the elevator market
     resulting in slightly  reduced gross profits from the prior year period. 
     Gross profit levels increased for the Power Supplies segment due to a
     favorable mix of product and lower costs of components.
     
     Operating Expenses.
     Selling, general and administrative (SG&A) expense was $117.8 million
     (13.3% of net sales) in the first nine months of fiscal 1997 versus $117.6
     million (13.7% of net sales) in the first nine months of fiscal 1996. 
     Lower marketing and sales costs were offset by higher general and
     administrative costs.  Administrative costs were adversely affected by
     stock-performance based compensation agreements.  Health and welfare costs
     were favorable to the year earlier period.
     
     Interest and Other Expense.
     Interest expense in the first nine months of fiscal 1997 was $21.7 million
     versus $24.6 million in the first nine months of fiscal 1996.  Lower
     interest rates on the Company's variable debt and the achievement of lower
     working capital balances in the areas of accounts receivable and inventory
     contributed to decreased debt levels.
     
     Net Income.
     After-tax net income in the first nine months of fiscal 1997 was $19.1
     million compared to an after-tax loss of $3.6 million for the same period
     in 1996.  Increased profitability resulted from enhanced gross profit
     performance, largely attributable to the Lighting Products segment.  Lower
     interest expense also contributed to the improvement, reflecting the
     results of the Company's continuing focus on debt reduction.  As a result
     of the foregoing improvements, the Company's tax provision for the initial
     nine months of fiscal 1997 was $13.2 million compared to a provision of $.6
     million in fiscal 1996.

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LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES:

     As of March 31, 1997, long term borrowings (including the current portion)
     were $284 million as compared to $322 million as of June 30, 1996.  The
     reduction of approximately $38 million is due to the Company's improved
     profit performance and working capital reductions.  In February, the
     Company purchased $5 million in principal amount of its 10 3/4 percent
     Senior Subordinated Notes, financed by lower interest borrowings under its
     Bank Loan Agreement (see Note 4).  In April, an additional $10.8 million of
     the Senior Subordinated Notes were purchased to further reduce interest
     expense.  As of March 31, 1997, the Company had approximately $84 million
     of borrowing capacity under its Bank Loan Agreement.  Net cash outflows
     through the first nine months of fiscal 1997, specific to the Company's
     repositioning reserves were $5.8 million (see Note 3).

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PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1.   LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

          The Company and certain of its subsidiaries have been named as
          defendants in a suit filed by Cooper Industries, Inc. ("Cooper"),
          alleging breach of the 1986 agreement by which the Company acquired
          certain businesses from Cooper.  At issue in the Cooper litigation is
          the question of which party has responsibility in connection with 
          pending lawsuits (the "lawsuits") involving numerous  plaintiffs who 
          allege injurious exposure to asbestos contained in products 
          manufactured by current or former subsidiaries and divisions of 
          Cooper.  Cooper claims that the Company is obligated to defend and 
          indemnify Cooper in connection with the lawsuits.  The Company has 
          denied that it is obligated under the agreement to defend and 
          indemnify Cooper in connection with the lawsuits, and has filed a 
          counterclaim asserting that Cooper is obligated under the agreement 
          to defend and indemnify the Company in connection with the lawsuits
          and that certain insurance coverage available to Cooper should be 
          applied to the lawsuits.  The Company intends to litigate its 
          position vigorously.
          
          In 1994, the Company sold the assets of one of its subsidiaries to
          Patriot Sensors and Controls ("Patriot") pursuant to an agreement
          which provides that the parties will share responsibility for most of
          the lawsuits over a five year period, with Patriot bearing full
          responsibility for such lawsuits thereafter. Patriot has stated that
          it may be financially unable to perform its indemnification 
          obligations with respect to such lawsuits.  The Company and Patriot 
          are not currently in litigation.
          
          Due to (i) the early stage of the Cooper litigation, (ii) the 
          potential that Patriot may or may not perform some or all of its 
          indemnification obligations to the Company, and (iii) the ongoing 
          review of strategies and defenses available to the Company in the 
          lawsuits, it is difficult to predict the outcome of the foregoing 
          legal proceedings. However, management of the Company does not 
          believe that the financial impact of the foregoing legal 
          proceedings will be material.
          
ITEM 2.   CHANGES IN SECURITIES

          In March 1997 MagneTek adopted a "Stockholder Rights Plan" as
          described in the Current Report on Form 8-K referred to in Item 6
          below.

ITEM 6.   EXHIBITS AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K

     (a)  Exhibits
          10.1 MagneTek, Inc. Directors' Deferral Investment Plan
          10.2 Unsecured Promissory Note dated March 19, 1997 of Ronald N. Hoge
          10.3 Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement between MagneTek, Inc. and
               Ronald N. Hoge
          10.4 Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement between MagneTek, Inc. and
               Brian R. Dundon
          10.5 Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement between MagneTek, Inc. and
               David P. Reiland
          10.6 Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement between MagneTek, Inc. and
               John E. Steiner


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          10.7 Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement between MagneTek, Inc. and
               Antonio Canova


     (b)  Reports on Form 8-K

          The Company filed a Current Report on Form 8-K on March 14, 1997
          (dated March 3, 1997) reporting the adoption of a Stockholder Rights
          Plan and containing a brief description of the preferred stock
          purchase rights issued thereunder.

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                                  SIGNATURES


          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
     the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
     the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

                                                     MAGNETEK, INC.
                                                     (Registrant)


     Date: May 8, 1997  
                                      --------------------------------------
                                                 David P. Reiland
                                             Executive Vice President
                                           and Chief Financial Officer
                                         (Duly authorized officer of the
                                             registrant and principal 
                                                financial officer)


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MAGNETEK, INC.
DIRECTORS' DEFERRAL INVESTMENT PLAN

ARTICLE 1.  ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSES

     1.1  ESTABLISHMENT.  MagneTek, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the 
"Company"), hereby establishes, effective as of January 28, 1997, a deferred 
compensation plan, which shall be known as the "MagneTek, Inc. Directors' 
Deferral Investment Plan" (the "Plan"), for present and future members of the 
Board of Directors who are not employees or officers of the Company.

     1.2  PURPOSE.  The primary purpose of the Plan is to provide members of 
the Board of Directors who are not employees or officers of the Company with 
the opportunity to defer voluntarily a portion of their Director's Fees, 
subject to the terms of the Plan.  By adopting the Plan, the Company desires 
to enhance its ability to attract and retain Directors of outstanding 
competence.

ARTICLE 2.  DEFINITIONS

     Whenever used herein, the following terms shall have the meanings set 
forth below, and, when the defined meaning is intended, the term is 
capitalized:

      (a)  "Board" or "Board of Directors" means the Board of Directors of 
the Company. 

      (b)  "Board Meeting" means any meeting of the Board of Directors or of 
any committee thereof on which the Director serves and for which the Director 
is entitled to receive Meeting Fees.

      (c)  "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from 
time to time. 

      (d)  "Company" means MagneTek, Inc., a Delaware corporation.  

      (e)  "Director" means a member of the Board of Directors of the Company 
who is neither an employee nor an officer of the Company.    

      (f)  "Director's Fees" means a Director's Retainer Fees and Meeting 
Fees, whether payable in cash or stock or any combination thereof. 

      (g)  "ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 
as amended from time to time.    

      (h)  "Meeting Fees" means the fees paid to a Director on a per meeting 
basis for attending a meeting of the Board of Directors or a committee 
thereof. 

      (i)  "Participant" means a Director who is actively participating in 
the Plan. 

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      (j)  "Plan" means this MagneTek, Inc. Directors' Deferral Investment 
Plan, as it may be amended from time to time. 

      (k)  "Retainer Fees" means annual retainer fees paid to a Director for 
serving as a member of the Board of Directors or as a Chairman of a committee 
thereof.  

      (l)  "Stock" means common stock of the Company, par value $.01 per 
share.     

      (m)  "Value" means the fair market value of the cash or Stock a 
Director receives (or, absent deferrals hereunder, is entitled to receive) as 
Director's Fees.       

      (n)  "Year" means a calendar year. 

ARTICLE 3.  ADMINISTRATION  

      3.1  AUTHORITY OF THE BOARD.  The Plan shall be administered by the 
full Board of Directors of the Company.  Subject to the terms of the Plan, 
and to the extent permissible under Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act 
of 1934, as amended, the Board may delegate ministerial duties to the Chief 
Human Resources Officer or any other executive or executives of the Company.  

      Subject to the provisions herein, the Board shall have full power and 
discretion to select Directors for participation in the Plan; to determine 
the terms and conditions of each Director's participation in the Plan; to 
construe and interpret the Plan and any agreement or instrument entered into 
under the Plan; to establish, amend, or waive rules and regulations for the 
Plan's administration; to amend (subject to the provisions of Article 9 
herein) the terms and conditions of the Plan and any agreement entered into 
under the Plan; and to make other determinations which may be necessary or 
advisable for the administration of the Plan.     

      3.2  DECISIONS BINDING.  All determinations and decisions of the Board 
as to any disputed question arising under the Plan, including questions of 
construction and interpretation, shall be final, conclusive, and binding on 
all parties and shall be given the maximum possible deference allowed by law. 

      3.3  ARBITRATION.  Any individual making a claim for benefits under 
this Plan may contest the Board's decision to deny such claim or appeal 
therefrom only by submitting the matter to binding arbitration before a 
single arbitrator.  Any arbitration shall be held in Nashville, Tennessee, 
unless otherwise agreed to by the Board.  The arbitration shall be conducted 
pursuant to the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration 
Association.      

      The arbitrator's authority shall be limited to the affirmance or 
reversal of the Board's denial of the claim or appeal, and the arbitrator 
shall have no power to alter, add to, or subtract from any provision of this 
Plan.  The arbitrator's decision shall be final and binding on all parties, 
if warranted on the record and reasonably based on applicable law and the 
provisions of this Plan.  The arbitrator shall have no power to award any 
punitive, exemplary, consequential, or special damages, and under no 
circumstances shall an award contain any amount that in any way 

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reflects any of such types of damages.  Each party shall bear its own 
attorney's fees and costs of arbitration. Judgment on the award rendered by 
the arbitrator may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof.

      3.4  INDEMNIFICATION.  Each person who is or shall have been a member 
of the Board shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company against 
and from any loss, cost, liability, or expense that may be imposed upon or 
reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with or resulting from any 
claim, action, suit, or proceeding to which he or she may be a defendant, or 
in which he or she may be a party by reason of any act or omission by such 
Board member in his or her capacity as an administrator of the Plan, and 
against and from any and all amounts paid by him or her in settlement 
thereof, with the Company's approval, or paid by him or her in satisfaction 
of any judgment in any such action, suit, or proceeding against him or her, 
provided he or she shall give the Company an opportunity, at its own expense, 
to handle and defend the same before he or she undertakes to handle and 
defend it on his or her own behalf.   

      The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be exclusive of any 
other rights of indemnification to which such persons may be entitled under 
the Company's Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, as a matter of law, or 
otherwise, or any power that the Company may have to indemnify them or hold 
them harmless. 

ARTICLE 4.  ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION

      4.1  ELIGIBILITY.  Persons eligible to participate in the Plan shall be 
those members of the Board of Directors who are not employees or officers of 
the Company, as selected by the Board in its sole and absolute discretion.  

      In the event a Participant no longer meets the requirements for 
participation in the Plan, such Participant shall become an inactive 
Participant, retaining all the rights described under the Plan, except the 
right to make any further deferrals, until such time that the Participant 
again becomes an active Participant. 

      4.2  PARTICIPATION.  Participation in the Plan shall be determined by 
the Board based upon the criteria set forth in Section 4.1 herein annually or 
at such other time selected by the Board.      

      4.3  PARTIAL YEAR ELIGIBILITY.  In the event that a Participant first 
becomes eligible to participate in the Plan during a Year, such Participant 
shall, within thirty (30) calendar days of becoming eligible, be notified by 
the Company of his or her eligibility to participate, and the Company shall 
provide each such Participant with "Election to Defer Forms," which must be 
completed by the Participant as provided in Sections 5.2 and 5.3 herein; 
provided, however, that such Participant may only make an election to defer 
with respect to that portion of his or her Director's Fees for such Year 
which are to be earned after the filing of the deferral election. 

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ARTICLE 5. DEFERRAL OPPORTUNITY

      5.1  AMOUNT WHICH MAY BE DEFERRED.  A Participant may elect to defer up 
to one hundred percent (100%) of his or her Retainer Fees for any Year and up 
to one hundred percent (100%) of his or her Meeting Fees for each Board 
Meeting during any Year.  The amount of Retainer Fees and Meeting Fees to be 
deferred shall be expressed as a percentage of the Value of the fees 
otherwise payable (in cash or Stock) for the Participant's service as a 
Director of the Company.

      5.2  DEFERRAL ELECTION FOR RETAINER FEES.  Participants shall make 
their elections under the Plan to defer their Retainer Fees no later than 
December 20 prior to the beginning of each Year, or not later than thirty 
(30) calendar days following notification of initial eligibility to 
participate herein (with respect to Retainer Fees not yet earned or paid).  
All elections to defer Retainer Fees shall be made on an "Election to Defer 
Form," as described herein and shall be delivered by the Participant to the 
Board (or its delegate) as described in Section 10.1 herein.  The deferral 
election with respect to Retainer Fees shall automatically remain in effect 
for the Year in question (for which it shall be irrevocable) and for all 
subsequent periods the Participant participates in the Plan until revoked or 
changed by the Participant.  The deferral may be revoked or changed  with 
respect future Years only by delivering a new election on an "Election to 
Defer Form" no later than December 20 prior to the beginning of the Year.

      Participants shall make the following elections on an "Election to 
Defer Form":      

      (a)  The amount to be deferred with respect to his or her Retainer Fees 
           for the Year, pursuant to the terms of Section 5.1 herein; and      

      (b)  The form of payment to be made to the Participant at the end of 
           the deferral period, pursuant to the terms of Section 5.5 herein.

      5.3  DEFERRAL ELECTION FOR MEETING FEES.  Participants shall make their 
elections to defer their Meeting Fees under the Plan no later than the date 
immediately prior to the date of the Board Meeting to which such Meeting Fees 
relate.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the initial election of the 
Participants' deferral of Meeting Fees shall be made no later than December 
20 prior to the beginning of the Year or no later than thirty (30) calendar 
days following notification of initial eligibility to participate in the Plan 
(with respect to Meeting Fees not yet earned or paid). All elections to defer 
Meeting Fees shall be made on an "Election to Defer Form," as described in 
Section 5.2 herein and shall be delivered by the Participant to the Board (or 
its delegate) as described in Section 10.1 herein.  On the "Election to Defer 
Form" described in Section 5.2, the Participant shall elect (in addition to 
any other relevant elections described in Section 5.2 herein) the amount to 
be deferred with respect to his or her Meeting Fees for each Board Meeting, 
pursuant to the terms of Section 5.1 herein.  The deferral election with 
respect to Meeting Fees shall automatically remain in effect for all periods 
the Participant participates in the Plan until revoked or changed by the 
Participant.

      The deferral may be revoked or changed with respect to future Board 
Meetings by filing with the Board (or its delegate) a new election on an 
"Election to Defer Form" no later than the 

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day immediately prior to the date of the next Board Meeting for which the 
Participant shall receive Meeting Fees.      

      5.4  LENGTH OF DEFERRAL.  Except as otherwise provided in Section 5.7, 
the amounts deferred by each Participant and the accumulated earnings thereon 
shall be paid (or commence to be paid) to the Participant as provided in 
Sections 5.5 and 5.6 herein in January following the Year in which the 
termination of the Participant's service as a Director of the Company occurs 
for any reason other than death.  In the event of the Participant's death, 
the payment of the amounts deferred and the accumulated earnings thereon (or, 
in the event of death following commencement of installment payments, the 
remaining unpaid balance thereof) shall be made in a single lump sum payment 
in the form provided in Section 5.6 herein as soon as administratively 
practical after the Participant's death.      

      5.5  FORM OF PAYMENT OF DEFERRED AMOUNTS.  Subject to Section 5.7, 
Participants shall be entitled to elect to receive payment of deferred 
amounts, together with earnings accrued thereon, at the end of the deferral 
period in a single lump sum payment or by means of installments.  All 
deferred amounts, together with earnings accrued thereon, shall be paid in 
the same form.  If no election is made, the Participant will be paid in a 
single lump sum. 

      (a)  LUMP SUM PAYMENT.  Such payment of deferred amounts and earnings 
           accrued thereon shall be made to the Participant in January following
           the Year in which he ceases to serve as a Director, as described in
           Section 5.4 herein.

      (b)  INSTALLMENT PAYMENTS.  Participants may elect to receive the payout
           of deferred amounts and earnings accrued thereon in annual
           installments, with a minimum number of installments of two (2), and
           a maximum number of installments of ten (10).  The initial payment
           shall be made in January following the Year in which he ceases to
           serve as a Director, as described in Section 5.4 herein.  The
           remaining installment payments shall be made in January of each Year
           thereafter, until the Participant's entire deferred account has been
           paid in full.  Earnings shall continue to accrue on the deferred
           amounts in the Participant's deferred account, as provided in
           Section 6.2 of this Plan.  The amount of each installment payment
           shall be equal to the balance remaining in the Participant's deferred
           account immediately prior to each such payment, multiplied by a
           fraction, the numerator of which is one (1), and the denominator of
           which is the number of installment payments remaining.

     Subject to the following rules, the Participant may elect to change a 
form of benefit elected pursuant to this Section 5.5 by filing a revised 
election form on an "Election to Defer Form," as described in Section 5.2 
herein, specifying the new form of distribution:

      (1)  An election to change the form of distribution must be made no later
           than December 31 at least one (1) full Year prior to the payout 
           commencement date as described in Section 5.4 herein.  If a new
           election is submitted after this date, the election shall be null and
           void, and the form of distribution shall be determined under the
           Participant's original election. 

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      (2)  Any election to change the form of distribution from installments 
           to a lump sum is subject in all cases to the approval of the Board.

      (3)  No further election to change a form of distribution shall be 
           permitted with respect to amounts already subject to a revised
           election submitted pursuant to this Section 5.5. 

      Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Board may elect at 
any time, in its sole and absolute discretion, to make payment of deferred 
amounts and accumulated earnings thereon (or the remaining amount thereof) to 
the Participant in a single lump sum, notwithstanding the Participant's 
election to receive such amounts in the form of installments.

      5.6  TYPE OF PAYMENT OF DEFERRED AMOUNTS.  All payments hereunder shall 
be made in cash or shares of Stock, or any combination thereof, as directed 
by the Board in its sole and absolute discretion.

      The Company shall reserve a sufficient number of shares of Stock for 
purposes of the Plan, as determined by the Board.  If the Company shall at 
any time increase or decrease the number of outstanding shares of Stock or 
change in any way the rights and privileges of such shares by means of the 
payment of a stock dividend or any other distribution upon such shares 
payable in Stock, or through a stock split, subdivision, consolidation, 
combination, reclassification, or recapitalization involving the Stock, then 
the Board may increase, decrease, or change in like manner the number, rights 
and privileges of the shares issuable under the Plan as if such shares had 
been issued and outstanding, fully paid, and nonassessable at the time of 
such occurrence. 

      5.7  FINANCIAL HARDSHIP.  The Board shall have the authority to alter 
the timing or manner of payment of deferred amounts in the event that the 
Participant establishes, to the satisfaction of the Board, severe financial 
hardship.  In such event, the Board may, in its sole discretion: 

      (a)  Authorize the cessation of deferrals by such Participant under the 
           Plan; or 

      (b)  Provide that all, or a portion, of the amount previously deferred 
           by the Participant shall immediately be paid in a lump sum cash 
           payment; or 

      (c)  Provide that all, or a portion, of the installments payable over a 
           period of time shall immediately be paid in a lump sum cash payment;
           or 

      (4)  Provide for such other installment payment schedule as deemed 
           appropriate by the Board under the circumstances. 

     For purposes of this Section 5.7, "severe financial hardship" shall mean 
any financial hardship resulting from extraordinary and unforeseeable 
circumstances arising as a result of one or more recent events beyond the 
control of the Participant.  In any event, payment may not be made to the 
extent such emergency is or may be relieved: (i) through reimbursement or 

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compensation by insurance or otherwise; (ii) by liquidation of the 
Participant's assets, to the extent the liquidation of such assets would not 
itself cause severe financial hardship; and (iii) by cessation of deferrals 
under the Plan.   Withdrawals of amounts because of a severe financial 
hardship may only be permitted to the extent reasonably necessary to satisfy 
the hardship, plus to pay taxes on the withdrawal.  Examples of what are not 
considered to be severe financial hardships include the need to send a 
Participant's child to college or the desire to purchase a home.  The 
Participant's account will be credited with earnings in accordance with the 
Plan up to the date of distribution. 

      The severity of the financial hardship shall be judged by the Board.  
The Board's decision with respect to the severity of financial hardship and 
the manner in which, if at all, the Participant's future deferral 
opportunities shall be ceased, and/or the manner in which, if at all, the 
payment of deferred amounts to the Participant shall be altered or modified, 
shall be final, conclusive, and not subject to appeal. 

ARTICLE 6. DEFERRED COMPENSATION ACCOUNTS

      6.1  PARTICIPANTS' ACCOUNTS.  The Company shall establish and maintain 
an individual bookkeeping account for deferrals made by each Participant 
under Article 5 herein.  Each account shall be credited as of the date the 
amount deferred otherwise would have become due and payable to the 
Participant and as provided in Section 6.2.  Each Participant's account shall 
be one hundred percent (100%) vested at all times.      

      6.2  GAINS AND LOSSES ON DEFERRED AMOUNTS.  Each Participant's account 
will be deemed to be invested in Stock, including any dividends paid thereon 
(which will be deemed to be reinvested in such Stock).  Each Participant's 
account will thus be adjusted and increased or decreased by the results of 
such deemed investment from the time Plan deferrals are credited under 
Section 6.1 until distributed pursuant to Article 5 hereof.      

      6.3  CHARGES AGAINST ACCOUNTS.  There shall be charged against each 
Participant's deferred account any payments made to the Participant or to his 
or her beneficiary.      

      6.4  DESIGNATION OF BENEFICIARY.  Each Participant shall designate a 
beneficiary or beneficiaries who, upon the Participant's death, will receive 
the amounts that otherwise would have been paid to the Participant under the 
Plan.  All designations shall be signed by the Participant, and shall be in 
such form as prescribed by the Board.  Each designation shall be effective as 
of the date delivered to the Chief Human Resources Officer of the Company by 
the Participant.      

      Participants may change their designations of beneficiary on such form 
as prescribed by the Board.  The payment of amounts deferred under the Plan 
shall be in accordance with the last unrevoked written designation of 
beneficiary that has been signed by the Participant and delivered by the 
Participant to the Chief Human Resources Officer of the Company prior to the 
Participant's death. 

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      In the event that all the beneficiaries named by a Participant pursuant 
to this Section 6.5 predecease the Participant, the deferred amounts that 
would have been paid to the Participant or the Participant's beneficiaries 
shall be paid to the Participant's estate.      

      In the event a Participant does not designate a beneficiary, or for any 
reason such designation is ineffective, in whole or in part, the amounts that 
otherwise would have been paid to the Participant or the Participant's 
beneficiaries under the Plan shall be paid to the Participant's estate. 

ARTICLE 7.  RIGHTS OF PARTICIPANTS

      7.1  CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION.  The Plan shall create a contractual 
obligation on the part of the Company to make payments from the Participants' 
accounts when due.  Payment of account balances shall be made out of the 
general funds of the Company.

      7.2  UNSECURED INTEREST.  No Participant or party claiming an interest 
in deferred amounts of a Participant shall have any interest whatsoever in 
any specific asset of the Company.  To the extent that any party acquires a 
right to receive payments under the Plan, such right shall be equivalent to 
that of an unsecured general creditor of the Company.  The Company shall have 
no duty to set aside or invest any amounts credited to Participants' accounts 
under this Plan.      

      Nothing contained in this Plan shall create a trust of any kind or a 
fiduciary relationship between the Company and any Participant.  
Nevertheless, the Company may establish one or more trusts, with such trustee 
as the Board may approve, for the purpose of providing for the payment of 
deferred amounts and earnings thereon.  Such trust or trusts may be 
irrevocable, but the assets thereof shall be subject to the claims of the 
Company's general creditors in the event of the Company's bankruptcy or 
insolvency.  To the extent any deferred amounts and earnings thereon under 
the Plan are actually paid from any such trust, the Company shall have no 
further obligation with respect thereto, but to the extent not so paid, such 
deferred amounts and earnings thereon shall remain the obligation of, and 
shall be paid by, the Company.      

      7.3  NO GUARANTEE OF PRINCIPAL OR EARNINGS.  Nothing contained in the 
Plan shall constitute a guarantee by the Company or any other person or 
entity that the amounts deferred hereunder will increase or shall not 
decrease in value due to the deemed investment of such amounts in Stock.  The 
Stock may be a volatile investment and decreases in the value thereof may 
result in a loss of some or all of the principal amounts deferred hereunder. 
Thus, it is possible for the value of a Participant's account to decrease as 
a result of its deemed investment in Stock, if the value of the Stock 
decreases. 

ARTICLE 8.  WITHHOLDING AT TAXES

      The Company shall have the right to require Participants to remit to 
the Company an amount sufficient to satisfy any Federal, state, and local 
withholding tax requirements, or to deduct from all payments made pursuant to 
the Plan amounts sufficient to satisfy any withholding tax requirements. 

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Article 9.  AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION

      The Company hereby reserves the right to amend, modify, or terminate 
the Plan at any time by action of the Board, with or without prior notice.  
Except as described below in this Article 9, no such amendment or termination 
shall in any material manner adversely affect any Participant's rights to 
amounts already deferred or earnings thereon up to the point of amendment or 
termination, without the consent of the Participant. 

ARTICLE 10.  MISCELLANEOUS

    10.1 NOTICE.  Unless otherwise prescribed by the Board, any notice or 
filing required or permitted to be given to the Company under the Plan shall 
be sufficient if in writing and hand delivered, or sent by registered or 
certified mail to the Chief Human Resources Officer of the Company.  Notice 
to the Chief Human Resources of the Company, if mailed, shall be addressed to 
the principal executive offices of the Company.  Notice mailed to a 
Participant shall be at such address as is given in the records of the 
Company.  Notices shall be deemed given as of the date of delivery or, if 
delivery is made by mail, as of the date shown on the postmark on the receipt 
for registration or certification.      

      10.2 NONTRANSFERABILITY.  Except as provided below, Participants' 
rights to deferred amounts, contributions, and earnings accrued thereon under 
the Plan may not be sold, transferred, assigned, or otherwise alienated or 
hypothecated, other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, 
nor shall the Company make any payment under the Plan to any assignee or 
creditor of a Participant.      

      Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board shall provide for 
distributions from a Participant's deferred compensation account to the 
extent required by a court order that the Board determines to satisfy the 
requirements of a qualified domestic relations order within the meaning of 
Section 206(d)(3) of ERISA.  The amounts assigned to an alternate payee under 
such an order shall be paid in a lump sum distribution as soon as 
administratively practical after the Board determines that the order meets 
the requirements of a qualified domestic relations order.  All payments made 
pursuant to any such order shall be charged against the Participant's 
deferred compensation account.

      10.3 SEVERABILITY.  In the event any provision of the Plan shall be 
held illegal or invalid for any reason, the illegality or invalidity shall 
not affect the remaining parts of the Plan, and the Plan shall be construed 
and enforced as if the illegal or invalid provision had not been included.    

      10.4 GENDER AND NUMBER.  Except where otherwise indicated by the 
context, any masculine term used herein also shall include the feminine; the 
plural shall include the singular, and the singular shall include the plural. 

      10.5 COSTS OF THE PLAN.  All costs of implementing and administering 
the Plan shall be borne by the Company.  

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      10.6 SUCCESSORS.  All obligations of the Company under the Plan shall 
be binding on any successor to the Company, whether the existence of such 
successor is the result of a direct or indirect purchase, merger, 
consolidation, or otherwise, of all or substantially all of the business 
and/or assets of the Company      

      10.7 APPLICABLE LAW.  Except to the extent preempted by applicable 
federal law, the Plan shall be governed by and construed in accordance with 
the laws of the state of Tennessee.

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                                  UNSECURED
                               PROMISSORY NOTE


$117,800                                                      March 19, 1997
                                                        Nashville, Tennessee

      FOR VALUE RECEIVED, subject to the terms and conditions set forth 
below, RONALD N. HOGE, an individual, (the "Executive"), whose address is 420 
Elmington Avenue, Apartment 1406, Nashville, Tennessee 37215, hereby promises 
to pay to the order of MAGNETEK, INC. (the "Holder"), whose address is 26 
Century Boulevard, P.O. Box 290159, Nashville, Tennessee 37229-0159, the 
principal sum of One Hundred Eleven Thousand Eight Hundred Dollars 
($117,800), together with interest thereon at the rate of 6.32% per annum or, 
if less, the maximum rate allowable under applicable law, compounded 
semi-annually, and payable in cash as set forth below.  Payment of principal 
and interest shall be made in lawful money of the United States of America.  
Payment of principal and interest shall be made to the address of the Holder 
set forth above, or at such other place as the Holder may from time to time 
designate in writing to the Executive.

      1.   RESTRICTED STOCK.  The Executive and the Holder acknowledge and 
agree that the purpose of the advance to the Executive evidenced by this Note 
is to enable the Executive to make certain tax payments related to the grant, 
on the date hereof, of 25,000 shares of common stock of Holder ("Common 
Stock").

      2.   MATURITY DATE.  The Executive shall repay the outstanding 
principal balance of this Note on the earliest of (i) the date, after the 
date hereof, on which the Executive has sold more than 12,500 shares of 
Common Stock (such amount to be adjusted in the case of any stock dividend, 
stock split, recapitalization or similar event), (ii) 90 days after the date 
of termination of the Executive's employment with the Holder, for any reason, 
and (iii) the fifth anniversary of the date hereof (the earliest of each of 
the dates set forth in subsections (i), (ii), and (iii) above is referred to 
as the "Maturity Date").  Subject to the provisions of Section 3 below, all 
interest shall accrue and be payable on the Maturity Date.  
 
      3.   PREPAYMENT.  The Executive may prepay all or part of the 
outstanding principal balance of this Note, with accrued interest but without 
premium or penalty, at any time. 
    
      4.   EVENTS OF DEFAULT; ACCELERATION.  The term "Event of Default" 
shall consist of (i) a default in payment of interest or principal, when due, 
or (ii) the Executive's filing of a petition for bankruptcy relief under 
title 11 of the United States Code (the "Bankruptcy Code").  Upon and after 
the occurrence of any Event of Default (whether such occurrence shall be 
voluntary or involuntary or come about or be effected by operation of law or 
otherwise) and at any time so long as such Event of Default shall be 
continuing, the Holder may, by notice to the Executive, declare this Note, 
all interest hereon and all other amounts payable hereunder, to be 
immediately due and payable, whereupon this Note, all such interest and all 
such amounts shall become and be immediately due and payable, without 
presentment, demand, protest or further notice of any kind, all of which are 
hereby expressly waived by the Executive.  Unpaid principal and overdue 
interest on this Note shall continue to bear interest after an Event of 
Default until all principal and interest due hereunder has been paid in full. 
The Holder may enforce its rights hereunder by an action at law, suit in 
equity or other appropriate proceeding.

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      5.   CANCELLATION.  Upon payment in full of all principal and interest 
payable hereunder this Note shall be surrendered to the Executive for 
cancellation.
 
      6.   AMENDMENT AND WAIVER.  Any provision of this Note may be amended 
or waived by a written instrument signed by the Executive and by the Holder, 
such amendment or waiver to be effective but only in the specific instance 
and for the specific purpose for which the amendment or waiver is made or 
given.  No delay on the part of the Holder in exercising any right thereunder 
shall operate as a waiver of such right.

      7.   ATTORNEYS' FEES.  The Executive shall reimburse Holder for any 
reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses incurred by the Holder in connection 
with the enforcement of its rights under this Note.

      8.   NOTICES.  Any notice required or permitted hereunder shall be 
given in writing and shall be deemed given upon personal delivery or five 
days after deposit in the United States mail, by registered or certified 
mail, postage prepaid, addressed (i) if to the Executive at the address set 
forth above and (ii) if to the Holder at such Holder's address set forth 
above, or at such other address as the Executive or the Holder may designate 
by notice as provided herein.

      9.   SEVERABILITY.  If one or more provision of this Note shall be 
unenforceable, the remaining provisions of this Note shall not in any way be 
effected or impaired thereby and shall continue in full force and effect.     

      10.  GOVERNING LAW.  This Note and the obligations of the Executive 
hereunder shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of 
the State of Tennessee.



                                          ________________________________
                                                 RONALD N. HOGE


<PAGE>

                       SPECIAL OWNERSHIP OPTION PROGRAM
                                  RON HOGE

TERM:               10 year non-qualified stock option.

VESTING:            Dependent on meeting individual ownership target.

                    Option vests 100% between 24 and 36 months after grant
                    when target is met.
                         
                    If 36 months pass without target being achieved, the
                    option doesn't vest until 7 years after grant date.

OWNERSHIP:          Shares counted as ownership include:

                    Restricted shares not yet vested
                    - 401K purchases
                    - Deferral Investment Plan and Deposits in Stock
                    - Outright market purchases

                    Note:  Shares acquired through option exercise of
                    grants made after 1989 do not count.

OWNERSHIP TARGET:   Ownership target equals 90% of shares derived from table
                    below:

                    ------------------------------------------------------------
                    Years as 
                    an Officer  Target Ownership as a Multiple of Base Salary
                    ------------------------------------------------------------
                    10+         2.0          2.5          3.0           3.5
                    5 to 9      1.0          1.5          2.0           2.5
                    0-4         0.5          1.0          1.5           2.0
                                ---          ---          ---           ---
                    LESS THAN $150,000   $151,000 to   $201,000 to  GREATER THAN
                                         $200,000      $250,000       $250,000

                    If current ownership shortfall has a value less than .9X 
                    base salary, then the target is raised so that the Delta 
                    is .9X base salary.

                    At least 1/4 of shares acquired to meet the goal must come
                    from outright market purchases.

INDIVIDUAL TARGET:  Your individual target summary:

                    Total Target    Current     Shortfall      Outright Purchase
                     Ownership     Ownership    to Acquire        Requirement 
                    ------------   ---------    ----------     -----------------
                     152,335       121,300       31,035             7,759
<PAGE>


                                MAGNETEK, INC.
                     NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
     
      FOR GOOD AND VALUABLE CONSIDERATION, MAGNETEK, INC., a Delaware 
corporation, hereby irrevocably grants to the Optionee named below the 
non-qualified stock option (the "Option") to purchase any part or all of the 
specified number of shares of its $0.01 par value Common Stock upon the terms 
and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, at the specified 
purchase price per share without commission or other charge.  The Option is 
granted pursuant to the plan specified below (the "Plan") and the Standard 
Terms and Conditions promulgated under such Plan.  The terms of the Plan and 
such Standard Terms and Conditions are hereby incorporated herein by 
reference and made a part of this Agreement.  The Committee shall have the 
power to interpret this Agreement.

The Plan:                          Second Amended and Restated 1989 Incentive
                                   Stock Compensation Plan of MagneTek, Inc.

Name of Optionee:                  Ronald N. Hoge

Social Security Number:            ###-##-####

Number of Shares covered by 
Option (subject to lapse 
provisions and other limitations 
on exercisability in accordance 
with the terms of the Plan):       30,000

Purchase Price Per Share:          $13.8125

Minimum Number of Shares Per 
Partial Exercise:                  100 Shares

The Option shall become 
exercisable as follows:            Except as provided in the following 
                                   paragraph, the Option shall become fully 
                                   exercisable as of January 27, 2004.

                                   In the event the Ownership Target in the 
                                   Special Ownership Option Program provided to
                                   Optionee by letter is satisfied prior to 
                                   January 27, 2000, the Option shall become 
                                   fully exercisable on the later of (i) January
                                   27, 1999 and (ii) the date, prior to January 
                                   27, 2000, on which such Ownership Target is 
                                   so satisfied.

Date of this Agreement (grant 
date):                             January 27, 1997

MAGNETEK, INC.                     ____________________________________________
                                   Optionee Signature

                                   Address (please print):
By ___________________________     ____________________________________________

By ___________________________     ____________________________________________

                                   ____________________________________________


<PAGE>


                        SPECIAL OWNERSHIP OPTION PROGRAM
                                  BRIAN DUNDON

TERM:                10 year non-qualified stock option.

VESTING:             Dependent on meeting individual ownership target.

                     Option vests 100% between 24 and 36 months after grant
                     when target is met.

                     If 36 months pass without target being achieved, the
                     option doesn't vest until 7 years after grant date.

OWNERSHIP:           Shares counted as ownership include:

                     Restricted shares not yet vested
                     - 401K purchases
                     - Deferral Investment Plan and Deposits in Stock
                     - Outright market purchases

                     Note:  Shares acquired through option exercise of
                     grants made after 1989 do not count.

OWNERSHIP TARGET:    Ownership target equals 90% of shares derived from 
                     table below:

                     -----------------------------------------------------------
                     Years as 
                     an Officer    Target Ownership as a Multiple of Base Salary
                     -----------------------------------------------------------
                     10+          2.0         2.5         3.0         3.5 
                     5 to 9       1.0         1.5         2.0         2.5
                     0-4          0.5         1.0         1.5         2.0
                                  ---         ---         ---         ---
                     LESS THAN $150,000   $151,000 to  $201,000 to  GREATER THAN
                                          $200,000     $250,000       $250,000
                             
                     If current ownership shortfall has a value less than .9X 
                     base salary, then the target is raised so that the Delta 
                     is .9X base salary.

                     At least 1/4 of shares acquired to meet the goal must come 
                     from outright market purchases.

INDIVIDUAL TARGET:   Your individual target summary:

                     Total Target     Current     Shortfall    Outright Purchase
                      Ownership      Ownership    to Acquire      Requirement 
                     ------------    ---------    ----------   -----------------
                       152,608        133,987       18,621            4,655

<PAGE>


                                MAGNETEK, INC.
                     NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

      FOR GOOD AND VALUABLE CONSIDERATION, MAGNETEK, INC., a Delaware 
corporation, hereby irrevocably grants to the Optionee named below the 
non-qualified stock option (the "Option") to purchase any part or all of the 
specified number of shares of its $0.01 par value Common Stock upon the terms 
and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, at the specified 
purchase price per share without commission or other charge.  The Option is 
granted pursuant to the plan specified below (the "Plan") and the Standard 
Terms and Conditions promulgated under such Plan.  The terms of the Plan and 
such Standard Terms and Conditions are hereby incorporated herein by 
reference and made a part of this Agreement.  The Committee shall have the 
power to interpret this Agreement. 

The Plan:                Second Amended and Restated 1989 Incentive Stock 
                         Compensation Plan of MagneTek, Inc. 

Name of Optionee:        Brian R. Dundon 

Social Security Number:  ###-##-#### 

Number of Shares covered 
by Option (subject to 
lapse provisions and
other limitations on 
exercisability in 
accordance with the 
terms of the Plan):       15,000

Purchase Price Per Share: $13.8125
Minimum Number of Shares 
Per Partial Exercise:     100 Shares

The Option shall become   Except as provided in the following paragraph, the 
exercisable as follows:   Option shall become fully exercisable
                          as of January 27, 2004.

                          In the event the Ownership Target in the Special 
                          Ownership Option Program provided to Optionee by 
                          letter is satisfied prior to January 27, 2000, 
                          the Option shall become fully exercisable on the 
                          later of (i) January 27, 1999 and (ii) the date, 
                          prior to January 27, 2000, on which such Ownership 
                          Target is so satisfied.

Date of this Agreement (grant date):  January 27, 1997

MAGNETEK, INC.                       ________________________________________
                                     Optionee Signature

                                     Address (please print):
By ____________________________      ________________________________________

By ____________________________      ________________________________________

                                     ________________________________________

<PAGE>

                        SPECIAL OWNERSHIP OPTION PROGRAM
                                 DAVE REILAND

TERM:               10 year non-qualified stock option.

VESTING:            Dependent on meeting individual ownership target.

                    Option vests 100% between 24 and 36 months after grant when
                    target is met.
                    
                    If 36 months pass without target being achieved, the
                    option doesn't vest until 7 years after grant date.

OWNERSHIP:          Shares counted as ownership include:

                    Restricted shares not yet vested
                    - 401K purchases
                    - Deferral Investment Plan and Deposits in Stock
                    - Outright market purchases

                    Note:  Shares acquired through option exercise of
                    grants made after 1989 do not count.

OWNERSHIP TARGET:   Ownership target equals 90% of shares derived from table
                    below:

                    -----------------------------------------------------------
                    Years as an
                    Officer       Target Ownership as a Multiple of Base Salary
                    -----------------------------------------------------------
                    10+           2.0       2.5         3.0           3.5
                    5 to 9        1.0       1.5         2.0           2.5
                    0-4           0.5       1.0         1.5           2.0
                                  ---       ---         ---           ---
                       LESS THAN $150,000  $151,000 to $201,000 to  GREATER 
                                           $200,000    $250,000   THAN $250,000
                    -----------------------------------------------------------

                    If current ownership shortfall has a value less than 
                    .9X base salary, then the target is raised so that the 
                    Delta is .9X base salary.
                    
                    At least 1/4 of shares acquired to meet the goal must come 
                    from outright market purchases.

INDIVIDUAL TARGET:  Your individual target summary:

                    Total Target   Current     Shortfall      Outright Purchase
                    Ownership     Ownership    to Acquire        Requirement   
                    ------------  ---------    -----------    -----------------
                      75,484        48,807       26,677             6,669
<PAGE>

                                MAGNETEK, INC.
                     NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

   FOR GOOD AND VALUABLE CONSIDERATION, MAGNETEK, INC., a Delaware 
corporation, hereby irrevocably grants to the Optionee named below the 
non-qualified stock option (the "Option") to purchase any part or all of the 
specified number of shares of its $0.01 par value Common Stock upon the terms 
and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, at the specified 
purchase price per share without commission or other charge.  The Option is 
granted pursuant to the plan specified below (the "Plan") and the Standard 
Terms and Conditions promulgated under such Plan.  The terms of the Plan and 
such Standard Terms and Conditions are hereby incorporated herein by 
reference and made a part of this Agreement.  The Committee shall have the 
power to interpret this Agreement.

The Plan:                 Second Amended and Restated 1989 Incentive Stock 
                          Compensation Plan of MagneTek, Inc.

Name of Optionee:         David P. Reiland

Social Security Number:   ###-##-####

Number of Shares 
covered by Option 
(subject to lapse 
provisions and other 
limitations on 
exercisability in 
accordance with the 
terms of the Plan):       15,000

Purchase Price Per Share: $13.8125

Minimum Number of Shares 
Per Partial Exercise:     100 Shares

The Option shall become 
exercisable as follows:   Except as provided in the following paragraph, the 
                          Option shall become fully exercisable as 
                          of January 27, 2004.
                          
                          In the event the Ownership Target in the Special 
                          Ownership Option Program provided to
                          Optionee by letter is satisfied prior to 
                          January 27, 2000, the Option shall become fully 
                          exercisable on the later of (i) January 27, 1999 
                          and (ii) the date, prior to January 27, 2000, on 
                          which such Ownership Target is so satisfied.

Date of this Agreement (grant date):  January 27, 1997

MAGNETEK, INC.                         __________________________________
                                       Optionee Signature

                                       Address (please print):
By ________________________________    __________________________________
By ________________________________    __________________________________
                                       __________________________________

<PAGE>

                        SPECIAL OWNERSHIP OPTION PROGRAM
                                 JOHN STEINER

TERM:               10 year non-qualified stock option.

VESTING:            Dependent on meeting individual ownership target.

                    Option vests 100% between 24 and 36 months after grant
                    when target is met.
                    
                    If 36 months pass without target being achieved, the
                    option doesn't vest until 7 years after grant date.

OWNERSHIP:          Shares counted as ownership include:
                    Restricted shares not yet vested
                    - 401K purchases
                    - Deferral Investment Plan and Deposits in Stock
                    - Outright market purchases

                    Note:  Shares acquired through option exercise of
                    grants made after 1989 do not count.

OWNERSHIP TARGET:   Ownership target equals 90% of shares derived from 
                    table below:

                    -----------------------------------------------------------
                    Years as an
                    Officer      Target Ownership as a Multiple of Base Salary
                    -----------------------------------------------------------
                    10+               2.0       2.5       3.0        3.5
                    5 to 9            1.0       1.5       2.0        2.5
                    0-4               0.5       1.0       1.5        2.0
                                      ---       ---       ---        ---
                       LESS THAN $150,000  $151,000 to $201,000 to  GREATER 
                                           $200,000    $250,000   THAN $250,000
                    -----------------------------------------------------------

                    If current ownership shortfall has a value less than 
                    .9X base salary, then the target is
                    raised so that the Delta is .9X base salary.
                    
                    At least 1/4 of shares acquired to meet the goal must come 
                    from outright market purchases.

INDIVIDUAL TARGET:  Your individual target summary:

                    Total Target  Current     Shortfall      Outright Purchase
                    Ownership    Ownership    to Acquire        Requirement   
                    ------------ ----------   -----------     ----------------
                     29,822         293         29,529             7,382
<PAGE>

                                MAGNETEK, INC.
                     NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
   
   FOR GOOD AND VALUABLE CONSIDERATION, MAGNETEK, INC., a Delaware 
corporation, hereby irrevocably grants to the Optionee named below the 
non-qualified stock option (the "Option") to purchase any part or all of the 
specified number of shares of its $0.01 par value Common Stock upon the terms 
and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, at the specified 
purchase price per share without commission or other charge.  The Option is 
granted pursuant to the plan specified below (the "Plan") and the Standard 
Terms and Conditions promulgated under such Plan.  The terms of the Plan and 
such Standard Terms and Conditions are hereby incorporated herein by 
reference and made a part of this Agreement.  The Committee shall have the 
power to interpret this Agreement.

The Plan:                 Second Amended and Restated 1989 Incentive Stock 
                          Compensation Plan of MagneTek, Inc.

Name of Optionee:         John E. Steiner

Social Security Number:   ###-##-####

Number of Shares 
covered by Option 
(subject to lapse 
provisions and other 
limitations on 
exercisability in 
accordance with the 
terms of the Plan):       15,000

Purchase Price Per Share: $13.8125

Minimum Number of Shares 
Per Partial Exercise:     100 Shares

The Option shall become 
exercisable as follows:   Except as provided in the following paragraph, 
                          the Option shall become fully exercisable
                          as of January 27, 2004.

                          In the event the Ownership Target in the Special 
                          Ownership Option Program provided to
                          Optionee by letter is satisfied prior to 
                          January 27, 2000, the Option shall become fully 
                          exercisable on the later of (i) January 27,1999 
                          and (ii) the date, prior to January 27, 2000, 
                          on which such Ownership Target is so satisfied.

Date of this Agreement (grant date):  January 27, 1997

MAGNETEK, INC.                         __________________________________
                                       Optionee Signature

                                       Address (please print):
By ________________________________    __________________________________
By ________________________________    __________________________________
                                       __________________________________

<PAGE>

                        SPECIAL OWNERSHIP OPTION PROGRAM
                                 ANTONIO CANOVA

TERM:               10 year non-qualified stock option.

VESTING:            Dependent on meeting individual ownership target.

                    Option vests 100% between 24 and 36 months after grant
                    when target is met.

                    If 36 months pass without target being achieved, the
                    option doesn't vest until 7 years after grant date.

OWNERSHIP:          Shares counted as ownership include:
                    
                    Restricted shares not yet vested
                    - 401K purchases
                    - Deferral Investment Plan and Deposits in Stock
                    - Outright market purchases

                    Note:  Shares acquired through option exercise of
                    grants made after 1989 do not count.

OWNERSHIP TARGET:   Ownership target equals 90% of shares derived from 
                    table below:

                    -----------------------------------------------------------
                    Years as an
                    Officer      Target Ownership as a Multiple of Base Salary
                    -----------------------------------------------------------
                    10+               2.0       2.5       3.0        3.5
                    5 to 9            1.0       1.5       2.0        2.5
                    0-4               0.5       1.0       1.5        2.0
                                      ---       ---       ---        ---
                       LESS THAN $150,000  $151,000 to $201,000 to  GREATER 
                                           $200,000    $250,000   THAN $250,000
                    -----------------------------------------------------------

                    If current ownership shortfall has a value less than 
                    .9X base salary, then the target is
                    raised so that the Delta is .9X base salary.
                    
                    At least 1/4 of shares acquired to meet the goal must 
                    come from outright market purchases.

INDIVIDUAL TARGET:  Your individual target summary:

                    Total Target  Current     Shortfall      Outright Purchase
                    Ownership    Ownership    to Acquire        Requirement   
                    ------------ ----------   -----------     ----------------
                      26,689                    26,689             6,672

<PAGE>

                                 MAGNETEK, INC.
                     NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

   FOR GOOD AND VALUABLE CONSIDERATION, MAGNETEK, INC., a Delaware 
corporation, hereby irrevocably grants to the Optionee named below the 
non-qualified stock option (the "Option") to purchase any part or all of the 
specified number of shares of its $0.01 par value Common Stock upon the terms 
and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, at the specified 
purchase price per share without commission or other charge.  The Option is 
granted pursuant to the plan specified below (the "Plan") and the Standard 
Terms and Conditions promulgated under such Plan.  The terms of the Plan and 
such Standard Terms and Conditions are hereby incorporated herein by 
reference and made a part of this Agreement.  The Committee shall have the 
power to interpret this Agreement.

The Plan:                 Second Amended and Restated 1989 Incentive Stock 
                          Compensation Plan of MagneTek, Inc.

Name of Optionee:         Antonio Canova

Social Security Number:   N/A

Number of Shares 
covered by Option 
(subject to lapse 
provisions and other 
limitations on 
exercisability in 
accordance with the 
terms of the Plan):       15,000

Purchase Price Per Share: $13.8125

Minimum Number of Shares 
Per Partial Exercise:     100 Shares

The Option shall become 
exercisable as follows:   Except as provided in the following paragraph, the 
                          Option shall become fully exercisable
                          as of January 27, 2004.

                          In the event the Ownership Target in the Special 
                          Ownership Option Program provided to
                          Optionee by letter is satisfied prior to 
                          January 27, 2000, the Option shall become fully 
                          exercisable on the later of (i) January 27, 1999 
                          and (ii) the date, prior to January 27, 2000, on 
                          which such Ownership Target is so satisfied.

Date of this Agreement (grant date):  January 27, 1997

MAGNETEK, INC.                         __________________________________
                                       Optionee Signature

                                       Address (please print):
By ________________________________    __________________________________
By ________________________________    __________________________________
                                       __________________________________


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