INLAND STEEL INDUSTRIES INC /DE/
10-Q, 1996-05-15
STEEL WORKS, BLAST FURNACES & ROLLING MILLS (COKE OVENS)
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                                                           FIRST QUARTER - 1996





                                 UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


                                   FORM 10-Q
                    -------------------------------------


            [X] Quarterly Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
                      the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                      For the period ended March 31, 1996

                                       or

           [  ] Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
                      the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                  For the transition period from            to          
                                                 ----------    ----------
                                                 

                    -------------------------------------


                         Commission file number 1-9117

                I.R.S. Employer Identification Number 36-3425828


                         INLAND STEEL INDUSTRIES, INC.

                            (a Delaware Corporation)
                             30 West Monroe Street
                            Chicago, Illinois 60603
                           Telephone:  (312) 346-0300



Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such
filing requirements for the past 90 days.  Yes    X      No
                                               ------       ------
Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer's classes of
common stock, as of the latest practicable date: 48,759,206 shares of the
Company's Common Stock ($1.00 par value) were outstanding as of May 3, 1996.



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                         PART I.  FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

             INLAND STEEL INDUSTRIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
                CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS (UNAUDITED)

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                      Dollars in Millions
                                                    (except per share data)
                                                   --------------------------
                                                       Three Months Ended
                                                            March 31
                                                   --------------------------
                                                       1996          1995
                                                   ------------  ------------
   <S>                                             <C>           <C>

   NET SALES                                           $1,180.9      $1,257.7
                                                   ------------  ------------

   OPERATING COSTS AND EXPENSES
     Cost of goods sold                                 1,042.1       1,077.8
     Selling, general and administrative expenses          52.8          51.7
     Depreciation                                          36.8          36.5
                                                   ------------  ------------
          Total                                         1,131.7       1,166.0
                                                   ------------  ------------
   OPERATING PROFIT                                        49.2          91.7
   General corporate expense, net of income items           1.3           4.0
   Interest and other expense on debt                      19.9          15.8
                                                   ------------  ------------
   INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES                              28.0          71.9
   PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES                              10.8          27.9
                                                   ------------  ------------

   NET INCOME                                             $17.2         $44.0
                                                   ============  ============

   EARNINGS PER SHARE OF COMMON STOCK

     Primary                                              $ .31         $ .84
                                                   ============  ============

     Fully Diluted                                        $ .29         $ .79
                                                   ============  ============
</TABLE>






                 See notes to consolidated financial statements






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             INLAND STEEL INDUSTRIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
                CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS (UNAUDITED)

================================================================================



<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                        Dollars in Millions
                                                       ----------------------
                                                         Three Months Ended
                                                              March 31
                                                       ----------------------
                                                          1996        1995
                                                       ----------  ----------
<S>                                                    <C>         <C>
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
   Net income                                              $ 17.2     $  44.0
                                                       ----------  ----------
   Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash
      provided from operating activities:
      Depreciation                                           37.0        36.7
      Deferred employee benefit cost                          6.4         1.9
      Deferred income taxes                                   3.6        12.0
      Change in:   Receivables                              (17.9)      (25.1)
                   Inventories                              (31.2)      (38.0)
                   Accounts payable                           1.0       (35.2)
                   Accrued salaries and wages               (16.6)      (14.9)
                   Other accrued liabilities                 13.6        41.7
      Other deferred items                                    1.9        12.7
                                                       ----------  ----------
      Net adjustments                                        (2.2)       (8.2)
                                                       ----------  ----------
      Net cash provided from operating activities            15.0        35.8
                                                       ----------  ----------
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
   Capital expenditures                                     (32.0)      (24.6)
   Investments in and advances to joint ventures, net         4.3        (1.1)
   Proceeds from sales of assets                              1.3          .5
                                                       ----------  ----------
      Net cash used for investing activities                (26.4)      (25.2)  
                                                       ----------  ----------





FINANCING ACTIVITIES
   Long-term debt retired                                    (5.4)       (5.4)
   Dividends paid                                            (2.6)       (4.4)
   Acquisition of treasury stock                             (1.1)        (.2)  
                                                       ----------  ----------
      Net cash used for financing activities                 (9.1)      (10.0)  
                                                       ----------  ----------
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents        (20.5)         .6
Cash and cash equivalents - beginning of year               267.4       107.1
                                                       ----------  ----------
Cash and cash equivalents - end of period                  $246.9      $107.7
                                                       ==========  ==========
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES
   Cash paid during the period for:
      Interest (net of amount capitalized)                 $  8.7      $  4.5
      Income tax, net                                         1.2         1.1
</TABLE>


                 See notes to consolidated financial statements

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            INLAND STEEL INDUSTRIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
                          CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET


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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                         Dollars in Millions
                                               ---------------------------------------------
                                                 March 31, 1996          December 31, 1995
                                               -----------------       ---------------------
ASSETS                                            (unaudited)
<S>                                            <C>         <C>         <C>          <C>

  CURRENT ASSETS
    Cash and cash equivalents                              $  246.9                 $  267.4
    Receivables                                               506.4                    488.5
    Inventories - principally at LIFO
        In process and finished products        $  435.4               $  386.0
        Raw materials and supplies                  56.8      492.2        75.0        461.0
                                                --------               --------
    Deferred income taxes                                      45.3                     45.4
                                                           --------                 --------
        Total current assets                                1,290.8                  1,262.3
  INVESTMENTS AND ADVANCES                                    233.5                    241.0
  PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
    Valued on basis of cost                      4,394.3                4,364.0
    Less: Reserve for depreciation,
           amortization and depletion            2,698.6                2,662.9
          Allowance for terminated facilities      100.7    1,595.0       100.7      1,600.4
                                                 -------                -------
  DEFERRED INCOME TAXES                                       291.5                    295.0
  INTANGIBLE PENSION ASSET                                    102.6                    102.6
  OTHER ASSETS                                                 59.4                     57.0
                                                           --------                 --------
          Total Assets                                     $3,572.8                 $3,558.3
                                                           ========                 ========



LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY


        CURRENT LIABILITIES
          Accounts payable                                 $  315.4                 $  314.4
          Accrued liabilities                                 220.3                    223.3 
          Long-term debt due within one year                  107.3                    106.5 
                                                           --------                 -------- 
               Total current liabilities                      643.0                    644.2 
        LONG-TERM DEBT                                        778.3                    784.5 
        DEFERRED EMPLOYEE BENEFITS                          1,286.7                  1,280.3 
        OTHER CREDITS                                          65.5                     66.2 
                                                           --------                 -------- 
               Total liabilities                            2,773.5                  2,775.2 
        COMMON STOCK REPURCHASE COMMITMENT                     33.5                     34.5 
        STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (Schedule A)                     765.8                    748.6 
                                                           --------                 -------- 
               Total Liabilities, Temporary Equity,                                       
                and Stockholders' Equity                   $3,572.8                 $3,558.3 
                                                           ========                 ======== 
</TABLE>



                See notes to consolidated financial statements

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            INLAND STEEL INDUSTRIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES

           NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (UNAUDITED)

================================================================================






NOTE 1/FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Results of operations for any interim period are not necessarily indicative of
results of any other periods or for the year.  The financial statements as of
March 31, 1996 and for the three-month periods ended March 31, 1996 and 1995
are unaudited, but in the opinion of management include all adjustments
necessary for a fair presentation of results for such periods.  These financial
statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and
related notes contained in the Annual Report to Stockholders for the year ended
December 31, 1995.


NOTE 2/COMMITMENTS

The total amount of firm commitments of the Company and its subsidiaries to
contractors and suppliers, primarily in connection with additions to property,
plant and equipment, increased to $78 million on March 31,1996 from $61 million
on December 31, 1995.


















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ITEM 2.


         MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
                          AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS


RESULTS OF OPERATIONS - Comparison of First Quarter 1996 to First Quarter 1995


     The Company reported first quarter 1996 consolidated net income of $17.2
million compared with net income of $44.0 million in the comparable
year-eariler period.  Lower operating profit at the Steel Manufacturing segment
was the principal reason for the decline.  Operating profit at the Materials
Distribution segment was also down from the year-ago period, but was a much
smaller factor in the decline.  Also contributing to lower net income was
higher consolidated interest expense resulting from the conversion of $185
million of Series F Preferred Stock into debt.

     Consolidated net sales decreased 6 percent to $1.18 billion in the 1996
first quarter from $1.26 billion in the comparable 1995 quarter, primarily as
the result of a deterioration in average selling price.

     The Steel Manufacturing segment's net sales of $615.7 million in the 1996
first quarter represented a 6 percent reduction from the year-ago period.
Although the volume of steel mill products shipped increased 3 percent to
1,325,000 tons, the average selling price fell 9 percent from the year-ago
period reflecting a deterioration in prices.  Operating profit decreased to
$12.6 million from $51.3 million in the comparable 1995 quarter, due primarily
to the lower average selling price.

     The Materials Distribution segment's net sales dropped by 4 percent to
$625.3 in the current quarter from $652.3 in the 1995 first quarter due to a 6
percent decrease in average selling price, offset in part by increased volume.
Operating profit in the current quarter declined to $36.6 million from $42.1
million, due primarily to the lower average selling price.

Liquidity and Financing

     The Company's cash and cash equivalents were $246.9 million at March 31,
1996 compared with $267.4 million at year-end 1995.  There was no short-term
borrowing at either date.

Subsequent Event

     On May 7, 1996, the Company announced that its Materials Distribution      
subsidiary, Inland Materials Distribution Group, Inc., had changed its name to  
Ryerson Tull, Inc. ("Ryerson Tull") and had filed registration statements with
the Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering of up to
15 percent of Ryerson Tull's common stock (the "Common Stock Offering") and for
a public offering of up to $250 million of its notes (the "Note Offering").

     The common stock offered to the public will be 6,000,000 shares (including
underwriters' over-allotment options) of Ryerson Tull's new Class A
Common Stock, while the 34,000,000 shares of Ryerson Tull's new Class B Common
Stock will be owned entirely by the Company.  Each share of Class A Common
Stock will entitle its holder to one vote, whereas each share of Class B Common
Stock will entitle the holder to four votes.  As a result, following the Common
Stock Offering, the Company will retain 96.3% of the aggregate voting power of
all of Ryerson Tull's common stock (95.8% if the underwriters' over-allotment
options are exercised in full).

     Prior to the consummation of the Common Stock Offering, Ryerson Tull will
declare a dividend payable to the Company in cash in an amount equal to the
estimated net proceeds of the Common Stock Offering and a dividend of $293.8
million note payable to the Company (the "Note Payable"). All of the net
proceeds from the Note Offering, if consummated, together with a portion of
Ryerson Tull's available cash and/or borrowings under credit facilities, will
be used to discharge the Note Payable.  If the Note Offering is not
consummated, the Note Payable will be discharged from Ryerson Tull's cash
generated from operations and/or future Ryerson Tull financings.  The Company
plans to use the amounts from such dividends to retire certain of its
indebtedness and that of Inland Steel Company, as well as for general corporate
purposes. There can be no assurance that either the Common Stock Offering or
the Note Offering will be consummated.

              
                                                                           
                        


                 
              


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                          PART II.  OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1.  LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

     On March 29, 1996, the EPA filed a lawsuit against Inland Steel Company
in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana for alleged
violations of effluent limits contained in its NPDES permit and for the
alleged discharge of pollutants without the authorization of an NPDES
permit.  While it is not possible at this time to predict the amount of
Inland Steel Company's potential liability, this matter is not expected to
materially affect Inland Steel Company's financial position.  Results of
operations could be materially affected for the particular reporting periods
in which expenses are incurred.

ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION

     Consolidated financial statements for Ryerson Tull, Inc. are set forth
in Appendix A to this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.  Separate consolidated
financial statements for Inland Steel Company are set forth in Inland Steel
Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31,
1996.

ITEM 6. EXHIBITS AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K

  (a)   Exhibits.

3.(i)   Copy of Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, of the Company.
       (Filed as Exhibit 3.(i) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for
       the year ended December 31, 1995, and incorporated by reference
       herein.)

3.(ii) Copy of By-laws, as amended, of the Company.  (Filed as Exhibit
       3.(ii) to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
       ended September 30, 1995, and incorporated by reference herein.)

4.A    Copy of Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights of Series
       A $2.40 Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock of the Company. (Filed
       as part of Exhibit B to the definitive Proxy Statement of Inland Steel
       Company dated March 21, 1986 that was furnished to stockholders in
       connection with the annual meeting held April 23, 1986, and
       incorporated by reference herein.)

4.B    Copy of Certificate of Designation, Preferences and Rights of Series D
       Junior Participating Preferred Stock of the Company. (Filed as Exhibit
       4-D to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
       ended December 31, 1987, and incorporated by reference herein.)

4.C    Copy of Rights Agreement, dated as of November 25, 1987, as amended
       and restated as of May 24, 1989, between the Company and The First
       National Bank of Chicago, as Rights Agent (Harris Trust and Savings
       Bank, as successor Rights Agent). (Filed as Exhibit 1 to the Company's
       Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 24, 1989, and incorporated by
       reference herein.)

4.D    Copy of Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights of Series
       E ESOP Convertible Preferred  Stock of the Company. (Filed as Exhibit
       4-F to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
       ended June 30, 1989, and incorporated by reference herein.)

4.E    Copy of Subordinated Voting Note Due 1999 in the amount of
       $185,000,000 from the Company to NS Finance III, Inc. (Filed as Exhibit
       4.8 to Form S-3 Registration Statement No. 33-62897 and incorporated by
       reference herein.)




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4.F  Copy of Indenture dated as of December 15, 1992, between the Company and
     Harris Trust and Savings Bank, as Trustee, respecting the Company's
     $150,000,000 12-3/4% Notes due December 15, 2002.  (Filed as Exhibit 4-G
     to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
     December 31, 1992, and incorporated by reference herein.)

4.G  Copy of First Mortgage Indenture, dated April 1, 1928, between Inland
     Steel Company (the "Steel Company") and First Trust and Savings Bank
     and Melvin A. Traylor, as Trustees, and  of supplemental indentures
     thereto, to and including the Thirty-Fourth Supplemental Indenture,
     incorporated by reference from the following Exhibits: (i) Exhibits
     B-1(a), B-1(b), B-1(c), B-1(d) and B-1(e), filed with Steel Company's
     Registration Statement on Form A-2 (No. 2-1855); (ii) Exhibits D-1(f)
     and D-1(g), filed with Steel Company's Registration Statement on Form
     E-1 (No. 2-2182); (iii) Exhibit B-1(h), filed with Steel Company's
     Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 18, 1937; (iv) Exhibit B-1(i),
     filed with Steel Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, dated February
     8, 1937; (v) Exhibits B-1(j) and B-1(k), filed with Steel  Company's
     Current Report on Form 8-K for the month of April, 1940; (vi) Exhibit
     B-2, filed with Steel Company's Registration Statement on Form A-2 (No.
     2-4357); (vii) Exhibit B-1(l), filed with Steel Company's Current
     Report on Form 8-K for the month of January, 1945; (viii) Exhibit 1,
     filed with Steel Company's Current Report on Form 8-K for the month of
     November, 1946; (ix) Exhibit 1, filed with Steel Company's Current
     Report on Form 8-K for the months of July and August, 1948; (x)
     Exhibits B and C, filed with Steel Company's Current Report on Form 8-K
     for the month of March, 1952; (xi) Exhibit A, filed with Steel
     Company's Current Report on Form 8-K for the month of July, 1956; (xii)
     Exhibit A, filed with Steel Company's Current Report on Form 8-K for
     the month of July, 1957; (xiii) Exhibit B, filed with Steel Company's
     Current Report on Form 8-K for the month of January, 1959; (xiv) the
     Exhibit filed with Steel Company's Current Report on Form 8-K for the
     month of December, 1967; (xv) the Exhibit filed with Steel Company's
     Current Report on Form 8-K for the month of April, 1969; (xvi) the
     Exhibit filed with Steel Company's Current Report on Form 8-K for the
     month of July, 1970; (xvii) the Exhibit filed with the amendment on
     Form 8 to Steel Company's Current Report on Form 8-K for the month of
     April, 1974; (xviii) Exhibit B, filed with Steel Company's Current
     Report on Form 8-K for the month of September, 1975; (xix) Exhibit B,
     filed with Steel Company's Current Report on Form 8-K for the month of
     January, 1977; (xx) Exhibit C, filed with Steel Company's Current
     Report on Form 8-K for the month of February, 1977; (xxi) Exhibit B,
     filed with Steel Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
     quarter ended June 30, 1978; (xxii) Exhibit B, filed with Steel
     Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30,
     1980; (xxiii) Exhibit 4-D, filed with Steel Company's Annual Report on
     Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1980; (xxiv) Exhibit
     4-D, filed with Steel Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
     fiscal year ended December 31, 1982; (xxv) Exhibit 4-E, filed with
     Steel Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
     December 31, 1983; (xxvi) Exhibit 4(i) filed with the Steel Company's
     Registration Statement on Form S-2 (No. 33-43393); (xxvii) Exhibit 4
     filed with Steel Company's Current Report on Form  8-K dated June 23,
     1993; and (xxviii) Exhibit 4.C filed with the Steel Company's Quarterly
     Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1995; and (xxix)
     Exhibit 4.H filed with the Steel Company's Quarterly Report on Form
     10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1995.


4.H  Copy of consolidated reprint of First Mortgage Indenture, dated April
     1, 1928, between Inland Steel Company and First Trust and Savings Bank
     and Melvin A. Traylor, as Trustees, as amended and supplemented by all
     supplemental indentures thereto, to and including the Thirteenth
     Supplemental Indenture. (Filed as Exhibit 4-E to Form S-1 Registration
     Statement No. 2-9443, and incorporated by reference herein.)





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10.A* Copy of form of Severance Agreement, dated March 27, 1996, between the
      Company and each of the four executive officers of the Company
      identified on the exhibit relating to terms and conditions of termination
      of employment following a change in control of the Company.

11    Statement of Earnings per Share of Common Stock.

27    Financial Data Schedule.
      
(b)   Reports on Form 8-K.

      The Company did not any file Current Reports on Form 8-K during the
quarter ended March 31, 1996.




























- -----------------
*    Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement required to be
     filed as an exhibit to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.



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                                  SIGNATURE



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


                                        INLAND STEEL INDUSTRIES, INC.



                                        By   James M. Hemphill
                                           ------------------------------
                                             James M. Hemphill
                                             Controller and
                                             Principal Accounting Officer



Date: May 10, 1996






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                                                            Part I -- Schedule A

             INLAND STEEL INDUSTRIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
                        SUMMARY OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

================================================================================




<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                         Dollars in Millions
                                                      ------------------------------------------------------
                                                            March 31, 1996              December 31, 1995
                                                      --------------------------     -----------------------
                                                             (unaudited)
<S>                                                    <C>         <C>               <C>           <C>
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
  Series A preferred stock ($1 par value)
    - 94,201 shares issued and outstanding as of
      March 31, 1996 and December 31, 1995                         $     .1                         $     .1
  Series E preferred stock ($1 par value)
    - 3,074,555 shares and 3,118,601 shares
      issued and outstanding as of March 31,
      1996 and December 31, 1995, respectively                          3.1                              3.1
  Common stock ($1 par value)
    - 50,556,350 shares issued as of March 31, 1996
      and December 31, 1995                                            50.6                             50.6
  Capital in excess of par value                                    1,049.4                          1,052.1
  Accumulated deficit
    Balance beginning of year                          $(172.8)                       $(292.4)
    Net income                                            17.2                          146.8
    Dividends
      Series A preferred stock -
        $.60 per share in 1996 and
      $2.40 per share in 1995                              (.1)                           (.2)
      Series E preferred stock -
        $3.523 per share in 1995                             -                          (11.0)
        Income tax benefit - Series E dividend               -                            2.4
      Series F preferred stock -
        $47.40 per share in 1995                             -                           (8.8)
      Common stock -
        $.05 per share in 1996 and
        $.20 per share in 1995                            (2.5)      (158.2)             (9.6)        (172.8)
                                                       -------                        -------

  Unearned compensation related to ESOP                               (87.7)                           (89.9)
  Common stock repurchase commitment                                  (33.5)                           (34.5)
  Investment valuation allowance                                       (4.0)                            (4.0)
  Unearned restricted stock award compensation                         (1.8)                            (2.4)
  Treasury stock, at cost
    - 1,774,873 shares and 1,814,516
      shares as of March 31, 1996 and
      December 31, 1995, respectively                                 (49.5)                           (51.1)
  Cumulative translation adjustment                                    (2.7)                            (2.6)
                                                                   --------                         --------

           Total Stockholders' Equity                              $  765.8                         $  748.6
                                                                   ========                         ========
</TABLE>





                                      
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                                                            Part I -- Schedule B


             INLAND STEEL INDUSTRIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES

        SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION FOR BUSINESS SEGMENTS  (UNAUDITED)

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                  Dollars in Millions
                                                  -------------------
                                                   Three Months Ended
                                                        March 31
                                                  -------------------

                                                    1996       1995
                                                  --------   --------
            <S>                                  <C>        <C>
            NET SALES

              Steel Manufacturing Operations     $  615.7    $  651.7
              Materials Distribution Operations     625.3       652.3
              Eliminations and adjustments          (60.1)      (46.3)
                                                  --------   --------


                  Total Net Sales                $1,180.9    $1,257.7
                                                 ========    ========



            OPERATING PROFIT

              Steel Manufacturing Operations     $   12.6    $   51.3
              Materials Distribution Operations      36.6        42.1
              Eliminations and adjustments              -        (1.7)
                                                 --------    --------

                  Total Operating Profit         $   49.2    $   91.7
                                                 ========    ========
</TABLE>






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                                  APPENDIX A
                               RYERSON TULL, INC.
                            AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
          (A wholly owned subsidiary of Inland Steel Industries, Inc.)

                CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS (UNAUDITED)

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                      Dollars in Millions
                                                     ----------------------
                                                       Three Months Ended
                                                            March 31
                                                     ----------------------
                                                        1996        1995
                                                     ----------  ----------
     <S>                                             <C>         <C>

     NET SALES                                       $    625.3  $    652.3
                                                     ----------  ----------

     OPERATING COSTS AND EXPENSES
       Cost of goods sold                                 542.9       565.0
       Selling, general and administrative expenses        40.2        39.8
       Depreciation and amortization                        5.6         5.4
                                                     ----------  ----------

            Total                                         588.7       610.2
                                                     ----------  ----------

     OPERATING PROFIT                                      36.6        42.1

     General corporate expense, net of income items         (.7)         .4
     Interest and other expense on debt                      .6          .7
                                                     ----------  ----------

     INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES                            36.7        41.0

     PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES                            14.3        16.5
                                                     ----------  ----------

     NET INCOME                                      $     22.4  $     24.5
                                                     ==========  ==========
</TABLE>





                 See notes to consolidated financial statements


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                               RYERSON TULL, INC.
                            AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
          (A wholly owned subsidiary of Inland Steel Industries, Inc.)

                CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS (UNAUDITED)

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                         Dollars in Millions       
                                                                        ----------------------     
                                                                          Three Months Ended       
                                                                               March 31            
                                                                        ----------------------     
                                                                           1996        1995        
                                                                        ----------  ----------     
<S>                                                                     <C>         <C>            
OPERATING ACTIVITIES                                                                               
  Net income                                                            $     22.4   $    24.5     
                                                                        ----------   ---------     
  Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash                                                  
     used for operating activities:                                                                
     Depreciation and amortization                                             5.6         5.4     
     Deferred employee benefit cost                                             .9        (1.1)    
     Deferred income taxes                                                     1.7         1.1     
     Change in:      Receivables                                             (30.8)      (63.7)    
                     Inventories                                             (34.5)      (12.0)    
                     Other assets                                              (.6)        (.6)    
                     Accounts payable                                         21.4        13.0     
                     Payables to related companies                              .9        13.8     
                     Accrued liabilities                                      (7.3)       (4.7)    
                                                                        ----------   ---------     
                                                                                                   
       Net adjustments                                                       (42.7)      (48.8)    
                                                                        ----------   ---------     
                                                                                                   
       Net cash used for operating activities                                (20.3)      (24.3)    
                                                                        ----------   ---------     
                                                                                                   
INVESTING ACTIVITIES                                                                               
  Capital expenditures                                                        (3.0)       (3.0)    
  Proceeds from sales of assets                                                1.2          .3     
                                                                        ----------   ---------     
       Net cash used for investing activities                                 (1.8)       (2.7)    
                                                                        ----------   ---------     
FINANCING ACTIVITIES                                                                               
  Long-term debt retired                                                       (.5)        (.6)    
  Change in notes receivable from related companies                           14.4        41.9     
                                                                        ----------   ---------     
                                                                                                   
       Net cash provided from financing activities                            13.9        41.3     
                                                                        ----------   ---------     
                                                                                                   
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents                          (8.2)       14.3     
Cash and cash equivalents - beginning of year                                 53.6         2.5     
                                                                        ----------   ---------     
Cash and cash equivalents - end of period                               $     45.4   $    16.8     
                                                                        ==========   =========     
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES                                                                           
  Cash paid during the period for:                                                                 
     Interest (net of amount capitalized)                               $       .6  $       .8     
     Income taxes, net                                                        12.5         9.4     
</TABLE>






                 See notes to consolidated financial statements












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                               RYERSON TULL, INC.
                            AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
          (A wholly owned subsidiary of Inland Steel Industries, Inc.)

                           CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                    Dollars in Millions
                                                         ------------------------------------------
ASSETS                                                     March 31, 1996        December 31, 1995
- ------                                                   --------------------  --------------------
<S>                                                      <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>
                                                            (unaudited)
   CURRENT ASSETS                                
     Cash and cash equivalents                                      $    45.4             $    53.6
     Receivables                                                        274.6                 243.8
     Inventories - principally at LIFO                                  297.3                 262.8
     Notes receivable from related companies                             54.4                  68.8
     Deferred income taxes                                               13.0                  15.6
                                                                    ---------             ---------
   
           Total current assets                                         684.7                 644.6
   
   PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT  
     Valued on basis of cost                                $476.8                $476.2
     Less accumulated depreciation                           230.6      246.2      226.5      249.7
                                                            ------                ------
   
   DEFERRED INCOME TAXES                                                 24.4                  23.5
   
   PREPAID PENSION COSTS                                                 27.8                  27.3
   
   EXCESS OF COST OVER NET ASSETS ACQUIRED                               23.3                  23.6
   
   OTHER ASSETS                                                           4.5                   3.9
                                                                    ---------             ---------
   
           Total Assets                                             $ 1,010.9             $   972.6
                                                                    ==========            =========
   
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDER'S EQUITY
- ------------------------------------                      

   CURRENT LIABILITIES                                      
     Accounts payable                                               $   114.2             $    92.8
     Payables to related companies - trade and other                     15.3                  14.4
     Accrued liabilities                                                 25.2                  32.5
     Long-term debt due within one year                                   4.7                   4.7
                                                                    ---------             ---------
           Total current liabilities                                    159.4                 144.4
   LONG-TERM DEBT                                                        18.4                  18.9
   DEFERRED EMPLOYEE BENEFITS AND OTHER                                 142.2                 140.8
                                                                    ---------             ---------
           Total liabilities                                            320.0                 304.1
   STOCKHOLDER'S EQUITY                                                 690.9                 668.5
                                                                    ---------             ---------
           Total Liabilities and Stockholder's Equity               $ 1,010.9             $   972.6
                                                                    =========             =========
</TABLE>




                 See notes to consolidated financial statements

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                               RYERSON TULL, INC.
                            AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
          (A wholly owned subsidiary of Inland Steel Industries, Inc.)

             NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)

================================================================================



NOTE 1/FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Results of operations for any interim period are not necessarily indicative of
results of any other periods or for the year.  The financial statements as of
March 31, 1996 and for the three-month periods ended March 31, 1996 and 1995
are unaudited, but in the opinion of management include all adjustments
necessary for a fair presentation of results for such periods.  These financial
statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and
related notes contained in Appendix A of Inland Steel Industries, Inc. Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1995.


NOTE 2/RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Ryerson Tull, Inc. ("Ryerson Tull"), formerly Inland Materials Distribution
Group, Inc., has agreed to procedures established by Inland Steel Industries,
Inc. ("Industries") for charging Industries' administrative expenses to the
operating companies owned by it.  Pursuant to these procedures, Ryerson Tull
was charged $1.7 million and $1.8 million by Industries for the first quarter
of 1996 and 1995, respectively, for management, financial and legal services
provided to Ryerson Tull.

Procedures also have been established to charge interest on all intercompany
loans within the Industries group of companies.  Such loans currently bear
interest at the prime rate.  Ryerson Tull's net intercompany interest income
for the first three months of 1996 totaled $1.3 million as compared with $.9
million of interest expense for the first quarter of 1995.

Ryerson Tull sells to and purchases products from other companies within the
Industries group of companies.  Such transactions are made at prevailing market
prices.  These transactions are summarized as follows:


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                         Dollars in Millions
                                       ------------------------
                                             Three Months
                                            Ended March 31
                                       ------------------------
                                           1996         1995
                                           ----         ----   
<S>                                       <C>          <C>

Net Product Sales                         $ 5.2        $ 3.4
Net Product Purchases                      57.7         44.5
</TABLE>







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<PAGE>   17







                               INDEX TO EXHIBITS


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Exhibit                                                   Sequential
Number                     Description                     Page No.
- ------                     -----------                     -------- 
<S>      <C>                                              <C>
3.(i)    Copy of Certificate of Incorporation, as
         amended, of the Company. (Filed as Exhibit
         3.(i) to the Company's Annual Report on Form
         10-K for the year ended December 31, 1995, and
         incorporated by reference herein.)                   --
         
3.(ii)   Copy of By-laws, as amended, of the Company.
         (Filed as Exhibit 3.(ii) to the Company's
         Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
         ended September 30, 1995, and incorporated by
         reference herein.)                                   --
         
4.A      Copy of Certificate of Designations,                        
         Preferences and Rights of Series A $2.40                    
         Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock of the               
         Company. (Filed as part of Exhibit B to the                 
         definitive Proxy Statement of Inland Steel                  
         Company dated March 21, 1986 that was                       
         furnished to stockholders in connection with                
         the annual meeting held April 23, 1986, and                 
         incorporated by reference herein.)                   --     
                                                                     
4.B      Copy of Certificate of Designation,                     
         Preferences and Rights of Series D Junior               
         Participating Preferred Stock of the Company.           
         (Filed as Exhibit 4-D to the Company's Annual           
         Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended           
         December 31, 1987, and incorporated by                  
         reference herein.)                                   -- 
                                                                 
4.C      Copy of Rights Agreement, dated as of November            
         25, 1987, as amended and restated as of May               
         24, 1989, between the Company and The First               
         National Bank of Chicago, as Rights Agent                 
         (Harris Trust and Savings Bank, as successor              
         Rights Agent). (Filed as Exhibit 1 to the                 
         Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on             
         May 24, 1989, and incorporated by reference               
         herein.)                                             --   

4.D      Copy of Certificate of Designations,                        
         Preferences and Rights of Series E ESOP                     
         Convertible Preferred  Stock of the Company.                
         (Filed as Exhibit 4-F to the Company's                      
         Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter               
         ended June 30, 1989, and incorporated by                    
         reference herein.)                                   --     
                                                                     
4.E      Copy of Subordinated Voting Note Due 1999 in
         the amount of $185,000,000 from the Company to
         NS Finance III, Inc. (Filed as Exhibit 4.8 to
         Form S-3 Registration Statement No. 33-62897
         and incorporated by reference herein.)               --
         
4.F      Copy of Indenture dated as of December 15,              
         1992, between the Company and Harris Trust and          
         Savings Bank, as Trustee, respecting the                
         Company's $150,000,000 12-3/4% Notes due                
         December 15, 2002.  (Filed as Exhibit 4-G to            
         the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for            
         the fiscal year ended December 31, 1992, and            
         incorporated by reference herein.)                   -- 

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Exhibit                                                         Sequential
Number                    Description                            Page No.
- ------                    -----------                            --------

4.G      Copy of First Mortgage Indenture, dated April
         1, 1928, between Inland Steel Company (the
         "Steel Company") and First Trust and Savings
         Bank and Melvin A. Traylor, as Trustees, and
         of supplemental indentures thereto, to and
         including the Thirty-Fourth Supplemental
         Indenture, incorporated by reference from the
         following Exhibits: (i) Exhibits B-1(a),
         B-1(b), B-1(c), B-1(d) and B-1(e), filed with
         Steel Company's Registration Statement on Form
         A-2 (No. 2-1855); (ii) Exhibits D-1(f) and
         D-1(g), filed with Steel Company's
         Registration Statement on Form E-1 (No.
         2-2182); (iii) Exhibit B-1(h), filed with
         Steel Company's Current Report on Form 8-K
         dated January 18, 1937; (iv) Exhibit B-1(i),
         filed with Steel Company's Current Report on
         Form 8-K, dated February 8, 1937; (v) Exhibits
         B-1(j) and B-1(k), filed with Steel  Company's
         Current Report on Form 8-K for the month of
         April, 1940; (vi) Exhibit B-2, filed with
         Steel Company's Registration Statement on Form
         A-2 (No. 2-4357); (vii) Exhibit B-1(l), filed
         with Steel Company's Current Report on Form
         8-K for the month of January, 1945; (viii)
         Exhibit 1, filed with Steel Company's Current
         Report on Form 8-K for the month of November,
         1946; (ix) Exhibit 1, filed with Steel
         Company's Current Report on Form 8-K for the
         months of July and August, 1948; (x) Exhibits
         B and C, filed with Steel Company's Current
         Report on Form 8-K for the month of March,
         1952; (xi) Exhibit A, filed with Steel
         Company's Current Report on Form 8-K for the
         month of July, 1956; (xii) Exhibit A, filed
         with Steel Company's Current Report on Form
         8-K for the month of July, 1957; (xiii)
         Exhibit B, filed with Steel Company's Current
         Report on Form 8-K for the month of January,
         1959; (xiv) the Exhibit filed with Steel
         Company's Current Report on Form 8-K for the
         month of December, 1967; (xv) the Exhibit
         filed with Steel Company's Current Report on
         Form 8-K for the month of April, 1969; (xvi)
         the Exhibit filed with Steel Company's Current
         Report on Form 8-K for the month of July,
         1970; (xvii) the Exhibit filed with the
         amendment on Form 8 to Steel Company's Current
         Report on Form 8-K for the month of April,
         1974; (xviii) Exhibit B, filed with Steel
         Company's Current Report on Form 8-K for the
         month of September, 1975; (xix) Exhibit B,
         filed with Steel Company's Current Report on
         Form 8-K for the month of January, 1977; (xx)
         Exhibit C, filed with Steel Company's Current
         Report on Form 8-K for the month of February,
         1977; (xxi) Exhibit B, filed with Steel
         Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for
         the quarter ended June 30, 1978; (xxii)
         Exhibit B, filed with Steel Company's
         Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
         ended June 30, 1980; (xxiii) Exhibit 4-D,
         filed with Steel Company's Annual Report on
         Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December
         31, 1980; (xxiv) Exhibit 4-D, filed with Steel
         Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
         fiscal year ended December 31, 1982; (xxv)
         Exhibit 4-E, filed with Steel Company's Annual
         Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
         December 31, 1983; (xxvi) Exhibit 4(i) filed
         with the Steel Company's Registration
         Statement on Form S-2 (No. 33-43393); (xxvii)
         Exhibit 4 filed with Steel Company's Current
         Report on Form  8-K dated June 23, 1993; and
         (xxviii) Exhibit 4.C filed with the Steel
         Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for
         the quarter ended June 30, 1995; and (xxix)          --
         Exhibit 4.H filed with the Steel Company's 
         Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter 
         ended September 30, 1995.

4.H      Copy of consolidated reprint of First Mortgage
         Indenture, dated April 1, 1928, between Inland
         Steel Company and First Trust and Savings Bank
         and Melvin A. Traylor, as Trustees, as amended
         and supplemented by all supplemental
         indentures thereto, to and including the
         Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture. (Filed as
         Exhibit 4-E to Form S-1 Registration Statement
         No. 2-9443, and incorporated by reference
         herein.)                                             --

                                    - ii -
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Exhibit                                                          Sequential 
Number                         Description                         Page No.
- ------                         -----------                         --------

10.A*    Copy of form of Severance Agreement, dated
         March 27, 1996, between the Company and each
         of the four executive officers of the Company
         identified on the exhibit relating to terms
         and conditions of termination of employment
         following a change in control of the Company...

11       Statement of Earnings per Share of Common Stock

27       Financial Data Schedule........................










- --------------
 * Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement required to be
   filed as an exhibit to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.


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                                                             EXHIBIT 10.A








                     Copy of Form of Severance Agreement
                             dated March 27, 1996
                                   between
                        Inland Steel Industries, Inc.
                                 and each of:
                                      
                                      
                                      
                              Robert J. Darnall
                                 Judd R. Cool
                                Earl L. Mason
                                Neil S. Novich
                                      
<PAGE>   2
                         Inland Steel Industries, Inc.
                             30 West Monroe Street
                            Chicago, Illinois  60603






                                         March 27, 1996







Dear       :

     Inland Steel Industries, Inc. ("ISI") considers it essential to the best
interests of its stockholders to foster the continuous employment of key
management personnel of ISI and its subsidiaries (collectively, the "Company").
In this connection, the Board of Directors of ISI (the "Board") recognizes
that, as is the case with many publicly held corporations, the possibility of a
change in control may exist and that such possibility, and the uncertainty and
questions which it may raise among management, may result in the departure or
distraction of management personnel to the detriment of ISI and its
stockholders.

     The Board has determined that appropriate steps should be taken to
reinforce and encourage the continued attention and dedication of members of
the Company's management, including yourself, to their assigned duties without
distraction in the face of potentially disturbing circumstances arising from
the possibility of a change in control of the Company, although no such change
is now contemplated.  In order to induce you to remain in the employ of the
Company and in consideration of your agreement set forth in Subsection 2(ii)
hereof, ISI agrees that you shall receive the severance benefits set forth in
this letter agreement ("Agreement") in the event your employment with the
Company is terminated subsequent to a "change in control of the Company" (as
defined in Section 2 hereof) under the circumstances described below.  This
Agreement shall constitute an amendment and restatement of and shall supersede
the agreement entered into between you and ISI with respect to these matters
dated .  In the event that you receive severance benefits hereunder, such
benefits shall be in lieu of, and you shall not be entitled to receive, any
benefits or payments under any other severance plan, policy or agreement of or
with the Company.  In addition, if you are or become entitled to benefits from
the Company pursuant to another agreement providing for benefits on account of
a 

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Page 2


change in control or the law of a jurisdiction other than the United States
or any state or territory thereof as a result of an event for which benefits
are payable to you pursuant this Agreement, the benefits paid to you pursuant
to this Agreement shall be reduced by the amount paid to you pursuant to such
other agreement or law.

     1.  Term of Agreement.  This Agreement shall commence on the date hereof
and shall continue in effect through December 31, 1996; provided, however, that
commencing on January 1, 1997 and each January 1 thereafter, the term of this
Agreement shall automatically be extended for one additional year unless,
during the preceding year but not later than June 30 of such preceding year,
ISI shall have given notice that it does not wish to extend this Agreement.
Notwithstanding the preceding sentence:  (i) if your employer is a direct or
indirect subsidiary of ISI, this Agreement shall terminate on the date on which
ISI ceases to own, directly or indirectly, at least 80 percent of your employer
for any reason which does not constitute a change in control of the Company;
and (ii) if a change in control of the Company or a potential change in control
of the Company shall have occurred during the original or extended term of this
Agreement, this Agreement shall continue in effect for a period of twenty-four
(24) months beyond the month in which such change in control or potential
change in control of the Company occurred unless earlier terminated under
clause (i) next above.

     2.  Change in Control; Potential Change in Control.  (i) No benefits shall
be payable hereunder unless there shall have been a potential change in control
or a change in control of the Company, as set forth below.  For purposes of
this Agreement, a "change in control of the Company" shall be deemed to have
occurred if (A) any "person" (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act")), other
than (w) the Company, (x) a trustee or other fiduciary holding voting
securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company, (y) an underwriter
temporarily holding voting securities pursuant to an offering of such
securities, or (z) a corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by the
securityholders of ISI in substantially the same proportions as their ownership
of voting securities of ISI, is or becomes the "beneficial owner" (as defined
in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of voting
securities of ISI (not including in the voting securities beneficially owned by
such person any voting securities acquired directly from ISI or its affiliates)
representing 40% or more of the combined voting power of ISI's then outstanding
voting securities; (B) during any period of two consecutive years (not
including any period prior to the execution of this Agreement), individuals who
at the beginning of such period constitute the Board and any new director
(other than a director designated by a person who has entered into an agreement
with ISI to effect a transaction described in 

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clauses (A), (C) or (D) of this Subsection) whose election by the Board or
nomination for election by ISI's securityholders was approved by a vote of at
least two-thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in office who either were
directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for
election was previously so approved ("Continuing Directors"), cease for any
reason to constitute a majority thereof; (C) the holders of voting securities
of ISI approve a merger or consolidation of ISI with any other corporation,
other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the voting
securities of ISI outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent
(either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities
of the surviving entity), in combination with the ownership of any trustee or
other fiduciary holding voting securities under an employee benefit plan of the
Company, at least 60% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of
ISI or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or
consolidation, or a merger or consolidation effected to implement a
recapitalization of ISI (or similar transaction) in which no person acquires
more than 50% of the combined voting power of ISI's then outstanding voting
securities; (D) the holders of voting securities of ISI approve a plan of
complete liquidation of ISI or an agreement for the sale or disposition by ISI
of all or substantially all of ISI's assets; or (E) there occurs (x) a sale or
disposition, directly or indirectly, other than to a person described in
subclause (w), (x) or (z) of clause (A) of this Subsection, of voting
securities of your employer, any direct or indirect parent company of your
employer or any company that is a subsidiary of your employer and is also a
significant subsidiary (as defined below) of ISI (your employer and such a
parent or subsidiary being a "Related Company"), representing 50% or more of
the combined voting power of the securities of such Related Company then
outstanding, (y) a merger or consolidation of a Related Company with any other
corporation, other than a merger or consolidation which would result in 50% or
more of the combined voting power of the surviving company being beneficially
owned by ISI or by a majority owned direct or indirect subsidiary of ISI, or
(z) the sale or disposition of all or substantially all the assets of a Related
Company to a person other than ISI or a majority owned direct or indirect
subsidiary of ISI; provided, however, that no change in control of the Company
shall be deemed to have occurred under this Section 2(i) if (I) such
transaction includes or involves a sale to the public or a distribution to the
stockholders of ISI of more than 50% of the voting securities of your employer
or a direct or indirect parent of your employer, and (II) your employer or a
direct or indirect parent of your employer agrees to become a successor to ISI
under this Agreement or you are covered by an agreement providing for benefits
upon a change in control of your employer following an event described clause
(E).  For purposes of this Agreement, the term "significant subsidiary" has the
meaning given to such term under Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.

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PAGE 4

     (ii)  For purposes of this Agreement, a "potential change in control of
the Company" shall be deemed to have occurred if (A) ISI enters into an
agreement, the consummation of which would result in the occurrence of a change
in control of the Company, (B) any person (including ISI) publicly announces an
intention to take or to consider taking actions which if consummated would
constitute a change in control of the Company; (C) any person, other than (w)
the Company, (x) a trustee or other fiduciary holding voting securities under
an employee benefit plan of the Company, (y) an underwriter temporarily holding
voting securities pursuant to an offering of such securities, or (z) a
corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by the securityholders of ISI in
substantially the same proportions as their ownership of voting securities of
ISI, who is or becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of voting
securities of ISI representing 9.5% or more of the combined voting power of
ISI's then outstanding voting securities, increases his beneficial ownership of
such securities by 5% or more over the percentage so owned by such person on
the date hereof; or (D) the Board adopts a resolution to the effect that, for
purposes of this Agreement, a potential change in control of the Company has
occurred.

     You agree that, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, in
the event of a potential change in control of the Company, you will remain in
the employ of the Company until the earliest of (i) a date which is six (6)
months from the occurrence of such potential change in control of the Company,
(ii) the termination by you of your employment by reason of Disability or
Retirement, as defined in Subsection 3(i), or (iii) the occurrence of a change
in control of the Company. If your employment is terminated by the Company
without Cause (as defined in Subsection 3(ii) below) within twelve (12) months
after the occurrence of a potential change in control of the Company and a
change in control of the Company occurs within six (6) months after such
termination, you shall be entitled to the compensation and benefits hereunder
as if your termination of employment without Cause followed a change in control
of the Company; provided, however, that no benefits shall be payable under this
sentence if prior to the change in control of the Company, ISI ceased to own,
directly or indirectly, at least 80% of the voting securities of your employer.

     (iii)  The foregoing to the contrary notwithstanding, a change in control
of the Company shall not be deemed to have occurred with respect to you if (A)
the event first giving rise to the potential change in control of the Company
involves a publicly announced transaction or publicly announced proposed
transaction which at the time of the announcement has not been previously
approved by the Board and (B) you are "part of a purchasing group" proposing
the transaction.  A change in control of the Company shall also not be deemed
to have occurred with respect to you if you are part of a purchasing group
which consummates the change in control transaction.  You shall be deemed "part
of 

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a purchasing group" for purposes of the two preceding sentences if you are
an equity participant or have agreed to become an equity participant in the
purchasing company or group (except for (A) passive ownership of less than 1%
of the stock of the purchasing company or (B) ownership of equity participation
in the purchasing company or group which is otherwise not deemed to be
significant, as determined prior to the change in control of the Company by a
majority of the non-employee Continuing Directors).

     3.  Termination Following Change in Control.  If a change in control of
the Company, as defined in Section 2 hereof, shall have occurred, you shall be
entitled to the benefits provided in Subsection 4(iii) hereof upon the
subsequent termination of your employment during the term of this Agreement
unless such termination is (A) because of your death, Disability or Retirement,
(B) by the Company for Cause, or (C) by you other than for Good Reason.

     (i)  Disability; Retirement.  If, as a result of your incapacity due to
physical or mental illness, you shall have been absent from the full-time
performance of your duties with the Company for six (6) consecutive months, and
within thirty (30) days after written notice of termination is given you shall
not have returned to the full-time performance of your duties, your employment
may be terminated for "Disability".  Termination by the Company or you of your
employment based on "Retirement" shall mean termination on or after your normal
retirement age in accordance with the Company's retirement policy generally
applicable to its salaried employees or in accordance with any retirement
arrangement established with your consent with respect to you.

     (ii)  Cause.  Termination by the Company of your employment for "Cause"
shall mean termination upon (A) the willful and continued failure by you to
substantially perform your duties with the Company (other than any such failure
resulting from your incapacity due to physical or mental illness or any such
actual or anticipated failure after the issuance of a Notice of Termination by
you for Good Reason as defined in Subsections 3(iv) and 3(iii), respectively)
after a written demand for substantial performance is delivered to you by the
Board, which demand specifically identifies the manner in which the Board
believes that you have not substantially performed your duties, or (B) the
willful engaging by you in conduct which is demonstrably and materially
injurious to the Company, monetarily or otherwise.  For purposes of this
Subsection, no act, or failure to act, on your part shall be deemed "willful"
unless done, or omitted to be done, by you not in good faith and without
reasonable belief that your action or omission was in the best interest of the
Company.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, you shall not be deemed to have been
terminated for Cause unless and until there shall have been delivered to you a
copy of a resolution duly adopted by the affirmative vote of not less than
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membership of the Board at a meeting of the Board called and held for such
purpose (after reasonable notice to you and an opportunity for you, together
with your counsel, to be heard before the Board), finding that in the good
faith opinion of the Board you were guilty of conduct set forth above in
clauses (A) or (B) of the first sentence of this Subsection and specifying the
particulars thereof in detail.

     (iii)  Good Reason.  You shall be entitled to terminate your employment
for Good Reason.  For purposes of this Agreement, "Good Reason" shall mean,
without your express written consent, the occurrence after a change in control
of the Company of any of the following circumstances unless, in the case of
paragraphs (A), (E), (F), (G) or (H), such circumstances are fully corrected
prior to the Date of Termination specified in the Notice of Termination, as
defined in Subsections 3(v) and 3(iv), respectively, given in respect thereof:

            (A)  the assignment to you of any duties inconsistent with your
       status as an executive officer of the Company or a substantial adverse
       alteration in the nature or status of your responsibilities from those
       in effect immediately prior to the change in control of the Company
       other than any such alteration primarily attributable to the fact that
       the Company may no longer be a public company;

            (B)  a reduction by the Company in your annual base salary as in
       effect on the date hereof or as the same may be increased from time to
       time;

            (C)  the Company's requiring that your principal place of business
       be at an office located more than 50 miles from where your principal
       place of business is located immediately prior to the change in control
       of the Company, except for required travel on the Company's business to
       an extent substantially consistent with your business travel obligations
       immediately prior to the change in control of the Company;

            (D)  the failure by the Company, without your consent, to pay to
       you any portion of your current compensation, or to pay to you any
       portion of an installment of deferred compensation under any deferred
       compensation program of the Company, within seven (7) days of the date
       such compensation is due;

            (E)  the failure by the Company to continue in effect any
       compensation plan in which you participate immediately prior to the
       change in control of the Company which is material to your total
       compensation, including but not limited to the Inland Annual Incentive
       Plan (the 

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       "Annual Incentive Plan"), Inland Special Achievement Award
       Plan, Inland 1986 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Inland 1995 Incentive
       Stock Plan, Inland Steel Industries Supplemental Retirement Benefit Plan
       for Covered Employees (the "Supplemental Plan"), Inland Steel Industries
       Special Retirement Benefit Plan for Covered Employees (the "Special
       Benefit Plan"), Inland Steel Industries Nonqualified Thrift Plan (the
       "Nonqualified Thrift Plan"), Inland Steel Industries Pension Plan (the
       "Pension Plan") and Inland Steel Industries Thrift Plan (the "Thrift
       Plan") or any substitute plans adopted prior to the change in control,
       unless an equitable arrangement (embodied in an ongoing substitute or
       alternative plan) has been made with respect to such plan, or the
       failure by the Company to continue your participation therein (or in
       such substitute or alternative plan) on a basis not materially less
       favorable, both in terms of the amount of benefits provided and the
       level of your participation relative to other participants, as existed
       at the time of the change in control;

            (F)  the failure by the Company to continue to provide you with
       benefits substantially similar to those enjoyed by you under any of the
       Company's pension, life insurance, medical, health and accident,
       flexible spending or disability plans or programs in which you were
       participating at the time of the change in control of the Company, the
       taking of any action by the Company which would directly or indirectly
       materially reduce any of such benefits or deprive you of any material
       fringe benefit enjoyed by you at the time of the change in control of
       the Company, or the failure by the Company to provide you with the
       number of paid vacation days to which you are entitled on the basis of
       years of service with the Company in accordance with the Company's
       normal vacation policy in effect at the time of the change in control of
       the Company;

            (G)  the failure of ISI to obtain a satisfactory agreement from any
       successor to assume and agree to perform this Agreement, as contemplated
       in Section 5 hereof; or

            (H)  any purported termination of your employment which is not
       effected pursuant to a Notice of Termination satisfying the requirements
       of Subsection (iv) below (and, if applicable, the requirements of
       Subsection (ii) above); for purposes of this Agreement, no such
       purported termination shall be effective.

Your right to terminate your employment pursuant to this Subsection shall not
be affected by your incapacity due to physical or mental illness.  Your
continued 

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employment shall not constitute consent to, or a waiver of rights
with respect to, any circumstance constituting Good Reason hereunder.

     (iv)  Notice of Termination.  Any purported termination of your employment
by the Company or by you shall be communicated by written Notice of Termination
to the other party hereto in accordance with Section 6 hereof.  For purposes of
this Agreement, a "Notice of Termination" shall mean a notice which shall
indicate the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon and
shall set forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to
provide a basis for termination of your employment under the provision so
indicated.

     (v)  Date of Termination, Etc.  "Date of Termination" shall mean (A) if
your employment is terminated for Disability, thirty (30) days after Notice of
Termination is given (provided that you shall not have returned to the
full-time performance of your duties during such thirty (30) day period), and
(B) if your employment is terminated pursuant to Subsection (ii) or (iii) above
or for any other reason (other than Disability), the date specified in the
Notice of Termination (which, in the case of a termination pursuant to
Subsection (ii) above shall not be less than thirty (30) days, and in the case
of a termination pursuant to Subsection (iii) above shall not be less than
fifteen (15) nor more than sixty (60) days, respectively, from the date such
Notice of Termination is given); provided that if within fifteen (15) days
after any Notice of Termination is given, or, if later, prior to the Date of
Termination (as determined without regard to this proviso), the party receiving
such Notice of Termination notifies the other party that a dispute exists
concerning the termination, the Date of Termination shall be the date on which
the dispute is finally determined, either by mutual written agreement of the
parties, by a binding arbitration award, or by a final judgment, order or
decree of a court of competent jurisdiction (which is not appealable or with
respect to which the time for appeal therefrom has expired and no appeal has
been perfected) but shall be deemed to be within the twenty four (24) month
period following a change in control of the Company; provided further that the
Date of Termination shall be extended by a notice of dispute only if such
notice is given in good faith and the party giving such notice pursues the
resolution of such dispute with reasonable diligence.  Notwithstanding the
pendency of any such dispute, the Company will continue to pay you your full
compensation in effect when the notice giving rise to the dispute was given
(including, but not limited to, base salary) and continue you as a participant
in all compensation, benefit and insurance plans and programs in which you were
participating when the notice giving rise to the dispute was given, until the
dispute is finally resolved in accordance with this Subsection.  Amounts paid
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under this Agreement and shall not be offset against or reduce any other
amounts due under this Agreement.

     4.  Compensation Upon Termination or During Disability.  Following a
change in control of the Company, as defined by Subsection 2(i), upon
termination of your employment or during a period of Disability you shall be
entitled to the following benefits:

     (i)  During any period that you fail to perform your full-time duties with
the Company as a result of incapacity due to physical or mental illness, you
shall continue to receive your base salary at the rate in effect at the
commencement of any such period, together with all compensation payable to you
under the Pension Plan, Supplemental Plan, Special Benefit Plan, Annual
Incentive Plan, Thrift Plan and Nonqualified Thrift Plan during such period,
until this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 3(i) hereof.
Thereafter, in the event your employment shall be terminated, your benefits
shall be determined under the Company's retirement, insurance and other
compensation plans and programs then in effect in accordance with the terms of
such plans and programs.

     (ii)  If your employment shall be terminated by the Company for Cause or
by you other than for Good Reason, Disability, death or Retirement, the Company
shall pay you your full base salary through the Date of Termination at the rate
in effect at the time Notice of Termination is given, plus all other amounts to
which you are entitled under any compensation plan of the Company at the time
such payments are due, and the Company shall have no further obligations to you
under this Agreement.

     (iii)  If your employment by the Company shall be terminated (a) by the
Company other than for Cause, Retirement or Disability or (b) by you for Good
Reason, then you shall be entitled to the compensation and benefits provided
below:

            (A)  the Company shall pay you your full base salary through the
       Date of Termination at the rate in effect at the time Notice of
       Termination is given, plus all other amounts to which you are entitled
       under any compensation plan or program of the Company, at the time such
       payments are due, except as otherwise provided below.

            (B)  in lieu of any further salary payments to you for periods
       subsequent to the Date of Termination, the Company shall pay as
       severance pay to you a lump sum severance payment (together with the
       payments provided in paragraphs C, D and E below, the "Severance

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       Payments") equal to two times the sum of (x) your annual base salary in
       effect immediately prior to the occurrence of the circumstance giving
       rise to the Notice of Termination given in respect thereof, and (y) the
       average annual amount of the Award paid to you pursuant to the Annual
       Incentive Plan or similar successor plan with respect to the five years
       immediately preceding that in which the Date of Termination occurs, such
       average annual amount being calculated by aggregating all such Awards
       paid with respect to such five years and dividing such aggregate amount
       by the number of years for which such an Award was actually paid to you.

            (C)  notwithstanding any provision of the Annual Incentive Plan and
       the Inland Special Achievement Award Plan, the Company shall pay to you
       a lump sum amount equal to the sum of (x) any incentive compensation
       which has been allocated or awarded to you for a completed fiscal year
       or other measuring period preceding the Date of Termination but has not
       yet been paid, and (y) a pro rata portion to the Date of Termination for
       the current fiscal year or other measuring period of the amount equal to
       the Target Award percentage applicable to you under the Annual Incentive
       Plan or similar successor plan on the Date of Termination times your
       annual base salary then in effect.

            (D)  in lieu of shares of common stock of ISI ("ISI Shares")
       issuable upon exercise of outstanding options ("Options"), if any,
       granted to you under ISI's stock option plans (which Options shall be
       cancelled upon the making of the payment referred to below), you shall
       receive an amount in cash equal to the product of (i) the excess of (x)
       in the case of incentive stock options (as defined in section 422A of
       the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code")) ("ISOs")),
       granted after the date hereof, the closing price of ISI's shares as
       reported on the New York Stock Exchange Composite Transactions on or
       nearest the Date of Termination, or, in the case of all other options,
       the Change in Control Price (as defined below), over (y) the per share
       exercise price of each Option held by you (whether or not then fully
       exercisable), times (ii) the number of ISI Shares covered by each such
       option.  For purposes of this Agreement, the "Change in Control Price"
       means:  (1) with respect to a merger or consolidation of ISI described
       in Section 2(i)(C) in which the consideration per share of ISI's common
       stock to be paid for the acquisition of shares of common stock specified
       in the agreement of merger or consolidation is all in cash, the highest
       such consideration per share; (2) with respect to a change in control of
       the Company by reason of an acquisition of voting securities described
       in Section 2(i)(A), the highest price per share for any share of ISI's
       common stock paid by any holder of any of the securities representing
       40% or more of the combined 

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       voting power of ISI giving rise to the change in control of the Company;
       and (3) with respect to a change in control of the Company by reason of
       a merger or consolidation of ISI (other than a merger or consolidation
       described in Clause (1) next above), stockholder approval of an
       agreement or plan described in Section 2(i)(D), a change in the
       composition of the Board described in Section 2(i)(B) or a change in
       control of the Company pursuant to Section 2(i)(E) (relating to mergers,
       consolidations and sales of securities or assets of a Related Company),
       the highest price per share of common stock reported on the New York
       Stock Exchange Composite Transactions (or, if such shares are not traded
       on the New York Stock Exchange, such other principal market on which
       such shares are traded) during the sixty (60) day period ending on the
       date the change in control of the Company occurs.

            (E)  in lieu of ISI Shares awarded or issuable to you as
       performance and/or restricted shares, if any, pursuant to the Inland
       1995 Incentive Stock Plan, the Inland 1992 Incentive Stock Plan, the
       Inland 1988 Incentive Stock Plan, the Inland 1984 Incentive Stock Plan
       or similar successor plan (which ISI Shares shall be cancelled upon the
       making of the payment referred to below), you shall receive an amount in
       cash equal to the product of (i) the Change in Control Price, times (ii)
       the total of the number of restricted shares awarded to you and then
       outstanding pursuant to the Inland 1995 Incentive Stock Plan, the Inland
       1992 Incentive Stock Plan, the Inland 1988 Incentive Stock Plan, the
       Inland 1984 Incentive Stock Plan and/or any similar successor plan, plus
       a number of performance shares equal to the total number of performance
       shares paid or payable to you with respect to the two immediately
       preceding performance periods under any performance award or awards made
       pursuant to the Inland 1995 Incentive Stock Plan, the Inland 1992
       Incentive Stock Plan and/or any similar successor plan.

            (F)  the Company shall also pay to you all legal fees and expenses
       incurred by you as a result of such termination (including all such fees
       and expenses, if any, incurred in contesting or disputing any such
       termination or in seeking to obtain or enforce any right or benefit
       provided by this Agreement or in connection with any tax audit or
       proceeding to the extent attributable to the application of Section 4999
       of the Code to any payment or benefit provided hereunder).  Such
       payments shall be made at the later of the times specified in paragraph
       (J) below, or within five (5) days after your request for payment
       accompanied with such evidence of fees and expenses incurred as the
       Company reasonably may require.

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            (G)  in the event that you become entitled to any payments provided
       for hereinabove (the "Contract Payments"), if the Contract Payments or
       other portion of the Total Payments (as defined below) will be subject
       to the tax (the "Excise Tax") imposed by Section 4999 of the Code, the
       Company shall pay to you, no later than the fifth day following the Date
       of Termination, an additional amount (the "Gross-Up Payment") such that
       the net amount retained by you, after deduction of any Excise Tax on the
       Contract Payments and such other Total Payments and any federal and
       state and local income and other payroll taxes and Excise Tax upon the
       payment provided for by this subsection, shall be equal to the Contract
       Payments and such other Total Payments.

            (H)  for purposes of determining whether any of the payments will
       be subject to the Excise Tax and the amount of such Excise Tax, (i) any
       other payments or benefits received or to be received by you in
       connection with a change in control of the Company or your termination
       of employment (whether pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any
       other plan, arrangement or agreement with the Company, any person whose
       actions result in a change in control or any person affiliated with the
       Company or such person) payable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement
       or any other plan, arrangement or agreement with the Company, any person
       whose actions result in a change in control or any person affiliated
       with the Company or such person (together with the Contract Payments,
       the "Total Payments"), shall be treated as "parachute payments" within
       the meaning of Section 280G(b)(2) of the Code and all "excess parachute
       payments" within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(l) of the Code shall be
       treated as subject to the Excise Tax unless in the opinion of tax
       counsel selected by ISI's independent auditors and reasonably acceptable
       to you, such other payments or benefits (in whole or in part) do not
       constitute parachute payments, including by reason of Section
       280G(b)(4)(A) of the Code or such excess parachute payments (in whole or
       in part) represent reasonable compensation for services actually
       rendered within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(4)(B) of the Code in
       excess of the base amount allocable to such reasonable compensation
       within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(3) of the Code, or are otherwise
       not subject to the Excise Tax, (ii) the amount of the Total Payments
       which shall be treated as subject to the Excise Tax shall be equal to
       the lesser of (A) the amount of the Total Payments or (B) the amount of
       excess parachute payments within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(l) of
       the Code (after applying clause (i) above), and (iii) the value of any
       noncash benefits or any deferred payment or benefit shall be determined
       by ISI's independent auditors in accordance with the principles of
       Sections 280G(d)(3) and (4) of the Code.  For purposes of determining
       the 

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       amount of the Gross-Up Payment, you shall be deemed to pay federal
       income taxes at the highest marginal rate of federal income taxation in
       the calendar year in which the Gross-Up Payment is to be made and state
       and local income taxes at the highest marginal rate of taxation in the
       state and locality of your residence on the Date of Termination, net of
       the maximum reduction in federal income taxes which could be obtained
       from deduction of such state and local taxes.

            (I)  in the event that the Excise Tax is subsequently determined to
       be less than the amount taken into account hereunder at the time of
       termination of your employment, you shall repay to the Company at the
       time that the amount of such reduction in Excise Tax is finally
       determined the portion of the Gross-Up Payment attributable to such
       reduction (plus the portion of the Gross-Up Payment attributable to the
       Excise Tax and federal and state and local income tax imposed on the
       Gross-Up Payment being repaid by you if such repayment results in a
       reduction in Excise Tax and/or a federal and state and local income tax
       deduction) plus interest on the amount of such repayment at the rate
       provided in Section 1274(b)(2)(B) of the Code.  In the event that the
       Excise Tax is determined to exceed the amount taken into account
       hereunder at the time of the termination of your employment (including
       by reason of any payment the existence or amount of which cannot be
       determined at the time of the Gross-Up Payment), the Company shall make
       an additional gross-up payment in respect of such excess (plus any
       interest payable with respect to such excess) at the time that the
       amount of such excess is finally determined.

            (J)  the payments provided for in paragraphs (B), (C), (D) and (E)
       above, shall be made not later than the fifth day following the Date of
       Termination, provided, however, that if the amounts of such payments
       cannot be finally determined on or before such day, the Company shall
       pay to you on such day an estimate, as determined in good faith by the
       Company, of the minimum amount of such payments and shall pay the
       remainder of such payments (together with interest at the rate provided
       in Section 1274(b)(2)(B) of the Code) as soon as the amount thereof can
       be determined but in no event later than the thirtieth day after the
       Date of Termination.  In the event that the amount of the estimated
       payments exceeds the amount subsequently determined to have been due,
       such excess shall constitute a loan by the Company to you payable on the
       fifth day after demand by the Company (together with interest at the
       rate provided in Section 1274(b)(2)(B) of the Code).

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     (iv)  If your employment shall be terminated (A) by the Company other than
for Cause, Retirement or Disability or (B) by you for Good Reason, then for a
twenty-four (24) month period after such termination, the Company shall arrange
to provide you with: (1) life, disability, accident and health insurance
benefits substantially similar to those which you are receiving immediately
prior to the Notice of Termination, (2) financial advisory services similar to
those provided currently to executives of the Company by Ayco Corporation, and
(3) outplacement services.  Benefits otherwise receivable by you pursuant to
this Subsection 4(iv) shall be reduced to the extent comparable benefits are
actually received by you during the twenty-four (24) month period following
your termination, and any such benefits actually received by you shall be
reported to the Company.  Any rights that you have to continuation of life,
disability, accident or health coverage under applicable state or federal law
shall be in addition to those provided under this Agreement.

     (v)  If your employment shall be terminated (A) by the Company other than
for Cause, Retirement or Disability or (B) by you for Good Reason, then in
addition to the retirement benefits to which you are entitled under the Pension
Plan, Supplemental Plan or Special Benefit Plan or any successor plans thereto,
the Company shall pay you in cash at the time and in the manner provided in
paragraph (J) of Subsection 4(iii), a lump sum equal to the excess of (x) the
actuarial equivalent of the retirement pension (taking into account any early
retirement subsidy associated therewith and determined as a straight life
annuity commencing at age sixty-five (65) or any earlier date, but in no event
earlier than the second anniversary of the Date of Termination whichever
annuity yields a greater benefit) which you would have accrued under the terms
of the Pension Plan, Supplemental Plan or Special Benefit Plan (without regard
to any amendments to any such plans made subsequent to a change in control of
the Company and on or prior to the Date of Termination, which amendment
adversely affects in any manner the computation of retirement benefits
thereunder), determined as if you were fully vested thereunder and had
accumulated (after the Date of Termination) twenty-four (24) additional months
of age and service credit thereunder at the higher of the rate of average
compensation during the twelve (12) months prior to the change in control of
the Company or the rate of average compensation used to calculate your benefits
under such plans immediately preceding the Date of Termination, over (y) the
actuarial equivalent of the retirement pension (taking into account any early
retirement subsidy associated therewith and determined as a straight life
annuity commencing at age sixty-five (65) or any earlier date, but in no event
earlier than the Date of Termination whichever annuity yields a greater
benefit) which you had then accrued pursuant to the provisions of the Pension
Plan.  For purposes of this Subsection, "actuarial equivalent" shall be
determined using the same assumptions utilized under the Pension Plan for
purposes of determining 

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alternative forms of benefits immediately prior to the  change in control of
the Company.

     (vi)  You shall not be required to mitigate the amount of any payment
provided for in this Section 4 by seeking other employment or otherwise, nor
shall the amount of any payment or benefit provided for in this Section 4 be
reduced by any compensation earned by you as the result of employment by
another employer, by retirement benefits, by offset against any amount claimed
to be owed by you to the Company, or otherwise, except as provided in Section
4(iv).

     (vii)  In addition to all other amounts payable to you under this Section
4, you shall be entitled to receive all benefits payable to you under the
Pension Plan, the Thrift Plan, Supplemental Plan, Special Benefit Plan,
Nonqualified Thrift Plan and any other plan or agreement relating to retirement
benefits.

     5.  Successors; Binding Agreement.  (i) ISI will require any successor
(whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise)
to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of ISI to expressly
assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same
extent that ISI or the Company would be required to perform it if no such
succession had taken place.  Failure of ISI to obtain such assumption and
agreement prior to the effectiveness of any such succession shall be a breach
of this Agreement and shall entitle you to compensation from the Company in the
same amount and on the same terms as you would be entitled to hereunder if you
terminate your employment for Good Reason following a change in control of the
Company, except that for purposes of implementing the foregoing, the date on
which any such succession becomes effective shall be deemed the Date of
Termination.  In the event a successor of ISI assumes and agrees to perform
this Agreement, by operation of law or otherwise, the term "ISI", as used in
this Agreement, shall mean such successor and the term "Company" shall mean,
collectively, such successor and the affiliates of such successor.

     (ii)  This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by
your personal or legal representatives, executors, administrators, successors,
heirs, distributees, devisees and legatees.  If you should die while any amount
would still be payable to you hereunder if you had continued to live, all such
amounts, unless otherwise provided herein, shall be paid in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement to your devisee, legatee or other designee or, if there
is no such designee, to your estate.

     6.  Notice.  For the purpose of this Agreement, notices and all other
communications provided for in the Agreement shall be in writing and shall be

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deemed to have been duly given when delivered or mailed by United States
registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed to the
respective addresses set forth on the first page of this Agreement, provided
that all notice to the Company shall be directed to the attention of the Board
with a copy to the Secretary of ISI, or to such other address as either party
may have furnished to the other in writing in accordance herewith, except that
notice of change of address shall be effective only upon receipt.

     7.  Miscellaneous.  No provision of this Agreement may be modified, waived
or discharged unless such waiver, modification or discharge is agreed to in
writing and signed by you and such officer as may be specifically designated by
the Board.  No waiver by either party hereto at any time of any breach by the
other party hereto of, or compliance with, any condition or provision of this
Agreement to be performed by such other party shall be deemed a waiver of
similar or dissimilar provisions or conditions at the same or at any prior or
subsequent time.  No agreements or representations, oral or otherwise, express
or implied, with respect to the subject matter hereof have been made by either
party which are not expressly set forth in this Agreement.  The validity,
interpretation, construction and performance of this Agreement shall be
governed by the laws of the State of Illinois.  All references to sections of
the Exchange Act or the Code shall be deemed also to refer to any successor
provisions to such sections.  Any payments provided for hereunder shall be paid
net of any applicable withholding required under federal, state or local law.
The obligations of ISI and the Company under Section 4 shall survive the
expiration of the term of this Agreement.

     8.  Validity.  The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this
Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other
provision of this Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect.

     9.  Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts,
each of which shall be deemed to be an original but all of which together will
constitute one and the same instrument.

     10.  Settlement of Disputes; Arbitration.  All claims by you for benefits
under this Agreement shall be directed to and determined by the Board and shall
be in writing.  Any denial by the Board of a claim for benefits under this
Agreement shall be delivered to you in writing and shall set forth the specific
reasons for the denial and the specific provisions of this Agreement relied
upon.  The Board shall afford a reasonable opportunity to you for a review of
the decision denying a claim and shall further allow you to appeal to the Board
a decision of the Board within sixty (60) days after notification by the Board
that your claim has been denied.  Any further dispute or controversy arising
under 

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or in connection with this Agreement shall be settled exclusively by
arbitration in Chicago, Illinois, in accordance with the rules of the American
Arbitration Association then in effect.  Judgment may be entered on the
arbitrator's award in any court having jurisdiction; provided, however, that
you shall be entitled to seek specific performance of your right to be paid
until the Date of Termination during the pendency of any dispute or controversy
arising under or in connection with this Agreement.

     If this letter sets forth our agreement on the subject matter hereof,
kindly sign and return to ISI the enclosed copy of this letter which will then
constitute our agreement on this subject.


                                Sincerely,

                                INLAND STEEL INDUSTRIES, INC.



                                By ________________________________
                                     Judd R. Cool
                                     Vice President-Human Resources



Agreed to this ________ day
of ______________________, 1996.
_________________________ (Signature)



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                                                                      Exhibit 11

             INLAND STEEL INDUSTRIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
                Statement of Earnings Per Share of Common Stock

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                 Dollars and Shares
                                                                                     in Millions
                                                                              (except per share data)
                                                                             --------------------------
                                                                                 Three Months Ended
                                                                                      March 31
                                                                             --------------------------
                                                                                 1996          1995
                                                                             ------------  ------------
<S>                                                                          <C>           <C>
PRIMARY EARNINGS PER SHARE OF COMMON STOCK
   Shares of common stock
      Average shares outstanding                                                     48.8          44.6
      Dilutive effect of stock options                                                  -            .1
                                                                             ------------  ------------
                                                                                     48.8          44.7
                                                                             ============  ============

   Net income                                                                $       17.2  $       44.0
   Dividends on preferred stock, net of tax benefit on dividends
      applicable to leveraged Series E Preferred Stock held by the ESOP               2.2           6.5
                                                                             ------------  ------------

   Net income applicable                                                     $       15.0  $       37.5
                                                                             ============  ============

   Primary earnings per share of common stock                                        $.31          $.84
                                                                                     ====          ====


FULLY DILUTED EARNINGS PER SHARE OF COMMON STOCK
   Shares of common stock
      Average shares outstanding                                                     48.8          44.6
      Assumed conversion of Series A and leveraged Series E Preferred Stock           3.0           3.1
      Dilutive effect of stock options                                                  -            .1
                                                                             ------------  ------------
                                                                                     51.8          47.8
                                                                             ============  ============

   Net income                                                                $       17.2  $       44.0
   Dividends on antidilutive preferred stock                                           .1           4.5
   Additional ESOP funding required on conversion of leveraged
      Series E Preferred Stock, net of tax                                            1.9           1.8
                                                                             ------------  ------------

   Net income applicable                                                     $       15.2  $       37.7
                                                                             ============  ============

   Fully diluted earnings per share of common stock                                  $.29          $.79
                                                                                     ====          ====
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NOTE: In the three months ended March 31, 1996, the assumed conversion of
      Series A and non-leveraged Series E Preferred Stock were antidilutive.  In
      the three months ended March 31, 1995, the assumed conversion of
      non-leveraged Series E Preferred Stock was antidilutive.









 

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This schedule contains Summary Financial Information extracted from the
Consolidated Statement of Operations, the Consolidated Balance Sheet, and the
Summary of Stockholders' Equity contained in the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
to which this exhibit is attached and is qualified in its entirety by reference
to such financial schedules
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