PRECISION CASTPARTS CORP
10-Q, 1994-11-16
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             SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                   Washington, D.C.  20549
                              
           _______________________________________
                              
                          FORM 10-Q
                              
         Quarterly Report Under Section 13 or 15(d)
           of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
            For the Quarter Ended October 2, 1994
                 Commission File No. 1-10348
                              
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                  Precision Castparts Corp.
                              
                              
                    An Oregon Corporation
         IRS Employer Identification No. 93-0460598
                   4600 S.E. Harney Drive
                 Portland, Oregon 97206-0898
                 Telephone:  (503) 777-3881
                              
           _______________________________________

Indicate by checkmark 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   ______

Number of shares of Common Stock, no par value, outstanding
as of November 10, 1994:  20,156,534

                                    Exhibit Index at Page 11
                                          Page 1 of 12 Pages


Note:  This 10-Q was filed electronically via EDGAR with the
       Securities and Exchange Commission.
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PART 1:  FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements

Precision Castparts Corp. and Subsidiaries
(In thousands, except per share data)
Consolidated Statements of Income
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                       Oct. 2,    Sept. 26,
Three Months Ended                        1994         1993

<S>                                   <C>          <C>
Net Sales                               $102,800    $107,900
Cost of Goods Sold                        84,100      91,200
Selling and Administrative Expenses        7,500       7,200
Interest (Income) Expense, Net              (400)        400

Income Before Provision for Income Taxes  11,600       9,100
Provision for Income Taxes (1)             4,400       3,600

Net Income                              $  7,200    $  5,500

Net Income Per Common Share             $   0.36    $   0.28

</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                       Oct. 2,    Sept. 26,
Six Months Ended                          1994         1993

<S>                                   <C>          <C>
Net Sales                               $213,000    $209,300
Cost of Goods Sold                       174,400     177,100
Selling and Administrative Expenses       15,500      15,100
Interest (Income) Expense, Net              (600)        900

Income Before Provision for Income Taxes  23,700      16,200
Provision for Income Taxes (1)             9,000       3,700

Income Before Cumulative Effect
  of Accounting Change                    14,700      12,500
Cumulative Effect of Change in
  Accounting for Postretirement Benefits
  Other Than Pension (net of income tax
  benefit of $1,800) (2)                      --      (2,900)

Net Income                              $ 14,700    $  9,600


Income (Charge) Per Share (3):
  Before cumulative effect of
    accounting change                   $   0.74    $    0.64
  Cumulative effect of change in
    accounting for postretirement
    benefits other than pensions              --        (0.15)

Net Income Per Common Share             $   0.74    $    0.49

</TABLE>
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Precision Castparts Corp. and Subsidiaries
(In thousands)
Consolidated Balance Sheets
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                       Oct. 2,     April 3,
ASSETS                                    1994         1994

<S>                                     <C>         <C>
Current Assets:
  Cash and cash equivalents             $ 55,800    $ 55,200
  Receivables                             72,600      69,000
  Inventories                             80,200      74,000
  Prepaid expenses                           500       1,300
  Current deferred tax asset              11,900      11,600

    Total current assets                 221,000     211,100

Property, Plant and Equipment, at cost   247,500     245,100
Less - Accumulated depreciation         (136,600)   (128,600)

  Net property, plant and equipment      110,900     116,500

Goodwill and Other Assets                 24,200      15,300

                                        $356,100    $342,900


LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' INVESTMENT

Current Liabilities:
  Notes payable                         $  1,000    $  1,000
  Current portion of long-term debt        3,600       3,900
  Accounts payable                        15,800      17,900
  Accrued liabilities                     51,700      49,300
  Income taxes payable                     6,600      13,300

    Total current liabilities             78,700      85,400

Long-Term Debt, excluding current portion  6,900      10,800
Deferred Tax Liability                    11,900      11,200
Accrued Retirement Benefits Obligation     6,100       6,000
Other Long-Term Liabilities                8,400       6,700
Shareholders' Investment (4):
  Common stock                            20,100      13,100
  Paid-in capital                          4,000       3,100
  Retained earnings                      218,800     206,100
  Cumulative translation adjustment        1,200         500

    Total shareholders' investment       244,100     222,800

                                        $356,100    $342,900

</TABLE>
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Precision Castparts Corp. and Subsidiaries
(In thousands)
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                       Oct. 2,    Sept. 26,
Six Months Ended                          1994         1993

<S>                                     <C>        <C>
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:
  Net income                            $ 14,700    $  9,600
  Non-cash items included in income:
    Depreciation and amortization         12,400      12,600
    Deferred taxes                           400       1,700
    Cumulative effect of accounting
    change (2)                                --       4,700
  Net (increase) decrease in receivables,
    inventories and prepaids over
    payables and accruals                (19,000)     27,100

    Net cash provided by
      operating activities                 8,500      55,700

Cash Flows from Investing Activities:
  Purchase of PCC Composites              (5,100)         --
  Acquisition of property,
    plant and equipment                   (5,200)     (4,400)
  Other investing activities, net            800      (1,800)

    Net cash (used by) investing
     activities                           (9,500)     (6,200)

Cash Flows from Financing Activities:
  Proceeds of long-term debt                  --      50,000
  Payment of long-term debt               (4,000)    (53,500)
  Proceeds (payments) of
    notes payable, net                      (300)      3,300
  Repurchase of common stock                  --    (117,000)
  Sale of common stock                     7,900         400
  Cash dividends                          (2,000)       (800)

    Net cash provided (used by)
      financing activities                 1,600    (117,600)

Net Increase (Decrease) in Cash
  and Cash Equivalents                       600     (68,100)
Cash and Cash Equivalents at
  Beginning of Period                     55,200      68,900

Cash and Cash Equivalents at
  End of Period                         $ 55,800    $    800

</TABLE>
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Notes to the Interim Financial Statements

(1)  During the first quarter of fiscal 1994, the Company
     recorded a $2.4 million tax benefit, equal to $0.12 per
     share, as a result of reaching agreement with the
     Internal Revenue Service concerning research and
     development tax credits for fiscal years 1990 and 1991.

(2)  In the first quarter of fiscal 1994, the Company
     adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards
     (SFAS) No. 106, "Employers' Accounting for
     Postretirement Benefits Other Than Pensions."  The
     Company elected to immediately recognize the transition
     obligation, resulting in a one-time charge of $4.7
     million, equal to $2.9 million after tax, or $0.15 per
     share.

(3)  Earnings per share have been computed based on the
     weighted average number of shares of common stock
     outstanding during the periods.  Net income per share
     is based on 19,800,000 shares outstanding for the three
     months ended October 2, 1994, and 19,500,000 shares
     outstanding for the three months ended September 26,
     1993.  Fully diluted amounts are not presented because
     they are not materially different than amounts shown.

(4)  In August, 1994, the Board of Directors declared a
     three-for-two stock split.  Accordingly, $6.7 million
     representing the stated value for additional shares
     issued was transferred from additional paid-in capital
     to common stock.

(5)  The consolidated interim financial statements have been
     prepared by the Company, without audit and subject to
     year-end adjustment, in accordance with generally
     accepted accounting principles, except that certain
     information and footnote disclosures made in the latest
     annual report have been condensed or omitted for the
     interim statements.  Certain costs are estimated for
     the full year and allocated in interim periods based on
     estimates of operating time expired, benefit received,
     or activity associated with the interim period.  The
     consolidated financial statements reflect all
     adjustments which are, in the opinion of management,
     necessary for fair representation.
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Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial
        Condition and Results of Operations

In the second quarter, sales declined $5.1 million to $102.8
million as compared with $107.9 million for the same quarter
a year ago. Net income increased to $7.2 million, up $1.7
million from $5.5 million in the second quarter of last
year.  On a per share basis, the earnings were $0.36 based
on 19.8 million shares outstanding as compared with last
year's second quarter earnings of $0.28 based on 19.5
million shares.  The per share results for each year reflect
the effect of the three-for-two stock split which was
effective August 26, 1994.

Results of Operations - Comparison between Three Months
Ended October 2, 1994 and September 26, 1993

Sales declined $5.1 million, or 4.7%, from $107.9 in the
second quarter of last year to $102.8 in this year's second
quarter.  This decline reflected a reduction in sales of
spares for aircraft jet engines and the current year's low
build rate for new engines. Higher sales levels of metal
injection molded parts and industrial gas turbine castings
were not sufficient to overcome the short-fall in sales to
our major aircraft jet engine customers.

Cost of goods sold as a percent of sales for the second
quarter of fiscal 1995 was 81.8%, reflecting improvement
from the 84.5% reported in the second quarter last year.
The lower cost of sales in the second quarter of fiscal 1995
represents the seventh consecutive quarter of improving
margins.  Cost reductions and the effects of restructuring
activities, plus substantial improvements at AFT, are
largely responsible for the higher margins.

Interest income in the second quarter of fiscal 1995 was
$0.4 million, as compared with interest expense of $0.4
million in the second quarter a year ago.  The interest
income in fiscal 1995 resulted from investment of cash
balances throughout the quarter, partially offset by
interest expense on lower borrowings.

The effective tax rate in the second quarter of fiscal 1995
was 38.0%.  This compares to last year's effective tax rate
of 39.2%, before consideration of the benefit from research
and development tax credits of $2.4 million.  The lower
current effective tax rate reflects the impact in last
fiscal year of restating the deferred tax liability for the
increase in federal tax rates from 34% to 35%.
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Results of Operations - Comparison between Six Months Ended
October 2, 1994 and September 26, 1993

Sales for the first six months of fiscal 1995 were $213.0
million, $3.7 million or 1.8% higher than last year's first
half sales of $209.3 million. Increased sales of components
for general industrial, ordnance and electronics
applications exceeded the declines in sales of castings for
aircraft jet engines, resulting in the higher sales in
fiscal 1995.

Cost of goods sold as a percent of sales was 81.9% for the
first half of fiscal 1995 compared with 84.6% for the same
period in fiscal 1994.  This improvement in cost of sales
has come from cost reductions, cost efficiencies due to
higher sales volumes at AFT, and the effects of
restructuring activities.

Interest income of $0.6 million was earned in the first six
months of fiscal year 1995 as compared with interest expense
of $0.9 million for the same period a year earlier.
Interest income in fiscal 1995 resulted from the strong cash
position at the end of fiscal 1994 and lower levels of debt.

The effective tax rate for the first two quarters of fiscal
1995 was 38.0%.  This compares to last year's effective tax
rate of 39.2%, before consideration of the benefit from
research and development tax credits of $2.4 million.  The
lower current effective tax rate reflects the impact in last
fiscal year of restating the deferred tax liability for the
increase in federal tax rates from 34% to 35%.

Changes in Financial Condition and Liquidity

Total assets at October 2, 1994 were $356.1 million, an
increase of $13.2 million from April 3, 1994 levels.
Receivables increased $3.6 million from last year-end due to
somewhat slower collections compared with the record high
collections achieved during the fourth quarter of last year.
Inventory increased $6.2 million, due to unexpected customer
push-outs and increased purchases of cobalt in anticipation
of rising prices.  Goodwill and other assets increased $8.9
million, primarily reflecting the acquisition of
PCC Composites in the first quarter of fiscal 1995.

Cash from earnings of $27.5 million for the first half of
fiscal 1995, plus cash of $7.9 million from the sale of
common stock through stock option exercises, provided for
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increased working capital of $19.0 million, $5.2 million of
capital expenditures, $5.1 million for the purchase of
PCC Composites, $4.0 million of debt repayments and $2.0
million of cash dividends.  As a result, cash increased $0.6
million since the end of fiscal 1994 to a balance of $55.8
million.

Total capitalization at October 2, 1994, was $255.6 million,
consisting of $11.5 million of debt and $244.1 million of
equity.  The debt-to-equity ratio was 0.05 compared with
0.07 at the end of the prior fiscal year.

PCC believes it can fund future requirements for capital
spending and dividends from existing cash balances or
additional borrowings.  As for acquisitions, the Company
continues to evaluate candidates and believes acquisition
opportunities can be funded from existing cash, additional
borrowings or the issuance of stock.
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PART II.  OTHER INFORMATION

Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

     The 1994 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Company
     was held on August 3, 1994.  At the meeting, the
     shareholders elected one director to serve a term of
     one year and three directors to serve terms of three
     years; approved the Company's 1994 Stock Incentive
     Plan; and ratified the appointment of Price Waterhouse
     as auditors of the Company for the fiscal year ending
     April 2, 1995.  The number of votes cast for, against
     or withheld as well as the number of abstentions and
     broker non-votes is included in the table below:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                          VOTES

<S>                         <C>            <C>             <C>      <C>          <C>
                                            Against                   Broker
                                 Cast          or         Absten-      Non-
Matter Voted Upon                For        Withheld       tions      Votes       Total

1. To elect one director
   to serve a term of
   one year and three
   directors to serve
   terms of three years.

   Steven G. Rothmeier     11,347,886        132,574         -          -     11,480,460
   Edward H. Cooley        11,351,109        129,351         -          -     11,480,460
   William C. McCormick    11,351,252        129,208         -          -     11,480,460
   Dwight A. Sangrey       11,350,785        129,675         -          -     11,480,460

2. To approve the
   Company's
   1994 Stock
   Incentive Plan.          6,206,329      3,656,308   213,111  1,404,712     11,480,460

3. To ratify the
   appointment of
   Price Waterhouse
   as auditors of
   the Company for
   the fiscal year
   ending April 2, 1995.   11,369,668         39,904    70,888          -     11,480,460
</TABLE>
                                                                                

Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K

Item 6.(a)  Exhibits


EXHIBIT (10)A
      Precision Castparts Corp. 1994 Stock Incentive Plan

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                                                     APPENDIX A
                  PRECISION CASTPARTS CORP.
                  1994 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

     1.   Purpose.  The purpose of this 1994 Stock Incentive
Plan (the "Plan") of Precision Castparts Corp. (the "Company")
is to encourage selected employees of the Company and its
subsidiaries who are in a position to influence the financial
success of the Company or of its subsidiaries to acquire a
proprietary interest in the Company and to give them added
incentive to advance the interests of the Company, through an
opportunity to share in its profits and growth.

     2.   Shares Subject to the Plan.  Subject to adjustment as
provided below and in paragraph 12, the shares to be offered
under the Plan shall consist of Common Stock of the Company,
and the total number of shares of Common Stock that may be
issued under the Plan shall not exceed 1,032,078 shares, plus
any shares that are subject to options  granted under the
Company's 1984 Stock Incentive Plan (the "1984 Plan")  which
are outstanding on May 16, 1994 and which options expire,
terminate or are cancelled under such plan after May 16, 1994.
The shares issued under the Plan may be authorized and unissued
shares or reacquired shares.  If an option or stock
appreciation right granted under the Plan expires, terminates
or is cancelled, the unissued shares subject to such option or
stock appreciation right shall again be available under the
Plan.  If shares sold or awarded as a bonus under the Plan are
forfeited to the Company or repurchased by the Company, the
number of shares forfeited or repurchased shall again be
available under the Plan.

     3.   Effective Date and Duration of Plan.

          (a)  Effective Date.  The Plan shall become effective
as of May 18, 1994.  No option or stock appreciation right
granted under the Plan to an officer who is subject to
Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (an "Officer") or a director shall become exercisable,
however, until the Plan is approved by the affirmative vote of
the holders of a majority of the shares of Common Stock
represented at a shareholders meeting at which a quorum is
present and any such awards under the Plan prior to such
approval shall be conditioned on and subject to such approval.
Subject to this limitation, options and stock appreciation
rights may be granted and shares may be awarded as bonuses or
sold under the Plan at any time after the effective date and
before termination of the Plan.
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          (b)  Duration.  The Plan shall continue in effect
until all shares available for issuance under the Plan have
been issued and all restrictions on such shares have lapsed.
The Board of Directors may suspend or terminate the Plan at any
time except with respect to options and shares subject to
restrictions then outstanding under the Plan.  Termination
shall not affect any outstanding options, any right of the
Company to repurchase shares or the forfeitability of shares
issued under the Plan.

     4.   Administration.

          (a)  Board of Directors.  The Plan shall be
administered by the Board of Directors of the Company, which
shall determine and designate from time to time the individuals
to whom awards shall be made, the amount of the awards and the
other terms and conditions of the awards.  Subject to the
provisions of the Plan, the Board of Directors may from time to
time adopt and amend rules and regulations relating to
administration of the Plan, advance the lapse of any waiting
period, accelerate any exercise date, waive or modify any
restriction applicable to shares (except those restrictions
imposed by law) and make all other determinations in the
judgment of the Board of Directors necessary or desirable for
the administration of the Plan.  The interpretation and
construction of the provisions of the Plan and related
agreements by the Board of Directors shall be final and
conclusive.  The Board of Directors may correct any defect or
supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan
or in any related agreement in the manner and to the extent it
shall deem expedient to carry the Plan into effect, and it
shall be the sole and final judge of such expediency.

          (b)  Committee.  The Board of Directors may delegate
to a committee of the Board of Directors or specified officers
of the Company, or both (the "Committee") any or all authority
for administration of the Plan.  If authority is delegated to a
Committee, all references to the Board of Directors in the Plan
shall mean and relate to the Committee except (i) as otherwise
provided by the Board of Directors, (ii) that only the Board of
Directors may amend or terminate the Plan as provided in
paragraphs 3 and 15 and (iii) that a Committee including
officers of the Company shall not be permitted to grant options
to persons who are officers of the Company.  If awards are to
be made under the Plan to Officers or directors, authority for
selection of Officers and directors for participation and
decisions concerning the timing, pricing and amount of a grant
or award, if not determined under a formula meeting the
requirements of Rule 16b-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, shall be delegated to a committee consisting
of two or more disinterested directors.
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          (c)  Indemnification of Committee.  In addition to
such other rights of indemnification as they may have as
officers or directors or as members of the Committee, the
members of the Committee shall be indemnified by the Company
against the reasonable expenses, including attorneys' fees
actually and necessarily incurred in connection with the
defense of any action, suit or proceeding, or in connection
with any appeal therein, to which they or any of them may be a
party by reason of any action taken or failure to act under or
in connection with the Plan or any option granted thereunder,
and against all amounts paid by them in settlement thereof
(provided such settlement is approved by independent legal
counsel selected by the Company) or paid by them in
satisfaction of a judgment in any such action, suit or
proceeding, except in relation to matters as to which it shall
be adjudged in such action, suit or proceeding that such
Committee member is liable for negligence or misconduct in the
performance of his duties; provided that within sixty (60) days
after institution of any such action, suit or proceeding a
Committee member shall in writing offer the Company the
opportunity, at its own expense, to handle and defend the same.

     5.   Types of Awards; Eligibility.  The Board of Directors
may, from time to time, take the following action, separately
or in combination, under the Plan:  (i) grant Incentive Stock
Options, as defined in Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), as provided in paragraphs
6(a) and 6(b); (ii) grant options other than Incentive Stock
Options ("Non-Statutory Stock Options") as provided in
paragraphs 6(a) and 6(c); (iii) award stock bonuses as provided
in paragraph 7; (iv) sell shares subject to restrictions as
provided in paragraph 8; (v) grant stock appreciation rights as
provided in paragraph 9; (vi) grant cash bonus rights as
provided in paragraph 10; and (vii) grant foreign qualified
awards as provided in paragraph 11.  Any such awards may be
made to salaried key employees of the Company or any subsidiary
of the Company, including employees who are officers or
directors, who have substantial responsibility in the direction
and management of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or
divisions.  The Board of Directors shall select the individuals
to whom awards shall be made and shall specify the action taken
with respect to each individual to whom an award is made.  At
the discretion of the Board of Directors, an individual may be
given an election to surrender an award in exchange for the
grant of a new award.  No individual may be granted options or
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stock appreciation rights under the Plan for more than 100,000
shares of Common Stock in any calendar year.

     6.   Option Grants.

          (a)  General Rules Relating to Options.

               (i)  Terms of Grant.  The Board of Directors may
     grant options under the Plan.  With respect to each option
     grant, the Board of Directors shall determine the number
     of shares subject to the option, the option price, the
     period of the option, the time or times at which the
     option may be exercised and whether the option is an
     Incentive Stock Option or a Non-Statutory Stock Option.
     At the time of the grant of an option or at any time
     thereafter, the Board of Directors may provide that an
     optionee who exercised an option with Common Stock of the
     Company shall automatically receive a new option to
     purchase additional shares equal to the number of shares
     surrendered and may specify the terms and conditions of
     such new options.

               (ii)  Exercise of Options.  Except as provided
     in paragraph 6(a)(iv) or as determined by the Board of
     Directors, no option granted under the Plan may be
     exercised unless at the time of such exercise the optionee
     is employed by the Company or any subsidiary of the
     Company and shall have been so employed continuously since
     the date such option was granted.  Absence on leave or on
     account of illness or disability under rules established
     by the Board of Directors shall not, however, be deemed an
     interruption of employment for this purpose.  Unless
     otherwise determined by the Board of Directors, vesting of
     options shall not continue during an absence on leave
     (including an extended illness) or on account of
     disability.  Except as provided in paragraphs 6(a)(iv), 12
     and 14, options granted under the Plan may be exercised
     from time to time over the period stated in each option in
     such amounts and at such times as shall be prescribed by
     the Board of Directors, provided that options shall not be
     exercised for fractional shares.  Unless otherwise
     determined by the Board of Directors, if the optionee does
     not exercise an option in any one year with respect to the
     full number of shares to which the optionee is entitled in
     that year, the optionee's rights shall be cumulative and
     the optionee may purchase those shares in any subsequent
     year during the term of the option.  Unless otherwise
     determined by the Board of Directors, if an Officer
     exercises an option within six months of the grant of the
     option, the shares acquired upon exercise of the option
     may not be sold until six months after the date of grant
     of the option.
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               (iii)  Nontransferability.  Each Incentive Stock
     Option and, unless otherwise determined by the Board of
     Directors with respect to an option granted to a person
     who is neither an Officer nor a director of the Company,
     each other option granted under the Plan by its terms
     shall be nonassignable and nontransferable by the
     optionee, either voluntarily or by operation of law,
     except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution
     of the state or country of the optionee's domicile at the
     time of death, and each option by its terms shall be
     exercisable during the optionee's lifetime only by the
     optionee.

               (iv)  Termination of Employment.

                         (A)  General Rule.  Unless otherwise
          determined by the Board of Directors, in the event
          the employment of the optionee with the Company or a
          subsidiary terminates for any reason other than
          because of physical disability, death or, in the case
          of Nonstatutory Stock Options, retirement, as
          provided in subparagraphs 6(a)(iv)(B), (C) and (D),
          the option may be exercised at any time prior to the
          expiration date of the option or the expiration of
          three months (six months in the case of Nonstatutory
          Stock Options) after the date of such termination,
          whichever is the shorter period, but only if and to
          the extent the optionee was entitled to exercise the
          option at the date of such termination.

                         (B)  Termination Because of Total
          Disability.  Unless otherwise determined by the Board
          of Directors, in the event of the termination of
          employment because of total disability, the option
          may be exercised at any time prior to the expiration
          date of the option or the expiration of three months
          after the date of such termination (six months in the
          case of Nonstatutory Stock Options), whichever is the
          shorter period, but only if and to the extent the
          optionee was entitled to exercise the option at the
          date of such termination.  The term "total
          disability" means a mental or physical impairment
          which is expected to result in death or which has
          lasted or is expected to last for a continuous period
          of 12 months or more and which causes the optionee to
          be unable, in the opinion of the Company and two
          independent physicians, to perform his or her duties
          as an employee of the Company and to be engaged in
          any substantial gainful activity.  Total disability
          shall be deemed to have occurred on the first day
          after the Company and the two independent physicians
          have furnished their opinion of total disability to
          the Company.
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                         (C)  Termination Because of Death.
          Unless otherwise determined by the Board of
          Directors, in the event of the death of an optionee
          while employed by the Company or a subsidiary, the
          option may be exercised at any time prior to the
          expiration date of the option or the expiration of 12
          months after the date of death, whichever is the
          shorter period, but only if and to the extent the
          optionee was entitled to exercise the option at the
          date of death and only by the person or persons to
          whom such optionee's rights under the option shall
          pass by the optionee's will or by the laws of descent
          and distribution of the state or country of domicile
          at the time of death.

                         (D)  Termination Upon Retirement at
          Normal Retirement Age or at Bona Fide early
          Retirement.  In the event the employment of an
          optionee by the Company or by any subsidiary of the
          Company is terminated by retirement at normal
          retirement age as defined under the provisions of the
          Company's Retirement Plan or under conditions of bona
          fide early retirement, any Non-Statutory Stock Option
          may be exercised at any time prior to its expiration
          date or the expiration of twelve months after the
          date of such termination of employment, whichever is
          the shorter period, but only if and to the extent the
          optionee was entitled to exercise the option on the
          date of such termination.

                         (E)  Amendment of Exercise Period
          Applicable to Termination.  The Board of Directors,
          at the time of grant or at any time thereafter, may
          extend the 3-month, 6-month and 12-month exercise
          periods any length of time not longer than the
          original expiration date of the option, and may
          increase the portion of an option that is
          exercisable, subject to such terms and conditions as
          the Board of Directors may determine.
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                    (F)  Failure to Exercise Option.  To the
     extent that the option of any deceased optionee or of any
     optionee whose employment terminates is not exercised
     within the applicable period, all further rights to
     purchase shares pursuant to such option shall cease and
     terminate.

               (v)  Purchase of Shares.  Unless the Board of
     Directors determines otherwise, shares may be acquired
     pursuant to an option granted under the Plan only upon
     receipt by the Company of notice in writing from the
     optionee of the optionee's intention to exercise,
     specifying the date the option being exercised was
     granted, the number of shares as to which the optionee
     desires to exercise the option, and the date on which the
     optionee desires to complete the transaction, and if
     required in order to comply with the Securities Act of
     1933, as amended, containing a representation that it is
     the optionee's present intention to acquire the shares for
     investment and not with a view to distribution.  Unless
     the Board of Directors determines otherwise, on or before
     the date specified for completion of the purchase of
     shares pursuant to an option, the optionee must have paid
     the Company the full purchase price of such shares in cash
     (including, with the consent of the Board of Directors,
     cash that may be the proceeds of a loan from the Company)
     or, with the consent of the Board of Directors, in whole
     or in part, in Common Stock of the Company valued at fair
     market value, restricted stock, promissory notes and other
     forms of consideration.  The fair market value of Common
     Stock provided in payment of the purchase price shall be
     the closing price of the Common Stock as reported in The
     Wall Street Journal on the trading day preceding the date
     the option is exercised, or such other reported value of
     the Common Stock as shall be specified by the Board of
     Directors.  No shares shall be issued until full payment
     for the shares has been made.  With the consent of the
     Board of Directors, an optionee may request the Company to
     apply automatically the shares to be received upon the
     exercise of a portion of a stock option (even though stock
     certificates have not yet been issued) to satisfy the
     purchase price for additional portions of the option.
     Each optionee who has exercised an option shall
     immediately upon notification of the amount due, if any,
     pay to the Company in cash amounts necessary to satisfy
     any applicable federal, state and local tax withholding
     requirements.  If additional withholding is or becomes
     required beyond any amount deposited before delivery of
     the certificates, the optionee shall pay such amount to
     the Company on demand.  If the optionee fails to pay the
     amount demanded, the Company may withhold that amount from
     other amounts payable by the Company to the optionee,
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     including salary, subject to applicable law.  With the
     consent of the Board of Directors an optionee may satisfy
     this obligation, in whole or in part, by having the
     Company withhold from the shares to be issued upon the
     exercise that number of shares that would satisfy the
     withholding amount due or by delivering to the Company
     Common Stock to satisfy the withholding amount.  Upon the
     exercise of an option, the number of shares reserved for
     issuance under the Plan shall be reduced by the number of
     shares issued upon exercise of the option, less the number
     of shares surrendered in payment of the option exercise or
     surrendered or withheld to satisfy withholding
     obligations.

          (b)  Incentive Stock Options.  Incentive Stock
Options shall be subject to the following additional terms and
conditions:

               (i)  Limitation on Amount of Grants.  No
     employee may be granted Incentive Stock Options under the
     Plan if the aggregate fair market value, on the date of
     grant, of the Common Stock with respect to which Incentive
     Stock Options are exercisable for the first time by that
     employee during any calendar year under the Plan and under
     any other incentive stock option plan (within the meaning
     of Section 422 of the Code) of the Company or any parent
     or subsidiary of the Company exceeds $100,000.

               (ii)  Limitations on Grants to 10 Percent
     Shareholders.  An Incentive Stock Option may be granted
     under the Plan to an employee possessing more than
     10 percent of the total combined voting power of all
     classes of stock of the Company or of any parent or
     subsidiary of the Company only if the option price is at
     least 110 percent of the fair market value of the Common
     Stock subject to the option on the date it is granted, as
     described in paragraph 6(b)(iv), and the option by its
     terms is not exercisable after the expiration of five
     years from the date it is granted.

               (iii)  Duration of Options.  Subject to
     paragraphs 6(a)(ii) and 6(b)(ii), Incentive Stock Options
     granted under the Plan shall continue in effect for the
     period fixed by the Board of Directors, except that no
     Incentive Stock Option shall be exercisable after the
     expiration of 10 years from the date it is granted.

               (iv)  Option Price.  The option price per share
     shall be determined by the Board of Directors at the time
     of grant.  Except as provided in paragraph 6(b)(ii), the
     option price shall not be less than 100 percent of the
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     fair market value of the Common Stock covered by the
     Incentive Stock Option at the date the option is granted.
     The fair market value shall be the closing price of the
     Common Stock as reported in The Wall Street Journal on the
     day preceding the date the option is granted, or if there
     has been no sale on that date, on the last preceding date
     on which a sale occurred, or such other value of the
     Common Stock as shall be specified by the Board of
     Directors.

               (v)  Limitation on Time of Grant.  No Incentive
     Stock Option shall be granted on or after the tenth
     anniversary of the effective date of the Plan.

               (vi)  Conversion of Incentive Stock Options.
     The Board of Directors may at any time without the consent
     of the optionee convert an Incentive Stock Option to a
     Non-Statutory Stock Option.

          (c)  Non-Statutory Stock Options.  Non-Statutory
Stock Options shall be subject to the following terms and
conditions:

               (i)  Option Price.  The option price for
     Non-Statutory Stock Options shall be determined by the
     Board of Directors at the time of grant and may be any
     amount determined by the Board of Directors.

               (ii)  Duration of Options.  Non-Statutory Stock
     Options granted under the Plan shall continue in effect
     for the period fixed by the Board of Directors.

     7.   Stock Bonuses.  The Board of Directors may award
shares under the Plan as stock bonuses.  Shares awarded as a
bonus shall be subject to the terms, conditions, and
restrictions determined by the Board of Directors.  The
restrictions may include restrictions concerning
transferability and forfeiture of the shares awarded, together
with such other restrictions as may be determined by the Board
of Directors.  If shares are subject to forfeiture, all
dividends or other distributions paid by the Company with
respect to the shares shall be retained by the Company until
the shares are no longer subject to forfeiture, at which time
all accumulated amounts shall be paid to the recipient.  The
Board of Directors may require the recipient to sign an
agreement as a condition of the award, but may not require the
recipient to pay any monetary consideration other than amounts
necessary to satisfy tax withholding requirements.  The
agreement may contain any terms, conditions, restrictions,
representations and warranties required by the Board of
Directors.  The certificates representing the shares awarded
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shall bear any legends required by the Board of Directors.
Unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors, shares
awarded as a stock bonus to an Officer may not be sold until
six months after the date of the award.  The Company may
require any recipient of a stock bonus to pay to the Company in
cash upon demand amounts necessary to satisfy any applicable
federal, state or local tax withholding requirements.  If the
recipient fails to pay the amount demanded, the Company may
withhold that amount from other amounts payable by the Company
to the recipient, including salary, subject to applicable law.
With the consent of the Board of Directors, a recipient may
deliver Common Stock to the Company to satisfy this withholding
obligation.  Upon the issuance of a stock bonus, the number of
shares reserved for issuance under the Plan shall be reduced by
the number of shares issued, less the number of shares
surrendered or withheld to satisfy withholding obligations.

     8.   Restricted Stock.  The Board of Directors may issue
shares under the Plan for such consideration (including
promissory notes and services) as determined by the Board of
Directors.  Shares issued under the Plan shall be subject to
the terms, conditions and restrictions determined by the Board
of Directors.  The restrictions may include restrictions
concerning transferability, repurchase by the Company and
forfeiture of the shares issued, together with such other
restrictions as may be determined by the Board of Directors.
If shares are subject to forfeiture or repurchase by the
Company, all dividends or other distributions paid by the
Company with respect to the shares shall be retained by the
Company until the shares are no longer subject to forfeiture or
repurchase, at which time all accumulated amounts shall be paid
to the recipient.  All Common Stock issued pursuant to this
paragraph 8 shall be subject to a purchase agreement, which
shall be executed by the Company and the prospective recipient
of the shares prior to the delivery of certificates
representing such shares to the recipient.  The purchase
agreement may contain any terms, conditions, restrictions,
representations and warranties required by the Board of
Directors.  The certificates representing the shares shall bear
any legends required by the Board of Directors.  Unless
otherwise determined by the Board of Directors, shares issued
under this paragraph 8 to an Officer may not be sold until six
months after the shares are issued.  The Company may require
any purchaser of restricted stock to pay to the Company in cash
upon demand amounts necessary to satisfy any applicable
federal, state or local tax withholding requirements.  If the
purchaser fails to pay the amount demanded, the Company may
withhold that amount from other amounts payable by the Company
to the purchaser, including salary, subject to applicable law.
With the consent of the Board of Directors, a purchaser may
deliver Common Stock to the Company to satisfy this withholding
obligation.  Upon the issuance of restricted stock, the number
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of shares reserved for issuance under the Plan shall be reduced
by the number of shares issued, less the number of shares
surrendered in payment of the restricted stock or surrendered
or withheld to satisfy withholding obligations.

     9.   Stock Appreciation Rights.

          (a)  Grant.  Stock appreciation rights may be granted
under the Plan by the Board of Directors, subject to such
rules, terms, and conditions as the Board of Directors
prescribes.

          (b)  Exercise.

               (i)  Each stock appreciation right shall entitle
     the holder, upon exercise, to receive from the Company in
     exchange therefor an amount equal in value to the excess
     of the fair market value on the date of exercise of one
     share of Common Stock of the Company over its fair market
     value on the date of grant (or, in the case of a stock
     appreciation right granted in connection with an option,
     the excess of the fair market value of one share of Common
     Stock of the Company over the option price per share under
     the option to which the stock appreciation right relates),
     multiplied by the number of shares covered by the stock
     appreciation right or the option, or portion thereof, that
     is surrendered.  No stock appreciation right shall be
     exercisable at a time that the amount determined under
     this subparagraph is negative.  Payment by the Company
     upon exercise of a stock appreciation right may be made in
     Common Stock valued at fair market value, in cash, or
     partly in Common Stock and partly in cash, all as
     determined by the Board of Directors.

               (ii)  A stock appreciation right shall be
     exercisable only at the time or times established by the
     Board of Directors.  If a stock appreciation right is
     granted in connection with an option, the following rules
     shall apply:  (1) the stock appreciation right shall be
     exercisable only to the extent and on the same conditions
     that the related option could be exercised; (2) upon
     exercise of the stock appreciation right, the option or
     portion thereof to which the stock appreciation right
     relates terminates; and (3) upon exercise of the option,
     the related stock appreciation right or portion thereof
     terminates.  Unless otherwise determined by the Board of
     Directors, no stock appreciation right granted to an
     Officer or director may be exercised during the first
     six months following the date it is granted.

               (iii)  The Board of Directors may withdraw any
     stock appreciation right granted under the Plan at any
     time and may impose any conditions upon the exercise of a
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     stock appreciation right or adopt rules and regulations
     from time to time affecting the rights of holders of stock
     appreciation rights.  Such rules and regulations may
     govern the right to exercise stock appreciation rights
     granted prior to adoption or amendment of such rules and
     regulations as well as stock appreciation rights granted
     thereafter.

               (iv)  For purposes of this paragraph 9, the fair
     market value of the Common Stock shall be the closing
     price of the Common Stock as reported in The Wall Street
     Journal, or such other reported value of the Common Stock
     as shall be specified by the Board of Directors, on the
     trading day preceding the date the stock appreciation
     right is exercised.

               (v)  No fractional shares shall be issued upon
     exercise of a stock appreciation right.  In lieu thereof,
     cash may be paid in an amount equal to the value of the
     fraction or, if the Board of Directors shall determine,
     the number of shares may be rounded downward to the next
     whole share.

               (vi)  Each stock appreciation right granted in
     connection with an Incentive Stock Option, and unless
     otherwise determined by the Board of Directors with
     respect to a stock appreciation right granted to a person
     who is neither an Officer nor a director of the Company,
     each other stock appreciation right granted under the Plan
     by its terms shall be nonassignable and nontransferable by
     the holder, either voluntarily or by operation of law,
     except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution
     of the state or country of the holder's domicile at the
     time of death, and each stock appreciation right by its
     terms shall be exercisable during the holder's lifetime
     only by the holder.

               (vii)  Each participant who has exercised a
     stock appreciation right shall, upon notification of the
     amount due, pay to the Company in cash amounts necessary
     to satisfy any applicable federal, state and local tax
     withholding requirements.  If the participant fails to pay
     the amount demanded, the Company may withhold that amount
     from other amounts payable by the Company to the
     participant including salary, subject to applicable law.
     With the consent of the Board of Directors a participant
     may satisfy this obligation, in whole or in part, by
     having the Company withhold from any shares to be issued
     upon the exercise that number of shares that would satisfy
     the withholding amount due or by delivering Common Stock
     to the Company to satisfy the withholding amount.
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               (viii)  Upon the exercise of a stock
     appreciation right for shares, the number of shares
     reserved for issuance under the Plan shall be reduced by
     the number of shares issued, less the number of shares
     surrendered or withheld to satisfy withholding
     obligations.  Cash payments of stock appreciation rights
     shall not reduce the number of shares of Common Stock
     reserved for issuance under the Plan.

     10.  Cash Bonus Rights.

          (a)  Grant.  The Board of Directors may grant cash
bonus rights under the Plan in connection with (i) options
granted or previously granted, (ii) stock appreciation rights
granted or previously granted, (iii) stock bonuses awarded or
previously awarded and (iv) shares sold or previously sold
under the Plan.  Cash bonus rights will be subject to rules,
terms and conditions as the Board of Directors may prescribe.
Unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors with
respect to a cash bonus right granted to a person who is
neither an Officer nor a director of the Company, each cash
bonus right granted under the Plan by its terms shall be
nonassignable and nontransferable by the holder, either
voluntarily or by operation of law, except by will or by the
laws of descent and distribution of the state or country of the
holder's domicile at the time of death.  The payment of a cash
bonus shall not reduce the number of shares of Common Stock
reserved for issuance under the Plan.

          (b)  Cash Bonus Rights in Connection With Options.  A
cash bonus right granted in connection with an option will
entitle an optionee to a cash bonus when the related option is
exercised (or terminates in connection with the exercise of a
stock appreciation right related to the option) in whole or in
part.  If an optionee purchases shares upon exercise of an
option and does not exercise a related stock appreciation
right, the amount of the bonus shall be determined by
multiplying the excess of the total fair market value of the
shares to be acquired upon the exercise over the total option
price for the shares by the applicable bonus percentage.  If
the optionee exercises a related stock appreciation right in
connection with the termination of an option, the amount of the
bonus shall be determined by multiplying the total fair market
value of the shares and cash received pursuant to the exercise
of the stock appreciation right by the applicable bonus
percentage.  The bonus percentage applicable to a bonus right
shall be determined from time to time by the Board of
Directors.

          (c)  Cash Bonus Rights in Connection With Stock
Bonus.  A cash bonus right granted in connection with a stock
bonus will entitle the recipient to a cash bonus payable when
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the stock bonus is awarded or restrictions, if any, to which
the stock is subject lapse.  If bonus stock awarded is subject
to restrictions and is repurchased by the Company or forfeited
by the holder, the cash bonus right granted in connection with
the stock bonus shall terminate and may not be exercised.  The
amount and timing of payment of a cash bonus shall be
determined by the Board of Directors.

          (d)  Cash Bonus Rights in Connection With Stock
Purchases.  A cash bonus right granted in connection with the
purchase of stock pursuant to paragraph 8 will entitle the
recipient to a cash bonus when the shares are purchased or
restrictions, if any, to which the stock is subject lapse.  Any
cash bonus right granted in connection with shares purchased
pursuant to paragraph 8 shall terminate and may not be
exercised in the event the shares are repurchased by the
Company or forfeited by the holder pursuant to applicable
restrictions.  The amount of any cash bonus to be awarded and
timing of payment of a cash bonus shall be determined by the
Board of Directors.

          (e)  Taxes.  The Company shall withhold from any cash
bonus paid pursuant to paragraph 10 the amount necessary to
satisfy any applicable federal, state and local withholding
requirements.

     11.  Foreign Qualified Grants.  Awards under the Plan may
be granted to such officers and employees of the Company and
its subsidiaries residing in foreign jurisdictions as the Board
of Directors may determine from time to time.  The Board of
Directors may adopt such supplements to the Plan as may be
necessary to comply with the applicable laws of such foreign
jurisdictions and to afford participants favorable treatment
under such laws; provided, however, that no award shall be
granted under any such supplement with terms which are more
beneficial to the participants than the terms permitted by the
Plan.

     12.  Changes in Capital Structure.

          (a)  Stock Splits; Stock Dividends.  If the
outstanding Common Stock of the Company is hereafter increased
or decreased or changed into or exchanged for a different
number or kind of shares or other securities of the Company by
reason of any stock split, combination of shares or dividend
payable in shares, recapitalization or reclassification,
appropriate adjustment shall be made by the Board of Directors
in the number and kind of shares available for grants under the
Plan.  In addition, the Board of Directors shall make
appropriate adjustment in the number and kind of shares as to
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which outstanding options and stock appreciation rights, or
portions thereof then unexercised, shall be exercisable, so
that the optionee's proportionate interest before and after the
occurrence of the event is maintained.  Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Board of Directors shall have no obligation to
effect any adjustment that would or might result in the
issuance of fractional shares, and any fractional shares
resulting from any adjustment may be disregarded or provided
for in any manner determined by the Board of Directors.  Any
such adjustments made by the Board of Directors shall be
conclusive.

          (b)  Mergers, Reorganizations, Etc.  In the event of
a merger, consolidation or plan of exchange to which the
Company is a party or a sale of all or substantially all of the
Company's assets (each, a "Transaction"), the Board of
Directors shall, in its sole discretion and to the extent
possible under the structure of the Transaction, select one of
the following alternatives for treating outstanding options and
stock appreciation rights under the Plan:

               (i)  Outstanding options and stock appreciation
     rights shall remain in effect in accordance with their
     terms.

               (ii)  Outstanding options and stock appreciation
     rights shall be converted into options to purchase stock
     in the corporation and stock appreciation rights with
     respect to stock in the corporation that is the surviving
     or acquiring corporation in the Transaction.  The amount,
     type of securities subject thereto and exercise price of
     the converted options and stock appreciation rights shall
     be determined by the Board of Directors of the Company,
     taking into account the relative values of the companies
     involved in the Transaction and the exchange rate, if any,
     used in determining shares of the surviving corporation to
     be issued to holders of shares of the Company.  Unless
     otherwise determined by the Board of Directors, the
     converted options and stock appreciation rights shall be
     vested only to the extent that the vesting requirements
     relating to options and stock appreciation rights granted
     hereunder have been satisfied.

               (iii)  Holders of outstanding options and stock
     appreciation rights shall be provided a 30-day period
     prior to the consummation of the Transaction during which
     outstanding options and stock appreciation rights shall be
     exercisable to the extent vested without any limit on
     exercisability and upon the expiration of such 30-day
     period, all unexercised options and stock appreciation
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     rights shall immediately terminate.  The Board of
     Directors may, in its sole discretion, accelerate the
     exercisability of options or stock appreciation rights so
     that they are exercisable in full during such 30-day
     period.

          (c)  Dissolution of the Company.  In the event of the
dissolution or liquidation of the Company, the Board of
Directors may in its sole discretion (i) provide a 30-day
period prior to such event during which optionees shall have
the right to exercise options and stock appreciation rights in
whole or in part without any limitation on exercisability and
upon the expiration of which 30-day period all unexercised
options and stock appreciation rights shall immediately
terminate, or (ii) waive or modify any restriction on the
options or stock appreciation rights.

     13.  Corporate Mergers, Acquisitions, etc.  The Board of
Directors may also grant options, stock appreciation rights,
stock bonuses and cash bonuses and issue restricted stock under
the Plan having terms, conditions and provisions that vary from
those specified in this Plan provided that any such awards are
granted in substitution for, or in connection with the
assumption of, existing options, stock appreciation rights,
stock bonuses, cash bonuses and restricted stock granted,
awarded or issued by another corporation and assumed or
otherwise agreed to be provided for by the Company pursuant to
or by reason of a transaction involving a corporate merger,
consolidation, acquisition of property or stock, separation,
reorganization or liquidation to which the Company or a
subsidiary is a party.

     14.  Acceleration in Certain Events.

          Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Plan, a
special acceleration ("Special Acceleration") of all options
and stock appreciation rights outstanding under the Plan shall
occur and such options and stock appreciation rights shall
immediately become exercisable in full at any time when any one
of the following events has taken place:

          (a)  The shareholders of the Company approve one of
the following ("Approved Transactions"):

               (i)  Any consolidation, merger or plan of
     exchange involving the Company ("Merger") pursuant to
     which Common Stock would be converted into cash; or

               (ii)  Any sale, lease, exchange, or other
     transfer (in one transaction or a series of related
     transactions) of all or substantially all of the assets of
     the Company; or
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               (iii)  The adoption of any plan or proposal for
     the liquidation or dissolution of the Company; or

               (iv)  Any merger, consolidation or plan of
     exchange which results in the voting securities of the
     Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing
     to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being
     converted into voting securities of the surviving entity)
     50% or less of the combined voting power of the voting
     securities of the Company or such surviving entity
     outstanding immediately after such merger, consolidation
     or exchange; or

               (v)  Any merger, consolidation or plan of
     exchange effected to implement a recapitalization of the
     Company (or similar transaction) in which a person
     acquires more than 20% of the combined voting power of the
     Company's then outstanding securities; or

          (b)  A tender or exchange offer, other than one made
by the Company, is made for Common Stock (or securities
convertible into Common Stock) and such offer results in a
portion of those securities being purchased and the offeror
after the consummation of the offer is the beneficial owner (as
determined pursuant to Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act")), directly or
indirectly, of more than 20 percent of the outstanding Common
Stock (an "Offer"); or

          (c)  Any Person is or becomes the beneficial owner of
more than 20 percent of the Company's outstanding Common Stock;
or
          (d)  During any period of two consecutive years,
individuals who at the beginning of such period constituted a
majority of the Board of Directors cease for any reason to
constitute a majority thereof unless the nomination or election
of such new directors was approved by a vote of at least two-
thirds of the directors then still in office who were directors
at the beginning of such period.

          All options and stock appreciation rights that are
accelerated pursuant to this paragraph 14 shall terminate upon
the dissolution of the Company or upon the consummation of any
Merger pursuant to which Common Stock would be converted to
cash.  The terms used in this paragraph 14 and not defined
elsewhere in the Plan shall have the same meanings as such
terms have in the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations
adopted thereunder.

     15.  Amendment of Plan.  The Board of Directors may at any
time, and from time to time, modify or amend the Plan in such
respects as it shall deem advisable because of changes in the
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law while the Plan is in effect or for any other reason.
Except as provided in paragraphs 6(a)(iv), 9, 12 and 14,
however, no change in an award already granted shall be made
without the written consent of the holder of such award.

     16.  Approvals.  The obligations of the Company under the
Plan are subject to the approval of state and federal
authorities or agencies with jurisdiction in the matter.  The
Company will use its best efforts to take steps required by
state or federal law or applicable regulations, including rules
and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and
any stock exchange on which the Company's shares may then be
listed, in connection with the grants under the Plan.  The
foregoing notwithstanding, the Company shall not be obligated
to issue or deliver Common Stock under the Plan if such
issuance or delivery would violate applicable state or federal
securities laws.

     17.  Employment Rights.  Nothing in the Plan or any award
pursuant to the Plan shall confer upon any employee any right
to be continued in the employment of the Company or any
subsidiary or interfere in any way with the right of the
Company or any subsidiary by whom such employee is employed to
terminate such employee's employment at any time, for any
reason, with or without cause, or to decrease such employee's
compensation or benefits.

     18.  Rights as a Shareholder.  The recipient of any award
under the Plan shall have no rights as a shareholder with
respect to any Common Stock until the date of issue to the
recipient of a stock certificate for such shares.  Except as
otherwise expressly provided in the Plan, no adjustment shall
be made for dividends or other rights for which the record date
occurs prior to the date such stock certificate is issued.
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            Exhibit 27          Financial Data Schedule

Item 6.(b)  No reports on Form 8-K have been filed during
            the quarter.
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SIGNATURES

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





                                PRECISION CASTPARTS CORP.
                                        Registrant



DATE:  November 15, 1994      /s/  W.D. Larsson
                              ______________________________
                              W.D. Larsson
                              Vice President-Finance and
                              Chief Financial Officer
                              (Principal Financial and
                              Accounting Officer)
                              
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                        EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibits

Exhibit (10)A            Precision Castparts
                         Corp. 1994 Stock
                         Incentive Plan

Exhibit 27               Financial Data Schedule     12
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Exhibit 27

The schedule contains summary financial information
extracted from the October 2, 1994 financial statements and
is qualified in its entirety by reference to such financial
statements.

[ARTICLE]
[MULTIPLIER]                  1,000
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<S>                             <C>        <C>
[PERIOD-TYPE]                 6-mos
[FISCAL-YEAR-END]                           APR-03-1995
[PERIOD-START]                              APR-04-1994
[PERIOD-END]                                OCT-02-1994
[CASH]                                           55,800
[SECURITIES]                                          0
[RECEIVABLES]                                    73,400
[ALLOWANCES]                                        800
[INVENTORY]                                      80,200
[CURRENT-ASSETS]                                221,000
[PP&E]                                          247,500
[DEPRECIATION]                                  136,600
[TOTAL-ASSETS]                                  356,100
[CURRENT-LIABILITIES]                            78,700
[BONDS]                                               0
[PREFERRED-MANDATORY]                                 0
[PREFERRED]                                           0
[COMMON]                                         20,100
[OTHER-SE]                                      224,000
[TOTAL-LIABILITY-AND-EQUITY]                    356,100
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