CHARTER POWER SYSTEMS INC
8-K, 1996-03-27
MISCELLANEOUS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES
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                SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                      Washington, D.C. 20549


                     _______________________


                             FORM 8-K


                         CURRENT REPORT 

               PURSUANT SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE 

                 SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 12, 1996


                   CHARTER POWER SYSTEMS, INC.
      (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)


           Delaware                  1-9389            13-3314599
 (State or other jurisdiction of    (Commission     (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)      File Number)   Identification No.)


1400 Union Meeting Road, Blue Bell, Pennsylvania          19422  
(Address of principal executive office)                  Zip Code

                          (215) 619-2700
       (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
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Item 2.   

     Pursuant to a Purchase Agreement dated as of February 23,
1996 (the "Purchase Agreement"), on March 12, 1996, International
Power Systems, Inc., an Arizona corporation and an indirect
wholly owned subsidiary of the registrant ("Purchaser"), acquired
from Burr-Brown Corporation, a Delaware corporation, and its
subsidiaries (collectively, "Seller"), (i) 1,044,418 shares of
the common stock (the "Common Stock") of Power Convertibles
Corporation, an Arizona corporation ("PCC"), which the Seller has
represented to be at least 79% of the Common Stock on a fully
diluted basis (although, based on the schedules to the Purchase
Agreement, such shares represent 84.6% of the outstanding Common
Stock) and (ii) 100% of the outstanding Series A Preferred Stock
and Series C Preferred Stock of PCC (collectively, the "Preferred
Stock").  In addition, Purchaser acquired or repaid approximately
$5.2 million of indebtedness of PCC.  The aggregate consideration
paid by Purchaser was approximately $15.4 million, subject to
certain adjustments, of which $1.0 million was retained in escrow
to fund indemnification claims under the Purchase Agreement.  The
purchase price was determined by (i) the liquidation value and
accrued dividends on the Preferred Stock, (ii) the face value of
the indebtedness that was acquired or repaid and (iii)
negotiation with Seller as to the common stock.

The source of funds for the acquisition was advances under the
registrant's existing credit facility with NationsBank, N.A.,
National Westminster Bank, NJ and CoreStates Bank, N.A.  PCC is
engaged in the business of designing and manufacturing DC to DC
converters and the Purchaser intends to cause PCC to continue
using its assets in such business. 

Item 7.   Financial Statements and Exhibits.

     a)   Financial Statements.  It is impracticable to provide
any of the required financial statements of the business acquired
at the time of filing.  All of the required financial statements
will be filed as an amendment to this Form 8-K as soon as
practicable, but not later than 60 days after the required filing
date of this Form 8-K.

     b)   Pro Forma Financial Information.  The required pro
forma financial information will be filed as an amendment to this
Form 8-K at the time the required financial statements are filed.

     c)   Exhibits.

Exhibit 2.1    Purchase Agreement, dated as of February 23, 1996,
               between International Power Systems, Inc. and
               Burr-Brown Corporation relating to Power
               Convertibles Corporation (filed herewith).
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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 hereunto duly authorized.

                              CHARTER POWER SYSTEMS, INC.





March 26, 1996                BY:  /s/ Alfred Weber         
                              ________________________________
                              Alfred Weber
                              Chairman, President and Chief
                              Executive Officer




March 26, 1996                BY:  /s/ Stephen E. Markert, Jr.
                              ________________________________
                              Stephen E. Markert, Jr.
                              Vice President Finance and
                              Treasurer
                              Principal Financial and Accounting
                              Officer
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                                                          2/22/96







                       PURCHASE AGREEMENT
                                
                            BETWEEN
                                
               INTERNATIONAL POWER SYSTEMS, INC.
                                
                              and
                                
                     BURR-BROWN CORPORATION
                                
                          relating to
                                
                 POWER CONVERTIBLES CORPORATION
                                
                                
                 Dated as of February 23, 1996
                                
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ARTICLE 1  DEFINITIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

ARTICLE 2  PURCHASE OF STOCK AND INTERCOMPANY
           INDEBTEDNESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
     2.1   Purchase of Stock and Intercompany Indebtedness . 7
     2.2   Purchase Price. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
     2.3   Purchase Price Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
     2.4   Post-Closing Payment in Respect of Income Taxes . 9
     2.5   Elections Under Section 338 of the Code . . . . . 9

ARTICLE 3  CLOSING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
     3.1   The Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
     3.2   Obligations of Parent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
     3.3   Obligations of Purchaser. . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

ARTICLE 4  CONDITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
     4.1   Conditions to Obligation of Parent and 
           Its Subsidiaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
     4.2   Conditions to Obligations of Purchaser. . . . . . 11

ARTICLE 5  REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT . . . . .13
     5.1   Organization and Qualification. . . . . . . . . . 13
     5.2   Authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
     5.3   Capitalization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
     5.4   Financial Statements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
     5.5   Related Party Transactions. . . . . . . . . . . . 16
     5.6   Absence of Certain Changes or Events. . . . . . . 17
     5.7   Assets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
     5.8   Intellectual Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
     5.9   Contracts and Commitments . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
     5.10  Litigation, Etc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
     5.11  Compliance with Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
     5.12  Income Taxes and Taxes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
     5.13  Employee Benefit Plans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
     5.14  Environmental Compliance. . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
     5.15  Finders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
     5.16  Disclosure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

ARTICLE 6  REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PURCHASER. . . .25
     6.1   Organization and Qualification. . . . . . . . . . 25
     6.2   Authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
     6.3   No Breach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
     6.4   Finders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

ARTICLE 7  COVENANTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
     7.1   Notice of Breach of Representation. . . . . . . . 26
     7.2   Covenants of Parent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
     7.3   Obtaining Consents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
     7.4   Publicity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
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     7.5   Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
     7.6   HSR Act Filing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
     7.7   Minority Offer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
     7.8   Employee Matters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
     7.9   Documentation of Intercompany Indebtedness. . . . 30
     7.10  Further Assurances. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

ARTICLE 8  RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
     8.1   Non-Competition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
     8.2   Non-Solicitation of Employees . . . . . . . . . . 31
     8.3   Non-Solicitation or Interference with 
           Customers and Suppliers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
     8.4   Confidential Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
     8.5   Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

ARTICLE 9  TERMINATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
     9.1   Termination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
     9.2   Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
     9.3   Effect of Termination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

ARTICLE 10 INDEMNIFICATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
     10.1  Survival of Representations and Warranties. . . . 32
     10.2  Indemnification by Parent . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
     10.3  Indemnification by Purchaser. . . . . . . . . . . 33
     10.4  Terms and Conditions of Indemnification . . . . . 33

ARTICLE 11 MISCELLANEOUS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
     11.1  Expenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
     11.2  Entire Agreement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
     11.3  Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
     11.4  Waiver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
     11.5  Binding Effect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
     11.6  No Third-Party Beneficiaries. . . . . . . . . . . 36
     11.7  Severability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
     11.8  Headings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
     11.9  Counterparts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
     11.10 Governing Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
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                       Purchase Agreement
                            between
               International Power Systems, Inc.
                              and
                     Burr-Brown Corporation
                                
                                
      PURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated as of February 23, 1996, between INTER-
NATIONAL POWER SYSTEMS, INC., an Arizona corporation ("Purchaser"), and BURR-
BROWN CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation ("Parent").

     WHEREAS, Purchaser desires to acquire all the shares of capital stock of 
Power Convertibles Corporation, an Arizona corporation (the "Corporation"), 
directly or indirectly owned by Parent, and all indebtedness (consisting of 
principal amounts, accrued but unpaid interest and any fees or other amounts 
necessary to repay such indebtedness in full) of the Corporation and its Sub-
sidiaries (as such term is defined below) owed to Parent and its Subsidiaries 
("Intercompany Indebtedness").

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants 
contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt 
and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as 
follows:

ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS

     The following terms have the following meanings when used in this Agree-
     ment:

     "Affiliate" means, with regard to any Person, any other Persons con-
trolling, controlled by or under common control with such Person.

     "Anti-Dilution Agreement" means the agreement between the Corporation 
(under the name Analog Microsystems, Inc.) and the Relevant Parent Subsidiary, 
dated December 7, 1988.

     "Authorizations" means all licenses, permits, approvals, authorizations, 
qualifications, or the like, issued or to be issued by any Governmental 
Authorities, relating to the Corporation, any of its Subsidiaries or their 
business.

     "Bank" means Norwest Bank Arizona, N.A., and affiliated companies.

     "Bank Debt" means amounts necessary to repay indebtedness owed by the 
Corporation to the Bank as of a specified date, including without limitation 
principal, accrued but unpaid interest and any applicable prepayment 
penalties, breakage
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fees, premiums or other fees that the Corporation would owe the Bank if the 
Bank Debt were repaid in full on such date, as more fully described on 
Exhibit 1A hereto.  As of December 31, 1995, the amount of the Bank Debt was 
Two Million Two Hundred Forty-Seven Thousand Three Hundred Forty-Four and 
87/100 Dollars ($2,247,344.87).

     "Claimant" has the meaning given to it in Section 10.4(a).

     "Closing" means the closing and consummation of the transactions con-
templated hereby. 

     "Closing Date" has the meaning given to it in Section 3.1.  

     "Closing Documents" has the meaning given to it in Section 5.2.

     "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

     "Confidential Information" means documents, data, reports, analyses, 
compilations, studies, interpretations, projections, forecasts, records, 
extracts, notes or other written information regarding Intellectual Property 
prepared by the Corporation excluding information which (i) becomes 
generally available to the public other than as a result of disclosures by 
Parent or of its offices or directors after the date hereof; or (ii) becomes 
available to any Person on a non-confidential basis from sources other than 
Parent or its subsidiaries, or which is required to be disclosed to comply 
with any Governmental Authority.

     "Corporation" has the meaning given to it in the recitals hereto.

     "Corporation Common Stock" means the Common Stock, 01/100 Dollar ($.01) 
par value, of the Corporation.

     "Corporation Preferred Stock" means, collectively, the Series A Preferred 
Stock, Series B Preferred Stock and Series C Preferred Stock.

     "directly or indirectly" means as an individual, partner, shareholder, 
creditor, director, officer, principal, agent, employee, trustee, consultant, 
advisor or in any other relationship or capacity.

     "DOL" means the United States Department of Labor.  

     "Encumbrance" means any lien, charge, encumbrance, option, right of first 
refusal, security interest, easement, obligation or claim or other third party 
right of any kind.

     "Environment" means any surface or subsurface physical medium or natural 
     resource, including, air, land, soil, surface waters, ground waters, 
     stream and river sediments, and biota.
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    "Environmental Laws" means any Foreign, federal, state, local or municipal 
Laws relating to injury to, or the pollution or protection of, human health 
and safety or the Environment.

     "Environmental Liabilities" means any claims, judgments, damages (in-
cluding punitive damages), losses, penalties, fines, liabilities, 
encumbrances, liens, violations, costs and expenses (including attorneys and 
consultants fees) of investigation, remediation or defense of any matter
relating to human health, safety or the Environment of whatever kind or 
nature by any party, entity or authority, (A) which are incurred as a result 
of (i) the existence of Hazardous Substances in, on, under, at or emanating 
from any real property presently or formerly owned or operated by the Corpora-
tion or any of its Subsidiaries or (ii) the offsite transportation, treatment,
storage or disposal of Hazardous Substances generated by the Corporation or 
any of its subsidiaries or (iii) the violation of any Environmental Laws or 
(B) which arise under the Environmental Laws.

     "ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as 
amended, and the regulations thereunder.

     "ERISA Affiliate" has the meaning given to it in Section 5.13(a).

     "Escrow Agent" means First Interstate Bank of Arizona, N.A., or such 
other escrow agent mutually agreed upon by Purchaser and Parent, who shall 
serve as escrow agent under the Escrow Agreement.

     "Escrow Agreement" means the Escrow Agreement among Parent, Purchaser 
and the Escrow Agent in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit 1B.  

     "Financial Information" means documents, data, reports, analyses, 
compilations, studies, interpretations, projections, forecasts, records, 
extracts, notes or other written information regarding the financial status 
or historical performance of the Corporation, except as required to
comply with the requirements or requests of any Governmental Authority.

     "Financial Statements" means the audited consolidating and consolidated 
balance sheets and related consolidating and consolidated statements of cash 
flows of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries as at December 31, 1995, 1994 
and 1993, and for the fiscal years then ended, together with the opinions of 
the auditors thereon.

     "Foreign" means any jurisdiction outside of the United States, including, 
without limitation, any federal, national, state, local or municipal juris-
diction in Mexico or Ireland.

     "Foreign Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary which is organized under the 
laws of a Foreign jurisdiction.

     "Fully Diluted Basis" means on a fully diluted basis based on all cur-
rently outstanding shares of Corporation Common Stock and upon the assumptions 
that
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(i) all outstanding Stock that is directly or indirectly convertible into 
Corporation Common Stock has been so converted and such shares of Corporation 
Common Stock are outstanding, (ii) all Options are fully vested and have been 
exercised in full and all shares of Corporation Common Stock covered thereby 
are outstanding, and (iii) all Unauthorized Options are validly granted and 
fully vested and have been exercised in full, and all shares of Corporation 
Common Stock covered thereby are outstanding.

     "GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles and practices in 
the United States on the date hereof.

     "Governmental Authority" means any nation or government, any state, local 
or other political subdivision thereof and any entity exercising executive, 
legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining 
to government.

     "Hazardous Substances" means petroleum, petroleum products, petroleum-
derived substances, radioactive materials, hazardous wastes, polychlorinated 
biphenyls, lead based paint, urea formaldehyde, asbestos or any materials 
containing asbestos, and any materials or substances regulated or defined as 
or included in the definition of "hazardous substances," "hazardous materials," 
"hazardous wastes," "hazardous constituents," "toxic substances," "pollutants," 
"contaminants" or any similar denomination intended to classify substances by
reason of toxicity, carcinogenicity, ignitability, corrosivity or reactivity 
under any Environmental Law.

     "HSR Act" means the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, 
as amended, 15 U.S.C. subsection 18a, and the regulations promulgated there-
under.

     "Income Taxes" (or "Income Tax" where the context requires) means all 
taxes (other than "Taxes" as defined in this Agreement), governmental charges 
and assessments imposed by United States (i) federal; (ii) state; and (iii) 
local Governmental Authorities on the income of Parent, the Corporation or 
any Subsidiary of the Corporation, or otherwise payable by Parent, the
Corporation or any Subsidiary of the Corporation to United States (a) 
federal; (b) state; and (c) local Governmental Authorities, with respect to 
the income of Parent, the Corporation or any Subsidiary of the Corporation, 
whether attributable to statutory provisions or applicable regulations and 
including interest charges, additions to tax and penalties with respect 
thereto.

     "Income Tax Return" means each and every report, return, declaration, 
information return, statement or other information required to be supplied to 
a taxing authority or other Governmental Authority in connection with the 
determination, assessment, collection or administration of any Income Tax or 
Income Taxes filed by or including Parent or the Corporation, including 
without limitation, any combined or consolidated return for any group of
entities including the Corporation.

     "Indemnitor" has the meaning given to it in Section 10.4(a).
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     "Intellectual Property" means all patents, trademarks, service marks, 
trade names and copyrights, and all pending applications therefor, and all 
trade secrets, computer programs and software, inventions and other pro-
prietary processes and information of any kind, owned by the Corporation or 
any of its Subsidiaries or in which the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries 
has a proprietary or ownership right or interest or otherwise relating to or 
used in the business of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries.

     "Intercompany Indebtedness" has the meaning given to it in the recitals 
hereto.  As of December 31, 1995, the amount of the Intercompany Indebtedness 
was Two Million Six Hundred Seven Thousand Five Hundred Ninety-Eight and 
06/100 Dollars ($2,607,598.06).

     "IRS" means the Internal Revenue Service.

     "Knowledge of Parent" or words of similar import means, with regard to 
any matter, the actual knowledge of the Responsible Parent Officers.  Proof of 
actual knowledge must be based upon concrete facts.  For purpose of the 
definition of "Knowledge of Parent" hereunder only, Parent shall be under no 
obligation whatsoever to make an independent investigation or inquiry of facts 
with respect to the Corporation.

     "Law" means any law (statutory or otherwise), rule, regulation, ordinance, 
code, decree, order or judgment (including without limitation the common law 
and any judicial or administrative interpretations, guidances, directives, 
policy statements or opinions) of any federal, state, local, municipal or 
Foreign Governmental Authority.

     "Losses" has the meaning given to it in Section 10.2(a).

     "Material Contract" means any agreement, contract, commitment or arrange-
ment referred to in Section 5.9.

     "Options" means, with respect to the Corporation or any of its Sub-
sidiaries, options, warrants, call rights and any other rights (contractual 
or otherwise) of any Person to purchase, acquire or subscribe for any shares 
of the capital stock of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or any 
such rights; all agreements, contracts, commitments, arrangements or plans to
issue or other rights calling for the issuance of, shares of capital stock of 
the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries; all securities and other instru-
ments convertible into, exercisable for or exchangeable for capital stock of 
the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries; all "restricted stock" or similar 
stock of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries issued or granted to any 
Person and subject to divestiture; and all phantom stock, stock appreciation
rights or similar obligations to pay any Person as if he held capital stock 
of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries.

     "Parent" has the meaning given to it in the caption hereto.
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     "Parent Claimant" has the meaning given to it in Section 10.3.

     "PBGC" means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.

     "Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited 
liability company, joint venture, trust or other entity.

     "Plan" has the meaning given to it in Section 5.13(a).

     "Purchase Price" has the meaning given to it in Section 2.2.

     "Purchaser" has the meaning given to it in the caption hereto.

     "Purchaser Claimant" has the meaning given to it in Section 10.2(a).

     "Real Property" has the meaning given to it in Section 5.14(a).

     "Relevant Parent Subsidiary" means Burr-Brown International Holding 
Corporation, a Delaware corporation.

     "Responsible Parent Officers" means Syrus P. Madavi, John L. Carter and 
Thomas Mel Jordan.

     "Series A Preferred Stock" means the Series A Preferred Stock, One and 
00/100 Dollar ($1.00) par value, of the Corporation.

     "Series B Preferred Stock" means the Series B Preferred Stock, One and 
00/100 Dollar ($1.00) par value, of the Corporation.

     "Series C Preferred Stock" means the Series C Preferred Stock, Ten and 
00/100 Dollars ($10.00) par value, of the Corporation.

     "Stock" means, collectively, the Corporation Common Stock and Corporation 
Preferred Stock owned beneficially and/or of record by Parent or the Relevant 
Parent Subsidiary.

     "Subsidiary" means any corporation, partnership, association, trust or 
other business entity, of which the entity in question owns directly or in-
directly a majority (by number of votes) of the outstanding voting interests.

     "Tax Return" means each and every report, return, declaration, infor-
mation return, statement or other information required to be supplied to a 
taxing authority or other Governmental Authority in connection with the 
determination, assessment, collection or administration of any Tax or Taxes 
or filed by or including Parent or the Corporation, including without limita-
tion, any combined or consolidated return for any group of entities including 
the Corporation.
     
     "Taxes" (or "Tax" where the context requires) means all federal, state, 
county, provincial, local, Foreign and other taxes, duties, or similar 
charges (including, with-
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out limitation, income, profits, personal property, premium, estimated, 
excise, sales, use, environmental, occupancy, gross receipts, franchise, ad 
valorem, severance, capital levy, production, transfer, gains, withholding, 
occupation, employment and payroll related and property taxes, import and 
export duties and other governmental charges and assessments) imposed by any 
taxing authority or other Governmental Authority on or payable by Parent or 
the Corporation (including without limitation with respect to or as a result 
of the transactions contemplated hereby) or with respect to business, opera-
tions, products, assets or properties of Parent, the Corporation or any 
Subsidiary of the Corporation, whether attributable to statutory or non-
statutory rules and whether or not measured in whole or in part by net income, 
and including interest, additions to tax and penalties with respect thereto, 
and including expenses associated with contesting any proposed adjustment 
related to any of the foregoing.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term 
"Taxes" shall not include Income Taxes.

     "Unauthorized Options" means Options that the Corporation may have 
granted or issued or may be claimed to have granted or issued, but that were 
not authorized by formal action by the Corporation's Board of Directors and 
that accordingly may not be binding obligations of the Corporation.

ARTICLE 2 PURCHASE OF STOCK AND INTERCOMPANY INDEBTEDNESS

     2.1  Purchase of Stock and Intercompany Indebtedness.  Upon the terms and 
subject to the conditions hereof, and upon the basis of the agreements, 
representations and warranties contained in this Agreement, at the Closing 
Parent shall, and shall cause the Relevant Parent Subsidiary to, sell, trans-
fer, assign, convey, set over and deliver to Purchaser, and Purchaser shall
purchase and acquire from Parent or such Subsidiary, all of the Stock owned 
by Parent or the Relevant Parent Subsidiary and all of the Intercompany 
Indebtedness, free and clear of any and all Encumbrances.

     2.2  Purchase Price.  Purchaser shall pay an aggregate amount equal to 
Fourteen Million Nine Hundred Eighty-Five Thousand Three Hundred Eighty-Three 
and 03/100 Dollars ($14,985,383.03) at the Closing (the "Purchase Price"), 
subject to adjustment as provided below, consisting of the following:

          (a)  Purchaser shall loan to the Corporation for immediate repayment 
     of the Bank Debt (or, at Purchaser's option, Purchaser may advance the 
     proceeds of the loan directly to the Bank for the account of the 
     Corporation [in either case, such loan being included in the Purchase 
     Price]) the amount of Two Million Two Hundred Forty-Seven Thousand Three 
     Hundred Forty-Four and 87/100 Dollars ($2,247,344.87), subject to
     adjustment pursuant to Section 2.3.

          (b)  Purchaser shall pay to Parent or Relevant Parent Subsidiary 
     an amount equal to the sum of (i) Two Million Six Hundred Seven Thousand 
     Five Hundred Ninety-Eight and 06/100 Dollars ($2,607,598.06) and (ii) 
     the amount of interest that accrues on the Intercompany Indebtedness from 

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     January 1, 1996, but remains unpaid as of the close of business on the 
     day prior to the Closing Date, to acquire the Intercompany Indebtedness 
     from Parent and the Relevant Parent Subsidiary, subject to adjustment 
     pursuant to Section 2.3.

          (c)  Purchaser shall pay to Parent or Relevant Parent Subsidiary 
     the amount of Four Hundred Seventy-Eight Thousand Five Hundred Fifty and 
     00/100 Dollars ($478,550.00) to acquire from Parent and the Relevant 
     Parent Subsidiary all shares of Series A Preferred Stock owned by them;

          (d)  Purchaser shall pay to Parent or Relevant Parent Subsidiary 
     the amount of Six Hundred Fifty-Two Thousand One Hundred Fifty and 00/100 
     Dollars ($652,150.00) to acquire from Parent and the Relevant Parent Sub-
     sidiary all shares of Series C Preferred Stock owned by them; and

          (e)  Purchaser shall pay to Parent or Relevant Parent Subsidiary the 
     amount of Eight Million Nine Hundred Ninety-Nine Thousand Seven Hundred 
     Forty and 10/100 Dollars ($8,999,740.10) to acquire all the shares of 
     Corporation Common Stock owned beneficially and of record by Parent or the 
     Relevant Corporation Subsidiary (representing at least seventy-nine per-
     cent (79%) of the Corporation Common Stock on a Fully Diluted Basis, 
     although the parties believe that, based on the information set forth on 
     the Schedules hereto, the Corporation Common Stock being sold hereunder 
     represents eighty-four and 6/10 percent (84.6%) of the currently issued 
     and outstanding Corporation Common Stock), and in respect of the assign-
     ment of the Anti-Dilution Agreement and the other agreements referred to 
     in Section 3.2(f) hereof to Purchaser.

At the Closing, Parent or Relevant Parent Subsidiary shall deliver to the 
Escrow Agent an aggregate of One Million and 00/100 Dollars ($1,000,000.00) 
of the amount received by it under clause (e) above, to be held and dis-
tributed in accordance with the terms of the Escrow Agreement.

     2.3  Purchase Price Adjustment.

          (a)  The amount set forth in Section 2.2(a) is based upon the amount 
     of Bank Debt outstanding on December 31, 1995.  If the amount of Bank Debt 
     on the Closing Date is greater or less than such amount, the increase or 
     decrease shall result in a dollar for dollar increase or decrease of the 
     Purchase Price and Purchaser shall pay such amount in full at the Closing.
     Notwithstanding the foregoing, the amount of the Bank Debt on the Closing 
     Date shall not be more than Four Hundred Thousand and 00/100 Dollars 
     ($400,000.00) greater than the amount referred to in Section 2.2(a) with-
     out the prior written approval of Purchaser.

          (b)  The amount set forth in Section 2.2(b) is based upon the amount
     of Intercompany Indebtedness on December 31, 1995.  If the amount of the 
     Intercompany Indebtedness is greater or less than such amount by virtue of

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     cash advances to or from the Corporation by Parent or the Relevant 
     Corporation Subsidiary after December 31, 1995, which the parties agree 
     shall not include amounts described in subsection 2.4 below, the 
     increase or decrease shall result in a dollar for dollar increase or 
     decrease of the Purchase Price and Purchaser shall pay such adjusted 
     Intercompany Indebtedness amount in order to fully acquire all of the 
     Intercompany Indebtedness at the Closing.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, 
     the amount of the Intercompany Indebtedness on the Closing Date shall 
     not be more than One Hundred Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($100,000.00) 
     greater than the amount referred to in Section 2.2(b) without the prior 
     written approval of Purchaser.

     2.4  Post-Closing Payment in Respect of Income Taxes.  Within forty-five 
(45) days after the Closing Date, Purchaser shall pay to Parent an amount to 
reimburse Parent for Income Taxes attributable to the United States taxable 
income earned by the Corporation and its Subsidiaries for the period from 
January 1, 1996, through the close of business on the day prior to the 
Closing Date, as mutually determined by Parent and Purchaser within thirty 
(30) days after the Closing.  Such Income Tax amount shall be calculated by 
multiplying (i) such United States taxable income by (ii) an effective 
Income Tax rate of thirty-nine and one-half percent (39.5%).  Except for the 
payment provided in this Section 2.4 (and the payment to purchase the Inter-
company Indebtedness under Section 2.2 hereof), neither Purchaser nor the 
Corporation shall have any liability for Income Taxes through the Closing 
Date, including, without limitation, any Income Taxes arising from the 
elections under Section 338 of the Code referred to in Section 2.5 or other-
wise from the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, all of which 
shall be the responsibility of Parent.

     2.5  Elections Under Section 338 of the Code.  At the Closing, Purchaser 
shall make an election under Section 338(a) of the Code with respect to the 
Corporation and Purchaser and Parent shall make a joint election under 
Section 338(h)(10) of the Code (and under any relevant similar provisions of 
state or local law with respect to the Corporation).  The parties shall not 
take any Tax or Income Tax position inconsistent with such elections.

ARTICLE 3 CLOSING

     3.1  The Closing.  The Closing shall take place at 9:00 A.M. local time 
at the offices of Molloy, Jones & Donahue, P.C., 33 North Stone Avenue, Suite 
2100, Tucson, Arizona, three (3) business days after all waiting periods 
under the HSR Act shall have expired or been terminated, but not earlier than 
March 4, 1996, or at such other time, date or place as the parties may 
mutually agree, subject to the conditions to Closing set forth herein.  The 
date of the Closing is referred to herein as the "Closing Date".

     3.2  Obligations of Parent.  At the Closing, Parent shall and shall 
cause the Relevant Parent Subsidiaries to deliver to Escrow Agent the amount 
referred to in 
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the last sentence of Section 2.2 hereof, and to deliver to Purchaser the 
following, at the expense of Parent:

          (a)  Certificates representing all of the shares of Stock, 
     registered in the name of Parent or a Relevant Parent Subsidiary, duly 
     endorsed for transfer to Purchaser or with stock powers duly executed in 
     favor of Purchaser, with all applicable transfer tax stamps affixed.

          (b)  Instruments representing all the Intercompany Indebtedness, 
     registered in the name of or payable to the order of Parent or a 
     Relevant Parent Subsidiary, duly endorsed for transfer to Purchaser or 
     with note powers duly executed in favor of Purchaser with all applicable 
     transfer tax stamps affixed.

          (c)  The certificates and other documents required by Section 
     4.2 hereof.

          (d)  Appropriate receipts consistent with the provisions of this 
     Agreement.

          (e)  A certificate executed by an officer of the Corporation as to 
     a stockholders' resolution or other evidence satisfactory to Purchaser 
     that Alfred Weber, Gordon Goodyear, Stephen Weglarz, Stephen Markert, 
     Jr., and Lawrence McDonald have been validly elected by the requisite 
     vote of stockholders of the corporation as the sole directors of the 
     Corporation effective as of the Closing and that Parent shall have used 
     its reasonable efforts to cause such persons to be elected as the sole 
     directors of each of the Corporation's Subsidiaries effective as of the 
     Closing or as soon thereafter as possible.

          (f)  Assignment to Purchaser of the Anti-Dilution Agreement and any 
     other agreements between Parent and the Corporation which Purchaser 
     reasonably requests.

          (g)  Evidence of the termination of all Tax sharing, Income Tax 
     sharing or similar agreements among the Corporation or any of its Sub-
     sidiaries and Parent or any of its Subsidiaries.

          (h)  All other documents, instruments and writings required to be 
     delivered by Parent or the Relevant Parent Subsidiary at or prior to the 
     Closing pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise required in connection 
     herewith.

     3.3  Obligations of Purchaser.  At the Closing, Purchaser shall deliver
to Parent the following, at the expense of Purchaser:

          (a)  That portion of the Purchase Price to be delivered pursuant 
     to Section 2.2.

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          (b)  The certificate and other documents required by Section 
     4.1 hereof.

          (c)  Appropriate receipts consistent with the provisions of this 
     Agreement.

          (d)  All other documents, instruments and writings required to be 
     delivered by Purchaser at or prior to the Closing pursuant to this 
     Agreement or otherwise required in connection herewith.  

ARTICLE 4 CONDITIONS

     4.1  Conditions to Obligation of Parent and Its Subsidiaries.  The 
obligations of Parent and its Subsidiaries to consummate the transactions 
contemplated hereby shall be subject to the fulfillment or the waiver by it 
of each of the following conditions:

          (a)  Parent shall have received each of the following documents:

               (i)  the Escrow Agreement, duly executed and delivered by 
          Purchaser and the Escrow Agent;

               (ii) forms of elections under Sections 338(a) and 338(h)(10) 
          of the Code, duly executed and delivered by Purchaser in accordance 
          with the provisions of this Agreement; and

               (iii)  a certified copy of resolutions duly adopted by the 
          Board of Directors of Purchaser with regard to this Agreement, the 
          Escrow Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and 
          thereby.

          (b)  Each of the representations and warranties made by Purchaser 
     in this Agreement shall be true and correct as of the date hereof and 
     as of the Closing Date as if made on the Closing Date, and Parent shall 
     have received a certificate of an officer of Purchaser as to the fore-
     going.

          (c)  Purchaser shall have performed all its obligations under this 
     Agreement to be performed by it on or prior to the Closing Date.

          (d)  All applicable waiting periods under the HSR Act shall have
     expired or been terminated.

     4.2  Conditions to Obligations of Purchaser.  The obligation of Purchaser 
to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be subject 
to the fulfillment or the waiver by it of each of the following conditions:

          (a)  Purchaser shall have received each of the following documents:

               (i)  the Escrow Agreement, duly executed and delivered by 
          Parent and the Escrow Agent;
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               (ii) a form of election under Section 338(h)(10) of the Code, 
          duly executed and delivered by Parent in accordance with the terms 
          of this Agreement; 

               (iii) a certified copy of resolutions duly adopted by the 
          Boards of Directors of Parent and the Relevant Parent Subsidiary 
          with regard to this Agreement, the Escrow Agreement and the trans-
          actions contemplated hereby and thereby;

               (iv) a certificate, dated the Closing Date, of the Chief 
          Financial Officer of Parent, as to (x) the then outstanding amount 
          of the Intercompany Indebtedness and (y) the amount of the then 
          accrued but unpaid dividends on the Corporation Preferred Stock;

               (v)  a letter from Norwest Bank Arizona, and its applicable 
          Affiliate, specifying the amount that would be required to repay in 
          full the principal amount and accrued but unpaid interest on the 
          Bank Debt outstanding as of the Closing Date, plus any applicable 
          prepayment penalties, breakage fees, premiums or other fees that 
          the Corporation would owe such lender if the Bank Debt were repaid 
          in full as of the Closing Date.  Such letter may be in the form of 
          a letter dated within five (5) business days of the Closing Date 
          setting forth the repayment amount as of such date, plus the amount 
          per diem by which the repayment amount shall increase; and

               (vi) a certificate, dated as of the Closing Date, from either 
          the Chief Financial Officer of the Corporation or the Chief 
          Financial Officer of Parent, stating either (a) the unpaid 
          balance of the Bank Debt, including interest and fees; or (b) that 
          no further borrowings have been made on the Bank Debt since the date
          of the letter referred to in subsection 4.2(a)(v) above.

          (b)  Each of the representations and warranties made by Parent in 
     this Agreement shall be true and correct as of the date hereof and as 
     of the Closing Date as if made on the date thereof, and Purchaser shall 
     have received a certificate of a Responsible Parent Officer as to the 
     foregoing.

          (c)  The Corporation and its Subsidiaries shall have conducted 
     their business only in the ordinary and usual course consistent with 
     past practice from December 31, 1995 to the Closing Date.  No material 
     adverse change shall have occurred in the business or assets of the 
     Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries from December 31, 1995 to the
     Closing Date, and no other event, loss, damage, condition or state of 
     facts of any character shall exist which materially and adversely 
     affects or can reasonably be expected in the ordinary course or events 
     materially and adversely to affect the business, financial condition, 
     prospects, earnings, assets, properties, net worth or results of 
     operations of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries.

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          (d)  Parent shall have performed all of its obligations under this 
     Agreement to be performed by it on or prior to the Closing Date.

ARTICLE 5 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT

     Parent hereby represents and warrants as follows:

     5.1  Organization and Qualification; Subsidiaries.  Each of Parent and 
the Relevant Parent Subsidiary is a corporation duly organized, validly 
existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of 
incorporation.  To the Knowledge of Parent:

          (a)  each of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries is a corporation 
     duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of 
     its jurisdiction of incorporation, with full corporate power and 
     authority to own, lease and operate its properties and assets and to 
     conduct its business as it is now being conducted; 

          (b)  the copies of the Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws of 
     the Corporation and each of its Subsidiaries heretofore delivered to 
     Purchaser are complete and accurate copies of such instruments as 
     presently in effect;

          (c)  the Corporation has no Subsidiaries other than as set forth on 
     Schedule 5.1 hereto, and does not directly or indirectly own any interest 
     in any other Person; 

          (d)  the Corporation is, directly or indirectly, the record and 
     beneficial owner of the entire outstanding equity interest in each of 
     its Subsidiaries;

          (e)  no equity securities of any Subsidiaries are or may become 
     required to be issued by reason of any presently outstanding Options;

          (f)  all of the shares of capital stock owned by the Corporation in 
     its Subsidiaries are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable; and

          (g)  the Corporation's investment in each of its Foreign Sub-
     sidiaries has been duly authorized by and registered with all necessary 
     Governmental Authorities.

     5.2  Authority; No Breach.

          (a)  Each of Parent and the Relevant Parent Subsidiary has all 
     requisite power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and 
     all documents, certificates, agreements, instruments and writings 
     related hereto ("Closing Documents") and to perform, carry out and 
     consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. The 
     execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other 
     Closing Documents have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate 
     action on the part of Parent and the 
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     Relevant Parent Subsidiary.  This Agreement does, and when executed by 
     Parent and the Relevant Parent Subsidiary, the other Closing Documents 
     will, constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of each of 
     Parent and, as applicable, the Relevant Parent Subsidiary, enforceable 
     against Parent and, as applicable, the Relevant Parent Subsidiary, in 
     accordance with their respective terms.

          (b)  Except as set forth in Schedule 5.2 hereto, neither the 
     execution and delivery of this Agreement or the other Closing Documents 
     by Parent or the Relevant Parent Subsidiary nor the consummation of the 
     transactions contemplated hereby or thereby will:  (i) violate any 
     provision of the Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws (or other 
     similar charter or governing documents) of Parent or any Relevant Parent
     Subsidiary; (ii) conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute a 
     default (or an event which, with or without notice, lapse of time or 
     both, would constitute a default) under any agreement or other instrument 
     to which Parent or the Relevant Parent Subsidiary is a party or by which 
     Parent or the Relevant Parent Subsidiary or any of their respective 
     properties or assets are subject or bound; (iii) result in the creation 
     of, or give any party the right to create, any Encumbrance upon assets 
     or properties of Parent or the Relevant Parent Subsidiary; (iv) conflict 
     with, violate, result in a breach of or constitute a default under any 
     judgment, decree, order, or process of any court or Governmental 
     Authority affecting Parent or the Relevant Parent Subsidiary; (v) con-
     flict with or violate any Law applicable to the business of Parent or 
     the Relevant Parent Subsidiary; (vi) to the Knowledge of Parent, 
     terminate or modify, or give any third party the right to terminate
     or modify, the provisions or terms of any contract or commitment to 
     which Parent or the Relevant Parent Subsidiary is a party or by which 
     it or any of its properties or assets is subject or bound; or (vii) 
     require Parent or the Relevant Parent Subsidiary to obtain any authori-
     zation, consent, approval or waiver from, or to make any declaration, 
     filing or registration with, any Governmental Authority or, to the 
     Knowledge of Parent, any other Person other than such as have been 
     obtained or made and other than filings under the HSR Act.

          (c)  To the Knowledge of Parent, except as set forth in Schedule 
     5.2 hereto, neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the 
     other Closing Documents by Parent or the Relevant Parent Subsidiary nor 
     the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby 
     will:  (i) conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute a default 
     (or an event which, with or without notice, lapse of time or both, would 
     constitute a default) under any agreement or other instrument to which 
     the Corporation or any Subsidiary of the Corporation is a party or by 
     which the Corporation or any Subsidiary of the Corporation or any of 
     their respective properties or assets are subject or bound; (ii) result 
     in the creation of, or give any party the right to create, any Encum-
     brance upon assets or properties of the Corporation or any Subsidiary 
     of the Corporation; (iii) conflict with, violate, result in a breach of 
     or constitute a default under any judgment, decree, order, or process 
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     of any court or Governmental Authority (other than those affecting 
     Parent or the Relevant Parent Subsidiary, as referred to in Section 
     5.2(b)(iv) above); (iv) conflict with or violate any Law applicable 
     to the business of the Corporation or any Subsidiary of the Corporation; 
     (v) terminate or modify, or give any third party the right to terminate 
     or modify, the provisions or terms of any Material Contract or any other 
     contract or commitment to which the Corporation or any Subsidiary of the 
     Corporation is a party or by which it or any of its properties or assets 
     is subject or bound; or (vi) require the Corporation or any Subsidiary 
     of the Corporation to obtain any authorization, consent, approval or 
     waiver from, or to make any declaration, filing or registration with, 
     any Governmental Authority or any other Person (including, without 
     limitation, pursuant to any Material Contract) other than such as have 
     been obtained or made.

     5.3  Capitalization; Intercompany Debt.  

          (a)  As of the date hereof, to the Knowledge of Parent, the author-
     ized capital stock of the Corporation consists of 10,300,000 shares, of 
     which 10,000,000 are Corporation Common Stock, 100,000 are Series A 
     Preferred Stock, 100,000 are Series B Preferred Stock and 100,000 are 
     Series C Preferred Stock.  The Relevant Parent Subsidiary owns, bene-
     ficially and of record, an aggregate 1,044,418 shares of Corporation 
     Common Stock, 47,855 shares of Series A Preferred Stock, no shares of
     Series B Preferred Stock and 62,215 shares of Series C Preferred Stock.  
     As of the date hereof, to the Knowledge of Parent:  (i) a total of 
     1,234,463 shares of Corporation Common Stock are outstanding, and such 
     shares are owned of record by the Persons set forth on Schedule 5.3(a)-1 
     hereto, and (ii) there are no shares of Corporation Preferred Stock out-
     standing other than those owned by Parent or the Relevant Parent 
     Subsidiary.  The shares of Stock owned by Parent or the Relevant Parent 
     Subsidiary and, to the Knowledge of Parent, the other outstanding shares 
     of Corporation Common Stock are duly authorized, validly issued, fully 
     paid and nonassessable, and have not been issued and are not owned or 
     held in violation of any preemptive right of stockholders provided
     by statute, set forth in the Corporation's Certificate of Incorporation 
     or in any agreement to which Parent or, to the Knowledge of Parent, 
     the Corporation or any Subsidiary of either of them is a party.  To the 
     Knowledge of Parent, no Person has any such preemptive rights.  As of 
     the date hereof, except as set forth on Schedule 5.3(a)-2 hereto, to
     the Knowledge of the Parent, no Options or Unauthorized Options of any 
     kind are outstanding and no Person has any valid claims to hold such 
     Options or Unauthorized Options.  To the Knowledge of Parent, true, 
     complete and correct copies of all documents evidencing Options and 
     Unauthorized Options set forth on Schedule 5.3(a)-2 have been previously 
     delivered to Purchaser.  Neither Parent nor the Relevant Parent Sub-
     sidiary is, and to the Knowledge of Parent neither the Corporation nor 
     any Subsidiary of the Corporation is, a party to any stockholders or 
     voting trust agreements or any other agreements, arrangements or under-
     standings with regard to the capital stock of the Corporation, except 
     as set forth on Schedule 5.3(a)-3.  The 
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     Corporation Common Stock being sold hereunder represents at least 
     seventy-nine percent (79%) of the Corporation Common Stock on a Fully 
     Diluted Basis, although the parties believe that, based on the 
     information set forth on the Schedules hereto, the Corporation Common 
     Stock being sold hereunder represents eighty-four and 6/10 percent 
     (84.6%) of the currently issued and outstanding Corporation Common 
     Stock.  A true, complete and correct copy of the Anti-Dilution Agree-
     ment (and all amendments thereto) has been delivered to Purchaser.  No 
     representation or warranty is made as to the effect any amendment or 
     waiver of or under the Anti-Dilution Agreement agreed to by Purchaser 
     or the Corporation after the Closing Date may have on the matters 
     covered by this Agreement.  The representations made in this Section 
     as of the date hereof as to matters referred to on Schedules 5.3(a)-1 
     and 5.3(a)-2 shall be made as of the Closing Date with respect to up-
     dated versions of such Schedules delivered at the Closing otherwise 
     consistent with the provisions of this Section.

          (b)  The Intercompany Indebtedness constitutes all the indebtedness 
     owing by the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries to Parent or any of 
     its Affiliates, is in full force and effect, constitutes the legal, 
     valid and binding obligation of the Corporation and is enforceable 
     against the Corporation in accordance with its terms. Except for 
     indebtedness owed to vendors in the ordinary course for trade financing, 
     neither the Corporation nor any of its Subsidiaries has any debt 
     obligations for borrowed money other than the Bank Debt and Intercompany 
     Indebtedness.  Since December 31, 1995, no payments of any kind have 
     been made with respect to the Bank Debt or Intercompany Indebtedness or 
     to any Related Party, except as provided in Section 5.3(b).  True, 
     complete and correct copies of all documents evidencing Intercompany 
     Indebtedness have been previously delivered to Purchaser, and are listed 
     on Schedule 5.3(b).

     5.4  Financial Statements.  Prior to the date hereof, Parent has 
delivered to Purchaser the Financial Statements described on Schedule 5.4.  
To the Knowledge of Parent, the Financial Statements have been prepared from, 
and are in accordance with, the books and records of the Corporation and its 
Subsidiaries, are complete and correct and present fairly the financial 
position of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries as of the dates thereof 
and their results of operations and of cash flows for the periods then ended, 
in each case in accordance with GAAP applied on a basis consistent with the 
prior practice of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries.

     5.5  Related Party Transactions.  Except as set forth in Schedule 5.5 
hereto, there are no contracts, leases, loans, commitments, arrangements, 
other understandings or any other transactions requiring payment, whether 
written or oral, between Parent and any Affiliate of Parent, on the one hand, 
and the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries, on the other hand.  Except 
as set forth in Schedule 5.5 hereto, to the Knowledge of Parent, there are 
no contracts, leases, loans, commitments, arrangements, other understandings 
or any other transactions requiring payment, whether written or oral, between 
the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, 

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and any stockholder, director or officer of the Corporation or any entity 
other than the Corporation controlled by any such person or in which any 
such person has more than a five percent (5%) ownership interest, on the 
other hand, other than routine, at-will employment arrangements in the 
ordinary course of business.

     5.6  Absence of Certain Changes or Events.  Except as set forth in 
Schedule 5.6 hereto, to the Knowledge of Parent, since December 31, 1995, 
the business of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries has been conducted 
only in the ordinary and usual course consistent with past practice.  Without 
limiting the generality of the foregoing, except as set forth in Schedule
5.6 hereto, to the Knowledge of Parent, since December 31, 1995, the 
Corporation and its Subsidiaries have not:  (a) suffered any material adverse 
change in their condition (financial or otherwise), business, operations, 
assets, net worth or prospects; (b) sold or transferred any of their assets 
(other than inventory sold or used in the ordinary course); (c) suffered any 
damage, destruction or loss (whether or not covered by insurance); (d) 
(i) granted any increase in the rate or terms of compensation payable or to 
become payable to their directors, officers or employees, or (ii) granted any 
increase in the rate or terms of any bonus, insurance, pension or other
employee benefit plan payment or arrangement made by any of them; (e) made 
any change in their accounting methods, principles or practices; (f) borrowed 
or agreed to borrow any funds or incurred, assumed or become subject to, 
whether directly or by way of guarantee or otherwise, any liabilities or 
obligations except in the ordinary course of business as permitted by this 
Agreement; (g) permitted or allowed any of their property or assets to be 
subjected to any Encumbrance, except for liens for current taxes not yet 
due; (h) made any capital expenditures or commitments in excess of Twenty-
Five Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($25,000.00) in the aggregate for repairs 
or additions to property, plant, equipment or tangible capital assets; or (i)
agreed, whether in writing or otherwise, to take any action described in this 
Section 5.6.

     5.7  Assets.  

          (a)  To the Knowledge of Parent, the Corporation and its Sub-
     sidiaries have good and freely transferable title to all of the material 
     assets set forth on the Interim Balance Sheet (other than items of 
     inventory disposed of in the ordinary course of business), free and 
     clear of all Encumbrances, except as described on Schedule 5.7 hereto. 
     To the Knowledge of Parent, such assets constitute, in the aggregate, 
     all assets necessary for the Corporation and its Subsidiaries to operate 
     their business in the ordinary course in all material respects.  None of 
     the assets used by the Corporation or its Subsidiaries in the conduct of 
     their business as presently conducted is owned or leased by Parent or the 
     Relevant Parent Subsidiary, except as set forth on Schedule 5.7 hereto. 

          (b)  To the Knowledge of Parent, (i) the Corporation and its Sub-
     sidiaries do not own any real property in fee simple and (ii) Schedule 
     5.7 hereto contains a list and brief description of all real property 
     leased by the Corporation and its Subsidiaries and the improvements 
     (including buildings and other structures) located on such real property.
     To the Knowledge of Parent,

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     (A) all leases are valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with 
     their terms and are in full force and effect, and (B) the Corporation is 
     not in default and with giving of notice or lapse of time or both will 
     not be in default under any such lease.  To the Knowledge of Parent, 
     all work required to be done by the Corporation or any Subsidiary of
     the Corporation as a tenant has been duly performed and paid for.

     5.8  Intellectual Property.  To the Knowledge of Parent, Schedule 5.8 
hereto lists (a) all patents and pending patent applications, and registered 
and unregistered trademarks, service marks, trade names, and copyrights of 
the Corporation and its Subsidiaries; and (b) all licenses of Intellectual 
Property to or from the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries and contracts 
or agreements containing such licenses.  To the Knowledge of Parent, each of 
the Corporation and its Subsidiaries owns, is licensed, or has the right to 
use all Intellectual Property as is sufficient to conduct, as presently 
conducted, its business and pays no royalty with respect thereto except as
set forth in Schedule 5.8 hereto.  The Corporation and its Subsidiaries do 
not make use of any Intellectual Property owned by Parent or licensed by a 
third party to Parent other than as set forth in Schedule 5.8 hereto.  To 
the Knowledge of Parent, no claims have been asserted either orally or in 
writing by any person pertaining to any Intellectual Property used by the 
Corporation or any Subsidiary of the Corporation, or challenging or 
questioning the validity or effectiveness of any license or agreement 
referred to in Schedule 5.8 hereto, or alleging any infringement or misuse of
any Intellectual Property by the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries; and 
to the Knowledge of Parent, there is no valid basis for any such claim.  

     5.9  Contracts and Commitments.

          (a)  Except as set forth in Schedule 5.9 hereto, to the Knowledge 
     of Parent, neither the Corporation nor any Subsidiary of the Corporation 
     has any agreements, contracts, arrangements or commitments, written or 
     oral, which (i) either individually or in conjunction with other agree-
     ments, contracts, arrangements or commitments with the same party and in 
     connection with the same matter involve or relate to the payment or 
     receipt by the Corporation or any Subsidiary of the Corporation of an 
     aggregate of Ten Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($10,000.00) or more over 
     the term of the contract or will not be totally performed by all parties 
     thereto within ninety (90) days from the date hereof; (ii) provide for 
     the payment of any bonus or commission based on sales or earnings, or 
     are with Parent or any officer, director, consultant, agent or Affiliate
     of Parent or the Corporation or any Subsidiary of the Corporation, or 
     relate to employment (other than employment arrangements terminable at 
     will, without liability on the part of the Corporation or any Sub-
     sidiary); (iii) relate to non-competition (and the Corporation and its 
     Subsidiaries are not otherwise restricted by any agreement or other 
     commitment from carrying on its business as currently conducted or 
     selling goods of any sort anywhere in the world); or (iv) constitute 
     powers of attorney or obligations or liabilities as guarantor, surety, 
     or indemnitor in respect of the obligation of any other Person. 
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          (b)  Except as set forth in Schedule 5.9 hereto, to the Knowledge 
     of Parent, neither the Corporation nor any Subsidiary of the Corporation 
     is in breach or default under any Material Contract, there exists no 
     event or condition which (whether with or without notice, lapse of time 
     or both) would constitute a default thereunder, and all Material 
     Contracts are valid and in full force and effect and will not cease to 
     be valid and in full force and effect after the Closing.  To the 
     Knowledge of Parent, accurate and complete copies of all Material 
     Contracts, including all amendments thereto, and accurate and complete 
     summaries of all oral Material Contracts have previously been heretofore
     delivered to Purchaser.

     5.10 Litigation, Etc.  To the Knowledge of Parent, except as set forth 
in Schedule 5.10 hereto, there has not been in the three (3) years prior to 
the date hereof, nor is there currently, any claim, action, suit, inquiry, 
proceeding or investigation of any kind or nature whatsoever, by or before 
any domestic or Foreign court or governmental or other regulatory or 
administrative agency or commission or tribunal pending or threatened against 
or involving the Corporation or any Subsidiary of the Corporation or any of 
their respective businesses or properties, or which questions or challenges 
the validity of this Agreement or any action taken or to be taken by Parent 
pursuant to this Agreement or in connection with the transactions contemplated 
hereby.  To the Knowledge of Parent, there is no valid basis for any such 
claim, action, suit, inquiry, proceeding or investigation.  To the Knowledge 
of Parent, neither the Corporation nor any Subsidiary of the Corporation is 
subject to any judgment, order, decree or legal requirement (other than legal 
requirements applicable generally to the industry in which the Corporation 
and its Subsidiaries conducts business) which may have a material adverse 
effect on its business practices or on its ability to acquire any property 
or conduct its business.

     5.11 Compliance with Law.  To the Knowledge of Parent, except as listed 
or described in Schedule 5.11 hereto, to the knowledge of Parent, the 
Corporation is conducting its business, and all of its facilities are, in 
compliance and capable of continued compliance with all applicable Laws and 
Authorizations.

     5.12 Income Taxes and Taxes.  

          (a)  The Corporation, each Subsidiary of the Corporation or Parent 
     on behalf of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries, has duly, timely and 
     properly filed or will file within the time prescribed by law, all U.S. 
     federal, U.S. state and U.S. local Income Tax Returns required to be 
     filed by it with respect to the Income Tax of the Corporation and its 
     Subsidiaries with the appropriate governmental agencies in all 
     jurisdictions in which such Income Tax Returns are required by law to 
     be filed and such Income Tax Returns were, or when filed will be, 
     complete and accurate.  The Corporation, a Subsidiary of the Corporation 
     or Parent on behalf of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries has paid in 
     full to all U.S. federal, U.S. state and U.S. local taxing authorities 
     (or made adequate provision in the Financial Statements with respect to 
     Income Tax Returns not yet due for the payment of) all Income 
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     Taxes due or claimed to be due on or in respect to all such Income Tax 
     Returns.  Except as set forth on Schedule 5.12 hereto, none of Parent, 
     the Corporation or any Subsidiary of the Corporation is the subject of 
     any pending or, to its Knowledge, threatened Income Tax examination nor 
     is it a party to any proceeding or inquiry by any Governmental Authority 
     for the assessment or the proposed assessment or for the collection of 
     Income Taxes, or interest or penalties with respect thereto, nor has any 
     claim for the assessment or proposed assessment or for the collection of 
     Income Taxes, or interest or penalties with respect thereto, been 
     asserted against Parent, the Corporation or any Subsidiary of the
     Corporation.  There are no liens for Income Taxes that are due and 
     unpaid on any of the properties or assets of the Corporation or any 
     Subsidiary of the Corporation.  Except to the extent set forth on 
     Schedule 5.12 hereto, there are no outstanding agreements or waivers 
     extending the statutory period of limitation applicable to any assess-
     ment or audit of any Income Tax or Income Tax Return of the Corporation 
     or any Subsidiary of the Corporation or of any combined or consolidated 
     return for any group of entities including the Corporation or any Sub-
     sidiary of the Corporation, with respect to the sales, income, business 
     or operations of the Corporation or any Subsidiary of the Corporation 
     for any period.

          (b)  To the Knowledge of Parent, the Corporation, each Subsidiary 
     of the Corporation or Parent on behalf of the Corporation and its Sub-
     sidiaries, has duly, timely and properly filed or will file within the 
     time prescribed by law, all federal, state, Foreign, local and other 
     Tax Returns required to be filed by it with respect to the income, 
     business, sales, properties or operations of the Corporation and its 
     Subsidiaries with the appropriate governmental agencies in all 
     jurisdictions in which such Tax Returns are required by law to be filed 
     and such Tax Returns were, or when filed will be, complete and accurate.  
     To the Knowledge of Parent, the Corporation, a Subsidiary of the 
     Corporation or Parent on behalf of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries 
     has paid in full to all federal, state, local or Foreign taxing 
     authorities (or made adequate provision in the Financial Statements with
     respect to Tax Returns not yet due for the payment of) all Taxes due or 
     claimed to be due on or in respect to all such Tax Returns.  To the 
     Knowledge of Parent, except as set forth on Schedule 5.12 hereto, none 
     of Parent, the Corporation or any Subsidiary of the Corporation is the 
     subject of any pending or, to its Knowledge, threatened Tax examination 
     nor is it a party to any proceeding or inquiry by any Governmental 
     Authority for the assessment or the proposed assessment or for the 
     collection of Taxes, or interest or penalties with respect thereto, nor 
     has any claim for the assessment or proposed assessment or for the 
     collection of Taxes, or interest or penalties with respect thereto,
     been asserted against Parent, the Corporation or any Subsidiary of the 
     Corporation.  To the Knowledge of Parent, there are no liens for Taxes 
     that are due and unpaid on any of the properties or assets of the 
     Corporation or any Subsidiary of the Corporation.  To the Knowledge of 
     Parent, except to the extent set forth on Schedule 5.12 hereto, there 
     are no outstanding agreements or waivers extending the statutory period 
     of limitation applicable to any assessment or audit of any Tax or Tax 
     Return of the 
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     Corporation or any Subsidiary of the Corporation or of any combined or 
     consolidated return for any group of entities including the Corporation 
     or any Subsidiary of the Corporation, with respect to the sales, income, 
     business or operations of the Corporation or any Subsidiary of the 
     Corporation for any period.  To the Knowledge of Parent, all amounts 
     required to be withheld by the Corporation, any Subsidiary of the 
     Corporation, or by Parent in connection with the business or operations 
     of the Corporation, from customers with respect to the sale of goods, or 
     from or on behalf of employees for income, social security and unemploy-
     ment insurance taxes and other employment taxes or obligations of any 
     kind whatsoever, have been collected or withheld and either paid to
     the appropriate governmental agency or set aside and, to the extent 
     required by law, held in accounts for such purpose.  

          (c)  (i)  To the Knowledge of Parent, neither the Corporation nor 
          any Subsidiary of the Corporation is a party to any agreement, 
          contract, arrangement or plan that has resulted or would result, 
          separately or in the aggregate, in the payment of any "excess 
          parachute payments" within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code.  
          None of the Corporation or any Subsidiary of the Corporation is
          required to include in income any amount in respect of any deferred 
          gain or loss arising from deferred intercompany transactions (as 
          described in Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-13), or with 
          respect to the stock or obligations of any other corporation (as 
          described in Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-14).  To the
          Knowledge of Parent, except with respect to sums included in the 
          Intercompany Indebtedness or which are payable pursuant to this 
          Agreement, none of the Corporation or any Subsidiary of the 
          Corporation has any liability or obligation to make any payment to 
          any taxing authority or to Parent or its Affiliates on account of
          Income Taxes for any period ending on or prior to the Closing Date, 
          due to several liability imposed under Treasury Regulation 
          Section 1.1502-6 or any similar provision of state or local laws 
          or the provision of any Tax or Income Tax sharing agreements 
          involving Parent or any Subsidiary of Parent, except to the extent 
          described on Schedule 5.12 hereto.  None of the Corporation or any 
          Subsidiary of the Corporation is a party to any Tax or Income Tax 
          sharing agreements involving Parent or any Subsidiary of Parent, 
          except to the extent described on Schedule 5.12 hereto.  All Tax 
          or Income Tax sharing agreements (exclusive of the provisions of 
          this Agreement regarding Income Taxes) involving Parent or any Sub-
          sidiary of Parent shall terminate at the Closing and shall there- 
          after be of no further force or effect.  None of Parent, the Corpor-
          ation or any Subsidiary of the Corporation, with respect to the in-
          come, business or operations of the Corporation, has made any Income 
          Tax elections pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-20.

               (ii) Notwithstanding anything contained in Section 5.12(c)(i) 
               above, the stock rights, option rights and other payment rights 
               (if any) 

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          of the individuals pursuant to the instruments set forth on Schedule 
          5.12(c) hereof by themselves do not create any "excess parachute 
          payments" within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code.

     5.13 Employee Benefit Plans.

     To the Knowledge of Parent:

          (a)  Schedule 5.13 contains a true and complete list of all 
     "employee benefit plans," within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA, 
     and any other bonus, profit sharing, compensation, pension, severance, 
     deferred compensation, fringe benefit, insurance, welfare, medical, 
     post-retirement health or welfare benefit, health, life, stock option,
     stock purchase, service award, relocation, disability, accident, sick 
     pay, vacation, termination, individual employment, executive compen-
     sation, incentive, bonus, commission, payroll practices, retention or 
     other plan, agreement, policy, trust fund or arrangement, (whether 
     written or oral) maintained, sponsored or contributed to by the 
     Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or any entity that would be 
     deemed a "single employer" with the Corporation or any of its Sub-
     sidiaries under Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code or 
     Section 4001 of ERISA (an "ERISA Affiliate") on behalf of any employee 
     of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries (whether current, former 
     or retired) or their beneficiaries or with respect to which the 
     Corporation, any of its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate has or has 
     had any obligation on behalf of any such employee or beneficiary (each, 
     a "Plan").  With respect to each Plan, true and complete copies of (i) 
     the documents embodying and relating to each Plan, including, without
     limitation, the Plan document(s), all amendments, investment management 
     agreements, insurance contracts, collective bargaining agreements, 
     summary plan descriptions with each summary of material modification 
     and employee handbook(s), (ii) written descriptions of each oral Plan, 
     (iii) annual reports for the last three (3) years, (iv) actuarial
     valuation reports and financial statements for the last three (3) years, 
     and (v) each material communication received by Seller or any ERISA 
     Affiliate from the IRS, the DOL or any other governmental authority 
     including, without limitation, the most recent determination letter 
     received from the IRS, have been delivered to Purchaser.

          (b)  None of the ERISA Affiliates, the Corporation, any Subsidiary 
     of the Corporation or any of their respective predecessors has ever 
     contributed to or contribute to, participated or participate in or has 
     ever been obligated to contribute to, (i) any "multiemployer plan" 
     (within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA or Section 414(f) of 
     the Code) or (ii) any single employer pension plan (within the meaning 
     of Section 4001(a)(15) of ERISA) which is subject to Sections 4063 and 
     4064 of ERISA.  Neither the Corporation nor any of its Subsidiaries is 
     liable for or will be liable for any liability of any ERISA Affiliate 
     (including predecessors) with regard to any "employee benefit plan" 
     (within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA) including, without limita-
     tion, withdrawal liability, liabilities to the PBGC (other than for 
     required 
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     premium payments) or liabilities under Section 412 of the Code or 
     Section 302(a)(2) of ERISA.  The Corporation, each of its Subsidiaries, 
     each ERISA Affiliate, each Plan and each "plan sponsor" (within the 
     meaning of Section 3(16) of ERISA) of each "welfare benefit plan" 
     (within the meaning of Section 3(1) of ERISA has complied in all 
     respects with the requirements of Section 4980B of the Code and Title 
     I, Subtitle B, Part 6 of ERISA.

          (c)  With respect to each of the Plans listed on Schedule 5.13:  
     (i) each Plan intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code has 
     received a determination letter from the IRS to the effect that the 
     Plan is qualified under Section 401 of the Code and any trust maintained 
     pursuant thereto is exempt from federal income taxation under Section 
     501 of the Code and nothing has occurred that caused or could cause the 
     loss of such qualification or exemption or the imposition of any penalty 
     or tax liability;  (ii) all payments required by any Plan, any 
     collective bargaining agreement or by law (including all contributions, 
     insurance premiums or intercompany charges) with respect to all periods 
     through the Closing Date shall have been made prior to the Closing (on 
     a pro rata basis where such payments are otherwise discretionary at 
     year end) or provided for by the Corporation and its Subsidiaries by 
     full accruals as if all targets required by such Plan had been or will 
     be met at maximum levels) on its financial statements; (iii) none are 
     pension plans (within the meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA) which are 
     subject to Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA; (iv) no 
     claim, lawsuit, arbitration or other action has been threatened, 
     asserted, instituted or anticipated against the Plans, any trustee or
     fiduciaries thereof, Seller or any ERISA Affiliate, any director, 
     officer or employee thereof, or any of the assets of any trust or the 
     Plans; (v) each Plan complies and has been maintained and operated in 
     accordance with its terms and the terms and the provisions of applicable 
     law, including, without limitation, ERISA and the Code; (vi) no 
     "prohibited transaction," within the meaning of Section 4975 of the 
     Code and Section 406 of ERISA, has occurred or is expected to occur 
     with respect to any Plan which has subjected or could subject the 
     Corporation, any of its Subsidiaries, any officer, director or employee
     thereof or any trustee, administrator or other fiduciary, to a tax 
     or penalty on prohibited transactions imposed by either Section 502 of 
     ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, or any other liability with respect 
     thereto; (vii) no Plan is under audit or investigation by the IRS
     or the DOL or any other governmental authority and no such completed 
     audit, if any, has resulted in the imposition of any tax or penalty; 
     (viii) each Plan intended to meet requirements for tax-favored treat-
     ment under Sections 79, 106, 117, 125, 129 or 132 of the Code satisfies 
     the applicable requirements under the Code; (ix) with respect to each
     Plan that is funded mostly or partially through an insurance policy, 
     none of the Corporation, any of its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate 
     has any liability in the nature of retroactive rate adjustment, loss 
     sharing arrangement or other actual or contingent liability arising 
     wholly or partially out of events occurring on or before the Closing 
     Date; and (x) no Plan is maintained in connection with any trust 
     described in Section 501(c)(9) of the Code.

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          (d)  The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this 
     Agreement will not give rise to any liability, including, without 
     limitation, liability for severance pay, unemployment compensation, 
     termination pay or withdrawal liability, or accelerate the time of 
     payment or vesting or increase the amount of compensation or benefits 
     due to any current, former, or retired employee or their beneficiaries 
     solely by reason of such transactions.  No amounts payable under any 
     Plan will fail to be deductible for federal income tax purposes by 
     virtue of Section 280G of the Code.  None of the Corporation, any 
     Subsidiary of the Corporation or any ERISA Affiliate maintains, 
     contributes to, or in any way provides for any benefits of any kind 
     whatsoever (other than under Section 4980B of the Code, the Federal 
     Social Security Act or a plan qualified under Section 401(a) of the 
     Code) to any current or future retiree or terminee.  Neither the 
     Corporation nor any Subsidiary of the Corporation has any commitment, 
     whether formal or informal, to create any additional plan or arrange-
     ment or modify any Plan.

     5.14 Environmental Compliance.  To the Knowledge of Parent, except as 
set forth in Schedule 5.14:

          (a)  All of the current and past operations of the Corporation and 
     its Subsidiaries at or from any real property presently or formerly 
     owned, used, leased, occupied or operated by the Corporation or any of 
     its Subsidiaries (the "Real Property") comply and have complied with all 
     applicable Environmental Laws.  Neither the Corporation nor any of its 
     Subsidiaries has received any notice, whether oral or written, from any
     Governmental Authority or third party of any actual or threatened 
     Environmental Liabilities with respect to the Real Property or the 
     conduct of its business. There are no conditions existing at any Real 
     Property that require, or which with the giving of notice or the passage 
     of time or both may require investigation, remedial or corrective 
     action, removal or closure pursuant to the Environmental Laws or which 
     would indicate the release, discharge, omission, dumping, disposal or 
     presence of Hazardous Substances at, on or under the Real Property.

          (b)  There are no underground storage tanks, asbestos or asbestos 
     containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, urea formaldehyde, or 
     other Hazardous Substances (other than small quantities of Hazardous 
     Substances stored and maintained in accordance with all applicable 
     Environmental Laws for use in the ordinary course of the business of 
     the Seller) in, on, over, under or at any presently owned or operated 
     Real Property.

          (c)  Parent and the Corporation have provided to Purchaser all 
     environmental reports, assessments, audits, studies, investigations, 
     data and other written environmental information in their custody, 
     possession or control concerning the Real Property.

     5.15 Finders.  None of Parent, any of its Subsidiaries other than the 
Corporation and its Subsidiaries or any of their respective directors, 
officers, employees or 
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agents, or, to the Knowledge of Parent, the Corporation, any of its Sub-
sidiaries or any of their respective directors, officers, employees or 
agents, has taken any action that, directly or indirectly, would obligate 
Purchaser, the Corporation or any of the Corporation's Subsidiaries to
anyone acting as broker, finder, financial advisor or in any similar 
capacity in connection with this Agreement or any of the transactions 
contemplated hereby.

     5.16  Disclosure.  No representation or warranty by Parent in this 
Agreement contains or will contain any untrue statement of material fact or 
omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements contained 
therein not misleading.  All of Parent's representations and warranties 
shall be deemed made again as of the Closing Date and shall then be true.

ARTICLE 6 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PURCHASER

     Purchaser hereby represents and warrants as follows:

     6.1  Organization and Qualification.  Purchaser is a corporation duly 
organized, validly existing and in good standing in its respective 
jurisdiction of incorporation with full corporate power and authority to 
own, lease and operate its properties and assets and to conduct its business 
as it is now being conducted.

     6.2  Authority.  Purchaser has all requisite power and authority to 
execute and deliver this Agreement and the Closing Documents to which it is a 
party and to perform, carry out and consummate the transactions contemplated 
hereby and thereby.  The execution, delivery and performance of this Agree-
ment have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part 
of Purchaser.  This Agreement does, and when executed by Purchaser, the other 
Closing Documents shall, constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations 
of Purchaser, enforceable against Purchaser in accordance with their 
respective terms.

     6.3  No Breach.  Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement 
by Purchaser nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein 
will:  (a) violate any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation or By-
laws of Purchaser; (b) conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute a 
default (or an event which, with or without notice, lapse of time or both, 
would constitute a default) under any agreement or other instrument to which 
Purchaser is a party or by which Purchaser or any of its assets is bound; 
(c) result in the creation of, or give any party the right to create, any 
Encumbrance upon the properties or assets of Purchaser; (d) conflict with,
violate, result in a breach of or constitute a default under any judgment, 
decree, order or process of any court or Governmental Authority; (e) conflict 
with or violate any Law applicable to the business of Purchaser; (f) 
terminate or modify, or give any third party the right to terminate or 
modify, the provisions or terms of any contract or commitment to which 
Purchaser is a party or by which Purchaser (or any of its properties or 
assets) is subject or bound; or (i) require Purchaser to obtain any 
authorization, consent, approval or waiver from, or to make any filing with, 
any person or any public body or authority, other than such as have been 
obtained or made and other than filings under the HSR Act.

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     6.4  Finders.  None of Purchaser or any of its directors or officers 
has taken any action that, directly or indirectly, would obligate Parent to 
anyone acting as a broker, finder, financial advisor or in any similar 
capacity in connection with this Agreement or any of the transactions 
contemplated hereby.

ARTICLE 7 COVENANTS

     7.1  Notice of Breach of Representation.  From and after the date hereof 
and from and after Closing, Purchaser shall give prompt written notice to 
Parent of any fact or assertion which it is aware involves a breach or 
inaccuracy of any representation, warranty or covenant of Parent contained 
in this Agreement, stating the nature and basis of such claim or assertion 
and the amounts thereof, to the extent known.  No failure to give such notice 
shall in and of itself affect the indemnification obligations of Parent here-
under except to the extent provided by the applicable law.

     7.2  Covenants of Parent.

          (a)  Unless Purchaser otherwise agrees in writing, Parent shall, 
     and shall use its best efforts to cause the Relevant Parent Subsidiary 
     and the Corporation to, do the following at their sole expense until 
     the Closing:

               (i)  No amendment shall be made to the Certificate of 
          Incorporation or By-Laws of the Corporation or any of its 
          Subsidiaries.

               (ii) No share of capital stock of the Corporation or any of 
          its Subsidiaries, Option or Unauthorized Option to acquire any 
          such share or right to subscribe to or purchase any such share or 
          security convertible into or exchangeable for any such share, 
          shall be issued or sold by the Corporation or any of its Sub-
          sidiaries, other than as may be required upon the exercise of the 
          Options and Unauthorized Options listed on Schedule 5.3(a)-2.  The 
          Anti-Dilution Agreement shall not be amended, rescinded, modified 
          or waived in any respect. 

               (iii)     No dividend or liquidating or other distribution (in 
          cash, stock or otherwise) or stock split shall be authorized, 
          declared, paid or effected by the Corporation in respect of the 
          outstanding shares of Corporation Common Stock or Corporation 
          Preferred Stock.  No direct or indirect redemption, purchase or 
          other acquisition shall be made by the Corporation of shares of 
          Corporation Common Stock or Corporation Preferred Stock, other 
          than repurchases of stock from employees whose employment by the 
          Corporation terminates on or after the date hereof but prior to 
          the Closing in accordance with the terms of existing agreements 
          providing for such repurchase.  True, complete and correct copies 
          of such agreements have been provided to Purchaser.  Any consider-
          ation paid for such repurchases shall be deducted from the 
          aggregate funds available for payment to minority shareholders 
          under Section 7.6.

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               (iv) The Corporation and its Subsidiaries shall (A) operate 
          their business in the ordinary course of business as historically 
          conducted, (B) maintain their assets in good operating condition, 
          (C) pay those debts and accounts payable relating to their business 
          that are incurred by them, in the ordinary course of business and 
          on a timely basis, (D) not incur any obligations for borrowed money
          other than Bank Debt and Intercompany Indebtedness and (E) not 
          permit Bank Debt or Intercompany Indebtedness to exceed the amounts 
          referred to with respect thereto in Section 2.3.

               (v)  The Corporation and its Subsidiaries shall afford 
          Purchaser, its attorneys, accountants and representatives, free 
          and full access to the business of the Corporation and its Sub-
          sidiaries, their assets, the books and records of the Corporation 
          and its Subsidiaries relating thereto and employees of the
          Corporation and its Subsidiaries who are familiar with the business 
          and assets of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries, at all reason-
          able times upon reasonable notice during normal business hours and 
          in such a manner as not to disrupt business, and shall provide to 
          Purchaser and its representatives such additional financial and 
          operating data and other information as to their business and 
          assets as Purchaser shall from time to time reasonably request.  
          Purchaser shall take the foregoing actions in cooperation with 
          Parent.  Parent shall permit a representative of Purchaser to be 
          on the premises of the Corporation and shall cause the Board of
          Directors of the Corporation to instruct the officers of the 
          Corporation to consult with such representative on any business 
          decisions not in the normal course of business except any business 
          decision not in the normal course of business which would have an 
          impact on the Corporation not in excess of Twenty-Five Thousand
          and 00/100 Dollars ($25,000.00).  Parent shall not permit the 
          Corporation to make any new capital expenditures of which Parent 
          is aware without the prior consent of Purchaser, unless such 
          expenditure does not exceed Twenty-Five Thousand and 00/100 Dollars 
          ($25,000.00).

               (vi) Parent shall promptly advise Purchaser in writing of the 
          commencement or threat against Parent or the Corporation of any 
          suit, litigation or legal proceeding that relates to or might 
          affect the business of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries or the 
          transactions contemplated hereby, if and to the extent such matters 
          are communicated to Parent.

               (vii)  Parent and the Corporation shall cause all casualty and 
          liability insurance coverage currently in effect with respect to 
          the assets of the Corporation to remain in effect and apply all 
          insurance proceeds in respect of casualty to the replacement or 
          rebuilding of such assets.

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               (viii)    Parent shall not, and shall not give its permission 
          to or authorize any officer, director, employee or representative 
          to, and shall use its best efforts to cause the Corporation not to, 
          and not to give its permission or authorize any officer, director, 
          employee or representative to, solicit or enter into, negotiations
          with any party, other than Purchaser, for the purchase and sale of 
          the Corporation, any Subsidiary of the Corporation or the business 
          or assets of any of them.  Parent shall not be responsible for the 
          actions of any Person who acts in violation of this Section without 
          Parent's authorization; provided that in connection with any such
          actions, (w) Parent shall promptly advise Purchaser if Parent 
          becomes aware of them, (x) Parent shall not permit the provision 
          of Confidential Information regarding the Corporation to any 
          Person, (y) Parent shall not permit the access of any Persons to 
          the Corporation, its business, employees or customers and (z)
          Parent shall not permit any other activity that may disrupt the 
          business or operations of the Corporation or interfere with 
          Parent's ability to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby
          at the Closing, to the extent Parent has the legal power to prevent 
          such interference.

          (b)  After the Closing Date, documents (including information 
     embodied in computer-readable media) that are retained by Parent and 
     that are related to the Corporation or the operation of the business of 
     the Corporation and its Subsidiaries prior to the Closing Date shall be 
     open for inspection by representatives of Purchaser or the Corporation 
     at any time during regular business hours upon reasonable advance 
     notice, and Purchaser or the Corporation may make such copies thereof 
     as it may reasonably request.  Without limiting the generality of the 
     foregoing, Parent shall not destroy or give up possession of any item 
     referred to above without first offering to Purchaser or the Corporation 
     the opportunity, at expense of Purchaser or the Corporation (but without 
     any other payment), to obtain the same.

     7.3  Obtaining Consents.  Prior to the Closing, Parent shall permit 
Purchaser to contact any or all of the contracting parties under the Material 
Contracts for the purpose of determining and verifying the precise terms and 
nature of their contract rights and Parent shall, and shall cause the 
Corporation to, cooperate and lend assistance to Purchaser in connection 
therewith.  Purchaser and Parent shall use all reasonable efforts to obtain 
all consents, approvals and waivers from, and give all notices to, and make 
all declarations, filings and registrations with, and governmental and 
regulatory agencies that are required to consummate the transactions contem-
plated hereby and to permit the continued operation of the business of the 
Corporation and its Subsidiaries after the Closing.  Purchaser and Parent 
shall coordinate and cooperate with one another and supply such assistance 
as may be reasonably requested by each in connection with the foregoing.

     7.4  Publicity.  Prior to the Closing, neither party hereto shall issue 
or make, or cause to have issued or made, the publication or dissemination 
of any press release or other announcement to divulge the existence of this 
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with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except after consulta-
tion with and prior approval of the other party hereto, which approval shall 
not be unreasonably withheld; provided, however, that nothing herein shall 
prevent any party from making such public announcement as that party may 
consider necessary or appropriate in order to satisfy its legal, contractual 
or other obligations.

     7.5  Records.  After the Closing, Parent shall take all actions 
requested by Purchaser to transfer records relating to the business of the 
Corporation and its Subsidiaries to the Corporation, which may include making 
duplicate copies of any records of the Corporation (whether arising before 
or after the Closing) retained by Parent in the form of papers or computer
media.  After the Closing, Purchaser shall, subject to the provisions of 
Section 8.4, cause the Corporation to permit representatives of Parent to 
inspect the Corporation's pre-Closing records during regular business hours 
upon reasonable advance notice and in such a manner as not to disrupt 
business, for purposes of Parent's compliance with its accounting, tax, legal 
and insurance obligations.  The Corporation's pre-Closing records shall be 
preserved by Purchaser for at least seven (7) years after the date of Closing 
and shall thereafter not be destroyed except after written notice to Parent 
which provides Parent a reasonable opportunity to obtain possession of such
records.

     7.6  HSR Act Filing.  Each of Parent and Purchaser shall as promptly as 
practicable (but in no event later than ten (10) days following the date 
hereof) file with the United States Federal Trade Commission and the United 
States Department of Justice the notification and report form required for 
the transactions contemplated hereby, and thereafter each of Parent and
Purchaser shall as promptly as practicable file any supplemental informa-
tion requested in connection therewith pursuant to the HSR Act. Any such 
notification and report form shall be in substantial compliance with the 
requirements of the HSR Act.  Each of Parent and Purchaser shall use its 
respective best efforts to obtain any clearance required under the HSR Act 
for the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (but shall not 
be required to divest themselves of any assets in connection therewith).

     7.7  Minority Offer.  Within ninety (90) days of the Closing Date, 
Purchaser shall, or shall cause one of its Affiliates to, offer in writing 
to purchase all Corporation Common Stock, Options and Unauthorized Options 
not then owned by it.  The aggregate purchase consideration for such offer 
shall be Two Million Three Hundred Ninety-Two Thousand Three Hundred
Thirty-Five and 97/100 Dollars ($2,392,335.97) for all shares of Corpora-
tion Common Stock, Options and all Unauthorized Options, which based upon 
the number of shares of Corporation Common Stock, Options and Unauthorized 
Options set forth on the Schedules hereto, represents Six and 01/100 Dollars 
($6.01) per share of Corporation Common Stock.  Such purchase price may be 
reduced proportionately in the event Purchaser learns of additional Options,
Unauthorized Options or outstanding shares of Stock.  Such offer shall allow 
all Options and Unauthorized Options to be accelerated and exercised solely 
for the purpose of accepting such offer.  Such offer shall remain open for 
at least ten (10) days, and shall for holders of shares representing less 
than two percent (2%) of the Corporation Common Stock (or Options or 
Unauthorized Options 

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to acquire such a number of shares) on a Fully Diluted Basis require only 
those representations and warranties customary in a tender offer, provided 
such representations and warranties shall not be materially more restrictive 
than those set forth herein.  If any holders do not accept such offer, 
Purchaser shall have no obligation to pay any particular price for shares 
of Stock and may deal with such holders in any manner it deems appropriate.  
Nothing herein shall affect or limit Purchaser's right in any respect, if 
its offer is not accepted, to enforce existing agreements with holders, 
elect not to accelerate any Options, challenge the validity of any 
Unauthorized Options or to enter into any alternative arrangements with 
any employee, as the Purchaser determines.

     7.8  Employee Matters.  After the Closing, Purchaser and the Corporation 
shall not assume or be responsible in any way for the obligations, 
liabilities or responsibilities (whether arising before or after the Closing) 
of any employee benefit plan of Parent, any ERISA Affiliate or any fiduciary 
under, arising from, or with respect to any employee benefit plan, agreement,
policy, trust fund or arrangement maintained, sponsored or contributed to by 
Parent or any of its Subsidiaries.

     7.9  Documentation of Intercompany Indebtedness.  Prior to the Closing, 
Parent shall cause the Corporation to document all Intercompany Indebtedness 
that is not at present documented with a promissory note to be documented 
with a promissory note, duly authorized, executed and delivered by the 
Corporation, in form reasonably satisfactory to Purchaser.

     7.10 Further Assurances.  After the Closing, Purchaser and Parent shall 
and shall cause their respective Affiliates to, at the request of the other 
without further cost or expense to the other, execute and deliver such other 
instruments of conveyance and transfer and assumption and take such other 
action as may be reasonably request so as to consummate the transactions 
contemplated by this Agreement or to correct errors and defects.

ARTICLE 8 RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS

     8.1  Non-Competition.

          A.   Neither Parent nor any of its Affiliates shall, for a period 
     of five (5) years from the Closing Date, take away the currently 
     existing business of the Corporation by developing, manufacturing, 
     distributing, marketing or selling DC to DC converters which can 
     directly serve as a "Second Source" for "Existing Products."  For 
     purposes of this Agreement, the term "Second Source" means the use of 
     Parent products which do not require the redesign of the printed circuit 
     board by the customer.  For purposes of this Agreement, the term 
     "Existing Products" means products described in the Corporation's
     catalog in effect as of the date of Closing.

          B.   Parent and its Affiliates shall not be constrained in any way 
     from manufacturing, distributing, marketing or selling DC to DC 
     converters listed in Parent's catalog in effect as of the date of 
     Closing or other DC to DC con-

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     verters which are not a direct "Second Source" for "Existing Products," 
     as defined above.

     8.2  Non-Solicitation of Employees.  None of Parent or any of its 
Affiliates shall directly or indirectly, for itself or on behalf of any other 
Person, hire any salaried employee of the Corporation or any of its Sub-
sidiaries, or induce nor attempt to induce any such salaried employee to 
leave his or her employment with the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries 
at any time within five (5) years from the date hereof, except as the parties 
may otherwise agree.

     8.3  Non-Solicitation or Interference with Customers and Suppliers.  
None of Parent or any of its Affiliates shall, directly or indirectly, for 
itself or on behalf of any other Person, for a period of five (5) years after 
the date hereof, knowingly interfere with the business or patronage of the 
Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries with any of their customers or 
suppliers or other Persons with whom they deal, or disparage the Corporation, 
any of its Subsidiaries or any of their products or services, or, to the 
extent in contravention of the restrictions contained in Section 8.1, 
solicit, contact or enter into any business transaction with any customers, 
suppliers or other Persons of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries.  
If Purchaser believes action of or on behalf of Parent in violation of the 
foregoing has taken place, Purchaser shall notify Parent in writing 
specifying the basis of such violation, and Parent agrees to immediately 
take curative action.

     8.4  Confidential Information.  None of Parent or any of its Affiliates 
shall at any time disclose to any Person other than the Corporation or any of 
its Subsidiaries any Confidential Information.  After the Closing, neither 
Parent nor any of its Affiliates shall actively and knowingly disseminate 
Financial Information of the Corporation to any known competitors of the 
Corporation.

     8.5  Acknowledgments.  Parent acknowledges that, in view of the nature 
of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries and the business objectives of 
Purchaser in acquiring it, and the consideration paid to Parent therefor, 
the restrictions contained in this Article 8 are reasonably necessary to 
protect the legitimate business interests of Purchaser and the Corporation 
and that Purchaser and the Corporation may be entitled to equitable relief 
as a result of a violation.

ARTICLE 9 TERMINATION

     9.1  Termination.  This Agreement may be terminated at or before the 
Closing:

          (a)  by mutual agreement of Purchaser and Parent; or

          (b)  at the option of Purchaser or Parent, if the Closing shall 
     not have occurred on or before the close of business on March 29, 1996.

     9.2  Procedure.  A party terminating this Agreement pursuant to this 
Article 9 shall do so by written notice to the other.

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     9.3  Effect of Termination.  If this Agreement is rightfully terminated 
as provided for this Article 9, then, except for Section 11.1, this Agreement 
shall forthwith become wholly void and of no further force or effect, without 
liability on the part of either party to this Agreement.

ARTICLE 10     INDEMNIFICATION

     10.1 Survival of Representations and Warranties.  All representations 
and warranties contained in Articles 5 and 6 shall survive the Closing and 
shall remain in full force and effect for eighteen (18) months after the 
Closing Date; provided, however, that the representations and warranties 
contained in Sections 5.12 and 5.13 shall remain in full force and effect 
until six (6) months after the expiration of the applicable statute of 
limitations (after giving effect to all extensions).

     10.2 Indemnification by Parent.

          (a)  From and after the Closing, Parent shall indemnify and save 
     Purchaser and its Affiliates (including, after the Closing, the 
     Corporation and its Subsidiaries) and their respective directors, 
     officers, employees, agents and representatives (each, a "Purchaser
     Claimant") harmless from and defend each of them from and against any 
     and all demands, claims, actions, liabilities, losses, costs, damages 
     or expenses whatsoever (including any necessary investigations of any 
     claims and reasonable attorneys' fees) (collectively, "Losses") 
     asserted against, imposed upon or incurred by the Purchaser Claimants 
     resulting from or arising out of:

               (i)  First Dollar Unlimited.  Any inaccuracy or breach of any 
          representation or warranty of Parent contained in the following 
          Sections of this Agreement, or any claim by a third party which, 
          if true, would constitute a breach of such representation or 
          warranty, without dollar limitation whatsoever:

                    5.2(a), 5.2(b), 5.2(c), 5.3(a), 5.3(b), 5.4, 5.12(a),
                    5.15 and, to the extent it relates to any of the
                    Sections in this clause, 5.16.

              (ii) First Dollar Limited.  Any inaccuracy or breach of a 
          representation or warranty of Parent contained in the following 
          Sections of this Agreement, or any claim by a third party which, 
          if true, would constitute a breach of such representation or 
          warranty, subject to an overall maximum dollar cost to Parent
          under this Agreement of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) 
          (the "Parent Maximum"):

                    5.1, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7, 5.8, 5.9(a), 5.9(b), 5.10, 5.11,
                    5.12(b), 5.12(c)(i) and (ii), 5.13, 5.14 and, to the
                    extent it relates to any of the Sections in this
                    clause, 5.16.

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          (b)  From and after the Closing, and without being limited by the 
     substance or duration of any representations or warranties contained 
     herein, Parent shall indemnify and save Purchaser Claimants harmless 
     from and defend each of them from and against any and all Losses 
     asserted against, imposed upon or incurred by the Purchaser Claimants
     resulting from or arising out of (i) any Income Taxes imposed upon the 
     Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries for any periods through the 
     Closing Date or for any Income Tax imposed upon a Purchaser Claimant 
     arising from or relating to the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries 
     having been a member of a group with Parent filing consolidated Income
     Tax returns (including, without limitation, any Income Taxes arising 
     from the elections under Section 338 of the Code provided for in Section 
     2.5 or Income Taxes otherwise arising from the transactions contemplated 
     by this Agreement); (ii) state and local sales, use or transaction 
     privilege taxes assessed by virtue of sales of products by Parent to
     customers, including, without limitation, products manufactured by the 
     Corporation which were sold by Parent; (iii) any matters relating to 
     compliance with ERISA by Parent, any of its Subsidiaries (other than the 
     Corporation), any ERISA Affiliate (other than the Corporation) or any of 
     their Plans prior to or after the Closing Date; (iv) any claim by a 
     third party which, if true, would constitute one of the circumstances 
     described above; and (v) any breach of any covenant or obligation of 
     Parent contained in Article 7 hereof.  The foregoing shall be without 
     dollar limitation whatsoever.

          (c)  In addition, in the event of a determination by the IRS that 
     any of the requirements for the elections under Section 338(a) or 
     338(h)(10) of the Code, which are provided for in Section 2.5 hereof, 
     is not satisfied, Parent shall promptly pay to Purchaser the amount of 
     the Income Tax savings or refunds realized by Parent by virtue of such
     determination as and when such Income Tax savings are realized or 
     refunds are received.  Parent shall notify Purchaser promptly if the IRS 
     seeks to challenge such elections and shall provide Purchaser with such 
     information as Purchaser may reasonably request from time to time to 
     determine the extent of such Income Tax savings, but such information
     shall not include Tax Returns or Income Tax Returns.

     10.3 Indemnification by Purchaser.  From and after the Closing, 
Purchaser shall indemnify and save the Parent and its Affiliates (excluding 
the Corporation and its Subsidiaries), directors, officers, employees, agents 
and representatives (each, a "Parent Claimant") harmless from and defend each 
of them from and against any and all Losses asserted against, imposed upon 
or incurred by the Parent Claimants resulting from or arising out of (i) any 
inaccuracy or breach of any representation or warranty of Purchaser contained 
herein or (ii) any breach of any covenant or obligation of Purchaser 
contained in Article 7 hereof.

     10.4 Terms and Conditions of Indemnification.  The respective obliga-
tions and liabilities of Purchaser and Parent to indemnify pursuant to this 
Article 10 shall be subject to the following terms and conditions:

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          (a)  In respect of any claim or assertion of liability by a third 
     party other than with respect to Income Taxes:

               (i)  The party seeking indemnification (the "Claimant") shall 
          give prompt written notice to the other party (the "Indemnitor") of 
          any state of facts which Claimant determines will give rise to a 
          claim by the Claimant against the Indemnitor based on the indemnity 
          agreements contained in this Article 10, stating the nature and 
          basis of said claims and the amounts thereof, to the extent known. 
          No failure to give such notice shall affect the indemnification 
          obligations of Indemnitor hereunder except to the extent Indemnitor 
          can demonstrate such failure materially prejudiced such 
          Indemnitor's ability to successfully defend the matter giving rise 
          to the indemnification claim.

               (ii) In the event any action, suit or proceeding is brought 
          against Claimant, with respect to which the Indemnitor may have 
          liability under this Article 10, then if Indemnitor notifies 
          Claimant in writing, within thirty (30) days of Claimant's notice 
          of such action, suit or proceeding, that Indemnitor agrees that
          it is undertaking and will prosecute the defense of the claim 
          under this Article 10, such action, suit or proceeding may be 
          defended by the Indemnitor.  Claimant shall have the right to 
          employ its own counsel in any such case, but the fees and expenses 
          of such counsel shall be at Claimant's own expense unless (A) the
          employment of such counsel and the payment of such fees and 
          expenses both shall have been specifically authorized by the 
          Indemnitor in connection with the defense of such action, suit or 
          proceeding, or (B) Claimant shall have reasonably concluded and 
          specifically notified the Indemnitor that there may be specific
          defenses available to it which are different from or additional to 
          those available to the Indemnitor, or that such action, suit or 
          proceeding involves or could have an effect upon matters beyond 
          the scope of the indemnity agreements contained in this Article 10.

               (iii)     In addition, in any event specified in clause (B) of 
          the second sentence of subsection (ii) above, the Indemnitor, to 
          the extent made necessary by such different or additional defenses, 
          shall not have the right to direct the defense of such action, suit 
          or proceeding on behalf of Claimant.  If Indemnitor and Claimant 
          cannot agree on a mechanism to separate the defense of matters
          extending beyond the scope of indemnification, such matters shall 
          be defended on the basis of joint consultation.

               (iv) Claimant shall be kept fully informed by the Indemnitor 
          of such action, suit or proceeding at all stages thereof, whether 
          or not it is represented by counsel.  The Indemnitor shall, at the 
          Indemnitor's expense, make available to Claimant and its attorneys 
          and accountants all books and records of the Indemnitor relating to 
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          litigation, and the parties hereto agree to render to each other 
          such assistance as they may reasonably require of each other in 
          order to ensure the proper and adequate defense of any such 
          action, suit or proceeding.

          (b)  The Indemnitor shall make no settlement of any claims which 
     Indemnitor has undertaken to defend, without Claimant's consent, unless 
     (i) the Indemnitor fully indemnifies the Indemnitee for all losses, 
     (ii) there is no finding or admission of violation of law by, or effect 
     on any other claims that may be made against Claimant, (iii) the relief
     granted in connection therewith requires no action on the part of and 
     has no effect on Claimant, and (iv) the settlement provides for a full, 
     unconditional release of Claimant.

          (c)  If the Indemnitor fails to pay, compromise or settle any claim 
     within sixty (60) days of the date notice thereof is given pursuant to 
     Section 10.4(a)(i) or, in the case of an action, suit or proceeding 
     contemplated by Section 10.4(a)(ii), to commence to defend such action, 
     suit or proceeding within thirty(30) days of notice and thereafter to
     prosecute such contest diligently, Claimant may pay the claim and the 
     Indemnitor shall promptly, upon written demand of Claimant, reimburse 
     Claimant for the full amount of such payment, plus interest from the  
     date of such payment by Claimant to the date of reimbursement at the 
     prime rate announced by Chemical Bank in New York City from time to 
     time during such period plus one percent (1%).

ARTICLE 11     MISCELLANEOUS

     11.1 Expenses.  Each of Purchaser and Parent shall pay and bear its 
own fees and expenses incident to the negotiation, preparation and execution 
of this Agreement, including, without limitation, fees and expenses of its 
respective counsel, accountants, investment banking firm and other experts.  
Notwithstanding the foregoing, at the Closing Parent shall reimburse 
Purchaser for one-half of all applicable filing fees under the HSR Act.

     11.2 Entire Agreement; Modification.  This Agreement and the Schedules 
and Exhibits hereto set forth the entire understanding of the parties with 
respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all existing agreements 
among them concerning such subject matter; any others are specifically 
waived.  This Agreement may be amended only by a written instrument executed
by Purchaser and Parent.

     11.3 Notices.  All notices and other communications hereunder shall be 
validly given or made if in writing, when delivered personally (by courier 
service or otherwise), when sent by telecopy, or when actually received when 
mailed by first-class certified or registered United States mail, postage-
prepaid and return receipt requested, and all legal process with regard 
hereto shall be validly served when served in accordance with applicable law, 
in each case when directed to the party to receive such notice or other 
communication as set forth below, or at such other address or telecopy 
number as any party hereto may from time to time advise the other parties 
pursuant to this Section:

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               (i)  If to Purchaser:

                    International Power Systems, Inc.
                    3400 East Brittania, Suite 122
                    Tucson, Arizona 85706
                    Telecopier:  (602) 741-4598
                    Attention:  President

                    with a copy to:

                    Proskauer Rose Goetz & Mendelsohn LLP
                    1585 Broadway
                    New York, New York  10036
                    Telecopier:  (212) 969-2900
                    Attention:  Steven L. Kirshenbaum, Esq.

               (ii) If to Parent:

                    Burr-Brown Corporation
                    6730 South Tucson Boulevard
                    Tucson, Arizona  85734
                    Telecopier:  (520) 746-7279
                    Attention:  Chief Financial Officer

                    with a copy to:

                    Molloy, Jones & Donahue, P.C.
                    33 North Stone Avenue, Suite 2100
                    Tucson, Arizona  85702
                    Telecopier:  (520) 624-2816
                    Attention:  Benjamin W. Bauer, Esq.

     11.4 Waiver.  Any waiver by any party of a breach of any term of this 
Agreement shall not operate as or be construed to be a waiver of any other 
breach of that term or of any breach of any other term of this Agreement.  
The failure of a party to insist upon strict adherence to any term of this 
Agreement on one or more occasions shall not be considered a waiver or 
deprive that party of the right thereafter to insist upon strict adherence 
to that term or any other term of this Agreement.  Any waiver must be in 
writing.

     11.5 Binding Effect.  The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding 
upon and inure to the benefit of Purchaser, Parent and their respective 
successors.  This Agreement may not be assigned by any party hereto, except 
that Purchaser may assign this Agreement to an Affiliate of Purchaser.

     11.6 No Third-Party Beneficiaries.  This Agreement does not create, and 
shall not be construed as creating, any rights enforceable by any person not 
a party to this Agreement except for the Indemnified Parties pursuant to 
Article 10.
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     11.7 Severability.  If any provision of this Agreement is invalid, 
illegal or unenforceable, the balance of this Agreement shall remain in 
effect, and if any provision is inapplicable to any person or circumstance, 
it shall nevertheless remain applicable to all other persons and circumstances.

     11.8 Headings.  The headings in this Agreement are solely for convenience 
of reference and shall be given no effect in the construction or 
interpretation of this Agreement.

     11.9 Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in any number of 
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which 
together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

     11.10     Governing Law; Forum.  This Agreement shall be governed by 
and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Arizona 
(i.e., without regard to its conflicts of law rules), and the forum for 
any dispute hereunder shall be the state or federal courts located in 
Pima County, Arizona.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement 
as of the date first above written.

Parent:                       BURR-BROWN CORPORATION



                              By   __/s/ John L. Carter_______________
                                  John L. Carter, Executive Vice President
                                    and Chief Financial Officer
                                                               
Purchaser:                    INTERNATIONAL POWER SYSTEMS, INC.



                              By   __/s/ A. Gordon Goodyear_________
                                   A. Gordon Goodyear, Vice President










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Exhibits
1A        Bank Debt
1B        Escrow Agreement

Schedules
5.1       Subsidiaries of Corporation
5.2       Exceptions to Nonviolation of Bylaws and Agreements
5.3(a)-1  Ownership of Stock
5.3(a)-2  Options and Unauthorized Options
5.3(a)-3  Agreements Regarding Capital Stock of Corporation
5.3(b)    List of Instruments Evidencing Intercompany Indebtedness
5.4       Financial Statements
5.5       Related Party Transactions
5.6       Non-Ordinary Course Transactions Since 12/31/95
5.7       Encumbrances Upon Assets of Corporation; Leases
5.8       Patents, Trademarks and Intellectual Property
5.9       Long Term Contracts, Material Contracts and Defaults Thereunder
5.10      Pending Litigation
5.11      Legal Compliance Exceptions
5.12      Pending Tax Examinations; Tax Liens
5.12(c)   Known Termination Payment Obligations
5.13      Employee Benefit Plans
5.14      Exceptions to Environmental Compliance
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