AMPEX CORP /DE/
10-Q/A, 1999-03-09
RADIO & TV BROADCASTING & COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                   FORM 10-Q/A

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

                  For the quarterly period ended June 30, 1998

                                       OR

            [ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

           For the transition period from ___________ to ____________

                           Commission File No. 0-20292

                                AMPEX CORPORATION
             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)


               Delaware                                   13-3667696
             (State of Incorporation)    (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

                                  500 Broadway
                       Redwood City, California 94063-3199
          (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

                                 (650) 367-2011
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)


       Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant:  (1) has filed all reports
       required  to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the  Securities  Exchange
       Act of 1934 during the  preceding 12 months (or for such  shorter  period
       that the Registrant was required to file such reports);  and (2) has been
       subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.


       Yes  X   No    


      As of June 30, 1998,  the aggregate  number of  outstanding  shares of the
      Registrant's  Class A Common Stock, $.01 par value, was 49,782,547.  There
      were no outstanding shares of the Registrant's Class C Common Stock, $0.01
      par value.


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                                AMPEX CORPORATION
                                   FORM 10-Q/A

                           Quarter Ended June 30, 1998

                                      INDEX
                                                                                                                        Page

      PART I -- FINANCIAL INFORMATION

      <S>                         <C>                                                                                   <C>
      Item 1.                     Financial Statements

                                  Consolidated Balance Sheets (unaudited) at June 30, 1998 and
                                  December 31, 1997.........................................................................3

                                  Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive
                                  Income (unaudited) for the three and six months ended
                                  June 30, 1998 and 1997....................................................................4

                                  Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (unaudited) for the six
                                  months ended June 30, 1998 and 1997.......................................................5

                                  Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements......................................6

      Item 2.                     Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
                                  Results of Operations....................................................................12

      PART II -- OTHER INFORMATION

      Item 1.                     Legal Proceedings........................................................................18

      Item 2.                     Changes in Securities and Use of Proceeds................................................19

      Item 3.                     Defaults Upon Senior Securities..........................................................19

      Item 4.                     Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders......................................19

      Item 5.                     Other Information........................................................................19

      Item 6(a).                  Exhibits.................................................................................19

      Item 6(b).                  Reports on Form 8-K......................................................................19

      Signatures                  .........................................................................................21

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                               AMPEX CORPORATION
                          CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
                       (in thousands, except share data)
                                  (unaudited)

                                                                                                 June 30,        December 31,
                                                                                                   1998                1997
                                                                                             --------------      --------------
<S>                                                                                          <C>                 <C>
ASSETS
Current assets:
     Cash and cash equivalents                                                               $       8,978       $      24,076
     Short-term investments                                                                         51,063              17,685
     Accounts receivable (net of allowances of $2,551 and $1,484)                                   17,562              13,246
     Inventories                                                                                    21,946              16,380
     Other current assets                                                                            3,297               1,347
                                                                                             --------------      -------------
        Total current assets                                                                       102,846              72,734

Property, plant and equipment                                                                        9,844               8,892
Intangible assets, net                                                                               6,067                   -
Other assets                                                                                         1,108                  45
                                                                                             --------------      -------------
        Total assets                                                                         $     119,865       $      81,671
                                                                                             ==============      =============

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT
Current liabilities:
     Notes payable                                                                           $       6,011       $         933
     Accounts payable                                                                                9,091               5,173
     Income taxes payable                                                                              269                 373
     Accrued restructuring costs                                                                     3,318               1,706
     Other accrued liabilities                                                                      19,721              19,942
                                                                                             --------------      -------------
        Total current liabilities                                                                   38,410              28,127
Long-term debt                                                                                      30,050                   2
Other liabilities                                                                                   59,059              70,708
Deferred income taxes                                                                                1,236               1,267
Accrued restructuring costs                                                                          1,285               1,612
                                                                                             --------------      -------------
        Total liabilities                                                                          130,040             101,716
                                                                                             --------------      -------------

Commitments and contingencies (Note 6)

Redeemable nonconvertible preferred stock, $1,000 liquidation value:
     Authorized: 69,970 shares 1998 and 1997                                                                                  
     Issued and outstanding - none 1998; 69,970 shares 1997                                              -              69,970

Redeemable preferred stock, $2,000 liquidation value:
     Authorized: 21,859 shares 1998 and none 1997
     Issued and outstanding - 21,859 shares 1998; none 1997                                         43,718                   -

Convertible preferred stock, $2,000 liquidation value:
     Authorized: 10,000 shares 1998 and none 1997
     Issued and outstanding - 10,000 shares 1998; none 1997                                         20,000                   -

Stockholders' deficit:
     Preferred stock, $1.00 par value:
        Authorized: 898,171 shares 1998 and 1997
        Issued and outstanding - none 1998 and 1997                                                      -                   -
     Common stock, $.01 par value:
        Class A:
           Authorized:  125,000,000 shares 1998 and 1997
           Issued and outstanding - 49,782,547 shares 1998; 45,936,707 shares 1997                     498                 459
        Class C:
           Authorized: 50,000,000 shares 1998 and 1997
           Issued and outstanding - none 1998 and 1997                                                   -                   -
     Other additional capital                                                                      391,962             383,513
     Note receivable from stockholder                                                               (4,994)             (4,818)
     Accumulated deficit                                                                          (432,253)           (440,068)
     Accumulated other comprehensive income                                                        (29,106)            (29,101)
                                                                                             --------------      --------------
        Total stockholders' deficit                                                                (73,893)            (90,015)
                                                                                             --------------      --------------
        Total liabilities and stockholders' deficit                                          $     119,865       $      81,671
                                                                                             ==============      ==============

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited consolidated financial statements

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                               AMPEX CORPORATION
         CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
                       (in thousands, except share data)
                                  (unaudited)


<S>                                                                        <C>                           <C>
                                                                               Three months ended             Six months ended
                                                                       ---------------------------- ----------------------------
                                                                                   June 30,                      June 30,
                                                                       ---------------------------  --------------------------
                                                                            1998            1997        1998             1997 
                                                                       --------------   ---------   -----------      ---------
     Net sales                                                         $      15,194    $  21,299   $   32,020       $  42,380

     Cost of sales                                                             8,703       10,681       17,599          21,243
                                                                       --------------   ---------  -----------      ----------
       Gross profit                                                            6,491       10,618       14,421          21,137

     Selling and administrative                                                5,101        6,417       10,108          14,063

     Research, development and engineering                                     3,123        3,890        6,161           7,638

     Royalty income                                                           (1,670)      (1,562)      (3,504)         (7,344)

     Restructuring charges                                                         -           -         2,800               -

     Acquisition of in-process research and development                          929           -           929               -
                                                                       --------------   ---------    -----------    ----------
       Operating income (loss)                                                  (992)       1,873       (2,073)          6,780

     Interest expense                                                            913           23         1,575             54

     Amortization of debt financing costs                                         60           -             97              -

     Interest income                                                            (899)        (735)       (1,736)        (1,513)

     Other (income) expense, net                                                   4           (3)           10             55 
                                                                        ------------- ------------   -----------     ----------
       Income (loss) before income taxes                                      (1,070)       2,588        (2,019)         8,184

     Provision for (benefit of) income taxes                                  (4,792)         252        (9,834)           904

       Net income                                                              3,722        2,336         7,815          7,280
                                                                        --------------  ----------   -----------    ----------
     Other comprehensive income, net of tax:

       Foreign currency translation adjustments                                  (75)          24            (5)           (32)
                                                                      ---------------   ----------   ------------   ----------
       Comprehensive income                                                $   3,647     $  2,360     $   7,810     $   7,248
                                                                      ===============   ==========   ============   ==========
     Basic income per share :

       Income per share                                                         0.08    $    0.05      $   0.17   $       0.16
                                                                       ==============  ===========   ============  ===========
     Weighted average number of common shares outstanding                 46,159,624   45,550,703    46,081,901     45,520,127
                                                                       ==============  ===========   ============  ===========
     Diluted income per share :

       Income per share                                                     $    0.08  $      0.05       $      0.17   $    0.16
                                                                       ==============   ===========   ================  ========
     Weighted average  number of common shares outstanding                 47,226,284   46,492,495        46,847,880  46,580,934
                                                                        =============  ============   =============== ==========

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited consolidated financial statements.

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                               AMPEX CORPORATION
                     CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
                                 (in thousands0
                                  (unaudited)

                                                                                      For the six months ended
                                                                                   -----------------------------
                                                                                     June 30,          June 30,
                                                                                   ------------       ---------
                                                                                       1998              1997
                                                                                   ------------       ---------
Cash flows from operating activities:

    <S>                                                                            <C>                <C>
    Net income                                                                     $   7,815          $    7,280

    Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash
       used in operating activities:

         Depreciation, amortization and accretion                                      1,017               1,068

         Acquisition of in-process research and development                              929                   -

         Net increase in notes receivable                                                  -               (426)

         Net increase in accounts receivable                                          (2,577)               (10)

         Net increase in inventories                                                  (5,028)            (3,642)

         Net decrease in long-term receivable                                              8                132

         Net decrease in other assets                                                      3                430

         Net increase in accounts payable                                              1,126                613

         Net decrease in accrued liabilities and
           income taxes payable                                                       (2,149)            (3,474)

         Net decrease in other non-current obligations                               (11,242)            (3,076)

         Net increase (decrease) in accrued restructuring costs                        1,285               (919)
                                                                                -------------         ----------
            Net cash used in operating activities                                     (8,813)            (2,024)
                                                                                -------------         ----------
Cash flows from investing activities:

    Purchase of company, net of cash acquired                                           (338)                  -

    Purchases of short-term investments                                              (61,306)           (42,953)

    Proceeds received on the maturity of short-term investments                       21,239             39,890

    Proceeds from sale of short-term investments                                       6,689                   -

    Additions to property, plant and equipment                                        (1,472)              (719)

    Deferred gain on sale of assets                                                     (407)              (407)
                                                                                -------------         ----------
            Net cash used in investing activities                                    (35,595)            (4,189)
                                                                                -------------         ----------
Cash flows from financing activities:

    Borrowings under working capital facilities                                       18,132              27,235

    Repayments under working capital facilities                                      (17,762)           (27,664)

    Issuance of senior notes and warrants                                             30,000                   -

    Debt financing costs                                                              (1,169)                  -

    Proceeds from issuance of common stock                                               136                 359
                                                                                -------------         ----------
            Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities                       29,337                (70)
                                                                                -------------         ----------
Effect of exchange rates on cash                                                         (27)              (210)
                                                                                -------------         ----------
            Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents                                (15,098)            (6,493)

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period                                        24,076              13,410
                                                                                ------------         -----------
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period                                        $      8,978         $     6,917
                                                                                ============         ===========


The accompanying notes are an integral part of the unaudited consolidated financial statements.

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                                AMPEX CORPORATION
              NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Note 1 -- Ampex Corporation

          Ampex Corporation ("Ampex" or the "Company") is engaged in the design,
development,  production and distribution of high-performance  mass data storage
systems, instrumentation recorders and professional video recording products.

          On  June  30,   1998  Ampex   acquired   MicroNet   Technology,   Inc.
("MicroNet"). MicroNet designs and manufactures high-performance disk arrays for
the use in digital image  applications,  primarily  digital pre-press and video.
The  Consolidated  Balance  Sheet  includes  the  acquired  value of assets  and
liabilities  of MicroNet as more fully  described  in Note 11. The  Consolidated
Statements of  Operations  and  Comprehensive  Income  include a one-time,  $0.9
million  charge in the second quarter of 1998 for acquired  in-process  research
and  development  related to MicroNet,  but since the  acquisition was completed
late in the second quarter, none of MicroNet's operating results for the periods
ended  June 30,  1998  have  been  included  because  they are not  material  to
operations.

          The Company operates in one industry  segment for financial  reporting
purposes:  the design,  development,  production and distribution of high-speed,
high-capacity magnetic recording products and systems.

Note 2 -- Basis of Presentation

          The  consolidated  financial  statements  included  herein  have  been
prepared by the Company, without audit, pursuant to the rules and regulations of
the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission  for  reporting on Form 10-Q.  Certain
information and footnote  disclosures  normally included in financial statements
prepared in accordance with generally accepted  accounting  principles have been
condensed  or omitted  pursuant  to such  rules and  regulations.  In  addition,
certain  reclassifications have been made to the prior year financial statements
to conform to the current year's presentation.  The statements should be read in
conjunction  with the Company's  report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 1997 and the Audited Consolidated Financial Statements included therein.

          In the opinion of  management,  the financial  statements  reflect all
adjustments  (consisting only of normal recurring  adjustments)  necessary for a
fair  presentation of financial  position,  results of operations and cash flows
for the interim periods  presented.  The results of operations for the three and
six-month  periods  ended June 30, 1998 are not  necessarily  indicative  of the
results to be expected for the full year.

          In  June  1997,  the  Financial   Accounting  Standards  Board  issued
Statement of Financial  Accounting  Standards  No. 130 ("SFAS  130"),  Reporting
Comprehensive   Income,  which  specifies  the  computation,   presentation  and
disclosure  requirements for comprehensive  income. The Company implemented SFAS
130 during the first quarter of 1998.

          In  June  1997,  the  Financial   Accounting  Standards  Board  issued
Statement of Financial  Accounting  Standards No. 131 ("SFAS  131"),  Disclosure
about  Segments of an  Enterprise  and Related  Information.  SFAS 131  requires
publicly-held   companies  to  report  financial  and  other  information  about
revenue-producing segments of the entity for which such information is available
and is utilized by the chief operating decision maker.  Specific  information to
be reported for the individual segments includes profit or loss, certain revenue
and  expense  items and total  assets.  A  reconciliation  of segment  financial
information to amounts  reported in the financial  statements would be provided.
SFAS 131 is effective for the Company's fiscal year ending December 31, 1998 and
the impact of its adoption has not been determined.


Note 3 -- Income per Common Share

          The Company  has adopted the  provisions  of  Statement  of  Financial
Accounting Standards No.128 ("SFAS 128"),  Earnings Per Share. SFAS 128 requires
the presentation of basic and diluted income per common share.  Basic income per
common share is computed by dividing net income available to common stockholders
by the weighted  average  number of common  shares  outstanding  for the period.
Diluted  income per common share is computed  giving  effect to all  potentially
dilutive common shares that were outstanding during the period.

          In  accordance  with  the  disclosure  requirements  of  SFAS  128,  a
reconciliation  of the numerator and denominator of basic and diluted income per
common share is provided as follows (in thousands, except per share amounts):


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                               AMPEX CORPORATION
              NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


                                                                           Three months ended              Six months ended
                                                                            June 30,    June 30,           June 30,        June 30,
                                                                             1998         1997               1998            1997  
                                                                           ----------  ----------        -----------      ---------

Numerator - Basic

<S>                                                                        <C>            <C>            <C>             <C>       
      Net income........................................................   $    3,722     $    2,336     $     7,815     $    7,280
                                                                           ==========     ==========     ===========     ==========
Denominator - Basic

      Weighted average common stock outstanding.........................       46,160         45,551          46,082         45,520
                                                                           ----------     ----------     -----------     ----------
Basic income per share..................................................   $     0.08      $    0.05      $     0.17      $    0.16
                                                                           ==========     ==========     ===========     ==========
Numerator - Diluted

      Net income........................................................   $    3,722     $    2,336     $     7,815     $    7,280
                                                                           ==========     ==========     ===========     ==========
Denominator - Diluted

      Weighted average common stock outstanding.........................       46,160         45,551          46,082         45,520
      Contingent shares due to acquisition..............................           40              -              20              -
      Effect of dilutive securities:
           Stock options................................................          268            942             307          1,061
           Redeemable preferred stock...................................          576              -             288              -
           Convertible preferred stock..................................          164              -              82              -
           Warrants.....................................................           18              -              69              -
                                                                           ----------     ----------     -----------     ----------
                                                                               47,226         46,493          46,848         46,581
                                                                           ----------     ----------     -----------     ----------

Diluted income per share................................................   $     0.08      $    0.05      $     0.17      $    0.16
                                                                           ==========     ===========    ===========     ==========
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          In connection  with the  acquisition  of MicroNet,  the Company issued
720,000  shares of Common  Stock.  Such  shares  are held in escrow  subject  to
completion  of an audit of the closing  balance  sheet but have been included in
the computation of diluted weighted  average common stock  outstanding only from
June 30, 1998. See Note 11.



Note 3 -- Income per Common Share (cont'd.)

          In connection  with the redemption of the 8%  Noncumulative  Preferred
Stock,  the Company issued 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock and $20,000,000 face
amount of  Convertible  Preferred  Stock which may be converted  into  5,000,000
shares  of Common  Stock at a price of $4.00 per  share.  The  3,000,000  common
shares have been included in the  computation  of weighted  average common stock
outstanding  only for three days of the fiscal  quarter ended June 30, 1998. The
5,000,000  shares  potentially  issuable on conversion of Convertible  Preferred
Stock have been included in the computation of diluted  weighted  average common
stock outstanding only for such three-day period. See Note 7.

          As more fully  described in Note 7, the Company is obligated to redeem
the Redeemable  Preferred Stock in quarterly  installments over a 10-year period
beginning June 1999. The Company at its election may make redemption payments in
shares of Common Stock or in cash,  subject to certain  statutory  requirements.
The computation of diluted  weighted average common stock  outstanding  included
17,487,200  potentially  diluted  common  shares  assuming  that the  Redeemable
Preferred  Stock is fully  redeemed in Common Stock for three days of the fiscal
quarter ended June 30, 1998. Accordingly, their issuance did not have a material
effect on diluted  income per share for the  periods  ended June 30,  1998.  The
Company intends to adopt a policy on the proportion of redemption payments to be
made in cash and Common Stock effective in the third quarter of 1998.

          Stock options to purchase  1,440,050  shares of common stock at prices
ranging from $2.38 to $10.50 per share were  outstanding  at June 30, 1998,  but
were not included in the  computation  of diluted  income per share  because the
exercise price was greater than the average market value of the common shares.

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                               AMPEX CORPORATION
              NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

          Stock  options to purchase  432,250  shares of common  stock at prices
ranging from $6.44 to $10.50 per share were  outstanding  at June 30, 1997,  but
were not included in the  computation  of diluted  income per share  because the
exercise price was greater than the average market value of the common shares.


Note 4 -- Supplemental Schedule of Cash Flow Information

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                                                                                Six months ended  
                                                                         -------------------------
                                                                             June 30,     June 30,
                                                                              1998          1997
                                                                         -------------  ----------
                                                                                (in thousands)

           Cash payments (net of refunds received) were as follows:

<S>                                                                     <C>                 <C>   
      Interest.....................................................     $         25        $   54
      Income taxes paid............................................              477           988

           Non-cash transactions were as follows:

      Issuance of common stock to acquire MicroNet.................            1,224             -
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Note 5 -- Inventories

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                                                                              June 30,        December 31,
                                                                               1998                1997   
                                                                        -------------        -------------
                                                                                    (in thousands)

      <S>                                                               <C>                  <C>          
      Raw materials................................................     $      10,136        $       6,686
      Work in process..............................................             6,924                5,424
      Finished goods...............................................             5,647                4,270
                                                                        -------------        -------------
           Total...................................................     $      22,707        $      16,380
                                                                        =============        =============
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          Raw  materials  at June 30,  1998  include  $1.3  million  related  to
inventory in connection with the MicroNet acquisition.

Note 6 -- Commitments and Contingencies

          The Company is currently a defendant  in lawsuits  that have arisen in
the ordinary  course of its business.  Management does not believe that any such
lawsuits  or  unasserted  claims  will  have a  material  adverse  effect on the
Company's financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

          The Company  currently is involved in various stages of monitoring and
cleanup relative to environmental  protection  matters,  some of which relate to
past disposal  practices.  Some of these matters are being  overseen by state or
federal  agencies.  Management has provided reserves for certain amounts related
to  investigation  and cleanup costs and believes that the final  disposition of
these matters will not have a material adverse effect on the Company's financial
position, results of operations or cash flows.

Note 7 -- Preferred Stock

         As of December  31,  1997,  the Company  became  required to redeem the
69,970  outstanding  shares  of its 8%  Noncumulative  Preferred  Stock  with an
aggregate liquidation value of $70.0 million (the "Old Preferred Stock"), to the
extent of funds legally available therefor  (generally,  the excess of the value
of  assets  over  liabilities)  at the  redemption  price of $1,000  per  share.
Effective in the second quarter of 1998, the Company completed the


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                                AMPEX CORPORATION
              NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


redemption of the Old Preferred  Stock in exchange for the following  securities
(a) 3,000,000 shares of its Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the
"Class  A  Stock");  (b)  10,000  shares  of a new  series  of 8%  Noncumulative
Convertible  Preferred  Stock,  par value $1.00,  with an aggregate  liquidation
value of $20.0  million  (the  "Convertible  Preferred  Stock");  and (c) 21,859
shares of a new series of 8% Noncumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value
$1.00 per share,  with an  aggregate  liquidation  value of $43.7  million  (the
"Redeemable Preferred Stock").

          Each share of Convertible  Preferred  Stock and  Redeemable  Preferred
Stock (together,  the "New Preferred  Stock") will entitle the holder thereof to
receive noncumulative  dividends at the rate of 8% per annum, if declared by the
Company's Board of Directors.  Each share of Convertible  Preferred Stock may be
converted,  at the  option of the  holder  thereof,  into 500  shares of Class A
Stock,  at a conversion  price of $4.00 per share,  subject to adjustment  under
certain circumstances. Beginning in June 2001, the Company will become obligated
to redeem the  Convertible  Preferred  Stock in quarterly  installments  through
March 2008.  Beginning in June 1999, the Company will become obligated to redeem
the Redeemable Preferred Stock in quarterly  installments through December 2008.
The Company will have the option to redeem the Redeemable Preferred Stock at any
time and the Convertible  Preferred Stock beginning in June 2001, and may at its
election make  optional or mandatory  redemption  payments  either in cash or in
shares of Common Stock.  In the event that the Company does not have  sufficient
funds legally  available to make any mandatory  redemption  payment in cash, the
Company will be required to make such  redemption  payment by issuing  shares of
Common  Stock.  Shares of Common  Stock issued to make any optional or mandatory
redemption  payments  will be valued at the higher of $2.50 or fair market value
per share of Common  Stock.  The  issuance of Common  Stock upon  conversion  or
redemption of the New Preferred  Stock could have a significant  dilutive effect
on the equity interests of the Common  Stockholders in future periods.  See Note
3.

Note 8 -- Income Taxes

          In the first  quarter  of 1998,  the  Company  reversed  $5.2  million
previously reserved in connection with disputed state income taxes for the prior
years,  following the favorable settlement of that dispute in March 1998. In the
second quarter of 1998, the Company reversed $4.9 million previously reserved in
connection  with  the  ongoing  liquidation  of its  subsidiary  in  Italy.  The
provisions for income taxes in the three-month and six-month  periods ended June
30,1997  consist  primarily  of foreign  income taxes and  withholding  taxes on
royalty  income.  The Company was not required to include any provision for U.S.
federal taxes in the first six months of 1998 and 1997 because of certain timing
differences  in the  recognition  of  expense  for tax and  financial  reporting
purposes.

          As  of  December  31,  1997,   the  Company  had  net  operating  loss
carryforwards  for income tax purposes of $100.0 million,  expiring in the years
2005  through  2009.  As a result of certain  financing  transactions  that were
completed in April 1994 and February 1995, the Company's  ability to utilize its
net  operating  losses  and credit  carryforwards  against  future  consolidated
federal income tax liabilities  will be restricted in their  application,  which
will result in a material  amount of the net operating loss never being utilized
by the Company.

Note 9 -- Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

          The  balances  of  each   classification   within   accumulated  other
comprehensive income are as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                                          Minimum            
                                                                                          Pension               Accumulated  
                                                                   Foreign               Liability                 Other     
                                                                  Currency              Adjustment             Comprehensive 
                                                                    Items                                        Income      
                                                              -----------------   -----------------         -----------------
                                                                                    (in thousands

     <S>                                                      <C>                    <C>                    <C>              
      December 31, 1997...............................        $            507       $       (29,608)       $        (29,101)
      Year-to-date change.............................                      (5)                     -                     (5)
                                                              -----------------      ----------------       -----------------
      June 30, 1998...................................        $            502       $       (29,608)       $        (29,106)
                                                              =================      ================       =================
</TABLE>

Note 10 -- Senior Notes

         In January 1998,  the Company issued $30.0 million 12% Senior Notes due
March 15, 2003,  together with warrants to purchase 1,020,000 Common Shares. The
warrants are exercisable at $2.25 per share at any time on or prior to March 15,
2003.  The  warrants  have been  assigned a value of $0.8 million and charged to
other  additional  capital and will be amortized to long-term debt over the term
of the Notes. The indenture under which the Notes were issued contains customary
affirmative and negative  restrictive  covenants that limit, among other things,
the incurrence of additional senior debt, the payment of dividends,  the sale of
assets and other actions by the Company and certain restricted subsidiaries.


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                                AMPEX CORPORATION
              NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


Note 11 - MicroNet Acquisition

         During  the  second  quarter  of  1998,   the  Company   completed  the
acquisition of MicroNet, (the "MicroNet Acquisition").  The MicroNet Acquisition
has been  accounted  for as a purchase,  effective as of June 30, 1998,  and the
Company has been managing the affairs of MicroNet since that date. In connection
with the  MicroNet  Acquisition,  the Company has issued  720,000  shares of its
Common Stock valued at $1.2  million and has acquired  MicroNet  subject to $3.5
million face amount of MicroNet redeemable junior preferred stock, notes payable
of 5.5 million and other  liabilities  estimated at approximately  $4.7 million.
Assets  acquired  consisted of $4.3 million of current  assets,  $0.4 million of
plant and equipment and $0.9 million of in-process  research and development and
other  intangibles  of $6.1 million.  The Company has charged  operations in the
second quarter of 1998 with the acquired in-process research and development and
has amortized  intangibles,  including goodwill, on a straight-line basis over 5
years.  The MicroNet junior preferred stock is redeemable out of a percentage of
earnings of MicroNet  beginning in fiscal 1999. Due to the contingent  nature of
the redemption  provision,  no value has been ascribed in the preferred stock in
determination  of the  purchase  price.  The shares of Common Stock and MicroNet
preferred stock are being held in escrow pending  completion of the closing date
balance sheet and the resolution of other contingencies.

         Pro forma combined results of operations of the Company and MicroNet as
if the acquisition had been completed at the beginning of the periods  presented
are as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                           Year ended                     Six months ended
                                                                       December 31, 1997                    June 30, 1998
                                                                      -----------------            -----------------------

<S>                                                                    <C>                          <C>                 
      Net sales..................................................      $         112,537            $             43,181
      Income (loss) before income taxes..........................      $           1,746            $             (2,960)
      Net income.................................................      $             239            $              6,874
      Income per share
           Basic.................................................      $            0.01            $               0.15
           Diluted...............................................      $            0.01            $               0.15
</TABLE>

         Pro forma  operating  results for the year ended  December 31, 1997 and
for the six months ended June 30, 1998 exclude the one-time charge to operations
for acquired  in-process  research and development.  Pro forma operating results
for all periods include an adjustment to record goodwill amortization.

Note 12 -- Subsequent Event

         On July 17, 1998,  the Company  issued  $14.0  million  additional  12%
Senior Notes due March 15, 2003 pursuant to the terms of the indenture. See Note
10.


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         This Form 10-Q contains  predictions,  projections and other statements
about the future that are intended to be "forward-looking statements" within the
meaning  of  the  Private  Securities   Litigation  Reform  Act  of  1995.  Such
forward-looking  statements  involve known and unknown risks,  uncertainties and
other  important  factors that could cause the actual  results,  performance  or
achievements of the Company,  or industry results, to differ materially from any
future  results,  performance  or  achievements  expressed  or  implied  by such
forward-looking  statements.  Such  risks,  uncertainties  and  other  important
factors include, among others:  potential inaccuracy of future sales and expense
forecasts; effects of increased inventories;  potential inability of the Company
to  execute  its  acquisition,   investment,  licensing  and  other  strategies;
potential inability of the Company to integrate acquired  businesses,  including
the business of MicroNet Technology, Inc.; industry conditions;  declining sales
to  the  government;   declining  sales  of  professional  video  products;  the
development of application software for its 19-millimeter  products;  effects of
the  Company's  relocation  of its  DCRsi(TM)  manufacturing  facilities  to its
Colorado  Springs  facility;   possible  future  issuances  of  debt  or  equity
securities;  and potential  dilution of current  stockholders'  equity;  and the
Company's  liquidity and anticipated  interest expenses.  These  forward-looking
statements speak only as of the date of this Report.  The Company  disclaims any
obligation  or  undertaking   to   disseminate   updates  or  revisions  of  any
forward-looking  statements  contained  or  incorporated  herein to reflect  any
change in the  Company's  expectations  with  regard  thereto  or any  change in
events,  conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based.  Each
forward-looking  statement that the Company  believes is material is accompanied
by one or more cautionary  statements  identifying  important factors that could
cause  actual  results  to  differ   materially  from  those  described  in  the
forward-looking statement. The cautionary statements are set forth following the
forward-looking  statement,  in other sections of this Form 10-Q,  and/or in the
Company's  other  documents  filed with the Securities and Exchange  Commission,
whether or not such documents are incorporated herein by reference. IN ASSESSING
FORWARD-LOOKING  STATEMENTS  CONTAINED  IN THIS FORM 10-Q,  READERS ARE URGED TO
READ CAREFULLY ALL SUCH CAUTIONARY STATEMENTS.

Item 2.     Management's  Discussion  and  Analysis of Financial  Condition  and
            Results of Operations

         The following  discussion  and analysis of the financial  condition and
results of operations of Ampex  Corporation and its subsidiaries  (collectively,
"Ampex"  or the  "Company")  should be read in  conjunction  with the  unaudited
Consolidated  Financial  Statements and the Notes thereto included  elsewhere in
this Report,  and the Consolidated  Financial  Statements and the Notes thereto,
and Management's  Discussion and Analysis of Financial  Condition and Results of
Operations,  included in the  Company's  Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 1997, as filed with the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission
(file no. 0-20292) (the "1997 Form 10-K"), and its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended March 31, 1998.

Results of  Operations  for the Three  Months and Six Months Ended June 30, 1998
and 1997

         Net Sales.  Net sales  declined by 28.7% to $15.2 million in the second
quarter of 1998 from $21.3 million in the second  quarter of 1997,  and by 24.4%
to $32.0 million in the first six months of 1998 from $42.4 million in the first
six  months  of  1997.  This  decrease  was due to a  decline  in  shipments  of
instrumentation  recorders and television products, offset by increased sales of
19-millimeter  data  storage  products.  See "Mass  Data  Storage  Products  and
Instrumentation Recorders," below. The Company's backlog of firm orders was $6.9
million at December  31,  1997,  declined to $4.8  million at March 31, 1998 and
increased to $5.8 million at June 30, 1998. The Company typically  operates with


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low levels of backlog,  requiring it to obtain most of each  period's  orders in
the same period that they must be shipped to  customers.  Historically,  a small
number  of  large  orders,   particularly  for  instrumentation  products,  have
significantly  impacted  sales  levels.  In the  first six  months of 1998,  the
Company  responded to proposals for such products on several large programs that
have not yet been awarded. Any increase in sales of instrumentation  products in
future  periods will depend to a large extent on whether such programs  actually
proceed  and,  if so, in which  periods.  As  previously  reported,  the Company
intends to increase net sales by  introducing  new products and by acquiring new
businesses and making investments in companies. As of June 30, 1998, the Company
completed  the  acquisition  of  MicroNet  Technology,   Inc.  ("MicroNet"),   a
manufacturer  of  disk  arrays  and  network   attached   storage  products  for
image-based  markets,  including  the video and  commercial  pre-press  markets.
Because  of the risks and  uncertainties  inherent  in making  acquisitions  and
investments,  there can be no assurance  that the Company will  successfully  be
able to  integrate  MicroNet's  business or complete any other  acquisitions  or
investments  or that the Company will realize any financial  benefit  therefrom.
Management  believes that sales in the second half of the year,  excluding sales
of MicroNet,  will continue to be negatively  affected by the factors  discussed
below.  Accordingly,  the Company  intends to control  expenses to minimize  the
impact on the Company's results of operations.

         Mass Data Storage Products and Instrumentation Recorders. Sales of mass
data storage  products and  instrumentation  recorders and related  after-market
products  totaled $12.3 million for the second quarter of 1998 and $25.8 million
for the first half of 1998,  and declined  from the  comparable  periods in 1997
when  sales  of  such  products   totaled  $17.5  million  and  $34.4   million,
respectively.  This is due to a decline in sales of instrumentation  products. A
significant  portion of the Company's  instrumentation  product  sales  reflects
purchases by  government  agencies and defense  contractors  pursuant to federal
government procurement programs. These sales fluctuate as a result of changes in
government  spending  programs   (including  defense  programs),   and  seasonal
procurement practices of government agencies.  Sales of the Company's DST(R) and
DIS(TM)  products  increased  slightly  in the first  six-month  period of 1998,
compared to the comparable period of 1997.  Broader  acceptance of the Company's
DST products in its target markets will depend  significantly on the integration
and vendor support of third party  application  software,  factors which are not
within the Company's  control and which,  if delayed,  may adversely  affect DST
product sales in future quarters.

         Professional Video Recording and Other Products. As anticipated,  sales
of  professional  video  recording  products and all other products  (consisting
primarily of  television  after-market  products)  continued to decrease to $2.9
million in the second quarter of 1998 from $3.8 million in the second quarter of
1997,  and to $6.2  million in the first  half of 1998 from $7.9  million in the
first half of 1997.  The  Company's  DCT(R)  digital  products were designed for
existing broadcast transmission standards, which are expected to become obsolete
upon the  adoption  of new digital  transmission  standards  that were  recently
announced.  Accordingly,  the Company anticipates that sales of its professional
video  products  and  related  after-market  products  will  continue to decline
pending  the  establishment  of new  standards  and  until new  products  can be
introduced that are designed for them.

         Gross Profit.  Gross profit as a percentage  of net sales  decreased to
42.7% in the second  quarter  of 1998 from 49.9% in the second  quarter of 1997,
and to 45.0% in the first six  months of 1998 from 49.9% in the first six months
of 1997.  The decline in gross profit  margin  results from lower  percentage of
sales of the Company's  instrumentation  products,  and overall decline in sales
volume that resulted in lower absorption of fixed manufacturing costs.

         Selling  and  Administrative   Expenses.   Selling  and  administrative
expenses  decreased  to $5.1  million  in the  second  quarter of 1998 from $6.4
million in the second quarter of 1997, and to $10.1 


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million in the first half of 1998 from $14.1  million in the first half of 1997.
This decline is a result of reduced patent infringement  litigation expenses, as
well as continued  implementation  of cost controls.  The Company  incurred $0.3
million  of patent  infringement  litigation  expenses  in the first and  second
quarter of 1998,  compared to $1.9 million and $1.7 million of such  expenses in
the first and second quarters of 1997.

         Research,  Development and Engineering Expenses. Research,  development
and engineering expenses decreased to $3.1 million in the second quarter of 1998
from $3.9 million in the second  quarter of 1997,  and decreased to $6.2 million
in the first half of 1998 from $7.6  million in the first half of 1997.  Reduced
expense  levels  are  largely  attributable  to  the  Company's  keepered  media
development program,  which was substantially  completed in 1997. The Company is
committed  to investing in research,  development  and  engineering  programs at
levels that management believes can be supported by current sales levels.

         Acquisition of In-process Research and Development.  In connection with
the  acquisition  of  MicroNet,  the  independent  appraisal  of the  in-process
research and  development  resulted in the  recording of a one-time $0.9 million
charge in the second quarter of 1998.

         Royalty Income. Royalty income was $1.7 million and $1.6 million in the
second quarters of 1998 and 1997, respectively and $3.5 million and $7.3 million
in the first half of 1998 and 1997, respectively.  The decline in royalty income
of $3.8 million resulted from Company receipts of approximately  $3.7 million in
the first half of 1997 from nonrecurring  royalties  resulting from a negotiated
settlement  related  to  sales  of  products  by the  manufacturer  prior to the
negotiation  of a license  from the  Company.  The  Company  did not receive any
nonrecurring  royalty  payments  in the  first  half of  1998.  The  Company  is
currently   assessing   whether  its  patented   technology  is  being  used  by
manufacturers  of video games, DVD recorders and digital  television  receivers.
There can be no assurance that the manufacturers of these products are utilizing
the  Company's  technology  or, if used,  whether  the  Company  will be able to
negotiate license agreements with the manufacturers.

         Royalty income has  historically  fluctuated  widely due to a number of
factors that the Company cannot predict or control, such as the extent of use of
the Company's  patented  technology by third  parties,  the  materiality  of any
nonrecurring  royalties  received as the result of  negotiated  settlements  for
products sold by manufacturers  prior to entering licensing  agreements with the
Company,  the extent to which the  Company  must pursue  litigation  in order to
enforce its patents,  and the ultimate  success of its licensing and  litigation
activities.  The costs of patent litigation can be material, and the institution
of patent  enforcement  litigation  may also increase the risk of  counterclaims
alleging infringement by the Company of patents held by third parties or seeking
to invalidate patents held by the Company. See "Legal Proceedings," below.

         Restructuring  Charges  (Credits).  The  Company  did  not  record  any
restructuring  charges or credits in the second  quarter of 1998 and  recorded a
restructuring  charge of $2.8 million in the first quarter of 1998.  The Company
did not record any  restructuring  charges or credits in the first half of 1997.
The  charge of $2.8  million  in the first six  months of 1998 was  incurred  in
connection with the Company's relocation of a portion of its DCRsi manufacturing
operations from its Redwood City,  California  facility to its Colorado Springs,
Colorado facility, and from a concurrent workforce reduction.  The relocation is
expected to reduce operating costs by up to $5.0 million annually. These savings
may be offset in whole or in part by increases  in  marketing  expenses or other
factors.  The Company  expects to implement  the  relocation  in various  phases
throughout the remainder of 1998.

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         Operating Income (Loss). The Company incurred an operating loss of $1.0
million in the second  quarter of 1998,  and reported  operating  income of $1.9
million in the second quarter of 1997. The operating loss was primarily due to a
charge  of  $0.9  million  for  acquired  in-process  research  and  development
pertaining  to the  MicroNet  acquisition  and to the decline in sales which was
offset, in part, by expense reductions.  The Company generated an operating loss
of $2.1 million in the first half of 1998, and reported operating income of $6.8
million in the first half of 1997. The decline in operating  income in the first
six months of 1998 resulted from a reduction in  nonrecurring  royalty income of
$3.7  million,  a charge of $0.9  million for acquired  in-process  research and
development and a provision for restructuring of $2.8 million.  In addition,  in
the first six months of 1998,  operating  income was  negatively  affected  by a
decline in net sales, offset by reduced patent infringement litigation and other
operating expenses from 1997 levels.

         Interest  Expense.  Interest expense  increased  between the comparison
periods due to the issuance of the  Company's  outstanding  12% Senior Notes due
2003 (the "12% Senior  Notes"),  the first of which were issued in January 1998.
See "Liquidity and Capital  Resources -- Financing  Transactions" and Note 10 of
Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements.

         Interest  Income.   Interest  income  increased  slightly  between  the
comparison  periods,  resulting  primarily  from higher cash balances due to the
proceeds  of the 12% Senior  Notes in the first half of 1998,  offset in part by
the  prepayment of notes issued to the Company in connection  with the 1996 sale
of the Company's Redwood City property.

         Other  Expense,  Net.  Other  expense,  net, in both periods  consisted
primarily of foreign currency transaction gains and losses.

         Provision for Income Taxes.  In the first quarter of 1998,  the Company
reversed  $5.2 million  previously  reserved in connection  with disputed  state
income taxes for the prior years,  following  the  favorable  settlement of that
dispute in March 1998. In the second quarter of 1998, the Company  reversed $4.9
million  previously  reserved in connection with the ongoing  liquidation of its
subsidiary  in  Italy.  The  Company  derives  pretax  foreign  income  from its
international  operations,  which  are  conducted  principally  by  its  foreign
subsidiaries.  In addition,  the Company's royalty income is subject, in certain
cases,  to foreign  tax  withholding.  Such  income is taxed by  foreign  taxing
authorities,  and the Company's  domestic tax timing  differences  and operating
losses,  if any,  are not  deductible  in  computing  such  foreign  taxes.  The
provision  for income  taxes in the first half of 1997  consisted  primarily  of
foreign income taxes and withholding taxes on royalty income.

         Net Income.  The  Company  reported  net income of $7.8  million in the
first half of 1998 compared to $7.3 million in the first half of 1997, primarily
as a result of the factors  discussed above under "Operating  Income (Loss)" and
"Provision for Income Taxes."

Liquidity and Capital Resources

         Cash  Flow.  At June 30,  1998,  the  Company  had cash and  short-term
investments of $60.0 million and working  capital of $64.4 million.  At December
31, 1997, the Company had cash and  short-term  investments of $41.8 million and
working  capital of $44.6 million.  The increases in the 1998 period reflect the
receipt of  approximately  $28.8  million  of net  proceeds  from the  Company's
January 1998 issuance of its 12% Senior Notes.  Major items impacting net income
in 1998,  which did not generate or use cash  included a $5.2 million  favorable
settlement of disputed state income taxes, $4.9 million favorable  resolution of
prior  years'  foreign  contingencies  and the  recording  of $0.9  million  for


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acquired  in-process  research and development as a result of the acquisition of
MicroNet.  The  Company's  operating  activities  utilized  cash of $8.8 million
during the first half of 1998 and utilized cash of $2.0 million during the first
half of 1997.  The  Company  has  increased  its  inventories  by $5.0  million,
excluding the inventory of $0.5 million acquired through the MicroNet  purchase,
over year-end 1997 levels,  primarily in  anticipation  of disruptions  that may
result  from  the  phased  relocation  during  1998 of a  portion  of its  DCRsi
manufacturing  operations to its Colorado Springs facility.  The Company expects
that 1998  inventory  levels will remain  higher than in 1997 periods until this
relocation  has been  completed.  Any increased  investment in  inventories  may
expose the  Company  to an  increased  risk of  inventory  write-offs  in future
periods. In addition,  the Company's accounts receivable balance,  excluding the
receivable  balance of $1.8  million  acquired  through the  MicroNet  purchase,
increased by $2.6 million  during the first half of 1998, due primarily to sales
to government agencies in the United Kingdom and Germany,  which are not due for
payment until the third and fourth quarter of 1998.

         The Company has  available,  through a  subsidiary,  a working  capital
facility  that  allows it to borrow or obtain  letters of credit  totaling  $7.0
million,  based on eligible accounts  receivable,  through May 2000. At June 30,
1998, the Company had  borrowings  outstanding of 0.8 million and had letters of
credit issued against the facility totaling $2.3 million.

         Financing  Transactions.  As at December 31, 1997,  the Company  became
required  to  redeem  the  69,970  outstanding  shares  of its 8%  Noncumulative
Preferred Stock with an aggregate  liquidation  value of $70.0 million (the "Old
Preferred Stock"), to the extent of funds legally available therefor (generally,
the excess of the value of assets over  liabilities) at the redemption  price of
$1,000 per share.  Pursuant to an agreement in the second  quarter of 1998,  the
Company  completed the redemption of the Old Preferred Stock in exchange for the
following securities (a) 3,000,000 shares of its Class A Common Stock, par value
$0.01 per share (the "Class A Stock");  (b) 10,000  shares of a new series of 8%
Noncumulative  Convertible  Preferred Stock, par value $1.00,  with an aggregate
liquidation value of $20.0 million (the "Convertible  Preferred Stock"); and (c)
21,859 shares of a new series of 8%  Noncumulative  Redeemable  Preferred Stock,
par value $1.00 per share, with an aggregate  liquidation value of $43.7 million
(the "Redeemable Preferred Stock").

         Each share of  Convertible  Preferred  Stock and  Redeemable  Preferred
Stock  (together,  the "New Stock")  will entitle the holder  thereof to receive
noncumulative  dividends  at  the  rate  of 8% per  annum,  if  declared  by the
Company's Board of Directors.  Each share of Convertible  Preferred Stock may be
converted,  at the option of the holder thereof,  at a conversion price of $4.00
per share, into 500 shares of Class A Stock, subject to adjustment under certain
circumstances.  Beginning  in June 2001,  the Company  will become  obligated to
redeem  the  Convertible  Preferred  Stock  in  quarterly  installments  through
December  2008.  Beginning in June 1999,  the Company  will become  obligated to
redeem the Redeemable  Preferred Stock in quarterly  installments  through March
2008. The Company will have the option to redeem the Redeemable  Preferred Stock
at any time and the Convertible Preferred Stock beginning in June 2001, and will
have the  option  to make  mandatory  redemption  payments  either in cash or in
shares of Common Stock.  In the event that the Company does not have  sufficient
funds legally  available to make any mandatory  redemption  payment in cash, the
Company will be required to make such  redemption  payment by issuing  shares of
Common  Stock.  Shares of Common  Stock issued to make any optional or mandatory
redemption  payments  will be valued at the higher of $2.50 or fair market value
per share of Common Stock.  The Company has not adopted a policy with respect to
the proportion of the Redeemable  Preferred Stock that may be redeemed in shares
or in cash.  Pending  adoption of such a policy,  the Company has included  17.5
million  shares of Common Stock in the  calculation  of its dilutive  income per
common share on an "if converted"  basis in accordance  with SFAS 128.  However,
such shares were  included  only for a  three-day  period in the fiscal  quarter
ended  June 30,  1998 and  their  



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effect on diluted  income per share was not  material.  At  present,  management
believes  that the Company may redeem a  significant  portion of the  Redeemable
Preferred  Stock for cash,  and the  balance for Common  Stock at future  market
prices  (but not less than  $2.50 per  share).  The  Company  expects to adopt a
policy with respect to such  redemption  in the third  quarter of 1998.  Diluted
income per share will be  calculated on the basis of this policy and the current
market price of the Company's  common stock,  which could have a material effect
on  diluted  income  per share in future  periods.  See Note 3 and 7 of Notes to
Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements.

         In January  1998,  the Company  issued $30.0  million of its 12% Senior
Notes,  together with  Warrants to purchase  1.02 million  shares of its Class A
Common Stock (the "Class A Stock").  The Warrants are  exercisable  at $2.25 per
share at any time on or prior to March 15,  2003.  Subsequent  to the end of the
second quarter of 1998,  the Company  issued an additional  $14.0 million of 12%
Senior Notes. As a result of the issuance of the 12% Senior Notes, the Company's
total   indebtedness   and  future  debt  service   obligations  have  increased
significantly  from prior levels.  A portion of the net proceeds of the offering
have been  invested  to repay  short-term  debt and trade  accounts  payable  of
MicroNet, and the balance has been invested in short-term government securities.
The yield on short-term  investments  is  substantially  lower than the interest
charges on the 12% Senior Notes.  The Company has wide  discretion as to how the
proceeds may be invested,  including for  acquisitions of and investments in new
businesses.  Any such investments or acquisitions,  if made, are not expected to
pay a current  return,  which could  require  the  Company to fund debt  service
obligations  on the 12%  Senior  Notes out of its  liquidity  and cash flow from
existing operations.  The Indenture under which the 12% Senior Notes were issued
contains customary  affirmative and negative  restrictive  covenants that limit,
among other things,  the  incurrence of additional  senior debt,  the payment of
dividends,  the sale of assets and other  actions  by the  Company  and  certain
restricted subsidiaries.

Readiness for Year 2000

         Many existing computer systems,  applications and other control devices
(collectively,  "Systems")  use only two  digits to  identify a year in the date
field,  and will  therefore be unable to reflect  accurately the change from the
year 1999 to the years 2000 and beyond.  Unless  corrected,  these Systems could
fail or create erroneous results,  rendering them unable to process data related
to the year 2000.  The Company relies on its Systems in operating and monitoring
all major aspects of its business,  including financial systems (such as general
ledger,   accounts   payable   and   payroll   modules),    customer   services,
infrastructure,   embedded  computer  chips,  networks  and   telecommunications
equipment and products.  The Company also relies on the external  Systems of its
suppliers and other organizations with which it does business.

         The Company has  established a Year 2000  Compliance  Committee that is
investigating  the  impact  of the  year  2000 on the  Company's  business.  The
Committee membership includes representatives involved in all major functions of
the Company.  Its charter is to identify all Systems that, if not in compliance,
could adversely  affect the Company's  business.  For critical  Systems that are
found not to be in compliance,  the Committee  will develop a plan,  including a
budget for associated  costs, to ensure  compliance before the year 2000. It has
already  been  determined  that  many  of the  Company's  Systems,  such  as its
manufacturing  Systems, are in compliance.  Other Systems, such as its financial
Systems, currently do not comply but are expected to do so this year pursuant to
vendor maintenance agreements. To date, no material issue has been identified in
any of the other  Systems used or relied upon by the Company.  However,  despite
the  Company's  efforts  thus far to address the Year 2000  impact,  the Company
cannot  guarantee  that all internal or external  Systems will be compliant,  or
that  its  business  will  not be  materially  adversely  affected  by any  such
non-compliance.


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                          PART II -- OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.    Legal Proceedings

         The  Company  is a  party  to  routine  litigation  incidental  to  its
business.  In the opinion of  management,  no such current or pending  lawsuits,
either  individually or in the aggregate,  are likely to have a material adverse
effect on the  company's  financial  condition,  results of  operations  or cash
flows.

         Ampex has previously  reported that it has been engaged since late 1995
in patent  infringement  litigation  with  Mitsubishi  Electric  Corporation and
Mitsubishi  Electric America Inc. regarding the manufacture of certain video and
data  recording  products  and  television  receivers.  A  description  of  this
litigation is included  under the caption "Legal  Proceedings"  in the 1997 Form
10-K, and there have been no material  changes in the status of this  litigation
since the filing of that report.

         The Company's  facilities  are subject to numerous  federal,  state and
local laws and  regulations  designed  to  protect  the  environment  from waste
emissions and hazardous  substances.  The Company is also subject to the federal
Occupational Safety and Health Act and other laws and regulations  affecting the
safety and health of employees in its facilities.  Management  believes that the
Company is generally in compliance in all material  respects with all applicable
environmental and occupational safety laws and regulations or has plans to bring
operations  into  compliance.   Management  does  not  anticipate  that  capital
expenditures  for  pollution  control  equipment for fiscal 1998 or 1999 will be
material.

         Owners and occupiers of sites containing hazardous substances,  as well
as generators and  transporters  of hazardous  substances,  are subject to broad
liability under various federal and state  environmental  laws and  regulations,
including  liability for investigative and cleanup costs and damages arising out
of past  disposal  activities.  The  Company  has been  named  as a  potentially
responsible  party by the United  States  Environmental  Protection  Agency with
respect to four contaminated  sites that have been designated as Superfund sites
on the National Priorities List under the Comprehensive  Environmental Response,
Compensation  and  Liability  Act of  1980.  The  Company  is  engaged  in seven
environmental  investigation,  remediation and/or monitoring activities at sites
located off Company facilities,  including the removal of solvent  contamination
from subsurface aquifers at a site in Sunnyvale, California, and surface cleanup
and the  closure  of a  former  site in El  Segundo,  California.  Some of these
activities involve the participation of state and local government agencies. The
other five sites  (including the four Superfund  sites) are associated  with the
operations of the Company's  former  magnetic tape  subsidiaries  (collectively,
"Media"). Although the Company sold Media in November 1995, the Company may have
continuing liability with respect to environmental  contamination at these sites
if Media fails to discharge its responsibilities with respect to such sites.

         Because  of  the  inherent   uncertainty  as  to  various   aspects  of
environmental  matters,  including the extent of environmental  damage, the most
desirable remediation  techniques and the time period during which cleanup costs
may be incurred,  it is not possible for the Company to estimate with any degree
of certainty the ultimate  costs that it may incur with respect to the currently
pending environmental matters referred to above. Nevertheless, at June 30, 1998,
the Company had an accrued  liability of $2.0 million for pending  environmental
liabilities associated with the Sunnyvale site and certain other sites currently
owned or leased by the Company.  The Company has not accrued for any  contingent
liabilities it may incur with respect to the former Media sites discussed above.
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management, management believes it is only remotely likely that the liability of
the Company in connection with such pending matters,  either  individually or in
the aggregate,  will be material to the Company's financial condition or results
of operations or material to investors.

         Although the Company  believes that it is generally in compliance  with
all  applicable  environmental  laws  and  regulations  or has  plans  to  bring
operations into  compliance,  it is possible that the Company will be named as a
potentially responsible party in the future with respect to additional Superfund
or other  sites.  Furthermore,  because the  Company  conducts  its  business in
foreign  countries  as well as in the U.S.,  it is not  possible  to predict the
effect that future  domestic or foreign  regulation  could have on the Company's
business,  operating  results or cash flow.  There can be no assurance  that the
Company  will not  ultimately  incur  liability  in excess of amounts  currently
reserved for pending environmental  matters, or that additional liabilities with
respect to environmental matters will not be asserted.  In addition,  changes in
environmental regulations could impose the need for additional capital equipment
or other  requirements.  Such  liabilities or regulations  could have a material
adverse effect on the Company in the future.



Item 2.   Changes in Securities and Use of Proceeds

          Not applicable.

Item 3.   Defaults Upon Senior Securities

          Not applicable.

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

         On May 15, 1998, the Company held its Annual  Meeting of  Stockholders.
The stockholders elected Edward J. Bramson and William A. Stoltzfus,  Jr. as the
Class I  directors.  Mr.  Bramson  received  39,182,780  votes  in  favor of his
election,  with 1,135,067 votes withheld and no broker  nonvotes.  Mr. Stoltzfus
received  39,209,784  votes in  favor  of his  election,  with  1,108,063  votes
withheld and no broker nonvotes.  The stockholders also ratified the appointment
of PricewaterhouseCoopers L.L.P. as the Company's independent public accountants
for the fiscal  1998 with  39,842,409  votes in favor,  324,033  votes  opposed,
151,405 votes abstaining, and no broker nonvotes.

Item 5.   Other Information

          Not applicable.

Item 6(a). Exhibits

         The Exhibits to this Quarterly  Report on Form 10-Q/A are listed in the
Exhibit  Index which  appears  elsewhere  herein and is  incorporated  herein by
reference.

Item 6(b). Reports on Form 8-K



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         1. The Company filed a Current  Report on Form 8-K on or about July 15,
1998 to  report,  pursuant  to  Item 5 of Form  8-K,  the  redemption  of its 8%
Noncumulative Preferred Stock in exchange for securities of the Company.

         2. The Company filed a Current  Report on Form 8-K on or about July 30,
1998 to  report,  pursuant  to Items 2 and 5,  respectively,  of Form  8-K,  the
acquisition  of  MicroNet  Technology,  Inc.  and the  issuance  of  $14,000,000
principal amount of additional 12% Senior Notes due 2003.

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                                   SIGNATURES

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

                                           AMPEX CORPORATION


Date:  March 8, 1999                       /s/ EDWARD J. BRAMSON
                                           -------------------------------------
                                           Edward J. Bramson
                                           Chairman and Chief Executive Officer



Date:  March 8, 1999                       /s/ CRAIG L. McKIBBEN
                                           -------------------------------------
                                           Craig L. McKibben
                                           Vice President, Chief Financial
                                            Officer and Treasurer


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                                AMPEX CORPORATION

                         FORM 10-Q/A FOR THE QUARTER ENDED
                                  JUNE 30, 1998

                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number               Description

4.3                  Purchase  Agreement,  dated  July  17,  1998,  between  the
                     Registrant  and  First  Albany   Corporation,   as  Initial
                     Purchaser,  relating to the  Company's 12% Senior Notes due
                     2003 (filed as Exhibit 1.1 to the Company's  Form 8-K filed
                     on July 30, 1998 and incorporated herein by reference).

3.1                  Certificate of Designations,  Preferences and Rights of the
                     Registrant's 8% Noncumulative  Convertible  Preferred Stock
                     and 8% Noncumulative  Redeemable  Preferred Stock, as filed
                     with the  Secretary of Delaware on July 2, 1998.  (filed as
                     Exhibit  3.1 to the  Company's  Form 8-K  filed on July 15,
                     1998 and incorporated herein by reference).

4.3                  Exchange  Agreement for 8%  Noncumulative  Preferred Stock,
                     dated as of June 22, 1998, among the Registrant and Holders
                     named therein  (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's  Form
                     8-K  filed on July  15,  1998 and  incorporated  herein  by
                     reference).

4.2                  First  Amendment  to  Indenture,  dated as of July 2, 1998,
                     between  the  Registrant  and  IBJ  Schroder  Bank &  Trust
                     Company,  as trustee (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's
                     Form 8-K filed on July 30, 1998 and incorporated  herein by
                     reference).

4.3                  Exchange and  Registration  Rights  Agreement,  dated as of
                     July 2,  1998,  between  the  Registrant  and  the  Initial
                     Purchaser  (filed as Exhibit 4.2 to the Company's  Form 8-K
                     filed  on  July  30,  1998  and   incorporated   herein  by
                     reference).

4.4                  Acquisition Agreement, dated as of June 24, 1998, among the
                     Registrant Ampex Holdings Corporation  ("Holdings") and the
                     several  selling  shareholders  named  therein  ("Sellers")
                     (filed as Exhibit  4.3 to the  Company's  Form 8-K filed on
                     July 30, 1998 and incorporated herein by reference).

4.5                  Supplement to Acquisition  Agreement,  dated June 30, 1998,
                     among the  Registrant,  Holdings and the Sellers  (filed as
                     Exhibit  4.4 to the  Company's  Form 8-K  filed on July 30,
                     1998 and incorporated herein by reference).

4.6                  Second Supplement to Acquisition Agreement,  dated July 16,
                     1998, among the Registrant, Holdings and the Sellers (filed
                     as Exhibit 4.5 to 


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                     the  Company's   Form  8-K  filed  on  July  30,  1998  and
                     incorporated herein by reference).

27.1*                Financial Data Schedule.

*Filed herewith.


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                              THE   SCHEDULE    CONTAINS   SUMMARY    FINANCIAL
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                              MONTHS  ENDED JUNE 30, 1998 AND IS  QUALIFIED  IN
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