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

                                   FORM 8-K/A

                                 AMENDMENT NO. 1

                           AMENDMENT TO CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 or 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

        Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 15, 1996

                              Alltrista Corporation

           State of Indiana Commission File Number 0-21052 35-1828377

                      345 South High Street, P. O. Box 5004
                           Muncie, Indiana 47307-5004

       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (317) 281-5000
   --------------------------------------------------------------------------




<PAGE>



ITEM 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

     (a) Financial Statements of businesses acquired.

     See Index to Financial  Statements and Pro Forma  Financial  Information on
     page 4 and pages referenced hereon.

     (b) Pro Forma Financial Information.

     See Index to Financial  Statements and Pro Forma  Financial  Information on
     page 4 and pages referenced hereon.

     (c)  Exhibits

     None.





<PAGE>




                                   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.


                                       ALLTRISTA CORPORATION
                                           (Registrant)

                                   By: /s/ Thomas B. Clark
                                   -------------------------------------
                                           Thomas B. Clark
                                           President and Chief Executive Officer
                                           May 29, 1996


<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>


                              ALLTRISTA CORPORATION
                                    FORM 8-K
        INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION



<S>                                                                 <C> 
KERR CONSUMER PRODUCTS DIVISION                                      PAGE

Independent Auditors' Report                                           5

Balance sheet as of December 31, 1995                                  6

Statement of Operations and Divisional Equity
   for the year ended December 31, 1995                                7

Statement of Cash Flows for the year ended December 31, 1995           8

Notes to Financial Statements                                          9-16

ALLTRISTA CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
AND KERR CONSUMER PRODUCTS DIVISION

Pro Forma Condensed Combined Balance sheet as of March 31, 1996        17

Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statement of Income for the year
         ended December 31, 1995                                       18

Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statement of Income for the three
         months ended March 31, 1996                                   19

Notes to Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Statements             20-21
</TABLE>

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Item 7 (a)   Financial Statements of Business Acquired








                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT



To the Board of Directors
Kerr Group, Inc.:


We have  audited  the  accompanying  balance  sheet  of Kerr  Consumer  Products
Division  (a  division  of Kerr  Group,  Inc.) as of  December  31, 1995 and the
related  statements of operations and  divisional  equity and cash flows for the
year then  ended.  These  financial  statements  are the  responsibility  of the
Company's  management.  Our  responsibility  is to  express  an opinion on these
financial  statements  based on our audit.  We conducted our audit in accordance
with generally accepted auditing standards. Those standards require that we plan
and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial
statements are free of material misstatement.  An audit includes examining, on a
test basis,  evidence  supporting  the amounts and  disclosures in the financial
statements.  An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and
significant  estimates  made by  management,  as well as evaluating  the overall
financial  statement  presentation.   We  believe  that  our  audit  provides  a
reasonable  basis for our opinion.  In our  opinion,  the  financial  statements
referred to above  present  fairly,  in all  material  respects,  the  financial
position of Kerr  Consumer  Products  Division  as of December  31, 1995 and the
results  of its  operations  and its  cash  flows  for the  year  then  ended in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.


[SIGNATURE OF KPMG PEAT MARWICK, LLP]

APRIL 26, 1996
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA



<PAGE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>


                       KERR CONSUMER PRODUCTS DIVISION (A
                          Division of Kerr Group, Inc.)
                                  Balance Sheet
                                December 31, 1995
                                 (In thousands)

<S>                                                      <C>
ASSETS

Current assets:
    Cash                                                  $      3
    Trade receivables, less allowance for doubtful
       accounts of $328                                        208
    Other receivables                                          308
    Inventories                                             13,028
                                                          --------

              Total current assets                          13,547

Property, plant and equipment, net                           4,697

Intangibles, net                                               316
                                                          --------
                                                          $ 18,560
                                                          ========

LIABILITIES AND DIVISIONAL EQUITY

Current liabilities:
    Accounts payable                                      $  1,375
    Accrued pension liability                                  440
    Other current liabilities                                  215
                                                          --------

              Total current liabilities                      2,030

Pension liability                                            2,135

Accrued postretirement benefit liability                       206

Divisional equity                                           14,189
                                                          --------
                                                          $ 18,560
                                                          ========


See accompanying notes to financial statements.
</TABLE>


<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                       KERR CONSUMER PRODUCTS DIVISION (A
                          Division of Kerr Group, Inc.)
                  Statement of Operations and Divisional Equity
                          Year ended December 31, 1995
                                 (In thousands)



<S>                                                       <C>
Net sales                                                  $  29,808
Cost of sales                                                 22,502
                                                          ----------

           Gross profit                                        7,306
                                                          ----------

Operating expenses:
    Plant and shipping expenses                                1,979
    Direct selling, general and
       administrative expenses                                 4,616
    Parent allocated expenses                                  1,665
                                                          ----------

           Total operating expenses                            8,260
                                                          ----------
            Net loss                                            (954)

Equity distributions, net                                     (1,335)

Divisional equity at December 31, 1994                        16,478
                                                          ----------

Divisional equity at December 31, 1995                     $  14,189
                                                          ==========


See accompanying notes to financial statements.
</TABLE>



<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                       KERR CONSUMER PRODUCTS DIVISION (A
                          Division of Kerr Group, Inc.)
                            Statement of Cash Flows
                          Year ended December 31, 1995
                                 (In thousands)



<S>                                                            <C>
Cash flows provided by operations:
    Net loss                                                   $    (954)
    Add (deduct) noncash items included in net loss:
      Depreciation and amortization                                  250
      Reduction in total pension liability, net                     (186)
    Changes in other operating working capital:
      Receivables                                                    565
      Inventories                                                  2,853
      Accounts payable                                               421
      Accrued expenses                                              (433)
                                                               ---------

              Cash flows provided by operations                    2,516
                                                               ---------

Cash flow used by investing activities:
    Capital expenditures                                            (886)
    Payments associated with relocation of operations               (205)
    Other, net                                                       (90)
                                                               ---------

              Cash flow used by investing activities              (1,181)
                                                               ---------

Cash flow used by financing activities - equity
    distributions, net                                            (1,335)
                                                               ----------

              Net change during the year                            --



Balance at beginning of year                                           3
                                                               ----------

Balance at end of year                                         $       3
                                                               ==========


See accompanying notes to financial statements.
</TABLE>


<PAGE>



                        KERR CONSUMER PRODUCTS DIVISION 
                        (A Division of Kerr Group, Inc.)
                          Notes to Financial Statements
                               December 31, 1995
                                 (In thousands)


(1)    BASIS OF PRESENTATION

       The  accompanying  financial  statements  include  the  accounts  of Kerr
       Consumer  Products  Division  (Kerr CPD), a division of Kerr Group,  Inc.
       (Parent) which is a publicly-traded  company.  Kerr CPD is a manufacturer
       and distributor of home canning supplies.

       Kerr CPD's financial statements include the assets, liabilities, revenues
       and expenses which are specifically  identifiable  with Kerr CPD, as well
       as certain  allocated  expenses for services that have  historically been
       performed by the corporate headquarters of the Parent. These expenses are
       allocated using various methods dependent upon the nature of the service.
       Kerr CPD's  management  believes that these  allocations  are  reasonable
       under the circumstances;  however,  these allocations are not necessarily
       indicative of the costs and expenses that would have resulted if Kerr CPD
       had been operated as a separate entity.

       The  net  cash  position  of  the  Parent  has  been  managed  through  a
       centralized  treasury system.  Accordingly,  transfers of cash within the
       treasury system are recorded  through  intercompany  accounts,  which are
       reflected as a component of divisional equity in the accompanying balance
       sheet. In addition,  intercompany balances arising from allocated charges
       for services have been  recorded in the statement of operations  and as a
       charge or credit to divisional  equity.  There is no direct interest cost
       allocation   to  Kerr  CPD  with  respect  to  Parent   borrowings,   and
       accordingly,  the statement of operations and divisional  equity does not
       include any allocated financing costs.


(2)    SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

       INVENTORIES

       Inventories are valued at the lower of cost or market,  determined by the
       use of the first-in, first-out method.

       PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

       Property,  plant  and  equipment  are  stated  at cost.  Depreciation  is
       determined  using  the  straight-line  method  over  the  shorter  of the
       estimated  useful lives of the assets or the remaining life of the lease.
       The principal  estimated  useful lives used in computing the depreciation
       are as follows:

<TABLE>
       <S>                                   <C> 
       Leasehold improvements                 20 years
       Machinery and equipment                3 to 15 years
       Furniture and equipment                5 to 10 years
</TABLE>


       Kerr CPD's  policy is to charge  amounts  expended  for  maintenance  and
       repairs to expense and to capitalize  expenditures for major replacements
       and betterments.

       INTANGIBLES

       Intangible  assets are being  amortized  by the use of the  straight-line
       method over their respective initial estimated lives ranging from 2 to 20
       years.



<PAGE>


       REVENUE RECOGNITION

       Kerr CPD recognizes  revenue as product is shipped. A reserve is provided
       for estimated end of season returns of home canning supplies as sales are
       recorded.

       PENSIONS AND OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS

       Financial  Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 87 (FASB 87) requires
       that a company  record an  additional  minimum  pension  liability to the
       extent that a company's  accumulated  pension benefit  obligation exceeds
       the fair value of pension  plan assets and accrued  pension  liabilities.
       This  additional  minimum  pension  liability is offset by an  intangible
       asset not to exceed prior service  costs of the pension plan.  Amounts in
       excess of prior  service costs are reflected as a reduction in divisional
       equity, net of related tax benefits.

       The Parent and Kerr CPD account for  post-retirement  benefit obligations
       in accordance  with Financial  Accounting  Standards  Board Statement No.
       106,  "Employers'  Accounting  for  Postretirement  Benefits  other  than
       Pensions"  (FASB No. 106). As more fully  described in note 6, the Parent
       has elected to amortize  the impact of FASB No. 106 ratably over 20 years
       beginning in 1993.

       INCOME TAXES

       Income  taxes have been  provided  as if Kerr CPD was a separate  taxable
       entity.  Kerr CPD accounts for income  taxes under  Financial  Accounting
       Standards  Board  Statement No. 109,  "Accounting for Income Taxes" (FASB
       No. 109). Under the asset and liability method of FASB No. 109,  deferred
       tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences
       attributable  to  differences  between the financial  statement  carrying
       amounts of  existing  assets and  liabilities  and their  respective  tax
       bases. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax
       rates  expected  to apply to taxable  income in the years in which  those
       temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. Under FASB
       No. 109, the effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in
       tax rates is  recognized  in  income  in the  period  that  includes  the
       enactment date.

       FINANCIAL STATEMENT PREPARATION AND PRESENTATION

       The preparation of financial statements requires management estimates and
       assumptions  that affect the reported  amounts of assets and  liabilities
       and the disclosure of contingent  assets and liabilities and the reported
       amounts of income and  expenses.  Actual  results could differ from those
       estimates.

       FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

       The fair value of cash,  accounts  receivable  and payable  and  advances
       pursuant  to the  sale  of  receivables  under  the  Parent's  Receivable
       Agreement  approximate  their  carrying  amount  because  of their  short
       maturity.

       RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

       During 1995,the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Statement No.
       121, "Accounting for the Impairment of Long-Lived Assets" (FASB No. 121).
       FASB  No.  121  establishes  accounting  standards for the impairment  of
       long-lived assets, certain identifiable intangibles and goodwill. FASB 
       No. 121 is not expected to have a material  effect on the  Company's  
       financial position or results of operations.
<PAGE>


(3)    INVENTORIES
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
       The components of inventories are as follows:
       <S>                                          <C> 
       Raw materials                                 $     466
       Work in process                                   2,964
       Finished goods                                    9,598
                                                     ---------

                                                     $  13,028
                                                     =========
</TABLE>



(4)    PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
       Property, plant and equipment consists of the following:
       <S>                                          <C>
       Leasehold improvements                       $     708
       Machinery and equipment                          6,605
       Furniture and office equipment                     264
       Construction in progress                           150
                                                    ---------
                                                        7,727
       Less accumulated depreciation and
             amortization                              (3,030)
                                                    ---------

                                                    $   4,697
                                                    =========
</TABLE>



(5)    INTANGIBLES
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
       Intangibles consist of the following:
       <S>                                          <C>
       Pension                                      $    160
       Lease origination costs                           162
       Supply contract                                    39
                                                    ---------
                                                         361
       Less accumulated amortization                     (45)
                                                    ---------

                                                    $    316
                                                    =========
</TABLE>



<PAGE>



(6)    INCOME TAXES

       Kerr CPD incurred a net loss in 1995; accordingly,  no recovery of income
       taxes was  recorded  in the  accompanying  statement  of  operations  and
       divisional equity.

       The tax effects of temporary  differences  that give rise to  significant
       portions of the deferred  income tax assets and  liabilities  at December
       31, 1995 is as follows:

<TABLE>
      <S>                                                             <C>
       Deferred income tax assets:
           Excess of additional pension liability over
             unrecognized prior service cost                          $   786
           Accrued retiree health liability                                82
           Allowance for doubtful accounts                                131
           Inventory                                                      323
           Accrued vacation pay                                            39
                                                                      -------

             Total gross deferred income tax assets                     1,361

           Less valuation allowance                                      (859)
                                                                      --------

             Deferred income tax assets, net of valuation allowance       502

        Deferred income tax liabilities:
           Property, plant and equipment, principally due to
             differences in depreciation                                  502
                                                                      --------

                  Net deferred income taxes                           $   --
                                                                      ========
</TABLE>


       Net operating  losses and  alternative  minimum tax credits of the Parent
       have not been computed  separately for Kerr CPD and  accordingly  are not
       reflected as a component of deferred  income taxes.  Kerr CPD maintains a
       valuation  allowance to reduce net  deferred  income taxes to zero due to
       various  uncertainties  associated  with recovery of the net deferred tax
       assets.


(7)    OTHER CURRENT LIABILITIES
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
       Other current liabilities consist of the following:
       <S>                                                           <C> 
       Accrued wages and vacation pay                                $    150
       Accrued property taxes                                              56
       Other accrued expenses                                               9
                                                                     --------

                Total accrued expenses                               $    215
                                                                     ========
</TABLE>



(8)    RETIREMENT BENEFITS

       Pensions

       The Parent has a defined  benefit  pension  plan (the  Retirement  Income
       Plan) and a defined  contribution  pension plan, which cover all Kerr CPD
       employees.  The Retirement Income Plan generally  provides benefits based
       on years of service and average final pay. The defined  contribution plan
       provides  benefits  based on a fixed  percentage  of pay for each year of
       service. The Parent's policy is to fund amounts sufficient to satisfy the
       funding  requirements of the Employee  Retirement  Income Security Act of
       1974. During 1995, the Parent funded the Retirement Income Plan by $1,983
       more than the accrued pension expense for the 1994 plan year.

       During 1995, the Parent  contributed 250 shares of its common stock, at a
       price of $7.56 per share, to the Retirement Income Plan. The contribution
       reduced the Parent's recorded pension liability by $1,891.

       During 1995,  the Parent adopted a Pension  Restoration  Plan which is an
       unfunded  plan  providing  benefits  to  participants  not payable by the
       Parent's  Retirement  Income Plan because of the  limitations on benefits
       imposed by the Internal  Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.  The aggregate
       annual accrued benefit for each participant  under the combination of the
       Retirement Income Plan and the Pension Restoration Plan when expressed as
       a single life annuity is limited to $200.

       The  information  presented below is for the entire defined benefit plans
       and defined  contribution plan. Kerr CPD represents 11.65% of each plan's
       expenses and related  assets and  liabilities  based on 1995  participant
       data.

       Net pension  expense for the year ended  December  31, 1995  included the
          following components:
<TABLE>
      <S>                                                             <C> 
      Defined benefit plan:
           Service cost                                               $    498
           Interest cost on projected benefit obligation                 7,364
           Return on assets                                            (16,080)
           Net amortization and deferral                                 9,460
                                                                       -------

                  Defined benefit plan expense                        $  1,242
                                                                       =======

       Defined contribution plan expense                              $     15
                                                                       =======


       The funded  status of the defined  benefit plans at
          December 31, 1995 was as follows:

       Actuarial present value:
           Vested benefit obligation                                  $ 99,237
           Nonvested benefit obligation                                  1,942
                                                                      --------

             Accumulated benefit obligation                            101,179

           Effect of future salary increases                             2,812
                                                                       -------

             Projected benefit obligation                              103,991

       Plan assets at fair value (a)                                    79,084
                                                                       -------

             Projected benefit obligation in excess of plan assets      24,907

       Unrecognized net transition obligation                             (474)
       Unrecognized prior service costs                                   (936)
       Unrecognized net loss                                           (19,660)
                                                                       -------

              Accrued pension liability before adjustment                3,837

       Adjustment required to recognize additional minimum pension
          liability                                                     18,258
                                                                      --------
              Accrued pension liability related to the defined
                  benefit plan                                        $ 22,095
                                                                      ========

       Accrued pension liability related to the defined contribution
          plan                                                        $      8
                                                                      ========

       (a) Plan assets include 368 shares of Parent common stock at a value of
           $3,682 at December 31, 1995.

</TABLE>
<PAGE>


       In connection  with recording the additional  minimum  pension  liability
       pursuant  to the  provisions  of FASB  No.  87,  the  Parent  recorded  a
       reduction in its stockholders' equity of $10,140 at December 31, 1995 and
       an intangible  pension asset of $1,376 at December 31, 1995. Kerr CPD has
       also  recorded such amounts  using the same 11.65%  allocation  described
       above.

       The  majority  of all  pension  plan  assets  are held by a master  trust
       created for the collective  investment of the plan's funds, as well as in
       private placement insurance contracts.  At December 31, 1995, assets held
       by  the  master  trust  consisted  primarily  of  cash,  U.S.  Government
       obligations, corporate bonds and commons stocks.

       The defined  benefit  plan  assumptions  as of December  31, 1995 were as
          follows:
<TABLE>
       <S>                                                    <C>
       Discount rate                                           7.25%
       Increase in compensation rate                           5.0
       Long-term rate of return on assets                      9.5
</TABLE>


       During 1993,  the Parent  recorded a curtailment  loss of $232 related to
       the  relocation  of Kerr CPD's  home  canning  cap and lid  manufacturing
       operations.  Such  curtailment  losses were included as components of the
       respective losses on the sale of the businesses and plant relocation.

       Retiree Health Care and Life Insurance

       The Parent provides certain health care life insurance  benefits for Kerr
       CPD retired  employees and their spouses.  The costs of such benefits are
       shared by retirees through one or more of the following: (a) deductibles,
       (b) copayments and (c) retiree  contributions.  Salaried  employees hired
       prior to  September  1, 1992,  and certain  hourly  employees  may become
       eligible for those  benefits if they reach  retirement  age while working
       for the Parent.  The Parent will not provide retiree health care and life
       insurance  benefits for salaried employees hired after September 1, 1992.
       Health care and life  insurance  benefits  provided by the Parent are not
       funded in  advance,  but  rather  are paid by the Parent as the costs are
       actually incurred by the retirees.

       As discussed in note 1,  effective  January 1, 1993,  the Parent  adopted
       FASB No. 106,  "Employers'  Accounting for Postretirement  Benefits other
       than  Pensions." FASB No. 106 requires a company to use an accrual method
       for recording retiree health care and life insurance  benefits instead of
       the previously used  pay-as-you-go  method. The effect of this accounting
       change on 1993 results of operations was to increase  retiree health care
       and life  insurance  expense by $640 from the amount that would have been
       recorded in 1993 under the  previously  used  pay-as-you-go  method.  The
       adoption  of FASB No.  106 at  January  1,  1993,  created  a  previously
       unrecognized accumulated postretirement benefit obligation of $13,195. As
       permitted  under FASB No. 106,  the Parent has  elected to  amortize  the
       $13,195  accumulated  postretirement  benefit  obligation ratably over 20
       years.

       The information presented below is for the entire postretirement benefits
       plan.  Kerr  CPD  represents  15%  of the  plan's  expenses  and  related
       liabilities.

       Retiree  health  care  and life  insurance  expense  for the  year  ended
       December 31, 1995 (in thousands) included the following components:

<TABLE>
       <S>                                                            <C>
       Retiree health care and life insurance expense:
           Service cost                                               $     41
           Interest cost on accumulated benefit obligation                 855
           Net amortization and deferral                                   544
                                                                      --------
                                                                      $  1,440
                                                                      ========
</TABLE>


<PAGE>


       The funded status of the retiree health care and life insurance
          plans at December 31, 1995 is as follows (in thousands):

       Actuarial present value of accumulated postretirement benefit obligation:
<TABLE>
             <S>                                                     <C>

             Retirees                                                $   9,210
             Fully eligible active participants                            735
             Other active participants                                   1,055
                                                                     ---------

                Accumulated benefit obligation                          11,000

             Plan assets at fair value                                    --
                                                                     ---------

                Accumulated benefit obligation in
                    excess of plan assets                               11,000

              Unrecognized net transition obligation                   (10,612)
              Unrecognized net gain                                        992
                                                                     ---------

                     Accrued postretirement benefit liability        $   1,380
                                                                     =========
</TABLE>


       The retiree health care and life insurance plans assumptions are as
          follows (in thousands):
<TABLE>
       <S>                                  <C>  
       Discount rate                        7.25%
       Health care cost trend rates:
          Indemnity plans                   8.75% trending down to 6%
          Managed care plans                6.75% trending down to 4%
</TABLE>

       The effect of a one  percentage  point annual  increase in these  assumed
       cost trend rates at December 31, 1995 would  increase the  postretirement
       benefit  obligation  by  approximately  $420,000  and would  increase the
       service  and  interest  cost   components   of  the  annual   expense  by
       approximately $40,000.

(9)    FINANCING

       As of December 31, 1995, the Parent had an Accounts Receivable  Agreement
       (Receivable  Agreement) maturing on January 18, 1997 to meet its seasonal
       working  capital needs.  The Receivable  Agreement  permits the Parent to
       sell trade accounts  receivable of Kerr CPD on a nonrecourse basis. Under
       the Receivable  Agreement,  up to 70% of Kerr CPD receivables sold can be
       advanced  to  the  Parent.   Kerr  CPD  retains  collection  and  service
       responsibility  as agent for the purchaser,  over any  receivables  sold.
       Advances  under  such   Receivable   Agreement  are  subject  to  certain
       limitations.  As of  December  31,  1995,  receivables  as  shown  on the
       accompanying balance sheet have been reduced by net proceeds of $343 from
       advances   pursuant  to  the  sale  of  receivables  under  the  Parent's
       Receivable Agreement.

(10)   LOSS ON PLANT RELOCATION

       During the fourth  quarter of 1993,  Kerr CPD  recorded a pretax  loss of
       approximately  $4,500  associated  with the relocation of operations from
       Chicago, Illinois to a new manufacturing facility in Jackson,  Tennessee.
       The  pretax  loss  consisted  primarily  of  accruals  for (1) the  early
       recognition  of  retiree  health  care and  pension  expense,  severance,
       workers'   compensation   costs  and  insurance   continuation  costs  of
       approximately  $2,500,  (2) asset retirement and related facility closing
       costs of  approximately  $1,000 and (3) moving  and  relocation  costs of
       approximately  $700. In 1995,  the Company made cash payments  related to
       relocation  costs of  approximately  $200. In 1994, the Company made cash
       payments  related  to such  accruals  for (1) the  early  recognition  of
       retiree health care and pension expense, severance, workers' compensation
       costs and insurance continuation costs of approximately $1,500, (2) asset
       retirement and related facility closing costs of approximately  $600, (3)
       moving and relocation costs of approximately  $600 and (4) other costs of
       approximately  $300.  In addition,  during 1994,  approximately  $300 was
       charged  against such accruals  related to the book value of fixed assets
       retired.  The remaining accruals primarily relate to retiree health costs
       and pensions which will be paid over a number of years.

(11)   RENTAL EXPENSE AND LEASE COMMITMENTS

       Kerr CPD occupies a manufacturing  facility and uses certain automobiles,
       machinery and equipment  under  noncancelable  lease  arrangements.  Rent
       expense  under  these  agreements  was $609 in  1995.  In  addition,  the
       accompanying  statement of operations and divisional equity includes $263
       of allocated rent expense from the Parent.

       At December 31, 1995, Kerr CPD was obligated under various  noncancelable
       leases.  Calendar year minimum rental commitments under Kerr CPD's leases
       are as follows:

<TABLE>
           <S>                                  <C>
           Year ending December 31:
           1996                                 $        597
           1997                                          598
           1998                                          585
           1999                                          590
           2000                                          581
           2001 through 2014                           7,916
                                                ------------

                                                $     10,867
                                                ============
</TABLE>


       Real estate taxes,  insurance and maintenance expenses are obligations of
       Kerr CPD. Generally, in the normal course of business, leases that expire
       will be renewed or replaced by leases on other properties.


(12)   SUBSEQUENT EVENT

       On  March  15,  1996,  the  Parent  sold  principally  all of Kerr  CPD's
       property, plant and equipment,  certain intangibles and a portion of Kerr
       CPD's inventory to ALLTRISTA Corporation (ALLTRISTA) for a purchase price
       of  $14,500.  The  Parent  expects  to  receive  approximately   $16,500,
       primarily  during  the  remainder  of 1996,  from  the  sale to  consumer
       products  customers of Kerr CPD inventory retained and from collection of
       Kerr CPD accounts  receivables  retained.  ALLTRISTA will act as agent in
       selling the inventory retained by Kerr CPD.

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Item 7 (b) Pro Forma Financial Information

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                              Alltrista Corporation
                   Pro Forma Condensed Combined Balance Sheet
                              As of March 31, 1996
                                 (in thousands)

                                                               (Unaudited)
                                           ----------------------------------------------------
                                             Alltrista
                                            Corporation          Pro Forma         Pro Forma
                                            (as reported)        Adjustments        Combined
                                           -----------------   ----------------   --------------
                                                 (2)
<S>                                        <C>                  <C>               <C>    
ASSETS
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents                  $    1,464            $                $   1,464
Net assets held for sale                       12,621                                12,621
Accounts receivable, net                       41,390                5,300  a        46,690
Inventories                                    54,145               10,200  a        64,345
Deferred taxes on income                        2,849                  500  b         3,349
Prepaid expenses                                  646                                   646
                                           ------------       -------------      ------------
             Total current assets             113,115               16,000          129,115
                                           ------------       -------------      ------------

Property, plant and equipment                 149,538                               149,538
Accumulated depreciation                     (100,934)                             (100,934)
                                           ------------       -------------      ------------
                                               48,604                                48,604

Intangibles and other assets                   18,519                                18,519
                                           ------------       -------------      ------------

Total assets                                 $180,238             $ 16,000         $196,238
                                           ============       =============      ============

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities
Notes payable                               $  24,025            $   14,700 c      $ 38,725
Accounts payable                               19,925                  700  a        20,625
Other current liabilities                      15,955                  600  a        16,555
                                           ------------       -------------      ------------
             Total current liabilities         59,905               16,000           75,905
                                           ------------       -------------      ------------

Noncurrent liabilities
Long-term debt                                 30,000                                30,000
Deferred taxes on income                          687                                   687
Other noncurrent liabilities                    7,627                                 7,627
                                           ------------       -------------      ------------
             Total noncurrent liabilities      38,314                                38,314
                                           ------------       -------------      ------------

Shareholders' equity                           82,019                                82,019
                                           ------------       -------------      ------------

Total liabilities and shareholders' equity   $180,238             $ 16,000         $196,238
                                           ============       =============      ============








The Notes to Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Statements should be read in
conjunction with this statement.
</TABLE>



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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                              Alltrista Corporation
                Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statement of Income
                      For the year ended December 31, 1995
                                 (in thousands)

                                                                                                (Unaudited)
                                                                                     -----------------------------------
                                                      Alltrista                        Pro Forma            Pro Forma
                                                     Corporation          Kerr          Adjustments          Combined
                                                   --------------    --------------  -----------------     -------------
<S>                                                <C>               <C>                <C>                <C>   
Net sales                                          $   221,458       $    29,808        $    3,900  d, e   $   255,166
Costs and Expenses
    Cost of sales                                      161,662            22,502            (1,650) f          182,514
    Selling, general and administrative expenses        33,256             8,260                    d,g,h       40,216
                                                                                            (1,300)
    Unusual items                                        2,430                                                   2,430
                                                   --------------    --------------   --------------       -------------
Operating earnings (loss)                               24,110              (954)            6,850              30,006
Interest expense, net                                   (3,342)                             (1,500) i           (4,842)
                                                   --------------    --------------   --------------       -------------
Income (loss) before income taxes                       20,768              (954)            5,350              25,164
Provision for income taxes                              (8,241)                             (1,750) j           (9,991)
                                                   --------------    --------------   --------------       -------------

Net income (loss) from continuing operations       $    12,527       ($      954)        $   3,600          $   15,173
                                                   ==============    ==============   ==============       =============

Per share of common stock:
   Primary earnings per share                       $     1.57                                              $     1.90
   Fully diluted earnings per share                 $     1.56                                              $     1.89

Weighted average shares outstanding:
    Primary                                              7,996                                                  7,996
    Fully diluted                                        8,012                                                  8,012






The Notes to Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Statements should be read in
conjunction with this statement.
</TABLE>


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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                              Alltrista Corporation
                Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statement of Income
                 For the three month period ended March 31, 1996
                                 (in thousands)

                                                                              (Unaudited)
                                                   -------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Alltrista                          Pro Forma          Pro Forma
                                                    Corporation          Kerr           Adjustments        Combined
                                                   --------------    --------------  -----------------   -------------
<S>                                                  <C>              <C>               <C>              <C> 
Net sales                                            $  51,128        $    1,568        $                $   52,696
Costs and Expenses
    Cost of sales                                       37,552             1,481             (500)  k        38,533
    Selling, general and administrative expenses         7,753                 5              300   k         8,058
                                                   --------------    --------------   --------------    --------------
Operating earnings (loss)                                5,823                82              200            6,105

Interest expense, net                                    (746)              (304)             (70) i         (1,120)
                                                   --------------    --------------   --------------    --------------
Income (loss) before income taxes                        5,077              (222)             130             4,985
Provision for income taxes                              (1,987)               89              (37) j         (1,935)
                                                   --------------    --------------   --------------    --------------

Net income (loss) from continuing operations       $     3,090        ($     133)       $      93        $    3,050
                                                   ==============    ==============   ==============    ==============

Per share of common stock:
   Primary earnings per share                        $     .38                                           $      .38
   Fully diluted earnings per share                  $     .38                                           $      .38

Weighted average shares outstanding:
    Primary                                              8,041                                                8,041
    Fully diluted                                        8,094                                                8,094










The Notes to Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Statements should be read in
conjunction with this statement.

</TABLE>

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NOTES TO PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1. On March 15,  1996,  Alltrista  Corporation  ("Alltrista")  acquired  certain
assets  related to the home food  preservation  products  from Kerr Group,  Inc.
("Kerr")  and will  account  for the  acquisition  as a  purchase.  The  Company
purchased the equipment,  raw materials  inventory and a license to use the Kerr
trade name for $14.5 million,  financed through the Company's  revolving line of
credit. In addition,  the Company assumed the operating lease at Kerr's Jackson,
Tennessee  manufacturing facility. The assets acquired by Alltrista are expected
to continue to be used in the home food preservation business. Concurrently with
the  purchase,  Alltrista  and Kerr  entered  into a  non-exclusive  sales agent
agreement whereby Alltrista will sell certain pre-closing inventory of Kerr. The
"Alltrista Corporation (as reported)" column of the Pro Forma Condensed Combined
Balance  Sheet  includes the balances at March 31, 1996 as reported in Alltrista
Corporation's  Quarterly  Report on Form 10-Q.  It includes  approximately  $1.0
million,  $4.5  million,  and  $9.0  million  of raw  materials  inventory,  net
property, plant and equipment, and intangibles, respectively, related to the
acquisition. The "Alltrista Corporation" column of the Pro Forma Condensed 
Combined Statement of Income for the period ended March 31, 1996 includes the 
results of operations of the former Kerr business from the date of acquisition 
through the financial statement date.

2. The accompanying  Pro Forma Condensed  Combined Balance Sheet as of March 31,
1996 was as if all assets  and  liabilities  of the Kerr home food  preservation
product line  (including  normal levels of accounts  receivable,  finished goods
inventories  and current  liabilities)  had been acquired.  For purposes of this
presentation,  it is assumed  that  incremental  current  assets  were funded by
short-term borrowings.  The Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statement of Income for
the year ended December 31, 1995 and the three month period ended March 31, 1996
are adjusted to include the historical  results of operations of the former Kerr
business for the respective twelve and two and one half month periods. Other pro
forma  adjustments  are  described  below.  In the  opinion of  management,  all
adjustments  necessary  for a fair  presentation  of such  pro  forma  financial
statements  have  been  made.  The  pro  forma  financial   statements  are  for
information  purposes only and are not  necessarily  indicative of the financial
condition or results of operations  that would have occurred if the  acquisition
had been consummated as of January 1, 1995.

3.   Explanation of Pro Forma Adjustments (amounts in thousands)

(a)  Incremental  accounts  receivable,  inventory,  accounts  payable and other
     current liabilities to adjust March 31 balances to a normal level; 
     conforming the accounting for customer stock programs.

(b)  To record the deferred tax effect of the incremental inventory and 
     receivables.

(c)  To increase short-term borrowings as identified above.

(d)  A   reclassification   to   increase   sales  and   selling,   general  and
     administrative  expenses  by  $2,900 to  reflect  rebates  and  promotional
     efforts classified as a contra sale in the Kerr Statement of Income.

(e)  Reduction of $1,000 in freight costs due to the use of fewer public 
     warehouses and reduced transportation costs.

(f)  Estimated  reduction in cost of sales to eliminate carryover costs from the
     shut down of the Kerr Chicago  plant of $200 and  elimination  of $1,450 of
     start-up costs for the first year in the Jackson, TN facility.

(g)  Decrease in selling,  general and administrative expenses of $500 for fewer
     public warehouses,  less inventory than Kerr carried during start-up of the
     Jackson,  TN  plant,  and a $4,600  decrease  to  remove  parent  allocated
     expenses and redundant employee costs.

(h)  Amortization  expense of $900 for Kerr Brand tradename being amortized
     over 10 years.

(i)  Interest  expense has been increased by the amount obtained by applying the
     Company's annual and quarterly  average borrowing rates to the sum, for the
     respective  periods, of average working capital less cash flow (defined for
     purposes of the  calculation  as net income  before  depreciation)  and the
     $14,500 purchase price paid in 1996 on the acquisition date.

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(j)  Income taxes have been provided at the Company's approximate effective tax
     rate of 40%.

(k)  Cost of sales and selling,  general and  administrative  expenses have been
     adjusted in a manner similar to the annual pro forma statement of income to
     reflect promotional  efforts,  reduced start-up costs, and amortization and
     general and  administrative  expenses that would have been  incurred  under
     Alltrista ownership.




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