QUALITY DINING INC
10-Q, 1996-09-17
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                   SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                         WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
                                    
                                FORM 10-Q
                                    
(Mark One)

(X)  Quarterly Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
  Exchange Act of 1934

For the quarterly period ended    August 4, 1996

                                   OR
                                    
( ) Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.

For the transition period from  ______________ to ____________________

Commission file number      0-23420


                          QUALITY DINING, INC.
         (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
                                    
         Indiana                                     35-1804902
(State or other jurisdiction of          (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 incorporation or organization)

           3820 Edison Lakes Parkway, Mishawaka, Indiana 46545
                  (Address of principal executive offices and zip code)
                                    
                                    
                             (219) 271-4600
          (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 ________

The number of shares of the registrant's common stock outstanding as of
September 1, 1996 was 16,827,142.
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                          QUALITY DINING, INC.
                      QUARTERLY REPORT ON FORM 10-Q
                  FOR THE QUARTER ENDED AUGUST 4, 1996
                                  INDEX
                                    
                                    
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PART I. - Financial Information


Item 1.   Consolidated Financial Statements:

          Consolidated Statements of Operations..... ..............3
          Consolidated Balance Sheets..............................4
          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows....................5
          Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements...............6

Item 2.   Management's Discussion and Analysis of
          Financial Condition and Results of Operations...........10


Part II - Other Information

Item 2.   Changes in Securities...................................14

Item 6.   Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K........................14

Signatures........................................................15
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                          QUALITY DINING, INC.
                  CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
                               (Unaudited)
                 (In thousands, except per share amounts)
                                    
                                  Twelve Weeks Ended    Forty Weeks Ended
                                   August 4,  August 6,  August 4, August 6,
                                     1996      1995        1996      1995 
                                  --------    --------   --------  --------    
Revenues:
  Restaurant sales:
    Burger King                  $  17,941    $ 13,861   $ 53,529  $ 41,822
    Grady's American Grill          22,761         -       64,440       -
    Chili's Grill & Bar              9,805       9,063     30,891    29,292
    Spageddies Italian Kitchen       1,720       1,352      6,093     3,272
    Bruegger's Bagel Bakery          8,638       1,357     14,959     3,501
                                   -------     -------    -------   -------
     Total restaurant sales         60,865      25,633    169,912    77,887

  Franchise related revenue          2,723        -         2,723       -
                                   -------     -------    -------   -------  
       Total revenues               63,588      25,633    172,635    77,887
                                   -------     -------    -------   -------
Operating expenses:
  Restaurant operating expenses:
    Food and beverage               18,543       7,606     52,799    23,149
    Payroll and benefits            17,499       6,597     48,149    20,149
    Depreciation and amortization    3,061       1,194      8,121     3,632
    Other operating expenses        14,253       5,561     38,397    17,708
                                   -------     -------    -------   -------
       Total restaurant
         operating expenses         53,356      20,958    147,466    64,638

  General and administrative
    expenses                         3,905      1,274       8,993     4,556
  Amortization of intangibles          817        140       1,386       468
  Restructuring and
    integration costs                8,000        -         9,938       -
                                   -------    -------     -------   -------  
     Total operating expenses       66,078     22,372     167,783    69,662
                                   -------    -------     -------   -------

Operating income (loss)             (2,490)     3,261       4,852     8,225
                                   -------    -------     -------   -------
Other income (expense):
  Interest expense                  (1,871)      (738)     (4,996)   (2,107)
  Gain on sale of property
    and equipment                      -          376           3       372
  Interest income                       47         36         158        94
  Other income (expense), net           25        (13)         63       (42)
                                   -------    -------     -------   ------- 
     Total other expense, net       (1,799)      (339)     (4,772)   (1,683)
                                   -------    -------     -------   -------
 
Income (loss) before income taxes   (4,289)     2,922          80     6,542

Income taxes (credit)               (1,365)     1,081         230     2,421
                                   -------    -------     -------   -------

Net income (loss)                $  (2,924)  $  1,841   $    (150) $  4,121
                                   =======    =======     =======   =======
 
Net income (loss) per share      $   (0.23)  $   0.27   $   (0.01) $   0.61
                                   =======    =======     =======   =======

 Weighted average number of shares
   of common stock outstanding      12,825      6,759      10,034     6,748
                                   =======    =======     =======   =======  


See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.




                          QUALITY DINING, INC.
                       CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
                         (Dollars in thousands)
                                                 August4,      October 29,
                                                   1996           1995
                                                 --------      ----------
                  ASSETS                        (Unaudited)
Current assets:
  Cash and cash equivalents                  $    5,803       $    5,639
  Accounts receivable                             1,716              599
  Note receivable                                 3,770              -
  Inventories                                     2,802              824
  Other current assets                            4,441            1,352
  Deferred income taxes                              23               23
                                                -------          -------
    Total current assets                         18,555            8,437
                                                -------          -------

Property and equipment, net                     168,316           63,209
                                                -------          -------
Other assets:
  Franchise fees and development costs, net      10,533           10,698
  Goodwill, net                                 152,275           10,216
  Trademarks, net                                13,195              100
  Preopening costs and non-competition
    agreements, net                               2,329            1,709
  Liquor licenses                                 2,735            2,131
  Investment in redeemable preferred stock          -              2,625
  Other                                             816              121
                                                -------          -------  
    Total other assets                          181,883           27,600
                                                -------          -------
    Total assets                             $  368,754       $   99,246
                                                =======          =======

   LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
  Current portion of capitalized lease and
    non-competition obligations              $      360       $      360
  Current portion of redeemable preferred
    stock subscription payable                      -                375
  Accounts payable                                7,823            4,111
  Accounts payable, related parties                  59            1,076
  Accrued liabilities                            25,801            3,631
  Income taxes payable                              -                711
                                                -------          -------
    Total current liabilities                    34,043           10,264

Long-term debt                                   60,892            7,413
Capitalized lease and non-competition
  obligations, principally to related 
  parties, less current portion                   6,767            6,884
Redeemable preferred stock subscription
  payable, less current portion                     -                875
Deferred income taxes                             2,409            2,409
                                                -------          -------  
  Total liabilities                             104,111           27,845
                                                -------          -------
Stockholders' equity:
  Preferred stock, without par value:
    4,858,550 shares authorized; none issued
  Common stock, without par value: 50,000,000
    shares authorized; 16,847,142 and 8,856,520
    shares issued, respectively                      28              28
  Additional paid-in capital                    256,582          63,190
  Retained earnings                               8,283           8,433
                                                -------         -------
                                                264,893          71,651
  Less treasury stock, at cost, 20,000 shares       250             250
                                                -------         -------
    Total stockholders' equity                  264,643          71,401
    Total liabilities and                       -------         -------
      stockholders' equity                   $  368,754      $   99,246
                                                =======         =======  
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.




                          QUALITY DINING, INC.
                  CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
                               (Unaudited)
                             (in thousands)

                                                   Forty Weeks Ended
                                              August 4,         August 6,
                                                 1996             1995
                                              --------          -------- 
Cash flows from operating activities:
  Net income (loss)                          $   (150)         $  4,121
  Adjustments to reconcile net income
    (loss) to net cash provided by operating
    activities:
    Depreciation and amortization of
      property and equipment                    6,820             2,588
    Amortization of franchise fees and
      development costs                           414               207
    Amortization of preopening costs
      and intangibles                           2,749             1,261
    Gain on sale of property and equipment         (3)             (372)
    Net increase in current assets             (2,934)             (867)
    Net increase in current liabilities         8,787             1,590
    Other                                          46               -
      Net cash provided by                    -------           ------- 
        operating activities                   15,729             8,528
                                              -------           -------
Cash flows from investing activities:
  Acquisitions of business, net of cash
    acquired                                  (73,568)          (18,874)
  Increase in note receivable                  (3,770)              -
  Proceeds from sales of property and
    equipment                                       3               598
  Purchase of redeemable preferred stock            -              (375)
  Increase in other assets                     (1,388)             (166)
  Purchase of property and equipment          (30,177)          (15,842)
  Payment of franchise fees and
    development costs                            (272)             (358)
  Payment of preopening costs                  (1,884)             (834)
  Advance to SHONCO                                 -            (1,450)
      Net cash (used in) investing            -------           -------
        activities                           (111,056)          (37,301)
                                              -------           ------- 
Cash flows from financing activities:
  Proceeds from exercise of stock options         482               -
  Proceeds from issuance of common stock       59,749                12
  Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt    113,479            26,822
  Repayment of long-term debt                 (76,135)              -
  Repayment of capitalized lease obligations     (163)             (153)
  Redemption of preferred stock                (1,665)              -
  Payment of redeemable preferred stock
    subscription payable                         (250)             (125)
  Other                                            (6)                1
     Net cash provided by financing           -------           -------
       activities                              95,491            26,557
                                              -------           -------
Net increase (decrease) in cash and
  cash equivalents                                164            (2,216)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning
  of period                                     5,639             4,453
                                              -------           -------
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period    $   5,803        $    2,237
                                              =======           =======

Noncash investing and financing activities:
  Acquisition of redeemable preferred stock       -                 500
  Common stock issued in acquisitions         123,051             3,350
  Long-term debt assumed in acquisition
    of business                                16,135               -
  Conversion of preferred stock to
    common stock                               10,115               -
  Treasury stock acquired in disposition
    of restaurants                                -                 250

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.



                          QUALITY DINING, INC.
               NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                             August 4, 1996
                               (Unaudited)
                                    
Note 1:  Description of Business.

As  of August 4, 1996, Quality Dining, Inc. (the "Company") operated and
franchised  a  total  of  490  quick service  and  casual  theme  dining
restaurants  located  throughout the  country.   The  Company  owns  the
Bruegger's  Bagel Bakery, Grady's American Grill and Spageddies  Italian
Kitchen concepts and operates Burger King restaurants and Chili's  Grill
&  Bar  restaurants as a franchisee.  As of August 4, 1996, the  Company
operated  80  Bruegger's Bagel Bakeries and franchised  279  units.   In
addition,  the  Company operated 42 Grady's American Grill  restaurants,
five  Spageddies Italian Kitchen restaurants, 63 Burger King restaurants
and 21 Chili's Grill & Bar restaurants.

Note 2:  Basis of Presentation.

The  accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts
of  Quality  Dining,  Inc.  and  its  wholly  owned  subsidiaries.   All
significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated.

The  accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial  statements
have  been  prepared  in accordance with generally  accepted  accounting
principles  for interim financial information and with the  instructions
to  Form  10-Q  and  Article 10 of Regulation  S-X  promulgated  by  the
Securities  and Exchange Commission.  Accordingly, they do  not  include
all  of  the  information and footnotes required by  generally  accepted
accounting principles for annual financial statement reporting purposes.
In the opinion of management, all adjustments, consisting only of normal
recurring  accruals, considered necessary for a fair  presentation  have
been  included.   Operating  results for the forty-  week  period  ended
August 4, 1996 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be
expected for the 52-week year ending October 27, 1996.

These  financial  statements  should be read  in  conjunction  with  the
Company's audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended October
29, 1995 included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Note 3:  Acquisitions.

On  June 7, 1996, the Company acquired all of the issued and outstanding
shares  of common stock of Bruegger's Corporation, the nation's  largest
chain  of bagel bakeries.  Pursuant to the terms of the acquisition  and
related  merger agreement, Bruegger's Corporation became a wholly  owned
subsidiary  of  Quality Dining, Inc. The purchase  price  of  Bruegger's
Corporation  consisted  of  the issuance  of  5,127,121  shares  of  the
Company's  common  stock, valued at approximately  $123.1  million.  The
Company   also  issued  117,800  shares  of  its  Series  A  Convertible
Cumulative  Preferred  Stock, without par  value  (the  "Quality  Dining
Preferred  Stock")  in  exchange  for  a  like  number  of  issued   and
outstanding shares (exclusive of those shares held by the Company, which
were  canceled) of Bruegger's Corporation Class A Cumulative Convertible
Preferred Stock, $100 par value per share. Subsequent to the acquisition
and  through  August  4,  1996,  16,650 shares  of  the  Quality  Dining
Preferred  Stock  were redeemed for cash at $100 per share  and  101,150
shares  of  the  Quality Dining Preferred Stock were converted  into  an
aggregate of 285,531 shares of the Company's common stock. In connection
with  the  merger,  the  Company had a special pre-tax  charge  of  $8.0
million  during  the  quarter  ended  August  4,  1996  associated  with
restructuring and integration costs related to the merger.




                          QUALITY DINING, INC.
          NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, Continued
                             August 4, 1996
                               (Unaudited)
                                    
The  acquisition  was accounted for using the purchase  method  and  the
operating  results of Bruegger's Corporation have been included  in  the
Company's consolidated financial statements since the acquisition  date.
The  excess  of  the  purchase  price over  the  acquired  tangible  and
intangible net assets of approximately $143.0 million has been allocated
to  goodwill  and is being amortized on a straight-line  basis  over  40
years.

On  December  21, 1995, the Company acquired 42 Grady's  American  Grill
restaurants  and all rights to the Grady's American Grill  concept  from
Brinker International, Inc.  The Grady's American Grill restaurants  are
located  in 16 states throughout the United States.  The purchase  price
aggregated  $75.4 million consisting of $74.4 million in  cash  and  the
incurrence  of  $1 million of liabilities and direct acquisition  costs.
The  cash  portion  of the purchase price was funded through  borrowings
under the Company's revolving credit facility.

The  acquisition  was accounted for using the purchase  method  and  the
operating  results of the Grady's American Grill restaurants  have  been
included  in the Company's consolidated financial statements  since  the
acquisition  date.  The excess of the purchase price over  the  acquired
tangible  and intangible net assets of approximately $13.4  million  has
been  allocated to trademarks and is being amortized on a  straight-line
basis over 40 years.

In  conjunction  with  the acquisitions of the  Grady's  American  Grill
restaurants and the rights to the Spageddies restaurant concept  in  the
United  States,  which was finalized on October 28,  1995,  the  Company
recorded a pre-tax charge of $1.9 million during the sixteen-week period
ended February 18, 1996 for restructuring and integration costs.

On  August  14,  1995, the Company through its wholly owned  subsidiary,
BRAVOKILO, Inc., acquired all of the issued and outstanding common stock
of SHONCO, Inc. and three affiliated companies, certain operating assets
of   three  other  affiliated  companies  and  four  target  reservation
agreements from four additional affiliated companies.  SHONCO, Inc.  and
its  affiliated  companies  are referred to  collectively  as  "SHONCO".
William  R. Schonsheck ("Schonsheck") owned all of the capital stock  of
all  of  the  SHONCO  affiliated  group  of  companies  except  for  two
affiliates  in which he owned at least a majority of the capital  stock,
with  the  balance being owned by five other individuals.  SHONCO  owned
and  operated  eight  Burger King restaurants in the  Detroit,  Michigan
metropolitan  area, and had the right to develop four additional  Burger
King  restaurants in the Detroit, Michigan metropolitan area  under  the
target reservation agreements acquired by the Company.  In addition, the
Company   entered  into  a  four-year  non-competition  agreement   with
Schonsheck, whereby the Company is obligated to pay Schonsheck  $200,000
per year during the four-year term of the agreement.  The purchase price
of   SHONCO,   including   the  non-competition  agreement,   aggregated
$9,561,000 and consisted of $5,051,000 in cash, the issuance of  316,832
shares  of  the  Company's common stock, valued at $4,000,000,  and  the
incurrence  of a $510,000 liability under the non-competition  agreement
(discounted at 8.5%). The cash portion of the purchase price was  funded
through  borrowings under the Company's revolving credit facility.   The
acquisition  was  accounted  for  using  the  purchase  method  and  the
operating  results  of  SHONCO  have  been  included  in  the  Company's
consolidated  financial statements since the date of  acquisition.   The
excess  of  the purchase price over the acquired tangible and intangible
net assets of approximately


                          QUALITY DINING, INC.
          NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, Continued
                             August 4, 1996
                               (Unaudited)


$7.7  million  has  been  allocated to franchise  rights  and  is  being
amortized on a straight-line basis over 20 years.

The  following  unaudited pro forma results for the  forty  weeks  ended
August  4, 1996 were developed assuming Bruegger's and Grady's  American
Grill  restaurants  had been acquired on October 30,  1995.   SHONCO  is
included  in  the  Company's fiscal 1996 results for  the  entire  forty
weeks.  The unaudited pro forma results for the forty weeks ended August
6,  1995  were  developed  assuming Bruegger's, Grady's  American  Grill
restaurants and SHONCO had been acquired on October 31, 1994.  For  both
periods,  the  unaudited pro forma results are after  giving  effect  to
certain   adjustments,  including  interest  expense,  depreciation   of
property and equipment and amortization of acquired intangible assets:

                                 Pro forma               Pro forma
                               40 weeks ended          40 weeks ended
                               August 4, 1996           August 6, 1995
                               --------------           ------------- 
                               (in  thousands, except per share data)

    Total revenues               $200,821                  $178,001
    Net income (loss)              (8,022)                      673
    Net income (loss) per share      (.57)                      .06


The  unaudited  pro  forma  results  shown  above  are  not  necessarily
indicative of the consolidated results that would have occurred had  the
acquisitions taken place at the beginning of the respective periods  nor
are  they  necessarily indicative of the results that may occur  in  the
future.
                                    
Note 4:  Commitments.

As   of   August  4,  1996,  the  Company  had  commitments  aggregating
approximately $3.8 million for the acquisition and construction  of  new
restaurants.

Note 5:  Long-Term Debt.

On  April  26, 1996, the Company amended its revolving credit  agreement
with Texas Commerce Bank, as agent for a group of seven banks, providing
for  borrowings of up to $150 million with interest payable  monthly  at
the  adjusted  LIBOR  rate  plus 1.5%.  The revolving  credit  agreement
expires on April 26, 1999 and is unsecured.

The revolving credit agreement contains, among other provisions, certain
restrictive  covenants  including  maintenance  of  minimum  levels   of
tangible  net  worth,  as  defined, limitations  on  the  incurrence  of
additional  indebtedness and annual limitations on the payment  of  cash
dividends  on,  or  the purchase or redemption of,  any  shares  of  the
Company's  capital  stock  in aggregate amounts  exceeding  40%  of  the
Company's net income for the immediately preceeding fiscal year.





                          QUALITY DINING, INC.
          NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, Concluded
                             August 4, 1996
                               (Unaudited)


Note 6:  Contingencies.

On  November 10, 1994, the Company acquired all of the outstanding stock
of Grayling Corporation, Grayling Management Corporation, Chili's of Mt.
Laurel,   Inc.,   and   Chili's  of  Christiana,   Inc.   (collectively,
"Grayling").   Prior  to entering into negotiations  with  the  Company,
Grayling  and  its principal shareholder, T. Garrick Steele  ("Steele"),
had   entered  into  an  agreement  (the  "Asset  Agreement")  to   sell
substantially  all  of  Grayling's  assets  to  a  third   party,   KK&G
Enterprises,  Inc.  ("KK&G").   The Asset Agreement  was  terminated  by
Grayling  and  was not consummated.  On September 27, 1994,  KK&G  filed
suit  in  the  Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania,
against Grayling and Steele seeking damages and specific performance  of
the  Asset  Agreement.  Steele is obligated to continue  to  defend  the
lawsuit  and  indemnify the Company and Grayling  against  any  loss  or
damages resulting from the lawsuit.  Management does not expect that the
lawsuit  will have a material adverse effect on the Company's  financial
position   or   results  of  operations.   In  making  such  assessment,
management  considered the financial ability of  Steele  to  defend  the
lawsuit  and indemnify the Company against any loss or damages resulting
from the lawsuit.


Item  2.  -  MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
             AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

GENERAL

The  Company has a 52/53-week fiscal year ending on the last  Sunday  in
October  of  each year.  The first quarter of the Company's fiscal  year
consists  of  16 weeks with all subsequent quarters being 12  weeks   in
duration.  The current fiscal year ends October 27, 1996.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The   following  table  sets  forth,  for  the  periods  indicated,  the
percentages  which certain items of revenue and expense  bear  to  total
revenues, except where otherwise noted. Percentages may not add  due  to
rounding.

                                 Twelve Weeks Ended       Forty Weeks Ended
                                 August 4,  August6,    August 4,  August 6,
                                  1996       1995         1996       1995
                                 --------   -------     --------   --------
Revenues:
  Restaurant sales                 95.7%     100.0%       98.4%     100.0%
  Franchise related revenue         4.3        -           1.6        -
                                  -----      -----       -----      -----
    Total revenues                100.0      100.0       100.0      100.0
                                  -----      -----       -----      -----
Operating expenses:
  Restaurant operating expenses (as % of restaurant sales)
    Food and beverage              30.5       29.7        31.1       29.7
    Payroll and benefits           28.8       25.7        28.3       25.9
    Depreciation and amortization   5.0        4.7         4.8        4.7
    Other operating expenses       23.4       21.7        22.6       22.7
                                  -----      -----       -----      -----
    Total restaurant
     operating expenses            87.7       81.8        86.8       83.0

  General and administrative
    expenses                        6.1        5.0         5.2        5.8
  Amortization of intangibles       1.3         .5          .8         .6
  Restructuring and integration
    costs                          12.6         -          5.8         -
                                  -----      -----       -----      ----- 
    Total operating expenses      103.9       87.3        97.2       89.4
                                  -----      -----       -----      -----   
Operating income (loss)            (3.9)      12.7         2.8       10.6
                                  -----      -----       -----      -----
Other income (expense):
  Interest expense                 (2.9)      (2.9)       (2.9)      (2.7)
  Gain on sale of property
    and equipment                    -         1.5          -         .05
  Interest income                    .1         .1          .1         .1
  Other expense, net                  -          -          -         (.1)
                                  -----      -----       -----      -----
    Total other expense, net       (2.8)      (1.3)       (2.8)      (2.2)
                                  -----      -----       -----      -----
Income (loss) before
  income taxes                     (6.7)      11.4          -         8.4

Income taxes (credit)              (2.1)       4.2          .1        3.1
                                  -----      -----       -----      -----
Net income (loss)                  (4.6)%      7.2%        (.1)%      5.3%
                                  =====      =====       =====      =====








Restaurant  sales  for  the  third quarter of  fiscal  1996  were  $60.9
million,  an  increase of 137.4% over restaurant sales of $25.6  million
for  the  comparable period in fiscal 1995.  The increase was  primarily
attributable to sales generated by Company restaurants operating in  the
third  quarter of fiscal 1996 that were not operating during  the  third
quarter  of  fiscal 1995. During the third quarter of fiscal  1996,  the
Company's Grady's American Grill and Bruegger's Bagel Bakery restaurants
contributed  $30.0  million in increased sales, or 85.2%  of  the  total
sales  increase of $35.2 million.  Comparable restaurant sales (measured
by  comparing company-owned units open for the entire current period and
the  entire  corresponding period in the prior year) were positive  2.4%
for  Bruegger's Bagel Bakeries, positive 2.3% for Burger King,  positive
6.8%  for Spageddies Italian Kitchen and negative 6.1% for Chili's Grill
& Bar.

Total  revenues for the Company were $63.6 million for the third quarter
of  the  1996 fiscal year, an increase of 148.1% over $25.6 million  for
the  comparable period in fiscal 1995.  Total revenues for  the  Company
includes   franchise  related  revenues  from  Bruegger's   Corporation.
Franchise  related  revenues include royalties on franchised  restaurant
sales, franchise and development fees and other miscellaneous fees  from
franchised operations.

Restaurant  sales  for  the first forty weeks of the  1996  fiscal  year
increased  118.2% to $169.9 million versus $77.9 million  for  the  same
period in fiscal 1995. The increase was primarily due to sales generated
by  Company restaurants operating during the first forty weeks of fiscal
1996  that were not operating during  the corresponding period of fiscal
1995.  Comparable restaurant sales for the period were positive .9%  for
the Bruegger's Bagel Bakeries, positive .5% for Burger King and negative
1.1% for Chili's Grill & Bar.

Total  revenues for the Company were $172.6 million for the first  forty
weeks of the 1996 fiscal year, an increase of 121.6% from the comparable
period in fiscal 1995.

As a percentage of restaurant sales, total restaurant operating expenses
increased to 87.7% in the third quarter of fiscal 1996 from 81.8% in the
third  quarter of fiscal 1995. For the forty weeks ended August 4, 1996,
total  restaurant  operating  expenses, as a  percentage  of  restaurant
sales, increased to 86.8% from 83.0% in the same period of fiscal  1995.
Contributing  to the increase in restaurant operating expenses  for  the
quarter  and  the  forty weeks were higher food and beverage  costs  and
higher payroll and benefits expense.  These increases were primarily the
result  of  the higher costs associated with the Grady's American  Grill
units which were acquired in the first quarter of fiscal 1996.

General  and administrative expenses, as a percentage of total revenues,
were  6.1%  in  the  third quarter of fiscal 1996  versus  5.0%  in  the
comparable  period  of fiscal 1995. The increase was  primarily  due  to
increased  expenses  in  connection  with  the  merger  with  Bruegger's
Corporation.   For  the forty weeks ended August 4,  1996,  general  and
administrative expenses, as a percentage of total revenues, decreased to
5.2%  from  5.8% in the comparable period of fiscal 1995.  The  decrease
was  due to the beneficial leverage derived from increased sales at  the
Company's new and acquired restaurants.

Amortization  of  intangibles,  as  a  percentage  of  total   revenues,
increased to 1.3% for the third quarter of fiscal 1996 compared to  0.5%
for the same period in fiscal 1995.  For the first forty weeks of fiscal
1996,  amortization of intangibles, as a percentage of  total  revenues,
increased  to 0.8% compared to 0.6% for the same period in fiscal  1995.
The  increase for the quarter and the forty weeks was primarily  due  to
the   amortization of intangible assets relating to the acquisitions  of
Bruegger's Corporation and Grady's American Grill.




During  the third quarter of fiscal 1996, the Company recorded a special
pre-tax  charge of $8.0 million for restructuring and integration  costs
related  to  the  merger  with  Bruegger's  Corporation.  Total  pre-tax
restructuring and integration costs for the forty weeks ended August  4,
1996  include the $8.0 million charge for the Bruegger's merger and $1.9
million  for  restructuring  and  integration  costs  related   to   the
acquisitions  of  Grady's  American  Grill  Restaurants  and  Spageddies
Italian Kitchen.

Total  other  expenses, as a percentage of total revenues, increased  to
2.8% for the third quarter of fiscal 1996 as compared to 1.3% during the
comparable  period in fiscal 1995. For the first forty weeks  of  fiscal
1996,  total  other expenses increased to 2.8% of total revenues  versus
2.2%  for  the same period in fiscal 1995.  The increase for  the  third
quarter  and the first forty weeks of fiscal 1996 was primarily  due  to
higher  interest  costs  arising  from borrowings  under  the  Company's
revolving  credit  facility  to  fund acquisitions  and  new  restaurant
openings.

For the third quarter of fiscal 1996, the Company reported a net loss of
$2.9  million  compared  to net income of $1.8  million  for  the  third
quarter  of fiscal 1995. For the forty weeks ended August 4, 1996,   the
Company reported a net loss of $0.2 million as compared to net income of
$4.1  million for the comparable period in fiscal 1995. The decrease  in
net  income for the quarter and the forty weeks ended August 4, 1996 was
due to the special pre-tax charges previously discussed.



LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

The  Company's cash and cash equivalents were $5.8 million at  August  4
1996,  an  increase of 0.2 million for the forty weeks ended  August  4,
1996.   Principal sources of funds consisted of: (i) those  provided  by
operations  ($15.7  million);  (ii)  net  proceeds  from  the  Company's
revolving  credit facility ($37.3 million) and (iii) those  provided  by
the issuance of common stock ($59.7 million).  The primary uses of funds
consisted   of:   (i)  expenditures  associated  with   new   restaurant
development  ($30.2  million);  (ii) expenditures  associated  with  the
acquisitions  of  businesses  ($73.6 million); (iii)  increase  in  note
receivable ($3.8 million) and (iv) franchise, development and preopening
costs ($2.2 million).

Cash flow generated from new and existing restaurant operations provides
the  Company with a significant source of liquidity.  During  the  forty
weeks ended August 4, 1996, approximately 52.1% of the funds required to
construct new restaurants and purchase other equipment was generated  by
operating   activities.    The  remainder  of  the   Company's   capital
requirements were provided by proceeds from the issuance of common stock
and  borrowings under the Company's revolving credit facility.  On April
26,  1996,  the  Company amended its existing revolving credit  facility
with  Texas  Commerce Bank, as agent for a group of  seven  banks.   The
facility,  as amended, provides for borrowings up to a maximum  of  $150
million,  with  interest payable at the adjusted LIBOR rate  plus  1.5%.
The  loan agreement expires on April 26, 1999 and is unsecured.   As  of
August 4, 1996, there was $60.9 million outstanding under this revolving
credit  facility. The loan agreement allows for further indebtedness  of
up to $5 million in addition to the $150 million currently available.

The Company's primary cash requirements for the remainder of fiscal 1996
will  be  to finance capital expenditures in connection with the opening
of new restaurants, improvements to the Company's management information
reporting  systems  and for general working capital  purposes.   Capital
expenditures for fiscal 1996, including the effects of the  merger  with
Bruegger's  Corporation, are projected to be approximately  $35  to  $40
million,  of  which  $30.2 million has been expended through  the  third
quarter  of  fiscal 1996.  During the first forty weeks of fiscal  1996,
Quality  Dining opened or acquired 68 new Bruegger's Bagel Bakeries,  42
Grady's American Grill restaurants, four new Burger King restaurants and
three new Chili's Grill & Bar restaurants.




The Company's growth plans for all of fiscal 1996, including the effects
of  the  merger  with  Bruegger's Corporation,  include  55  to  60  new
Bruegger's  Bagel Bakeries, four Burger King restaurants, four  to  five
Chili's  restaurants  and  one  Spageddies Italian  Kitchen  restaurant.
Except  for  the Bruegger's locations, the Company expects to  own  real
estate  for  the  majority of these sites.  The  actual  amount  of  the
Company's cash requirements for capital expenditures depends in part  on
the  number  of  new  restaurants opened and the land acquisition  costs
associated with such restaurants. The Company anticipates that its  cash
flow  from operations, together with amounts available under its amended
revolving  credit  agreement, will be sufficient  to  fund  its  planned
expansion and other operating cash requirements through at least  fiscal
year 1997.


                       PART II - OTHER INFORMATION


Item 2. Changes in Securities

         In   connection   with   the   June   7,   1996   merger   with
         Bruegger'sCorporation,the Company amended its Articles of 
         Incorporation to create Series A Convertible  Cumulative Preferred
         Stock, without par value (the "Series A Preferred Stock"), as
         the first series of the Company's preferred stock. Holders of
         Series A Preferred Stock were entitled to preferentialcumulative
         dividends and were entitled to one vote per share (voting in 
         a single  class with the holders of common stock) on all  matters
         brought before the shareholders of the Company.   All  of  the
         shares of Series A Preferred Stock issued in connection with the
         merger have either been redeemed for cash or have been converted
         into shares of the Company's common stock; no shares of Series
         A Preferred Stock remain outstanding.



Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K

  (a)     Exhibits

     A  list of exhibits required to be filed as part of this report  is
     set forth in the Index to Exhibits, which immediately precedes such
     exhibits, and is incorporated herein by reference.


  (b)     Reports on Form 8-K

     1.   On May 31, 1996, the Company filed a Current Report on Form 8-K,
       announcing under Item 5 the approval by the Company's shareholders of
       the merger with Bruegger's Corporation.
     
     2.   On June 13, 1996, the Company filed a Current Report on Form 8-K,
       announcing under Item 2 the consummation of the merger with Bruegger's
       Corporation and filing under Item 7 the unaudited consolidated financial
       statements of Bruegger's Corporation for the quarter ended March 19,
       1996.


























                               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.



                                           Quality Dining, Inc.
                                           (Registrant)


Date:   September  17, 1996                 By:  /s/Michael  G. Sosinski
                                                    Chief Financial Officer















































                            INDEX TO EXHIBITS
                                    
                                    
  Exhibit
    No.                          Description
  -------                        -----------  

   3-B                           By-Laws of Registrant, as amended to date.

   27                            Financial Data Schedule














































EXHIBIT 3-B
                                 BY-LAWS

                               OF

                      QUALITY DINING, INC.

         (As last amended effective September 10, 1996
              to amend Sections 3.4 through 3.12)



                           ARTICLE I

                    Meetings of Shareholders

          Section  1.1.   Annual  Meetings.   Annual  meetings  of   the
shareholders  of  the Corporation shall be held on the first  Monday  of
March  of each year commencing in March, 1995, at such hour and at  such
place  within or without the State of Indiana as shall be designated  by
the  Board  of  Directors.  In the absence of designation,  the  meeting
shall  be held at the principal office of the Corporation at 11:00  a.m.
(local  time).   The Board of Directors may, by resolution,  change  the
date  or  time of such annual meeting.  If the day fixed for any  annual
meeting of shareholders shall fall on a legal holiday, then such  annual
meeting  shall be held on the first following day that is  not  a  legal
holiday.

          Section  1.2.   Special  Meetings.  Special  meetings  of  the
shareholders of the Corporation may be called at any time by  the  Board
of  Directors  or the Chairman of the Board and shall be called  by  the
Board  of Directors if the Secretary receives written, dated and  signed
demands  for  a  special  meeting, describing in reasonable  detail  the
purpose  or  purposes for which it is to be held, from  the  holders  of
shares  representing at least twenty-five percent  (25%)  of  all  votes
entitled  to  be  cast  on any issue proposed to be  considered  at  the
proposed  special  meeting; provided, however, that any  such  demand(s)
delivered to the Secretary at any time at which the Corporation has more
than 50 shareholders must be properly delivered by the holders of shares
representing at least 80% of all the votes entitled to be  cast  on  any
issue proposed to be considered at the proposed special meeting.  If the
Secretary receives one (1) or more proper written demands for a  special
meeting  of  shareholders, the Board of Directors may set a record  date
for determining shareholders entitled to make such demand.  The Board of
Directors  or the Chairman of the Board, as the case may be,  calling  a
special  meeting of shareholders shall set the date, time and  place  of
such meeting, which may be held within or without the State of Indiana.

          Section  1.3.  Notices.  A written notice, stating  the  date,
time, and place of any meeting of the shareholders, and, in the case  of
a  special  meeting, the purpose or purposes for which such  meeting  is
called,  shall  be  delivered  or  mailed  by  the  Secretary   of   the
Corporation,  to each shareholder of record of the Corporation  entitled
to  notice of or to vote at such meeting no fewer than ten (10) nor more
than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting.  In the event of  a
special meeting of shareholders required to be called as the result of a
demand  therefor  made by shareholders, such notice shall  be  given  no
later  than  the sixtieth (60th) day after the Corporation's receipt  of
the  demand requiring the meeting to be called.  Notice of shareholders'
meetings,  if  mailed,  shall  be  mailed,  postage  prepaid,  to   each
shareholder at his address shown in the Corporation's current record  of
shareholders.

          Notice  of  a  meeting  of  shareholders  shall  be  given  to
shareholders not entitled to vote, but only if a purpose for the meeting
is  to  vote on any amendment to the Corporation's Restated Articles  of
Incorporation, merger, or share exchange to which the Corporation  would
be  a  party,  sale  of  the Corporation's assets,  dissolution  of  the
Corporation, or consideration of voting rights to be accorded to  shares
acquired  or  to be acquired in a "control share acquisition"  (as  such
term  is  defined in the Indiana Business Corporation Law).   Except  as
required  by  the  foregoing sentence or as otherwise  required  by  the
Indiana  Business Corporation Law or the Corporation's Restated Articles
of  Incorporation, notice of a meeting of shareholders is required to be
given only to shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting.

          A  shareholder or his proxy may at any time waive notice of  a
meeting  if the waiver is in writing and is delivered to the Corporation
for  inclusion in the minutes or filing with the Corporation's  records.
A  shareholder's attendance at a meeting, whether in person or by proxy,
(a)  waives  objection  to  lack of notice or defective  notice  of  the
meeting,  unless  the shareholder or his proxy at the beginning  of  the
meeting  objects to holding the meeting or transacting business  at  the
meeting,  and  (b)  waives objection to consideration  of  a  particular
matter  at  the  meeting  that is not within  the  purpose  or  purposes
described  in  the meeting notice, unless the shareholder or  his  proxy
objects   to  considering  the  matter  when  it  is  presented.    Each
shareholder  who  has, in the manner above provided,  waived  notice  or
objection  to  notice of a shareholders' meeting shall  be  conclusively
presumed  to  have been given due notice of such meeting, including  the
purpose or purposes thereof.

          If  an annual or special shareholders' meeting is adjourned to
a  different date, time, or place, notice need not be given of  the  new
date, time, or place if the new date, time, or place is announced at the
meeting  before  adjournment, unless a new record date  is  or  must  be
established for the adjourned meeting.

          Section  1.4.   Voting.  Except as otherwise provided  by  the
Indiana  Business Corporation Law or the Corporation's Restated Articles
of  Incorporation, each share of the capital stock of any class  of  the
Corporation that is outstanding at the record date established  for  any
annual or special meeting of shareholders and is outstanding at the time
of  and  represented  in  person or by proxy at the  annual  or  special
meeting,  shall  entitle the record holder thereof,  or  his  proxy,  to
one (1) vote on each matter voted on at the meeting.

          Section  1.5.   Quorum.   Unless  the  Corporation's  Restated
Articles  of  Incorporation  or  the Indiana  Business  Corporation  Law
provide  otherwise, at all meetings of shareholders, a majority  of  the
votes  entitled  to be cast on a matter, represented  in  person  or  by
proxy,  constitutes a quorum for action on the matter.   Action  may  be
taken at a shareholders' meeting only on matters with respect to which a
quorum  exists;  provided,  however, that any meeting  of  shareholders,
including annual and special meetings and any adjournments thereof,  may
be  adjourned  to a later date although less than a quorum  is  present.
Once  a  share is represented for any purpose at a meeting, it is deemed
present for quorum purposes for the remainder of the meeting and for any
adjournment of that meeting unless a new record date is or must  be  set
for that adjourned meeting.

          Section  1.6.   Vote  Required To Take Action.   If  a  quorum
exists  as  to  a matter to be considered at a meeting of  shareholders,
action on such matter (other than the election of Directors) is approved
if the votes properly cast favoring the action exceed the votes properly
cast  opposing the action, except as the Corporation's Restated Articles
of  Incorporation  or  the Indiana Business Corporation  Law  require  a
greater  number of affirmative votes.  Directors shall be elected  by  a
plurality of the votes properly cast.

          Section  1.7.   Record  Date.   Only  such  persons  shall  be
entitled  to  notice  of  or to vote, in person  or  by  proxy,  at  any
shareholders' meeting as shall appear as shareholders upon the books  of
the  Corporation as of such record date as the Board of Directors  shall
determine, which date may not be earlier than the date seventy (70) days
immediately   preceding   the  meeting.   In   the   absence   of   such
determination,  the  record  date  shall  be  the  fiftieth  (50th)  day
immediately  preceding  the  date  of such  meeting.   Unless  otherwise
provided by the Board of Directors, shareholders shall be determined  as
of the close of business on the record date.

          Section  1.8.   Proxies.  A shareholder may  vote  his  shares
either in person or by proxy.  A shareholder may appoint a proxy to vote
or otherwise act for the shareholder (including authorizing the proxy to
receive,  or  to waive, notice of any shareholders' meeting  within  the
effective  period of such proxy) by signing an appointment form,  either
personally or by the shareholders' attorney-in-fact.  An appointment  of
a  proxy is effective when received by the Secretary or other officer or
agent  authorized  to tabulate votes and is effective  for  eleven  (11)
months  unless a longer period is expressly provided in the  appointment
form.   The proxy's authority may be limited to a particular meeting  or
may  be general and authorize the proxy to represent the shareholder  at
any  meeting  of  shareholders held within  the  time  provided  in  the
appointment form.  Subject to the Indiana Business Corporation  Law  and
to any express limitation on the proxy's authority appearing on the face
of  the  appointment  form, the Corporation is entitled  to  accept  the
proxy's  vote  or  other  action as that of the shareholder  making  the
appointment.

          Section 1.9.  Removal of Directors.  Any or all of the members
of  the  Board of Directors may be removed, for good cause,  only  at  a
meeting of the shareholders called expressly for that purpose, by a vote
of the holders of outstanding shares representing at least sixty-six and
two-thirds percent (66-2/3%) of the votes then entitled to be cast at an
election  of Directors.  Directors may not be removed in the absence  of
good cause.

          Section  1.10.   Written  Consents.  Any  action  required  or
permitted to be taken at a shareholders' meeting may be taken without  a
meeting if the action is taken by all the shareholders entitled to  vote
on  the action.  The action must be evidenced by one (1) or more written
consents  describing  the action taken, signed by all  the  shareholders
entitled  to  vote on the action, and delivered to the  Corporation  for
inclusion  in the minutes or filing with the corporate records.   Action
taken  under  this  Section 1.10 is effective when the last  shareholder
signs  the  consent, unless the consent specifies a different  prior  or
subsequent effective date, in which case the action is effective  on  or
as of the specified date.  Such consent shall have the same effect as  a
unanimous vote of all shareholders and may be described as such  in  any
document.

          Section  1.11.   Participation by Conference  Telephone.   The
Chairman  of the Board or the Board of Directors may permit any  or  all
shareholders  to  participate  in  an  annual  or  special  meeting   of
shareholders by, or through the use of, any means of communication, such
as  conference  telephone, by which all shareholders  participating  may
simultaneously  hear  each  other during  the  meeting.   A  shareholder
participating in a meeting by such means shall be deemed to  be  present
in person at the meeting.


                           ARTICLE II

                           Directors

          Section  2.1.  Number and Terms.  The business and affairs  of
the  Corporation  shall be managed under the direction  of  a  Board  of
Directors consisting of eleven (11) directors.

          The  Directors  shall be divided into three (3)  groups,  with
each group consisting of one-third (1/3) of the total Directors, as near
as  may be, with the term of office of the first group to expire at  the
annual meeting of shareholders in 1995, the term of office of the second
group  to expire at the annual meeting of shareholders in 1996, and  the
term  of  office of the third group to expire at the annual  meeting  of
shareholders  in  1997; and at each annual meeting of shareholders,  the
Directors  chosen  to  succeed those whose terms then  expire  shall  be
identified as being of the same group as the Directors they succeed  and
shall  be  elected  for a term expiring at the third  succeeding  annual
meeting of shareholders.

          Despite  the  expiration of a Director's  term,  the  Director
shall continue to serve until his successor is elected and qualified, or
until  the  earlier  of  his  death,  resignation,  disqualification  or
removal,  or until there is a decrease in the number of Directors.   Any
vacancy  occurring  in  the  Board  of Directors,  from  whatever  cause
arising, shall be filled by selection of a successor by a majority  vote
of the remaining members of the Board of Directors (although less than a
quorum); provided, however, that if such vacancy or vacancies leave  the
Board  of Directors with no members or if the remaining members  of  the
Board are unable to agree upon a successor or determine not to select  a
successor, such vacancy may be filled by a vote of the shareholders at a
special meeting called for that purpose or at the next annual meeting of
shareholders.   The  term of a Director elected or selected  to  fill  a
vacancy  shall  expire at the end of the term for which such  Director's
predecessor was elected, or if the vacancy arises because of an increase
in  the size of Board of Directors, at the end of the term specified  at
the time of election or selection.

          The Directors and each of them shall have no authority to bind
the Corporation except when acting as a Board.

          Section  2.2.   Quorum and Vote Required To  Take  Action.   A
majority  of  the  whole  Board  of  Directors  shall  be  necessary  to
constitute  a  quorum  for the transaction of any business,  except  the
filling of vacancies.  If a quorum is present when a vote is taken,  the
affirmative vote of a majority of the Directors present shall be the act
of  the  Board  of  Directors, unless the act of  a  greater  number  is
required  by  the  Indiana Business Corporation Law,  the  Corporation's
Restated Articles of Incorporation or these By-Laws.

          Section  2.3.   Annual  and Regular Meetings.   The  Board  of
Directors shall meet annually, without notice, immediately following the
annual meeting of the shareholders, for the purpose of transacting  such
business  as  properly  may  come before  the  meeting.   Other  regular
meetings  of the Board of Directors, in addition to said annual meeting,
shall  be held on such dates, at such times and at such places as  shall
be  fixed  by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors and specified
in  a notice of each such regular meeting, or otherwise communicated  to
the  Directors.  The Board of Directors may at any time alter  the  date
for the next regular meeting of the Board of Directors.

          Section 2.4.  Special Meetings.  Special meetings of the Board
of  Directors may be called by any member of the Board of Directors upon
not  less than twenty-four (24) hours' notice given to each Director  of
the  date, time, and place of the meeting, which notice need not specify
the  purpose  or purposes of the special meeting.  Such  notice  may  be
communicated  in  person  (either in writing or orally),  by  telephone,
telegraph, teletype, or other form of wire or wireless communication, or
by  mail,  and  shall be effective at the earlier of  the  time  of  its
receipt or, if mailed, five (5) days after its mailing.  Notice  of  any
meeting of the Board may be waived in writing at any time if the  waiver
is  signed by the Director entitled to the notice and is filed with  the
minutes   or   corporate  records.   A  Director's  attendance   at   or
participation in a meeting waives any required notice to the Director of
the  meeting,  unless the Director at the beginning of the  meeting  (or
promptly upon the Director's arrival) objects to holding the meeting  or
transacting business at the meeting and does not thereafter vote for  or
assent to action taken at the meeting.

          Section  2.5.   Written  Consents.   Any  action  required  or
permitted  to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors  may  be
taken  without  a meeting if the action is taken by all members  of  the
Board.  The action must be evidenced by one (1) or more written consents
describing  the action taken, signed by each Director, and  included  in
the  minutes or filed with the corporate records reflecting  the  action
taken.   Action taken under this Section 2.5 is effective when the  last
Director  signs  the consent, unless the consent specifies  a  different
prior  or  subsequent  effective date, in  which  cases  the  action  is
effective  on or as of the specified date.  A consent signed under  this
Section  2.5  shall  have the same effect as a  unanimous  vote  of  all
members of the Board and may be described as such in any document.

          Section  2.6.   Participation by  Conference  Telephone.   The
Board of Directors may permit any or all Directors to participate  in  a
regular  or  special meeting by, or through the use  of,  any  means  of
communication,  such  as conference telephone, by  which  all  Directors
participating may simultaneously hear each other during the meeting.   A
Director participating in a meeting by such means shall be deemed to  be
present in person at the meeting.
          Section  2.7.   Executive Committee.  The Board  of  Directors
shall  appoint  up  to six (6) members to an Executive  Committee.   The
Executive  Committee shall, subject to the restrictions of Section  2.9,
be  authorized to exercise the authority of the full Board of  Directors
at  any times other than during regular or special meetings of the Board
of  Directors.   All actions taken by the Executive Committee  shall  be
reported  at  the  first  regular meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors
following such actions.  Members of the Executive Committee shall  serve
at the pleasure of the Board of Directors.

          Section  2.8.   Other Committees.  (a) The Board of  Directors
may  create  one  (1) or more committees in addition  to  the  Executive
Committee  and  appoint members of the Board of Directors  to  serve  on
them,  by resolution of the Board of Directors adopted by a majority  of
all  the  Directors  in  office when the  resolution  is  adopted.   The
committee  may exercise the authority of the Board of Directors  to  the
extent specified in the resolution.  Each committee may have one (1)  or
more  members, and all the members of such committee shall serve at  the
pleasure of the Board of Directors.

          Section  2.9.  Limitations on Committees; Notice,  Quorum  and
Voting.

          (a)   Neither the Executive Committee nor any other  committee
hereafter established may:

     (1)  authorize  dividends  or  other distributions,  except  a
          committee  may  authorize or approve a  reacquisition  of
          shares   if  done  according  to  a  formula  or   method
          prescribed by the Board of Directors;

     (2)  approve  or  propose  to  shareholders  action  that   is
          required to be approved by shareholders;

     (3)  fill vacancies on the Board of Directors or on any of its
          committees;

     (4)  except as permitted under Section 2.9(a)(7) below,  amend
          the  Corporation's  Restated  Articles  of  Incorporation
          under IC 23-1-38-2;

     (5)  adopt,  amend,  repeal,  or  waive  provisions  of  these
          By-Laws;

     (6)  approve  a  plan  of  merger  not  requiring  shareholder
          approval; or

     (7)  authorize  or approve the issuance or sale or a  contract
          for  sale  of  shares, or determine the  designation  and
          relative rights, preferences, and limitations of a  class
          or  series  of shares, except the Board of Directors  may
          authorize  a  committee (or an executive officer  of  the
          Corporation designated by the Board of Directors) to take
          the  action  described in this Section  2.9(a)(7)  within
          limits prescribed by the Board of Directors.

          (b)   Except  to the extent inconsistent with the  resolutions
creating  a committee, Sections 2.1 through 2.6 of these By-Laws,  which
govern  meetings, action without meetings, notice and waiver of  notice,
quorum  and voting requirements and telephone participation in  meetings
of  the  Board of Directors, apply to each committee and its members  as
well.


                          ARTICLE III

                            Officers

          Section  3.1.  Designation, Selection and Terms.  The officers
of  the  Corporation shall consist of the Chairman  of  the  Board,  the
President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer and the Secretary.
The  Board  of  Directors  may  also elect  Vice  Presidents,  Assistant
Secretaries  and  Assistant  Treasurers,  and  such  other  officers  or
assistant  officers as it may from time to time determine by  resolution
creating  the office and defining the duties thereof.  In addition,  the
Chairman  of  the  Board  or  the President may,  by  a  certificate  of
appointment  creating  the  office  and  defining  the  duties   thereof
delivered  to  the  Secretary for inclusion with the corporate  records,
from  time  to time create and appoint such assistant officers  as  they
deem desirable.  The officers of the Corporation shall be elected by the
Board  of  Directors (or appointed by the Chairman of the Board  or  the
President  as  provided above) and need not be selected from  among  the
members of the Board of Directors, except for the Chairman of the  Board
and  the President who shall be members of the Board of Directors.   Any
two  (2)  or more offices may be held by the same person.  All  officers
shall  serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors and, with respect
to  officers  appointed by the Chairman of the Board or  the  President,
also  at the pleasure of such officers.  The election or appointment  of
an officer does not itself create contract rights.

          Section 3.2.  Removal.  The Board of Directors may remove  any
officer at any time with or without cause.  An officer appointed by  the
Chairman of the Board or the President may also be removed at any  time,
with  or  without cause, by either of such officers.  Vacancies in  such
offices,  however occurring, may be filled by the Board of Directors  at
any meeting of the Board of Directors (or by appointment by the Chairman
of  the Board or the President, to the extent provided in Section 3.1 of
these By-Laws).

          Section  3.3.   Chairman of the Board.  The  Chairman  of  the
Board shall be the chief executive and principal policymaking officer of
the Corporation.  Subject to the authority of the Board of Directors, he
shall  formulate the major policies to be pursued in the  administration
of  the  Corporation's  affairs.  He shall study and  make  reports  and
recommendations to the Board of Directors with respect to major problems
and  activities  of the Corporation and shall see that  the  established
policies  are placed into effect and carried out under the direction  of
the President.  The Chairman of the Board shall, if present, preside  at
all meetings of the shareholders and of the Board of Directors.

          Section  3.4.   Co-Chairman of the Board.  The Co-Chairman  of
the  Board  shall not be an officer of the Corporation, but  shall  have
such  power  and  perform such duties as the Board of Directors  or  the
Chairman of the Board may, from time to time, prescribe.  In the absence
of  the Chairman of the Board, or at the request of the Chairman of  the
Board,  the  Co-Chairman of the Board shall preside at meetings  of  the
shareholders and of the Board of Directors.

          Section  3.5.   President.   Subject  to  the  provisions   of
Section 3.3, the President shall be the chief operating officer  of  the
Corporation,  shall  exercise the powers and perform  the  duties  which
ordinarily  appertain to that office and shall manage  and  operate  the
business  and affairs of the Corporation in conformity with the policies
established by the Board of Directors and by the Chairman of the  Board,
or  as  may  be provided for in these By-Laws.  In connection  with  the
performance of his duties, he shall keep the Chairman of the Board fully
informed  as  to  all  phases of the Corporation's activities.   In  the
absence  of  the Chairman of the Board, the President shall  preside  at
meetings of the shareholders and of the Board of Directors.

          Section  3.6.   Chief Financial Officer.  The Chief  Financial
Officer  shall  be  the chief financial officer of the  Corporation  and
shall  perform all of the duties customary to that office.  He shall  be
responsible for all of the Corporation's financial affairs,  subject  to
the  supervision  and direction of the Chairman of  the  Board  and  the
President, and shall have and perform such further powers and duties  as
the  Board  of Directors may, from time to time, prescribe  and  as  the
Chairman  of the Board or the President may, from time to time, delegate
to him.

          Section 3.7.  Vice Presidents.  Each Vice President shall have
such  powers and perform such duties as the Board of Directors may, from
time  to  time,  prescribe  and as the Chairman  of  the  Board  or  the
President may, from time to time, delegate to him.

          Section 3.8.  Treasurer.  The Treasurer shall perform  all  of
the  duties  customary  to that office, shall be  the  chief  accounting
officer of the Corporation and shall be responsible for maintaining  the
Corporation's  accounting books and records and preparing its  financial
statements,  subject  to  the supervision and  direction  of  the  Chief
Financial  Officer and other superior officers within  the  Corporation.
He  shall  also  be responsible for causing the Corporation  to  furnish
financial statements to its shareholders pursuant to IC 23-1-53-1.

          Section   3.9.   Assistant  Treasurer.   In  the  absence   or
inability  of  the  Treasurer, the Assistant Treasurer,  if  any,  shall
perform  only  such  duties  as are specifically  assigned  to  him,  in
writing,  by  the  Board of Directors, the Chairman of  the  Board,  the
President, the Chief Financial Officer, or the Treasurer.

          Section  3.10.   Secretary.   The  Secretary  shall   be   the
custodian  of the books, papers, and records of the Corporation  and  of
its corporate seal, if any, and shall be responsible for seeing that the
Corporation  maintains the records required by IC 23-1-52-1 (other  than
accounting  records)  and that the Corporation files  with  the  Indiana
Secretary  of  State the annual report required by  IC  23-1-53-3.   The
Secretary shall be responsible for preparing minutes of the meetings  of
the  shareholders  and of the Board of Directors and for  authenticating
records of the Corporation, and he shall perform all of the other duties
usual in the office of Secretary of a corporation.

          Section  3.11.   Assistant  Secretary.   In  the  absence   or
inability  of  the  Secretary, the Assistant Secretary,  if  any,  shall
perform only such duties as are provided herein or specifically assigned
to  him,  in  writing, by the Board of Directors, the  Chairman  of  the
Board, the President, or the Secretary.

          Section  3.12.  Salary.  The Board of Directors  may,  at  its
discretion,  from  time  to  time, fix the  salary  of  any  officer  by
resolution included in the minute book of the Corporation.


                           ARTICLE IV

                             Checks

          All checks, drafts, or other orders for payment of money shall
be  signed in the name of the Corporation by such officers or persons as
shall be designated from time to time by resolution adopted by the Board
of  Directors and included in the minute book of the Corporation; and in
the  absence  of such designation, such checks, drafts, or other  orders
for  payment  shall be signed by the Chairman, the President,  the  Vice
President-Finance or the Treasurer.


                           ARTICLE V

                             Loans

          Such of the officers of the Corporation as shall be designated
from  time  to time by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors  and
included  in  the minute book of the Corporation shall have  the  power,
with such limitations thereon as may be fixed by the Board of Directors,
to  borrow  money in the Corporation's behalf, to establish  credit,  to
discount  bills  and papers, to pledge collateral, and to  execute  such
notes,  bonds, debentures, or other evidences of indebtedness, and  such
mortgages,   trust  indentures,  and  other  instruments  in  connection
therewith,  as  may be authorized from time to time  by  such  Board  of
Directors.


                           ARTICLE VI

                     Execution of Documents

          The  Chairman of the Board, the President or any other officer
authorized  by  the  Board of Directors may, in the Corporation's  name,
sign all deeds, leases, contracts, or similar documents unless otherwise
directed  by the Board of Directors or otherwise provided herein  or  in
the  Corporation's Restated Articles of Incorporation, or  as  otherwise
required by law.


                          ARTICLE VII

                             Stock

          Section  7.1.   Execution.  Certificates  for  shares  of  the
capital stock of the Corporation shall be signed by the Chairman of  the
Board  or  the  President  and by the Secretary  and  the  seal  of  the
Corporation  (or  a facsimile thereof), if any, may be thereto  affixed.
Where  any  such  certificate is also signed by a transfer  agent  or  a
registrar,  or  both, the signatures of the officers of the  Corporation
may  be  facsimiles.   The Corporation may issue and  deliver  any  such
certificate notwithstanding that any such officer who shall have signed,
or  whose  facsimile  signature  shall  have  been  imprinted  on,  such
certificate shall have ceased to be such officer.

          Section  7.2.   Contents.  Each certificate issued  after  the
adoption  of  these  By-Laws shall state on its face  the  name  of  the
Corporation  and  that it is organized under the laws of  the  State  of
Indiana, the name of the person to whom it is issued, and the number and
class  of  shares  and  the  designation of  the  series,  if  any,  the
certificate  represents, and shall state conspicuously on its  front  or
back that the Corporation will furnish the shareholder, upon his written
request  and  without  charge, a summary of the  designations,  relative
rights,  preferences, and limitations applicable to each class  and  the
variations in rights, preferences, and limitations determined  for  each
series  (and  the  authority  of the Board  of  Directors  to  determine
variations for future series).

          Section 7.3.  Transfers.  Except as otherwise provided by  law
or  by resolution of the Board of Directors, transfers of shares of  the
capital stock of the Corporation shall be made only on the books of  the
Corporation  by  the  holder thereof, in person or  by  duly  authorized
attorney, on payment of all taxes thereon and surrender for cancellation
of   the  certificate  or  certificates  for  such  shares  (except   as
hereinafter provided in the case of loss, destruction, or mutilation  of
certificates) properly endorsed by the holder thereof or accompanied  by
the proper evidence of succession, assignment, or authority to transfer,
and delivered to the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary.

          Section  7.4.  Stock Transfer Records.  There shall be entered
upon the stock records of the Corporation the number of each certificate
issued,  the  name  and  address  of  the  registered  holder  of   such
certificate, the number, kind, and class of shares represented  by  such
certificate, the date of issue, whether the shares are originally issued
or  transferred, the registered holder from whom transferred,  and  such
other  information as is commonly required to be shown by such  records.
The  stock  records of the Corporation shall be kept  at  its  principal
office,  unless the Corporation appoints a transfer agent or  registrar,
in  which  case  the  Corporation shall keep at its principal  office  a
complete  and accurate shareholders' list giving the names and addresses
of all shareholders and the number and class of shares held by each.  If
a  transfer  agent  is appointed by the Corporation, shareholders  shall
give  written notice of any changes in their addresses from time to time
to the transfer agent.

          Section  7.5.  Transfer Agents and Registrars.  The  Board  of
Directors  may  appoint  one or more transfer agents  and  one  or  more
registrars and may require each stock certificate to bear the  signature
of either or both.
          Section   7.6.    Loss,   Destruction,   or   Mutilation    of
Certificates.  The holder of any of the capital stock of the Corporation
shall  immediately notify the Corporation of any loss,  destruction,  or
mutilation of the certificate therefor, and the Board of Directors  may,
in  its  discretion,  cause to be issued to him  a  new  certificate  or
certificates  of stock, upon the surrender of the mutilated certificate,
or,  in the case of loss or destruction, upon satisfactory proof of such
loss  or  destruction.  The Board of Directors may, in  its  discretion,
require  the  holder of the lost or destroyed certificate or  his  legal
representative to give the Corporation a bond in such sum  and  in  such
form,  and  with such surety or sureties as it may direct, to  indemnify
the  Corporation, its transfer agents, and registrars, if  any,  against
any  claim that may be made against them or any of them with respect  to
the capital stock represented by the certificate or certificates alleged
to  have been lost or destroyed, but the Board of Directors may, in  its
discretion, refuse to issue a new certificate or certificates, save upon
the order of a court having jurisdiction in such matters.

          Section  7.7.   Form  of  Certificates.   The  form   of   the
certificates  for  shares of the capital stock of the Corporation  shall
conform  to the requirements of Section 7.2 of these By-Laws and  be  in
such  printed form as shall from time to time be approved by  resolution
of the Board of Directors.


                          ARTICLE VIII

                              Seal

          The   corporate  seal  of  the  Corporation  shall,   if   the
Corporation elects to have one, be in the form of a disc, with the  name
of  the Corporation and "INDIANA" on the periphery thereof and the  word
"SEAL" in the center.


                           ARTICLE IX

                         Miscellaneous

          Section   9.1.    Indiana  Business  Corporation   Law.    The
provisions  of  the  Indiana  Business  Corporation  law,  as   amended,
applicable to all matters relevant to, but not specifically covered  by,
these By-Laws are hereby, by reference, incorporated in and made a  part
of these By-Laws.

          Section 9.2.  Fiscal Year.  The fiscal year of the Corporation
shall end on the last Sunday in October of each year.

          Section  9.3.   Election  to  be  governed  by  Indiana   Code
  23-1-43.  Effective upon the registration of the Corporation's  common
stock  under  Section  12 of the Securities Exchange  Act  of  1934,  as
amended,  the  Corporation  shall  be  governed  by  the  provisions  of
IC 23-1-43 regarding business combinations.
          Section   9.4.    Control  Share  Acquisition  Statute.    The
provisions of IC 23-1-42 shall apply to the acquisition of shares of the
Corporation.

          Section  9.5.  Redemption of Shares Acquired in Control  Share
Acquisitions.  If and whenever the provisions of IC 23-1-42 apply to the
Corporation,  any  or all control shares acquired  in  a  control  share
acquisition  shall  be  subject to redemption  by  the  Corporation,  if
either:

          (a)   no  acquiring person statement has been filed  with
     the Corporation with respect to such control share acquisition
     in accordance with IC 23-1-42-6, or

          (b)   the  control  shares are not accorded  full  voting
     rights  by  the  Corporation's  shareholders  as  provided  in
     IC 23-1-42-9.

A  redemption pursuant to Section 9.5(a) may be made at any time  during
the  period ending sixty (60) days after the last acquisition of control
shares by the acquiring person.  A redemption pursuant to Section 9.5(b)
may be made at any time during the period ending two (2) years after the
shareholder vote with respect to the granting of voting rights  to  such
control  shares.  Any redemption pursuant to this Section 9.5  shall  be
made  at  the  fair  value of the control shares and  pursuant  to  such
procedures  for such redemption as may be set forth in these By-Laws  or
adopted by resolution of the Board of Directors.

          As  used  in  this  Section 9.5, the terms  "control  shares,"
"control   share   acquisition,"  "acquiring  person   statement,"   and
"acquiring  person" shall have the meanings ascribed to  such  terms  in
IC 23-1-42.

          Section  9.6.   Amendments.  These By-Laws may  be  rescinded,
changed, or amended, and provisions hereof may be waived, at any meeting
of  the Board of Directors by the affirmative vote of a majority of  the
entire number of Directors at the time, except as otherwise required  by
the  Corporation's Articles of Incorporation or by the Indiana  Business
Corporation Law.

          Section  9.7.   Definition of Articles of Incorporation.   The
term  "Articles  of  Incorporation" as used in these By-Laws  means  the
Amended or Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation as from
time to time are in effect.



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