PITTWAY CORP /DE/
10-Q, 1998-08-04
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                    SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                       Washington, D.C. 20549-1004
                                                            

                                FORM 10-Q

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

      For the quarterly period ended June 30, 1998

                                    OR

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

                        COMMISSION FILE NUMBER 1-4821

                             PITTWAY CORPORATION
           (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

        DELAWARE                                   13-5616408
(State of Incorporation)              (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)


200 South Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois                    60606-5802
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                     (Zip Code)

                               312/831-1070
             (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      

   Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer's 
classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date (July 30, 1998).

                        Common Stock      3,938,832
                        Class A Stock    17,301,243

                     PITTWAY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
                                  FORM 10-Q
                       QUARTER ENDED JUNE 30, 1998

                                    INDEX




PART I.     FINANCIAL INFORMATION                                    Page

   ITEM 1.  Financial Statements

            Consolidated Statement of Income - 
              Three and Six Months Ended 
              June 30, 1998 and 1997                                   3

            Consolidated Balance Sheet -
              June 30, 1998 and December 31, 1997                    4 - 5

            Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows -
              Six Months Ended June 30, 1998 and 1997                  6

            Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements               7 - 11

   ITEM 2.  Management's Discussion and Analysis of
              Financial Condition and Results of Operations         11 - 14


PART II.    OTHER INFORMATION

   ITEM 1.  Legal Proceedings                                       14 - 16

   ITEM 4.  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders     17 - 18

   ITEM 5.  Market for Registrant's Common Equity and Related
              Stockholder Matters                                     18

   ITEM 6.  Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K                        18 - 19


SIGNATURES                                                            19


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<TABLE>
                       PITTWAY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
                         CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INCOME
                       FOR THE THREE MONTHS AND SIX MONTHS
                          ENDED JUNE 30, 1998 AND 1997
             (Unaudited; Dollars in Thousands, Except Per Share Data)

<CAPTION>
                                         Three Months Ended   Six Months Ended
                                               June 30,            June 30,      
<S>                                      <C>       <C>       <C>       <C>
                                            1998      1997 *    1998      1997 * 
CONTINUING OPERATIONS -
 NET SALES..............................  $325,538  $285,158  $629,677  $537,650
 OPERATING EXPENSES:
  Cost of sales.........................   208,432   181,912   400,764   343,791
  Selling, general and 
   administrative.......................    85,284    76,489   167,323   144,268
  Provision for patent litigation.......                        43,000  
  Depreciation and amortization.........     8,453     6,848    16,876    13,594
                                           302,169   265,249   627,963   501,653
 OPERATING INCOME.......................    23,369    19,909     1,714    35,997
 OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE):
  Equity in affiliate's gain on 
   divestiture..........................                         6,646  
  Income from marketable securities,
   investments and other interest.......       690     1,039     1,469     1,673
  Interest expense......................    (3,072)   (3,012)   (6,573)   (5,420)
  Income from investments...............     5,595       549     6,457     1,431
  Miscellaneous, net....................      (501)     (211)     (473)     (291)
                                             2,712    (1,635)    7,526    (2,607)
 INCOME FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS
  BEFORE INCOME TAXES...................    26,081    18,274     9,240    33,390
 PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES.............     9,809     6,559     3,311    12,105
 INCOME FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS......    16,272    11,715     5,929    21,285

DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS -
 Earnings from discontinued 
  operations net of income taxes of
  $2,619, $3,463, $4,285 and $5,397.....     3,673     4,883     6,021     7,609
 Provision for divestiture expenses, 
  net of income taxes of $383...........      (617)               (617)          
                                             3,056     4,883     5,404     7,609
NET INCOME..............................  $ 19,328  $ 16,598  $ 11,333  $ 28,894

PER SHARE OF COMMON AND 
 CLASS A STOCK (NOTE 3):
  Basic:
   Income from continuing operations....  $    .77  $    .56  $    .28  $   1.02
   Income from discontinued operations..       .15       .23       .26       .36
   Net income...........................  $    .92  $    .79  $    .54  $   1.38
  Diluted:
   Income from continuing operations....  $    .76  $    .55  $    .28  $   1.00
   Income from discontinued operations..       .14       .23       .25       .36
   Net income...........................  $    .90  $    .78  $    .53  $   1.36

CASH DIVIDENDS DECLARED PER SHARE:
  Common................................  $   .067  $   .067  $   .133  $   .133
  Class A...............................  $   .083  $   .083  $   .167  $   .167

AVERAGE SHARES OUTSTANDING (000's)......    21,115    20,981    21,069    20,970
AVERAGE SHARES AND DILUTIVE 
 EQUIVALENTS OUTSTANDING (000's)........    21,538    21,232    21,485    21,221

</TABLE>
* Restated for discontinued operations.

                         See accompanying notes.

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                   PITTWAY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
                         CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
                    JUNE 30, 1998 AND DECEMBER 31, 1997
                     (Unaudited; Dollars in Thousands)


                                              June 30,     December 31,
                                                1998           1997  *  

ASSETS

CURRENT ASSETS:
  Cash and equivalents...................    $   39,425      $ 40,257
  Marketable securities..................         9,915        16,583
  Accounts and notes receivable, less
    allowance for doubtful accounts of
    $10,423 and $9,691...................       231,220       199,222
  Inventories............................       262,163       240,228
  Future income tax benefits.............        16,638        16,246
  Prepayments, deposits and other........         9,698         8,823
                                                569,059       521,359

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, at cost:
  Buildings..............................        38,780        38,250
  Machinery and equipment................       214,383       194,479
                                                253,163       232,729
  Less: Accumulated depreciation.........      (124,207)     (109,118)
                                                128,956       123,611
  Land...................................         2,304         2,307
                                                131,260       125,918

INVESTMENTS:
  Marketable securities..................        44,195        30,015
  Investment in affiliate................        28,343        20,441
  Real estate and other ventures.........        40,911        43,388
  Leveraged leases.......................        17,948        18,559
                                                131,397       112,403

OTHER ASSETS:
  Goodwill, less accumulated
    amortization of $8,326 and $7,293....        64,685        54,964
  Other intangibles, less accumulated
    amortization of $5,620 and $5,489....         3,219         3,207
  Notes receivable.......................        13,680         7,534
  Investment in discontinued operations..        60,699        58,397
  Miscellaneous..........................        26,791        26,912
                                                169,074       151,014
                                             $1,000,790      $910,694


* Restated for discontinued operations.

                         See accompanying notes.

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                    PITTWAY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
                         CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
                     JUNE 30, 1998 AND DECEMBER 31, 1997
                      (Unaudited; Dollars in Thousands)
                     

                                                June 30,    December 31,
                                                 1998           1997 *  

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

CURRENT LIABILITIES:
  Notes payable...........................   $   68,468      $ 32,336
  Long-term debt due within one year......        5,355         5,730
  Dividends payable.......................           31         1,719
  Accounts payable........................      148,056       151,410
  Accrued expenses........................       45,540        43,166
  Income taxes payable....................        5,530         7,175
  Retirement and deferred
    compensation plans....................       10,549        10,562
                                                283,529       252,098

LONG-TERM DEBT, less current maturities...       99,325        95,215


DEFERRED LIABILITIES:
  Income taxes............................       50,905        62,611
  Litigation..............................       43,000
  Other...................................        8,973        13,636
                                                102,878        76,247

STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY:
  Preferred stock, none issued............
  Common capital stock, $1 par value-   
    Common stock..........................        3,939         3,939
    Class A stock.........................       17,279        17,052
  Capital in excess of par value..........       36,323        24,523
  Retained earnings.......................      448,489       440,536
  Cumulative marketable securities
    valuation adjustment..................       17,533         8,823
  Cumulative foreign currency translation
    adjustment............................       (8,505)       (7,739)      
                                                515,058       487,134
                                             $1,000,790      $910,694






* Restated for discontinued operations.

                         See accompanying notes.

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                       PITTWAY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
                       CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
                  FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30 1998 AND 1997
                         (Unaudited; Dollars in Thousands)

                                                        1998        1997 * 
CASH FLOWS FROM CONTINUING OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
  Income from continuing operations................   $  5,312    $ 21,285
  Adjustments to reconcile income from continuing
   operations to net cash provided by continuing 
   operating activities:
    Depreciation and amortization..................     16,876      13,594
    Equity in affiliate's gain on divestiture......     (4,154)          
    Deferred income taxes..........................     (3,749)        (40)
    Retirement and deferred compensation plans.....     (3,274)      2,389
    Income/loss from investments adjusted
     for cash distributions received...............     (1,118)     (1,090)
    Provision for losses on accounts receivable....      1,866       1,849
    Provision for patent litigation................     26,875
    Change in assets and liabilities, excluding 
     effects from acquisitions, dispositions 
     and foreign currency adjustments:
      Increase in accounts and notes receivable....    (24,219)    (20,182)
      Increase in inventories......................    (17,861)    (26,140)
      Increase in prepayments and deposits.........       (515)     (3,319)
      Decrease in accounts payable and accrued
        expenses...................................     (5,419)     (5,300)
      (Decrease) increase in income taxes payable..        (31)        324 
    Other changes, net.............................       (355)        306
  Net cash used by continuing operating activities.     (9,766)    (16,324)

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
  Capital expenditures.............................    (20,116)    (27,230)
  Proceeds from the sale of marketable securities..     11,661      21,453
  Purchases of marketable securities...............     (4,988)    (13,298)
  Disposition of property and equipment............        220         229
  Additions to investments.........................         (8)         (5)
  Increase in notes receivable.....................     (8,291)     (2,460)
  Net assets of businesses acquired, net of cash...    (11,616)    (20,636)
  Net cash used by investing activities............    (33,138)    (41,947)

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
  Net increase in notes payable....................     35,521      33,627
  Proceeds of long-term debt.......................      6,447       8,042
  Repayments of long-term debt.....................     (2,799)     (6,062)
  Stock options exercised..........................      4,379         906
  Dividends paid...................................     (5,067)     (3,372)
  Net cash provided by financing activities........     38,481      33,141

EFFECT OF EXCHANGE RATE CHANGES ON CASH............       (108)       (217)

NET CASH PROVIDED BY DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS.......      3,699       8,495 

NET DECREASE IN CASH AND EQUIVALENTS...............       (832)    (16,852)
CASH AND EQUIVALENTS AT BEGINNING OF PERIOD........     40,257      32,477
CASH AND EQUIVALENTS AT END OF PERIOD..............   $ 39,425    $ 15,625

* Restated for discontinued operations.

                          See accompanying notes.
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                    PITTWAY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
                 NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                     (Unaudited; Dollars in Thousands)

NOTE 1.  BASIS OF PRESENTATION

The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts 
of Pittway Corporation and its majority-owned subsidiaries (the 
"Company" or "Registrant").  Periods prior to 1998 have been restated 
to reflect the discontinuation of certain businesses, as discussed in 
Note 2.  Except where otherwise indicated, the following notes relate 
to continuing operations consisting principally of alarm systems 
businesses.

The accompanying consolidated financial statements are unaudited but 
reflect all adjustments of a normal recurring nature which are, in the 
opinion of management, necessary for a fair presentation of the 
financial statements contained herein.  However, the financial 
statements and related notes do not include all disclosures normally 
provided in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K.  Accordingly, 
these financial statements and related notes should be read in 
conjunction with the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year 
ended December 31, 1997.

NOTE 2 - DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

In December 1997 the Company announced its intention to distribute its 
investment in Penton Media, Inc. ("Penton"), a wholly-owned subsidiary 
of the Company, to stockholders in a tax-free spin-off.  The Company 
expects to complete the spin-off in August 1998 to stockholders of 
record on July 31, 1998.  The spin-off distribution will consist of one 
share of Penton Media, Inc. common stock for each share of Pittway 
outstanding, without distinction between Pittway's Common and Class A 
shares. A provision was recorded for divestiture expenses totaling $617 
net of taxes ($.03 per diluted share).

At June 30, 1998 and December 31, 1997 the investment in the net assets 
of the discontinued operations consisted of:

                                           June 30,          Dec. 31, 
                                             1998              1997   
     Current assets                        $ 42,278         $ 39,126
     Current liabilities                    (65,207)         (64,346)
     Net current assets                     (22,929)         (25,220)
     Net property, plant and equipment       27,180           27,242
     Other non-current assets                76,970           76,923
     Non-current liabilities                (20,522)         (20,548)
                                           $ 60,699         $ 58,397

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Net sales of the discontinued operations for the three month periods 
ended June 30, 1998 and 1997 were $59,186 and $54,055, and for the six 
month periods then ended were $111,671 and $102,721, respectively.

NOTE 3. EARNINGS PER SHARE AND STOCK SPLIT 

Basic net income per common share amounts were calculated by dividing 
earnings by the combined weighted average number of Class A and Common 
shares outstanding.  Diluted net income per share amounts were based on 
the same reported earnings but assume the issuance of Class A stock 
upon exercise of outstanding stock options and distributable as 
performance and bonus share awards.

At the May 1998 annual stockholders' meeting, stockholders approved an 
increase in the number of authorized shares to 100,000,000 for Class A 
stock and 120,000,000 for Common stock. On July 22, 1998 the Board of 
Directors declared a 2-for-1 stock split in the form of a 100% stock 
dividend on the Company's Common and Class A Common stock, payable 
September 11, 1998 to stockholders of record September 1, 1998. Had the 
additional shares resulting from the proposed stock split been 
outstanding throughout the three and six month periods ending June 30, 
1998 and 1997, per share earnings would have been as follows:

                                    Three Months       Six Months    
                                    1998     1997     1998     1997  
   PRO FORMA EARNINGS PER SHARE 
     OF COMMON AND CLASS A STOCK:
     Basic:
       Income from continuing
         operations                $   .39  $   .28  $   .14  $   .51
       Income from discontinued 
         operations                    .07      .12      .13      .18
       Net income                  $   .46  $   .40  $   .27  $   .69
     Diluted:
       Income from continuing
         operations                $   .38  $   .28  $   .14  $   .50
       Income from discontinued 
         operations                    .07      .11      .12      .18
       Net income                  $   .45  $   .39  $   .26  $   .68

Financial information contained elsewhere in this report has not been 
adjusted to reflect the impact of the stock split. 

NOTE 4.  CHANGE IN ACCOUNTING POLICY

Effective January 1, 1998, the Company adopted the provisions of 
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. (SFAS) 130 "Reporting 
Comprehensive Income."  The statement requires the addition of 
comprehensive income and its components in the Company's annual 
financial statements.  Other comprehensive income (loss) includes 
cumulative foreign currency translation adjustments and unrealized


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investment gains and losses, which are not included in income under 
current accounting principles.  Total comprehensive income (loss) for 
the three and six month periods ended June 30 was:

                                    Three Months       Six Months    
                                    1998     1997     1998     1997  
     Net income                   $19,328  $16,598  $11,333  $28,894
     Other comprehensive income     6,050   (6,241)   7,944   (8,541)
     Total comprehensive income   $25,378  $10,357  $19,277  $20,353

NOTE 5.  ACQUISITIONS

In the first six months of 1998, the Company acquired the assets and 
business of a domestic distributor of alarms and other security 
equipment and three foreign alarm businesses for stock and cash totaling 
$15,716. During the same period in 1997, the Company acquired the 
assets and businesses of a domestic manufacturer and distributor of 
fire controls and a foreign distributor of alarms and other security 
equipment for $20,636 cash and $1,000 in deferred payments through 
2003. All of these acquisitions were accounted for as purchase 
transactions in the consolidated financial statements from their 
respective dates of acquisition. The impact on consolidated results of 
operations was not significant.

NOTE 6.  INVENTORIES 

The recorded value of inventories at June 30, 1998 and December 31, 
1997 approximate current cost and consist of the following:

                                                  1998        1997   
     Raw materials                              $ 61,677    $ 58,323
     Work in process                              16,744      16,501
     Finished goods -
       Manufactured by the Company                93,767      89,776
       Manufactured by others                     89,975      75,628
                                                $262,163    $240,228

NOTE 7.  MARKETABLE SECURITIES

Information about the Company's marketable securities at June 30, 1998 
and December 31, 1997 is as follows:

                                                  1998        1997   
  Current - Adjustable Rate Preferred Stocks -
     Aggregate cost                             $ 10,001    $ 16,558
     Net unrealized holding (loss) gain              (86)         25
     Aggregate fair value                       $  9,915    $ 16,583

  Non-Current - USSB Common Stock -
     Aggregate cost                             $ 15,789    $ 15,789
     Unrealized holding gain                      28,406      14,226
     Aggregate fair value                       $ 44,195    $ 30,015

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Realized gains and losses are based upon the specific identification 
method.  Such gains and losses on the adjustable rate preferred stock, 
for the six months ended June 30, 1998 and 1997 were not significant.

NOTE 8.  INVESTMENT IN AFFILIATE

The investment in affiliate consists of the Company's interest in 
Cylink Corporation (Cylink), which is carried at equity.  In March 1998 
Cylink sold its wireless division for $60.5 million.  The Company 
increased the carrying value of its investment in Cylink by $6,646 and 
recorded an after-tax gain of $4,154, or $.20 per diluted share, to 
reflect its equity in the gain on this divestiture.  At June 30, 1998, 
the Company's 8.6 million shares of Cylink stock had a quoted market 
value of $103,273.

The summarized results of operations of Cylink for the three and six 
month periods ended June 30 were:

                                    Three Months       Six Months    
                                    1998     1997     1998     1997  
     Revenue                      $18,035  $11,584  $33,864  $20,936
     Gross profit                  13,563    8,199   25,781   14,741
     Income from continuing
       operations                   1,732      260    2,814      175
     Net income                     1,732    1,223   25,438    2,330

NOTE 9.  LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

In 1989 a judgment was entered against Saddlebrook Resorts, Inc. 
("Saddlebrook"), a former subsidiary of the Company, in a lawsuit which 
arose out of the development of Saddlebrook's resort and a portion of 
the adjoining residential properties owned and developed by the 
Company.  The lawsuit alleged damage to plaintiffs' adjoining property 
caused by surface water effects from improvements to the properties.  
Damages of approximately $8 million were awarded to the plaintiffs and 
an injunction was entered requiring, among other things, that 
Saddlebrook work with local regulatory authorities to take corrective 
actions.  In 1990 the trial court entered an order vacating the 
judgment and awarding a new trial.  In December 1994, Saddlebrook's 
motion for summary judgment based on collateral estoppel was granted on 
the ground that Plaintiffs' claims were fully retried and rejected in a 
related administrative proceeding.  Plaintiffs appealed the trial 
court's decision granting summary judgment.  In August 1996, the 
appellate court affirmed all but three issues in the trial court's 
summary judgment order in favor of Saddlebrook. On April 1, 1998, the 
trial court entered an order limiting the scope of the retrial in light 
of the appellate court's ruling.  On April 13, 1998, plaintiffs moved 
for reconsideration of the trial court's April 1, 1998 order which 
motion was denied on July 30, 1998.  Retrial is expected to begin in 
late 1998 or early 1999.  The Company believes that the ultimate 
outcome of the aforementioned lawsuit will not have a material adverse 
effect on its financial statements.  

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In 1995 a lawsuit was brought against the Company by Interactive 
Technologies, Inc. ("ITI"), seeking lost profits and royalty damages of 
up to $66,800 on account of Company sales of products which the 
plaintiff alleges infringed on its patent.  The plaintiff also asserted 
trebling of damages, if awarded, based upon alleged willful 
infringement.  The Company moved for summary judgment of non-
infringement and, in December 1997, the Court issued its order granting 
the Company partial summary judgment, stating its products did not 
literally infringe upon plaintiff's patent claims.  In March 1998, the 
jury handed down a verdict against the Company, which was entered by 
the Court in April 1998, awarding damages of $35,954.  The jury found 
that the Company did not willfully infringe. The company has recorded a 
provision of $43,000 in the first quarter of 1998 which considers the 
judgment and interest. The company has appealed the verdict. 

The Company in the normal course of business is subject to a number of 
lawsuits and claims both actual and potential in nature.  While 
management believes that resolution of other existing claims and 
lawsuits will not have a material adverse effect on the Company's 
financial statements, management is unable to estimate the magnitude of 
financial impact of claims and lawsuits which may be filed in the 
future.


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

RESULTS OF CONTINUING OPERATIONS

Continuing operations primarily represent the Company's alarm 
manufacturing and distribution operations.  For the second quarter and 
first six months of 1998, sales increased 14% to $325.5 million and 17% 
to $629.7 million over the respective periods in 1997. Domestic and 
international sales grew 14% and 15%, respectively, for the quarter and 17% and
18%, respectively, for the first six months over the same periods last year.  
International business represents 17% of total revenues from continuing 
operations in 1998 and 1997.  Gross profit increased at about the same 
rate as sales. Selling, general and administrative expenses increased 
11% in the second quarter and 16% in the first half of 1998 primarily as 
a result of increased costs associated with the higher sales volume.  
Operating income increased 17% for the quarter to $23.4 million and 24% 
year to date to $44.7 million, excluding a charge of $43.0 million 
related to a patent lawsuit.

Sales and operating income gains were achieved in spite of ongoing 
economic problems in international markets and strong currencies in the 
U.S. and the U.K. which have hurt exports from these countries 
throughout the year.  Domestically, the company's manufacturing 
operations increased revenues by winning additional national account 
business, through new product introductions and expanded market share.  
Improved operating efficiencies also had a positive impact on operating 
income.  The company's domestic distribution operations achieved double

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digit revenue growth despite margin pressure related to ongoing 
consolidation in the alarm installation market.  Part of the increase 
also resulted from an acquisition in April 1998.  International revenues 
were enhanced through three acquisitions in the second quarter of 1998 
and two acquisitions late in 1997.

Depreciation and amortization expense increased 23% in the second 
quarter and 24% for the first six months, mainly as a result of capital 
additions in the manufacturing operations.

Other income (expense) was very favorable in 1998 compared to 1997 due 
to increased cash distributions from real estate ventures, a gain on the 
sale of an investment in the second quarter of 1998 and a $6.4 million 
gain recorded in the first quarter on the Company's share in a gain 
recorded by Cylink Corporation (a 29% owned affiliate) on the 
divestiture of its wireless division.  Slightly offsetting the increased 
gains in 1998 were increased interest expense on higher borrowing 
levels, primarily for the first quarter of 1998 over 1997. 

Effective tax rates were 37.6% and 35.8% for the second quarter and 
first six months of 1998 and 35.9% and 36.3% for the second quarter and 
first six months of 1997.

DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

Publishing sales for the quarter and year-to-date grew to $59.2 million 
and $111.7 million each representing a 9% increase over the same periods 
in 1997.  The increase is attributable to increased advertising 
revenues, which include the results of a directory published every other 
year and two newly launched publications, the inclusion of trade shows 
acquired in December 1997, and increased revenues from external printing 
customers. Operating income decreased 19% to $6.9 million for the second 
quarter and 14% to $11.6 million for the first six months of 1998.  The 
decreased earnings reflect period costs related to trade shows acquired 
in December 1997, interest and amortization expenses related to these 
acquired trade shows and higher charges related to Pittway stock 
appreciation rights held by Penton employees. The spin-off of the 
publishing segment is expected to be completed in August 1998.

FINANCIAL CONDITION

The Company's financial condition remained strong during the first six 
months of 1998.  As of June 30, 1998 cash and equivalents totaled $39.4 
million, down slightly from December 31, 1997 balances of $40.3 million. 
Net working capital was $285.5 at June 30, 1998 up from $269.3 million 
at December 31, 1997.  Management anticipates that operations, 
borrowings and marketable securities will continue to be the primary 
source of funds needed to meet ongoing programs for capital 
expenditures, to finance acquisitions and investments and to pay 
dividends.



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In the first six months of 1998, continuing operations used a net cash 
amount of $9.8 million, generated from net income from continuing 
operations excluding depreciation, amortization, the net gain from the 
Cylink divestiture, the provision for patent litigation and other non-cash
items. The cash was used to fund a $17.9 million increase in inventory, a $24.2
million increase in receivables and a $5.4 million reduction in accounts 
payable and accrued liabilities. Short-term borrowings of $35.5 million, 
net proceeds from the issuance of long term debt of $3.6 million, $6.7 
million of net proceeds from the sale of marketable securities and $4.4 
million received on the exercise of stock options, along with $4.4 
million of cash and $.3 million from other sources were used to finance 
the $9.8 million of net cash used in operations, four acquisitions 
completed in the period totaling $11.6 million (in addition to $5.1 
million of Pittway Class A Stock), $20.1 million of capital 
expenditures, an $8.3 million increase in notes receivable, and $5.1 
million of dividends.  

Discontinued operations provided $3.7 million of funds in the period.

The Company continually investigates investment opportunities for growth 
in related areas and is presently committed to invest up to $29.5 
million in certain affordable housing ventures through 2005.

The Company has real estate investments in various limited partnerships 
with interests in commercial rental properties carried at a zero basis 
which are being offered for sale.  Cash distributions received from 
these ventures are recorded as other income.  The company has 
approximately $3.8 million accrued at June 30, 1998 to cover the 
deferred income tax liability that would be due if all the properties 
were sold.

The Company presently intends to hold its existing investments in 
preferred stocks, USSB and Cylink although occasional sales of preferred 
and USSB stocks may be made selectively as conditions warrant.

ACCOUNTING CHANGES

In June 1997, the FASB issued SFAS No. 131, "Disclosures about Segments 
of an Enterprise and Related Information". The statement requires the 
Company to report financial and descriptive information about its 
reportable segments, determined using the management approach (i.e., 
internal management reporting).  The statement is effective for fiscal 
years beginning after December 15, 1997.  The Company will disclose 
segment information as determined under methods prescribed by SFAS No. 
131 in its 1998 annual report.








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This quarterly report, other than historical financial information, 
contains forward-looking statements, as defined in the Private 
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, that involve a number of risks 
and uncertainties. Important factors that could cause actual results to 
differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking 
statements are set forth in Item 1 of the Company's annual report on 
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1997.  These include risks and 
uncertainties relating to the potential spin-off of the Company's 
publishing business, pending litigation, government regulation, 
competition and technological change, intellectual property rights, 
capital spending, international operations, and the Company's 
acquisition strategies.




                    PART II - OTHER INFORMATION


ITEM 1.       LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

Property Damage Claim

On May 10, 1989, the Circuit Court of the Sixth Judicial Circuit in and 
for Pasco County, Florida, entered a judgment against Saddlebrook 
Resorts, Inc. ("Saddlebrook"), a former subsidiary of the Company, in a 
lawsuit which arose out of the development of Saddlebrook's resort and a 
portion of the adjoining residential properties owned and developed by 
the Company.  The lawsuit (James H. Porter and Martha Porter, Trustees, 
et al. vs. Saddlebrook Resorts, Inc. and The County of Pasco, Florida; 
Case No. CA83-1860), alleges damage to plaintiffs' adjoining property 
caused by surface water effects from improvements to the properties.  
Damages of approximately $8 million were awarded to the plaintiffs and 
an injunction was entered requiring, among other things, that 
Saddlebrook work with local regulatory authorities to take corrective 
actions.  Saddlebrook made two motions for a new trial, based on 
separate grounds.  One such motion was granted on December 18, 1990. 
Such grant was appealed by the plaintiffs.  The other such motion was 
denied on February 28, 1991.  Saddlebrook appealed such denial. 

The appeals were consolidated, fully briefed and heard in February 1992. 
Saddlebrook received a favorable ruling on March 18, 1992, dismissing 
the judgment and remanding the case to the Circuit Court for a new 
trial.  An agreed order has been entered by the Court preserving the 
substance of the injunction pending final disposition of this matter.  
As part of its plan to comply with the agreed order, Saddlebrook filed 
applications with the regulatory agency to undertake various remediation 
efforts.  Plaintiffs, however, filed petitions for administrative review 
of the applications, which administrative hearing was concluded in 
February 1992.  On March 31, 1992, the hearing officer issued a

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recommended order accepting Saddlebrook's expert's testimony.  The 
agency's governing board was scheduled to consider this recommended 
order on April 28, 1992, however, shortly before the hearing, the 
plaintiffs voluntarily dismissed their petitions and withdrew their 
challenges to the staff's proposal to issue a permit.

At the April 28, 1992 hearing the governing board closed its file on the 
matter and issued the permits.  Saddlebrook appealed the board's refusal 
to issue a final order.  On July 9, 1993 a decision was rendered for 
Saddlebrook remanding jurisdiction to the governing board for further 
proceedings, including entry of a final order which was issued on 
October 25, 1993.  The plaintiffs appealed the Appellate Court decision 
to the Florida Supreme Court and appealed the issuance of the final 
order to the Second District Court of Appeals.  The Florida Supreme 
Court heard the appeal on May 3, 1994 and denied plaintiffs' appeal.  
The other appeal was voluntarily dismissed by the plaintiffs on June 17, 
1994.  On remand to the trial court, Saddlebrook's motion for summary 
judgment, based on collateral estoppel on the ground that plaintiffs' 
claims were fully retried and rejected in a related administrative
proceeding was granted on December 7, 1994.  Plaintiffs filed for a 
rehearing which was denied.  Plaintiffs appealed the trial court's 
decision granting summary judgment.  In August 1996, the appellate court 
affirmed all but three issues in the trial court's summary judgment 
order in favor of Saddlebrook.  On April 1, 1998, the trial court 
entered an order limiting the scope of a retrial in light of the 
appellate court's ruling.  On April 13, 1998, plaintiffs moved for 
reconsideration of the trial court's April 1, 1998 order which motion 
was denied on July 30, 1998.  Retrial is expected to begin in late 1998 
or early 1999.

Until October 14, 1989, Saddlebrook disputed responsibility for ultimate 
liability and costs (including costs of corrective action).  On that 
date, the Company and Saddlebrook entered into an agreement with regard 
to such matters. The agreement, as amended and restated on July 16, 
1993, provides for the Company and Saddlebrook to split equally the 
costs of the defense of the litigation and the costs of certain related 
litigation and proceedings, the costs of the ultimate judgment, if any, 
and the costs of any mandated remedial work.

The Company believes that the ultimate outcome of the aforementioned 
lawsuit will not have a material adverse effect on its financial 
statements.

Patent Infringement Claim

On August 16, 1995, Interactive Technologies, Inc. commenced a lawsuit 
in U.S. District Court against the Company alleging patent 
infringement.  The plaintiff claimed the Company infringed on their 
patent by making, using and selling certain security system products in 
the United States, and that the infringement was willful.  Plaintiff 
initially sought unspecified damages, and an injunction.  The Company 
denied infringement, maintaining the plaintiff's patent was invalid, as 
well as unenforceable because the plaintiff committed inequitable 
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conduct before the Patent Office when applying for the patent.  During 
discovery, the plaintiff informed the Company it was seeking damages 
measured by its lost profits or not less than a reasonable royalty on 
sales of the Company.  Fact discovery in the action closed on January 
17, 1997.  The Court conducted a Markman hearing in October 1997 to 
construe the patent claims asserted by plaintiff and issued its Order 
interpreting the claims on October 14, 1997.  The Company moved for 
summary judgment of non-infringement.  On December 2, 1997 the Court 
issued its Order granting partial summary judgment that the Company's 
products did not literally infringe the patent claims, and denying 
summary judgment of no infringement.  Jury trial started on January 7, 
1998.  During the trial, the plaintiff indicated it was seeking lost 
profits and royalty damages of up to $66.8 million.  The plaintiff also 
asserted trebling of damages, if awarded, based upon alleged willful 
infringement.  On March 9, 1998 the jury handed down a verdict against 
the Company awarding damages of $36.0 million.  The jury found that the 
Company did not willfully infringe. The Court entered judgment on the 
jury's verdict on April 9, 1998. Consequently, the company recorded a 
provision of $43.0 million in the first quarter of 1998, which 
considers the judgment and interest. The Company filed post-trial 
motions on April 20, 1998 for judgment as a matter of law in favor of 
the Company which were denied. The Company has appealed the verdict. 
The ultimate outcome of this matter is uncertain but will result in 
significant damages should the Company lose the appeal.

Other

The Company in the normal course of business is subject to a number of 
lawsuits and claims both actual and potential in nature.  While 
management believes that resolution of other existing claims and 
lawsuits will not have a material adverse effect on the Company's 
financial statements, management is unable to estimate the magnitude of 
financial impact of claims and lawsuits which may be filed in the 
future.



















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ITEM 4.  SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

The annual meeting of stockholders was held on May 7, 1998 and the 
following actions were taken:

(a) Management's slate of nominees for directors was unopposed and 
elected in its entirety.  The results of the voting were as follows:

         Director           For       Withheld    Broker Non-Votes
     Common Stock-
       S. Barrows *      2,749,730      4,282           900
       F. Conforti       2,750,280      4,632             0
       L. Guthart        2,750,687      4,225             0
       I. Harris         2,746,369      7,643           900
       K. Harris         2,750,615      4,297             0
       N. Harris         2,746,369      7,643           900
       W. Harris         2,750,515      4,297           100
       J. Kahn. Jr.      2,750,630      4,182           100
       J. McCarter       2,747,803      7,009           100

     Class A Stock-
       E. Barnett       13,162,715    226,643             0
       E. Coolidge III  13,166,600    222,758             0
       A. Downs         13,163,296    226,062             0

     * Mr. Barrows died on July 12, 1998 leaving a vacancy on the 
       Board.

(b)  The resolution to amend the Company's Restated Certificate of 
Incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares was approved. 
The results of the voting were as follows:

          For       Against    Abstentions    Broker Non-Votes
       2,676,135    488,572       8,336               100

(c)  The resolution to amend the Company's 1990 Stock Awards Plan was 
approved. The results of the voting were as follows:

          For       Against    Abstentions    Broker Non-Votes
       3,091,194    499,220      16,922           330,362

(d)  The 1998 Director Stock Option Plan was approved. The results of 
the voting were as follows:

          For       Against    Abstentions    Broker Non-Votes
       3,164,827    428,373      14,136           330,362







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(e)  The potential financial performance criteria established by the 
Compensation Committee for certain annual bonuses for three of the 
Company's executive officers was approved. The results of the voting 
were as follows:

          For       Against    Abstentions    Broker Non-Votes
       3,903,007     65,115      13,509            11,312


ITEM 5.  OTHER INFORMATION

Pursuant to an amendment to Securities Exchange Act Rule 14a-4(c)(1) 
which became effective June 29, 1998, the persons acting under proxies 
solicited by the Company's Board of Directors in connection with the 
Company's 1999 annual meeting of stockholders will have discretionary 
authority to vote the shares represented thereby on any matter properly 
presented by a stockholder at such meeting that is not specifically set 
forth in the notice of such meeting if the Company does not have notice 
of such matter on or before February 15, 1999 (unless the date of the 
1999 annual meeting is changed by more than 30 days from May 7, 1999 in 
which event such persons will have such discretionary authority if the 
Company does not have notice of such matter a reasonable time before 
the Company mails its proxy materials for such meeting).


ITEM 6.  EXHIBITS AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K

(a)  Exhibits.

     Number  Description                                     

       2     Combination Agreement, dated May 21, 1998, by and
             among Penton Media, Inc., DM Acquisition Corp., 
             Pittway Corporation, Donohue Meehan Publishing 
             Company, William C. Donohue, and John J. Meehan 
             (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 of the 
             Penton Media, Inc. S-1 Registration Statement 
             Number 333-56877 filed with the commission on 
             June 15, 1998).

       3.1   Restated Certificate of Incorporation of
             Registrant

       3.2   Certificate of Amendment of the Restated Certificate
             of Incorporation of Registrant dated June 23, 1987

       3.3   Certificate of Amendment of Restated Certificate of
             Incorporation of Registrant dated December 28, 1989

       3.4   Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of
             Incorporation of Registrant dated May 9, 1996


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     Exhibits. (continued)

     Number  Description                                     

       3.5   Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of
             Incorporation of Registrant dated May 7, 1998

       27.1  Financial Data Schedule for the quarter ended 
             June 30, 1998 (submitted only in electronic
             format).

       27.2  Restated Financial Data Schedule for the quarter
             ended March 31, 1998 (submitted only in 
             electronic format).

       27.3  Restated Financial Data Schedule for the year     
             ended December 31, 1996 and 1997 and the first
             three quarters of 1997 (submitted only in
             electronic format).

(b)  No reports on Form 8-K have been filed during the quarter
     for which this report is filed.



                            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.



                                  PITTWAY CORPORATION
                                  (Registrant)



                           By     /s/ Paul R. Gauvreau         
                                  Paul R. Gauvreau    
                                  Financial Vice President, Treasurer
                                   and Chief Financial Officer
                                  (Duly Authorized Officer and
                                   Principal Financial Officer) 


Date: August 4, 1998



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                                                      EXHIBIT 3.1
                                                      PITTWAY CORPORATION
                                                      JUNE 30, 1998

                                                      FORM 10-Q

                                   RESTATED


                         CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

                                      OF

                            STANDARD SHARES, INC.

                              _________________


      Standard Shares, Inc. (the 'Corporation') was originally incorporated as 
Standard Power and Light Corporation.  The Corporation's original Certificate 
of Incorporation was filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on June 20, 
1925.  This Restated Certificate of Incorporation was proposed to the 
stockholders of the Corporation by the Board of Directors on May 8, 1984 and 
duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of Sections 242 and 245 of the 
General Corporation Law of Delaware by an affirmative vote of the holders of 
two-thirds of all outstanding stock entitled to vote at the annual meeting of 
stockholders of the Corporation held in Chicago, Illinois on June 22, 1984.

      FIRST:  The name of this Corporation is STANDARD SHARES, INC.

      SECOND:  Its principal office in the State of Delaware is located at No. 
100 West 10th Street, in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle.  The 
name and address of its resident agent is THE CORPORATION TRUST COMPANY, No. 
100 West 10th Street, Wilmington, Delaware.

      THIRD:  The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or 
activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation 
Law of the State of Delaware and to act as a statutory agent for other 
corporations.

      FOURTH:  1. The total number of shares of all classes of capital stock 
which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is eight million 
(8,000,000) shares of which two million (2,000,000) shares shall be designated 
Preferred Stock with no par value and six million (6,000,000) shares shall be 
designated Common Stock of the par value of One Dollar ($1.00) per share.

      The designations and powers, preferences and rights, and the 
qualifications, limitations or restrictions of the Preferred Stock and the 
Common Stock of the Corporation are set forth in the following provisions:

      (I)  Preferred Stock

           Shares of Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time in one or 
      more series.  All shares of any one series of Preferred Stock shall be 
      identical in all respects except that shares of any one series issued at 

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      different times may differ as to the dates from which dividends thereon 
      shall be cumulative.  Subject to the Certificate of Incorporation, 
      authority is expressly granted to the Board of Directors to authorize the 
      issuance of one or more series of Preferred Stock, and to fix by 
      resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance of each such series 
      the voting powers, designations, preferences, and relative, 
      participating, optional or other special rights, and qualifications, 
      limitations or restrictions of such series, to the full extent now or 
      hereafter permitted by law, including but not limited to the following:

            (1)  The distinctive designations of such series and the number of 
         shares which shall constitute such series, which number may be 
         increased (except where otherwise provided by the Board of Directors 
         in creating such series) or decreased (but not below the number of 
         shares thereof then outstanding) from time to time by action of the 
         Board of Directors;

            (2)  The dividend rights of such series (including, without 
         limitation, the right, if any, of the holders of shares of such series
         to participate with the holders of the outstanding shares of Common 
         Stock in any distribution of dividends in excess of the preferential 
         dividend fixed for shares of such series and the terms and conditions 
         of such participation), the extent, if any, to which such dividends 
         shall be cumulative, the conditions upon which and/or the dates when 
         such dividends shall be payable and the date from which dividends on 
         cumulative series shall accrue and be cumulative;

            (3)  Whether such series shall be redeemable and, if so, the terms 
         and conditions of such redemption, including the time or times when 
         and the price or prices at which shares of such series shall be 
         redeemed, which price or prices may vary at different redemption dates
         or otherwise as permitted by law;

            (4)  The rights of such series in the event of the voluntary or 
         involuntary liquidation, merger, consolidation, dissolution, winding 
         up or distribution or sale of the assets of the Corporation;

            (5)  The terms and conditions, if any, upon which the shares of 
         such series shall be convertible into or exchangeable for shares of 
         any other series, class or classes, or any other securities, including
         without limitation provisions for the adjustment of the conversion 
         rate in such events as the Board of Directors may determine; and

            (6)  The voting powers, if any, of the holders of shares of such 
         series which may, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, 
         include (i) the right to more or less than one vote per share on any 
         or all matters voted upon by the stockholders, or (ii) the right, 
         voting as a series by itself or with other series of Preferred Stock 
         or all series of Preferred Stock as a class, to elect one or more 
         directors of the Corporation if there shall have been a default in the
         payment of dividends on any one or more series of Preferred Stock or 
         under such other circumstances or on such particular matters as the 
         Board of Directors may determine.

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      (II)  Common Stock

            (1)  Subject to provisions of law and the preferences of the 
         Preferred Stock and of any other stock ranking prior to the Common 
         Stock as to dividends, and after the Corporation shall have complied 
         with all requirements, if any, with respect to the setting aside of 
         sums as sinking funds or redemption or purchase accounts, the holders 
         of shares of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive dividends at 
         such times and in such amounts as may be determined by the Board of 
         Directors.

            (2)  Except as otherwise provided by law and in the Certificate of 
         Incorporation or except as determined pursuant to authority of the 
         Board of Directors as provided in this Article Fourth, all voting 
         rights shall be vested exclusively in the holders of the outstanding 
         shares of Common Stock and each such holder shall be entitled to one 
         vote per share for all purposes for each share of Common Stock held
         of record by him.

            (3) In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, 
         dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, after payment or provi-
         sion for payment of the debts and other liabilities of the 
         Corporation and the preferential amounts to which the holders of 
         shares of any stock ranking prior to the Common Stock in distribution 
         of assets shall be entitled upon liquidation, dissolution, or winding 
         up of the Corporation, the holders of shares of Common Stock shall be 
         entitled to share in the remaining assets of the Corporation according
         to their respective interests.

      2.  Except as otherwise provided by law, the presence, in person or by 
proxy, of the holders of a majority of the shares of the stock of the 
Corporation issued, outstanding and entitled to vote thereat shall be requisite
and shall constitute a quorum at any meeting of the stockholders.  If at any 
meeting of stockholders there shall be less than a quorum so present, the 
stockholders present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote thereat, 
without further notice, may adjourn the meeting from time to time until a 
quorum shall be present, but no business shall be transacted at any such 
adjourned meeting except such as might have been lawfully transacted had the 
meeting not been adjourned.

      3.  The holders of certificates representing shares of common stock and 
common stock, Series B, of this Corporation heretofore authorized, issued and 
outstanding (old common stock and old common stock, Series B, respectively) 
shall have no rights under the old certificates of this Corporation except
the right to receive, in lieu of such certificates, certificates for shares of 
common stock, at the rate of one share of such common stock for each share of 
old common stock, and for each share of old common stock, Series B, and pending
such receipt, the holders of old common stock and old common stock, Series B, 
shall have the rights to which they would be entitled upon receipt of such 
common stock of the Corporation.

      4.  Without the affirmative vote, or consent in writing, of the holders 
of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the full number of shares of common stock 
issued and outstanding, the Corporation shall not have power:


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            (a)  To liquidate, dissolve or wind up its affairs;

            (b)  To merge or consolidate with any other corporation, 
         association, trust, partnership or entity; or

            (c)  To sell, exchange, assign, convey, transfer or in any other 
         way dispose of all or substantially all of its property and assets, 
         including its good will and its corporate franchises, in one 
         transaction or in a series of related transactions.

      Notwithstanding the foregoing, no vote or consent of the stockholders of
the Corporation shall be necessary to authorize a merger if (1) the Corporation
is a constituent corporation which survives the merger, (2) the agreement of 
merger does not change the name or authorized shares of any class or otherwise 
amend the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation, and (3) the 
authorized unissued shares or the treasury shares of any class of the 
Corporation to be issued or delivered under the plan of merger do not exceed 15
per cent of the shares of the Corporation of the same class outstanding 
immediately prior to the effective date of the merger.

      Without the affirmative vote, or consent in writing, of the holders of at
least two-thirds (2/3) of the full number of shares of common stock issued and 
outstanding, the Corporation shall not have the power to amend this Section 4 
of this Article Fourth.

      FIFTH:  This Corporation is to have perpetual existence.

      SIXTH:  The following provisions are made for the management of the 
business and for the conduct of the affairs of the Corporation, including 
provisions creating, defining, limiting and regulating the powers of the 
Corporation, the directors and the stockholders, to wit:

      1.  Any contract or other transaction between the Corporation and one or 
more of its directors, or between the Corporation and any firm of which one or 
more of its directors are members or employees, or in which they are 
interested, or between the Corporation and any corporation or association of 
which one or more of its directors are shareholders, members, directors, 
officers, or employees, or in which they are interested, shall be valid for 
all purposes, notwithstanding the presence of such director or directors at the
meeting of the Board of Directors of the Corporation which acts upon, or in 
reference to, such contract or transaction, if the fact of such interest shall 
be disclosed or known to the Board of Directors and the Board of Directors 
shall, nevertheless, authorize, approve and ratify such contract or transaction
by a vote of a majority of the directors present, such interested director or 
directors to be counted in determining whether a quorum is present, but not to 
be counted in calculating the majority necessary to carry such vote; and no 
director or directors having such adverse interest shall be liable to the 
Corporation or to any stockholder or creditor thereof, or to any other person, 
for any loss incurred by it under or by reason of such contract or transaction;
nor shall any such director or directors be accountable for any gains or 
profits realized thereon; always provided, however, that such contract or 
transaction shall at the time at which it was entered into have been a 
reasonable one to have been entered into and shall have been upon terms that at
the time were fair, and any such contract or transaction shall be prima facie 


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presumed to have been a fair and reasonable one to have been entered into and 
upon terms that at the time were fair.  This Section 1 of this Article Sixth 
shall not be construed to invalidate any contract or other transaction which 
would otherwise be valid under the common or statutory law applicable thereto.

      2.  The Corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or 
is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed 
action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or 
investigative (including any action by or in the right of the Corporation) by 
reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of 
the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a 
director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' 
fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably 
incurred by him in connection with such action, suit, or proceeding to the 
fullest extent permitted by law.  The indemnification provided by this Section 
shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which any person may be 
entitled under any By-Law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested 
directors, or otherwise, both as to action in his official capacity and as to 
action in another capacity while holding such office, and shall continue, as to
a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall
inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors, administrators and personal 
representatives of such a person.

      3.  Whenever a compromise or arrangement is proposed between this 
Corporation and its creditors or any class of them and/or between this 
Corporation and its stockholders or any class of them, any court of equitable 
jurisdiction within the State of Delaware may, on the application in a summary 
way of this Corporation or of any creditor or stockholder thereof, or on the 
application of any receiver or receivers appointed for this Corporation under 
the provisions of Section 291 of Title 8 of the Delaware Code or on the 
application of trustees in dissolution or of any receiver or receivers 
appointed for this Corporation under the provisions of Section 279 of Title 8 
of the Delaware Code order a meeting of the creditors or class of creditors, 
and/or of the stockholders or class of stockholders of this Corporation, as the
case may be, to be summoned in such manner as the said court directs.  If a 
majority in number representing three-fourths (3/4) in value of the creditors 
or class of creditors, and/or of the stockholders or class of stockholders of 
this Corporation, as the case may be, agree to any compromise or arrangement, 
and to any reorganization of this Corporation as a consequence of such 
compromise or arrangement, the said compromise or arrangement and the said 
reorganization shall, if sanctioned by the court to which the said application 
has been made, be binding on all the creditors or class of creditors, and/or on
all the stockholders or class of stockholders, of this Corporation, as the case
may be, and also on this Corporation.

      SEVENTH:  In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by 
statute, but subject in all respects to the provisions of the foregoing 
Articles Fourth and Sixth, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized.

      1. To make, amend, alter, change, add to or repeal the By-Laws for the 
Corporation, without any action on the part of the stockholders; provided that 



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no By-Law which is subject to the provision that the same may not be amended, 
altered, changed, added to or repealed without action on the part of the 
stockholders or some portion or percentage thereof, or action by some portion 
or percentage of the Board of Directors, may be amended, altered, changed, 
added to or repealed without such designated action on the part of such 
stockholders or by the Board of Directors.  The By-Laws made by the directors 
may be amended, altered, changed, added to or repealed by the stockholders, 
subject to the foregoing provisions.

      2.  By the affirmative vote therefor of the majority of the full Board of
Directors, to designate one or more committees, which, to the extent provided 
in said resolution or in the By-Laws of the Corporation, shall have and may 
exercise the powers of the Board of Directors in the management of the business
and affairs of the Corporation, and may have power to authorize the seal of the
Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it.

      Signed and attested to on the 22nd day of June, 1984.


ATTEST:                                        _______________________________
                                               President
___________________________                    
Secretary














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                                                                 EXHIBIT 3.2
                                                         PITTWAY CORPORATION
                                                              JUNE 30, 1998

                                                                   FORM 10-Q

                          CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

                                    OF THE

                    RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

                                      OF

                            STANDARD SHARES, INC.


           Adopted in accordance with the provisions of Section 242 
           of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware
           _______________________________________________________

          The undersigned, Irving B. Harris and Nicholas J. Caccamo, being, 
respectively, the President and Secretary of Standard Shares, Inc., a 
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), do hereby certify as follows:

          1. That the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company
is hereby amended by the addition of Paragraph 4 to Article SIXTH thereto,
which shall read in its entirety as follows:

          "4.   A director of the Corporation shall not be personally liable
     to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of
     fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i) for any breach of 
     the director's duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders,
     ( ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional
     misconduct or a knowing violation of law, ( iii) under Section 174 of the 
     Delaware General Corporation Law, or (iv) for any transaction from which 
     the director derived any improper personal benefit.  If the Delaware 
     General Corporation Law is amended, after approval by the stockholders of 
     this provision, to authorize corporate action further eliminating or 
     limiting the personal liability of directors, then the liability of a 
     director of the Corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest 
     extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, as so amended. 

          Any repeal or modification of the foregoing paragraph by the
     stockholders of the Corporation shall not adversely affect any right or 
     protection of a director of the Corporation existing at the time of such 
     repeal or modification."

          2.  That, in accordance with the provisions of Section 242 of the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, such amendment was declared
advisable by unanimous vote of the Directors of the Company at a meeting held
on May 6, 1987, and has been duly adopted at a meeting held on June 24, 1987,
by a majority of the outstanding stock of the Company entitled to vote thereon,
including a majority of the votes cast by shares of stock which were not
beneficially owned either by members of the Harris family or by Directors of 
the Company. 

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have signed this Certificate of 
Amendment this 23rd day of June, 1987. 



                                                 _____________________________
                                                 Irving B. Harris
                                                 President

Attest:

_____________________________
Nicholas J. Caccamo
Secretary





                                                                 EXHIBIT 3.3
                                                         PITTWAY CORPORATION
                                                              JUNE 30, 1998

                                                                   FORM 10-Q

                          CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

                                      OF

                    RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

                                      OF

                            STANDARD SHARES, INC.

                              _________________

           Adopted in accordance with the provisions of Section 242 
           of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware

                              _________________

    WE, _______________________, Vice President, and ______________________, 
Secretary, of Standard Shares, Inc., a corporation existing under the laws of 
the State of Delaware (the "Corporation"), do hereby certify as follows:

    FIRST:  That the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of said Corporation 
is amended as follows:

       By striking out the whole of Article FIRST thereof as it now 
    exists and inserting in lieu and instead thereof a new Article 
    FIRST, reading as follows:

          "FIRST:  The name of this Corporation is PITTWAY CORPORATION."

    SECOND:  That the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of said 
Corporation is further amended as follows:

       By striking out the whole of Article FOURTH thereof as it now exists 
    and inserting in lieu and instead thereof a new Article FOURTH, reading 
    as follows:

         "FOURTH:  The total number of shares of all classes of capital stock 
       which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is Fifty-Six 
       Million (56,000,000) shares, of which Two Million (2,000,000) shares 
       shall be designated Preferred Stock with no par value, Twenty-Four 
       Million (24,000,000) shares shall be designated Class A Stock of the 
       par value of $1.00 per share, and Thirty Million (30,000,000) shares 
       shall be designated Common Stock of the par value of $1.00 per share. 
       The Class A Stock and Common Stock are collectively hereinafter 
       referred to as "Common Capital Stock."




                                     1
         The designations and powers, preferences and rights and the 
       qualifications, limitations or restrictions of the Preferred Stock, 
       Class A Stock and Common Stock are set forth in the following 
       provisions.

      (I)  Preferred Stock.

          Shares of Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time in one or 
       more series.  Subject to the limitations prescribed by the General 
       Corporation Law of Delaware and any limitations prescribed by the 
       Certificate of Incorporation, authority is expressly granted to the 
       Board of Directors to authorize the issuance of one or more series of 
       Preferred Stock, and to fix by resolution or resolutions providing for 
       the issuance of each such series the voting powers, designations, 
       preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special 
       rights, and qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, to the 
       full extent now or hereafter permitted by law, provided, however, that 
       the holders of the shares of Preferred Stock or of any series of 
       Preferred Stock may not vote with the holders of the shares of Class A 
       Stock for the election of the Directors whom the holders of Class A 
       Stock voting as a class are entitled to elect pursuant to subparagraph 
       (A) of paragraph 4 of Part II of this Article FOURTH.

       (II)  Common Capital Stock.

           There shall be no differences in the voting powers, preferences, or 
       other rights, or qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, 
       of shares of Class A Stock from those of shares of Common Stock except 
       as specifically hereinafter set forth in this Part II.  Without 
       limiting the generality of the foregoing, so long as any shares of 
       Class A Stock are outstanding, in the event the Corporation engages in 
       any merger or consolidation in which holders of Common Capital Stock 
       receive any consideration, provision shall be made so that the holders 
       of each class of Common Capital Stock receive the same consideration 
       per share; provided, however, that if such merger or consolidation is a 
       reincorporation in another jurisdiction, or is a merger of the 
       Corporation with and into a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Corporation, 
       the shares issued to the holders of the respective classes of Common 
       Capital Stock may reflect the differences between such classes set 
       forth in the Certificate of Incorporation or differences substantially 
       equivalent thereto.

          (1)  So long as any shares of Class A Stock are outstanding: (a) if 
       any dividend or other distribution is declared on the Common Capital 
       Stock which is payable in shares of (or in securities convertible into 
       or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of), or in subscriptions or 
       other rights to acquire shares of (or to acquire securities convertible 
       into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of), any class of Common 
       Capital Stock, such dividend or distribution shall be declared in such 
       manner as to be payable to the holders of Class A Stock in shares of 
       (or in securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for 
       shares of), or in subscriptions or other rights to acquire shares of 
       (or to acquire securities convertible into or exchangeable or 
       exercisable for shares of), Class A Stock and as to be payable to the 


                                       2
       holders of Common Stock at the same rate in shares of (or in securities 
       convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of), or in 
       subscriptions or other rights to acquire shares of (or to acquire 
       securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares 
       of), Common Stock; and (b) if shares of the Common Capital Stock are 
       combined or subdivided, such combination or subdivision shall be 
       effected in such manner as to result in per share decreases or 
       increases of Class A Stock and Common Stock which are identical.

          (2)  So long as any shares of Class A Stock are outstanding, if any 
       dividend or other distribution payable in cash (other than a dividend 
       or distribution in connection with the liquidation or dissolution of 
       the Corporation) is declared on the Common Capital Stock, such dividend 
       or distribution shall be declared in such manner that the amount 
       thereof per share of Class A Stock shall equal the amount thereof per 
       share of Common Stock plus two and one-half (2.5) cents (provided that 
       the aggregate excess of the dividends per share of Class A Stock 
       declared during any calendar year over the dividends per share of 
       Common Stock declared during such calendar year shall not exceed ten 
       (10) cents); provided, however, that if a Valuation Deficiency (as 
       hereinafter defined) shall occur, the additional amount per share of 
       Class A Stock shall be increased from two and one-half (2.5) cents to 
       twelve and one-half (12.5) cents for each dividend thereafter declared 
       on the Common Capital Stock during any of the ten full calendar 
       quarters immediately following the occurrence of the Valuation 
       Deficiency.  A "Valuation Deficiency" shall be deemed to have occurred 
       if the average closing price of the Class A Stock for the American 
       Stock Exchange Composite Transactions during the period (the "Reference 
       Period") commencing on the day following the three month anniversary 
       of the Effective Time (as hereinafter defined) and ending on the six 
       month anniversary of the Effective Time shall be less than 90% of the 
       average closing price of the Common Stock for such Composite 
       Transactions during the Reference Period, except that no Valuation 
       Deficiency shall be deemed to have occurred if such average closing 
       price of the Class A Stock is at least equal to $30.15 (adjusted for 
       any percentage change in the Standard & Poor's 500 Stocks Index during 
       the period from March 15,1989 through the end of the Reference Period). 
       In the event of any combination or subdivision (including by way of a 
       stock dividend) of the Common Capital Stock, the monetary amounts set 
       forth in this paragraph 2 shall be equitably adjusted by the Board of 
       Directors.  The "Effective Time" shall mean the Effective Time as 
       defined in the Amended and Restated Merger Agreement and Plan of 
       Reorganization dated as of October 11, 1989 between the Corporation and 
       Pittway Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation (the "Merger 
       Agreement").

          (3)  Subject to the requirements of the business of the Corporation 
       and to the fiduciary obligations of the Board of Directors: (a) a 
       dividend of at least fifteen (15) cents per share of Common Stock (and 
       thus a dividend of at least seventeen and one-half (17.5) cents per 
       share of Class A Stock) shall be declared during each of the eight full 
       calendar quarters immediately following the Effective Time; and (b) in 
       the event a Valuation Deficiency occurs, a dividend on the Common 
       Capital Stock shall be declared during each of the ten full calendar 
       quarters immediately following such occurrence.

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          (4)  Except as otherwise provided by the General Corporation Law of 
       Delaware or in the Certificate of Incorporation, or except as 
       determined by the Board of Directors pursuant to the authority of the 
       Board of Directors as provided in Part I of this Article FOURTH, all 
       voting rights shall be vested exclusively in the holders of the 
       outstanding shares of Common Capital Stock, and the holders of the 
       outstanding shares of Common Capital Stock shall be entitled to one (1) 
       vote per share on all matters voted upon by the stockholders of the 
       Corporation, except that:

             (A)  Prior to the Change of Control Date, as defined in 
          subparagraph (B) below, beginning with the first Annual or Special 
          Meeting of Stockholders occurring after the Effective Time, the 
          holders of the outstanding shares of Class A Stock voting as a class 
          shall be entitled to elect such number of Directors, but not less 
          than two, as shall equal 25% of the then total number of Directors 
          constituting the full Board of Directors, for purposes of which such 
          total number shall be deemed not to include the number of Directors, 
          if any, which the holders of Preferred Stock or of any series of 
          Preferred Stock voting as a class are then entitled to elect (such 
          number of Directors to be elected by such Class A Stock to be 
          rounded to the nearest larger whole number if such percentage does 
          not equal a whole number); and the holders of the Common Stock 
          voting as a class shall be entitled to elect the then remaining 
          number of Directors; provided, however, that all Directors elected 
          at any time when the outstanding shares of Common Stock amount to 
          fewer than 12 1/2% of the outstanding shares of the Common Capital 
          Stock, even though the Change of Control Date has not occurred, 
          shall be elected by the vote of all Common Capital Stock voting as 
          one class with one (1) vote per share and without distinction 
          between the votes of Class A Stock and Common Stock.  In the event 
          any vacancy occurs in the Directors who shall have been, or are to 
          be, elected by the holders of the Class A Stock or the Common Stock, 
          as the case may be, such vacancy or vacancies may be filled, until 
          the next meeting of the holders of the shares of such class, by the 
          vote of a majority of the Directors who are then in office and who 
          were elected by such class or, if only one such Director is then in 
          office, by such Director.  If any such vacancy is not so filled (or 
          if the holders of the class which elected the Director or Directors 
          who voted to fill such vacancy desire to remove or replace the 
          Director elected to fill such vacancy), a special meeting of the 
          holders of the shares of such class for the purpose of filling such 
          vacancy (or removing or replacing the Director elected to fill such 
          vacancy) may be called by the Chairman of the Board or President of 
          the Corporation and shall be called by the Chairman of the Board or 
          President of the Corporation within 30 days of receipt of written 
          request therefor by the holders of record of at least 25% of the 
          outstanding shares of such class.  The date on which any such 
          special meeting so called shall be held shall be as soon as 
          reasonably practicable following such call.  Notwithstanding the 
          provisions of this subparagraph (A), no special meeting of 
          stockholders shall be required to be held during the 120-day period 
          preceding the date fixed for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders.  At 
          any Special or Annual Meeting for the election of Directors by the 


                                       4
          holders of shares of Class A Stock or Common Stock, the presence, in 
          person or by proxy, of the holders of more than 50% of the then 
          outstanding shares of such class shall be required to constitute a 
          quorum for the election of Directors by such class; in the absence 
          of such a quorum, a majority of the holders of shares of the class 
          present, in person or by proxy, shall have the power, without notice 
          other than announcement of the adjournment at the meeting, to 
          adjourn the meeting for the purpose of such election from time to 
          time, until a quorum shall be present.  For purposes of the 
          provisions of this subparagraph (A), outstanding shares shall 
          exclude shares of Common Capital Stock owned by the Corporation or 
          by any other corporation a majority of the shares of which entitled 
          to vote in the election of directors is owned, directly or 
          indirectly, by the Corporation.

             (B)  Prior to the Change of Control Date, except as provided in 
          subparagraph (A) above as to election of Directors or as hereinafter 
          provided in this subparagraph (B) or as may be required by the 
          General Corporation Law of Delaware, the holders of shares of 
          Common Stock shall be entitled to one (1) vote per share on all 
          matters voted upon by the stockholders of the Corporation for each 
          share of Common Stock held of record by each such holder and the 
          holders of shares of Class A Stock shall be entitled to one-tenth 
          (1/l0) of one (1) vote per share on all matters voted upon by the 
          stockholders of the Corporation for each share of Class A Stock held 
          of record by each such holder.

             The "Change of Control Date" shall be the first date after the 
          Effective Time on which the shares of Harris Group Stock (as 
          hereinafter defined) are entitled to cast fewer than 1,496,110 votes 
          (counting the Class A Stock as entitled to cast one-tenth (1/l0) of 
          one (1) vote per share for this purpose); provided, however, that no 
          Change of Control Date shall occur as a result of a transaction 
          following which the shares of Harris Group Stock are entitled to 
          cast fewer than 1,496,110 votes but more than 1,458,707 votes 
          (counting the Class A Stock as entitled to cast one-tenth (1/l0) of 
          one (1) vote per share for these purposes) unless, within 90 days 
          following such transaction, the shares of Harris Group Stock are not 
          restored to a level entitled to cast at least 1,496,110 votes (in 
          which event, the Change of Control Date shall be the date of such 
          90th day); provided, further, that no Change of Control Date shall 
          occur as a result of a transaction (a "Successor Group Transaction") 
          in which the beneficial ownership of Harris Group Stock entitled to 
          cast at least 1,496,110 votes shall be transferred as an entirety to 
          a person or "group" (as such term is used in Section 13(d) of the 
          Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as such Section is in effect and 
          interpreted at the Effective Time) (such person or group being 
          referred to as a "Successor Group") unless such Successor Group 
          Transaction shall occur on or before, or pursuant to an agreement 
          entered into on or before, the first anniversary of the date on 
          which the Effective Time occurs and unless the Successor Group 
          involved as a purchaser in such Successor Group Transaction shall 
          not, by the three month anniversary of the date of such Successor 
          Group Transaction, have offered to purchase for at least Equivalent 


                                       5
          Value (as hereinafter defined) all outstanding shares of Common 
          Capital Stock other than those involved in such Successor Group 
          Transaction (in which event, the Change of Control Date shall be the 
          date of such three month anniversary).  In the event of a Successor 
          Group Transaction other than a Successor Group Transaction giving 
          rise to the Change of Control Date, references in the definitions of 
          "Harris Group Stock" and of "Equivalent Value" to the Harris Group 
          shall thereafter refer to the Successor Group involved as a 
          purchaser in such Successor Group Transaction, and Harris Group 
          Stock shall include shares purchased in such Successor Group 
          Transaction.  In the event of any combination or subdivision 
          (including by way of a stock dividend) of the Common Capital Stock, 
          the numbers of votes set forth in the second preceding sentence 
          shall be equitably adjusted by the Board of Directors.  The "Harris 
          Group" means Messrs.  Irving B. Harris, Neison Harris, King Harris, 
          William W. Harris and Sidney Barrows and their respective spouses, 
          descendants and spouses of descendants , trustees of trusts 
          established for the benefit of such persons, and executors of 
          estates of such persons.  "Spouses" includes widows and widowers 
          until first remarried.  "Harris Group Stock" means, at any point in 
          time, shares of Common Capital Stock which, at such time, any member 
          of the Harris Group, either alone or in combination with any other 
          member or members of the Harris Group, directly or indirectly 
          beneficially owns (as defined in Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the 
          Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as such Rule is in effect and 
          interpreted at the Effective Time), without taking into account any 
          shares of Common Stock acquired by any member of the Harris Group 
          subsequent to May 31, 1989 in excess of shares of Common Stock 
          disposed of by members of the Harris Group subsequent to such date. 
          "Equivalent Value" means the same type and amount per share of 
          consideration paid to members of the Harris Group in the Successor 
          Group Transaction and, in determining such amount per share of 
          consideration, the aggregate amount paid to members of the Harris 
          Group in the Successor Group Transaction for all shares of Common 
          Capital Stock shall be divided by the total number of such shares.

             (C)  On the Change of Control Date, the authorized shares of 
          Class A Stock, both issued and unissued, shall automatically be 
          changed into Common Stock on a share for share basis and shall be 
          redesignated shares of Common Stock without any further action.

             (D)  Without the affirmative vote or consent in writing of the 
          holders of shares of Common Capital Stock entitled to cast at least 
          two-third (2/3) of the votes (counting the Class A Stock as entitled 
          to cast one-tenth (1/l0) of one (1) vote per share for this purpose 
          prior to the Change of Control Date) which the outstanding shares of 
          Common Capital Stock are entitled to cast at the time, the 
          Corporation shall not have the power:

                (i)  To liquidate, dissolve or wind up its affairs;

                (ii)  To merge or consolidate with or into any other 
             corporation, association, trust, partnership or entity; or



                                      6
                (iii)  To sell, exchange, assign, convey, transfer or in any 
             other way dispose of all or substantially all of its property and 
             assets, including its good will and its corporate franchises, in 
             one transaction or in a series of related transactions.

             Notwithstanding the foregoing, no vote or consent of the 
          stockholders of the Corporation shall be necessary to authorize a 
          merger if (1) the Corporation is a constituent corporation which 
          survives the merger, (2) the agreement of merger does not change the 
          name or authorized shares of any class or otherwise amend the 
          Certificate of Incorporation, and (3) the authorized unissued shares 
          or the treasury shares of common or capital Stock to be issued or 
          delivered under the plan of merger do not exceed 15% of the shares 
          of Common Capital Stock outstanding immediately prior to the 
          effective date of the merger.

             (E)  Without the affirmative vote or consent in writing of the 
          holders of shares of Common Capital Stock entitled to cast at least 
          two-thirds (2/3) of the votes (counting the Class A Stock as 
          entitled to cast one-tenth (1/l0) of one (1) vote per share for this 
          purpose prior to the Change of Control Date) which the outstanding 
          shares of Common Capital Stock are entitled to cast at the time, the 
          Corporation shall not have the power to amend Part I or Part 11 of 
          this Article FOURTH."

     THIRD:  That the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of said 
Corporation is further amended as follows:

     By inserting as a new Article EIGHTH the following:

        "EIGHTH:  The number of Directors constituting the full Board of 
     Directors shall be such number, not less than eight, fixed by, or in the 
     manner provided in, the By-Laws.  Without the affirmative vote or consent 
     in writing of the holders of shares of Common Capital Stock entitled to 
     cast at least two-thirds (2/3) of the votes (counting the Class A Stock 
     as entitled to cast one-tenth (1/10) of one (1) vote per share for this 
     purpose prior to the Change of Control Date) which the outstanding shares 
     of Common Capital Stock are entitled to cast at the time, the Corporation 
     shall not have the power to amend this Article EIGHTH."

     FOURTH:  That such amendments have been duly adopted in accordance with 
the provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware by the 
affirmative vote of the holders of two-thirds (2/3) of the outstanding shares 
entitled to vote thereon at a meeting of stockholders.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have signed this Certificate this 28th day of December, 
1989.


                                                 _____________________________
                                                 Vice President


                                                 _____________________________
                                                 Secretary

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                                                         EXHIBIT 3.4
                                                 PITTWAY CORPORATION
                                                       JUNE 30, 1998

                                                           FORM 10-Q


                      CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
                                TO
               RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

                              ********

    In accordance with the provisions of Section 242 of the General
              Corporation Law of the State of Delaware

                              ********

     Pittway Corporation, a corporation duly organized and existing
under and by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware, DOES HEREBY CERTIFY:

     FIRST:    That the Board of Directors of said corporation, on 
March 12, 1996, at a meeting duly called and constituted, adopted 
the following resolutions proposing an amendment to the Company's 
Restated Certificate of Incorporation to increase the shares of 
capital stock which the Corporation has authority to issue and 
directing that such amendment be submitted to the stockholders for 
consideration at said corporation's 1996 annual meeting:

               RESOLVED, that in the opinion of the Board of 
     Directors it is advisable that the Restated Certificate of 
     Incorporation, as amended, of Pittway Corporation be 
     further amended as follows:

               The first sentence of Article FOURTH shall be
     amended in its entirety to read as follows:

                    The total number of shares of all classes 
     of capital stock which the Corporation shall have 
     authority to issue is Eighty Million (80,000,000) shares,
     of which Two Million (2,000,000) shares shall be 
     designated Preferred Stock with no par value, Thirty-Six 
     Million (36,000,000) shares shall be designated Class A 
     Stock of the par value of $1.00 per share, and Forty-Two 
     Million (42,000,000) shares shall be designated Common 
     Stock of the par value of $1.00 per share.

               FURTHER RESOLVED, that such amendment be 
     submitted to the stockholders of Pittway Corporation for 
     consideration at Pittway Corporation's 1996 annual meeting 
     of stockholders.

     SECOND:   That at the annual meeting of stockholders of said 
corporation held May 9, 1996, the aforesaid amendment was approved 
by vote of a majority of each of: (i) the votes which the 
outstanding Common Stock and Class A Stock were entitled to cast at 
such annual meeting, (ii) the outstanding Common Stock, voting as a 
class, and (iii) the outstanding Class A Stock, voting as a class.

     THIRD:    That the aforesaid amendment was duly adopted in 
accordance with the applicable provisions of section 242 of the 
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Pittway Corporation has caused this 
certificate to be signed by King Harris, its President, this 9th day 
of May, 1996.

                                          Pittway Corporation

                                          By:___________________
                                          King Harris, President



                                                                 EXHIBIT 3.5
                                                         PITTWAY CORPORATION
                                                               JUNE 30, 1998

                                                                   FORM 10-Q

                       CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
                                  TO
                RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
                                  OF
                          PITTWAY CORPORATION

                              *  *  *  * 
                   Adopted in accordance with the 
                  provisions of section 242 of the 
                   General Corporation Law of the 
                          State of Delaware
                              *  *  *  *

     Pittway Corporation, a corporation duly organized and existing 
under and by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of 
Delaware (the "Corporation"), DOES HEREBY CERTIFY as follows:

     FIRST:  That the Board of Directors of the corporation, on 
March 19, 1998, at a meeting duly called and constituted, adopted 
the following resolutions proposing an amendment to the Restated 
Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation to increase the 
shares of capital stock which the Corporation has authority to issue 
and directing that such amendment be submitted to the stockholders 
for consideration at the Corporation's 1998 annual meeting:

          "RESOLVED, that in the opinion of the Board of 
     Directors it is advisable that the Restated Certificate of 
     Incorporation, as amended, of Pittway Corporation be further 
     amended as follows:

     The first sentence of Article FOURTH shall be amended in its 
     entirety to read as follows:

          The total number of shares of all classes of 
          capital stock which the Corporation shall have 
          authority to issue is Two Hundred Twenty-Two 
          Million (220,000,000) shares, of which Two 
          Million (2,000,000) shares shall be designated 
          Preferred Stock with no par value, One Hundred 
          Million (100,000,000) shares shall be 
          designated Class A Stock of the par value of 
          $1.00 per share, and One Hundred Twenty Million 
          (120,000,000) shares shall be designated Common 
          Stock of the par value of $1.00 per share.

          FURTHER RESOLVED, that such amendment be submitted to 
     the stockholders of Pittway Corporation for consideration at 
     Pittway Corporation's 1998 annual meeting of stockholders."

     SECOND:  That at the annual meeting of stockholders of the 
Corporation held May 7, 1998, the aforesaid amendment was approved by 
vote of a majority of each of: (i) the votes which the outstanding 
Common Stock and Class A Stock were entitled to cast at such annual 
meeting, (ii) the outstanding Common Stock, voting as a class, and 
(iii) the outstanding Class A Stock, voting as a class.

     THIRD:  That the aforesaid amendment was duly adopted in 
accordance with the applicable provisions of Section 242 of the 
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Pittway Corporation has caused this 
certificate to be signed by its President, this 7th day of May, 1998.

                                    Pittway Corporation
                                    A Delaware corporation

                                    By: ______________________
                                        King Harris, President




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<PERIOD-END>                               MAR-31-1998
<CASH>                                          25,296
<SECURITIES>                                    12,440
<RECEIVABLES>                                  223,689
<ALLOWANCES>                                     9,802
<INVENTORY>                                    261,308
<CURRENT-ASSETS>                               538,234
<PP&E>                                         243,989
<DEPRECIATION>                                 116,187
<TOTAL-ASSETS>                                 943,599<F1>
<CURRENT-LIABILITIES>                          261,321
<BONDS>                                         94,970
                                0
                                          0
<COMMON>                                        21,034
<OTHER-SE>                                     459,476
<TOTAL-LIABILITY-AND-EQUITY>                   943,599
<SALES>                                        304,139
<TOTAL-REVENUES>                               304,139
<CGS>                                          192,332
<TOTAL-COSTS>                                  192,332
<OTHER-EXPENSES>                                10,282
<LOSS-PROVISION>                                   783
<INTEREST-EXPENSE>                               3,501
<INCOME-PRETAX>                               (16,841)
<INCOME-TAX>                                   (6,498)
<INCOME-CONTINUING>                           (10,343)<F2>
<DISCONTINUED>                                   2,348
<EXTRAORDINARY>                                      0
<CHANGES>                                            0
<NET-INCOME>                                   (7,995)
<EPS-PRIMARY>                                    (.38)
<EPS-DILUTED>                                    (.38)
<FN>
<F1>Included in total assets is an investment in discontinued operations of
$62,074
<F2>Excluding a net after-tax charge of $26.9 million ($1.27 per diluted share)
from patent litigation and an after-tax gain of $4.2 million ($.20 per diluted
share) from a divestiture by Cylink Corporation, a 29 percent owned affiliate
of the Company, income from continuing operations would have been $6.7 million
($.55 per diluted share).
</FN>
        



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<ARTICLE> 5
<LEGEND>
This financial data schedule is restated to reflect the discontinuation of 
certain businesses.
</LEGEND>
<RESTATED> 
<MULTIPLIER> 1,000
       
<S>                               <C>                 <C>                 <C>                 <C>                 <C>
<PERIOD-TYPE>                     YEAR                3-MOS               6-MOS               9-MOS               YEAR
<FISCAL-YEAR-END>                   DEC-31-1996         DEC-31-1997         DEC-31-1997         DEC-31-1997         DEC-31-1997
<PERIOD-END>                        DEC-31-1996         MAR-31-1997         JUN-30-1997         SEP-30-1997         DEC-31-1997
<CASH>                                   32,477               9,192              15,625              21,106              40,257
<SECURITIES>                             26,026              24,033              19,287              15,612              16,583
<RECEIVABLES>                           184,798             189,271             206,498             218,154             208,913
<ALLOWANCES>                              7,601               8,486               8,766               9,079               9,691
<INVENTORY>                             199,895             226,907             227,267             226,554             240,228
<CURRENT-ASSETS>                        459,343             465,144             486,506             498,504             521,359
<PP&E>                                  208,942             222,269             234,795             230,847             235,036
<DEPRECIATION>                           98,058             104,648             110,606             103,957             109,118
<TOTAL-ASSETS>                          817,308<F1>         850,824<F1>         873,129<F1>         877,807<F1>         910,694<F1>
<CURRENT-LIABILITIES>                   198,363             224,647             236,360             236,629             252,098
<BONDS>                                  87,714              84,312              90,970              90,068              95,216
                         0                   0                   0                   0                   0
                                   0                   0                   0                   0                   0
<COMMON>                                 20,926              20,981              20,984              20,987              20,991
<OTHER-SE>                              425,946             436,776             445,518             452,219             466,143
<TOTAL-LIABILITY-AND-EQUITY>            817,308             850,824             873,129             877,807             910,694
<SALES>                                 923,453             252,492             537,650             844,186           1,143,772
<TOTAL-REVENUES>                        923,453             252,492             537,650             844,186           1,143,772
<CGS>                                   587,323             161,879             343,791             539,746             723,547
<TOTAL-COSTS>                           587,323             161,879             343,791             539,746             723,547
<OTHER-EXPENSES>                         29,188               8,342              16,966              26,815              36,598
<LOSS-PROVISION>                          4,223                 974               1,849               2,484               4,299
<INTEREST-EXPENSE>                        8,590               2,406               5,420               8,335              10,852
<INCOME-PRETAX>                          96,367              15,116              33,390              40,589              63,290
<INCOME-TAX>                             34,675               5,546              12,105              14,194              22,682
<INCOME-CONTINUING>                      61,692               9,570              21,285              26,395<F2>          40,608<F2>
<DISCONTINUED>                           11,350               2,726               7,609              10,834              14,906
<EXTRAORDINARY>                               0                   0                   0                   0                   0
<CHANGES>                                     0                   0                   0                   0                   0
<NET-INCOME>                             73,042              12,296              28,894              37,229              55,514
<EPS-PRIMARY>                              3.49                 .59                1.38                1.77                2.65
<EPS-DILUTED>                              3.46                 .58                1.36                1.75                2.61
<FN>
<F1>Included in total assets is an investment in discontinued operations of
$47,058, $49,701, $46,172, $47,693 and $58,397 at December 31, 1996, March 31,
1997, June 30, 1997, September 30, 1997 and December 31, 1997 respectively.
<F2>Excluding net after-tax charges of $7.8 million, or $.37 per diluted share,
resulting from an acquisition by the Company's affiliate, Cylink Corporation,
income from continuing operations was $18.6 million, or $1.38 per diluted
share, and $32.8 million or $2.24 per diluted share for the nine months ended
September 30, 1997 and the year ended December 31, 1997, respectively.
</FN>
        


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