STONE & WEBSTER INC
11-K, 2000-06-28
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D. C. 20549


                                    FORM 11-K


                                  ANNUAL REPORT
                        PURSUANT TO SECTION 15 (d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934



                                   (Mark One)

               [X] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE
                SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 [NO FEE REQUIRED]

                   For the fiscal year ended December 31, 1999

                                       OR

               [ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
                                [NO FEE REQUIRED]


                 For the transition period from.......to.......


                          Commission file number 1-1228




                  Employee Investment Plan of Stone & Webster,
                   Incorporated and Participating Subsidiaries
                            (Full title of the Plan)




                          Stone & Webster, Incorporated
                 245 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210
                                 (617) 589-5111
             (Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the
             Plan and the address of its principal executive office)





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                              REQUIRED INFORMATION


The  Statements of Net Assets  Available for Benefits of the Plan as of December
31, 1999 and 1998, and the related  Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available
for Benefits,  and  supplemental  schedule for the year ended December 31, 1999,
together with the Report and Consent of  Independent  Accountants,  are attached
and filed herewith.





                                    SIGNATURE

Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  the
Committee  under the Plan,  which  administers  the Plan,  has duly  caused this
annual  report to be  signed on its  behalf  by the  undersigned  hereunto  duly
authorized.

                                  EMPLOYEE INVESTMENT PLAN OF STONE & WEBSTER,
                                  INCORPORATED AND PARTICIPATING SUBSIDIARIES



                                  By   /S/  JAMES P. JONES
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       James P. Jones
                                       Secretary of the Committee under the Plan


Date:  June 28, 2000





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                            EMPLOYEE INVESTMENT PLAN
                        of STONE & WEBSTER, INCORPORATED
                         and PARTICIPATING SUBSIDIARIES

                          INDEX OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                            and SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULE


                                                                          Pages
                                                                          -----

Report of Independent Accountants                                           4

Financial Statements:
  Statement of Net Assets Available for Benefits as of December 31,
   1999 and 1998                                                            5

  Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits for the
   Year Ended December 31, 1999                                             6

  Notes to Financial Statements                                            7-12

Supplemental Schedule:
  Schedule of Assets Held for Investment Purposes at December 31,
   1999                                                                    13





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                        REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

                                    ________


To the Participants and Committee under the
Employee Investment Plan of Stone & Webster,
Incorporated and Participating Subsidiaries:

In our opinion, the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits
and the  related  statement  of  changes in net assets  available  for  benefits
present fairly, in all material respects,  the net assets available for benefits
of  the  Employee   Investment  Plan  of  Stone  &  Webster,   Incorporated  and
Participating  Subsidiaries  (the "Plan") at December 31, 1999 and 1998, and the
changes in net assets  available  for benefits  for the year ended  December 31,
1999 in conformity with accounting  principles  generally accepted in the United
States.  These  financial  statements  are  the  responsibility  of  the  Plan's
management;  our  responsibility  is to express  an  opinion on these  financial
statements  based on our audits.  We conducted our audits of these statements in
accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States which
require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable  assurance about
whether the financial  statements  are free of material  misstatement.  An audit
includes  examining,  on a test  basis,  evidence  supporting  the  amounts  and
disclosures in the financial  statements,  assessing the  accounting  principles
used and  significant  estimates made by management,  and evaluating the overall
financial  statement  presentation.   We  believe  that  our  audits  provide  a
reasonable basis for the opinion expressed above.

As described in Note 9 to the financial statements,  on June 2, 2000, the Plan's
sponsor,  Stone & Webster,  Incorporated and certain of its subsidiaries,  filed
voluntary  petitions  for relief under chapter 11, title 11 of the United States
Code.  The  Company's  auditors  have  issued an audit  report on the  Company's
financial  statements  at  December  31,  1999 and for the year then ended which
indicated  substantial  doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going
concern throughout the following year.

Our audits  were  conducted  for the  purpose of forming an opinion on the basic
financial  statements taken as a whole. The supplemental  schedule listed on the
accompanying index on page 3 is presented for the purpose of additional analysis
and  is  not  a  required  part  of  the  basic  financial   statements  but  is
supplementary  information  required  by the  Department  of  Labor's  Rules and
Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure  under the Employee  Retirement  Income
Security Act of 1974. The  supplemental  schedule is the  responsibility  of the
Plan's management.  The supplemental schedule has been subjected to the auditing
procedures  applied in the audits of the basic financial  statements and, in our
opinion,  is fairly  stated in all  material  respects  in relation to the basic
financial statements taken as a whole.



                                              /S/  PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
                                              ----------------------------------

Boston, Massachusetts
June 9, 2000






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            EMPLOYEE INVESTMENT PLAN OF STONE & WEBSTER, INCORPORATED
                         AND PARTICIPATING SUBSIDIARIES

                 STATEMENT OF NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS

                         (All amounts are in thousands)


                                                    December 31,    December 31,
                                                       1999            1998
                                                    ------------    ------------

Assets:
 Investments (Note 2)                                $437,720        $362,106
 Due from broker for securities sold                        1              42
 Cash                                                      10               5
                                                     --------        --------

Total Assets                                          437,731         362,153
                                                     --------        --------



Liabilities:
 Due to broker for securities purchased                     7              13
 Administrative expenses payable                           42              42
                                                     --------        --------
Total Liabilities                                          49              55
                                                     --------        --------

Net Assets Available for Benefits                    $437,682        $362,098
                                                     ========        ========



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





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            EMPLOYEE INVESTMENT PLAN OF STONE & WEBSTER, INCORPORATED
                         AND PARTICIPATING SUBSIDIARIES

            STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS

                      For the Year Ended December 31, 1999
                         (All amounts are in thousands)

                                                                  1999
                                                                  Total
                                                                  -----

Additions to net assets attributed to:
 Investment income:
  Net appreciation in fair value of investments                 $ 89,566
  Interest                                                           427
  Dividends                                                       25,667
                                                                --------
                                                                 115,660
                                                                --------
 Contributions:
  Participant                                                     18,854
  Employer                                                         2,026
                                                                --------
                                                                  20,880
                                                                --------

      Total additions                                            136,540
                                                                --------

Deductions:
 Deductions from net assets attributed to:
   Benefits paid to participants                                  60,914
   Administrative expenses                                            42
                                                                --------

      Total deductions                                            60,956
                                                                --------

 Net increase                                                     75,584
                                                                --------

 Net assets available for benefits:
   Beginning of year                                             362,098
                                                                --------
   End of year                                                  $437,682
                                                                ========


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


<PAGE>
       EMPLOYEE INVESTMENT PLAN OF STONE & WEBSTER, INCORPORATED
                         AND PARTICIPATING SUBSIDIARIES

                     NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                 (All dollar amounts are in thousands)

(1)  Plan Description:

General:

The following  description of the Employee  Investment  Plan of Stone & Webster,
Incorporated and  Participating  Subsidiaries (the "Plan") provides only general
information. Participants should refer to the Plan agreement for a more complete
description of the Plan's provisions.

The Employee  Savings Plan of Stone & Webster,  Incorporated  and  Participating
Subsidiaries  (the  "Original  Plan")  was  created  by  action  of the Board of
Directors  of Stone & Webster,  Incorporated  on  September  17, 1969 and by the
Board of Directors of certain subsidiaries of Stone & Webster, Incorporated (the
"Participating  Subsidiaries")  on various  dates  subsequent  thereto.  Stone &
Webster,  Incorporated  and  the  Participating  Subsidiaries  are  collectively
referred to herein as the  "Participating  Companies".  The Original Plan became
effective January 1, 1970. The Original Plan was approved by the stockholders of
Stone  &  Webster,  Incorporated  (the  "Company")  at  the  annual  meeting  of
stockholders of the Company held on May 14, 1970 and subsequent thereto has been
amended from time to time. As of July 1, 1983, the Original Plan was amended and
restated  and the name was changed to the  Employee  Investment  Plan of Stone &
Webster, Incorporated and Participating Subsidiaries (the "Plan").

The Plan is a voluntary defined contribution plan covering eligible employees of
the  Participating  Companies.  The  objectives  of the Plan  are (1) to  enable
employees to accumulate income and capital by means of their own regular savings
augmented by  contributions  by the  Participating  Companies,  (2) to encourage
ownership by employees of the Common Stock of the Company, thereby strengthening
their interest in its progress and (3) to attract and retain capable  personnel.
There were approximately  3,300 and 3,800 employee  participants at December 31,
1999 and 1998, respectively.

The Plan is  administered  through the trustee and by a committee  consisting of
directors  of the  Company,  a  majority  of whom  are  outside  directors  (the
"Committee").  The  trustee  under the Plan is Putnam  Fiduciary  Trust  Company
("Putnam"),  Putnam Place,  859 Willard  Street,  Quincy,  Massachusetts  02269.
Putnam  serves as the single  provider of  trusteeship,  investment  management,
recordkeeping and other related services for the Plan.

Contributions:

Contributions  are held by the trustee and  accumulated in separate  participant
accounts.  Each  participant may have contributed on his or her behalf an amount
equal to up to 15% of  compensation  received from a  Participating  Company for
qualified  employment,  including  payments  made  under  any  established  plan
providing  for   incentive   compensation,   but  excluding   special  or  extra
compensation and bonuses, on a before-tax basis as a salary reduction investment
contribution  under Section  401(k) of the Internal  Revenue Code ("IRC") or may
contribute the same as an after-tax investment contribution under Section 401(a)
of the IRC. The total of before-tax and after-tax  contributions  may not exceed
15% of eligible compensation.  All participant contributions are made by payroll
deduction.  A  participant  may  modify  his or  her  before-tax  and  after-tax
contributions, including suspension of contributions, as of the first day of any
month.

The aggregate  before-tax  investment  contributions  and aggregate of all other
investment  contributions  in  any  year  are  subject  to  certain  limitations
necessary  to comply with the IRC.  In order to prevent  such  limitations  from
being exceeded,  the Committee under the Plan may limit the percentage or amount
of  compensation  which may be  contributed  by or on behalf of  certain  highly
compensated employees as after-tax or before-tax investment contributions. Under
the IRC, before-tax contributions to qualified cash or deferred arrangements are
not  included  in the  employee's  gross  income for that year.  The  employee's
liability  for  income  tax  on  such   contributions  is  deferred  until  such
contributions are withdrawn from the Plan.

Concurrent  with the  payment to the trustee of the  contribution  made by or on
behalf of the participant,  a Participating  Company will voluntarily pay to the
trustee for such  participant's  company  accounts an amount equal to 25% of the
first 5% of the compensation  contributed by or on behalf of the employee,  such
contribution being hereinafter referred to as the "matching" contribution. Other
additional  Participating  Company  contributions  may, at the discretion of the
Board of Directors  of the Company,  be paid on or about the end of the calendar
year to the trustee for the Company accounts of each then active member.

Under the terms of the Plan,  forfeitures are used to reduce subsequent  Company
contributions.  Employer  contributions reflect a reduction of $160 for the year
ended December 31, 1999 for forfeitures as described in Article IV of the Plan.

Vesting:

Plan earnings and losses are allocated to participant  accounts  relative to the
participant's account balance in each respective fund.

Employees are always fully vested in their  before-tax and after-tax  investment
accounts  and in the  Company  matching  contributions  on the first 1% of their
investments.  The  Company  matching  contributions  on the next 4% of  employee
investments  vest upon  completion  of five years of service,  or,  earlier upon
death, disability or attainment of age 65.

Investment Options:

There are  thirteen  investment  funds  established  pursuant  to the Plan as of
December 31, 1999: (1) Stone & Webster Stock Fund (3,634 participant  accounts),
invested by the trustee  solely in Common Stock of the  Company;  (2) the Putnam
Voyager Fund (2,697 participant accounts),  invested in a mutual fund consisting
primarily of a portfolio of stocks of small to  medium-sized  companies with the
potential  for  above-average  sales  and  earnings  growth  and  larger,  well-
established  companies that show  near-term  growth  potential;  (3) the Stone &
Webster Stable Value Fund (1,952 participant accounts),  invested in a portfolio
consisting of  guaranteed  investment  contracts;  (4) the Putnam OTC & Emerging
Growth Fund (2,323  participant  accounts)  invested in a mutual fund consisting
primarily of a portfolio  of common  stocks of small to  medium-sized  companies
that have potential for capital appreciation  greater than market averages;  (5)
the  Putnam S&P 500 Index  Fund  (1,264  participant  accounts),  invested  in a
collective income trust that invests in the 500 stocks that make up the Standard
& Poor's 500 Composite Index;  (6) the Putnam Investors Fund (1,285  participant
accounts),  invested in a mutual fund  consisting  primarily  of a portfolio  of
stocks of larger,  well-established  companies;  (7) The George  Putnam  Fund of
Boston  (799  participant  accounts),  invested  in  a  mutual  fund  consisting
primarily  of a portfolio  of stocks and bonds that seek to produce both capital
growth and current  income;  (8) the Putnam Global Growth Fund (903  participant
accounts), invested in a mutual fund consisting primarily of a portfolio of U.S.
and  international  common  stocks;  (9) the Putnam Growth & Income Fund II (271
participant  accounts),  invested  in a  mutual  fund  consisting  primarily  in
"bargain  stock" -  attractively  priced,  dividend  paying  stocks of large and
mid-size companies that offer the potential for a total return;  (10) the Putnam
Income Fund (103  participant  accounts),  invested in a mutual fund  consisting
primarily of a portfolio of quality  corporate and  government  bonds that pay a
rate of  interest  in  regularly  scheduled  payments;  (11)  the  Putnam  Asset
Allocation Growth Portfolio (99 participant  accounts),  invested primarily in a
portfolio of strategic  allocation of both equity and fixed income  investments,
the equity  class  invests  primarily in growth and value  stocks,  fixed income
class invests  primarily of fixed income  investments,  including  both U.S. and
foreign government obligations and corporate obligations;  (12) the Putnam Asset
Allocation Balanced Portfolio (92 participant accounts), invested primarily in a
portfolio of strategic  allocation of both equity and fixed income  investments,
the equity  class  invests  primarily in growth and value  stocks,  fixed income
class invests  primarily of fixed income  investments,  including  both U.S. and
foreign government obligations and corporate obligations;  (13) the Putnam Asset
Allocation Conservative Portfolio (91 participant accounts),  invested primarily
in a  portfolio  of  strategic  allocation  of  both  equity  and  fixed  income
investments,  the equity class  invests  primarily  in growth and value  stocks,
fixed income class invests primarily of fixed income investments, including both
U.S. and foreign government obligations and corporate obligations.

Investment  accounts for before-tax and after-tax  contributions  are maintained
for each member; if a member chooses to allocate  contributions to more than one
Fund, the  allocation  between Funds within each account must be in multiples of
1% of contributions.

All  nonparticipant-directed  amounts represent  Participating  Company matching
contributions.  Prior to June 1, 2000, all matching  contributions were invested
in the Stone & Webster Stock Fund. Starting June 1, 2000, such contributions are
invested in the Stable Value Fund in  accordance  with an amendment to the Plan,
and cannot be  transferred  out of the Stone & Webster Stock Fund.  Purchases of
Common  Stock of the  Company  may be made by the  trustee in the open market or
from private  sources (other than from Directors and Officers of the Company) or
from treasury  shares or authorized  but unissued  shares,  or such stock may be
contributed  to the  trustee  by the  Company.  It is the  understanding  of the
Company that  acquisitions of stock by the trustee for the Stone & Webster Stock
Fund have been made in the open market and from another Company  qualified plan,
the  Employee  Stock  Ownership  Plan.  No such  acquisitions  have been made of
treasury shares or authorized but unissued  shares,  nor has any such stock been
contributed by the Company to the trustee, to the date hereof. In the event that
any Common  Stock of the Company is  obtained  by the  trustee  from the Company
through  purchase or  contributions,  it is the policy of the Company  that such
shares be valued for  purposes of the Plan at the then  current  market value of
the  Common  Stock of the  Company.  The Stone & Webster  Stock  Fund  comprises
participant-directed and nonparticipant-directed  amounts.  Participant-directed
amounts represent employee contributions.

Loans:

The Plan contains a loan provision  under which  employees may borrow as much as
50% of their vested account  balance up to a maximum of fifty thousand  dollars.
The minimum loan is one thousand  dollars.  The term of these loans is a minimum
of one year,  with a maximum of five years, or fifteen years if used to purchase
a primary residence.  The interest rate for loans is the prime rate, as recorded
on the first day of the month by The Wall Street Journal, plus 1%. The loans are
collateralized by the balance in the participant's account. The interest rate on
loans ranged from 8.75% to 9.50% during 1999.

Payment of Benefits:

Upon termination of employment for any reason, employees are entitled to receive
the value of their vested accounts as of the date that the recordkeeper receives
the completed  participant  request for  distribution.  Benefit  payments may be
deferred by a participant  to a date which is not later than the end of the year
in which the  participant  attains age 70.  Terminating  employees  may elect to
receive a lump-sum payment or to receive payments in installments  over a period
not to exceed 10 years.  Prior to  termination  of service,  employees  may make
withdrawals  from  their  after-tax  investment  accounts.  Employees  who  have
attained  age 59 1/2 may  make  withdrawals  from  their  before-tax  investment
accounts. A member who has not yet attained age 59 1/2 may make withdrawals from
his before-tax  investment accounts only for reasons of hardship. In April 1998,
the Plan eliminated mandatory distributions to active employees over age 70 1/2.
Withdrawals may be made as of any daily valuation date.

(2)  Summary of Significant Accounting Policies:

Method of Accounting:

The financial  statements of the Plan are prepared  under the accrual  method of
accounting.

Investment Valuation:

Investments,  exclusive  of  temporary  investments  and  guaranteed  investment
contracts,  are stated at fair value and are valued at the closing market prices
on the last business day of the year. Temporary  investments are valued at cost,
which  approximates fair value as reported by the trustee.  Shares of registered
investment  companies are valued at quoted market prices which represent the net
asset value of shares held by the Plan at year end. The Company  stock is valued
at its quoted market price.  Guaranteed  investment  contracts,  which are fully
benefit responsive,  are valued at contract value which approximates fair value.
Participant loans are valued at cost which approximates fair value.

Security Transactions and Related Investment Income:

Purchases and sales of securities are recorded on a trade-date  basis.  Gains or
losses on sales of securities are determined on an average-cost basis.  Dividend
income is recorded on the  ex-dividend  date.  Income from other  investments is
recorded as earned on an accrual basis.

Contributions:

Employee  contributions and matching employer  contributions are recorded in the
period the payroll deductions are made.

Payment of Benefits:

Payment of benefits and withdrawals are recorded when paid.

Expenses:

Expenses of the Plan,  other than  investment  management  fees  relating to the
Stable  Value Fund which are being paid from the Plan  assets,  are borne by the
Participating Companies.

Use of Estimates:

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles
generally  accepted in the United States requires the Plan administrator to make
estimates  and  assumptions  that  affect  the  reported  amounts  of assets and
liabilities and disclosures of contingent  assets and liabilities at the date of
the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during
the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Risks and Uncertainties:

The Plan provides for various investment options in stocks,  bonds, fixed income
securities,  and other investment securities.  Investment securities are exposed
to various  risks,  such as interest rate,  market,  credit and, with respect to
certain non-U.S.  securities,  currency and political risks. Due to the level of
risk associated with certain investment  securities and the level of uncertainty
related  to  changes  in the  value  of  investment  securities,  it is at least
reasonably  possible  that  changes in risks in the near term  would  materially
affect participants'  account balances and the amounts reported in the Statement
of Net Assets  Available for Benefits and the Statement of Changes in Net Assets
Available for Benefits.

Financial Statement Presentation:

Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current year
presentation.

(3)  Investments:

The following table presents Plan investments held at December 31, 1999 and 1998
that represent 5% or more of the net assets available for benefits:

                                                   December 31,     December 31,
Investments at Fair Value                             1999             1998
-------------------------                          ------------     ------------

Stone & Webster, Incorporated Common Stock*         $ 21,569         $46,288
Putnam Voyager Fund                                  127,238          96,903
Putnam OTC & Emerging Growth Fund                    117,006          62,663
Putnam Investors Fund                                 28,551          24,692
Putnam S&P 500 Index Fund                             24,074          18,794

*Partially nonparticipant-directed

During 1999, the Plan's  investments  (including gains and losses on investments
bought  and  sold,  as well as held  during  the year)  appreciated  in value by
$89,566 as follows:

Mutual Funds                                               $107,374
Common Stock                                                (21,934)
Collective Trusts                                             4,126
                                                           --------
                                                           $ 89,566
                                                           ========

Nonparticipant-Directed Investments
-----------------------------------

Information  about the net assets and the significant  components of the changes
in net assets relating to the nonparticipant-directed investments is as follows:

                                                   December 31,     December 31,
                                                      1999             1998
                                                   ------------     ------------

Net Assets:
 Stone & Webster, Incorporated Common Stock         $15,123          $31,823
                                                    =======          =======

                                             Year Ended
                                         December 31, 1999
                                         -----------------
Changes in Net Assets:
  Contributions                               $  2,026
  Dividends                                        416
  Net depreciation                             (15,342)
Benefits paid to participants                   (3,800)
                                              --------
                                              $(16,700)
                                              ========

(4)  Guaranteed Investment Contracts:

The Stable Value Fund is  administered  so that the interest  rate earned on all
contributions  and transfers is a blended rate, based on the weighted average of
the different guaranteed  investment contracts and government  securities in the
fund. This blended rate varies depending on the amounts invested in future years
under the various contracts  obtained and on the timing of all investments.  The
blended  interest  rate in the Stable  Value Fund was 6.17% at December 31, 1999
and the average  interest  rate for the year ended  December 31, 1999 was 6.68%.
Guaranteed  investment  contracts  are  generally  referred  to as  "guaranteed"
contracts because the insurance company or other financial  institution  issuing
the contract agrees to pay an amount equal to the  contributions,  plus interest
at a fixed rate for a given period of time. However, contributions are deposited
with the contract issuer and become part of its general  assets.  The obligation
of the contract issuer to make the agreed payments is not secured, and it is not
insured  or  guaranteed  by  any  third  party.   Financial   instruments  which
potentially   subject  the  Plan  to   concentrations  of  credit  risk  consist
principally of contracts with insurance companies. The Plan is exposed to credit
risk in the event of  nonperformance by the companies in which those investments
are held. The Plan  administrator  does not anticipate  nonperformance by any of
the insurance  companies.  The Plan placed its guaranteed  investment  contracts
with high-credit  quality  contracts  issuers as measured by independent  credit
rating companies and, by policy, limits the amount of credit exposure to any one
issuer.

(5)  Credit Risks:

The Plan invests  primarily  in equity and fixed  income  funds and trusts.  The
investment  managers  invest in a large number of  corporations,  industries and
other instruments in an attempt to limit exposure to significant loss. The funds
and trusts maintain a diverse  portfolio of common stock across various industry
groups and a broad range of debt  securities  in terms of maturity  and industry
groups in order to maintain diversity in the plan's investments.

The Plan is  subject  to risk of loss to the  extent  of its  holdings  in these
funds.

(6)  Related Party Transactions:

The Stone & Webster  Stock  Fund  invests  in common  shares of Stone & Webster,
Incorporated,  the ultimate parent of the Participating  Subsidiaries.  As such,
these transactions qualify as party-in-interest transactions. The Plan purchased
common shares of Stone & Webster,  Incorporated  amounting to $6,529 and $13,305
during  1999 and  1998,  respectively.  The Plan sold  common  shares of Stone &
Webster,  Incorporated  amounting  to $1,229 and  $42,437  during 1999 and 1998,
respectively.

Plan  investments  include  mutual funds and  investment  portfolios  managed by
Putnam Investments. Since the Plan's trustee and recordkeeper are entities owned
and  controlled  by  Putnam,  transactions  involving  the funds and  portfolios
qualify as party-in-interest  transactions.  In addition,  loans to participants
(employees of the Company) qualify as party-in-interest transactions.

(7)  Tax Status:

The Internal  Revenue  Service has issued a determination  that the Plan,  which
includes  provisions  under section 401(k) of the IRC, meets the requirements of
section  401(a) of the IRC and  therefore  is exempt from  Federal  income taxes
under section 501(a) of the IRC.

The Plan obtained its latest determination letter on July 13, 1995, in which the
Internal  Revenue  Service  stated  that  the  Plan,  as then  designed,  was in
compliance  with  the  applicable  requirements  of the  IRC.  The Plan has been
amended  since   receiving  the   determination   letter.   However,   the  Plan
administrator  and the Plan's tax counsel  believe that the Plan is designed and
is currently  being operated in compliance  with the applicable  requirements of
the IRC.

(8)  Termination and Extension of the Plan:

It is  the  desire  of  the  Participating  Companies  that  the  Plan  continue
indefinitely. However, the Company reserves the right to modify or terminate the
Plan at any  time by  action  of the  Board of  Directors  of the  Company  (the
"Board").  In the event of a termination  of the Plan,  all  employees'  company
accounts with respect to contributions  made by the Participating  Companies not
theretofore  vested will  become  vested and will be valued as of the end of the
calendar  quarter   following   termination.   The  Trust  will  continue  after
termination of the Plan, and will be  administered as if the Plan were otherwise
in full force and effect.  The amounts in members'  accounts will be distributed
as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company.  Also, any Participating
Company may,  with the consent of the Board of Directors of the Company,  at any
time,  modify  or  discontinue  the  Plan as to it or as to any  segment  of its
employees.

(9)  Subsequent Events:

On June 2, 2000,  Stone & Webster,  Incorporated and certain of its subsidiaries
filed  voluntary  petitions  for relief under chapter 11, title 11 of the United
States Code. In addition,  on June 1, 2000, the Plan was amended to provide that
after May 31, 2000, all matching  contributions  would be invested in the Stable
Value Fund.  Prior to such amendment,  such  contributions  were invested in the
Stone & Webster Stock Fund.  Since December 31, 1999, the Plan has experienced a
significant  decline in the value of the Plan's  investment  in Stone & Webster,
Incorporated  Common  Stock.  The Stone &  Webster,  Incorporated  Common  Stock
currently trades on the OTC Bulletin Board and in the "pink sheets."




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            EMPLOYEE INVESTMENT PLAN OF STONE & WEBSTER, INCORPORATED
                         AND PARTICIPATING SUBSIDIARIES

               Schedule of Assets Held for Investment Purposes at
                                December 31, 1999
<TABLE>
<S>                                        <C>                                           <C>          <C>            <C>
                                                                                                                     Current
Identity of issuer                         Description of Investment                     Shares       Cost            Value
------------------                         -------------------------                     ------       ----           -------

Stone & Webster, Incorporated**            Common Stock                                  1,282,894    $36,725,000    $ 21,568,665

Shares of registered investment companies:
Putnam Fiduciary Trust Company**           Putnam Voyager Fund                           4,026,516                    127,238,114
Putnam Fiduciary Trust Company**           Putnam OTC & Emerging Growth Fund             3,126,820                    117,005,900
Putnam Fiduciary Trust Company**           Putnam Investors Fund                         1,483,148                     28,550,790
Putnam Fiduciary Trust Company**           The George Putnam Fund of Boston                760,951                     12,411,110
Putnam Fiduciary Trust Company**           The Putnam Global Growth Fund                   778,934                     14,753,011
Putnam Fiduciary Trust Company**           Putnam Income Fund                              224,623                      1,433,096
Putnam Fiduciary Trust Company**           Putnam Growth & Income Fund II                  197,494                      2,446,954
Putnam Fiduciary Trust Company**           Putnam Asset Allocation: Growth Fund             66,092                      1,010,541
Putnam Fiduciary Trust Company**           Putnam Asset Allocation: Balanced Fund           94,465                      1,225,214
Putnam Fiduciary Trust Company**           Putnam Asset Allocation: Conservative Fund      200,193                      2,114,041

Shares of collective investment trusts:
Putnam Fiduciary Trust Company**           Putnam S&P 500 Index Fund                       688,999                     24,073,632

Money market fund:
The Boston Company                         Short-term Investment Fund                           --                      7,249,553

Guaranteed investment contracts:
AIG Life Insurance Company                 Maturity Date: 08/15/02                              --                      1,496,376
Allstate Life Ins. Co.                     Maturity Date: 06/29/01                              --                      1,323,701
Business Men's Assurance                   Maturity Date: 03/30/01                              --                      3,800,775
Continental Assurance Companies            Maturity Date: 05/15/01                              --                      3,516,810
GE Life & Annuity Assurance Co.            Maturity Date: 11/01/02                              --                      2,020,525
GE Life & Annuity Assurance Co.            Maturity Date: 03/17/03                              --                      3,146,951
Jackson National Life                      Maturity Date: 12/17/01                              --                      1,503,905
John Hancock Mutual Life                   Maturity Date: 09/17/01                              --                      2,067,341
Massachusetts Life Insurance Co.           Maturity Date: 06/15/04                              --                      3,051,293
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.            Maturity Date: 12/16/02                              --                      1,504,261
Monumental Life Insurance Co.              Maturity Date: 09/16/02                              --                      5,101,612
New York Life                              Maturity Date: 03/31/00                              --                      2,589,555
Pacific Life                               Maturity Date: 02/15/02                              --                      4,079,252
Principal Life Insurance Company           Maturity Date: 06/28/01                              --                      1,956,245
Protective Life Insurance Co.              Maturity Date: 12/28/00                              --                      1,979,220
Protective Life Insurance Co.              Maturity Date: 06/17/02                              --                      3,088,306
Rabobank Nederland                         Maturity Date: 05/15/02                              --                      1,510,312
Rabobank Nederland                         Maturity Date: 04/15/03                              --                      2,482,922
Rabobank Nederland                         Maturity Date: 09/15/04                              --                      4,003,808
Security Life of Denver                    Maturity Date: 09/16/02                              --                      3,283,236
Security Life of Denver                    Maturity Date: 12/15/04                              --                      3,008,676
SunAmerica Life Insurance Company          Maturity Date: 06/30/00                              --                      3,230,447
The Travelers                              Maturity Date: 09/29/00                              --                      2,542,573
The Travelers                              Maturity Date: 09/15/03                              --                      4,069,563
Transamerica Life Insurance and Annuity    Maturity Date: 11/06/01                              --                      2,007,770
Transamerica Occidental                    Maturity Date: 09/17/01                              --                      2,005,355
United of Omaha Life Insurance Co.         Maturity Date: 08/31/02                              --                      1,508,574

Loans to participants (interest rates from 7.0% to 13.0%)                                       --                      4,759,590
                                                                                                                     ------------
                                                                                                                     $437,719,575
                                                                                                                     ============
**Party-in-interest to the Plan.
</TABLE>


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                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

                                    ________


We  hereby  consent  to the  incorporation  by  reference  in  the  Registration
Statement of Stone & Webster,  Incorporated  and  Participating  Subsidiaries on
Form S-8 (File No.  333-19829)  of our report dated June 9, 2000 relating to the
financial  statements and supplemental  schedule of the Employee Investment Plan
of Stone & Webster,  Incorporated and Participating  Subsidiaries as of December
31, 1999 and 1998,  and for the year ended  December 31, 1999,  which appears in
this Form 11-K.



                                           /S/  PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
                                           -------------------------------------



Boston, Massachusetts
June 28, 2000



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