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                                  SCHEDULE 14A
                                 (Rule 14a-101)
 
                    INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROXY STATEMENT
                            SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION
 
          PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(A) OF THE SECURITIES
              EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 (AMENDMENT NO.                )
 
   FILED BY THE REGISTRANT [x]
 
   FILED BY A PARTY OTHER THAN THE REGISTRANT [ ]

CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX:
 
   [ ] PRELIMINARY PROXY STATEMENT
 
   [X] DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT
 
   [ ] DEFINITIVE ADDITIONAL MATERIALS
 
   [ ] SOLICITING MATERIAL PURSUANT TO RULE 14a-11(c) OR RULE 14a-12
 
                               SEQUA CORPORATION
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                (NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
 
                               SEQUA CORPORATION
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                   (NAME OF PERSON(S) FILING PROXY STATEMENT)
 
PAYMENT OF FILING FEE (CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX);
 
     [ ] $125 per Exchange Act Rule 0-11(c)(1)(ii), 14a-6(i)(1), or 14a-6(j)(2).

     [X] $125 FEE PAID WITH FILING OF PRELIMINARY MATERIAL.

     [ ] $500  per each party  to the controversy pursuant  to Exchange Act Rule
         14a-6(i)(4) and 0-11.
 
     [ ] Fee computed on table below per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(4) 
         and 0-11.
 
     (1) Title of each class of securities to which transaction applies:
 
Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock, $5.00 Cumulative 
  Convertible Preferred Stock

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     (2) Aggregate number of securities to which transaction applies:
 
                                 + 10,287,921
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     (3) Per unit price or  other-underlying value of transaction  computed
     pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 0-11.(1)
 
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     (4) Proposed maximum aggregate value of transaction:
 
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     [  ] Check box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Exchange Act
          Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify  the filing for which  the offsetting fee
          was  paid  previously.  Identify  the previous  filing by registration
          statement number, or the form or schedule and the date of its filing.
 
     (1) Amount previously paid:             --
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     (2) Form, schedule or registration statement no.:           --
 
     (3) Filing party:             --
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     (4) Date Filed:             --
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(1) Set forth the amount on which the filing fee is calculated and state how it
    was determined.


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[Logo]
 
                               SEQUA CORPORATION
                                200 PARK AVENUE
                            NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10166
 
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                    NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
                                  MAY 12, 1994
 
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     The  annual meeting  of stockholders  of SEQUA  CORPORATION (the 'Company')
will be held in Conference Room 7 on the 11th floor, 270 Park Avenue, New  York,
New York, on Thursday, May 12, 1994, at 11 A.M., for the following purposes:
 
          1. To elect directors;
 
          2.  To consider  and approve the  Management Incentive  Bonus Plan for
     Corporate Executive Officers;
 
          3. To ratify  the appointment  of Arthur Andersen  & Co.,  independent
     public accountants; and
 
          4.  To transact  such other business  as may properly  come before the
     meeting or any adjournment thereof.
 
     Only stockholders of record at the close of business on March 23, 1994  are
entitled  to notice of and to vote at the meeting and any adjournment thereof. A
list of stockholders will be available  for examination by any stockholder,  for
any  purpose germane to such  meeting, during the ten  days prior to the meeting
date at the Company's address set forth above.
 
                                          By order of the Board of Directors,
                                          Ira A. Schreger
                                          Secretary
 
New York, N.Y.
March 25, 1994
 
                                   IMPORTANT
PLEASE COMPLETE, DATE, SIGN  AND RETURN THE ENCLOSED  PROXY CARD AS PROMPTLY  AS
POSSIBLE  IN THE  ENCLOSED POSTPAID  WHITE ENVELOPE WHETHER  OR NOT  YOU PLAN TO
ATTEND THE MEETING. IF YOU  ATTEND THE MEETING AND  SO DESIRE, YOU MAY  WITHDRAW
YOUR  PROXY AND VOTE IN  PERSON. IF YOU ARE PLANNING  TO ATTEND THE MEETING, YOU
MUST RETURN THE ENCLOSED POSTPAID ATTENDANCE CARD AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
 
                         THANK YOU FOR ACTING PROMPTLY.


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                               SEQUA CORPORATION
                                200 PARK AVENUE
                            NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10166
                         ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
                                  MAY 12, 1994
                                PROXY STATEMENT
 
                        PERSONS MAKING THE SOLICITATION
 
     The  accompanying proxy  is being  solicited by  the Board  of Directors of
Sequa Corporation (the 'Company') for use at the annual meeting of  stockholders
to  be held on Thursday, May 12, 1994, or any adjournment thereof. If such proxy
is properly signed and returned prior to the meeting, the shares with respect to
which the proxy is given will be voted as indicated thereon; provided,  however,
that  a stockholder may  revoke his proxy  at any time  prior to its  use at the
meeting, either  by giving  written notice  addressed to  the Secretary  of  the
Company, at its executive offices located at 200 Park Avenue, New York, New York
10166,  or by  voting in person  at the  meeting. The entire  cost of soliciting
proxies will be  borne by  the Company.  Proxies will  be solicited  principally
through  the use of the  mails but directors, officers  and regular employees of
the Company, without additional compensation, may use their personal efforts  by
telephone  or otherwise to obtain proxies.  The Company will also request banks,
brokers and  other nominee  holders of  the Company's  shares to  forward  proxy
materials  to their  principals or customers  who are beneficial  owners of such
shares and will reimburse such holders for their reasonable expenses incurred in
doing so. The Company anticipates that mailing of proxy material to stockholders
will commence the week of April 4, 1994.
 
                    VOTING SECURITIES AND OWNERSHIP THEREOF
                  BY CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
 
     Only stockholders of record at the close of business on March 23, 1994, the
record date with respect  to this solicitation, will  be entitled to notice  of,
and  to  vote  at, the  meeting.  On  the record  date,  there  were outstanding
6,223,629 shares of the Company's Class A  Common Stock, no par value ('Class  A
Common  Stock'), 3,430,978 shares of the Company's  Class B Common Stock, no par
value ('Class  B Common  Stock'),  and 633,316  shares  of the  Company's  $5.00
Cumulative  Convertible Preferred Stock,  par value $1.00  per share ('Preferred
Stock'), which constitute the only outstanding voting securities. Each share  of
Class B Common Stock is convertible at any time into one share of Class A Common
Stock,  and each share of Preferred Stock  is convertible at any time into 1.322
shares of Class A  Common Stock, subject to  certain adjustments. Each share  of
Class  A Common Stock and each share of  Preferred Stock have one vote and, with
respect to all matters to  come before the meeting, will  vote with the Class  B
Common  Stock, which has ten votes per share. The presence in person or by proxy
of stockholders  of record  representing  in the  aggregate  a majority  of  the
combined  outstanding  voting rights  of  all classes  of  stock of  the Company
entitled to vote  shall constitute  a quorum  for the  transaction of  business.
Broker  non-votes and abstentions are counted  in determining the existence of a
 
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quorum. Thereafter,  the affirmative  vote of  the holders  of shares  of  stock
representing a majority of the combined voting rights of all eligible classes of
stock  present or represented at  the meeting is required  for the election of a
director and  the approval  of plans.  Votes are  counted preliminarily  by  the
Company's transfer agent through its automated system and finally, at the Annual
Meeting of Stockholders, by the Inspectors of Election.
 
SECURITY OWNERSHIP BY CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS
 
     The  table below sets  forth information with respect  to any person (other
than the Company's directors) known to the Company to be the beneficial owner of
more than  five  percent  of  any class  of  the  Company's  outstanding  voting
securities as of March 1, 1994. Except to the extent indicated in the footnotes,
sole voting and investment power with respect to the shares shown is held by the
owner named.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                            NUMBER OF SHARES                   PERCENT OF
                                                               OF CLASS A       PERCENT OF     AGGREGATE
NAME AND ADDRESS                                              COMMON STOCK        CLASS       VOTING POWER
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<S>                                                         <C>                 <C>           <C>
Tiger Management Corporation ............................        897,792(1)        14.42(1)        2.18%
  (and affiliates)
101 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10178
Wellington Management Company ...........................        541,700(2)         8.70(2)        1.32
75 State Street
Boston, MA 02109
Heine Securities Corporation ............................        354,864(3)         5.70(3)          (4)
  (and affiliates)
51 J.F.K. Parkway
Short Hills, NJ 07078
Gabelli Funds, Inc. .....................................        367,500(5)         5.90(5)          (4)
  (and affiliates)
One Corporate Center
Rye, NY 10580-1434
</TABLE>

<TABLE> 
<CAPTION>
                                                            NUMBER OF SHARES                   PERCENT OF
                                                               OF CLASS B       PERCENT OF     AGGREGATE
                                                              COMMON STOCK        CLASS       VOTING POWER
                                                            ----------------    ----------    ------------
<S>                                                         <C>                 <C>           <C>
Gabelli Funds, Inc. .....................................        724,100(5)        21.10(5)       17.59
  (and affiliates)
One Corporate Center
Rye, NY 10580-1434
</Table


</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                            NUMBER OF SHARES                   PERCENT OF
                                                                   OF           PERCENT OF     AGGREGATE
                                                            PREFERRED STOCK       CLASS       VOTING POWER
                                                            ----------------    ----------    ------------
<S>                                                         <C>                 <C>           <C>
Paloma Partners .........................................        231,200           36.51             (4)
99 River Road
Cos Cob, CT 06807
Gabelli Funds, Inc. .....................................        242,300(5)        38.26(5)          (4)
  (and affiliates)
One Corporate Center
Rye, NY 10580-1434
</TABLE>
 
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(footnotes from previous page)
 
     (1) Of the aggregate shares shown, 5,400 are held in trusts for the benefit
of  Julian  H.  Robertson, Jr.,  the  majority shareholder  of  Tiger Management
Corporation, and members of his family; Mr. Robertson exercises no voting  power
and shares dispositive power with respect to those shares.
 
     (2) Wellington Management Company ('WMC') does not have sole voting or sole
dispositive  power with  respect to  any of these  shares; it  has shared voting
power with respect to 352,000 shares  and shared dispositive power with  respect
to  all of the shares  listed. WMC is an investment  advisor with respect to the
reported shares, which are owned by numerous investment counseling clients.
 
     (3) Heine  Securities  Corporation and  its  President, Michael  F.  Price,
disclaim  beneficial ownership of all reported securities, which they control as
investment adviser to one of their clients.
 
     (4) Less than 1%.
 
     (5) Gabelli  Funds,  Inc.  (and  affiliates)  (collectively,  the  'Gabelli
Companies')  owns beneficially  242,300 shares  of Preferred  Stock. Pursuant to
Rule 13d-3(d)(1) under  the Securities  Exchange Act  of 1934,  as amended  (the
'1934  Act'),  the total  of the  Gabelli  Companies' Class  A Common  Stock and
Preferred Stock (if converted into Class A Common Stock) would give the  Gabelli
Companies  holdings of 687,821 shares of Class  A Common Stock, or 10.51 percent
thereof. Of the Class A Common  Stock, the Gabelli Companies have shared  voting
power  with respect  to 1,000  shares, no  voting power  with respect  to 55,000
shares and  shared  dispositive power  with  respect  to 1,000  shares.  Of  the
Preferred  Stock,  the Gabelli  Companies have  shared  voting power  and shared
dispositive power with  respect to 500  shares. If the  Preferred Stock and  the
724,100  shares  of  Class B  Common  Stock  owned beneficially  by  the Gabelli
Companies were  all  converted  to  Class  A  Common  Stock,  pursuant  to  Rule
13d-3(d)(1)  under the 1934 Act, and added  to their current holdings of Class A
Common Stock, the  Gabelli Companies  would hold 19.43  percent of  the Class  A
Common Stock. In connection with its shares of Class B Common Stock, the Gabelli
Companies have no voting power with respect to 66,000 shares.
 
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SECURITY OWNERSHIP BY MANAGEMENT
 
     The  following  table  provides  information  as  to  the  Company's voting
securities beneficially owned as  of March 1, 1994,  by the Company's  directors
who  are standing for  re-election, the named executive  officers of the Company
and by  all such  directors  and executive  officers as  a  group. None  of  the
Company's  executive officers or  directors owns Preferred  Stock. Except to the
extent indicated in the footnotes, sole voting and investment power with respect
to the shares shown is held by the owner named.
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                          PERCENT
                                               NUMBER OF                       NUMBER OF                    OF
                                               SHARES OF           PERCENT     SHARES OF      PERCENT    AGGREGATE
                                                CLASS A              OF         CLASS B         OF        VOTING
                                              COMMON STOCK          CLASS     COMMON STOCK     CLASS       POWER
                                              ------------         -------    ------------    -------    ---------
<S>                                           <C>                  <C>        <C>             <C>        <C>
     Norman E. Alexander...................     1,823,449(a)        29.30       1,856,447      54.11       49.53
     Alvin Dworman.........................           413           (b)              None       --         (b)
     A. Leon Fergenson.....................         2,623(c)        (b)             2,283(c)   (b)         (b)
     David S. Gottesman....................         7,500           (b)              None       --         (b)
</TABLE>
 
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(table continued from previous page)
 
<TABLE>
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                                                                                                          PERCENT
                                               NUMBER OF                       NUMBER OF                    OF
                                               SHARES OF           PERCENT     SHARES OF      PERCENT    AGGREGATE
                                                CLASS A              OF         CLASS B         OF        VOTING
                                              COMMON STOCK          CLASS     COMMON STOCK     CLASS       POWER
                                              ------------         -------    ------------    -------    ---------
<S>                                           <C>                  <C>        <C>             <C>        <C>
     Stuart Z. Krinsly.....................        56,876(a)        (b)            64,030       1.87        1.69
     Donald D. Kummerfeld..................           200           (b)              None       --         (b)
     Richard S. LeFrak.....................          None            --               500      (b)         (b)
     John J. Quicke........................         2,334(d)        (b)               500      (b)         (b)
     Antonio L. Savoca.....................          None            --              None       --         --
     Fred R. Sullivan......................         1,659(e)        (b)               648      (b)         (b)
     Gerald Tsai, Jr.......................           500           (b)              None       --         (b)
     Martin Weinstein......................        10,992(a)        (b)              None       --         (b)
     All executive officers and directors
       as a group (14 persons including the
       above)..............................     1,907,046(a)(d)     30.64       1,924,408      56.09       51.38
</TABLE>
 
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     (a) Includes certain  shares held for  the benefit of  the named  executive
officer in the Company's 401-K Plan.
 
     (b) Less than one percent.
 
     (c) Includes 1,670 shares of Class A Common Stock and 1,500 shares of Class
B  Common  Stock owned  by Mrs.  A. Leon  Fergenson, as  to which  Mr. Fergenson
disclaims beneficial ownership.
 
     (d) Consists of 2,334 shares of Class A Common Stock which may be  obtained
upon  the exercise, within  sixty days of  the date of  this Proxy Statement, of
stock options by Mr. Quicke. No other executive officer holds stock options that
are exercisable within sixty days.
 
     (e) Includes 500  shares of  Class A  Common Stock  owned by  Mrs. Fred  R.
Sullivan.
 
SECTION 16(a) REPORTING
 
     As  required by the rules promulgated under Section 16 of the 1934 Act, the
Company notes that,  during 1993, Mr.  Raymond Frankel's Form  4, reporting  two
purchases  of an aggregate  of 2,500 shares  of Class B  Common Stock, was filed
approximately one month late. Mr. Frankel was a director of the Company  through
March 1994.
 
                             ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
 
DIRECTORS
 
     At  the meeting, ten directors  are to be elected  to hold office until the
next annual meeting and  until their successors shall  have been elected. If  no
other  instructions are given, the  persons named in the  enclosed form of proxy
will vote for the election of the nominees named in the table below. In case any
such nominee  should  become  unavailable  for any  reason,  an  event  not  now
anticipated, the proxy holders reserve the right to substitute another person of
their  choice in his place. Each of  the nominees has previously been elected by
the stockholders.
 
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                   PRESENT OCCUPATION AND
               NAME AND AGE                                           OTHER INFORMATION
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<S>                                         <C>
Norman E. Alexander ......................  Chairman of  the Board  and Chief  Executive Officer  of the  Company
Age 79                                        since  1975. Served as President from 1982 to 1983 and from 1957 to
                                              1975. Has been a director of the Company since 1957 and is a member
                                              of the Executive Committee. May be deemed to be a control person of
                                              the Company  (see  'Voting  Securities  and  Ownership  Thereof  by
                                              Certain  Beneficial Owners  and Management').  Also a  director and
                                              Chairman of  the Board  of Chock  Full O'  Nuts Corporation  and  a
                                              director of Richton International Corporation.
Alvin Dworman ............................  Chairman,  ADCO Group (a  real estate merchant  banking and financial
Age 68                                        services company) since 1981.  Has been a  director of the  Company
                                              since 1987 and is a member of the Audit Committee.
A. Leon Fergenson ........................  Former  Chairman  of  the  Board  and  Chief  Executive  Officer,  GK
Age 81                                        Technologies,  Inc.  (wire  and  cable  products,  electronic   and
                                              electrical  circuits, environmental and other products). Has been a
                                              director of the Company since 1968 and is a member of the Executive
                                              Committee and the Compensation Committee and Chairman of the  Audit
                                              Committee.  Also a director of Buckeye Management Company, National
                                              Benefit Life Insurance Company,  several mutual funds sponsored  by
                                              Neuberger and Berman and American Annuity Group, Inc.
David S. Gottesman .......................  Managing  Partner,  First Manhattan  Co.  (a research  and investment
Age 67                                        management company) since 1964. Has been a director of the  Company
                                              since 1982 and is a member of the Nominating Committee.
Stuart Z. Krinsly ........................  Senior  Executive Vice President  and General Counsel  of the Company
Age 76                                        since 1982; from  1966 to 1982,  served as an  officer and  General
                                              Counsel  of the Company.  Has been a director  of the Company since
                                              1957 and is a member of the Executive Committee. Also a director of
                                              Chock Full O' Nuts Corporation.
Donald D. Kummerfeld .....................  President,  Magazine  Publishers  of  America  (a  publishing   trade
Age 59                                        organization)  since 1987  and Chairman,  Kummerfeld Associates (an
                                              investment banking and  financial advisory firm)  since 1985.  From
                                              1978  to  1985, was  President  and Chief  Operating  Officer, News
                                              America Publishing, Inc. Has been  a director of the Company  since
                                              1983 and is a member of the Compensation Committee.
Richard S. LeFrak ........................  President,  Lefrak Organization, Inc.  (a diversified, privately held
Age 48                                        company active  in major  residential  and commercial  real  estate
                                              development   projects,  oil  and   gas  exploration,  finance  and
                                              entertainment production) since  1975. Has been  a director of  the
                                              Company since 1986 and is a member of the Nominating Committee.
</TABLE>
 
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                   PRESENT OCCUPATION AND
               NAME AND AGE                                           OTHER INFORMATION
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<S>                                         <C>
John J. Quicke ...........................  President  and  Chief Operating  Officer of  the Company  since March
Age 44                                        1993. Served as Senior Executive Vice President, Operations, of the
                                              Company from June 1992  to March 1993; from  February 1991 to  June
                                              1992, served as Vice President, Financial Services, of the Company;
                                              from  1987 to  February 1991,  served as  Vice President, Financial
                                              Projects, of the Company. Served  as Vice President and  Controller
                                              of  Chromalloy American  Corporation (which became  a subsidiary of
                                              the Company in  1987) from  1983 to  1987, and  held various  other
                                              positions in Chromalloy American Corporation from 1979 to 1983. Has
                                              also served as President of Sequa Capital Corporation (a subsidiary
                                              of  the Company)  since February 1991.  Has been a  director of the
                                              Company  since  March  1993  and  is  a  member  of  the  Executive
                                              Committee.
Fred R. Sullivan .........................  Chairman   of  the   Board  and  Chief   Executive  Officer,  Richton
Age 79                                        International Corporation (a holding company) since 1989. From 1987
                                              to 1991, served  as Chairman  of the Board  and President,  Interim
                                              Systems  Corporation (a temporary personnel and health care service
                                              company). From 1971 to  1988, served as Chairman  of the Board  and
                                              President,  Kidde, Inc.  (a multi-market  manufacturing and service
                                              company). Has been a  director of the Company  since 1962 and is  a
                                              member  of  the  Audit  Committee.  Also  a  director  of Midlantic
                                              Corporation and Midlantic National Bank.
Gerald Tsai, Jr. .........................  Chairman,  President  and   Chief  Executive   Officer,  Delta   Life
Age 65                                        Corporation  (an  insurance company)  since February  1993; private
                                              investor from 1991 to 1993; Chairman of the Executive Committee  of
                                              the  Board  of  Directors,  Primerica  Corporation  (a  diversified
                                              financial services company) from 1988  to 1991; from 1987 to  1988,
                                              was  Chairman and  Chief Executive  Officer of  Primerica; and from
                                              1982 to 1987, held several other  offices at Primerica. Has been  a
                                              director  of the Company  since 1976 and  is a member  of the Audit
                                              Committee and  Chairman  of  the  Compensation  Committee.  Also  a
                                              director  of Rite Aid Corporation, Palm Beach National Bank & Trust
                                              Company,  HEM  Pharmaceuticals  Corporation,  Proffitt's  Inc.  and
                                              Zenith   National  Insurance   Corp.  Also  a   Trustee  of  Boston
                                              University, Meditrust and New York University Medical Center.
</TABLE>
 
     During 1993, the Company's Board of Directors held nine regularly scheduled
meetings. All  of  the directors  attended  at least  75%  of the  aggregate  of
regularly  scheduled Board  meetings and  committee meetings  of which  they are
members.
 
           THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE COMPANY RECOMMENDS THAT YOU
          VOTE 'FOR' THE ELECTION OF THE ABOVE NOMINEES FOR DIRECTOR.
 
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COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
 
     The Company has  an Executive  Committee consisting  of Messrs.  Alexander,
Fergenson, Krinsly and Quicke; an Audit Committee consisting of Messrs. Dworman,
Fergenson,  Sullivan and  Tsai; a  Compensation Committee  consisting of Messrs.
Fergenson, Kummerfeld and Tsai; and a Nominating Committee consisting of Messrs.
Gottesman and LeFrak. The Executive Committee acts in place of the full Board of
Directors between  meetings thereof,  evaluates  a variety  of projects  of  the
Company  and makes recommendations to the Board.  It met five times during 1993.
The activities of  the Audit  Committee include  a review  with the  independent
auditors  of  the plans  and results  of the  audit engagement;  conferring with
respect to audit activities; consideration of the independence of the  auditors;
review  of the  auditors' fees  and the  recommendation to  the Board  as to the
engagement of the auditors.  During 1993, the Audit  Committee met three  times.
The Compensation Committee recommends to the Board the compensation arrangements
for  directors and officers.  During 1993, the  Compensation Committee met three
times. The Nominating Committee selects candidates for election to the Board  of
Directors or to fill vacancies thereon, after consideration of nominees proposed
to  it in  writing, provided  that such  nominees have  agreed in  writing to be
candidates for the  Board of Directors.  The Nominating Committee  did not  meet
during 1993.
 
INVOLVEMENT IN CERTAIN LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
 
     In  June  1992, Fred  R.  Sullivan settled  a  claim by  the  United States
Securities and  Exchange  Commission  that  he  disclosed  material,  non-public
information  that led to the purchase of  stock by another person. No allegation
of personal profit to Mr. Sullivan was made. Mr. Sullivan agreed to the entry of
a judgment  permanently enjoining  him from  engaging in  certain activities  in
violation  of Section 10(b) of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
and Rule  10b-5 thereunder,  in connection  with  the purchase  or sale  of  any
security and paid a fine of $58,000.
 
CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
 
     The  master  trust  of the  Company's  Pension  Plan had  an  investment of
approximately $300,000, as  of December  31, 1993,  in ADCO  Equity Bridge  Fund
Limited Partnership, which is managed by the ADCO Group, of which Mr. Dworman, a
Director  of the Company, is Chairman and owner. The investment is a mortgage on
an office complex in  Pennsylvania, due in  1995 and paying  interest at a  rate
equal to the prime rate plus 1.5%.
 
     In  connection with  Mr. Quicke's relocation  to New York,  the Company has
made a $300,000 interest-free loan, payable  on demand, and secured by a  second
mortgage on his home.
 
     In  connection with Mr. Weinstein's relocation to New York, the Company has
made a $300,000 unsecured, interest-free loan, payable in June 1997.
 
COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS
 
     Each director who  is not  an employee of  the Company  received an  annual
retainer  of $27,500 for  1993 and $500 for  each meeting attended. Non-employee
members of the  Executive Committee, Audit  Committee, Nominating Committee  and
Compensation  Committee  receive an  additional  annual fee  of  $5,000, $3,500,
$2,500 and $3,500, respectively, and  $500 for each committee meeting  attended.
The
 
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Company  also  reimburses its  non-employee  directors for  travel,  lodging and
related expenses they may incur in attending Board and Committee meetings.
 
                             EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
 
SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
 
     The following table sets forth the compensation paid for services  rendered
in all capacities to the Company and its subsidiaries during 1991, 1992 and 1993
to  the Chief Executive Officer of the Company  and to the next four most highly
compensated executive officers.
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                             LONG TERM
                                                                                            COMPENSATION
                                                                                            ------------
                                                           ANNUAL COMPENSATION                 AWARDS
                                                  -------------------------------------     ------------
                                                                              OTHER          SECURITIES          ALL
                NAME AND                                                      ANNUAL         UNDERLYING         OTHER
                PRINCIPAL                                        BONUS     COMPENSATION       OPTIONS/       COMPENSATION
                POSITION                   YEAR    SALARY         ($)          ($)            SARS(#)            ($)
- -----------------------------------------  ----   ---------     --------   ------------     ------------     ------------
<S>                                        <C>    <C>           <C>        <C>              <C>              <C>
Norman E. Alexander .....................  1993   $993,653         --          --               15,000         $  4,497(1)
  Chairman and Chief Executive Officer     1992    954,200         --          --               --                4,364(1)
                                           1991    945,435         --          --               --                  --
Stuart Z. Krinsly .......................  1993    531,472         --          --               12,500            4,951(1)
  Senior Executive Vice President and      1992    510,380         --          --               --                4,862(1)
  General Counsel                          1991    506,575         --          --               --                  --
John J. Quicke ..........................  1993    374,599(2)      --        $ 50,666(3)        12,000            4,497(1)
  President and Chief Operating Officer    1992    264,745      $195,465       --               --                4,364(1)
                                           1991    190,556        61,600       --                3,500              --
Martin Weinstein ........................  1993    418,250(4)      --          --               11,000            4,364(1)
  Senior Vice President, Gas Turbine       1992    371,000         --          --               --                4,364(1)
  Operations                               1991    371,000       226,291       --               --                  --
Antonio Savoca ..........................  1993    324,250       243,188       66,372(5)         7,500           67,462(1)
  Senior Vice President, Atlantic          1992    324,250       234,000       68,624(5)        --               63,384(1)
  Research Operations                      1991    318,480       243,200       --               --                  --
</TABLE>
 
- ------------
 
(1) These amounts consist of  a matching contribution by  the Company under  the
    respective  401-K Plan in which  each executive officer participates ($4,364
    as to  each executive  officer  in 1992;  $4,497  as to  Messrs.  Alexander,
    Krinsly  and Quicke, $4,364 as to Mr.  Weinstein and $5,396 as to Mr. Savoca
    in 1993), plus (i) with respect to Mr. Krinsly, $498 and $454 for  executive
    term  life insurance premiums in 1992  and 1993, respectively; and (ii) with
    respect to Mr. Savoca, $1,200 for  an executive term life insurance  premium
    in  1992 and  1993, and  $57,820 credited  as a  benefit (including interest
    payable at the prime  rate) in 1992 ($60,866  in 1993) under a  Supplemental
    Executive   Retirement  Plan   ('SERP')  maintained   by  Atlantic  Research
    Corporation, an affiliate  of the Company  ('ARC') (the SERPs  in which  the
    other named executive officers participate are defined benefit plans, unlike
    the ARC plan, and are, therefore, accounted for under 'Pension Plans').
 
(2) This  includes one additional month's  salary to cover incidental relocation
    expenses.
 
(3) This amount represents a tax  gross-up in connection with reimbursement  for
    moving and relocation expenses.
 
                                              (footnotes continued on next page)
 
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<PAGE>
(footnotes continued from previous page)
 
(4) This  amount includes $47,250 for additional compensation in connection with
    Mr. Weinstein's  management of  another  Chromalloy Gas  Turbine  operation,
    Chromalloy Research and Technology, commencing in June 1993. Such additional
    compensation  of $81,000 per year shall be  payable only for the duration of
    this temporary assignment, which shall cease no later than 1996.
 
(5) These amounts consist of the aggregate cost of personal benefits provided by
    ARC; the two items that each exceed  25% of the total value of all  reported
    personal  benefits provided  to Mr. Savoca  are $37,956 in  1992 ($36,144 in
    1993) paid for his residence near the facilities of ARC, and $23,925 in each
    of 1992 and 1993  paid in connection with  ARC's 'cafeteria' plan,  allowing
    for reimbursement of certain items with payment of the unused balance (up to
    the entire amount) to the executive in cash.
 
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<PAGE>
OPTION/SAR GRANTS IN LAST FISCAL YEAR
 
     The  following  table sets  forth  all stock  options  (there are  no SARs)
granted to the Chief Executive Officer of the Company and to the next four  most
highly compensated executive officers during 1993. All options are for shares of
Class A Common Stock.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                         INDIVIDUAL GRANTS
                       ------------------------------------------------------
                                       PERCENT OF
                                         TOTAL
                        NUMBER OF       OPTIONS                                   POTENTIAL REALIZABLE VALUE AT
                        SECURITIES     GRANTED TO                                 ASSUMED ANNUAL RATES OF STOCK
                        UNDERLYING     EMPLOYEES     EXERCISE OR                PRICE APPRECIATION FOR OPTION TERM
                         OPTIONS       IN FISCAL     BASE PRICE    EXPIRATION   ----------------------------------
        NAME             GRANTED          YEAR         ($/SH)         DATE                    5%($)
- ---------------------  ------------   ------------   -----------   ----------   ----------------------------------
<S>                    <C>            <C>            <C>           <C>          <C>
Norman E.
  Alexander..........     15,000(1)(2)     4.60%       $ 32.25       9/22/98                 $133,647
Stuart Z. Krinsly....     12,500(2)(3)     3.83          32.25       9/22/98                  111,373
John J. Quicke.......     12,000(2)(3)     3.68          32.25       9/22/98                  106,918
Martin Weinstein.....     11,000(4)        3.37          32.25       9/22/98                   98,008
Antonio Savoca.......      7,500(2)(5)     2.30          32.25       9/22/98                   66,824
</TABLE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
 
        NAME                         10%($)
- ---------------------  ----------------------------------
<S>                    <C>
Norman E.
  Alexander..........               $295,332
Stuart Z. Krinsly....                246,110
John J. Quicke.......                236,266
Martin Weinstein.....                216,577
Antonio Savoca.......                147,666
</TABLE>
 
- ------------
 
(1) This option grant consists entirely of a non-qualified option.
 
(2) These  options vest  in three equal  annual installments,  commencing on the
    first anniversary of the date of grant.
 
(3) These options are Incentive  Stock Options ('ISO's')  with respect to  9,300
    shares and non-qualified options with respect to the balance.
 
(4) This option grant consists entirely of an ISO and is exercisable as to 3,100
    shares,  cumulatively, of the total each year for three years, commencing on
    the first anniversary of  the date of grant  and 1,700 shares commencing  on
    the fourth anniversary thereof.
 
(5) This grant consists entirely of an ISO.
 
AGGREGATED OPTION/SAR EXERCISES IN LAST FISCAL YEAR AND FISCAL YEAR-END
OPTION/SAR VALUES TABLE
 
     During  1993,  none of  the named  executive  officers exercised  any stock
options. The following table shows the number of shares of Class A Common  Stock
represented by outstanding unexercised stock options (there are no SARs) held by
each  of the  named executive  officers as  of December  31, 1993  and the value
thereof. The Class A Common Stock had a closing price of $32.50 on December  31,
1993.
 
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<PAGE>
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                               NUMBER OF SECURITIES
                                                              UNDERLYING UNEXERCISED           VALUE OF UNEXERCISED
                                                                     OPTIONS                  IN-THE-MONEY OPTIONS AT
                                                                AT FISCAL YEAR-END                FISCAL YEAR-END
                                                           ----------------------------    -----------------------------
                          NAME                             EXERCISABLE    UNEXERCISABLE    EXERCISABLE     UNEXERCISABLE
- --------------------------------------------------------   -----------    -------------    -----------     -------------
<S>                                                        <C>            <C>              <C>             <C>
Norman E. Alexander.....................................      --              15,000          --              $ 3,750
Stuart Z. Krinsly.......................................      --              12,500          --                3,125
John J. Quicke..........................................      2,334           13,166          $   0             3,000
Martin Weinstein........................................      --              11,000          --                2,750
Antonio L. Savoca.......................................      --               7,500          --                1,875
</TABLE>
 
PENSION PLANS
 
     The  following tables show the estimated annual pension benefits payable to
each covered participant at normal retirement age under the Company's  qualified
defined  benefit pension plans, taking  into account any applicable nonqualified
supplemental pension plans that provide benefits that would otherwise be  denied
participants by reason of certain Internal Revenue Code limitations on qualified
plan benefits and any existing individual agreements, based on remuneration that
is  covered under the plans and agreements and years of service with the Company
and its subsidiaries. There  are separate pension plans  within the Company  for
various subsidiaries.
 
                            PENSION PLAN TABLE -- A
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                     YEARS OF SERVICE
                                                                                   --------------------
                               PLAN COMPENSATION                                      35          40
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------   --------    --------
                                                                                      PROJECTED PLAN
                                                                                          PAYOUT
                                                                                   --------------------
<S>                                                                                <C>         <C>
$  600,000......................................................................   $341,968    $390,820
   800,000......................................................................    458,634     524,153
 1,000,000......................................................................    575,301     657,487
 1,200,000......................................................................    691,968     790,820
 1,400,000......................................................................    808,634     924,153
</TABLE>
 
     Table A applies to Messrs. Alexander and Krinsly.
 
                            PENSION PLAN TABLE -- B
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                              YEARS OF SERVICE
                                                                      --------------------------------
                         PLAN COMPENSATION                               30          35          40
- -------------------------------------------------------------------   --------    --------    --------
                                                                           PROJECTED PLAN PAYOUT
                                                                      --------------------------------
<S>                                                                   <C>         <C>         <C>
$200,000...........................................................   $ 85,624    $ 99,894    $108,894
 300,000...........................................................    130,624     152,394     165,894
 400,000...........................................................    175,624     204,894     222,894
 500,000...........................................................    220,624     257,394     279,894
 600,000...........................................................    265,624     309,894     336,894
</TABLE>
 
     Table B applies to Mr. Quicke.
 
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<PAGE>
                            PENSION PLAN TABLE -- C
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                              YEARS OF SERVICE
                                                                      --------------------------------
                         PLAN COMPENSATION                               30          35          40
- -------------------------------------------------------------------   --------    --------    --------
                                                                           PROJECTED PLAN PAYOUT
                                                                      --------------------------------
<S>                                                                   <C>         <C>         <C>
$400,000...........................................................   $213,115    $233,115    $253,115
 500,000...........................................................    268,115     293,115     318,115
 600,000...........................................................    323,115     353,115     383,115
</TABLE>
 
     Table C applies to Mr. Weinstein.
 
                            PENSION PLAN TABLE -- D
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                      YEARS OF SERVICE
                                                                                     ------------------
                                PLAN COMPENSATION                                       5         10
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------   -------    -------
                                                                                       PROJECTED PLAN
                                                                                           PAYOUT
                                                                                     ------------------
<S>                                                                                  <C>        <C>
$200,000..........................................................................   $15,493    $30,986
 300,000..........................................................................    23,493     46,986
</TABLE>
 
     Table D applies to Mr. Savoca. Plan compensation is limited by SS401(a)(17)
of  the Internal Revenue Code  to $150,000 for 1994  and $235,840 for 1993. Plan
benefits are limited by SS415 of the Code, which is generally $118,800 for 1994.
 
     Compensation covered  by the  plans  consists of  total pay  for  services,
including  elective  deferrals  to  qualified  plans,  but  excluding  severance
payments, expense reimbursements, and other non-wage items. Compensation for Mr.
Savoca also excludes  bonuses. With  respect to Messrs.  Alexander, Krinsly  and
Savoca,   benefits  are  based  on   their  respective  highest  average  annual
compensation in any five consecutive years of employment with the Company.  With
respect  to Mr. Quicke, benefits  are based on his  average compensation for all
years after  1983. With  respect to  Mr. Weinstein,  benefits are  based on  his
average compensation for all years after 1979.
 
     The estimated credited years of service and plan compensation for the named
executive officers are:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                               ESTIMATED
                                             CREDITED YEARS        PLAN
                                              OF SERVICE*      COMPENSATION
                                             --------------    ------------
<S>                                          <C>               <C>
Alexander.................................          37          $1,366,311
Krinsly...................................          37             699,301
Quicke....................................          34             238,644
Weinstein.................................          32             499,071
Savoca....................................           4             223,069
</TABLE>
 
     Benefits  shown are computed as a straight life annuity beginning at age 65
and  are  offset  by  a  portion  of  estimated  Social  Security  benefits,  if
applicable.
 
- ------------
 
* At normal retirement age or current age if older.
 
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<PAGE>
EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS, TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT AND
CHANGE-IN-CONTROL ARRANGEMENTS
 
     The Company has entered into employment agreements with the following named
executive  officers (supplementary retirement  agreements with any  of the named
executive officers are accounted for in the foregoing section, 'Pension Plans'):
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                TERM OF                ANNUAL
           NAME                                TITLE                           AGREEMENT            COMPENSATION
- ---------------------------  -----------------------------------------   ---------------------      ------------
<S>                          <C>                                         <C>                        <C>
John J. Quicke.............  President and Chief Operating Officer            4/1/93 - 3/31/96(1)     $372,000(2)
Martin Weinstein...........  Senior Vice President, Gas Turbine
                               Operations                                   10/1/91 - 12/31/96(1)     $452,000(2)(3)
Antonio L. Savoca..........  Senior Vice President, Atlantic Research
                               Operations                                     3/1/91 - 2/28/97(1)     $362,206(2)(4)
</TABLE>
 
- ------------
 
(1) The term may  be extended or  terminated prior to  expiration under  certain
    circumstances  (including death, disability and for cause). Messrs. Quicke's
    and Weinstein's agreements provide that, in the event of a change in control
    of the Company, the term of  employment may be extended, at the  executive's
    option, for two years.
 
(2) These  amounts reflect 1993 salaries and do not include additional incentive
    compensation which may be payable.
 
(3) This includes $81,000  per year  in connection with  a temporary  assignment
    (for  a period ending  no earlier than May  31, 1995 nor  later than May 31,
    1996)  to  manage  another  Chromalloy  Gas  Turbine  operation,  Chromalloy
    Research and Technology.
 
(4) This  includes  a  $37,956  per  year  housing  allowance  for  Mr. Savoca's
    residence near the ARC facilities.
 
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<PAGE>
STOCK PERFORMANCE GRAPH -- 5 YEAR CUMULATIVE INDEX
 
     The graph set  forth below  compares the  annual percentage  change in  the
cumulative  total shareholder return  on an investment of  $100 in the Company's
Common Stock, on  an indexed basis,  with the S&P  500 Stock Index  and the  S&P
Aerospace/Defense Index, for the period of five years ended December 31, 1993.
 
                          TOTAL RETURN TO SHAREHOLDERS
                              REINVESTED DIVIDENDS

                              [PERFORMANCE GRAPH]

 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                               Indexed\Cumulative Returns
                                                            Base     ----------------------------------------------
                                                           Period    Return    Return    Return    Return    Return
                   Company\Index Name                       1988      1989      1990      1991      1992      1993
- --------------------------------------------------------   ------    ------    ------    ------    ------    ------
<S>                                                          <C>       <C>      <C>        <C>       <C>       <C> 
SEQUA CORP -- CL A                                           100     128.22    102.08     77.39     58.32     59.67
SEQUA CORP -- CL B                                           100     123.80    116.35     80.44     54.82     54.74
AEROSPACE/DEFENSE                                            100     118.17    123.35    147.46    155.13    201.78
S & P 500 COMP -- LTD                                        100     131.69    127.60    166.47    179.15    197.21
</TABLE>

REPORT OF THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
 
     The  Company's executive compensation program  is developed and implemented
by the Company's Human Resources Department in conjunction with the Compensation
Committee of the Board of Directors. This program is based upon objectives  that
seek  to  attract and  retain  key executives  critical  to the  success  of the
Company, and  reward  and motivate  executives  for performance  that  maximizes
Company  success and shareholder value. In  order to accomplish these goals, the
Company has designed a competitive base salary program and annual incentive cash
bonus  plans  which  are  predominantly  geared  toward  achievement  of  stated
financial  goals. In addition, stock option grants are awarded from time to time
in order to emphasize stockholder returns and focus on long-term goals.
 
     Base salary  determinations  for  executive officers  of  the  Company  are
intended  to maintain competitive rates of pay for executives in relation to the
market. The  base  salary levels  for  Mr.  Alexander and  all  other  executive
officers  are reviewed  and approved  by the  Compensation Committee  based upon
extensive competitive  salary data,  which is  analyzed by  the Company's  Human
Resources  Department. This  data consists of  surveys published by  a number of
different firms,  including Towers  Perrin,  Hewitt Associates,  the  Conference
Board, Sibson and Company and the American Compensa-
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<PAGE>
tion  Association.  These  surveys  disclose  salary  ranges  for  executives at
corporations comparable to the Company in size and industry mix, including firms
classified as  'S&P 500'.  The Human  Resources Department  does not  limit  its
comparative  analyses to  companies classified as  'Aerospace/Defense', since it
believes that the Company competes for executive talent beyond these industries.
The base salary level for  certain of the executive  officers falls at the  high
end of the survey spectrum, although percentages are disproportionately affected
by  salaries paid  to those  executives with extensive  years of  service to the
Company. Upon  review  of the  competitive  market, the  Compensation  Committee
granted  increases of five percent of salary in March 1993, to Messrs. Alexander
and Krinsly, taking into account that their last increases had been granted  two
years  earlier.  Certain  other  executive  officers  were  also  granted salary
increases during  1993, commensurate  with competitive  salary levels  at  other
companies and changes in areas of responsibility. The Compensation Committee has
determined  that the current base salaries  of executive officers are reasonable
in comparison with companies  in similar businesses and  of comparable size  and
considering  the contributions, experience and tenure of the Company's executive
officers.
 
     Effective January  1, 1994,  Section 162(m)  of the  Internal Revenue  Code
imposes  new conditions and limitations on the deductibility of the compensation
paid to certain executive officers of public companies. Henceforth, compensation
of executive officers who are required to be listed in the Summary  Compensation
Table  (a 'named executive officer') shall not  be deductible by the Company for
tax purposes  to  the extent  that  it  exceeds $1.0  million,  unless  specific
criteria  have been met.  In an effort  to minimize the  adverse consequences of
this legislation, the  Company is  seeking shareholder approval  at this  Annual
Meeting  of Stockholders  of its Management  Incentive Bonus  Plan for Corporate
Executive Officers. The corporate executive  officers of the Company consist  of
the  Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, President/Chief Operating Officer, Senior
Executive Vice  President/General  Counsel  and the  Executive  Vice  President,
Finance  and Administration  (the 'corporate  executive officers').  Approval of
this plan will permit any future bonus payment to a corporate executive  officer
to  be  tax  deductible even  though  it  raises total  compensation  above $1.0
million. However, that portion of any named executive officer's base salary that
is in  excess  of $1.0  million  shall not  be  tax deductible  by  the  Company
commencing in 1994.
 
     The  Company's annual  incentive bonus  plans seek  to motivate  and reward
executives by recognizing their accomplishments during the previous year. In the
main, financial performance of the Company  or of a particular division is  used
to  establish  bonus  eligibility  for executive  officers.  Bonus  criteria has
historically been shaped  in accordance  with attainment  of targeted  financial
objectives,  including operating profit, return on net assets and operating cash
flow, which fell below anticipated levels  in 1993 on a consolidated basis  (but
which  were  achieved  by  certain  operating  units).  These  measurements  are
determined at the commencement  of each fiscal year  and are approved by  senior
management  and the Compensation Committee. The Compensation Committee, however,
retains discretion to  recognize an executive's  response to unplanned  business
events or opportunities, with the exception of corporate executive officers.
 
     Bonus consideration for the Chief Executive Officer and the other corporate
executive  officers  with respect  to 1993  was  exclusively based  upon Company
earnings performance;  since minimum  consolidated  financial targets  were  not
achieved,   individual  performance  did  not   enter  into  the  determination.
Accordingly, no bonus was  awarded to the Chief  Executive Officer or any  other
corporate executive officer with respect to 1993. Only those operating executive
officers whose division
 
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<PAGE>
results  met or exceeded  the predetermined financial  performance criteria that
had been specifically established for them were awarded bonuses.
 
     During 1993,  stock options  were granted  to all  of the  named  executive
officers of the Company. The Compensation Committee determined that these grants
were  desirable in  order for the  Company to remain  competitive, since options
were last granted  five years ago  (with the  exception of Mr.  Quicke) and  had
expired  unexercised. Such awards  were determined as to  size based upon salary
levels together with comparative data assembled from many of the same  surveyors
utilized  for salary analyses. According to such data, the size of option awards
for Sequa's executive officers was below the level of average option awards  for
similar companies.
 
     Although  1993 was a  year of extraordinary challenge  for the Company, the
Compensation Committee  believes that  the  surest test  of executive  skill  is
achievement   during  periods  of  difficulty.  The  Compensation  Committee  is
satisfied that  the  total  compensation  packages  provided  to  the  Company's
executive  officers are competitive without  being excessive and are appropriate
in order to retain and motivate  the highly skilled and experienced  individuals
vital to Sequa's long-term success.
 
                                        Gerald Tsai, Jr., Chairman
                                            A. Leon Fergenson
                                           Donald D. Kummerfeld
 
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<PAGE>
                  PROPOSED MANAGEMENT INCENTIVE BONUS PLAN FOR
                          CORPORATE EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
 
     The  Board of Directors has accepted the recommendation of the Compensation
Committee to adopt a new Management Incentive Bonus Plan for corporate executive
officers and corporate staff  (the 'Plan'), subject  to shareholder approval  of
that portion of the Plan that applies to corporate executive officers. This Plan
is  intended to address the contributions of corporate executive officers and to
provide an equitable method of rewarding  such contributions. The Plan seeks  to
retain,  motivate and reward participants based  on the financial performance of
continuing operations of the Company.  The corporate executive officers  consist
of  the  Chairman/Chief  Executive Officer,  President/Chief  Operating Officer,
Senior Executive Vice  President/General Counsel and  Executive Vice  President,
Finance and Administration.
 
     The  Plan  provides for  a  bonus to  be  paid to  the  corporate executive
officers based solely on the  Company's achieving or surpassing certain  targets
related  to budgeted  earnings per share  from continuing  operations (EPS). The
Plan refers to the attainment of budgeted EPS as 'par performance'. The budgeted
EPS shall, for purposes of this Plan, be a number agreed to at the beginning  of
each  year  by  the Compensation  Committee  (which consists  solely  of outside
directors), taking into account  a host of  factors including past  performance,
industry trends and projected levels of achievement. The actual EPS for the past
year  will be calculated  at the beginning  of the next  fiscal year in reliance
upon the unaudited financial statements of the Company (which shall contain  all
adjustments  necessary to fairly present the Company's results for the year then
ended). Prior to any bonus payments  under the Plan, the Compensation  Committee
must  certify that  the required  EPS has  been achieved.  Certain minimum bonus
payments will be  made to  corporate executive officers  if eighty-five  percent
(85%)  of budgeted  EPS is reached,  and higher  bonus payments will  be made if
budgeted EPS  is exceeded.  The maximum  bonus payable  to the  Chief  Executive
Officer  is 97.5% of  his then current  salary (see table  below for the maximum
percentages of salary payable to each corporate executive officer). Proposed tax
regulations require that the maximum  bonus payable to any relevant  participant
in  this Plan be specified; accordingly, if  one assumes, purely for purposes of
this calculation, a maximum cumulative increase  of ten percent annually of  the
current  salary ($1,052,005)  of the  Chief Executive  Officer over  a five year
period ($1,694,264), then the  maximum bonus payable to  him under this Plan  in
year five would be $1,651,907. Attainment of individual performance goals is not
calculated  into  the bonus  formula for  corporate executive  officers; rather,
their bonus  eligibility is  exclusively  dependent upon  consolidated  earnings
performance of the Company. Other executive officers who head distinct operating
companies  or divisions,  such as Messrs.  Weinstein and  Savoca, participate in
separate plans designed to reflect the appropriate performance targets of  their
respective operations.
 
     This  Plan  may not  be substantively  amended as  it applies  to corporate
executive officers except by a vote of the shareholders of the Company. No bonus
payments shall be  made to corporate  executive officers of  the Company  unless
this Plan is approved by the shareholders.
 
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<PAGE>
     The  following  table  estimates  the range  of  bonus  payments  under the
proposed Plan for the corporate executive officers. Under the proposed Plan,  no
bonus  payments  would have  been made  with  respect to  1993 to  any corporate
executive officer, since the Company did not attain minimum EPS.
 
                               NEW PLAN BENEFITS
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                          POTENTIAL
                                                                            BONUS                          POTENTIAL BONUS
                                                                        PAYMENT AS A %     POTENTIAL      PAYMENT AS A % OF
                                                                         OF SALARY AT    BONUS PAYMENT        SALARY AT
                                                                           MINIMUM         AS A % OF         OUTSTANDING
                                                                         PERFORMANCE     SALARY AT PAR     PERFORMANCE BY
                                                                        BY THE COMPANY    PERFORMANCE     THE COMPANY (115%
                                                                           (85% OF       BY THE COMPANY        OR MORE
          NAME OF INDIVIDUAL                       POSITION             BUDGETED EPS)    (BUDGETED EPS)   OF BUDGETED EPS)
- ---------------------------------------  ----------------------------   --------------   --------------   -----------------
<S>                                      <C>                            <C>              <C>              <C>
Norman E. Alexander....................  Chairman and Chief Executive           32.5%              65%             97.5%
                                         Officer
John J. Quicke.........................  President and Chief                      30%              60%               90%
                                         Operating Officer
Stuart Z. Krinsly......................  Senior Executive Vice                  27.5%              55%             82.5%
                                         President and General
                                         Counsel
Gerald S. Gutterman....................  Executive Vice President,              27.5%              55%             82.5%
                                         Finance and Administration
</TABLE>
 
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Note: The percentage of salary payable increases incrementally as the EPS  moves
      from  85% up to par  performance, and likewise, between  par and 115%. The
      potential bonus  payment shown  at 115%  of budgeted  EPS is  the  maximum
      available regardless of how high the EPS actually goes. For 1994 only, the
      Plan  provides that corporate executive officers shall only be entitled to
      the maximum bonus if 150% or more of budgeted EPS is achieved.
 
     THE BOARD  OF DIRECTORS  OF  THE COMPANY  RECOMMENDS  THAT YOU  VOTE  'FOR'
APPROVAL  OF  THE  MANAGEMENT  INCENTIVE  BONUS  PLAN  FOR  CORPORATE  EXECUTIVE
OFFICERS.
 
                RELATIONSHIP WITH INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
 
     The stockholders will be asked to ratify the appointment of Arthur Andersen
& Co. as independent public accountants of the Company for the fiscal year 1994.
Arthur Andersen & Co.  has been regularly employed  as the independent  auditors
for  the Company  since 1940.  Representatives of  the firm  are expected  to be
present at the stockholders' meeting with the opportunity to make a statement if
they desire to do so, and are expected to be available to respond to appropriate
questions.
 
     THE   BOARD   OF   DIRECTORS   OF   THE   COMPANY   RECOMMENDS   THAT   YOU
VOTE 'FOR' THE RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF THE ABOVE AUDITORS.
 
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                                 OTHER MATTERS
 
     The management of the Company knows of no business other than that referred
to  herein to  be presented for  action at  the meeting. If,  however, any other
business should properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof,  it
is  intended that  all proxies will  be voted  with respect to  such business in
accordance with the best judgment of the persons named in said proxies.
 
             PROPOSALS OF STOCKHOLDERS FOR THE 1995 ANNUAL MEETING
 
     Proposals by stockholders intended to be  presented for action at the  1995
annual  meeting of stockholders must be received by the Company at its principal
executive offices, 200  Park Avenue, New  York, New York  10166, not later  than
December  1, 1994. It is suggested that such proposals be submitted by Certified
Mail-Return Receipt Requested.
 
March 25, 1994
 
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                                   APPENDIX
Graphic and Image Information:


    See the narrative description of the performance graph on page 14 of this
electronic filing.



<PAGE>
                              STATEMENT OF DIFFERENCES

THE SECTION SYMBOL SHALL BE EXPRESSED AS SS.












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                               SEQUA CORPORATION
     Solicited  by  the Board  of Directors  for  use at  the Annual  Meeting of
Stockholders of Sequa Corporation -- May  12, 1994 at 11:00 A.M., in  Conference
Room 7 on the 11th floor, 270 Park Avenue, New York, New York.
     The  undersigned hereby appoints Norman E. Alexander, Stuart Z. Krinsly and
A. Leon Fergenson, and any one or more of them, attorneys and proxies, with full
power of  substitution  and  revocation  in  each, for  and  on  behalf  of  the
undersigned, and with all the powers the undersigned would possess if personally
present,  to vote at  the above Annual  Meeting and any  adjournment thereof all
shares of Common and Preferred Stock  of Sequa Corporation that the  undersigned
would be entitled to vote at such meeting.
 
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<PAGE>
<TABLE>
<S>                                                                                                         <C>
THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED AS DIRECTED BY THE                                [X] PLEASE MARK
STOCKHOLDER. IF NO DIRECTION IS GIVEN WHEN THE DULY EXECUTED PROXY IS RETURNED,                          YOUR VOTES
SUCH SHARES WILL BE VOTED FOR ALL NOMINEES IN ITEM 1 AND FOR ITEMS 2 AND 3.                                AS THIS
</TABLE>

<TABLE>
<S>             <C>                   <C>                    <C>                  <C>
                                                                                                            WILL ATTEND
           Account Number         Class A Common         Class B Common         Preferred                       [ ]
</TABLE>
 
  THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR ALL NOMINEES IN ITEM 1 AND FOR
                                 ITEMS 2 AND 3
 
Item 1 -- Election of the following nominees as Directors: Messrs. Alexander,
Dworman, Fergenson, Gottesman, Krinsly, Kummerfeld, LeFrak, Quicke,
Sullivan and Tsai.
 
<TABLE>
<S>        <C>                     <C>                           <C>
        FOR all                 WITHHELD for        WITHHELD for the following only:
        Nominees                all Nominees        (Write the name of the nominee(s) in the space below)
          [ ]                       [ ]
</TABLE>
Item 2 -- Approval of the Management Incentive
Bonus Plan for Corporate Executive Officers.
 
<TABLE>
<S>                      <C>                    <C> 
   FOR                 AGAINST               ABSTAIN
   [ ]                   [ ]                   [ ]
</TABLE>

Item 3 -- Appointment of Independent Auditors.
<TABLE>
<S>                      <C>                  <C>   
   FOR                 AGAINST               ABSTAIN

   [ ]                   [ ]                   [ ]
</TABLE>

Item 4 -- In their discretion, the proxies are
authorized to vote upon such other matters as
may properly come before the meeting.
 

<TABLE>
<S>                                                                             <C>
SIGNATURE(S)                                                                   DATE
NOTE: PLEASE SIGN AS NAME APPEARS HEREON. JOINT OWNERS SHOULD EACH SIGN. 
WHEN SIGNING AS ATTORNEY, EXECUTOR, ADMINISTRATOR, TRUSTEE, GUARDIAN, PLEASE 
GIVE FULL TITLE AS SUCH. IF THE SIGNER IS A CORPORATION, PLEASE SIGN THE
FULL CORPORATE NAME, BY DULY AUTHORIZED OFFICER. IF SHARES ARE HELD JOINTLY, 
EACH STOCKHOLDER NAMED SHOULD SIGN.
</TABLE>




<PAGE>
                                                        EMPLOYEE PLANS

                               SEQUA CORPORATION
     Solicited  by  the Board  of Directors  for  use at  the Annual  Meeting of
Stockholders of Sequa Corporation -- May  12, 1994 at 11:00 A.M., in  Conference
Room 7 on the 11th floor, 270 Park Avenue, New York, New York.
     The  undersigned hereby appoints Norman E. Alexander, Stuart Z. Krinsly and
A. Leon Fergenson, and any one or more of them, attorneys and proxies, with full
power of  substitution  and  revocation  in  each, for  and  on  behalf  of  the
undersigned, and with all the powers the undersigned would possess if personally
present,  to vote at  the above Annual  Meeting and any  adjournment thereof all
shares of  Class  A Common and/or Preferred Stock  of Sequa Corporation that the
undersigned would be entitled to vote at such meeting.
 
                  THIS PROXY IS CONTINUED ON THE REVERSE SIDE
              PLEASE SIGN ON THE REVERSE SIDE AND RETURN PROMPTLY



<PAGE>
<TABLE>
<S>                                                                                                         <C>
THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED AS DIRECTED BY THE                                [X] PLEASE MARK
STOCKHOLDER. IF NO DIRECTION IS GIVEN WHEN THE DULY EXECUTED PROXY IS RETURNED,                           YOUR VOTES
SUCH SHARES WILL BE VOTED FOR ALL NOMINEES IN ITEM 1 AND FOR ITEMS 2 AND 3.                                AS THIS
</TABLE>

<TABLE>
<S>             <C>                                                                                             <C> 
                                                                                                            WILL ATTEND
           Account Number                                                                                       [ ]
</TABLE>
 
  THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR ALL NOMINEES IN ITEM 1 AND FOR
                                 ITEMS 2 AND 3
 
Item 1 -- Election of the following nominees as Directors: Messrs. Alexander,
Dworman, Fergenson, Gottesman, Krinsly, Kummerfeld, LeFrak, Quicke,
Sullivan and Tsai.
 
<TABLE>
<S>       <C>                     <C>                         <C>
        FOR all                 WITHHELD for        WITHHELD for the following only
        Nominees                all Nominees        (Write the name of the nominee(s) in the space below)
          [ ]                       [ ]
</TABLE>
Item 2 -- Approval of the Management Incentive
Bonus Plan for Corporate Executive Officers.
 
<TABLE>
<S>                      <C>                   <C>  
   FOR                 AGAINST               ABSTAIN
   [ ]                   [ ]                   [ ]
</TABLE>

Item 3 -- Appointment of Independent Auditors.
<TABLE>
<S>                      <C>                   <C> 
   FOR                 AGAINST               ABSTAIN

   [ ]                   [ ]                   [ ]
</TABLE>

Item 4 -- In their discretion, the proxies are
authorized to vote upon such other matters as
may properly come before the meeting.
 
<TABLE>
<S>                                                                             <C>
SIGNATURE(S)                                                                   DATE
NOTE: PLEASE SIGN AS NAME APPEARS HEREON. JOINT OWNERS SHOULD EACH SIGN. 
WHEN SIGNING AS ATTORNEY, EXECUTOR, ADMINISTRATOR, TRUSTEE, GUARDIAN, PLEASE 
GIVE FULL TITLE AS SUCH. IF THE SIGNER IS A CORPORATION, PLEASE SIGN THE
FULL CORPORATE NAME, BY DULY AUTHORIZED OFFICER. IF SHARES ARE HELD JOINTLY, 
EACH STOCKHOLDER NAMED SHOULD SIGN.
</TABLE>



<PAGE>
                               SEQUA CORPORATION
     Solicited  by  the Board  of Directors  for  use at  the Annual  Meeting of
Stockholders of Sequa Corporation -- May  12, 1994 at 11:00 A.M., in  Conference
Room 7 on the 11th floor, 270 Park Avenue, New York, New York.
     The  undersigned hereby appoints Norman E. Alexander, Stuart Z. Krinsly and
A. Leon Fergenson, and any one or more of them, attorneys and proxies, with full
power of  substitution  and  revocation  in  each, for  and  on  behalf  of  the
undersigned, and with all the powers the undersigned would possess if personally
present,  to vote at  the above Annual  Meeting and any  adjournment thereof all
shares   of   Common  and/or  Preferred  Stock  of  Sequa  Corporation  that the
undersigned would be entitled to vote at such meeting.
 
                  THIS PROXY IS CONTINUED ON THE REVERSE SIDE
              PLEASE SIGN ON THE REVERSE SIDE AND RETURN PROMPTLY

A-PF

<PAGE>
<TABLE>
<S>                                                                                                     <C>
THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED AS DIRECTED BY THE                              [X] PLEASE MARK
STOCKHOLDER. IF NO DIRECTION IS GIVEN WHEN THE DULY EXECUTED PROXY IS RETURNED,                         YOUR VOTE
SUCH SHARES WILL BE VOTED FOR ALL NOMINEES IN ITEM 1 AND FOR ITEMS 2 AND 3.                              AS THIS
</TABLE>

<TABLE>
<S>             <C>                  <C>                     <C>                        <C>                      <C>  
                                                                                                            WILL ATTEND
           Account Number         Class A Common         Class B Common         Preferred                       [ ]
</TABLE>
 
  THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR ALL NOMINEES IN ITEM 1 AND FOR
                                 ITEMS 2 AND 3
 
Item 1 -- Election of the following nominees as Directors: Messrs. Alexander,
Dworman, Fergenson, Gottesman, Krinsly, Kummerfeld, LeFrak, Quicke,
Sullivan and Tsai.
 
<TABLE>
<S>       <C>                     <C>                         <C>
        FOR all                 WITHHELD for        WITHHELD for the following only:
        Nominees                all Nominees        (Write the name of the nominee(s) in the space below)
          [ ]                       [ ]
</TABLE>
Item 2 -- Approval of the Management Incentive
Bonus Plan for Corporate Executive Officers.
 
<TABLE>
<S>                      <C>                    <C> 
   FOR                 AGAINST               ABSTAIN
   [ ]                   [ ]                   [ ]
</TABLE>

Item 3 -- Appointment of Independent Auditors.
<TABLE>
<S>                      <C>                   <C> 
   FOR                 AGAINST               ABSTAIN

   [ ]                   [ ]                   [ ]
</TABLE>

Item 4 -- In their discretion, the proxies are
authorized to vote upon such other matters as
may properly come before the meeting.
 
<TABLE>
<S>                                                                             <C>
SIGNATURE(S)                                                                   DATE
NOTE: PLEASE SIGN AS NAME APPEARS HEREON. JOINT OWNERS SHOULD EACH SIGN. 
WHEN SIGNING AS ATTORNEY, EXECUTOR, ADMINISTRATOR, TRUSTEE, GUARDIAN, PLEASE 
GIVE FULL TITLE AS SUCH. IF THE SIGNER IS A CORPORATION, PLEASE SIGN THE
FULL CORPORATE NAME, BY DULY AUTHORIZED OFFICER. IF SHARES ARE HELD JOINTLY, 
EACH STOCKHOLDER NAMED SHOULD SIGN.
</TABLE>



<PAGE>
                               SEQUA CORPORATION
     Solicited  by  the Board  of Directors  for  use at  the Annual  Meeting of
Stockholders of Sequa Corporation -- May  12, 1994 at 11:00 A.M., in  Conference
Room 7 on the 11th floor, 270 Park Avenue, New York, New York.
     The  undersigned hereby appoints Norman E. Alexander, Stuart Z. Krinsly and
A. Leon Fergenson, and any one or more of them, attorneys and proxies, with full
power of  substitution  and  revocation  in  each, for  and  on  behalf  of  the
undersigned, and with all the powers the undersigned would possess if personally
present,  to vote at  the above Annual  Meeting and any  adjournment thereof all
shares   of   Common  and/or  Preferred  Stock  of  Sequa  Corporation  that the
undersigned would be entitled to vote at such meeting.
 
                  THIS PROXY IS CONTINUED ON THE REVERSE SIDE
              PLEASE SIGN ON THE REVERSE SIDE AND RETURN PROMPTLY

CL-B

<PAGE>
<TABLE>
<S>                                                                                          <C>
THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED AS DIRECTED BY THE                   [X] PLEASE MARK
STOCKHOLDER. IF NO DIRECTION IS GIVEN WHEN THE DULY EXECUTED PROXY IS RETURNED,              YOUR VOTE
SUCH SHARES WILL BE VOTED FOR ALL NOMINEES IN ITEM 1 AND FOR ITEMS 2 AND 3.                   AS THIS
</TABLE>

<TABLE>
<S>             <C>                  <C>                     <C>                       <C>                      <C>
                                                                                                            WILL ATTEND
           Account Number         Class A Common         Class B Common         Preferred                       [ ]
</TABLE>
 
  THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR ALL NOMINEES IN ITEM 1 AND FOR
                                 ITEMS 2 AND 3
 
Item 1 -- Election of the following nominees as Directors: Messrs. Alexander,
Dworman, Fergenson, Gottesman, Krinsly, Kummerfeld, LeFrak, Quicke,
Sullivan and Tsai.
 
<TABLE>
<S>       <C>                     <C>                         <C>
        FOR all                 WITHHELD for        WITHHELD for the following only:
        Nominees                all Nominees        (Write the name of the nominee(s) in the space below)
          [ ]                       [ ]
</TABLE>
Item 2 -- Approval of the Management Incentive
Bonus Plan for Corporate Executive Officers.
 
<TABLE>
<S>                      <C>                    <C>
   FOR                 AGAINST               ABSTAIN
   [ ]                   [ ]                   [ ]
</TABLE>

Item 3 -- Appointment of Independent Auditors.
<TABLE>
<S>                      <C>                   <C> 
   FOR                 AGAINST               ABSTAIN

   [ ]                   [ ]                   [ ]
</TABLE>

Item 4 -- In their discretion, the proxies are
authorized to vote upon such other matters as
may properly come before the meeting.


<TABLE>
<S>                                                                             <C>
SIGNATURE(S)                                                                   DATE
NOTE: PLEASE SIGN AS NAME APPEARS HEREON. JOINT OWNERS SHOULD EACH SIGN. 
WHEN SIGNING AS ATTORNEY, EXECUTOR, ADMINISTRATOR, TRUSTEE, GUARDIAN, PLEASE 
GIVE FULL TITLE AS SUCH. IF THE SIGNER IS A CORPORATION, PLEASE SIGN THE
FULL CORPORATE NAME, BY DULY AUTHORIZED OFFICER. IF SHARES ARE HELD JOINTLY, 
EACH STOCKHOLDER NAMED SHOULD SIGN.
</TABLE>




<PAGE>
                               SEQUA CORPORATION
     Solicited  by  the Board  of Directors  for  use at  the Annual  Meeting of
Stockholders of Sequa Corporation -- May  12, 1994 at 11:00 A.M., in  Conference
Room 7 on the 11th floor, 270 Park Avenue, New York, New York.
     The  undersigned hereby appoints Norman E. Alexander, Stuart Z. Krinsly and
A. Leon Fergenson, and any one or more of them, attorneys and proxies, with full
power of  substitution  and  revocation  in  each, for  and  on  behalf  of  the
undersigned, and with all the powers the undersigned would possess if personally
present,  to vote at  the above Annual  Meeting and any  adjournment thereof all
shares  of  Common  and/or   Preferred  Stock  of  Sequa  Corporation  that  the
undersigned would be entitled to vote at such meeting.
 
                  THIS PROXY IS CONTINUED ON THE REVERSE SIDE
              PLEASE SIGN ON THE REVERSE SIDE AND RETURN PROMPTLY

UNX

<PAGE>
<TABLE>
<S>                                                                                             <C>
THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED AS DIRECTED BY THE                     [X] PLEASE MARK
STOCKHOLDER. IF NO DIRECTION IS GIVEN WHEN THE DULY EXECUTED PROXY IS RETURNED,                YOUR VOTE
SUCH SHARES WILL BE VOTED FOR ALL NOMINEES IN ITEM 1 AND FOR ITEMS 2 AND 3.                     AS THIS
</TABLE>

<TABLE>
<S>             <C>                                                                                              <C>  
                                                                                                            WILL ATTEND
           Account Number                                                                                       [ ]
</TABLE>
 
  THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR ALL NOMINEES IN ITEM 1 AND FOR
                                 ITEMS 2 AND 3
 
Item 1 -- Election of the following nominees as Directors: Messrs. Alexander,
Dworman, Fergenson, Gottesman, Krinsly, Kummerfeld, LeFrak, Quicke,
Sullivan and Tsai.
 
<TABLE>
<S>       <C>                     <C>                         <C>
        FOR all                 WITHHELD for        WITHHELD for the following only
        Nominees                all Nominees        (Write the name of the nominee(s) in the space below)
          [ ]                       [ ]
</TABLE>
Item 2 -- Approval of the Management Incentive
Bonus Plan for Corporate Executive Officers.
 
<TABLE>
<S>                      <C>                    <C> 
   FOR                 AGAINST               ABSTAIN
   [ ]                   [ ]                   [ ]
</TABLE>

Item 3 -- Appointment of Independent Auditors.
<TABLE>
<S>                      <C>                   <C> 
   FOR                 AGAINST               ABSTAIN

   [ ]                   [ ]                   [ ]
</TABLE>

Item 4 -- In their discretion, the proxies are
authorized to vote upon such other matters as
may properly come before the meeting.


<TABLE>
<S>                                                                             <C>
SIGNATURE(S)                                                                   DATE
NOTE: PLEASE SIGN AS NAME APPEARS HEREON. JOINT OWNERS SHOULD EACH SIGN. 
WHEN SIGNING AS ATTORNEY, EXECUTOR, ADMINISTRATOR, TRUSTEE, GUARDIAN, PLEASE 
GIVE FULL TITLE AS SUCH. IF THE SIGNER IS A CORPORATION, PLEASE SIGN THE
FULL CORPORATE NAME, BY DULY AUTHORIZED OFFICER. IF SHARES ARE HELD JOINTLY, 
EACH STOCKHOLDER NAMED SHOULD SIGN.
</TABLE>



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<S>                                                                  <C> 
                                                             [POSTAL INDICIA]


      BUSINESS REPLY MAIL
      FIRST CLASS PERMIT     NEW YORK, N.Y.
POSTAGE WILL BE PAID BY ADDRESSEE

SEQUA CORPORATION
ATTN: CORPORATE SECRETARY
200 PARK AVENUE
NEW YORK, NY 10166
</TABLE>


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                               SEQUA CORPORATION
                         ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
 
                            May 12, 1994 11:00 a.m.
                                270 Park Avenue
                         Conference Room 7, 11th Floor
                            New York, New York 10166
 
If  you  plan  to  attend  the  Annual  Meeting,  please  sign  and  return  the
self-addressed, postage paid portion of this card.
 
You will need to present this portion of the card in order to be admitted to the
Sequa Annual Meeting on May 12, 1994.
 
I   Plan    to    attend    the    Annual    Meeting    of    Stockholders    of
Sequa Corporation on May 12, 1994.
 

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Signature
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Please print/type full name as it appears on proxy card
Address:
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Stock Ownership: Class A       Class B        Preferred

                              PLEASE CHECK ONE








<PAGE>
                               SEQUA CORPORATION
                              MANAGEMENT INCENTIVE
                                 BONUS PROGRAM
                          CORPORATE EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
                                      AND
                                CORPORATE STAFF
 
<PAGE>
                                     INDEX
 
<TABLE>
<S>         <C>
   I.  General Outline
  II.  Bonus Program
 III.  Policies & Procedures
  IV.  Exhibits
</TABLE>
 
                                       2
 
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                               SEQUA CORPORATION
                       MANAGEMENT INCENTIVE BONUS PROGRAM
                                GENERAL OUTLINE
 
     The  purpose of implementing Sequa Corporation's Management Incentive Bonus
Program (MIBP) is to  improve the Company's performance  through the efforts  of
key  executives and  management personnel who  are in  position to significantly
contribute to operating results.
 
     Specific financial  and  performance  goals  will  be  established  in  the
beginning  of the  plan year  for all MIBP  participants, with  the exception of
Corporate Executive Officers, who will be measured exclusively on attainment  of
the financial goal.
 
     The  MIBP  will  provide  substantial  rewards  for  non-executive  officer
participants who accomplish  or exceed  targeted goals at  the end  of the  plan
year.  The bonus paid to each such participant will be based on a combination of
(a) the  overall  financial  performance  of the  company  and  (b)  performance
consideration by executive management. The Corporate Executive Officers' bonuses
will  be certified by the Compensation Committee of The Board of Directors after
completion of the fiscal year provided that the required financial goals (as set
forth in the exhibits to this plan) have been met.
 
I. MIBP PARTICIPANTS AND POTENTIAL PAYOUT LEVELS (PERCENTAGE OF SALARY)
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                  MAXIMUM BONUS
                                                                 MINIMUM BONUS    BONUS LEVEL         LEVEL
                                                                     LEVEL           ('PAR'       (OUTSTANDING
                                                                   (MINIMUM       PERFORMANCE)    PERFORMANCE)
                                                                 PERFORMANCE)       (100% OF        (115% OF
                         PARTICIPANTS                            (85% OF PLAN)       PLAN)           PLAN)*
- --------------------------------------------------------------   -------------    ------------    -------------
<S>                                                                      <C>               <C>    
Chief Executive Officer.......................................         32.5%               65%          97.5%
President.....................................................           30%               60%          90.0%
Senior Executive VP and General Counsel.......................         27.5%               55%          82.5%
Executive VP, Finance and Administration......................         27.5%               55%          82.5%
Corporate Officers............................................           25%               50%            75%
Directors (A-Pool)............................................           15%               30%            45%
Managers and Professionals (B-Pool)...........................     Up to 15%         Up to 15%      Up to 15%
</TABLE>
 
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*  For 1994 only, outstanding performance will require 150% of Plan.
 
II. PARTICIPANT BONUS FORMULA
 
     Participant's total bonus will be based on the following breakdown:
 
          Corporate Executive Officers
               A. 100% -- achievement of Company financial goal.
 
          Corporate Officers
               A. 75% -- achievement of Company financial goal.
               B. 25% -- achievement of individual performance goals.
 
                                       3
 
<PAGE>
Directors (A-Pool)
     A. 50% -- achievement of Company financial goal.
     B. 50% -- achievement of individual performance goals.
 
Managers and Professionals (B-Pool)
     A. 25% -- achievement of Company financial goal.
     B. 75% -- achievement of individual performance goals.
 
                                       4
<PAGE>
                                   CORPORATE
                       MANAGEMENT INCENTIVE BONUS PROGRAM
 
I. PARTICIPANTS
 
     A. Corporate Executive Officers
 
          1.  For  purposes of  this  plan, Corporate  Executive  Officers shall
     consist of the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Senior Executive
     Vice President  and  General Counsel,  and  the Executive  Vice  President,
     Finance   and  Administration  and  such   other  senior  officers  of  the
     Corporation as the Board of Directors shall designate from time to time.
 
     B. Corporate Officers
 
          These include all corporate officers  who are not Corporate  Executive
     Officers.
 
     C. Corporate Vice Presidents will establish a list of A-Pool (Director) and
B-Pool  (Manager and Professional) participants in accordance with the following
guidelines:
 
          1. A-Pool participation shall consist of:
 
             First level  managers  who  are not  otherwise  Corporate  Officers
        reporting directly to a Corporate Vice President.
 
             Certain  first-level  managers  may be  excluded  if  the reporting
        relationship is due to special reasons.
 
             Certain   second-level   managers   may   be   included   if    the
        responsibilities  of their position warrant  participation at the A-Pool
        level.
 
          2. B-Pool participation shall consist of:
 
             Select Manager  and  Professional  level employees  who  are  in  a
        position to influence earnings through sustained performance.
 
          3.  Prior  to  January 1st  of  each  year, the  recommended  lists of
     participants are to be  submitted by the Corporate  Vice Presidents to  the
     Chief  Executive Officer, President and the Vice President, Human Resources
     for their approval.
 
     D. Any organizational changes during the year which impact on participation
will be reviewed and approved by the Chief Executive Officer, President and  the
Vice President, Human Resources.
 
II. CORPORATE GOALS
 
     A. Financial goal:
 
          1. The financial goal for this Management Incentive Bonus Plan will be
     budgeted Earnings Per Share from Continuing Operations of the Company.
 
          2.  The  achievement of  the  financial goal  will  be applied  to all
     participants according to the participants' bonus formula set forth in  the
     General Outline at II.
 
                                       5
 
<PAGE>
     B. Individual Performance Goals:
 
          1. Performance goals for Corporate Vice Presidents will be agreed upon
     with the appropriate Corporate Executive Officer.
 
          2. Performance goals for Corporate Officers who are not Corporate Vice
     Presidents  and for A and B-Pool participants  will be agreed upon with the
     appropriate Corporate Vice President.
 
     All goals  will be  reviewed  by the  Vice  President Human  Resources  and
approved by the Chief Executive Officer or the President.
 
                                       6
 
<PAGE>
                            POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
                       MANAGEMENT INCENTIVE BONUS PROGRAM
 
I. TIME OF PARTICIPATION
 
     A.  In order  to participate in  the MIBP,  each participant must  be in an
eligible position at the end of the plan year.
 
     B. Any employee promoted or hired to a position included in the MIBP during
the plan  year  will be  eligible  to participate  in  the bonus  program  on  a
pro-rated basis.
 
     C. The plan year is the Company fiscal year.
 
II. BONUS PLAN REVIEWS
 
     A.  Once  each  quarter,  the  Chief  Executive  Officer  or  President, in
coordination with  the  Vice President  Human  Resources, will  meet  with  each
Corporate Vice President to review performance goals for that Vice President and
his/her  participant  reports.  Prior  to  these  meetings  the  Corporate  Vice
President will meet with his/her reports to review their performance goals.
 
III. DETERMINATION OF FINANCIAL AND PERFORMANCE RATINGS
 
     A. Following the  close of  the plan  year, the  Executive Vice  President,
Finance  and Administration, will report to  the Chief Executive Officer and the
President earnings  per share  from  continuing operations.  These  calculations
shall  be based  upon the unaudited  financial statements of  the Company (which
shall contain all adjustments necessary to fairly present the Company's  results
for  the year then ended).  Based on this result,  the Executive Vice President,
Finance and  Administration will  calculate the  financial rating  for the  Plan
using the format contained in Exhibit 1.A. This rating will be used to calculate
bonus awards for Corporate Executive Officers.
 
     B.   Performance  ratings  will  be  determined  by  appropriate  Corporate
Executive Officers  for  their  direct reports.  Corporate  Vice  Presidents  in
coordination  with the  appropriate Corporate Executive  Officers will determine
performance ratings for their reports.
 
     C. The Corporate Vice Presidents shall  be advised of the financial  rating
which  shall be added to the performance  rating calculated in III.B. The sum of
these ratings shall be the basis for calculating participant bonus payments.
 
IV. AWARD CALCULATION
 
     A. Awards shall be calculated by the Corporate Executive Officers for their
direct reports and  by Corporate  Vice Presidents  for their  reports using  the
format contained in Exhibit 1.
 
     B. The Compensation Committee of The Board of Directors shall determine and
approve  the awards  for the Corporate  Executive Officers. It  shall review and
recommend to the  Board of  Directors proposed  awards for  all other  Corporate
Officers.
 
     C.  The Board  of Directors  will approve  payments to  all other Corporate
Officers pursuant to the Plan.
 
                                       7
 
<PAGE>
V. COMPANY PROFIT AND PLAN PAYOUT
 
     Notwithstanding anything contained in this  plan to the contrary, if  there
is no company profit for the plan year, there will be no awards.
 
VI. FREQUENCY OF AWARDS
 
     Bonus awards will be generated during the month of February for performance
in the previous plan year.
 
VII. CONTINGENCIES BEYOND PARTICIPANT'S CONTROL
 
     In  those instances where  significant events affect  the accomplishment of
individual performance goals for a participant, the Chief Executive Officer  may
use his judgment regarding the amount of bonus to be awarded for this element of
the  plan. Examples of such events  could include: Labor disputes, acquisitions,
natural catastrophes.  This shall  not apply  to awards  to Corporate  Executive
Officers.
 
VIII. FORFEITURE OF AWARD
 
     A participant will not be eligible for consideration for an award if:
 
          A.  The participant is discharged  for cause at any  time prior to the
     end of the plan year.
 
          B. The participant voluntarily  resigns prior to the  end of the  plan
     year.
 
     Any  exception  to this  policy  must be  approved  by the  Chief Executive
Officer or President and Vice President, Human Resources.
 
IX. RETIREMENT, DISABILITY, NOT FOR CAUSE TERMINATION, OR DEATH DURING THE PLAN
YEAR
 
     Any participant who  retires, becomes permanently  disabled, is  terminated
other  than  for  cause,  or  dies  during  the  plan  year  shall  be  reviewed
individually to determine whether a bonus award is appropriate.
 
X. BUDGETING
 
     The budget for Earnings Per Share from continuing operations shall  include
the  cost for 'Par'  performance on both the  financial and performance elements
for all participants in the Plan.
 
XI. AMENDMENTS
 
     This plan  may not  be substantively  amended except  (i) with  respect  to
Corporate  Executive Officers, by a vote of  the shareholders of the Company, or
(ii) with respect to all  other participants, by the  Board of Directors of  the
Company.
 
XII. DISCLAIMER
 
     This  plan shall  neither create  any right  to a  bonus payment  or future
participation therein for any employee, nor limit the right of Sequa Corporation
to modify, amend or rescind this plan for any subsequent plan year. Nor shall it
be construed as creating any right to employment.
 
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                                                                       EXHIBIT 1
 
                         DETERMINATION OF BONUS POINTS
 
A. FINANCIAL BONUS POINTS
 
     For  the Corporate staff to earn bonus points for financial objectives, the
Company must achieve a minimum  of 85% of its  approved budget for Earnings  Per
Share  (E.P.S.)  from continuing  operations. For  each percentage  point actual
E.P.S. results exceed  85% of budget,  up to  115% (150% for  1994) of  original
budget,  participants earn additional bonus  points. The following table details
bonus points earned  upon achievement of  the 85%  of E.P.S. as  well as  points
earned  for each 1% over the 85% level up to par, and for each 1% over par up to
115% (150% for 1994) of par for each level of participant.
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                              FINANCIAL POINTS EARNED
                                              --------------------------------------------------------
                                                             FOR EACH 1%    FOR EACH 1%
                                                                OVER         OVER PAR      FOR EACH 1%
                                                             MINIMUM UP      1995 AND       OVER PAR
                                              FOR MINIMUM      TO PAR         BEYOND          1994
                                              -----------    -----------    -----------    -----------
<S>                                               <C>             <C>          <C>              <C>
Chief Executive Officer....................      32.5           2.167          2.167           .65
President..................................      30.0           2.0            2.0             .60
Sr. Exec. Vice Pres. & General Counsel.....      27.5           1.833          1.833           .55
Executive Vice President Finance...........      27.5           1.833          1.833           .55
Corporate Officers.........................      18.75          1.25           2.5             .75
A-Pool.....................................      12.5           0.833          1.67            .50
B-Pool.....................................      06.25          0.416          0.833           .25
</TABLE>
 
     B. Examples  of financial  point  calculations at  $1.90, $2.00  and  $2.20
E.P.S. vs a budget of $2.00 follows:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                           ACTUAL
                                                              ---------------------------------
                                                                                 1995
                                                                                 AND
                                                                                BEYOND    1994
                                                                                ------    -----
                                                              1.90     2.00      2.20     2.20
                                                              -----    -----    ------    -----
<S>                                                             <C>     <C>       <C>       <C>
Chief Executive Officer
Minimum points.............................................    32.5     32.5     32.5      32.5
     % over minimum
          1.90/2.00 = 95% - 85%
                 10% X 2.167...............................    21.7
          2.00/2.00 = 100% - 85%
                 15% X 2.167...............................             32.5
          2.20/2.00 = 110% - 85%
                 25% X 2.167...............................                      54.2
     1994 calculation:
          15% X 2.167......................................                                32.5
          10% X .65........................................                                 6.5
                                                              -----    -----    ------    -----
Total financial points earned..............................    54.2     65.0     86.7      71.5
</TABLE>
 
     Since  Corporate  Executive  officers  are  paid  exclusively  on financial
performance, the above results would be the bonus payout percentages.
 
<PAGE>
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                           ACTUAL
                                                              ---------------------------------
                                                                                 1995
                                                                                 AND
                                                                                BEYOND    1994
                                                                                ------    -----
                                                              1.90     2.00      2.20     2.20
                                                              -----    -----    ------    -----
<S>                                                            <C>       <C>      <C>        <C>
Corporate Officers*
Minimum points.............................................   18.75    18.75    18.75     18.75
     % over minimum/par
          $1.90 = 10 X 1.25................................   12.50
          $2.00 = 15 X 1.25................................            18.75
          $2.20 = 15 X 1.25................................                     18.75
                   10 X 2.5................................                     25.00
     1994 calculation:
          15 X 1.25........................................                               18.75
          10 X .75.........................................                                 7.5
                                                              -----    -----    ------    -----
                                                              31.25    37.50    62.50     45.00
 
<CAPTION>
                                                                           ACTUAL
                                                              ---------------------------------
                                                                                 1995
                                                                                 AND
                                                                                BEYOND    1994
                                                                                ------    -----
                                                              1.90     2.00      2.20     2.20
                                                              -----    -----    ------    -----
<S>                                                            <C>       <C>      <C>       <C>
A-Pool
Minimum points.............................................    12.5     12.5     12.5      12.5
     % over minimum
          1.90/2.00 = 95% - 85%
                 10% X .833................................     8.3
          2.00/2.00 = 100% - 85%
                 15% X .833................................             12.5
          2.20/2.00 = 110% - 85%
                 15% X .833................................                      12.5
                 10% X 1.67................................                      16.7
     1994 calculation:
          15% X .833.......................................                                12.5
          10% X .50........................................                                 5.0
                                                              -----    -----    ------    -----
Total financial points earned..............................    20.8     25.0     41.7      30.0
</TABLE>
 
- ------------
 
*  Based on point allocations as set forth on Exhibit 2
 
<PAGE>
C. PERFORMANCE BONUS POINTS
 
     Since Corporate Officers' bonus payments are based 75% on financial results
and 25% on performance, the points  calculated above would be combined with  the
performance points awarded in determining the bonus award. For example -- if the
Vice  President was earning  $200,000 and received  12.5 points for performance,
the bonus would be calculated as follows for each of the earnings levels.
 
<TABLE>
<S>               <C>                    <C>        
                 @ $1.90  31.25 pts. + 12.5 pts. = 43.75 pts.
                          43.75 pts. X 1% = 43.75%
                          43.75% X $200,000 = $87,500
                 @ $2.00  37.5 pts. + 12.5 pts. = 50 pts.
                          50 pts. X 1% = 50%
                          50% X $200,000 = $100,000
 1995 and Beyond @ $2.20  62.5 pts. + 12.5 pts. = 75 pts.
                          (50 pts. X 1%) + (25 pts. X .5%) = 62.5%
                          62.5% X $200,000 = $125,000
            1994 @ $2.20  45.0 pts. + 12.5 pts. = 57.5 pts.
                          (50 pts. X 1%) + (7.5 pts. X .5%) = 53.75%
                          53.75% X $200,000 = $107,500
</TABLE>
 
     Since A-Pool bonus payments are based  50% on financial results and 50%  on
performance,  the points calculated above would be combined with the performance
points awarded in determining the bonus award. For example -- if the participant
was earning $100,000 and received 25 points for performance, the bonus would  be
calculated as follows for each of the earnings levels.
 
<TABLE>
<S>                 <C>              <C>      
                 @ $1.90  20.8 pts. + 25 pts. = 45.8 pts.
                          45.8 pts. X .6% = 27.5%
                          27.5% X $100,000 = $27,500
                 @ $2.00  25 pts. + 25 pts. = 50 pts.
                          50 pts. X .6% = 30%
                          30% X $100,000 = $30,000
 1995 and Beyond @ $2.20  41.7 pts. + 25 pts. = 66.7 pts.
                          (50 pts. X .6%) + (16.7 pts. X .3%) = 35%
                          35% X $100,000 = $35,000
            1994 @ $2.20  30.0 pts. + 25 pts. = 55.0 pts.
                          (50 pts. X .6%) + (5.0 pts. X .3%) = 31.5%
                          31.5% X $100,000 = $31,500
</TABLE>





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