UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 4
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
( ) Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16.
Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instructions 1(b).
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
Fellows, DeWayne J.
Sundstrand Corporation
4949 Harrison Avenue
P.O. Box 7003
Rockford,, IL 61125-7003
U.S.A.
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Sundstrand Corporation
SNS
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
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4. Statement for Month/Year
December 1996
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
( ) Director ( ) 10% Owner (X) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other
(specify below)
Vice President and Controller
7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
(X) Form filed by One Reporting Person
( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned |
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1. Title of Security |2. |3. |4.Securities Acquired (A) |5.Amount of |6.Dir |7.Nature of Indirect |
| Transaction | or Disposed of (D) | Securities |ect | Beneficial Ownership |
| | | | Beneficially |(D)or | |
| | | | | A/| | Owned at |Indir | |
| Date |Code|V| Amount | D | Price | End of Month |ect(I)| |
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<S> <C> <C> <C><C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Common Stock |12/19/|S | |4,200 |D |$40.6250 | | | |
|96 | | | | | | | | |
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Common Stock |12/19/|M | |4,174 |A |$19.3125 | | | |
|96 | | | | | | | | |
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Common Stock |12/19/|S | |4,174 |D |$40.6250 | | | |
|96 | | | | | | | | |
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Common Stock |12/19/|M | |3,000 |A |$22.375 | | | |
|96 | | | | | | | | |
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Common Stock |12/19/|S | |3,000 |D |$40.6250 |38,920 |D |--- |
|96 | | | | | | | | |
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Table II -- Derivative Securitites Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned |
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1.Title of Derivative |2.Con- |3. |4. |5.Number of De |6.Date Exer|7.Title and Amount |8.Price|9.Number |10.|11.Nature of|
Security |version |Transaction | rivative Secu |cisable and| of Underlying |of Deri|of Deriva |Dir|Indirect |
|or Exer | | | rities Acqui |Expiration | Securities |vative |tive |ect|Beneficial |
|cise | | | red(A) or Dis |Date(Month/| |Secu |Securities |(D)|Ownership |
|Price of| | | posed of(D) |Day/Year) | |rity |Benefi |or | |
|Deriva- | | | |Date |Expir| | |ficially |Ind| |
|tive | | | | A/|Exer-|ation| Title and Number | |Owned at |ire| |
|Secu- | | | | | D |cisa-|Date | of Shares | |End of |ct | |
|rity |Date |Code|V| Amount | |ble | | | |Month |(I)| |
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Employee Nonqualified |$19.3125|12/19|M | |4,174 |D |(1) |12/01|Common Stock|4,174 |-- | | | |
Stock Option (Right to| |/96 | | | | | |/02 | | | | | | |
Buy)w/Tandem Withhold| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
ing Right | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Employee Nonqualified |$22.375 |12/19|M | |3,000 |D |(2) |11/15|Common Stock|3,000 |-- |20,126(3) |D |--- |
Stock Option (Right to| |/96 | | | | | |/04 | | | | | | |
Buy)w/Tandem Withhold| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
ing Right | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Explanation of Responses:
(1)Of the 4,174 stock options exercised by the reporting person, 1,050 first
became exercisable on December 1,
1995, and 3,124 first became exercisable on December 1,
1996.
(2)The 3,000 stock options exercised by the reporting person first became
exercisable on November 15, 1996.
(3)Of the 20,126 stock options held by the reporting person, 3,126 will become
exercisable on December 1,
1997, with an exercise price of $19.3125 and an expiration date of December 1,
2002; 3,000 stock options will
become exercisable on each of November 15, 1997, November 15, 1998, and
November 15, 1999, all with an
exercise price of $22.375 and an expiration date of November 15, 2004; and
2,000 stock options will become
exercisable on each of November 19, 1998, November 19, 1999, November 19, 2000,
and November 19, 2001, all
with an exercise price of $38.9375 and an expiration date of November 19, 2006.
All of the nonexercisable
stock options, in the event of a "Change in Control" as defined in the Plan
under which they were granted, may
become immediately exercisable unless specifically prohibited by the terms of
applicable law.
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
DeWayne J. Fellows
