TIFFANY & CO
11-K, 1995-07-31
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                 _____________


                                   FORM 11-K

                                 _____________

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


(Mark One):

/x/   ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 [FEE REQUIRED].

For the fiscal year ended January 31, 1995.

                                       OR

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

Commission file number 1-9494

         A.  Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different
from that of the issuer named below:

            Tiffany & Co. Employee Profit Sharing and Retirement Savings Plan

         B.  Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the
address of its principal executive office:

                                 Tiffany & Co.
                                727 Fifth Avenue
                               New York, NY 10022
                                 (212) 755-8000
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                                 TIFFANY & CO.

              EMPLOYEE PROFIT SHARING AND RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN


                              Financial Statements

                              for the years ended

                           January 31, 1995 and 1994
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                                 TIFFANY & CO.

              EMPLOYEE PROFIT SHARING AND RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN

                                    CONTENTS



<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                           Page
                                                                           ----
<S>                                                                        <C>
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS                                            2


FINANCIAL STATEMENTS:
         Statements of Net Assets Available for Plan
           Benefits as of January 31, 1995 and 1994                          3


         Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available
           for Plan Benefits for the years ended
           January 31, 1995 and 1994                                         4


         Notes to Financial Statements                                     5-8


SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULES:
         Item 27a - Schedule of Assets Held for
           Investment Purposes as of January 31, 1995                        9

         Item 27d - Schedule of Reportable Transactions
           for the year ended January 31, 1995                              10
</TABLE>

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                       [LETTERHEAD OF COOPERS & LYBRAND]



                       REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

                                    --------


To the Tiffany & Co. Employee Profit Sharing
  and Retirement Savings Plan Committee:


We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for plan
benefits of the Tiffany & Co. Employee Profit Sharing and Retirement Savings
Plan (the "Plan") as of January 31, 1995 and 1994, and the related statements
of changes in net assets available for plan benefits for the years ended
January 31, 1995 and 1994.  These financial statements are the responsibility
of the Plan's management.  Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these
financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards.  Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to
obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of
material misstatement.  An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence
supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements.  An audit
also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant
estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial
statement presentation.  We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis
for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in
all material respects, the net assets available for plan benefits as of January
31, 1995 and 1994, and the changes in net assets available for plan benefits
for the years ended January 31, 1995 and 1994 in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles.

Our audits were performed for the purpose of forming an opinion on the
financial statements taken as a whole.  The supplemental schedules of assets
held for investment purposes as of January 31, 1995, and transactions or series
of transactions in excess of five percent of the current value of Plan assets
for the year then ended, are presented for the purpose of additional analysis
and are not a required part of the basic financial statements, but are
supplementary information required by the Department of Labor's Rules and
Regulations of Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974.  The supplemental schedules have been subjected to the
auditing procedures applied in the audits of the basic financial statements
and, in our opinion, are fairly stated in all material respects in relation to
the basic financial statements taken as a whole.


                                                 COOPERS & LYBRAND L.L.P.

Parsippany, New Jersey
July 20, 1995


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TIFFANY & CO. EMPLOYEE PROFIT SHARING AND RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN
Statements of Net Assets Available for Plan Benefits as of January 31, 1995
and 1994


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                  January 31, 1995
                                            ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                                 Non-Participant
                                                           Participant Directed                                     Directed
                                            -------------------------------------------------------------------  ---------------
                                                                                     Guaranteed                     Employee
                                              Balanced     Common       Special      Investment   Tiffany & Co.      Stock
                                             Blend Fund  Stock Fund  Capital Fund  Contract Fund   Stock Fund      Ownership
<S>                                          <C>         <C>          <C>            <C>            <C>           <C>
Assets
  Investments, at fair value:
    Harris Trust and Savings Bank
      common and collective trust funds      $301,325    $337,021     $149,244       $211,649       $53,582       $   -
    Tiffany & Co. Common Stock                 -           -            -              -             -               702,742
    Cash and cash equivalents                  -           -            -              -              2,323           25,166
                                             --------    --------     --------       --------       -------       ----------
          Total investments                   301,325     337,021      149,244        211,649        55,905          727,908
                                             --------    --------     --------       --------       -------       ----------


    Receivables:
      Employer's contribution                  -           -            -              -             -               599,986
      Participant contributions                78,539      82,314       34,443         48,317        14,874           -
                                             --------    --------     --------       --------       -------       ----------
          Total receivables                    78,539      82,314       34,443         48,317        14,874          599,986
                                             --------    --------     --------       --------       -------       ----------
  Net assets available for plan benefits     $379,864    $419,335     $183,687       $259,966       $70,779       $1,327,894
                                             ========    ========     ========       ========       =======       ==========

<CAPTION>

                                           January 31, 1995        January 31, 1994
                                           ----------------        ----------------
                                                                   Non-Participant
                                                                      Directed
                                                                   ----------------
                                                                     Employee
                                                                       Stock
                                                Total                Ownership
<S>                                            <C>                   <C>
Assets
  Investments, at fair value:
    Harris Trust and Savings Bank
      common and collective trust funds        $1,052,821            $ -
    Tiffany & Co. Common Stock                    702,742             776,500
    Cash and cash equivalents                      27,489              20,049
                                               ----------            --------
          Total investments                     1,783,052             796,549
                                               ----------            --------


    Receivables:
      Employer's contribution                     599,986              -
      Participant contributions                   258,487              -
                                               ----------            --------
          Total receivables                       858,473              -
                                               ----------            -------- 
  Net assets available for plan benefits       $2,641,525            $796,549
                                               ==========            ========
</TABLE>


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


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TIFFANY & CO. EMPLOYEE PROFIT SHARING AND RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN
Statements of Changes In Net Assets Available for Plan Benefits


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                    January 31, 1995
                                                           ----------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                  Participant Directed                        
                                                           Harris Trust and Savings Bank Common and Collective Trust Funds    
                                                           ----------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                   Guaranteed                 
                                                             Balanced     Common      Special      Investment    Tiffany & Co.
                                                            Blend Fund  Stock Fund  Capital Fund  Contract Fund   Stock Fund  
<S>                                                         <C>         <C>         <C>           <C>             <C>         
Additions
  Net (depreciation)/appreciation in fair value
    of investments                                           ($1,957)    ($9,253)   $  1,332        $ -           ($14,929)   
  Interest and dividend income                                 4,177       2,646         963           3,011           221    
                                                            --------    --------    --------        --------      --------    
                                                               2,220      (6,607)      2,295           3,011       (14,708)   

Contributions
  Employee                                                   376,882     432,484     182,685         258,371        86,336
  Employer                                                    -           -               -           -              -        
  Intra-fund transfers                                         3,568      (4,441)        310             563         -
                                                            --------    --------    --------        --------      --------    
                                                             380,450     428,043     182,995         258,934        86,336    
                                                            --------    --------    --------        --------      --------    

    Total additions                                          382,670     421,436     185,290         261,945        71,628    
                                                            --------    --------    --------        --------      --------    

Deductions
  Distributions to participants                                1,959       1,164       1,020           1,289           718    
  Administrative expenses                                        847         937         583             690           131    
                                                            --------    --------    --------        --------      --------    

    Total deductions                                           2,806       2,101       1,603           1,979           849    
                                                            --------    --------    --------        --------      --------    
Increase/(decrease) in net assets available for
    plan benefits                                            379,864     419,335     183,687         259,966        70,779    

Net assets available for plan benefits, beginning of year     -           -            -              -              -        
                                                            --------    --------    --------        --------      --------    

Net assets available for plan benefits, end of year         $379,864    $419,335    $183,687        $259,966       $70,779    
                                                            ========    ========    ========        ========      ========    


<CAPTION>


                                                                January 31, 1995           January 31, 1994
                                                            -------------------------      ----------------
                                                            Non-Participant                Non-Participant
                                                               Directed                       Directed
                                                            ---------------                ----------------
                                                                 Employee                     Employee
                                                                  Stock                        Stock
                                                                Ownership      Total         Ownership
<S>                                                             <C>          <C>             <C>
Additions
  Net (depreciation)/appreciation in fair value
    of investments                                              $   31,309   $    6,502      ($73,058)
  Interest and dividend income                                       8,221       19,239         8,316
                                                                ----------   ----------      --------
                                                                    39,530       25,741       (64,742)

Contributions
  Employee                                                                    1,336,758        -
  Employer                                                         599,986      599,986        -
  Intra-fund transfers                                                           -             -
                                                                ----------   ----------      --------
                                                                   599,986    1,936,744        -
                                                                ----------   ----------      --------

    Total additions                                                639,516    1,962,485       (64,742)
                                                                ----------   ----------      --------

Deductions
  Distributions to participants                                    107,047      113,197       106,259
  Administrative expenses                                            1,124        4,312
                                                                ----------   ----------      --------

    Total deductions                                               108,171      117,509       106,259
                                                                ----------   ----------      --------
Increase/(decrease) in net assets available for
    plan benefits                                                  531,345    1,844,976      (171,001)

Net assets available for plan benefits, beginning of year          796,549      796,549       967,550
                                                                ----------   ----------      --------

Net assets available for plan benefits, end of year             $1,327,894   $2,641,525      $796,549
                                                                ==========   ==========      ========
</TABLE>


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

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                                 Tiffany & Co.
              Employee Profit Sharing and Retirement Savings Plan

                         Notes to Financial Statements

                                    --------

1.       DESCRIPTION OF PLAN:

         The following is a description of the Tiffany & Co. Employee Profit
         Sharing and Retirement Savings Plan (the "Plan").  Participants should
         refer to the Plan document for further information.

         GENERAL:
         The Plan is a defined contribution plan covering all eligible
         employees of Tiffany & Co. (the "Company").  The Plan was established
         on May 19, 1994 and became effective on August 1, 1994, amending and
         restating the pre-existing Employee Stock Ownership Plan which became
         effective February 1, 1988.  In conjunction with the amendment of the
         former Employee Stock Ownership Plan, the Company changed the trustee 
         to Harris Trust and Savings Bank (the "Trustee").  The Plan is
         administered by the Employee Profit Sharing and Retirement Savings
         Plan Committee ("Plan Committee") appointed by the Board of Directors
         of the Company.  The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee
         Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA").

         ELIGIBILITY:
         Employees become eligible to participate in the Plan after the
         completion of one year of service, having attained 1,000 hours of
         service during the Plan year.  A year of service shall be determined
         by reference to the date on which the participant's employment
         commenced or recommenced and shall consist of twelve-month periods
         commencing with such date.  Participants in the former Employee Stock
         Ownership Plan are fully eligible to participate in the Plan.

         CONTRIBUTIONS:
         Participants may elect to have an amount of between one (1) and
         fifteen (15) percent of their annual compensation, not to exceed
         $9,240 in 1994, subject to an annual inflation adjustment, contributed
         to the Plan as a tax deferred contribution.  In addition, under
         Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code, highly compensated
         employees are limited in the amount of tax deferred contributions they
         may make.  Under the profit sharing feature of the Plan, the Company
         will contribute its common stock to a trust for employees if the
         Company meets its targeted earnings objectives as determined by the
         Board of Directors.

         Participants may elect to invest their contributions in any one or a
         combination of the following common and collective trust funds managed
         by the Trustee:

         a)      Balanced Blend Fund - Invests in a diversified selection of
                 individual investment funds, including common stock funds,
                 bond funds and other fixed income funds.  The underlying
                 investments are traded on national securities exchanges.





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         b)      Common Stock Fund - Invests in common or capital stocks of
                 large publicly traded U.S. companies and other types of equity
                 investments.

         c)      Special Capital Fund - Invests in common or capital stocks of
                 smaller publicly traded U.S. companies (i.e., the smallest 25%
                 of U.S. publicly traded companies) and other types of equity
                 investments.

         d)      Guaranteed Investment Contract Fund - Invests in a diversified
                 portfolio primarily comprised of guaranteed investment
                 contracts offered by insurance companies and banks and other
                 short-term debt obligations.  The Trustee is the contract
                 holder for all the insurance company and bank guaranteed
                 investment contracts.

         e)      Tiffany & Co. Stock Fund - Invests only in Tiffany & Co.
                 common stock purchased by the Trustee on a national securities
                 exchange.  This investment option is not available to
                 Executive Officers of the Company.

         PARTICIPANT ACCOUNTS:
         Each participant's account is credited with the participant's
         contribution, if any, and allocation of Plan earnings or losses.
         Allocations are based on participant account balances.

         The Company's contribution for each Plan year under the profit sharing
         feature of the Plan is allocated to the accounts of eligible
         participants on a per capita basis.

         VESTING:
         All amounts contributed under the 401(k) feature of the Plan are
         immediately 100% vested and nonforfeitable at all times.

         Contributions to participant accounts associated with the profit
         sharing feature of the Plan will become vested and nonforfeitable when
         the participant has completed two years of service.  In the event a
         participant leaves the Company prior to becoming fully vested, the
         participant will forfeit his/her shares and such shares will remain 
         in the Plan to be reallocated amongst the Plan's remaining 
         participants.

         A participant shall be 100% vested upon voluntary termination of
         employment by reason of death, retirement or disability.  For purposes
         of the Plan, retirement is defined as termination of employment after
         age 65.

         ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES:
         All administrative expenses incurred in connection with the Plan are
         paid by the Company.  Investment related expenses are paid by the
         Plan.

         PARTICIPANT WITHDRAWALS:
         Participants may borrow from their fund accounts, including rollover
         contributions but excluding earnings, from a minimum of $1,000 up to a
         maximum equal to the lesser of $50,000 or 50 percent of their 401(k)
         account balance.  Loan terms range from 1-5 years or up to 25 years
         for the purchase of a primary residence.  The loans are collateralized
         by the balance in the participant's account and bear interest at a
         rate determined by the Plan Committee.  Principal and interest is paid
         ratably through monthly payroll deductions.





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         PAYMENT OF BENEFITS:
         Upon termination of service, participants will receive the full vested
         balance of their Plan account in a lump sum cash distribution, except 
         with respect to shares held in the profit sharing feature of the Plan 
         which are distributed in the form of a stock certificate for whole 
         shares. The balance of the participant's Tiffany & Co. Stock Fund 
         account may also be distributed in the form of a stock certificate 
         for whole shares if the participant so elects.

         In the event of retirement, a participant may elect to defer his/her 
         distribution until the next Plan year thereby entitling the 
         participant to their proportionate share of the Company's 
         contribution to the non-participant directed employee stock ownership
         portion of the Plan for the Plan year in which the participant 
         retired.  In the event of a participant's death, the distribution of 
         the participant's account balance will be made to the participant's 
         designated beneficiary or the participant's estate, if no beneficiary 
         has been so designated.


2.       SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES:

         BASIS OF ACCOUNTING:
         The Plan's financial statements have been prepared on an accrual basis
         in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.

         INVESTMENT VALUATION:
         Investments in the trust funds are stated at fair value as determined
         by the Trustee.  Investments in Tiffany & Co. Common Stock are stated
         at fair value as determined by quoted market prices as of the last day
         of the Plan year.

         The Plan presents, in the statement of changes in net assets available
         for plan benefits, the net appreciation/(depreciation) in the fair
         value of its investments, which consists of the realized gains or
         losses and the unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on those
         investments.


3.       RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS:

         Certain Plan investments include mutual funds managed by Harris Trust
         and Savings Bank.  Since Harris Trust and Savings Bank is the trustee
         as defined by the Plan, these transactions qualify as
         party-in-interest transactions.


4.       TAX STATUS:

         A favorable determination letter has been received from the Internal
         Revenue Service ruling that the former Employee Stock Ownership Plan
         constituted a qualified plan under Section 401(a) of the Internal
         Revenue Code and, accordingly, the former plan was exempt from Federal
         income taxes.  The former plan was amended and restated, as described
         in Note 1, since receiving this determination letter.  The Company's
         management and the Plan's legal counsel believe that the Plan is
         currently designed and being operated in compliance with Sections
         401(a) and 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code and, therefore, will
         continue to be exempt from





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         Federal income taxes. The Company has filed, in April 1995, for a
         revised determination letter with the Internal Revenue Service and
         believes that the Plan will be qualified and the related trust will be
         tax exempt as of the financial statement date.


5.       CONCENTRATION OF CREDIT RISK

         The Plan's investment in the Guaranteed Investment Contract Fund may
         be subject to credit risk.  If the underlying insurance companies fail
         to perform at the expected rate of return under the terms of the
         contracts with the Trustee, the Plan's asset values could be impaired.


6.       PLAN TERMINATION:

         Although it has not expressed any intent to do so, the Board of
         Directors of the Company reserves the right to change, amend or
         terminate the Plan at any time at its discretion, subject to the
         provisions of ERISA.  In the event the Plan is terminated,
         participants will become 100% vested in their accounts.


7.       RECONCILIATION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS TO FORM 5500:

         The following is a reconciliation of net assets available for plan
         benefits as reflected in the accompanying financial statements to the
         Form 5500:


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                 January 31,
                                                           1995               1994
                                                           ----               ----
<S>                                                     <C>                 <C>
Net assets available for plan benefits per
  the financial statements                              $2,641,525          $796,549

Amounts allocated to withdrawing participants              (37,921)             -
                                                        ----------          --------
Net assets available for plan benefits
  per the Form 5500                                     $2,603,604          $796,549
                                                        ==========          ========
</TABLE>

The following is a reconciliation of benefits paid to participants as reflected
in the accompanying financial statements to the Form 5500:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                         Year ended
                                                      January 31, 1995
                                                      ----------------
<S>                                                       <C>
Benefits paid to participants per the
  financial statements                                    $113,197

Add:  Amounts allocated to withdrawing
  participants at January 31, 1995                          37,921

                                                          --------
Benefits paid to participants per the
  Form 5500                                               $151,118
                                                          ========
</TABLE>

Amounts allocated to withdrawing participants are recorded on the Form 5500 for
benefit claims that have been processed and approved for payment prior to
January 31, 1995, but not yet paid as of that date.





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                                 Tiffany & Co.
              Employee Profit Sharing and Retirement Savings Plan
           Item 27a - Schedule of Assets Held for Investment Purposes

                                January 31, 1995
                                ________________

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

Principal
Amount, # of
Shares or
Units of
Participation         Description                                Cost            Fair Value
- -------------         -----------                                ----            ----------
<S>                   <C>                                    <C>                 <C>
                      Harris Trust and Savings
                       Bank Common and
                       Collective Trust Funds:

                       Balanced Blend Fund:
   184.310               Marketable Bond Fund                $  161,015          $  161,968
    53.930               Convertible Fund                        21,207              20,787
   307.830               Common Stock Fund                       75,823              73,836
     9.670               Enhanced Equity Index Fund              12,118              12,214
   196.090               Special Capital Fund                    18,074              18,231
    87.620               International Equity Fund               14,941              14,289
                                                             ----------          ----------
                                                                303,178             301,325

 1,405.077             Common Stock Fund                        346,218             337,021
 1,605.220             Special Capital Fund                     147,898             149,244
14,440.160             Guaranteed Investment
                         Contract Fund                          211,649             211,649
 1,839.725             Tiffany & Co. Stock Fund                  68,284              53,582
27,489.000             Investment Reserve Fund                   27,489              27,489

24,128.480           Tiffany & Co. Employee Stock
                       Ownership                                868,867             702,742
                                                             ----------          ----------

                                                             $1,973,583          $1,783,052
                                                             ==========          ==========

</TABLE>




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                                 Tiffany & Co.
              Employee Profit Sharing and Retirement Savings Plan
                 Item 27d - Schedule of Reportable Transactions
                      for the year ended January 31, 1995

                               _________________



<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                        Current
                                                                                        Value of
                                                                                        Asset on
Description of                             Purchase         Selling       Cost of      Transaction       Net Gain
 Asset/Fund                                 Price            Price         Asset          Date           or Loss
- --------------                             --------         -------       -------      -----------       --------
<S>                                        <C>              <C>           <C>          <C>               <C>
Harris Trust and Savings Bank
Common and Collective Trust Funds:

  Balanced Blend Fund:
     Marketable Bond Fund                  $160,036           -             -              -                -
     Common Stock Fund                     $ 76,090           -             -              -                -

  Common Stock Fund                        $346,333           -             -              -                -

  Special Capital Fund                     $148,612           -             -              -                -

  Guaranteed Investment
     Contract Fund                         $210,692           -             -              -                -

  Tiffany & Co. Stock Fund                 $ 71,342           -             -              -                -
</TABLE>





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                                   SIGNATURES


         The Plan.  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, the trustees (or other persons who administer the employee benefit
plan) have duly caused this annual report to be signed on it behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


             Tiffany & Co. Employee Profit Sharing and Retirement Savings Plan
                  --------------------------------------------------------    
                                    (Name of Plan)
 

Date: July 31, 1995          /s/ Stephen M. Salyk
                        ---------------------------------------
                                 Stephen M. Salyk
                                 Member of Plan Administrative Committee


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