EXHIBIT (10.5)

FIRST AMENDMENT
TO
FIRST INTERSTATE
1991 PERFORMANCE STOCK PLAN



	First Interstate Bancorp adopted the First Interstate 
Bancorp 1991 Performance Stock Plan (the Plan) effective 
February 7, 1991 as approved by shareholders on April 19, 
1991.

	In order to have consistent treatment under First 
Interstate Bancorp's various plans in the event that 
employees become employees of another company, this 
amendment is being adopted.  This amendment is effective 
August 17, 1992.

	1.      New sentences have been added to Section 6.1 of 
the Plan to read as follows:

		In the event that employees of the Company or 
its subsidiaries become                                 
	employees of another company pursuant to a stock or 
asset sale, merger, or similar transaction or in the event 
of a corporate reorganization, reduction in force or similar 
event, the Committee shall  have the authority, which shall 
be exercised in its sole discretion, to continue to credit 
service for purposes of satisfying the restricted period 
requirements set forth in the Restricted Stock Agreement.  
Such Committee authority shall only apply to restricted 
stock granted to individuals who are not subject to Section 
16 of the Securities Exchange Act.

	2.      The following paragraph has been added as a new 
Section 17:

		17. Expiration of Options. In the event that 
employees of the Company or its Subsidiaries become 
employees of another company pursuant to a stock or asset 
sale, merger or similar transaction or in the event of a 
corporate reorganization, reduction in force or similar 
event, the Committee shall have the authority, which shall 
be exercised in its sole discretion, to modify the dates 
upon which options previously granted shall expire.  Such 
Committee authority shall only apply to options granted to 
individuals who are not subject to Section 16 of the 
Securities Exchange Act.  Any modification to the terms 
under which the option would otherwise expire shall not 
cause the option to expire later than the date the option 
was originally scheduled to expire pursuant to the terms or 
the original Stock Option Agreement.

Executed at Los Angeles this 22 day of August, 1995.

							FIRST INTERSTATE 
BANCORP


						
	By:______________________
								Executive 
Vice President


						
	By:_______________________
								   Secretary
EXHIBIT (10.5)

SECOND AMENDMENT
TO
FIRST INTERSTATE BANCORP
1991 PERFORMANCE STOCK PLAN


	First Interstate Bancorp adopted the First Interstate 
Bancorp 1991 Performance Stock Plan (the Plan) effective 
February 7, 1991 as approved by shareholders on April 19, 
1991 at the Annual Shareholder's meeting.

	In order to have a consistent definition of Change in 
Control among First Interstate Bancorp's various plans, this 
Amendment is being adopted.  This Amendment is effective 
June 20, 1994.

1.      The definition of Change in Control in Section 14  
Additional Definitions is amended by revising it to read as 
follows:

	Change in Control of the Company means and shall be 
deemed to have occurred if and when any one of the following 
five events occurs:  (a)  any person (as such term is used 
in Section      13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 
(the Exchange Act)) becomes a beneficial owner, directly 
or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 20% 
or more of the combined voting power of the Company's then 
outstanding securities; (b) individuals who were member of 
the Board of Directors of the Company immediately prior to  
a meeting of the stockholders of the Company involving a 
contact for the election of Directors do not constitute a 
majority of the         Board of Directors following such 
election;  (c) the stockholders of the Company approve the 
dissolution or liquidation of the Company;  (d) the 
stockholders of the Company approve an  agreement to merge 
or consolidate, or otherwise reorganize, with or into one or 
more entities   which are not Subsidiaries, as a result of 
which less than 50% of the outstanding voting securities of 
the surviving or resulting entity are, or are to be, owned 
by former stockholders of the Company (excluding from the 
term former stockholders a stockholder who is, or as a 
result of       the transaction in question becomes, an 
affiliate, as that term is used in the Exchange Act and 
the Rules promulgated thereunder, of any party to such 
merger, consolidation or reorganization); or (e) the 
stockholders of the Company approve the sale of 
substantially all of the Company's      business and/or assets 
to a person or entity which is not a Subsidiary.

	Executed at Los Angeles, California this 20th day of 
July, 1994.


								FIRST 
INTERSTATE BANCORP


								By: 
_________________________
									    
Executive Vice President


								By: 
_________________________
									      
    Secretary



EXHIBIT (10.5)

	THIRD AMENDMENT 
	TO
	FIRST INTERSTATE BANCORP
	1991 PERFORMANCE STOCK PLAN

	


	First Interstate Bancorp adopted the First Interstate 
Bancorp 1991 Performance Stock Plan (the "Plan") effective 
February 7, 1991 as approved by shareholders on April 19, 1991 
at the Annual Shareholder's meeting.

	This Amendment is being adopted to modify the definition 
of Change in Control.  This Amendment is effective January 21, 
1996.

1.      The definition of Change in Control in Section 14, 
Additional Definitions is amended by deleting 50% in clause 
(d) and inserting 60% in its place.


	Executed at Los Angeles, California this 25th day of 
March, 1996.



							FIRST INTERSTATE 
BANCORP


						
	By:___________________________
								Executive 
Vice President


						
	By:___________________________
								     
Secretary





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