SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                     FORM 15

Certification and Notice of Termination of Registration under Section 12(g) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Suspension of Duty to File Reports under
Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

                          Commission File Number 1-6176

                                   AUGAT INC.
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                  1555 Lynnfield Road, Memphis, Tennessee 38119
                                 (901) 682-7766
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               (Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
        including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)

                          Common Stock, par value $0.10
                Common Stock and Promissory Note Purchase Rights
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               (Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)

                                      None
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       (Titles of all other classes of securities for which a duty to file
                 reports under Section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)


          Please place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate
 rule provision(s) relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:

Rule 12g-4 (a)(1)(i)       [  ]       Rule 12h-3 (b)(1)(ii)      [  ]
Rule 12g-4 (a)(1)(ii)      [  ]       Rule 12h-3 (b)(2)(i)       [  ]
Rule 12g-4 (a)(2)(i)       [  ]       Rule 12h-3 (b)(2)(ii)      [  ]
Rule 12g-4 (a)(2)(ii)      [  ]       Rule 15d-6                 [  ]
Rule 12h-3 (b)(1)(i)       [X]

                Approximate number of holders of record as of the
                         certification or notice date: 1











          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this certification/notice to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.



Dated:  March 31, 1997                      AUGAT INC.


                                                By: /s/ Jerry Kronenberg
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                                                     Name:  Jerry Kronenberg
                                                     Title: Vice President -
                                                            General Counsel