EXHIBIT 22


                            ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
                             3600 WEST LAKE AVENUE
                            GLENVIEW, ILLINOIS 60025
                                 March 28, 1994

                                PROXY STATEMENT

       For the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Illinois Tool Works Inc.
                           To Be Held on May 6, 1994


                             ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

    Eleven  directors of the Company are to  be elected to hold office until the
next Annual Meeting or until their successors are duly elected and qualified  or
until  their earlier resignation or removal. Edward  F. Swift, a director of the
Company since 1972,  is retiring  from the  Board of  Directors as  a result  of
attaining  the Company's  mandatory retirement age  for directors.  The Board of
Directors thanks Mr. Swift for his services to the Company over the years. Susan
Crown has been recommended by the Nominating Committee, as well as by the  Board
as a whole, to fill the vacancy created by Mr. Swift's retirement.

    The  favorable vote of the holders of a majority of the Common Stock present
in person or represented by proxy at  the meeting is necessary to elect each  of
the  eleven  directors.  Votes withheld  and  abstentions are  treated  as votes
against the election of directors. Broker non-votes are treated as shares as  to
which  the beneficial holders  have not granted voting  power and, therefore, as
shares not entitled  to vote.  Unless otherwise  directed, the  proxies will  be
voted  at the meeting  for the election of  the persons listed  below, or in the
event of an unforeseen  contingency, for different  persons as substitutes.  Set
forth  below  are  the name,  age,  principal occupation  and  other information
concerning each nominee.

Julius W. Becton, Jr. (67)
  President, Prairie  View  A&M University  since  1989. Mr.  Becton  served  as
  Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency from 1985 to 1989 after 40
  years  of commissioned service in the U.S.  Army, during which he attained the
  rank of  Lieutenant  General.  He  is a  director  of  Marine  Spill  Response
  Corporation  and  Metters Industries,  Inc., and  has been  a director  of the
  Company since 1992.

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Silas S. Cathcart (67)
  Former Chairman, Kidder, Peabody Group, Inc. (investment banking) from January
  1989 through December 1989, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer from February
  1988 to January 1989, and President and Chief Executive Officer from May  1987
  to  February 1988. In May  1986, Mr. Cathcart retired  as Chairman of Illinois
  Tool Works Inc., a  position that he  had held since 1972.  Mr. Cathcart is  a
  director of Baxter International Inc., General Electric Company and The Quaker
  Oats Company, and has been a director of the Company since 1964.

Susan Crown (35)
  Vice President, Henry Crown and Company since 1984. Henry Crown and Company is
  a  family  owned and  operated company  with  investments in  securities, real
  estate, resort  properties  and  manufacturing  operations.  Ms.  Crown  is  a
  director  of Baxter  International Inc.  She also  is a  trustee and executive
  committee member of Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center in Chicago and
  president and a director of the Juvenile Protective Association.

Richard M. Jones (67)
  Former Chairman and  Chief Executive  Officer, Guaranty  Federal Savings  Bank
  from  1989  to  1991.  Mr.  Jones was  President  of  Sears,  Roebuck  and Co.
  (diversified merchandise, insurance, real estate and financial services)  from
  1986  to 1988 and  Chief Financial Officer from  1980 to 1988.  Mr. Jones is a
  director of  Applied  Power Inc.,  Baker,  Fentress &  Co.,  Guaranty  Federal
  Savings  Bank and  MCI Communications  Corp., and has  been a  director of the
  Company since 1988.

George D. Kennedy (67)
  Chairman, Mallinckrodt  Group  Inc.  (animal and  human  health)  since  1991;
  Chairman  and Chief  Executive Officer  from 1986  to 1991.  Mr. Kennedy  is a
  director of American National  Can Corporation, Brunswick Corporation,  Kemper
  National  Insurance  Company,  Kemper  Corporation,  Mallinckrodt  Group Inc.,
  Medical Care  America, Inc.,  Scotsman Industries,  Inc. and  Stone  Container
  Corporation, and has been a director of the Company since 1988.

Richard H. Leet (67)
  Former Vice Chairman, Amoco Corporation (oil and chemicals) from March 1991 to
  October 1991 and Executive Vice President from 1983 through February 1991. Mr.
  Leet  is a director of Landauer, Inc. and Vulcan Materials Corp., and has been
  a director of the Company since 1988.

Robert C. McCormack (54)
  Partner, Trident Capital, Inc. (venture capital) since January 1993; Assistant
  Secretary of the  Navy from 1990  to 1993; Deputy  Under Secretary of  Defense
  from  1987 to 1990;  and Managing Director, Morgan  Stanley & Co. Incorporated
  (investment banking) from 1985 to 1987.  Mr. McCormack has been a director  of
  the Company since 1993 and was previously a director from 1978 through 1987.

John D. Nichols (63)
  Chairman  and Chief Executive Officer of the Company since May 1986; President
  and Chief Executive Officer from  January 1982 to May  1986. Mr. Nichols is  a
  director  of Household International, Inc., Philip Morris Cos., Inc., Rockwell
  International Corporation  and  Stone Container  Corporation.  He has  been  a
  director of the Company since 1981.

Phillip B. Rooney (49)
  President  and Chief Operating Officer,  WMX Technologies, Inc. (environmental
  services) since  1985;  Chairman  and Chief  Executive  Officer,  Wheelabrator
  Technologies  Inc. (waste-to-energy)  since 1990;  and Chairman  of the Board,
  Rust International Inc. (engineering, design and construction services)  since
  January  1993.  Mr.  Rooney  is a  director  of  Caremark  International Inc.,
  Chemical Waste Management,  Inc., Rust International  Inc., The  ServiceMaster
  Company,  Urban Shopping  Centers, Inc.,  Waste Management  International plc,
  Wheelabrator Technologies  Inc. and  WMX  Technologies, Inc.  and has  been  a
  director of the Company since 1990.

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Harold B. Smith (60)
  Chairman  of the Executive Committee of the Company since 1982. Mr. Smith is a
  director of W.W. Grainger, Inc. and  Northern Trust Corporation and a  trustee
  of  The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company.  He has been a director of
  the Company since 1968.

Ormand J. Wade (54)
  Former  Vice  Chairman,  Ameritech  Corp.  (telecommunications  products   and
  services)  from 1989 to 1993; President of  the Ameritech Bell Group from 1987
  to 1989; and President  and Chief Executive  Officer, Illinois Bell  Telephone
  Company  from 1982 through 1986. Mr. Wade is a director of Andrew Corporation,
  NBD Bancorp, Inc. and Westell Inc. He has been a director of the Company since
  1985.

                            DIRECTORS' COMPENSATION

    Compensation  for non-employee  directors consists  of a  $25,000 annual fee
plus $1,000 for each Board of Directors meeting and committee meeting  attended.
Committee  Chairmen receive  an additional  $600 for  each meeting  chaired. The
Company's deferred fee plan permits  non-employee directors to defer receipt  of
all  or any part of  their fees. Amounts deferred  are credited with interest at
current rates and are paid after an individual ceases to be a director.  Retired
non-employee  directors also receive an annual  payment equal to one-half of the
annual retainer paid to an active director on the date of retirement so long  as
the  retired director  serves the Company  in an advisory  capacity and refrains
from any activity adverse to the best interests of the Company.

    In January 1992 all incumbent non-employee directors also received, pursuant
to a restricted stock grant program, 600 shares (as adjusted for the two-for-one
stock split)  of the  Company's Common  Stock, one-third  of which  shares  vest
annually  on the anniversary dates of the  grant, except that all shares vest on
the date of retirement in accordance with Board policy or on the date of  death.
Non-employee  directors  elected  to  the  Board  after  January  1992  received
proportionate awards pursuant to such program  in January of the year  following
their   election  to  the  Board.  None  of  the  restricted  shares  issued  to
non-employee directors under this  program may be sold  or transferred prior  to
January  2, 1995 so long  as such non-employee director  is still serving on the
Company's Board. The shares  granted to the  non-employee directors pursuant  to
this program are included in the table under "Security Ownership."

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                               SECURITY OWNERSHIP

    The  following  table  sets  forth information  regarding  ownership  of the
Company's Common Stock  as of March  8, 1994  by each director  and nominee  for
director,  by each of  the named executive officers,  by all directors, nominees
and executive officers as a group, and by other persons who, to the knowledge of
the Company,  own of  record or  beneficially more  than 5%  of the  outstanding
Common Stock of the Company.



                                                                           AMOUNT AND NATURE
                                                                             OF BENEFICIAL
                    NAME OF BENEFICIAL OWNER OR GROUP                         OWNERSHIP(1)      PERCENT OF CLASS
                    ---------------------------------                      ------------------   ----------------
                                                                                          
Directors and Nominees --
  Julius W. Becton, Jr...................................................           400                     *
  Silas S. Cathcart......................................................       220,974(2)                  *
  Susan Crown............................................................          --                  --
  Richard M. Jones.......................................................         4,600                     *
  George D. Kennedy......................................................           860                     *
  Richard H. Leet........................................................         3,600                     *
  Robert C. McCormack....................................................     7,285,400(3)(4)             6.4
  Phillip B. Rooney......................................................         4,600                     *
  Harold B. Smith........................................................    19,802,290(4)(5)            17.5
  Edward F. Swift........................................................        11,800(6)                  *
  Ormand J. Wade.........................................................         1,000                     *
Executive Officers --
  H. Richard Crowther....................................................       189,448(7)(8)               *
  W. James Farrell.......................................................        57,436(7)(9)               *
  Robert H. Jenkins......................................................        15,535(7)(10)              *
  John D. Nichols........................................................       414,856(11)                 *
  Frank S. Ptak..........................................................        26,452(7)                  *
All Directors, Nominees and Executive Officers
  as a Group (24 Persons)................................................    20,937,358(7)               18.5
Other Principal Beneficial Owners --
  Edward Byron Smith, Jr.................................................     7,607,256(4)(12)            6.7
  The Northern Trust Company.............................................    21,800,516(13)              19.3
<FN>
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  *  Less than 1% of Class
 (1) Unless otherwise noted, ownership is direct.
 (2) Includes 17,920 shares owned by Mr. Cathcart's wife, for which he disclaims
     beneficial  ownership;  11,664 shares  owned  by a  trust  as to  which Mr.
     Cathcart has sole voting and investment power; 560 shares owned by a  trust
     as  to which  Mr. Cathcart  shares voting  and investment  power; and 3,000
     shares owned  by  a  charitable  organization  of  which  Mr.  Cathcart  is
     president and a director.
 (3) Includes  3,760 shares  held in  a revocable living  trust as  to which Mr.
     McCormack has sole voting and investment power, 200 shares owned in a trust
     as to which he shares voting  and investment power with The Northern  Trust
     Company and 7,281,240 shares as described in Footnote 4.
 (4) Robert  C.  McCormack, Harold  B. Smith,  Edward Byron  Smith, Jr.  and The
     Northern Trust  Company  are trustees  of  twelve trusts  owning  7,281,240
     shares as to which they share voting and investment power.
 (5) Includes 151,338 shares held in a revocable living trust as to which Harold
     B.  Smith has sole voting and  investment power, 11,053,216 shares owned in
     twelve trusts as to  which he shares voting  and investment power with  The
     Northern  Trust Company, 1,079,240 shares owned in seven trusts as to which
     he shares voting and investment power, and 7,281,240 shares as described in
     Footnote  4.  In  addition,  Mr.  Smith  is  a  director  of  a  charitable
     organization that owns 45,256 shares.
 (6) Includes  3,200 shares  owned by Mr.  Swift's wife, for  which he disclaims
     beneficial ownership.


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 (7) Includes shares  covered by  stock options  exercisable within  60 days  of
     March  8, 1994 as  follows: Mr. Crowther, 58,450;  Mr. Farrell, 40,996; Mr.
     Jenkins,  15,000;  Mr.  Ptak,  23,500;  and  all  directors,  nominees  and
     executive officers as a group, 265,196.
 (8) Includes  130,998 shares held in  a revocable living trust  as to which Mr.
     Crowther shares voting and investment power.
 (9) Includes 2,212  shares held  by  Mr. Farrell  as  custodian for  his  minor
     children.
(10) Includes  99  shares allocated  to Mr.  Jenkins'  account in  the Company's
     savings and investment plan.
(11) Includes 363,838 shares held in a  family partnership of which Mr.  Nichols
     is  general partner and  shares voting and  investment powers, 7,200 shares
     owned by  Mr. Nichols'  wife, for  which Mr.  Nichols disclaims  beneficial
     ownership,  6,148 shares held by Mrs.  Nichols as custodian for their minor
     children, for which  he disclaims  beneficial ownership,  and 3,440  shares
     allocated  to Mr. Nichols' account in  the Company's savings and investment
     plan. In  addition Mr.  Nichols is  co-trustee of  a charitable  foundation
     which  owns 28,630 shares. In September 1993, Mr. Nichols filed a Form 5 to
     report a  gift to  this foundation  of 31,130  shares of  Common Stock  (as
     adjusted  for the two-for-one  stock split) on December  31, 1992. This was
     his only transaction  in 1992 reportable  on Form 5,  and such form  should
     have been filed in February 1993.
(12) Includes 10,874 shares owned in a trust as to which Edward Byron Smith, Jr.
     has  sole voting and investment power, 96,200 shares owned in a trust as to
     which The  Northern Trust  Company has  sole voting  and investment  power,
     122,392  shares owned in three  trusts as to which  Mr. Smith shares voting
     and investment power, and 7,281,240 shares as described in Footnote 4. Also
     includes the following  shares held for  the benefit of  Mr. Smith's  minor
     children:  65,190 shares owned in two trusts as to which The Northern Trust
     Company has sole voting and investment power; 6,720 shares held in a  trust
     as to which Mr. Smith and his wife share voting and investment power; 9,320
     shares  held in  a trust  as to  which Mr.  Smith's wife  and sisters share
     voting and investment  power; and 4,400  shares owned in  two trusts as  to
     which Mr. Smith's sisters share voting and investment power.
(13) Includes  its holdings as trustee  described in Footnotes 3,  4, 5, and 12.
     The Northern Trust  Company and  its affiliates  act as  sole fiduciary  or
     co-fiduciary  of trusts and other fiduciary accounts which own an aggregate
     of 21,800,516 shares. They have sole voting power with respect to 2,349,909
     shares and share voting power with respect to 18,732,658 shares. They  have
     sole investment power with respect to 1,956,319 shares and share investment
     power  with respect to  19,727,903 shares. In  addition, The Northern Trust
     Company holds in other accounts, but does not beneficially own,  10,563,684
     shares,  resulting in aggregate  holdings by The  Northern Trust Company of
     32,364,200 shares (28.6%).


    Because of  their holdings  individually and  as trustees,  the holdings  of
their  immediate families  and/or their  positions with  the Company,  Robert C.
McCormack, Edward  Byron Smith  Jr. and  Harold B.  Smith may  be deemed  to  be
"controlling persons" of the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended.

    The  Company  maintains  normal commercial  banking  relationships  with The
Northern Trust  Company, which  also acts  as the  trustee under  the  Company's
pension  plan and  as the  trustee and  an investment  manager of  the Company's
savings and  investment plan.  The  Northern Trust  Company  is a  wholly  owned
subsidiary  of  Northern Trust  Corporation. Harold  B.  Smith, director  of the
Company, is also a director of Northern Trust Corporation.

    With respect to the addresses  of beneficial owners of  more than 5% of  the
Company's Common Stock, The Northern Trust Company's address is 50 South LaSalle
Street,  Chicago,  IL 60675  and  the address  of  each of  the  other principal
beneficial owners is c/o The Secretary, Illinois Tool Works Inc., 3600 West Lake
Avenue, Glenview, IL 60025.

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                             EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

    The table below summarizes the  compensation of the Chief Executive  Officer
and the other four most highly compensated Executive Officers.

                           SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE


                                                                                        LONG TERM COMPENSATION
                                                                                ---------------------------------------
                                                                                        AWARDS
                                                                                ----------------------
                                            ANNUAL COMPENSATION                             SECURITIES
                              ------------------------------------------------  RESTRICTED  UNDERLYING      PAYOUTS
       NAME AND                                                OTHER ANNUAL       STOCK      OPTIONS    ---------------
  PRINCIPAL POSITION    YEAR  SALARY($)(1)  BONUS($)(1)(2)  COMPENSATION($)(3)  AWARDS($)     (#)(4)    LTIP PAYOUTS($)
- ----------------------  ----  ------------  --------------  ------------------  ----------  ----------  ---------------
                                                                                   
John D. Nichols ......  1993      600,000        567,600          --               --          50,000        1,015,111(5)
  Chairman and Chief    1992      580,584        530,900          --               --          --            782,097(5)
  Executive Officer     1991      516,664        435,000          --               --          --            769,552(5)
H. Richard              1993      272,000        258,000          --               --          42,708        --
 Crowther ............
  Vice Chairman         1992      263,651        250,000          --               --           6,082        --
                        1991      245,412        167,700          --               --          30,000        --
W. James Farrell .....  1993      242,000        228,000          --               --          36,996        --
  Executive             1992      233,448        146,000          --               --          --            --
  Vice President        1991      224,167        163,070          --               --          20,000        --
Robert H. Jenkins ....  1993      200,000        177,000          --               --          30,000        --
  Executive             1992      186,805        150,000          --               --          --            --
  Vice President        1991      175,000         87,675          --               --          20,000        152,500(6)
Frank S. Ptak ........  1993      180,000        177,000          --               --          30,000        139,758(6)
  Executive             1992      172,500        173,000          --               --          --            --
  Vice President        1991      150,000         70,500          --               --          15,000         42,166(6)



       NAME AND            ALL OTHER
  PRINCIPAL POSITION    COMPENSATION($)
- ----------------------  ---------------
                     
John D. Nichols ......      4,461(7)(8)
  Chairman and Chief        6,866(7)
  Executive Officer         6,667(7)
H. Richard                  2,062(7)(8)
 Crowther ............
  Vice Chairman             6,866(7)
                            7,510(7)
W. James Farrell .....      1,763(7)(8)
  Executive                 6,866(7)
  Vice President            4,238(7)
Robert H. Jenkins ....      1,457(7)(8)
  Executive                 5,452(7)
  Vice President            5,085(7)
Frank S. Ptak ........      1,365(7)(8)
  Executive                 5,003(7)
  Vice President            4,500(7)
<FN>
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(1)  Includes   any  amounts   deferred  under  the   Company's  1993  Executive
     Contributory Retirement Income Plan and/or the Savings and Investment Plan.
(2)  Amounts awarded under  the Executive  Incentive Compensation  Plan for  the
     respective years.
(3)  Perquisites  and  other personal  benefits, securities  or property  in the
     aggregate do not  exceed the  threshold reporting  level of  the lesser  of
     $50,000  or 10% of total salary and  bonus reported for the named executive
     officer.
(4)  Stock option grants have been adjusted  where appropriate to reflect the  2
     for 1 stock split effective June 1993.
(5)  For  1993, the market value  of 20,000 phantom stock  units, the vesting of
     which was approved by the Compensation Committee on February 18, 1994 to be
     effective March  31, 1994,  was $875,000  (as  of March  8, 1994  for  this
     disclosure);  and interest and dividends credited  on 244,000 shares in the
     Phantom Stock account totaled $140,111. For  1992, the market value at  the
     time  of vesting  (December 11,  1992) for  20,000 phantom  stock units was
     $628,750, and  interest and  dividends credited  on 264,000  shares in  Mr.
     Nichols'  Phantom Stock  account during 1992  were $153,347.  For 1991, the
     market value at  the time  of vesting (March  31, 1992)  of 20,000  phantom
     stock  units was $653,750,  and interest and  dividends credited on 244,000
     shares in Mr. Nichols' Phantom Stock account during 1991 were $115,802. The
     Compensation  Committee  previously  authorized  the  distribution  to  Mr.
     Nichols  on  December 31,  1992  of (i)  the  market value  of  and accrued
     dividends and interest on  the 20,000 phantom stock  units vested for  1992
     totaling  $659,683, and (ii) the market  value of and accrued dividends and
     interest on 20,000 phantom  stock units earned  in 1991 totaling  $668,567.
     Other  than the December 31, 1992  distribution referred to in the previous
     sentence, all vested  units and  accrued interest and  dividends are  being
     held  for  Mr. Nichols  in  his Phantom  Stock  account and  have  not been
     distributed. Units have been  adjusted where appropriate  to reflect the  2
     for 1 stock split effective June 1993.


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(6)  Cash  and market value of Common Stock paid  in 1993 and 1991 in respect of
     performance share appreciation units granted under the Company's 1979 Stock
     Incentive Plan for  two three-year performance  periods ended December  31,
     1992 and 1990.
(7)  Company  matching contribution  to the  executive officer's  account in the
     Savings and Investment Plan. For 1993 the amounts are: Mr. Nichols, $4,143;
     Mr. Crowther, $1,878;  Mr. Farrell,  $1,670; Mr. Jenkins,  $1,381; and  Mr.
     Ptak, $1,243.
(8)  Interest  credited  on  deferred  compensation in  excess  of  120%  of the
     Applicable Federal Long Term Rate:  Mr. Nichols, $318; Mr. Crowther,  $184;
     Mr. Farrell, $93; Mr. Jenkins, $76; and Mr. Ptak, $122.


    The  table below  sets forth,  as to  the Executive  Officers listed  in the
Summary Compensation Table, information with  respect to options granted  during
1993.

                             OPTION GRANTS IN 1993



                                     INDIVIDUAL GRANTS(1)
                    ------------------------------------------------------
                    NUMBER OF                                                 POTENTIAL REALIZABLE VALUE
                    SECURITIES                                                AT ASSUMED ANNUAL RATES OF
                    UNDERLYING     % OF TOTAL      EXERCISE OR                 STOCK PRICE APPRECIATION
                     OPTIONS     OPTIONS GRANTED      BASE                        FOR OPTION TERM(2)
                     GRANTED      TO EMPLOYEES        PRICE     EXPIRATION   ----------------------------
NAME                   (#)           IN 1993         ($/SH)        DATE      0% ($)   5% ($)     10% ($)
- ------------------  ----------   ---------------   -----------  ----------   ------  ---------  ---------
                                                                           
John D. Nichols...   50,000(3)              7.5       36.375     12/10/03        0   1,144,000  2,899,000
H. Richard
 Crowther.........   30,000(3)              4.5       36.375     12/10/03        0     686,000  1,739,000
                     12,708(4)              1.9       36.625     12/08/99        0     182,000    421,000
W. James
 Farrell..........   30,000(3)              4.5       36.375     12/10/03        0     686,000  1,739,000
                      6,996(4)              1.0       36.875     12/11/97        0      67,000    148,000
Robert H.
 Jenkins..........   30,000(3)              4.5       36.375     12/10/03        0     686,000  1,739,000
Frank S. Ptak.....   30,000(3)              4.5       36.375     12/10/03        0     686,000  1,739,000
<FN>
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(1)   These grants contain a reload feature providing that if the exercise price
      is  paid by surrender  of previously owned  shares of Common  Stock, a new
      option in  the amount  of  the shares  surrendered  will be  granted.  The
      exercise  price of the new  option will be the market  value of a share of
      Common Stock on the date of grant. The new option will become  exercisable
      in  one year, providing the shares  acquired on exercise of the underlying
      option are held  for one year,  and will expire  on the same  date as  the
      underlying option.
(2)   The  dollar amounts under these columns  are the result of calculations at
      0% and  at  the 5%  and  10% rates  set  by the  Securities  and  Exchange
      Commission.  They are therefore  not intended to  forecast possible future
      appreciation, if  any, of  the Company's  Common Stock  price and  do  not
      reflect  any income tax liability of the individual recipients at the time
      of exercise  nor the  time value  of money.  The Company  did not  use  an
      alternative  formula for  a grant  date valuation,  as the  Company is not
      aware of  any formula  which  will determine  with reasonable  accuracy  a
      present value based on future unknown or volatile factors.
(3)   These  grants were made  on December 10,  1993. The exercise  price is the
      closing market price of a share of Common Stock on the date of grant,  and
      the  options become exercisable at the rate of 25% each year following the
      first full year after the grant.
(4)   These grants were made  on February 23, 1993  (Mr. Crowther) and March  5,
      1993  (Mr. Farrell) in connection with  the exercise of previously granted
      options containing a reload feature and have been adjusted for the 2 for 1
      stock split effective June 1993.


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    The table  below sets  forth, as  to the  Executive Officers  listed in  the
Summary  Compensation Table, information  as to option  exercises during 1993 as
well as the number and value of unexercised options as of December 31, 1993.

                      AGGREGATED OPTION EXERCISES IN 1993
                        AND 1993 YEAR-END OPTION VALUES



                                                           NUMBER OF SECURITIES
                                                                UNDERLYING        VALUE OF UNEXERCISED
                                                            UNEXERCISED OPTIONS   IN-THE-MONEY OPTIONS
                                                              AT YEAR END (#)      AT YEAR END ($)(1)
                                  SHARES                   ---------------------  --------------------
                                ACQUIRED ON     VALUE        EXER-      UNEXER-     EXER-     UNEXER-
NAME                            EXERCISE(#)  REALIZED($)   CISABLE(2)  CISABLE(2) CISABLE(2) CISABLE(2)
- ------------------------------  -----------  -----------   ---------   ---------  ---------  ---------
                                                                           
John D. Nichols...............      --           --           --         50,000      --        131,250
H. Richard Crowther...........      28,900      540,594      45,742      57,708     841,805    247,682
W. James Farrell..............      16,000      232,000      34,000      46,966     532,000    186,117
Robert H. Jenkins.............      --           --          15,000      40,000     184,063    171,250
Frank S. Ptak.................      --           --          23,500      37,500     439,750    148,125
<FN>
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(1)   Based on the year-end closing market  price of the Company's Common  Stock
      ($39.00).
(2)   Adjusted  where appropriate  for the  2 for  1 stock  split effective June
      1993.


                                RETIREMENT PLANS

    The Company's principal non-contributory defined benefit Pension Plan covers
substantially  all  employees  of  the  parent  company  and  certain   domestic
subsidiaries.  Executive Officers participate in this  plan on the same basis as
do more than 10,000 other eligible employees. Benefit amounts are based on years
of service and  average monthly  compensation for the  five highest  consecutive
years  out of  the last ten  years of employment.  The Company did  not make any
contributions to the Pension Plan during the year ended December 31, 1993.

    The following table illustrates the maximum estimated annual benefits to  be
paid  upon normal  retirement at  age 65  under the  formula described  above to
individuals in specified compensation and years of service classifications.  The
table does not reflect the limitations contained in the Internal Revenue Code of
1986  on benefit accruals  under the Pension  Plan. Under a  plan adopted by the
Board of Directors, supplemental payments in excess of those limitations will be
made to  participants  designated by  the  Compensation Committee  in  order  to
maintain  benefits  upon retirement  at the  levels  provided under  the Pension
Plan's formula.



                                 ESTIMATED ANNUAL NORMAL RETIREMENT BENEFITS(1)
                      --------------------------------------------------------------------
                                    YEARS OF SERVICE AT NORMAL RETIREMENT(2)
COMPENSATION(3)          10        15        20        25        30        35        40
- --------------------  --------  --------  --------  --------  --------  --------  --------
                                                             
$ 300,000...........  $ 49,500  $ 74,250  $ 99,000  $123,750  $148,500  $159,750  $171,000
  400,000...........    66,000    99,000   132,000   165,000   198,000   213,000   228,000
  600,000...........    99,000   148,500   198,000   247,500   297,000   319,500   342,000
  800,000...........   132,000   198,000   264,000   330,000   396,000   426,000   456,000
 1,000,000..........   165,000   247,500   330,000   412,500   495,000   532,500   570,000
 1,200,000..........   198,000   297,000   396,000   495,000   594,000   639,000   684,000
 1,400,000..........   231,000   346,500   462,000   577,500   693,000   745,500   798,000
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(1)   Amounts shown exceed  actual amounts  by .65% of  Social Security  covered
      compensation for each year of service up to 30 years.


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(2)   Years  of  service  as of  December  31,  1993 for  the  five  most highly
      compensated Executive Officers were as  follows: Mr. Nichols, 24.2  years;
      Mr.  Crowther,  35.0 years;  Mr. Farrell,  28.5  years; Mr.  Jenkins, 14.6
      years; Mr. Ptak, 18.1 years. The years of service for Mr. Nichols  reflect
      the  Company's  agreement  to provide  him  pension benefits  to  which he
      otherwise would be entitled if his service with certain previous employers
      had been with the Company.
(3)   Compensation includes all  amounts shown  under the  columns "Salary"  and
      "Bonus" in the Summary Compensation Table.


    The  Company's 1982  Executive Contributory Retirement  Income Plan provided
certain executives designated by the  Compensation Committee the opportunity  to
supplement  their retirement benefits  in exchange for  salary reductions during
the four  year  period 1983  through  1986. Four  of  the five  named  Executive
Officers  included  in  the Summary  Compensation  Table elected  to  have their
salaries reduced by 10%.  During the period of  salary reduction the  executives
could  not contribute to and did not receive the Company's matching contribution
in the Savings and Investment Plan. Under the 1982 Plan, annual benefits payable
beginning at the normal retirement  age of 65 for 15  years are as follows:  Mr.
Nichols,  $107,658;  Mr.  Crowther,  $62,477;  Mr.  Farrell,  $113,529;  and Mr.
Jenkins, $70,240.

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