Exhibit 99-1.2

BF Goodrich and Coltec Confirm
Shareholder Meetings


RICHFIELD, Ohio, April 9/PRNewswire/--BFGoodrich (NYSE:GR- news) and
Coltec Industries (NYSE:COT-news) confirmed today that they will hold
shareholder meetings at 10:30 a.m. this morning to approve the merger
of the two companies.

The companies also said that following discussions with AlliedSignal,
they have agreed not to close the merger until the judge in a lawsuit
brought by AlliedSignal rules on motions to dismiss and to transfer
certain issues to arbitration. This agreement allows the parties to
focus on expedited discovery and minimizes the number of motions
before the court.

Terrence G. Linnert, BFGoodrich senior vice president and general
counsel, said: "We continue to believe that the AlliedSignal lawsuit
is completely without merit and that our position will be validated by
the court. AlliedSignal indicated that it would file prior to the
shareholder meetings for a temporary restraining order to block the
completion of the merger. We agreed to postpone the completion of the
merger to give the judge the opportunity to focus on our pending
motions without additional distractions."

Also as part of the agreement reached late yesterday afternoon,
BFGoodrich and Coltec agreed that if the motions to dismiss and to
transfer issues to arbitration were denied, they would not close the
merger until the day following the conclusion of a hearing on
AlliedSignal's attempt to block the transaction, but no later than May
1, 1999.

Completion of the merger also requires clearance from the Federal
Trade Commission.