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      (1) Zapata's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31,
     1994; and

      (2) Zapata's Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 27, 1994.

          All documents subsequently filed by Zapata with the Commission
pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the
termination of the offering made by the Prospectus, as supplemented hereby,
shall be deemed to be incorporated herein by reference and to be a part hereof
from the date of filing such documents.  Any statement contained in a document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to
be modified or superseded for purposes of the Prospectus, as supplemented, to
the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed
document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
modifies or supersedes such statement.  Any such statement so modified or
superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of the Prospectus, as supplemented.

          Zapata hereby undertakes to provide without charge to each person to
whom a copy of the Prospectus, as supplemented, has been delivered, upon written
or oral request of any such person, a copy of any or all of the documents
referred to above that have been incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, as
supplemented (not including exhibits to the documents that are incorporated by
reference unless such exhibits are specifically incorporated by reference into
such documents).  Requests for such copies should be directed in writing or by
telephone to Zapata Corporation, P. O. Box 4240, Houston, Texas, Attention:
Corporate Secretary (Telephone: (713) 940-6100).

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