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                                   SIGNATURES

          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

                                             ZAPATA CORPORATION
                                             (Registrant)


February 14, 1996                By:     /s/ Joseph L. von Rosenberg III
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                                            (Joseph L. von Rosenberg III,
                                      Executive Vice President, General Counsel
                                              and Corporate Secretary)


February 14, 1996                By:         /s/  Robert A. Gardiner
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                                                (Robert A. Gardiner,
                                              Vice President and Chief
                                                 Financial Officer)

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