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                                  SIGNATURES

          The Registrant.  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it
meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
amendment to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on September 29, 1995.

                                    ZAPATA CORPORATION


                                  By:  /s/ LAMAR C. MCINTYRE
                                     ------------------------------------
                                      Lamar C. McIntyre
                                      Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
                                      and Treasurer

          The Plan.  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
the Plan has duly caused this amendment to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas,
on September 29, 1995.

                                    ZAPATA HAYNIE CORPORATION 
                                    PROFIT-SHARING/SAVINGS PLAN



                                  By:  /s/ LAMAR C. MCINTYRE
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                                      Lamar C. McIntyre
                                      Member of the Pension and
                                      Benefits Committee



                                 By:   /s/ ROBERT A. GARDINER
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                                      Robert A. Gardiner
                                      Member of the Pension and Benefits
                                      Committee

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