SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                          WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549-1004

                                  FORM 10-Q

                   Quarterly Report Under Section 13 or 15(d)
                     of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

         FOR QUARTER ENDED October 26, 1996 COMMISSION FILE NUMBER 1-9656

                            LA-Z-BOY  INCORPORATED 
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                   MICHIGAN                           38-0751137
     (State or other jurisdiction of                (I.R.S. Employer
         incorporation or organization)              Identification No.)

    1284 North Telegraph Road, Monroe, Michigan          48162-3390
     (Address of principal executive offices)            (Zip Code)

      REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE (313) 241-4414

                            LA-Z-BOY CHAIR COMPANY
Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last 
report.


Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports 
required to be filed by section 13 or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act 
of 1934 during the preceding 12 months and (2) has been subject to such 
filing requirements for the past 90 days.

          Yes        [X]                              No       [ ]   

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each issuer's classes of common 
stock, as of the last practicable date:


           Class                            Outstanding at October 26, 1996
Common Shares, $1.00 par value                          18,135,052


                        Part I.  Financial Information
          
The Consolidated Balance Sheet and Consolidated Statement of Income required 
for Part I are contained in the Registrant's Financial Information Release
dated November 12, 1996 and are incorporated herein by reference.


         LA-Z-BOY INCORPORATED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
               INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
                   (Unaudited, dollar amounts in thousands)
          
                                    Three Months Ended     Six Months Ended   
                                    -------------------   ------------------  
                                     Oct. 26,  Oct. 28     Oct. 26, Oct. 28,  
                                       1996     1995        1996     1995    
                                     --------  --------    -------  --------  
Cash Flows from Operating Activities                        
 Net income                           $15,252  $14,256     $19,850  $17,431   
                                                           
Adjustments to reconcile net income                        
 to net cash provided by operating                         
 activities 
  Depreciation and amortization          5,171    4,735     10,026    9,419   
  Change in receivables                (54,729) (51,526)    (9,794) (13,677)  
  Change in inventories                  1,912    1,163    (11,016)  (3,230)  
  Change in other assets and liab.      30,194   21,921     10,944    6,075   
  Change in deferred taxes                (878)    (889)      (878)    (889)
                                      --------- --------   -------- --------
   Total adjustments                   (18,330) (24,596)      (718)  (2,302)
                                      --------- --------   -------- --------
   Cash Provided by Operating    
      Activities                        (3,078) (10,340)    19,132   15,129   
                                                            
Cash Flows from Investing Activities                        
 Proceeds from disposals of assets          608     645        721      778   
 Capital expenditures                    (3,643)  (6,079)   (8,223)  (9,239)  
 Change in other investments                179      129    (5,442)   1,088   
                                      ---------- --------   -------  -------  
  Cash Used for Investing Activities     (2,856)  (5,305)  (12,944)  (7,373)  

Cash Flows from Financing Activities                       
 Short-term debt                             -        -        -       -
 Long-term debt                              -        -        -       -
 Retirements of debt                        (64)  (6,479)   (3,004) (10,551)  
 Capital leases                             -     1,161        -     1,161
 Capital lease principal payments          (513)    (560)   (1,078)  (1,077)  
 Stock for stock option plans               376      807     1,846    2,075   
 Stock for 401(k) employee plans            285      338       668      643   
 Purchase of La-Z-Boy stock              (3,242)     (41)  (10,368)  (4,433)  
 Payment of cash dividends               (2,981)  (3,505)   (6,463)  (6,660)  
                                      ---------- --------  -------- --------  
  Cash Used for Financing Activities     (6,139)  (8,279)  (18,399) (18,842)  
                                                            
Effect of exch. rate changes on cash        159       60       107      (18)  
                                      ---------- --------  -------- -------- 
Net change in cash and equivalents      (11,914)  (23,864) (12,104) (11,104)  
                                                           
Cash and equiv. at beginning of period   26,870    39,808   27,060   27,048   
                                      ---------- --------  -------- --------
Cash and equiv. at end of period        $14,956   $15,944  $14,956  $15,944
                                      ========== ========  ======== ========

Cash paid during period - Income taxes   $8,513    $7,154  $10,770   $8,811   
                        - Interest       $1,137    $1,401   $1,970   $2,511   

For purposes of the Statement of Cash Flows, the Company considers all
highly liquid debt instruments purchased with a maturity of three months or
less to be cash equivalents.                                                
                                                                             
The accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements are an
integral part of these statements.                                        



                 LA-Z-BOY INCORPORATED AND OPERATING DIVISIONS
              NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1.   Basis of Presentation
     The financial information is prepared in conformity with generally 
accepted accounting principles and such principles are applied on a basis 
consistent with those reflected in the 1996 Annual Report filed with the 
Securities and Exchange Commission.  The financial information included 
herein, other than the consolidated condensed balance sheet as of April 
27, 1996, has been prepared by management without audit by independent 
certified public accountants who do not express an opinion thereon.  The 
consolidated condensed balance sheet as of October 26, 1996 has been 
derived from, but does not include all the disclosures contained in, the 
audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended April 27, 
1996.  The information furnished includes all adjustments and accruals 
consisting only of normal recurring accrual adjustments which are, in the 
opinion of management, necessary for a fair presentation of results for 
the interim period.
     
2.   Interim Results
     The foregoing interim results are not necessarily indicative of the 
results of operations for the full fiscal year ending April 26, 1997.

3.   Commitments and Contingencies     
     There has been no significant change from the prior fiscal year end 
audited financial statements.


                  LA-Z-BOY INCORPORATED AND OPERATING DIVISIONS
                              MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION 

Due to the cyclical nature of the Company's business, comparison of 
operations between the most recently completed quarter and the immediate 
preceding quarter would not be meaningful and could be misleading to the 
reader of these financial statements.

For further Management Discussion, see attached Exhibit 99

The Company's strong financial position is reflected in the debt to capital 
percentage of 16% and a current ratio of 3.2 to 1 at the end of the second 
quarter.  At April 27, 1996, the debt to capital percentage was 17% and the 
current ratio was 3.5 to 1.  At the end of the preceding year's second 
quarter, the debt to capital percentage was 18% and the current ratio was 
3.3 to 1.  As of October 26, 1996, there was $87 million of unused lines of 
credit available under several credit arrangements.

Approximately 26% of the 3 million shares of Company stock authorized for 
purchase on the open market are still available for purchase by the Company.  
The Company plans to be in the market for its shares as changes in its stock 
price and other factors present appropriate opportunities.


                          PART II. OTHER INFORMATION 

Item 4. Submission of Matters to Vote of Security Holders
At the annual meeting of shareholders held on July 29, 1996, three directors 
were elected, the amendment and restatement of the Company's 1993 
Performance-Based Stock Plan was approved, and the proposal to adopt an 
amendment to the Company's Articles of Incorporation to change the Company's 
name to "La-Z-Boy Incorporated", was approved.  The distribution of 
shareholders' votes was as follows:

                              Shares Voted                       Shares
Election of Directors:          In Favor                        Withheld
                              ------------                      -------- 
Charles T. Knabusch            15,880,885                        278,054
John F. Weaver                 15,881,210                        277,729
Warren W. Gruber               15,854,284                        304,655
James W. Johnston              15,883,390                        275,549

Amendment and restatement of the 1993 Performance-Based Stock Plan:
Shares Voted in Favor          15,586,901 
Shares Voted Against              413,245
Abstentions                       158,793

Adoption of the Amendment of Articles of Incorporation to Change the 
Company name to "La-Z-Boy Incorporated":
Shares Voted in Favor          15,981,422
Shares Voted Against              108,389
Abstentions*                    2,196,710

*  Abstentions includes 2,127,582 shares that were not voted which, under
Michigan law on amendments to the Articles of Incorporation, must be
counted.

Item 6.  Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K
(a)     (3i)     Restated Articles of incorporation as filed with the state
                 of Michigan, on September 18, 1996,

       (3ii)     By-laws of La-Z-Boy Incorporated   

        (27)     Financial Data Schedule (EDGAR only)

        (99)     News Release and Financial Information Release: re Actual 
second quarter results and Management Discussion dated November 12, 1996.
            





                                   SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the 
registrant has duly caused the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter 
ended October 26, 1996 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned 
thereunto duly authorized.

                                        LA-Z-BOY INCORPORATED  
                                            (Registrant)

                                        /s/ James J. Korsnack

Date   November 12, 1996                    James J. Korsnack
                                           Corporate Controller



RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
For use by Domestic Profit Corporations
     

     Pursuant to the provisions of Act 284, Public Acts of 1972, the 
undersigned corporation executes the following Articles:


1.     The present name of the Corporation is La-Z-Boy Incorporated


2.     The corporation identification number (CID) assigned by the Bureau is: 
090-657


3.     All former names of the corporation are:

     .      La-Z-Boy Chair Company


4.     The date of filing the original Articles of Incorporation was:

     May 1, 1941

     The following Restated Articles of Incorporation supersede the Articles 
of Incorporation as amended and shall be the Articles of Incorporation for the 
corporation:


     ARTICLE I

     The name of this corporation is La-Z-Boy Incorporated


     ARTICLE II

     The purpose or purposes of this corporation are as follows:  To 
manufacture, purchase, and sell at wholesale or retail, furniture, household 
appliances, tools, dies, machinery and metal stampings, to buy, sell and 
license the use of patents; to purchase, mortgage, improve, develop, hold, 
lease or sell real estate; to borrow and loan money or its equivalent; to hold, 
sell or buy notes, mortgages and other evidences of indebtedness; to finance 
installment sales; to discount and re-discount notes and other installment 
paper; to buy bonds and stocks and to hold or sell the same; to develop patents 
and patented products; to develop, investigate and have patented any patentable 
ideas, designs, products or gadgets.                                           
     
(In general to carry on any business in connection therewith and incident 
thereto not forbidden by the laws of the State of Michigan and with all the 
powers conferred upon corporations by the laws of the State of Michigan.)


     ARTICLE III

     Location of the corporation is Monroe, in the County of Monroe, State of 
Michigan.

     Post Office address of registered office in Michigan is 1284 North 
Telegraph Road, Monroe, Michigan.


     ARTICLE IV

(1) The aggregate number of shares which the Corporation has authority to issue 
is:  (a) 40,000,000 shares of Common Stock, $1.00 par value per share; 
and

     (b) 5,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock.

(2) The relative rights, preferences, and limitations of the shares of each 
class of shares shall be as follows:

PART I:  COMMON STOCK

     (a) Except as otherwise required by law or by an amendment to these 
Articles of Incorporation, each holder of shares of Common Stock shall have one 
vote for each share of Common Stock held by him of record on the books of the 
corporation on all matters voted upon by the shareholders.         

     (b) Subject to the preferential dividend rights, if any, applicable to 
shares of Preferred Stock and subject to applicable requirements, if any, with 
respect to the setting aside of sums for purchase, retirement or sinking funds 
for Preferred Stock, the holders of shares of Common Stock shall be entitled to 
receive, to the extent permitted by law, such dividends as may be declared from 
time to time by the Board of Directors.

     (c) In the event of the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution, 
distribution, of assets or winding up of the corporation, after distribution in 
full of the preferential amounts, if any, to be distributed to the holders of 
shares of Preferred Stock, holders of shares of Common Stock shall be entitled 
to receive all of the remaining assets of the Corporation of whatever kind 
available for distribution to shareholders ratably in proportion to the number 
of shares of Common Stock held by them respectively.  The Board of Directors 
may distribute in kind to the holders of shares of Common Stock such remaining 
assets of the Corporation or may sell, transfer, or otherwise dispose of all or 
any part of such remaining assets to any other corporation, trust or entity, or 
any combination thereof, and may sell all or any part of the consideration so 
received and distribute any balance thereof in kind to holders of shares of 
Common Stock.  The merger of the Corporation into or with any other 
corporation, or the merger of any other corporation into it, or any purchase or 
redemption of shares of stock of the Corporation of any class, or the exchange 
of shares of any class of stock of the Corporation for shares or other 
securities of any other corporation, shall not be deemed to be a dissolution, 
liquidation, or winding up of the Corporation for the purposes of this 
paragraph (c).                

     (d) Such numbers of shares of Common Stock as may from time to time be 
required for such purpose shall be reserved for issuance (i) upon conversion of 
any shares of Preferred Stock or any obligation of the Corporation convertible 
into shares of Common Stock which is at the time outstanding or issuable upon 
exercise of any options or warrants at the time outstanding and (ii) upon 
exercise of any options, warrants, or rights at the time outstanding to 
purchase shares of Common Stock.          

     (e) No holder of shares of Common Stock shall have any pre-emptive right 
to subscribe for or to purchase any shares of the Corporation of any class or 
series (including, for this purpose, any other securities convertible into or 
carrying any right to subscribe for or acquire any such shares), whether such 
shares or such class or series be now or hereafter authorized.

PART II:  PREFERRED STOCK

     (a) Shares of Preferred Stock may be issued in one or more series at such 
time or times and for such consideration or considerations as the Board of 
Directors may determine.

     (b) The Board of Directors is expressly authorized at any time, and from 
time to time, to divide the class of Preferred Stock into, and to provide for 
the issuance of shares of Preferred Stock in, one or more series, with such 
voting powers, full or limited, or without voting powers, and with such 
designations, relative rights, preferences and limitations as stated and 
expressed in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issue thereof 
adopted by the Board of Directors, including (but without limiting the 
generality of the foregoing) the following:

          (i) The designation of such series and number of shares comprising 
such series, which number may (except where otherwise provided by the 
Board of Directors in creating such series) be increased or decreased 
(but not below the number of shares then outstanding) from time to time 
by action of the Board of Directors.

          (ii) The dividend rate or rates on the shares of such series and the 
preference or relation which such dividends shall bear to the dividends 
payable on any other class of stock of the Corporation or on any other 
series of Preferred Stock, the terms and conditions upon which and the 
periods in respect of which dividends shall be payable, whether and upon 
what condition such dividends shall be cumulative, and, if cumulative, 
the date or dates from which dividends shall accumulate.

          (iii) Whether the shares of such series shall be redeemable, in whole 
or in part, and if redeemable, whether redeemable for cash, bonds, 
securities or other property, at the option of the Corporation, the 
holder or upon the happening of a specified event, the limitations and 
restrictions with respect to such redemption, the time or times when, or 
periods during which, the price or prices or rate or rates at which, the 
adjustments with which and the manner in which such shares shall be 
redeemable, including the manner of selecting shares of such series for 
redemption if less than all shares are to be redeemed.                   
     
          (iv) The rights to which the holders of shares of such series shall 
be entitled, and the preferences if any, over any other series (or of any 
other series over such series), upon the voluntary or involuntary 
liquidation, dissolution, distribution, or winding up of the corporation, 
which rights may vary depending on whether such liquidation, dissolution, 
distribution or winding up is voluntary or involuntary, and, if 
voluntary, may vary at different dates.

          (v) Whether the shares of such series shall be subject to the 
operation of a purchase, retirement or sinking fund, the extent to which 
and the manner in which such fund shall be applied to the purchase or 
redemption of the shares of such series for retirement or to other 
corporate purposes and the terms and provisions relative to the operation 
thereof.

          (vi) Whether the shares of such series shall be convertible into, or 
exchangeable for, at the option of either the holder or the Corporation 
or upon the happening of a specified event, shares of any class or any 
series of any class, or bonds, and, if so convertible or exchangeable, 
the times, prices, rates, adjustments, and other terms and conditions of 
such conversion or exchange.            

          (vii) The voting powers, full and/or limited, if any, of the shares 
of such series, and whether and under what conditions the shares of such 
series (alone or together with the shares of one or more other series 
having similar provisions) shall be entitled to vote separately as a 
single class, for the election of one or more directors, or additional 
directors, of the corporation in the case of dividend arrearages or other 
specified events, or upon other matters.

          (viii) Whether the issuance of any additional shares of such series, 
or of any shares of any other series, shall be subject to restrictions as 
to issuance or as to the powers, preferences or rights of any such other 
series.

          (ix) Any other preferences, privileges and powers and relative, 
participating, optional, or other special rights and qualifications, 
limitations, or restrictions of such series, as the Board of Directors 
may deem advisable and as shall not be inconsistent with the provisions 
of these Articles of Incorporation

     (c) Whenever the Board of Directors shall adopt such resolution or 
resolutions so establishing and designating one or more series of Preferred 
Stock and prescribing the relative rights, preferences and limitations of such 
series, a certificate containing such resolution or resolutions shall be filed 
as contemplated by Section 302(4) of the Michigan Business Corporation Act, as 
amended, superseded or redesignated, and when filed shall constitute an 
amendment to these Articles of Incorporation.

     (d) Except as expressly provided in said resolution or resolutions of the 
Board of Directors, no holder of shares of any series of Preferred Stock shall 
have any pre-emptive right to subscribe for or to purchase any shares of the 
Corporation of any class or series (including, for this purpose, any other 
securities convertible into or carrying any right to subscribe for or acquire 
any such shares), whether such shares or such class or series be now or 
hereafter authorized.


     ARTICLE V

     The names and places of residence or business of each of the incorporators 
and the number and class of shares subscribed for by cash are as follows:

     Names                Residence or Business Address                Common

Floral City Furniture Company       - 1314 N. Telegraph Rd. 
                           Monroe, Michigan                     195,500

Edwin J. Shoemaker                - 1028 Bentley Drive                    
                           Monroe, Michigan                     1,000

E.M. Knabusch                     - 1396 N. Telegraph Rd.                     
                           Monroe, Michigan                     1,000

H.F. Gertz                        - 1016 N. Monroe Street 
                          Monroe, Michigan                     1,000

Otto C. Uecker                    - 408 So. Macomb Street                     
                           Monroe, Michigan                                    
 1,000

Ora H. Sessions                   - 445 Riverview Avenue                     
                           Monroe, Michigan                                    
   500


     ARTICLE VI

     The names and addresses of the First Board of Directors are as follows:

          Name                         Address

Edwin J. Shoemaker             1028 Bentley Drive, Monroe, Michigan
E.M. Knabusch                       1396 North Telegraph Rd., Monroe, Mich.
H.F. Gertz                          1016 North Monroe Street, Monroe, Mich.
Otto C. Uecker                       408 South Macomb Street, Monroe, Mich.
Ora H. Sessions                      445 Riverview Avenue, Monroe, Mich.


     ARTICLE VII

     The term of the corporate existence is perpetual.                         
          
     ARTICLE VIII

(1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Articles of Incorporation or 
the Bylaws of the Corporation to the contrary, the Corporation shall not be 
authorized to take any of the following actions or engage in any of the 
following transactions, unless and until a proposal authorizing such action or 
transaction shall have been approved by the affirmative vote of the holders of 
not less than sixty-seven (67%) percent of all shares of stock of the 
Corporation entitled to vote in elections of directors:

     (a) The merger or consolidation of the Corporation with or into any 
other corporation, person or entity; or

     (b) The sale, exchange or lease by the Corporation of all or any 
substantial part of the assets of the Corporation to any other 
corporation, person or entity; or

     (c) The issuance or transfer by the Corporation of (i) any voting 
securities of the Corporation, or (ii) any options or warrants which 
carry the right to acquire voting securities of the Corporation which are 
convertible into, or exchangeable for, voting securities of the 
Corporation, if such securities are issued or transferred in exchange or 
payment for any securities or other property, including cash, or any 
corporation, person or entity;

if, in any case, as of the record date for the determination of stockholders 
entitled to notice thereof and to vote thereon or consent thereto, such other 
corporation, person or entity described in (a), (b) or (c) above (hereinafter 
referred to as the "Related Entity") is the beneficial owner, directly or 
indirectly, of ten (10%) percent or more of the sum of (i) the outstanding 
shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote in elections of directors, 
and (ii) any unissued shares of stock of the Corporation of which the Related 
Entity is the beneficial owner for purposes of this Article by virtue of its 
beneficial ownership of conversion rights, options, warrants or otherwise (such 
status hereinafter referred to as "10% Stock Ownership").

(2)  The provisions of this Article shall not be applicable to, and the 
provisions of Michigan law relating to the percentage of stockholder approval 
required, if any, shall apply to any action or transaction referred to in 
Paragraph (1) of this Article (such actions and transactions being sometimes 
individually referred to herein as a "Business Combination") if:

     (a)  all of the following three conditions shall have been satisfied:     
 

          (i)  The aggregate amount of cash and the fair market value of other 
consideration to be received per share by holders of Voting Stock in such 
Business Combination is not less than the highest per share price 
(including brokerage commissions, transfer taxes and soliciting dealers' 
fees) paid by such Related Entity in acquiring any of its holdings of 
that class of Voting Stock;               
          (ii) the consideration to be received by the holders of Voting 
Stock in such Business Combination shall be in the same form and of 
the same kind as the consideration paid by the Related Entity in 
previously acquiring shares or Voting Stock;              

          (iii) prior to the consummation of such Business Combination, such 
Related Entity shall not have received the benefit, directly or 
indirectly (except proportionately as a shareholder), of any loans, 
advances, guarantees, pledges or other financial assistance or tax 
credits provided by the Corporation.

     (b)  prior to the time that such Related Entity shall have acquired a 10% 
Stock Ownership, a majority of directors of the Corporation shall have approved 
a memorandum of understanding with such Related Entity with respect to, and 
substantially consistent with, such Business Combination; or

     (c)  subsequent to the acquisition by such Related Entity of a 10% Stock 
Ownership, a majority of the Continuing Directors of the Corporation, as in 
hereinafter defined, shall have approved such Business Combination; or

     (d)  such Business Combination relates to, or is with, a corporation of 
which a majority of the outstanding shares of each class of equity security is 
owned of record or beneficially by the Corporation and where following the 
consummation of such action or transaction stockholders of the Corporation 
other than the Related Entity will retain their proportionate voting and equity 
interests in the Corporation or the resulting combined entity.                

(3)  For purposes of this Article:

     (a)  Such related Entity shall be deemed to be the beneficial owner of any 
shares of stock of the Corporation, whether issued or unissued, which (i) the 
Related Entity, its affiliates and associates, as defined below, own directly 
or indirectly, or have the right to acquire pursuant to any agreement or upon 
exercise of conversion rights, warrants or options or otherwise, or (ii) are 
beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by any other corporation, person or 
entity with which the Related Entity, its affiliates or associates have any 
agreement, arrangement or understanding for the purpose of acquiring, holding, 
voting or disposing of stock of the Corporation;

     (b)  The terms "affiliate" and "associate" are defined in this Article as 
set forth in Rule 12b-2 of the General Rules and Regulations under the 
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as in effect at the date of adoption of this 
Article by the stockholders of the Corporation; 

     (c)  The term "Continuing Director" shall mean and include each director 
of the Corporation (i) who was a member of the Board of Directors of the 
Corporation on the date of the adoption of this Article by the stockholders of 
the Corporation, or (ii) who was thereafter elected a director of the 
Corporation by the Stockholders prior to the time that such Related Entity 
acquired a 10% Stock Ownership, or (iii) who was elected a director of the 
Corporation by the stockholders following the time such Related Entity acquired 
a 10% Stock Ownership upon the recommendation of a majority of the then 
Continuing Directors in office to succeed a Continuing Director.

(4)  A majority of the Continuing Directors of the Board shall have the power 
and duty to determine, for purposes of this Article and on the basis of 
information known to the Corporation, whether:

     (a)  a corporation, person or entity holds a 10% Stock Ownership;

     (b)  a corporation, person or entity is an "affiliate" or "associate" of 
another corporation, person or entity;          

     (c)  a memorandum of understanding referred to in subparagraph 2(b) above 
is substantially consistent with the transaction covered thereby: and

     (d) each of the conditions specified in subparagraph 2(a) hereof has been 
satisfied.

Any such determination shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes of this 
Article.                             


     ARTICLE IX

Whenever a compromise or arrangement or any plan of reorganization of this 
corporation is proposed between this corporation and its creditors or any class 
of them and/or between this corporation and its shareholders or any class of 
them, any court of equity jurisdiction within the state of Michigan, may on the 
application of this corporation or of any creditor or any shareholder thereof, 
or on the application of any receiver or receivers appointed for this 
corporation, order a meeting of the creditors or class of creditors, and/or of 
the shareholders or class of shareholders, as the case may be, to be affected 
by the proposed compromise or arrangement or reorganization, to be summoned in 
such manner as said court directs.  If a majority in number representing three-
fourths (3/4) in value of the creditors or class of creditors, and/or of the 
shareholders or class of shareholders, as the case may be, to be affected by 
the proposed compromise or arrangement or re-organization, agree to any 
compromise or arrangement or to any reorganization of this corporation as a 
consequence of such compromise or arrangement, said compromise or arrangement 
and said reorganization shall, if sanctioned by the court to which the said 
application has been made, be binding on all the creditors or class of 
creditors, and/or on all the shareholders or class of shareholders, as the case 
may be, and also on this corporation.                                          
                             

     ARTICLE X

(1)  Any adoption, alteration or repeal of the By-laws of the Corporation by 
the stockholders shall require the affirmative vote or consent of the holders 
of not less than 67% of all shares of the stock of the Corporation entitled to 
vote in elections of directors.

(2)  The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any 
provision contained in these Articles of Incorporation, in the manner now or 
hereafter prescribed by statute, and all rights conferred upon stockholders 
herein are granted subject to this reservation; provided, however, any 
amendment or repeal of any provisions of Articles VIII and/or X of these 
Articles of Incorporation shall require the affirmative vote or consent of the 
holders of not less than 67% of all shares of the Corporation entitled to vote 
with respect thereto unless such amendment or repeal is approved by and 
recommended to the stockholders by a majority of those members of the Board of 
Directors of the Corporation who would qualify as Continuing Directors within 
the meaning of Article VIII of these Articles of Incorporation.                
                    


     ARTICLE XI

Section 1.  Limitation of Liability.   A director of the Corporation shall not 
be personally liable to the Corporation or its shareholders for monetary 
damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director.  However, this provision 
does not eliminate or limit the liability of a director for any of the 
following:  (i) any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the Corporation 
or its shareholders, (ii) acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve 
intentional misconduct or knowing violations of law, (iii) a violation of 
Section 551(1) of the Michigan Business Corporation Act, as amended (the 
"Act"), (iv) a transaction from which the director derived an improper personal 
benefit, or (v) an act or omission occurring before the date that the amendment 
to the Articles of Incorporation adding this Section 1 becomes effective in 
accordance with the pertinent provisions of the Act.  Any repeal, amendment or 
other modification of this Section 1 shall not increase the liability or 
alleged liability of any director of the Corporation then existing with respect 
to any state of facts then or theretofore existing or any action, suit or 
proceeding theretofore or there after brought or threatened based in whole or 
in part upon any such state of facts.

Section 2.  Indemnification.  The Corporation shall indemnify any of its 
directors and officers and may indemnify any of its employees and agents (in 
each case including such person's heirs, executors, administrators and legal 
representatives) who are made or threatened to be made a party to an action, 
suit or proceeding (whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative) 
by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer, employee 
or agent of the Corporation or serves or served at the request of the 
Corporation as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee or agent of 
another foreign or domestic corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or 
other enterprise, whether for profit or not, to the fullest extent authorized 
or permitted under the Act or other applicable law, as the same presently exist 
or may hereafter be amended, but in the case of any such amendment, only to the 
extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader 
indemnification rights than authorized or permitted before such amendment.  
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the following provisions, 
except to the extent they limit the indemnity which may be provided pursuant to 
the foregoing, shall apply: 

2.1 - Indemnification of Directors and Officers:  Claims by Third Parties.  The 
Corporation shall to the fullest extent authorized or permitted by the Act or 
other applicable law, as the same presently exist or may hereafter be amended, 
but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent such amendment 
permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than before 
such amendment, indemnify a director or officer (the "Indemnitee") who was or 
is a party or is threatened to be made a party to a threatened, pending, or 
completed action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, 
or investigative and whether formal or informal, other than an action by or in 
the right of the Corporation, by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a 
director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving 
at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, partner, trustee, 
employee, or agent of another foreign or domestic corporation, partnership, 
joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, whether for profit or not, against 
expenses, including attorneys' fees, judgements, penalties, fines, and amounts 
paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection 
with the action, suit or proceeding, if the Indemnitee acted in good faith and 
in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best 
interests of the Corporation or its shareholders, and with respect to a 
criminal action or proceeding, if the Indemnitee had no reasonable cause to 
believe his or her conduct was unlawful.  The termination of an action, suit or 
proceeding by judgement, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo 
contendere or its equivalent, does not, of itself, create a presumption that 
the Indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner which he or she 
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the 
Corporation or its shareholders, and with respect to a criminal action or 
proceeding, has reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was 
unlawful.

2.2 - Indemnification of Directors and Officers:  Claims Brought By or In the 
Right of the Corporation.  The Corporation shall, to the fullest extent 
authorized or permitted by the Act or other applicable law, as the same 
presently exist or may hereafter be amended, but, in the case of any such 
amendment, only to the extent such amendment permits the Corporation to provide 
broader indemnification rights than before such amendment, indemnify a director 
or officer (the "Indemnitee") who was or is a party to or is threatened to be 
made a party to a threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the 
right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the 
fact that he or she is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the 
Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a 
director, officer, partner, trustee, employee, or agent of another foreign or 
domestic corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, 
whether for profit or not, against expenses, including actual and reasonable 
attorneys' fees, and amounts paid in settlement incurred by the Indemnitee in 
connection with the action or suit, if the Indemnitee acted in good faith and 
in a manner the Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the 
best interests of the Corporation or its shareholders.  However, 
indemnification shall not be made under this subsection 2.2 for claim, issue, 
or matter in which the Indemnitee has been found liable to the Corporation 
unless and only to the extent that the court in which the action or suit was 
brought has determined upon application that, despite the adjudication of 
liability but in view of all circumstances of the case, the Indemnitee is 
fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification for the expenses which the 
court considers proper.   

2.3 - Actions Brought by the Indemnitee.  Notwithstanding the provisions of 
subsections 2.1 and 2.2 the Corporation shall not be required to indemnify an 
Indemnitee in connection with an action, suit, proceeding or claim (or part 
thereof) brought or made by such Indemnitee, unless such action, suit, 
proceeding or claim (or part thereof): (i) was authorized by the Board of 
Directors of the Corporation: or (ii) was brought or made to enforce this 
Section 2 and the Indemnitee has been successful in such action, suit, 
proceeding or claim (or part thereof).

2.4 - Approval of Indemnification.  An indemnification under subsections 2.1 or 
2.2 hereof, unless ordered by a court, shall be made by the Corporation only as 
authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of 
the Indemnitee is proper in the circumstances because such Indemnitee has met 
the applicable standard of conduct set forth in subsections 2.1 or 2.2 as the 
case may be.  This determination shall be made in any of the following ways:

     (a)  By a majority vote of a quorum of the Board consisting of directors 
who were not parties to the action, suit, or proceeding. 

     (b)  If the quorum described in subdivision (a) is not obtainable, then by 
a majority vote of a committee of directors who are not parties to the action. 
 The committee shall consist of not less than three (3) disinterested 
directors.

     (c)  By independent legal counsel in a written opinion.               

     (d)  By the shareholders.

2.5 - Advancement of Expenses.  Expenses incurred in defending a civil or 
criminal action, suit, or proceeding described in subsections 2.1 or 2.2 above 
shall be paid by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition of the 
action, suit, or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of 
the Indemnitee to repay the expenses if it is ultimately determined that the 
Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation.  The under 
taking shall be by unlimited general obligation of the person on whose behalf 
advances are made but need not be secured.

2.6 - Partial Indemnification.  If an Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification 
under subsections 2.1 or 2.2 for a portion of expenses including attorneys' 
fees, judgments, penalties, fines, and amounts paid in settlement, but not for 
the total amount thereof, the Corporation shall indemnify the Indemnitee for 
the portion of the expenses, judgments, penalties, fines, or amounts paid in 
settlement for which the Indemnitee is entitled to be indemnified.

2.7 - Indemnification of Employees and Agents.  Any person who is not covered 
by the foregoing provisions of this Section 2 and who is or was an employee or 
agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the 
Corporation as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee or agent of 
another foreign or domestic corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or 
other enterprise, whether for profit or not, may be indemnified to the fullest 
extent authorized or permitted by the Act or other applicable law, as the same 
exist or may hereafter be amended, but, in the case of any such amendment, only 
to the extent such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader 
indemnification rights than before such amendment, but in any event only to the 
extent authorized at any time or from time to time by the Board of Directors.

2.8 - Other Rights of Indemnification.  The indemnification or advancement of 
expenses provided under subsections 2.1 through 2.7 is not exclusive of other 
rights to which a person seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may 
be entitled under the Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws, or an agreement.  
However, the total amount of expenses advanced or indemnified from all sources 
combined shall not exceed the amount of actual expenses incurred by the person 
seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses.  The indemnification 
provided for in subsections 2.1 through 2.7 continues as to a person who ceases 
to be a director, officer, employee, or agent and shall inure to the benefit of 
the heirs, executors, and administrators of the person.

2.9 - Definitions.  "Other enterprise" shall include employee benefit plans; 
"fines" shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an 
employee benefit plan; and "serving at the request of the Corporation" shall 
include any service as a director, officer, employee, or agent of the 
Corporation which imposes duties on, or involves services by, the director, 
officer, employee or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its 
participants or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a 
manner he or she reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants 
and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be considered to have acted 
in a manner "not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation or its 
shareholders" as referred to in subsections 2.1 and 2.2.

2.10 - Liability Insurance.  The Corporation shall have the power to purchase 
and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, 
officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or is or was serving at the 
request of the Corporation as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee, 
or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other 
enterprise, whether for profit or not, against any liability asserted against 
and incurred by such person in any such capacity or arising out of such 
person's status as such, regardless of whether or not the Corporation would 
have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under the 
pertinent provisions of the Act.

2.11 - Enforcement.  If a claim under this Section 2 is not paid in full by the 
Corporation within thirty days after a written claim has been received by the 
Corporation, the claimant may at any time thereafter bring suit against the 
Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim, and if successful in 
whole or in part, the claimant shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of 
prosecuting such claim.  It shall be a defense to any such action (other than 
an action brought to enforce a claim for expenses incurred in defending any 
proceeding in advance of its final disposition where the required undertaking, 
if any is required, has been tendered to the Corporation) that the claimant has 
not met the standards of conduct which makes it permissible under the Act for 
the Corporation to indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed, but the 
burden of providing such defense shall be on the Corporation.  Neither failure 
of the Corporation (including the Board of Directors, a committee thereof, 
independent legal counsel, or its shareholders) to have made a determination 
prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification of the claimant 
is proper in the circumstances because such claimant has met the applicable 
standard of conduct set forth in the Act nor an actual determination by the 
Corporation (including the Board of Directors, a committee thereof, independent 
legal counsel or its shareholders) that the claimant has not met such 
applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a 
presumption that the claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct. 

2.12 - Contract with the Corporation.  The right to indemnification conferred 
in this Section 2 shall be deemed to be a contract right between the 
Corporation and each director or officer who serves in any such capacity at any 
time while this Section 2 is in effect and any repeal or modification of this 
Section 2 shall not affect any rights or obligations then existing with respect 
to any state of facts then or theretofore existing or any action, suit or 
proceeding theretofore or thereafter brought or threatened based in whole or in 
part upon any such state of facts.

2.13 - Application to a Resulting or Surviving Corporation or Constituent 
Corporation.  The definition for "corporation" found in Section 569 of the Act, 
as the same exists or may hereafter be amended is, and shall be, specifically 
excluded form application to this Section 2.  The indemnification and other 
obligations set forth in this Section 2 of the Corporation shall be binding 
upon any resulting or surviving corporation after any merger of consolidation 
with the Corporation.  Notwithstanding any thing to the contrary contained 
herein or in Section 569 of the Act, no person shall be entitled to the 
indemnification and other rights set forth in this Section 2 for acting as a 
director or officer of another corporation prior to such other corporation 
entering into a merger or consolidation with the Corporation.      

2.14 - Severability.  Each and every paragraph, sentence, term and provision of 
this Section 2 shall be considered severable in that, in the event that a court 
finds any paragraph, sentence, term or provision to be invalid or 
unenforceable, the validity and enforceability, operation, or effect of the 
remaining paragraphs, sentences, terms or provisions shall not be affected, and 
this Section 2 shall be construed in all respects as if such invalid or 
unenforceable matter had been omitted.                                         
    



5.     These Restated Articles of Incorporation were duly adopted on the 9TH 
day of September, 1996 in accordance with the provisions of Section 642 of the 
Act and were duly adopted by the Board of Directors without a vote of the 
shareholders.  These Restated Articles of Incorporation only restate and 
integrate and do not further amend the provisions of the Articles of 
Incorporation as heretofore amended and there is no material discrepancy 
between those provisions and the provisions of these Restated Articles.



Signed this 11TH day of September, 1996



By____________________________________________________
        Charles T. Knabusch
        Chairman of the Board and President

 

BY-LAWS

                               OF

                     LA-Z-BOY INCORPORATED



                            ARTICLE I

                         Name and Office

Section 1.  Name.  The name of this corporation shall be La-Z-Boy 
Incorporated.  

Section 2.  Registered Office.  The principal and registered office of the 
corporation shall be located at 1284 North Telegraph Road, Monroe, Michigan.  

Section 3.  Other Offices.  The corporation may also have other offices for 
the transaction of business located at such places, both within and without 
the State of Michigan, as the Board of Directors may from time to time 
determine.  

     ARTICLE II

     Capital Stock and Transfers

Section 1.  (A).  Share Certificates: Required Signatures.  The shares of
the corporation shall be represented by certificates signed by the Chairman
of the Board or the President or the Executive Vice President and the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or the Treasurer or an Assistant
Treasurer of the corporation, and may be sealed with the seal of the
corporation or a facsimile thereof.  The signatures of the officers of the
corporation upon a certificate may be facsimiles if the certificate is
countersigned by a transfer agent, or is registered by a registrar, other
than the corporation itself or an employee of the corporation.  In case any
officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile
signature has been placed upon such certificate shall have ceased to be such
officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it
may be issued by the corporation with the same effect as if he were such
officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of its issue.

Section 1.  (B).  Share Certificates: Required Information.  A certificate 
representing shares of the corporation shall state upon its face all of the 
following:

     (a) That the corporation is formed under the laws of this   state.  
     (b) The name of the person to whom issued.  
     (c) The number and class of shares, and the designation of  the series, 
         if any, which the certificate represents.  

Section 2.  Lien.  The corporation shall have a first lien on all the shares 
of its capital stock, and upon all dividends declared upon the same for any 
indebtedness of the respective holders thereof to the corporation.

Section 3.  Transfers.  Upon surrender to the corporation or the transfer 
agent of the corporation of a certificate representing shares fully endorsed 
or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignment or authority to 
transfer, a new certificate shall be issued to the person entitled thereto, 
and the old certificate canceled and the transaction recorded upon the books 
of the corporation.

Section 4.  Replacement of Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Share Certificates.
The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate to be issued in place of
any certificate theretofore issued by the corporation alleged to have been
lost, stolen or destroyed.  When authorizing such issue of a new certificate,
the Board of Directors, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to
the issuance thereof, may prescribe such terms and conditions as it deems 
expedient, and may require such indemnities as it deems adequate, to protect 
the corporation from any claim that may be made against it with respect to
any such certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed.

Section 5.  Transfer Agent and Registration.  The Board of Directors may 
appoint a transfer agent and a registrar in the registration of transfers of 
its securities.      

Section 6.  Rules of Issue and Transfer.  The Board of Directors shall have 
power and authority to make all such rules and regulations as the board
shall deem expedient regulating the issue, transfer and registration of
certificates for shares in this corporation.

Section 7.  Registered Shareholders.  The corporation shall have the right
to treat the registered holder of any share as the absolute owner thereof,
and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to, or
interest in, such share on the part of any other person, whether or not the
corporation shall have express or other notice thereof, save as may be
otherwise provided by the statutes of Michigan.  

     ARTICLE III

     Shareholders and Meetings

Section 1.  Annual Meeting of Shareholders.  The 1991 Annual Meeting of 
Shareholders shall be held August 5, 1991 and all subsequent Annual Meetings 
of Shareholders shall be held on the last Monday in July of each year, or at 
such other date as shall be designated by the Board of Directors and stated in
the notice of the meeting.  At said meeting the shareholders shall elect
by a plurality vote the Directors to be elected at such meeting, and shall
transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.  

Section 2.  Special Meetings of Shareholders.  A special meeting of the 
shareholders for any purpose or purposes other than election of Directors
may be called at any time and place by the Chairman of the Board, and in his
absence by the President; or by the Directors.  It shall be the duty of the 
Directors, the Chairman of the Board, or President to call such meeting 
whenever so requested in writing by shareholders owning, in the aggregate,
at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the entire capital stock of the
corporation entitled to vote at such special meeting.  Such request shall 
state the purpose or purposes of the proposed meeting.

Section 3.  Notice of Meetings of Shareholders.  Notice of the time, date
and place of all annual and special meetings shall be mailed by the
Secretary to each shareholder entitled to vote at such meeting not less than
ten (10) days nor more than sixty (60) days before the date thereof.  The
business transacted at any special meeting of shareholders shall be limited
to the purpose stated in the notice.

Section 4.  Presiding Officer.  The Chairman of the Board, or, in his
absence, the Vice Chairman, or in his absence, the President, or in his
absence, such other Vice President as the Board of Directors may designate,
shall preside at all meetings.

Section 5.  Vote of Shareholders; Proxies.  At every such meeting each 
shareholder shall be entitled to cast one vote for each share of stock held
in his name; which vote may be cast by him either in person, or by proxy,
but no proxy shall be voted after three (3) years from its date, unless the
proxy provides for a longer period.  A shareholder may authorize one or more
persons to act for him by proxy.  All proxies shall be in writing by the
shareholder or by his duly authorized agent or representative and shall be
filed with the Secretary.

Section 6.  Quorum of Shareholders.  The holders of a majority of the shares 
of stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat, represented in 
person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the 
shareholders for the transaction of business except as otherwise provided by 
statute or by the Articles of Incorporation.  If, however, such quorum shall 
not be present or represented at any meeting of the shareholders, the 
shareholders present in person or represented by proxy shall have power to 
adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than
announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented.
At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented
any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the
meeting as originally notified.

Section 7.  Required Vote.  If a quorum is present, the affirmative vote of 
the holders of a majority of the shares of stock represented at the meeting 
shall be the act of the shareholders unless the vote of a greater number of 
shares of stock is required by law or the Articles of Incorporation.  

Section 8.  Removal.  The shareholders shall have power by a majority vote
at any such meeting, to remove any Director from office.

Section 9.  List of Shareholders Entitled to Vote.  The officer or agent 
having charge of the stock transfer books for shares of the corporation
shall make and certify a complete list of the shareholders entitled to vote
at a shareholders' meeting or any adjournment thereof.  The list shall:
   
     (a) Be arranged alphabetically within each class and series, with the
      address of, and the number of shares held by, each shareholder.  
     (b) Be produced at the time and place of the meeting.     
     (c) Be subject to inspection by any shareholder during the whole time
      of the meeting.  
     (d) Be prima facie evidence as to who are the shareholders entitled to
      examine the list or to vote at the meeting.  

Section 10.  Record Date for Determination of Shareholders.  For the purpose 
of determining shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at a meeting
of shareholders or an adjournment of a meeting, the Board of Directors may
fix a record date, which shall not precede the date on which the resolution
fixing the record date is adopted by the board.  The date shall not be more
than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of the meeting.
If a record date is not fixed, the record date for determination of
shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders
shall be the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which
notice is given, or if no notice is given, the day next preceding the day on
which the meeting is held.  When a determination of shareholders of record
entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders has been made
as provided in this Section, the determination applies to any adjournment of
the meeting, unless the Board of Directors fixes a new record date under
this Section for the adjourned meeting.  For the purpose of determining
shareholders entitled to receive payment of a share dividend or
distribution, or allotment of a right, or for the purpose of any other
action, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which shall not
precede the date on which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted
by the board.  The date shall not be more than sixty (60) days before the
payment of the share dividend or distribution or allotment of a right or
other action.  If a record date is not fixed, the record date shall be the
close of business on the day on which the resolution of the Board of
Directors relating to the corporate action is adopted.

Section 11.  Inspectors of Election.  The Board of Directors may appoint one 
(1) or more inspectors of election to act at the meeting or any adjournment 
thereof.  If inspectors are not so appointed, the person presiding at a 
shareholders' meeting may, and on request of a shareholder entitled to vote 
thereat shall, appoint one (1) or more inspectors.  The inspectors shall 
determine the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each, the 
shares represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, the validity
and effect of proxies, and shall receive votes, ballots or consents, hear
and determine challenges and questions arising in connection with the right
to vote, count and tabulate votes, ballots or consents, determine the
result, and do such acts as are proper to conduct the election or vote with
fairness to all shareholders.  On request of the person presiding at the
meeting or a shareholder entitled to vote thereat, the inspectors shall make
and execute a written report to the person presiding at the meeting of any
of the facts found by them and matters determined by them.  The report is
prima facie evidence of the facts stated and of the vote as certified by the
inspectors.  

     ARTICLE IV

      Directors

Section 1.  Number, Powers and Qualifications of Directors.  The business
and affairs of the corporation shall be managed by a Board of Directors
consisting of 11 Directors who shall be elected by the shareholders.  The
Board of Directors may exercise all powers of the Corporation and do all
such lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Articles of
Incorporation or by these Bylaws directed or required to be exercised or
done by the shareholders.  The Directors shall be elected at the annual
meeting of the shareholders, as detailed hereinafter, and each Director
shall serve until his successor shall have been elected and qualified.

Section 2.  Classification and Term of Office.  The Directors shall be 
classified with respect to the time for which they shall severally hold
office by dividing them into three classifications: two of which classes
shall each consist of four members; the remaining class shall consist of
three members.  Each Director shall be elected for a term of three years
except when a shorter term is required because of a change in the number of
Directors or in order to fill vacancies in the Board of Directors.  At each
annual meeting successors to the class of Directors whose term shall expire
that year shall be elected to hold office for terms of three years, so that
the term of office of one class of Directors shall expire each year.

Section 3.  Regular Meetings of Board.  Regular meetings of the Directors 
shall be held immediately after the adjournment of each annual shareholders' 
meeting and may be held at such time and at such place as shall from time to 
time be determined by the Board.  

Section 4.  Special Meetings of Board.  Special meetings of the Board of 
Directors may be called by the Chairman of the Board, and in his absence, by 
the President or by any four members of the board.  By unanimous consent of 
the Directors, special meetings of the board may be held without notice, at 
any time and place.  The presence of a Director at a meeting shall constitute a
Waiver of Notice except where the Director attends solely to
protest the legality of the meeting.

Section 5.  Notice.  Notice of all regular and special meetings, except
those specified in the second sentence of Section 4 of this article, shall
be delivered in person, mailed or telegrammed to each Director, by the
Secretary, at least one day previous to the time fixed for the meetings.
All notices of special meetings shall state the purposes thereof.

Section 6.  Quorum and Required Vote.  A majority of the Directors shall 
constitute a quorum for the transaction of business unless a greater number
is required by law or by the Articles of Incorporation.  The act of a
majority of the Directors present at any meeting at which a quorum is
present shall be the act of the Board of Directors, unless the act of a
greater number is required by statute, these By-Laws, or by the Articles of
Incorporation.  If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of
Directors, the Directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time
to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a
quorum shall be present.  

Section 7.  Annual Meeting.  The Directors shall elect the officers of the 
corporation, and fix their salaries; such elections to be held at the 
Directors' meeting following each annual shareholders' meeting.  No notice
of such meeting shall be necessary to any newly elected Director in order to
legally constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present.  An 
officer may be removed at any time by a two-thirds vote of the full Board of 
Directors.

Section 8.  Vacancies.  All vacancies occurring in the Board of Directors, 
whether caused by resignation, death or otherwise, may be filled by the 
affirmative vote of two-thirds of the remaining Directors though less than a 
quorum of the Board of Directors.  A Director elected to fill a vacancy
shall be elected for the unexpired portion of the term of his predecessor in
office. 

Section 9.  Directors' Report.  At each annual shareholders' meeting the 
Directors shall submit a statement of the business done during the preceding 
year, together with a report of the general financial condition of the 
corporation, and of the condition of its tangible property.

Section 10.  Committees of Directors.  The Board of Directors may, by 
resolution passed by a majority of the whole Board, designate one or more 
committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the Directors of the 
corporation.  Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution
of the Board of Directors, or in these By-laws, shall have and may exercise
all of the power and authority of the Board of Directors in the management
of the business and affairs of the corporation; but no such committee shall
have the power or authority in reference to amending the Articles of
Incorporation, adopting an agreement of merger or consolidation,
recommending to shareholders the sale, lease, or exchange of all or
substantially all of the corporation's property and assets, recommend to
the shareholders the dissolution of the corporation or revocation of a
dissolution, amend the By-laws of the corporation, fill vacancies in the
Board; and unless a resolution of the Board of Directors, the Articles of
Incorporation or the By-laws expressly so provide, no such committee shall
have the power or authority to declare a distribution, dividend, or to
authorize the issuance of stock.

Section 11.  Compensation of Directors.  The Board of Directors, by the 
affirmative vote of a majority of the Directors then in office, and 
irrespective of any personal interest of any of them, shall have authority
to fix the compensation of all Directors for services to the corporation as
directors, officers, or otherwise.  Section 12.  Action by Written Consent.
Unless otherwise restricted by the Articles of Incorporation or these
Bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the
Board of Directors or of any Committee thereof may be taken without a
meeting, if all members of the Board or Committee, as the case may be,
consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the
minutes or proceedings of the Board or Committee.

Section 13.  Participation in Meeting by Telephone.  By oral or written 
permission of a majority of the Board of Directors, a member of the Board of 
Directors or of a Committee designated by the Board may participate in a 
meeting by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment 
through which all persons participating in the meeting can communicate with 
the other participants.  Participation in a meeting pursuant to this
Section constitutes presence in person at the meeting.

Section 14.  Nomination of Director Candidates.  Nomination of candidates
for election as Directors of the Corporation at any meeting of shareholders
called for election of Directors (an "Election Meeting") may be made by the
Board of Directors or by any shareholder entitled to vote at such Election
Meeting but only in accordance with the procedure outlined herein.       
     
     (a) Procedure for Nominations by the Board of Directors. Nominations
      made by the Board of Directors shall be made at a meeting of the Board
      of Directors, or by written consent of Directors in lieu of a meeting,
      not less than 30 days prior to the date of the Election Meeting, and
      such nominations shall be reflected in the minute books of the
      Corporation as of the date made.  At the request of the Secretary of
      the Corporation each proposed nominee shall provide the Corporation
      with such information concerning himself or herself as is required,
      under the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, to be
      included in the Corporation's proxy statement soliciting proxies for
      his or her election as a director.  
     
     (b) Procedure for Nominations by Shareholders.
     Not less than 30 days prior to the date of the Election Meeting any
     shareholder who intends to make a nomination at the Election Meeting
     shall deliver a notice to the Secretary of the Corporation setting
     forth (i) the name, age, business address and residence of each nominee
     proposed in each such notice, (ii) the principal occupation or
     employment of each such nominee, (iii) the number of shares of capital 
     stock of the Corporation which are beneficially owned by each such 
     nominee and (iv) such other information concerning each such nominee as 
     would be required, under the rules of the Securities and Exchange 
     Commission, in a proxy statement soliciting proxies for the election of 
     such nominee.  

     (c) Determination of Compliance with Procedures. If the Chairman of the 
      Election Meeting determines that a nomination was not in accordance
      with the foregoing  procedures, such nomination shall be void.

                                   ARTICLE V

                                   Officers

Section 1.  Selection and Number.  The officers of this corporation shall be
a Chairman of the Board, Vice Chairman of the Board, President, one or more
Vice Presidents or Executive Vice Presidents, a Secretary and a Treasurer,
and such Assistant Secretaries and Treasurers as shall seem necessary to the
Board of Directors from time to time, who shall be elected for the term of
one year and shall hold office until their successors are duly elected and
qualified.  The office of Secretary and Treasurer, or Assistant Secretary
and Assistant Treasurer, may be held by one person.

Section 2.  Chairman of the Board.  The Chairman of the Board shall preside
at all Directors' and shareholders' meetings; shall have general supervision
and management of the affairs of the corporation and over the other
officers; shall sign all stock certificates and written contracts of the
corporation; and shall perform all such other duties as are incident to his
office, or such further duties as may be assigned to him from time to time
by the Board of Directors.  In case of the absence or the disability of the
Chairman of the Board, his duties shall be performed by the President, and
in case of the President's absence, by the Vice Chairman of the Board or by
an Executive Vice President.

Section 3.  Vice Chairman of the Board.  The Vice Chairman of the Board may 
sign any documents required by law to be filed on behalf of the corporation
in the office of the Secretary of State; may sign all stock certificates of
the corporation; and shall perform all such other duties as are incident to
his office, or such further duties as may be assigned to him from time to
time by the Board of Directors.

Section 4.  President.  In the absence or disability of the Chairman of the 
Board or the Vice Chairman of the Board, or while either office is vacant,
the President shall preside over all meetings of the Board of Directors or
of the shareholders, and shall perform all of the duties or functions, and
when so acting shall have all powers and authority, of the Chairman of the
Board.  He shall be, ex officio, a member of all standing committees.  The
President shall, in general, perform all duties incident to the office of
President and such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of
Directors.

Section 5.  Vice Presidents.  The Board of Directors may elect or appoint
one or more Vice Presidents.  The Board of Directors may designate one or
more Vice Presidents as Executive Vice Presidents.  Unless the Board of
Directors shall otherwise provide by resolution duly adopted by it, or as
otherwise provided in these By-Laws, such of the Vice Presidents as shall
have been designated Executive Vice Presidents and who are members of the
Board of Directors in the order specified by the Board of Directors shall
perform the duties and exercise the powers of the President during the
absence or disability of the President if the office of the Chairman of the
Board is vacant.  The Vice Presidents shall perform such other duties as may
be delegated to them by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board or
the President.

Section 6.  Secretary.  The Secretary shall issue notices of all Directors' 
and shareholders' meeting, and shall attend and keep the minutes of the
same; shall have charge of all corporation books, records and papers; shall
be custodian of the corporate seal, all stock certificates and written
contracts of the corporation; and shall perform all such other duties as are
incident to his office.  The Secretary shall also perform such duties as are
assigned to him from time to time by the Board of Directors.

Section 7.  Treasurer.  The Treasurer shall have custody of all money and 
securities of the corporation and shall give bond, in such sum and with such 
securities as the Directors may require, conditioned upon the faithful 
performance of the duties of his office.  He shall sign all checks of the 
corporation, shall keep regular books of account and shall submit them, 
together with all his vouchers, receipts, records, and other papers, to the 
Directors for their examination and approval as often as they may require;
and shall perform all such other duties as are incident to his office.  The 
Treasurer shall also perform such duties as may be assigned to him by the 
Board of Directors from time to time.

Section 8.  Indemnification of Directors, Officers and Others.  Pursuant to 
the provisions of Article XI of the Articles of Incorporation of the 
corporation, the corporation shall indemnify any of its Directors and
officers and may indemnify any of its employees and agents (in each case
including such person's heirs, executors, administrators and legal
representatives) in accordance with the following provisions of this By-Law:
     
     A.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers: Claims by Third Parties.  
     The corporation shall, to the fullest extent authorized or permitted by 
     the Michigan Business Corporation Act, as amended (the "Act") or other 
     applicable law, as the same presently exist or may hereafter be
     amended, but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent
     such amendment permits the corporation to provide broader
     indemnification rights than before such amendment, indemnify a Director
     or officer (an "Indemnitee") who was or is a party or is threatened to
     be made a party to a threatened, pending, or completed action, suit, or
     proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative
     and whether formal or informal, other than an action by or in the right
     of the corporation, by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a
     Director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was
     serving at the request of the corporation as a Director, officer,
     partner, trustee, employee, or agent of another foreign or domestic
     corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise,
     whether for profit or not, against expenses, including attorneys' fees,
     judgments, penalties, fines, and amounts paid in settlement actually
     and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with the action,
     suit, or proceeding, if the Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a
     manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the
     best interests of the corporation or its shareholders, and with respect
     to a criminal action or proceeding, if the Indemnitee had no reasonable
     cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.  The termination of
     an action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement,
     conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, does
     not, of itself, create a presumption that the Indemnitee did not act in
     good faith and in a manner which he or she reasonably believed to be in
     or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation or its
     shareholders, and, with respect to a criminal action or proceeding, had
     reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful.  

     B.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers: Claims Brought by or in 
     the Right of the Corporation.  The corporation shall, to the fullest 
     extent authorized or permitted by the Act or other applicable law, as 
     the same presently exist or may hereafter be amended, but, in the case 
     of any such amendment, only to the extent such amendment permits the 
     corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than before such 
     amendment, indemnify an Indemnitee who was or is a party or is 
     threatened to be made a party to a threatened, pending, or completed 
     action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a 
     judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a 
     Director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was 
     serving at the request of the corporation as a Director, officer, 
     partner, trustee, employee, or agent of another foreign or domestic 
     corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, 
     whether for profit or not, against expenses, including attorneys' fees, 
     and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the 
     Indemnitee in connection with the action or suit, if the Indemnitee 
     acted in good faith and in a manner the Indemnitee reasonably believed 
     to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation or its 
     shareholders.  However, indemnification shall not be made under this 
     Section B for a claim, issue, or matter in which the Indemnitee has
     been found liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that
     the Court in which the action or suit was brought has determined upon
     application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of 
     all circumstances of the case, the Indemnitee is fairly and reasonably 
     entitled to indemnification for the expenses which the Court considers 
     proper.

     C.  Actions Brought by the Indemnitee.  Notwithstanding the provisions
     of Subsections A and B of this Section 8, the corporation shall not be 
     required to indemnify an Indemnitee in connection with an action, suit, 
     proceeding or claim (or part thereof) brought or made by such 
     Indemnitee, unless such action, suit, proceeding or claim (or part 
     thereof): (i) was authorized by the board of Directors of the
     corporation; or (ii) was brought or made to enforce this Section 8 and 
     the Indemnitee has been successful in such action, suit, proceeding or 
     claim (or part thereof). 
     
     D.  Approval of Indemnification.  An indemnification under Subsections
     A or B of this Section 8, unless ordered by the court, shall be made by 
     the corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a 
     determination that indemnification of the Indemnitee is proper in the 
     circumstances because such Indemnitee has met the applicable standard
     of conduct set forth in Subsections A or B of this Section 8, as the
     case may be, and upon an evaluation of the reasonableness of expenses
     and amounts paid in settlement.  This determination and evaluation
     shall be made in any of the following ways: 
          (a) By a majority vote of a quorum of the Board of  Directors 
           consisting of Directors who are not parties  or threatened to be 
           made parties to the action, suit, or proceeding.  
          (b) If a quorum cannot be obtained in subsection (a), then by 
           majority vote of a committee of Directors who are not parties to 
           the action.  The committees shall consist of not less than three 
           (3) disinterested Directors.  
          (c) By independent legal counsel in a written opinion.
          (d) By the shareholders.  

     E.  Advancement of Expenses.  The corporation may pay or reimburse the 
     reasonable expenses incurred by an Indemnitee who is a party or 
     threatened to be made a party to an action, suit, or proceeding in 
     advance of final disposition of the proceeding if all of the following 
     apply:
          
          (a) The Indemnitee furnishes the corporation a written affirmation 
           of his or her good faith belief that he or  she has met the 
           applicable standard of conduct set  forth in Subsections A and B 
           above.

          (b) The Indemnitee furnishes the corporation a written
           undertaking, executed personally or on his or her  behalf, to
           repay the advance if it is ultimately  determined that he or she
           did not meet the standard of  conduct.

          (c) A determination is made that the facts then known to  those 
           making the determination would not preclude  indemnification
           under the Act.

           The undertaking required by subsection (b) must be an unlimited 
           general obligation of the Indemnitee but need not be secured.  
           Determinations of payments under this Section shall be made in
           the manner specified in Subsection D above.

     F.  Partial Indemnification. If an Indemnitee is entitled to 
     indemnification under Subsections A or B of this Section 8 for a
     portion of expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees, judgments,
     penalties, fines, and amounts paid in settlement, but not for the total
     amount, the corporation shall indemnify the Indemnitee for the portion
     of the expenses, judgments, penalties, fines, or amounts paid in
     settlement for which the Indemnitee is entitled to be indemnified.  

     G.  Indemnification of Employees and Agents.  Any person who is not
     covered by the foregoing provisions of this Section 8 and who is or was 
     an employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the 
     request of the corporation as a Director, officer, partner, trustee, 
     employee or agent of another foreign or domestic corporation,
     partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, whether for
     profit or not, may be indemnified to the fullest extent authorized or
     permitted by the Act orother applicable law, as the same exists or may
     hereafter be amended, but, in the case of any such amendment, only to
     the extent such amendment permits the corporation to provide broader
     indemnification rights than before such amendment, but in any event
     only to the extent authorized at any time or from time to time by the
     Board of Directors.  

     H.  Other Rights of Indemnification.  The indemnification or
     advancement of expenses provided under Subsections A through G of this
     Section 8 is not exclusive of other rights to which a person seeking
     indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under the
     articles of incorporation, bylaws, or a contractual agreement.  The
     total amount of expenses advanced or indemnified from all sources
     combined shall not exceed the amount of actual expenses incurred by the
     person seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses.  The
     indemnification provided for in Subsections A through G of this Section
     8 continues as to a person who ceases to be a Director, officer,
     employee, or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs,
     executors, and administrators of the person.  

     I.  Definitions.  "Other enterprises" shall include employee benefit 
     plans; "fines" shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with 
     respect to an employee benefit plan; and "serving at the request of the 
     corporation" shall include any service as a Director, officer,
     employee, or agent of the corporation which imposes duties on, or
     involves services by, the Director, officer, employee or agent with
     respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants or its
     beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner he
     or she reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants
     and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be considered to
     have acted in a manner "not opposed to the best interests of the
     corporation or its shareholders" as referred to in Subsections A and B
     of this Section 8.

     J.  Liability Insurance.  The corporation shall have the power to 
     purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a 
     Director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or is or was 
     serving at the request of the corporation as a Director, officer, 
     partner, trustee, employee or agent of another corporation,
     partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, whether for
     profit or not, against any liability asserted against him or her and
     incurred by him or her in any such capacity or arising out of his or
     her status as such, whether or not the corporation would have power to
     indemnify him or her against liability under the pertinent provisions
     of the Act.

     K.  Enforcement.  If a claim under this Section 8 is not paid in full
     by the corporation within thirty (30) days after a written claim has
     been received by the corporation, the claimant may at any time
     thereafter bring suit against the corporation to recover the unpaid
     amount of the claim, and, if successful in whole or in part, the
     claimant shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting
     such claim.  It shall be a defense to any such action (other than an
     action brought to enforce a claim for expenses incurred in defending
     any proceeding in advance of its final disposition where the required
     undertaking, if any is required, has been tendered to the corporation)
     that the claimant has not met the standards of conduct which make it
     permissible under the Act for the corporation to indemnify the claimant
     for the amount claimed, but the burden of proving such defense shall be
     on the corporation.  Neither the failure of the corporation (including
     its Board of Directors, a committee thereof, independent legal counsel,
     or its shareholders) to have made a determination prior to the
     commencement of such action that indemnification of the claimant is
     proper in the circumstances because such claimant has met the
     applicable standard of conduct set forth in the Act nor an actual
     determination by the corporation (including its Board of Directors, a
     committee thereof, independent legal counsel or its shareholders) that
     the claimant has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be
     a defense to the action or create a presumption that the claimant has
     not met the applicable standard of conduct.

     L.  Contract With the Corporation.  The right to indemnification 
     conferred in this Section 8 shall be deemed to be a contract right 
     between the corporation and each Director or officer who serves in any 
     such capacity at any time while this Section 8 is in effect, and any 
     repeal or modification of this Section 8 shall not affect any rights or 
     obligations then existing with respect to any state of facts then or 
     theretofore existing or any action, suit or proceeding theretofore or 
     thereafter brought or threatened based in whole or in part upon any
     such state of facts.  

     M.  Application to a Resulting or Surviving Corporation or Constituent 
     Corporation.  The definition for "corporation" found in Section 569 of 
     the Act, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended is, and shall 
     be, specifically excluded from application to this Section 8.  The 
     indemnification and other obligations set forth in this Section 8 of
     the corporation shall be binding upon any resulting or surviving
     corporation after any merger or consolidation with the corporation.
     Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in Section
     569 of the Act, no person shall be entitled to the indemnification and
     other rights set forth in this Section 8 for acting as a Director or
     officerof another corporation prior to such other corporation entering
     into a merger or consolidation with the corporation.

     N.  Severability.  Each and every paragraph, sentence, term and
     provision of this Section 8 shall be considered severable in that, in
     the event a court finds any paragraph, sentence, term or provision to
     be invalid or unenforceable, the validity and enforceability, operation,
     or effect of the remaining paragraphs, sentences, terms, or provisions
     shall not be affected, and this Section 8 shall be construed in all
     respects as if the invalid or unenforceable matter had been omitted.

                                   ARTICLE VI

                              Dividends and Finance

Section 1.  Dividends.  Dividends, to be paid out of the surplus earnings of 
the corporation, or as otherwise permitted in accordance with the provisions 
of the governing statute, may be declared from time to time by resolution of 
the Board of Directors; but no dividend shall be paid that will impair the 
capital of the corporation.  Dividends may be paid in cash, in property or
in shares of the capital stock, subject to any provisions of the governing 
statute or the Articles of Incorporation.

Section 2.  Deposits.  The funds of the corporation shall be deposited in
such banks or trust companies as the Directors shall designate and shall be 
withdrawn only upon checks issued and signed in accordance with regulations 
adopted by the Board of Directors.

Section 3.  Checks.  All checks, drafts and orders for the payment of money 
shall be signed in the name of the corporation in such manner and by such 
officer or officers or such other person or persons as the Board of
Directors shall from time to time designate for that purpose.

                                   ARTICLE VII

                                   Fiscal Year

Section 1.  The fiscal year of this corporation shall end on the last
Saturday of April each year.  The fiscal year may be changed by the Board of
Directors by resolution of the Board of Directors.  

                                   ARTICLE VIII

                                    Amendments

  These By-Laws may be altered, amended or repealed in whole or in part and 
new By-Laws may be adopted either:  

     (a) By the affirmative vote of the holders of record of not  less than 
      67% of the outstanding stock of the  Corporation entitled to vote in 
      elections of Directors;  or 
  
     (b) By the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of  Directors at 
      any meeting of the Board, or by written  consent signed by all members 
      of the Board of  Directors; provided, however, no such alteration,  
      amendment or repeal of Article VIII (a) of these  By-Laws shall be
      made by the Board of Directors or be  effective unless such
      alteration, amendment or repeal  shall be first approved by the
      affirmative vote of the  holders of record of not less than 67% of the
      outstanding stock of the Corporation entitled to vote  in elections of
      Directors.

                                   ARTICLE IX

                               General Provisions

Section 1.  Distributions in Cash or Property.  The Board of Directors may 
authorize and the corporation may make distributions to its shareholders 
subject to restriction by the Articles of Incorporation and/or unless 
otherwise limited by the Articles of Incorporation, these By-Laws or the
Act.

Section 2.  Reserves.  The Board of Directors shall have power and authority 
to set apart such reserve or reserves, for any proper purpose, as the Board
in its discretion shall approve, and the Board shall have the power and
authority to abolish any reserve created by the Board.  

Section 3.  Voting Securities.  Unless otherwise directed by the Board of 
Directors, the Chairman of the Board or President or the Vice Chairman of
the Board, or in the case of their absence or inability to act, the Vice 
Presidents, including Executive Vice Presidents, in order of their
seniority, shall have full power and authority on behalf of the corporation
to attend and to act and to vote, or to execute in the name or on behalf of
the corporation a consent in writing in lieu of a meeting of shareholders or
a proxy authorizing an agent or attorney-in-fact for the corporation to
attend and vote at any meetings of security holders of corporations in which
the corporation may hold securities, and at such meetings he or his duly 
authorized agent or attorney-in-fact shall possess and may exercise any and 
all rights and powers incident to the ownership of such securities and
which, as the owner thereof, the corporation might have possessed and
exercised if present.  The Board of Directors by resolution from time to
time may confer like power upon any other person or persons.

Section 4.  Contracts, Conveyances, Etc.  When the execution of any
contract, conveyance or other instrument has been authorized without
specification of the executing officers, the Chairman of the Board, the Vice
Chairman of the Board, President or any Vice President, and the Secretary or
Assistant Secretary, may execute the same in the name and on behalf of this
corporation and may affix the corporate seal thereto.  The Board of
Directors shall have power to designate the officers and agents who shall
have authority to execute any instrument in behalf of this corporation.  

Section 5.  Corporate Books and Records.  The corporation shall keep books
and records of account and minutes of the proceedings of its shareholders,
Board of Directors and executive committees, if any.  The corporation shall
keep at its registered office, or at the office of its transfer agent in or
outside the State of Michigan, records containing the names and addresses of
all shareholders, the number, class and series of shares held by each and
the dates when they respectively became holders of record.  Any of the
books, records or minutes may be in written form or in any other form
capable of being converted into written form within a reasonable time.  The
corporation shall convert into written form without charge any record not in
written form, unless otherwise requested by a person entitled to inspect the
records.

Section 6.  Seal.  The seal of the corporation shall have inscribed thereon 
the name of the corporation and the words "Corporate Seal" and "Michigan."
The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile to be affixed, impressed
or reproduced in any other manner.
 



 
            
5 1,000 6-MOS APR-26-1997 OCT-26-1996 14,956 0 215,049 0 90,208 347,983 115,297 156,928 533,887 109,391 0 18,135 0 0 330,942 533,887 473,781 473,781 351,934 351,934 88,360 0 2,204 33,419 13,569 19,850 0 0 0 19,850 1.09 1.09 Receivables are reported net of allowances for doubtful accounts on the Statement of Financial Position.
 

                               NEWS RELEASE
                               ------------
                  HIGHER SALES AND EARNINGS FOR LA-Z-BOY


MONROE, MI., November 12, 1996:  For its 1997 fiscal second quarter ended 
October 26, 1996, La-Z-Boy Incorporated continued to improve its sales and 
profits compared to last year.  This was the fifth consecutive quarterly 
improvement.  Second quarter sales rose 5% and net income per share 
increased $0.07 to $0.84.


FINANCIAL DETAILS
     SECOND QUARTER sales were $272 million vs. last year's $258 million, an 
increase of 5%.  Second quarter operating profit rose 7% to $25.5 million 
vs. last year's $23.8 million.  Net income rose 7% to $15.3 million vs. last 
year's $14.3 million.  Net income per share increased 9% to $0.84 vs. $0.77 
last year.

     For the SIX MONTHS ended 10/26/96 sales were up 4% to $474 million vs. 
$454 million.  Operating profit rose 11% to $33.5 million vs. $30.2 million in 
last year's first six months.  Net income rose 14% to $19.9 million vs. 
$17.4 million.  Net income per share was up 16% to $1.09 vs. $0.94.


CHAIRMAN COMMENTS
     La-Z-Boy Chairman and President Charles T. Knabusch said, "We've seen a 
pickup in sales during the second quarter that is encouraging to us for the 
third quarter.  Sales order backlogs as of today point to third quarter 
sales being up about 4% - 7% over last year's third quarter."


SEARS
     La-Z-Boy makes its initial appearance this month in 46 Sears HomeLife 
furniture stores up and down the west coast and in the greater Chicago area.  
HomeLife stores in central and eastern states are scheduled to begin 
carrying the full La-Z-Boy line of motion, recliner and stationary 
upholstered furniture next year.  According to published reports, Sears 
expects to be operating 136 freestanding HomeLife stores by the end of 1996, 
and may add another 30 stores within the next two years.  Sears has been 
selling furniture produced by La-Z-Boy's Hammary division, but this is the 
first time Sears has carried the La-Z-Boy brand name in the United States.  
The trade publication Furniture/Today quotes HomeLife president Joe Baron as 
saying, "As a No. 1 brand name in home furnishings, La-Z-Boy represents an 
important addition to Sears HomeLife."


NEW SWEEPSTAKES PROGRAM
     At the recently completed International Home Furnishings Market in High 
Point, North Carolina, La-Z-Boy unveiled a national sweepstakes planned for 
January/February, 1997 in conjunction with Chrysler/Plymouth.  The La-Z-Boy 
Road Home Sweepstakes will appear in both Better Homes and Gardens and 
Parade Magazine.  The program follows the successful completion of the 
network television flight featuring Wendall and Al, the two talking 
raccoons, who brought the message of La-Z-Boy's full line of comfortable, 
stylish upholstery to millions of consumers.  Over 1,100 La-Z-Boy 
residential dealers took advantage of the Wendall and Al magic by offering 
customers a plush toy raccoon with product purchase.


MORE INFORMATION
     La-Z-Boy's Form 10-Q filed with the SEC (and available on EDGAR) includes
a full income statement, balance sheet, cash flow statement and additional 
management discussion.


NYSE & PSE:  LZB                     Contact:  Jim Korsnack  (313) 241-4208





11/12/96     La-Z-Boy Incorporated Financial Information Release     1 of 3
                        CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INCOME              
                  (Amounts in thousands, except per share data)                 
                                                                              
                                     SECOND QUARTER ENDED  (UNAUDITED)     
                               ---------------------------------------------
                                                            Percent of Sales
                               Oct. 26,   Oct. 28,  % Over  ----------------
                                 1996      1995    (Under)    1996    1995 
                               --------  --------  -------   ------  ------
Sales                          $271,554  $258,320      5%    100.0%  100.0%
Cost of sales                   197,017   188,644      4%     72.6%   73.0%
                               --------  --------  -------   ------  ------
  Gross profit                   74,537    69,676      7%     27.4%   27.0%
                                                                         
S, G & A                         49,006    45,905      7%     18.0%   17.8%
                               --------  --------  -------   ------  ------
  Operating profit               25,531    23,771      7%      9.4%    9.2%
                                                                          
Interest expense                  1,097     1,437    -24%      0.4%    0.6%
Interest income                     367       484    -24%      0.1%    0.2%
Other income                        521       476      9%      0.2%    0.2%
                               --------  --------  -------   ------  ------
  Pretax income                  25,322    23,294      9%      9.3%    9.0%
                                
Income taxes                     10,070     9,038     11%     39.8%*  38.8%*
                               --------  --------  -------   ------   -----
  Net income                    $15,252   $14,256      7%      5.6%    5.5% 
                               ========  ========  =======   ======   ====== 
 

 Average shares                  18,125    18,497     -2%

 Earnings per share               $0.84     $0.77      9%                

 Dividends per share              $0.19     $0.19      0%                    


                                        SIX MONTHS ENDED  (UNAUDITED)     
                               ---------------------------------------------
                                                            Percent of Sales
                               Oct. 26,   Oct. 28,  % Over  ----------------
                                 1996      1995    (Under)    1996    1995 
                               --------  --------  -------   ------  ------
Sales                          $473,781  $454,077      4%    100.0%  100.0%
Cost of sales                   351,934   340,022      4%     74.3%   74.9%
                               --------  --------  -------   ------  ------
  Gross profit                  121,847   114,055      7%     25.7%   25.1%
                                                                         
S, G & A                         88,360    83,842      5%     18.6%   18.4%
                               --------  --------  -------   ------  ------
  Operating profit               33,487    30,213     11%      7.1%    6.7%
                                                                          
Interest expense                  2,204     2,901    -24%      0.5%    0.6%
Interest income                     830       940    -12%      0.2%    0.2%
Other income                      1,306       851     53%      0.3%    0.1%
                               --------  --------  -------   ------  ------
  Pretax income                  33,419    29,103     15%      7.1%    6.4%
                                
Income taxes                     13,569    11,672     16%     40.6%*  40.1%*
                               --------  --------  -------   ------   -----
  Net income                    $19,850   $17,431     14%      4.2%    3.8% 
                               ========  ========  =======   ======   ====== 
 

 Average shares                  18,208    18,496     -2%

 Earnings per share               $1.09     $0.94     16%                

 Dividends per share              $0.38     $0.36      6%                    


* As a percent of pretax income, not sales.



11/12/96     La-Z-Boy Incorporated Financial Information Release     2 of 3
                          CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET                  
                            (Dollars in thousands)                          
                                                                             
                                   Unaudited           Increase             
                               ------------------     (Decrease)    Audited
                               Oct. 26,  Oct. 28,  --------------- April 27,
                                 1996      1995    Dollars  Percent   1996 
                               --------  --------  -------  ------- -------
Current assets                                                             
  Cash & equivalents            $14,956   $15,944    ($988)     -6% $27,060
  Receivables                   215,049   206,615    8,434       4% 206,430
  Inventories                                                              
    Raw materials                40,042    37,938    2,104       6%  37,274
    Work-in-process              38,556    36,130    2,426       7%  35,241
    Finished goods               33,406    33,075      331       1%  28,333
                               --------  --------  -------  ------- -------
      FIFO inventories          112,004   107,143    4,861       5% 100,848
      Excess of FIFO over LIFO  (21,796)  (22,822)   1,026       4% (21,656)
                               --------  --------  -------  ------- --------
        Total inventories        90,208    84,321    5,887       7%  79,192
  
  Deferred income taxes          20,149    19,131    1,018       5%   19,271
  Other current assets            7,621     7,612        9       0%    5,148
                               --------  --------  -------  ------- --------
    Total current assets        347,983   333,623   14,360       4%  337,101
                                                                            
Property, plant & equipment     115,297   117,790   (2,493)     -2%  116,199
                                                                            
Goodwill                         39,532    41,094   (1,562)     -4%   40,359
                                                                           
Other long-term assets           31,075    19,023   12,052      63%   23,887
                               --------  --------  -------  -------   ------
      Total assets             $533,887  $511,530  $22,357       4% $517,546
                               ========  ========  =======  ======= ========

                                                                         

                                   Unaudited           Increase
                               -----------------      (Decrease)    Audited 
                               Oct. 26,  Oct. 28,  --------------- April 27, 
                                 1996      1995    Dollars  Percent   1996 
                               --------  --------  -------  -------  ------
Current liabilities                                                        
  Current portion - l/t debt    $4,625    $5,658  ($1,033)    -18%  $5,625
  Current portion - captl leases  2,072     2,198     (126)     -6%   2,114
  Accounts payable               41,706    34,774    6,932      20%  30,997
  Payroll/other comp             32,798    29,968    2,830       9%  34,609
  Estimated income taxes          9,217     8,524      693       8%   5,572
  Other current liabilities      18,973    21,032   (2,059)    -10%  17,601
                               --------  --------  -------  -------  ------
    Total current liabilities   109,391   102,154    7,237       7%  96,518
                                                                            
Long-term debt                   55,071    59,616   (4,545)     -8%  57,075
                              
Capital leases                    3,183     5,261   (2,078)    -39%   4,219

Deferred income taxes             6,663     6,610       53       1%   6,663

Other long-term liabilities      10,502     8,767    1,735      20%   9,695

Commitments & contingencies
                                                                          
Shareholders' equity                                                       
  18,135,052 shares, $1.00 par   18,135    18,525     (390)     -2%  18,385
  Capital in excess of par       27,856    27,705      151       1%  28,016
  Retained earnings             303,693   283,686   20,007       7% 297,750
  Currency translation             (607)     (794)     187      24%    (775)
                               --------  --------  -------  -------  ------
    Total shareholders' equity  349,077   329,122   19,955       6%  343,376
                               --------  --------  -------  -------  -------
      Total liabilities and                                                
      shareholders' equity     $533,887  $511,530  $22,357       4% $517,546
                               ========  ========  =======  ======= ========








11/12/96  La-Z-Boy Incorporated Financial Information  Release  Page 3 of 3

OVERALL:
     Refer to today's press release for additional information.

GROSS PROFIT:
     Second quarter gross profit improved to 27.4% of sales from 27.0% of sales
last year.  Most of this increase was due to margin improvements at the 
England/Corsair, Kincaid and La-Z-Boy Business Furniture Group divisions 
resulting primarily from unit volume increases.

S, G & A:
     Second quarter S, G & A increased to 18.0% of sales vs. 17.8% last year
primarily due to increased costs for employee bonuses and incentives as well as
increased information technology expenses.  S, G & A as a percent of sales is 
not expected to decline below last year's level for the remainder of the year.

INTEREST EXPENSE:
     Interest expense declined 24% from last year largely due to paying down 
debt.  To a lesser extent, lower interest rates have reduced interest expense.
Assuming additional debt is not taken on and interest rates do not increase
substantially, interest expense should remain below the prior year level for
the remainder of the fiscal year.

INCOME TAXES:
     Second quarter income tax expense as a percent of pretax income was 39.8%
vs. 38.8% last year.  Last year's rate for the quarter was low largely due to
favorable Canadian division results reversing some of the unfavorable tax 
impacts recorded in prior quarters.  Tax rates for the last two quarters of 
the year are likely to be similar to the prior year.

OTHER LONG-TERM ASSETS:
     Other long-term assets increased 63% from last year.  A major reason for
the increase was an investment in the international area.  Most of the remaining
increase relates to various proprietary store related financing activities.

ACCOUNTS PAYABLE:
     Accounts payable was up 20% from last year.  The timing of purchases and
payment due dates in relation to the end of October accounted for part of the
increase.  In addition, better financial systems have improved the accounting
for inventory received but not yet invoiced.

OTHER CURRENT LIABILITIES:
     Other current liabilities declined 10% from last year.  The third dividend
of the fiscal year, normally declared in the second quarter and paid in the 
third quarter, was declared, and will be paid in the third quarter.  The 
dividend payment is expected to be approximately $3.5 million.