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Registration of a Class of Securities   —   Form 8-A
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Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 8-A12G      Form 8-A                                               4     15K 
 2: EX-4        Share Rights Plan                                     60±   263K 
 4: EX-99       Press Release                                          2±     9K 
 3: EX-99       Shareholder Notice                                     2±    10K 

8-A12G   —   Form 8-A
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION                                              
Washington, D.C.  20549                                         
__________                                                      

FORM 8-A                        

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF                          
SECURITIES PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF                  
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934             

HON INDUSTRIES Inc.             
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)          

                 IOWA                                                 42-0617510
(State of incorporation or organization)           (IRS Employer                
                                   Identification No.)

414 East Third Street, P.O. Box 1109,                  52761-7109             
Muscatine, Iowa                                        (Zip Code)             
(Address of principal executive offices)                                        

If this form relates to the                                                     
registration of a class of                                                      
securities pursuant to                                                          
Section 12(b) of the                                                            
Exchange Act and is                                                             
effective pursuant to                                                           
General Instruction A.(c),                                                      
please check the following                                                      
box.                                                                            

If this form relates to the                                                     
registration of a class of                                                      
securities pursuant to                                                          
Section 12(g) of the                                                            
Exchange Act and is                                                             
effective pursuant to                                                           
General Instruction A.(d),                                                      
please check the following                                                      
box.  X                                                                         

Securities Act registration file number to which this form                      
relates, (if applicable):                                                       

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:               

Title of each class                                               
to be so registered                                               

None                            

Name of each exchange on which                                  
each class is to be registered                            

N/A                                             

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:               

Preferred Share Purchase Rights                 
Title of class                              

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ITEM 1. Description of Securities to be Registered.                             

On August 10, 1998, the Directors of HON INDUSTRIES Inc.                        
(the "Company") declared a dividend distribution of one right (a                
"Right") for each share of common stock, par value $1.00 per                    
share (the "Common Shares"), of the Company outstanding at the                  
close of business on August 20, 1998 (the "Record Date"),                       
pursuant to the terms of a Rights Agreement, dated as of August                 
13, 1998 (the "Rights Agreement"), between the Company and Harris               
Trust and Savings Bank, as Rights Agent.  The Rights Agreement                  
also provides, subject to specified exceptions and limitations,                 
that Common Shares issued or delivered from the Company's                       
treasury after the Record Date will be entitled to and                          
accompanied by Rights.  The Rights are in all respects subject to               
and governed by the provisions of the Rights Agreement, a copy of               
which (including all exhibits thereto) is filed as Exhibit 4.1                  
hereto and incorporated herein by this reference.  A summary                    
description of the Rights is set forth in Exhibit C to the Rights               
Agreement.                                                                      

ITEM 2. Exhibits.                                                               

Exhibit                                                                         
Number       Exhibit                                                            

4.1                    Rights Agreement (including a Form of Articles of        
Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation as           
Exhibit A thereto, a Form of Right Certificate as       
Exhibit B thereto and a Summary of Rights to Purchase   
Preferred Shares as Exhibit C thereto)                  

99.1                  Form of letter to stockholders, dated August 19, 1998     

99.2                  Press release, dated August 13, 1998                      

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SIGNATURE                       

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities                    
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this                       
registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the                        
undersigned, thereto duly authorized.                                           

HON INDUSTRIES Inc. 

    By  /s/ James I. Johnson
  James I. Johnson
                 Vice President, General Counsel
   and Secretary

Dated:  August 14, 1998                                                         

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS               

Exhibit                                                                         
Number        Exhibit                                                           

4.1           Rights Agreement (including a Form of Articles of                 
Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation as       
Exhibit A thereto, a Form of Right Certificate as   
 Exhibit B thereto and a Summary of Rights to Purchase
Common Shares as Exhibit C thereto)                 

99.1          Form of letter to shareholders, dated August 19,                  
1998                                                

99.2          Press release, dated August 13, 1998                              

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