DATA GENERAL &lt;DGN> TO TAKE 2ND QTR CHARGE

  Data General Corp said it
  expects to record an extraordinary pretax charge of about 18.2
  mln dlrs in the second quarter ended March 28.
      The company said the charge will result from a redemption
  of debt. On May 18, Data General said, it will redeem 150 mln
  dlrs of outstanding 12-3/8 pct sinking fund debentures due
  2015.
      The redemption price will be 111.138 pct of the total
  principal amount of notes then outstanding plus accrued
  interest to the redemption date, it said.
      No interest will accrue or will be payable on the
  debentures starting May 18, the computer and communications
  company said.
      Data General reported a loss of 1.8 mln dlrs or six cts a
  share for the second quarter ended March 29, 1986. The loss
  included a charge of 3.8 mln dlrs from redemption of
  debentures. In the year-ago quarter, revenues fell less than
  one pct to 318.8 mln dlrs.
  

