SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                           ---------------------------


                                    FORM 8-K


                                 CURRENT REPORT

                       PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


       Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 21, 1998
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                        Lexmark International Group, Inc.
                        ---------------------------------
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

          Delaware                   1-14050                    22-3074422
          --------                   -------                    ----------
(State or other jurisdiction      (Commission                  (IRS Employer
      of incorporation)             File No.)               Identification No.)


One Lexmark Centre Drive, Lexington, Kentucky                     40550
---------------------------------------------                     -----
  (Address of principal executive offices)                      (Zip code)





       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (606) 232-2000
                                                           --------------


          -------------------------------------------------------------
          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)





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Item 5.           Other Events.

                  The Registrant  hereby adds the information  contained in Note
                  21 to its annual report  previously filed on Form 10-K for the
                  Fiscal  Year  Ended  December  31,  1997 in Part  II,  Item 8.
                  Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.



Item 7.           Financial Statements and Exhibits.

                  (c)  Exhibits

                  Exhibit 13 - Financial  statements as of December 31, 1997 and
                  1996  and for each of the  three  years  in the  period  ended
                  December 31, 1997.








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                                    SIGNATURE


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




                                               LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.



                                               By:    /s/ David L. Goodnight
                                                      ----------------------
                                                      David L. Goodnight
                                                      Corporate Controller


Date:  April 21, 1998


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                           ---------------------------

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

                       PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

       Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 21, 1998
                                                         --------------

                        Lexmark International Group, Inc.
                        ---------------------------------
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

          Delaware                   1-14050                    22-3074422
          --------                   -------                    ----------
(State or other jurisdiction      (Commission                  (IRS Employer
      of incorporation)             File No.)               Identification No.)

One Lexmark Centre Drive, Lexington, Kentucky                     40550
---------------------------------------------                     -----
  (Address of principal executive offices)                      (Zip code)

       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (606) 232-2000
                                                           --------------

          -------------------------------------------------------------
          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 5.           Other Events.

                  The Registrant  hereby adds the information  contained in Note
                  21 to its annual report  previously filed on Form 10-K for the
                  Fiscal  Year  Ended  December  31,  1997 in Part  II,  Item 8.
                  Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.

Item 7.           Financial Statements and Exhibits.

                  (c)  Exhibits

                  Exhibit 13 - Financial  statements as of December 31, 1997 and
                  1996  and for each of the  three  years  in the  period  ended
                  December 31, 1997.

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SIGNATURE

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

                                               LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.

                                               By:    /s/ David L. Goodnight
                                                      ----------------------
                                                      David L. Goodnight
                                                      Corporate Controller

Date:  April 21, 1998

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