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                                                                     EXHIBIT 4.3

                                                               EXECUTION VERSION

                                  $225,000,000

                               REXNORD CORPORATION

                   10 1/8% SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2012

                          REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

                                                               November 25, 2002

CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON CORPORATION
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.
WACHOVIA SECURITIES, INC.
     c/o Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation,
           Eleven Madison Avenue,
                New York, New York  10010-3629

Dear Sirs:

     Rexnord Corporation, formerly known as RBS Holdings, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "COMPANY"), proposes to issue and sell to Credit Suisse First
Boston Corporation, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Wachovia Securities, Inc.
(collectively, the "INITIAL PURCHASERS"), upon the terms set forth in a Purchase
Agreement dated as of November 19, 2002 (the "PURCHASE AGREEMENT"), $225,000,000
aggregate principal amount of its 10 1/8% Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2012
(the "INITIAL SECURITIES") to be guaranteed (the "GUARANTIES") by RBS Global,
Inc., a Delaware corporation ("PARENT"), and each of the subsidiaries of the
Company listed in Schedule I hereto (the "SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS" and, together
with Parent, the "GUARANTORS"). The Initial Securities will be issued pursuant
to an Indenture dated as of the date hereof (the "INDENTURE"), among the
Company, the Guarantors and Wells Fargo Minnesota, National Association, as
trustee (the "TRUSTEE"). As an inducement to the Initial Purchasers to enter
into the Purchase Agreement, the Company and the Guarantors have agreed to enter
into this Agreement. Accordingly, the Company and the Guarantors agree with the
Initial Purchasers, for the benefit of the Initial Purchasers and the holders of
the Securities (as defined below) (collectively the "HOLDERS"), as follows:

     1. REGISTERED EXCHANGE OFFER. Unless not permitted by applicable law (after
the Company has complied with the ultimate paragraph of this Section 1), the
Company shall prepare and, not later than 90 days (such 90th day being a "FILING
DEADLINE") after the date on which the Initial Purchasers purchase the Initial
Securities pursuant to the Purchase Agreement (the "CLOSING DATE"), file with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "COMMISSION") a registration
statement (the "EXCHANGE OFFER REGISTRATION STATEMENT") on an appropriate form
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "SECURITIES ACT"), with
respect to a proposed offer (the "REGISTERED EXCHANGE OFFER") to the Holders of
Transfer Restricted Securities (as defined in Section 6 hereof), who are not
prohibited by any law or policy of the Commission from participating in the
Registered Exchange Offer, to issue and deliver to such Holders, in exchange for
the Initial Securities, a like aggregate principal amount of debt securities of
the

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Company issued under the Indenture, identical in all material respects to the
Initial Securities and registered under the Securities Act (the "EXCHANGE
SECURITIES"). The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to (i) cause
such Exchange Offer Registration Statement to become effective under the
Securities Act within 180 days after the Closing Date (such 180th day being an
"EFFECTIVENESS DEADLINE") and (ii) keep the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement effective for not less than 30 days (or longer, if required by
applicable law) after the date notice of the Registered Exchange Offer is mailed
to the Holders (such period being called the "EXCHANGE OFFER REGISTRATION
PERIOD").

     If the Company commences the Registered Exchange Offer, the Company (i)
will be entitled to consummate the Registered Exchange Offer 30 days after such
commencement (PROVIDED that the Company has accepted all the Initial Securities
theretofore validly tendered in accordance with the terms of the Registered
Exchange Offer) and (ii) will be required to consummate the Registered Exchange
Offer no later than 40 days after the date on which the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement is declared effective (such 40th day being the
"CONSUMMATION DEADLINE").

     Following the declaration of the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement, the Company shall as soon as practicable commence the
Registered Exchange Offer, it being the objective of such Registered Exchange
Offer to enable each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities electing to
exchange the Initial Securities for Exchange Securities (assuming that such
Holder is not an affiliate of the Company within the meaning of the Securities
Act, acquires the Exchange Securities in the ordinary course of such Holder's
business and at the time of commencement of the Registered Exchange Offer has no
arrangements with any person to participate in the distribution of the Exchange
Securities and is not prohibited by any law or policy of the Commission from
participating in the Registered Exchange Offer) to trade such Exchange
Securities from and after their receipt without any limitations or restrictions
under the Securities Act and without material restrictions under the securities
laws of the several states of the United States.

     The Company acknowledges that, pursuant to current interpretations by the
Commission's staff of Section 5 of the Securities Act, in the absence of an
applicable exemption therefrom, (i) each Holder which is a broker-dealer
electing to exchange Initial Securities, acquired for its own account as a
result of market making activities or other trading activities, for Exchange
Securities (an "EXCHANGING DEALER"), is required to deliver a prospectus
containing the information set forth in (a) Annex A hereto on the cover, (b)
Annex B hereto in the "Exchange Offer Procedures" section and the "Purpose of
the Exchange Offer" section and (c) Annex C hereto in the "Plan of Distribution"
section of such prospectus in connection with a sale of any such Exchange
Securities received by such Exchanging Dealer pursuant to the Registered
Exchange Offer and (ii) an Initial Purchaser that elects to sell Securities (as
defined below) acquired in exchange for Initial Securities constituting any
portion of an unsold allotment, is required to deliver a prospectus containing
the information required by Items 507 or 508 of Regulation S-K under the
Securities Act, as applicable, in connection with such sale.

     The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to keep the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement effective and to amend and supplement the
prospectus contained therein, in order to permit such prospectus to be lawfully
delivered by all persons subject to the

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prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act for such period of time
as such persons must comply with such requirements in order to resell the
Exchange Securities; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (i) in the case where such
prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto must be delivered by an
Exchanging Dealer or an Initial Purchaser, such period shall be the lesser of
180 days and the date on which all Exchanging Dealers and the Initial Purchasers
have sold all Exchange Securities held by them (unless such period is extended
pursuant to Section 3(j) below) and (ii) the Company shall make such prospectus
and any amendment or supplement thereto available to any broker-dealer for use
in connection with any resale of any Exchange Securities for a period of not
less than 180 days following the effective date of the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement.

     If, upon consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer, any Initial
Purchaser holds Initial Securities acquired by it as part of its initial
distribution, the Company, simultaneously with the delivery of the Exchange
Securities pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer, shall issue and deliver to
such Initial Purchaser upon the written request of such Initial Purchaser, in
exchange (the "PRIVATE EXCHANGE") for the Initial Securities held by such
Initial Purchaser, a like principal amount of debt securities of the Company
issued under the Indenture and identical in all material respects to the Initial
Securities (the "PRIVATE EXCHANGE SECURITIES"). The Initial Securities, the
Exchange Securities and the Private Exchange Securities are herein collectively
called the "SECURITIES".

     In connection with the Registered Exchange Offer, the Company shall:

          (a) mail, or cause to be mailed, to each Holder entitled to
     participate in the Registered Exchange Offer a copy of the prospectus
     forming part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, together with an
     appropriate letter of transmittal and related documents, PROVIDED that the
     Company shall only be required to mail, or cause to mailed, such prospectus
     to Holders of which the Company is aware after due inquiry;

          (b) keep the Registered Exchange Offer open for not less than 30 days
     (or longer, if required by applicable law) after the date notice thereof is
     mailed to the Holders;

          (c) utilize the services of a depositary for the Registered Exchange
     Offer with an address in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York,
     which may be the Trustee or an affiliate of the Trustee;

          (d) permit Holders to withdraw tendered Securities at any time prior
     to the close of business, New York time, on the last business day on which
     the Registered Exchange Offer shall remain open; and

          (e) otherwise comply in all material respects with all applicable
     laws.

     As soon as practicable after the close of the Registered Exchange Offer or
the Private Exchange, as the case may be, the Company shall:

          (x) accept for exchange all the Securities validly tendered and not
     withdrawn pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer and the Private
     Exchange, if any;

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          (y) deliver to the Trustee for cancelation all the Initial Securities
     so accepted for exchange; and

          (z) cause the Trustee to authenticate and deliver promptly to each
     Holder of the Initial Securities, Exchange Securities or Private Exchange
     Securities, as the case may be, equal in principal amount to the Initial
     Securities of such Holder so accepted for exchange.

     The Indenture will provide that the Exchange Securities will not be subject
to the transfer restrictions set forth in the Indenture and that all the
Securities will vote and consent together on all matters as one class and that
none of the Securities will have the right to vote or consent as a class
separate from one another on any matter.

     Interest on each Exchange Security and Private Exchange Security issued
pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer and in the Private Exchange will
accrue from the last interest payment date on which interest was paid on the
Initial Securities surrendered in exchange therefor or, if no interest has been
paid on the Initial Securities, from the date of original issue of the Initial
Securities.

     Each Holder participating in the Registered Exchange Offer shall be
required to represent to the Company that at the time of the consummation of the
Registered Exchange Offer (i) any Exchange Securities received by such Holder
will be acquired in the ordinary course of its business, (ii) at the time of
commencement of the Registered Exchange Offer, such Holder had no arrangements
or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution of the
Securities or the Exchange Securities within the meaning of the Securities Act,
(iii) such Holder is not an "affiliate", as defined in Rule 405 of the
Securities Act, of the Company or if it is an affiliate, such Holder will comply
with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act
to the extent applicable, (iv) if such Holder is not a broker-dealer, that it is
not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, the distribution of the
Exchange Securities and (v) if such Holder is a broker-dealer, that it will
receive Exchange Securities for its own account in exchange for Initial
Securities that were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other
trading activities and that it will be required to acknowledge that it will
deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities.

     Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, the Company will ensure that
(i) any Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any amendment thereto and any
prospectus forming part thereof and any supplement thereto complies in all
material respects with the Securities Act and the rules and regulations
thereunder, (ii) any Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any amendment
thereto does not, when it becomes effective, contain an untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading and (iii) any prospectus
forming part of any Exchange Offer Registration Statement, and any supplement to
such prospectus, does not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to
make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading.

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     If following the date hereof there has been announced a change in
Commission policy with respect to exchange offers that in the reasonable opinion
of counsel to the Company raises a substantial question as to whether the
Registered Exchange Offer is permitted by applicable federal law, the Company
will seek a no-action letter or other favorable decision from the Commission
allowing the Company to consummate the Registered Exchange Offer. The Company
will pursue the issuance of such a decision to the Commission staff level. In
connection with the foregoing, the Company will take all such other actions as
may be requested by the Commission or otherwise required in connection with the
issuance of such decision, including without limitation (i) participating in
telephonic conferences with the Commission, (ii) delivering to the Commission
staff an analysis prepared by counsel to the Company setting forth the legal
bases, if any, upon which such counsel has concluded that the Registered
Exchange Offer should be permitted and (iii) diligently pursuing a resolution
(which need not be favorable) by the Commission staff.

     2. SHELF REGISTRATION. If, (i) because of any change in law or in
applicable interpretations thereof by the staff of the Commission, the Company
is not permitted to effect a Registered Exchange Offer, as contemplated by
Section 1 hereof, (ii) the Registered Exchange Offer is not consummated by the
220th day after the Closing Date, (iii) any Initial Purchaser so requests with
respect to the Initial Securities (or the Private Exchange Securities) not
eligible to be exchanged for Exchange Securities in the Registered Exchange
Offer and held by it following consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer or
(iv) any Holder (other than an Exchanging Dealer or an affiliate of the Company)
is not eligible to participate in the Registered Exchange Offer or, in the case
of any Holder (other than an Exchanging Dealer) that participates in the
Registered Exchange Offer, such Holder does not receive freely tradeable
Exchange Securities on the date of the exchange and any such Holder so requests,
the Company shall take the following actions (the date on which any of the
conditions described in the foregoing clauses (i) through (iv) occur, including
in the case of clauses (iii) or (iv) the receipt of the required notice, being a
"TRIGGER DATE"):

          (a) The Company shall promptly file with the Commission and thereafter
     use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be declared effective no later
     than (1) in the case of clause (i) above, 180 days after the Closing Date
     and (2) in the case of clause (ii), (iii) and (iv) above, 60 days after the
     applicable Trigger Date (such 180th day or 60th day, as the case may be,
     being an "EFFECTIVENESS DEADLINE") a registration statement (the "SHELF
     REGISTRATION STATEMENT" and, together with the Exchange Offer Registration
     Statement, a "REGISTRATION STATEMENT") on an appropriate form under the
     Securities Act relating to the offer and sale of the Transfer Restricted
     Securities by the Holders thereof from time to time in accordance with the
     methods of distribution set forth in the Shelf Registration Statement and
     Rule 415 under the Securities Act (hereinafter, the "SHELF REGISTRATION");
     PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no Holder (other than an Initial Purchaser) shall
     be entitled to have the Securities held by it covered by such Shelf
     Registration Statement unless such Holder agrees in writing to be bound by
     all the provisions of this Agreement applicable to such Holder.

          (b) The Company shall keep the Shelf Registration Statement
     continuously effective in order to permit the prospectus included therein
     to be lawfully delivered by the Holders of the relevant Securities, for a
     period of two years (or for such longer period if

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     extended pursuant to Section 3(j) below) from the date of its effectiveness
     or such shorter period that will terminate when all the Securities covered
     by the Shelf Registration Statement (i) have been sold pursuant thereto or
     (ii) are no longer restricted securities (as defined in Rule 144 under the
     Securities Act, or any successor rule thereof) (such applicable period
     being called the "Shelf Registration Period").

          (c) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement to the
     contrary, the Company shall cause the Shelf Registration Statement and the
     related prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, as of the
     effective date of the Shelf Registration Statement, amendment or
     supplement, (i) to comply in all material respects with the applicable
     requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the
     Commission and (ii) not to contain any untrue statement of a material fact
     or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
     in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances
     under which they were made, not misleading.

     3. REGISTRATION PROCEDURES. In connection with any Shelf Registration
contemplated by Section 2 hereof and, to the extent applicable, any Registered
Exchange Offer contemplated by Section 1 hereof, the following provisions shall
apply:

          (a) The Company shall (i) furnish to each Initial Purchaser as
     reasonably requested, prior to the filing thereof with the Commission, a
     copy of the Registration Statement and each amendment thereof and each
     supplement, if any, to the prospectus included therein; (ii) include the
     information set forth in Annex A hereto on the cover, in Annex B hereto in
     the "Exchange Offer Procedures" section and the "Purpose of the Exchange
     Offer" section and in Annex C hereto in the "Plan of Distribution" section
     of the prospectus forming a part of the Exchange Offer Registration
     Statement and include the information set forth in Annex D hereto in the
     Letter of Transmittal delivered pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer;
     (iii) if requested by an Initial Purchaser, include the information
     required by Items 507 or 508 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act, as
     applicable, in the prospectus forming a part of the Exchange Offer
     Registration Statement; (iv) include within the prospectus contained in the
     Exchange Offer Registration Statement a section entitled "Plan of
     Distribution" reasonably acceptable to the Initial Purchasers, which shall
     contain a summary statement of the positions taken or policies made by the
     staff of the Commission with respect to the potential "underwriter" status
     of any broker-dealer that is the beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3
     under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "EXCHANGE ACT"))
     of Exchange Securities received by such broker-dealer in the Registered
     Exchange Offer (a "PARTICIPATING BROKER-DEALER"), whether such positions or
     policies have been publicly disseminated by the staff of the Commission or
     such positions or policies, in the reasonable judgment of the Initial
     Purchasers based upon advice of counsel (which may be in-house counsel),
     represent the prevailing views of the staff of the Commission; and (v) in
     the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, include the names of the
     Holders who propose to sell Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration
     Statement as selling securityholders, PROVIDED that such Holders have
     provided the Company with such information prior to the filing of the Shelf
     Registration Statement.

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          (b) The Company shall advise and, if requested by such Holder, confirm
     in writing to the Initial Purchasers, the Holders of the Securities and any
     Participating Broker-Dealer from whom the Company has received prior
     written notice that it will be a Participating Broker-Dealer in the
     Registered Exchange Offer (which written notice, if any, pursuant to
     clauses (ii)-(v) hereof shall be accompanied by an instruction to suspend
     the use of the prospectus until the requisite changes have been made):

                 (i) when the Registration Statement or any amendment thereto
          has been filed with the Commission and when the Registration Statement
          or any post-effective amendment thereto has become effective;

                (ii) of any request by the Commission for amendments or
          supplements to the Registration Statement or the prospectus included
          therein or for additional information;

               (iii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order
          suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the
          initiation of any proceedings for that purpose;

                (iv) of the receipt by the Company or its legal counsel of any
          notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of
          the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or
          threatening of any proceeding for such purpose of which the Company
          has knowledge; and

                 (v) of the happening of any event that requires the Company to
          make changes in the Registration Statement or the prospectus in order
          that the Registration Statement or the prospectus do not contain an
          untrue statement of a material fact nor omit to state a material fact
          required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
          therein (in the case of the prospectus, in light of the circumstances
          under which they were made) not misleading.

          (c) The Company shall make reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal
     at the earliest possible time, of any order suspending the effectiveness of
     the Registration Statement.

          (d) The Company shall furnish to each Holder of Securities included
     within the coverage of the Shelf Registration, without charge, at least one
     copy of the Shelf Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment
     thereto, including financial statements, and, if the Holder so requests in
     writing, all exhibits thereto (including those, if any, incorporated by
     reference).

          (e) The Company shall deliver to each Exchanging Dealer and each
     Initial Purchaser, and to any other Holder who so requests, without charge,
     at least one copy of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any
     post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements, and, if
     any Initial Purchaser or any such Holder requests, all exhibits thereto
     (including those incorporated by reference).

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          (f) The Company shall, during the Shelf Registration Period, deliver
     to each Holder of Securities included within the coverage of the Shelf
     Registration, without charge, as many copies of the prospectus (including
     each preliminary prospectus) included in the Shelf Registration Statement
     and any amendment or supplement thereto as such person may reasonably
     request in accordance with applicable law. The Company consents, subject to
     the provisions of this Agreement, to the use of the prospectus or any
     amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders of the
     Securities in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities
     covered by the prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, included
     in the Shelf Registration Statement.

          (g) The Company shall deliver to each Initial Purchaser, any
     Exchanging Dealer, any Participating Broker-Dealer and such other persons
     required to deliver a prospectus following the Registered Exchange Offer,
     without charge, as many copies of the final prospectus included in the
     Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any amendment or supplement
     thereto as such persons may reasonably request. The Company consents,
     subject to the provisions of this Agreement, to the use in accordance with
     applicable law of the prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by
     any Initial Purchaser, if necessary, any Participating Broker-Dealer and
     such other persons required to deliver a prospectus following the
     Registered Exchange Offer in connection with the offering and sale of the
     Exchange Securities covered by the prospectus, or any amendment or
     supplement thereto, included in such Exchange Offer Registration Statement.

          (h) Prior to any public offering of the Securities pursuant to any
     Registration Statement the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to
     register or qualify or cooperate with the Holders of the Securities
     included therein and their respective counsel in connection with the
     registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under
     the securities or "blue sky" laws of such states of the United States as
     any Holder of the Securities reasonably requests in writing and do any and
     all other acts or things that may be reasonably necessary to enable the
     offer and sale in such jurisdictions of the Securities covered by such
     Registration Statement; provided, however, that the Company shall not be
     required to (i) qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where
     it is not then so qualified or (ii) take any action which would subject it
     to general service of process or to taxation in any jurisdiction where it
     is not then so subject.

          (i) The Company shall cooperate with the Holders of the Securities to
     facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing
     the Securities to be sold pursuant to any Registration Statement free of
     any restrictive legends and in such denominations and registered in such
     names as the Holders may request a reasonable period of time prior to sales
     of the Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement.

          (j) Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by paragraph (v) of
     Section 3(b) above during the period for which the Company is required to
     maintain an effective Registration Statement, the Company shall promptly
     prepare and file a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement
     or a supplement to the related prospectus and any other required document
     so that, as thereafter delivered to Holders of the Securities or purchasers
     of Securities, the prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a
     material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated
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     or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances
     under which they were made, not misleading. If the Company notifies the
     Initial Purchasers, the Holders of the Securities and any known
     Participating Broker-Dealer in accordance with paragraphs (ii) through (v)
     of Section 3(b) above to suspend the use of the prospectus until the
     requisite changes to the prospectus have been made, then the Initial
     Purchasers, the Holders of the Securities and any such Participating
     Broker-Dealers shall suspend use of such prospectus, and the period of
     effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement provided for in Section
     2(b) above and the Exchange Offer Registration Statement provided for in
     Section 1 above shall each be extended by the number of days from and
     including the date of the giving of such notice to and including the date
     when the Initial Purchasers, the Holders of the Securities and any known
     Participating Broker-Dealer shall have received such amended or
     supplemented prospectus pursuant to this Section 3(j). Notwithstanding the
     foregoing, the Company shall not be required to amend or supplement a
     Registration Statement, any related prospectus or any document incorporated
     therein by reference for a period not to exceed an aggregate of 60 days in
     any calendar year if (i) an event occurs and is continuing as a result of
     which the Shelf Registration would, in the Company's good faith judgment,
     contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
     fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
     circumstances under which they were made, not misleading and (ii) (A) the
     Company determines in its good faith judgment that the disclosure of such
     event at such time would have a material adverse effect on the business,
     operations or prospects of the Company or (B) the disclosure otherwise
     relates to a pending material business transaction that has not yet been
     publicly disclosed.

          (k) Not later than the effective date of the applicable Registration
     Statement, the Company will provide a CUSIP number for the Initial
     Securities, the Exchange Securities or the Private Exchange Securities, as
     the case may be, and provide the applicable trustee with printed
     certificates for the Initial Securities, the Exchange Securities or the
     Private Exchange Securities, as the case may be, in a form eligible for
     deposit with The Depository Trust Company.

          (l) The Company will comply with all rules and regulations of the
     Commission to the extent and so long as they are applicable to the
     Registered Exchange Offer or the Shelf Registration and will make generally
     available to its security holders (or otherwise provide in accordance with
     Section 11(a) of the Securities Act) an earnings statement satisfying the
     provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act, no later than 45 days
     after the end of a 12-month period (or 90 days, if such period is a fiscal
     year) beginning with the first month of the Company's first fiscal quarter
     commencing after the effective date of the Registration Statement, which
     statement shall cover such 12-month period.

          (m) The Company shall cause the Indenture to be qualified under the
     Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, in a timely manner and, in
     connection therewith, shall cooperate with the Trustee under the Indenture
     and the Holders of Securities to effect such changes, if any, as shall be
     necessary for such qualification. In the event that such qualification
     would require the appointment of a new trustee under the Indenture, the
     Company shall appoint a new trustee thereunder pursuant to the applicable
     provisions of the Indenture.

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          (n) The Company may require each Holder of Securities to be sold
     pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement to furnish to the Company such
     information regarding the Holder and the distribution of the Securities as
     the Company may from time to time reasonably require for inclusion in the
     Shelf Registration Statement, and the Company may exclude from such
     registration the Securities of any Holder that fails to furnish such
     information within a reasonable time after receiving such request.

          (o) The Company shall enter into such customary agreements (including,
     if requested, an underwriting agreement in customary form) and take all
     such other action, if any, as any Holder of the Securities shall reasonably
     request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Securities pursuant
     to any Shelf Registration.

          (p) In the case of any Shelf Registration, subject to the execution of
     customary confidentiality agreements, the Company shall (i) make reasonably
     available at reasonable times and upon reasonable notice for inspection by
     a representative of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount
     of the Securities being sold reasonably acceptable to the Company (an
     "Inspector"), any underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to
     the Shelf Registration Statement and any attorney or accountant designated
     by the Holders of the Securities or any such underwriter all relevant
     financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties
     of the Company and (ii) cause the Company's officers, directors, employees,
     accountants and auditors to supply all relevant information reasonably
     requested by an Inspector or any such underwriter, attorney or accountant
     in connection with the Shelf Registration Statement, in each case, as shall
     be reasonably necessary to enable such persons, to conduct a reasonable
     investigation within the meaning of Section 11 of the Securities Act;
     PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the foregoing inspection and information gathering
     shall be coordinated on behalf of the Initial Purchasers by you and on
     behalf of the other parties, by one counsel designated by and on behalf of
     such other parties as described in Section 4 hereof; PROVIDED FURTHER,
     HOWEVER, that, as a condition to supplying such information, the Company
     shall receive, upon request, an agreement in writing from such Inspector,
     underwriter, attorney or accountant agreeing that any information that is
     designated in writing by the Company, in good faith, as confidential at the
     time of delivery of such information shall be kept confidential by such
     person unless (w) disclosure of such information is required pursuant to
     applicable law or by court or administrative order, (x) disclosure of such
     information is, in the reasonable opinion of counsel to such person,
     necessary to avoid or correct a misstatement or omission of a material fact
     in any Registration Statement, prospectus or any supplement or
     post-effective amendment thereto or disclosure is otherwise required by
     law, (y) such information becomes generally available to the public other
     than as a result of a disclosure by such person or (z) such information is
     approved for release by the Company.

          (q) In the case of any Shelf Registration, the Company, if requested
     by any Holder of Securities covered thereby, shall cause (i) its counsel to
     deliver an opinion and updates thereof relating to the Securities in
     customary form addressed to such Holders and the managing underwriters, if
     any, thereof and dated, in the case of the initial opinion, the effective
     date of such Shelf Registration Statement, which opinions shall cover
     matters customarily addressed in opinions requested by underwriters in
     connection

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     with underwritten offerings; (ii) its officers to execute and deliver
     customary documents and certificates and updates thereof reasonably
     requested by any underwriters of the applicable Securities and (iii) its
     independent public accountants to provide to the selling Holders of the
     applicable Securities and any underwriter therefor a comfort letter in
     customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in
     comfort letters in connection with primary underwritten offerings, subject
     to receipt of appropriate documentation as contemplated, and only if
     permitted, by Statement of Auditing Standards No. 72.

          (r) In the case of the Registered Exchange Offer, if requested by any
     Initial Purchaser or any known Participating Broker-Dealer, the Company
     shall cause (i) its counsel to deliver to such Initial Purchaser or such
     Participating Broker-Dealer a signed opinion in the form set forth in
     Section 6(c) of the Purchase Agreement with such changes as are customary
     in connection with the preparation of a Registration Statement and (ii) its
     independent public accountants to deliver to such Initial Purchaser or such
     Participating Broker-Dealer a comfort letter, in customary form, meeting
     the requirements as to the substance thereof as set forth in Section 6(a)
     of the Purchase Agreement, with appropriate date changes.

          (s) If a Registered Exchange Offer or a Private Exchange is to be
     consummated, upon delivery of the Initial Securities by Holders to the
     Company (or to such other person as directed by the Company) in exchange
     for the Exchange Securities or the Private Exchange Securities, as the case
     may be, the Company shall mark, or caused to be marked, on the Initial
     Securities so exchanged that such Initial Securities are being canceled in
     exchange for the Exchange Securities or the Private Exchange Securities, as
     the case may be; in no event shall the Initial Securities be marked as paid
     or otherwise satisfied.

          (t) In the event that any broker-dealer registered under the Exchange
     Act shall underwrite any Securities or participate as a member of an
     underwriting syndicate or selling group or "assist in the distribution"
     (within the meaning of the Conduct Rules (the "RULES") of the National
     Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. ("NASD")) thereof, whether as a
     Holder of such Securities or as an underwriter, a placement or sales agent
     or a broker or dealer in respect thereof, or otherwise, the Company will
     assist such broker-dealer in complying with the requirements of such Rules,
     including, without limitation, by (i) if such Rules, including Rule 2720,
     shall so require, engaging a "qualified independent underwriter" (as
     defined in Rule 2720) to participate in the preparation of the Registration
     Statement relating to such Securities, to exercise usual standards of due
     diligence in respect thereto and, if any portion of the offering
     contemplated by such Registration Statement is an underwritten offering or
     is made through a placement or sales agent, to recommend the yield of such
     Securities, (ii) indemnifying any such qualified independent underwriter to
     the extent of the indemnification of underwriters provided in Section 5
     hereof and (iii) providing such information to such broker-dealer as may be
     required in order for such broker-dealer to comply with the requirements of
     the Rules.

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          (u) The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to take all
     other steps necessary to effect the registration of the Securities covered
     by a Registration Statement contemplated hereby.

     4. REGISTRATION EXPENSES.

          (a) All expenses incident to the Company's performance of and
     compliance with this Agreement (other than any underwriting discounts or
     commissions) will be borne by the Company, regardless of whether a
     Registration Statement is ever filed or becomes effective, including
     without limitation;

                 (i) all registration and filing fees and expenses;

                (ii) all reasonable fees and expenses of compliance with federal
          securities and state "blue sky" or securities laws;

               (iii) all expenses of printing (including printing certificates
          for the Securities to be issued in the Registered Exchange Offer and
          the Private Exchange and printing of Prospectuses), messenger and
          delivery services and telephone;

                (iv) all fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company;

                 (v) all application and filing fees in connection with listing
          the Exchange Securities on a national securities exchange or automated
          quotation system pursuant to the requirements hereof; and

                (vi) all fees and disbursements of independent certified public
          accountants of the Company (including the expenses of any special
          audit and comfort letters required by or incident to such
          performance).

The Company will bear its internal expenses (including, without limitation, all
salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or
accounting duties), the expenses of any annual audit and the fees and expenses
of any person, including special experts, retained by the Company.

          (b) In connection with any Registration Statement required by this
     Agreement, the Company will reimburse the Initial Purchasers and the
     Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities who are tendering Initial
     Securities in the Registered Exchange Offer or selling or reselling
     Securities pursuant to the "Plan of Distribution" contained in the Exchange
     Offer Registration Statement or the Shelf Registration Statement, as
     applicable, for the reasonable fees and disbursements not to exceed $25,000
     of not more than one counsel, who shall be Cravath, Swaine & Moore unless
     another firm shall be chosen by the Holders of a majority in principal
     amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities for whose benefit such
     Registration Statement is being prepared.

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     5.  INDEMNIFICATION.

          (a) The Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Holder of the
     Securities, any Participating Broker-Dealer and, if any, who controls such
     Holder or such Participating Broker-Dealer within the meaning of Section 15
     of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act (each Holder, any
     Participating Broker-Dealer and such controlling persons are referred to
     collectively as the "INDEMNIFIED PARTIES") from and against any losses,
     claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, or any actions in respect
     thereof (including, but not limited to, any losses, claims, damages,
     liabilities or actions relating to purchases and sales of the Securities)
     to which each Indemnified Party may become subject under the Securities
     Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims,
     damages, liabilities or actions arise out of or are based upon any untrue
     statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in a
     Registration Statement or prospectus or in any amendment or supplement
     thereto or in any preliminary prospectus relating to a Shelf Registration,
     or arise out of, or are based upon, the omission or alleged omission to
     state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
     make the statements therein not misleading, and shall reimburse, as
     incurred, the Indemnified Parties for any legal or other expenses
     reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending
     any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action in respect thereof;
     PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (i) the Company shall not be liable in any such
     case to the extent that such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of
     or is based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or
     omission or alleged omission made in a Registration Statement or prospectus
     or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus
     relating to a Shelf Registration in reliance upon and in conformity with
     written information pertaining to such Holder or Participating
     Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, and furnished to the Company by or on
     behalf of such Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be,
     specifically for inclusion therein, (ii) with respect to any untrue
     statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in any
     preliminary prospectus relating to a Shelf Registration Statement, the
     indemnity agreement contained in this subsection (a) shall not inure to the
     benefit of any Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer from whom the person
     asserting any such losses, claims, damages or liabilities purchased the
     Securities concerned, to the extent that a prospectus relating to such
     Securities was required to be delivered by such Holder or Participating
     Broker-Dealer under the Securities Act in connection with such purchase and
     any such loss, claim, damage or liability of such Holder or Participating
     Broker-Dealer results from the fact that there was not sent or given to
     such person, at or prior to the written confirmation of the sale of such
     Securities to such person, a copy of the final prospectus if the Company
     had previously furnished copies thereof to such Holder or Participating
     Broker-Dealer and (iii) the Company shall not, in connection with any one
     action or separate but substantially similar or related actions in the same
     jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances,
     be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of more than one separate
     firm of attorneys (in addition to any local counsel) for all indemnified
     parties, such firm to be designated in writing by Holders of a majority in
     principal amount of the Securities; PROVIDED FURTHER, HOWEVER, that this
     indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Company
     may otherwise have to such Indemnified Party. The Company shall also
     indemnify underwriters, their officers and directors and each person

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     who controls such underwriters within the meaning of the Securities Act or
     the Exchange Act to the same extent as provided above (and subject to the
     same exceptions) with respect to the indemnification of the Holders of the
     Securities if requested by such Holders.

          (b) Each Holder of the Securities and each Participating
     Broker-Dealer, severally and not jointly, will indemnify and hold harmless
     the Company and its officers and directors and each person, if any, who
     controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act or the
     Exchange Act from and against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities or
     any actions in respect thereof, to which the Company or any such
     controlling person may become subject under the Securities Act, the
     Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages,
     liabilities or actions arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement
     or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in a Registration
     Statement or prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any
     preliminary prospectus relating to a Shelf Registration, or arise out of or
     are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material
     fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, but in each
     case only to the extent that the untrue statement or omission or alleged
     untrue statement or omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity
     with written information pertaining to such Holder or Participating
     Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, and furnished to the Company by or on
     behalf of such Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be,
     specifically for inclusion therein; and, subject to the limitation set
     forth immediately preceding this clause, shall reimburse, as incurred, the
     Company for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company
     and its officers and directors or any such controlling person in connection
     with investigating or defending any loss, claim, damage, liability or
     action in respect thereof. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to
     any liability which such Holder and each Participating Broker-Dealer, as
     the case may be, may otherwise have to the Company or any of its
     controlling persons.

          (c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section
     5 of notice in writing of the commencement of any action or proceeding
     (including a governmental investigation), such indemnified party will, if a
     claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under
     this Section 5, notify in writing the indemnifying party of the
     commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party
     will not, in any event, relieve the indemnifying party from any obligations
     to any indemnified party other than the indemnification obligation provided
     in paragraph (a) or (b) above. In case any such action is brought against
     any indemnified party, and it notifies the indemnifying party of the
     commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to
     participate therein and, to the extent that it may wish, jointly with any
     other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof,
     with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party, and after
     notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its
     election so to assume the defense thereof the indemnifying party will not
     be liable to such indemnified party under this Section 5 for any legal or
     other expenses, other than reasonable costs of investigation, subsequently
     incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof.
     No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the
     indemnified party (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or
     delayed), effect any settlement of

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     any pending or threatened action in respect of which any indemnified party
     is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought
     hereunder by such indemnified party unless such settlement (i) includes an
     unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on any
     claims that are the subject matter of such action, and (ii) does not
     include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a
     failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.

          (d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 5 is
     unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under
     subsections (a) or (b) above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute
     to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of the
     losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof)
     referred to in subsection (a) or (b) above in such proportion as is
     appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party or
     parties on the one hand and the indemnified party on the other in
     connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses,
     claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) as well as
     any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the
     parties shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether
     the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission
     or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information
     supplied by the Company on the one hand or such Holder or such other
     indemnified party, as the case may be, on the other, and the parties'
     relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to
     correct or prevent such statement or omission. The amount paid by an
     indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities
     referred to in the first sentence of this subsection (d) shall be deemed to
     include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified
     party in connection with investigating or defending any action or claim
     which is the subject of this subsection (d). Notwithstanding any other
     provision of this Section 5(d), the Holders of the Securities shall not be
     required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the
     total price at which such Securities are sold by such Holders exceeds the
     amount of damages which such Holders have otherwise been required to pay by
     reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged
     omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the
     meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to
     contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
     misrepresentation. For purposes of this paragraph (d), each person, if any,
     who controls such indemnified party within the meaning of the Securities
     Act or the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as such
     indemnified party and each person, if any, who controls the Company within
     the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act shall have the same
     rights to contribution as the Company.

          (e) The agreements contained in this Section 5 shall survive the sale
     of the Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement and shall remain in
     full force and effect, regardless of any termination or cancelation of this
     Agreement or any investigation made by or on behalf of any indemnified
     party.

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     6. ADDITIONAL INTEREST UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.

          (a) Additional interest (the "ADDITIONAL INTEREST") with respect to
     the Securities shall be assessed as follows if any of the following events
     occur (each such event in clauses (i) through (iv) below being herein
     called a "REGISTRATION DEFAULT"):

                 (i) any Registration Statement required by this Agreement is
          not filed with the Commission on or prior to the applicable Filing
          Deadline;

                (ii) any Registration Statement required by this Agreement is
          not declared effective by the Commission on or prior to the applicable
          Effectiveness Deadline;

               (iii) the Registered Exchange Offer has not been consummated on
          or prior to the Consummation Deadline; or

                (iv) any Registration Statement required by this Agreement has
          been declared effective by the Commission but (A) such Registration
          Statement thereafter ceases to be effective or (B) such Registration
          Statement or the related prospectus ceases to be usable in connection
          with resales of Transfer Restricted Securities during the periods
          specified herein because either (1) any event occurs as a result of
          which the related prospectus forming part of such Registration
          Statement would include any untrue statement of a material fact or
          omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements
          therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made
          not misleading, or (2) it shall be necessary to amend such
          Registration Statement or supplement the related prospectus, to comply
          with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules
          thereunder.

     Each of the foregoing will constitute a Registration Default whatever the
reason for any such event and whether it is voluntary or involuntary or is
beyond the control of the Company or pursuant to operation of law or as a result
of any action or inaction by the Commission.

     Additional Interest shall accrue on the Securities over and above the
interest set forth in the title of the Securities from and including the date on
which any such Registration Default shall occur to but excluding the date on
which all such Registration Defaults have been cured, at a rate of 0.50% per
annum (the "ADDITIONAL INTEREST RATE") for the first 90-day period immediately
following the occurrence of such Registration Default. The Additional Interest
Rate shall increase by an additional 0.50% per annum with respect to each
subsequent 90-day period until all Registration Defaults have been cured, up to
a maximum Additional Interest Rate of 1.0% per annum.

          (b) A Registration Default referred to in Section 6(a)(iv) hereof
     shall be deemed not to have occurred and be continuing in relation to a
     Shelf Registration Statement or the related prospectus if (i) such
     Registration Default has occurred solely as a result of (x) the filing of a
     post-effective amendment to such Shelf Registration Statement to
     incorporate annual audited financial information with respect to the
     Company where such post-effective amendment is not yet effective and needs
     to be declared effective to permit Holders to use the related prospectus or
     (y) other material events, with respect to the Company that would need to
     be described in such Shelf Registration Statement or the

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     related prospectus and (ii) in the case of clause (y), the Company is
     proceeding promptly and in good faith to amend or supplement such Shelf
     Registration Statement and related prospectus to describe such events;
     PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in any case if such Registration Default occurs for
     a continuous period in excess of 60 days, Additional Interest shall be
     payable in accordance with the above paragraph from the day such
     Registration Default occurs until such Registration Default is cured.

          (c) Any amounts of Additional Interest due pursuant to Section 6(a)
     will be payable in cash on the regular interest payment dates with respect
     to the Securities. The amount of Additional Interest will be determined by
     multiplying the applicable Additional Interest Rate by the principal amount
     of the Securities and further multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of
     which is the number of days such Additional Interest Rate was applicable
     during such period (determined on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of
     twelve 30-day months), and the denominator of which is 360.

          (d) "TRANSFER RESTRICTED SECURITIES" means each Security until (i) the
     date on which such Security has been exchanged by a person other than a
     broker-dealer for a freely transferable Exchange Security in the Registered
     Exchange Offer, (ii) following the exchange by a broker-dealer in the
     Registered Exchange Offer of an Initial Security for an Exchange Note, the
     date on which such Exchange Note is sold to a purchaser who receives from
     such broker-dealer on or prior to the date of such sale a copy of the
     prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, (iii)
     the date on which such Security has been effectively registered under the
     Securities Act and disposed of in accordance with the Shelf Registration
     Statement or (iv) the date on which such Security is distributed to the
     public pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or is saleable
     pursuant to Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act.

     7. RULES 144 AND 144A. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to
file the reports required to be filed by it under the Securities Act and the
Exchange Act in a timely manner and, if at any time the Company is not required
to file such reports, it will, upon the request of any Holder of Securities,
make publicly available other information so long as necessary to permit sales
of their securities pursuant to Rules 144 and 144A. The Company covenants that
it will take such further action as any Holder of Securities may reasonably
request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such Holder to
sell Securities without registration under the Securities Act within the
limitation of the exemptions provided by Rules 144 and 144A (including the
requirements of Rule 144A(d)(4)). The Company will provide a copy of this
Agreement to prospective purchasers of Initial Securities identified to the
Company by the Initial Purchasers upon request. If the Company ceases to be a
reporting company under the Exchange Act, upon the request of any Holder of
Initial Securities, the Company shall deliver to such Holder a written statement
as to whether it has complied with such requirements. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, nothing in this Section 7 shall be deemed to require the Company to
register any of its securities pursuant to the Exchange Act.

     8. UNDERWRITTEN REGISTRATIONS. If any of the Transfer Restricted Securities
covered by any Shelf Registration are to be sold in an underwritten offering,
the investment banker or investment bankers and manager or managers that will
administer the offering ("MANAGING

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UNDERWRITERS") will be selected by the Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of such Transfer Restricted Securities to be included in such
offering.

     No person may participate in any underwritten registration hereunder unless
such person (i) agrees to sell such person's Transfer Restricted Securities on
the basis reasonably provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the
persons entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements and (ii) completes and
executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting
agreements and other documents reasonably required under the terms of such
underwriting arrangements.

     9. MISCELLANEOUS.

          (a) REMEDIES. The Company acknowledges and agrees that any failure by
     the Company to comply with its obligations under Section 1 and 2 hereof may
     result in material irreparable injury to the Initial Purchasers or the
     Holders for which there is no adequate remedy at law, that it will not be
     possible to measure damages for such injuries precisely and that, in the
     event of any such failure, the Initial Purchasers or any Holder may obtain
     such relief as may be required to specifically enforce the Company's
     obligations under Sections 1 and 2 hereof. The Company further agrees to
     waive the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at
     law would be adequate.

          (b) NO INCONSISTENT AGREEMENTS. The Company will not on or after the
     date of this Agreement enter into any agreement with respect to its
     securities that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders in
     this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof. The
     rights granted to the Holders hereunder do not in any way conflict with and
     are not inconsistent with the rights granted to the holders of the
     Company's securities under any agreement in effect on the date hereof.

          (c) AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS. The provisions of this Agreement may not
     be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures
     from the provisions hereof may not be given, except by the Company and the
     written consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
     Securities affected by such amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or
     consents. Without the consent of the Holder of each Security, however, no
     modification may change the provisions relating to the payment of
     Additional Interest.

          (d) NOTICES. All notices and other communications provided for or
     permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand delivery, first-class
     mail, facsimile transmission, or air courier which guarantees overnight
     delivery:

               (1) if to a Holder of the Securities, at the most current address
          given by such Holder to the Company.

               (2) if to the Initial Purchasers:

               Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation
               Eleven Madison Avenue
               New York, NY 10010-3629

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               Fax No.: (212) 325-8278
               Attention: Transactions Advisory Group

          with a copy to:

               Cravath, Swaine & Moore
               825 Eighth Avenue
               Worldwide Plaza
               New York, NY 10019-7475
               Fax No.: (212) 474-3700

               (3) if to the Company:

               Rexnord Corporation
               4701 Greenfield Avenue
               Milwaukee, WI 53214
               Fax No.: (414) 643-3048
               Attention: Tom Jansen

          with a copy to:

               Latham & Watkins
               885 Third Avenue
               New York, NY 10022-4802
               Fax No.: (212) 751-4864
               Attention: Marc Jaffe

     All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given
as follows: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; three
business days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed;
when receipt is acknowledged by recipient's facsimile machine operator, if sent
by facsimile transmission; and on the day delivered, if sent by overnight air
courier guaranteeing next day delivery.

          (e) THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARIES. The Holders shall be third party
     beneficiaries to the agreements made hereunder between the Company, on the
     one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, and shall have the
     right to enforce such agreements directly to the extent they may deem such
     enforcement necessary or advisable to protect their rights or the rights of
     Holders hereunder.

          (f) SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. This Agreement shall be binding upon the
     Company and its successors and assigns; PROVIDED that nothing herein shall
     be deemed to permit any assignment, transfer or other disposition of
     Transfer Restricted Securities in violation of the terms hereof or of the
     Purchase Agreement or the Indenture. If any transferee of any Holder shall
     acquire Transfer Restricted Securities in any manner, whether by operation
     of law or otherwise, such Transfer Restricted Securities shall be held
     subject to all of the terms of this Agreement, and by taking and holding
     such Transfer Restricted Securities such transferee shall be conclusively
     deemed to have agreed to be bound by and to perform all of the terms and
     provisions of this Agreement, including the

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     restrictions on resale set forth in this Agreement and, if applicable, the
     Purchase Agreement, and such transferee shall be entitled to receive the
     benefits hereof.

          (g) COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
     counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of
     which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which
     taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

          (h) HEADINGS. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of
     reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

          (i) GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED
     IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO
     PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS.

          (j) SEVERABILITY. If any one or more of the provisions contained
     herein, or the application thereof in any circumstance, is held invalid,
     illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of any
     such provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions
     contained herein shall not be affected or impaired thereby.

          (k) SECURITIES HELD BY THE COMPANY. Whenever the consent or approval
     of Holders of a specified percentage of principal amount of Securities is
     required hereunder, Securities held by the Company or its affiliates (other
     than subsequent Holders of Securities if such subsequent Holders are deemed
     to be affiliates solely by reason of their holdings of such Securities)
     shall not be counted in determining whether such consent or approval was
     given by the Holders of such required percentage.

          (l) SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; WAIVER OF IMMUNITIES. The Company
     hereby submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Federal and state
     courts in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York in any suit or
     proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions
     contemplated hereby. To the extent that the Company may acquire any
     immunity from jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process (whether
     through service of notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid
     of execution, execution or otherwise) with respect to itself or its
     property, it hereby irrevocably waives such immunity in respect of this
     Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by law.

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     If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement,
please sign and return to the Company a counterpart hereof, whereupon this
instrument, along with all counterparts, will become a binding agreement among
the several Initial Purchasers, the Company and the Guarantors in accordance
with its terms.

                                          Very truly yours,


                                          REXNORD CORPORATION

                                          By             /s/
                                             ------------------------------
                                             Name:  Thomas J. Jansen
                                             Title: Chief Financial Officer


                                          RBS GLOBAL, INC.
                                          By             /s/
                                             ------------------------------
                                             Name:  Thomas J. Jansen
                                             Title: Chief Financial Officer


                                          EACH OF THE SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS
                                          LISTED ON SCHEDULE I HERETO
                                          By             /s/
                                             ------------------------------
                                             Name:  Thomas J. Jansen
                                             Title: Chief Financial Officer


The foregoing Registration Rights Agreement
is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the
date first above written.

   CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON CORPORATION,
   as representative for the Initial Purchasers,


   By             /s/
      ---------------------------
      Name:  Malcolm Price
      Title: Managing Director

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                                                                         ANNEX A

Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account
pursuant to the Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a
prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Letter
of Transmittal states that by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, a
broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an "underwriter" within the
meaning of the Securities Act. This Prospectus, as it may be amended or
supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer in connection
with resales of Exchange Securities received in exchange for Initial Securities
where such Initial Securities were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of
market-making activities or other trading activities. The Company has agreed
that, for a period of 180 days after the Expiration Date (as defined herein), it
will make this Prospectus available to any broker-dealer for use in connection
with any such resale. See "Plan of Distribution."

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                                                                         ANNEX B

Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in
exchange for Initial Securities, where such Initial Securities were acquired by
such broker-dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading
activities, must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection
with any resale of such Exchange Securities. See "Plan of Distribution."

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                                                                         ANNEX C

                              PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

     Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account
pursuant to the Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a
prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. This
Prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used
by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of Exchange Securities received in
exchange for Initial Securities where such Initial Securities were acquired as a
result of market-making activities or other trading activities. The Company has
agreed that, for a period of 180 days after the Expiration Date, it will make
this prospectus, as amended or supplemented, available to any broker-dealer for
use in connection with any such resale. In addition, until _________, 200_, all
dealers effecting transactions in the Exchange Securities may be required to
deliver a prospectus.(1)

     The Company will not receive any proceeds from any sale of Exchange
Securities by broker-dealers. Exchange Securities received by broker-dealers for
their own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer may be sold from time to time
in one or more transactions in the over-the-counter market, in negotiated
transactions, through the writing of options on the Exchange Securities or a
combination of such methods of resale, at market prices prevailing at the time
of resale, at prices related to such prevailing market prices or negotiated
prices. Any such resale may be made directly to purchasers or to or through
brokers or dealers who may receive compensation in the form of commissions or
concessions from any such broker-dealer or the purchasers of any such Exchange
Securities. Any broker-dealer that resells Exchange Securities that were
received by it for its own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer and any broker
or dealer that participates in a distribution of such Exchange Securities may be
deemed to be an "underwriter" within the meaning of the Securities Act and any
profit on any such resale of Exchange Securities and any commission or
concessions received by any such persons may be deemed to be underwriting
compensation under the Securities Act. The Letter of Transmittal states that, by
acknowledging that it will deliver and by delivering a prospectus, a
broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an "underwriter" within the
meaning of the Securities Act.

     For a period of 180 days after the Expiration Date the Company will
promptly send additional copies of this Prospectus and any amendment or
supplement to this Prospectus to any broker-dealer that requests such documents
in the Letter of Transmittal. The Company has agreed to pay all expenses
incident to the Exchange Offer (including the expenses of one counsel for the
Holders of the Securities) other than commissions or concessions of any brokers
or dealers and will indemnify the Holders of the Securities (including any
broker-dealers) against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the
Securities Act.

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(1) In addition, the legend required by Item 502(e) of Regulation S-K will
appear on the inside front cover page of the Exchange Offer prospectus below the
Table of Contents.

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                                                                         ANNEX D

/ / CHECK HERE IF YOU ARE A BROKER-DEALER AND WISH TO RECEIVE 10 ADDITIONAL
COPIES OF THE PROSPECTUS AND 10 COPIES OF ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO.

     Name:
     Address:


If the undersigned is not a broker-dealer, the undersigned represents that it is
not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, a distribution of Exchange
Securities. If the undersigned is a broker-dealer that will receive Exchange
Securities for its own account in exchange for Initial Securities that were
acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, it
acknowledges that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of
such Exchange Securities; however, by so acknowledging and by delivering a
prospectus, the undersigned will not be deemed to admit that it is an
"underwriter" within the meaning of the Securities Act.

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                                                                      SCHEDULE I

                              SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS

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      NAME                                                 JURISDICTION
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1.    PT Components Inc.                                     Delaware
2.    RAC-I, Inc.                                            Delaware
3.    RBS Acquisition Corporation                            Delaware
4.    RBS China Holdings, L.L.C.                             Delaware
5.    RBS North America, Inc.                                Delaware
6.    Rexnord North America Holdings, Inc.                   Delaware
7.    Rexnord Germany-1 Inc.                                 Delaware
8.    Rexnord International Inc.                             Delaware
9.    Winfred Berg Licensco Inc.                             Delaware
10.   W.M. Berg Inc.                                         Delaware
11.   Prager Incorporated                                   Louisiana
12.   Addax Inc.                                             Nebraska
13.   Clarkson Industries Inc.                               New York
14.   Rexnord Ltd.                                            Nevada
15.   Rexnord Puerto Rico Inc.                                Nevada
16.   Betzdorf Chain Co. Inc.                               Wisconsin
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