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                                                                     EXHIBIT 4.2

                           CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION
                                       OF
                  SERIES A JUNIOR PARTICIPATING PREFERRED STOCK

                                       of

                              CHASE INDUSTRIES INC.

                     Pursuant to Section 151 of the General
                    Corporation Law of the State of Delaware

         Chase Industries Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"),
through the undersigned duly authorized officer, in accordance with the
provisions of Sections 103 and 151 of the General Corporation Law of the State
of Delaware, DOES HEREBY CERTIFY:

         That, the Board of Directors of the Corporation on December 26, 2000,
pursuant to the authority conferred upon the Board of Directors by the Restated
Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, of the Corporation (the "Certificate
of Incorporation") and in accordance with the provisions of Section 151 of the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, adopted the following
resolution creating a series of 36,310 shares of Preferred Stock, par value $.01
per share:

         RESOLVED, that, pursuant to the authority expressly granted to and
vested in the Board of Directors of the Corporation in accordance with the
provisions of Article 4.2 of its Certificate of Incorporation, a series of the
Preferred Stock of the Corporation, par value $.01 per share, be, and it hereby
is, created and that the voting powers, designations, preferences and relative,
participating, optional and other special rights of the shares of such series,
and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof are as follows:

Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock:

         Section 1. Designation and Amount. The shares of such series shall be
designated as "Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock" (the "Series A
Preferred Stock") and the number of shares constituting the Series A Preferred
Stock shall be 36,310. Such number of shares may be increased or decreased by
resolution of the Board of Directors; provided, that no decrease shall reduce
the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock to a number less than the
number of shares then outstanding plus the number of shares reserved for
issuance upon the exercise of outstanding options, rights or warrants or upon
the conversion of any outstanding securities issued by the Corporation
convertible into Series A Preferred Stock.



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         Section 2. Dividends and Distributions.

         (a) Subject to the rights of the holders of any shares of any series of
Preferred Stock (or any similar stock) ranking prior and superior to the Series
A Preferred Stock with respect to dividends, the holders of shares of Series A
Preferred Stock, in preference to the holders of Common Stock, par value $0.01
per share (the "Common Stock"), of the Corporation, and of any other junior
stock, shall be entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the Board of
Directors out of funds legally available for the purpose, quarterly dividends
payable on the first business day of April, July, October and January in each
year (each such date being referred to herein as a "Quarterly Dividend Payment
Date") as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this Section 2 in an amount per
share (rounded to the nearest cent) equal to the greater of (1) $.01 in cash or
(2) subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, 1,000 times
the aggregate per share amount (payable in cash) of all cash dividends, and
1,000 times the aggregate per share amount (payable in kind) of all non-cash
dividends or other distributions, other than a dividend payable in shares of
Common Stock or a subdivision of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by
reclassification or otherwise), declared on the Common Stock since the
immediately preceding Quarterly Dividend Payment Date or with respect to the
first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, since the first issuance of any share or
fraction of a share of Series A Preferred Stock. If the Corporation shall at any
time declare or pay any dividend on the Common Stock payable in shares of Common
Stock, or effect a subdivision or combination or consolidation of the
outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise) into a
greater or lesser number of shares of Common Stock, then in each such case the
amount to which holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock were entitled
immediately prior to such event under clause (2) of the preceding sentence shall
be adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is
the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event
and the denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock that was
outstanding immediately prior to such event.

         (b) The Corporation shall declare a dividend or distribution on the
Series A Preferred Stock as provided in paragraph (a) of this Section 2
immediately after it declares a dividend or distribution on the Common Stock
(other than a dividend payable in shares of Common Stock); provided that, if no
dividend or distribution shall have been declared on the Common Stock during the
period between any Quarterly Dividend Payment Date and the next subsequent
Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, a dividend of $.01 per share payable in cash on
the Series A Preferred Stock shall nevertheless accrue and be cumulative on the
outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock as provided in paragraph (c) of
this Section 2.

         (c) Dividends shall begin to accrue and be cumulative on outstanding
shares of Series A Preferred Stock from the Quarterly Dividend Payment Date next
preceding the date of issue of such shares, unless the date of issue of such
shares is prior to the record date for the first Quarterly Dividend Payment
Date, in which case dividends on such shares shall begin to accrue from the date
of issue of such shares, or unless the date of issue is a Quarterly Dividend
Payment Date or is a date after the record date for the determination of holders
of shares of Series A Preferred Stock entitled to receive a quarterly dividend
and before such Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, in either of which

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events such dividends shall begin to accrue and be cumulative from such
Quarterly Dividend Payment Date. Accrued but unpaid dividends shall not bear
interest. Dividends paid on the shares of Series A Preferred Stock in an amount
less than the total amount of such dividends at the time accrued and payable on
such shares shall be allocated pro rata on a share-by-share basis among all such
shares at the time outstanding. The Board of Directors may fix a record date for
the determination of holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock entitled to
receive payment of a dividend or distribution declared thereon, which record
date shall be not more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for the payment
thereof.

         Section 3. Voting Rights. The holders of shares of Series A Preferred
Stock shall have the following voting rights:

         (a) Subject to the provisions for adjustment hereinafter set forth,
each share of Series A Preferred Stock shall entitle the holder thereof to 1,000
votes on all matters submitted to a vote of the stockholders of the Corporation.
If the Corporation shall at any time declare or pay any dividend on Common Stock
payable in shares of Common Stock, or effect a subdivision or combination of the
outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise) into a
greater or lesser number of shares of Common Stock, then in each such case the
number of votes per share to which holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock
were entitled immediately prior to such event shall be adjusted by multiplying
such number by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of shares of
Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of
which is the number of shares of Common Stock that was outstanding immediately
prior to such event.

         (b) Except as otherwise provided herein, in the Certificate of
Incorporation, in any other Certificate of Designation creating a series of
Preferred Stock or any similar stock, or by law, the holders of shares of Series
A Preferred Stock and the holders of shares of Common Stock and any other
capital stock of the Corporation, having general voting rights shall vote
together as one class on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders of the
Corporation.

         (c) Except as set forth herein or as otherwise provided by law, holders
of Series A Preferred Stock shall have no special voting rights and their
consent shall not be required (except to the extent they are entitled to vote
with holders of Common Stock as set forth herein) for taking any corporate
action.

         Section 4. Certain Restrictions.

         (a) Whenever quarterly dividends or other dividends or distributions
payable on the Series A Preferred Stock as provided in Section 2 are in arrears,
thereafter and until all accrued and unpaid dividends and distributions, whether
or not declared, on shares of Series A Preferred Stock outstanding shall have
been paid in full, or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment therefor be
set apart for payment and be in the process of payment, the Corporation shall
not:


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                  (1) declare or pay dividends, or make any other distributions,
         on any shares of stock ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon
         liquidation, dissolution or winding up) to the Series A Preferred
         Stock;

                  (2) declare or pay dividends, or make any other distributions,
         on any shares of stock ranking on a parity (either as to dividends or
         upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) with the Series A
         Preferred Stock, except dividends paid ratably on the Series A
         Preferred Stock and all such parity stock on which dividends are
         payable or in arrears in proportion to the total amounts to which the
         holders of all such shares are then entitled;

                  (3) redeem or purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration
         shares of any stock ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon
         liquidation, dissolution or winding up) to the Series A Preferred
         Stock, provided that the Corporation may at any time redeem, purchase
         or otherwise acquire shares of any such junior stock in exchange for
         shares of any stock of the Corporation ranking junior (as to both
         dividends and upon dissolution, liquidation or winding up) to the
         Series A Preferred Stock; or

                  (4) redeem or purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration
         any shares of Series A Preferred Stock or any shares of stock ranking
         on a parity (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or
         winding up) with the Series A Preferred Stock, except in accordance
         with a purchase offer made in writing or by publication (as determined
         by the Board of Directors) to all holders of such shares upon such
         terms as the Board of Directors, after consideration of the respective
         annual dividend rates and other relative rights and preferences of the
         respective series and classes, shall determine in good faith will
         result in fair and equitable treatment among the holders of the
         respective series or classes.

         (b) The Corporation shall not permit any subsidiary of the Corporation
to purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares of stock of the
Corporation unless the Corporation could, under paragraph (a) of this Section 4,
purchase or otherwise acquire such shares at such time and in such manner.

         Section 5. Reacquired Shares. Any shares of Series A Preferred Stock
purchased or otherwise acquired by the Corporation in any manner whatsoever
shall be retired and canceled promptly after the acquisition thereof. All such
shares shall upon their cancellation become authorized but unissued shares of
Preferred Stock and may be reissued as part of a new series of Preferred Stock
subject to the conditions and restrictions on issuance set forth herein, in the
Certificate of Incorporation, or in any other Certificate of Designation
creating a series of Preferred Stock or any similar stock or as otherwise
required by law.

         Section 6. Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up. Upon any
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, no distribution shall
be made (a) to the holders of shares of stock ranking junior (either as to
dividends or as to amounts payable upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up)
to the Series A Preferred Stock unless, prior thereto, the holders of Series A
Preferred

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Stock shall have received an amount per share (rounded to the nearest cent)
equal to the greater of (1) $10.00 per share, or (2) an amount per share,
subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, equal to 1,000
times the aggregate amount to be distributed per share to holders of Common
Stock, plus, in either case, an amount equal to accrued and unpaid dividends and
distributions thereon, whether or not declared, to the date of such payment, or
(b) to the holders of stock ranking on a parity (either as to dividends or as to
amounts payable upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) with the Series A
Preferred Stock, except distributions made ratably on the Series A Preferred
Stock and all such parity stock in proportion to the total amounts to which the
holders of all such Shares are entitled upon such liquidation, dissolution or
winding up. If the Corporation shall at any time declare or pay any dividend on
Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, or effect a subdivision or
combination or consolidation of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by
reclassification or otherwise) into a greater or lesser number of shares of
Common Stock, then in each such case the aggregate amount to which holders of
shares of Series A Preferred Stock were entitled immediately prior to such event
under the proviso in clause (a)(2) of the preceding sentence shall be adjusted
by multiplying such amount by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of
shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the
denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock that was
outstanding immediately prior to such event.

         Section 7. Consolidation, Merger, etc. If the Corporation shall enter
into any consolidation, merger, combination or other transaction in which the
shares of Common Stock are exchanged for or changed into other stock or
securities, cash or any other property, or any combination thereof, then in any
such case each share of Series A Preferred Stock shall at the same time be
similarly exchanged or changed into an amount per share, subject to the
provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, equal to 1,000 times the
aggregate amount of stock, securities, cash or any other property (payable in
kind), or any combination thereof, as the case may be, into which or for which
each share of Common Stock is changed or exchanged. If the Corporation shall at
any time declare or pay any dividend on the Common Stock payable in shares of
Common Stock, or effect a subdivision or combination or consolidation of the
outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise) into a
greater or lesser number of shares of Common Stock, then in each such case the
amount set forth in the preceding sentence with respect to the exchange or
change of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be adjusted by multiplying
such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of shares of
Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of
which is the number of shares of Common Stock that was outstanding immediately
prior to such event.

         Section 8. Redemption. The shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall not
be redeemable. So long as any shares of Series A Preferred Stock remain
outstanding, the Corporation shall not purchase or otherwise acquire for
consideration any shares of stock ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon
liquidation, dissolution or winding up) to the Series A Preferred Stock unless
the Corporation shall substantially concurrently also purchase or acquire for
consideration a proportionate number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock.


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         Section 9. Rank. The Series A Preferred Stock shall rank, with respect
to payment of dividends and the distribution of assets, junior to all series of
any other class of the Corporation's Preferred Stock; provided that any class or
series of the Corporation's Preferred Stock hereafter created may expressly
provide that such class or series shall be pari passu with the Series A
Preferred Stock with respect to the payment of dividends and distributions,
voting rights and/or distributions upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up
of the Corporation.

         Section 10. Amendment. The Certificate of Incorporation shall not be
amended in any manner which would materially alter or change the powers,
preferences, privileges or special rights of the Series A Preferred Stock so as
to affect them adversely without the affirmative vote of the holders of at least
two-thirds of the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock, voting
together as a single class.




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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Certificate of Designation is executed on
behalf of the Corporation by its President, and attested by its Secretary, this
28 day of December, 2000.

                                                     CHASE INDUSTRIES INC.


                                                     By:    /s/ Martin V. Alonzo
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                                                     Name:  Martin V. Alonzo
                                                     Title: President


ATTEST:


By:    /s/ Michael T. Segraves
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Name:  Michael T. Segraves
Title: Secretary





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