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                                                                     Exhibit 4.3

                   The Kansas City Southern Railway Company

                                 $200,000,000

                         9 1/2% Senior Notes due 2008


                  EXCHANGE AND REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
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                                                            September 27, 2000
CHASE SECURITIES INC.
BANC ONE CAPITAL MARKETS, INC.
FLEET SECURITIES, INC.
SCOTIA CAPITAL (USA) INC.
ABN AMRO INCORPORATED
BMO NESBITT BURNS CORP.
BNY CAPITAL MARKETS, INC.
TOKYO-MITSUBISHI INTERNATIONAL PLC

c/o Chase Securities Inc.
270 Park Avenue, 4th floor
New York, New York  10017

Ladies and Gentlemen:

          The Kansas City Southern Railway Company, a Missouri corporation (the
"Company"), proposes to issue and sell to Chase Securities Inc. ("CSI")and Banc
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One Capital Markets, Inc., Fleet Securities, Inc., Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.,
ABN Amro Incorporated, BMO Nesbitt Burns Corp., BNY Capital Markets, Inc. and
Tokyo-Mitsubishi International plc (together with CSI, the "Initial
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Purchasers"), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in a
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purchase agreement dated September 21, 2000 (the "Purchase Agreement"),
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$200,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 9 1/2% Senior Notes due 2008 (the
"Securities") to be jointly and severally guaranteed on an unsecured senior
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basis by Kansas City Southern Industries, Inc. ("Parent"), Kansas City Southern
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Lines, Inc., Gateway Eastern Railway Company, Gateway Western Railway Company,
Global Terminaling Services, Inc., KCS Transportation Company, Mid-South
Microwave, Inc., Rice-Carden Corporation, Southern Development Company, Southern
Industrial Services, Inc., and Trans-Serve, Inc. (collectively, including the
Parent, the "Guarantors").  Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall
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have the meanings given to such terms in the Purchase Agreement.

          As an inducement to the Initial Purchasers to enter into the Purchase
Agreement and in satisfaction of a condition to the obligations of the Initial
Purchasers thereunder, the Company and the Guarantors agree with the Initial
Purchasers, for the benefit of the holders (including the Initial Purchasers of
the Securities, the Exchange Securities (as defined herein) and the Private
Exchange Securities (as defined herein) (collectively, the "Holders"), as
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follows:
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          1.   Registered Exchange Offer.  The Company and the Guarantors shall
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(i) prepare and, not later than 120 days following the date of original issuance
of the Securities (the "Issue Date"), file with the Commission a registration
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statement (the "Exchange Offer Registration Statement") on an appropriate form
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under the Securities Act with respect to a proposed offer to the Holders of the
Securities (the "Registered Exchange Offer") to issue and deliver to such
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Holders, in exchange for the Securities, a like aggregate principal amount of
debt securities of the Company (the "Exchange Securities") that are identical in
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all material respects to the Securities, except for the transfer restrictions
relating to the Securities, (ii) use their reasonable best efforts to cause the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement to become effective under the Securities
Act no later than 180 days after the Issue Date and the Registered Exchange
Offer to be consummated no later than 210 days after the Issue Date and (iii)
keep the Exchange Offer Registration Statement effective for not less than 30
days (or longer, if required by applicable law) after the date on which notice
of the Registered Exchange Offer is mailed to the Holders (such period being
called the "Exchange Offer Registration Period").  The Exchange Securities will
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be issued under the Indenture or an indenture (the "Exchange Securities
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Indenture") between the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee or such other
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bank or trust company that is reasonably satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers,
as trustee (the "Exchange Securities Trustee"), such indenture to be identical
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in all material respects to the Indenture, except for the transfer restrictions
relating to the Securities (as described above).

          Upon the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement,
the Company shall promptly commence the Registered Exchange Offer, it being the
objective of such Registered Exchange Offer to enable each Holder electing to
exchange Securities for Exchange Securities (assuming that such Holder (a) is
not an affiliate of the Company or an Exchanging Dealer (as defined herein) not
complying with the requirements of the next sentence, (b) is not an Initial
Purchaser holding Securities that have, or that are reasonably likely to have,
the status of an unsold allotment in an initial distribution, (c) acquires the
Exchange Securities in the ordinary course of such Holder's business, (d) has no
arrangements or understandings with any person to participate in the
distribution of the Exchange Securities and (e) is not otherwise prohibited by
applicable law or interpretations thereof by the Commission's staff from
participating in the Registered Exchange Offer) and 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, the Guarantors,
the Initial Purchasers and each Exchanging Dealer acknowledge that, pursuant to
current interpretations by the Commission's staff of Section 5 of the Securities
Act, (i) each Holder that is a broker-dealer electing to exchange Securities,
acquired for its own account as a result of market-making activities or other
trading activities, for Exchange Securities (an "Exchanging Dealer"), is
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required to deliver a prospectus containing substantially 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 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) if an Initial Purchaser
elects to sell Exchange Securities acquired in exchange for Securities
constituting any portion of an unsold allotment, such Initial Purchaser is
required to deliver a prospectus containing the information required by Items
507 and 508 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act, as applicable, in
connection with such sale.
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          If, prior to the consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer, any
Holder holds any Securities acquired by it that have, or that are reasonably
likely to be determined to have, the status of an unsold allotment in an initial
distribution, or any Holder is not entitled to participate in the Registered
Exchange Offer, the Company shall, upon the request of any such Holder,
simultaneously with the delivery of the Exchange Securities in the Registered
Exchange Offer, issue and deliver to any such Holder, in exchange for the
Securities held by such Holder (the "Private Exchange"), a like aggregate
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principal amount of debt securities of the Company (the "Private Exchange
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Securities") that are identical in all material respects to the Exchange
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Securities, except for the transfer restrictions relating to such Private
Exchange Securities.  The Private Exchange Securities will be issued under the
same indenture as the Exchange Securities, and the Company shall use its
reasonable best efforts to cause the Private Exchange Securities to bear the
same CUSIP number as the Exchange Securities.

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

          (a)  mail to each Holder a copy of the prospectus forming part of the
     Exchange Offer Registration Statement, together with an appropriate letter
     of transmittal and related documents;

          (b)  keep the Registered Exchange Offer open for not less than 30 days
     (or longer, if required by applicable law) after the date on which notice
     of the Registered Exchange Offer 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;

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

          (e)  otherwise comply in all respects with all laws that are
     applicable to the Registered Exchange Offer.

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

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

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

          (c)  cause the Trustee or the Exchange Securities Trustee, as the case
     may be, promptly to authenticate and deliver to each Holder, Exchange
     Securities or Private Exchange Securities, as the case may be, equal in
     principal amount to the Securities of such Holder so accepted for exchange.
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          The Company and the Guarantors shall use their 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 used by all persons subject to the 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 that (i) in
the case where such prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto must be
delivered by an Exchanging Dealer, such period shall be the lesser of 180 days
and the date on which all Exchanging Dealers have sold all Exchange Securities
held by them 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 90 days
after the consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer.

          The Indenture or the Exchange Securities Indenture, as the case may
be, shall provide that the Securities, the Exchange Securities and the Private
Exchange Securities shall vote and consent together on all matters as one class
and that none of the Securities, the Exchange Securities or the Private Exchange
Securities will have the right to vote or consent as a separate class 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 Securities surrendered in exchange therefor or, if no interest has been paid
on the Securities, from the Issue Date.

          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 business, (ii) such Holder will have
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 of the Company or, if
it is such 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 Securities that were acquired as a result of market-
making activities or other trading activities and that it will deliver a
prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities.

          Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, the Company and the
Guarantors 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 of the Commission 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,
as of the consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer, include an untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order
to make the
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statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading.

          2.   Shelf Registration.  If (i) because of any change in law or
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applicable interpretations thereof by the Commission's staff the Company is not
permitted to effect the Registered Exchange Offer as contemplated by Section 1
hereof, or (ii) any Securities validly tendered pursuant to the Registered
Exchange Offer are not exchanged for Exchange Securities within 210 days after
the Issue Date, or (iii) any Initial Purchaser so requests with respect to
Securities or Private Exchange Securities not eligible to be exchanged for
Exchange Securities in the Registered Exchange Offer and held by it following
the consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer, or (iv) any applicable law or
interpretations do not permit any Holder to participate in the Registered
Exchange Offer, or (v) any Holder that participates in the Registered Exchange
Offer does not receive freely transferable Exchange Securities in exchange for
tendered Securities, or (vi) the Company so elects, then the following
provisions shall apply:

           (a) The Company and the Guarantors shall use their reasonable best
     efforts to file as promptly as practicable (but in no event more than 45
     days after so required or requested pursuant to this Section 2) with the
     Commission, and thereafter shall use their reasonable best efforts to cause
     to be declared effective, a shelf registration statement on an appropriate
     form under the Securities Act relating to the offer and sale of the
     Transfer Restricted Securities (as defined below) by the Holders thereof
     from time to time in accordance with the methods of distribution set forth
     in such registration statement (hereafter, a "Shelf Registration Statement"
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     and, together with any Exchange Offer Registration Statement, a
     "Registration Statement").
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           (b) The Company and the Guarantors shall use their reasonable best
     efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective in
     order to permit the prospectus forming part thereof to be used by Holders
     of Transfer Restricted Securities for a period ending on the earlier of (i)
     two years from the Issue Date or such shorter period that will terminate
     when all the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Shelf
     Registration Statement have been sold pursuant thereto and (ii) the date on
     which the Securities become eligible for resale without volume restrictions
     pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act (in any such case, such
     period being called the "Shelf Registration Period").  The Company and the
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     Guarantors shall be deemed not to have used their reasonable best efforts
     to keep the Shelf Registration Statement effective during the requisite
     period if any of them voluntarily take any action that would result in
     Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities covered thereby not being able to
     offer and sell such Transfer Restricted Securities during that period,
     unless (i) such action is required by applicable law or (ii) such action is
     taken by the Company and the Guarantors in good faith and for valid
     business reasons (not including avoidance of their obligations hereunder),
     provided that the Company and the Guarantors within 90 days thereafter
     comply with the requirements of Section 4(j) hereof.

           (c) Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, the Company and the
     Guarantors will ensure that (i) any Shelf 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 of the Commission thereunder, (ii) any
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     thereto (in either case, other than with respect to information included
     therein in reliance upon or in conformity with written information
     furnished to the Company by or on behalf of any Holder specifically for use
     therein (the "Holders' Information")) does not contain an untrue statement
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     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 Shelf Registration Statement, and
     any supplement to such prospectus (in either case, other than with respect
     to Holders' Information), does not include 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.

          3.  Liquidated Damages.  (a)  The parties hereto agree that the
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Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities will suffer damages if the Company and
the Guarantors fail to fulfill their obligations under Section 1 or Section 2,
as applicable, and that it would not be feasible to ascertain the extent of such
damages.  Accordingly, if (i) the applicable Registration Statement is not filed
with the Commission on or prior to 120 days after the Issue Date, (ii) the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement or the Shelf Registration Statement, as
the case may be, is not declared effective within 180 days after the Issue Date
(or in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement required to be filed in
response to a change in law or the applicable interpretations of Commission's
staff, if later, within 45  days after publication of the change in law or
interpretation), (iii) the Registered Exchange Offer is not consummated on or
prior to 210  days after the Issue Date, or (iv) the Shelf Registration
Statement is filed and declared effective within 180 days after the Issue Date
(or in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement required to be filed in
response to a change in law or the applicable interpretations of Commission's
staff, if later, within 45  days after publication of the change in law or
interpretation) but shall thereafter cease to be effective (at any time that the
Company and the  Guarantors are obligated to maintain the effectiveness thereof)
without being succeeded within 60 days by an additional Registration Statement
filed and declared effective (each such event referred to in clauses (i) through
(iv), a "Registration Default"), the Company and the Guarantors will be jointly
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and severally obligated to pay liquidated damages to each Holder of Transfer
Restricted Securities, during the period of one or more such Registration
Defaults, in an amount equal to $ 0.192 per week per $1,000 principal amount of
Transfer Restricted Securities held by such Holder until (i) the applicable
Registration Statement is filed, (ii) the Exchange Offer Registration Statement
is declared effective and the Registered Exchange Offer is consummated, (iii)
the Shelf Registration Statement is declared effective or (iv) the Shelf
Registration Statement again becomes effective, as the case may be.  Following
the cure of all Registration Defaults, the accrual of liquidated damages will
cease.  As used herein, the term "Transfer Restricted Securities" means (i) each
Security until the date on which such Security has been exchanged for a freely
transferable Exchange Security in the Registered Exchange Offer, (ii) each
Security or Private Exchange Security until the date on which it has been
effectively registered under the Securities Act and disposed of in accordance
with the Shelf Registration Statement or (iii) each Security or Private Exchange
Security until the date on which it 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.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section
3(a), the Company shall not be required to pay liquidated damages to a Holder of
Transfer Restricted Securities if such Holder failed to comply with its
obligations to make the representations set forth in the second to last
paragraph of Section 1 or failed to provide the information required to be
provided by it, if any, pursuant to Section 4(n).
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          (b)  The Company shall notify the Trustee and the paying agent under
the Indenture (the "Paying Agent") immediately upon the happening of each and
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every Registration Default.  The Company and the Guarantors shall pay the
liquidated damages due on the Transfer Restricted Securities by depositing with
the Paying Agent (which may not be the Company for these purposes), in trust,
for the benefit of the Holders thereof, prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time,
on the next interest payment date specified by the Indenture and the Securities,
sums sufficient to pay the liquidated damages then due.  The liquidated damages
due shall be payable on each interest payment date specified by the Indenture
and the Securities to the record holder entitled to receive the interest payment
to be made on such date.  Each obligation to pay liquidated damages shall be
deemed to accrue from and including the date of the applicable Registration
Default.

          (c)  The parties hereto agree that the liquidated damages provided for
in this Section 3 constitute a reasonable estimate of and are intended to
constitute the sole damages that will be suffered by Holders of Transfer
Restricted Securities by reason of the failure of (i) the Shelf Registration
Statement or the Exchange Offer Registration Statement to be filed, (ii) the
Shelf Registration Statement to remain effective or (iii) the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement to be declared effective and the Registered Exchange
Offer to be consummated, in each case to the extent required by this Agreement.

          4.  Registration Procedures.  In connection with any Registration
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Statement, the following provisions shall apply:

          (a) The Company shall (i) furnish to each Initial Purchaser, 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 and shall use its reasonable best efforts to
     reflect in each such document, when so filed with the Commission, such
     comments as any Initial Purchaser may reasonably propose; (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;
     and (iii) if requested by any 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.

          (b) The Company shall advise each Initial Purchaser, each Exchanging
     Dealer and the Holders (if applicable) and, if requested by any such
     person, confirm such advice in writing (which advice 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 any Registration Statement and any amendment thereto
          has been filed with the Commission and when such Registration
          Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto has become
          effective;
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                (ii)  of any request by the Commission for amendments or
          supplements to any 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 any Registration Statement or the
          initiation of any proceedings for that purpose;

                (iv)  of the receipt by the Company of any notification with
          respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities, the
          Exchange Securities or the Private Exchange Securities for sale in any
          jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for
          such purpose; and

                (v)   of the happening of any event that requires the making of
          any changes in any Registration Statement or the prospectus included
          therein in order that the statements therein are not misleading and do
          not omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
          necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.

          (c) The Company and the Guarantors will make every reasonable effort
     to obtain the withdrawal at the earliest possible time of any order
     suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement.

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

          (e) The Company will, during the Shelf Registration Period, promptly
     deliver to each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities included within
     the coverage of any Shelf Registration Statement, without charge, as many
     copies of the prospectus (including each preliminary prospectus) included
     in such Shelf Registration Statement and any amendment or supplement
     thereto as such Holder may reasonably request; and the Company consents to
     the use of such prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by each
     of the selling Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities in connection with
     the offer and sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by such
     prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, except upon instruction
     by the Company to suspend the use of the prospectus, amendment or
     supplement (to the extent permitted by this Agreement).

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

          (g)  The Company will, during the Exchange Offer Registration Period
     or the Shelf Registration Period, as applicable, promptly deliver to each
     Initial Purchaser, each Exchanging Dealer and such other persons that are
     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 or the Shelf Registration Statement
     and any amendment or supplement thereto as such Initial Purchaser,
     Exchanging Dealer or other persons may reasonably request; and the Company
     and the Guarantors consent to the use of such prospectus or any amendment
     or supplement thereto by any such Initial Purchaser, Exchanging Dealer or
     other persons, as applicable, as aforesaid, except upon instruction by the
     Company to suspend the use of the prospectus, amendment or supplement (to
     the extent permitted by this Agreement).

          (h)  Prior to the effective date of any Registration Statement, the
     Company and the Guarantors will use their reasonable best efforts to
     register or qualify, or cooperate with the Holders of Securities, Exchange
     Securities or Private Exchange Securities included therein and their
     respective counsel in connection with the registration or qualification of,
     such Securities, Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities for
     offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions
     as any such Holder reasonably requests in writing and do any and all other
     acts or things necessary or advisable to enable the offer and sale in such
     jurisdictions of the Securities, Exchange Securities or Private Exchange
     Securities covered by such Registration Statement; provided that the
     Company and the Guarantors will not be required to qualify generally to do
     business in any jurisdiction where they are not then so qualified or to
     take any action which would subject them to general service of process or
     to taxation in any such jurisdiction where they are not then so subject.

          (i)  The Company and the Guarantors will cooperate with the Holders of
     Securities, Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities to
     facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing
     Securities, Exchange Securities or Private Exchange 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 thereof
     may request in writing prior to sales of Securities, Exchange Securities or
     Private Exchange Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement.

          (j)  If any event contemplated by Section 4(b)(ii) through (v) occurs
     during the period for which the Company and the Guarantors are required to
     maintain an effective Registration Statement, the Company and the
     Guarantors will promptly prepare and file with the Commission a post-
     effective amendment to the Registration Statement or a supplement to the
     related prospectus or file any other required document so that, as
     thereafter delivered to purchasers of the Securities, Exchange Securities
     or Private Exchange Securities from a Holder, the prospectus will not
     include 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.
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          (k)  Not later than the effective date of the applicable Registration
     Statement, the Company will provide a CUSIP number for the Securities, the
     Exchange Securities and the Private Exchange Securities, as the case may
     be, and provide the applicable trustee with printed certificates for the
     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 and the Guarantors will comply with all applicable
     rules and regulations of the Commission and the Company will make generally
     available to its security holders as soon as practicable after the
     effective date of the applicable Registration Statement an earning
     statement satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act;
     provided that in no event shall such earning statement be delivered 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 applicable
     Registration Statement, which statement shall cover such 12-month period.

          (m)  The Company and the Guarantors will cause the Indenture or the
     Exchange Securities Indenture, as the case may be, to be qualified under
     the Trust Indenture Act as required by applicable law in a timely manner.

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

          (o)  In the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, each Holder of
     Transfer Restricted Securities to be registered pursuant thereto agrees by
     acquisition of such Transfer Restricted Securities that, upon receipt of
     any notice from the Company pursuant to Section 4(b)(ii) through (v), such
     Holder will discontinue disposition of such Transfer Restricted Securities
     until such Holder's receipt of copies of the supplemental or amended
     prospectus contemplated by Section 4(j) or until advised in writing (the
     "Advice") by the Company that the use of the applicable prospectus may be
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     resumed.  If the Company shall give any notice under Section 4(b)(ii)
     through (v) during the period that the Company is required to maintain an
     effective Registration Statement (the "Effectiveness Period"), such
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     Effectiveness Period shall be extended by the number of days during such
     period from and including the date of the giving of such notice to and
     including the date when each seller of Transfer Restricted Securities
     covered by such Registration Statement shall have received (x) the copies
     of the supplemental or amended prospectus contemplated by Section 4(j) (if
     an amended or supplemental prospectus is required) or (y) the Advice (if no
     amended or supplemental prospectus is required).

          (p)  In the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Company and
     the  Guarantors shall enter into such customary agreements (including, if
     requested, an underwriting agreement in customary form) and take all such
     other action, if any, as
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     Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities,
     Exchange Securities and Private Exchange Securities being sold or the
     managing underwriters (if any) shall reasonably request in order to
     facilitate any disposition of Securities, Exchange Securities or Private
     Exchange Securities pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement.

          (q)  In the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Company shall
     (i) make reasonably available for inspection by a representative of, and
     Special Counsel (as defined below) acting for, Holders of a majority in
     aggregate principal amount of the Securities, Exchange Securities and
     Private Exchange Securities being sold and any underwriter participating in
     any disposition of Securities, Exchange Securities or Private Exchange
     Securities pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement, all relevant
     financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties
     of the Company and its subsidiaries and (ii) use its reasonable best
     efforts to have its officers, directors, employees, accountants and counsel
     supply all relevant information reasonably requested by such
     representative, Special Counsel or any such underwriter (an "Inspector") in
                                                                  ---------
     connection with such Shelf Registration Statement.

          (r)  In the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Company shall,
     if requested by Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
     Securities, Exchange Securities and Private Exchange Securities being sold,
     their Special Counsel or the managing underwriters (if any) in connection
     with such Shelf Registration Statement, use its reasonable best efforts to
     cause (i) its counsel to deliver an opinion relating to the Shelf
     Registration Statement and the Securities, Exchange Securities or Private
     Exchange Securities, as applicable, in customary form, (ii) its officers to
     execute and deliver all customary documents and certificates requested by
     Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities,
     Exchange Securities and Private Exchange Securities being sold, their
     Special Counsel or the managing underwriters (if any) and (iii) its
     independent public accountants to provide a comfort letter or letters in
     customary form, subject to receipt of appropriate documentation as
     contemplated, and only if permitted, by Statement of Auditing Standards No.
     72.

          5.   Registration Expenses.  The Company and the Guarantors will
               ---------------------
jointly and severally bear all expenses incurred in connection with the
performance of its obligations under Sections 1, 2, 3 and 4 and the Company will
reimburse the Initial Purchasers and the Holders for the reasonable fees and
disbursements of one firm of attorneys (in addition to any local counsel) chosen
by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities,
the Exchange Securities and the Private Exchange Securities to be sold pursuant
to each Registration Statement (the "Special Counsel") acting for the Initial
                                     ---------------
Purchasers or Holders in connection therewith.

          6.   Indemnification.  (a)  In the event of a Shelf Registration
               ---------------
Statement or in connection with any prospectus delivery pursuant to an Exchange
Offer Registration Statement by an Initial Purchaser or Exchanging Dealer, as
applicable, the Company and the Guarantors shall jointly and severally indemnify
and hold harmless each Holder (including, without limitation, any such Initial
Purchaser or any such Exchanging Dealer), its affiliates, their respective
officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents, and each person, if
any, who controls such Holder within the meaning of the Securities Act or the
Exchange Act (collectively referred to for purposes of this Section 6 and
Section 7 as a Holder) from and
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against any loss, claim, damage or liability, joint or several, or any action in
respect thereof (including, without limitation, any loss, claim, damage,
liability or action relating to purchases and sales of Securities, Exchange
Securities or Private Exchange Securities), to which that Holder may become
subject, whether commenced or threatened, under the Securities Act, the Exchange
Act, any other federal or state statutory law or regulation, at common law or
otherwise, insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises out
of, or is based upon, (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in any such Registration Statement or any prospectus
forming part thereof or in any amendment or supplement thereto or (ii) the
omission or alleged omission to state therein 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, and shall
reimburse each Holder promptly upon demand for any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by that Holder in connection with investigating or defending
or preparing to defend against or appearing as a third party witness in
connection with any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such
expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the Company and the Guarantors
shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim,
damage, liability or action arises out of, or is based upon, an untrue statement
or alleged untrue statement in or omission or alleged omission from any of such
documents in reliance upon and in conformity with any Holders' Information; and
provided, further, that with respect to any such untrue statement in or omission
from any related preliminary prospectus, the indemnity agreement contained in
this Section 6(a) shall not inure to the benefit of any Holder from whom the
person asserting any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action received
Securities, Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities to the extent
that such loss, claim, damage, liability or action of or with respect to such
Holder results from the fact that both (A) a copy of the final prospectus was
not sent or given to such person at or prior to the written confirmation of the
sale of such Securities, Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities to
such person and (B) the untrue statement in or omission from the related
preliminary prospectus was corrected in the final prospectus unless, in either
case, such failure to deliver the final prospectus was a result of non-
compliance by the Company with Section 4(d), 4(e), 4(f) or 4(g).

          (b)  In the event of a Shelf Registration Statement, each Holder shall
indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its affiliates, their respective
officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents, and each person, if
any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act or the
Exchange Act (collectively referred to for purposes of this Section 6(b) and
Section 7 as the Company), from and against any loss, claim, damage or
liability, joint or several, or any action in respect thereof, to which the
Company may become subject, whether commenced or threatened, under the
Securities Act, the Exchange Act, any other federal or state statutory law or
regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such loss, claim, damage,
liability or action arises out of, or is based upon, (i) any untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any such Registration
Statement  or any prospectus forming part thereof or in any amendment or
supplement thereto or (ii) the omission or alleged omission to state therein 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, but in each case only to the extent that the untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made
in reliance upon and in conformity with any Holders' Information furnished to
the Company by such Holder, and shall reimburse the Company for any legal or
other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company in connection with
investigating or defending or preparing to defend against or appearing as a
third party
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                                                                              13

witness in connection with any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as
such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that no such Holder shall be
liable for any indemnity claims hereunder in excess of the amount of net
proceeds received by such Holder from the sale of Securities, Exchange
Securities or Private Exchange Securities pursuant to such Shelf Registration
Statement or prospectus.

          (c)  Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section
6 of notice of any claim or the commencement of any action, the indemnified
party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the
indemnifying party pursuant to Section 6(a) or 6(b), notify the indemnifying
party in writing of the claim or the commencement of that action; provided,
however, that the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it
from any liability which it may have under this Section 6 except to the extent
that it has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive
rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided, further, that the failure to
notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability which it
may have to an indemnified party otherwise than under this Section 6.  If any
such claim or action shall be brought against an indemnified party, and it shall
notify the indemnifying party thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled
to participate therein and, to the extent that it wishes, jointly with any other
similarly notified indemnifying party, to assume the defense thereof with
counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party.  After notice from the
indemnifying party to the indemnified party of its election to assume the
defense of such claim or action, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to
the indemnified party under this Section 6 for any legal or other expenses
subsequently incurred by the indemnified party in connection with the defense
thereof other than the reasonable costs of investigation; provided, however,
that an indemnified party shall have the right to employ its own counsel in any
such action, but the fees, expenses and other charges of such counsel for the
indemnified party will be at the expense of such indemnified party unless (1)
the employment of counsel by the indemnified party has been authorized in
writing by the indemnifying party, (2) the indemnified party has reasonably
concluded (based upon advice of counsel to the indemnified party) that there may
be legal defenses available to it or other indemnified parties that are
different from or in addition to those available to the indemnifying party, (3)
a conflict or potential conflict exists (based upon advice of counsel to the
indemnified party) between the indemnified party and the indemnifying party (in
which case the indemnifying party will not have the right to direct the defense
of such action on behalf of the indemnified party) or (4) the indemnifying party
has not in fact employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified
party to assume the defense of such action within a reasonable time after
receiving notice of the commencement of the action, in each of which cases the
reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel will be at the
expense of the indemnifying party or parties.  It is understood that the
indemnifying party or parties shall not, in connection with any proceeding or
related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the reasonable fees,
disbursements and other charges of more than one separate firm of attorneys (in
addition to any local counsel) at any one time for all such indemnified party or
parties.  Each indemnified party, as a condition of the indemnity agreements
contained in Sections 6(a) and 6(b), shall use all reasonable efforts to
cooperate with the indemnifying party in the defense of any such action or
claim.  No indemnifying party shall be liable for any settlement of any such
action effected without its written consent (which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld), but if settled with its written consent or if there be a
final judgment for the plaintiff in any such action, the indemnifying party
agrees to indemnify and hold harmless any indemnified party from and against any
loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment.  No indemnifying
party shall, without the prior written consent of the
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                                                                              14

indemnified party (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), effect any
settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding 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 includes an
unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims
that are the subject matter of such proceeding.

          7.  Contribution.  If the indemnification provided for in Section 6 is
              ------------
unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under Section
6(a) or 6(b), then each indemnifying party shall, in lieu of indemnifying such
indemnified party, contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified
party as a result of such loss, claim, damage or liability, or action in respect
thereof, (i) in such proportion as shall be appropriate to reflect the relative
benefits received by the Company from the offering and sale of the Securities,
on the one hand, and by a Holder from receiving Securities, Exchange Securities
or Private Exchange Securities, as applicable, registered under the Securities
Act, on the other, or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not
permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not
only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative
fault of the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and such Holder, on
the other, with respect to the statements or omissions that resulted in such
loss, claim, damage or liability, or action in respect thereof, as well as any
other relevant equitable considerations.  The relative benefits received by the
Company and the  Guarantors, on the one hand, and a Holder, on the other, with
respect to such offering and such sale shall be deemed to be in the same
proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering of the Securities (before
deducting expenses) received by or on behalf of the Company as set forth in the
table on the cover of the Offering Memorandum, on the one hand, bear to the
total proceeds received by such Holder with respect to its sale of Securities,
Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities, on the other.  The relative
fault 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 the Company and the Guarantors or
information supplied by the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, or to
any Holders' Information  supplied by such Holder, on the other, the intent of
the parties and their relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity
to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission.  The parties hereto
agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this
Section 7 were to be determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of
allocation that does not take into account the equitable considerations referred
to herein.  The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of
the loss, claim, damage or liability, or action in respect thereof, referred to
above in this Section 7 shall be deemed to include, for purposes of this Section
7, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in
connection with investigating or defending or preparing to defend any such
action or claim.  Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, an
indemnifying party that is a Holder of Securities, Exchange Securities or
Private Exchange Securities shall not be required to contribute any amount in
excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Securities, Exchange
Securities or Private Exchange Securities sold by such indemnifying party to any
purchaser exceeds the amount of any damages which such indemnifying party has
otherwise paid or become liable to pay by reason of any 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.
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                                                                              15

          8.  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 or Parent will, upon the written request of
any Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities, make publicly available other
information so long as necessary to permit sales of such Holder's securities
pursuant to Rules 144 and 144A.  The Company and the Guarantors covenant that
they will take such further action as any Holder of Transfer Restricted
Securities  may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time
to enable such Holder to sell Transfer Restricted Securities without
registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions
provided by Rules 144 and 144A (including, without limitation, the requirements
of Rule 144A(d)(4)).  Upon the written request of any Holder of Transfer
Restricted Securities, the Company and the Guarantors shall deliver to such
Holder a written statement as to whether they have complied with such
requirements. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 8 shall be
deemed to require the Company to register any of its securities pursuant to the
Exchange Act.

          9.  Underwritten Registrations.  If any of the Transfer Restricted
              --------------------------
Securities covered by any Shelf Registration Statement are to be sold in an
underwritten offering, the investment banker or investment bankers and manager
or managers that will administer the offering will be selected by the Holders of
a majority in aggregate principal amount of such Transfer Restricted Securities
included in such offering, subject to the consent of the Company (which shall
not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), and such Holders shall be responsible
for all underwriting commissions and discounts in connection therewith.

          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.

          10. Miscellaneous.  (a)  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, unless the
Company has obtained the written consent of Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Securities, the Exchange Securities and the Private
Exchange Securities, taken as a single class. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a
waiver or consent to depart from the provisions hereof with respect to a matter
that relates exclusively to the rights of Holders whose Securities, Exchange
Securities or Private Exchange Securities are being sold pursuant to a
Registration Statement and that does not directly or indirectly affect the
rights of other Holders may be given by Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Securities, the Exchange Securities and the Private
Exchange Securities being sold by such Holders pursuant to such Registration
Statement.

            (b) Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or
                -------
permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, first-class mail,
telecopier or air courier guaranteeing next-day delivery:

            (1) if to a Holder, at the most current address given by such Holder
     to the Company in accordance with the provisions of this Section 10(b),
     which address initially
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     is, with respect to each Holder, the address of such Holder maintained by
     the registrar under the Indenture, with a copy in like manner to Chase
     Securities Inc., Banc One Capital Markets, Inc., Fleet Securities, Inc.,
     Scotia Capital (USA) Inc., ABN Amro Incorporated, BMO Nesbitt Burns Corp.,
     BNY Capital Markets, Inc. and Tokyo-Mitsubishi International plc.

            (2) if to an Initial Purchaser, initially at its address set forth
     in the Purchase Agreement; and

            (3) if to the Company, initially at the address of the Company set
     forth in the Purchase Agreement.

          All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly
given:  when delivered by hand, if personally delivered; one business day after
being delivered to a next-day air courier; five business days after being
deposited in the mail; and when receipt is acknowledged by the recipient's
telecopier machine, if sent by telecopier.

           (c) Successors And Assigns.  This Agreement shall be binding upon the
               ----------------------
Company and its successors and assigns.

           (d) Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in any number of
               ------------
counterparts (which may be delivered in original form or by telecopier) 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.

           (e) Definition of Terms.  For purposes of this Agreement, (a) the
               -------------------
term "business day" means any day on which the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. is
open for trading, (b) the term "subsidiary" has the meaning set forth in Rule
405 under the Securities Act and (c) except where otherwise expressly provided,
the term "affiliate" has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities
Act.

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

           (g) GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED
               -------------
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

           (h) Remedies.  In the event of a breach by the Company, any Guarantor
               --------
or by any Holder of any of their obligations under this Agreement, each Holder,
the Company or any Guarantor, as the case may be, in addition to being entitled
to exercise all rights granted by law, including recovery of damages (other than
the recovery of damages for a breach by the Company or any Guarantor of its
obligations under Sections 1 or 2 hereof for which liquidated damages have been
paid pursuant to Section 3 hereof), will be entitled to specific performance of
its rights under this Agreement.  The Company, the Guarantors and each Holder
agree that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any loss
incurred by reason of a breach by each such person of any of the provisions of
this Agreement and hereby further agree that, in the
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event of any action for specific performance in respect of such breach, each
such person shall waive the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.

          (i)  No Inconsistent Agreements.  The Company and each Guarantor
               --------------------------
represents, warrants and agrees that (i) it has not entered into, shall not, on
or after the date of this Agreement, enter into any agreement that is
inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders in this Agreement or
otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof, (ii) it has not previously
entered into any agreement which remains in effect granting any registration
rights with respect to any of its debt securities to any person and (iii) (with
respect to the Company) without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
without the written consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the then outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities, it shall not
grant to any person the right to request the Company to register any debt
securities of the Company under the Securities Act unless the rights so granted
are not in conflict or inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement.

          (j)  No Piggyback on Registrations.  Neither the Company nor any of
               -----------------------------
its security holders (other than the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities
in such capacity) shall have the right to include any securities of the Company
in any Shelf Registration or Registered Exchange Offer other than Transfer
Restricted Securities.

          (k)  Severability. The remedies provided herein are cumulative and not
               ------------
exclusive of any remedies provided by law.  If any term, provision, covenant or
restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be
invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions,
covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full force and
effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the parties
hereto shall use their reasonable best efforts to find and employ an alternative
means to achieve the same or substantially the same result as that contemplated
by such term, provision, covenant or restriction.  It is hereby stipulated and
declared to be the intention of the parties that they would have executed the
remaining terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of
such that may be hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.
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          Please confirm that the foregoing correctly sets forth the agreement
among the Company, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers.

                              Very truly yours,

                         The Kansas City Southern Railway Company


                         By /s/ Robert H. Berry
                            --------------------------------
                            Name:  Robert H. Berry
                            Title: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial
                                   Officer

                         Kansas City Southern Industries, Inc.


                         By /s/ Robert H. Berry
                            --------------------------------
                            Name:  Robert H. Berry
                            Title: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial
                                   Officer

                         Kansas City Southern Lines, Inc.


                         By /s/ Robert H. Berry
                            --------------------------------
                            Name:  Robert H. Berry
                            Title: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial
                                   Officer

                         Gateway Eastern Railway Company


                         By Thomas King
                            --------------------------------
                            Name:  Thomas King
                            Title: Vice President and Treasurer

                         Gateway Western Railway Company


                         By Thomas King
                            --------------------------------
                            Name:  Thomas King
                            Title: Vice President and Treasurer

                         Global Terminaling Services, Inc.


                         By /s/ Robert H. Berry
                            --------------------------------
                            Name:  Robert H. Berry
                            Title: Vice President and Treasurer
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                         KCS Transportation Company


                         By Thomas King
                            --------------------------------
                            Name:  Thomas King
                            Title: Vice President and Treasurer


                         Mid-South Microwave, Inc.


                         By /s/ Robert H. Berry
                            --------------------------------
                            Name:  Robert H. Berry
                            Title: Vice President and Treasurer


                         Rice-Carden Corporation


                         By /s/ Robert H. Berry
                            --------------------------------
                            Name:  Robert H. Berry
                            Title: Vice President and Treasurer


                         Southern Development Company


                         By /s/ Robert H. Berry
                            --------------------------------
                            Name:  Robert H. Berry
                            Title: Vice President and Treasurer


                         Southern Industrial Services, Inc.


                         By /s/ Robert H. Berry
                            --------------------------------
                            Name:  Robert H. Berry
                            Title: Vice President and Treasurer


                         Trans-Serve, Inc.


                         By /s/ Robert H. Berry
                            ---------------------------------
                            Name:  Robert H. Berry
                            Title: Vice President and Treasurer
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Accepted:

CHASE SECURITIES INC.
BANC ONE CAPITAL MARKETS, INC.
FLEET SECURITIES, INC.
SCOTIA CAPITAL (USA) INC.
ABN AMRO INCORPORATED
BMO NESBITT BURNS CORP.
BNY CAPITAL MARKETS, INC.
TOKYO-MITSUBISHI INTERNATIONAL PLC


By CHASE SECURITIES INC

By  /s/ Gerard J. Murray
    -------------------------
    Authorized Signatory


Address for notices pursuant to Section 9(c):
1 Chase Plaza, 25th floor
New York, New York 10081
Attention:  Legal Department
<PAGE>

                                                                         ANNEX A



          Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own
account pursuant to the Registered 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
Securities where such 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".
<PAGE>

                                                                         ANNEX B



          Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own
account in exchange for Securities, where such 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".
<PAGE>

                                                                         ANNEX C



                              PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION


          Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own
account pursuant to the Registered 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 Securities where such 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.

          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 Registered 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 at 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
Registered 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 Registered Exchange Offer (including the expenses of one counsel
for the Holders of the Securities) other than commissions or concessions of any
broker-dealers and will indemnify the Holders of the Securities (including any
broker-dealers) against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the
Securities Act.
<PAGE>

                                                                         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 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.