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                                                                    EXHIBIT 4(k)

                          REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

                            Dated as of July 17, 2003

                                       by

                             CMS Energy Corporation

                                       and

                         Citigroup Global Markets Inc.,
                      Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
                                  Incorporated
                                       and
                          Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

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         This Registration Rights Agreement (this "Agreement") is made and
entered into as of July 17, 2003, by CMS Energy Corporation, a Michigan
corporation (the "Company"), and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., as
representative of the Initial Purchasers (the "Initial Purchasers") listed on
Schedule I to the Purchase Agreement (as defined below), pursuant to which the
Initial Purchasers have agreed to purchase the Company's $300,000,000 7.75%
Senior Notes due 2010 (the "Restricted Notes").

         This Agreement is made pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, dated July
9, 2003 (the "Purchase Agreement"), between the Company and Citigroup Global
Markets Inc., as representative of the Initial Purchasers. In order to induce
the Initial Purchasers to purchase the Restricted Notes, the Company has agreed
to provide the registration rights set forth in this Agreement. The execution
and delivery of this Agreement is a condition to the obligations of the Initial
Purchasers set forth in Section 5(f) of the Purchase Agreement.

         The parties hereby agree as follows:

SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS

         Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings
ascribed to such terms in the Purchase Agreement. As used in this Agreement, the
following capitalized terms shall have the following meanings:

         Act: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

         Advice: As defined in Section 6(d) hereof.

         Agreement: As defined in the first paragraph hereof.

         Broker-Dealer: Any broker or dealer registered under the Exchange Act.

         Broker-Dealer Transfer Restricted Securities: Exchange Notes that are
acquired by a Broker-Dealer in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Restricted
Notes that such Broker-Dealer acquired for its own account as a result of
market-making activities or other trading activities (other than Restricted
Notes acquired directly from the Company or any of its affiliates).

         Business Day: Any day except a Saturday, Sunday or other day in the
City of New York, or in the city of the primary corporate trust office of the
Trustee, on which banks are authorized to close.

         Certificated Securities: Notes that are not in Global Note form.

         Closing Date: The date hereof.

         Commission: The Securities and Exchange Commission.

         Company: As defined in the first paragraph hereof.

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         Consummate: An Exchange Offer shall be deemed "Consummated" for
purposes of this Agreement upon the occurrence of (a) the filing and
effectiveness under the Act of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement
relating to the Exchange Notes to be issued in the Exchange Offer, (b) the
maintenance of such Exchange Offer Registration Statement continuously effective
and the keeping of the Exchange Offer open for a period not less than the
minimum period required pursuant to Section 3(b) hereof and (c) the delivery by
the Company to the Security Registrar of the Exchange Notes in the same
aggregate principal amount as the aggregate principal amount of the Restricted
Notes tendered by Holders thereof pursuant to the Exchange Offer.

         Damages Payment Date: With respect to the Restricted Notes, each
Interest Payment Date.

         Exchange Act: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

         Exchange Notes: The Company's 7.75% Senior Notes due 2010, to be issued
pursuant to the Indenture (i) in the Exchange Offer or (ii) upon the request of
any Holder of Restricted Notes covered by a Shelf Registration Statement, in
exchange for such Restricted Notes.

         Exchange Offer: The registration by the Company under the Act of the
Exchange Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement pursuant to
which the Company shall offer the Holders of all outstanding Transfer Restricted
Securities relating to Restricted Notes the opportunity to exchange all such
outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities relating to Restricted Notes for
Exchange Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal
amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities relating to Restricted Notes
tendered in such exchange offer by such Holders.

         Exchange Offer Registration Statement: The Registration Statement
relating to the Exchange Offer, including the related Prospectus.

         Exempt Resales: The transactions in which the Initial Purchasers
propose to sell the Restricted Notes to certain "qualified institutional
buyers", as such term is defined in Rule 144A under the Act, or to persons who
are not "U.S. persons", as such term is defined in Regulation S under the Act.

         Global Note: As defined in the Notes.

         Holder: As defined in Section 2 hereof.

         Indemnified Holder: As defined in Section 8(a) hereof.

         Indemnified Person: As defined in Section 8(c) hereof.

         Indemnifying Person: As defined in Section 8(c) hereof.

         Indenture: Indenture dated as of September 15, 1992, between the
Company and the Trustee, as supplemented by various supplemental indentures.

         Initial Purchasers: As defined in the first paragraph hereof.

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         Interest Payment Date: As defined in the Notes.

         NASD: National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.

         Notes: The Restricted Notes and the Exchange Notes.

         Person: An individual, partnership, corporation, trust, limited
liability company, unincorporated organization, or a government or agency or
political subdivision thereof.

         Prospectus: The prospectus included in a Registration Statement at the
time such Registration Statement is declared effective, as amended or
supplemented by any prospectus supplement and by all other amendments thereto,
including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference
into such Prospectus.

         Purchase Agreement: As defined in the second paragraph hereof.

         Record Holder: With respect to any Damages Payment Date, each Person
who is a Holder of Notes on the record date with respect to the Interest Payment
Date on which such Damages Payment Date shall occur.

         Registration Default: As defined in Section 5 hereof.

         Registration Statement: Any registration statement of the Company
relating to (a) an offering of Exchange Notes pursuant to an Exchange Offer or
(b) the registration for resale of Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to
the Shelf Registration Statement, in each case, (i) which is filed pursuant to
the provisions of this Agreement and (ii) including the Prospectus included
therein, all amendments and supplements thereto (including post-effective
amendments) and all exhibits and material incorporated by reference therein.

         Restricted Broker-Dealer: Any Broker-Dealer which holds Broker-Dealer
Transfer Restricted Securities.

         Restricted Notes: As defined in the first paragraph hereof.

         S-3 Ineligibility Date: As defined in Section 12(l) hereof.

         Security Registrar: As defined in the Indenture.

         Shelf Registration Statement: As defined in Section 4(a) hereof.

         TIA: The Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. Sections 77aaa-77bbbb)
as in effect on the date of the Indenture.

         Transfer Restricted Securities: Each Note, until the earliest to occur
of (a) the date on which such Restricted Note is exchanged in the Exchange Offer
and entitled to be resold to the public by the Holder thereof without complying
with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Act, (b) the date on which such
Restricted Note has been disposed of in accordance with a Shelf Registration
Statement, (c) the date on which such Restricted Note is disposed of by a
Broker-

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Dealer pursuant to the "Plan of Distribution" contemplated by the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement (including delivery of the Prospectus
contained therein) or (d) the date on which such Restricted Note is distributed
to the public pursuant to Rule 144 under the Act.

         Trustee: Bank One Trust Company, N.A. (ultimate successor to NBD Bank,
National Association), as trustee under the Indenture.

         Underwritten Offering or Underwritten Registration: An offering or
registration in which securities of the Company are sold to an underwriter for
reoffering to the public.

SECTION 2. HOLDERS

         A Person is deemed to be a holder of Transfer Restricted Securities
(each, a "Holder") whenever such Person owns Transfer Restricted Securities.

SECTION  3. REGISTERED EXCHANGE OFFER

         (a)      Unless the Exchange Offer shall not be permitted by applicable
federal law (after the procedures set forth in Section 6(a)(i) hereof have been
complied with), the Company shall (i) cause to be filed with the Commission as
soon as practicable after the Closing Date, but in no event later than 240 days
after the Closing Date, the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, (ii) use its
reasonable best efforts to cause such Exchange Offer Registration Statement to
become effective at the earliest possible time, but in no event later than 330
days after the Closing Date, (iii) in connection with the foregoing, (A) file
all pre-effective amendments to such Exchange Offer Registration Statement as
may be necessary in order to cause such Exchange Offer Registration Statement to
become effective, (B) file, if applicable, a post-effective amendment to such
Exchange Offer Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430A under the Act and
(C) cause all necessary filings, if any, in connection with the registration and
qualification of the Exchange Notes to be made under the blue sky laws of such
jurisdictions as are necessary to permit Consummation of the Exchange Offer, and
(iv) upon the effectiveness of such Exchange Offer Registration Statement,
commence and Consummate the Exchange Offer. The Exchange Offer shall be on the
appropriate form permitting registration of the Exchange Notes to be offered in
exchange for the Restricted Notes that are Transfer Restricted Securities and to
permit sales of Broker-Dealer Transfer Restricted Securities by Restricted
Broker-Dealers as contemplated by Section 3(c) hereof.

         (b)      The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement to be effective continuously, and shall
keep the Exchange Offer open for a period of not less than the minimum period
required under applicable federal and state securities laws to Consummate the
Exchange Offer; provided, however, that in no event shall such period be less
than 20 Business Days. The Company shall cause the Exchange Offer to comply with
all applicable federal and state securities laws. No securities other than the
Notes shall be included in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement. The
Company shall use its best efforts to cause the Exchange Offer to be Consummated
on the earliest practicable date after the Exchange Offer Registration Statement
has become effective, but in no event later than 30 days thereafter.

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         (c)      The Company shall include a "Plan of Distribution" section in
the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and
indicate therein that any Restricted Broker-Dealer who holds Restricted Notes
that are Transfer Restricted Securities and that were acquired for the account
of such Broker-Dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading
activities, may exchange such Restricted Notes (other than Transfer Restricted
Securities acquired directly from the Company or any affiliate of the Company)
pursuant to the Exchange Offer; however, such Broker-Dealer may be deemed to be
an "underwriter" within the meaning of the Act and must, therefore, deliver a
prospectus meeting the requirements of the Act in connection with its initial
sale of each Exchange Note received by such Broker-Dealer in the Exchange Offer,
which prospectus delivery requirement may be satisfied by the delivery by such
Broker-Dealer of the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement. Such "Plan of Distribution" section shall also contain all other
information with respect to such sales of Broker-Dealer Transfer Restricted
Securities by Restricted Broker-Dealers that the Commission may require in order
to permit such sales pursuant thereto, but such "Plan of Distribution" shall not
name any such Broker-Dealer or disclose the amount of Notes held by any such
Broker-Dealer, except to the extent required by the Commission as a result of a
change in policy after the date of this Agreement.

         The Company shall use its best efforts to keep the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement continuously effective, supplemented and amended as
required by the provisions of Section 6(c) hereof to the extent necessary to
ensure that it is available for sales of Broker-Dealer Transfer Restricted
Securities by Restricted Broker-Dealers, and to ensure that such Registration
Statement conforms with the requirements of this Agreement, the Act and the
policies, rules and regulations of the Commission as announced from time to
time, for a period of one year from the date on which the Exchange Offer is
Consummated.

         The Company shall promptly provide sufficient copies of the latest
version of such Prospectus to such Restricted Broker-Dealers promptly upon
request, and in no event later than one day after such request, at any time
during such one-year period in order to facilitate such sales.

SECTION 4. SHELF REGISTRATION

         (a)      Shelf Registration. If (i) the Company is not required to file
an Exchange Offer Registration Statement with respect to the Exchange Notes
because the Exchange Offer is not permitted by applicable law or Commission
policy (after the procedures set forth in Section 6(a)(i) hereof have been
complied with) or (ii) any Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities shall notify
the Company within 20 Business Days following the Consummation of the Exchange
Offer that (A) such Holder was prohibited by law or Commission policy from
participating in the Exchange Offer or (B) such Holder may not resell the
Exchange Notes acquired by it in the Exchange Offer to the public without
delivering a prospectus and the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement is not appropriate or available for such resales by such
Holder, the Company shall, if, and when, the Company is eligible to use Act Form
S-3, (x) cause to be filed on or prior to 180 days after the date on which the
Company determines that it is not required to file the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement pursuant to clause (i) above or 180 days after the date
on which the Company receives the notice specified in clause (ii) above a shelf
registration statement pursuant to Rule 415 under the Act (which may be an
amendment to

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the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (in either event, the "Shelf
Registration Statement")), relating to all Transfer Restricted Securities the
Holders of which shall have provided the information required pursuant to
Section 4(b) hereof, and (y) use its best efforts to cause such Shelf
Registration Statement to become effective on or prior to 270 days after the
date on which the Company becomes obligated to file such Shelf Registration
Statement. If, after the Company has filed an Exchange Offer Registration
Statement which satisfies the requirements of Section 3(a) hereof, the Company
is required to file and make effective a Shelf Registration Statement solely
because the Exchange Offer shall not be permitted under applicable federal law,
then the filing of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement shall be deemed to
satisfy the requirements of clause (x) above. Such an event shall have no effect
on the requirements of clause (y) above. The Company shall use its reasonable
best efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement discussed in this Section
4(a) continuously effective, supplemented and amended as required by and subject
to the provisions of Sections 6(b) and (c) hereof to the extent necessary to
ensure that it is available for sales of Transfer Restricted Securities by the
Holders thereof entitled to the benefit of this Section 4(a), and to ensure that
it conforms with the requirements of this Agreement, the Act and the policies,
rules and regulations of the Commission as announced from time to time, for a
period of at least two years (as extended pursuant to Section 6(c)(i) hereof)
following the date on which such Shelf Registration Statement first becomes
effective under the Act.

         (b)      Provision by Holders of Certain Information in Connection with
the Shelf Registration Statement. No Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities
may include any of its Transfer Restricted Securities in any Shelf Registration
Statement pursuant to this Agreement unless and until such Holder furnishes to
the Company in writing, within 20 days after receipt of a request therefor, such
information specified in Item 507 of Regulation S-K for use in connection with
any Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus
included therein. No Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities shall be entitled
to liquidated damages pursuant to Section 5 hereof unless and until such Holder
shall have used its best efforts to provide all such information. Each Holder as
to which any Shelf Registration Statement is being effected agrees to furnish
promptly to the Company all information required to be disclosed in order to
make the information previously furnished to the Company by such Holder not
materially misleading.

SECTION 5. LIQUIDATED DAMAGES

         If (i) any Registration Statement required by this Agreement is not
filed with the Commission on or prior to the date specified for such filing in
this Agreement, (ii) any such Registration Statement has not been declared
effective by the Commission on or prior to the date specified for such
effectiveness in this Agreement, (iii) the Exchange Offer has not been
Consummated within 30 calendar days after the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement is first declared effective by the Commission or (iv) any Registration
Statement required by this Agreement is filed and declared effective but shall
thereafter cease to be effective or fail to be usable for its intended purpose
without being succeeded within 15 Business Days by a post-effective amendment to
such Registration Statement that cures such failure and that is itself declared
effective within five Business Days (each such event referred to in clauses (i)
through (iv), a "Registration Default"), then the Company agrees to pay
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Securities to each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities, from and including
the date on which any Registration Default shall occur to, but excluding, the
date on which such Registration Default has been cured, at a rate of 0.25% per
annum during the 90-day period immediately following the occurrence of such
Registration Default and shall increase by 0.25% per annum at the end of each
subsequent 90-day period, but in no event shall such rate exceed 0.50% per
annum. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, (1) upon
filing of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (and/or, if applicable, the
Shelf Registration Statement), in the case of clause (i) above, (2) upon the
effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (and/or, if
applicable, the Shelf Registration Statement), in the case of clause (ii) above,
(3) upon Consummation of the Exchange Offer, in the case of clause (iii) above,
or (4) upon the filing of a post-effective amendment to the Registration
Statement or an additional Registration Statement that causes the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement (and/or, if applicable, the Shelf Registration Statement)
to again be declared effective or made usable, in the case of clause (iv) above,
the liquidated damages payable with respect to the Transfer Restricted
Securities as a result of such clause (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv), as applicable,
shall cease.

         All additional interest shall be paid on each payment date to the
Holder of Global Notes by wire transfer of immediately available funds or by
federal funds check and to Holders of Certificated Securities by mailing checks
to their registered addresses on the books of the Company or the Trustee for
such payment. All obligations of the Company set forth in the preceding
paragraph that are outstanding with respect to any Transfer Restricted Security
at the time such security ceases to be a Transfer Restricted Security shall
survive until such time as all such obligations with respect to such security
shall have been satisfied in full.

SECTION 6. REGISTRATION PROCEDURES

         (a)      Exchange Offer Registration Statement. In connection with the
Exchange Offer, the Company shall comply with all applicable provisions of
Section 6(c) hereof, shall use its reasonable best efforts to effect such
exchange and to permit the sale of Broker-Dealer Transfer Restricted Securities
being sold in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution
thereof, and shall comply with all of the following provisions:

                  (i)      If, following the date hereof, there has been
         published a change in Commission policy with respect to exchange offers
         such as the Exchange Offer, such that in the reasonable opinion of
         counsel to the Company there is a substantial question as to whether
         the Exchange Offer is permitted by applicable federal law, the Company
         hereby agrees to seek a no-action letter or other favorable decision
         from the Commission allowing the Company to Consummate an Exchange
         Offer for the Restricted Notes. The Company hereby agrees to pursue the
         issuance of such a decision to the Commission staff level. In
         connection with the foregoing, the Company hereby agrees to take all
         such other actions as are reasonably requested by the Commission or
         otherwise required in connection with the issuance of such decision,
         including without limitation (A) participating in telephonic
         conferences with the Commission, (B) delivering to the Commission staff
         an analysis prepared by counsel to the Company setting forth the legal
         bases, if any, upon which such counsel has concluded that such an

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         Exchange Offer should be permitted and (C) diligently pursuing a
         resolution (which need not be favorable) by the Commission staff of
         such submission.

                  (ii)     As a condition to its participation in the Exchange
         Offer pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, each Holder of Transfer
         Restricted Securities shall furnish upon the request of the Company,
         prior to the Consummation of the Exchange Offer, a written
         representation to the Company (which may be contained in the letter of
         transmittal contemplated by the Exchange Offer Registration Statement)
         to the effect that (A) it is not an affiliate of the Company, (B) it is
         not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, and has no
         arrangement or understanding with any Person to participate in, a
         distribution of the Exchange Notes to be issued in the Exchange Offer
         and (C) it is acquiring the Exchange Notes in its ordinary course of
         business. Each Holder hereby acknowledges and agrees that any
         Broker-Dealer and any such Holder using the Exchange Offer to
         participate in a distribution of the securities to be acquired in the
         Exchange Offer (1) could not under Commission policy as in effect on
         the date of this Agreement rely on the position of the Commission
         enunciated in Morgan Stanley and Co. Inc. (available June 5, 1991) and
         Exxon Capital Holdings Corp. (available May 13, 1988), as interpreted
         in the Commission's letter to Shearman & Sterling (available July 2,
         1993), and similar no-action letters (including, if applicable, any
         no-action letter obtained pursuant to clause (i) above), and (2) must
         comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of
         the Act in connection with a secondary resale transaction and that such
         a secondary resale transaction must be covered by an effective
         registration statement containing the selling security holder
         information required by Item 507 or 508, as applicable, of Regulation
         S-K if the resales are of Exchange Notes obtained by such Holder in
         exchange for Restricted Notes acquired by such Holder directly from the
         Company or an affiliate thereof.

                  (iii)    Prior to effectiveness of the Exchange Offer
         Registration Statement, the Company shall provide a supplemental letter
         to the Commission (A) stating that the Company is registering the
         Exchange Offer in reliance on the position of the Commission enunciated
         in Exxon Capital Holdings Corp. (available May 13, 1988), Morgan
         Stanley and Co. Inc. (available June 5, 1991) and, if applicable, any
         no-action letter obtained pursuant to clause (i) above, (B) including a
         representation that the Company has not entered into any arrangement or
         understanding with any Person to distribute the Exchange Notes to be
         received in the Exchange Offer and that, to the best of the Company's
         information and belief, each Holder participating in the Exchange Offer
         is acquiring the Exchange Notes in its ordinary course of business and
         has no arrangement or understanding with any Person to participate in
         the distribution of the Exchange Notes received in the Exchange Offer
         and (C) any other undertaking or representation required by the
         Commission as set forth in any no-action letter obtained pursuant to
         clause (i) above.

         (b)      Shelf Registration Statement. In connection with the Shelf
Registration Statement, the Company shall comply with all the provisions of
Section 6(c) hereof and shall use its best

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efforts to effect such registration to permit the sale of the Transfer
Restricted Securities being sold in accordance with the intended method or
methods of distribution thereof (as indicated in the information furnished to
the Company pursuant to Section 4(b) hereof), and pursuant thereto the Company
will prepare and file with the Commission a Registration Statement relating to
the registration on any appropriate form under the Act, which form shall be
available for the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities in accordance with
the intended method or methods of distribution thereof within the time periods
and otherwise in accordance with the provisions hereof.

         (c)      General Provisions. In connection with any Registration
Statement and any related Prospectus required by this Agreement to permit the
sale or resale of Transfer Restricted Securities (including, without limitation,
any Exchange Offer Registration Statement and the related Prospectus, to the
extent that the same are required to be available to permit sales of
Broker-Dealer Transfer Restricted Securities by Restricted Broker-Dealers), the
Company shall:

                  (i)      use its best efforts to keep such Registration
         Statement continuously effective and provide all requisite financial
         statements for the period specified in Section 3 or 4 hereof, as
         applicable. Upon the occurrence of any event that would cause any such
         Registration Statement or the Prospectus contained therein (A) to
         contain a material misstatement or omission or (B) not to be effective
         and usable for resale of Transfer Restricted Securities during the
         period required by this Agreement, the Company shall file promptly an
         appropriate amendment to such Registration Statement, (1) in the case
         of clause (A), correcting any such misstatement or omission, and (2) in
         the case of clauses (A) and (B), using its best efforts to cause such
         amendment to be declared effective and such Registration Statement and
         the related Prospectus to become usable for their intended purpose(s)
         as soon as practicable thereafter;

                  (ii)     prepare and file with the Commission such amendments
         and post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement as may be
         necessary to keep the Registration Statement effective for the
         applicable period set forth in Section 3 or 4 hereof, or such shorter
         period as will terminate when all Transfer Restricted Securities
         covered by such Registration Statement have been sold; cause the
         Prospectus to be supplemented by any required Prospectus supplement,
         and as so supplemented to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Act,
         and to comply fully with Rules 424, 430A and 462, as applicable, under
         the Act in a timely manner; and comply with the provisions of the Act
         with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such
         Registration Statement during the applicable period in accordance with
         the intended method or methods of distribution by the sellers thereof
         set forth in such Registration Statement or supplement to the
         Prospectus;

                  (iii)    advise the underwriter(s), if any, and selling
         Holders promptly and, if requested by such Persons, confirm such advice
         in writing, (A) when the Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement or
         post-effective amendment has been filed, and, with respect to any
         Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto, when
         the same has become effective, (B) of any request by the Commission for
         amendments to the Registration Statement or amendments or

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         supplements to the Prospectus or for additional information relating
         thereto, (C) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order
         suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement under the
         Act or of the suspension by any state securities commission of the
         qualification of the Transfer Restricted Securities for offering or
         sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation of any proceeding for any
         of the preceding purposes, (D) of the existence of any fact or the
         happening of any event that makes any statement of a material fact made
         in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any amendment or
         supplement thereto or any document incorporated by reference therein
         untrue, or that requires the making of any additions to or changes in
         the Registration Statement in order to make the statements therein not
         misleading, or that requires the making of any additions to or changes
         in the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light
         of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. If at
         any time the Commission shall issue any stop order suspending the
         effectiveness of the Registration Statement, or any state securities
         commission or other regulatory authority shall issue an order
         suspending the qualification or exemption from qualification of the
         Transfer Restricted Securities under state securities or blue sky laws,
         the Company shall use its best efforts to obtain the withdrawal or
         lifting of such order at the earliest possible time;

                  (iv)     furnish to the Initial Purchaser(s), each selling
         Holder named in any Registration Statement or Prospectus and each of
         the underwriter(s) in connection with such sale, if any, before filing
         with the Commission, copies of any Registration Statement or any
         Prospectus included therein or any amendments or supplements to any
         such Registration Statement or Prospectus (including all documents
         incorporated by reference after the initial filing of such Registration
         Statement), which documents will be subject to the review and comment
         of such Holders and underwriter(s) in connection with such sale, if
         any, for a period of at least five Business Days, and the Company will
         not file any such Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendment
         or supplement to any such Registration Statement or Prospectus
         (including all such documents incorporated by reference) to which the
         selling Holders of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by such
         Registration Statement or the underwriter(s) in connection with such
         sale, if any, shall reasonably object within five Business Days after
         the receipt thereof;

                  (v)      promptly prior to the filing of any document that is
         to be incorporated by reference into a Registration Statement or
         Prospectus, provide copies of such document to the selling Holders and
         to the underwriter(s) in connection with such sale, if any, make the
         Company's representatives available for discussion of such document and
         other customary due diligence matters, and include such information in
         such document prior to the filing thereof as such selling Holders or
         underwriter(s), if any, reasonably may request;

                  (vi)     make available at reasonable times for inspection by
         the selling Holders, any managing underwriter participating in any
         disposition pursuant to such Registration Statement and any attorney or
         accountant retained by such

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         selling Holders or any of such underwriter(s), all financial and other
         records, material corporate documents and properties of the Company and
         cause the Company's officers, directors and employees to supply all
         information reasonably requested by any such Holder, underwriter,
         attorney or accountant in connection with such Registration Statement
         or any post-effective amendment thereto subsequent to the filing
         thereof and prior to its effectiveness;

                  (vii)    if requested by any selling Holders or the
         underwriter(s) in connection with such sale, if any, promptly include
         in any Registration Statement or Prospectus, pursuant to a supplement
         or post-effective amendment if necessary, such information as such
         selling Holders and underwriter(s), if any, may reasonably request to
         have included therein, including, without limitation, information
         relating to the "Plan of Distribution" of the Transfer Restricted
         Securities, information with respect to the principal amount of
         Transfer Restricted Securities being sold to such underwriter(s), the
         purchase price being paid therefor and any other terms of the offering
         of the Transfer Restricted Securities to be sold in such offering; and
         make all required filings of such Prospectus supplement or
         post-effective amendment as soon as practicable after the Company is
         notified of the matters to be included in such Prospectus supplement or
         post-effective amendment;

                  (viii)   if requested in writing by any selling Holder and
         each of the underwriter(s) in connection with such sale, if any,
         furnish, without charge, at least one copy of the Registration
         Statement, as first filed with the Commission, and of each amendment
         thereto, including all documents incorporated by reference therein and
         all exhibits (including exhibits incorporated therein by reference);

                  (ix)     if requested in writing by any selling Holder and
         each of the underwriter(s), if any, deliver, without charge, as many
         copies of the Prospectus (including each preliminary Prospectus) and
         any amendment or supplement thereto as such Persons reasonably may
         request; the Company hereby consents to the use (in accordance with
         law) of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto by each
         of the selling Holders and each of the underwriter(s), if any, in
         connection with the offering and the sale of the Transfer Restricted
         Securities covered by the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement
         thereto;

                  (x)      enter into such agreements (including an underwriting
         or similar agreement) and make such representations and warranties and
         take all such other actions in connection therewith in order to
         expedite or facilitate the disposition of the Transfer Restricted
         Securities pursuant to any Registration Statement contemplated by this
         Agreement as may be reasonably requested by any Holder of Transfer
         Restricted Securities or underwriter in connection with any sale or
         resale pursuant to any Registration Statement contemplated by this
         Agreement, and in such connection, whether or not an underwriting or
         similar agreement is entered into and whether or not the registration
         is an Underwritten Registration, the Company shall:

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                           (A)      furnish (or in the case of clauses (2) and
                  (3) below, use its best efforts to furnish) to each selling
                  Holder and each underwriter, if any, upon the effectiveness of
                  the Shelf Registration Statement and to each Restricted
                  Broker-Dealer upon Consummation of the Exchange Offer:

                                    (1)      a certificate, dated the date of
                           Consummation of the Exchange Offer or the date of
                           effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement, as
                           the case may be, signed on behalf of the Company by
                           (x) the President or any Vice President and (y) a
                           principal financial or accounting officer of the
                           Company, confirming, as of the date thereof, the
                           matters set forth in Sections 5(d) and 5(e) of the
                           Purchase Agreement and such other similar matters as
                           the Holders, underwriter(s) and/or Restricted
                           Broker-Dealers may reasonably request;

                                    (2)      an opinion, dated the date of
                           Consummation of the Exchange Offer or the date of
                           effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement, as
                           the case may be, of counsel for the Company covering
                           matters similar to those set forth in Section 5(b)(i)
                           of the Purchase Agreement and such other matters as
                           the Holders, underwriter(s) and/or Restricted
                           Broker-Dealers may reasonably request, and in any
                           event including a statement to the effect that such
                           counsel has participated in conferences with officers
                           and other representatives of the Company,
                           representatives of the independent public accountants
                           for the Company and have considered the matters
                           required to be stated therein and the statements
                           contained therein, although such counsel has not
                           independently verified the accuracy, completeness or
                           fairness of such statements; and that such counsel
                           advises that, on the basis of the foregoing (relying
                           as to materiality to a large extent upon facts
                           provided to such counsel by officers and other
                           representatives of the Company and without
                           independent check or verification), no facts came to
                           such counsel's attention that caused such counsel to
                           believe that the applicable Registration Statement,
                           at the time such Registration Statement or any
                           post-effective amendment thereto became effective
                           and, in the case of the Exchange Offer Registration
                           Statement, as of the date of Consummation of the
                           Exchange Offer, contained an untrue statement of a
                           material fact or omitted to state a material fact
                           required to be stated therein or necessary to make
                           the statements therein not misleading, or that the
                           Prospectus contained in such Registration Statement
                           as of its date and, in the case of the opinion dated
                           the date of Consummation of the Exchange Offer, as of
                           the date of Consummation,

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                           contained an untrue statement of a material fact or
                           omitted 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. Without limiting the foregoing, such
                           counsel may state further that such counsel assumes
                           no responsibility for, and has not independently
                           verified, the accuracy, completeness or fairness of
                           the financial statements, Notes and schedules and
                           other financial data included in any Registration
                           Statement contemplated by this Agreement or the
                           related Prospectus; and

                                    (3)      a customary comfort letter, dated
                           as of the date of effectiveness of the Shelf
                           Registration Statement or the date of Consummation of
                           the Exchange Offer, as the case may be, from the
                           Company's independent accountants, in the customary
                           form and covering matters of the type customarily
                           covered in comfort letters to underwriters in
                           connection with primary underwritten offerings, and
                           affirming the matters set forth in the comfort
                           letters delivered pursuant to Section 5(c)(i) and
                           Section 5(c)(ii) of the Purchase Agreement, without
                           exception;

                           (B)      set forth in full or incorporate by
                  reference in the underwriting or similar agreement, if any, in
                  connection with any sale or resale pursuant to any Shelf
                  Registration Statement, the indemnification provisions and
                  procedures of Section 8 hereof with respect to all parties to
                  be indemnified pursuant to said Section 8; and

                           (C)      deliver such other documents and
                  certificates as may be reasonably requested by the selling
                  Holders, the underwriter(s), if any, and Restricted
                  Broker-Dealers, if any, to evidence compliance with clause (A)
                  above and with any customary conditions contained in the
                  underwriting agreement or other agreement entered into by the
                  Company pursuant to this clause (C);

the above shall be done at each closing under such underwriting or similar
agreement, as and to the extent required thereunder, and if at any time the
representations and warranties of the Company contemplated in clause (A)(1)
above cease to be true and correct, the Company shall so advise the
underwriter(s), if any, the selling Holders and each Restricted Broker-Dealer
promptly and, if requested by such Persons, shall confirm such advice in
writing;

                  (xi)     prior to any public offering of Transfer Restricted
         Securities, cooperate with the selling Holders, the underwriter(s), if
         any, and their respective counsel in connection with the registration
         and qualification of the Transfer Restricted Securities under the
         securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as the selling
         Holders or underwriter(s), if any, may request and do any and all other

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         acts or things necessary or advisable to enable the disposition in such
         jurisdictions of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the
         applicable Registration Statement; provided, however, that the Company
         shall not be required to register or qualify as a foreign corporation
         where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would
         subject it to the service of process in suits or to taxation, other
         than as to matters and transactions relating to the Registration
         Statement, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject;

                  (xii)    issue, upon the request of any Holder of Restricted
         Notes covered by any Shelf Registration Statement contemplated by this
         Agreement, Exchange Notes having an aggregate principal amount equal to
         the aggregate principal amount of Restricted Notes surrendered to the
         Company by such Holder in exchange therefor or being sold by such
         Holder; such Exchange Notes to be registered in the name of such Holder
         or in the name of the purchaser(s) of such Notes, as the case may be;
         in return, the Restricted Notes held by such Holder shall be
         surrendered to the Company for cancellation;

                  (xiii)   in connection with any sale of Transfer Restricted
         Securities that will result in such securities no longer being Transfer
         Restricted Securities, cooperate with the selling Holders and the
         underwriter(s), if any, to facilitate the timely preparation and
         delivery of certificates representing Transfer Restricted Securities to
         be sold and not bearing any restrictive legends; and to register such
         Transfer Restricted Securities in such denominations and such names as
         the Holders or the underwriter(s), if any, may request at least two
         Business Days prior to such sale of Transfer Restricted Securities;

                  (xiv)    use its best efforts to cause the disposition of the
         Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Registration Statement to
         be registered with or approved by such other governmental agencies or
         authorities as may be necessary to enable the seller or sellers thereof
         or the underwriter(s), if any, to consummate the disposition of such
         Transfer Restricted Securities, subject to the proviso contained in
         clause (xi) above;

                  (xv)     subject to clause (i) above, if any fact or event
         contemplated by clause (iii)(D) above shall exist or have occurred,
         prepare a supplement or post-effective amendment to the Registration
         Statement or related Prospectus or any document incorporated therein by
         reference or file any other required document so that, as thereafter
         delivered to the purchasers of Transfer Restricted Securities, the
         Prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or
         omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements
         therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made,
         not misleading;

                  (xvi)    provide CUSIP numbers for all Transfer Restricted
         Securities not later than the effective date of a Registration
         Statement covering such Transfer Restricted Securities and provide the
         Trustee with printed certificates for the Transfer Restricted
         Securities which are in a form eligible for deposit with The Depository
         Trust Company;

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                  (xvii)   cooperate and assist in any filings required to be
         made with the NASD and in the performance of any due diligence
         investigation by any underwriter (including any "qualified independent
         underwriter") that is required to be retained in accordance with the
         rules and regulations of the NASD, and use its best efforts to cause
         such Registration Statement to become effective and approved by such
         governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary to enable the
         Holders selling Transfer Restricted Securities to consummate the
         disposition of such Transfer Restricted Securities;

                  (xviii)  otherwise use its best efforts to comply with all
         applicable rules and regulations of the Commission, and make generally
         available to its security holders with regard to any applicable
         Registration Statement, as soon as practicable, a consolidated earning
         statement meeting the requirements of Rule 158 under the Act (which
         need not be audited) covering a twelve-month period beginning after the
         effective date of the Registration Statement (as such term is defined
         in paragraph (c) of Rule 158 under the Act);

                  (xix)    cause the Indenture to be qualified under the TIA not
         later than the effective date of the first Registration Statement
         required by this Agreement and, in connection therewith, cooperate with
         the Trustee and the Holders of Notes to effect such changes to the
         Indenture as may be required for such Indenture to be so qualified in
         accordance with the terms of the TIA; and execute and use its best
         efforts to cause the Trustee to execute all documents that may be
         required to effect such changes and all other forms and documents
         required to be filed with the Commission to enable such Indenture to be
         so qualified in a timely manner; and

                  (xx)     provide promptly to each Holder upon request each
         document filed with the Commission pursuant to the requirements of
         Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

         (d)      Restrictions on Holders. Each Holder agrees by acquisition of
a Transfer Restricted Security that, upon receipt of a notice of actions to be
taken as referred to in Section 6(c)(i) hereof or any notice from the Company of
the existence of any fact of the kind described in Section 6(c)(iii)(D) hereof,
such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of Transfer Restricted
Securities pursuant to the applicable Registration Statement until such Holder's
receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by
Section 6(c)(xv) hereof, or until it is advised in writing by the Company that
the use of the Prospectus may be resumed, and has received copies of any
additional or supplemental filings that are incorporated by reference in the
Prospectus (the "Advice"). If so directed by the Company, each Holder will
deliver to the Company (at the Company's expense) all copies, other than
permanent file copies then in such Holder's possession, of the Prospectus
covering such Transfer Restricted Securities that was current at the time of
receipt of either such notice. In the event the Company shall give any such
notice, the time period regarding the effectiveness of such Registration
Statement set forth in Section 3 or 4 hereof, as applicable, shall be extended
by the number of days during the period from and including the date of the
giving of such notice pursuant to Section 6(c)(i) or Section 6(c)(iii)(D) hereof
to and including the date when each selling Holder

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covered by such Registration Statement shall have received the copies of the
supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 6(c)(xv) hereof or
shall have received the Advice.

SECTION 7. REGISTRATION EXPENSES

         (a)      All expenses incident to the Company's performance of or
compliance with this Agreement will be borne by the Company, regardless of
whether a Registration Statement becomes effective, including without
limitation: (i) all registration and filing fees; (ii) all fees and expenses of
compliance with federal securities and state blue sky or securities laws; (iii)
all expenses of printing (including printing certificates for the Exchange Notes
to be issued in the Exchange Offer and printing of Prospectuses), messenger and
delivery services and telephone; (iv) all fees and disbursements of counsel for
the Company and (other than in connection with the Exchange Offer) the Holders
of Transfer Restricted Securities; (v) all application and filing fees, if any,
in connection with listing the Notes on a national securities exchange or
automated quotation system pursuant to the requirements hereof; and (vi) all
fees and disbursements of independent certified public accountants of the
Company (including the expenses of any special audit and comfort letters
required by or incident to such performance).

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

         (b)      In connection with the Shelf Registration Statement, the
Company will reimburse the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities registered
pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement for the reasonable fees and
disbursements of not more than one counsel, who shall be chosen by the Holders
of a majority in principal amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities for
whose benefit the Shelf Registration Statement is being prepared in consultation
with the Company.

SECTION 8. INDEMNIFICATION AND CONTRIBUTION

         (a)      The Company agrees, to the extent permitted by law, to
indemnify and hold harmless each Holder and each Person, if any, who controls
any Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the
Exchange Act, against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint
or several, to which they or any of them may become subject under the Act or
otherwise ("Indemnified Holder"), and to reimburse the Holders and such
controlling Person or Persons, if any, for any legal or other expenses incurred
by them in connection with defending any action, suit or proceeding (including
governmental investigations) as provided in Section 8(c) hereof, insofar as such
losses, claims, damages, liabilities or actions, suits or proceedings (including
governmental investigations) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement
or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration
Statement, or, if any Registration Statement shall be amended or supplemented,
in the Registration Statement as so amended or supplemented, or arise out of or
are based upon any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading, except insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or
actions arise out of or are based upon any such untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement or

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omission or alleged omission which was made in the Registration Statement or in
the Registration Statement as so amended or supplemented, in reliance upon and
in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by any Holder
expressly for use therein.

         The Company's indemnity agreement contained in this Section 8(a), and
the covenants, representations and warranties of the Company contained in this
Agreement, shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation
made by or on behalf of any Person, and the indemnity agreement contained in
this Section 8 shall survive any termination of this Agreement. The liabilities
of the Company in this Section 8 are in addition to any other liabilities of the
Company under this Agreement or otherwise.

         (b)      Each Holder agrees, severally and not jointly, to the extent
permitted by law, to indemnify, hold harmless and reimburse the Company and each
Person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the
Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, to the same extent and upon the same
terms as the indemnity agreement of the Company set forth in Section 8(a)
hereof, but only with respect to alleged untrue statements or omissions made in
the Registration Statement or in the Registration Statement, as amended or
supplemented (if applicable), in reliance upon and in conformity with
information furnished in writing to the Company by such Holder expressly for use
therein.

         The indemnity agreement on the part of each Holder contained in this
Section 8(b) shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any
investigation made by or on behalf of the Company or any other Person, and the
indemnity agreement contained in this Section 8(b) shall survive any termination
of this Agreement.

         (c)      If a claim is made or an action, suit or proceeding (including
governmental investigations) is commenced or threatened against any person as to
which indemnity may be sought under Section 8(a) or 8(b) hereof, such Person
(the "Indemnified Person") shall notify the Person against whom such indemnity
may be sought (the "Indemnifying Person") promptly after any assertion of such
claim threatening to institute an action, suit or proceeding or, if such an
action, suit or proceeding is commenced against such Indemnified Person,
promptly after such Indemnified Person shall have been served with a summons or
other first legal process, giving information as to the nature and basis of the
claim. Failure to so notify the Indemnifying Person shall not, however, relieve
the Indemnifying Person from any liability which it may have on account of the
indemnity under Section 8(a) or 8(b) hereof if the Indemnifying Person has not
been prejudiced in any material respect by such failure. Subject to the
immediately succeeding sentence, the Indemnifying Person shall assume the
defense of any such litigation or proceeding, including the employment of
counsel and the payment of all expenses, with such counsel being designated,
subject to the immediately succeeding sentence, in writing by a majority in
principal amount of the Holders in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to
Section 8(b) hereof and by the Company in the case of parties indemnified
pursuant to Section 8(a) hereof. Any Indemnified Person shall have the right to
participate in such litigation or proceeding and to retain its own counsel, but
the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such
Indemnified Person unless (i) the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person
shall have mutually agreed to the retention of such counsel or (ii) the named
parties to any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include (x) the
Indemnifying Person and (y) the Indemnified Person and, in the written opinion
of counsel to such Indemnified Person, representation of both

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parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or likely
conflicts of interest between them, in either of which cases the reasonable fees
and expenses of counsel (including disbursements) for such Indemnified Person
shall be reimbursed by the Indemnifying Person to the Indemnified Person. If
there is a conflict as described in clause (ii) above, and the Indemnified
Persons have participated in the litigation or proceeding utilizing separate
counsel whose fees and expenses have been reimbursed by the Indemnifying Person,
and the Indemnified Persons, or any of them, are found to be solely liable, such
Indemnified Person shall repay to the Indemnifying Parties such fees and
expenses of such separate counsel as the Indemnifying Person shall have
reimbursed. It is understood that the Indemnifying Person shall not, in
connection with any litigation or proceeding or related litigation or
proceedings in the same jurisdiction as to which the Indemnified Persons are
entitled to such separate representation, be liable under this Agreement for the
reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses of more than one separate firm
(together with not more than one appropriate local counsel) for all such
Indemnified Persons. Subject to the next paragraph, all such fees and expenses
shall be reimbursed by payment to the Indemnified Persons of such reasonable
fees and expenses of counsel promptly after payment thereof by the Indemnified
Persons.

         In furtherance of the requirement above that fees and expenses of any
separate counsel for the Indemnified Persons shall be reasonable, the Holders
and the Company agree that the Indemnifying Person's obligations to pay such
fees and expenses shall be conditioned upon the following:

                           in case separate counsel is proposed to be
         retained by the Indemnified Persons pursuant to clause (ii) of the
         preceding paragraph, the Indemnified Persons shall in good faith fully
         consult with the Indemnifying Person in advance as to the selection of
         such counsel;

                           reimbursable fees and expenses of such separate
         counsel shall be detailed and supported in a manner reasonably
         acceptable to the Indemnifying Person (but nothing herein shall be
         deemed to require the furnishing to the Indemnifying Person of any
         information, including, without limitation, computer print-outs of
         lawyers' daily time entries, to the extent that, in the judgment of
         such counsel, furnishing such information might reasonably be expected
         to result in a waiver of any attorney-client privilege); and

                           the Company and the Holders shall cooperate in
         monitoring and controlling the fees and expenses of separate counsel
         for Indemnified Persons for which the Indemnifying Person is liable
         hereunder, and the Indemnified Person shall use every reasonable effort
         to cause such separate counsel to minimize the duplication of
         activities as between themselves and counsel to the Indemnifying
         Person.

         The Indemnifying Person shall not be liable for any settlement of any
litigation or proceeding effected without the written consent of the
Indemnifying Person, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final
judgment against the Indemnified Person, the Indemnifying Person agrees, subject
to the provisions of this Section 8, to indemnify the Indemnified Person from
and against any loss, damage, liability or expenses by reason of such settlement
or judgment. The Indemnifying Person shall not, without the prior written
consent of the Indemnified Persons, effect any settlement of any pending or
threatened litigation, proceeding or

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claim in respect of which indemnity has been properly sought by the Indemnified
Persons hereunder, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release by
the claimant of all Indemnified Persons from all liability with respect to
claims which are the subject matter of such litigation, proceeding or claim.

         (d)      If the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 is
unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an Indemnified Person under this
Section 8 in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions,
suits or proceedings (including governmental investigations) in respect thereof)
referred to therein, then each Indemnifying Person under this Section 8 shall
contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Person as a result
of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof)
in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received
by the Indemnifying Person on the one hand and the Indemnified Person on the
other from the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities. If, however, the
allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is not permitted by
applicable law, then each Indemnifying Person shall contribute to such amount
paid or payable by such Indemnified Person in such proportion as is appropriate
to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of each
Indemnifying Person, if any, on the one hand and the Indemnified Person on the
other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions, suits or proceedings
(including governmental investigations) in respect thereof), as well as any
other relevant equitable considerations. 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 information supplied by the Company on the one hand or
the Holders on the other and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to
information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
The Company and the Holders agree that it would not be just and equitable if
contribution pursuant to this Section 8 were determined by pro rata allocation
(even if the Holders were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any
other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable
considerations referred to in this Section 8. The amount paid or payable by an
Indemnified Person as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or
actions, suits or proceedings (including governmental proceedings) in respect
thereof) referred to in this Section 8 shall be deemed to include any legal or
other expenses reasonably incurred by such Indemnified Person in connection with
investigating or defending any such actions, suits or proceedings (including
governmental proceedings) or claims, provided that the provisions of this
Section 8 have been complied with (in all material respects) in respect of any
separate counsel for such Indemnified Person. Notwithstanding the provisions of
this Section 8, no Holder shall be required to contribute any amount greater
than the excess of the amount by which the total received by such Holder with
respect to the sale of its Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to a
Registration Statement exceeds the sum of (A) the amount paid by such Holder for
such Transfer Restricted Securities plus (B) the amount of any damages which
such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or
alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No Person guilty of
fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act)
shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such
fraudulent misrepresentation. The Holders' obligations in this Section 8 to
contribute are several in proportion to their respective obligations and not
joint.

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         The agreement with respect to contribution contained in this Section 8
shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or
on behalf of the Company or any Holder, and shall survive any termination of
this Agreement.

SECTION 9. RULE 144A

         The Company hereby agrees with each Holder, for so long as any Transfer
Restricted Securities remain outstanding and during any period in which the
Company is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, to make
available, upon request of any Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities, to any
Holder or beneficial owner of Transfer Restricted Securities in connection with
any sale thereof and any prospective purchaser of such Transfer Restricted
Securities designated by such Holder or beneficial owner, the information
required by Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Act in order to permit resales of such
Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to Rule 144A.

SECTION 10. UNDERWRITTEN REGISTRATIONS

         No Holder may participate in any Underwritten Registration hereunder
unless such Holder (a) agrees to sell such Holder's Transfer Restricted
Securities on the basis provided in customary underwriting arrangements entered
into in connection therewith and (b) completes and executes all reasonable
questionnaires, powers of attorney, and other documents required under the terms
of such underwriting arrangements.

SECTION 11. SELECTION OF UNDERWRITERS

         For any Underwritten Offering, the investment banker or investment
bankers and manager or managers for any Underwritten Offering that will
administer such offering will be selected by the Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities included in
such offering; provided, that such investment bankers and managers must be
reasonably satisfactory to the Company. The Holders of Transfer Restricted
Securities included in any such Underwritten Offering shall be responsible for
paying all underwriting or placement fees charged, or costs or expenses
incurred, by such investment bankers and managers in connection with such
Underwritten Offering. Such investment bankers and managers are referred to
herein as the "underwriters".

SECTION 12. MISCELLANEOUS

         (a)      Remedies. Each Holder, in addition to being entitled to
exercise all rights provided herein, in the Indenture, in the Purchase Agreement
or granted by law, including recovery of liquidated or other damages, will be
entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Agreement. The Company
agrees that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any loss
incurred by reason of a breach by the Company of the provisions of this
Agreement and hereby agrees to waive the defense in any action for specific
performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.

         (b)      No Inconsistent Agreements. The Company will not, on or after
the date of this Agreement, enter into any agreement with respect to its
securities that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders in this
Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof.

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The Company has not previously entered into any agreement granting any
registration rights with respect to its securities to any Person. The rights
granted to the Holders hereunder do not in any way conflict with and are not
inconsistent with the rights granted to the holders of the Company's securities
under any agreement in effect on the date hereof.

         (c)      Adjustments Affecting the Notes. The Company will not take any
action, or voluntarily permit any change to occur, with respect to the Notes
that would materially and adversely affect the ability of the Holders to
Consummate any Exchange Offer.

         (d)      Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement may
not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to or
departures from the provisions hereof may not be given, unless (i) in the case
of Section 5 hereof and this Section 12(d)(i), the Company has obtained the
written consent of Holders of all outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities and
(ii) in the case of all other provisions hereof, the Company has obtained the
written consent of Holders of a majority of the outstanding principal amount of
Transfer Restricted Securities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or
consent to or departure from the provisions hereof that relates exclusively to
the rights of Holders whose securities are being tendered pursuant to the
Exchange Offer and that does not affect directly or indirectly the rights of
other Holders whose securities are not being tendered pursuant to such Exchange
Offer may be given by the Holders of a majority of the outstanding principal
amount of Transfer Restricted Securities subject to such Exchange Offer.

         (e)      Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or
permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, first-class mail
(registered or certified, return receipt requested), telecopier, or air courier
guaranteeing overnight delivery:

                  (i)      if to a Holder, at the address set forth on the
         records of the Security Registrar under the Indenture, with a copy to
         the Security Registrar; and

                  (ii)     if to the Company:

                           CMS Energy Corporation
                           One Energy Plaza
                           Jackson, Michigan 49201
                           Telecopier No.: (517) 788-2186, Attention: Executive
                           Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

                  With a copy at the same address to:

                           Robert C. Shrosbree, Esq.
                           Telecopier No.: (313) 436-9225

         All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly
given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business
Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt
acknowledged, if telecopied; and on the next Business Day, if timely delivered
to an air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery.

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         Copies of all such notices, demands or other communications shall be
concurrently delivered by the Person giving the same to the Trustee at the
address specified in the Indenture.

         (f)      Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the
benefit of and be binding upon the successors and assigns of each of the
parties, including, without limitation and without the need for an express
assignment, subsequent Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities; provided,
however, that this Agreement shall not inure to the benefit of or be binding
upon a successor or assign of a Holder unless and to the extent such successor
or assign acquired Transfer Restricted Securities directly from such Holder.

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

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

         (i)      Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD
TO THE CONFLICT OF LAW RULES THEREOF.

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

         (k)      Entire Agreement. This Agreement is intended by the parties as
a final expression of their agreement and intended to be a complete and
exclusive statement of the agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in
respect of the subject matter contained herein. There are no restrictions,
promises, warranties or undertakings, other than those set forth or referred to
herein, with respect to the registration rights granted with respect to the
Transfer Restricted Securities. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements
and understandings between the parties with respect to such subject matter.

         (l)      S-3 Ineligibility. If the Company is not eligible to use Act
Form S-3 by the 270th day after the date on which it determines that it is not
required to file the Exchange Offer Registration Statement pursuant to Section
4(a)(i) hereof or the 270th day after the date on which it receives the notice
specified in Section 4(a)(ii) hereof (either, the "S-3 Ineligibility Date"), the
Company shall (A) cause to be filed as soon as practicable after the S-3
Ineligibility Date a registration statement containing a resale prospectus on
whatever Act form the Company is then eligible to use relating to all Transfer
Restricted Securities the Holders of which shall have provided the information
required pursuant to Section 4(b) hereof and (B) use its best efforts to cause
such shelf registration statement to become effective as soon as practicable.

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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the
date first above written.

                                         CMS ENERGY CORPORATION

                                         By: /s/ Thomas J. Webb
                                            ----------------------------
                                            Name: Thomas J. Webb
                                            Title: Executive Vice President and
                                                   Chief Financial Officer

CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTED
AS OF THE DATE FIRST ABOVE WRITTEN:

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.,
for itself and as Representative
of the Initial Purchasers

By:/s/ Jane Sadowsky
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   Name: Jane Sadowsky
   Title: Managing Director