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                                                                    EXHIBIT 2.1


                    IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT
                    FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
                                      

In re                                 )    Chapter 11
                                      )
DECORATIVE HOME ACCENTS, INC.,        )    Case Nos.
a Delaware corporation; THE RUG       )
BARN, INC., a South Carolina          )
corporation; HOME INNOVATIONS,        )
INC., a Delaware corporation;         )    Jointly Administered
HOME INNOVATIONS, INC., a New         )
York corporation; DHA HOME,           )  This Document Applies to
INC., a Delaware corporation;         )          All Cases
R.A. BRIGGS AND COMPANY, an Il-       )
linois corporation; and               )
DRAYMORE MFG. CORP., a North          )
Carolina corporation,                 )
                                      )
               Debtors.               )
______________________________________


DEBTORS' JOINT PLAN OF REORGANIZATION DATED SEPTEMBER 29, 1997
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Michael A. Morris and                       John Weiss and Thomas F. Berner
Thomas R. Kreller, Members of               Katten Muchin & Zavis
Stutman, Treister & Glatt                   1133 Avenue of the Americas
Professional Corporation                    New York, NY  10036
3699 Wilshire Blvd., 9th Floor
Los Angeles, CA  90010                      General Counsel for Debtors

Special Reorganization Counsel 
for Debtors




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                              TABLE OF CONTENTS

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I.   INTRODUCTION..............................................................1

II.  DEFINITIONS, INTERPRETATION, AND RULES OF CONSTRUCTION....................2

     A.   Definitions..........................................................2

     B.   Interpretation, Rules Of Construction, 
          Computation Of Time, And Choice Of Law..............................17

III. DESIGNATION OF CLASSES OF CLAIMS AND EQUITY 
     INTERESTS................................................................19

     A.   Secured Claims......................................................20

     B.   Certain Priority Unsecured Claims...................................20

     C.   Unsecured Or Partially Secured Claims Without Priority..............20

     D.   Equity Interests And Related Rights.................................21

IV.  TREATMENT OF CLASSES OF CLAIMS, INTERESTS, AND 
     UNCLASSIFIED CLAIMS OR INTERESTS.........................................22

     A.   Unclassified Claims.................................................22

          1.   Administrative Claims..........................................22

               a.   Generally.................................................22

               b.   Post-Petition Date Trade Claims...........................23

               c.   Administrative Claims Bar Date............................24

               d.   Administrative Expenses Incurred 
                    After Confirmation Date...................................24

          2.   Treatment Of Priority Tax Claims...............................24

          3.   Treatment Of Intercompany And Affiliate Claims.................26
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     4.   Treatment Of Joint Liability Duplicate 
          Claims Against Multiple Debtors
          (Including Guarantee Claims)........................................26

B.   Treatment Of Secured Claims..............................................27

     1.   Class 1A (Macpherson Meistergram, Inc. 
          Secured Claim)......................................................27

     2.   Class 1B (Other Secured Claims).....................................28

C.   Treatment Of Certain Priority Unsecured Claims...........................29

     1.   Class 2 (Unsecured Priority Claims).................................29

D.   Treatment Of Unsecured And Partially Secured Claims......................30

     1.   Class 3 (General Unsecured Claims)..................................30

     2.   Class 4 (Senior Note Claims):.......................................31

E.   Treatment Of Equity Interests And Certain 
     Rights Related Thereto...................................................32

     1.   Class 5A (Interests Based On the 
          Redeemable Preferred Stock.)........................................32

     2.   Class 5B (Interests Of The Existing 
          Common Stock):......................................................33

     3.   Class 5C (Equity Interests In TRB):.................................34

     4.   Class 5D (Equity Interests In HII):.................................34

     5.   Class 5E (Equity Interests In HII-New York):........................34

     6.   Class 5F (Equity Interests In DHAH):................................35

     7.   Class 5G (Equity Interests In Briggs):..............................35

     8.   Class 5H (Equity Interests In Draymore).............................35

     9.   Class 5I (Equity Interests Based Upon 
          Options, Warrants, Etc.)............................................36

V.   TREATMENT OF EXECUTORY CONTRACTS AND UNEXPIRED LEASES....................36

     A.   Assumption Of Executory Contracts And 
          Unexpired Leases....................................................36
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     1.   Assumption Generally................................................36

     2.   Approval Of Assumptions.............................................37

     3.   Objections To Assumption Of Executory 
          Contracts And Unexpired Leases......................................38

     4.   Objections To Proposed "Cure" Amounts...............................39

     5.   Payments Related To Assumption Of 
          Executory Contracts And Unexpired Leases............................40

B.   Executory Contracts And Unexpired Leases To 
     Be Rejected..............................................................41

C.   Bar Date For Rejection Damages...........................................42

D.   Contracts Entered Into On Or After 
     The Petition Date........................................................42

VI.  EFFECTIVE DATE...........................................................43

     A.   Occurrence Of The Effective Date....................................43

     B.   Waiver Of Conditions................................................45

     C.   Failure Of The Effective Date.......................................45

VII. MEANS FOR EXECUTION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN.......................45

     A.   Issuance And Exercise Of Rights.....................................45

     B.   Issuance Of New Securities..........................................46

     C.   Cancellation Of Existing Securities And 
          Agreements..........................................................47

     D.   Surrender Of Existing Securities....................................47

     E.   Retiree Benefits....................................................48

     F.   Management Employment Agreements....................................48

     G.   Employee Benefit Plans..............................................49

     H.   Stock Incentive Plan................................................49

     I.   Listing Of New Common Stock; Registration Of Securities.............50

     J.   New Certificates Of Incorporation And Bylaws........................51

     K.   Revesting Of Assets.................................................52
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     L.   Management Of Reorganized Debtors...................................52

     M.   Exemption From Certain Transfer Taxes...............................52

     N.   Applicability Of Sections 1125 And 1145 Of 
          The Bankruptcy Code To New Common Stock And 
          Other  Securities Issued Under The Plan.............................53

     O.   Objections To Claims................................................54

     P.   Discharge Of Debtors And Injunction.................................55

     Q.   Preservation Of Rights Of Action....................................58

     R.   Limitation Of Liability.............................................58

     S.   Maintenance Of Directors' And Officers 
          Liability Insurance.................................................59

     T.   Allocation of Consideration.........................................60

VIII.  DISTRIBUTION...........................................................60

     A.   General.............................................................60

          1.   Disbursing Agents..............................................60

          2.   Transmittal Of Distributions To Parties 
               Entitled Thereto...............................................61

          3.   No Fractional Shares...........................................62

          4.   Timing Of Distributions........................................63

          5.   Compliance With Tax Requirements...............................63

          6.   No Distributions On Account Of Disputed 
               Claims Pending Allowance.......................................64

          7.   Treatment Of Contingent Claims.................................65

     B.   Undeliverable Distributions.........................................65

          1.   Holding And Investment Of Undeliverable 
               Distributions..................................................65

          2.   Failure To Claim Undeliverable Distributions...................66

     C.   Estimation Of Unliquidated And Disputed Claims......................67

IX.  CONFIRMATION REQUEST.....................................................67
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X.   RETENTION OF JURISDICTION................................................67

     A.   Retained Jurisdiction...............................................67

     B.   Jurisdiction Over The New Securities................................70

XI.   MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS................................................69

     A.   Amendment And Modification Of The Plan..............................70

     B.   Withdrawal Or Revocation Of The Plan................................70

     C.   Section 1111(b)(2) Election.........................................71

     D.   Creditors' Committee................................................71

     E.   Successors And Assigns..............................................72

     F.   Severability Of Provisions Of The Plan..............................72
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                                      I.
                                      
                                 INTRODUCTION
                                      

     This "Debtors' Joint Plan of Reorganization Dated September 29, 1997" (the
"Plan") is proposed by Decorative Home Accents, Inc., a Delaware corporation;
The Rug Barn, Inc., a South Carolina corporation; Home Innovations, Inc., a
Delaware corporation; Home Innovations, Inc., a New York corporation; DHA Home,
Inc., a Delaware corporation; R.A. Briggs and Company, an Illinois corporation;
and Draymore Mfg. Corp., a North Carolina corporation, the debtors and debtors
in possession in the above-captioned, jointly administered cases pending under
chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code (collectively, the "Debtors"), for the
resolution of the Debtors' outstanding creditor Claims (as hereinafter defined)
and Equity Interests (as hereinafter defined).  Reference is made to the
"Disclosure Statement to Accompany Debtors' Joint Plan of Reorganization" dated
September 29, 1997 (the "Disclosure Statement") for (i) a discussion of the
Debtors' history, business, results of operations, historical financial
information, and projections, and (ii) a summary and analysis of the Plan.  All
creditors and holders of Equity Interests entitled to vote to accept or reject
the Plan are encouraged to review the Disclosure Statement and the Plan before
voting to accept or reject the Plan.  To the extent that the Plan is
inconsistent with the Disclosure Statement, the Plan will govern.


                                      
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                                     II.
                                      
                         DEFINITIONS, INTERPRETATION,
                          AND RULES OF CONSTRUCTION
                                      
     A.   DEFINITIONS.

          In addition to those capitalized terms that are defined in other
sections of the Plan, the following terms (which appear in the Plan as
capitalized terms) have the following meanings as used in the Plan:

          1.   "ADMINISTRATIVE CLAIM" means a Claim for costs and expenses of
administration under sections 503(b) or 507(b) of the Bankruptcy Code.

          2.   "ALLOWED CLAIM" means a Claim against one or more of the Debtors
to the extent that the Claim is allowed pursuant to the Plan, or (a) a proof of
such Claim was (i) timely Filed; or (ii) deemed timely Filed under applicable
law or by reason of an order of the Bankruptcy Court; and (b)(i) after the
applicable deadlines for Filing an objection to the Claim in accordance with
Section VII.O of the Plan has passed, the Debtors, Reorganized Debtors, or any
other party in interest entitled to do so has not Filed an objection or any
such objection is withdrawn following the expiration of such applicable
deadline(s); (ii) the Claim is allowed (but only to the extent allowed) by a
Final Order; or (iii) the Claim is a Class 3 Claim that is listed on the
Allowed Claims List as of the Effective Date or any supplement to the Allowed
Claims List Filed by the Debtors (with the prior written consent of Magten)
after the Effective Date.  Prior to the time that an objection has been or may
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poses of the Plan, a Claim shall be considered an Allowed Claim if (a)
the Claim has been Scheduled; (b) the amount of the Claim specified in any
Filed proof of Claim equals or is less than the amount of the Claim Scheduled
by a Debtor as other than disputed, contingent or unliquidated; (c) the
priority of the Claim specified in any Filed proof of Claim is of an equal or
more junior priority than the priority of the Claim Scheduled by a Debtor; and
(d) the Claim has not been Scheduled as disputed, contingent or unliquidated or
as being in the amount of $0.00.  Terms such as "ALLOWED PRIORITY TAX CLAIM" or
"ALLOWED SECURED CLAIM" mean, by way of example, an Allowed Claim that is also
a Priority Tax Claim or Secured Claim, respectively.

          3.   "ALLOWED CLAIMS LIST" means the list, which the Debtors shall    
File (with the prior written consent of Magten) on or prior to the Effective
Date, as supplemented by the Debtors thereafter (with the prior written consent
of Magten), of all Class 3 Claims to which the Debtors will not File objections
and which will be deemed Allowed as of the Effective Date.  After the Effective
Date, the Debtors may File (with the prior written consent of Magten)
supplements to the Allowed Claims List identifying Class 3 Claims that will be
deemed Allowed as of the Filing of such supplements.  The Allowed Claims List
shall not include any Claim as to which an objection is Filed by an entity
other than the Debtors prior to the Effective Date (unless such objection has
been properly withdrawn).

          4.   "ALLOWED EQUITY INTEREST" means (a) an Equity Interest in DHA as
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transfer agent as of the Confirmation Date, (b) DHA's 100 percent
Equity Interest in TRB, HII or HII-New York or (c) HII's 100 percent Equity
Interest in DHAH, Briggs or Draymore.

          5.   "BANKRUPTCY CODE" means title 11 of the United States Code, as 
the same was in effect on the Petition Date, as amended from time to time.

          6.   "BANKRUPTCY COURT" means the United States Bankruptcy Court for  
the Southern District of New York or, in the event such court ceases to or does
not exercise jurisdiction over the Reorganization Cases, such other court or
adjunct thereof that exercises jurisdiction over the Reorganization Cases.

          7.   "BANKRUPTCY RULES" means the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy         
Procedure, the Local Rules of the United States District Court for the Southern
District of New York, the Local Bankruptcy Rules of the United States
Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, and the guidelines and
requirements of the Office of the United States Trustee for the Southern
District of New York, as the same may from time to time be in effect and
applicable to the Reorganization Cases and proceedings therein.

          8.   "BAR DATE ORDER" means the "Order (1) Establishing Procedures    
and Deadlines for Filing Proofs of Claims and Interests; (2) Establishing
Sanctions for Failure to Comply Therewith; and (3) Approving Form and Scope of
Notice Thereof" entered by the Bankruptcy Court on September __, 1997, as may
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          9.   "BRIGGS" means R.A. Briggs and Company, an Illinois corporation.

          10.  "CASH" means lawful currency of the United States and equivalents
thereof, including, but not limited to, bank deposits, wire transfers, checks,
and other similar items.

          11.  "CIGNA" means CIGNA Mezzanine Partners II, L.P., Connecticut
General Life Insurance Company, Connecticut General Life Insurance Company, on
behalf of one or more separate accounts, and Life Insurance Company of North
America, collectively.

          12.  "CLAIM" means a claim as such term is defined in section 101(5)  
and construed in section 102(2) of the Bankruptcy Code, as supplemented by the
Bar Date Order.

          13.  "CLASS" means one of the classes of Claims or Equity Interests
established under Article III of the Plan pursuant to section 1122 of the
Bankruptcy Code.

          14.  "CONFIRMATION" means the entry of the Confirmation Order.

          15.  "CONFIRMATION DATE" means the date of Confirmation.

          16.  "CONFIRMATION HEARING" means the hearing to be held by the
Bankruptcy Court to consider confirming the Plan.

          17.  "CONFIRMATION ORDER" means the order of the Bankruptcy Court
confirming the Plan.

          18.  "CONGRESS" means Congress Financial Corporation.

          19.  "CONGRESS CREDIT AGREEMENT" means that certain Credit Agreement
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and Congress and dated as of November 12, 1996, as amended from time to
time prior to the Petition Date in accordance with the terms thereof and
following the Petition Date, as amended with the approval of the Bankruptcy
Court with the prior written consent of Magten.


          20.  "CONGRESS FINANCING ORDER" means (i) that certain interim order 
in the form of Exhibit Q hereto from and after the date such order is entered by
the Bankruptcy Court until the date that the final order in respect thereof
becomes a Final Order and (ii) such final order from and after the date such
order becomes a Final Order.

          21.  "CREDITORS' COMMITTEE" means the Official Unsecured Creditors'
Committee in the Reorganization Cases, as and if appointed by the Office of the
United States Trustee.

          22.  "DATE OF ASSESSMENT" of an Allowed Priority Tax Claim means (a) 
if the governmental unit holding such Allowed Priority Tax Claim assessed such
Claim prior to the Petition Date, the date of such assessment, or (b)
otherwise, the Effective Date.

          23.  "DEBTORS" means DHA, TRB, HII, HII-New York, DHAH, Briggs and
Draymore, the debtors in the Reorganization Cases.

          24.  "DEBTORS in Possession" means the Debtors, when acting in the
capacity of representatives of the Estates in the Reorganization Cases.

          25.  "DHA" means Decorative Home Accents, Inc., a Delaware 
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          26.  "DHA CHARTER" means the Certificate of Incorporation for
Reorganized DHA, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto.

          27.  "DHA BYLAWS" means the bylaws of Reorganized DHA substantially in
the form of Exhibit B hereto.

          28.  "DHAH" means DHA Home, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

          29.  "DISBURSING AGENT" means any qualified Person that is designated
under the Plan, the Confirmation Order, or by the Debtors or the Reorganized
Debtors (including, if appropriate, Reorganized DHA), with the prior written
consent of Magten, to disburse property pursuant to the Plan.

          30.  "DISCLOSURE STATEMENT" means the "Disclosure Statement to        
Accompany Debtors' Plan of Reorganization Dated September 29, 1997" (and all
annexes attached thereto or referenced therein) which relates to the Plan and
is approved pursuant to section 1125 of the Bankruptcy Code in an order entered
by the Bankruptcy Court, as such Disclosure Statement may be amended, modified,
or supplemented.

          31.  "DISPUTED CLAIM" or "DISPUTED EQUITY INTEREST" means a Claim or
Equity Interest, respectively, as to which a proof of Claim or Equity Interest
has been Filed or deemed Filed and that is not an Allowed Claim or Allowed
Equity Interest.

          32.  "DISPUTED CLAIMS RESERVE" means the property that may be reserved
by the Disbursing Agent for the benefit of holders of Disputed Claims pursuant
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          33.  "DRAYMORE" means Draymore Mfg. Corp., a North Carolina 
corporation.

          34.  "EFFECTIVE DATE" means the date specified as the Effective Date 
of the Plan in Article VI.

          35.  "EQUITY INTEREST" means any interest in an equity security as
defined in section 101(16) of the Bankruptcy Code, including but not limited
to, any interest evidenced by Existing Common Stock, Redeemable Preferred
Stock, and any options, warrants, calls, subscriptions, or any other similar
rights or other agreements or commitments, contractual or otherwise, obligating
any Debtor to acquire, issue, transfer or sell any shares of Existing Common
Stock or Redeemable Preferred Stock.

          36.  "ESTATES" means the estates created in the Reorganization Cases 
by section 541 of the Bankruptcy Code.

          37.  "EXCESS UNDERLYING SHARES" means collectively, the SN Excess
Underlying Shares and the RPS Excess Underlying Shares.

          38.  "EXISTING COMMON STOCK" means the common stock of DHA issued and
outstanding prior to the Effective Date including, without limitation, the
Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock, Class C Common Stock, Class D
Common Stock, Class E Common Stock and Class F Common Stock of DHA, and any and
all rights incident thereto.

          39.  "FILE" or "FILED" means file or filed with the Bankruptcy Court 
in the Reorganization Cases.

          40.  "FINAL ORDER" means an order that is in effect and is not stayed
and as to which (a) the time to appeal or petition for certiorari has expired
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for certiorari or other proceeding for reargument or rehearing shall
then be pending, or (b) in the event that an appeal, writ of certiorari or
reargument or rehearing thereof has been sought and is pending, such order of
the Court shall have been affirmed by the highest court to which the order was
appealed or certiorari, reargument or rehearing has been denied, and the time
to take any further appeal, petition for certiorari, or move for reargument or
rehearing shall have expired.

          41.  "FUND V" means TCW Special Credits Fund V - The Principal Fund.

          42.  "FUND V AGREEMENT" means the Agreement, dated as of September 26,
1997, by and between DHA and Fund V, a copy of which is attached hereto as 
Exhibit C, pursuant to which Fund V agreed to exercise all of the Rights and
the RPS Oversubscription Options issued to it pursuant to the Plan and the
Rights Plan.

          43.  "HII" means Home Innovations, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

          44.  "HII-NEW YORK" means Home Innovations, Inc., a New York
corporation.

          45.  "INDENTURE" means the Indenture dated as of July 13, 1995 between
Decorative Home Accents, Inc., as issuer, and Firstar Bank of Minnesota, N.A.,
as successor to American Bank National Association, as trustee, as amended
and/or supplemented from time to time.

          46.  "MAGTEN" means Magten Asset Management Corp. solely as agent for
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          47.  "MAGTEN AGREEMENT" means the Agreement, dated as of September 26,
1997, by and between DHA and certain entities listed on Schedule I thereto, a
copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit D, pursuant to which such entities
agreed to exercise all of the Rights and the SN Oversubscription Options issued
to them pursuant to the Plan and the Rights Plan.

          48.  "NEW COMMON STOCK" means the common stock of Reorganized DHA par
value $0.01 per share to be distributed pursuant to the Plan.

          49.  "OVERSUBSCRIPTION OPTIONS" means collectively, the SN
Oversubscription Options and the RPS Oversubscription Options.

          50.  "PETITION DATE" means September 29, 1997.

          51.  "POST-PETITION SECURED LOAN AGREEMENT" means that certain Credit
Agreement dated September 29, 1997, among the Term Lenders and the Debtors, as
amended from time to time.

          52.  "POST-PETITION CLOSING FEE" means the "Post-Petition Closing Fee"
as defined in the Post-Petition Secured Loan Agreement.

          53.  "PRE-PETITION CLOSING FEE" means the "Closing Fee" as defined in
the "Pre-Petition Secured Term Loan Agreement.

          54.  "PRE-PETITION SECURED TERM LOAN AGREEMENT" means that certain
"Credit Agreement" dated May 23, 1997, among the Term Lenders, TRB, HII, DHAH
and Briggs, as borrowers, and DHA, Draymore, and HII-New York, as guarantors,
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          55.  "PRIORITY TAX CLAIM" means a Claim by a governmental unit        
entitled to priority in payment pursuant to any provision of section 507(a)(8)
of the Bankruptcy Code.

          56.  "PROFESSIONAL PERSON" means a person retained or to be   
compensated pursuant to order of the Bankruptcy Court or under section 326,
327, 328, 330, 503(b)(2) or (4), 1103, or 1107(b) of the Bankruptcy Code.

          57.  "PRO RATA" means proportionately so that the ratio of the amount
of consideration distributed on account of a particular Allowed Claim or Allowed
Equity Interest at a particular time to the amount of the Allowed Claim or
Allowed Equity Interest is the same as the ratio such Allowed Claim or Allowed
Equity Interest bears to the total amount of all Allowed Claims and Allowed
Equity Interests of the Class in which the particular Allowed Claim or Allowed
Equity Interest is included (including all Disputed Claims and Disputed Equity
Interests of that Class until disallowed).

          58.  "REDEEMABLE PREFERRED STOCK" means the Redeemable Preferred Stock
issued by DHA and outstanding on the Petition Date.

          59.  "REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT" means the agreement,     
substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, by and among the Debtors and
certain entities listed on Annexes A and B thereto with respect to, among other
things the registration pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933 of the New Common
Stock (including the shares of New Common Stock to be issued upon the exercise
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          60.  "REORGANIZATION CASES" means the above-captioned cases pending in
the Bankruptcy Court under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code for the Debtors.

          61.  "REORGANIZED DEBTORS" means the Debtors on and after the 
Effective Date.

          62.  "REORGANIZED DHA" means DHA on and after the Effective Date.

          63.  "REQUIRED PARTIES" means Magten, Fund V and Cigna.

          64.  "RIGHTS" means the rights granted to certain parties under the
Rights Plan, and distributed pursuant to the Plan, to purchase up to 3,333,333
shares of New Common Stock.

          65.  "RIGHTS EXERCISE PRICE" means $6.00 per share of New Common 
Stock.

          66.  "RIGHTS EXPIRATION DATE" means the date which is forty-five (45)
days after the Rights Issue Date.

          67.  "RIGHTS ISSUE DATE" means the day the Confirmation Order becomes
a Final Order.

          68.  "RIGHTS PLAN" means the document governing the terms and 
conditions of the offering of the Rights, substantially in the form of Exhibit
F hereto.

          69.  "RIGHTS SHARES" means the shares of New Common Stock to be issued
by DHA upon exercise of the Rights and the Oversubscription Options.

          70.  "RPS EXCESS UNDERLYING SHARES" means the shares of New Common    
Stock represented by the Rights issued to the holders of Redeemable Preferred
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          71.  "RPS OVERSUBSCRIPTION OPTIONS" means the options of holders of
Redeemable Preferred Stock to subscribe for and purchase, with respect to each
Right issued to such holders pursuant to this Plan and the Rights Plan, at the
Exercise Price, one RPS Excess Underlying Share, subject to the terms and
conditions of the Rights Plan.

          72.  "SCHEDULED" means set forth in the Schedules of Assets and
Liabilities.

          73.  "SCHEDULES OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES" means the Schedules of     
Assets and Liabilities Filed by each of the Debtors, as the same have been or
may be amended from time to time prior to the Effective Date.

          74.  "SECURED CLAIM" means a Claim other than an Administrative Claim
or Priority Tax Claim, plus any allowable interest thereon from the Petition
Date until the Effective Date at a rate determined under Bankruptcy Code
section 506(b) and any fees or charges that are allowable under Bankruptcy Code
section 506(b), that is secured by a lien on property in which the Estates have
an interest or that is subject to setoff under Bankruptcy Code section 553. 
Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, in the absence of a proper and timely
election under Bankruptcy Code section 1111(b)(2) with respect to the Plan by
the Class including such Secured Claim, which election shall not have been
revoked by such Class within 20 days following a material modification of this
Plan with respect to such Class, a Claim shall be a Secured Claim only to the
extent of the lesser of (a) the amount of the Claim that is an Allowed Claim or
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the claimholder's interest in the Estates' interest in such property or
to the extent of the amount subject to setoff, as applicable, as determined
under section 506(a) of the Bankruptcy Code.

          75.  "SECURED CONGRESS CLAIM" means the Claims of Congress arising    
under the Congress Credit Agreement, which Claims shall be deemed for all
purposes hereunder to be Allowed Administrative Claims pursuant to this Plan 
in the aggregate amount of $37,000,000, plus accrued and unpaid interest as of
the Effective Date and all other amounts (including, without limitation,
expenses) arising and due thereunder through and including the Effective Date.

          76.  "SECURED TERM LOAN CLAIMS" means the Claims of the Term Lenders
arising under the Pre-Petition Secured Term Loan Agreement, the Post-Petition
Secured Loan Agreement and/or the Term Lender Financing Order, which claims
shall be deemed for all purposes hereunder to be Allowed Administrative Claims
pursuant to this Plan  in the aggregate amount of $20,945,347, plus accrued and
unpaid interest as of the Effective Date, the Term Lender Closing Fees if they
are payable and all other amounts (including, without limitation, fees and
expenses of the Term Lenders' outside counsel, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver &
Jacobson, and financial advisor, Ernst & Young LLP, payable thereunder) arising
and due thereunder through and including the Effective Date.

          77.  "SENIOR NOTES" means the 13% Senior Notes issued pursuant to the
Indenture and which are outstanding on the Peti-



                                      
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tion Date having a principal amount of $118,100,000 plus accrued and
unpaid interest through the Petition Date of $11,753,531.

          78.  "SENIOR NOTE CLAIMS" means the claims of the holders of Senior
Notes under the Indenture and the Senior Notes (including, without limitation,
claims based upon the guaranties of the Senior Notes by TRB, HII, HII-New York,
DHAH, Briggs and Draymore), which claims shall be deemed for all purposes
hereunder to be Allowed Claims pursuant to this Plan in the aggregate amount of
$129,853,531.

          79.  "SERIES A WARRANTS" means the warrants to purchase 833,333 shares
of New Common Stock at a price of $15.00 per share which shall be exercisable
commencing on the Effective Date and ending on the fifth anniversary of the
Effective Date and which shall have such other terms and conditions, not
inconsistent with the foregoing as shall be set forth in the Series A Warrant
Agreement.

          80.  "SERIES A WARRANT AGREEMENT" means the document governing the    
terms and conditions of the Series A Warrants, substantially in the form of
Exhibit G hereto.

          81.  "SERIES B WARRANTS" means the warrants to purchase 277,777 shares
of New Common Stock at a price of $25.00 per share which shall be exercisable
commencing on the Effective Date and ending on the fifth anniversary of the
Effective Date and which shall have such other terms and conditions as shall be
set forth in the Series B Warrant Agreement.



                                      
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          82.  "SERIES B WARRANT AGREEMENT" means the document governing the    
terms and conditions of the Series B Warrants, substantially in the form of
Exhibit H hereto.

          83.  "SN EXCESS UNDERLYING SHARES" means the shares of New Common     
Stock represented by the Rights issued to the holders of Senior Notes that
remain unexercised immediately following the Rights Expiration Date.

          84.  "SN OVERSUBSCRIPTION OPTIONS" means the options of holders of
Senior Notes to subscribe for and purchase, with respect to each Right issued
to such holders pursuant to this Plan and the Rights Plan, at the Exercise
Price, one SN Excess Underlying Share, subject to the terms and conditions of
the Rights Plan.

          85.  "STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN" means the stock option or other plan,
substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit I, providing for the grant
of options to purchase up to ten percent (10%) of the New Common Stock (on a
fully diluted basis) to (a) the non-employee directors of the Reorganized
Debtors and (b) those members of management of the Reorganized Debtors as
approved by the non-management members of the board of directors of Reorganized
DHA.

          86.  "STOCKHOLDERS' AGREEMENT" means the agreement, substantially in  
the form of Exhibit J hereto, among the entities listed on Schedule I thereto,
Fund V and Cigna governing certain of their rights and obligations as
shareholders of Reorganized DHA.


                                      
                                      
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        87. "TERM LENDERS" means the lenders party to the Secured Term Loan 
Agreement.

        88. "TERM LENDER CLOSING FEES" means collectively the Pre-Petition 
Closing Fee and the Post-Petition Closing Fee.

        89. "TERM LENDER FiNANCING ORDER" means (i) that certain interim order 
in the form of Exhibit R hereto from and after the date such order is entered   
by the Bankruptcy Court until the date that the final order in respect thereof
becomes a Final Order and (ii) such final order from and after the date such
order becomes a Final Order.

        90. "TRB" means The Rug Barn, Inc., a South Carolina corporation.

        91. "UNSECURED CLAIM" means a Claim against Debtors that is not an
Administrative Claim, Priority Tax Claim or Secured Claim.

     B. INTERPRETATION, RULES OF CONSTRUCTION,
        COMPUTATION Of TIME, AND CHOICE OF LAW.

        1. The contents of the Plan shall control over the contents of the 
Disclosure Statement.  The provisions of the Confirmation Order shall control 
over the contents of the Plan.

        2. Any term used in the Plan that is not otherwise defined in the Plan,
either in this Article II (Definitions) or elsewhere, but that is used in the   
Bankruptcy Code or the Bankruptcy Rules has the meaning assigned to that term
in (and shall be construed in accordance with the rules of construction under)
the Bankruptcy Code or the Bankruptcy Rules.  Without limiting the foregoing,
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of the Bankruptcy Code shall apply.  The definitions and rules of construction  
contained herein shall also apply to the Disclosure Statement and to the
Exhibits to the Plan except to the extent expressly so stated in the Disclosure
Statement or in each particular Exhibit to the Plan.

        3. The words "herein", "hereof", "hereto", "hereunder", and others of 
similar import refer to the Plan as a whole and not to any particular Article, 
Section, Subsection, or Clause contained in the Plan.

        4. Unless specified otherwise in a particular reference, all references
in the Plan to Articles, Sections, Subsections, Clauses, and Exhibits are 
references to Articles, Sections, Subsections, Clauses, and Exhibits of or to 
the Plan.

        5. Any reference in the Plan to a contract, document, instrument, 
release, bylaw, certificate, exhibit, or other agreement or document being in a
particular form or on particular terms and conditions means that such document
shall be substantially in such form or substantially on such terms and
conditions.

        6. Any reference in the Plan to an existing document or exhibit means 
such document or exhibit, as it may have been amended, restated, modified, or
supplemented as of the Effective Date.

        7. Captions and headings to Articles, Sections, Subsections, and
Clauses in the Plan are inserted for convenience of reference only and shall 
neither constitute a part of the Plan

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nor in any way affect the interpretation of the provisions hereof.

        8. Whenever from the context it is appropriate, each term stated in
either the singular or the plural shall include both the singular and the 
plural.

        9. In computing any period of time prescribed or allowed by the Plan, 
the provisions of Bankruptcy Rule 9006(a) shall apply.

        10. Whenever a distribution of property is required to be made on a 
particular date, the distribution shall be made on such date or as soon as
practicable thereafter.

        11. All exhibits to the Plan are incorporated into the Plan, and shall 
be deemed to be included in the Plan, regardless of when they are Filed.

        12. Subject to the provisions of any contract, certificate, bylaws, 
instrument, release, or other agreement or document entered into in connection  
with the Plan, the rights and obligations arising under the Plan shall be
governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, federal law,
including the Bankruptcy Code and Bankruptcy Rules.

                                     III.
                                      
                            DESIGNATION OF CLASSES
                        OF CLAIMS AND EQUITY INTERESTS

        The following is a designation of the Classes of Claims and Equity
Interests under the Plan.  Administrative Claims and Priority Tax Claims have
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from the following Classes in accordance with section 1123(a)(1) of the         
Bankruptcy Code.  A Claim or Equity Interest is classified in a particular
Class only to the extent that the Claim or Equity Interest qualifies within the
description of that Class and is classified in a different Class to the extent
that any remainder of the Claim or Equity Interest qualifies within the
description of such different Class.

     A. SECURED CLAIMS.

        Class 1A:  Class 1A consists of the Allowed Secured Claims of Macpherson
Meistergram, Inc. secured by equipment purchased by the Debtors from Macpherson
Meistergram, Inc.

        Class 1B:  Class 1B consists of all Secured Claims against any of the 
Debtors other than the Allowed Secured Claims in Class 1A or Allowed Secured    
Claims entitled to treatment as Administrative Claims hereunder.  Each Secured
Claim in Class 1B shall be considered to be in its own separate sub-Class
within Class 1B.

     B. CERTAIN PRIORITY UNSECURED CLAIMS.

        Class 2:  Class 2 consists of all Unsecured Claims against the Debtors 
that are specified as having priority in section 507(a)(3), 507(a)(4), 
507(a)(5) or 507(a)(6) of the Bankruptcy Code.

     C. UNSECURED OR PARTIALLY SECURED CLAIMS
        WITHOUT PRIORITY.

        Class 3:  Class 3 consists of all Unsecured Claims against the Debtors,
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are not entitled to priority under section 507(a) of the Bankruptcy Code and
that are not classified in any other Class.

        Class 4:  Class 4 consists of all Allowed Senior Note Claims.

     D. EQUITY INTERESTS AND RELATED RIGHTS.

        Class 5A:  Class 5A consists of all Equity Interests consisting of the
Redeemable Preferred Stock.

        Class 5B:  Class 5B consists of all Equity Interests consisting of the 
Existing Common Stock.

        Class 5C:  Class 5C consists of all Equity Interests in TRB.

        Class 5D:  Class 5D consists of all Equity Interests in HII.

        Class 5E:  Class 5E consists of all Equity Interests in HHI-New York.

        Class 5F:  Class 5F consists of all Equity Interests in DHAH.

        Class 5G:  Class 5G consists of all Equity Interests in Briggs.

        Class 5H:  Class 5H consists of all Equity Interests in Draymore.

        Class 5I:  Class 5I consists of all Equity Interests in DHA consisting 
of or related to options, warrants, calls, subscriptions or any other   
entitlement, contractual or otherwise, to acquire Existing Common Stock or
Redeemable Preferred Stock.


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                                      IV.

                              TREATMENT OF CLASSES
                           OF CLAIMS, INTERESTS, AND
                        UNCLASSIFIED CLAIMS OR INTERESTS

     A. UNCLASSIFIED CLAIMS.

        1.  ADMINISTRATIVE CLAIMS.

            a. GENERALLY.
               
        Except as provided otherwise in this Article IV of the Plan, each 
holder of an Allowed Administrative Claim (including, without limitation, the   
Allowed Secured Congress Claim, the Allowed Secured Term Loan Claims and the
professionals' fees and expenses incurred by the Professional Persons and
allowed in a Final Order of the Bankruptcy Court) shall be paid by the
Reorganized Debtors on the later to occur of the Effective Date or the date the
order allowing such Administrative Claim becomes a Final Order and shall
receive, on account of, and in full satisfaction of such Allowed Administrative
Claim, Cash equal to the amount thereof unless the holder agrees to less
favorable treatment of such Allowed Administrative Claim.  Without limiting the
foregoing, all fees payable by the Debtors under section 1930 of title 28 of
the United States Code that have not been paid prior to the Effective Date
shall be paid by the Reorganized Debtors on the Effective Date.

        The Secured Congress Claim shall be deemed to be an Allowed secured
Administrative Claim pursuant to the Plan in the aggregate amount of
$37,000,000, plus accrued and unpaid interest as of the Effective Date and all
other amounts (including, without limitation, expenses) owing and due under the
Congress Credit


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Agreement and/or the Congress Financing Order through and including the
Effective Date.

        The Secured Term Loan Claims shall be deemed to be Allowed secured
Administrative Claims pursuant to this Plan in the aggregate amount of
$23,945,347, plus accrued and unpaid interest as of the Effective Date, the
Term Lender Closing Fees  if they are payable, and all other amounts
(including, without limitation, expenses) owing and due under the Pre-Petition
Secured Term Loan Agreement, the Post-Petition Secured Loan Agreement and/or
the Term Lender Financing Order through and including the Effective Date.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Plan, all security
interests in and liens upon property of the Debtors granted to the Term Lenders
pursuant to the Pre-Petition Secured Term Loan Agreement, the Post-Petition
Secured Loan Agreement and/or the Term Lender Financing Order shall remain in
full force and effect and shall continue to secure the payment of all of the
Secured Term Loan Claims until satisfaction of the Secured Term Loan Claims is
in accordance with the terms of the Plan.

           b. POST-PETITION DATE TRADE CLAIMS.
        Post-Petition Date trade Claims representing obligations incurred by the
Debtors in the ordinary course of their business, consistent with past
practice, shall be paid according to ordinary trade terms.

           c. ADMINISTRATIVE CLAIMS BAR DATE.
        Sixty days following the Effective Date shall be the last date by which
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arising in the ordinary course of business and Claims of Professional Persons
for services rendered after the Petition Date and prior to the Confirmation
Date, must be Filed.  Any such Claim that is not Filed within 60 days after the
Effective Date shall be barred and the holder shall not be entitled to any
distribution on account of such Claim.

            d. ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES INCURRED 
               AFTER CONFIRMATION DATE.

        Administrative Claims representing obligations incurred by the Debtors 
or Reorganized Debtors after Confirmation Date (including, without limitation,
claims for professionals' fees and expenses) shall not be subject to
application to the Bankruptcy Court and may be paid by the Debtors or the
Reorganized Debtors, as the case may be, in the ordinary course of business and
without further Bankruptcy Court approval.

        2.   TREATMENT OF PRIORITY TAX CLAIMS.

             a.   The holder of an Allowed Priority Tax Claim shall not be 
     entitled to receive any payment on account of post-Petition Date interest, 
     or on account of any penalty arising with respect to or in connection with
     the Allowed Priority Tax Claim (except to the extent allowable as a part
     of an Allowed Priority Tax Claim pursuant to section 507(a)(1) of the
     Bankruptcy Code).  Any such Claim or demand for any such penalty shall be
     discharged by Confirmation of the Plan and section 1141(d)(1) of the
     Bankruptcy Code, and the holder of an Allowed Priority Tax Claim shall not
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     organized Debtors, their respective affiliates, or their directors or 
     officers.


            b.   Each holder of an Allowed Priority Tax Claim that has not been
     paid prior to the Effective Date shall receive deferred Cash payments over 
     a period not exceeding six (6) years from the date of assessment of such
     Allowed Priority Tax Claim, in an aggregate amount equal to the amount of
     such Allowed Priority Tax Claim, plus interest from the Effective Date on
     the unpaid portion thereof, without penalty of any kind, at the rate
     prescribed below.  The payment of each such Allowed Priority Tax Claim
     shall be made in equal quarterly installments with the first installment
     due on the latest of:  (i) the first business day following the end of the
     first full calendar quarter following the Effective Date, (ii) the first
     business day following the end of the first full calendar quarter
     following the date on which an order allowing such Priority Tax Claim
     becomes a Final Order, and (iii) such other time or times as may be agreed
     in writing between the applicable Reorganized Debtor, Magten, and the
     holder of such Allowed Priority Tax Claim. Each installment shall include
     simple interest on the unpaid balance of the Allowed Priority Tax Claim,
     without premium or penalty of any kind, at the non-penalty statutory rate
     of interest provided for such taxes under applicable nonbankruptcy law as
     of the Effective Date; provided, however, that the Reorganized Debtors
     reserve the right to pay or to prepay any Allowed Priority Tax Claim, or
     any remaining balance


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     thereof, in full, at any time on or after the Effective Date, without 
     premium or penalty.


        3.  TREATMENT OF INTERCOMPANY AND AFFILIATE 
            CLAIMS.
        Claims of one or more Debtors against one or more other Debtors shall 
not be considered Allowed Claims under the Plan for any purpose.  Additionally,
notwithstanding any other provision contained in the Plan or otherwise to the
contrary, no distribution shall be made on account of the Claim of any
affiliate or insider of the Debtors except distribution to such entities on
account of any Senior Notes, Existing Common Stock or Redeemable Preferred
Stock held by such affiliate or insider.  Such Claims may, at the discretion of
the Debtors (with the prior written consent of Magten), be eliminated for all
purposes by offset, dividend or contribution to capital.

        4.  TREATMENT OF JOINT LIABILITY DUPLICATE 
            CLAIMS AGAINST MULTIPLE DEBTORS (INCLUD-
            ING GUARANTEE CLAIMS).

        Any party that asserts Claims against two or more Debtors based on their
joint liability (including any party who asserts Claims against one Debtor as
primary obligor and against another Debtor based on such Debtor's guarantee of
the primarily obligated Debtor's obligation to that party), will hold only one
such Claim; and any duplicative Claims against any other Debtor based on that
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     B.  TREATMENT OF SECURED CLAIMS.

         1.  CLASS 1A (MACPHERSON MEISTERGRAM, INC. 
             SECURED CLAIM).
         Class 1A is not impaired under the Plan.  The holder of the Allowed 
Secured Claim in Class 1A shall, at the election of the Debtors with the prior  
written consent of Magten, receive one of the following treatments, except to
the extent such holder agrees to a different treatment:

             a. payment in full, in Cash, and otherwise rendered unimpaired in
     accordance with section 1124 of the Bankruptcy Code; or

             b. (i)  any default other than a default of a kind specified in
         section 365(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code shall be cured, without       
         recognition of any default rate of interest or other similar penalty
         or charge, and upon such cure, no default shall then exist with
         respect to the Allowed Secured Claim in Class 1A; 

                (ii) the maturity of the Allowed Secured Claim in Class 1A 
         shall be reinstated as the maturity existed before any default without
         recognition of any default rate of interest or other similar penalty 
         or charge;

                (iii) the holder of the Allowed Secured Claim in Class 1A shall
         be compensated for actual damages incurred as a result of any 
         reasonable reliance by the holder on any provision that entitled the
         holder to
                    
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         accelerate the maturity of the Allowed Secured Claim in Class 1A; and

              (iv)  the legal, equitable, or contractual rights to which the 
         Allowed Secured Claim in Class 1A entitles the holder shall not 
         otherwise be altered.

         2.  CLASS 1B (OTHER SECURED CLAIMS).

         Class 1B is not impaired under the Plan.  At the sole election of the 
Debtors (with the prior written consent of Magten) each holder of an Allowed    
Secured Claim in Class 1B, if any, shall receive one of the following, except
to the extent such holder agrees to a different treatment:

              a. The collateral securing the Allowed Secured Claim in full and
     complete satisfaction of such Allowed Secured Claim; or

              b. (i) Any default other than a default of a kind specified in 
     section 365(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code shall be cured, without 
     recognition of any default rate of interest or other similar penalty or
     charge and upon such cure, no default  shall then exist with respect to
     such Allowed Secured Claim; (ii) the maturity of the Allowed Secured Claim
     shall be reinstated as the maturity existed before any default without
     recognition of any default rate of interest or other similar penalty or
     charge; (iii) the holder of the Allowed Secured Claim shall be compensated
     for any actual damages incurred as a result of any reasonable reliance by
     the holder on any provision that entitled the holder to accelerate the
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     Claim; and (iv) the legal, equitable, or contractual rights to which the   
     Allowed Secured Claim entitles the holder shall not otherwise be altered.

           To the extent the Bankruptcy Court, or any other court of competent
jurisdiction, determines, either before or after the Effective Date of the
Plan, that any agreement in the form of a lease of real or personal property
identified for assumption pursuant to Article V of the Plan is, in fact, a
disguised secured transaction, the resulting secured indebtedness arising from
such determination shall be treated in accordance with this Section, but only
to the extent constituting a Secured Claim.

     C. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN PRIORITY UNSECURED CLAIMS.

        1. CLASS 2 (UNSECURED PRIORITY CLAIMS).
        Pursuant to section 1124(1) of the Bankruptcy Code, Class 2 is not 
impaired under the Plan, and each holder of an Allowed Claim in Class 2 is      
conclusively presumed to have voted to accept the Plan under section 1126(f) of
the Bankruptcy Code.  At the sole discretion of the Debtors or Reorganized
Debtors, exercised with the prior written consent of Magten, all holders of
Allowed Claims in Class 2 shall receive payment in full, in Cash, and shall
otherwise be rendered unimpaired in accordance with section 1124 of the
Bankruptcy Code or shall retain unaltered their legal, equitable, and
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     D. TREATMENT OF UNSECURED AND PARTIALLY SECURED 
        CLAIMS.

        1. CLASS 3 (GENERAL UNSECURED CLAIMS).
        Pursuant to section 1124(2) of the Bankruptcy Code, Class 3 is not 
impaired under the Plan and the holders of the Allowed Claims in Class 3 are
conclusively presumed to have voted to accept the Plan under section 1126(f) of
the Bankruptcy Code.  Except as otherwise agreed in writing between the holder
of an Allowed Claim in Class 3 and the Debtors (or the Reorganized Debtors),
with the prior written consent of Magten, each holder of an Allowed Claim in
Class 3 shall at the sole option of the Debtors exercised with the prior
written consent of Magten receive one of the following treatments in respect of
its Allowed Claims:

             a. payment in full, in Cash, and otherwise rendered unimpaired in 
     accordance with section 1124 of the Bankruptcy Code; or

             b. (i)  any default other than a default of a kind specified in 
        section 365(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code shall be cured, without        
        recognition of any default rate of interest or other similar penalty or
        charge, and upon such cure, no default shall then exist with respect to
        the Allowed Claim;

                (ii)  the maturity of the Allowed Claim shall be reinstated as 
        the maturity existed before any default without recognition of any 
        default rate of interest or other similar penalty or charge;


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             (iii)  the holder of the Allowed Claim shall be compensated for 
        actual damages incurred as a result of any reasonable reliance by the   
        holder on any provision that entitled the holder to accelerate the
        maturity of the Allowed Claim; and

             (iv)  the legal, equitable, or contractual rights to which the 
        Allowed Claim entitles the holder shall not otherwise be altered.

        2.  CLASS 4 (SENIOR NOTE CLAIMS):
        Class 4 is impaired under the Plan.  On the Effective Date, the holders
of the Allowed Claims in Class 4 shall receive a Pro Rata distribution of each 
of the following:

           (a) 9,250,000 shares of New Common Stock, to be issued on the 
     Effective Date;

           (b) 62.5% of the Rights issued under the Rights Plan, all of which 
     shall be issued on the Rights Issue Date and exercisable on or prior to
     the Rights Expiration Date, with the shares of New Common Stock underlying
     those Rights exercised to be paid for in Cash at the Rights Exercise Price
     and issued on the Effective Date, all in accordance with the terms and
     conditions of the Rights Plan; and

           (c)  the SN Oversubscription Options issued under the Rights Plan, 
     all of which shall be issued on the Rights Issue Date and exercisable on   
     or prior to the Rights Expiration Date, with the shares of New Common
     Stock underlying those SN Oversubscription Options exercised to be paid
     for in Cash at the Rights Exercise Price and issued on the Ef-


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     fective Date, all in accordance with the terms and conditions of the
     Rights Plan.

           The Senior Note Claims shall be deemed Allowed pursuant to the Plan 
     in the aggregate amount of $129,853,531.  The indenture trustee for the
     Senior Notes may file a proof of claim with respect to the Claims in
     Class 4 but is not required to file such proof of claim in order for the
     Senior Note Claims to be Allowed pursuant to the Plan.  Any other Claims
     filed with respect to Class 4 shall be disallowed as duplicative of the
     Claim filed by the indenture trustee for the Senior Notes but only to the
     extent such Claim is in fact filed by such indenture trustee.

     E.  TREATMENT OF EQUITY INTERESTS AND CERTAIN 
         RIGHTS RELATED THERETO.

         1.  CLASS 5A (INTERESTS BASED ON THE REDEEM-
             ABLE PREFERRED STOCK.)

         Class 5A is impaired under the Plan.  Each holder of Class 5A Equity 
Interests shall receive a Pro Rata distribution of the following in respect of 
its Allowed Equity Interests in Class 5A:

             a. 750,000 shares of New Common Stock, to be issued on the 
        Effective Date;

             b. 37.5% of the Rights, all of which shall be issued on the Rights
        Issue Date and exercisable on or prior to the Rights Expiration Date,   
        with the shares of New Common Stock underlying those Rights exercised
        to be paid for in Cash at the Rights Exercise Price and issued on the
        Effec-


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        tive Date, all in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Rights
        Plan;

             c. the RPS Oversubscription Options issued under the Rights Plan, 
        all of which shall be issued on the Rights Issue Date and exercisable   
        on or prior to the Rights Expiration Date, with the shares of New
        Common Stock underlying those RPS Oversubscription Options exercised to
        be paid for in Cash at the Rights Exercise Price and issued on the
        Effective Date, all in accordance with the terms and conditions of the
        Rights Plan.

             d. 100% of the Series A Warrants, to be issued on the Effective 
        Date. 

           On the Effective Date, the Equity Interests represented by the 
Redeemable Preferred Stock shall be deemed canceled and the shares of   
Redeemable Preferred Stock shall thereafter represent only the right of the
holder to receive the appropriate number of shares of New Common Stock, Rights,
RPS Oversubscription Options and Series A Warrants pursuant to the Plan.

           2.  CLASS 5B (INTERESTS OF THE EXISTING
               COMMON STOCK):

           Class 5B is impaired under the Plan.  On the Effective Date, the 
holders of the Equity Interests in Class 5B shall receive a Pro Rata    
distribution of the Series B Warrants (based upon the number of shares of
Existing Common Stock outstanding on the Petition Date, without regard to the
liquidation preferences of the different classes of Existing Common Stock).  On
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shall be deemed canceled and the shares of Existing Common Stock shall
represent only the right to receive the Series B Warrants pursuant to the Plan.

        3.  CLASS 5C (EQUITY INTERESTS IN TRB):

        Pursuant to section 1124(1) of the Bankruptcy Code, Class 5C is not 
impaired under the Plan.  The holder of the Equity Interests in Class 5C shall  
retain its legal, equitable and contractual rights unaltered by the Plan.  The
holder of the Equity Interests in Class 5C is conclusively deemed to have
accepted the Plan pursuant to section 1126(f) of the Bankruptcy Code and
therefore shall not be entitled to vote on the Plan.

        4.  CLASS 5D (EQUITY INTERESTS IN HII):                            

        Pursuant to section 1124(1) of the Bankruptcy Code, Class 5D is not 
impaired under the Plan.  The holder of the Equity Interests in Class 5D shall  
retain its legal, equitable and contractual rights unaltered by the Plan.  The
holder of the Equity Interests in Class 5D is conclusively deemed to have
accepted the Plan pursuant to section 1126(f) of the Bankruptcy Code and
therefore shall not be entitled to vote on the Plan.

        5.  CLASS 5E (EQUITY INTERESTS IN
            HII-NEW YORK):

        Pursuant to section 1124(1) of the Bankruptcy Code, Class 5E is not 
impaired under the Plan.  The holder of the Equity Interests in Class 5E shall  
retain its legal, equitable and contractual rights unaltered by the Plan.  The
holder of the Equity Interests in Class 5E is conclusively deemed to have ac-

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cepted the Plan pursuant to section 1126(f) of the Bankruptcy Code and
therefore shall not be entitled to vote on the Plan.

        6.  CLASS 5F (EQUITY INTERESTS IN DHAH):
        Pursuant to section 1124(1) of the Bankruptcy Code, Class 5F is not 
impaired under the Plan.  The holder of the Equity Interests in Class 5F shall  
retain its legal, equitable and contractual rights unaltered by the Plan.  The
holder of the Equity Interests in Class 5F is conclusively deemed to have ac-
cepted the Plan pursuant to section 1126(f) of the Bankruptcy Code and
therefore shall not be entitled to vote on the Plan.

        7.  CLASS 5G (EQUITY INTERESTS IN BRIGGS):
        Pursuant to section 1124(1) of the Bankruptcy Code, Class 5G is not 
impaired under the Plan.  The holder of the Equity Interests in Class 5G shall  
retain its legal, equitable and contractual rights unaltered by the Plan.  The
holder of the Equity Interests in Class 5G is conclusively deemed to have
accepted the Plan pursuant to section 1126(f) of the Bankruptcy Code and
therefore shall not be entitled to vote on the Plan.

        8.  CLASS 5H (EQUITY INTERESTS IN DRAYMORE).
        Pursuant to section 1124(1) of the Bankruptcy Code, Class 5H is not 
impaired under the Plan.  The holder of the Equity Interests in Class 5H shall  
retain its legal, equitable and contractual rights unaltered by the Plan.  The
holder of the Equity Interests in Class 5H is conclusively deemed to have
accepted the Plan pursuant to section 1126(f) of the Bankruptcy Code and
therefore shall not be entitled to vote on the Plan.


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        9.  CLASS 5I (EQUITY INTERESTS BASED UPON 
            OPTIONS, WARRANTS, ETC.).
        Class 5I is impaired under the Plan.  The holders of Equity Interests 
in Class 5I shall receive no distribution under the Plan and the Class 5I Equity
Interests shall be terminated and cancelled on the Effective Date.  Class 5I
shall be deemed to have voted to reject the Plan.

                                      V.

                       TREATMENT OF EXECUTORY CONTRACTS
                             AND UNEXPIRED LEASES

        A.  ASSUMPTION OF EXECUTORY CONTRACTS
            AND UNEXPIRED LEASES.

            1. ASSUMPTION GENERALLY.

            Except as otherwise provided in the Plan or in any order of the 
Bankruptcy Court, subject to the occurrence of the Effective Date, on the       
Effective Date, pursuant to section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code, all executory
contracts, settlement agreements, and unexpired leases not listed on the
schedule of Rejected Contracts attached as Exhibit K hereto, and which is not
the subject of a motion to reject as of Confirmation, and is not rejected under
Section V.B hereof, are assumed, subject to the same rights that the Debtors or
the Reorganized Debtors held or hold at, on, or after the Petition Date to
modify or terminate such agreements under applicable nonbankruptcy law.  Each
contract and lease assumed under this Section shall be assumed only to the
extent, if any, that it constitutes an executory contract or unexpired lease,
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an admission by the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors that such contract or    
lease is an executory contract or unexpired lease or that the Debtors or the
Reorganized Debtors have any liability thereunder.  To the extent the
Bankruptcy Court, or any other court of competent jurisdiction, determines,
either before, on, or after the Effective Date, that any agreement in the form
of a lease of real or personal property identified for assumption in this
Article V of the Plan, is, in fact, a disguised secured transaction, the
resulting secured indebtedness arising from such determination shall be treated
in accordance with Subsection IV.B.2 of the Plan.  Each executory contract and
unexpired lease assumed pursuant to this Article V by any Debtor in Possession
shall revest in and be fully enforceable by such Reorganized Debtor in
accordance with its terms, except as modified by the provisions of the Plan,
any order of the Bankruptcy Court authorizing and providing for its assumption,
or applicable federal law.

        2.  APPROVAL OF ASSUMPTIONS.

        Subject to the occurrence of the Effective Date, the Confirmation Order
(except as otherwise provided therein) shall constitute an order of the         
Bankruptcy Court approving the assumptions, revestments and, to the extent not
subject to dispute as set forth in Section V.A.4 hereof, the "cure" amounts
described in this Article V and the Cure Amount Schedule attached hereto as
Exhibit L pursuant to section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code effective as of the
Effective Date.


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         3.  OBJECTIONS TO ASSUMPTION OF EXECUTORY
             CONTRACTS AND UNEXPIRED LEASES.
                       
                a. If any party objecting to the Debtors' proposed assumption 
of an executory contract or unexpired lease based on a lack of adequate         
assurance of future performance or on any ground other than the adequacy of the
"cure" amount set forth in the Cure Amount Schedule, shall file and serve a
written objection to the assumption of such contract or lease within the same
deadline and in the same manner established for filing objections to
Confirmation.  Failure to file an objection within the time period set forth
above shall constitute consent to the assumption and revestment of those
contracts and leases, including an acknowledgment that the proposed assumption
provides adequate assurance of future performance.
                
                b. If any party files an objection to assumption based on any   
ground other than the adequacy of the "cure" amount set forth in Exhibit        
L hereto, and the Bankruptcy Court ultimately determines that the Debtors in
Possession cannot assume the executory contract or lease or that the Debtors
cannot provide adequate assurance of future performance as proposed or in any
modified proposal submitted by the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtor, then the
unexpired lease or executory contract shall automatically thereupon be deemed
to have been included on the schedule of Rejected Contracts and shall be
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           4. OBJECTIONS TO PROPOSED "CURE" AMOUNTS.

                a. The Debtors believe that any executory contract of the       
Debtors that is not listed on the schedule of Rejected Contracts or in the Cure
Amount Schedule may be assumed by the Debtors in Possession without the payment
of any monetary cure amount.  Any party to an executory contract or unexpired
lease to be assumed that asserts arrearages or damages pursuant to section
365(b)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code that exceeds the amount set forth in the Cure
Amount Schedule, or which is not listed therein and pertains to an executory
contract not listed in the schedule of Rejected Contracts must file and serve
an objection to the proposed cure amount within the same deadline and in the
same manner established for filing objections to Confirmation.  Failure to
assert arrearages different from the amount set forth on Exhibit L hereto or
which pertains to an executory contract not listed in the schedule of Rejected
Contracts or the Cure Amount Schedule within the time period set forth above
shall constitute consent to the cure amount set forth in Exhibit L hereto or to
the Debtors' position that no cure amount must be paid and an acknowledgment
that the amount identified for "cure" on the Cure Amount Schedule is the only
amount necessary to cover any and all outstanding defaults under the respective
executory contract or unexpired lease to be assumed and an acknowledgment that
no other defaults exist under said contract or lease.

                b.   To the extent that any objections to the amounts set       
forth in the Cure Amount Schedule are timely filed and served and such
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ors and the objecting parties, the Bankruptcy Court shall resolve such disputes 
at a hearing to be held at a date to be determined by the Bankruptcy Court at
the Confirmation Hearing.  The resolution of such disputes shall not affect the
Debtors' assumption of the contracts or leases that are subject of such a
dispute, but rather shall affect only the "cure" amount the Debtors must pay in
order to assume such contract or lease.  Notwithstanding the immediately
preceding sentence, if the Debtors in their sole discretion (with the prior
written consent of Magten) determine that the amount asserted to be the
necessary "cure" amount would, if ordered by the Bankruptcy Court, make the
assumption of the contract or lease imprudent, then the Debtors may, prior to
or at the Confirmation Hearing, elect to (1) reject the contract or lease
pursuant to Section V.B hereof, or (2) request an expedited hearing on the
resolution of the "cure" dispute, exclude assumption or rejection of the
contract or lease from the scope of the Confirmation Order, and retain the
right to reject the contract or lease pursuant to Section V.B hereof pending
the outcome of such dispute.

                5.  PAYMENTS RELATED TO ASSUMPTION OF
                    EXECUTORY CONTRACTS AnD UNEXPIRED 
                    LEASES.

                If not the subject of dispute pursuant to Section V.A.4 hereof  
as of Confirmation, any monetary defaults under each executory contract and
unexpired lease to be assumed under the Plan shall be satisfied by the Debtors,
pursuant to section 365(b)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code, by payment of the amount
set forth in the Cure Amount Schedule or such other amount as ordered by the
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ruptcy Court or agreed upon by the Debtors in Cash within 60 days following the 
Effective Date or on such other terms as agreed to by the parties to such
executory contract or unexpired lease.  In the event of a dispute pursuant to
Section V.A.4, payment of the amount otherwise payable hereunder shall be made
following entry of a Final Order or agreement by the Debtors or the Reorganized
Debtors and the party to the contract or lease.

           B.  EXECUTORY CONTRACTS AND UNEXPIRED LEASES
               TO BE REJECTED.

               1.  Effective as of, and subject to the occurrence of, the       
Effective Date, the executory contracts and unexpired leases listed on the
schedule of Rejected Contracts, attached as Exhibit K hereto, shall be rejected
as of the Effective Date.  The Debtors may amend Exhibit K at any time prior to
the final Confirmation Hearing (with the prior written consent of Magten) by
filing such amendment with the Bankruptcy Court and serving it on parties
directly affected by the amendment.  Listing a contract or lease by category
above or on the schedule of Rejected Contracts shall not constitute an
admission by the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors that such contract or
lease, including related agreements, is an executory contract or unexpired
lease or that the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors have any liability
thereunder.

               2.  The Confirmation Order shall constitute an order of the      
Bankruptcy Court approving such rejections on the Confirmation Date, pursuant
to section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code, effective as of the Effective Date.  Any
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tract or unexpired lease identified for rejection as provided herein may,       
within the same deadline and in the same manner established for filing
objections to Confirmation, file any objection thereto.  Failure to file any
such objection within the time period set forth above shall constitute consent
and agreement to the rejection.

        C.  BAR DATE FOR REJECTION DAMAGES.

            If the rejection of an executory contract or unexpired lease  
pursuant to Section V.B above gives rise to a Claim by the other party or       
parties to such contract or lease, such Claim, to the extent that it is timely
Filed and is a Secured Claim, shall be classified in Class 1B, and to the
extent that it is timely Filed and is an Unsecured Claim, shall be classified
in Class 3; provided, however, that in either event any Claim arising from the
rejection shall be forever barred and shall not be enforceable against the
Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, their affiliates, their successors, estates,
or their properties, unless a proof of claim is Filed and served on the Debtors
or the Reorganized Debtors within thirty (30) days after the earlier of (a) the
date of the entry of the first order of the Bankruptcy Court rejecting the
executory contract or unexpired lease, or (b) the Confirmation Date.

        D.  CONTRACTS ENTERED INTO ON OR AFTER 
            THE PETITION DATE.

            On the Effective Date, all contracts, leases, and other agreements 
entered into by the Debtors in Possession on or after the Petition Date, which 
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accordance with their terms on or before the Confirmation Date shall revest in
and remain in full force and effect as against the Reorganized Debtors.

                                     VI.

                                EFFECTIVE DATE

     A.     OCCURRENCE OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE.

            The Effective Date shall occur on the second business day after 
which all of the following conditions have been satisfied (or such later date 
as agreed upon in writing between the Debtors and Magten):

            1. The Confirmation Order has become a Final Order;

            2. The registration of the New Common Stock under the Securities 
     Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, has become effective and DHA shall have  
     filed a "shelf" registration statement with respect to the New Common
     Stock (including the Rights Shares), and the shares of New Common Stock to
     be issued upon exercise of the Series A Warrants and the Series B
     Warrants;

            3. Sufficient net Cash proceeds shall have been received by the 
     Reorganized Debtors from the exercise of the Rights and/or         
     Oversubscription Options to enable the Reorganized Debtors to pay in full
     in Cash all amounts due under the Pre-Petition Secured Term Loan Agreement
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        4.  The Reorganized Debtors shall have executed an agreement for a 
     secured working capital facility on terms and conditions reasonably 
     satisfactory to Magten;

        5.  The Reorganized Debtors shall have received proceeds of not less 
     than the aggregate amount of all obligations under the Post-Petition
     Secured Loan Agreement outstanding as of the Effective Date and up to $7.5
     million under a secured term loan facility providing for a term loan on
     the terms and conditions set forth in  Exhibit S or on such other terms
     and conditions acceptable to Magten in its sole discretion;

        6.  The DHA Charter (and the Certificates of Incorporation filed with 
     the Bankruptcy Court prior to the Confirmation Hearing with respect to the 
     Reorganized Debtors other than DHA) shall have been filed with the
     Secretary of State of the State of each such entity's incorporation in
     accordance with such State's corporation laws;

        7.  All members of the boards of directors of each of the Debtors shall
     have resigned;

        8.  All authorizations, consents and regulatory approvals required, if 
     any, in connection with the Plan's effectiveness shall have been obtained;

        9.  As of the Effective Date, the aggregate prepetition Claims against 
     the Reorganized Debtors, including all Allowed Claims and Disputed Claims  
     (but excluding Claims under the Senior Notes, and any Claims for which a
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     has not been set by the Bankruptcy Court), does not exceed $20,000,000;
     and

        10.  The Debtors shall have received approval from the Required 
     Parties or their counsel for any modifications to any documents attached   
     as a form to the Plan.

     B. WAIVER OF CONDITIONS.

        With the prior written consent of Magten, the Debtors may waive, by a
writing signed by an authorized representative and subsequently Filed, one or
more of the conditions precedent to the Effective Date.

     C. FAILURE OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE.

        If each of the conditions to the occurrence of the Effective Date has
not been satisfied or duly waived on or before the first Business Day that is
more than 120 days after the date the Bankruptcy Court enters the Confirmation
Order, or by such later date as is agreed upon between the Debtors and Magten,
then the Plan shall automatically be deemed to be null and void in all
respects, and nothing contained in the Plan shall (a) constitute a waiver or
release of any Claims against or Equity Interests in any of the Debtors or (b)
prejudice in any manner the rights of the holder of any Claim against, or
Equity Interest in, any of the Debtors.




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                                     VII.

                             MEANS FOR EXECUTION
                        AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN

     A. ISSUANCE AND EXERCISE OF RIGHTS.

        1. On the Confirmation Date, the board of directors of DHA shall be 
deemed to have approved the Rights Plan and its implementation.  On the Right   
Issue Date, the Rights and the Oversubscription Options shall be issued to the
holders of Allowed Claims in Classes 4 and 5A in the amounts specified in
Article IV.D.2 and IV.E.1 hereof.  On or before the Rights Expiration Date, any
holder of the Rights or Oversubscription Options that desires to exercise the
Rights or Oversubscription Options, as applicable, shall follow the procedure
for exercise of the Rights and/or Oversubscription Options contained in section
VIII of the Rights Plan.

        2. On or before the Rights Expiration Date each holder that has 
exercised the Rights and/or Oversubscription Options held by such holder shall  
deliver Cash to the rights agent under the Rights Plan in an amount sufficient
to exercise in full all of the Rights and Oversubscription Options exercised by
such holder in accordance with the terms of the Rights Plan.

     B. ISSUANCE OF NEW SECURITIES.

        The issuance of the New Common Stock, Rights, Oversubscription Options 
and Warrants by DHA or Reorganized DHA, as the case may be, and the reservation 
by DHA or Reorganized DHA of 833,333 shares of New Common Stock in respect of
the Series A Warrants, 277,777 shares of New Common Stock in respect of the




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Series B Warrants and 1,444,444 shares of New Common Stock in respect of the
shares to be issued under the Stock Incentive Plan is hereby authorized without
the need for any further corporate action.

     C.  CANCELLATION OF EXISTING SECURITIES AND
         AGREEMENTS.

         On the Effective Date, the Senior Notes, the Existing Common Stock, the
Redeemable Preferred Stock, the certificates of designations for the Existing
Common Stock and the Redeemable Preferred Stock, and any options, warrants,
calls, subscriptions, or other similar rights or other agreements or
commitments, contractual or otherwise, obligating any Debtor to issue,
transfer, or sell any shares of Existing Common Stock or Redeemable Preferred
Stock, or any other capital stock of any Debtor shall be cancelled.  Except for
purposes of effectuating the distributions under the Plan, on the Effective
Date, the Indenture shall be cancelled.

     D.  SURRENDER OF EXISTING SECURITIES.

         As a condition to receiving any distribution under the Plan, each 
holder of a promissory note, share certificate, or other instrument evidencing  
a Claim or Equity Interest must surrender such promissory note, share
certificate or other instrument to Reorganized DHA or its designee. 
Reorganized DHA appoints the indenture trustee under the Indenture as its
designee to receive the Senior Notes.  Any holder of a Claim or Equity Interest
that fails to (a) surrender such instrument or (b) execute and deliver an
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isfactory to Reorganized DHA and furnish a bond in form, substance, and amount  
reasonably satisfactory to Reorganized DHA before the later to occur of (i) the
second anniversary of the Effective Date and (ii) six months following the date
such holder's Claim or Equity Interest becomes an Allowed Claim or Allowed
Equity Interest, shall be deemed to have forfeited all rights, Claims, and/or
Equity Interests and may not participate in any distribution under the Plan.


     E. RETIREE BENEFITS.

        After the Effective Date, the payment of retiree benefits (as defined in
section 1114 of the Bankruptcy Code), at the level established pursuant to
section 1114 of the Bankruptcy Code, shall continue for the duration of the
period that the applicable Debtor has obligated itself to provide such
benefits.

     F. MANAGEMENT EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS.

        All employment, severance, and retention bonus agreements between any 
Debtor and Murphy L. Fontenot, Jay N. Baker and David M. Tracy shall be amended 
and restated in full as of the Effective Date in the forms of Exhibits M
through O hereto, respectively, and as of the Effective Date are hereby assumed
as amended.  Such amended and restated agreements supercede all employment,
severance, and retention bonus agreements between any Debtor and such
individuals in effect prior to the Effective Date.  On the Effective Date, all
Claims of such individuals against any Debtor under their prepetition
employment, severance, and retention bonus agreements will be governed by, and
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their new employment agreements in the forms of Exhibits M through O hereto.
Entry of the Confirmation Order by the Clerk of the Bankruptcy Court shall
constitute approval of such assumptions pursuant to subsection 365(a) of the
Bankruptcy Code, subject to the occurrence of the Effective Date.

     G. EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS.

        Subject to the occurrence of the Effective Date, all employee benefit
plans, policies and programs of the Debtors and the Debtor's obligations
thereunder, shall survive confirmation of the Plan, remain unaffected thereby,
and not be discharged.  Employee benefit plans, policies, and programs shall
include, without limitation, all savings plans, retirement pension plans,
health care plans, disability plans, severance benefits plans, life, accidental
death and dismemberment insurance plans (to the extent not executory contracts
assumed under the Plan), but shall exclude all employee equity or equity-based
incentive plans.

     H. STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN.

        The solicitation of votes on the Plan shall be deemed a solicitation of
the holders of New Common Stock for approval of the Stock Incentive Plan.
Entry of the Confirmation Order shall constitute such approval and the
Confirmation Order shall so provide.  Grants under the Stock Incentive Plan
shall not be effective until after the Effective Date.  In accordance
therewith, on the Effective Date, Reorganized DHA shall reserve approximately
1,444,444 shares of the New Common Stock for issuance to non-employee directors
of Reorganized DHA and salaried key employees of Reorganized DHA and its
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the form of stock options, stock appreciation rights, stock awards, performance 
awards, and stock units that may be granted by the compensation committee
comprised of disinterested members of Reorganized DHA's Board of Directors. 
All employee equity or equity-based incentive plans for the Debtors in
existence as of the Petition Date (other than the Stock Incentive Plan) shall
be terminated as of the Effective Date.

     I.  LISTING OF NEW COMMON STOCK; REGISTRATION OF
         SECURITIES.

         Reorganized DHA shall use its best efforts to (i) maintain its status 
as a reporting company under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "Exchange Act") and cause, on the Effective Date, the shares of New Common
Stock issued hereunder to be listed on a national securities exchange or, as to
the New Common Stock, quoted in the national market system of the National
Association of Securities Dealers' Automated Quotation System, (ii) in
accordance with the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement, file and have
declared effective as soon as possible thereafter, on or prior to the Effective
Date, a registration statement or registration statements under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), for the offering on a
continuous or delayed basis in the future of the shares of New Common Stock
(the "Shelf Registration"), (iii) cause to be filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on or prior to the Effective Date a registration statement
on Form 10 under the Exchange Act with respect to the New Common Stock, (iv)
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year period, and (v) supplement or make amendments to the Shelf Registration,   
if required under the Securities Act or by the rules or regulations promulgated
thereunder or in accordance with the terms of the Registration Rights
Agreement, and have such supplements and amendments declared effective as soon
as practicable after filing.  In addition, on the Effective Date, Reorganized
DHA shall enter into the Registration Rights Agreement in the form of Exhibit E
hereto.

     J.  NEW CERTIFICATES OF INCORPORATION AND BYLAWS.

         On the Effective Date or as soon thereafter as is practicable, 
Reorganized DHA shall file with the Secretary of State of the State of  
Delaware, in accordance with sections 103 and 303 of the Delaware General
Corporation Law, the DHA Charter and such certificate shall be the certificate
of incorporation for Reorganized DHA.  The DHA Charter provides, among other
things, for the authorization of 30,000,000 share of New Common Stock and a
prohibition on the issuance of nonvoting equity securities.  The DHA Bylaws
provides, among other things, that the Board of Directors of Reorganized DHA
shall initially consist of nine members and, on the Effective Date, the DHA
Bylaws shall become the bylaws of Reorganized DHA.  The Debtors shall file with
the Bankruptcy Court prior to the Confirmation Hearing the certificate of
incorporation and bylaws for each Reorganized Debtor other than Reorganized
DHA.  On the Effective Date or as soon thereafter as is practicable, each
Reorganized Debtor shall file its certificate of incorporation and bylaws with
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such entity's State of incorporation in accordance with such State's 
corporation law.

     K.  REVESTING OF ASSETS.

         Except as otherwise provided in the Plan or the Confirmation Order, 
on the Effective Date, all property of the Estates shall revest in the  
Reorganized Debtors free and clear of all Claims, liens, encumbrances, and
other interests of any person; and the Reorganized Debtors may operate their
businesses and may use, acquire, and dispose of property and compromise or
settle any Claims or Equity Interests without supervision or approval by the
Bankruptcy Court, free of any restrictions of the Bankruptcy Code or Bankruptcy
Rules, other than those restrictions expressly imposed by the Plan or the
Confirmation Order. From and after the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors
may use, acquire, and dispose of property without supervision or approval by
the Bankruptcy Court and free of any restrictions of the Bankruptcy Code or the
Bankruptcy Rules, except as expressly provided by the Plan, agreements entered
into in connection therewith, or the Confirmation Order.

     L.  MANAGEMENT OF REORGANIZED DEBTORS.

         The Board of Directors of Reorganized DHA as of the Effective Date 
shall consist of the nine members listed on Exhibit P hereto.  A list of the    
members of the boards of directors for the Reorganized Debtors other than
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     M. EXEMPTION FROM CERTAIN TRANSFER TAXES.

        Pursuant to section 1146(c) of the Bankruptcy Code, the issuance,
transfer, or exchange of a security, or the making or delivery of an instrument
of transfer, shall not be subject to any stamp tax, real estate transfer tax,
or similar tax.  Transfers under the Plan that are exempt from taxation
pursuant to section 1146(c) of the Bankruptcy Code include, but are not limited
to, the issuance, transfer, assignment, or exchange of New Common Stock, the
Rights Shares, Series A Warrants, Series B Warrants, Rights and
Oversubscription Options; the creation of any mortgage, deed of trust, lien or
other security interest; the making, revestment, or assignment of any lease or
sublease; and the transfer of property or the making, revestment, or delivery
of any deed or other instrument or transfer under, in furtherance of, or in
connection with, the Plan, including any deeds, bills of sale, pledges,
mortgages, deeds of trust, or assignments executed in connection with the Plan,
agreements entered into in connection therewith, or the Confirmation Order.

     N. APPLICABILITY OF SECTIONS 1125 AND 1145 OF THE 
        BANKRUPTCY CODE TO NEW COMMON STOCK AND OTHER
        SECURITIES ISSUED UNDER THE PLAN.

        Each of the Debtors have, and upon confirmation of the Plan shall be 
deemed to have, solicited acceptances of the Plan in good faith and in  
compliance with the applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code and each of
the Debtors, Magten and each of the Term Lenders (and each of their respective
affiliates, agents, directors, officers, employees, members, advisors and
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the applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code in the offer, issuance, sale,
and purchase of the securities offered and sold under the Plan, and therefore
are not, and on account of such offer, issuance, sale, solicitation, and/or
purchase will not be, liable at any time for the violation of any applicable
law, rule or regulation governing the solicitation of acceptances or rejections
of the Plan or the offer, issuance, sale, or purchase of the securities offered
and sold under the Plan.

        In reliance upon the exemption provided pursuant to section 1145 of the
Bankruptcy Code, the New Common Stock, the Series A Warrants, the Series B
Warrants, the Rights, the Rights Shares and the Oversubscription Options to be
issued on the Effective Date as provided in the Plan generally will be exempt
from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, and state and
local securities laws.  Accordingly, such securities may be resold without
registration under the Securities Act or other federal securities laws pursuant
to the exemption provided by Section 4(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, unless
the holder is an "underwriter" with respect to such securities, as that term is
defined in the Bankruptcy Code.  In addition, such securities generally may be
resold without registration under state securities laws pursuant to various
exemptions provided by the respective laws of the several states.

     O. OBJECTIONS TO CLAIMS.

        All objections to Claims shall be Filed and served on the holders of 
such Claims by the later of: (a) 180 days after the Effective Date, or (b) 180 
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Claim has been Filed, except as extended by an agreement between the claimant   
and the Reorganized Debtors, or by order of the Bankruptcy Court on a motion
filed by the Reorganized Debtors, with notice of such motion to be served on
the Office of the United States Trustee and those holders of Disputed Claims
directly affected by the motion.  If an objection to a proof of claim that
relates to a Disputed Claim has not been Filed by the objection bar dates
established in this Section VII.O, the Claim to which the proof of claim
relates shall be treated as an Allowed Claim for purposes of distribution under
the Plan.

     P. DISCHARGE OF DEBTORS AND INJUNCTION.

        Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, subject to applicable case law
and constitutional principles, and conditioned on the occurrence of the
Effective Date, the rights afforded in the Plan and the treatment of all Claims
herein shall be in exchange for, and in complete satisfaction, discharge, and
release of, all Claims, including without limitation, all Administrative
Claims, Secured Claims, Priority Tax Claims, other priority Claims, and
Unsecured Claims, including any interest accrued on such Claims, whether before
or after the Petition Date, against the Debtors, the Debtors' Estates, the
Debtors in Possession and the Reorganized Debtors, or any of their respective
assets or properties, and shall terminate all Equity Interests of any nature
whatsoever in DHA.  Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, (1) on the
Effective Date, all substantive rights or obligations of the Debtors under any
Equity Interests in DHA shall be terminated, and the Debtors shall be deemed
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and released to the fullest extent permitted by section 1141 of the Bankruptcy  
Code from all Claims that arose before the Confirmation Date, including without
limitation all Administrative Claims, Secured Claims, Priority Tax Claims,
other priority Claims, and Unsecured Claims, including any interest accrued on
such Claims before and after the Petition Date against the Debtors and the
Debtors in Possession, or any of their assets or properties, and all debts of
the kind specified in sections 502(g), 502(h), or 502(i) of the Bankruptcy
Code, in each case whether or not:  (a) a proof of Claim or proof of Equity
Interest based on such Claim, Administrative Claim, or Equity Interest is Filed
or deemed Filed pursuant to sections 501 or 1111(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, (b)
a Claim, Administrative Claim, or Equity Interest is allowed or deemed allowed
pursuant to the Bankruptcy Code, or (c) the holder of a Claim, Administrative
Claim, or Equity Interest has voted to accept the Plan; and (2) all entities
shall be enjoined permanently by section 524 of the Bankruptcy Code from
asserting against the Reorganized Debtors, its successors, or its assets or
properties, any other or further Claims, Administrative Claims, or Equity
Interests based upon any act or omission, transaction, or other activity of any
kind or nature that occurred prior to the Confirmation Date, and such discharge
shall void any judgment against the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors at any
time obtained to the extent that it relates to a Claim, Administrative Claim,
or Equity Interest discharged or terminated. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any
contingent Claims by all current and former directors or officers of the
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for reimbursement, indemnity or contribution arising from their service as a
director or officer of the Debtors in the absence of gross negligence, unlawful
conduct or willful misconduct shall not be discharged by the Plan.

     Except as otherwise provided in the Plan and subject to applicable case
law and constitutional principles, on and after the Effective Date, all
entities who have held, currently hold, or may hold a Claim, Administrative
Claim, or Equity Interest discharged or terminated pursuant to the terms of the
Plan are enjoined permanently by section 524 of the Bankruptcy Code from taking
any of the following actions on account of any such discharged Claim or
terminated Equity Interest:  (1) commencing or continuing in any manner any
action or other proceeding against the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, their
successors, or their assets or properties; (2) enforcing, attaching,
collecting, or recovering in any manner any judgment, award, decree, or order
against the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, their successors, or their assets
or properties; (3) creating, perfecting, or enforcing any lien or encumbrance
against the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, their successors, or their assets
or properties; (4) asserting any setoff, right of subrogation, or recoupment of
any kind against any obligation due to the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors,
their successors, or their assets or properties; and (5) commencing or
continuing any action, in any manner, in any place, that does not comply with
or is inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan or the Confirmation Order.
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cluding costs and attorneys' fees and, in appropriate circumstances, punitive 
damages.

     The provisions of this Plan shall be binding upon and govern the acts of
all entities including, without limitation, all holders of Claims,
Administrative Claims, and Equity Interests, all filing agents, filing
officers, title agents, title companies, recorders of mortgages, recorders of
deeds, registrars of deeds, administrative agencies, governmental departments,
secretaries of state, federal, state, and local officials, and all other
entities who may be required by operation of law, the duties of their office,
or contract to accept, file, register, or otherwise record or release any
documents or instruments, or who may be required to report or insure any title
or state of title in or to any of the assets of the Debtors, the Debtors'
Estates, or the Reorganized Debtors.

     Q. PRESERVATION OF RIGHTS OF ACTION.

        Except as provided herein or in any other contract, instrument, release,
or other agreement entered into in connection with the Plan, in accordance with
section 1123(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, the Reorganized Debtors shall be
revested with, shall retain and may enforce any claims, rights, or causes of
action, including rights or causes of action arising under the Bankruptcy Code,
that the Debtors or their Estates may hold against any person.  The Reorganized
Debtors or their successors may pursue such retained claims, rights, or causes
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ganized Debtors or their successors holding such rights of action.

     R. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY.

        The Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, Congress, Magten, the Term
Lenders, Cigna, and Fund V, and their respective officers, directors, employees,
trustees, members, affiliates and agents (including any Professional Entities
employed by one or more of them), shall have no liability to any holder of an
Administrative Claim, Claim or Equity Interest, or any other person, for any
act taken or omission made with respect to the Debtors prior to the Petition
Date or in connection with, related to, or arising out of, the formulation,
implementation, confirmation, or consummation of the Plan, the Disclosure
Statement, or any other contract, instrument, release, agreement or document
created in connection with the Plan, the pursuit of approval of the Disclosure
Statement or the solicitation of votes for or confirmation of the Plan, or the
administration of the Debtors' cases, the Plan or the property to be
distributed under the Plan, except for willful misconduct or gross negligence
as determined by Final Order of the Bankruptcy Court and, in all respects,
shall be entitled to rely upon the advice of counsel with respect to their
duties and responsibilities under the Plan.

     S. MAINTENANCE OF DIRECTORS' AND OFFICERS LIABILITY 
        INSURANCE

        For a period of not less than two years following the Effective Date,   
Reorganized DHA shall maintain directors and officers liability insurance with
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tors and officers liability insurance in effect on the Petition Date; provided, 
that in the event the yearly premium for such insurance is in excess of
$93,750, Reorganized DHA shall be obligated only to purchase such insurance as
is available for a yearly premium of $93,750.

     T. ALLOCATION OF CONSIDERATION

        The aggregate consideration to be distributed to the holders of Allowed
Claims in each class under the Plan shall be treated as first satisfying an     
amount equal to the stated principal amount of the Allowed Claim for such
holders and any remaining consideration as satisfying accrued by unpaid
interest, if any, with respect to such Allowed Claim.

                                    VIII.

                                 DISTRIBUTION

     A. GENERAL.

        1. DISBURSING AGENTS.

        Entities approved by the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, such as a 
stock transfer agent for the New Common Stock, a subscription agent under the   
Rights Plan or other entity for the distribution of other property, shall act
as Disbursing Agents under the Plan.  Any such Disbursing Agent may, with the
prior approval of the Reorganized Debtors, employ or contract with other
entities to assist in or to perform the distribution required.  Each Disbursing
Agent shall serve without bond, except as required by the Reorganized Debtors,
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hired as a Disbursing Agent shall receive, without further Bankruptcy Court
approval, reasonable compensation for distribution services rendered pursuant
to the Plan and reimbursement of reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in
connection with such services from the Reorganized Debtors, on terms acceptable
to the Reorganized Debtors.

        2. TRANSMITTAL OF DISTRIBUTIONS TO PARTIES 
           ENTITLED THERETO.

        Except in the case of the Allowed Secured Congress Claim, the Allowed
Secured Term Loan Claims, Allowed Claims in Class 4, the Redeemable Preferred   
Stock or as otherwise provided in the Plan or as agreed to in writing by the
Debtors and the applicable distributee prior to the Effective Date, any
property to be distributed on account of an Allowed Claim, Allowed
Administrative Claim, or Allowed Equity Interest shall be distributed by mail
as follows:  (a) except in the case of the holder of a share of stock for which
there is a stock transfer agent, to (i) the latest mailing address Filed of
record for the party entitled thereto or to a holder of a power of attorney
designated by the holder of the Allowed Claim, Allowed Administrative Claim,
allowed reclamation Claim or Allowed Equity Interest to receive such
distributions, or (ii) if no such mailing address has been so Filed, the
mailing address reflected on the Schedules of Assets and Liabilities or in
Reorganized Debtor's books and records; or (b) in the case of the holder of a
share of stock for which there is a stock transfer agent, in accordance with
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such share of stock, to the latest mailing address maintained of record by the  
pertinent stock transfer agent, or, if no mailing address is maintained of
record, to the pertinent stock transfer agent.  All distributions, if permitted
to be mailed, shall be deemed made upon placing such distribution in the United
States mail, postage prepaid. Cash distributions to the holders of the Allowed
Secured Congress Claim and the Allowed Secured Term Loan Claims shall be made
by wire transfer in accordance with instructions to be provided by such
holders, on or immediately following the Effective Date.  Distributions of
shares of New Common Stock to holders of Allowed Claims in Class 4 shall be
made to the indenture trustee under the Indenture who shall then distribute
such shares to the holders of Allowed Claims in Class 4 at the addresses last
known to such indenture trustee.  Distributions of New Common Stock and
Warrants to the holders of Allowed Equity Interests in Classes 5A and 5B shall
be made by mail as set forth above or such other method as agreed upon between
the holders of such Allowed Equity Interests and the Debtors or Reorganized
DHA.

        3.   NO FRACTIONAL SHARES.

        Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, only whole numbers of
shares of New Common Stock, Rights, Oversubscription Options, or Warrants shall
be distributed.  With regard to the initial and all subsequent distributions of
New Common Stock, Rights, Oversubscription Options, or Warrants, all Allowed
Claims or Allowed Equity Interests of a holder in a particular Class shall be
aggregated and treated as one Allowed Claim or Allowed Equity Interest for
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culated distribution on account of such Allowed Claim or Allowed Equity 
Interest would otherwise result in the distribution of a number of shares of
New Common Stock, Rights, Oversubscription Options, or Warrants that is not a
whole number, then the actual distribution of shares of such stock or such
warrants shall be rounded to the nearest whole number unless such rounding
results in a Class of Allowed Claims or Allowed Equity Interests receiving more
than the aggregate number of shares of New Common Stock, Rights,
Oversubscription Options, or Warrants allotted for distribution to that Class.
In such a case, the actual distribution of shares of New Common Stock, Rights,
Oversubscription Options, and Warrants shall be rounded so that the total
amount of shares of New Common Stock, Rights, Oversubscription Options, or
Warrants distributed to the Class will be no more than the amount allotted for
distribution in that Class.  Holders of Allowed Claims or Allowed Equity
Interests that would be entitled to fractional shares of New Common Stock or to
fractional Rights, Oversubscription Options, or Warrants but for this provision
shall receive no consideration therefor because such amount would be de
minimis.


        4. TIMING OF DISTRIBUTIONS.

        Except as otherwise provided herein, distributions of property to be 
made under the Plan on account of an Allowed Claim or Allowed Equity Interest   
will occur on or as soon as practicable after the later of (a) the date on
which the Claim or Equity Interest becomes an Allowed Claim or Allowed Equity
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        5. COMPLIANCE WITH TAX REQUIREMENTS.

        In connection with the Plan, to the extent applicable, each Disbursing
Agent shall comply with all tax withholding and reporting requirements imposed
on it by any governmental unit, and all distributions pursuant to the Plan
shall be subject to such applicable withholding and reporting requirements.

        The Disbursing Agent may withhold the distribution due to any holder
of an Allowed Claim or Allowed Equity Interest until such time as such holder
provides the necessary information to comply with any withholding requirements
of any governmental unit, or provides to the Disbursing Agent the Cash
necessary to comply with any applicable withholding requirements.  Any property
so withheld will then be paid by the Disbursing Agent to the appropriate taxing
authority.

        6. NO DISTRIBUTIONS ON ACCOUNT OF DISPUTED 
           CLAIMS PENDING ALLOWANCE.

        Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, no payments or 
distributions shall be made on account of a Disputed Claim unless and until the
Disputed Claim has become an Allowed Claim by way of (a) a Final Order allowing
the Claim, to the extent Allowed, (b) listing of the Claim in a Filed
supplement to the Allowed Claims List following (i) settlement of the Claim
between the Debtors and the holder of the Claim (after notice to any Creditors'
Committee and an opportunity to be heard) or (ii) determination by the Debtors
that the objection should not be pursued, (c) lapse of the time within which an
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or (d) withdrawal of an objection to the Claim by the Debtors after the 
deadline for objecting to such Claim, as set forth in Section VII.O, has passed.


        7. TREATMENT OF CONTINGENT CLAIMS.

        No reserve shall be established for any contingent Claim unless a Final
Order requires such reserve.  If a contingent Claim becomes fixed and absolute,
to the extent the Claim may be Allowed, the holder of such contingent Claim
shall receive only distributions to which it may be entitled pursuant to
section 502(j) of the Bankruptcy Code.  In the event a contingent Claim is
entitled to distributions pursuant to section 502(j) of the Bankruptcy Code,
such Claim shall receive a Pro Rata distribution in the proportion it bears to
all other Allowed Claims of the same Class.

        B. UNDELIVERABLE DISTRIBUTIONS.

           1. HOLDING AND INVESTMENT OF UNDELIVERABLE 
              DISTRIBUTIONS.

           If any distribution is returned to the Reorganized Debtors or a
Disbursing Agent as undeliverable, no further distributions shall be made to    
the holder of the Allowed Claim or Allowed Equity Interest on account of which
such distribution was made unless and until the Reorganized Debtors or the
Disbursing Agent, as the case may be, is notified in writing of such holder's
then-current address.  Undeliverable distributions shall remain in the
possession of the Reorganized Debtors or the Disbursing Agent, as the case may
be, until such time as a distribution becomes deliverable.  Undeliverable New
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rants for the purchase of New Common Stock, and Cash shall be held in trust for 
the benefit of the potential claimants of such securities or Cash in an amount
sufficient to fund the unclaimed amounts of such securities or Cash, and shall
be accounted for separately.

        2. FAILURE TO CLAIM UNDELIVERABLE
           DISTRIBUTIONS.

        The Allowed Claim or Allowed Equity Interest of any holder that does not
present a demand for an undeliverable distribution within the later of (i) two
(2) years from the Confirmation Date or (ii) six months after such Claim or
Equity Interest was Allowed, shall be discharged; and the holder thereof shall
be forever barred from asserting any such entitlement against the Disbursing
Agent, the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, or their assets or properties.  In
such cases:  (a) any Cash held for distribution on account of such Allowed
Claim and any interest earned thereon shall be property of the Reorganized
Debtors, free of any restrictions thereon; and (b) any New Common Stock or
Warrants held for issuance on account of such Allowed Claim or Allowed Equity
Interest shall be canceled.  To the extent that such undeliverable Cash or New
Common Stock is held by a Disbursing Agent, it shall return such Cash or
securities to the Reorganized Debtors.  Any securities returned pursuant to
this provision shall be canceled.  Except as provided in Article VIII.A.2,
nothing contained in the Plan shall require the Reorganized Debtors or the
Disbursing Agent to attempt to locate any holder of an Allowed Claim or Allowed
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to mail distributions to the Allowed Claim holder's or Equity Interest holder's
last known address as provided in Section VIII.A.2.

     C. ESTIMATION OF UNLIQUIDATED AND DISPUTED CLAIMS.

        1. As to any unliquidated Disputed Claim, including Claims based upon 
rejection of executory contracts or leases, or other Disputed Claims, the       
Bankruptcy Court, on motion by the Debtors, may estimate as provided herein the
likely maximum amount of the Disputed Claims.  In addition, the Bankruptcy
Court, on motion by the Debtors and noticed to the holders of such Claims to be
estimated, may determine an amount sufficient to reserve for such Claim.  All
such amounts shall be held by the Disbursing Agent in the Disputed Claims
Reserve.

        2. An estimation may be made for purposes of both allowance and voting.
A person whose Claim is estimated shall not have any recourse against the       
holders of New Common Stock, holders of Existing Common Stock, any person
receiving a distribution under the Plan, or any assets distributed on account
of any Allowed Claims or Equity Interests, even if such person's Claim, as
finally Allowed, exceeds the maximum estimated amount thereof.  THUS, THE
BANKRUPTCY COURT'S ESTIMATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISTRIBUTION ON ACCOUNT OF A
DISPUTED CLAIM OR GROUP OF DISPUTED CLAIMS WILL LIMIT THE DISTRIBUTION TO BE
MADE THEREON, REGARDLESS OF THE AMOUNT FINALLY DETERMINED TO BE DUE ON ACCOUNT
OF SUCH DISPUTED CLAIM(S).



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                                     IX.

                             CONFIRMATION REQUEST

        The Debtors reserve the right to request Confirmation of the Plan under
section 1129(b) of the Bankruptcy Code if an impaired Class of Claims or Equity
Interests votes to reject the Plan.  If an impaired Class of Claims or Equity
Interests votes to reject the Plan, the Plan may not be confirmed unless the
requirements of section 1129(b) of the Bankruptcy Code are satisfied, as
determined by the Bankruptcy Court at the Confirmation Hearing.


                                      X.

                          RETENTION OF JURISDICTION

     A. RETAINED JURISDICTION.

        Following Confirmation, except as provided below, the Bankruptcy Court 
may retain such jurisdiction as is legally permissible after Confirmation, 
including, without limitation, for the following purposes:

        1. To determine the allowability, classification, or priority of Claims
and Equity Interests upon objection by the Reorganized Debtors or any other 
party in interest entitled to raise such objection;

        2. To construe and to take any action to enforce and execute the Plan, 
the Confirmation Order, or any other order of the Bankruptcy Court, issue such  
orders as may be necessary for the implementation, execution, performance, and
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matters that may be pending before the Bankruptcy Court in the Reorganization 
Cases on or before the Effective Date with respect to any person;

        3.   To protect the property of the Estates revesting in the 
Reorganized Debtors from Claims against, or interference with, such property,   
including actions to quiet or otherwise clear title to such property based upon
the terms and provisions of this Plan, or to determine the Reorganized Debtors'
exclusive ownership of claims and causes of action revested or retained under
the Plan;

        4.   To determine any and all applications for allowance of 
compensation and expense reimbursement of Professional Entities for periods on 
or before the Confirmation Date;

        5.   To determine any other request for payment of Administrative 
Claims;

        6.   To resolve any dispute regarding the implementation, execution,
consummation, or interpretation of the Plan;

        7.   To determine motions for the rejection, assumption, or assignment 
of executory contracts or unexpired leases, and to determine the allowance of   
any Claims resulting from the rejection of executory contracts and unexpired
leases;

        8.   To determine all applications, motions, adversary proceedings, 
contested matters, and any other litigated matters instituted prior to the 
closing of these cases;

        9.   To determine such other matters, and for such other purposes, as 
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        10. To modify the Plan under section 1127 of the Bankruptcy Code, to 
remedy any defect or omission in the Plan, or to reconcile any inconsistency    
in the Plan so as to carry out its intent and purposes;

        11. To issue injunctions or take such other actions or make such other 
orders as may be necessary or appropriate to restrain interference with the     
Plan or its execution or implementation by any person;

        12. To issue such orders in aid of consummation of the Plan and the
Confirmation Order, notwithstanding any otherwise applicable nonbankruptcy law,
with respect to any person, to the full extent authorized by the Bankruptcy
Code; and

        13. To resolve any dispute regarding the adequacy of disclosure 
regarding any securities issued under the Plan.

     B. JURISDICTION OVER THE NEW SECURITIES.

        Notwithstanding the jurisdiction retained in Section X.A. hereof, from 
and after the Effective Date, the Bankruptcy Court shall not have the power to
issue any order which modifies or impairs the rights of the holders of the New
Common Stock.


                                     XI.

                           MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

     A. AMENDMENT AND MODIFICATION OF THE PLAN.

        The Plan may be amended or modified before the Effective Date only by 
the Debtors with the prior written consent of the Required Parties or,  
following the Effective Date, only by the Reorganized Debtors with the prior
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quired Parties, and only to the extent provided in section 1127 of the 
Bankruptcy Code.


     B. WITHDRAWAL OR REVOCATION OF THE PLAN.

        The Debtors reserve the right to revoke or withdraw the Plan prior to 
the Confirmation Date.  If the Debtors revoke or withdraw the Plan, or if 
Confirmation of the Plan never occurs, then the Plan shall be null and void. 
Until the Plan is confirmed and the Effective Date occurs, nothing contained
herein shall:  (1) constitute a waiver or release of any Claims by or against,
or any Equity Interests in, the Debtors; or (2) prejudice in any manner the
rights of Debtors in any proceedings.

     C. SECTION 1111(b)(2) ELECTION.

        An election pursuant to section 1111(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code may 
be made, at the election of a class of Secured Claims, for purposes of this     
Plan only, without affecting the rights of such class to make an election with
respect to any other plan of reorganization Filed or to be Filed in the
Reorganization Cases.  A class of Secured Claims that makes an election
pursuant to section 1111(b)(2) for purposes of this Plan may revoke such
election at any time during the 20 days immediately following the Filing with
the Bankruptcy Court of any amendments to the Plan that materially alter the
rights of such class, as determined by the Bankruptcy Court.  Notice of any
revocation permitted herein shall be Filed with the Bankruptcy Court and served
on the Debtors, any Creditors' Committee and Magten during the time specified
herein.



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     D. CREDITORS' COMMITTEE.

        On the Effective Date, any Creditors' Committee shall be dissolved and 
thereafter shall have no further participation in the Reorganization Cases.

     E. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS.

        The rights, benefits, and obligations of any person named or referred 
to in the Plan shall be binding on, and shall inure to the benefit of and be    
binding on, the heirs, executors, administrators, successors, or assigns of
such person.

     F. SEVERABILITY OF PROVISIONS OF THE PLAN.

        The provisions of this Plan shall not be severable unless such 
severance is agreed to in writing by the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors and 
Magten and such severance constitutes a permissible modification of the Plan
pursuant to section 1127 of the Bankruptcy Code.


                                           DECORATIVE HOME ACCENTS, INC.,  
                                           a Delaware Corporation, Debtor  



Dated: September __, 1997                  By /s/ Jay N. Baker
                                              ---------------------------------
                                                 Jay N. Baker, Chief Financial 
                                                 Officer







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                                  THE RUG BARN, INC.,           
                                  a South Carolina Corporation,  
                                  Debtor                         


Dated: September __, 1997         By  /s/ Jay N. Baker
                                     -----------------------------------------
                                      Jay N. Baker, Vice-President  



                                  HOME INNOVATIONS, INC., a Delaware 
                                  Corporation, Debtor



Dated: September __, 1997         By  /s/ Jay N. Baker
                                     -----------------------------------------
                                      Jay N. Baker, Vice-President



                                  HOME INNOVATIONS, INC., a New York 
                                  Corporation, Debtor



Dated: September __, 1997         By  /s/ Jay N. Baker
                                     -----------------------------------------
                                      Jay N. Baker, Vice-President



                                  DHA HOME, INC., a Delaware Corpora-
                                  tion, Debtor



Dated: September __, 1997         By  /s/ Jay N. Baker
                                     -----------------------------------------
                                      Jay N. Baker, Vice-President


                                      
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                                  R.A. BRIGGS AND COMPANY., an 
                                  Illinois Corporation, Debtor 


Dated: September __, 1997         By /s/ Jay N. Baker 
                                     ----------------------------------------
                                      Jay N. Baker, Vice-President



                                  DRAYMORE MFG. CORP., a North
                                  Carolina corporation


Dated: September __, 1997         By /s/ Jay N. Baker
                                     ----------------------------------------
                                      Jay N. Baker, Vice-President


Submitted by:

/s/ Michael A. Morris
----------------------------------------
MICHAEL A. MORRIS, a Member of
STUTMAN, TREISTER & GLATT
PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION
Reorganization Counsel for Debtors




                                      
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