Standard Form of Agreement Between Owner and
Contractor where the basis of payment is a
STIPULATED SUM

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MODIFICATION. AUTHENTICATION OF THIS ELECTRONICALLY DRAFTED AIA DOCUMENT MAY BE MADE BY USING AIA DOCUMENT D401.

AIA Document A201-1997, General Conditions of the Contract for Construction, is adopted in this document by reference. Do not use
with other general conditions
unless this document is modified.

This document has been approved and endorsed by The Associated General Contractors of America.

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AGREEMENT made as
of the 14th day of September in the year of 2000.
(In words, indicate day, month and year)

BETWEENthe Owner:(Name, address and other information)AMSCAN, INC.
32 Leone Lane
Chester, N.Y.  10918
and the Contractor(Name, address and other information)CLAYCO CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.
2199 Innerbelt Business Center Drive St.
Louis, Missouri  63114
The Project is:
(Name and location)Design and construction
of an office warehouse/distribution center, consisting
of an approximately 526,566 square feet on approximately 50 acres of
land located at 47 Elizabeth Drive, Chester, New York (the Site).

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The Architect is:(Name, address and other information)Mitchell and Hugeback Architects

The Owner and Contractor agree as follows.

| | The
Contract Documents consist of this Agreement, Conditions of the Contract
(General, Supplementary and other Conditions), Drawings, Specifications, Addenda
issued prior to execution of this Agreement, other documents listed in this
Agreement and Modifications issued after execution of this Agreement; these form
the Contract, and are as fully a part of the Contract as if attached to this
Agreement or repeated herein. The Contract represents the entire and integrated
agreement between the parties hereto and supersedes prior negotiations,
representations or agreements, either written or oral. An enumeration of the
Contract Documents, other than Modifications, appears in Article 8.
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| | The
Contractor shall fully execute the Work described in the Contract Documents,
except to the extent specifically indicated in the Contract Documents to be the
responsibility of others.
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ARTICLE 3 DATE OF COMMENCEMENT AND SUBSTANTIAL
COMPLETION

| | 3.1  The date of commencement of the Work shall be the date of this Agreement unless
a different date is stated below or provision is made for the date to be fixed
in a notice to proceed issued by the Owner.(Insert sert the date of
commencement if it differs from the date of this Agreement or, if applicable,
state that the date will be fixed in a notice to proceed.)
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| | If,
prior to the commencement of the Work, the Owner requires time to file
mortgages, mechanics liens and other security interests, the Owners
time requirement shall be as follows:
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| | 3.2The Contract Time shall be measured from the date of commencement.
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| | 3.3  
The Contractor shall achieve Substantial Completion of the entire Work not later
than ten (10)
monthsdays from the date of
commencement, or as follows:(Insert number of calendar days.
Alternatively, a calendar date may be used when coordinated with the date of
commencement. Unless stated elsewhere in the Contract Documents, insert
any requirements for earlier Substantial Completion of certain portions of the Work.)subject to any delays
contemplated in paragraph 8.3.1 of the General Conditions (AIA Document No.
A201) attached hereto, such completion date
being the Contract Time
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| | , subject to adjustments of this Contract Time as provided in the Contract Documents.(Insert provisions, if any, for liquidated damages relating to failure to complete on time or for bonus payments for early
     completion of the Work.)See Insert 3.3
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ARTICLE 4 CONTRACT SUM
4.1     The Owner shall pay the Contractor the Contract Sum
in current funds for the Contractors performance of the Contract. The
Contract Sum shall be Nineteen Million Three Hundred Forty Thousand
Five Hundred Four and NO/100 Dollars
($19,340,504.00), subject to additions
additions and deductions as provided in the Contract
Documents, subject to an increase of five and one half percent (5.5%)
on all Change Orders, as defined in Paragraph 7.9 herein below, increasing the
cost of the Work, and subject to a decrease of five and one half percent (5.5%)
on all Change Orders decreasing the cost of the Work.

| | 4.2  The Contract Sum is based upon the following alternates, if any, which are
described in the Contract Documents and are hereby accepted by the Owner:(State tate the numbers or other identification of accepted alternates. If
decisions on other alternates are to be made by the Owner subsequent to
the execution of this Agreement, attach a schedule of such other
alternates showing the amount for each and the date when that amount expires)Outline Specifications dated September 11, 2000, and
consisting of twenty-two (22) pages attached hereto
as Exhibit A (Outline Specs).
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| | 4.3  Unit prices, if any, are as follows:See Insert 4.4
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|ARTICLE 5 PAYMENTS
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| | 5.1 PROGRESS PAYMENTS                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
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| | 5.1.1     Based upon Applications for Payment submitted to the OwnerArchitect by the Contractor and Certificates
for Payment issued by the Architect, the Owner shall make progress
payments on account of the Contract Sum to the Contractor as provided below and
elsewhere in the Contract Documents.

| | 5.1.2     The period covered
by each Application for Payment shall be one calendar month ending on the last day of the month, or
     as follows:
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| | 5.1.3     
Provided that an Application for Payment is received by the Owner Architect not later than the
first day of a month, the Owner shall make
payment to the Contractor not later than the twentieth
(20th) day of the
same month. If an Application for Payment is
received by the Owner Architect after
the application date fixed above, payment shall be made by the Owner not later
than twenty (20) days after the
Owner Architect receives the Application for Payment.
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| | 5.1.4     Each
Application for Payment shall be based on the
attached most recent schedule of
values (as the same may be changed by Change Orders)submitted by the
Contractor in accordance with the
Contract Documents. The schedule of values shall allocate the entire Contract
Sum among the various portions of the Work. The schedule of values shall be
prepared in such form and supported by such data to substantiate its accuracy as
the OwnerArchitect may require
and shall be attached to this Contract. This
schedule, unless objected to by the Architect, shall be used as a basis
for reviewing the Contractors Applications for Payment.
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| | 5.1.5     
Applications for Payment shall indicate the percentage of completion of each
portion of the Work as of the end of the period covered by the Application for
Payment.
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| | 5.1.6     
Subject to other provisions of the Contract Documents, the amount of each
progress payment shall be computed as follows:
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| | .1 | Take that portion of the Contract Sum properly allocable to completed Work as
determined by multiplying the percentage completion of each portion of the Work
by the share of the Contract Sum allocated to that portion of the Work Work in
the schedule of values, less retainage of
five percent
(5%). Pending final determination of cost
to the Owner of charges in the Work, amounts not in dispute shall be
included as provided in Subparagraph 7.3.8 of AIA Document A201
1997;
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| | .2 | Add that portion of the Contract Sum properly allocable to materials and
equipment delivered and suitably stored at the site for subsequent incorporation
in the completed construction (or, if approved in advance by the Owner, suitably
suitably stored off the site at a location agreed upon in writing), as
provided in Paragraph 9.3.2 of AIA Document
A201-1997, less retainage of
five percent
(5%);
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| | .3 | Subtract the aggregate of previous payments made by the Owner; and
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| | .4 | Subtract amounts, if any, for which the OwnerArchitect
has withheld all or a
portion of a progressor nullified a
Certificate for Paymentpayment as
provided in Paragraph 9.5 of AIA Document A201-1997.
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| | 5.1.7     
The progress payment amount determined in accordance with Subparagraph 5.1.6
shall be further modified under the following circumstances:
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| | .1 | Add, upon Substantial Completion of the Work, a sum sufficient to increase the
total payments to the full amount of the the Contract Sum, less such
amounts as the Architect shall determinefor incomplete Work
determined pursuant to  Paragraph 9.8.4 of
the AIA Document A201-1997, retainage applicable to
such work and unsettled claims; and
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| |  | (Subparagraph 9.8.5 of AIA Document A201-1997 requires release of applicable
retainage upon Substantial Completion of Work with consent of surety, if
any.)
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| | .2 | Add, if final completion of the Work is thereafter materially delayed through no
fault of the Contractor, any additional amounts payable in accordance with
Subparagraph 9.10.3 of AIA Document A201-1997.
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| | 5.1.8     
Reduction or limitation of retainage, if any, shall be as follows:
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| | (If it is intended, prior to Substantial Completion of the entire Work, to
reduce or limit the retainage resulting from the percentages inserted in
Clauses 5.1.6.1 and 5.1.6.2 above, and this is not explained elsewhere in the
Contract Documents, insert here provisions for such reduction or
limitation.)
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|If any Subcontractor performing sitework, tilt-up concrete work,
structure steel worrk or flatwork fully performs all of its obligations under
its Subcontract and the Contractor has approved such work, then upon request of
the Contractor, the Owner shall release the full amount of the retainage for
such Subcontractor to the Contractor for payment to the Subcontractor.
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| | 5.1.9     
Except with the Owners prior approval, the Contractor shall not make
advance payments to suppliers for materials or equipment which have not been
delivered and stored at the site.
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| | 5.2 FINAL PAYMENT                                                                                                                      
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| | 5.2.1     Final payment, constituting the entire unpaid balance of the Contract Sum, shall
be made by the Owner to the Contractor when:

| | .1 | the Contractor has fully performed the Contract except for the Contractors
responsibility to correct Work as provided in Subparagraph 12.2.2 of AIA
Document A201-1997, and to satisfy other requirements, if any, which extend
beyond final payment; and
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| | .2 | a final Certificate for Payment has been issued by the ArchitectParagraph 9.10
of AIA Document A201-1997 has been satisfied.
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| | 5.1.8     The Owners
final payment to the Contractor shall be made no
later than 30 days after the conditions of paragraph 9.10
Document A201-1997 have been
satisfied. issuance of the Architects final
Certificate for Payment, or as follows:
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|ARTICLE 6 TERMINATION OR SUSPENSION
|-----------------------------------

| | 6.1  The
Contract may be terminated by the Owner or the Contractor as provided in Article
14 of AIA Document A201-1997.
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| | 6.2  The
Work may be suspended by the Owner as provided in Article 14 of AIA Document
A201-1997.
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|ARTICLE 7 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
|----------------------------------

| | 7.1  Where reference is made in this Agreement to a provision of AIA Document
A201-1997 or another Contract Document, the reference refers to that provision
as amended or supplemented by other provisions of the Contract Documents.
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| | 7.2  
Payments due and unpaid under the Contract shall bear interest from the date
payment is due at the rate stated below, or in the absence thereof, at the legal
rate prevailing from time to time at the place where the Project is located.(Insert rate of interest agreed upon, if any.)One percent over the "prime rate" as reported by The Wall Street Journal.
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| | (Usury laws and requirements under the Federal Truth in Lending Act, similar
state and local consumer credit laws and other regulations at the
Owners and Contractors principal places of business, the location of
the Project and elsewhere may affect the validity of this provision.
Legal advice should be obtained with respect to deletions or
modifications, and also regarding requirements such as written disclosures or
waivers.)
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| | 7.3  The Owner's representative is:(Name, address and other information)Willard Finch
     AMSCAN, INC.
     32 Leone Lane
     Chester, N.Y. 10918
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| | 7.4  
The Contractor's representative is:(Name, address and other information)Darrell E. Smith
     Clayco Construction Company, Inc.
     2199 Innerbelt Business Center Drive
     St. Louis, MO 63114
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| | 7.5  Neither the Owners nor the Contractors representative shall be
changed without ten days written notice to the other party.
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7.6    Other provisions:
           
The Contractor will enter into a direct contractual relationship with
the Architect, engineers, and other design professionals to provide the design
of the Project. The Owner acknowledges and agrees that the Contractor is not a
licensed architect or engineer and is not agreeing to perform services which
require such a license in the State in which the Project is located. Such
services will be performed by licensed architects, engineers and design build
subcontractors under separate agreements. The fees and expenses of those design
professionals contracted and paid for by the Contractor shall be included as
part of the Contract Sum.

.1         If there is any conflict among the Contract Documents then
the following priority shall be given to the same: first, the provisions of this
Agreement (A101) shall govern, second, the provisions of the General Conditions
(A201) shall govern, third, the Outline Specs shall govern (provided that as to
design matters, the Outline Specs shall govern over A101 or A201), and fourth,
the most recent version of any drawings approved by Owner and Contractor in
writing shall govern.
 .2         The Owner represents that it is the owner of fee simple title
to the land on which the Project will be constructed. Attached to this Contract
is a true copy of the deed to the land by which the Owner received title to the
same.
          7.8
If the Owner requests a change in the Work by giving the
Contractor a written change order request (a CO Request), setting
forth in detail the nature of the requested change, then the Contractor shall
furnish to the Owner a written offer to make the requested change, which offer
shall include the Contractors determination of the changes, if any, to the
(i) Contract Sum, (ii) the schedule of values or (iii) the Contract Time. If the
Owner accepts such offer in writing and without revision, then such offer and
acceptance, together, shall constitute a Change Order which shall
operate to amend this Contract as provided herein. If the Owner accepts such
offer subject to revisions not previously agreed to be the Contractor in
writing, then such acceptance shall constitute a counteroffer by the
Owner to the Contractor which the Contractor may either accept in writing or
reject. If the Contractor accents such counteroffer in writing, the same shall
constitute a Change Order. The Contractor shall have no obligation to perform
any changes in the Work except pursuant to a Change Order made as provided
herein.

|ARTICLE 8 ENUMERATION OF CONTRACT DOCUMENTS
|-------------------------------------------

| | 8.1  The
Contract Documents, except for Modifications issued after execution of this
Agreement, are enumerated as follows:
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| | 8.1.1     
The Agreement is this executed 1997 edition of the Standard Form of Agreement
Between Owner and Contractor, AIA Document A101-1997.
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| | 8.1.2     
The General Conditions are the 1997 edition of the General Conditions of the
Contract for Construction, AIA Document A201-1997, as modified in the
form attached to this Contract.
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| | 8.1.3     The
Supplementary and other Conditions of the Contract are those
contained in the Project Manual dated , and are as follows:
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| | Document | Title | Pages
| | -------- | ----- | -----

| | 8.1.4     
The Specifications are those contained in the Project Manual dated as in
Subparagraph 8.1.3, and are as follows: (Either ther list the
Specifications here or refer to an exhibit attached to this Agreement.)
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|Section |  | Title | Pages
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| | 8.1.5     The
Drawings are as follows, and are dated unless a different date is shown below:
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| | (Either list the Drawings here or refer to an exhibit
attached to this Agreement.)
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| | Number | Title | Date
| | ------ | ----- | ----

| | 8.1.6     The Addenda, if any,
are as follows:
| | ----------------------------------------------

| | Number | Title | Pages
| | ------ | ----- | -----

| | Portions
of Addenda relating to bidding requirements are not part of the Contract
Documents unless the bidding requirements are also enumerated in this Article 8.
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| | 8.1.7     Other documents,
if any, forming part of the Contract Documents are as follows:(List here any additional documents that are intended to form part of the
Contract Documents. AIA Document A201-1997 provides that bidding
requirements such as advertisement or invitation to bid, Instructions to
Bidders, sample forms and the Contractors bid are not part of the
Contract Documents until enumerated in this Agreement. They should be listed
here only if intended to be part of the Contract Documents.)Schedule of Inserts to Clayco Construction AIA
Document A101-1997 and AIA Document A201-1997 (attached hereto and consisting of
17 pages). All references in this AIA
Document A101-1997 or in the AIA Document A201-1997 to Insert shall
mean such attached Schedule of Inserts.
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| | This Agreement is entered into as of the day and year first written above and is
executed in at least three original copies, of which one is to be delivered to
the Contractor, one to the Architect for use in the administration of the
Contract, and the remainder to the Owner.
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|                                                       |  | /s/ Michael Murphy                        
|------------------------------------------------------ |  | ------------------------------------------
|OWNER (Signature)                                      |  | CONTRACTOR (Signature)                    
|AMSCAN, INC.                                           |  | CLAYCO CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.         
|By: /s/ James M. Harrison, Exec. V.P.                  |  | By: MICHAEL MURPHY                        
|(Printed name and title)
James M. Harrison, Exec. V.P. |  | (Printed name and title)
Senior V.P. & CFO

|Insert A:   THIS AGREEMENT CONTAINS A BINDING ARBITRATION PROVISION WHICH MAY BE ENFORCED BY
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|                                                                                            

|THE PARTIES
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