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                                                                     EXHIBIT 4.4

                                December 7, 2001

Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation
Eleven Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10010-3629

Dear Sirs:

         EGL, Inc., a Texas corporation (the "COMPANY"), proposes to issue and
sell to Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation (the "INITIAL PURCHASER"), upon
the terms set forth in a purchase agreement of even date herewith (the "PURCHASE
AGREEMENT"), $85,000,000 aggregate principal amount (plus up to an additional
$15,000,000 principal amount) of its 5% Convertible Subordinated Notes due
December 15, 2006 (the "INITIAL SECURITIES"). The Initial Securities will be
convertible into shares of common stock, par value $.001 per share, of the
Company (the "COMMON STOCK"), initially at the conversion price set forth in the
Offering Circular dated December 3, 2001. The Initial Securities will be issued
pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of the date hereof, as amended and
supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture thereto dated as of the date
hereof (as so amended and supplemented, the "INDENTURE"), between the Company
and JPMorgan Chase Bank, as trustee (the "TRUSTEE"). As an inducement to the
Initial Purchaser to enter into the Purchase Agreement, the Company agrees with
the Initial Purchaser, for the benefit of (i) the Initial Purchaser and (ii) the
holders of the Initial Securities and the Common Stock issuable upon conversion
of the Initial Securities (collectively, the "SECURITIES") from time to time
until such time as such Securities have been sold pursuant to a Shelf
Registration Statement (as defined below) (each of the forgoing a "HOLDER" and
collectively the "HOLDERS"), as follows:

1. Shelf Registration. (a) The Company shall, at its cost, prepare and file not
later than March 4, 2001 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"COMMISSION") and thereafter use all commercially reasonable efforts to cause to
be declared effective as soon as practicable, but not later than June 3, 2002, a
registration statement on Form S-3 (the "SHELF REGISTRATION STATEMENT" relating
to the offer and sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities (as defined in
Section 5 hereof) by the Holders thereof from time to time in accordance with
the methods of distribution set forth in the Shelf Registration Statement and
Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "SECURITIES ACT")
(hereinafter, the "SHELF REGISTRATION"); provided, however, that no Holder
(other than the Initial Purchaser) shall be entitled to have the Securities held
by it covered by such Shelf Registration Statement unless such Holder agrees in
writing to be bound by all the provisions of this Agreement applicable to such
Holder.

         (a) The Company shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to keep
the Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective in order to permit the
prospectus included therein (the "PROSPECTUS") to be lawfully delivered by the
Holders of the relevant Securities, for a period of two years (or for such
longer period if extended pursuant to Section 2(h) below) from the date of its
effectiveness or such shorter period that will terminate when all the Securities
covered by the Shelf Registration Statement (i) have been sold pursuant thereto
or (ii) are no longer Transfer Restricted Securities (as defined in Section
5(d)) (in any such case, such period being called the "SHELF REGISTRATION
PERIOD"). The Company shall be deemed not to have used all commercially
reasonable efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement effective during the
requisite period if it voluntarily takes any action that would result in Holders
of Securities covered thereby not being able to offer and sell such Securities
during that period, unless such action is (i) required by applicable law or (ii)
taken by the Company in good faith and contemplated by Section 2(b)(v) below.

         (b) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement to the
contrary, the Company shall cause the Shelf Registration Statement and the
Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, as of the effective date of
the Shelf Registration Statement, amendment or supplement, (i) to comply in all
material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the
rules and regulations of the Commission and (ii) not to contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

2. Registration Procedures. In connection with the Shelf Registration
contemplated by Section 1 hereof, the following provisions shall apply:

         (a) The Company shall (i) furnish to the Initial Purchaser, prior to
the filing thereof with the Commission, a copy of the Shelf Registration
Statement and each amendment thereof and each supplement, if any, to the
prospectus included therein and, in the event that the Initial Purchaser (with
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unsold allotment from the original offering) is participating in the Shelf
Registration Statement, shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to reflect
in each such document, when so filed with the Commission, such comments as the
Initial Purchaser reasonably may propose, (ii) include the names of the Holders
who have delivered written notice to the Company in the form of Annex A to the
Offering Circular (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) prior to the
effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement that they propose to sell
Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement as selling
securityholders and (iii) to the extent required by law and except as
contemplated by the second sentence of Section 2(h) below, file under the
Securities Act an amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement or the
Prospectus to cover new Holders of Securities as promptly as practicable after
the Company's receipt of notice in such form from such new Holders to such
effect.

         (b) The Company shall give written notice to the Initial Purchaser and
except as provided in (v) below the Holders of the Securities (which notice
pursuant to clauses (ii)-(v) hereof shall be accompanied by an instruction to
suspend the use of the Prospectus until the requisite changes have been made):

                  (i) when the Shelf Registration Statement or any amendment
         thereto has been filed with the Commission and when the Shelf
         Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto has
         become effective;

                  (ii) of any request by the Commission for amendments or
         supplements to the Shelf Registration Statement or the prospectus
         included therein or for additional information;

                  (iii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order
         suspending the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement or the
         initiation of any proceedings for that purpose;

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

                  (v) of the happening of any event that requires the Company to
         make changes in the Shelf Registration Statement or the Prospectus in
         order that the Shelf Registration Statement or the Prospectus does not
         contain an untrue statement of a material fact nor omit to state a
         material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
         statements therein (in the case of the Prospectus, in light of the
         circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, provided,
         that such notice need only be provided to the Initial Purchaser and to
         Holders who are named as selling stockholders in the prospectus
         relating to the Shelf Registration Statement, as then amended or
         supplemented.

         (c) The Company shall make every commercially reasonable effort to
obtain the withdrawal at the earliest possible time, of any order suspending the
effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement.

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

         (e) The Company shall, during the Shelf Registration Period, deliver to
each Holder of Securities included within the coverage of the Shelf
Registration, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus (including each
preliminary prospectus) included in the Shelf Registration Statement and any
amendment or supplement thereto as such person may reasonably request. The
Company consents, subject to the provisions of this Agreement, to the use of the
Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders
of the Securities in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities
covered by the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, included in
the Shelf Registration Statement in the manner described therein.

         (f) Prior to any public offering of the Securities pursuant to the
Shelf Registration Statement, the Company shall register or qualify or cooperate
with the Holders of the Securities included therein and their respective counsel
in connection with the registration or qualification of the Securities for offer
and sale under the securities or "blue sky" laws of such states of the United
States as any Holder of the Securities reasonably requests in writing and do any
and all other acts or things necessary or advisable to enable the offer and sale
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jurisdictions of the Securities covered by such Registration Statement;
provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to (i) qualify
generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified
or (ii) take any action which would subject it to general service of process or
to taxation in any jurisdiction where it is not then so subject.

         (g) In case the Securities are not then in global form, the Company
shall cooperate with the Holders of the Securities to facilitate the timely
preparation and delivery of certificates representing the Securities to be sold
pursuant to any Registration Statement free of any restrictive legends and in
such denominations and registered in such names as the Holders may request a
reasonable period of time prior to sales of the Securities pursuant to the Shelf
Registration Statement.

         (h) Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by paragraphs (ii)
through (v) of Section 2(b) above during the period for which the Company is
required to maintain an effective Shelf Registration Statement, the Company
shall either give notice to suspend the use of the prospectus as contemplated by
the following sentence or prepare and file a post-effective amendment to the
Shelf Registration Statement or an amendment or supplement to the Prospectus and
any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to Holders or
purchasers of the Securities, the Prospectus will not contain an untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. If the Company
notifies the Initial Purchaser and the Holders in accordance with paragraphs
(ii) through (v) of Section 2(b) above to suspend the use of the Prospectus
until the requisite changes to the Prospectus have been made, then the Initial
Purchaser and the Holders shall suspend use of such Prospectus, and the period
of effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement provided for in Section
1(b) above shall be extended by the number of days from and including the date
of the giving of such notice to and including the date when the Initial
Purchaser and the Holders shall have received such amended or supplemented
Prospectus pursuant to this Section 2(h).

         (i) Not later than the effective date of the Shelf Registration
Statement, the Company will provide CUSIP numbers for the Initial Securities and
the Common Stock registered under the Shelf Registration Statement, and provide
the Trustee with one or more certificates for the Initial Securities, in a form
eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust Company.

         (j) The Company will comply with all rules and regulations of the
Commission to the extent and so long as they are applicable to the Shelf
Registration and will make generally available to its security holders (or
otherwise provide in accordance with Section 11(a) of the Securities Act) an
earnings statement satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities
Act, no later than 45 days after the end of a 12-month period (or 90 days, if
such period is a fiscal year) beginning with the first month of the Company's
first fiscal quarter commencing after the effective date of the Shelf
Registration Statement, which statement shall cover such 12-month period.

         (k) The Company shall cause the Indenture to be qualified under the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, (the "TRUST INDENTURE ACT") in a timely
manner and containing such changes, if any, as shall be necessary for such
qualification. In the event that such qualification would require the
appointment of a new trustee under the Indenture, the Company shall appoint a
new trustee thereunder pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Indenture.

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

         (m) The Company shall enter into such customary agreements (including,
if requested, an underwriting agreement in customary form) and take all such
other actions, if any, as any Holder shall reasonably request in order to
facilitate the disposition of the Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration.

         (n) The Company shall (i) make reasonably available for inspection by
the Holders, any underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to the
Shelf Registration Statement and any attorney, accountant or other


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agent retained by the Holders or any such underwriter, all relevant financial
and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company
and (ii) cause the Company's officers, directors, employees, accountants and
auditors to supply all relevant information reasonably requested by the Holders
or any such underwriter, attorney, accountant or agent in connection with the
Shelf Registration Statement, in each case, as shall be reasonably necessary to
enable such persons, to conduct a reasonable investigation within the meaning of
Section 11 of the Securities Act; provided, however, that the foregoing
inspection and information gathering shall be coordinated on behalf of the
Initial Purchaser by you and on behalf of the other parties, by one counsel
designated by and on behalf of such other parties as described in Section 3
hereof; and provided, further that any information that is designated in writing
by the Company, in good faith, as confidential at the time of delivery of such
information shall be kept confidential by the Holders or any such underwriter,
attorney, accountant or agent, unless such disclosure is made in connection with
a court proceeding or required by law, or such information becomes available to
the public generally or through a third party without an accompanying obligation
of confidentiality.

         (o) The Company, if requested by any Holder of Securities covered by
the Shelf Registration Statement, shall use commercially reasonable efforts to
cause (i) its counsel to deliver an opinion and updates thereof relating to the
Securities in customary form addressed to the managing underwriters, if any,
thereof, and dated, in the case of the initial opinion, the effective date of
such Shelf Registration Statement (it being agreed that the matters to be
covered by such opinion shall include the matters covered by the opinion to the
Purchaser under the Purchase Agreement); (ii) its officers to execute and
deliver all customary documents and certificates and updates thereof requested
by any underwriters of the Securities and (iii) its independent public
accountants [and the independent public accountants with respect to any other
entity for which financial information is provided in the Shelf Registration
Statement] to provide to the selling Holders of the applicable Securities and
any underwriter therefor a comfort letter in customary form and covering matters
of the type customarily covered in comfort letters in connection with primary
underwritten offerings, subject to receipt of appropriate documentation as
contemplated, and only if permitted, by Statement of Auditing Standards No. 72.

         (p) In the event that any broker-dealer registered under the Exchange
Act shall underwrite any Securities or participate as a member of an
underwriting syndicate or selling group or "assist in the distribution" (within
the meaning of the Conduct Rules (the "RULES") of the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc. ("NASD")) thereof, whether as a Holder of such
Securities or as an underwriter, a placement or sales agent or a broker or
dealer in respect thereof, or otherwise, the Company will assist such
broker-dealer in complying with the requirements of such Rules, including,
without limitation, by (i) if such Rules, including Rule 2720, shall so require,
engaging a "qualified independent underwriter" (as defined in Rule 2720) to
participate in the preparation of the Shelf Registration Statement relating to
such Securities, to exercise usual standards of due diligence in respect thereto
and, if any portion of the offering contemplated by such Registration Statement
is an underwritten offering or is made through a placement or sales agent, to
recommend the yield of such Securities, (ii) indemnifying any such qualified
independent underwriter to the extent of the indemnification of underwriters
provided in Section 5 hereof and (iii) providing such information to such
broker-dealer as may be required in order for such broker-dealer to comply with
the requirements of the Rules.

         (q) The Company shall use all reasonable commercial efforts to take all
other steps necessary to effect the registration of the Securities covered by a
Registration Statement contemplated hereby.

3. Registration Expenses. (a) All expenses incident to the Company's performance
of and compliance with this Agreement will be borne by the Company, regardless
of whether a Registration Statement is ever filed or becomes effective,
including without limitation;

                  (i) all registration and filing fees and expenses;

                  (ii) all fees and expenses of compliance with federal
         securities and state "blue sky" or securities laws;

                  (iii) all expenses of printing (including printing of
         Prospectuses), messenger and delivery services and telephone;

                  (iv) all fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company;


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                  (v) all application and filing fees in connection with listing
         the Securities on a national securities exchange or automated quotation
         system pursuant to the requirements hereof; and

                  (vi) all fees and disbursements of independent certified
         public accountants of the Company (including the expenses of any
         special audit and comfort letters required by or incident to such
         performance).

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

         (a) In connection with the Shelf Registration Statement required by
this Agreement, the Company will reimburse the Initial Purchaser and the Holders
of Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement, for the reasonable
fees and disbursements of not more than one counsel, designated by the Holders
of a majority in principal amount of the Securities covered by the Shelf
Registration Statement (provided that Holders of Common Stock issued upon the
conversion of the Initial Securities shall be deemed to be Holders of the
aggregate principal amount of Initial Securities from which such Common Stock
was converted) to act as counsel for the Holders in connection therewith.

4. Indemnification. (a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each
Holder and each person, if any, who controls such Holder within the meaning of
the Securities Act or the Exchange Act (each Holder, and such controlling
persons are referred to collectively as the "INDEMNIFIED PARTIES") from and
against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, or any
actions in respect thereof (including, but not limited to, any losses, claims,
damages, liabilities or actions relating to purchases and sales of the
Securities) to which each Indemnified Party may become subject under the
Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims,
damages, liabilities or actions arise out of or are based upon any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Shelf
Registration Statement or prospectus including any document incorporated by
reference therein, or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any
preliminary prospectus relating to the Shelf Registration, or arise out of, or
are based upon, the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein
in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading, and shall
reimburse, as incurred, the Indemnified Parties for any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any
such loss, claim, damage, liability or action in respect thereof; provided,
however, that (i) the Company shall not be liable in any such case to the extent
that such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon any
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission
made in the Shelf Registration Statement or prospectus or in any amendment or
supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus relating to the Shelf
Registration in reliance upon and in conformity with written information
pertaining to such Holder and furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such
Holder specifically for inclusion therein and (ii) with respect to any untrue
statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in any
preliminary prospectus relating to the Shelf Registration Statement, the
indemnity agreement contained in this subsection (a) shall not inure to the
benefit of any Holder from whom the person asserting any such losses, claims,
damages or liabilities purchased the Securities concerned, to the extent that a
prospectus relating to such Securities was required to be delivered by such
Holder under the Securities Act in connection with such purchase and any such
loss, claim, damage or liability of such Holder results from the fact that there
was not sent or given to such person, at or prior to the written confirmation of
the sale of such Securities to such person, a copy of the final prospectus if
the Company had previously furnished copies thereof to such Holder ; provided
further, however, that this indemnity agreement will be in addition to any
liability which the Company may otherwise have to such Indemnified Party. The
Company shall also indemnify underwriters, their officers and directors and each
person who controls such underwriters within the meaning of the Securities Act
or the Exchange Act to the same extent as provided above with respect to the
indemnification of the Holders of the Securities if requested by such Holders.

         (a) Each Holder, severally and not jointly, will indemnify and hold
harmless the Company, its officers and directors and each person, if any, who
controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange
Act from and against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities or any actions
in respect thereof, to which the Company or any such controlling person may
become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar
as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or actions arise out of or are
based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
contained in the Shelf Registration Statement or prospectus or in any amendment
or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus relating to the Shelf
Registration, or


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arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein
a material fact necessary to make the statements therein in light of the
circumstances in which they were made, not misleading, but in each case only to
the extent that the untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or
omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information
pertaining to such Holder and furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such
Holder specifically for inclusion therein; and, subject to the limitation set
forth immediately preceding this clause, shall reimburse, as incurred, the
Company for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company or
any such controlling person in connection with investigating or defending any
loss, claim, damage, liability or action in respect thereof. This indemnity
agreement will be in addition to any liability which such Holder may otherwise
have to the Company or any of its controlling persons.

         (b) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 4
of notice of the commencement of any action or proceeding (including a
governmental investigation), such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect
thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section 4,
notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof; but the omission so
to notify the indemnifying party will not, in any event, relieve the
indemnifying party from any obligations to any indemnified party other than the
indemnification obligation provided in paragraph (a) or (b) above. In case any
such action is brought against any indemnified party, and it notifies the
indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be
entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it may wish, jointly
with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense
thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party (who
shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the
indemnifying party), and after notice from the indemnifying party to such
indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof the
indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party under this
Section 4 for any legal or other expenses, other than reasonable costs of
investigation, subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection
with the defense thereof. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written
consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or
threatened action in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have
been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified
party unless such settlement (i) includes an unconditional release of such
indemnified party from all liability on any claims that are the subject matter
of such action, and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of
fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of an indemnified party.

         (c) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 4 is
unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under
subsections (a) or (b) above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to
the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of the losses,
claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to in
subsection (a) or (b) above in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the
relative fault of the indemnifying party or parties on the one hand and the
indemnified party on the other in connection with the statements or omissions
that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in
respect thereof) as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The
relative fault of the parties shall be determined by reference to, among other
things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the
omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information
supplied by the Company on the one hand or such Holder or such other indemnified
party, as the case may be, on the other, and the parties' relative intent,
knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such
statement or omission. The amount paid by an indemnified party as a result of
the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in the first sentence of
this subsection (d) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating
or defending any action or claim which is the subject of this subsection (d).
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 4(d), the Holders shall not
be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the net
proceeds received by such Holders from the sale of the Securities pursuant to
the Shelf Registration Statement exceeds the amount of damages which such
Holders have otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged
untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act)
shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such
fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this paragraph (d), each person,
if any, who controls such indemnified party within the meaning of the Securities
Act or the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as such
indemnified party and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the
meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to
contribution as the Company.


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         (d) The agreements contained in this Section 4 shall survive the sale
of the Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement and shall remain
in full force and effect, regardless of any termination or cancellation of this
Agreement or any investigation made by or on behalf of any indemnified party.

5. Additional Interest Under Certain Circumstances. (a) Additional interest (the
"ADDITIONAL INTEREST") with respect to the Initial Securities that are
Transferred Restricted Securities shall be assessed as follows if any of the
following events occur (each such event in clauses (i) through (iii) below being
herein called a "REGISTRATION DEFAULT"):

                  (i) the Shelf Registration Statement has not been filed with
         the Commission by March 4, 2002;

                  (ii) the Shelf Registration Statement has not been declared
         effective by the Commission by June 3, 2002; or

                  (iii) the Shelf Registration Statement is declared effective
         by the Commission but (A) the Shelf Registration Statement thereafter
         ceases to be effective or (B) the Shelf Registration Statement or the
         Prospectus ceases to be usable (except in either case as permitted in
         paragraph (b)) in connection with resales of Transfer Restricted
         Securities (as defined below) during the periods specified herein
         because either (1) any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus
         forming part of such Shelf Registration Statement would include any
         untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
         necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the
         circumstances under which they were made not misleading, or (2) it
         shall be necessary to amend such Shelf Registration Statement or
         supplement the related prospectus, to comply with the Securities Act or
         the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder.

Each of the foregoing will constitute a Registration Default whatever the reason
for any such event and whether it is voluntary or involuntary or is beyond the
control of the Company or pursuant to operation of law or as a result of any
action or inaction by the Commission .

         Additional Interest shall accrue on the Securities that are Transfer
Restricted Securities (or, in the case of a Registration Default described in
clause (iii) above, the affected Securities) over and above the interest set
forth in the title of the Initial Securities from and including the date on
which any such Registration Default shall occur to but excluding the date on
which all such Registration Defaults have been cured, at a rate of 0.50% per
annum (the "ADDITIONAL INTEREST RATE") or an equivalent amount for any shares of
Common Stock. Such Additional Interest shall accrue for only so long as the
affected Securities constitute Transfer Restricted Securities.

         (b) A Registration Default referred to in Section 5(a)(iii) hereof
shall be deemed not to have occurred and be continuing in relation to the Shelf
Registration Statement or the related prospectus if (i) such Registration
Default has occurred solely as a result of (x) the filing of a post-effective
amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement to incorporate annual audited
financial information with respect to the Company where such post-effective
amendment is not yet effective and needs to be declared effective to permit
Holders to use the related prospectus or (y) other material events, with respect
to the Company that would need to be described in such Shelf Registration
Statement or the related prospectus and (ii) in the case of clause (y), the
Company is proceeding promptly and in good faith to amend or supplement the
Shelf Registration Statement and related prospectus to describe such events as
required by paragraph 2(h) hereof; provided, however, that in any case if such
Registration Default occurs for a period in excess of 45 days in any 90-day
period or an aggregate of 90 days in any twelve-month period, Additional
Interest shall be payable in accordance with the above paragraph from the day
such Registration Default occurs until such Registration Default is cured.

         (c) Any amounts of Additional Interest due pursuant to Section 5(a)
will be payable in cash on the regular interest payment dates with respect to
the Initial Securities. The amount of Additional Interest will be determined by
multiplying the applicable Additional Interest Rate by the principal amount of
the Initial Securities, further multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which
is the number of days such Additional Interest Rate was applicable during such
period (determined on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day
months), and the denominator of which is 360.


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         (d) "TRANSFER RESTRICTED SECURITIES" means each Security until (i) the
date on which such Security has been effectively registered under the Securities
Act and disposed of in accordance with the Shelf Registration Statement or (ii)
the date on which such Security is distributed to the public pursuant to Rule
144 under the Securities Act or is saleable pursuant to Rule 144(k) under the
Securities Act.

6. Rules 144 and 144A. The Company shall use all commercially reasonable efforts
to file the reports required to be filed by it under the Securities Act and the
Exchange Act in a timely manner and, if at any time the Company is not required
to file such reports, it will, upon the request of any Holder, make publicly
available other information so long as necessary to permit sales of their
securities pursuant to Rules 144 and 144A. The Company covenants that it will
take such further action as any Holder may reasonably request, all to the extent
required from time to time to enable such Holder to sell Transfer Restricted
Securities without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation
of the exemptions provided by Rules 144 and 144A (including the requirements of
Rule 144A(d)(4)). The Company will provide a copy of this Agreement to
prospective purchasers of Securities identified to the Company by the Initial
Purchaser upon request. Upon the request of any Holder, the Company shall
deliver to such Holder a written statement as to whether it has complied with
such requirements. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 6
shall be deemed to require the Company to register any of its securities
pursuant to the Exchange Act.

7. Underwritten Registrations. If any of the Transfer Restricted Securities
covered by the Shelf Registration are to be sold in an underwritten offering,
the investment banker or investment bankers and manager or managers that will
administer the offering ("MANAGING UNDERWRITERS") will be selected by the
holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of such Transfer Restricted
Securities to be included in such offering, provided that Holders of Common
Stock issued upon conversion of the Initial Securities shall not be deemed
holders of Common Stock, but shall be deemed to be Holders of the aggregate
principal amount of Initial Securities from which such Common Stock was
converted) and that such Managing Underwriter must be reasonably satisfactory to
the Company.

         No person may participate in any underwritten registration hereunder
unless such person (i) agrees to sell such person's Transfer Restricted
Securities on the basis reasonably provided in any underwriting arrangements
approved by the persons entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements and (ii)
completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities,
underwriting agreements and other documents reasonably required under the terms
of such underwriting arrangements.

8. Miscellaneous.

         (a) Remedies. The Company acknowledges and agrees that any failure by
the Company to comply with its obligations under Section 1 hereof may result in
material irreparable injury to the Initial Purchaser or the Holders for which
there is no adequate remedy at law, that it will not be possible to measure
damages for such injuries precisely and that, in the event of any such failure,
the Initial Purchaser or any Holder may obtain such relief as may be required to
specifically enforce the Company's obligations under Section 1 hereof. The
Company further agrees to waive the defense in any action for specific
performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.

         (b) No Inconsistent Agreements. The Company will not on or after the
date of this Agreement enter into any agreement with respect to its securities
that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders in this Agreement or
otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof. The rights granted to the
Holders hereunder do not in any way conflict with and are not inconsistent with
the rights granted to the holders of the Company's securities under any
agreement in effect on the date hereof.

         (c) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement may not be
amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from
the provisions hereof may not be given, except by the Company and the written
consent of the holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities
affected by such amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consents
(provided that holders of Common Stock issued upon conversion of Initial
Securities shall not be deemed holders of Common Stock, but shall be deemed to
be holders of the aggregate principal amount of Initial Securities from which
such Common Stock was converted). Without the consent of the Holder of each
Initial Security, however, no modification may change the provisions relating to
the payment of Additional Interest. Each Holder of Transfer Restricted
Securities outstanding at the time of any such amendment,



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modification, supplement, waiver or consent or thereafter shall be bound by any
such amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consent effected pursuant to
this Section 8, whether or not any notice, writing or marking indicating such
amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consent appears on the Transfer
Restricted Securities or is delivered to such Holder. Each Holder may waive
compliance with respect to any obligation of the Company under this Agreement as
it may apply or be enforced by such particular Holder

         (d) Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or
permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand delivery, first-class mail,
facsimile transmission, or air courier which guarantees overnight delivery:

                           (1) if to a Holder of the Securities, at the most
                  current address given by such Holder to the Company;

                           (2) if to the Initial Purchaser, at its address as
                  follows:

                           Eleven Madison Avenue
                           New York, NY 10010-3629
                           Fax No.: (212) 325-8278
                           Attention: Transactions Advisory Group

         with a copy to:

                           C. Michael Harrington
                           Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.
                           2300 First City Tower
                           1001 Fannin Street
                           Houston, Texas 77002-6760
                           Fax No.: (713) 615-5306

                           (3) if to the Company, at its address as follows:

                           15390 Vickery Drive
                           Houston, Texas 77032
                           Attention: Chief Financial Officer
                           Fax No.: (281) 618-3423

         with a copy to:

                           Gene J. Oshman
                           Baker Botts L.L.P.
                           One Shell Plaza
                           Houston, Texas 77002
                           Fax No.: (713) 229-7778

         All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly
given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; three business
days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt
is acknowledged by recipient's facsimile machine operator, if sent by facsimile
transmission; and on the day delivered, if sent by overnight air courier
guaranteeing next day delivery.

         (e) Third Party Beneficiaries. The Holders shall be third party
beneficiaries to the agreements made hereunder between the Company, on the one
hand, and the Initial Purchaser, on the other hand, and shall have the right to
enforce such agreements directly to the extent they may deem such enforcement
necessary or advisable to protect their rights or the rights of Holders
hereunder.

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


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

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

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

         By the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company submits to
the nonexclusive jurisdiction of any federal or state court in the State of New
York.

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

         (k) Securities Held by the Company. Whenever the consent or approval of
Holders of a specified percentage of principal amount of Securities is required
hereunder, Securities held by the Company or its affiliates (other than
subsequent Holders of Securities if such subsequent Holders are deemed to be
affiliates solely by reason of their holdings of such Securities) shall not be
counted in determining whether such consent or approval was given by the Holders
of such required percentage.



         If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our
agreement, please sign and return to the Company a counterpart hereof, whereupon
this instrument, along with all counterparts, will become a binding agreement
between the Initial Purchaser and the Company in accordance with its terms.

                                        Very truly yours,

                                        EGL, Inc.


                                        By: /s/ ELIJIO V. SERRANO
                                           ------------------------------------
                                        Name:   Elijio V. Serrano
                                        Title:  Chief Financial Officer


The foregoing Registration
Rights Agreement is hereby confirmed
and accepted as of the date first above written.

Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation


By: /s/ HARRY C. PINSON
   ------------------------------------
Name:   Harry C. Pinson
Title:  Managing Director


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