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                                                                    Exhibit 10.3

                              AMENDED AND RESTATED
                              EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

     This AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") is made this 13th day
of August, 2001, between Marvin Richardson ("Employee") and Lante Corporation
and any existing or future assigns or subsidiaries owned or controlled, directly
or indirectly by Lante and for whom Employee works ("Lante").

                                    RECITALS

     WHEREAS, Employee and Lante previously entered into the employment
agreement listed on the attached Annex I (the "Prior Employment Agreement") and
Employee has received one or more option grants as set forth in the attached
Annex I (together with any option grants received by Employee from Lante after
the date hereof, the "Option Grants").

     WHEREAS, in consideration of Employee's employment or continued employment
by Lante, Employee's wages or salary and other employee benefits in compensation
of Employee's services, Employee and Lante wish to amend and restate the Prior
Employment Agreement in its entirety and amend each of the option agreements
relating to the Option Grants as set forth below.

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and the mutual
covenants and agreements in this Agreement, and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged,
Lante and Employee agree as follows:

     1. Employment. Employee agrees to use his best efforts and abilities to
promote the interests of Lante. Lante hereby agrees to employ Employee as
further defined in this Agreement. Except as provided in this Agreement, Lante
agrees to pay Employee's salary, at the rate agreed to from time to time, and to
confer upon Employee Lante's standard health insurance, paid time off (vacation,
sick and personal time), and retirement plan benefits, all as governed by its
"Employee Handbook" and other plan documents, as the same may be amended by
Lante from time to time.

     2. Inventions.

          (a) As used herein, "Inventions" means discoveries, improvements and
ideas (whether or not shown or described in writing or reduced to practice) and
works of authorship, whether or not patentable or copyrightable, (i) which
relate directly to the business of Lante, (ii) which relate to Lante's actual or
demonstrably anticipated research or development, (iii) which result from any
work performed by Employee for Lante, (iv) for which equipment, supplies,
facility or trade secret information of Lante is used, or (v) which is developed
on any Lante time. This section does not apply to any invention developed by
Employee prior to Employee's employment by Lante, provided that such invention
is listed and described in an exhibit attached to and made part of this
Agreement.

          (b) With respect to Inventions made, authored or conceived by
Employee, either solely or jointly with others, during Employee's employment,
whether or not during normal working hours and whether or not at Lante's
premises, Employee acknowledges and agrees that all such works are "works made
for hire" and, consequently, that the Company owns all copyright and other
rights thereto. Employee further agrees that it will (i) keep accurate, complete
and timely records of such Inventions, which records shall be Lante's property
and be retained on Lante's premises; (ii) promptly and fully

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disclose and describe such Inventions in writing to Lante; (iii) assign, and
does hereby assign, to Lante all of Employee's rights to such Inventions and to
patents, copyrights, and applications therefore with respect to such Inventions;
and (iv) acknowledge and deliver promptly to Lante (without charge to Lante but
at the expense of Lante) such written instruments and do such other acts as may
be necessary in the opinion of Lante to obtain and preserve such property rights
and to vest the entire right and title thereto in Lante.

          (c) Employee will cooperate with Lante in the execution of any
documents which effect the assignment of Inventions or rights thereto which may
be required by a Lante clients or other third party, provided that such
requirement is no broader than the requirements of Section 2(b) above.

          (d) Pursuant to the provisions of the Illinois Employee Patent Act,
765 ILCS 1060/2, Employee acknowledges receipt of notice that this assignment
does not apply to an invention for which no equipment, supplies, facility, or
trade secret of the Company was used and which was developed entirely on
Employee's own time, unless (a) the invention relates (i) to the business of the
Company, or (ii) to the Company's actual or demonstrably anticipated research or
development, or (b) the invention results from any work performed by Employee
for the Company.

     3. Confidential Information.

          (a) During the term of Employee's employment by Lante and any time
thereafter, except in the course of performing Employee's employment duties for
Lante, Employee will not use, disclose, reveal or report any Confidential
Information of Lante, of Lante's past or current clients, or of other parties
which have disclosed confidential or proprietary information to Lante. As used
herein, "Confidential Information" means information not generally known that is
proprietary to Lante, its clients or other parties, including but not limited to
information about any clients, prospective clients, sales proposals, employees,
processes, operations, products, services, organization, research, development,
accounting, marketing, applications, selling, servicing, finance, business
systems, computer systems, software systems and techniques. All information
disclosed to Employee, or to which Employee obtains access, whether originated
by Employee or by others, which Employee has reasonable basis to believe to be
Confidential Information, or which is treated by Lante or its clients or other
parties as being Confidential Information, shall be presumed to be Confidential
Information.

          (b) Employee will cooperate with Lante in the execution of any
personal confidentiality agreement which may be required by a Lante clients or
other third party, provided that such agreement is no broader in its provisions
to the requirements of Section 3(a) above.

     4. Nonsolicitation. During the Nonsolicitation Period (defined below)
Employee shall not, without Lante's written consent, directly nor indirectly, by
or for himself or as the agent of another or through others as Employee's agents
(i) solicit or accept any business from any client for whom Lante has performed
any services or issued any proposals in the two (2) year period prior to such
solicitation or acceptance, (ii) request, induce or advise any such client to
withdraw, curtail or cancel its business with Lante or (iii) solicit for
employment, employ, or engage as a consultant any person who had been an
employee of Lante at any time within the six (6) months prior to such
solicitation or engagement.

     The "Nonsolicitation Period" immediately follows Employee's termination of
employment, and is based upon the position held by the Employee immediately
prior to such termination:

     .    For Vice Presidents, Managing Directors, Directors, and Principals the
          period is two (2) years following termination of employment;

     .    For Managers, including Architects, the period is one (1) years
          following termination

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          of employment;

     .    For all other positions the period is six (6) months following
          termination of employment.

     5. Return of Lante Property. Upon termination of employment, Employee shall
return to Lante all copies of any Confidential Information (whether in paper,
electronic or any other form) as well as all hardware, software, books,
documentation, files, keys, keycards, company credit cards, records, lists and
any other information or property owned by Lante within Employee's possession or
control, including all copies thereof.

     6. Injunctive Relief. In the event of a breach or threatened breach of
Sections 2, 3, 4 or 5 by Employee, Lante shall be entitled, without posting of a
bond, to an injunction restraining such breach, an accounting and repayment of
profits, compensation, commission, remuneration or other benefits that Employee,
directly or indirectly, may realize as a result of such violation and to
reimbursement of any attorneys' fees and costs incurred by Lante as a result of
such breach. Nothing herein shall be construed as prohibiting Lante from
pursuing any other remedy available to it for such breach.

     7. Term.

          (a) Employment under this Agreement may be terminable by either Lante
or Employee without cause with a minimum of two (2) weeks prior notice, or may
be terminable by Lante for cause without prior notice. Upon notice of
termination other than by Lante for cause, Lante may (i) require Employee to
continue to perform his or her duties hereunder on Lante's behalf during such
notice period, (ii) limit or impose reasonable restrictions on Employee's
activities during such notice period as it deems necessary, or (iii) choose any
date within the notice period as the effective date of Employee's termination at
any time during such notice period. If, at any time during the notice period,
Lante chooses a date as the effective date of such termination, Lante will not
be obligated to pay Employee's compensation for any period beyond such
resignation acceptance date except as provided in the next sentence. In the
event of termination by Lante without cause, following the effective date of
termination, Employee shall be entitled to receive: (i) six months of Employee's
base salary (determined as of the time immediately following Employee's most
recent salary increase), (ii) one-half of Employee's then current target cash
bonus for that year, and (iii) 6 months continuation of company paid medical and
dental insurance benefits at existing coverage levels for Employee and his
family (if applicable). Any amounts payable under clauses (i) or (ii) of the
prior sentence will be payable within 14 days following the effective date of
termination. For purposes of this Agreement, cause means criminal activity,
dishonesty, breach of the Employee's fiduciary duties to Lante, breach of this
Agreement or failure to perform to Lante's standards. Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary contained herein, the aforementioned severance benefits may be
conditioned on execution of a release agreement acceptable to Lante in its sole
discretion.

          (b) Sections 2 through 6 of this Agreement shall survive termination
of employment.

     8. Acceleration of Option Vesting. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in any option agreement or option plan governing the Option Grants, in
the event of a Change in Control (as such term is defined in the Lante
Corporation 2001 Stock Incentive Plan as in effect on the date hereof), the time
periods relating to the exercise or vesting of the Option Grants, shall
automatically be accelerated by twelve months. Except as expressly modified in
this Agreement, the remaining terms of such option agreements and the plans
governing those options will remain in full force and effect and will govern the
exercisability of such options.

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     9. General Provisions. This Agreement may be assigned by Lante and shall
inure to the benefit of Lante's successors and assigns. If any term, provision,
covenant or agreement hereof is held by a court to be invalid, void or
unenforceable, the remainder of the terms hereof shall remain in full force and
effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated. This Agreement
shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of
Illinois. This Agreement contains the entire contract between the parties. All
prior agreements between the parties regarding such matters or Employee's
employment (including without limitation the Prior Employment Agreement) are
superseded hereby and terminated. This Agreement may be executed in one or more
counterparts.

       In Witness Whereof, the undersigned have executed this Agreement as of
August 13, 2001.

                                       EMPLOYEE

                                       /s/ Marvin Richardson
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                                       LANTE CORPORATION

                                       By: /s/ Marla Mellies
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                                       Printed Name: Marla Mellies
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                                       Title: Vice President, Human Resources
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                                    ANNEX I

Prior Employment Agreement: Employment Agreement between Employee and Lante,
dated October 29, 1999.

Option Grants:
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                                                Original Number of
   Grant Date             Exercise Price             of Shares                       Vesting Schedule
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10/29/99                    $ 2.245                   200,000                      25% vested 1 year after
                                                                                   issuance, additional
                                                                                   2.08333% vested each
                                                                                   month thereafter
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08/11/00                    $10.313                    15,000                      25% vested 1 year after
                                                                                   issuance, additional
                                                                                   2.08333% vested each
                                                                                   month thereafter
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01/01/01                    $ 1.375                    25,000                      2.777% monthly after
                                                                                   issuance
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07/01/01                    $ 0.950                    22,500                      8.333% monthly after
                                                                                   issuance
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07/09/01                    $ 0.880                    40,000                      25% vested 1 year after
                                                                                   issuance, additional
                                                                                   2.08333% vested each
                                                                                   month thereafter
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                                                                     Exhibit 4.2

                              AMENDED AND RESTATED

                                RIGHTS AGREEMENT

                           FISCHER IMAGING CORPORATION

                                       AND

                      COMPUTERSHARE Trust Company, INC.

                                 AS RIGHTS AGENT

                          DATED AS OF NOVEMBER 9, 2001

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Section 1.   Certain Definitions.............................................................       3

Section 2.   Appointment of Rights Agent.....................................................       7

Section 3.   Issue of Right Certificates.....................................................       8

Section 4.   Form of Right Certificates......................................................       9

Section 5.   Countersignature and Registration. .............................................       9

Section 6.   Transfer, Split Up, Combination and Exchange of Right Certificates;
             Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Right Certificates.........................      10

Section 7.   Exercise of Rights, Purchase Price; Expiration Date of Rights. .................      11

Section 8.   Cancellation and Destruction of Right Certificates..............................      12

Section 9.   Availability of Preferred Shares................................................      12

Section 10.  Preferred Shares Record Date....................................................      13

Section 11.  Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number of Shares or Number of Rights. ............      14

Section 12.  Certificate of Adjusted Purchase Price Or Number of Shares. ....................      21

Section 13.  Consolidation, Merger or Sale or Transfer of Assets or Earnings Power. .........      21

Section 14.  Fractional Rights and Fractional Shares.........................................      24

Section 15.  Rights of Action................................................................      25

Section 16.  Agreement of Right Holders. ....................................................      25

Section 17.  Right Certificate Holder Not Deemed a Stockholder...............................      26

Section 18.  Concerning the Rights Agent.....................................................      26

Section 19.  Merger or Consolidation or Change of Name of Rights Agent.......................      26

Section 20.  Duties of Rights Agent..........................................................      27

Section 21.  Change of Rights Agent..........................................................      29

Section 22.  Issuance of New Right Certificates..............................................      30

Section 23.  Redemption......................................................................      30

Section 24.  Exchange........................................................................      30
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Section 25.    Notice of Certain Events...................................      31

Section 26.    Notices ...................................................      32

Section 27.    Supplements and Amendments ................................      33

Section 28.    Successors ................................................      33

Section 29.    Benefits of This Agreement ................................      33

Section 30.    Severability ..............................................      33

Section 31.    Governing Law .............................................      34

Section 32.    Counterparts ..............................................      34

Section 33.    Descriptive Headings ......................................      34

Section 34.    Administration ............................................      34
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                              AMENDED AND RESTATED
                                RIGHTS AGREEMENT

          Agreement, dated as of November 9, 1994, as amended and restated on
November 9, 2001, between Fischer Imaging Corporation, a Delaware corporation
(the "Company"), and Computershare Trust Company, Inc. (the "Rights Agent").

          The Board of Directors of the Company has authorized and declared a
dividend of one preferred stock purchase right (a "Right") for each Common Share
(as hereinafter defined) of the Company outstanding as of the close of business
(as defined below) on November 14, 1994 (the "Record Date"), each Right
representing the right to purchase one one-hundredths (subject to adjustment) of
a Preferred Share (as hereinafter defined), upon the terms and subject to the
conditions herein set forth, and has further authorized and directed the
issuance of one Right (subject to adjustment as provided herein) with respect to
each Common Share that shall become outstanding between the Record Date and the
earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date and the Final Expiration
Date (as such terms are hereinafter defined); provided, however, that Rights may
be issued with respect to Common Shares that shall become outstanding after the
Distribution Date and prior to the Redemption Date and the Final Expiration Date
in accordance with Section 22.

          Accordingly, in consideration of the premises and the mutual
agreements herein set forth, the parties hereby agree as follows:

          Section 1. Certain Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement, the
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following terms have the meaning indicated:

                 (a) "Acquiring Person" shall mean any Person (as such term is
hereinafter defined) who or which, without the prior approval of the Company,
shall be the Beneficial Owner (as such term is hereinafter defined) of 15 % or
more of the Common Shares then outstanding, but shall not include an Exempt
Person (as such term is hereinafter defined); provided, however, that if the
Board of Directors of the Company determines in good faith that a Person who
would otherwise be an "Acquiring Person," has become such inadvertently, and
such Person divests himself or itself as promptly as practicable of beneficial
ownership of a sufficient number of Common Shares so that such Person would no
longer be an Acquiring Person, then such Person shall not be deemed to be or
have become an "Acquiring Person" for any purposes of this Agreement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Person shall become an "Acquiring Person" as
the result of an acquisition of Common Shares by the Company which, by reducing
the number of shares outstanding, increases the proportionate number of shares
beneficially owned by such Person to 15 % or more of the Common Shares then
outstanding, provided, however, that if a Person shall become the Beneficial
Owner of 15 % or more of the Common Shares then outstanding by reason of such
share acquisitions by the Company and thereafter become the Beneficial Owner of
any additional Common Shares, then such Person shall be deemed to be an
"Acquiring Person" unless upon the consummation of the acquisition of such
additional Common Shares such Person does not beneficially own 15 % or more of
the Common Shares then outstanding. The phrase "then outstanding," when used
with reference to a Person's Beneficial Ownership of securities of the Company,
shall mean the number of such securities

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then issued and outstanding together with the number of such securities not then
actually issued and outstanding which such Person would be deemed to own
beneficially hereunder.

               (b)  "Affiliate" and "Associate" shall have the respective
meanings ascribed to such terms in Rule 12b-2 of the General Rules and
Regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange
Act"), as in effect on the date of this Agreement.

               (c)  A Person shall be deemed the "Beneficial Owner" of, shall be
deemed to have "Beneficial Ownership" of and shall be deemed to "beneficially
own" any securities:

                    (i)   which such Person or any of such Person's Affiliates
or Associates is deemed to beneficially own, directly or indirectly within the
meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange
Act as in effect on the date of this Rights Agreement;

                    (ii)  which such Person or any of such Person's Affiliates
or Associates has (A) the right to acquire (whether such right is exercisable
immediately or only after the passage of time) pursuant to any agreement,
arrangement or understanding (other than customary agreements with and between
underwriters and selling group members with respect to a bona fide public
offering of securities), or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange
rights, rights, warrants or options, or otherwise; provided, however, that a
Person shall not be deemed the Beneficial Owner of, or to beneficially own, (x)
securities tendered pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made by or on behalf
of such Person or any of such Person's Affiliates or Associates until such
tendered securities are accepted for purchase, (y) securities which such Person
has a right to acquire on the exercise of Rights at any time prior to the time a
Person becomes an Acquiring Person or (z) securities issuable upon exercise of
Rights from and after the time a Person becomes an Acquiring Person if such
Rights were acquired by such Person or any of such Person's Affiliates or
Associates prior to the Distribution Date or pursuant to Section 3(b) or Section
22 hereof ("Original Rights") or pursuant to Section 11(i) or Section 11(n) with
respect to an adjustment to Original Rights; or (B) the right to vote pursuant
to any agreement, arrangement or understanding; provided, however, that a Person
shall not be deemed the Beneficial Owner of, or to beneficially own, any
security by reason of such agreement, arrangement or understanding if the
agreement, arrangement or understanding to vote such security (1) arises solely
from a revocable proxy or consent given to such Person in response to a public
proxy or consent solicitation made pursuant to, and in accordance with, the
applicable rules and regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act and (2) is
not also then reportable on Schedule 13D under the Exchange Act (or any
comparable or successor report); or

                    (iii) which are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly,
by any other Person with which such Person or any of such Person's Affiliates or
Associates has any agreement, arrangement or understanding (other than customary
agreements with and between underwriters and selling group members with respect
to a bona fide public offering of securities) for the purpose of acquiring,
holding, voting (except to the extent contemplated by the proviso to Section
1(c)(ii)(B)) or disposing of shares of the Common Stock.

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               (d) "Business Day" shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a
Sunday, or a day on which banking institutions in the State of Colorado are
authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.

               (e) "Close of Business" on any given date shall mean 5:00 P.M.,
Denver time, on such date; provided, however, that if such date is not a
Business Day it shall mean 5:00 P.M., Denver time, on the next succeeding
Business Day.

               (f) "Common Shares" when used with reference to the Company shall
mean shares of Common Stock of the Company. "Common Shares" when used with
reference to any Person other than the Company shall mean the capital stock (or,
in the case of an unincorporated entity, the equivalent equity interest) with
the greatest voting power of such other Person or, if such other Person is a
subsidiary of another Person, the Person or Persons which ultimately control
such first-mentioned Person.

               (g) "Common Stock" shall mean the common stock, presently par
value $.01 per share, of the Company.

               (h) "Current Value" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
11(a)(iii) hereof.

               (i) "Deerfield Group" shall mean Deerfield Management Company,
Deerfield Partners, L.P., Deerfield International Limited and all Affiliates,
directors, officers and employees of the foregoing (so long as such director,
officer or employee is acting in his or her capacity as such).

               (j) "Distribution Date" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 3 hereof.

               (k) "Exempt Person" shall mean the Company, any Subsidiary (as
such term is hereinafter defined) of the Company, any employee benefit plan of
the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, any entity or trustee holding
Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or for the purpose
of funding any such plan or funding other employee benefits for employees of the
Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company or any Grandfathered Person (as such
term is hereinafter defined) or Deerfield Group (as such term is hereinafter
defined); provided, however, that a Grandfathered Person shall not be deemed to
be an Exempt Person if, without the prior approval of the Company, such
Grandfathered Person becomes the Beneficial Owner of 21.5% or more of the Common
Shares then outstanding and, provided further, that Deerfield Group shall not be
deemed to be an Exempt Person if, without the prior approval of the Company,
Deerfield Group becomes the Beneficial Owner of 21.5% or more of the Common
Shares then outstanding. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither Deerfield Group
nor any Grandfathered Person shall cease to be deemed an Exempt Person as the
result of an acquisition of Common Shares by the Company which, by reducing the
number of shares outstanding, increases the proportionate number of shares
beneficially owned by Deerfield Group or such Grandfathered Person to 21.5% or
more of the Common Shares then outstanding; provided, however, that, if
Deerfield Group or any Grandfathered Person shall become the Beneficial Owner of
21.5% or more of the Common Shares then outstanding by reason of such

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share acquisitions by the Company and thereafter becomes the Beneficial Owner of
any additional Common Shares, then Deerfield Group or such Grandfathered Person
shall not be deemed to be an Exempt Person unless upon the consummation of the
acquisition of such additional Common Shares Deerfield Group or such
Grandfathered Person does not beneficially own 21.5% or more of the Common
Shares then outstanding. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any exempt Person or
Grandfathered Person shall not be deemed to be an Exempt Person if such Exempt
Person or Grandfathered Person is acting together with any other Exempt Person
or Grandfathered Person as a group in order to acquire more than 21.5% of the
Common Shares then outstanding.

               (l)  "Final Expiration Date" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 7 hereof.

               (m)  "Flip In Event" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
11(a)(ii) hereof.

               (n)  "Grandfathered Persons" shall mean:

                    (i)    Morgan W. Nields;

                    (ii)   any spouse (including any former or future spouse) of
any Person described in subparagraph (i) of this paragraph (n);

                    (iii)  any child or grandchild, whether by birth or
adoption, whether now living or hereafter born, of any Person described in
subparagraph (i) or (ii) of this paragraph (n);

                    (iv)   any spouse (including any former or future spouse) of
any Person described in subparagraph (iii) of this paragraph (n);

                    (v)    any estate of, or the executor or administrator of
any estate of, or any guardian or custodian for, any Person described in
subparagraph (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) of this paragraph (n) (so long as such
executor, administrator, guardian or custodian is acting in his or her capacity
as such);

                    (vi)   any legal advisor of any Person described in
subparagraph (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vii) or (viii) of this paragraph (n)
who is given a revocable proxy by such Person with respect to voting securities
of the Company of which such Person is the Beneficial Owner or who is or becomes
an attorney-in-fact or agent of such Person;

                    (vii)  any organization (whether now existing or hereafter
formed) described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code;

                    (viii) any corporation, trust (including any voting trust),
general partnership, limited partnership, organization or other entity (whether
now existing or hereafter formed) of which substantially all of the outstanding
beneficial, voting or equity interests are beneficially owned, directly or
indirectly, either (A) by one or more of the Persons described in subparagraphs
(i), (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v) of this paragraph (n), or (B) by any combination
of one

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or more of the Persons described in subparagraphs (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
and (v) of this paragraph (n) and one or more organizations described in
subparagraph (vii) of this paragraph (n); and

                    (ix) any other Person (A) who or which is or becomes an
Affiliate or Associate of any Person described in subparagraph (i), (ii), (iii),
(iv), (v), (vi), (vii) or (viii) of this paragraph (n), or (B) of which any
Person described in subparagraph (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii) or
(viii) of this paragraph (n) is or becomes an Affiliate or Associate; provided,
in either case (A) or case (B), such other Person is not the Beneficial Owner of
5 % or more of the Common Shares then outstanding (for purposes of determining
the number of Common Shares of which such other Person is the Beneficial Owner
under this subparagraph (ix), such other Person shall not be deemed to
beneficially own Common Shares solely by reason of an Affiliate or Associate
relationship of the kind described in (A) or (B) above in this subparagraph
(ix)).

               (o)  "NASDAQ Stock Market" shall mean the stock market operated
by National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.

               (p)  "Person" shall mean any individual, firm, corporation or
other entity, and shall include any successor (by merger or otherwise) to such
entity.

               (q)  "Preferred Shares" shall mean shares of Series C Junior
Participating Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company having
the rights and preferences set forth in the Form of Certificate of Designations
attached to this Agreement as Exhibit A.

               (r)  "Redemption Date" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 7 hereof.

               (s)  "Securities Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.

               (t)  "Shares Acquisition Date" shall mean the first date of a
public announcement (which, for purposes of this definition shall include,
without limitation, a report filed pursuant to Section 13(d) of the Exchange
Act) by the Company or an Acquiring Person that an Acquiring Person has become
such or such earlier date as a majority of the Board of Directors shall become
aware of the existence of an Acquiring Person.

               (u)  "Subsidiary" of any Person shall mean any corporation or
other entity of which securities or other ownership interests having ordinary
voting power sufficient to elect a majority of the board of directors or other
persons performing similar functions are beneficially owned, directly or
indirectly, by such Person, and any corporation or other entity that is
otherwise controlled by such Person.

         Section 2. Appointment of Rights Agent. The Company hereby appoints
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the Rights Agent to act as agent for the Company and the holders of the Rights
(who, in accordance with Section 3 hereof, shall prior to the Distribution Date
also be the holders of the Common Shares) in accordance with the terms and
conditions hereof, and the Rights Agent hereby accepts

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such appointment. The Company may from time to time appoint such co-Rights
Agents as it may deem necessary or desirable.

               Section 3. Issue of Right Certificates.
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               (a) "Distribution Date" shall mean the date, after the date
hereof, that is the earliest of (i) the tenth Business Day after the Shares
Acquisition Date, or (ii) the tenth Business Day (or such later date as may be
determined by action of the Board of Directors prior to such time as any Person
becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement by any Person
(other than an Exempt Person) of, or of the first public announcement of the
intention of such Person (other than an Exempt Person) to commence, a tender or
exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any Person becoming the
Beneficial Owner of Common Shares aggregating 15% or more of the Common Shares
then outstanding.

               (b) Until the Distribution Date (i) the Rights will be evidenced
(subject to the provisions of Section 3(c) hereof) by the certificates for
Common Shares registered in the names of the holders thereof and not by separate
Right Certificates, and (ii) the Rights will be transferable only in connection
with the transfer of the associated Common Shares. As soon as practicable after
the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent
will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights
Agent will, if requested, send) by first-class, postage-prepaid mail, to each
record holder of Common Shares as of the close of business on the Distribution
Date (other than any Acquiring Person or any Associate or Affiliate of an
Acquiring Person), at the address of such holder shown on the records of the
Company, a Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (a
"Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right (subject to adjustment as provided
herein) for each Common Share so held. As of the Distribution Date, the Rights
will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates.

               (c) With respect to certificates for Common Shares outstanding as
of the Record Date, until the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced by
such certificates registered in the names of the holders thereof. Until the
Distribution Date (or the earlier of the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration
Date), the surrender for transfer of any certificate for Common Shares
outstanding on the Record Date shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights
associated with the Common Shares represented thereby.

               (d) Certificates issued for Common Shares (including, without
limitation, upon transfer of outstanding Common Shares, disposition of Common
Shares out of treasury stock or issuance or reissuance of Common Shares out of
authorized but unissued shares) after the Record Date but prior to the earliest
of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date shall
have impressed on, printed on, written on or otherwise affixed to them the
following legend:

          This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to
          certain rights as set forth in a Rights Agreement between Fischer
          Imaging Corporation and Computershare Trust Company, Inc. dated as of
          November 3, 1994 as amended and restated on November 9, 2001 (the
          "Rights Agreement") as the same may be amended from time to time, the
          terms of which are

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          hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file
          at the principal executive offices of Fischer Imaging Corporation.
          Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement,
          such Rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no
          longer be evidenced by this certificate. Fischer Imaging Corporation
          will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights
          Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request therefor.
          Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement,
          Rights owned by or transferred to any Person who becomes an Acquiring
          Person (as defined in the Rights Agreement) and certain transferees
          thereof will become null and void and will no longer be transferable.

With respect to such certificates containing the foregoing legend, until the
Distribution Date, the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented by
such certificates shall be evidenced by such certificates alone, and the
surrender for transfer of any such certificate, except as otherwise provided
herein, shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the
Common Shares represented thereby. In the event that the Company purchases or
otherwise acquires any Common Shares after the Record Date but prior to the
Distribution Date, any Rights associated with such Common Shares shall be deemed
cancelled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any
Rights associated with the Common Shares which are no longer outstanding.

               Notwithstanding this paragraph (d), the omission of a legend
shall not affect the enforceability of any part of this Rights Agreement or the
rights of any holder of the Rights.

               Section 4. Form of Right Certificates. The Right Certificates
                          --------------------------
(and the forms of election to purchase Preferred Shares and of assignment to be
printed on the reverse thereof) shall be substantially in the form set forth in
Exhibit B hereto and may have such marks of identification or designation and
such legends, summaries or endorsements printed thereon as the Company may deem
appropriate and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement,
or as may be required to comply with any applicable law or with any rule or
regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of the NASDAQ
Stock Market or of any stock exchange on which the Rights may from time to time
be listed, or to conform to usage. Subject to the provisions of Sections 11 and
22 hereof, the Right Certificates shall entitle the holders thereof to purchase
such number of one one-hundredths of a Preferred Share as shall be set forth
therein at the price per one one-hundredths of a Preferred Share set forth
therein (the "Purchase Price"), but the number of such one one-hundredths of a
Preferred Share and the Purchase Price shall be subject to adjustment as
provided herein.

               Section 5. Countersignature and Registration.
                          --------------------------------

                     (a)  The Right Certificates shall be executed on behalf of
the Company by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President, any of the
Vice Presidents, the Treasurer or the Controller of the Company, either manually
or by facsimile signature, shall have affixed thereto the Company's seal or a
facsimile thereof, and shall be attested by the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of the Company, either manually or by facsimile signature. The Right

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Certificates shall be manually countersigned by the Rights Agent and shall not
be valid for any purpose unless countersigned. In case any officer of the
Company who shall have signed any of the Right Certificates shall cease to be
such officer of the Company before countersignature by the Rights Agent and
issuance and delivery by the Company, such Right Certificates, nevertheless, may
be countersigned by the Rights Agent and issued and delivered by the Company
with the same force and effect as though the Person who signed such Right
Certificates had not ceased to be such officer of the Company; and any Right
Certificate may be signed on behalf of the Company by any Person who, at the
actual date of the execution of such Right Certificate, shall be a proper
officer of the Company to sign such Right Certificate, although at the date of
the execution of this Rights Agreement any such Person was not such an officer.

               (b)   Following the Distribution Date, the Rights Agent will keep
or cause to be kept, at an office or agency designated for such purpose, books
for registration and transfer of the Right Certificates issued hereunder. Such
books shall show the names and addresses of the respective holders of the Right
Certificates, the number of Rights evidenced on its face by each of the Right
Certificates and the date of each of the Right Certificates.

          Section 6. Transfer, Split Up, Combination and Exchange of Right
                     ----------------------------------------------------
Certificates; Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Right Certificates.
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               (a)   Subject to the provisions of Sections 11(a)(ii) and 14
hereof, at any time after the Close of Business on the Distribution Date, and at
or prior to the Close of Business on the earlier of the Redemption Date or the
Final Expiration Date, any Right Certificate or Right Certificates (other than
Right Certificates representing Rights that have become void pursuant to Section
11(a)(ii) hereof or that have been exchanged pursuant to Section 24 hereof) may
be transferred, split up, combined or exchanged for another Right Certificate or
Right Certificates, entitling the registered holder to purchase a like number of
one one-hundredths of a Preferred Share as the Right Certificate or Right
Certificates surrendered then entitled such holder to purchase. Any registered
holder desiring to transfer, split up, combine or exchange any Right Certificate
or Right Certificates shall make such request in writing delivered to the Rights
Agent, and shall surrender the Right Certificate or Right Certificates to be
transferred, split up, combined or exchanged at the office or agency of the
Rights Agent designated for such purpose. Thereupon the Rights Agent shall
countersign and deliver to the Person entitled thereto a Right Certificate or
Right Certificates, as the case may be, as so requested. The Company may require
payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be
imposed in connection with any transfer, split up, combination or exchange of
Right Certificates.

               (b)   Subject to the provisions of Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, upon
receipt by the Company and the Rights Agent of evidence reasonably satisfactory
to them of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of a Right Certificate,
and, in case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity or security reasonably
satisfactory to them, and, at the Company's request, reimbursement to the
Company and the Rights Agent of all reasonable expenses incidental thereto, and
upon surrender to the Rights Agent and cancellation of the Right Certificate if
mutilated, the Company will make and deliver a new Right Certificate of like
tenor to the Rights Agent for delivery to the registered holder in lieu of the
Right Certificate so lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated.

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          Section 7.  Exercise of Rights, Purchase Price; Expiration Date of
                      ------------------------------------------------------
Rights.
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               (a) Except as otherwise provided herein, the Rights shall become
exercisable on the Distribution Date, and thereafter the registered holder of
any Right Certificate may exercise the Rights evidenced thereby (except as
otherwise provided herein) in whole or in part, upon surrender of the Right
Certificate, with the form of election to purchase on the reverse side thereof
duly executed, to the Rights Agent at the office or agency of the Rights Agent
designated for such purpose, together with payment of the Purchase Price for
each one one-hundredths of a Preferred Share as to which the Rights are
exercised, at any time which is both after the Distribution Date and prior to
the earliest of (i) 5:00 p.m., Denver time, on November 3, 2004 (the "Final
Expiration Date"), (ii) the time at which the Rights are redeemed as provided in
Section 23 hereof (the "Redemption Date") or (iii) the time at which such Rights
are exchanged as provided in Section 24 hereof.

               (b) The Purchase Price shall be initially $25 for each one
one-hundredths of a Preferred Share purchasable upon the exercise of a Right.
The Purchase Price and the number of one one-hundredths of a Preferred Share or
other securities or property to be acquired upon exercise of a Right shall be
subject to adjustment from time to time as provided in Sections 11 and 13 hereof
and shall be payable in lawful money of the United States of America in
accordance with paragraph (c) of this Section 7.

               (c) Except as otherwise provided herein, upon receipt of a Right
Certificate representing exercisable Rights, with the form of election to
purchase duly executed, accompanied by payment of the aggregate Purchase Price
for the Preferred Shares to be purchased and an amount equal to any applicable
transfer tax required to be paid by the holder of such Right Certificate in
accordance with Section 9 hereof, in cash or by certified check, cashier's check
or money order payable to the order of the Company, the Rights Agent shall
thereupon promptly (i) (A) requisition from any transfer agent of the Preferred
Shares certificates for the number of Preferred Shares to be purchased and the
Company hereby irrevocably authorizes its transfer agent to comply with all such
requests, or (B) requisition from the depositary agent depositary receipts
representing interests in such number of one one-hundredths of a Preferred Share
as are to be purchased (in which case certificates for the Preferred Shares
represented by such receipts shall be deposited by the transfer agent with the
depositary agent) and the Company hereby directs the depositary agent to comply
with such request, (ii) when appropriate, requisition from the Company the
amount of cash to be paid in lieu of issuance of fractional shares in accordance
with Section 14 hereof, (iii) promptly after receipt of such certificates or
depositary receipts, cause the same to be delivered to or upon the order of the
registered holder of such Right Certificate, registered in such name or names as
may be designated by such holder and (iv) when appropriate, after receipt,
promptly deliver such cash to or upon the order of the registered holder of such
Right Certificate.

               (d) Except as otherwise provided herein, in case the registered
holder of any Right Certificate shall exercise less than all the Rights
evidenced thereby, a new Right Certificate evidencing Rights equivalent to the
Rights remaining unexercised shall be issued by the Rights Agent to the
registered holder of such Right Certificate or to his duly authorized assigns,
subject to the provisions of Section 14 hereof.

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               (e)   Notwithstanding anything in this Rights Agreement to the
contrary, neither the Rights Agent nor the Company shall be obligated to
undertake any action with respect to a registered holder upon the occurrence of
any purported exercise as set forth in this Section 7 unless such registered
holder shall have (i) completed and signed the certificate contained in the form
of election to purchase set forth on the reverse side of the Rights Certificate
surrendered for such exercise and (ii) provided such additional evidence of the
identity of the Beneficial Owner (or former Beneficial Owner) or Affiliates or
Associates thereof as the Company shall reasonably request.

          Section 8. Cancellation and Destruction of Right Certificates. All
                     --------------------------------------------------
Right Certificates surrendered for the purpose of exercise, transfer, split
up, combination or exchange shall, if surrendered to the Company or to any of
its agents, be delivered to the Rights Agent for cancellation or in cancelled
form, or, if surrendered to the Rights Agent, shall be cancelled by it, and no
Right Certificates shall be issued in lieu thereof except as expressly permitted
by any of the provisions of this Rights Agreement. The Company shall deliver to
the Rights Agent for cancellation and retirement, and the Rights Agent shall so
cancel and retire, any other Right Certificate purchased or acquired by the
Company otherwise than upon the exercise thereof. The Rights Agent shall deliver
all cancelled Right Certificates to the Company, or shall, at the written
request of the Company, destroy such cancelled Right Certificates, and in such
case shall deliver a certificate of destruction thereof to the Company.

          Section 9. Availability of Preferred Shares.
                     --------------------------------

               (a)   The Company covenants and agrees that it will cause to be
reserved and kept available out of its authorized and unissued Preferred Shares
or any Preferred Shares held in its treasury, the number of Preferred Shares
that will be sufficient to permit the exercise in full of all outstanding
Rights.

               (b)   So long as the Preferred Shares (and, following the time
that a Person becomes an Acquiring Person, shares of Common Stock and other
securities) issuable upon the exercise of Rights may be listed or admitted to
trading on the NASDAQ Stock Market or listed on any national securities
exchange, the Company shall use its best efforts to cause, from and after such
time as the Rights become exercisable, all shares reserved for such issuance to
be listed or admitted to trading on the NASDAQ Stock Market or listed on such
exchange upon official notice of issuance upon such exercise.

               (c)   From and after such time as the Rights become exercisable,
the Company shall use its best efforts to, if then necessary to permit the
issuance of Preferred Shares (and following the time that a Person first becomes
an Acquiring Person, shares of Common Stock and other securities) upon the
exercise of Rights, register and qualify such Preferred Shares (and following
the time that a Person first becomes an Acquiring Person, shares of Common Stock
and other securities) under the Securities Act and any applicable state
securities or "Blue Sky" laws (to the extent exemptions therefrom are not
available), cause such registration statement and qualifications to become
effective as soon as possible after such filing, keep such registration and
qualifications effective until the earlier of the date as of which the Rights
are no longer exercisable for such securities and the Final Expiration Date, and
comply with any requirements of the NASDAQ Stock Market applicable to the
Company. The

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Company may temporarily suspend, for a period of time not to exceed 90 days, the
exercisability of the Rights in order to prepare and file a registration
statement under the Securities Act and permit it to become effective, to comply
with any applicable state securities or "Blue Sky" laws, or to comply with any
requirements of the NASDAQ Stock Market applicable to the Company. Upon any such
suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the
exercisability of the Rights has been temporarily suspended, as well as a public
announcement at such time as the suspension is no longer in effect.
Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the Rights
shall not be exercisable in any jurisdiction unless the requisite qualification
in such jurisdiction shall have been obtained and until a registration statement
under the Securities Act (if required) shall have been declared effective and
any requirements of the NASDAQ Stock Market applicable to the Company have been
satisfied.

          (d) The Company covenants and agrees that it will take all such action
as may be necessary to ensure that all Preferred Shares (and, following the time
that a Person becomes an Acquiring Person, shares of Common Stock and other
securities) delivered upon exercise of Rights shall, at the time of delivery of
the certificates therefor (subject to payment of the Purchase Price), be duly
and validly authorized and issued and fully paid and nonassessable shares.

          (e) The Company further covenants and agrees that it will pay when due
and payable any and all federal and state transfer taxes and charges which may
be payable in respect of the issuance or delivery of the Right Certificates or
of any Preferred Shares (or shares of Common Stock or other securities) upon the
exercise of Rights. The Company shall not, however, be required to pay any
transfer tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer or delivery of
Right Certificates to a Person other than, or the issuance or delivery of
certificates or depositary receipts for the Preferred Shares in a name other
than that of, the registered holder of the Right Certificate evidencing Rights
surrendered for exercise or to issue or deliver any certificates or depositary
receipts for Preferred Shares upon the exercise of any Rights until any such tax
shall have been paid (any such tax being payable by that holder of such Right
Certificate at the time of surrender) or until it has been established to the
Company's reasonable satisfaction that no such tax is due.

       Section 10. Preferred Shares Record Date. Each Person in whose name any
                   ----------------------------
certificate for Preferred Shares is issued upon the exercise of Rights shall for
all purposes be deemed to have become the holder of record of the Preferred
Shares represented thereby on, and such certificate shall be dated, the date
upon which the Right Certificate evidencing such Rights was duly surrendered and
payment of the Purchase Price (and any applicable transfer taxes) was made;
provided, however, that if the date of such surrender and payment is a date upon
which the Preferred Shares transfer books of the Company are closed, such Person
shall be deemed to have become the record holder of such shares on, and such
certificate shall be dated, the next succeeding Business Day on which the
Preferred Shares transfer books of the Company are open. Prior to the exercise
of the Rights evidenced thereby, the holder of a Right Certificate shall not be
entitled to any rights of a holder of Preferred Shares for which the Rights
shall be exercisable, including, without limitation, the right to vote, to
receive dividends or other distributions or to exercise any preemptive rights,
and shall not be entitled to receive any notice of any proceedings of the
Company, except as provided herein.

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     Section 11. Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number of Shares or Number of
                 -----------------------------------------------------------
Rights. The Purchase Price, the number of Preferred Shares or other securities
------
or property purchasable upon exercise of each Right and the number of Rights
outstanding are subject to adjustment from time to time as provided in this
Section 11.

          (a)  (i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of
this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Shares payable in
Preferred Shares, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Shares, (C) combine
the outstanding Preferred Shares into a smaller number of Preferred Shares or
(D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred
Shares (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation
or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation),
except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a), the Purchase Price in effect
at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of
such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of
shares of capital stock issuable on such date, shall be proportionately adjusted
so that the holder of any Right exercised after such time shall be entitled to
receive the aggregate number and kind of shares of capital stock which, if such
Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the
Preferred Shares transfer books of the Company were open, the holder would have
owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such
dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification; provided, however, that
in no event shall the consideration to be paid upon the exercise of one Right be
less than the aggregate par value of the shares of capital stock of the Company
issuable upon exercise of one Right.

               (ii) Subject to Section 24 of this Agreement and except as
otherwise provided in this Section 11(a)(ii), in the event any Person becomes an
Acquiring Person (the first occurrence of such event being referred to as the
"Flip In Event"), each holder of a Right, shall thereafter have the right to
receive, upon exercise thereof at a price equal to the Purchase Price
immediately prior to the Flip In Event multiplied by the number of one
one-hundredths of a Preferred Share for which a Right was exercisable
immediately prior to such event, whether or not such Right was then exercisable,
in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and in lieu of Preferred Shares,
such number of Common Shares (or at the option of the Company, such number of
one one-hundredths of Preferred Shares) as shall equal the result obtained by
(x) multiplying the Purchase Price immediately prior to the Flip In Event by the
number of one one-hundredths of a Preferred Share for which a Right was
exercisable immediately prior to such event, whether or not such Right was then
exercisable, and (y) dividing that product by 50% of the then current per share
market price of the Company's Common Stock (determined pursuant to Section 11(d)
hereof) on the date of the occurrence of such event. Notwithstanding anything in
this Rights Agreement to the contrary, however, from and after the Flip In
Event, any Rights that are beneficially owned by (x) any Acquiring Person (or
any Affiliate or Associate of any Acquiring Person), (y) a transferee of any
Acquiring Person (or any such Affiliate or Associate) who becomes a transferee
after the Flip In Event or (z) a transferee of any Acquiring Person (or any such
Affiliate or Associate) who became a transferee prior to or concurrently with
the Flip In Event pursuant to either (I) a transfer from the Acquiring Person to
holders of its equity securities or to any Person with whom it has any
continuing agreement, arrangement or understanding regarding the transferred
Rights or (II) a transfer which the Board of Directors has determined is part of
a plan, arrangement or understanding which has the purpose or effect of avoiding
the provisions of this paragraph, and subsequent transferees of

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such Persons, shall be void without any further action and any holder of such
Rights shall thereafter have no rights whatsoever with respect to such Rights
under any provision of this Rights Agreement. The Company shall use all
reasonable efforts to ensure that the provisions of this Section 11(a)(ii) are
complied with, but shall have no liability to any holder of Right Certificates
or other Person as a result of its failure to make any determinations with
respect to an Acquiring Person or its Affiliates, Associates or transferees
hereunder. From and after the Flip In Event, no Right Certificate shall be
issued pursuant to Section 3 or Section 6 hereof that represents Rights that are
or have become void pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph, and any Right
Certificate delivered to the Rights Agent that represents Rights that are or
have become void pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph shall be
cancelled. From and after the occurrence of an event specified in Section 13(a)
hereof, any Rights that theretofore have not been exercised pursuant to this
Section 11(a)(ii) shall thereafter be exercisable only in accordance with
Section 13 and not pursuant to this Section 11(a)(ii).

               (iii)   The Company may at its option substitute for a share of
Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of Rights in accordance with the
foregoing subparagraph (ii) such number of fractions of Preferred Shares having
an aggregate current market value equal to the current per share market price of
a share of Common Stock. In the event that there shall not be sufficient shares
of Common Stock issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued to permit
the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph
(ii), the Board of Directors shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law
and any material agreements then in effect to which the Company is a party (A)
determine the excess of (1) the value of the shares of Common Stock issuable
upon the exercise of a Right in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii)
(the "Current Value") over (2) the Purchase Price immediately prior to the Flip
In Event multiplied by the number of one one-hundredths of Preferred Shares for
which a Right was exercisable immediately prior to such event, whether or not
such Right was then exercisable (such excess, the "Spread"), and (B) with
respect to each Right (other than Rights which have become void pursuant to
Section 11(a)(ii)), make adequate provision to substitute for the shares of
Common Stock issuable in accordance with subparagraph (ii) upon exercise of the
Right and payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in
the Purchase Price, (3) Preferred Shares or other equity securities of the
Company (including, without limitation, shares or fractions of shares of
preferred stock which, by virtue of having dividend, voting and liquidation
rights substantially comparable to those of the shares of Common Stock, are
deemed in good faith by the Board of Directors to have substantially the same
value as the shares of Common Stock (such Preferred Shares and shares or
fractions of shares of preferred stock are hereinafter referred to as "Common
Share equivalents"), (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or
(6) any combination of the foregoing, having a value which, when added to the
value of the shares of Common Stock actually issued upon exercise of such Right,
shall have an aggregate value equal to the Current Value (less the amount of any
reduction in the Purchase Price), where such aggregate value has been determined
by the Board of Directors upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment
banking firm selected in good faith by the Board of Directors; provided,
however, if the Company shall not make adequate provision to deliver value
pursuant to Clause (B) above within thirty (30) days following the Flip In Event
(the "Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date"), then the Company shall be obligated to
deliver, to the extent permitted by applicable law and any material agreements
then in effect to which the Company is a party, upon the surrender or exercise
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Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of Common
Stock (to the extent available), and then, if necessary, such number or
fractions of Preferred Shares (to the extent available) and then, if necessary,
cash, which shares and/or cash have an aggregate value equal to the Spread. If,
upon the occurrence of the Flip In Event, the Board of Directors shall determine
in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of Common
Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights,
then, if the Board of Directors so elects, the thirty (30) day period set forth
above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than ninety (90)
days after the Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date, in order that the Company may
seek stockholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such
thirty (30) day period, as it may be extended, is herein called the
"Substitution Period"). To the extent that the Company determines that some
action need be taken pursuant to the second and/or third sentence of this
Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x) shall provide, subject to Section 11(a)(ii)
hereof and the last sentence of this Section 11(a)(iii) hereof, that such action
shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights and (y) may suspend the
exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in
order to seek any authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the
appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such second sentence and
to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company
shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights
has been temporarily suspended, as well as a public announcement at such time as
the suspension is no longer in effect. For purposes of this Section 11(a)(iii),
the value of the shares of Common Stock shall be the current per share market
price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d)(i)) on the Section 11(a)(ii)
Trigger Date and the per share or fractional value of any "Common Share
equivalent" shall be deemed to equal the current per share market price of the
Common Shares. The Board of Directors of the Company may, but shall not be
required to, establish procedures to allocate the right to receive shares of
Common Stock upon the exercise of the Rights among holders of Rights pursuant to
this Section 11(a)(iii).

     (b) In case the Company shall fix a record date for the issuance of rights,
options or warrants to all holders of Preferred Shares entitling them (for a
period expiring within 45 calendar days after such record date) to subscribe for
or purchase Preferred Shares (or shares having the same rights, privileges and
preferences as the Preferred Shares ("equivalent preferred shares")) or
securities convertible into Preferred Shares or equivalent preferred shares at a
price per Preferred Share or equivalent preferred share (or having a conversion
price per share, if a security convertible into Preferred Shares or equivalent
preferred shares) less than the then current per share market price of the
Preferred Shares (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof on such record
date), the Purchase Price to be in effect after such record date shall be
determined by multiplying the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such
record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of
Preferred Shares and equivalent preferred shares which the aggregate offering
price of the total number of Preferred Shares and/or equivalent preferred shares
so to be offered and/or the aggregate initial conversion price of the
convertible securities so to be offered would purchase at such current market
price, and the denominator of which shall be the number of Preferred Shares and
equivalent preferred shares to be offered for subscription or purchase (or into
which the convertible securities so to be offered are initially convertible);
provided, however, that in no event shall the consideration to be paid upon the
exercise of one Right be less than the aggregate par value of the shares of
capital stock of the Company issuable upon exercise of one Right. In case such
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paid in a consideration part or all of which shall be in a form other than cash,
the value of such consideration shall be as determined in good faith by the
Board of Directors of the Company, whose determination shall be described in a
statement filed with the Rights Agent. Preferred Shares and equivalent preferred
shares owned by or held for the account of the Company shall not be deemed
outstanding for the purpose of any such computation. Such adjustment shall be
made successively whenever such a record date is fixed; and in the event that
such rights, options or warrants are not so issued, the Purchase Price shall be
adjusted to be the Purchase Price which would then be in effect if such record
date had not been fixed.

               (c)    In case the Company shall fix a record date for the making
of a distribution to all holders of the Preferred Shares (including any such
distribution made in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the
Company is the continuing or surviving corporation) of evidences of indebtedness
or assets (other than a regular quarterly cash dividend or a dividend payable in
Preferred Shares) or subscription rights or warrants (excluding those referred
to in Section 11(b) hereof), the Purchase Price to be in effect after such
record date shall be determined by multiplying the Purchase Price in effect
immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which
shall be the then current per share market price of the Preferred Shares
(determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) on such record date, less the fair
market value (as determined in good faith by the Board of the Company whose
determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent) of
the portion of the assets or evidences of indebtedness so to be distributed or
of such subscription rights or warrants applicable to one Preferred Share, and
the denominator of which shall be such current per share market price
(determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) of a Preferred Share; provided,
however, that in no event shall the consideration to be paid upon the exercise
of one Right be less than the aggregate par value of the shares of capital stock
of the Company to be issued upon exercise of one Right. Such adjustments shall
be made successively whenever such a record date is fixed; and in the event that
such distribution is not so made, the Purchase Price shall again be adjusted to
be the Purchase Price which would then be in effect if such record date had not
been fixed.

               (d)    (i) Except as otherwise provided herein, for the purpose
of any computation hereunder, the "current per share market price" of any
security (a "Security" for the purpose of this Section 11(d)(i)) on any date
shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such
Security for the 30 consecutive Trading Days (as such term is hereinafter
defined) immediately prior to such date; provided, however, that in the event
that the current per share market price of the Security is determined during a
period following the announcement by the issuer of such Security of (A) a
dividend or distribution on such Security payable in shares of such Security or
securities convertible into such shares, or (B) any subdivision, combination or
reclassification of such Security, and prior to the expiration of 30 Trading
Days after the ex-dividend date for such dividend or distribution, or the record
date for such subdivision, combination or reclassification, then, and in each
such case, the current per share market price shall be appropriately adjusted to
reflect the current market price per share equivalent of such Security. The
closing price for each day shall be the last sale price, regular way, or, in
case no such sale takes place on such day, the average of the closing bid and
asked prices, regular way, in either case as reported by the principal
consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed or
admitted to trading on the NASDAQ Stock Market or, if the Security is not listed
or admitted to trading on the NASDAQ Stock Market, as reported in

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the principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to
securities listed on the principal national securities exchange on which the
Security is listed or admitted to trading or, if the Security is not listed or
admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, the last quoted price
or, if not so quoted, the average of the high bid and low asked prices in the
over-the-counter market, as reported by the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotations System ("NASDAQ") or such other system then
in use, or, if on any such date the Security is not quoted by any such
organization, the average of the closing bid and asked prices as furnished by a
professional market maker making a market in the Security selected by the Board
of Directors of the Company. The term "Trading Day" shall mean a day on which
the principal national securities exchange on which the Security is listed or
admitted to trading is open for the transaction of business or, if the Security
is not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, a
Business Day.

                    (ii) For the purpose of any computation hereunder, if the
Preferred Shares are publicly traded, the "current per share market price" of
the Preferred Shares shall be determined in accordance with the method set forth
in Section 11(d)(i). If the Preferred Shares are not publicly traded but the
Common Stock is publicly traded, the "current per share market price" of the
Preferred Shares shall be conclusively deemed to be the current per share market
price of the shares of Common Stock as determined pursuant to Section 11(d)(i)
multiplied by one hundred (appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split,
stock dividend or similar transaction occurring after the date hereof). If
neither the Common Stock nor the Preferred Shares are publicly traded, "current
per share market price" shall mean the fair value per share as determined in
good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company, whose determination shall
be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent.

               (e)  No adjustment in the Purchase Price shall be required unless
such adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least 1% in the
Purchase Price; provided, however, that any adjustments which by reason of this
Section 11(e) are not required to be made shall be carried forward and taken
into account in any subsequent adjustment. All calculations under this Section
11 shall be made to the nearest cent or to the nearest one ten-thousandth of a
Preferred Share or share of Common Stock or other share or security as the case
may be. Notwithstanding the first sentence of this Section 11(e), any adjustment
required by this Section 11 shall be made no later than the earlier of (i) three
years from the date of the transaction which requires such adjustment or (ii)
the date of the expiration of the right to exercise any Rights.

               (f)  If as a result of an adjustment made pursuant to Section
11(a) hereof, the holder of any Right thereafter exercised shall become entitled
to receive any shares of capital stock of the Company other than Preferred
Shares, thereafter the number of such other shares so receivable upon exercise
of any Right shall be subject to adjustment from time to time in a manner and on
terms as nearly equivalent as practicable to the provisions with respect to the
Preferred Shares contained in Sections 11(a)(i), 11(b), 11(c) and 11(i), and the
provisions of Sections 7, 9, 10 and 13 with respect to the Preferred Shares
shall apply on like terms to any such other shares.

               (g)  All Rights originally issued by the Company subsequent to
any adjustment made to the Purchase Price hereunder shall evidence the right to
purchase, at the adjusted Purchase Price, the number of one one-hundredths of a
Preferred Share purchasable

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from time to time hereunder upon exercise of the Rights, all subject to further
adjustment as provided herein.

               (h)   Unless the Company shall have exercised its election as
provided in Section 11(i), upon each adjustment of the Purchase Price as a
result of the calculations made in Sections 11(b) and (c), each Right
outstanding immediately prior to the making of such adjustment shall thereafter
evidence the right to purchase, at the adjusted Purchase Price, that number of
one one-hundredths of a Preferred Share (calculated to the nearest one
ten-thousandth of a Preferred Share) obtained by (i) multiplying (x) the number
of one one-hundredths of a share covered by a Right immediately prior to such
adjustment by (y) the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such
adjustment of the Purchase Price and (ii) dividing the product so obtained by
the Purchase Price in effect immediately after such adjustment of the Purchase
Price.

               (i)   The Company may elect on or after the date of any
adjustment of the Purchase Price to adjust the number of Rights, in substitution
for any adjustment in the number of one one-hundredths of a Preferred Share
purchasable upon the exercise of a Right. Each of the Rights outstanding after
such adjustment of the number of Rights shall be exercisable for the number of
one one-hundredths of a Preferred Share for which a Right was exercisable
immediately prior to such adjustment. Each Right held of record prior to such
adjustment of the number of Rights shall become that number of rights
(calculated to the nearest one ten-thousandth) obtained by dividing the Purchase
Price in effect immediately prior to adjustment of the Purchase Price by the
Purchase Price in effect immediately after adjustment of the Purchase Price. The
Company shall make a public announcement of its election to adjust the number of
Rights, indicating the record date for the adjustment, and, if known at the
time, the amount of the adjustment to be made. This record date may be the date
on which the Purchase Price is adjusted or any day thereafter, but, if the Right
Certificates have been issued, shall be at least 10 days later than the date of
the public announcement. If Right Certificates have been issued, upon each
adjustment of the number of Rights pursuant to this Section 11(i), the Company
may, as promptly as practicable, cause to be distributed to holders of record of
Right Certificates on such record date Right Certificates evidencing, subject to
Section 14 hereof, the additional Rights to which such holders shall be entitled
as a result of such adjustment, or, at the option of the Company, shall cause to
be distributed to such holders of record in substitution and replacement for the
Right Certificates held by such holders prior to the date of adjustment, and
upon surrender thereof, if required by the Company, new Right Certificates
evidencing all the Rights to which such holders shall be entitled after such
adjustment Right Certificates so to be distributed shall be issued, executed and
countersigned in the manner provided for herein and shall be registered in the
names of the holders of record of Right Certificates on the record date
specified in the public announcement.

               (j)   Irrespective of any adjustment or change in the Purchase
Price or the number of one one-hundredths of a Preferred Share issuable upon the
exercise of the Rights, the Right Certificates theretofore and thereafter issued
may continue to express the Purchase Price and the number of one one-hundredths
of a Preferred Share which were expressed in the initial Right Certificates
issued hereunder.

               (k)   Before taking any action that would cause an adjustment
reducing the Purchase Price below the then par value, if any, of the Preferred
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capital stock issuable upon exercise of the Rights, the Company shall take any
corporate action which may, in the opinion of its counsel, be necessary in order
that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable
Preferred Shares or other such shares at such adjusted Purchase Price.

               (l)   In any case in which this Section 11 shall require that an
adjustment in the Purchase Price be made effective as of a record date for a
specified event, the Company may elect to defer until the occurrence of such
event the issuing to the holder of any Right exercised after such record date of
the Preferred Shares and other capital stock or securities of the Company, if
any, issuable upon such exercise over and above the Preferred Shares and other
capital stock or securities of the Company, if any, issuable upon such exercise
on the basis of the Purchase Price in effect prior to such adjustment; provided,
however, that the Company shall deliver to such holder a due bill or other
appropriate instrument evidencing such holder's right to receive such additional
shares upon the occurrence of the event requiring such adjustment.

               (m)   Anything in this Section 11 to the contrary
notwithstanding, the Company shall be entitled to make such reductions in the
Purchase Price, in addition to those adjustments expressly required by this
Section 11, as and to the extent that it in its sole discretion shall determine
to be advisable in order that any consolidation or subdivision of the Preferred
Shares, issuance wholly for cash of any Preferred Shares at less than the
current market price, issuance wholly for cash of Preferred Shares or securities
which by their terms are convertible into or exchangeable for Preferred Shares,
dividends on Preferred Shares payable in Preferred Shares or issuance of rights,
options or warrants referred to hereinabove in Section 11(b), hereafter made by
the Company to holders of its Preferred Shares shall not be taxable to such
stockholders.

               (n)   Anything in this Rights Agreement to the contrary
notwithstanding, in the event that at any time after the date of this Agreement
and prior to the Distribution Date, the Company shall (i) declare or pay any
dividend on the Common Shares payable in Common Shares or (ii) effect a
subdivision, combination or consolidation of the Common Shares (by
reclassification or otherwise than by payment of dividends in Common Shares)
into a greater or lesser number of Common Shares, then in any such case, the
number of Rights associated with each Common Share then outstanding, or issued
or delivered thereafter shall be proportionately adjusted so that the number of
Rights thereafter associated with each Common Share following any such event
shall equal the result obtained by multiplying the number of Rights associated
with each Common Share immediately prior to such event by a fraction the
numerator of which shall be the total number of Common Shares outstanding
immediately prior to the occurrence of the event and the denominator of which
shall be the total number of Common Shares outstanding immediately following the
occurrence of such event.

               (o)   The Company agrees that, after the earlier of the
Distribution Date or the Shares Acquisition Date, it will not, except as
permitted by Sections 23, 24 or 27 hereof, take (or permit any Subsidiary to
take) any action if at the time such action is taken it is reasonably
foreseeable that such action will diminish substantially or eliminate the
benefits intended to be afforded by the Rights.

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          Section 12. Certificate of Adjusted Purchase Price Or Number of
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Shares. Whenever an adjustment is made as provided in Section 11 or 13 hereof,
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the Company shall promptly (a) prepare a certificate setting forth such
adjustment, and a brief statement of the facts accounting for such adjustment
and (b) file with the Rights Agent and with each transfer agent for the Common
Shares or the Preferred Shares a copy of such certificate. The Rights Agent
shall be fully protected in relying on any such certificate and on any
adjustment therein contained and shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any
such adjustment unless and until it shall have received such certificate.

          Section 13. Consolidation, Merger or Sale or Transfer of Assets or
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Earnings Power.
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              (a) In the event, directly or indirectly, at any time after the
Flip In Event, (i) the Company shall merge with and into any other Person, (ii)
any Person shall consolidate with the Company, or any Person shall merge with
and into the Company and the Company shall be the continuing or surviving
corporation of such merger and, in connection with such merger, all or part of
the Common Shares shall be changed into or exchanged for stock or other
securities of any other Person (or of the Company) or cash or any other
property, or (iii) the Company shall sell or otherwise transfer (or one or more
of its Subsidiaries shall sell or otherwise transfer), in one or more
transactions, assets or earnings power aggregating 50% or more of the assets or
earnings power of the Company and its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) to any
other Person (other than the Company or one or more of its wholly-owned
Subsidiaries), then upon the first occurrence of such event, proper provision
shall be made so that: (A) each holder of record of a Right (other than Rights
which have become void pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii)) shall thereafter have the
right to receive, upon the exercise thereof at a price equal to the Purchase
Price immediately prior to the Flip In Event multiplied by the number of one
one-hundredths of a Preferred Share for which a Right was exercisable
immediately prior to such event, whether or not such Right was then exercisable
(as subsequently adjusted thereafter pursuant to Sections 11(a)(i), 11(b), 11(c)
and 11(i)), in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and in lieu of
Preferred Shares, such number of validly issued, fully-paid and non-assessable
and freely tradeable Common Shares of the Principal Party (as defined herein)
not subject to any liens, encumbrances, rights of first refusal or other adverse
claims, as shall be equal to the result obtained by (1) multiplying the Purchase
Price immediately prior to the Flip In Event by the number of one one-hundredths
of a Preferred Share for which a Right was exercisable immediately prior to such
event, whether or not such Right was then exercisable (as subsequently adjusted
thereafter pursuant to Sections 11(a)(i), 11(b), 11(c) and 11(i)), and (2)
dividing that product by 50% of the then current per share market price of the
Common Shares of such Principal Party (determined pursuant to Section 11(d)(i)
hereof) on the date of consummation of such consolidation, merger, sale or
transfer; provided that the Purchase Price and the number of Common Shares of
such Principal Party issuable upon exercise of each Right shall be further
adjusted as provided in Section 11(f) of this Rights Agreement to reflect any
events occurring in respect of such Principal Party after the date of such
consolidation, merger, sale or transfer; (B) such Principal Party shall
thereafter be liable for, and shall assume, by virtue of such consolidation,
merger, sale or transfer, all the obligations and duties of the Company pursuant
to this Rights Agreement; (C) the term "Company" shall thereafter be deemed to
refer to such Principal Party; and (D) such Principal Party shall take such
steps (including, but not limited to, the reservation of a sufficient number of
its shares of Common Stock in accordance

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with Section 9 hereof) in connection with such consummation of any such
transaction as may be necessary to assure that the provisions hereof shall
thereafter be applicable, as nearly as reasonably may be, in relation to the
shares of Common Stock thereafter deliverable upon the exercise of the Rights;
provided that, upon the subsequent occurrence of any consolidation, merger, sale
or transfer of assets or other extraordinary transaction in respect of such
Principal Party, each holder of a Right shall thereupon be entitled to receive,
upon exercise of a Right and payment of the Purchase Price as provided in this
Section 13(a), such cash, shares, rights, warrants and other property which such
holder would have been entitled to receive had such holder, at the time of such
transaction, owned the Common Shares of the Principal Party purchasable upon the
exercise of a Right pursuant to this Section 13(a), and such Principal Party
shall take such steps (including, but not limited to, reservation of shares of
stock) as may be necessary to permit the subsequent exercise of the Rights in
accordance with the terms hereof for such cash, shares, rights, warrants and
other property.

               (b)  "Principal Party" shall mean

                    (i)  in the case of any transaction described in (i) or (ii)
of the first sentence of Section 13(a) hereof, (A) the Person that is the issuer
of the securities into which Common Shares are converted in such merger or
consolidation, or, if there is more than one such issuer, the issuer the Common
Shares of which has the greatest aggregate market value of shares outstanding or
(B) if no securities are so issued, (x) the Person that is the other party to
the merger, if such Person survives said merger, or, if there is more than one
such Person, the Person the Common Shares of which has the greatest aggregate
market value of shares outstanding or (y) if the Person that is the other party
to the merger does not survive the merger, the Person that does survive the
merger (including the Company if it survives) or (z) the Person resulting from
the consolidation; and

                    (ii) in the case of any transaction described in (iii) of
the first sentence in Section 13(a) hereof, the Person that is the party
receiving the greatest portion of the assets or earning power transferred
pursuant to such transaction or transactions, or, if each Person that is a party
to such transaction or transactions receives the same portion of the assets or
earning power so transferred or if the Person receiving the greatest portion of
the assets or earning power cannot be determined, whichever of such Persons as
is the issuer of Common Shares having the greatest aggregate market value of
shares outstanding;

provided, however, that in any such case described in the foregoing clause
(b)(i) or (b)(ii), (1) if the Common Shares of such Person are not at such time
or have not been continuously over the preceding 12-month period registered
under Section 12 of the Exchange Act, and if such Person is a direct or indirect
Subsidiary of another Person the Common Shares of which are and have been so
registered, the term "Principal Party" shall refer to such other Person, or (2)
if such Person is a Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, of more than one Person,
the Common Shares of all of which are and have been so registered, the term
"Principal Party" shall refer to whichever of such Persons is the issuer of the
Common Shares having the greatest aggregate market value of shares outstanding,
or (3) if such Person is owned, directly or indirectly, by a joint venture
formed by two or more Persons that are not owned, directly or indirectly, by the
same Person, the rules set forth in clauses (1) and (2) above shall apply to
each of the owners having an interest in the venture as if the Person owned by
the joint venture was a Subsidiary of both or all of such

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joint venturers, and the Principal Party in each such case shall bear the
obligations set forth in this Section 13 in the same ratio as its interest in
such Person bears to the total of such interests.

               (c)    The Company shall not consummate any consolidation,
merger, sale or transfer referred to in Section 13(a) hereof unless prior
thereto the Company and the Principal Party involved therein shall have executed
and delivered to the Rights Agent an agreement confirming that the requirements
of Sections 13(a) and (b) hereof shall promptly be performed in accordance with
their terms and that such consolidation, merger, sale or transfer of assets
shall not result in a default by the Principal Party under this Rights Agreement
as the same shall have been assumed by the Principal Party pursuant to Sections
13(a) and (b) hereof and providing that, as soon as practicable after executing
such agreement pursuant to this Section 13, the Principal Party will:

                      (i)   prepare and file a registration statement under the
Securities Act, if necessary, with respect to the Rights and the securities
purchasable upon exercise of the Rights on an appropriate form, use its best
efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective as soon as
practicable after such filing and use its best efforts to cause such
registration statement to remain effective (with a prospectus at all times
meeting the requirements of the Securities Act) until the Expiration Date, and
similarly comply with applicable state securities laws;

                      (ii)  use its best efforts, if the Common Shares of the
Principal Party shall be listed or admitted to trading on the NASDAQ Stock
Market or on a national securities exchange, to list or admit to trading (or
continue the listing of) the Rights and the securities purchasable upon exercise
of the Rights on the NASDAQ Stock Market or such securities exchange and, if the
Common Shares of the Principal Party shall not be listed or admitted to trading
on the NASDAQ Stock Market or a national securities exchange, to cause the
Rights and the securities purchasable upon exercise of the Rights to be reported
by such other system then in use;

                      (iii) deliver to holders of the Rights historical
financial statements for the Principal Party which comply in all respects with
the requirements for registration on Form 10 (or any successor form) under the
Exchange Act; and

                      (iv)  obtain waivers of any rights of first refusal or
preemptive rights in respect of the Common Shares of the Principal Party subject
to purchase upon exercise of outstanding Rights.

               (d)    Furthermore, in case the Principal Party which is to be a
party to a transaction referred to in this Section 13 has provision in any of
its authorized securities or in its certificate of incorporation or by-laws or
other instrument governing its corporate affairs, which provision would have the
effect of (i) causing such Principal Party to issue (other than to holders of
Rights pursuant to this Section 13), in connection with, or as a consequence of,
the consummation of a transaction referred to in this Section 13, Common Shares
of such Principal Party at less than the then current market price per share
(determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) or securities exercisable for, or
convertible into, Common Shares of such Principal Party at less than such then
current market price, or (ii) providing for any special payment, tax or

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similar provisions in connection with the issuance of the Common Shares of such
Principal Party pursuant to the provisions of Section 13, then, in such event,
the Company hereby agrees with each holder of Rights that it shall not
consummate any such transaction unless prior thereto the Company and such
Principal Party shall have executed and delivered to the Rights Agent a
supplemental agreement providing that the provision in question of such
Principal Party shall have been cancelled, waived or amended, or that the
authorized securities shall be redeemed, so that the applicable provision will
have no effect in connection with, or as a consequence of, the consummation of
the proposed transaction.

               (e)    The Company covenants and agrees that it shall not, at any
time after the Flip In Event, enter into any transaction of the type
contemplated by (i)-(iii) of Section 13(a) hereof if (x) at the time of or
immediately after such consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or other
transaction there are any rights, warrants or other instruments or securities
outstanding or agreements in effect which would substantially diminish or
otherwise eliminate the benefits intended to be afforded by the Rights, (y)
prior to, simultaneously with or immediately after such consolidation, merger,
sale, transfer of other transaction, the stockholders of the Person who
constitutes, or would constitute, the "Principal Party" for purposes of Section
13(a) hereof shall have received a distribution of Rights previously owned by
such Person or any of its Affiliates or Associates or (z) the form or nature of
organization of the Principal Party would preclude or limit the exercisability
of the Rights.

          Section 14. Fractional Rights and Fractional Shares. (a) The Company
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shall not be required to issue fractions of Rights or to distribute Right
Certificates which evidence fractional Rights. In lieu of such fractional
Rights, there shall be paid to the registered holders of the Right Certificates
with regard to which such fractional Rights would otherwise be issuable, an
amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the current market value of a whole
Right. For the purposes of this Section 14(a), the current market value of a
whole Right shall be the closing price of the Rights for the Trading Day
immediately prior to the date on which such fractional Rights would have been
otherwise issuable. The closing price for any day shall be the last sale price,
regular way, or, in case no such sale takes place on such day, the average of
the closing bid and asked prices, regular way, in either case as reported in the
principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities
listed or admitted to trading on the NASDAQ Stock Market or, if the Rights are
not listed or admitted to trading on the NASDAQ Stock Market, as reported in the
principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities
listed on the principal national securities exchange on which the Rights are
listed or admitted to trading or, if the rights are not listed or admitted to
trading on any national securities exchange, the last quoted price or, if not so
quoted, the average of the high bid and low asked prices in the over-the-counter
market, as reported by NASDAQ or such other system then in use or, if on any
such date the Rights are not quoted by any such organization, the average of the
closing bid and asked prices as furnished by a professional market maker making
a market in the Rights selected by the Board of Directors of the Company. If on
any such date no such market maker is making a market in the Rights, the fair
value of the Rights on such date as determined in good faith by the Board of
Directors of the Company shall be used.

               (b)    The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of
Preferred Shares (other than fractions which are integral multiples of one
one-hundredth of a Preferred Share) upon exercise of the Rights or to distribute
certificates which evidence fractional

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Preferred Shares (other than fractions which are integral multiples of one
one-hundredth of a Preferred Share). Interests in fractions of Preferred Shares
in integral multiples of one one-hundredth of a Preferred Share may, at the
election of the Company, be evidenced by depositary receipts, pursuant to an
appropriate agreement between the Company and a depositary selected by it;
provided, that such agreement shall provide that the holders of such depositary
receipts shall have all the rights, privileges and preferences to which they are
entitled as beneficial owners of the Preferred Shares represented by such
depositary receipts. In lieu of fractional Preferred Shares that are not
integral multiples of one one-hundredth of a Preferred Share, the Company shall
pay to the registered holders of Right Certificates at the time such Rights are
exercised as herein provided an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the
current market value of one Preferred Share. For the purposes of this Section
14(b), the current market value of a Preferred Share shall be the closing price
of a Preferred Share (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d)(i) hereof) for the
Trading Day immediately prior to the date of such exercise.

                (c)   The holder of a Right by the acceptance of the Right
expressly waives his right to receive any fractional Rights or any fractional
shares upon exercise of a Right (except as provided above).

          Section 15. Rights of Action. All rights of action in respect of this
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Agreement, excepting the rights of action given to the Rights Agent under
Section 18 hereof, are vested in the respective registered holders of the Right
Certificates (and, prior to the Distribution Date, the registered holders of the
Common Shares); and any registered holder of any Right Certificate (or, prior to
the Distribution Date, of the Common Shares), without the consent of the Rights
Agent or of the holder of any other Right Certificate (or, prior to the
Distribution Date, of the Common Shares), on his own behalf and for his own
benefit, may enforce, and may institute and maintain any suit, action or
proceeding against the Company to enforce, or otherwise act in respect of, his
right to exercise the Rights evidenced by such Right Certificate in the manner
provided in such Right Certificate and in this Agreement. Without limiting the
foregoing or any remedies available to the holders of Rights, it is specifically
acknowledged that the holders of Rights would not have an adequate remedy at law
for any breach of this Agreement and will be entitled to specific performance of
the obligations under, and injunctive relief against actual or threatened
violations of, the obligations of any Person subject to this Agreement.

          Section 16. Agreement of Right Holders.  Every holder of a Right, by
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accepting the same, consents and agrees with the Company and the Rights Agent
and with every holder of a Right that:

                (a)   prior to the Distribution Date, the Rights will be
transferable only in connection with the transfer of the associated Common
Shares;

                (b)   after the Distribution Date, the Right Certificates are
transferable only on the registry books of the Rights Agent if surrendered at
the office or agency of the Rights Agent designated for such purpose, duly
endorsed or accompanied by a proper instrument of transfer; and

                (c)   the Company and the Rights Agent may deem and treat the
Person in whose name the Right Certificate (or, prior to the Distribution Date,
the associated Common

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Shares certificate) is registered as the absolute owner thereof and of the
Rights evidenced thereby (notwithstanding any notations of ownership or writing
on the Right Certificates, the associated Common Shares certificate made by
anyone other than the Company or the Rights Agent) for all purposes whatsoever,
and neither the Company nor the Rights Agent shall be affected by any notice to
the contrary.

          Section 17. Right Certificate Holder Not Deemed a Stockholder. No
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holder, as such, of any Right Certificate shall be entitled to vote, receive
dividends or be deemed for any purpose the holder of the Preferred Shares or any
other securities of the Company which may at any time be issuable on the
exercise of the Rights represented thereby, nor shall anything contained herein
or in any Right Certificate be construed to confer upon the holder of any Right
Certificate, as such, any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company or any
right to vote for the election of directors or upon any matter submitted to
stockholders at any meeting thereof, or to give or withhold consent to any
corporate action, or to receive notice of meetings or other actions affecting
stockholders (except as provided in this Agreement), or to receive dividends or
subscription rights, or otherwise, until the Rights evidenced by such Right
Certificate shall have been exercised in accordance with the provisions hereof.

          Section 18. Concerning the Rights Agent.
                      ---------------------------

                (a)   The Company agrees to pay to the Rights Agent reasonable
compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder and, from time to time,
on demand of the Rights Agent, its reasonable expenses and counsel fees and
other disbursements incurred in the administration and execution of this
Agreement and the exercise and performance of its duties hereunder. The Company
also agrees to indemnify the Rights Agent for, and to hold it harmless against,
any loss, liability or expense, incurred without negligence, bad faith or
willful misconduct on the part of the Rights Agent, for anything done or omitted
by the Rights Agent in connection with the acceptance and administration of this
Agreement, including the costs and expenses of defending against any claim of
liability arising therefrom, directly or indirectly.

                (b)   The Rights Agent shall be protected and shall incur no
liability for, or in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it in
connection with its administration of this Agreement in reliance upon any Right
Certificate or certificate for the Preferred Shares, Common Shares or for other
securities of the Company, instrument of assignment or transfer, power of
attorney, endorsement, affidavit, letter, notice, direction, consent,
certificate, statement, or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine
and to be signed, executed and where necessary, verified or acknowledged, by the
proper Person or Persons, or otherwise upon the advice of counsel as set forth
in Section 20 hereof.

          Section 19. Merger or Consolidation or Change of Name of Rights Agent.
                      ---------------------------------------------------------

                (a)   Any corporation into which the Rights Agent or any
successor Rights Agent may be merged or with which it may be consolidated, or
any corporation resulting from any merger or consolidation to which the Rights
Agent or any successor Rights Agent shall be a party, or any corporation
succeeding to the stock transfer or corporate trust powers of the Rights Agent
or any successor Rights Agent, shall be the successor to the Rights Agent under
this Agreement without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act
on the part of any

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of the parties hereto; provided, that such corporation would be eligible for
appointment as a successor Rights Agent under the provisions of Section 21
hereof. In case at the time such successor Rights Agent shall succeed to the
agency created by this Agreement, any of the Right Certificates shall have been
countersigned but not delivered, any such successor Rights Agent may adopt the
countersignature of the predecessor Rights Agent and deliver such Right
Certificates so countersigned; and in case at that time any of the Right
Certificates shall not have been countersigned, any successor Rights Agent may
countersign such Right Certificates either in the name of the predecessor Rights
Agent or in the name of the successor Rights Agent; and in all such cases such
Right Certificates shall have the full force provided in the Right Certificates
and in this Agreement.

                (b)   In case at any time the name of the Rights Agent shall be
changed and at such time any of the Right Certificates shall have been
countersigned but not delivered the Rights Agent may adopt the countersignature
under its prior name and deliver Right Certificates so countersigned; and in
case at that time any of the Right Certificates shall not have been
countersigned, the Rights Agent may countersign such Right Certificates either
in its prior name or in its changed name and in all such cases such Right
Certificates shall have the full force provided in the Right Certificates and in
this Agreement.

          Section 20. Duties of Rights Agent. The Rights Agent undertakes the
                      ----------------------
duties and obligations imposed by this Agreement upon the following terms and
conditions, by all of which the Company and the holders of Right Certificates,
by their acceptance thereof, shall be bound:

                (a)   The Rights Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may
be legal counsel for the Company), and the opinion of such counsel shall be full
and complete authorization and protection to the Rights Agent as to any action
taken or omitted by it in good faith and in accordance with such opinion.

                (b)   Whenever in the performance of its duties under this
Agreement the Rights Agent shall deem it necessary or desirable that any fact or
matter be proved or established by the Company prior to taking or suffering any
action hereunder, such fact or matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof
be herein specifically prescribed) may be deemed to be conclusively proved and
established by a certificate signed by any one of the Chairman of the Board of
Directors, the President, any Vice President, the Treasurer, the Controller or
the Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Rights Agent; and such
certificate shall be full authorization to the Rights Agent for any action taken
or suffered in good faith by it under the provisions of this Agreement in
reliance upon such certificate.

                (c)   The Rights Agent shall be liable hereunder to the Company
and any other Person only for its own negligence, bad faith or willful
misconduct.

                (d)   The Rights Agent shall not be liable for or by reason of
any of the statements of facts or recitals contained in this Agreement or in the
Right Certificates (except its countersignature thereof) or be required to
verify the same, but all such statements and recitals are and shall be deemed to
have been made by the Company only.

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                (e)   The Rights Agent shall not be under any responsibility in
respect of the validity of this Agreement or the execution and delivery hereof
(except the due execution hereof by the Rights Agent) or in respect of the
validity or execution of any Right Certificate (except its countersignature
thereof); nor shall it be responsible for any breach by the Company of any
covenant or condition contained in this Agreement or in any Right Certificate;
nor shall it be responsible for any change in the exercisability of the Rights
(including the Rights becoming void pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) or any
adjustment in the terms of the Rights (including the manner, method or amount
thereof) provided for in Sections 3, 11, 13, 23 and 24, or the ascertaining of
the existence of facts that would require any such change or adjustment (except
with respect to the exercise of Rights evidenced by Right Certificates after
receipt of a certificate furnished pursuant to Section 12, describing such
change or adjustment); nor shall it by any act hereunder be deemed to make any
representation or warranty as to the authorization or reservation of any
Preferred Shares to be issued pursuant to this Agreement or any Right
Certificate or as to whether any Preferred Shares will, when issued, be validly
authorized and issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

                (f)   The Company agrees that it will perform, execute,
acknowledge and deliver or cause to be performed, executed, acknowledged and
delivered all such further and other acts, instruments and assurances as may
reasonably be required by the Rights Agent for the carrying out or performing by
the Rights Agent of the provisions of this Agreement.

                (g)   The Rights Agent is hereby authorized and directed to
accept instructions with respect to the performance of its duties hereunder from
any person reasonably believed by the Rights Agent to be one of the Chairman of
the Board of Directors, the President, any Vice President, the Secretary, the
Controller or the Treasurer of the Company, and to apply to such officers for
advice or instructions in connection with its duties, and it shall not be liable
for any action taken or suffered by it in good faith in accordance with
instructions of any such officer or for any delay in acting while waiting for
those instructions. Any application by the Rights Agent for written instructions
from the Company may, at the option of the Rights Agent, set forth in writing
any action proposed to be taken or omitted by the Rights Agent under this Rights
Agreement and the date on and/or after which such action shall be taken or such
omission shall be effective. The Rights Agent shall not be liable for any action
taken by, or omission of, the Rights Agent in accordance with a proposal
included in any such application on or after the date specified in such
application (which date shall not be less than five Business Days after the date
any officer of the Company actually received such application, unless any such
officer shall have consented in writing to an earlier date) unless, prior to
taking any such action (or the effective date in the case of an omission), the
Rights Agent shall have received written instructions in response to such
application specifying the action to be taken or omitted.

                (h)   The Rights Agent and any stockholder, director, officer or
employee of the Rights Agent may buy, sell or deal in any of the Rights or other
securities of the Company or become pecuniarily interested in any transaction in
which the Company may be interested, or contract with or lend money to the
Company or otherwise act as fully and freely as though it were not Rights Agent
under this Agreement. Nothing herein shall preclude the Rights Agent from acting
in any other capacity for the Company or for any other legal entity.

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                (i)   The Rights Agent may execute and exercise any of the
rights or powers hereby vested in it or perform any duty hereunder either itself
or by or through its attorneys or agents, and the Rights Agent shall not be
answerable or accountable for any act, default, neglect or misconduct of any
such attorneys or agents or for any loss to the Company resulting from any such
act, default, neglect or misconduct, provided reasonable care was exercised in
the selection and continued employment thereof.

                (j)   If, with respect to any Rights Certificate surrendered to
the Right Agent for exercise or transfer, the certificate contained in the form
of assignment or the form of election to purchase set forth on the reverse
thereof, as the case may be, has not been completed to certify the holder is not
an Acquiring Person (or an Affiliate or Associate thereof), the Rights Agent
shall not take any further action with respect to such requested exercise of
transfer without first consulting with the Company.

          Section 21. Change of Rights Agent. The Rights Agent or any successor
                      ----------------------
Rights Agent may resign and be discharged from its duties under this Agreement
upon 30 days' prior notice in writing mailed to the Company and to each transfer
agent of the Common Shares or Preferred Shares by registered or certified mail,
and to the holders of the Right Certificates by first-class mail. The Company
may remove the Rights Agent or any successor Rights Agent upon 30 days' prior
notice in writing, mailed to the Rights Agent or successor Rights Agent, as the
case may be, and to each transfer agent of the Common Shares or Preferred Shares
by registered or certified mail, and to the holders of the Right Certificates by
first-class mail. If the Rights Agent shall resign or be removed or shall
otherwise become incapable of acting, the Company shall appoint a successor to
the Rights Agent. If the Company shall fail to make such appointment within a
period of 30 days after giving notice of such removal or after it has been
notified in writing of such resignation or incapacity by the resigning or
incapacitated Rights Agent or by the holder of a Right Certificate (who shall,
with such notice, submit his Right Certificate for inspection by the Company),
then the registered holder of any Right Certificate may apply to any court of
competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a new Rights Agent. Any successor
Rights Agent, whether appointed by the Company or by such a court, shall be a
corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States or
the State of New York (or of any other state of the United States so long as
such corporation is authorized to do business as a banking institution in the
State of New York), in good standing, having an office in the State of New York,
which is authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust or stock
transfer powers and is subject to supervision or examination by federal or state
authority and which has at the time of its appointment as Rights Agent a
combined capital and surplus of at least $50 million. After appointment, the
successor Rights Agent shall be vested with the same powers, rights, duties and
responsibilities as if it had been originally named as Rights Agent without
further act or deed; but the predecessor Rights Agent shall deliver and transfer
to the successor Rights Agent any property at the time held by it hereunder, and
execute and deliver any further assurance, conveyance, act or deed necessary for
the purpose. Not later than the effective date of any such appointment the
Company shall file notice thereof in writing with the predecessor Rights Agent
and each transfer agent of the Common Shares or Preferred Shares, and mail a
notice thereof in writing to the registered holders of the Rights Certificates.
Failure to give any notice provided for in this Section 21, however, or any
defect therein, shall not affect the legality or validity of the resignation or
removal of the Rights Agent or the appointment of the successor Rights Agent, as
the case may be.

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          Section 22. Issuance of New Right Certificates. Notwithstanding any of
                      ----------------------------------
the provisions of this Agreement or of the Rights to the contrary, the Company
may, at its option, issue new Right Certificates evidencing Rights in such forms
as may be approved by its Board of Directors to reflect any adjustment or change
in the Purchase Price and the number or kind or class of shares or other
securities or property purchasable under the Rights Certificates made in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. In addition, in connection
with the issuance or sale of Common Shares following the Distribution Date and
prior to the earlier of the Redemption Date and the Expiration Date, the Company
may with respect to Common Shares so issued or sold pursuant to (i) the exercise
of stock options, (ii) under any employee plan or arrangement, (iii) upon the
exercise, conversion or exchange of securities, notes or debentures issued by
the Company or (iv) a contractual obligation of the Company, in each case
existing prior to the Distribution Date, issue Rights Certificates representing
the appropriate number of Rights in connection with such issuance or sale.

          Section 23. Redemption.
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                (a)   The Board of Directors of the Company may, at any time
prior to the Flip In Event, redeem all but not less than all the then
outstanding Rights at a redemption price of $.001 per Right, appropriately
adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction
occurring after the date hereof (the redemption price being hereinafter referred
to as the "Redemption Price"). The redemption of the Rights may be made
effective at such time, on such basis and with such conditions as the Board of
Directors in its sole discretion may establish.

                (b)   Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors
ordering the redemption of the Rights pursuant to paragraph (a) of this Section
23 (or at such later time as the Board of Directors may establish for the
effectiveness of such redemption), and without any further action and without
any notice, the right to exercise the Rights will terminate and the only right
thereafter of the holders of Rights shall be to receive the Redemption Price.
The Company shall promptly give public notice of any such redemption; provided,
however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, any such notice shall not
affect the validity of such redemption. Within 10 days after such action of the
Board of Directors ordering the redemption of the Rights, the Company shall mail
a notice of redemption to all the holders of the then outstanding Rights at
their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent
or, prior to the Distribution Date, on the registry books of each transfer agent
for the Common Shares. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided
shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such
notice of redemption shall state the method by which the payment of the
Redemption Price will be made.

          Section 24. Exchange.
                      --------

                (a)   The Board of Directors of the Company may, at its option,
at any time after the Flip In Event, exchange all or part of the then
outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have
become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for shares
of Common Stock at an exchange ratio of one share of Common Stock per Right,
(such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange Ratio").
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall not be empowered to
effect such

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exchange at any time after any Person (other than an Exempt Person), together
with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner
of Common Shares aggregating 50% or more of the Common Shares then outstanding.

                (b)   Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of
the Company ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to paragraph (a) of
this Section 24 and without any further action and without any notice, the right
to exercise such Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a
holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of shares of Common Stock
equal to the number of such Rights held by such holder multiplied by the
Exchange Ratio. The Company shall promptly give public notice of any such
exchange; provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such
notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Company shall
promptly mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of the Rights
so exchanged at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of
the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall
be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice
of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the shares of Common
Stock for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the
number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected
pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become void
pursuant to the provisions of Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of
Rights.

                (c)   In the event that there shall not be sufficient shares of
Common Stock issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued to permit any
exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 24, the
Company may, in its discretion, take such action as may be necessary to
authorize additional shares of Common Stock for issuance upon exchange of the
Rights. In the event that the Company shall determine not to take such action or
shall, after good faith effort, be unable to take such action as may be
necessary to authorize such additional shares of Common Stock, the Company shall
substitute, to the extent of such insufficiency, for each share of Common Stock
that would otherwise be issuable upon exchange of a Right, a number of Preferred
Shares or fractions thereof (or equivalent preferred shares as such term is
defined in Section 11(b)), having an aggregate value equal to the current per
share market price of one share of Common Stock (determined pursuant to Section
11(d) hereof) as of the date of issuance of such Preferred Shares or fractions
thereof (or equivalent preferred shares).

                (d)   The Company shall not, in connection with any exchange
pursuant to this Section 24, be required to issue fractions of shares of Common
Stock or to distribute certificates which evidence fractional shares of Common
Stock. In lieu of such fractional shares of Common Stock, the Company shall pay
to the registered holders of the Right Certificates with regard to which such
fractional shares of Common Stock would otherwise be issuable an amount in cash
equal to the same fraction of the current market value of a whole share of
Common Stock. For the purposes of this paragraph (d), the current market value
of a whole share of Common Stock shall be the closing price of a share of Common
Stock (as determined pursuant to the second sentence of Section 11(d)(i) hereof)
for the Trading Day immediately prior to the date of exchange pursuant to this
Section 24.

          Section 25. Notice of Certain Events.
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                (a)   In case the Company shall at any time after the earlier of
the Distribution Date or the Shares Acquisition Date propose (i) to pay any
dividend payable in stock of any class to the holders of its Preferred Shares or
to make any other distribution to the holder of its Preferred Shares (other than
a regular quarterly cash dividend), (ii) to offer to the holders of its
Preferred Shares rights or warrants to subscribe for or to purchase any
additional Preferred Shares or shares of stock of any class or any other
securities, rights or options, (iii) to effect any reclassification of its
Preferred Shares (other than a reclassification involving only the subdivision
of outstanding Preferred Shares), (iv) to effect the liquidation, dissolution or
winding up of the Company, or (v) to declare or pay any dividend on the Common
Shares payable in Common Shares or to effect a subdivision, combination or
consolidation of the Common Shares (by reclassification or otherwise than by
payment of dividends in Common Shares), then, in each such case, the Company
shall give to each holder of a Right Certificate, in accordance with Section 26
hereof, a notice of such proposed action, which shall specify the record date
for the purposes of such stock dividend, or distribution of rights or warrants,
or the date on which such liquidation, dissolution or winding up is to take
place and the date of participation therein by the holders of the Common Shares
and/or Preferred Shares, if any such date is to be fixed, and such notice shall
be so given in the case of any action covered by clause (i) or (ii) above at
least 10 days prior to the record date for determining holders of the Preferred
Shares for purposes of such action, and in the case of any such other action, at
least 10 days prior to the date of the taking of such proposed action or the
date of participation therein by the holders of the Common Shares and/or
Preferred Shares, whichever shall be the earlier.

                (b)   In case any event described in Section 11(a)(ii) or
Section 13 shall occur then the Company shall as soon as practicable thereafter
give to each holder of a Right Certificate (or if occurring prior to the
Distribution Date, the holders of Common Shares) in accordance with Section 26
hereof, a notice of the occurrence of such event, which notice shall describe
such event and the consequences of such event to holders of Rights under Section
11(a)(ii) and Section 13 hereof.

          Section 26. Notices. Notices or demands authorized by this Agreement
                      -------
to be given or made by the Rights Agent or by the holder of any Right
Certificate to or on the Company shall be sufficiently given or made if sent by
first-class mail, postage prepaid, addressed (until another address is filed in
writing with the Rights Agent) as follows:

                             Fischer Imaging Corporation
                             12300 North Grant Street
                             Denver, Colorado 80241
                             Attention: Secretary

Subject to the provisions of Section 21 hereof, any notice or demand authorized
by this Agreement to be given or made by the Company or by the holder of any
Right Certificate to or on the Rights Agent shall be sufficiently given or made
if sent by first-class mail, postage prepaid, addressed (until another address
is filed in writing with the Company) as follows:

                             Computershare Trust Company, Inc.
                             938 Quail Street, Suite 101

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                             Lakewood, Colorado 80215
                             Attention:

Notices or demands authorized by this Agreement to be given or made by the
Company or the Rights Agent to the holder of any Right Certificate shall be
sufficiently given or made if sent by first-class mail, postage prepaid,
addressed to such holder at the address of such holder as shown on the registry
books of the Company.

          Section 27. Supplements and Amendments. Except as provided in the
                      --------------------------
penultimate sentence of this Section 27, for so long as the Rights are then
redeemable, the Company may in its sole and absolute discretion, and the Rights
Agent shall if the Company so directs, supplement or amend any provision of this
Rights Agreement in any respect without the approval of any holders of the
Rights. At any time when the Rights are no longer redeemable, except as provided
in the penultimate sentence of this Section 27, the Company may, and the Rights
Agent shall, if the Company so directs, supplement or amend this Rights
Agreement without the approval of any holders of Rights Certificates in order to
(i) cure any ambiguity, (ii) correct or supplement any provision contained
herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provisions herein,
(iii) shorten or lengthen any time period hereunder, or (iv) change or
supplement the provisions hereunder in any manner which the Company may deem
necessary or desirable; provided that no such supplement or amendment shall
adversely affect the interests of the holders of Rights as such (other than an
Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person), and no
such amendment may cause the rights again to become redeemable or cause the
Agreement again to become amendable other than in accordance with this sentence.
Notwithstanding anything contained in this Rights Agreement to the contrary, no
supplement or amendment shall be made which changes the Redemption Price. Upon
the delivery of a certificate from an appropriate officer of the Company which
states that the proposed supplement or amendment is in compliance with the terms
of this Section 27, the Rights Agent shall execute such supplement or amendment.

          Section 28. Successors.  All the covenants and provisions of this
                      ----------
Agreement by or for the benefit of the Company or the Rights Agent shall bind
and insure to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns hereunder.

          Section 29. Benefits of This Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement
                      --------------------------
shall be construed to give to any Person other than the Company, the Rights
Agent and the registered holders of the Right Certificates (and, prior to the
Distribution Date, the Common Shares) any legal or equitable right, remedy or
claim under this Agreement; but this Agreement shall be for the sole and
exclusive benefit of the Company, the Rights Agent and the registered holders of
the Right Certificates (and, prior to the Distribution Date, the Common Shares).

          Section 30. Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or
                      ------------
restriction of this Agreement or applicable to this Agreement is held by a court
of competent jurisdiction or other authority to be invalid, void or
unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and
restrictions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall
in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated.

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          Section 31. Governing Law. This Agreement and each Right Certificate
                      -------------
issued hereunder shall be deemed to be a contract made under the laws of the
State of Delaware and for all purposes shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of such State applicable to contracts to be made and
performed entirely within such State.

          Section 32. Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in any
                      ------------
number of counterparts and each of such counterparts shall for all purposes be
deemed to be an original, and all such counterparts shall together constitute
but one and the same instrument.

          Section 33. Descriptive Headings.  Descriptive headings of the several
                      --------------------
Sections of this Agreement are inserted for convenienceonly and shall not
control or affect the meaning or construction of any of the provisions hereof.

          Section 34. Administration. The Board of Directors of the Company
                      --------------
shall have the exclusive power and authority to administer and interpret the
provisions of this Agreement and to exercise all rights and powers specifically
granted to the Board of Directors or the Company as may be necessary or
advisable in the administration of this Agreement. All such actions,
calculations, determinations and interpretations which are done or made by the
Board of Directors in good faith shall be final, conclusive and binding on the
Company, the Rights Agent, the holders of the Rights and all other parties and
shall not subject the Board of Directors to any liability to the holders of the
Rights.

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               IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Agreement to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.

                                   FISCHER IMAGING CORPORATION

                                   By /s/ Rodney B. Johnson
                                     -------------------------------------
                                     Rodney B. Johnson
                                     Chief Financial Officer and Secretary

                                   COMPUTERSHARE Trust Company, INC.

                                   By______________________________________
                                     Name:
                                     Title:

                                   By______________________________________
                                     Name:
                                     Title:
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                                                                       EXHIBIT A

                                      FORM

                                       OF

                           FISCHER IMAGING CORPORATION

                           CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS

                                       OF

                  SERIES C JUNIOR PARTICIPATING PREFERRED STOCK

                         (Pursuant to Section 151 of the
                        Delaware General Corporation Law)

                        ---------------------------------

                Fischer Imaging Corporation, a corporation organized and
existing under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (hereinafter
called the "Company"), hereby certifies that the following resolution was
adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company as required by Section 151 of
the General Corporation Law at a meeting duly called and held on November 3,
1994:

                RESOLVED, that pursuant to the authority granted to and vested
in the Board of Directors of the Company (hereinafter called the "Board of
Directors" or the "Board") in accordance with the provisions of the Certificate
of Incorporation, as amended to date (hereinafter called the "Certificate of
Incorporation"), the Board of Directors hereby creates a series of preferred
stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company and hereby states the
designation and number of shares, and fixes the relative rights, preferences,
and limitations thereof as follows:

                Section 1. Designation and Amount. The shares of such series
                           ----------------------
shall be designated as "Series C Junior Participating Preferred Stock" (the
"Series C Preferred Stock") and the number of shares constituting the Series C
Preferred Stock shall be 500,000. Such number of shares may be increased or
decreased by resolution of the Board of Directors; provided, that no decrease
shall reduce the number of shares of Series C Preferred Stock to a number less
than the number of shares then outstanding plus the number of shares reserved
for issuance upon the exercise of outstanding options, rights or warrants or
upon the conversion of any outstanding securities issued by the Company
convertible into Series C Preferred Stock.

                Section 2. Dividends and Distributions.
                           ---------------------------

                      (A)  Subject to the rights of the holders of any shares of
any series of preferred stock of the Company (the "Preferred Stock") (or any
similar stock) ranking prior and superior to the Series C Preferred Stock with
respect to dividends, the holders of shares of Series C Preferred Stock, in
preference to the holders of Common Stock, par value $.0l per share of the

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Company (the "Common Stock"), and of any other stock of the Company ranking
junior to the Series C Preferred Stock, shall be entitled to receive, when, as
and if declared by the Board of Directors out of funds legally available for the
purpose, semi-annual dividends payable in cash on the first day of June and
December in each year (each such date being referred to herein as a "Dividend
Payment Date"), commencing on the first Dividend Payment Date after the first
issuance of a share or fraction of a share of Series C Preferred Stock, in an
amount per share (rounded to the nearest cent) equal to the greater of (a) $1 or
(b) subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, 100 times the
aggregate per share amount of all cash dividends, and 100 times the aggregate
per share amount (payable in kind) of all non-cash dividends or other
distributions other than a dividend payable in shares of Common Stock, declared
on the Common Stock since the immediately preceding Dividend Payment Date or,
with respect to the first Dividend Payment Date, since the first issuance of any
share or fraction of a share of Series C Preferred Stock. In the event the
Company shall at any time declare or pay any dividend on the Common Stock
payable in shares of Common Stock, or effect a subdivision or combination or
consolidation of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by the classification
or otherwise than by payment of a dividend in shares of Common Stock) into a
greater or lesser number of shares of Common Stock, then in each such case the
amount to which holders of shares of Series C Preferred Stock were entitled
immediately prior to such event under clause (b) of the preceding sentence shall
be adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is
the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event
and the denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock that were
outstanding immediately prior to such event.

               (B) The Company shall declare a dividend or distribution on the
Series C Preferred Stock as provided in paragraph (A) of this Section
immediately after it declares a dividend or distribution on the Common Stock
(other than a dividend payable in shares of Common Stock); provided that, in the
event no dividend or distribution shall have been declared on the Common Stock
during the period between any Dividend Payment Date and the next subsequent
Dividend Payment Date, a dividend of $1 per share on the Series C Preferred
Stock shall nevertheless be payable on such subsequent Dividend Payment Date.

               (C) Dividends shall begin to accrue and be cumulative on
outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock from the Dividend Payment Date
next preceding the date of issue of such shares, unless the date of issue of
such shares is prior to the record date for the first Dividend Payment Date, in
which case dividends on such shares shall begin to accrue from the date of issue
of such shares, or unless the date of issue is a Dividend Payment Date or is a
date after the record date for the determination of holders of shares of Series
C Preferred Stock entitled to receive a quarterly dividend and before such
Dividend Payment Date, in either of which events such dividends shall begin to
accrue and be cumulative from such Divide Payment Date. Accrued but unpaid
dividends shall not bear interest. Dividends paid on the shares of Series C
Preferred Stock in an amount less than the total amount of such dividends at the
time accrued and payable on such shares shall be allocated pro rata on a
share-by-share basis among all such shares at the time outstanding. The Board of
Directors may fix a record date for the determination of holders of shares of
Series C Preferred Stock entitled to receive payment of a dividend or
distribution declared thereon, which record date shall be not more than 60 days
prior to the date fixed for the payment thereof.

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          Section 3. Voting Rights.  The holders of shares of Series C Preferred
                     -------------
Stock shall have the following voting rights:

               (A)   Subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set
forth and except as otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation or
required by law, each share of Series C Preferred Stock shall entitle the holder
thereof to 100 votes on all matters upon which the holders of the Company are
entitled to vote. In the event the Company shall at any time declare or pay any
dividend on the Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, or effect a
subdivision or combination or consolidation of the outstanding shares of Common
Stock (by reclassification or otherwise than by payment of a dividend in shares
of Common Stock) into a greater or lesser number of shares of Common Stock, then
in each such case the number of votes per share to which holders of shares of
Series C Preferred Stock were entitled immediately prior to such event shall be
adjusted by multiplying such number by a fraction, the numerator of which is the
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and
the denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock that were
outstanding immediately prior to such event.

               (B)   Except as otherwise provided herein, in the Certificate of
Incorporation or in any other Certificate of Designations creating a series of
Preferred Stock or any similar stock, and except as otherwise required by law,
the holders of shares of Series C Preferred Stock and the holders of shares of
Common Stock and any other capital stock of the Company having general voting
rights shall vote together as one class on all matters submitted to a vote of
stockholders of the Company.

               (C)   Except as set forth herein, or as otherwise provided by
law, holders of Series C Preferred Stock shall have no special voting rights and
their consent shall not be required (except to the extent they are entitled to
vote with holders of Common Stock as set forth herein) for taking any corporate
action.

          Section 4. Certain Restrictions.
                     --------------------

               (A)   Whenever semi-annual dividends or other dividends or
distributions payable on the Series C Preferred Stock as provided in Section 2
are in arrears, thereafter and until all accrued and unpaid dividends and
distributions, whether or not declared, on shares of Series C Preferred Stock
outstanding shall have been paid in full, the Company shall not:

                     (i)   declare or pay dividends, or make any other
distributions, on any shares of stock ranking junior (as to dividends) to the
Series C Preferred Stock;

                     (ii)  declare or pay dividends, or make any other
distributions, on any shares of stock ranking on a parity (as to dividends) with
the Series C Preferred Stock, except dividends paid ratably on the Series C
Preferred Stock and all such parity stock on which dividends are payable or in
arrears in proportion to the total amounts to which the holders of all such
shares are then entitled;

                     (iii) redeem or purchase or otherwise acquire for
consideration shares of any stock ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon
liquidation, dissolution or

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winding up) to the Series C Preferred Stock, provided that the Company may
at any time redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire shares of any such junior
stock in exchange for shares of any stock of the Company ranking junior (as to
dividends and upon dissolution, liquidation or winding up) to the Series C
Preferred Stock;

                     (iv)  redeem or purchase or otherwise acquire for
consideration any shares of Series C Preferred Stock, or any shares of stock
ranking on a parity (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution
(either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) with the
Series C Preferred Stock, except in accordance with a purchase offer made in
writing or by publication (as determined by the Board of Directors) to all
holders of such shares upon such terms as the Board of Directors, after
consideration of the respective annual dividend rates and other relative rights
and preferences of the respective series and classes, shall determine in good
faith will result in fair and equitable treatment among the respective series or
classes.

               (B)   The Company shall not permit any subsidiary of the Company
to purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares of stock of the
Company unless the Company could, under paragraph (A) of this Section 4,
purchase or otherwise acquire such shares at such time and in such manner.

          Section 5. Reacquired Shares.  Any shares of Series C Preferred Stock
                     -----------------
purchased or otherwise acquired by the Company in any manner whatsoever shall be
retired and cancelled promptly after the acquisition thereof.

          Section 6. Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up. Upon any
                     --------------------------------------
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, no distribution shall be
made (A) to the holders of the Common Stock or of shares of any other stock of
the Company ranking junior upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up to the
Series C Preferred Stock unless, prior thereto, the holders of shares of Series
C Preferred Stock shall have received $100 per share, plus an amount equal to
accrued and unpaid dividends and distributions thereon, whether or not declared,
to the date of such payment, provided that the holders of shares of Series C
Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive an aggregate amount per share,
subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, equal to 100
times the aggregate amount to be distributed per share to holders of shares of
Common Stock, or (B) to the holders of shares of stock ranking on a parity upon
liquidation, dissolution or winding up with the Series C Preferred Stock, except
distributions made ratably on the Series C Preferred Stock and all such parity
stock in proportion to the total amounts to which the holders of all such shares
are entitled upon such liquidation, dissolution or winding up. In the event the
Company shall at any time declare or pay any dividend on the Common Stock (by
reclassification or otherwise than by payment of a dividend in shares of Common
Stock) into a greater or lesser number of shares of Common Stock, then in each
such case the aggregate amount to which holders of shares of Series C Preferred
Stock were entitled immediately prior to such event under the proviso in clause
(A) of the preceding sentence shall be adjusted by multiplying such amount by a
fraction the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the
number of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such
event.

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               Section 7.  Consolidation, Merger, etc. In case the Company shall
                           --------------------------
enter into any consolidation, merger, combination or other transaction in which
the shares of Common Stock are exchanged for or changed into other stock or
securities, cash and/or any other property, then in any such case each share of
Series C Preferred Stock shall at the same time be similarly exchanged or
changed into an amount per share (subject to the provision for adjustment
hereinafter set forth) equal to 100 times the aggregate amount of stock,
securities, cash and/or any other property (payable in kind), as the case may
be, into which or for which each share of Common Stock is changed or exchanged.
In the event the Company shall at any time declare or pay any dividend on the
Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, or effect a subdivision or
combination or consolidation of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by
reclassification or otherwise than by payment of a dividend in shares of Common
Stock) into a greater or lesser number of shares of Common Stock, then in each
such case the amount set forth in the preceding sentence with respect to the
exchange or change of shares of Series C Preferred Stock shall be adjusted by
multiplying such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of
shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the
denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock that were
outstanding immediately prior to such event.

               Section 8.  No Redemption.  The shares of Series C Preferred
                           -------------
Stock shall not be redeemable from any holder.

               Section 9.  Rank. The Series C Preferred Stock shall rank, with
                           ----
respect to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets upon
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, junior to all series of
any other class of Preferred Stock and senior to the Common Stock.

               Section 10. Amendment. If any proposed amendment to the
                           ---------
Certificate of Incorporation (including this Certificate of Designations) would
alter, change or repeal any of the preferences, powers or special rights given
to the Series C Preferred Stock so as to affect the Series C Preferred Stock
adversely, then the holders of the Series C Preferred Stock shall be entitled to
vote separately as a class upon such amendment, and the affirmative vote of
two-thirds of the outstanding shares of the Series C Preferred Stock, voting
separately as a class, shall be necessary for the adoption thereof, in addition
to such other vote as may be required by the General Corporation Law of the
State of Delaware.

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               IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Certificate of Designations is executed
on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the Board of Directors and attested
by its Secretary this 3rd day of November, 1994.

                                            __________________________________
                                            Chairman of the Board of Directors

ATTEST:

_____________________________
Secretary

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                                                                       EXHIBIT B

                            FORM OF RIGHT CERTIFICATE

Certificate No. R__________                                       _______Rights

                NOT EXERCISABLE AFTER NOVEMBER 3, 2004 OR EARLIER IF REDEMPTION
                OR EXCHANGE OCCURS. THE RIGHTS ARE SUBJECT TO REDEMPTION AT
                $.001 PER RIGHT AND TO EXCHANGE ON THE TERMS SET FORTH IN THE
                RIGHTS AGREEMENT. UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, AS SET FORTH IN
                THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT, RIGHTS OWNED BY OR TRANSFERRED TO ANY
                PERSON WHO BECOMES AN ACQUIRING PERSON (AS DEFINED IN THE RIGHTS
                AGREEMENT) AND CERTAIN TRANSFEREES THEREOF WILL BECOME NULL AND
                VOID AND WILL NO LONGER BE TRANSFERABLE.

                                Right Certificate

                           FISCHER IMAGING CORPORATION

               This certifies that ________________________________ or
registered assigns, is the registered owner of the number of Rights set forth
above, each of which entitles the owner thereof, subject to the terms,
provisions and conditions of the Rights Agreement, dated as of November 3, 1994
as amended and restated on November 9, 2001 (the "Rights Agreement"), between
Fischer Imaging Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and
Computershare Trust Company, Inc. (the "Rights Agent"), to purchase from the
Company at any time after the Distribution Date (as such term is defined in the
Rights Agreement) and prior to 5:00 p.m., Denver time, on November 3, 2004 at
the office or agency of the Rights Agent designated for such purpose, or of its
successor as Rights Agent, one one-hundredth of a fully paid non-assessable
share of Series C Junior Participating Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share
(the "Preferred Shares"), of the Company, at a purchase price of $25 per one
one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (the "Purchase Price"), upon presentation and
surrender of this Right Certificate with the Form of Election to Purchase duly
executed. The number of Rights evidenced by this Rights Certificate (and the
number of one one-hundredth of a Preferred Share which may be purchased upon
exercise hereof) set forth above, and the Purchase Price set forth above, are
the number and Purchase Price as of 1994, based on the Preferred Shares as
constituted at such date. As provided in the Rights Agreement, the Purchase
Price, the number of one one-hundredths of a Preferred Share which may be
purchased upon the exercise of the Rights and the number of Rights evidenced by
this Rights Certificate are subject to modification and adjustment upon the
happening of certain events.

               This Right Certificate is subject to all of the terms, provisions
and conditions of the Rights Agreement, as the same may be amended from time to
time, which terms, provisions and conditions are hereby incorporated herein by
reference and made a part hereof and to which Rights Agreement reference is
hereby made for a full description of the rights, limitations of

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rights, obligations, duties and immunities hereunder of the Rights Agent, the
Company and the holders of the Right Certificates. Copies of the Rights
Agreement are on file at the principal executive offices of the Company and the
above-mentioned office or agency of the Rights Agent. The Company will mail to
the holder of this Right Certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement without
charge after receipt of a written request therefor.

               This Right Certificate, with or without other Right Certificates,
upon surrender at the office or agency of the Rights Agent designated for such
purpose, may be exchanged for another Right Certificate or Right Certificates of
like tenor and date evidencing Rights entitling the holder to purchase a like
aggregate number of Preferred Shares as the Rights evidenced by the Right
Certificate or Right Certificates surrendered shall have entitled such holder to
purchase. If this Right Certificate shall be exercised in part, the holder shall
be entitled to receive upon surrender hereof another Right Certificate or Right
Certificates for the number of whole Rights not exercised.

               Subject to the provisions of the Rights Agreement, the Rights
evidenced by this Certificate (i) may be redeemed by the Company at a redemption
price of $.001 per Right or (ii) may be exchanged in whole or in part for
Preferred Shares or shares of the Company's Common Stock, par value $.01 per
share.

               No fractional Preferred Shares will be issued upon the exercise
of any Right or Rights evidenced hereby (other than fractions which are integral
multiples of one one-hundredth of a Preferred Share, which may, at the election
of the Company, be evidenced by depositary receipts), but in lieu thereof a cash
payment will be made, as provided in the Rights Agreement.

               No holder of this Right Certificate, as such, shall be entitled
to vote or receive dividends or be deemed for any purpose the holder of the
Preferred Shares or of any other securities of the Company which may at any time
be issuable on the exercise hereof, nor shall anything contained in the Rights
Agreement or herein be construed to confer upon the holder hereof, as such, any
of the rights of a stockholder of the Company or any right to vote for the
election of directors or upon any matter submitted to stockholders at any
meeting thereof, or to give or withhold consent to any corporate action, or to
receive notice of meetings or other actions affecting stockholders (except as
provided in the Rights Agreement) or to receive dividends or subscription
rights, or otherwise, until the Right or Rights evidenced by this Right
certificate shall have been exercised as provided in the Rights Agreement. This
Right Certificate shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until it
shall have been countersigned by the Rights Agent.

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               WITNESS the facsimile signature of the proper officers of the
Company and its corporate seal. Dated as of _____________________.

ATTEST:                                        FISCHER IMAGING CORPORATION:

By:___________________________                 By: /s/ Rodney Johnson
                                                  -----------------------------

Its: ___________________________               Its: Chief Financial Officer
                                                    ---------------------------

                                               COMPUTERSHARE Trust Company, INC.
                                               as Rights Agent

                                               By:___________________________

                                               Its: ___________________________

                                               By:___________________________

                                               Its: ___________________________

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                    FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF RIGHT CERTIFICATE

                               FORM OF ASSIGNMENT

                (To be executed by the registered holder if such
                holder desires to transfer the Right Certificate)

               FOR VALUE RECEIVED _______________________________ hereby sells,
assigns and transfer unto

_______________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________
                           (Please print name, address
                    and social security number of transferee)

this Right Certificate, together with all right, title and interest therein, and
does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint
_______________________________________ Attorney, to transfer the within Right
Certificate on the books of the within-named Company, with full power of
substitution.

Dated:____________________

                         ______________________________
                                    Signature

Signature Guaranteed:

               Signatures must be guaranteed by a member firm of a registered
national securities exchange, a member of the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc., or a commercial bank or trust company having an office or
correspondent in the United States.

_______________________________________________________________________________
                                (To be completed)

               The undersigned hereby certifies that the Rights evidenced by
this Right Certificate are not beneficially owned by, and were not acquired by
the undersigned from, an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate thereof
(as defined in the Rights Agreement).

                         _______________________________
                                    Signature

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                          FORM OF ELECTION TO PURCHASE

                  (To be executed if holder desires to exercise
                  Rights represented by the Rights Certificate)

TO FISCHER IMAGING CORPORATION:

               This undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise Rights
represented by this Right Certificate to purchase the Preferred Shares issuable
upon the exercise of such Rights and requests that certificates for such
Preferred Shares be issued in the name of:

________________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________
             (Please print name, address and social security number)

If such number of Rights shall not be all the Rights evidenced by this Right
Certificate, a new Right Certificate for the balance remaining of such Rights
shall be registered in the name of and delivery to:

________________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________
             (Please print name, address and social security number)

Dated:_____________________

                         _______________________________
                                    Signature

        (Signature must conform to holder specified on Right Certificate)

Signature Guaranteed:

               Signature must be guaranteed by a member of firm of a registered
national securities exchange, a member of the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc., or a commercial bank or trust company having an office or
correspondent in the United States.

_______________________________________________________________________________
                                (To be completed)

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               The undersigned certifies that the Rights evidenced by this Right
Certificate are not beneficially owned by, and were not acquired by the
undersigned from, an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate thereof (as
defined in the Rights Agreement)

                        ________________________________
                                    Signature

_______________________________________________________________________________

                                     NOTICE

               The signature in the Form of Assignment or Form of Election to
Purchase, as the case may be, must conform to the name as written upon the face
of this Right Certificate in every particular, without alteration or enlargement
or any change whatsoever.

               In the event the certification set forth above in the Form of
Assignment or the Form of Election to Purchase, as the case may be, is not
completed, the Company and the Rights Agent will deem the beneficial owner of
the Rights evidenced by this Right Certificate to be an Acquiring Person or an
Affiliate or Associate thereof (as defined in the Rights Agreement) and such
Assignment or Election to Purchase will not be honored.

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