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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.43

                               NBC HOLDINGS CORP.
                             2004 STOCK OPTION PLAN

SECTION 1.   PURPOSE.

         The purpose of this Plan is to promote the interests of NBC Holdings
Corp. (the "Company") and its Affiliates, by (a) attracting, motivating and
retaining executive personnel of outstanding ability; (b) focusing the attention
of executive management on achievement of sustained long term results; (c)
fostering management's attention on overall corporate performance and thereby
promoting cooperation and teamwork among management of the operating units; and
(d) providing executives with a direct economic interest in the attainment of
demanding long term business objectives.

SECTION 2.   ADMINISTRATION.

         2.1 The Plan shall be administered by a committee (the "Committee")
appointed by the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board"), which
Committee shall consist of two or more directors. It is intended that each
director appointed to serve on the Committee shall be a "non-employee director"
(within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 (the "Act") or a person meeting any similar requirement under any
successor rule or regulation and an "outside director" (within the meaning of
section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code") and
the treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) to the extent Rule 16b and Code
section 162(m), respectively, are applicable; however, the mere fact that a
Committee member shall fail to qualify under either of the foregoing
requirements shall not invalidate any award made by the Committee which award is
otherwise validly made under the Plan. The members of the Committee may be
changed at any time and from time to time in the discretion of, the Board.

         2.2 The Committee shall have the authority (a) to exercise all of the
powers granted to it under the Plan, (b) to construe, interpret and implement
the Plan and any option agreements executed pursuant to the Plan, (c) to
prescribe, amend and rescind rules relating to the Plan, (d) to make any
determination necessary or advisable in administering the Plan, (e) to correct
any defect, supply any omission and reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan, (f)
to establish, amend, suspend, or waive such rules and regulations and appoint
such agents as it shall deem appropriate for the proper administration of the
Plan and (g) generally, to make any and all determinations or adjustments and
take any other action specified under the Plan or that the Committee deems
appropriate, necessary, or desirable to reflect the intent and purposes of the
Plan.

         2.3 Unless otherwise expressly provided in the Plan, all designations,
determinations, interpretations, and other decisions under or with respect to
the Plan or any option or any option agreement pursuant to the Plan shall be
within the sole discretion of the Committee, may be made at any time and shall
be final, conclusive and binding upon all parties, including, without
limitation, the Company, any of its Affiliates, any grantee, any holder or
beneficiary of any option, and any shareholder.

         2.4 No member of the Committee shall be liable for any action or
determination made in good faith with respect to the Plan or any option granted
hereunder.

         2.5 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein: (a)
until the Board shall appoint the members of the Committee, the Plan shall be
administered by the Board, and (b)

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the Board may, in its sole discretion, at any time and from time to time,
resolve to administer the Plan. In either of the foregoing events, the term
Committee as used herein shall mean the Board.

SECTION 3.   ELIGIBILITY.

         Options under the Plan may be granted to such employees, officers and
employee directors) of the Company and its Affiliates ("Eligible Employees") as
the Committee shall from time to time in its sole discretion select. The
Committee may, but shall not be required to, consult with such executives of the
Company and its Affiliates as it deems appropriate prior to making such grants.

SECTION 4.   SHARES OF STOCK SUBJECT TO THE PLAN.

         4.1 Reserved Shares. Subject to Section 11 (relating to adjustments
upon changes in capitalization), the aggregate number of shares of Stock (as
defined in Section 6) that may be acquired under the Plan by any one Eligible
Employee and by all Eligible Employees pursuant to options granted hereunder
shall not exceed 81,306 shares. Shares of Stock covered by options granted under
the Plan, which options expire, terminate or are canceled for any reason (other
than an option, or part thereof, that is canceled by the Committee and for which
cash is paid in respect thereof) shall again become available for award under
the Plan.

         4.2 Type of Shares. Shares of Stock that shall be subject to issuance
pursuant to the Plan shall be authorized and unissued shares or treasury shares.

SECTION 5.   STOCK OPTIONS.

         5.1 Grant and Type of Stock Options.

         (a) General. Subject to the terms of the Plan, the Committee may grant
options to purchase shares of Stock in such amounts and subject to such terms
and conditions as the Committee shall from time to time in its sole discretion
determine.

         (b) Types of Options Under Plan.

                  (i) Options granted under the Plan may be either (A)
         "nonqualified" stock options subject to the provisions of Code section
         83, or (B) options intended to qualify for incentive stock option
         treatment described in section 422 of the Code; provided, however, that
         incentive stock options may only be granted to employees of the Company
         or its "Parent Corporation" or "Subsidiary Corporation" as those terms
         are defined in Code section 424.

                  (ii) All options when granted are intended to be nonqualified
         stock options, unless the applicable option agreement explicitly states
         that the option is intended to be an incentive stock option. If an
         option is intended to be an incentive stock option, and if for any
         reason such option (or any portion thereof) shall not qualify as an
         incentive stock option, then, to the extent of such nonqualification,
         such option (or portion) shall be regarded as a nonqualified stock
         option appropriately granted under the Plan; provided that such option
         (or portion) otherwise meets the Plan's requirements relating to
         nonqualified stock options.

         5.2      Agreements Evidencing Options.

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         (a) General. Options granted under the Plan shall be evidenced by
written agreements, which shall (i) contain such provisions, not inconsistent
with the terms of the Plan, as the Committee may in its sole discretion deem
necessary or desirable and (ii) be referred to herein as "option agreements." If
the grantee is party to an employment or consulting agreement, the terms of
which relate to stock options and which are inconsistent with the terms of any
such option agreement, the terms of such option agreement shall govern.

         (b) Certain Terms. Each option agreement shall set forth the number of
shares of Stock subject to the option granted thereby and the amount (the
"option exercise price") payable by the grantee to the Company in connection
with the exercise of the option evidenced thereby. The exercise price per share
shall not be less than the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the date the
option is granted. Each option agreement shall set forth conditions subject to
which the option evidenced thereby shall become exercisable.

         5.3 Exercisability of Options.

         (a) Standard Exercise Provisions. Subject to Section 5.5 and the other
terms of the Plan or as otherwise determined by the Committee and subject to the
provisions of the applicable option agreement:

                  (i) In the Committee's sole discretion, each option or portion
         thereof may become exercisable with respect to all or a portion of the
         shares of Stock subject thereto in the event of a Change of Control (as
         defined in Section 6);

                  (ii) Each option shall terminate and cease to be exercisable
         on the tenth anniversary of the date of grant thereof; and

                  (iii) Each option, once exercisable may be exercised from time
         to time as to all or part of the full number of shares as to which such
         option shall then be exercisable.

         (b)      Notice of Exercise; Exercise Date.

                  (i) An option shall be exercisable by the filing of a written
         notice of exercise with the Company, on such form and in such manner as
         the Committee shall in its sole discretion prescribe, and by payment in
         accordance with Section 5.4.

                  (ii) For purposes of the Plan, the "option exercise date"
         shall be deemed to be the first business day immediately following the
         date written notice of exercise is received by the Company.

         5.4 Payment of Option Price.

         (a) Tender Due Upon Notice of Exercise. Unless the applicable option
agreement otherwise provides or the Committee in its sole discretion otherwise
determines, (i) any written notice of exercise of an option shall be accompanied
by payment of the full purchase price for the shares being purchased and (ii)
the grantee shall have no right to receive shares of Stock with respect to an
option exercise prior to the option exercise date.

         (b) Manner of Payment. Payment of the option exercise price shall be
made in accordance with any of the following methods:

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                  (i) by certified or official bank check payable to the Company
         (or the equivalent thereof acceptable to the Committee);

                  (ii) with the consent of the Committee in its sole discretion,
         by personal check (subject to collection);

                  (iii) if and to the extent provided in the applicable option
         agreement, by delivery of previously acquired shares of Stock owned by
         the grantee for at least six months having a Fair Market Value
         (determined as of the option exercise date) equal to the portion of the
         option exercise price being paid thereby, provided that the Committee
         may require the grantee to furnish an opinion of counsel acceptable to
         the Committee to the effect that such delivery would not result in the
         grantee incurring any liability under Section 16(b) of the Act and does
         not require any Consent (as defined in Section 8.2);

                  (iv) any combination of (i), (ii) and (iii); and

                  (v) in any other manner permitted by law, as approved by the
         Committee in its sole discretion.

         (c) Issuance of Shares. As soon as practicable after receipt of full
payment, the Company shall, subject to the provisions of Section 8, deliver to
the grantee one or more certificates for the shares of Stock so purchased, which
certificates may bear such legends as the Company may deem appropriate
concerning restrictions on the disposition of the shares in accordance with
applicable securities laws, rules and regulations or otherwise.

         5.5 Termination of Employment. All options granted to a grantee shall
terminate and no longer be exercisable upon such grantee's termination of
employment with the Company or any of its Affiliates for any reason, including
for Cause, except to the extent post-employment exercise of the exercisable
portion of an option is permitted in accordance with the applicable option
agreement and Section 5.3.

         5.6 Special Incentive Stock Option Requirements.

         (a) Term. No incentive stock option may have a term in excess of ten
years.

         (b) 10% Owner. If an option granted under the Plan is intended to be an
incentive stock option and if the grantee, at the time of grant, owns stock
possessing 10% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of
stock of the grantee's employer corporation or of its parent or subsidiary
corporation, then (a) the option exercise price per share shall in no event be
less than 110% of the Fair Market Value of the Stock on the date of such grant
and (b) such option shall not be exercisable after the expiration of five years
after the date such option is granted.

         (c) $100,000 Per Year Limitation for Incentive Stock Options. To the
extent the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined as of the date of grant) of
Stock for which incentive stock options are exercisable for the first time by
any grantee during any calendar year (under all equity plans of the Company)
exceeds $100,000, such excess incentive stock options shall be treated as
nonqualified stock options.

SECTION 6.   CERTAIN DEFINITIONS.

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         6.1 "Affiliate" shall mean, any person or entity which, at the time of
reference, directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls,
is controlled by, or is under common control with, the Company.

         6.2 "Cause" shall mean (i) the grantee's neglect of his or her duties,
(ii) the grantee is convicted of any felony or gross misdemeanor (except
traffic-related), (iii) the grantee is guilty of gross misconduct in connection
with the performance of his or her duties, (iv) the grantee materially breaches
any affirmative or negative covenants or undertakings under any employment or
other agreement with the Company or an Affiliate, or (v) the grantee terminates
his or her employment with the Company or any of its Affiliates and the
Committee determines, within 90 days after the grantee's termination date, that
the grantee's employment could have been terminated for Cause pursuant to any of
the foregoing clauses (i) through (iv).

         6.3 "Change of Control" shall mean, with respect to the Company, a
transaction pursuant to which a person or group (as such term is used in Section
13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Act")), other than Weston
Presidio Capital and its Affiliates, acquires the collective ability to
designate, directly or indirectly, a majority of the members of the Board
(whether by contract or otherwise).

         6.4 "Effective Date" shall mean March 4, 2004.

         6.5 "Fair Market Value" shall mean as of any date in respect of any
share of Stock traded on a national securities exchange or on the National
Market System of the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated
Quotation System (the "Nasdaq"), the closing price of a share of Stock as
reported on the exchange on which such shares primarily trade or the Nasdaq, as
applicable, on such date. If Stock is not traded on any such exchange or the
Nasdaq on such date, Fair Market Value shall be determined by the Committee in
its sole discretion.

         6.6 "Plan" shall mean this NBC Holdings Corp. 2004 Stock Option Plan.

         6.7 "Stock" shall mean common stock, par value $.001 per share, of the
Company as constituted on the Effective Date, and any other shares into which
such common stock shall thereafter be changed by reason of a recapitalization,
merger, consolidation, split-up, combination, exchange of shares or the like.

SECTION 7.   AMENDMENT OF THE PLAN; MODIFICATION OF OPTIONS.

         7.1 Plan Amendments. The Board may at any time and from time to time
alter, suspend, discontinue, amend or terminate the Plan in any respect
whatsoever, except that (i) no such amendment, termination or action shall
materially and adversely impair any rights under any option theretofore granted
under the Plan without either providing fair consideration to the grantee of
such option or obtaining the consent of the grantee of such option and (ii) no
such amendment, termination or action for which shareholder approval would be
required under any law, (including Code section 162(m) and Rule 16b-3, to the
extent applicable) or the rules of any securities exchange or other regulatory
organization shall be effective without such shareholder approval.

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         7.2 Option Modifications. Subject to the terms and conditions of the
Plan (including Section 7.1), the Committee may amend outstanding option
agreements with such grantee, including, without limitation, any amendment that
would (i) accelerate the time or times at which an option may become exercisable
and/or (ii) extend the scheduled termination or expiration date of the option.
No such amendment shall materially and adversely impair any rights under any
option theretofore granted under the Plan, however, the Committee shall provide
fair consideration to the grantee of such option or obtain the consent of the
grantee of such option.

SECTION 8.   RESTRICTIONS.

         8.1 Consent Requirements. If the Committee shall at any time determine
that any Consent (as hereinafter defined) is necessary or desirable as a
condition of, or in connection with, the granting of any option under the Plan,
the acquisition, issuance or purchase of shares or other rights hereunder or the
taking of any other action hereunder (each such action, a "Plan Action"), then
such Plan Action shall not be taken, in whole or in part, unless and until such
Consent shall have been effected or obtained to the full satisfaction of the
Committee. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if (i) the Company
may make any payment under the Plan in cash, Stock or both and (ii) the
Committee determines that a Consent is necessary or desirable as a condition of,
or in connection with, payment in any one or more of such forms, then the
Committee shall be entitled to determine not to make any payment whatsoever
until such Consent has been obtained.

         8.2 Consent Defined. The term "Consent" as used herein with respect to
any Plan Action means (a) any and all listings, registrations or qualifications
in respect thereof upon any securities exchange to other regulatory organization
or under any federal, state or local law, rule or regulation, (b) the
expiration, elimination or satisfaction of any prohibitions, restrictions or
limitations under any federal, state or local law, rule or regulation or the
rules of any securities exchange or other regulatory organization, (c) any and
all written agreements and representations by the grantee with respect to the
disposition of shares, or with respect to any other matter which the Committee
shall deem necessary or desirable to comply with the terms of any such listing,
registration or qualification or to obtain an exemption from the requirement
that any such listing, qualification or registration be made, and (d) any and
all consents, waivers, clearances and approvals in respect of a Plan Action by
any governmental or other regulatory bodies or any parties to any loan
agreements or other contractual obligations of the Company or any of its
Affiliates.

SECTION 9.   NONTRANSFERABILITY.

         During the lifetime of the grantee, all rights with respect to any
option granted to the grantee shall be exercisable only by the grantee or the
grantee's court-appointed legal representative. No option may be assigned,
alienated, pledged, attached, sold or otherwise transferred or encumbered by a
grantee otherwise than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution and
any such purported assignment, alienation, pledge, attachment, sale, transfer or
encumbrance shall be void and unenforceable against the Company or its
Affiliates; provided that the designation of a beneficiary shall not constitute
an assignment, alienation, pledge, attachment, sale, transfer or encumbrance.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may provide in an applicable option
agreement that a nonqualified stock option may be transferred, without
consideration, for estate planning purposes, to a family trust or family
partnership for the benefit of immediate members of the grantee's family.

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SECTION 10.  WITHHOLDING TAXES.

         10.1 General. Whenever under the Plan shares of Stock are to be
delivered pursuant to the exercise of an option, the Committee may require as a
condition of delivery that the grantee remit an amount sufficient to satisfy all
federal, state and other governmental withholding tax requirements related
thereto. Whenever cash is to be paid under the Plan, the Company may, as a
condition of its payment, deduct therefrom, or from any salary or other payments
due to the grantee, an amount sufficient to satisfy all federal, state and other
governmental withholding tax requirements related thereto or to the delivery of
any shares of Stock under the Plan.

         10.2 Use of Shares. Subject to the Committee's consent, a grantee may
elect to satisfy all or part of the foregoing withholding requirements (a) by
delivery of unrestricted shares of Stock owned by the grantee for at least six
months (or such other period as the Committee may determine) having a Fair
Market Value (determined as of the date of such delivery by the grantee) equal
to all or part of the amount to be so withheld; provided that the Committee may
require, as a condition of accepting any such delivery, the grantee to furnish
an opinion of counsel acceptable to the Committee to the effect that such
delivery would not result in the grantee incurring any liability under Section
16(b) of the Act or any other federal or state securities laws, rules or
regulations, or (b) by having the Company withhold from the number of shares of
Stock otherwise issuable pursuant to the exercise or settlement of an option a
number of shares of Stock with a Fair Market Value equal to such withholding
liability.

SECTION 11.   ADJUSTMENTS.

         11.1 Upon Changes in Capitalization. To the extent specified by the
Committee, the number of shares of Stock that may be issued pursuant to options
under the Plan, the number of shares of Stock subject to options, the exercise
price of options theretofore granted under the Plan and the amount payable by a
grantee in respect of an option shall be appropriately adjusted (as the
Committee may determine) for any change in the number of issued shares of Stock
resulting from the subdivision or combination of shares of Stock or other
capital adjustments, or the payment of a stock dividend after the Effective
Date, or other change in such shares of Stock effected without receipt of
consideration by the Company; provided that any options covering fractional
shares of Stock resulting from any such adjustment shall be eliminated.
Adjustments under this Section 11 shall be made by the Committee, whose
determination as to what adjustments shall be made, and the extent thereof,
shall be final, binding and conclusive.

         11.2 Other. In the event of any acquisition, divestiture or any other
corporate transaction of any kind involving the Company or its Affiliates which
the Committee, in its discretion, determines to be of such a kind or nature as
to make appropriate an amendment or adjustment to the Plan in order to
effectuate the intent and purposes of the Plan, the Committee, in its
discretion, may make such amendment or adjustment.

SECTION 12.   RIGHT OF DISCHARGE RESERVED.

         Nothing in the Plan or in any option agreement shall confer upon any
person the right to continue in the employ of the Company or any Affiliate or
affect or restrict any right which the Company or any Affiliate may have to
terminate the employment of such person.

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SECTION 13.   NO RIGHTS TO AWARDS; NO RIGHTS AS A SHAREHOLDER.

         (a)  No employee, officer or employee director of the Company or any of
its Affiliates or other person shall have any claim or right to be granted an
option under the Plan or, having been selected the grant of an option, to be
selected for a grant of any other option.

         (b)  No grantee or other person shall have any of the rights of a
shareholder of the Company with respect to shares of Stock subject to an option
until the issuance of a stock certificate to such grantee for such shares of
Stock. Except as otherwise provided in Section 11, no adjustment shall be made
for dividends, distributions or other rights (whether ordinary or extraordinary,
and whether in cash, securities or other property) for which the record date is
prior to the date such stock certificate is issued.

SECTION 14.   NATURE OF PAYMENTS.

         14.1 Consideration. All options, shares or payments hereunder shall be
granted, issued, delivered or paid, as the case may be, in consideration of
services performed for the Company or for its Affiliates by the grantee.

         14.2 Other Plans. No options, shares or payments hereunder shall,
unless otherwise determined by the Committee, be taken into account in computing
the grantee's salary or compensation for the purposes of determining any
benefits under (a) any pension, retirement, life insurance or other benefit plan
of the Company or any Affiliate or (b) any agreement between the Company or any
Affiliate and the grantee.

         14.3 Waiver. By accepting an option under the Plan, the grantee thereby
waives any claim to the continued exercisability of an option or to damages or
severance entitlement related to non-continuation of the option beyond the
period provided herein or in the applicable option agreement, notwithstanding
any contrary provision in any written employment contract with the grantee,
whether any such contract is executed before or after the grant date of the
option.

SECTION 15.   NON-UNIFORM DETERMINATIONS.

         The Committee's determinations under the Plan need not be uniform and
may be made by it selectively among persons who receive, or are eligible to
receive, options under the Plan (whether or not such persons are similarly
situated). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Committee shall
be entitled, among other things, to make non-uniform and selective
determinations, and to enter into non-uniform and selective option agreements,
as to (a) the persons to receive options under the Plan and (b) the terms and
provisions of options under the Plan.

SECTION 16.   NON EXCLUSIVITY OF THE PLAN; OTHER PAYMENTS OR OPTIONS.

         Nothing contained in the Plan shall be deemed in any way to limit or
restrict the Company, any Affiliate or the Committee from making any option,
award or payment to any person under any other plan, arrangement or
understanding, whether now existing or hereafter in effect; provided, however,
that the option agreement may contain (but shall not be required to contain)
such provisions as the Committee deems appropriate to insure that the penalty
provisions of Code section 4999 will not apply with respect to any option
granted under the Plan.

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SECTION 17.   REORGANIZATION.

         In the event that the Company is merged or consolidated with another
corporation, (whether or not the Company shall be the surviving corporation), or
in the event there shall be any change in the shares of Stock by reason of such
merger or consolidation, or in the event that all or substantially all of the
assets of the Company are acquired by another person, or in the event of a
Change of Control after the date of the adoption of this Plan, or in the event
of a reorganization or liquidation of the Company (each such event, a
"Reorganization Event") or in the event that the Board shall propose that the
Company enter into a Reorganization Event, then the Committee may, in its
discretion, by written notice to a grantee, provide that such grantee's options
will be terminated unless exercised within 30 days (or such longer period as the
Committee shall determine in its sole discretion) after the date of such notice.
The Committee also may, in its discretion, by written notice to a grantee,
provide that all or some of the restrictions on any of his options may lapse in
the event of a Reorganization Event upon such terms and conditions as the
Committee may determine. In connection with the termination of a grantee's
option pursuant to this Section 17, the Committee may, in its sole discretion,
provide for consideration to be paid to a grantee in respect of such
termination. Whenever deemed appropriate by the Committee, the actions referred
to in this Section 17 may be made conditional upon the consummation of the
applicable Reorganization Event.

SECTION 18.   GOVERNING LAW.

         The Plan shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware without
regard to the principles of conflicts of laws thereof, or principles of
conflicts of laws of any other jurisdiction.

SECTION 19.   MISCELLANEOUS.

         (a)  Headings. The Section headings contained herein are for
convenience only and are not intended to define or limit the contents of said
Sections.

         (b)  Reliance on Reports. Each member of the Committee and each member
of the Board shall be fully justified in relying, acting or failing to act, and
shall not be liable for having so relied, acted or failed to act in good faith,
upon any report made by the independent public accountant of the Company and
upon any other information furnished in connection with the Plan by any person
or persons other than himself.

         (c)  Expenses. The expenses of administering the Plan shall be borne by
the Company and its Affiliates.

         (d)  Pronouns. Masculine pronouns and other words of masculine gender
shall refer to both men and women.

         (e)  Termination of Employment. Unless an applicable option agreement
provides otherwise, for purposes of the Plan a person who transfers from
employment with the Company to employment with an Affiliate or vice versa shall
not be deemed to have terminated employment with the Company or the Affiliate,
as the case may be.

         (f)  Severability. If any provision of the Plan or any option agreement
is or becomes or is deemed to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction or as to any person or option, or would disqualify the Plan or any
option under any law deemed applicable by the Committee, such provision shall be
construed or deemed amended to conform to the applicable

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laws, or if it cannot be construed or deemed amended without, in the
determination of the Committee, materially altering the intent of the Plan or
the option, such provision shall be stricken as to such jurisdiction, person or
option and the remainder of the Plan and any such option shall remain in full
force and effect.

         (g)  Payments to Persons Other Than Grantees. If the Committee shall
find that any person to whom any amount is payable under the Plan is unable to
care for his affairs because of illness or accident, or is a minor, or has died,
then any payment due to such person or his estate (unless a prior claim therefor
has been made by a duly appointed legal representative) may, if the Committee so
directs the Company, be paid to his spouse, child, relative, an institution
maintaining or having custody of such person, or any other person deemed by the
Committee to be a proper recipient on behalf of such person otherwise entitled
to payment. Any such payment shall be a complete discharge of the liability of
the Committee and the Company and its Affiliate therefor.

         (h)  No Liability of Committee Members. No member of the Committee
shall be personally liable by reason of any contract or other instrument
executed by such member or on his behalf in his capacity as a member of the
Committee nor for any mistake of judgment made in good faith, and the Company
shall indemnify and hold harmless each member of the Committee and each other
employee, officer or employee director of the Company to whom any duty or power
relating to the administration or interpretation of the Plan may be allocated or
delegated, against any cost or expense (including counsel fees) or liability
(including any sum paid in settlement of a claim) arising out of any act or
omission to act in connection with the Plan unless arising out of such person's
own fraud or willful bad faith; provided, however, that approval of the Board
shall be required for the payment of any amount in settlement of a claim against
any such person. The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be exclusive
of any other rights of indemnification to which such persons may be entitled
under the Company's Articles of Incorporation or By-Laws, as a matter of law, or
otherwise, or any power that the Company may have to indemnify them or hold them
harmless.

SECTION 20.   EFFECTIVE DATE; TERM.

         20.1 Effective Date. The Plan shall be deemed adopted and become
effective upon the Effective Date; provided that, notwithstanding any other
provision of the Plan, no option granted under the Plan shall be exercisable
unless the Plan is approved, directly or indirectly, by the express consent of
shareholders holding at least a majority of the Company's voting stock voting in
person or by proxy at a duly held shareholders' meeting (or by written consent
in lieu of meeting) within 12 months before or after the date the Plan is
adopted.

         20.2 Term. The Plan shall terminate ten years after the earlier of the
Effective Date or the date the Plan is approved by shareholders, and no options
shall thereafter be granted under the Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, all
options granted under the Plan prior to such termination date shall remain in
effect and shall be administered in accordance with the terms of the Plan until
such options have been exercised or terminated in accordance with the terms and
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                                                                    EXHIBIT 4.3

                          SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

                            Dated as of March 4, 2004

                                      among

                          NEBRASKA BOOK COMPANY, INC.,

                        THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as Trustee

                                       and

                           the Guarantor named herein

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                        8 3/4% Senior Subordinated Notes
                                    Due 2008

         SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this "Supplemental Indenture"), dated as
of March 4, 2004, among Nebraska Book Company, Inc., a Kansas corporation (the
"Company"), Specialty Books, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Guarantor"), and
The Bank of New York, as successor to United States Trust Company of New York,
as trustee under the indenture referred to below (the "Trustee").

                              W I T N E S S E T H:

         WHEREAS, pursuant to the indenture, dated as of February 13, 1998, and
amended on July 1, 2002, among the Company, the Guarantor, and the Trustee (as
so amended, the "Indenture"), the Company duly issued its 8 3/4% Senior
Subordinated Notes Due 2008 (the "Notes") in the aggregate principal amount of
$110 million;

         WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.2 of the Indenture, the Company, the
Guarantor and the Trustee together with the written consent of the holders of at
least a majority in principal amount of the Notes are authorized to amend or
supplement the Indenture as set forth in this Supplemental Indenture;

         WHEREAS, the Company distributed an Offer to Purchase and Consent
Solicitation Statement, dated February 4, 2004 (the "Offer to Purchase"), in
order to, among other things, solicit consents (the "Consents") from the holders
of the Notes to amendments to the Indenture;

         WHEREAS, the Company has received Consents to effect this Supplemental
Indenture pursuant to the Offer to Purchase from the holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Notes;

         WHEREAS, the Company and the Guarantor desire and request the Trustee
to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture as herein provided; and

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         WHEREAS, the Company and the Guarantor hereby represent and warrant
that all conditions and requirements necessary to make this Supplemental
Indenture a valid, binding and legal instrument in accordance with its terms
have been performed and fulfilled and the execution and delivery hereof have
been in all respects duly authorized by all necessary parties.

         NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the premises contained
herein, it is mutually covenanted and agreed for the benefit of all holders of
the Notes as follows:

         Section 1. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have
the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

         Section 2. Section 3.2 of the Indenture is hereby deleted in its
entirety.

         Section 3. Section 3.3 of the Indenture is hereby deleted in its
entirety.

         Section 4. Section 3.4 of the Indenture is hereby deleted in its
entirety.

         Section 5. Section 3.5 of the Indenture is hereby deleted in its
entirety.

         Section 6. Section 3.6 of the Indenture is hereby deleted in its
entirety.

         Section 7. Section 3.7 of the Indenture is hereby deleted in its
entirety.

         Section 8. Section 3.8 of the Indenture is hereby deleted in its
entirety.

         Section 9. Section 3.9 of the Indenture is hereby deleted in its
entirety.

         Section 10. Section 3.10 of the Indenture is hereby deleted in its
entirety.

         Section 11. Section 3.11 of the Indenture is hereby deleted in its
entirety.

         Section 12. Section 3.12 of the Indenture is hereby deleted in its
entirety.

         Section 13. Section 3.13 of the Indenture is hereby deleted in its
entirety.

         Section 14. Section 3.14 of the Indenture is hereby deleted in its
entirety.

         Section 15. Section 3.17 of the Indenture is hereby deleted in its
entirety.

         Section 16. Section 4.1 of the Indenture is amended as follows:

                     (a)      by deleting paragraph (iii) in its entirety.

         Section 17. Section 6.1 of the Indenture is amended as follows:

                     (a)      by deleting paragraph (6) in its entirety;

                     (b)      by deleting paragraph (9) in its entirety; and

                     (c)      by deleting paragraph (10) in its entirety.

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         Section 18. The Company and the Guarantor agree that the Trustee is
permitted to place a notation about this Supplemental Indenture on the Notes in
accordance with the provisions of Section 9.5 of the Indenture.

         Section 19. Upon execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture,
the terms and conditions of this Supplemental Indenture shall be part of the
terms and conditions of the Indenture for any and all purposes, and all the
terms and conditions of both shall be read together as though they constitute
one instrument, except that in cases of conflict, the provisions of this
Supplemental Indenture will control. The amendments contained in this
Supplemental Indenture shall not become operative until the date on which the
Notes have been validly accepted for purchase by the Company pursuant to the
Tender Offer (as defined in the Offer to Purchase). If the Notes are not
accepted for purchase by the Company for any reason, then the Indenture and the
Notes will remain in effect in their present form.

         Section 20. The Trustee accepts this Supplemental Indenture and agrees
to execute the trust created by the Indenture as hereby supplemented, but only
upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture, including the terms
and provisions defining and limiting the liabilities and responsibilities of the
Trustee, which terms and provisions shall in like manner define and limit its
liabilities and responsibilities in the performance of the trust created by the
Indenture as hereby supplemented.

         Section 21. The Indenture is hereby supplemented as hereinabove set
forth, is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and the terms and conditions
thereof, supplemented as hereinabove set forth, shall be and remain in full
force and effect.

         Section 22. The recitals contained in this Supplemental Indenture shall
be taken as statements made solely by the Company and the Guarantor, and the
Trustee shall have no liability or responsibility for their correctness and,
without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Trustee shall not be
responsible in any manner whatsoever for or with respect to (i) the validity or
sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or any of the terms or provisions
hereof, (ii) the proper authorization hereof by the Company and the Guarantor by
corporate action or otherwise, (iii) the due execution hereof by the Company and
the Guarantor, or (iv) the consequences (direct or indirect and whether
deliberate or inadvertent) of any amendment herein provided for, and the Trustee
makes no representation with respect to any such matters.

         SECTION 23. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK BUT WITHOUT
GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT
THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.

         Section 24. The parties may sign any number of copies of this
Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them
together represent the same agreement.

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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental
Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

                                     NEBRASKA BOOK COMPANY, INC.

                                     By: /s/ Mark W. Oppegard
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name: Mark W. Oppegard
                                        Title:   President

                                     THE BANK OF NEW YORK

                                     By: /s/ Sirojni Dindial
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name: Sirojni Dindial
                                        Title: Assistant Vice President

                                     SPECIALTY BOOKS, INC.

                                     By: /s/ Mark W. Oppegard
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name: Mark W. Oppegard
                                        Title: President

 [Signature Page to Nebraska Book Company, Inc. Second Supplemental Indenture]

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