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SEVENTH AMENDMENT TO LETTER AGREEMENT    
  

    THE SEVENTH AMENDMENT TO LETTER AGREEMENT (this "Amendment") is made and entered into this 15th day of December, 2000, by and among: (i) Bank of
America, N.A., formerly known as Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association, formerly known as Bank of America Illinois, formerly known as Continental Bank, N.A. ("Lender");
(ii) International House of Pancakes, Inc. ("Borrower"); and (iii) IHOP Corp. ("Guarantor"). 

 
 

R E C I T A L S    
  

    WHEREAS, the parties have previously enter into that certain Letter Agreement among International House of Pancakes, Inc., IHOP Corp., and Continental Bank,
N.A. dated June 30, 1993, as amended by that certain First Amendment to Letter Agreement dated December 31, 1994 among International House of Pancakes, Inc., IHOP Corp. and Bank of
America Illinois, and further amended by that certain Second Amendment to Letter Agreement dated March 11, 1996 among International House of Pancakes, Inc., IHOP Corp. and Bank of America
Illinois, and further amended by that certain Third Amendment to Letter Agreement dated September 3, 1996 among International House of Pancakes, Inc., IHOP Corp. and Bank of America Illinois,
and further amended by that certain Fourth Amendment to Letter Agreement dated November 1, 1996 among International House of Pancakes, Inc., IHOP Corp. and Bank of America Illinois, and further
amended by that certain Letter dated June 25, 1997 from Yvonne C. Dennis of Bank of America to IHOP Corp., and further amended by that certain Fifth Amendment to Letter Agreement dated
June 30, 1998 among International House of Pancakes, Inc., IHOP Corp. and Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association, and further amended by that certain Sixth Amendment to Letter
Agreement dated June 30, 1999 among International House of Pancakes, Inc., IHOP Corp. and Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association (as amended, the "Letter Agreement"); 

    WHEREAS,
under the Letter Agreement, IHOP Corp. guarantees all Obligations (as defined in the "Letter Agreement") of Borrower (the "IHOP Corp. Guaranty"); 

    WHEREAS,
IHOP Properties, Inc., IHOP Restaurants, Inc., and IHOP Realty Corp. (the "Subsidiary Guarantors"), each have previously executed and delivered a Subsidiary Guarantee dated
June 30, 1993, guaranteeing the "Obligations" of Borrower and IHOP Corp. under the Letter Agreement (collectively, the "Subsidiary Guarantees" and individually, the "Subsidiary Guaranty"), and
the terms of this Amendment are subject to the Subsidiary Guarantors executing the Joinder, Consent and Ratification attached to this Amendment of even date herewith; 

    WHEREAS,
the parties now desire to amend the Letter Agreement to reflect an increase in the Commitment Amount (as defined in the Letter Agreement); 

    NOW,
THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the increase in the Commitment Amount, the parties hereto agree as follows: 

    1.  Recitals.  Borrower, Guarantor and Lender hereby approve the foregoing
recitations and agree that said recitations are true and correct in all respects. 

    2.  Amendment to Agreement.  

    2.1  Commitment Amount:  The first paragraph of the Agreement is amended by
deleting "$20,000,000.00" as the Commitment Amount and inserting "$25,000,000.00" in lieu thereof. 

    2.2  Change of Administration of Loan:  Sections 2(a), 4(f), 5(b), 6, and 18 are
hereby amended to delete all references to "San Francisco" and inserting "Atlanta, Georgia" in lieu thereof. 

    2.3  Governing Law:  The Letter Agreement and this Amendment shall be governed by
the laws of the State of Georgia. 

    2.4  Fees.  In addition to the fees set forth in Section 10 of the Letter
Agreement, the Borrower agrees to pay to the Lender on the date hereof a fee in the amount of $18,750.00, which fee shall be non-refundable. 

 

    2.5  Addresses of Lender, Borrower and Guarantor.  All references to the
addresses of Lender, Borrower and Guarantor in the Letter Agreement and Loan Documents shall mean: 

LENDER:

Bank of America, N.A.

Commercial Loan Service Center

Bank of America Office Park

P.O. Box 45247

Jacksonville, Florida 32256-0771 

BORROWER:

International House of Pancakes, Inc.

450 North Brand Boulevard, 7th Floor

Glendale, CA 91203-2306

Attention: Legal Department 

GUARANTOR:

IHOP Corp.

450 North Brand Boulevard, 7th Floor

Glendale, CA 91203-2306

Attention: Legal Department 

    2.6  Authorized Persons to Request Loans.  Exhibit "C" to the Letter
Agreement is hereby deleted replaced therewith is the Exhibit "C" attached hereto made a part hereof. 

    2.7  Capital Expenditures.  Section 14.2(a) is hereby amended and restated
in its entirety as follows: 

	"(a)
	incur
capital expenditures (as defined by GAAP) in excess of $70,000,000.00 per fiscal year, net of all proceeds relating to sale leaseback
transactions in such fiscal year." 

    3.  Ratification and Reaffirmation.  Borrower and Guarantor, each hereby ratify
and reaffirm the Letter Agreement and all documents executed and delivery in connection therewith (the "Loan Documents") and all of Borrower's and/or Guarantor's covenants, duties and liabilities
thereunder. 

    4.  Representations and Warranties.  Borrower and Guarantor represent and warrant
to Lender, to induce Lender to enter into this Amendment, that no Event of Default under Section 16 of the Letter Agreement or under the IHOP Guaranty exists on the date hereof; the execution,
delivery and performance of this Amendment have been duly authorized by all requisite corporate action on the part of the Borrower and Guarantor and this Amendment has been duly executed and delivered
by Borrower and Guarantor; and except as may have been disclosed in writing by Borrower and/or Guarantor to Lender prior to the date hereof, all of the representations and warranties made by Borrower
and Guarantor as set forth in Section 11 of the Letter Agreement and under the IHOP Guaranty are true and correct on and as of the date hereof. 

    5.  Expenses of Lender.  Borrower agrees to pay all costs and expenses incurred
by Lender in connection with the preparation, negotiation and execution of this Amendment and any other Loan Documents executed pursuant hereto and any and all amendments, modifications, and
supplements thereto, including, without limitation, the costs and fees of Lender's legal counsel. 

    6.  Successors and Assigns.  The Amendment shall be binding upon and inure to the
benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. 

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    7.  No Novation, etc.  This Amendment is not intended to be, nor shall it be
construed to create, a novation or accord and satisfaction, and the Letter Agreement as herein modified shall continue in full force and effect. 

    8.  Counterparts.  This Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts,
each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which taken together shall be one and the same instrument. 

    9.  Waiver of Notice.  Borrower and Guarantor hereby waive notice of acceptance
of this Amendment by Lender. 

    10.  Waiver of Jury Trial.  TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, THE
PARTIES HERETO EACH HEREBY WAIVES THE RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, SUIT, COUNTERCLAIM OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AMENDMENT. 

    11.  Arbitration.  

    (a) This
paragraph concerns the resolution of any controversies or claims between the Borrower and the Lender, whether arising in contract, tort or by statute,
including but not limited to controversies or claims that arise out of or relate to: (i) the Letter Agreement (including any renewals, extensions or modifications); or (ii) any document
related to the Letter Agreement; (collectively a "Claim"). 

    (b) At
the request of the Borrower or the Lender, any Claim shall be resolved by binding arbitration in accordance with the Federal Arbitration Act (Title 9,
U.S. Code) (the "Act"). The Act will apply even though this Agreement provides that it is governed by the law of a specified state. 

    (c) Arbitration
proceedings will be determined in accordance with the Act, the rules and procedures for the arbitration of financial services disputes of
J.A.M.S./Endispute or any successor thereof "J.A.M.S."), and the terms of this paragraph. In the event of any inconsistency, the terms of this paragraph shall control. 

    (d) The
arbitration shall be administered by J.A.M.S. and conducted in any U.S. state where real or tangible personal property collateral for this credit is located or
if there is no such collateral, in Georgia. All claims shall be determined by one arbitrator, however, if Claims exceed Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000), upon the request of any party, the Claims
shall be decided by three arbitrators. All arbitration hearings shall commence within 90 days of the demand for arbitration and close within 90 days of commencement and the award of the arbitrator(s)
shall be issued within 30 days of the close of the hearing. However, the arbitrator(s), upon a showing of good cause, may extend the commencement of the hearing for up to an additional 60 days. The
arbitrator(s) shall provide a concise written statement of reasons for the award. The arbitration award may be submitted to any court having jurisdiction to be confirmed and enforced. 

    (e) The
arbitrator(s) will have authority to decide whether any Claim is barred by the statute of limitations and, if so, to dismiss the arbitration on that basis. For
purposes of the application of the statute of limitations, the service on J.A.M.S. under applicable J.A.M.S. rules of a notice of Claim is the equivalent of the filing of a lawsuit. Any dispute
concerning this arbitration provision or whether a Claim is arbitrable shall be determined by the arbitrator(s). The arbitrator(s) shall have the power to award legal fees pursuant to the terms of
this Agreement. 

    (f)  This
paragraph does not limit the right of the Borrowers or the Lender to: (i) exercise self-help remedies, such as but not limited to, setoff;
(ii) initiate judicial or nonjudicial foreclosure against any real or personal property collateral; (iii) exercise any judicial or power of sale rights; or (iv) act in a court of
law to obtain an interim remedy, such as but not limited to, injunctive relief, writ of possession or appointment of a receiver, or additional or supplementary remedies. 

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    12.  General.  Except as specifically modified herein, all other terms and
conditions of the Letter Agreement shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect. 

    IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have signed and sealed this Amendment on the day and year first above-written. 

	LENDER:
 
	 	BORROWER:
 

	 	 	 
	
 	
 	

 
	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.	 	INTERNATIONAL HOUSE OF PANCAKES, INC.
	

By:	
 	

By: /s/ Richard K. Herzer
	   
	 	   

	Name: Bobby R. Oliver, Jr.	 	Name: Richard K. Herzer
	Title: Vice President	 	Title: President
	

 	
 	

(CORPORATE SEAL)
	

 	
 	
GUARANTOR:
	

 	
 	
IHOP CORP.
	

 	
 	

By: /s/ Richard K. Herzer
	 	 	   

	 	 	Name: Richard K. Herzer
	 	 	Title: President

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JOINDER, CONSENT AND RATIFICATION BY GUARANTORS    
  

    Each of the undersigned Guarantors of the Obligations of Borrower under the Letter Agreement and any other Loan Documents executed in connection with the
Letter Agreement hereby (i) acknowledges receipt of a copy of the foregoing Seventh Amendment to Letter Agreement; (ii) consents to Borrower's and IHOP's execution and delivery thereof;
(iii) agrees to be bound thereby; (iv) affirms that nothing contained or contemplated therein shall modify in any respect whatsoever its respective Subsidiary Guaranty of the Obligations;
(v) represents and warrants to Lender that no default exists under its respective Subsidiary Guaranty; (vi) represents and warrants that execution and delivery hereof has been duly
authorized by all requisite corporate action on the part of the Subsidiary Guarantors; and (vii) reaffirms that the Subsidiary Guarantees delivered by Lender are and shall remain in full force
and effect in all respects on and as of the date hereof, after giving affect to this Amendment. 

	GUARANTOR:
 
	 	 

	 	 	 
	
 	
 	

 
	IHOP RESTAURANTS, INC.	 	 
	

By: /s/ Richard K. Herzer	
 	

 
	   
	 	 
	Name: Richard K. Herzer	 	 
	Title: President	 	 
	

(CORPORATE SEAL)	
 	

 
	
GUARANTOR:	
 	

GUARANTOR:
	
IHOP REALTY CORP.	
 	

IHOP PROPERTIES, INC.
	

By: /s/ Richard K. Herzer	
 	

By: /s/ Richard K. Herzer
	   
	 	   

	Name: Richard K. Herzer	 	Name: Richard K. Herzer
	Title: President	 	Title: President
	

(CORPORATE SEAL)	
 	

(CORPORATE SEAL)

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EXHIBIT C    
  

 
 

CERTIFICATE IDENTIFYING AUTHORIZED OFFICERS    
  

    I, Jess E. Sotomayor, Assistant Secretary of International House of Pancakes, hereby certify as follows: 

    Pursuant
to the letter agreement dated as of June 30, 1993 (the "Credit Agreement") among Bank of America, N.A. (as successor Lender) (the "Bank"), IHOP Corp. and International
House of Pancakes, Inc. (the "Borrower"), each of the persons named in Section 1 below is authorized to request Loans from the Bank and to execute Confirmations (in the form of Exhibit B
as referred to in the Credit Agreement) called for under the Credit Agreement and each of the persons named in Section 2 below is authorized only to request Loans from the Bank. The signatures
set forth opposite their respective names below are their genuine signatures. 

	Name
 
	 	Title
 
	 	Signature
 

	
 	
 	

 	
 	

 
	SECTION 1	 	 	 	 
	

Richard K. Herzer	
 	

Chairman of the Board, President and CEO	
 	

/s/ RICHARD K. HERZER   

	

Mark D. Weisberger	
 	

Vice President—Legal, Secretary and General Counsel	
 	

/s/ MARK D. WEISBERGER   

	

Alan S. Unger	
 	

Vice President—Finance, CFO and Treasurer	
 	

/s/ ALAN S. UNGER   

	

A. Allen Arroyo	
 	

Controller and Assistant Treasurer	
 	

/s/ A. ALLEN ARROYO   

	

Robert. H. Dickson	
 	

Director, Financial Planning & Analysis	
 	

/s/ ROBERT. H. DICKSON   

	
SECTION 2	
 	

 	
 	

 
	

Katherine Mittelman	
 	

Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis	
 	

/s/ KATHERINE MITTELMAN   

	

 	

 	

INTERNATIONAL HOUSE OF PANCAKES, INC.
	

Date: December 15, 2000	
 	

By: /s/ JESS E. SOTOMAYOR                    
 Jess E. Sotomayor,
Assistant Secretary        

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JOINDER, CONSENT AND RATIFICATION BY GUARANTORS

EXHIBIT C

CERTIFICATE IDENTIFYING AUTHORIZED OFFICERS<PAGE>

     These Warrants have not been registered under the Securities Act of
     1933, as amended (the "Act"), and may not be sold, transferred,
     assigned or otherwise disposed of unless the person requesting the
     transfer of the Warrants shall provide an opinion of counsel to
     Preferred Voice, Inc. (the "Company") (both counsel and opinion to
     be satisfactory to the Company) to the effect that such sale,
     transfer, assignment or disposition will not involve any violation
     of the registration provisions of the Act or any similar or
     superseding statute.

No._____                                                          _____ Warrants

                             PREFERRED VOICE, INC.

                              WARRANT CERTIFICATE

     This warrant certificate ("Warrant Certificate") certifies that for
value received ________________ (the "Initial Warrant Holder") or registered
assigns is the owner of the number of warrants specified above, each of which
entitles the holder thereof to purchase, at any time on or before the
Expiration Date hereinafter provided, one fully paid and non-assessable share
of common Stock, $0.001 par value per share, of Preferred Voice, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), at a purchase price of $________ per
share of Common Stock payable in lawful money of the United States of
America, in cash, by official bank or certified check, or by wire transfer
("Warrants").

1.   WARRANT; PURCHASE PRICE

     Each Warrant shall entitle the holder thereof to purchase one share of
Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share, of the Company ("Common Stock")
during the period commencing on the date hereof and ending on the Expiration
Date. The purchase price payable upon exercise of a Warrant shall be $______
(the "Purchase Price"). The Purchase Price and number of Warrants evidenced
by this Warrant Certificate are subject to adjustment as provided in Article
7. Common Stock purchased or subject to purchase pursuant to the Warrants
shall be called "Warrant Shares" herein.

2.   EXERCISE; EXPIRATION DATE

     2.1     Each Warrant is exercisable, at the option of the holder, at any
time after issuance and on or before the Expiration Date.  In the case of
exercise of less than all the Warrants represented by a Warrant Certificate,
the Company shall cancel the Warrant Certificate upon the surrender thereof
and shall execute and deliver a new Warrant Certificate for the balance of
such Warrants.

     2.2     The term "Expiration Date" shall mean 5:00 p.m. Dallas time on
__________________, or if such date shall in the State of Texas be a holiday
or a day on which banks are authorized to close, then 5:00 p.m. Dallas time
the next following day which in the State of Texas is not a holiday or a day
on which banks are authorized to close.

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3.   REGISTRATION AND TRANSFER ON COMPANY BOOKS

     3.1     The Company shall maintain books for the registration and
transfer of Warrant Certificates.

     3.2     Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of this
Warrant Certificate, the Company may deem and treat the registered holder as
the absolute owner thereof.

     3.3     The Company shall register upon its books any transfer of a
Warrant Certificate upon surrender of same to the Company accompanied (if so
required by the Company) by a written instrument of transfer duly executed by
the registered holder or by a duly authorized attorney. Upon any such
registration of transfer, new Warrant Certificate(s) shall be issued to the
transferee(s) and the surrendered Warrant Certificate shall be cancelled by
the Company.  A Warrant Certificate may also be exchanged, at the option of
the holder, for new Warrant Certificates representing in the aggregate the
number of Warrants evidenced by the Warrant Certificate surrendered.

4.   SECURITIES LAW REGISTRATION

     4.1     The Warrant Shares will not be registered under the Securities
Act or any state securities law and shall not be transferrable unless
registered or an exemption from registration is available. A legend to the
foregoing effect will be placed on any certificate representing such shares.

     4.2     If, at any time__________________ of the date of this Warrant
Certificate, the Company proposes for any reason to register any of its
securities under the Securities Act other than a registration on Form S-8
relating solely to employee stock option or purchase plans, on Form S-4
relating solely to an SEC Rule 145 transaction or on any other form which
does not include substantially the same information as would be required to
be included in a registration statement covering the sale of the Warrant
Shares, it shall each such time give written notice to the holder of these
Warrants or the Warrant Shares ("Holder" for purposes of this Section 4) of
the Company's intention to register such securities, and, upon the written
request, given within thirty (30) days after receipt of any such notice, of
the Holders of the Warrants and Warrant Shares outstanding, to register any
of the Warrant Shares, the Company shall cause the Warrant Shares so
requested by the Holder to be registered, whether such Warrant Shares are
outstanding or subject to purchase hereby, to be registered under the
Securities Act, all to the extent requisite to permit the sale or other
disposition by the Holder of the Warrant Shares so registered; provided,
however, that the Warrant Shares as to which registration had been requested
need not be included in such registration if in the opinion of counsel for
the Company and counsel for the Holder the proposed transfer by the Holder
may be effected without registration under the Securities Act and any
certificate evidencing the Warrant Shares need not bear any restrictive
legend. In the event that any registration pursuant to this Section 4.2 shall
be, in whole or in part, an underwritten offering of securities of the
Company, then (i) any request pursuant to this

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Section 4.2 to register Warrant Shares may specify that such shares are to be
included in the underwriting on the same terms and conditions as the shares
of the Company's capital stock otherwise being sold through underwriters
under such registration, (ii) if the managing underwriter of such offering
determines that the number of shares to be offered by all selling
shareholders must be reduced, then the Company shall have the right to reduce
the number of shares registered on behalf of the Holder, provided that the
number of shares to be registered on behalf of the Holder shall not be
reduced to such an extent that the ratio of the shares which the Holder is
permitted to register to the total number of shares the Holder owns is less
than that ratio for any other selling shareholder, and (iii) the Holder will
be bound by the terms of the underwriting agreement and the conditions
imposed by the underwriter on selling shareholders.

     4.3     If and whenever the Company is under an obligation pursuant to
the provisions of this Warrant Certificate to register any Warrant Shares,
the Company shall, as expeditiously as practicable:

             (a)     prepare and file with the Securities and Exchange
     Commission (the "Commission") a registration statement with respect to
     such shares and use its best efforts to cause such registration
     statement to become and remain effective for at least nine (9) months;

             (b)     prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and
     supplements to such registration statement and the prospectus used in
     connection therewith as may be necessary to keep such registration
     statement effective for at least nine months and to comply with the
     provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the sale or other
     disposition of all Warrant Shares covered by such registration statement;

             (c)     furnish to the Holder a suitable number of copies of all
     preliminary and final prospectuses to enable the Holder to comply with
     the requirements of the Securities Act, and such other documents as the
     Holder may reasonably request in order to facilitate the public sale or
     other disposition of the Warrant Shares;

             (d)     use its best efforts to register or qualify the Warrant
     Shares covered by such registration statement under such securities or
     blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Holder shall reasonably
     request and where registration or qualification will not involve
     unreasonable expense or delay and provided, however, that the Company
     will not have to register or qualify in any state in which solely
     because of such registration or qualification it would have to qualify
     to do business; and the Company shall do any and all other reasonable
     acts and things which may be necessary or advisable to enable the Holder
     to consummate the public sale or other disposition of the Warrant Shares
     in such jurisdiction;

             (e)     notify the Holder, at any time when a prospectus relating
     to the Warrant Shares is required to be delivered under the Securities
     Act within the appropriate period mentioned in clause (b) of this
     Section 4.3, of the happening of any event as a result of which the
     prospectus included in such registration statement, as then in effect,
     includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a
     material fact required to be stated

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     therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in
     the light of the circumstances then existing, and at the request of the
     Holder prepare and furnish to the Holder a reasonable number of copies
     of a supplement to or an amendment of such prospectus as may be
     necessary so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of the
     Warrant Shares, such prospectus shall not include an untrue statement of
     a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated
     therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in
     the light of the circumstances then existing; and

             (f)     exercise its best efforts to furnish, at the request of the
     Holder on the date that the Warrant Shares are delivered to the
     underwriters for sale pursuant to such registration or, if the Warrant
     Shares are not being sold through underwriters, on the date that the
     registration statements with respect to such Warrant Shares are declared
     effective, (1) an opinion, dated such date, of the counsel representing
     the Company for the purposes of such registration, addressed to the
     Holder, stating that such registration statement has become effective
     under the Securities Act and that (i) to the best of the knowledge of
     such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness thereof has
     been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or
     are pending or contemplated under the Securities Act; (ii) the
     registration statement, the related prospectus, and each amendment or
     supplement thereto, comply as to form in all material respects with the
     requirements of the Securities Act and the applicable rules and
     regulations of the Commission thereunder (except that such counsel need
     express no opinion as to financial statements and other financial data
     contained therein); and (iii) such counsel has no reason to believe that
     either the registration statement or the prospectus, or any amendment or
     supplement thereto, contains any untrue statement of a material fact or
     omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
     necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and (2) a
     letter dated such date, from the independent certified public
     accountants of the Company, stating that they are independent certified
     public accountants within the meaning of the Securities Act and the
     rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and that in the
     opinion of such accountants, the financial statements and other
     financial data of the Company included in the registration statement or
     the prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereof, comply as to
     form in all material respects with the applicable accounting
     requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the
     Commission thereunder. Such letter from the independent certified public
     accountants shall additionally cover such other financial matters
     (including information as to periods ending not more than five business
     days prior to the date of such letter) as the Holder may reasonably
     request.

     If the Holder exercises its rights to have the Warrant Shares
registered, it is understood that the Holder shall furnish to the Company
such information regarding the securities held by it and the intended method
of disposition thereof as the Company shall reasonably request and as shall
be required in connection with the action to be taken by the Company.

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     4.4     All Registration Expenses incurred in connection with any
registration pursuant to this Warrant Certificate shall be borne by the
Company. All Selling Expenses in connection with any registration pursuant to
this Warrant Certificate shall be borne by the Holder.

     For purposes of Section 4.4, all expenses incurred by the company in
complying with Section 4.3, including, without limitation, all registration
and filing fees, fees and expenses of complying with securities and blue sky
laws, printing expenses, and fees and disbursements of counsel and of
independent public accountants for the Company (including the expense of any
special audits in connection with any such registration), are herein called
"Registration Expenses", and all underwriting discounts and selling
commissions applicable to the Warrant Shares covered by any such registration
and all fees and disbursements of counsel for the Holder are herein called
"Selling Expenses".

     4.5     In the event of any registration of any Warrant Shares under the
Securities Act pursuant to this Warrant Certificate, the Company shall
indemnify and hold harmless the Holder, each underwriter of such shares, if
any, each broker, and any other person, if any, who controls any of the
foregoing persons within the meaning of the Securities Act, against any
losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which any of the
foregoing persons may become subject under the Securities Act or otherwise,
insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect
thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact contained in any registration statement under
which the Warrant Shares were registered under the Securities Act, any
preliminary prospectus or final prospectus contained therein, or any
amendment or supplement thereto, or any document incident to registration or
qualification of any Warrant Shares pursuant to paragraph 4.3(d) above, or
arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state
therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein not misleading or, with respect to any prospectus,
necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading, or any violation by the Company
of the Securities Act or state securities or blue sky laws applicable to the
Company and relating to action or inaction required of the company in
connection with such registration or registration or qualification under such
state securities or blue sky laws; and shall reimburse the Holder and such
underwriter, broker or other person acting on behalf of the Holder and each
such controlling person for any legal or any other expenses reasonably
incurred by any of them in connection with investigating or defending any
such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however, that the
Company shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such
loss, claim, damage, or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in
reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the
Company in an instrument duly executed by the Holder or such underwriter
specifically for use in the preparation thereof. The indemnity agreement set
forth in this Section 4.5, insofar as it relates to any such omission,
alleged omission, untrue statement or alleged untrue statement made in a
preliminary prospectus but eliminated or remedied in the final prospectus,
shall not inure to the benefit of any of the beneficiaries named in this
Section 4.5 whose responsibility it was to send, furnish or give a copy of
the final prospectus to a person asserting a claim for which indemnification
is sought (the "Claimant") unless a copy of the final prospectus was so sent,
furnished or given to the Claimant at or prior to the time such action is
required by the Act.

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     Before Warrant Shares held or purchasable by the Holder shall be
included in any registration pursuant to this Warrant Certificate, the Holder
and any underwriter acting on its behalf shall have agreed to indemnify and
hold harmless (in the same manner and to the same extent as set forth in the
preceding paragraph) the Company, each director of the Company, each officer
of the Company who shall sign such registration statement and any person who
controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act, with respect
to any failure of the Holder or such underwriter to comply with all laws,
rules and regulations in connection with the offer and sale of Warrant
Shares, or any statement or omission from such registration statement, any
preliminary prospectus or final prospectus contained therein, or any
amendment or supplement thereto, if such statement or omission was made in
reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the
Company in an instrument duly executed by the Holder or such underwriter
specifically for use in the preparation of such registration statement,
preliminary prospectus, final prospectus or amendment or supplement.

     Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party of notice of the
commencement of any action involving a claim referred to in the preceding
paragraphs of this Section 4.5, such indemnified party will, if a claim in
respect thereof is to be made against an indemnifying party, give written
notice to the indemnifying party of the commencement of such action. In case
any such action is brought against an indemnified party, the indemnifying
party will be entitled to participate in and to assume the defense thereof,
jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified to the extent
that it may wish, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified
party, and after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party
of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party will
not be liable to such indemnified party for any legal or other expenses
subsequently incurred by the latter in connection with the defense thereof.

5.   RESERVATION OF WARRANT SHARES

     The Company covenants that it will at all times reserve and keep
available out of its authorized Common Stock, solely for the purpose of issue
upon exercise of the Warrants, such number of shares of Common Stock as shall
then be issuable upon the exercise of all outstanding Warrants. The Company
covenants that all shares of Common Stock which shall be issuable upon
exercise of the Warrants shall be duly and validly issued and fully paid and
non-assessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the
issue thereof.

6.   LOSS OR MUTILATION

     Upon receipt by the Company of reasonable evidence of the ownership of
and the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of any Warrant Certificate
and, in the case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity reasonably
satisfactory to the Company, or, in the case of mutilation, upon surrender
and cancellation of the mutilated Warrant Certificate, the Company shall
execute and deliver in lieu thereof a new Warrant Certificate representing an
equal number of Warrants.

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7.   ADJUSTMENT OF PURCHASE PRICE AND NUMBER OF WARRANT SHARES DELIVERABLE

     7.1     The Purchase Price and the number of shares of Common Stock
purchasable pursuant to this Warrant shall be subject to adjustment from time
to time as hereinafter set forth in this Article 7. Whenever reference is
made in this Article 7 to the issue or sale of shares of Common Stock, or
simply shares, such term shall mean any stock of any class of the Company
other than preferred stock with a fixed limit on dividends and a fixed amount
payable in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution
or winding up of the Company. The shares issuable upon exercise of the
Warrants shall however be shares of Common Stock of the Company, par value
$0.001 per share, as constituted at the date hereof, except as otherwise
provided in Sections  7.3 and 7.4.

     7.2     In case the Company shall at any time change as a whole, by
subdivision or combination in any manner or by the making of a stock
dividend, the number of outstanding shares into a different number of shares,
with or without par value, (i) the number of shares which immediately prior
to such change the holder of each Warrant shall have been entitled to
purchase pursuant to this Warrant shall be increased or decreased in direct
proportion to the increase or decrease, respectively, in the number of shares
outstanding immediately prior to such change, and (ii) the Purchase Price in
effect immediately prior to such change shall be increased or decreased in
inverse proportion to such increase or decrease in the number of such shares
outstanding immediately prior to such change. For the purpose of this Section
7.2, the number of shares outstanding at any given time shall not include
shares in the treasury of the Company.

     7.3     In case of any capital reorganization or any reclassification of
the capital stock of the Company or in case of the consolidation or merger of
the Company with another corporation, or in case of any sale, transfer or
other disposition to another corporation of all or substantially all the
property, assets, business and good will of the Company, the holder of each
Warrant shall thereafter be entitled to purchase (and it shall be a condition
to the consummation of any such reorganization, reclassification,
consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or other disposition that appropriate
provision shall be made so that such holder shall thereafter be entitled to
purchase) the kind and amount of shares of stock and other securities and
property receivable in such transaction which a shareholder receives who
holds the number of shares which the Warrant entitled the holder to purchase
immediately prior to such capital reorganization, reclassification of capital
stock, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or other disposition; and in any
such case appropriate adjustments shall be made in the application of the
provisions of this Article 7 with respect to rights and interests thereafter
of the holder of the Warrants to the end that the provisions of this Article
7 shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly as reasonably may be, in relation
to any shares or other property thereafter purchasable upon the exercise of
the Warrants.

     7.4     In the event the Company shall declare a dividend upon the
Common Stock payable otherwise than out of earnings or earned surplus or
otherwise than in shares of Common Stock or in stock or obligations directly
or indirectly convertible into or exchangeable for such shares, the holder of
each Warrant shall, upon exercise of the Warrant, be entitled to purchase, in
addition to the number of shares deliverable upon such exercise, against
payment of the Warrant Price therefor but without further consideration, the
cash, stock or other securities or property which the holder of the Warrant
would have received as dividends (otherwise than out of such earnings or
earned surplus and otherwise than in shares or in obligations convertible
into or

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exchangeable for Common Stock) if continuously since the date hereof such
holder (i) had been the holder of record of the number of shares deliverable
upon such exercise and (ii) had retained all dividends in stock or other
securities (other than shares or such convertible or exchangeable stock or
obligations) paid or payable in respect of said number of shares or in
respect of any such stock or other securities so paid or payable as such
dividends.

     7.5     No certificate for fractional shares shall be issued upon the
exercise of the Warrants, but in lieu thereof the Company shall purchase any
such fractional interest calculated to the nearest cent.

     7.6     Whenever the Purchase Price is adjusted as herein provided, the
Company shall forthwith deliver to each Warrant holder a statement signed by
the President of the Company and by its Treasurer or Secretary stating the
adjusted Purchase Price and number of shares determined as herein specified.
Such statement shall show in detail the facts requiring such adjustment,
including a statement of the consideration received by the Company for any
additional stock issued.

     7.7     In the event at any time:

             (i)     The Company shall pay any dividend payable in stock
             upon its Common Stock or make any distribution (other than cash
             dividends) to the holders of its Common Stock; or

             (ii)     The Company shall offer for subscription pro rata to
             the holders of its Common Stock any additional shares of stock
             of any class or any other rights; or

             (iii)     The Company shall effect any capital reorganization
             or any reclassification of or change in the outstanding capital
             stock of the Company (other than a chance in par value, or a
             change from par value to no par value, or a change from no par
             value to par value, or a change resulting solely from a
             subdivision or combination of outstanding shares), or any
             consolidation or merger, or any sale, transfer or other
             disposition of all or substantially all its property, assets,
             business and good will as an entirety, or the liquidation,
             dissolution or winding up of the Company; or

             (iv)     The Company shall declare a dividend upon its Common
             Stock payable otherwise than out of earnings or earned surplus
             or otherwise than in Common Stock or any stock or obligations
             directly or indirectly convertible into or exchangeable for
             Common Stock;

then, in any such case, the Company shall cause at least thirty days' prior
notice to be mailed to the registered holder of each Warrant at the address
of such holder shown on the books of the Company. Such notice shall also
specify the date on which the books of the Company shall close, or a record
be taken, for such stock dividend, distribution or subscription rights, or
the date on which such reclassification, reorganization, consolidation,
merger, sale, transfer, disposition,

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liquidation, dissolution, winding up or dividend, as the case may be, shall
take place, and the date of participation therein by the holders of shares if
any such date is to be fixed, and shall also set forth such facts with
respect thereto as shall be reasonably necessary to indicate the effect of
such action on the rights of the holders of the Warrants.

8.   GOVERNING LAW

     8.1     This Warrant Certificate shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant Certificate to
be duly executed by its officers thereunto duly authorized and its corporate
seal to be affixed hereon as of the ____ day of ___________, _____.

                                        PREFERRED VOICE, INC.

                                        BY:/s/
                                           -------------------------------------
                                           Chairman of the Board

Attest:

/s/
-----------------------------
Secretary

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                                                        SCHEDULE TO EXHIBIT 10.1

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WARRANT                                                                                      PIGGYBACK REGISTRATION
NO.            WARRANT HOLDER                  PRICE     SHARES     EXPIRATION DATE          RIGHTS TERM OF EXERCISE
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<S>    <C>                                     <C>      <C>         <C>                      <C>
35     Proxhill Marketing Ltd.                 $4.00     50,000     June 3, 2001             Within Five (5) Years
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67     Mary Merritt                            $1.00    100,000     January 5, 2003          Within Three (3) Years
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68     G. Ray Miller                           $1.00    200,000     January 5, 2003          Within Three (3) Years
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69     C.H. Fallon                             $1.25     20,000     February 11, 2003        Within Three (3) Years
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74     Eugene Starr                            $3.00      5,000     July 19, 2000            Before July 19, 2000
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75     JMG Capital Partners, L.P.              $1.00     25,000     September 30, 2001       Within Five (5) Years
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76     Triton Capital Investment, Ltd.         $1.00     25,000     September 30, 2001       Within Five (5) Years
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
77     Lawrence E. Steinberg                   $1.00    100,000     October 16, 2001         Within Five (5) Years
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
78     J. Steven Emerson                       $1.00     50,000     November 25, 2001        Within Five (5) Years
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
79     In Touch Solutions, LLC                 $1.00     25,000     December 30, 2002        Within Four (4) Years
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
80     Answering Service, Inc.                 $1.00     30,000     December 30, 2002        Within Four (4) Years
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
81     Amerivoice Telecommunications, Inc.     $1.00     40,000     December 30, 2002        Within Four (4) Years
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
82     Voicenet New Media, Inc.                $1.00     25,000     December 30, 2002        Within Four (4) Years
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83     Best Voice, Inc.                        $1.00     25,000     December 30, 2002        Within Four (4) Years
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
84     Nomis Communications                    $1.00     25,000     December 30, 2002        Within Four (4) Years
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85*    Edwin G. Bowles d/b/a Data Management   $1.00     25,000     February 10, 2001        Within Five (5) Years
       Services
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WARRANT                                                                                      PIGGYBACK REGISTRATION
NO.            WARRANT HOLDER                  PRICE     SHARES     EXPIRATION DATE          RIGHTS TERM OF EXERCISE
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>    <C>                                     <C>      <C>         <C>                      <C>
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86     G. Tyler Runnels                        $0.50     43,000     March 31, 2004           Within Five (5) Years
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
87     John B. Davies                          $0.50     50,000     March 31, 2004           Within Five (5) Years
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
88     Jacqueline Knapp                        $0.50     75,000     March 31, 2004           Within Five (5) Years
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
89     Larry Kupferberg                        $0.50     75,000     March 31, 2004           Within Five (5) Years
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90     G. Ray Miller                           $0.84    250,000     March 31, 2004           Within Five (5) Years
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
91     Mary Merritt                            $0.84    250,000     March 31, 2004           Within Five (5) Years
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
92     Kathryn Jergens                         $0.84     25,000     March 31, 2004           Within Five (5) Years
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
93     John Meleky                             $1.37      1,250     May 3, 2001              Within Five (5) Years
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94     Karl Koelker                            $1.37      2,672     May 3, 2001              Within Five (5) Years
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
95     Louis R. Battista                       $1.37     10,539     May 3, 2001              Within Five (5) Years
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96     Mark Battista                           $1.37     10,539     May 3, 2001              Within Five (5) Years
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98     Southwest Texas Telephone               $1.66      5,000     September 20, 2000       Within Five (5) Years
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99     Bisbro Investments Company, Ltd.        $1.25    177,703     10 days after effective  Before November 12, 2000
                                                                    date of prospectus
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100    Invest, Inc.                            $1.25    100,000     10 days after effective  Before November 12, 2000
                                                                    date of prospectus
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101    Alexander Associates                    $1.50     50,000     December 1, 2004         Within Five (5) Years
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102    Steve Chizzik                           $1.60     35,000     December 10, 2001        Within Five (5) Years
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WARRANT                                                                                      PIGGYBACK REGISTRATION
NO.            WARRANT HOLDER                  PRICE     SHARES     EXPIRATION DATE          RIGHTS TERM OF EXERCISE
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>    <C>                                     <C>      <C>         <C>                      <C>
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103    Howard Isaacs                           $1.60      5,000     December 10, 2001        Within Five (5) Years
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
104    William Reininger                       $1.60      5,000     December 10, 2001        Within Five (5) Years
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
105    Elizabeth Valdes                        $1.60      5,000     December 10, 2001        Within Five (5) Years
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
106    Scott V. Ogilvie                        $2.50     40,000     April 14, 2003           Within Five (5) Years
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
107    Robert R. Williams                      $2.50     25,000     April 14, 2003           Within Five (5) Years
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108    Ameritel Communications, LLC            $1.00     11,250     December 30, 2001        Within Five (5) Years
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109    Craig Dierksheide                       $1.00     13,750     November 12, 2000        Within Five (5) Years
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130    Gerard Hallaren **                      $2.93     40,000     September 15, 2003       Within Five (5) Years
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131    Peter Foster                            $2.75     20,000     September 8, 2001        Within Five (5) Years
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132    Tyler Runnels                           $2.75     20,000     September 8, 2001        Within Five (5) Years
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
133    Mohammed Hadid                          $2.75     20,000     September 8, 2001        Within Five (5) Years
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134    Robert Ramsdell                         $2.75     40,000     September 8, 2001        Within Five (5) Years
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     *     The Warrant Certificate contains an extra provision (Section 2.3) which provides that the Warrant Holder
           may only use funds designated from such Warrant Holder's deferred compensation pool as indicated on the
           books and records of the Company at the time of exercise.

     **    The Warrant Certificate contains a modified provision (Section 2.1) which provides that the Warrant
           Shares shall be exercisable in one-third increments.  One-third of the warrant shares may be exercised
           immediately; one-third may be exercised after the first anniversary of the grant of the warrant; and
           one-third may be exercised after the second anniversary of the grant of the warrant.

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