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                                                                     EXHIBIT 4.4

                                  $200,000,000

                         FINLAY FINE JEWELRY CORPORATION

                          8 3/8% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2012

                          REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
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                                                                    June 3, 2004

Credit Suisse First Boston LLC
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
SG Americas Securities, LLC
c/o Credit Suisse First Boston LLC
      Eleven Madison Avenue
      New York, New York 10010-3629

Dear Sirs:

         Finlay Fine Jewelry Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"COMPANY"), proposes to issue and sell to Credit Suisse First Boston LLC, J.P.
Morgan Securities Inc. and SG Americas Securities, LLC (collectively, the
"INITIAL PURCHASERS"), upon the terms set forth in a purchase agreement of even
date herewith (the "PURCHASE AGREEMENT"), $200,000,000 aggregate principal
amount of its 8 3/8% Senior Notes due 2012 (the "INITIAL SECURITIES"). The
Initial Securities will be issued pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of June 3,
2004 (the "INDENTURE"), among the Company and HSBC Bank USA, as Trustee (the
"TRUSTEE"). As an inducement to the Initial Purchasers to enter into the
Purchase Agreement, the Company agrees with the Initial Purchasers, for the
benefit of the holders of the Initial Securities (including, without limitation,
the Initial Purchasers), the Exchange Securities (as defined below) and the
Private Exchange Securities (as defined below) (collectively the "HOLDERS"), as
follows:

         1. Registered Exchange Offer. The Company shall, at its own cost,
prepare and, not later than 60 days (or if such 60th day is not a business day,
the first business day thereafter) (such 60th day being the "EXCHANGE OFFER
FILING DEADLINE") after the date of original issue of the Initial Securities
(the "ISSUE DATE"), file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"COMMISSION") a registration statement (the "EXCHANGE OFFER REGISTRATION
STATEMENT") on an appropriate form under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "SECURITIES ACT"), with respect to a proposed offer (the "REGISTERED
EXCHANGE OFFER") to the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities (as defined in
Section 6 hereof), who are not prohibited by any law or policy of the Commission
from participating in the Registered Exchange Offer, to issue and deliver to
such Holders, in exchange for the Initial Securities, a like aggregate principal
amount of debt securities (the "EXCHANGE SECURITIES") of the Company issued
under the Indenture and identical in all material respects to the Initial
Securities (except for the transfer restrictions relating to the Initial
Securities and the provisions relating to the matters described in Section 6
hereof) that would be registered under the Securities Act. The Company shall use
its best efforts to cause such Exchange Offer Registration Statement to become
effective under the Securities Act within 155 days (or if such 155th day is not
a business day, the first business day thereafter) (such 155th day being the
"EXCHANGE OFFER EFFECTIVENESS DEADLINE") after the Issue Date of the Initial
Securities and shall keep the Exchange Offer Registration Statement effective
for not less than 30 days (or longer, if required by applicable law) after the
date notice of the Registered Exchange Offer is mailed to the Holders (such
30-day period being called the "EXCHANGE OFFER REGISTRATION PERIOD").

         If the Company effects the Registered Exchange Offer, the Company (i)
will be entitled to close the Registered Exchange Offer 30 days after the
commencement thereof provided that the Company has accepted all the Initial
Securities theretofore validly tendered in accordance with the terms of the
Registered Exchange Offer and (ii) will be required to consummate the Registered
Exchange Offer no later than 40 days after the date on which the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement is declared effective (such 40th day being the
"CONSUMMATION DEADLINE").
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         Following the declaration of the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement, the Company shall promptly commence the Registered
Exchange Offer, it being the objective of such Registered Exchange Offer to
enable each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities electing to exchange the
Initial Securities for Exchange Securities (assuming that such Holder is not an
affiliate of the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act, acquires the
Exchange Securities in the ordinary course of such Holder's business and has no
arrangements with any person to participate in the distribution of the Exchange
Securities and is not prohibited by any law or policy of the Commission from
participating in the Registered Exchange Offer) to trade such Exchange
Securities from and after their receipt without any limitations or restrictions
under the Securities Act and without material restrictions under the securities
laws of the several states of the United States.

         The Company acknowledges that, pursuant to current interpretations by
the Commission's staff of Section 5 of the Securities Act, in the absence of an
applicable exemption therefrom, (i) each Holder which is a broker-dealer
electing to exchange Securities, acquired for its own account as a result of
market making activities or other trading activities, for Exchange Securities
(an "EXCHANGING DEALER"), is required to deliver a prospectus containing the
information set forth in (a) Annex A hereto on the cover, (b) Annex B hereto in
the "Exchange Offer Procedures" section and the "Purpose of the Exchange Offer"
section, and (c) Annex C hereto in the "Plan of Distribution" section of such
prospectus in connection with a sale of any such Exchange Securities received by
such Exchanging Dealer pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer and (ii) an
Initial Purchaser that elects to sell Exchange Securities acquired in exchange
for Securities constituting any portion of an unsold allotment is required to
deliver a prospectus containing the information required by Items 507 or 508 of
Regulation S-K under the Securities Act, as applicable, in connection with such
sale.

         The Company shall use its best efforts to keep the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement effective and to amend and supplement the prospectus
contained therein, in order to permit such prospectus to be lawfully delivered
by all persons subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities
Act for such period of time as such persons must comply with such requirements
in order to resell the Exchange Securities; provided, however, that (i) in the
case where such prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto must be
delivered by an Exchanging Dealer or an Initial Purchaser, such period shall be
the lesser of 180 days and the date on which all Exchanging Dealers and the
Initial Purchasers have sold all Exchange Securities held by them (unless such
period is extended pursuant to Section 3(j) below) and (ii) the Company shall
make such prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, available to any
broker-dealer for use in connection with any resale of any Exchange Securities
for a period of not less than 90 days after the consummation of the Registered
Exchange Offer.

         If, upon consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer, any Initial
Purchaser holds Initial Securities acquired by it as part of its initial
distribution, the Company, simultaneously with the delivery of the Exchange
Securities pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer, shall issue and deliver to
such Initial Purchaser upon the written request of such Initial Purchaser, in
exchange (the "PRIVATE EXCHANGE") for the Initial Securities held by such
Initial Purchaser, a like principal amount of debt securities of the Company
issued under the Indenture and identical in all material respects (including the
existence of restrictions on transfer under the Securities Act and the
securities laws of the several states of the United States, but excluding
provisions relating to the matters described in Section 6 hereof) to the Initial
Securities (the "PRIVATE EXCHANGE SECURITIES"). The Initial Securities, the
Exchange Securities and the Private Exchange Securities are herein collectively
called the "SECURITIES".

         In connection with the Registered Exchange Offer, the Company shall:

                  (a) mail to each Holder a copy of the prospectus forming part
         of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, together with an
         appropriate letter of transmittal and related documents;

                  (b) keep the Registered Exchange Offer open for not less than
         30 days (or longer, if required by applicable law) after the date
         notice thereof is mailed to the Holders;

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                  (c) utilize the services of a depositary for the Registered
         Exchange Offer with an address in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of
         New York, which may be the Trustee or an affiliate of the Trustee;

                  (d) permit Holders to withdraw tendered Securities at any time
         prior to the close of business, New York time, on the last business day
         on which the Registered Exchange Offer shall remain open; and

                  (e)  otherwise comply with all applicable laws.

         As soon as practicable after the close of the Registered Exchange Offer
or the Private Exchange, as the case may be, the Company shall:

                  (x)  accept for exchange all the Securities validly tendered
         and not withdrawn  pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer and the
         Private Exchange;

                  (y)  deliver to the Trustee for cancellation all the Initial
         Securities so accepted for exchange; and

                  (z) cause the Trustee to authenticate and deliver promptly to
         each Holder of the Initial Securities, Exchange Securities or Private
         Exchange Securities, as the case may be, equal in principal amount to
         the Initial Securities of such Holder so accepted for exchange.

         The Indenture will provide that the Exchange Securities will not be
subject to the transfer restrictions set forth in the Indenture and that all the
Securities will vote and consent together on all matters as one class and that
none of the Securities will have the right to vote or consent as a class
separate from one another on any matter.

         Interest on each Exchange Security and Private Exchange Security issued
pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer and in the Private Exchange will
accrue from the last interest payment date on which interest was paid on the
Initial Securities surrendered in exchange therefor or, if no interest has been
paid on the Initial Securities, from the date of original issue of the Initial
Securities.

         Each Holder participating in the Registered Exchange Offer shall be
required to represent to the Company that at the time of the consummation of the
Registered Exchange Offer (i) any Exchange Securities received by such Holder
will be acquired in the ordinary course of business, (ii) such Holder will have
no arrangements or understanding with any person to participate in the
distribution of the Securities or the Exchange Securities within the meaning of
the Securities Act, (iii) such Holder is not an "affiliate," as defined in Rule
405 of the Securities Act, of the Company or if it is an affiliate, such Holder
will comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the
Securities Act to the extent applicable, (iv) if such Holder is not a
broker-dealer, that it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, the
distribution of the Exchange Securities and (v) if such Holder is a
broker-dealer, that it will receive Exchange Securities for its own account in
exchange for Initial Securities that were acquired as a result of market-making
activities or other trading activities and that it will be required to
acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of
such Exchange Securities.

         Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, the Company will ensure
that (i) any Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any amendment thereto and
any prospectus forming part thereof and any supplement thereto complies in all
material respects with the Securities Act and the rules and regulations
thereunder, (ii) any Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any amendment
thereto does not, when it becomes effective, contain 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 and (iii) any prospectus
forming part of any Exchange Offer Registration Statement, and any supplement to
such prospectus, does not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to
make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading.

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         2. Shelf Registration. If, (i) because of any change in law or in
applicable interpretations thereof by the staff of the Commission, the Company
is not permitted to effect a Registered Exchange Offer, as contemplated by
Section 1 hereof, (ii) the Registered Exchange Offer is not consummated within
195 days of the Issue Date, (iii) any Initial Purchaser so requests with respect
to the Initial Securities (or the Private Exchange Securities) not eligible to
be exchanged for Exchange Securities in the Registered Exchange Offer and held
by it following consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer or (iv) any Holder
(other than an Exchanging Dealer) is not eligible to participate in the
Registered Exchange Offer or may not resell the Exchange Securities without
delivering a prospectus (other than a prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement), the Company shall take the following actions (the date
on which any of the conditions described in the foregoing clauses (i) through
(iv) occur being a "TRIGGER DATE"):

                  (a) The Company shall, at its cost, as promptly as practicable
         but in no event more than 30 days after any Trigger Date (such 30th day
         being the "SHELF FILING DEADLINE" and, together with the Exchange Offer
         Filing Deadline, a "FILING DEADLINE") file with the Commission and
         thereafter shall use its best efforts to cause to be declared
         effective, in the case of clause (i) above, no later than the 155th day
         after the Issue Date of the Initial Securities, and in the case of
         clauses (ii) through (iv) above, no later than the 60th day after the
         Trigger Date (such 155th day and 60th day each being a "SHELF
         REGISTRATION EFFECTIVENESS DEADLINE" and together with the Exchange
         Offer Effectiveness Deadline, an "EFFECTIVENESS DEADLINE") a
         registration statement (the "SHELF REGISTRATION STATEMENT" and,
         together with the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, a
         "REGISTRATION STATEMENT") on an appropriate form under the Securities
         Act relating to the offer and sale of the Transfer Restricted
         Securities by the Holders thereof from time to time in accordance with
         the methods of distribution set forth in the Shelf Registration
         Statement and Rule 415 under the Securities Act (hereinafter, the
         "SHELF REGISTRATION"); provided, however, that no Holder (other than an
         Initial Purchaser) shall be entitled to have the Securities held by it
         covered by such Shelf Registration Statement unless such Holder agrees
         in writing to be bound by all of the provisions of this Agreement
         applicable to such Holder.

                  (b) The Company shall use its best efforts to keep the Shelf
         Registration Statement continuously effective in order to permit the
         prospectus included therein to be lawfully delivered by the Holders of
         the relevant Securities, for a period of two years (or for such longer
         period if extended pursuant to Section 3(j) below) from the date of its
         effectiveness or such shorter period that will terminate when all the
         Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement (i) have been
         sold pursuant thereto or (ii) can be sold without any limitations under
         clauses (c), (e), (f) and (h) of Rule 144 under the Securities Act);
         provided, however, that the Company may suspend any Shelf Registration
         Statement, without being required to pay any Additional Interest
         pursuant to Section 6 hereof, upon written notice to the Holders of
         Securities, for a period of time not to exceed 30 days, in the event
         that keeping such Shelf Registration Statement effective would require
         the disclosure of a material business transaction that has not been
         publicly disclosed (but not including the avoidance of the Company's
         obligations hereunder) and the Board of Directors of the Company
         determines, in good faith, that any such disclosure would jeopardize
         the success of such transaction; provided, further, that all such
         periods of suspension may not exceed an aggregate of 45 days during any
         365 day period. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, the
         Company shall be deemed not to have used its best efforts to keep the
         Shelf Registration Statement effective during the requisite period if
         it voluntarily takes any action that would result in Holders of
         Securities covered thereby not being able to offer and sell such
         Securities during that period, unless such action is required by
         applicable law.

                  (c) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement to
         the contrary, the Company shall cause the Shelf Registration Statement
         and the related prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, as
         of the effective date of the Shelf Registration Statement, amendment or
         supplement, (i) to comply in all material respects with the applicable
         requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the
         Commission and (ii) not to contain any untrue statement of a material
         fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or

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         necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the
         circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

         3. Registration Procedures. In connection with any Shelf Registration
contemplated by Section 2 hereof and, to the extent applicable, any Registered
Exchange Offer contemplated by Section 1 hereof, the following provisions shall
apply:

                  (a) The Company shall (i) furnish to each Initial Purchaser,
         prior to the filing thereof with the Commission, a copy of the
         Registration Statement and each amendment thereof and each supplement,
         if any, to the prospectus included therein and, in the event that an
         Initial Purchaser (with respect to any portion of an unsold allotment
         from the original offering) is participating in the Registered Exchange
         Offer or the Shelf Registration Statement, the Company shall use its
         best efforts to reflect in each such document, when so filed with the
         Commission, such comments as such Initial Purchaser reasonably may
         propose; (ii) include substantially the information set forth in Annex
         A hereto on the cover, in Annex B hereto in the "Exchange Offer
         Procedures" section and the "Purpose of the Exchange Offer" section and
         in Annex C hereto in the "Plan of Distribution" section of the
         prospectus forming a part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement
         and include the information set forth in Annex D hereto in the Letter
         of Transmittal delivered pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer;
         (iii) if requested by an Initial Purchaser, include the information
         required by Items 507 or 508 of Regulation S-K under the Securities
         Act, as applicable, in the prospectus forming a part of the Exchange
         Offer Registration Statement; (iv) include within the prospectus
         contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement a section
         entitled "Plan of Distribution," reasonably acceptable to the Initial
         Purchasers, which shall contain a summary statement of the positions
         taken or policies made by the staff of the Commission with respect to
         the potential "underwriter" status of any broker-dealer that is the
         beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Securities
         Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act")) of Exchange
         Securities received by such broker-dealer in the Registered Exchange
         Offer (a "Participating Broker-Dealer"), whether such positions or
         policies have been publicly disseminated by the staff of the Commission
         or such positions or policies, in the reasonable judgment of the
         Initial Purchasers based upon advice of counsel (which may be in-house
         counsel), represent the prevailing views of the staff of the
         Commission; and (v) in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement,
         include the names of the Holders, who propose to sell Securities
         pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, as selling
         securityholders; provided that such information is furnished to the
         Company on a timely basis.

                  (b) The Company shall give written notice to the Initial
         Purchasers, the Holders of the Securities and any Participating
         Broker-Dealer from whom the Company has received prior written notice
         that it will be a Participating Broker-Dealer in the Registered
         Exchange Offer (which notice pursuant to clauses (ii)-(v) hereof shall
         be accompanied by an instruction to suspend the use of the prospectus
         until the requisite changes have been made):

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

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

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

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

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                           (v) of the happening of any event that requires the
                  Company to make changes in the Registration Statement or the
                  prospectus in order that the Registration Statement or the
                  prospectus do not contain an untrue statement of a material
                  fact nor omit to state a material fact required to be stated
                  therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the
                  case of the prospectus, in light of the circumstances under
                  which they were made) not misleading.

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

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

                  (e) The Company shall deliver to each Exchanging Dealer and
         each Initial Purchaser, and to any other Holder who so requests,
         without charge, at least one copy of the Exchange Offer Registration
         Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, including financial
         statements and schedules, and, if any Initial Purchaser or any such
         Holder requests, all exhibits thereto (including those incorporated by
         reference).

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

                  (g) The Company shall deliver to each Initial Purchaser, any
         Exchanging Dealer, any Participating Broker-Dealer and such other
         persons required to deliver a prospectus following the Registered
         Exchange Offer, without charge, as many copies of the final prospectus
         included in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any amendment
         or supplement thereto as such persons may reasonably request. The
         Company consents, subject to the provisions of this Agreement, to the
         use of the prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by any
         Initial Purchaser, if necessary, any Participating Broker-Dealer and
         such other persons required to deliver a prospectus following the
         Registered Exchange Offer in connection with the offering and sale of
         the Exchange Securities covered by the prospectus, or any amendment or
         supplement thereto, included in such Exchange Offer Registration
         Statement.

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

                  (i) The Company shall cooperate with the Holders of the
         Securities to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of
         certificates representing the Securities to be sold pursuant to any
         Registration Statement free of any restrictive legends and in such
         denominations and

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         registered in such names as the Holders may request a reasonable period
         of time prior to sales of the Securities pursuant to such Registration
         Statement.

                  (j) Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by
         paragraphs (ii) through (v) of Section 3(b) above during the period for
         which the Company is required to maintain an effective Registration
         Statement, the Company shall promptly prepare and file a post-effective
         amendment to the Registration Statement or a supplement to the related
         prospectus and any other required document so that, as thereafter
         delivered to Holders of the Securities or purchasers of Securities, the
         prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or
         omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or
         necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances
         under which they were made, not misleading. If the Company notifies the
         Initial Purchasers, the Holders of the Securities and any known
         Participating Broker-Dealer in accordance with paragraphs (ii) through
         (v) of Section 3(b) above to suspend the use of the prospectus until
         the requisite changes to the prospectus have been made, then the
         Initial Purchasers, the Holders of the Securities and any such
         Participating Broker-Dealers shall suspend use of such prospectus, and
         the period of effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement
         provided for in Section 2(b) above and the Exchange Offer Registration
         Statement provided for in Section 1 above shall each be extended by the
         number of days from and including the date of the giving of such notice
         to and including the date when the Initial Purchasers, the Holders of
         the Securities and any known Participating Broker-Dealer shall have
         received such amended or supplemented prospectus pursuant to this
         Section 3(j).

                  (k) Not later than the effective date of the applicable
         Registration Statement, the Company will provide a CUSIP number for the
         Initial Securities, the Exchange Securities or the Private Exchange
         Securities, as the case may be, and provide the applicable trustee with
         printed certificates for the Initial Securities, the Exchange
         Securities or the Private Exchange Securities, as the case may be, in a
         form eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust Company.

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

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

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

                  (o) The Company shall enter into such customary agreements
         (including, if requested, an underwriting agreement in customary form)
         and take all such other action, if any, as the Holders of a majority in
         aggregate principal amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities being
         sold shall reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of
         the Securities pursuant to any Shelf Registration.

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                  (p) In the case of any Shelf Registration, the Company shall
         (i) make reasonably available for inspection by the Holders of a
         majority in aggregate principal amount of the Transfer Restricted
         Securities being sold, any underwriter participating in any disposition
         pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement and any attorney,
         accountant or other agent retained by the Holders of the Securities or
         any such underwriter all relevant financial and other records,
         pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company and (ii)
         cause the Company's officers, directors, employees, accountants and
         auditors to supply all relevant information reasonably requested by the
         Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Transfer
         Restricted Securities being sold or any such underwriter, attorney,
         accountant or agent in connection with the Shelf Registration
         Statement, in each case, as shall be reasonably necessary to enable
         such persons, to conduct a reasonable investigation within the meaning
         of Section 11 of the Securities Act; provided, however, that the
         foregoing inspection and information gathering shall be coordinated on
         behalf of the Initial Purchasers by you and on behalf of the other
         parties, by one counsel designated by and on behalf of such other
         parties as described in Section 4 hereof; provided, further, that any
         material non-public information relating to the Company that is
         designated in writing by the Company, in good faith, as confidential at
         the time of delivery, shall be kept confidential by any such Holder,
         underwriter, attorney, accountant or agent, unless disclosure is
         required by law or regulation or such information is or becomes
         generally available to the public through no fault or action of such
         person. Such persons shall abstain from engaging in market transactions
         involving securities of the Company or Finlay Enterprises, Inc. in
         violation of applicable securities laws on the basis of such
         information.

                  (q) In the case of any Shelf Registration, the Company, if
         requested by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of
         the Securities covered thereby, shall cause (i) its counsel to deliver
         an opinion and updates thereof relating to the Securities in customary
         form addressed to such Holders and the managing underwriters, if any,
         thereof and dated, in the case of the initial opinion, the effective
         date of such Shelf Registration Statement (it being agreed that the
         matters to be covered by such opinion shall include, without
         limitation, the due incorporation and good standing of the Company and
         its subsidiaries; the qualification of the Company and its subsidiaries
         to transact business as foreign corporations; the due authorization,
         execution and delivery of the relevant agreement of the type referred
         to in Section 3(o) hereof; the due authorization, execution,
         authentication and issuance, and the validity and enforceability, of
         the applicable Securities; the absence of material legal or
         governmental proceedings involving the Company and its subsidiaries;
         the absence of governmental approvals required to be obtained in
         connection with the Shelf Registration Statement, the offering and sale
         of the applicable Securities, or any agreement of the type referred to
         in Section 3(o) hereof; the compliance as to form of such Shelf
         Registration Statement and any documents incorporated by reference
         therein and of the Indenture, in all material respects, with the
         requirements of the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act,
         respectively; and, as of the date of the opinion and as of the
         effective date of the Shelf Registration Statement or most recent
         post-effective amendment thereto, as the case may be, the absence from
         such Shelf Registration Statement and the prospectus included therein,
         as then amended or supplemented, and from any documents incorporated by
         reference therein of an untrue statement of a material fact or the
         omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein
         or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading (in the case
         of any such documents, in the light of the circumstances existing at
         the time that such documents were filed with the Commission under the
         Exchange Act); (ii) its officers to execute and deliver all customary
         documents and certificates and updates thereof reasonably requested by
         any underwriters of the applicable Securities; and (iii) its
         independent public accountants and the independent public accountants
         with respect to any other entity for which financial information is
         provided in the Shelf Registration Statement to provide to the selling
         Holders of the applicable Securities and any underwriter therefor a
         comfort letter in customary form and covering matters of the type
         customarily covered in comfort letters in connection with primary
         underwritten offerings, subject to receipt of appropriate documentation
         as contemplated, and only if permitted, by Statement of Auditing
         Standards No. 72.

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                  (r) In the case of the Registered Exchange Offer, if requested
         by any Initial Purchaser or any known Participating Broker-Dealer, the
         Company shall cause (i) its counsel to deliver to such Initial
         Purchaser or such Participating Broker-Dealer a signed opinion in the
         form set forth in Section 6(c) and (d) of the Purchase Agreement with
         such changes as are customary in connection with the preparation of a
         Registration Statement and (ii) its independent public accountants, and
         the independent public accountants with respect to any other entity for
         which financial information is provided in the Registration Statement,
         to deliver to such Initial Purchaser or such Participating
         Broker-Dealer a comfort letter, in customary form, meeting the
         requirements as to the substance thereof as set forth in Section 6(a)
         of the Purchase Agreement, with appropriate date changes.

                  (s) If a Registered Exchange Offer or a Private Exchange is to
         be consummated, upon delivery of the Initial Securities by Holders to
         the Company (or to such other Person as directed by the Company) in
         exchange for the Exchange Securities or the Private Exchange
         Securities, as the case may be, the Company shall mark, or caused to be
         marked, on the Initial Securities so exchanged that such Initial
         Securities are being canceled in exchange for the Exchange Securities
         or the Private Exchange Securities, as the case may be; in no event
         shall the Initial Securities be marked as paid or otherwise satisfied.

                  (t) The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to (a) if
         the Initial Securities have been rated prior to the initial sale of
         such Initial Securities, confirm such ratings will apply to the
         Securities covered by a Registration Statement, or (b) if the Initial
         Securities were not previously rated, cause the Securities covered by a
         Registration Statement to be rated with the appropriate rating
         agencies, if so requested by Holders of a majority in aggregate
         principal amount of Securities covered by such Registration Statement,
         or by the managing underwriters, if any.

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

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

         4. Registration Expenses. The Company shall bear all fees and expenses
incurred in connection with the performance of its obligations under Sections 1
through 3 hereof (including the reasonable fees and expenses, if any, of Dewey
Ballantine LLP, counsel for the Initial Purchasers, incurred in connection with
the Registered Exchange Offer), whether or not the Registered Exchange Offer or
a Shelf Registration is filed or becomes effective, and, in the event of a Shelf
Registration, shall bear or reimburse the Holders of the Securities covered
thereby for the reasonable and documented fees and disbursements of one firm of
counsel designated by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Initial Securities covered thereby to act as counsel for the Holders of the
Initial Securities in connection therewith.

         5. Indemnification. (a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold
harmless each Holder of the Securities, any Participating Broker-Dealer and each
person, if any, who controls such Holder or such Participating Broker-Dealer
within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act (each Holder,

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

         (b) Each Holder of the Securities, severally and not jointly, will
indemnify and hold harmless the Company and each person, if any, who controls
the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act from
and against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities or any actions in respect
thereof, to which the Company or any such controlling person may become subject
under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses,
claims, damages, liabilities or actions arise out of or are based upon any
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in a
Registration Statement or prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto
or in any preliminary prospectus relating to a Shelf Registration, or arise out
of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a
material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, but in
each case only to the extent that the untrue statement or omission or alleged
untrue statement or omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with
written information pertaining to such Holder and furnished to the Company by or
on behalf of such Holder specifically for inclusion therein; and, subject to the
limitation set forth immediately preceding this clause, shall reimburse, as
incurred, the Company for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the
Company or any such controlling person in connection with investigating or
defending any loss, claim, damage, liability or action in respect thereof. This
indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which such Holder may
otherwise have to the Company or any of its controlling persons.

         (c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 5
of notice of the commencement of any action or proceeding (including a
governmental investigation), such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect
thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section 5,
notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof; but the failure to
notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve the indemnifying party from any
liability that it may have under subsection (a) or (b) above except to the
extent that it has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of
substantive rights

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or defenses) by such failure; and provided further that the failure to notify
the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have
to an indemnified party otherwise than under subsection (a) or (b) above. In
case any such action is brought against any indemnified party, and it notifies
the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will
be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it may wish, jointly
with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense
thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party (who
shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the
indemnifying party), and after notice from the indemnifying party to such
indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof the
indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party under this
Section 5 for any legal or other expenses, other than reasonable costs of
investigation, subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection
with the defense thereof. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written
consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or
threatened action in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have
been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified
party unless such settlement (i) includes an unconditional release of such
indemnified party from all liability on any claims that are the subject matter
of such action, and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of
fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.

         (d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 5 is
unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under
subsections (a) or (b) above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to
the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of the losses,
claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to in
subsection (a) or (b) above (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect
the relative benefits received by the indemnifying party or parties on the one
hand and the indemnified party on the other from the exchange of the Securities,
pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer, or (ii) if the allocation provided by
the foregoing clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion
as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in
clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the indemnifying party or
parties on the one hand and the indemnified party on the other in connection
with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages
or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) as well as any other relevant
equitable considerations. The relative fault of the parties shall be determined
by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a
material fact relates to information supplied by the Company on the one hand or
such Holder or such other indemnified party, as the case may be, on the other,
and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information and
opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The amount paid by
an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities
referred to in the first sentence of this subsection (d) shall be deemed to
include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified
party in connection with investigating or defending any action or claim which is
the subject of this subsection (d). Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Section 5(d), the Holders of the Securities shall not be required to contribute
any amount in excess of the amount by which the net proceeds received by such
Holders from the sale of the Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement
exceeds the amount of damages which such Holders have otherwise been required to
pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged
omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning
of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from
any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes
of this paragraph (d), each person, if any, who controls such indemnified party
within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act shall have the same
rights to contribution as such indemnified party and each person, if any, who
controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange
Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company.

         (e) The agreements contained in this Section 5 shall survive the sale
of the Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement and shall remain in full
force and effect, regardless of any termination or cancellation of this
Agreement or any investigation made by or on behalf of any indemnified party.

         6. Additional Interest Under Certain Circumstances. (a) Additional
interest (the "Additional Interest") with respect to the Initial Securities
shall be assessed as follows if any of the following events occur (each such
event in clauses (i) through (iii) below a "Registration Default":

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                  (i)  any Registration Statement required by this Agreement

         is not filed with the Commission on or prior to the applicable Filing
         Deadline;

                  (ii)  any Registration Statement required by this Agreement is

         not declared effective by the Commission on or prior to the applicable
         Effectiveness Deadline;

                  (iii)  The Registered Exchange Offer has not been consummated
         on or prior to the Consummation Deadline;

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

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

         Additional Interest shall accrue on the Initial Securities over and
above the interest set forth in the title of the Securities from and including
the date on which any such Registration Default shall occur to but excluding the
date on which all such Registration Defaults have been cured, at a rate of 0.50%
per annum (the "ADDITIONAL INTEREST RATE") for the first 90-day period
immediately following the occurrence of such Registration Default. The
Additional Interest Rate shall increase by an additional 0.50% per annum with
respect to each subsequent 90-day period until all Registration Defaults have
been cured, up to a maximum Additional Interest Rate of 2.0% per annum.

         (b) A Registration Default referred to in Section 6(a)(iv)(B) hereof
shall be deemed not to have occurred and be continuing in relation to a Shelf
Registration Statement or the related prospectus if (i) such Registration
Default has occurred solely as a result of (x) the filing of a post-effective
amendment to such Shelf Registration Statement to incorporate annual audited
financial information with respect to the Company where such post-effective
amendment is not yet effective and needs to be declared effective to permit
Holders to use the related prospectus or (y) other material events, with respect
to the Company that would need to be described in such Shelf Registration
Statement or the related prospectus and (ii) in the case of clause (y), the
Company is proceeding promptly and in good faith to amend or supplement such
Shelf Registration Statement and related prospectus to describe such events;
provided, however, that in any case if such Registration Default occurs for a
continuous period in excess of 30 days, Additional Interest shall be payable in
accordance with the above paragraph from the day such Registration Default
occurs until such Registration Default is cured.

         (c) Any amounts of Additional Interest due pursuant to Section 6(a)
above will be payable in cash on the regular interest payment dates with respect
to the Initial Securities. The amount of Additional Interest will be determined
by multiplying the applicable Additional Interest rate by the principal amount
of the Initial Securities, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is
the number of days such Additional Interest rate was applicable during such
period (determined on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day
months), and the denominator of which is 360. Following the cure of all
Registration Defaults, the accrual of Additional Interest will cease.

         (d) "Transfer Restricted Securities" means each Security until (i) the
date on which such Transfer Restricted Security has been exchanged by a person
other than a broker-dealer for a freely transferable

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Exchange Security in the Registered Exchange Offer, (ii) following the exchange
by a broker-dealer in the Registered Exchange Offer of a Initial Security for an
Exchange Note, the date on which such Exchange Note is sold to a purchaser who
receives from such broker-dealer on or prior to the date of such sale a copy of
the prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, (iii) the
date on which such Initial Security has been effectively registered under the
Securities Act and disposed of in accordance with the Shelf Registration
Statement or (iv) the date on which such Initial Securities is distributed to
the public pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or is saleable pursuant
to Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act.

         7. Rules 144 and 144A. The Company shall use its best efforts to file
the reports required to be filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange
Act in a timely manner and, if at any time the Company is not required to file
such reports, it will, upon the request of any Holder of Initial Securities,
make publicly available other information so long as necessary to permit sales
of their securities pursuant to Rules 144 and 144A. The Company covenants that
it will take such further action as any Holder of Initial Securities may
reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such
Holder to sell Initial Securities without registration under the Securities Act
within the limitation of the exemptions provided by Rules 144 and 144A
(including the requirements of Rule 144A(d)(4)). The Company will provide a copy
of this Agreement to prospective purchasers of Initial Securities identified to
the Company by the Initial Purchasers upon request. Upon the request of any
Holder of Initial Securities, the Company shall deliver to such Holder a written
statement as to whether it has complied with such requirements. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, nothing in this Section 7 shall be deemed to require the Company
to register any of its securities pursuant to the Exchange Act.

         8. Underwritten Registrations. If any of the Transfer Restricted
Securities covered by any Shelf Registration are to be sold in an underwritten
offering, the investment banker or investment bankers and manager or managers
that will administer the offering ("Managing Underwriters") will be selected by
the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of such Transfer
Restricted Securities to be included in such offering, subject to the Company's
approval, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. For purposes of
this Section 8, the Company agrees that any Initial Purchaser shall be
acceptable as a Managing Underwriter.

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

         9.  Miscellaneous.

         (a) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement may not be
amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from
the provisions hereof may not be given, except by the Company and the written
consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities
affected by such amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consents.

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

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

                  (2)  if to the Initial Purchasers;

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

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                       Fax No.:  (212) 325-8278
                       Attention:  Transactions Advisory Group

         with a copy to:

                       Dewey Ballantine LLP
                       1301 Avenue of the Americas
                       New York, NY 10019
                       Fax No.:  212-259-6333
                       Attention:  Morton A. Pierce

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

                       Finlay Fine Jewelry Corporation
                       529 Fifth Avenue
                       New York, NY 10017
                       Fax No.:
                       Attention:  Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel

         with a copy to:

                       Blank Rome LLP
                       405 Lexington Avenue
                       New York, NY 10174
                       Fax No.:  (917) 332-3821
                       Attention:  James Martin Kaplan

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

         (c) No Inconsistent Agreements. The Company has not, as of the date
hereof, entered into, nor shall it, on or after the date hereof, enter into, any
agreement with respect to its securities that is inconsistent with the rights
granted to the Holders herein or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof.
The rights granted to the Holders hereunder do not in any way materially
conflict with and are not inconsistent with the rights granted to the holders of
the Company's securities under any agreement in effect on the date hereof.

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

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

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

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

         (h) Severability. If any one or more of the provisions contained
herein, or the application thereof in any circumstance, is held invalid, illegal
or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of any

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such provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions contained
herein shall not be affected or impaired thereby.

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

         (j) Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Immunities. The Company
hereby submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Federal and state courts
in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York in any suit or proceeding
arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated
hereby. To the extent that the Company may acquire any immunity from
jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process (whether through service of
notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution, execution
or otherwise) with respect to itself or its property, it hereby irrevocably
waives such immunity in respect of this Agreement, to the fullest extent
permitted by law.

                         [Signatures on following page]

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

                                      Very truly yours,

                                      FINLAY FINE JEWELRY CORPORATION

                                      By: /s/ Bruce E. Zurlnick
                                          ---------------------------------
                                          Name:  Bruce E. Zurlnick
                                          Title: Senior Vice President,
                                                 Treasurer and CFO

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

CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON LLC
J. P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC
SG AMERICAS SECURITIES, LLC

by:  CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON LLC

By:  /s/ Andrew R. Taussig
     -------------------------------
     Name:  Andrew R. Taussig
     Title: Managing Director

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                                                                         ANNEX A

         Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own
account pursuant to the Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a
prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Letter
of Transmittal states that by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, a
broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an "underwriter" within the
meaning of the Securities Act. This Prospectus, as it may be amended or
supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer in connection
with resales of Exchange Securities received in exchange for Initial Securities
where such Initial Securities were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of
market-making activities or other trading activities. The Company has agreed
that, for a period of 180 days after the Expiration Date (as defined herein), it
will make this Prospectus available to any broker-dealer for use in connection
with any such resale. See "Plan of Distribution."

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                                                                         ANNEX B

         Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own
account in exchange for Securities, where such Initial Securities were acquired
by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading
activities, must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection
with any resale of such Exchange Securities. See "Plan of Distribution."

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                                                                         ANNEX C

                              PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

         Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own
account pursuant to the Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a
prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. This
Prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used
by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of Exchange Securities received in
exchange for Initial Securities where such Initial Securities were acquired as a
result of market-making activities or other trading activities. The Company has
agreed that, for a period of 180 days after the Expiration Date, it will make
this prospectus, as amended or supplemented, available to any broker-dealer for
use in connection with any such resale. In addition, until             , 2004 ,
all dealers effecting transactions in the Exchange Securities may be required to
deliver a prospectus.(1)

         The Company will not receive any proceeds from any sale of Exchange
Securities by broker-dealers. Exchange Securities received by broker-dealers for
their own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer may be sold from time to time
in one or more transactions in the over-the-counter market, in negotiated
transactions, through the writing of options on the Exchange Securities or a
combination of such methods of resale, at market prices prevailing at the time
of resale, at prices related to such prevailing market prices or negotiated
prices. Any such resale may be made directly to purchasers or to or through
brokers or dealers who may receive compensation in the form of commissions or
concessions from any such broker-dealer or the purchasers of any such Exchange
Securities. Any broker-dealer that resells Exchange Securities that were
received by it for its own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer and any broker
or dealer that participates in a distribution of such Exchange Securities may be
deemed to be an "underwriter" within the meaning of the Securities Act and any
profit on any such resale of Exchange Securities and any commission or
concessions received by any such persons may be deemed to be underwriting
compensation under the Securities Act. The Letter of Transmittal states that, by
acknowledging that it will deliver and by delivering a prospectus, a
broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an "underwriter" within the
meaning of the Securities Act.

         For a period of 180 days after the Expiration Date the Company will
promptly send additional copies of this Prospectus and any amendment or
supplement to this Prospectus to any broker-dealer that requests such documents
in the Letter of Transmittal. The Company has agreed to pay all expenses
incident to the Exchange Offer (including the expenses of one counsel for the
Holders of the Securities) other than commissions or concessions of any brokers
or dealers and will indemnify the Holders of the Securities (including any
broker-dealers) against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the
Securities Act.

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         (1) In addition, the legend required by Item 502(e) of Regulation S-K
will appear on the back cover page of the Exchange Offer prospectus.

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                                                                         ANNEX D

[ ] CHECK HERE IF YOU ARE A BROKER-DEALER AND WISH TO RECEIVE 10 ADDITIONAL
COPIES OF THE PROSPECTUS AND 10 COPIES OF ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO.

                  Name:  ____________________________________________
                  Address: __________________________________________
                         ____________________________________________

If the undersigned is not a broker-dealer, the undersigned represents that it is
not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, a distribution of Exchange
Securities. If the undersigned is a broker-dealer that will receive Exchange
Securities for its own account in exchange for Initial Securities that were
acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, it
acknowledges that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of
such Exchange Securities; however, by so acknowledging and by delivering a
prospectus, the undersigned will not be deemed to admit that it is an
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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.1

                           RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT

         AGREEMENT, made as of April __, 2004, between FINLAY ENTERPRISES, INC.,
a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and _________________ (the "Grantee").

         1.       PURPOSE.  The purpose of this Restricted Stock Agreement (the
"Agreement") is to provide an incentive and reward to the Grantee, who, through
employment and by the Grantee's industry and exceptional service, will continue
to contribute to the growth and development of the Company.

         2.       SHARES AWARDED.

                  (a) Subject to the terms of this Agreement, provided that the
Grantee is at such time employed by the Company or its or their subsidiaries,
the Company shall issue to the Grantee, on April 30, 2006 or as soon thereafter
as is reasonably practicable, ___ shares of common stock, $.01 par value
("Common Stock"), of the Company (the "Shares"), which Shares shall be subject
to the restrictions set forth herein.

                  (b) The Shares are granted pursuant to the Company's 1997 Long
Term Incentive Plan, as amended (the "Plan"). The Shares are subject to all of
the applicable provisions of the Plan which are incorporated herein by
reference, and any conflict between the terms of this Agreement and those of the
Plan shall be resolved in favor of the terms of the Plan.

                  (c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein contained,
in the event (i) that the Grantee's employment is terminated by reason of the
Grantee's death or Disability (as such term is defined in the Plan), or (ii)
upon the occurrence of a Change in Control (as defined in the Plan), then in any
such case, all of the Shares shall be deemed immediately vested and shall cease
to be subject to the restrictions imposed hereunder and the Shares shall be
distributed to the Grantee or his or her estate (as applicable) as promptly as
possible thereafter.

         3.       CERTIFICATES.

                  (A) CERTIFICATES. Upon issuance by the Company to the Grantee
of Shares in accordance with Section 2 hereof, the Company shall deliver to the
Grantee or his or her estate (as applicable) a certificate covering such Shares,
which shall be in the name of the Grantee or such estate and shall have stamped
thereon the legends set forth in Section 6 hereof.

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                  (B) ADJUSTMENTS. In the event that the Company shall effect
any dividend or other distribution in the form of shares of Common Stock, or
there shall occur any recapitalization, forward or reverse split,
reorganization, merger, consolidation, spin-off, combination, repurchase, share
exchange or other similar corporate transaction or event which affects the
Common Stock such that an adjustment is appropriate in order to prevent dilution
or enlargement of the rights of the Grantee hereunder, then the Company shall,
in such manner as it may deem equitable, adjust the number and/or type of
securities issuable to the Grantee pursuant to Section 2 hereof after the
effective date of such dividend or distribution or other corporate transaction
or event.

         4.       STOCKHOLDERS' AND REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENTS.

         It is a condition to the grant of any Shares hereunder that the Grantee
execute and deliver to the Company, counterparts of the Amended and Restated
Stockholders' Agreement dated as of March 6, 1995 and the Registration Rights
Agreement, dated as of May 26, 1993, each as amended (respectively, the
"Stockholders' Agreement" and the "Registration Rights Agreement"), by and among
the Company, David B. Cornstein, Arthur E. Reiner and certain other parties.
Upon the Grantee's execution and delivery of such agreements, the Grantee will
be deemed to be a "Management Holder" under the Stockholders' Agreement and a
"Management Stockholder" under the Registration Rights Agreement, and as such,
the Grantee will be subject, in addition to the provisions of this Agreement, to
all of the terms, conditions and obligations of such agreements, including,
without limitation, restrictions on the transferability of the Shares (and any
other securities issued to the Grantee pursuant to Section 3(b) hereof).
Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein, shall have the same
meaning as defined in the Stockholders' Agreement.

         5.       RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER.  The Grantee hereby represents and
warrants to and agrees with the Company as follows:

                  (a) The Shares (and any other securities issued pursuant to
Section 3(b) hereof) are being acquired by the Grantee for the Grantee's benefit
and account for investment purposes and not with a view to or for resale in
connection with a public offering and distribution thereof.

                  (b) The Shares (and any other securities issued to the Grantee
pursuant to Section 3(b) hereof) will not be sold, exchanged, pledged,
hypothecated, transferred or otherwise

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disposed of by the Grantee in any manner, directly or indirectly, (i) without
registration thereof under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any
applicable state "Blue Sky" laws unless an exemption from such registration is
available and, if the Company so requests, the Grantee causes counsel
satisfactory to the Company to deliver to the Company a written opinion of such
counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Company; or (ii) in violation
of any law; or (iii) in violation of the Stockholders' Agreement or the
Registration Rights Agreement.

         6.       RESTRICTIVE LEGENDS.  All certificates representing Shares
issued hereunder (and all certificates representing any other securities issued
to the Grantee pursuant to Section 3(b) hereof) shall bear restrictive legends
thereon substantially as follows:

         "THE SALE, ASSIGNMENT, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THE SECURITIES
         REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF A
         RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT DATED AS OF APRIL __, 2004 BETWEEN THE
         COMPANY AND THE HOLDER, AND AN AMENDED AND RESTATED STOCKHOLDERS'
         AGREEMENT DATED AS OF MARCH 6, 1995 AND A REGISTRATION RIGHTS
         AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF MAY 26, 1993, EACH AS AMENDED, BY AND AMONG THE
         COMPANY, DAVID B. CORNSTEIN, ARTHUR E. REINER AND CERTAIN OTHER
         PARTIES, COPIES OF WHICH ARE ON FILE WITH THE SECRETARY OF THE
         COMPANY."

         "THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED
         UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "ACT"), AND MAY NOT
         BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT (I) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
         STATEMENT UNDER THE ACT, (II) TO THE EXTENT APPLICABLE, PURSUANT TO
         RULE 144 UNDER THE ACT (OR ANY SIMILAR RULE UNDER SUCH ACT RELATING TO
         THE DISPOSITION OF SECURITIES), OR (III) UPON THE DELIVERY BY THE
         HOLDER TO THE COMPANY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, SATISFACTORY TO COUNSEL
         TO THE COMPANY, STATING THAT AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH
         ACT IS AVAILABLE."

         7. GENERAL PROVISIONS. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall confer
upon the Grantee any right to continue in the employ of the Company or shall in
any way affect the right and power of the Company to dismiss or otherwise
terminate the employment of the Grantee at any time for any reason with or
without cause. This Agreement shall be governed and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts entered into and to be
performed wholly within such

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State. This Agreement shall be binding upon the heirs, executors, administrators
and successors of the parties hereto.

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

                                           FINLAY ENTERPRISES, INC.

                                           By_______________________________
                                             Name: Arthur E. Reiner
                                             Title: Chairman and CEO

                                           THE GRANTEE:

                                           _________________________________
                                           Signature

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