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                                                                    EXHIBIT 4.7

                                  $215,000,000

                            VON HOFFMANN CORPORATION

                          10 1/4% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2009

                          REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

                                                                  March 26, 2002

Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation
Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.
c/o Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation
Eleven Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10010-3629

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     Von Hoffmann Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "ISSUER"), proposes
to issue and sell to Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation and Scotia Capital
(USA) Inc. (together, the "INITIAL PURCHASERS"), upon the terms set forth in a
purchase agreement dated March 15, 2002 (the "PURCHASE AGREEMENT"), $200,000,000
aggregate principal amount of its 10 1/4% Senior Notes due 2009 (the "Notes"),
to be guaranteed (the "GUARANTEES", and together with the Notes, the "OFFERED
SECURITIES") by: Von Hoffmann Holdings Inc. (so long as it guarantees the
Issuer's new revolving credit facility), a Delaware corporation; One Thousand
Realty & Investment Company, a Delaware corporation; H&S Graphics, Inc., a
Delaware corporation; Preface, Inc., a Delaware corporation; and Precision
Offset Printing Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "GUARANTORS" and,
collectively with the Issuer, the "COMPANY"). The Offered Securities will be
issued pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of March 26, 2002 (the "INDENTURE"),
among the Issuer, the Guarantors and U.S. Bank National Association, 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 Initial Purchasers and the holders of the Securities (as defined
below) (collectively the "HOLDERS"), as follows:

     1. REGISTERED EXCHANGE OFFER. Unless not permitted by applicable law (after
the Company has complied with the ultimate paragraph of this Section 1), the
Company shall prepare and, on or prior to 90 days (such 90th day being a "FILING
DEADLINE") after the date on which the Initial Purchasers purchase the Offered
Securities pursuant to the Purchase Agreement (the "CLOSING 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 "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 Exchange Offer,
to issue and deliver to such Holders, in exchange for the Offered Securities, a
like aggregate principal amount of debt securities of the Issuer and guarantees
of the Guarantors issued under the Indenture, identical in all material respects
to the Offered Securities and registered under the Securities Act (the "EXCHANGE
NOTES"). The

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Company shall (i) use its reasonable best efforts to have such Exchange Offer
Registration Statement declared effective by the Commission under the Securities
Act on or prior to 180 days after the Closing Date and (ii) unless the Exchange
Offer would not be permitted by applicable law or Commission policy, the Company
will, following the declaration of the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement (a) commence the Exchange Offer and (b) use its
reasonable best efforts to issue on or prior to 35 business days after the date
on which the Exchange Offer Registration Statement was declared effective by the
Commission, Exchange Notes, in exchange for all Offered Securities tendered
prior to thereto in the Exchange Offer (such period being called the "EXCHANGE
OFFER REGISTRATION PERIOD").

     Following the declaration of the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement, the Company shall promptly commence the Exchange Offer,
it being the objective of such Exchange Offer to enable each Holder of Transfer
Restricted Securities, electing to exchange the Offered Securities for Exchange
Notes (assuming that such Holder is not an affiliate of the Company within the
meaning of the Securities Act, acquires the Exchange Notes in the ordinary
course of such Holder's business and has no arrangements with any person to
participate in the distribution of the Exchange Notes and is not prohibited by
any law or policy of the Commission from participating in the Registered
Exchange Offer), to trade such Exchange Notes 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 Offered Securities, acquired for its own account as a
result of market making activities or other trading activities, for Exchange
Notes (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 Notes received by
such Exchanging Dealer pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer and (ii) an
Initial Purchaser that elects to sell Securities (as defined below) acquired in
exchange for Offered 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.

     Subject to the next paragraph, for so long as any of the Securities are
outstanding and if, in the reasonable judgment of the Initial Purchasers or its
counsel, the Initial Purchasers or any of their affiliates (as defined in the
rules and regulations under the Securities Act) is required to deliver a
prospectus (any such prospectus, a "MARKET MAKING PROSPECTUS") in connection
with sales of the Securities, to (i) provide the Initial Purchasers and their
affiliates, without charge, as many copies of the Market Making Prospectus as
they may reasonably request, (ii) periodically amend the Offering Document (as
defined in the Purchase Agreement) and the Exchange Offer Registration Statement
so that the information contained therein complies with the requirements of
Section 10(a) of the Securities Act, (iii) amend the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement or amend or supplement the Market Making Prospectus when necessary to
reflect any material changes in the information provided therein and promptly
file such amendment or supplement

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with the Commission, (iv) provide the Initial Purchasers and their affiliates
with copies of each amendment or supplement so filed and such other documents,
including opinions of counsel and "comfort" letters, as they may reasonably
request and (v) indemnify the Initial Purchasers and their affiliates with
respect to the Market Making Prospectus and, if applicable, contribute to any
amount paid or payable by the Purchasers and their affiliates in a manner
substantially identical to that specified in Section 7 of the Purchase Agreement
(with appropriate modifications). The Company consents to the use, subject to
the provisions of the Securities Act and the state securities or Blue Sky laws
of the jurisdictions in which the Offered Securities are offered by the
Purchasers, of each Market Making Prospectus.

     The Company shall use its reasonable 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 Notes; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (i)
in the case where such prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto must
be delivered by an Exchanging Dealer or the Initial Purchasers, 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 Notes 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 Notes for a
period of not less than 180 days after the consummation of the Registered
Exchange Offer.

     If, upon consummation of the Exchange Offer, the Initial Purchasers hold
Offered Securities acquired by them as part of their initial distribution, the
Company, simultaneously with the delivery of the Exchange Notes pursuant to the
Exchange Offer, shall issue and deliver to the Initial Purchasers upon the
written request of the Initial Purchasers, in exchange (the "PRIVATE EXCHANGE")
for the Offered Securities held by the Initial Purchasers, a like principal
amount of debt securities of the Company issued under the Indenture and
identical in all material respects to the Offered Securities (the "PRIVATE
EXCHANGE NOTES"). The Offered Securities, the Exchange Notes and the Private
Exchange Notes are herein collectively called the "SECURITIES".

     In connection with the 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 Exchange Offer open for not less than 25 business days
     (or longer, if required by applicable law) after the date notice thereof is
     mailed to the Holders;

          (c)  utilize the services of a depositary for the 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;

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          (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 Exchange Offer shall remain open; and

          (e)  otherwise comply with all applicable laws.

     As soon as practicable after the close of the 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 Offered
     Securities so accepted for exchange; and

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

     The Indenture will provide that the Exchange Notes 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 Note and Private Exchange Note 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 Offered Securities
surrendered in exchange therefor or, if no interest has been paid on the Offered
Securities, from the date of original issue of the Offered 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 Notes 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 Notes 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 Notes and (v) if such Holder is a broker-dealer, that it will receive
Exchange Notes for its own account in exchange for Offered 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 Notes.

     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

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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.

     If following the date hereof there has been announced a change in
Commission policy with respect to exchange offers that in the reasonable opinion
of counsel to the Company raises a substantial question as to whether the
Registered Exchange Offer is permitted by applicable federal law, the Company
will seek a no-action letter or other favorable decision from the Commission
allowing the Company to consummate the Registered Exchange Offer. The Company
will pursue the issuance of such a decision to the Commission staff level. In
connection with the foregoing, the Company will take all such other actions as
may be requested by the Commission or otherwise required in connection with the
issuance of such decision, including without limitation (i) participating in
telephonic conferences with the Commission, (ii) delivering to the Commission
staff an analysis prepared by counsel to the Company setting forth the legal
bases, if any, upon which such counsel has concluded that the Registered
Exchange Offer should be permitted and (iii) diligently pursuing a resolution
(which need not be favorable) by the Commission staff.

     2. SHELF REGISTRATION. If, (i) the Company is not: (a) required to file the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement; or (b) permitted to consummate the
Exchange Offer because the Exchange Offer is not permitted by applicable law or
Commission policy; or (ii) any holder of Transfer Restricted Securities notifies
the Issuer prior to the 20th day following consummation of the Exchange Offer
that: (a) it is prohibited by law or Commission policy from participating in the
Exchange Offer; or (b) that it may not resell the Exchange Notes acquired by it
in the Exchange Offer to the public without delivering a prospectus and the
prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not
appropriate or available for such resales; or (c) that it is a broker-dealer and
owns Securities acquired directly from the Company or an affiliate of the
Company, the Company shall take the following actions (the date on which any of
the conditions described in the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) occur, being a
"TRIGGER DATE"):

          (a)  The Company will file a registration statement (the "SHELF
     REGISTRATION STATEMENT") with the Commission and use its reasonable best
     efforts to cause such filing to be made on or prior to 35 days after such
     filing obligation arises and to cause the Shelf Registration Statement to
     be declared effective by the Commission under the Securities Act, on or
     prior to 75 days after such filing. The Shelf Registration Statement and
     the Exchange Offer Registration Statement are referred to herein as a
     "REGISTRATION STATEMENT". The Shelf Registration Statement shall be filed
     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

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     Registration Statement unless such Holder agrees in writing to be bound by
     all the provisions of this Agreement applicable to such Holder.

          (b)  The Company shall use its reasonable 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) are no longer restricted securities (as defined in
     Rule 144 under the Securities Act, or any successor rule thereof). The
     Company shall be deemed not to have used its reasonable 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 in the judgment of counsel for
     the Company 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 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 Exchange
Offer contemplated by Section 1 hereof, the following provisions shall apply:

          (a)  The Company shall (i) furnish to the Initial Purchasers, 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 the Initial Purchasers
     (with respect to any portion of an unsold allotment from the original
     offering) are participating in the Exchange Offer or the Shelf Registration
     Statement, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to reflect in
     each such document, when so filed with the Commission, such comments as the
     Initial Purchasers reasonably may propose; (ii) include 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 the Initial Purchasers, 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

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     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 Notes
     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.

          (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

               (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 does not contain an
          untrue statement of a material fact nor omit to state a material fact
          required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
          therein (in the case of the prospectus, in light of the circumstances
          under which they were made) not misleading.

          (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.

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          (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 the
     Initial Purchasers, 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 the Initial Purchasers 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 the Initial Purchasers, 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 the Initial Purchasers, 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 Notes 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.

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          (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 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 Offered
     Securities, the Exchange Notes or the Private Exchange Notes, as the case
     may be, and provide the applicable trustee with printed certificates for
     the Offered Securities, the Exchange Notes or the Private Exchange Notes,
     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

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     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 any Holder of the Securities shall
     reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Securities
     pursuant to any Shelf Registration.

          (p)  In the case of any Shelf Registration, the Company shall (i) make
     reasonably available for inspection by the Holders of the Securities, 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 the Securities 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.

          (q)  In the case of any Shelf Registration, the Company, if requested
     by any Holder of 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
     with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act,
     respectively; and, as

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     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
     requested by any underwriters of the applicable Securities and (iii) its
     independent public accountants 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.

          (r)  In connection with a resale under the Exchange Offering
     Registration Statement, if requested by the Initial Purchasers or any known
     Participating Broker-Dealer, the Company shall cause (i) its counsel to
     deliver to the Initial Purchasers or such Participating Broker-Dealer a
     signed opinion in the form set forth in Section 6(c) 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 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 Exchange Offer or a Private Exchange is to be consummated,
     upon delivery of the Offered Securities by Holders to the Company (or to
     such other Person as directed by the Company) in exchange for the Exchange
     Notes or the Private Exchange Notes, as the case may be, the Company shall
     mark, or caused to be marked, on the Offered Securities so exchanged that
     such Offered Securities are being canceled in exchange for the Exchange
     Notes or the Private Exchange Notes, as the case may be; in no event shall
     the Offered Securities be marked as paid or otherwise satisfied.

          (t)  The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to (a) if the
     Offered Securities have been rated prior to the initial sale of such
     Offered Securities, confirm such ratings will apply to the Securities
     covered by a Registration Statement, or (b) if the Offered 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

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     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 reasonable 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.

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

               (i)  all registration and filing fees and expenses;

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

               (iii) all expenses of printing (including printing certificates
          for the Securities to be issued in the Exchange Offer and the Private
          Exchange and printing of prospectuses), messenger and delivery
          services and telephone;

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

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

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

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

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          (b)  In connection with any Registration Statement required by this
     Agreement, the Company will reimburse the Initial Purchasers and the
     Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities who are tendering Offered
     Securities in the Registered Exchange Offer and/or selling or reselling
     Securities pursuant to the "Plan of Distribution" contained in the Exchange
     Offer Registration Statement or the Shelf Registration Statement, as
     applicable, for the reasonable fees and disbursements of not more than one
     counsel, who shall be Latham & Watkins unless another firm shall be chosen
     by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Transfer Restricted
     Securities for whose benefit such Registration Statement is being prepared.

     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, 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

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     Broker-Dealer; PROVIDED FURTHER, 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 omission so to notify the indemnifying party will not, in any event,
     relieve the indemnifying party from any obligations to any indemnified
     party other than the indemnification obligation provided in paragraph (a)
     or (b) above. In case any such action is brought against any indemnified
     party, and it notifies the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof,
     the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein and, to the
     extent that it may wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party
     similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably
     satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the
     consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party),
     and after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of
     its election so to assume the defense thereof the indemnifying party will
     not be liable to such indemnified party under this Section 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

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     have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such
     indemnified party unless such settlement includes an unconditional release
     of such indemnified party from all liability on any claims that are the
     subject matter of such action, and 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 sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities, 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, 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 subsection (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.

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     6. LIQUIDATED DAMAGES.

          (a)  Liquidated damages (the "LIQUIDATED DAMAGES") with respect to the
     Securities shall be assessed as follows if any of the following events
     occur (each such event in clauses (i) through (iv) below being herein
     called a "REGISTRATION DEFAULT"):

               (i)  any Registration Statement required by this Agreement is not
                    filed with the Commission on or prior to the date specified
                    for such filing;

               (ii) any Registration Statement required by this Agreement is not
                    declared effective by the Commission on or prior to the date
                    specified for such effectiveness (the "EFFECTIVENESS TARGET
                    DATE");

               (iii) the Registered Exchange Offer has not been consummated
                    within 35 business days of the Effectiveness Target Date
                    with respect to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement;
                    or

               (iv) any Registration Statement required by this Agreement has
                    been declared effective by the Commission but (A) such
                    Registration Statement thereafter ceases to be effective or
                    (B) such Registration Statement or the related prospectus
                    ceases to be usable in connection with resales of Transfer
                    Restricted Securities during the periods specified herein.

          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.

          The Company shall pay Liquidated Damages to each Holder in the event
     of a Registration Default. Liquidated Damages shall accrue, at an annual
     rate of 1.0% of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities, on the
     date of such Registration Default, payable in cash semiannually in arrears
     on each interest payment date with respect to the Securities, commencing on
     the date of such Registration Default. All accrued Liquidated Damages will
     be paid by the Company in the same manner and at the times as interest is
     paid. Following the cure of all Registration Defaults, the accrual of
     Liquidated Damages will cease.

          (b)  A Registration Default referred to in Section 6(a)(iv) 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

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     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 Liquidated Damages due pursuant to Section 6(a)
     will be the exclusive remedy available to holders of Transfer Restricted
     Securities for any Registration Default.

          (d)  "TRANSFER RESTRICTED SECURITIES" means each Security until (i)
     the date on which such Security has been exchanged by a person other than a
     broker-dealer for a freely transferable Exchange Note in the Exchange
     Offer, (ii) following the exchange by a broker-dealer in the Exchange Offer
     of an 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
     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 Security is distributed to the public pursuant to Rule
     144 under the Securities Act.

     7. RULES 144 AND 144A. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts
to, upon the request of any Holder of Securities, make publicly available any
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 Securities may reasonably request, all to the extent required
from time to time to enable such Holder to sell 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 Offered
Securities identified to the Company by the Initial Purchasers upon request.
Upon the request of any Holder of Offered 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 8 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.

     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,

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underwriting agreements and other documents reasonably required under the terms
of such underwriting arrangements.

     9. MISCELLANEOUS.

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

          (b)  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.

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

          with a copy to:

                         Latham & Watkins
                         885 Third Avenue
                         New York, NY 10022-4802
                         Fax No.:  (212) 751-4864
                         Attention:  Peter M. Labonski

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

                         Von Hoffmann Corporation
                         1000 Camera Avenue
                         St. Louis, MO 63126
                         Fax No.:  (314) 966-0983
                         Attention:  Chief Financial Officer

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          with a copy to:

                         Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
                         767 Fifth Avenue
                         New York, NY 10153
                         Fax No.:  (212) 310-8007
                         Attention:  Todd R. Chandler

     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.

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

          (e)  SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. This Agreement shall be binding upon the
     Company and its successors and assigns.

          (f)  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.

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

          (h)  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.

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

          (j)  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.

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

                                   Very truly yours,

                                   Von Hoffmann Corporation

                                      By:
                                         ---------------------------------------
                                         Name:
                                         Title:

                                   Von Hoffmann Holdings Inc.

                                      By:
                                         ---------------------------------------
                                         Name:
                                         Title:

                                   One Thousand Realty & Investment Company

                                      By:
                                         ---------------------------------------
                                         Name:
                                         Title:

                                   H&S Graphics, Inc.

                                      By:
                                         ---------------------------------------
                                         Name:
                                         Title:

                                   Preface, Inc.

                                      By:
                                         ---------------------------------------
                                         Name:
                                         Title:

                                   Precision Offset Printing Company, Inc.

                                      By:
                                         ---------------------------------------
                                         Name:
                                         Title:

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

CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON CORPORATION
SCOTIA CAPITAL (USA) INC.

BY: CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON CORPORATION

By:
    ---------------------------------------
    Name:
    Title:

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                                                                         ANNEX A

     Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Notes 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 Notes. 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 Notes received in exchange for Offered Securities where
such Offered 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 Notes for its own account in
exchange for Offered Securities, where such Offered 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 Notes. See "Plan of Distribution."

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                                                                         ANNEX C

                              PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

     Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Notes 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 Notes. 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 Notes received in
exchange for Offered Securities where such Offered 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 ______ __, 2002, all
dealers effecting transactions in the Exchange Notes may be required to deliver
a prospectus.(1)

     The Company will not receive any proceeds from any sale of Exchange Notes
by broker-dealers. Exchange Notes 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 Notes 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 Notes. Any broker-dealer
that resells Exchange Notes 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 Notes may be deemed to be an "underwriter" within
the meaning of the Securities Act and any profit on any such resale of Exchange
Notes 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:
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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
Notes. If the undersigned is a broker-dealer that will receive Exchange Notes
for its own account in exchange for Offered 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
Notes; however, by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, the
undersigned will not be deemed to admit that it is an "underwriter" within the
meaning of the Securities Act.

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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.1

                         EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

          EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT dated as of January 31, 2002, and
effective as of January 1, 2002 ("Effective Date"), by and among Von Hoffmann
Press, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Company") and Robert S. Mathews
("Executive").

          NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual undertakings contained
herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

                                    ARTICLE I
                                   DEFINITIONS

          1.1    DEFINITIONS. As used herein, the following terms shall have the
following meanings.

          "BOARD" means the Board of Directors of a member of the Company Group.

          "CAUSE" means (i) the conviction of Executive by a court of competent
jurisdiction of, or entry of a plea of NOLO CONTENDERE with respect to, a felony
or any other crime which involves fraud, dishonesty or moral turpitude; (ii)
fraud or embezzlement on the part of Executive; (iii) Executive's chronic abuse
of or dependency on alcohol or drugs (illicit or otherwise) which interferes
with the performance of Executive's duties, responsibilities or obligations
under this Agreement; (iv) the material breach by Executive of Section 2.5, 2.6
or 2.7 hereof; or (v) any act of moral turpitude or willful misconduct by
Executive which (A) is intended to result in substantial personal enrichment of
Executive at the expense of the Company Group or (B) may have a material adverse
impact on the business or reputation of the Company Group.

          "CHANGE IN CONTROL" means (i) the acquisition by a person or group of
persons of greater than 50% of the voting power of the Company; (ii) the sale of
all or substantially all of the assets of the Company in one transaction or a
series of related transactions; or (iii) a merger or consolidation of the
Company in which the shareholders of the Company immediately prior to such
consolidation own directly or indirectly less than 50% of the voting power of
the resulting corporation.

          "COMPANY GROUP" means, collectively, Holding, the Company and their
respective Subsidiaries, successors or assigns.

          "EBITDA" means, for any period, consolidated net income of Holding,
the Company and its subsidiaries determined in accordance with GAAP plus (i)
provisions for taxes based on income or profits to the extent included in
computing such consolidated net income, plus (ii) consolidated interest expense
of Holding and its subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued, to the
extent any such expense was deducted in computing such consolidated net income,
plus (iii) depreciation, amortization and other non-cash expenses of Holding and
its subsidiaries for such period (excluding

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any such non-cash expenses to the extent it represents an accrual or reserve for
cash expenses in any future period or amortization of a prepaid cash expense
paid in a prior period) to the extent any such expense was deducted in computing
such consolidated net income, plus (iv) any fees or expenses related to the
transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement to the extent any such expense
was deducted in computing consolidated net income for such period, plus (v) any
annual retainer payment made to Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities
Corporation or its affiliates to the extent any such expense was deducted in
computing consolidated net income for such period, minus (vi) any gain on any
sale or disposition of assets of Holding or any of its subsidiaries in excess of
$200,000 in any year, minus (vii) any interest or dividend income or income from
any other investments, minus (viii) any gain on the sale of any investment or
any stock of any subsidiary of Holding or any of its subsidiaries, and (ix) plus
any increase in the LIFO reserve or minus any decrease in the LIFO reserve, in
each case for such period to the extent any such increase or decrease was
included in computing consolidated net income for such period.

          "EMPLOYMENT PERIOD" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1.

          "GAAP" means U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied in
accordance with the Company's accounting methodologies and procedures.

          "HOLDING" means Von Hoffmann Corporation.

          "PERSON" means an individual, a partnership, a corporation, an
association, a joint stock company, a limited liability company, a trust, a
joint venture, an unincorporated organization or a governmental entity or any
department, agency or political subdivision thereof.

          "SUBSIDIARY" means, with respect to any Person, any corporation,
partnership, association or other business entity of which (i) if a corporation,
a majority of the total voting power of shares of stock entitled (without regard
to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors,
managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or
indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that
Person or combination thereof, or (ii) if a partnership, association or other
business entity, a majority of the partnership or other similar ownership
interest thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by
any Person or one or more Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof.
For purposes hereof, a Person or Persons shall be deemed to have a majority
ownership interest in a partnership, association or other business entity if
such Person or Persons shall be allocated a majority of partnership, association
or other business entity gains or losses or shall be or control the managing
director or general partner of such partnership, association or other business
entity.

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                                   ARTICLE II
                                   EMPLOYMENT

          2.1    EMPLOYMENT. The Company agrees to employ Executive, and
Executive hereby accepts employment with the Company, upon the terms and
conditions set forth in this Agreement for the period beginning on the Effective
Date and ending as provided in Section 2.4 (the "Employment Period").

          2.2    POSITION AND DUTIES.

          (a)    Commencing on the Effective Date and continuing during the
Employment Period, Executive shall serve in an executive position for the
Company Group as determined by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company.

          (b)    Executive shall devote his best efforts and his full business
time and attention (except for permitted vacation periods and reasonable periods
of illness or other incapacity) to the business and affairs of the Company
Group. The Executive shall perform his duties and responsibilities to the best
of his abilities in a diligent, trustworthy, businesslike and efficient manner.
In the performance of his duties hereunder, Executive shall at all times report
and be subject to the lawful direction of the Chief Executive Officer of the
Company and any Board of Directors of any Person within the Company Group and
perform his duties hereunder subject to and in accordance with the directions of
the Chief Executive Officer of the Company and the resolutions or any other
determinations of any Board of Directors of any Person within the Company Group
and the By-laws of any Person within the Company Group, as from time to time in
effect. During the Employment Period, Executive shall not become an employee of
any Person other than a member of the Company Group. Executive shall be
permitted to make, monitor and pursue private passive investments that do not
interfere with the performance of his duties hereunder. Executive shall make
application for, and submit to any examination as may be reasonably requested
by, the Chief Executive Officer of the Company or the Board of Directors of
Holding in order to obtain key-man or other insurance on the life of Executive
for the benefit of the Company Group as the Chief Executive Officer of the
Company or the Board of Directors of Holding shall direct.

          2.3    BASE SALARY AND BENEFITS.

          (a)    During the Employment Period, Executive's base salary shall be
$225,000 (subject to increase, if any, provided under Section 2.3(d)) per annum
(the "Base Salary"), which salary shall be payable in regular installments in
accordance with the Company's general payroll practices and shall be subject to
deductions for customary withholdings, including, without limitation, federal
and state withholding taxes, social security taxes and state disability
insurance.

          (b)    During the Employment Period, Executive shall be entitled to
an annual bonus in an amount equal to $75,000 per annum (the "Non-Discretionary
Bonus"). During the Employment Period, Executive will also be eligible to
receive an additional bonus each year (the "Additional Bonus", and together with
the Non-

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Discretionary Bonus, the "Total Annual Bonus"). The Additional Bonus for
a calendar year shall equal 1.4% of EBITDA for such calendar year in excess of
certain EBITDA targets to be established by the Board from time to time, but in
no event shall the Additional Bonus exceed $210,000 for any calendar year. The
Total Annual Bonus shall be payable in December, 2002 for calendar year 2002,
and each December thereafter during the Employment Period for the calendar year
then ending, based on an estimate of EBITDA in accordance with current
practices. An adjustment for any underpayment or overpayment shall be made in
the next calendar year by the Company or Executive, as the case may be, within
30 days of receipt of certified financial statements for the Company Group. At
the option of the Company, the Additional Bonus may be paid in its entirety
within 30 days after receipt of certified financial statements for the Company
Group for the year to which such Additional Bonus relates. The Total Annual
Bonus shall be subject to deduction for customary withholdings, including,
without limitation, federal and state withholding taxes, social security taxes
and state disability insurance.

          (c)    In addition to the Base Salary, the Total Annual Bonus payable
to Executive pursuant to Section 2.3(b), Executive shall be entitled, during the
Employment Period, to (i) participate in all retirement, disability, pension,
health, medical, insurance and other fringe benefits or plans of the Company
generally available to employees, and (ii) the following benefits (collectively,
"Benefits") at the Company's expense:

                 (A)   Four (4) weeks of vacation; and

                 (B)   Reimbursement of all dues and assessments due in respect
of a corporate membership in Greenbriar Hills Country Club maintained on behalf
of Executive.

          (d)    Executive's base salary described in Section 2.3(a) may be
increased during the Employment Period at the sole discretion of the Board of
Holding.

          2.4    TERM.

          (a)    The Employment Period shall end at 11:59 p.m. on December 31,
2004, subject to earlier termination (i) by reason of Executive's death, (ii) by
action of the Company or Holding, with or without Cause or (iii) upon
Executive's voluntary resignation or for any other reason not set forth above.

          (b)    RESIGNATION OR TERMINATION FOR CAUSE. If the Employment Period
is terminated as a result of Executive's voluntary resignation, or by the
Company or Holding for Cause, or for any other reason not set forth in Sections
2.4(c) or 2.4(d) hereof, the Executive shall be entitled to his Base Salary
through the date of termination, but shall not be entitled to any further Base
Salary, Total Annual Bonus or Benefits for that year or any future year, or to
any severance compensation of any kind, nature or amount. Executive agrees that
he shall provide at least 90 days' written notice prior to any voluntary
resignation.

          (c)    DEATH. If Executive's employment is terminated as a result of
his death, the Company shall pay to his estate all previously earned and accrued
but unpaid

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Base Salary up to the date of such termination, but neither Executive nor
his estate shall be entitled to any further Base Salary, Total Annual Bonus or
Benefits for that year or any future year or to any severance compensation of
any kind, nature or amount.

          (d)    TERMINATION WITHOUT CAUSE. Subject to Section 2.4(e) hereof,
if the Executive's employment is involuntarily terminated by the Company or
Holding without Cause, Executive shall be entitled to all previously earned and
accrued but unpaid Base Salary up to the date of such termination, but shall not
be entitled to any further Base Salary, Total Annual Bonus or Benefits for that
year or any future year, and Executive agrees that no severance compensation of
any kind, nature or amount shall be payable, except that Executive shall be
entitled to an amount in cash equal to $337,500, of which (i) $112,500 shall be
payable in one lump sum within five (5) days after the effective date of
termination and (ii) $225,000 shall be payable in twelve (12) equal monthly
payments of $18,750 each. Any payments to be made pursuant to clause (ii) of the
immediately preceding sentence shall be made in monthly installments on the
payment dates on which Executive's Base Salary would have otherwise been paid if
the Employment Period had continued, and as of the date of the final such
payment none of the Company, Holding, or any other member of the Company Group
shall have any further obligation to Executive pursuant to this Section 2.4.

          (e)    Executive agrees that Executive shall be entitled to the
payments provided for in Section 2.4(d) if and only if Executive has not
breached as of the date of termination of the Employment Period the provisions
of Sections 2.5, 2.6 and 2.7 hereof and does not breach such sections at any
time during the period for which such payments are to be made; PROVIDED, that
the Company's obligation to make such payments will terminate upon the
occurrence of any such breach during such severance period.

          (f)    Executive hereby agrees that no severance compensation of any
kind, nature or amount shall be payable to Executive, except as expressly set
forth in this Section 2.4, and Executive hereby irrevocably waives any claim for
any other severance compensation.

          (g)    All of Executive's rights to Benefits and Total Annual Bonuses
hereunder (if any) accruing after the termination of the Employment Period shall
cease upon such termination.

          2.5    CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. Executive acknowledges that the
information, observations and data obtained by him while employed by Holding,
the Company or any other member of the Company Group (whether prior to or during
the Employment Period) concerning the business or affairs of any member of the
Company Group ("Confidential Information") are the property of Holding, the
Company or such other member of the Company Group. Therefore, Executive agrees
that he shall not disclose to any unauthorized Person or use for his own account
any Confidential Information without the prior written consent of the Board of
Holding, unless and to the extent that the aforementioned matters become
generally known to and available for use by the public other than as a result of
Executive's acts or omissions to act. Executive shall deliver to Holding at the
termination of Executive's employment, or at any other

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time Holding may request, all memoranda, notes, plans, records, reports,
computer tapes and software and other documents and data (and copies thereof)
relating to the Confidential Information, Work Product (as defined below) and
the business of the Company Group which he may then possess or have under his
control. Executive acknowledges that (a) the Confidential Information is
commercially and competitively valuable to the Company Group; (b) the
unauthorized use or disclosure of the Confidential Information would cause
irreparable harm to the Company Group; (c) Holding and the Company have taken
and are taking all reasonable measures to protect their legitimate interest in
the Confidential Information, including, without limitation, affirmative action
to safeguard the confidentiality of such Confidential Information; (d) the
restrictions on the activities in which Executive may engage set forth in this
Agreement, and the periods of time for which such restrictions apply, are
reasonably necessary in order to protect the Company Group's legitimate
interests in its Confidential Information; and (e) nothing herein shall prohibit
Holding or the Company from pursuing any remedies, whether in law or equity,
available to Holding or the Company for breach or threatened breach of this
Agreement, including the recovery of damages from Executive.

          2.6    INVENTIONS AND PATENTS. Executive agrees that all inventions,
innovations, improvements, developments, methods, designs, analyses, drawings,
reports, and all similar or related information which relates to the Company
Group's actual or anticipated business, research and development or existing or
future products or services and which are conceived, developed or made by
Executive while employed by Holding, the Company or any other member of the
Company Group (whether prior to or during the Employment Period) ("Work
Product") belong to Holding, the Company or such other member of the Company
Group, and Executive hereby assigns to Holding and the Company his entire right,
title and interest in any such Work Product. Executive will promptly disclose
such Work Product to the Board of Holding and perform all actions reasonably
requested by the Board of Holding (whether during or after Executive's
employment period) to establish and confirm such ownership (including, without
limitation, assignments, consents, powers of attorney and other instruments).

          2.7    NONCOMPETE, NONSOLICITATION.

          (a)    Executive acknowledges that in the course of his employment
with Holding, the Company or any other member of the Company Group he has become
familiar, and he will become familiar, with the Company Group's trade secrets
and with other Confidential Information and that his services have been and will
be of special, unique and extraordinary value to the Company Group. Therefore,
Executive agrees that, during the time he is employed by the Company or any
other member of the Company Group and thereafter for a period of twelve (12)
months (the "Noncompete Period"), Executive shall not directly or indirectly
own, manage, control, participate in, consult with, render services for, or in
any manner engage in any business with any person (including by himself or in
association with any person, firm, corporate or other business organization or
through any other entity) in competition with the businesses of the Company
Group as such businesses exist or are in process on the date of the termination
of Executive's employment, within any geographical area in which the Company
Group

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engages or plans on the date of the termination of Executive's employment to
engage in such businesses. Nothing herein shall prohibit Executive from being a
passive owner of not more than 2% of the outstanding stock of a corporation
which is publicly traded, so long as Executive has no active participation in
the business of such corporation.

          (b)    During the Noncompete Period, Executive shall not directly or
indirectly through another entity (i) induce or attempt to induce any employee
of the Company or any other member of the Company Group to leave the employ of
the Company or such other member of the Company Group, or in any way interfere
with the relationship between any member of the Company Group and any employee
thereof, (ii) hire any person who was an employee of the Company Group at any
time within the six-month period prior to the date of termination of Executive's
employment with the Company or any other member of the Company Group, or (iii)
induce or attempt to induce any customer, supplier, licensee, licensor,
franchisee, franchisor or other business relation of the Company or any other
member of the Company Group to cease doing business with the Company or such
other member of the Company Group, or in any way interfere with the relationship
between any such customer, supplier, licensee, licensor, franchisee, franchisor
or business relation and the Company or any other member of the Company Group.

          (c)    Executive agrees that: (i) the covenants set forth in this
Section 2.7 are reasonable in geographical and temporal scope and in all other
respects, (ii) Holding and the Company would not have entered into this
Agreement but for the covenants of Executive contained herein, and (iii) the
covenants contained herein have been made in order to induce Holding and the
Company to enter into this Agreement.

          (d)    If, at the time of enforcement of this Section 2.7, a court or
arbiter shall hold that the duration, scope or area restrictions stated herein
are unreasonable under circumstances then existing, the parties agree that the
maximum duration, scope or area reasonable under such circumstances shall be
substituted for the stated duration, scope or area and that the court shall be
allowed to revise the restrictions contained herein to cover the maximum period,
scope and area permitted by law.

                                   ARTICLE III
                                  MISCELLANEOUS

          3.1    EXECUTIVE'S REPRESENTATIONS. Executive hereby represents and
warrants to Holding and the Company that (i) the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement by Executive do not and shall not conflict with,
breach, violate or cause a default under any contract, agreement, instrument,
order, judgment or decree to which Executive is a party or by which he is bound,
(ii) Executive is not a party to or bound by any employment agreement,
noncompete agreement or confidentiality agreement with any other person or
entity and (iii) upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement by Holding
and the Company, this Agreement shall be the valid and binding obligation of
Executive, enforceable in accordance with its terms. Executive hereby
acknowledges and represents that he has consulted with independent legal counsel
regarding his rights and

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obligations under this Agreement and that he fully understands the terms and
conditions contained herein.

          3.2    SURVIVAL. Sections 2.5, 2.6, 2.7 and 3.3 through 3.13 shall
survive and continue in full force in accordance with their terms
notwithstanding any termination of the Employment Period.

          3.3    NOTICES. All notices, demands or other communications to be
given or delivered under or by reason of the provisions of this Agreement will
be in writing and will be deemed to have been given when delivered personally,
mailed by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested and postage
prepaid, or sent via a nationally recognized overnight courier, or sent via
facsimile to the recipient. Such notices, demands and other communications will
be sent to the address indicated below:

          To the Company or Holding:

                 Von Hoffmann Corporation
                 1000 Camera Avenue
                 St. Louis, Missouri  63126
                 Attention:  Chief Executive Officer
                 Facsimile:  (314) 966-0983

          To Executive:

                 Robert S. Mathews
                 465 Newport Heights
                 Alpharetta, GA 30005

or such other address or to the attention of such other person as the recipient
party shall have specified by prior written notice to the sending party.

          3.4    SEVERABILITY. Whenever possible, each provision of this
Agreement will be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under
applicable law, but if any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid,
illegal or unenforceable in any respect under any applicable law or rule in any
jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability will not affect
any other provision or any other jurisdiction, but this Agreement will be
reformed, construed and enforced in such jurisdiction as if such invalid,
illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein.

          3.5    COMPLETE AGREEMENT. This Agreement embodies the complete
agreement and understanding among the parties and supersedes and preempts prior
understandings, agreements or representations by or among the parties, written
or oral, if any, including any agreements between the parties dated July 14,
1997 and January 1, 1999.

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          3.6    COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in separate
counterparts, each of which is deemed to be an original and all of which taken
together constitute one and the same agreement.

          3.7    SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. Except as otherwise provided herein,
all covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement shall bind and inure to
the benefit of and be enforceable by Holding, the Company, and their respective
successors and assigns. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, this
Agreement, including the obligations and benefits hereunder, may not be assigned
to any party by Executive.

          3.8    NO STRICT CONSTRUCTION. The language used in this Agreement
will be deemed to be the language chosen hereto by the parties hereto to express
their mutual intent, and no rule of strict construction shall be applied to this
Agreement.

          3.9    DESCRIPTIVE HEADINGS. The descriptive headings of this
Agreement are inserted for convenience only and do not constitute a part of this
Agreement.

          3.10   GOVERNING LAW. All questions concerning the construction,
validity and interpretation of this Agreement will be governed by and construed
in accordance with the domestic law of the State of Missouri, without giving
effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the
State of Missouri or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of
the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Missouri.

          3.11   REMEDIES. Each of the parties to this Agreement will be
entitled to enforce its rights under this Agreement specifically, to recover
damages and costs (including reasonable attorneys' fees) caused by any breach of
any provision of this Agreement and to exercise all other rights existing in its
favor. The parties hereto agree and acknowledge that money damages may not be an
adequate remedy for any breach of the provisions of this Agreement, including,
without limitation, Sections 2.5, 2.6 and 2.7 hereof, and that any party may in
its sole discretion apply to any court of law or equity of competent
jurisdiction (without posting any bond or deposit) for specific performance
and/or other injunctive relief in order to enforce or prevent any violations of
the provisions of this Agreement.

          3.12   DISPUTE RESOLUTION.

          (a)    ARBITRATION. In the event of disputes between the parties with
respect to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, such disputes shall be
resolved by and through an arbitration proceeding to be conducted under the
auspices of the American Arbitration Association (or any like organization
successor thereto) in St. Louis, Missouri. Such arbitration proceeding shall be
conducted pursuant to the commercial arbitration rules (formal or informal) of
the American Arbitration Association in as expedited a manner as is then
permitted by such rules (the "Arbitration"). Both the foregoing agreement of the
parties to arbitrate any and all such claims, and the results, determination,
finding, judgment and/or award rendered through

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such Arbitration, shall be final and binding on the parties hereto and may be
specifically enforced by legal proceedings.

          (b)    PROCEDURE. Such Arbitration may be initiated by written notice
from either party to the other which shall be a compulsory and binding
proceeding on each party. The Arbitration shall be conducted by an arbitrator
selected in accordance with the procedures of the American Arbitration
Association. Time is of the essence of this arbitration procedure, and the
arbitrator shall be instructed and required to render his or her decision within
thirty (30) days following completion of the Arbitration.

          (c)    VENUE AND JURISDICTION. Any action to compel arbitration
hereunder shall be brought in the Circuit Court of St. Louis County, State of
Missouri.

          3.13   AMENDMENT AND WAIVER. The provisions of this Agreement may be
amended and waived only with the prior written consent of Holding, Company, and
Executive.

                                   * * * * * *

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Executive
Employment Agreement as of the date first written above.

          THIS CONTRACT CONTAINS A BINDING ARBITRATION PROVISION WHICH MAY BE
ENFORCED BY THE PARTIES.

                                               VON HOFFMANN PRESS, INC.

                                               By:
                                                   ------------------------
                                                   Name:
                                                   Title:

                                               ----------------------------
                                               ROBERT S. MATHEWS

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