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                   [Letterhead of Aquis Communications, Inc.]

                               November 23, 1998

Mr. David Laible
11 White Oak Road
Roseland, NJ 07068

Dear Mr. Laible:

I am pleased to offer you the position of Vice President - Sales for Aquis
Communications, Inc. As Vice President - Sales, your responsibilities will be as
follows:

A.  Responsible for the development and execution of the Company's annual sales
    business plan.
B.  Responsible for the development and implementation of all Company sales
    compensation programs.
C.  Responsible for determining appropriate product and service pricing
    consistent with the objectives of the Company and reflecting the competitive
    environment.
D.  Responsible for the hiring and staffing of the Sales Department.
E.  Other corporate and departmental duties appropriate for this position.

The compensation package for the position of Vice President - Sales will be
the following:

A.  Base Salary: $100,000 per annum, paid bi-monthly.
B.  Signing bonus of $10,000 paid $1,000 per month for ten months. Done
    10/31/99.
C.  Stock Options: To be determined by the Board of Directors but commensurate
    with the responsibilities of this position. They would be equivalent to
    $100,000 with five-year vesting or pro rata.
D.  Incentive Plan: To be mutually agreed to by both parties, but in no event
    less than $40,000 in the first year. This incentive compensation will be
    paid quarterly in arrears.
E.  Auto Allowance: $750.00 per month.
F.  Benefits: Eligible for the Company's full benefit plan.
G.  Severance: In the event that your employment is terminated without cause at
    any time during the first year of employment then you will be entitled to
    severance of 12 months salary. In the event that your employment is
    terminated without cause at any time during the second year of employment
    then you will be entitled to severance of 9 months salary. In the event that
    your employment is terminated without cause at any time during the third
    year of employment then you will be entitled to severance of 6 months
    salary.

Please confirm your agreement with this offer by signing this letter below and
returning it to mo at your earliest convenience. I look forward to working
with you.

                                      Very truly yours,

                                      AQUIS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

                                      /s/ John X. Adiletta
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                                      John X. Adiletta
                                      President

I accept the position as well as the terms and the conditions as set forth in
this letter.

/s/ Dave Laible                            11/30/98
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Dave Laible                                DateExhibit 4.6

                        CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS
                                     OF
                    SERIES A CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK
                                    AND
                   SERIES B EXCHANGEABLE PREFERRED STOCK
                                     OF
                           AMC ENTERTAINMENT INC.

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

         AMC ENTERTAINMENT INC., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter, the
"Company"), pursuant to Section 151 of the General Corporation Law of the
State of Delaware (the "GCL") does hereby make this Certificate of
Designations and does hereby state and certify that, pursuant to the
authority expressly vested in the Board of Directors of the Company (the
"Board of Directors") by the Certificate of Incorporation, and pursuant to
Section 141(c) of the GCL the following resolutions have been duly adopted:

         RESOLVED, that pursuant to Article Fourth of the Certificate of
Incorporation (which authorizes 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $0.66
2/3 par value), the designations, powers and preferences, and the relative
participating, optional and other special rights, and the qualifications,
limitations and restrictions thereof, of a series of Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock and a series of Series B Exchangeable Preferred Stock are
fixed as stated herein.

         RESOLVED, that each share of the Series A Convertible Preferred
Stock and each share of Series B Exchangeable Preferred Stock shall rank
equally in all respects and that each series shall be subject to the
following provisions:

         Section 1. Designation; Rank. The first series of preferred stock
shall be designated Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.66
2/3 per share (the "Series A Preferred Stock") and shall consist of
2,000,000 shares. The second series of preferred stock shall be designated
Series B Exchangeable Preferred Stock, par value $0.66 2/3 per share (the
"Series B Preferred Stock" and, together with the Series A Preferred Stock,
the "Preferred Stock") and shall consist of 2,000,000 shares. The Preferred
Stock will rank, with respect to dividend rights and rights upon
liquidation, winding up and dissolution (a "Liquidation"): (a) senior to
all classes of common stock of the Company (including, without limitation,
the Common Stock and the Class B Stock) and each other class of capital
stock or series of preferred stock hereafter established after the offering
of the Preferred Stock by the Board of Directors that does not expressly
provide that it ranks senior to or on parity with the Preferred Stock as to
dividend rights and rights on Liquidation (collectively referred to with
the Common Stock of the Company as "Junior Stock"); (b) on parity with any
class of capital stock of the Company or series of preferred stock of the
Company hereafter established, the terms of which expressly provide that
such class or series will rank on parity with the Preferred Stock as to
dividends and other distributions, including distributions upon a
Liquidation ("Parity Stock"); and (c) junior to any class of capital stock
of the Company or any series of preferred stock of the Company hereafter
established, the terms of which expressly provide that such class or series
will rank senior to the Preferred Stock as to dividends and other
distributions, including distributions upon a Liquidation ("Senior Stock").

         Section 2.        Dividends.
                           ---------

                 (a)       Series A Preferred Stock.
                           ------------------------

                           (1) The holders of the then outstanding shares
of Series A Preferred Stock (including any Additional Series A Securities
(as hereinafter defined)) will be entitled to receive, when, as and if
declared by the Board of Directors out of funds of the Company legally
available therefor, cumulative dividends, from the Original Issuance Date
through and including the date on which such dividends are paid at the
annual rate of 6.75% (the "Series A Applicable Rate") of the Series A
Liquidation Preference (as hereinafter defined) per share of the Series A
Preferred Stock, payable in arrears on the last day of each of June,
September, December and March (the "Dividend Payment Date"), commencing on
June 30, 2001; provided that: (i) if any such Dividend Payment Date is not
a Business Day then such dividend shall be payable on the next Business
Day, and (ii) accumulated and unpaid dividends for any prior quarterly
period may be paid at any time. Such dividends shall be deemed to accrue on
the Series A Preferred Stock from the Original Issuance Date and be
cumulative whether or not earned or declared and whether or not there are
profits, surplus or other funds of the Company legally available for the
payment of dividends. The term "Business Day" means any day other than a
Saturday, Sunday or day on which banking institutions in New York are
authorized or required to remain closed. The term "Original Issuance Date"
means, with respect to the Preferred Stock, the Initial Issuance Date, and,
with respect to the Additional Securities (as hereinafter defined), the
date upon which they are issued or, if not issued, the applicable dividend
payment date on which the Additional Securities were to have been issued.

                           (2) During the PIK Period, dividends on such
Series A Preferred Stock shall be paid through the issuance of additional
shares of Series A Preferred Stock to holders of Series A Preferred Stock
("Additional Series A Securities"). The number of Additional Series A
Securities that are issued to the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock
under paragraphs 2(a)(2) and 2(a)(3) hereof on any Dividend Payment Date
will be the number obtained by dividing (i) the total dollar amount of
cumulative dividends due and payable on the applicable Dividend Payment
Date by (ii) the Series A Liquidation Preference (which, for the purposes
of this calculation, shall not include any accrued and unpaid dividends),
provided, that the Company shall not be required to issue fractional shares
of Series A Preferred Stock, but in lieu thereof may elect to pay in cash
the portion of any dividend payable in shares of Series A Preferred Stock
that would otherwise require the issuance of a fractional share.

                           (3) After the PIK Period and until the seventh
anniversary of the Initial Issuance Date, dividends on the Series A
Preferred Stock shall be payable in cash or in Additional Series A
Securities, at the Company's option. After the seventh anniversary of the
Initial Issuance Date, dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock shall be
payable in cash, unless such cash payment is prohibited by the terms of the
indentures for the Company's Existing High Yield Indebtedness, in which
case such dividends shall be payable in Additional Series A Securities.

                           (4) If at any time when the Company is unable to
pay cash dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock (whether by the terms of
the Series A Preferred Stock, by the terms of the Company's indebtedness or
by law) and the accrual, declaration or payment of Additional Series A
Securities would either (i) result in a "change of control" (as defined
pursuant to the terms of the indentures governing the Company's Existing
High Yield Indebtedness) or (ii) require the Company to reserve for
issuance underlying shares of Common Stock in excess of the number of
authorized shares available for issuance under the Company's Certificate of
Incorporation, then the Additional Series A Securities shall instead be
accrued, declared or paid in Additional Series B Securities (as hereinafter
defined). If for any reason, the holders of Preferred Stock receive
Additional Series B Securities pursuant to this paragraph 2(a)(4), as soon
as, and to the extent that, additional shares of Series A Preferred Stock
can be issued at any time in the future without resulting in a "change of
control" (as defined pursuant to the terms of indenture governing the terms
of the Company's Existing High Yield Indebtedness), the Additional Series B
Securities issued pursuant to this paragraph 2(a)(4) (including any
Additional Series B Securities issued as a dividend thereon) shall be
automatically and immediately exchanged for an equal number of shares of
Series A Preferred Stock. The number of shares of Additional Series B
Securities that are issued to the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock
pursuant to this paragraph shall equal the amount of such dividend as
calculated pursuant to paragraph 2(a)(2) or 2(a)(3), as applicable, divided
by the Series B Liquidation Preference (which, for purposes of this
calculation, shall not include any accrued and unpaid dividends).

                           (5) Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control
on or before the fifth anniversary of the Initial Issuance Date (or, in the
event of such a Change of Control which has been approved by the Board of
Directors, on the Business Day immediately preceding the date of
consummation of the Change of Control), the holders of Series A Preferred
Stock shall receive a one-time dividend of Additional Series A Securities
on each share of Series A Preferred Stock. The amount of such dividend of
Additional Series A Securities pursuant to this paragraph 2(a)(5) shall
equal (x) the total value of the dividends that would have been payable on
such share of Series A Preferred Stock between the Initial Issuance Date
and the fifth anniversary thereof (assuming compounding) less (y) the sum
of (I) the Additional Series A Securities paid pursuant to paragraphs
2(a)(2) and 2(a)(3) on such share of Series A Preferred Stock through such
date and (II) any cash dividends paid on such Series A Preferred Stock
through such date (the "Series A No-Call Period Dividend"). The number of
shares of Additional Series A Securities constituting the Series A No-Call
Period Dividend shall equal the amount of such dividend as calculated
pursuant to the previous sentence divided by the Series A Liquidation
Preference (which, for the purposes of this calculation, shall not include
any accrued and unpaid dividends). To the extent that shares of Series A
Preferred Stock remain outstanding subsequent to a Change of Control, no
dividends will be paid under paragraphs 2(a)(2) or 2(a)(3) during the
period commencing on the closing date of the transaction giving rise to the
Change of Control and ending on the fifth anniversary of the Initial
Issuance Date, if the Series A No-Call Period Dividend has been paid under
this paragraph 2(a)(5) with respect to such shares of Series A Preferred
Stock.

                (b)        Series B Preferred Stock.
                           -------------------------

                           (1) The holders of the then outstanding shares
of Series B Preferred Stock (including any Additional Series B Securities
(as hereinafter defined)) will be entitled to receive, when, as and if
declared by the Board of Directors out of funds of the Company legally
available therefor, cumulative dividends, from the Original Issuance Date
through and including the date on which such dividends are paid at the
annual rate of 12.00%, subject to retroactive adjustment as set forth below
(the "Series B Applicable Rate" and together with the Series A Applicable
Rate, the "Applicable Rate") of the Series B Liquidation Preference per
share of the Series B Preferred Stock, payable in arrears on the Dividend
Payment Date, commencing on June 30, 2001; provided that: (i) if any such
Dividend Payment Date is not a Business Day then such dividend shall be
payable on the next Business Day, and (ii) accumulated and unpaid dividends
for any prior quarterly period may be paid at any time. Such dividends
shall be deemed to accrue on the Series B Preferred Stock from the Original
Issuance Date and be cumulative whether or not earned or declared and
whether or not there are profits, surplus or other funds of the Company
legally available for the payment of dividends. If the Company obtains
Shareholder Approval as a result of the Initial Solicitation and all of the
then outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock are exchangeable
immediately following such Shareholder Approval (or would otherwise be
eligible for exchange into Series A Preferred Stock except for the failure
to obtain HSR Approval, to the extent such HSR Approval is required) for
Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to section 7 hereof (the "Initial
Solicitation Conversion"), the Series B Applicable Rate, as to the then
outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock only (or, in the case of the
failure to obtain HSR Approval, to the extent such HSR Approval is
required, as to the then outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock at
the time Shareholder Approval is obtained, plus any shares of Series B
Preferred Stock issued between the time Shareholder Approval is obtained
and the time HSR Approval is obtained), shall be reduced, retroactively to
the Initial Issuance Date, from 12.00% to 6.75%. To the extent necessary to
effect such retroactive adjustment of the Series B Applicable Rate, the
Company may cancel (without consideration paid to the holder thereof) any
Additional Series B Securities (including dividends paid thereon) that have
been issued between the Initial Issuance Date and the date of the Initial
Solicitation Conversation.

                           (2) During the PIK Period, dividends on such
Series B Preferred Stock shall be paid through the issuance of additional
shares of Series B Preferred Stock to holders of Series B Preferred Stock
("Additional Series B Securities" and together with the Additional Series A
Securities, the "Additional Securities"). The number of Additional Series B
Securities that are issued to the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock
under paragraphs 2(b)(2) and 2(b)(3) hereof or to holders of Series A
Preferred Stock under paragraph 2(a)(4) hereof on any Dividend Payment Date
will be the number obtained by dividing (i) the total dollar amount of
cumulative dividends due and payable on the applicable Dividend Payment
Date by (ii) the Series B Liquidation Preference (which, for the purposes
of this calculation, shall not include accrued and unpaid dividends),
provided, that the Company shall not be required to issue fractional shares
of Series B Preferred Stock, but in lieu thereof may elect to pay in cash
the portion of any dividend payable in shares of Series B Preferred Stock
that would otherwise require the issuance of a fractional share.

                           (3) After the PIK Period and until the fifth
anniversary of the Initial Issuance Date, dividends on the Series B
Preferred Stock shall be payable in cash or in Additional Series B
Securities, at the Company's option. After the fifth anniversary of the
Initial Issuance Date, dividends on the Series B Preferred Stock shall be
payable in cash, unless such payment is prohibited by the terms of the
indentures for the Company's Existing High Yield Indebtedness in which case
dividends shall be paid in Additional Series B Securities.

                           (4) Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control
on or before the fifth anniversary of the Initial Issuance Date (or, in the
event of such a Change of Control which has been approved by the Board of
Directors, on the Business Day immediately preceding the date of
consummation of the Change of Control), the holders of Series B Preferred
Stock shall receive a one-time dividend of Additional Series B Securities
on each share of Series B Preferred Stock. The amount of such dividend of
Additional Series B Securities pursuant to this paragraph 2(b)(4) shall
equal (x) the total value of the dividends that would have been payable on
such share of Series B Preferred Stock between the Initial Issuance Date
and the fifth anniversary thereof (assuming compounding) minus (y) the sum
of (I) the Additional Series B Securities paid pursuant to paragraphs
2(b)(2) and 2(b)(3) on such share of Series B Preferred Stock through such
date and (II) any cash dividends paid pursuant to paragraph 2(b)(3) on such
share of Series B Preferred Stock through such date (the "Series B No-Call
Period Dividend"). The number of shares of Additional Series B Securities
constituting the Series B No-Call Period Dividend shall equal the amount of
such dividend as calculated pursuant to the previous sentence divided by
the Series B Liquidation Preference (which, for the purposes of this
calculation, shall not include accrued and unpaid dividends). To the extent
that shares of Series B Preferred Stock remain outstanding subsequent to a
Change of Control, no dividends will be paid under paragraphs 2(b)(2) or
2(b)(3) during the period commencing on the closing date of the transaction
giving rise to the Change of Control and ending on the fifth anniversary of
the Initial Issuance Date, if the Series B No-Call Period Dividend has been
paid under this paragraph 2(b)(4) with respect to such shares of Series B
Preferred Stock.

                          (5)  Upon the occurrence of:

                               (A) the Company delivering to the holders of
         Preferred Stock a notice of redemption pursuant to section 4(b)
         hereof, each outstanding share of Series B Preferred Stock shall
         receive a one-time dividend of Additional Series B Securities, the
         number of shares of which shall be equal to (i) the quotient of
         (x) the difference (if positive) between the average of the
         closing price of the Company's Common Stock on the American Stock
         Exchange or other principal national securities exchange on which
         the Common Stock is listed or to which the shares are admitted for
         trading for the 20 trading days prior to determination and the
         Conversion Price divided by (y) the Conversion Price, minus (ii)
         any dividend paid on such share of Series B Preferred Stock to
         date pursuant to subparagraphs 2(b)(5)(C) or 2(b)(5)(D) hereof.

                               (B) the tenth anniversary of the Initial
         Issuance Date, each outstanding share of Series B Preferred Stock
         shall receive a one-time dividend of Additional Series B
         Securities, the number of shares of which shall be equal to the
         quotient of (i) the difference (if positive) between the average
         of the closing price of the Company's Common Stock on the American
         Stock Exchange or other principal national securities exchange on
         which the Common Stock is listed or to which the shares are
         admitted for trading for the 20 trading days prior to
         determination and the Conversion Price divided by (ii) the
         Conversion Price.

                               (C) a Change of Control (or, in the event of
         such a Change of Control which has been approved by the Board of
         Directors, on the Business Day immediately preceding the date of
         consummation of the Change of Control), each outstanding share of
         Series B Preferred Stock shall receive a one-time dividend of
         Additional Series B Securities, the number of shares of which
         shall be equal to (i) the quotient of (x) the difference (if
         positive) between the value per share of the consideration
         received by the holders of Common Stock as a result of the Change
         of Control and the Conversion Price divided by (y) the Conversion
         Price, minus (ii) any dividend paid on such share of Series B
         Preferred Stock to date pursuant to subparagraph 2(b)(5)(D)
         hereof.

                               (D) at any time after 18 months after the
         Initial Issuance Date, a sale of any shares of Series A Preferred
         Stock or the Conversion Shares, each outstanding share of Series B
         Preferred Stock shall receive a dividend of Additional Series B
         Securities, the amount of which shall be equal to the product of
         (i) the percentage of the Series A Preferred Stock and/or
         Conversion Shares sold in such transaction (which shall be the
         quotient of (x) the Underlying Sold Shares plus the number of
         Conversion Shares sold in such transaction divided by (y) the
         Total Unconverted Shares plus the number of Conversion Shares
         issued to date) multiplied by (ii) the quotient of (x) the
         difference, if positive, between the Effective Sale Price (in the
         case of a sale of Series A Preferred Stock) or the sale price per
         share (in the case of a sale of Conversion Shares) and the
         Conversion Price divided by (y) the Conversion Price.
         Notwithstanding the foregoing, no dividend shall be payable
         pursuant to this subparagraph 2(b)(5)(D) unless (I) the
         transaction giving rise to the right to receive such dividend
         shall have been the initial sale of the Series A Preferred Stock
         or Conversion Shares to a Person that is not an Affiliate of
         Apollo, an Apollo Purchaser or any other Purchaser; (II) the
         holder of Series A Preferred Stock sold in the transaction giving
         rise to the right to receive such dividend also owned Series B
         Preferred Stock at the time of such transaction; and (III) the
         holder of the Series B Preferred Stock receiving such dividend
         also owned Series A Preferred Stock at the time of the transaction
         giving rise to the right to receive such dividend. Notwithstanding
         the foregoing, the Company shall not be required to deliver stock
         certificates representing any dividend payable pursuant to this
         subparagraph 2(b)(5)(D) until the percentage of Series A Preferred
         Stock (including the Conversion Shares) sold, in a single
         transaction or in any number of transactions over time, aggregated
         together for all selling holders who would have otherwise been
         eligible for the dividend provided in this subparagraph
         2(b)(5)(D), shall be at least equal to 10% of the total number of
         shares of Series A Preferred Stock issued to date (for purposes of
         the calculation in this sentence, with respect to the Conversion
         Shares, the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock from
         which the Conversion Shares were converted shall be used (the
         "Threshold Amount")). To the extent that such dividends are not
         made solely because the sales of Series A Preferred Stock did not
         meet the Threshold Amount, such unpaid dividends shall accrue. Any
         Additional Series B Securities received as dividends on the Series
         B Preferred Stock pursuant to subparagraphs 2(b)(5)(A), 2(b)(5)(B)
         and 2(b)(5)(C) shall not be eligible to receive any of the
         dividends described in subparagraph 2(b)(5)(D) hereof. Any
         Additional Series B Securities received as dividends on the Series
         B Preferred Stock to this subparagraph 2(b)(5)(D) shall not be
         eligible to receive any of the dividends described in section
         2(b)(5) hereof.

                (c) In the event that, in any fiscal period, the Company
shall declare and pay, out of funds legally available therefor, cash
dividends (or dividends payable in evidences of indebtedness issued by the
Company) on shares of the Common Stock, holders of Series A Preferred Stock
and Series B Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, in addition to
dividends received pursuant to Sections 2(a) and 2(b) hereof, a cash
dividend (or, if the dividend on the Common Stock was paid in the form of
an instrument of indebtedness, a dividend paid in such instrument) equal to
the excess, if any, of: (i) the amount of dividends that such holder of
Preferred Stock would have received had such share of Preferred Stock been
converted into Common Stock (or, in the case of Series B Preferred Stock,
had such Series B Preferred Stock first been exchanged for Series A
Preferred Stock and then converted into Common Stock) immediately before
payment of such dividend; minus (ii) the face amount of any dividend
payable in such fiscal period in Additional Securities (or the cash amount
of any cash dividend payable) on such share of Preferred Stock (pursuant to
paragraphs 2(a)(2), 2(a)(3), 2(b)(2) or 2(b)(3) hereof).

                (d) Holders of shares of the Preferred Stock shall be
entitled to full cumulative dividends, as herein provided, on the Preferred
Stock and no additional amounts. Except as set forth in section 2(e) below,
no interest, or sum of money in lieu of interest, shall be payable in
respect of any dividend payment or payments on the Preferred Stock that may
be in arrears.

                (e) If dividends are not paid in full, or declared in
full and sums set apart for the payment thereof, upon the shares of
Preferred Stock and the shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared upon
shares of Preferred Stock and upon all Parity Stock shall be paid or
declared pro rata so that in all cases the amount of dividends paid or
declared per share on the Preferred Stock and such Parity Stock shall bear
to each other the same ratio that unpaid accumulated dividends per share,
including dividends accrued or in arrears, if any, on the shares of
Preferred Stock and such other shares of Parity Stock, bear to each other.
Unless and until full cumulative dividends on the shares of Preferred Stock
in respect of all past quarterly dividend periods have been paid, and the
full amount of dividends on the shares of Preferred Stock in respect of the
then current quarterly dividend period shall have been or are
contemporaneously declared in full and sums set aside for the payment
thereof, no shares of Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be redeemed,
retired, purchased or otherwise acquired for any consideration (or any
payment made to or available for a sinking fund for the redemption of any
such shares) by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (except by
conversion into or exchange for shares of Junior Stock). Unless and until
full cumulative dividends on the shares of Preferred Stock in respect of
all past quarterly dividend periods have been paid or are contemporaneously
declared in full and sums set aside for payment thereof, no dividends shall
be paid or declared or set aside for payment or other distribution upon the
Junior Stock, other than in shares of, or warrants or rights to acquire,
Junior Stock. For the purposes hereof, a "Subsidiary" shall mean any
corporation, association or other business entity (i) at least 50% of the
outstanding voting securities of which are at the time owned or controlled
by the Company; or (ii) with respect to which the Company possesses,
directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of the
affairs or management of such person.

         The terms "accrued dividends," "dividends accrued" and "dividends
in arrears," whenever used herein with reference to shares of Preferred
Stock shall be deemed to mean an amount which shall be equal to dividends
thereon at the Applicable Rate per share for the respective series from the
date or dates on which such dividends commence to accrue to the end of the
then current quarterly dividend period for such Preferred Stock (or, in the
case of redemption, to the date of redemption), whether or not earned or
declared and whether or not assets for the Company are legally available
therefor, and if full dividends are not declared or paid (whether in cash
or in Additional Securities), then such dividends shall cumulate, with
additional dividends thereon, compounded quarterly, at the Applicable Rate,
for each quarterly period during which such dividends remain unpaid, less
the amount of all such dividends paid, or declared in full and sums set
aside for the payment thereof, upon such shares of Preferred Stock.

                (f) The amount of any dividends per share of Preferred
Stock for any full quarterly period shall be computed by multiplying the
Applicable Rate for such quarterly dividend period by the Liquidation
Preference per share and dividing the result by four. Dividends payable on
the shares of Preferred Stock for any period less than a full quarterly
dividend period shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve
30-day months and the actual number of days elapsed for any period less
than one month.

         Section 3.        Liquidation Preference.
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                (a)        Series A Preferred Stock.
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                           (1) In the event of a Liquidation, whether
voluntary or involuntary, the holders of Series A Preferred Stock then
outstanding shall be entitled to receive out of the available assets of the
Company, whether such assets are stated capital or surplus of any nature,
an amount on such date equal to the greater of (i) $1000.00 (the "Issue
Price") per share of Series A Preferred Stock plus all accrued and unpaid
dividends (including any dividends payable in respect of the elapsed
portion of the then current quarter in accordance with section 2(f)) per
share of Series A Preferred Stock as of such date, calculated pursuant to
section 2(a) hereinabove (the "Series A Liquidation Preference") and (ii)
such amount per share of Series A Preferred Stock, as would have been
payable had each share been converted into Common Stock immediately prior
to such Liquidation (with respect to the calculations set forth above, the
"Series A Liquidation Payment"). The Series A Liquidation Payment shall be
made before any payment shall be made or any assets distributed to the
holders of any class or series of the Common Stock or any other class or
series of the Company's capital stock ranking junior as to liquidation
rights to the Preferred Stock. Following payment to the holders of the
Series A Preferred Stock and Series B Preferred Stock (as set forth in
section 3(b) below) of the full preferential amounts described in the first
sentence of this section 3, the remaining assets (if any) of the Company
available for distribution to stockholders of the Company shall be
distributed, subject to the rights of the holders of shares of any other
series of preferred stock ranking senior to the Common Stock as to
distributions, upon Liquidation pro rata among the holders of the Common
Stock and any other shares of capital stock of the Company ranking on a
parity with the Common Stock as to distributions upon Liquidation. If upon
any such Liquidation the assets available for payment of the Series A
Liquidation Payment are insufficient to permit the payment to the holders
of the Preferred Stock of the full preferential amounts described in this
paragraph, then all the remaining available assets shall be distributed
among the holders of the then outstanding Preferred Stock and any other
then outstanding Parity Stock pro rata according to the number of then
outstanding shares of Preferred Stock and Parity Stock held by each holder
thereof.

                           (2) The Series A Liquidation Preference shall be
proportionately adjusted in the event of any stock split, reverse stock
split, stock combination, reclassification or pursuant to any other
adjustment with respect to the Series A Preferred Stock.

                (b)        Series B Preferred Stock.
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                           (1) In the event of a Liquidation, whether
voluntary or involuntary, the holders of Series B Preferred Stock then
outstanding shall be entitled to receive out of the available assets of the
Company, whether such assets are stated capital or surplus of any nature,
an amount on such date equal to the greater of (i) the Issue Price plus all
accrued and unpaid dividends (including any dividends payable in respect of
the elapsed portion of the then current quarter in accordance with section
2(f)) per share of Series B Preferred Stock as of such date, calculated
pursuant to section 2(b) hereinabove (with respect to the calculation set
forth above, the "Series B Liquidation Preference" and together with the
Series A Liquidation Preference the "Liquidation Preference") and (ii) such
amount per share of Series B Preferred Stock, as would have been payable
had each share first been exchanged for Series A Preferred Stock (assuming
for this provision that all conditions to conversion had occurred) and then
such shares of Series A Preferred Stock were converted into Common Stock
pursuant to section 6 immediately prior to such Liquidation (the "Series B
Liquidation Payment" and together with the Series A Liquidation Payment,
the "Liquidation Payment"). The Series B Liquidation Payment shall be made
before any payment shall be made or any assets distributed to the holders
of any class or series of the Common Stock or any other class or series of
the Company's capital stock ranking junior as to liquidation rights to the
Preferred Stock. Following payment to the holders of the Series A Preferred
Stock (as set forth in section 3(a) above) and Series B Preferred Stock of
the full preferential amounts described in this section 3(b)(1), the
remaining assets (if any) of the Company available for distribution to
stockholders of the Company shall be distributed, subject to the rights of
the holders of shares of any other series of preferred stock ranking senior
to the Common Stock as to distributions, upon Liquidation pro rata among
the holders of the Common Stock and any other shares of capital stock of
the Company ranking on a parity with the Common Stock as to distributions
upon Liquidation. If upon any such Liquidation the assets available for
payment of the Liquidation Payment are insufficient to permit the payment
to the holders of the Preferred Stock of the full preferential amounts
described in this paragraph, then all the remaining available assets shall
be distributed among the holders of the then outstanding Preferred Stock
and any other then outstanding Parity Stock pro rata according to the
number of then outstanding shares of Preferred Stock and Parity Stock held
by each holder thereof.

                           (2) The Series B Liquidation Preference shall be
proportionately adjusted in the event of any stock split, reverse stock
split, stock combination, reclassification or pursuant to any other
adjustment with respect to the Series B Preferred Stock.

         Section 4.        Optional Redemption.
                           -------------------

                (a) Optional Redemption by Holders of Preferred Stock. At
any time after the tenth anniversary of the Initial Issuance Date, a holder
of Series A Preferred Stock may, upon 15 Business Days written notice to
the Company, require the Company to redeem in whole or in part, the shares
of Series A Preferred Stock (including shares issuable in respect of
accrued but unpaid dividends)(the "Holder Optional Redemption") for either
(x) cash or (y) Common Stock (which may be unregistered), at the Company's
option, at a total redemption price equal to the Series A Liquidation
Preference, subject to a maximum redemption price of $130,035,684.35 in the
event that Shareholder Approval is not obtained. If the Company elects to
settle such maximum redemption price in Common Stock rather than in cash
then the number of shares of Common Stock shall be determined as set forth
below, subject to a maximum number of shares of Common Stock of 18,186,809
in the event that Shareholder Approval is not obtained (the "Holder
Redemption Price"). Such notice shall specify the date of the Holder
Optional Redemption (which date shall be at least 15 Business Days after
such notice (the "Holder Redemption Date")). Common Stock used as
consideration for the redemption price pursuant to clause (y) shall be
valued at its market value (based on the average of the closing price of
the Company's Common Stock on the American Stock Exchange or other
principal national securities exchange on which the Common Stock is listed
or to which the shares are admitted for trading for the 20 trading days
prior to determination or, if no such trading market exists, as determined
by a nationally recognized investment bank (which shall consider the
liquidity of the Common Stock in making its valuation)); provided, that in
no event shall the value attributed to the Common Stock pursuant to clause
(y) be less than the then Conversion Price and in the event that
Shareholder Approval is not obtained be less than $7.15 per share of Common
Stock (the price determined pursuant to clause (y) being the "Common Stock
Redemption Value").

                 (b)      Optional Redemption by Company.
                          ------------------------------

                           (1) At any time after April 19, 2006, the
Company may, upon 45 days written notice to the holders of the Preferred
Stock, redeem all, but not less than all, of the then outstanding shares of
Preferred Stock (including shares issuable in respect of accrued but unpaid
dividends)(the "Company Optional Redemption") for cash at a redemption
price per share equal to the Liquidation Preference (the "Company
Redemption Price"); provided, however, that the average of the closing
price of the Common Stock on the American Stock Exchange or other national
securities exchange where the Common Stock is listed or to which the shares
are admitted for trading for the 20 trading days prior to the delivery by
the Company of the notice of redemption exceeds 150% of the Conversion
Price. Such notice shall specify the date of the Company Optional
Redemption (which shall be at least 45 days after such notice (the "Company
Redemption Date")). The shares of Preferred Stock will remain convertible
or exchangeable until the redemption price is paid.

                           (2) Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control,
the Company may, upon 10 days notice to the holders of the Preferred Stock,
redeem all, but not less than all, of the then outstanding shares of
Preferred Stock (the "Change of Control Redemption") for cash at the
Company Redemption Price; provided, however, that if such Change of Control
occurs before the fifth anniversary of the Initial Issuance Date, the
Company shall pay to the holder of each share of Preferred Stock the Series
A No-Call Period Dividend or the Series B No-Call Period Dividend, as the
case may be, at least five days before the Change of Control Redemption.
The shares of Preferred Stock, including the shares issued pursuant to the
Series A No-Call Period Dividend or the Series B No-Call Period Dividend,
will remain convertible or exchangeable, as the case may be, until the
redemption price is paid. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may
not redeem the Series B Preferred Stock pursuant to this paragraph 4(b)(2)
unless the Change of Control giving rise to such right of redemption is
also a Reorganization Event, subject to section 5 below.

                (c) Payment of Redemption Price. All accrued and unpaid
dividends on Preferred Stock through the date of the Holder Redemption Date
or Company Redemption Date, as the case may be, shall be payable in full at
the time of redemption. Payment of the Holder Redemption Price and payment
of accrued and unpaid dividends in connection with a Holder Optional
Redemption may be made in cash or, to the extent that a sufficient number
of authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock (which may be
unregistered) are available, Common Stock at the Common Stock Redemption
Value, or any combination thereof. Payment of accrued and unpaid dividends
in connection with a Company Optional Redemption shall be made in cash.

                (d) Status of Redeemed Shares. Any shares of Preferred
Stock that shall at any time have been redeemed pursuant to section 4
hereof shall, after such redemption, have the status of authorized but
unissued shares of Preferred Stock, without designation as to series.

         Section 5. Consideration Received upon a Reorganization, Merger,
etc. In the event of any reorganization of the Company, any
reclassification of the stock of the Company, any consolidation or merger
of the Company, any sale or conveyance of all or substantially all of the
assets of the Company, or any other event that results in the Common Stock
being changed into the same or a different number of other securities of
another entity (other than events described in section 6(e) below) or
exchanged for assets (including cash) from another entity (any such event,
a "Reorganization Event") shall be effected in such a way that the holders
of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive stock, securities or assets
(including cash) from another entity with respect to or in exchange for
their shares of Common Stock, then, prior to and as a condition of such
reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale or
conveyance, lawful and adequate provision shall be made whereby the holders
of Series B Preferred Stock may thereafter elect to receive such shares of
stock, securities or assets (including cash) as may be issued or payable
with respect to or in exchange for a number of outstanding shares of Common
Stock equal to the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon
conversion of such shares of Series B Preferred Stock (assuming such Series
B Preferred Stock had been first exchanged for Series A Preferred Stock),
had such Reorganization Event not taken place. In any such case,
appropriate provision shall be made with respect to the rights and
interests of the holders of Series B Preferred Stock to the end that the
provisions hereof shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly as may be, in
relation to any stock, securities or assets thereafter deliverable upon the
exchange of the Series B Preferred Stock (assuming such Series B Preferred
Stock had been exchanged for Series A Preferred Stock and then the Series A
Preferred Stock was converted to Common Stock). The Company shall not
effect any such Reorganization Event (i) unless prior to or simultaneously
with the consummation thereof the survivor or successor corporation (if
other than the Company) resulting from such consolidation or merger or the
corporation purchasing such assets shall assume by written instrument
executed and sent to each holder of Series B Preferred Stock, the
obligation to deliver to such holder of Series B Preferred Stock such
shares of stock, securities or assets (including cash) as, in accordance
with the foregoing provisions, such holder of Series B Preferred Stock may
be entitled to receive, and containing the express assumption by such
successor corporation of the due and punctual performance and observance of
every provision herein to be performed and observed by the Company and of
all liabilities and obligations of the Company hereunder, and (ii) in which
the Company, as opposed to another party to the Reorganization Event, shall
be required under any circumstances to make a cash payment at any time to
the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock.

         Section 6.        Conversion Rights.  The holders of the Series A
Preferred Stock shall have conversion rights as follows:

                (a) Generally. At any time after the Conversion Shares
issuable upon conversion of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock sold on
the Initial Issuance Date are approved for listing on the American Stock
Exchange, the shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be convertible at
any time, in whole or in part, into fully paid and non-assessable shares
(calculated as to each conversion to the nearest 1/100 of a share) of
Common Stock, at the conversion price, determined as hereinafter provided,
in effect at the time of conversion, with each share of Series A Preferred
Stock having a value equal to the Series A Liquidation Preference. The
price at which shares of Common Stock shall be issued upon conversion
(herein called the "Conversion Price") shall be initially $7.15 per share
of Common Stock. The Conversion Price and the number of shares of Common
Stock into which the Series A Preferred Stock is convertible shall be
adjusted in certain instances as provided below.

                (b) Mechanics of Conversion. All or any portion of the
shares of Series A Preferred Stock held by any holder shall convert
effective immediately prior to the close of business on the date that the
Company has received from such holder of Series A Preferred Stock (i) a
notice of conversion to the Company, setting forth the number of shares to
be converted, (ii) an executed stock power assigning and transferring such
shares of Series A Preferred Stock to the Company, (iii) certificates
representing the shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be converted and
(iv) a written notice to the Company stating therein its name or the name
or names of its nominees in which it wishes the Common Stock to be issued.
The shares of Common Stock shall be deemed issued upon compliance with the
forgoing requirements and the holder of Series A Preferred Stock thereof
shall be entitled to exercise and enjoy all rights with respect to such
shares of Common Stock. The Company shall, as soon as practicable
thereafter, but in any event, within 10 Business Days, issue and deliver
certificates representing Common Stock at such office to such holder of
Series A Preferred Stock, or to his or her nominee or nominees. If the
conversion is in connection with an underwritten offering of securities
registered pursuant to the Securities Act, the conversion shall be
conditioned upon the closing with the underwriters of the sale of
securities pursuant to such offering, in which event the person(s) entitled
to receive the Common Stock upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock
shall not be deemed to have converted such Series A Preferred Stock until
immediately prior to the closing of such sale of securities.

                (c) Reservation of Shares. The Company shall at all times
reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued shares of
Common Stock for the purpose of issuance upon conversion of shares of
Series A Preferred Stock sufficient shares of Common Stock, and shall take
all action necessary so that shares of Common Stock so issued will be
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

                (d) Adjustment to Conversion Price Upon
Reclassifications, Reorganizations, Consolidations or Mergers. In the event
of any reorganization of the Company, any reclassification of the stock of
the Company (other than a change in par value or from par value to no par
value or from no par value to par value), any consolidation or merger of
the Company or any other event that results in the Common Stock being
changed into the same or a different number of other securities, each share
of Series A Preferred Stock shall concurrently with the effectiveness of
such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger or other event
be convertible into the kind and number of shares of stock or other
securities or property of the Company or of the successor corporation
resulting from such consolidation or surviving such merger, if any, to
which the holder of the number of shares of Common Stock deliverable
(immediately prior to the time of such reorganization, reclassification,
consolidation, merger or other event) upon conversion of such Series A
Preferred Stock would have been entitled upon such reorganization,
reclassification, consolidation, merger or other event. The provisions of
this clause shall similarly apply to successive reorganizations,
reclassifications, consolidations, mergers or similar events.

                (e) Adjustment to Conversion Price Upon Stock Dividends,
Splits and Reclassifications. In case the Company shall (i) pay a dividend
in Common Stock or (ii) subdivide or split-up its outstanding Common Stock,
then, following the record date for the determination of holders of Common
Stock entitled to receive such stock dividend, or to be affected by such
subdivision or split-up, the Conversion Price shall be appropriately
decreased so that the number of shares of Common Stock issuable on
conversion of Series A Preferred Stock shall be increased in proportion to
such increase in outstanding shares.

                (f) Adjustment to Conversion Price Upon Combinations. If
the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding is decreased by a
combination of the outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number
of shares of Common Stock, then, following the record date to determine
shares affected by such combination, the Conversion Price shall be
appropriately increased so that the number of shares of Common Stock
issuable on conversion of each share of Series A Preferred Stock shall be
decreased in proportion to such decrease in outstanding shares.

                (g)        Conversion Price Adjustment.
                           ---------------------------

                           (1) Whenever the number of shares of Common
Stock into which the Series A Preferred Stock is convertible is adjusted as
provided under section 6, the Conversion Price shall be adjusted by
multiplying such Conversion Price immediately prior to such adjustment by a
fraction:

                               (A) the numerator of which shall be the
         number of shares of Common Stock into which the Series A Preferred
         Stock is convertible immediately prior to such adjustment; and

                               (B) the denominator of which shall be the
         number of shares of Common Stock into which the Series A Preferred
         Stock is convertible immediately thereafter.

                           (2) Notwithstanding the foregoing, no adjustment
of the Conversion Price shall be made in an amount less than $0.01 per
share, but any such lesser adjustment shall be carried forward and shall be
made at the time of and together with the next subsequent adjustment which,
together with any adjustments so carried forward, shall amount to $0.01 per
share or more.

                (h) Notices. Whenever the number of shares of Common
Stock into which the Series A Preferred Stock is convertible is adjusted as
herein provided, the Company shall cause to be promptly delivered to each
holder of shares of Series A Preferred Stock at its last address as it
shall appear on the books of the Company by telecopier transmission or by a
nationally recognized overnight delivery service, notice of such adjustment
or adjustments setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock into
which the Series A Preferred Stock is convertible and the Conversion Price
after such adjustment, a brief statement of the facts requiring such
adjustment and the computation by which such adjustment was made. The
Company shall give notice to each holder of shares of Series A Preferred
Stock of any transaction contemplated by section 6(d) not later than 10
days following the consummation of such transaction, setting forth the
estimated date of consummation. Any such notice shall be treated as
effective or having been given (i) if transmitted by telecopier, on the
Business Day of confirmed receipt by the addressee thereof, and (ii) if
delivered by overnight courier, on the Business Day delivered.

         The failure to give the notice required in this paragraph or any
defect therein shall not affect the legality or validity of the event
causing the adjustment of the Conversion Price or any other action taken in
connection therewith.

In case:

                           (1) the Company shall declare a dividend on its
Common Stock Equivalents payable otherwise than in cash;

                           (2) the Company shall authorize the granting to
the holders of its Common Stock Equivalents of rights or warrants to
subscribe for or purchase any shares of Common Stock Equivalents (or
securities convertible into shares of Common Stock Equivalents);

                           (3) of any reclassification of the capital stock
of the Company (other than a subdivision or combination of outstanding
shares of Common Stock), or of any consolidation or merger to which the
Company is a party and for which approval of any stockholders of the
Company is required, or of the sale or transfer of all or substantially all
of the assets of the Company; or

                           (4) the Company shall be (voluntarily or
involuntarily) dissolved, liquidated or wound up; then the Company shall
cause to be mailed to the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock, at least
10 days prior (or in the case of involuntary dissolution or liquidation as
soon thereafter as is practicable) to the applicable record or effective
date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the date on which a record
is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, rights or warrants, or, if
a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of Common
Stock Equivalents of record to be entitled to such dividend, rights or
warrants are to be determined, or (y) the date on which such
reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer, dissolution,
liquidation or winding up is expected to become effective, and the date as
of which it is expected that holders of Common Stock Equivalents of record
shall be entitled to exchange their shares of Common Stock Equivalents for
securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification,
consolidation, merger, sale, transfer, dissolution, liquidation or winding
up.

                (i) Common Stock; Other Securities. For the purpose of
this section 6, the term "Common Stock" shall mean (i) the class of stock
designated as the Common Stock of the Company at the date of this
Certificate of Designations and (ii) any other class of stock resulting
from successive changes or reclassification of such Common Stock consisting
solely of changes in par value, or from par value to no par value, or from
no par value to par value. In the event that at any time, as a result of an
adjustment made pursuant to this section 6, the holder of Series A
Preferred Stock shall become entitled to convert its shares of Series A
Preferred Stock into any shares of the Company other than Common Stock,
thereafter the number of such other shares into which the Series A
Preferred Stock is convertible and the Conversion Price of such shares
shall be subject to adjustment from time to time in a manner and on terms
as nearly equivalent as practicable to the provisions with respect to the
shares contained in this section 6.

         Section 7. Automatic Exchange of Series B Preferred Stock. Each
share of Series B Preferred Stock shall automatically be exchanged for an
equal number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock upon the receipt by the
Company of Shareholder Approval and receipt of HSR Approval, to the extent
such HSR Approval is required, so long as such exchange will not result in
a "change of control" under the terms of the indentures governing the
Existing High Yield Indebtedness. Immediately before the exchange of the
Series B Preferred Stock, the Company shall pay to the holders of the
Series B Preferred Stock, all accrued and unpaid dividends on the Series B
Preferred Stock. If for any reason, the exchange of all outstanding shares
of Series B Preferred Stock would result in a "change of control" under the
terms of the indentures governing the Existing High Yield Indebtedness,
only such number of shares of Series B Preferred Stock as would not cause
such "change of control" shall be exchanged for shares of Series A
Preferred Stock and the remaining shares of Series B Preferred Stock will
be exchanged as soon as and to the extent that such exchange would not
result in a "change of control" under the terms of indentures governing the
Existing High Yield Indebtedness.

         Section 8.        Voting Rights.
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                 (a) Subject to section 8(b) below, upon the transfer of
any shares of Series A Preferred Stock, other than a transfer to an
Affiliate of an Apollo Purchaser, consistent with the Standstill Agreement,
the transferee of such shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled
to vote on an as-converted basis upon all matters to be voted upon by the
stockholders of the Company, voting together with the holders of Common
Stock and the Class B Stock as a single class; provided that such
as-converted voting rights shall not extend (i) to the election of
directors or (ii) any matter which is reserved for consideration (by law or
by the Certificate of Incorporation) exclusively by the holders of Common
Stock or the Class B Stock.

                 (b) Except as otherwise provided by applicable law and in
addition to any voting rights provided by section 9(a) below, the Apollo
Purchasers (which term, for the purposes of this section 8(b), includes any
Affiliates of the Apollo Purchasers) shall not have any voting rights with
respect to any Preferred Stock held by such Apollo Purchasers; provided,
however, if an Event of Default exists and such Event of Default is not
cured or waived within 45 days, the holders of Preferred
Stock shall have the right to elect that number of directors which, when
added to any representatives of the holders of the Preferred Stock
(including the Apollo Purchasers) then on the Board of Directors, will
constitute a majority of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors
shall be expanded as necessary to accomplish the purposes of this section
8(b). Upon the cure of such Event of Default, the Board shall be reduced to
the size immediately before such Event of Default took place and the
holders of the Preferred Stock shall have such rights to elect such number
of directors as before the Event of Default.

         Section 9.        Protective and Other Provisions.
                           -------------------------------

                (a) So long as the Apollo Purchasers continue to have
Preferred Stock Approval Rights as granted under the Investment Agreement,
(i) the Apollo Purchasers that are holders of Series A Preferred Stock and
the Apollo V Purchasers who hold Series B Preferred Stock, prior to receipt
of HSR Approval, to the extent such HSR Approval is required, and (ii) the
Apollo Purchasers that are holders of Series A Preferred Stock and Series B
Preferred Stock, acting together as a single class, after HSR Approval, to
the extent such HSR Approval is required, shall have the right to elect
three directors to the Board of Directors. If for any reason, any director
appointed by the Apollo Purchasers ceases to be a director before the
expiration of his or her term and the Apollo Purchasers have Preferred
Stock Approval Rights at such time, the Apollo Purchaser who elected such
director shall have the right to appoint a director to fill such vacancy.

                (b) So long as any of the shares of Preferred Stock
remain outstanding, the Company shall not enter into or incur any new
indebtedness that would restrict the ability of the Company to pay
dividends on the Preferred Stock in the manner required pursuant to section
2 hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may make amendments to
the Company's Senior Facility which would restrict the ability of the
Company to pay dividends on the Preferred Stock so long as such restriction
does not extend beyond the PIK Period.

         Section 10. Limitations. In addition to any other rights provided
by applicable law, so long as any shares of Series A Preferred Stock are
outstanding, the Company shall not, without the affirmative vote, or the
written consent as provided by law, of the Requisite Holders, at a vote of
the holders of Series A Preferred Stock, voting separately as a class,

                (a) create, authorize or issue any class, series or
shares of (i) Senior Stock, (ii) Parity Stock, or (iii) Junior Stock, if
such Junior Stock may be redeemed, at the option of the holder thereof, on
or prior to the Holder Redemption Date; or

                 (b) change the preferences, rights or powers with respect
to the Preferred Stock so as to affect the Preferred Stock adversely.

         Section 11. Dividend Received Deduction. For federal income tax
purposes, the Company shall report distributions of cash and property
(other than the Additional Securities) on the Series A Preferred Stock as
dividends, to the extent of the Company's current and accumulated earnings
and profits (as determined for federal income tax purposes).

         Section 12. Definitions.  For purposes of this Certificate of
Designations, the following definitions shall apply:

                  "Additional Securities" has the meaning set forth in
paragraph 2(b)(2) hereof.

                  "Additional Series A Securities" has the meaning set
forth in paragraph 2(a)(2) hereof. "Additional Series B Securities" has the
meaning set forth in paragraph 2(b)(2) hereof.

                  "Affiliate" means, with respect to any Person, (i) any
other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by, or under
direct or indirect common control with, such specified Person; (ii) any
other Person that owns, directly or indirectly, ten percent or more of such
Person's capital stock or other equity interests or any officer or director
of any such Person or other Person; or (iii) with respect to any natural
Person, any person having a relationship with such Person by blood,
marriage or adoption not more remote than first cousin; provided, however,
that with respect to Apollo or the Apollo Purchasers, the term "Affiliate"
shall not include any limited partner of the Apollo Purchasers or their
Affiliates nor any portfolio or investee companies of the Apollo Purchasers
or their Affiliates so long as, in either case, (x) Apollo does not control
or have investment authority over such limited partner or portfolio or
investee company; (y) such limited partner or portfolio or investee company
does not operate in the domestic theatrical exhibition industry or
otherwise compete with the Company; and (z) Apollo, the Apollo Purchaser or
its Affiliates do not own, directly or indirectly, 33% or more of such
portfolio or investee company's capital stock or other equity interests.
For purposes of this definition, "control" when used with respect to any
specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of
such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of
voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms "controlling"
and "controlled" shall have correlative meanings.

                  "AIF V" means the Apollo Investment Fund V, L.P.

                  "AOP V" means the Apollo Overseas Partners V, L.P.

                  "Apollo V Purchasers" means AIF V and AOP V, and any
other partnership or entity affiliated with and managed by Apollo over
which Apollo exercises investment authority, including voting and
dispositive rights and to which either AIF V or AOP V assigns any of their
respective interests hereunder.

        "Apollo" means Apollo Management IV, L.P., Apollo
Management V, L.P. and their Affiliates.

        "Apollo Purchasers" has the meaning set forth in the
Investment Agreement.

        "Applicable Rate" has the meaning set forth in section
2(b) hereof.

        "Board of Directors" means the Board of Directors of the
Company.

        "Business Day" has the meaning set forth in section 2(a)
hereof.

                  "Certificate of Incorporation" means the Certificate of
Incorporation of the Company, as amended from time to time, and as filed
with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.

                  "Change of Control" means (i) a merger, consolidation or
similar transaction involving the Company after which holders of the
Company's stock before such transaction do not own at least 50% of the
combined voting power of all shares generally entitled to vote in the
election of the members of the Board of Directors of the surviving entity,
(ii) the acquisition by any person or group (other than Apollo or the
holders of Class B Stock (so long as each is not a part of a group (as such
term is defined in Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended and the regulations promulgated thereunder) on the Initial Issuance
Date) of beneficial ownership of at least 50% of the combined voting power
of all shares generally entitled to vote in the election of the members of
the Board of Directors of the Company, or (iii) the sale of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Company or similar transaction (the
determination of aggregate voting power to recognize that the Company's
Class B Stock has ten votes per share and the Company's Common Stock has
one vote per share).

                  "Class B Stock" means the Class B Stock, par value $0.66
2/3 per share, of the Company.

                  "Common Stock" means the Common Stock, par value $0.66
2/3 per share, of the Company.

                  "Common Stock Equivalents" means all Common Stock and any
securities (whether voting common stock or nonvoting common stock) of any
class of the Company which have no preference in respect of amounts payable
in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation dissolution or
winding up of the Company.

"Common Stock Redemption Value" has the meaning set forth
in section 4(a) hereof.

 "Company" means AMC Entertainment Inc., a Delaware corporation.

 "Company Optional Redemption" has the meaning set forth
in section 4(b) hereof.

"Company Redemption Date" has the meaning set forth in
section 4(b) hereof.

"Company Redemption Price" has the meaning set forth in
section 4(b) hereof.

"Conversion Factor" shall mean, on any date of
determination, the quotient of (x) the Liquidation Preference of the Series
A Preferred divided by (y) the Conversion Price.

"Conversion Price" has the meaning set forth in section
6(a) hereof.

                  "Conversion Shares" means the shares of Common Stock
issued upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock, including the
shares of Series A Preferred Stock issued upon conversion of the Series B
Preferred Stock.

                  "Dividend Payment Date" has the meaning set forth in
section 2(a) hereof.

                  "Effective Sale Price" shall mean, in the case of a sale
of Series A Preferred Stock, the quotient of (x) the sale price per share
of such Series A Preferred stock divided by (y) the Conversion Factor.

                  "Event of Default" means (i) an event of default as set
forth under the Company's Senior Indebtedness, Existing High Yield
Indebtedness or any other indebtedness of the Company in principal amount
in excess of $10.0 million; or (ii) failure of the Company to pay cash
dividends on the Preferred Stock when required pursuant to the terms of
this Certificate of Designations, without regard to any prohibition by
applicable law or otherwise against payment; and (iii) a violation by the
Company of the terms of section 8 of the Investment Agreement, provided,
however, that no Event of Default pursuant to (iii) above, shall be deemed
to have occurred unless Apollo, on behalf of the Apollo Purchasers,
provides written notice in advance of such violation to the Company
describing such violation and such notice is accompanied by an opinion of
counsel confirming such violation.

                  "Existing High Yield Indebtedness" means the currently
existing indebtedness of the Company pursuant to (i) the Indenture dated
March 19, 1997, by and between the Company and Bank of New York, as
Trustee, in respect of AMC Entertainment Inc.'s 9 1/2% Senior Subordinated
Notes due 2009 and as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture
dated June 9, 1997 and as it may be amended or supplemented from time to
time and (ii) the Indenture dated January 27, 1999, by and between the
Company and Bank of New York, as Trustee, in respect of AMC Entertainment
Inc.'s 9 1/2% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2011 and as it may be amended
or supplemented from time to time.

                  "GCL" shall have the meaning set forth in the first
paragraph of this Certificate of Designations. "Holder Optional Redemption"
has the meaning set forth in section 4(a) hereof.

                  "Holder Redemption Date" has the meaning set forth in
section 4(a) hereof.

                  "Holder Redemption Price" has the meaning set forth in
section 4(a) hereof.

                  "HSR Approval" means the expiration or early termination
of any applicable waiting period after any filing required by the
Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 with respect to the
acquisition of the Series A Preferred Stock and Series B Preferred Stock
and the exchange of Series B Preferred Stock for Series A Preferred Stock
contemplated by this Certificate of Designations.

                  "Initial Issuance Date" means April 19, 2001, the first
date of issuance of the Preferred Stock pursuant to the closing of the
Investment Agreement.

                  "Initial Solicitation" means shall mean the solicitation
of Shareholder Approval at the Company's next regularly scheduled annual
meeting after the Closing Date, which shall take place no later than 270
days after the Initial Issuance Date.

                  "Investment Agreement" means the Investment Agreement
entered in as of April 19, 2001 among the Company and certain investors
named therein.

"Issue Price" has the meaning set forth in section 3 hereof.

"Junior Stock" has the meaning set forth in section 1 hereof.

"Liquidation" has the meaning set forth in section 1 hereof.

"Liquidation Payment" has the meaning set forth in section 3(b) hereof.

"Liquidation Preference" has the meaning set forth in
section 3 (b) hereof.

"Original Issuance Date" has the meaning set forth in
section 2(a) hereof.

"Parity Stock" has the meaning set forth in section 1 hereof.

                  "Person" means all natural persons, corporations,
business trusts, associations, companies, partnerships, joint ventures, and
other entities and governments and agencies or political subdivisions
thereof.

                  "PIK Period" means the period between the Initial
Issuance Date and the third anniversary thereof.

                  "Preferred Stock" means the Series A Preferred Stock and
the Series B Preferred Stock.

                  "Preferred Stock Approval Rights" has the meaning set
forth in the Investment Agreement.

                  "Purchasers" shall mean the Apollo Purchasers and any
partnership or other entity to which any of the foregoing assigns any of
its interests hereunder, consistent with the provisions of the Investment
Agreement.

                  "Reorganization Event" shall have the meaning set forth
in section 5 hereof.

                  "Requisite Holders" means holders of a majority of
Preferred Stock currently outstanding.

                  "Senior Facility" shall mean the U.S. $ 425,000,000
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of April 10, 1997, among
AMC Entertainment Inc, as the Borrower; and The Bank of Nova Scotia, as
Administrative Agent; and Bank of America National Trust and Savings
Association, as Documentation Agent; and Various Financial Institutions as
Lenders, as amended by the Second Amendment, dated as of January 16, 1998,
as further amended by the Third Amendment, dated as of March 15, 1999 and
as further amended by the Fourth Amendment, dated as of March 29, 2000.

                  "Senior Indebtedness" shall mean the Company's current
existing indebtedness pursuant to the Senior Facility.

                  "Senior Stock" has the meaning set forth in section 1
hereof.

                  "Series A Applicable Rate" has the meaning set forth in
section 2(a) hereof.

                  "Series A Liquidation Payment" has the meaning set forth
in section 3(a) hereof.

                  "Series A Liquidation Preference" has the meaning set
forth in section 3(a) hereof.

                  "Series A No-Call Period Dividend" has the meaning set
forth in section 2(a)(5) hereof.

                  "Series A Preferred Stock" has the meaning set forth in
section 1 hereof.

                  "Series B Applicable Rate" has the meaning set forth in
section 2(b) hereof.

                  "Series B Liquidation Payment" has the meaning set forth
in section 3(b) hereof.

                  "Series B Liquidation Preference" has the meaning set
forth in section 3(b) hereof. "Series B No-Call Period Dividend" has the
meaning set forth in section 2(b)(4) hereof.

                  "Series B Preferred Stock" has the meaning set forth in
section 1 hereof.

                  "Shareholder Approval" shall mean approval by (i) the
holders of a majority of the Common Stock, voting separately as a class and
(ii) a majority of the votes cast by the Company's stockholders voting
together as a single class, of an amendment to the Company's Certificate of
Incorporation increasing the number of authorized shares of Common Stock
(so as to permit the issuance of additional shares of Series A Preferred
Stock and the underlying Common Stock and until there are enough shares
that would allow all shares of Series A Preferred Stock to convert into
Common Stock and all shares of Series B Preferred Stock to be exchanged for
Series A Preferred Stock, as contemplated by this Certificate of
Designations).

                  "Standstill Agreement" means the Standstill Agreement
entered into as of April 19, 2001 among the Company and certain investors
named therein.

                  "Subsidiary" has the meaning set forth in section 2(e)
hereof.

                  "Threshold Amount" has the meaning set forth in section
2(b)(5)(D) hereof.

                  "Total Unconverted Shares" shall mean, on any date of
determination, the product of (x) the number of shares of Series A
Preferred Stock issued to date multiplied by (y) the Conversion Factor.

                  "Underlying Shares Sold" shall mean, in the case of a
sale of Series A Preferred Stock, the product of (x) the number of shares
of Series A Preferred Stock sold in such sale transaction multiplied by (y)
the Conversion Factor.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Certificate of
Designation to be signed by Peter C. Brown, its President, and attested by
Nancy L. Gallagher, its Secretary, this 19th day of April, 2001.

                                           By:      /s/ Peter C. Brown
                                                    --------------------
                                           Name:    Peter C. Brown
                                           Title:   President

                                             Attested:

                                        By:      /s/ Nancy L. Gallagher
                                            ---------------------------
                                             Secretary

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