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                     FIRST AMENDMENT TO OPTION AGREEMENTS

         This FIRST  AMENDMENT TO OPTION  AGREEMENTS  (this  "Amendment")  dated
effective as of October 19, 2000, is by and among Snake River Sugar Company,  an
Oregon  cooperative  corporation  (the  "Company"),   Valhi,  Inc.,  a  Delaware
corporation  ("Valhi"),  and the holders of the Company's 10.8% Senior Notes due
April 30, 2009 (the "Senior  Notes")  whose names are set forth on the signature
pages of this Amendment (the "Noteholders").

                             PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS

         The Company,  Valhi and the  Noteholders  are parties to those  certain
Option  Agreements  dated as of May 14,  1997  (the  "Option  Agreements").  All
capitalized  terms defined in the Option Agreements and not otherwise defined in
this Amendment shall have the same meanings herein as in the Option Agreements.

         The Company,  Valhi and the  Noteholders  have agreed to amend  certain
documents  related to the Option  Agreements and wish to clarify that the Option
Agreements pertain to those related documents as amended.

         NOW,  THEREFORE,  in  consideration of the foregoing and for other good
and sufficient consideration,  the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged,  the
parties hereto agree as follows:

         1.       The Option Agreements shall be amended as follows:

                  (a) All  references  to the  "Loan  Agreement"  in the  Option
         Agreements  shall be to said Loan  Agreement  as such may be amended or
         modified from time to time.

                  (b) All  references to the "Note  Purchase  Agreements" in the
         Option Agreements shall be to said Note Purchase Agreements as such may
         be amended or modified from time to time.

                  (c)  All  references  to the  "Option  Notes"  in  the  Option
         Agreements  shall be to said  Options  Notes as such may be  amended or
         modified from time to time.

         2. The Company agrees to provide a copy of any amendment, modification,
waiver or  restatement  of the Senior Notes or the Note  Purchase  Agreements to
Valhi  within five (5)  Business  Days after  execution  of any such  amendment,
modification, waiver or restatement. The Company and Valhi agree and acknowledge
that if any such  amendment,  modification,  waiver or restatement of the Senior
Notes or the Note  Purchase  Agreements  is not provided to Valhi by the Company
within the time period  required  herein,  then,  at Valhi's sole  option,  such
amendment,  modification,  waiver or restatement shall retroactively be null and
void upon (but only upon) the closing of the purchase of all of the Option Notes
following  the  exercise  by  Valhi  of all  of  its  rights  under  the  Option
Agreements.

         3. Each of the parties  represents  and  warrants  that the  execution,
delivery and  performance by such party of this Amendment are within its powers,
have  been  duly  authorized  by all  necessary  action  and do not and will not
contravene or conflict with any provision of law  applicable to such party,  the
charter, declaration of trust or bylaws of such party, or any order, judgment or
decree of any court or other agency of government or any contractual  obligation
binding  upon  such  party,  and  the  Option  Agreements,  as  amended  by this
Amendment,  are legal,  valid and binding  obligations of such party enforceable
against such party in accordance with their terms.

         4. The execution and delivery of that certain  Master  Agreement  dated
October 19, 2000,  by and among the parties  hereto,  among  others,  shall be a
condition precedent to the initial effectiveness of this Amendment.

         5. This Amendment may be executed in two or more counterparts,  each of
which  shall be  deemed  to be an  original,  but each of which  together  shall
constitute one and the same document.

         6. This Amendment shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the  internal  laws of the  State of New  York,  without  giving  effect  to the
principals of conflicts of laws thereof.

         7. This Amendment  shall be binding upon, and to the benefit of, and be
enforceable by the heirs,  personal  representatives,  successors and assigns of
the parties hereto.

         8.  Except  as  specifically  amended  by this  Amendment,  the  Option
Agreements  shall  remain in full force and effect and are hereby  ratified  and
confirmed.

         IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the  parties  have caused  this  Amendment  to be
effective on the day and year first above written.

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                                   Valhi, Inc.

                                    By:/s/ Steven L. Watson
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                                    Name:    Steven L. Watson
                                    Title:   President

                                    Snake River Sugar Company

                                    By:/s/ Lawrence L. Corry
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                                    Name:
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                                    Title:
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                                    The Prudential Insurance Company of America

                                    By:/s/ Joseph Alouf
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                                    Name:
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                                    Title:
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                                    Connecticut General Life Insurance Company
                                    By: CIGNA Investments, Inc.

                                    By:/s/ Stephen H. Wilson
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                                    Name:
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                                    Title:
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                                    Life Insurance Company of North America
                                    By: CIGNA Investments, Inc.

                                    By:/s/ Stephen H. Wilson
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                                    Name:
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                                    Title:
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                                    Minnesota Life Insurance Company
                                    By:  Advantus Capital Management, Inc.

                                    By:/s/ Annette Masterson
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                                    Name:
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                                    Title:
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                                    The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company
                                    By:  Lincoln Investment Management, Inc.
                                    Its Attorney-in-Fact

                                     By:/s/ Annette M. Teders
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                                     Name:
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                                     Title:
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                                     Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York
                                     By:  Lincoln Investment Management, Inc.
                                     Its Attorney-in-Fact

                                     By:/s/ Annette M. Teders
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                                     Name:
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                                     Title:
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           FIRST AMENDMENT TO VOTING RIGHTS AND FORBEARANCE AGREEMENT

         This First Amendment to Voting Rights and  Forbearance  Agreement (this
"Amendment")  is made this 19 day of October,  2000 by and among (i) Amalgamated
Collateral  Trust, a Delaware business trust (the "SPT") created pursuant to the
Deposit Trust Agreement (the "Deposit Trust Agreement") dated as of May 14, 1997
between ASC Holdings, Inc., a Utah corporation ("Amalgamated"), Wilmington Trust
Company,  as Resident Trustee (as defined on the Deposit Trust  Agreement),  and
Amalgamated,  as Company  Trustee (as defined on the Deposit  Trust  Agreement),
(ii) Amalgamated,  as holder of the Certificate of Beneficial Interest issued by
the SPT,  (iii)  Amalgamated,  as the Company  Trustee  under the Deposit  Trust
Agreement,  and (iv) First Security Bank,  National  Association,  as Collateral
Agent (the "Collateral Agent") under the Collateral Agency Agreement dated as of
May 14, 1997 among Snake River Sugar Company, an Oregon agricultural cooperative
("Snake  River"),  the Collateral  Agent and the purchasers  (the  "Purchasers")
referred to in the Note Purchase  Agreements  dated May 14, 1997, as such may be
amended or modified from time to time (the "Note Purchase  Agreement"),  between
the  Purchasers and Snake River.  Terms defined in the Note Purchase  Agreements
and not otherwise  defined  herein shall have the meanings  provided in the Note
Purchase Agreements.

                             PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS

         The  parties  to this  Amendment  are  parties  to a Voting  Rights and
Forbearance Agreement dated as of May 14, 1997 (the "Voting Rights Agreement").

         The parties  hereto have agreed to amend certain  documents  related to
the Voting Rights Agreement and wish to clarify that the Voting Rights Agreement
pertains to those related documents as amended.

         NOW,  THEREFORE,  in  consideration of the foregoing and for other good
and sufficient consideration,  the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged,  the
parties hereto agree as follows:

         1.       The Voting Rights Agreement shall be amended as follows:

                  (a) All  references  to the "Company  Agreement" in the Voting
         Rights  Agreement  shall be to said  Company  Agreement  as such may be
         amended or modified from time to time.

                  (b) All  references to the "Note  Purchase  Agreements" in the
         Voting Rights  Agreement  shall be to said Note Purchase  Agreements as
         such may be amended or modified from time to time.

                  (c) All  references to the "Senior Notes" in the Voting Rights
         Agreement  shall be to said  Senior  Notes as such  may be  amended  or
         modified from time to time.

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2.  Representations and Warranties.  Each of the parties represents and warrants
that the execution, delivery and performance by such party of this Amendment are
within its powers,  have been duly authorized by all necessary action and do not
and will not contravene or conflict with any provision of law applicable to such
party, the charter,  declaration of trust or bylaws of such party, or any order,
judgment or decree of any court or other agency of government or any contractual
obligation binding upon such party, and the Voting Rights Agreement,  as amended
as of the date hereof,  is a legal,  valid and binding  obligation of such party
enforceable against such party in accordance with its terms.

3.  Condition  Precedent.  The  execution  and delivery of that  certain  Master
Agreement dated October 19, 2000, by and among the parties hereto, among others,
shall be a condition precedent to the initial effectiveness of this Amendment.

4.       General Provisions.

                  (a) All of the  covenants  and  agreements  contained  in this
         Amendment  shall be  binding  upon,  and inure to the  benefit  of, the
         respective  parties and their successors,  assigns,  heirs,  executors,
         administrators and other legal representatives, as the case may be.

                  (b) This  Amendment,  and the  rights of the  parties  hereto,
         shall be governed by and construed in  accordance  with the laws of the
         State of Delaware.

                  (c)  This   Amendment   may  be   executed   in  one  or  more
         counterparts,  each of which  shall be  deemed an  original  but all of
         which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

                  (d) No amendment,  modification,  termination or waiver of any
         provision  of this  Amendment,  and no consent to any  departure by the
         Company Trustee  therefrom,  shall in any event be effective unless the
         same shall be in writing and signed by the other parties hereto and, in
         the case of any such amendment or modification, by the Company Trustee.
         Any such  waiver or consent  shall be  effective  only in the  specific
         instance and for the specific purpose for which it was given.

                  (e) If any provision of this Amendment  shall be declared void
         or  unenforceable  by any court or  administrative  board of  competent
         jurisdiction,  such provision shall be deemed to have been severed from
         the remainder of this  Amendment,  and this Amendment shall continue in
         all other respects to be valid and enforceable.

                  (f)  Nothing  herein  shall  limit in any way the  rights  and
         remedies of the Collateral Agent under any of the Pledge Agreements.

                  (g)  Except as  specifically  amended by this  Amendment,  the
         Voting  Rights  Agreement  shall remain in full force and effect and is
         hereby ratified and confirmed.

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

                           AMALGAMATED COLLATERAL TRUST

                           By:      Wilmington Trust Company, not in
                                     its individual capacity but solely as
                                     Trustee

                           By: /s/ Charisse L. Rodgers
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                           Name:
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                           Title:
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                           ASC HOLDINGS, INC., individually and as
                            Company Trustee

                           By:      /s/ Steven L. Watson
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                           Name:    Steven L. Watson

                           Title:   President

                           FIRST SECURITY BANK, NATIONAL
                           ASSOCIATION, as Collateral Agent

                           By:      /s/ C. Scott Nielsen
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                           Name:
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                           Title
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         As of the first date written above, The Amalgamated  Sugar Company LLC,
a Delaware limited  liability company (the "Company"),  hereby  acknowledges and
agrees to be bound by the terms and provisions of the foregoing  First Amendment
to Voting Rights and Forbearance Agreement;  provided, however, that the Company
shall  neither be a party to, nor a third party  beneficiary  of, the  foregoing
agreement.

                           THE AMALGAMATED SUGAR
                            COMPANY LLC

                           By:      /s/ David L. Budge
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                           Name:
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                           Title:
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