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                                                                     Exhibit 4.2

                                U.S.$ 225,000,000

                                MERISANT COMPANY

                    9 1/2% SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2013

                          REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

                                                                   July 11, 2003

Credit Suisse First Boston LLC
Wachovia Securities, LLC
Banc One Capital Markets, Inc.
c/o Credit Suisse First Boston LLC
   Eleven Madison Avenue
   New York, New York 10010-3629

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     Merisant Company, a Delaware corporation (the "ISSUER"), proposes to issue
and sell to Credit Suisse First Boston LLC, Wachovia Securities, LLC and Banc
One Capital Markets, Inc. (collectively, the "INITIAL PURCHASERS"), upon the
terms set forth in a purchase agreement, dated June 27, 2003 (the "PURCHASE
AGREEMENT"), U.S.$225,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 9 1/2% Senior
Subordinated Notes due 2013 (the "INITIAL SECURITIES") to be guaranteed (the
"GUARANTIES") by its subsidiaries Merisant US, Inc. and Merisant Foreign
Holdings I, Inc. (the "GUARANTORS" and, collectively with the Issuer, the
"COMPANY"). The Initial Securities will be issued pursuant to an Indenture,
dated the date hereof (the "INDENTURE"), among the Issuer, the Guarantors named
therein and Wells Fargo Minnesota, National Association, as trustee (the
"TRUSTEE"). As an inducement to the Initial Purchasers to enter into the
Purchase Agreement, the Company agrees with the Initial Purchasers, for the
benefit of the Initial Purchasers and the holders of the Securities (as defined
below) (collectively the "HOLDERS"), as follows:

     1.  REGISTERED EXCHANGE OFFER. Unless not permitted by applicable law
(after the Company has complied with the ultimate paragraph of this Section 1),
the Company shall prepare and, not later than 270 days (such 270th day being a
"FILING DEADLINE") after the date on which the Initial Purchasers purchase the
Initial Securities pursuant to the Purchase Agreement (the "CLOSING DATE"), file
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "COMMISSION") a registration
statement (the "EXCHANGE OFFER REGISTRATION STATEMENT") on an appropriate form
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "SECURITIES ACT"), with
respect to a proposed offer (the "REGISTERED EXCHANGE OFFER") to the Holders of
Transfer Restricted Securities (as defined in Section 6 hereof), who are not
prohibited by any law or policy of the Commission from participating in the
Registered Exchange Offer, to issue and deliver to such Holders, in exchange for
the Initial Securities, a like aggregate principal amount of debt securities of
the Company issued under the Indenture, identical in all material respects to
the Initial Securities and registered under the Securities Act (the "EXCHANGE
SECURITIES"). The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to (i) cause
such Exchange Offer Registration Statement to become effective under the
Securities Act within 360 days after the Closing Date (such 360th day being an
"EFFECTIVENESS DEADLINE") and (ii) keep the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement effective for not less than 30 days (or longer, if required by
applicable law) after the date notice of the Registered Exchange Offer is mailed
to the Holders (such period being called the "EXCHANGE OFFER REGISTRATION
PERIOD").

     If the Company commences the Registered Exchange Offer, the Company (i)
will be entitled to consummate the Registered Exchange Offer 30 days after such
commencement (provided that the Company

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has accepted all the Initial Securities theretofore validly tendered in
accordance with the terms of the Registered Exchange Offer) and (ii) will be
required to consummate the Registered Exchange Offer no later than 40 days after
the date on which the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is declared
effective (such 40th day being the "CONSUMMATION DEADLINE").

     Following the declaration of the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement, the Company shall promptly commence the Registered
Exchange Offer, it being the objective of such Registered Exchange Offer to
enable each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities electing to exchange the
Initial Securities for Exchange Securities (assuming that such Holder is not an
affiliate of the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act, acquires the
Exchange Securities in the ordinary course of such Holder's business and has no
arrangements with any person to participate in the distribution of the Exchange
Securities and is not prohibited by any law or policy of the Commission from
participating in the Registered Exchange Offer) to trade such Exchange
Securities from and after their receipt without any limitations or restrictions
under the Securities Act and without material restrictions under the securities
laws of the several states of the United States.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

     (e)    otherwise comply with all applicable laws.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

     2.  SHELF REGISTRATION. If, (i) because of any change in law or in
applicable interpretations thereof by the staff of the Commission, the Company
is not permitted to effect a Registered Exchange Offer, as contemplated by
Section 1 hereof, (ii) the Registered Exchange Offer is not consummated by the
400th day after the Closing Date, (iii) any Initial Purchaser so requests with
respect to the Initial Securities (or the Private Exchange Securities) not
eligible to be exchanged for Exchange Securities in the Registered Exchange
Offer and held by it following consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer or
(iv) any Holder (other than an Exchanging Dealer) is not eligible to participate
in the Registered Exchange Offer or, in the case of any Holder (other than an
Exchanging Dealer) that participates in the Registered Exchange Offer, such
Holder does not receive freely tradeable Exchange Securities on the date of the
exchange and any such Holder so requests following the consummation of the
Registered Exchange Offer, the Company shall take the following actions (the
date on which any of the conditions described in the foregoing clauses (i)
through (iv) occur, including in the case of clauses (iii) or (iv) the receipt
of the required notice, being a "TRIGGER DATE"):

          (a) The Company shall promptly (but in no event more than 45 days
     after the Trigger Date (such 45th day being a "FILING DEADLINE")) file with
     the Commission and thereafter use its reasonable best efforts to cause to
     be declared effective no later than 140 days after the Trigger Date (such
     140th day being an "EFFECTIVENESS DEADLINE") a registration statement (the
     "SHELF REGISTRATION STATEMENT" and, together with the Exchange Offer
     Registration Statement, a "REGISTRATION STATEMENT") on an appropriate form
     under the Securities Act relating to the offer and sale of the Transfer
     Restricted Securities by the Holders thereof from time to time in
     accordance with the methods of distribution set forth in the Shelf
     Registration Statement and Rule 415 under the Securities Act (hereinafter,
     the "SHELF REGISTRATION"); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no Holder (other than an
     Initial Purchaser) shall be entitled to have the Securities held by it
     covered by such Shelf Registration Statement unless such Holder agrees in
     writing to be bound by all the provisions of this Agreement applicable to
     such Holder.

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          (b) The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to keep the
     Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective in order to permit the
     prospectus included therein to be lawfully delivered by the Holders of the
     relevant Securities, for a period of two years (or for such longer period
     if extended pursuant to Section 3(j) below) from the date of its
     effectiveness or such shorter period that will terminate when (i) all the
     Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement (A) have been sold
     pursuant thereto or (B) can be sold pursuant to Rule 144 under the
     Securities Act (or any successor rule thereof) without limitations under
     clauses (c), (e), (f) and (h) thereof or (ii) the date that is two years
     after the Shelf Registration Statement has been declared effective (the
     time when the Company's obligation to keep the Shelf Registration Statement
     effective terminates under the terms of this Agreement is sometimes
     referred to herein as the "SHELF OBLIGATION TERMINATION TIME"). The Company
     shall be deemed not to have used its reasonable best efforts to keep the
     Shelf Registration Statement effective during the requisite period if it
     voluntarily takes any action that would result in Holders of Securities
     covered thereby not being able to offer and sell such Securities during
     that period, unless such action is required by applicable law.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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     with the offering and sale of the Securities covered by the prospectus, or
     any amendment or supplement thereto, included in the Shelf Registration
     Statement.

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

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

          (i) The Company shall cooperate with the Holders of the Securities to
     facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing
     the Securities to be sold pursuant to any Registration Statement free of
     any restrictive legends and in such denominations and registered in such
     names as the Holders may request a reasonable period of time prior to sales
     of the Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement.

          (j) Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by paragraphs (ii)
     through (v) of Section 3(b) above during the period for which the Company
     is required to maintain an effective Registration Statement, the Company
     shall promptly prepare and file any requisite post-effective amendment to
     the Registration Statement or any requisite supplement to the related
     prospectus and any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered
     to Holders of the Securities or purchasers of Securities, the prospectus
     will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
     any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
     statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were
     made, not misleading. If the Company notifies the Initial Purchasers, the
     Holders of the Securities and any known Participating Broker-Dealer in
     accordance with paragraphs (ii) through (v) of Section 3(b) above to
     suspend the use of the prospectus until the requisite changes to the
     prospectus have been made, then the Initial Purchasers, the Holders of the
     Securities and any such Participating Broker-Dealers shall suspend use of
     such prospectus, and the period of effectiveness of the Shelf Registration
     Statement provided for in Section 2(b) above and the Exchange Offer
     Registration Statement provided for in Section 1 above shall each be
     extended by the number of days from and including the date of the giving of
     such notice to and including the date when the Initial Purchasers, the
     Holders of the Securities and any known Participating Broker-Dealer shall
     have received such amended or supplemented prospectus pursuant to this
     Section 3(j) or the Company shall have notified such Holders that
     disposition of such Securities may resume using the then existing
     prospectus if no amendment or supplement to such prospectus is required.

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

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

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

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

          (o) The Company shall enter into such customary agreements (including,
     if requested, an underwriting agreement in customary form) and take all
     such other action, if any, as any Holder of the Securities shall reasonably
     request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Securities pursuant
     to any Shelf Registration.

          (p) In the case of any Shelf Registration, the Company shall (i) make
     reasonably available for inspection by the Holders of the Securities, any
     underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to the Shelf
     Registration Statement and any attorney, accountant or other agent retained
     by the Holders of the Securities or any such underwriter (collectively, the
     "INSPECTORS") all relevant financial and other records, pertinent corporate
     documents and properties of the Company (collectively, the "RECORDS") and
     (ii) cause the Company's officers, directors, employees, accountants and
     auditors to supply all relevant information reasonably requested by the
     Holders of the Securities or any such underwriter, attorney, accountant or
     agent in connection with the Shelf Registration Statement, in each case, as
     shall be reasonably necessary to enable such persons, to conduct a
     reasonable investigation within the meaning of Section 11 of the Securities
     Act; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that each Inspector will be required to agree in
     writing that Records and information obtained by it as a result of such
     inspections shall be deemed confidential and may only be disclosed in
     connection with the consummation of the Shelf Registration, and provided,
     further that the foregoing inspection and information gathering shall be
     coordinated on behalf of the Initial Purchasers by you and on behalf of the
     other parties, by one counsel designated by and on behalf of such other
     parties as described in Section 4 hereof.

          (q) In the case of any Shelf Registration, the Company, if requested
     by any Holder of Securities covered thereby, shall cause (i) its counsel to
     deliver an opinion and updates thereof

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

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

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

          (t) The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to confirm that
     the ratings of the Initial Securities will apply to the Securities covered
     by a Registration Statement.

          (u) In the event that any broker-dealer registered under the Exchange
     Act shall underwrite any Securities or participate as a member of an
     underwriting syndicate or selling group or "assist in the distribution"
     (within the meaning of the Conduct Rules (the "RULES") of the National
     Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. ("NASD")) thereof, whether as a
     Holder of such

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     Securities or as an underwriter, a placement or sales agent or a broker or
     dealer in respect thereof, or otherwise, the Company will assist such
     broker-dealer in complying with the requirements of such Rules, including,
     without limitation, by (i) if such Rules, including Rule 2720, shall so
     require, engaging a "qualified independent underwriter" (as defined in Rule
     2720) to participate in the preparation of the Registration Statement
     relating to such Securities, to exercise usual standards of due diligence
     in respect thereto and, if any portion of the offering contemplated by such
     Registration Statement is an underwritten offering or is made through a
     placement or sales agent, to recommend the yield of such Securities, (ii)
     indemnifying any such qualified independent underwriter to the extent of
     the indemnification of underwriters provided in Section 5 hereof and (iii)
     providing such information to such broker-dealer as may be required in
     order for such broker-dealer to comply with the requirements of the Rules.

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

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

          (i)   all registration and filing fees and expenses;

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

     6.  ADDITIONAL INTEREST UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES. (a) Additional
interest (the "ADDITIONAL INTEREST") with respect to the Securities shall be
assessed as follows if any of the following events occur (each such event in
clauses (i) through (v) below being herein called a "REGISTRATION DEFAULT"):

     (i)   the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not filed with the
           Commission on or prior to the applicable Filing Deadline;

     (ii)  (A) the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not declared
           effective by the Commission on or prior to the applicable
           Effectiveness Deadline or (B) any Shelf Registration Statement
           required by this Agreement is not declared effective by the
           Commission on or prior to the applicable Effectiveness Deadline;

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

     (iv)  any Shelf Registration Statement required by this Agreement is not
           filed with the Commission on prior to the applicable Filing Deadline;
           or

     (v)   any Registration Statement required by this Agreement has been
           declared effective by the Commission but (A) such Registration
           Statement thereafter ceases to be effective or (B) such Registration
           Statement or the related prospectus ceases to be usable in connection
           with resales of Transfer Restricted Securities during the periods
           specified herein because either (1) any event occurs as a result of
           which the related prospectus forming part of such Registration
           Statement would include any untrue statement of a material fact or
           omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements
           therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made
           not misleading, or (2) it shall be necessary to amend such
           Registration Statement or supplement the related prospectus, to
           comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or the respective
           rules thereunder.

Each of the foregoing will constitute a Registration Default whatever the reason
for any such event and whether it is voluntary or involuntary or is beyond the
control of the Company or pursuant to operation of law or as a result of any
action or inaction by the Commission; provided, that a Registration Default
under the preceding clause (ii)(B), (iv) or (v) shall be deemed cured at the
Shelf Obligation Termination Time.

     Additional Interest shall accrue on the Securities over and above the
interest set forth in the title of the Securities from and including the date on
which any such Registration Default shall occur to but excluding the date on
which all such Registration Defaults have been cured, at a rate of 0.25% per
annum (the "ADDITIONAL INTEREST RATE") for the first 90-day period immediately
following the occurrence of such Registration Default. The Additional Interest
Rate shall increase by an additional 0.25% per annum with respect to each
subsequent 90-day period until all Registration Defaults have been cured, up to
a maximum Additional Interest Rate of 1.5% per annum.

     (b) A Registration Default referred to in Section 6(a)(v) hereof shall be
deemed not to have occurred and be continuing in relation to a Shelf
Registration Statement or the related prospectus if (i) such Registration
Default has occurred solely as a result of (x) the filing of a post-effective
amendment to such Shelf Registration Statement to incorporate annual audited
financial information with respect to the Company where such post-effective
amendment is not yet effective and needs to be declared effective to permit
Holders to use the related prospectus or (y) other material events, with respect
to the Company that

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would need to be described in such Shelf Registration Statement or the related
prospectus and (ii) in the case of clause (y), the Company is proceeding
promptly and in good faith to amend or supplement such Shelf Registration
Statement and related prospectus to describe such events; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that in any case if such Registration Default occurs for a continuous period in
excess of 30 days, Additional Interest shall be payable in accordance with the
above paragraph from the day such Registration Default occurs until such
Registration Default is cured.

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

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

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

     8.  UNDERWRITTEN REGISTRATIONS. If any of the Transfer Restricted
Securities covered by any Shelf Registration are to be sold in an underwritten
offering, the investment banker or investment bankers and manager or managers
that will administer the offering ("MANAGING UNDERWRITERS") will be selected by
the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of such Transfer
Restricted Securities to be included in such offering.

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

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     9.  MISCELLANEOUS.

     (a) REMEDIES. The Company acknowledges and agrees that any failure by the
Company to comply with its obligations under Section 1 and 2 hereof may result
in material irreparable injury to the Initial Purchasers or the Holders for
which there is no adequate remedy at law, that it will not be possible to
measure damages for such injuries precisely and that, in the event of any such
failure, the Initial Purchasers or any Holder may obtain such relief as may be
required to specifically enforce the Company's obligations under Sections 1 and
2 hereof. The Company further agrees to waive the defense in any action for
specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.

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

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

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

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

          (2)  if to the Initial Purchasers:

               Credit Suisse First Boston LLC
               Eleven Madison Avenue
               New York, NY 10010-3629
               Fax No.: (212) 325-8278
               Attention: Transactions Advisory Group

     with a copy to:

               Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
               1333 New Hampshire Ave, N.W.
               Washington, D.C. 20036
               Fax No.: (202) 887-4288
               Attention: Bruce S. Mendelsohn, Esq.

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

               Merisant Company
               One North Brentwood Boulevard, Suite 510
               Clayton, Missouri 63105
               Fax No.: (314) 657-1024
               Attention: Luke C. Kissam, Esq.

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     with a copy to:

               Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP
               Bank One Plaza
               10 South Dearborn Street
               Chicago, IL 60603
               Fax No.: (312) 853-7036
               Attention: Carol M. Lind, Esq.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

                     Very truly yours,

                     MERISANT COMPANY

                     By:
                            /s/ Luther C. Kissam IV
                          -----------------------------------
                          Name: Luther C. Kissam IV
                          Title: Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

                     MERISANT US, INC.

                     By:
                            /s/ Luther C. Kissam IV
                          -----------------------------------
                          Name: Luther C. Kissam IV
                          Title: Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

                     MERISANT FOREIGN HOLDINGS I, INC.

                     By:
                            /s/ Luther C. Kissam IV
                          ------------------------------------
                          Name: Luther C. Kissam IV
                          Title: Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

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

CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON LLC
WACHOVIA SECURITIES, LLC
BANC ONE CAPITAL MARKETS, INC.

By: CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON LLC

By:
         /s/ Geoffrey Manna
       ------------------------------------
       Name: Geoffrey Manna
       Title: Director

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                                                                         ANNEX A

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

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                                                                         ANNEX B

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

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                                                                         ANNEX C

                              PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

     Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account
pursuant to the Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a
prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. This
Prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used
by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of Exchange Securities received in
exchange for Initial Securities where such Initial Securities were acquired as a
result of market-making activities or other trading activities. The Company has
agreed that, for a period of 180 days after the Expiration Date, it will make
this prospectus, as amended or supplemented, available to any broker-dealer for
use in connection with any such resale. In addition, until , 200 , all dealers
effecting transactions in the Exchange Securities may be required to deliver a
prospectus.(1)

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

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

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

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                                                                         ANNEX D

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

         Name:
               -----------------------------------
         Address:
                  --------------------------------

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

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                                                                    Exhibit 10.2

                          TRANSITION SERVICES AGREEMENT

          THIS TRANSITION SERVICES AGREEMENT, dated as of _____, 2004, is by
and between ABBOTT LABORATORIES, an Illinois corporation ("Abbott"), and
HOSPIRA, INC., a Delaware corporation ("Hospira").

                                    RECITALS:

          WHEREAS, the board of directors of Abbott has determined that it is in
the best interests of Abbott and its shareholders to separate Abbott's core
hospital products business from its other existing businesses;

          WHEREAS, in order to effectuate the foregoing, Abbott and Hospira have
entered into a Separation and Distribution Agreement of even date herewith (the
"Separation and Distribution Agreement"), which provides, among other things,
subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein, for the contribution to
Hospira of certain assets, the assumption by Hospira of certain liabilities and
the distribution of Hospira common stock to Abbott shareholders, and for the
execution and delivery of certain other agreements in order to facilitate and
provide for the foregoing; and

          WHEREAS, in order to ensure an orderly transition under the Separation
and Distribution Agreement it will be necessary for each of the Parties to
provide to the other the Services described herein for a transitional period of
up to two (2) years.

          NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements, provisions
and covenants contained herein, and subject to and on the terms and conditions
herein set forth, the Parties hereby agree as follows:

Section 1.       DEFINITIONS.

          For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the
following meanings:

          "Abbott" has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

          "Additional Services" has the meaning set forth in SECTION 2(b)(ii).

          "Charges" has the meaning set forth in SECTION 2(d).

          "Distribution Date" means the date on which Abbott distributes as a
dividend to its shareholders all of the outstanding shares of Hospira common
stock as set forth in the Separation and Distribution Agreement.

          "Hospira" has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

          "Information" means information, whether or not patentable or
copyrightable, in written, oral, electronic or other tangible or intangible
forms, including studies, reports, records, books, contracts, instruments,
surveys, discoveries, ideas, concepts, know-how, techniques,

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designs, specifications, drawings, blueprints, diagrams, models, prototypes,
samples, flow charts, data, computer data, disks, diskettes, tapes, computer
programs or other software, marketing plans, customer names, communications by
or to attorneys (including attorney-client privileged communications), memos and
other materials prepared by attorneys or under their direction (including
attorney work product), and other technical, financial, employee or business
information or data.

          "Initial Services" has the meaning set forth in SECTION 2(a).

          "Person" means an individual, a general or limited partnership, a
corporation, a trust, a joint venture, an unincorporated organization, a limited
liability entity, any other entity and any governmental authority.

          "Omitted Services" has the meaning set forth in SECTION 2(b)(i).

          "Parties" means the parties to this Agreement.

          "Prime Rate" means the rate which Citibank N.A. (or its successor or
another major money center commercial bank agreed to by the Parties) announces
as its prime lending rate, as in effect from time to time.

          "Provider" means, with respect to any Service, the entity or entities
identified on the applicable Schedule as the "Service Provider."

          "Purchaser" means, with respect to any Service, the entity or entities
identified on the applicable Schedule as the "Service Purchaser."

          "Separation and Distribution Agreement" shall have the meaning set
forth in the Recitals.

          "Service Period" means, with respect to any Service, the period
commencing on the Distribution Date and ending on the earlier of (i) the date
the Purchaser terminates the provision of such Service pursuant to SECTION 4(b),
or (ii) the termination date (measured as the number of months from the
Distribution Date) specified with respect to such Service on the Schedule
applicable to such Service, unless extended pursuant to SECTION 4(a).

          "Services" has the meaning set forth in SECTION 2(b)(ii).

          "Subsidiary" of any Person means another Person that is directly or
indirectly controlled by such first Person. As used herein, "control" means the
possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through
ownership of voting securities or other interests, by contract or otherwise. For
the avoidance of doubt, TAP Pharmaceutical Products Inc., TAP Finance Inc. and
TAP Pharmaceuticals Inc. are not Subsidiaries of Abbott as that term is used in
this Agreement.

          "Taxes" means all forms of taxation or duties imposed, or required to
be collected or withheld, together with any related interest, penalties or other
additional amounts.

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          "Third Party" means any Person other than Abbott, any Abbott
Subsidiary, Hospira and any Hospira Subsidiary.

Section 2.       SERVICES.

          (a)    INITIAL SERVICES. Commencing on the Distribution Date, the
Party designated as the Provider on the Schedules hereto agrees to provide, or
with respect to any service to be provided by a Subsidiary of such Party, to
cause such Subsidiary to provide, to the Party designated as the Purchaser on
the Schedules hereto, or with respect to any service to be provided to a
Subsidiary of such Party, to such Subsidiary, the applicable services (the
"Initial Services") set forth on SCHEDULE 1 through SCHEDULE _ hereto.

          (b)    OMITTED SERVICES; ADDITIONAL SERVICES.

          (i)    If during the term of this Agreement, a Party identifies a
     service that the other Party previously provided to such Party prior to the
     Distribution Date, but such service was inadvertently omitted from the
     Services set forth on the Schedules hereto (such service an "Omitted
     Service"), then upon the prior written consent of the Party that would be
     the Provider of such Omitted Service, which consent shall not be
     unreasonably withheld, such Omitted Service shall be added and considered
     as part of the Services. The Parties shall cooperate and act in good faith
     to create a Schedule for each Omitted Service in the form attached hereto
     as SCHEDULE __.

          (ii)   From time to time after the Distribution Date, the Parties may
     identify additional services that are not Omitted Services that one Party
     will provide to the other Party in accordance with the terms of this
     Agreement (the "Additional Services" and, together with the Initial
     Services and any added Omitted Services, the "Services"). The Parties shall
     cooperate and act in good faith to create a Schedule for each Additional
     Service in the form attached hereto as SCHEDULE __. Notwithstanding the
     foregoing, neither Party shall have any obligation to agree to provide
     Additional Services.

          (c)    PERFORMANCE OF SERVICES.

          (i)    Each Provider shall perform and cause its Subsidiaries to
     perform all Services to be provided by such Provider in a manner which is
     substantially similar in nature, quality and timeliness to the analogous
     services provided by the applicable Provider to the applicable Purchaser
     prior to the Distribution Date.

          (ii)   Each Provider shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to,
     perform its duties and responsibilities hereunder in good faith based on
     its past practices. Neither Provider nor any of its Subsidiaries shall be
     liable or held accountable, in damages or otherwise, for any error of
     judgment or any mistake of fact or law or for anything that the Provider or
     any of its Subsidiaries does or refrains from doing in good faith
     hereunder, except in the case of its gross negligence or willful
     misconduct.

          (iii)  Nothing in this Agreement shall require a Provider to perform
     or cause to be performed any Service in a manner that would constitute a
     violation of applicable laws.

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          (iv)   No Provider shall be obligated to perform or to cause to be
     performed any Service in a volume or quantity which exceeds the planned
     2004 volumes or quantities of analogous services to be performed for the
     applicable Purchaser without reference to the transactions contemplated by
     the Separation and Distribution Agreement. A Purchaser may request a higher
     volume or quantity of such historical volumes or quantities of a Service,
     which request the applicable Provider may accept or reject in its sole
     discretion. If the Provider agrees to such a request, the Parties shall
     cooperate and act in good faith to make any modifications to the applicable
     Schedule for such Service.

          (v)    (1) Neither the Provider nor any of its Subsidiaries will be
     required to perform or to cause to be performed any of the Services for the
     benefit of any Third Party or any other Person other than the applicable
     Purchaser, and (2) EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN SECTION 2(c), EACH PARTY
     ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ALL SERVICES AND PRODUCTS ARE PROVIDED ON AN
     "AS-IS" BASIS AND THAT EACH PROVIDER MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR
     IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO THE SERVICES AND PRODUCTS, AND HEREBY DISCLAIMS
     ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR ANY
     PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OR ANY OTHER WARRANTY WHATSOEVER.

          (d)    CHARGES FOR SERVICES.  The charges for the Services shall be
determined in accordance with EXHIBIT A (the "Charges").

          (e)    CHANGES TO SERVICES. Except as provided in SECTION 2(h) below,
each Provider may make changes from time to time in the manner of performing the
Services if such Provider is making similar changes in performing analogous
services for itself and if such Provider furnishes to the applicable Purchaser
substantially the same notice (in content and timing) as such Provider shall
furnish to its own organization respecting such changes. No such change shall
affect the Charges for the applicable Service.

          (f)    TRANSITIONAL NATURE OF SERVICES. The Parties acknowledge the
transitional nature of the Services and agree to cooperate in good faith and to
use commercially reasonable efforts to effectuate a smooth transition of the
Services from the Provider to the Purchaser (or its designee).

          (g)    COOPERATION. In the event that (i) there is nonperformance of
any Service as a result of an event described in SECTION 6(e), or (ii) the
provision of a Service would violate applicable law, the Parties agree to work
together in good faith to arrange for an alternative means by which the
applicable Purchaser may obtain, at the Purchaser's sole cost, the Services so
affected.

          (h)    USE OF THIRD PARTIES TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES. Each Provider may
perform its obligations through its Subsidiaries or, if such Provider is
obtaining analogous services for itself from agents, subcontractors or
independent contractors, the Provider may perform its obligations hereunder
through the use of agents, subcontractors or independent contractors, if such
Provider furnishes to the applicable Purchaser substantially the same notice (in
content and timing) as such Provider shall furnish to its own organization
respecting such use

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of Third Parties. If the Provider is not obtaining analogous services for itself
from Third Parties, the Provider may perform its obligations hereunder through
the use of agents, subcontractors or independent contractors only upon obtaining
the prior written consent of the Purchaser. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Provider shall not be relieved of its obligations under this Agreement by use of
such Subsidiaries, agents, subcontractors or contractors. Delegation of
performance of any Service by a Provider in accordance with this SECTION 2(h)
shall not affect the Charges for the applicable Service.

Section 3.       BILLING; TAXES.

          (a)    PROCEDURE. Charges for the Services shall be charged to and
payable by the Purchaser. Amounts payable pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement shall be paid to the Provider, as directed by the Provider, on a
monthly basis, which amounts shall be due within thirty (30) days after the date
of invoice. All amounts due and payable hereunder shall be invoiced and paid in
U.S. dollars.

          (b)    LATE PAYMENTS. Charges not paid when due shall bear interest at
a rate per annum equal to the Prime Rate plus two percent (2%).

          (c)    TAXES. Each Purchaser shall pay any and all Taxes incurred in
connection with the applicable Provider's provision of the Services, including
all sales, use, value-added, and similar Taxes, but excluding Taxes based on
such Provider's net income.

          (d)    NO SET-OFF.  A Purchaser's obligation to make any required
payments under this Agreement shall not be subject to any unilateral right of
offset, set-off, deduction or counterclaim, however arising.

Section 4.       TERM AND TERMINATION.

          (a)    TERM. Unless otherwise terminated pursuant to SECTION 4(b),
this Agreement will terminate with respect to any Service at the close of
business on the last day of the Service Period for such Service. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Purchaser may elect to extend the Service Period for any
Service by providing the Provider of such Service with written notice within the
shorter of (i) one hundred eighty (180) days, or (ii) one-half of the original
Service Period for such Service; provided, however, that no Service Period,
including any extension thereof, will continue for longer than two (2) years
after the Distribution Date. This Agreement will terminate two (2) years after
the Distribution Date.

          (b)    EARLY TERMINATION. Each Purchaser shall have the right at any
time during the term of this Agreement to terminate its obligation to purchase
any individual Service, upon the giving of an advance written notice to the
Provider of such Service within the shorter of (i) one hundred eighty (180)
days, or (ii) one-half the original Service Period for such Service.

          (c)    INFORMATION TRANSMISSION. On or prior to the last day of each
relevant Service Period, the Provider shall use commercially reasonable efforts
and shall cause its Subsidiaries to use commercially reasonable efforts to
support any transfer of Information concerning the relevant Services to the
applicable Purchaser. If requested by the Purchaser, the

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Provider shall deliver and shall cause its Subsidiaries to deliver to the
applicable Purchaser, within such time periods as the Parties may reasonably
agree, all Information received or computed for the benefit of such Purchaser
during the Service Period, in electronic and/or hard copy form; provided,
however, that (i) the Provider shall not have any obligation to provide or cause
to provide Information in any non-standard format, and (ii) the Provider and its
Subsidiaries shall be reimbursed for their reasonable out-of-pocket costs for
providing Information in any format other than its standard format.

Section 5.       CONFIDENTIALITY; PROTECTIVE ARRANGEMENTS.

          (a)    ABBOTT AND HOSPIRA OBLIGATIONS. Subject to SECTION 5(c),
Abbott, on behalf of itself and each Abbott Subsidiary, and Hospira, on behalf
of itself and each Hospira Subsidiary, agrees to hold, and to cause its
respective directors, officers, employees, agents, accountants, counsel and
other advisors and representatives to hold, in strict confidence, with at least
the same degree of care that applies to Abbott's confidential and proprietary
information pursuant to policies in effect as of the date of this Agreement, all
Information concerning the other and the other's Subsidiaries that is either in
its possession (including Information in its possession prior to the date of
this Agreement) or furnished by the other or the other's Subsidiaries or their
respective directors, officers, employees, agents, accountants, counsel and
other advisors and representatives at any time pursuant to this Agreement, and
will not use any such Information other than for such purposes as may be
expressly permitted hereunder, except, in each case, to the extent that such
Information has been (i) in the public domain through no fault of such Party or
its Subsidiaries or any of their respective directors, officers, employees,
agents, accountants, counsel and other advisors and representatives; (ii) later
lawfully acquired from other sources by such Party (or any of its Subsidiaries),
which sources are not themselves bound by a confidentiality obligation; or (iii)
independently generated without reference to any proprietary or confidential
Information of the other Party.

          (b)    NO RELEASE; RETURN OR DESTRUCTION. Each Party agrees not to
release or disclose, or permit to be released or disclosed, any Information
addressed in SECTION 5(a) to any other Person, except its directors, officers,
employees, agents, accountants, counsel and other advisors and representatives
who need to know such Information, and except in compliance with SECTION 5(c).
Without limiting the foregoing, when any Information furnished by the other
Party pursuant to this Agreement is no longer needed for the purposes
contemplated by this Agreement, each Party shall promptly after receiving a
written request from the other Party either return to the other Party all such
Information in a tangible form (including all copies thereof and all notes,
extracts or summaries based thereon) or certify to the other Party that it has
destroyed such Information (and such copies thereof and such notes, extracts or
summaries based thereon).

          (c)    PROTECTIVE ARRANGEMENTS. In the event that either Party or any
of its Subsidiaries either determines on the advice of its counsel that it is
required to disclose any Information pursuant to applicable law or the rules or
regulations of any governmental authority or receives any demand under lawful
process or from any governmental authority to disclose or provide Information of
any other Party that is subject to the confidentiality provisions hereof, such
Party shall notify the other Party prior to disclosing or providing such
Information and shall cooperate at the expense of the requesting Party in
seeking any reasonable protective

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arrangements requested by such other Party. Subject to the foregoing, the Person
that received such request may thereafter disclose or provide Information to the
extent required by such law (as so advised by counsel) or by lawful process or
such governmental authority.

Section 6.       MISCELLANEOUS.

          (a)    MUTUAL COOPERATION. The Parties and their respective
Subsidiaries shall cooperate with each other in connection with the performance
of the Services hereunder, including producing on a timely basis all Information
that is reasonably requested with respect to the performance of Services and the
transition of Services at the end of the term of this Agreement; provided,
however, that such cooperation shall not unreasonably disrupt the normal
operations of the Parties and their respective Subsidiaries.

          (b)    LIMITATIONS ON LIABILITY.

          (i)    FOR EACH TWELVE (12) MONTH PERIOD DURING WHICH THIS AGREEMENT
     IS IN EFFECT, THE FIRST SUCH PERIOD COMMENCING ON THE DISTRIBUTION DATE AND
     THE SECOND SUCH PERIOD COMMENCING ON THE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY THEREOF, THE
     MAXIMUM LIABILITY OF THE PROVIDER AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES TO, AND THE SOLE
     REMEDY OF, THE PURCHASER AND ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES WITH RESPECT TO ANY
     AND ALL CLAIMS ARISING UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT,
     REGARDLESS OF THE THEORY UPON WHICH THE LIABILITY IS PREMISED, SHALL NOT
     EXCEED THE PROVIDER'S PROFITS FOR PERFORMING SERVICES HEREUNDER, WHICH
     SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE EQUAL TO THE AMOUNT OF THE MARK-UP RECEIVED BY THE
     PROVIDER DURING SUCH TWELVE (12) MONTH PERIOD AS SET FORTH ON EXHIBIT A AND
     AS MAY BE ADJUSTED PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF EXHIBIT A.

          (ii)   IN NO EVENT SHALL EITHER PARTY, ITS SUBSIDIARIES OR ITS
     DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS BE LIABLE TO THE OTHER PARTY FOR
     INDIRECT, EXEMPLARY, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES IN
     CONNECTION WITH THE PERFORMANCE OF THIS AGREEMENT, EVEN IF THE PARTY HAS
     BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, AND EACH PARTY HEREBY
     WAIVES ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES ANY CLAIM FOR SUCH DAMAGES,
     INCLUDING ANY CLAIM FOR PROPERTY DAMAGE OR LOST PROFITS, WHETHER ARISING IN
     CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE.

          (iii)  The foregoing limitations on liability in this SECTION 6(b)
     shall not apply to: (1) either Party's liability for breaches of
     confidentiality under SECTION 5 (Confidentiality), and (2) either Party's
     obligations under SECTION 6(c) (Third Party Claims).

          (c)    THIRD PARTY CLAIMS. Each Purchaser shall indemnify, defend and
hold harmless the Provider, its Subsidiaries and each of their respective
directors, officers and employees, and each of the successors and assigns of any
of the foregoing (collectively, the

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"Provider Indemnitees"), from and against any and all claims of Third Parties
relating to, arising out of or resulting from the Provider's furnishing or
failing to furnish the Services provided for in this Agreement, other than Third
Party claims arising out of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of any
Provider Indemnitee.

          (d)    TITLE TO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. Each Purchaser acknowledges
that it will acquire no right, title or interest (including any license rights
or rights of use) in any intellectual property which is owned or licensed by any
Provider, by reason of the provision of the Services provided hereunder. No
Purchaser will remove or alter any copyright, trademark, confidentiality or
other proprietary notices that appear on any intellectual property owned or
licensed by any Provider, and each Purchaser shall reproduce any such notices on
any and all copies thereof. No Purchaser will attempt to decompile, translate,
reverse engineer or make excessive copies of any intellectual property owned or
licensed by any Provider, and each Purchaser shall promptly notify such Provider
of any such attempt, regardless of whether by Purchaser or any Third Party, of
which Purchaser becomes aware.

          (e)    FORCE MAJEURE. Neither Party shall be liable to the other if,
and to the extent that, the performance or delay in performance of any of its
obligations under this Agreement is prevented, restricted, delayed or interfered
with due to circumstances beyond the reasonable control of such Party,
including, but not limited to, government legislation, fires, floods,
explosions, epidemics, accidents, acts of God, wars, riots, strikes, lockouts or
other concerted acts of workers and/or acts of government. The Party claiming an
event of force majeure shall promptly notify the other Party in writing, and
provide full particulars of the cause or event and the date of first occurrence
thereof, as soon as possible after the event and also keep the other Party
informed of any further developments. The Party so affected shall use its
commercially reasonable efforts to remove the cause of non-performance, and both
the Parties shall resume performance hereunder with the utmost dispatch when
such cause is removed unless this Agreement has previously been terminated under
SECTION 4 hereof.

          (f)    INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS. The Parties each acknowledge that they
are separate entities, each of which has entered into this Agreement for
independent business reasons. The relationships of the Parties hereunder are
those of independent contractors and nothing contained herein shall be deemed to
create a joint venture, partnership or any other relationship.

          (g)    NO THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARIES. Except as expressly provided in
SECTION 6(c), the provisions of this Agreement are solely for the benefit of the
Parties and their Subsidiaries and are not intended to confer upon any Person
except the Parties any rights or remedies hereunder. Except for the Provider
Indemnitees, there are no Third Party beneficiaries of this Agreement and this
Agreement shall not provide any Third Party with any remedy, claim, liability,
reimbursement, claim of action or other right in excess of those existing
without reference to this Agreement.

          (h)    GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by and
construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Illinois
irrespective of the choice of laws principles of the State of Illinois, as to
all matters, including matters of validity, construction, effect,
enforceability, performance and remedies.

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          (i)    ADR PROCEDURES; EQUITABLE RELIEF. The Parties acknowledge that
from time to time during the Term of this Agreement a controversy, dispute or
claim may arise relating to either Party's rights or obligations under this
Agreement. The Parties agree that any controversy or claim (whether arising in
contract, tort or otherwise) arising out of or relating in any way to this
Agreement (including the interpretation or validity of this Agreement), shall be
resolved exclusively by the alternative dispute resolution ("ADR") provisions
set forth in this SECTION 6(i) and EXHIBIT B, the result of which shall be
binding upon the Parties.

          (i)    NOTICE. Prior to initiating an ADR proceeding, a Party first
     must send written notice to the other Party in accordance with the
     provisions of SECTION 6(o) describing the dispute and requesting attempted
     resolution by good faith negotiations. Good faith negotiations shall be
     conducted in two stages, with the second stage being triggered only if
     first stage negotiations do not result in a resolution of the dispute.

          (ii)   FIRST STAGE NEGOTIATIONS. Following receipt of the written
     notice described in the preceding paragraph, the respective CEOs or
     Presidents of the Parties shall designate a group of no more than three
     individuals, exclusive of counsel, to participate in good faith
     negotiations aimed at resolving the dispute. Within 21 days from receipt of
     the written notice, the respective groups shall meet in-person to conduct
     good faith negotiations. By mutual written consent, the Parties may extend
     the 21-day period for conducting first stage negotiations. If the Parties
     fail to meet within the 21-day period or the Parties fail to resolve the
     dispute during such period, and the period is not extended by mutual
     written agreement, the Parties shall engage in second stage negotiations as
     described in the next paragraph.

          (iii)  SECOND STAGE NEGOTIATIONS. Following the expiration of the
     21-day period described in the preceding paragraph, or any extension
     thereof mutually agreed to in writing, if the Parties are unable to resolve
     the dispute, they shall engage in second stage negotiations between the
     respective CEOs or Presidents (or their designees) of the Parties. If the
     dispute has not been resolved within 14 days following the conclusion of
     first stage negotiations, either Party may initiate an ADR proceeding as
     provided in EXHIBIT B. The Parties shall have the right to be represented
     by counsel in such a proceeding.

     Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Parties acknowledge that the breach of
SECTION 5 (Confidentiality) by one Party may give rise to irreparable injury to
the other Party which is not adequately compensable in damages or at law.
Accordingly, the Parties agree that in such event, the non-breaching party may
seek equitable relief to enforce or prevent violation of such Party's respective
rights and/or obligations under those Sections. Unless otherwise agreed in
writing, the Parties shall continue to provide Services and honor all other
commitments under this Agreement during the course of dispute resolution
pursuant to the provisions of this SECTION 6(i) and EXHIBIT B with respect to
all matters subject to such dispute, controversy or claim; provided, however,
that this obligation shall only exist during the term of this Agreement.

          (j)    INTERPRETATION. Words in the singular shall be deemed to
include the plural and vice versa and words of one gender shall be deemed to
include the other genders as the context requires. The terms "hereof," "herein,"
and "herewith" and words of similar

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import shall, unless otherwise stated, be construed to refer to this Agreement
as a whole (including all of the Schedules and Exhibits hereto and thereto) and
not to any particular provision of this Agreement. Section, Exhibit and Schedule
references are to the Sections, Exhibits, and Schedules to this Agreement unless
otherwise specified. Unless otherwise stated, all references to any agreement
shall be deemed to include the exhibits, schedules and annexes to such
agreement. The word "including" and words of similar import when used in this
Agreement shall mean "including, without limitation," unless the context
otherwise requires or unless otherwise specified. The word "or" shall not be
exclusive. Unless otherwise specified in a particular case, the word "days"
refers to calendar days. References herein to this Agreement or any other
agreements contemplated herein shall be deemed to refer to this Agreement or
such other agreement as of 11:59pm Eastern Daylight Time on the Distribution
Date and as such time may be amended thereafter, unless otherwise specified.

          (k)    SURVIVAL. SECTION 1 (Definitions), SECTION 3 (Billing; Taxes),
SECTION 5 (Confidentiality), SECTIONS 2(c)(v), 6(b) (Liability), 6(c) (Third
Party Claims), 6(d) (Title to Intellectual Property), and 6(g) (No Third Party
Beneficiaries) THROUGH 6(r) (Severability), shall survive any expiration or
termination of this Agreement.

          (l)    AMENDMENT; ASSIGNMENT. This Agreement shall be binding upon
and inure to the benefit of the Parties hereto and their respective successors
and permitted assigns; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that neither Party may assign its
rights or delegate its obligations under this Agreement without the express
prior written consent of the other Party hereto. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, this Agreement shall be assignable by either Party in whole with
the prior written consent of the other Party (which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned) in connection with: (i) a
merger or consolidation of such Party; (ii) the sale of all or substantially
all of the assets of such Party; or (iii) the acquisition by a Third Party of
at least 30% of the combined voting power of the then-outstanding securities
of such Party entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (each
such occurrence, a "Change of Control Event"), in each case so long as the
resulting, surviving or transferee Person assumes all the obligations of the
assignor hereunder by operation of law or pursuant to an agreement in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the other Party. It shall not be deemed
to be unreasonable for a Party to withhold consent to assignment in connection
with a Change of Control Event on the basis that the proposed assignee is a
competitor of such Party. In the event a Party effects a Change of Control
Event without the other Party's prior written consent to assign this Agreement
as set forth above, the latter Party may terminate this Agreement, in its sole
discretion, with effect immediately upon the occurrence of such Change of
Control Event.

          (m)    AUDIT ASSISTANCE. Each of the Parties and their respective
Subsidiaries are or may be subject to regulation and audit by governmental
bodies, standards organizations, other regulatory authorities, customers or
other parties to contracts with such Parties under applicable law and contract
provisions. If a governmental body, standards organization, other regulatory
authority or customer or other party to a contract with a Party or a Subsidiary
of a Party exercises its right to examine or audit such Party's or its
Subsidiary's books, records, documents or accounting practices and procedures
pursuant to such applicable law, rules, regulations, standards or contract
provisions and such audit or examination relates to the Services, the other
Party shall provide, at the sole cost and expense of the requesting Party, all
assistance requested by the Party that is subject to the audit in responding to
such audits or requests for information, to the extent that such assistance or
information is within the reasonable control of the cooperating Party and is
related to the Services.

          (n)    NO WAIVERS. No failure or delay of any Party in exercising any
power or right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single
or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or
discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or
further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights
and remedies of the Parties and their Subsidiaries hereunder are cumulative and
are

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not exclusive of any rights or remedies which they would otherwise have
hereunder. No provision of this Agreement may be waived except pursuant to a
writing executed by the waiving Party.

          (o)    NOTICES. All notices or other communications under this
Agreement must be in writing and shall be deemed to be duly given (i) when
delivered in person, (ii) upon transmission via confirmed facsimile
transmission, provided that such transmission is followed by delivery of a
physical copy thereof in person, via U.S. first class mail, or via a private
express mail courier, or (iii) two days after deposit with a private express
mail courier, in any such case addressed as follows:

          If to Abbott, to:
                 Abbott Laboratories
                 100 Abbott Park Road
                 Building AP6D, Dept. 364
                 Abbott Park, Illinois 60064-6020
                 Attn: General Counsel
                 Facsimile: (847) 938-1561

          If to Hospira, to:
                 Hospira, Inc.
                 Legal Department
                 Dept. _____;
                 275 North Field Drive
                 P.O. Box 5045
                 Lake Forest, IL 60045-5045
                 Attn: General Counsel
                 Facsimile: (224) 212-_________________

          Any Party may, by notice to the other Party, change the address to
which such notices are to be given.

          (p)    COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in one or more
counterparts (including by means of faxed signature pages), all of which shall
be considered one and the same agreement, and shall become effective when one or
more such counterparts have been signed by each of the Parties and delivered to
the other Party.

          (q)    ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement and the Exhibits and Schedules
hereto contain the entire agreement and understanding between the Parties with
respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all previous agreements,
negotiations, discussions, writings, understandings, commitments and
conversations with respect to such subject matter and there are no agreements or
understandings between the Parties other than those set forth or referred to
herein or therein. Notwithstanding any other provisions in this Agreement to the
contrary, in the event and to the extent that there is a conflict between the
provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of the Separation and
Distribution Agreement, the provisions of this Agreement shall control.

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          (r)    SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this Agreement or the
application thereof to any Person or circumstance is determined by a court of
competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the remaining
provisions hereof or thereof, or the application of such provision to Persons or
circumstances or in jurisdictions other than those as to which it has been held
invalid or unenforceable, shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no
way be affected, impaired or invalidated thereby, so long as the economic or
legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, as the case
may be, is not affected in any manner adverse to any Party. Upon such
determination, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith in an effort to agree
upon such a suitable and equitable provision to effect the original intent of
the Parties.

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

                                              ABBOTT LABORATORIES

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

                                              HOSPIRA, INC.

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

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