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                                 COURTESY GROUP

                             1999 STOCK OPTION PLAN

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1.       PURPOSE........................................................................................1

2.       ADMINISTRATION.................................................................................1

3.       SHARES AVAILABLE; MAXIMUM INDIVIDUAL GRANTS....................................................2

4.       ELIGIBILITY AND BASES OF PARTICIPATION.........................................................2

5.       AUTHORITY OF THE COMMITTEE.....................................................................3

6.       STOCK OPTION GRANTS TO KEY EMPLOYEES...........................................................5

7.       STOCK OPTION GRANTS TO ELIGIBLE NON-EMPLOYEES..................................................7

8.       CHANGE OF CONTROL..............................................................................9

9.       PURCHASE OPTION...............................................................................10

10.      ADJUSTMENT OF SHARES..........................................................................11

11.      ASSIGNMENT OR TRANSFER........................................................................12

12.      COMPLIANCE WITH SECURITIES LAWS...............................................................12

13.      WITHHOLDING TAXES.............................................................................13

14.      COSTS AND EXPENSES............................................................................13

15.      FUNDING OF PLAN...............................................................................13

16.      OTHER INCENTIVE PLANS.........................................................................13

17.      EFFECT ON EMPLOYMENT..........................................................................13

18.      DEFINITIONS...................................................................................14

19.      AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION.....................................................................16

20.      EFFECTIVE DATE................................................................................16
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                                 COURTESY GROUP
                             1999 STOCK OPTION PLAN

         1. PURPOSE

               This 1999 Stock Option Plan (the "PLAN") is being adopted by the
direct parent corporation (an Illinois corporation formerly known as Courtesy
Corporation and hereinafter referred to as "PARENT") holding all of the
outstanding capital stock of Courtesy Corporation, an Illinois corporation,
Creative Packaging Corp., an Illinois corporation, and Courtesy Sales Corp., an
Illinois corporation (collectively, the "OPERATING COMPANIES"), and is intended
to provide certain key employees and other persons performing services for the
Parent, the Operating Companies and any subsidiary corporation thereof now
existing or hereafter formed or acquired (collectively, the "COURTESY GROUP")
with an opportunity to acquire a proprietary interest in the Parent, and thus to
create in such persons an increased interest in and a greater concern for the
success of the Courtesy Group.

         2. ADMINISTRATION.

               a. Establishment of the Committee. The Plan shall be administered
by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Parent or by any
other committee appointed by the Board of Directors of the Parent (in either
case, the "COMMITTEE"); provided, the entire Board of Directors of the Parent
(the "BOARD OF DIRECTORS") may act as the Committee if it chooses to do so.

               b. Members of the Committee. (i) The number and selection of
members of the Committee shall be determined from time to time by a majority of
all the members of the Board of Directors of the Parent. The Chairman of the
Board of Directors of the Parent shall be a member of the Committee at all
times. The members of the Committee shall serve at the pleasure of the Board of
Directors of the Parent, which shall have the power to remove members (with or
without cause) from or fill vacancies (however caused) on the Committee. Any
member of the Committee may resign by written notice to the Board of Directors
of the Parent.

                     (ii) Whenever the Parent shall have any class of equity
securities registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the "EXCHANGE ACT"), the Committee shall be composed solely of
two or more members who are (A) "Non-Employee Directors" or shall meet such
other conditions as required by Rule 16b-3, as amended ("RULE 16b-3"), or other
applicable rules under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act and (B) "outside
directors" within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.162-27(e)(3)
under Section 162(m) of the Code (as defined in Section 18). The Board of
Directors of the Parent shall promptly fill any vacancies on the Committee and
the Committee shall administer the Plan so as to comply at all times with the
Exchange Act or any successor or analogous rules.

               c. Acts of the Committee. A majority of the Committee shall
constitute a quorum (or, if the Committee consists of less than three members,
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constitute a quorum). Subject to Section 5, the acts of a majority of the
members present at any meeting at which a quorum is present, or acts approved in
writing by all the members of the Committee, shall be the acts of the Committee.

         3. SHARES AVAILABLE; MAXIMUM INDIVIDUAL GRANTS.

               a. Shares Available. Subject to the adjustments provided in
Section 10, the maximum aggregate number of shares of common stock, par value
$.01 per share, of the Parent ("COMMON STOCK") in respect of which stock options
may be granted in accordance with Sections 6 and 7 under the Plan (the
"OPTIONS") shall be 7,017,543 shares. Except as provided in Section 3(b), if,
for any reason, any shares of Common Stock as to which Options have been granted
cease to be subject to purchase thereunder (including the expiration of such
Option, the termination of such Option prior to exercise, or the forfeiture of
such Option), such shares shall thereafter be available for grants under the
Plan. Options granted under the Plan may be fulfilled with (i) authorized and
unissued shares of Common Stock, (ii) issued shares of Common Stock held in the
Parent's treasury, or (iii) issued shares of Common Stock reacquired by the
Parent, in each situation as the Board of Directors of the Parent or the
Committee in its discretion may determine from time to time.

               b. Maximum Individual Grants. Subject to the adjustments provided
in Section 10, the maximum aggregate number of shares of Common Stock underlying
all Options that may be granted to any single Key Employee (as defined),
including any Options that may have been granted to such Key Employee as an
Eligible Non-Employee (as defined), during the term of the Plan shall be
1,000,000 shares. For purposes of the preceding sentence, such Options that are
cancelled or repriced shall continue to be counted in determining such maximum
aggregate number of shares of Common Stock underlying all Options that may be
granted to any single Key Employee, including any Options that may have been
granted to such Key Employee as an Eligible Non-Employee, during the term of the
Plan.

         4. ELIGIBILITY AND BASES OF PARTICIPATION.

               a. Key Employees. Subject to and in accordance with Section 6,
grants of Incentive Options (as defined in Section 18) and Non-Qualified Options
(as defined in Section 18) may be made under the Plan to any Key Employee. For
the purposes of this Plan, "KEY EMPLOYEE" shall mean any employee of the Parent
or any other member of the Courtesy Group, including officers and directors who
are also employees of any member of the Courtesy Group, who are regularly
employed on a salaried basis and who are so employed on the date of such grant,
whom the Committee identifies as having a direct and significant effect on the
performance of the Courtesy Group.

               b. Eligible Non-Employees. Subject to and in accordance with
Section 7, grants of Non-Qualified Options may be made under the Plan to any
Eligible Non-Employee. For the purposes of this Plan, "ELIGIBLE NON-EMPLOYEE"
shall mean any person or entity of any nature whatsoever, including an
individual, a firm, a company, a corporation, a partnership, a trust, or other
entity (collectively, a "PERSON"), that the

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Committee designates as eligible for a grant of Non-Qualified Options pursuant
to the Plan because such Person performs bona fide consulting, advisory, or
other services for any member of the Courtesy Group (other than services in
connection with the offer or sale of securities in a capital-raising
transaction) and the Board of Directors of the Parent or the Committee
determines that the Person has a direct and significant effect on the financial
development of any member of the Courtesy Group.

               c. No Right to Option Grants. The adoption of the Plan shall not
be deemed to give any Person a right to be granted any Options.

         5. AUTHORITY OF THE COMMITTEE.

               The Committee shall have plenary authority in its sole
discretion, but subject to the provisions of the Plan and, if applicable, Rule
16b-3, to:

               a. determine the Key Employees and Eligible Non-Employees to whom
Options shall be granted, the time when such Options shall be granted, the
number of Options, the exercise price of each Option, the period(s) during which
such Options shall be exercisable (whether in whole or in part, including
whether such Options shall become immediately exercisable upon the consummation
of a Change of Control (as defined in Section 18)), the terms of vesting of
Options, the restrictions to be applicable to Options, and all other terms and
provisions thereof (which need not be identical from Option to Option);

               b. require, as a condition to the grant of any Option, that the
optionee receiving such Option agree not to sell or otherwise dispose of such
Option, any Common Stock acquired pursuant to such Option, or any other
"derivative security" (as defined by Rule 16a-1(c) under the Exchange Act) for a
period of six months (or such other period as the Committee may determine)
following the later of (i) the date of the grant of such Option, or (ii) the
date when the exercise price of such Option is fixed if such exercise price is
not fixed at the date of grant of such Option;

               c. provide arrangements through registered broker-dealers whereby
temporary financing may be made available to an optionee by the broker-dealer,
under the rules and regulations of the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve, for the purpose of assisting the optionee in the exercise of an Option,
such authority to include the payment by the Parent of the commissions of the
broker-dealer; provided, however, that the Committee shall not be obligated to
provide any such arrangements;

               d. establish procedures for an optionee (i) to have withheld from
the total number of shares of Common Stock to be acquired upon the exercise of
an Option (other than an Incentive Option) that number of shares (A) having a
Fair Market Value (as defined in Section 18) which, together with such cash as
shall be paid in respect of fractional shares, shall equal the aggregate
exercise price under such Option for the number of shares then being acquired
(including the shares to be so withheld), or (B) meeting the obligation of
withholding for income, social security and other taxes incurred by an optionee
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member of the Courtesy Group in connection with such exercise, and (ii) to
exercise a portion of an Option by delivering that number of shares of Common
Stock already owned by such optionee having an aggregate Fair Market Value which
shall equal the partial Option exercise price and to deliver the shares thus
acquired by such optionee in payment of shares to be received pursuant to the
exercise of additional portions of such Option, the effect of which shall be
that such optionee can in sequence utilize such newly acquired shares in payment
of the exercise price of the entire Option, together with such cash as shall be
paid in respect of fractional shares; provided, however, that in the case of an
Incentive Option, no shares shall be used to pay the exercise price unless (i)
such shares were not acquired through the exercise of an Incentive Option, or
(ii) if so acquired, (A) such shares have been held for more than two years
since the grant of such Incentive Option and for more than one year since the
exercise of such Incentive Option (the "HOLDING PERIOD"), or (B) if such shares
do not meet the Holding Period, the optionee elects in writing to use such
shares to pay the exercise price under this paragraph; and provided, further,
that no such procedures shall be available if, in the Committee's discretion,
such procedures are not permitted by applicable law or could reasonably be
expected to result in a charge to earnings for financial reporting purposes with
respect to the Parent or any other member of the Courtesy Group that otherwise
would not have occurred; and provided, further, that the Committee shall not be
obligated to establish any such procedures;

               e. make a determination on any dispute arising under the Plan or
any Option, and any such determination shall be binding on all parties; and

               f. make all other determinations, perform all acts, exercise all
powers and establish any rules or procedures which the Committee determines to
be necessary, appropriate or advisable in administering the Plan or for the
conduct of the Committee's business, including to interpret any provision in the
Plan or Option in the Committee's sole discretion.

               The Committee may delegate to one or more of its members, or to
one or more agents, such administrative duties as it may deem advisable, and the
Committee or any such delegate may employ one or more Persons to render advice
with respect to any responsibility the Committee or such delegate may have under
the Plan; provided, however, that whenever the Parent shall have any class of
equity securities registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act, the Committee
may not delegate any duties to a member of the Board of Directors of the Parent
who, if elected to serve on the Committee, would not qualify as (i) a
"Non-Employee Director" to administer the Plan as contemplated by Rule 16b-3 or
other applicable rules under the Exchange Act and (ii) an "outside" director
within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.162-27(e)(3) under Section
162(m) of the Code. The Committee may employ attorneys, consultants,
accountants, or other Persons and the Committee, the Parent, and its officers
and directors shall be entitled to rely upon the advice, opinions or valuations
of any such Persons. Expenses incurred by the Committee in the engagement of
such counsel, consultant or agent shall be paid by the Parent or any other
member of the Courtesy Group whose employees have benefited from the Plan, as
determined by the Committee. No member or agent of the Committee shall be
personally liable for any action, determination or

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interpretation made in good faith with respect to the Plan and all members and
agents of the Committee shall be fully protected by the Parent in respect of any
such action, determination or interpretation.

         6. STOCK OPTION GRANTS TO KEY EMPLOYEES.

               Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee shall have
the authority to grant Incentive Options, to grant Non-Qualified Options, and to
grant both types of Options to Key Employees, and any Option granted under the
Plan shall be evidenced by and shall not be effective without a Stock Option
Agreement signed by the Committee and the Key Employee. No Incentive Option may
be granted to a Key Employee in tandem with a Non-Qualified Option. No Incentive
Option shall be granted pursuant to the Plan after the earlier of ten years from
the date of adoption of the Plan or ten years from the date of approval of the
Plan by the shareholders of the Parent. Incentive Options may be granted only to
Key Employees. The terms and conditions of the Options granted under this
Section 6 shall be determined from time to time by the Committee; provided,
however, that the Options granted under this Section 6 shall be subject to all
provisions of the Plan (other than Section 7), including the following:

               a. Exercise Price. The Committee shall establish the Option
purchase price per share of Common Stock upon exercise of such Option (i.e., the
exercise price) at the time any Option is granted to a Key Employee at such
amount as the Committee shall determine; provided, however, that, in the case of
an Incentive Option, such price shall not be less than the Fair Market Value per
share of Common Stock on the date the Option is granted; and provided, further,
that in the case of an Incentive Option granted to a Key Employee who, at the
time such Incentive Option is granted, owns stock of the Parent or any other
member of the Courtesy Group possessing more than 10% of the total combined
voting power of all classes of stock of the Parent or any other member of the
Courtesy Group, taking into account the attribution rules contained in Section
424(d) of the Code, the Option exercise price shall not be less than 110% of the
Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on the date the Option is granted.
The Option exercise price shall be subject to the adjustments provided in
Section 10.

               b. Term of Option. No Option by its terms shall have a term or be
exercisable after the tenth anniversary of the date of grant and all Options
shall terminate at such earlier times and upon such conditions or circumstances
as the Committee shall in its discretion set forth in the Stock Option Agreement
at the date of grant; provided, however, that no Incentive Option granted to a
Key Employee who, at the time such Option is granted, owns stock of the Parent
or any other member of the Courtesy Group possessing more than 10% of the total
combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Parent or any other member
of the Courtesy Group, taking into account the attribution rules contained in
Section 424(d) of the Code, shall have a term or be exercisable after the
expiration of five years from the date of grant of the Incentive Option.

               c. Payment. The exercise price upon exercise of any Option by a
Key Employee shall be payable at the time of such exercise by cash or by any
other means acceptable to the Committee. The Committee may in its discretion
establish procedures

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by which shares of Common Stock are delivered to or withheld by the Parent in
payment of the Option exercise price, and the shares subject to such Option
shall be valued at the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the day
preceding the date of exercise of the Option.

               d. Exercisability of Option. Unless otherwise determined by the
Committee at the time of grant and subject to the other provisions of the Plan
(other than Section 7), one-tenth of the shares of Common Stock underlying the
Option granted to a Key Employee shall vest and become exercisable on each
anniversary of the date of grant and remain exercisable until the Option
expires; provided, that the optionee remains employed by the Parent or any other
member of the Courtesy Group on such anniversary date. Any portion of an Option
that is not vested upon the date of termination of employment shall be forfeited
and cancelled, except as otherwise expressly provided in any Stock Option
Agreement or unless expressly waived in writing by the Committee.

               e. Death. If an optionee's employment with the Parent or any
other member of the Courtesy Group terminates due to the death of such optionee
or within three months before the death of such optionee, the estate of such
optionee, or a Person who acquired the right to exercise such Option by bequest
or inheritance or by reason of the death of such optionee, shall have the right
to exercise the vested portion of such Option in accordance with its terms at
any time and from time to time within 180 days after the date of such death
unless a longer or shorter period is expressly provided in the Stock Option
Agreement or established by the Committee pursuant to Section 8 (but in no event
after the expiration date of such Option), and thereafter such Option shall
lapse and no longer be exercisable.

               f. Disability. If an optionee's employment with the Parent or any
other member of the Courtesy Group terminates due to the Disability (as defined
in Section 18) of such optionee, the optionee or his or her legal representative
shall have the right to exercise the vested portion of such Option in accordance
with its terms at any time and from time to time within 180 days after the date
of such termination unless a longer or shorter period is expressly provided in
the Stock Option Agreement or established by the Committee pursuant to Section 8
(but in no event after the expiration date of such Option), and thereafter such
Option shall lapse and no longer be exercisable; provided, however, that in the
case of an Incentive Option, an optionee or his or her legal representative
shall be required to exercise the vested portion of such Incentive Option within
one year after the termination of the optionee's employment due to his or her
Disability.

               g. Termination for Good Cause; Resignation. Except as otherwise
expressly provided in any Stock Option Agreement or unless expressly waived in
writing by the Committee, an optionee shall immediately forfeit all rights under
his or her Option (whether vested or nonvested), except as to the shares of
Common Stock already purchased thereunder, if (i) the Parent or any other member
of the Courtesy Group terminates the optionee's employment for Good Cause (as
defined in Section 18), or (ii) the optionee resigns employment with the Parent
or any other member of the Courtesy Group without the consent of the Parent or
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determination that there exists Good Cause for termination shall be made by the
Committee (unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the Parent or any other
member of the Courtesy Group and the optionee), and any decision in respect
thereof by the Committee shall be binding on all Persons.

               h. Other Termination of Employment. If an optionee's employment
with the Parent or any other member of the Courtesy Group terminates for any
reason other than those specified in Sections 6(e), (f) or (g) above, the
optionee shall have the right to exercise his or her Option in accordance with
its terms within thirty days after the date of such termination, unless a longer
or shorter period is expressly provided in the Stock Option Agreement or
established by the Committee pursuant to Section 8 (but in no event after the
expiration date of such Option), and thereafter such Option shall lapse and no
longer be exercisable; provided, however, that no Incentive Option shall be
exercisable more than three months after the date of such termination; and
provided, further, that the Committee may, in its discretion, extend the
exercise date of any Option upon termination of an optionee's employment under
this paragraph for a period not to exceed six months plus one day (but in no
event after the expiration date of such Option) if the Committee determines that
the stated exercise date will have an inequitable result under Section 16(b) of
the Exchange Act.

               i. Maximum Exercise. To the extent that the aggregate Fair Market
Value of Common Stock (determined at the time of the grant of the Option) with
respect to which Options are exercisable for the first time by an optionee
during any calendar year under all plans of the Parent or any member of the
Courtesy Group exceeds $100,000, any Incentive Options in respect of such shares
of Common Stock shall be treated as Non-Qualified Options.

               j. Continuation of Employment. Each Incentive Option shall
require the optionee to remain in the continuous employ of any member of the
Courtesy Group from the date of grant of the Incentive Option until no more than
three months prior to the date of exercise of the Incentive Option.

               k. Recharacterization of Incentive Option. In the event that the
exercise of any Incentive Option, or method of exercise or payment therefor,
would not be in compliance with this Section 6 and would consequently result in
a violation of the requirements of Section 422 of the Code governing the
treatment of Incentive Options, the Committee, in its discretion, may
recharacterize the Option as a Non-Qualified Option.

         7. STOCK OPTION GRANTS TO ELIGIBLE NON-EMPLOYEES.

               Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee shall have
the authority to grant Non-Qualified Options (and not Incentive Options) to
Eligible Non-Employees, and any Option granted under the Plan shall be evidenced
by and shall not be effective without a Stock Option Agreement signed by the
Committee and the Eligible Non-Employee; provided, however, that whenever the
Parent shall have any class of equity securities registered pursuant to Section
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Employee then serving on the Committee (or such other committee then
administering the Plan) shall be granted Options hereunder if the grant of such
Options would cause such Eligible Non-Employee to no longer be a (i)
"Non-Employee Director" or (ii) an "outside director" as set forth in Section 2.
The terms and conditions of the Options granted under this Section 7 shall be
determined from time to time by the Committee; provided, however, that the
Options granted under this Section 7 shall be subject to all provisions of the
Plan (other than Section 6), including the following:

               a. Exercise Price. The Committee shall establish the Option
exercise price at the time any Non-Qualified Option is granted to an Eligible
Non-Employee at such amount as the Committee shall determine. The Option
exercise price shall be subject to the adjustments provided in Section 10.

               b. Term of Option. No Non-Qualified Option shall have a term or
be exercisable after the tenth anniversary of the date of grant of the Option,
unless otherwise expressly provided in any Stock Option Agreement.

               c. Payment. The exercise price upon exercise of any Non-Qualified
Option by an Eligible Non-Employee shall be payable at the time of such exercise
by cash or by any other means acceptable to the Committee. The Committee may in
its discretion establish procedures by which shares of Common Stock are
delivered to or withheld by the Parent in payment of the Option exercise price,
and the shares subject to such Option shall be valued at the Fair Market Value
of the Common Stock on the day preceding the date of exercise of the Option.

               d. Exercisability of Option. Unless otherwise determined by the
Committee at the time of grant and subject to the other provisions of the Plan
(other than Section 6), one-tenth of the shares of Common Stock underlying the
Option granted to an Eligible Non-Employee shall vest and become exercisable on
each anniversary of the date of grant and remain exercisable until the Option
expires; provided, that the services of the optionee are retained by the Parent
or any other member of the Courtesy Group on such anniversary date. Any portion
of an Option that is not vested upon the date of termination of retention shall
be forfeited and cancelled, except as otherwise expressly provided in any Stock
Option Agreement or unless expressly waived in writing by the Committee.

               e. Death. If the retention by the Parent or any other member of
the Courtesy Group of the services of an optionee that is a natural person
terminates due to the death of such optionee, the estate of such optionee, or a
Person who acquired the right to exercise such Option by bequest or inheritance
or by reason of the death of such optionee, shall have the right to exercise the
vested portion of such Option in accordance with its terms, at any time and from
time to time within 180 days after the date of death unless a longer or shorter
period is expressly provided in the Stock Option Agreement or established by the
Committee pursuant to Section 8 (but in no event after the expiration date of
such Option), and thereafter such Option shall lapse and no longer be
exercisable.

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               f. Disability. If the retention by the Parent or any other member
of the Courtesy Group of the services of an optionee that is a natural person
terminates due to the Disability of such optionee, the optionee or his or her
legal representative shall have the right to exercise the vested portion of such
Option in accordance with its terms at any time and from time to time within 180
days after the date of the optionee's termination unless a longer or shorter
period is expressly provided in the Stock Option Agreement or established by the
Committee pursuant to Section 8 (but not after the expiration of the Option),
and thereafter such Option shall lapse and no longer be exercisable.

               g. Termination for Good Cause; Resignation. Except as otherwise
expressly provided in any Stock Option Agreement or unless expressly waived in
writing by the Committee, an optionee shall immediately forfeit all rights under
his, her or its Option (whether vested or nonvested), except as to the shares of
Common Stock already purchased thereunder, if the retention by the Parent or any
other member of the Courtesy Group of the services of the optionee is terminated
(i) by the Parent or any other member of the Courtesy Group for Good Cause, (ii)
as a result of removal of the optionee from office as a director of the Parent
or any other member of the Courtesy Group for cause by action of the
shareholders of the Parent or any other member of the Courtesy Group in
accordance with the certificate of incorporation or the by-laws of the Parent or
such member of the Courtesy Group, as applicable, and the corporate law of the
jurisdiction of incorporation of the Parent or such member of the Courtesy
Group, or (iii) as a result of the resignation by the optionee of such
optionee's service with the Parent or any other member of the Courtesy Group
without the consent of the Parent or such member of the Courtesy Group. The
determination that there exists Good Cause for termination shall be made by the
Committee (unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the Parent or any other
member of the Courtesy Group and the optionee), and any decision in respect
thereof by the Committee shall be binding on all Persons.

               h. Other Termination of Relationship. If the retention by the
Parent or any other member of the Courtesy Group of the services of an optionee
terminates for any reason other than those specified in Sections 7(e), (f) or
(g) above, the optionee shall have the right to exercise his, her or its Option
in accordance with its terms within thirty days after the date of such
termination, unless a longer or shorter period is expressly provided in the
Stock Option Agreement or established by the Committee pursuant to Section 8
(but in no event after the expiration date of such Option), and thereafter such
Option shall lapse or no longer be exercisable; provided, however, that the
Committee may, in its discretion, extend the exercise date of any Option upon
termination of retention of an optionee's services under this paragraph for a
period not to exceed six months plus one day (but in no event after the
expiration date of such Option) if the Committee determines that the stated
exercise date will have an inequitable result under Section 16(b) of the
Exchange Act.

         8. CHANGE OF CONTROL.

               If (i) a Change of Control shall occur, or (ii) the Parent shall
enter into an agreement providing for a Change of Control, then the Committee
may declare any or all Options outstanding under the Plan to be exercisable in
full at such time(s) as the

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Committee shall determine, notwithstanding the express provisions of such
Options. Each Option accelerated by the Committee pursuant to the preceding
sentence shall terminate, notwithstanding any express provision thereof or any
other provision of the Plan, on such date (but not later than the stated
exercise date) as the Committee shall determine.

         9. PURCHASE OPTION.

               a. Purchase Option; Purchasable Shares. Except as otherwise
expressly provided in any Stock Option Agreement, if (i) any optionee's
employment (or, in the case of any Option granted under Section 7, the
optionee's relationship) with the Parent or another member of the Courtesy Group
terminates for any reason at any time or (ii) a Change of Control occurs, the
Parent and/or its designee(s) shall have the option (the "PURCHASE OPTION") to
purchase, and if the Purchase Option is exercised, the optionee (or the
optionee's executor or the administrator of the optionee's estate in the event
of the optionee's death, or the optionee's legal representative in the event of
the optionee's incapacity (hereinafter, collectively with such optionee, the
"GRANTOR")) shall sell to the Parent and/or its assignee(s), all or any portion
(at the option of the Parent or its designee) of the shares of Common Stock
and/or Options held by the Grantor (such shares of Common Stock and Options
collectively being referred to as the "PURCHASABLE SHARES").

               b. Notice. The Parent shall give notice in writing to the Grantor
of the exercise of the Purchase Option within one year from the date of (i) the
termination of the optionee's employment or relationship or (ii) the Change of
Control. Such notice shall state the number of Purchasable Shares to be
purchased and the determination of the Board of Directors of the Fair Market
Value per share of such Purchasable Shares. If no notice is given within the
time limit specified above, the Purchase Option shall terminate.

               c. Purchase Price; Closing. The purchase price to be paid for the
Purchasable Shares purchased pursuant to the Purchase Option shall be (i) in the
case of any Common Stock, the Fair Market Value per share as of the date of the
notice of exercise of the Purchase Option times the number of shares being
purchased, and (ii) in the case of any Option, the Fair Market Value per share
times the number of vested shares subject to such Option which are being
purchased, less the applicable per share Option exercise price. The purchase
price shall be paid in cash. The closing of such purchase shall take place at
the Parent's principal executive offices within ten days after the purchase
price has been determined. At such closing, the Grantor shall deliver to the
purchaser(s) the certificates or instruments evidencing the Purchasable Shares
being purchased, duly endorsed (or accompanied by duly executed stock powers)
and otherwise in good form for delivery, against payment of the purchase price
by check of the purchaser(s). In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing,
the Grantor shall have failed to obtain the release of any pledge or other
encumbrance on any Purchasable Shares by the scheduled closing date, at the
option of the purchaser(s) the closing shall nevertheless occur on such
scheduled closing date, with the cash purchase price being reduced to the extent
of all unpaid indebtedness for which such Purchasable Shares are then pledged or
encumbered.

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               d. Legend. To assure the enforceability of the Parent's rights
under this Section 9, each certificate or instrument representing Common Stock
or an Option held by the Grantor shall bear a conspicuous legend in
substantially the following form:

               "THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS INSTRUMENT ARE SUBJECT TO AN
               OPTION TO REPURCHASE PROVIDED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE
               COURTESY GROUP 1999 STOCK OPTION PLAN AND A STOCK OPTION
               AGREEMENT ENTERED INTO PURSUANT THERETO. A COPY OF SUCH OPTION
               PLAN AND OPTION AGREEMENT ARE AVAILABLE UPON WRITTEN REQUEST TO
               THE PARENT AT ITS PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES."

               e. Termination of Purchase Option. The Parent's rights under this
Section 9 shall terminate upon the consummation of a Qualifying Public Offering.
For the purposes of this Plan, "QUALIFYING PUBLIC OFFERING" shall mean a firm
commitment underwritten public offering of Common Stock pursuant to a
registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"SECURITIES ACT") where both (i) the proceeds (prior to deducting any
underwriter's discounts and commissions) equal or exceed Fifty Million Dollars
($50,000,000) and (ii) upon consummation of such offering, the Common Stock is
listed on the New York Stock Exchange or authorized to be quoted and/or listed
on the Nasdaq National Market.

         10. ADJUSTMENT OF SHARES.

               Except as otherwise contemplated in Section 8 and unless
otherwise expressly provided in any Stock Option Agreement, in the event that,
by reason of any merger, consolidation, combination, liquidation,
reorganization, recapitalization, stock dividend, stock split, split-up,
split-off, spin-off, combination of shares, exchange of shares or other like
change in capital structure of the Parent (collectively, an "ADJUSTMENT EVENT"),
the Common Stock is substituted, combined, or changed into any cash, property or
other securities, or the shares of Common Stock are changed into a greater or
lesser number of shares of Common Stock, the number and/or kind of shares and/or
interests subject to an Option and the per share price or value thereof shall be
appropriately adjusted by the Committee to give appropriate effect to such
Adjustment Event. Any fractional shares or interests resulting from such
adjustment shall be eliminated. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) each such
adjustment with respect to an Incentive Option shall comply with the rules of
Section 424(a) of the Code to an Incentive Option, and (ii) in no event shall
any adjustment be made which would cause any Incentive Option granted hereunder
not to qualify as an "incentive stock option" for purposes of Section 422 of the
Code.

               In the event the Parent is not the surviving entity of an
Adjustment Event and, following such Adjustment Event, any optionee will hold
Options issued pursuant to the Plan which have not been exercised, cancelled, or
terminated in connection therewith, the Parent shall cause such Options to be
assumed (or cancelled and replacement Options issued) by the surviving entity or
any member of the Courtesy Group.

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               In the event of any perceived conflict between the provisions of
Section 8 and this Section 10, the Committee's determinations under Section 8
shall control.

         11. ASSIGNMENT OR TRANSFER.

               Except as otherwise expressly provided in any Stock Option
Agreement relating to a Non-Qualified Option, no Option granted under the Plan
or any rights or interests therein shall be assignable or transferable by an
optionee except by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and during the
lifetime of an optionee, Options granted to such optionee shall be exercisable
only by the optionee or, in the event that a legal representative has been
appointed in connection with the Disability of an optionee, such legal
representative.

         12. COMPLIANCE WITH SECURITIES LAWS.

               The Parent shall not in any event be obligated to file any
registration statement under the Securities Act or any applicable state
securities law to permit exercise of any Option or to issue any Common Stock in
violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law. Each
optionee (or, in the event of his or her death or the appointment of a legal
representative in connection with his or her Disability, the Person exercising
the Option) shall, as a condition to his, her or its right to exercise any
Option, deliver to the Parent an agreement or certificate containing such
representations, warranties and covenants as the Parent may deem necessary or
appropriate to ensure that the issuance of shares of Common Stock pursuant to
such exercise is not required to be registered under the Securities Act or any
applicable state securities law.

               Certificates for shares of Common Stock, when issued, will have
substantially the following legend, or statements of other applicable
restrictions, endorsed thereon, and may not be immediately transferable:

               "THE SHARES OF STOCK REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT
               BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR
               ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE SHARES MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR
               SALE, SOLD, PLEDGED, TRANSFERRED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF UNTIL
               THE HOLDER HEREOF PROVIDES EVIDENCE SATISFACTORY TO THE ISSUER
               (WHICH, IN THE DISCRETION OF THE ISSUER, MAY INCLUDE AN OPINION
               OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE ISSUER) THAT SUCH OFFER, SALE,
               PLEDGE, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION WILL NOT VIOLATE APPLICABLE
               FEDERAL OR STATE LAWS."

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               This legend shall not be required for shares of Common Stock
issued pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act
and in accordance with applicable state securities laws.

         13. WITHHOLDING TAXES.

               By acceptance of any Option granted hereunder to any Key
Employee, the optionee will be deemed to (i) agree to reimburse the Parent or
other member of the Courtesy Group by which the optionee is employed for any
federal, state, or local taxes required by any government to be withheld or
otherwise deducted by such corporation in respect of the optionee's exercise of
all or a portion of the Option; (ii) authorize any member of the Courtesy Group
by which the optionee is employed to withhold from any cash compensation paid to
the optionee or on the optionee's behalf, an amount sufficient to discharge any
federal, state, and local taxes imposed on the Parent, or such member of the
Courtesy Group by which the optionee is employed, and which otherwise has not
been reimbursed by the optionee, in respect of the optionee's exercise of all or
a portion of the Option; and (iii) agree that the Parent may, in its discretion,
hold the stock certificate to which the optionee is entitled upon exercise of
the Option as security for the payment of the aforementioned withholding tax
liability, until cash sufficient to pay that liability has been accumulated, and
may, in its discretion, effect such withholding by retaining shares issuable
upon the exercise of the Option having a Fair Market Value on the date of
exercise which is equal to the amount to be withheld.

         14. COSTS AND EXPENSES.

               The costs and expenses of administering the Plan shall be borne
by the Parent and shall not be charged against any Option or to any Key Employee
receiving an Option.

         15. FUNDING OF PLAN.

               The Plan shall be unfunded. The Parent shall not be required to
make any segregation of assets to assure the payment of any Option under the
Plan.

         16. OTHER INCENTIVE PLANS.

               The adoption of the Plan does not preclude the adoption by
appropriate means of any other incentive plan for employees of any member of the
Courtesy Group.

         17. EFFECT ON EMPLOYMENT.

               Nothing contained in the Plan or any agreement related hereto or
referred to herein shall affect, or be construed as affecting, the terms of
employment of any Key Employee except to the extent specifically provided herein
or therein. Nothing contained in the Plan or any agreement related hereto or
referred to herein shall impose, or be construed as imposing, an obligation on
(i) any member of the Courtesy Group to continue the employment of any Key
Employee, and (ii) any Key Employee to remain in the employ of any member of the
Courtesy Group. The Options and the shares of

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Common Stock acquired pursuant to the exercise of such Options are a matter of
separate inducement.

         18. DEFINITIONS.

               In addition to the terms specifically defined elsewhere in the
Plan, the following terms as used in the Plan shall have the respective meanings
indicated:

               "CHANGE OF CONTROL" shall mean the first to occur of the
         following events with respect to the Parent: (i) any sale, lease,
         exchange, or other transfer (in one transaction or series of related
         transactions) of all or substantially all of the assets of the Parent
         to any Person or group of related Persons for purposes of Section 13(d)
         of the Exchange Act and the regulations and interpretations thereunder
         (a "GROUP"); (ii) a majority of the Board of Directors of the Parent
         shall consist of Persons who are not Continuing Directors; or (iii) the
         acquisition by any Person or Group of the power, directly or
         indirectly, to vote or direct the voting of securities having more than
         50% of the ordinary voting power for the election of directors of the
         Parent.

               "CODE" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

               "CONTINUING DIRECTOR" shall mean, as of the date of
         determination, any Person who (i) was a member of the Board of
         Directors of the Parent on the effective date of the Plan, or (ii) was
         elected to the Board of Directors of the Parent pursuant to the terms
         of that certain Shareholders Agreement dated July 30, 1999, between the
         Parent and the other parties thereto, or (iii) elected to the Board of
         Directors of the Parent with the affirmative approval of a majority of
         the directors who are described in (i) or (ii) hereof and were members
         of the Board of Directors of the Parent at the time of such election or
         nomination for such election.

               "DISABILITY" shall mean permanent disability as defined under the
         appropriate provisions of the applicable long-term disability plan
         maintained for the benefit of employees of any member of the Courtesy
         Group who are regularly employed on a salaried basis unless another
         meaning shall be agreed to in writing by the Committee and the
         optionee; provided, however, that in the case of an Incentive Option,
         "Disability" shall have the meaning specified in Section 22(e)(3) of
         the Code.

               "FAIR MARKET VALUE" shall, as it relates to the Common Stock,
         mean the average of the high and low prices of such Common Stock as
         reported on the principal national securities exchange on which the
         shares of Common Stock are then listed on the date specified herein, or
         if there were no sales on such date, on the next preceding day on which
         there were sales, or if such Common Stock is not listed on a national
         securities exchange, the last reported bid price in the
         over-the-counter market, or if such shares are not traded in the
         over-the-counter market, the per share cash price for which all of the
         outstanding Common Stock could be sold

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         to a willing purchaser in an arm's-length transaction (without regard
         to minority discount, absence of liquidity, or transfer restrictions
         imposed by any applicable law or agreement other than a restriction
         which, by its terms, will never lapse) at the date of the event giving
         rise to a need for a determination. Except as may be otherwise
         expressly provided in a particular Option, Fair Market Value shall be
         determined in good faith by the Committee.

               "GOOD CAUSE," with respect to any Key Employee, shall mean
         (unless another definition is agreed to in writing by the Parent or
         other member of the Courtesy Group and the optionee) termination of
         employment by action of the Board of Directors of the Parent or other
         member of the Courtesy Group because of: (i) the optionee's conviction
         of, or plea of nolo contendere to, a felony or a crime involving moral
         turpitude; (ii) the optionee's personal dishonesty, incompetence,
         willful misconduct, willful violation of any law, rule, or regulation
         (other than minor traffic violations or similar offenses) or breach of
         fiduciary duty which involves personal profit; (iii) the optionee's
         willful commission of material mismanagement in the conduct of his or
         her duties as assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors of the
         Parent or other member of the Courtesy Group or the optionee's
         supervising officer or officers of the Parent or other member of the
         Courtesy Group; (iv) the optionee's willful failure to execute or
         comply with the policies of the Parent or other member of the Courtesy
         Group or his or her stated duties as established by the Board of
         Directors of the Parent or the Courtesy Group or the optionee's
         supervising officer or officers of the Parent or other member of the
         Courtesy Group, or the optionee's intentional failure to perform the
         optionee's stated duties; or (v) substance abuse or addiction on the
         part of the optionee. "GOOD CAUSE," with respect to any Eligible
         Non-Employee, shall mean (unless another definition is agreed to in
         writing by the Parent or other member of the Courtesy Group and the
         optionee) termination of relationship by action of the Board of
         Directors of the Parent or other member of the Courtesy Group because
         of: (i) the optionee's conviction of, or plea of nolo contendere to, a
         felony or a crime involving moral turpitude; (ii) the optionee's
         personal dishonesty, incompetence, willful misconduct, willful
         violation of any law, rule, or regulation (other than minor traffic
         violations or similar offenses) or breach of fiduciary duty which
         involves personal profit; (iii) the optionee's willful commission of
         material mismanagement in providing services to any member of the
         Courtesy Group; (iv) the optionee's willful failure to comply with the
         policies of the Parent or any other member of the Courtesy Group in
         providing services to the Parent or any member of the Courtesy Group,
         or the optionee's intentional failure to perform the services for which
         the optionee has been engaged; (v) substance abuse or addiction on the
         part of the optionee; or (vi) the optionee's willfully making any
         material misrepresentation or willfully omitting to disclose any
         material fact to the Board of Directors of any member of the Courtesy
         Group with respect to the business of any member of the Courtesy Group.

               "INCENTIVE OPTIONS" shall mean incentive stock options which
         qualify under Section 422 of the Code.

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               The term "INCLUDING" when used herein shall mean "including, but
         not limited to."

               "NON-QUALIFIED OPTIONS" shall mean stock options which do not
         qualify under Section 422 of the Code.

               The term "SUBSIDIARY CORPORATION" as used in Section 1 shall have
         the meaning contained in 424(f) of the Code.

               The term "TREASURY REGULATIONS" shall mean the Treasury
         Regulations promulgated in respect of the Code.

         19. AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION.

               The Board of Directors of the Parent shall have the right to
amend, modify, suspend or terminate the Plan at any time; provided, however,
that no amendment shall be made, unless such amendment is made by or with the
approval of the shareholders of the Parent, which shall (i) disqualify any
Incentive Options granted under the Plan, (ii) increase the total number of
shares of the Common Stock which may be issued and sold pursuant to Options
granted under the Plan, (iii)increase either of the maximum amounts which can be
paid to an individual participant under the Plan as set forth in Section 3
hereof, (iv) decrease the minimum Option exercise price in the case of an
Incentive Option, or (v) modify the provisions of the Plan relating to
eligibility with respect to Incentive Options. The Board of Directors of the
Parent shall be authorized to amend the Plan and the Options granted thereunder
(i) to qualify as "incentive stock options" within the meaning of Section 422 of
the Code or (ii) to comply with Rule 16b-3 (or any successor rule) under the
Exchange Act (or any successor law) and the regulations (including any temporary
regulations) promulgated thereunder. No amendment, modification, suspension or
termination of the Plan shall alter or impair any Options previously granted
under the Plan without the consent of the holder thereof.

         20. EFFECTIVE DATE.

               The Plan shall be effective as of September 7, 1999 and shall be
void retroactively as to any Incentive Option if not approved by the
shareholders of the Parent within twelve months thereafter. The Plan shall
terminate on the tenth anniversary of the date of adoption of the Plan or the
date of approval of the Plan by the shareholders of the Parent, whichever is
earlier, unless sooner terminated by the Board of Directors of the Parent
pursuant to Section 19.

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                                                                    EXHIBIT 4.11

                        FIFTH AMENDMENT TO LOAN AGREEMENT

         THIS FIFTH AMENDMENT TO LOAN AGREEMENT (this "Fifth Amendment"), dated
as of January 5, 2000, is entered into among ELCOR CORPORATION, a Delaware
corporation ("Company"), the lenders listed on the signature pages hereof
("Lenders"), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. (formerly known as NationsBank, N.A.,
successor by merger to NationsBank of Texas, N.A.), as Issuer (in said capacity,
"Issuer"), and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. (formerly known as NationsBank, N.A.,
successor by merger to NationsBank of Texas, N.A.), as Administrative Lender (in
said capacity, "Administrative Lender").

                                   BACKGROUND

         A. Company, Lenders, Issuer and Administrative Lender are parties to
that certain Loan Agreement, dated as of September 29, 1993, as amended by that
certain First Amendment to Loan Agreement, dated as of October 31, 1994, that
certain Second Amendment to Loan Agreement, dated as of December 15, 1995, that
certain Third Amendment to Loan Agreement, dated as of October 31, 1996, and
that certain Fourth Amendment to Loan Agreement, dated as of December 15, 1997
(said Loan Agreement, as amended, the "Loan Agreement"; the terms defined in the
Loan Agreement and not otherwise defined herein shall be used herein as defined
in the Loan Agreement).

         B. Company, Lenders, Issuer and Administrative Lender desire to amend
the Loan Agreement to (i) increase the Commitment to $125,000,000, (ii) extend
the Termination Date, (iii) add Bank One, Texas, N.A. as a Lender thereto ("Bank
One"), and (iv) make certain other amendments thereto.

         NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants, conditions and
agreements hereafter set forth, and for other good and valuable consideration,
the receipt and adequacy of which are all hereby acknowledged, Company, Lenders,
Issuer and Administrative Lender covenant and agree as follows:

         1. AMENDMENTS TO LOAN AGREEMENT.

         (a) The dollar amount of "$100,000,000" set forth in the Background
paragraph of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended to be "$125,000,000".

         (b) The definition of "Applicable Law" set forth in Section 1.1 of the
Loan Agreement is hereby amended to read as follows:

                  "Applicable Law" means (a) in respect of any Person, all
         provisions of constitutions, statutes, rules, regulations and orders of
         governmental bodies or regulatory agencies applicable to such Person
         and its properties, including, without limiting the foregoing, all
         orders and decrees of all courts and arbitrators in proceedings or
         actions to which the Person

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         in question is a party, and (b) in respect of contracts relating to
         interest or finance charges that are made or performed in the State of
         Texas, "Applicable Law" shall mean the laws of the United States of
         America, including, without limitation, 12 USC Sections 85 and 86, as
         amended from time to time, and any other statute of the United States
         of America now or at any time hereafter prescribing the maximum rates
         of interest on loans and extensions of credit, and the laws of the
         State of Texas, including, without limitation, Art. 1H, if applicable,
         and if Art. 1H is not applicable, Art. 1D, and any other statute of the
         State of Texas now or at any time hereafter prescribing maximum rates
         of interest on loans and extensions of credit; provided that the
         parties hereto agree pursuant to Texas Finance Code Section 346.004
         that the provisions of Chapter 346 of the Texas Finance Code shall not
         apply to Advances, Reimbursement Obligations, this Agreement, the Notes
         or any other Loan Papers.

         (c) The definition of "Commitment" set forth in Section 1.1 of the Loan
Agreement is hereby amended to read as follows:

                  "Commitment" means as to any Lender, the amount set forth
         opposite such Lender's name under the column titled "Commitment" on
         Schedule 7 hereto, as the same may be reduced or terminated pursuant to
         Article 2, which at no time shall exceed such Lender's Specified
         Percentage of $125,000,000.

         (d) The definition of "Consolidated Debt" set forth in Section 1.1 of
the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to read as follows:

                  "Consolidated Debt" means for Company and its Subsidiaries on
         a consolidated basis determined in accordance with GAAP, at any time,
         without duplication, an amount equal to the sum of (i) Capital Leases,
         debt created, issued, incurred or assumed for money borrowed or for the
         capitalized deferred purchase price of property or services purchased
         (excluding accounts payable in the ordinary course of business) and the
         fair value (any net liability that is required to be carried on the
         Company's consolidated balance sheet) of any Interest Hedge Agreement
         minus (ii) cash in excess of $2,000,000.

         (e) The definition of "Guaranty Agreement" set forth in Section 1.1 of
the Loan Agreement is hereby amended to read as follows:

                  "Guaranty Agreement" means each Guaranty Agreement executed by
         certain Subsidiaries, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto, as
         amended, modified, restated or supplemented from time to time.

         (f) The definition of "Highest Lawful Rate" set forth in Section 1.1 of
the Loan Agreement is hereby amended to read as follows:

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                  "Highest Lawful Rate" means at the particular time in question
         the maximum rate of interest which, under Applicable Law, Lenders are
         then permitted to charge on the Obligations. If the maximum rate of
         interest which, under Applicable Law, the Lenders are permitted to
         charge on the Obligations shall change after the date hereof, the
         Highest Lawful Rate shall be automatically increased or decreased, as
         the case may be, from time to time as of the effective time of each
         change in the Highest Lawful Rate without notice to the Company. For
         purposes of determining the Highest Lawful Rate under the Applicable
         Law of the State of Texas, the applicable rate ceiling shall be (a) the
         weekly rate ceiling described in and computed in accordance with the
         provisions of Art. 1D.003, or (b) if the parties subsequently contract
         as allowed by Applicable Law, the quarterly ceiling or the annualized
         ceiling computed pursuant to Art. 1D.008; provided, however, that at
         any time the weekly rate ceiling, the quarterly ceiling or the
         annualized ceiling shall be less than 18% per annum or more than 24%
         per annum, the provisions of Art. 1D.009(a) and (b) shall control for
         purposes of such determination, as applicable.

         (g) The definition of "Loan Papers" set forth in Section 1.1 of the
Loan Agreement is hereby amended to read as follows:

                  "Loan Papers" means this Agreement, the Notes, each Guaranty
         Agreement, any Interest Hedge Agreement entered into with any Lender or
         any affiliate of any Lender in the ordinary course of business and
         which is not for speculative purposes, and all other documents to be
         executed by Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to the terms of
         this Agreement, all as amended, modified, restated or supplemented from
         time to time.

         (h) The definition of "Obligations" set forth in Section 1.1 of the
Loan Agreement is hereby amended to read as follows:

                  "Obligations" means all present and future obligations
         (including all Reimbursement Obligations), indebtedness and
         liabilities, and all renewals and extensions of all or any part
         thereof, of Company to Administrative Lender, Issuer and Lenders (or
         any affiliate of any Lender) arising from, by virtue of, or pursuant to
         this Agreement, the Notes, the Guaranty Agreement or any other Loan
         Papers, and any and all renewals and extensions thereof, or any part
         thereof, or future amendments thereto, all interest accruing on all or
         any part thereof and reasonable attorneys' fees and other reasonable
         expenses incurred in the enforcement or the collection of all or any
         part thereof, whether such obligations, indebtedness and liabilities
         are direct, indirect, fixed, contingent, joint, several, or joint and
         several.

         (i) The definition of "Restricted Investments" set forth in Section 1.1
of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by (i) deleting "and" at the end of
clause (g) thereof, (ii) adding a new clause (h) thereto to read as follows:
"(h) Investments in or advances to Foreign Subsidiaries not to exceed in
aggregate amount at any time the lesser of (i) $30,000,000 or (ii) on a cost
basis 20% of Consolidated Net Worth; and", (iii) re-lettering former clause (h)
as clause (i) and amending such clause (i) as follows: "(i) Investments either
(i) in excess of what would otherwise be the maximum

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amount for such type of investment under the provision of this definition of
Restricted Investments (but excluding additional Investments in Foreign
Subsidiaries); or (ii) in any Person or Property not otherwise permitted by this
definition of Restricted Investments; but which, in the aggregate do not exceed,
at the time of and after giving effect to any such investments, on a cost basis
$10,000,000."

         (j) The definition of "Termination Date" set forth in Section 1.1 of
the Loan Agreement is hereby amended to read as follows:

                  "Termination Date" means December 15, 2004, or such earlier
         date that the Commitment is terminated or such later date that the
         Commitment is extended pursuant to Section 2.19 hereof.

         (k) Section 1.1 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by adding the
following defined terms thereto in proper alphabetical order to read as follows:

                  "Art. 1D" means Article 5069-1D, Title 79, Revised Civil
         Statutes of Texas, 1925, as amended.

                  "Art. 1H" means Article 5069-1H, Title 79, Revised Civil
         Statutes of Texas, 1925, as amended.

                  "Consolidated Net Worth" means, for Company and its
         Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, determined in accordance with
         GAAP, total stockholders' equity.

                  "Foreign Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary of Company or any of
         its Subsidiaries which is not organized under the Laws of the United
         States of America or the District of Columbia.

                  "Interest Hedge Agreements" means any and all agreements,
         devices or arrangements designed to protect at least one of the parties
         thereto from the fluctuations of interest rates, exchange rates or
         forward rates applicable to such party's assets, liabilities or
         exchange transactions, including, but not limited to,
         dollar-denominated or cross-currency interest rate exchange agreements,
         forward currency exchange agreements, interest rate cap or collar
         protection agreements, forward rate currency or interest rate options,
         puts and warrants, as the same may be amended or modified and in effect
         from time to time, and any and all cancellations, buy backs, reversals,
         terminations or assignments of any of the foregoing.

         (l) Section 2.11(d) of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended to read as
follows:

                  "(d) After acceleration of the Obligations pursuant to Section
         7.2, all payments in respect of the Obligations (and payments under the
         Guaranty Agreements) shall be applied by the Administrative Lender in
         the following order of priority: (i) to the payment of Administrative
         Lender's expenses incurred on behalf of Lenders then due and payable,
         if any;

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         (b) to the payment of all other fees then due and payable; (iii) to the
         payment of interest then due and payable on the Advances and
         Reimbursement Obligations; (iv) to the payment of all other amounts not
         otherwise referred to in this clause (d) then due and payable under
         this Agreement and the Notes; and (v) to the payment of principal then
         due and payable on the Advances and Reimbursement Obligations, and in
         the case of any payments under the Guaranty Agreements, to pay any
         other obligations to any Guarantied Party (as defined in the Guaranty)
         not covered above, ratably among the Guarantied Parties in accordance
         with the aggregate principal amount of Advances and the Reimbursement
         Obligations and, in case of payment under any Guaranty Agreement, the
         obligations guaranteed thereby, owed to each Guarantied Party.

         (m) Section 5.9 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by (i) deleting
"and" at the end of clause (e), (ii) deleting "." at the end of clause (f)
thereof and adding "; and" in lieu thereof; and (iii) adding a new clause (g)
thereto to read as follows:

                  "(g) Liens on property of Foreign Subsidiaries to secure
         Indebtedness of Foreign Subsidiaries to the extent such Indebtedness is
         permitted pursuant to the terms of Section 5.27 of this Agreement."

         (n) Section 5.15 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended to read as
follows:

                  "5.15. Restricted Payments. Company shall not declare or make
         any Restricted Payments; provided that, after giving effect to any
         proposed Restricted Payment, no Default or Event of Default shall have
         occurred or be continuing, the Company may make Restricted Payments
         during the term of this Agreement not to exceed the sum of (i)
         $10,000,000 plus (or minus in the case of a deficit), (ii) 35% of
         cumulative Consolidated Net Income (100% in the case of a deficit) for
         the period commencing July 1, 1993 and ending on the date such proposed
         Restricted Payment is to be made, plus (iii) without duplication, the
         amount of cash received by Company as a result of the sale or
         disposition of capital stock of Company acquired in a Treasury Stock
         Purchase."

         (o) Section 5.23 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended to read as
follows:

                  "5.23. Guaranties by New Subsidiaries. Company shall cause
         each Subsidiary which Company or any of its Subsidiaries forms during
         the term of this Agreement which is not a Foreign Subsidiary to execute
         and deliver to Administrative Lender a Guaranty Agreement, together
         with a certified copy of a resolution of the board of directors (or
         other authorizing document of the appropriate governing body or Person)
         of such new Subsidiary authorizing the execution and delivery of the
         Guaranty Agreement and the performance of its terms."

         (p) Article 5 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by adding new
Sections 5.26 and 5.27 thereto to read as follows:

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                  "5.26 Year 2000 Compliance. Company and its Subsidiaries will
         be Year 2000 Compliant, except to the extent that the failure to do so
         could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
         Company will promptly notify Administrative Lender in the event Company
         discovers or determines that any computer application (including those
         of its suppliers and vendors) that is material to its or any of its
         Subsidiaries' business and operations will not be Year 2000 Compliant
         on a timely basis, except to the extent that such failure could not
         reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

                  5.27 Foreign Subsidiary Indebtedness. Notwithstanding anything
         herein to the contrary, (i) no Foreign Subsidiary shall create, assume,
         incur or otherwise become or remain obligated in respect of any, or
         permit to be outstanding, or suffer to exist any Debt, except Debt for
         working capital and other general corporate purposes not to exceed
         $20,000,000 in aggregate amount, and (ii) Company and no other
         Subsidiary which is not a Foreign Subsidiary shall Guaranty any Debt of
         a Foreign Subsidiary except to the extent that the Debt is otherwise
         permitted pursuant to clause (i) above."

         (q) Article 6 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by adding a new
Section 6.16 thereto to read as follows:

                  "6.16 Year 2000 Compliance. Company has (i) initiated a review
         and assessment of all areas within its and each of its Subsidiaries'
         business and operations (including those affected by suppliers and
         vendors) that could be adversely affected by the "Year 2000 Problem"
         (that is, the risk that computer applications used by Company or any of
         its Subsidiaries (or its suppliers and vendors) may be unable to
         recognize and perform properly date-sensitive functions involving
         certain dates prior to and any date after December 1, 1999), (ii)
         developed a plan and timeline for addressing the Year 2000 Problem on a
         timely basis, and (iii) to date, implemented that plan in accordance
         with the timetable, except where the failure to so initiate, develop or
         implement could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
         Effect. Company reasonably believes that all computer applications
         (including those of its suppliers and vendors) that are material to its
         or any of its Subsidiaries' business and operation will on a timely
         basis be able to perform properly date-sensitive functions for all
         dates before and after January 1, 2000 (that is, be "Year 2000
         Compliant"), except to the extent that a failure to do so could not
         reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect."

         (r) The Guaranty Agreement is hereby amended to be in the form of
Exhibit B attached to this Fifth Amendment.

         (s) Schedule 1 to the Loan Agreement is hereby amended to be in the
form of Schedule 1 to this Fifth Amendment.

         (t) Schedule 4 to the Loan Agreement is hereby amended to be in the
form of Schedule 4 to this Fifth Amendment.

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         (u) Schedule 6 to the Loan Agreement is hereby amended and supplemented
as set forth on Schedule 6 to this Fifth Amendment.

         (v) Schedule 7 to the Loan Agreement is hereby amended to be in the
form of Schedule 7 to this Fourth Amendment, and the Specified Percentage of
Bank One is established and the applicable Specified Percentages of the other
Lenders are amended as provided therein.

         2. DISSOLUTION OF SUBSIDIARIES. Upon completion of the sale of certain
assets of M Machinery Company Incorporated, a Delaware corporation ("M
Machinery"), M Machinery, M Service Corporation, a Delaware corporation, and GA
Industries Corporation, a Delaware corporation (collectively, the "Dissolving
Subsidiaries"), will be dissolved. As a result thereof, Company has requested
that Lenders (a) consent to the dissolution of the Dissolving Subsidiaries and
(b) not require that the Dissolving Subsidiaries execute the Guaranty Agreement
to be executed in conjunction with this Fifth Amendment. Lenders hereby (a)
consent to the dissolution of the Dissolving Subsidiaries and (b) agree that the
Dissolving Subsidiaries shall not be required to execute the Guaranty Agreement,
provided that (i) the aggregate value of the assets of the Dissolving
Subsidiaries shall not exceed $2,000,000 and (ii) contributions to or
investments in the Dissolving Subsidiaries after the date of this Fifth
Amendment shall not exceed $500,000.

         3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES TRUE; NO EVENT OF DEFAULT. By its
execution and delivery hereof, Company represents and warrants that, as of the
date hereof and after giving effect to the amendments contemplated by the
foregoing Section 1:

         (a) the representations and warranties contained in the Loan Agreement
are true and correct on and as of the date hereof as if made on and as of such
date;

         (b) no event has occurred and is continuing which constitutes a Default
or an Event of Default;

         (c) Company has full power and authority to execute and deliver this
Fifth Amendment, the $25,000,000 Note payable to the order of Bank One, Texas,
N.A. in the form of Exhibit A hereto (the "Bank One Note"), the $50,000,000 Note
payable to the order of Bank of America, N.A. in form of Exhibit C hereto (the
"Bank of America Note"), and this Fifth Amendment, the Loan Agreement, as
amended hereby, the Bank One Note and the Bank of America Note constitute the
legal, valid and binding obligations of Company, enforceable in accordance with
their respective terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable
debtor relief laws and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether
enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law) and except as rights
to indemnity may be limited by federal or state securities law;

         (d) neither the execution, delivery and performance of this Fifth
Amendment, the Bank One Note, the Bank of America Note or the Loan Agreement, as
amended hereby, nor the consummation of any transactions contemplated herein or
therein, will conflict with any Law to

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which Company or any Subsidiary is subject, or any indenture, agreement or other
instrument to which Company or any Subsidiary or any of their respective
property is subject; and

         (e) no authorization, approval, consent, or other action by, notice to,
or filing with, any governmental authority or other Person (other than the Board
of Directors of Company), is required for the execution, delivery or performance
by Company of this Fifth Amendment, the Bank One Note or the Bank of America
Note or the acknowledgment of this Fifth Amendment by each Subsidiary which
executed the Guaranty Agreement (a "Guarantor").

         4. CONDITIONS OF EFFECTIVENESS. This Fifth Amendment shall be effective
as of January 5, 2000, subject to the following:

         (a) Administrative Lender shall have received counterparts of this
Fifth Amendment executed by each Lender and Issuer;

         (b) Administrative Lender shall have received counterparts of this
Fifth Amendment executed by Company;

         (c) Bank One shall have received its Bank One Note executed by Company;

         (d) Administrative Lender shall have received the Bank America Note
executed by Company;

         (e) the representations and warranties set forth in Section 2 of this
Fifth Amendment shall be true and correct;

         (f) Administrative Lender shall have received certified copies of
resolutions of Company authorizing execution, delivery and performance of this
Fifth Amendment and the Bank One Note;

         (g) Each Lender shall have received an amendment fee in an amount equal
to the product of (a) 0.05% multiplied by each Lender's portion of the
Commitment;

         (h) Administrative Lender shall have received a Guaranty Agreement (in
the form of Exhibit B to this Fifth Amendment) executed by each Guarantor; and

         (i) Administrative Lender shall have received, in form and substance
satisfactory to Administrative Lender and its counsel, such other documents,
certificates and instruments as Administrative Lender shall require.

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         5. REFERENCE TO THE LOAN AGREEMENT.

         (a) Upon the effectiveness of this Fifth Amendment, each reference in
the Loan Agreement to "this Agreement", "hereunder", or words of like import
shall mean and be a reference to the Loan Agreement, as affected and amended by
this Fifth Amendment.

         (b) The Loan Agreement, as amended by this Fifth Amendment, and all
other Loan Papers shall remain in full force and effect and are hereby ratified
and confirmed.

         6. COSTS, EXPENSES AND TAXES. Company agrees to pay on demand all costs
and expenses of Administrative Lender in connection with the preparation,
reproduction, execution and delivery of this Fifth Amendment, the Notes, and the
other instruments and documents to be delivered hereunder (including the
reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses of counsel for Administrative Lender
with respect thereto and with respect to advising Administrative Lender as to
its rights and responsibilities under the Loan Agreement, as amended by this
Fifth Amendment).

         7. ADVANCES. Upon effectiveness of this Agreement, each of the
appropriate Lenders, through the Administrative Lender, by assignments,
purchases and adjustments (which shall occur and shall be deemed to occur
automatically upon such effectiveness), shall have purchased or sold such
Advances so that after giving effect to such assignments, purchases and
adjustments, each Lender shall hold Advances and Reimbursement Obligations in
accordance with its Specified Percentage, as established or amended hereby. The
parties hereto agree that the requirements of Section 9.1 of the Loan Agreement
with respect to assignments are hereby waived for purposes of this Fifth
Amendment only. Each Lender selling and assigning all or any portion of an
Advance and Reimbursement Obligations hereby represents and warrants that such
interest being sold is free and clear of any Lien or adverse claim. Bank One (a)
confirms that it has received a copy of the Loan Agreement and the other Loan
Papers, together with copies of the financial statements referred to in Sections
5.5 and 6.2 of the Loan Agreement and such other documents and information as it
has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter
into this Fifth Amendment, (b) agrees that it will, independently and without
reliance upon the Administrative Lender, or any other Lender, and based on such
documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to
make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Loan
Agreement and the other Loan Papers, (c) appoints and authorizes the
Administrative Lender to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise
such powers under the Loan Agreement and the other Loan Papers as are delegated
to the Administrative Lender by the terms thereof, together with such powers as
are reasonably incidental thereto and hereto, and (d) agrees that it will
perform in accordance with its terms all of the obligations which by the terms
of the Loan Agreement, the other Loan Papers, and this Assignment and are
required to be performed by it as a Lender.

         8. EXECUTION IN COUNTERPARTS. This Fifth Amendment may be executed in
any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate
counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed to be
an original and all of which taken together shall constitute but one and the
same instrument.

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         9. GOVERNING LAW; BINDING EFFECT. This Fifth Amendment shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas and
shall be binding upon Company, each Lender, Issuer and Administrative Lender and
their respective successors and assigns.

         10. HEADINGS. Section headings in this Fifth Amendment are included
herein for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part of this
Fifth Amendment for any other purpose.

         11. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. THE LOAN AGREEMENT, AS AMENDED BY THIS FIFTH
AMENDMENT, AND THE OTHER LOAN PAPERS REPRESENT THE FINAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
PARTIES AS TO THE SUBJECT MATTER THEREIN AND HEREIN AND MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED
BY EVIDENCE OF PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS, OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE
PARTIES.

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

                                         ELCOR CORPORATION

                                         By:
                                            ------------------------------------
                                            Richard J. Rosebery
                                            Vice Chairman, Chief Financial and
                                            Administrative Officer and Treasurer

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                                        BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative
                                        Lender, Lender and Issuer

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

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                                        BANK ONE, TEXAS, N.A.

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

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                                        THE FROST NATIONAL BANK

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

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<PAGE>   15

                                        COMERICA BANK - TEXAS

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

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                                        THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI, LTD.

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

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                                   SCHEDULE 1

                                  CONFIDENTIAL

                               EXISTING LITIGATION

         The following Schedule 1 to the Fifth Amendment to Loan Agreement dated
November 5, 1999, among the Company, certain lenders, Bank of America, N.A.,
formerly known as NationsBank, N.A., successor by merger to NationsBank of
Texas, N.A., as Issuer and Bank of America, N.A. as Administrative Lender,
amends and restates the items set forth in Schedule 1 to the Loan Agreement
dated September 29, 1993 among the parties, as amended pursuant to the First
Amendment to Loan Agreement dated October 31, 1994, the Second Amendment to Loan
Agreement dated December 15, 1995, the Third Amendment to Loan Agreement dated
October 31, 1996, and the Fourth Amendment to Loan Agreement dated December 15,
1997. Schedule 1 is amended and restated in its entirety as set forth herein.

         The following describes pending or, to the knowledge of the Company,
threatened litigation which, in the opinion of its management, could have a
Material Adverse Effect on the Company.

         GAF Patent Litigation

         On February 8, 1994, the Company's wholly owned subsidiary, Elk
Corporation of Dallas (Elk) was granted a design patent covering the ornamental
aspects of certain Elk Shingles. On December 6, 1994, Elk was granted a utility
patent on the functional aspects of certain Elk shingles. Elk sued GAF Building
Materials Corporation and related GAF entities (collectively, GAF) in federal
court for infringement of these patents and trade dress. In the design patent
case, Elk seeks to recover as damages the total profit that GAF has made from
the infringing shingles. In the utility patent case, Elk seeks to recover as
damages a reasonable royalty on GAF's sales of infringing shingles and certain
lost profits.

         GAF filed counterclaims seeking a declaratory judgment that the Elk
patents are not infringed and are either invalid or unenforceable. GAF also
asserted claims for unfair competition, Lanham Act violations based on alleged
false advertising, and common law fraud, generally praying for damages of not
less than $25 million including actual and punitive damages, plus interest,
costs, and reasonable attorney fees. To date, GAF has not produced any evidence
of damages. Elk disputes GAF's claims, and management intends vigorously to
defend them and to enforce its intellectual property rights.

         In April 1998, the District Court for the Northern District of Texas
entered a partial final judgment in the design patent case based on an
inequitable conduct ruling and certified the case for appeal. On February 11,
1999, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Court of
Appeals) issued a decision upholding the district court's partial final judgment
against Elk in its design patent case. The decision held that the district court
committed no reversible error in finding Elk's design patent unenforceable. On
April 16, 1999, the Court of Appeals denied Elk's petition for

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a rehearing of the case. On October 4, 1999, the United States Supreme Court
denied Elk's petition for certiorari in the case.

         Trials on the trade dress claim in the design case, and in the utility
patent case, including GAF's counterclaims in the cases, are unscheduled but
pending. GAF's motion for attorneys fees also is pending.

         While management can give no assurances regarding the ultimate outcome
of the remaining litigation, even if the outcome were to be adverse to Elk, it
is not expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.

         Gibraltar Tort Litigation

         In December 1995 through August 1996, Chromium Corporation was sued in
four separate tort lawsuits brought by the same attorneys on behalf of numerous
plaintiffs who alleged unspecified personal injuries and property damages
associated with the former operation of a licensed hazardous waste treatment,
storage and disposal facility near Winona in Smith County, Texas known as the
Gibraltar facility. The four suits were brought against or expanded to include
the current and former owners and operators of the facility, and more than fifty
other defendants, including Chromium and several Fortune 500 companies, as
generators of waste sent to the facility (as named in a particular lawsuit,
"Generator Defendants"). The facility owners and Chromium's insurers declined or
failed to accept Chromium's claims relating to defense and indemnity from the
Gibraltar suits.

         The plaintiffs non-suited or dismissed the Generator Defendants from
two of the cases. In another case, Williams, et al. v. Akzo Nobel Chemicals,
Inc., et al., the Smith County (Texas) District Court dismissed Chromium and
certain other Generator Defendants, but the ruling dismissing these Generator
Defendants was reversed on appeal. Trial for twelve of the approximately 650
plaintiffs in the fourth case, Adams v. American Ecology Environmental Services
Corporation, a related case pending in the Tarrant County (Texas) District, was
set for November 1999.

         In June 1999, the Company entered into a settlement agreement under
which it agreed with plaintiffs in the pending Gibraltar cases to a resolution
of the cases. The terms of settlement under the agreement did not and, if
consummated in accordance with the terms of the settlement agreement, will not
have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company, whether or not Chromium is able
to collect through indemnification from the facility owners or insurers the
settlement amount or its defense costs. Chromium accrued the settlement in the
fourth quarter of fiscal 1999.

         White v. Elcor Corporation

         Joseph White, an ex-employee of the former Chromium Corporation (now
known because of a name change as Cybershield of Texas, Inc.), brought suit in
state district court in Angelina

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County, Texas, against the Company to recover damages for alleged bodily
injuries (kidney failure) that Mr. White claims are due to exposure to chromium
at the Lufkin plant facility. Mr. White had previously filed a workers
compensation lawsuit against Chromium's workers compensation carrier after
unsuccessfully pursuing a claim for workers compensation benefits under the
administrative procedures provided under the Texas workers compensation statute.
The administrative decision was that Mr. White was not entitled to benefits
because there was no or inadequate evidence that his condition was due to
occupational exposure to chromium. Mr. White's lawsuit against Chromium's
workers compensation carrier still is pending.

         The Company's motions for summary judgment in the litigation against it
are pending. Management believes the case against the Company and Chromium's
workers compensation carrier both are without merit. The Company believes suit
against the Company was brought to attempt to circumvent the limitations of
employer liability under the Texas workers compensation statute. The Company
intends vigorously to defend the White lawsuit. Neither of the two White
lawsuits is expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.

         Other

         There are various other lawsuits and claims pending against the Company
and/or its subsidiaries arising in the ordinary course of their businesses. In
the opinion of the Company's management based in part on advice of counsel, none
of these actions should have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.

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                                   SCHEDULE 4

                                  CONFIDENTIAL

                           FIXED ASSETS HELD FOR SALE

The following Schedule 4 to the Fifth Amendment to Loan Agreement dated November
5, 1999, among the Company, certain lenders, Bank of America, N.A., formerly
known as NationsBank, N.A., successor by merger to NationsBank of Texas, N.A.,
as Issuer and Bank of America, N.A. as Administrative Lender, amends and
restates the items set forth in Schedule 4 to the Loan Agreement dated September
29, 1993 among the parties, as amended pursuant to the First Amendment to Loan
Agreement dated October 31, 1994, the Second Amendment to Loan Agreement dated
December 15, 1995, the Third Amendment to Loan Agreement dated October 31, 1996,
and the Fourth Amendment to Loan Agreement dated December 15, 1997. Schedule 4
is amended and restated in its entirety as set forth herein.

1.       Homes purchased under employee relocation programs.

2.       Land, offices and other facilities formerly occupied by Mosley
         Machinery Company, Inc. in Waco, Texas. Sale of the property to a third
         party for a gross sales price of approximately $600,000 is pending.

3.       Chromium Corporation has discontinued the large-bore cylinder liner
         segment of its plating business and is holding for sale certain fully
         depreciated equipment at its Lufkin plant formerly used in that
         business, including certain hones, plating anodes/fixtures and related
         equipment. Sale of that equipment "as is" to a third party for a
         nominal sum is pending.

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                                   SCHEDULE 6

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
901 Main Street
Dallas, Texas 75202

BANK ONE, TEXAS, N.A.
1717 Main Street, 3rd Floor
Dallas, Texas 75201

THE FROST NATIONAL BANK
4200 South Hulen Street
Fort Worth, Texas 76109

COMERICA BANK - TEXAS
1300 Northpark Center
Dallas, Texas 75225

THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI, LTD.
3150 Trammell Crow Center
2001 Ross Avenue
Dallas, Texas 75201

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                                   SCHEDULE 7

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                    SPECIFIED
      LENDER                         COMMITMENT                     PERCENTAGE
      ------                         ----------                     ----------
<S>                                 <C>                           <C>
Bank of America, N.A.                $50,000,000                    40.00%
Bank One, Texas, N.A.                $25,000,000                    20.00%
The Frost National Bank              $20,000,000                    16.00%
Comerica Bank - Texas                $15,000,000                    12.00%
The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Ltd.   $15,000,000                    12.00%
</TABLE>

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                                    EXHIBIT A

                                 PROMISSORY NOTE

$25,000,000.00                                            Dated: January 5, 2000

         FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, ELCOR CORPORATION, a Delaware
corporation ("Company"), hereby promises to pay to the order of BANK ONE, TEXAS,
N.A. ("Lender") the principal amount of each Advance made by Lender to Company
pursuant to the Loan Agreement (as hereinafter defined). All Advances remaining
unpaid shall be repaid in full on the Termination Date. Company promises to pay
interest on the unpaid principal balance of each Advance from the date of such
Advance until said principal amount is paid in full, at the times and at the
rate or rates as specified in the Loan Agreement.

         Both principal and interest are payable in lawful money of the United
States of America to Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Lender, at 901
Main Street, Dallas, Texas 75202, in immediately available funds. Each Advance
made by Lender to Company pursuant to the Loan Agreement and all payments made
on account of principal hereof shall be recorded by Lender and, prior to any
transfer hereof, endorsed on the grid attached hereto which is part of this
Note; provided, however, failure to make any such recordation or endorsement
shall not affect the obligations of Company hereunder or under the Loan
Agreement.

         This Note is one of the Notes referred to in, and is entitled to the
benefits of and obligations pertaining to, the Loan Agreement dated as of
September 29, 1993 (said Loan Agreement, as amended, modified or supplemented
from time to time, the "Loan Agreement") among Company, Lender, certain other
Lenders, and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Lender.

         The Loan Agreement, among other things, (i) provides for the making of
Advances by Lender to Company from time to time in an aggregate amount not to
exceed at any time outstanding the U.S. dollar amount first above mentioned, the
indebtedness of Company resulting from each such Advance being evidenced by this
Note, and (ii) contains provisions for acceleration of the maturity hereof upon
the happening of certain stated events and also for prepayments on account of
principal hereof prior to the maturity hereof upon the terms and conditions
therein specified. All terms not expressly defined herein shall have the same
definitions as set forth in the Loan Agreement.

                                       ELCOR CORPORATION

                                       By:
                                          -------------------------------------
                                          Richard J. Rosebery
                                          Vice Chairman, Chief Financial and
                                          Administrative Officer and Treasurer

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                                    EXHIBIT B

                               GUARANTY AGREEMENT

         THIS GUARANTY AGREEMENT, dated as of January 5, 2000 (this "Guaranty"),
is made by each of the parties listed on the signature pages hereof, each in its
capacity as a guarantor (the "Guarantors") of the obligations of Elcor
Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Company"), under the Loan Agreement
(defined below) among Company, each lender a party thereto (each of said lenders
being herein called a "Lender" or collectively the "Lenders"), Bank of America,
N.A. (formerly known as NationsBank, N.A., successor by merger to NationsBank of
Texas, N.A.) as issuer of letters of credit ("Issuer"), and Bank of America,
N.A., as Administrative Lender for Lenders and Issuer under the Loan Agreement
(in such capacity herein called "Administrative Lender") and under the other
Loan Papers (as defined in said Loan Agreement).

         PRELIMINARY STATEMENT. Lenders and Company have entered into the Loan
Agreement, dated as of September 29, 1993 (said Loan Agreement, as it may have
been heretofore and may be hereafter amended or otherwise modified from time to
time, being the "Loan Agreement"). The capitalized terms not otherwise defined
herein have the meanings specified in the Loan Agreement. Company may, subject
to the terms of the Loan Agreement and the other Loan Papers, request that
Lenders make Advances and that Issuer issue Letters of Credit for the account of
Company and other Joint Account Parties. It is a requirement of the Fifth
Amendment to the Loan Agreement, dated as of January 5, 2000, that each
Guarantor execute and deliver this Guaranty. Each Guarantor has determined that
it will receive substantial benefit if the Advances are made to Company and
Letters of Credit are issued for the account of Company and other Joint Account
Parties pursuant to the terms of the Loan Agreement. Administrative Lender, the
Issuer, the Lenders and any affiliate of any Lender entering into an Interest
Hedge Agreement (provided that such Lender was a Lender at the time such
Interest Hedge Agreement was entered into) are herein referred to collectively
as "Guarantied Parties".

         NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and in order to induce
the Lenders to make Advances and Issuer to issue Letters of Credit under the
Loan Agreement, Guarantors hereby agree as follows:

         A. Guaranty. Each Guarantor, jointly and severally, hereby
unconditionally guarantees the punctual payment of, and promises to pay, when
due, whether at stated maturity, by mandatory prepayment, by acceleration or
otherwise, all obligations, indebtedness and liabilities, and all
rearrangements, renewals and extensions of all or any part thereof, of Company,
each of the other Guarantors and each other Obligor now or hereafter arising
from, by virtue of or pursuant to the Loan Agreement, the Notes, any Interest
Hedge Agreement, and any other Loan Paper, and any and all renewals and
extensions thereof, or any part thereof, or future amendments thereto, whether
for principal, interest (including, without limitation, interest accruing or
becoming owing both prior to and subsequent to the commencement of any
proceeding against or with respect to Company under any chapter of the
Bankruptcy Code of 1978, 11 U.S.C. Section 101 et seq.), premium, fees,
commissions, expenses or otherwise (such obligations being the "Obligations"),
and agrees to pay any and all

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reasonable expenses (including reasonable counsel fees and expenses) incurred in
enforcement or collection of all or any part thereof, whether such obligations,
indebtedness and liabilities are direct, indirect, fixed, contingent, joint,
several or joint and several, and any Rights under this Guaranty. The liability
of each Guarantor hereunder with respect to the Obligations shall not exceed at
any time the Maximum Amount (as hereinafter defined) less the sum of the
amounts, if any, collected by or on behalf of the Guarantied Parties from such
Guarantor pursuant to any other Loan Papers. "Maximum Amount" means the maximum
amount of liability that can be incurred by a Guarantor without rendering this
Guaranty, as it relates to such Guarantor, voidable under applicable law
relating to fraudulent conveyance, fraudulent transfer, and not for any greater
amount.

         B. Guaranty Absolute. Guarantors, jointly and severally, guarantee that
the Obligations will be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of the Loan
Agreement, the Notes, and the other Loan Papers, regardless of any Law,
regulation or order now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction affecting any
of such terms or the Rights of any Guarantied Party with respect thereto;
provided, however, nothing contained in this Guaranty shall require Guarantors
to make any payment under this Guaranty in violation of any Law, regulation or
order now or hereafter in effect. The obligations and liabilities of each
Guarantor hereunder are independent of the obligations of Company under the Loan
Papers and any Laws. The liability of each Guarantor under this Guaranty shall
be absolute and unconditional irrespective of:

         1. any increase, reduction or payment in full at any time or from time
to time of any part of the Obligations;

         2. any lack of validity or enforceability of the Loan Agreement, the
Notes or any other Loan Paper or other agreement or instrument relating thereto;

         3. any insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization, receivership or other
proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws involving the Company, any Guarantor,
any Obligor or any other Person obligated on any of the Obligations;

         4. any renewal, compromise, extension, acceleration or other change in
the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of, all or any of
the Obligations, or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent to departure
from the Loan Agreement, the Notes or any other Loan Paper and other agreement
or instrument relating thereto;

         5. any exchange, release, sale or non-perfection of any collateral or
Lien therein or any lack of validity or enforceability or change in priority,
destruction, reduction, or loss or impairment of value of any collateral or Lien
therein;

         6. any release or amendment or waiver of or consent to departure from
any other guaranty for all or any of the Obligations; or

         7. any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a defense
available to, or a discharge of, Company, any Guarantor, any other guarantor,
any Obligor or other Person liable on

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the Obligations, including without limitation any defense by reason of any
disability or other defense of the Company, or the cessation from any cause
whatsoever of the liability of Company, or any claim that Guarantors'
obligations hereunder exceed or are more burdensome than those of Company or any
other Obligor.

This Guaranty shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may
be, if at any time any payment of any of the Obligations is rescinded or must
otherwise be returned by any Guarantied Party or any other Person upon the
insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of Company, any Guarantor, any Obligor
or otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made.

         C. Waiver. Each Guarantor hereby waives: (a) promptness, protests,
diligence, presentments, acceptance, performance, demands for performance,
notices of nonperformance, notices of protests, notices of dishonor, notices of
acceptance of this Guaranty and of the existence, creation or incurrence of new
or additional indebtedness, and any of the events described in Section 2 and of
any other occurrence or matter with respect to any of the Obligations, this
Guaranty or any of the other Loan Papers; (b) any requirement that any
Guarantied Party protect, secure, perfect or insure any Lien or security
interest or any property subject thereto or exhaust any Right or take any action
against Company, any Obligor or any other Person or any collateral or pursue any
other remedy in any Guarantied Party's power whatsoever; (c) any Right to assert
against any Guarantied Party as a counterclaim, set-off or cross-claim, any
counterclaim, set-off or claim which it may now or hereafter have against
Company, any Obligor or other Person liable on the Obligations; (d) any Right to
seek or enforce any remedy or Right that any Guarantied Party now has or may
hereafter have against Company (to the extent permitted by Laws) or any other
Obligor; and (e) any Right to participate in any collateral or any Right
benefitting the Guarantied Parties in respect of the Obligations.

         D. Subrogation and Subordination.

         (a) Notwithstanding any reference to subrogation contained herein to
the contrary, each Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives any claim or other Rights
which it may have or hereafter acquire against Company, any Obligor or any other
guarantor that arise from the existence, payment, performance or enforcement of
such Guarantor's obligations under this Guaranty, including, without limitation,
any Right of subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, contribution,
indemnification, any Right to participate in any claim or remedy of any
Guarantied Party against Company, any Obligor or any guarantor or any collateral
which any Guarantied Party now has or hereafter acquires, whether or not such
claim, remedy or Right arises in equity, or under contract or Laws, including
without limitation, the Right to take or receive from Company or any Obligor,
directly or indirectly, in cash or other property or by set-off or in any other
manner, payment or security on account of such claim or other Rights. If any
amount shall be paid or any Guarantor in violation of the preceding sentence and
the Obligations shall not have been paid in full, such amount shall be deemed to
have been paid to such Guarantor for the benefit of, and held in trust for the
benefit of, the Guarantied Parties and shall forthwith be paid to Administrative
Lender to be credited and applied upon the Obligations, whether matured or
unmatured, in accordance with the terms of the Loan Agreement. Each Guarantor
acknowledges that it will receive direct and indirect benefits from the
financing

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arrangements contemplated by the Loan Agreement and the other Loan Papers and
that the waiver set forth in this Paragraph D(a) is knowingly made in
contemplation of such benefits.

         (b) All debt and other liabilities of Company to any Guarantor
("Company Debt") are expressly subordinate and junior to the Obligations and any
instruments evidencing the Company Debt shall contain provisions acceptable to
Determining Lenders providing for such subordination (such provisions to be in
substantially the form of and not more favorable to such Guarantor than the
provisions specified in the Loan Agreement) and shall be binding on all holders
of such Company Debt. If the instrument evidencing the Company Debt does not
contain such provisions as may be acceptable to Determining Lenders
(notwithstanding the obligation of each Guarantor to assure that such provisions
are contained in any such instrument) or if such Company Debt is not evidenced
by any instrument or other document, then the provisions specified in the Loan
Agreement shall be incorporated therein by reference and such Company Debt shall
be subject thereto.

         E. Representations and Warranties. Each Guarantor, jointly and
severally, hereby represents and warrants that each of the provisions of Article
6 of the Loan Agreement (each of which is hereby incorporated by reference) is
true and correct.

         F. Covenants. Each Guarantor, jointly and severally, covenants and
agrees that, so long as any part of the Obligations shall remain unpaid or any
Guarantied Party shall have any commitment under the Loan Agreement or any other
Loan Paper, each Guarantor will, unless the Guarantied Parties or Determining
Lenders shall otherwise consent in writing (which of the Guarantied Parties or
Determining Lenders shall be required to so consent to be determined in
accordance with the Loan Agreement), comply, to the extent applicable to it, and
cause the other Guarantors to comply, with the terms of the Loan Agreement and
the other Loan Papers.

         G. Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this
Guaranty nor consent to any departure by any Guarantor therefrom shall in any
event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the
Guarantied Parties or Determining Lenders (which of the Guarantied Parties or
Determining Lenders shall be required to so consent to be determined in
accordance with the Loan Agreement) and then such waiver or consent shall be
effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which
given.

         H. Addresses for Notices. Unless otherwise provided herein, all
notices, requests, consents and demands shall be in writing and shall be
delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed or sent by telecopy to
the respective addresses specified in the Loan Agreement (if to Administrative
Lender or any Lender) or on the signature pages hereof (if to a Guarantor), or,
as to any party, to such other addresses as may be designated by it in written
notice to all other parties. All notices, requests, consents and demands
hereunder shall be deemed to have been given on the date of receipt if delivered
by hand or overnight courier service or sent by telecopy, or if mailed,
effective on the earlier of actual receipt or three days after being mailed by
certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed as
aforesaid.

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         I. No Waiver; Remedies. No failure on the part of any Guarantied Party
to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any Right hereunder or under any of the
Loan Papers shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial
exercise of any Right hereunder or under any of the Loan Papers preclude any
other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other Right. No
Guarantied Party shall be required to (a) prosecute collection or seek to
enforce or resort to any remedies against Company or any other Person liable on
any of the Obligations, (b) join Company or any other Obligor liable on any of
the Obligations in any action in which any Guarantied Party prosecutes
collection or seeks to enforce or resort to any remedies against Company or
other Obligor liable on any of the Obligations, or (c) seek to enforce or resort
to any remedies with respect to any Liens granted to (or benefitting, directly
or indirectly) any Guarantied Party by Company or any other Obligor liable on
any of the Obligations. No Guarantied Party shall have any obligation to
protect, secure or insure any of the Liens or the properties or interests in
properties subject thereto. The remedies herein provided are cumulative and not
exclusive of any remedies provided by Law.

         J. Right of Set-off. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of
any Event of Default, or upon the breach of any Guarantor's obligations
hereunder, each Guarantied Party (and each of their Participants) are hereby
authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by
Law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or
demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other indebtedness at any
time owing by such Guarantied Party (and each of their Participants) to or for
the credit or the account of any Guarantor against any and all of the
obligations of any Guarantor now or hereafter existing under this Guaranty,
irrespective of whether or not such Guarantied Party shall have made any demand
under this Guaranty and although such obligations may be contingent and
unmatured. Each Guarantied Party agrees to promptly notify such Guarantor after
any such set-off by them and application, provided that the failure to give such
notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and application. The Rights
of each Guarantied Party (and each of their Participants) under this Section 10
are in addition to other Rights and remedies (including, without limitation,
other Rights of set-off) which each Guarantied Party (and each of their
Participants) may have.

         K. Liens. Each Guarantor agrees that each Guarantied Party, in its
discretion, without notice or demand and without affecting either the liability
of such Guarantor, Company or any Obligor, or the Liens and security interests
created by, this Guaranty, or any security interest or other Lien, may foreclose
any deed of trust or mortgage or similar Lien it may hold covering interests in
real or personal property, and the interests in real or personal property
secured thereby, by non- judicial sale; and such Guarantor hereby waives any
defense to the recovery by any Guarantied Party hereunder against Company, such
Guarantor or any collateral of any deficiency after a non-judicial sale and such
Guarantor expressly waives any defense or benefits that may be derived from
Chapter 34 of the Texas Business and Commerce Code, Section 51.003 of the Texas
Property Code, or any similar statute in effect in any other jurisdiction.
Without limiting the foregoing, each Guarantor waives any defense arising out of
any such non-judicial sale even though such sale operates to impair or
extinguish any Right of reimbursement or subrogation or any other Right or
remedy of such Guarantor against Company or any other Person or any Collateral
or any other collateral. Each Guarantor hereby agrees that such Guarantor shall
be liable, subject to the limitations of Section 1 hereof, for any part of the
Obligations remaining unpaid after any foreclosure.

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         L. Continuing Guaranty; Transfer of Notes. This Guaranty is an
irrevocable continuing guaranty of payment and shall (a) remain in full force
and effect until final payment in full (after the Termination Date), of the
Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Guaranty, (b) be binding
upon each Guarantor, its successors and assigns, and (c) inure to the benefit of
and be enforceable by each Guarantied Party and its successors, transferees and
assigns. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing clause (c), each
Guarantied Party may assign or otherwise transfer its Rights under the Loan
Agreement, the Notes or any of the Loan Papers or any interest therein to any
other Person, and such other Person shall thereupon become vested with all the
Rights or any interest therein, as appropriate, in respect thereof granted to
such Guarantied Party herein or otherwise.

         M. Information. Each Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that it shall
have the sole responsibility for obtaining from Company such information
concerning Company's financial condition or business operations as such
Guarantor may require, and that none of Administrative Lender, any Lender or
Issuer has any duty at any time to disclose to any Guarantor any information
relating to the business operations or financial conditions of the Company.

         N. Governing Law. This Guaranty shall be governed by, and construed in
accordance with, the Laws of the State of Texas.

         O. Ratable Benefit. This Guaranty is for the ratable benefit of each
Guarantied Party, each of which shall share any proceeds of this Guaranty
pursuant to the terms of Section 2.11(d) of the Loan Agreement.

         P. Guarantor Insolvency. Should any Guarantor become insolvent, fail to
pay its debts generally as they become due, voluntarily seek, consent to, or
acquiesce in the benefits of any Debtor Relief Law or become a party to or be
made the subject of any proceeding provided for by any Debtor Relief Law (other
than as a creditor or claimant) that could suspend or otherwise adversely affect
the rights of any Guarantied Party granted hereunder, then, the obligations of
such Guarantor under this Guaranty shall be, as between such Guarantor and such
Guarantied Party, a fully-matured, due, and payable obligation of such Guarantor
to such Guarantied Party (without regard to whether Company is then in default
under the Loan Agreement or any other Loan Paper or whether any part of the
Obligations is then due and owing by Company to such Guarantied Party), payable
in full by such Guarantor to such Guarantied Party upon demand, which shall be
the estimated amount owing in respect of the contingent claim created hereunder.

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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Guarantors have caused this Guaranty to be duly
executed and delivered by their respective officers or representatives thereunto
duly authorized as of the date first above written.

                                       ELK CORPORATION OF DALLAS
                                       ELK CORPORATION OF TEXAS
                                       ELK CORPORATION OF AMERICA
                                       ELK CORPORATION OF ARKANSAS
                                       ELK CORPORATION OF ALABAMA

                                       By:
                                           -------------------------------------
                                           Richard J. Rosebery
                                           Vice President for all
Address for Guarantors:
c/o Elcor Corporation
14643 Dallas Parkway, Suite 1000
Dallas, Texas 75240-8871

                                       OEL, LTD.
                                       CHROMIUM CORPORATION

                                       By:
                                           -------------------------------------
                                           Richard J. Rosebery
                                           Chairman of the Board for both

                                       NELPA, INC.

                                       By:
                                           -------------------------------------
                                           Monte L. Miller
                                           President

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                                     ELCOR SERVICE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

                                     By:  ELCOR MANAGEMENT CORPORATION,
                                          Its General Partner

                                     By:
                                         -------------------------------------
                                         Richard J. Rosebery
                                         Vice Chairman, Chief Financial and
                                         Administrative Officer and Treasurer

                                     ELCOR MANAGEMENT CORPORATION

                                     By:
                                         -------------------------------------
                                         Richard J. Rosebery
                                         Vice Chairman, Chief Financial and
                                         Administrative Officer and Treasurer

                                     CYBERSHIELD OF GEORGIA, INC.
                                     CYBERSHIELD, INC.
                                     CYBERSHIELD INTERNATIONAL, INC.
                                     CYBERSHIELD OF TEXAS, INC. (formerly known
                                     as Chromium Corporation)

                                     By:
                                         -------------------------------------
                                         Richard J. Rosebery
                                         Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

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                                    EXHIBIT C

                                 PROMISSORY NOTE

$50,000,000.00                                            Dated: January 5, 2000

         FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, ELCOR CORPORATION, a Delaware
corporation ("Company"), hereby promises to pay to the order of BANK OF AMERICA,
N.A. ("Lender") the principal amount of each Advance made by Lender to Company
pursuant to the Loan Agreement (as hereinafter defined). All Advances remaining
unpaid shall be repaid in full on the Termination Date. Company promises to pay
interest on the unpaid principal balance of each Advance from the date of such
Advance until said principal amount is paid in full, at the times and at the
rate or rates as specified in the Loan Agreement.

         Both principal and interest are payable in lawful money of the United
States of America to Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Lender, at 901
Main Street, Dallas, Texas 75202, in immediately available funds. Each Advance
made by Lender to Company pursuant to the Loan Agreement and all payments made
on account of principal hereof shall be recorded by Lender and, prior to any
transfer hereof, endorsed on the grid attached hereto which is part of this
Note; provided, however, failure to make any such recordation or endorsement
shall not affect the obligations of Company hereunder or under the Loan
Agreement.

         This Note is one of the Notes referred to in, and is entitled to the
benefits of and obligations pertaining to, the Loan Agreement dated as of
September 29, 1993 (said Loan Agreement, as amended, modified or supplemented
from time to time, the "Loan Agreement") among Company, Lender, certain other
Lenders, and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Lender, and this Note is a
substitution for (but is not an extinguishment or novation of any indebtedness
in respect of) that certain (a) Note of Company payable to the order of
NationsBank of Texas, N.A. (now known as Bank of America, N.A., successor by
merger to NationsBank, N.A.), dated December 15, 1997, in the principal amount
of $40,000,000.00 and (b) Note of Company payable to the order of Bank of
America Texas, N.A. (now known as Bank of America, N.A.), dated January 29,
1999, in the original principal amount of $10,000,000.00.

         The Loan Agreement, among other things, (i) provides for the making of
Advances by Lender to Company from time to time in an aggregate amount not to
exceed at any time outstanding the U.S. dollar amount first above mentioned, the
indebtedness of Company resulting from each such Advance being evidenced by this
Note, and (ii) contains provisions for acceleration of the maturity hereof upon
the happening of certain stated events and also for prepayments on account of
principal hereof prior to the maturity hereof upon the terms and conditions
therein specified. All terms not expressly defined herein shall have the same
definitions as set forth in the Loan Agreement.

                                     ELCOR CORPORATION

                                     By:
                                        --------------------------------------
                                        Richard J. Rosebery
                                        Vice Chairman, Chief Financial and
                                        Administrative Officer and Treasurer

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