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                                                                    Exhibit 10.2

                          REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

                             Dated as of May 2, 2003

                                  by and among

                             Sealy Mattress Company,

               The Guarantors Named on the Signature Pages Hereto,

                                       and

                              Goldman, Sachs & CO.,
                           J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
                         Banc of America Securities LLC
                                       and
                            Wachovia Securities, Inc.

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     This Registration Right Agreement (this "Agreement") is made and entered
into as of May 2, 2003 by and among Sealy Mattress Company, an Ohio corporation
(the "Company"), the guarantors named on the signature pages hereto (the
"Guarantors") and Goldman, Sachs & Co., J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Banc of
America Securities LLC and Wachovia Securities, Inc. (each an "Initial
Purchaser" and, collectively, the "Initial Purchasers"), each of whom has agreed
to purchase the Company's 9.875% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2007 (the
"Notes") pursuant to the Purchase Agreement (as defined below).

     This Agreement is made pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, dated April 25,
2003, (the "Purchase Agreement"), by and among the Company, the Guarantors and
the Initial Purchasers. In order to induce the Initial Purchasers to purchase
the Notes, the Company and the Guarantors have agreed to provide the
registration rights set forth in this Agreement. The execution and delivery of
this Agreement is a condition to the obligations of the Initial Purchasers set
forth in Section 7 of the Purchase Agreement.

     Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined are used as defined
in the Indenture (as defined herein).

     The parties hereby agree as follows:

SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS

     As used in this Agreement, the following capitalized terms shall have the
following meanings:

     Act: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

     Affiliate: As defined in Rule 144 of the Act.

     Broker-Dealer: Any broker or dealer registered under the Exchange Act.

     Closing Date: The date hereof.

     Commission: The Securities and Exchange Commission.

     Consummate: An Exchange Offer shall be deemed "Consummated" for purposes of
this Agreement upon the occurrence of (i) the filing and effectiveness under the
Act of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement relating to the Exchange Notes
to be issued in the Exchange Offer, (ii) the maintenance of such Exchange Offer
Registration Statement continuously effective and the keeping of the Exchange
Offer open for a period not less than the minimum period required pursuant to
Section 3(b) hereof and (iii) the delivery by the Company to the Registrar under
the applicable Indenture of Exchange Notes in the same aggregate principal
amount as the aggregate principal amount of Notes tendered by Holders thereof
pursuant to the Exchange Offer.

     Effectiveness Deadline: As defined in Section 3(a) and 4(a) hereof.

     Exchange Act: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

     Exchange Notes: The Company's 9.875% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2007 to
be issued pursuant to the Indenture: (x) in the Exchange Offer or (y) as
contemplated by Section 4 hereof.

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     Exchange Offer: The exchange and issuance by the Company of a principal
amount at maturity of Exchange Notes (which shall be registered pursuant to the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement) equal to the outstanding principal amount
at maturity of the Notes that are tendered by such Holders in connection with
such exchange and issuance.

     Exchange Offer Registration Statement: The Registration Statement relating
to an Exchange Offer, including the related Prospectus.

     Filing Deadline: As defined in Section 3(a) and 4(a) hereof.

     Guarantors: The Guarantors defined in the preamble hereto and any Person
which becomes a guarantor of Notes, after the date hereof pursuant to the terms
of the Indenture.

     Holders: As defined in Section 2 hereof.

     Indemnified Holder: As defined in Section 8(a) hereof.

     Indenture: The indenture, dated the Closing Date, among the Company, the
Guarantors and The Bank of New York, as trustee (the "Trustee"), pursuant to
which the Notes are to be issued, as such indenture is amended or supplemented
from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.

     Participating Broker-Dealer: Any Broker-Dealer that holds Exchange Notes
that were acquired in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Notes that such
Broker-Dealer acquired for its own account as a result of market making
activities or other trading activities (other than Notes acquired directly from
the Company or any of its affiliates)

     Person: An individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation,
trust, unincorporated organization, or a government or agency or political
subdivision thereof.

     Prospectus: The prospectus included in a Registration Statement at the time
such Registration Statement is declared effective, as amended or supplemented by
any prospectus supplement and by all other amendments thereto, including
post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference into such
Prospectus.

     Recommencement Date: As defined in Section 6(d) hereof.

     Registration Default: As defined in Section 5 hereof.

     Registration Statement: Any registration statement of the Company and the
Guarantors relating to (a) an offering of any Exchange Notes (including
guarantees thereof by the Guarantors) pursuant to an Exchange Offer or (b) the
registration for resale of Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to the Shelf
Registration Statement, in each case, (i) that is filed pursuant to the
provisions of this Agreement and (ii) including the Prospectus included therein,
all amendments and supplements thereto (including post-effective amendments) and
all exhibits and material incorporated by reference therein.

     Regulation S: Regulation S promulgated under the Act.

     Rule 144: Rule 144 promulgated under the Act.

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     Securities: The Notes and the Exchange Notes (including guarantees thereof
by the Guarantors).

     Shelf Registration Statement: As defined in Section 4 hereof.

     Suspension Notice: As defined in Section 6(d) hereof.

     TIA: The Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. Section 77aaa-77bbbb) as in
effect on the date of the Indenture.

     Transfer Restricted Securities: Each Security, until the earliest to occur
of (a) the date on which such Security is exchanged in an Exchange Offer and
entitled to be resold to the public by the Holder thereof without complying with
the prospectus delivery requirements of the Act, (b) the date on which such
Security has been disposed of in accordance with a Shelf Registration Statement,
(c) the date on which such Security is disposed of by a Broker-Dealer pursuant
to the "Plan of Distribution" contemplated by an Exchange Offer Registration
Statement (including delivery of the Prospectus contained therein) or (d) the
date on which such Security is distributed to the public pursuant to Rule 144
under the Act.

SECTION 2. HOLDERS

     A Person is deemed to be a holder of Transfer Restricted Securities (each,
a "Holder") whenever such Person owns Transfer Restricted Securities.

SECTION 3. REGISTERED EXCHANGE OFFER

     (a) Unless the Exchange Offer shall not be permitted by applicable federal
law or policy of the Commission (after the procedures set forth in Section
6(a)(i) below have been complied with), the Company and the Guarantors shall (i)
cause the Exchange Offer Registration Statement to be filed with the Commission
as soon as practicable after the Closing Date (the "Exchange Offer Filing
Date"), but in no event later than 90 days after the Closing Date (such 90th day
being the "Filing Deadline"), (ii) use its best efforts to cause such Exchange
Offer Registration Statement to become effective at the earliest possible time,
but in no event later than 150 days after the Closing Date (such 150th day being
the "Effectiveness Deadline"), (iii) in connection with the foregoing, (A) file
all pre-effective amendments to such Exchange Offer Registration Statement as
may be necessary in order to cause it to become effective, (B) file, if
applicable, a post-effective amendment to such Exchange Offer Registration
Statement pursuant to Rule 430A under the Act and (C) cause all necessary
filings, if any, in connection with the registration and qualification of the
Exchange Notes to be made under the Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as are
necessary to permit Consummation of the Exchange Offer, and (iv) upon the
effectiveness of such Exchange Offer Registration Statement, use its best
efforts to commence and Consummate the Exchange Offer. The Exchange Offer shall
be on the appropriate form permitting registration of the Exchange Notes to be
offered in exchange for the Notes that are Transfer Restricted Securities and to
permit resales of Exchange Notes by Broker-Dealers that tendered into the
Exchange Offer for Notes that such Broker-Dealer acquired for its own account as
a result of market making activities or other trading activities (other than
Notes acquired directly from the Company or any of its Affiliates) as
contemplated by Section 3(c) below.

     (b) The Company and the Guarantors shall use their respective best efforts
to cause the Exchange Offer Registration Statement to be effective continuously,
and shall keep the Exchange Offer

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open for a period of not less than the minimum period required under applicable
federal and state securities laws to Consummate the Exchange Offer; provided,
however, that in no event shall such period be less than 20 Business Days. The
Company and the Guarantors shall cause the Exchange Offer to comply with all
applicable federal and state securities laws. No securities other than the
Exchange Notes shall be included in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement.
The Company and the Guarantors shall use their respective best efforts to cause
the Exchange Offer to be Consummated on the earliest practicable date after the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement has become effective, but in no event
later than 30 Business Days thereafter.

     (c) The Company and the Guarantors shall include a "Plan of Distribution"
section in the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement
and indicate therein that any Broker-Dealer who holds Transfer Restricted
Securities that were acquired for the account of such Broker-Dealer as a result
of market-making activities or other trading activities (other than Transfer
Restricted Securities acquired directly from the Company or any Affiliate of the
Company), may exchange such Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to the
Exchange Offer; however, such Broker-Dealer may be deemed to be an "underwriter"
within the meaning of the Act and must, therefore, deliver a prospectus meeting
the requirements of the Act in connection with its initial sale of any Exchange
Notes received by such Broker-Dealer in the Exchange Offer and that the
Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement may be used to
satisfy such prospectus delivery requirement. Such "Plan of Distribution"
section shall also contain all other information with respect to such sales by
such Broker-Dealers that the Commission may require in order to permit such
sales pursuant thereto, but such "Plan of Distribution" shall not name any such
Broker-Dealer or disclose the amount of Transfer Restricted Securities held by
any such Broker-Dealer, except to the extent required by the Commission as a
result of a change in policy, rules or regulations after the date of this
Agreement.

     To the extent necessary to ensure that the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement is available for sales of Exchange Notes by Broker-Dealers, the
Company and the Guarantors agree to use their respective best efforts to keep
the Exchange Offer Registration Statement continuously effective, supplemented
and amended as required by the provisions of Section 6(c) hereof and in
conformity with the requirements of this Agreement, the Act and the policies,
rules and regulations of the Commission as announced from time to time, for a
period of 180 days from the date on which the Exchange Offer is Consummated, or
such shorter period as will terminate when all Transfer Restricted Securities
covered by such Registration Statement have been sold pursuant thereto. The
Company and the Guarantors shall promptly provide sufficient copies of the
latest version of such Prospectus to such Broker-Dealers promptly upon request,
and in no event later than one day after such request, at any time during such
period.

SECTION 4. SHELF REGISTRATION

     (a) Shelf Registration. If (i) the Exchange Offer is not permitted by
applicable law or policy of the Commission (after the Company and the Guarantors
have complied with the procedures set forth in Section 6(a)(i) below) or (ii)
any Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities shall notify the Company in writing
within 20 Business Days following the Consummation of the Exchange Offer that
(A) such Holder was prohibited by law or Commission policy from participating in
the Exchange Offer or (B) such Holder may not resell the Exchange Notes acquired
by it in the Exchange Offer to the public without delivering a prospectus and
the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not
appropriate or available for such resales by such Holder or (C) such Holder is a
Broker-Dealer and holds

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Notes acquired directly from the Company or any of its Affiliates, then the
Company and the Guarantors shall:

     (x) cause to be filed, on or prior to 45 days after the earlier of (i) the
date on which the Company determines that the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement cannot be filed as a result of clause (a)(i) above and (ii) the date
on which the Company receives the notice specified in clause (a) (ii) above,
(such earlier date, the "Filing Deadline"), a shelf registration statement
pursuant to Rule 415 under the Act (which may be an amendment to the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement (the "Shelf Registration Statement")), relating to
all Transfer Restricted Securities, and

     (y) shall use their respective best efforts to cause such Shelf
Registration Statement to become effective on or prior to 90 days after the
Filing Deadline (such 90th day the "Effectiveness Deadline").

     If, after the Company has filed an Exchange Offer Registration Statement
that satisfies the requirements of Section 3(a) above, the Company is required
to file and make effective a Shelf Registration Statement solely because the
Exchange Offer is not permitted under applicable federal law or policy of the
Commission, then the filing of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement shall
be deemed to satisfy the requirements of clause (x) above; provided that, in
such event, the Company shall remain obligated to meet the Effectiveness
Deadline set forth in clause (y).

     The Company and the Guarantors shall use their respective best efforts to
keep any Shelf Registration Statement required by this Section 4(a) continuously
effective, supplemented and amended as required by and subject to the provisions
of Sections 6(b) and (c) hereof to the extent necessary to ensure that it is
available for sales of Transfer Restricted Securities by the Holders thereof
entitled to the benefit of this Section 4(a), and to ensure that it conforms
with the requirements of this Agreement, the Act and the policies, rules and
regulations of the Commission as announced from time to time, for a period of at
least two years (as extended pursuant to Section 6(c)(i)) following the date on
which such Shelf Registration Statement first becomes effective under the Act,
or such shorter period as will terminate when all Transfer Restricted Securities
covered by such Registration Statement have been sold pursuant thereto.

     (b) Provision by Holders of Certain Information in Connection with the
Shelf Registration Statement. No Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities may
include any of its Transfer Restricted Securities in any Shelf Registration
Statement pursuant to this Agreement unless and until such Holder furnishes to
the Company in writing, within 20 days after receipt of a request therefor, the
information specified in Item 507 or 508 of Regulation S-K, as applicable, of
the Act for use in connection with any Shelf Registration Statement or
Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus included therein. No Holder of Transfer
Restricted Securities shall be entitled to liquidated damages pursuant to
Section 5 hereof unless and until such Holder shall have provided all such
information. Each selling Holder agrees to promptly furnish additional
information required to be disclosed in order to make the information previously
furnished to the Company by such Holder not materially misleading.

SECTION 5. LIQUIDATED DAMAGES

     If (i) any Registration Statement required by this Agreement is not filed
with the Commission on or prior to the applicable Filing Deadline, (ii) any such
Registration Statement has not been declared effective by the Commission on or
prior to the applicable Effectiveness Deadline, (iii) the Exchange Offer has not
been Consummated within 30 Business Days after the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement is

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first declared effective by the Commission or (iv) any Registration Statement
required by this Agreement is filed and declared effective but shall thereafter
cease to be effective or fail to be usable for its intended purpose without
being succeeded immediately by a post-effective amendment to such Registration
Statement that cures such failure and that is itself declared effective
immediately (each such event referred to in clauses (i) through (iv), a
"Registration Default"), then the Company and the Guarantors hereby jointly and
severally agree to pay to each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities affected
thereby liquidated damages in an amount equal to $.05 per week per $1,000 in
principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities held by such Holder for each
week or portion thereof that the Registration Default continues for the first
90-day period immediately following the occurrence of such Registration Default.
The amount of the liquidated damages shall increase by an additional $.05 per
week per $1,000 in principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities with
respect to each subsequent 90-day period until all Registration Defaults have
been cured, up to a maximum amount of liquidated damages of $.50 per week per
$1,000 in principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities; provided that the
Company and the Guarantors shall in no event be required to pay liquidated
damages for more than one Registration Default at any given time.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, (1) upon filing of
the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (and/or, if applicable, the Shelf
Registration Statement), in the case of (i) above, (2) upon the effectiveness of
the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (and/or, if applicable, the Shelf
Registration Statement), in the case of (ii) above, (3) upon Consummation of the
Exchange Offer, in the case of (iii) above, or (4) upon the filing of a
post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or an additional
Registration Statement that causes the Exchange Offer Registration Statement
(and/or, if applicable, the Shelf Registration Statement) to again be declared
effective or made usable in the case of (iv) above, the liquidated damages
payable with respect to the Transfer Restricted Securities as a result of such
clause (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv), as applicable, shall cease.

     All accrued liquidated damages shall be paid to the Holders entitled
thereto, in the manner provided for the payment of interest in the Indenture on
each respective Interest Payment Date, as more fully set forth in the Indenture
and the Securities. All obligations of the Company and the Guarantors set forth
in the preceding paragraph that are outstanding with respect to any Transfer
Restricted Security at the time such security ceases to be a Transfer Restricted
Security shall survive until such time as all such obligations with respect to
such Security shall have been satisfied in full.

SECTION 6. REGISTRATION PROCEDURES

     (a) Exchange Offer Registration Statement. In connection with the Exchange
Offer, the Company and the Guarantors shall comply with all applicable
provisions of Section 6(c) below, shall use their respective best efforts to
effect such exchange and to permit the resale of Exchange Notes by
Broker-Dealers that tendered in the Exchange Offer Notes that such Broker-Dealer
acquired for its own account as a result of its market making activities or
other trading activities (other than Notes acquired directly from the Company or
any of its Affiliates) being sold in accordance with the intended method or
methods of distribution thereof, and shall comply with all of the following
provisions:

               (i) If, following the date hereof there has been announced a
     change in Commission policy with respect to exchange offers such as the
     Exchange Offer, that in the reasonable opinion of counsel to the Company
     raises a substantial question as to whether the Exchange Offer is permitted
     by applicable federal law, the Company and the Guarantors hereby agree to
     seek a no-action letter or other favorable decision from the Commission
     allowing the Company and the Guarantors to Consummate an Exchange Offer for
     such Transfer Restricted Securities. The Company and the Guarantors hereby
     agree to pursue the issuance of such a decision to the

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     Commission staff level. In connection with the foregoing, the Company and
     the Guarantors hereby agree to take all such other actions as may be
     requested by the Commission or otherwise required in connection with the
     issuance of such decision, including without limitation (A) participating
     in telephonic conferences with the Commission, (B) delivering to the
     Commission staff an analysis prepared by counsel to the Company setting
     forth the legal bases, if any, upon which such counsel has concluded that
     such an Exchange Offer should be permitted and (C) diligently pursuing a
     resolution (which need not be favorable) by the Commission staff.

               (ii) As a condition to its participation in the Exchange Offer,
     each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities (including, without
     limitation, any Holder who is a Broker Dealer) shall furnish, upon the
     request of the Company, prior to the Consummation of the Exchange Offer, a
     written representation to the Company and the Guarantors (which may be
     contained in the letter of transmittal contemplated by the Exchange Offer
     Registration Statement) to the effect that (A) it is not an Affiliate of
     the Company, (B) it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in,
     and has no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in,
     a distribution of the Exchange Notes to be issued in the Exchange Offer and
     (C) it is acquiring the Exchange Notes in its ordinary course of business.
     Each Holder using the Exchange Offer to participate in a distribution of
     the Exchange Notes hereby acknowledges and agrees that, if the resales are
     of Exchange Notes obtained by such Holder in exchange for Notes acquired
     directly from the Company or an Affiliate thereof, it (1) could not, under
     Commission policy as in effect on the date of this Agreement, rely on the
     position of the Commission enunciated in Morgan Stanley and Co., Inc.
     (available June 5, 1991) and Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation (available
     May 13, 1988), as interpreted in the Commission's letter to Shearman &
     Sterling dated July 2, 1993, and similar no-action letters (including, if
     applicable, any no-action letter obtained pursuant to clause (i) above),
     and (2) must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery
     requirements of the Act in connection with a secondary resale transaction
     and that such a secondary resale transaction must be covered by an
     effective registration statement containing the selling security holder
     information required by Item 507 or 508, as applicable, of Regulation S-K.

               (iii) Prior to effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration
     Statement, the Company and the Guarantors shall provide a supplemental
     letter to the Commission (A) stating that the Company and the Guarantors
     are registering the Exchange Offer in reliance on the position of the
     Commission enunciated in Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation (available May
     13, 1988), Morgan Stanley and Co., Inc. (available June 5, 1991) as
     interpreted in the Commission's letter to Shearman & Sterling dated July 2,
     1993, and, if applicable, any no-action letter obtained pursuant to clause
     (i) above, (B) including a representation that neither the Company nor any
     Guarantor has entered into any arrangement or understanding with any Person
     to distribute the Exchange Notes to be received in the Exchange Offer and
     that, to the best of the Company's and each Guarantor's information and
     belief, each Holder participating in the Exchange Offer is acquiring the
     Exchange Notes in its ordinary course of business and has no arrangement or
     understanding with any Person to participate in the distribution of the
     Exchange Notes received in the Exchange Offer and (C) any other undertaking
     or representation required by the Commission as set forth in any no-action
     letter obtained pursuant to clause (i) above, if applicable.

     (b) Shelf Registration Statement. In connection with the Shelf Registration
Statement, the Company and the Guarantors shall comply with all the provisions
of Section 6(c) below and shall use their respective best efforts to effect such
registration to permit the sale of the Transfer Restricted

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Securities being sold in accordance with the intended method or methods of
distribution thereof (as indicated in the information furnished to the Company
pursuant to Section 4(b) hereof), and pursuant thereto the Company and the
Guarantors will prepare and file with the Commission a Registration Statement
relating to the registration on any appropriate form under the Act, which form
shall be available for the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities in
accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution thereof within
the time periods and otherwise in accordance with the provisions hereof.

     (c) General Provisions. In connection with any Registration Statement and
any related Prospectus required by this Agreement, the Company and the
Guarantors shall:

               (i) use their respective best efforts to keep such Registration
     Statement continuously effective and provide all requisite financial
     statements for the period specified in Section 3 or 4 of this Agreement, as
     applicable. Upon the occurrence of any event that would cause any such
     Registration Statement or the Prospectus contained therein (A) to contain a
     material misstatement or omission or (B) not to be effective and usable for
     resale of Transfer Restricted Securities during the period required by this
     Agreement, the Company and the Guarantors shall file promptly an
     appropriate amendment to such Registration Statement curing such defect,
     and, if Commission review is required, use their respective best efforts to
     cause such amendment to be declared effective as soon as practicable.

               (ii) prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and
     post-effective amendments to the applicable Registration Statement as may
     be necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective for the
     applicable period set forth in Section 3 or 4 hereof, as the case may be;
     cause the Prospectus to be supplemented by any required Prospectus
     supplement, and as so supplemented to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 under
     the Act, and to comply fully with Rules 424, 430A and 462, as applicable,
     under the Act in a timely manner; and comply with the provisions of the Act
     with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such
     Registration Statement during the applicable period in accordance with the
     intended method or methods of distribution by the sellers thereof set forth
     in such Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus;

               (iii) advise the selling Holders promptly and, if requested by
     such Persons, confirm such advice in writing, (A) when the Prospectus or
     any Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed, and,
     with respect to any applicable Registration Statement or any post-effective
     amendment thereto, when the same has become effective, (B) of any request
     by the Commission for amendments to the Registration Statement or
     amendments or supplements to the Prospectus or for additional information
     relating thereto, (C) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order
     suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement under the Act or
     of the suspension by any state securities commission of the qualification
     of the Transfer Restricted Securities for offering or sale in any
     jurisdiction, or the initiation of any proceeding for any of the preceding
     purposes, (D) of the existence of any fact or the happening of any event
     that makes any statement of a material fact made in the Registration
     Statement, the Prospectus, any amendment or supplement thereto or any
     document incorporated by reference therein untrue, or that requires the
     making of any additions to or changes in the Registration Statement in
     order to make the statements therein not misleading, or that requires the
     making of any additions to or changes in the Prospectus in order to make
     the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
     were made, not misleading. If at any time the Commission shall issue any
     stop order

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     suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, or any state
     securities commission or other regulatory authority shall issue an order
     suspending the qualification or exemption from qualification of the
     Transfer Restricted Securities under state securities or Blue Sky laws, the
     Company and the Guarantors shall use their respective best efforts to
     obtain the withdrawal or lifting of such order at the earliest possible
     time;

               (iv) subject to Section 6(c)(i), if any fact or event
     contemplated by Section 6(c)(iii)(D) above shall exist or have occurred,
     prepare a supplement or post-effective amendment to the Registration
     Statement or related Prospectus or any document incorporated therein by
     reference or file any other required document so that, as thereafter
     delivered to the purchasers of Transfer Restricted Securities, the
     Prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit
     to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the
     light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;

               (v) furnish to the Initial Purchasers and each selling Holder
     named in any Registration Statement or Prospectus in connection with such
     sale, if any, before filing with the Commission, copies of any Registration
     Statement or any Prospectus included therein or any amendments or
     supplements to any such Registration Statement or Prospectus (including all
     documents incorporated by reference after the initial filing of such
     Registration Statement), which documents will be subject to the review and
     comment of such Holders in connection with such sale, if any, for a period
     of at least five Business Days, and the Company will not file any such
     Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to any
     such Registration Statement or Prospectus (including all such documents
     incorporated by reference) to which the selling Holders of the Transfer
     Restricted Securities covered by such Registration Statement in connection
     with such sale, if any, shall reasonably object within five Business Days
     after the receipt thereof. A selling Holder shall be deemed to have
     reasonably objected to such filing if such Registration Statement,
     amendment, Prospectus or supplement, as applicable, as proposed to be
     filed, contains a material misstatement or omission or fails to comply with
     the applicable requirements of the Act;

               (vi) promptly prior to the filing of any document that is to be
     incorporated by reference into a Registration Statement or Prospectus,
     provide copies of such document to the selling Holders in connection with
     such sale, if any, make the Company's and the Guarantors' representatives
     available for discussion of such document and other customary due diligence
     matters, and include such information in such document prior to the filing
     thereof as such selling Holders may reasonably request;

               (vii) make available at reasonable times for inspection by the
     selling Holders participating in any disposition pursuant to such
     Registration Statement and any attorney or accountant retained by such
     selling Holders, all financial and other records, pertinent corporate
     documents of the Company and the Guarantors and cause the Company's and the
     Guarantors' officers, directors and employees to supply all information
     reasonably requested by any such selling Holder, attorney or accountant in
     connection with such Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment
     thereto subsequent to the filing thereof and prior to its effectiveness;

               (viii) if requested by any selling Holders in connection with
     such sale, if any, promptly include in any Registration Statement or
     Prospectus, pursuant to a supplement or post-effective amendment if
     necessary, such information as such selling Holders may reasonably request
     to

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     have included therein, including, without limitation, information relating
     to the "Plan of Distribution" of the Transfer Restricted Securities; and
     make all required filings of such Prospectus supplement or post-effective
     amendment as soon as practicable after the Company is notified of the
     matters to be included in such Prospectus supplement or post-effective
     amendment;

               (ix) furnish to each selling Holder in connection with such sale,
     if any, without charge, at least one copy of the Registration Statement, as
     first filed with the Commission, and of each amendment thereto, including
     all documents incorporated by reference therein and all exhibits (including
     exhibits incorporated therein by reference);

               (x) deliver to each selling Holder, without charge, as many
     copies of the Prospectus (including each preliminary prospectus) and any
     amendment or supplement thereto as such Persons reasonably may request; the
     Company and the Guarantors hereby consent to the use (in accordance with
     law) of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto by each of
     the selling Holders in connection with the offering and the sale of the
     Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Prospectus or any amendment
     or supplement thereto;

               (xi) upon the request of any selling Holder, enter into such
     agreements (including underwriting agreements) and make such
     representations and warranties and take all such other actions in
     connection therewith in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of
     the Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to any applicable Registration
     Statement contemplated by this Agreement as may be reasonably requested by
     any Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities in connection with any sale or
     resale pursuant to any applicable Registration Statement and in such
     connection, the Company and the Guarantors shall:

               (A) upon request of any selling Holder, furnish (or in the case
          of paragraphs (2) and (3), use its best efforts to cause to be
          furnished) to each selling Holder, upon the effectiveness of the Shelf
          Registration Statement or upon Consummation of the Exchange Offer, as
          the case may be:

                    (1) a certificate, dated such date, signed on behalf of the
               Company and each Guarantor by (x) the President or any Vice
               President and (y) a principal financial or accounting officer of
               the Company and such Guarantor, confirming, as of the date
               thereof, the matters set forth in Section 7(h) of the Purchase
               Agreement and such other similar matters as the selling Holders
               may reasonably request;

                    (2) an opinion, dated the date of Consummation of the
               Exchange Offer, or the date of effectiveness of the Shelf
               Registration Statement, as the case may be, of counsel for the
               Company and the Guarantors covering matters similar to those set
               forth in Section 7(b) of the Purchase Agreement and such other
               matter as the selling Holders may reasonably request, and in any
               event including a statement to the effect that such counsel has
               participated in conferences with officers and other
               representatives of the Company and the Guarantors,
               representatives of the independent public accountants for the
               Company and the Guarantors and have considered the matters
               required to be stated therein and the statements contained
               therein, although such counsel has not independently

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               verified the accuracy, completeness or fairness of such
               statements; and that such counsel advises that, on the basis of
               the foregoing (relying as to materiality to the extent such
               counsel deems appropriate upon the statements of officers and
               other representatives of the Company and the Guarantors), no
               facts came to such counsel's attention that caused such counsel
               to believe that the applicable Registration Statement, at the
               time such Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment
               thereto became effective and, in the case of the Exchange Offer
               Registration Statement, as of the date of Consummation of the
               Exchange Offer, contained an untrue statement of a material fact
               or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein
               or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or
               that the Prospectus contained in such Registration Statement as
               of its date and, in the case of the opinion dated the date of
               Consummation of the Exchange Offer, as of the date of
               Consummation, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or
               omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
               statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
               they were made, not misleading. Without limiting the foregoing,
               such counsel may state further that such counsel assumes no
               responsibility for, and has not independently verified, the
               accuracy, completeness or fairness of the financial statements,
               notes and schedules and other financial data included in any
               Registration Statement contemplated by this Agreement or the
               related Prospectus; and

                    (3) a customary comfort letter, dated the date of
               Consummation of the Exchange Offer, or as of the date of
               effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement, as the case
               may be, from the Company's independent accountants, in the
               customary form and covering matters of the type customarily
               covered in comfort letters to underwriters in connection with
               underwritten offerings, and affirming the matters set forth in
               the comfort letters delivered pursuant to Section 7(c) of the
               Purchase Agreement;

               (B) set forth in full or incorporated by reference in the
          underwriting agreement, if any, the indemnification provisions and
          procedures of Section 8 hereof with respect to all parties to be
          indemnified pursuant to said Section; and

               (C) deliver such other documents and certificates as may be
          reasonably requested by the selling Holders to evidence compliance
          with clause (A) above and with any customary conditions contained in
          the any agreement entered into by the Company and the Guarantors
          pursuant to this clause (xi).

               If at any time the representations and warranties of the Company
     and each of the Guarantors set forth in the certificate contemplated in
     clause (A)(1) above cease to be true and correct, the Company shall so
     advise the Initial Purchasers and the underwriters, if any, and each
     selling Holder promptly and, if requested by such Persons, shall confirm
     such advice in writing;

               (xii) prior to any public offering of Transfer Restricted
     Securities, cooperate with the selling Holders and their counsel in
     connection with the registration and qualification of the Transfer
     Restricted Securities under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such
     jurisdictions as the selling Holders may request and do any and all other
     acts or things necessary or advisable to

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     enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Transfer Restricted
     Securities covered by the applicable Registration Statement; provided,
     however, that neither the Company nor any Guarantor shall be required to
     register or qualify as a foreign corporation where it is not now so
     qualified or to take any action that would subject it to the service of
     process in suits or to taxation, other than as to matters and transactions
     relating to the Registration Statement, in any jurisdiction where it is not
     now so subject;

               (xiii) issue, upon the request of any Holder of Notes covered by
     any Shelf Registration Statement contemplated by this Agreement, Exchange
     Notes having an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal
     amount of Notes surrendered to the Company by such Holder in exchange
     therefor or being sold by such Holder; such Exchange Notes to be registered
     in the name of such Holder or in the name of the purchasers of such
     Exchange Notes, as the case may be; in return, the Notes held by such
     Holder shall be surrendered to the Company for cancellation;

               (xiv) in connection with any sale of Transfer Restricted
     Securities that will result in such securities no longer being Transfer
     Restricted Securities, cooperate with the selling Holders to facilitate the
     timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Transfer
     Restricted Securities to be sold and not bearing any restrictive legends;
     and to register such Transfer Restricted Securities in such denominations
     and such names as the selling Holders may request at least two Business
     Days prior to such sale of Transfer Restricted Securities;

               (xv) use their respective best efforts to cause the disposition
     of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Registration Statement
     to be registered with or approved by such other governmental agencies or
     authorities as may be necessary to enable the seller or sellers thereof to
     consummate the disposition of such Transfer Restricted Securities, subject
     to the proviso contained in clause (xii) above;

               (xvi) provide a CUSIP number for all Transfer Restricted
     Securities not later than the effective date of a Registration Statement
     covering such Transfer Restricted Securities and provide the Trustee under
     the Indenture with printed certificates for the Transfer Restricted
     Securities which are in a form eligible for deposit with the Depository
     Trust Company;

               (xvii) otherwise use their respective best efforts to comply with
     all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission, and make generally
     available to its security holders with regard to any applicable
     Registration Statement, as soon as practicable, a consolidated earnings
     statement meeting the requirements of Rule 158 (which need not be audited)
     covering a twelve-month period beginning after the effective date of the
     Registration Statement (as such term is defined in paragraph (c) of Rule
     158 under the Act);

               (xviii) make appropriate officers of the Company available to the
     selling Holders for meetings with prospective purchasers of the Transfer
     Restricted Securities and prepare and present to potential investors
     customary "road show" material in a manner consistent with other new
     issuances of other securities similar to the Transfer Restricted
     Securities; and

               (xix) cause the Indenture to be qualified under the TIA not later
     than the effective date of the first Registration Statement required by
     this Agreement and, in connection therewith, cooperate with the Trustee and
     the Holders to effect such changes to the Indenture as may be

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     required for such Indenture to be so qualified in accordance with the terms
     of the TIA; and execute and use its best efforts to cause the Trustee to
     execute, all documents that may be required to effect such changes and all
     other forms and documents required to be filed with the Commission to
     enable such Indenture to be so qualified in a timely manner; and

               (xx) provide promptly to each Holder upon request each document
     filed with the Commission pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or
     Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

     (d) Restrictions on Holders. Each Holder agrees by acquisition of a
Transfer Restricted Security that, upon receipt of the notice referred to in
Section 6(c)(i) or any notice from the Company of the existence of any fact of
the kind described in Section 6(c)(iii)(D) hereof (in each case, a "Suspension
Notice"), such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of Transfer
Restricted Securities pursuant to the applicable Registration Statement until
(i) such Holder has received copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus
contemplated by Section 6(c)(iv) hereof, or (ii) such Holder is advised in
writing by the Company that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed, and has
received copies of any additional or supplemental filings that are incorporated
by reference in the Prospectus (in each case, the "Recommencement Date"). Each
Holder receiving a Suspension Notice hereby agrees that it will either (i)
destroy any Prospectuses, other than permanent file copies, then in such
Holder's possession which have been replaced by the Company with more recently
dated Prospectuses or (ii) deliver to the Company (at the Company's expense) all
copies, other than permanent file copies, then in such Holder's possession of
the Prospectus covering such Transfer Restricted Securities that was current at
the time of receipt of the Suspension Notice. The time period regarding the
effectiveness of such Registration Statement set forth in Section 3 or 4 hereof,
as applicable, shall be extended by a number of days equal to the number of days
in the period from and including the date of delivery of the Suspension Notice
to the date of delivery of the Recommencement Date.

SECTION 7. REGISTRATION EXPENSES

     (a) All expenses incident to the Company's and the Guarantors' performance
of or compliance with this Agreement will be borne by the Company, regardless of
whether a Registration Statement becomes effective, including without
limitation: (i) all registration and filing fees and expenses; (ii) all fees and
expenses of compliance with federal securities and state Blue Sky or securities
laws; (iii) all expenses of printing (including printing certificates for the
Exchange Notes to be issued in the Exchange Offer and printing of Prospectuses),
messenger and delivery services and telephone; (iv) all fees and disbursements
of counsel for the Company and the Guarantors; (v) all application and filing
fees in connection with listing the Exchange Notes on a national securities
exchange or automated quotation system pursuant to the requirements hereof; and
(vi) all fees and disbursements of independent certified public accountants of
the Company and the Guarantors (including the expenses of any special audit and
comfort letters required by or incident to such performance).

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

     (b) In connection with any Registration Statement required by this
Agreement (including, without limitation, the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement and the Shelf Registration Statement), the Company and the Guarantors
will reimburse the Purchasers and the Holders of Transfer Restricted

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Securities being tendered in the Exchange Offer and/or resold pursuant to the
"Plan of Distribution" contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or
registered pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, as applicable, for the
reasonable fees and disbursements of not more than one counsel (not to exceed
$25,000), who shall be Latham & Watkins, unless another firm shall be chosen by
the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Transfer Restricted
Securities for whose benefit such Registration Statement is being prepared. Such
Holders shall be responsible for any and all other out-of-pocket expenses of the
Holders incurred in connection with the registration of the Securities.

SECTION 8. INDEMNIFICATION

     (a) The Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, agree to
indemnify and hold harmless (i) each Holder and (ii) each person, if any, who
controls (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the
Exchange Act) any Holder (any of the persons referred to in this clause (ii)
being hereinafter referred to as a "controlling person") and (iii) the
respective officers, directors, partners, employees, representatives and agents
of any Holder or any controlling person (any person referred to in clause (i),
(ii) or (iii) may hereinafter be referred to as an "Indemnified Holder"), from
and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, judgments,
(including without limitation, any legal or other expenses incurred in
connection with investigating or defending any matter, including any action that
could give rise to any such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments)
caused by any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
contained in any Registration Statement, preliminary prospectus or Prospectus
(or any amendment or supplement thereto) provided by the Company to any holder
or any prospective purchaser of Exchange Notes, or caused by any omission or
alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except insofar as
such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments are caused by an untrue
statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission that is based upon
information relating to any of the Holders furnished in writing to the Company
by any of the Holders.

     (b) Each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities agrees, severally and not
jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and the Guarantors, and
their respective directors and officers, and each person, if any, who controls
(within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act)
the Company or the Guarantors, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity
from the Company and the Guarantors to each of the Indemnified Holders, but only
with reference to information relating to such Indemnified Holder furnished in
writing to the Company by such Indemnified Holder expressly for use in any
Registration Statement. In no event shall any Indemnified Holder be liable or
responsible for any amount in excess of the amount by which the total amount
received by such Indemnified Holder with respect to its sale of Transfer
Restricted Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement exceeds the amount
paid by such Indemnified Holder for such Transfer Restricted Securities.

     (c) In case any action shall be commenced involving any person in respect
of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to Section 8(a) or 8(b) hereof (the
"indemnified party"), the indemnified party shall promptly notify the person
against whom such indemnity may be sought (the "indemnifying person") in writing
and the indemnifying party shall assume the defense of such action, including
the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party and
the payment of all fees and expenses of such counsel, as incurred (except that
in the case of any action in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant
to both Sections 8(a) and 8(b), an Indemnified Holder shall not be required to
assume the defense of such action pursuant to this Section 8(c), but may employ
separate counsel and participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and
expenses of such counsel, except as provided below, shall be at the expense of
the Indemnified Holder). Any indemnified party shall have the

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right to employ separate counsel in any such action and participate in the
defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the
expense of the indemnified party unless (i) the employment of such counsel shall
have been specifically authorized in writing by the indemnifying party, (ii) the
indemnifying party shall have failed to assume the defense of such action or
employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party or (iii) the
named parties to any such action (including any impleaded parties) include both
the indemnified party and the indemnifying party, and the indemnified party
shall have been advised by such counsel that there may be one or more legal
defenses available to it which are different from or additional to those
available to the indemnifying party (in which case the indemnifying party shall
not have the right to assume the defense of such action on behalf of the
indemnified party). In any such case, the indemnifying party shall not, in
connection with any one action or separate but substantially similar or related
actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or
circumstances, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate
firm of attorneys (in addition to any local counsel) for all indemnified parties
and all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. Such
firm shall be designated in writing by a majority of the Indemnified Holders, in
the case of the parties indemnified pursuant to Section 8(a), and by the
Company, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 8(b). The
indemnifying party shall indemnify and hold harmless the indemnified party from
and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and judgments by
reason of any settlement of any action (i) effected with its written consent or
(ii) effected without its written consent if the settlement is entered into more
than twenty business days after the indemnifying party shall have received a
request from the indemnified party for reimbursement for the fees and expenses
of counsel (in any case where such fees and expenses are at the expense of the
indemnifying party) and, prior to the date of such settlement, the indemnifying
party shall have failed to comply with such reimbursement request. No
indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified
party, effect any settlement or compromise of, or consent to the entry of
judgment with respect to, any pending or threatened action in respect of which
the indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity or
contribution may be or could have been sought hereunder by the indemnified
party, unless such settlement, compromise or judgment (i) includes an
unconditional release of the indemnified party from all liability on claims that
are or could have been the subject matter of such action and (ii) does not
include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to
act, by or on behalf of the indemnified party.

     (d) To the extent that the indemnification provided for in this Section 8
is unavailable to an indemnified party in respect of any losses, claims,
damages, liabilities or judgments referred to therein, then each indemnifying
party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, shall contribute to the
amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses,
claims, damages, liabilities or judgments (i) in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the
Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders, on the other hand, from their sale
of Transfer Restricted Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause
8(d)(i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate
to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause 8(d)(i) above
but also the relative fault of the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand,
and of the Indemnified Holder, on the other hand, in connection with the
statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages,
liabilities or judgments, as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations. The relative fault of the Company and the Guarantors, on the one
hand, and of the Indemnified Holder, on the other hand, shall be determined by
reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement
of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact
relates to information supplied by the Company or such Guarantor, on the one
hand, or by the Indemnified Holder, on the other hand, and the parties' relative
intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent
such statement or omission. The amount paid or

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payable by a party as a result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities and
judgments referred to above shall be deemed to include, subject to the
limitations set forth in the second paragraph of Section 8(a), any legal or
other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with
investigating or defending any action or claim.

     The Company, the Guarantors and each Holder agree that it would not be just
and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 8(d) were determined by
pro rata allocation (even if the Holders were treated as one entity for such
purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the
equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. The
amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses,
claims, damages, liabilities or judgments referred to in the immediately
preceding paragraph shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set
forth above, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified
party in connection with investigating or defending any matter, including any
action that could have given rise to such losses, claims, damages, liabilities
or judgments. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8, no Holder or its
related Indemnified Holders shall be required to contribute, in the aggregate,
any amount in excess of the amount by which the total received by such Holder
with respect to the sale of its Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to a
Registration Statement exceeds the sum of (A) the amount paid by such Holder for
such Transfer Restricted Securities plus (B) the amount of any damages which
such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or
alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of
fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act)
shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such
fraudulent misrepresentation. The Holders' obligations to contribute pursuant to
this Section 8(c) are several in proportion to the respective principal amount
of Transfer Restricted Securities held by each of the Holders hereunder and not
joint.

SECTION 9. RULE 144A

     The Company and each Guarantor hereby agrees with each Holder, for so long
as any Transfer Restricted Securities remain outstanding and during any period
in which the Company or such Guarantor is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Exchange Act, to make available, upon request of any Holder of Transfer
Restricted Securities, to any Holder or beneficial owner of Transfer Restricted
Securities in connection with any sale thereof and any prospective purchaser of
such Transfer Restricted Securities designated by such Holder or beneficial
owner, the information required by Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Act in order to
permit resales of such Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to Rule 144A.

SECTION 10. MISCELLANEOUS

     (a) Remedies. The Company and the Guarantors acknowledge and agree that any
failure by the Company and/or the Guarantors to comply with their respective
obligations under Sections 3 and 4 hereof may result in material irreparable
injury to the Initial Purchasers or the Holders for which there is no adequate
remedy at law, that it will not be possible to measure damages for such injuries
precisely and that, in the event of any such failure, the Initial Purchasers or
any Holder may obtain such relief as may be required to specifically enforce the
Company's and the Guarantor's obligations under Sections 3 and 4 hereof. The
Company and the Guarantors further agree to waive the defense in any action for
specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.

     (b) No Inconsistent Agreements. Neither the Company nor any Guarantor will,
on or after the date of this Agreement, enter into any agreement with respect to
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the rights granted to the Holders in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with
the provisions hereof. Neither the Company nor any Guarantor has previously
entered into any agreement granting any registration rights with respect to its
securities to any Person. The rights granted to the Holders hereunder do not in
any way conflict with and are not inconsistent with the rights granted to the
holders of the Company's and the Guarantors' securities under any agreement in
effect on the date hereof.

     (c) Adjustments Affecting the Notes. Neither the Company nor any of the
Guarantors shall take any action, or permit any change to occur, with respect to
the Notes that would materially and adversely affect the ability of the Holders
to Consummate any Exchange Offer.

     (d) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement may not be
amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to or departures from
the provisions hereof may not be given unless (i) in the case of Section 5
hereof and this Section 10(d)(i), the Company has obtained the written consent
of Holders of all outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities and (ii) in the
case of all other provisions hereof, the Company has obtained the written
consent of Holders of a majority of the outstanding principal amount of Transfer
Restricted Securities (excluding Transfer Restricted Securities held by the
Company of its Affiliates). Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or consent
to departure from the provisions hereof that relates exclusively to the rights
of Holders whose securities are being tendered pursuant to the Exchange Offer
and that does not affect directly or indirectly the rights of other Holders
whose securities are not being tendered pursuant to such Exchange Offer may be
given by the Holders of a majority of the outstanding principal amount of
Transfer Restricted Securities subject to such Exchange Offer.

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

     (f) Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or permitted
hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, first-class mail
(registered or certified, return receipt requested), telex, telecopier, or air
courier guaranteeing overnight delivery:

               (i) if to a Holder, at the address set forth on the records of
     the Registrar under the Indenture, with a copy to the Registrar under the
     Indenture; and

               (ii) if to the Company or the Guarantors:

                    Sealy Mattress Company
                    Sealy Drive
                    One Office Parkway
                    Trinity, NC 27370

                    Telecopier No.: (336) 861-3786
                    Attention: Ken Walker

                    With a copy to:

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                    Kirkland & Ellis
                    153 East 53rd Street
                    New York, NY 10022

                    Telecopier No.: (212) 446-4800
                    Attention: Lance Balk, Esq.

     All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly
given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business
Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt
acknowledged, if telecopied; and on the next business day, if timely delivered
to an air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery.

     Copies of all such notices, demands or other communications shall be
concurrently delivered by the Person giving the same to the Trustee at the
address specified in the Indenture.

     Upon the date of filing of the Exchange Offer or a Shelf Registration
Statement, as the case may be, notice shall be delivered to Goldman, Sachs &
Co., on behalf of the Initial Purchasers (in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
A) and shall be addressed to: Attention: Jonathan Bush (Special Execution), 85
Broad Street, New York, NY 10004.

     (g) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of
and be binding upon the successors and assigns of each of the parties, including
without limitation and without the need for an express assignment, subsequent
Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities; provided, that nothing herein shall
be deemed to permit any assignment, transfer or other disposition of Transfer
Restricted Securities in violation of the terms hereof or of the Purchase
Agreement or the Indenture. If any transferee of any Holder shall acquire
Transfer Restricted Securities in any manner, whether by operation of law or
otherwise, such Transfer Restricted Securities shall be held subject to all of
the terms of this Agreement, and by taking and holding such Transfer Restricted
Securities such Person shall be conclusively deemed to have agreed to be bound
by and to perform all of the terms and provisions of this Agreement, including
the restrictions on resale set forth in this Agreement and, if applicable, the
Purchase Agreement, and such Person shall be entitled to receive the benefits
hereof.

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

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

     (j) Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE
CONFLICT OF LAW RULES THEREOF.

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

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     (l) Entire Agreement. This Agreement is intended by the parties as a final
expression of their agreement and intended to be a complete and exclusive
statement of the agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of
the subject matter contained herein. There are no restrictions, promises,
warranties or undertakings, other than those set forth or referred to herein
with respect to the registration rights granted with respect to the Transfer
Restricted Securities. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and
understandings between the parties with respect to such subject matter.

            [Registration Rights Agreement Signature Page(s) Follow]

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

                              Company:

                              Sealy Mattress Company

                              By: /s/ Kenneth L. Walker
                                  ----------------------------------------------
                              Name:  Kenneth L. Walker
                              Title: Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary

                              Guarantors:

                              Sealy Corporation

                              By: /s/ Kenneth L. Walker
                                  ---------------------------------------------
                              Name:  Kenneth L. Walker
                              Title: Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary

                              Sealy Mattress Company of Puerto Rico

                              By: /s/ Kenneth L. Walker
                                  ----------------------------------------------
                              Name:  Kenneth L. Walker
                              Title: Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary

                              Ohio-Sealy Mattress Manufacturing Co. Inc.

                              By: /s/ Kenneth L. Walker
                                  ----------------------------------------------
                              Name:  Kenneth L. Walker
                              Title: Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary

                         Registration Rights Agreement

<PAGE>

                              Ohio-Sealy Mattress Manufacturing Co.

                              By: /s/ Kenneth L. Walker
                                  ----------------------------------------------
                              Name:  Kenneth L. Walker
                              Title: Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary

                              Sealy Mattress Company of Michigan, Inc.

                              By: /s/ Kenneth L. Walker
                                  ----------------------------------------------
                              Name:  Kenneth L. Walker
                              Title: Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary

                              Sealy Mattress Company of Kansas City, Inc.

                              By: /s/ Kenneth L. Walker
                                  ----------------------------------------------
                              Name:  Kenneth L. Walker
                              Title: Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary

                              Sealy of Maryland and Virginia, Inc.

                              By: /s/ Kenneth L. Walker
                                  ----------------------------------------------
                              Name:  Kenneth L. Walker
                              Title: Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary

                              Sealy Mattress Company of Illinois

                              By: /s/ Kenneth L. Walker
                                  ----------------------------------------------
                              Name:  Kenneth L. Walker
                              Title: Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary

                         Registration Rights Agreement

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                              A. Brandwein & Co.

                              By: /s/ Kenneth L. Walker
                                  ----------------------------------------------
                              Name:  Kenneth L. Walker
                              Title: Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary

                              Sealy Mattress Company of Albany, Inc.

                              By: /s/ Kenneth L. Walker
                                  ----------------------------------------------
                              Name:  Kenneth L. Walker
                              Title: Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary

                              Sealy of Minnesota, Inc.

                              By: /s/ Kenneth L. Walker
                                  ----------------------------------------------
                              Name:  Kenneth L. Walker
                              Title: Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary

                              Sealy Mattress Company of Memphis

                              By: /s/ Kenneth L. Walker
                                  ----------------------------------------------
                              Name:  Kenneth L. Walker
                              Title: Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary

                         Registration Rights Agreement

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                              North American Bedding Company

                              By: /s/ Kenneth L. Walker
                                  ----------------------------------------------
                              Name:  Kenneth L. Walker
                              Title: Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary

                              Mattress Holdings International LLC

                              By: /s/ Kenneth L. Walker
                                  ----------------------------------------------
                              Name:  Kenneth L. Walker
                              Title: Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary

                              Sealy, Inc.

                              By: /s/ Kenneth L. Walker
                                  ----------------------------------------------
                              Name:  Kenneth L. Walker
                              Title: Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary

                              The Ohio Mattress Company Licensing
                              and Components Group

                              By: /s/ Kenneth L. Walker
                                  ----------------------------------------------
                              Name:  Kenneth L. Walker
                              Title: Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary

                              Sealy Mattress Manufacturing Company,
                              Inc.

                              By: /s/ Kenneth L. Walker
                                  ----------------------------------------------
                              Name:  Kenneth L. Walker
                              Title: Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary

                         Registration Rights Agreement

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                              Sealy-Korea, Inc.

                              By: /s/ Kenneth L. Walker
                                  ----------------------------------------------
                              Name:  Kenneth L. Walker
                              Title: Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary

                              Sealy Technology LLC

                              By:  The Ohio Mattress Company Licensing and
                                   Components Group
                              Its: Sole Member

                                     By: /s/ Kenneth L. Walker
                                         ---------------------------------------
                                     Name:  Kenneth L. Walker
                                     Title: Corporate Vice President,
                                            General Counsel and Secretary

                              Sealy Real Estate, Inc.

                              By: /s/ Kenneth L. Walker
                                  ----------------------------------------------
                              Name:  Kenneth L. Walker
                              Title: Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary

                              Sealy Texas Management, Inc.

                              By: /s/ Kenneth L. Walker
                                  ----------------------------------------------
                              Name:  Kenneth L. Walker
                              Title: Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary

                         Registration Rights Agreement

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                              Sealy Texas Holdings LLC

                              By:  Sealy Texas Management, Inc.
                              Its: Sole Member

                                     By: /s/ Kenneth L. Walker
                                         ---------------------------------------
                                     Name:  Kenneth L. Walker
                                     Title: Corporate Vice President,
                                            General Counsel and Secretary

                              Sealy Texas L.P.

                              By:  Sealy Texas Management, Inc.
                              Its: General Partner

                                     By: /s/ Kenneth L. Walker
                                         ---------------------------------------
                                     Name:  Kenneth L. Walker
                                     Title: Corporate Vice President,
                                            General Counsel and Secretary

                              Western Mattress Company

                              By: /s/ Kenneth L. Walker
                                  ----------------------------------------------
                              Name:  Kenneth L. Walker
                              Title: Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary

                         Registration Rights Agreement

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                                  Initial Purchasers:

                              Goldman, Sachs & Co.
                              J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
                              Banc of America Securities Llc
                              Wachovia Securities, Inc.

                              By: /s/ Goldman, Sachs & Co.
                                  ----------------------------------------------
                                            (Goldman, Sachs & Co.)

                         Registration Rights Agreement

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                                    EXHIBIT A

                               NOTICE OF FILING OF
                      EXCHANGE OFFER REGISTRATION STATEMENT

To:   Goldman, Sachs & Co.
      Special Executions
      85 Broad Street
      New York, NY 10004
      Attn: [_____]
      Fax: (212) 357-[______]

From: Sealy Mattress Company
      Sealy Drive
      One Office Parkway
      Trinity, NC  27370

      Re: 9.875% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2007

Date:        , 200
      -------     --

     For your information only (NO ACTION REQUIRED):

     Today,       , 200  , we filed [an Exchange Registration Statement/a Shelf
            ------     --
Registration Statement] with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We
currently expect this registration statement to be declared effective within
     business days of the date hereof.
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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.43
                             SEALY MATTRESS COMPANY
                                SEALY CORPORATION

                     FIRST AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED
                                CREDIT AGREEMENT

     This FIRST AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (this
"Amendment") is dated as of May 2, 2003 and entered into by and among Sealy
Mattress Company, an Ohio corporation ("Company"), Sealy Corporation, a Delaware
corporation ("Holdings"), Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P. ("GSCP"), as
co-lead arranger and syndication agent (in such capacity, "Syndication Agent"),
THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS LISTED ON THE SIGNATURE PAGES HEREOF, JPMORGAN CHASE
BANK, as administrative agent for Lenders, J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC., as
co-lead arranger, FLEET NATIONAL BANK ("Fleet"), as co-documentation agent and
WACHOVIA BANK, N.A., as a co-documentation agent, and is made with reference to
(i) that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of November 8,
2002 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified to the date hereof, the
"Credit Agreement") and (ii) that certain AXEL Credit Agreement dated as of
December 18, 1997 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified to the date
hereof, the "AXEL Credit Agreement"; the AXEL Credit Agreement and the Credit
Agreement are, collectively, the "Credit Agreements"), by and among Company,
Holdings, certain Lenders, Syndication Agent and Administrative Agent.
Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the same meanings
herein as set forth in the Credit Agreements, as applicable, or in Section 1.1
hereof.

                                    RECITALS

     WHEREAS, Company, Holdings and the Lenders executing this Amendment desire
to amend certain of the terms and provisions of the Credit Agreement as set
forth below;

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the agreements,
provisions and covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:

SECTION 1. AMENDMENTS TO THE AXEL CREDIT AGREEMENT

     1.1 Amendments to Section 1: Definitions

         Subsection 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding the
following definitions, which shall be inserted in proper alphabetical order:

         "May 2003 Amendment" means that certain First Amendment to Amended and
     Restated Credit Agreement dated as of May 2, 2003 by and among

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     Company, Holdings, Subsidiary Guarantors and the Lenders party thereto.

         "May 2003 Amendment Effective Date" means the "May 2003 Amendment
     Effective Date" as defined in the May 2003 Amendment.

         "May 2003 Net Refinancing Proceeds" means the proceeds from the May
     2003 Refinancing net of underwriting discounts and commissions and other
     reasonable fees and expenses incurred in connection with such refinancing,
     including the reasonable legal fees and expenses incurred in connection
     with the negotiation of the fourth amendment to the AXEL Credit Agreement
     dated as of May 2, 2003.

          "May 2003 Refinancing" means, collectively, the issuance of
     approximately $50 million in aggregate principal amount of Senior
     Subordinated Notes and the prepayment of AXELs Series B, the AXELs Series C
     and the AXELs Series D (in each case, as defined in the AXEL Credit
     Agreement) in an amount equal to the May 2003 Net Refinancing Proceeds.

     1.2  Amendments to Section 7: Holdings' and Company's Negative Covenants

          (a) Subsection 7.6A is hereby amended by deleting the Minimum
Interest Coverage Ratio table at the end thereof and substituting therefor the
following table:

====================================  ================================
Period                                Minimum Interest Coverage Ratio
====================================  ================================
March 3, 2003 - June 1, 2003             2.1:1
====================================  ================================
June 2, 2003 - August 31, 2003           2.0: 1
====================================  ================================
September 1, 2003 - November 30,         2.1: 1
2003
====================================  ================================
December 1, 2003 - February 29,          2.2: 1
2004
====================================  ================================
March 1, 2004 - May 30, 2004             2.2: 1
====================================  ================================
May 31, 2004 - August 29, 2004 and       2.3: 1
any Fiscal Quarter thereafter
====================================  ================================

          (b) Subsection 7.6B is hereby amended by deleting the Maximum
Total Leverage Ratio table at the end thereof and substituting therefor the
following table:

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====================================  ================================
Period                                Maximum Total Leverage Ratio
====================================  ================================
March 3, 2003 - June 1, 2003            5.2:1
====================================  ================================
June 2, 2003 - August 31, 2003          5.4: 1
====================================  ================================
September 1, 2003 - November 30,        5.2: 1
2003
====================================  ================================
December 1, 2003 - February 29,         4.9: 1
2004
====================================  ================================
March 1, 2004 - May 30, 2004            4.8: 1
====================================  ================================
May 31, 2004 - August 29, 2004 and      4.6: 1
any Fiscal Quarter thereafter
====================================  ================================

          (c) Subsection 7.6C is hereby amended by deleting the Consolidated
Senior Debt Ratio table at the end thereof and substituting therefor the
following table:

==================================== =================================
Period                               Consolidated Senior Debt Ratio
==================================== =================================
March 3, 2003 - June 1, 2003          2.1:1
==================================== =================================
June 2, 2003 - August 31, 2003        2.1 :1
==================================== =================================
September 1, 2003 - November 30,      2.0: 1
2003
==================================== =================================
December 1, 2003 - February 29,       1.9 :1
2004
==================================== =================================
March 1, 2004 - May 30, 2004          1.9 :1
==================================== =================================
May 31, 2004 - August 29, 2004 and    1.8 : 1
any Fiscal Quarter thereafter
==================================== =================================

          (d) Subsection 7.14B is hereby amended adding immediately prior to the
"." at the end thereof the following proviso:

          "; provided, further, that on or after the May 2003 Amendment
     Effective Date Company may issue (and amend the Senior Subordinated Note
     Indenture to

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     the extent necessary to issue) up to $50,000,000 in aggregate principal
     amount of additional notes (such notes being considered Senior Subordinated
     Notes for all purposes under the Loan Documents) on identical terms as the
     $125,000,000 of Senior Subordinated Notes originally issued under the
     Senior Subordinated Note Indenture, so long as the proceeds from the
     issuance of such additional Senior Subordinated Notes are applied in
     accordance with the provisions of this Agreement."

     1.3 Consents to Amendments

     Each undersigned Lender hereby consents to the amendments to the Credit
Agreement set forth in this
Amendment.

SECTION 2. CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS

     Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, Section 1 of this
Amendment shall become effective only upon the prior or concurrent satisfaction
or waiver of all of the following conditions precedent (the date of satisfaction
of such conditions being referred to herein as the "May 2003 Amendment Effective
Date"):

     (i) On or before the May 2003 Amendment Effective Date, each of Company and
Holdings shall have delivered to Lenders (or to Administrative Agent for Lenders
with sufficient originally executed copies, where appropriate, for each Lender
and its counsel) the following, each, unless otherwise noted, dated the May 2003
Amendment Effective Date:

          (a) A certificate of its corporate secretary or an assistant secretary
     to the effect that (i) there have been no amendments to its Certificate of
     Incorporation or Bylaws after the Effective Date (as defined in the Credit
     Agreement) (or, in lieu thereof, certified copies of any such amendments),
     (ii) the Resolutions of its Board of Directors delivered on the Effective
     Date are in full force and effect without modification or amendment, and
     (iii) there have been no changes after the Effective Date in the incumbency
     of its officers (or, in lieu thereof, a certificate of signatures and
     incumbency for the officers executing this Amendment and any related
     documents), together with a good standing certificate with respect to
     Company from the Secretary of State of the State of Ohio, dated a recent
     date prior to the May 2003 Amendment Effective Date; and

          (b) This Amendment, executed by Holdings, Company, Credit Support
     Parties and Requisite Lenders under the Credit Agreement.

     (ii) So long as Requisite Lenders under the Credit Agreement shall have
executed this Amendment, Administrative Agent shall have received from Company,
for distribution to each Lender that has executed and delivered this Amendment
on or prior to 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on [April __], 2003, an amendment
fee in an amount equal to 0.05% of the total commitment under the Credit
Agreement, as well as payment

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for all reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements incurred by Skadden, Arps,
Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in connection with this Amendment to the extent such
fees are invoiced prior to the May 2003 Amendment Effective Date.

     (iii) The Company shall have consummated the May 2003 Refinancing.

SECTION 3. COMPANY'S REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

     In order to induce Lenders to enter into this Amendment and to amend the
Credit Agreement in the manner provided herein, Company represents and warrants
to each Lender under the Credit Agreement that the following statements are
true, correct and complete:

     3.1 Incorporation of Representations and Warranties From Credit Agreements.

     On and as of the date hereof and the May 2003 Amendment Effective Date, the
representations and warranties contained in subsections 5.1A, 5.2A, 5.2B, 5.2C
and 5.2D of the Credit Agreement are and will be true, correct and complete with
respect to this Amendment and the Credit Agreement as amended by this Amendment
(as so amended, the "Amended Agreement") as if this Amendment and the Amended
Agreement were "Loan Documents" referred to in such representations and
warranties, and with the foregoing modifications such representations and
warranties are incorporated herein by this reference; and the representations
and warranties contained in Section 5 of the Credit Agreement and Section 4 of
the AXEL Credit Agreement are and will be true, correct and complete in all
material respects on and as of the May 2003 Amendment Effective Date to the same
extent as though made on and as of that date, except to the extent such
representations and warranties specifically relate to an earlier date, in which
case they were true, correct and complete in all material respects on and as of
such earlier date.

     3.2 Absence of Default.

     No event has occurred and is continuing or will result from the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Amendment that would
constitute an Event of Default or a Potential Event of Default under the Credit
Agreement.

SECTION 4. ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND CONSENT

     Each of Company, Holdings and the Persons indicated as Subsidiary
Guarantors on the signature pages hereof (each individually a "Credit Support
Party" and collectively, the "Credit Support Parties") hereby acknowledges and
agrees that each Loan Document to which it is a party is in full force and
effect and shall not be limited or impaired in any manner by the effectiveness
of this Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby.

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Section 5. MISCELLANEOUS

     5.1 Reference to and Effect on the Credit Agreements and the Other Loan
Documents.

     (i) On and after the May 2003 Amendment Effective Date, each reference in
the Credit Agreement to "this Agreement", "hereunder", "hereof'", "herein" or
words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement, and each reference in
the other applicable Loan Documents to the "Credit Agreement", "thereunder",
"thereof" or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement shall mean
and be a reference to the applicable Amended Agreement.

     (ii) Except as specifically amended by this Amendment, the Credit Agreement
and the other Loan Documents relating thereto shall remain in full force and
effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed.

     (iii) The execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment shall not,
except as expressly provided herein or therein, constitute a waiver of any
provision of, or operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of any Agent
or any Lender under, the Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents
relating thereto.

     5.2 Fees and Expenses. Company acknowledges that all reasonable costs, fees
and expenses incurred by Agents and their counsel with respect to this Amendment
and the documents and transactions contemplated hereby that are due and payable
pursuant to Section 2(ii) hereto shall be for the account of Company.

     5.3 Headings. Section and subsection headings in this Amendment are
included herein for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a
part of this Amendment for any other purpose or be given any substantive effect.

     5.4 Applicable Law. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE
CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

     5.5 Counterparts. This 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 an original, but all such
counterparts together shall constitute but one and the same instrument;
signature pages may be detached from multiple separate counterparts and attached
to a single counterpart so that all signature pages are physically attached to
the same document. This Amendment (other than Section 1 hereof) shall become
effective with respect to the Credit Agreement upon (A) the execution of
counterparts hereof by (1) Requisite Lenders (as defined in the Credit
Agreement), (2) Company and (3) Holdings and the other Credit Support Parties,
and (B) receipt by Company and Administrative Agent of written or telephonic
notification of such execution and authorization of delivery thereof.

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       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be
duly executed and delivered by their respective officers thereunto duly
authorized as of the date first written above.

                                  SEALY MATTRESS COMPANY

                                  By:   /s/ Kenneth L. Walker
                                        --------------------------------------
                                        Name:  Kenneth L. Walker
                                        Title: Vice President, General Counsel
                                                and Secretary

                                  SEALY CORPORATION

                                  By:   /s/ Kenneth L. Walker
                                        --------------------------------------
                                        Name:  Kenneth L. Walker
                                        Title: Vice President, General Counsel
                                                and Secretary

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SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS:

SEALY MATTRESS COMPANY OF PUERTO RICO
OHIO-SEALY MATTRESS MANUFACTURING CO. INC.
OHIO-SEALY MATTRESS MANUFACTURING CO.
SEALY MATTRESS COMPANY OF MICHIGAN, INC.
SEALY MATTRESS COMPANY OF KANSAS CITY, INC.
SEALY OF MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA, INC.
SEALY MATTRESS COMPANY OF ILLINOIS
A. BRANDWEIN & CO.
SEALY MATTRESS COMPANY OF ALBANY, INC.
SEALY OF MINNESOTA, INC.
SEALY MATTRESS COMPANY OF MEMPHIS
THE OHIO MATTRESS COMPANY LICENSING AND COMPONENTS GROUP
SEALY MATTRESS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.
SEALY, INC.
NORTH AMERICAN BEDDING COMPANY
MATTRESS HOLDINGS INTERNATIONAL, LLC
SEALY TECHNOLOGY LLC
SEALY-KOREA, INC.
SEALY REAL ESTATE, INC.
SEALY TEXAS MANAGEMENT, INC.
SEALY TEXAS HOLDINGS LLC
SEALY TEXAS L.P.

                  By: /s/ Kenneth L. Walker
                     --------------------------------------
                     Name:  Kenneth L. Walker
                     Title: Vice President, General Counsel
                             and Secretary

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AGENTS AND LENDERS:

GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS L.P.,
individually and as Syndication Agent

By:   /s/ illegible
      --------------------------------------
      Authorized Signatory

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JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
individually and as Administrative Agent

By:  /s/ illegible
     ---------------------------------------
     Name:
     Title:

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FLEET NATIONAL BANK,
individually and as Co-Documentation Agent

By:   /s/ illegible
      --------------------------------------
      Name:
      Title:

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WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
individually and as Co-Documentation Agent

By:   /s/ illegible
      --------------------------------------
      Name:
      Title:

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