Document:

Intricon Corporation Exhibit 10.3 to Form 8-K dated April 26, 2005

Exhibit 10.3 

_____________, 20__ 

     [Name]
[Address] 

Dear ________: 

I am pleased to inform you that
on______, 20__ the Compensation Committee of Selas Corporations Board of Directors granted
you options to purchase ______ Common Shares of the Company under the Company’s 2001
Stock Option Plan (the “Plan”) at an exercise price of $______ per share. 

Under the Plan, the Company may grant
either incentive stock options or non-qualified stock options. The options granted to you
are intended to be incentive stock options. 

These options will become exercisable
as follows: 

	Date First Exercisable 	Number of Shares 

The exercise price for your options
shall be payable in cash or its equivalent. 

Once options become exercisable, they
will remain exercisable until they are exercised or until they terminate. Unless earlier
terminated pursuant to the terms of the Plan, all options granted hereby shall terminate
on____, 20___. While the specific terms of the Plan will govern, generally upon
termination of your employment for any reason the options will terminate to the extent of
options that you could not have exercised on the date of such termination. Options that
could have been exercised on the date of termination of employment for reasons other than
death or disability may be exercised only prior to the earlier of three months following
the date of termination of employment or the expiration date of such options. Options that
could have been exercised on the date of termination of employment due to death or
disability may be exercised only prior to the earlier of one year following the date of
your death or such termination of employment or the expiration date of such options. 

     {Name]
Page 2 

Further terms governing the options
granted to you are set forth in the Plan, a copy of which is attached hereto and
incorporated by reference. 

If you wish to accept the grant of
the options as provided above and in the Plan, please so indicate by signing and returning
the enclosed copy of this letter, whereupon you and the Company shall be legally bound
hereby under Pennsylvania law. 

		Very truly yours,

INTRICON CORPORATION

BY: _______________

Accepted and Agreed: 

_________________Summary of Program

Exhibit
10.1

SUMMARY
OF TALK AMERICA HOLDINGS, INC. 2005 EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND MANAGEMENT

BONUS
PROGRAM

Purpose: To
provide further incentive to achieve the performance goals of Talk America
Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) in 2005.

Participants:
Executive officers of the Company and other management employees of the Company
and its subsidiaries, in each case as may be designated by the Compensation
Committee, who are employees of the Company or one of its subsidiaries as of the
end of the Company’s 2005 fiscal year.

Performance
Goals:
The
Company’s Lines on Network at the end of 2005 and EBITDA as included in the
Company’s Operating Plan for the year ending December 31, 2005 as such Operating
Plan was in effect as of the date of approval of this bonus program by the
Compensation Committee, as such performance goals may be adjusted to reflect
such subsequent events as the Compensation Committee may, in its discretion,
deem appropriate.

Basic
Bonus: Payable
to participants in the amount of the individual participant target levels if
either the Lines on Network or EBITDA performance goal is met.

Supplemental
Bonus:

(a) If
the performance goal Lines on Network is exceeded, an additional bonus at a rate
equal to 2.5% of the basic bonus for each 1,000 lines on network over the
performance goal Lines on Network.

(b) If
the performance goal EBITDA is exceeded, an additional bonus at a rate equal to
5% of the basic bonus for each $1 million of EBITDA over the performance goal
EBITDA.

(c) In
determining the amount of any supplemental bonus that may be payable, any
achievement shortfall as against either performance goal will also be taken into
account and the Lines on Network performance goal and the EBITDA performance
goal will each be weighted at 50% in such calculation.

Participant
Target Levels (expressed as percentage of base salary):

(a) CEO
& President - 50%

(b) Other
Executive Officers - 40%

(c) Other
Management Employees - 40% to 10%, in all cases as determined by the
Compensation Committee.

Compensation
Committee Discretion: The
Compensation Committee retains complete discretion to determine all matters
regarding participation in the bonus program, the construction of the terms
thereof, the administration thereof and the payment of any bonuses thereunder,
including, without limitation, all determinations as to achievement of the
performance goals and the calculation of any bonus amounts, and all bonuses
payable pursuant to the bonus program shall be subject to approval by the
Compensation Committee.

No
Employment Rights: The
bonus program shall not constitute inducement or consideration for the
employment of any person or the service of any person and participation in the
bonus program shall not give any person any right to be retained in the service
of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company.Summary of Supplemental Plan

EXHIBIT
10.2

SUMMARY
OF 2005 SUPPLEMENTAL INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN

On April
25, 2005, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of Talk America
Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) adopted a
supplemental incentive compensation plan for a limited number of employees of
the Company and its subsidiaries who are designated as participants by the
Compensation Committee. Under this plan, the participating employees are
organized in groups on a cross-functional basis and charged with the
responsibility for improving and monitoring the following operational areas:
customer satisfaction, general and administrative expenses, credit quality,
gross margin, internet services, network migration and market share. Incentive
compensation under this plan is based upon the achievement of certain
operational performance measures established by the Compensation Committee when
it adopted the plan. Maximum incentive compensation per employee for each
cross-function team is $4,000 per six-month period, with an aggregate six-month
cap of $8,000. The
Company’s executive officers, other than its Chief Executive Officer and
President, are entitled to participate in this incentive
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                                                                     Exhibit 4.2

                                  $175,000,000

                          ALPHA NATURAL RESOURCES, LLC
                      ALPHA NATURAL RESOURCES CAPITAL CORP.

                            10% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2012

                          REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

                                                                    May 18, 2004

Credit Suisse First Boston LLC
UBS Securities LLC
Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
BB&T Capital Markets, a division of Scott & Stringfellow, Inc.
c/o Credit Suisse First Boston LLC
      Eleven Madison Avenue
      New York, New York 10010-3629

Dear Sirs:

      Alpha Natural Resources, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
("ALPHA"), and Alpha Natural Resources Capital Corp., a Delaware corporation
("ANR CAPITAL," and together with Alpha, the "ISSUERS"), propose to issue and
sell to Credit Suisse First Boston LLC, UBS Securities LLC, Citigroup Global
Markets Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated and BB&T Capital Markets, a
division of Scott & Stringfellow, Inc. (collectively, the "INITIAL PURCHASERS"),
upon the terms set forth in a purchase agreement, dated May 13, 2004 (the
"PURCHASE AGREEMENT"), among the Company (as defined below), the Guarantors (as
defined below) and the Initial Purchasers, $175,000,000 aggregate principal
amount of its 10% Senior Notes due 2012 (the "INITIAL SECURITIES") to be
unconditionally guaranteed (the "GUARANTIES") by each of the entities listed on
Exhibit A hereto (each a "GUARANTOR," and collectively, the "GUARANTORS" and,
together with the Issuers, the "COMPANY"). The Initial Securities will be issued
pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of May 18, 2004, (the "INDENTURE") among the
Issuers, the Guarantors named therein and Wells Fargo Minnesota, National
Association (the "TRUSTEE"). As an inducement to the Initial Purchasers to enter
into the Purchase Agreement, the Company agrees with the Initial Purchasers, for
the benefit of the holders of the Initial Securities (including, without
limitation, the Initial Purchasers), the Exchange Securities (as defined below)
and the Private Exchange Securities (as defined Section 1 hereof) (collectively
the "HOLDERS"), as follows:

      1. Registered Exchange Offer. The Company shall, at its own cost, prepare
and, not later than 210 days after (or if the 210th day is not a business day,
the first business day thereafter) the date of original issue of the Initial
Securities (the "ISSUE DATE"), file with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "COMMISSION") a registration statement (the "EXCHANGE OFFER REGISTRATION
STATEMENT") on an appropriate form under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "SECURITIES ACT"), with respect to a proposed offer (the "REGISTERED
EXCHANGE OFFER") to the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities (as defined in
Section 6 hereof), who are not prohibited by any law or policy of the Commission
from participating in the Registered Exchange Offer, to issue and deliver to
such Holders, in exchange for the Initial Securities, a like aggregate principal
amount of debt securities (the "EXCHANGE SECURITIES") of the Company issued
under the Indenture and identical in all material respects to the Initial
Securities (except for the transfer restrictions relating to the Initial
Securities and the provisions relating to the matters

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described in Section 6 hereof) that would be registered under the Securities
Act. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such
Exchange Offer Registration Statement to become effective under the Securities
Act within 270 days (or if the 270th day is not a business day, the first
business day thereafter) after the Issue Date of the Initial Securities and
shall keep the Exchange Offer Registration Statement effective for not less than
30 days (or longer, if required by applicable law) after the date notice of the
Registered Exchange Offer is mailed to the Holders (such period being called the
"EXCHANGE OFFER REGISTRATION PERIOD").

      If the Company effects the Registered Exchange Offer, the Company will be
entitled to close the Registered Exchange Offer 20 business days after the
commencement thereof; provided that the Company has accepted all the Initial
Securities validly tendered and not properly withdrawn prior to the expiration,
and in accordance with the terms, of the Registered Exchange Offer; and provided
further that the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to close
such Registered Exchange Offer on or prior to 30 business days (or longer if
required by applicable law) after the date on which the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement was declared effective by the Commission.

      Following the declaration of the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement, the Company shall promptly commence the Registered
Exchange Offer, it being the objective of such Registered Exchange Offer to
enable each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities (as defined in Section 6
hereof) electing to exchange the Initial Securities for Exchange Securities
(assuming that such Holder is not an affiliate of the Company within the meaning
of the Securities Act, acquires the Exchange Securities in the ordinary course
of such Holder's business and has no arrangements with any person to participate
in the distribution of the Exchange Securities and is not prohibited by any law
or policy of the Commission from participating in the Registered Exchange Offer)
to trade such Exchange Securities from and after their receipt without any
limitations or restrictions under the Securities Act and without material
restrictions under the securities laws of the several states of the United
States.

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

      The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement effective and to amend and supplement the
prospectus contained therein, in order to permit such prospectus to be lawfully
delivered by all persons subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of the
Securities Act for such period of time as such persons must comply with such
requirements in order to resell the Exchange Securities; provided, however, that
(i) in the case where such prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto
must be delivered by an Exchanging Dealer or an Initial Purchaser, such period
shall be the lesser of 180 days and the date on which all Exchanging Dealers and
the Initial Purchasers have sold all Exchange Securities held by them (unless
such period is extended pursuant to Section 3(j) below) and (ii) the Company
shall make such prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, available to
any broker-dealer for use in connection with any resale of any Exchange
Securities for a period of not less than 90 days after the consummation of the
Registered Exchange Offer.

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      If, upon consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer, any Initial
Purchaser holds Initial Securities acquired by it as part of its initial
distribution, the Company, simultaneously with the delivery of the Exchange
Securities pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer, shall issue and deliver to
such Initial Purchaser upon the written request of such Initial Purchaser, in
exchange (the "PRIVATE EXCHANGE") for the Initial Securities held by such
Initial Purchaser, a like principal amount of debt securities of the Company
issued under the Indenture and identical in all material respects (including the
existence of restrictions on transfer under the Securities Act and the
securities laws of the several states of the United States, but excluding
provisions relating to the matters described in Section 6 hereof) to the Initial
Securities (the "PRIVATE EXCHANGE SECURITIES"). The Initial Securities, the
Exchange Securities and the Private Exchange Securities are herein collectively
called the "Securities".

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

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

            (b) keep the Registered Exchange Offer open for not less than 20
      business days (or longer, if required by applicable law) after the date
      notice thereof is mailed to the Holders;

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

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

            (e) otherwise comply with all applicable laws.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

      2. Shelf Registration. If: (i) the Company is not (a) required to file the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement or (b) permitted to consummate the
Registered Exchange Offer because the Registered Exchange Offer is not permitted
by applicable law or Commission policy; or (ii) any holder of Transfer
Restricted Securities (as defined in Section 6 hereof) notifies the Issuers
prior to the 20th business day following the consummation of the Registered
Exchange Offer that: (a) it is prohibited by law or Commission policy from
participating in the Registered Exchange Offer; (b) it may not resell the
Exchange Securities acquired by it in the Registered 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 or (c) it is a broker dealer and owns Initial Securities acquired
directly from the Issuers or an affiliate of the Issuers, the Company shall take
the following actions:

            (a) The Company shall, at its cost, file with the Commission a
      registration statement (the "SHELF REGISTRATION STATEMENT" and, together
      with the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, a "REGISTRATION
      STATEMENT") on an appropriate form under the Securities Act relating to
      the offer and sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities (as defined in
      Section 6 hereof) by the Holders thereof from time to time in accordance
      with the methods of distribution set forth in the Shelf Registration
      Statement and Rule 415 under the Securities Act (hereinafter, the "SHELF
      REGISTRATION") within 210 days (or if such 210th day is not a business
      day, the first business day thereafter) after so required or requested
      pursuant to this Section 2 and the Company shall use its commercially
      reasonable efforts to cause the Shelf Registration Statement to be
      declared effective within 270 days (or if such 270th day is not a business
      day, the first business day thereafter) after so required or requested
      pursuant to this Section 2; provided, however, that no Holder (other than
      an Initial Purchaser) shall be entitled to have the Securities held by it
      covered by such Shelf Registration Statement unless such Holder agrees in
      writing to be bound by all the provisions of this Agreement applicable to
      such Holder.

            (b) The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to
      keep the Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective in order to
      permit the prospectus included therein to be lawfully delivered by the
      Holders of the relevant Securities, for a period of two years (or for

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      such longer period if extended pursuant to Section 3(j) below) from the
      date of its effectiveness or such shorter period that will terminate when
      all the Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement (i) have
      been sold pursuant thereto or (ii) are no longer restricted securities (as
      defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act, or any successor rule
      thereof); provided, however, that Alpha may notify the Holders of its
      suspension of any Shelf Registration Statement (and, upon receipt of such
      notice, the Holders shall not be authorized by the Company to resell and
      shall not resell Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement
      during such period of suspension) if the Board of Directors of Alpha
      determines in good faith that there is a valid business purpose for the
      suspension (all such periods of suspension may not exceed 60 days during
      any 365-day period), and such suspensions shall not give rise to any right
      to receive Additional Interest pursuant to Section 6 hereof. The Company
      shall be deemed not to have used its commercially reasonable efforts to
      keep the Shelf Registration Statement effective during the requisite
      period if it voluntarily takes any action (excluding any suspension
      permitted in accordance with the preceding proviso) that would result in
      Holders of Securities covered thereby not being able to offer and sell
      such Securities during that period, unless such action is required by
      applicable law.

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

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

            (a) The Company shall (i) furnish to each Initial Purchaser, prior
      to the filing thereof with the Commission, a copy of the Registration
      Statement and each amendment thereof and each supplement, if any, to the
      prospectus included therein and, in the event that an Initial Purchaser
      (with respect to any portion of an unsold allotment from the original
      offering) is participating in the Registered Exchange Offer or the Shelf
      Registration Statement, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable
      efforts to reflect in each such document, when so filed with the
      Commission, such comments as such Initial Purchaser reasonably may propose
      in writing within a reasonable period of time (such time not to exceed 5
      business days) after being provided with a draft of the Shelf Registration
      Statement); (ii) include the information set forth in Annex A hereto on
      the cover, in Annex B hereto in the "Exchange Offer Procedures" section
      and the "Purpose of the Exchange Offer" section and in Annex C hereto in
      the "Plan of Distribution" section (or comparable sections, however
      captioned) of the prospectus forming a part of the Exchange Offer
      Registration Statement, in each case subject to any comments received from
      the Commission staff, and include the information set forth in Annex D
      hereto in the Letter of Transmittal delivered pursuant to the Registered
      Exchange Offer; (iii) if requested by an Initial Purchaser, include the
      information required by Items 507 or 508 of Regulation S-K under the
      Securities Act, as applicable, in the prospectus forming a part of the
      Exchange Offer Registration Statement; (iv) include within the prospectus
      contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement a section entitled
      "Plan of Distribution," reasonably acceptable to the Initial Purchasers,
      which shall contain a summary statement of the positions taken or policies
      made by the staff of the Commission with respect to the potential
      "underwriter" status of any broker-dealer that is the beneficial owner (as
      defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
      amended (the "EXCHANGE ACT")) of Exchange Securities received by such
      broker-dealer in the

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      Registered Exchange Offer (a "PARTICIPATING BROKER-DEALER"), whether such
      positions or policies have been publicly disseminated by the staff of the
      Commission or such positions or policies, in the reasonable judgment of
      the Initial Purchasers based upon advice of counsel (which may be in-house
      counsel), represent the prevailing views of the staff of the Commission;
      and (v) in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, include the names
      of the Holders, who propose to sell Securities pursuant to the Shelf
      Registration Statement, as selling securityholders.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

            (f) The Company shall, during the Shelf Registration Period, deliver
      to each Holder of Securities included within the coverage of the Shelf
      Registration, without charge, as many copies

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      of the prospectus (including each preliminary prospectus) included in the
      Shelf Registration Statement and any amendment or supplement thereto as
      such person may reasonably request. The Company consents, subject to the
      provisions of this Agreement, to the use of the prospectus or any
      amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders of the
      Securities in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities
      covered by the prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto,
      included in the Shelf Registration Statement.

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

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

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

            (j) Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by paragraphs (ii)
      through (v) of Section 3(b) above during the period for which the Company
      is required to maintain an effective Registration Statement, the Company
      shall promptly prepare and file a post-effective amendment to the
      Registration Statement or a supplement to the related prospectus and any
      other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to Holders of the
      Securities or purchasers of Securities, the prospectus will not contain an
      untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
      required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein,
      in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
      If the Company notifies the Initial Purchasers, the Holders of the
      Securities and any known Participating Broker-Dealer in accordance with
      paragraphs (ii) through (v) of Section 3(b) above to suspend the use of
      the prospectus until the requisite changes to the prospectus have been
      made, then the Initial Purchasers, the Holders of the Securities and any
      such Participating Broker-Dealers shall suspend use of such prospectus,
      and the period of effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement
      provided for in Section 2(b) above and the Exchange Offer Registration
      Statement provided for in Section 1 above shall each be extended by the
      number of days from and including the date of the giving of such notice to
      and including the date when the Initial Purchasers, the Holders of the
      Securities and any known Participating Broker-Dealer shall have received
      such amended or supplemented prospectus pursuant to this Section 3(j).

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

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

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

            (n) The Company may require each Holder of Securities to be sold
      pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement to (i) be named as a selling
      securityholder, and (ii) furnish to the Company such information regarding
      the Holder and the distribution of the Securities as the Company may from
      time to time reasonably require for inclusion in the Shelf Registration
      Statement, and the Company may exclude from such registration the
      Securities of any Holder that unreasonably fails to furnish such
      information within a reasonable time (but in any event not more than ten
      days) after receiving such request.

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

            (p) In the case of any Shelf Registration, the Company shall (i)
      make reasonably available for inspection by the Holders of the Securities
      named in the Shelf Registration Statement, any underwriter participating
      in any disposition pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement and any
      attorney, accountant or other agent retained by the Holders of the
      Securities named in the Shelf Registration Statement or any such
      underwriter all relevant financial and other records, pertinent corporate
      documents and properties of the Company and (ii) cause the Company's
      officers, directors, employees to, and use commercially reasonable efforts
      to cause the Company's accountants and auditors to, supply all relevant
      information reasonably requested by the Holders of the Securities named in
      the Shelf Registration Statement or any such underwriter, attorney,
      accountant or agent in connection with the Shelf Registration Statement,
      in each case, as shall be reasonably necessary to enable such persons, to
      conduct a reasonable investigation within the meaning of Section 11 of the
      Securities Act; provided, however, that the foregoing inspection and
      information gathering shall be coordinated on behalf of the Initial
      Purchasers by Credit Suisse First Boston LLC and on behalf of the other
      parties, by one counsel designated by and on behalf of such other parties
      as described in, and subject to the provisions of, Section 4 hereof; and
      provided, further, with respect to any information that is reasonably and
      in good faith designated by the Company as confidential at the time of
      delivery of such information, each party to whom

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      information is delivered shall first agree in writing with the Company
      that (1) such party shall keep such information confidential and (2) such
      party shall abstain from trading any securities of the Company in
      violation of applicable securities laws on the basis of any confidential
      information, in each case until such information has been made generally
      available to the public.

            (q) In the case of any Shelf Registration, the Company, if requested
      by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Securities
      covered thereby, shall cause (i) its counsel to deliver an opinion in the
      form set forth in Section 6(d) of the Purchase Agreement with such changes
      as are customary in connection with the preparation of a Shelf
      Registration Statement addressed to such Holders and the managing
      underwriters, if any, thereof and dated, in the case of the initial
      opinion, the effective date of such Shelf Registration Statement; (ii) its
      officers to execute and deliver all customary documents and certificates
      and updates thereof requested by any underwriters of the applicable
      Securities; and (iii) its independent public accountants and the
      independent public accountants with respect to any other entity for which
      financial information is provided in the Shelf Registration Statement to
      provide to the selling Holders of the applicable Securities and any
      underwriter therefor a comfort letter in customary form and covering
      matters of the type customarily covered in comfort letters in connection
      with primary underwritten offerings, subject to receipt of appropriate
      documentation as contemplated, and only if permitted, by Statement of
      Auditing Standards No. 72.

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

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

            (t) The Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to (a)
      if the Initial Securities have been rated prior to the initial sale of
      such Initial Securities, confirm such ratings will apply to the Securities
      covered by a Registration Statement, or (b) if the Initial Securities were
      not previously rated, cause the Securities covered by a Registration
      Statement to be rated with the appropriate rating agencies, if so
      requested by Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of
      Securities covered by such Registration Statement, or by the managing
      underwriters, if any.

            (u) In the event that any broker-dealer registered under the
      Exchange Act shall underwrite any Securities or participate as a member of
      an underwriting syndicate or selling group or "assist in the distribution"
      (within the meaning of the Conduct Rules (the "RULES") of the National
      Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. ("NASD")) thereof, whether as a
      Holder of such Securities or as an underwriter, a placement or sales agent
      or a broker or dealer in respect thereof, or otherwise, the Company will
      use its commercially reasonable efforts to assist such broker-dealer in
      complying with the requirements of such Rules, including, without
      limitation, by (i) if

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      such Rules, including Rule 2720, shall so require, engaging a "qualified
      independent underwriter" (as defined in Rule 2720) to participate in the
      preparation of the Registration Statement relating to such Securities, to
      exercise usual standards of due diligence in respect thereto and, if any
      portion of the offering contemplated by such Registration Statement is an
      underwritten offering or is made through a placement or sales agent, to
      recommend the yield of such Securities, (ii) indemnifying any such
      qualified independent underwriter to the extent of the indemnification of
      underwriters provided in Section 5 hereof and (iii) providing such
      information to such broker-dealer as may be required in order for such
      broker-dealer to comply with the requirements of the Rules.

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

      4. Registration Expenses. The Company shall bear all fees and expenses
incurred in connection with the performance of its obligations under Sections 1
through 3 hereof (including the reasonable fees and expenses, if any, of Latham
& Watkins LLP, counsel for the Initial Purchasers, incurred in connection with
the Registered Exchange Offer which fees and expenses shall not exceed $10,000),
whether or not the Registered Exchange Offer or a Shelf Registration is filed or
becomes effective, and, in the event of a Shelf Registration, shall bear or
reimburse the Holders of the Securities covered thereby for the reasonable fees
and disbursements of not more than one firm of counsel designated by the Holders
of a majority in principal amount of the Initial Securities covered thereby to
act as counsel for the Holders of the Initial Securities in connection
therewith, which counsel shall be approved by the Company (such approval not to
be unreasonably withheld or delayed). Each Initial Purchaser and Holder shall
pay all expenses of its counsel (other than as set forth in the preceding
sentence), underwriting discounts and commissions and transfer taxes, if any,
relating to the sale or disposition of such Initial Purchaser's or Holder's
Initial Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement.

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

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Dealer under the Securities Act in connection with such purchase and any such
loss, claim, damage or liability of such Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer
results from the fact that there was not sent or given to such person, at or
prior to the written confirmation of the sale of such Securities to such person,
a copy of the final prospectus if the Company had previously furnished copies
thereof to such Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer; provided further,
however, that this indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability
which the Company may otherwise have to such Indemnified Party. The Company
shall also indemnify underwriters, their officers and directors and each person
who controls such underwriters within the meaning of the Securities Act or the
Exchange Act to the same extent as provided above with respect to the
indemnification of the Holders of the Securities if requested by such Holders.

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

      (c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 5 of
notice of the commencement of any action or proceeding (including a governmental
investigation), such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to
be made against the indemnifying party under this Section 5, notify the
indemnifying party of the commencement thereof; but the failure to notify the
indemnifying party shall not relieve the indemnifying party from any liability
that it may have under subsection (a) or (b) above except to the extent that it
has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or
defenses) by such failure; and provided further that the failure to notify the
indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to
an indemnified party otherwise than under subsection (a) or (b) above. In case
any such action is brought against any indemnified party, and it notifies the
indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be
entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it may wish, jointly
with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense
thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party (who
shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the
indemnifying party), and after notice from the indemnifying party to such
indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof the
indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party under this
Section 5 for any legal or other expenses, other than reasonable costs of
investigation, subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection
with the defense thereof. Each indemnified party shall, as a condition of the
indemnity agreement contained in Sections 5(a) and (b), use reasonable efforts
to cooperate with the indemnifying party in the defense of any such action or
claim. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the
indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened action in
respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and
indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party unless such
settlement (i) includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from
all liability on any claims that are 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 any indemnified party.

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

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

      6. Additional Interest Under Certain Circumstances. (a) Additional
interest (the "ADDITIONAL INTEREST") with respect to the Initial Securities
shall be assessed as follows if any of the following events occur (each such
event in clauses (i) through (iii) below a "Registration Default":

            (i) any Registration Statement required by this agreement is not
      declared effective by the Commission on or prior to the date specified for
      such effectiveness (the "EFFECTIVENESS TARGET DATE");

            (ii) the Company fails to consummate the Registered Exchange Offer
      within 30 business days of the Effectiveness Target Date with respect to
      the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (other than in the event the
      Company complies with Section 2 hereof); or

            (iii) if after either the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or
      the Shelf Registration Statement is declared effective (A) such
      Registration Statement thereafter ceases to be effective; or (B) such
      Registration Statement ceases to be usable (except as permitted in
      paragraph (b)) in connection with resales of Transfer Restricted
      Securities during the periods specified herein because either (1) any
      event occurs as a result of which the related prospectus forming part of
      such

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      Registration Statement would include any untrue statement of a material
      fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements
      therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made not
      misleading, or (2) it shall be necessary to amend such Registration
      Statement or supplement the related prospectus, to comply with the
      Securities Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder.

Additional Interest shall accrue and be payable by the Company to each Holder of
Initial Securities from and including the date on which any such Registration
Default shall occur to but excluding the date on which all such Registration
Defaults have been cured. With respect to the first 90-day period immediately
following the occurrence of the first Registration Default, Additional Interest
shall accrue and be payable as provided in the preceding sentence in an amount
equal to 0.25% per annum on the applicable Securities held by such Holder. The
amount of Additional Interest shall increase by an additional 0.25% per annum on
the applicable Securities with respect to each subsequent 90-day period to but
excluding the date all Registration Defaults have been cured, up to a maximum
amount of Additional Interest for all Registration Defaults of 1.0% per annum;
provided, however, the amount of additional interest shall not increase because
more than one Registration Default has occurred and is pending; and provided
further, however, a holder of Securities who is not entitled to the benefits of
the Shelf Registration Statement (i.e., such holder has not elected to include
information) shall not be entitled to Additional Interest with respect to a
Registration Default that pertains to the Shelf Registration Statement.

      (b) A Registration Default referred to in Section 6(a)(iii)(B) hereof
shall be deemed not to have occurred and be continuing in relation to a Shelf
Registration Statement or the related prospectus if (i) such Registration
Default has occurred solely as a result of (x) the filing of a post-effective
amendment to such Shelf Registration Statement to incorporate annual audited or
required quarterly financial information with respect to the Company where such
post-effective amendment is not yet effective and needs to be declared effective
to permit Holders to use the related prospectus or (y) other material events,
with respect to the Company that would need to be described in such Shelf
Registration Statement or the related prospectus, or (z) such Shelf Registration
Statement contains an untrue statement of material fact or omits to state a
material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made not misleading with respect to written
information included therein furnished to the Company by or on behalf of any
Holder specifically for use therein, and (ii) in the case of clause (y), the
Company is proceeding promptly and in good faith to amend or supplement such
Shelf Registration Statement and related prospectus to describe such events;
provided, however, that in any case if such Registration Default occurs for a
continuous period in excess of 30 days, Additional Interest shall be payable in
accordance with the above paragraph from the day such Registration Default
occurs until such Registration Default is cured.

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

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

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

      8. Underwritten Registrations. If any of the Transfer Restricted
Securities covered by any Shelf Registration are to be sold in an underwritten
offering, the investment banker or investment bankers and manager or managers
that will administer the offering ("MANAGING UNDERWRITERS") will be selected by
the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of such Transfer
Restricted Securities to be included in such offering, subject to the prior
consent of the Company (such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or
delayed), and such Holders shall be responsible for all underwriting commissions
and discounts and related expenses incurred (to the extent provided by Section 4
hereof) in connection therewith.

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

      9. Miscellaneous.

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

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

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

            (2) if to the Initial Purchasers;

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

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      with a copy to:

                   Latham & Watkins LLP
                   885 Third Avenue
                   New York, New York 10022
                   Fax No.: (212) 751-4864
                   Attention: Peter M. Labonski

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

                   Alpha Natural Resources, LLC
                   406 West Main Street
                   Abingdon, VA
                   Fax No.: (276) 628-9025
                   Attention: Chief Financial Officer

      with a copy to:

                   Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott LLP
                   1899 Wynkoop Street, Suite 800
                   Denver, CO  80202
                   Attention: Polly S. Swartzfager

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

      (c) No Inconsistent Agreements. The Company has not, as of the date
hereof, entered into, nor shall it, on or after the date hereof, enter into, any
agreement with respect to its securities that is inconsistent with the rights
granted to the Holders herein or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof.

      (d) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon the
Company and its successors and assigns.

      (e) 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.

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

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

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

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

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

                                           Very truly yours,

                                           ALPHA NATURAL RESOURCES, LLC

                                           By: /s/ Michael J. Quillen
                                              Name: Michael J. Quillen
                                              Title: President

                                           ALPHA NATURAL RESOURCES CAPITAL CORP.

                                           By: /s/ Michael J. Quillen
                                              Name: Michael J. Quillen
                                              Title: President

                                           ALPHA COAL SALES CO., LLC

                                           By: /s/ Vaughn R. Groves
                                              Name: Vaughn R. Groves
                                              Title: Vice President

                                           ALPHA ENERGY GLOBAL MARKETING, LLC

                                           By: /s/ Vaughn R. Groves
                                              Name: Vaughn R. Groves
                                              Title: Vice President

                                           ALPHA LAND & RESERVES, LLC

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                                           By: /s/ Vaughn R. Groves
                                              Name: Vaughn R. Groves
                                              Title: President

                                           ALPHA NATURAL RESOURCES SERVICES, LLC

                                           By: /s/ Vaughn R. Groves
                                              Name: Vaughn R. Groves
                                              Title: Vice President

                                           ALPHA TERMINAL COMPANY, LLC

                                           By: /s/ Vaughn R. Groves
                                              Name: Vaughn R. Groves
                                              Title: Vice President

                                           AMFIRE, LLC

                                           By: /s/ Vaughn R. Groves
                                              Name: Vaughn R. Groves
                                              Title: Vice President

                                           AMFIRE HOLDINGS, INC.

                                           By: /s/ Vaughn R. Groves
                                              Name: Vaughn R. Groves
                                              Title: Vice President

                                           AMFIRE MINING COMPANY, LLC

                                           By: /s/ Vaughn R. Groves
                                              Name: Vaughn R. Groves
                                              Title: Vice President

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                                           AMFIRE WV, L.P.

                                           BY: AMFIRE HOLDINGS, INC., AS GENERAL
                                                   PARTNER

                                           By: /s/ Vaughn R. Groves
                                              Name: Vaughn R. Groves
                                              Title: Vice President

                                           BROOKS RUN MINING COMPANY, LLC

                                           By: /s/ Vaughn R. Groves
                                              Name: Vaughn R. Groves
                                              Title: Vice President

                                           DICKENSON-RUSSELL COAL COMPANY, LLC

                                           By: /s/ Vaughn R. Groves
                                              Name: Vaughn R. Groves
                                              Title: Vice President

                                           ENTERPRISE MINING COMPANY, LLC

                                           By: /s/ Vaughn R. Groves
                                              Name: Vaughn R. Groves
                                              Title: Vice President

                                           ESPERANZA COAL CO., LLC

                                           By: /s/ Vaughn R. Groves
                                              Name: Vaughn R. Groves
                                              Title: Vice President

                                           GALLUP TRANSPORTATION & TRANSLOADING
                                           COMPANY, LLC

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                                           By: /s/ Vaughn R. Groves
                                              Name: Vaughn R. Groves
                                              Title: Vice President

                                           HERNDON PROCESSING COMPANY, LLC

                                           By: /s/ Vaughn R. Groves
                                              Name: Vaughn R. Groves
                                              Title: Vice President

                                           KEPLER PROCESSING COMPANY, LLC

                                           By: /s/ Vaughn R. Groves
                                              Name: Vaughn R. Groves
                                              Title: Vice President

                                           KINGWOOD MINING COMPANY, LLC

                                           By: /s/ Vaughn R. Groves
                                              Name: Vaughn R. Groves
                                              Title: Vice President

                                           LITWAR PROCESSING COMPANY, LLC

                                           By: /s/ Vaughn R. Groves
                                              Name: Vaughn R. Groves
                                              Title: Vice President

                                           MAXXIM REBUILD CO., LLC

                                           By: /s/ Vaughn R. Groves
                                              Name: Vaughn R. Groves
                                              Title: Vice President

                                           MAXXIM SHARED SERVICES, LLC

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                                           By: /s/ Vaughn R. Groves
                                              Name: Vaughn R. Groves
                                              Title: Vice President

                                           MAXXUM CARBON RESOURCES, LLC

                                           By: /s/ Vaughn R. Groves
                                              Name: Vaughn R. Groves
                                              Title: Vice President

                                           MCDOWELL-WYOMING COAL COMPANY, LLC

                                           By: /s/ Vaughn R. Groves
                                              Name: Vaughn R. Groves
                                              Title: Vice President

                                           NATIONAL KING COAL LLC

                                           By: /s/ Vaughn R. Groves
                                              Name: Vaughn R. Groves
                                              Title: Vice President

                                           NEWHALL MINING COMPANY, LLC

                                           By: /s/ Vaughn R. Groves
                                              Name: Vaughn R. Groves
                                              Title: Vice President

                                           PARAMONT COAL COMPANY VIRGINIA, LLC

                                           By: /s/ Vaughn R. Groves
                                              Name: Vaughn R. Groves
                                              Title: Vice President

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                                           RIVERSIDE ENERGY COMPANY, LLC

                                           By: /s/ Vaughn R. Groves
                                              Name: Vaughn R. Groves
                                              Title: Vice President

                                           SOLOMONS MINING COMPANY

                                           By: /s/ Vaughn R. Groves
                                              Name: Vaughn R. Groves
                                              Title: Vice President

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

CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON LLC
UBS SECURITIES LLC
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. INCORPORATED
BB&T CAPITAL MARKETS, A DIVISION OF SCOTT & STRINGFELLOW, INC.

by:  CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON LLC

         By: /s/ Mitch Goldstein
            Name: Mitch Goldstein
            Title: Managing Director

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                                                                       EXHIBIT A

                                   GUARANTORS

ALPHA COAL SALES CO., LLC
ALPHA ENERGY GLOBAL MARKETING,. LLC
ALPHA LAND & RESERVES, LLC
ALPHA NATURAL RESOURCES SERVICES, LLC
ALPHA TERMINAL COMPANY, LLC
AMFIRE, LLC
AMFIRE HOLDINGS, INC.
AMFIRE MINING COMPANY, LLC
AMFIRE WEST VIRGINIA, L.P.
BROOKS RUN MINING COMPANY, LLC
DICKENSON-RUSSELL COAL COMPANY, LLC
ENTERPRISE MINING COMPANY, LLC
ESPERANZA COAL CO., LLC
GALLUP TRANSPORTATION & TRANSLOADING COMPANY, LLC
HERNDON PROCESSING COMPANY, LLC
KEPLER PROCESSING COMPANY, LLC
KINGWOOD MINING COMPANY, LLC
LITWAR PROCESSING COMPANY, LLC
MAXXIM REBUILD CO., LLC
MAXXIM SHARED SERVICES, LLC
MAXXUM CARBON RESOURCES, LLC
MCDOWELL-WYOMING COAL COMPANY, LLC
NATIONAL KING COAL LLC
NEWHALL MINING COMPANY, LLC
PARAMONT COAL COMPANY VIRGINIA, LLC
RIVERSIDE ENERGY COMPANY, LLC
SOLOMONS MINING COMPANY

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                                                                         ANNEX A

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

<PAGE>

                                                                         ANNEX B

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

<PAGE>

                                                                         ANNEX C

                              PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

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

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

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

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

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                                                                         ANNEX D

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

              Name:  __________________________________________
              Address: ________________________________________
                       ________________________________________

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

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