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                                                                    Exhibit 10.1

                             FORBEARANCE AGREEMENT

     FORBEARANCE AGREEMENT, dated as of July 17, 2000 (the "Agreement") to the
Credit Agreement, dated as of July 31, 1998 (as heretofore amended and as may be
further amended, restated, modified and supplemented from time to time, the
"Credit Agreement"), among GLOBE MANUFACTURING CORP., an Alabama corporation
(the "Borrower"), the several lenders from time to time party to the Credit
Agreement referred to below (the "Lenders"), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as
Administrative Agent (the "Agent"), GLOBE HOLDINGS, INC., a Massachusetts
corporation ("Holdings"), and the other Guarantors identified in the Credit
Agreement. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have
the meanings ascribed to them in the Credit Agreement.

     WHEREAS, the Borrower, Holdings, the Agent and the Lenders are party to
that certain Fourth Amendment and Forbearance Agreement dated as of May 31, 2000
(the "Fourth Amendment and Forbearance Agreement"); and

     WHEREAS, pursuant to the Fourth Amendment and Forbearance Agreement, the
Agent and the Lenders agreed, inter alia, to forbear from exercising certain
rights in respect of the Specified Defaults (as defined therein) through July
31, 2000; and

     WHEREAS, an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing as a result of
the non-payment by the Borrower of (i) a payment of principal in the amount of
$2,500,000 in respect of the Tranche A Term Loan and (ii) a payment of principal
in respect of Tranche B Term Loan in the amount of $275,000, each due and owing
as of July 15, 2000 (collectively, the "Payment Default"); and

     WHEREAS, additional Events of Default have occurred and are continuing as a
result of the non-compliance by the Borrower with the financial covenants
contained in Sections 8.08, 8.09, 8.10 and 8.16 of the Credit Agreement (the
"Covenant Defaults"); and

     WHEREAS, as more particularly described in Section 2 hereof, the Borrower
has informed the Agent that it will not be able to make the payment due on
August 1, 2000 in respect of the Borrower Senior Subordinated Notes (the "Senior
Subordinated Note Default"; and together with the Specified Defaults, the
Payment Default and the Covenant Defaults, the "Subject Defaults"); and

     WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that the Lenders and the Agent forbear
from exercising certain rights in respect of the Subject Defaults, and the Agent
and the Lenders have agreed to do so on the terms contained herein.

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     NOW, THEREFORE, for valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which is hereby acknowledged, and subject to the fulfillment of the conditions
set forth below, the parties hereto agree as follows:

SECTION 1.     Forbearance Provisions.
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     (a)  The Agent, the Lenders, the Borrower and each of the Guarantors hereby
     acknowledge the occurrence and continuance of each of the Subject Defaults
     (including the Payment Default) which have occurred and are continuing. The
     Borrower and each of the Guarantors agree that during the pendency of the
     Forbearance Period (as hereinafter defined) and so long as any Default or
     Event of Default remains in effect (including any Subject Defaults), the
     Borrower shall not request, and the Lenders shall not be obligated to make
     or issue, any new Loan or any new Letter of Credit; provided, that any Loan
     outstanding as of the Effective Date (as herein defined) may only be
     converted to or continued as a Base Rate Loan.

     (b)  The Agent and the Lenders agree to forbear from taking any action
     permitted to be taken by them under the Credit Agreement with respect to
     all Subject Defaults for the period of time commencing on the Effective
     Date and terminating on the Termination Date (as herein defined) (the
     "Forbearance Period"); provided, however, that such forbearance shall
     extend only to the Subject Defaults and not to any other Defaults or Events
     of Default now existing or occurring after the Effective Date and shall not
     in any way or manner restrict the Agent or the Lenders from exercising any
     rights or remedies they may have with respect to Subject Defaults after the
     expiration or termination of the Forbearance Period or with respect to any
     other Default or Event of Default at any time. "Termination Date" shall
     mean the earliest to occur of any of the following events: (i) 5:00 p.m.
     (Eastern time) on September 15, 2000; (ii) the occurrence and continuance
     of an Event of Default other than the Subject Defaults; (iii) the
     Borrower's failure to comply with any of the provisions of this Agreement;
     (iv) the Borrower's Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio shall be less than
     1.02 to 1.00 for the fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2000; (v) the
     Borrower's Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be less than
     0.685 to 1.00 for the fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2000 or (vi) the
     Borrower's Consolidated Leverage Ratio shall be greater than 9.74 to 1.00
     for the fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2000.

     (c)  The Borrower, each of the Guarantors, the Agent and the Lenders hereby
     agree that, notwithstanding the first sentence of Section 2.09(c) of the
     Credit Agreement and in order to induce the Agent and the Lenders to enter
     into this Agreement, during the Forbearance Period, interest on each Loan
     outstanding as of the Effective Date shall be paid on the last Business Day
     of each month.

     (d)  Notwithstanding any provision in the Credit Agreement or the Loan
     Documents to the contrary, during the Forbearance Period, all fees which
     are
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payable under the Credit Agreement and the Loan Documents on a quarterly basis,
including without limitation the Commitment Fee and letter of credit fees, shall
be payable on a monthly basis on the last Business Day of each month.

SECTION 2.     Non-Payment of Borrower Senior Subordinated Notes.
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     The Borrower hereby confirms that as a result of the occurrence of the
Payment Default, the Borrower is, pursuant to Section 10.02 of the Borrower
Senior Subordinated Note Indenture, prohibited from making, and shall not make,
any payment under or in respect of the Borrower Senior Subordinated Notes
including, without limitation, the payment due under the Borrower Senior
Subordinated Notes on August 1, 2000. Each of the Guarantors hereby confirms
that as a result of the occurrence of the Payment Default, such Guarantor is,
pursuant to Section 12.02 of the Borrower Senior Subordinated Note Indenture,
(i) prohibited from making, and shall not make, any payment with respect to any
obligations of such Guarantor under the Borrower Senior Subordinated Notes or
under its guarantee of the Borrower Senior Subordinated Notes, including,
without limitation, the payment due under the Borrower Senior Subordinated Notes
on August 1, 2000 and (ii) prohibited from acquiring, and shall not acquire, any
of the Borrower Senior Subordinated Notes for cash or property or otherwise.

SECTION 3.  Additional Provisions.  During the term of the Forbearance Period,
the Borrower shall (i) cause its financial advisors to consult with and review
with the Agent's counsel's financial advisor, PricewaterhouseCoopers ("PWC"),
the Borrower's capital expenditure program, (ii) retain additional financial
staff (either through external hiring or the retention of professionals from
Rothschild or the Borrower's outside auditors) for the purposes of preparing
financial and cash flow projections, (iii) provide PWC reasonable access to all
of the Borrower's books of account, records and financial information, as well
as reasonable access to the Borrower's financial officers and representatives
for the purpose of evaluating the Borrower's business plan and financial
restructuring plan, in a manner and scope satisfactory to the Agent and (iv)
resume, beginning July 17, 2000, delivery of weekly flash reports (including
rolling thirteen week cash flow projections) by no later than the third Business
Day of the following week.

SECTION 4.  Waiver of Prepayment Provisions.  The Agent  and the Lenders agree
to waive the provisions of Section 2.07(c) of the Credit Agreement solely to
permit the Borrower to retain the Net Sale Proceeds of the sale of its rubber
thread division to North American Rubber Thread Co., Inc., the terms of which
sale were consented to by the Agent and the Required Lenders pursuant to that
certain Consent dated as of March 22, 2000; provided, that the Net Sale Proceeds
shall be used by the Borrower for working capital and general corporate
purposes.

SECTION 5.  Representations and Warranties.  The Borrower and each of the
Guarantors represents and warrants (which representations and warranties shall
survive the execution and delivery hereof) to the Agent that:

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     (a)  It has the corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and carry
out the terms and provisions of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated
hereby and has taken or caused to be taken all necessary corporate action to
authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby;

     (b)  No consent of any person (including, without limitation, shareholders
or creditors of the Borrower or any Guarantor), and no action of, or filing with
any governmental or public body or authority is required to authorize, or is
otherwise required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of
this Agreement and the other instruments and documents contemplated hereby which
has not been obtained;

     (c)  This Agreement and the other instruments and documents contemplated
hereby have been duly executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer on
behalf of such party, and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of
such party enforceable against such party in accordance with its terms, subject
to bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium and other similar laws
affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally and the exercise of
judicial discretion in accordance with general principles of equity;

     (d)  The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the
other instruments and documents contemplated hereby will not violate any law,
statute or regulation, or any order or decree of any court or governmental
instrumentality, or conflict with, or result in the breach of, or constitute a
default under any contractual obligation of such party;

     (e)  After giving effect to this Agreement, there does not exist any
Default or Event of Default other than the Subject Defaults; and

     (f)  After giving effect to this Agreement, the representations and
warranties contained in the Credit Agreement and in the other Loan Documents are
true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Effective Date as if
such representations and warranties had been made on and as of the Effective
Date (except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate
to an earlier date).

SECTION 6.  Conditions to Effectiveness.

     This Agreement shall become effective on the date (the "Effective Date")
upon which the following conditions have been satisfied in full or waived by the
Agent in writing:

     (i)  The Agent shall have received in form and substance satisfactory to
the Agent and its counsel, counterparts of this Agreement executed by the
Borrower,

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the Guarantors, and the Lenders and such other approvals or documents as the
Agent may reasonably request;

     (ii)      All representations and warranties contained in this Agreement or
otherwise made in writing to the Agent in connection herewith shall be true and
correct in all material respects;

     (iii)     No Default or Event of Default, other than the Subject Defaults,
shall have occurred and be continuing;

     (iv)      The Agent shall have received payment in full of all outstanding
invoices for reasonable costs and expenses owing to the Agent and the Lenders in
accordance with Section 12.04 of the Credit Agreement, including, without
limitation, the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel to the Agent and counsel
to the individual Lenders; and

     (v)       The Agent shall have received from the Borrower its business plan
in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent.

SECTION 7.   Ratification; Waiver of Defenses.

     (a)       The Credit Agreement and the Loan Documents remain in full force
and effect and are hereby ratified and affirmed. The Borrower and each Guarantor
hereby (i) confirms and agrees that the Borrower is truly and justly indebted to
the Agent, the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Cash Management Bank in the
aggregate amount of the Obligations without defense, counterclaim or offset of
any kind whatsoever; and (ii) reaffirms and admits the validity and
enforceability of the Credit Agreement and the Loan Documents and the Liens in
the Collateral which were granted pursuant to the Loan Documents and otherwise.

     (b)       This Agreement shall be limited precisely as written and shall
not be deemed (i) to be a consent granted pursuant to, or a waiver or
modification of, any other term or condition of the Credit Agreement or any of
the instruments or agreements referred to therein or a waiver of any Default or
Event of Default under the Credit Agreement, whether or not known to the Agent
or the Lenders or (ii) to prejudice any other right or rights which the Agent or
the Lenders may now have or have in the future under or in connection with the
Credit Agreement or any of the instruments or agreements referred to therein.

SECTION 8.   References.  All references to the Credit Agreement in the Credit
Agreement or any other Loan Document and the other documents and instruments
delivered pursuant to or in connection therewith shall mean such Credit
Agreement as

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modified hereby and as each may in the future be amended, restated, supplemented
or modified from time to time. This Agreement shall constitute a Loan Document.

SECTION 9.  Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed by the parties hereto
individually or in combination, in one or more counterparts, each of which shall
be an original and all of which, taken together, shall constitute one and the
same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page by
telecopier shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart.

SECTION 10.  Governing Law.  THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF
THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

SECTION 11.  Acknowledgement by Guarantors.  Each of the Guarantors hereby
acknowledges that it has read this Agreement and consents to the terms hereof
and further confirms and agrees that, notwithstanding the effectiveness of this
Agreement, (i) its obligations under its Guaranty shall not be impaired or
affected and (ii) such Guaranty is, and shall continue to be, in full force and
effect and is hereby confirmed and ratified in all respects.

SECTION 12.  Miscellaneous.  The parties hereto shall, at any time and from time
to time following the execution of this Agreement, execute and deliver all such
further instruments and take all such further action as may be reasonably
necessary or appropriate in order to carry out the provisions of this Agreement.

SECTION 13.  Headings.  Section headings in this Agreement are included herein
for convenience of reference only and are not to affect the construction of, or
to be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.

                        [Signatures on Following Page]

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Borrower, each Guarantor, the Lenders and the Agent
have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective officers of
the day and year first above written.

                                       GLOBE MANUFACTURING CORP.

                                       By: /s/  Richard F. Heitmiller
                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Name:  Richard F. Heitmiller
                                           Title: Vice Chairman and Chief
                                                  Executive Officer

                                       GLOBE HOLDINGS, INC.

                                       By: /s/  Richard F. Heitmiller
                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Name:  Richard F. Heitmiller
                                           Title: Vice Chairman and Chief
                                                  Executive Officer

                                       BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as
                                       Administrative Agent

                                       By: /s/ Liliana Claar
                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Name:  Liliana Claar
                                           Title: Vice President

                                       BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Lender

                                       By: /s/ Jay T. Wampler
                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Name:  Jay T. Wampler
                                           Title: Managing Director

                                       MERRILL LYNCH CAPITAL CORPORATION

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

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                                       OAKTREE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC, as
                                       general partner of or investment manager
                                       for OCM Opportunities Fund III, L.P. and
                                       Columbia/HCA Master Retirement Trust
                                       (separate account)

                                       By: /s/ Phillip W. Otero
                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Name:  Phillip W. Otero
                                           Title: Vice President

                                       By: /s/ Kenneth Liang
                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Name:  Kenneth Liang
                                           Title: Managing Director & General
                                                  Counsel

                                       BHF (USA) CAPITAL CORPORATION

                                       By: /s/ Dan Dobrjanskyj
                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Name:  Dan Dobrjanskyj
                                           Title: Assistant Vice President

                                       By: /s/ Aurelio Almonte
                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Name:  Aurelio Almonte
                                           Title: Associate

                                       CYPRESSTREE INSTITUTIONAL FUND, LLC

                                       By: CypressTree Investment Management
                                           Company, Inc., its Managing Manager

                                       By: /s/ Jeffrey W. Heuer
                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Name:  Jeffrey W. Heuer
                                           Title: Principal

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                                       CYPRESSTREE INVESTMENT FUND, LLC

                                       By: CypressTree Investment Management
                                           Company, Inc., its Managing Manager

                                       By: /s/ Jeffrey W. Heuer
                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Name:  Jeffrey W. Heuer
                                           Title: Principal

                                       CYPRESSTREE INVESTMENT
                                           MANAGEMENT COMPANY, INC.
                                           As:  Attorney-in-Fact and on behalf
                                           of First Allmerica Financial Life
                                           Insurance Company as Portfolio
                                           Manager

                                       By: /s/ Jeffrey W. Heuer
                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Name:  Jeffrey W. Heuer
                                           Title: Principal

                                       CYPRESSTREE SENIOR FLOATING RATE FUND

                                       By: CypressTree Investment Management
                                           Company, Inc., as Portfolio Manager

                                       By: /s/ Jeffrey W. Heuer
                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Name:  Jeffrey W. Heuer
                                           Title: Principal

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                                       CYPRESSTREE INVESTMENT PARTNERS I LTD.

                                       By: CypressTree Investment Management
                                           Company, Inc., as Portfolio Manager

                                       By: /s/ Jeffrey W. Heuer
                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Name:  Jeffrey W. Heuer
                                           Title: Principal

                                       NORTH AMERICAN SENIOR FLOATING RATE FUND

                                       By: CypressTree Investment Management
                                           Company, Inc., as Portfolio Manager

                                       By: /s/ Jeffrey W. Heuer
                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Name:  Jeffrey W. Heuer
                                           Title: Principal

                                       EATON VANCE SENIOR INCOME TRUST

                                       By: Eaton Vance Management, as
                                           Investment Advisor

                                       By: /s/ Payson F. Swaffield
                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Name:  Payson F. Swaffield
                                           Title: Vice President

                                       FIRST SOURCE FINANCIAL LLP

                                       By: First Source Financial Inc., its
                                           Agent/Manager

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

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                                       FLEET NATIONAL BANK

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

                                       HELLER FINANCIAL, INC.

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

                                       KZH - CYPRESSTREE-1 CORPORATION

                                       By: /s/ Peter Chin
                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Name:  Peter Chin
                                           Title: Authorized Agent

                                       THE MITSUBISHI TRUST AND BANKING
                                       CORPORATION

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

                                       MORGAN STANLEY DEAN WITTER
                                       PRIME INCOME TRUST

                                       By: c/o Morgan Stanley Dean Witter
                                           Advisors, Inc.

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

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                                       NATIONAL CITY BANK

                                       By: /s/ Stephen C. Steckel
                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Name:  Stephen C. Steckel
                                           Title: Vice President

                                       OXFORD STRATEGIC INCOME FUND

                                       By:  Eaton Vance Management, as
                                            Investment Advisor

                                       By: /s/ Payson F. Swaffield
                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Name:  Payson F. Swaffield
                                           Title: Vice President

                                       SENIOR DEBT PORTFOLIO

                                       By:  Boston Management and Research, as
                                            Investment Advisor

                                       By: /s/ Payson F. Swaffield
                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Name:  Payson F. Swaffield
                                           Title: Vice President

                                       CITIZENS BANK OF MASSACHUSETTS

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

                                       SUNTRUST BANK

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

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                                                                    EXHIBIT 4.19

                PREFERRED STOCK AND WARRANT PURCHASE AGREEMENT

          PREFERRED STOCK AND WARRANT PURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated May 31, 2000
(this "Agreement"), among Outboard Marine Corporation, a Delaware corporation
(the "Company") Quantum Industrial Partners LDC ("QIP") and Greenlake Holdings
III LLC ("Greenlake" and together with QIP, the "Purchasers").

          WHEREAS, upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement,
the Company proposes to issue and sell to each of the Purchasers, for the
aggregate purchase price set forth opposite such Purchaser's name on Schedule
2.1 hereto, (i) the number of shares of the Company's Series C Preferred Stock
set forth opposite such Purchaser's name on Schedule 2.1 hereto, and (ii) a
warrant (the "Warrant") to purchase, subject to the terms and conditions
thereof, the aggregate number of shares (subject to adjustment) of Common Stock,
par value $.01 per share, of the Company (the "Common Stock") set forth opposite
such Purchaser's name on Schedule 2.1 hereto, at an exercise price of $.01 per
share (subject to adjustment), containing the terms and conditions set forth in
the form of warrant attached hereto as Exhibit A.  The shares of Series C
Preferred Stock to be sold pursuant hereto are collectively referred to as the
"Purchased Shares" and the Warrants to be sold pursuant hereto are collectively
referred to as the "Warrants."

          NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and
agreements set forth herein and for good and valuable consideration, the receipt
and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as
follows:

                              ARTICLE I.

                              DEFINITIONS
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          1.1  Definitions. As used in this Agreement, and unless the context
requires a different meaning, the following terms have the meanings indicated:

          "Affiliate" shall mean any Person who is an "affiliate" (as defined in
Rule 12b-2 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act) of, and
any Person controlling, controlled by, or under common control with, any
Purchaser.  For the purposes of this Agreement, "control" includes the ability
to have investment discretion through contractual means or by operation of law.

          "Agreement" means this Agreement as the same may be amended,
supplemented or modified in accordance with the terms hereof.
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          "Audited Financial Statements" has the meaning set forth in Section
3.8 of this Agreement.

          "Board of Directors" means the Board of Directors of the Company.

          "Business Day" means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other
day on which commercial banks in the State of New York are authorized or
required by law or executive order to close.

          "By-laws" means the by-laws of the Company in effect on the Closing
Date, as the same may be amended from time to time.

          "Certificate of Designation" means the Certificate of the Powers,
Designations, Preferences and Rights of the Series C Convertible Preferred
Stock, Par Value $.01 Per Share of the Company, as filed by the Company with the
Secretary of State of Delaware on May 31, 2000, a true and correct copy of which
is annexed as Exhibit B hereto.

          "Certificate of Designation Amendment" means a Certificate of
Amendment to the Certificate of Designation of the Series A Preferred Stock
substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F.

          "Certificate of Incorporation" means the Certificate of Incorporation
of the Company, as the same may be amended from time to time.

          "Claims" has the meaning set forth in Section 7.1 of this Agreement.

          "Closing" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3 of this Agreement.

          "Closing Date" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3 of this
Agreement.

          "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any
successor statute thereto.

          "Commission" means the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission or any similar agency then having jurisdiction to enforce the
Securities Act.

          "Common Stock" has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this
Agreement.

          "Company" has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

          "Condition of the Company" means the assets, business, properties,
prospects, operations or financial condition of the Company.

          "Contingent Obligation" means, as applied to any Person, any direct or
indirect liability of that Person with respect to any Indebtedness, lease,
dividend, guaranty,
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letter of credit or other obligation, contractual or otherwise (the "primary
obligation") of another Person (the "primary obligor"), whether or not
contingent, (a) to purchase, repurchase or otherwise acquire such primary
obligations or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor,
(b) to advance or provide funds (i) for the payment or discharge of any such
primary obligation, or (ii) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the
primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency or any
balance sheet item, level of income or financial condition of the primary
obligor, (c) to purchase property, securities or services primarily for the
purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of
the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation, or (d) otherwise
to assure or hold harmless the owner of any such primary obligation against loss
or failure or inability to perform in respect thereof. The amount of any
Contingent Obligation shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or
determinable amount of the primary obligation in respect of which such
Contingent Obligation is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum
reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof.

          "Contractual Obligations" means, as to any Person, any provision of
any security issued by such Person or of any agreement, undertaking, contract,
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument to which such Person is a
party or by which it or any of its property is bound.

          "Copyrights" means any foreign or United States copyright
registrations and applications for registration thereof, and any non-registered
copyrights.

          "Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

          "GAAP" means United States generally accepted accounting principles in
effect from time to time.

          "Governmental Authority" means the government of any nation, state,
city, locality or other political subdivision thereof, any entity exercising
executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or
pertaining to government, and any corporation or other entity owned or
controlled, through stock or capital ownership or otherwise, by any of the
foregoing.

          "Greenlake" has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this
Agreement.

          "Greenlake II" means Greenlake Holdings II LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company.

          "Indebtedness" means, as to any Person, (a) all obligations of such
Person for borrowed money (including, without limitation, reimbursement and all
other obligations with respect to surety bonds, letters of credit and bankers'
acceptances, whether or not matured), (b) all obligations of such Person
evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments, (c) all
obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or
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services, except trade accounts payable and accrued commercial or trade
liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business, (d) all interest rate
and currency swaps, caps, collars and similar agreements or hedging devices
under which payments are obligated to be made by such Person, whether
periodically or upon the happening of a contingency, (e) all indebtedness
created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement
with respect to property acquired by such Person (even though the rights and
remedies of the seller or lender under such agreement in the event of default
are limited to repossession or sale of such property), (f) all obligations of
such Person under leases which have been or should be, in accordance with GAAP,
recorded as capital leases, (g) all indebtedness secured by any Lien (other than
Liens in favor of lessors under leases other than leases included in clause (f))
on any property or asset owned or held by that Person regardless of whether the
indebtedness secured thereby shall have been assumed by that Person or is non-
recourse to the credit of that Person, and (h) any Contingent Obligation of such
Person.

          "Indemnified Party" has the meaning set forth in Section 7.1 of this
Agreement.

          "Indemnifying Party" has the meaning set forth in Section 7.1 of this
Agreement.

          "Intellectual Property" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.10 of
this Agreement.

          "Interim Financial Statements" has the meaning set forth in Section
3.8 of this Agreement.

          "Internet Assets" means any Internet domain names and other computer
user identifiers and any rights in and to sites on the worldwide web, including
rights in and to any text, graphics, audio and video files and html or other
code incorporated in such sites.

          "Knowledge" means the knowledge of the Company.

          "Lien" means any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation,
assignment, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other) or preference, priority,
right or other security interest or preferential arrangement of any kind or
nature whatsoever (excluding preferred stock and equity related preferences).

          "Losses" has the meaning set forth in Section 7.1 of this Agreement.

          "Material Adverse Effect" means a material adverse effect on (i) the
business, operations, financial condition, assets, prospects or properties of
the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, or (ii) the ability of the
Company to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents, or (iii) the
validity or enforceability of the Transaction Documents.
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          "May 2 Agreement" means that certain Subordinated Note and Warrant
Purchase Agreement, dated May 2, 2000, among the Company, QIP and Greenlake.

          "Orders" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2 of this Agreement.

          "Patents" means any foreign or United States patents and patent
applications, including any divisions, continuations, continuations-in-part,
substitutions or reissues thereof, whether or not patents are issued on such
applications and whether or not such applications are modified, withdrawn or
resubmitted.

          "Permits" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.5 of this Agreement.

          "Person" means any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, trust,
incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, joint stock company,
limited liability company, Governmental Authority or other entity of any kind,
and shall include any successor (by merger or otherwise) of such entity.

          "Purchasers" has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this
Agreement.

          "QIP" has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

          "Registration Rights Agreement" means the Registration Rights
Agreement, dated January 28, 2000, among the Company, QIP, Greenlake II and
Greenlake, as amended.

          "Requirements of Law" means, as to any Person, any law, statute,
treaty, rule, regulation, right, privilege, qualification, license or franchise
or determination of an arbitrator or a court or other Governmental Authority or
stock exchange, in each case applicable or binding upon such Person or any of
its property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject or
pertaining to any or all of the transactions contemplated or referred to herein.

          "Second Registration Rights Agreement Amendment" means an amendment to
the Registration Rights Agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit D hereto.

          "Second Stockholders Agreement Amendment" means an amendment to the
Stockholders Agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit E hereto.

          "Securities" means the shares of Series C Preferred Stock and the
Warrants issuable hereunder, the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion
of the Series C Preferred Stock, and the Warrant Shares.

          "Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the
rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
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          "Series A Preferred Stock" means the shares of Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company having the powers,
designations, preferences and rights set forth in the Certificate of the Powers,
Designations, Preferences and Rights of the Series A Convertible Preferred
Stock, Par Value $.01 Per Share of the Company, as filed by the Company with the
Secretary of State of Delaware on January 28, 2000.

          "Series B Preferred Stock" means the shares of Series B Convertible
Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company having the powers,
designations, preferences and rights set forth in the Series B Certificate of
Designation annexed hereto as Exhibit C, and issuable by the Company upon
conversion of the Subordinated Notes in accordance with the terms set forth in
this May 2 Agreement, as amended hereby, and in the Subordinated Notes.

          "Series C Preferred Stock" means the shares of Series C Convertible
Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company having the powers,
designations, preferences and rights set forth in the Certificate of
Designation.

          "Software" means any computer software programs, source code, object
code, data and documentation, including, without limitation, any computer
software programs that incorporate and run the Company's pricing models,
formulae and algorithms.

          "Stock Equivalents" means any security or obligation which is by its
terms convertible into or exchangeable for shares of common stock or other
capital stock or securities of the Company, and any option, warrant or other
subscription or purchase right with respect to common stock or such other
capital stock or securities.

          "Stockholders Agreement" means the Stockholders Agreement dated
January 28, 2000, as amended, among the Company, QIP, Greenlake II and
Greenlake.

          "Trade Secrets" means any trade secrets, research records, processes,
procedures, manufacturing formulae, technical know-how, technology, blue prints,
designs, plans, inventions (whether patentable and whether reduced to practice),
invention disclosures and improvements thereto.

          "Trademarks" means any foreign or United States trademarks, service
marks, trade dress, trade names, brand names, designs and logos, corporate
names, product or service identifiers, whether registered or unregistered, and
all registrations and applications for registration thereof.

          "Transaction Documents" means, collectively, this Agreement, the
Warrants, the Second Registration Rights Agreement Amendment and the Second
Stockholders Agreement Amendment.

          "Warrant" has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
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          "Warrant Shares" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1 of this
Agreement.

                                  ARTICLE II.

               PURCHASE AND SALE OF PREFERRED STOCK AND WARRANTS
               -------------------------------------------------

          2.1  Purchase and Sale of Preferred Stock and Warrants.  Subject to
the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to issue and sell
to each Purchaser, and each Purchaser agrees to purchase from the Company, for
the aggregate purchase price set forth opposite such Purchaser's name on
Schedule 2.1 hereto, on the Closing Date (a) the number of shares of Series C
Preferred Stock set forth opposite such Purchaser's name on Schedule 2.1 hereto,
and (ii) a Warrant to purchase the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock
set forth opposite such Purchaser's name on Schedule 2.1 hereto (all of the
shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants being purchased
pursuant hereto being referred to herein as the "Warrant Shares").

          2.2  Use of Proceeds.  The Company shall use the proceeds from the
sale of the Purchased Shares and the Warrants to the Purchasers for general
corporate purposes, including to fund the Company's working capital and to make
capital expenditures.

          2.3  Closing.  The closing of the sale and purchase of the Purchased
Shares and Warrants (the "Closing") shall take place at the offices of Paul,
Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, at 10:00 a.m., local time, on May 31, 2000
or at such other time, place and date that the Company and the Purchasers may
agree in writing (the "Closing Date").  On the Closing Date, the Company shall
deliver to each Purchaser (a) a certificate evidencing the number of shares of
Series C Preferred Stock set forth beside such Purchaser's name in Schedule 2.1
hereto and (b) a Warrant to purchase the number of Warrant Shares set forth
beside such Purchaser's name in Schedule 2.1 hereto against delivery by such
Purchaser to the Company of the aggregate purchase price therefor as set forth
beside such Purchaser's name in Schedule 2.1 hereto by wire transfer of
immediately available funds.

                                 ARTICLE III.

                 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
                 ---------------------------------------------

          The Company represents and warrants to each of the Purchasers as
follows:

          3.1  Corporate Existence and Power.  The Company (a) is a corporation
duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its incorporation; (b) has all requisite power and authority to
own and operate its property, to lease the property it operates as lessee and to
conduct the business in which it is currently, or is proposed to be, engaged;
and (c) is duly qualified as a foreign corporation, licensed and
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in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction in which its ownership,
lease or operation of property or the conduct of its business requires such
qualification, except where the failure to so qualify would not, individually or
in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company has the corporate
power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this
Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents.

          3.2  Authorization; No Contravention.  The execution, delivery and
performance by the Company of this Agreement and each of the other Transaction
Documents and of each of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby,
including, without limitation, the sale, issuance and delivery of the
Securities, (a) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of
the Company; (b) do not contravene the terms of the Certificate of Incorporation
or the By-laws; (c) do not violate, conflict with or result in any breach or
contravention of, or the creation of any Lien under, any Contractual Obligation
of the Company or any Requirement of Law applicable to the Company, except as
would not have a Material Adverse Effect; and (d) do not violate any judgment,
injunction, writ, award, decree or order of any nature (collectively, "Orders")
of any Governmental Authority against, or binding upon, the Company.

          3.3  Governmental Authorization; Third Party Consents. No approval,
consent, exemption, authorization or other action by, or notice to, or filing
with, any Governmental Authority or any other Person, and no lapse of a waiting
period under a Requirement of Law, is necessary or required in connection with
the execution, delivery or performance (including, without limitation, the sale,
issuance and delivery of the Securities) by, or enforcement against, the Company
of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents or the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby.

          3.4  Binding Effect.  This Agreement and each of the other Transaction
Documents have been duly executed and delivered by the Company, and constitute
the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the
Company in accordance with their terms, except as enforceability may be limited
by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance or
transfer, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors'
rights generally and by general principles of equity relating to enforceability
(regardless of whether considered in a proceeding at law or in equity).

          3.5  Compliance with Laws.

               (a) The Company is in compliance with all Requirements of Law and
all Orders issued by any court or Governmental Authority against the Company in
all material respects.

               (b) (i) The Company has all licenses, permits and approvals of
any Governmental Authority (collectively, "Permits") that are necessary for the
conduct of the business of the Company; (ii) such Permits are in full force and
effect; and (iii) no violations
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are or have been recorded in respect of any Permit, in each case, except as
would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

          3.6  Capitalization.  On the Closing Date, the authorized capital
stock of the Company shall consist of (i) 42,000,000 shares of Common Stock, of
which 20,439,531 shares shall be issued and outstanding, (ii) 650,000 shares of
Series A Preferred Stock, all of which are issued and outstanding, (iii) 200,000
shares of Series C Preferred Stock, all of which will be issued in accordance
with this Agreement, and (iii) 150,000 shares of undesignated "blank check"
preferred stock, all of which are reserved for future issuance upon conversion
of the Subordinated Notes into shares of Series B Preferred Stock.  The Company
has reserved an aggregate of (1) 4,642,857 shares of Common Stock for issuance
upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock, (2) 5,750,000 shares of Common
Stock for issuance upon exercise of common stock purchase warrants issued under
that certain Series A Convertible Preferred Stock and Warrant Purchase
Agreement, dated January 28, 2000, among the Company, QIP and Greenlake Holdings
II LLC, (3) 330,000 shares of Common Stock for issuance upon exercise of common
stock purchase warrants issued under the May 2 Agreement, (4) 846,154 shares of
Common Stock for issuance upon exercise of the Warrants, (5) 3,200,000 shares of
Common Stock for issuance upon conversion of the Purchased Shares, and (6) an
aggregate of 1,900,000 shares of Common Stock for issuance upon the exercise of
stock options issued or issuable under the Outboard Marine Corporation Personal
Rewards and Opportunities Plan.  In addition, the Company has agreed that upon
issuance of any shares of Series B Preferred Stock, the Company shall reserve
such additional number of shares of Common Stock as may be necessary in order to
permit the conversion of the shares of Series B Preferred Stock in accordance
with the terms of such stock. Except as described in the immediately preceding
three sentences or as provided in the Transaction Documents, on the Closing
Date, there will be no options, warrants, conversion privileges, subscription or
purchase rights or other rights outstanding to purchase or otherwise acquire (i)
any authorized but unissued, unauthorized or treasury shares of the Company's
capital stock, (ii) any Stock Equivalents or (iii) other securities of the
Company.  The issuance of the shares of Series C Preferred Stock and the
Warrants has been duly authorized. Assuming the accuracy of and compliance with
each Purchaser's representations, warranties and covenants contained in Sections
4.5, 4.6, 4.8, 4.9 and 4.10 hereof and in each of Section 17 of the Warrant, and
Sections 2.1 through (and including) 2.4 of the Stockholders Agreement, as
amended by the Second Stockholders Agreement Amendment, the issuance and sale to
the Purchasers of the Purchased Shares and the Warrants, the conversion of the
Purchased Shares in accordance with the terms set forth in the Certificate of
Designation, and the exercise of the Warrants in accordance with the terms
thereof will be exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.
The Warrant Shares and the Purchased Shares and any shares of Common Stock
issuable upon conversion of the Purchased Shares will be, when issued in
accordance with the Transaction Documents, duly authorized, fully paid and non-
assessable and not subject to any preemptive rights or similar rights that have
not been satisfied.  The issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock are all
duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
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          3.7  No Default or Breach; Contractual Obligations.  The Company has
not received notice of a current or pending default and is not in default under,
or with respect to, any Contractual Obligation nor, to the Company's knowledge,
does any condition exist that with notice or lapse of time or both would
constitute a default thereunder, except as would not have a Material Adverse
Effect.  All of the Contractual Obligations are valid, subsisting, in full force
and effect and binding upon the Company and, to the Company's Knowledge, the
other parties thereto. To the Knowledge of the Company, no other party to any
such Contractual Obligation is in material default thereunder, nor does any
condition exist that with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a
material default by such other party thereunder.

          3.8  Financial Statements. The consolidated balance sheet of the
Company and its subsidiaries as of December 31, 1999, and the related
consolidated statements of income, stockholders equity and cash flows for the
year then ended, including the notes and schedules thereto, certified by KPMG
LLP, independent public accountants, that have been delivered by the Company to
the Purchasers fairly present the consolidated financial position of the Company
and its subsidiaries as at December 31, 1999 and the consolidated results of
operations for the Company and its subsidiaries for the period then ended, in
each case in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles
consistently applied for the period covered thereby (the foregoing consolidated
financial statements at and for the period ending December 31, 1999 are referred
to herein as the "Audited Financial Statements").  The unaudited consolidated
balance sheet of the Company and its subsidiaries as of March 31, 2000 and the
related unaudited consolidated statements of income, stockholders equity and
cash flows for the three months then ended, that have been delivered by the
Company to the Purchasers fairly present the consolidated financial position of
the Company and its subsidiaries as at March 31, 2000 and the consolidated
results of operations for the Company and its subsidiaries for the three months
then ended, in each case in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles applied on a basis consistent with the Audited Financials, except for
normal year-end adjustments and the absence of footnotes required by GAAP (the
foregoing unaudited consolidated financial statements at March 31, 2000 and for
the three months then ending are referred to herein as the "Interim Financial
Statements").

          3.9  No Material Adverse Change; Ordinary Course of Business.  Since
December 31, 1999, there has been no change in the financial condition,
operations, business or properties of the Company or any of its subsidiaries
except (x) as disclosed in the Company's reports under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
subsequent to December 31, 1999 and prior to the date hereof, (y) as disclosed
in the Interim Financial Statements or (y) changes that individually or in the
aggregate would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

          3.10  Private Offering.  No form of general solicitation or general
advertising was used by the Company or its representatives in connection with
the offer or sale of the Purchased Shares or the Warrants.

          3.11  Intellectual Property.
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               (a) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a
Material Adverse Effect: (i) The Company is the owner of all, or has the license
or right to use, sell and license all of, the Copyrights, Patents, Trade
Secrets, Trademarks, Internet Assets, Software and other proprietary rights
(collectively, "Intellectual Property") that are used in connection with its
business as presently conducted or contemplated in its business plan, free and
clear of all Liens.

                    (ii) None of the Intellectual Property of the Company is
subject to any outstanding Order, and no action, suit, proceeding, hearing,
investigation, charge, complaint, claim or demand is pending or, to the
Knowledge of the Company, threatened, which challenges the validity,
enforceability, use or ownership of the item.

                    (iii) To the knowledge of the Company, none of the
Intellectual Property currently sold or licensed by the Company to any Person or
used by or licensed to the Company by any Person infringes upon or otherwise
violates any Intellectual Property rights of others.

                    (iv) No litigation is pending and no Claim has been made
against the Company or, to the Knowledge of the Company, is threatened,
contesting the right of the Company to sell or license to any Person or use the
Intellectual Property presently sold or licensed to such Person or used by the
Company.

               (b) To the Knowledge of the Company, no Person is infringing upon
or otherwise violating the Intellectual Property rights of the Company.

          3.12  Broker's, Finder's or Similar Fees.  There are no brokerage
commissions, finder's fees or similar fees or commissions payable by the Company
in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby based on any agreement,
arrangement or understanding with the Company or any action taken by the
Company.

          3.13  Litigation; Observance of Statutes and Orders.

               (a) There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the
knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any
subsidiary or any property of the Company or any subsidiary in any court or
before any arbitrator of any kind or before or by any governmental authority
that, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.

               (b) Neither the Company nor any subsidiary is in default under
any order, judgment, decree or ruling of any court, arbitrator or governmental
authority or is in violation of any applicable law, ordinance, rule or
regulation (including without limitation environmental laws) of any governmental
authority, which default or violation, individually or in the aggregate, would
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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          3.14  Taxes.  The Company and its subsidiaries have filed all income
tax returns that are required to have been filed in any jurisdiction, and have
paid all taxes shown to be due and payable on such returns and all other taxes
and assessments payable by them, to the extent such taxes and assessments have
become due and payable and before they have become delinquent, except for any
taxes and assessments (x) the amount of which, or the failure to file with
respect to which, is not individually or in the aggregate material or (y) the
amount, applicability or validity of which is currently being contested in good
faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which the Company or a
subsidiary, as the case may be, has established adequate reserves in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles.

          3.15  Title to Property; Leases.  The Company and its subsidiaries
have good title to their respective properties, including all such properties
reflected in the audited balance sheet as of December 31, 1999 or purported to
have been acquired by the Company or any subsidiary after said date (except as
sold or otherwise disposed of), in each case free and clear of liens, except for
(x) liens securing the Company's obligations under the Company's credit
facilities and in respect of the Company's borrowings, and (y) those defects in
title and liens that, individually or in the aggregate, would not have a
Material Adverse Effect.  All material leases are valid and subsisting and are
in full force and effect in all material respects except to the extent that the
failure to be so would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material
Adverse Effect.

                                  ARTICLE IV.

               REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE PURCHASERS
               ------------------------------------------------

          Each of the Purchasers hereby represents and warrants, severally and
not jointly, to the Company as follows:

          4.1  Existence and Power.  Such Purchaser (a) is duly organized and
validly existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its formation and (b) has
the requisite power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its
obligations under this Agreement and each of the other Transaction Agreements to
which it is a party.

          4.2  Authorization; No Contravention.  The execution, delivery and
performance by such Purchaser of this Agreement and each of the other
Transaction Agreements to which it is a party and the transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby, (a) have been duly authorized by all necessary action, (b)
do not contravene the terms of such Purchaser's organizational documents, or any
amendment thereof, and (c) do not violate, conflict with or result in any breach
or contravention of, or the creation of any Lien under, any Contractual
Obligation of such Purchaser or any Requirement of Law applicable to such
Purchaser, and (d) do not violate any Orders of any Governmental Authority
against, or binding upon, such Purchaser.
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          4.3  Governmental Authorization; Third Party Consents.  No approval,
consent, compliance, exemption, authorization or other action by, or notice to,
or filing with, any Governmental Authority or any other Person, and no lapse of
a waiting period under any Requirement of Law, is necessary or required in
connection with the execution, delivery or performance (including, without
limitation, the purchase of the Purchased Shares and the Warrants) by, or
enforcement against, such Purchaser of this Agreement and each of the other
Transaction Agreements to which it is a party or the  transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby.

          4.4  Binding Effect.  This Agreement and each of the other Transaction
Agreements to which it is a party have been duly executed and delivered by such
Purchaser and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligations of such
Purchaser, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as
enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, fraudulent conveyance or transfer, moratorium or similar laws
affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally or by equitable
principles relating to enforceability (regardless of whether considered in a
proceeding at law or in equity).

          4.5  Purchase for Own Account.  The shares of Series C Preferred
Stock and the Warrants to be acquired by such Purchaser pursuant to this
Agreement and any shares of Common Stock received upon conversion or exercise of
the shares of Series C Preferred Stock or the Warrants or as a result of the
ownership thereof are being or will be acquired for investment for its own
account and with no intention of distributing, transferring, assigning or
reselling or otherwise disposing thereof or any part thereof in any transaction
that would be in violation of the securities laws of the United States of
America, or any state, without prejudice, however, to the rights of such
Purchaser at all times to sell or otherwise dispose of all or any part of such
Securities under an effective registration statement under the Securities Act,
or under an exemption from such registration available under the Securities Act,
and subject, nevertheless, to the disposition of such Purchaser's property being
at all times within its control.  If such Purchaser should in the future decide
to dispose of any of the Securities, such Purchaser understands and agrees that
it may do so only once it reasonably satisfies the Company that such transfer is
in compliance with the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws, as
then in effect.  Such Purchaser agrees to the imprinting, so long as required by
law, of a legend on certificates representing all of the Securities to the
following effect:

     "THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE OR RECEIVABLE UPON THE
     EXERCISE OR CONVERSION THEREOF OR AS A RESULT OF THE OWNERSHIP HEREOF HAVE
     NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE
     "ACT"), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE.  THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE
     TRANSFERRED EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
     SUCH ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR PURSUANT TO AN
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     APPLICABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF SUCH ACT AND
     SUCH LAWS."

     "THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO A
     STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT AMONG THE COMPANY AND THE ORIGINAL PURCHASERS OF THE
     SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY.  TRANSFEREES OF SUCH SECURITIES SHOULD
     REVIEW SUCH AGREEMENT TO DETERMINE THEIR RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS."

          4.6  Restricted Securities.  Such Purchaser understands that the
Securities are "restricted securities" under the Securities Act and will not be
registered at the time of their issuance under the Securities Act for the reason
that the sale provided for in this Agreement is exempt pursuant to Section 4(2)
of the Securities Act and that the reliance of the Company on such exemption is
predicated in part on such Purchaser's representations set forth herein and on
such Purchaser's agreement to comply with Section 17 of the Warrant, and that
such Securities may be resold without registration under the Securities Act only
in certain limited circumstances defined therein.  Such Purchaser represents
that it is reasonably familiar with such resale restrictions in the Securities
Act, Rule 144 promulgated thereunder, and the other applicable federal and state
rules and regulations.

          4.7  Broker's, Finder's or Similar Fees.  There are no brokerage
commissions, finder's fees or similar fees or commissions payable by such
Purchaser in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby based on any
agreement, arrangement or understanding with such Purchaser or any action taken
by such Purchaser.

          4.8  Accredited Investor.  Such Purchaser is an "Accredited Investor"
within the meaning of Rule 501 of Regulation D under the Securities Act, as
presently in effect.

          4.9  Disclosure of Information.  Such Purchaser has carefully
reviewed the representations and warranties concerning the Company contained in
this Agreement and has had adequate opportunity to ask questions and receive
answers from the Company regarding the terms and conditions of the offering of
the Securities and the business, assets, prospects and financial condition of
the Company.

          4.10  Investment Experience.  Such Purchaser is, or has been, an
investor in securities of companies similar to the Company and has or is
represented by one who has such knowledge and experience in financial or
business matters that it is capable of evaluation of the merits and risks of an
investment in the Securities.
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                                  ARTICLE V.

                         CONDITIONS TO THE OBLIGATION
                          OF THE PURCHASERS TO CLOSE
                          --------------------------

          The obligation of the Purchasers to purchase the Purchased Shares and
the Warrants, to pay the purchase price therefor at the Closing and to perform
any obligations hereunder shall be subject to the satisfaction as determined by,
or waiver by, the Purchasers of the following conditions on or before the
Closing Date.

          5.1  Representations and Warranties.  The representations and
warranties of the Company contained in Article III hereof shall be true and
correct in all material respects at and on the Closing Date as if made at and on
such date, except to the extent that any representation and warranty expressly
speaks as of an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty is
true and correct as of such date and except for any activities or transactions
which may have taken place after the date hereof which are contemplated by this
Agreement.

          5.2  Secretary's Certificate.  The Purchasers shall have received a
certificate from the Company, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Purchasers, dated the Closing Date and signed by the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of the Company, certifying as to the incumbency and specimen signature
of each officer of the Company executing this Agreement, each other Transaction
Document and any other document delivered in connection herewith on behalf of
the Company.

          5.3  Purchased Shares.  The Company shall have delivered to each of
the Purchasers a stock certificate evidencing the number of shares of Series C
Preferred Stock set forth opposite such Purchaser's name on Schedule 2.1 hereto.

          5.4  Warrants.  The Company shall have duly executed and delivered
to each of the Purchasers a Warrant to purchase that number of shares of Common
Stock set forth opposite such Purchaser's name on Schedule 2.1 hereto.

          5.5  Second Registration Rights Agreement Amendment.  The Company
shall have duly executed and delivered the Second Registration Rights Agreement
Amendment.

          5.6  Second Stockholders Agreement Amendment.  The Company shall
have duly executed and delivered the Second Stockholders Agreement Amendment.

          5.7  Certificate of Designation Amendment.  The Company shall have
filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware the Certificate of Designation
Amendment substantially in the form of Exhibit F hereto.

          5.8  Certificate of Designation.  The Company shall have filed with
the Secretary of State of Delaware the Certificate of Designation.
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          5.9  Opinion of Counsel.  The Purchasers shall have received an
opinion of Counsel for the Company, dated the Closing Date, relating to the
transactions contemplated by or referred to herein, substantially in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit G.

                                  ARTICLE VI.

                         CONDITIONS TO THE OBLIGATION
                            OF THE COMPANY TO CLOSE
                            -----------------------

          The obligation of the Company to issue and sell the Purchased Shares
and the Warrants and the obligation of the Company to perform its other
obligations hereunder shall be subject to the satisfaction as determined by, or
waiver by, the Company of the following conditions on or before the Closing
Date:

          6.1  Representations and Warranties.  The representations and
warranties of the Purchasers contained in Article IV hereof shall be true and
correct on at and on the Closing Date as if made at and on such date, except to
the extent that any representation and warranty expressly speaks as of an
earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty is true and correct
as of such date and except for any activities or transactions which may have
taken place after the date hereof which are contemplated by this Agreement.

          6.2  Payment of Purchase Price.  Each Purchaser shall have paid the
aggregate purchase price for the shares of Series C Preferred Stock and the
Warrant to be purchased by such Purchaser.

          6.3  Second Registration Rights Agreement Amendment.  Each Purchaser
shall have duly executed and delivered the Second Registration Rights Agreement
Amendment.

          6.4  Second Stockholders Agreement Amendment.  Each Purchaser have
duly executed and delivered the Second Stockholders Agreement Amendment.

          6.5  Certificate of Designation Amendment.  The stockholders of the
Company (including the holders of at least 75% of the shares of Series A
Preferred Stock voting separately as a class) shall have approved the filing by
the Company of the Certificate of Designation Amendment.

                                 ARTICLE VII.

                                INDEMNIFICATION
                                ---------------

          7.1  Indemnification.  Except as otherwise provided in this Article
VII, the Company (the "Indemnifying Party") agrees to indemnify, defend and hold
harmless each of the Purchasers and its Affiliates and their respective
officers, directors, agents, employees,
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                                                                              17

subsidiaries, partners, members and controlling persons (each, an "Indemnified
Party") to the fullest extent permitted by law from and against any and all
losses, actions, suits, proceedings, claims, complaints, disputes, arbitrations
or investigations (collectively, "Claims" or written threats thereof (including,
without limitation, any Claim by a third party), damages, expenses (including
reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel incurred by the
Indemnified Party in any action between the Indemnifying Party and the
Indemnified Party or between the Indemnified Party and any third party) or other
liabilities (collectively, "Losses") resulting from or arising out of any breach
of any representation or warranty, covenant or agreement by the Company in this
Agreement or the other Transaction Documents; provided, however, that the
Indemnifying Party shall not be liable under this Article VII to an Indemnified
Party to the extent that it is finally judicially determined that such Losses
resulted or arose from the breach by such Indemnified Party of any
representation, warranty, covenant or other agreement of such Indemnified Party
contained in this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents or the willful
misconduct or gross negligence of such Indemnified Party; and provided further,
that if and to the extent that such indemnification is unenforceable for any
reason, the Indemnifying Party shall make the maximum contribution to the
payment and satisfaction of such Losses which shall be permissible under
applicable laws. The amount of any payment to any Indemnified Party herewith in
respect of any Loss shall be of sufficient amount to make such Indemnified Party
whole. In connection with the obligation of the Indemnifying Party to indemnify
for expenses as set forth above, the Indemnifying Party shall, upon presentation
of appropriate invoices containing reasonable detail, reimburse each Indemnified
Party for all such expenses (including reasonable fees, disbursements and other
charges of counsel incurred by the Indemnified Party in any action between the
Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party or between the Indemnified Party
and any third party) as they are incurred by such Indemnified Party; provided,
however, that if an Indemnified Party is reimbursed under this Article VII for
any expenses, such reimbursement of expenses shall be refunded to the extent it
is finally judicially determined that the Losses in question resulted primarily
from the willful misconduct or gross negligence of such Indemnified Party.

          7.2  Notification.  Each Indemnified Party under this Article VII
shall, promptly after the receipt of notice of the commencement of any Claim
against such Indemnified Party in respect of which indemnity may be sought from
the Indemnifying Party under this Article VII, notify the Indemnifying Party in
writing of the commencement thereof.  The omission of any Indemnified Party to
so notify the Indemnifying Party of any such action shall not relieve the
Indemnifying Party from any liability which it may have to such Indemnified
Party (a) other than pursuant to this Article VII or (b) under this Article VII
unless, and only to the extent that, such omission results in the Indemnifying
Party's forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses.  In case any such Claim
shall be brought against any Indemnified Party, and it shall notify the
Indemnifying Party of the commencement thereof, the Indemnifying Party shall be
entitled to assume the defense thereof at its own expense, with counsel
satisfactory to such Indemnified Party in its reasonable judgment; provided,
however, that any Indemnified Party may, at its own expense, retain separate
counsel to participate in such defense at its own expense. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, in any Claim in which both the Indemnifying Party, on the one hand,
and an Indemnified Party, on the
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                                                                              18

other hand, are, or are reasonably likely to become, a party, such Indemnified
Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel and to control its own
defense of such Claim if, in the reasonable opinion of counsel to such
Indemnified Party, a conflict or potential conflict exists between the
Indemnifying Party, on the one hand, and such Indemnified Party, on the other
hand, that would make such separate representation advisable; provided, however,
that the Indemnifying Party (i) shall not be liable for the fees and expenses of
more than one counsel to all Indemnified Parties and (ii) shall reimburse the
Indemnified Parties for all of such fees and expenses of such counsel incurred
in any action between the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Parties or
between the Indemnified Parties and any third party, as such expenses are
incurred. The Indemnifying Party agrees that it will not, without the prior
written consent of the Purchasers, settle, compromise or consent to the entry of
any judgment in any pending or threatened Claim relating to the matters
contemplated hereby (if any Indemnified Party is a party thereto or has been
actually threatened to be made a party thereto) unless such settlement,
compromise or consent includes an unconditional release of each Indemnified
Party from all liability arising or that may arise out of such Claim. The
Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any settlement of any Claim effected
against an Indemnified Party without its written consent, which consent shall
not be unreasonably withheld. The rights accorded to an Indemnified Party
hereunder shall be in addition to any rights that any Indemnified Party may have
at common law, by separate agreement or otherwise; provided, however, that
notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary contained in this
Agreement, nothing in this Article VII shall restrict or limit any rights that
any Indemnified Party may have to seek equitable relief.

          7.3  Limitation on Indemnification.  Anything in this Agreement to
the contrary notwithstanding, no payment shall be made to an Indemnified Party
pursuant to Section 7.1 of this Agreement until the amounts which the Purchasers
would otherwise be entitled to receive as indemnification under this Agreement
aggregate at least $115,000, at which time the Purchaser shall be entitled to
receive any such payments and any subsequent payments in full.  Anything in this
Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, the liability of the Company under
this Article shall in no event exceed the total purchase price paid for the
Purchased Shares and the Warrants received by the Company pursuant to this
Agreement.

                                 ARTICLE VIII.

                             AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
                             ---------------------

          The Company hereby covenants and agrees with each Purchaser that so
long as such Purchaser holds any Purchased Shares or Warrants:

          8.1  Financial Statements and Other Information.  The Company shall
deliver to such Purchaser, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such
Purchaser:

               (a) as soon as available, but not later than ninety (90) days
after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, a copy of the audited balance
sheet of the Company
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                                                                              19

as of the end of such fiscal year and the related statements of operations and
cash flows for such fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form
the figures for the previous year, all in reasonable detail and accompanied by a
management summary and analysis of the operations of the Company for such fiscal
year and by the opinion of a nationally recognized independent certified public
accounting firm which report shall state without qualification that such
financial statements present fairly the financial condition as of such date and
results of operations and cash flows for the periods indicated in conformity
with GAAP applied on a consistent basis;

               (b) commencing with the quarterly fiscal period ending on June
30, 2000, as soon as available, but in any event not later than forty-five (45)
days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal
year, the unaudited balance sheet of the Company, and the related statements of
operations and cash flows for such quarter and for the period commencing on the
first day of the fiscal year and ending on the last day of such quarter, all
certified by an appropriate officer of the Company as presenting fairly the
financial condition as of such date and results of operations and cash flows for
the periods indicated in conformity with GAAP applied on a consistent basis,
subject to normal year-end adjustments and the absence of footnotes required by
GAAP; and

               (c) commencing with the month ending on May 31, 2000, as soon as
available, but in any event not later than thirty (30) days after the end of the
first eleven months of each fiscal year, the unaudited balance sheet of the
Company, and the related statements of operations and cash flows for such month
and for the period commencing on the first day of the fiscal year and ending on
the last day of such month, all certified by an appropriate officer of the
Company as presenting fairly the financial condition as of such date and results
of operations and cash flows for the periods indicated in conformity with GAAP
applied on a consistent basis, subject to normal year-end adjustments and the
absence of footnotes required by GAAP.

          8.2  Reservation of Stock.  The Company shall at all times reserve
and keep available out of its authorized shares of Common Stock, solely for the
purpose of issuing and delivering such shares upon conversion of the Purchased
Shares, as provided in the Certificate of Designation, and the exercise of the
Warrants, the maximum number of shares of Common Stock that may be issuable or
deliverable upon such conversion or exercise.

          8.3  Books and Records.  The Company shall keep proper books of
record and account, in which full and correct entries shall be made of all
financial transactions and the assets and business of the Company in accordance
with GAAP consistently applied.

          8.4  Inspection.  The Company shall permit representatives of the
Purchasers to visit and inspect any of its properties, to examine its corporate,
financial and operating records and make copies thereof or abstracts therefrom,
to discuss its affairs, finances and accounts with their respective directors,
officers and independent public accountants, and shall provide the Purchasers
and their representatives with reasonable
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                                                                              20

access to its officers and employees, all at such reasonable times during normal
business hours and as often as may be reasonably requested upon reasonable
advance notice to the Company.

                                  ARTICLE IX.

                         AMENDMENT OF MAY 2 AGREEMENT
                         ----------------------------

          9.1  Amendment of May 2 Agreement.  The parties to this Agreement,
being all of the parties to the May 2 Agreement, and the Purchasers, being the
holders of all outstanding Subordinated Notes issued pursuant to the May 2
Agreement (the "Subordinated Notes"), hereby agree to amend, and do amend the
May 2 Agreement by deleting the form of Certificate of the Powers, Designations,
Preferences and Rights of the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, Par Value
$.01 Per Share of the Company, annexed to such May 2 Agreement as Exhibit C
thereto, and by replacing such Exhibit C with the form of Certificate of the
Powers, Designations, Preferences and Rights of the Series B Convertible
Preferred Stock, Par Value $.01 Per Share of the Company annexed as Exhibit C to
this Agreement.  The parties further agree that each reference in the May 2
Agreement or the Subordinated Notes to the "Certificate of Designation" or
"Exhibit C hereto" shall hereafter be understood to refer to the form of
Certificate of the Powers, Designations, Preferences and Rights of the Series B
Convertible Preferred Stock, Par Value $.01 Per Share of the Company annexed as
Exhibit C to this Agreement.  Except as specifically amended hereby, the May 2
Agreement and each outstanding Subordinated Note shall continue in full force
and effect in accordance with its terms.

                                  ARTICLE X.

                                 MISCELLANEOUS
                                 -------------

          10.1  Survival of Representations and Warranties.  All of the
representations and warranties made herein shall survive the execution and
delivery of this Agreement until the first anniversary of the Closing Date.

          10.2  Notices.  All notices, demands and other communications
provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing and shall be by
registered or certified first-class mail, return receipt requested, telecopier,
courier service or personal delivery:

               if to the Company:

               Outboard Marine Corporation
               100 Sea Horse Drive
               Waukegan, IL 60085
               Telecopy: (847) 689-6200
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                                                                              21

               Attention: General Counsel

               with a copy to:

               Davis Polk & Wardwell
               450 Lexington Avenue
               New York, NY 10017
               Telecopy: (212) 450-4800
               Attention: Julia K. Cowles, Esq.

               (i) if to Quantum Industrial Partners LDC.:

                   Kaya Flamboyan 9,
                   Villemstad
                   Curacao
                   Netherlands-Antilles
                   with a copy to:

                   Soros Fund Management LLC
                   888 Seventh Avenue
                   New York, NY 10016
                   Telecopy: (212) 664-0544
                   Attention: Michael Neus, Esq.

                   and a copy to:

                   Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
                   1285 Avenue of the Americas
                   New York, New York 10019-6064
                   Telecopy: (212) 757-3990
                   Attention: James Dubin, Esq.

              (ii) If to Greenlake:

                   Greenlake Holdings III LLC
                   c/o Greenway Partners, L.P.
                   277 Park Avenue
                   New York, NY 10016
                   Telecopy: (212) 350-5253
                   Attention: Gary Duberstein
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                                                                              22

                  with a copy to:

                  Weil, Gotshal & Manges
                  767 Fifth Avenue
                  New York, New York 10153
                  Telecopy: (212) 310-8007
                  Attention: David Blittner, Esq.

          All such notices, demands and other communications shall be deemed to
have been duly given when delivered by hand, if personally delivered; when
delivered by courier, if delivered by commercial courier service; five (5)
Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; and
when receipt is mechanically acknowledged, if telecopied.

          10.3  Successors and Assigns; Third Party Beneficiaries.  This
Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and
permitted assigns of the parties hereto.  Subject to applicable securities laws
and the terms and conditions thereof, the Purchasers may assign any of their
rights under this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents to any of their
respective Affiliates.  The Company may not assign any of its rights under this
Agreement without the written consent of the Purchasers.  Except as provided in
Article VII, no Person other than the parties hereto and their successors and
permitted assigns is intended to be a beneficiary of this Agreement.

          10.4  Amendment and Waiver.

               (a) No failure or delay on the part of the Company or the
Purchasers in exercising any right, power or remedy hereunder shall operate as a
waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right,
power or remedy preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise
of any other right, power or remedy. The remedies provided for herein are
cumulative and are not exclusive of any remedies that may be available to the
Company or the Purchasers at law, in equity or otherwise.

               (b) Any amendment, supplement or modification of or to any
provision of this Agreement, any waiver of any provision of this Agreement, and
any consent to any departure by the Company or the Purchasers from the terms of
any provision of this Agreement, shall be effective (i) only if it is made or
given in writing and signed by the Company and the Purchasers purchasing 75% of
the outstanding Purchased Shares, and (ii) only in the specific instance and for
the specific purpose for which made or given. Except where notice is
specifically required by this Agreement, no notice to or demand on the Company
in any case shall entitle the Company to any other or further notice or demand
in similar or other circumstances.

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

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

          10.7  GOVERNING LAW.  THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, WITHOUT REGARD
TO THE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW THEREOF.

          10.8  Severability.  If any one or more of the provisions contained
herein, or the application thereof in any circumstance, is held invalid, illegal
or unenforceable in any respect for any reason, the validity, legality and
enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining
provisions hereof shall not be in any way impaired, unless the provisions held
invalid, illegal or unenforceable shall substantially impair the benefits of the
remaining provisions hereof.

          10.9  Rules of Construction.  Unless the context otherwise requires,
"or" is not exclusive and references to sections or subsections refer to
sections or subsections of this Agreement.

          10.10  Right to Conduct Activities.  The Company and each Purchaser
hereby acknowledges that some or all of the Purchasers are professional
investment funds, and as such, invest in numerous portfolio companies, some of
which may be competitive with the Company's business.  No Purchaser shall be
liable to the Company or to any other Purchaser for any claim arising out of, or
based upon, the investment activities of such Purchaser, including without
limitation, any claim arising out of, or based upon, (i) the investment by
Purchaser in an entity competitive to the Company, or (ii) actions taken by any
partner, officer or other representative of any Purchaser to assist any such
competitive company, or otherwise, and whether or not such action has a
detrimental effect of the Company.

          10.11  Entire Agreement.  This Agreement, together with the exhibits
and schedules hereto, and the other Transaction Documents are 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 and therein.  There are no
restrictions, promises, representations, warranties or undertakings, other than
those set forth or referred to herein or therein.  This Agreement, together with
the exhibits and schedules hereto, and the other Transaction Documents supersede
all prior agreements and understandings between the parties with respect to such
subject matter.

          10.12  Fees.  Upon the Closing, the Company shall reimburse each of
the Purchasers for all expenses incurred by each such Purchaser in the course of
conducting such
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Purchaser's due diligence investigation of the Company (including any fees and
expenses of outside consultants to such Purchaser) and for the fees,
disbursements and other charges of counsel incurred in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

          10.13  Publicity.

               (a) Except as may be required by applicable Requirements of Law,
none of the parties hereto shall issue a publicity release or public
announcement or otherwise make any disclosure concerning this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby without prior approval by the other parties
hereto. If any announcement is required by law or the rules of any securities
exchange or market on which shares of Common Stock are traded to be made by any
party hereto, prior to making such announcement such party will deliver a draft
of such announcement to the other parties and shall give the other parties
reasonable opportunity to comment thereon.

               (b) For so long as QIP or any of its Affiliates owns any
Securities, QIP shall have the opportunity to review and modify any provision of
any public release, public announcement or government filing which is to be
released to the public, which provision mentions QIP or any of its Affiliates,
prior to the release of such document to the public, it being understood and
agreed that Soros Private Equity Partners LLC will be identified as making
investments on behalf of QIP.

          10.14  Further Assurances.  Each of the parties shall execute such
documents and use reasonable efforts to perform such further acts (including,
without limitation, obtaining any consents, exemptions, authorizations or other
actions by, or giving any notices to, or making any filings with, any
Governmental Authority or any other Person) as may be reasonably required or
desirable to carry out or to perform the provisions of this Agreement.

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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed, or have caused to
be executed, this Preferred Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement on the date
first written above.

                    OUTBOARD MARINE CORPORATION

                    By: /s/ James Pekarek
                        ---------------------------
                        Name: James Pekarek
                        Title: Vice President and Controller

                    QUANTUM INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS LDC

                    By: /s/ Michael C. Neus
                        -------------------
                        Name:  Michael C. Neus
                        Title:  Attorney in Fact

                    GREENLAKE HOLDINGS III LLC

                    By: /s/ Gary K. Duberstein
                        ----------------------
                        Name:  Gary K. Duberstein
                        Title:  Vice President
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                                                            SCHEDULE 2.1
                                                            ------------

               PURCHASED SHARES AND WARRANT SHARES AND PURCHASE PRICE
               ------------------------------------------------------

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                        Number of Shares of
                                        Series C Preferred
        Purchaser/1/                           Stock              Warrant Shares           Purchase Price
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                     <C>                       <C>                     <C>

Quantum Industrial Partners LDC             200,000                  846,154               $20,000,000.00

Greenlake Holdings III LLC                 _________                 ________              $_____________

----------------
</TABLE>
/1/  Subsequent to the Closing, QIP may sell a portion of the shares of Series C
     Preferred Stock and Warrants purchased at the Closing to Greenlake or its
     Affiliate on such terms as QIP and Greenlake may agree.
<PAGE>

================================================================================

                PREFERRED STOCK AND WARRANT PURCHASE AGREEMENT

                                     among

                         OUTBOARD MARINE CORPORATION,

                        QUANTUM INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS LDC

                                      and

                          GREENLAKE HOLDINGS III LLC

                        ______________________________

                                 May 31, 2000
                        ______________________________

================================================================================
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                       Table of Contents
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS.............................................       1
  1.1   Definitions...............................................       1

ARTICLE II PURCHASE AND SALE OF PREFERRED STOCK AND WARRANTS......       7
  2.1   Purchase and Sale of Preferred Stock and Warrants.........       7
  2.2   Use of Proceeds...........................................       7
  2.3   Closing...................................................       7

ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY.........       8
  3.1   Corporate Existence and Power.............................       8
  3.2   Authorization; No Contravention...........................       8
  3.3   Governmental Authorization; Third Party Consents..........       8
  3.4   Binding Effect............................................       9
  3.5   Compliance with Laws......................................       9
  3.6   Capitalization............................................       9
  3.7   No Default or Breach; Contractual Obligations.............      10
  3.8   Financial Statements......................................      10
  3.9   No Material Adverse Change; Ordinary Course of Business...      11
  3.10  Private Offering..........................................      11
  3.11  Intellectual Property.....................................      11
  3.12  Broker's, Finder's or Similar Fees........................      12
  3.13  Litigation; Observance of Statutes and Orders.............      12
  3.14  Taxes.....................................................      12
  3.15  Title to Property; Leases.................................      12

ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE PURCHASERS.......      13
  4.1   Existence and Power.......................................      13
  4.2   Authorization; No Contravention...........................      13
  4.3   Governmental Authorization; Third Party Consents..........      13
  4.4   Binding Effect............................................      13
  4.5   Purchase for Own Account..................................      14
  4.6   Restricted Securities.....................................      14
  4.7   Broker's, Finder's or Similar Fees........................      15
  4.8   Accredited Investor.......................................      15
  4.9   Disclosure of Information.................................      15
  4.10  Investment Experience.....................................      15

ARTICLE V CONDITIONS TO THE OBLIGATION OF THE PURCHASERS TO CLOSE.      15
  5.1   Representations and Warranties............................      15
  5.2   Secretary's Certificate...................................      16
  5.3   Purchased Shares..........................................      16

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  5.4   Warrants..................................................      16
  5.5   Second Registration Rights Agreement Amendment............      16
  5.6   Second Stockholders Agreement Amendment...................      16
  5.7   Certificate of Designation Amendment......................      16
  5.8   Certificate of Designation................................      16
  5.9   Opinion of Counsel........................................      16

ARTICLE VI CONDITIONS TO THE OBLIGATION  OF THE COMPANY TO CLOSE..      16
  6.1   Representations and Warranties............................      17
  6.2   Payment of Purchase Price.................................      17
  6.3   Second Registration Rights Agreement Amendment............      17
  6.4   Second Stockholders Agreement Amendment...................      17
  6.5   Certificate of Designation Amendment......................      17

ARTICLE VII INDEMNIFICATION.......................................      17
  7.1   Indemnification...........................................      17
  7.2   Notification..............................................      18
  7.3   Limitation on Indemnification.............................      19

ARTICLE VIII AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS................................      19
  8.1   Financial Statements and Other Information................      19
  8.2   Reservation of Stock......................................      20
  8.3   Books and Records.........................................      20
  8.4   Inspection................................................      20

ARTICLE IX AMENDMENT OF MAY 2 AGREEMENT...........................      21
  9.1   Amendment of May 2 Agreement..............................      21

ARTICLE X MISCELLANEOUS..........................................       21
  10.1  Survival of Representations and Warranties................      21
  10.2  Notices...................................................      21
  10.3  Successors and Assigns; Third Party Beneficiaries.........      23
  10.4  Amendment and Waiver......................................      23
  10.5  Counterparts..............................................      23
  10.6  Headings..................................................      23
  10.7  GOVERNING LAW.............................................      24
  10.8  Severability..............................................      24
  10.9  Rules of Construction.....................................      24
  10.10 Right to Conduct Activities...............................      24
  10.11 Entire Agreement..........................................      24
  10.12 Fees......................................................      24
  10.13 Publicity.................................................      25
  10.14 Further Assurances........................................      25

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EXHIBITS

A           Form of Warrant
B           Form of Certificate of Designation of Series C Preferred Stock
C           Form of Certificate of Designation of Series B Preferred Stock
D           Form of Second Registration Rights Amendment
E           Form of Second Stockholders Agreement Amendment
F           Form of Certificate of Designation Amendment
G           Form of OMC Opinion of Counsel

SCHEDULES

2.1         Purchased Shares, Warrant Shares and Purchase Price

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