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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10(l)
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                             FISCAL AGENCY AGREEMENT

                                      AMONG

                               CABOT FINANCE B.V.
                                    AS ISSUER

                                       AND

                                CABOT CORPORATION
                                  AS GUARANTOR

                                       AND

                                 U.S. BANK TRUST
                              NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
                                 AS FISCAL AGENT

                        5.25% NOTES DUE SEPTEMBER 1, 2013

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                         Dated as of September 24, 2003

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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

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                                                         ARTICLE ONE

                                                         DEFINITIONS

Section 1.01.   Definitions..........................................................................................     1
Section 1.02.   Other Definitions....................................................................................     4
Section 1.03.   Rules of Construction................................................................................     5

                                                         ARTICLE TWO

                                                       THE SECURITIES

Section 2.01.   Form and Dating......................................................................................     5
Section 2.02.   Execution and Authentication.........................................................................     7
Section 2.03.   Fiscal Agent, Registrar and Paying Agent.............................................................     8
Section 2.04.   Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust..................................................................     8
Section 2.05.   Holder Lists.........................................................................................     9
Section 2.06.   Transfer and Exchange................................................................................     9
Section 2.07.   Replacement Securities...............................................................................    15
Section 2.08.   Outstanding Securities...............................................................................    15
Section 2.09.   Treasury Securities..................................................................................    16
Section 2.10.   Temporary Securities.................................................................................    16
Section 2.11.   Cancellation.........................................................................................    16
Section 2.12.   Defaulted Interest...................................................................................    16
Section 2.13.   Persons Deemed Owners................................................................................    17
Section 2.14.   CUSIP Numbers........................................................................................    17
Section 2.15.   Issuance of Additional Securities....................................................................    17
Section 2.16.   Legal Holidays.......................................................................................    18

                                                        ARTICLE THREE

                                                         REDEMPTION

Section 3.01.   Notice to Fiscal Agent of Election to Redeem.........................................................    18
Section 3.02.   Selection of Securities to be Redeemed...............................................................    18
Section 3.03.   Notice of Redemption.................................................................................    19
Section 3.04.   Payment of Securities Called for Redemption..........................................................    19
Section 3.05.   Exclusion of Certain Securities from Eligibility for Selection for Redemption........................    20
Section 3.06.   Optional Redemption..................................................................................    20
Section 3.07.   Optional Redemption Due to Changes in Tax Treatment..................................................    22
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                                                        ARTICLE FOUR

                                                          COVENANTS

Section 4.01.   Certain Definitions..................................................................................    23
Section 4.02.   Payment of Securities................................................................................    24
Section 4.03.   Limitation on Liens..................................................................................    28
Section 4.04.   Limitation on Sale and Leaseback.....................................................................    29
Section 4.05.   Limitation on Sale or Transfer of Restricted Property................................................    29
Section 4.06.   No Lien Created......................................................................................    30
Section 4.07.   Compliance Certificate...............................................................................    30
Section 4.08.   SEC Reports..........................................................................................    30

                                                        ARTICLE FIVE

                                               SUCCESSOR COMPANY OR GUARANTOR

Section 5.01.   When the Company or the Guarantor May Merge, etc.....................................................    31
Section 5.02.   When Securities Must Be Secured......................................................................    31

                                                         ARTICLE SIX

                                                    DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

Section 6.01.   Events of Default....................................................................................    32
Section 6.02.   Acceleration.........................................................................................    33
Section 6.03.   Other Remedies.......................................................................................    33
Section 6.04.   Waiver of Past Defaults..............................................................................    33
Section 6.05.   Control by Majority..................................................................................    34
Section 6.06.   Limitation on Suits..................................................................................    34
Section 6.07.   Rights of Holders to Receive Payment.................................................................    34
Section 6.08.   Collection Suit by Fiscal Agent......................................................................    35
Section 6.09.   Fiscal Agent May File Proofs of Claim................................................................    35
Section 6.10.   Priorities...........................................................................................    35
Section 6.11.   Undertaking for Costs................................................................................    35
Section 6.12.   Notice to Holders by Fiscal Agent....................................................................    35

                                                        ARTICLE SEVEN

                                                        FISCAL AGENT

Section 7.01.   Duties of Fiscal Agent...............................................................................    36
Section 7.02.   Rights of Fiscal Agent...............................................................................    37
Section 7.03.   Individual Rights of Fiscal Agent....................................................................    37
Section 7.04.   Fiscal Agent's Disclaimer............................................................................    37
Section 7.05.   Compensation and Indemnity...........................................................................    37
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Section 7.06.   Replacement of Fiscal Agent..........................................................................    38
Section 7.07.   Successor Fiscal Agent by Merger, etc................................................................    39

                                                        ARTICLE EIGHT

                                                  DEFEASANCE AND DISCHARGE

Section 8.01.   Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.............................................    39
Section 8.02.   Legal Defeasance.....................................................................................    39
Section 8.03.   Covenant Defeasance..................................................................................    40
Section 8.04.   Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance...........................................................    40
Section 8.05.   Discharge............................................................................................    41
Section 8.06.   Deposited Money and Government Securities to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions........    42
Section 8.07.   Repayment to Company.................................................................................    42
Section 8.08.   Reinstatement........................................................................................    43

                                                        ARTICLE NINE

                                             AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS

Section 9.01.   Without Consent of Holders...........................................................................    43
Section 9.02.   With Consent of Holders..............................................................................    44
Section 9.03.   Revocation and Effect of Consents....................................................................    45
Section 9.04.   Notation on or Exchange of Securities................................................................    45
Section 9.05.   Fiscal Agent to Sign Amendments, etc.................................................................    45

                                                         ARTICLE TEN

                                                          GUARANTEE

Section 10.01.   Guarantee...........................................................................................    45
Section 10.02.   No Subrogation......................................................................................    47
Section 10.03.   Assumption by the Guarantor.........................................................................    47

                                                       ARTICLE ELEVEN

                                                        MISCELLANEOUS

Section 11.01.   Notices.............................................................................................    47
Section 11.02.   Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent..................................................    48
Section 11.03.   Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.......................................................    48
Section 11.04.   Rules by Fiscal Agent, Paying Agent, Registrar......................................................    49
Section 11.05.   Governing Law.......................................................................................    49
Section 11.06.   No Recourse Against Others..........................................................................    49
Section 11.07.   Successors..........................................................................................    49
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Section 11.08.   Execution in Counterparts...........................................................................    49

SIGNATURES...........................................................................................................    53
EXHIBIT A -- FORM OF SECURITY
EXHIBIT B -- FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER
EXHIBIT C -- FORM OF CERTIFICATE FROM ACQUIRING INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR
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         FISCAL AGENCY AGREEMENT dated as of September 24, 2003 (the
"Agreement"), among CABOT FINANCE B.V., a private company with limited liability
organized under the laws of the Netherlands (the "Company"), CABOT CORPORATION,
a Delaware corporation (the "Guarantor"), and U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, as fiscal agent (the "Fiscal
Agent").

         Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other party and for
the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Company's Securities:

                                   ARTICLE ONE

                                   DEFINITIONS

Section 1.01. Definitions.

         "Additional Securities" means 5.25% Notes due September 1, 2013 of the
Company issued under this Agreement after the Issuance Date in accordance with
Sections 2.02 and 2.15 hereof, and having identical terms and conditions to the
Securities.

         "Affiliate" means any person directly or indirectly controlling or
controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Guarantor.

         "Agent" means any Registrar or Paying Agent.  See Section 2.03.

         "Agreement" means this Fiscal Agency Agreement as amended or
supplemented from time to time.

         "Applicable Procedures" means, with respect to any transfer or exchange
of or for beneficial interests in any Global Security, the rules and procedures
of the Depositary, Euroclear and Clearstream that apply to such transfer or
exchange.

         "Board of Directors" means the Management Board of the Company or any
committee of the Management Board duly authorized to act for it hereunder.

         "Board Resolution" means a resolution of the Board of Directors, which
may be evidenced by a certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of
the Company stating that such resolution has been duly adopted by the Board of
Directors and in is full force and effect.

         "Company" means the party named as such in this Agreement until a
successor replaces it pursuant to this Agreement and thereafter means the
successor.

         "Default" means any event which is, or after notice or passage of time
or both would be, an Event of Default.

         "Depositary" shall mean, with respect to the Securities issuable or
issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, the
person designated as Depositary by the Company, which Depositary shall be a
clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act; and if
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at any time there is more than one such person, "Depositary" as used with
respect to the Securities shall mean the Depositary.

         "Distribution Compliance Period" shall mean, the period that begins on
the closing of any offering of Securities (including any Additional Securities)
and ends 40 days later.

         "Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

         "Fiscal Agent" means the party named as such in this Agreement until a
successor replaces it pursuant to this Agreement and thereafter means the
successor.

         "Global Security" or "Global Securities" means a Security or
Securities, as the case may be, in the form prescribed in Section 2.01 of this
Agreement evidencing all or part of the Securities, issued to the Depositary or
its nominee, and registered in the name of such Depositary or nominee.

         "guarantee" means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of any
Person directly or indirectly guaranteeing any indebtedness of any other Person
and any obligation, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, of such Person
(i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment
of) such indebtedness of such other Person (whether arising by virtue of
partnership arrangements, or by agreement to keep-well, to purchase assets,
goods, securities or services, to take-or-pay, or to maintain financial
statement conditions or otherwise) or (ii) entered into for purposes of assuring
in any other manner the obligee of such indebtedness of the payment thereof or
to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part);
provided, however, that the term "guarantee" will not include endorsements for
collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business. The term "guarantee"
used as a verb has a corresponding meaning.

         "Guarantee" means the guarantee of payment of the Securities by the
Guarantor pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

         "Guarantor" means the party named as such in this Agreement until a
successor replaces it pursuant to this Agreement and thereafter means the
successor.

         "Holder" or "Securityholder" or "Holder of Securities" or "Noteholder"
means a person in whose name a Security is registered on the Registrar's books.

         "Indirect Participant" means a Person who holds a beneficial interest
in a Global Security through a Participant.

         "Institutional Accredited Investor" means an institution that is an
"accredited investor" as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the
Securities Act, that is not also a Qualified Institutional Buyer.

         "Issuance Date" means September 24, 2003.

         "Officer" means the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President,
any Vice President, the Treasurer, the Secretary or the Controller of the
Company.

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         "Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by two Officers or
by an Officer and an Assistant Treasurer, Assistant Secretary or Assistant
Controller of the Company.

         "Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion from legal counsel who may
be an employee of or counsel to the Company, or who may be other counsel
reasonably satisfactory to the Fiscal Agent.

         "Participant" means, with respect to the Depositary, Euroclear or
Clearstream, a Person who has an account with the Depositary, Euroclear or
Clearstream, respectively (and, with respect to DTC, shall include Euroclear and
Clearstream).

         "Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, government
or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity.

         "Place of Payment" means, when used with respect to Securities, the
place or places where the principal of, interest, if any, or Additional Amounts,
if any, on the Securities are payable.

         "Qualified Institutional Buyer" means a "qualified institutional buyer"
as defined in Rule 144A.

         "Responsible Officer" means any officer in the Corporate Trust Division
of the Fiscal Agent or any other officer of the Fiscal Agent assigned by the
Fiscal Agent to administer its corporate trust matters.

         "Rule 144" means Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act.

         "Rule 144A" means Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act.

         "Rule 903" means Rule 903 promulgated under the Securities Act.

         "Rule 904" means Rule 904 promulgated the Securities Act.

         "SEC" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

         "Securities" means the 5.25% Notes due September 1, 2013 of the Company
(including, without limitation, any Additional Securities) issued under this
Agreement.

         "Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time
to time.

         "Securities Custodian" means the Fiscal Agent, as custodian with
respect to the Securities in global form, or any successor entity thereto.

         "U.S. Government Obligations" means direct obligations of the United
States for the payment of which the full faith and credit of the United States
is pledged.

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Section 1.02.     Other Definitions.

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"Additional Amounts"..................................................................                  4.02
"Additional Taxing Jurisdiction"......................................................                  4.02
"Adjusted Treasury Rate"..............................................................                  3.06
"Attributable Debt"...................................................................                  4.01
"Bankruptcy Law"......................................................................                  6.01
"Cash Equivalents"....................................................................                  8.04
"Change in Tax Law"...................................................................                  3.07
"Comparable Treasury Issue"...........................................................                  3.06
"Comparable Treasury Price"...........................................................                  3.06
"Consolidated Net Tangible Assets"....................................................                  4.01
"Covenant Defeasance".................................................................                  8.03
"Custodian"...........................................................................                  6.01
"Debt"................................................................................                  4.01
"Definitive Securities"...............................................................                  2.01
"Directive"...........................................................................                  4.02
"Discharge"...........................................................................                  8.05
"DTC".................................................................................                  2.01
"DTC Participants"....................................................................                  2.01
"Exempted Debt".......................................................................                  4.01
"Existing Lien".......................................................................                  4.03
"Event of Default"....................................................................                  6.01
"IAI Global Security".................................................................                  2.01
"Independent Investment Banker".......................................................                  3.06
"Legal Defeasance"....................................................................                  8.02
"Legal Holiday".......................................................................                 12.06
"Lien"................................................................................                  4.01
"Long-Term Debt"......................................................................                  4.01
"Notice of Default"...................................................................                  6.01
"Obligations".........................................................................                 11.01
"Outstanding Securities...............................................................                  3.02
"144A Global Security"................................................................                  2.01
"Paying Agent"........................................................................                  2.03
"Payor"...............................................................................                  4.02
"Principal Property"..................................................................                  4.01
"Private Placement Legend"............................................................                  2.06
"Reference Treasury Dealer"...........................................................                  3.06
"Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations"................................................                  3.06
"Register"............................................................................                  2.03
"Registrar"...........................................................................                  2.03
"Regulation S Global Security"........................................................                  2.01
"Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction"........................................................                  4.02
"Remaining Life"......................................................................                  3.06
"Restricted Property".................................................................                  4.01
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"Restricted Subsidiary"...............................................................                  4.01
"Sale-Leaseback Transaction"..........................................................                  4.01
"Subsidiary"..........................................................................                  4.01
"Tax Redemption Date".................................................................                  3.07
"Taxes"...............................................................................                  4.02
"United States".......................................................................                  4.01
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         All other terms used in this Agreement that are defined by SEC rule
have the meanings assigned to them.

Section 1.03. Rules of Construction.

         Unless the context otherwise requires:

                  (1) a term has the meaning assigned to it;

                  (2) an accounting term, not otherwise defined, has the meaning
         assigned to it in accordance with generally accepted accounting
         principles;

                  (3) "or" is not exclusive; and

                  (4) words in the singular include the plural, and in the
         plural include the singular.

                                   ARTICLE TWO

                                 THE SECURITIES

Section 2.01. Form and Dating.

                  (a)      General Form of Securities. The Securities and the
Fiscal Agent's certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form
of Exhibit A hereto, which Exhibit is part of this Agreement. The Securities may
have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or
usage. Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication. The
Securities shall be in minimum denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples
thereof, except that Securities sold to Institutional Accredited Investors shall
be in minimum denominations of $100,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in
excess thereof. The terms and provisions contained in the Securities shall
constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Agreement and the
Company, the Guarantor and the Fiscal Agent, by their execution and delivery of
this Agreement, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound
thereby.

                  Securities offered and sold to Qualified Institutional Buyers
in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act will initially be issued only
in the form of one or more global Securities in definitive, fully registered
form without interest coupons (each a "144A Global Security"). 144A Global
Securities shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto
(including the text and schedule called for by footnote 1 thereto).

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                  Securities offered and sold to a limited number of
Institutional Accredited Investors will initially be issued only in the form of
one or more global Securities in definitive, fully registered form without
interest coupons (each "IAI Global Security"). IAI Global Securities shall be
substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto (including the text and
schedule called for by footnote 1 thereto).

                  Securities offered and sold outside the United States in
reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act will initially be issued only
in the form of one or more global Securities in definitive, fully registered
form without interest coupons (each a "Regulation S Global Security";
collectively with 144A Global Securities and IAI Global Securities, the "Global
Securities"). Regulation S Global Securities shall be substantially in the form
of Exhibit A attached hereto (including the text and schedule called for by
footnote 1 thereto). Except as provided in Section 2.06(c) hereof, owners of
beneficial interests in Global Securities will not be entitled to receive
certificated Securities ("Definitive Securities"). Any Definitive Securities
issued pursuant to Section 2.06(c) hereof shall be substantially in the form of
Exhibit A attached hereto (including the text and schedule called for by
footnote 1 thereto).

                  (b)      Form of Global Securities.

                  (i)      Each Global Security (A) shall represent such portion
                           of the outstanding Securities as shall be specified
                           therein, (B) shall provide that it shall represent
                           the aggregate amount of outstanding Securities from
                           time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate
                           amount of outstanding Securities represented thereby
                           may from time to time be reduced or increased, as
                           appropriate, to reflect exchanges and redemptions,
                           (C) shall be registered in the name of the Depositary
                           or its nominee, duly executed by the Company and
                           authenticated by the Fiscal Agent as provided herein,
                           for credit to the respective accounts of the Holders
                           (or such accounts as they may direct) at the
                           Depositary, (D) shall be delivered by the Fiscal
                           Agent or its Agent to the Depositary or a Securities
                           Custodian pursuant to the Depositary's instructions
                           and (E) shall bear the applicable legends required by
                           Section 2.06(d) hereof.

                  (ii)     Members of, or participants in, the Depositary ("DTC
                           Participants") shall have no rights under this
                           Agreement with respect to any Global Security held on
                           their behalf by the Depositary, and the Depositary
                           may be treated by the Company, the Fiscal Agent, and
                           any agent of the Company or the Fiscal Agent as the
                           absolute owner of such Global Security for all
                           purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
                           nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Fiscal
                           Agent, or any agent of the Company or the Fiscal
                           Agent from giving effect to any written
                           certification, proxy or other authorization furnished
                           to the Depositary or impair, as between the
                           Depositary and its agent members, the operation of
                           customary practices governing the exercise of the
                           rights of a Holder of any Security.

                  Any endorsement of a Global Security to reflect the amount of
any increase or decrease in the amount of outstanding Securities represented
thereby shall be made by the Fiscal

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Agent or the Securities Custodian, at the direction of the Fiscal Agent, in
accordance with instructions given by the Holder thereof as required by Section
2.06 hereof.

                  (c)      Form of Definitive Securities. Subject to the
provisions of Section 2.06 hereof, Definitive Securities may be produced in any
manner determined by the Officers of the Company executing such Securities, as
evidenced by their execution of such Securities. The Fiscal Agent must register
Definitive Securities so issued in the name of, and cause the same to be
delivered to, such Person (or its nominee).

                  (d)      Provisions Applicable to Forms of Securities. The
Securities may also have such additional provisions, omissions, variations or
substitutions as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement, and
may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends
or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with this Agreement,
any applicable law or with any rules made pursuant thereto or with the rules of
any securities exchange or governmental agency or as may be determined
consistently herewith by the Officer of the Company executing such Securities,
as conclusively evidenced by their execution of such Securities. All Securities
shall be otherwise substantially identical except as provided herein.

                  Subject to the provisions of this Article 2, a registered
Holder in a Global Security may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person
to take any action that a Holder is entitled to take under this Agreement or the
Securities.

Section 2.02. Execution and Authentication.

                  An Officer shall sign the Securities for the Company by manual
or facsimile signature. The Company's seal may be reproduced on the Securities
and may be in facsimile form.

                  If an Officer whose signature is on a Security no longer holds
that office at the time a Security is authenticated, the Security shall
nevertheless be valid.

                  A Security shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose or
entitled to the benefits of this Agreement until authenticated by the manual
signature of the Fiscal Agent or its authenticating agent. The signature shall
be conclusive evidence that the Security has been authenticated under this
Agreement.

                  The Fiscal Agent shall authenticate Securities for original
issue up to an initial maximum aggregate principal amount of $175,000,000 on the
Issuance Date. Any Additional Securities issued by the Company in accordance
with Section 2.15 hereof shall be authenticated by the Fiscal Agent on the date
of their issuance in an aggregate principal amount specified in a Board
Resolution and an Officers' Certificate provided pursuant to Section 2.15.

                  The Fiscal Agent may appoint an authenticating agent
reasonably acceptable to the Company to authenticate Securities. An
authenticating agent may authenticate Securities whenever the Fiscal Agent may
do so. Each reference in this Agreement to authentication by the Fiscal Agent
includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same
rights as an Agent to deal with the Company or an Affiliate of the Company.

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Section 2.03. Fiscal Agent, Registrar and Paying Agent.

                  The Company hereby appoints U.S. Bank Trust National
Association, at its principal office in New York, New York, as the Fiscal Agent
hereunder and U.S. Bank Trust National Association hereby accepts such
appointment. The Fiscal Agent shall have the powers and authority granted to and
conferred upon it in the Securities and hereby and such further powers and
authority to act on behalf of the Company as may be mutually agreed upon by the
Company and the Fiscal Agent, and the Fiscal Agent shall keep a copy of this
Agreement available for inspection during normal business hours at its principal
office in New York, New York.

                  The Company shall maintain an office or agency where
Securities may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange
("Registrar") and an office or agency where Securities may be presented for
payment ("Paying Agent"). The Registrar shall keep a register ("Register") of
the Securities and of their transfer and exchange. The Company may also from
time to time appoint one or more co-registrars and one or more additional paying
agents. The term "Registrar" includes any co-registrar and the term "Paying
Agent" includes any additional paying agent. The Company may change any Paying
Agent or Registrar upon notice to the Holders. The Company shall notify the
Fiscal Agent in writing of the name and address of any Agent not a party to this
Agreement. If the Company fails to appoint or maintain another entity as
Registrar or Paying Agent, the Fiscal Agent shall act, subject to the
penultimate paragraph of this Section 2.03, as such. The Company or any of its
Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar; provided, however, that none
of the Company, its Subsidiaries or the Affiliates of the foregoing shall act as
Paying Agent or Registrar if a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing. Upon the implementation of the Directive (as defined below in
Section 4.02), the Company or the Fiscal Agent (upon the request and at the
expense of the Company) shall maintain a Paying Agent in a member state of the
European Union that will not be obliged to withhold or deduct tax pursuant to
the Directive.

                  The Company initially appoints the Fiscal Agent to act as the
Registrar and Paying Agent and to act as Securities Custodian with respect to
the Global Securities.

                  All of the terms and provisions with respect to such powers
and authority contained in the Securities are subject to and governed by the
terms and provisions hereof.

                  The Fiscal Agent may resign as Registrar or Paying Agent upon
30 days prior written notice to the Company.

                  The Company initially appoints DTC to act as Depositary with
respect to the Global Securities.

Section 2.04. Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.

                  The Company shall require each Paying Agent other than the
Fiscal Agent to agree in writing that the Paying Agent will hold in trust for
the benefit of Holders or the Fiscal Agent all money and Cash Equivalents held
by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal of, or premium, if any, or
interest on, the Securities (whether such money and Cash Equivalents have been
distributed to the Paying Agent by the Company or the Guarantor), and shall
notify

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the Fiscal Agent of any default by the Company or the Guarantor in making any
such payment. While any such default continues, the Fiscal Agent may require a
Paying Agent to pay all money and Cash Equivalents held by it to the Fiscal
Agent. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money and
Cash Equivalents held by it to the Fiscal Agent. Upon payment of all such money
and Cash Equivalents over to the Fiscal Agent, the Paying Agent (if other than
the Company or a Subsidiary) shall have no further liability for the money and
Cash Equivalents. If the Company or a Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent, it shall
segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of the Holders all
money and Cash Equivalents held by it as Paying Agent. Upon any bankruptcy or
reorganization proceedings relating to the Company, the Fiscal Agent shall serve
as Paying Agent for the Securities.

Section 2.05. Holder Lists.

                  The Fiscal Agent shall preserve in as current a form as is
reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and
addresses of all Holders. If the Fiscal Agent is not the Registrar, the Company
shall furnish to the Fiscal Agent at least seven business days before each
interest payment date, and at such other times as the Fiscal Agent may request
in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the Fiscal Agent may
reasonably require of the names and addresses of the Holders of Securities.

Section 2.06. Transfer and Exchange.

                  (a)      Transfer and Exchange of Global Securities. A Global
Security may not be transferred as a whole except by the Depositary to a nominee
of the Depositary, by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or to
another nominee of the Depositary, or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a
successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary. Global
Securities may be exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in
this Section 2.06 and Section 2.07 hereof. Every Security authenticated and
delivered in exchange for, or in lieu of, a Global Security or any portion
thereof, pursuant to this Section 2.06 or Section 2.07 or 2.10 hereof, shall be
authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Security. A
Global Security may not be exchanged for another Security other than as provided
in this Section 2.06(a) and Section 2.06(c) hereof, however, beneficial
interests in a Global Security may be transferred and exchanged as provided in
Section 2.06(b) hereof.

                  (b)      Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in the
Global Securities. The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the
Global Securities shall be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with
the provisions of this Agreement and the Applicable Procedures. Beneficial
interests in the Global Securities shall be subject to restrictions on transfer
comparable to those set forth herein to the extent required by the Securities
Act. Transfers of beneficial interests in the Global Securities also shall
require compliance with either subparagraph (i) or (ii) below, as applicable, as
well as one or more of the other following subparagraphs, as applicable:

                  (i)      Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global
                           Security. Beneficial interests in any Global Security
                           may be transferred to Persons who take delivery
                           thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the
                           same Global Security in accordance with the transfer
                           restrictions set forth in the Private

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                           Placement Legend. No written orders or instructions
                           shall be required to be delivered to the Registrar to
                           effect the transfers described in this Section
                           2.06(b).

                  (ii)     All Other Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial
                           Interests in Global Securities. In connection with
                           all transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests
                           that are not subject to Section 2.06(b)(i), the
                           transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver
                           to the Registrar (A) a written order from a
                           Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the
                           Depositary in accordance with the Applicable
                           Procedures directing the Depositary to credit or
                           cause to be credited a beneficial interest in another
                           Global Security in an amount equal to the beneficial
                           interest to be transferred or exchanged and (B)
                           instructions given in accordance with the Applicable
                           Procedures containing information regarding the
                           Participant account to be credited with such
                           increase. In addition, the Registrar must receive the
                           following:

                           (A)      if the transferee will take delivery in the
                                    form of a beneficial interest in the 144A
                                    Global Security, then the transferor must
                                    deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit
                                    B hereto, including the certifications in
                                    item (1) thereof;

                           (B)      if the transferee will take delivery in the
                                    form of a beneficial interest in the
                                    Regulation S Global Security, then the
                                    transferor must deliver a certificate in the
                                    form of Exhibit B hereto, including the
                                    certifications in item (2) thereof; and

                           (C)      if the transferee will take delivery in the
                                    form of a beneficial interest in the IAI
                                    Global Security, then the transferor must
                                    deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit
                                    B hereto, including the certifications and
                                    certificates and Opinion of Counsel required
                                    by item (3) thereof, if applicable.

                           Provided that, after any Distribution Compliance
                           Period, the Registrar need not receive such
                           certificate in respect of a transfer of a beneficial
                           interest in the Regulation S Global Security. Upon
                           satisfaction of all of the requirements for transfer
                           or exchange of beneficial interests in Global
                           Securities contained in this Agreement and the
                           Securities or otherwise applicable under the
                           Securities Act, the Fiscal Agent shall adjust the
                           principal amount of the relevant Global Security(s)
                           pursuant to Section 2.06(e) hereof.

                  (c)      Exchange for Definitive Securities.

                  (i)      Except as provided below, owners of beneficial
                           interests in Global Securities will not be entitled
                           to receive Definitive Securities. Definitive
                           Securities shall be transferred to all beneficial
                           owners in exchange for their beneficial interests in
                           a Global Security if (A) DTC notifies the

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                           Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as
                           depositary for such Global Security or DTC ceases to
                           be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange
                           Act, at a time when DTC is required to be so
                           registered in order to act as depositary, and in each
                           case a successor depositary is not appointed by the
                           Company within 90 days of such notice, (B) the
                           Company executes and delivers to the Fiscal Agent and
                           Registrar an Officers' Certificate stating that such
                           Global Security shall be so exchangeable; provided
                           that in no event shall the Regulation S Global
                           Security be exchanged by the Company for Definitive
                           Securities prior to the expiration of the
                           Distribution Compliance Period or (C) an Event of
                           Default has occurred and is continuing and the
                           Registrar has received a request from DTC.

                  (ii)     In connection with the transfer of an entire Global
                           Security to beneficial owners pursuant to this
                           Section 2.06(c), such Global Security shall be deemed
                           to be surrendered to the Fiscal Agent for
                           cancellation, and the Company shall execute, and the
                           Fiscal Agent shall authenticate and deliver, to each
                           beneficial owner identified by DTC in exchange for
                           its beneficial interest in such Global Security, an
                           equal aggregate principal amount of Definitive
                           Securities of authorized denominations. Any
                           Definitive Security delivered in exchange for an
                           interest in a Global Security pursuant to this
                           Section 2.06(c) shall bear the Private Placement
                           Legend.

                  (d)      Legends. The following legends shall appear on the
face of all Securities issued under this Agreement unless specifically stated
otherwise in the applicable provisions of this Agreement.

                  (i)      Private Placement Legend.

                           (A)      Each Security (and all Securities issued in
                                    exchange therefor or substitution thereof)
                                    shall bear the legend in substantially the
                                    following form (the "Private Placement
                                    Legend").

"THE NOTES EVIDENCED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), OR OTHER SECURITIES LAWS. NEITHER THIS
NOTE NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED,
TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH
REGISTRATION OR UNLESS THE TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, THE
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT. THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY BY
ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF (1) REPRESENTS THAT (A) IT IS A "QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL
BUYER" (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT), (B) IT IS NOT A U.S.
PERSON AND IS ACQUIRING ITS NOTE IN AN "OFFSHORE TRANSACTION" PURSUANT TO RULE
904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (C) IT IS AN INSTITUTIONAL
"ACCREDITED INVESTOR" (AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(A)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF
REGULATION

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D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) (AN "IAI"), (2) AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT PRIOR TO (X)
THE DATE THAT IS TWO YEARS (OR SUCH SHORTER PERIOD OF TIME AS PERMITTED BY RULE
144(k) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY SUCCESSOR PROVISION THEREUNDER) AFTER THE
LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE HEREOF (OR OF ANY PREDECESSOR OF THIS NOTE) OR
THE LAST DAY ON WHICH CABOT FINANCE B.V. OR ANY AFFILIATE OF CABOT FINANCE B.V.
WAS THE OWNER OF THIS NOTE (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF THIS NOTE) AND (Y) SUCH LATER
DATE, IF ANY, AS MAY BE REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW (THE "RESALE RESTRICTION
TERMINATION DATE"), OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS NOTE EXCEPT (A) TO
CABOT CORPORATION OR CABOT FINANCE B.V., (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION
STATEMENT THAT HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) FOR SO
LONG AS THE NOTES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A, TO A PERSON IT
REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A "QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER" AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT
OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS
BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A INSIDE THE UNITED STATES, (D) PURSUANT TO
OFFERS AND SALES TO NON-U.S. PERSONS THAT OCCUR OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES WITHIN
THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT , (E) TO AN IAI THAT, PRIOR
TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISHES TO THE FISCAL AGENT A SIGNED LETTER CONTAINING
CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS AND AGREEMENTS RELATING TO THE REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER
OF THIS NOTE (THE FORM OF WHICH LETTER CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE FISCAL AGENT) OR
(F) PURSUANT TO ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND (3) AGREES THAT IT WILL GIVE TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM
THIS NOTE IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND;
PROVIDED THAT CABOT CORPORATION, CABOT FINANCE B.V., THE FISCAL AGENT AND THE
REGISTRAR SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER (I)
PURSUANT TO CLAUSES (E) or (F) TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL,
CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM, AND (II) IN
EACH OF THE FOREGOING CASES, TO REQUIRE THAT A CERTIFICATION OF TRANSFER IN THE
FORM APPEARING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS NOTE IS COMPLETED AND DELIVERED BY THIS
TRANSFEROR TO THE FISCAL AGENT. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE REQUEST OF
THE HOLDER AFTER THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE. AS USED HEREIN, THE
TERMS "OFFSHORE TRANSACTION", "UNITED STATES" AND "U.S. PERSON" HAVE THE
MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM BY REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT."

                  (ii)     Global Security Legend. Each Global Security shall
                           bear a legend in substantially the following form:

                  "Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized
                  representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York
                  corporation ("DTC"), to the Company or its agent for
                  registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any
                  certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or
                  in such other name as is

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                  requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any
                  payment is made to Cede & Co or to such other entity as is
                  requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY
                  TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY
                  OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner
                  hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein."

"THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE FISCAL AGENCY
AGREEMENT GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE
BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY
CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (I) THE FISCAL AGENT MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS
MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(b)(ii) AND SECTION 2.06(e) OF THE
FISCAL AGENCY AGREEMENT, (II) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT
IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(a) OF THE FISCAL AGENCY AGREEMENT, (III) THIS
GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE FISCAL AGENT FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO
SECTION 2.11 OF THE FISCAL AGENCY AGREEMENT AND (IV) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE
TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE
COMPANY."

                  (e)      Cancellation and/or Adjustment of Global Securities.
At such time as all beneficial interests in a particular Global Security have
been exchanged for Definitive Securities or a particular Global Security has
been redeemed, repurchased or canceled in whole and not in part, each such
Global Security shall be returned to or retained and canceled by the Fiscal
Agent in accordance with Section 2.11 hereof. At any time prior to such
cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Security is exchanged for
or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a
beneficial interest in another Global Security or exchanged for Definitive
Securities pursuant to Section 2.06(c) hereof, the principal amount of
Securities represented by such Global Security shall be reduced accordingly and
an endorsement shall be made on such Global Security by the Fiscal Agent or by
the Depositary at the direction of the Fiscal Agent to reflect such reduction;
and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or transferred to a Person
who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another
Global Security, such other Global Security shall be increased accordingly and
an endorsement shall be made on such Global Security by the Fiscal Agent or by
the Depositary at the direction of the Fiscal Agent to reflect such increase.

                  (f)      General Provisions Relating to Transfers and
                           Exchanges.

                  (i)      To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges,
                           the Company shall execute and the Fiscal Agent shall
                           authenticate Global Securities and Definitive
                           Securities upon the Company's order or at the
                           Registrar's request.

                  (ii)     No service charge shall be made to a Holder for any
                           registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company
                           may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any
                           transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable
                           in connection therewith (other than any such transfer
                           taxes or similar

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                           governmental charge payable upon exchange or transfer
                           pursuant to Sections 2.06 or 9.04 hereof).

                  (iii)    The Registrar shall not be required to register the
                           transfer of or exchange any Security selected for
                           redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed
                           portion of any Security being redeemed in part.

                  (iv)     All Securities issued upon any registration of
                           transfer or exchange pursuant to the terms of this
                           Agreement shall be the valid obligations of the
                           Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to
                           the same benefits under this Agreement, as the
                           Securities surrendered upon such registration of
                           transfer or exchange.

                  (v)      The Company shall not be required (A) to issue, to
                           register the transfer of or to exchange any
                           Securities during a period beginning at the opening
                           of business 15 days before the day of any selection
                           of Securities for redemption under Section 3.02
                           hereof and ending at the close of business on the day
                           of selection or (B) to register the transfer of or to
                           exchange any Security so selected for redemption in
                           whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of
                           any Security being redeemed in part.

                  (vi)     Prior to due presentment for the registration of a
                           transfer of any Security, the Fiscal Agent, any Agent
                           and the Company may deem and treat the Person in
                           whose name any Security is registered as the absolute
                           owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving
                           payment of principal of and interest on such
                           Securities and for all other purposes, and none of
                           the Fiscal Agent, any Agent or the Company shall be
                           affected by notice to the contrary.

                  (vii)    The Fiscal Agent shall authenticate Securities in
                           accordance with the provisions of Section 2.02
                           hereof.

                  (viii)   All certifications, certificates and Opinions of
                           Counsel required to be submitted to the Registrar
                           pursuant to this Section 2.06 to effect a
                           registration of transfer or exchange may be submitted
                           by facsimile.

                  (ix)     The Fiscal Agent shall have no obligation or duty to
                           monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with
                           any restrictions on transfer imposed under this
                           Agreement or under applicable law with respect to any
                           transfer of any interest in any Security (including
                           any transfers between or among Participants or
                           beneficial owners of interests in any Global
                           Security) other than to require delivery of such
                           certificates and other documentation or evidence as
                           are expressly required by, and to do so if and when
                           expressly required by the terms of, this Agreement,
                           and to examine the same to determine substantial
                           compliance as to form with the express requirements
                           hereof.

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Section 2.07. Replacement Securities.

                  If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Fiscal Agent,
or the Company and the Fiscal Agent receive evidence to their satisfaction of
the destruction, loss or theft of any Security, the Company shall, upon the
written request of the Holder thereof, issue and the Fiscal Agent, upon the
written order of the Company signed by two Officers of the Company, shall
authenticate a replacement Security if the Fiscal Agent's requirements are met.
If required by the Fiscal Agent or the Company, an indemnity bond must be
supplied by such Holder that is sufficient in the judgment of the Fiscal Agent
and the Company to protect the Company, the Fiscal Agent, any Agent and any
authenticating agent from any loss that any of them may suffer if a Security is
replaced. The Company may charge such Holder for its expenses in replacing a
Security.

                  Every replacement Security is an additional obligation of the
Company and shall be entitled to all of the benefits of this Agreement equally
and proportionately with all other Securities duly issued hereunder.

                  The provisions of this Section 2.07 are exclusive and shall
preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to
the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.

Section 2.08. Outstanding Securities.

                  The Securities outstanding at any time (the "Outstanding
Securities") are all the Securities authenticated by the Fiscal Agent except for
those cancelled by it (or its agent), those delivered to it (or its agent) for
cancellation, those reductions in the beneficial interest in a Global Security
effected by the Fiscal Agent in accordance with the provisions hereof, and those
described in this Section 2.08 as not outstanding. Except as set forth in
Section 2.09 hereof, a Security does not cease to be outstanding because the
Company or an Affiliate of the Company holds the Security.

                  If a Security is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07 hereof, it
ceases to be outstanding unless the Fiscal Agent receives proof satisfactory to
it that the replaced Security (other than a mutilated Security surrendered for
replacement) is held by a "protected purchaser" (as such term is defined in
Section 8-303 of the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New
York).

                  If the principal amount of any Security is considered paid
under Section 4.02 hereof, it ceases to be outstanding and interest on it ceases
to accrue.

                  If the Paying Agent (other than the Company, a Subsidiary or
an Affiliate of any thereof) holds, on a redemption date or maturity date, money
or Cash Equivalents sufficient to pay all of the principal of, premium (if any)
and interest on Securities payable on that date, then on and after that date
such Securities shall be deemed to be no longer outstanding and shall cease to
accrue interest.

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Section 2.09. Treasury Securities.

                  In determining whether the Holders of the required principal
amount of Securities have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent,
Securities owned by the Company, or by any Person directly or indirectly
controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the
Company, shall be considered as though not outstanding and shall be disregarded,
except that for the purposes of determining whether the Fiscal Agent shall be
protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Securities
that a Responsible Officer of the Fiscal Agent has actual knowledge are so owned
shall be so disregarded.

Section 2.10. Temporary Securities.

                  In lieu of formal printed Definitive Securities, or until such
Definitive Securities are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and the
Fiscal Agent shall authenticate temporary Securities upon a written order of the
Company signed by two Officers of the Company. Temporary Securities shall be
substantially in the form of Definitive Securities but may have variations that
the Company considers appropriate for temporary Securities and as shall be
reasonably acceptable to the Fiscal Agent. At the Company's election, the
Company may prepare and the Fiscal Agent shall authenticate Definitive
Securities in exchange for temporary Securities.

                  Unless and until any such exchange, Holders of temporary
Securities shall be entitled to all of the benefits of this Agreement.

Section 2.11. Cancellation.

                  The Company at any time may deliver Securities to the Fiscal
Agent or its agent for cancellation. The Registrar and Paying Agent shall
forward to the Fiscal Agent any Securities surrendered to them for registration
of transfer, exchange or payment. The Fiscal Agent (or its agent) and no one
else shall cancel all Securities surrendered for registration of transfer,
exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and shall destroy cancelled
Securities (subject to the record retention requirement of the Exchange Act).
Certification of the destruction of all cancelled Securities shall be delivered
to the Company, upon written request, from time to time. The Company may not
issue new Securities to replace Securities that it has paid or that have been
delivered to the Fiscal Agent (or its agent) for cancellation. If the Company
acquires any of the Securities, such acquisition shall not operate as a
redemption or satisfaction of the indebtedness represented by such Securities
unless and until the same are surrendered to the Fiscal Agent (or its agent) for
cancellation pursuant to this Section 2.11.

Section 2.12. Defaulted Interest.

                  If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the
Securities, it shall pay the defaulted interest in any lawful manner plus, to
the extent lawful, interest payable on the defaulted interest, to the Persons
who are Holders on a subsequent special record date, in each case at the rate
provided in the Securities. The Company shall notify the Fiscal Agent in writing
of the amount of defaulted interest proposed to be paid on each Security and the
date of the proposed payment. The Company shall fix or cause to be fixed each
such special record date and payment date; provided that no such special record
date shall be less than 10 days prior to the

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related payment date for such defaulted interest. At least 15 days before the
special record date, the Company (or, upon the written request of the Company,
the Fiscal Agent in the name and at the expense of the Company) shall mail or
cause to be mailed to Holders a notice that states the special record date, the
related payment date and the amount of such defaulted interest to be paid.

Section 2.13. Persons Deemed Owners.

                  Prior to due presentment for the registration of a transfer of
any Security, the Fiscal Agent, any Agent, the Company and any agent of the
foregoing shall deem and treat the Person in whose name any Security is
registered as the absolute owner of such Security for all purposes (including
the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and interest on such
Securities; provided that defaulted interest shall be paid as set forth in
Section 2.12), and none of the Fiscal Agent, any Agent, the Company or any agent
of the foregoing shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

Section 2.14. CUSIP Numbers.

                  Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on
Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company will print CUSIP numbers
on the Securities, and the Fiscal Agent may use CUSIP numbers in notices of
redemption and purchase as a convenience to Holders; provided, however, that any
such notices may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of
such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice
of redemption or purchase and that reliance may be placed only on the other
identification numbers printed on the Securities, and any such redemption or
purchase shall not be affected by any defect or omission in such numbers.

Section 2.15. Issuance of Additional Securities.

                  The Company shall be entitled to issue Additional Securities
under this Agreement at any time. Additional Securities shall have identical
terms as the Securities, other than with respect to the date of issuance and
issue price. The Securities and any Additional Securities shall be treated as a
single class for all purposes under this Agreement.

                  With respect to any issuance of Additional Securities, the
Company shall deliver to the Fiscal Agent a Board Resolution and an Officers'
Certificate, and, if the Company elects, a supplement or amendment to this
Agreement, which shall together provide the following information:

                  (1) the aggregate principal amount of Additional Securities to
be authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Agreement;

                  (2) the issue price and the issue date of such Additional
Securities; and

                  (3) whether such Additional Securities shall be transfer
restricted Securities.

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Section 2.16. Legal Holidays.

         A "Legal Holiday" is a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking
institutions in a jurisdiction in which an action is required hereunder are not
required to be open. If a payment date is a Legal Holiday at a place of payment,
payment may be made at that place on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal
Holiday, and no interest shall accrue for the intervening period.

                                  ARTICLE THREE

                                   REDEMPTION

Section 3.01. Notice to Fiscal Agent of Election to Redeem.

         The election of the Company pursuant to Section 3.06 or Section 3.07
hereof to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution. In
case of any redemption at the election of the Company of all or less than all of
the Securities, the Company, shall, at least 60 days prior to the date fixed for
redemption by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the
Fiscal Agent), notify the Fiscal Agent in writing of such date and of the
principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed. Any such notice to
the Fiscal Agent may be cancelled and rescinded by the Company at any time prior
to the mailing of such notice to any Holder pursuant to Section 3.03 or Section
3.07. In the case of any redemption of Securities prior to the expiration of any
restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or
elsewhere in this Agreement, the Company shall furnish the Fiscal Agent with an
Officers' Certificate evidencing compliance with such restriction.

Section 3.02. Selection of Securities to be Redeemed.

         In an optional redemption pursuant to Section 3.06, if less than all
the Securities are to be redeemed, the particular Securities to be redeemed
shall be selected, not more than 60 days prior to the applicable date fixed for
redemption, by the Fiscal Agent, from the Outstanding Securities of such series
not previously called for redemption, by such method as the Fiscal Agent shall
deem fair and appropriate and which may provide for the selection for redemption
of portions of the principal amount of Securities of a denomination larger than
the minimum authorized denomination for the Securities.

         The Fiscal Agent shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the
Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Securities selected
for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.

         For all purposes of this Agreement, unless the context otherwise
requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate,
in the case of any Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the
portion of the principal amount of such Securities which has been or is to be
redeemed.

         The Fiscal Agent may select for redemption portions of the principal
amount of the Securities that have denominations larger than $1,000. Securities
and portions of them it selects shall be in amounts of $1,000 or integral
multiples of $1,000.

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Section 3.03. Notice of Redemption.

         Notice of redemption to the Holders of Securities to be redeemed as a
whole or in part at the option of the Company pursuant to Section 3.06 or
Section 3.07 shall be given by mailing notice of such redemption by first-class
mail, postage prepaid, at least 30 days and not more than 60 days prior to the
date fixed for redemption to such Holders of Securities at their last addresses
as they shall appear on the Register. Any notice which is mailed in the manner
herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether
or not the Holder receives the notice. Failure to give notice by mail, or any
defect in the notice, to the Holder of any Security of a series designated for
redemption as a whole or in part shall not affect the validity of the
proceedings for the redemption of any other Security.

         The notice of redemption to each such Holder shall specify the CUSIP
number (if any) and the principal amount of each Security held by such Holder to
be redeemed, the date fixed for redemption, the redemption price, the name of
the Paying Agent, Place or Places of Payment, that payment will be made upon
presentation and surrender of such Securities, that interest accrued to the date
fixed for redemption will be paid as specified in such notice and that on and
after said date interest thereon or on the portions thereof to be redeemed will
cease to accrue. In case any Security is to be redeemed in part only, the notice
of redemption shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be
redeemed and shall state that on and after the date fixed for redemption, upon
surrender of such Security, a new Security or Securities of such series, in
principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof, will be issued.

         The notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed shall be given by
the Company or, at the Company's timely request, by the Fiscal Agent in the name
and at the expense of the Company.

         At least one business day prior to the redemption date specified in the
notice of redemption given as provided in this Section, the Company will deposit
with the Fiscal Agent or with one or more paying agents (or, if the Company is
acting as Paying Agent, set aside, segregate and hold in trust as provided in
Section 2.04) an amount of money or Cash Equivalents, or combination thereof,
sufficient to redeem on the redemption date all the Securities so called for
redemption at the appropriate redemption price, together with accrued interest
and Additional Amounts payable under Section 4.02(b), if any, to the date fixed
for redemption. Promptly following the date fixed for redemption, the Paying
Agent shall return to the Company any amounts of money and Cash Equivalents so
deposited which are not required to redeem the Securities called for redemption.

Section 3.04. Payment of Securities Called for Redemption.

         If notice of redemption has been given as above provided, the
Securities or portions of Securities specified in such notice shall become due
and payable on the date and at the place stated in such notice at the applicable
redemption price, together with interest accrued to the date fixed for
redemption, and on and after said date (unless the Company shall default in the
payment of such Securities at the redemption price, together with interest, if
any, accrued to said date) any interest on the Securities or portions of
Securities so called for redemption shall cease to accrue and such Securities
shall cease from and after the date fixed for redemption to be

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entitled to any benefit or security under this Agreement, and the Holders
thereof shall have no right in respect of such Securities except the right to
receive the redemption price thereof and unpaid interest to the date fixed for
redemption. On presentation and surrender of such Securities at a Place of
Payment specified in said notice, said Securities or the specified portions
thereof shall be paid and redeemed by the Company at the applicable redemption
price, together with any interest (including Additional Amounts payable under
Section 4.02(b)) accrued thereon to the date fixed for redemption; provided that
any semiannual payment of interest becoming due on the date fixed for redemption
shall be payable to the Holders of such Securities registered as such in the
Register on the relevant record date.

         If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon
surrender thereof for redemption, the principal shall, until paid or duly
provided for, bear interest from the date fixed for redemption at the rate of
interest borne by the Security.

         Upon presentation of any Security redeemed in part only, the Company
shall execute and the Fiscal Agent shall authenticate and deliver to or on the
order of the Holder thereof, at the expense of the Company, a new Security or
Securities of such series, of authorized denominations, in principal amount
equal to the unredeemed portion of the Security so presented, and having
endorsed thereon a Guarantee or Guarantees executed by the Guarantor.

Section 3.05. Exclusion of Certain Securities from Eligibility for Selection for
Redemption.

         In the case of an optional redemption pursuant to Section 3.06 hereof,
Securities shall be excluded from eligibility for selection for redemption if
they are identified by registration and certificate number or other
distinguishing symbol in a written statement signed by an authorized officer of
the Company and delivered to the Fiscal Agent at least 40 days prior to the last
date on which notice of redemption may be given as being owned of record and
beneficially by, and not pledged or hypothecated by either (a) the Company or
the Guarantor or (b) an entity specifically identified in such written statement
as directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or
indirect common control with the Company or the Guarantor.

Section 3.06. Optional Redemption.

         The Securities shall be subject to redemption at the option of the
Company, in whole or in part, at any time prior to maturity at the Company's
option, at a redemption price equal to the greater of: (i) 100% of the principal
amount of the Securities to be redeemed, or (ii) the sum of the present values
of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest (including
Additional Amounts payable under Section 4.02(b)) on the Securities to be
redeemed (not including any payments of interest accrued as of the date fixed
for redemption) discounted to such redemption date on a semiannual basis
(assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Adjusted
Treasury Rate (as defined below), plus 20 basis points, as calculated by an
Independent Investment Banker (as described below), plus, in each case, accrued
and unpaid interest (including Additional Amounts payable under Section 4.02(b))
on the Securities to be redeemed to the date fixed for redemption.

         For purposes of this Section 3.06, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:

         The term "Adjusted Treasury Rate" means with respect to any redemption
date:

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                  (a)      the yield, under the heading that represents the
         average for the immediately preceding week appearing in the most
         recently published statistical release designated "H.15(519)" or any
         successor publication that is published weekly by the Board of
         Governors of the Federal Reserve System and that establishes yields on
         actively traded U.S. Treasury securities, adjusted to constant maturity
         under the caption "Treasury Constant Maturities" for the maturity
         corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue (as defined below). If
         no maturity is within three months before or after the Remaining Life
         (as defined below), yields for the two published maturities most
         closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue will be
         determined and the Adjusted Treasury Rate will be interpolated or
         extrapolated from those yields on a straight line basis, routing to the
         nearest month; or

                  (b)      if the statistical release described in the previous
         paragraph (or any successor release) is not published during the week
         preceding the calculation date or does not contain the relevant yields,
         the rate per annum equal to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity
         of the Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated using a price for the
         Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal
         amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price (as defined below) for
         that redemption date.

         The Adjusted Treasury Rate will be calculated on the third business day
preceding the redemption date.

         The term "Comparable Treasury Issue" means the U.S. Treasury security
selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to
the remaining terms of the Securities to be redeemed that would be utilized, at
the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in
pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the
remaining term of the Securities to be redeemed (the "Remaining Life").

         The term "Comparable Treasury Price" means (1) the average of five
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations (as defined below) for the redemption date,
after excluding the highest and lowest Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or
(2) if the Independent Investment Banker obtains fewer than five Reference
Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations.

         The term "Independent Investment Banker" means Lehman Brothers Inc. or
its successors as selected by it or, at the Company's option in lieu of Lehman
Brothers Inc. or if Lehman Brothers Inc. is unwilling or unable to serve as
Independent Investment Banker, an independent investment and banking institution
of international standing appointed by the Company.

         The term "Reference Treasury Dealer" means:

                  (a)      Lehman Brothers Inc. or its successors, unless any of
         them ceases to be a primary U.S. government securities dealer in New
         York City, in which case the Company shall substitute another primary
         U.S. government securities dealer in New York City, and

                  (b)      up to four other primary U.S. government securities
         dealers in New York City selected by the Company.

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         The term "Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations" means with respect to
each Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date, the average, as
determined by the Independent Investment Banker, of the bid and asked prices for
the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its
principal amount) quoted in writing to the Independent Investment Banker at 5:00
p.m., New York City time, on the third business day preceding the redemption
date.

Section 3.07. Optional Redemption Due to Changes in Tax Treatment.

         The Company may redeem the Securities in whole, but not in part, at any
time upon giving not less than 30 or more than 60 days' notice to the Holders of
the Securities (which notice will be irrevocable) at a redemption price equal to
100% of the principal amount thereof, together with accrued and unpaid interest,
if any, to the date fixed for redemption (a "Tax Redemption Date") (in the case
of Definitive Securities, subject to the right of Holders of record on the
relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment
date), and Additional Amounts, if any, then due and which will become due on the
Tax Redemption Date as a result of the redemption or otherwise, if the Company
determines that, as a result of:

                  (1) any change in, or amendment to, the law or treaties (or
         any regulations or rulings promulgated thereunder) of a Relevant Taxing
         Jurisdiction (as defined below in Section 4.02(b)) affecting taxation;
         or

                  (2) any change in position regarding the application,
         administration or interpretation of such laws, treaties, regulations or
         rulings (including a holding, judgment or order by a court of competent
         jurisdiction)(each of the foregoing in clauses (1) and (2), a "Change
         in Tax Law"),

the Company, with respect to the Securities, or the Guarantor, with respect to
the Guarantee, as the case may be, is, or on the next interest payment date in
respect of the Securities would be, required to pay more than de minimis
Additional Amounts pursuant to Section 4.02(b), and such obligation cannot be
avoided by taking reasonable measures available to it. In the case of the
Company or the Guarantor, the Change in Tax Law must become effective on or
after the Issuance Date. In the case of a successor entity of the Company or the
Guarantor, the Change in Tax Law must become effective after the date that such
successor entity first makes payment on the Securities. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, no such notice of redemption will be given (a) earlier than 90 days
prior to the earliest date on which the Payor (as defined below in Section
4.02(b)) would be obliged to make such payment or withholding if a payment in
respect of the Securities or the Guarantee issued by it were then due and (b)
unless at the time such notice is given, such obligation to pay such Additional
Amounts remains in effect. Prior to the mailing of any notice of redemption of
Securities pursuant to the foregoing, the Company shall deliver to the Fiscal
Agent (a) an Officers' Certificate stating that the Company is entitled to
effect such redemption and setting forth a statement of facts showing that the
conditions precedent to its right so to redeem have been satisfied and (b) an
opinion of an independent tax counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Fiscal
Agent to the effect that the circumstances referred to in this Section 3.07
exist.

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                                  ARTICLE FOUR

                                    COVENANTS

Section 4.01. Certain Definitions.

         The following capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall have the
meanings ascribed to them below.

         "Attributable Debt" means, as of the date of determination, the present
value of rent due under a lease for the remaining primary term of the lease.
Rent shall be discounted to present value from the due date of each installment
to the date of determination at the actual interest factor included in the rent
or, if the interest factor cannot readily be determined, at 12% per annum. Rent
is the lesser of (1) rent for the remaining primary term of the lease assuming
it is not earlier terminated, or (2) rent from the date of determination until
the first permitted termination date under the lease plus the termination
payment then due, if any. The remaining primary term of a lease includes any
period for which the lease has been extended. Rent does not include (1) amounts
payable for maintenance, repairs, insurance, taxes, assessments, water rates,
and similar charges, or (2) contingent rent, such as that based on sales. Rent
may be reduced by rent, discounted in the manner provided above, that any
sublessee must pay from the date of determination for all or part of the same
property. An obligation to pay rent shall be counted only once even if more than
one entity is responsible for the obligation.

         "Consolidated Net Tangible Assets" means total assets appearing on the
most recently prepared consolidated balance sheet of the Guarantor and its
consolidated Subsidiaries at the end of a fiscal quarter of the Guarantor,
prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the
United States, less (1) total current liabilities (excluding notes and loans
payable, current maturities of obligations under capital leases and current
maturities of long-term debt) and (2) goodwill, patents and patent rights,
trademarks, trade names, copyrights, debt discount and expense and other like
intangibles.

         "Debt" means any debt for money borrowed or any guarantee of such debt.
A Debt obligation shall be counted only once even if more than one entity is
responsible for the obligation.

         "Exempted Debt" means the total of the following incurred after the
effective date of this Agreement (1) the outstanding principal amount of Debt of
the Guarantor and its Restricted Subsidiaries secured by any Lien on Principal
Property other than a Lien permitted by paragraphs (1) through (8) of Section
4.03; plus (2) the outstanding Attributable Debt arising from Sale-Leaseback
Transactions of the Guarantor and its Restricted Subsidiaries other than
Attributable Debt arising from a Sale-Leaseback Transaction permitted by
paragraphs (1) through (4) of Section 4.04.

         "Lien" means any mortgage, pledge, security interest or lien.

         "Long-Term Debt" means Debt that by its terms matures on a date more
than 12 months after the date of determination or Debt that the obligor may
extend or renew without the obligee's consent to a date more than 12 months
after the date of determination.

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         "Principal Property" means (1) any real property, manufacturing plant,
processing plant, warehouse or office building owned or leased by the Guarantor
or a Restricted Subsidiary which has a gross book value, excluding depreciation,
in excess of 2% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets or (2) any other property
designated as such by the board of directors of the Guarantor. The definition
does not include: (1) any plant, warehouse, building or other property, or any
portion thereof, that, in the opinion of the board of directors of the
Guarantor, is at any time not of material importance to the total business
conducted by the Guarantor and its consolidated Subsidiaries taken as a whole;
or (2) any plant, warehouse, building or other property acquired by the
Guarantor or a Restricted Subsidiary after the date of this Agreement which is
financed by obligations of any State, political subdivision of any State, or the
District of Columbia issued pursuant to agreements that satisfy the provisions
of Section 142(a) or Section 144(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any
successor to any such provisions.

         "Restricted Property" means any Principal Property, any Debt of a
Restricted Subsidiary or any shares of stock of a Restricted Subsidiary, in each
case now owned or thereafter acquired by the Guarantor or a Restricted
Subsidiary.

         "Restricted Subsidiary" means (1) Cabot Finance B.V.; (2) any
Subsidiary substantially all of the assets of which are located in the United
States (excluding territories or possessions) and which owns a Principal
Property; provided, however, that the term Restricted Subsidiary shall not
include any Subsidiary under this clause (2) that is principally engaged in the
business of (i) financing, (ii) owning, buying, selling, leasing, dealing in or
developing real property, or (iii) exporting goods or merchandise from or
importing goods or merchandise into the United States and (3) any Subsidiary
which is designated as a Restricted Subsidiary by the board of directors of the
Guarantor subsequent to the date of this Agreement.

         "Sale-Leaseback Transaction" means an arrangement pursuant to which the
Guarantor or a Restricted Subsidiary transfers Principal Property to a third
person and leases it back from such person.

         "Subsidiary" means a direct or indirect subsidiary of the Guarantor.

         "United States" means the United States of America including its
territories and possessions.

Section 4.02. Payment of Securities.

                  (a)      The Company shall pay the principal of, and interest
and premium, if any, on the Securities on the date and in the manner provided in
the Securities and this Agreement. An installment of principal or interest shall
be considered paid on the date it is due if the Fiscal Agent or Paying Agent
holds on that date money irrevocably designated for and sufficient to pay the
installment. At the Company's option, it may pay any interest on any Securities
by mailing checks by first class mail to the Holders of such Securities at their
address as shown on the Registrar's books; provided that all payments with
respect to Global Securities and Definitive Securities the Holders of which have
given wire transfer instructions to the Company will be required to be made by
wire transfer of same day funds to the accounts in the United States specified
by the Holders thereof. The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal and

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premium, if any, at the rate or rates borne by the Securities; it shall, to the
extent lawful, pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the same rate
or rates.

                  (b)      The Company hereby further agrees that all payments
made by the Company, the Guarantor or any successor entity of the Company or the
Guarantor (each a "Payor") on the Securities or the Guarantee will be made
without withholding or deduction for, or on account of, any present or future
taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges of whatever nature ("Taxes")
unless the withholding or deduction of such Taxes is then required by law. If
any deduction or withholding for, or on account of, any Taxes imposed or levied
by or on behalf of:

                           (i) The Netherlands or any political subdivision or
                  governmental authority thereof or therein having power to tax;

                           (ii) any jurisdiction from or through which payment
                  on the Securities or the Guarantee is made, or any political
                  subdivision or governmental authority thereof or therein
                  having the power to tax; or

                           (iii) any other jurisdiction in which a Payor is
                  organized or otherwise considered to be a resident for tax
                  purposes, or any political subdivision or governmental
                  authority thereof or therein having the power to tax (each of
                  clause (1), (2) and (3), a "Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction"),

will at any time be required from any payments made with respect to the
Securities, including payments of principal, redemption price, interest or
premium the Payor will pay (together with such payments) such additional amounts
(the "Additional Amounts") as may be necessary in order that the net amounts
received in respect of such payments by the Holders of the Securities or the
Fiscal Agent, as the case may be, after such withholding or deduction (including
any such deduction or withholding from such Additional Amounts), equal the
amounts which would have been received in respect of such payments on the
Securities in the absence of such withholding or deduction; provided, however,
that no such Additional Amounts will be payable with respect to:

                  (1)      any Taxes that would not have been so imposed but for
         the existence of any present or former connection between the relevant
         Holder (or between a fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, member or
         shareholder of, or possessor of power over the relevant Holder, if the
         relevant Holder is an estate, nominee, trust or corporation) and the
         Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction (including being a citizen or resident or
         national of, or carrying on a business or maintaining a permanent
         establishment in, or being physically present in, the Relevant Taxing
         Jurisdiction) other than by the mere ownership or holding of such
         Security or enforcement of rights thereunder or under a Guarantee or
         the receipt of payments in respect thereof;

                  (2)      any Taxes that would not have been so imposed or
         would have been imposed at a reduced rate if the Holder of the Security
         had made a declaration of non-residence or any other claim or filing
         for exemption or reduction to which it is entitled (provided that (x)
         such declaration of nonresidence or other claim or filing for exemption

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         or reduction is required by the applicable law of the Relevant Taxing
         Jurisdiction or pursuant to a tax treaty as a precondition to exemption
         from the requirement to deduct or withhold such Taxes or to deduct or
         withhold at a reduced rate and (y) at least 30 days prior to the first
         payment date with respect to which such declaration of non-residence or
         other claim or filing for exemption or reduction is required under the
         applicable law of the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction, the relevant Holder
         at that time has been notified by the Payor or any other person through
         whom payment may be made that a declaration of nonresidence or other
         claim or filing for exemption or reduction is required to be made);

                  (3)      any Security presented for payment (where
         presentation is required) more than 30 days after the relevant payment
         is first made available for payment to the Holder (except to the extent
         that the Holder would have been entitled to Additional Amounts had the
         Security been presented during such 30 day period);

                  (4)      any Taxes that are payable otherwise than by
         withholding from a payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or
         interest on the Securities or under the Guarantee;

                  (5)      any estate, inheritance, gift, sale, transfer,
         personal property or similar tax, assessment or other governmental
         charge;

                  (6)      any Taxes imposed on a payment to an individual and
         required to be made pursuant to the European Union Directive (the
         "Directive") on the taxation of savings which was adopted by the ECOFIN
         Council of the European union (the Council of EU finance and economic
         ministers) on June 3, 2003 or any law implementing or complying with,
         or introduced in order to conform to, the Directive;

                  (7)      any Taxes imposed in connection with a Security
         presented for payment by or on behalf of a Holder or beneficial owner
         who would have been able to avoid such Tax by presenting the relevant
         Security to another Paying Agent in a member state of the European
         Union; or

                  (8)      any combination of the above.

         Such Additional Amounts will also not be payable where, had the
beneficial owner of the Security been the Holder of the Security, it would not
have been entitled to payment of Additional Amounts by reason of any of clauses
(1) to (8) inclusive above.

         The Payor will (i) make any required withholding or deduction and (ii)
remit the full amount deducted or withheld to the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction
in accordance with applicable law. The Payor will use all reasonable efforts to
obtain certified copies of tax receipts evidencing the payment of any Taxes so
deducted or withheld from each Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction imposing such Taxes
and will provide such certified copies to each Holder. The Payor will attach to
each certified copy a certificate stating (x) that the amount of withholding
Taxes evidenced by the certified copy was paid in connection with payments in
respect of the principal amount of Securities then outstanding and (y) the
amount of such withholding Taxes paid per $1,000 principal amount of Securities.
Copies of such documentation will be available for inspection during ordinary
business hours at the office of the Fiscal Agent by the Holders of the
Securities

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upon request and will be made available at the offices of the Fiscal Agent
located in New York, New York.

         At least 30 days prior to each date on which any payment under or with
respect to the Securities or the Guarantee is due and payable (unless such
obligation to pay Additional Amounts arises shortly before or after the 30th day
prior to such date, in which case it shall be promptly thereafter), if the Payor
will be obligated to pay Additional Amounts with respect to such payment, the
Payor will deliver to the Fiscal Agent an Officers' Certificate stating the fact
that such Additional Amounts will be payable, the amounts so payable and will
set forth such other information necessary to enable the Fiscal Agent to pay
such Additional Amounts to Holders of Securities on the payment date. Each such
Officers' Certificate shall be relied upon until receipt of a further Officers'
Certificate addressing such matters. If the Payor conducts business in any
jurisdiction (an "Additional Taxing Jurisdiction") other than a Relevant Taxing
Jurisdiction and, as a result, is required by the law of such Additional Taxing
Jurisdiction to deduct or withhold any amount on account of taxes imposed by
such Additional Taxing Jurisdiction from payments under the Securities or the
Guarantee, as the case may be, which would not have been required to be so
deducted or withheld but for such conduct of business in such Additional Taxing
Jurisdiction, the Additional Amounts provision described above shall be
considered to apply to such Holders as if references in such provision to
"Taxes" included taxes imposed by way of deduction or withholding by any such
Additional Taxing Jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof or taxing
authority therein). Wherever in this Agreement, the Securities, or the Guarantee
there is mentioned, in any context:

         (1)      the payment of principal;

         (2)      purchase prices in connection with a purchase of Securities;

         (3)      interest; or

         (4)      any other amount payable on or with respect to any of the
                  Securities or the Guarantee,

such reference will be deemed to include payment of Additional Amounts as
described in this Section 4.02 to the extent that, in such context, Additional
Amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof.

                  (a)      The Payor will pay any present or future stamp, court
or documentary taxes, or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar
levies that arise in any jurisdiction from the execution, delivery or
registration of any Securities or any other document or instrument referred to
therein (other than a transfer of the Securities), or the receipt of any
payments with respect to the Securities or the Guarantee, excluding any such
taxes, charges or similar levies imposed by any jurisdiction outside The
Netherlands or any jurisdiction in which a Paying Agent is located, other than
those resulting from, or required to be paid in connection with, the enforcement
of the Securities, the Guarantee or any other such document or instrument
following the occurrence of any Event of Default with respect to the Securities.
The foregoing obligations in this Section 4.02 will survive any termination,
defeasance or discharge of this

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Agreement and will apply mutatis mutandis to any jurisdiction in which any
successor to a Payor is organized or any political subdivision or taxing
authority or agency thereof or therein.

Section 4.03. Limitation on Liens.

         The Guarantor shall not, and it shall not permit any Restricted
Subsidiary to, incur a Lien on Restricted Property to secure a Debt without
making effective provision to secure the Securities equally and ratably with
such Debt, unless:

                  (1) the Lien is on such property at the time the corporation
         becomes a Restricted Subsidiary; the Lien may not extend to any other
         Principal Property owned by the Guarantor or a Restricted Subsidiary;

                  (2) the Lien is on such property at the time the Guarantor or
         a Restricted Subsidiary acquires or leases such property; the Lien may
         not extend to any other Principal Property owned by the Guarantor or a
         Restricted Subsidiary;

                  (3) the Lien secures Debt incurred to finance all or some of
         the purchase price or cost of construction or improvement of property
         of the Guarantor or a Restricted Subsidiary;

                  (4) the Lien secures a Debt of a Restricted Subsidiary owing
         to the Guarantor or another wholly-owned Restricted Subsidiary;

                  (5) the Lien is on property of a corporation at the time the
         corporation merges into or consolidates with the Guarantor or a
         Restricted Subsidiary; the Lien may not extend to any other Principal
         Property owned by the Guarantor or a Restricted Subsidiary;

                  (6) the Lien is on property of a person at the time the person
         transfers or leases all or substantially all of its assets to the
         Guarantor or a Restricted Subsidiary; the Lien may not extend to any
         other Principal Property owned by the Guarantor or a Restricted
         Subsidiary;

                  (7) the Lien is in favor of a government or governmental
         entity and secures (i) payment pursuant to a contract or statute; or
         (ii) Debt incurred to finance all or some of the purchase price or cost
         of construction of the property subject to such Lien; or

                  (8) the Lien extends, renews, refunds or replaces in whole or
         in part a Lien ("Existing Lien") permitted by any of clauses (1)
         through (7). The Lien may not extend beyond (i) the property subject to
         the Existing Lien; and (ii) improvements and construction on such
         property. The Debt secured by the Lien may not exceed the Debt secured
         at the time by the Existing Lien unless the Existing Lien or a
         predecessor was incurred under clause (4).

         Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 4.03, the Guarantor or
any Restricted Subsidiary may, without equally and ratably securing the
Securities, grant Liens to secure Debt which would otherwise be subject to
restriction by this Section 4.03 if, at the time of such

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granting and after giving effect to any Debt so secured, Exempted Debt does not
exceed 10% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets.

Section 4.04. Limitation on Sale and Leaseback.

         The Guarantor shall not, and it shall not permit any Restricted
Subsidiary to, enter into a Sale-Leaseback Transaction unless:

                  (1) the lease has a term including renewal rights of three
         years or less;

                  (2) the lease is between the Guarantor and a Restricted
         Subsidiary or between Restricted Subsidiaries;

                  (3) the Guarantor or the Restricted Subsidiary on the date
         such Sale-Leaseback Transaction is to close could create a Lien on the
         Principal Property involved in the Sale-Leaseback Transaction to secure
         Debt under clause (3) or (7) of Section 4.03; or

                  (4) the Guarantor or the Restricted Subsidiary receiving the
         proceeds from such Sale-Leaseback Transaction, within 180 days after it
         is consummated, applies, or commits to apply, an amount equal to the
         greater of the fair market value of the property, at the time of such
         Transaction, as determined by the board of directors of the Guarantor,
         or the proceeds to:

                           (i) the acquisition of Restricted Property, including
                  but not limited to, the acquisition, construction, development
                  or improvement of property or equipment which is or upon
                  completion of such acquisition, construction, development or
                  improvement will be, Principal Property or a part of Principal
                  Property; or

                           (ii) the redemption of Securities pursuant to, and at
                  the redemption price referred to in, this Agreement and
                  applicable at the date of redemption, or if permitted by the
                  terms thereof, the retirement or redemption of Long-Term Debt
                  of the Guarantor or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
                  However, the Guarantor or its Restricted Subsidiary may not
                  receive credit for: (x) the retirement of Long-Term Debt at
                  maturity or the redemption of other Long-Term Debt pursuant to
                  any mandatory redemption provision, or (y) the retirement or
                  redemption of any Long-Term Debt that is either subordinated
                  to or junior in right of payment to the Securities, or owed by
                  the Guarantor to any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.

         Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 4.04, the Guarantor or
any Restricted Subsidiary may enter into a Sale-Leaseback Transaction if, at the
time of entering into the Transaction and after giving effect to it, Exempted
Debt does not exceed 10% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets.

Section 4.05. Limitation on Sale or Transfer of Restricted Property.

         The Guarantor shall not, and it shall not permit any Restricted
Subsidiary to, sell or transfer title to any Restricted Property to a Subsidiary
that is not a Restricted Subsidiary unless it applies, or commits to apply, an
amount equal to the fair market value of such Restricted

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Property at the time of such sale or transfer, as determined by the board of
directors of the Guarantor, within 18 months after the effective date of the
transaction, to:

                  (1) the acquisition of Restricted Property, including but not
         limited to the acquisition, construction, development or improvement of
         Principal Property; or

                  (2) if permitted by the terms of the Securities, the
         redemption of the Securities pursuant to, and at the redemption price
         referred to in, this Agreement and applicable at the time of
         redemption, or the retirement of other Long-Term Debt of the Guarantor
         or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries. However, no credit may be
         received for: (A) the retirement of other Long-Term Debt at maturity or
         the redemption of the Securities or other Long-Term Debt pursuant to
         any mandatory redemption provision; or (B) the retirement or redemption
         of any Long-Term Debt that is either subordinated to or junior in right
         of payment to the Securities, or owed by the Guarantor to a Restricted
         Subsidiary.

Section 4.06. No Lien Created.

         This Agreement and the Securities do not create a Lien, charge or
encumbrance on any property of the Company, the Guarantor or any Subsidiary,
except as may be required pursuant to Section 4.03 or to the extent as may
otherwise be expressly provided for in an amendment or supplement to this
Agreement pursuant to Section 5.02.

Section 4.07. Compliance Certificate.

         The Company shall deliver to the Fiscal Agent within 120 days after the
end of each fiscal year of the Company an Officers' Certificate stating whether
or not the signers know of any Default by the Company in performing its
covenants and obligations hereunder that occurred during the fiscal year and is
continuing. If they do know of such a Default, the Certificate shall describe
the nature and status of the Default. The Certificate need not comply with
Section 11.03.

Section 4.08. SEC Reports.

         Whether or not the Guarantor is required to do so by the rules and
regulations of the SEC, the Guarantor will furnish to the Fiscal Agent and the
Holders of the Securities, and, to the extent permitted, file with the SEC, (i)
all quarterly and annual financial information that would be required to be
contained in a filing with the SEC on Forms 10-Q and 10-K if the Guarantor were
required to file such reports, including a "Management's Discussion and Analysis
of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and, with respect to the
annual information only, a report thereon by the Guarantor's certified
independent accountants, and (ii) all reports that would be required to be filed
with the SEC on Form 8-K if the Guarantor were required to file such reports, in
each case within the time period specified in the rules and regulations of the
SEC. In addition, for so long as any of the Securities remain outstanding, the
Guarantor has agreed to make available to any Holder of the Securities or
prospective purchaser of the Securities, at their request, the information
required by Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act if, at the time of such
request the Guarantor is not subject to the reporting requirements under Section
13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

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                                  ARTICLE FIVE

                         SUCCESSOR COMPANY OR GUARANTOR

Section 5.01. When the Company or the Guarantor May Merge, etc.

         Neither the Company nor the Guarantor may consolidate with or merge
into, or transfer all or substantially all of its assets to, one person or
entity unless:

                  (1) the person or entity assumes by supplement or amendment to
         this Agreement all the obligations of the Company or the Guarantor, as
         applicable, under the Securities, this Agreement and the Guarantee;

                  (2) immediately after giving effect to the transaction, no
         Default would occur and be continuing; and

                  (3) the entity formed by or surviving such transaction, in the
         case of a consolidation or merger, and the transferee, in the case of a
         transfer, is an entity organized (a) under the laws of the Netherlands,
         in the case of any such transaction with the Company, or (b) under the
         laws of the United States of America or any State thereof, in the case
         of any such transaction with the Guarantor or (c) under the laws of
         another jurisdiction, provided that in the case of any such transaction
         pursuant to this clause (c), the Company delivers to the Fiscal Agent
         an Officers' Certificate and an opinion of independent tax counsel
         reasonably satisfactory to the Fiscal Agent to the effect that that
         such merger, consolidation or transfer will not result in any adverse
         tax consequences under the laws of the United States or The Netherlands
         with respect to the Holders of the Securities.

         Thereafter all such obligations of the predecessor corporation shall
terminate.

Section 5.02. When Securities Must Be Secured.

         If upon any such consolidation, merger or transfer permitted pursuant
to Section 5.01 any Principal Property would become subject to an attaching Lien
that secures Debt, then before such consolidation, merger or transfer occurs,
the Company or Guarantor by supplement or amendment to this Agreement shall
secure the Securities by a direct Lien on all such Principal Property. The
direct Lien shall to the extent permitted by applicable law have priority over
the attaching Lien and over all other Liens on such Principal Property except
the Liens already on it. The direct Lien may equally and ratably secure the
Securities and any other obligation of the Guarantor or a Subsidiary entitled to
such security. The direct Lien may not secure an obligation of the Guarantor or
such a Subsidiary that is subordinated to the Securities. However, the Company
or the Guarantor need not comply with this Section 5.02 if:

                  (1) the attaching Lien is permitted under any of clauses (1)
         through (8) of Section 4.03; or

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                  (2) the Guarantor or a Restricted Subsidiary under the last
         paragraph of Section 4.03 could create a Lien on the Principal Property
         to secure Debt at least equal in amount to that secured by the
         attaching Lien.

                                   ARTICLE SIX

                              DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

Section 6.01. Events of Default.

         An "Event of Default" occurs with respect to the Securities if:

                  (1) the Company defaults in the payment of interest on any
         Security when the same becomes due and payable and such Default
         continues for a period of 30 days;

                  (2) the Company defaults in the payment of the principal of,
         or premium, if any, on, any Security when the same becomes due and
         payable at maturity, upon redemption or otherwise;

                  (3) the Company or the Guarantor fails to comply with any of
         its other agreements in the Securities or this Agreement (other than
         those referred to in (1) or (2) above) and the default continues for
         the period and after the notice specified below in the last paragraph
         of this Section 6.01;

                  (4) the Company or the Guarantor pursuant to or within the
         meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:

                           (a) commences a voluntary case;

                           (b) consents to the entry of any order for relief
                  from claims against it in an involuntary case;

                           (c) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it
                  or for all or substantially all of its property; or

                           (d) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its
                  creditors;

                  (5) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or
         decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:

                           (a) is for relief against the Company or the
                  Guarantor in an involuntary case;

                           (b) appoints a Custodian of the Company or the
                  Guarantor or for all or substantially all of its property; or

                           (c) orders the liquidation of the Company or the
                  Guarantor;

                  and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 90
                  days; or

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                  (6) the Guarantee ceases to be in full force and effect during
         its term or the Guarantor denies or disaffirms in writing its
         obligations under the terms of this Agreement or the Guarantee, in each
         case, other than any such cessation, denial or disaffirmation in
         connection with the termination of the Guarantee pursuant to Section
         10.01.

         The term "Bankruptcy Law" means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar
Federal or State law for the relief of debtors. The term "Custodian" means any
receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator, custodian or similar official under any
Bankruptcy Law.

         A Default with respect to the Securities under clause (3) is not an
Event of Default until the Fiscal Agent notifies the Company or the Holders of
at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Securities notify the Fiscal
Agent and the Company of the Default and the Company does not cure the Default
within 90 days after receipt of the notice. The notice must specify the Default,
demand that it be remedied and state that the notice is a "Notice of Default."

Section 6.02. Acceleration.

         If an Event of Default with respect to Securities occurs and is
continuing, the Fiscal Agent by notice to the Company, or the Holders of at
least 25% in principal amount of outstanding Securities by notice to the Company
and the Fiscal Agent, may declare that the principal of and accrued interest on
the Securities shall be due and payable immediately. Upon such declaration, such
principal (or specified amount) and accrued interest shall be due and payable
immediately. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding
Securities by notice to the Company and the Fiscal Agent may rescind an
acceleration and its consequences if the rescission would not conflict with any
judgment or decree and if all existing Events of Default have been cured or
waived except nonpayment of principal, interest or premium, if any, that has
become due solely because of the acceleration.

Section 6.03. Other Remedies.

         If an Event of Default with respect to Securities occurs and is
continuing, the Fiscal Agent may pursue any available remedy by proceeding at
law or in equity to collect the payment of principal of, interest or premium, if
any, on, the Securities or to enforce the performance of any provision of the
Securities or this Agreement.

         The Fiscal Agent may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess
any of the Securities or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay
or omission by the Fiscal Agent or any Securityholder in exercising any right or
remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or
constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. No remedy is
exclusive of any other remedy. All available remedies are cumulative.

Section 6.04. Waiver of Past Defaults.

         Subject to Section 9.02, the Holders of a majority in principal amount
of the outstanding Securities on behalf of the Holders of the outstanding
Securities by notice to the Fiscal Agent may waive an existing past Default or
Event of Default and its consequences but such waiver

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shall not extend to any future Event of Default. When a Default or Event of
Default is waived by the Holders of Securities, it is cured and stops
continuing.

Section 6.05. Control by Majority.

         The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding
Securities may direct the time, method and place of (1) conducting any
proceeding for any remedy available to the Fiscal Agent; or (2) exercising any
trust or power conferred on the Fiscal Agent with respect to the Securities.
However, the Fiscal Agent may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with
law or this Agreement, or, subject to Section 7.01, that the Fiscal Agent
determines would be unduly prejudicial to the rights of other Securityholders or
that would involve the Fiscal Agent in personal liability. The Fiscal Agent may
require indemnity satisfactory to it from the Holders requesting the Fiscal
Agent to enforce this Agreement or the Securities before doing so.

Section 6.06. Limitation on Suits.

         A Securityholder may pursue a remedy with respect to this Agreement or
the Securities only if:

                  (1) the Holder gives to the Fiscal Agent written notice of a
         continuing Event of Default;

                  (2) the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the
         outstanding Securities make a written request to the Fiscal Agent to
         pursue the remedy;

                  (3) such Holder or Holders offer to the Fiscal Agent indemnity
         satisfactory to the Fiscal Agent against any loss, liability or
         expense;

                  (4) the Fiscal Agent does not comply with the request within
         60 days after receipt of the request and the offer of indemnity; and

                  (5) during such 60-day period the Holders of a majority in
         principal amount of the outstanding Securities do not give the Fiscal
         Agent a direction inconsistent with the request.

         A Holder of Securities may not use any provision of this Agreement to
prejudice the rights of another Holder of any Securities or to obtain a
preference or priority over another Holder of any Securities.

Section 6.07. Rights of Holders to Receive Payment.

         Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the right of any
Holder of a Security to receive payment of principal of, interest and premium,
if any, on the Security, on or after the respective due dates expressed in the
Security, or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after
such respective dates, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of
the Holder.

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Section 6.08. Collection Suit by Fiscal Agent.

         If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(1) or (2) occurs and
is continuing, the Fiscal Agent may recover judgment in its own name and as
trustee of an express trust against the Company for the whole amount of
principal, interest and any premium remaining unpaid on the Securities.

Section 6.09. Fiscal Agent May File Proofs of Claim.

         The Fiscal Agent may file such proofs of claim and other papers or
documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the
Fiscal Agent and the Holders of Securities allowed in any judicial proceedings
relative to the Company, its creditors or its property.

Section 6.10. Priorities.

         If the Fiscal Agent collects any money or Cash Equivalents pursuant to
this Article, it shall pay out the money or Cash Equivalents in the following
order:

                  FIRST: to the Fiscal Agent and any predecessor fiscal agent of
         it for amounts due under Section 7.05;

                  SECOND: to Holders of Securities for amounts due and unpaid on
         the Securities for principal, interest and premium, if any, ratably
         without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts
         due and payable on the Securities for principal, interest and premium,
         if any, respectively; and

                  THIRD: to the Company.

         The Fiscal Agent may fix a record date and payment date for any payment
to Securityholders pursuant to this Section 6.10.

Section 6.11. Undertaking for Costs.

         In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this
Agreement or in any suit against the Fiscal Agent for any action taken or
omitted by it as Fiscal Agent, a court in its discretion may require the filing
by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the
suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including
reasonable attorneys' fees, against any party litigant in the suit, having due
regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party
litigant. This Section does not apply to a suit by the Fiscal Agent, a suit by a
Holder pursuant to Section 6.07 or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in
principal amount of the Securities.

Section 6.12. Notice to Holders by Fiscal Agent.

         The Fiscal Agent shall, within 90 days after the occurrence of a
Default known to it, give Holders of the Securities notice of Default; however,
the Fiscal Agent may withhold from Holders of the Securities notice of any
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principal, interest or premium, if any) if and so long as a committee of its
Responsible Officers in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in
the interests of Holders of the Securities.

                                  ARTICLE SEVEN

                                  FISCAL AGENT

Section 7.01. Duties of Fiscal Agent.

         The Fiscal Agent accepts its obligations herein set forth upon the
terms and conditions hereof, including the following, to all of which the
Company and the Guarantor agree and to all of which the rights of Holders of
Securities are subject:

                  (1)      In acting under this Agreement and in connection with
         the Securities, the Fiscal Agent is acting solely as an agent of the
         Company and does not assume any responsibility for the correctness of
         the recitals in the Securities (except for the correctness of the
         statement of the Fiscal Agent in its certificate of authentication
         thereon) or any obligation or relationship of agency, for or with any
         of the owners or Holders of the Securities.

                  (2)      The Fiscal Agent may consult with its counsel at the
         Company's expense, and the opinion of such counsel shall be full and
         complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken or
         suffered by them hereunder in good faith and without negligence and in
         accordance with such opinion.

                  (3)      The Fiscal Agent shall (except as ordered by a court
         of competent jurisdiction or as required by any applicable law),
         notwithstanding any notice to the contrary, be entitled to treat the
         Holder of any Security as the owner thereof as set forth in Section
         2.13, shall not be liable for so doing and shall be indemnified and
         held harmless by the Company against any loss, liability, claim, demand
         or expense arising from or based upon it so doing.

                  (4)      Except as may otherwise be agreed, the Fiscal Agent
         shall not be under any liability for interest on monies at any time
         received by it pursuant to any of the provisions of this Agreement or
         of the Securities.

                  (5)      The duties and obligations of the Fiscal Agent shall
         be determined solely by the express provisions of this Agreement and
         the Securities and the Fiscal Agent shall not be liable except for the
         performance of such duties and obligations as are specifically set
         forth in this Agreement and the Securities, and no implied covenants or
         obligations shall be read into this Agreement or the Securities against
         the Fiscal Agent.

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Section 7.02. Rights of Fiscal Agent.

                  (1)      The Fiscal Agent shall be protected and shall incur
         no liability for or in respect of any action taken or thing suffered by
         it in reliance upon any Security, notice, direction, consent,
         certificate, affidavit, statement, or other document to the extent that
         such communication conforms to the provisions set forth herein,
         believed by it, in good faith and without negligence, to be genuine and
         to have been passed or signed by the proper parties.

                  (2)      Before the Fiscal Agent acts or refrains from acting,
         it may require an Officers' Certificate or any Opinion of Counsel. The
         Fiscal Agent shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to
         take in good faith in reliance on the Certificate or Opinion.

                  (3)      The Fiscal Agent may act through agents and shall not
         be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed
         with due care.

                  (4)      The Fiscal Agent shall not be liable for any action
         it takes or omits to take in good faith which it believes to be
         authorized or within its rights or powers.

Section 7.03. Individual Rights of Fiscal Agent.

         The Fiscal Agent in its individual or any other capacity may become the
owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with the Company, the
Guarantor or Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Fiscal
Agent. Any Agent may do the same with like rights.

Section 7.04. Fiscal Agent's Disclaimer.

         The Fiscal Agent makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy
of this Agreement or the Securities, it shall not be accountable for the
Company's use of the proceeds from the Securities, and it shall not be
responsible for any statement in the Securities other than its certificate of
authentication.

Section 7.05. Compensation and Indemnity.

         The Company shall pay to the Fiscal Agent, from time to time,
reasonable compensation for its services under this Agreement. The Company shall
reimburse the Fiscal Agent upon request for all reasonable out-of-pocket
expenses incurred by it in the performance of its duties under this Agreement.
Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation and expenses of the
Fiscal Agent's agents and counsel.

         Except as provided below in this paragraph, the Company shall indemnify
the Fiscal Agent, any predecessor fiscal agent of it and each director, officer,
employee and agent of the Fiscal Agent or predecessor fiscal agent against any
loss, liability, cost, claim, action, demand or expense (including reasonable
fees and expenses of legal counsel) incurred by it in connection with its
appointment, or the performance of its duties hereunder, including all
reasonable costs and expenses in defending itself against any claim or liability
in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers and duties
under this Agreement, or performance of any other

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duties pursuant to the terms and conditions hereof, except such as may result
from the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of any such Person.
The Fiscal Agent shall notify the Company promptly of any claim for which it may
seek indemnity but failure to do so shall not relieve the Company of its
obligations under this Section 7.05. The Company need not pay for any settlement
made by the Fiscal Agent without the Company's consent, which consent shall not
be unreasonably withheld. The Company need not reimburse any expense or
indemnify against any loss or liability incurred by either the Fiscal Agent or
any predecessor fiscal agent of it through its own gross negligence, bad faith
or willful misconduct. In respect of the Company's payment obligations in this
Section 7.05, the Fiscal Agent shall have a senior claim to which the Securities
are hereby made subordinate on all money or property held or collected by the
Fiscal Agent as such and not in its individual capacity, except for money or
property held in trust for the benefit of the Holders to pay the principal of an
interest and premium, if any, on particular Securities. Notwithstanding anything
contained in this Agreement to the contrary, the indemnity agreement set forth
in this paragraph shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the
resignation or removal of the Fiscal Agent.

Section 7.06. Replacement of Fiscal Agent.

         The Fiscal Agent may resign upon 30 days' written notice to the
Company. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding
Securities may remove the Fiscal Agent by notifying the removed Fiscal Agent and
the Company. Those Holders may appoint a successor Fiscal Agent with the
Company's consent. The Company may remove the Fiscal Agent without prior notice
if:

                  (1)      the Fiscal Agent is adjudged a bankrupt or an
         insolvent;

                  (2)      a receiver or public officer takes charge of the
         Fiscal Agent or its property; or

                  (3)      the Fiscal Agent becomes incapable of acting.

         If the Fiscal Agent resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the
office of Fiscal Agent for any reason, the Company shall promptly appoint a
successor Fiscal Agent. Within one year after the successor Fiscal Agent takes
office, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities may
appoint a successor Fiscal Agent to replace the successor Fiscal Agent appointed
by the Company.

         If a successor Fiscal Agent does not take office within 60 days after
the retiring Fiscal Agent resigns or is removed, the retiring Fiscal Agent, the
Company or the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities may
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor
Fiscal Agent.

         A successor Fiscal Agent shall deliver a written acceptance of its
appointment to the retiring Fiscal Agent and to the Company. Immediately after
that, the retiring Fiscal Agent shall transfer all property held by it as Fiscal
Agent to the successor Fiscal Agent, the resignation or removal of the retiring
Fiscal Agent shall become effective, and the successor Fiscal Agent shall have
all the rights, powers and duties of the Fiscal Agent under this Agreement. A
successor Fiscal Agent shall mail notice of its succession to each Holder of
Securities for which it acts as Fiscal Agent.

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         If at the time a successor to the Fiscal Agent succeeds to the trusts
created by this Agreement any of the Securities shall have been authenticated
but not delivered, the successor to the Fiscal Agent may adopt the certificate
of authentication of any predecessor fiscal agent and deliver the Securities so
authenticated. If at that time any of the Securities shall not have been
authenticated, any successor to the Fiscal Agent may authenticate the Securities
either in the name of any predecessor fiscal agent hereunder or in the name of
the successor fiscal agent. In all such cases the certificate of authentication
shall have the same force and effect which the provisions of the Securities or
this Agreement provided that certificates of authentication of the Fiscal Agent
shall have, except that the right to adopt the certificate of authentication of
any predecessor Fiscal Agent or to authenticate the Securities in the name of
any predecessor Fiscal Agent shall apply only to its successor or successors by
merger, conversion or consolidation.

Section 7.07. Successor Fiscal Agent by Merger, etc.

         If the Fiscal Agent consolidates, merges or converts into, or transfers
all or substantially all of its corporate trust assets to, another corporation,
the successor corporation shall be the successor Fiscal Agent, without any
further act.

                                  ARTICLE EIGHT

                            DEFEASANCE AND DISCHARGE

Section 8.01. Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

                  The Company may, at the option of its Board of Directors
evidenced by a Board Resolution set forth in an Officers' Certificate, at any
time, elect to have either Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof be applied to all
outstanding Securities upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in
this Article 8.

Section 8.02. Legal Defeasance.

                  Upon the Company's exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the
option applicable to this Section 8.02, and subject to the satisfaction of the
conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, the Company shall be deemed to have
been discharged from its obligations with respect to all outstanding Securities
and this Agreement and the Guarantor shall be deemed to have been discharged
from its obligations with respect to this Agreement, subject to the satisfaction
of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, on the date the conditions
set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, "Legal Defeasance"). For this
purpose, Legal Defeasance means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid
and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by the outstanding
Securities, which shall thereafter be deemed to be "outstanding" only for the
purposes of Section 8.06 hereof and the other Sections of this Agreement
referred to in (a) and (b) below, and to have satisfied all its other
obligations under such Securities and this Agreement (and the Fiscal Agent, on
demand of and at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments
acknowledging the same), except for the following provisions which shall survive
until otherwise terminated or discharged pursuant to this Agreement: (a) the
rights of Holders of outstanding Securities to receive solely from the trust
fund described in Section 8.06 hereof, and as more fully set forth in such
Section, payments in respect of the principal of, and premium, if

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any, and interest on, such Securities when such payments are due, (b) the
Company's obligations with respect to such Securities under Article 2 hereof,
(c) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Fiscal Agent
hereunder and the Company's and the Guarantor's obligations in connection
therewith and (d) this Article 8. Subject to compliance with this Article 8, the
Company may exercise its option under this Section 8.02 notwithstanding the
prior exercise of its option under Section 8.03 hereof.

Section 8.03. Covenant Defeasance.

                  Upon the Company's exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the
option applicable to this Section 8.03, and subject to the satisfaction of the
conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, the Company and the Guarantor shall
be released from their obligations under the covenants contained in Sections
4.03, 4.04, 4.05, 4.06, and 4.07 and Articles 5 and 10 on and after the date the
conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, "Covenant Defeasance"),
and the Securities shall thereafter be deemed not "outstanding" for the purposes
of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or act of Holders (and the
consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants, but shall
continue to be deemed "outstanding" for all other purposes hereunder (it being
understood that such Securities shall not be deemed outstanding for accounting
purposes). For this purpose, Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to the
outstanding Securities, the Company or the Guarantor may omit to comply with and
shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set
forth in any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any
reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of any reference in
any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and
such omission to comply shall not constitute a Default or an Event of Default
under Section 6.01 hereof, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this
Agreement and such Securities shall be unaffected thereby. In addition, upon the
Company's exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this
Section 8.03 hereof, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in
Section 8.04 hereof, Sections 6.01(3) through 6.01(6) hereof shall not
constitute Events of Default.

Section 8.04. Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance.

                  In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant
Defeasance, the Company must irrevocably deposit, or caused to be deposited,
with the Fiscal Agent (or another fiscal agent satisfying the requirements of
this Agreement), in trust for such purpose, (1) money in an amount, (2) U.S.
Government Obligations that through the payment of principal and interest in
accordance with their terms will provide money in an amount ("Cash
Equivalents"), or (3) a combination thereof, sufficient in the opinion of a
nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a
written certification thereof delivered to the Fiscal Agent, to pay the
principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, the outstanding Securities at
maturity or upon redemption, together with all other amounts payable by the
Company under this Agreement. Such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance will
become effective 91 days after such deposit if and only if:

                           (i)      no Default or Event of Default with respect
                  to the Securities has occurred and is continuing immediately
                  prior to the time of such deposit;

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                           (ii)     no Default or Event of Default shall have
                  occurred at any time in the period ending on the 91st day
                  after the date of such deposit and shall be continuing on such
                  91st day;

                           (iii)    such defeasance does not result in a breach
                  or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other
                  agreement or instrument to which the Company or the Guarantor
                  is a party or by which it is bound (and, in furtherance of
                  such condition, no Default or Event of Default shall result
                  under this Agreement due to the incurrence of indebtedness to
                  fund such deposit and the entering into of customary
                  documentation in connection therewith, even though such
                  documentation may contain provisions that would otherwise give
                  rise to a Default or Event of Default); and

                           (iv)     the Company has delivered to the Fiscal
                  Agent (A)(1) in the case of Legal Defeasance, an Opinion of
                  Counsel to the effect that (x) there has been published by the
                  Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (y) since the date of
                  this Agreement, there has been a change in the applicable
                  federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and
                  based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the
                  Holders of the Securities will not recognize income, gain or
                  loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Legal
                  Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the
                  same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as
                  would have been the case if such Legal Defeasance had not
                  occurred, or (2) in the case of Covenant Defeasance, an
                  Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Holders of the
                  Securities will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal
                  income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance
                  and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amount,
                  in the same manner and at the same times as would have been
                  the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred; and (B)
                  an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each
                  stating that all conditions precedent relating to such Legal
                  Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance have been complied with.

Section 8.05. Discharge.

                  If (i) the Company shall deliver to the Fiscal Agent for
cancellation all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than
any Securities which shall have been destroyed, lost or stolen and in lieu of or
in substitution for which other Securities shall have been authenticated and
delivered) and not theretofore cancelled, or (ii) all Securities not theretofore
surrendered or delivered to the Fiscal Agent for cancellation shall have become
due and payable, or are by their terms to become due and payable within one year
or are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements
satisfactory to the Fiscal Agent, and the Company shall irrevocably deposit with
the Fiscal Agent, as trust funds solely for the benefit of the Holders for that
purpose, an amount sufficient to pay at maturity or upon redemption all of the
Securities (other than any Securities which shall have been destroyed, lost or
stolen and in lieu of or in substitution for which other Securities shall have
been authenticated and delivered) not theretofore surrendered or delivered to
the Fiscal Agent for cancellation, including principal, premium, if any, and
interest due or to become due to such date of maturity or redemption date, as
the case may be, then this Agreement shall cease to be of further force or
effect (except as to

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rights of registration of transfer or exchange of the Securities provided in
this Agreement) and, at the written request of the Company, accompanied by an
Officers' Certificate and Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent provided for herein relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this
Agreement have been complied with, and upon payment of the costs, charges and
expenses incurred or to be incurred by the Fiscal Agent in relation thereto or
in carrying out the provisions of this Agreement, the Fiscal Agent shall satisfy
and discharge this Agreement ("Discharge"); provided that the Company's or the
Guarantor's obligations with respect to the payment of principal, premium, if
any, and interest will not terminate until the same shall apply the moneys so
deposited to the payment to the Holders of Securities of all sums due and to
become due thereon.

Section 8.06. Deposited Money and Government Securities to be Held in Trust;
              Other Miscellaneous Provisions.

                  Subject to Section 8.07 hereof, all money and Cash Equivalents
(including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Fiscal Agent (or other
qualifying fiscal agent, collectively for purposes of this Section 8.06, the
"Fiscal Agent") pursuant to Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof in respect of the
outstanding Securities shall be held in trust and applied by the Fiscal Agent,
in accordance with the provisions of such Securities and this Agreement, to the
payment, either directly or through the Paying Agent as the Fiscal Agent may
determine, to the Holders of such Securities of all sums due and to become due
thereon in respect of principal, premium, if any, and interest but such money
and Cash Equivalents need not be segregated from other funds except to the
extent required by law.

                  The Company shall pay and indemnify the Fiscal Agent against
any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the money or Cash
Equivalents deposited pursuant to this Section 8.06 or the principal and
interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other
charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of the outstanding
Securities.

                  Anything in this Article 8 to the contrary notwithstanding,
the Fiscal Agent shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon the
request of the Company any money or Cash Equivalents held by it as provided in
this Section 8.06 which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of
independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof
delivered to the Fiscal Agent (which may be the opinion delivered under Section
8.04 hereof), are in excess of the amount thereof that would then be required to
be deposited to effect an equivalent Legal Defeasance, Covenant Defeasance or
Discharge.

Section 8.07. Repayment to Company.

                  Any money and Cash Equivalents deposited with the Fiscal Agent
or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or
Affiliates, in trust for the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or
interest on, any Security and remaining unclaimed for two years after such
principal, premium, if any, or interest has become due and payable shall be paid
to the Company on its request or (if then held by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or Affiliates) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder
of such Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only
to the Company for payment thereof,

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and all liability of the Fiscal Agent or such Paying Agent with respect to such
trust money and Cash Equivalents, and all liability of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or Affiliates as fiscal agent thereof, shall thereupon cease;
provided, however, that the Fiscal Agent or such Paying Agent, before being
required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to
be published once, in the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal (national
edition) and such foreign publication as may be required by applicable law,
notice that such money and Cash Equivalents remains unclaimed and that, after a
date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of
such notification or publication, any unclaimed balance of such money and Cash
Equivalents then remaining will be repaid to the Company.

Section 8.08. Reinstatement.

                  If the Fiscal Agent or Paying Agent is unable to apply any
United States dollars or Cash Equivalents in accordance with Section 8.02, 8.03
or 8.05 hereof, as the case may be, by reason of any order or judgment of any
court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting
such application, then the Company's obligations under this Agreement and the
Securities, and the Guarantor's obligations under this Agreement, shall be
revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section
8.02, 8.03 or 8.05 hereof until such time as the Fiscal Agent or Paying Agent is
permitted to apply all such assets in accordance with Section 8.02, 8.03 or 8.05
hereof, as the case may be; provided, however, that, if the Company makes any
payment of principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, any Security
following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated
to the rights of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the
money and Cash Equivalents held by the Fiscal Agent or Paying Agent.

                                  ARTICLE NINE

                       AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS

Section 9.01. Without Consent of Holders.

         The Company, The Guarantor and the Fiscal Agent may amend or supplement
this Agreement or the Securities without notice to or consent of any
Securityholder:

                  (1)      to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or
         inconsistency or to make other formal changes;

                  (2)      to comply with Article Four or Five;

                  (3)      to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition
         to or in place of certificated Securities;

                  (4)      to add to the covenants of the Company or to add any
         additional Events of Default for the benefit of all the Securities;

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                  (5)      to add to or change any of the provisions of this
         Agreement to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate
         the issuance of Securities in (i) bearer form, registrable or not
         registrable as to principal, and/or (ii) coupon form, registrable or
         not registrable as to principal, and to provide for exchangeability of
         such Securities with Securities issued hereunder in fully registered
         form;

                  (6)      to add to or change any provisions of this Agreement
         as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration
         of the trusts hereunder by more than one Fiscal Agent;

                  (7)      to issue Additional Securities pursuant to Section
         2.15; or

                  (8)      to make any change that does not adversely affect the
         rights of any Securityholder;

but none of such changes shall adversely affect the rights of any
Securityholder.

Section 9.02. With Consent of Holders.

         The Company, the Guarantor and the Fiscal Agent may amend this
Agreement or the Securities with the written consent of the Holders of at least
a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities affected by such
supplement or amendment. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
outstanding Securities may waive compliance by the Company or the Guarantor in a
particular instance with any provision of this Agreement or the Securities
without notice to any Holder of Securities. Without the consent of each
Securityholder affected, however, an amendment, supplement or waiver, including
a waiver pursuant to Section 6.04, may not:

                  (1)      reduce the principal amount of Securities whose
         Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver pursuant to
         this Section 9.02;

                  (2)      reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of
         interest on any Security;

                  (3)      reduce the principal of or change the fixed maturity
         of any Security;

                  (4)      waive a default in the payment of the principal of or
         premium, if any, or interest on any Security;

                  (5)      make any Security payable in money other than that
         stated in the Security; or

                  (6)      release the Guarantor from any of its obligations
         under the Guarantee or this Agreement, except in accordance with the
         terms of this Agreement; or

         It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under this
Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplement, but it shall
be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof.

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Section 9.03. Revocation and Effect of Consents.

         A consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver by a Holder of a
Security is a continuing consent, irrevocable for a period of nine months from
the date given or, if earlier, until the amendment, supplement or waiver becomes
effective, both as to the Holder giving such consent and as to every subsequent
Holder of a Security or a portion of a Security that evidences the same debt as
the consenting Holder's Security, even if notation of the consent is not made on
each Security. An amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective in
accordance with its terms and thereafter binds every Securityholder.

Section 9.04. Notation on or Exchange of Securities.

         If an amendment, supplement or waiver changes the term of a Security,
the Fiscal Agent may require the Holder of the Security to deliver it to the
Fiscal Agent. The Fiscal Agent may place an appropriate notation on the Security
about an amendment, supplement or waiver and return it to the Holder.
Alternatively, the Company in exchange for Securities may issue and the Fiscal
Agent shall authenticate new Securities that reflect an amendment, supplement or
waiver.

Section 9.05. Fiscal Agent to Sign Amendments, etc.

         The Fiscal Agent need not sign any supplement or amendment to this
Agreement that adversely affects its rights. In signing such amendment,
supplement or waiver, the Fiscal Agent shall be entitled to receive, and
(subject to Section 7.02) shall be fully protected in relying upon an Officers'
Certificate and Opinion of Counsel stating that such amendment, supplement or
waiver is authorized or permitted by the Agreement.

                                   ARTICLE TEN

                                    GUARANTEE

Section 10.01. Guarantee. The Guarantor hereby fully, unconditionally and
irrevocably guarantees, to each Holder of the Securities and the Fiscal Agent
the full and punctual payment when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by
redemption or otherwise in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, of the
principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities and all other
obligations of the Company under this Agreement (all the foregoing being
hereinafter collectively called the "Obligations"). The Guarantor further agrees
(to the extent permitted by law) that without notice or further assent from it,
it will remain bound under this Article 10 notwithstanding any renewal of or
extension of the time for payment or performance of any Obligation.

                  To the extent not prohibited by law, the Guarantor waives
presentation to, demand of payment from and protest to the Company of any of the
Obligations and also waives notice of protest for nonpayment. The Guarantor
waives notice of any default under the Securities or the Obligations. In
addition, to the extent not prohibited by law the obligations of the Guarantor
under this Article 10 shall not be affected by (a) the failure of any Holder to
assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy against the Company
or any other person under this Agreement, the Securities or any other agreement
or otherwise; (b) any renewal of or extension of the time for payment or
performance of any thereof; (c) any rescission, waiver, amendment or

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modification of any of the terms or provisions of this Agreement, the Securities
or any other agreement; (d) the release of any security held by any Holder or
the Fiscal Agent for the Obligations or any of them; (e) any change in the
ownership of the Company or (f) any other act or thing or omission or delay to
do any other act or thing which may or might in any manner or to any extent vary
the risk of the Guarantor or would otherwise operate as a discharge of the
Guarantor as a matter of law or equity.

                  The Guarantor further agrees that the Guarantee herein
constitutes a guarantee of payment when due (and not a guarantee of collection)
and waives any right to require that any resort be had by any Holder to any
security held for payment of the Obligations.

                  To the extent not prohibited by law, the obligations of the
Guarantor hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation,
impairment or termination for any reason (other than payment of the Obligations
in full), including any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or
compromise, and shall not be subject to any defense of setoff, counterclaim,
recoupment or termination whatsoever or by reason of the invalidity, illegality
or unenforceability of the Obligations or otherwise. The Obligations of the
Guarantor under this Article 10 shall terminate when all of the Obligations
shall have been paid in full, or upon a Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
in accordance with Section 8.02 or Section 8.03, respectively.

                  The Guarantor further agrees that the Guarantee herein shall
continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time
payment, or any part thereof, of principal and premium, if any, of or interest
on any of the Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by any
Holder upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of the Company or otherwise.

                  In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any
other right which any Holder has at law or in equity against the Guarantor by
virtue hereof, upon the failure of the Company to pay any of the Obligations
when and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by
redemption or otherwise, the Guarantor hereby promises to and will, upon receipt
of written demand by the Fiscal Agent, forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, in
cash, to the Holders an amount equal to the sum of (i) the unpaid amount of such
Obligations then due and owing and (ii) accrued and unpaid interest on such
Obligations then due and owing (but only to the extent not prohibited by law).

                  The Guarantor further agrees that, as between the Guarantor,
on the one hand, and the Holders, on the other hand, (x) the maturity of the
Obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in this Agreement
for the purposes of the Guarantee herein, notwithstanding any stay, injunction
or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the Obligations
guaranteed hereby and (y) in the event of any such declaration of acceleration
of such Obligations, such Obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall
forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantor for the purposes of this
Guarantee.

                  The Guarantor also agrees to pay any and all reasonable costs
and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) incurred by the Fiscal Agent
or the Holders in enforcing any rights under this Section.

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Section 10.02. No Subrogation.

                  Notwithstanding any payment or payments made by the Guarantor
hereunder, the Guarantor shall not be entitled to be subrogated to any of the
rights of the Fiscal Agent or any Holder against the Company or any collateral
security or guarantee or right of offset held by the Fiscal Agent or any Holder
for the payment of the Obligations, nor shall the Guarantor seek or be entitled
to seek any contribution or reimbursement from the Company in respect of
payments made by the Guarantor hereunder, until all amounts owing to the Fiscal
Agent and the Holders by the Company on account of the Obligations are paid in
full. If any amount shall be paid to the Guarantor on account of such
subrogation rights at any time when all of the Obligations shall not have been
paid in full, such amount shall be held by the Guarantor in trust for the Fiscal
Agent and the Holders, segregated from other funds of the Guarantor, and shall,
forthwith upon receipt by the Guarantor, be turned over to the Fiscal Agent in
the exact form received by the Guarantor (duly indorsed by the Guarantor to the
Fiscal Agent, if required), to be applied against the Obligations.

Section 10.03. Assumption by the Guarantor.

                  The Guarantor or a Subsidiary may, with the consent of the
Company but without the consent of any Holder of a Security, assume all of the
rights and obligations of the Company hereunder and under the Securities if,
after giving effect to such assumption, no Event of Default shall have occurred
and be continuing. Upon such an assumption, the Guarantor, the Company and the
Fiscal Agent shall execute an amendment to the Agreement evidencing the
Guarantor's or such Subsidiary's assumption of all such rights and obligations
of the Company and the Company shall be released from its liabilities hereunder
and under such Securities as obligor thereon.

                                 ARTICLE ELEVEN

                                  MISCELLANEOUS

Section 11.01. Notices.

         Any notice or communication shall be in writing and delivered in person
or mailed by first-class mail to the other's address as follows:

               If to the Company:         Cabot Finance B.V.
                                          Botlekstraat 2
                                          3197 KA Botlek Rotterdam
                                          The Netherlands
                                          Attn: General Manager

               With a copy to:            Cabot Corporation
                                          Two Seaport Lane, Suite 1300
                                          Boston, MA 02210
                                          Attn: General Counsel

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               If to the Fiscal Agent:    U.S. Bank Trust National Association
                                          100 Wall Street, 16th Floor
                                          New York, NY 10005
                                          Attention: Ward A. Spooner

         The Company, the Guarantor or the Fiscal Agent by notice to the other
may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or
communications.

         Any notice or communication mailed to a Holder of a Security shall be
mailed by first class mail to his or her address shown on the register kept by
the Registrar. Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Securityholder or
any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other
Securityholders.

         If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above
within the time prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee
receives it.

         In case, by reason of the suspension of regular mail service, or by
reason of any other cause, it shall be impossible to mail any notice as required
by this Agreement, then such method of notification as shall be made with the
approval of the Fiscal Agent shall constitute a sufficient mailing of such
notice.

Section 11.02. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.

         Upon any request or application by the Company to the Fiscal Agent to
take any action under this Agreement, the Company shall furnish to the Fiscal
Agent:

                  (1)      an Officers' Certificate stating that, in the opinion
         of the signers, all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this
         Agreement relating to the proposed action have been complied with; and

                  (2)      an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of
         such counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied with.

Section 11.03. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.

         Each Certificate or Opinion with respect to compliance with a condition
or covenant provided for in this Agreement shall include:

                  (1)      a statement that the person making such Certificate
         or Opinion has read such covenant or condition;

                  (2)      a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the
         examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions
         contained in such Certificate or Opinion are based;

                  (3)      a statement that, in the opinion of such person, he
         or she has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to
         enable him or her to express an informed opinion as to whether or not
         such covenant or condition has been complied with; and

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                  (4)      a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of
         such person, such condition or covenant has been complied with.

Section 11.04. Rules by Fiscal Agent, Paying Agent, Registrar.

         The Fiscal Agent may make reasonable rules for action by or a meeting
of Securityholders. The Registrar or Paying Agent may make reasonable rules and
set reasonable requirements for its functions.

Section 11.05. Governing Law.

         The laws of the State of New York shall govern this Agreement, the
Securities and the Guarantee.

Section 11.06. No Recourse Against Others.

         All liability described in the Securities of any director, officer,
employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company and the Guarantor is waived and
released.

Section 11.07. Successors.

         All agreements of the Company in this Agreement and the Securities
shall bind its successor. All agreements of the Guarantor in this Agreement and
the Guarantee shall bind its successor. All agreements of the Fiscal Agent in
this Agreement shall bind its successor.

Section 11.08. Execution in Counterparts.

         The parties may sign this Agreement in any number of counterparts, each
of which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute
but one and the same agreement.

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                    SIGNATURES

                                   CABOT FINANCE B.V.

                                   By /s/ John A. Shaw
                                      Name: John A. Shaw
                                      Title: Managing Director

                                   CABOT CORPORATION

                                   By /s/ John A. Shaw
                                      Name: John A. Shaw
                                      Title: Executive Vice President and Chief
                                             Financial Officer

                                   U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

                                   By /s/ An Authorized Officer
                                      Authorized Officer

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                                                                       EXHIBIT A

                               [FORM OF SECURITY]

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                                                                       EXHIBIT B

                        [FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER]

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                                                                       EXHIBIT C

                       [FORM OF CERTIFICATE FROM ACQUIRING
                       INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR]

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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10(m)
[CABOT LOGO]

                                            August 25, 2003

Mr. William P. Noglows
204 Ocean Avenue
Marblehead, MA 01945

Dear Bill:

         As we have discussed, your employment with Cabot Corporation (the
"Company") has terminated, effective as of August 8, 2003 (the "Separation
Date"). The purpose of this letter is to confirm the agreement between you and
the Company concerning your severance arrangements, as follows:

         1. FINAL SALARY AND VACATION PAY. On or before August 21, 2003, the
Company will provide you with a lump sum payment equal to four weeks of vacation
days you had earned but not used. You acknowledge that, upon receiving said
vacation pay, you have received pay for all work you have performed for the
Company during the current payroll period, to the extent not previously paid, as
well as pay, at your final base rate of pay, for the vacation days you had
earned, but not used, all as of the Separation Date, determined in accordance
with Company policy and as reflected on the books of the Company.

         2. SEVERANCE BENEFITS. In consideration of your acceptance of this
Agreement and subject to your meeting in full your obligations under it, the
Company will provide you the following severance pay and benefits:

                  (a) On or before September 2, 2003, the Company will pay you a
single lump-sum amount of $675,000.

                  (b) If you were enrolled in the Company's medical and dental
plans on the Separation Date, you may elect to continue your participation and
that of your eligible dependents in those plans for a period of time under the
federal law known as "COBRA." If you do so by signing and returning the COBRA
election form no later than the effective date of this Agreement, then, until
the conclusion of the eighteen month period following the Separation Date or, if
earlier, until the date you begin new employment, the Company will contribute to
the premium cost of your coverage and that of your eligible dependents under
those plans at the same rate (as in effect from time-to-time) that it
contributes to the premium cost of coverage of active employees and their
eligible dependents. To be eligible for these Company premium contributions,
however, you must pay the remainder of the premium cost. You agree to notify

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the Company immediately if you begin new employment during the eighteen month
period following the Separation Date and to repay promptly any excess
contributions made by the Company. After the Company's contributions end, you
may continue coverage for the remainder of the COBRA period, if any, by paying
the full premium cost plus a small administrative fee. The Company reserves the
right to amend, modify, terminate or discontinue the medical and dental coverage
or benefits provided to its employees or former employees, or the costs
associated therewith, at any time.

         3. WITHHOLDING. All payments made by the Company under this Agreement
shall be reduced by any tax or other amounts required to be withheld by the
Company under applicable law and all other deductions authorized by you. The
Company shall report as income to the appropriate taxing authorities all amounts
determined by the Company in good faith to require such reporting.

         4. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF FULL PAYMENT. You acknowledge and agree that the
payments provided under paragraph 1 of this Agreement are in complete
satisfaction of any and all compensation due to you from the Company, whether
for services provided to the Company or otherwise, through the Separation Date
and that, except as expressly provided under this Agreement, no further
compensation is owed to you.

         5. STATUS OF EMPLOYEE BENEFITS, PAID TIME OFF, STOCK AND STOCK OPTIONS,
OUTPLACEMENT SERVICES. Except as otherwise expressly provided in paragraph 2(b)
of this Agreement, your participation in all employee benefit plans of the
Company has ended as of the Separation Date, in accordance with the terms of
those plans. You will not continue to earn vacation or other paid time off after
the Separation Date. Except as provided below, your rights and obligations with
respect to any stock options granted to you by the Company which had vested as
of the Separation Date shall be governed by the applicable stock option plan and
any agreements or other requirements applicable to those options. Except as
provided below, all stock shares and stock options which are unvested as of the
Separation Date have been cancelled as of that date and you agree to return, no
later than the effective date of this Agreement, the stock and stock option
certificates for all stock shares and stock options granted you which were
unvested on the Separation Date.

         (a)      Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company will accelerate, as
                  soon as reasonably practicable after the effective date of
                  this Agreement, the vesting of the 10,000 outstanding gifted
                  shares of Cabot Corporation common stock and the vesting of
                  the 2,805 outstanding gifted shares of Cabot Microelectronics
                  Corporation common stock, granted to you in each case on May
                  11, 2000.

         (b)      Notwithstanding the foregoing, and in accordance with the
                  Company's Equity Incentive Plan Award Program and Award
                  Binder, within thirty days of the execution of this Agreement,
                  the Company will repurchase 50,000 shares of Restricted Stock
                  from you for $7.92 per share, or $396,000.00, the purchase
                  price paid by you relative to the 2002 Long-term Incentive
                  Award. Further, in accordance with the Company's Equity
                  Incentive Plan Award Program and Award Binder, within thirty
                  days of the execution of

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                  this Agreement, the Company will repurchase 50,000 shares of
                  Restricted Stock from you for $10.46 per share, or
                  $523,000.00, the purchase price paid by you relative to the
                  2001 Long-term Incentive Aware. This amount will be applied
                  against your 2001 Loan of the same principal amount.

         (c)      During the eighteen month period following the Separation
                  Date, the Company will pay the reasonable costs of executive
                  outplacement services up to $60,000.00, provided that the
                  Company approves the fee structure of that outplacement
                  service provider and that the outplacement service provider
                  itself be approved of by the Company.

         (d)      During the eighteen month period following the Separation
                  Date, the Company will continue to support the financial
                  planning benefit received by you from AYCO at an amount not
                  less than amounts provided in previous years, as if you were
                  an active employee, in accordance with the Company's program
                  guidelines, as in effect from time to time. The Company
                  reserves the right to amend, modify, terminate or discontinue
                  the financial planning benefit provided by AYCO to its
                  employees or former employees, or the costs associated
                  therewith, at any time.

         6. CONFIDENTIALITY AND NON-DISPARAGEMENT.

                  (a) You agree that you will continue to protect Confidential
Information, as defined here, and that you will never, directly or indirectly,
use or disclose it. As used in this agreement, "Confidential Information" means
any and all information of the Company that is not generally known to others,
and includes without limitation commercial and financial information, technical
know-how, trade secrets, confidential records, drawings, data, methods,
programs, processes, apparatus, and inventions. Confidential Information also
includes all information received by the Company from customers or other third
parties with any understanding, express or implied, that the information would
not be disclosed, and any other information protected from use or disclosure
under applicable law.

                  (b) You agree that you will not disclose this Agreement or any
of its terms or provisions, directly or by implication, except to members of
your immediate family and to your legal and tax advisors, and then only on
condition that they agree not to further disclose this Agreement or any of its
terms or provisions to others. Likewise, the Company agrees that it will not
disclose this Agreement or any of its terms or provisions, directly or by
implication except as required by law or financial disclosure. You also agree
that you will not disparage or criticize the Company, its business (including
its subsidiaries, affiliates and successors), its management (including without
limitation its shareholders, officers or directors) or its products, and that
you will not otherwise do or say anything that could disrupt the good morale of
Company employees or harm its interests or reputation. The Company agrees not to
disparage you in any public statements and will instruct its current officers to
not make any disparaging remarks about you to any third-parties outside of the
Company.

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         7. RETURN OF COMPANY DOCUMENTS AND OTHER PROPERTY.

                  (a) In signing this Agreement, you represent and warrant that,
except as provided below, you have returned to the Company any and all
non-public documents, materials and information (whether in hardcopy, on
electronic media or otherwise) related to Company business (whether present or
otherwise) and all keys, access cards, credit cards, computer hardware and
software, telephones and telephone-related equipment and all other property of
the Company in your possession or control. Further, you represent and warrant
that you have not retained any copy of any non-public Company documents,
materials or information (whether in hardcopy, on electronic media or
otherwise). Recognizing that your employment with the Company has ended, you
agree that you will not, for any purpose, attempt to access or use any Company
computer or computer network or system, including without limitation its
electronic mail system. Further, you acknowledge that you have disclosed to the
Company all passwords necessary or desirable to enable the Company to access all
information which you have password-protected on any of its computer equipment
or on its computer network or system.

                  (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, you may retain the laptop
computer provided to you by the Company during the course of your employment,
provided that the Company permanently erase therefrom any Company information.
You may also retain the cellular telephone provided to you by the Company during
the course of your employment, and the Company will pay for appropriate and
reasonable charges on that telephone for the six month period following the
Separation Date, to a maximum of $50.00 per month.

         8. EMPLOYEE COOPERATION. You agree to make yourself available and to
cooperate with the Company for a total of seven days (40 hours) with respect to
all matters arising during or related to your employment, including but not
limited to all matters in connection with any governmental investigation,
litigation or regulatory or other proceeding which may have already arisen or
which may arise following the signing of this Agreement ("Related Matters").
After the expiration of those 40 hours, you agree that you will continue to
cooperate and make yourself available with respect to all Related Matters. In
exchange for such continued cooperation and availability beyond 40 hours, the
Company will pay you at a rate of $300.00 per hour. However, in the event that
you are subpoenaed as a witness for a deposition, hearing or trial, the Company
will only compensate you for any income lost as a result of the deposition,
hearing or trial, including preparation therefor. The Company will reimburse
your out-of-pocket expenses incurred in complying with Company requests
hereunder, provided such expenses are authorized by the Company in advance.

         9. RELEASE OF CLAIMS.

                  (a) In exchange for the special severance pay and benefits
provided to you under this Agreement, to which you would not otherwise be
entitled, you, on your own behalf and that of your heirs, executors,
administrators, beneficiaries, personal representatives and assigns, agree that
this Agreement shall be in complete and final settlement of any and all causes
of action, rights or claims, whether known or unknown, that you have had in the
past, now have, or might now have, in any way related to, connected with or
arising out of your employment or its termination, whether sounding in tort,
contract or otherwise, or pursuant to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the
Americans with Disabilities Act, the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act, the
Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the fair employment practices statutes of
the state or

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states in which you have provided services to the Company or any other federal,
state or local law, regulation or other requirement, and you hereby release and
forever discharge the Company and its subsidiaries and other affiliates and all
of their respective past, present and future directors, shareholders, officers,
members, managers, general and limited partners, employees, agents,
representatives, successors and assigns, any welfare or retirement plans
maintained by Cabot or its subsidiaries, affiliates, or successors, or any of
the trustees or administrators thereof, and all others connected with any of the
foregoing, both individually and in their official capacities (collectively, the
"Releasees"), from any and all such causes of action, rights or claims. You
further agree not to assert any such claims against, and covenant not to sue any
of the Releasees on any such claims.

         Notwithstanding the foregoing, this release does not include and will
not preclude: (a) any claim for salary payable through the Separation Date or
for accrued, unused vacation time as recorded on the Company's books as of the
Separation Date; (b) non-termination related claims under the Massachusetts
Workers Compensation Act (M.G.L. c. 152) or any disability insurance policy; (c)
any claims for vested benefits payable under any retirement plan; (d)
non-termination related claims under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act
(29 U.S.C. Section 1001 et seq.); (e) claims, if any, to be asserted only in the
form of a shareholder derivative suit which claims are held by a majority of
shareholders, provided that you do not initiate such claims and that such claims
are in no way related to the termination of your employment; (f) claims under
the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 ("COBRA"); (g)
rights, if any, to defense and indemnification from the Company for actions
taken by you in the course and scope of your employment with the Company and its
subsidiaries and affiliates all in accordance with the By-Laws and/or
Certificate of Amendment of Restated Certificate of Incorporation or otherwise
provided by applicable common law, which rights will not be unreasonably
withheld; (h) claims, actions, or rights arising under or to enforce the terms
of this Agreement; or (i) any rights you may have to bring forward or identify
issues to any state or federal administrative agency provided that this
exclusion does not include any claim by you for money or money damages.

                  (b) The Company and its subsidiaries and other affiliates
hereby release and forever discharge you from any and all causes of action,
right or claims, whether sounding in tort or contract, or otherwise, to the
extent that the Company has an obligation to indemnify you as a former officer
and employee in accordance with Section 14.1 of the By-Laws and/or Article
Eighth, paragraph (j) of the Certificate of Amendment of Restated Certificate of
Incorporation. The Company is not presently aware of any claims it has against
you.

                  (c) This Agreement, including the release of claims set forth
in the paragraph immediately above, creates legally binding obligations and the
Company therefore advises you to consult an attorney before signing this
Agreement. In signing this Agreement, you give the Company assurance that you
have signed it voluntarily and with a full understanding of its terms; that you
have had sufficient opportunity, before signing this Agreement, to consider its
terms and to consult with an attorney, if you wished to do so, or to consult
with any other of those persons to whom reference in made in the first sentence
of paragraph 6(b) above; and that, in signing this Agreement, you have not
relied on any promises or representations, express or implied, that are not set
forth expressly in this Agreement.

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         10. NON-COMPETITION.

         In consideration of the benefits you will receive under this agreement,
you agree that some restrictions on your activities after the Separation Date
are necessary to protect the goodwill, Confidential Information and other
legitimate interests of the Company and its subsidiaries, other affiliates and
successors (collectively, the Company's "Affiliates"):

                  (a) During the eighteen month period following the Separation
Date (the "Non-Competition Period"), you shall not, directly or indirectly,
whether as owner (other than as a holder of not in excess of one percent (1%) of
the outstanding voting shares), partner, investor, consultant, agent, employee,
co-venturer or otherwise, compete with the Company or any of its Affiliates or
undertake any planning for any business competitive with the business of the
Company or any of its Affiliates. For purposes of this Section 10, the business
of the Company and its Affiliates is the manufacture and sale of Carbon Black,
Fumed Metal Oxides, Fumed Alumina, Tantalum Wire, Tantalum Powder, Aerogels and
Ink Jet Colorants.

                  (b) You further agree that during the Non-Competition Period,
you will not solicit for hire or attempt to solicit for hire any employee of the
Company or any of its Affiliates or any independent contractor providing
services to the Company or any of its Affiliates; or in the case of a customer,
encourage or solicit said customer to conduct with any entity or organization
any business or activity which said customer conducts or could conduct with the
Company or any one of its Affiliates.

         11. OWNERSHIP OF INVENTIONS AND ASSIGNMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.
All inventions, discoveries and improvements conceived or made by you during
your employment with Cabot that (i) relate to the business or activities of
Cabot or (ii) were conceived or developed by me during normal working hours or
using Cabot's facilities shall belong to Cabot, whether or not reduced to
writing or practice during your employment with Cabot. You are assigning to
Cabot or its nominee all your rights and interest in any such inventions,
discoveries and improvements and agreeing to keep protected the interest of
Cabot or its nominee in any such inventions, discoveries and improvements. You
are also assigning to Cabot or its nominee, at Cabot's expense, all copyrights
and reproduction rights to any material prepared by you during your employment
with Cabot that (i) relate to the business or activities of Cabot or (ii) were
conceived or developed by you during normal working hours or using Cabot's
facilities. If within the eighteen month period following the Separation Date,
you disclose to anyone or file a patent application with respect to any
invention, discovery or improvement relating to any subject matter with which
your work for Cabot was concerned, such invention, discovery or improvement
shall be presumed to have been made by you during your employment with Cabot
unless you can provide clear and convincing evidence to the contrary.

         12. ENFORCEMENT OF COVENANTS. You acknowledge that you have carefully
read and considered all the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including
the restraints imposed upon you pursuant to Sections 6 and 10 hereof. You agree
that these restraints are necessary for the reasonable and proper protection of
the Company and its Affiliates and that each and every one of the restraints is
reasonable in respect to subject matter, length of time and geographic area. The
parties further agree that, in the event that any provision of Section 6 or 10
hereof shall be determined by any court of competent jurisdiction to be
unenforceable by reason of its being extended over too great a time, too large a
geographic area or too great a range of activities, such

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provision shall be deemed to be modified to permit its enforcement to the
maximum extent permitted by law.

         13. MISCELLANEOUS.

                  (a) This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between
you and the Company and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous communications,
agreements and understandings, whether written or oral, with respect to your
employment, its termination and all related matters.

                  (b) This Agreement may not be modified or amended, and no
breach shall be deemed to be waived, unless agreed to in writing by you and the
Chief Executive Officer of the Company, the undersigned, or their expressly
authorized designees. The captions and headings in this Agreement are for
convenience only and in no way define or describe the scope or content of any
provision of this Agreement.

                  (c) The obligation of the Company to make payments to you or
on your behalf under this Agreement is expressly conditioned upon your continued
full performance of your obligations under this Agreement.

                  (d) The Company agrees that in the event future prospective
employers contact the Company regarding your employment with the Company, the
Company will forward such requests to Robby D. Sisco, Vice President of Human
Resources, who, in response to such requests and/or inquiries, will provide a
statement in the form attached as Exhibit A, or an oral response in conformance
with Exhibit A.

                  (e) This Agreement is a Massachusetts contract, shall be
treated as a contract under seal, and shall be construed and enforced under and
governed in all respects by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
without regard to the conflict of laws principles thereof.

         If the terms of this Agreement are acceptable to you, please sign, date
and return it to Karen Connors (at Cabot Corporation, Two Seaport Lane, Suite
1300, Boston, MA 02210-2019), within and not later than twenty-one days of the
date you receive it. You should consult with an attorney before deciding whether
to accept this offer. You may accept this offer only by signing (with signature
notarized) a copy of this letter where indicated below and returning it to Karen
Connors (at Cabot Corporation, Two Seaport Lane, Suite 1300, Boston, MA
02210-2019), so that Ms. Connors receives it no later than September 16, 2003;
otherwise this offer shall be null and void. You may revoke this Agreement (by
sending written notification of revocation to Mr. Bud Grasso at Cabot
Corporation, Two Seaport Lane, Suite 1300, Boston, MA 02210-2019) at any time
during the seven-day period immediately following the date of your signing. If
you do not revoke it, then, at the expiration of that seven-day period, this
letter will take effect as a legally-binding agreement between you and the
Company on the basis set forth above. In signing this agreement, you acknowledge
that you have been afforded an opportunity of not less than twenty-one days to
consider its terms and that Cabot has advised you to consult with an attorney.

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         The enclosed copy of this letter, which you should also sign and date,
is for your records.

                                    Sincerely,
                                    CABOT CORPORATION

                                    By: /s/ Robby D. Sisco
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Robby D. Sisco
                                        Vice President Human Resources

Accepted and agreed:

Signature: /s/ William P. Noglows
           ----------------------------------------
           William P. Noglows

Date: August 25, 2003
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS       )
                                    )
COUNTY OF SUFFOLK                   )

                                                                 August 25, 2003

         Then personally appeared before me the above-named William P. Noglows,
who is known to me, and acknowledged the foregoing instrument to be his free act
and deed,

                                    /s/ Nancy S. Shilepsky
                                    --------------------------------------------
                                    Notary Public, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
                                    Notary's name (printed): Nancy S. Shilepsky
                                    Notary's commission expires: March 12, 2010

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