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                                                                     Exhibit 4.3

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                                   MEDEX, INC.

                                  $200,000,000

                    8-7/8% SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2013

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                                    INDENTURE

                            Dated as of May 21, 2003

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                              THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
                                   as Trustee

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                This INDENTURE, dated as of May 21, 2003, is entered into by and
among Medex, Inc., an Ohio corporation (the "COMPANY"), MedVest Holdings
Corporation, an Ohio corporation ("PARENT GUARANTOR"), the subsidiary guarantors
listed on the signature pages hereto, and The Bank of New York, as Trustee (the
"TRUSTEE").

                The Company, the Parent Guarantor. the Subsidiary Guarantors and
the Trustee agree as follows for the benefit of each other and for the equal and
ratable benefit of the Holders of the 8-7/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2013
(the "NOTES"):

                                   ARTICLE 1.

                   DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

SECTION 1.01.   DEFINITIONS.

                For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise
expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:

                "144A GLOBAL NOTE" means a Global Note in the form of Exhibit A
hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and
deposited with and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee that
shall be issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of
the Notes sold for initial resale in reliance on Rule 144A.

                "ACQUIRED DEBT" means, with respect to any specified Person:

                (1)    Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time
        such other Person is merged with or into or became a Subsidiary of such
        specified Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is incurred in
        connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person merging with
        or into, or becoming a Subsidiary of, such specified Person; and

                (2)    Indebtedness secured by a Lien encumbering any asset
        acquired by such specified Person.

                "ADDITIONAL GUARANTOR" means any Restricted Subsidiary or other
Person (other than the Parent Guarantor and any Subsidiary Guarantor listed on
the signature pages hereto) that guarantees the Notes under the terms of this
Indenture and its successor, if any.

                "ADDITIONAL INTEREST" has the meaning set forth in any
Registration Rights Agreement and relating to amounts to be paid in the event
the Company fails to satisfy certain conditions set forth therein. For all
purposes of this Indenture, the term "interest" shall include Additional
Interest, if any, with respect to the Notes.

                "ADDITIONAL NOTES" means any Notes (other than the Initial Notes
and Exchange Notes and any Notes issued under Sections 2.06, 2.07, 2.10 and 3.06
hereof) issued under this Indenture in accordance with Sections 2.02, 2.15 and
4.09 hereof, as part of the same series as the Initial Notes or as an additional
series.

                "AFFILIATE" of any specified Person means any other Person
directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect
common control with such specified Person. For purposes of this definition,
"control," as used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or
indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or
policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by
agreement or otherwise. For purposes of this definition, the terms
"controlling," "controlled by" and "under common control with" have correlative
meanings.

                "AGENT" means any Registrar, co-registrar, Paying Agent or
additional paying agent.

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                "APPLICABLE PROCEDURES" means, with respect to any transfer,
redemption or exchange of or for beneficial interests in any Global Note, the
rules and procedures of the Depositary, Euroclear and Clearstream that apply to
such transfer, redemption or exchange.

                "ASSET SALE" means:

                (a)    the sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other
        disposition of any assets or rights, other than sales, leases,
        transfers, conveyances or other dispositions of inventory or accounts
        receivable in the ordinary course of business consistent with industry
        practices; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the sale, conveyance or other
        disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Parent
        Guarantor, the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole
        will be governed by the provisions of the Indenture described in
        Sections 4.17 and 5.01 hereof and not by the provisions described in
        Section 4.12 hereof; and

                (b)    the sale or issuance of Equity Interests in any
        Restricted Subsidiary.

                Notwithstanding the preceding, the following items shall not be
deemed to be Asset Sales:

                (1)    any single transaction or series of related transactions
        that involves assets having a fair market value of less than $1.0
        million;

                (2)    a sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition
        of assets between or among the Parent Guarantor, the Company and the
        Restricted Subsidiaries;

                (3)    an issuance of Equity Interests by a Restricted
        Subsidiary to the Company or to another Restricted Subsidiary;

                (4)    a sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition
        effected in compliance with the provisions of Section 5.01 hereof;

                (5)    a Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment that is
        permitted by Section 4.10 hereof;

                (6)    the sale, lease, transfer or other conveyance of the
        6.258 acre parcel of land located in Dublin, Ohio owned by the Company
        on the date of the Indenture;

                (7)    the sale, lease, transfer or other conveyance of the
        assets or outstanding Capital Stock of the Company de Costa Rica
        Limitada; and

                (8)    any sale or disposition of obsolete inventory or worn out
        assets permitted pursuant to the Indenture.

                "ATTRIBUTABLE DEBT" in respect of a sale and leaseback
transaction means, at the time of determination, the present value of the
obligation of the lessee for net rental payments during the remaining term of
the lease included in such sale and leaseback transaction including any period
for which such lease has been extended or may, at the option of the lessor, be
extended. Such present value shall be calculated using a discount rate equal to
the rate of interest implicit in such transaction, determined in accordance with
GAAP.

                "BANKRUPTCY LAW" means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar
federal or state law for the relief of debtors, or the law of any other
jurisdiction relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, winding up, liquidation,
reorganization or relief of debtors.

                "BENEFICIAL OWNER" has the meaning assigned to such term in Rule
13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that in calculating the
beneficial ownership of any particular "person" (as such term is used in Section
13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), such "person" shall be deemed to have beneficial
ownership of all

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securities that such "person" has the right to acquire by conversion or exercise
of other securities, whether such right is currently exercisable or is
exercisable only upon the occurrence of a subsequent condition. The terms
"Beneficially Owns" and "Beneficially Owned" have a corresponding meaning.

                "BOARD OF DIRECTORS" means:

                (1)    with respect to a corporation, the board of directors of
        the corporation;

                (2)    with respect to a partnership, the board of directors of
        the general partner of the partnership; and

                (3)    with respect to any other Person, the board or committee
        of such Person serving a similar function.

                "BOARD RESOLUTION" means a copy of a resolution certified by the
secretary or an assistant secretary (or individual performing comparable duties)
of the applicable Person to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors of
such Person and to be in full force and effect on the date of such
certification, and delivered to the Trustee.

                "BUSINESS DAY" means any day other than a Legal Holiday.

                "CAPITAL LEASE OBLIGATION" means, at the time any determination
is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a capital lease that
would at the time be required to be capitalized on a balance sheet in accordance
with GAAP.

                "CAPITAL STOCK" means

                (1)    in the case of a corporation, corporate stock;

                (2)    in the case of an association or business entity, any and
        all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents
        (however designated) of corporate stock;

                (3)    in the case of a partnership or limited liability
        company, partnership or membership interests (whether general or
        limited); and

                (4)    any other interest or participation that confers on a
        Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or
        distributions of assets of, the issuing Person.

                "CASH EQUIVALENTS" means:

                (1)    United States dollars;

                (2)    securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or
        insured by the United States government or any agency or instrumentality
        of the U.S. government (provided that the full faith and credit of the
        United States is pledged in support of those securities) having
        maturities of not more than six months from the date of acquisition;

                (3)    certificates of deposit and eurodollar time deposits with
        maturities of six months or less from the date of acquisition, bankers
        acceptances with maturities not exceeding six months and overnight bank
        deposits, in each case with any lender party to the Credit Agreement or
        with any domestic commercial bank having capital and surplus in excess
        of $500 million and a Thomson Bank Watch Rating of "B" or better;

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                (4)    repurchase obligations with a term of not more than seven
        days for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (2) and
        (3) above entered into with any financial institution meeting the
        qualifications specified in clause (3) above;

                (5)    commercial paper having the highest rating obtainable
        from Moody's Investors Service, Inc. or Standard & Poor's Rating Service
        and in each case maturing within six months after the date of
        acquisition; and

                (6)    money market funds at least 95% of the assets of which
        constitute Cash Equivalents of the kinds described in clauses (1)
        through (5) of this definition.

                "CHANGE OF CONTROL" means the occurrence of any of the
following:

                (1)    prior to the first public offering of common stock of the
        Parent Guarantor or the Company, the Principals and their Related
        Parties cease to be the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of, in
        the aggregate, a majority of the total voting power of the Voting Stock
        of the Company, whether as a result of issuance of securities of the
        Parent Guarantor (or any other direct or indirect parent of the Company)
        or the Company, any merger, consolidation, liquidation or dissolution of
        the Parent Guarantor (or any other direct or indirect parent of the
        Company) or the Company or any direct or indirect transfer of securities
        by the Parent Guarantor (or any other direct or indirect parent of the
        Company) or the Company or otherwise;

                (2)    the direct or indirect sale, transfer, conveyance or
        other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one
        or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the
        properties or assets of the Parent Guarantor or the Company and the
        Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any "person" (as that term
        is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act);

                (3)    the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or
        dissolution of the Parent Guarantor (or any other direct or indirect
        parent of the Company) or the Company;

                (4)    the consummation of any transaction the result of which
        is that any "person" (as referenced in clause (2) above), other than the
        Principals and their Related Parties, becomes the Beneficial Owner,
        directly or indirectly, of, in the aggregate, more than 35% of the total
        voting power of the Voting Stock of the Company, whether as a result of
        issuance of securities of the Parent Guarantor (or any other direct or
        indirect parent of the Company) or the Company, any merger,
        consolidation, liquidation or dissolution of the Parent Guarantor (or
        any other direct or indirect parent of the Company) or the Company or
        any direct or indirect transfer of securities by the Parent Guarantor
        (or any other direct or indirect parent of the Company) or the Company
        or otherwise, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Principals and their Related
        Parties Beneficially Own, directly or indirectly, less than such
        "person"; or

                (5)    the first day on which a majority of the members of the
        Board of Directors of either the Parent Guarantor or the Company are not
        Continuing Directors;

PROVIDED, HOWEVER for purposes of clauses (1) and (4), the Principals shall be
deemed to Beneficially Own any Voting Stock of a Person held by any other Person
(the "PARENT ENTITY") so long as the Principals Beneficially Own, directly or
indirectly, in the aggregate a majority of the voting power of the Voting Stock
of the parent entity.

                "CLEARSTREAM" means Clearstream Banking S.A. and any successor
thereto.

                "CODE" means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

                "COMMISSION" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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                "CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOW" means, with respect to any specified
Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such
period PLUS:

                (1)    an amount equal to any extraordinary loss plus any net
        loss realized by such Person or any of its Subsidiaries in connection
        with an Asset Sale, to the extent such losses were deducted in computing
        such Consolidated Net Income; plus

                (2)    provision for taxes based on income or profits of such
        Person and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent
        that such provision for taxes was deducted in computing such
        Consolidated Net Income; plus

                (3)    consolidated interest expense of such Person and the
        Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued and
        whether or not capitalized (including, without limitation, amortization
        of debt issuance costs and original issue discount, non-cash interest
        payments, the interest component of any deferred payment obligations,
        the interest component of all payments associated with Capital Lease
        Obligations, imputed interest with respect to Attributable Debt,
        commissions, discounts and other fees and charges incurred in respect of
        letter of credit or bankers' acceptance financings, and net of the
        effect of all payments, if any, made or received pursuant to Hedging
        Obligations), to the extent that any such expense was deducted in
        computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus

                (4)    depreciation, amortization (including amortization of
        goodwill and other intangibles but excluding amortization of prepaid
        cash expenses that were paid in a prior period) and other non-cash
        expenses (excluding any such non-cash expense to the extent that it
        represents an accrual of or reserve for expenses to be paid in cash in
        any future period) of such Person and the Restricted Subsidiaries for
        such period to the extent that such depreciation, amortization and other
        non-cash expenses were deducted in computing such Consolidated Net
        Income; minus

                (5)    non-cash items increasing such Consolidated Net Income
        for such period, other than the accrual of revenue in the ordinary
        course of business,

                in each case, on a consolidated basis and determined in
accordance with GAAP.

                "CONSOLIDATED NET INCOME" means, with respect to any Person for
any period, the aggregate of the Net Income of such Person and its Restricted
Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis, determined in accordance
with GAAP; PROVIDED THAT:

                (1)    the Net Income (but not loss) of any specified Person
        that is not a Restricted Subsidiary or that is accounted for by the
        equity method of accounting shall be included only to the extent of the
        amount of dividends or distributions paid in cash to the specified
        Person or a Restricted Subsidiary;

                (2)    the Net Income of any Restricted Subsidiary shall be
        excluded to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or
        similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of that Net Income
        is not at the date of determination permitted without any prior
        governmental approval (that has not been obtained) or, directly or
        indirectly, by operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement,
        instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental
        regulation applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders;
        and

                (3)    the cumulative effect of a change in accounting
        principles shall be excluded; and

                (4)    any non-recurring fees, charges or other expenses
        (including retention bonus and non-compete payments, severance expenses,
        restructuring costs and acquisition integration costs and fees) expensed
        or incurred during the fiscal year in which the Notes are first issued
        in connection with or related to (i) the equity investment in the Parent
        Guarantor by an affiliate of the

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        Principals, together with the restrained interest of members of senior
        management, (ii) the acquisition of the Jelco business of Ethicon
        Endo-Surgery, Inc. by the Company, (iii) the offering of the Notes
        described in this Indenture and (iv) the initial borrowings under the
        Credit Agreement (i) through (iv) collectively referred to as the
        "Transactions."

                "CONTINUING DIRECTORS" means, as of any date of determination,
any member of the Board of Directors of the Parent Guarantor or the Company who:

                (1)    was a member of such Board of Directors on the date of
        the Indenture; or

                (2)    was nominated for election or elected to such Board of
        Directors with the approval of a majority of the Continuing Directors
        who were members of such Board of Directors at the time of such
        nomination or election.

                "CORPORATE TRUST OFFICE OF THE TRUSTEE" shall be at the address
of the Trustee specified in Section 13.02 hereof, or such other address as to
which the Trustee may give notice to the Company.

                "CREDIT AGREEMENT" means that certain Credit Agreement, dated as
of May 21, 2003 by and among the Company, the Parent Guarantor, the subsidiary
guarantors from time to time party thereto and the Lenders thereto, providing
for up to $130 million of term loan borrowings and $40 million of revolving
credit borrowings, including any related notes, guarantees, collateral
documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, and in
each case as amended, restated, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced or
refinanced (in whole or in part) from time to time, whether or not with the same
lenders or agent.

                "CREDIT FACILITIES" means one or more debt facilities or
agreements (including, without limitation, the Credit Agreement) or commercial
paper facilities, in each case with banks or other institutional lenders or
investors providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, receivables
financing (including through the sale of receivables to such lenders or to
special purpose entities formed to borrow from such lenders against such
receivables) or letters of credit, in each case, as amended, restated, modified,
renewed, refunded, replaced, or refinanced (including any agreement to extend
the maturity thereof and adding additional borrowers or guarantors) in whole or
in part from time to time under the same or any other agent, lender or group of
lenders and including increasing the amount of available borrowings thereunder;
PROVIDED, that such increase is permitted pursuant to Section 4.09 hereof.

                "CUSTODIAN" means, with respect to the Notes issuable or issued
in whole or in part in global form, the Person specified in Section 2.03(c)
hereof as Custodian with respect to the Notes, and any and all successors
thereto appointed as custodian hereunder and having become such pursuant to the
applicable provisions of this Indenture.

                "DEFAULT" means any event that is, or with the passage of time
or the giving of notice or both would be, an Event of Default.

                "DEFINITIVE NOTE" means a certificated Note registered in the
name of the Holder thereof and issued in accordance with Section 2.06 or 2.10
hereof, in substantially the form of Exhibit A hereto, except that such Note
shall not bear the Global Note Legend and shall not have the "Schedule of
Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note" attached thereto.

                "DEPOSITARY" means, with respect to the Notes issuable or issued
in whole or in part in global form, the Person specified in Section 2.03(b)
hereof as the Depositary with respect to the Notes, and any and all successors
thereto appointed as depositary hereunder and having become such pursuant to the
applicable provisions of this Indenture.

                "DEFERRED MANAGEMENT FEES" means, for any period, any Management
Fees that were payable during any prior period, the payment of which was not
effected when due.

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                "DESIGNATED SENIOR DEBT" means (i) any Indebtedness outstanding
under the Credit Agreement and (ii) after payment in full in cash of all
Obligations under the Credit Agreement, any other Senior Debt permitted
hereunder the principal amount of which is $25.0 million or more and that has
been designated by the Company as "Designated Senior Debt."

                "DISQUALIFIED STOCK" means any Capital Stock that, by its terms
(or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible, or for which it
is exchangeable, in each case at the option of the holder of the Capital Stock),
or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable,
pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or redeemable at the option
of the holder of the Capital Stock, in whole or in part, on or prior to the date
that is 91 days after the date on which the Notes mature. Notwithstanding the
preceding sentence, any Capital Stock that would constitute Disqualified Stock
solely because the holders of the Capital Stock have the right to require the
Company to repurchase such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of a Change of
Control or an asset sale shall not constitute Disqualified Stock if the terms of
such Capital Stock are no more favorable to the holders of such Capital Stock
than the provisions contained in the provisions of Sections 4.12 and 4.17 hereof
and such Capital Stock provides that the Company may not repurchase or redeem
any such Capital Stock pursuant to such provisions prior to the Company's
repurchase of the Notes as required by such covenants.

                "DISTRIBUTION COMPLIANCE PERIOD" means the 40-day distribution
compliance period as defined in Regulation S.

                "EQUITY INTERESTS" means Capital Stock and all warrants, options
or other rights to acquire Capital Stock (but excluding any debt security that
is convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock).

                "EQUITY OFFERING" means any private or public sale of common
stock of the Company, or the Parent Guarantor, to the extent the proceeds of
which are contributed to the Company.

                "EUROCLEAR" means Euroclear Bank, S.A./N.V., as operator of the
Euroclear system, and any successor thereto.

                "EXCHANGE ACT" means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, including any successor
legislation and rules and regulations.

                "EXCHANGE NOTES" means Notes registered under the Securities Act
to be exchanged for Notes not so registered, pursuant to and as set forth in a
Registration Rights Agreement relating to such an exchange.

                "EXCHANGE OFFER" has the meaning set forth in a Registration
Rights Agreement relating to an exchange of Notes registered under the
Securities Act for Notes not so registered.

                "EXCHANGE OFFER REGISTRATION STATEMENT" has the meaning set
forth in a Registration Rights Agreement.

                "EXISTING INDEBTEDNESS" means all Indebtedness of the Parent
Guarantor and its Subsidiaries (other than Indebtedness under the Credit
Agreement) in existence on the date of the Indenture, until such amounts are
repaid.

                "FIXED CHARGES" means, with respect to any specified Person for
any period, the sum, without duplication, of:

                (1)    the consolidated interest expense of such Person and its
        Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued,
        including, without limitation, amortization of debt issuance costs and
        original issue discount, non-cash interest payments, the interest
        component of any deferred payment obligations, the interest component of
        all payments associated with Capital Lease Obligations, imputed interest
        with respect to Attributable Debt, commissions, discounts and other fees
        and charges incurred in respect of letter of credit or bankers'
        acceptance financings, and net of the effect of all payments made or
        received pursuant to Hedging Obligations; plus

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                (2)    the consolidated interest expense of such Person and its
        Restricted Subsidiaries that was capitalized during such period; plus

                (3)    any interest expense on Indebtedness of another Person
        that is guaranteed by such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries
        or secured by a Lien on assets of such Person or one of its Restricted
        Subsidiaries, whether or not such guarantee or Lien is called upon; plus

                (4)    the product of (a) all dividends, whether paid or accrued
        and whether or not in cash, on any series of preferred stock of such
        Person or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, other than dividends on
        Equity Interests payable solely in Equity Interests of the Parent
        Guarantor (other than Disqualified Stock) or to the Parent Guarantor or
        a Restricted Subsidiary, times (b) a fraction, the numerator of which is
        one and the denominator of which is one minus the then current combined
        federal, state and local statutory tax rate of such Person, expressed as
        a decimal, in each case, on a consolidated basis and in accordance with
        GAAP.

                "FIXED CHARGE COVERAGE RATIO" means with respect to any
specified Person for any period, the ratio of the Consolidated Cash Flow of such
Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period to the Fixed Charges of
such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period. In the event that
the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries incurs, assumes,
guarantees, repays, repurchases or redeems any Indebtedness (other than ordinary
working capital borrowings) or issues, repurchases or redeems preferred stock
subsequent to the commencement of the period for which the Fixed Charge Coverage
Ratio is being calculated and on or prior to the date on which the event for
which the calculation of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is made (the
"CALCULATION DATE"), then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be calculated
giving pro forma effect to such incurrence, assumption, guarantee, repayment,
repurchase or redemption of Indebtedness, or such issuance, repurchase or
redemption of preferred stock, and the use of the proceeds therefrom as if the
same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter reference
period.

                In addition, for purposes of calculating the Fixed Charge
Coverage Ratio:

                (1)    acquisitions that have been made by the specified Person
        or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, including through mergers or
        consolidations and including any related financing transactions, during
        the four-quarter reference period or subsequent to such reference period
        and on or prior to the Calculation Date shall be given pro forma effect
        (calculated in accordance with Regulation S-X) as if they had occurred
        on the first day of the four-quarter reference period;

                (2)    the Consolidated Cash Flow attributable to discontinued
        operations, as determined in accordance with GAAP, and operations or
        businesses disposed of prior to the Calculation Date, shall be excluded;
        and

                (3)    the Fixed Charges attributable to discontinued
        operations, as determined in accordance with GAAP, and operations or
        businesses disposed of prior to the Calculation Date, shall be excluded,
        but only to the extent that the obligations giving rise to such Fixed
        Charges shall not be obligations of the specified Person or any of the
        Restricted Subsidiaries following the Calculation Date.

                "GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles set forth
in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and
pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other
statements by such other entity as have been approved by a significant segment
of the accounting profession, as in effect from time to time; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that any change in GAAP that would cause the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary
to record an existing item as a liability upon that entity's balance sheet,
which item was not previously required by GAAP to be so recorded, shall not
constitute an incurrence of Indebtedness for purposes hereof.

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                "GLOBAL NOTE LEGEND" means the legend set forth in Section
2.06(g)(ii) hereof, which is required to be placed on all Global Notes issued
under this Indenture.

                "GLOBAL NOTES" means the global Notes in the form of Exhibit A
hereto issued in accordance with Article 2 hereof.

                "GOVERNMENT SECURITIES" means direct obligations of, or
obligations guaranteed by, the United States of America for the payment of which
obligations or guarantee the full faith and credit of the United States of
America is pledged.

                "GUARANTEE" means a guarantee other than by endorsement of
negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business, direct
or indirect, in any manner including, without limitation, by way of a pledge of
assets or through letters of credit or reimbursement agreements in respect
thereof, of all or any part of any Indebtedness.

                "GUARANTOR" means any of the Parent Guarantor, the Subsidiary
Guarantors and the Additional Guarantors, if any.

                "HEDGING OBLIGATIONS" means, with respect to any specified
Person, the obligations of such Person under:

                (1)    interest rate swap agreements, interest rate cap
        agreements and interest rate collar agreements;

                (2)    forward foreign exchange contracts or currency swap
        agreements;

                (3)    commodity price protection agreements or commodity price
        hedging agreements designed to manage fluctuations in prices or costs in
        energy, raw materials, manufactured products or related commodities; and

                (4)    other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such
        Person against fluctuations in interest rates, commodity prices or
        currency values.

                "INCUR" means to directly or indirectly, create, incur, issue,
assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable,
contingently or otherwise.

                "HOLDER" means a Person in whose name a Note is registered.

                "INDEBTEDNESS" means, with respect to any specified Person, any
indebtedness of such Person, whether or not contingent:

                (1)    in respect of borrowed money;

                (2)    evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar
        instruments or letters of credit (or reimbursement agreements in respect
        thereof);

                (3)    in respect of banker's acceptances;

                (4)    representing Capital Lease Obligations;

                (5)    representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the
        purchase price of any property, except any such balance that constitutes
        an accrued expense or trade payable; or

                (6)    representing any Hedging Obligations,

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if and to the extent any of the preceding items (other than letters of credit
and Hedging Obligations) would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet of the
specified Person prepared in accordance with GAAP. In addition, the term
"Indebtedness" includes all Indebtedness of others secured by a Lien on any
asset of the specified Person (whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by
the specified Person); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, for purposes of determining the
amount of any Indebtedness of the type described in this clause, if recourse
with respect to such Indebtedness is limited to such asset, the amount of such
Indebtedness shall be limited to the lesser of the fair market value of such
asset or the amount of such Indebtedness; and, to the extent not otherwise
included, the Guarantee by the specified Person of any Indebtedness of any other
Person.

                The amount of any Indebtedness outstanding as of any date shall
be:

                (i)    the accreted value of the Indebtedness, in the case of
        any Indebtedness issued with original issue discount; and

                (ii)   the principal amount of the Indebtedness, together with
        any interest on the Indebtedness that is more than 30 days past due, in
        the case of any other Indebtedness.

                "INDENTURE" means this instrument, as originally executed or as
it may from time to time be supplemented or amended in accordance with Article 9
hereof.

                "INDIRECT PARTICIPANT" means a Person who holds a beneficial
interest in a Global Note through a Participant.

                "INITIAL NOTES" means $200.0 million aggregate principal amount
of Notes issued under this Indenture on the date hereof.

                "INTEREST PAYMENT DATES" shall have the meaning set forth in
paragraph 1 of each Note.

                "INVESTMENTS" means, with respect to any Person, all direct or
indirect investments by such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in
the forms of loans (including guarantees or other obligations), advances or
capital contributions (excluding commission, travel, similar advances, fees and
compensation paid to officers, directors and employees in the ordinary course of
business), purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness,
Equity Interests or other securities, together with all items that are or would
be classified as investments on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with
GAAP. If the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company sells or otherwise
disposes of any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the
Company, such that, after giving effect to any such sale or disposition, such
Person is no longer a Subsidiary of the Company, shall be deemed to have made an
Investment on the date of any such sale or disposition equal to the fair market
value of the Equity Interests of such Subsidiary not sold or disposed of in an
amount determined as provided in Section 4.10(c) hereof. The acquisition by the
Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of a Person that holds an Investment in
a third Person shall be deemed to be an Investment by the Company or such
Subsidiary in such third Person in an amount equal to the fair market value of
the Investment held by the acquired Person in such third Person in an amount
determined as provided in Section 4.10(c) hereof.

                "LEGAL HOLIDAY" means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which
banking institutions in each of The City of New York, New York, the City of
Dublin, Ohio, the city in which the Corporate Trust Division (or successor
group) of the Trustee is located or any other place of payment on the Notes are
authorized by law, regulation or executive order to remain closed.

                "LIEN" means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien,
pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such
asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable
law, including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any
lease in the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell or give a
security interest in and any filing of or agreement to give any financing
statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any
jurisdiction.

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                "LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL" means the letter of transmittal, or its
electronic equivalent in accordance with the Applicable Procedures, to be
prepared by the Company and sent to all Holders of the Initial Notes or any
Additional Notes for use by such Holders in connection with an Exchange Offer.

                "MANAGEMENT FEES" means any amounts payable by the Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of management or similar services.

                "NET INCOME" means, with respect to any specified Person, the
net income (loss) of such Person, determined in accordance with GAAP and before
any reduction in respect of preferred stock dividends, excluding, however:

                (1)    any gain (or loss), together with any related provision
        for taxes on such gain (or loss), realized in connection with: (a) any
        Asset Sale or any disposition pursuant to a sale and leaseback
        transaction; (b) the disposition of any securities by such Person or any
        of its Restricted Subsidiaries or (c) the extinguishment of any
        Indebtedness of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; and

                (2)    any extraordinary gain (or loss), together with any
        related provision for taxes on such extraordinary gain (or loss).

                "NET PROCEEDS" means the aggregate cash proceeds (excluding any
proceeds deemed to be "cash" pursuant to the provisions of Section 4.12 hereof
received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any
Asset Sale (including, without limitation, any cash received upon the sale or
other disposition of any non-cash consideration received in any Asset Sale), net
of (1) the direct costs relating to such Asset Sale, including, without
limitation, legal, accounting and investment banking fees, and sales
commissions, and any relocation expenses incurred as a result of the Asset Sale,
(2) taxes paid or payable as a result of the Asset Sale, in each case, after
taking into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing
arrangements, (3) amounts required to be applied to the repayment of
Indebtedness, other than Senior Debt, secured by a Lien on the asset or assets
that were the subject of such Asset Sale, (4) all payments made with respect to
liabilities directly associated with the assets that were the subject of the
Asset Sale, and (5) any reserve for adjustment in respect of the sale price of
such asset or assets established in accordance with GAAP.

                "NOTE GUARANTEE" means the guarantee of the Notes by each of the
Guarantors.

                "OBLIGATIONS" means any principal, interest, penalties, fees,
indemnifications, reimbursements, damages, costs and expenses and other
liabilities payable under the documentation governing any Indebtedness.

                "OFFICER" means the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the
Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary
or any Vice President of the Company or a Guarantor, as applicable.

                "OFFICERS' CERTIFICATE" means a certificate signed by two
Officers of the Company, at least one of whom shall be the principal executive
officer, principal financial officer or the principal accounting officer of the
Company or a Guarantor, as applicable, and delivered to the Trustee.

                "OPINION OF COUNSEL" means a written opinion from legal counsel
who is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. The counsel may be an employee of
or counsel to the Company, an Affiliate of the Company or the Trustee.

                "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.

                "PERMITTED BUSINESS" means a medical products and devices
business and such business activities as are reasonably related, incidental,
complementary or ancillary thereto.

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                "PERMITTED INVESTMENTS" means:

                (1)    any Investments in the Company or in a Restricted
        Subsidiary;

                (2)    any Investments in Cash Equivalents;

                (3)    any Investment by the Company or any Restricted
        Subsidiary in a Person, if as a result of such Investment:

                (a)    such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary; or

                (b)    such Person is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with
        or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets to, or
        is liquidated into, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary;

                (4)    any Investment made as a result of the receipt of
        non-cash consideration from an Asset Sale that was made pursuant to and
        in compliance with the provisions of Section 4.12 hereof;

                (5)    any acquisition of assets in exchange for, or out of the
        net cash proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale (other than to a
        Restricted Subsidiary) of, Equity Interests of the Company (other than
        Disqualified Stock); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the amount of any such net
        cash proceeds that are utilized for any such redemption, repurchase,
        retirement, defeasance or other acquisition shall be excluded from
        Restricted Payments as described in Section 4.10 (and shall not
        previously have been relied on to make a Restricted Payment);

                (6)    any Investments received in compromise of obligations of
        such persons incurred in the ordinary course of trade creditors or
        customers that were incurred in the ordinary course of business,
        including pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar arrangement
        upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of any trade creditor or customer;

                (7)    Hedging Obligations;

                (8)    any Investment received by the Company or any Restricted
        Subsidiary as consideration for the settlement of any litigation,
        arbitration or claim in bankruptcy or in partial or full satisfaction of
        accounts receivable owed by a financially troubled Person to the extent
        reasonably necessary in order to prevent or limit any loss by the
        Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such
        accounts receivable;

                (9)    payroll, travel and similar advances to cover matters
        that are expected at the time of such advances ultimately to be treated
        as expenses for accounting purposes and that are made in the ordinary
        course of business;

                (10)   any Investment in receivables owing to the Company or any
        Restricted Subsidiary if created or acquired in the ordinary course of
        business consistent with industry practices and payable or dischargeable
        in accordance with customary trade terms; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such
        trade terms may include such concessionary trade terms as the Company or
        any such Restricted Subsidiary deems reasonable under the circumstances;
        and

                (11)   other Investments having an aggregate fair market value
        (measured on the date each such Investment was made and without giving
        effect to subsequent changes in value), when taken together with all
        other Investments made pursuant to this clause (11) that are at the time
        outstanding, not to exceed $10.0 million.

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                "PERMITTED JUNIOR SECURITIES" means:

                (1)    Equity Interest in the Company or any Guarantor; or

                (2)    debt securities that are subordinated to all Senior Debt
        and any debt securities issued in exchange for Senior Debt to the same
        extent as, or to a greater extent than, the Notes and the note
        guarantees are subordinated to Senior Debt under the Indenture.

                "PERMITTED REFINANCING INDEBTEDNESS" means any Indebtedness of
the Company any of the Restricted Subsidiaries issued in exchange for, or the
Net Proceeds of which are used to extend, refinance, renew, replace, defease or
refund other Indebtedness of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries
(other than intercompany Indebtedness); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that:

                (1)    the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable)
        of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal
        amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness extended,
        refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded (plus all accrued
        interest on the Indebtedness and the amount of all expenses and premiums
        incurred in connection therewith);

                (2)    such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a final
        maturity date the same as or later than the final maturity date of, and
        has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the
        Weighted Average Life to Maturity of, the Indebtedness being extended,
        refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded;

                (3)    if Subordinated Obligations are being extended,
        refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded, such Permitted
        Refinancing Indebtedness has a final maturity date the same as or later
        than the final maturity date of, and is subordinated in right of payment
        to, the Notes on terms at least as favorable to the Holders of Notes as
        those contained in the documentation governing the Subordinated
        Obligations being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or
        refunded; and

                (4)    such Indebtedness is incurred either by the Company, a
        Guarantor or by the Subsidiary that is the obligor on the Indebtedness
        being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded.

                "PERSON" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint
venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization,
limited liability company or government or other entity.

                "PREDECESSOR NOTE" of any particular Note means every previous
Note evidencing all or a portion of the same Indebtedness as that evidenced by
such particular Note; and any Note authenticated and delivered under Section
2.07 in lieu of a lost, destroyed or stolen Note shall be deemed to evidence the
same Indebtedness as the lost, destroyed or stolen Note.

                "PRINCIPALS" means One Equity Partners LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company.

                "PRIVATE PLACEMENT LEGEND" means the legend set forth in Section
2.06(g)(i) hereof to be placed on all Notes issued under this Indenture except
as otherwise permitted by the provisions of this Indenture.

                "QIB" means a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined in Rule
144A.

                "REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT" means the Exchange and
Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of the date of the Indenture, among the
Company, the Parent Guarantor, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the initial
purchasers named therein, as such agreement may be amended, modified or
supplemented from time to time and, with respect to any Additional Notes, one or
more registration rights agreements between the Company and the other parties
thereto, as such agreement(s) may be amended, modified or supplemented from time
to time, relating to

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rights given by the Company to the purchasers of Additional Notes to register
such Additional Notes, or exchange such Additional Notes for registered Notes,
under the Securities Act.

                "REGULAR RECORD DATE" for the interest payable on any Interest
Payment Date means the applicable date specified as a "Record Date" on the face
of the Note.

                "REGULATION S" means Regulation S promulgated under the
Securities Act.

                "REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE" means a Regulation S Temporary Global
Note or Regulation S Permanent Global Note, as appropriate.

                "REGULATION S PERMANENT GLOBAL NOTE" means a permanent Global
Note in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the
Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of and registered in
the name of the Depositary or its nominee, issued in a denomination equal to the
outstanding principal amount of the Regulation S Temporary Global Note upon
expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period.

                "REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE" means a temporary Global
Note in the form of Exhibit A-2 hereto bearing the Private Placement Legend and
deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or
its nominee, issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount
of the Notes initially sold in reliance on Rule 903 of Regulation S.

                "RELATED PARTY" means:

                (1)    any controlling equityholder, 80% (or more) owned
        Subsidiary, or immediate family member (in the case of an individual) of
        any Principal; or

                (2)    any trust, corporation, partnership or other entity, the
        beneficiaries, stockholders, partners, owners or Persons beneficially
        holding an 80% or more controlling interest of which consist of any one
        or more Principals and/or such other Persons referred to in the
        immediately preceding clause (1).

                "RESPONSIBLE OFFICER," when used with respect to the Trustee,
means any officer within the Corporate Trust Division, Corporate Finance Unit of
the Trustee (or any successor group of the Trustee) located at the Corporate
Trust Office of the Trustee who has direct responsibility for the administration
of this Indenture and for purposes of Section 7.01(c)(2) and the second sentence
of Section 7.05 also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter,
any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his or her
knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.

                "RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE" means one or more Definitive Notes
bearing the Private Placement Legend.

                "RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTES" means 144A Global Notes and Regulation
S Global Notes.

                "RESTRICTED INVESTMENT" means an Investment other than a
Permitted Investment.

                "RESTRICTED SUBSIDIARY" means any Subsidiary of the Company that
is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

                "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.

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

                "SECURITIES ACT" means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, including any successor
legislation and rules and regulations.

                "SENIOR DEBT" means:

                (1)    all Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor
        outstanding under Credit Facilities (including the Credit Agreement) and
        all Hedging Obligations with respect thereto;

                (2)    any other Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor
        permitted to be incurred under the terms of the Indenture, unless the
        instrument under which such Indebtedness is incurred expressly provides
        that it is on a parity with or subordinated in right of payment to the
        Notes or any guarantee; and

                (3)    all Obligations with respect to the items listed in the
        preceding clauses (1) and (2), including interest accruing on or after
        the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or for reorganization relating
        to the Company to the extent post-filing interest is allowed in such
        proceeding.

                Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding
sentence, Senior Debt shall not include:

                (1)    any liability for federal, state, local or other taxes
        owed or owing by, the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;

                (2)    any Indebtedness of the Company to the Parent Guarantor
        or any of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates;

                (3)    any trade payables;

                (4)    any Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted
        Subsidiary that is by its terms subordinate or pari passu in right of
        payment to the Notes;

                (5)    the portion of any Indebtedness that is incurred in
        violation of the Indenture; or

                (6)    any obligations with respect to any Capital Stock of the
        Parent Guarantor, the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary.

                "SENIOR SUBORDINATED INDEBTEDNESS" means (i) with respect to the
Company, the Notes and any other Indebtedness of the Company that specifically
provides that such Indebtedness is to have the same rank as the Notes in right
of payment and is not subordinated by its terms in right of payment to any
Indebtedness or other obligation of the Company which is not Senior Debt and
(ii) with respect to any Guarantor, the note guarantees and any other
Indebtedness of such Guarantor that specifically provides that such Indebtedness
is to have the same rank as the note guarantees in right of payment and is not
subordinated by its terms in right of payment to any Indebtedness or other
obligation of such Guarantor which is not Senior Debt.

                "SHELF REGISTRATION STATEMENT" has the meaning set forth in any
Registration Rights Agreement relating to registering Notes under the Securities
Act.

                "SIGNIFICANT SUBSIDIARY" means any Subsidiary that would be a
"significant subsidiary" as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X,
promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Regulation is in effect on
the date hereof.

                "STATED MATURITY" means, with respect to any installment of
interest or principal on any series of Indebtedness, the date on which such
payment of interest or principal was scheduled to be paid in the original

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documentation governing such Indebtedness (or any later date established in any
amendment to such documentation), and shall not include any contingent
obligations to repay, redeem or repurchase any such interest or principal prior
to the date originally scheduled for the payment thereof.

                "SUBORDINATED OBLIGATION" means any Indebtedness of the Company
(whether outstanding on the date of the Indenture or thereafter incurred) that
is subordinate or junior in right of payment to the Notes pursuant to a written
agreement to that effect.

                "SUBSIDIARY" means, with respect to any specified Person:

                (1)    any corporation, association or other business entity of
        which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock
        entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote
        in the election of directors, managers or trustees of the corporation,
        association or other business entity is at the time owned or controlled,
        directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other
        Subsidiaries of that Person (or a combination thereof); and

                (2)    any partnership (a) the sole general partner or the
        managing general partner of which is such Person or a Subsidiary of such
        Person or (b) the only general partners of which are that Person or one
        or more Subsidiaries of that Person (or any combination thereof).

                "SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR" means each Subsidiary of the Company that
executes the Indenture as a Guarantor and each other Subsidiary of the Company
that thereafter guarantees the Notes pursuant to the terms of the Indenture.

                "TIA" means the U.S. Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended,
and the rules and regulations thereunder, including any successor legislation
and rules and regulations.

                "TRUSTEE" means the Person named as the "Trustee" in the first
paragraph of this Indenture until a successor Trustee shall have become such
pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
"Trustee" shall mean such successor Trustee.

                "UNRESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES" means one or more Definitive
Notes that do not and are not required to bear the Private Placement Legend.

                "UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTES" means one or more Global Notes that
do not and are not required to bear the Private Placement Legend and are
deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or
its nominee.

                "UNRESTRICTED SUBSIDIARY" means (a) any Subsidiary of the
Company (or any successor to any of them) that is designated as an Unrestricted
Subsidiary pursuant to a Board Resolution as set forth under Section 4.16 hereof
and (b) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

                "VOTING STOCK" of any Person as of any date means the Capital
Stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the
Board of Directors of such Person.

                "WEIGHTED AVERAGE LIFE TO MATURITY" means, when applied to any
Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing:

                (1)    the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (a) the
        amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity
        or other required payments of principal, including payment at final
        maturity, in respect of the Indebtedness, by (b) the number of years
        (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such
        date and the making of such payment; by

                (2)    the then outstanding principal amount of such
        Indebtedness.

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SECTION 1.02.   OTHER DEFINITIONS.

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                                                                             Defined in
                Term                                                         Section
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                <S>                                                          <C>
                "ACCELERATION NOTICE".....................................   6.02
                "AFFILIATE TRANSACTION"...................................   4.14
                "ASSET SALE OFFER"........................................   4.12(c)
                "AUTHENTICATION ORDER"....................................   2.02(d)
                "BENEFITED PARTY".........................................   10.01
                "CHANGE OF CONTROL OFFER".................................   4.17(a)
                "CHANGE OF CONTROL AMOUNT"................................   4.17(a)
                "COMPANY".................................................   PREAMBLE
                "COVENANT DEFEASANCE".....................................   8.03
                "DTC".....................................................   2.03(b)
                "EVENT OF DEFAULT"........................................   6.01
                "EXCESS PROCEEDS".........................................   4.12(b)
                "LEGAL DEFEASANCE"........................................   8.02
                "LOSSES"..................................................   7.07
                "NOTES"...................................................   PREAMBLE
                "OFFER AMOUNT"............................................   3.09(b)(ii)
                "OFFER PERIOD"............................................   3.09(c)
                "OFFER TO PURCHASE".......................................   3.09(a)
                "PARENT GUARANTOR"........................................   PREAMBLE
                "PAYING AGENT"............................................   2.03(a)
                "PAYMENT BLOCKAGE NOTICE".................................   11.03(a)
                "PAYMENT DEFAULT".........................................   6.01
                "PERMITTED DEBT"..........................................   4.09(b)
                "PURCHASE DATE"...........................................   3.09(c)
                "REGISTRAR"...............................................   2.03(a)
                "REPRESENTATIVE"..........................................   11.03(a)
                "RESTRICTED PAYMENTS".....................................   4.10(a)
                "SECURITY REGISTER".......................................   2.03
</Table>

SECTION 1.03.   INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF TRUST INDENTURE ACT.

                (a)    Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA,
the provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture.

                (b)    The following TIA term used in this Indenture has the
following meaning:

                "OBLIGOR" on the Notes means the Company and any successor
obligor upon the Notes.

                (c)    All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined
by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by Commission
rule under the TIA and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings so
assigned to them either in the TIA, by another statute or Commission rule, as
applicable.

SECTION 1.04.   RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.

                (a)    Unless the context otherwise requires:

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

                       (ii)   an accounting term not otherwise defined herein
        has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP;

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                       (iii)  "or" is not exclusive;

                       (iv)   words in the singular include the plural, and in
        the plural include the singular;

                       (v)    all references in this instrument to "Articles,"
        "Sections" and other subdivisions are to the designated Articles,
        Sections and subdivisions of this instrument as originally executed;

                       (vi)   the words "herein," "hereof" and "hereunder" and
        other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not
        to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision;

                       (vii)  "including" means "including without limitation;"

                       (viii) provisions apply to successive events and
        transactions; and

                       (ix)   references to sections of or rules under the
        Securities Act, the Exchange Act or the TIA shall be deemed to include
        substitute, replacement or successor sections or rules adopted by the
        Commission from time to time thereunder.

                                   ARTICLE 2.

                                    THE NOTES

SECTION 2.01.   FORM AND DATING.

                (a)    GENERAL. The Notes and the Trustee's certificate of
authentication shall be substantially in the form included in Exhibits A-1 and
A-2 hereto, which is hereby incorporated in and expressly made part of this
Indenture. The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by
law, exchange rule or usage in addition to those set forth on Exhibits A-1 and
A-2. Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. The Notes shall be
in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof. The terms and
provisions contained in the Notes shall constitute a part of this Indenture, and
the Company, Parent Guarantor, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee, by
their execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms
and provisions and to be bound thereby. To the extent any provision of any Note
conflicts with the express provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this
Indenture shall govern and be controlling.

                (b)    FORM OF NOTES. Notes shall be issued initially in global
form and shall be substantially in the form of Exhibits A-1 and A-2 attached
hereto (including the Global Note Legend thereon and the "Schedule of Exchanges
of Interests in the Global Note" attached thereto). Notes issued in definitive
form shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto (but
without the Global Note Legend thereon and without the "Schedule of Exchanges of
Interests in the Global Note" attached thereto). Each Global Note shall
represent such aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes as shall be
specified therein and each shall provide that it shall represent the aggregate
principal amount of outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and
that the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby may
from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges
and redemptions and transfers of interests therein. Any endorsement of a Global
Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the aggregate
principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby shall be made by the
Trustee or the Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, in accordance with
instructions given by the Holder thereof as required by Section 2.06 hereof.

                (c)    BOOK-ENTRY PROVISIONS. This Section 2.01(c) shall apply
to all Global Notes. Participants and Indirect Participants shall have no rights
under this Indenture or any Global Note with respect to any Global Note held on
their behalf by the Depositary or by the Trustee as custodian for the
Depositary, and the Depositary shall be treated by the Company, the Trustee and
any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the absolute owner of such Global
Note for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein
shall prevent the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the
Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other
authorization furnished by the Depositary or impair, as between the Depositary
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Participants or Indirect Participants, the Applicable Procedures or the
operation of customary practices of the Depositary governing the exercise of the
rights of a holder of a beneficial interest in any Global Note.

                (d)    EUROCLEAR AND CLEARSTREAM PROCEDURES APPLICABLE. The
provisions of the "Operating Procedures of the Euroclear System" and "Terms and
Conditions Governing Use of Euroclear" and the "General Terms and Conditions of
Clearstream" and "Customer Handbook" of Clearstream shall be applicable to
transfers of beneficial interests in Global Notes that are held by Participants
through Euroclear or Clearstream.

SECTION 2.02.   EXECUTION AND AUTHENTICATION.

                (a)    One Officer shall execute the Notes on behalf of the
Company by manual or facsimile signature.

                (b)    If an Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer
holds that office at the time a Note is authenticated by the Trustee, the Note
shall nevertheless be valid.

                (c)    A Note shall not be valid until authenticated by the
manual signature of the Trustee. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that
the Note has been authenticated under this Indenture. The form of Trustee's
certificate of authentication to be borne by the Note shall be substantially as
set forth in Exhibits A-1 and A-2 hereto.

                (d)    The Trustee shall, upon a written order of the Company
signed by an Officer requesting the authentication and delivery of Notes (an
"AUTHENTICATION ORDER"), authenticate Notes for original issue and deliver them
in accordance with such Authentication Order.

                (e)    The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent
acceptable to the Company to authenticate Notes. Unless otherwise provided in
such appointment, an authenticating agent may authenticate Notes whenever the
Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the
Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent shall
have the same rights as an Agent with respect to Holders.

SECTION 2.03.   REGISTRAR AND PAYING AGENT.

                (a)    The Company shall maintain an office or agency where
Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange
("REGISTRAR") and an office or agency where Notes may be presented for payment
("PAYING AGENT"). The Registrar shall keep a register (the "Security Register")
of the Notes and of their transfer and exchange. The Company may appoint one or
more co-registrars and one or more additional paying agents; provided, however,
that there shall be only one Security Register. The term "Registrar" includes
any co-registrar and the term "Paying Agent" includes any additional paying
agent. The Company may enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Agent
not party to this Indenture, which may incorporate the provisions of the TIA.
Such agreement shall implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to
such Agent. The Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice
to any Holder. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the name and
address of any Agent not a party to this Indenture. If the Company fails to
appoint or maintain another entity as Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee
shall act as such and shall be entitled to appropriate compensation in
accordance with Section 7.07 hereof. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may
act as Paying Agent or Registrar.

                (b)    The Company initially appoints The Depository Trust
Company ("DTC") to act as Depositary with respect to the Global Notes.

                (c)    The Company initially appoints the Trustee to act as
Registrar and Paying Agent, agent for service of notices and demands to or upon
the Company in respect of the Notes and this Indenture, as provided in Section
4.02, in connection with the Global Note and to act as Custodian with respect to
the Global Notes, and the Trustee hereby agrees so to initially act.

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SECTION 2.04.   PAYING AGENT TO HOLD MONEY IN TRUST.

                The Company shall require each Paying Agent other than the
Trustee to agree in writing that the Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the
benefit of the Persons entitled thereto all money held by the Paying Agent for
the payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes, and shall
notify the Trustee of any Default by the Company in making any such payment.
While any such Default continues, the Trustee may require a Paying Agent to pay
all funds held by it relating to the Notes to the Trustee. The Company at any
time may require a Paying Agent to pay all funds held by it relating to the
Notes to the Trustee. Upon payment over to the Trustee, the Paying Agent (if
other than the Company, Parent Guarantor or a Subsidiary) shall have no further
liability for such funds. If the Company, Parent Guarantor or a Subsidiary acts
as Paying Agent, it shall segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the
benefit of the Holders all funds held by it as Paying Agent. Upon any Event of
Default under Sections 6.01(ix) and (x) hereof relating to the Company or the
Parent Guarantor, the Trustee shall serve as Paying Agent for the Notes.

SECTION 2.05.   HOLDER LISTS.

                The Trustee 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 and shall otherwise comply with TIA Section 312(a). If the Trustee
is not the Registrar, the Company shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the
Trustee at least seven Business Days before each Interest Payment Date and at
such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and
as of such date or such shorter time as the Trustee may allow, as the Trustee
may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the Holders and the Company
shall otherwise comply with TIA Section 312(a).

SECTION 2.06.   TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE.

                (a)    TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE OF GLOBAL NOTES. A Global Note may
not be transferred except as a whole by (1) the Depositary to a nominee of the
Depositary, (2) a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or to another
nominee of the Depositary, or (3) the Depositary or any such nominee to a
successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary. The Company
shall exchange Global Notes for Definitive Notes if: (1) the Company delivers to
the Trustee a notice from the Depositary that the Depositary is unwilling or
unable to continue to act as Depositary for the Global Notes or that it has
ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and, in either
case, a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Company within 120 days
after the date of such notice from the Depositary; (2) the Company at its option
determines that the Global Notes shall be exchanged for Definitive Notes and
delivers a written notice to such effect to the Trustee; provided, however, that
in no event shall the Regulation S Temporary Global Note be exchanged by the
Company for Definitive Notes prior to (x) the expiration of the Distribution
Compliance Period and (y) the receipt by the Registrar of any certificates
required pursuant to Rule 903(c)(3)(ii)(B) under the Securities Act; or (3) a
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing. Upon the
occurrence of any of the preceding events in clauses (1), (2) or (3) above,
Definitive Notes shall be issued in denominations of $1,000 or integral
multiples thereof and in such names as the Depositary shall instruct the Trustee
in writing. Global Notes also may be exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part,
as provided in Sections 2.07 and 2.10 hereof. Except as provided above, every
Note authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or in lieu of, a Global Note
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 Note. A Global Note may not be exchanged for another Note other than as
provided in this Section 2.06(a), and beneficial interests in a Global Note may
not be transferred and exchanged other than as provided in Section 2.06(b), (c)
or (f) hereof.

                (b)    TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE OF BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN THE
GLOBAL NOTES. The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global
Notes shall be effected through the Depositary in accordance with the provisions
of this Indenture and the Applicable Procedures. Beneficial interests in
Restricted Global Notes 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 Global Notes also shall require compliance
with either clause (i) or (ii) below, as applicable, as well as one or more of
the other following clauses, as applicable:

                       (i)    TRANSFER OF BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN THE SAME
        GLOBAL NOTE. Beneficial interests in any Restricted Global Note may be
        transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a
        beneficial interest in the same Restricted Global Note in accordance
        with the transfer restrictions set forth

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        in the Private Placement Legend and any Applicable Procedures; PROVIDED,
        HOWEVER, that prior to the expiration of the Distribution Compliance
        Period, transfers of beneficial interests in the Temporary Regulation S
        Global Note may not be made to or for the account or benefit of a "U.S.
        Person" (as defined in Rule 902(k) of Regulation S) (other than a
        "distributor" (as defined in Rule 902(d) of Regulation S)). Beneficial
        interests in any Unrestricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons
        who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an
        Unrestricted Global Note. 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)(i).

                       (ii)   ALL OTHER TRANSFERS AND EXCHANGES OF BENEFICIAL
        INTERESTS IN GLOBAL NOTES. In connection with all transfers and
        exchanges of beneficial interests that are not subject to Section
        2.06(b)(i) above, the transferor of such beneficial interest must
        deliver to the Registrar either (A)(1) 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
        Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or
        exchanged and (2) instructions given in accordance with the Applicable
        Procedures containing information regarding the Participant account to
        be credited with such increase or (B) if permitted under Section 2.06(a)
        hereof, (1) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect
        Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable
        Procedures directing the Depositary to cause to be issued a Definitive
        Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or
        exchanged and (2) instructions given by the Depositary to the Registrar
        containing information regarding the Person in whose name such
        Definitive Note shall be registered to effect the transfer or exchange
        referred to in (B)(1) above, provided that in no event shall Definitive
        Notes be issued upon the transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in
        the Regulation S Temporary Global Note prior to (x) the expiration of
        the Distribution Compliance Period; (y) the receipt by the Registrar of
        any certificates required pursuant to Rule 903 under the Securities Act
        and (z) the receipt by the Trustee of written certification that such
        transfer is in accordance with the restrictions set forth on the legend.
        Upon consummation of an Exchange Offer by the Company in accordance with
        Section 2.06(f) hereof, the requirements of this Section 2.06(b)(ii)
        shall be deemed to have been satisfied upon receipt by the Registrar of
        the instructions contained in the Letter of Transmittal delivered by the
        Holder of the Restricted Global Notes, which, in the case of Global
        Notes, may be accomplished by the Depository through the Applicable
        Procedures. Upon satisfaction of all of the requirements for transfer or
        exchange of beneficial interests in Global Notes contained in this
        Indenture and the Notes or otherwise applicable under the Securities
        Act, the Trustee shall adjust or cause to be adjusted the principal
        amount of the relevant Global Note(s) pursuant to Section 2.06(h)
        hereof.

                       (iii)  TRANSFER OF BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN A RESTRICTED
        GLOBAL NOTE TO ANOTHER RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE. A beneficial interest in
        any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to a Person who takes
        delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another
        Restricted Global Note if the transfer complies with the requirements of
        Section 2.06(b)(ii) above and the Registrar receives the following:

                              (A)   if the transferee shall take delivery in the
                form of a beneficial interest in a 144A Global Note, then the
                transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B
                hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof or, if
                permitted by Applicable Procedures, item (3) thereof; and

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

                       (iv)   TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE OF BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN A
        RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE FOR BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN AN UNRESTRICTED
        GLOBAL NOTE. A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be
        exchanged by any holder thereof for a beneficial interest in an
        Unrestricted Global Note or transferred to a Person who takes delivery
        thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global
        Note only if the exchange or transfer complies with the requirements of
        Section 2.06(b)(ii) above and:

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                              (A)   such exchange or transfer is effected
                pursuant to an Exchange Offer in accordance with a Registration
                Rights Agreement and the holder of the beneficial interest to be
                transferred, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in
                the case of a transfer, makes any and all certifications in the
                applicable Letter of Transmittal (or is deemed to have made such
                certifications if delivery is made through the Applicable
                Procedures) as may be required by such Registration Rights
                Agreement;

                              (B)   such transfer is effected pursuant to a
                Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with a Registration
                Rights Agreement;

                              (C)   such transfer is effected by a broker-dealer
                pursuant to an Exchange Offer Registration Statement in
                accordance with a Registration Rights Agreement; or

                              (D)   the Registrar receives the following:

                                    (1)   if the holder of such beneficial
                       interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange
                       such beneficial interest for a beneficial interest in an
                       Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder
                       in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the
                       certifications in item (1)(a) thereof; or

                                    (2)   if the holder of such beneficial
                       interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer
                       such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take
                       delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in
                       an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such
                       holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the
                       certifications in item (4) thereof;

                and, in each such case set forth in this clause (D), if the
                Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so
                require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to
                the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer shall
                be effected in compliance with the Securities Act and that the
                restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private
                Placement Legend shall no longer be required in order to
                maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

        If any such transfer is effected pursuant to clause (A), (B) or (D)
        above at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been
        issued, the Company shall execute and, upon receipt of an Authentication
        Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee shall
        authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate
        principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of beneficial
        interests transferred pursuant to clause (A), (B) or (D) above.

                       (v)    TRANSFER OR EXCHANGE OF BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN
        UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTES FOR BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN RESTRICTED GLOBAL
        NOTES PROHIBITED. Beneficial interests in an Unrestricted Global Note
        may not be exchanged for, or transferred to Persons who take delivery
        thereof in the form of, beneficial interests in a Restricted Global
        Note.

                (c)    TRANSFER OR EXCHANGE OF BENEFICIAL INTERESTS FOR
DEFINITIVE NOTES.

                       (i)    BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTES TO
        RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES. Subject to Section 2.06(a) hereof, if any
        holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to
        exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Note or to
        transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof
        in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note, then, upon receipt by the
        Registrar of the following documentation:

                              (A)   if the holder of such beneficial interest in
                a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial
                interest for a Restricted Definitive Note, a certificate from
                such holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the
                certifications in item (2)(a) thereof;

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                              (B)   if such beneficial interest is being
                transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A, a certificate
                to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the
                certifications in item (1) thereof;

                              (C)   if such beneficial interest is being
                transferred to a "non-U.S. Person" (as defined in Rule 902(k) of
                Regulation S) in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule
                903 or Rule 904, a certificate to the effect set forth in
                Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2)
                thereof;

                              (D)   if such beneficial interest is being
                transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration
                requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144
                under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth
                in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(a)
                thereof;

                              (E)   if such beneficial interest is being
                transferred to the Company, Parent Guarantor or any of their
                Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B
                hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof; or

                              (F)   if such beneficial interest is being
                transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement
                under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth
                in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item 3(c)
                thereof,

        the Trustee shall reduce or cause to be reduced in a corresponding
        amount pursuant to Section 2.06(h) hereof the aggregate principal amount
        of the applicable Restricted Global Note, and the Company shall execute
        and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, the Trustee shall
        authenticate and deliver a Restricted Definitive Note in the appropriate
        principal amount to the Person designated by the holder of such
        beneficial interest in instructions delivered to the Registrar by the
        Depositary and the applicable Participant or Indirect Participant on
        behalf of such holder. Any Restricted Definitive Note issued in exchange
        for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this
        Section 2.06(c)(i) shall be registered in such name or names and in such
        authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such
        beneficial interest shall designate in such instructions. The Trustee
        shall deliver such Restricted Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose
        names such Notes are so registered. Any Restricted Definitive Note
        issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note
        pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(i) shall bear the Private Placement
        Legend and shall be subject to all restrictions on transfer contained
        therein.

                       (ii)   BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN REGULATION S TEMPORARY
        GLOBAL NOTE TO RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES. Notwithstanding Sections
        2.06(c)(i)(A) and (C) hereof, a beneficial interest in the Regulation S
        Temporary Global Note may not be exchanged for a Restricted Definitive
        Note or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form
        of a Restricted Definitive Note prior to (x) the expiration of the
        Distribution Compliance Period and (y) the receipt by the Registrar of
        any certificates required pursuant to Rule 903(c)(3)(ii)(B) under the
        Securities Act, except in the case of a transfer pursuant to an
        exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other
        than Rule 903 or Rule 904.

                       (iii)  BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTES TO
        UNRESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES. Subject to Section 2.06(a) hereof, a
        holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note may exchange
        such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or may
        transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof
        in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note only if:

                              (A)   such exchange or transfer is effected
                pursuant to an Exchange Offer in accordance with a Registration
                Rights Agreement and the holder of such beneficial interest, in
                the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a
                transfer, makes any and all certifications in the applicable
                Letter of Transmittal (or is deemed to have made such
                certifications if delivery is made through the Applicable
                Procedures) as may be required by such Registration Rights
                Agreement;

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                              (B)   such transfer is effected pursuant to a
                Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with a Registration
                Rights Agreement;

                              (C)   such transfer is effected by a broker-dealer
                pursuant to an Exchange Offer Registration Statement in
                accordance with a Registration Rights Agreement; or

                              (D)   the Registrar receives the following:

                                    (1)   if the holder of such beneficial
                       interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange
                       such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive
                       Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of
                       Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item
                       (1)(b) thereof; or

                                    (2)   if the holder of such beneficial
                       interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer
                       such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take
                       delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted
                       Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder in the
                       form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in
                       item (4) thereof;

                and, in each such case set forth in this clause (D), if the
                Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so
                require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to
                the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer shall
                be effected in compliance with the Securities Act and that the
                restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private
                Placement Legend shall no longer be required in order to
                maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

                Upon satisfaction of the conditions of any of the clauses of
        this Section 2.06(c)(iii) the Company shall execute, and, upon receipt
        of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the
        Trustee shall authenticate and deliver an Unrestricted Definitive Note
        in the appropriate principal amount to the Person designated by the
        holder of such beneficial interest in instructions delivered to the
        Registrar by the Depositary and the applicable Participant or Indirect
        Participant on behalf of such holder, and the Trustee shall reduce or
        cause to be reduced in a corresponding amount pursuant to Section
        2.06(h) hereof the aggregate principal amount of the applicable
        Restricted Global Note.

                       (iv)   BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTES
        TO UNRESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES. Subject to Section 2.06(a) hereof, if
        any holder of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note
        proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted
        Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who
        takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note,
        then, upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in
        Section 2.06(b)(ii) hereof, the Trustee shall reduce or cause to be
        reduced in a corresponding amount pursuant to Section 2.06(h) hereof the
        aggregate principal amount of the applicable Unrestricted Global Note,
        and the Company shall execute and, upon receipt of an Authentication
        Order, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver an Unrestricted
        Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount to the Person
        designated by the holder of such beneficial interest in instructions
        delivered to the Registrar by the Depositary and the applicable
        Participant or Indirect Participant on behalf of such holder. Any
        Unrestricted Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial
        interest pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(iv) shall be registered in
        such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations
        as the holder of such beneficial interest shall designate in such
        instructions. The Trustee shall deliver such Unrestricted Definitive
        Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered. Any
        Unrestricted Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial
        interest pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(iv) shall not bear the Private
        Placement Legend.

                (d)    TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE OF DEFINITIVE NOTES FOR BENEFICIAL
INTERESTS.

                       (i)    RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES TO BENEFICIAL
        INTERESTS IN RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTES. If any Holder of a Restricted
        Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest
        in a Restricted Global Note or to transfer such Restricted Definitive
        Notes to a Person who takes delivery

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        thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global
        Note, then, upon receipt by the Registrar of the following
        documentation:

                              (A)   if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive
                Note proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in
                a Restricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the
                form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item
                (2)(b) thereof;

                              (B)   if such Restricted Definitive Note is being
                transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A, a certificate
                to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the
                certifications in item (1) thereof;

                              (C)   if such Restricted Definitive Note is being
                transferred to a "non-U.S. Person" (as defined in Rule 902(k) of
                Regulation S) in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule
                903 or Rule 904, a certificate to the effect set forth in
                Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2)
                thereof;

                              (D)   if such Restricted Definitive Note is being
                transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration
                requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144,
                a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto,
                including the certifications in item (3)(a) thereof;

                              (E)   if such Restricted Definitive Note is being
                transferred to the Company, Parent Guarantor, or any of its
                Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B
                hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof, or

                              (F)   if such Restrictive Definitive Note is being
                transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement
                under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth
                in Exhibit B hereto, including the certification in item 3(c)
                thereof,

        the Trustee shall cancel the Restricted Definitive Note, increase or
        cause to be increased in a corresponding amount pursuant to Section
        2.06(h) hereof the aggregate principal amount of, in the case of clause
        (A) above, the appropriate Restricted Global Note, in the case of clause
        (B) above, a 144A Global Note, and in the case of clause (C) above, a
        Regulation S Global Note.

                       (ii)   RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES TO BENEFICIAL
        INTERESTS IN UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTES. A Holder of a Restricted
        Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an
        Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Restricted Definitive Note to
        a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest
        in an Unrestricted Global Note only if:

                              (A)   such exchange or transfer is effected
                pursuant to an Exchange Offer in accordance with a Registration
                Rights Agreement and the holder of such beneficial interest, in
                the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a
                transfer, makes such certifications in the applicable Letter of
                Transmittal (or is deemed to have made such certifications if
                delivery is made through the Applicable Procedures) as may be
                required by such Registration Rights Agreement;

                              (B)   such transfer is effected pursuant to a
                Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with a Registration
                Rights Agreement;

                              (C)   such transfer is effected by a broker-dealer
                pursuant to an Exchange Offer Registration Statement in
                accordance with a Registration Rights Agreement; or

                              (D)   the Registrar receives the following:

                                    (1)   if the Holder of such Restricted
                       Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note for a
                       beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a
                       certificate

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                       from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto,
                       including the certifications in item (1)(c) thereof; or

                                    (2)   if the Holder of such Restricted
                       Definitive Note proposes to transfer such Note to a
                       Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a
                       beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a
                       certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit B
                       hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;

                and, in each such case set forth in this clause (D), if the
                Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so
                require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to
                the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer shall
                be effected in compliance with the Securities Act and that the
                restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private
                Placement Legend shall no longer be required in order to
                maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

                Upon satisfaction of the conditions of any of the clauses in
        this Section 2.06(d)(ii), the Trustee shall cancel such Restricted
        Definitive Note and increase or cause to be increased in a corresponding
        amount pursuant to Section 2.06(h) hereof the aggregate principal amount
        of the Unrestricted Global Note.

                       (iii)  UNRESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES TO BENEFICIAL
        INTERESTS IN UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTES. A Holder of an Unrestricted
        Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an
        Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Unrestricted Definitive Note
        to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial
        interest in an Unrestricted Global Note at any time. Upon receipt of a
        request for such an exchange or transfer, the Trustee shall cancel the
        applicable Unrestricted Definitive Note and increase or cause to be
        increased in a corresponding amount pursuant to Section 2.06(h) hereof
        the aggregate principal amount of one of the Unrestricted Global Notes.

                       (iv)   TRANSFER OR EXCHANGE OF UNRESTRICTED DEFINITIVE
        NOTES TO BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTES PROHIBITED. An
        Unrestricted Definitive Note may not be exchanged for, or transferred to
        Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of, beneficial interests
        in a Restricted Global Note.

                       (v)    ISSUANCE OF UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTES. If any such
        exchange or transfer of a Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in
        an Unrestricted Global Note is effected pursuant to clause (ii)(B),
        (ii)(D) or (iii) above at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has
        not yet been issued, the Company shall issue and, upon receipt of an
        Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee
        shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate
        principal amount equal to the principal amount of Definitive Notes so
        transferred.

                (e)    TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE OF DEFINITIVE NOTES FOR DEFINITIVE
NOTES. Upon request by a Holder of Definitive Notes and such Holder's compliance
with the provisions of this Section 2.06(e), the Registrar shall register the
transfer or exchange of Definitive Notes. Prior to such registration of transfer
or exchange, the requesting Holder shall present or surrender to the Registrar
the Definitive Notes duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instruction of
transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by such Holder. In
addition, the requesting Holder shall provide any additional certifications,
documents and information, as applicable, required pursuant to the following
provisions of this Section 2.06(e).

                       (i)    RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES TO RESTRICTED
        DEFINITIVE NOTES. Any Restricted Definitive Note may be transferred to
        and registered in the name of Persons who take delivery thereof in the
        form of a Restricted Definitive Note if the Registrar receives the
        following:

                              (A)   if the transfer shall be made pursuant to
                Rule 144A, a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto,
                including the certifications in item (1) thereof;

                              (B)   if the transfer shall be made pursuant to
                Rule 903 or Rule 904, a certificate in the form of Exhibit B
                hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof; and

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                              (C)   if the transfer shall be made pursuant to
                any other exemption from the registration requirements of the
                Securities Act, a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto,
                including the certifications, certificates and Opinion of
                Counsel required by item (3) thereof, if applicable.

                       (ii)   RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES TO UNRESTRICTED
        DEFINITIVE NOTES. Any Restricted Definitive Note may be exchanged by the
        Holder thereof for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or transferred to a
        Person or Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of an
        Unrestricted Definitive Note only if:

                              (A)   such exchange or transfer is effected
                pursuant to an Exchange Offer in accordance with a Registration
                Rights Agreement and the holder of such beneficial interest, in
                the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a
                transfer, makes such certifications in the applicable Letter of
                Transmittal (or is deemed to have made such certifications if
                delivery is made through the Applicable Procedures) as may be
                required by such Registration Rights Agreement;

                              (B)   any such transfer is effected pursuant to a
                Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with a Registration
                Rights Agreement;

                              (C)   any such transfer is effected by a
                broker-dealer pursuant to an Exchange Offer Registration
                Statement in accordance with a Registration Rights Agreement; or

                              (D)   the Registrar receives the following:

                                    (1)   if the Holder of such Restricted
                       Definitive Notes proposes to exchange such Notes for an
                       Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such
                       holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the
                       certifications in item (1)(d) thereof; or

                                    (2)   if the Holder of such Restricted
                       Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such Notes to a
                       Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of an
                       Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such
                       Holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the
                       certifications in item (4) thereof;

                and, in each such case set forth in this clause (D), if the
                Registrar so requests, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably
                acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or
                transfer shall be effected in compliance with the Securities Act
                and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in
                the Private Placement Legend shall no longer be required in
                order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

                Upon satisfaction of the conditions of any of the clauses of
                Section 2.06(e)(ii) the Trustee shall cancel the prior
                Restricted Definitive Note and the Company shall execute, and,
                upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with
                Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver
                an Unrestricted Definitive Note in the appropriate principal
                amount to the Person designated by the Holder of such prior
                Restricted Definitive Note in instructions delivered to the
                Registrar by such Holder.

                       (iii)  UNRESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES TO UNRESTRICTED
        DEFINITIVE NOTES. A Holder of an Unrestricted Definitive Note may
        transfer such Note to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of
        an Unrestricted Definitive Note. Upon receipt of a request to register
        such a transfer, the Registrar shall register the Unrestricted
        Definitive Note pursuant to the instructions from the Holder thereof.

                (f)    EXCHANGE OFFER. Upon the occurrence of an Exchange Offer
in accordance with a Registration Rights Agreement, the Company shall issue and,
upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof,
the Trustee shall authenticate (i) one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an
aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial
interests in the applicable Restricted Global Notes (A) tendered for acceptance
by Persons that make any and all certifications in the applicable Letters of
Transmittal

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(or are deemed to have made such certifications if delivery is made through the
Applicable Procedures) as may be required by such Registration Rights Agreement,
and (B) accepted for exchange in the Exchange Offer and (ii) Unrestricted
Definitive Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount
of the Restricted Definitive Notes tendered for acceptance by Persons who made
the foregoing certification and accepted for exchange in the Exchange Offer.
Concurrently with the issuance of such Notes, the Trustee shall reduce or cause
to be reduced in a corresponding amount the aggregate principal amount of the
applicable Restricted Global Notes, and the Company shall execute and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver (1) to or on behalf of the Depository,
such Unrestricted Global Note or Notes in the appropriate principal amount and
(2) to the Persons designated by the Holders of Restricted Definitive Notes so
accepted, Unrestricted Definitive Notes in the appropriate principal amount.

                (g)    LEGENDS. The following legends shall appear on the face
of all Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued under this Indenture unless
specifically stated otherwise in the applicable provisions of this Indenture.

                       (i)    PRIVATE PLACEMENT LEGEND.

                              (A)   Except as permitted by clause (B) below,
                each Global Note and each Definitive Note (and all Notes issued
                in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall bear the
                legend in substantially the following form:

                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 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) OR (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, (2) AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT PRIOR TO (X) THE DATE WHICH 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 THE
COMPANY OR ANY AFFILIATE OF THE COMPANY 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 THE COMPANY, (B) PURSUANT TO A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH 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 OR
(E) 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 THE COMPANY, THE TRUSTEE AND THE REGISTRAR SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT
PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER (I) PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (D) OR (E) 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
TRUSTEE. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE REQUEST OF

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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.

                              (B)   Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Global
                Note or Definitive Note issued pursuant to clauses (b)(iv),
                (c)(iii), (c)(iv), (d)(ii), (d)(iii), (e)(ii), (e)(iii) or (f)
                of this Section 2.06 (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor
                or substitution thereof) shall not bear the Private Placement
                Legend.

                       (ii)   GLOBAL NOTE LEGEND. Each Global Note shall bear a
        legend in substantially the following form:

                "THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE
INDENTURE 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 (1) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY
BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06 OF THE INDENTURE, (2) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY
BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(a) OF THE
INDENTURE, (3) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION
PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.11 OF THE INDENTURE AND (IV) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE
TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE
COMPANY.

                UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES
IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE
DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO
THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY
SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR
DEPOSITARY. UNLESS THIS NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK) ("DTC"), TO THE
COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY
NOTE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS MAY
BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO
CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS MAY BE 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."

                       (iii)  REGULATIONS S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE LEGEND. The
        Regulation S Temporary Global Note shall bear a legend in substantially
        the following form:

                "THE RIGHTS ATTACHING TO THIS REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL
NOTE, AND THE CONDITIONS AND PROCEDURES GOVERNING ITS EXCHANGE FOR CERTIFICATED
NOTES, ARE AS SPECIFIED IN THE INDENTURE (AS DEFINED HEREIN). NEITHER THE HOLDER
NOR THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS OF THIS REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE
ENTITLED TO RECEIVE PAYMENT OF INTEREST HEREON."

                (h)    CANCELLATION AND/OR ADJUSTMENT OF GLOBAL NOTES. At such
time as all beneficial interests in a particular Global Note have been exchanged
for Definitive Notes or a particular Global Note has been redeemed, repurchased
or cancelled in whole and not in part, each such Global Note shall be returned
to or retained and cancelled by the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.11
hereof. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a
Global Note is exchanged for or transferred to a Person who shall take delivery
thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note or for
Definitive Notes, the principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note
shall be reduced accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global
Note by the Trustee or by the Custodian or by the Depositary at the direction of
the Trustee to reflect such reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being
exchanged for or transferred to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the
form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note, such other Global Note
shall be increased accordingly and an

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endorsement shall be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Custodian
or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.

                (i)    GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO TRANSFERS AND EXCHANGES.

                       (i)    No service charge shall be made to a holder of a
        beneficial interest in a Global Note or to a Holder of a Definitive Note
        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 governmental charge payable upon exchange or
        transfer pursuant to Sections 2.10, 3.06, 3.09, 4.12, 4.17 and 9.05
        hereof).

                       (ii)   All Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued upon
        any registration of transfer or exchange of Global Notes or Definitive
        Notes shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same
        Indebtedness, as the Global Notes or Definitive Notes surrendered upon
        such registration of transfer or exchange and shall be entitled to all
        of the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with all
        other Notes duly issued hereunder.

                       (iii)  Neither the Registrar nor the Company shall be
        required (A) to issue, to register the transfer of or to exchange any
        Notes during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days
        before the day of any selection of Notes for redemption under Section
        3.02 hereof and ending at the close of business on the date of selection
        or (B) to register the transfer of or to exchange any Note so selected
        for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any
        Note being redeemed in part.

                       (iv)   Prior to due presentment for the registration of a
        transfer of any Note, the Trustee, any Agent and the Company may deem
        and treat the Person in whose name any Note is registered as the
        absolute owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of
        principal of and interest on such Note and for all other purposes, in
        each case regardless of any notice to the contrary.

                       (v)    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.

                       (vi)   The Trustee is hereby authorized and directed to
        enter into a letter of representations with the Depositary in the form
        provided by the Company and to act in accordance with such letter.

                       (vii)  Subject to the applicable provisions of this
        Section 2.06, to permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the
        Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate, Global Notes
        and Definitive Notes upon the Company's order or at the Registrar's
        request.

                       (viii) The Trustee shall authenticate Global Notes and
        Definitive Notes for original issue in accordance with the provisions of
        Section 2.02 hereof.

                       (ix)   The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to
        monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on
        transfer imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law with
        respect to any transfer of any interest in any Note (including any
        transfers between or among Participants, Indirect Participants and/or
        holders or owners of beneficial interests in any Global Note), 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 Indenture, and to examine the
        same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express
        requirements hereof.

SECTION 2.07.   REPLACEMENT NOTES.

                If any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee or the
Company and the Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the
destruction, loss or theft of any Note, the Company shall issue and the Trustee,

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upon receipt of an Authentication Order, shall authenticate a replacement Note.
If required by the Trustee or the Company, the Holder of such Note shall provide
security or indemnity sufficient, in the judgment of the Trustee or the Company,
as applicable, to protect the Company, the Trustee, any Agent and any
authenticating agent from any loss that any of them may suffer in connection
with such replacement. If required by the Company, such Holder shall reimburse
the Company for its reasonable expenses in connection with such replacement.

                Every replacement Note issued in accordance with this Section
2.07 shall be the valid obligation of the Company evidencing the same
Indebtedness as the destroyed, lost or stolen Note and shall be entitled to all
of the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with all other
Notes duly issued hereunder.

SECTION 2.08.   OUTSTANDING NOTES.

                (a)    The Notes outstanding at any time shall be the entire
principal amount of Notes represented by all the Global Notes and Definitive
Notes authenticated by the Trustee except for those cancelled by it, those
delivered to it for cancellation, those subject to reductions in beneficial
interests effected by the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.06 hereof, and
those described in this Section 2.08 as not outstanding. Except as set forth in
Section 2.09 hereof, a Note shall not cease to be outstanding because the
Company or an Affiliate of the Company holds the Note; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
Notes held by the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company shall be deemed not to
be outstanding for purposes of Section 3.07(a) hereof.

                (b)    If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07 hereof, it
shall cease to be outstanding unless the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to
it that the replaced Note is held by a bona fide purchaser.

                (c)    If the principal amount of any Note is considered paid
under Section 4.01 hereof, it shall cease to be outstanding and interest on it
shall cease to accrue.

                (d)    If the Paying Agent (other than the Company, Parent
Guarantor, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of any thereof) holds, on a redemption
date, a Purchase Date or maturity date, funds sufficient to pay Notes payable on
that date, then on and after that date such Notes shall be deemed to be no
longer outstanding and shall cease to accrue interest.

SECTION 2.09.   TREASURY NOTES.

                In determining whether the Holders of the required principal
amount of Notes have concurred in any notice, direction, waiver or consent,
Notes owned by the Company, any Guarantor or by any other obligor upon the Notes
or by any Affiliate of the Company, any Guarantor or any such obligor, shall be
considered as though not outstanding, except that for the purposes of
determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such
notice, direction, waiver or consent, only Notes that a Responsible Officer of
the Trustee actually knows are so owned shall be so disregarded.

SECTION 2.10.   TEMPORARY NOTES.

                Until certificates representing Notes are ready for delivery,
the Company may prepare and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order
in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, shall authenticate temporary Notes.
Temporary Notes shall be substantially in the form of Definitive Notes but may
have variations that the Company considers appropriate for temporary Notes and
as shall be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. Without unreasonable delay,
the Company shall prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate Global Notes or
Definitive Notes in exchange for temporary Notes, as applicable.

                Holders of temporary Notes shall be entitled to all of the
benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with all other Notes duly
issued hereunder.

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SECTION 2.11.   CANCELLATION.

                The Company at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for
cancellation. The Registrar and Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any
Notes surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment.
Upon sole direction of the Company, the Trustee and no one else shall cancel all
Notes surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment, replacement
or cancellation and shall dispose of cancelled Notes (subject to the record
retention requirements of the Exchange Act or other applicable laws) in
accordance with its then customary procedures unless the Company directs them to
be returned to them. Certification of the disposition of all cancelled Notes
shall be delivered to the Company from time to time upon request unless by a
written order, signed by an Officer of the Company, the Company shall direct
that cancelled Notes be returned to them. The Company may not issue new Notes to
replace Notes that it has paid or that have been delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation.

SECTION 2.12.   DEFAULTED INTEREST.

                If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes,
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 Notes and in Section 4.01 hereof. The Company shall notify the Trustee in
writing of the amount of defaulted interest proposed to be paid on each Note 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 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 Trustee 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 interest to be paid.

SECTION 2.13.   CUSIP OR ISIN NUMBERS.

                The Company in issuing the Notes may use "CUSIP" and/or "ISIN"
numbers and Notices of an Offer to Purchase and may use such numbers on other
notices to Holders provided for herein (if then generally in use), and, if so,
the Trustee shall use "CUSIP" and/or "ISIN" numbers in notices of redemption as
a convenience to Holders; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that any such notice may state that
no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as
printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of a redemption, any notice
of an Offer to Purchase or such other notice and that reliance may be placed
only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes, and any such
redemption or Offer to Purchase shall not be affected by any defect in or
omission of such numbers. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee of any
change in the "CUSIP" and/or "ISIN" numbers.

SECTION 2.14.   ADDITIONAL INTEREST.

                If Additional Interest is payable by the Company pursuant to a
Registration Rights Agreement and paragraph 1 of the Notes, the Company shall
deliver to the Trustee a certificate to that effect stating (i) the amount of
such Additional Interest that is payable and (ii) the date on which such
interest is payable pursuant to Section 4.01 hereof. Unless and until a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee receives such a certificate or instruction or
direction from the Holders in accordance with the terms of this Indenture, the
Trustee may assume without inquiry that no Additional Interest is payable. The
foregoing shall not prejudice the rights of the Holders with respect to their
entitlement to Additional Interest as otherwise set forth in this Indenture or
the Notes and pursuing any action against the Company directly or otherwise
directing the Trustee to take any such action in accordance with the terms of
this Indenture and the Notes. If the Company has paid Additional Interest
directly to the Persons entitled to it, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee
an Officers' Certificate setting forth the details of such payment.

SECTION 2.15.   ISSUANCE OF ADDITIONAL NOTES.

                The Company shall be entitled, subject to its compliance with
Section 4.09 hereof, to issue Additional Notes under this Indenture which shall
have identical terms as the Initial Notes issued on the date hereof, other than
with respect to the date of issuance, issue price and rights under a related
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if any. The Initial Notes issued on the date hereof, any Additional Notes and
all Exchange Notes issued in exchange therefor shall be treated as a single
class for all purposes under this Indenture, including without limitation,
waivers, amendments, redemptions and Offers to Purchase.

                With respect to any Additional Notes, the Company shall set
forth in a Board Resolution and an Officers' Certificate, a copy of each of
which shall be delivered to the Trustee, the following information:

                (a)    the aggregate principal amount of such Additional Notes
to be authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture;

                (b)    the issue price, the issue date and the CUSIP and/or ISIN
number of such Additional Notes; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no Additional Notes may
be issued at a price that would cause such Additional Notes to have "original
issue discount" within the meaning of Section 1273 of the Code and such
Officers' Certificate shall state in effect that such Additional Notes are not
being issued at such a price; and

                (c)    whether such Additional Notes shall be subject to the
restrictions on transfer set forth in Section 2.06 hereof relating to Restricted
Global Notes and Restricted Definitive Notes.

SECTION 2.16.   RECORD DATE.

                The record date for purposes of determining the identity of
Holders of Notes entitled to vote or consent to any action by vote or consent
authorized or permitted under this Indenture shall be determined as provided for
in TIA Section 316(c).

                                   ARTICLE 3.

                            REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT

SECTION 3.01.   NOTICES TO TRUSTEE.

                If the Company elects to redeem Notes pursuant to the optional
redemption provisions of Section 3.07 hereof, it shall furnish to the Trustee,
at least 45 days but not more than 90 days before a redemption date (or such
shorter period as allowed by the Trustee), an Officers' Certificate setting
forth (i) the applicable section of this Indenture pursuant to which the
redemption shall occur, (ii) the redemption date, (iii) the principal amount of
Notes to be redeemed and (iv) the redemption price.

SECTION 3.02.   SELECTION OF NOTES TO BE REDEEMED.

                If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed at any time,
the Trustee shall select the Notes to be redeemed among the Holders of the Notes
in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities
exchange, if any, on which the Notes are listed or, if the Notes are not so
listed, on a PRO RATA basis, by lot or in accordance with any other method the
Trustee deems fair and appropriate (and in compliance with applicable legal
requirements). However, no Notes of a principal amount of $1,000 or less shall
be redeemed in part. In the event of partial redemption by lot, the particular
Notes to be redeemed shall be selected, unless otherwise provided herein, not
less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the redemption date by the Trustee
from the outstanding Notes not previously called for redemption.

                The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the
Notes selected for redemption and, in the case of any Note selected for partial
redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. Notes and portions of
Notes selected shall be in amounts of $1,000 or integral multiples of $1,000,
except that if all of the Notes of a Holder are to be redeemed, the entire
outstanding amount of Notes held by such Holder, even if not an integral
multiple of $1,000, shall be redeemed. Except as provided in the preceding
sentence, provisions of this Indenture that apply to Notes called for redemption
also apply to portions of Notes called for redemption.

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SECTION 3.03.   NOTICE OF REDEMPTION.

                At least 30 days but not more than 60 days prior to a redemption
date, the Company shall mail or cause to be mailed, by first class mail, a
notice of redemption to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at such
Holder's address appearing in the Security Register.

                The notice shall identify the Notes to be redeemed and shall
state:

                (a)    the redemption date;

                (b)    the appropriate calculation of the redemption price, but
need not include the redemption price itself. The actual redemption price,
calculated as described above, shall be set forth in an Officers' Certificate
delivered to the Trustee no later than two (2) Business Days prior to the
redemption date unless clause (b) of the definition of "Comparable Treasury
Price" is applicable, in which case such Officer's Certificate should be
delivered on the redemption date;

                (c)    if any Note is being redeemed in part, the portion of the
principal amount of such Note to be redeemed and that, after the redemption date
upon surrender of such Note, if applicable, a new Note or Notes in principal
amount equal to the unredeemed portion shall be issued upon cancellation of the
original Note;

                (d)    the name and address of the Paying Agent;

                (e)    that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to
the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price;

                (f)    that, unless the Company defaults in making such
redemption payment, interest on Notes (or portions thereof) called for
redemption ceases to accrue on and after the redemption date;

                (g)    the applicable section of this Indenture pursuant to
which the Notes called for redemption are being redeemed; and

                (h)    that no representation is made as to the correctness of
the CUSIP and/or ISIN numbers, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the
Notes.

                At the Company's request, the Trustee shall give the notice of
redemption in the Company's name and at its expense; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the
Company shall have delivered to the Trustee, at least 45 days (or such shorter
period allowed by the Trustee) prior to the redemption date, an Officers'
Certificate requesting that the Trustee give such notice (in the name and at the
expense of the Company) and setting forth the information to be stated in such
notice as provided in this Section 3.03.

SECTION 3.04.   EFFECT OF NOTICE OF REDEMPTION.

                Once notice of redemption is mailed in accordance with Section
3.03 hereof, Notes called for redemption shall become irrevocably due and
payable on the redemption date at the redemption price. A notice of redemption
may not be conditional.

SECTION 3.05.   DEPOSIT OF REDEMPTION PRICE.

                On or prior to 11:00 a.m. Eastern time on the Business Day prior
to any redemption date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with the
Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and, if applicable,
accrued and unpaid interest on all Notes to be redeemed on that date. The
Trustee or the Paying Agent shall promptly, and in any event within two (2)
Business Days after the redemption date, return to the Company any money
deposited with the Trustee or the Paying Agent by the Company in excess of the
amounts necessary to pay the redemption price of, and, accrued and unpaid
interest, if any, on all Notes to be redeemed.

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                If the Company complies with the provisions of the preceding
paragraph, on and after the redemption date, interest shall cease to accrue on
Notes or portions of Notes called for purchase or redemption in accordance with
Section 2.08(d) hereof, whether or not such Notes are presented for payment. If
a Note is redeemed on or after a Regular Record Date but prior to the related
Interest Payment Date, then any accrued and unpaid interest, if any, shall be
paid to the Person in whose name such Note was registered at the close of
business on such Regular Record Date. If any Note called for redemption shall
not be so paid upon surrender for redemption because of the failure of the
Company to comply with the preceding paragraph, interest shall be paid on the
unpaid principal from the redemption date until such principal is paid, and to
the extent lawful on any interest not paid on such unpaid principal, in each
case at the rate provided in the Notes and in Section 4.01 hereof.

SECTION 3.06.   NOTES REDEEMED IN PART.

                Upon surrender of a Note that is redeemed in part, the Company
shall issue and, upon the Company's written request, the Trustee shall
authenticate for the Holder at the expense of the Company a new Note equal in
principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Note surrendered.

SECTION 3.07.   OPTIONAL REDEMPTION.

                (a)    At any time before May 15, 2006, the Company may on one
or more occasions redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes
(including Additional Notes) issued under this Indenture at a redemption price
of 108.875% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest to
the redemption date, with the net cash proceeds of any Equity Offering;
provided, however, that:

                                    (1)   at least 65% of the original aggregate
                       principal amount of Notes issued under this Indenture
                       remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of
                       such redemption (excluding Notes held by the Parent
                       Guarantor and its Subsidiaries); and

                                    (2)   the redemption date occurs within 90
                       days of the date of the closing of such Equity Offering.

                (b)    Except pursuant to the preceding paragraph, the Notes
shall not be redeemable at the Company's option prior to May 15, 2008.

                (c)    On or after May 15, 2008, the Company may redeem all or a
part of the Notes upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' notice, at the
redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount) set forth below
plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes redeemed, to the applicable
redemption date, if redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on May 15
of each of the years indicated below:

<Table>
<Caption>
         YEAR                                                PERCENTAGE
         ----                                                ----------
         <S>                                                    <C>
         2008.............................................      104.438%

         2009.............................................      102.958%

         2010.............................................      101.479%

         2011 and thereafter..............................      100.000%
</Table>

                (d)    Any prepayment pursuant to this Section 3.07 shall be
made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.01 through 3.06 hereof.

SECTION 3.08.   MANDATORY REDEMPTION.

                Except as set forth in Sections 4.12 and 4.17 hereof, the
Company shall not be required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund
payments with respect to, or offers to purchase, the Notes.

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SECTION 3.09.   OFFERS TO PURCHASE.

                (a)    In the event that, pursuant to Section 4.12 or 4.17
hereof, the Company shall be required to commence an Asset Sale Offer or Change
of Control Offer (each, an "OFFER TO PURCHASE"), it shall follow the procedures
specified below.

                (b)    The Company shall commence the Offer to Purchase by
sending, by first-class mail, with a copy to the Trustee, to each Holder, at
such Holder's address appearing in the Security Register a notice, the terms of
which shall govern the Offer to Purchase, stating in effect:

                       (i)    that the Offer to Purchase is being made pursuant
        to this Section 3.09 and Section 4.12 or 4.17, as the case may be, and,
        in the case of a Change of Control Offer, that a Change of Control has
        occurred, the transaction or transactions that constitute the Change of
        Control, and that a Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to
        Section 4.17 hereof;

                       (ii)   the principal amount of Notes required to be
        purchased pursuant to Section 4.12 or 4.17 hereof (the "OFFER AMOUNT"),
        the purchase price, the Offer Period and the Purchase Date (each as
        defined below);

                       (iii)  except as provided in clause (ix), that all Notes
        timely tendered and not withdrawn shall be accepted for payment;

                       (iv)   that any Note not tendered or accepted for payment
        shall continue to accrue interest;

                       (v)    that, unless the Company defaults in making such
        payment, any Note accepted for payment pursuant to the Offer to Purchase
        shall cease to accrue interest after the Purchase Date;

                       (vi)   that Holders electing to have a Note purchased
        pursuant to the Offer to Purchase may elect to have Notes purchased in
        integral multiples of $1,000 only;

                       (vii)  that Holders electing to have a Note purchased
        pursuant to the Offer to Purchase shall be required to surrender the
        Note, with the form entitled "Option of Holder to Elect Purchase" on the
        reverse of the Note completed, or transfer by book-entry transfer, to
        the Company, a Depositary, if appointed by the Company, or a Paying
        Agent, if any, at the address specified in the notice before the close
        of business on the third Business Day before the Purchase Date;

                       (viii) that Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their
        election if the Company, the Depositary or the Paying Agent, as the case
        may be, receives, not later than the expiration of the Offer Period, a
        facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder,
        the principal amount of the Note (or portions thereof) the Holder
        delivered for purchase and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing
        his election to have such Note purchased;

                       (ix)   that, in the case of an Asset Sale Offer, if the
        aggregate principal amount of Notes surrendered by Holders exceeds the
        Offer Amount, the Company shall select the Notes to be purchased on a
        PRO RATA basis (with such adjustments as may be deemed appropriate by
        the Company so that only Notes in denominations of $1,000 or integral
        multiples thereof shall be purchased);

                       (x)    that Holders whose Notes were purchased in part
        shall be issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased
        portion of the Notes surrendered (or transferred by book-entry
        transfer); and

                       (xi)   any other procedures that Holders must follow in
        order to tender their Notes (or portions thereof) for payment.

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                (c)    The Offer to Purchase shall remain open for a period of
at least 30 days but no more than 60 days following its commencement, except to
the extent that a longer period is required by applicable law (the "OFFER
PERIOD"). No later than five (5) Business Days after the termination of the
Offer Period (the "PURCHASE DATE"), the Company shall purchase the Offer Amount
or, if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Notes tendered in
response to the Offer to Purchase. Payment for any Notes so purchased shall be
made in the same manner as interest payments are made.

                (d)    On or prior to the Purchase Date, the Company shall, to
the extent lawful:

                       (i)    accept for payment (on a PRO RATA basis to the
        extent necessary in connection with an Asset Sale Offer) the Offer
        Amount of Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn
        pursuant to the Offer to Purchase, or if less than the Offer Amount has
        been tendered, all Notes tendered and not withdrawn;

                       (ii)   deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to
        the Offer Amount in respect of all Notes or portions of Notes properly
        tendered; and

                       (iii)  deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee
        the Notes so accepted together with an Officers' Certificate stating the
        aggregate principal amount of Notes or portions of Notes being purchased
        by the Company and that such Notes or portions thereof were accepted for
        payment by the Company in accordance with the terms of this Section
        3.09.

                (e)    The Company, the Depositary or the Paying Agent, as the
case may be, shall promptly (but in any event not later than five (5) Business
Days after the Purchase Date) deliver to each tendering Holder of Notes properly
tendered and accepted by the Company for purchase the Purchase Amount for such
Notes, and the Company shall promptly execute and issue a new Note, and the
Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order shall authenticate and deliver
(or cause to be transferred by book-entry) such new Note to such Holder, in a
principal amount equal to any unpurchased portion of the Note surrendered;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that each such new Note shall be in a principal amount of
$1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000. Any Note not so accepted shall be
promptly mailed or delivered by the Company to the Holder thereof. The Company
shall publicly announce the results of the Offer to Purchase on or as soon as
practicable after the Purchase Date.

                (f)    If the Purchase Date is on or after a Regular Record Date
and on or before the related Interest Payment Date, any accrued and unpaid
interest shall be paid to the Person in whose name a Note is registered at the
close of business on such Regular Record Date, and no Additional Interest shall
be payable to Holders who tender Notes pursuant to the Offer to Purchase.

                (g)    The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule
14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations
thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection
with the Offer to Purchase. To the extent that the provisions of any securities
laws or regulations conflict with Section 4.12 or 4.17, as applicable, this
Section 3.09 or other provisions of this Indenture, the Company shall comply
with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to
have breached its obligations under Section 4.12 or 4.17, as applicable, this
Section 3.09 or such other provision by virtue of such compliance.

                (h)    Other than as specifically provided in this Section 3.09,
any purchase pursuant to this Section 3.09 shall be made in accordance with the
provisions of Section 3.01 through 3.06 hereof.

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                                   ARTICLE 4.

                                    COVENANTS

SECTION 4.01.   PAYMENT OF NOTES.

                The Company shall pay or cause to be paid the principal of,
premium, if any, and interest on, the Notes on the dates and in the manner
provided in this Indenture and the Notes. Principal, premium, if any, and
interest shall be considered paid on the date due if the Paying Agent, if other
than the Company, Parent Guarantor or a Subsidiary thereof, holds as of 11:00
a.m. Eastern time on the due date money deposited by the Company in immediately
available funds and designated for and sufficient to pay all principal, premium,
if any, and interest then due. Such Paying Agent shall return to the Company
promptly, and in any event, no later than five (5) Business Days following the
date of payment, any money that exceeds such amount of principal, premium, if
any, and interest paid on the Notes. The Company shall pay Additional Interest,
if any, in the same manner, on the dates and in the amounts set forth in a
Registration Rights Agreement, the Notes and this Indenture. If a payment date
is a Legal Holiday at a place of payment, payment may be made at that place on
the next succeeding Business Day, and no interest shall accrue on such payment
for the intervening period.

                The Company shall pay (to the extent that it may lawfully do so)
interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any
Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal and premium, if any, from time to time on
demand at a rate that is 1% per annum in excess of the rate then in effect; it
shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any
Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest (without regard to any
applicable grace periods), from time to time on demand at the same rate to the
extent lawful.

                Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of
twelve 30-day months.

SECTION 4.02.   MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY.

                (a)    The Company shall maintain in the Borough of Manhattan,
The City of New York, an office or agency (which may be an office or drop
facility of the Trustee or an Affiliate of the Trustee, Registrar or
co-registrar) where Notes may be presented or surrendered for registration of
transfer or for exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in
respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Company shall give
prompt written notice to the Trustee of any change in the location of such
office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such
required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address
thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or
served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby
appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders,
notices and demands.

                (b)    The Company may also from time to time designate one or
more other offices or agencies where the Notes may be presented or surrendered
for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such
designations. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any
such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such
other office or agency.

                (c)    The Company hereby designates the Corporate Trust Office
of the Trustee, as one such office, drop facility or agency of the Company in
accordance with Section 2.03 hereof.

SECTION 4.03.   REPORTS.

                (a)    Notwithstanding that the Company may not be subject to
the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, so long
as any Notes are outstanding the Company shall furnish to the Trustee and
registered holder of the Notes, within 15 days after it is or would have been
required to be filed with the Commission:

                (1)    all quarterly and annual financial information that would
                be required to be contained in a filing with the Commission on
                Forms 10-Q and 10-K if the Company were required to file such

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                Forms, including a "Management's Discussion and Analysis of
                Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and, with respect
                to the annual information only, a report on the annual financial
                statements by the Company's certified independent accountants;
                and

                (2)    all information that would be required to be filed with
                the Commission on Form 8-K if the Company were required to file
                such reports;

PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the first quarterly report to be furnished pursuant to
this paragraph shall be furnished as soon as is reasonably practicable following
the end of such quarterly period but in no event later than July 31, 2003;
PROVIDED, FURTHER, that the Company shall not be required to furnish such
information to the Trustee or the registered holder of the Notes to the extent
such information is electronically filed with the Commission and is
electronically available to the public free of cost.

                (b)    In addition, following the consummation of the Exchange
Offer contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement, whether or not required
by the Commission, the Company shall file a copy of all of the information and
reports referred to in clauses (a)(1) and (a)(2) above with the Commission for
public availability within the time periods specified in the Commission's rules
and regulations (unless the Commission shall not accept such a filing) and make
such information available to securities analysts and prospective investors upon
request.

                (c)    If the Company has designated any Subsidiaries as
Unrestricted Subsidiaries and has made Investments in such Unrestricted
Subsidiaries in an aggregate of $1.0 million or more, then the quarterly and
annual financial information required by the preceding paragraph shall include a
reasonably detailed presentation, either on the face of the financial statements
or in the footnotes thereto, and in Management's Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations, of the financial condition and
results of operations of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries separate
from the financial condition and results of operations of the Unrestricted
Subsidiaries of the Company.

                (d)    For so long as any Notes remain outstanding the Company
and the Guarantors shall furnish to the Holders and to securities analysts and
prospective investors, upon their request, the information required to be
delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act to the extent
such information is not electronically filed with the Commission and
electronically available to the public free of cost.

                (e)    The Company and each of the Guarantors shall otherwise
comply with TIA Section 3.14(a), (b) and (c).

                (f)    Delivery of such reports, information and documents to
the Trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section 4.03 is for
informational purposes only and the Trustee's receipt of such shall not
constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or
determinable from information contained therein, including compliance with any
of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely
exclusively on an Officers' Certificate).

SECTION 4.04.   COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE.

                (a)    The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 90 days
after the end of each fiscal year, an Officers' Certificate stating that a
review of the activities of the Company, Parent Guarantor and their Subsidiaries
during the preceding fiscal year has been made under the supervision of the
signing Officers with a view to determining whether the Company, Parent
Guarantor and their Subsidiaries have kept, observed, performed and fulfilled
their obligations under this Indenture, and further stating, as to each such
Officer signing such certificate, that to the best of his or her knowledge, the
Company, Parent Guarantor and their Subsidiaries have kept, observed, performed
and fulfilled each and every covenant contained in this Indenture and are not in
default in the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions and
conditions of this Indenture (or, if a Default or Event of Default shall have
occurred, describing all such Defaults or Events of Default of which he or she
may have knowledge and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take
with respect thereto) and that to the best of his or her knowledge no event has
occurred and remains in existence by reason of which payments on account of the

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principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes is prohibited or if such
event has occurred, a description of the event and what action the Company is
taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.

                (b)    Each of the Company, the Parent Guarantor and the
Subsidiary Guarantors, shall otherwise comply with TIA Section 314(a)(4).

                (c)    The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 30 days
after the occurrence thereof, written notice in the form of an Officers'
Certificate of any Default or Event of Default, its status and what action the
Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.

SECTION 4.05.   TAXES.

                The Company and Parent Guarantor shall pay, and shall cause each
of their Subsidiaries to pay, prior to delinquency, all material taxes,
assessments, and governmental levies, except such as are being contested in good
faith and by appropriate proceedings or where the failure to effect such payment
is not adverse in any material respect to the Holders.

SECTION 4.06.   STAY, EXTENSION AND USURY LAWS.

                The Company and each Guarantor covenants (to the extent that it
may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any
manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension
or usury law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, that may
affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company and
each Guarantor (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly
waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it shall
not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any
power herein granted to the Trustee, but shall suffer and permit the execution
of every such power as though no such law has been enacted.

SECTION 4.07.   CORPORATE EXISTENCE.

                Subject to Article 5 hereof, each of the Company and each
Guarantor shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep
in full force and effect its corporate existence, and the corporate, partnership
or other existence of each Restricted Subsidiary, in accordance with the
respective organizational documents (as the same may be amended from time to
time) of the Company, Parent Guarantor or any such Restricted Subsidiary;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Company and each Guarantor shall not be required to
preserve the corporate, partnership or other existence of any Restricted
Subsidiary, if the Board of Directors of each of the Company and Parent
Guarantor shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable
in the conduct of the business of the Company, Parent Guarantor and the
Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and that the loss thereof is not
adverse in any material respect to the Holders of the Notes, or that such
preservation is not necessary in connection with any transaction not prohibited
by this Indenture.

SECTION 4.08.   PAYMENTS FOR CONSENT.

                The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted
Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, pay or cause to be paid any consideration
to or for the benefit of any Holder for or as an inducement to any consent,
waiver or amendment of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture or the
Notes unless such consideration is offered to be paid or agreed to be paid to
all Holders that consent, waive or agree to amend in the time frame set forth in
the solicitation documents relating to such consent, waiver or agreement.

SECTION 4.09.   INCURRENCE OF INDEBTEDNESS AND ISSUANCE OF PREFERRED STOCK.

                (a)    The Company shall not, and shall not permit any
Restricted Subsidiary to, incur any Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt), and
the Company shall not issue any Disqualified Stock and shall not permit any
Restricted Subsidiary to issue any shares of preferred stock; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
the Company may issue Disqualified Stock, and the Company and any Subsidiary
Guarantor may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt), if the Fixed Charge
Coverage Ratio for the Company's most recently ended four full fiscal quarters
for which

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internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date on
which such additional Indebtedness is incurred or such Disqualified Stock is
issued would have been at least 2.00 to 1, determined on a pro forma basis
(including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom), as if the
additional Indebtedness had been incurred or Disqualified Stock had been issued,
as the case may be, at the beginning of such four-quarter period.

                (b)    The provisions of Section 4.09(a) shall not prohibit the
incurrence of any of the following items of Indebtedness (collectively,
"PERMITTED DEBT"):

                (1)    the incurrence by the Company or any Guarantor of
                additional Indebtedness and letters of credit under one or more
                Credit Facilities; provided, however, that the aggregate
                principal amount of all Indebtedness of the Company and the
                Guarantors incurred pursuant to this clause (1) (with letters of
                credit being deemed to have a principal amount equal to the
                maximum potential liability of the Company and the Guarantor
                thereunder) does not exceed an amount equal to $170.0 million
                less the aggregate amount of all repayments of any Indebtedness
                under a Credit Facility that have been made by the Company and
                any Guarantor since the date of this Indenture with the proceeds
                of Asset Sales pursuant to the provisions described under the
                provisions of Section 4.12;

                (2)    the incurrence by the Company and the Restricted
                Subsidiaries of the Existing Indebtedness;

                (3)    the incurrence by the Company and the Guarantors of
                Indebtedness represented by the Initial Notes (and the related
                Exchange Notes issued in exchange for any Notes issued under
                this Indenture);

                (4)    the incurrence by the Company or any Restricted
                Subsidiary of Indebtedness represented by Capital Lease
                Obligations, mortgage financings or purchase money obligations,
                in each case incurred for the purpose of financing all or any
                part of the purchase price or cost of construction or
                improvement of property, plant or equipment used in the business
                of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, in an aggregate
                principal amount, including all Permitted Refinancing
                Indebtedness incurred to refund, refinance or replace any
                Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (4), not to exceed
                $7.5 million at any time outstanding;

                (5)    the incurrence by the Company or any Restricted
                Subsidiary of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in exchange
                for, or the Net Proceeds of which are used to extend, defease,
                renew, refund, refinance or replace Indebtedness (other than
                intercompany Indebtedness) that was incurred under the first
                paragraph of this covenant or clauses (2), (3), (4), or (5) of
                this Section 4.09;

                (6)    the incurrence by the Company or any Restricted
                Subsidiary of intercompany Indebtedness between or among the
                Company and any Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that:

                              (A)   if the Company or a Guarantor is the obligor
                on such Indebtedness, such Indebtedness is expressly
                subordinated to the prior payment in full in cash of all
                Obligations with respect to the Notes or the note guarantees, as
                the case may be; and

                              (B)   (i) any subsequent issuance or transfer of
                Equity Interests that results in any such Indebtedness being
                held by a Person other than the Company or a Restricted
                Subsidiary and (ii) any subsequent sale or other transfer of any
                such Indebtedness to a Person that is not either the Company or
                a Restricted Subsidiary shall be deemed, in each case, to
                constitute an incurrence of such Indebtedness by the Company or
                such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, that was not
                permitted by this clause (6);

                (7)    the incurrence by the Company or any Restricted
                Subsidiary of Hedging Obligations that are incurred in the
                normal course of business and consistent with past business
                practices for the

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                purpose of fixing or hedging currency, commodity or interest
                rate risk (including with respect to any floating rate
                Indebtedness that is permitted by the terms of this Indenture to
                be outstanding in connection with the conduct of their
                respective businesses) and not for speculative purposes;

                (8)    the guarantee by the Company or any of the Guarantors of
                Indebtedness of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary that was
                permitted to be incurred by another provision of this covenant;

                (9)    the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted
                Subsidiaries of Indebtedness represented by worker's
                compensation claims and other statutory or regulatory
                obligations, self-insurance obligations, tender, bid,
                performance, governmental contract, surety or appeal bonds,
                standby letters of credit and warranty and contractual service
                obligations of like nature, trade letters of credit or
                documentary letters of credit, in each case to the extent
                incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Company or
                such Restricted Subsidiary;

                (10)   Indebtedness arising from agreements of the Company or a
                Restricted Subsidiary providing for indemnification,
                contribution, earnout, adjustment of purchase price or similar
                Obligation, in each case, incurred or assumed in connection with
                the disposition of any business, assets or Capital Stock of a
                Restricted Subsidiary;

                (11)   Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other
                financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument
                drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of
                business; provided, however, that such Indebtedness is
                extinguished within three Business Days of incurrence;

                (12)   the incurrence of Indebtedness by foreign Subsidiaries of
                the Company in the aggregate principal amount (or accreted
                value, as applicable) at any time outstanding and incurred in
                reliance upon this clause (12) not to exceed $10.0 million; and

                (13)   the incurrence by the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor
                of additional Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount (or
                accreted value, as applicable) at any time outstanding not to
                exceed $10.0 million.

                (c)    For purposes of determining compliance with this
covenant, in the event that an item of Indebtedness meets the criteria of more
than one of the categories of Permitted Debt described in clauses (1) through
(13) above or is entitled to be incurred pursuant to the first paragraph of this
covenant, in each case, as of the date of incurrence thereof, the Company shall,
in its sole discretion, classify (or later reclassify in whole or in part, in
its sole discretion) such item of Indebtedness in any manner that complies with
this covenant and such Indebtedness shall be treated as having been incurred
pursuant to such clauses or the first paragraph hereof, as the case may be,
designated by the Company; provided, however, that any incurrences of
Indebtedness under Credit Facilities must be first applied to clause (1) above.
Accrual of interest or dividends, the accretion of accreted value or liquidation
preference and the payment of interest or dividends in the form of additional
Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock shall not be deemed to be an incurrence of
Indebtedness or an issuance of Disqualified Stock for purposes of this Section
4.09.

SECTION 4.10.   RESTRICTED PAYMENTS.

                (a)    The Company shall not, and shall not permit any
Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly:

                (1)    declare or pay any dividend or make any other payment or
                distribution (A) on account of the Company's or any Restricted
                Subsidiary's Equity Interests (including, without limitation,
                any payment in connection with any merger or consolidation
                involving the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary) or (B) to
                the direct or indirect holders of the Company or any Restricted
                Subsidiary's Equity Interests in their capacity as such (other
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                Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company or (ii)
                to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary);

                (2)    purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for value
                (including, without limitation, in connection with any merger or
                consolidation involving the Company) any Equity Interests of the
                Company;

                (3)    make any payment on or with respect to, or purchase,
                redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value any
                Subordinated Obligations, other than Subordinated Obligations
                owed to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, except a
                payment of interest or principal at the Stated Maturity thereof;

                (4)    pay any amount of Management Fees (including Deferred
                Management Fees) to a Person other than the Company or a
                Restricted Subsidiary; or

                (5)    make any Restricted Investment (all such payments and
                other actions set forth in these clauses (1) through (5) above
                being collectively referred to as "RESTRICTED PAYMENTS"),

                unless, at the time of and after giving effect to such
                Restricted Payment:

                              (A)   no Default or Event of Default shall have
                occurred and is continuing or would occur as a consequence of
                such Restricted Payment; and

                              (B)   the Company would, at the time of such
                Restricted Payment and after giving pro forma effect thereto as
                if such Restricted Payment had been made at the beginning of the
                most recently ended four-quarter period, have been permitted to
                incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the
                Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in the first
                paragraph of the covenant described below under the provisions
                of Section 4.09; and

                              (C)   such Restricted Payment, together with the
                aggregate amount of all other Restricted Payments made by the
                Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries after the date of this
                Indenture (excluding Restricted Payments permitted by clauses
                (2), (3) and (4) of the next succeeding paragraph) is less than
                the sum, without duplication, of:

                       (i)    50% of the Consolidated Net Income of the Company
        for the period (taken as one accounting period) from the beginning of
        the first fiscal quarter after which the Notes are first issued to the
        end of the Company's most recently ended fiscal quarter in which
        internal financial statements are available at the time of such
        Restricted Payment (or, if such Consolidated Net Income for such period
        is a deficit, less 100% of such deficit), PLUS

                       (ii)   100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds received
        by the Company since the date of this Indenture as a contribution to its
        common equity capital or from the issue or sale of Equity Interests of
        the Company (excluding Disqualified Stock) or from the issue or sale of
        convertible or exchangeable Disqualified Stock or convertible or
        exchangeable debt securities of the Company or any Guarantor that have
        been converted into or exchanged for Equity Interests of the Company
        (other than Equity Interests, Disqualified Stock or debt securities sold
        to a Subsidiary of the Company), plus

                       (iii)  to the extent that any Restricted Investment that
        was made after the date of this Indenture is sold for cash or otherwise
        liquidated or repaid for cash, the lesser of (i) the cash return of
        capital with respect to such Restricted Investment (less the cost of
        disposition, if any) and (ii) the initial amount of such Restricted
        Investment, plus

                       (iv)   in case, after the date of this Indenture, any
        Unrestricted Subsidiary has been redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary
        under the terms of this Indenture or has been merged, consolidated or
        amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys assets to, or is
        liquidated into the Company or a

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        Restricted Subsidiary and an amount equal to the lesser of (1) the net
        book value at the date of the redesignation, combination or transfer of
        the aggregate Investments made by the Company and the Restricted
        Subsidiaries in the Unrestricted Subsidiary (or of the assets
        transferred or conveyed, as applicable), and (2) the fair market value
        of the Investments owned by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries
        in such Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time of the redesignation,
        combination or transfer (or of the assets transferred or conveyed, as
        applicable).

                (b)    The preceding provisions shall not prohibit:

                (1)    the payment of any dividend within 60 days after the date
                of declaration of the dividend, if at the date of declaration
                the dividend payment would have complied with the provisions of
                this Indenture;

                (2)    the redemption, repurchase, retirement, defeasance or
                other acquisition of any Equity Interests or Subordinated
                Obligations of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in
                exchange for, or out of the net cash proceeds of the
                substantially concurrent sale (other than to a Restricted
                Subsidiary) of, Equity Interests of the Company (other than
                Disqualified Stock); provided, however, that the amount of any
                such net cash proceeds that are utilized for any such
                redemption, repurchase, retirement, defeasance or other
                acquisition shall be excluded from clause (3)(b) of the
                preceding paragraph (and shall not previously have been relied
                on to make a Restricted Payment);

                (3)    the defeasance, redemption, repurchase or other
                acquisition of Subordinated Obligations of the Company or any
                Restricted Subsidiary with the net cash proceeds from an
                incurrence of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness; provided,
                however, that the amount of any such net cash proceeds that are
                utilized for any such redemption, repurchase, retirement,
                defeasance or other acquisition shall be excluded from Section
                4.10(a)(C)(ii) hereof;

                (4)    the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or
                retirement for value of any Equity Interests of the Company or
                any Restricted Subsidiary held by any member of the Company's
                (or any Restricted Subsidiary's) management; provided, however,
                that the aggregate price paid for all such repurchased,
                redeemed, acquired or retired Equity Interests in reliance on
                this clause (4) may not exceed, (A) prior to the first public
                offering of common stock of the Parent Guarantor or the Company,
                an amount equal to $10.0 million since the date of this
                Indenture and $5.0 million during any twelve-month period; and
                (B) after the first public offering of common stock of the
                Parent Guarantor or the Company, $1.5 million in any
                twelve-month period;

                (5)    cash payments, dividends or loans to the Parent Guarantor
                in amounts equal to: (a) the amounts required for the Parent
                Guarantor to pay any federal, state or local taxes to the extent
                such taxes are directly attributable to the income, gain,
                capital or assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries
                and (b) the amounts required for the Parent Guarantor to pay
                franchise taxes and other fees required to maintain its legal
                existence and all costs and expenses (including, without
                limitation, legal and accounting expenses and filing fees)
                incurred by the Parent Guarantor with respect to filings with
                the Commission;

                (6)    any payments made in connection with the Transactions
                pursuant to the Recapitalization Agreement and any other
                agreements or documents related to the Transactions in effect on
                the closing date of the Transactions (without giving effect to
                subsequent amendments, waivers or other modifications to such
                agreements or documents) or as otherwise described in the
                Offering Memorandum, including payments made by the Company to
                the Parent Guarantor to allow the Parent Guarantor to satisfy
                its Obligations (including indemnification, purchase price
                adjustments, transaction fees and expenses, success fees,
                non-competition fees and retention bonuses) under such
                agreements or documents as such agreements or documents are in
                effect on the date of this Indenture;

                (7)    the repurchase of Indebtedness subordinated to the Notes
                at a purchase price not greater than 101% of the principal
                amount thereof (plus accrued and unpaid interest) pursuant to a

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                mandatory offer to repurchase made upon the occurrence of a
                Change of Control or upon certain Asset Sales; PROVIDED that the
                Company first make an offer to purchase the Notes (and
                repurchase all tendered Notes) under this Indenture pursuant to
                the provisions of this Indenture described under Sections 4.12
                and 4.17 hereof; and

                (8)    other Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount since
                the date of the Indenture not to exceed $10.0 million;

PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, with respect to clauses (2), (3), (4), (7) and (8)
above, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing
immediately after such transaction.

                (c)    The amount of all Restricted Payments (other than cash)
shall be the fair market value on the date of the Restricted Payment of the
assets, property or securities proposed to be transferred or issued by the
Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to the
Restricted Payment. The fair market value of any assets or securities that are
required to be valued by this covenant and are in excess of $1.0 million shall
be determined by the Board of Directors whose resolution with respect thereto
shall be delivered to the Trustee. The Board of Directors' determination must be
based upon an opinion or appraisal issued by an accounting, appraisal or
investment banking firm of national standing if the fair market value exceeds
$10.0 million. Not later than the date of making any Restricted Payment, the
Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate stating that such
Restricted Payment is permitted and setting forth the basis upon which the
calculations required by this Section 4.10 were computed, together with a copy
of any fairness opinion or appraisal required by this Indenture.

SECTION 4.11.   LIENS.

                The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted
Subsidiary to, create, incur or assume any consensual Liens of any kind against
or upon any of their respective property or assets, or any proceeds, income or
profit therefrom that secure Senior Subordinated Indebtedness or Subordinated
Obligations, unless:

                       (1)    in the case of Liens securing Subordinated
                              Obligations, the Notes are secured by a Lien on
                              such property, assets, proceeds, income or profit
                              that is senior in priority to such Liens; and

                       (2)    in the case Liens securing Senior Subordinated
                              Indebtedness, the Notes are equally and ratably
                              secured by a Lien on such property, assets,
                              proceeds, income or profit.

SECTION 4.12.   ASSET SALES.

                (a)    The Company shall not, and shall not permit any
Restricted Subsidiary to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:

                       (1)    The Company (or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the
                              case may be) receives consideration at the time of
                              the Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market
                              value (evidenced by a resolution of the Board of
                              Directors set forth in an Officers' Certificate
                              delivered to the Trustee) of the assets sold,
                              leased, transferred, conveyed or otherwise
                              disposed of or Equity Interests issued or sold;

                       (2)    at least 75% of the consideration received in the
                              Asset Sale by the Company or such Restricted
                              Subsidiary is in the form of cash. For purposes of
                              this provision, each of the following shall be
                              deemed to be cash:

                                    (A)   any liabilities, as shown on the
                       Company's or such Restricted Subsidiary's most recent
                       balance sheet, of the Company or any Restricted
                       Subsidiary (other than contingent liabilities and
                       liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the
                       Notes or any note guarantee) that are assumed by the
                       transferee of any such assets

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                       pursuant to a customary novation agreement that releases
                       the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary from further
                       liability;

                                    (B)   any securities, notes or other
                       obligations received by the Company or any such
                       Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are
                       converted by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary
                       into cash within 90 days, to the extent of the cash
                       received in that conversion; and

                                    (C)   properties and assets to be owned by
                       the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary and used in a
                       Permitted Business or Capital Stock in one or more
                       Persons engaged in a Permitted Business that are or
                       thereby become Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company
                       (in which case the Company shall, without further action,
                       be deemed to have applied such deemed cash to an
                       Investment in additional assets in accordance with clause
                       (3) below); and

                       (3)    the Company delivers an Officers' Certificate to
                              the Trustee certifying that such Asset Sale
                              complies with the foregoing clauses (1) and (2).

                (b)    Within 365 days after the receipt of any Net Proceeds
from an Asset Sale, the Company or the Restricted Subsidiaries may apply those
Net Proceeds at its option:

                       (1)    to repay Senior Debt of the Company or any
                              Guarantor (other than Indebtedness owed to the
                              Company, any Guarantor or any Affiliate of the
                              Company) and, if the Senior Debt repaid is
                              revolving credit Indebtedness, to correspondingly
                              reduce commitments with respect thereto;

                       (2)    to acquire all or substantially all of the assets
                              of, or a majority of the Voting Stock of, another
                              Person engaged in a Permitted Business; or

                       (3)    to acquire other long-term assets or property that
                              are used in a Permitted Business.

Pending the final application of any Net Proceeds, the Company or such
Restricted Subsidiary may temporarily reduce revolving credit borrowings or
otherwise invest the Net Proceeds in any manner that is not prohibited by this
Indenture.

                Any Net Proceeds from Asset Sales that are not applied or
invested as provided in the preceding paragraph shall constitute "Excess
Proceeds."

                (c)    When the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $5.0
million, the Company shall make an offer (an "Asset Sale Offer") to all holders
of Notes to purchase the maximum principal amount of Notes and, if the Company
is required to do so under the terms of any other Indebtedness that is PARI
PASSU with the Notes, such other Indebtedness on a pro rata basis with the
Notes, that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds. The offer price in any
Asset Sale Offer shall be equal to 100% of principal amount plus accrued and
unpaid interest to the date of purchase, and shall be payable in cash. If any
Excess Proceeds remain after consummation of the purchase of all properly
tendered and not withdrawn Notes pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer, the Company
may use such remaining Excess Proceeds for any purpose not otherwise prohibited
by this Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of Notes and other PARI
PASSU Indebtedness tendered into such Asset Sale Offer exceeds the amount of
Excess Proceeds, the Trustee shall select the Notes and (based solely and in
reliance upon an Officer's Certificate of the Company identifying same) such
other PARI PASSU Indebtedness to be purchased on a pro rata basis. Upon
completion of each Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds shall be
reset at zero.

                (d)    The Company shall comply with the requirements of
Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations
thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection
with each repurchase of Notes pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer. To the extent
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securities laws or regulations conflict with the Asset Sale provisions of this
Indenture, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and
regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its Obligations under the
Asset Sale provisions of this Indenture by virtue of such conflict.

SECTION 4.13.   DIVIDEND AND OTHER PAYMENT RESTRICTIONS AFFECTING RESTRICTED
                SUBSIDIARIES.

                The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted
Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, create or permit to exist or become
effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any
Restricted Subsidiary to:

                (a)    pay dividends or make any other distributions on its
Capital Stock to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, or with respect to
any other interest or participation in, or measured by, its profits, or pay any
Indebtedness owed to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;

                (b)    make loans or advances to the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary; or

                (c)    transfer any of its properties or assets to the Company
or any Restricted Subsidiary.

                However, the preceding restrictions shall not apply to
encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of:

                       (1)    agreements governing Existing Indebtedness, Credit
                              Facilities (including the Credit Agreement) and
                              other agreements relating to the Transactions as
                              in effect on the date of this Indenture and any
                              amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals,
                              increases, supplements, refundings, replacements
                              or refinancings of those agreements; PROVIDED that
                              the amendments, modifications, restatements,
                              renewals, increases, supplements, refundings,
                              replacement or refinancings are materially no more
                              restrictive, taken as a whole, with respect to
                              such dividend and other payment restrictions than
                              those contained in those agreements on the date of
                              this Indenture;

                       (2)    this Indenture, the Notes and the note guarantees;

                       (3)    applicable law;

                       (4)    any instrument governing Indebtedness or Capital
                              Stock of a Person acquired by the Company or any
                              Restricted Subsidiary as in effect at the time of
                              such acquisition (except to the extent such
                              Indebtedness or Capital Stock was incurred in
                              connection with or in contemplation of such
                              acquisition), which encumbrance or restriction is
                              not applicable to any Person, or the properties or
                              assets of any Person, other than the Person, or
                              the property or assets of the Person, so acquired,
                              PROVIDED that, in the case of Indebtedness, such
                              Indebtedness was permitted by the terms of this
                              Indenture to be incurred;

                       (5)    customary non-assignment provisions in leases
                              entered into in the ordinary course of business
                              and consistent with industry practices;

                       (6)    purchase money obligations (including Capital
                              Lease Obligations) for property acquired in the
                              ordinary course of business that impose
                              restrictions on that property of the nature
                              described in clause (c) above;

                       (7)    any agreement for the sale or other disposition of
                              a Restricted Subsidiary or the assets of a
                              Restricted Subsidiary that restricts distributions
                              by that Restricted Subsidiary pending its sale or
                              other disposition or the sale or other disposition
                              of its assets; or

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                       (8)    Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness; PROVIDED,
                              HOWEVER, that the restrictions contained in the
                              agreements governing such Permitted Refinancing
                              Indebtedness are not materially more restrictive,
                              taken as a whole, than those contained in the
                              agreements governing the Indebtedness being
                              refinanced;

                       (9)    Liens securing Indebtedness otherwise permitted to
                              be incurred under the provisions of Section 4.11
                              that limit the right of the debtor to dispose of
                              the assets subject to such Liens; and

                       (10)   provisions with respect to the disposition or
                              distribution of assets or property in joint
                              venture agreements, asset sale agreements, stock
                              sale agreements and other similar agreements
                              entered into in the ordinary course of business.

SECTION 4.14.   TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES.

                The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted
Subsidiary to, make any payment to, or sell, lease, transfer or otherwise
dispose of any of its properties or assets to, or purchase any property or
assets from, or enter into or make or amend any transaction, contract,
agreement, understanding, loan, advance or guarantee with, or for the benefit
of, any Affiliate (each, an "AFFILIATE TRANSACTION"), unless:

                (a)    the Affiliate Transaction is (1) evidenced in writing if
it involves transactions of $1.0 million or more and (2) is on terms that are no
less favorable to the Company or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary than those
that would have been obtained in a comparable transaction by the Company or such
Restricted Subsidiary with an unrelated Person; and

                (b)    the Company delivers to the Trustee:

                       (1)    with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or
                              series of related Affiliate Transactions involving
                              aggregate consideration in excess of $2.5 million,
                              a resolution of the Board of Directors set forth
                              in an Officers' Certificate certifying that such
                              Affiliate Transaction complies with this covenant
                              and that such Affiliate Transaction has been
                              approved by a majority of the disinterested
                              members of the Board of Directors; and

                       (2)    with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or
                              series of related Affiliate Transactions involving
                              aggregate consideration in excess of $10.0
                              million, an opinion as to the fairness to the
                              Company or such Restricted Subsidiary from a
                              financial point of view issued by an accounting,
                              appraisal or investment banking firm of national
                              standing.

                The following items shall not be deemed to be Affiliate
Transactions and, therefore, shall not be subject to the provisions of the prior
paragraph:

                       (1)    transactions or payments pursuant to any
                              employment agreement entered into by the Company
                              or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary
                              course of business of the Company or such
                              Restricted Subsidiary;

                       (2)    transactions between or among the Company and/or
                              any Restricted Subsidiary;

                       (3)    transactions with a Person that is an Affiliate of
                              the Company solely because the Company owns an
                              Equity Interest in such Person;

                       (4)    payment of reasonable and customary fees and
                              indemnities to directors who are not otherwise
                              Affiliates of the Company;

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                       (5)    sales of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified
                              Stock) to Affiliates of the Company;

                       (6)    transactions involving the payment of fees and
                              other expenses that are contemplated by the
                              Transactions; and

                       (7)    Restricted Payments that are permitted by the
                              provisions of this Indenture described under the
                              provisions of Section 4.10.

SECTION 4.15.   BUSINESS ACTIVITIES.

                The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted
Subsidiary to, engage in any business other than Permitted Businesses, except to
such extent as would not be material to the Company and the Restricted
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

SECTION 4.16.   DESIGNATION OF RESTRICTED AND UNRESTRICTED SUBSIDIARIES.

                The Board of Directors of the Company may designate any
Restricted Subsidiary to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary if that designation would
be permitted by this Indenture, including the provisions of Sections 4.09 and
4.10 above. If a Restricted Subsidiary is designated as an Unrestricted
Subsidiary, the aggregate fair market value of all outstanding Investments owned
by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries in the Subsidiary properly
designated shall be deemed to be an Investment made as of the time of the
designation. Any designation of a Subsidiary of the Company as an Unrestricted
Subsidiary shall be evidenced to the Trustee by the Company delivering to the
Trustee a certified copy of the resolution of the Board of Directors giving
effect to such designation and an Officers' Certificate certifying that such
designation was permitted by the covenant described under the provisions of
Section 4.10 above.

                The Board of Directors of the Company may at any time designate
any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that such designation shall be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness by a
Restricted Subsidiary of any outstanding Indebtedness of such Unrestricted
Subsidiary and such designation shall only be permitted if (1) such Indebtedness
is permitted under the covenant described under the provisions of Section 4.09
above, calculated on a pro forma basis as if such designation had occurred at
the beginning of the four-quarter reference period; and (2) no Default or Event
of Default would be in existence following such designation.

SECTION 4.17.   REPURCHASE AT THE OPTION OF HOLDERS UPON A CHANGE OF CONTROL.

                (a)    Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Company
shall, within 30 days of a Change of Control, make an offer (the "CHANGE OF
CONTROL OFFER") pursuant to the procedures set forth in Section 3.09 hereof to
repurchase the Notes on the date specified in such notice, which date shall be
no earlier than 30 days and no later than 90 days from the date of such Change
of Control. Each Holder shall have the right to accept such offer and require
the Company to repurchase all or any part (equal to $1,000 or an integral
multiple of $1,000) of such Holder's Notes pursuant to the Change of Control
Offer at a purchase price, in cash (the "CHANGE OF CONTROL AMOUNT"), equal to
101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes repurchased, plus accrued and
unpaid interest on the Notes repurchased to the Purchase Date.

                (b)    The Company shall not be required to make a Change of
Control Offer upon a Change of Control if a third party makes a Change of
Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the
requirements set forth in this Indenture applicable to a Change of Control Offer
made by the Company and purchases all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn
under the Change of Control Offer.

SECTION 4.18.   ADDITIONAL GUARANTEES.

                If the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary acquires or creates
another Subsidiary after the date of this Indenture that is either formed under
the laws of the United States or any state of the United States or the

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District of Columbia and (1) in which the Company has made an Investment of at
least $0.5 million or (2) that incurs, guarantees or otherwise provides direct
credit support for any Indebtedness, other than pursuant to clause (b)(12) of
Section 4.09 above, then that newly acquired or created Subsidiary shall become
a Guarantor and execute a supplemental indenture and deliver an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee within 10
business days of the date on which it was acquired or created; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that the foregoing shall not apply to Subsidiaries that have properly
been designated as Unrestricted Subsidiaries in accordance with this Indenture.
The note guarantee of any such newly acquired or created Subsidiary that becomes
a Guarantor shall be subordinated to all Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement
and all other Senior Debt of such Guarantor to the same extent as the Notes are
subordinated to the Senior Debt of the Company.

SECTION 4.19.   NO INCURRENCE OF SENIOR SUBORDINATED DEBT

                The Company will not incur any Indebtedness that (i) is
subordinate or junior in right of payment to any Senior Debt of the Company and
(ii) senior in any respect in right of payment to the Notes. No Guarantor will
incur any Indebtedness that is subordinate or junior in right of payment to the
Senior Debt of such Guarantor and senior in any respect in right of payment to
such Guarantor's note guarantee.

                                   ARTICLE 5.

                                   SUCCESSORS

SECTION 5.01.   MERGER, CONSOLIDATION OR SALE OF ASSETS.

                (a)    Neither the Company nor any Guarantor may, directly or
indirectly: (1) consolidate or merge with or into another Person (whether or not
the Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be, is the surviving corporation)
or (2) sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or
substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company or any Guarantor,
in one or more related transactions, to another Person; unless:

                       (1)    either: (a) the Company or such Guarantor, as the
                              case may be, is the surviving corporation; or (b)
                              the Person formed by or surviving any such
                              consolidation or merger (if other than the Company
                              or such Guarantor, as the case may be) or to which
                              such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or
                              other disposition has been made is either a
                              corporation organized or existing under the laws
                              of the United States, any state of the United
                              States or the District of Columbia or, in the case
                              of Guarantors formed outside the United States, is
                              organized under the laws of the jurisdiction under
                              which such Guarantor is formed;

                       (2)    the Person formed by or surviving any such
                              consolidation or merger (if other than the Company
                              or such Guarantor, as the case may be) or the
                              Person to which such sale, assignment, transfer,
                              conveyance or other disposition has been made
                              assumes by a supplemental indenture under this
                              indenture all the Obligations of the Company or
                              such Guarantor, as the case may be, under the
                              Notes and this Indenture;

                       (3)    immediately after such transaction no Default or
                              Event of Default exists; and

                       (4)    except with respect to a consolidation or merger
                              of the Company with or into a Guarantor, or a
                              Guarantor with or into another Guarantor, the
                              Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be, or
                              the Person formed by or surviving any such
                              consolidation or merger (if other than the Company
                              or such Guarantor), or to which such sale,
                              assignment, transfer, conveyance or other
                              disposition has been made shall, on the date of
                              such transaction after giving pro forma effect
                              thereto and any related financing transactions as
                              if the same had occurred at the beginning of the
                              applicable four-quarter period, be permitted to
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                              $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the
                              Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in
                              Section 4.09(a) above.

                (b)    Notwithstanding the preceding clause (a)(4), (i) any
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company may consolidate with, merge into or
transfer all or part of its properties and assets to the Company or a Subsidiary
Guarantor and (ii) the Company may merge with an Affiliate incorporated solely
for the purpose of reincorporating the Company in another United States
jurisdiction to realize tax benefits.

                (c)    In addition, the Company may not, directly or indirectly,
lease all or substantially all of its properties or assets, in one or more
related transactions, to any other Person. In the case of a lease of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Company, the Company shall not be
released from its Obligations under the Notes or this Indenture, as applicable.

                (d)    Except as described with respect to the release of note
guarantees of Subsidiary Guarantors under Article 10 of this Indenture, the
entity formed by or surviving any consolidation or merger (if other than the
Company or a Guarantor) shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may
exercise every right and power of, such Guarantor under this Indenture.

SECTION 5.02.   SUCCESSOR CORPORATION SUBSTITUTED.

                Each surviving Person shall succeed to, and be substituted for,
and may exercise every right and power of the Company or a Guarantor, as
applicable, under this Indenture; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in the case of:

                (a)    a sale, transfer, assignment, conveyance or other
disposition (unless such sale, transfer, assignment, conveyance or other
disposition is of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and the
Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or in the case of a Guarantor, such
sale, transfer, assignment, conveyance or other disposition is of all or
substantially all of the assets of such Guarantor or all of the Capital Stock of
such Guarantor to a Person that is not (either before or after giving effect to
such transactions) a Subsidiary of the Company or to any Guarantor), or

                (b)    a lease,

the predecessor company shall not be released from any of the obligations or
covenants under this Indenture, including with respect to the payment of the
Notes and obligations under the guarantees.

                                   ARTICLE 6.

                              DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

SECTION 6.01.   EVENTS OF DEFAULT.

                Each of the following is an Event of Default:

                       (i)    default for 30 days in the payment when due of
        interest on the Notes (whether or not prohibited by the subordination
        provisions of this Indenture);

                       (ii)   default in payment when due of the principal of or
        premium, if any, on the Notes (whether or not prohibited by the
        subordination provisions of this Indenture);

                       (iii)  failure by the Company or any Restricted
        Subsidiary for 30 days after notice to comply with the provisions of
        Sections 4.09 or 4.10 hereof;

                       (iv)   failure by the Parent Guarantor, the Company or
        any Restricted Subsidiary to comply with the provisions of Sections
        4.12, 4.17 or 5.01 hereof;

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                       (v)    failure by the Company or any Restricted
        Subsidiary for 60 days after notice to comply with any of its other
        agreements in this Indenture or the Notes;

                       (vi)   default under any mortgage, indenture or
        instrument under which there may be issued or by which there may be
        secured or evidenced any Indebtedness for money borrowed by the Company
        or any Restricted Subsidiary (or the payment of which is guaranteed by
        the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary) whether such Indebtedness or
        guarantee now exists, or is created after the date of this Indenture, if
        that default:

                       (A)    is caused by a failure to pay principal of, or
                       interest or premium, if any, on such Indebtedness prior
                       to the expiration of the grace period provided in such
                       Indebtedness on the date of such default (a "PAYMENT
                       DEFAULT"); or

                       (B)    results in the acceleration of such Indebtedness
                       prior to its express maturity;

        and, in each case, the principal amount of any such Indebtedness,
        together with the principal amount of any other such Indebtedness under
        which there has been a Payment Default or the maturity of which has been
        so accelerated, aggregates $7.5 million or more;

                       (vii)  failure by the Company or any Restricted
        Subsidiary to pay final judgments aggregating in excess of $7.5 million,
        which judgments are not paid, discharged or stayed for a period of 60
        days;

                       (viii) except as permitted by this Indenture, any
        guarantee shall be held in any judicial proceeding to be unenforceable
        or invalid or shall cease for any reason to be in full force and effect
        or any Guarantor, or any Person acting on behalf of any Guarantor, shall
        deny or disaffirm its obligations under its guarantee;

                       (ix)   the Company, Parent Guarantor, or any Restricted
        Subsidiary that would constitute a Significant Subsidiary or any group
        of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a
        Significant Subsidiary:

                              (A)   commences a voluntary case or gives notice
                of intention to make a proposal under any Bankruptcy Law;

                              (B)   consents to the entry of an order for relief
                against it in an involuntary case or consents to its dissolution
                or winding up;

                              (C)   consents to the appointment of a receiver,
                interim receiver, receiver and manager, liquidator, Trustee or
                custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its property;

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

                              (E)   admits in writing its inability to pay its
                debts as they become due or otherwise admits its insolvency; or

                              (F)   seeks a stay of proceedings against it or
                proposes or gives notice or intention to propose a compromise,
                arrangement or reorganization of any of its debts or obligations
                under any Bankruptcy Law; and

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

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                              (A)   is for relief against the Company, Parent
                Guarantor, or any Restricted Subsidiary that would constitute a
                Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries
                that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary
                Subsidiary; or

                              (B)   appoints a receiver, interim receiver,
                receiver and manager, liquidator, trustee or custodian of the
                Company, Parent Guarantor, or any Restricted Subsidiary that
                would constitute a Significant Subsidiary or any group of
                Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a
                Significant Subsidiary, or for all or substantially all of the
                property of the Company, Parent Guarantor or any such Restricted
                Subsidiary;

                              (C)   orders the liquidation of the Company,
                Parent Guarantor, or any Restricted Subsidiary that would
                constitute a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted
                Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a
                Significant Subsidiary; or

                              (D)   orders the presentation of any plan or
                arrangement, compromise or reorganization of the Company, Parent
                Guarantor, or any Restricted Subsidiary that would constitute a
                Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries
                that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary;

        and such order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60
        consecutive days.

SECTION 6.02.   ACCELERATION.

                If any Event of Default (other than those of the type described
in Section 6.01(ix) or (x)) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders
of at least 25% in principal amount of outstanding Notes may declare the
principal of all the Notes, together with all accrued and unpaid interest, and
premium, if any, to be due and payable by notice in writing to the Company and
the Trustee specifying the respective Event of Default and that such notice is a
notice of acceleration (the "ACCELERATION NOTICE"), and the same shall become
immediately due and payable.

                In the case of an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(ix)
or (x) hereof, all outstanding Notes shall become due and payable immediately
without further action or notice by the Trustee or the Holders. Holders may not
enforce this Indenture or the Notes except as provided in this Indenture.

                At any time after a declaration of acceleration with respect to
the Notes, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes then
outstanding (by notice to the Trustee) may rescind and cancel such declaration
and its consequences if:

                (a)    the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or
decree of a court of competent jurisdiction;

                (b)    all existing Defaults and Events of Default have been
cured or waived except nonpayment of principal of or interest on the Notes that
has become due solely by reason of such declaration of acceleration;

                (c)    to the extent the payment of such interest is lawful,
interest (at the same rate specified in the Notes) on overdue installments of
interest and overdue payments of principal which has become due otherwise than
by such declaration of acceleration has been paid;

                (d)    the Company has paid the Trustee its reasonable
compensation and reimbursed the Trustee for its reasonable expenses,
disbursements and advances; and

                (e)    in the event of the cure or waiver of an Event of Default
of the type described in Section 6.01(ix) or (x), the Trustee has received an
Officers' Certificate and Opinion of Counsel that such Event of Default has been
cured or waived.

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                In the case of any Event of Default occurring by reason of any
willful action or inaction taken or not taken by the Company or on the Company's
behalf with the intention of avoiding payment of the premium that the Company
would have been required to pay if the Company had then elected to redeem the
Notes pursuant to Section 3.07 hereof, an equivalent premium shall also become
and be immediately due and payable to the extent permitted by law upon the
acceleration of the Notes. If an Event of Default occurs prior to May 15, 2008
by reason of any willful action (or inaction) taken (or not taken) by the
Company or on the Company's behalf with the intention of avoiding the
prohibition on redemption of the Notes prior to May 15, 2008, then the premium
specified in this Indenture shall also become immediately due and payable to the
extent permitted by law upon acceleration of the Notes.

SECTION 6.03.   OTHER REMEDIES.

                If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may
pursue any available remedy to collect the payment of principal, premium, if
any, and interest on the Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision of
the Notes or this Indenture.

                The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not
possess any of the Notes or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A
delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder 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. All remedies
shall be cumulative to the extent permitted by law.

SECTION 6.04.   WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS.

                The Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount
of the Notes then outstanding by notice to the Trustee may on behalf of the
Holders of all of the Notes waive any existing Default or Event of Default, and
its consequences, except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment
of the principal of or interest on the Notes. Upon any waiver of a Default or
Event of Default such Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default
arising therefrom shall be deemed cured for every purpose of this Indenture, but
no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of
Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

SECTION 6.05.   CONTROL BY MAJORITY.

                Subject to Section 7.01, Section 7.02(f) (including the
Trustee's receipt of the security or indemnification described therein) and
Section 7.07 hereof, in case an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing,
the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then
outstanding shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of
conducting any proceeding for exercising any remedy available to the Trustee or
exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee with respect to the
Notes. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts
with law or this Indenture or is unduly prejudicial to the rights of other
Holders of Notes.

SECTION 6.06.   LIMITATION ON SUITS.

                No Holder shall have any right to institute any proceeding with
respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or
for any remedy thereunder, unless:

                (a)    such Holder has previously given to the Trustee written
notice of a continuing Event of Default or the Trustee receives the notice from
the Company or Parent Guarantor;

                (b)    Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of
the Notes then outstanding have made written request to the Trustee to pursue a
remedy;

                (c)    Holder of a Note or Holders of Notes offer, and, if
requested, provide to the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against
any loss, liability or expense;

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                (d)    the Trustee shall have failed to comply with the request
within 60 days after receipt of the request and the offer and, if requested, the
provision of indemnity; and

                (e)    during the 60-day period the Holder of a majority in
principal amount of the Notes then outstanding shall not have given the Trustee
a direction inconsistent with the request.

                The preceding limitations shall not apply to a suit instituted
by a Holder for enforcement of payment of principal of, and premium, if any, or
interest on, a Note on or after the respective due dates for such payments set
forth in such Note.

                A Holder may not use this Indenture to affect, disturb or
prejudice the rights of another Holder or to obtain a preference or priority
over another Holder.

SECTION 6.07.   RIGHTS OF HOLDERS TO RECEIVE PAYMENT.

                Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture
(including, without limitation, Section 6.06 hereof), the right of any Holder to
receive payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes held by
such Holder, on or after the respective due dates expressed in the Notes
(including in connection with an Offer to Purchase), 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 such Holder.

SECTION 6.08.   COLLECTION SUIT BY TRUSTEE.

                If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01 (i) or (ii)
occurs and is continuing, the Trustee is authorized to recover judgment in its
own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Company for the whole
amount of principal of, premium, if any, and interest then due and owing
(together with interest on overdue principal and, to the extent lawful,
interest) and such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and
expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.

SECTION 6.09.   TRUSTEE MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM.

                The Trustee shall be authorized to file such proofs of claim and
other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the
claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation,
expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and
the Holders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company (or any
other obligor upon the Notes), its creditors or its property and shall be
entitled and empowered to collect, receive and distribute any money or other
property payable or deliverable on any such claims and any custodian in any such
judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to
the Trustee, and in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of
such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to
it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under
Section 7.07 hereof. To the extent that the payment of any such compensation,
expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee and its agents and counsel,
and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07 hereof out of the
estate in any such proceeding, shall be denied for any reason, payment of the
same shall be secured by a Lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all
distributions, moneys, securities and any other properties that the Holders may
be entitled to receive in such proceeding whether in liquidation or under any
plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise. Nothing herein contained
shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or
adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement,
adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder, or to
authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such
proceeding.

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SECTION 6.10.   PRIORITIES.

                Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article 6
and, after an Event of Default, any other money or property distributable in
respect of the Company's and any Guarantor's obligations under this Indenture
shall be paid in the following order:

                FIRST: to the Trustee (including any predecessor Trustee), its
agents and attorneys for amounts due under Section 7.07 hereof, including
payment of all compensation, expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances
made, by the Trustee and the costs and expenses of collection;

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

                THIRD: to the Company or to such party as a court of competent
jurisdiction shall direct.

                The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any
payment to Holders 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 Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or
omitted by it as a Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by
any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit,
and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including
reasonable attorneys' fees, against any party litigant in such suit, having due
regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party
litigant. This Section 6.11 shall not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by
a Holder pursuant to Section 6.07 hereof, or a suit by Holders of more than 10%
in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes.

                                   ARTICLE 7.

                                     TRUSTEE

SECTION 7.01.   DUTIES OF TRUSTEE.

                (a)    If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this
Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a
prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of
such Person's own affairs.

                (b)    Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:

                                    (1)   the duties of the Trustee shall be
                       determined solely by the express provisions of this
                       Indenture and the Trustee need perform only those duties
                       that are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no
                       others, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be
                       read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and

                                    (2)   in the absence of bad faith on its
                       part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth
                       of the statements and the correctness of the opinions
                       expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions
                       furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the
                       requirements of this Indenture. However, the Trustee
                       shall examine the certificates and opinions, which by
                       any provision hereof are specifically required to be
                       furnished to the Trustee, to determine whether or not
                       they conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but
                       need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of
                       mathematical calculations or other facts stated
                       therein).

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                (c)    The Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its
own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful
misconduct, except that:

                                    (1)   this paragraph does not limit the
                       effect of paragraph (b) of this Section;

                                    (2)   the Trustee shall not be liable for
                       any error of judgment made in good faith by a
                       Responsible Officer, unless it is proved that the
                       Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent
                       facts; and

                                    (3)   the Trustee shall not be liable with
                       respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good
                       faith in accordance with a direction received by it
                       pursuant to Section 6.05 hereof.

                (d)    Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every
provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to
paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (e) of this Section 7.01.

                (e)    No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee
to expend or risk its own funds or incur any liability. The Trustee shall be
under no obligation to exercise any of its rights and powers under this
Indenture at the request of any Holders, unless such Holder shall have offered
to the Trustee security and indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss,
liability or expense.

                (f)    The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money
received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company.
Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds
except to the extent required by law.

SECTION 7.02.   RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE.

                Subject to Section 7.01:

                (a)    The Trustee may conclusively rely upon any document
believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper
Person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in any such
document.

                (b)    Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may
require an Officers' Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel or both. The Trustee
shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in
reliance on such Officers' Certificate or Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee may
consult with counsel and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel
shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in
respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith
and in reliance thereon.

                (c)    The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes
or omits to take in good faith that it believes to be authorized or within the
rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture.

                (d)    Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture,
any demand, request, direction or notice from the Company shall be sufficient if
signed by an Officer of the Company. Any resolution of the Board of Directors
shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution.

                (e)    The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any
of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or
direction of any of the Holders unless such Holders shall have offered to the
Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and
liabilities that might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or
direction.

                (f)    The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice, or be
charged with knowledge of any Default or Event of Default unless written notice
of any event which is in fact such a Default or Event of Default is received by
a Responsible Officer of the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee from the Company or

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the Holders of 25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes, and
such notice references the specific Default or Event of Default, the Notes and
this Indenture.

                (g)    The Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or
surety in respect of the performance of its power and duties hereunder.

                (h)    The Trustee shall have no duty to inquire as to the
performance of the Company's covenants herein.

                (i)    The Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers
hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through
agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct
or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it
hereunder.

SECTION 7.03.   INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE.

                The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become
the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Company or any
Affiliate of the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not
Trustee. However, in the event that the Trustee acquires any conflicting
interest it must eliminate such conflict within 90 days, apply to the Commission
for permission to continue as Trustee or resign. Any Agent may do the same with
like rights and duties. The Trustee shall also be subject to Sections 7.10 and
7.11 hereof.

SECTION 7.04.   TRUSTEE'S DISCLAIMER.

                The Trustee shall not be responsible for and makes no
representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Notes, it
shall not be accountable for the Company's use of the proceeds from the Notes or
any money paid to the Company or upon the Company's direction under any
provision of this Indenture, it shall not be responsible for the use or
application of any money received by any Paying Agent other than the Trustee,
and it shall not be responsible for any statement or recital herein or any
statement in the Notes or any other document in connection with the sale of the
Notes or pursuant to this Indenture other than its certificate of
authentication.

SECTION 7.05.   NOTICE OF DEFAULTS.

                If a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing and if
it is known to the Trustee, the Trustee shall transmit by first-class mail to
Holders as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register a notice of
the Default or Event of Default within 90 days after it occurs, unless such
Default or Event of Default shall have been cured or waived. Except in the case
of a Default or Event of Default in payment of principal of, premium, if any, or
interest on any Note, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as a
committee of its Responsible Officers in good faith determines that withholding
the notice is in the interests of the Holders.

SECTION 7.06.   REPORTS BY TRUSTEE TO HOLDERS.

                Within 60 days after each May 15 beginning with the May 15
following the date of this Indenture, and for so long as Notes remain
outstanding, the Trustee shall mail to the Holders a brief report dated as of
such reporting date that complies with TIA Section 313(a) (but if no event
described in TIA Section 313(a) has occurred within the twelve months preceding
the reporting date, no report need be transmitted). The Trustee also shall
comply with TIA Section 313(b)(2). The Trustee also shall transmit by mail all
reports as required by TIA Section 313(c).

                A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to the Holders
shall be mailed to the Company and filed with the Commission and each stock
exchange, if any, on which the Notes are listed in accordance with TIA Section
313(d). The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee when the Notes are listed
on any stock exchange and any delisting thereof.

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SECTION 7.07.   COMPENSATION AND INDEMNITY.

                The Company shall pay to the Trustee from time to time such
compensation as shall be agreed upon in writing for its acceptance of this
Indenture and services hereunder. The Trustee's compensation shall not be
limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Company
shall reimburse the Trustee promptly upon request for all reasonable
disbursements, advances and expenses incurred or made by it in addition to the
compensation for its services. Such expenses shall include the reasonable
compensation, disbursements and expenses of the Trustee's agents and counsel.

                The Company shall indemnify the Trustee, including in its
capacity as any Agent, or any predecessor Trustee including in its capacity as
any Agent for, and hold it harmless against, any and all losses, claims,
damages, penalties, fines, liabilities or expenses, including incidental and
out-of-pocket expenses and reasonable attorneys fees (for purposes of this
Article 7, "LOSSES") incurred by it arising out of or in connection with the
acceptance or administration of its duties under this Indenture, including the
costs and expenses of enforcing this Indenture against the Company (including
this Section 7.07) and defending itself against any claim (whether asserted by
the Company or any Holder or any other Person) or liability in connection with
the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder, except to
the extent such losses may be attributable to its gross negligence or willful
misconduct. The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of any claim for which
it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Trustee to so notify the Company shall not
relieve the Company of its Obligations under this Section 7.07, to the extent
the Company has not been materially prejudiced thereby. The Company shall defend
the claim, and the Trustee shall cooperate in the defense. The Trustee may have
separate counsel if the Trustee has been reasonably advised by counsel that
there may be one or more legal defenses available to it that are different from
or additional to those available to the Company and in the reasonable judgment
of such counsel it is advisable for the Trustee to engage separate counsel, and
the Company shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. The
Company need not pay for any settlement made without its consent, which consent
shall not be unreasonably withheld. The Company need not reimburse any expense
or indemnify against any loss incurred by the Trustee through the Trustee's own
gross negligence or willful misconduct.

                The obligations of the Company and (by virtue of Section 10.01)
the Guarantors under this Section 7.07 shall survive the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture, the resignation or removal of the Trustee, payment
in full of the Notes and the termination for any reason of this Indenture.

                To secure the Company's payment obligations in this Section, the
Trustee shall have a Lien prior to the Notes on all money or property held or
collected by the Trustee, except that held in trust to pay principal, premium,
if any, and interest on particular Notes. Such Lien shall survive the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the resignation or removal of the
Trustee, payment in full of the Notes and the termination for any reason of this
Indenture.

                When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an
Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(ix) or (x) hereof occurs, the
expenses and the compensation for the services (including the fees and expenses
of its agents and counsel) are intended to constitute expenses of administration
under any Bankruptcy Law.

SECTION 7.08.   REPLACEMENT OF TRUSTEE.

                A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a
successor Trustee shall become effective only upon the successor Trustee's
acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section 7.08.

                The Trustee may resign in writing at any time upon 30 days'
prior notice to the Company and be discharged from the trust hereby created by
so notifying the Company. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the then outstanding Notes may remove the Trustee by so notifying the
Trustee and the Company in writing. The Company may remove the Trustee if:

                (a)    the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10 hereof;

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                (b)    the Trustee is adjudged bankrupt or insolvent or an order
for relief is entered with respect to the Trustee under any Bankruptcy Law;

                (c)    a custodian or public officer takes charge of the Trustee
or its property; or

                (d)    the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.

                If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in
the office of Trustee for any reason (the Trustee in such event being referred
to herein as the retiring Trustee), the Company shall promptly appoint a
successor Trustee. Within one year after the successor Trustee takes office, the
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may
appoint a successor Trustee to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the
Company.

                If a successor Trustee does not deliver its written acceptance
of appointment within 30 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed,
the retiring Trustee, the Company, or the Holders of at least 10% in aggregate
principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may petition any court of
competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.

                If the Trustee, after written request by any Holder who has been
a Holder for at least six months, fails to comply with Section 7.10 hereof, such
Holder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the
Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.

                A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its
appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Thereupon, the
resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the
successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee
under this Indenture. The successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its
succession to Holders. Subject to the Lien provided for in Section 7.07 hereof,
the retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee
to the successor Trustee; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that all sums owing to the Trustee
hereunder shall have been paid. Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee
pursuant to this Section 7.08, the Company's obligations under Section 7.07
hereof shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.

                In the case of an appointment hereunder of a separate or
successor Trustee with respect to the Notes, the Company, the Guarantors, any
retiring Trustee and each successor or separate Trustee with respect to the
Notes shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto (1) which shall
contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm
that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of any retiring Trustee with
respect to the Notes as to which any such retiring Trustee is not retiring shall
continue to be vested in such retiring Trustee and (2) that shall add to or
change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide
for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one
Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental
Indenture shall constitute such Trustee co-trustees of the same trust and that
each such separate, retiring or successor Trustee shall be Trustee of a trust or
trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder
administered by any such other Trustee.

SECTION 7.09.   SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE BY MERGER, ETC.

                If the Trustee consolidates, merges or converts into, or
transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business to, another
Person, the successor Person without any further act shall, if such successor
Person is otherwise eligible hereunder, be the successor Trustee.

SECTION 7.10.   ELIGIBILITY; DISQUALIFICATION.

                There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder that is a Person
organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or
of any state thereof that is authorized under such laws to exercise corporate
trustee power, that is subject to supervision or examination by federal or state
authorities and that has a combined capital and surplus of at least $50.0
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of a bank holding company, the principal Subsidiary of which is a bank or trust
company having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50.0 million) as set
forth in its most recent published annual report of condition.

                This Indenture shall always have a Trustee who satisfies the
requirements of TIA Section 310(a)(1), (2) and (5). The Trustee is subject to
TIA Section 310(b); provided, however that there shall be excluded from the
operation of TIA Section 310(b)(1) any indenture or indentures under which the
securities or certificates of interest or participation in other securities of
the Company or any Guarantor are outstanding if the requirements for such
exclusion set forth in TIA Section 310(b)(1) are met.

                Nothing contained herein shall prevent the Trustee from filing
with the Commission the application referred to in the second to last paragraph
of Section 310(b) of the TIA.

SECTION 7.11.   PREFERENTIAL COLLECTION OF CLAIMS AGAINST COMPANY.

                The Trustee is subject to TIA Section 311(a), excluding any
creditor relationship listed in TIA Section 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned
or been removed shall be subject to TIA Section 311(a) to the extent indicated
therein.

                                   ARTICLE 8.

                    LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

SECTION 8.01.   OPTION TO EFFECT LEGAL DEFEASANCE OR COVENANT DEFEASANCE.

                The Company may, at its option and at any time, elect to have
either Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof be applied to all outstanding Notes upon
compliance with the conditions set forth in this Article 8.

SECTION 8.02.   LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND DISCHARGE.

                Upon the Company's exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the
option applicable to this Section 8.02, the Company shall, subject to the
satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, be deemed to
have been discharged from its Obligations with respect to all outstanding Notes
on the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, "LEGAL
DEFEASANCE") and each Guarantor shall be released from all of its Obligations
under its guarantee. For this purpose, Legal Defeasance means that the Company
shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Indebtedness represented
by the outstanding Notes, which shall thereafter be deemed to be "outstanding"
only for the purposes of Section 8.05 hereof and the other Sections of this
Indenture referred to in (a), (b) and (d) below, and to have satisfied all its
other Obligations under the Notes and this Indenture (and the Trustee, 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 hereunder: (a) the rights of Holders of
outstanding Notes to receive solely from the trust fund described in Section
8.04 hereof, and as more fully set forth in such Section, payments in respect of
the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on such Notes when such payments
are due, (b) the Company's Obligations with respect to such Notes under Article
2 and Sections 4.01 and 4.02 hereof, (c) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and
immunities of the Trustee hereunder (including under Section 7.07) and the
Company's and the Guarantors' Obligations in connection therewith and (d) this
Article 8. If the Company exercises under Section 8.01 hereof the option
applicable to this Section 8.02, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions
set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, payment of the Notes may not be accelerated
because of an Event of Default. 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, the Company shall, subject to the
satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, be released
from its Obligations under the covenants contained in Sections 4.05 and 4.06 and
4.09 through 4.18 hereof, and the operation of Sections 5.01(a)(4) hereof, with
respect to the outstanding Notes on and after the date the conditions set forth
in Section 8.04 hereof are satisfied (hereinafter, "COVENANT DEFEASANCE") and
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from all of its Obligations under its guarantee with respect to such covenants
in connection with such outstanding Notes and the Notes 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 Notes shall not
be deemed outstanding for accounting purposes). For this purpose, Covenant
Defeasance means that, with respect to the outstanding Notes, the Company and
the Guarantors 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 Indenture and such Notes shall
be unaffected thereby. If the Company exercises under Section 8.01 hereof the
option applicable to this Section 8.03, subject to the satisfaction of the
conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, payment of the Notes may not be
accelerated because of an Event of Default specified in clause (iii) (with
respect to the covenants contained in Sections 4.09 or 4.10 hereof, (iv) (with
respect to the covenants contained in sections 4.12 or 4.17 or Section
5.01(a)(4) hereof), (v), (vi), (vii), (ix) and (x) of such Section 6.01 (but in
the case of (ix) and (x) of Section 6.01 hereof, with respect to Restricted
Subsidiaries only) or because of the Company's failure to comply with Section
5.01(a)(4) hereof.

SECTION 8.04.   CONDITIONS TO LEGAL OR COVENANT DEFEASANCE.

                The following shall be the conditions to the application of
either Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof to the outstanding Notes.

                In order to exercise Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance:

                (a)    the Company shall irrevocably deposit with the Trustee,
in trust, for the benefit of the Holders cash in U.S. dollars, non-callable
Government Securities, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as shall be
sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public
accountants, to pay the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on the
outstanding Notes on the Stated Maturity or on the applicable redemption date,
as the case may be, and the Company must specify whether the Notes are being
defeased to maturity or to a particular redemption date;

                (b)    in the case of Legal Defeasance, the Company shall
deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel confirming that (i) the Company has
received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a
ruling or (ii) since the date of this Indenture, 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
outstanding Notes shall not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income
tax purposes as a result of such Legal Defeasance and shall 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;

                (c)    in the case of Covenant Defeasance, the Company shall
deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel confirming that Holders of the
outstanding Notes shall not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income
tax purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and shall 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 Covenant Defeasance had not occurred;

                (d)    no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing on the date of such deposit (other than a Default or Event of Default
resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit);

                (e)    such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not
result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a Default under, any material
agreement or instrument (other than this Indenture), to which the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is bound;

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                (f)    the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Officers' Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Company with
the intent of preferring the Holders of Notes over the other creditors of the
Company with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding
creditors of the Company or others;

                (g)    the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent relating to the Legal Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance have been
satisfied.

                Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Opinion of Counsel required
by clause (b) or (c) above need not be delivered if at such time all outstanding
Notes have been irrevocably called for redemption. In the case of Legal
Defeasance, the note guarantees, if any, shall terminate and in the case of
Covenant Defeasance the note guarantees, if any, shall terminate with respect to
such covenants.

SECTION 8.05.   DEPOSITED CASH AND GOVERNMENT SECURITIES TO BE HELD IN TRUST;
                OTHER MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.

                Subject to Section 8.06 hereof, all cash and non-callable
Government Securities (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the
Trustee (or other qualifying Trustee, collectively for purposes of this Section
8.05, the "TRUSTEE") pursuant to Section 8.04 hereof in respect of the
outstanding Notes shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in
accordance with the provisions of such Notes and this Indenture, to the payment,
either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as
Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of all sums due and
to become due thereon in respect of principal, premium, if any, and interest but
such cash and securities need not be segregated from other funds except to the
extent required by law.

                The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax,
fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the cash or non-callable
Government Securities deposited pursuant to Section 8.04 hereof 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 Notes.

                Anything in this Article 8 to the contrary notwithstanding,
except in the case of an Event of Default the Trustee shall deliver or pay to
the Company, subject, nevertheless, to the Lien provided for in Section 7.07,
from time to time upon the request of the Company any cash or non-callable
Government Securities held by it as provided in Section 8.04 hereof which, in
the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent certified public
accountants of recognized international standing expressed in a written
certification thereof delivered to the Trustee (which may be the certification
delivered under Section 8.04(a) hereof), are in excess of the amount thereof
that would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent Legal
Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

SECTION 8.06.   REPAYMENT TO COMPANY.

                The Trustee shall promptly, and in any event, no later than five
(5) Business Days, pay to the Company after request therefor any excess money
held with respect to the Notes at such time in excess of amounts required to pay
any of the Company's Obligations then owing with respect to the Notes.

                Any cash or non-callable Government Securities deposited with
the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the
payment of the principal, premium, if any, or interest on any Note and remaining
unclaimed for one year 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) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder shall
thereafter, as an unsecured creditor, look only to the Company for payment
thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to
such cash and securities, and all liability of the Company as Trustee thereof,
shall thereupon cease; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Trustee 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 and THE WALL STREET
JOURNAL (national edition), notice that such cash and securities 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 cash and securities then remaining shall be repaid to the Company.

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SECTION 8.07.   REINSTATEMENT.

                If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any cash or
non-callable Government Securities in accordance with Section 8.02 or 8.03
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 Indenture and the Notes
shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to
Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is
permitted to apply all such cash and securities in accordance with Section 8.02
or 8.03 hereof, as the case may be; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, if the Company
makes any payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Note
following the reinstatement of its Obligations, the Company shall be subrogated
to the rights of the Holders to receive such payment from the cash and
securities held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

                                   ARTICLE 9.

                        AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER

SECTION 9.01.   WITHOUT CONSENT OF HOLDERS OF NOTES.

                Notwithstanding Section 9.02 of this Indenture, the Company, the
Guarantors and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture or the Notes
without the consent of any Holder to:

                (a)    cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency;

                (b)    provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in
place of certificated Notes (PROVIDED that the uncertificated Notes are issued
in registered form for purposes of Section 163(f) of the Code, or in a manner
such that the uncertificated Notes are described in Section 163(f)(2)(B) of the
Code);

                (c)    provide for the assumption of the Company's or a
Guarantor's Obligations to Holders in the case of a merger, consolidation or
sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Company or such Guarantor, pursuant to
Section 5.01;

                (d)    make any change that would provide any additional rights
or benefits to the Holders or that does not adversely affect the legal rights
under this Indenture of any such Holder;

                (e)    provide for or confirm the issuance of Additional Notes
otherwise permitted to be incurred by this Indenture; or

                (f)    comply with requirements of the SEC in order to effect or
maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the TIA.

SECTION 9.02.   WITH CONSENT OF HOLDERS OF NOTES.

                Except as provided below in this Section 9.02, the Company, a
Guarantor and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture and the Notes
with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the Notes, including Additional Notes, if any, then outstanding voting
as a single class (including, without limitation, consents obtained in
connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or Exchange Offer for, the
Notes), and, subject to Sections 6.04 and 6.07 hereof, any existing Default or
Event of Default (except a continuing Default or Event of Default (i) in the
payment of principal, premium, if any, interest, if any, on the Notes and (ii)
in respect of a covenant or provision which under this Indenture cannot be
modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Note affected by
such modification or amendment ) or compliance with any provision of this
Indenture or the Notes may be waived with the consent of the Holders of at least
a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes, including Additional
Notes, if any, then outstanding voting as a single class (including consents
obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or Exchange Offer
for, the Notes).

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                Without the consent of each Holder, an amendment or waiver under
this Section 9.02 may not (with respect to any Notes held by a non-consenting
Holder):

                (a)    reduce the principal amount of Notes whose Holders must
consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;

                (b)    reduce the principal of or change the Stated Maturity of
any Note or alter the provisions with respect to the redemption of the Notes
relating to the provisions under Section 4.17 hereof;

                (c)    reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of
interest on any Note;

                (d)    waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of
principal of, or interest or premium, if any, on the Notes, (except a rescission
of acceleration of the Notes by the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Notes and a waiver of the payment Default that resulted
from such acceleration);

                (e)    make any Note payable in money other than that stated in
such Note;

                (f)    make any change in the provisions (including applicable
definitions) of this Indenture relating to waivers of past Defaults or the
rights of Holders of Notes to receive payments of principal of, premium, if any,
or interest, if any, on the Notes;

                (g)    waive a redemption or repurchase payment with respect to
any Note, including a payment required by the provisions under Sections 4.12 and
4.17 hereof;

                (h)    make any change in any note guarantees that would
adversely affect the holders of the Notes or release any Guarantor from any of
its Obligations under its note guarantee or this Indenture, except in accordance
with the terms of this Indenture;

                (i)    make any change to the subordination provisions of this
Indenture (including applicable definitions) that would adversely affect the
holders of the Notes; or

                (j)    make any change in the preceding amendment and waiver
provisions.

                The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record
date for the purpose of determining the Persons entitled to consent to any
supplemental indenture. If a record date is fixed, the Holders on such record
date, or their duly designated proxies, and only such Persons, shall be entitled
to consent to such supplemental indenture, whether or not such Holders remain
Holders after such record date; PROVIDED that unless such consent shall have
become effective by virtue of the requisite percentage having been obtained
prior to the date which is 120 days after such record date, any such consent
previously given shall automatically and without further action by any Holder be
cancelled and of no further effect.

                It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under
this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or
waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance
thereof.

                After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 9.02
becomes effective, the Company shall mail to the Holder of each Note affected
thereby to such Holder's address appearing in the Security Register a notice
briefly describing the amendment, supplement or waiver. Any failure of the
Company to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any
way impair or affect the validity of any such amended or supplemental indenture
or waiver.

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SECTION 9.03.   COMPLIANCE WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT.

                Every amendment or supplement to this Indenture or the Notes
shall be set forth in an amended or supplemental indenture that complies with
the TIA as then in effect.

SECTION 9.04.   REVOCATION AND EFFECT OF CONSENTS.

                Until an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, a
consent to it by a Holder is a continuing consent by the Holder of a Note and
every subsequent Holder of a Note or portion thereof that evidences the same
debt as the consenting Holder's Note, even if notation of the consent is not
made on any Note. However, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the
consent as to its Note or portion thereof if the Trustee receives written notice
of revocation before the date the waiver, supplement or amendment becomes
effective. An amendment, supplement or waiver shall become effective in
accordance with its terms and thereafter shall bind every Holder.

SECTION 9.05.   NOTATION ON OR EXCHANGE OF NOTES.

                The Trustee may place an appropriate notation about an
amendment, supplement or waiver on any Note thereafter authenticated. The
Company in exchange for all Notes may issue and the Trustee shall, upon receipt
of an Authentication Order, authenticate new Notes that reflect the amendment,
supplement or waiver.

                Failure to make the appropriate notation or issue a new Note
shall not affect the validity and effect of such amendment, supplement or
waiver.

SECTION 9.06.   TRUSTEE TO SIGN AMENDMENTS, ETC.

                The Trustee shall sign any amended or supplemental indenture
authorized pursuant to this Article 9 if the amendment or supplement does not
adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee.
The Company may not sign an amendment or supplemental indenture until the Board
of Directors approves it. In executing any amended or supplemental indenture,
the Trustee shall be entitled to receive and (subject to Section 7.01 hereof)
shall be fully protected in relying upon an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion
of Counsel stating that the execution of such amended or supplemental indenture
is authorized or permitted by this Indenture and that such amended or
supplemental indenture is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company
enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to customary
exceptions and that such amended or supplemental indenture complies with the
provisions hereof (including Section 9.03 hereof).

                                   ARTICLE 10.

                                   GUARANTEES

SECTION 10.01.  GUARANTEE.

                Subject to Articles 10 and 11, the Guarantors hereby
unconditionally guarantee, jointly and severally, on a senior subordinated basis
to each Holder of a Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the
Trustee and its successors and assigns the due and punctual payment of the
principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes, subject to any
applicable grace period, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration, redemption
or otherwise, the due and punctual payment of interest on the overdue principal
and premium, if any, and to the extent permitted by law, interest, and the due
and punctual performance of all other Obligations of the Company to the Holders
and the Trustee under this Indenture, the Registration Rights Agreement or any
other agreement with or for the benefit of the Holder or the Trustee, all in
accordance with the terms hereof and thereof. Each Guarantor agrees that this is
a guarantee of payment and not a guarantee of collection.

                Each Guarantor hereby agrees that its Obligations with regard to
its guarantee shall be joint and several, unconditional, irrespective of the
validity or enforceability of the Notes or the Obligations of the Company under
this Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, the recovery of
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Company or any other obligor with respect to this Indenture, or the Notes, any
action to enforce the same or any other circumstances (other than complete
performance) which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or
defense of a Guarantor. Each Guarantor further, to the extent permitted by law,
waives and relinquishes all claims, rights and remedies accorded by applicable
law to guarantors and agrees not to assert or take advantage of any such claims,
rights or remedies, including, but not limited to: (a) any right to require any
of the Trustee, the Holders or the Company (each a "BENEFITED PARTY"), as a
condition of payment or performance by such Guarantor, to first (1) proceed
against the Company, any other Guarantor or any other Person, (2) proceed
against or exhaust any security held from the Company, any such other guarantor
or any other Person, (3) proceed against or have resort to any balance of any
deposit account or credit on the books of any Benefited Party in favor of the
Company or any other Person, or (4) pursue any other remedy in the power of any
Benefited Party whatsoever; (b) any defense arising by reason of the incapacity,
lack of authority or any disability or other defense of the Company, including
any defense based on or arising out of the lack of validity or the
unenforceability of the Obligations under the guarantees or any agreement or
instrument relating thereto or by reason of the cessation of the liability of
the Company from any cause other than payment in full of the Obligations under
the guarantees; (c) any defense based upon any statute or rule of law which
provides that the obligation of a surety must be neither larger in amount nor in
other respects more burdensome than that of the principal; (d) any defense based
upon any Benefited Party's errors or omissions in the administration of the
Obligations under the guarantees, except behavior which amounts to bad faith;
(e)(1) any principles or provisions of law, statutory or otherwise, which are or
might be in conflict with the terms of the guarantees and any legal or equitable
discharge of such Guarantor's Obligations hereunder, (2) the benefit of any
statute of limitations affecting such Guarantor's liability hereunder or the
enforcement hereof, (3) any rights to set-offs, recoupments and counterclaims
and (4) promptness, diligence and any requirement that any Benefited Party
protect, secure, perfect or insure any security interest or lien or any property
subject thereto; (f) notices, demands, presentations, protests, notices of
protest, notices of dishonor and notices of any action or inaction, including
acceptance of the guarantees, notices of Default under the Notes or any
agreement or instrument related thereto, notices of any renewal, extension or
modification of the Obligations under the guarantees or any agreement related
thereto, and notices of any extension of credit to the Company and any right to
consent to any thereof; (g) to the extent permitted under applicable law, the
benefits of any "One Action" rule and (h) any defenses or benefits that may be
derived from or afforded by law which limit the liability of or exonerate
Guarantors or sureties, or which may conflict with the terms of the guarantees.
Except to the extent expressly provided herein, including Sections 8.02, 8.03
and 10.05 hereof, each Guarantor hereby covenants that its guarantee shall not
be discharged except by complete performance of the Obligations contained in its
guarantee and this Indenture.

                If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or
otherwise to return to the Company, the Guarantors or any custodian, trustee,
liquidator or other similar official acting in relation to either the Company or
the Guarantors, any amount paid by either to the Trustee or such Holder, this
guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall be reinstated in full
force and effect.

                Each Guarantor agrees that it shall not be entitled to any right
of subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any Obligations
guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all Obligations guaranteed hereby.
Each Guarantor further agrees that, as between the Guarantors, on the one hand,
and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (x) the maturity of the
Obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Section 6.02
hereof for the purposes of this guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction
or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the Obligations
guaranteed hereby and (y) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of
such Obligations as provided in Section 6.02 hereof, such Obligations (whether
or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantors
for the purpose of this guarantee. The Guarantors shall have the right to seek
contribution from any non-paying Guarantor so long as the exercise of such right
does not impair the rights of the Holders under the guarantee.

                Each Guarantor agrees, and each Holder by accepting a Guarantee
agrees, that the Obligations of each Guarantor under its Guarantee pursuant to
this Article 10, other than its obligation in respect of amounts due under
Section 7.07, shall be junior and subordinated to the Senior Debt of such
Guarantor (including without limitation, guarantees of Obligations arising under
the Credit Agreement) on the same basis as the Notes are junior and subordinated
to the Senior Debt. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the Trustee and the
Holders shall have the rights to receive and/or retain payments by any of the
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with respect to such Guarantees, only at such time as they may receive and/or
retain payments or undertake and sustain enforcement actions in respect of the
Notes pursuant to Article 11.

SECTION 10.02.  LIMITATION ON GUARANTOR LIABILITY.

                (a)    Each Guarantor, and each Holder by its acceptance of
Notes, hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that the
guarantee of such Guarantor not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance
for purposes of Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the
Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar federal or state law to the
extent applicable to any guarantee. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the
Trustee, the Holders and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree that each
Guarantor's liability shall be that amount from time to time equal to the
aggregate liability of such Guarantor under the guarantee, but shall be limited
to the lesser of (a) the aggregate amount of the Company's Obligations under the
Notes and this Indenture or (b) the amount, if any, which would not have (1)
rendered the Guarantor "insolvent" (as such term is defined in the Federal
Bankruptcy Code and in the Debtor and Creditor Law of the State of New York) or
(2) left it with unreasonably small capital at the time its guarantee with
respect to the Notes was entered into, after giving effect to the incurrence of
Existing Indebtedness immediately before such time; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, it shall
be a presumption in any lawsuit or proceeding in which a Guarantor is a party
that the amount guaranteed pursuant to the guarantee with respect to the Notes
is the amount described in clause (a) above unless any creditor, or
representative of creditors of the Guarantor, or debtor in possession or Trustee
in bankruptcy of the Guarantor, otherwise proves in a lawsuit that the aggregate
liability of the Guarantor is limited to the amount described in clause (b).

                (b)    In making any determination as to the solvency or
sufficiency of capital of a Guarantor in accordance with the proviso of Section
10.2(a) hereof, the right of each Guarantor to contribution from other
Guarantors and any other rights such Guarantor may have, contractual or
otherwise, shall be taken into account.

SECTION 10.03.  EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF GUARANTEE.

                To evidence its guarantee set forth in Section 10.01 hereof,
each Guarantor hereby agrees that a notation of such guarantee in substantially
the form included in Exhibit D attached hereto shall be endorsed by an Officer
of such Guarantor on each Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and
that this Indenture shall be executed on behalf of such Guarantor by its
President or one of its Vice Presidents.

                Each Guarantor hereby agrees that its guarantee set forth in
Section 10.01 hereof shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any
failure to endorse on each Note a notation of such guarantee.

                If an Officer whose signature is on this Indenture or on the
guarantee no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the
Note on which a guarantee is endorsed, the guarantee shall be valid
nevertheless.

                The delivery of any Note by the Trustee, after the
authentication thereof hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of the guarantee
set forth in this Indenture on behalf of the Guarantors.

SECTION 10.04.  GUARANTORS MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC., ON CERTAIN TERMS.

                Except as otherwise provided in Section 10.05 hereof, no
Guarantor may consolidate with or merge with or into (whether or not such
Guarantor is the surviving person) another Person whether or not affiliated with
such Guarantor unless:

                (a)    subject to Section 10.05 hereof, the Person formed by or
surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than a Guarantor or the
Company) unconditionally assumes all the Obligations of such Guarantor, pursuant
to a supplemental indenture under this Indenture, the guarantee and any
Registration Rights Agreements on the terms set forth herein or therein; and

                (b)    Guarantor complies with the requirements of Article 5
hereof.

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                In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance
and upon the assumption by the successor Person, by supplemental indenture,
executed and delivered to the Trustee, of the guarantee endorsed upon the Notes
and the due and punctual performance of all of the covenants and conditions of
this Indenture to be performed by Guarantor, such successor Person shall succeed
to and be substituted for Guarantor with the same effect as if it had been named
herein as a Guarantor. Such successor Person thereupon may cause to be signed
any or all of the guarantees to be endorsed upon all of the Notes issuable
hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by the Company and
delivered to the Trustee. All the guarantees so issued shall in all respects
have the same legal rank and benefit under this Indenture as the guarantees
theretofore and thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Indenture
as though all of such guarantees had been issued at the date of the execution
hereof.

                Except as set forth in Articles 4 and 5 hereof, and
notwithstanding clauses (a) and (b) above, nothing contained in this Indenture
or in any of the Notes shall prevent any consolidation or merger of a Guarantor
with or into the Company or another Guarantor, or shall prevent any sale or
conveyance of the property of a Guarantor as an entirety or substantially as an
entirety to the Company or another Guarantor.

SECTION 10.05.  RELEASES FOLLOWING SALE OF ASSETS.

                In the event of a sale or other disposition of all or
substantially all of the assets of any Guarantor, by way of merger,
consolidation or otherwise, or a sale or other disposition of all of the Capital
Stock of any Guarantor, in each case to a Person that is not (either before or
after giving effect to such transactions) a Subsidiary or a parent of the
Company, then such Guarantor (in the event of a sale or other disposition, by
way of merger, consolidation or otherwise, of all of the Capital Stock of such
Guarantor) or the corporation acquiring the property (in the event of a sale or
other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of such Guarantor)
shall be released and relieved of any Obligations under its guarantee; PROVIDED
that the Net Proceeds of such sale or other disposition shall be subject to all
applicable provisions of this Indenture, including without limitation Section
4.12 hereof. If a Restricted Subsidiary which is a Guarantor is designated as an
Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.16
hereof, such Guarantor shall be released and relieved of any Obligations under
its guarantee. Upon delivery by the Company to the Trustee of an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such sale or other
disposition or designation was made by the Company in accordance with the
provisions of this Indenture, including without limitation Section 4.12 hereof,
the Trustee shall execute any documents reasonably required in order to evidence
the release of any Guarantor from its Obligations under its guarantee.

                Any Guarantor not released from its Obligations under its
guarantee shall remain liable for the full amount of principal of and interest
on the Notes and for the other Obligations of any Guarantor under this
Indenture.

                                   ARTICLE 11.

                                  SUBORDINATION

SECTION 11.01.  AGREEMENT TO SUBORDINATE.

                The Company and each Guarantor agrees, and each Holder by
accepting a Note agrees, that the Indebtedness evidenced by, and all "payments"
on and "distributions" on or with respect to, the Notes (including any
obligation to repurchase the Notes) and any note guarantees, is subordinated in
right of payment, to the extent and in the manner provided in this Article 11,
to the prior payment in full in cash of all Senior Debt (whether outstanding on
the date hereof or hereafter created, incurred, assumed or guaranteed. This
Article 11 shall constitute a continuing agreement with all Persons who become
holders of, or continue to hold Senior Debt, and such provisions are made for
the benefit of the holders of Senior Debt.

SECTION 11.02.  LIQUIDATION; DISSOLUTION; BANKRUPTCY.

                Upon any payment or distribution of the assets of the Company to
creditors of the Company or the relevant Guarantor in a liquidation or
dissolution of the Company or the Guarantors in a bankruptcy, reorganization,
insolvency, receivership or similar proceeding relating to the Company or any
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property, an assignment for the benefit of creditors or any marshaling of the
Company's and any Guarantor's assets and liabilities, the holders of Senior Debt
shall be entitled to receive payment in full in cash of all Obligations due in
respect of such Senior Debt (including interest after the commencement of any
such proceeding at the rate specified in the applicable Senior Debt), including,
without limitation, in the case of Senior Debt under the Credit Agreement,
interest after the commencement of any such proceeding at the rate specified in
the Credit Agreement whether or not the claim for such interest is allowed as a
claim after such bankruptcy filing, before the Holders shall be entitled to
receive any payment or distribution with respect to the Notes or guarantees, and
until all Obligations with respect to Senior Debt are paid in full in cash, any
payment or distribution to which the Holders would be entitled but for this
Article 11 shall be made to the holders of Senior Debt (except that Holders may
receive and retain Permitted Junior Securities and payments made from the trust
described under Article 8 or Section 12.02 if such funds were deposited in
accordance with, and to the extent permitted by, this Article 11).

SECTION 11.03.  DEFAULT ON DESIGNATED SENIOR DEBT.

                (a)    The Company may not make any payments or distributions
with respect to the Notes or any guarantee if (i) any Designated Senior Debt
(including principal, premium, if any or interest) or any Obligation owing from
time to time under or in respect of Designated Senior Debt is not paid in full
in cash when due (whether at maturity, by acceleration, lapse of time, demand or
otherwise) or (ii) any other default occurs and is continuing on any series of
Designated Senior Debt that permits holders of that series of Designated Senior
Debt to accelerate its maturity prior to the date on which it would otherwise
have been due and payable and a Responsible Officer of the Trustee receives a
notice of such Default (a "PAYMENT BLOCKAGE NOTICE") from the Company or (1)
with respect to Designated Senior Debt arising under the Credit Agreement, from
the agent for the lenders thereunder, or (2) with respect to any other
Designated Senior Debt, from a representative of the holders of any such
Designated Senior Debt (unless, in either case, the default has been cured or
waived and any such acceleration has been rescinded or such Designated Senior
Debt has been paid in full in cash or discharged). However, the Company and the
Guarantors may and shall pay the Notes without regard to the foregoing if the
Company and a Responsible Officer of the Trustee receive written notice
approving such payment from the trustee, agent or representative, if any, (the
"REPRESENTATIVE") for an issue of Designated Senior Debt with respect to which
either of the events set forth in clause (i) or (ii) of the immediately
preceding sentence has occurred and is continuing.

                (b)    Payments on the Notes shall be resumed:

                       (i)    in the case of a payment Default, upon the earlier
        of the date on which such default is cured or waived or such Designated
        Senior Debt has been discharged or paid in full in cash, and,

                       (ii)   in the case of a nonpayment Default, upon the
        earliest of (1) the date on which such nonpayment Default is cured or
        waived, (2) 179 days after which the date on which the applicable
        Payment Blockage Notice is received unless the maturity of any
        Designated Senior Debt has been accelerated, (3) the date on which such
        payment blockage period shall have been terminated by written notice
        received by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee from the agent under
        the Credit Agreement as long as Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement
        shall be outstanding and thereafter by the party initiating such payment
        blockage period or (4) the date on which such Designated Senior Debt has
        been discharged or paid in full in cash.

                (c)    No new Payment Blockage Notice shall be delivered unless
and until (i) 360 days have elapsed since the delivery of the immediately prior
Payment Blockage Notice and (ii) all scheduled payments of principal, interest
and premium on the Notes that have come due have been paid in full in cash. No
nonpayment default that existed or was continuing on the date of delivery of any
Payment Blockage Notice to the Trustee shall be, or be made, the basis for a
subsequent Payment Blockage Notice unless such default shall have been waived
for a period of not less than 90 days. Following the expiration of any period
during which the Company is prohibited from making payments on the Notes
pursuant to a Payment Blockage Notice, the Company shall be obligated to resume
making any and all required payments in respect of the Notes, including any
missed payments, unless the maturity of any Designated Senior Debt has been
accelerated, and such acceleration remains in full force and effect.

                (d)    The Company shall give prompt written notice to the
Trustee of any default in the payment of any Senior Debt or any acceleration
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Senior Debt may have been issued. Failure to give such notice shall not affect
the subordination of the Notes to the Senior Debt or the application of the
other provisions provided in this Article Eleven.

                (e)    So long as any Indebtedness is outstanding under the
Credit Agreement, only the agent under such Credit Agreement shall be permitted
to deliver a Payment Blockage Notice or to otherwise act as the Representative
of the holders of Designated Senior Debt.

SECTION 11.04.  ACCELERATION OF NOTES.

                If payment of the Notes is accelerated because of an Event of
Default, the Company shall promptly notify holders of Senior Debt (including,
without limitation, the agent under the Credit Agreement) or the Representative
of the acceleration.

SECTION 11.05.  WHEN DISTRIBUTION MUST BE PAID OVER.

                In the event that the Trustee receives or is holding, or any
Holder receives, any payment or distribution with respect to the Notes or any
guarantee of the Notes, and such payment is prohibited by Section 11.02 or 11.03
hereof, such payment or distribution shall be held by the Trustee or such
Holder, in trust for the benefit of, and shall be paid forthwith over and
delivered to, the holders of Senior Debt as their interests may appear or their
Representative under the indenture or other agreement (if any) pursuant to which
Senior Debt may have been issued, as their respective interests may appear, for
application to the payment of all Obligations with respect to the Senior Debt
remaining unpaid to the extent necessary to pay such Obligations in full in cash
in accordance with their terms, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or
distribution to or for the holders of Senior Debt.

                With respect to the holders of Senior Debt, the Trustee
undertakes to perform only such obligations on the part of the Trustee as are
specifically set forth in this Article 11, and no implied covenants or
obligations with respect to the holders of Senior Debt shall be read into this
Indenture against the Trustee. The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any
fiduciary duty to the holders of Senior Debt, and shall not be liable to any
such holders if the Trustee shall mistakenly pay over or distribute to or on
behalf of Holders or the Company, any Guarantor, or any other Person money or
assets to which any holders of Senior Debt shall be entitled by virtue of this
Article 11, unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has received a Payment
Blockage Notice and such payment is made as a result of the willful misconduct
or gross negligence of the Trustee.

SECTION 11.06.  NOTICE BY THE COMPANY.

                The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee and the Paying
Agent of any facts known to the Company that would cause a payment of any
Obligations with respect to the Notes or guarantees to violate this Article 11,
but failure to give such notice shall not affect the subordination of the Notes
or the guarantees to the Senior Debt as provided in Articles 10 and 11.

SECTION 11.07.  SUBROGATION.

                After all Senior Debt is paid in full in cash and until the
Notes are paid in full, Holders shall be subrogated (equally and ratably with
all other Indebtedness pari passu with the Notes) to the rights of holders of
Senior Debt to receive distributions applicable to Senior Debt. A distribution
made under this Article 11 to holders of Senior Debt that otherwise would have
been made to Holders is not, as between the Company and Holders, a payment by
the Company on the Notes.

                If any payment or distribution to which the Holders would
otherwise have been entitled but for the provisions of this Article 11 shall
have been applied, pursuant to the provisions of this Article 11, to the payment
of all amounts payable under the Senior Debt, then and in such case the Holders
shall be entitled to receive from the holders of such Senior Debt at the time
outstanding any payments or distributions received by such holders of such
Senior Debt in excess of the amount sufficient to pay all amounts payable under
or in respect of such Senior Debt in full in cash; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such
payments or distributions shall be paid first pro rata to Holders that
previously paid amounts and then pro rata to all Holders.

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SECTION 11.08.  RELATIVE RIGHTS.

                This Article 11 defines the relative rights of Holders and
holders of Senior Debt. Nothing in this Indenture shall:

                (a)    impair, as between the Company and Holders, the
Obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay
principal, premium and interest on the Notes in accordance with their terms;

                (b)    affect the relative rights of Holders and creditors of
the Company other than their rights in relation to holders of Senior Debt; or

                (c)    prevent the Trustee or any Holder from exercising its
available remedies upon a Default, subject to the rights of holders and owners
of Senior Debt to receive distributions and payments otherwise payable to
Holders.

                If the Company fails because of this Article 11 to pay
principal, premium and interest on a Note on the due date, the failure is still
a Default.

SECTION 11.09.  SUBORDINATION MAY NOT BE IMPAIRED BY THE COMPANY.

                No right of any holder of Senior Debt to enforce the
subordination of the Indebtedness evidenced by the Notes shall be impaired by
any act or failure to act by the Company or by the failure of the Company to
comply with this Indenture.

                Subject to the other provisions of this Indenture, the holders
of the Senior Debt may, at any time and from time to time, without the consent
of or notice to the Trustee or the Holders, without incurring responsibility to
the Holders, and without impairing or releasing the subordination provided in
Articles 10 and 11, or the obligations hereunder of the Holders to the holders
of the Senior Debt, do any one or more of the following: (a) change in the
manner, place, or terms of payment, or extend the time of payment of, or renew
or alter, Senior Debt or any instrument evidencing the same or any agreement
under which the Senior Debt is outstanding or secured; (b) sell, exchange,
release, or otherwise deal with any property pledged, mortgaged, or otherwise
securing the Senior Debt; (c) release any Person liable in any manner for the
collection of Senior Debt; and (d) exercise or refrain from exercising any
rights against the Company, the Guarantor or any other Person; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that this provision shall not in any way permit the Company or any
Guarantor to take any action otherwise prohibited by this Indenture.

SECTION 11.10.  DISTRIBUTION OR NOTICE TO REPRESENTATIVE.

                Whenever a distribution is to be made or a notice given to
holders of Senior Debt, the distribution may be made and the notice given to
their Representative.

                Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company or any
Guarantor referred to in this Article 11, the Trustee and the Holders shall be
entitled to rely upon any order or decree made by any court of competent
jurisdiction or upon any certificate of such Representative or of the
liquidating trustee or agent or other Person making any distribution to the
Trustee or to the Holders for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled
to participate in such distribution (so long as the existence of the
subordination provisions of Articles 10 and 11 have been brought to the
attention of such court, Representative, liquidating trustee or agent, or other
Person), the holders of the Senior Debt and other Indebtedness of the Company,
the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed
thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article 11.

SECTION 11.11.  RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE AND PAYING AGENT.

                Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article 11 or any other
provision of this Indenture, the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge or
notice of the existence of any facts that would prohibit the making of any
payment to or distribution by the Trustee, and the Trustee and the Paying Agent
may continue to make payments on the Notes, unless and until a Responsible
Officer of the Trustee shall have received at the Corporate

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Trust Office of the Trustee no later than two (2) Business Days prior to the due
date of such payment written notice of facts that would cause the payment of any
principal, premium and interest with respect to the Notes to violate this
Article 11 and, prior to the receipt of any such written notice, the Trustee,
shall be entitled in all respects conclusively to presume that no such fact
exists. Unless the Trustee shall have received the notice provided for in the
preceding sentence, the Trustee shall have full power and authority to receive
such payment and to apply the same to the purpose for which it was received, and
shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary which may be received by it
on or after such date. Only the Company or a Representative may give the notice.
Nothing in this Article 11 shall impair the claims of, or payments to, the
Trustee under or pursuant to Section 6.10 and 7.07 hereof.

                The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may hold
Senior Debt with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any Agent
may do the same with like rights.

SECTION 11.12.  AUTHORIZATION TO EFFECT SUBORDINATION.

                Each Holder of a Note by the Holder's acceptance thereof
authorizes and directs the Trustee on the Holder's behalf to take such action as
may be necessary or appropriate to acknowledge and effectuate the subordination
as provided in this Article 11, and appoints the Trustee to act as the Holder's
attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes. If the Trustee does not file a
proper proof of claim or proof of debt in the form required in any proceeding
referred to in Section 6.09 hereof at least 30 days before the expiration of the
time to file such claim, a Representative of Designated Senior Debt is hereby
authorized to file an appropriate claim for and on behalf of the Holders of the
Notes and the Trustee shall have no liability therefor.

SECTION 11.13.  TRUST MONEYS NOT SUBORDINATED.

                Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary,
payments from cash or the proceeds of Government Securities held in trust under
Article 8 or Section 12.02 hereof by the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee)
not in violation of Section 11.03 hereof for the payment of principal of (and
premium, if any) and interest on the Notes shall not be subordinated to the
prior payment of any Senior Debt or subject to the restrictions set forth in
this Article 11, and none of the Holders shall be obligated to pay over any such
amount to the Company or any holder of Senior Debt or any other creditor of the
Company.

SECTION 11.14.  PAYMENT AND DISTRIBUTION.

                For purposes of this Article 11, the term "payment" and/or
"distribution" means any payment or distribution (whether direct or indirect,
whether in cash, property, securities, or otherwise, and whether obtained or
distributed by set-off, liquidation, bankruptcy distribution, settlement, or
otherwise) made by any Person (including, without limitation, any payments or
distributions made pursuant to Section 4.17 or by any court or governmental body
or agency, any trustee in bankruptcy, or any liquidating trustee) with respect
to any Note or any guarantees or otherwise under this Indenture, including,
without limitation, payment of principal, premium or interest, on the Notes or
any payments under or with respect to any note guarantees, any depositing of
funds with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (including, without limitation, a
deposit in respect of defeasance or redemption, any payment on account of any
optional or mandatory redemptions or repurchase provisions, any payment or
recovery on any claim under this Indenture, any note guarantees, any Note, or
relating to or arising out of the offer, sale, or purchase of any Note (whether
for rescission or damages and whether based on contract, tort, duty imposed by
law, or any other theory of liability); PROVIDED THAT, for the purposes of this
Article 11, all Obligations now or hereafter existing under any Senior Debt,
(including, without limitation, the Credit Agreement, any Hedging Obligations or
agreements with respect to the issuance of letters of credit) shall not be
deemed to have been paid in full unless the holders thereof shall have received
payment in full and all commitments thereunder and all letters of credit issued
thereunder have expired.

SECTION 11.15.  NO CLAIMS.

                No holder of the Subordinated Obligations shall have any claim
to any property or assets of the Company, any Guarantor, or any Subsidiary of
the Company or any Guarantor, unless and until the Senior Debt shall have been
fully paid in cash.

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SECTION 11.16.  ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF HOLDERS.

                Each holder of Subordinated Obligations by accepting a Note or a
guarantee acknowledges and agrees that the foregoing subordination provisions
are, and are intended to be, an inducement and consideration to each holder of
Senior Debt, whether such Senior Debt was created or acquired before or after
the issuance of the Notes or the guarantees, to acquire and continue to hold, or
to continue to hold, such Senior Debt, and such holder of Senior Debt shall be
deemed conclusively to have relied on such subordination provisions in acquiring
and continuing to hold, or in continuing to hold, such Senior Debt.

                                   ARTICLE 12.

                           SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

SECTION 12.01.  SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE.

                This Indenture shall be discharged and shall cease to be of
further effect as to all Notes issued hereunder, when:

                              (1)   either:

                              (A)   all Notes that have been authenticated,
                except lost, stolen or destroyed Notes that have been replaced
                or paid and Notes for whose payment money has been deposited in
                trust and thereafter repaid to the Company, have been delivered
                to the Trustee for cancellation; or

                              (B)   all Notes that have not been delivered to
                the Trustee for cancellation have become due and payable by
                reason of the mailing of a notice of redemption or otherwise or
                shall become due and payable within one year, and the Company
                has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the
                Trustee as trust funds in trust solely for the benefit of the
                Holders, cash in U.S. dollars, non-callable Government
                Securities, or a combination of cash in U.S. dollars and
                non-callable Government Securities, in such amounts as shall be
                sufficient without consideration of any reinvestment of
                interest, to pay and discharge the entire Indebtedness on the
                Notes not delivered to the Trustee for cancellation for
                principal, premium, if any, and accrued interest to the date of
                maturity or redemption;

                              (2)   no Default or Event of Default has occurred
                       and is continuing on the date of the deposit or shall
                       occur as a result of the deposit and the deposit shall
                       not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a
                       default under, any other instrument to which the Company
                       or any Guarantor is a party or by which the Company or
                       any Guarantor is bound;

                              (3)   the Company has paid or caused to be paid
                       all sums payable by it under this Indenture; and

                              (4)   the Company has delivered irrevocable
                       instructions to the Trustee under this Indenture to apply
                       the deposited money toward the payment of the Notes at
                       maturity or the redemption date, as the case may be.

                In addition, the Company shall have delivered an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the Trustee stating that all conditions
precedent to satisfaction and discharge have been satisfied.

                Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Holders under Section 4.01 and
to the Trustee under Section 7.07 shall survive.

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SECTION 12.02.  DEPOSITED CASH AND GOVERNMENT SECURITIES TO BE HELD IN TRUST;
                OTHER MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.

                Subject to Section 12.03 hereof, all cash and non-callable
Government Securities (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the
Trustee (or other qualifying Trustee, collectively for purposes of this Section
12.02, the "TRUSTEE") pursuant to Section 12.01 hereof in respect of the
outstanding Notes shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in
accordance with the provisions of such Notes and this Indenture, to the payment,
either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as
Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Notes of all
sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal, premium, if any, and
interest but such cash and securities need not be segregated from other funds
except to the extent required by law.

SECTION 12.03.  REPAYMENT TO COMPANY.

                Any cash or non-callable Government Securities deposited with
the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the
payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, any Note and
remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, and 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) shall be discharged from such trust; and the
Holder shall thereafter, as an unsecured creditor, look only to the Company for
payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with
respect to such cash and securities, and all liability of the Company as Trustee
thereof, shall thereupon cease; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Trustee 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 and THE
WALL STREET JOURNAL (national edition), notice that such cash and securities
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 cash and securities then remaining shall be repaid to
the Company.

                                   ARTICLE 13.

                                  MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 13.01.  TRUST INDENTURE ACT CONTROLS.

                If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or
conflicts with another provision which is required to be included in this
Indenture by the TIA, the provision required by the TIA shall control.

SECTION 13.02.  NOTICES.

                Any notice, request or other communication by the Company and/or
a Guarantor or the Trustee to the other is duly given if in writing and
delivered in person or mailed by first class mail (registered or certified,
return receipt requested), facsimile transmission or overnight air courier
guaranteeing next-day delivery, to the other's address:

                If to the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantors:

                Medex, Inc.
                6250 Shier-Rings Road
                Dublin, Ohio 43016
                Attention: General Counsel
                Facsimile No.: (614) 791-5464

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                If to the Parent Guarantor:

                MedVest Holdings Corporation
                6250 Shier-Rings Road
                Dublin, Ohio 43016
                Attention: General Counsel
                Facsimile No.: (614) 791-5464

                And a copy to:

                Winston & Strawn
                35 West Wacker Drive
                Chicago, Illinois 60601
                Attention: R. Cabell Morris, Esq.
                Facsimile No.: (312) 558-5700

                If to the Trustee:

                The Bank of New York
                101 Barclay Street 8W
                New York, NY 10286
                Attention: Corporate Trust Division
                Facsimile No.: (212) 815-5707

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

                All notices, requests and other communications (other than those
sent to the Trustee) shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time
delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after being
deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt acknowledged, if
sent by facsimile transmission; and the next Business Day after timely delivery
to the courier, if sent by overnight air courier guaranteeing next-day delivery.
All notices and communications to the Trustee shall be deemed duly given and
effective only upon receipt.

                Any notice or other communication to a Holder shall be mailed by
first class mail, certified or registered, return receipt requested, or by
overnight air courier guaranteeing next-day delivery to its address shown on the
Security Register. Any notice or communication shall also be so mailed to any
Person described in TIA Section 313(c), to the extent required by the TIA.
Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it shall
not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders.

                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.

                If the Company mails a notice or communication to Holders, it
shall mail a copy to the Trustee and each Agent at the same time.

SECTION 13.03.  COMMUNICATION BY HOLDERS OF NOTES WITH OTHER HOLDERS OF NOTES.

                Holders may communicate pursuant to TIA Section 312(b) with
other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Notes.
The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the
protection of TIA Section 312(c).

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SECTION 13.04.  CERTIFICATE AND OPINION AS TO CONDITIONS PRECEDENT.

                Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to
take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish
to the Trustee:

                (a)    an Officers' Certificate in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee (which shall include the statements set forth in
Section 13.05 hereof) stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all
conditions precedent and covenants, if any, provided for in this Indenture
relating to the proposed action have been complied with; and

                (b)    an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee (which shall include the statements set forth in
Section 13.05 hereof) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such
conditions precedent and covenants have been complied with.

SECTION 13.05.  STATEMENTS REQUIRED IN CERTIFICATE OR OPINION.

                Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a
condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than a certificate
provided pursuant to TIA Section 314(a)(4)) shall comply with the provisions of
TIA Section 314(e) and shall include:

                (a)    a statement that the Person making such certificate or
opinion has read such covenant or condition;

                (b)    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;

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

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

With respect to matters of fact, an Opinion of Counsel may rely on an Officers'
Certificate, certificates of public officials or reports or opinions of experts.

SECTION 13.06.  RULES BY TRUSTEE AND AGENTS.

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

SECTION 13.07.  NO PERSONAL LIABILITY OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES AND
                SHAREHOLDERS.

                No director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of
the Company, or any Guarantor, as such, shall have any liability for any
Obligations of the Company or of the Guarantors under the Notes, this Indenture,
the guarantees or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such
Obligations or their creation. Each Holder of Notes, by accepting a Note, waives
and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the
consideration for issuance of the Notes. The waiver and release may not be
effective to waive liabilities under the federal securities laws.

SECTION 13.08.  GOVERNING LAW.

                THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE
USED TO CONSTRUE THIS INDENTURE AND THE NOTES WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO
APPLICABLE

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PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF
ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.

                The Company, the Guarantors and (by their acceptance of the
Notes) the Holders, agree to submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any
United States federal or New York State court located in the Borough of
Manhattan, in The City of New York in any action or proceeding arising out of or
relating to this Indenture or the Notes.

                The Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee hereby knowingly,
voluntarily and intentionally waive any right they may have to a trial by jury
in respect of any litigation based upon, or arising out of, under or in
connection with, this Indenture or the Notes or any course of conduct, course of
dealing, statements (whether oral or written) or actions of the Company, the
Guarantors or the Trustee relating thereto. The Company and the Guarantors each
acknowledge and agrees that it has received full and sufficient consideration
for this provision waiving trial by jury and that this provision is a material
inducement for the Company and the Guarantors entering into this Indenture.

SECTION 13.09.  NO ADVERSE INTERPRETATION OF OTHER AGREEMENTS.

                This Indenture may not be used to interpret any other indenture,
loan or debt agreement of the Parent Guarantor, the Company or its Subsidiaries
or of any other Person. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be
used to interpret this Indenture.

SECTION 13.10.  SUCCESSORS.

                All covenants and agreements of the Company in this Indenture
and the Notes shall bind its successors. All covenants and agreements of the
Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successors.

SECTION 13.11.  SEVERABILITY.

                In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Notes shall be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of
the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

SECTION 13.12.  COUNTERPART ORIGINALS

                The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture.
Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the
same agreement.

SECTION 13.13.  TABLE OF CONTENTS, HEADINGS, ETC.

                The Table of Contents, Cross-Reference Table and Headings in
this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to
be considered a part of this Indenture and shall in no way modify or restrict
any of the terms or provisions hereof.

SECTION 13.14.  QUALIFICATION OF THIS INDENTURE.

                The Company shall qualify this Indenture under the TIA in
accordance with the terms and conditions of any Registration Rights Agreements
and shall pay all reasonable costs and expenses (including attorneys' fees and
expenses for the Company, the Trustee and the Holders) incurred in connection
therewith, including, but not limited to, costs and expenses of qualification of
this Indenture and the Notes and printing this Indenture and the Notes. The
Trustee shall be entitled to receive from the Company any such Officers'
Certificates, Opinions of Counsel or other documentation as it may reasonably
request in connection with any such qualification of this Indenture under the
TIA.

                         [Signatures on following page]

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                                   SIGNATURES

Dated as of May 21, 2003.

                                   COMPANY:

                                   MEDEX, INC.

                                   By: /s/ Michael I. Dobrovic
                                       ----------------------------
                                       Name: Michael I. Dobrovic
                                       Title: Vice President, Chief Financial
                                              Officer and Treasurer

                                   PARENT GUARANTOR:

                                   MEDVEST HOLDINGS CORPORATION

                                   By: /s/ Michael I. Dobrovic
                                       ----------------------------
                                       Name: Michael I. Dobrovic
                                       Title: Vice President, Chief Financial
                                              Officer and Treasurer

                                   SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS:

                                   MEDEX MEDICAL, INC.

                                   By: /s/ Michael I. Dobrovic
                                       ----------------------------
                                       Name: Michael I. Dobrovic
                                       Title: Vice President, Chief Financial
                                              Officer and Treasurer

                                   MEDEX CARDIO-PULMONARY, INC.

                                   By: /s/ Michael I. Dobrovic
                                       ----------------------------
                                       Name: Michael I. Dobrovic
                                       Title: Vice President, Chief Financial
                                              Officer and Treasurer

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                                   TRUSTEE:

                                   THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
                                   as Trustee

                                   By: /s/ Cynthia Chaney
                                       ----------------------------
                                       Name:  Cynthia Chaney
                                       Title: Vice President

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                                                                     EXHIBIT A-1
================================================================================

                                 (Face of Note)

                    8-7/8% SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2013

                                                              CUSIP ____________

        NO. _____                                                  $____________

                                   MEDEX, INC.

promises to pay to CEDE & CO., INC. or its registered assigns, the principal sum
of ___________________ Dollars ($______________) on May 15, 2013.

Interest Payment Dates: May 15 and November 15, commencing November 15, 2003.

Record Dates: May 1 and November 1.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be
signed by its duly authorized officer.

                                          MEDEX, INC.

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

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the [Global]
Notes referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture:

THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee

By:
   -----------------------------------------------
                Authorized Signatory

Dated: May ____, 2003

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                                 (Back of Note)

                    8-7/8% SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2013

[INSERT THE GLOBAL NOTE LEGEND, IF APPLICABLE PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THE
INDENTURE]

[INSERT THE PRIVATE PLACEMENT LEGEND, IF APPLICABLE PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THE
INDENTURE]

                Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned
to them in the Indenture referred to below unless otherwise indicated.

        1.      INTEREST. Medex, Inc., an Ohio corporation (the "COMPANY"),
promises to pay interest (as defined in the Indenture) on the principal amount
of this Note at 8-7/8% per annum until maturity and shall pay Additional
Interest, if any, as provided in the Registration Rights Agreement relating to
these Notes. The Company shall pay interest semi-annually in arrears in cash on
May 15 and November 15 of each year, or if any such day is not a Business Day,
on the next succeeding Business Day (each an "INTEREST PAYMENT DATE"). Interest
on the Notes shall accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been
paid or, if no interest has been paid, from May 21, 2003; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that if there is no existing Default in the payment of interest, and if this
Note is authenticated between a record date referred to on the face hereof and
the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest shall accrue from such next
succeeding Interest Payment Date; PROVIDED, FURTHER, that the first Interest
Payment Date shall be November 15, 2003. The Company shall (to the extent that
it may lawfully do so) pay interest (including post-petition interest in any
proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal and premium, if any,
from time to time at a rate that is 1% per annum in excess of the interest rate
then in effect under the Indenture and this Note; it shall pay interest
(including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on
overdue installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace
periods), from time to time at the same rate to the extent lawful. Interest
shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

        2.      METHOD OF PAYMENT. The Company shall pay interest on the Notes
(except defaulted interest) to the Persons in whose name this Note (or one or
more Predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on May 1 or
November 1 preceding the Interest Payment Date, even if such Notes are cancelled
after such record date and on or before such Interest Payment Date, except as
provided in Section 2.12 of the Indenture with respect to defaulted interest.
The Notes shall be payable as to principal, premium, if any, and interest at the
office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose, or, at the option
of the Company, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the Holders
at their addresses set forth in the Security Register; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
payment by wire transfer of immediately available funds shall be required with
respect to principal of and interest and premium, if any, on, all Global Notes
and all other Notes the Holders of which shall have provided wire transfer
instructions to the Company or the Paying Agent. Such payment shall be in such
coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is
legal tender for payment of public and private debts.

        3.      PAYING AGENT AND REGISTRAR. Initially, The Bank of New York, the
Trustee under the Indenture, shall act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The
Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder.
The Company, Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries may act in any such
capacity.

        4.      INDENTURE. The Company issued the Notes under an Indenture,
dated as of May 21, 2003 ("INDENTURE"), among the Company, the Parent Guarantor,
the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee. The terms of the Notes include those
stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (15 U.S. Code Sections 77aaa-77bbbb).
The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the
Indenture and such Act for a statement of such terms. To the extent any
provision of this Note conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture,
the provisions of the Indenture shall govern and be controlling.

        5.      OPTIONAL REDEMPTION.

                (a)    At any time before May 15, 2006, the Company may on one
or more occasions redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes
(including Additional Notes) issued under this Indenture at a

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redemption price of 108.875 % of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and
unpaid interest to the redemption date, with the net cash proceeds of any Equity
Offering; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (1) at least 65% of the original aggregate
principal amount of Notes issued under this Indenture remains outstanding
immediately after the occurrence of such redemption (excluding Notes held by the
Parent Guarantor and its Subsidiaries); and (2) the redemption occurs within 90
days of the date of the closing of such Equity Offering.

                (b)    Except pursuant to the preceding paragraph, the Notes
shall not be redeemable at the Company's option prior to May 15, 2008.

                (c)    On or after May 15, 2008, the Company may redeem all or a
part of the Notes upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' notice, at the
redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount) set forth below
plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes redeemed, to the applicable
redemption date, if redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on May 15
of the years indicated below:

<Table>
<Caption>
        YEAR                                           PERCENTAGE
        ----                                           ----------
        <S>                                               <C>
        2008.........................................     104.438%

        2009.........................................     102.958%

        2010.........................................     101.479%

        2011 and thereafter..........................     100.000%
</Table>

                (d)    Any prepayment pursuant to this paragraph shall be made
pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.01 through 3.06 of the Indenture.

        6.      MANDATORY REDEMPTION. Except as set forth in Sections 4.12 and
4.17 of the Indenture, the Company shall not be required to make mandatory
redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes.

        7.      REPURCHASE AT OPTION OF HOLDER.

                (a)    Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Company
shall, within 30 days of a Change of Control, make an offer pursuant to the
procedures set forth in Section 3.09 of the Indenture, to repurchase the Notes
on the date specified in such notice, which date shall be no earlier than 30
days and no later than 90 days from the date of such Change of Control. Each
Holder shall have the right to accept such offer and require the Company to
repurchase all or any part (equal to $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000)
of such Holder's Notes pursuant to the Change of Control Offer at a purchase
price, in cash, equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes
repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes repurchased to the
Purchase Date.

                (b)    If the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary consummates
any Asset Sales, the Company shall not be required to apply any Net Proceeds to
repurchase Notes in accordance with the Indenture until the aggregate Excess
Proceeds from all Asset Sales following the date the Notes are first issued
exceeds $5.0 million. Thereafter, the Company shall make an Asset Sale Offer to
all Holders of Notes and if the Company is required to do so under the terms of
any other Indebtedness that ranks equally in right of payment with the Notes and
the terms of which are PARI PASSU with the Notes, such other Indebtedness on a
pro rata basis with the Notes, that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds.
The offer price shall be in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount of the
Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to the date of purchase
in accordance with the terms of the Indenture. To the extent that the aggregate
amount of Notes and other Indebtedness tendered under such Asset Sale Offer is
less than the Excess Proceeds, any remaining Excess Proceeds may be used for any
purpose not otherwise prohibited by the Indenture. If the aggregate principal
amount of Notes surrendered by Holders thereof exceeds the amount of Excess
Proceeds available for purchases of such Notes, the Trustee shall select the
Notes to be purchased in the manner set forth in Section 3.02 of the Indenture.

        8.      NOTICE OF REDEMPTION. Notices of redemption shall be mailed at
least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each
Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address. Notes in
denominations larger than $1,000 may be redeemed in part but only in integral
multiples of $1,000, unless all of

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the Notes held by a Holder are to be redeemed. On and after the redemption date
interest shall cease to accrue on Notes or portions thereof called for
redemption.

        9.      DENOMINATIONS, TRANSFER, EXCHANGE. The Notes are in registered
form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of
$1,000. This Note shall represent the aggregate principal amount of outstanding
Notes from time to time endorsed hereon and the aggregate principal amount of
Notes represented hereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as
appropriate, to reflect exchanges and redemptions. The transfer of Notes may be
registered and Notes may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The
Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish
appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and the Company may require a
Holder to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture.
The Company need not exchange or register the transfer of any Note or portion of
a Note selected for redemption, except for the unredeemed portion of any Note
being redeemed in part. Also, the Company need not exchange or register the
transfer of any Notes for a period of 15 days before a selection of Notes to be
redeemed or during the period between a record date and the corresponding
Interest Payment Date.

        10.     PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS. The registered Holder of a Note may be
treated as its owner for all purposes.

        11.     AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER. Subject to certain exceptions,
the Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture or the Notes
with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of
the Notes, including Additional Notes, if any then outstanding, voting as a
single class (including consents obtained in connection with a purchase of or
tender offer or exchange offer for the Notes), and, subject to Sections 6.04 and
6.07 of the Indenture, any existing Default or Event of Default (except a
continuing Default or Event of Default (i) in the payment of principal, premium,
if any, interest, if any, on the Notes and (ii) in respect of a covenant or
provision which under the Indenture cannot be modified or amended without the
consent of the Holder of each Note affected by such modification or amendment)
or compliance with any provision of the Indenture or the Notes may be waived
with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of
the Notes, including Additional Notes, if any, then outstanding voting as a
single class (including consents obtained in connection with a purchase of or
tender offer or Exchange Offer for the Notes). Without the consent of any
Holder, the Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture or the
Notes to (a) cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency; (b) provide for
uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes (PROVIDED
that the uncertificated Notes are issued in registered form for purposes of
Section 163(f) of the Code, or in a manner such that the uncertificated Notes
are described in Section 163(f)(2)(B) of the Code); (c) provide for the
assumption of the Obligations of the Company to Holders in the case of a merger,
consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company;
(d) make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the
Holders or that does not adversely affect the legal rights under the Indenture
of any such Holder; (e) provide for or confirm the issuance of Additional Notes
otherwise permitted to be incurred by this Indenture; or (f) comply with
requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of the
Indenture under the TIA.

        12.     DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES. Each of the following constitutes an
Event of Default with respect to the Notes: (i) default for 30 days in the
payment when due of interest, if any, on the Notes (whether or not prohibited by
the Subordination provisions of the Indenture); (ii) default in payment when due
of the principal of or premium, if any, on the Notes (whether or not prohibited
by the Subordination provisions of the Indenture); (iii) failure by the Company
or any Restricted Subsidiary for 30 days after notice to comply with the
provisions of Section 4.09 or 4.10 of the Indenture; (iv) failure by the Parent
Guarantor, the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to comply with the
provisions of Sections 4.12, 4.17 or 5.01 of the Indenture; (v) failure by the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary for 60 days after notice to comply with any
of its other agreements in the Indenture or the Notes; (vi) a default under any
mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued or by which
there may be secured or evidenced any Indebtedness for money borrowed by the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (or the payment of which is guaranteed by
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary) whether such Indebtedness or guarantee
now exists, or is created after the date of the Indenture, if that default: (A)
is caused by a failure to pay principal of, or interest or premium, if any, on
such Indebtedness prior to the expiration of the grace period provided in such
Indebtedness on the date of such default (a "Payment Default"); or (B) results
in the acceleration of such Indebtedness prior to its express maturity, and, in
each case, the principal amount of any such Indebtedness, together with the
principal amount of any other such Indebtedness under which there has been a
Payment Default or the

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maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregates $7.5 million or more;
(vii) failure by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to pay final judgments
aggregating in excess of $7.5 million, which judgments are not paid, discharged
or stayed for a period of 60 days; (viii) except as permitted by the Indenture,
any guarantee shall be held in any judicial proceeding to be unenforceable or
invalid or shall cease for any reason to be in full force and effect or any
Guarantor, or any Person acting on behalf of any Guarantor, shall deny or
disaffirm its obligations under its guarantee; and (ix) certain events of
bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization affecting the Company, Parent Guarantor
or any Restricted Subsidiary that would constitute a Significant Subsidiary or
any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a
Significant Subsidiary, as set forth in the Indenture.

        If any Event of Default (other than the Events of Default arising from
certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency) occurs and is continuing, the
Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then
outstanding Notes may declare all the Notes to be due and payable.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of an Event of Default arising from
certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency described in the Indenture, all
outstanding Notes shall become due and payable immediately without further
action or notice. Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as
provided in the Indenture. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority
in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may direct the
Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from
Holders notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default (except a Default
or Event of Default relating to the payment of principal or interest) if it
determines that withholding notice is in the interests of the Holders. The
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then
outstanding by notice to the Trustee may on behalf of the Holders of all of the
Notes waive any existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences under
the Indenture except a continuing Default or Event of Default (i) in the payment
of the principal of, or interest on, the Notes and (ii) in respect of a covenant
or provision which under the Indenture cannot be modified or amended without the
consent of the Holder of each Note affected by such modification or amendment.
The Company is required to deliver to the Trustee annually a statement regarding
compliance with the Indenture, and the Company is required upon becoming aware
of any Default or Event of Default, to deliver to the Trustee a statement
specifying such Default or Event of Default.

        13.     TRUSTEE DEALINGS WITH COMPANY. Subject to certain limitations,
the Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or
pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Company or any Affiliate of the
Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.

        14.     NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS. No past, present or future director,
officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the Company or of any
Guarantor, as such, shall have any liability for any Obligations of the Company
or any Guarantor under the Indenture, the Notes, the guarantees or for any claim
based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such Obligations or their creation.
Each Holder by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability.

        15.     AUTHENTICATION. This Note shall not be valid until authenticated
by the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.

        16.     ABBREVIATIONS. Customary abbreviations may be used in the name
of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (=
tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship
and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts
to Minors Act).

        17.     ADDITIONAL RIGHTS OF HOLDERS OF RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTES AND
RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES. In addition to the rights provided to Holders of
Notes under the Indenture, Holders of Restricted Global Notes and Restricted
Definitive Notes that are Initial Notes shall have all the rights set forth in
the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of May 21, 2003, among the Company,
the Parent Guarantor, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the parties named on the
signature pages thereto or, in the case of Additional Notes, Holders of
Restricted Global Notes and Restricted Definitive Notes shall have the rights
set forth in one or more Registration Rights Agreements, if any, among the
Company and the other parties thereto, relating to rights given by the Company
to the purchasers of such Additional Notes.

        18.     CUSIP NUMBERS. Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the
Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused
CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes and has

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directed the Trustee to use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption or notices of
Offers to Purchase as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to
the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained
in any notice of redemption or notice of an Offer to Purchase and reliance may
be placed only on the other identification numbers printed thereon and any such
redemption or Offer to Purchase shall not be affected by any defect in or
omission of such numbers.

                The Company shall furnish to any Holder upon written request and
without charge a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to: Medex, Inc.,
6250 Shier-Rings Road, Dublin, Ohio 43016, Attention: Corporate Secretary.

        19.     GOVERNING LAW. The internal law of the State of New York shall
govern and be used to construe this Note without giving effect to applicable
principals of conflicts of law to the extent that the application of the laws of
another jurisdiction would be required thereby.

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                       Option of Holder to Elect Purchase

If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to
Section 4.12 or 4.17 of the Indenture, check the box below:

/ /     Section 4.12

/ /     Section 4.17

If you want to elect to have only part of this Note purchased by the Company
pursuant to Section 4.12 or Section 4.17 of the Indenture, state the amount you
elect to have purchased: $_____________________

Date:                         Your Signature:
     ------------------                      ------------------------------
                              (Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of
                              this Note)

                              Tax Identification No.:

                              --------------------------------------------------

                              SIGNATURE GUARANTEE:

                              ----------------------------------------

                              Signatures must be guaranteed by an "eligible
                              guarantor institution" meeting the requirements of
                              the Registrar, which requirements include
                              membership or participation in the Security
                              Transfer Agent Medallion Program ("STAMP") or such
                              other "signature guarantee program" as may be
                              determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in
                              substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with
                              the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

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                                 ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Note, fill in the form below:

(I) or (we) assign and transfer this Note to

________________________________________________________________________________

            (Insert assignee's social security or other tax I.D. no.)

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

            (Print or type assignee's name, address and zip code)

and irrevocably appoint_________________________________________________________
as agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may
substitute another to act for him.

________________________________________________________________________________

Date:
      --------------

                              Your Signature:
                                             ---------------------------------
                              (Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of
                              this Note)

                              Signature Guarantee:
                                                   -----------------------------

                              Signatures must be guaranteed by an "eligible
                              guarantor institution" meeting the requirements of
                              the Registrar, which requirements include
                              membership or participation in the Security
                              Transfer Agent Medallion Program ("STAMP") or such
                              other "signature guarantee program" as may be
                              determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in
                              substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with
                              the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

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              SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE

                The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for an
interest in another Global Note or for a Definitive Note, or exchanges of a part
of another Global Note or Definitive Note for an interest in this Global Note,
have been made:

<Table>
<Caption>
                                                                    Principal Amount
                          Amount of                                of this Global Note        Signature of
                         decrease in         Amount of increase      following such       authorized signatory
                      Principal Amount      in Principal Amount       decrease (or            of Trustee or
 Date of Exchange    of this Global Note    of this Global Note         increase)            Note Custodian
 ----------------    -------------------    -------------------         ---------            --------------
 <S>                 <C>                    <C>                    <C>                    <C>

</Table>

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                                                                     EXHIBIT A-2
================================================================================

                  (Face of Regulation S Temporary Global Note)

                    8-7/8% SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2013

                                                             CUSIP _____________

        NO. _____                                                 $_____________

                                   MEDEX, INC.

promises to pay to CEDE & CO., INC. or its registered assigns, the principal sum
of _________________ Dollars ($______________) on May 15, 2013.

Interest Payment Dates: May 15 and November 15, commencing November 15, 2003.

Record Dates: May 1 and November 1

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be
signed by its duly authorized officer.

                                          MEDEX, INC.

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

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the [Global]
Notes referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture:

THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee

By:
   ----------------------------------------------
                 Authorized Signatory

Dated: ________________, 2003

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                  (Back of Regulation S Temporary Global Note)

                    8-7/8% SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2013

THE RIGHTS ATTACHING TO THIS REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE, AND THE
CONDITIONS AND PROCEDURES GOVERNING ITS EXCHANGE FOR CERTIFICATED NOTES, ARE AS
SPECIFIED IN THE INDENTURE (AS DEFINED HEREIN). NEITHER THE HOLDER NOR THE
BENEFICIAL OWNERS OF THIS REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE ENTITLED
TO RECEIVE PAYMENT OF INTEREST HEREON.

[INSERT THE GLOBAL NOTE LEGEND, IF APPLICABLE PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THE
INDENTURE]

[INSERT THE PRIVATE PLACEMENT LEGEND, IF APPLICABLE PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THE
INDENTURE]

                Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned
to them in the Indenture referred to below unless otherwise indicated.

        1.      INTEREST. Medex, Inc., an Ohio corporation (the "COMPANY"),
promises to pay interest (as defined in the Indenture) on the principal amount
of this Note at [ ]% per annum until maturity and shall pay Additional Interest,
if any, as provided in the Registration Rights Agreement relating to these
Notes. The Company shall pay interest semi-annually in arrears in cash on May 15
and November 15 of each year, or if any such day is not a Business Day, on the
next succeeding Business Day (each an "INTEREST PAYMENT DATE"). Interest on the
Notes shall accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or,
if no interest has been paid, from May 21, 2003; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if
there is no existing Default in the payment of interest, and if this Note is
authenticated between a record date referred to on the face hereof and the next
succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest shall accrue from such next
succeeding Interest Payment Date; PROVIDED, FURTHER, that the first Interest
Payment Date shall be November 15, 2003. The Company shall (to the extent that
it may lawfully do so) pay interest (including post-petition interest in any
proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal and premium, if any,
from time to time at a rate that is 1% per annum in excess of the interest rate
then in effect under the Indenture and this Note; it shall pay interest
(including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on
overdue installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace
periods), from time to time at the same rate to the extent lawful. Interest
shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

        2.      METHOD OF PAYMENT. The Company shall pay interest on the Notes
(except defaulted interest) to the Persons in whose name this Note (or one or
more Predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on May 1 or
November 1 preceding the Interest Payment Date, even if such Notes are cancelled
after such record date and on or before such Interest Payment Date, except as
provided in Section 2.12 of the Indenture with respect to defaulted interest.
The Notes shall be payable as to principal, premium, if any, and interest at the
office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose, or, at the option
of the Company, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the Holders
at their addresses set forth in the Security Register; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
payment by wire transfer of immediately available funds shall be required with
respect to principal of and interest and premium, if any, on, all Global Notes
and all other Notes the Holders of which shall have provided wire transfer
instructions to the Company or the Paying Agent. Such payment shall be in such
coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is
legal tender for payment of public and private debts.

        3.      PAYING AGENT AND REGISTRAR. Initially, The Bank of New York, the
Trustee under the Indenture, shall act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The
Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder.
The Company, Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries may act in any such
capacity.

        4.      INDENTURE. The Company issued the Notes under an Indenture,
dated as of May 21, 2003 ("INDENTURE"), among the Company, the Parent Guarantor,
the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee. The terms of the Notes include those
stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (15 U.S. Code Sections 77aaa-77bbbb).
The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the
Indenture and such Act for a statement of such terms. To the extent any
provision of this

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Note conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of
the Indenture shall govern and be controlling.

        5.      OPTIONAL REDEMPTION.

                (e)    At any time before May 15, 2006, the Company may on one
or more occasions redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes
(including Additional Notes) issued under this Indenture at a redemption price
of 108.875% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest to
the redemption date, with the net cash proceeds of any Equity Offering;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (1) at least 65% of the original aggregate principal
amount of Notes issued under this Indenture remains outstanding immediately
after the occurrence of such redemption (excluding Notes held by the Parent
Guarantor and its Subsidiaries); and (2) the redemption occurs within 90 days of
the date of the closing of such Equity Offering.

                (f)    Except pursuant to the preceding paragraph, the Notes
shall not be redeemable at the Company's option prior to May 15, 2008.

                (g)    On or after May 15, 2008, the Company may redeem all or a
part of the Notes upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' notice, at the
redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount) set forth below
plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes redeemed, to the applicable
redemption date, if redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on May 15
of the years indicated below:

<Table>
<Caption>
        YEAR                                               PERCENTAGE
        ----                                               ----------
        <S>                                                   <C>
        2008............................................      104.438%

        2009............................................      102.958%

        2010............................................      101.479%

        2011 and thereafter.............................      100.000%
</Table>

                (h)    Any prepayment pursuant to this paragraph shall be made
pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.01 through 3.06 of the Indenture.

        6.      MANDATORY REDEMPTION. Except as set forth in Sections 4.12 and
4.17 of the Indenture, the Company shall not be required to make mandatory
redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes.

        7.      REPURCHASE AT OPTION OF HOLDER.

                (a)    Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Company
shall, within 30 days of a Change of Control, make an offer pursuant to the
procedures set forth in Section 3.09 of the Indenture, to repurchase the Notes
on the date specified in such notice, which date shall be no earlier than 30
days and no later than 90 days from the date of such Change of Control. Each
Holder shall have the right to accept such offer and require the Company to
repurchase all or any part (equal to $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000)
of such Holder's Notes pursuant to the Change of Control Offer at a purchase
price, in cash, equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes
repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes repurchased to the
Purchase Date.

                (b)    If the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary consummates
any Asset Sales, the Company shall not be required to apply any Net Proceeds to
repurchase Notes in accordance with the Indenture until the aggregate Excess
Proceeds from all Asset Sales following the date the Notes are first issued
exceeds $5.0 million. Thereafter, the Company shall make an Asset Sale Offer to
all Holders of Notes and if the Company is required to do so under the terms of
any other Indebtedness that ranks equally in right of payment with the Notes and
the terms of which are PARI PASSU with the Notes, such other Indebtedness on a
pro rata basis with the Notes, that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds.
The offer price shall be in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount of the
Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to the date of purchase
in accordance with the terms of the Indenture. To the extent that the aggregate
amount of Notes and other Indebtedness tendered under such Asset Sale Offer is
less than the Excess Proceeds, any remaining Excess Proceeds may be used for any
purpose not otherwise

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prohibited by the Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of Notes
surrendered by Holders thereof exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds available
for purchases of such Notes, the Trustee shall select the Notes to be purchased
in the manner set forth in Section 3.02 of the Indenture.

        8.      NOTICE OF REDEMPTION. Notices of redemption shall be mailed at
least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each
Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address. Notes in
denominations larger than $1,000 may be redeemed in part but only in integral
multiples of $1,000, unless all of the Notes held by a Holder are to be
redeemed. On and after the redemption date interest shall cease to accrue on
Notes or portions thereof called for redemption.

        9.      DENOMINATIONS, TRANSFER, EXCHANGE. The Notes are in registered
form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of
$1,000. This Note shall represent the aggregate principal amount of outstanding
Notes from time to time endorsed hereon and the aggregate principal amount of
Notes represented hereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as
appropriate, to reflect exchanges and redemptions. The transfer of Notes may be
registered and Notes may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The
Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish
appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and the Company may require a
Holder to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture.
The Company need not exchange or register the transfer of any Note or portion of
a Note selected for redemption, except for the unredeemed portion of any Note
being redeemed in part. Also, the Company need not exchange or register the
transfer of any Notes for a period of 15 days before a selection of Notes to be
redeemed or during the period between a record date and the corresponding
Interest Payment Date.

        10.     PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS. The registered Holder of a Note may be
treated as its owner for all purposes.

        11.     AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER. Subject to certain exceptions,
the Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture or the Notes
with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of
the Notes, including Additional Notes, if any then outstanding, voting as a
single class (including consents obtained in connection with a purchase of or
tender offer or exchange offer for the Notes), and, subject to Sections 6.04 and
6.07 of the Indenture, any existing Default or Event of Default (except a
continuing Default or Event of Default (i) in the payment of principal, premium,
if any, interest, if any, on the Notes and (ii) in respect of a covenant or
provision which under the Indenture cannot be modified or amended without the
consent of the Holder of each Note affected by such modification or amendment)
or compliance with any provision of the Indenture or the Notes may be waived
with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of
the Notes, including Additional Notes, if any, then outstanding voting as a
single class (including consents obtained in connection with a purchase of or
tender offer or Exchange Offer for the Notes). Without the consent of any
Holder, the Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture or the
Notes to (a) cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency; (b) provide for
uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes (PROVIDED
that the uncertificated Notes are issued in registered form for purposes of
Section 163(f) of the Code, or in a manner such that the uncertificated Notes
are described in Section 163(f)(2)(B) of the Code); (c) provide for the
assumption of the Obligations of the Company to Holders in the case of a merger,
consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company;
(d) make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the
Holders or that does not adversely affect the legal rights under the Indenture
of any such Holder; (e) provide for or confirm the issuance of Additional Notes
otherwise permitted to be incurred by this Indenture; or (f) comply with
requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of the
Indenture under the TIA.

        12.     DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES. Each of the following constitutes an
Event of Default with respect to the Notes: (i) default for 30 days in the
payment when due of interest, if any, on the Notes (whether or not prohibited by
the Subordination provisions of the Indenture); (ii) default in payment when due
of the principal of or premium, if any, on the Notes (whether or not prohibited
by the Subordination provisions of the Indenture); (iii) failure by the Company
or any Restricted Subsidiary for 30 days after notice to comply with the
provisions of Section 4.09 or 4.10 of the Indenture; (iv) failure by the Parent
Guarantor, the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to comply with the
provisions of Sections 4.12, 4.17 or 5.01 of the Indenture; (v) failure by the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary for 60 days after notice to comply with any
of its other agreements in the Indenture or the Notes; (vi) a default under any
mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued or by which
there may be secured or

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evidenced any Indebtedness for money borrowed by the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary (or the payment of which is guaranteed by the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary) whether such Indebtedness or guarantee now exists, or is
created after the date of the Indenture, if that default: (A) is caused by a
failure to pay principal of, or interest or premium, if any, on such
Indebtedness prior to the expiration of the grace period provided in such
Indebtedness on the date of such default (a "Payment Default"); or (B) results
in the acceleration of such Indebtedness prior to its express maturity, and, in
each case, the principal amount of any such Indebtedness, together with the
principal amount of any other such Indebtedness under which there has been a
Payment Default or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregates
$7.5 million or more; (vii) failure by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
to pay final judgments aggregating in excess of $7.5 million, which judgments
are not paid, discharged or stayed for a period of 60 days; (viii) except as
permitted by the Indenture, any guarantee shall be held in any judicial
proceeding to be unenforceable or invalid or shall cease for any reason to be in
full force and effect or any Guarantor, or any Person acting on behalf of any
Guarantor, shall deny or disaffirm its obligations under its guarantee; and (ix)
certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization affecting the
Company, Parent Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary that would constitute a
Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken
together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary, as set forth in the
Indenture.

        If any Event of Default (other than the Events of Default arising from
certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency) occurs and is continuing, the
Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then
outstanding Notes may declare all the Notes to be due and payable.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of an Event of Default arising from
certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency described in the Indenture, all
outstanding Notes shall become due and payable immediately without further
action or notice. Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as
provided in the Indenture. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority
in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may direct the
Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from
Holders notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default (except a Default
or Event of Default relating to the payment of principal or interest) if it
determines that withholding notice is in the interests of the Holders. The
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then
outstanding by notice to the Trustee may on behalf of the Holders of all of the
Notes waive any existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences under
the Indenture except a continuing Default or Event of Default (i) in the payment
of the principal of, or interest on, the Notes and (ii) in respect of a covenant
or provision which under the Indenture cannot be modified or amended without the
consent of the Holder of each Note affected by such modification or amendment.
The Company is required to deliver to the Trustee annually a statement regarding
compliance with the Indenture, and the Company is required upon becoming aware
of any Default or Event of Default, to deliver to the Trustee a statement
specifying such Default or Event of Default.

        13.     TRUSTEE DEALINGS WITH COMPANY. Subject to certain limitations,
the Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or
pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Company or any Affiliate of the
Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.

        14.     NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS. No past, present or future director,
officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the Company or of any
Guarantor, as such, shall have any liability for any Obligations of the Company
or any Guarantor under the Indenture, the Notes, the guarantees or for any claim
based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such Obligations or their creation.
Each Holder by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability.

        15.     AUTHENTICATION. This Note shall not be valid until authenticated
by the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.

        16.     ABBREVIATIONS. Customary abbreviations may be used in the name
of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (=
tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship
and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts
to Minors Act).

        17.     ADDITIONAL RIGHTS OF HOLDERS OF RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTES AND
RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES. In addition to the rights provided to Holders of
Notes under the Indenture, Holders of Restricted Global Notes and Restricted
Definitive Notes that are Initial Notes shall have all the rights set forth in
the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of May 21, 2003, among the Company,
the Parent Guarantor, the Subsidiary Guarantors and

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the parties named on the signature pages thereto or, in the case of Additional
Notes, Holders of Restricted Global Notes and Restricted Definitive Notes shall
have the rights set forth in one or more Registration Rights Agreements, if any,
among the Company and the other parties thereto, relating to rights given by the
Company to the purchasers of such Additional Notes.

        18.     CUSIP NUMBERS. Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the
Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused
CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes and has directed the Trustee to use
CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption or notices of Offers to Purchase as a
convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the correctness of such
numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of
redemption or notice of an Offer to Purchase and reliance may be placed only on
the other identification numbers printed thereon and any such redemption or
Offer to Purchase shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such
numbers.

                The Company shall furnish to any Holder upon written request and
without charge a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to: Medex, Inc.,
6250 Shier-Rings Road, Dublin, Ohio 43016, Attention: Corporate Secretary.

        19.     GOVERNING LAW. The internal law of the State of New York shall
govern and be used to construe this Note without giving effect to applicable
principals of conflicts of law to the extent that the application of the laws of
another jurisdiction would be required thereby.

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                       Option of Holder to Elect Purchase

If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to
Section 4.12 or 4.17 of the Indenture, check the box below:

/ /     Section 4.12

/ /     Section 4.17

If you want to elect to have only part of this Note purchased by the Company
pursuant to Section 4.12 or Section 4.17 of the Indenture, state the amount you
elect to have purchased: $_____________________

Date:                         Your Signature:
     ------------------                      --------------------------------
                              (Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of
                              this Note)

                              Tax Identification No.:

                              -----------------------------------------------

                              SIGNATURE GUARANTEE:

                              ----------------------------------------

                              Signatures must be guaranteed by an "eligible
                              guarantor institution" meeting the requirements of
                              the Registrar, which requirements include
                              membership or participation in the Security
                              Transfer Agent Medallion Program ("STAMP") or such
                              other "signature guarantee program" as may be
                              determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in
                              substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with
                              the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

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                                 ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Note, fill in the form below:

(I) or (we) assign and transfer this Note to

________________________________________________________________________________

            (Insert assignee's social security or other tax I.D. no.)

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

            (Print or type assignee's name, address and zip code)

and irrevocably appoint ________________________________________________________
as agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may
substitute another to act for him.
________________________________________________________________________________

Date:
      --------------

                              Your Signature:
                                             ---------------------------------
                              (Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of
                              this Note)

                              Signature Guarantee:
                                                  -----------------------------

                              Signatures must be guaranteed by an "eligible
                              guarantor institution" meeting the requirements of
                              the Registrar, which requirements include
                              membership or participation in the Security
                              Transfer Agent Medallion Program ("STAMP") or such
                              other "signature guarantee program" as may be
                              determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in
                              substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with
                              the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

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              SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE

                The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for an
interest in another Global Note or for a Definitive Note, or exchanges of a part
of another Global Note or Definitive Note for an interest in this Global Note,
have been made:

<Table>
<Caption>
                                                                    Principal Amount
                          Amount of                                of this Global Note        Signature of
                         decrease in         Amount of increase      following such       authorized signatory
                      Principal Amount      in Principal Amount       decrease (or            of Trustee or
 Date of Exchange    of this Global Note    of this Global Note         increase)            Note Custodian
 ----------------    -------------------    -------------------         ---------            --------------
 <S>                 <C>                    <C>                    <C>                    <C>

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                                    EXHIBIT B

                         FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER

Medex, Inc.
6250 Shier-Rings Road
Dublin, Ohio 43016
Attention: General Counsel

The Bank of New York
101 Barclay Street 8W
New York, NY 10286
Attention: Corporate Trust Division
Facsimile No.: (212) 815-5707

Re:     8-7/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2013
        -----------------------------------------

                Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of
May 21, 2003 (the "INDENTURE"), among Medex, Inc., as issuer (the "COMPANY"),
the Guarantors party thereto and The Bank of New York, as Trustee. Capitalized
terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the
Indenture.

                ___________________, (the "TRANSFEROR") owns and proposes to
transfer the Note[s] or interest in such Note[s] specified in Annex A hereto, in
the principal amount of $___________ in such Note[s] or interests (the
"TRANSFER"), to ___________________________ (the "TRANSFEREE"), as further
specified in Annex A hereto. In connection with the Transfer, the Transferor
hereby certifies that:

                             [CHECK ALL THAT APPLY]

                1.     / / Check if Transferee will take delivery of a
beneficial interest in the 144A Global Note or a Definitive Note Pursuant to
Rule 144A. The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with
Rule 144A under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "SECURITIES
ACT"), and, accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies that the
beneficial interest or Definitive Note is being transferred to a Person that the
Transferor reasonably believed and believes is purchasing the beneficial
interest or Definitive Note for its own account, or for one or more accounts
with respect to which such Person exercises sole investment discretion, and such
Person and each such account is a "qualified institutional buyer" within the
meaning of Rule 144A in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A and
such Transfer is in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of
any state of the United States. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in
accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest
or Definitive Note will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in
the Private Placement Legend printed on the 144A Global Note and/or the
Definitive Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

                2.     / / Check if Transferee will take delivery of a
beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Note or a Definitive Note
pursuant to Regulation S. The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in
accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act and, accordingly,
the Transferor hereby further certifies that (i) the Transfer is not being made
to a Person in the United States and (x) at the time the buy order was
originated, the Transferee was outside the United States or such Transferor and
any Person acting on its behalf reasonably believed and believes that the
Transferee was outside the United States or (y) the transaction was executed in,
on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market and
neither such Transferor nor any Person acting on its behalf knows that the
transaction was prearranged with a buyer in the United States, (ii) no

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directed selling efforts have been made in contravention of the requirements of
Rule 903(b) or Rule 904(a) of Regulation S under the Securities Act, (iii) the
transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration
requirements of the Securities Act and (iv) if the proposed transfer is being
made prior to the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period, the transfer
is not being made to a U.S. Person or for the account or benefit of a U.S.
Person (other than an Initial Purchaser). Upon consummation of the proposed
transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred
beneficial interest or Definitive Note will be subject to the restrictions on
Transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Regulation S
Global Note, the Temporary Regulation S Global Note and/or the Definitive Note
and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

                3.     / / Check and complete if Transferee will take delivery
of a Definitive Note pursuant to any provision of the Securities Act other than
Rule 144A or Regulation S. The Transfer is being effected in compliance with the
transfer restrictions applicable to beneficial interests in Restricted Global
Notes and Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the
Securities Act and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the
United States, and accordingly the Transferor hereby further certifies that
(check one):

                       (a)    / / such Transfer is being effected pursuant to
        and in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act;

                       or

                       (b)    / / such Transfer is being effected to the
        Company, Parent Guarantor or a Subsidiary of either thereof;

                       or

                       (c)    / / such Transfer is being effected pursuant to an
        effective registration statement under the Securities Act and in
        compliance with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities
        Act.

                4.     / / Check if Transferee will take delivery of a
beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or of an Unrestricted
Definitive Note.

                       (a)    / / CHECK IF TRANSFER IS PURSUANT TO RULE 144. (i)
        The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule
        144 under the Securities Act and in compliance with the transfer
        restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky
        securities laws of any state of the United States and (ii) the
        restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private
        Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with
        the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in
        accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial
        interest or Definitive Note will no longer be subject to the
        restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend
        printed on the Restricted Global Notes, on Restricted Definitive Notes
        and in the Indenture.

                       (b)    / / CHECK IF TRANSFER IS PURSUANT TO REGULATION S.
        (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with
        Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act and in compliance with the
        transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue
        sky securities laws of any state of the United States and (ii) the
        restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private
        Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with
        the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in
        accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial
        interest or Definitive Note will no longer be subject to the
        restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend
        printed on the Restricted Global Notes, on Restricted Definitive Notes
        and in the Indenture.

                       (c)    / / CHECK IF TRANSFER IS PURSUANT TO OTHER
        EXEMPTION. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in
        compliance with an exemption from the registration requirements of the
        Securities Act other than Rule 144, Rule 903 or Rule 904 and in
        compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and
        any applicable blue sky securities laws of any State of the United
        States and

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        (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the
        Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain
        compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed
        Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred
        beneficial interest or Definitive Note will not be subject to the
        restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend
        printed on the Restricted Global Notes or Restricted Definitive Notes
        and in the Indenture.

                This certificate and the statements contained herein are made
for your benefit and the benefit of the Company.

                              ---------------------------------------------
                              [Insert Name of Transferor]

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

                              Dated:
                                     -------------------

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                       ANNEX A TO CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER

        1.      The Transferor owns and proposes to transfer the following:

                            [CHECK ONE OF (a) OR (b)]

        (a)     / / a beneficial interest in the:

         (i)    / / 144A Global Note (CUSIP _________), or

         (ii)   / / Regulation S Global Note (CUSIP _________), or

        (b)     / / a Restricted Definitive Note.

        2.      After the Transfer the Transferee will hold:

                         [CHECK ONE OF (a), (b) OR (c)]

        (a)     / / a beneficial interest in the:

         (i)    / / 144A Global Note (CUSIP _________), or

         (ii)   / / Regulation S Global Note (CUSIP _________), or

        (iii)   / / Unrestricted Global Note (CUSIP _________); or

        (b)     / / a Restricted Definitive Note; or

        (c)     / / an Unrestricted Definitive Note,

        in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.

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                                    EXHIBIT C

                         FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE

Medex, Inc.
6250 Shier-Rings Road
Dublin, Ohio 43016
Attention: General Counsel

The Bank of New York
101 Barclay Street 8W
New York, NY 10286
Attention: Corporate Trust Division
Facsimile No.: (212) 815-5707

Re:     8-7/8 % Senior Subordinated Notes due 2013
        ------------------------------------------

                Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of May 21,
2003 (the "INDENTURE"), among Medex, Inc., as issuer (the "COMPANY"), the
Guarantors party thereto and The Bank of New York, as Trustee. Capitalized terms
used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the
Indenture.

                __________________________, (the "OWNER") owns and proposes to
exchange the Note[s] or interest in such Note[s] specified herein, in the
principal amount of $____________ in such Note[s] or interests (the "EXCHANGE").
In connection with the Exchange, the Owner hereby certifies that:

                1.     Exchange of Restricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial
Interests in a Restricted Global Note for Unrestricted Definitive Notes or
Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Note

                       (a)    / / CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM BENEFICIAL INTEREST
IN A RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE TO BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN AN UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL
NOTE. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner's beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note
in an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial
interest is being acquired for the Owner's own account without transfer, (ii)
such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions
applicable to the Restricted Global Note and pursuant to and in accordance with
the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "SECURITIES ACT"), (iii) the
restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement
Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act
and (iv) the beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note is being
acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state
of the United States.

                       (b)    / / CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM BENEFICIAL INTEREST
IN A RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE TO UNRESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE. In connection with
the Exchange of the Owner's beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for
an Unrestricted Definitive Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the Unrestricted
Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner's own account without transfer,
(ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer
restrictions applicable to the Restricted Global Note and pursuant to and in
accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained
in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to
maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the Unrestricted Definitive
Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities
laws of any state of the United States.

                       (c)    / / CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM RESTRICTED
DEFINITIVE NOTE TO BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN AN UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE. In
connection with the Owner's Exchange of a Restricted Definitive Note for a
beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, the Owner hereby certifies
(i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner's own account
without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the
transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to
and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer
contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not

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required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the
beneficial interest is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky
securities laws of any state of the United States.

                       (d)    / / CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM RESTRICTED
DEFINITIVE NOTE TO UNRESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE. In connection with the Owner's
Exchange of a Restricted Definitive Note for an Unrestricted Definitive Note,
the Owner hereby certifies (i) the Unrestricted Definitive Note is being
acquired for the Owner's own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has
been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to
Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the
Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture
and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain
compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the Unrestricted Definitive Note is
being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any
state of the United States.

                2.     Exchange of Restricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial
Interests in Restricted Global Notes for Restricted Definitive Notes or
Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes

                       (a)    / / CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM BENEFICIAL INTEREST
        IN A RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE TO RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE. In connection
        with the Exchange of the Owner's beneficial interest in a Restricted
        Global Note for a Restricted Definitive Note with an equal principal
        amount, the Owner hereby certifies that the Restricted Definitive Note
        is being acquired for the Owner's own account without transfer. Upon
        consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance with the terms of
        the Indenture, the Restricted Definitive Note issued will continue to be
        subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private
        Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Definitive Note and in the
        Indenture and the Securities Act.

                       (b)    / / CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM RESTRICTED
        DEFINITIVE NOTE TO BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE. In
        connection with the Exchange of the Owner's Restricted Definitive Note
        for a beneficial interest in the [CIRCLE ONE] 144A Global Note,
        Regulation S Global Note, with an equal principal amount, the Owner
        hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the
        Owner's own account without transfer and (ii) such Exchange has been
        effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the
        Restricted Definitive Note and pursuant to and in accordance with the
        Securities Act, and in compliance with any applicable blue sky
        securities laws of any state of the United States. Upon consummation of
        the proposed Exchange in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the
        beneficial interest issued will be subject to the restrictions on
        transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the
        relevant Restricted Global Note and in the Indenture and the Securities
        Act.

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                This certificate and the statements contained herein are made
for your benefit and the benefit of the Company.

                              ---------------------------------------------
                                       [Insert Name of Transferor]

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

                              Dated:
                                     --------------------

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                                    EXHIBIT D

                          FORM OF NOTATION OF GUARANTEE

                For value received, each Guarantor (which term includes any
successor Person under the Indenture), jointly and severally, hereby
unconditionally guarantees, to the extent set forth in the Indenture and subject
to the provisions in the Indenture, dated as of May 21, 2003 (the "INDENTURE"),
among Medex, Inc., as issuer (the "Company"), the Guarantors listed on the
signature pages thereto and The Bank of New York, as trustee (the "Trustee"),
(a) the due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and
interest, if any, on the Notes, whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption
or otherwise, the due and punctual payment of interest on overdue principal and
premium, if any, and, to the extent permitted by law, interest, if any, and the
due and punctual performance of all other Obligations of the Company to the
Holders or the Trustee under the Notes and the Indenture, all in accordance with
the terms of the Notes and the Indenture; and (b) in case of any extension of
time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other Obligations, that
the same shall be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with
the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at maturity, by acceleration
pursuant to Section 6.02 of the Indenture, redemption or otherwise. The
Obligations of the Guarantors to the Holders of Notes and to the Trustee
pursuant to the guarantee and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article
10 of the Indenture and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for the
precise terms of the guarantee. Except to the extent provided in the Indenture,
including Sections 8.02, 8.03 and 10.05 thereof, this guarantee shall not be
discharged except by complete performance of the Obligations contained herein
and in the Indenture. Each Holder of a Note, by accepting the same agrees to and
shall be bound by such provisions. Capitalized terms used herein and not defined
are used herein as so defined in the Indenture.

                            [Signature page follows]

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                                          [NAME OF GUARANTOR]

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

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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

<Table>
<Caption>
                                                                                                             PAGE
<S>                                                                                                           <C>
ARTICLE 1.     DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE......................................................1

      Section 1.01.   Definitions..............................................................................1

      Section 1.02.   Other Definitions.......................................................................17

      Section 1.03.   Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.......................................17

      Section 1.04.   Rules of Construction...................................................................17

ARTICLE 2.     THE NOTES......................................................................................18

      Section 2.01.   Form and Dating.........................................................................18

      Section 2.02.   Execution and Authentication............................................................19

      Section 2.03.   Registrar and Paying Agent..............................................................19

      Section 2.04.   Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.....................................................20

      Section 2.05.   Holder Lists............................................................................20

      Section 2.06.   Transfer and Exchange...................................................................20

      Section 2.07.   Replacement Notes.......................................................................30

      Section 2.08.   Outstanding Notes.......................................................................31

      Section 2.09.   Treasury Notes..........................................................................31

      Section 2.10.   Temporary Notes.........................................................................31

      Section 2.11.   Cancellation............................................................................32

      Section 2.12.   Defaulted Interest......................................................................32

      Section 2.13.   CUSIP or ISIN Numbers...................................................................32

      Section 2.14.   Additional Interest.....................................................................32

      Section 2.15.   Issuance of Additional Notes............................................................32

      Section 2.16.   Record Date.............................................................................33

ARTICLE 3.     REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT......................................................................33

      Section 3.01.   Notices to Trustee......................................................................33

      Section 3.02.   Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed.......................................................33

      Section 3.03.   Notice of Redemption....................................................................34

      Section 3.04.   Effect of Notice of Redemption..........................................................34

      Section 3.05.   Deposit of Redemption Price.............................................................34

      Section 3.06.   Notes Redeemed in Part..................................................................35

      Section 3.07.   Optional Redemption.....................................................................35

      Section 3.08.   Mandatory Redemption....................................................................35

      Section 3.09.   Offers To Purchase......................................................................36

ARTICLE 4.     COVENANTS......................................................................................38

      Section 4.01.   Payment of Notes........................................................................38

      Section 4.02.   Maintenance of Office or Agency.........................................................38
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<S>                                                                                                           <C>
      Section 4.03.   Reports.................................................................................38

      Section 4.04.   Compliance Certificate..................................................................39

      Section 4.05.   Taxes...................................................................................40

      Section 4.06.   Stay, Extension and Usury Laws..........................................................40

      Section 4.07.   Corporate Existence.....................................................................40

      Section 4.08.   Payments for Consent....................................................................40

      Section 4.09.   Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock..............................40

      Section 4.10.   Restricted Payments.....................................................................42

      Section 4.11.   Liens...................................................................................45

      Section 4.12.   Asset Sales.............................................................................45

      Section 4.13.   Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries...............47

      Section 4.14.   Transactions with Affiliates............................................................48

      Section 4.15.   Business Activities.....................................................................49

      Section 4.16.   Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries.................................49

      Section 4.17.   Repurchase at the Option of Holders Upon a Change of Control............................49

      Section 4.18.   Additional Guarantees...................................................................49

ARTICLE 5.     SUCCESSORS.....................................................................................50

      Section 5.01.   Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets.................................................50

      Section 5.02.   Successor Corporation Substituted.......................................................51

ARTICLE 6.     DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES..........................................................................51

      Section 6.01.   Events of Default.......................................................................51

      Section 6.02.   Acceleration............................................................................53

      Section 6.03.   Other Remedies..........................................................................54

      Section 6.04.   Waiver of Past Defaults.................................................................54

      Section 6.05.   Control by Majority.....................................................................54

      Section 6.06.   Limitation on Suits.....................................................................54

      Section 6.07.   Rights of Holders to Receive Payment....................................................55

      Section 6.08.   Collection Suit by Trustee..............................................................55

      Section 6.09.   Trustee May File Proofs of Claim........................................................55

      Section 6.10.   Priorities..............................................................................55

      Section 6.11.   Undertaking for Costs...................................................................56

ARTICLE 7.     TRUSTEE........................................................................................56

      Section 7.01.   Duties of Trustee.......................................................................56

      Section 7.02.   Rights of Trustee.......................................................................57
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<S>                                                                                                           <C>
      Section 7.03.   Individual Rights of Trustee............................................................58

      Section 7.04.   Trustee's Disclaimer....................................................................58

      Section 7.05.   Notice of Defaults......................................................................58

      Section 7.06.   Reports by Trustee to Holders...........................................................58

      Section 7.07.   Compensation and Indemnity..............................................................58

      Section 7.08.   Replacement of Trustee..................................................................59

      Section 7.09.   Successor Trustee by Merger, etc........................................................60

      Section 7.10.   Eligibility; Disqualification...........................................................60

      Section 7.11.   Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.......................................61

ARTICLE 8.     LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE.......................................................61

      Section 8.01.   Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance................................61

      Section 8.02.   Legal Defeasance and Discharge..........................................................61

      Section 8.03.   Covenant Defeasance.....................................................................61

      Section 8.04.   Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance..............................................62

      Section 8.05.   Deposited Cash and Government Securities to be Held in Trust; Other
                      Miscellaneous Provisions................................................................63

      Section 8.06.   Repayment to Company....................................................................63

      Section 8.07.   Reinstatement...........................................................................63

ARTICLE 9.     AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER...............................................................64

      Section 9.01.   Without Consent of Holders of Notes.....................................................64

      Section 9.02.   With Consent of Holders of Notes........................................................64

      Section 9.03.   Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.....................................................65

      Section 9.04.   Revocation and Effect of Consents.......................................................65

      Section 9.05.   Notation on or Exchange of Notes........................................................66

      Section 9.06.   Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc.........................................................66

ARTICLE 10.    GUARANTEES.....................................................................................66

      Section 10.01.  Guarantee...............................................................................66

      Section 10.02.  Limitation on Guarantor Liability.......................................................67

      Section 10.03.  Execution and Delivery of Guarantee.....................................................68

      Section 10.04.  Guarantors May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms......................................68

      Section 10.05.  Releases Following Sale of Assets.......................................................69

ARTICLE 11.    SUBORDINATION..................................................................................69

      Section 11.01.  Agreement to Subordinate................................................................69

      Section 11.02.  Liquidation; Dissolution; Bankruptcy....................................................69

      Section 11.03.  Default on Designated Senior Debt.......................................................70
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      Section 11.04.  Acceleration of Notes...................................................................71

      Section 11.05.  When Distribution Must Be Paid Over.....................................................71

      Section 11.06.  Notice By The Company...................................................................71

      Section 11.07.  Subrogation.............................................................................71

      Section 11.08.  Relative Rights.........................................................................71

      Section 11.09.  Subordination May Not Be Impaired By The Company........................................72

      Section 11.10.  Distribution Or Notice To Representative................................................72

      Section 11.11.  Rights Of Trustee And Paying Agent......................................................72

      Section 11.12.  Authorization To Effect Subordination...................................................73

      Section 11.13.  Trust Moneys Not Subordinated...........................................................73

      Section 11.14.  Payment and Distribution................................................................73

      Section 11.15.  No Claims...............................................................................73

      Section 11.16.  Acknowledgement of Holders..............................................................73

ARTICLE 12.    SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE.....................................................................74

      Section 12.01.  Satisfaction and Discharge..............................................................74

      Section 12.02.  Deposited Cash and Government Securities to be Held in Trust; Other
                      Miscellaneous Provisions................................................................74

      Section 12.03.  Repayment to Company....................................................................75

ARTICLE 13.    MISCELLANEOUS..................................................................................75

      Section 13.01.  Trust Indenture Act Controls............................................................75

      Section 13.02.  Notices.................................................................................75

      Section 13.03.  Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes...........................76

      Section 13.04.  Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent......................................76

      Section 13.05.  Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion...........................................76

      Section 13.06.  Rules by Trustee and Agents.............................................................77

      Section 13.07.  No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Shareholders................77

      Section 13.08.  Governing Law...........................................................................77

      Section 13.09.  No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements...........................................77

      Section 13.10.  Successors..............................................................................78

      Section 13.11.  Severability............................................................................78

      Section 13.12.  Counterpart Originals...................................................................78

      Section 13.13.  Table of Contents, Headings, etc........................................................78

      Section 13.14.  Qualification of this Indenture.........................................................78
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                              CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE

<Table>
<Caption>
TIA Section                                                          Indenture
Reference                                                            Section
<S>                                                                  <C>
310(a)(1)                                                            7.10
(a)(2)                                                               7.10
(a)(3)                                                               N.A.
(a)(4)                                                               N.A.
(a)(5)                                                               7.10
(b)                                                                  7.08, 7.10
(c)                                                                  N.A.
311(a)                                                               7.11
(b)                                                                  7.11
(c)                                                                  N.A.
312(a)                                                               2.05
(b)                                                                  12.03
(c)                                                                  12.03
313(a)                                                               7.06
(b)(1)                                                               N.A.
(b)(2)                                                               7.06, 7.07
(c)                                                                  7.06,
                                                                     12.02
(d)                                                                  7.06
314(a)                                                               4.03, 4.04,
                                                                     12.02
(b)                                                                  N.A.
(c)(1)                                                               12.04
(c)(2)                                                               12.04
(c)(3)                                                               N.A.
(d)                                                                  N.A.
(e)                                                                  12.05
315(a)                                                               7.01
(b)                                                                  7.05,
                                                                     12.02
(c)                                                                  7.01
(d)                                                                  7.01
(e)                                                                  6.11
316(a) (last sentence)                                               2.09
(a)(1)(A)                                                            6.05
(a)(1)(B)                                                            6.04
(a)(2)                                                               N.A.
(b)                                                                  6.07
317(a)(1)                                                            6.08
(a)(2)                                                               6.09
(b)                                                                  2.04
318(a)                                                               12.01
</Table>

                N.A. means Not Applicable.

                Note: This Cross-Reference Table shall not, for any purpose, be
deemed to be part of this Indenture.<Page>

                                                                     Exhibit 4.4

                   EXCHANGE AND REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

                            Dated as of May 21, 2003

                                      among

                                  Medex, Inc.,

                            The Subsidiary Guarantors
                         from time to time party hereto,

                        MedVest Holdings Corporation, and

            Lehman Brothers Inc., on behalf of the Initial Purchasers

<Page>

                   EXCHANGE AND REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

          This Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement (this "AGREEMENT") is
made and entered into as of May 21, 2003 by and among Medex, Inc., an Ohio
corporation (the "COMPANY"), the Subsidiary Guarantors (as defined herein), the
Parent Guarantor (as defined herein) and Lehman Brothers Inc. on behalf of
Wachovia Securities, Inc. and Banc One Capital Markets, Inc. (collectively, the
"INITIAL PURCHASERS").

          This Agreement is made pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, dated May
14, 2003 (the "PURCHASE AGREEMENT"), by and among the Company, the Existing
Subsidiary Guarantors (as defined herein), the Parent Guarantor and the Initial
Purchasers, which provides for the sale by the Company to the Initial Purchasers
of $200,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company's 8 7/8 % Senior
Subordinated Notes due 2013 (the "NOTES"). The Notes are, and the Exchange Notes
(as defined herein) will be, guaranteed on a senior basis by the Subsidiary
Guarantors and the Parent Guarantor. In order to induce the Initial Purchasers
to purchase the Notes, the Company, the Existing Subsidiary Guarantors and the
Parent Guarantor have agreed to provide the registration rights set forth in
this Agreement. The execution and delivery of this Agreement is a condition to
the obligations of the Initial Purchasers set forth in Section 7 of the Purchase
Agreement.

          The parties hereby agree as follows:

     SECTION 1.     DEFINITIONS

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

          ADDITIONAL SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS: Any subsidiary of the Company that
executes a Guarantee under the Indenture after the date of this Agreement.

          ADDITIONAL INTEREST: As defined in Section 5(a) hereof.

          ADVICE: As defined in Section 6(e) hereof.

          AGREEMENT: As defined in the preamble hereto.

          BLACKOUT PERIOD: As defined in Section 5(a) hereof.

          BROKER-DEALER: Any broker or dealer registered under the Exchange Act.

          CLOSING DATE: The date of this Agreement.

          COMMISSION: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

          COMPANY: As defined in the preamble hereto.

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

          DAMAGES PAYMENT DATE: With respect to the Notes, each Interest Payment
Date.

          EFFECTIVENESS TARGET DATE: As defined in Section 5(a) hereof.

          EXCHANGE ACT: The U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

          EXCHANGE NOTES: The Company's 8 7/8 % Senior Subordinated Notes due
2013 to be issued pursuant to the Indenture in the Exchange Offer, together with
the related Guarantees.

          EXCHANGE OFFER: The registration by the Company under the Securities
Act of the Exchange Notes pursuant to a Registration Statement pursuant to which
the Company offers the Holders of all outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities
the opportunity to exchange all such outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities
held by such Holders for Exchange Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal
to the aggregate principal amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities validly
tendered and not withdrawn in such exchange offer by such Holders.

          EXCHANGE OFFER REGISTRATION STATEMENT: The Registration Statement
relating to the Exchange Offer.

          EXISTING SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS: The various Subsidiary Guarantors
signatory to the Indenture as of the date hereof.

          GUARANTEES: Guarantees by the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Parent
Guarantor of the Company's obligations under the Notes, the Exchange Notes and
the Indenture.

          HOLDER: As defined in Section 2(b) hereof.

          INDENTURE: The Indenture, dated as of the date hereof, among the
Company, the Existing Subsidiary Guarantors, the Parent Guarantor and The Bank
of New York, as trustee (the "TRUSTEE"), pursuant to which the Notes and the
Exchange Notes are to be issued, as such Indenture may be amended or
supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.

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          INITIAL PURCHASERS: As defined in the preamble hereto.

          INTEREST PAYMENT DATE: As defined in the Indenture and the Notes.

          NASD: National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.

          NOTES: As defined in the preamble hereto.

          PARENT GUARANTOR: MedVest Holdings Corporation, an Ohio corporation.

          PERSON: An individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability
company, unincorporated organization, association, joint-stock company, trust,
joint venture, government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any
other entity.

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

          PURCHASE AGREEMENT: As defined in the preamble hereto.

          RECORD HOLDER: With respect to any Damages Payment Date relating to
Notes, each Person who is a Holder of Notes on the record date with respect to
the Interest Payment Date on which such Damages Payment Date shall occur.

          REGISTRATION DEFAULT: As defined in Section 5(a) hereof.

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

          SECURITIES ACT: The U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

          SHELF FILING DEADLINE: As defined in Section 4(a) hereof.

          SHELF REGISTRATION PERIOD: As defined in Section 4(a) hereof.

          SHELF REGISTRATION STATEMENT: As defined in Section 4(a) hereof.

          SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS: The Additional Subsidiary Guarantors and the
Existing Subsidiary Guarantors.

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

          TRANSFER RESTRICTED SECURITIES: Each Note or Exchange Note (including
the related Guarantees), as applicable, until the earliest to occur of (a) the
date on which such Note is exchanged by a person other than a Broker-Dealer in
the Exchange Offer in exchange for an Exchange Note, so long as such person is
not prohibited from reselling such Exchange Notes to the public without
delivering a prospectus and the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement is not sufficient for such purpose, (b) following the
exchange by a Broker-Dealer in the Exchange Offer of a Note for an Exchange
Note, the date on which that Exchange Note is sold to a purchaser who receives
from that Broker-Dealer on or prior to the date of such sale a copy of the
Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, (c) the date
on which such Note has been effectively registered under the Securities Act and
disposed of in accordance with a Shelf Registration Statement and (d) the date
on which such Note is sold by the Holder pursuant to Rule 144 under the
Securities Act or is saleable pursuant to Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act.

          UNDERWRITTEN REGISTRATION OR UNDERWRITTEN OFFERING: A registration in
which securities of the Company are sold to an underwriter for reoffering to the
public.

     SECTION 2.     SECURITIES SUBJECT TO THIS AGREEMENT

          (a)    TRANSFER RESTRICTED SECURITIES. The securities entitled to the
benefits of this Agreement are the Transfer Restricted Securities.

          (b)    HOLDERS OF TRANSFER RESTRICTED SECURITIES. A Person is deemed
to be a holder of Transfer Restricted Securities (each, a "HOLDER") whenever
such Person owns Transfer Restricted Securities.

     SECTION 3.     REGISTERED EXCHANGE OFFER

          (a)    Unless the Exchange Offer shall not be permissible under
applicable law or Commission policy (after the procedures set forth in Section
6(a) below have been complied with) the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and
the Parent Guarantor shall (i) use their reasonable best efforts to cause to be
filed with the Commission as soon as practicable after the Closing Date, but in
no event later than 270 days after the Closing Date, a Registration Statement
under the Securities Act relating to the Exchange Notes and the Exchange Offer,
(ii) use their reasonable best efforts to cause the Registration Statement to be
declared effective as promptly as possible, (iii) upon the effectiveness of such
Registration Statement, commence the Exchange Offer, (iv) in connection with the
foregoing, file (A) all pre-effective amendments to such Registration Statement
as may be necessary in order to cause such Registration Statement to become
effective, (B) if applicable, a post-effective amendment to such Registration
Statement pursuant to Rule 430A under the Securities Act and (C) cause all
necessary filings in connection with the registration and qualification of the
Exchange Notes to be made

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<Page>

under the blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as are necessary to permit
Consummation of the Exchange Offer and (v) use their best efforts to Consummate
the Exchange Offer prior to 360 days after the Closing Date.

          (b)    The Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Parent Guarantor
shall use their reasonable best efforts to cause the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement to be effective continuously and shall keep the Exchange Offer open
for a period of not less than the minimum period required under applicable U.S.
federal and state securities laws to Consummate the Exchange Offer; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that in no event shall such period be less than 20 business days. No
securities other than the Exchange Notes and the Guarantees shall be included in
the Exchange Offer Registration Statement.

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

          The Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Parent Guarantor shall
use their reasonable best efforts to keep the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement continuously effective, supplemented and amended as required by the
provisions of Section 6(c) below to the extent necessary to ensure that it is
available for resales of Exchange Notes acquired by Broker-Dealers for their own
accounts as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities,
and to ensure that it conforms with the requirements of this Agreement, the
Securities Act and the policies, rules and regulations of the Commission as
announced from time to time, for a period of at least 90 days after the
Consummation of the Exchange Offer.

          The Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Parent Guarantor shall
provide sufficient copies of the latest version of such Prospectus to
Broker-Dealers promptly upon request at any time during such 90-day period in
order to facilitate such resales.

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     SECTION 4.     SHELF REGISTRATION

          (a)    SHELF REGISTRATION. If (i) the Company, the Subsidiary
Guarantors and the Parent Guarantor are not required to file an Exchange Offer
Registration Statement or cannot Consummate the Exchange Offer because the
Exchange Offer is not permitted by applicable U.S. law or Commission policy
(after the procedures set forth in Section 6(a) below have been complied with)
or (ii) any Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities shall notify the Company
prior to the 20th day following the Consummation of the Exchange Offer that such
Holder (A) is prohibited by applicable U.S. law or Commission policy from
participating in the Exchange Offer, (B) may not resell the Exchange Notes
acquired by it in the Exchange Offer to the public without delivering a
prospectus and that the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement is not appropriate or available for such resales by such Holder or (C)
is a Broker-Dealer and holds Notes acquired directly from the Company or one of
its affiliates, then the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Parent
Guarantor shall:

          (x)    use their respective reasonable best efforts to cause to be
     filed a Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities
     Act, which may be an amendment to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement
     if permitted by the rules and regulations of the Commission (in either
     event, the "SHELF REGISTRATION STATEMENT") on or prior to the earliest to
     occur of (1) the 30th day after the date on which the Company and Parent
     Guarantor determine that they are not required to file the Exchange Offer
     Registration Statement, or permitted to Consummate the Exchange Offer and
     (2) the 30th day after the date on which the Company receives notice from a
     Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities as contemplated by clause (ii) of
     paragraph (a) above (such earliest date being the "SHELF FILING DEADLINE"),
     which Shelf Registration Statement shall provide for resales of all
     Transfer Restricted Securities by the Holders which shall have provided the
     information required pursuant to Section 4(b) hereof; and

          (y)    use their respective reasonable best efforts to cause such
     Shelf Registration Statement to be declared effective by the Commission on
     or before the 90th day after the Shelf Filing Deadline.

Subject to Section 5(b), the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Parent
Guarantor shall use their reasonable best efforts to keep such Shelf
Registration Statement continuously effective, supplemented and amended as
required by the provisions of Sections 6(b) and (c) hereof to the extent
necessary to ensure that it is available for resales of Notes or Exchange Notes
by the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities entitled to the benefit of this
Section 4(a), and to ensure that it conforms with the requirements of this
Agreement, the Securities Act and the policies, rules and regulations of the
Commission as announced from time to time, for a period ending on the earlier of
two years following the Closing Date or such shorter period that will terminate
when all Notes or Exchange Notes covered by the Shelf Registration Statement
have been sold pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement (such period being
the "SHELF REGISTRATION PERIOD").

                                        7
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          (b)    PROVISION BY HOLDERS OF CERTAIN INFORMATION IN CONNECTION WITH
THE SHELF REGISTRATION STATEMENT. No Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities
may include any of its Transfer Restricted Securities in any Shelf Registration
Statement pursuant to this Agreement unless and until such Holder furnishes to
the Company in writing, within 20 days after receipt of a request therefor, such
information as the Company may reasonably request for use in connection with any
Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus included
therein. No Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities shall be entitled to
Additional Interest pursuant to Section 5 hereof unless and until such Holder
shall have used its reasonable best efforts to provide all such reasonably
requested information. Each Holder as to which any Shelf Registration Statement
is being effected agrees to furnish promptly to the Company all information
required to be disclosed in order to make the information previously furnished
to the Company by such Holder not materially misleading.

     SECTION 5.     ADDITIONAL INTEREST

          (a)    If (i) any of the Registration Statements required by this
Agreement are not filed with the Commission on or prior to the date specified
for such filing in Sections 3(a) and 4(a), as applicable, (ii) any of such
required Registration Statements have not been declared effective by the
Commission on or prior to the date specified for such effectiveness in Section
4(a), if applicable, (iii) the Exchange Offer has not been Consummated within
360 days, or longer, if required by federal securities laws, after the Closing
Date or (iv) any Registration Statement required by this Agreement is filed and
declared effective but shall thereafter cease to be effective or fail to be
usable in connection with resales of Transfer Restricted Securities without
being succeeded immediately by a post-effective amendment to such Registration
Statement that cures such failure and that is itself immediately declared
effective (except as permitted in paragraph (b); such period of time during
which any such Registration Statement is not effective or any such Registration
Statement or the related Prospectus is not usable being referred to as a
"BLACKOUT PERIOD") (each such event referred to in clauses (i) through (iv), a
"REGISTRATION DEFAULT"), the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Parent
Guarantor, jointly and severally, agree to pay additional interest ("ADDITIONAL
INTEREST") to each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities adversely affected
by such Registration Default, in an amount equal to $.05 per week per $1,000
principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities held by such Holder with
respect to the first 90-day period immediately following the occurrence of such
Registration Default. The amount of Additional Interest shall increase by an
additional $.05 per week per $1,000 principal amount of Transfer Restricted
Securities with respect to each subsequent 90-day period (or portion thereof)
until all Registration Defaults have been cured, up to a maximum amount of
Additional Interest of $.50 per week per $1,000 principal amount of Transfer
Restricted Securities. All accrued Additional Interest shall be paid to Record
Holders by the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Parent Guarantor in
the same manner as interest is paid under the Notes. Following the cure of all
Registration Defaults relating to any particular Transfer Restricted Securities,
the accrual of Additional Interest with respect to such Transfer Restricted
Securities will cease.

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          (b)    A Registration Default referred to in Section 5(a)(iv) shall be
deemed not to have occurred and be continuing in relation to a Registration
Statement or the related Prospectus if (i) the Blackout Period has occurred
solely as a result of (x) the filing of a post-effective amendment to such Shelf
Registration Statement to incorporate annual audited financial information with
respect to the Company where such post-effective amendment is not yet effective
and needs to be declared effective to permit Holders to use the related
Prospectus or (y) the occurrence of other material events with respect to the
Company that would need to be described in such Registration Statement or the
related Prospectus and (ii) in the case of clause (y), the Company is proceeding
promptly and in good faith to amend or supplement (including by way of filing
documents under the Exchange Act which are incorporated by reference into the
Registration Statement) such Registration Statement and the related Prospectus
to describe such events; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in any case if such Blackout
Period occurs for a continuous period in excess of 30 days, a Registration
Default shall be deemed to have occurred on the 31st day of such Blackout Period
and Additional Interest shall be payable in accordance with the above paragraph
from the day such Registration Default occurs until such Registration Default is
cured or until the Company is no longer required pursuant to this Agreement to
keep such Registration Statement effective or such Registration Statement or the
related Prospectus usable; PROVIDED, FURTHER, that in no event shall the total
of all Blackout Periods exceed 45 days in the aggregate of any 12-month period.

          All payment obligations of the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and
the Parent Guarantor set forth in this section that are outstanding with respect
to any Transfer Restricted Security at the time such security ceases to be a
Transfer Restricted Security shall survive until such time as all such payment
obligations with respect to such security shall have been satisfied in full.

     SECTION 6.     REGISTRATION PROCEDURES

          (a)    EXCHANGE OFFER REGISTRATION STATEMENT. In connection with the
Exchange Offer, the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Parent Guarantor
shall comply with all of the provisions of Section 6(c) below, shall use their
reasonable best efforts to effect such exchange to permit the sale of Transfer
Restricted Securities being sold in accordance with the intended method or
methods of distribution thereof, and shall comply with all of the following
provisions:

                 (i)     As a condition to its participation in the Exchange
     Offer pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, each Holder of Transfer
     Restricted Securities shall furnish, upon the request of the Company, prior
     to the Consummation thereof, a written representation to the Company, the
     Subsidiary Guarantors and the Parent Guarantor (which may be contained in
     the letter of transmittal contemplated by the Exchange Offer Registration
     Statement) to the effect that (A) it is not an affiliate of the Company,
     the Subsidiary Guarantors or the Parent Guarantor, (B) it is not engaged
     in, and does not intend to engage in, and has no arrangement or
     understanding with any Person to participate in, a

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     distribution of the Exchange Notes to be issued in the Exchange Offer and
     (C) it is acquiring the Exchange Notes in its ordinary course of business.
     In addition, all such Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities shall
     otherwise cooperate in the Company's, the Subsidiary Guarantors' and the
     Parent Guarantor's preparations for the Exchange Offer. Each Holder hereby
     acknowledges and agrees that any Broker-Dealer and any such Holder using
     the Exchange Offer to participate in a distribution of the securities to be
     acquired in the Exchange Offer (1) could not under Commission policy as in
     effect on the date of this Agreement rely on the position of the Commission
     enunciated in EXXON CAPITAL HOLDINGS CORPORATION (available May 13, 1988)
     and MORGAN STANLEY AND CO., INC. (available June 5, 1991), as interpreted
     in the Commission's letter to Shearman & Sterling dated July 2, 1993, and
     similar no-action letters, and (2) must comply with the registration and
     prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with a
     secondary resale transaction and that such a secondary resale transaction
     should be covered by an effective Registration Statement containing the
     selling security holder information required by Item 507 or 508, as
     applicable, of Regulation S-K if the resales are of Exchange Notes obtained
     by such Holder in exchange for Notes acquired by such Holder directly from
     the Company.

                 (ii)    Prior to effectiveness of the Exchange Offer
     Registration Statement, the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the
     Parent Guarantor shall state to the Commission that the Company, the
     Subsidiary Guarantors and the Parent Guarantor are registering the Exchange
     Offer in reliance on the position of the Commission enunciated in EXXON
     CAPITAL HOLDINGS CORPORATION (available May 13, 1988) and MORGAN STANLEY
     AND CO., INC. (available June 5, 1991) and shall represent to the
     Commission that neither the Company nor any Subsidiary Guarantor nor the
     Parent Guarantor has entered into any arrangement or understanding with any
     Person to distribute the Exchange Notes to be received in the Exchange
     Offer and that, to the best of the Company's and each Subsidiary
     Guarantors' and the Parent Guarantor's information and belief, each Holder
     participating in the Exchange Offer is acquiring the Exchange Notes in its
     ordinary course of business and has no arrangement or understanding with
     any Person to participate in the distribution of the Exchange Notes
     received in the Exchange Offer; and

                 (iii)   shall issue, upon the request of any Holder of Notes
     covered by the Exchange Offer, Exchange Notes, having an aggregate
     principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of Notes
     surrendered to the Company by such Holder in exchange therefor; such
     Exchange Notes to be registered in the name of such Holder or in the name
     of the purchaser(s) of such Exchange Notes, as the case may be; in return,
     the Notes held by such Holder shall be surrendered to the Company for
     cancellation.

          (b)    SHELF REGISTRATION STATEMENT. In connection with the Shelf
Registration Statement, the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors, and the Parent
Guarantor shall comply with all the provisions of Section 6(c) below and shall
use their

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reasonable best efforts to effect such registration to permit the sale of the
Transfer Restricted Securities being sold in accordance with the intended method
or methods of distribution thereof, and pursuant thereto the Company, the
Subsidiary Guarantors, and the Parent Guarantor will as expeditiously as
possible prepare and file with the Commission a Registration Statement relating
to the registration on any appropriate form under the Securities Act, which form
shall be available for the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities in
accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution thereof.

          (c)    GENERAL PROVISIONS. In connection with any Registration
Statement and any Prospectus required by this Agreement to permit the sale or
resale of Transfer Restricted Securities (including, without limitation, any
Registration Statement and the related Prospectus required to permit resales of
Notes and Exchange Notes by Broker-Dealers), the Company, the Subsidiary
Guarantors and the Parent Guarantor shall:

                 (i)     use their reasonable best efforts to keep such
     Registration Statement continuously effective and provide all requisite
     financial statements (including, if required by the Securities Act or any
     regulation thereunder, financial statements of any Subsidiary Guarantor or
     the Parent Guarantor) for the period specified in Sections 3 or 4 of this
     Agreement, as applicable; upon the occurrence of any event that would cause
     any such Registration Statement or the Prospectus contained therein (A) to
     contain a material misstatement or omission or (B) not to be effective and
     usable for resale of Transfer Restricted Securities during the period
     required by this Agreement, the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the
     Parent Guarantor shall file promptly an appropriate amendment to such
     Registration Statement, in the case of clause (A), correcting any such
     misstatement or omission, and, in the case of either clause (A) or (B), use
     their reasonable best efforts to cause such amendment to be declared
     effective and such Registration Statement and the related Prospectus to
     become usable for their intended purpose(s) as soon as practicable
     thereafter. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company, the Subsidiary
     Guarantors and the Parent Guarantor may allow the Shelf Registration
     Statement to cease to become effective and usable if (x) the board of
     directors of the Company determines in good faith that it is in the best
     interests of the Company not to disclose the existence of or facts
     surrounding any proposed or pending material corporate transaction
     involving the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantors or the Parent Guarantor,
     and the Company notifies the Holders within two business days after such
     board of directors makes such determination or (y) the Prospectus contained
     in the Shelf Registration Statement contains an untrue statement of a
     material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make
     the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
     they were made, not misleading; PROVIDED that the two-year period referred
     to in Section 4(a) hereof during which the Shelf Registration Statement is
     required to be effective and usable shall be extended by the number of days
     during which such Registration Statement was not effective or

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     usable pursuant to the foregoing provisions; and PROVIDED FURTHER that
     Additional Interest shall accrue on the Notes as provided in Section 5
     hereof;

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

                 (iii)   cooperate with the selling Holders of Transfer
     Restricted Securities and the underwriter(s), if any, to facilitate the
     timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Transfer
     Restricted Securities to be sold and not bearing any restrictive legends;
     and enable such Transfer Restricted Securities to be in such denominations
     and registered in such names as the Holders or the underwriter(s), if any,
     may request at least two business days prior to any sale of Transfer
     Restricted Securities made by such underwriter(s);

                 (iv)    use their reasonable best efforts to cause the Transfer
     Restricted Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be
     registered with or approved by such other governmental agencies or
     authorities as may be necessary to enable the seller or sellers thereof or
     the underwriter(s), if any, to consummate the disposition of such Transfer
     Restricted Securities;

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

                 (vi)    provide a CUSIP, CINS or ISIN number, as applicable,
     for all Transfer Restricted Securities not later than the effective date of
     the Registration Statement and provide the Trustee under the Indenture with
     certificates for the Transfer Restricted Securities which are in a form
     eligible for deposit with the depositary;

                 (vii)   cooperate and assist in any filings required to be made
     with the NASD and in the performance of any due diligence investigation by
     any

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     underwriter (including any "qualified independent underwriter") that is
     required to be retained in accordance with the rules and regulations of the
     NASD;

                 (viii)  otherwise use their reasonable best efforts to comply
     with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission, and make
     generally available to their security holders, as soon as practicable, a
     consolidated earnings statement meeting the requirements of Rule 158 (which
     need not be audited) for the twelve-month period (A) commencing at the end
     of any fiscal quarter in which Transfer Restricted Securities are sold to
     underwriters in a firm or best efforts Underwritten Offering or (B) if not
     sold to underwriters in such an offering, beginning with the first month of
     the Company's first fiscal quarter commencing after the effective date of
     the Registration Statement;

                 (ix)    cause the Indenture to be qualified under the TIA not
     later than the effective date of the first Registration Statement required
     by this Agreement, and, in connection therewith, cooperate with the Trustee
     and the Holders of Notes and Exchange Notes to effect such changes to the
     Indenture as may be required for such Indenture to be so qualified in
     accordance with the terms of the TIA; and execute, and use their reasonable
     best efforts to cause the Trustee to execute, all documents that may be
     required to effect such changes and all other forms and documents required
     to be filed with the Commission to enable such Indenture to be so qualified
     in a timely manner; and

                 (x)     provide promptly to any Holder upon such Holder's
     written request each document filed with the Commission pursuant to the
     requirements of Section 13 and Section 15 of the Exchange Act, to the
     extent such documents are not otherwise filed with the Commission and
     available to the public free of cost.

          (d)    ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SHELF REGISTRATION
STATEMENTS. In connection with each Shelf Registration Statement, during the
Shelf Registration Period, the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Parent
Guarantor shall:

                 (i)     advise the underwriter(s), if any, and selling Holders
     of Transfer Restricted Securities promptly and, if requested by such
     Persons, to confirm such advice in writing, (A) when the Prospectus or any
     Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed, and, with
     respect to the Shelf Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment
     thereto, when the same has become effective, (B) of any request by the
     Commission for amendments to the Shelf Registration Statement or amendments
     or supplements to the Prospectus or for additional information relating
     thereto, (C) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending
     the effectiveness of the Registration Statement under the Securities Act,
     of the suspension by any state securities commission of the qualification
     of the Transfer Restricted Securities for offering or sale in any
     jurisdiction or of the initiation of any proceeding for any of the
     preceding purposes and (D) of the existence of any fact or the happening of
     any event that requires the making of any additions to or changes in the
     Shelf

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     Registration Statement or the Prospectus in order that the Shelf
     Registration Statement and the Prospectus do not contain an untrue
     statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to
     make the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances under
     which they were made, not misleading. If at any time the Commission shall
     issue any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration
     Statement, or any U.S. state securities commission or other regulatory
     authority shall issue an order suspending the qualification or exemption
     from qualification of the Transfer Restricted Securities under U.S. state
     securities or blue sky laws, the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the
     Parent Guarantor shall use their reasonable best efforts to obtain the
     withdrawal or lifting of such order at the earliest possible time;

                 (ii)    if requested in writing, furnish to each of the selling
     Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities and each of the underwriter(s),
     if any, before filing with the Commission, copies of any Shelf Registration
     Statement or any Prospectus included therein or any amendments or
     supplements to any such Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus
     (including all documents incorporated by reference after the initial filing
     of such Shelf Registration Statement), which documents will be subject to
     the review of such Holders and underwriter(s), if any, for a period of five
     business days, and the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Parent
     Guarantor will not file any such Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus
     or any amendment or supplement to any such Shelf Registration Statement or
     Prospectus (including all such documents incorporated by reference) to
     which a selling Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities covered by such
     Shelf Registration Statement or the underwriter(s), if any, shall
     reasonably object within five business days of receipt thereof; such
     Holders and underwriter(s) shall be deemed to have reasonably objected to
     such filing if such Shelf Registration Statement, amendment, Prospectus or
     supplement, as applicable, as proposed to be filed, contains an untrue
     statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary
     to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
     which they were made, not misleading, or fails to comply, in any material
     respect, with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act;

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

                 (iv)    make available for inspection at reasonable times at
     each of the Company's principal places of business by the selling Holders
     of Transfer Restricted Securities, any underwriter participating in any
     disposition pursuant to

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     such Shelf Registration Statement, and any attorney or accountant retained
     by such selling Holders or any of the underwriter(s), who shall certify to
     the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Parent Guarantor that they
     have a current intention to sell Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to
     a Shelf Registration Statement, such relevant financial and other records,
     pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company, the Subsidiary
     Guarantors and the Parent Guarantor as reasonably requested and cause the
     Company's, the Subsidiary Guarantors' and the Parent Guarantor's officers,
     directors and employees to respond to such inquiries as shall be reasonably
     necessary, in the reasonable judgment of counsel to such Holders, to
     conduct a reasonable investigation; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the foregoing
     inspection and information gathering shall be coordinated on behalf of the
     selling Holders by one counsel designated by and on behalf of such Holders
     and, PROVIDED, FURTHER, that each such party shall be required to maintain
     in confidence and not disclose to any other Person any information or
     records reasonably designated by the Company in writing as being
     confidential, until such time as (A) such information becomes a matter of
     public record (whether by virtue of its inclusion in such Shelf
     Registration Statement or otherwise), (B) such Person shall be required so
     to disclose such information pursuant to a subpoena or order of any court
     or other governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the matter
     (subject to the requirements of such order, and only after such Person
     shall have given the Company prompt prior written notice of such
     requirement) or (C) such information is required to be set forth in such
     Shelf Registration Statement or the Prospectus included therein or in an
     amendment to such Shelf Registration Statement or an amendment or
     supplement to such Prospectus in order that such Shelf Registration
     Statement, Prospectus, amendment or supplement, as the case may be, does
     not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state therein
     a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
     statements made therein not misleading;

                 (v)     if requested by any selling Holders of Transfer
     Restricted Securities or the underwriter(s), if any, promptly incorporate
     in any Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus pursuant to a supplement
     or post-effective amendment if necessary, such information as such selling
     Holders and underwriter(s), if any, may reasonably request to have included
     therein, including, without limitation, information relating to the "Plan
     of Distribution" of the Transfer Restricted Securities, information with
     respect to the principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities being
     sold to such underwriter(s), the purchase price being paid therefor and any
     other terms of the offering of the Transfer Restricted Securities to be
     sold in such offering; and make all required filings of such Prospectus
     supplement or post-effective amendment as soon as practicable after the
     Company is notified of the matters to be incorporated in such Prospectus
     supplement or post-effective amendment; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Company
     shall not be required to take any action pursuant to this Section 6(d)(v)
     that

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     would, in the opinion of counsel for the Company reasonably satisfactory to
     the Initial Purchasers, violate applicable law;

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

                 (vii)   furnish to each Holder whose Transfer Restricted
     Securities have been included in a Shelf Registration Statement in
     connection with such exchange or sale, without charge, at least one copy of
     the Registration Statement, as first filed with the Commission, and of each
     amendment thereto, including all documents incorporated by reference
     therein and all exhibits (including exhibits incorporated therein by
     reference), to the extent such documents are not otherwise filed with the
     Commission and available to the public free of cost;

                 (viii)  enter into an underwriting agreement on not more than
     one occasion in the case of an offering pursuant to a Shelf Registration,
     and make such representations and warranties, and take all such other
     actions in connection therewith in order to expedite or facilitate the
     disposition of the Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to any
     Registration Statement contemplated by this Agreement, all to such extent
     as may be reasonably requested by any Holder or Holders of Transfer
     Restricted Securities who hold at least 25% in aggregate principal amount
     of such class of Transfer Restricted Securities; PROVIDED that the Company,
     the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Parent Guarantor shall not be required to
     enter into any such agreement more than once with respect to all of the
     Transfer Restricted Securities and may delay entering into such agreement
     if the board of directors of each of the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors
     and the Parent Guarantor determines in good faith that it is in the best
     interests of the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Parent
     Guarantor not to disclose the existence of or facts surrounding any
     proposed or pending material corporate transaction involving the Company,
     the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Parent Guarantor; and in connection with
     an Underwritten Registration, the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and
     the Parent Guarantor shall:

                         (A)   furnish to the Initial Purchasers, the Holders of
     Transfer Restricted Securities who hold at least 25% in aggregate principal
     amount of such class of Transfer Restricted Securities and each
     underwriter, if any, in such substance and scope as they may reasonably
     request and as are customarily made in connection with an offering of debt
     securities pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement upon the effective
     date of the Shelf Registration

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     Statement (and if such Shelf Registration Statement contemplates an
     Underwritten Offering of Transfer Restricted Securities upon the date of
     the closing under the underwriting agreement related thereto):

                         (1)   a certificate, dated the date of effectiveness of
          the Shelf Registration Statement signed by (y) the respective chief
          executive officer, the respective President or any Vice President and
          (z) the respective chief financial officer of each of the Company and
          each of the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Parent Guarantor confirming,
          as of the date thereof, the matters set forth in Section 7(n) of the
          Purchase Agreement and such other matters as such parties may
          reasonably request;

                         (2)   an opinion, dated the date of effectiveness of
          such Shelf Registration Statement, of securities counsel for the
          Company covering matters similar to those set forth in Section 7(d) of
          the Purchase Agreement, which are appropriate for the circumstances
          provided herefor, and such other matters as such parties may
          reasonably request, and in any event including a statement to the
          effect that such counsel has participated in conferences with officers
          and other representatives of the Company, representatives of the
          independent public accountants for the Company, the Initial
          Purchasers' representatives and the Initial Purchasers' counsel in
          connection with the preparation of such Shelf Registration Statement
          and the related Prospectus although such counsel has not independently
          verified the accuracy, completeness or fairness of such statements in
          such Shelf Registration Statement; and that such counsel advises that,
          on the basis of the foregoing, such counsel's work in connection with
          this work did not disclose information that gave such counsel reason
          to believe that the Shelf Registration Statement, at the time such
          Shelf Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto
          became effective contained an untrue statement of a material fact or
          omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
          necessary to make the statements therein in light of the circumstances
          under which they were made, not misleading, or that the Prospectus
          contained in such Shelf Registration Statement as of its date
          contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a
          material fact necessary in order to make the statements made therein,
          in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
          misleading. Such counsel may state further that such counsel expresses
          no view with respect to, assumes no responsibility for, and has not
          independently verified, the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the
          financial statements, notes and schedules, the financial projections
          and other financial, statistical and accounting data included or
          incorporated by reference in the Shelf Registration Statement
          contemplated by this Agreement or the related Prospectus; and

                         (3)   a customary comfort letter, dated as of the date
          of effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement from the
          Company's

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          independent accountants, in the customary form and covering matters of
          the type customarily covered in comfort letters to underwriters in
          connection with primary underwritten offerings, and affirming the
          matters set forth in the comfort letters delivered pursuant to
          Sections 7(i) and 7(j) of the Purchase Agreement;

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

                         (C)   deliver such other documents and certificates as
     may be reasonably requested by such parties to evidence compliance with
     clause (A) above and with any customary conditions contained in the
     underwriting agreement or other agreement entered into by the Company and
     the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Parent Guarantor pursuant to this clause
     (viii), if any.

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

                 (ix)    prior to any public offering of Transfer Restricted
     Securities cooperate with the selling Holders of Transfer Restricted
     Securities the underwriter(s), if any, and their respective counsel in
     connection with the registration and qualification of the Transfer
     Restricted Securities under the securities or blue sky laws of such
     jurisdictions as the selling Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities or
     underwriter(s) may reasonably request and do any and all other acts or
     things necessary or advisable to enable the disposition in such
     jurisdictions of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Shelf
     Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 4 hereof; PROVIDED,
     HOWEVER, that the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Parent
     Guarantor shall not be obligated to qualify as a foreign corporation in any
     jurisdiction in which they are not now so qualified or to take any action
     that would subject them to general consent to service of process, other
     than as to matters and transactions relating to the Shelf Registration
     Statement, in any jurisdiction where they are not now so subject.

          (e)    Each Holder agrees by acquisition of a Transfer Restricted
Security that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the existence of
any fact of the kind described in Section 6(d)(i) hereof, such Holder will
forthwith discontinue disposition of Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to
the Shelf Registration Statement until such Holder's receipt of the copies of
the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 6(d)(vi) hereof,
or until it is advised in writing (the "ADVICE")

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by the Company that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed, and has received
copies of any additional or supplemental filings that are incorporated by
reference in the Prospectus. If so directed by the Company, each Holder will
deliver to the Company (at the Company's expense) all copies, other than
permanent file copies then in such Holder's possession, of the Prospectus
covering such Transfer Restricted Securities that was current at the time of
receipt of such notice. In the event the Company shall give any such notice, the
time period regarding the effectiveness of such Shelf Registration Statement set
forth in Section 4 hereof, as applicable, shall be extended by the number of
days during the period from and including the date of the giving of such notice
pursuant to Section 6(d)(i) hereof to and including the date when each selling
Holder covered by such Shelf Registration Statement shall have received the
copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section
6(d)(vi) hereof or shall have received the Advice.

          (f)    The Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Parent Guarantor
may require each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities as to which any
registration is being effected to furnish to the Company such information
regarding such Holder and such Holder's intended method of distribution of the
applicable Transfer Restricted Securities as the Company may from time to time
reasonably request in writing, but only to the extent that such information is
required in order to comply with the Securities Act. Each such Holder agrees to
notify the Company as promptly as practicable of (i) any inaccuracy or change in
information previously furnished by such Holder to the Company or (ii) the
occurrence of any event, in either case, as a result of which any Prospectus
relating to such registration contains or would contain an untrue statement of a
material fact regarding such Holder or such Holder's intended method of
distribution of the applicable Transfer Restricted Securities or omits to state
any material fact regarding such Holder or such Holder's intended method of
distribution of the applicable Transfer Restricted Securities required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements made therein, in the light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading and promptly to
furnish to the Company any additional information required to correct and update
any previously furnished information or required so that such Prospectus shall
not contain, with respect to such Holder or the distribution of the applicable
Transfer Restricted Securities an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading.

     SECTION 7.     REGISTRATION EXPENSES

          (a)    All expenses incident to the Company's, the Subsidiary
Guarantors' and the Parent Guarantor's performance of or compliance with this
Agreement will be borne by the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Parent
Guarantor regardless of whether a Registration Statement becomes effective,
including without limitation and as applicable: (i) all Commission, securities
exchange or NASD registration and filing fees and expenses (including filings
made by any Initial Purchasers or Holder with the NASD (and, if applicable, the
fees and expenses of any "qualified independent underwriter" and its counsel
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regulations of the NASD)); (ii) all fees and expenses of compliance by the
Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Parent Guarantor with U.S. federal
securities and state blue sky or securities laws and compliance with the rules
of the NASD (including reasonable fees and disbursements of one counsel for
Holders in connection with blue sky and/or NASD qualification of the Exchange
Notes); (iii) all expenses of printing (including printing of Prospectuses),
messenger and delivery services; (iv) all fees and disbursements of counsel for
the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Parent Guarantor; (v) all fees
and disbursements of independent certified public accountants of the Company
(including the expenses of any special audit and comfort letters required by or
incident to such performance) and (vi) the reasonable fees and disbursements of
one nationally recognized law firm with experience in securities law matters
designated by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Transfer
Restricted Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement to act as
counsel for the Holders of those Transfer Restricted Securities in connection
therewith.

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

          (b)    Each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities will pay all
underwriting discounts, if any, and commissions and transfer taxes, if any,
relating to the disposition of such Holder's Transfer Restricted Securities.

     SECTION 8.     INDEMNIFICATION

          (a)    The Company, each Subsidiary Guarantor and the Parent Guarantor
shall, jointly and severally, indemnify and hold harmless each Holder of
Transfer Restricted Securities, its officers and employees and each Person, if
any, who controls any such Holders, within the meaning of the Securities Act,
from and against any loss, claim, damage or liability, joint or several, or any
action in respect thereof (including, but not limited to, any loss, claim,
damage, liability or action relating to purchases, sales and registration of the
Notes, the Guarantees and the Exchange Notes), to which that Holder, officer,
employee or controlling Person may become subject, under the Securities Act or
otherwise, insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises out
of, or is based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in any Registration Statement or preliminary Prospectus
or Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto, (ii) the omission or
alleged omission to state in any Registration Statement, preliminary Prospectus
or Prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement thereto, any material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in
light of the circumstances under which they were made; or (iii) any act or
failure to act or any alleged act or failure to act by any Holder of Transfer
Restricted Securities in connection with, or relating in any manner to, the
Notes, the Guarantees or the Exchange Notes or the offering contemplated by any
Registration Statement, and which is included as part of or referred to in any
loss, claim,

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damage, liability or action arising out of or based upon matters covered by
clause (i) or (ii) above (provided that the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors
and the Parent Guarantor shall not be liable under this clause (iii) to the
extent that it is determined in a final judgment by a court of competent
jurisdiction that such loss, claim, damage, liability or action resulted
directly from any such acts or failures to act undertaken or omitted to be taken
by such Holder through its gross negligence or willful misconduct); and shall
reimburse each Holder and each such officer, employee or controlling Person
promptly upon demand for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by that
Holder, officer, employee or controlling Person in connection with investigating
or defending or preparing to defend against any such loss, claim, damage,
liability or action as such expenses are incurred; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the
Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Parent Guarantor shall not be liable
in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage, liability or
action arises out of, or is based upon, any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission made in any Registration Statement,
preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus, or in any such amendment or supplement, in
reliance upon and in conformity with written information concerning such Holder
furnished to the Company by or on behalf of any Holder specifically for
inclusion therein; PROVIDED, FURTHER, that with respect to any such untrue
statement or omission made in any preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus, the
indemnity agreement contained in this Section 8(a) shall not inure to the
benefit of the Holder, its officers and employees, from whom the Person
asserting any such losses, claims, damages or liabilities purchased the Notes,
Guarantees or Exchange Notes concerned if, to the extent that such sale was a
sale by the Holder and any such loss, claim, damage or liability of such Holder
is a result of the fact that both (A) a copy of the Prospectus (or the
Prospectus as then amended or supplemented) was not sent or given to such Person
at or prior to written confirmation of the sale of such Notes or Exchange Notes
to such Person and (B) the untrue statement or omission in the preliminary
Prospectus or Prospectus delivered to the Person was corrected in the Prospectus
(or the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented) unless such failure to
deliver the Prospectus was a result of noncompliance by the Company with Section
6(d)(vi) hereof. The foregoing indemnity agreement is in addition to any
liability which the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Parent Guarantor
may otherwise have to any Holder or to any officer, employee or controlling
Person of that Holder.

          (b)    Each Holder, severally and not jointly, shall indemnify and
hold harmless each of the Company, each of the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Parent
Guarantor, their respective directors, officers and employees, and each Person,
if any, who controls either of the Company, any of the Subsidiary Guarantors or
the Parent Guarantor within the meaning of the Securities Act, from and against
any loss, claim, damage or liability, joint or several, or any action in respect
thereof, to which the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Parent Guarantor
or any such director, officer or controlling Person may become subject, under
the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability
or action arises out of, or is based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement,
preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement thereto
or (ii)

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the omission or alleged omission to state in any Registration Statement,
preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement thereto,
any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading, but in each case only to the extent that the
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was
made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information concerning such
Holders furnished to the Company by or on behalf of that Holder specifically for
inclusion therein, and shall reimburse the Company, each of the Subsidiary
Guarantors, the Parent Guarantor and each such director, officer, employee and
controlling Person promptly upon demand for any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by the Company, each such Subsidiary Guarantor and the
Parent Guarantor or each such director, officer, employee or controlling Person
in connection with investigating or defending or preparing to defend against any
such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred. The
foregoing indemnity agreement is in addition to any liability which any Holder
may otherwise have to the Company, any of the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Parent
Guarantor or any such director, officer, employee or controlling Person.

          (c)    Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this
Section 8 of notice of any claim or the commencement of any action, the
indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the
indemnifying party under this Section 8, notify the indemnifying party in
writing of the claim or the commencement of that action; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any
liability which it may have under this Section 8 except to the extent it has
been materially prejudiced by such failure and; PROVIDED, FURTHER, that the
failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability
which it may have to an indemnified party otherwise than under this Section 8.
If any such claim or action shall be brought against an indemnified party, and
it shall notify the indemnifying party thereof, the indemnifying party shall be
entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it wishes, jointly with
any other similarly notified indemnifying party, to assume the defense thereof
with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. After notice from
the indemnifying party to the indemnified party of its election to assume the
defense of such claim or action, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to
the indemnified party under this Section 8 for any legal or other expenses
subsequently incurred by the indemnified party in connection with the defense
thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, any
indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such
action and to participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of
such counsel shall be at the expense of the indemnified party unless (i) the
employment of such counsel has been specifically authorized by the indemnifying
party in writing, or (ii) such indemnified party shall have been advised by such
counsel that there may be one or more legal defenses available to it which are
different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party and in
the reasonable judgment of such counsel it is advisable for such indemnified
party to employ separate counsel or (iii) the indemnifying party has failed to
assume the defense of such action and employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to
the indemnified party, in which case, if such indemnified party notifies the
indemnifying party in writing that it

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elects to employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party, the
indemnifying party shall not, in connection with any one such action or separate
but substantially similar or related actions arising out of the same general
allegations or circumstances, be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of
more than one separate firm of attorneys (in addition to local counsel) at any
time for all such indemnified parties, which firm shall be designated in writing
by (x) Lehman Brothers Inc. if the indemnified parties under this Section 8
consist of the Initial Purchasers or any of their respective officers, employees
or controlling Persons or (y) by the Company, if the indemnified parties under
this Section 8 consist of any of the Company, any of the Subsidiary Guarantors,
the Parent Guarantor or any of their respective directors, officers, employees
or controlling Persons. No indemnifying party shall (i) without the prior
written consent of the indemnified parties (which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld), settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any
judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or
proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought
hereunder (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential
parties to such claim or action) unless such settlement, compromise or consent
includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability
arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding or (ii) be liable for any
settlement of any such action effected without its written consent (which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), but if settled with the consent of
the indemnifying party or if there be a final judgment of the plaintiff in any
such action, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify and hold harmless any
indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by reason of such
settlement or judgment.

          (d)    If the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 shall for
any reason be unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified
party under Section 8(a) or 8(b) in respect of any loss, claim, damage or
liability, or any action in respect thereof, referred to therein, then each
indemnifying party shall, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party,
contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result
of such loss, claim, damage or liability, or action in respect thereof, (i) in
such proportion as shall be appropriate to reflect the relative benefits
received by the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Parent Guarantor, on
the one hand, and the Holders on the other, from the sale of the Transfer
Restricted Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is
not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect
not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the
relative fault of the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Parent
Guarantor, on the one hand and the Holders on the other with respect to the
statements or omissions which resulted in such loss, claim, damage or liability,
or action in respect thereof, as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to whether
the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged
omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the
Company, any of the Subsidiary Guarantors or the Parent Guarantor, on the one
hand, or the Holders, on the other hand, the intent of the parties and their
relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent
such statement or omission. The Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Parent

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Guarantor and the Holders agree that it would not be just and equitable if
contributions pursuant to this Section 8(d) were to be determined by pro rata
allocation (even if the Holders were treated as one entity for such purpose) or
by any other method of allocation which does not take into account the equitable
considerations referred to herein. The amount paid or payable by an indemnified
party as a result of the loss, claim, damage or liability, or action in respect
thereof, referred to above in this Section shall be deemed to include, for
purposes of this Section 8(d), any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred
by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such
action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8(d), no Holder
shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the
net proceeds received by it in connection with its sale of Notes exceeds the
amount of any damages which such Holder has otherwise paid or become liable to
pay by reason of the untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged
omission. No Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning
of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from
any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Holders'
obligations to contribute as provided in this Section 8(d) are several and not
joint.

     SECTION 9.     RULE 144A

          The Company, each Subsidiary Guarantor and the Parent Guarantor hereby
agree with each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities, during any period in
which the Company, such Subsidiary Guarantor or the Parent Guarantor is not
subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act within the two-year period
following the Closing Date, to make available to any Holder or beneficial owner
of Transfer Restricted Securities, in connection with any sale thereof and any
prospective purchaser of such Transfer Restricted Securities from such Holder or
beneficial owner, the information required by Rule 144A(d)(4) under the
Securities Act in order to permit resales of such Transfer Restricted Securities
pursuant to Rule 144A.

     SECTION 10.    PARTICIPATION IN UNDERWRITTEN REGISTRATIONS

          No Holder may participate in any Underwritten Registration hereunder
unless such Holder (a) agrees to sell such Holder's Transfer Restricted
Securities on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by
the Persons entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements and (b) completes
and executes all reasonable questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities,
underwriting agreements, lock-up letters and other documents required under the
terms of such underwriting arrangements.

     SECTION 11.    SELECTION OF UNDERWRITERS

          Subject to Section 6(d)(i), the Holders of Transfer Restricted
Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement who desire to do so may
sell such Transfer Restricted Securities in an Underwritten Offering at such
Holders' expense. In any such Underwritten Offering, the investment banker or
investment bankers and manager or managers that will administer the offering
will be selected by the Holders of a majority in

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aggregate principal amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities included in
such offering; PROVIDED that such investment bankers and managers must be
reasonably satisfactory to the Company.

     SECTION 12.    MISCELLANEOUS

          (a)    REMEDIES. The Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Parent
Guarantor agree that monetary damages (including Additional Interest) would not
be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of
the provisions of this Agreement and hereby agree to waive the defense in any
action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.

          (b)    NO INCONSISTENT AGREEMENTS. None of the Company, the Subsidiary
Guarantors nor the Parent Guarantor will, on or after the date of this
Agreement, enter into any agreement with respect to its securities that is
inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders in this Agreement or
otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof. Except as disclosed in the
Offering Memorandum (as such term is defined in the Purchase Agreement), none of
the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors nor the Parent Guarantor has previously
entered into any agreement granting any registration rights with respect to its
securities to any Person. The rights granted to the Holders hereunder do not in
any way conflict with and are not inconsistent with the rights granted to the
holders of the Company's, or any Subsidiary Guarantors' or the Parent
Guarantor's securities under any agreement in effect on the date hereof.

          (c)    ADJUSTMENTS AFFECTING THE NOTES. The Company, the Subsidiary
Guarantors and the Parent Guarantor will not take any action, or permit any
change to occur, with respect to the Notes that would materially and adversely
affect the ability of the Holders to Consummate any Exchange Offer except such
actions or changes as required by law.

          (d)    AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS. The provisions of this Agreement may
not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to or
departures from the provisions hereof may not be given unless the Company has
obtained the written consent of Holders of a majority of the outstanding
principal amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities affected by such
amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consent. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, a waiver or consent to departure from the provisions hereof that
relates exclusively to the rights of Holders whose securities are being tendered
pursuant to the Exchange Offer and that does not affect directly or indirectly
the rights of other Holders whose securities are not being tendered pursuant to
such Exchange Offer may be given by the Holders of a majority of the outstanding
principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities being tendered or registered.

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

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

                 (ii)    if to the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantors to:

                         Medex, Inc.
                         6250 Shier-Rings Road
                         Dublin, OH 43016
                         Attention: General Counsel

                         if to the Parent Guarantor to:

                         MedVest Holdings Corporation
                         6250 Shier-Rings Road
                         Dublin, OH 43016
                         Attention: General Counsel

                         in each case, with a copy to:

                         Winston & Strawn
                         35 West Wacker Drive
                         Chicago, IL 60601
                         Attention: R. Cabell Morris, Esq.
                         Fax:  (312) 558-5700

          Any such notices and communications shall take effect at the time of
receipt thereof. The Company shall be entitled to act and rely upon any notice
or communication given or made by the Initial Purchasers.

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

          (f)    SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. This Agreement shall inure to the
benefit of and be binding upon the successors and assigns of each of the
parties, including without limitation and without the need for an express
assignment, subsequent Holders; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that this Agreement shall not
inure to the benefit of or be binding upon a successor or assign of a Holder
unless and to the extent such successor or assign acquired Transfer Restricted
Securities from such Holder.

          (g)    COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which
when so

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executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall
constitute one and the same agreement.

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

          (i)    GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND
CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

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

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

                            [Signature pages follow.]

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

                                     Very truly yours,

                                     MEDEX, INC.

                                     By: /s/ Michael I. Dobrovic
                                         ---------------------------------------
                                         Name: Michael I. Dobrovic
                                         Title: Vice President, Chief
                                                Financial Officer and
                                                Treasurer

                                     MEDVEST HOLDINGS CORPORATION

                                     By: /s/ Michael I. Dobrovic
                                         ---------------------------------------
                                         Name: Michael I. Dobrovic
                                         Title: Vice President, Chief
                                                Financial Officer and
                                                Treasurer

                                     MEDEX MEDICAL, INC.

                                     By: /s/ Michael I. Dobrovic
                                         ---------------------------------------
                                         Name: Michael I. Dobrovic
                                         Title: Vice President, Chief
                                                Financial Officer and
                                                Treasurer

                                     MEDEX CARDIO-PULMONARY, INC.

                                     By: /s/ Michael I. Dobrovic
                                         ---------------------------------------
                                         Name: Michael I. Dobrovic
                                         Title: Vice President, Chief
                                                Financial Officer and
                                                Treasurer

                                SIGNATURE PAGES TO REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

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Accepted on behalf of the Initial Purchasers:

LEHMAN BROTHERS INC.

By: /s/ John Cokinos
   ------------------------------------------
   Name: John Cokinos
   Title: Senior Vice President

                                 SIGNATURE PAGE TO REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

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