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                                                                    Exhibit 10.2

                         SPONSOR STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT

     This SPONSOR STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") is made as of
October 3, 2005, among R.H. Donnelley Corporation, a Delaware corporation
("Parent"), Carlyle Partners III, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("CP
III"), CP III Coinvestment, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("Carlyle
Coinvest"), Carlyle High Yield Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership
("CHYP Coinvest"), Carlyle-Dex Partners L.P., a Delaware limited partnership
("Carlyle Coinvest I"), and Carlyle-Dex Partners II L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership ("Carlyle Coinvest II") (each of CP III, Carlyle Coinvest, CHYP
Coinvest, Carlyle Coinvest I and Carlyle Coinvest II, a "Stockholder" and
collectively, the "Stockholders") and any other subsequent holder of Shares who
agrees to be bound by the terms of this Agreement in accordance with the terms
hereof. Parent and the Stockholders are sometimes referred to herein
individually as a "Party" and collectively as the "Parties." The meaning of
certain capitalized terms used herein are set forth in Section 7 hereto.

                                    RECITALS

     A. Dex Media, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), Dex Holdings
LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("Holdings"), the Stockholders and
certain other members of Holdings have entered into a Sponsor Stockholders
Agreement, dated as of July 27, 2004 (the "Current Stockholders Agreement"), to
provide for certain matters with respect to the Stockholders' and these other
members' holdings of shares of capital stock of the Company and the governance
of the Company. Holdings was dissolved on January 5, 2005.

     B. On the date hereof, the Company, Parent and a wholly owned subsidiary of
Parent ("Merger Sub") have entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (as
amended from time to time, the "Merger Agreement") pursuant to which the Company
will be merged with and into Merger Sub (the "Merger").

     C. The Parties wish to provide for certain matters relating to the
Stockholders' holdings of shares of capital stock of Parent received in the
Merger and the governance of Parent following the Effective Time (as defined in
the Merger Agreement).

     D. In connection with the Merger Agreement, it is contemplated that,
effective upon and following the Effective Time, the Current Stockholders
Agreement (and certain related agreements) will terminate and be of no further
force or effect.

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, and the mutual
agreements set forth herein and other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and adequacy of which is hereby acknowledged, the Parties hereto,
intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

                                    AGREEMENT

Section 1. Parent Board Representation and Voting.

     (a) From and after the Effective Time, at each annual or special meeting of
stockholders of Parent at which action is to be taken with respect to the
election of directors of

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Parent, each Stockholder, severally and not jointly, agrees to vote or otherwise
give such Stockholder's consent in respect of all Shares (whether now or
hereafter acquired) owned by such Stockholder, and Parent will take all
necessary and desirable actions within its control (including to support the
nomination of, and the Nominating Committee of Parent will recommend to the
Board of Directors of Parent (the "Parent Board") the inclusion in the slate of
nominees recommended by the Parent Board to stockholders of Parent for election
as directors, such directors as set forth in subsection 1(a)(ii) below), in
order to cause:

          (i) the authorized number of directors on the Parent Board to be
     established at no more than 13;

          (ii) the election to the Parent Board of such slate, so long as upon
     such election, the Parent Board consists of:

               (A) one director designated by one or more of the Stockholders as
          the Stockholders shall agree (the "Stockholder Designee") if at the
          relevant time the Stockholders Beneficially Own at least 5% of the
          then issued and outstanding shares of Parent's common stock, par value
          $1.00 per share (the "Parent Common Stock");

               (B) the Chief Executive Officer of Parent;

               (C) the Chairman of Parent; and

               (D) the remaining directors, (i) with a number equal to a
          majority of the entire Parent Board being individuals who would
          satisfy the independence requirements of the New York Stock Exchange
          and Rule 10A-3(b)(1) under the Exchange Act and (ii) none of whom are
          Affiliates of the Stockholders;

     all of such designees will hold office, subject to their earlier removal or
     resignation in accordance with clause (a)(iii) below and Section 1(d),
     respectively, and applicable law, until their respective successors have
     been duly elected and qualified;

          (iii) the removal from the Parent Board for cause of the Stockholder
     Designee upon the written request of such of the Stockholders as the
     Stockholders shall agree; and

          (iv) upon any vacancy in the Parent Board as a result of any (A)
     individual designated by one or more of the Stockholders pursuant to clause
     (ii)(A) above, ceasing to be a member of the Parent Board, whether by
     resignation or otherwise, the election to the Parent Board of an individual
     designated by one or more of the Stockholders as the Stockholders shall
     agree, or (B) other individual ceasing to be a member of the Parent Board,
     whether by resignation or otherwise, the election to the Parent Board of an
     individual (consistent with clause (ii) above) appointed by a majority of
     the remaining directors then in office.

     (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 1, the Stockholders will
not be entitled to designate any person to the Parent Board (or any committee
thereof), in the event that Parent receives a written opinion of its outside
counsel that a Stockholder Designee would not be qualified under any applicable
law, rule or regulation to serve as a director of Parent or if Parent objects to
a Stockholder Designee because such Stockholder Designee has been involved in
any

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of the events enumerated in Item 2(d) or (e) of Schedule 13D or Item 401(f) of
Regulation S-K or is subject to any order, decree or judgment of any court or
agency prohibiting service as a director of any public company or providing
investment or financial advisory services and, in any such event, the
Stockholders will withdraw the designation of such proposed Stockholder Designee
and designate a replacement therefor (which replacement Stockholder Designee
will also be subject to the requirements of this Subsection 1(b)). Parent will
use its best efforts to notify the Stockholders of any objection to a
Stockholder Designee sufficiently in advance of the date on which proxy
materials are mailed by Parent in connection with such election of directors to
enable the Stockholders to propose a replacement Stockholder Designee in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

     (c) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Parent
Board and all of the committees of the Parent Board will operate in such a way
to permit Parent to comply with applicable law and maintain its listing on The
New York Stock Exchange. Without limiting the foregoing, at all times a majority
of the Parent Board and all Committee members will (i) satisfy the independence
requirements of the New York Stock Exchange and Rule 10A-3(b)(1) under the
Exchange Act and (ii) not be Affiliates of the Stockholders.

     (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 1, immediately
upon the consummation of any Transfer following which the Stockholders
Beneficially Own, in the aggregate, less than 5% of the then issued and
outstanding shares of Parent Common Stock, the Stockholders agree to cause the
Stockholder Designee to tender to the Parent Board his or her resignation from
the Parent Board.

     (e) This Section 1 will become effective at the Effective Time and will
terminate and have no further force and effect if the Merger Agreement is
terminated.

Section 2. Limitations on Acquisitions and Transfers.

     (a) Except for the acquisition of shares of Parent Common Stock pursuant to
the Merger Agreement, and subject to Section 2(c), during the Standstill Period,
the Stockholders and their respective Affiliates will not, directly or
indirectly, acquire, agree to acquire or make a proposal to acquire legal or
Beneficial Ownership of any Share or any security of Parent convertible into or
exchangeable or exercisable for Shares if, as a result of such acquisition,
agreement or proposal, such Stockholder and/or its Affiliates would Beneficially
Own, in the aggregate, or have the right to acquire Shares representing more
than 15% of Parent's then issued and outstanding Shares.

     (b) Subject to Section 2(c), during the Standstill Period, each Stockholder
and its respective Affiliates will not, directly or indirectly:

          (i) seek, make or take any action to solicit or initiate any offer or
     proposal for, or any indication of interest in, a merger (other than the
     Merger), consolidation, tender or exchange offer, sale or purchase of
     assets or securities or other business combination (other than the sale of
     Parent Common Stock by such Stockholder or its Affiliates in accordance
     with the terms of this Agreement) or any dissolution, liquidation,
     restructuring, recapitalization or similar transaction in each case
     involving Parent or any

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     of its subsidiaries or the acquisition of any voting Shares of Parent or
     any of its subsidiaries (each, an "Acquisition Transaction"), if, as a
     result of such Acquisition Transaction, such Stockholder and/or its
     Affiliates would Beneficially Own, in the aggregate, or have the right to
     acquire Shares representing more than 15% of Parent's then issued and
     outstanding Shares;

          (ii) "solicit," or become a "participant" in any "solicitation" (other
     than a "solicitation" approved by the Parent Board) of, any "proxy" (as
     such terms are defined in Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act) from any
     holder of voting Shares in connection with any vote on any matter (whether
     or not relating to the election or removal of members of the Parent Board);

          (iii) form, join or in any way participate in a 13D Group with respect
     to any voting Shares (other than a 13D Group (A) composed of Parent and its
     subsidiaries, (B) composed of such Stockholder and its Affiliates, (C)
     formed as a result of this Agreement or (D) deemed to have been formed by
     the Company Sponsors (as defined in the Merger Agreement) as a result of
     the execution, delivery or performance of the Merger Agreement, the Company
     Sponsor Agreements (as defined in the Merger Agreement), this Agreement or
     the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby);

          (iv) grant any proxies with respect to any voting Shares to any Person
     (other than as recommended by the Parent Board), deposit any voting Shares
     in a voting trust (unless the trustee of such trust agrees to be bound by
     the terms of this Agreement) or enter into any other arrangement or
     agreement with respect to the voting thereof;

          (v) publicly request, propose or otherwise seek any amendment or
     waiver of the provisions of Section 2(a) or (b);

          (vi) publicly seek, alone or in concert with other Persons, additional
     representation on the Parent Board or publicly seek the removal of any
     member of the Parent Board that is not a Stockholder Designee or publicly
     seek a change in the composition or size of the Parent Board;

          (vii) seek in their capacity as stockholders of Parent to have any
     matter presented to stockholders for a vote at any annual or special
     meeting (other than matters presented with the approval of the Parent
     Board);

          (viii) publicly call or seek to have called any meeting of the holders
     of voting Shares for the purpose of voting on any of the foregoing; or

          (ix) make any proposal, statement or inquiry, disclose any intention,
     plan or arrangement to the public (whether written or oral) inconsistent
     with the foregoing;

provided, however, that neither this Section 2(b) nor Section 2(a) will (1)
prevent, restrict, encumber or in any way limit the exercise of the fiduciary
rights and obligations of the Stockholder Designee as a director of Parent or
prevent, restrict, encumber or in any way limit the ability of the Stockholder
Designee to vote on matters, influence officers, employees, agents, management
or the other directors of Parent, take any action or make any statement at any

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meeting of the Parent Board or any committee thereof, or otherwise to act in his
or her capacity as a director of Parent, (2) prevent any Stockholder from
selling any securities of Parent held by it or voting such securities, (3) apply
to or restrict any discussions or other communications between or among
directors, members, officers, employees or agents of any Stockholder or any
Affiliate thereof, (4) prohibit any Stockholder or any Affiliate thereof from
soliciting, offering, seeking to effect or negotiating with any Person with
respect to transfers of Shares otherwise permitted by this Section 2 or (5)
restrict any disclosure or statements required to be made by the Stockholder
Designee or the Stockholders under applicable law, rule or regulation (including
any NYSE regulation).

     (c) Notwithstanding Sections 2(a) and (b), during the Standstill Period,
the Stockholders or their respective Affiliates will be permitted to make
requests to the Parent Board to amend or waive any of the limitations set forth
in Section 2(a) or (b), which the members of the Parent Board (other than the
Stockholder Designee and any designee of the other Company Sponsor), acting by
majority, may accept or reject in their sole discretion; provided, however, that
(i) any such request will not be publicly disclosed by the Stockholders or any
of their respective Affiliates, unless such Stockholder or such Affiliate
reasonably believes that it is required by applicable law to make such
disclosure and (ii) any such request will be made in a manner that is not
reasonably likely to require the public disclosure of such request by Parent.

     (d) Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, in no event will a
Stockholder Transfer Shares to any Person or 13D Group in one or a series of
transactions if following such Transfer such Person or 13D Group would
Beneficially Own 5% or more of the then-outstanding number of any class of
Shares of Parent unless, prior to such Transfer, such Person or 13D Group
executes an agreement reasonably satisfactory to Parent pursuant to which such
Person or 13D Group agrees to be bound by the terms of Sections 2(a), (b), (c)
and (d) of this Agreement as if such Person or 13D Group were a "Stockholder"
hereunder; provided, however, that if the transferee Person or 13D Group
qualifies at the time of such Transfer under Rule 13d of the Exchange Act to
report its ownership on a Schedule 13G, the percentage in this Section 2(d) will
be 15%, rather than 5%.

     (e) Prior to any proposed Transfer of any Shares (other than a Transfer to
an Affiliate of a Stockholder or a Transfer made in connection with an offering
of securities pursuant to the exercise of a Stockholder's registration rights),
the holder thereof will give written notice to Parent of its intention to effect
such Transfer as soon as reasonably practicable. Each such notice will describe
the manner of the proposed Transfer and, if requested by Parent for a proposed
Transfer other than pursuant to Rule 144 or Rule 145(a), will be accompanied by
an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to Parent to the effect that the
proposed Transfer of the Shares may be effected without registration under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), whereupon the holder
of such Shares will be entitled to Transfer such Shares in accordance with the
terms of its notice.

     (f) Parent may place appropriate legends on the certificates representing
Shares held by the Stockholders setting forth any restrictions appropriate for
compliance with U.S. federal securities laws. Parent will promptly issue
replacement certificates to the Stockholders, upon request, in order to permit
the Stockholders to engage in sales, transfers and other dispositions that are
not restricted under U.S. federal securities laws.

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Section 3. Registration Rights. This Section 3 will become effective at the
Effective Time and will terminate and be of no further force and effect if the
Merger Agreement is terminated.

     (a) Demand Registrations.

          (i) Right to Demand Registration. From and after the three-month
     anniversary of the Effective Time until the second anniversary of the
     Effective Time (the "Demand Period"), the Stockholders will have the right
     at any time to make a written request of Parent for registration (any such
     request, a "Stockholder Demand") with the Securities and Exchange
     Commission (the "Commission"), under and in accordance with the provisions
     of the Securities Act, of all or part of the Registrable Shares owned by
     the Stockholders (each a "Demand Registration" and such Stockholders, the
     "Demanding Holders"); provided that (x) Parent need not effect a Demand
     Registration involving less than $100 million of gross proceeds and (y)
     Parent may defer the filing or effectiveness of a Registration Statement
     (as defined below) in respect of such Demand Registration for a single
     period not to exceed 90 days during any one-year period, if the Parent
     Board determines in the exercise of its reasonable judgment and in good
     faith that to effect such Demand Registration at such time would have a
     material and adverse effect on any proposal or plan by Parent to engage in
     any significant corporate transaction; provided that in such event the
     Stockholders making such Stockholder Demand will be entitled to withdraw
     such Stockholder Demand and, if such Stockholder Demand is withdrawn, such
     registration will not be counted as a Stockholder Demand for purposes of
     Section 3(a)(ii), and the Demand Period will be extended by the length of
     such deferral. Within ten days after receipt of the request for a Demand
     Registration, Parent will send written notice (the "Demand Notice") of such
     registration request and its intention to comply therewith to all holders
     of Registrable Shares and, subject to subsection (iii) below, Parent will
     include in such registration all the Registrable Shares with respect to
     which Parent has received written requests for inclusion therein within 20
     Business Days after the date such Demand Notice is given. All requests made
     pursuant to this subsection (i) will specify the aggregate number of
     Registrable Shares requested to be registered and will also specify the
     intended methods of disposition thereof. Upon receipt of a Stockholder
     Demand, Parent will take all necessary and desirable actions within its
     control to effect registration of the Registrable Shares to be registered
     in accordance with the intended method of distribution specified in writing
     by the Demanding Holders as soon as practicable and will maintain the
     effectiveness of such Registration Statement until the earlier of the date
     (as such date may be extended pursuant to the terms hereof, the
     "Registration Termination Date") (A) which is one hundred eighty (180) days
     following the effective date of such Registration Statement and (B) on
     which all of the Registrable Shares covered by such Registration Statement
     have been disposed of in accordance with the intended methods of
     disposition by the seller or sellers thereof as set forth in such
     Registration Statement (but in any event not before the expiration of any
     longer period required under the Securities Act), which methods shall
     include, without limitation, block trades. If available to Parent, Parent
     will effect such registration on Form S-3 or such other form of
     registration statement that counsel to Parent advises and, if requested by
     the Demanding Holders, such registration will be a "shelf" registration
     statement providing for the registration of, and the sale on a continuous
     or delayed basis of the Registrable Shares, pursuant to Rule 415
     promulgated under the Securities Act or any similar rule

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     that may be adopted by the Commission (a "Registration Statement"), and
     Parent will take all necessary and desirable actions within its control to
     maintain the effectiveness of such Registration Statement until the
     Registration Termination Date; provided, however, that Parent will not
     effect a registration on Form S-3 or an equivalent form if Parent or the
     managing underwriter or underwriters determine that using a different
     registration form is in the best interests of Parent and/or the Demanding
     Holders and other holders of Registrable Shares.

          (ii) Number of Demand Registrations. The Stockholders, as a group,
     will be entitled to up to, but no more than, two Stockholder Demands;
     provided, however, that a Stockholder Demand will not be deemed to have
     been made unless the Registration Statement filed in connection therewith
     is kept continuously effective by Parent until the Registration Termination
     Date unless the reason such Registration Statement does not remain
     effective until the Registration Termination Date is solely as a result of
     the failure of the relevant Stockholders to take all actions reasonably
     required in order to have the Registration Statement remain effective for
     such period. Parent will not be required to cause a registration pursuant
     to Section 3(a)(i) to be declared effective within a period of 180 days
     after the date of any other Parent registration statement was declared
     effective pursuant to a Demand Registration request or a filing for
     Parent's own behalf.

          (iii) Priority on Demand Registrations. If in any Demand Registration
     the managing underwriter or underwriters thereof (or in the case of a
     Demand Registration not being underwritten, the Demanding Holders after
     consultation with an investment banker of nationally recognized standing)
     advise Parent in writing that in its or their reasonable opinion the number
     of securities proposed to be sold in such Demand Registration exceeds the
     number that can be sold in such offering without having a material and
     adverse effect on the success of the offering, Parent will include in such
     registration only the number of securities that, in the reasonable opinion
     of such underwriter or underwriters (or the Demanding Holders, as the case
     may be) can be sold without having a material and adverse effect on the
     success of the offering, as follows: first, the securities which the
     Stockholders, including the Demanding Holders, and the W Holders (pro rata
     among all such Stockholders and the W Holders on the basis of the relative
     percentage of Registrable Shares requested to be registered by all
     Stockholders and W Holders who have requested that securities owned by them
     be so included), propose to sell, and second, securities of any other
     holders of Parent's securities eligible to participate in such offering,
     pro rata among all such Persons on the basis of the relative percentage of
     such securities held by each of them. In the event that the managing
     underwriter or Demanding Holders determine that additional Registrable
     Shares may be sold in any Demand Registration without having a material and
     adverse effect on the success of the offering, Parent may include
     comparable securities to be issued and sold by Parent or comparable
     securities held by Persons other than the Parties.

          (iv) Selection of Underwriters. If a Demand Registration is to be an
     underwritten offering, the Stockholders will, after consultation with
     Parent, select a managing underwriter or underwriters of recognized
     national standing to administer the offering.

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     (b) Piggyback Registrations. If Parent at any time proposes to register
under the Securities Act any Shares or any security convertible into or
exchangeable or exercisable for Shares (other than (i) any securities to be
registered on Form S-8 and (ii) any securities to be registered in connection
with the Merger), whether or not for sale for its own account and other than
pursuant to a Demand Registration, on a form and in a manner which would permit
registration of the Registrable Shares held by the Stockholders for sale to the
public under the Securities Act, Parent will give written notice of the proposed
registration to the Stockholders not later than 30 days prior to the filing
thereof. Each Stockholder will have the right to request that all or any part of
its Registrable Shares be included in such registration. Each Stockholder can
make such a request by giving written notice to Parent within ten Business Days
after the giving of such notice by Parent; provided, however, that if the
registration is an underwritten registration and the managing underwriters of
such offering determine that the aggregate amount of securities of Parent which
Parent and all Stockholders propose to include in such Registration Statement
exceeds the maximum amount of securities that may be sold without having an
adverse effect on the success of the offering, including the selling price and
other terms of such offering, Parent will include in such registration, first,
the securities which Parent proposes to sell, second, the Registrable Shares of
the Stockholders and any W Holders requesting registration, pro rata among all
such Stockholders and W Holders on the basis of the relative percentage of
Registrable Shares requested to be registered by all Stockholders and W Holders
who have requested that securities owned by them be so included (it being
further agreed and understood, however, that such underwriters will have the
right to eliminate entirely the participation of the Stockholders and the W
Holders), and third, the comparable securities of any additional holders of
Parent's securities, pro rata among all such holders on the basis of the
relative percentage of such securities held by each of them. Registrable Shares
proposed to be registered and sold pursuant to an underwritten offering for the
account of any Stockholder pursuant to this Section 3(b) will be sold to the
prospective underwriters selected or approved by Parent, after consultation with
the Stockholders, and on the terms and subject to the conditions of one or more
underwriting agreements negotiated between Parent and the prospective
underwriters. Any Stockholder who holds Registrable Shares being registered in
any offering will have the right to receive a copy of the form of underwriting
agreement and will have an opportunity to hold discussions with the lead
underwriter of the terms of such underwriting agreement. Parent may withdraw any
Registration Statement at any time before it becomes effective, or postpone or
terminate the offering of securities, without obligation or liability to any
Stockholder.

     (c) Holdback Agreements. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Section 3, each Stockholder agrees that (if and to the extent the managing
underwriter(s) in an underwritten offering determine that such action is
necessary with respect to such offering and provided that such condition is also
applicable to the W Holders, if any, requesting registration of Registrable
Shares in such offering) it will not (and it will be a condition to the rights
of each Stockholder under this Section 3 that such Stockholder does not) offer
for Public Sale any Shares during the 90-day period after the effective date of
any Registration Statement filed by Parent in connection with an underwritten
public offering (except as part of such underwritten registration or as
otherwise permitted by such underwriters); provided, however, no Stockholder
will object to shortening such period if the underwriter agrees that shortening
such period would not materially and adversely effect the success of the
offering.

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     (d) Expenses. Except as otherwise provided herein, all expenses,
disbursements and fees incurred by Parent and the Stockholders in connection
with any registration under this Section 3 (including, without limitation, the
reasonable expenses, disbursements and fees of one counsel retained in
connection with the Stockholders' first Demand Registration, in an aggregate
amount of up to $50,000) will be borne by Parent, except that the following
expenses will be borne by the Stockholders: (i) the expenses, disbursements and
fees of counsel to the Stockholders to the extent the Stockholders retain
counsel (other than as provided above with respect to the Stockholders' first
Demand Registration); (ii) discounts, commissions, fees or similar compensation
owing to underwriters, selling brokers, dealer managers or other industry
professionals, to the extent relating to the distribution or sale of the
Stockholders' securities; and (iii) transfer taxes with respect to the
securities sold by the Stockholders; provided, however, that the Stockholders
will reimburse Parent for any fees, costs and expenses paid by Parent in
connection with any Stockholder Demand (i) which is subsequently withdrawn by
the Stockholders after Parent has filed a Registration Statement with the
Commission in connection therewith or (ii) which is not declared effective
solely as a result of the failure of the Stockholders to take all actions
reasonably required in order to have the registration and the related
Registration Statement declared effective by the Commission. In any such event,
such demand registration will be counted as a Stockholder Demand for purposes of
Section 3(a)(ii).

     (e) Registration Procedures. In connection with any registration of
Registrable Shares under the Securities Act pursuant to this Agreement, Parent
will consult with each Stockholder whose equity interest is to be included in
any such registration concerning the form of underwriting agreement, will
provide to such Stockholders the form of underwriting agreement prior to
Parent's execution thereof and will provide to such Stockholders and their
representatives such other documents (including comments by the Commission on
the Registration Statement) as such Stockholders reasonably request in
connection with its participation in such registration. Parent will furnish such
Stockholders and each underwriter, if any, with a copy of the Registration
Statement and all amendments thereto and will supply such Stockholders and each
underwriter, if any, with copies of any prospectus (a "Prospectus") included
therein (including a preliminary Prospectus and all amendments and supplements
thereto), in such quantities as may be reasonably necessary for the purposes of
the proposed sale or distribution covered by such registration. Parent will not,
however, be required to maintain the Registration Statement effective or to
supply copies of a Prospectus for a period beyond the Registration Termination
Date and, following such date, Parent may deregister any securities covered by
such Registration Statement and not then sold or distributed. Whenever required
to effect the registration of any Registrable Shares under this Agreement,
Parent will, as promptly as possible:

          (i) prepare and file with the Commission a Registration Statement on
     any form on which Parent then qualifies, which counsel for Parent deems
     appropriate and pursuant to which an offering of such Registrable Shares
     may be made in accordance with the intended method of distribution thereof,
     and use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause any Registration
     Statement required hereunder to become effective as soon as practicable
     after the initial filing thereof and keep such Registration Statement
     effective until the Registration Termination Date;

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          (ii) provide such Stockholders, any underwriter participating in any
     disposition pursuant to such Registration Statement and any attorney,
     accountant or other agent retained by such Stockholders, a reasonable
     opportunity to review and comment on such Registration Statement and each
     Prospectus included therein or filed with the Commission and each amendment
     or supplement thereto other than any amendments or supplements resulting
     from the incorporation by reference in such Registration Statement or
     Prospectus to Parent's periodic and current reports filed with the
     Commission under the Exchange Act;

          (iii) upon filing a Registration Statement or any Prospectus related
     thereto or any amendments or supplements thereto, furnish to such
     Stockholders and the underwriters, if any, copies of all such documents;

          (iv) prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and
     post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement as may be necessary
     to keep such Registration Statement effective until the Registration
     Termination Date; cause the related 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 comply with the
     provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act with respect to the
     disposition of all securities covered by such Registration Statement during
     the applicable period in accordance with the intended methods of
     disposition by the sellers thereof set forth in such Registration Statement
     or supplement to such Prospectus;

          (v) promptly notify such Stockholders and any managing underwriters in
     writing, (A) when a Registration Statement or post-effective amendment to a
     Registration Statement or the related Prospectus or Prospectus supplement
     has been filed, and, with respect to a Registration Statement or any
     post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective, (B) of any
     request by the Commission or any state securities commission for amendments
     or supplements to a Registration Statement or related Prospectus or for
     additional information, (C) of the issuance by the Commission or any state
     securities commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a
     Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that
     purpose, (D) of the receipt by Parent of any notification with respect to
     the suspension of the qualification of any of the Registrable Shares for
     sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding
     for such purpose, and (E) upon discovery that, or upon the happening of any
     event as a result of which, any Registration Statement or Prospectus (or
     any amendment or supplement thereto or document incorporated by reference
     therein) contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits 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;

          (vi) use its commercially reasonable efforts to prevent the issuance
     of any stop order by the Commission suspending the effectiveness of a
     Registration Statement to the extent the Company had knowledge of the
     threat of such stop order prior to its issuance, and in the event of such
     issuance, to use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of
     such stop order;

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          (vii) except as prohibited under applicable law, if requested by the
     managing underwriters or such Stockholders, promptly consider for inclusion
     in a Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment such information as
     the managing underwriters or the Stockholders holding a majority of the
     Registrable Shares being sold by such Stockholders agree should be included
     therein relating to the sale of such Registrable Shares, including
     information with respect to the amount of Registrable Shares being sold to
     such underwriters, the purchase price being paid therefor by such
     underwriters and with respect to any other terms of the underwritten (or
     best efforts underwritten) offering of the Registrable Shares to be sold in
     such offering; and make all required filings of such Prospectus supplement
     or post-effective amendment as soon as reasonably practicable after being
     notified of the matters to be incorporated in such Prospectus supplement or
     post-effective amendment;

          (viii) furnish to such Stockholders and each managing underwriter at
     least one signed copy of the Registration Statement and any post-effective
     amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, all
     documents incorporated therein by reference and all exhibits (including
     those incorporated by reference);

          (ix) deliver to such Stockholders and the underwriters, if any, as
     many copies of the Prospectus (including each preliminary Prospectus) and
     any amendment or supplement thereto as such Persons or entities may
     reasonably request;

          (x) prior to any Public Sale of Registrable Shares, register or
     qualify or cause to be registered or qualified such Registrable Shares for
     offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions
     within the United States as such Stockholders or any underwriter reasonably
     requests in writing and do any and all other acts or things reasonably
     necessary or advisable to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of
     the Registrable Shares covered by the applicable Registration Statement;
     provided, however, that Parent will not be required to qualify generally to
     do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified or to
     take any action which would subject it to general service of process or
     taxation in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject;

          (xi) cooperate with such Stockholders and the managing underwriters,
     if any, to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates
     representing Registrable Shares to be sold pursuant to such Registration
     Statement and not bearing any restrictive legends, and enable such
     Registrable Shares to be in such denominations and registered in such names
     as the managing underwriters may request at least two Business Days prior
     to any sale of Registrable Shares to the underwriters;

          (xii) if any discovery or event described in clause (v)(E) above
     occurs, notify such Stockholders of such discovery or event and prepare a
     supplement or post-effective amendment to the applicable Registration
     Statement or the related Prospectus or any document incorporated therein by
     reference or file any other required document so that, as thereafter
     delivered to the purchasers of the Registrable Shares being sold
     thereunder, such Prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a
     material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the
     statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were
     made, not misleading; provided, however, that in the event of the

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     foregoing, the Registration Termination Date will be extended by the number
     of days during the period from and including the date of such notice from
     Parent to the Stockholders until and including the date of delivery of such
     supplement or amendment to such Registration Statement or related
     Prospectus;

          (xiii) cause all Registrable Shares covered by the Registration
     Statement to be listed on The New York Stock Exchange or each other
     securities exchange on which similar securities issued by Parent are then
     listed;

          (xiv) provide and cause to be maintained a transfer agent and
     registrar for all such Registrable Shares covered by the Registration
     Statement not later than the effective date of the Registration Statement;

          (xv) use its reasonable best efforts to obtain an opinion from
     Parent's counsel and a "cold comfort" letter from Parent's independent
     public accountants in customary form and covering such matters as are
     customarily covered by such opinions and "cold comfort" letters delivered
     to underwriters in underwritten public offerings and reasonably
     satisfactory to the Stockholders holding a majority of the Registrable
     Shares being sold by such Stockholders;

          (xvi) deliver promptly to each Stockholder participating in the
     offering and each underwriter, if any, copies of all correspondence between
     the Commission and Parent, its counsel or auditors and all memoranda
     relating to discussions with the Commission or its staff with respect to
     the Registration Statement, other than those portions of any such
     correspondence and memoranda which contain information subject to
     attorney-client privilege with respect to Parent, and, upon receipt of such
     confidentiality agreements as Parent may reasonably request, make
     reasonably available for inspection by any Stockholder selling such
     Registrable Shares covered by such Registration Statement, by any
     underwriter, if any, participating in any disposition to be effected
     pursuant to such Registration Statement and by any attorney, accountant or
     other agent retained by any such Stockholder or any such underwriter, all
     pertinent financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and
     properties of Parent, and cause all of Parent's officers, directors and
     employees to supply all information reasonably requested by any such
     seller, underwriter, attorney, accountant or agent in connection with such
     Registration Statement;

          (xvii) provide a CUSIP number for all Registrable Shares included in
     such Registration Statement, not later than the effective date of the
     applicable Registration Statement;

          (xviii) enter into such agreements (including an underwriting
     agreement in form reasonably satisfactory to Parent) and take all such
     other reasonable actions in connection therewith in order to expedite or
     facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Shares;

          (xix) make available for inspection by a representative of such
     Stockholders, any underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to
     a Registration Statement, and any attorney or accountant retained by such
     Stockholders or such underwriter, all

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     financial and other records, any pertinent corporate documents and
     properties of Parent reasonably requested by such representative,
     underwriter, attorney or accountant in connection with such Registration
     Statement; provided, however, that any records, information or documents
     that are designated by Parent in writing as confidential will be kept
     confidential by such Persons or entities unless disclosure of such records,
     information or documents is required by court or administrative order;

          (xx) otherwise comply in all material respects with all applicable
     rules and regulations of the Commission and relevant state securities
     commissions, and make generally available to such Stockholders, earning
     statements satisfying the provisions of Section 12(a) of the Securities Act
     no later than 45 days after the end of any 12-month period (or 120 days, if
     such period is a fiscal year) commencing at the end of any fiscal quarter
     in which Registrable Shares of such Stockholders are sold to underwriters
     in an underwritten offering, or, if not sold to underwriters in such an
     offering, beginning with the first month of Parent's first fiscal quarter
     commencing after the effective date of a Registration Statement, which
     statements will cover said 12-month periods;

          (xxi) cause senior management to participate in "roadshow"
     presentations and other customary marketing efforts at reasonable times
     upon reasonable notice and in a manner that will not adversely affect
     Parent's business;

          (xxii) cooperate with such Stockholders, each underwriter
     participating in the disposition of such Registrable Shares and such
     underwriters' counsel in connection with any filings required to be made
     with the NASD;

          (xxiii) upon the request of the Stockholders holding a majority of the
     Registrable Shares being sold by such Stockholders, to request from the
     Commission acceleration of the effectiveness of such Registration
     Statement; and

          (xxiv) take all such other commercially reasonable actions as are
     necessary or advisable and/or reasonably requested by such Stockholders in
     order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Shares.

     (f) Each Stockholder hereby agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from
Parent of the happening of any event of the type described in Section
3(e)(v)(E), such Stockholder will forthwith discontinue disposition of such
Registrable Shares covered by such Registration Statement or related Prospectus
until such Stockholder's receipt of the copies of the supplemental or amended
Prospectus contemplated by Section 3(e)(xii), and, if so directed by Parent,
such Stockholder will deliver to Parent (at Parent's expense) all copies, other
than permanent file copies then in such Stockholder's possession, of the
Prospectus covering such Registrable Shares at the time of receipt of such
notice.

Section 4. Indemnification.

     (a) Indemnification by Parent. In the event of any registration of any
securities of Parent under the Securities Act pursuant to Section 3, Parent
will, and it hereby does, indemnify and hold harmless, to the extent permitted
by law, each of the Stockholders that holds any Registrable Shares covered by
such Registration Statement, each Affiliate of such Stockholder

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and such Stockholder's directors, officers, employees and agents or general and
limited partners, each other Person who participates as an underwriter in the
offering or sale of such securities and each other Person, if any, who controls
such Stockholder or any such underwriter within the meaning of the Securities
Act (collectively, the "Stockholder Indemnified Parties"), against any and all
losses, claims, damages, or liabilities, joint or several, and expenses
(including reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses and any amounts paid in any
settlement effected with Parent's consent) to which any Stockholder Indemnified
Party may become subject under the Securities Act, state securities or blue sky
laws, common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, or
liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof, whether or not such
Stockholder Indemnified Party is a party thereto) or expenses arise out of or
are based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any
material fact contained in any Registration Statement under which such
securities were registered under the Securities Act, any preliminary, final or
summary Prospectus contained therein, or any amendment or supplement thereto,
(ii) any omission or alleged omission to state therein 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 (iii) any
violation by Parent of any federal, state or common law rule or regulation
applicable to Parent and relating to action required of or inaction by Parent in
connection with any such registration; provided, that Parent will not be liable
to any Stockholder Indemnified Party in any such case to the extent that any
such loss, claim, damage, liability (or action or proceeding in respect thereof)
or expense arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission made in such Registration Statement or
amendment or supplement thereto or in any such preliminary, final or summary
Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with written information with
respect to such Stockholder or any underwriter who participates in the offering
or sale of Registrable Shares covered by a Registration Statement furnished by
such Stockholder or such underwriter to Parent. Such indemnity will remain in
full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of
such Stockholder or any Stockholder Indemnified Party and will survive the
transfer of such securities by such Stockholder.

     (b) Indemnification by the Stockholders and Underwriters. Parent may
require, as a condition to including any Registrable Shares in any Registration
Statement filed in accordance with Section 3, that Parent has received an
undertaking reasonably satisfactory to it from the Stockholders that own such
Registrable Shares or any underwriter to indemnify and hold harmless (in the
same manner and to the same extent as set forth in Section 4(a)) Parent, each
Affiliate of Parent, each of Parent's directors, officers, employees and agents
and each other Person who controls Parent within the meaning of the Securities
Act with respect to any statement or alleged statement in or omission or alleged
omission from such Registration Statement, any preliminary, final or summary
Prospectus contained therein, or any amendment or supplement, if such statement
or alleged statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon
and in conformity with written information with respect to the Stockholders
holding any of the Registrable Shares being registered or such underwriter that
is furnished in writing to Parent by such Stockholders or such underwriter, or a
document incorporated by reference into any of the foregoing; provided, that no
such Stockholder will be liable for any indemnity claims in excess of the amount
of net proceeds received by such Stockholder from the sale of Registrable
Shares. Such indemnity will remain in full force and effect regardless of any
investigation made by or on behalf of Parent or any of the Stockholders, or any
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respective Affiliates, directors, officers or controlling Persons, and will
survive the transfer of such securities by such Stockholder.

     (c) Notices of Claims, Etc. Promptly after receipt by a Stockholder
Indemnified Party or Parent of written notice of the commencement of any action
or proceeding with respect to which a claim for indemnification may be made
pursuant to Section 4 (a) or (b), as applicable (an "Indemnified Party"), such
Indemnified Party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against an
indemnifying party, give written notice to the latter of the commencement of
such action; provided, that the failure of the Indemnified Party to give notice
as provided herein will not relieve the indemnifying party of its obligations
under this Section 4, except to the extent that the indemnifying party is
actually prejudiced by such failure to give notice. In case any such action is
brought against an Indemnified Party, the indemnifying party will be entitled to
participate in and to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to
such Indemnified Party, and after notice from the indemnifying party to such
Indemnified Party of its election to assume the defense thereof, the
indemnifying party will not be liable to such Indemnified Party for any legal or
other expenses subsequently incurred by the latter in connection with the
defense thereof; provided that the Indemnified Party will have the right to
employ counsel to represent the Indemnified Party and its respective controlling
persons, directors, officers, general or limited partners, employees or agents
who may be subject to liability arising out of any claim in respect of which
indemnity may be sought by the Indemnified Party against such indemnifying party
under this Section 4 if (i) the employment of such counsel has been authorized
in writing by such indemnifying party in connection with the defense of such
action, (ii) the indemnifying party has not promptly employed counsel reasonably
satisfactory to the Indemnified Party to assume the defense of such action or
(iii) any Indemnified Party has reasonably concluded that there may be defenses
available to such Indemnified Party or its respective controlling persons,
directors, officers, employees or agents which are in conflict with or in
addition to those available to the indemnifying party, and in that event the
reasonable fees and expenses of one firm of separate counsel for the Indemnified
Party will be paid by the indemnifying party. No indemnifying party will consent
to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement in connection with any
claim or litigation which does not include as a term thereof the giving by the
claimant or plaintiff to such Indemnified Party of an unconditional release from
all liability in respect to such claim or litigation.

     (d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 4 shall for any
reason be unavailable to any Indemnified Party under Section 4(a) or Section
4(b) or is insufficient to hold it harmless in respect of any loss, claim,
damage, expense or liability, or any action in respect thereof referred to
therein, then each indemnifying party will contribute to the amount paid or
payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such loss, claim, damage,
expense or liability, or action in respect thereof, (i) in such proportion as
may be appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Indemnified
Party and indemnifying party 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 Indemnified Party and indemnifying party with
respect to the statements or omissions which resulted in such loss, claim,
damage, expense or liability, or action in respect thereof, as well as any other
relevant equitable considerations. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Section 4(d), no Stockholder will be required to contribute an amount greater
than the dollar amount of the proceeds received by such Stockholder with respect
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any Registrable Shares. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within
the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) will be entitled to
contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation.

     (e) Non-Exclusivity. The obligations of the parties under this Section 4
will be in addition to any liability which any party may otherwise have to any
other party.

     Section 5. Information Requirements. Parent covenants that it will (i) file
the reports required to be filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange
Act, and the rules and regulations adopted by the Commission thereunder, and the
rules and regulations of the NYSE and any other securities markets or exchanges
on which the Shares are listed or quoted, within the time periods prescribed
thereby and (ii) take such further action as any Stockholder may reasonably
request, in each case to the extent required from time to time to enable such
Stockholder to sell Registrable Shares without registration under the Securities
Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by Rule 144 and Rule 144A
promulgated under the Securities Act (as such rules may be amended from time to
time) or any similar rule or regulation adopted by the Commission after the date
hereof, including making available adequate current public information within
the meaning of Rule 144(c)(2) and delivering the information required by Rule
144A(d). Upon the request of any Stockholder, Parent will deliver to such
Stockholder a written statement as to whether it has complied with such
requirements.

     Section 6. Termination of Agreement. This Agreement will terminate upon the
mutual agreement of the Parties or the termination of the Merger Agreement. In
addition, this Agreement will terminate on the date on which the Stockholders no
longer Beneficially Own, in the aggregate, at least 5% of the issued and
outstanding shares of the Parent Common Stock.

     Section 7. Definitions, Etc.

     (a) In addition to terms defined elsewhere herein, as used in this
Agreement, the following terms have the following meanings:

     "13D Group" means any group of Persons formed for the purpose of acquiring,
holding, voting or disposing of voting Shares that would be required under
Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations thereunder (as
in effect on, and based on legal interpretations thereof existing on, the date
hereof), to file a statement on Schedule 13D with the Commission as a "person"
within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act if such group
Beneficially Owned voting Shares representing more than 5% of any class of
voting Shares then outstanding.

     "Affiliate" means with respect to a specified Person, any Person that
directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries controls, is
controlled by or is under common control with the specified Person. As used in
this definition, the term "control" means the possession, directly or
indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and
policies of a Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by
contract or otherwise. For purposes of this Agreement, (i) none of the following
will be deemed to be an Affiliate of any Stockholder: (A) the Company, (B) any
portfolio company of the Stockholders or their Affiliates, (C) any limited
partner of the Stockholders or their Affiliates or (D) any investment

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fund that does not share the same general partner as such Stockholder and (ii)
no Company Sponsor will be deemed to be an Affiliate of the other Company
Sponsor.

     "Beneficially Own" or "Beneficial Ownership" with respect to any securities
means having "beneficial ownership" of such securities as determined pursuant to
Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act. Without duplicative counting of the same
securities by the same holder, securities Beneficially Owned by a Person include
securities Beneficially Owned by all other Persons with whom such Person would
constitute a "group" within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act
with respect to the securities of the same issuer. Notwithstanding anything in
this Agreement, neither (i) the Stockholders and Parent nor (ii) the Company
Sponsors, are intended to be a "group" for purposes of Rule 13d-5 of the
Exchange Act and nothing in this Agreement will be interpreted in a manner that
requires that they be deemed to be a "group" thereunder.

     "Business Day" means any day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday or other day
on which banks are required or authorized by law to be closed in New York, New
York.

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

     "G Holders Registration Rights Agreement" means the Registration Rights
Agreement, dated November 25, 2002, among Parent and the other parties thereto.

     "Person" includes any individual, corporation, association, partnership
(general or limited), joint venture, trust, estate, limited liability company or
other legal entity or organization.

     "Public Sale" means a Transfer pursuant to a bona fide underwritten public
offering pursuant to an effective registration statement filed under the
Securities Act or pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act (other than in a
privately negotiated sale).

     "Registrable Shares" means the Shares; provided, that Shares shall cease to
be "Registrable Shares" when such Shares are sold (i) by a Stockholder in a
transaction in which its rights under this Agreement are not assigned, (ii)
pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, or
(iii) in a transaction exempt from the registration and prospectus delivery
requirements of the Securities Act (including transactions under Rule 144, or a
successor thereto, promulgated under the Securities Act) so that all restrictive
legends with respect thereto, if any, are removed upon the consummation of such
sale; and, provided further, that, with respect to any Transfer by a Stockholder
of Registrable Shares in accordance with this Agreement, such transferee's
Registrable Shares shall be limited to the Registrable Shares received from such
Stockholder hereunder.

     "Shares" means (i) shares of voting stock of Parent or (ii) any other
security of Parent or any successor thereto which is convertible into, or
exercisable or exchangeable for, shares of voting stock of Parent.

     "Standstill Period" means the period from the date hereof through the date
on which Parent issues its first quarterly earnings release after the later to
occur of (i) the Stockholders ceasing to own, in the aggregate, more than 5% of
the then-outstanding shares of Parent

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Common Stock and (ii) the Stockholder Designee, if any, having resigned from the
Parent Board pursuant to Section 1(d) hereof.

     "Transfer" means a transfer, sale, assignment, pledge, hypothecation or
other disposition or exchange, and "Transferring" or "Transferred" have
correlative meanings.

     "W Holders" means, collectively, Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe IX, L.P.,
a Delaware limited partnership, WD GP Associates LLC and WD Investors LLC.

     (b) When a reference is made in this Agreement to Articles, Sections or
Exhibits, such reference will be to an Article or Section of or Exhibit to this
Agreement unless otherwise indicated. Whenever the words "include," "includes"
or "including" are used in this Agreement, they will be deemed to be followed by
the words "without limitation." Unless the context otherwise requires (i) "or"
is disjunctive but not necessarily exclusive, (ii) words in the singular include
the plural and vice versa, and (iii) the use in this Agreement of a pronoun in
reference to a party hereto includes the masculine, feminine or neuter, as the
context may require. No provision of this Agreement will be interpreted in favor
of, or against, any of the Parties to this Agreement by reason of the extent to
which any such Party or its counsel participated in the drafting thereof or by
reason of the extent to which any such provision is inconsistent with any prior
draft hereof, and no rule of strict construction will be applied against any
party hereto. This Agreement will not be interpreted or construed to require any
Person to take any action, or fail to take any action, if to do so would violate
any applicable Law.

     (c) References to agreements and other documents will be deemed to include
all subsequent amendments and other modifications thereto.

     (d) References to statutes will include all regulations promulgated
thereunder and references to statutes or regulations will be construed as
including all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending or
replacing the statute or regulation.

Section 8. Miscellaneous

     (a) Access to Information. Parent shall permit, and shall cause its direct
and indirect subsidiaries to permit, any representatives designated by any
Stockholder (a "VCOC Stockholder") (x) that is required to be a "venture capital
operating company" pursuant to the terms of its Partnership Agreement or (y) the
assets of which would be considered "plan assets" unless it is considered to be
a venture capital operating company, in each case within the meaning of the
Department of Labor "plan asset" regulation, 29 C.F.R. Section 2510.3-101 (the
"Plan Asset Regulation"), upon reasonable notice, during normal business hours
and in a manner that does not unreasonably interfere with the management and
operation of Parent and/or such subsidiaries to: (i) examine the corporate and
financial records of Parent and such subsidiaries and make copies or extracts of
such records and (ii) discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of any such
entities with the officers and independent accountants of Parent and such
subsidiaries. In addition, Parent shall permit, and shall cause its direct and
indirect subsidiaries to permit, any one representative designated by any VCOC
Stockholder to attend meetings of the Parent Board (to the extent that such VCOC
Stockholder has not designated the Stockholder Designee pursuant to Section
1(a)(ii)(A)) or the board of directors of any such subsidiary as a non-voting
observer (with such rights and privileges as are reasonably necessary or
appropriate such that the right of the VCOC Stockholder to appoint such board
observer shall, collectively with the other rights described in this Section
8(a), constitute "management rights" within the meaning of the Plan Asset
Regulation); provided, that to the extent that any VCOC Stockholder has
appointed the Stockholder Designee to the Parent Board, such VCOC Stockholder
shall designate the Stockholder Designee as its non-voting observer with respect
to the board of directors of each applicable subsidiary. No representative of a
Stockholder will be entitled to the access rights specified in clauses (i) or
(ii) of the first sentence of this Section 8(a) or the rights to attend meetings
of the boards of directors under the second sentence of this Section 8(a) unless
and until such representative has entered into a customary confidentiality
agreement with Parent. Parent will have the right, after reasonable notice, to
require that any representative designated by a Stockholder under this Section
8(a) be replaced with another representative of such Stockholder.

     (b) Successors, Assigns and Transferees. This Agreement will be binding
upon and inure to the benefit of the Parties hereto and their respective legal
representatives, heirs, legatees, successors and assigns and any other
transferee of the Shares that is an Affiliate of a Stockholder and will also
apply to any Shares acquired by Stockholders after the date hereof. This
Agreement is not intended to and does not confer upon any Person other than the
Parties to any rights or remedies under this Agreement. The rights granted to
each Stockholder (together with the related obligations) pursuant to this
Agreement (but not including the rights and obligations of the Stockholder
pursuant to Section 1 of this Agreement and subject to the proviso in

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Section 2(d)) may be Transferred by such Stockholder to any Person who acquires
from such Stockholder at least 5% of the Parent Common Stock outstanding on the
date of such Transfer; provided, that such Stockholder shall give Parent written
notice at the time of such Transfer stating the name and address of the
transferee and identifying the securities with respect to which such rights are
being assigned. In the event that any Stockholder Transfers all or any portion
of its Shares to any Affiliate of such Stockholder or to any other Person
pursuant to the prior sentence, such transferee will execute a counterpart of
this Agreement in the form attached as Exhibit A hereto and agree to be bound by
the terms hereof other than Section 1 of this Agreement, and be entitled to the
rights provided herein, for all purposes hereunder. Any Affiliate of a
Stockholder that receives Shares hereunder will be considered a "Stockholder"
for all purposes hereunder other than under Sections 1 and 8(a) of this
Agreement. The Company may not assign this Agreement without the written consent
of the Stockholders holding a majority of the Registrable Shares then held by
the Stockholders.

     (c) Specific Performance. The Parties acknowledge and agree that any breach
of the terms of this Agreement would give rise to irreparable harm for which
money damages would not be an adequate remedy, and, accordingly, the Parties
agree that, in addition to any other remedies, each will be entitled to enforce
the terms of this Agreement by a decree of specific performance without the
necessity of proving the inadequacy of money damages as a remedy and without the
necessity of posting bond.

     (d) Governing Law. This Agreement will be governed and construed in
accordance with the internal laws of the State of Delaware applicable to
contracts made and wholly performed within such state, without regard to any
applicable conflict of laws principles.

     (e) Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial. Each of the Parties
hereby agrees that any claim, suit, action or other proceeding, directly or
indirectly, arising out of, under or relating to this Agreement will be heard
and determined in the Chancery Court of the State of Delaware (and each agrees
that no such claim, action, suit or other proceeding relating to this Agreement
will be brought by it or any of its Affiliates except in such court), and the
Parties hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submit to the exclusive
jurisdiction of any such court in any such claim, suit, action or other
proceeding and irrevocably and unconditionally waive the defense of an
inconvenient forum to the maintenance of any such claim, suit, action or other
proceeding. Each of the parties hereto further agrees that, to the fullest
extent permitted by applicable law, service of any process, summons, notice or
document by U.S. registered mail to such Person's address for notice forth in
Section 8(g) will be effective service of process for any claim, action, suit or
other proceeding in Delaware with respect to any matters to which it has
submitted to jurisdiction as set forth above in the immediately preceding
sentence. The Parties hereto hereby agree that a final judgment in any such
claim, suit, action or other proceeding will be conclusive and may be enforced
in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided
by applicable law. Each of the Parties irrevocably and unconditionally waives,
to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all rights to trial
by jury in connection with any litigation arising out of or relating to this
Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

     (f) Descriptive Headings. The descriptive headings of this Agreement are
inserted for convenience only and do not constitute a part of this Agreement.

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     (g) Notices. All notices and other communications in connection with this
Agreement will be in writing and will be deemed given (and will be deemed to
have been duly given upon receipt) if delivered personally, sent via facsimile
(with confirmation), mailed by registered or certified mail (return receipt
requested) or delivered by an express courier (with confirmation) to the parties
at the following addresses (or at such other address for a party as will be
specified by like notice): (i) for a Stockholder, at the addresses given for
that Stockholder on the list attached hereto as Exhibit B or such other address
as that Stockholder may specify by notice to Parent, and (ii) for Parent, at the
address for Parent set forth at Exhibit B.

     (h) Recapitalization, Exchange, Etc. Affecting Parent's Shares. The
provisions of this Agreement will apply, to the full extent set forth herein,
with respect to any and all Shares of Parent or any successor or assign of
Parent (whether by merger, consolidation, sale of assets, conversion to a
corporation or otherwise) that may be issued in respect of, in exchange for, or
in substitution of, the Shares and will be appropriately adjusted for any
dividends, splits, reverse splits, combinations, recapitalizations, and the like
occurring after the date hereof.

     (i) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more
counterparts, all of which will be considered one and the same agreement and
will become effective when counterparts have been signed by each of the parties
and delivered to the other party, it being understood that each party need not
sign the same counterpart.

     (j) Severability. If any term or other provision of this Agreement is
declared invalid, illegal or unenforceable, all other conditions and provisions
of this Agreement will nevertheless remain in full force and effect so long as
the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not
affected in any manner adverse to any party. Upon such determination that any
term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the
Parties will negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect
the original intent of the parties as closely as possible in an acceptable
manner to the end that the transactions contemplated hereby are fulfilled to the
maximum extent possible.

     (k) Amendment. This Agreement may be amended only by written agreement
signed by the Parties. At any time hereafter, Persons acquiring Shares that are
Affiliates of a Stockholder may be made parties hereto by executing a signature
page in the form attached as Exhibit A hereto, which signature page will be
countersigned by Parent and will be attached to this Agreement and become a part
hereof without any further action of any other Party hereto.

     (l) Integration; No Inconsistent Agreements. This Agreement (including the
documents and the instruments referred to in this Agreement) constitutes the
entire agreement and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, both
written and oral, between the parties with respect to the subject matter of this
Agreement. Except for the G Holders Registration Rights Agreement, which will be
terminated effective before or as of the Effective Time, and the Sponsor
Stockholders Agreement entered into between Parent and the W Holders on the date
hereof, (i) Parent has not entered into and will not enter into any agreement
that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Stockholders in this
Agreement or that otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof and (ii) the
rights granted to the Stockholders hereunder do not in any way conflict with,
and are not inconsistent with the rights granted to the holders of Parent's
other issued and outstanding securities under, any such agreements.

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     (m) Further Assurances. In connection with this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated thereby, each Stockholder will execute and deliver any
additional documents and instruments and perform any additional acts that may be
necessary or appropriate to effectuate and perform the provisions of this
Agreement and such transactions.

     (n) Current Agreements. Effective at the Effective Time, the following
agreements will without further action be terminated and of no further force and
effect.

          (i) the Current Stockholders Agreement;

          (ii) Agreement Among Members (Dex Holdings LLC) among Carlyle Partners
     III, L.P., Carlyle-Dex Partners L.P., Carlyle-Dex Partners II L.P., Welsh,
     Carson, Anderson & Stowe IX, L.P., WD Investors LLC, Dex Holdings LLC, Dex
     Media, Inc., Dex Media East, Inc. and Dex Media East LLC, dated November 8,
     2002 (as amended);

          (iii) Amended and Restated Management Consulting Agreement, dated as
     of June, 2004, between Dex Media East LLC and The Carlyle Group.;

          (iv) Amended and Restated Management Consulting Agreement, dated as of
     June, 2004, between Dex Media East LLC and Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe;

          (v) Amended and Restated Management Consulting Agreement, dated as of
     June, 2004, between Dex Media West LLC and The Carlyle Group; and

          (vi) Amended and Restated Management Consulting Agreement, dated as of
     June, 2004, between Dex Media West LLC and Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe.

                  [Remainder of Page Intentionally Left Blank]

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

                                        CARLYLE HOLDERS

                                        CARLYLE PARTNERS III, L.P.

                                        By: TC Group III, L.P.,
                                            its General Partner

                                        By: TC Group III, L.L.C.,
                                            its General Partner

                                        By: TC Group, L.L.C.,
                                            its Managing Member

                                        By: TCG Holdings, L.L.C.,
                                            its Managing Member

                                        By:    /s/ James A. Attwood, Jr.
                                               ---------------------------------
                                        Name:  James A. Attwood, Jr.
                                        Title: Managing Director

                                        CP III COINVESTMENT, L.P.

                                        By: TC Group III, L.P.,
                                            its General Partner

                                        By: TC Group III, L.L.C.,
                                            its General Partner

                                        By: TC Group, L.L.C.,
                                            its Managing Member

                                        By: TCG Holdings, L.L.C.,
                                            its Managing Member

                                        By:    /s/ James A. Attwood, Jr.
                                               ---------------------------------
                                        Name:  James A. Attwood, Jr.
                                        Title: Managing Director

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                                        CARLYLE-DEX PARTNERS L.P.

                                        By: TC Group III, L.P.,
                                            its General Partner

                                        By: TC Group III, L.L.C.,
                                            its General Partner

                                        By: TC Group, L.L.C.,
                                            its Managing Member

                                        By: TCG Holdings, L.L.C.,
                                            its Managing Member

                                        By:    /s/ James A. Attwood, Jr.
                                               ---------------------------------
                                        Name:  James A. Attwood, Jr.
                                        Title: Managing Director

                                        CARLYLE-DEX PARTNERS II L.P.

                                        By: TC Group III, L.P.,
                                            its General Partner

                                        By: TC Group III, L.L.C.,
                                            its General Partner

                                        By: TC Group, L.L.C.,
                                            its Managing Member

                                        By: TCG Holdings, L.L.C.,
                                            its Managing Member

                                        By:    /s/ James A. Attwood, Jr.
                                               ---------------------------------
                                        Name:  James A. Attwood, Jr.
                                        Title: Managing Director

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                                        CARLYLE HIGH YIELD PARTNERS, L.P.

                                        By: TCG High Yield, L.L.C.,
                                            its General Partner

                                        By: TCG High Yield Holdings, L.L.C.,
                                            its Managing Member

                                        By: TC Group, L.L.C.,
                                            its Sole Member

                                        By: TCG Holdings, L.L.C.,
                                            its Managing Member

                                        By:    /s/ James A. Attwood, Jr.
                                               ---------------------------------
                                        Name:  James A. Attwood, Jr.
                                        Title: Managing Director

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                                        R.H. DONNELLEY CORPORATION

                                        By:    /s/ Robert J. Bush
                                               ---------------------------------
                                        Name:  Robert J. Bush
                                        Title: Vice President, General Counsel
                                               and Corporate Secretary

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                                    EXHIBIT A

                                 SIGNATURE PAGE
                                     TO THE
                         SPONSOR STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT

     By execution of this signature page, ________________________________
hereby agrees to become a party to, be bound by the obligations of and receive
the benefits of the Sponsor Stockholders Agreement, dated as of October 2, 2005,
by and among R.H. Donnelley Corporation, Carlyle Partners III, L.P., CP III
Coinvestment, L.P., Carlyle High Yield Partners, L.P., Carlyle-Dex Partners
L.P., and Carlyle-Dex Partners II L.P.

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

                                        Notice Address:

                                        ----------------------------------------

                                        ----------------------------------------

                                        ----------------------------------------

                                        Accepted:

                                        R.H. DONNELLEY CORPORATION

                                        By:
                                            ------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                              ----------------------------------
                                        Title:
                                               ---------------------------------
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                                    EXHIBIT B

If to any Stockholder:

     c/o The Carlyle Group
     520 Madison Avenue
     41st Floor
     New York, New York 10022
     Attention: James A. Atwood, Jr.
     Facsimile: (212) 381-4901

     with a copy to

     Latham & Watkins LLP
     885 Third Avenue, Suite 1000
     New York, NY 10022
     Attention: R. Ronald Hopkinson
     Facsimile: (212) 751-4864

If to Parent:

     R.H. Donnelley Corporation
     1001 Winstead Drive
     Cary, NC 27531
     Attention: Robert J. Bush
     Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
     Facsimile: (919) 279-1518

     with a copy to:

     Jones Day
     222 East 41st Street
     New York, NY 10017
     Attention: John J. Hyland
     Facsimile: (212) 755-7306<PAGE>
                                                                    Exhibit 10.3

                                SUPPORT AGREEMENT

     This SUPPORT AGREEMENT (the "Agreement"), is entered into as of October 3,
2005, by and among R.H. Donnelley Corporation, a Delaware corporation
("Parent"), Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe IX, L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership ("Welsh Carson IX"), WD GP Associates LLC ("WCAS Coinvest"), and WD
Investors LLC ("WCAS Coinvest II") (each, a "Stockholder" and collectively, the
"Stockholders").

                                    RECITALS:

     A. Dex Media, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), Parent and
Forward Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of
Parent ("Merger Sub"), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (as amended
from time to time, the "Merger Agreement"), pursuant to which the Company will
be merged with and into Merger Sub with Merger Sub as the surviving company (the
"Merger"); and

     B. As an inducement and a condition to entering into the Merger Agreement,
Parent has required that Stockholders agree, and Stockholders have agreed, to
enter into this Agreement.

     NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:

                                    ARTICLE 1

                                   DEFINITIONS

     1.1 Certain Definitions. Capitalized terms used and not defined herein have
the respective meanings ascribed to them in the Merger Agreement. In addition,
for purposes of this Agreement, the following terms have the following meanings
when used herein with initial capital letters:

          (a) "Beneficially Own" or "Beneficial Ownership" with respect to any
securities means having "beneficial ownership" of such securities as determined
pursuant to Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act. Without duplicative counting of
the same securities by the same holder, securities Beneficially Owned by a
Person include securities Beneficially Owned by all other Persons with whom such
Person would constitute a "group" within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the
Exchange Act with respect to the securities of the same issuer and includes all
securities Beneficially Owned by a Person's Affiliates. Notwithstanding anything
in this Agreement, neither (i) the Stockholders and Parent nor (ii) the Company
Sponsors, are intended to be a "group" for purposes of Rule 13d-5 of the
Exchange Act and nothing in this Agreement will be interpreted in a manner that
requires that they be deemed to be a "group" thereunder.

          (b) "Affiliate" means, with respect to any Person, any Person who,
directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is
controlled by or is under common control with the specified Person and for this
purpose control means the possession of the power, direct or indirect, to direct
or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether
through the ownership of voting shares, by contract or otherwise. For purposes
of this Agreement, (i) none of the following will be deemed to be an Affiliate
of any Stockholder: (A) the Company, (B) any portfolio company of the
Stockholders or their Affiliates, (C) any limited
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partner of the Stockholders or their Affiliates or (D) any investment fund that
does not share the same general partner as such Stockholder, (ii) no Company
Sponsor will be deemed to be an Affiliate of the other Company Sponsor and (iii)
A.S.F. Co-Investment Partners, L.P. will not be deemed to be an Affiliate of any
Stockholder.

          (c) "Existing Shares" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(a).

          (d) "Securities" means the Existing Shares together with any shares of
Company Common Stock or other voting securities of the Company acquired by a
Stockholder or any of its Affiliates after the date hereof and prior to the
termination of this Agreement whether upon the exercise of options, warrants or
rights, the conversion or exchange of convertible or exchangeable securities, or
by means of purchase, dividend, distribution, split-up, recapitalization,
combination, exchange of shares or the like, gift, bequest, inheritance or as a
successor in interest in any capacity or otherwise; provided, however, to the
extent that Securities represent more than 20% of the total issued and
outstanding voting shares of the Company at any relevant time, then for purposes
of Sections 2.2(a) and (b) and 2.3, the term "Securities" will be deemed to
refer to Securities representing 20% of the total issued and outstanding voting
shares of the Company at such time (other than in respect of a stockholder vote
following an Adverse Recommendation Change by the Company Board that was
approved by a majority of the members of the Company Board who are not
affiliated with either of the Company Sponsors (as defined in the Merger
Agreement) (provided, that the designation of such directors by the Company
Sponsors pursuant to Section 1(a)(ii)(D) of the Current Stockholders Agreement
(as defined in the Stockholders Agreement) shall not cause such directors to be
deemed to be affiliated with the Company Sponsors), in which case the references
to "20%" in this proviso shall be references to "15%").

          (e) "Stockholders Agreement" means the Sponsor Stockholders Agreement,
dated as of the date hereof, between Parent and the Stockholders.

                                    ARTICLE 2

                            AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES

     2.1 Disclosure. Each Stockholder hereby agrees to permit Parent to publish
and disclose in the Form S-4 and the Joint Proxy Statement (including all
documents and schedules filed with the SEC), and any press release or other
disclosure document which Parent determines to be necessary or desirable in
connection with the Merger and any transactions related thereto, such
Stockholder's identity and ownership of Company Common Stock and the nature of
its representations, warranties and covenants in this Agreement. Parent will
provide each Stockholder with a copy of any proposed disclosure and will provide
each Stockholder with a reasonable opportunity to comment thereon.

     2.2 Voting of Company Common Stock. (a) During the period commencing on the
date hereof and continuing until the earlier of (i) the Effective Time and (ii)
termination of the Merger Agreement in accordance with its terms (the "Support
Period"), at the Company Stockholders Meeting or at any adjournment,
postponement or continuation thereof or in any other circumstances (including
any other annual or special meeting of the stockholders of the

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Company or any action by prior written consent) occurring prior to the Company
Stockholders Meeting in which a vote, consent or other approval with respect to
the adoption of the Merger Agreement or any other Acquisition Proposal (whether
or not a Superior Proposal) with respect to the Company is sought, each
Stockholder hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to vote or to cause to
be voted all of such Stockholder's Securities (A) in favor of the adoption of
the Merger Agreement and (B) against (1) any other Acquisition Proposal (whether
or not a Superior Proposal) with respect to the Company, (2) any proposal for
any merger, consolidation, sale of assets, business combination, share exchange,
reorganization or recapitalization of the Company or any of its subsidiaries
that is in competition or inconsistent with the adoption of the Merger
Agreement, or any proposal to effect the foregoing which is made in opposition
to or in competition with the adoption of the Merger Agreement, (3) any
liquidation or winding up of the Company, (4) any extraordinary dividend by the
Company (other than the payment of any cash dividend that the Company is
expressly permitted to make under the Merger Agreement), (5) any change in the
capital structure of the Company (other than any change in capital structure
resulting from the Merger or expressly permitted under the Merger Agreement) and
(6) any other action that would reasonably be expected to (x) impede, delay,
postpone or interfere with the Merger or (y) result in a breach of any of the
covenants, representations, warranties or other obligations or agreements of the
Company under the Merger Agreement that would reasonably be expected to
materially adversely affect the Company.

          (b) From and after the date hereof until the earlier of the (i)
Effective Time and (ii) date on which the Merger Agreement is terminated in
accordance with its terms for any reason (the "Restricted Period"), except as
otherwise permitted by this Agreement or the Merger Agreement or as required by
order of a court of competent jurisdiction, each Stockholder will not commit any
act that could restrict or otherwise affect such Stockholder's legal power,
authority and right to vote all of its Securities as required by this Agreement,
including entering into any voting agreement with any Person or entity with
respect to any of its Securities, granting any Person or entity any proxy
(revocable or irrevocable) or power of attorney with respect to any of its
Securities, depositing any of its Securities in a voting trust or otherwise
entering into any agreement or arrangement with any Person or entity limiting or
affecting the Stockholder's legal power, authority or right to vote its
Securities in favor of the adoption of the Merger Agreement.

     2.3 Proxy. For the duration of the Restricted Period, each Stockholder
hereby appoints Parent and any designee of Parent, each of them individually,
its proxy and attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution to vote or act by written consent with respect to all of such
Stockholder's Securities which it has the right to vote (i) in accordance with
Section 2.2 and (ii) to sign its name (as a stockholder of the Company) to any
consent, certificate or other document relating to the Company that the DGCL or
the law of the State of Delaware may permit or require in connection with any
matter referred to in Section 2.2. This proxy is given to secure the performance
of the duties and obligations of such Stockholder under this Agreement. Each
Stockholder affirms that the proxy granted hereunder is coupled with an interest
and is irrevocable until termination of the Restricted Period, whereupon such
proxy and power of attorney will automatically terminate. Each Stockholder will
take such further action and execute such other instruments as may be necessary
to effectuate the intent of this proxy. Each Stockholder represents that any
proxy heretofore given by it in respect of such Securities is not irrevocable,
and hereby revokes any and all such proxies.

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      2.4 Restriction on Transfers; Restrictions on Acquisitions. Without
limiting the generality or effect of Section 2.2(b), during the period (the
"Sale Restriction Period") commencing on the date hereof and continuing until
the first to occur of (i) such date that is three months after the Effective
Time and (ii) the termination of the Merger Agreement in accordance with its
terms, each Stockholder agrees that it will not, directly or indirectly,
Transfer, or enter into any contract, option or other arrangement or
understanding with respect to or consent to the Transfer of, any or all of the
Securities or any Parent Common Stock into which the Securities are converted in
the Merger or any interest therein, except as otherwise provided in this
Agreement.

     2.5 No Solicitation. (a) Except as permitted by Section 6.10 of the Merger
Agreement, each Stockholder will not, and such Stockholder will direct and use
its reasonable best efforts to cause its and its Affiliates' respective
officers, directors, employees, investment bankers, consultants, attorneys,
accountants, agents and other representatives not to, directly or indirectly,
take any action to solicit, initiate or knowingly encourage or facilitate the
making of any Acquisition Proposal or any inquiry with respect thereto or engage
in discussions or negotiations with any Person with respect thereto, or disclose
any nonpublic information or afford access to books or records to, any Person
that has made, or to the Stockholder's knowledge is considering making, any
Acquisition Proposal, or approve or recommend, or propose to approve or
recommend, or execute or enter into any letter of intent, agreement in
principle, merger agreement, option agreement, acquisition agreement or other
similar agreement relating to an Acquisition Proposal, or propose publicly or
agree to do any of the foregoing relating to an Acquisition Proposal.

          (b) Except as permitted by Section 6.10 of the Merger Agreement, the
Stockholder (A) will, and will cause its Affiliates to, immediately cease and
cause to be terminated and will use reasonable best efforts to cause its and
their officers, directors, employees, investment bankers, consultants,
attorneys, accountants, agents and other representatives to, immediately cease
and cause to be terminated, all discussions and negotiations, if any, that have
taken place prior to the date hereof with any Persons with respect to any
Acquisition Proposal and (B) will promptly request each Person, if any, that has
executed a confidentiality agreement within one year prior to the date hereof in
connection with its consideration of any Acquisition Proposal to return or
destroy all confidential information heretofore furnished to such Person by or
on behalf of it or any of its Affiliates. In the event a Stockholder receives an
Acquisition Proposal, any indication of which a Stockholder has knowledge that
any Person is considering making an Acquisition Proposal, or any request for
nonpublic information relating to the Stockholder, the Company or any Company
Subsidiary by any Person that has made, or to the Stockholder's knowledge may be
considering making, an

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Acquisition Proposal, the Stockholder will (i) promptly (and in no event later
than 48 hours after receipt of any Acquisition Proposal) notify (which notice
will be provided orally and in writing and will identify the Person making such
Acquisition Proposal or request and set forth the material terms thereof) Parent
thereof and (ii) will keep Parent reasonably and promptly informed of the status
and material terms of (including with respect to changes to the status or
material terms of) any such Acquisition Proposal or request and will provide as
soon as practicable after receipt copies of any correspondence and other written
materials sent or provided to the Stockholders in connection therewith.

          (c) It is understood that any violation of the restrictions set forth
in this Section 2.5 by any officer, director, employee, investment banker,
consultant, attorney, accountant, agent or other representative of such
Stockholder or any of its Affiliates, at the direction or with the consent of
such Stockholder or any of its Affiliates, will be deemed to be a breach of this
Section 2.5 by such Stockholder.

          (d) Nothing in this Agreement will be deemed to require any
Stockholder or representative of any Stockholder who is also a member of the
Company Board to take any action or refrain from taking any action in his or her
capacity as a member of the Company Board to the extent such action is permitted
by Section 6.10 of the Merger Agreement.

          (e) The provisions of this Section 2.5 will remain in effect only
during the Support Period and nothing herein will prevent the Stockholders from
participating in discussions, negotiations or furnishing information with
respect to an Acquisition Proposal if the Company would be permitted to
participate in such discussions, negotiations or furnish such information
pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement.

                                    ARTICLE 3

                         REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

     3.1 Representations and Warranties of Stockholders. Each Stockholder hereby
represents and warrants to Parent as follows as to itself:

          (a) Ownership of Shares. Such Stockholder is the sole record and
Beneficial Owner of the number of shares of Company Common Stock listed on
Schedule 3.1(a) opposite such Stockholder's name (the "Existing Shares") and
such shares constitute all of the shares of capital stock of the Company owned
of record or Beneficially Owned by such Stockholder. Such Stockholder has sole
voting power and sole power to issue instructions with respect to the matters
set forth in Sections 2.2 and 2.3 hereof, sole power of disposition, sole power
of conversion, sole power to demand appraisal rights and sole power to agree to
all of the matters set forth in this Agreement, in each case with respect to all
of the Existing Shares with no limitations, qualifications or restrictions on
such rights, subject to applicable securities laws, and the terms of this
Agreement.

          (b) Authority; No Violation. Such Stockholder has the requisite power
and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby. The execution and delivery of this Agreement
and the consummation of

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the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly and validly approved by such
Stockholder (or, if applicable, its managing members or general partners) and no
other corporate, partnership or similar proceedings on the part of such
Stockholder are necessary for it to approve this Agreement or to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby. This Agreement has been duly and validly
executed and delivered by such Stockholder and (assuming due authorization,
execution and delivery by Parent and the other Stockholders party hereto)
constitutes the valid and binding obligation of such Stockholder, enforceable
against such Stockholder in accordance with its terms (except as may be limited
by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, moratorium, reorganization or
similar Laws affecting the rights of creditors generally and the availability of
equitable remedies).

          (c) No Conflicts. Except for filings, authorizations, consents and
approvals as may be required under the Exchange Act and the HSR Act, (i) no
filing with, and no permit, authorization, consent or approval of, any state or
federal Governmental Entity is necessary for the execution of this Agreement by
such Stockholder and the consummation by such Stockholder of the transactions
contemplated hereby and (ii) none of the execution and delivery of this
Agreement by such Stockholder nor the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby, nor compliance by such Stockholder or any other party
thereto with any of the terms or provisions of this Agreement, will (A) violate
any provision of such Stockholder's organizational documents, (B) violate any
Injunction or any statute, code, ordinance, rule, regulation, judgment, order,
writ or decree applicable to such Stockholder, any of its Affiliates or any of
their respective properties or assets, or (C) violate, conflict with, result in
a breach of any provision of or the loss of any benefit under, constitute a
default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would
constitute a default) under, result in the termination of or a right of
termination or cancellation under, accelerate the performance required by, or
result in the creation of any Liens upon any of the respective properties or
assets of such Stockholder under any of the terms, conditions or provisions of
any note, bond, mortgage, indenture, deed of trust, license, lease, agreement or
other instrument or obligation to which such Stockholder is a party, or by which
it or any of its respective properties or assets may be bound or affected.

          (d) No Encumbrances. Except as applicable in connection with the
transactions contemplated by Sections 2.2 and 2.3 hereof, the applicable
Existing Shares are and at all times during the term hereof, will be,
Beneficially Owned by such Stockholder, free and clear of all Liens, claims,
proxies, voting trusts or agreements, understandings or arrangements or any
other encumbrances whatsoever, except for any such encumbrances or proxies
arising hereunder.

          (e) No Finder's Fees. No broker, investment banker, financial advisor
or other Person is entitled to payment from the Company or Parent or any of
their respective Subsidiaries of any broker's, finder's, financial adviser's or
other similar fee or commission in connection with the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of such
Stockholder.

          (f) Reliance by Parent. Such Stockholder understands and acknowledges
that Parent is entering into the Merger Agreement in reliance upon such
Stockholder's execution and delivery of this Agreement.

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     3.2 Representations and Warranties of Parent. Parent hereby represents and
warrants to each Stockholder as follows:

          (a) Authority; No Violation. Parent has the requisite corporate power
and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and the Merger Agreement and
to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. The execution
and delivery of this Agreement and the Merger Agreement and the consummation of
the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly and validly
approved by the Parent Board and no other corporate proceedings on the part of
Parent are necessary to approve this Agreement and to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby. This Agreement and the Merger Agreement have
been duly and validly executed and delivered by Parent and (assuming due
authorization, execution and delivery by each Stockholder) each constitutes the
valid and binding obligations of Parent, enforceable against Parent in
accordance with its terms (except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
fraudulent transfer, moratorium, reorganization or similar Laws affecting the
rights of creditors generally and the availability of equitable remedies).

          (b) No Conflicts. Except for filings, authorizations, consents and
approvals as may be required under the Exchange Act and the HSR Act, (i) no
filing with, and no permit, authorization, consent or approval of, any state or
federal Governmental Entity is necessary for the execution of this Agreement by
Parent and the consummation by Parent of the transactions contemplated hereby
and (ii) none of the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Merger
Agreement by Parent, nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby, nor compliance by Parent with any of the terms or provisions
of this Agreement and the Merger Agreement will (A) violate any provision of the
Parent Charter or the Parent Bylaws, (B) violate any Injunction or any statute,
code, ordinance, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree applicable to
Parent, any of the Parent Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or
assets, or (C) violate, conflict with, result in a breach of any provision of or
the loss of any benefit under, constitute a default (or an event which, with
notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, result in
the termination of or a right of termination or cancellation under, accelerate
the performance required by, or result in the creation of any Lien upon any of
the respective properties or assets of Parent or any of the Parent Subsidiaries
under any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any note, bond, mortgage,
indenture, deed of trust, license, lease, agreement or other instrument or
obligation to which Parent or any of the Parent Subsidiaries is a party, or by
which they or any of their respective properties or assets may be bound or
affected.

          (c) No Finder's Fees. No broker, investment banker, financial advisor
or other Person is entitled to payment from any Stockholder or any of its
Affiliates of any broker's, finder's, financial adviser's or other similar fee
or commission in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of Parent.

                                    ARTICLE 4

                                OTHER AGREEMENTS

     4.1 Stop Transfer; Legend. (a) Each Stockholder agrees with, and covenants
to, Parent that such Stockholder will not request that the Company register the
transfer (book-entry

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or otherwise) of any certificate or uncertificated interest representing any of
the Securities, unless such transfer is made in compliance with this Agreement.

          (b) In the event of a stock dividend or distribution, or any change in
Company Common Stock by reason of any stock dividend, split-up,
recapitalization, combination, exchange of shares or the like (other than
pursuant to the Merger), the terms "Existing Shares," "Company Common Stock" and
"Securities" will be deemed to refer to and include the shares of Company Common
Stock as well as all such stock dividends and distributions and any shares into
which or for which any or all of the Securities may be changed or exchanged and
appropriate adjustments will be made to the terms and provisions of this
Agreement.

          (c) Each Stockholder agrees that it will duly execute and deliver to
Parent an affiliate's letter prior to the Closing in the form attached to the
Merger Agreement.

          (d) Each Stockholder agrees that it will promptly after the date
hereof surrender to the Company all certificates representing the Securities,
and the Company will place the following legend on such certificates in addition
to any other legend required thereon:

"THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON
TRANSFER PURSUANT TO AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF A SUPPORT AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF
OCTOBER 3, 2005, BY AND AMONG R.H. DONNELLEY CORPORATION AND CERTAIN
STOCKHOLDERS OF DEX MEDIA, INC. SIGNATORY THERETO."

          (e) Promptly (but in any event not later than five Business Days)
following the earlier of (i) the termination of the Merger Agreement for any
reason in accordance with its terms, (ii) the expiration of the Sale Restriction
Period, if applicable and (iii) such time as any portion of the Securities
(including Parent Common Stock) may be sold in a transaction permitted by the
Sponsor Stockholders Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among Parent and
the Stockholders (the "Sponsor Stockholders Agreement"), upon delivery of any
legended certificate representing all or such portion of Securities to be sold,
as applicable, the Company will issue a replacement certificate without the
foregoing legend to the relevant Stockholder.

          (f) The provisions of this Section 4.1 relating to the legend on
certificates will, after the Effective Time, apply equally to certificates
representing Parent Common Stock into which Securities are converted in the
Merger.

     4.2 Termination. This Agreement will terminate upon the earlier of:

          (a) the termination of the Merger Agreement in accordance with its
terms; or

          (b) the Effective Time;

provided, that in the event that this Agreement terminates pursuant to Section
4.2(b), Section 2.4 and Articles IV and V will survive in accordance with their
terms.

     4.3 Further Assurances. From time to time, at the other party's request and
without further consideration, each party hereto will execute and deliver such
additional documents and

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take all such further lawful action as may be necessary or desirable to
consummate and make effective, in the most expeditious manner practicable, the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

                                    ARTICLE 5

                               GENERAL PROVISIONS

     5.1 Modification or Amendment. Subject to the provisions of applicable law,
at any time prior to the Effective Time, this Agreement may be amended, modified
or supplemented only, and any provisions herein may be waived only, in writing
executed by the parties hereto.

     5.2 Waiver of Conditions. The conditions to each of the parties'
obligations to perform the agreements herein are for the sole benefit of such
party and may be waived by such party in whole or in part to the extent
permitted by applicable law.

     5.3 Expenses and Fees. Except for registration and related expenses
addressed by the Sponsor Stockholders Agreement, all costs and expenses incurred
in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement will be paid by the party incurring such expense.

     5.4 Notices. All notices and other communications in connection with this
Agreement must be in writing and will be deemed given if delivered personally,
sent via facsimile (with confirmation), mailed by registered or certified mail
(return receipt requested) or delivered by an express courier (with
confirmation) to the parties at the following addresses (or at such other
address for a party as will be specified by like notice):

          (a)  if to Parent to:

               R.H. Donnelley Corporation
               1001 Winstead Drive
               Cary, NC 27531
               Attention: Robert J. Bush
               Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
               Facsimile: (919) 279-1518

               with a copy to (which copy shall not constitute notice):

               Jones Day
               222 East 41st Street
               New York, NY 10017
               Attention: John J. Hyland
               Facsimile: (212) 755-7306

          (b)  if to any Stockholder, to:

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               c/o/ Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe
               320 Park Avenue
               Suite 2500
               New York, New York 10022
               Attention: Anthony J. deNicola
               Facsimile: (212) 893-9548

               with a copy to (which copy shall not constitute notice):

               Latham & Watkins LLP
               885 Third Avenue, Suite 1000
               New York, NY 10022
               Attention: R. Ronald Hopkinson
               Facsimile: (212) 751-4864

     5.5 Obligations of Parent and of the Stockholders. Whenever this Agreement
requires any Parent Subsidiary to take any action, such requirement will be
deemed to include an undertaking on the part of Parent to cause such Parent
Subsidiary to take such action. Whenever this Agreement requires an Affiliate of
a Stockholder to take any action, such requirement will be deemed to include an
undertaking on the part of each Stockholder to cause such Affiliate to take such
action.

     5.6 Severability. The provisions of this Agreement will be deemed severable
and the invalidity or unenforceability of any provision will not affect the
validity or enforceability or the other provisions hereof. If any provision of
this Agreement, or the application thereof to any Person or any circumstance is
determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or
unenforceable the remaining provisions hereof, will, subject to the following
sentence, remain in full force and effect and will in no way be affected
impaired or invalidated thereby, so long as the economic or legal substance of
the transactions contemplated hereby is not affected in any manner adverse to
either party. Upon such determination, the parties will negotiate in good faith
in an effort to agree upon such a suitable and equitable provision to effect the
original intent of the parties.

     5.7 Interpretation. (a) When a reference is made in this Agreement to
Articles, Sections or Schedules, such reference will be to a Article or Section
of or Schedule to this Agreement unless otherwise indicated. The headings
contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and will not affect
in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. Whenever the words
"include," "includes" or "including" are used in this Agreement, they will be
deemed to be followed by the words "without limitation." Unless the context
otherwise requires, (i) "or" is disjunctive but not necessarily exclusive, (ii)
words in the singular include the plural and vice versa, and (iii) the use in
this Agreement of a pronoun in reference to a party hereto includes the
masculine, feminine or neuter, as the context may require. All schedules hereto
will be deemed part of this Agreement and included in any reference to this
Agreement. This Agreement will not be interpreted or construed to require any
Person to take any action, or fail to take any action, if to do so would violate
any applicable law.

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All representations, warranties and covenants of the Stockholders in this
Agreement are made severally and not jointly.

          (b) The parties have participated equally in negotiating and drafting
this Agreement. In the event that an ambiguity or a question of intent or
interpretation arises, this Agreement will be construed as if drafted jointly by
the parties, and no presumption or burden of proof will arise favoring or
disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any provision of this
Agreement.

     5.8 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more
counterparts, all of which will be considered one and the same agreement and
will become effective when counterparts have been signed by each of the parties
and delivered to the other party, it being understood that each party need not
sign the same counterpart.

     5.9 Entire Agreement. This Agreement (including the documents and the
instruments referred to in this Agreement) constitutes the entire agreement and
supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among
the parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement.

     5.10 Governing Law. This Agreement will be governed and construed in
accordance with the internal laws of the State of Delaware applicable to
contracts made and wholly performed within such state, without regard to any
applicable conflict of laws principles.

     5.11 Assignment; Third Party Beneficiaries. Neither this Agreement nor any
of the rights, interests or obligations under this Agreement may be assigned or
delegated by any of the parties (whether by operation of law or otherwise)
without the prior written consent of the Stockholders, in the case of Parent, or
Parent, in the case of the Stockholders. Subject to the preceding sentence, this
Agreement will be binding upon, inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by
each of the parties and their respective successors and assigns. This Agreement
(including the documents and instruments referred to in this Agreement) is not
intended to and does not confer upon any Person other than the parties hereto
any rights or remedies under this Agreement.

     5.12 Merger Agreement. Parent acknowledges that the Stockholders have been
induced to enter into this Agreement based on the terms and conditions of the
Merger Agreement as in effect on the date hereof. Accordingly, any amendment or
modification to the Merger Agreement that (a) decreases the Exchange Ratio or
the Cash Consideration or (b) substitutes other consideration for the Parent
Common Stock into which Company Common Stock will be converted in the Merger,
that is made without Stockholders' prior written consent will, at Stockholders'
sole election upon written notice to Parent, irrevocably release the
Stockholders and Parent from any or all obligations under this Agreement.

     5.13 Enforcement of Agreement. The parties hereto agree that irreparable
damage would occur in the event that this Agreement were not performed in
accordance with its specific terms or were otherwise breached. It is accordingly
agreed that the parties will be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to
prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the

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terms and provisions hereof in any court of the United States or any state
having jurisdiction, this being in addition to any other remedy to which they
are entitled at law or in equity.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Parent and Stockholders have caused this Agreement to
be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the
date first above written.

                                        WCAS HOLDERS

                                        WELSH, CARSON, ANDERSON & STOWE IX, L.P.

                                        By: WCAS IX Associates, LLC,
                                            its General Partner

                                        By: /s/ Jonathan Rather
                                            ------------------------------------
                                        Name: Jonathan Rather
                                        Title: Managing Member

                                        WD GP ASSOCIATES LLC

                                        By: /s/ Jonathan Rather
                                            ------------------------------------
                                        Name: Jonathan Rather
                                        Title: Managing Member

                                        WD INVESTORS LLC

                                        By: WCAS IX Associates LLC,
                                            its Manager

                                        By: /s/ Jonathan Rather
                                            ------------------------------------
                                        Name: Jonathan Rather
                                        Title: Managing Member
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                                        R.H. DONNELLEY CORPORATION

                                        By: /s/ Robert J. Bush
                                            ------------------------------------
                                        Name: Robert J. Bush
                                              ----------------------------------
                                        Title: Vice President, General Counsel
                                               ---------------------------------
                                               & Corporate Secretary
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                                                               Schedule 3.1(d)

                             OWNERSHIP OF SHARES OF
                              COMPANY COMMON STOCK

                 Stockholder                                Existing Shares
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  Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe IX, L.P.                     24,764,558
            WD GP Associates LLC                               12,202,970
              WD Investors LLC                                    742,955

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