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                                                                  EXHIBIT 10(k)
G&K Services, Inc.
5995 Opus Parkway, Suite 500
Minnetonka, MN 55343
Attention: Jeffrey L. Wright

Dear Mr. Wright:

         Norwest Bank Minnesota, National Association (the "Bank") is pleased to
offer G&K Services, Inc., a Minnesota corporation (the "Borrower"), a
$20,000,000 discretionary credit facility, under which the Bank may (in its sole
discretion) make loans on a revolving basis not to exceed $20,000,000 at any one
time outstanding. This letter (the "Letter Agreement") outlines the terms and
conditions upon which the Bank may extend credit to the Borrower.

         1. DEFINITIONS. As used herein, "Multibank Credit Agreement" means the
Credit Agreement dated July 14, 1997 among the Borrower, Work Wear Corporation
of Canada Ltd., the Bank, as US Agent and as a Bank, and various other financial
institutions, together with all amendments, modifications and restatements
thereof, but without regard to whether such Credit Agreement has been terminated
or the obligations arising thereunder have been paid. Capitalized terms defined
in the Multibank Credit Agreement and not otherwise defined herein shall have
the meanings given them in the Multibank Credit Agreement.

         2. DIRECT ADVANCES. The Bank shall consider making advances (each, an
"Advance") to the Borrower from the date hereof through March 27, 2001 (the
"Facility Termination Date") in an amount at any time outstanding not to exceed
$20,000,000. Each advance shall be in an amount equal to an integral multiple of
$100,000 greater than or equal to $1,000,000. The Borrower may borrow such
amount, repay and reborrow, always in the Bank's discretion, so long as no
Advance causes that dollar limit to be exceeded. Each individual Advance
hereunder will always be at the sole discretion of the Bank. Nothing herein
should be interpreted as a promise to make any one or more Advances. The
proceeds of each Advance shall be used by the Borrower for the Borrower's
general corporate purposes. The Borrower's obligation to repay Advances will be
evidenced by and payable on demand with interest in accordance with the
Borrower's promissory note in the form of Exhibit A hereto (the "Note").

         3. PAYMENT. All payments of principal and interest under the Note shall
be made in immediately available funds. The Borrower authorizes the Bank at any
time and from time to time to charge against the Borrower's deposit accounts
with the Bank any amount due and payable under the Note or this Letter
Agreement.

         4. DETERMINATION OF MARGIN. As used in the Note, "Margin" means an
incremental amount used in determining certain interest rates under the Note.
The initial Margin shall be 65 basis points. The Margin shall be adjusted each
fiscal quarter of the Borrower on the basis of the Leverage Ratio of the G&K
Group as at the end of the previous fiscal quarter, in accordance with the
following table:

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   3.50 to 1 or more                                        127.5
   3.00 to 1 or more, but less than 3.50 to 1               110
   2.50 to 1 or more, but less than 3.00 to 1                90
   2.00 to 1 or more, but less than 2.50 to 1                77.5
   Less than 2.00 to 1                                       65

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Reductions and increases in the Margin will be made quarterly within five
business days following receipt of the Borrower's financial statements and
quarterly certificates required under the Multibank Credit Agreement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) if the Borrower fails to deliver any such
financial statements or certificates when required under the Multibank Credit
Agreement, the Bank may, by notice to the Borrower, increase the Margin to the
highest rates set forth above until such time as the Bank has received all such
financial statements and certificates, and (ii) no reduction in the Margin will
be made if a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the
time that such reduction would otherwise be made.

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         5. ADDITIONAL COVENANTS. The Borrower shall at all times abide by each
covenant set forth in the Multibank Credit Agreement, the provisions of which
are hereby incorporated by reference as fully as if set forth at length herein.
For purposes of this Agreement, such covenants shall survive termination of the
Multibank Credit Agreement and payment of the obligations described therein.

         6. COSTS AND EXPENSES. The Borrower shall pay on demand all reasonable
costs and expenses incurred by the Bank in connection with the preparation,
execution, administration, and enforcement of this Letter Agreement, the Note
and the other instruments and documents delivered in connection herewith,
including the reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses of counsel for the Bank
with respect thereto.

         7. OTHER AGREEMENTS. This Letter Agreement and the Note set forth the
entire agreement of the Bank and the Borrower with respect to the matters
treated herein and therein. This Letter Agreement cannot be modified except by a
future amendment in writing. This Letter Agreement takes the place of any
preliminary discussions between the Bank and the Borrower and supersedes any
previous written agreements or understandings between the Bank and the Borrower
with respect to the credit facility established hereunder.

         8. DISCRETION OF BANK. THE BORROWER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE BANK IS NOT
OBLIGATED HEREUNDER TO MAKE ANY ADVANCE, AND THAT THE BANK MAY REFUSE TO MAKE
ANY ADVANCE REQUESTED BY THE BORROWER, AND MAY DEMAND PAYMENT OF THE NOTE IN
FULL, AT ANY TIME AND FOR ANY REASON, WHETHER ARISING BEFORE, ON OR AFTER THE
DATE HEREOF AND WHETHER OR NOT THE BORROWER IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE OTHER
TERMS OF THIS LETTER AGREEMENT AND THE MULTIBANK CREDIT AGREEMENT, OR FOR NO
REASON AT ALL.

         The Borrower's signature below indicates its approval of all of the
terms of this Letter Agreement and its agreement to abide by those terms.

                                        Very truly yours,

                                        NORWEST BANK MINNESOTA, NATIONAL
                                           ASSOCIATION

                                        By  /s/ Michael W. Krutsch
                                           -----------------------------------
                                            Its  Vice President
                                                ------------------------------

Accepted and agreed to as of the 28th day of March, 2000

G&K SERVICES, INC.

By  /s/ Jeffrey L. Wright
   -------------------------------
     Its  Chief Financial Officer
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                                                                       EXHIBIT A

                             PROMISSORY NOTE

$20,000,000                                             Minneapolis, Minnesota
                                                              March 28, 2000

         For value received, G&K Services, Inc., a Minnesota corporation (the
"Borrower"), promises to pay to the order of Norwest Bank Minnesota, National
Association, a national banking association (the "Bank"), at its main office in
Minneapolis, Minnesota, or at such other place as the holder hereof may
hereafter from time to time designate in writing, ON DEMAND, or, if demand is
not sooner made, on the Facility Termination Date (as defined in the Letter
Agreement described below), in lawful money of the United States of America, the
principal sum of Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000), or, if less, the
aggregate unpaid principal amount of all advances made by the Bank to the
Borrower pursuant to the letter agreement of even date herewith between the
Borrower and the Bank (the "Letter Agreement"), and to pay interest on the
principal balance of this Note outstanding from time to time (computed on the
basis of the actual number of days elapsed in a 360-day year) from the date
hereof until this Note is fully paid, at the Floating Rate, as defined below;
provided, however, that any Eurodollar Rate Amount selected by the Borrower in
accordance with the following paragraph shall bear interest at the applicable
Eurodollar Rate for the Interest Period determined pursuant to the following
paragraph, subject to fluctuations in the Margin, but after the Interest Period
such Eurodollar Rate Amount shall bear interest at the Floating Rate.

         On any bank business day before 1:00 p.m., the Borrower may request
telephonically that the Bank quote the Eurodollar Rate that would be applicable
to the Eurodollar Rate Amount and for the Interest Period specified in such
request. Immediately upon receipt of such quotation from the Bank, the Borrower
may telephonically accept the Eurodollar Rate, whereupon the Eurodollar Rate
Amount shall from the date the quotation is made bear interest at the Eurodollar
Rate so selected. Acceptance of any Eurodollar Rate quotation shall be
irrevocable. Failure immediately to accept such a quotation shall be deemed to
be a rejection of such quotation. Absent manifest error, the records of the Bank
shall be conclusive as to any Eurodollar Rate Amount and the Eurodollar Rate and
Interest Period applicable thereto.

         As used herein, the following terms have the meaning set forth below:

                   "Eurodollar Rate" means the annual rate equal to the sum of
         (i) the rate obtained by dividing (a) the rate (rounded up to the
         nearest 1/8 of 1%) determined by the Bank to be the average rate at
         which U.S. dollar deposits are offered to the Bank by major banks in
         the London interbank market for funds to be made available on the first
         day of any Interest Period in an amount approximately equal to the
         amount for which a Eurodollar Rate quotation has been requested and
         maturing at the end of such Interest Period, by (b) a percentage equal
         to 100% minus the Federal Reserve System requirement (expressed as a
         percentage) applicable to such deposits, and (ii) the then-applicable
         Margin.

                  "Eurodollar Rate Amount" means any portion of the principal
         balance of this Note bearing interest at a Eurodollar Rate. Each
         Eurodollar Rate Amount must be equal to an integral multiple of
         $100,000 greater than or equal to $1,000,000.

                  "Floating Rate" means, at any time, the rate of interest
         publicly announced from time to time by the Bank as its "prime" or
         "base" rate or, if the Bank ceases to announce a rate so designated,
         any similar successor rate designated by the Bank. The Floating Rate
         shall change when and as such prime, base or successor rate changes.

                  "Interest Period" means a period of not less than 1 day and
         not more than 30 days that corresponds to the maturity of U.S. dollar
         deposits then offered to the Bank by major banks in the London
         interbank market.

                  "Margin" has the meaning set forth in the Letter Agreement.

         Interest accruing on the principal balance of this Note each month at
the Floating Rate shall be due and payable on the last day of that month,
commencing on the last day of the month hereof, and on demand. Interest accruing
on any Eurodollar Rate Amount shall be due and payable on the last day of the
Interest Period applicable thereto.

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         This Note is issued pursuant to, and is subject to, the Letter
Agreement.

         This Note may be prepaid at any time and from time without penalty or
premium; provided, however, that the Borrower may not prepay any Eurodollar Rate
Amount except upon payment of any compensation as required by the following
paragraph.

         In addition to any interest payable hereunder and any fees or other
amounts payable under this Note or the Letter Agreement, the Borrower shall
compensate the Bank, upon written request by the Bank (which request shall set
forth the basis for requesting such amounts), for all losses and expenses in
respect of any interest or other consideration paid by the Bank to lenders of
funds borrowed by it or deposited with it to maintain any Eurodollar Rate Amount
at a Eurodollar Rate which the Bank may sustain to the extent not otherwise
compensated for hereunder and not mitigated by the reemployment of such funds if
any prepayment of any such Eurodollar Rate Amount occurs on a date that is not
the expiration date of the applicable Interest Period. A certificate as to any
such loss or expense (including calculations, in reasonable detail, showing how
the Bank computed such loss or expense) shall be promptly submitted by the Bank
to the Borrower and shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive and
binding as to the amount thereof. Any determination under this paragraph may be
made as if the Bank had actually funded and maintained each Eurodollar Rate
Amount during the Interest Period for such Eurodollar Rate Amount through the
purchase of deposits having a maturity corresponding to such Interest Period and
bearing an interest rate equal to the appropriate Eurodollar Rate for such
Interest Period, whether or not the Bank in fact purchased such deposits.

         The Borrower shall pay all costs of collection, including reasonable
attorneys' fees and legal expenses, if this Note is not paid on demand, whether
or not legal proceedings are commenced.

         Presentment or other demand for payment, notice of dishonor and protest
are expressly waived.

         THE BORROWER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IN ACCEPTING THIS NOTE THE BANK HAS NOT
UNDERTAKEN ANY OBLIGATION TO MAKE ANY ADVANCE TO THE BORROWER AND THAT THE BANK
MAY REFUSE TO MAKE ANY ADVANCE REQUESTED BY THE BORROWER AND MAY DEMAND PAYMENT
OF ADVANCES THAT IT HAS MADE UNDER THIS NOTE AT ANY TIME, WITH OR WITHOUT NOTICE
AND FOR ANY REASON, WHETHER ARISING BEFORE, ON OR AFTER THE DATE HEREOF, WHETHER
OR NOT THE BORROWER IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THIS NOTE AND THE LETTER
AGREEMENT, OR FOR NO REASON AT ALL.

         This Note has been executed as of the date and year first
above-written, but actually on the date set forth under the Borrower's
signatures below.

                                          G&K SERVICES, INC.

                                          By
                                             ---------------------------------
                                              Its
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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10(l)
                               G&K SERVICES, INC.

                                   $50,000,000

                           8.40% Senior Notes due 2010

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

                             NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

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

                            Dated as of July 20, 2000

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                                                 TABLE OF CONTENTS

SECTION                                                                                                     PAGE
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1.  AUTHORIZATION OF NOTES....................................................................................1
2.  SALE AND PURCHASE OF NOTES................................................................................1
3.  CLOSINGS..................................................................................................1
4.  CONDITIONS TO CLOSINGS....................................................................................2
         4.1.   Representations and Warranties................................................................2
         4.2.   Performance; No Default.......................................................................2
         4.3.   Compliance Certificates.......................................................................2
         4.4.   Opinions of Counsel...........................................................................2
         4.5.   Purchase Permitted By Applicable Law, etc.....................................................2
         4.6.   Sale of Other Notes...........................................................................3
         4.7.   Payment of Special Counsel Fees...............................................................3
         4.8.   Private Placement Number......................................................................3
         4.9.   Changes in Corporate Structure................................................................3
         4.10.  Subsidiary Guarantee..........................................................................3
         4.11.  Proceedings and Documents.....................................................................3
5.  REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY.............................................................3
         5.1.   Organization; Power and Authority.............................................................3
         5.2.   Authorization, etc............................................................................4
         5.3.   Disclosure....................................................................................4
         5.4.   Organization and Ownership of Shares of Subsidiaries; Affiliates..............................4
         5.5.   Financial Statements..........................................................................4
         5.6.   Compliance with Laws, Other Instruments, etc..................................................5
         5.7.   Governmental Authorizations, etc..............................................................5
         5.8.   Litigation; Observance of Agreements, Statutes and Orders.....................................5
         5.9.   Taxes.........................................................................................5
         5.10.  Title to Property; Leases.....................................................................5
         5.11.  Licenses, Permits, etc........................................................................6
         5.12.  Compliance with ERISA.........................................................................6
         5.13.  Private Offering by the Company...............................................................7
         5.14.  Use of Proceeds; Margin Regulations...........................................................7
         5.15.  Existing Indebtedness; Future Liens...........................................................7
         5.16.  Foreign Assets Control Regulations, etc.......................................................7
         5.17.  Status under Certain Statutes.................................................................7
         5.18.  Environmental Matters.........................................................................7
         5.19.  Subsidiary Guarantee..........................................................................8
6.  REPRESENTATIONS OF THE PURCHASER..........................................................................8
         6.1.   Purchase for Investment.......................................................................8
         6.2.   Source of Funds...............................................................................8
7.  INFORMATION AS TO COMPANY.................................................................................9
         7.1.   Financial and Business Information............................................................9
         7.2.   Officer's Certificate.........................................................................11
         7.3.   Inspection....................................................................................11
8.  PREPAYMENT OF THE NOTES...................................................................................12
         8.1.   Required Prepayments..........................................................................12
         8.2.   Optional Prepayments with Make-Whole Amount...................................................12
         8.3.   Prepayment in Connection with a Change of Control.............................................12
         8.4.   Allocation of Partial Prepayments.............................................................13
         8.5.   Maturity; Surrender, etc......................................................................13
         8.6.   Purchase of Notes.............................................................................13
         8.7.   Make-Whole Amount.............................................................................13
9.  AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS.....................................................................................14
         9.1.   Compliance with Law...........................................................................14
         9.2.   Insurance.....................................................................................14
         9.3.   Maintenance of Properties.....................................................................14

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         9.4.   Payment of Taxes and Claims...................................................................15
         9.5.   Corporate Existence, etc......................................................................15
         9.6.   Subsidiary Guarantors.........................................................................15
         9.7.   Lines of Business.............................................................................15
10.  NEGATIVE COVENANTS.......................................................................................15
         10.1.  Transactions with Affiliates..................................................................16
         10.2.  Merger, Consolidation, etc....................................................................16
         10.3.  Limitation on Consolidated Indebtedness.......................................................17
         10.4.  Limitation on Subsidiary Indebtedness.........................................................17
         10.5.  Limitation on Liens...........................................................................17
         10.6.  Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions.................................................18
         10.7.  Maintenance of Net Worth......................................................................19
11.  EVENTS OF DEFAULT........................................................................................19
12.  REMEDIES ON DEFAULT, ETC.................................................................................20
         12.1.  Acceleration..................................................................................20
         12.2.  Other Remedies................................................................................21
         12.3.  Rescission....................................................................................21
         12.4.  No Waivers or Election of Remedies, Expenses, etc.............................................21
13.  REGISTRATION; EXCHANGE; SUBSTITUTION OF NOTES............................................................21
         13.1.  Registration of Notes.........................................................................21
         13.2.  Transfer and Exchange of Notes................................................................22
         13.3.  Replacement of Notes..........................................................................22
14.  PAYMENTS ON NOTES........................................................................................22
         14.1.  Place of Payment..............................................................................22
         14.2.  Home Office Payment...........................................................................22
15.  EXPENSES, ETC............................................................................................23
         15.1.  Transaction Expenses..........................................................................23
         15.2.  Survival......................................................................................23
16.  SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; ENTIRE AGREEMENT.............................................23
17.  AMENDMENT AND WAIVER.....................................................................................23
         17.1.  Requirements..................................................................................23
         17.2.  Solicitation of Holders of Notes..............................................................24
         17.3.  Binding Effect, etc...........................................................................24
         17.4.  Notes held by Company, etc....................................................................24
18.  NOTICES..................................................................................................24
19.  REPRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS................................................................................25
20.  CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.................................................................................25
21.  SUBSTITUTION OF PURCHASER................................................................................25
22.  MISCELLANEOUS............................................................................................26
         22.1.  Successors and Assigns........................................................................26
         22.2.  Payments Due on Non-Business Days.............................................................26
         22.3.  Severability..................................................................................26
         22.4.  Construction..................................................................................26
         22.5.  Counterparts..................................................................................26
         22.6.  Governing Law.................................................................................26

         SCHEDULE A        --       INFORMATION RELATING TO PURCHASERS

         SCHEDULE B        --       DEFINED TERMS

         SCHEDULE 4.9      --       Changes in Corporate Structure

         SCHEDULE 5.3      --       Disclosure Materials

         SCHEDULE 5.4      --       Subsidiaries of the Company and
                                              Ownership of Subsidiary Stock

         SCHEDULE 5.5      --       Financial Statements

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         SCHEDULE 5.8      --       Certain Litigation

         SCHEDULE 5.11     --       Patents, etc.

         SCHEDULE 5.14     --       Use of Proceeds

         SCHEDULE 5.15     --       Existing Indebtedness/Liens

         EXHIBIT 1         --       Form of 8.40% Senior Note due 2010

         EXHIBIT 4.4(a)    --       Form of Opinion of Special Counsel for the
                                              Company

         EXHIBIT 4.4(b)    --       Form of Opinion of Special Counsel
                                              for the Purchasers

         EXHIBIT 4.10      --       Form of Subsidiary Guarantee

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                               G&K SERVICES, INC.
                          5995 Opus Parkway, Suite 500
                           Minnetonka, Minnesota 55343

                           8.40% Senior Notes due 2010

                                                            As of July 20, 2000

TO THE PURCHASER WHOSE NAME
  APPEARS IN THE ACCEPTANCE FORM
  AT THE END HEREOF:

Ladies and Gentlemen:

                  G&K SERVICES, INC., a Minnesota corporation (the "COMPANY"),
agrees with you as follows:

1.   AUTHORIZATION OF NOTES.

                  The Company will authorize the issue and sale of $50,000,000
aggregate principal amount of its 8.40% Senior Notes due 2010 (the "NOTES",
such term to include any such notes issued in substitution therefor pursuant
to Section 13 of this Agreement or the Other Agreements (as hereinafter
defined)). The Notes shall be substantially in the form set out in Exhibit 1,
with such changes therefrom, if any, as may be approved by you and the
Company. Certain capitalized terms used in this Agreement are defined in
Schedule B; references to a "Schedule" or an "Exhibit" are, unless otherwise
specified, to a Schedule or an Exhibit attached to this Agreement.

2.   SALE AND PURCHASE OF NOTES.

                  Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the
Company will issue and sell to you and you will purchase from the Company, at
the Closings provided for in Section 3, Notes in the principal amount
specified opposite your name in Schedule A at the purchase price of 100% of
the principal amount thereof. Contemporaneously with entering into this
Agreement, the Company is entering into separate Note Purchase Agreements (the
"OTHER AGREEMENTS") identical with this Agreement with each of the other
purchasers named in Schedule A (the "OTHER PURCHASERS"), providing for the
sale at such Closing to each of the Other Purchasers of Notes in the principal
amount specified opposite its name in Schedule A. Your obligation hereunder
and the obligations of the Other Purchasers under the Other Agreements are
several and not joint obligations and you shall have no obligation under any
Other Agreement and no liability to any Person for the performance or
non-performance by any Other Purchaser thereunder.

3.   CLOSINGS.

                  The sale and purchase of the Notes to be purchased by you
and the Other Purchasers shall occur at the offices of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley
& McCloy LLP, One Chase Manhattan Plaza, New York, New York 10005, at 10:00
a.m., New York City time, at three closings (each a "CLOSING"), the first of
which shall occur on July 20, 2000 (the "FIRST CLOSING DATE"), the second of
which shall occur on September 15, 2000 and the third of which shall occur on
December 15, 2000. At each Closing the Company will deliver to you the Notes
to be purchased by you at such Closing (as specified in Schedule A) in the
form of a single Note (or such greater number of Notes in denominations of at
least $100,000 as you may request) dated the date of such Closing and
registered in your name (or in the name of your nominee), against delivery by
you to the Company or its order of immediately available funds in the amount
of the purchase price therefor by wire transfer of immediately available funds
for the account of the Company to account number 39036 at Norwest/Wells Fargo
Bank, ABA No. 091000019. If at any Closing the Company shall fail to tender
such Notes to you as provided above in this Section 3, or any of the
conditions specified in Section 4 shall not have been fulfilled to your
satisfaction, you shall, at your election, be relieved of all further
obligations under this Agreement, without thereby waiving any rights you may
have by reason of such failure or such nonfulfillment.

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4.   CONDITIONS TO CLOSINGS.

                  Your obligation to purchase and pay for the Notes to be sold
to you at each Closing is subject to the fulfillment to your satisfaction,
prior to or at such Closing, of the following conditions:

4.1.    REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.

                  The representations and warranties of the Company in this
Agreement shall be correct when made and (i) in connection with the first
Closing, shall be correct on the First Closing Date and (ii) in connection
with each subsequent Closing, shall be correct in all Material respects at the
time of such Closing, provided that, the representations contained in (x) the
third sentence of Section 5.3 with respect to the materials referred to in
said sentence, (y) Section 5.4 with respect to Schedule 5.4 and (z) Section
5.15 with respect to Schedule 5.15 shall be deemed to be supplemented by all
of the materials and disclosures furnished or made by the Company to the
holders of the Notes prior to the date of such subsequent Closing.

4.2.    PERFORMANCE; NO DEFAULT.

                  The Company shall have performed and complied with all
agreements and conditions contained in this Agreement required to be performed
or complied with by it prior to or at such Closing and after giving effect to
the issue and sale of the Notes on the date of such Closing (and the
application of the proceeds thereof as contemplated by Schedule 5.14) no
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing. As of the
First Closing Date, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary shall have entered
into any transaction since the date of the Memorandum that would have been
prohibited by Section 10.1 had such Section applied since such Date.

4.3.    COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATES.

                  (a) OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE. The Company shall have delivered
to you an Officer's Certificate, dated the date of the Closing, certifying
that the conditions specified in Sections 4.1, 4.2 and 4.9 have been fulfilled.

                  (b) SECRETARY'S CERTIFICATES. The Company and each
Subsidiary Guarantor shall have delivered to you a certificate certifying as
to the resolutions attached thereto and other corporate proceedings relating
to the authorization, execution and delivery of the Notes, this Agreement and
the Other Agreements (in the case of the Company) and the Subsidiary Guarantee
(in the case of each Subsidiary Guarantor).

4.4.    OPINIONS OF COUNSEL.

                  You shall have received opinions in form and substance
satisfactory to you, dated the date of such Closing (a) from Maslon Edelman
Borman & Brand, counsel for the Company, covering the matters set forth in
Exhibit 4.4(a) and covering such other matters incident to the transactions
contemplated hereby as you or your counsel may reasonably request (and the
Company hereby instructs its counsel to deliver such opinion to you) and (b)
from Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP, your special New York counsel in
connection with such transactions, substantially in the form set forth in
Exhibit 4.4(b) and covering such other matters incident to such transactions
as you may reasonably request.

4.5.    PURCHASE PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ETC.

                  On the date of such Closing your purchase of Notes shall (i)
be permitted by the laws and regulations of each jurisdiction to which you are
subject, without recourse to provisions (such as Section 1405(a)(8) of the New
York Insurance Law) permitting limited investments by insurance companies
without restriction as to the character of the particular investment, (ii) not
violate any applicable law or regulation (including, without limitation,
Regulation U, T or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System)
and (iii) not subject you to any tax, penalty or liability under or pursuant
to any applicable law or regulation, which law or regulation was not in effect
on the date hereof. If requested by you, you shall have received an Officer's
Certificate certifying as to such matters of fact as you may reasonably
specify to enable you to determine whether such purchase is so permitted.

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4.6.    SALE OF OTHER NOTES.

                  Contemporaneously with such Closing the Company shall sell
to the Other Purchasers and the Other Purchasers shall purchase the Notes to
be purchased by them at such Closing as specified in Schedule A.

4.7.    PAYMENT OF SPECIAL COUNSEL FEES.

                  Without limiting the provisions of Section 15.1, the Company
shall have paid on or before such Closing the fees, charges and disbursements
of your special counsel referred to in Section 4.4 to the extent reflected in
a statement of such counsel rendered to the Company at least one Business Day
prior to such Closing.

4.8.    PRIVATE PLACEMENT NUMBER.

                  A Private Placement number issued by Standard & Poor's CUSIP
Service Bureau (in cooperation with the Securities Valuation Office of the
National Association of Insurance Commissioners) shall have been obtained for
the Notes.

4.9.    CHANGES IN CORPORATE STRUCTURE.

                  Except as specified in Schedule 4.9, the Company shall not
have changed its jurisdiction of incorporation or been a party to any merger
or consolidation and shall not have succeeded to all or any substantial part
of the liabilities of any other entity, (i) in the case of the First Closing
Date, at any time following the date of the most recent financial statements
referred to in Schedule 5.5 and (ii) in the case of each subsequent Closing,
if such event or transaction would have been prohibited by Section 10.2 or any
of the other provisions of this Agreement.

4.10.   SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE.

                  You shall have received a true and complete copy of the
Subsidiary Guarantee, duly executed and delivered by each Subsidiary Guarantor
identified in Schedule 5.4, and the Subsidiary Guarantee shall be in full
force and effect.

4.11.   PROCEEDINGS AND DOCUMENTS.

                  All corporate and other proceedings in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and all documents and instruments
incident to such transactions shall be satisfactory to you and your special
counsel, and you and your special counsel shall have received all such
counterpart originals or certified or other copies of such documents as you or
they may reasonably request.

5.      REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY.

                  The Company represents and warrants to you that:

5.1.    ORGANIZATION; POWER AND AUTHORITY.

                  The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of
incorporation, and is duly qualified as a foreign corporation and is in good
standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required by law,
other than those jurisdictions as to which the failure to be so qualified or
in good standing could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company has the corporate
power and authority to own or hold under lease the properties it purports to
own or hold under lease, to transact the business it transacts and proposes to
transact, to execute and deliver this Agreement and the Other Agreements and
the Notes and to perform the provisions hereof and thereof.

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5.2.    AUTHORIZATION, ETC.

                  This Agreement and the Other Agreements and the Notes have
been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the
Company, and this Agreement constitutes, and upon execution and delivery
thereof each Note will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of
the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms,
except as such enforceability may be limited by (i) applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the
enforcement of creditors' rights generally and (ii) general principles of
equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a
proceeding in equity or at law).

5.3.    DISCLOSURE.

                  The Company, through its agent, Credit Suisse First Boston,
has delivered to you and each Other Purchaser a copy of a Direct Placement
Memorandum, dated June 2000 (the "MEMORANDUM"), relating to the transactions
contemplated hereby. The Memorandum fairly describes, in all material
respects, the general nature of the business and principal properties of the
Company and its Subsidiaries. Except as disclosed in Schedule 5.3, this
Agreement, the Memorandum, the documents, certificates or other writings
delivered to you by or on behalf of the Company in connection with the
transactions contemplated hereby and the financial statements listed in
Schedule 5.5, taken as a whole, do not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances under which
they were made. Except as disclosed in the Memorandum or as expressly
described in Schedule 5.3, or in one of the documents, certificates or other
writings identified therein, or in the financial statements listed in Schedule
5.5, since June 26, 1999, there has been no change in the financial condition,
operations, business, properties or prospects of the Company or any Subsidiary
except changes that individually or in the aggregate could not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There is no fact known to the
Company that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect
that has not been set forth herein or in the Memorandum or in the other
documents, certificates and other writings delivered to you by or on behalf of
the Company specifically for use in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereby.

5.4.    ORGANIZATION AND OWNERSHIP OF SHARES OF SUBSIDIARIES; AFFILIATES.

                  (a) Schedule 5.4 contains (except as noted therein) complete
and correct lists (i) of the Company's Subsidiaries, showing, as to each
Subsidiary, the correct name thereof, the jurisdiction of its organization,
the percentage of shares of each class of its capital stock or similar equity
interests outstanding owned by the Company and each other Subsidiary and
whether, as of the First Closing Date, such Subsidiary shall be a Subsidiary
Guarantor, (ii) of the Company's Affiliates, other than Subsidiaries, and
(iii) of the Company's directors and senior officers.

                  (b) All of the outstanding shares of capital stock or
similar equity interests of each Subsidiary shown in Schedule 5.4 as being
owned by the Company and its Subsidiaries have been validly issued, are fully
paid and nonassessable and are owned by the Company or another Subsidiary free
and clear of any Lien (except as otherwise disclosed in Schedule 5.4).

                  (c) Each Subsidiary identified in Schedule 5.4 is a
corporation or other legal entity duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, and is duly
qualified as a foreign corporation or other legal entity and is in good
standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required by law,
other than those jurisdictions as to which the failure to be so qualified or
in good standing could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Each such Subsidiary has the
corporate or other power and authority to own or hold under lease the
properties it purports to own or hold under lease and to transact the business
it transacts and proposes to transact.

                  (d) No Subsidiary is a party to, or otherwise subject to any
legal restriction or any agreement (other than this Agreement, the agreements
listed on Schedule 5.4 and customary limitations imposed by corporate law
statutes) restricting the ability of such Subsidiary to pay dividends out of
profits or make any other similar distributions of profits to the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries that owns outstanding shares of capital stock or
similar equity interests of such Subsidiary.

5.5.    FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

                  The Company has delivered to each Purchaser copies of the
financial statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries listed on Schedule
5.5. All of said financial statements (including in each case the related
schedules and notes) fairly

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present in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the
Company and its Subsidiaries as of the respective dates specified in such
Schedule and the consolidated results of their operations and cash flows for
the respective periods so specified and have been prepared in accordance with
GAAP consistently applied throughout the periods involved except as set forth
in the notes thereto (subject, in the case of any interim financial
statements, to normal year-end adjustments).

5.6.    COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS, OTHER INSTRUMENTS, ETC.

                  The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of
this Agreement and the Notes will not (i) contravene, result in any breach of,
or constitute a default under, or result in the creation of any Lien in
respect of any property of the Company or any Subsidiary under, any indenture,
mortgage, deed of trust, loan, purchase or credit agreement, lease, corporate
charter or by-laws, or any other agreement or instrument to which the Company
or any Subsidiary is bound or by which the Company or any Subsidiary or any of
their respective properties may be bound or affected, (ii) conflict with or
result in a breach of any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any order,
judgment, decree, or ruling of any court, arbitrator or Governmental Authority
applicable to the Company or any Subsidiary or (iii) violate any provision of
any statute or other rule or regulation of any Governmental Authority
applicable to the Company or any Subsidiary.

5.7.    GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORIZATIONS, ETC.

                  No consent, approval or authorization of, or registration,
filing or declaration with, any Governmental Authority is required in
connection with the execution, delivery or performance by the Company of this
Agreement or the Notes.

5.8.    LITIGATION; OBSERVANCE OF AGREEMENTS, STATUTES AND ORDERS.

                  (a) Except as disclosed in Schedule 5.8, there are no
actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Company,
threatened against or affecting the Company or any Subsidiary or any property
of the Company or any Subsidiary in any court or before any arbitrator of any
kind or before or by any Governmental Authority that, individually or in the
aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

                  (b) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in default
under any term of any agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by
which it is bound, or any order, judgment, decree or ruling of any court,
arbitrator or Governmental Authority or is in violation of any applicable law,
ordinance, rule or regulation (including without limitation Environmental
Laws) of any Governmental Authority, which default or violation, individually
or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.

5.9.    TAXES.

                  The Company and its Subsidiaries have filed all tax returns
that are required to have been filed in any jurisdiction, and have paid all
taxes shown to be due and payable on such returns and all other taxes and
assessments levied upon them or their properties, assets, income or
franchises, to the extent such taxes and assessments have become due and
payable and before they have become delinquent, except for any taxes and
assessments (i) the amount of which is not individually or in the aggregate
Material or (ii) the amount, applicability or validity of which is currently
being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to
which the Company or a Subsidiary, as the case may be, has established
adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP. The Company knows of no basis for
any other tax or assessment that could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect. The charges, accruals and reserves on the books of
the Company and its Subsidiaries in respect of Federal, state or other taxes
for all fiscal periods are adequate. The Federal income tax liabilities of the
Company and its Subsidiaries have been determined by the Internal Revenue
Service and paid for all fiscal years up to and including the fiscal year
ended June 2, 1994.

5.10.   TITLE TO PROPERTY; LEASES.

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                  The Company and its Subsidiaries have good and sufficient
title to their respective properties that individually or in the aggregate are
Material, including all such properties reflected in the most recent audited
balance sheet referred to in Section 5.5 or purported to have been acquired by
the Company or any Subsidiary after said date (except as sold or otherwise
disposed of in the ordinary course of business), in each case free and clear
of Liens prohibited by this Agreement. All leases that the Company or any
Subsidiary is party to as lessee and that individually or in the aggregate are
Material are valid and subsisting and are in full force and effect in all
material respects.

5.11.   LICENSES, PERMITS, ETC.

                  Except as disclosed in Schedule 5.11,

                  (a) the Company and its Subsidiaries own or possess all
         licenses, permits, franchises, authorizations, patents, copyrights,
         service marks, trademarks and trade names, or rights thereto, that
         individually or in the aggregate are Material, without known conflict
         with the rights of others;

                  (b) to the best knowledge of the Company, no product of the
         Company or any of its Subsidiaries infringes in any material respect
         any license, permit, franchise, authorization, patent, copyright,
         service mark, trademark, trade name or other right owned by any other
         Person; and

                  (c) to the best knowledge of the Company, there is no Material
         violation by any Person of any right of the Company or any of its
         Subsidiaries with respect to any patent, copyright, service mark,
         trademark, trade name or other right owned or used by the Company or
         any of its Subsidiaries.

5.12.   COMPLIANCE WITH ERISA.

                  (a) The Company and each ERISA Affiliate have operated and
administered each Plan in compliance with all applicable laws except for such
instances of noncompliance as have not resulted in and could not reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any
ERISA Affiliate has incurred any liability pursuant to Title I or IV of ERISA
or the penalty or excise tax provisions of the Code relating to employee
benefit plans (as defined in section 3 of ERISA), and no event, transaction or
condition has occurred or exists that could reasonably be expected to result
in the incurrence of any such liability by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate,
or in the imposition of any Lien on any of the rights, properties or assets of
the Company or any ERISA Affiliate, in either case pursuant to Title I or IV
of ERISA or to such penalty or excise tax provisions or to section 401(a)(29)
or 412 of the Code, other than such liabilities or Liens as would not be
individually or in the aggregate Material.

                  (b) The present value of the aggregate benefit liabilities
under each of the Plans (other than Multiemployer Plans), determined as of the
end of such Plan's most recently ended plan year on the basis of the actuarial
assumptions specified for funding purposes in such Plan's most recent
actuarial valuation report, did not exceed the aggregate current value of the
assets of such Plan allocable to such benefit liabilities by more than
$100,000 in the case of any single Plan and by more than $100,000 in the
aggregate for all Plans. The term "BENEFIT LIABILITIES" has the meaning
specified in section 4001 of ERISA and the terms "CURRENT VALUE" and "PRESENT
VALUE" have the meaning specified in section 3 of ERISA.

                  (c) The Company and its ERISA Affiliates have not incurred
withdrawal liabilities (and are not subject to contingent withdrawal
liabilities) under section 4201 or 4204 of ERISA in respect of Multiemployer
Plans that individually or in the aggregate are Material.

                  (d) The expected postretirement benefit obligation
(determined as of the last day of the Company's most recently ended fiscal
year in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No.
106, without regard to liabilities attributable to continuation coverage
mandated by section 4980B of the Code) of the Company and its Subsidiaries is
not Material.

                  (e) The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the
issuance and sale of the Notes hereunder will not involve any transaction that
is subject to the prohibitions of section 406 of ERISA or in connection with
which a tax could be imposed pursuant to section 4975(c)(1)(A)-(D) of the
Code. The representation by the Company in the first sentence of this Section
5.12(e) is made in reliance upon and subject to the accuracy of your
representation in Section 6.2 as to the sources of the funds used to pay the
purchase price of the Notes to be purchased by you.

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5.13.   PRIVATE OFFERING BY THE COMPANY.

                  Neither the Company nor anyone acting on its behalf has
offered the Notes or any similar securities for sale to, or solicited any
offer to buy any of the same from, or otherwise approached or negotiated in
respect thereof with, any person other than you, the Other Purchasers and not
more than ten other Institutional Investors, each of which has been offered
the Notes at a private sale for investment. Neither the Company nor anyone
acting on its behalf has taken, or will take, any action that would subject
the issuance or sale of the Notes to the registration requirements of Section
5 of the Securities Act.

5.14.   USE OF PROCEEDS; MARGIN REGULATIONS.

                  The Company will apply the proceeds of the sale of the Notes
as set forth in Schedule 5.14. No part of the proceeds from the sale of the
Notes hereunder will be used, directly or indirectly, for the purpose of
buying or carrying any margin stock within the meaning of Regulation U of the
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (12 CFR 221), or for the
purpose of buying or carrying or trading in any securities under such
circumstances as to involve the Company in a violation of Regulation X of said
Board (12 CFR 224) or to involve any broker or dealer in a violation of
Regulation T of said Board (12 CFR 220). Margin stock does not constitute more
than 5% of the value of the consolidated assets of the Company and its
Subsidiaries and the Company does not have any present intention that margin
stock will constitute more than 5% of the value of such assets. As used in
this Section, the terms "MARGIN STOCK" and "PURPOSE OF BUYING OR CARRYING"
shall have the meanings assigned to them in said Regulation U.

5.15.   EXISTING INDEBTEDNESS; FUTURE LIENS.

                  (a) Except as described therein, Schedule 5.15 sets forth a
complete and correct list of all outstanding Indebtedness of the Company and
its Subsidiaries as of March 25, 2000, since which date there has been no
Material change in the amounts, interest rates, sinking funds, installment
payments or maturities of the Indebtedness of the Company or its Subsidiaries.
Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in default and no waiver of default
is currently in effect, in the payment of any principal or interest on any
Indebtedness of the Company or such Subsidiary and no event or condition
exists with respect to any Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary that
would permit (or that with notice or the lapse of time, or both, would permit)
one or more Persons to cause such Indebtedness to become due and payable
before its stated maturity or before its regularly scheduled dates of payment.

                  (b) Except as disclosed in Schedule 5.15, neither the
Company nor any Subsidiary has agreed or consented to cause or permit in the
future (upon the happening of a contingency or otherwise) any of its property,
whether now owned or hereafter acquired, to be subject to a Lien not permitted
by Section 10.5.

5.16.   FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL REGULATIONS, ETC.

                  Neither the sale of the Notes by the Company hereunder nor
its use of the proceeds thereof will violate the Trading with the Enemy Act,
as amended, or any of the foreign assets control regulations of the United
States Treasury Department (31 CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended) or any
enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto.

5.17.   STATUS UNDER CERTAIN STATUTES.

                  Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is subject to
regulation under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Public
Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended, the Interstate Commerce Act,
as amended, or the Federal Power Act, as amended.

5.18.   ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS.

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                  Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has knowledge of any
claim or has received any notice of any claim, and no proceeding has been
instituted raising any claim against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or
any of their respective real properties now or formerly owned, leased or
operated by any of them or other assets, alleging any damage to the
environment or violation of any Environmental Laws, except, in each case, such
as could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
Except as otherwise disclosed to you in writing,

                           (a) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has
                  knowledge of any facts which would give rise to any claim,
                  public or private, of violation of Environmental Laws or
                  damage to the environment emanating from, occurring on or in
                  any way related to real properties now or formerly owned,
                  leased or operated by any of them or to other assets or their
                  use, except, in each case, such as could not reasonably be
                  expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;

                           (b) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries
                  has stored any Hazardous Materials on real properties now or
                  formerly owned, leased or operated by any of them and has not
                  disposed of any Hazardous Materials in a manner contrary to
                  any Environmental Laws in each case in any manner that could
                  reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
                  and

                           (c) all buildings on all real properties now owned,
                  leased or operated by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
                  are in compliance with applicable Environmental Laws, except
                  where failure to comply could not reasonably be expected to
                  result in a Material Adverse Effect.

5.19.   SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE.

The representations and warranties of each Subsidiary Guarantor in the
Subsidiary Guarantee will be true and correct as of the date of each Closing.

6.   REPRESENTATIONS OF THE PURCHASER.

6.1.    PURCHASE FOR INVESTMENT.

                  You represent that you are purchasing the Notes for your own
account or for one or more separate accounts maintained by you or for the
account of one or more pension or trust funds and not with a view to the
distribution thereof, PROVIDED that the disposition of your or their property
shall at all times be within your or their control. You understand that the
Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act and may be resold only
if registered pursuant to the provisions of the Securities Act or if an
exemption from registration is available, except under circumstances where
neither such registration nor such an exemption is required by law, and that
the Company is not required to register the Notes.

6.2.    SOURCE OF FUNDS.

                  You represent that at least one of the following statements
is an accurate representation as to each source of funds (a "SOURCE") to be
used by you to pay the purchase price of the Notes to be purchased by you
hereunder:

                  (a) the Source is an "insurance company general account" (as
         the term is defined in PTE 95-60 (issued July 12, 1995)) in respect of
         which the reserves and liabilities (as defined by the annual statement
         for life insurance companies approved by the National Association of
         Insurance Commissioners (the "NAIC ANNUAL STATEMENT")) for the general
         account contract(s) held by or on behalf of any employee benefit plan
         together with the amount of the reserves and liabilities for the
         general account contract(s) held by or on behalf of any other employee
         benefit plans maintained by the same employer (or affiliate thereof as
         defined in PTE 95-60) or by the same employee organization in the
         general account do not exceed 10% of the total reserves and liabilities
         of the general account (exclusive of separate account liabilities) plus
         surplus as set forth in the NAIC Annual Statement filed with your state
         of domicile; or

                  (b) the Source is a separate account that is maintained solely
         in connection with your fixed contractual obligations under which the
         amounts payable, or credited, to any employee benefit plan (or its
         related trust) that has

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         any interest in such separate account (or to any participant or
         beneficiary of such plan (including any annuitant)) are not affected
         in any manner by the investment performance of the separate account; or

                  (c) the Source is either (i) an insurance company pooled
         separate account, within the meaning of PTE 90-1 (issued January 29,
         1990), or (ii) a bank collective investment fund, within the meaning of
         the PTE 91-38 (issued July 12, 1991) and, except as you have disclosed
         to the Company in writing pursuant to this paragraph (b), no employee
         benefit plan or group of plans maintained by the same employer or
         employee organization beneficially owns more than 10% of all assets
         allocated to such pooled separate account or collective investment
         fund; or

                  (d) the Source constitutes assets of an "investment fund"
         (within the meaning of Part V of the QPAM Exemption) managed by a
         "qualified professional asset manager" or "QPAM" (within the meaning of
         Part V of the QPAM Exemption), no employee benefit plan's assets that
         are included in such investment fund, when combined with the assets of
         all other employee benefit plans established or maintained by the same
         employer or by an affiliate (within the meaning of Section V(c)(1) of
         the QPAM Exemption) of such employer or by the same employee
         organization and managed by such QPAM, exceed 20% of the total client
         assets managed by such QPAM, the conditions of Part I(c) and (g) of the
         QPAM Exemption are satisfied, neither the QPAM nor a person controlling
         or controlled by the QPAM (applying the definition of "control" in
         Section V(e) of the QPAM Exemption) owns a 5% or more interest in the
         Company and (i) the identity of such QPAM and (ii) the names of all
         employee benefit plans whose assets are included in such investment
         fund have been disclosed to the Company in writing pursuant to this
         paragraph (d); or

                  (e) the Source constitutes assets of a "plan(s)" (within the
         meaning of Section IV of PTE 96-23 (the "INHAM Exemption")) managed by
         an "in-house asset manager" or "INHAM" (within the meaning of Part IV
         of the INHAM Exemption), the conditions of Part I(a), (g) and (h) of
         the INHAM Exemption are satisfied, neither the INHAM nor a person
         controlling or controlled by the INHAM (applying the definition of
         "control" in Section IV(h) of the INHAM Exemption) owns a 5% or more
         interest in the Company and (i) the identity of such INHAM and (ii) the
         name(s) of the employee benefit plan(s) whose assets constitute the
         Source have been disclosed to the Company in writing pursuant to this
         paragraph (e); or

                  (f)  the Source is a governmental plan; or

                  (g) the Source is one or more employee benefit plans, or a
         separate account or trust fund comprised of one or more employee
         benefit plans, each of which has been identified to the Company in
         writing pursuant to this paragraph (g); or

                  (h) the Source does not include assets of any employee benefit
         plan, other than a plan exempt from the coverage of ERISA.

As used in this Section 6.2, the terms "EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN", "GOVERNMENTAL
PLAN" and "SEPARATE ACCOUNT" shall have the respective meanings assigned to
such terms in Section 3 of ERISA.

7.   INFORMATION AS TO COMPANY.

7.1.    FINANCIAL AND BUSINESS INFORMATION.

                  The Company shall deliver to each holder of Notes that is an
Institutional Investor:

                  (a)      QUARTERLY STATEMENTS -- within 60 days after the end
         of each quarterly fiscal period in each fiscal year of the Company
         (other than the last quarterly fiscal period of each such fiscal year),
         duplicate copies of,

                           (i)  a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and
                  its Subsidiaries as at the end of such quarter, and

                           (ii) consolidated statements of income and cash flows
                  of the Company and its Subsidiaries, for such quarter and (in
                  the case of the second and third quarters) for the portion of
                  the fiscal year ending with such quarter,

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         setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the
         corresponding periods in the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable
         detail, prepared in accordance with GAAP applicable to quarterly
         financial statements generally, and certified by a Senior Financial
         Officer as fairly presenting, in all material respects, the financial
         position of the companies being reported on and their results of
         operations and cash flows, subject to changes resulting from year-end
         adjustments, PROVIDED that delivery within the time period specified
         above of copies of the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q prepared
         in compliance with the requirements therefor and filed with the
         Securities and Exchange Commission shall be deemed to satisfy the
         requirements of this Section 7.1(a);

                  (b)      ANNUAL STATEMENTS -- within 105 days after the end
         of each fiscal year of the Company, duplicate copies of,

                           (i)  a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and
                  its Subsidiaries, as at the end of such year, and

                           (ii) consolidated statements of income, stockholders'
                  equity and comprehensive income, and cash flows of the Company
                  and its Subsidiaries, for such year,

         setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the
         previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail, prepared in accordance
         with GAAP, and accompanied by

                           (A) an opinion thereon of independent certified
                  public accountants of recognized national standing, which
                  opinion shall state that such financial statements present
                  fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of
                  the companies being reported upon and their results of
                  operations and cash flows and have been prepared in conformity
                  with GAAP, and that the examination of such accountants in
                  connection with such financial statements has been made in
                  accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, and
                  that such audit provides a reasonable basis for such opinion
                  in the circumstances, and

                           (B) a certificate of such accountants stating that
                  they have reviewed this Agreement and stating further whether,
                  in making their audit, they have become aware of any condition
                  or event that then constitutes a Default or an Event of
                  Default, and, if they are aware that any such condition or
                  event then exists, specifying the nature and period of the
                  existence thereof (it being understood that such accountants
                  shall not be liable, directly or indirectly, for any failure
                  to obtain knowledge of any Default or Event of Default unless
                  such accountants should have obtained knowledge thereof in
                  making an audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing
                  standards or did not make such an audit),

         PROVIDED that the delivery within the time period specified above of
         the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for such fiscal year (together
         with the Company's annual report to shareholders, if any, prepared
         pursuant to Rule 14a-3 under the Exchange Act) prepared in accordance
         with the requirements therefor and filed with the Securities and
         Exchange Commission, together with the accountant's certificate
         described in clause (B) above, shall be deemed to satisfy the
         requirements of this Section 7.1(b);

                  (c)      SEC AND OTHER REPORTS -- promptly upon their becoming
         available, one copy of (i) each financial statement, report, notice or
         proxy statement sent by the Company or any Subsidiary to public
         securities holders generally, and (ii) each regular or periodic report,
         each registration statement (without exhibits except as expressly
         requested by such holder), and each prospectus and all amendments
         thereto filed by the Company or any Subsidiary with the Securities and
         Exchange Commission and of all press releases and other statements made
         available generally by the Company or any Subsidiary to the public
         concerning developments that are Material;

                  (d)      NOTICE OF DEFAULT OR EVENT OF DEFAULT -- promptly,
         and in any event within five days after a Responsible Officer
         becoming aware of the existence of any Event of Default or that any
         Person has given any notice or taken any action with respect to a
         claimed default hereunder or that any Person has given any notice or
         taken any action with respect to a claimed default of the type
         referred to in Section 11(f), a written notice specifying the nature
         and period of existence thereof and what action the Company is taking
         or proposes to take with respect thereto;

                  (e)      ERISA MATTERS -- promptly, and in any event within
         five days after a Responsible Officer becoming aware of any of the
         following, a written notice setting forth the nature thereof and the
         action, if any, that the Company or an ERISA Affiliate proposes to take
         with respect thereto:

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                           (i) with respect to any Plan, any reportable event,
                  as defined in section 4043(b) of ERISA and the regulations
                  thereunder, for which notice thereof has not been waived
                  pursuant to such regulations as in effect on the date hereof;
                  or

                           (ii) the taking by the PBGC of steps to institute, or
                  the threatening by the PBGC of the institution of, proceedings
                  under section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the
                  appointment of a trustee to administer, any Plan, or the
                  receipt by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate of a notice from
                  a Multiemployer Plan that such action has been taken by the
                  PBGC with respect to such Multiemployer Plan; or

                           (iii) any event, transaction or condition that could
                  result in the incurrence of any liability by the Company or
                  any ERISA Affiliate pursuant to Title I or IV of ERISA or the
                  penalty or excise tax provisions of the Code relating to
                  employee benefit plans, or in the imposition of any Lien on
                  any of the rights, properties or assets of the Company or any
                  ERISA Affiliate pursuant to Title I or IV of ERISA or such
                  penalty or excise tax provisions, if such liability or Lien,
                  taken together with any other such liabilities or Liens then
                  existing, could reasonably be expected to have a Material
                  Adverse Effect;

                  (f)      NOTICES FROM GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY -- promptly, and
         in any event within 30 days of receipt thereof, copies of any notice to
         the Company or any Subsidiary from any Federal or state Governmental
         Authority relating to any order, ruling, statute or other law or
         regulation that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
         Effect; and

                  (g)      REQUESTED INFORMATION -- with reasonable promptness,
         such other data and information relating to the business, operations,
         affairs, financial condition, assets or properties of the Company or
         any of its Subsidiaries or relating to the ability of the Company to
         perform its obligations hereunder and under the Notes as from time to
         time may be reasonably requested by any such holder of Notes.

7.2.    OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE.

                  Each set of financial statements delivered to a holder of
Notes pursuant to Section 7.1(a) or Section 7.1(b) hereof shall be accompanied
by a certificate of a Senior Financial Officer setting forth:

                  (a)      COVENANT COMPLIANCE -- the information (including
         detailed calculations) required in order to establish whether the
         Company was in compliance with the requirements of Section 10.3
         through Section 10.7 hereof, inclusive, during the quarterly or
         annual period covered by the statements then being furnished
         (including with respect to each such Section, where applicable, the
         calculations of the maximum or minimum amount, ratio or percentage,
         as the case may be, permissible under the terms of such Sections, and
         the calculation of the amount, ratio or percentage then in
         existence); and

                  (b)      EVENT OF DEFAULT -- a statement that such officer has
         reviewed the relevant terms hereof and has made, or caused to be made,
         under his or her supervision, a review of the transactions and
         conditions of the Company and its Subsidiaries from the beginning of
         the quarterly or annual period covered by the statements then being
         furnished to the date of the certificate and that such review shall not
         have disclosed the existence during such period of any condition or
         event that constitutes an Event of Default or, if any such condition or
         event existed or exists (including, without limitation, any such event
         or condition resulting from the failure of the Company or any
         Subsidiary to comply with any Environmental Law), specifying the nature
         and period of existence thereof and what action the Company shall have
         taken or proposes to take with respect thereto.

7.3.    INSPECTION.

                  The Company shall permit the representatives of each holder of
Notes that is an Institutional Investor:

                  (a)      NO DEFAULT -- if no Default or Event of Default then
         exists, at the expense of such holder and upon reasonable prior notice
         to the Company, to visit the principal executive office of the Company,
         to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the Company and its
         Subsidiaries with the Company's officers, and (with the consent of the
         Company, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld) its
         independent public accountants, and (with the consent

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         of the Company, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld) to
         visit the other offices and properties of the Company and each
         Subsidiary, all at such reasonable times and as often as may be
         reasonably requested in writing; and

                  (b)      DEFAULT -- if a Default or Event of Default then
         exists, at the expense of the Company, to visit and inspect any of
         the offices or properties of the Company or any Subsidiary, to
         examine all their respective books of account, records, reports and
         other papers, to make copies and extracts therefrom, and to discuss
         their respective affairs, finances and accounts with their respective
         officers and independent public accountants (and by this provision
         the Company authorizes said accountants to discuss the affairs,
         finances and accounts of the Company and its Subsidiaries), all at
         such times and as often as may be requested.

8.   PREPAYMENT OF THE NOTES.

8.1.    REQUIRED PREPAYMENTS.

                  On July 20, 2004 and on each July 20 thereafter to and
including July 20, 2009 the Company will prepay $7,142,857 principal amount
(or such lesser principal amount as shall then be outstanding) of the Notes at
par and without payment of the Make-Whole Amount or any premium, PROVIDED that
upon any partial prepayment of the Notes pursuant to Section 8.2 or 8.3 or
purchase of the Notes permitted by Section 8.6 the principal amount of each
required prepayment of the Notes becoming due under this Section 8.1 on and
after the date of such prepayment or purchase shall be reduced in the same
proportion as the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Notes is reduced as
a result of such prepayment or purchase.

8.2.    OPTIONAL PREPAYMENTS WITH MAKE-WHOLE AMOUNT.

                  The Company may, at its option, upon notice as provided
below, prepay at any time all, or from time to time any part of, the Notes, in
an amount not less than 10% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes
then outstanding in the case of a partial prepayment, at 100% of the principal
amount so prepaid, plus the Make-Whole Amount determined for the prepayment
date with respect to such principal amount. The Company will give each holder
of Notes written notice of each optional prepayment under this Section 8.2 not
less than 30 days and not more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for such
prepayment. Each such notice shall specify such date, the aggregate principal
amount of the Notes to be prepaid on such date, the principal amount of each
Note held by such holder to be prepaid (determined in accordance with Section
8.4), and the interest to be paid on the prepayment date with respect to such
principal amount being prepaid, and shall be accompanied by a certificate of a
Senior Financial Officer as to the estimated Make-Whole Amount due in
connection with such prepayment (calculated as if the date of such notice were
the date of the prepayment), setting forth the details of such computation.
Two Business Days prior to such prepayment, the Company shall deliver to each
holder of Notes a certificate of a Senior Financial Officer specifying the
calculation of such Make-Whole Amount as of the specified prepayment date.

8.3. PREPAYMENT IN CONNECTION WITH A CHANGE OF CONTROL.

                  (a) Promptly and in any event within five Business Days
after any Responsible Officer has knowledge of the occurrence of a Change of
Control, the Company shall give written notice thereof to each holder of a
Note, which notice shall (i) refer specifically to this Section 8.3 and
describe the Change of Control in reasonable detail (including the Persons
party thereto), (ii) specify a Business Day not less than 30 days and not more
than 45 days after the date of such notice (the "CONTROL PREPAYMENT DATE") and
specify the Control Response Date (as defined below) and (iii) offer to prepay
on the Control Prepayment Date the Notes of such holder, at 100% of the
principal amount thereof, together with interest accrued thereon to the
Control Prepayment Date. Each holder of a Note shall notify the Company of
such holder's acceptance or rejection of such offer by giving written notice
of such acceptance or rejection to the Company on a date at least 10 days
prior to the Control Prepayment Date (such date 10 days prior to the Control
Prepayment Date being the "CONTROL RESPONSE DATE"), and the Company shall
prepay on the Control Prepayment Date all Notes held by each holder that has
accepted such offer in accordance with this Section 8.3(a) at a price in
respect of each such Note held by such holder equal to 100% of the principal
amount thereof, together with interest accrued thereon to the Control
Prepayment Date.

                  (b) A "CHANGE OF CONTROL" will be deemed to have occurred
for purposes of Section 8.3(a) if any Person or two or more Persons acting in
concert acquires beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under
the Exchange Act) of more than 35% of the Company's Voting Stock, PROVIDED,
however, that no acquisition of any of the Company's Voting Stock by Richard
M. Fink, his spouse, any direct or indirect lineal descendant and/or any trust
created

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primarily for the benefit of any or all of such persons shall constitute or be
considered in determining whether or not a Change of Control has occurred.

8.4.    ALLOCATION OF PARTIAL PREPAYMENTS.

                  In the case of each partial prepayment of the Notes pursuant
to Section 8.1 or 8.2, the principal amount of the Notes to be prepaid shall
be allocated among all of the Notes at the time outstanding in proportion, as
nearly as practicable, to the respective unpaid principal amounts thereof not
theretofore called for prepayment.

8.5.    MATURITY; SURRENDER, ETC.

                  In the case of each prepayment of Notes pursuant to this
Section 8, the principal amount of each Note to be prepaid shall mature and
become due and payable on the date fixed for such prepayment, together with
interest on such principal amount accrued to such date and the applicable
Make-Whole Amount, if any. From and after such date, unless the Company shall
fail to pay such principal amount when so due and payable, together with the
interest and Make-Whole Amount, if any, as aforesaid, interest on such
principal amount shall cease to accrue. Any Note paid or prepaid in full shall
be surrendered to the Company and cancelled and shall not be reissued, and no
Note shall be issued in lieu of any prepaid principal amount of any Note.

8.6.    PURCHASE OF NOTES.

                  The Company will not and will not permit any Affiliate to
purchase, redeem, prepay or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, any of
the outstanding Notes except (a) upon the payment or prepayment of the Notes
in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Notes or (b) pursuant
to an offer to purchase made by the Company or an Affiliate pro rata to the
holders of all Notes at the time outstanding upon the same terms and
conditions. Any such offer shall provide each holder with sufficient
information to enable it to make an informed decision with respect to such
offer, and shall remain open for at least 20 Business Days. If the holders of
more than 50% of the principal amount of the Notes then outstanding accept
such offer, the Company shall promptly notify the remaining holders of such
fact and the expiration date for the acceptance by holders of Notes of such
offer shall be extended by the number of days necessary to give each such
remaining holder at least five Business Days from its receipt of such notice
to accept such offer. The Company will promptly cancel all Notes acquired by
it or any Affiliate pursuant to any payment, prepayment or purchase of Notes
pursuant to any provision of this Agreement and no Notes may be issued in
substitution or exchange for any such Notes.

8.7.    MAKE-WHOLE AMOUNT.

                  The term "MAKE-WHOLE AMOUNT" means, with respect to any
Note, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the Discounted Value of the
Remaining Scheduled Payments with respect to the Called Principal of such Note
over the amount of such Called Principal, PROVIDED that the Make-Whole Amount
may in no event be less than zero. For the purposes of determining the
Make-Whole Amount, the following terms have the following meanings:

                  "CALLED PRINCIPAL" means, with respect to any Note, the
         principal of such Note that is to be prepaid pursuant to Section 8.2 or
         has become or is declared to be immediately due and payable pursuant to
         Section 12.1, as the context requires.

                  "DISCOUNTED VALUE" means, with respect to the Called Principal
         of any Note, the amount obtained by discounting all Remaining Scheduled
         Payments with respect to such Called Principal from their respective
         scheduled due dates to the Settlement Date with respect to such Called
         Principal, in accordance with accepted financial practice and at a
         discount factor (applied on the same periodic basis as that on which
         interest on the Notes is payable) equal to the Reinvestment Yield with
         respect to such Called Principal.

                  "REINVESTMENT YIELD" means, with respect to the Called
         Principal of any Note, 0.50% over the yield to maturity implied by (i)
         the yields reported, as of 10:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the
         second Business Day preceding the Settlement Date with respect to such
         Called Principal, on the display designated as "Page 678" on the
         Telerate Service of Bridge Information Services (or such other display
         as may replace Page 678 on the Telerate Service

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         of Bridge Information Services) for actively traded U.S. Treasury
         securities having a maturity equal to the Remaining Average Life of
         such Called Principal as of such Settlement Date, or (ii) if such
         yields are not reported as of such time or the yields reported as of
         such time are not ascertainable, the Treasury Constant Maturity
         Series Yields reported, for the latest day for which such yields have
         been so reported as of the second Business Day preceding the
         Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal, in Federal
         Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) (or any comparable successor
         publication) for actively traded U.S. Treasury securities having a
         constant maturity equal to the Remaining Average Life of such Called
         Principal as of such Settlement Date. Such implied yield will be
         determined, if necessary, by (a) converting U.S. Treasury bill
         quotations to bond-equivalent yields in accordance with accepted
         financial practice and (b) interpolating linearly between (1) the
         actively traded U.S. Treasury security with the maturity closest to
         and greater than the Remaining Average Life and (2) the actively
         traded U.S. Treasury security with the maturity closest to and less
         than the Remaining Average Life.

                  "REMAINING AVERAGE LIFE" means, with respect to any Called
         Principal, the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth
         year) obtained by dividing (i) such Called Principal into (ii) the sum
         of the products obtained by multiplying (a) the principal component of
         each Remaining Scheduled Payment with respect to such Called Principal
         by (b) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth year)
         that will elapse between the Settlement Date with respect to such
         Called Principal and the scheduled due date of such Remaining Scheduled
         Payment.

                  "REMAINING SCHEDULED PAYMENTS" means, with respect to the
         Called Principal of any Note, all payments of such Called Principal and
         interest thereon that would be due after the Settlement Date with
         respect to such Called Principal if no payment of such Called Principal
         were made prior to its scheduled due date, PROVIDED that if such
         Settlement Date is not a date on which interest payments are due to be
         made under the terms of the Notes, then the amount of the next
         succeeding scheduled interest payment will be reduced by the amount of
         interest accrued to such Settlement Date and required to be paid on
         such Settlement Date pursuant to Section 8.2 or 12.1.

                  "SETTLEMENT DATE" means, with respect to the Called Principal
         of any Note, the date on which such Called Principal is to be prepaid
         pursuant to Section 8.2 or has become or is declared to be immediately
         due and payable pursuant to Section 12.1, as the context requires.

9.   AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS.

                  The Company covenants that so long as any of the Notes are
outstanding:

9.1.    COMPLIANCE WITH LAW.

                  The Company will and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to
comply with all laws, ordinances or governmental rules or regulations to which
each of them is subject, including, without limitation, Environmental Laws,
and will obtain and maintain in effect all licenses, certificates, permits,
franchises and other governmental authorizations necessary to the ownership of
their respective properties or to the conduct of their respective businesses,
in each case to the extent necessary to ensure that non-compliance with such
laws, ordinances or governmental rules or regulations or failures to obtain or
maintain in effect such licenses, certificates, permits, franchises and other
governmental authorizations could not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

9.2.    INSURANCE.

                  The Company will and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to
maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurers, insurance with
respect to their respective properties and businesses against such casualties
and contingencies, of such types, on such terms and in such amounts (including
deductibles, co-insurance and self-insurance, if adequate reserves are
maintained with respect thereto) as is customary in the case of entities of
established reputations engaged in the same or a similar business and
similarly situated.

9.3.    MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTIES.

                  The Company will and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to
maintain and keep, or cause to be maintained and kept, their respective
properties in good repair, working order and condition (other than ordinary
wear and tear), so that the

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business carried on in connection therewith may be properly conducted at all
times, PROVIDED that this Section shall not prevent the Company or any
Subsidiary from discontinuing the operation and the maintenance of any of its
properties if such discontinuance is desirable in the conduct of its business
and the Company has concluded that such discontinuance could not, individually
or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

9.4.    PAYMENT OF TAXES AND CLAIMS.

                  The Company will and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to
file all tax returns required to be filed in any jurisdiction and to pay and
discharge all taxes shown to be due and payable on such returns and all other
taxes, assessments, governmental charges, or levies imposed on them or any of
their properties, assets, income or franchises, to the extent such taxes and
assessments have become due and payable and before they have become
delinquent, and all claims for which sums have become due and payable that
have or might become a Lien on properties or assets of the Company or any
Subsidiary, PROVIDED that neither the Company nor any Subsidiary need pay any
such tax or assessment or claims if (i) the amount, applicability or validity
thereof is contested by the Company or such Subsidiary on a timely basis in
good faith and in appropriate proceedings, and the Company or a Subsidiary has
established adequate reserves therefor in accordance with GAAP on the books of
the Company or such Subsidiary or (ii) the nonpayment of all such taxes,
assessments and claims in the aggregate could not reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect.

9.5.    CORPORATE EXISTENCE, ETC.

                  Subject to Sections 10.2, the Company will at all times
preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence, and the
Company will at all times preserve and keep in full force and effect the
corporate existence of each of its Subsidiaries (unless merged into the
Company or a Subsidiary) and all rights and franchises of the Company and its
Subsidiaries unless, in the good faith judgment of the Company, the
termination of or failure to preserve and keep in full force and effect the
corporate existence of any Subsidiary or any such right or franchise could
not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

9.6.    SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS.

                  (a) The Company will ensure that each Subsidiary that has
outstanding a Guaranty with respect to any Indebtedness of the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries outstanding under any Credit Facility (or is otherwise a
co-obligor or jointly liable with respect to any such Indebtedness) is a
Subsidiary Guarantor.

                  (b) Upon notice by the Company to each holder of a Note
(which notice shall contain a certification by the Company as to the matters
specified in clauses (x) and (y) below), a Subsidiary Guarantor shall cease to
be a Subsidiary Guarantor and shall be released from its obligations under its
Subsidiary Guarantee if (x) such Subsidiary Guarantor shall not have
outstanding any Guaranty with respect to any Indebtedness (other than the
Notes) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries outstanding under any Credit
Facility (and shall not otherwise be a co-obligor or jointly liable with
respect to any such other Indebtedness) and (y) both immediately before and
after giving effect to such release no Default or Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing. If a Subsidiary again guarantees any Indebtedness
of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries outstanding under any Credit
Facility (or otherwise becomes a co-obligor or jointly liable with respect to
any such Indebtedness), then the Company will cause such Subsidiary to become
a Subsidiary Guarantor in accordance with the provisions of Subsection (a)
above.

9.7.    LINES OF BUSINESS.

                  The Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole will
continue to engage in the business in which they are engaged on the date of
Closing as described in the Memorandum and business reasonably related or
complementary thereto or in furtherance thereof, except for lines of business
which are insignificant when viewed in the overall context of the business
then engaged in by the Company and its Subsidiaries.

10.  NEGATIVE COVENANTS.

                  The Company covenants that so long as any of the Notes are
outstanding:

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10.1.   TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES.

                  The Company will not and will not permit any Subsidiary to
enter into directly or indirectly any Material transaction or Material group of
related transactions (including without limitation the purchase, lease, sale or
exchange of properties of any kind or the rendering of any service) with any
Affiliate (other than the Company or another Subsidiary), except in the ordinary
course and pursuant to the reasonable requirements of the Company's or such
Subsidiary's business and upon fair and reasonable terms no less favorable to
the Company or such Subsidiary than would be obtainable in a comparable
arm's-length transaction with a Person not an Affiliate.

10.2.   MERGER, CONSOLIDATION, ETC.

                  The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary
Guarantor to, consolidate with or merge with any Person or convey, transfer or
lease all or substantially all of its assets in a single transaction or series
of transactions to any Person except:

                  (a) a Subsidiary Guarantor may consolidate or merge with, or
         convey or transfer all or substantially all of its assets to:

                           (i) the Company (PROVIDED that the Company shall be
                  the continuing, surviving or acquiring corporation (the
                  "SURVIVING CORPORATION")) or a then-existing Wholly-Owned
                  Subsidiary; or

                           (ii)  any other Person PROVIDED that:

                                    (i) if such Subsidiary Guarantor is not the
                           surviving corporation, the surviving corporation
                           shall have:

                                            (A) executed and delivered to each
                                    holder of a Note its assumption of the due
                                    and punctual performance and observance of
                                    all obligations of such Subsidiary under its
                                    Subsidiary Guarantee, and

                                            (y) caused to be delivered to each
                                    holder of a Note an opinion of counsel
                                    reasonably satisfactory to the Required
                                    Holders to the effect that all agreements or
                                    instruments effecting such assumption are
                                    enforceable in accordance with their terms
                                    and comply with the terms of this Agreement
                                    and such Subsidiary Guarantee; and

                                    (B) in any case, immediately after giving
                           effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of
                           Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and

                  (b) the Company may consolidate or merge with any other
         corporation or convey or transfer all or substantially all of its
         assets to a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the
         United States or any State thereof (including the District of Columbia)
         or any member of the OECD (except Greece or Turkey), PROVIDED that:

                           (i) if the Company is not the surviving corporation,
the surviving corporation shall have:

                                    (A) executed and delivered to each holder of
                           a Note its assumption of the due and punctual
                           performance and observance of all obligations of the
                           Company under this Agreement and the Notes, and

                                    (B) caused to be delivered to each holder of
                           a Note an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory
                           to the Required Holders to the effect that all
                           agreements or instruments effecting such assumption
                           are enforceable in accordance with their terms and
                           comply with the terms of this Agreement; and

                           (ii) immediately after giving effect to such
                  transaction, no Default or Event of Default shall have
                  occurred and be continuing.

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No such conveyance, transfer or lease of substantially all of the assets of the
Company shall have the effect of releasing the Company or any successor
corporation that shall theretofore have become such in the manner prescribed in
this Section 10.2 from its liability under this Agreement or the Notes.

10.3.   LIMITATION ON CONSOLIDATED INDEBTEDNESS.

                  The Company will not, at any time, permit the Consolidated
Indebtedness to EBITDA Ratio to exceed 3.50 to 1.00, PROVIDED, however, that the
Consolidated Indebtedness to EBITDA Ratio may exceed 3.50 to 1.00 with respect
to a period or periods not in excess of three years on a cumulative basis during
the term of the Notes as a direct result of the Company or any Subsidiary
creating, assuming, incurring, guaranteeing or otherwise become liable in
respect of Acquisition Indebtedness so long as the Consolidated Indebtedness to
EBITDA Ratio shall not exceed 4.00 to 1.00 at any time.

10.4.   LIMITATION ON SUBSIDIARY INDEBTEDNESS.

                  The Company will not permit any Subsidiary to create, assume,
incur, guarantee or otherwise become liable in respect of any Indebtedness
except:

                  (a)  Indebtedness secured by Liens permitted by Section
         10.5(b) or (c);

                  (b) guarantees by any Subsidiary Guarantor (including the
         Subsidiary Guarantees) in respect of unsecured Indebtedness of the
         Company;

                  (c) in the case of any Person that after First Closing Date
         becomes a Subsidiary or is consolidated with or merged with or into a
         Subsidiary or sells, leases or otherwise disposes of all of its
         property to a Subsidiary, Indebtedness outstanding at the time such
         Person becomes a Subsidiary or is so consolidated or merged or effects
         such sale, lease or other disposition of property (and not created in
         anticipation thereof);

                  (d)  Indebtedness owing to the Company or a Wholly-Owned
         Subsidiary; and

                  (e) other Indebtedness, PROVIDED that immediately after giving
         effect thereto and to the application of the proceeds thereof the sum
         (without duplication) of:

                           (i) the aggregate unpaid principal amount of
                  Indebtedness (including Capital Lease Obligations) of the
                  Company secured by Liens permitted by Section 10.5(e); PLUS

                           (ii) the aggregate unpaid principal amount of
                  Indebtedness of all Subsidiaries (other than Indebtedness
                  permitted by clauses (a) through (d) above); PLUS

                           (iii) the aggregate Attributable Debt in connection
                  with all sale and leaseback transactions of the Company and
                  its Subsidiaries entered into after the First Closing Date in
                  accordance with Section 10.6(a),

         does not exceed 15% of Consolidated Capitalization.

10.5.   LIMITATION ON LIENS.

                  The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to,
create, assume, incur or suffer to exist any Lien upon or with respect to any
property or assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, securing any
Indebtedness, without making effective provision (pursuant to documentation in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Holders) whereby the
Notes shall be secured by such Lien equally and ratably with or prior to any and
all Indebtedness to be secured thereby, provided that nothing in this Section
10.5 shall prohibit:

                  (a) Liens in respect of property of the Company or a
         Subsidiary existing on the First Closing Date and identified in
         Schedule 5.15 and extensions, renewals and replacements of such Liens
         (including successive extensions, renewals and replacements), PROVIDED
         that the principal amount of Indebtedness (or the maximum

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         commitment therefor) secured by any such Lien is not increased and
         such Lien does not extend to or cover any property other than the
         property covered by such Lien on the First Closing Date;

                  (b) Liens in respect of property acquired or constructed by
         the Company or a Subsidiary after the First Closing Date that are
         created at the time of or within 180 days after acquisition or
         completion of construction of such property to secure Indebtedness
         assumed or incurred to finance all or any part of the purchase price or
         cost of construction of such property, PROVIDED that in any such case:

                           (i) no such Lien shall extend to or cover any other
                  property of the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may
                  be, and

                           (ii) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness
                  secured by all such Liens in respect of any such property
                  shall not exceed the cost of such property and any
                  improvements then being financed;

                  (c) Liens in respect of property acquired by the Company or a
         Subsidiary after the First Closing Date, existing on such property at
         the time of acquisition thereof (and not created in anticipation
         thereof), or, in the case of any Person that after the First Closing
         Date becomes a Subsidiary or is consolidated with or merged with or
         into the Company or a Subsidiary or sells, leases or otherwise disposes
         of all or substantially all of its property to the Company or a
         Subsidiary, Liens existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary
         or is so consolidated or merged or effects such sale, lease or other
         disposition of property (and not created in anticipation thereof),
         PROVIDED that in any such case no such Lien shall extend to or cover
         any other property of the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may
         be;

                  (d)  Liens securing Indebtedness owed by a Subsidiary to the
         Company or to a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary; and

                  (e) Liens that would otherwise not be permitted by clauses (a)
         through (d) above, securing additional Indebtedness of the Company or a
         Subsidiary, PROVIDED that after giving effect thereto and to the
         application of the proceeds of such Indebtedness, the sum (without
         duplication) of:

                           (i) the aggregate unpaid principal amount of
                  Indebtedness (including Capital Lease Obligations) of the
                  Company secured by Liens (other than Liens permitted by
                  clauses (a) through (d) above); PLUS

                           (ii) the aggregate unpaid principal amount of
                  Indebtedness of Subsidiaries (other than Indebtedness
                  permitted by Section 10.4(a), (b), (c) or (d)); PLUS

                           (iii) the aggregate Attributable Debt in connection
                  with all sale and leaseback transactions of the Company and
                  its Subsidiaries entered into after the First Closing Date in
                  accordance with the provisions of Section 10.6(a),

         does not exceed 15% of Consolidated Capitalization.

10.6.   LIMITATION ON SALE AND LEASEBACK TRANSACTIONS.

                  The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to,
sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of (collectively, a "TRANSFER") any asset on
terms whereby the asset or a substantially similar asset is or will be leased or
reacquired by the Company or any Subsidiary over a period in excess of three
years, unless either:

                  (a) after giving effect to such transaction and the incurrence
         of Attributable Debt in respect thereof and to the application of the
         proceeds of such Attributable Debt, the sum (without duplication) of:

                           (i) the aggregate unpaid principal amount of
                  Indebtedness (including Capital Lease Obligations) of the
                  Company secured by Liens permitted by Section 10.5(e); PLUS

                           (ii) the aggregate unpaid principal amount of
                  Indebtedness of Subsidiaries (other than Indebtedness
                  permitted by Section 10.4(a), (b), (c) or (d)); PLUS

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                           (iii) the aggregate Attributable Debt in connection
                  with all sale and leaseback transactions of the Company and
                  its Subsidiaries entered into after the First Closing Date in
                  accordance with the provisions of this clause (a),

        does not exceed 15% of Consolidated Capitalization; or

                  (b) the net proceeds realized from such transfer are applied
         within 180 days after the receipt thereof to (x) the reinvestment in
         similar categories of property or assets for use in the business of the
         Company and its Subsidiaries or (y) the repayment of unsubordinated
         Funded Indebtedness of the Company or a Subsidiary, PROVIDED that in
         connection with any such repayment of Funded Indebtedness the Company
         shall offer to apply a PRO RATA portion of such net proceeds to the
         purchase of the Notes pursuant to Section 8.6 at a price of not less
         than 100% of the principal amount of the Notes so to be purchased
         together with accrued interest thereon to the purchase date, such PRO
         RATA portion of such net proceeds to be calculated by multiplying (A)
         the aggregate amount of such net proceeds by (B) a fraction, the
         numerator of which is the aggregate principal amount of the Notes then
         outstanding and the denominator of which is the aggregate unpaid
         principal amount of all Funded Indebtedness (including the Notes) all
         or a portion of which is so to be repaid.

10.7.   MAINTENANCE OF NET WORTH.

                  The Company will not at any time permit Consolidated Net Worth
to be less than the sum of (a) $197,000,000 PLUS (b) an amount equal to 35% of
Consolidated Net Income for (i) the fiscal quarter of the Company ended June 30,
2000 and (ii) each completed fiscal year of the Company ending on or after June
29, 2001 (but only if Consolidated Net Income for such fiscal quarter or year is
a positive number).

11.  EVENTS OF DEFAULT.

                  An "EVENT OF DEFAULT" shall exist if any of the following
conditions or events shall occur and be continuing:

                  (a) the Company defaults in the payment of any principal or
         Make-Whole Amount, if any, on any Note when the same becomes due and
         payable, whether at maturity or at a date fixed for prepayment or by
         declaration or otherwise; or

                  (b) the Company defaults in the payment of any interest on any
         Note for more than five Business Days after the same becomes due and
         payable; or

                  (c) the Company defaults in the performance of or compliance
         with any term contained in Sections 10.2 through 10.6, inclusive; or

                  (d) the Company defaults in the performance of or compliance
         with any term contained herein (other than those referred to in
         paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Section 11) and (in the case of any
         default arising under Section 10.7, so long as the Company is
         proceeding diligently and in good faith to remedy such default (by
         issuing securities or otherwise) during such 30-day period) such
         default is not remedied within 30 days after the earlier of (i) a
         Responsible Officer obtaining actual knowledge of such default and (ii)
         the Company receiving written notice of such default from any holder of
         a Note (any such written notice to be identified as a "notice of
         default" and to refer specifically to this paragraph (d) of Section
         11); or

                  (e) any representation or warranty made in writing by or on
         behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor or by any officer of
         the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor in this Agreement or any
         Subsidiary Guarantee or in any writing furnished in connection with the
         transactions contemplated hereby proves to have been false or incorrect
         in any material respect on the date as of which made; or

                  (f) (i) the Company or any Subsidiary is in default (as
         principal or as guarantor or other surety) in the payment of any
         principal of or premium or make-whole amount or interest on any
         Indebtedness that is outstanding in an aggregate principal amount of at
         least $10,000,000 beyond any period of grace provided with respect
         thereto, or (ii) the Company or any Subsidiary is in default in the
         performance of or compliance with any term of any evidence of any
         Indebtedness in an aggregate outstanding principal amount of at least
         $10,000,000 or of any mortgage, indenture or other agreement relating
         thereto or any other condition exists, and as a consequence of such
         default or condition such

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         Indebtedness has become, or has been declared (or one or more
         Persons are entitled to declare such Indebtedness to be), due and
         payable before its stated maturity or before its regularly scheduled
         dates of payment, or (iii) as a consequence of the occurrence or
         continuation of any event or condition (other than the passage of
         time or the right of the holder of Indebtedness to convert such
         Indebtedness into equity interests), (x) the Company or any
         Subsidiary has become obligated to purchase or repay Indebtedness
         before its regular maturity or before its regularly scheduled dates
         of payment in an aggregate outstanding principal amount of at least
         $10,000,000, or (y) one or more Persons have the right to require
         the Company or any Subsidiary so to purchase or repay such
         Indebtedness; or

                  (g) the Company or any Subsidiary (i) is generally not paying,
         or admits in writing its inability to pay, its debts as they become
         due, (ii) files, or consents by answer or otherwise to the filing
         against it of, a petition for relief or reorganization or arrangement
         or any other petition in bankruptcy, for liquidation or to take
         advantage of any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or
         other similar law of any jurisdiction, (iii) makes an assignment for
         the benefit of its creditors, (iv) consents to the appointment of a
         custodian, receiver, trustee or other officer with similar powers with
         respect to it or with respect to any substantial part of its property,
         (v) is adjudicated as insolvent or to be liquidated, or (vi) takes
         corporate action for the purpose of any of the foregoing; or

                  (h) a court or governmental authority of competent
         jurisdiction enters an order appointing, without consent by the Company
         or any of its Subsidiaries, a custodian, receiver, trustee or other
         officer with similar powers with respect to it or with respect to any
         substantial part of its property, or constituting an order for relief
         or approving a petition for relief or reorganization or any other
         petition in bankruptcy or for liquidation or to take advantage of any
         bankruptcy or insolvency law of any jurisdiction, or ordering the
         dissolution, winding-up or liquidation of the Company or any of its
         Subsidiaries, or any such petition shall be filed against the Company
         or any of its Subsidiaries and such petition shall not be dismissed
         within 60 days; or

                  (i) a final judgment or judgments for the payment of money
         aggregating in excess of $10,000,000 are rendered against one or more
         of the Company and its Subsidiaries and which judgments are not, within
         60 days after entry thereof, bonded, discharged or stayed pending
         appeal, or are not discharged within 60 days after the expiration of
         such stay; or

                  (j) if (i) any Plan shall fail to satisfy the minimum funding
         standards of ERISA or the Code for any plan year or part thereof or a
         waiver of such standards or extension of any amortization period is
         sought or granted under section 412 of the Code, (ii) a notice of
         intent to terminate any Plan shall have been or is reasonably expected
         to be filed with the PBGC or the PBGC shall have instituted proceedings
         under ERISA section 4042 to terminate or appoint a trustee to
         administer any Plan or the PBGC shall have notified the Company or any
         ERISA Affiliate that a Plan may become a subject of any such
         proceedings, (iii) the aggregate "amount of unfunded benefit
         liabilities" (within the meaning of section 4001(a)(18) of ERISA) under
         all Plans, determined in accordance with Title IV of ERISA, shall
         exceed $10,000,000, (iv) the Company or any ERISA Affiliate shall have
         incurred or is reasonably expected to incur any liability pursuant to
         Title I or IV of ERISA or the penalty or excise tax provisions of the
         Code relating to employee benefit plans, (v) the Company or any ERISA
         Affiliate withdraws from any Multiemployer Plan, or (vi) the Company or
         any Subsidiary establishes or amends any employee welfare benefit plan
         that provides post-employment welfare benefits in a manner that would
         increase the liability of the Company or any Subsidiary thereunder; and
         any such event or events described in clauses (i) through (vi) above,
         either individually or together with any other such event or events,
         could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or

                  (k) any Subsidiary Guarantee shall cease to be in full force
         and effect (other than as contemplated by Section 9.6(b)) or any
         Subsidiary Guarantor or any Person acting on behalf of any Subsidiary
         Guarantor shall contest in any manner the validity, binding nature or
         enforceability of any Subsidiary Guarantee.

As used in Section 11(j), the terms "EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN" and "EMPLOYEE
WELFARE BENEFIT PLAN" shall have the respective meanings assigned to such terms
in Section 3 of ERISA.

12.  REMEDIES ON DEFAULT, ETC.

12.1.   ACCELERATION.

                  (a) If an Event of Default with respect to the Company
described in paragraph (g) or (h) of Section 11 (other than an Event of Default
described in clause (i) of paragraph (g) or described in clause (vi) of
paragraph (g) by virtue of the fact

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that such clause encompasses clause (i) of paragraph (g)) has occurred, all
the Notes then outstanding shall automatically become immediately due and
payable.

                  (b) If any other Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, the Required Holders may at any time at its or their option, by
notice or notices to the Company, declare all the Notes then outstanding to be
immediately due and payable.

                  (c) If any Event of Default described in paragraph (a) or (b)
of Section 11 has occurred and is continuing, any holder or holders of Notes at
the time outstanding affected by such Event of Default may at any time, at its
or their option, by notice or notices to the Company, declare all the Notes held
by it or them to be immediately due and payable.

                  Upon any Notes becoming due and payable under this Section
12.1, whether automatically or by declaration, such Notes will forthwith mature
and the entire unpaid principal amount of such Notes, plus (X) all accrued and
unpaid interest thereon and (Y) the Make-Whole Amount determined in respect of
such principal amount (to the full extent permitted by applicable law), shall
all be immediately due and payable, in each and every case without presentment,
demand, protest or further notice, all of which are hereby waived. The Company
acknowledges, and the parties hereto agree, that each holder of a Note has the
right to maintain its investment in the Notes free from repayment by the Company
(except as herein specifically provided for) and that the provision for payment
of a Make-Whole Amount by the Company in the event that the Notes are prepaid or
are accelerated as a result of an Event of Default, is intended to provide
compensation for the deprivation of such right under such circumstances.

12.2.   OTHER REMEDIES.

                  If any Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, and irrespective of whether any Notes have become or have been
declared immediately due and payable under Section 12.1, the holder of any Note
at the time outstanding may proceed to protect and enforce the rights of such
holder by an action at law, suit in equity or other appropriate proceeding,
whether for the specific performance of any agreement contained herein or in any
Note, or for an injunction against a violation of any of the terms hereof or
thereof, or in aid of the exercise of any power granted hereby or thereby or by
law or otherwise.

12.3.   RESCISSION.

                  At any time after any Notes have been declared due and payable
pursuant to paragraph (b) or (c) of Section 12.1, the Required Holders, by
written notice to the Company, may rescind and annul any such declaration and
its consequences if (a) the Company has paid all overdue interest on the Notes,
all principal of and Make-Whole Amount, if any, on any Notes that are due and
payable and are unpaid other than by reason of such declaration, and all
interest on such overdue principal and Make-Whole Amount, if any, and (to the
extent permitted by applicable law) any overdue interest in respect of the
Notes, at the Default Rate, (b) all Events of Default and Defaults, other than
non-payment of amounts that have become due solely by reason of such
declaration, have been cured or have been waived pursuant to Section 17, and (c)
no judgment or decree has been entered for the payment of any monies due
pursuant hereto or to the Notes. No rescission and annulment under this Section
12.3 will extend to or affect any subsequent Event of Default or Default or
impair any right consequent thereon.

12.4.   NO WAIVERS OR ELECTION OF REMEDIES, EXPENSES, ETC.

                  No course of dealing and no delay on the part of any holder of
any Note in exercising any right, power or remedy shall operate as a waiver
thereof or otherwise prejudice such holder's rights, powers or remedies. No
right, power or remedy conferred by this Agreement, by any Note upon any holder
thereof or by any Subsidiary Guarantee shall be exclusive of any other right,
power or remedy referred to herein or therein or now or hereafter available at
law, in equity, by statute or otherwise. Without limiting the obligations of the
Company under Section 15, the Company will pay to the holder of each Note on
demand such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover all costs and
expenses of such holder incurred in any enforcement or collection under this
Section 12, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees, expenses
and disbursements.

13.  REGISTRATION; EXCHANGE; SUBSTITUTION OF NOTES.

13.1.   REGISTRATION OF NOTES.

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                  The Company shall keep at its principal executive office a
register for the registration and registration of transfers of Notes. The name
and address of each holder of one or more Notes, each transfer thereof and the
name and address of each transferee of one or more Notes shall be registered in
such register. Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer, the Person
in whose name any Note shall be registered shall be deemed and treated as the
owner and holder thereof for all purposes hereof, and the Company shall not be
affected by any notice or knowledge to the contrary. The Company shall give to
any holder of a Note that is an Institutional Investor promptly upon request
therefor, a complete and correct copy of the names and addresses of all
registered holders of Notes.

13.2.   TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE OF NOTES.

                  Upon surrender of any Note at the principal executive office
of the Company for registration of transfer or exchange (and in the case of a
surrender for registration of transfer, duly endorsed or accompanied by a
written instrument of transfer duly executed by the registered holder of such
Note or his attorney duly authorized in writing and accompanied by the address
for notices of each transferee of such Note or part thereof), the Company shall
execute and deliver, at the Company's expense (except as provided below), one or
more new Notes (as requested by the holder thereof) in exchange therefor, in an
aggregate principal amount equal to the unpaid principal amount of the
surrendered Note. Each such new Note shall be payable to such Person as such
holder may request and shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit 1. Each
such new Note shall be dated and bear interest from the date to which interest
shall have been paid on the surrendered Note or dated the date of the
surrendered Note if no interest shall have been paid thereon. The Company may
require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any stamp tax or governmental
charge imposed in respect of any such transfer of Notes. Notes shall not be
transferred in denominations of less than $100,000, PROVIDED that if necessary
to enable the registration of transfer by a holder of its entire holding of
Notes, one Note may be in a denomination of less than $100,000. Any transferee,
by its acceptance of a Note registered in its name (or the name of its nominee),
shall be deemed to have made the representation set forth in Section 6.2.

13.3.   REPLACEMENT OF NOTES.

                  Upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably
satisfactory to it of the ownership of and the loss, theft, destruction or
mutilation of any Note (which evidence shall be, in the case of an Institutional
Investor, notice from such Institutional Investor of such ownership and such
loss, theft, destruction or mutilation), and

                  (a) in the case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity
         reasonably satisfactory to it (PROVIDED that if the holder of such Note
         is, or is a nominee for, an original Purchaser or another holder of a
         Note with a minimum net worth of at least $10,000,000 in excess of the
         outstanding principal amount of such Note, such Person's own unsecured
         agreement of indemnity shall be deemed to be satisfactory), or

                  (b) in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation
         thereof,

the Company at its own expense shall execute and deliver, in lieu thereof, a new
Note, dated and bearing interest from the date to which interest shall have been
paid on such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Note or dated the date of such
lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Note if no interest shall have been paid
thereon.

14.  PAYMENTS ON NOTES.

14.1.   PLACE OF PAYMENT.

                  Subject to Section 14.2, payments of principal, Make-Whole
Amount, if any, and interest becoming due and payable on the Notes shall be made
in New York, New York at the principal office of The Bank of New York in such
jurisdiction. The Company may at any time, by notice to each holder of a Note,
change the place of payment of the Notes so long as such place of payment shall
be either the principal office of the Company in such jurisdiction or the
principal office of a bank or trust company in such jurisdiction.

14.2.   HOME OFFICE PAYMENT.

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                  So long as you or your nominee shall be the holder of any
Note, and notwithstanding anything contained in Section 14.1 or in such Note to
the contrary, the Company will pay all sums becoming due on such Note for
principal, Make-Whole Amount, if any, and interest by the method and at the
address specified for such purpose below your name in Schedule A, or by such
other method or at such other address as you shall have from time to time
specified to the Company in writing for such purpose, without the presentation
or surrender of such Note or the making of any notation thereon, except that
upon written request of the Company made concurrently with or reasonably
promptly after payment or prepayment in full of any Note, you shall surrender
such Note for cancellation, reasonably promptly after any such request, to the
Company at its principal executive office or at the place of payment most
recently designated by the Company pursuant to Section 14.1. Prior to any sale
or other disposition of any Note held by you or your nominee you will, at your
election, either endorse thereon the amount of principal paid thereon and the
last date to which interest has been paid thereon or surrender such Note to the
Company in exchange for a new Note or Notes pursuant to Section 13.2. The
Company will afford the benefits of this Section 14.2 to any Institutional
Investor that is the direct or indirect transferee of any Note purchased by you
under this Agreement and that has made the same agreement relating to such Note
as you have made in this Section 14.2.

15.  EXPENSES, ETC.

15.1.   TRANSACTION EXPENSES.

                  Whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are
consummated, the Company will pay all reasonable costs and expenses (including
reasonable attorneys' fees of a special counsel and, if reasonably required,
local or other counsel) incurred by you and each Other Purchaser or holder of a
Note in connection with such transactions and in connection with any amendments,
waivers or consents under or in respect of this Agreement or the Notes (whether
or not such amendment, waiver or consent becomes effective), including, without
limitation: (a) the reasonable costs and expenses incurred in enforcing or
defending (or determining whether or how to enforce or defend) any rights under
this Agreement, the Notes or any Subsidiary Guarantee or in responding to any
subpoena or other legal process or informal investigative demand issued in
connection with this Agreement, the Notes or any Subsidiary Guarantee, or by
reason of being a holder of any Note, and (b) the reasonable costs and expenses,
including financial advisors' fees, incurred in connection with the insolvency
or bankruptcy of the Company or any Subsidiary or in connection with any
work-out or restructuring of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the
Notes. The Company will pay, and will save you and each other holder of a Note
harmless from, all claims in respect of any fees, costs or expenses if any, of
brokers and finders (other than those retained by you).

15.2.   SURVIVAL.

                  The obligations of the Company under this Section 15 will
survive the payment or transfer of any Note, the enforcement, amendment or
waiver of any provision of this Agreement or the Notes, and the termination of
this Agreement.

16. SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; ENTIRE AGREEMENT.

                  All representations and warranties contained herein shall
survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Notes, the purchase
or transfer by you of any Note or portion thereof or interest therein and the
payment of any Note, and may be relied upon by any subsequent holder of a Note,
regardless of any investigation made at any time by or on behalf of you or any
other holder of a Note. All statements contained in any certificate or other
instrument delivered by or on behalf of the Company pursuant to this Agreement
shall be deemed representations and warranties of the Company under this
Agreement. Subject to the preceding sentence, this Agreement and the Notes
embody the entire agreement and understanding between you and the Company and
supersede all prior agreements and understandings relating to the subject matter
hereof.

17.  AMENDMENT AND WAIVER.

17.1.   REQUIREMENTS.

                  This Agreement and the Notes may be amended, and the
observance of any term hereof or of the Notes may be waived (either
retroactively or prospectively), with (and only with) the written consent of the
Company and the Required Holders, except that (a) no amendment or waiver of any
of the provisions of Section 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 21 hereof, or any defined term
(as it is used therein), will be effective as to you unless consented to by you
in writing, and (b) no such amendment or waiver may, without the written consent
of the holder of each Note at the time outstanding affected thereby, (i) subject
to the

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provisions of Section 12 relating to acceleration or rescission, change the
amount or time of any prepayment or payment of principal of, or change the
rate or the time of payment or method of computation of interest or of the
Make-Whole Amount on, the Notes, (ii) change the percentage of the principal
amount of the Notes the holders of which are required to consent to any such
amendment or waiver, or (iii) amend any of Sections 8, 11(a), 11(b), 12, 17
or 20.

17.2.   SOLICITATION OF HOLDERS OF NOTES.

                  (a) SOLICITATION. The Company will provide each holder of the
Notes (irrespective of the amount of Notes then owned by it) with sufficient
information, sufficiently far in advance of the date a decision is required, to
enable such holder to make an informed and considered decision with respect to
any proposed amendment, waiver or consent in respect of any of the provisions
hereof or of the Notes. The Company will deliver executed or true and correct
copies of each amendment, waiver or consent effected pursuant to the provisions
of this Section 17 to each holder of outstanding Notes promptly following the
date on which it is executed and delivered by, or receives the consent or
approval of, the requisite holders of Notes.

                  (b) PAYMENT. The Company will not directly or indirectly pay
or cause to be paid any remuneration, whether by way of supplemental or
additional interest, fee or otherwise, or grant any security, to any holder of
Notes as consideration for or as an inducement to the entering into by any
holder of Notes of any waiver or amendment of any of the terms and provisions
hereof unless such remuneration is concurrently paid, or security is
concurrently granted, on the same terms, ratably to each holder of Notes then
outstanding even if such holder did not consent to such waiver or amendment.

17.3.   BINDING EFFECT, ETC.

                  Any amendment or waiver consented to as provided in this
Section 17 applies equally to all holders of Notes and is binding upon them and
upon each future holder of any Note and upon the Company without regard to
whether such Note has been marked to indicate such amendment or waiver. No such
amendment or waiver will extend to or affect any obligation, covenant,
agreement, Default or Event of Default not expressly amended or waived or impair
any right consequent thereon. No course of dealing between the Company and the
holder of any Note nor any delay in exercising any rights hereunder or under any
Note shall operate as a waiver of any rights of any holder of such Note. As used
herein, the term "THIS AGREEMENT" and references thereto shall mean this
Agreement as it may from time to time be amended or supplemented.

17.4.   NOTES HELD BY COMPANY, ETC.

                  Solely for the purpose of determining whether the holders of
the requisite percentage of the aggregate principal amount of Notes then
outstanding approved or consented to any amendment, waiver or consent to be
given under this Agreement or the Notes, or have directed the taking of any
action provided herein or in the Notes to be taken upon the direction of the
holders of a specified percentage of the aggregate principal amount of Notes
then outstanding, Notes directly or indirectly owned by the Company or any of
its Affiliates shall be deemed not to be outstanding.

18.  NOTICES.

                  All notices and communications provided for hereunder shall
be in writing and sent (a) by telecopy if the sender on the same day sends a
confirming copy of such notice by a recognized overnight delivery service
(charges prepaid), or (b) by registered or certified mail with return receipt
requested (postage prepaid), or (c) by a recognized overnight delivery
service (with charges prepaid). Any such notice must be sent:

                  (i) if to you or your nominee, to you or it at the address
         specified for such communications in Schedule A, or at such other
         address as you or it shall have specified to the Company in writing,

                  (ii) if to any other holder of any Note, to such holder at
         such address as such other holder shall have specified to the Company
         in writing, or

                  (iii) if to the Company, to the Company at its address set
         forth at the beginning hereof to the attention of Treasurer, or at such
         other address as the Company shall have specified to the holder of each
         Note in writing.

Notices under this Section 18 will be deemed given only when actually received.

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19.  REPRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS.

                  This Agreement and all documents relating thereto,
including, without limitation, (a) consents, waivers and modifications that
may hereafter be executed, (b) documents received by you at the Closing
(except the Notes themselves), and (c) financial statements, certificates and
other information previously or hereafter furnished to you, may be reproduced
by you by any photographic, photostatic, microfilm, microcard, miniature
photographic or other similar process and you may destroy any original
document so reproduced. The Company agrees and stipulates that, to the extent
permitted by applicable law, any such reproduction shall be admissible in
evidence as the original itself in any judicial or administrative proceeding
(whether or not the original is in existence and whether or not such
reproduction was made by you in the regular course of business) and any
enlargement, facsimile or further reproduction of such reproduction shall
likewise be admissible in evidence. This Section 19 shall not prohibit the
Company or any other holder of Notes from contesting any such reproduction to
the same extent that it could contest the original, or from introducing
evidence to demonstrate the inaccuracy of any such reproduction.

20.  CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.

                  For the purposes of this Section 20, "CONFIDENTIAL
INFORMATION" means information delivered to you by or on behalf of the Company
or any Subsidiary in connection with the transactions contemplated by or
otherwise pursuant to this Agreement that is proprietary in nature and that
was clearly marked or labeled or otherwise adequately identified when received
by you as being confidential information of the Company or such Subsidiary,
PROVIDED that such term does not include information that (a) was publicly
known or otherwise known to you prior to the time of such disclosure, (b)
subsequently becomes publicly known through no act or omission by you or any
person acting on your behalf, (c) otherwise becomes known to you other than
through disclosure by the Company or any Subsidiary or (d) constitutes
financial statements delivered to you under Section 7.1 that are otherwise
publicly available. You will maintain the confidentiality of such Confidential
Information in accordance with procedures adopted by you in good faith to
protect confidential information of third parties delivered to you, PROVIDED
that you may deliver or disclose Confidential Information to (i) your
directors, officers, employees, agents, attorneys and affiliates (to the
extent such disclosure reasonably relates to the administration of the
investment represented by your Notes), (ii) your financial advisors and other
professional advisors who agree to hold confidential the Confidential
Information substantially in accordance with the terms of this Section 20,
(iii) any other holder of any Note, (iv) any Institutional Investor to which
you sell or offer to sell such Note or any part thereof or any participation
therein (if such Person has agreed in writing prior to its receipt of such
Confidential Information to be bound by the provisions of this Section 20),
(v) any Person from which you offer to purchase any security of the Company
(if such Person has agreed in writing prior to its receipt of such
Confidential Information to be bound by the provisions of this Section 20),
(vi) any federal or state regulatory authority having jurisdiction over you,
(vii) the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or any similar
organization, or any nationally recognized rating agency that requires access
to information about your investment portfolio or (viii) any other Person to
which such delivery or disclosure may be necessary or appropriate (w) to
effect compliance with any law, rule, regulation or order applicable to you,
(x) in response to any subpoena or other legal process, (y) in connection with
any litigation to which you are a party or (z) if an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, to the extent you may reasonably determine such
delivery and disclosure to be necessary or appropriate in the enforcement or
for the protection of the rights and remedies under your Notes or this
Agreement. Each holder of a Note, by its acceptance of a Note, will be deemed
to have agreed to be bound by and to be entitled to the benefits of this
Section 20 as though it were a party to this Agreement. On reasonable request
by the Company in connection with the delivery to any holder of a Note of
information required to be delivered to such holder under this Agreement or
requested by such holder (other than a holder that is a party to this
Agreement or its nominee), such holder will enter into an agreement with the
Company embodying the provisions of this Section 20.

21.  SUBSTITUTION OF PURCHASER.

                  You shall have the right to substitute any one of your
Affiliates as the purchaser of the Notes that you have agreed to purchase
hereunder, by written notice to the Company, which notice shall be signed by
both you and such Affiliate, shall contain such Affiliate's agreement to be
bound by this Agreement and shall contain a confirmation by such Affiliate of
the accuracy with respect to it of the representations set forth in Section 6.
Upon receipt of such notice, wherever the word "you" is used in this Agreement
(other than in this Section 21), such word shall be deemed to refer to such
Affiliate in lieu of you. In the event that such Affiliate is so substituted
as a purchaser hereunder and such Affiliate thereafter transfers to you all of
the Notes then held by such Affiliate, upon receipt by the Company of notice
of such transfer, wherever the word "you" is used in this Agreement (other
than in this Section 21), such word shall no longer be deemed to refer to such
Affiliate, but shall refer to you, and you shall have all the rights of an
original holder of the Notes under this Agreement.

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22.  MISCELLANEOUS.

22.1.   SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS.

                  All covenants and other agreements contained in this
Agreement by or on behalf of any of the parties hereto bind and inure to the
benefit of their respective successors and assigns (including, without
limitation, any subsequent holder of a Note) whether so expressed or not.

22.2.   PAYMENTS DUE ON NON-BUSINESS DAYS.

                  Anything in this Agreement or the Notes to the contrary
notwithstanding, any payment of principal of or Make-whole Amount or interest
on any Note that is due on a date other than a Business Day shall be made on
the next succeeding Business Day without including the additional days elapsed
in the computation of the interest payable on such next succeeding Business
Day.

22.3.   SEVERABILITY.

                  Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be
ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without
invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or
unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall (to the full extent permitted by
law) not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other
jurisdiction.

22.4.   CONSTRUCTION.

                  Each covenant contained herein shall be construed (absent
express provision to the contrary) as being independent of each other covenant
contained herein, so that compliance with any one covenant shall not (absent
such an express contrary provision) be deemed to excuse compliance with any
other covenant. Where any provision herein refers to action to be taken by any
Person, or which such Person is prohibited from taking, such provision shall
be applicable whether such action is taken directly or indirectly by such
Person.

22.5.   COUNTERPARTS.

                  This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be an original but all of which together
shall constitute one instrument. Each counterpart may consist of a number of
copies hereof, each signed by less than all, but together signed by all, of
the parties hereto.

22.6.   GOVERNING LAW.

                  This Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance
with, and the rights of the parties shall be governed by, the law of the State
of New York excluding choice-of-law principles of the law of such State that
would require the application of the laws of a jurisdiction other than such
State.

                                    * * * * *

                                                                             26

<PAGE>

                  If you are in agreement with the foregoing, please sign the
form of agreement on the accompanying counterpart of this Agreement and return
it to the Company, whereupon the foregoing shall become a binding agreement
between you and the Company.

                                        Very truly yours,

                                        G&K SERVICES, INC.

                                        By  /s/ Jeffrey L. Wright
                                          ----------------------------------
                                          Title: Chief Financial Officer

The foregoing is hereby
agreed to as of the
date thereof.

THE NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE
 INSURANCE COMPANY

By:   /s/ J. Lueken
    -------------------------------------
         Its Authorized Representative

THE NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE
 INSURANCE COMPANY for its Group
 Annuity Separate Account

By:   /s/ J. Lueken
    -------------------------------------
         Its Authorized Representative

MINNESOTA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

By:      Advantus Capital Management, Inc.

         By:      /s/ Marilyn Froelich
                -------------------------
           Title: Vice President

AMERICAN REPUBLIC INSURANCE COMPANY

By:      Advantus Capital Management, Inc.

         By:      /s/ Loren Haugland
                -------------------------
           Title: Vice President

NATIONAL TRAVELERS LIFE COMPANY

By:      Advantus Capital Management, Inc.

         By:      /s/ Loren Haugland
                -------------------------
           Title: Vice President

                                                                             27

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MTL INSURANCE COMPANY

By:      Advantus Capital Management, Inc.

         By:      /s/ Loren Haugland
                -------------------------
           Title: Vice President

GREAT WESTERN INSURANCE COMPANY

By:      Advantus Capital Management, Inc.

         By:      /s/ Loren Haugland
                -------------------------
           Title: Vice President

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                             SCHEDULE A
                       INFORMATION RELATING TO PURCHASERS                                                    ----------

                                                                               Principal Amount of
Name and Address of Purchaser                                                 Notes to be Purchased
-----------------------------                                                 ---------------------
<S>                                                  <C>                 <C>                     <C>

THE NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL                              First Closing       Second Closing          Third Closing
  LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY                             -------------       --------------          -------------
                                                     $13,200,000         $9,900,000              $9,900,000
</TABLE>

<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                               Principal Amount of
Name and Address of Purchaser                                                 Notes to be Purchased
-----------------------------                                                 ---------------------
<S>                                                  <C>                 <C>                     <C>

THE NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL                              First Closing       Second Closing          Third Closing
  LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY                             -------------       --------------          -------------
  For Its Group Annuity Separate Account             $800,000            $600,000                $600,000

</TABLE>

                                                                              2

<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                               Principal Amount of
Name and Address of Purchaser                                                 Notes to be Purchased
-----------------------------                                                 ---------------------
<S>                                                  <C>                 <C>                     <C>

MINNESOTA LIFE INSURANCE                             First Closing       Second Closing          Third Closing
  COMPANY                                            -------------       --------------          -------------
                                                     $3,600,000          $2,700,000              $2,700,000

</TABLE>

                                                                              3
<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                     Principal Amount of
Name and Address of Purchaser                                       Notes to be Purchased
-----------------------------                                       ---------------------
<S>                                             <C>             <C>              <C>
                                                First Closing   Second Closing   Third Closing
                                                -------------   --------------   -------------
AMERICAN REPUBLIC INSURANCE COMPANY             $800,000        $600,000         $600,000
(Notes to be registered in the name of
  "EMSEG & Co.")

</TABLE>

                                                                            4
<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                     Principal Amount of
Name and Address of Purchaser                                       Notes to be Purchased
-----------------------------                                       ---------------------
<S>                                             <C>             <C>              <C>
                                                First Closing   Second Closing   Third Closing
                                                -------------   --------------   -------------
NATIONAL TRAVELERS LIFE COMPANY                 $400,000        $300,000         $300,000
(Notes to be registered in the name of
  "Var & Co.")

</TABLE>

                                                                            5
<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                     Principal Amount of
Name and Address of Purchaser                                       Notes to be Purchased
-----------------------------                                       ---------------------
<S>                                             <C>             <C>              <C>
                                                First Closing   Second Closing   Third Closing
                                                -------------   --------------   -------------
MTL INSURANCE COMPANY                           $800,000        $600,000         $600,000
(Notes to be registered in the name of
  "ELL & Co.")

</TABLE>

                                                                            6
<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                     Principal Amount of
Name and Address of Purchaser                                       Notes to be Purchased
-----------------------------                                       ---------------------
<S>                                             <C>             <C>              <C>
                                                First Closing   Second Closing   Third Closing
                                                -------------   --------------   -------------
GREAT WESTERN INSURANCE COMPANY                 $400,000        $300,000         $300,000
(Notes to be registered in the name of
  "Merrill Lynch for Great Western Insurance
    Company")

</TABLE>

                                                                            7
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                                                                     SCHEDULE B

                                  DEFINED TERMS

                  As used herein, the following terms have the respective
meanings set forth below or set forth in the Section hereof following such
term:

                  "AFFILIATE" means, at any time, and with respect to any
Person, (a) any other Person that at such time directly or indirectly through
one or more intermediaries Controls, or is Controlled by, or is under common
Control with, such first Person, and (b) any Person beneficially owning or
holding, directly or indirectly, 10% or more of any class of voting or equity
interests of the Company or any Subsidiary or any corporation of which the
Company and its Subsidiaries beneficially own or hold, in the aggregate,
directly or indirectly, 10% or more of any class of voting or equity
interests. As used in this definition, "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 the ownership of voting
securities, by contract or otherwise. Unless the context otherwise clearly
requires, any reference to an "Affiliate" is a reference to an Affiliate of
the Company.

                  "ATTRIBUTABLE DEBT" means, as to any particular lease
relating to a sale and leaseback transaction occurring after the First Closing
Date, the total amount of rent (discounted semiannually from the respective
due dates thereof at the interest rate implicit in such lease) required to be
paid by the lessee under such lease during the remaining term thereof.

                  "ACQUISITION INDEBTEDNESS" means Indebtedness incurred in
connection with the acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of any Person
or line of business (in compliance with Section 9.7).

                  "BUSINESS DAY" means (a) for the purposes of Section 8.7
only, any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which commercial
banks in New York City are required or authorized to be closed, and (b) for
the purposes of any other provision of this Agreement, any day other than a
Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which commercial banks in New York City or
Minneapolis, Minnesota are required or authorized to be closed.

                  "CAPITAL LEASE" means, at any time, a lease with respect to
which the lessee is required concurrently to recognize the acquisition of an
asset and the incurrence of a liability in accordance with GAAP.

                  "CAPITAL LEASE OBLIGATIONS" means, with respect to any
Person, all outstanding obligations of such Person in respect of Capital
Leases, taken at the capitalized amount thereof, accounted for as indebtedness
in accordance with GAAP.

                  "CLOSING" is defined in Section 3.

                  "CODE" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder from
time to time.

                  "COMPANY" means G&K Services, Inc., a Minnesota corporation,
or any successor thereto that shall have become such in the manner prescribed
in Section 10.2.

                  "CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION"  is defined in Section 20.

                  "CONSOLIDATED CAPITALIZATION" means, at any date, the sum of
(a) Consolidated Indebtedness plus (b) Consolidated Net Worth plus (c)
deferred taxes, all as determined as of such date on a consolidated basis for
the Company and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP.

                  "CONSOLIDATED INDEBTEDNESS" means, at any date, all
Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries determined as of such date on
a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

                  "CONSOLIDATED INDEBTEDNESS TO EBITDA RATIO" means, at any
date, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Indebtedness as at such date to (b) EBITDA
for the four consecutive fiscal quarters then most recently ended determined
on

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a pro forma basis (i.e., giving effect to acquisitions and dispositions
occurring during such four-quarter period as of the beginning of such period).

                  "CONSOLIDATED INTEREST EXPENSE" means, for any period, the
sum for the Company and its Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis
in accordance with GAAP, of all amounts which would be deducted in computing
Consolidated Net Income for such period on account of interest on Indebtedness
(including imputed interest in respect of Capital Lease Obligations and
amortization of debt discount and expense).

                  "CONSOLIDATED NET INCOME" means, for any period, the net
income of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, excluding:

                  (a)  the proceeds of any life insurance policy,

                  (b) any gains arising from (i) the sale or other disposition
         of any assets (other than current assets) to the extent that the
         aggregate amount of the gains during such period from the sale or other
         disposition of assets (other than current assets) exceeds the aggregate
         amount of the losses during such period from the sale, abandonment or
         other disposition of assets (other than current assets), (ii) any
         write-up of assets or (iii) the acquisition of outstanding securities
         of the Company or any Subsidiary,

                  (c)  any amount representing any interest in the undistributed
         earnings of any Person other than a
         Subsidiary,

                  (d) any earnings, prior to the date of acquisition, of any
         Person acquired in any manner, and any earnings of any Subsidiary
         acquired prior to its becoming a Subsidiary (unless used in the
         computation of EBITDA for purposes of the calculation of the
         Consolidated Indebtedness to EBITDA Ratio on a pro forma basis),

                  (e) any earnings of a successor to or transferee of the assets
         of the Company prior to its becoming such successor or transferee,

                  (f)  any deferred credit (or amortization of a deferred
         credit) arising from the acquisition of any Person, and

                  (g)  any extraordinary gains not covered by clause (b) above.

                  "CONSOLIDATED NET WORTH" means, at any date, on a
consolidated basis for the Company and its Subsidiaries, (a) the sum of (i)
capital stock taken at par or stated value PLUS (ii) capital in excess of par
or stated value relating to capital stock PLUS (iii) retained earnings (or
minus any retained earning deficit) MINUS (b) the sum of treasury stock,
capital stock subscribed for and unissued and other contra-equity accounts,
all determined in accordance with GAAP.

                  "CREDIT FACILITY" means any indenture, mortgage, deed of
trust, loan, purchase or credit agreement or any other agreement pursuant to
which debt for borrowed money shall be incurred or any note, bond, debenture
or other instrument evidencing any such debt.

                  "DEFAULT" means an event or condition the occurrence or
existence of which would, with the lapse of time or the giving of notice or
both, become an Event of Default.

                  "DEFAULT RATE" means that rate of interest that is the
greater of (i) 2% per annum above the rate of interest stated in clause (a) of
the first paragraph of the Notes or (ii) 2% over the rate of interest publicly
announced by The Chase Manhattan Bank in New York, New York as its "base" or
"prime" rate.

                  "EBITDA" means, for any period, Consolidated Net Income for
such period plus all amounts deducted in the computation thereof on account of
(a) Consolidated Interest Expense, (b) depreciation and amortization expenses
and other non-cash charges and (c) income and profit taxes.

                  "ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS" means any and all Federal, state,
local, and foreign statutes, laws, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments,
orders, decrees, permits, concessions, grants, franchises, licenses,
agreements or governmental restrictions relating to pollution and the
protection of the environment or the release of any materials into the
environment, including but not limited to those related to hazardous
substances or wastes, air emissions and discharges to waste or public systems.

                                                                              2

<PAGE>

                  "ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder from time to time in effect.

                  "ERISA AFFILIATE" means any trade or business (whether or
not incorporated) that is treated as a single employer together with the
Company under section 414 of the Code.

                  "EVENT OF DEFAULT" is defined in Section 11.

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

                  "FIRST CLOSING DATE" is defined in Section 3.

                  "FUNDED INDEBTEDNESS" means, with respect to any Person, all
Indebtedness of such Person which by its terms or by the terms of any
instrument or agreement relating thereto matures, or which is otherwise
payable or unpaid, one year or more from, or is directly or indirectly
renewable or extendible at the option of the obligor in respect thereof to a
date one year or more from, the date of creation thereof.

                  "GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles as in
effect from time to time in the United States of America.

                  "GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY"  means

                  (a)      the government of

                           (i)      the United States of America or any State
                  or other political subdivision thereof, or

                           (ii) any jurisdiction in which the Company or any
                  Subsidiary conducts all or any part of its business, or which
                  asserts jurisdiction over any properties of the Company or any
                  Subsidiary, or

                  (b)      any entity exercising executive, legislative,
         judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of, or pertaining to,
         any such government.

                  "GUARANTY" means, with respect to any Person, any obligation
(except the endorsement in the ordinary course of business of negotiable
instruments for deposit or collection) of such Person guaranteeing or in
effect guaranteeing any indebtedness, dividend or other obligation of any
other Person in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including (without
limitation) obligations incurred through an agreement, contingent or
otherwise, by such Person:

                  (a)      to purchase such indebtedness or obligation or any
         property constituting security therefor;

                  (b)      to advance or supply funds (I) for the purchase or
         payment of such indebtedness or obligation, or (II) to maintain any
         working capital or other balance sheet condition or any income
         statement condition of any other Person or otherwise to advance or
         make available funds for the purchase or payment of such indebtedness
         or obligation;

                  (c)      to lease properties or to purchase properties or
         services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of such
         indebtedness or obligation of the ability of any other Person to make
         payment of the indebtedness or obligation; or

                  (d)      otherwise to assure the owner of such indebtedness
or obligation against loss in respect thereof.

In any computation of the indebtedness or other liabilities of the obligor
under any Guaranty, the indebtedness or other obligations that are the subject
of such Guaranty shall be assumed to be direct obligations of such obligor.

                  "HAZARDOUS MATERIAL" means any and all pollutants, toxic or
hazardous wastes or any other substances that might pose a hazard to health or
safety, the removal of which may be required or the generation, manufacture,
refining, production, processing, treatment, storage, handling,
transportation, transfer, use, disposal, release, discharge, spillage,
seepage, or filtration of which is or shall be restricted, prohibited or
penalized by any applicable law (including, without limitation, asbestos, urea
formaldehyde foam insulation and polychlorinated biphenyls).

                                                                              3

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                  "HOLDER" means, with respect to any Note, the Person in
whose name such Note is registered in the register maintained by the Company
pursuant to Section 13.1.

                  "INDEBTEDNESS" with respect to any Person means, at any time,
without duplication,

                  (a) its liabilities for borrowed money and its redemption
         obligations in respect of mandatorily redeemable Preferred Stock;

                  (b) its liabilities for the deferred purchase price of
         property acquired by such Person (excluding accounts payable arising in
         the ordinary course of business but including all liabilities created
         or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention
         agreement with respect to any such property);

                  (c) its Capitalized Lease Obligations;

                  (d) all liabilities for borrowed money secured by any Lien
         with respect to any property owned by such Person (whether or not it
         has assumed or otherwise become liable for such liabilities);

                  (e) all its liabilities in respect of letters of credit or
         instruments serving a similar function issued or accepted for its
         account by banks and other financial institutions (whether or not
         representing obligations for borrowed money);

                  (f) Swaps of such Person; and

                  (g) any Guaranty of such Person with respect to liabilities of
         a type described in any of clauses (a) through (f) hereof.

Indebtedness of any Person shall include all obligations of such Person of the
character described in clauses (a) through (g) to the extent such Person
remains legally liable in respect thereof notwithstanding that any such
obligation is deemed to be extinguished under GAAP.

                  "INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR" means (a) any original purchaser of
a Note, (b) any holder of a Note holding more than 5% of the aggregate
principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, and (c) any bank, trust
company, savings and loan association or other financial institution, any
pension plan, any investment company, any insurance company, any broker or
dealer, or any other similar financial institution or entity, regardless of
legal form.

                  "LIEN" means, with respect to any Person, any mortgage,
lien, pledge, charge, security interest or other encumbrance, or any interest
or title of any vendor, lessor, lender or other secured party to or of such
Person under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement or
Capital Lease, upon or with respect to any property or asset of such Person
(including in the case of stock, stockholder agreements, voting trust
agreements and all similar arrangements).

                  "MAKE-WHOLE AMOUNT" is defined in Section 8.7.

                  "MATERIAL" means material in relation to the business,
operations, affairs, financial condition, assets, properties, or prospects of
the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.

                  "MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT" means a material adverse effect on
(a) the business, operations, affairs, financial condition, assets or
properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, or (b) the
ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement and the
Notes, or (c) the validity or enforceability of this Agreement, the Notes or
any Subsidiary Guarantee.

                  "MEMORANDUM" is defined in Section 5.3.

                  "MULTIEMPLOYER PLAN" means any Plan that is a "multiemployer
plan" (as such term is defined in section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA).

                  "NOTES" is defined in Section 1.

                  "OECD" means the Organization of Economic Cooperation and
Development.

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<PAGE>

                  "OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE" means a certificate of a Senior
Financial Officer or of any other officer of the Company whose
responsibilities extend to the subject matter of such certificate.

                  "OTHER AGREEMENTS" is defined in Section 2.

                  "OTHER PURCHASERS" is defined in Section 2.

                  "PBGC" means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
referred to and defined in ERISA or any successor thereto.

                  "PERSON" means an individual, partnership, corporation,
limited liability company, association, trust, unincorporated organization, or
a government or agency or political subdivision thereof.

                  "PLAN" means an "employee benefit plan" (as defined in
section 3(3) of ERISA) that is or, within the preceding five years, has been
established or maintained, or to which contributions are or, within the
preceding five years, have been made or required to be made, by the Company or
any ERISA Affiliate or with respect to which the Company or any ERISA
Affiliate may have any liability.

                  "PREFERRED STOCK" means any class of capital stock of a
corporation that is preferred over any other class of capital stock of such
corporation as to the payment of dividends or the payment of any amount upon
liquidation or dissolution of such corporation.

                  "PROPERTY" or "PROPERTIES" means, unless otherwise
specifically limited, real or personal property of any kind, tangible or
intangible, choate or inchoate.

                  "PTE" means a Prohibited Transaction Exemption issued by the
Department of Labor.

                  "QPAM EXEMPTION" means Prohibited Transaction Class
Exemption 84-14 issued by the United States Department of Labor.

                  "REQUIRED HOLDERS" means, at any time, the holders of
greater than 50% in principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding
(exclusive of Notes then owned by the Company or any of its Affiliates).

                  "RESPONSIBLE OFFICER" means any Senior Financial Officer and
any other officer of the Company with responsibility for the administration of
the relevant portion of this agreement.

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

                  "SENIOR FINANCIAL OFFICER" means the chief financial
officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer or comptroller of the Company.

                  "SUBSIDIARY" means, as to any Person, any corporation,
association or other business entity in which such Person or one or more of
its Subsidiaries or such Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries owns
sufficient equity or voting interests to enable it or them (as a group)
ordinarily, in the absence of contingencies, to elect a majority of the
directors (or Persons performing similar functions) of such entity, and any
partnership or joint venture if more than a 50% interest in the profits or
capital thereof is owned by such Person or one or more of its Subsidiaries or
such Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries (unless such partnership or
joint venture can and does ordinarily take major business actions without the
prior approval of such Person or one or more of its Subsidiaries). Unless the
context otherwise clearly requires, any reference to a "Subsidiary" is a
reference to a Subsidiary of the Company.

                  "SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE" means a guarantee of a Subsidiary
Guarantor of the obligations of the Company under this Agreement and the
Notes, substantially in the form of Exhibit 4.10.

                  "SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR" means (a) as of the First Closing
Date, those Subsidiaries identified as such on Schedule 5.4, and (b)
thereafter, the Persons referred to in clause (a) and each other Person which
from time to time executes and delivers a counterpart of the Subsidiary
Guarantee or otherwise enters into a Subsidiary Guarantee (unless such Person
shall be released from its obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee pursuant
to Section 9.6(b)).

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                  "SWAPS" means, with respect to any Person, payment
obligations with respect to interest rate swaps, currency swaps and similar
obligations obligating such Person to make payments, whether periodically or
upon the happening of a contingency. For the purposes of this Agreement, the
amount of the obligation under any Swap shall be the amount determined in
respect thereof as of the end of the then most recently ended fiscal quarter
of such Person, based on the assumption that such Swap had terminated at the
end of such fiscal quarter, and in making such determination, if any agreement
relating to such Swap provides for the netting of amounts payable by and to
such Person thereunder or if any such agreement provides for the simultaneous
payment of amounts by and to such Person, then in each such case, the amount
of such obligation shall be the net amount so determined.

                  "VOTING STOCK" means, with respect to any Person, any shares
of stock or other equity interests of any class or classes of such Person
whose holders are entitled under ordinary circumstances (irrespective of
whether at the time stock or other equity interests of any other class or
classes shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of
any contingency) to vote for the election of a majority of the directors,
managers, trustees or other governing body of such Person.

                  "WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY" means, at any time, any Subsidiary
one hundred percent (100%) of all of the equity interests (except directors'
qualifying shares) and voting interests of which are owned by any one or more
of the Company and the Company's other Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries at such time.

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                                  SCHEDULE 4.9

                         CHANGES IN CORPORATE STRUCTURE

                                      None.

                                                                              1

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                                  SCHEDULE 5.3

                              DISCLOSURE MATERIALS

                                      None.

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                                  SCHEDULE 5.4

                               Subsidiaries, etc.
                               ------------------

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                                          PERCENTAGE      SUBSIDIARY
(i) SUBSIDIARIES                                              JURISDICTION                OWNERSHIP       GUARANTOR
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<S>                                                          <C>                          <C>             <C>
G&K Services, Co.                                            Minnesota, USA                  100%            yes
G&K Services Linen Co.                                       Minnesota, USA                  100%            yes
Northwest Linen Co.                                          Minnesota, USA                  100%            yes
Gross Industrial Towel & Garment Service, Inc.               Minnesota, USA                  100%            yes
G&K Services of Canada, Inc.                                 Ontario, Canada                 100%            no
912489 Ontario Limited                                       Ontario, Canada                 100%            no
Work Wear Corporation of Canada, Ltd                         Ontario, Canada                 100%            no
La Corporation Work Wear du Quebec                           Quebec, Canada                  100%            no

(ii) AFFILIATES
----------------------------------------------------------

None

(iii) COMPANY DIRECTORS AND SENIOR OFFICERS                         POSITION
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Bruce G. Allbright                                           Director
Paul Baszucki                                                Director
Wayne M. Fortun                                              Director
Donald W. Goldfus                                            Director
William Hope                                                 Director
Bernard Sweet                                                Director
Richard M. Fink                                              Chairman of the Board
Thomas Moberly                                               President and Chief Executive Officer
Robert Wood                                                  Executive Vice President
Jeffrey Wright                                               Chief Financial Officer
John Schmerler                                               Vice President - Corporate Development
Sally Bredehoft                                              Vice President - Human Resources
Richard Stutz                                                Vice President - Operations
Kathryn Trickey                                              Vice President - Sales

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                                  SCHEDULE 5.5

                              FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

                  The consolidated financial statements of the Company and its
Subsidiaries for the fiscal year ended June 26, 1999 and for the fiscal period
ended March 25, 2000.

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                                  SCHEDULE 5.8

                               CERTAIN LITIGATION

                                      None.

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                                  SCHEDULE 5.11

                                  PATENTS, ETC.

                                      None.

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                                  SCHEDULE 5.14

                                 USE OF PROCEEDS

                  The net proceeds from the sale of the Notes will be used to
repay existing indebtedness and for general corporate purposes.

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                                  SCHEDULE 5.15

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                         OFF-BALANCE SHEET   FINANCIAL STATEMENT
INDEBTEDNESS AT 3/25/2000                     AMOUNT             AMOUNT (US$)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                      <C>                 <C>
Term Loan                                 $             -      $     187,356,529
Revolver                                  $             -      $      35,000,000
Non-compete Agreement                     $             -      $         386,433
NBD Bank Loan ($500,000 Canadian)         $             -      $         342,000
US Guarantee on Canadian Revolver         $     25,000,000     $              -
Letters of Credit                         $      3,187,345     $              -
Interest Rate Swap                        $       (137,759)    $              -
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                          $     28,049,586     $     223,084,962
                                       =========================================

</TABLE>

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                                                                     EXHIBIT 1

                                 [FORM OF NOTE]

                                G&K SERVICES, INC.

                            8.40% SENIOR NOTE DUE 2010

No. [_____]                                                           [Date]
$[_______]                                                   PPN 361268 A@ 4

                  FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, G&K SERVICES, INC.
(herein called the "Company"), a corporation organized and existing under the
laws of the State of Minnesota, hereby promises to pay to [_____________], or
registered assigns, the principal sum of [______________] DOLLARS (or so much
thereof as shall not have been prepaid) on July 20, 2010, with interest
(computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months) (a) on the
unpaid balance thereof at the rate of 8.40% per annum from the date hereof,
payable semiannually, on the 20th day of January and July in each year,
commencing with the January 20 or July 20 next succeeding the date hereof,
until the principal hereof shall have become due and payable, and (b) to the
extent permitted by law, on any overdue payment (including any overdue
prepayment) of principal, any overdue payment of interest and any overdue
payment of any Make-Whole Amount (as defined in the Note Purchase Agreements
referred to below), payable semiannually as aforesaid (or, at the option of
the registered holder hereof, on demand), at a rate per annum from time to
time equal to the greater of (i) 10.40% or (ii) 2% over the rate of interest
publicly announced by The Chase Manhattan Bank from time to time in New York,
New York as its "base" or "prime" rate.

                  Payments of principal of, interest on and any Make-Whole
Amount with respect to this Note are to be made in lawful money of the United
States of America at the principal office of The Bank of New York in New York,
New York or at such other place as the Company shall have designated by written
notice to the holder of this Note as provided in the Note Purchase Agreements
referred to below.

                  This Note is one of a series of Senior Notes (herein called
the "Notes") issued pursuant to separate Note Purchase Agreements, dated as of
July 20, 2000 (as from time to time amended, the "Note Purchase Agreements"),
between the Company and the respective Purchasers named therein and is entitled
to the benefits thereof. Each holder of this Note will be deemed, by its
acceptance hereof, (i) to have agreed to the confidentiality provisions set
forth in Section 20 of the Note Purchase Agreements and (ii) to have made the
representation set forth in Section 6.2 of the Note Purchase Agreements.

                  This Note is a registered Note and, as provided in the Note
Purchase Agreements, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer,
duly endorsed, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer duly executed,
by the registered holder hereof or such holder" attorney duly authorized in
writing, a new Note for a like principal amount will be issued to, and
registered in the name of, the transferee. Prior to due presentment for
registration of transfer, the Company may treat the person in whose name this
Note is registered as the owner hereof for the purpose of receiving payment and
for all other purposes, and the Company will not be affected by any notice to
the contrary.

                  The Company will make required prepayments of principal on the
dates and in the amounts specified in the Note Purchase Agreements. This Note is
also subject to optional prepayment, in whole or from time to time in part, at
the times and on the terms specified in the Note Purchase Agreements, but not
otherwise.

                  If an Event of Default, as defined in the Note Purchase
Agreements, occurs and is continuing, the principal of this Note may be declared
or otherwise become due and payable in the manner, at the price (including any
applicable Make-Whole Amount) and with the effect provided in the Note Purchase
Agreements.

                  This Note shall be construed and enforced in accordance with
the laws of the State of New York.

                                            G&K SERVICES, INC.

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

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                                                                  EXHIBIT 4.4(a)

                       FORM OF OPINION OF SPECIAL COUNSEL
                                 TO THE COMPANY

                                    [To come]

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                                                                  EXHIBIT 4.4(b)

                       FORM OF OPINION OF SPECIAL COUNSEL
                                TO THE PURCHASERS

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                                                                   EXHIBIT 4.10

                          FORM OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE

                  GUARANTEE dated as of ____________, in favor of each person
who is from time to time a holder of one or more of any of the 8.40% Senior
Notes due 2010 (together with all notes delivered in substitution or exchange
thereof, the "NOTES"), issued or to be issued by G&K Services, Inc. (the
"ISSUER") in an initial aggregate principal amount of up to $50,000,000
pursuant to the Note Purchase Agreement dated as of July 20, 2000 (as
amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, the "NOTE PURCHASE
AGREEMENT") among the Issuer and each of the Purchasers listed in Schedule A
to the Note Purchase Agreement.

                  Section 1.  DEFINITIONS.  Except as otherwise provided
herein, terms defined in the Note Purchase Agreement are used herein as
defined therein.

                  Section 2.  THE GUARANTEE.

                  2.01 THE GUARANTEE. The Issuer will use the proceeds from
the sale of the Notes to repay indebtedness and for general corporate purposes
of the group of Persons comprised of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries, and the
undersigned (individually, a "SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR," and collectively, the
"SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS") are Subsidiaries of the Issuer. For such valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged,
each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby jointly and severally guarantees to each
holder of a Note (each, a "HOLDER") the prompt payment in full when due
(whether at stated maturity, by acceleration, by optional prepayment or
otherwise) of the principal of, Make-Whole Amounts (if any), and interest on
the Notes (including, without limitation, interest on any overdue principal,
Make-Whole Amount and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, on any
overdue interest) and all other amounts from time to time owing by the Issuer
under the Note Purchase Agreement and under the Notes (including, without
limitation, costs, expenses and taxes) (such obligations being herein
collectively called the "GUARANTEED OBLIGATIONS"). Each Subsidiary Guarantor
hereby further agrees that if the Issuer shall default in the payment of any
of the Guaranteed Obligations, such Subsidiary Guarantor will (x) promptly pay
the same, without any demand or notice whatsoever, and that in the case of any
extension of time of payment or renewal of any of the Guaranteed Obligations,
the same will be promptly paid in full when due (whether at extended maturity,
by acceleration, by optional prepayment or otherwise) in accordance with the
terms of such extension or renewal and (y) pay to any holder such amounts, to
the extent lawful, as shall be sufficient to pay the reasonable out-of-pocket
costs and expenses of collection or of otherwise enforcing any of such
holder's rights under the Note Purchase Agreement to which such holder is a
party, including, without limitation, reasonable counsel fees.

                  All obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor under this
Section 2.01 shall survive the transfer of any Note.

                  2.02 OBLIGATIONS UNCONDITIONAL. (a) The obligations of each
Subsidiary Guarantor under Section 2.01 constitute a present and continuing
guaranty of payment and not collectibility and are absolute and unconditional,
irrespective of the value, genuineness, validity, regularity or enforceability
of the obligations of the Issuer under the Note Purchase Agreement, the Notes
or any other agreement or instrument referred to herein or therein, or any
substitution, release or exchange of any other guarantee of or security for
any of the Guaranteed Obligations, and, to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law, irrespective of any other circumstance whatsoever which might
otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a surety or
guarantor, it being the intent of this Section 2.02 that the obligations of
each Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional, under
any and all circumstances. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
it is agreed that the occurrence of any one or more of the following shall not
alter or impair the liability of any Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder which
shall remain absolute and unconditional as described above:

                  (1) any amendment or modification of any provision of the Note
         Purchase Agreement, the Notes or any assignment or transfer thereof,
         including without limitation the renewal or extension of the time of
         payment of the Notes or the granting of time in respect of such payment
         thereof, or of any furnishing or acceptance of security or any
         additional guarantee or any release of any security or guarantee
         (including any release of any other Subsidiary Guarantor) so furnished
         or accepted for the Notes;

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                  (2) any waiver, consent, extension, granting of time,
         forbearance, indulgence or other action or inaction under or in respect
         of the Note Purchase Agreement or the Notes, or any exercise or
         non-exercise of any right, remedy or power in respect hereof or
         thereof;

                  (3) any bankruptcy, receivership, insolvency, reorganization,
         arrangement, readjustment, composition, liquidation or similar
         proceedings with respect to the Issuer or any other Person or the
         properties or creditors of any of them;

                  (4) the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default under,
         or any invalidity or any unenforceability of, or any misrepresentation,
         irregularity or other defect in, the Note Purchase Agreement, the Notes
         or any other agreement;

                  (5) any transfer of any assets to or from the Issuer,
         including without limitation any transfer or purported transfer to the
         Issuer from any Person, any invalidity, illegality of, or inability to
         enforce, any such transfer or purported transfer, any consolidation or
         merger of the Issuer with or into any Person, any change in the
         ownership of any shares of capital stock of the Issuer, or any change
         whatsoever in the objects, capital structure, constitution or business
         of the Issuer;

                  (6) any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, on
         the part of the Issuer or any other Person to perform or comply with,
         or the impossibility or illegality of performance by the Issuer or any
         other Person of, any term of the Note Purchase Agreement, the Notes or
         any other agreement;

                  (7) any suit or other action brought by, or any judgment in
         favor of, any beneficiaries or creditors of, the Issuer or any other
         Person for any reason whatsoever, including without limitation any suit
         or action in any way attacking or involving any issue, matter or thing
         in respect of the Note Purchase Agreement, the Notes or any other
         agreement;

                  (8) any lack or limitation of status or of power, incapacity
         or disability of the Issuer or any trustee or agent thereof; or

                  (9) any other thing, event, happening, matter, circumstance or
         condition whatsoever, not in any way limited to the foregoing.

                  (b) Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby unconditionally waives
diligence, presentment, demand of payment, protest and all notices whatsoever
and any requirement that any holder exhaust any right, power or remedy against
the Issuer under the Note Purchase Agreement to which such holder is a party
or the Notes or any other agreement or instrument referred to herein or
therein, or against any other Subsidiary Guarantor, or against any other
Person under any other guarantee of, or security for, any of the Guaranteed
Obligations.

                  (c) In the event that any Subsidiary Guarantor shall at any
time pay any amount on account of the Guaranteed Obligations or take any other
action in performance of its obligations hereunder, such Subsidiary Guarantor
shall not exercise any subrogation or other rights hereunder or under the
Notes and such Subsidiary Guarantor hereby waives all rights it may have to
exercise any such subrogation or other rights, and all other remedies that it
may have against the Issuer, in respect of any payment made hereunder unless
and until the Guaranteed Obligations shall have been paid in full. If any
amount shall be paid to any Subsidiary Guarantor on account of any such
subrogation rights or other remedy, notwithstanding the waiver thereof, such
amount shall be received in trust for the benefit of the holders and shall
forthwith be paid to the holders to be credited and applied upon the
Guaranteed Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with the
terms hereof. Each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees that its obligations under this
Guarantee shall be automatically reinstated if and to the extent that for any
reason any payment (including payment in full) by or on behalf of the Issuer
is rescinded or must be otherwise restored by any holder, whether as a result
of any proceedings in bankruptcy or reorganization or otherwise, all as though
such amount had not been paid.

                  The guarantee in this Section 2 is a continuing guarantee
and shall apply to the Guaranteed Obligations whenever arising. Each default
in the payment or performance of any of the Guaranteed Obligations shall give
rise to a separate

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claim and cause of action hereunder, and separate claims or suits may be made
and brought, as the case may be, hereunder as each such default occurs.

                  If an event permitting the acceleration of the maturity of
the principal amount of the Notes shall at any time have occurred and be
continuing, and such acceleration (and the effect thereof on the Guaranteed
Obligations) shall at such time be prevented by reason of the pendency against
the Issuer or any other Person of a case or proceeding under a bankruptcy or
insolvency law, each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees that, for purposes of this
Guarantee and its obligations hereunder, the maturity of the principal amount
of the Notes shall be deemed to have been accelerated (with a corresponding
effect on the Guaranteed Obligations) with the same effect as if the holders
had accelerated the same in accordance with the terms of the Note Purchase
Agreement, and such Subsidiary Guarantor shall forthwith pay such principal
amount, any interest thereon, any Make-Whole Amount, and any other amounts
guaranteed hereunder without further notice or demand.

                  Section 3.  REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. Each Subsidiary
Guarantor represents and warrants to the Holders that:

                  3.01 ORGANIZATION; POWER AND AUTHORITY. Such Subsidiary
Guarantor is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the
laws of its jurisdiction of organization, and is duly qualified and is in good
standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required by law,
other than those jurisdictions as to which the failure to be so qualified or
in good standing could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Such Subsidiary Guarantor has the
corporate or other requisite power and authority to execute and deliver this
Guarantee and to perform the provisions hereof.

                  3.02 AUTHORIZATION, ETC. This Guarantee has been duly
authorized by all necessary action on the part of such Subsidiary Guarantor,
and this Guarantee constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such
Subsidiary Guarantor enforceable against such Subsidiary Guarantor in
accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by (i)
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar
laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally and (ii) general
principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered
in a proceeding in equity or at law).

                  3.03 COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS, OTHER INSTRUMENTS, ETC. The
execution, delivery and performance by such Subsidiary Guarantor of this
Guarantee will not (i) contravene, result in any breach of, or constitute a
default under, or result in the creation of any Lien in respect of any
property of such Subsidiary Guarantor under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of
trust, loan, purchase or credit agreement, lease, corporate charter or by-laws
or other organizational document, or any other agreement or instrument to
which such Subsidiary Guarantor is bound or by which such Subsidiary Guarantor
or any of its properties may be bound or affected, (ii) conflict with or
result in a breach of any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any order,
judgment, decree, or ruling of any court, arbitrator or Governmental Authority
applicable to such Subsidiary Guarantor or (iii) violate any provision of any
statute or other rule or regulation of any Governmental Authority applicable
to such Subsidiary Guarantor.

                  3.04 GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORIZATIONS, ETC. No consent, approval
or authorization of, or registration, filing or declaration with, any
Governmental Authority is required in connection with the execution, delivery
or performance by such Subsidiary Guarantor of this Guarantee 1including,
without limitation, any thereof required in connection with the obtaining of
Dollars to make payments under this Subsidiary Guarantee and the payment of
such Dollars to Persons resident in the United States of America. It is not
necessary to ensure the legality, validity, enforceability or admissibility
into evidence in [insert jurisdictions of incorporation of Subsidiary
Guarantors] of this Subsidiary Guarantee that this Subsidiary Guarantee or any
other document be filed, recorded or enrolled with any Governmental Authority,
or that any such agreement or document be stamped with any stamp, registration
or similar transaction tax. For purposes of this Subsidiary Guarantee,
"Dollar" means lawful money of the United States of America.

                  3.05. SOLVENCY. Upon the execution and delivery hereof, such
Subsidiary Guarantor will be solvent, will be able to pay its debts as they
mature and will have capital sufficient to carry on its business.

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(1) The remainder of this Section is not necessary in relation to Subsidiary
    Guarantors that are U.S. persons.

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                  3.06. RANKING. All liabilities of each Subsidiary Guarantor
under this Subsidiary Guarantee constitute direct, unconditional and general
obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor and rank in right of payment either
PARI PASSU or senior to all other Indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor,
except for such Indebtedness which is preferred as a result of being secured
(but then only to the extent of such security).

                  3.07 TAXES.(2) No liability for any tax (whether income,
documentary, sales, stamp, registration, issue, capital, property, excise or
otherwise), duty, levy, impost, fee, charge or withholding (each a "TAX" and
collectively "TAXES"), directly or indirectly, imposed, assessed, levied or
collected by or for the account of any Governmental Authority of or in
[insert jurisdictions of incorporation of Subsidiary Guarantors] or any
political subdivision thereof or therein (an "APPLICABLE TAXING AUTHORITY")
will be incurred by any Subsidiary Guarantor or any holder of a Note as a
result of the execution or delivery of this Subsidiary Guarantee and, based on
present law, no deduction or withholding in respect of Taxes imposed by or for
the account of any Applicable Taxing Authority or any jurisdiction (other than
the United States of America) by or through which payments with respect to the
Notes are made by or for such Subsidiary Guarantor is required to be made from
any payment by the Subsidiary Guarantor under this Subsidiary Guarantee except
for any such withholding or deduction arising out of the conditions described
in the proviso to Section 4(a).

                  Section 4. TAX INDEMNITY.(3) (a) Any and all payments under
this Subsidiary Guarantee to or for the account of any holder of a Note shall
be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for or on
account of, any Tax, except to the extent such deduction or withholding is
required by law. If any Tax is required by law to be deducted or withheld from
any such payments by any Subsidiary Guarantor, such Subsidiary Guarantor will
make such deductions or withholding and pay to the relevant taxing authority
the full amount deducted or withheld before penalties attach thereto or
interest accrues thereon. In the event of the imposition by or for the account
of any Applicable Taxing Authority or of any Governmental Authority of any
jurisdiction in which any Subsidiary Guarantor resides for tax purposes or any
jurisdiction from or through which such Subsidiary Guarantor is making any
payment in respect of this Subsidiary Guarantee, other than any Governmental
Authority of or in the United States of America or any political subdivision
thereof or therein, of any Tax upon or with respect to any payments in respect
of this Subsidiary Guarantee, whether by withholding or otherwise, such
Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees to pay forthwith from time to time in
connection with each payment on this Subsidiary Guarantee to each holder of a
Note such amounts as shall be required so that every payment received by such
holder in respect of the Notes and every payment received by such holder under
this Subsidiary Guarantee will not, after such withholding or deduction or
other payment for or on account of such Tax and any interest or penalties
relating thereto, be less than the amount due and payable to such holder in
respect of such Note or under this Subsidiary Guarantee before the assessment
of such Tax; PROVIDED, however, that such Subsidiary Guarantor shall not be
obliged to pay such amounts to any holder of a Note in respect of Taxes to the
extent such Taxes exceed the Taxes that would have been payable:

                           (i) had such holder not had any connection with in
                  [insert jurisdictions of incorporation of Subsidiary
                  Guarantors] or any territory or political subdivision thereof
                  other than the mere holding of a Note with the benefit of this
                  Guarantee (or the receipt of any payments in respect thereof)
                  or activities incidental thereto (including enforcement
                  thereof); or

                           (ii) but for the delay or failure by such holder
                  (following a written request by such Subsidiary Guarantor) in
                  the filing with an appropriate Governmental Authority or
                  otherwise of forms, certificates, documents, applications or
                  other reasonably required evidence (collectively "FORMS"),
                  that is required to be filed by such holder to avoid or reduce
                  such Taxes and that in the case of any of the foregoing would
                  not result in any confidential or proprietary income tax
                  return information being revealed, either directly or
                  indirectly, to any Person and such delay or failure could have
                  been lawfully avoided by such holder, provided that such
                  holder shall be deemed to have satisfied the requirements of
                  this clause (ii) upon the good faith completion and submission
                  of such Forms as may be specified in a written request of such
                  Subsidiary Guarantor no later than 45 days after receipt by
                  such holder of such written request.

                  (b) Within 60 days after the date of any payment by any
Subsidiary Guarantor of any Tax in respect of any payment under the Notes or
this Section 4, such Subsidiary Guarantor shall furnish to each holder of a
Note the original tax

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(2) This section is not necessary in relation to Subsidiary Guarantors that
    are U.S. persons.
(3) This section is not necessary in relation to Subsidiary Guarantors that
    are U.S. persons.

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receipt for the payment of such Tax (or if such original tax receipt is not
available, a duly certified copy of the original tax receipt), together with
such other documentary evidence with respect to such payments as may be
reasonably requested from time to time by any holder of a Note.

                  (c)  The obligations of the Subsidiary Guarantors under this
Section 4 shall survive the transfer or payment of any Note.

                  Section 5.  MISCELLANEOUS.

                  5.01 AMENDMENTS, ETC. This Guarantee may be amended, and the
observance of any term hereof may be waived (either retroactively or
prospectively), with (and only with) the written consent of the Subsidiary
Guarantors and the Required Holders, except that no such amendment or waiver
may, without the written consent of each holder affected thereby, amend any of
Section 2.01, 2.02 or this Section 5.01.

                  5.02 NOTICES. All notices and communications provided for
hereunder shall be in writing and sent as provided in Section 18 of the Note
Purchase Agreement (i) if to any holder, to the address specified for such
holder in the Note Purchase Agreement to which such holder is a party and (ii)
if to any Subsidiary Guarantor, to the address for such Subsidiary Guarantor
set forth on the signature pages hereof.

                  5.03 JURISDICTION AND PROCESS.(4) EACH SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR
AGREES THAT ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS
SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE OR ANY OTHER DOCUMENT EXECUTED IN CONNECTION HEREWITH, OR
ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING TO EXECUTE OR OTHERWISE ENFORCE ANY JUDGMENT
OBTAINED AGAINST SUCH SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR FOR BREACH HEREOF OR THEREOF, OR
AGAINST ANY OF ITS PROPERTIES, MAY BE BROUGHT IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF
NEW YORK OR THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW
YORK BY OR ON BEHALF OF ANY HOLDER OF A NOTE, AS SUCH HOLDER MAY ELECT, AND
SUCH SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS TO
THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF SUCH COURTS FOR PURPOSES OF ANY SUCH LEGAL
ACTION OR PROCEEDING. EACH SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR HEREBY IRREVOCABLY APPOINTS
AND DESIGNATES CT CORPORATION SYSTEM, WHOSE ADDRESS IS 111 EIGHTH AVENUE, NEW
YORK, NY 10011, OR ANY OTHER PERSON HAVING AND MAINTAINING A PLACE OF BUSINESS
IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK WHOM THE SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR MAY FROM TIME TO TIME
HEREAFTER DESIGNATE (HAVING GIVEN 30 DAYS' NOTICE THEREOF TO EACH HOLDER OF A
NOTE THEN OUTSTANDING), AS THE TRUE AND LAWFUL ATTORNEY AND DULY AUTHORIZED
AGENT FOR ACCEPTANCE OF SERVICE OF LEGAL PROCESS OF THE SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR.
EACH SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR HEREBY AGREES THAT SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY SUCH
PROCEEDING MAY BE EFFECTED BY MAILING A COPY THEREOF BY REGISTERED OR
CERTIFIED MAIL (OR ANY SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR FORM OF MAIL), POSTAGE PREPAID,
TO IT AS ITS ADDRESS SPECIFIED IN SECTION 5.02 OR AT SUCH OTHER ADDRESS OF
WHICH EACH HOLDER OF A NOTE SHALL HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED PURSUANT THERETO. IN
ADDITION, EACH SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES TO THE FULLEST
EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY OBJECTION WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO
THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR
RELATING TO THIS SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE OR ANY OTHER DOCUMENT EXECUTED IN
CONNECTION HEREWITH BROUGHT IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK OR THE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND ANY
CLAIM THAT ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURT HAS
BEEN BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM.

                  5.04 SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. All covenants and other
agreements of each Subsidiary Guarantor in this Guarantee shall bind its
successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of the holders and their
respective successors and assigns.

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(4) This section is not necessary in relation to Subsidiary Guarantors that
    are U.S. persons.

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                  5.05 SEVERABILITY. Any provision of this Guarantee that is
prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such
jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or
unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any
such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall (to the full
extent permitted by law) not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision
in any other jurisdiction.

                  5.06 CONSTRUCTION. Each agreement contained herein shall be
construed (absent express provision to the contrary) as being independent of
each other agreement contained herein, so that compliance with any one
agreement shall not (absent such an express contrary provision) be deemed to
excuse compliance with any other agreement. Where any provision herein refers
to action to be taken by any Person, or which such Person is prohibited from
taking, such provision shall be applicable whether such action is taken
directly or indirectly by such Person.

                  5.07 EXPENSES. Each Subsidiary Guarantor shall indemnify
each holder on demand in respect of all costs and expenses (including
reasonable legal fees) incurred by it in connection with the enforcement of
this Guarantee or the preservation of the rights of such holder as a result of
any breach by such Subsidiary Guarantor of its obligations hereunder.

                  5.08 GOVERNING LAW. This Guarantee shall be construed and
enforced in accordance with, and the rights of the parties shall be governed
by, the law of the State of New York excluding choice-of-law principles of
such State that would require the application of the laws of a jurisdiction
other than such State.

                  5.09 COUNTERPARTS; ADDITIONAL PARTIES. This Guarantee may be
executed in any number of counterparts and by the different parties hereto on
separate counterparts, and each such counterpart shall be deemed to be an
original but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same
Guarantee. At any time after the date of this Guarantee, one or more
additional persons or entities may become parties hereto by executing and
delivering to the holders a counterpart of this Guarantee. Immediately upon
such execution and delivery (and without any further action), each such
additional person or entity will become a party to, and will be bound by all
of the terms of, this Guarantee.

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                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Guarantee has been duly executed by
the Subsidiary Guarantors as of the day and year first above written.

                         [NAME OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR]

                         By
                           -------------------------

                           Title:

                         Address:

                         [NAME OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR]

                         By
                           -------------------------

                           Title:

                         Address:

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