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Exhibit 4(e)    
  

        EXECUTION COPY 

$500,000,000  

 AQUILA, INC.  

 107/8% Senior Notes Due July 1, 2012

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT  

        June 28, 2002 

CREDIT
SUISSE FIRST BOSTON CORPORATION

Eleven Madison Avenue

New York, New York 10010-3629

As Representative of the several

Initial Purchasers named in Schedule I

to the Purchase Agreement. 

Dear
Sirs: 

        Aquila, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation (the "Issuer"), proposes to issue and sell to Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation, UBS
Warburg LLC, TD Securities (USA) Inc., BMO Nesbitt Burns Corp., RBC
Dominion Securities Corporation and Banc One Capital Markets, Inc. (collectively, the "Initial Purchasers"), upon the terms set forth in a
purchase agreement of even date herewith (the "Purchase Agreement"), $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Issuer's 107/8%
Senior Notes Due July 1, 2012 (the "Initial Securities"). The Initial Securities will be issued pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of
August 24, 2001, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 28, 2002 and as supplemented by the Second Supplemental Indenture, to be dated on or about
July 3, 2002 (the "Indenture"), between the Issuer and Bank One Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the
"Trustee"). As an inducement to the Initial Purchasers to enter into the Purchase Agreement, the Issuer agrees with the Initial Purchasers, for the
benefit of the Initial Purchasers and the holders of the Securities (as defined below) (collectively the "Holders"), as follows: 

        1.    Registered Exchange Offer. Unless not permitted by applicable law (after the Issuer has complied with the ultimate
paragraph of this Section 1), the Issuer shall prepare and, not later than 90 days (such 90th day being a "Filing Deadline") after the
date on which the Initial Purchasers purchase the Initial Securities pursuant to the Purchase Agreement (the "Closing Date"), file with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") a registration statement (the "Exchange Offer Registration
Statement") on an appropriate form under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), with respect to a
proposed offer (the "Registered Exchange Offer") to the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities (as defined in Section 6 hereof), who are not
prohibited by any law or policy of the Commission from participating in the Registered Exchange Offer, to issue and deliver to such Holders, in exchange for the Initial Securities, a like aggregate
principal amount of debt securities of the Issuer issued under the Indenture, identical in all material respects to the Initial Securities and registered under the Securities Act (the
"Exchange Securities"). The Issuer shall use its reasonable efforts to (i) cause such Exchange Offer Registration Statement to become effective
under the Securities Act within 210 days after the Closing Date (such 210th day being an "Effectiveness Deadline") and (ii) keep the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement effective for not less than 30 days (or longer, if required by applicable law) after the date notice of the Registered Exchange Offer is mailed to the
Holders (such period being called the "Exchange Offer Registration Period"). 

        If
the Issuer commences the Registered Exchange Offer, the Issuer (i) will be entitled to consummate the Registered Exchange Offer 30 days after such commencement (provided
that the Issuer has accepted all the Initial Securities theretofore validly tendered in accordance with the terms of the Registered Exchange Offer) and (ii) will be required to consummate the
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Offer no later than 50 days after the date on which the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is declared effective (such 50th day being the "Consummation
Deadline"). 

        Following
the declaration of the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, the Issuer shall promptly commence the Registered Exchange Offer, it being the objective of
such Registered Exchange Offer to enable each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities electing to exchange the Initial
Securities for Exchange Securities (assuming that such Holder is not an affiliate of the Issuer within the meaning of the Securities Act, acquires the Exchange Securities in the ordinary course of
such Holder's business and has no arrangements with any person to participate in the distribution of the Exchange Securities and is not prohibited by any law or policy of the Commission from
participating in the Registered Exchange Offer) to trade such Exchange Securities from and after their receipt without any limitations or restrictions under the Securities Act and without material
restrictions under the securities laws of the several states of the United States. 

        The
Issuer acknowledges that, pursuant to current interpretations by the Commission's staff of Section 5 of the Securities Act, in the absence of an applicable exemption
therefrom, (i) each Holder which is a broker-dealer electing to exchange Initial Securities, acquired for its own account as a result of market making activities or other trading activities,
for Exchange Securities (an "Exchanging Dealer"), is required to deliver a prospectus containing the information set forth in
(a) Annex A hereto on the cover, (b) Annex B hereto in the "Exchange Offer
Procedures" section and the "Purpose of the Exchange Offer" section, and (c) Annex C hereto in the "Plan of Distribution" section of such
prospectus in connection with a sale of any such Exchange Securities received by such Exchanging Dealer pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer and (ii) an Initial Purchaser that elects to
sell Securities (as defined below) acquired in exchange for Initial Securities constituting any portion of an unsold allotment, is required to deliver a prospectus containing the information required
by Items 507 or 508 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act, as applicable, in connection with such sale. 

        The
Issuer shall use its reasonable efforts to keep the Exchange Offer Registration Statement effective and to amend and supplement the prospectus contained therein, in order to permit
such prospectus to be lawfully delivered by all persons subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act for such period of time as such persons must comply with such requirements
in order to resell the Exchange Securities; provided, however, that (i) in the case where such prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto
must be delivered by an Exchanging Dealer or an Initial Purchaser, such period shall be the lesser of 180 days and the date on which all Exchanging Dealers and the Initial Purchasers have sold
all Exchange Securities held by them (unless such period is extended pursuant to Section 3(j) below) and (ii) the Issuer shall make such prospectus and any amendment or supplement
thereto available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any resale of any Exchange Securities for a period of not less than 180 days after the consummation of the Registered Exchange
Offer. 

        If,
upon consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer, any Initial Purchaser holds Initial Securities acquired by it as part of its initial distribution, the Issuer, simultaneously with
the delivery of the Exchange Securities pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer, shall issue and deliver to such Initial Purchaser upon the written request of such Initial Purchaser, in exchange
(the "Private Exchange") for the Initial Securities held by such Initial Purchaser, a like principal amount of debt securities of the Issuer issued
under the Indenture and identical in all material respects to the Initial Securities (the "Private Exchange Securities"). The Initial Securities, the
Exchange Securities and the Private Exchange Securities are herein collectively called the "Securities". 

        In
connection with the Registered Exchange Offer, the Issuer shall: 

        (a)    mail
to each Holder a copy of the prospectus forming part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, together with an appropriate letter of transmittal and related
documents; 

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        (b)    keep
the Registered Exchange Offer open for not less than 30 days (or longer, if required by applicable law) after the date notice thereof is mailed to the
Holders; 

        (c)    utilize
the services of a depositary for the Registered Exchange Offer with an address in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, which may be the Trustee or an
affiliate of the Trustee; 

        (d)    permit
Holders to withdraw tendered Securities at any time prior to the close of business, New York City time, on the last business day on which the Registered Exchange
Offer shall remain open; and 

        (e)    otherwise
comply with all applicable laws. 

        As
soon as practicable after the close of the Registered Exchange Offer or the Private Exchange, as the case may be, the Issuer shall: 

        (x)    accept
for exchange all the Securities validly tendered and not withdrawn pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer and the Private Exchange; 

        (y)    deliver
to the Trustee for cancellation all the Initial Securities so accepted for exchange; and 

        (z)    cause
the Trustee to authenticate and deliver promptly to each Holder of the Initial Securities, Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities, as the case may be,
equal in principal amount to the Initial Securities of such Holder so accepted for exchange. 

        The
Indenture will provide that the Exchange Securities will not be subject to the transfer restrictions set forth in the Indenture and that all the Securities will vote and consent
together on all matters as one class and that none of the Securities will have the right to vote or consent as a class separate from one another on any matter. 

        Interest
on each Exchange Security and Private Exchange Security issued pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer and in the Private Exchange will accrue from the last interest payment
date on which interest was paid on the Initial Securities surrendered in exchange therefor or, if no interest has been paid on the Initial Securities, from the date of original issue of the Initial
Securities. 

        Each
Holder participating in the Registered Exchange Offer shall be required to represent to the Issuer that at the time of the consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer
(i) any Exchange Securities received by such Holder will be acquired in the ordinary course of business, (ii) such Holder will have no arrangements or understanding with any person to
participate in the distribution of the Securities within the meaning of the Securities Act, (iii) such Holder is not an "affiliate," as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act, of the
Issuer or if it is an affiliate, such Holder will comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act to the extent applicable, (iv) if such Holder is not a
broker-dealer, it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, the distribution of the Exchange Securities and (v) if such Holder is a broker-dealer, it will receive Exchange Securities
for its own account in exchange for Initial Securities that were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities and it will be required to acknowledge that it will
deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. 

        Notwithstanding
any other provisions hereof, the Issuer will ensure that (i) any Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any amendment thereto and any prospectus forming part
thereof and any supplement thereto complies in all material respects with the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, (ii) any Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any
amendment thereto does not, when it becomes effective, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading and (iii) any prospectus forming part of any Exchange Offer Registration Statement, and any 

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supplement to such prospectus, does not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. 

        If
following the date hereof there has been announced a change in Commission policy with respect to exchange offers that in the reasonable opinion of counsel to the Issuer raises a
substantial question as to whether the Registered Exchange Offer is permitted by applicable federal law, the Issuer will use its reasonable efforts to seek a no-action letter or other
favorable decision from the Commission allowing the Issuer to consummate the Registered Exchange Offer. The Issuer will pursue the issuance of such a decision to the Commission staff level. In
connection with the foregoing, the Issuer will take all such other actions as may be requested by the Commission or otherwise required in connection with the issuance of such decision, including
without limitation (i) participating in telephonic conferences with the Commission, (ii) delivering to the Commission staff an analysis prepared by counsel to the Issuer setting forth
the legal bases, if any, upon which such counsel has concluded that the Registered Exchange Offer should be permitted and (iii) diligently pursuing a resolution (which need not be favorable) by
the Commission staff. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Issuer has no obligation to take any action under this paragraph if the action would not substantially advance the likelihood that the Issuer
would be permitted to consummate the Registered Exchange Offer in a reasonable period of
time and without substantial additional actions than otherwise would be required by applicable federal law existing on the date of this Agreement. 

        2.    Shelf Registration. If, 

        (i)    because
of any change in law or in applicable interpretations thereof by the staff of the Commission, the Issuer is not permitted to effect a Registered Exchange Offer,
as contemplated by Section 1 hereof; 

        (ii)    because
of any change in law or in applicable interpretations thereof by the staff of the Commission prior to the 90th day after the Closing Date, the
Issuer, pursuant to the ultimate paragraph of Section 1 hereof, undertakes reasonable and prompt efforts to obtain a favorable no-action letter or other decision from the Commission
to allow the Issuer to consummate the Registered Exchange Offer and a response from the Commission has not been received prior to the 110th day after the Closing Date and Additional
Interest (as defined in Section 6 hereof) has been assessed pursuant to Section 6(a)(i) hereof; 

        (iii)    the
Registered Exchange Offer is not consummated by the 250th day after the Closing Date; 

        (iv)    any
Initial Purchaser so requests and notifies the Issuer within 10 business days following the consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer with respect to the
Initial Securities (or the Private Exchange Securities) not eligible to be exchanged for Exchange Securities in the Registered Exchange Offer and held by it following consummation of the Registered
Exchange Offer; or 

        (v)    any
Holder (other than an Exchanging Dealer) is not eligible to participate in the Registered Exchange Offer or, in the case of any Holder (other than an Exchanging
Dealer) that participates in the Registered Exchange Offer, such Holder does not receive freely tradable Exchange Securities on the date of the exchange and any such Holder so requests and notifies
the Issuer within 10 business days following the consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer, 

the
Issuer shall take the following actions (the date on which any of the conditions described in the foregoing clauses (i) through (v) occur, including in the case of clauses
(iv) or (v) the receipt of the required notice, being a "Trigger Date"): 

        (a)    The
Issuer shall promptly (but in no event more than 60 days after the Trigger Date (such 60th day being a "Filing
Deadline")) file with the Commission and thereafter use its reasonable efforts to cause to be declared effective no later than 140 days after the Trigger Date 

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(such 140th day being an "Effectiveness Deadline") a registration statement (the "Shelf Registration
Statement" and, together with the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, a "Registration Statement") on an appropriate form
under the Securities Act relating to the offer and sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities by the Holders thereof from time to time in accordance with the methods of distribution set forth in the
Shelf Registration Statement and Rule 415 under the Securities Act (hereinafter, the "Shelf Registration"); provided,
however, that no Holder (other than any Initial Purchaser) shall be entitled to have the Securities held by it covered by such Shelf Registration Statement unless such Holder
agrees in writing to be bound by all the provisions of this Agreement applicable to such Holder. 

        (b)    The
Issuer shall use its reasonable efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective in order to permit the prospectus included therein to be
lawfully delivered by the Holders of the relevant Securities, for a period of two years (or for such longer period if extended pursuant to Section 3(j) below) from the date of its effectiveness
or such shorter period that will terminate when all the Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement (i) have been sold pursuant thereto or (ii) are no longer restricted
securities (as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act, or any successor rule thereof) (the "Shelf Registration Period"). The Issuer shall
be deemed not to have used its reasonable efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement effective during the requisite period if it voluntarily takes any action that would result in Holders of
Securities covered thereby not being able to offer and sell such Securities during that period, unless such action is required by applicable law. 

        (c)    Notwithstanding
any other provisions of this Agreement to the contrary, the Issuer shall cause the Shelf Registration Statement and the related prospectus and any
amendment or supplement thereto, as of the effective date of the Shelf Registration Statement, amendment or supplement, (i) to comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements
of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission and (ii) not to contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. 

        3.    Registration Procedures. In connection with any Shelf Registration contemplated by Section 2 hereof and, to the
extent applicable, any Registered Exchange Offer contemplated by Section 1 hereof, the following provisions shall apply: 

        (a)  The
Issuer shall (i) furnish to each Initial Purchaser, prior to the filing thereof with the Commission, a copy of the Registration Statement and each amendment
thereof and each supplement, if any, to the prospectus included therein and, in the event that an Initial Purchaser (with respect to any portion of an unsold allotment from the original offering) is
participating in the Registered Exchange Offer or the Shelf Registration Statement, the Issuer shall use its reasonable efforts to reflect in each such document, when so filed with the Commission,
such comments as such Initial Purchaser reasonably may propose; (ii) include the information set forth in Annex A hereto on the cover, in Annex B hereto in the "Exchange Offer Procedures"
section and the "Purpose of the Exchange Offer" section and in Annex C hereto in the "Plan of Distribution" section of the prospectus forming a part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and
include the information set forth in Annex D hereto in the Letter of Transmittal delivered pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer; (iii) if requested by an Initial Purchaser, include the
information required by Items 507 or 508 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act, as applicable, in the prospectus forming a part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement;
(iv) include within the prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement a section entitled "Plan of Distribution," reasonably acceptable to the Initial Purchasers, which shall
contain a summary statement of the positions taken or policies made by the staff of the Commission with respect to the potential "underwriter" status of any broker-dealer that is the 

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beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act")) of Exchange Securities received by such broker-dealer in the
Registered Exchange Offer (a "Participating Broker-Dealer"), whether such positions or policies have been publicly disseminated by the staff of the
Commission or such positions or policies, in the reasonable judgment of the Initial Purchasers based upon advice of counsel (which may be in-house counsel), represent the prevailing views
of the staff of the Commission; and (v) in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, include the names of the Holders who propose to sell Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration
Statement as selling securityholders. 

        (b)    The
Issuer shall give written notice to the Initial Purchasers, the Holders of the Securities and any Participating Broker-Dealer from whom the Issuer has received prior
written notice that it will be a Participating Broker-Dealer in the Registered Exchange Offer (which notice pursuant to clauses (ii)-(v) hereof shall be accompanied by an instruction to suspend
the use of the prospectus until the requisite changes have been made): 

        (i)    when
the Registration Statement or any amendment thereto has been filed with the Commission and when the Registration Statement or any post-effective
amendment thereto has become effective; 

        (ii)    of
any request by the Commission for amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the prospectus included therein or for additional information; 

        (iii)    of
the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose; 

        (iv)    of
the receipt by the Issuer or its legal counsel of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction
or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and 

        (v)    of
the happening of any event that requires the Issuer to make changes in the Registration Statement or the prospectus in order that the Registration Statement or the
prospectus do not contain an untrue statement of a material fact nor omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of the
prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading. 

        (c)    The
Issuer shall make every reasonable effort to obtain the withdrawal at the earliest possible time, of any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement. 

        (d)    The
Issuer shall furnish to each Holder of Securities included within the coverage of the Shelf Registration, without charge, at least one copy of the Shelf Registration
Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, and, if the Holder so requests in writing, all exhibits thereto (including those, if any,
incorporated by reference). 

        (e)    The
Issuer shall deliver to each Exchanging Dealer and each Initial Purchaser, and to any other Holder who so requests, without charge, at least one copy of the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, and, if any Initial Purchaser or any such Holder requests, all exhibits
thereto (including those incorporated by reference). 

        (f)    The
Issuer shall, during the Shelf Registration Period, deliver to each Holder of Securities included within the coverage of the Shelf Registration, without charge, as
many copies of the prospectus (including each preliminary prospectus) included in the Shelf Registration Statement and any amendment or supplement thereto as such person may reasonably request. The
Issuer consents, subject to the provisions of this Agreement, to the use of the prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders of the Securities in connection 

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with the offering and sale of the Securities covered by the prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, included in the Shelf Registration Statement. 

        (g)    The
Issuer shall deliver to each Initial Purchaser, any Exchanging Dealer, any Participating Broker-Dealer and such other persons required to deliver a prospectus
following the Registered Exchange Offer, without charge, as many copies of the final prospectus included in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any amendment or supplement thereto as such
persons may reasonably request. The Issuer consents, subject to the provisions of this Agreement, to the use of the prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by any Initial Purchaser, if
necessary, any Participating Broker-Dealer and such other persons required to deliver a prospectus following the Registered Exchange Offer in connection with the offering and sale of the Exchange
Securities covered by the prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, included in such Exchange Offer Registration Statement. 

        (h)    Prior
to any public offering of the Securities pursuant to any Registration Statement the Issuer shall register or qualify or cooperate with the Holders of the
Securities included therein and their respective counsel in connection with the registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or "blue sky" laws of such
states of the United States as any Holder of the Securities reasonably requests in writing and do any and all other acts or things necessary or advisable to enable the offer and sale in such
jurisdictions of the Securities covered by such Registration Statement;  provided, however, that the Issuer shall not be required to (i) qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it
is not then so
qualified or (ii) take any action which would subject it to general service of process or to taxation in any jurisdiction where it is not then so subject. 

        (i)    The
Issuer shall cooperate with the Holders of the Securities to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing the Securities to be sold
pursuant to any Registration Statement free of any restrictive legends and in such denominations and registered in such names as the Holders may request a reasonable period of time prior to sales of
the Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement. 

        (j)    Upon
the occurrence of any event contemplated by paragraphs (ii) through (v) of Section 3(b) above during the period for which the Issuer is
required to maintain an effective Registration Statement, the Issuer shall promptly prepare and file a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or a supplement to the
related prospectus and any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to Holders of the Securities or purchasers of Securities, the prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. If
the Issuer notifies the Initial Purchasers, the Holders of the Securities and any known Participating Broker-Dealer in accordance with paragraphs (ii) through (v) of Section 3(b)
above to suspend the use of the prospectus until the requisite changes to the prospectus have been made, then the Initial Purchasers, the Holders of the Securities and any such Participating
Broker-Dealers shall suspend use of such prospectus, and the period of effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement provided for in Section 2(b) above and the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement provided for in Section 1 above shall each be extended by the number of days from and including the date of the giving of such notice to and including the date when the Initial
Purchasers, the Holders of the Securities and any known Participating Broker-Dealer shall have received such amended or supplemented prospectus pursuant to this Section 3(j). 

        (k)    Not
later than the effective date of the applicable Registration Statement, the Issuer will provide a CUSIP number for the Exchange Securities or the Private Exchange
Securities, as the case may be, and provide the applicable trustee with printed certificates for the Exchange 

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Securities or the Private Exchange Securities, as the case may be, in a form eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust Company. 

        (l)    The
Issuer will comply with all rules and regulations of the Commission to the extent and so long as they are applicable to the Registered Exchange Offer or the Shelf
Registration and will make generally available to its security holders (or otherwise provide in accordance with Section 11(a) of the Securities Act) an earnings statement satisfying the
provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act, no later than 45 days after the end of a 12-month period (or 90 days, if such period is a fiscal year) beginning
with the first month of the Issuer's first fiscal quarter commencing after the effective date of the Registration Statement, which statement shall cover such 12-month period. 

        (m)    The
Issuer shall cause the Indenture to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, in a timely manner and containing such changes, if any, as shall
be necessary for such qualification. In the event that such qualification would require the appointment of a new trustee under the Indenture, the Issuer shall appoint a new trustee thereunder pursuant
to the applicable provisions of the Indenture. 

        (n)    The
Issuer may require each Holder of Securities to be sold pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement to furnish to the Issuer such information regarding the Holder
and the distribution of the Securities as the Issuer may from time to time reasonably require for inclusion in the Shelf Registration Statement, and the Issuer may exclude from such registration the
Securities of any Holder that unreasonably fails to furnish such information within a reasonable time after receiving such request. 

        (o)    The
Issuer shall enter into such customary agreements (including, if requested, an underwriting agreement in customary form) and take all such other action, if any, as
any Holder of the Securities shall reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Securities pursuant to any Shelf Registration. 

        (p)    In
the case of any Shelf Registration, the Issuer shall (i) make reasonably available for inspection by the Holders of the Securities, any underwriter
participating in any disposition pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement and any attorney, accountant or other agent retained by the Holders of the Securities or any such underwriter all relevant
financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Issuer and (ii) cause the Issuer's officers, directors, employees, accountants and auditors to supply all
relevant information reasonably requested by the Holders of the Securities or any such underwriter, attorney, accountant or agent in connection with the Shelf Registration Statement, in each case, as
shall be reasonably necessary to enable such persons, to conduct a reasonable investigation within the meaning of Section 11 of the Securities Act; provided, however,  that the foregoing inspection
and information gathering shall be coordinated on behalf of the Initial Purchasers by you and on behalf of the other parties, by one counsel
designated by and on behalf of such other parties as described in Section 4 hereof. 

        (q)    In
the case of any Shelf Registration, the Issuer, if requested by any Holder of Securities covered thereby, shall cause (i) its counsel to deliver an opinion and
updates thereof relating to the Securities in customary form addressed to such Holders and the managing underwriters, if any, thereof and dated, in the case of the initial opinion, the effective date
of such Shelf Registration Statement (it being agreed that the matters to be covered by such opinion shall include, without limitation, the due incorporation and good standing of the Issuer and its
subsidiaries; the qualification of the Issuer and its subsidiaries to transact business as foreign corporations; the due authorization, execution and delivery of the relevant agreement of the type
referred to in Section 3(o) hereof; the due authorization, execution, authentication and issuance, and the validity and enforceability, of the applicable Securities; the absence of material
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required to be obtained in connection with the Shelf Registration Statement, the offering and sale of the applicable Securities, or any agreement of the type referred to in Section 3(o)
hereof; the compliance as to form of such Shelf Registration Statement and any documents incorporated by reference therein and of the Indenture with the requirements of the Securities Act and the
Trust Indenture Act, respectively; and, as of the date of the opinion and as of the effective date of the Shelf Registration Statement or most recent post-effective amendment thereto, as
the case may be, the absence from such Shelf Registration Statement and the prospectus included therein, as then amended or supplemented, and from any documents incorporated by reference therein of an
untrue statement of a material fact or the omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading (in the case of any such
documents, in the light of the circumstances existing at the time that such documents were filed with the Commission under the Exchange Act); (ii) its officers to execute and deliver all
customary documents and certificates and updates thereof requested by any underwriters of the applicable Securities and (iii) its independent public accountants to provide to the selling
Holders of the applicable Securities and any underwriter therefor a comfort letter in customary form, meeting the requirements as to the substance thereof as set forth in Section 7(f) of the
Purchase Agreement, with appropriate date changes. 

        (r)    In
the case of the Registered Exchange Offer, if requested by any Initial Purchaser or any known Participating Broker-Dealer, the Issuer shall cause (i) its
counsel to deliver to such Initial Purchaser or such Participating Broker-Dealer signed opinions in the form set forth in Section 7(d) of the Purchase Agreement with such changes as are
customary in connection with the preparation of a Registration Statement and (ii) its independent public accountants to deliver to such Initial Purchaser or such Participating Broker-Dealer a
comfort letter, in customary form, meeting the requirements as to the substance thereof as set forth in Section 7(f) of the Purchase Agreement, with appropriate date changes. 

        (s)    If
a Registered Exchange Offer or a Private Exchange is to be consummated, upon delivery of the Initial Securities by Holders to the Issuer (or to such other Person as
directed by the Issuer) in exchange for the Exchange Securities or the Private Exchange Securities, as the case may be, the Issuer shall mark, or caused to be marked, on the Initial Securities so
exchanged that such Initial Securities are being canceled in exchange for the Exchange Securities or the Private Exchange Securities, as the case may be; in no event shall the Initial Securities be
marked as paid or otherwise satisfied. 

        (t)    The
Issuer will use its reasonable efforts to (a) if the Initial Securities have been rated prior to the initial sale of such Initial Securities, confirm such
ratings will apply to the Securities covered by a Registration Statement, or (b) if the Initial Securities were not previously rated, cause the Securities covered by a Registration Statement to
be rated with the appropriate rating agencies, if so requested by Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Securities covered by such Registration Statement, or by the managing
underwriters, if any. 

        (u)  In
the event that any broker-dealer registered under the Exchange Act shall underwrite any Securities or participate as a member of an underwriting syndicate or selling
group or "assist in the distribution" (within the meaning of the Conduct Rules (the "Rules") of the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc.) thereof, whether as a Holder of such Securities or as an underwriter, a placement or sales agent or a broker or dealer in respect thereof, or otherwise, the Issuer will assist
such broker-dealer in complying with the requirements of such Rules, including, without limitation, by (i) if such Rules, including Rule 2720, shall so require, engaging a "qualified
independent underwriter"
(as defined in Rule 2720) to participate in the preparation of the Registration Statement relating to such Securities, to exercise usual standards of due diligence in respect thereto and, if
any portion of the offering contemplated by such Registration Statement is an underwritten offering or is made through a placement or sales agent, to recommend the yield 

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of such Securities, (ii) indemnifying any such qualified independent underwriter to the extent of the indemnification of underwriters provided in Section 5 hereof and
(iii) providing such information to such broker-dealer as may be required in order for such broker-dealer to comply with the requirements of the Rules. 

        (v)    The
Issuer shall use its reasonable efforts to take all other steps necessary to effect the registration of the Securities covered by a Registration Statement
contemplated hereby. 

        4.    Registration Expenses. (a) All expenses incident to the Issuer's performance of and compliance with this Agreement
will be borne by the Issuer, regardless of whether a Registration Statement is ever filed or becomes effective, including without limitation; 

        (i)    all
registration and filing fees and expenses; 

        (ii)    all
fees and expenses of compliance with federal securities and state "blue sky" or securities laws; 

        (iii)    all
expenses of printing (including printing certificates for the Securities to be issued in the Registered Exchange Offer and the Private Exchange and printing of
Prospectuses), messenger and delivery services and telephone; 

        (iv)    all
fees and disbursements of counsel for the Issuer; 

        (v)    all
application and filing fees in connection with listing the Exchange Securities on a national securities exchange or automated quotation system pursuant to the
requirements hereof; and 

        (vi)    all
fees and disbursements of independent certified public accountants of the Issuer (including the expenses of any special audit and comfort letters required by or
incident to such performance). 

The
Issuer will bear its internal expenses (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expenses of any annual
audit and the fees and expenses of any person, including special experts, retained by the Issuer. 

        (b)    In
connection with any Registration Statement required by this Agreement, the Issuer will reimburse the Initial Purchasers and the Holders of Transfer Restricted
Securities who are tendering Initial Securities in the Registered Exchange Offer and/or selling or reselling Securities pursuant to the "Plan of Distribution" contained in the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement or the Shelf Registration Statement, as applicable, for the reasonable fees and disbursements of not more than one counsel, who shall be Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy
LLP unless another firm shall be chosen by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities for whose benefit such Registration Statement is being prepared. 

        5.    Indemnification. (a) The Issuer agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Holder of the Securities, any
Participating Broker-Dealer and each person, if any, who controls such Holder or such Participating Broker-Dealer within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act (each Holder, any
Participating Broker-Dealer and such controlling persons are referred to collectively as the "Indemnified Parties") from and against any losses, claims,
damages or liabilities, joint or several, or any actions in respect thereof (including, but not limited to, any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or actions relating to purchases and sales of the
Securities) to which each Indemnified Party may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or actions arise out of or
are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in a Registration Statement or prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary
prospectus relating to a Shelf Registration, or arise out of, or are based upon, the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be 

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stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and shall reimburse, as incurred, the Indemnified Parties for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in
connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action in respect thereof; provided, however, that (i) the
Issuer shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or
alleged omission made in a Registration Statement or prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus relating to a Shelf Registration in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information pertaining to such Holder and furnished to the Issuer by or on behalf of such Holder specifically for inclusion therein and (ii) with respect to any untrue
statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in any preliminary prospectus relating to a Shelf Registration Statement, the indemnity agreement contained in this subsection
(a) shall not inure to the benefit of any Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer from whom the person asserting any such losses, claims, damages or liabilities purchased the Securities
concerned, to the extent that a prospectus relating to such Securities was required to be delivered by such Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer under the Securities Act in connection with such
purchase and any such loss, claim, damage or liability of such Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer results from the fact that both (i) there was not sent or given to such person, at or prior
to the written confirmation of the sale of such Securities to such person, a copy of the final prospectus if the Issuer had previously furnished copies thereof to such Holder or Participating
Broker-Dealer and (ii) the untrue statement in or omission from the preliminary prospectus was corrected in the final prospectus; provided further, however,  that this indemnity agreement will be in
addition to any liability which the Issuer may otherwise have to such Indemnified Party. The Issuer shall also indemnify underwriters,
their officers
and directors and each person who controls such underwriters within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act to the same extent as provided above with respect to the indemnification of
the Holders of the Securities if requested by such Holders. 

        (b)    Each
Holder of the Securities, severally and not jointly, will indemnify and hold harmless the Issuer and each person, if any, who controls the Issuer within the meaning
of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act from and against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities or any actions in respect thereof, to which the Issuer or any such controlling person may become
subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or actions arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact contained in a Registration Statement or prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus relating to a Shelf Registration, or arise
out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, but in each case only to the extent that the untrue
statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information pertaining to such Holder and furnished to the Issuer by or on behalf
of such Holder specifically for inclusion therein, and, subject to the limitation set forth immediately preceding this clause, shall reimburse, as incurred, the Issuer for any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by the Issuer or any such controlling person in connection with investigating or defending any loss, claim, damage, liability or action in respect thereof. This indemnity agreement
will be in addition to any liability which such Holder may otherwise have to the Issuer or any of its controlling persons. 

        (c)    Promptly
after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 5 of notice of the commencement of any action or proceeding (including a governmental
investigation), such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section 5, notify the indemnifying party of the commencement
thereof; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party will not, in any event, relieve the indemnifying party from any obligations to any indemnified party other than the indemnification
obligation provided in paragraph (a) or (b) above. In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party, and it notifies the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof,
the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein and, to the 

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extent that it may wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not,
except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense
thereof the indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party under this Section 5 for any legal or other expenses, other than reasonable costs of investigation, subsequently
incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending
or threatened action in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party unless such settlement includes an
unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on any claims that are the subject matter of such action, and does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault,
culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party. 

        (d)    If
the indemnification provided for in this Section 5 is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsections (a) or
(b) above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect
thereof) referred to in subsection (a) or (b) above (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the indemnifying party or parties on the
one hand and the indemnified party on the other from the exchange of the Securities, pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer, or (ii) if the allocation provided by the foregoing
clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault
of the indemnifying party or parties on the one hand and the indemnified party on the other in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities
(or actions in respect thereof) as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the parties shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or
alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Issuer on the one hand or such Holder or such other
indemnified party, as the case may be, on the other, and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The amount
paid by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in the first sentence of this subsection (d) shall be deemed to include any legal or other
expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any action or claim which is the subject of this subsection (d). Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Section 5(d), the Holders of the Securities shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the net proceeds received by such Holders from the
sale of the Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement exceeds the amount of damages which such Holders have otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or
omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who
was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this paragraph (d), each person, if any, who controls such indemnified party within the meaning of the Securities Act or the
Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as such indemnified party and each person, if any, who controls the Issuer within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act shall
have the same rights to contribution as the Issuer. 

        (e)    The
agreements contained in this Section 5 shall survive the sale of the Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement and shall remain in full force and
effect, regardless of any termination or cancellation of this Agreement or any investigation made by or on behalf of any indemnified party. 

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        6.    Additional Interest Under Certain Circumstances. (a) Additional interest (the "Additional
Interest") with respect to the Securities shall be assessed as follows if any of the following events occur (each such event in clauses (i) through (iv) below
being herein called a "Registration Default"): 

	(i)
	any
Registration Statement required by this Agreement is not filed with the Commission on or prior to the applicable Filing Deadline;  provided, however, that if the Commission has changed Commission policy
with respect to exchange offers and the Issuer has undertaken reasonable and
prompt efforts pursuant to the ultimate paragraph of Section 1 hereof to obtain a favorable no-action letter or other
decision from the Commission allowing the Issuer to consummate the Registered Exchange Offer and a response from the Commission has not been received prior to the applicable Filing Deadline, then
Additional Interest will not be assessed, and a Registration Default will not be deemed to have occurred, for a period of up to 20 days following the Filing Deadline provided that the Issuer
shall continue during such period to take appropriate steps to obtain such letter or decision or to otherwise take steps to promptly file the required Registration Statement with the Commission;

	(ii)
	any
Registration Statement required by this Agreement is not declared effective by the Commission on or prior to the applicable Effectiveness Deadline;

	(iii)
	the
Registered Exchange Offer has not been consummated on or prior to the Consummation Deadline; or

	(iv)
	any
Registration Statement required by this Agreement has been declared effective by the Commission but (A) such Registration Statement
thereafter ceases to be effective or (B) such Registration Statement or the related prospectus ceases to be usable in connection with resales of Transfer Restricted Securities during the
periods specified herein because either (1) any event occurs as a result of which the related prospectus forming part of such Registration Statement would include any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made not misleading, or (2) it shall be
necessary to amend such Registration Statement or supplement the related prospectus, to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder. 

Each
of the foregoing will constitute a Registration Default whatever the reason for any such event and whether it is voluntary or involuntary or is beyond the control of the Issuer or pursuant to
operation of law or as a result of any action or inaction by the Commission. 

        Additional
Interest shall accrue on the Securities over and above the interest set forth in the title of the Securities from and including the week on which any such Registration Default
shall occur to but excluding the week beginning after all such Registration Defaults have been cured, at a rate of 0.005% per week (the "Additional Interest
Rate") for the first 90-day period immediately following the occurrence of such Registration Default. The Additional Interest Rate shall increase by an additional
0.005% per week with respect to each subsequent 90-day period until all Registration Defaults have been cured, up to a maximum Additional Interest Rate of 0.025% per week. The Issuer shall
not be required to pay Additional Interest for more than one Registration Default at any given time. 

        (b)    A
Registration Default referred to in Section 6(a)(iv) hereof shall be deemed not to have occurred and be continuing in relation to a Shelf Registration
Statement or the related prospectus if (i) such Registration Default has occurred solely as a result of (x) the filing of a post-effective amendment to such Shelf
Registration Statement to incorporate annual audited financial information with respect to the Issuer where such post-effective amendment is not yet effective and needs to be declared
effective to permit Holders to use the related prospectus or (y) other material events, with respect to the Issuer
that would need to be described in such Shelf Registration Statement or the related prospectus and (ii) in the case of clause (y), the Issuer is proceeding promptly and in good faith 

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to amend or supplement such Shelf Registration Statement and related prospectus to describe such events; provided, however, that in any case if such
Registration Default occurs for a continuous period in excess of 30 days, Additional Interest shall be payable in accordance with the above paragraph from the day such Registration Default
occurs until such Registration Default is cured. 

        (c)    Any
amounts of Additional Interest due pursuant to Section 6(a) will be payable in cash on the regular interest payment dates with respect to the Securities. The
amount of Additional Interest will be determined by multiplying the applicable Additional Interest Rate by the principal amount of the Securities outstanding and further multiplied by a fraction, the
numerator of which is the number of days such Additional Interest Rate was applicable during such period (determined on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day
months), and the denominator of which is 360. 

        (d)    "Transfer Restricted Securities" means each Security until (i) the date on which such Security has been exchanged
for a freely transferable Exchange Security in the Registered Exchange Offer, (ii) the date on which such Security has been effectively registered under the Securities Act and disposed of in
accordance with the Shelf Registration Statement or (iii) the date on which such Security is distributed to the public pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or is saleable
pursuant to Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act. 

        7.    Rules 144 and 144A. The Issuer shall use its reasonable efforts to file the reports required to be filed by it
under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act in a timely manner and, if at any time the Issuer is not required to file such reports, it will, upon the request of any Holder of Securities, make
publicly available other information so long as necessary to permit sales of their securities pursuant to Rules 144 and 144A. The Issuer covenants that it will take such further action as any
Holder of Securities may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such Holder to sell Securities without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation
of the exemptions provided by Rules 144 and 144A (including the requirements of Rule 144A(d)(4)). The Issuer will provide a copy of this Agreement to prospective purchasers of Initial
Securities identified to the Issuer by the Initial Purchasers upon request. Upon the request of any Holder of Initial Securities, the Issuer shall deliver to such Holder a written statement as to
whether it has complied with such requirements. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 7 shall be deemed to require the Issuer to register any of its securities pursuant to the
Exchange Act. 

        8.    Underwritten Registrations. If any of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by any Shelf Registration are to be sold
in an underwritten offering, the investment banker or investment bankers and manager or managers that will administer the offering ("Managing
Underwriters") will be selected by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of such Transfer Restricted Securities to be included in such offering. Any
compensation paid to such underwriters will be at the expense of such Holders. 

        No
person may participate in any underwritten registration hereunder unless such person (i) agrees to sell such person's Transfer Restricted Securities on the basis reasonably
provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the persons entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements and (ii) completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney,
indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements. Any underwriting agreement will contain indemnification provisions
similar to this Agreement. 

        9.    Miscellaneous. 

        (a)    Remedies. The Issuer acknowledges and agrees that any failure by the Issuer to comply with its obligations under
Section 1 and 2 hereof may result in material irreparable injury to the Initial Purchasers or the Holders for which there is no adequate remedy at law, that it will not be possible to measure
damages for such injuries precisely and that, in the event of any such failure, the Initial Purchasers or any Holder may obtain such relief as may be required to specifically enforce the Issuer's 

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obligations under Sections 1 and 2 hereof. The Issuer further agrees to waive the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate. 

        (b)    No Inconsistent Agreements. The Issuer will not on or after the date of this Agreement enter into any agreement with
respect to its securities that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof. The rights granted to the Holders hereunder
do not in any way conflict with and are not inconsistent with the rights granted to the holders of the Issuer's securities under any agreement in effect on the date hereof. 

        (c)    Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or
consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given, except by the Issuer and the written consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities affected by such
amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consents. 

        (d)    Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand
delivery, first-class mail, facsimile transmission, or air courier which guarantees overnight delivery: 

        (1)    if
to a Holder of the Securities, at the most current address given by such Holder to the Issuer. 

        (2)    if
to the Initial Purchasers: 

Credit
Suisse First Boston Corporation

Eleven Madison Avenue

New York, NY 10010-3629

Fax No.: (212) 325-8278

Attention: Transactions Advisory Group 

        with
a copy to: 

Milbank,
Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP

1 Chase Manhattan Plaza

New York, New York 10005-1413

Fax No.: (212) 822-5150

Attention: Robert W. Mullen, Jr., Esq. 

        (3)    if
to the Issuer, at its address as follows: 

Aquila, Inc.

20 West Ninth Street

Kansas City, Missouri 64105

Attention: Chief Financial Officer and General Counsel

Fax No.:    (816) 467-9014 

        with
a copy to: 

Blackwell
Sanders Peper Martin LLP

2300 Main Street

Suite 1000

Kansas City, Missouri 64108

Attention: Jeffrey T. Haughey, Esq.

Fax No.: (816) 983-8080 

        All
such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; three business days after being deposited in the
mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt is acknowledged by recipient's facsimile machine operator, if sent by 

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facsimile transmission; and on the day delivered, if sent by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery. 

        (e)    Third Party Beneficiaries. The Holders shall be third party beneficiaries to the agreements made hereunder between the
Issuer, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, and shall have the right to enforce such agreements directly to the extent they may deem such enforcement necessary or advisable
to protect their rights or the rights of Holders hereunder. 

        (f)    Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon the Issuer and its successors and assigns. 

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

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

        (i)    Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS. 

        (j)    Severability. If any one or more of the provisions contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstance, is
held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not be affected or
impaired thereby. 

        (k)    Securities Held by the Issuer. Whenever the consent or approval of Holders of a specified percentage of principal amount
of Securities is required hereunder, Securities held by the Issuer or its affiliates (other than subsequent Holders of Securities if such subsequent Holders are deemed to be affiliates solely by
reason of their holdings of such Securities) shall not be counted in determining whether such consent or approval was given by the Holders of such required percentage. 

        (l)    Agent for Service; Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Immunities. By the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the
Issuer (i) acknowledges that it has, by separate written instrument, irrevocably
designated and appointed CT Corporation System, located at 111 Eighth Avenue, New York, New York 10011 (and any successor entity), as its authorized agent upon which process may be served in any suit
or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement that may be instituted in any federal or state court in the State of New York or brought under federal or state securities laws, and
acknowledges that CT Corporation System has accepted such designation, (ii) submits to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of any such court in any such suit or proceeding, and (iii) agrees
that service of process upon CT Corporation System and written notice of said service to the Issuer shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon it in any such suit or
proceeding. The Issuer further agrees to take any and all action, including the execution and filing of any and all such documents and instruments, as may be necessary to continue such designation and
appointment of CT Corporation System in full force and effect so long as any of the Securities shall be outstanding. To the extent that the Issuer may acquire any immunity from jurisdiction of any
court or from any legal process (whether through service of notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution, execution or otherwise) with respect to itself or its property, it
hereby irrevocably waives such immunity in respect of this Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by law. 

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        If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to the Issuer a counterpart hereof, whereupon this instrument, along with all
counterparts, will become a binding agreement among the several Initial Purchasers and the Issuer in accordance with its terms. 

	 	 	Very truly yours,
	

 	
 	

AQUILA, INC.
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

/s/  DAN STREEK      
 Name:

Title:

The
foregoing Registration

Rights Agreement is hereby confirmed

and accepted as of the date first

above written on behalf of themselves and

the other several Initial Purchasers named in

Schedule I to the Purchase Agreement. 

CREDIT
SUISSE FIRST BOSTON CORPORATION 

	By:	 	/s/  JAMIE WELCH      
 Name:

Title:	 	 

  

 
 

ANNEX A    
  

        Each
broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale
of such Exchange Securities. The Letter of Transmittal states that by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an "underwriter" within
the meaning of the Securities Act. This Prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of Exchange Securities received in
exchange for Initial Securities where such Initial Securities were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. The Issuer has agreed that, for a
period of 180 days after the Expiration Date (as defined herein), it will make this Prospectus available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale. See "Plan of
Distribution." 

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ANNEX B    
  

        Each
broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in exchange for Initial Securities, where such Initial Securities were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result
of market-making activities or other trading activities, must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. See "Plan of Distribution." 

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   ANNEX C  

 PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION  

        Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in
connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. This prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of Exchange
Securities received in exchange for Initial Securities where such Initial Securities were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. The Issuer has agreed that, for
a period of 180 days after the Expiration Date, it will make this prospectus, as amended or supplemented, available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale. 

        The
Issuer will not receive any proceeds from any sale of Exchange Securities by broker-dealers. Exchange Securities received by broker-dealers for their own account pursuant to the
Exchange Offer may be sold from time to time in one or more transactions in the over-the-counter market, in negotiated transactions, through the writing of options on the Exchange Securities or a
combination of such methods of resale, at market prices prevailing at the time of resale, at prices related to such prevailing market prices or negotiated prices. Any such resale may be made directly
to purchasers or to or through brokers or dealers who may receive compensation in the form of commissions or concessions from any such broker-dealer or the purchasers of any such Exchange Securities.
Any broker-dealer that resells Exchange Securities that were received by it for its own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer and any broker or dealer that participates in a distribution of such
Exchange Securities may be deemed to be an "underwriter" within the meaning of the Securities Act and any profit on any such resale of Exchange Securities and any commission or concessions received by
any such persons may be deemed to be underwriting compensation under the Securities Act. The Letter of Transmittal states that, by acknowledging that it will deliver and by delivering a prospectus, a
broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an "underwriter" within the meaning of the Securities Act. 

        For
a period of 180 days after the Expiration Date the Issuer will promptly send additional copies of this prospectus and any amendment or supplement to this prospectus to any
broker-dealer that requests such documents in the Letter of Transmittal. The Issuer has agreed to pay all expenses incident to the Exchange Offer (including the expenses of one counsel for the Holders
of the Securities) other than commissions or concessions of any brokers or dealers and will indemnify the Holders of the Securities (including any broker-dealers) against certain liabilities,
including liabilities under the Securities Act. 

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   ANNEX D  

[    ]  CHECK HERE IF YOU ARE A BROKER-DEALER AND WISH TO RECEIVE 10 ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THE PROSPECTUS AND
10 COPIES OF ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO. 

	

Name:	

	
 	

 
	Address:	
	 	 

If the undersigned is not a broker-dealer, the undersigned represents that it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, a distribution of Exchange Securities. If the
undersigned is a broker-dealer that will receive Exchange Securities for its own account in exchange for Initial Securities that were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading
activities, it acknowledges that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities; however, by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, the undersigned
will not be deemed to admit that it is an "underwriter" within the meaning of the Securities Act. 

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Exhibit 4(f)    
  

        EXECUTION COPY 

July 3,
2002 

Credit
Suisse First Boston Corporation

Eleven Madison Avenue

New York, New York 10010-3629

As Representative of the several Initial Purchasers named below. 

        Reference
is made to the Purchase Agreement dated June 28, 2002 and the Registration Rights Agreement dated June 28, 2002 (collectively, the "Agreements") in each case
among Aquila, Inc., a Delaware Corporation (the "Company"), and Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation as Representative of the several Initial Purchasers named therein in relation to the
Company's proposed issuance of its 107/8% Senior Notes Due July 1, 2012. It is agreed that the Agreements are hereby amended to replace all references to the Company's
107/8% Senior Notes Due July 1, 2012 with the Company's 117/8% Senior Notes Due July 1, 2012. 

	

 	

Very Truly Yours,
	

 	

AQUILA, INC.
	

 	

By:	

/s/ DAN STREEK
 Name:

Title:
	

 	

Confirmed as of the date first above

mentioned on behalf of themselves and

the other several Initial Purchasers named above
	

 	

CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON

CORPORATION
	

 	

By:	

/s/ JAMIE WELCH
 Name:

Title:

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