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                                                               EXECUTION VERSION

                          REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

         This REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT, dated December 10, 2002 (the
"Agreement"), is entered into by and among TriMas Corporation, a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), each of the Company's subsidiaries listed on the
signature pages hereof (such subsidiaries, the "Guarantors"), Credit Suisse
First Boston Corporation and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., as representatives of
the several initial purchasers (collectively, the "Initial Purchasers").

         The Company, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers are parties to
the Purchase Agreement, dated November 25, 2002 (the "Purchase Agreement"),
which provides for the sale by the Company to the Initial Purchasers of
$85,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company's 9 7/8% Senior
Subordinated Notes due 2012 (the "Securities"), which will be fully and
unconditionally guaranteed on an unsecured senior subordinated basis by each of
the Guarantors (the "Guarantees"). As an inducement to the Initial Purchasers to
enter into the Purchase Agreement, the Company and the Guarantors have agreed to
provide to the Initial Purchasers and their direct and indirect transferees the
registration rights set forth in this Agreement. The execution and delivery of
this Agreement is a condition to the closing under the Purchase Agreement.

         In consideration of the foregoing, the parties hereto agree as follows:

Section 1. Definitions.

         As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following
meanings:

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

         "Closing Date" shall mean the Closing Date as defined in the Purchase
Agreement.

         "Company" shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble and shall
also include the Company's successors.

         "Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended from time to time.

         "Exchange Date" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(ii)
hereof.

         "Exchange Offer" shall mean the exchange offer by the Company and the
Guarantors of Exchange Securities for Registrable Securities pursuant to Section
2(a) hereof.

         "Exchange Offer Registration" shall mean a registration under the
Securities Act effected pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof.

         "Exchange Offer Registration Statement" shall mean an exchange offer
registration statement on Form S-4 (or, if applicable, on another appropriate
form) and all amendments and

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supplements to such registration statement, in each case including the
Prospectus contained therein, all exhibits thereto and any document incorporated
by reference therein.

         "Exchange Securities" shall mean the 9 7/8% Senior Subordinated Notes
due 2012 issued by the Company and guaranteed by the Guarantors under the
Indenture containing terms identical to the Securities and the Guarantees
(except that the Exchange Securities will not be subject to restrictions on
transfer or to any increase in annual interest rate for failure to comply with
this Agreement) and to be offered to Holders of Securities in exchange for
Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer.

         "Guarantors" shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble and shall
also include any successors to the Guarantors.

         "Holders" shall mean the Initial Purchasers, for so long as they own
any Registrable Securities, and each of their successors, assigns and direct and
indirect transferees who become owners of Registrable Securities under the
Indenture; provided that for purposes of Sections 4 and 5 of this Agreement, the
term "Holders" shall include Participating Broker-Dealers.

         "Indemnified Person" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c)
hereof.

         "Indemnifying Person" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c)
hereof.

         "Indenture" shall mean the Indenture relating to the Securities, dated
as of June 6, 2002, among the Company, the Guarantors and The Bank of New York,
as trustee, as the same may be amended from time to time in accordance with the
terms thereof.

         "Initial Purchasers" shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

         "Inspector" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(m) hereof.

         "Majority Holders" shall mean the Holders of a majority of the
aggregate principal amount of outstanding Registrable Securities; provided that
whenever the consent or approval of Holders of a specified percentage of
Registrable Securities is required hereunder, Registrable Securities owned
directly or indirectly by the Company or any of its affiliates shall not be
counted in determining whether such consent or approval was given by the Holders
of such required percentage or amount.

         "Participating Broker-Dealers" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 4(a) hereof.

         "Person" shall mean an individual, partnership, limited liability
company, corporation, trust or unincorporated organization, or a government or
agency or political subdivision thereof.

         "Purchase Agreement" shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

         "Prospectus" shall mean the prospectus included in a Registration
Statement, including any preliminary prospectus, and any such prospectus as
amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, including a prospectus
supplement with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the
Registrable Securities covered by a Shelf Registration Statement,

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and by all other amendments and supplements to such prospectus, and in each case
including any document incorporated by reference therein.

         "Registrable Securities" shall mean the Securities; provided that the
Securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities (i) when a Registration
Statement with respect to such Securities has been declared effective under the
Securities Act and such Securities have been exchanged or disposed of pursuant
to such Registration Statement, (ii) when such Securities have been sold
pursuant to Rule 144 or are eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144(k) (or any
similar provision then in force, but not Rule 144A) under the Securities Act or
(iii) when such Securities cease to be outstanding.

         "Registration Expenses" shall mean any and all expenses incident to
performance of or compliance by the Company and the Guarantors with this
Agreement, including without limitation: (i) all SEC, stock exchange or National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. registration and filing fees, (ii) all
fees and expenses incurred in connection with compliance with state securities
or blue sky laws (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for any
Underwriters or Holders in connection with blue sky qualification of any
Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities), (iii) all expenses of any
Persons in preparing or assisting in preparing, word processing, printing and
distributing any Registration Statement, any Prospectus and any amendments or
supplements thereto, any underwriting agreements, securities sales agreements or
other similar agreements and any other documents relating to the performance of
and compliance with this Agreement, (iv) all rating agency fees, (v) all fees
and disbursements relating to the qualification of the Indenture under
applicable securities laws, (vi) the fees and disbursements of the Trustee and
its counsel, (vii) the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and the
Guarantors and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the fees and
disbursements of one counsel for the Holders (which counsel shall be selected by
the Majority Holders and which counsel may also be counsel for the Initial
Purchasers) and (viii) the fees and disbursements of the independent public
accountants of the Company and the Guarantors, including the expenses of any
special audits or "comfort" letters required by or incident to the performance
of and compliance with this Agreement, but excluding fees and expenses of
counsel to the Underwriters (other than fees and expenses set forth in clause
(ii) above) or the Holders and underwriting discounts and commissions and
transfer taxes, if any, relating to the sale or disposition of Registrable
Securities by a Holder.

         "Registration Statement" shall mean any registration statement of the
Company and the Guarantors that covers any of the Exchange Securities or
Registrable Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement and all
amendments and supplements to any such registration statement, including
post-effective amendments, in each case including the Prospectus contained
therein, all exhibits thereto and any document incorporated by reference
therein.

         "SEC" shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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

         "Shelf Registration" shall mean a registration effected pursuant to
Section 2(b) hereof.

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         "Shelf Registration Statement" shall mean a "shelf" registration
statement of the Company and the Guarantors that covers all the Registrable
Securities (but no other securities unless approved by the Holders whose
Registrable Securities to be covered by such Shelf Registration Statement) on an
appropriate form under Rule 415 under the Securities Act, or any similar rule
that may be adopted by the SEC, and all amendments and supplements to such
registration statement, including post-effective amendments, in each case
including the Prospectus contained therein, all exhibits thereto and any
document incorporated by reference therein.

         "Staff" shall mean the staff of the SEC.

         "Trust Indenture Act" shall mean the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended from time to time.

         "Trustee" shall mean the trustee with respect to the Securities under
the Indenture.

         "Underwriter" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3 hereof.

         "Underwritten Offering" shall mean an offering in which Registrable
Securities are sold to an Underwriter for reoffering to the public.

Section 2. Registration Under the Securities Act.

         (a) To the extent not prohibited by any applicable law or applicable
interpretations of the Staff, the Company and the Guarantors shall use their
reasonable best efforts to (i) cause to be filed an Exchange Offer Registration
Statement covering an offer to the Holders to exchange all the Registrable
Securities for Exchange Securities and (ii) have such Registration Statement
remain effective until the closing of the Exchange Offer. The Company and the
Guarantors shall commence the Exchange Offer promptly after the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC and use their reasonable
best efforts to complete the Exchange Offer not later than 60 days after such
effective date.

         The Company and the Guarantors shall commence the Exchange Offer by
mailing the related Prospectus, appropriate letters of transmittal and other
accompanying documents to each Holder stating, in addition to such other
disclosures as are required by applicable law:

                  (i)      that the Exchange Offer is being made pursuant to
                           this Agreement and that all Registrable Securities
                           validly tendered and not properly withdrawn will be
                           accepted for exchange;

                  (ii)     the dates of acceptance for exchange (which shall be
                           a period of at least 20 Business Days from the date
                           such notice is mailed) (each, an "Exchange Date");

                  (iii)    that any Registrable Security not tendered will
                           remain outstanding and continue to accrue interest
                           but will not retain any rights under this Agreement;

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                  (iv)     that any Holder electing to have a Registrable
                           Security exchanged pursuant to the Exchange Offer
                           will be required to surrender such Registrable
                           Security, together with the appropriate letters of
                           transmittal, to the institution and at the address
                           (located in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New
                           York) and in the manner specified in the notice,
                           prior to the close of business on the last Exchange
                           Date; and

                  (v)      that any Holder will be entitled to withdraw its
                           election, not later than the close of business on the
                           last Exchange Date, by sending to the institution and
                           at the address (located in the Borough of Manhattan,
                           The City of New York) specified in the notice, a
                           telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter
                           setting forth the name of such Holder, the principal
                           amount of Registrable Securities delivered for
                           exchange and a statement that such Holder is
                           withdrawing its election to have such Securities
                           exchanged.

         As a condition to participating in the Exchange Offer, a Holder will be
required to represent to the Company and the Guarantors that (i) any Exchange
Securities to be received by it will be acquired in the ordinary course of its
business, (ii) at the time of the commencement of the Exchange Offer it has no
arrangement or understanding with any Person to participate in the distribution
(within the meaning of the Securities Act) of the Exchange Securities in
violation of the provisions of the Securities Act, (iii) it is not an
"affiliate" (within the meaning of Rule 405 under Securities Act) of the Company
or any Guarantor and (iv) if such Holder is a broker-dealer that will receive
Exchange Securities for its own account in exchange for Registrable Securities
that were acquired as a result of market-making or other trading activities,
then such Holder will deliver a Prospectus in connection with any resale of such
Exchange Securities.

         As soon as practicable after the last Exchange Date, the Company and
the Guarantors shall:

                  (i)      accept for exchange Registrable Securities or
                           portions thereof validly tendered and not properly
                           withdrawn pursuant to the Exchange Offer; and

                  (ii)     deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee for
                           cancellation all Registrable Securities or portions
                           thereof so accepted for exchange by the Company and
                           issue, and cause the Trustee to promptly authenticate
                           and deliver to each Holder, Exchange Securities equal
                           in principal amount to the principal amount of the
                           Registrable Securities surrendered by such Holder.

         The Company and the Guarantors shall use their reasonable best efforts
to complete the Exchange Offer as provided above and shall comply with the
applicable requirements of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and other
applicable laws and regulations in connection with the Exchange Offer. The
Exchange Offer shall not be subject to any conditions, other than that the
Exchange Offer does not violate any applicable law or applicable interpretations
of the Staff.

         (b) In the event that (i) the Company and the Guarantors determine that
the Exchange Offer Registration provided for in Section 2(a) above is not
available or may not be completed as

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soon as practicable after the last Exchange Date because it would violate any
applicable law or applicable interpretations of the Staff, (ii) the Exchange
Offer is not for any other reason completed by 210 days after the Closing Date
or (iii) the Exchange Offer has been completed and in the opinion of counsel for
the Initial Purchasers a Registration Statement must be filed and a Prospectus
must be delivered by the Initial Purchasers in connection with any offering or
sale of Registrable Securities held by the Initial Purchasers, the Company and
the Guarantors shall use their reasonable best efforts to cause to be filed as
soon as practicable after such determination, date or notice of such opinion of
counsel is given to the Company, as the case may be, a Shelf Registration
Statement providing for the sale of all the Registrable Securities by the
Holders thereof (or Initial Purchasers that are holders thereof in the case of a
Shelf Registration Statement filed pursuant to clause (iii) of this sentence)
and to have such Shelf Registration Statement declared effective by the SEC.

         In the event that the Company and the Guarantors are required to file a
Shelf Registration Statement solely as a result of the matters referred to in
clause (iii) of the preceding sentence, the Company and the Guarantors shall use
their reasonable best efforts to file and have declared effective by the SEC
both an Exchange Offer Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(a) with
respect to all Registrable Securities and a Shelf Registration Statement (which
may be a combined Registration Statement with the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement) with respect to offers and sales of Registrable Securities held by
the Initial Purchasers after completion of the Exchange Offer. The Company and
the Guarantors agree to use their reasonable best efforts to keep the Shelf
Registration Statement continuously effective until the expiration of the period
referred to in Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act with respect to the
Registrable Securities or such shorter period that will terminate when all the
Registrable Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement have been
sold pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement. The Company and the
Guarantors further agree to supplement or amend the Shelf Registration Statement
and the related Prospectus if required by the rules, regulations or instructions
applicable to the registration form used by the Company for such Shelf
Registration Statement or by the Securities Act or by any other rules and
regulations thereunder for shelf registration or if reasonably requested by a
Holder of Registrable Securities with respect to information relating to such
Holder, and to use their reasonable best efforts to cause any such amendment to
become effective and such Shelf Registration Statement and Prospectus to become
usable as soon as thereafter practicable. The Company and the Guarantors agree
to furnish to the Holders of Registrable Securities copies of any such
supplement or amendment promptly after its being used or filed with the SEC.

         (c) The Company and the Guarantors shall pay all Registration Expenses
in connection with the registration pursuant to Section 2(a) and Section 2(b)
hereof. Each Holder shall pay all underwriting discounts and commissions and
transfer taxes, if any, relating to the sale or disposition of such Holder's
Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement.

         (d) An Exchange Offer Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(a)
hereof or a Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(b) hereof will
not be deemed to have become effective unless it has been declared effective by
the SEC; provided that if, after it has been declared effective, the offering of
Registrable Securities pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement is interfered
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SEC or any court or other governmental or regulatory agency or body, such
Registration Statement will be deemed not to have become effective during the
period of such interference until the offering of Registrable Securities
pursuant to such Registration Statement may legally resume.

         In the event that either the Exchange Offer is not completed or a Shelf
Registration Statement, if required hereby, is not declared effective within 210
days of the Closing Date, the interest rate on the Registrable Securities will
be increased by 1.00% per annum until the Exchange Offer is completed or the
Shelf Registration Statement, if required hereby, is declared effective by the
SEC or the Securities become freely tradable under the Securities Act.

         (e) Without limiting the remedies available to the Initial Purchasers
and the Holders, the Company and the Guarantors acknowledge that any failure by
the Company or the Guarantors to comply with their obligations under Section
2(a) and Section 2(b) 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 Company's and
the Guarantors' obligations under Section 2(a) and Section 2(b) hereof.

Section 3. Registration Procedures.

         In connection with their obligations pursuant to Section 2(a) and
Section 2(b) hereof, the Company and the Guarantors shall as expeditiously as
possible:

         (a) prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement on the
appropriate form under the Securities Act, which form (x) shall be selected by
the Company and the Guarantors, (y) shall, in the case of a Shelf Registration,
be available for the sale of the Registrable Securities by the selling Holders
thereof and (z) shall comply as to form in all material respects with the
requirements of the applicable form and include all financial statements
required by the SEC to be filed therewith; and use their reasonable best efforts
to cause such Registration Statement to become effective and remain effective
for the applicable period in accordance with Section 2 hereof;

         (b) prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and post-effective
amendments to each Registration Statement as may be necessary to keep such
Registration Statement effective for the applicable period in accordance with
Section 2 hereof and cause each Prospectus to be supplemented by any required
prospectus supplement and, as so supplemented, to be filed pursuant to Rule 424
under the Securities Act; and keep each Prospectus current during the period
described in Section 4(3) of and Rule 174 under the Securities Act that is
applicable to transactions by brokers or dealers with respect to the Registrable
Securities or Exchange Securities;

         (c) in the case of a Shelf Registration, furnish to each Holder of
Registrable Securities, to counsel for the Initial Purchasers, to counsel for
such Holders and to each Underwriter of an Underwritten Offering of Registrable
Securities, if any, without charge, as many copies of each Prospectus, including
each preliminary Prospectus, and any amendment or

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supplement thereto in order to facilitate the sale or other disposition of the
Registrable Securities thereunder; and the Company and the Guarantors consent to
the use of such Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto in accordance
with applicable law by each of the selling Holders of Registrable Securities and
any such Underwriters in connection with the offering and sale of the
Registrable Securities covered by and in the manner described in such Prospectus
or any amendment or supplement thereto in accordance with applicable law;

         (d) use their reasonable best efforts to register or qualify the
Registrable Securities under all applicable state securities or blue sky laws of
such jurisdictions as any Holder of Registrable Securities covered by a
Registration Statement shall reasonably request in writing by the time the
applicable Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC; cooperate
with the Holders in connection with any filings required to be made with the
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.; and do any and all other acts
and things that may be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable each Holder
to complete the disposition in each such jurisdiction of the Registrable
Securities owned by such Holder; provided that neither the Company nor any
Guarantor shall be required to (i) qualify as a foreign corporation or other
entity or as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction where it would not
otherwise be required to so qualify, (ii) file any general consent to service of
process in any such jurisdiction or (iii) subject itself to taxation in any such
jurisdiction if it is not so subject;

         (e) in the case of a Shelf Registration, notify each Holder of
Registrable Securities, counsel for such Holders and counsel for the Initial
Purchasers promptly and, if requested by any such Holder or counsel, confirm
such advice in writing (i) when a Registration Statement has become effective
and when any post-effective amendment thereto has been filed and becomes
effective, (ii) of any request by the SEC or any state securities authority for
amendments and supplements to a Registration Statement and Prospectus or for
additional information after the Registration Statement has become effective,
(iii) of the issuance by the SEC or any state securities authority of any stop
order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or the initiation
of any proceedings for that purpose, (iv) if, between the effective date of a
Registration Statement and the closing of any sale of Registrable Securities
covered thereby, the representations and warranties of the Company or any
Guarantor contained in any underwriting agreement, securities sales agreement or
other similar agreement, if any, relating to an offering of such Registrable
Securities cease to be true and correct in all material respects or if the
Company or any Guarantor receives any notification with respect to the
suspension of the qualification of the Registrable Securities for sale in any
jurisdiction or the initiation of any proceeding for such purpose, (v) of the
happening of any event during the period a Shelf Registration Statement is
effective that makes any statement made in such Registration Statement or the
related Prospectus untrue in any material respect or that requires the making of
any changes in such Registration Statement or Prospectus in order to make the
statements therein not misleading and (vi) of any determination by the Company
or any Guarantor that a post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement
would be appropriate;

         (f) use their reasonable best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any
order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement at the earliest
possible moment and provide immediate notice to each Holder of the withdrawal of
any such order;

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         (g) in the case of a Shelf Registration, furnish to each Holder of
Registrable Securities, without charge, at least one conformed copy of each
Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto (without any
documents incorporated therein by reference or exhibits thereto, unless
requested);

         (h) in the case of a Shelf Registration, cooperate with the selling
Holders of Registrable Securities to facilitate the timely preparation and
delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to be sold and not
bearing any restrictive legends and enable such Registrable Securities to be
issued in such denominations and registered in such names (consistent with the
provisions of the Indenture) as the selling Holders may reasonably request at
least one Business Day prior to the closing of any sale of Registrable
Securities;

         (i) in the case of a Shelf Registration, upon the occurrence of any
event contemplated by Section 3(e)(iii) or 3(e)(v) hereof, use their reasonable
best efforts to prepare and file with the SEC a supplement or post-effective
amendment to a Registration Statement or the related Prospectus or any document
incorporated therein by reference or file any other required document so that,
as thereafter delivered to purchasers of the Registrable Securities, such
Prospectus will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and the Company
and the Guarantors shall notify the Holders of Registrable Securities to suspend
use of the Prospectus as promptly as practicable after the occurrence of such an
event, and such Holders hereby agree to suspend use of the Prospectus until the
Company and the Guarantors have amended or supplemented the Prospectus to
correct such misstatement or omission;

         (j) a reasonable time prior to the filing of any Shelf Registration
Statement, any related Prospectus, any amendment to a Shelf Registration
Statement or amendment or supplement to a related Prospectus or of any document
that is to be incorporated by reference into a Shelf Registration Statement or a
related Prospectus after initial filing of a Shelf Registration Statement,
provide copies of such document to the Initial Purchasers and their counsel and
to the Holders of Registrable Securities and their counsel and make such of the
representatives of the Company and the Guarantors as shall be reasonably
requested by the Initial Purchasers or their counsel or the Holders of
Registrable Securities or their counsel available for discussion of such
document; and the Company and the Guarantors shall not at any time after initial
filing of a Shelf Registration Statement file any amendment to the Shelf
Registration Statement, any related Prospectus or any amendment of or supplement
to a Shelf Registration Statement or a related Prospectus or any document that
is to be incorporated by reference into a Shelf Registration Statement or a
related Prospectus, of which the Initial Purchasers and their counsel and the
Holders of Registrable Securities and their counsel shall not have previously
been advised and furnished a copy or to which the Initial Purchasers or their
counsel or the Holders or their counsel shall reasonably object;

         (k) obtain a CUSIP number for all Exchange Securities or Registrable
Securities, as the case may be, not later than the effective date of a
Registration Statement;

         (l) cause the Indenture to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act
in connection with the registration of the Exchange Securities or Registrable
Securities, as the case may be;

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cooperate with the Trustee and the Holders to effect such changes to the
Indenture as may be required for the Indenture to be so qualified in accordance
with the terms of the Trust Indenture Act; and execute, and use their reasonable
best efforts to cause the Trustee to execute, all documents as may be required
to effect such changes and all other forms and documents required to be filed
with the SEC to enable the Indenture to be so qualified in a timely manner;

         (m) in the case of a Shelf Registration, make available for inspection
by a representative of the Holders of the Registrable Securities (an
"Inspector"), any Underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to such
Shelf Registration Statement, and attorneys and accountants designated by the
Holders, at reasonable times and in a reasonable manner, all pertinent financial
and other records, pertinent documents and properties of the Company and the
Guarantors, and cause the respective officers, directors and employees of the
Company and the Guarantors to supply all information reasonably requested by any
such Inspector, Underwriter, attorney or accountant in connection with a Shelf
Registration Statement; provided that if any such information is identified by
the Company or any Guarantor as being confidential or proprietary, each Person
receiving such information shall take such actions as are reasonably necessary
to protect the confidentiality of such information to the extent such action is
otherwise not inconsistent with, an impairment of or in derogation of the rights
and interests of any Inspector, Holder or Underwriter;

         (n) in the case of a Shelf Registration, use their reasonable best
efforts to cause all Registrable Securities to be listed on any securities
exchange or any automated quotation system on which similar securities issued or
guaranteed by the Company or any Guarantor are then listed if requested by the
Majority Holders, to the extent such Registrable Securities satisfy applicable
listing requirements;

         (o) if reasonably requested by any Holder of Registrable Securities
covered by a Registration Statement, promptly incorporate in a Prospectus
supplement or post-effective amendment such information with respect to such
Holder as such Holder reasonably requests to be included therein and make all
required filings of such Prospectus supplement or such post-effective amendment
as soon as the Company has received notification of the matters to be
incorporated in such filing; and

         (p) in the case of a Shelf Registration, enter into such customary
agreements and take all such other actions in connection therewith (including
those requested by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Registrable Securities being sold) in order to expedite or facilitate the
disposition of such Registrable Securities including, but not limited to, an
Underwritten Offering and in such connection, (i) to the extent possible, make
such representations and warranties to the Holders and any Underwriters of such
Registrable Securities with respect to the business of the Company and its
subsidiaries, the Registration Statement, Prospectus and documents incorporated
by reference or deemed incorporated by reference, if any, in each case, in form,
substance and scope as are customarily made by issuers to underwriters in
underwritten offerings and confirm the same if and when requested, (ii) obtain
opinions of counsel to the Company and the Guarantors (which counsel and
opinions, in form, scope and substance, shall be reasonably satisfactory to the
Holders and such Underwriters and their respective counsel) addressed to each
selling Holder and Underwriter of Registrable Securities, covering the matters
customarily covered in opinions requested in underwritten

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offerings, (iii) obtain "comfort" letters from the independent certified public
accountants of the Company and the Guarantors (and, if necessary, any other
certified public accountant of any subsidiary of the Company or any Guarantor,
or of any business acquired by the Company or any Guarantor for which financial
statements and financial data are or are required to be included in the
Registration Statement) addressed to each selling Holder and Underwriter of
Registrable Securities, such letters to be in customary form and covering
matters of the type customarily covered in "comfort" letters in connection with
underwritten offerings and (iv) deliver such documents and certificates as may
be reasonably requested by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Registrable Securities being sold or the Underwriters, and which are customarily
delivered in underwritten offerings, to evidence the continued validity of the
representations and warranties of the Company and the Guarantors made pursuant
to clause (i) above and to evidence compliance with any customary conditions
contained in an underwriting agreement.

         In the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Company may require
each Holder of Registrable Securities to furnish to the Company such information
regarding such Holder and the proposed disposition by such Holder of such
Registrable Securities as the Company and the Guarantors may from time to time
reasonably request in writing.

         In the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, each Holder of
Registrable Securities agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company
and the Guarantors of the happening of any event of the kind described in
Section 3(e)(iii) or 3(e)(v) hereof, such Holder will forthwith discontinue
disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement until
such Holder's receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus
contemplated by Section 3(i) hereof and, if so directed by the Company and the
Guarantors, such Holder will deliver to the Company and the Guarantors all
copies in its possession, other than permanent file copies then in such Holder's
possession, of the Prospectus covering such Registrable Securities that is
current at the time of receipt of such notice.

         If the Company and the Guarantors shall give any such notice to suspend
the disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement,
the Company and the Guarantors shall extend the period during which the
Registration Statement shall be maintained effective pursuant to this Agreement
by the number of days during the period from and including the date of the
giving of such notice to and including the date when the Holders shall have
received copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus necessary to resume
such dispositions. The Company and the Guarantors may give any such notice only
twice during any 365-day period and any such suspensions shall not exceed 30
days for each suspension and there shall not be more than two suspensions in
effect during any 365-day period.

         The Holders of Registrable Securities covered by a Shelf Registration
Statement who desire to do so may sell such Registrable Securities in an
Underwritten Offering. In any such Underwritten Offering, the investment banker
or investment bankers and manager or managers (the "Underwriters") that will
administer the offering will be selected by the Majority Holders of the
Registrable Securities included in such offering and shall be reasonably
acceptable to the Company and the Guarantors.

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Section 4. Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer.

         (a) The Staff has taken the position that any broker-dealer that
receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in
exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of
market-making or other trading activities (a "Participating Broker-Dealer") may
be deemed to be an "underwriter" within the meaning of the Securities Act and
must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in
connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities.

         The Company and the Guarantors understand that it is the Staff's
position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above
effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the
Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or
specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may
be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus
delivery obligation under the Securities Act in connection with resales of
Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise
meets the requirements of the Securities Act.

         (b) In light of the above, and notwithstanding the other provisions of
this Agreement, the Company and the Guarantors agree to amend or supplement the
Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would
otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), for a period of up to 180 days after
the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the
penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement), if requested by the
Initial Purchasers or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in order to
expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by
Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited
in Section 4(a) above. The Company and the Guarantors further agree that
Participating Broker-Dealers shall be authorized to deliver such Prospectus
during such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section
4; and

         (c) The Initial Purchasers shall have no liability to the Company, any
Guarantor or any Holder with respect to any request that they may make pursuant
to Section 4(b) above.

Section 5. Indemnification and Contribution.

         (a) The Company and each Guarantor, jointly and severally, agree to
indemnify and hold harmless each Initial Purchaser and each Holder, their
respective affiliates and each Person, if any, who controls any Initial
Purchaser or any Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act
or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any and all losses, claims,
damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, legal fees and other
expenses incurred in connection with any suit, action or proceeding or any claim
asserted), joint or several, arising out of or based upon any untrue statement
or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration
Statement or any Prospectus, or arising out of or based upon any omission or
alleged omission to state therein 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, except insofar as such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities are arising out of or based upon any
untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in
reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to any Initial
Purchaser or any

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Holder furnished to the Company in writing through the Initial Purchasers or any
selling Holder expressly for use therein. In connection with any Underwritten
Offering permitted by Section 3, the Company and the Guarantors will also
indemnify the Underwriters, if any, selling brokers, dealers and similar
securities industry professionals participating in the distribution, their
respective affiliates and each Person who controls such Persons (within the
meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act) to the same extent as
provided above with respect to the indemnification of the Holders, if requested
in connection with any Registration Statement.

         (b) Each Holder agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and
hold harmless the Company, the Guarantors, the Initial Purchasers and the other
selling Holders, their respective affiliates, the directors of the Company and
the Guarantors, each officer of the Company and the Guarantors who signed the
Registration Statement and each Person, if any, who controls the Company, the
Guarantors, any Initial Purchaser and any other selling Holder within the
meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to
the same extent as the indemnity set forth in paragraph (a) above, but only with
respect to any losses, claims, damages or liabilities arising out of or based
upon any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission
made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to such
Holder furnished to the Company in writing by such Holder expressly for use in
any Registration Statement and any Prospectus.

         (c) If any suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental or
regulatory investigation), claim or demand shall be brought or asserted against
any Person in respect of which indemnification may be sought pursuant to either
paragraph (a) or (b) above, such Person (the "Indemnified Person") shall
promptly notify the Person against whom such indemnification may be sought (the
"Indemnifying Person") in writing; provided that the failure to notify the
Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have
under this Section 5 except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced
(through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and
provided, further, that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not
relieve it from any liability that it may have to an Indemnified Person
otherwise than under this Section 5. If any such proceeding shall be brought or
asserted against an Indemnified Person and it shall have notified the
Indemnifying Person thereof, the Indemnifying Person shall retain counsel
reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person to represent the Indemnified
Person and any others entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Section 5
that the Indemnifying Person may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the
fees and expenses of such counsel related to such proceeding. In any such
proceeding, any Indemnified Person shall have the right to retain its own
counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of
such Indemnified Person unless (i) the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified
Person shall have mutually agreed to the contrary; (ii) the Indemnifying Person
has failed within a reasonable time to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to
the Indemnified Person; (iii) the Indemnified Person shall have reasonably
concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it that are different
from or in addition to those available to the Indemnifying Person; or (iv) the
named parties in any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include
both the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person and representation of
both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or
potential differing interests between them. It is understood and agreed that the
Indemnifying Person shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related
proceeding in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more
than one separate firm (in addition to any

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local counsel) for all Indemnified Persons, and that all such fees and expenses
shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. Any such separate firm (x) for any
Initial Purchaser, its affiliates and any control Persons of such Initial
Purchaser shall be designated in writing by Credit Suisse First Boston
Corporation, (y) for any Holder, its affiliates and any control Persons of such
Holder shall be designated in writing by the Majority Holders and (z) in all
other cases shall be designated in writing by the Company. The Indemnifying
Person shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without
its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final
judgment for the plaintiff, the Indemnifying Person agrees to indemnify each
Indemnified Person from and against any loss or liability by reason of such
settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time
an Indemnified Person shall have requested that an Indemnifying Person reimburse
the Indemnified Person for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by this
paragraph, the Indemnifying Person shall be liable for any settlement of any
proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is
entered into more than 30 days after receipt by the Indemnifying Person of such
request and (ii) the Indemnifying Person shall not have reimbursed the
Indemnified Person in accordance with such request prior to the date of such
settlement. No Indemnifying Person shall, without the written consent of the
Indemnified Person, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened
proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Person is or could have been a
party and indemnification could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified
Person, unless such settlement (A) includes an unconditional release of such
Indemnified Person in form and substance satisfactory to such Indemnified Person
from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and
(B) does not include any statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability
or a failure to act by or on behalf of any Indemnified Person.

         (d) If the indemnification provided for in paragraphs (a) and (b) above
is unavailable to an Indemnified Person or insufficient in respect of any
losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then each
Indemnifying Person under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such
Indemnified Person thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by
such Indemnified Person as a result of such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative
benefits received by the Company and the Guarantors from the offering of the
Securities, on the one hand, and by the Holders from receiving Securities or
Exchange Securities registered under the Securities Act, on the other hand, or
(ii) if the allocation provided by 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) but also the relative fault of the Company
and the Guarantors on the one hand and the Holders on the other in connection
with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages
or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The
relative fault of the Company and the Guarantors on the one hand and the Holders
on the other 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
Company and the Guarantors or by the Holders and the parties' relative intent,
knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such
statement or omission.

         (e) The Company, the Guarantors and the Holders agree that it would not
be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 5 were determined
by pro rata allocation (even if the Holders were treated as one entity for such
purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the
equitable considerations referred to in paragraph (d) above. The

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amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Person as a result of the losses,
claims, damages and liabilities referred to in paragraph (d) above shall be
deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or
other expenses incurred by such Indemnified Person in connection with any such
action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 5, in no event
shall a Holder be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by
which the total price at which the Securities or Exchange Securities sold by
such Holder exceeds the amount of any damages that such Holder has 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.

         (f) The remedies provided for in this Section 5 are not exclusive and
shall not limit any rights or remedies that may otherwise be available to any
Indemnified Person at law or in equity.

         (g) The indemnity and contribution provisions contained in this Section
5 shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any
termination of this Agreement, (ii) any investigation made by or on behalf of
the Initial Purchasers, or Holder their respective affiliates or any Person
controlling any Initial Purchaser or any Holder, or by or on behalf of the
Company, the Guarantors, their respective affiliates or the officers or
directors of or any Person controlling the Company or the Guarantors, (iii)
acceptance of any of the Exchange Securities and (iv) any sale of Registrable
Securities pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement.

Section 6. Miscellaneous.

         (a) No Inconsistent Agreements. The Company and the Guarantors
represent, warrant and agree that (i) 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 any other outstanding securities issued or
guaranteed by the Company or any Guarantor under any other agreement and (ii)
neither the Company nor any Guarantor has entered into, or on or after the date
of this Agreement will enter into, any agreement that is inconsistent with the
rights granted to the Holders of Registrable Securities in this Agreement or
otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof.

         (b) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement, including
the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, modified or supplemented,
and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be
given unless the Company and the Guarantors have obtained the written consent of
Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding
Registrable Securities affected by such amendment, modification, supplement,
waiver or consent; provided that no amendment, modification, supplement, waiver
or consent to any departure from the provisions of Section 5 hereof shall be
effective as against any Holder of Registrable Securities unless consented to in
writing by such Holder.

         (c) Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or
permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, registered
first-class mail, telex, telecopier, or any courier guaranteeing overnight
delivery (i) if to a Holder, at the most current address

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given by such Holder to the Company by means of a notice given in accordance
with the provisions of this Section 6(c), which address initially is, with
respect to the Initial Purchasers, the address set forth in the Purchase
Agreement; and (ii) if to the Company and the Guarantors, initially at the
Company's address set forth in the Purchase Agreement and thereafter at such
other address, notice of which is given in accordance with the provisions of
this Section 6(c). All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have
been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five
Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed;
when answered back, if telexed; when receipt is acknowledged, if telecopied; and
on the next Business Day if timely delivered to an air courier guaranteeing
overnight delivery. Copies of all such notices, demands or other communications
shall be concurrently delivered by the Person giving the same to the applicable
Trustee, at the address specified in the Indenture.

         (d) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit
of and be binding upon the successors, assigns and transferees of each of the
parties, including, without limitation and without the need for an express
assignment, subsequent Holders; provided that nothing herein shall be deemed to
permit any assignment, transfer or other disposition of Registrable Securities
in violation of the terms of the Purchase Agreement. If any transferee of any
Holder shall acquire Registrable Securities in any manner, whether by operation
of law or otherwise, such Registrable Securities shall be held subject to all
the terms of this Agreement, and by taking and holding such Registrable
Securities such Person shall be conclusively deemed to have agreed to be bound
by and to perform all of the terms and provisions of this Agreement and such
Person shall be entitled to receive the benefits hereof. The Initial Purchasers
(in their capacity as Initial Purchasers) shall have no liability or obligation
to the Company or the Guarantors with respect to any failure by a Holder to
comply with, or any breach by any Holder of, any of the obligations of such
Holder under this Agreement.

         (e) Purchases and Sales of Securities. The Company and the Guarantors
shall not, and shall use their reasonable best efforts to cause their affiliates
(as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) not to, purchase and then
resell or otherwise transfer any Registrable Securities.

         (f) Third Party Beneficiaries. Each Holder shall be a third party
beneficiary to the agreements made hereunder between the Company and the
Guarantors, 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 it deems
such enforcement necessary or advisable to protect its rights or the rights of
other Holders hereunder.

         (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.

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         (i) GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. THE COMPANY AND THE
GUARANTORS EACH HEREBY AGREES TO SUBMIT TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK, COUNTY OF NEW YORK, IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT
OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT.

         (j) Miscellaneous. This Agreement contains the entire agreement between
the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all oral
statements and prior writings with respect thereto. This Agreement may not be
amended or modified except by a writing executed by each of the parties hereto.
Section headings herein are for convenience only and are not a part of this
Agreement. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction contained in this
Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or
unenforceable or against public policy, the remainder of the terms, provisions,
covenants and restrictions contained herein shall remain in full force and
effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated. The Company,
the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers shall endeavor in good faith
negotiations to replace the invalid, void or unenforceable provisions with valid
provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of
the invalid, void or unenforceable provisions.

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

                                   TRIMAS CORPORATION

                                   By: /s/Todd R. Peters
                                       ----------------------------------------
                                       Name: Todd R. Peters
                                       Title:CFO & Executive Vice President

                                   EACH OF THE GUARANTORS LISTED ON SCHEDULE I
                                   HERETO:

                                   By: /s/Todd R. Peters
                                       ----------------------------------------
                                       Name: Todd R. Peters
                                       Title:CFO & Executive Vice President

                                   EACH OF THE GUARANTORS LISTED ON SCHEDULE II
                                   HERETO:

                                   By: /s/Todd R. Peters
                                       ----------------------------------------
                                       Name: Todd R. Peters
                                       Title:CFO & Executive Vice President

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Confirmed and accepted as of the date first written above:

CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON CORPORATION
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.
     Acting on behalf of themselves
     and as the Representatives of
     the several Purchasers

    By  CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON CORPORATION

         By: /s/ Justin Vorwerk
             ----------------------------------------
             Name: Justin Vorwerk
             Title:

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                                   SCHEDULE I

                              Arrow Engine Company
                           Commonwealth Industries LLC
                               Compac Corporation
                             Consumer Products, Inc
                                Cuyam Corporation
                                 Di-Rite Company
                          Entegra Fastener Corporation
                        Fulton Performance Products, Inc.
                               Hitch 'N Post, Inc.
                                Keo Cutters, Inc.
                             K.S. Disposition, Inc.
                           Lake Erie Screw Corporation
                       Monogram Aerospace Fasteners, Inc.
                            Netcong Investments, Inc.
                         NI Foreign Military Sales Corp.
                               NI Industries, Inc.
                                  NI West, Inc.
                             Norris Cylinder Company
                       Norris Environmental Services, Inc.
                             Norris Industries, Inc.
                               Plastic Form, Inc.
                           Reska Spline Products, Inc.
                            Richards Micro-Tool, Inc.
                                Rieke Corporation
                         Rieke Leasing Co., Incorporated
                             Rieke of Indiana, Inc.
                              Rieke of Mexico, Inc.
                              Towing Products, Inc.
                               TriMas Company LLC
                             TriMas Fasteners, Inc.
                              TriMas Services Corp.

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                                   SCHEDULE II

                          Beaumont Bolt & Gasket, Inc.
                         Industrial Bolt & Gasket, Inc.
                             Lamons Metal Gasket Co.
                           Louisiana Hose & Rubber Co.<PAGE>

                                                                     Exhibit 4.1

                                    RESTATED

                          CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

                                       OF

                             TRACTOR SUPPLY COMPANY

           (Under Sections 242 and 245 of the General Corporation Law)

         THE UNDERSIGNED, being the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive
Officer of Tractor Supply Company, a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"),
does hereby certify that:

         1.       The name of the Corporation is Tractor Supply Company. The
Corporation was originally incorporated under the name TSC Acquisition, Inc.

         2.       The Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation was
originally filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on
December 2, 1982.

         3.       This Restated Certificate of Incorporation was duly adopted in
accordance with the provisions of Sections 242 and 245 of the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware by the written consent of the Board of
Directors and the stockholders of the Corporation pursuant to Sections 141(f)
and 228, respectively, of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

         4.       This Restated Certificate of Incorporation restates,
integrates and further amends the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation
of the Corporation by (a) increasing the total number of shares of capital stock
which the Corporation shall have the authority to issue from 530,000 shares to
9,540,000 shares; (b) increasing the total number of shares of Common Stock
which the Corporation shall have the authority to issue from 500,000 shares to
9,500,000 shares, reflecting a 49.99655 to 1.0 stock split, pursuant to which
each holder of Common Stock prior to such stock split shall receive 49.99655
shares of Common Stock for each share of Common Stock previously held by him;
(c) increasing the total number of shares of Preferred Stock which the
Corporation shall have the authority to issue from 30,000 shares to 40,000
shares (of which 20,000 shares shall continue to be designated as "Series B
Preferred Stock"); (d) deleting in their entirety the supermajority voting
requirements set forth

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in Article FOURTH; and (e) providing that the board of directors shall be
divided into three classes of directors, with each class serving a staggered
three-year term. The text of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the
Corporation, as so restated, integrated and amended, shall read in its entirety
as follows:

         FIRST: NAME. The name of the Corporation is Tractor Supply Company.

         SECOND: REGISTERED OFFICE AND REGISTERED AGENT. The address of the
registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is c/o The
Corporation Trust Company, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801,
County of New Castle. The name of its registered agent at such address is The
Corporation Trust Company.

         THIRD: PURPOSE. The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any
lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General
Corporation Law of Delaware. The Corporation shall possess and may exercise all
the powers and privileges granted by the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware or by any other law or this Certificate of Incorporation, together with
any powers incidental thereto, so far as such powers and privileges are
necessary or convenient to the conduct, promotion or attainment of the business
or purposes of the Corporation.

         FOURTH: CAPITAL STOCK. The total number of shares of stock which the
Corporation shall have authority to issue is 9,540,000 shares of capital stock,
of which 9,500,000 shares shall be of a class designated "Common Stock," par
value $.008 per share, and (b) 40,000 shares shall be of a class designated
"Preferred Stock," par value $1.00 per share (of which 20,000 shares shall be of
a series designated "Series B Preferred Stock"). The powers, preferences,
rights, qualifications, limitations and restrictions of or on the shares of the
capital stock of the Corporation are as follows:

         1.       Common Stock.

                  Each holder of Common Stock shall be entitled to vote at any
                  time on matters presented to the stockholders of the
                  Corporation for their approval, adoption or authorization and
                  shall have one vote for each share of Common Stock held of
                  record by him. Unless prevented by applicable law, all shares
                  of Common Stock shall vote as a single class on all matters
                  requiring the approval of the stockholders of the Corporation.

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                  Each holder of Common Stock shall be entitled to dividends
                  ratably with all other shares of Common Stock outstanding
                  when, if and as such dividends are declared and paid. The
                  Corporation shall not make any payment on Common Stock, effect
                  any split of Common Stock, or allocate any benefit or
                  preference to Common Stock, except in proportion to the total
                  number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding.

         2.       Preferred Stock.

                  (A)      General.

                           (1)      The Preferred Stock may be issued from time
                  to time in one or more series of any number of shares,
                  provided that the aggregate number of shares issued and not
                  canceled of any and all such series shall not exceed the total
                  number of shares of Preferred Stock authorized herein.

                           (2)      Authority is hereby vested in the Board of
                  Directors of the Corporation to issue from time to time the
                  Preferred Stock as Preferred Stock of any series and, in
                  connection with the creation of each such series, to fix by
                  resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance of shares
                  thereof the voting rights, if any, the designations,
                  preferences and relative, participating, optional or other
                  special rights, and the qualifications, limitations or
                  restrictions, of such series to the full extent now or
                  hereafter permitted by this Restated Certificate of
                  Incorporation, applicable law and the rules and regulations of
                  the stock exchange or automated quotation system upon which
                  any of the Corporation's securities may from time to time be
                  listed or approved for quotation and trading, in respect of
                  the matters set forth in the following paragraphs (a) through
                  (e) inclusive:

                                    (a)      the liquidation value to which each
                           share shall be entitled and the preference, if any,
                           in relation to any other series or class of
                           securities of the Corporation;

                                    (b)      whether such shares shall be
                           convertible into Common Stock and if so, the ratio of
                           conversion expressed in whole and/or fractional
                           shares of Common Stock and the terms and conditions
                           thereof;

                                    (c)      whether there shall be voting
                           rights incident to such shares in addition to the
                           voting rights provided by law, and, if so, the terms
                           of such voting rights;

                                    (d)      whether such shares may be called
                           in and retired or be otherwise subject to redemption
                           (including redemption through the operation of a
                           sinking fund, purchase fund or retirement fund) and
                           if so, the terms and conditions thereof; and

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                           (e)      the dividend, if any, for such shares,
                  together with the terms and conditions relating to the
                  declaration and payment of such dividend and the preference,
                  if any, in relation to any other series or class of securities
                  of the Corporation.

                  (3)      In addition to the foregoing, the Board of Directors
         may, in its discretion, assign to such Preferred Stock, in connection
         with each issuance thereof, such other terms, conditions, restrictions,
         limitations, rights and privileges as it may deem appropriate.

                  (B)      Series B Preferred Stock. The Series B Preferred
                  Stock has heretofore been established by the Board of
                  Directors of the Corporation as follows:

         "RESOLVED, that pursuant to the authority granted and vested in the
         Board of Directors of the Corporation in accordance with the provisions
         of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, as
         amended, the Board of Directors does hereby provide for the creation
         and issuance of a series of the Preferred Stock of the Corporation and
         does hereby fix the designation and amount thereof and the voting
         powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional and other
         special rights, and qualifications, limitations and restrictions
         thereof, as follows:

                  1.       Designation and Amount. The shares of such series of
         Preferred Stock shall be designated as "Series B Preferred Stock" and
         the number of shares constituting such series shall be 20,000. The par
         value of such series shall be $1.00 per share. Such series shall be
         referred to herein as the "Series B Preferred Stock." All shares of
         Series B Preferred Stock shall have identical powers, preferences,
         rights, qualifications, limitations and restrictions.

                  2.       Rank. Except as permitted by Section 5(b) hereof, the
         Series B Preferred Stock shall, with respect to dividend rights and
         rights on liquidation, winding up and dissolution, rank prior to all
         classes of the Common Stock of the Corporation, par value $.008 per
         share (the "Common Stock"), and to all other equity securities of the
         Corporation (all such Common Stock and other equity securities of the
         Corporation being, collectively, the "Other Securities"), to the extent
         and as set forth herein.

                  3.       Dividends and Distributions.

                           (a)      Subject to Section 3(g) below, each holder
                  of shares of the Series B Preferred Stock shall be entitled to
                  receive when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors of
                  the Corporation out of funds legally available for the payment
                  of dividends, dividends payable in cash

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                  or shares of stock of the Corporation. Dividends shall accrue
                  cumulatively on each outstanding share of Series B Preferred
                  Stock at a rate per annum (computed on the basis of a 365-day
                  year and on the actual number of days elapsed) on the Stated
                  Value of such share equal to the rate set forth below, and no
                  more, for the applicable period:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                           Period                           Rate
                           <S>                              <C>
                           Date of Issue -                   8%
                           April 30, 1999

                           May 1, 1999 -                    10%
                           April 30, 2000

                           May 1, 2000 -                    11%
                           April 30, 2001

                           May 1, 2001 -                    12%
                           April 30, 2002

                           Thereafter                       13%
</TABLE>

                           (b)      Such dividends shall be payable in equal
                  semi-annual payments on each May 1 and November 1, commencing
                  on November 1, 1991 (each such date being a "Dividend Payment
                  Date"). Each such semi-annual dividend shall be fully
                  cumulative and shall accrue (whether or not declared, whether
                  or not in any dividend period or dividend periods the
                  Corporation shall have sufficient funds available for the
                  payment of required dividends and whether or not the
                  Corporation shall otherwise then have the power to declare or
                  pay dividends) from the first day of the semi-annual period in
                  which such dividend may be payable as herein provided, except
                  that with respect to the first semi-annual dividend on each
                  share of Series B Preferred Stock, such dividend shall accrue
                  from the date of issue of the Series B Preferred Stock. No
                  premium or additional amount of interest, or sum of money in
                  lieu of interest, shall be payable in respect of any Series B
                  Preferred Stock dividend payment or payments which may be in
                  arrears. All dividend payments on the Series B Preferred Stock
                  shall be made in cash, except that, to the extent permitted by
                  the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the
                  "GCL"), in lieu of payment in cash, dividend payments may be
                  made, in the sole discretion of the Board of Directors of the
                  Corporation, by the Corporation issuing additional fully paid
                  and nonassessable shares of Series B Preferred Stock, or
                  fraction thereof, at the rate of one share for each $1,000 of
                  such dividend not paid in cash.

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                  The issuance of such additional shares shall, along with any
                  payments in cash, constitute full payment of such dividend.

                  Any shares of Series B Preferred Stock issued in payment of
                  dividends shall be entitled to receive and be paid dividends
                  with all other shares of Series B Preferred Stock at the time
                  outstanding, commencing on the next following Dividend Payment
                  Date.

                           (c)      All dividends paid with respect to shares of
                  Series B Preferred Stock pursuant to this Section 3 shall be
                  paid cumulatively to the holders of record on the record date
                  for any dividend declared thereon, without regard to the
                  record ownership of any shares on any prior Dividend Payment
                  Date and shall be paid pro rata to the holders entitled
                  thereto.

                           (d)      Except as permitted by Section 5(b) hereof,
                  (i) each holder of shares of the Series B Preferred Stock
                  shall be entitled to receive the dividends specified in this
                  Section 3 in preference to and in priority over any dividends
                  on any of the Other Securities and (ii) so long as any shares
                  of the Series B Preferred Stock are outstanding, the
                  Corporation shall not declare, pay or set apart for payment
                  any dividend on, or directly or indirectly purchase or incur
                  any mandatory redemption, sinking fund or other similar
                  obligation in respect of, any of the Other Securities or any
                  warrants, rights, calls or options exercisable for or
                  convertible into any of the Other Securities, or make any
                  distribution in respect thereof, either directly or
                  indirectly, whether in cash or obligations of the Corporation
                  or other property, unless prior to or concurrently with such
                  declaration, payment, setting apart for payment, purchase,
                  redemption or distribution, as the case may be, (A) the
                  Corporation shall have paid all accrued and unpaid dividends
                  on the Series B Preferred Stock not paid on the Dividend
                  Payment Dates and (B) the Corporation shall then be in
                  compliance with all of its other obligations relating to the
                  Series B Preferred Stock.

                           (e)      Each fractional share of Series B Preferred
                  Stock outstanding shall be entitled to a ratably proportionate
                  amount of all dividends accruing with respect to each
                  outstanding share of Series B Preferred Stock pursuant to this
                  Section 3. All such dividends on such outstanding fractional
                  shares shall accrue and be payable in the same manner and at
                  the same times as such dividends on such outstanding shares of
                  Series B Preferred Stock.

                           (f)      All dividends accrued or issued under this
                  Section 3 shall be rounded to the nearest cent or one
                  hundredth (1/100) of a share, as the case may be. Any
                  provision of this Section 3 to the contrary

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         notwithstanding, no adjustment in any dividend shall be made if the
         amount of such adjustment would be less than one cent ($.01) or one
         hundredth (1/100) of a share, as the case may be, but any such amount
         shall be carried forward and an adjustment with respect thereto shall
         be made at the time that such amount, together with any other amount or
         amounts so carried forward, shall aggregate one cent ($.01) or one
         hundredth (1/100) of a share, as the case may be, or more.

                  (g)      Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section
         3, the Corporation shall not pay dividends on or with respect to the
         Series B Preferred Stock on any Dividend Payment Date to the extent
         that the payment of such dividends on such Dividend Payment Date would
         constitute or result in a default by the Corporation under any
         agreement for borrowed money, promissory note or other debt instrument
         to which the Corporation is a party or by which it is bound, provided
         that all such unpaid dividends shall be accrued in accordance with
         Section 3(b) above.

         4.       Liquidation, Sale, etc.

                  (a)      In the event of any voluntary or involuntary
         liquidation, distribution of assets (other than the payment of
         dividends), dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation (collectively,
         a "Liquidation"), the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock shall be
         entitled to receive out of assets of the Corporation available for
         distribution to its stockholders an amount in cash equal to $1,000 for
         each share of Series B Preferred Stock outstanding plus an amount in
         cash equal to all accrued and unpaid dividends payable to them pursuant
         to Section 3 hereof, if any. Except as permitted by Section 5(b)
         hereof, no payments shall be made and no assets shall be distributed to
         the holders of any shares of any Other Securities upon Liquidation
         unless all of the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock shall have
         received payment of the full amount so due. If the assets of the
         Corporation shall be insufficient to pay in full such preferential
         amounts, then such assets shall be distributed among the holders of the
         Series B Preferred Stock ratably in accordance with the respective
         amounts which would be payable on such shares if all amounts payable
         thereon were paid in full. For purposes of this Section 4, the sale,
         lease, conveyance, exchange or transfer (for cash, shares of stock,
         securities or other consideration) of all or substantially all of the
         property or assets of the Corporation and the consolidation or merger
         of the Corporation with or into any other corporation shall be deemed a
         Liquidation within the meaning of this Section 4.

                  (b)      The Board of Directors of the Corporation shall not
         enter into or approve any contract or agreement providing for,
         consummate any transaction involving, or otherwise cause or permit to
         occur, any

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         acquisition of the Corporation by one or more Persons by way of
         consolidation or merger (resulting in the exchange of the outstanding
         shares of capital stock of the Corporation for cash, securities or
         other property), or any sale or lease of all or substantially all of
         the property or assets of the Corporation (any such acquisition, lease
         or sale being an "Event"), unless such contract, agreement or
         transaction provides that any distribution of cash, securities or other
         property made pursuant to the terms of such Event shall first be made
         to or set apart for holders of shares of the Series B Preferred Stock
         in an amount equal in value (in the case of securities or other
         property, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the
         Corporation) to (i) $1,000 for each share of Series B Preferred Stock
         outstanding plus (ii) all accrued and unpaid dividends, if any on the
         shares of Series B Preferred Stock held by them; provided, that the
         rights of the holders of shares of the Series B Preferred Stock to
         receive any such cash, securities or other property pursuant to this
         Section 4(b) shall be subject to the consummation of such Event.

                  (c)      The liquidation payment with respect to each
         outstanding fractional share of Series B Preferred Stock shall be equal
         to a ratably proportionate amount of the liquidation payment with
         respect to each outstanding share of Series B Preferred Stock.

         5.       Voting.

                  (a)      Except as hereinafter provided in this Section 5 or
         as expressly required by the GCL or other applicable law, the holders
         of shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to vote
         their shares with respect to any matter brought before the stockholders
         (or any class of stockholders) of the Corporation.

                  (b)      So long as any shares of the Series B Preferred Stock
         are outstanding, the Corporation shall not, without the consent of the
         holders of at least a majority of the shares of Series B Preferred
         Stock then outstanding, voting separately as a class (which consent
         shall be given in writing or by vote at a meeting of stockholders
         called for such purpose for which notice shall have been given to the
         holders of the Series B Preferred Stock):

                           (i)      in any manner amend, alter or repeal any
                  provision hereof or of the Restated Certificate of
                  Incorporation or By-laws of the Corporation so as to affect
                  adversely the designations, powers, preferences, rights,
                  qualifications, limitations or restrictions of the Series B
                  Preferred Stock;

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                           (ii)     create, authorize or issue (other than as
                  contemplated herein) any class or series of capital stock, or
                  reclassify any shares of any class or series of capital stock
                  into shares of any class or series of capital stock, (A) on a
                  parity with or having priority over the Series B Preferred
                  Stock or (B) affecting adversely the Series B Preferred Stock
                  or the holders thereof;

                           (iii)    increase the authorized number of shares of
                  Series B Preferred Stock (except as may be necessary to permit
                  the payment of one or more stock dividends pursuant to Section
                  3 hereof) or reclassify any shares of the Series B Preferred
                  Stock; or

                           (iv)     consolidate with or merge with or into any
                  other corporation or sell, lease, transfer or otherwise
                  dispose of all or substantially all of its assets.

                  (c)      (i) If at any time a dividend on the Series B
         Preferred Stock shall be accrued and unpaid in whole or in part on a
         Dividend Payment Date, and such dividend shall remain unpaid in whole
         or in part for more than 45 days following such Dividend Payment Date,
         then, during the period commencing on the day following the end of such
         45-day period and ending on the earlier of (A) the date on which all
         accrued and unpaid dividends on the Series B Preferred Stock shall have
         been paid and (B) the date on which a Change in Control (as defined in
         Section 5(d) below) shall have occurred (each such period being a
         "Default Period"), the Corporation shall not, and shall not permit any
         Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, without the consent of the
         holders of at least a majority of the shares of Series B Preferred
         Stock then outstanding, voting separately as a class (which consent
         shall be given in writing or by vote at a meeting of stockholders
         called for such purpose for which notice shall have been given to the
         holders of the Series B Preferred Stock):

                           (1)      (a) make or own any Investment, (b) purchase
                  or otherwise acquire any assets other than assets used in the
                  ordinary course of business, or (c) become liable for any
                  liability or obligation of any other Person (including,
                  without limitation, by way of a guaranty), except that:

                                    (x)      the Corporation may make and
                           continue to own Permitted Investments;

                                    (y)      the Corporation may continue to own
                           Investments in any Subsidiary, or any capital stock
                           of any

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                           other Person, outstanding on the day prior to such
                           Dividend Payment Date; and

                                    (z)      the Corporation may remain liable
                           for any liability or obligation of another Person to
                           the extent that such liability of the Corporation was
                           outstanding on the day prior to such Dividend Payment
                           Date;

                           (2)      declare, order, pay, make or set apart for
                  payment any Restricted Payment;

                           (3)      make Capital Expenditures aggregating in
                  excess of $300,000;

                           (4)      take any action, including, without
                  limitation, with respect to the capitalization of the
                  Corporation, which would have the effect, directly or
                  indirectly, of reducing the funds then or thereafter legally
                  available for the payment of dividends on or redemption of the
                  Series B Preferred Stock;

                           (5)      enter into any contractual or other
                  commitment, arrangement or transaction with any Affiliate
                  (other than a holder of Series B Preferred Stock), including,
                  without limitation, the purchase, sale or exchange of property
                  or the rendering of any service to any Affiliate (other than a
                  holder of Series B Preferred Stock), other than (a) upon terms
                  which are fair and reasonable, in the good faith judgment of
                  the Board of Directors of the Corporation, and no less
                  favorable to the Corporation or to any Subsidiary than it
                  would obtain in a comparable arms-length transaction with a
                  Person not an Affiliate; and (b) the payments and actions
                  permitted under the terms of Section 9(a)(x) hereof;

                           (6)      make any optional prepayment in respect of
                  any Indebtedness; or

                           (7)      agree to take any of the actions referred to
                  in clauses (1) through (6) above.

                                    (ii)     Upon the termination of any Default
                           Period existing from time to time, the covenants set
                           forth in clauses (1) through (7) above shall
                           thereafter be of no further force or effect, subject
                           to renewal from time to time upon the same terms and
                           conditions as are set forth in Section 5(c)(i) above.

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                  (d)      (i) During the duration of any of the periods of time
         described in clauses (A) or (B) below (each such period being a
         "Special Voting Period"), the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock,
         voting separately as a class, shall be entitled to elect the smallest
         number of directors which will constitute a majority of the Board of
         Directors of the Corporation (each such election being a "Change in
         Control") and the holders of the other classes of the capital stock of
         the Corporation entitled to vote on the election of directors shall be
         entitled to elect the remaining members of the Board of Directors:

                           (A)      If at any time dividends on the Series B
                  Preferred Stock shall be accrued and unpaid in whole or in
                  part for two or more consecutive Dividend Payment Dates, and
                  such dividends shall remain unpaid in whole or in part for
                  more than 30 days following the second such Dividend Payment
                  Date, then a Special Voting Period shall commence on the day
                  after such 30-day period and shall continue until the date on
                  which all accrued and unpaid dividends on the Series B
                  Preferred Stock shall have been paid in full.

                           (B)      If any shares of the Series B Preferred
                  Stock shall be outstanding after April 30, 2003, then a
                  Special Voting Period shall commence on May 1, 2003 and shall
                  continue until the Corporation shall have redeemed all of the
                  outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock in accordance
                  with Section 7 hereof.

                                    (ii)     Upon termination of all Special
                           Voting Periods existing from time to time, the rights
                           of the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock to
                           elect a majority of the Board of Directors pursuant
                           to this Section 5(d) shall cease, subject to renewal
                           from time to time upon the same terms and conditions
                           as are set forth in this Section 5(d).

                                    (iii)    At any time after the voting power
                           to elect a majority of the Board of Directors (such
                           directors sometimes hereinafter referred to as the "B
                           Directors") shall have become vested in the holders
                           of the Series B Preferred Stock pursuant to this
                           Section 5(d), the Chairman or President of the
                           Corporation may, and upon the request of the holders
                           of at least ten percent (10%) of the Series B
                           Preferred Stock then outstanding addressed to him at
                           the principal office of the Corporation shall, call a
                           special meeting for the election of directors by the
                           holders of each class of the capital stock of the
                           Corporation

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                           entitled to vote for the election of directors, to be
                           held at such place and upon such notice (but not more
                           than 60 days' notice) as is provided in the By-laws
                           of the Corporation for the holding of special
                           meetings of stockholders. If such meeting shall not
                           be so called within 30 days after delivery of such
                           request to the principal office of the Corporation,
                           then the record holders who requested such meeting
                           may, at the expense of the Corporation, call such
                           meeting at the place and upon the notice above
                           provided, and for such purpose shall have access to
                           the stock books and records of the Corporation.

                           At any meeting so called and at any annual meeting
                           held while the holders of the Series B Preferred
                           Stock have the voting power to elect a majority of
                           the Board of Directors, the holders of a majority of
                           the then outstanding Series B Preferred Stock,
                           present in person or by proxy, shall be sufficient to
                           constitute a quorum for the election of B Directors
                           as herein provided. The terms of office of all
                           persons who are directors of the Corporation at the
                           time of such meeting shall terminate upon the
                           election at such meeting by the holders of the Series
                           B Preferred Stock of B Directors, and the persons so
                           elected as B Directors by the holders of the Series B
                           Preferred Stock, together with such persons, if any,
                           as may be elected as directors by the holders of the
                           other classes of the capital stock of the Corporation
                           entitled to vote on the election of directors, shall
                           constitute the duly elected directors of the
                           Corporation. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions
                           of this clause (iii) to the contrary, such election
                           of B Directors may be effected without a meeting of
                           stockholders, without prior notice and without a vote
                           if such stockholders shall consent in writing to such
                           election of directors in accordance with the
                           provisions of Section 228 (or any successor
                           provision) of the GCL as then in effect.

                           (iv)     Whenever the holders of the Series B
                  Preferred Stock shall be divested of such voting power
                  pursuant to Section 5(d)(ii) above, the term of office of the
                  directors elected by such holders shall forthwith terminate
                  without further action, and the term of office of all other
                  persons who are at the time directors of the Corporation shall
                  terminate upon the election of their successors by the holders
                  of each class of the capital stock of the

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                           Corporation (other than the Series B Preferred Stock)
                           entitled to vote on the election of directors.

                           (e)      In all cases where the holders of shares of
                  Series B Preferred Stock have the right to vote separately as
                  a class, each such holder shall be entitled to one vote for
                  each such share held by him.

         6.       Retirement of Shares. Shares of the Series B Preferred Stock
which have been issued and subsequently repurchased or reacquired in any manner
by the Corporation shall become authorized and unissued shares of preferred
stock but shall not be reissued as shares of Series B Preferred Stock.

         7.       Redemption of Series B Preferred Stock.

                  (a)      Redemption. Subject to Section 7(f) below, at any
         time and from time to time after the fifth anniversary of the date of
         issuance of the Series B Preferred Stock, the Corporation may, at its
         option, repurchase all or any part (in a minimum amount of 1,500
         shares) of the shares of Series B Preferred Stock then outstanding
         (each such purchase being a "Redemption") at a price per share (the
         "Redemption Price") equal to the sum of (i) $1,000 and (ii) all accrued
         and unpaid dividends thereon to but excluding the date fixed by the
         Corporation for such redemption (the "Redemption Date").

                  (b)      Redemption Notice.

                           (i)      The Corporation may cause a Redemption by
                  giving written notice thereof (a "Redemption Notice") to all
                  of the registered holders of shares of the Series B Preferred
                  Stock at least 15 (but not more than 90) days prior to the
                  Redemption Date. The Redemption Notice shall specify the
                  Redemption Date, the time and place of the closing of such
                  Redemption (the "Closing"), the number of shares of Series B
                  Preferred Stock to be redeemed (the "Redemption Shares"), and
                  the Redemption Price to be paid therefor. The Corporation
                  shall deliver the Redemption Notice to each holder of Series B
                  Preferred Stock at the address shown on the Corporation's
                  record of stockholders.

                           (ii)     If the Redemption Notice is delivered
                  personally against proper receipt or by confirmed telefax or
                  telex, it shall be effective upon delivery; If it is delivered
                  by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested,
                  with postage prepaid, by Federal Express or similar courier
                  service with courier fees paid by the Corporation or by
                  telegraph or cable, it shall be effective two business days
                  following the date when mailed, couriered, telegraphed or
                  cabled, as the case may be.

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                                    (iii)    Notwithstanding the prior delivery
                           of a Redemption Notice, the Corporation may elect
                           not to consummate a Redemption by giving written
                           notice (in any manner permitted by clause (ii)
                           above) of such election to all of the holders of
                           Series B Preferred Stock at least 10 days prior to
                           the scheduled Redemption Date. If such notice is
                           properly and timely given, the Corporation and such
                           holders shall be relieved of their respective
                           obligations with respect to such (but only such)
                           Redemption.

                  (c)      Closing of Redemption. At the Closing, each holder of
         shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall sell his Redemption Shares to
         the Corporation, free and clear of any and all Liens, other than those
         imposed hereby or by applicable federal or state securities laws, and
         shall deliver to the Corporation the certificate or certificates
         representing such Redemption Shares, duly endorsed in blank or
         accompanied by stock powers or other instruments of transfer duly
         executed in blank, with all requisite stock transfer stamps, if any,
         affixed thereto, against tender by the Corporation of payment of the
         Redemption Price therefor. The Corporation shall make such payment by
         certified or bank cashier's check or by wire transfer to an account
         designated by such holder to the Corporation at least three business
         days prior to the Redemption Date.

                  (d)      Redemption Allocation. In case only a part of the
         Series B Preferred Stock at the time outstanding is to be redeemed, the
         shares to be redeemed shall be allocated among all of the holders of
         record of the Series B Preferred Stock on the date such redemption is
         declared in proportion to their respective holdings.

                  (e)      Effect of Redemption. If (i) the Corporation shall
         have given the Redemption Notice in the manner described above, (ii)
         the Corporation shall have set apart all funds necessary to pay the
         Redemption Price for all shares of the Series B Preferred Stock to be
         redeemed, (iii) all such funds shall be available for the sole purpose
         of paying the amount due for all shares of the Series B Preferred

         Stock to be redeemed, and (iv) the Corporation shall have tendered
         payment of the Redemption Price contingent only upon surrender of the
         stock certificate or certificates evidencing the shares of Series B
         Preferred Stock to be redeemed, duly endorsed to the Corporation; then,
         from and after the Redemption Date, the shares of Series B Preferred
         Stock to be redeemed pursuant to the Redemption Notice shall be deemed
         to no longer be outstanding, and all rights with respect to such shares
         shall forthwith cease, except the right of the former holders thereof
         to receive the Redemption Price therefor, without interest.

                  (f)      Corporation Prohibited by Law or Otherwise.
         Notwithstanding any other provision hereof to the contrary, the
         Corporation shall not repurchase shares of the Series B Preferred Stock
         to the extent that it does not have funds legally available therefor or
         if such Redemption is prohibited by, or counsel to the Corporation
         reasonably believes that such Redemption is prohibited by, or would
         constitute or result in a default under, any applicable federal or
         state law, rule or regulation or any

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         agreement, promissory note or debt instrument to which the Corporation
         is a party or by which it is bound.

         8.       No Conversion Right. The Series B Preferred Stock shall not be
convertible into Common Stock.

         9.       General Provisions.

                  (a)      As used herein:

                           (i)      The term "Affiliate" means any Person
                  controlling, controlled by or under common control with the
                  Corporation. For purposes of this definition, "control" when
                  used with respect to any Person means the power to direct the
                  management and policies of such Person, directly or
                  indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting
                  securities, by contract or otherwise, and the terms
                  "controlling" and "controlled" have meanings correlative to
                  the foregoing.

                           (ii)     The term "Capital Expenditures" means, for
                  any period, the aggregate of all expenditures, including
                  obligations under capital leases (as determined in accordance
                  with GAAP), of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries taken as a
                  whole during such period that, in conformity with GAAP, are
                  required to be capitalized and reflected in the property,
                  plant and equipment or similar fixed asset accounts on the
                  consolidated balance sheet of the Corporation.

                           (iii)    The term "GAAP" means generally accepted
                  accounting principles as in effect in the United States as of
                  the time and for the period as to which such accounting
                  principles are to be applied.

                           (iv)     The term "Indebtedness" means, as applied to
                  any Person, (A) any indebtedness for borrowed money which such
                  Person has directly or indirectly created, incurred or
                  assumed, (B) all obligations secured by any Lien on any
                  property or asset owned or held by such Person subject
                  thereto, whether or not the obligations secured thereby shall
                  have been assumed, (C) any indebtedness of the character
                  referred to in clauses (A) or (B) of this definition deemed
                  extinguished under GAAP but for which such Person remains
                  legally liable, and (D) all liabilities and obligations of
                  others with respect to which such Person has become liable or
                  obligated (including, without limitation, by way of a
                  guaranty).

                           (v)      The term "Investment" means, as applied to
                  any Person, any direct or indirect purchase or other
                  acquisition by such Person of the capital stock or other
                  securities of any other Person, or any direct or indirect
                  loan, advance (other than advances to employees or consultants
                  for moving and travel expenses, drawing accounts and similar
                  expenditures in the ordinary course of business) or capital
                  contribution by such Person to any other Person, including

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                  all Indebtedness and accounts receivable from such other
                  Person which are not current assets or did not arise from
                  sales to such other Person in the ordinary course of business.

                           (vi)     The term "Lien" means, as applied to any
                  Person, any mortgage, lien, pledge, adverse claim, charge,
                  security interest or other encumbrance existing on such date
                  in or on, or any interest or title existing on such date 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 (which is classified and
                  accounted for as such in accordance with GAAP) with respect
                  to, any property or asset of such Person, or the signing or
                  filing of any financing statement which names such Person as
                  debtor, or the signing of any then-effective security
                  agreement authorizing any other party as the secured party
                  thereunder to file any financing statement.

                           (vii)    The term "outstanding", when used with
                  reference to shares of stock, means issued shares, excluding
                  shares held by the Corporation.

                           (viii)   The term "Permitted Investments" means (A)
                  marketable direct obligations issued or unconditionally
                  guaranteed by the United States of America and maturing within
                  one year from the date of acquisition thereof by the
                  Corporation, (B) time deposits or certificates of deposit of a
                  domestic bank having a capital surplus and undivided profits
                  of at least $100,000,000; provided, that the aggregate amount
                  of such deposits shall not exceed $5,000,000 at any time, (C)
                  commercial paper of a domestic issuer rated either A1 or
                  better by Standard & Poor's Corporation or P1 or better by
                  Moody's Investors Service, Inc. and maturing within 270 days
                  from the date of acquisition thereof by the Corporation, and
                  (D) shares or other interests in any investment company which
                  invests only in investments of the type specified in clauses
                  (A) through (C) above; provided, that the aggregate amount
                  permitted by this clause (D) shall not at any time exceed
                  $2,500,000.

                           (ix)     The term "Person" means any corporation,
                  partnership, trust, organization, association or other entity
                  or individual.

                           (x)      The term "Restricted Payment" means, as
                  applied to any Person (A) any redemption, retirement, purchase
                  or other acquisition, direct or indirect, of any shares of the
                  capital stock of such Person then outstanding, or of any
                  warrants, rights or options to acquire any shares of capital
                  stock, or any inducements to any other Person to acquire, vote
                  or sell, or to abstain from acquiring, voting or selling,
                  shares of the capital stock of such Person, except any
                  redemption or purchase of shares of the Series B Preferred
                  Stock pursuant to Section 7 hereof or of any class or series
                  of capital stock created, authorized or issued pursuant to
                  Section 5(b)(ii) hereof; and (B) any direct or indirect loan,
                  extension of credit or advance (other than advances to
                  employees and

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                  consultants for moving and travel expenses, drawing accounts
                  and similar expenditures in the ordinary course of business)
                  to any Person directly or indirectly holding any shares of
                  stock of such Person.

                           (xi)     The term "Stated Value" means, with respect
                  to a share of Series B Preferred Stock, $1,000.

                           (xii)    The term "Subsidiary" means any corporation,
                  the majority of the voting stock of which is owned, directly
                  or indirectly through one or more Subsidiaries, by the
                  Corporation.

                  (b)      All shares of Series B Preferred Stock which may be
         issued on a Dividend Payment Date in lieu of payment in cash will, upon
         issuance by the Corporation, be duly and validly issued, fully paid and
         nonassessable, free from all taxes and Liens with respect to the
         issuance thereof, and the Corporation shall take no action which will
         cause a contrary result.

                  (c)      The headings contained herein are for convenience of
         reference only and shall not define, limit or otherwise affect in any
         way the meaning or interpretation of any of the terms or provisions
         hereof.

         FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Corporation hereby reserves, at all times so
long as any shares of the Series B Preferred Stock shall remain outstanding,
free from preemptive rights, out of its treasury stock or its authorized but
unissued shares of Series B Preferred Stock, or both, a sufficient number of
shares of Series B Preferred Stock to provide for any and all dividend payments
to be made by the Corporation issuing additional fully paid and nonassessable
shares of Series B Preferred Stock in lieu of payment in cash."

         FIFTH: MANAGEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF THE CORPORATION. The following
provisions relate to the management of the business and the conduct of the
affairs of the Corporation and are inserted for the purpose of creating,
defining, limiting and regulating the powers of the Corporation and its
directors and stockholders:

                  1.       The management of the business and the conduct of the
         affairs of the Corporation shall be vested in its Board of Directors.
         The number of directors which shall constitute the whole Board of
         Directors shall be fixed exclusively by one or more resolutions adopted
         from time to time by the Board of Directors.

         The Board of Directors shall be divided into three classes designated
         as Class I, Class II, and Class III, respectively. Directors shall be
         assigned to each class in accordance with one or more resolutions
         adopted by the Board of Directors. At the first annual meeting of
         stockholders following the date of this Restated Certificate of
         Incorporation (the "Effective Date"), the term of office of the Class I
         directors shall expire and the Class I directors shall be elected for a
         full term of three years. At the second annual meeting of stockholders
         following the Effective Date, the term of office of the Class II

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         directors shall expire and the Class II directors shall be elected for
         a full term of three years. At the third annual meeting of stockholders
         following the Effective Date, the term of office of the Class III
         directors shall expire and the Class III directors shall be elected for
         a full term of three years. At each succeeding annual meeting of
         stockholders, directors shall be elected for a full term of three years
         to succeed the directors of the class whose terms expire at such annual
         meeting.

         Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article, each director
         shall serve until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified or
         until his or her death, resignation or removal. No decrease in the
         number of directors constituting the Board of Directors shall shorten
         the term of any incumbent director.

                  Any vacancies on the Board of Directors resulting from death,
         resignation, disqualification, removal or other causes shall be filled
         by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors then
         in office, even though less than a quorum of the Board of Directors.
         Newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the number
         of directors shall, unless the Board of Directors determines by
         resolution that any such newly created directorship shall be filled by
         the stockholders, be filled only by the affirmative vote of the
         directors then in office, even though less than a quorum of the Board
         of Directors. Any director elected in accordance with the preceding
         sentence shall hold office for the remainder of the full term of the
         class of directors in which the new directorship was created or the
         vacancy occurred and until such director's successor shall have been
         elected and qualified.

         2.       In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred
by statute, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized to make, alter, amend
or repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation.

         3.       The election of directors of the Corporation need not be by
written ballot.

         4.       No action shall be taken by the stockholders of the
Corporation except (i) at an annual or special meeting of the stockholders
called in accordance with the Bylaws of the Corporation or (ii) by written
consent without a meeting made in accordance with the Bylaws.

         5.       Advance notice of stockholder nominations for the election of
directors and of business to be brought by stockholders before any meeting of
the stockholders of the Corporation shall be given in the manner provided in the
Bylaws of the Corporation.

         6.       Any director, or the entire Board of Directors, may be removed
from office at any time (i) with cause (as defined in the Bylaws of the
Corporation) by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of
the voting power of all of the then-outstanding shares of the voting stock of
the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (the
"Voting Stock"), voting together as a single class at a duly called meeting of
stockholders; or (ii) with or without cause by the affirmative vote of at least
a majority of the members of the

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Board of Directors then in office except the director or directors whose removal
is being considered.

         SIXTH: REORGANIZATION. Whenever a compromise or arrangement is proposed
between this corporation and its creditors or any class of them and/or between
this corporation and its stockholders or any class of them, any court of
equitable jurisdiction within the State of Delaware may, on the application in a
summary way of this corporation or of any creditor or stockholder thereof or on
the application of any receiver or receivers appointed for this corporation
under the provisions of ss.291 of Title 8 of the Delaware Code or on the
application of trustees in dissolution or of any receiver or receivers appointed
for this corporation under the provisions of ss.279 of Title 8 of the Delaware
Code order a meeting of the creditors or class of creditors, and/or of the
stockholders or class of stockholders of this corporation, as the case may be,
to be summoned in such manner as the said court directs. If a majority in number
representing three-fourths in value of the creditors or class of creditors,
and/or of the stockholders or class of stockholders of this corporation, as the
case may be, agrees to any compromise or arrangement and to any reorganization
of this corporation as consequence of such compromise or arrangement, the said
compromise or arrangement and the said reorganization shall, if sanctioned by
the court to which the said application has been made, be binding on all the
creditors or class of creditors, and/or on all the stockholders or class of
stockholders, of this corporation, as the case may be, and also on this
corporation.

         SEVENTH: LIMITATION OF LIABILITY OF DIRECTORS. No director of the
Corporation shall be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders
for monetary damages for breach of his fiduciary duty as a director, except for
liability (i) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the
Corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or
which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under
Section 174 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware or (iv) for
any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. If
the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware is amended after the date
hereof to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the
liability of directors, then the liability of each director of the Corporation
shall automatically be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by
the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as so amended. Any repeal
or modification of the provisions of this Article SEVENTH shall not adversely
affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing
pursuant to this Article SEVENTH at the time of such repeal or modification.

         EIGHTH: AMENDMENT OF RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION. The
Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision
contained in this Restated Certificate of Incorporation, in the manner now or
hereafter prescribed by statute, except as provided in Article NINTH of this
Restated Certificate of Incorporation, and all rights conferred upon the
stockholders herein are granted subject to this right.

         NINTH: AMENDMENT OF ARTICLES FIFTH AND EIGHTH. Notwithstanding any
other provision of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation or any provision
of law which

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might otherwise permit a lesser vote or no vote, but in addition to any
affirmative vote of the holders of any particular class or series of the Voting
Stock required by law, this Restated Certificate of Incorporation or any
Preferred Stock Designation, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least
sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66-2/3%) of the voting power of all of the
then-outstanding shares of the Voting Stock, voting together as a single class,
shall be required to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision of Articles
FIFTH or EIGHTH of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation.

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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Restated
Certificate of Incorporation as of the 14th day of February, 1994.

                                          TRACTOR SUPPLY COMPANY

                                          By: /s/ Joseph H. Scarlett, Jr.
                                              ---------------------------------
                                              Joseph H. Scarlett, Jr.
                                              Chairman of the Board and
                                              Chief Executive Officer

ATTEST:

/s/ Michael J. Kincaid
-----------------------------
Michael J. Kincaid
Secretary

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