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                                                                    EXHIBIT 4.1

                                                               EXECUTION VERSION

                            COX COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

                    THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,

                                   AS TRUSTEE

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                         SEVENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

                          Dated as of December 15, 2004

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                             Supplement to Indenture

                            Dated as of June 27, 1995

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               Creating three series of Debt Securities designated

                          Floating Rate Notes due 2007

                              4.625% Notes due 2010

                              5.450% Notes due 2014

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            SEVENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of the 15th day of
December, 2004 between COX COMMUNICATIONS, INC., a corporation existing under
the laws of the State of Delaware, having its principal executive office located
at 1400 Lake Hearn Drive, NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30319 (the "Company"), and THE
BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY, N.A., a New York banking corporation, having its
Corporate Trust Office located at 101 Barclay Street, Floor 21 West, New York,
New York 10286, as trustee (the "Trustee");

            WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered to the
Trustee an Indenture, dated as of June 27, 1995 (the "Original Indenture" and,
as amended by this Supplemental Indenture, the "Indenture"), providing for the
issuance by the Company from time to time of its debentures, notes, bonds or
other evidences of indebtedness (in the Original Indenture and herein called the
"Debt Securities"), unlimited as to principal amount, to be issued in one or
more series;

            WHEREAS, the Company, in the exercise of the power and authority
conferred upon and reserved to it under the provisions of the Original Indenture
and pursuant to appropriate resolutions of the Board of Directors, has duly
determined to make, execute and deliver to the Trustee this Supplemental
Indenture to the Original Indenture in order to establish the form and terms of,
and to provide for the creation and issuance of, three new series of Debt
Securities designated as its "Floating Rate Notes due 2007" in the initial
aggregate principal amount of $500,000,000 (the "Floating Rate Notes"), the
"4.625% Notes due 2010" in the initial aggregate principal amount of
$1,250,000,000 (the "2010 Notes") and the "5.450% Notes due 2014" in the initial
aggregate principal amount of up to $1,250,000,000 ( the "2014 Notes" and,
together with the Floating Rate Notes and the 2010 Notes, the "Notes");

            WHEREAS, Section 9.01 of the Original Indenture provides, among
other things, that the Company, when authorized by Board Resolution, and the
Trustee, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of any Holders,
may enter into an indenture supplemental to the Original Indenture to establish
the form or terms of Debt Securities of any series as permitted by Sections 2.01
and 2.03 of the Original Indenture;

            WHEREAS, all things necessary to make the Notes, when executed by
the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued upon the
terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter and in the Original Indenture
set forth against payment therefor, the valid, binding and legal obligations of
the Company and to make this Supplemental Indenture a valid, binding and legal
agreement of the Company, have been done;

            NOW, THEREFORE, THIS SEVENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH that,
in order to establish the form and terms of the series of Debt Securities
designated as the "Floating Rate Notes due 2007," the "4.625% Notes due 2010"
and the "5.450% Notes due 2014" and for and in consideration of the premises and
of the covenants contained in the Original Indenture and in this Supplemental
Indenture and for other good and valuable consideration the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, it is mutually covenanted and
agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders, as follows:

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                                                               EXECUTION VERSION

                                    ARTICLE 1

             DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION

            SECTION 101 Definitions. For all purposes of the Original Indenture
and this Supplemental Indenture relating to three series of Debt Securities
(consisting of the Notes) created hereby, except as otherwise expressly provided
or unless the context otherwise requires, the terms defined in this Article have
the meanings assigned to them in this Article. Each capitalized term that is
used in the Original Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture but not defined
herein shall have the meaning specified in the Original Indenture.

            "Agent Members" has the meaning specified in Section 209(e)(v).

            "Applicable Procedures" means, with respect to any transfer or
transaction involving a Global Note or beneficial interest therein, the rules
and procedures of the Depositary for such Note, in each case to the extent
applicable to such transaction and as in effect from time to time.

            "Business Day" means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a
day on which banking institutions or trust companies in The City of New York are
authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close.

            "Calculation Agent" is the Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A.
until such time as a successor agent is appointed by the Company at its
discretion and without notice.

            "cash" means U.S. legal tender.

            "Certificated Notes" means a note required to bear the Legend set
forth on the forms of the Note attached as Exhibits A-1 through A-3 to this
Supplemental Indenture.

            "Clearstream" means Clearstream Banking, societe anonyme (formerly
Cedelbank).

            "Comparable Treasury Issue" means, with respect to the Fixed Rate
Notes subject to redemption, the United States Treasury security or securities
(in the case of a redemption of both the 2010 Notes and the 2014 Notes) selected
by the Quotation Agent as having an actual or interpolated maturity or
maturities, as the case may be, comparable to the remaining life of the Fixed
Rate Notes to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and
in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of
corporate debt securities of comparable maturity with the remaining life of the
Fixed Rate Notes to be redeemed.

            "Comparable Treasury Price" means, with respect to any Redemption
Date for Fixed Rate Notes, the average of five Reference Treasury Dealer
Quotations for each series or partial series of Fixed Rate Notes subject to
redemption on such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest of
such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for each series of Fixed Rate Notes
subject to redemption, or, if the Trustee obtains fewer than four such Reference
Treasury Dealer Quotations for each series of Fixed Rate Notes subject to
redemption, the average of all such quotations.

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            "Debt Securities" has the meaning specified in the first recital
hereof.

            "Depositary" means, with respect to the Notes issuable in whole or
in part in global form, DTC and any nominee thereof, until a successor shall
have been appointed and become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of the
Indenture, and thereafter "Depositary" shall mean or include such successor and
any nominee thereof.

            "DTC" means The Depository Trust Company.

            "Euroclear" means the Euroclear System.

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

            "Fixed Rate Notes" means the 2010 Notes and the 2014 Notes,
collectively.

            "Floating Rate Notes" has the meaning specified in the recitals
hereto.

            "Floating Rate Maturity Date" is December 14, 2007.

            "Floating Rate Principal Payment Date" has the meaning specified in
Section 204 hereof.

            "Global Note" means a Note issued in global form and deposited with
or on behalf of the Depositary.

            "Holder" and "Noteholder," in the case of any Note, means the Person
in whose name such Note is registered in the Debt Security Register.

            "Institutional Accredited Investor" means an institutional
"accredited investor" as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) and (7) under the
Securities Act.

            "Interest Determination Date," in respect of the Floating Rate
Notes, means the date that is two London Banking Days prior to the applicable
Interest Reset Date.

            "Interest Payment Date," in respect of any Note, has the meaning
assigned to it in such Note.

            "Interest Period," in respect of the Floating Rate Notes, means the
period commencing on an Interest Payment Date to but excluding the next
following Interest Payment Date and, in the case of the last such Interest
Period, from and including the Interest Reset Date immediately preceding the
Floating Rate Maturity Date or Floating Rate Principal Payment Date, as the case
may be, to but not including the Floating Rate Maturity Date or Floating Rate
Principal Payment Date, as the case may be; the initial Interest Period shall
commence on the Issue Date and end on March 13, 2005.

            "Interest Reset Date" means the same date as the Interest Payment
Date for the Floating Rate Notes.

            "Issue Date" means December 15, 2004.

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            "Issue Price" of any Note means, in connection with the original
issuance of such Note, the initial issue price as set forth on the face of the
Note.

            "Legend" has the meaning specified in Section 205(c).

            "LIBOR" with respect to an Interest Reset Date, other than for the
initial interest rate for the initial Interest Period, will be the offered rate
for deposits in U.S. dollars for the three month period which appears on
"Telerate Page 3750," or any page as may replace that page on the specified
service, at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on the Interest Determination
Date prior to the applicable Interest Reset Date. If this rate does not appear
on the Telerate Page 3750, or any page as may replace that page on the specified
service, the Calculation Agent will determine the rate on the basis of the rates
at which deposits in U.S. dollars are offered by four major banks in the London
interbank market (selected by the Calculation Agent after consulting with the
Company) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on the Interest Determination
Date prior to the applicable Interest Reset Date to prime banks in the London
interbank market for a period of three months commencing on that Interest Reset
Date and in principal amount equal to an amount not less than $1,000,000 that is
representative for a single transaction in such market at such time. In such
case, the Calculation Agent will request the principal London office of each of
the aforesaid major banks to provide a quotation of such rate. If at least two
such quotations are provided, LIBOR for that Interest Reset Date will be the
arithmetic average of the quotations. If fewer than two quotations are provided
as requested, LIBOR for that Interest Reset Date will be the arithmetic average
of the rates quoted by three major banks in New York, New York (selected by the
Calculation Agent after consulting with the Company) at approximately 11:00
a.m., New York time, on the Interest Determination Date prior to the applicable
Interest Reset Date for loans in U.S. dollars to leading banks for a period of
three months commencing on that Interest Reset Date and in a principal amount
equal to an amount not less than $1,000,000 that is representative for a single
transaction in such market at such time; provided that if fewer than three
quotations are provided as requested, for the period until the next Interest
Reset Date, LIBOR will be the same as the rate determined on the immediately
preceding Interest Reset Date.

            "London Banking Day" means any day in which dealings in U.S. dollar
deposits are transacted in the London interbank market.

            "Notes" has the meaning specified in the recitals hereof.

            "Purchase Agreement" means the Purchase Agreement dated December 10,
2004, among the Company and the Initial Purchasers (as defined therein).

            "Qualified Institutional Buyer" has the meaning specified in Rule
144A.

            "Quotation Agent" means a Reference Treasury Dealer appointed by the
Company.

            "Redemption Date," with respect to any 2010 Note or 2014 Note or
portion thereof to be redeemed, means the date fixed for redemption in
accordance with the terms of such Notes and Article III of the Original
Indenture.

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            "Redemption Price," with respect to any 2010 Note or 2014 Note or
portion thereof to be redeemed, means the greater of:

            (a) 100% of the principal amount of the 2010 Notes or 2014 Notes or
portion thereof, as applicable, to be redeemed; and

            (b) the sum, as determined by the Quotation Agent, of the present
values of the principal amount and the remaining scheduled payments of interest
on such 2010 Notes or 2014 Notes, as applicable (and, for avoidance of doubt,
calculated separately for each series of Fixed Rate Notes subject to redemption)
to be redeemed (exclusive of interest accrued to the Redemption Date), in each
case, discounted from their respective scheduled payment dates to the Redemption
Date on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day
months) at the Treasury Rate plus 15 basis points in the case of the 2010 Notes
and 20 basis points in the case of the 2014 Notes,

plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the Redemption
Date.

            "Reference Treasury Dealer" means, with respect to the Fixed Rate
Notes subject to redemption, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan
Securities Inc., Lehman Brothers Inc. and Banc of America Securities LLC and
their respective successors, and at least one other primary United States
Government securities dealer in New York City selected by Wachovia Capital
Markets, LLC and two other primary United States Government securities dealers
selected by the Company.

            "Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations" means, with respect to each
Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by
the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue,
expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount, quoted in
writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 3:30 p.m., New York
City time, on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.

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

            "Regulation S Global Note" means a Global Note in the form of the
Notes attached hereto as Exhibits A-1 through A-3, and that is deposited with
and registered in the name of the Depositary, representing Notes sold in
offshore transactions in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act.

            "Resale Restriction Termination Date" means the date that is two
years after the later of (i) the Issue Date and (ii) the last date on which the
Company or any Affiliate of the Company was the owner of the applicable
aggregate principal amount of any series of Notes or any beneficial interest in
such Notes.

            "Restricted Note" means a Note required to bear the restrictive
Legends set forth on the forms of Note attached as Exhibits A-1 through A-3 to
this Supplemental Indenture.

            "Rule 144A" means Rule 144A under the Securities Act (or any
successor provision), as it may be amended from time to time.

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            "SEC" means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

            "Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

            "Supplemental Indenture" means this Seventh Supplemental Indenture.

            "Telerate Page 3750" means the display page so designated on the
Telerate Service for the purpose of displaying London interbank offered rates of
major banks (or any successor page).

            "Treasury Rate" has the meaning assigned to it in the Fixed Rate
Notes.

            "Trustee" has the meaning specified in the first paragraph hereof.

            "US Global Note" means a permanent Global Note in the form of the
Notes attached hereto as Exhibits A-1 through A-3, and that is deposited with
and registered in the name of the Depositary, representing Notes sold in
reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act.

            SECTION 102 Section References. Each reference to a particular
section set forth in this Supplemental Indenture shall, unless the context
otherwise requires, refer to this Supplemental Indenture.

                                    ARTICLE 2

                                    THE NOTES

            SECTION 201 Title of the Notes. The Notes shall be known and
designated as the "Floating Rate Notes due 2007," the "4.625% Notes due 2010"
and the "5.450% Notes due 2014" of the Company, respectively.

            SECTION 202 Amount. The aggregate principal amount of Notes that may
be authenticated and delivered under this Supplemental Indenture is initially
limited to $500,000,000 for the Floating Rate Notes, $1,250,000,000 for the 2010
Notes and $1,250,000,000 for the 2014 Notes, except for Notes authenticated and
delivered upon registration of transfer of, or exchange for, or in lieu of,
other Notes pursuant to Section 2.07, 2.08, 2.09 or 9.04 of the Indenture, or
upon repayment in part of any 2010 Note or 2014 Note pursuant to Article III of
the Original Indenture. The Company shall have the ability to reopen any series
of the Notes and issue additional Notes of such series or establish different
terms of such series.

            SECTION 203 Stated Maturity. The Stated Maturity of the Floating
Rate Notes shall be December 14, 2007. The Stated Maturity on the 2010 Notes
shall be January 15, 2010. The Stated Maturity on the 2014 Notes shall be
December 15, 2014.

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            SECTION 204 Interest.

            (a) The Floating Rate Notes will bear interest at a variable rate.
The interest rate for the Floating Rate Notes for a particular Interest Period
will be a per annum rate equal to three month LIBOR, as determined on the
Interest Determination Date, plus 0.55%, except that the interest rate in effect
for the initial Interest Period from the Issue Date to the first Interest Reset
Date will be 3.04% per annum. Interest on the Floating Rate Notes will be
payable quarterly on March 14, June 14, September 14 and December 14 of each
year, beginning on March 14, 2005. The interest rate will be reset on each
Interest Reset Date until the principal on the Floating Rate Notes is paid on
the Floating Rate Maturity Date or the principal is made available for payment
(the "Floating Rate Principal Payment Date"). Promptly upon determination, the
Calculation Agent will inform the Company and the Trustee of the interest rate
for the next Interest Period. If any Interest Reset Date and Interest Payment
Date with respect the Floating Rate Notes would otherwise be a day that is not a
Business Day, such Interest Reset Date and Interest Payment Date shall be the
next succeeding Business Day and interest shall accrue for the period up to but
not including such Interest Reset Date and Interest Payment Date on the next
succeeding Business Day. If the Floating Rate Maturity Date or the Floating Rate
Principal Payment Date is not a Business Day, then the principal amount of the
Floating Rate Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon shall be paid on
the next succeeding Business Day and no interest shall accrue from the Floating
Rate Maturity Date, the Floating Rate Principal Payment Date or any day
thereafter.

            All payments of interest on the Floating Rate Notes will be made to
the Persons in whose names the Floating Rate Notes are registered at the close
of business on the immediately preceding March 1, June 1, September 1 and
December 1, as the case may be, whether or not a Business Day. Interest on the
Floating Rate Notes will be calculated on the basis of the actual number of days
in an Interest Period and a 360-day year.

            The Calculation Agent will, upon the request of the Holder of any
Floating Rate Note, provide the interest rate then in effect. All calculations
made by the Calculation Agent in the absence of willful misconduct, bad faith or
manifest error shall be conclusive for all purposes and binding on the Company
and the Holders of the Floating Rate Notes.

            All percentages resulting from calculation of the interest rate with
respect to the Floating Rate Notes will be rounded, if necessary, to the nearest
one-hundred thousandth of a percentage point, with five one-millionth of a
percentage point rounded upward (e.g., 9.876545% (or .09876545) would be rounded
to 9.87655% (or .0987655) and 9.876544% (or .09876544) would be rounded to
9.87654% (or .0987654)), and all dollar amounts in or resulting from any such
calculation will be rounded to the nearest cent (with one-half cent being
rounded upward).

            (b) The 2010 Notes shall bear interest at the rate of 4.625% from
December 15, 2004 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which
interest has been paid or duly provided for, payable semiannually on January 15
and July 15 of each year, beginning on July 15, 2005, to the Persons in whose
names such Notes are registered at the close of business on the immediately
preceding January 1 or July 1, as the case may be, whether or not a Business
Day. Interest on the 2010 Notes will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year
of twelve months.

            (c) The 2014 Notes shall bear cash interest at the rate of 5.450%
from December 15, 2004 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which
interest has been

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paid or duly provided for, payable semiannually on June 15 and December 15 of
each year, beginning on June 15, 2005, to the Persons in whose names such Notes
are registered at the close of business on the immediately preceding June 1 or
December 1, as the case may be, whether or not a Business Day. Interest on the
2014 Notes will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve months.

            SECTION 205 Payments.

            (a) Payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest on the
Notes will be made to the Depositary, or its nominee, as the case may be, as the
registered owner and holder of the Global Notes representing the Notes. In the
event that the Notes are issued in the form of Certificated Notes, payments of
principal, premium, if any, and interest thereon will be at the office of the
Trustee in The City of New York designated for such purpose, provided that
payment of interest, other than interest payable at Stated Maturity or upon
redemption, may be made at the option of the Company by check mailed by the
Trustee to the address of the Person entitled as shown on the Debt Securities
Registrar.

            (b) Except as provided for in Section 204(a) with respect to the
Floating Rate Notes, if any Stated Maturity date, Redemption Date or Interest
Payment Date, falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the required payment
shall be made on the next Business Day, and no interest shall accrue on the
amount so payable for the period of such payment date and the next Business Day.

            (c) Payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest on the
Notes shall be made in cash or such other coin or currency of the United States
of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the payment of
public and private debt.

            SECTION 206 Redemption. The Floating Rate Notes shall not be
redeemable prior to their Stated Maturity. Both series of Fixed Rate Notes shall
be redeemable, in whole or in part, on one or more Redemption Dates at the
applicable Redemption Price.

            SECTION 207 Forms; Denominations. The Notes shall be Registered
Securities. The Global Notes representing the Notes shall be in substantially
the forms attached hereto as Exhibits A-1 through A-3.

            The Notes are being offered and sold by the Company pursuant to the
Purchase Agreement.

            (a) Global Notes. (i) Notes offered and sold in reliance on Rule
144A as provided in the Purchase Agreement shall be issued initially in the form
of one or more US Global Notes in definitive fully registered form without
interest coupons, deposited on behalf of the subscribers for the Notes
represented thereby with the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary and
registered in the name of DTC or a nominee thereof, duly executed by the Company
and authenticated by the Trustee as provided in the Indenture. The aggregate
principal amount of the US Global Notes may from time to time be increased or
decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee and the Depositary
as hereinafter provided.

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            Notes offered and sold in offshore transactions in reliance on
Regulation S as provided in the Purchase Agreement shall be issued initially in
the form of one or more Regulation S Global Notes in definitive fully registered
form without interest coupons, deposited on behalf of the subscribers for the
Notes represented thereby with the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary, for
the accounts of Euroclear and Clearstream and registered in the name of DTC or a
nominee thereof, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee
as hereinafter provided. The aggregate principal amount of the Regulation S
Global Notes may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made
on the records of the Trustee and the Depositary as hereinafter provided.

            Each Global Note shall represent such of the Outstanding Notes as
shall be specified therein and each shall provide that it shall represent the
aggregate principal amount of Outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed
thereon and, with respect to the Fixed Rate Notes, that the aggregate principal
amount of Outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be reduced
to reflect exchanges or redemptions.

            Any adjustment of the aggregate principal amount of a Global Note
representing Fixed Rate Notes to reflect the amount of any decrease in the
principal amount of Outstanding Notes represented thereby shall be made by the
Trustee in accordance with instructions given by the Holder thereof as required
by Section 209 hereof and shall be made on the records of the Trustee and the
Depositary.

            (ii) Book-Entry Provisions. This Section 207(a)(ii) shall apply only
to Global Notes.

            The Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with
this Section 207(a)(ii) and Section 2.02 of the Indenture, authenticate and
deliver initially one or more Global Notes that (a) shall be registered in the
name of the Depositary, (b) shall be delivered by the Trustee to the Depositary
or pursuant to the Depositary's instructions and (c) shall bear legends
substantially to the following effect:

            "UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
            REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY TO THE COMPANY OR ITS
            AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY
            CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR TO
            SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF
            THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE TO CEDE
            & CO.), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR
            OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER
            HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

            TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS, IN
            WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART,

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            TO NOMINEES OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY OR TO A SUCCESSOR
            THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR'S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF
            THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN
            ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN ARTICLE TWO OF THE
            SEVENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE HEREOF."

            (b) Certificated Notes. Except as otherwise set forth in this
Supplemental Indenture, owners of beneficial interests in Global Notes will not
be entitled to receive physical delivery of Certificated Notes. Beneficial
interests in a Global Note transferred in accordance with Section 209(a)(ii) to
an Institutional Accredited Investor who is not a Qualified Institutional Buyer
and beneficial interests in a Global Note transferred to the beneficial holders
thereof pursuant to Section 209(e) will be issued in certificated, registered
form without interest coupons.

            (c) Restrictive Legends. Until the Resale Restriction Termination
Date, all Global Notes and all Certificated Notes with respect to any series of
the Notes shall bear a legend (the "Legend") in substantially the following
form, unless such Notes have been sold pursuant to a registration statement that
has been declared effective under the Securities Act:

            "THE NOTES EVIDENCED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
            UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 (THE "SECURITIES ACT") AND MAY
            NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT (A)(1)
            TO A PERSON WHO THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED
            INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE
            SECURITIES ACT PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF
            A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE
            REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (2) IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION COMPLYING
            WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT,
            (3) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES
            ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF AVAILABLE), (4) TO AN
            INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM THE
            REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OR (5) PURSUANT TO
            AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND (B)
            IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE BLUE SKY LAWS OF THE STATES OF THE
            UNITED STATES."

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            SECTION 208 Transfer and Exchange. (a) Notwithstanding any
provision to the contrary herein, so long as a Global Note remains Outstanding
and is held by or on behalf of the Depositary, transfers of a Global Note, in
whole or in part, shall be made only in accordance with Section 209 and this
Section 208(a).

            (b) Transfers of a Global Note shall be limited to transfers of such
Global Note in whole, or in part, to nominees of the Depositary or to a
successor of the Depositary or such successor's nominee.

            (c) If Notes are issued upon the transfer, exchange or replacement
of Notes subject to restrictions on transfer and bearing the Legend, or if a
request is made to remove the Legend on a Note, the Notes so issued shall bear
the Legend, or the Legend shall not be removed, as the case may be, unless there
is delivered to the Company and the Registrar such satisfactory evidence, which
shall include an Opinion of Counsel, as may be reasonably required by the
Company and the Registrar, that neither the Legend nor the restrictions on
transfer set forth therein are required to ensure that transfers thereof comply
with the provisions of Rule 144A, Rule 144 or Regulation S under the Securities
Act, that such Notes are not "restricted" within the meaning of Rule 144 under
the Securities Act or that any such exchange or replacement Notes have been
issued in a registered transaction under the Securities Act. Upon (i) provision
of such satisfactory evidence, or (ii) notification by the Company to the
Trustee and the Registrar of the sale or exchange of such Notes pursuant to a
registration statement that is effective at the time of such sale, the Trustee,
at the written direction of the Company, shall authenticate and deliver a Note
that does not bear the Legend. If the Legend is removed from the face of a Note
and the Note is subsequently held by an Affiliate of the Company, the Legend
shall be reinstated.

            The Trustee and the Registrar shall have no obligation or duty to
monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer
imposed under this Supplemental Indenture or under applicable law with respect
to any transfer of any interest in any Note (including transfers between or
among the Depositary's participants or beneficial owners of interest in any
Global Note) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other
documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when
expressly required by the terms of, this Supplemental Indenture, and to examine
the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express
requirements hereof.

            SECTION 209 Global Notes. (a) Notwithstanding any other
provisions of this Supplemental Indenture or the Notes, (A) transfers of a
Global Note, in whole or in part, shall be made only in accordance with Section
2.07 of the Indenture and Sections 208 and 209(a)(i), (B) transfer of a
beneficial interest in a Global Note for a Certificated Note shall comply with
Section 2.07 of the Indenture and Section 209(a)(ii) below, and (C) transfers of
a Certificated Note shall comply with Section 2.07 of the Indenture and Section
209(a)(iii) and (iv) below.

            (i) Transfer of Global Note. A Global Note may not be transferred,
      in whole or in part, to any Person other than the Depositary or a nominee
      thereof, and no such transfer to any such other Person may be registered;
      provided that this clause (i) shall not prohibit any transfer of a Note
      that is issued in exchange for a Global Note but is not itself a Global
      Note. No transfer of a Note to any Person shall be effective under the

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      Indenture or the Notes unless and until such Note has been registered in
      the name of such Person. Nothing in this Section 209(a)(i) shall prohibit
      or render ineffective any transfer of a beneficial interest in a Global
      Note effected in accordance with the other provisions of this Section
      209(a).

            (ii) Restrictions on Transfer of a Beneficial Interest in a Global
      Note for a Certificated Note. A beneficial interest in a Global Note may
      not be exchanged for a Certificated Note except upon satisfaction of the
      requirements set forth below. Upon receipt by the Trustee of a request for
      transfer of a beneficial interest in a Global Note in accordance with
      Applicable Procedures for a Certificated Note in the form satisfactory to
      the Trustee, together with:

                  (a) so long as the Notes are Restricted Securities,
            certification, in the form set forth in Exhibit B-1, and, if
            requested by the Company or the Registrar, certification in the form
            set forth in Exhibit B-2, that such beneficial interest in the
            Global Note is being transferred to an Institutional Accredited
            Investor;

                  (b) written instructions to the Trustee to make, or direct the
            Registrar to make, an adjustment on its books and records with
            respect to such Global Note to reflect a decrease in the aggregate
            Principal amount of the Notes represented by the Global Note, such
            instructions to contain information regarding the Depositary account
            to be credited with such decrease; and

                  (c) if the Company or Registrar so requests, an opinion of
            counsel or other evidence reasonably satisfactory to them as to
            compliance with the restrictions set forth in the Legend,

      then the Trustee shall cause, or direct the Registrar to cause, in
      accordance with the standing instructions and procedures existing between
      the Depositary and the Registrar, the aggregate Principal amount of Notes
      represented by the Global Note to be decreased by the aggregate Principal
      amount of the Certificated Note to be issued, shall issue such
      Certificated Note and shall debit or cause to be debited to the account of
      the Person specified in such instructions a beneficial interest in the
      Global Note equal to the Principal amount of the Certificated Note so
      issued.

            (iii) Transfer and Exchange of Certificated Notes. When Certificated
      Notes are presented to the Registrar with a request:

                  (x) to register the transfer of such Certificated Notes; or

                  (y) to exchange such Certificated Notes for an equal Principal
            amount of Certificated Notes of other authorized denominations,

      the Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange as
      requested if its reasonable requirements for such transaction are met;
      provided, however, that the Certificated Notes surrendered for transfer or
      exchange:

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                  (a) shall be duly endorsed or accompanied by a written
            instrument of transfer in form reasonably satisfactory to the
            Company and the Registrar, duly executed by the Holder thereof or
            his attorney duly authorized in writing; and

                  (b) so long as such Notes are Restricted Notes, such Notes are
            being transferred or exchanged pursuant to clause (A), (B) or (C)
            below, and are accompanied by the following additional information
            and documents, as applicable:

                        (A) if such Certificated Notes are being delivered to
                  the Registrar by a Holder for registration in the name of such
                  Holder, without transfer, a certification from such Holder to
                  that effect; or

                        (B) if such Certificated Notes are being transferred to
                  the Company, a certification to that effect; or

                        (C) if such Certificated Notes are being transferred
                  pursuant to an exemption from registration, (i) a
                  certification to that effect (in the form set forth in Exhibit
                  B-1 and B-2, if applicable) and (ii) if the Company or
                  Registrar so requests, an Opinion of Counsel or other evidence
                  reasonably satisfactory to them as to the compliance with the
                  restrictions set forth in the Legend.

            (iv) Restrictions on Transfer of a Certificated Note for a
      Beneficial Interest in a Global Note. A Certificated Note may not be
      exchanged for a beneficial interest in a Global Note except upon
      satisfaction of the requirements set forth below.

      Upon receipt by the Trustee of a Certificated Note, duly endorsed or
      accompanied by appropriate instruments of transfer, in form satisfactory
      to the Trustee, together with:

                  (a) so long as the Notes are Restricted Notes, certification,
            in the form set forth in Exhibit B-1, that such Certificated Note is
            being transferred to a Qualified Institutional Buyer in accordance
            with Rule 144A; and

                  (b) written instructions directing the Trustee to make, or to
            direct the Registrar to make, an adjustment on its books and records
            with respect to such Global Note to reflect an increase in the
            aggregate Principal amount of the Notes represented by the Global
            Note, such instructions to contain information regarding the
            Depositary account to be credited with such increase,

      then the Trustee shall cancel such Certificated Note and cause, or direct
      the Registrar to cause, in accordance with the standing instructions and
      procedures existing between the Depositary and the Registrar, the
      aggregate Principal amount of Notes represented by the Global Note to be
      increased by the aggregate Principal amount of the Certificated Note to be
      exchanged, and shall credit or cause to be credited to the account of the
      Person specified in such instructions a beneficial interest in the Global
      Note equal to the principal amount of the Certificated Note so cancelled.
      If no Global Notes are then

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      outstanding, the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate,
      upon receipt of a Company Order, a new Global Note in the appropriate
      principal amount.

            (b) Subject to the succeeding paragraph, every Note shall be subject
to the restrictions on transfer provided in the Legend including the delivery of
an Opinion of Counsel, if so provided. Whenever any Restricted Note is presented
or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange for a Note
registered in a name other than that of the Holder, such Note must be
accompanied by a certificate in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit B-1,
dated the date of such surrender and signed by the Holder of such Note, as to
compliance with such restrictions on transfer. The Registrar shall not be
required to accept for such registration of transfer or exchange any Note not so
accompanied by a properly completed certificate.

            (c) The restrictions imposed by the Legend upon the transferability
of any Note shall cease and terminate when such Note has been sold or exchanged
pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or may
be transferred in compliance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act (or any
successor provision thereto) or, if earlier, upon the expiration of the holding
period applicable to sales thereof under Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act
(or any successor provision). Any Note as to which such restrictions on transfer
shall have expired in accordance with their terms or shall have terminated may,
upon a surrender of such Note for exchange to the Registrar in accordance with
the provisions of this Section 209 (accompanied, in the event that such
restrictions on transfer have terminated by reason of a transfer in compliance
with Rule 144 or any successor provision, by an Opinion of Counsel having
substantial experience in practice under the Securities Act and otherwise
reasonably acceptable to the Company, addressed to the Company, the Trustee and
the Registrar and in form acceptable to the Company, to the effect that the
transfer of such Note has been made in compliance with Rule 144 or such
successor provision), be exchanged for a new Note, of like tenor and aggregate
principal amount, which shall not bear the restrictive Legend. The Company shall
inform the Trustee of the effective date of any registration statement
registering the Notes under the Securities Act. The Trustee shall not be liable
for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance
with the aforementioned Opinion of Counsel.

            (d) As used in the preceding two paragraphs of this Section 209, the
term "transfer" encompasses any sale, pledge, transfer, hypothecation or other
disposition of any Note.

            (e) The provisions of clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), and (v) below
shall apply only to Global Notes:

            (i) Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Indenture or the
      Notes, except as provided in Section 209(a)(ii), a Global Note shall not
      be exchanged in whole or in part for a Note registered in the name of any
      Person other than the Depositary or one or more nominees thereof, provided
      that a Global Note may be exchanged for Notes registered in the names of
      any Person designated by the Depositary in the event that (i) the
      Depositary has notified the Company that it is unwilling or unable to
      continue as depositary for such Global Note or the Depositary has ceased
      to be a "clearing agency" registered under the Exchange Act, and a
      successor Depositary is not appointed by the Company within 90 days or
      (ii) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with

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      respect to the Notes. Any Global Note exchanged pursuant to clause (i)
      above shall be so exchanged in whole and not in part, and any Global Note
      exchanged pursuant to clause (ii) above may be exchanged in whole or from
      time to time in part as directed by the Depositary. In the event that
      Certificated Notes are issued in respect of beneficial interests in a
      Regulation S Global Note at any time prior to one year after the date of
      this Supplemental Indenture (other than in a transaction subject to Rule
      144A), the Company shall as promptly as practicable, institute procedures,
      including appropriate certifications, reasonably designed to ensure that
      any transfer of such Certificated Notes prior to the end of such one year
      is made only in accordance with the provisions of Regulation S, pursuant
      to registration under the Securities Act or pursuant to an exemption from
      such registration.

            (ii) Notes issued in exchange for a Global Note or any portion
      thereof shall be issued in definitive, fully registered form, without
      interest coupons, shall have an aggregate principal amount equal to that
      of such Global Note or portion thereof to be so exchanged, shall be
      registered in such names and be in such authorized denominations as the
      Depositary shall designate and shall bear the applicable legends provided
      for herein. Any Global Note to be exchanged in whole shall be surrendered
      by the Depositary to the Trustee, as Registrar. With regard to any Global
      Note to be exchanged in part, either such Global Note shall be so
      surrendered for exchange or, if the Trustee is acting as custodian for the
      Depositary or its nominee with respect to such Global Note, the Principal
      amount thereof shall be reduced, by an amount equal to the portion thereof
      to be so exchanged, by means of an appropriate adjustment made on the
      records of the Trustee. Upon any such surrender or adjustment, the Trustee
      shall authenticate and deliver the Note issuable on such exchange to or
      upon the order of the Depositary or an authorized representative thereof.

            (iii) Subject to the provisions of clause (v) below, the registered
      Holder may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including
      Agent Members (as defined below) and Persons that may hold interests
      through Agent Members, to take any action which a Holder is entitled to
      take under the Indenture or the Notes.

            (iv) In the event of the occurrence of any of the events specified
      in clause (i) above, the Company will promptly make available to the
      Trustee a reasonable supply of Certificated Notes.

            (v) Neither any members of, or participants in, the Depositary
      (collectively, the "Agent Members") nor any other Persons on whose behalf
      Agent Members may act shall have any rights under the Indenture with
      respect to any Global Note registered in the name of the Depositary or any
      nominee thereof, or under any such Global Note, and the Depositary or such
      nominee, as the case may be, may be treated by the Company, the Trustee
      and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the absolute owner and
      holder of such Global Note for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding
      the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee or
      any agent of the Company or the Trustee from giving effect to any written
      certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary or
      such nominee, as the case may be, or impair, as between the Depositary,
      its Agent Members and any other Person on whose behalf an Agent

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      Member may act, the operation of customary practices of such Persons
      governing the exercise of the rights of a Holder of any Note.

                                    ARTICLE 3

                             REPORTS BY THE COMPANY

            So long as any of the Debt Securities are "restricted securities"
within the meaning of Rule 144(a)(3) under the Securities Act, the Company will,
during any period in which it is not subject to Sections 13 or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act or it is not exempt from such reporting requirements pursuant to
and in compliance with Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Exchange Act, provide to each
Holder of Notes and to each prospective purchaser (as designated by such Holder)
of Notes, upon the request of such Holder or prospective purchaser, any
information required to be provided by Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.

                                    ARTICLE 4

                            MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

            The Trustee makes no undertaking or representations in respect of,
and shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for and in respect of, the
validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or the proper
authorization or the due execution hereof by the Company or for or in respect of
the recitals and statements contained herein, all of which recitals and
statements are made solely by the Company.

            The provisions of Article XI of the Original Indenture relating to
defeasance shall apply to the Notes.

            Except as expressly amended hereby, the Original Indenture shall
continue in full force and effect in accordance with the provisions thereof and
the Original Indenture is in all respects hereby ratified and confirmed. This
Supplemental Indenture and all its provisions shall be deemed a part of the
Original Indenture in the manner and to the extent herein and therein provided.

            This Supplemental Indenture shall be governed by, and construed in
accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

            This Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but
all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

                            [SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]

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            IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Seventh
Supplemental Indenture by their duly authorized signatories as of the date first
above written.

                                       COX COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

                                       By: /s/ Susan W. Coker
                                           -----------------------------------
                                           Name:  Susan W. Coker
                                           Title: Vice President and Treasurer

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                                                               EXECUTION VERSION

                                       THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST
                                       COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee

                                       By: /s/ Karen Z. Kelly
                                           -------------------------------------
                                           Name: Karen Z. Kelly
                                           Title: Assistant Vice President

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                                                               EXECUTION VERSION

                                   EXHIBIT A-1

                           [FORM OF FACE OF SECURITY]

                          [TRANSFER RESTRICTED LEGEND]

[THE NOTES EVIDENCED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 (THE "SECURITIES ACT") AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD,
PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT (A)(1) TO A PERSON WHO THE SELLER
REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF
RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE
ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE
REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (2) IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION COMPLYING WITH RULE
903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (3) PURSUANT TO AN
EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144
THEREUNDER (IF AVAILABLE), (4) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR IN A
TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OR
(5) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND
(B) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE BLUE SKY LAWS OF THE STATES OF THE UNITED
STATES.]

                              [GLOBAL NOTES LEGEND]

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF
TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE
NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE
TO CEDE & CO.), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE
BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO.,
HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS, IN WHOLE BUT
NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY OR TO A SUCCESSOR
THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR'S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL
SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS
SET FORTH IN ARTICLE TWO OF THE SEVENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON
THE REVERSE HEREOF.

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                                                               EXECUTION VERSION

No. R-                                                          PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
CUSIP No.                                                       $

                            COX COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

                          Floating Rate Notes due 2007

            COX COMMUNICATIONS, INC., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter called
the "Company," which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture
referred to below), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or
registered assigns, the principal sum of [     ] ($[   ]) on December 14, 2007
(the "Maturity Date"), and to pay interest thereon from December 15, 2004,
payable quarterly on March 14, June 14, September 14 and December 14 in each
year (each, an "Interest Payment Date"), commencing March 14, 2005, for each
Interest Period until the principal hereof is paid or duly made available for
payment. The interest rate for a particular Interest Period will be a per annum
rate equal to three month LIBOR, as determined on the applicable Interest
Determination Date, plus 0.55%, except that the interest rate in effect for the
initial Interest Period from the Issue Date to the first Interest Reset Date
will be 3.04% per annum. The interest rate will be calculated by the Calculation
Agent quarterly on the Interest Determination Date prior to each applicable
Interest Payment Date and will be reset quarterly on the Interest Reset Date.
Interest shall be calculated on the basis of actual number of days in an
Interest Period and a 360-day year.

            If any Interest Reset Date and Interest Payment Date with respect
the Floating Rate Notes would otherwise be a day that is not a Business Day,
such Interest Reset Date and Interest Payment Date shall be the next succeeding
Business Day and interest shall accrue for the period up to but not including
such Interest Reset Date and Interest Payment Date on the next succeeding
Business Day. If the Floating Rate Maturity Date or the Floating Rate Principal
Payment Date is not a Business Day, then the principal amount of the Floating
Rate Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon shall be paid on the next
succeeding Business Day and no interest shall accrue from the Floating Rate
Maturity Date, the Floating Rate Principal Payment Date or any day thereafter.

            The interest so payable and punctually paid or duly provided for on
any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the
Person in whose name this Note (or one or more predecessor securities) is
registered at the close of business on the regular record date for such
interest, which shall be March 1, June 1, September 1 or December 1 (whether or
not a Business Day), as the case may be, immediately preceding such Interest
Payment Date. Any such interest which is payable, but is not punctually paid or
duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall forthwith cease to be
payable to the registered Holder hereof on the relevant regular record date by
virtue of having been such Holder, and may be paid to the Person in whose name
this Note (or one or more predecessor securities) is registered at the close of
business on a subsequent special record date (which shall be not more than 15
days and not less than 10 days before the payment date) for the payment of such
defaulted interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to
the Holders of Notes of this series not less than 10 days prior to such special
record date, or may be paid at any time in any other lawful manner, all

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as more fully provided in such Indenture. Payments of principal, premium, if
any, and interest hereunder shall be made in such coin or currency of the United
States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the
payment of public and private debts and shall be made immediately available to
the Holder (as defined below) hereof.

            This Note is one of the duly authorized series of Debt Securities of
the Company, designated as the Company's "Floating Rate Notes due 2007" (the
"Notes"), initially limited to an aggregate principal amount of $500,000,000,
all issued or to be issued under and pursuant to an Indenture dated as of June
27, 1995, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time (as so amended,
modified or supplemented, the "Indenture"), duly executed and delivered by the
Company to The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (hereinafter
referred to as the "Trustee"), to which Indenture and all indentures
supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a description of the rights,
limitation of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the
Trustee, the Company and the Holders (the words "Holders" or "Holder" meaning
the registered holders or registered holder of the Notes).

            "LIBOR" with respect to an Interest Reset Date, other than for the
initial interest rate for the initial Interest Period, will be determined by the
Calculation Agent as follows:

            (i) LIBOR will be the offered rate for deposits in U.S. dollars for
      the three month period which appears on "Telerate Page 3750," or any page
      as may replace that page on the specified service, at approximately 11:00
      a.m., London time, on the Interest Determination Date prior to the
      applicable Interest Reset Date.

            (ii) If this rate does not appear on the Telerate Page 3750, or any
      page as may replace that page on the specified service, the Calculation
      Agent will determine the rate on the basis of the rates at which deposits
      in U.S. dollars are offered by four major banks in the London interbank
      market (selected by the Calculation Agent after consulting with the
      Company) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on the Interest
      Determination Date prior to the applicable Interest Reset Date to prime
      banks in the London interbank market for a period of three months
      commencing on that Interest Reset Date and in principal amount equal to an
      amount not less than $1,000,000 that is representative for a single
      transaction in such market at such time. In such case, the Calculation
      Agent will request the principal London office of each of the aforesaid
      major banks to provide a quotation of such rate. If at least two such
      quotations are provided, LIBOR for that Interest Reset Date will be the
      arithmetic average of the quotations. If fewer than two quotations are
      provided as requested, LIBOR for that Interest Reset Date will be the
      arithmetic average of the rates quoted by three major banks in New York,
      New York (selected by the Calculation Agent after consulting with the
      Company) at approximately 11:00 a.m., New York time, on the Interest
      Determination Date prior to the applicable Interest Reset Date for loans
      in U.S. dollars to leading banks for a period of three months commencing
      on that Interest Reset Date and in a principal amount equal to an amount
      not less than $1,000,000 that is representative for a single transaction
      in such market at such time; provided that if fewer than three quotations
      are provided as requested, for the period until the next Interest Reset
      Date, LIBOR will be the same as the rate determined on the immediately
      preceding Interest Reset Date.

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                                                               EXECUTION VERSION

            The interest rate in effect for the initial Interest Period starting
on the Issue Date will be 3.04%.

            A "London Banking Day" is any day in which dealings in U.S. dollar
deposits are transacted in the London interbank market.

            "Telerate Page 3750" means the display page so designated on the
Telerate Service for the purpose of displaying London interbank offered rates of
major banks (or any successor page).

            All percentages resulting from calculation of the interest rate with
respect to the Notes will be rounded, if necessary, to the nearest one-hundred
thousandth of a percentage point, with five one-millionth of a percentage point
rounded upward (e.g., 9.876545% (or .09876545) would be rounded to 9.87655% (or
..0987655) and 9.876544% (or .09876544) would be rounded to 9.87654% (or
..0987654)), and all dollar amounts in or resulting from any such calculation
will be rounded to the nearest cent (with one-half cent being rounded upward).

            This Note is not redeemable by the Company prior to maturity and is
not subject to any sinking fund.

            In case an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the
principal hereof may be declared, and upon such declaration shall become, due
and payable, in the manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions
provided in the Indenture.

            Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, (i) the
Indenture may be amended with respect to the Notes with the consent of the
Holders of at least a majority in principal amount outstanding of the Notes and
(ii) any default or noncompliance with any provisions applicable to the Notes
may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount
outstanding of the Notes. Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the
Indenture, without the consent of any Holder, the Company and the Trustee may
amend the Indenture or the Notes to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency,
or to provide for the assumption by a successor corporation of the obligations
of the Company under the Indenture, or to provide for uncertificated Notes in
addition to or in place of certificated Notes, or to add additional covenants or
surrender any right or power conferred on the Company, or to establish the form
or terms of the Notes of any series, or to appoint a successor Trustee or
provide for administration of the trust by more than one Trustee, or to add to,
delete from or revise the conditions, limitations, and restrictions on the
authorized amount, terms or purposes of issue, authentication and delivery of
the Notes or to add any additional event of default, or to modify the provisions
of the Indenture as shall be necessary to facilitate the defeasance and
discharge of the Notes as shall not adversely affect any Holders, or to secure
the Notes, or to make provisions respect to exchange rights of Holders, or to
make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder.

            Subject to certain conditions, the Company at any time may terminate
some or all of its obligations under the Notes and the Indenture if the Company
deposits with the Trustee money or Government Obligations for the payment of
principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes to the Maturity Date.

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            If money for the payment of principal or interest remains unclaimed
for two years, the Trustee or Paying Agent shall pay the money back to the
Company at its request unless an abandoned property law designates another
Person. After any such payment, Holders entitled to the money must look only to
the Company and not to the Trustee for payment.

            No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note
or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which
is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and premium, if any, and
interest on this Note at the place, at the respective times, at the rate, and in
the coin or currency herein prescribed.

            No director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the
Company shall have any liability for any obligations of the Company under this
Note or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of
such obligations or their creation. Each Holder, by accepting this Note, waives
and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the
consideration for the issue of this Note.

            This Note and the Indenture shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the law of the State of New York applicable to agreements made
or instruments entered into and, in each case, performed in said state.

            Ownership of this Note shall be proved by the register for the Notes
kept by the Registrar. The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company may
treat the Person in whose name a Note is registered as the absolute owner
thereof for all purposes.

            Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform
Note Identification Procedures, the Company has caused a CUSIP number to be
printed on this Note and has directed the Trustee to use the CUSIP number as a
convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the correctness of such
numbers and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers
printed on this Note.

            Terms used herein without definition that are defined in the
Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

            Unless the Certificate of Authentication hereon has been executed by
the Trustee under the Indenture referred to herein by the manual signature of
one of its authorized officers, or on behalf of the Trustee by the manual
signature of an authorized officer of the Trustee's authenticating agent, this
Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or
obligatory for any purpose.

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                                                               EXECUTION VERSION

            IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be
duly executed, manually or by facsimile.

            Date: December  , 2004

                                       COX COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

                                       By: _____________________________________
                                       Name:  Susan W. Coker
                                       Title: Vice President and Treasurer

                                       By: _____________________________________
                                       Name:  Jimmy W. Hayes
                                       Title: Executive Vice President,
                                              Finance and Chief Financial
                                              Officer

                         CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

            This is one of the Notes designated therein referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.

THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
      as Trustee

By: _____________________________________
            Authorized Signatory

Dated: December  , 2004

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                                                               EXECUTION VERSION

                                 ASSIGNMENT FORM

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s) assign(s) and transfer(s)
unto ______________________________________________________________________
Please insert social security number or other identifying number of assignee:
___________________________________

Please print or type name and address (including zip code) of assignee:

___________________________________
___________________________________
___________________________________
___________________________________

the within Note and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and
appointing ________________ attorney to transfer said Note of Cox
Communications, Inc. on the books of Cox Communications, Inc. with full power of
substitution in the premises.

___________________________________
Dated:_____________________________

      NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as
written upon the face of this Note in every particular without alteration or
enlargement or any change whatsoever. The Signature must be guaranteed by an
"eligible guarantor institution meeting the requirements of the Registrar, which
requirements include memberships or participation in the Security Transfer Agent
Medallion Program ("STAMP") or such other "signature guarantee program" as may
be determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP,
all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

<PAGE>

                                                               EXECUTION VERSION

                                   EXHIBIT A-2

                           [FORM OF FACE OF SECURITY]

                          [TRANSFER RESTRICTED LEGEND]

[THE NOTES EVIDENCED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 (THE "SECURITIES ACT") AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD,
PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT (A)(1) TO A PERSON WHO THE SELLER
REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF
RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE
ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE
REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (2) IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION COMPLYING WITH RULE
903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (3) PURSUANT TO AN
EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144
THEREUNDER (IF AVAILABLE), (4) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR IN A
TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OR
(5) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND
(B) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE BLUE SKY LAWS OF THE STATES OF THE UNITED
STATES.]

                              [GLOBAL NOTES LEGEND]

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF
TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE
NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE
TO CEDE & CO.), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE
BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO.,
HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS, IN WHOLE BUT
NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY OR TO A SUCCESSOR
THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR'S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL
SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS
SET FORTH IN ARTICLE TWO OF THE SEVENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON
THE REVERSE HEREOF.

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                                                               EXECUTION VERSION

No. R-                                                          PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
CUSIP No.                                                       $

                            COX COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

                              4.625% Notes due 2010

            COX COMMUNICATIONS, INC., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter called
the "Company," which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture
referred to below), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or
registered assigns, the principal sum of [      ] ($     ) on January 15, 2010
(the "Maturity Date"), unless previously redeemed, and to pay interest thereon
from December 15, 2004 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which
interest has been paid or duly provided for, payable semiannually on January 15
and July 15 in each year (each, an "Interest Payment Date"), commencing July 15,
2005, at the rate of 4.625% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or
duly made availably for payment. Interest shall be computed on the basis of a
360-day year of twelve 30-day months. The interest so payable and punctually
paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment date will, as provided in the
Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more
predecessor securities) is registered at the close of business on the regular
record date for such interest, which shall be January 1 or July 1 (whether or
not a Business Day), as the case may be, immediately preceding such Interest
Payment Date. Any such interest which is payable, but is not punctually paid or
duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall forthwith cease to be
payable to the registered Holder hereof on the relevant regular record date by
virtue of having been such Holder, and may be paid to the Person in whose name
this Note (or one or more predecessor securities) is registered at the close of
business on a subsequent special record date (which shall be not more than 15
days and not less than 10 days before the payment date) for the payment of such
defaulted interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to
the Holders of Notes of this series not less than 10 days prior to such special
record date, or may be paid at any time in any other lawful manner, all as more
fully provided in such Indenture. If any Interest Payment Date or the Maturity
Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the required payment shall be
made on the next Business Day as if it were made on the date such payment was
due and no interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for the period from
and after such Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date, as the case may be,
to such next Business Day. Payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest
hereunder shall be made in such coin or currency of the United States of America
as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public and
private debts and shall be made immediately available to the Holder (as defined
below) hereof.

            This Note is one of the duly authorized series of Debt Securities of
the Company, designated as the Company's "4.625% Notes due 2010" (the "Notes"),
initially limited to an aggregate principal amount of $1,250,000,000, all issued
or to be issued under and pursuant to an Indenture dated as of June 27, 1995
(the "Original Indenture"), as supplemented by the Seventh Supplemental
Indenture dated December 15, 2004 (the "Seventh Supplemental Indenture", and
together with the Original Indenture, the "Indenture"), duly executed and
delivered by the Company to The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A, as trustee
(hereinafter referred to as

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                                                               EXECUTION VERSION

the "Trustee"), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto
reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitation of rights,
obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company and
the Holders (the words "Holders" or "Holder" meaning the registered holders or
registered holder of the Notes).

            This Note will be redeemable at the option of the Company, in whole
at any time or in part from time to time, at a Redemption Price equal to the
greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of this Note to be redeemed and (ii)
the sum, as determined by the Quotation Agent, of the present values of the
principal amount of this Note to be redeemed and the remaining scheduled
payments of interest on the principal amount of this Note to be redeemed
(exclusive of interest accrued to the Redemption Date), in each case, discounted
from their respective scheduled payment dates to the Redemption Date on a
semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at
the Treasury Rate (as defined below) plus 15 basis points, plus accrued interest
thereon to the Redemption Date.

            "Comparable Treasury Issue" means, with respect to the Notes subject
to redemption, the United States Treasury security selected by the Quotation
Agent as having an actual or interpolated maturity comparable to the remaining
life of the Notes to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of
selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new
issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity with the remaining
life of the Notes to be redeemed.

            "Comparable Treasury Price" means, with respect to any Redemption
Date, the average of five Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such
Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest of such Reference
Treasury Dealer Quotations, or, if the Trustee obtains fewer than four such
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations.

            "Quotation Agent" means a Reference Treasury Dealer appointed by the
Company.

            "Reference Treasury Dealer" means, with respect to the Notes subject
to redemption, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Lehman Brothers Inc., J.P. Morgan
Securities Inc., Banc of America Securities LLC, and their respective
successors, and, at least one other primary United States Government securities
dealer in New York City selected by Wachovia Capital Markets LLC and two other
primary United States Government securities dealers in The City of New York
(each, a "Primary Treasury Dealer") selected by the Company. If Banc of America
Securities LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Lehman Brothers Inc. or J.P.
Morgan Securities Inc. shall cease to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Company
will substitute another Primary Treasury Dealer.

            "Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations" means, with respect to each
Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by
the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue,
expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount, quoted in
writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 3:30 p.m., New York
City time, on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.

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                                                               EXECUTION VERSION

            "Treasury Rate" means, with respect to any Redemption Date
applicable to the Notes, the rate per annum equal to the semiannual yield to
maturity or interpolated (on a day-count basis) of the Comparable Treasury
Issue, calculated on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date using
a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its
principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption
Date.

            This Note is not subject to any sinking fund.

            Notice of any redemption will be mailed at least 30 days but not
more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to the Holder hereof at its
registered address. Unless the Company defaults in payment of the Redemption
Price, on and after the Redemption Date interest will cease to accrue on the
principal amount of this Note called for redemption.

            If money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price with respect to and
accrued interest on the principal amount of this Note to be redeemed on the
Redemption Date is deposited with the Trustee or Paying Agent on or before the
Redemption Date and certain other conditions are satisfied, then on or after
such date, interest will cease to accrue on the principal amount of this Note
called for redemption.

            Except as provided above, this Note is not redeemable by the Company
prior to maturity and is not subject to any sinking fund.

            In case an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the
principal hereof may be declared, and upon such declaration shall become, due
and payable, in the manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions
provided in the Indenture.

            Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, (i) the
Indenture may be amended with respect to the Notes with the consent of the
Holders of at least a majority in principal amount outstanding of the Notes and
(ii) any default or noncompliance with any provisions applicable to the Notes
may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount
outstanding of the Notes. Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the
Indenture, without the consent of any Holder, the Company and the Trustee may
amend the Indenture or the Notes to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency,
or to provide for the assumption by a successor corporation of the obligations
of the Company under the Indenture, or to provide for uncertificated Notes in
addition to or in place of certificated Notes, or to add additional covenants or
surrender any right or power conferred on the Company, or to establish the form
or terms of the Notes of any series, or to appoint a successor Trustee or
provide for administration of the trust by more than one Trustee, or to add to,
delete from or revise the conditions, limitations, and restrictions on the
authorized amount, terms or purposes of issue, authentication and delivery of
the Notes or to add any additional event of default, or to modify the provisions
of the Indenture as shall be necessary to facilitate the defeasance and
discharge of the Notes as shall not adversely affect any Holders, or to secure
the Notes, or to make provisions respect to exchange rights of Holders, or to
make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder.

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                                                               EXECUTION VERSION

            Subject to certain conditions, the Company at any time may terminate
some or all of its obligations under the Notes and the Indenture if the Company
deposits with the Trustee money or Government Obligations for the payment of
principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes to the Maturity Date.

            If money for the payment of principal or interest remains unclaimed
for two years, the Trustee or Paying Agent shall pay the money back to the
Company at its request unless an abandoned property law designates another
Person. After any such payment, Holders entitled to the money must look only to
the Company and not to the Trustee for payment.

            No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note
or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which
is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and premium, if any, and
interest on this Note at the place, at the respective times, at the rate, and in
the coin or currency herein prescribed.

            No director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the
Company shall have any liability for any obligations of the Company under this
Note or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of
such obligations or their creation. Each Holder, by accepting this Note, waives
and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the
consideration for the issue of this Note.

            This Note and the Indenture shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the law of the State of New York applicable to agreements made
or instruments entered into and, in each case, performed in said state.

            Ownership of this Note shall be proved by the register for the Notes
kept by the Registrar. The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company may
treat the Person in whose name a Note is registered as the absolute owner
thereof for all purposes.

            Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform
Note Identification Procedures, the Company has caused a CUSIP number to be
printed on this Note and has directed the Trustee to use the CUSIP number as a
convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the correctness of such
numbers and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers
printed on this Note.

            Terms used herein without definition that are defined in the
Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

            Unless the Certificate of Authentication hereon has been executed by
the Trustee under the Indenture referred to herein by the manual signature of
one of its authorized officers, or on behalf of the Trustee by the manual
signature of an authorized officer of the Trustee's authenticating agent, this
Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or
obligatory for any purpose.

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<PAGE>

                                                               EXECUTION VERSION

            IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be
duly executed, manually or by facsimile.

            Date: December  , 2004

                                       COX COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

                                       By: _____________________________________
                                       Name:  Susan W. Coker
                                       Title: Vice President and Treasurer

                                       By: _____________________________________
                                       Name:  Jimmy W. Hayes
                                       Title: Executive Vice President,
                                              Finance and Chief Financial
                                              Officer

                          CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

            This is one of the Notes designated therein referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.

THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
      as Trustee

By: _______________________________
         Authorized Signatory

Dated: December  , 2004

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                                                               EXECUTION VERSION

                                 ASSIGNMENT FORM

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s) assign(s) and transfer(s)
unto ______________________________________________________________________
Please insert social security number or other identifying number of assignee:
___________________________________

Please print or type name and address (including zip code) of assignee:

___________________________________
___________________________________
___________________________________
___________________________________

the within Note and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and
appointing ________________ attorney to transfer said Note of Cox
Communications, Inc. on the books of Cox Communications, Inc. with full power of
substitution in the premises.

___________________________________
Dated:_____________________________

      NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as
written upon the face of this Note in every particular without alteration or
enlargement or any change whatsoever. The Signature must be guaranteed by an
"eligible guarantor institution meeting the requirements of the Registrar, which
requirements include memberships or participation in the Security Transfer Agent
Medallion Program ("STAMP") or such other "signature guarantee program" as may
be determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP,
all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

<PAGE>

                                                               EXECUTION VERSION

                                   EXHIBIT A-3

                           [FORM OF FACE OF SECURITY]

                          [TRANSFER RESTRICTED LEGEND]

[THE NOTES EVIDENCED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 (THE "SECURITIES ACT") AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD,
PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT (A)(1) TO A PERSON WHO THE SELLER
REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF
RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE
ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE
REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (2) IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION COMPLYING WITH RULE
903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (3) PURSUANT TO AN
EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144
THEREUNDER (IF AVAILABLE), (4) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR IN A
TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OR
(5) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND
(B) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE BLUE SKY LAWS OF THE STATES OF THE UNITED
STATES.]

                              [GLOBAL NOTES LEGEND]

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF
TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE
NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE
TO CEDE & CO.), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE
BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO.,
HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS, IN WHOLE BUT
NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY OR TO A SUCCESSOR
THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR'S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL
SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS
SET FORTH IN ARTICLE TWO OF THE SEVENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON
THE REVERSE HEREOF.

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                                                               EXECUTION VERSION

No. R-                                                          PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
CUSIP No.                                                       $

                            COX COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

                              5.450% Notes due 2014

            COX COMMUNICATIONS, INC., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter called
the "Company," which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture
referred to below), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or
registered assigns, the principal sum of [      ] ($[   ]) on December 15, 2014
(the "Maturity Date"), unless previously redeemed, and to pay interest thereon
from December 15, 2004 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which
interest has been paid or duly provided for, payable semiannually on June 15 and
December 15 in each year (each, an "Interest Payment Date"), commencing June 15,
2005, at the rate of 5.450% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or
duly made availably for payment. Interest shall be computed on the basis of a
360-day year of twelve 30-day months. The interest so payable and punctually
paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment date will, as provided in the
Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more
predecessor securities) is registered at the close of business on the regular
record date for such interest, which shall be June 1 or December 1 (whether or
not a Business Day), as the case may be, immediately preceding such Interest
Payment Date. Any such interest which is payable, but is not punctually paid or
duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall forthwith cease to be
payable to the registered Holder hereof on the relevant regular record date by
virtue of having been such Holder, and may be paid to the Person in whose name
this Note (or one or more predecessor securities) is registered at the close of
business on a subsequent special record date (which shall be not more than 15
days and not less than 10 days before the payment date) for the payment of such
defaulted interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to
the Holders of Notes of this series not less than 10 days prior to such special
record date, or may be paid at any time in any other lawful manner, all as more
fully provided in such Indenture. If any Interest Payment Date or the Maturity
Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the required payment shall be
made on the next Business Day as if it were made on the date such payment was
due and no interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for the period from
and after such Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date, as the case may be,
to such next Business Day. Payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest
hereunder shall be made in such coin or currency of the United States of America
as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public and
private debts and shall be made immediately available to the Holder (as defined
below) hereof.

            This Note is one of the duly authorized series of Debt Securities of
the Company, designated as the Company's "5.450% Notes due 2014" (the "Notes"),
initially limited to an aggregate principal amount of $1,250,000,000, all issued
or to be issued under and pursuant to an Indenture dated as of June 27, 1995
(the "Original Indenture"), as supplemented by the Seventh Supplemental
Indenture dated December 15, 2004 (the "Seventh Supplemental Indenture," and
together with the Original Indenture, the "Indenture"), duly executed and
delivered by the Company to The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A, as trustee
(hereinafter referred to as

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                                                               EXECUTION VERSION

the "Trustee"), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto
reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitation of rights,
obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company and
the Holders (the words "Holders" or "Holder" meaning the registered holders or
registered holder of the Notes).

            This Note will be redeemable at the option of the Company, in whole
at any time or in part from time to time, at a Redemption Price equal to the
greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of this Note to be redeemed and (ii)
the sum, as determined by the Quotation Agent, of the present values of the
principal amount of this Note to be redeemed and the remaining scheduled
payments of interest on the principal amount of this Note to be redeemed
(exclusive of interest accrued to the Redemption Date), in each case discounted
from their respective scheduled payment dates to the Redemption Date on a
semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at
the Treasury Rate (as defined below) plus 20 basis points, plus accrued interest
thereon to the Redemption Date.

            "Comparable Treasury Issue" means, with respect to the Notes subject
to redemption, the United States Treasury security selected by the Quotation
Agent as having an actual or interpolated maturity comparable to the remaining
life of the Notes to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of
selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new
issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity with the remaining
life of the Notes to be redeemed.

            "Comparable Treasury Price" means, with respect to any Redemption
Date, the average of five Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such
Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest of such Reference
Treasury Dealer Quotations, or, if the Trustee obtains fewer than four such
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations.

            "Quotation Agent" means the Reference Treasury Dealer appointed by
the Company.

            "Reference Treasury Dealer" means, with respect to the Notes subject
to redemption, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Lehman Brothers Inc., J.P. Morgan
Securities Inc., Banc of America Securities LLC, and their respective
successors, and, at least one other primary United States Government securities
dealer in New York City selected by Wachovia Capital Markets LLC and two other
primary United States Government securities dealers in The City of New York
(each, a "Primary Treasury Dealer") selected by the Company. If Banc of America
Securities LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Lehman Brothers Inc. or J.P.
Morgan Securities Inc. shall cease to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Company
will substitute another Primary Treasury Dealer.

            "Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations" means, with respect to each
Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by
the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue,
expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount, quoted in
writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 3:30 p.m., New York
City time, on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.

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                                                               EXECUTION VERSION

            "Treasury Rate" means, with respect to any Redemption Date
applicable to the Notes, the rate per annum equal to the semiannual yield to
maturity or interpolated (on a day-count basis) of the Comparable Treasury
Issue, calculated on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date using
a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its
principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption
Date.

            This Note is not subject to any sinking fund.

            Notice of any redemption will be mailed at least 30 days but not
more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to the Holder hereof at its
registered address. Unless the Company defaults in payment of the Redemption
Price, on and after the Redemption Date interest will cease to accrue on the
principal amount of this Note called for redemption.

            If money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price with respect to and
accrued interest on the principal amount of this Note to be redeemed on the
Redemption Date is deposited with the Trustee or Paying Agent on or before the
Redemption Date and certain other conditions are satisfied, then on or after
such date, interest will cease to accrue on the principal amount of this Note
called for redemption.

            Except as provided above, this Note is not redeemable by the Company
prior to maturity and is not subject to any sinking fund.

            In case an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the
principal hereof may be declared, and upon such declaration shall become, due
and payable, in the manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions
provided in the Indenture.

            Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, (i) the
Indenture may be amended with respect to the Notes with the consent of the
Holders of at least a majority in principal amount outstanding of the Notes and
(ii) any default or noncompliance with any provisions applicable to the Notes
may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount
outstanding of the Notes. Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the
Indenture, without the consent of any Holder, the Company and the Trustee may
amend the Indenture or the Notes to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency,
or to provide for the assumption by a successor corporation of the obligations
of the Company under the Indenture, or to provide for uncertificated Notes in
addition to or in place of certificated Notes, or to add additional covenants or
surrender any right or power conferred on the Company, or to establish the form
or terms of the Notes of any series, or to appoint a successor Trustee or
provide for administration of the trust by more than one Trustee, or to add to,
delete from or revise the conditions, limitations, and restrictions on the
authorized amount, terms or purposes of issue, authentication and delivery of
the Notes or to add any additional event of default, or to modify the provisions
of the Indenture as shall be necessary to facilitate the defeasance and
discharge of the Notes as shall not adversely affect any Holders, or to secure
the Notes, or to make provisions respect to exchange rights of Holders, or to
make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder.

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                                                               EXECUTION VERSION

            Subject to certain conditions, the Company at any time may terminate
some or all of its obligations under the Notes and the Indenture if the Company
deposits with the Trustee money or Government Obligations for the payment of
principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes to the Maturity Date.

            If money for the payment of principal or interest remains unclaimed
for two years, the Trustee or Paying Agent shall pay the money back to the
Company at its request unless an abandoned property law designates another
Person. After any such payment, Holders entitled to the money must look only to
the Company and not to the Trustee for payment.

            No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note
or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which
is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and premium, if any, and
interest on this Note at the place, at the respective times, at the rate, and in
the coin or currency herein prescribed.

            No director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the
Company shall have any liability for any obligations of the Company under this
Note or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of
such obligations or their creation. Each Holder, by accepting this Note, waives
and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the
consideration for the issue of this Note.

            This Note and the Indenture shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the law of the State of New York applicable to agreements made
or instruments entered into and, in each case, performed in said state.

            Ownership of this Note shall be proved by the register for the Notes
kept by the Registrar. The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company may
treat the Person in whose name a Note is registered as the absolute owner
thereof for all purposes.

            Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform
Note Identification Procedures, the Company has caused a CUSIP number to be
printed on this Note and has directed the Trustee to use the CUSIP number as a
convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the correctness of such
numbers and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers
printed on this Note.

            Terms used herein without definition that are defined in the
Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

            Unless the Certificate of Authentication hereon has been executed by
the Trustee under the Indenture referred to herein by the manual signature of
one of its authorized officers, or on behalf of the Trustee by the manual
signature of an authorized officer of the Trustee's authenticating agent, this
Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or
obligatory for any purpose.

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                                                               EXECUTION VERSION

            IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be
duly executed, manually or by facsimile.

            Date: December  , 2004

                                       COX COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

                                       By: _____________________________________
                                       Name:  Susan W. Coker
                                       Title: Vice President and Treasurer

                                       By: _____________________________________
                                       Name:  Jimmy W. Hayes
                                       Title: Executive Vice President,
                                              Finance and Chief Financial
                                              Officer

                          CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

            This is one of the Notes designated therein referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.

THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
      as Trustee

By: _____________________________________
           Authorized Signatory

Dated: December  , 2004

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                                                               EXECUTION VERSION

                                 ASSIGNMENT FORM

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s) assign(s) and transfer(s)
unto ______________________________________________________________________
Please insert social security number or other identifying number of assignee:
___________________________________

Please print or type name and address (including zip code) of assignee:

___________________________________
___________________________________
___________________________________
___________________________________

the within Note and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and
appointing ________________ attorney to transfer said Note of Cox
Communications, Inc. on the books of Cox Communications, Inc. with full power of
substitution in the premises.

___________________________________
Dated:_____________________________

      NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as
written upon the face of this Note in every particular without alteration or
enlargement or any change whatsoever. The Signature must be guaranteed by an
"eligible guarantor institution meeting the requirements of the Registrar, which
requirements include memberships or participation in the Security Transfer Agent
Medallion Program ("STAMP") or such other "signature guarantee program" as may
be determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP,
all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

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                                                               EXECUTION VERSION

                                   EXHIBIT B-1
                              TRANSFER CERTIFICATE

      In connection with any transfer of any of the Notes within the period
prior to the expiration of the holding period applicable to the sales thereof
under Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act") (or any successor provision), the undersigned registered owner of this
Note hereby certifies with respect to $____________ Principal amount of the
above-captioned securities presented or surrendered on the date hereof (the
"Surrendered Notes") for registration of transfer, or for exchange where the
securities deliverable upon such exchange are to be registered in a name other
than that of the undersigned registered owner (each such transaction being a
"transfer"), that such transfer complies with the restrictive legend set forth
on the face of the Surrendered Notes for the reason checked below:

            A transfer of the Surrendered Notes is made to the Company or any
            subsidiaries; or

            The transfer of the Surrendered Notes complies with Rule 144A under
            the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act");
            or

            The transfer of the Surrendered Notes is to an institutional
            accredited investor, as described in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7)
            of Regulation D under the Securities Act; or

            The transfer of the Surrendered Notes is pursuant to an effective
      registration statement under the Securities Act, or

            The transfer of the Surrendered Notes is pursuant to an offshore
      transaction in accordance with Rule 904 of Regulation S under the
      Securities Act; or

            The transfer of the Surrendered Notes is pursuant to another
      available exemption from the registration requirement of the Securities
      Act.

and unless the box below is checked, the undersigned confirms that, to the
undersigned's knowledge, such Notes are not being transferred to an "affiliate"
of the Company as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act (an "Affiliate").

            The transferee is an Affiliate of the Company.

DATE: _________________________        _________________________________________
                                                      Signature(s)

            (If the registered owner is a corporation, partnership or
             fiduciary, the title of the Person signing on behalf of
                     such registered owner must be stated.)

                                      B-1-1

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                                   EXHIBIT B-2

             FORM OF LETTER TO BE DELIVERED BY ACCREDITED INVESTORS

Cox Communications, Inc.
1400 Lake Hearn Drive, NE
Atlanta, Georgia 30319

Attention: Treasurer

The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as Registrar
101 Barclay Street
New York, New York 10286

Attention: Corporate Trust Office

Dear Sirs:

      We are delivering this letter in connection with the proposed transfer of
$_____________ principal amount of the ______________ Notes due 20__ (the
"Notes") of Cox Communications, Inc. (the "Company").

      We hereby confirm that:

            (i) we are an "accredited investor" within the meaning of Rule
      501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act of
      1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or an entity in which all of the
      equity owners are accredited investors within the meaning of Rule
      501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act (an
      "Institutional Accredited Investor");

            (ii) the purchase of Notes by us is for our own account or for the
      account of one or more other Institutional Accredited Investors or as
      fiduciary for the account of one or more trusts, each of which is an
      "accredited investor" within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(7) under the
      Securities Act and for each of which we exercise sole investment
      discretion or (B) we are a "bank," within the meaning of Section 3(a)(2)
      of the Securities Act, or a "savings and loan association" or other
      institution described in Section 3(a)(5)(A) of the Securities Act that is
      acquiring Notes as fiduciary for the account of one or more institutions
      for which we exercise sole investment discretion;

            (iii) we will acquire Notes having a minimum principal amount of not
      less than $100,000 for our own account or for any separate account for
      which we are acting;

            (iv) we have such knowledge and experience in financial and business
      matters that we are capable of evaluating the merits and risks of
      purchasing Notes; and

            (v) we are not acquiring Notes with a view to distribution thereof
      or with any present intention of offering or selling Notes, except as
      permitted below; provided that

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      the disposition of our property and property of any accounts for which we
      are acting as fiduciary shall remain at all times within our control.

      We understand that the Notes were originally offered and sold in a
transaction not involving any public offering within the United States within
the meaning of the Securities Act and that the Notes have not been registered
under the Securities Act, and we agree, on our own behalf and on behalf of each
account for which we acquire any Notes, that we will offer, sell or otherwise
transfer such Notes, or any beneficial interest therein, prior to the date which
is two years after the later of the date of original issuance of the Notes and
the last date on which the Company or an affiliate of the Company was the owner
of the Notes or any beneficial interest therein (or any predecessor of the
Notes) only:

      (1) to the Company or any subsidiary thereof, or

      (2) for as long as the Notes are eligible for resale pursuant to Rule
144A, to a person we reasonably believe is a "qualified institutional buyer" (as
defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act) that purchases for its own
account or for the account of a qualified institutional buyer to which notice is
given that the transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, or

      (3) to an Institutional Accredited Investor that is acquiring the Note for
its own account, or for the account of such Institutional Accredited Investor
for investment purposes and not with a view to, or for offer or sale in
connection with, any distribution in violation of the Securities Act, or

      (4) pursuant to a registration statement which has been declared effective
under the Securities Act, or

      (5) outside the United States to non-U.S. persons in an offshore
transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or 904 of Regulation S under the
Securities Act, or

      (6) pursuant to another available exemption from registration under the
Securities Act, including under Rule 144, if available, and, in each case, in
accordance with any applicable securities laws of any State of the United States
or any other applicable jurisdiction and in accordance with and subject to the
legends set forth on the Notes.

      We acknowledge that the Company, others and you will rely upon our
confirmations, acknowledgments and agreements set forth herein, and we agree to
notify you promptly in writing if any of our representations or warranties
herein ceases to be accurate and complete.

      THIS LETTER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE
INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

                                       _________________________________________
                                       (Name of Purchaser)

                                       By: _____________________________________
                                           Name:
                                           Title:

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                                                                     EXHIBIT 4.2

                                                                  EXECUTION COPY

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                          REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

                          DATED AS OF DECEMBER 15, 2004
                                  BY AND AMONG

                            COX COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

                                       AND

                       THE INITIAL PURCHASERS NAMED HEREIN

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         This Registration Rights Agreement (this "AGREEMENT") is made and
entered into as of December 15, 2004, by and among Cox Communications, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "COMPANY"), and Citigroup Global Markets, J.P. Morgan
Securities Inc. and Lehman Brothers Inc. and Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC as
representatives of the several parties named in Schedule I to the Purchase
Agreement (as defined below) (each an "INITIAL PURCHASER" and, collectively, the
"INITIAL PURCHASERS"), each of whom has agreed to purchase the Company's
Floating Rate Notes due 2007 (the "SERIES A NOTES") pursuant to the Purchase
Agreement (as defined below).

         This Agreement is made pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, dated
December 10, 2004 (the "PURCHASE AGREEMENT"), by and among the Company and the
Initial Purchasers. In order to induce the Initial Purchasers to purchase the
Series A Notes, the Company has agreed to provide the registration rights set
forth in this Agreement. The execution and delivery of this Agreement is a
condition to the obligations of the Initial Purchasers set forth in the Purchase
Agreement.

         The parties hereby agree as follows:

SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS

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

         ACT:  The Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

         AFFILIATE:  As defined in Rule 144 of the Act.

         BROKER-DEALER: Any broker or dealer registered under the Exchange Act.

         CLOSING DATE:  The date hereof.

         COMMISSION:  The Securities and Exchange Commission.

         CONSUMMATE: An Exchange Offer shall be deemed "Consummated" for
purposes of this Agreement upon the occurrence of (a) the filing and
effectiveness under the Act of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement
relating to the Series B Notes to be issued in the Exchange Offer and (b) the
maintenance of such Exchange Offer Registration Statement continuously effective
and the keeping of the Exchange Offer open for a period not less than the period
required pursuant to Section 3(b) hereof.

         CONSUMMATION DEADLINE:  As defined in Section 3(b) hereof.

         DELIVERY DEADLINE: As defined in Section 3(b) hereof.

         EFFECTIVENESS DEADLINE:  As defined in Section 3(a) hereof.

         EXCHANGE ACT:  The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

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         EXCHANGE OFFER: The offer by the Company to exchange a principal amount
of Series B Notes (which shall be registered pursuant to the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement) equal to the outstanding principal amount of Series A
Notes and the issuance of Series B Notes in exchange for validly tendered and
not withdrawn by such Holders in connection with such offer.

         EXCHANGE OFFER REGISTRATION STATEMENT: The Registration Statement
relating to the Exchange Offer, including the related Prospectus.

         EXEMPT RESALES: The transactions in which the Initial Purchasers
propose to sell the Series A Notes to certain "qualified institutional buyers,"
as such term is defined in Rule 144A under the Act and pursuant to Regulation S
under the Act.

         FILING DEADLINE:  As defined in Sections 3(a) and 4(a) hereof.

         HOLDERS:  As defined in Section 2 hereof.

         INDENTURE: The Indenture, dated as June 27, 1995, among the Company and
The Bank of New York, as trustee (the "TRUSTEE"), pursuant to which the Notes
are to be issued as a separate series of debt securities, as such Indenture is
amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.

         PROSPECTUS: The prospectus included in a Registration Statement at the
time such Registration Statement is declared effective, as amended or
supplemented by any prospectus supplement and by all other amendments thereto,
including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference
into such Prospectus.

         RECOMMENCEMENT DATE:  As defined in Section 6(d) hereof.

         REGISTRATION DEFAULT:  As defined in Section 5 hereof.

         REGISTRATION STATEMENT: Any registration statement of the Company
relating to (a) an offering of Series B Notes pursuant to an Exchange Offer or
(b) the registration for resale of Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to
the Shelf Registration Statement, in each case, (i) that is filed pursuant to
the provisions of this Agreement and (ii) including the Prospectus included
therein, all amendments and supplements thereto (including post-effective
amendments) and all exhibits and material incorporated by reference therein.

         REGULATION S:  Regulation S promulgated under the Act.

         RULE 144:  Rule 144 promulgated under the Act.

         SERIES B NOTES: The Company's Floating Rate Notes due 2007 to be issued
pursuant to the Indenture:

(i) in the Exchange Offer or (ii) as contemplated by Section 4 hereof.

         SHELF EFFECTIVENESS DEADLINE: As defined in Section 4(a) hereof.

         SHELF REGISTRATION STATEMENT:  As defined in Section 4 hereof.

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         SUSPENSION NOTICE:  As defined in Section 6(d) hereof.

         TIA: The Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. Section 77aaa-77bbbb)
as in effect on the date of the Indenture.

         TRANSFER RESTRICTED SECURITIES: Each (A) Series A Note, until the
earliest to occur of (i) the date on which such Series A Note is exchanged in
the Exchange Offer for a Series B Note, (ii) the date on which such Series A
Note has been disposed of in accordance with a Shelf Registration Statement (and
the purchasers thereof have been issued Series B Notes), or (iii) the date on
which such Series A Note may be distributed to the public pursuant to Rule 144
under the Act and each (B) Series B Note held by a Broker Dealer until the date
on which such Series B Note is disposed of by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the
"Plan of Distribution" contemplated by the Exchange Offer Registration Statement
(including the delivery of the Prospectus contained therein).

SECTION 2. HOLDERS

         A Person is deemed to be a holder of Transfer Restricted Securities
(each, a "HOLDER") whenever such Person owns Transfer Restricted Securities.

SECTION 3. REGISTERED EXCHANGE OFFER

         (a) To the extent not prohibited by any applicable law (and after the
procedures set forth in Section 6(a)(i) below have been complied with), the
Company shall (i) cause the Exchange Offer Registration Statement to be filed
with the Commission as soon as practicable after the Closing Date, but in no
event later than 120 days after the Closing Date (such 120th day being the
"FILING DEADLINE"), (ii) use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such
Exchange Offer Registration Statement to become effective at the earliest
possible time, but in no event later than 180 days after the Closing Date (such
180th day being the "EFFECTIVENESS DEADLINE"), (iii) in connection with the
foregoing, (A) file all pre-effective amendments to such Exchange Offer
Registration Statement as may be necessary in order to cause it to become
effective, (B) file, if applicable, a post-effective amendment to such Exchange
Offer Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430A under the Act and (C) cause
all necessary filings, if any, in connection with the registration and
qualification of the Series B Notes to be made under the Blue Sky laws of such
jurisdictions as are necessary to permit Consummation of the Exchange Offer
(provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do
business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any
action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those
arising out of the Exchange Offer, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so
subject), and (iv) upon the effectiveness of such Exchange Offer Registration
Statement, commence and Consummate the Exchange Offer. The Exchange Offer shall
be on the appropriate form permitting (i) registration of the Series B Notes to
be offered in exchange for the Series A Notes that are Transfer Restricted
Securities and (ii) resales of Series B Notes by Broker-Dealers that tendered
into the Exchange Offer Series A Notes that such Broker-Dealer acquired for its
own account as a result of market making activities or other trading activities
(other than Series A Notes acquired directly from the Company or any of its
Affiliates) as contemplated by Section 3(c) below.

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         (b) The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause
the Exchange Offer Registration Statement to be effective continuously, and
shall keep the Exchange Offer open for a period of not less than the minimum
period required under applicable federal securities laws to Consummate the
Exchange Offer; provided, however, that in no event shall such period be less
than 20 Business Days. The Company shall cause the Exchange Offer to comply with
all applicable federal securities laws and use commercially reasonable efforts
to comply with applicable state securities laws; provided that in no event shall
the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it
is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service
of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the
Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject. No securities
other than the Series B Notes and each of the Series B Notes as defined in each
of the Registration Rights Agreements, dated as of the date hereof, by and among
the Company and the Initial Purchasers with respect to the Company's 5.450%
Notes due 2014 and 4.625% Notes due 2010 shall be included in the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable
efforts to cause the Exchange Offer to be Consummated on the earliest
practicable date after the Exchange Offer Registration Statement has become
effective, but in no event later than 25 Business Days thereafter (such 25
Business Days, together with any extension provided under Section 6(a)(i) or
Section 6(d), being the "CONSUMMATION DEADLINE"). The Company shall use its
commercially reasonable efforts to deliver to the Registrar under the Indenture,
on the earliest practicable date after the Exchange Offer has become Consummated
but in no event shall such date be more than 5 Business Days after such
Consummation ("DELIVERY DEADLINE"), Series B Notes in the same aggregate
principal amount as the aggregate principal amount of Series A Notes validly
tendered and delivered in accordance with the terms and conditions of the
Exchanges Offer by Holders thereof pursuant to the Exchange Offer.

         (c) The Company shall include a "Plan of Distribution" section
containing the information set forth in Annex A hereto in the Prospectus
contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and indicate therein that
any Broker-Dealer who holds Transfer Restricted Securities that were acquired
for the account of such Broker-Dealer as a result of market-making activities or
other trading activities (other than Series A Notes acquired directly from the
Company or any Affiliate of the Company), may exchange such Transfer Restricted
Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer. The Company acknowledges that,
pursuant to current interpretations by the Commission's staff of Section 5 of
the Act, in the absence of an applicable exemption therefrom, each Broker-Dealer
may be required to deliver a Prospectus containing such "Plan of Distribution"
section in connection with a sale of any such Series B Notes received by such
Broker-Dealer pursuant to the Exchange Offer.

         Because such Broker-Dealer may be deemed to be an "underwriter" within
the meaning of the Act and must, therefore, deliver a prospectus meeting the
requirements of the Act in connection with its initial sale of any Series B
Notes received by such Broker-Dealer in the Exchange Offer, the Company shall
permit the use of the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement by such Broker-Dealer to satisfy such prospectus delivery requirement.
To the extent necessary to ensure that the prospectus contained in the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement is available for sales of Series B Notes by
Broker-Dealers, the Company agrees to use its commercially reasonable efforts to
keep the Exchange Offer Registration Statement continuously effective,
supplemented, amended and current as required

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by and subject to the provisions of Section 6(a) and (c) hereof and in
conformity with the requirements of this Agreement, the Act and the policies,
rules and regulations of the Commission as announced from time to time, for a
period of 180 days from the effective date of the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement or such shorter period as will terminate when all Transfer Restricted
Securities covered by such Registration Statement have been sold pursuant
thereto. The Company shall provide sufficient copies of the latest version of
such Prospectus to such Broker-Dealers, promptly upon written request, and in no
event later than two Business Days after such request, at any time during such
period.

SECTION 4. SHELF REGISTRATION

         (a) Shelf Registration. If (i) the Exchange Offer is not permitted by
applicable law (after the Company has complied with the procedures set forth in
Section 6(a)(i) below) or (ii) if any Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities
shall notify the Company within 20 Business Days following Consummation that (A)
such Holder was prohibited by law or Commission policy from participating in the
Exchange Offer or (B) such Holder may not resell the Series B Notes acquired by
it in the Exchange Offer to the public without delivering a prospectus and the
Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not
appropriate or available for such resales by such Holder or (C) such Holder is a
Broker-Dealer and holds Series A Notes acquired directly from the Company or any
of its Affiliates, then the Company:

     (x) shall use its commercially reasonable efforts cause to be filed, on or
prior to 30 days after the earlier of (i) the date on which the Company
determines that the Exchange Offer Registration Statement cannot be filed as a
result of clause (a)(i) above and (ii) the date on which the Company receives
the notice specified in clause (a)(ii) above, (such earlier date, the "FILING
DEADLINE"), a shelf registration statement pursuant to Rule 415 under the Act
(which may be an amendment to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, which
may be in the form of a post-effective amendment to the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement (the "SHELF REGISTRATION STATEMENT")), relating to all
Transfer Restricted Securities, and

     (y) shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Shelf
Registration Statement to become effective on or prior to 120 days after the
Filing Deadline for the Shelf Registration Statement (such 120th day the "SHELF
EFFECTIVENESS DEADLINE").

         If, after the Company has filed an Exchange Offer Registration
Statement that satisfies the requirements of Section 3(a) above, the Company is
required to file and make effective a Shelf Registration Statement solely
because the Exchange Offer is not permitted under applicable federal law (i.e.,
clause (a)(i) above), then the filing of the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of clause (x) above;
provided that, in such event, the Company shall remain obligated to meet the
Shelf Effectiveness Deadline set forth in clause (y).

         To the extent necessary to ensure that the Shelf Registration Statement
is available for sales of Transfer Restricted Securities by the Holders thereof
entitled to the benefit of this Section 4(a) and the other securities required
to be registered therein pursuant to Section 6(b)(ii) hereof, the Company shall
use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep any Shelf Registration Statement
required by this Section 4(a) continuously effective, supplemented, amended and

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current as required by and subject to the provisions of Sections 6(b) and (c)
hereof and in conformity with the requirements of this Agreement, the Act and
the policies, rules and regulations of the Commission as announced from time to
time, for a period of at least two years from the Closing Date (as extended
pursuant to Section 6(c)(i)) or such shorter period as will terminate when all
Transfer Restricted Securities covered by such Shelf Registration Statement have
been sold pursuant thereto.

         (b) Provision by Holders of Certain Information in Connection with the
Shelf Registration Statement. No Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities may
include any of its Transfer Restricted Securities in any Shelf Registration
Statement pursuant to this Agreement unless and until such Holder furnishes to
the Company in writing, within 10 days after receipt of a request therefor, the
information specified in Item 507 or 508 of Regulation S-K, as applicable, of
the Act for use in connection with any Shelf Registration Statement or
Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus included therein. No Holder of Transfer
Restricted Securities shall be entitled to liquidated damages pursuant to
Section 5 hereof unless and until such Holder shall have provided all such
information. Each selling Holder agrees to promptly furnish additional
information required to be disclosed in order to make the information previously
furnished to the Company by such Holder not materially misleading.

SECTION 5. LIQUIDATED DAMAGES

If (i) any Registration Statement required by this Agreement is not filed with
the Commission on or prior to the applicable Filing Deadline, (ii) any such
Registration Statement has not been declared effective by the Commission on or
prior to the Effectiveness Deadline or the Shelf Effectiveness Deadline, as
applicable, (iii)(A) the Exchange Offer has not been Consummated on or prior to
the Consummation Deadline or (B) the Company does not deliver the Series B Notes
to the Registrar on or prior to the Delivery Deadline or (iv) any Registration
Statement required by this Agreement is filed and declared effective but shall
thereafter cease to be effective or fail to be usable prior to the Consummation
for its intended purpose without being succeeded as promptly as practical by a
post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement that cures such failure
and that is itself declared effective as promptly as practical (each such event
referred to in clauses (i) through (iv), a "REGISTRATION DEFAULT"), then the
Company hereby agrees to pay to each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities
affected thereby liquidated damages in an amount equal to 0.25% per annum of the
principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities held by such Holder for each
week or portion thereof that the Registration Default continues for the first
90-day period immediately following the occurrence of such Registration Default,
provided, for purposes of clauses (i) and (ii), that the failure by any Person
requesting a Shelf Registration Statement or any underwriter to be named in a
Shelf Registration Statement to provide to the Company any information necessary
to complete such Shelf Registration Statement as contemplated by this Agreement
or objects to filing in accordance with Section 6(c)(v), then a Registration
Default will not be deemed to occur until three Business Days following the last
to occur of provision of any required information or resolution of an objection
under Section 6(c)(v). The amount of the liquidated damages shall increase by an
additional 0.25% per annum of the principal amount of Transfer Restricted
Securities with respect to each subsequent 90-day period until all Registration
Defaults have been cured, up to a maximum amount of liquidated damages of 0.50%
per annum of principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities; provided

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that the Company shall in no event be required to pay liquidated damages for
more than one Registration Default at any given time. Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary set forth herein, (1) upon filing of the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement (and/or, if applicable, the Shelf Registration
Statement), in the case of (i) above, (2) upon the effectiveness of the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement (and/or, if applicable, the Shelf Registration
Statement), in the case of (ii) above, (3) upon Consummation of the Exchange
Offer, in the case of clause (iii)(A) above, (4) upon the delivery the Series B
Notes to the Registrar, in the case of (iii)(B) above, or (5) upon the filing of
a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or an additional
Registration Statement that causes the Exchange Offer Registration Statement
(and/or, if applicable, the Shelf Registration Statement) to again be declared
effective or made usable in the case of (iv) above, the liquidated damages
payable with respect to the Transfer Restricted Securities as a result of such
clause (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv), as applicable, shall cease.

         All accrued liquidated damages shall be paid to the Holders entitled
thereto, in the manner provided for the payment of interest in the Indenture, on
each interest payment date, as more fully set forth in the Indenture and the
Notes. Notwithstanding the fact that any securities for which liquidated damages
are due cease to be Transfer Restricted Securities, all obligations of the
Company to pay liquidated damages with respect to securities shall survive until
such time as such obligations with respect to such securities shall have been
satisfied in full.

SECTION 6. REGISTRATION PROCEDURES

         (a) Exchange Offer Registration Statement. In connection with the
Exchange Offer, the Company shall (x) comply with all applicable provisions of
Section 6(c) below, (y) use its commercially reasonable efforts to effect such
exchange and to permit the resale of Series B Notes by Broker-Dealers that
tendered in the Exchange Offer Series A Notes that such Broker-Dealer acquired
for its own account as a result of its market making activities or other trading
activities (other than Series A Notes acquired directly from the Company or any
of its Affiliates) being sold in accordance with the intended method or methods
of distribution thereof, and (z) comply with all of the following provisions:

                  (i) If, following the date hereof there has been announced a
         change in Commission policy with respect to exchange offers such as the
         Exchange Offer, that in the reasonable opinion of counsel to the
         Company raises a substantial question as to whether the Exchange Offer
         is permitted by applicable federal law, the Company hereby agrees to
         seek a no-action letter or other favorable decision from the Commission
         allowing the Company to Consummate an Exchange Offer for such Transfer
         Restricted Securities. The Company hereby agrees to pursue the issuance
         of such a decision to the Commission staff level, and the Consummation
         Deadline shall be extended by the number of days equal to the days from
         the date the Company is advised in writing by counsel that a no-action
         letter will be necessary or appropriate to Consummate the Exchange
         Offer until the date on which the staff of the Commission issues such
         no-action letter. In connection with the foregoing, the Company hereby
         agree to take all such other actions as may be reasonably requested by
         the Commission or otherwise required in connection with the issuance of
         such decision, including without limitation (A) participating in
         telephonic conferences with the Commission, (B) delivering to the

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         Commission staff an analysis prepared by counsel to the Company setting
         forth the legal bases, if any, upon which such counsel has concluded
         that such an Exchange Offer should be permitted and (C) diligently
         pursuing a resolution (which need not be favorable) by the Commission
         staff.

                  (ii) As a condition to its participation in the Exchange
         Offer, each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities (including,
         without limitation, any Holder who is a Broker Dealer) shall furnish,
         upon the request of the Company, prior to the Consummation of the
         Exchange Offer, a written representation to the Company (which may be
         contained in the letter of transmittal contemplated by the Exchange
         Offer Registration Statement) to the effect that (A) it is not an
         Affiliate of the Company, (B) it is not engaged in, and does not intend
         to engage in, and has no arrangement or understanding with any person
         to participate in, a distribution of the Series B Notes to be issued in
         the Exchange Offer and (C) it is acquiring the Series B Notes in its
         ordinary course of business. As a condition to its participation in the
         Exchange Offer each Holder using the Exchange Offer to participate in a
         distribution of the Series B Notes shall acknowledge and agree that, if
         the resales are of Series B Notes obtained by such Holder in exchange
         for Series A Notes acquired directly from the Company or an Affiliate
         thereof, it (1) could not, under Commission policy as in effect on the
         date of this Agreement, rely on the position of the Commission
         enunciated in Morgan Stanley and Co., Inc. (available June 5, 1991) and
         Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation (available May 13, 1988), as
         interpreted in the Commission's letter to Shearman & Sterling dated
         July 2, 1993, and similar no-action letters (including, if applicable,
         any no-action letter obtained pursuant to clause (i) above), and (2)
         must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements
         of the Act in connection with a secondary resale transaction and that
         such a secondary resale transaction must be covered by an effective
         registration statement containing the selling security holder
         information required by Item 507 or 508, as applicable, of Regulation
         S-K.

                  (iii) Prior to effectiveness of the Exchange Offer
         Registration Statement, the Company shall provide a supplemental letter
         to the Commission (A) stating that the Company are registering the
         Exchange Offer in reliance on the position of the Commission enunciated
         in Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation (available May 13, 1988), Morgan
         Stanley and Co., Inc. (available June 5, 1991) as interpreted in the
         Commission's letter to Shearman & Sterling dated July 2, 1993, and, if
         applicable, any no-action letter obtained pursuant to clause (i) above,
         (B) including a representation that neither the Company has entered
         into any arrangement or understanding with any Person to distribute the
         Series B Notes to be received in the Exchange Offer and that, to the
         best of the Company's information and belief, each Holder participating
         in the Exchange Offer is acquiring the Series B Notes in its ordinary
         course of business and has no arrangement or understanding with any
         Person to participate in the distribution of the Series B Notes
         received in the Exchange Offer and (C) any other undertaking or
         representation required by the Commission as set forth in any no-action
         letter obtained pursuant to clause (i) above, if applicable.

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         (b) Shelf Registration Statement. In connection with the Shelf
Registration Statement, the Company shall:

                  (i) comply with all the provisions of Section 6(c) below and
         use its commercially reasonable efforts to effect such registration to
         permit the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities being sold in
         accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution thereof
         (as indicated in the information furnished to the Company pursuant to
         Section 4(b) hereof), and pursuant thereto the Company will prepare and
         file with the Commission a Registration Statement relating to the
         registration on any appropriate form under the Act, which form shall be
         available for the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities in
         accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution thereof
         within the time periods and otherwise in accordance with the provisions
         hereof, and

                  (ii) issue, upon the request of any Holder or purchaser of
         Series A Notes covered by any Shelf Registration Statement contemplated
         by this Agreement, Series B Notes having an aggregate principal amount
         equal to the aggregate principal amount of Series A Notes sold pursuant
         to the Shelf Registration Statement and surrendered to the Company for
         cancellation; the Company shall register Series B Notes on the Shelf
         Registration Statement for this purpose and issue the Series B Notes to
         the purchaser(s) of securities subject to the Shelf Registration
         Statement in the names as such purchaser(s) shall designate.

         (c) General Provisions. In connection with any Registration Statement
and any related Prospectus required by this Agreement, the Company shall:

                  (i) use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep such
         Registration Statement continuously effective and provide all requisite
         financial statements for the period specified in Section 3 or 4 of this
         Agreement, as applicable. Upon the occurrence of any event that would
         cause any such Registration Statement or the Prospectus contained
         therein (A) to contain an untrue statement of material fact or omit to
         state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein not
         misleading or (B) not to be effective and usable for resale of Transfer
         Restricted Securities during the period required by this Agreement, the
         Company shall file promptly an appropriate amendment to such
         Registration Statement curing such defect, and, if Commission review is
         required, use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such
         amendment to be declared effective as soon as practicable.

                  (ii) prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and
         post-effective amendments to the applicable Registration Statement as
         may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective for the
         applicable period set forth in Section 3 or 4 hereof, as the case may
         be; cause the Prospectus to be supplemented by any required Prospectus
         supplement, and as so supplemented to be filed pursuant to Rule 424
         under the Act, and to comply fully with Rules 424, 430A and 462, as
         applicable, under the Act in a timely manner; and comply with the
         provisions of the Act with respect to the disposition of all securities
         covered by such Registration Statement during the applicable

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         period in accordance with the intended method or methods of
         distribution by the sellers thereof set forth in such Registration
         Statement or supplement to the Prospectus;

                  (iii) advise the underwriter(s), if any, and each Holder and,
         if requested by such Persons, confirm such advice in writing, (A) when
         the Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment
         has been filed, and, with respect to any applicable Registration
         Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto, when the same has
         become effective, (B) of any request by the Commission for amendments
         to the Registration Statement or amendments or supplements to the
         Prospectus or for additional information relating thereto, (C) of the
         issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the
         effectiveness of the Registration Statement under the Act or of the
         suspension by any state securities commission of the qualification of
         the Transfer Restricted Securities for offering or sale in any
         jurisdiction, or the initiation of any proceeding for any of the
         preceding purposes, (D) of the existence of any fact or the happening
         of any event that makes any statement of a material fact made in the
         Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any amendment or supplement
         thereto or any document incorporated by reference therein untrue, or
         that requires the making of any additions to or changes in the
         Registration Statement in order to make the statements therein not
         misleading, or that requires the making of any additions to or changes
         in the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light
         of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. If at
         any time the Commission shall issue any stop order suspending the
         effectiveness of the Registration Statement, or any state securities
         commission or other regulatory authority shall issue an order
         suspending the qualification or exemption from qualification of the
         Transfer Restricted Securities under state securities or Blue Sky laws,
         the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the
         withdrawal or lifting of such order at the earliest possible time;

                  (iv) subject to Section 6(c)(i), if any fact or event
         contemplated by Section 6(c)(iii)(D) above shall exist or have
         occurred, prepare a supplement or post-effective amendment to the
         Registration Statement or related Prospectus or any document
         incorporated therein by reference or file any other required document
         so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of Transfer
         Restricted Securities, the Prospectus will not contain an untrue
         statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
         necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
         circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;

                  (v) in connection with a Shelf Registration Statement, furnish
         to the underwriter(s), if any, and each Holder in connection with such
         exchange or sale, if any, before filing with the Commission, copies of
         any Registration Statement or any Prospectus included therein or any
         amendments or supplements to any such Registration Statement or
         Prospectus and, upon reasonable written request, all documents
         incorporated by reference after the initial filing of such Registration
         Statement, which documents will be subject to the review and comment of
         such Persons in connection with such sale, if any, for a period of at
         least five Business Days, and the Company will not file any such
         Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to
         any such Registration Statement or Prospectus (including all such
         documents incorporated by

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         reference) to which such Persons shall reasonably object within five
         Business Days after the receipt thereof. Such Person shall be deemed to
         have reasonably objected to such filing if such Registration Statement,
         amendment, Prospectus or supplement, as applicable, as proposed to be
         filed, contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
         any material fact necessary to make the statements therein not
         misleading or fails to comply with the applicable requirements of the
         Act;

                  (vi) promptly prior to the filing of any document that is to
         be incorporated by reference into a Shelf Registration Statement or
         related Prospectus, provide copies of such document to the
         underwriter(s), if any, and each Holder in connection with such
         exchange or sale, if any, make the Company's representatives available
         for discussion of such document and other customary due diligence
         matters, and include such information in such document prior to the
         filing thereof as such Persons may reasonably request;

                  (vii) in connection with a Shelf Registration Statement, make
         available, at reasonable times, for inspection by the underwriter(s),
         if any, each Holder and any attorney or accountant retained by such
         Persons, all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents
         of the Company and cause the Company's officers, directors and
         employees to supply all information reasonably requested by any such
         Persons, attorney or accountant in connection with such Registration
         Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto subsequent to the
         filing thereof and prior to its effectiveness;

                  (viii) if requested by any Holder or underwriter(s) in
         connection with such exchange or sale, promptly include in any
         Registration Statement or Prospectus, pursuant to a supplement or
         post-effective amendment if necessary, such information as such Persons
         may reasonably request to have included therein, including, without
         limitation, information relating to the "Plan of Distribution" of the
         Transfer Restricted Securities; and make all required filings of such
         Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment as soon as
         practicable after the Company is notified of the matters to be included
         in such Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment;

                  (ix) furnish to each Holder or underwriter(s), if any, in
         connection with such exchange or sale, without charge, at least one
         copy of the Registration Statement, as first filed with the Commission,
         and of each amendment thereto;

                  (x) deliver to each Holder or underwriter(s), if any, without
         charge, as many copies of the Prospectus (including each preliminary
         prospectus) and any amendment or supplement thereto as such Persons
         reasonably may request; the Company hereby consent to the use (in
         accordance with law) of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement
         thereto by each Person in connection with the offering and the sale of
         the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Prospectus or any
         amendment or supplement thereto;

                  (xi) in connection with a Shelf Registration Statement, upon
         the request of any Holder or underwriter(s), if any, enter into such
         agreements (including underwriting agreements) and make such
         representations and warranties and take all such other actions in
         connection therewith in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition
         of the Transfer

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         Restricted Securities pursuant to any applicable Registration Statement
         contemplated by this Agreement as may be reasonably requested by any
         Holder in connection with any sale or resale pursuant to any applicable
         Registration Statement. In such connection, the Company shall:

                           (A) upon written request of any Holder or
                  underwriter(s), if any, furnish (or in the case of paragraphs
                  (2) and (3), use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause
                  to be furnished) to each Holder, upon Consummation of the
                  Exchange Offer or upon the effectiveness of the Shelf
                  Registration Statement, as the case may be:

                                    (1) a certificate, dated such date, signed
                           on behalf of the Company by the Chairman of the
                           Board, the President, any Executive or Senior Vice
                           President or the Treasurer and the principal
                           financial or accounting officer of the Company,
                           confirming, as of the date thereof, the matters set
                           forth in Section 7(c) of the Purchase Agreement and
                           such other similar matters as such Person may
                           reasonably request;

                                    (2) an opinion, dated the date of
                           Consummation of the Exchange Offer or the date of
                           effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement, as
                           the case may be, of counsel for the Company covering
                           matters similar to those set forth in paragraph 7(a)
                           of the Purchase Agreement and such other matter as
                           such Holder may reasonably request, and in any event
                           including a statement to the effect that such counsel
                           has participated in conferences with officers and
                           other representatives of the Company, representatives
                           of the independent certified public accountants for
                           the Company and have considered the matters required
                           to be stated therein and the statements contained
                           therein, although such counsel has not independently
                           verified the accuracy, completeness or fairness of
                           such statements; and that such counsel advises that,
                           on the basis of the foregoing (relying as to
                           materiality to the extent such counsel deems
                           appropriate upon the statements of officers and other
                           representatives of the Company) and without
                           independent check or verification), no facts came to
                           such counsel's attention that caused such counsel to
                           believe that the applicable Registration Statement,
                           at the time such Registration Statement or any
                           post-effective amendment thereto became effective
                           and, in the case of the Exchange Offer Registration
                           Statement, as of the date of Consummation of the
                           Exchange Offer, contained an untrue statement of a
                           material fact or omitted to state a material fact
                           required to be stated therein or necessary to make
                           the statements therein not misleading, or that the
                           Prospectus contained in such Registration Statement
                           as of its date and, in the case of the opinion dated
                           the date of Consummation of the Exchange Offer, as of
                           the date of Consummation, contained an untrue
                           statement of a material fact or omitted to state a
                           material fact necessary in order to make the
                           statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
                           under which they were made, not misleading. Without
                           limiting the foregoing, such counsel

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                           may state further that such counsel assumes no
                           responsibility for, and has not independently
                           verified, the accuracy, completeness or fairness of
                           the financial statements and schedules or other
                           financial information or statistical data included in
                           any Registration Statement contemplated by this
                           Agreement or the related Prospectus; and

                                    (3) a customary comfort letter, dated the
                           date of Consummation of the Exchange Offer, or as of
                           the date of effectiveness of the Shelf Registration
                           Statement, as the case may be, from the Company's
                           independent accountants, in the customary form and
                           covering matters of the type customarily covered in
                           comfort letters to underwriters in connection with
                           underwritten offerings, and affirming the matters set
                           forth in the comfort letters delivered pursuant to
                           Section 7(d) of the Purchase Agreement; and

                           (B) deliver such other documents and certificates as
                  may be reasonably requested by such Persons to evidence
                  compliance with the matters covered in clause (A) above and
                  with any customary conditions contained in the any agreement
                  entered into by the Company pursuant to this clause (xi);

                  (xii) prior to any public offering of Transfer Restricted
         Securities, cooperate with the selling Holders and their counsel in
         connection with the registration and qualification of the Transfer
         Restricted Securities under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such
         jurisdictions as the selling Holders may request and do any and all
         other acts or things necessary or advisable to enable the disposition
         in such jurisdictions of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by
         the applicable Registration Statement; provided, however, that the
         Company shall not be required to register or qualify as a foreign
         corporation where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that
         would subject it to the service of process in suits or to taxation,
         other than as to matters and transactions relating to the Registration
         Statement, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject;

                  (xiii) in connection with any sale of Transfer Restricted
         Securities that will result in such securities no longer being Transfer
         Restricted Securities, cooperate with the Holders to facilitate the
         timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Transfer
         Restricted Securities to be sold and not bearing any restrictive
         legends; and to register such Transfer Restricted Securities in such
         denominations and such names as the selling Holders may request at
         least two Business Days prior to such sale of Transfer Restricted
         Securities;

                  (xiv) use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the
         disposition of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the
         Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other
         governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary to enable the
         seller or sellers thereof to consummate the disposition of such
         Transfer Restricted Securities, subject to the proviso contained in
         clause (xii) above;

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                  (xv) provide a CUSIP number for all Transfer Restricted
         Securities not later than the effective date of a Registration
         Statement covering such Transfer Restricted Securities and provide the
         Trustee under the Indenture with printed certificates for the Transfer
         Restricted Securities which are in a form eligible for deposit with the
         Depository Trust Company;

                  (xvi) otherwise use its commercially reasonable efforts to
         comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission, and
         make generally available to its security holders with regard to any
         applicable Registration Statement, as soon as practicable, a
         consolidated earnings statement meeting the requirements of Rule 158
         (which need not be audited) covering a twelve-month period beginning
         after the effective date of the Registration Statement (as such term is
         defined in paragraph (c) of Rule 158 under the Act); and

                  (xvii) cause the Indenture to be qualified under the TIA not
         later than the effective date of the first Registration Statement
         required by this Agreement and, in connection therewith, cooperate with
         the Trustee and the Holders to effect such changes to the Indenture as
         may be required for such Indenture to be so qualified in accordance
         with the terms of the TIA; and execute and use its commercial
         reasonable efforts to cause the Trustee to execute, all documents that
         may be required to effect such changes and all other forms and
         documents required to be filed with the Commission to enable such
         Indenture to be so qualified in a timely manner.

         (d) Restrictions on Holders. Each Holder agrees by acquisition of a
Transfer Restricted Security that, upon receipt of the notice referred to in
Section 6(c)(iii)(C) or any notice from the Company of the existence of any fact
of the kind described in Section 6(c)(iii)(D) hereof (in each case, a
"SUSPENSION Notice"), such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of
Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to the applicable Registration Statement
until (i) such Holder has received copies of the supplemented or amended
Prospectus contemplated by Section 6(c)(iv) hereof, or (ii) such Holder is
advised in writing by the Company that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed,
and has received copies of any additional or supplemental filings that are
incorporated by reference in the Prospectus (in each case, the "RECOMMENCEMENT
DATE"). Each Holder receiving a Suspension Notice hereby agrees that it will
either (i) destroy any Prospectuses, other than permanent file copies, then in
such Holder's possession which have been replaced by the Company with more
recently dated Prospectuses or (ii) deliver to the Company (at the Company's
expense) all copies, other than permanent file copies, then in such Holder's
possession of the Prospectus covering such Transfer Restricted Securities that
was current at the time of receipt of the Suspension Notice. The time period
regarding the effectiveness of such Registration Statement set forth in Section
3 or 4 hereof, as applicable, shall be extended by a number of days equal to the
number of days in the period from and including the date of delivery of the
Suspension Notice to the date of delivery of the Recommencement Date.

SECTION 7. REGISTRATION EXPENSES

         (a) All expenses incurred by the Company incident to the Company's
performance of or compliance with this Agreement will be borne by the Company,
regardless of whether a

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Registration Statement becomes effective, including without limitation: (i) all
registration and filing fees and expenses; (ii) all fees and expenses of
compliance with federal securities and state Blue Sky or securities laws; (iii)
all expenses of printing (including printing certificates for the Series B Notes
to be issued in the Exchange Offer and printing of Prospectuses), messenger and
delivery services and telephone; (iv) all fees and disbursements of counsel for
the Company and (v) all fees and disbursements of independent certified public
accountants of the Company (including the expenses of any special audit and
comfort letters required by or incident to such performance).

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

         (b) In connection with any Registration Statement required by this
Agreement (including, without limitation, the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement and the Shelf Registration Statement), the Company will reimburse the
Initial Purchasers and the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities who are
tendering Series A Notes into in the Exchange Offer and/or selling or reselling
Series A Notes or Series B Notes pursuant to the "Plan of Distribution"
contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or the Shelf Registration
Statement, as applicable, for the reasonable fees and disbursements of not more
than one counsel who shall be Latham & Watkins LLP, unless another firm shall be
chosen by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Transfer
Restricted Securities for whose benefit such Registration Statement is being
prepared.

SECTION 8. INDEMNIFICATION

         (a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Holder, its
directors, officers, employees and agents and each Person, if any, who controls
such Holder (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the
Exchange Act), from and against any and all losses, claims, damages,
liabilities, judgments, (including without limitation, any legal or other
expenses incurred in connection with investigating or defending any matter,
including any action that could give rise to any such losses, claims, damages,
liabilities or judgments) caused by any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement,
preliminary prospectus or Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto)
provided by the Company to any Holder or any prospective purchaser of Series B
Notes or registered Series A Notes, or caused by any omission or alleged
omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except insofar as such
losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments are caused by an untrue
statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission that is based upon
information relating to any of the Holders furnished in writing to the Company
by any of the Holders specifically for inclusion therein; provided, further,
that as to preliminary or final prospectus, the foregoing indemnity shall not
inure to the benefit of any Holder (or any director, officer, employee, agent or
person controlling such Holder) on account of any loss, claim, damage, liability
or action arising from the sale of Transfer Restricted Securities to any person
by such Holder if such Holder failed to send or give a copy of the final
Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, to that person and the untrue statement
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material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact in the
preliminary Prospectus or final Prospectus was corrected in said amended or
supplemented Prospectus and the delivery thereof would have constituted a
complete defense to the claim of that person, unless such failure resulted from
non-compliance by the Company with Section 6(c)(viii), (ix), or (x). For
purposes of the foregoing proviso to the immediately preceding sentence, the
term Prospectus shall not be deemed to include the documents incorporated by
reference therein, and no Holder shall be obligated to send or give any document
incorporated by reference in any Prospectus to any Person.

         (b) Each Holder of Transfer Restricted agrees, severally and not
jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, and its directors, and each
person, if any, who controls (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or
Section 20 of the Exchange Act) the Company, to the same extent as the foregoing
indemnity from the Company set forth in section (a) above, but only with
reference to information relating to such Holder furnished in writing to the
Company by such Holder expressly for use in any Registration Statement. In no
event shall any Holder, its directors, officers or any Person who controls such
Holder be liable or responsible for any amount in excess of the amount by which
the total amount received by such Holder with respect to its sale of Transfer
Restricted Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement exceeds (i) the
amount paid by such Holder for such Transfer Restricted Securities and (ii) the
amount of any damages that such Holder, its directors, officers or any Person
who controls such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such
untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.

         (c) In case any action shall be commenced involving any person in
respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to Section 8(a) or 8(b) (the
"INDEMNIFIED PARTY"), the indemnified party shall promptly notify the person
against whom such indemnity may be sought (the "INDEMNIFYING PERSON") in writing
and the indemnifying party shall assume the defense of such action, including
the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party and
the payment of all fees and expenses of such counsel, as incurred (except that
in the case of any action in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant
to both Sections 8(a) and 8(b), a Holder shall not be required to assume the
defense of such action pursuant to this Section 8(c), but may employ separate
counsel and participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of
such counsel, except as provided below, shall be at the expense of the Holder);
but the failure so to notify the indemnifying party (i) will not relieve it from
liability under Section 8(a) or 8(b) above unless and to the extent it did not
otherwise learn of such action and such failure results in the forfeiture by the
indemnifying party of substantial rights and defenses and (ii) will not, in any
event, relieve the indemnifying party from any obligations to any indemnified
party other than the indemnification obligation provided in Section 8(a) or 8(b)
above. Any indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in
any such action and participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and
expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of the indemnified party unless
(i) the employment of such counsel shall have been specifically authorized in
writing by the indemnifying party, (ii) the indemnifying party shall have failed
to assume the defense of such action or employ counsel satisfactory to the
indemnified party, (iii) the named parties to any such action (including any
impleaded parties) include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying
party, and the indemnified party shall have been advised by such counsel that
there may be one or more legal defenses available to it

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which are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying
party (in which case the indemnifying party shall not have the right to assume
the defense of such action on behalf of the indemnified party) or (iv) the use
of counsel chosen by the indemnifying party to represent the indemnified party
would present such counsel with a conflict of interest. In any such case, the
indemnifying party shall not, in connection with any one action or separate but
substantially similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of
the same general allegations or circumstances, be liable for the fees and
expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys (in addition to any local
counsel) for all indemnified parties and all such fees and expenses shall be
reimbursed as they are incurred. Such firm shall be designated in writing by a
majority of the Holders, in the case of the parties indemnified pursuant to
Section 8(a), and by the Company, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to
Section 8(b). The indemnifying party shall indemnify and hold harmless the
indemnified party from and against any and all losses, claims, damages,
liabilities and judgments by reason of any settlement of any action (i) effected
with its written consent or (ii) effected without its written consent if the
settlement is entered into more than twenty business days after the indemnifying
party shall have received a request from the indemnified party for reimbursement
for the fees and expenses of counsel (in any case where such fees and expenses
are at the expense of the indemnifying party) and, prior to the date of such
settlement, the indemnifying party shall have failed to comply with such
reimbursement request. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written
consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement or compromise of, or
consent to the entry of judgment with respect to, any pending or threatened
action in respect of which the indemnified party is or could have been a party
and indemnity or contribution may be or could have been sought hereunder by the
indemnified party, unless such settlement, compromise or judgment (i) includes
an unconditional release of the indemnified party from all liability on claims
that are or could have been the subject matter of such action and (ii) does not
include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to
act, by or on behalf of the indemnified party.

         (d) To the extent that the indemnification provided for in this Section
8 is unavailable to an indemnified party in respect of any losses, claims,
damages, liabilities or judgments referred to therein, then each indemnifying
party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, shall contribute to the
amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses,
claims, damages, liabilities or judgments (i) in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company, on the one
hand, and the Holders, on the other hand, from their sale of Transfer Restricted
Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause 8(d)(i) is not permitted
by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the
relative benefits referred to in clause 8(d)(i) above but also the relative
fault of the Company, on the one hand, and of the Holder, on the other hand, in
connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses,
claims, damages, liabilities or judgments, as well as any other relevant
equitable considerations. The relative fault of the Company, on the one hand,
and of the Holder, on the other hand, 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, on the one hand, or by the Holder, on the
other hand, and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information
and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The amount
paid or payable by a party as a result of the losses, claims, damages,
liabilities and judgments referred to above shall be deemed to include, subject
to the limitations set forth in the second paragraph

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of Section 8(a), any legal or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such
party in connection with investigating or defending any action or claim.

         The Company and each Holder agree that it would not be just and
equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 8(d) 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 which does not take account of the
equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. The
amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses,
claims, damages, liabilities or judgments referred to in the immediately
preceding paragraph shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set
forth above, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified
party in connection with investigating or defending any matter, including any
action that could have given rise to such losses, claims, damages, liabilities
or judgments. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8, no Holder, its
directors, its officers or any Person, if any, who controls such Holder shall be
required to contribute, in the aggregate, any amount in excess of the amount by
which the total received by such Holder with respect to the sale of Transfer
Restricted Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement exceeds (i) the
amount paid by such Holder for such Transfer Restricted Securities and (ii) the
amount of any damages which 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 Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person
who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Holders'
obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 8(c) are several in
proportion to the respective principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities
held by each Holder hereunder and not joint.

SECTION 9. RULE 144A AND RULE 144

         The Company agrees with each Holder, for so long as any Transfer
Restricted Securities remain outstanding and during any period in which the
Company (i) is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, to make
available, upon request of any Holder, to such Holder or beneficial owner of
Transfer Restricted Securities in connection with any sale thereof and any
prospective purchaser of such Transfer Restricted Securities designated by such
Holder or beneficial owner, the information required by Rule 144A(d)(4) under
the Act in order to permit resales of such Transfer Restricted Securities
pursuant to Rule 144A, and (ii) is subject to Section 13 or 15 (d) of the
Exchange Act, to make all filings required thereby in a timely manner in order
to permit resales of such Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to Rule 144.

SECTION 10. MISCELLANEOUS

         (a) Remedies. The Company acknowledge and agree that any failure by the
Company to comply with its obligations under Sections 3 and 4 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 obligations under Section 3
hereof. The Company further agree to waive the defense in any action for
specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.

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         (b) No Inconsistent Agreements. Neither the Company will, on or after
the date of this Agreement, enter into any agreement with respect to its
securities that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders in this
Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof. The Company has not
previously entered into any agreement granting any registration rights with
respect to its securities to any Person other than those filed with the
Commission. The rights granted to the Holders hereunder do not in any way
conflict with and are not inconsistent with the rights granted to the holders of
the Company's securities under any agreement in effect on the date hereof.

         (c) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement may not be
amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to or departures from
the provisions hereof may not be given unless (i) in the case of Section 5
hereof and this Section 10(c)(i), the Company has obtained the written consent
of Holders of all outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities and (ii) in the
case of all other provisions hereof, the Company has obtained the written
consent of Holders of a majority of the outstanding principal amount of Transfer
Restricted Securities (excluding Transfer Restricted Securities held by the
Company or its Affiliates). Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or consent
to departure from the provisions hereof that relates exclusively to the rights
of Holders whose Transfer Restricted Securities are being tendered pursuant to
the Exchange Offer, and that does not affect directly or indirectly the rights
of other Holders whose Transfer Restricted Securities are not being tendered
pursuant to such Exchange Offer, may be given by the Holders of a majority of
the outstanding principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities subject to
such Exchange Offer.

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

         (e) Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or
permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, first-class mail
(registered or certified, return receipt requested), telex, telecopier, or air
courier guaranteeing overnight delivery:

                  (i) if to a Holder, at the address set forth on the records of
         the Registrar under the Indenture, with a copy to the Registrar under
         the Indenture; and

                  (ii) if to the Company: Cox Communications, Inc., 1400 Lake
         Hearn Drive, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30319, Attention: Susan W. Coker
         (fax no.: (404) 843-6336), with a copy, Attention: General Counsel (fax
         no.: (404) 847-5845).

         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 receipt
acknowledged, if telecopied; and on the next business day, if timely delivered
to an air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery.

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         Copies of all such notices, demands or other communications shall be
concurrently delivered by the Person giving the same to the Trustee at the
address specified in the Indenture.

         (f) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit
of and be binding upon the successors and assigns of each of the parties,
including without limitation and without the need for an express assignment,
subsequent Holders; provided, that nothing herein shall be deemed to permit any
assignment, transfer or other disposition of Transfer Restricted Securities in
violation of the terms hereof or of the Purchase Agreement or the Indenture. If
any transferee of any Holder shall acquire Transfer Restricted Securities in any
manner, whether by operation of law or otherwise, such Transfer Restricted
Securities shall be held subject to all of the terms of this Agreement, and by
taking and holding such Transfer Restricted 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, including the restrictions on resale set
forth in this Agreement and, if applicable, the Purchase Agreement, and such
Person shall be entitled to receive the benefits hereof.

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

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

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

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

         (k) Entire Agreement. This Agreement is intended by the parties as a
final expression of their agreement and intended to be a complete and exclusive
statement of the agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of
the subject matter contained herein. There are no restrictions, promises,
warranties or undertakings, other than those set forth or referred to herein
with respect to the registration rights granted with respect to the Transfer
Restricted Securities. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and
understandings between the parties with respect to such subject matter.

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

                                      COX COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

                                      By: /s/ Susan W. Coker
                                         --------------------------------------
                                         Name: Susan W. Coker
                                         Title: Treasurer

The foregoing Agreement is hereby
confirmed and accepted as of the
date first above written for themselves
and the other several Initial Purchasers

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.
LEHMAN BROTHERS INC.
WACHOVIA CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC

By: CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.

By: /s/ John Kaplan
   -----------------------------------
   Name: John Kaplan
   Title: Managing Director

By: J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.

By: /s/ Robert Bottamedi
   -----------------------------------
   Name: Robert Bottamedi
   Title: Vice President

By: LEHMAN BROTHERS INC.

By: /s/ Martin Ragde
   -----------------------------------
   Name: Martin Ragde
   Title: Managing Director

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By: WACHOVIA CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC

By:  /s/ John Hines
    ------------------------------
   Name: John Hines
   Title: Managing Director

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                                                                         ANNEX A

                              PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

         Each broker-dealer that receives Series B Notes for its own account
pursuant to the Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a
prospectus in connection with any resale of such Series B Notes. This
Prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used
by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of Series B Notes received in
exchange for Series A Notes where such Series A Notes were acquired as a result
of market-making activities or other trading activities. The Company has agreed
    that, for a period of 180 days from the effective date of the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement or such shorter period as will terminate when all
Transfer Restricted Securities covered by such Registration Statement have been
sold hereto, it will make this prospectus, as amended or supplemented, available
to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale.

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

         For a period of 180 days from the effective date of the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement or such shorter period as will terminate when all
Transfer Restricted Securities covered by such Registration Statement have been
sold hereto, the Company will promptly send additional copies of this Prospectus
and any amendment or supplement to this Prospectus to any broker-dealer that
requests such documents in the Letter of Transmittal. The Company has agreed to
pay all expenses incident to the Exchange Offer other than commissions or
concessions of any brokers or dealers and will indemnify the Holders of the
Transfer Restricted Securities (including any broker-dealers) against certain
liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.

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