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                                                                    EXHIBIT 4.10

                               AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO

               AMENDED AND RESTATED RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

            THIS AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO AMENDED AND RESTATED RECEIVABLES PURCHASE
AGREEMENT (the "Amendment"), dated as of September 30, 2004, among ANIXTER
RECEIVABLES CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the "Seller"), ANIXTER INC., a
Delaware corporation ("Anixter"), as the initial Servicer, each financial
institution party hereto as a Financial Institution, FALCON ASSET SECURITIZATION
CORPORATION ("Falcon") and THREE PILLARS FUNDING LLC (f/k/a Three Pillars
Funding Corporation) ("Three Pillars"), as conduits, (collectively, the
"Conduits" and each individually, a "Conduit") and SUNTRUST CAPITAL MARKETS and
BANK ONE, NA ("Bank One"), as managing agents (collectively, the "Managing
Agents" and each individually, a "Managing Agent") and Bank One, as agent for
the Purchasers (the "Agent").

                              W I T N E S S E T H:

            WHEREAS, the Seller, Anixter, the Financial Institutions, Falcon,
Three Pillars, the Managing Agents and the Agent are parties to that certain
Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 3, 2002
(as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the
"Agreement"); and

            WHEREAS the parties hereto desire to amend the Agreement on the
terms and conditions set forth below;

            NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises herein contained,
and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

      SECTION 1. Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined
herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Agreement.

      SECTION 2. Amendments to the Agreement. The Agreement is hereby amended as
follows:

            (a) The first sentence of Section 2.7 of the Agreement is hereby
      restated in its entirety as follows:

            "In addition to Seller's rights pursuant to Section 1.3, Seller
            shall have the right (after providing three (3) Business Days'
            written notice to each Managing Agent), at any time, to repurchase
            from the Purchasers all, but not less than all, of the then
            outstanding Purchaser Interests."

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            (b) Clause (ii) of Section 5.1(t) of the Agreement is hereby
      restated in its entirety as follows:

            "(ii) Each Receivable included in the Net Receivables Balance as an
            Eligible Receivable on any Monthly Report, Mid-Month Report and any
            other report delivered pursuant to Section 8.5 was an Eligible
            Receivable as of the date of such Monthly Report, Mid-Month Report
            or other report."

            (c) Section 7.1(i)(J) of the Agreement is hereby amended to add the
      following immediately after the clause "except as herein specifically
      provided":

            "or in connection with collections in respect of Excluded
            Receivables, which Collections the Servicer has indicated are
            readily identifiable"

            (d) Section 7.1(i)(Q) of the Agreement is hereby restated in its
      entirety as follows:

            "(Q) take such other actions as are necessary on its part to ensure
            that the facts and assumptions set forth in the opinion issued by
            Schiff Hardin LLP, as counsel for Seller, in connection with the
            closing or initial Incremental Purchase under this Agreement and
            relating to substantive consolidation issues, and in the
            certificates accompanying such opinion, remain true and correct in
            all material respects at all times, it being acknowledged that the
            assumption set forth in the ninth paragraph of Section 1 of such
            opinion to the extent it indicated that the Seller would not be
            consolidated with Anixter Inc. for financial reporting purposes, is
            no longer true."

            (e) The last sentence of Section 8.1(a) of the Agreement is hereby
      restated in its entirety as follows:

            "The Managing Agents may at any time designate as Servicer any
            Person to succeed Anixter or any Successor Servicer."

            (f) Section 8.5 of the Agreement is hereby amended to add the
      following sentence at the end thereof:

      "In addition to the foregoing, upon the request of the Agent, the Servicer
      shall provide to the Agent a list of Receivables (including such
      information regarding such Receivables as the Agent may request) as to
      which (as of the date specified by the Agent in such request) any payment
      of part thereof remains unpaid 90 days or more past the original due date
      therefor but less than 120 days past the original invoice date with
      respect to such Receivable."

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            (g) Section 10.1 of the Agreement is hereby amended to delete the
      words "or the Servicer" from the parenthetical in the sentence immediately
      following the proviso to Section 10.1.

            (h) The definition of the term "Affiliate" set forth in Exhibit I to
      the Agreement is hereby restated in its entirety as follows:

      "Affiliate" means, with respect to any Person, any other Person directly
      or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under direct or indirect
      common control with, such Person or any Subsidiary of such Person;
      provided that so long as Ariel Capital Management, Inc. ("Ariel") does not
      own more than 30% of any class of voting stock of Anixter International
      Inc., "Affiliate" shall exclude (with respect to Anixter) any other Person
      under direct or indirect control of Ariel, unless such other Person
      directly or indirectly controls or is controlled by Anixter. A Person
      shall be deemed to control another Person if the controlling Person owns
      20% or more of any class of voting securities of the controlled Person or
      possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the
      direction of the management or policies of the controlled Person, whether
      through ownership of stock, by contract or otherwise.

            (i) The definition of the term "Applicable Margin" set forth in
      Exhibit I to the Agreement is hereby restated in its entirety as follows:

      "Applicable Margin" means, as of any date of determination, the percentage
      set forth in the table below opposite the then applicable Debt Rating:

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                 Debt Ratings
Pricing Level  S&P/Moody's/Fitch  Applicable Margin
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      1             >A-/A3              0.45%
      2            BBB+/Baa1            0.60%
      3            BBB/Baa2             0.70%
      4            BBB-/Baa3           0.775%
      5             BB+/Ba1            0.975%
      6            <BB+/Ba1             1.15%
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            (j) The definition of the term "Assignment Agreement" set forth in
      Exhibit I to the Agreement is hereby restated in its entirety as follows:

            "Assignment Agreement" has the meaning set forth in Section 12.1(b).

            (k) The definition of the term "Credit Agreement" set forth in
      Exhibit I to the Agreement is hereby restated in its entirety as follows:

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            "Credit Agreement" means that certain Credit Agreement dated as of
            June 18, 2004 by and among Anixter, the Subsidiaries of Anixter
            identified as Borrowing Subsidiaries thereunder, Bank of America,
            N.A., as Administrative Agent, Wachovia Bank N.A., as Syndication
            Agent, Bank One, N.A., The Bank of Nova Scotia and Wells Fargo Bank,
            N.A. as Co-Documentation Agents, and the lenders party thereto from
            time to time, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from
            time to time.

            (l) The definition of the term "Dilution Reserve" set forth in
      Exhibit I to the Agreement is hereby restated in its entirety as follows:

            "Dilution Reserve" means, on any date, an amount equal to (x) the
            greater of (i) 9% and (ii) the Dilution Reserve Ratio then in
            effect, times (y) the Net Receivables Balance as of the close of
            business on the immediately preceding Business Day.

            (m) The definition of the term "Excluded Receivable" set forth in
      Exhibit I to the Agreement is hereby restated in its entirety as follows:

            "Excluded Receivable" means indebtedness and other obligations owed
            to Originator, in respect of: (i) all accounts receivable generated
            by Originator's Latin American export locations; (ii) all accounts
            receivable generated by Originator's "Pacer" division, (iii) all
            accounts receivable generated by Originator's "Pentacon" division
            which are not included in Originator's main subledger system, (iv)
            all accounts receivable owing by Obligors with the following
            customer numbers: 139661, 804470, 544876, 520222, 037690, 608556,
            514221 or 548357, and (v) all accounts receivable existing at
            Originator's general corporate division coded WC.

            (n) The definition of the term "Facility Account" set forth in
      Exhibit I to the Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety
      to read as follows:

            "Facility Account" means Seller's Account No. 8188016122 at Bank of
            America.

            (o) Clause (iii) of the definition of the term "Facility Termination
      Date" set forth in Exhibit I to the Agreement is hereby restated in its
      entirety as follows:

            "(iii) September 27, 2007"

            (p) The definition of the term "Liquidity Termination Date" set
      forth in Exhibit I to the Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its
      entirety to read as follows:

            "Liquidity Termination Date" means September 29, 2005.

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            (q) The definition of the term "Loss Reserve" set forth in Exhibit I
      to the Agreement is hereby amended to delete therefrom the reference to
      "12%" and to substitute a reference to "9%" therefor.

            (r) The definition of the term "Standard Concentration Limit" set
      forth in Exhibit I to the Agreement is hereby amended to delete therefrom
      the reference to "4%" and to substitute a reference to "3%" therefor.

      SECTION 3. Effective Date. This Amendment shall become effective and shall
be deemed effective as of the date first written above when the Agent shall have
received the following:

            (a) a copy of this Amendment duly executed by each of the parties
      hereto; and

            (b) a bring-down opinion from Schiff Hardin LLP regarding true-sale
      and non-consolidation matters.

      SECTION 4. Representations and Warranties of the Seller Parties. In order
to induce the parties hereto to enter into this Amendment, each of the Seller
Parties represents and warrants to the Agent and the Purchasers, as to itself,
that:

            (a) The representations and warranties of such Seller Party set
      forth in Section 5.1 of the Agreement, as hereby amended, are true,
      correct and complete on the date hereof as if made on and as of the date
      hereof and there exists no Amortization Event or Potential Amortization
      Event on the date hereof, provided that in the case of any representation
      or warranty in Section 5.1 that expressly relates to facts in existence on
      an earlier date, the reaffirmation thereof under this Section 4(a) shall
      be made as of such earlier date.

            (b) The execution and delivery by such Seller Party of this
      Amendment has been duly authorized by proper corporate proceedings of such
      Seller Party and this Amendment, and the Agreement, as amended by this
      Amendment, constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of such
      Seller Party, enforceable against such Seller Party in accordance with its
      terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by applicable bankruptcy,
      insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws of general
      applicability affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally.

      SECTION 5. Ratification. The Agreement, as amended hereby, is hereby
ratified, approved and confirmed in all respects.

      SECTION 6. Reference to Agreement. From and after the effective date
hereof, each reference in the Agreement to "this Agreement", "hereof", or
"hereunder" or words of like import, and all references to the Agreement in any
and all agreements, instruments, documents, notes, certificates and other
writings of every kind and nature shall be deemed to mean the Agreement, as
amended by this Amendment.

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      SECTION 7. CHOICE OF LAW. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS (AND NOT THE LAW OF CONFLICTS) OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS.

      SECTION 8. Execution of Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in
any number of counterparts and by different 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.

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            IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to
be executed and delivered by their duly authorized officers as of the date first
written above:

                                                ANIXTER RECEIVABLES CORPORATION,
                                                as the Seller

                                                By: ___________________________
                                                Name:
                                                Title:

                                                ANIXTER INC.,
                                                as the initial Servicer

                                                By: ___________________________
                                                Name:
                                                Title:

                                 Signature Page
                              to Amendment No 2 to
               Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement

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                                                FALCON ASSET SECURITIZATION
                                                CORPORATION

                                                By: ___________________________
                                                Name:
                                                Title:   Authorized Signatory

                                                BANK ONE, NA, as a Financial
                                                Institution, a Managing Agent
                                                and as Agent

                                                By: ___________________________
                                                Name:
                                                Title:

                                 Signature Page
                              to Amendment No 2 to
               Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement

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                                         THREE PILLARS FUNDING LLC (f/k/a Three
                                         Pillars Funding Corporation)

                                         By: ___________________________
                                         Name:
                                         Title: Authorized Signatory

                                         SUNTRUST BANK, as a
                                         Financial Institution

                                         By :___________________________
                                         Name:
                                         Title:

                                         SUNTRUST CAPITAL MARKETS INC., as a
                                         Managing Agent

                                         By: ___________________________
                                         Name:
                                         Title:

                                 Signature Page
                              to Amendment No 2 to
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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.15

                           ANIXTER INTERNATIONAL INC.

                            MANAGEMENT INCENTIVE PLAN

ARTICLE 1. ESTABLISHMENT, OBJECTIVES, AND DURATION

      1.1 ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PLAN. Anixter International Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), hereby establishes an incentive compensation plan
to be known as the "Anixter International Inc. Management Incentive Plan" (the
"Plan"), as set forth herein and as it may be amended from time to time.

      Subject to approval by the Company's shareholders, the Plan shall become
effective as of the date the shareholders first approve the Plan (the "Effective
Date"), and shall remain in effect as provided in Section 1.3 hereof.

      1.2 OBJECTIVES OF THE PLAN. The primary objectives of the Plan are: (a) to
attract, motivate, and retain high-caliber individuals by providing competitive
annual incentive opportunities, (b) to provide an incentive to key employees of
the Company who have significant responsibility for the success and growth of
the Company, and (c) to satisfy the requirements of Section 162(m) of the Code.

      1.3 DURATION OF THE PLAN. The Plan shall commence on the Effective Date
and shall remain in effect, subject to the right of the Committee to amend or
terminate the Plan at any time pursuant to Article 9 hereof, for a period of ten
(10) years, at which time the right to grant Awards under the Plan shall
terminate.

ARTICLE 2.  DEFINITIONS

      Whenever the following terms are used in the Plan, with their initial
letter(s) capitalized, they shall have the meanings set forth below:

      (a)   "AWARD" means an award described in Article 5 hereof.

      (b)   "AWARD POOL" means, with respect to a Plan Year, 3 percent (3 %) of
            Operating Income for the Plan Year.

      (c)   "BENEFICIAL OWNER" or "BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP" shall have the meaning
            ascribed to such term in Rule 13d-3 of the General Rules and
            Regulations under the Exchange Act, as amended from time to time, or
            any successor rule.

      (d)   "BOARD" or "BOARD OF DIRECTORS" means the Board of Directors of the
            Company.

      (e)   "CODE" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time
            to time.

      (f)   "COMMITTEE" means the Compensation Committee of the Board or any
            other committee appointed by the Board to administer the Plan and
            Awards to Participants hereunder, as specified in Article 3 hereof.

      (g)   "COMPANY" means Anixter International Inc., a Delaware corporation,
            and any successor thereto as provided in Article 11 hereof.

      (h)   "DIRECTOR" means any individual who is a member of the Board.

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      (i)   "EFFECTIVE DATE" shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in
            Section 1.1 hereof.

      (j)   "EMPLOYEE" means any employee of the Company or of a Subsidiary.
            Directors who are employed by the Company or by a Subsidiary shall
            be considered Employees under the Plan.

      (k)   "EXCHANGE ACT" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
            from time to time, or any successor statute.

      (l)   "INSIDER" means an individual who is, on the relevant date, subject
            to the reporting requirements of Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act.

      (m)   "OPERATING INCOME" means the amount reported on the Company's
            Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Plan Year.

      (n)   "PARTICIPANT" means a key Employee who has been selected to receive
            an Award or who holds an outstanding Award.

      (o)   "PERFORMANCE-BASED EXCEPTION" means the performance-based exception
            from the tax deductibility limitation imposed by Code Section
            162(m), as set forth in Code Section 162(m)(4)(C).

      (p)   "PLAN" means the Anixter International Inc. Management Incentive
            Plan, as set forth herein and as it may be amended from time to
            time.

      (q)   "PLAN YEAR" means the Company's fiscal year.

      (r)   "SUBSIDIARY" means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, or
            other entity in which the Company has an ownership or other
            proprietary interest of more than fifty percent (50%).

ARTICLE 3.  ADMINISTRATION

      3.1 GENERAL. Except as otherwise determined by the Board in its
discretion, the Plan shall be administered by the Committee, which shall consist
exclusively of two (2) or more nonemployee directors within the meaning of the
rules promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission under Section 16 of
the Exchange Act who also qualify as outside directors within the meaning of
Code Section 162(m) and the related regulations under the Code. The members of
the Committee shall be appointed from time to time by, and shall serve at the
discretion of, the Board. The Committee shall have the authority to delegate
administrative duties to officers or Directors of the Company; provided that the
Committee may not delegate its authority with respect to: (a) nonministerial
actions with respect to Insiders; (b) nonministerial actions with respect to
Awards that are intended to qualify for the Performance-Based Exception; and (c)
certifying that any performance goals and other material terms attributable to
Awards intended to qualify for the Performance-Based Exception have been
satisfied.

      3.2 AUTHORITY OF THE COMMITTEE. Except as limited by law or by the
Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Company, and subject to the
provisions hereof, the Committee shall have full power in its discretion to
select key Employees who shall participate in the Plan; determine the sizes and
types of Awards; determine the terms and conditions of Awards in a manner
consistent with the Plan; construe and interpret the Plan and any Award,
document, or instrument issued under the Plan; establish, amend, or waive rules
and regulations for the Plan's administration; and (subject to the provisions of
Article 9 hereof) amend the terms and conditions of any outstanding Award as
provided in the Plan. Further,the

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Committee shall make all other determinations that may be necessary or advisable
for the administration of the Plan.

      3.3 DECISIONS BINDING. All determinations and decisions made by the
Committee pursuant to the provisions of the Plan and all related orders and
resolutions of the Committee shall be final, conclusive, and binding on all
persons, including the Company, its shareholders, Directors, Employees,
Participants, and their estates and beneficiaries.

      3.4 PERFORMANCE-BASED AWARDS. For purposes of the Plan, it shall be
presumed, unless the Committee indicates to the contrary, that all Awards are
intended to qualify for the Performance-Based Exception. If the Committee does
not intend an Award to qualify for the Performance-Based Exception, the
Committee shall reflect its intent in its records in such manner as the
Committee determines to be appropriate.

ARTICLE 4. ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION

      4.1 ELIGIBILITY. All key Employees are eligible to participate in the
Plan.

      4.2 ACTUAL PARTICIPATION. Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the
Committee may, from time to time, select from all eligible Employees those to
whom Awards shall be granted and shall determine the nature and amount of each
Award.

ARTICLE 5. AWARDS

      5.1 GRANT OF AWARDS. All Awards under the Plan shall be granted upon terms
approved by the Committee. However, no Award shall be inconsistent with the
terms of the Plan or fail to satisfy the requirements of applicable law. Each
Award shall relate to a designated Plan Year.

      5.2 AWARD POOL LIMITATION. The sum of the Awards for a single Plan Year
shall not exceed one hundred percent (100%) of the amount in the Award Pool for
that Plan Year.

      5.3 INDIVIDUAL MAXIMUM AWARDS. For any given Plan Year, no one Participant
shall receive an Award in excess of fifty percent (50%) of the Award Pool.

      5.4 LIMITATIONS ON COMMITTEE DISCRETION. The Committee may reduce, but may
not increase, any of the following:

            (a)   The maximum Award for any Participant; and

            (b)   The size of the Award Pool.

      5.5 PAYMENT. Payment of Awards shall be subject to the following:

            (a)   Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, in its sole
                  discretion, a Participant shall have no right to receive a
                  payment under an Award for a Plan Year unless the Participant
                  is employed by the Company or a Subsidiary at all times during
                  the Plan Year.

            (b)   The Committee may, in its discretion, authorize payment to a
                  Participant of less than the Participant's maximum Award and
                  may provide that a Participant shall not receive any payment
                  with respect to an Award. In exercising its discretion, the
                  Committee

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                  shall consider such factors as it considers appropriate. The
                  Committee's decision shall be final and binding upon any
                  person claiming a right to a payment under the Plan.

            (c)   Payments of Awards shall be wholly in cash.

            (d)   Each Award shall be paid on a date prescribed by the
                  Committee, unless the Participant has elected to defer payment
                  in accordance with the rules and regulations established by
                  the Committee.

ARTICLE 6. BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION

      Each Participant may, from time to time, name any beneficiary or
beneficiaries (who may be named contingently or successively) to whom any
benefit under the Plan is to be paid in case of the Participant's death before
the Participant receives any or all of such benefit. Each such designation shall
revoke all prior designations by the same Participant with respect to such
benefit, shall be in a form prescribed by the Company, and shall be effective
only when filed by the Participant in writing with the Company during the
Participant's lifetime. In the absence of any such designation, any benefits
remaining unpaid under the Plan at the Participant's death shall be paid to the
Participant's estate.

ARTICLE 7. DEFERRALS

      The Committee may permit or require a Participant to defer such
Participant's receipt of the payment of cash that would otherwise be due to such
Participant in connection with any Awards. If any such deferral election is
required or permitted, the Committee shall, in its discretion, establish rules
and procedures for such payment deferrals.

ARTICLE 8. NO RIGHT TO EMPLOYMENT OR PARTICIPATION

      8.1 EMPLOYMENT. The Plan shall not interfere with or limit in any way the
right of the Company or of any Subsidiary to terminate any Participant's
employment at any time, and the Plan shall not confer upon any Participant the
right to continue in the employ of the Company or of any Subsidiary.

      8.2 PARTICIPATION. No Employee shall have the right to be selected to
receive an Award or, having been so selected, to be selected to receive a future
Award.

ARTICLE 9. AMENDMENT, MODIFICATION, AND TERMINATION

      9.1 AMENDMENT, MODIFICATION, AND TERMINATION. Subject to the terms of the
Plan, the Committee may at any time and from time to time, alter, amend,
suspend, or terminate the Plan in whole or in part; provided that unless the
Committee specifically provides otherwise, any revision or amendment that would
cause the Plan to fail to comply with any requirement of applicable law,
regulation, or rule if such amendment were not approved by the shareholders of
the Company shall not be effective unless and until shareholder approval is
obtained.

      9.2 ADJUSTMENT OF AWARDS UPON THE OCCURRENCE OF CERTAIN UNUSUAL OR
NONRECURRING EVENTS. The Committee may make adjustments in the terms and
conditions of, and the criteria included in, Awards in recognition of unusual or
nonrecurring events affecting the Company or the financial statements of the
Company or of changes in applicable laws, regulations, or accounting principles,
whenever the Committee determines that such adjustments are appropriate in order
to prevent dilution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits
intended to be made available under the Plan; provided that the Committee shall
not be authorized to adjust an Award that the Committee intends to qualify for
the Performance-Based Exception if such adjustment (or the authority to make
such adjustment) would prevent the Award from qualifying for the
Performance-Based Exception.

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      9.3 AWARDS PREVIOUSLY GRANTED. Notwithstanding any other provision of the
Plan to the contrary (but subject to Section 1.1 hereof), no termination,
amendment, or modification of the Plan shall cause any previously granted Awards
to be forfeited. After the termination of the Plan, any previously granted Award
shall remain in effect and shall continue to be governed by the terms of the
Plan and the Award.

ARTICLE 10. WITHHOLDING

      The Company and its Subsidiaries shall have the power and the right to
deduct or withhold, or to require a Participant to remit to the Company or to a
Subsidiary, an amount that the Company or a Subsidiary reasonably determines to
be required to comply with federal, state, local, or foreign tax withholding
requirements.

ARTICLE 11. SUCCESSORS

      All obligations of the Company under the Plan with respect to Awards
granted hereunder shall be binding on any successor to the Company, whether the
existence of such successor is the result of a direct or indirect purchase,
merger, consolidation, or otherwise, of all or substantially all of the business
and/or assets of the Company.

ARTICLE 12. LEGAL CONSTRUCTION

      12.1 GENDER AND NUMBER. Except where otherwise indicated by the context,
any masculine term used herein also shall include the feminine, any feminine
term used herein also shall include the masculine, and the plural shall include
the singular and the singular shall include the plural.

      12.2 SEVERABILITY. If any provision of the Plan shall be held illegal or
invalid for any reason, such illegality or invalidity shall not affect the
remaining parts of the Plan, and the Plan shall be construed and enforced as if
the illegal or invalid provision had not been included.

      12.3 REQUIREMENTS OF LAW. The granting of Awards under the Plan shall be
subject to all applicable laws, rules, and regulations, and to such approvals by
any governmental agencies as may be required.

      12.4 GOVERNING LAW. The Plan and all Awards shall be construed in
accordance with and governed by the laws of the state of Delaware (without
regard to the legislative or judicial conflict of laws rules of any state),
except to the extent superseded by federal law.

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