Document:

Exhibit
      4.3

     

    REGISTRATION
      RIGHTS AGREEMENT

     

    Dated
      as of January 17, 2007

    by
      and among

     

    AMERICAN
      REAL ESTATE PARTNERS, L.P.,

    AMERICAN
      REAL ESTATE FINANCE CORP.,

    AMERICAN
      REAL ESTATE HOLDINGS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

    

    and

     

    JEFFERIES
      & COMPANY, INC.

    

    
      

      

    

    

    
      
        
        

      

      
        
        

        
          

        

      

      
        
        

      

    

     

    This
      Registration Rights Agreement (this “Agreement”)
      is
      made and entered into as of January 17, 2007, by and among American Real Estate
      Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, as issuer (“AREP”),
      American Real Estate Finance Corp., a Delaware corporation, as co-issuer
      (“AREP
      Finance”),
      American Real Estate Holdings Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited
      partnership (the “Guarantor”
and,
      together with AREP and AREP Finance, the “Company”)
      and
      Jefferies & Company, Inc. (the “Initial
      Purchaser”),
      who
      has agreed to purchase $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of AREP’s 7 1/8%
      Senior Notes due 2013 (the “Initial
      Notes”)
      pursuant to the Purchase Agreement (as defined below). The Initial Notes are
      to
      be guaranteed (the “Guarantee”
and,
      together with the Initial Notes, the “Offered
      Securities”)
      by the
      Guarantor.

     

    This
      Agreement is made pursuant to the Amended and Restated Purchase Agreement,
      dated
      January 10, 2007 (the “Purchase
      Agreement”),
      by
      and among AREP, AREP Finance, the Guarantor, as Guarantor, and the Initial
      Purchaser. In order to induce the Initial Purchaser to purchase the Initial
      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 Purchaser set forth in Section 8(i) of the
      Purchase Agreement. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined
      shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture, dated as of February
      7, 2005, among the Company and Wilmington Trust Company, as trustee, relating
      to
      the Offered Securities and the Exchange Securities (the “Indenture”).
      

     

    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.

     

    AREP:
      Shall
      have the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Agreement.

     

    AREP
      Finance:
      Shall
      have the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Agreement.

     

    Broker-Dealer:
      Any
      broker or dealer registered under the Exchange Act.

     

    Business
      Day:
      Any day
      other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in the
      City of New York or at place of payment are authorized by law, regulation or
      executive order to remain closed.

     

    Commission:
      The
      Securities and Exchange Commission.

     

    Company:
      Shall
      have the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Agreement.

     

    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 Exchange Securities to be issued
      in
      the Exchange Offer, (b) the maintenance of the continuous effectiveness of
      such
      Exchange Offer Registration Statement and the keeping of the Exchange Offer
      open
      for a period not less than the period required pursuant to Section 3(b) hereof
      and (c) the delivery by the Company to the Registrar under the Indenture of
      Exchange Securities in the same aggregate principal amount as the aggregate
      principal amount of Offered Securities tendered by Holders thereof pursuant
      to
      the Exchange Offer.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
        
        

        
          

        

      

      
        
        

      

    

     

    Consummation
      Deadline:
      As
      defined in Section 3(b) hereof.

     

    Effectiveness
      Deadline:
      As
      defined in Sections 3(a) and 4(a) hereof.

     

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

     

    Exchange
      Offer:
      The
      exchange and issuance by the Company of a principal amount of Exchange
      Securities (which shall be registered pursuant to the Exchange Offer
      Registration Statement) equal to the outstanding principal amount of Offered
      Securities that are tendered by such Holders in connection with such exchange
      and issuance.

     

    Exchange
      Offer Registration Statement:
      The
      Registration Statement relating to the Exchange Offer, including the related
      Prospectus.

     

    Exchange
      Securities:
      AREP
      and AREP Finance’s 7 1/8% Senior Notes due 2013 to be issued pursuant to the
      Indenture (a) in the Exchange Offer or (b) as contemplated by Section 4
      hereof.

     

    Filing
      Deadline:
      As
      defined in Sections 3(a) and 4(a) hereof.

     

    Guarantee:
      Shall
      have the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Agreement.

     

    Guarantor:
      Shall
      have the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Agreement.

     

    Holders:
      As
      defined in Section 2 hereof.

     

    Indenture:
      Shall
      have the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Agreement.

     

    Initial
      Notes:
      Shall
      have the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Agreement.

     

    Initial
      Purchaser:
      Shall
      have the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Agreement.

     

    Liquidated
      Damages:
      As
      defined in Section 5 hereof.

     

    Offered
      Securities:
      Shall
      have the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Agreement.

     

    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.

     

    Purchase
      Agreement:
      Shall
      have the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Agreement.

     

    Recommencement
      Date:
      As
      defined in Section 6(d) hereof.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    Registration
      Default:
      As
      defined in Section 5 hereof.

     

    Registration
      Statement:
      Any
      registration statement of the Company relating to (a) an offering of Exchange
      Securities 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,
      (ii)
      including the Prospectus included therein and (iii) including all amendments
      and
      supplements thereto (including post-effective amendments) and all exhibits
      and
      material incorporated by reference therein.

     

    Rule
      144:
      Rule
      144 promulgated under the Act.

     

    Shelf
      Registration Statement:
      As
      defined in Section 4 hereof.

     

    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
      Offered Security until the earliest to occur of (a) the date on which such
      Offered Security has been exchanged by a Person other than a Broker-Dealer
      for
      an Exchange Security in the Exchange Offer, (b) following the exchange by a
      Broker-Dealer in the Exchange Offer of an Offered Security for an Exchange
      Security, the date on which such Exchange Security is sold to a purchaser who
      receives from such Broker-Dealer on or prior to the date of such sale a copy
      of
      the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, (c)
      the
      date on which such Offered Security has been effectively registered under the
      Act and disposed of in accordance with the Shelf Registration Statement or
      (d)
      the date on which such Offered Security is distributed to the public pursuant
      to
      Rule 144.

     

    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) Unless
      the Exchange Offer shall not be permitted by applicable law or Commission rule,
      regulation or policy (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 no later than July 16,
      2007 (the “Filing
      Deadline”),
      (ii)
      use all commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Exchange Offer
      Registration Statement to become effective no later than November 13, 2007
      (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 Exchange Securities to be made under the Blue Sky laws
      of
      such jurisdictions as are necessary to permit Consummation of the Exchange
      Offer, 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 Exchange
      Securities to be offered in exchange for the Offered Securities that are
      Transfer Restricted Securities and (ii) resales of Exchange Securities by
      Broker-Dealers that tendered into the Exchange Offer Offered Securities that
      such Broker-Dealer acquired for its own account as a result of market-making
      activities or other trading activities (other than Offered Securities 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 all 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 and state 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 in all material respects with all applicable
      federal and state securities laws. No securities other than the Exchange
      Securities shall be included in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement.
      The
      Company shall use all 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
      30
      Business Days thereafter, or longer, if required by federal securities laws
      (the
      last day of such period being the “Consummation
      Deadline”).

     

    (c) The
      Company shall include a “Plan of Distribution” section 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 Offered Securities acquired directly from
      the Company or any Affiliate of the Company), may exchange such Transfer
      Restricted Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer. Such “Plan of
      Distribution” section shall also contain all other information with respect to
      such sales by such Broker-Dealers that the Commission may require in order
      to
      permit such sales pursuant thereto, but such “Plan of Distribution” shall not
      name any such Broker-Dealer or disclose the amount of Transfer Restricted
      Securities held by any such Broker-Dealer, except to the extent required by
      the
      Commission as a result of a change in policy, rules or regulations.

     

    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 Exchange Securities 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 Exchange Securities by
      Broker-Dealers, the Company agrees to use all commercially reasonable efforts
      to
      keep the Exchange Offer Registration Statement continuously effective,
      supplemented, amended and current as required by and subject to the provisions
      of Sections 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 270 days from the Consummation
      Deadline 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 request, and in no event
      later than two Business Days after such request, at any time during such
      period.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    SECTION
      4.  SHELF
      REGISTRATION

     

    (a) Shelf
      Registration.
      If (i)
      the Company is not (A) required to file the Exchange Offer Registration
      Statement or (B) permitted to Consummate the Exchange Offer because the Exchange
      Offer is not permitted by applicable law or Commission regulations, rules or
      policy (after the Company has complied with the procedures set forth in Section
      6(a)(i) below) or (ii) any Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities notifies
      the
      Company prior to 20 Business Days following Consummation of the Exchange Offer
      that (A) such Holder was prohibited by law or Commission policy from
      participating in the Exchange Offer, (B) such Holder may not resell the Exchange
      Securities 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 Offered Securities acquired directly
      from the Company or any of its Affiliates, then the Company shall:

     

    (x)
      use
      all commercially reasonable efforts on or prior to 30 days after the earlier
      of
      (i) the date as of which the Company determines that the Exchange Offer
      Registration Statement will not be or cannot be, as the case may be, filed
      as a
      result of clause (a)(i) above (after the Company has complied with the
      procedures set forth in Section 6(a)(i) below), and (ii) the date on which
      the
      Company receives the notice specified in clause (a)(ii) above (such earlier
      date, the “Filing
      Deadline”),
      to
      file a shelf registration statement pursuant to Rule 415 under the Act (which
      may be an amendment to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (the
“Shelf
      Registration Statement”)),
      relating to all Transfer Restricted Securities, and 

     

    (y)
      shall
      use all commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Shelf Registration
      Statement to become effective on or prior to 90 days after the Filing Deadline
      such obligation arises (such 90th day being the “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 law or Commission regulations, rules or policy
      (i.e., clause (a)(i)(B) 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 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
      all commercially reasonable efforts to keep any Shelf Registration Statement
      required by this Section 4(a) continuously effective, supplemented, amended
      and
      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, until the expiration of the period referred to in Rule 144(k) (as extended
      pursuant to Section 6(d)), 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 20 Business Days after receipt of a request therefor, (x) 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, (y) an agreement to update such
      information, from time to time, as required or appropriate, and (z) an agreement
      to comply with the prospectus delivery requirements in connection with the
      offer
      and sale of Transfer Restricted Securities. 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 and
      agreements. 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.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    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 applicable Effectiveness Deadline, (iii) the Exchange Offer has
      not
      been Consummated within 30 Business Days of the applicable Effectiveness
      Deadline or (iv) any Registration Statement required by this Agreement is filed
      and declared effective but shall thereafter cease to be effective or usable
      in
      connection with resales of Transfer Restricted Securities during the periods
      specified herein (each such event referred to in clauses (i) through (iv),
      a
“Registration
      Default”),
      then
      the Company hereby jointly and severally agrees to pay to each Holder of
      Transfer Restricted Securities affected thereby Liquidated Damages in an amount
      equal to $.05 per week per $1,000 in 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. The amount of the Liquidated
      Damages shall increase by an additional $.05 per week per $1,000 in 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 for all Registration Defaults of $.50 per week per $1,000
      in principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities; provided
      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
      (iii)
      above, or (4) upon the filing of a post-effective amendment to the Registration
      Statement or an additional Registration Statement (or a supplement to the
      prospectus included in any such Registration Statement, if applicable,) 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 Initial 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.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    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 all commercially reasonable
      efforts to effect such exchange and to permit the resale of Exchange Securities
      by Broker-Dealers that tendered in the Exchange Offer Offered Securities that
      such Broker-Dealer acquired for its own account as a result of its market-making
      activities or other trading activities (other than Offered Securities 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 or the staff of 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 no-action letter or decision to the
      Commission staff level. In connection with the foregoing, the Company hereby
      agrees to take all such other actions as may be requested by the Commission
      or
      otherwise required by the Commission in connection with the issuance of such
      decision, including without limitation (A) participating in telephonic
      conferences with the Commission, (B) delivering to the 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; provided
      that
      this Section 6(a)(i) shall not restrict or limit the Company from complying
      with
      the requirements of Section 4, including filing and using commercially
      reasonable efforts to cause to be made effective a Shelf Registration Statement
      before obtaining a no-action letter or other decision or resolution from the
      Commission or the staff of the Commission.

     

    (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 Exchange Securities to be issued in the
      Exchange Offer and (C) it is acquiring the Exchange Securities 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
      Exchange Securities shall acknowledge and agree that, if the resales are of
      Exchange Securities obtained by such Holder in exchange for Offered Securities
      acquired directly from the Company or an Affiliate thereof, it (1) could not,
      under Commission policy as in effect on the date of such acknowledgment and
      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.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    (iii) Prior
      to
      effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, the Company shall,
      upon request of the Commission, provide a supplemental letter to the Commission
      (A) stating that the Company is 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 the Company has not
      entered into any arrangement or understanding with any Person to distribute
      the
      Exchange Securities 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 Exchange Securities in its ordinary course
      of
      business and has no arrangement or understanding with any Person to participate
      in the distribution of the Exchange Securities 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.

     

    (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 all 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 Offered Securities covered by
      any
      Shelf Registration Statement contemplated by this Agreement, Exchange Securities
      having an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount
      of
      Offered Securities sold pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement and
      surrendered to the Company for cancellation; the Company shall register Exchange
      Securities on the Shelf Registration Statement for this purpose and issue the
      Exchange Securities to the purchaser(s) of securities subject to the Shelf
      Registration Statement in the names as such purchaser(s) shall
      designate.

     

    
      
        
        

      

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

     

    (i) use
      all
      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
      in
      light of the circumstances under which they were made 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 or supplement to the
      Prospectus curing such defect, and, if Commission review is required of any
      such
      amendment, use all 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 and 430A, 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 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
      each Holder promptly and, if requested by such Holder, confirm such advice
      in
      writing, (A) when the Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement or post-effective
      amendment to the Registration Statement 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, and (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; provided
      that any
      notice required pursuant to this Section 6(c)(iii) shall be provided by the
      Company on its behalf and on behalf of the Guarantors. 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 all commercially reasonable efforts to
      obtain the withdrawal or lifting of such order at the earliest possible
      time;

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    (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 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) furnish
      to 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 (including all documents incorporated by reference
      after
      the initial filing of such Registration Statement), which documents, upon such
      Holders’ request, will be subject to the review and comment of such Holders 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 reference) to which such Holders
      shall reasonably object within five Business Days after the receipt thereof.
      A
      Holder 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 omits
      any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in light of the
      circumstances under which they were made 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 Registration Statement or Prospectus in connection with such exchange or
      sale,
      if any, provide copies of such document to each Holder, 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 Holders may reasonably request;

     

    (vii) make
      available, at reasonable times, for inspection by each Holder and any attorney
      or accountant retained by such Holders at the offices at which such information
      normally is kept during normal business hours, 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 Holder, 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 Holders 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 Holders 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;

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    (ix) furnish
      to each Holder 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, including, upon request, all
      documents incorporated by reference therein and all exhibits (including exhibits
      incorporated therein by reference);

     

    (x) deliver
      to each Holder 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 consents to the use (in accordance
      with law) of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto by each
      selling Holder in connection with the offering and the sale of the Transfer
      Restricted Securities covered by the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement
      thereto;

     

    (xi) upon
      the
      request of any Holder, 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 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
      request of any Holder, furnish (or, in the case of paragraphs (2), (3) and
      (4),
      use all commercially reasonable efforts to cause to be furnished) to each
      Holder, upon the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement:

     

    (1)
       a
      certificate, dated such date, signed on behalf of the Company, in form and
      substance reasonably satisfactory to the Initial Purchaser, including such
      matters as such Holders may reasonably request;

     

    (2)
       an
      opinion, dated the date of effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement,
      of
      counsel for the Company, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
      Initial Purchaser and counsel for the Initial Purchaser, to the effect set
      forth
      in Exhibit
      A
      to the
      Purchase Agreement and such other similar matters as such Holders may reasonably
      request; 

     

    (3)
       a
      customary comfort letter, dated the date of effectiveness of the Shelf
      Registration Statement, 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
      8(f)
      of the Purchase Agreement, provided that any Holder so requesting a comfort
      letter confirms in writing to the Company’s independent accountants that it is
      of the class of persons entitled to receive a comfort letter under applicable
      accounting standards or pronouncements; and

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    (B)
       deliver
      such other documents and certificates as may be reasonably requested by the
      selling Holders to evidence compliance with 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 reasonably request
      (which, if the Company so elects, may be effected by counsel designated by
      the
      Company) 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
      all
      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;

     

    (xv) obtain
      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 all commercially 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 under
      the
      Act (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);

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    (xvii) cause
      the
      Indenture to be qualified under the TIA, if not already so qualified, 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 all commercially 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; and

     

    (xviii) provide
      promptly to each Holder, upon request, each document filed with the Commission
      pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange
      Act.

     

    (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 supplements or amendments thereto) 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 Recommencement
      Date.

     

    SECTION
      7.  REGISTRATION
      EXPENSES

     

    (a) All
      expenses incident to the Company’s performance of or compliance with this
      Agreement will be borne by the Company, regardless of whether a 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 Exchange Securities 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 the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities (subject to (b)
      below); (v) all application and filing fees in connection with listing the
      Exchange Securities on a national securities exchange or automated quotation
      system pursuant to the requirements hereof; and (vi) all fees and disbursements
      of independent certified public accountants of the Company (including the
      expenses of any special audit and comfort letters required by or incident to
      such performance).

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    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.

     

    Anything
      contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company shall not have
      any
      obligation whatsoever in respect of any brokerage commissions, dealers’ selling
      concessions, transfer taxes or, except as otherwise expressly set forth herein,
      any other selling expenses incurred in connection herewith or the Exchange
      Offer
      or sale of Transfer Restricted Notes, Offered Securities or Exchange
      Securities.

     

    (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
      Purchaser and the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities who are tendering
      Initial Securities in the Exchange Offer and/or selling or reselling Offered
      Securities or Exchange Securities pursuant to the “Plan of Distribution”
contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or the Shelf Registration
      Statement, as applicable, for the reasonable fees and disbursements of not
      more
      than one counsel, who shall be 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; provided
      that
      the
      Company’s reimbursement obligation relating to such fees and disbursements shall
      not exceed $15,000.

     

    SECTION
      8.  INDEMNIFICATION

     

    (a) Indemnification
      by Company.
      The
      Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Holder, its directors,
      officers 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 reasonable 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 Exchange Securities or registered Offered Securities, 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 in light of the
      circumstances under which they were made 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. 

     

    (b) Indemnification
      by Holders.
      Each
      Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities agrees, severally and not jointly,
      to
      indemnify and hold harmless the Company and its directors and officers, 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.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    (c) Notice.
      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). 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
      reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party or (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 counsel that there may be one or more legal defenses available to
      it
      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). 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
      reasonable 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
      effected with its written consent; provided
      that
      such consent was not unreasonably withheld. 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) Contribution.
      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) above 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 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.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    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(d) 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

     

    AREP
      agrees with each Holder, for so long as any Transfer Restricted Securities
      remain outstanding and during any period in which AREP (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.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    SECTION
      10.  MISCELLANEOUS

     

    (a) Remedies.
      Notwithstanding Section 5, the Company acknowledges and agrees 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 Purchaser 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 Purchaser or any Holder may obtain such relief as may
      be
      required to specifically enforce the Company’s obligations under Sections 3 and
      4 hereof. The Company further agrees to waive the defense in any action for
      specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.

     

    (b) No
      Inconsistent Agreements.
      The
      Company will not, on or after the date of this Agreement, enter into any
      agreement with respect to its securities that is inconsistent with the rights
      granted to the Holders in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the
      provisions hereof. The Company has not previously entered into, and is not
      currently a party to, any agreement granting any registration rights with
      respect to its securities to any Person that would require such securities
      to be
      included in any Registration Statement filed hereunder. 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 (except that in the event Holders of less than all
      outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities provide their written consent, such
      amendment, modification or supplement and waiver or consent shall only be
      enforceable against such Holders that provided their written consent) 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 Purchaser, 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.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    (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), 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:

    

    American
      Real Estate Partners, L.P.

    767
      Fifth
      Avenue

    New
      York,
      New York 10153

    Telecopier
      No.: (212) 702-4300

    Attention:
      Chief Financial Officer

     

    With
      a
      copy to:

     

    DLA
      Piper
      US LLP

    1251
      Avenue of the Americas

    New
      York,
      New York 10020 

    Telecopier
      No.: (212) 884-8448

    Attention:
      Steven L. Wasserman, Esq.

     

    All
      notices and communications will be deemed to have been duly given: at the time
      delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after being
      deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when answered back, if
      telexed; when receipt acknowledged in writing, if telecopied; and on the next
      Business Day, if timely delivered to an overnight air courier guaranteeing
      next
      day delivery.

     

    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 of Transfer Restricted
      Securities; 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, the terms of the offering described in the
      Offering Memorandum under the caption “Notice to Investors” 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.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    (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 Registration Rights Agreement
      as
      of the date first written above.

     

    
      	 	 	 
	 	
              AMERICAN
                REAL ESTATE PARTNERS, L.P.

            
	 
 	 
 	 
 
	
            	By:  	
              American
                Property
                Investors, Inc., 

              its general partner

            
	 	 	 
	 	By:  	
              /s/
                Keith
                A. Meister

            
	 	
              

              Name:
                Keith A. Meister 

              Title:
                Principal Executive Officer 

            
	 	 

    

    
       

      
        	 	 	 
	 	
                AMERICAN
                  REAL ESTATE FINANCE CORP.

              
	 
 	 
 	 
 
	 	By:  	
                /s/
                  Keith
                  A. Meister

              
	 	
                

                
                  Name:
                    Keith A. Meister 

                  Title:
                    Principal Executive Officer 

                

              
	 	 

      

      
         

        
          	 	 	 
	 	
                  
                    AMERICAN
                      REAL ESTATE HOLDINGS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

                  

                
	 
 	 
 	 
 
	
                	By:  	American Property Investors, Inc., 
                  its
                    general partner

                
	 	 	 
	 	By:  	
                  /s/
                    Keith
                    A. Meister

                
	 	
                  

                  
                    Name:
                      Keith A. Meister 

                    Title:
                      Principal Executive Officer 

                  

                
	 	 

        

        
           

        

      

    

    JEFFERIES
      & COMPANY, INC.

    

    By: 
      /s/
      David J. Losito

    
      
        

      

    

    Name:
      David
      J.
      Losito

    Title:
      Managing
      Director

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
        20FORM
      OF ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION OF

    AGREEMENT
      OF PURCHASE AND SALE

     

    This
      Assignment and Assumption of Agreement for Purchase and Sale of Interests
      (“Assignment”)
      is
      dated as of January 11, 2007 between Lightstone Value Plus Real Estate
      Investment Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation ("Assignor"),
      and
      The Lightstone Group, LLC, a New Jersey limited liability company (“Assignee”).

     

    WHEREAS,
      as
      of
      January 11, 2007, Sealy SHV/NO, L.P., Sealy Ohio, L.P., Sealy Alamo Buildings,
      L.P., Sealy FRLA SBC, L.L.C., Sealy FRLA I, L.L.C., Sealy FRLA II, L.L.C.,
      Sealy
      FRLA Office, L.L.C. and Sealy BR4, L.P., collectively, as seller, and Assignor,
      as purchaser, entered into that certain Purchase and Sale Agreement (together
      with all amendments thereto, the “Agreement”)
      for
      the sale and purchase of certain properties as more particularly described
      in
      the Agreement; 

     

    WHEREAS,
      Assignor desires to assign all of its right, title and interest under the
      Agreement to purchase the real properties listed on Schedule A attached hereto
      and made a part hereof (the “Assigned
      Properties”)
      to
      Assignee.

     

    NOW
      THEREFORE,
      in
      consideration of Ten ($10.00) Dollars in hand paid by Assignee, the receipt
      and
      adequacy of which are hereby conclusively acknowledged, Assignor does hereby
      assign, transfer and set over to Assignee, all of Assignor’s right, title, and
      interest in and to the right to purchase the Assigned Properties pursuant to
      the
      Agreement.

     

    TO
      HAVE AND TO HOLD,
      the
      same unto Assignee, its successors and assigns, from and after the date
      hereof.

     

    Assignee
      hereby assumes the performance of all terms, covenants, and conditions under
      the
      Agreement solely with respect to the Assigned Properties on Assignor’s part to
      be performed thereunder from and after the date hereof and will perform all
      of
      the terms, conditions, and covenants of such Agreement solely with respect
      to
      the Assigned Properties from and after the date hereof, all with the same force
      and effect as though the Assignee had signed such Agreement as a party named
      therein.

     

    This
      Assignment is made without warranty or representation, express or implied,
      by or
      recourse against Assignor of any kind or nature whatsoever.

     

    This
      Assignment may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall
      constitute an original, and all of which taken together shall constitute but
      one
      agreement.

    

    
      
         

      

      
         

        
          

        

      

      
         

      

    

     

    IN
      WITNESS WHEREOF,
      the
      Assignor and Assignee have duly executed this Assignment by their respective
      duly authorized representatives as of the day first above written.

     

    
      	 	 	 
	 	ASSIGNOR
	 	 
	 	LIGHTSTONE
              VALUE
              PLUS REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST, INC.
	 
 	 
 	 
 
	 	By:  	 
	 	
              
Name:
	 	Title: 

    

    
      	 	 	 
	 	 
	 	ASSIGNEE
	 	 
	 	THE
              LIGHTSTONE
              GROUP, LLC
	 
 	 
 	 
 
	 	By:  	 
	 	
              
Name:
	 	Title: 

    

    

    
      
         

      

      
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    Schedule
      A

     

    
      	
              1.  

            	
              1700
                Grandstand Drive, San Antonio, TX

            
	 	 
	
              2.  

            	
              5405
                Bandera Road, San Antonio, TX

            
	 	 
	
              3.  

            	
              115
                Canvasback Drive, New Orleans, LA

            
	 	 
	
              4.  

            	
              110
                Widgeon, New Orleans, LA

            
	 	 
	
              5.  

            	
              125
                James Drive West, New Orleans, LA

            
	 	 
	
              6.  

            	
              150
                James Drive West, New Orleans, LA

            
	 	 
	
              7.  

            	
              125
                Mallard Street, New Orleans, LA

            
	 	 
	
              8.  

            	
              6735
                Exchequer Dr., Baton Rouge, LA

            
	 	 
	
              9.  

            	
              11955
                - 11965 Lakeland Park, Baton Rouge, LA

            
	 	 
	
              10.  

            	
              7699
                W. Bert Kouns, Shreveport, LA

            
	 	 
	
              11.  

            	
              2675
                Valley View, Shreveport, LA

            
	 	 
	
              12.  

            	
              2533
                Bert Kouns, Shreveport, LA

            
	 	 
	
              13.  

            	
              2160
                McGaw Rd., Columbus, OH

            
	 	 
	
              14.  

            	
              2140
                McGaw Rd., Columbus, OH

            
	 	 
	
              15.  

            	
              5160
                Blazer Parkway, Columbus, OH

            

    

     

    Aggregate
      Allocated Purchase Price: $68,700,000

     

    
      
         

      

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