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Exhibit 4.3 - NuVox, Inc. Stockholders' Agreement

Exhibit 4.3

COMPOSITE CONFORMED COPY

AMENDED AND
RESTATED

STOCKHOLDERS’
AGREEMENT

AMONG

NUVOX, INC.

AND

ITS
STOCKHOLDERS

DATED AS OF
MARCH 31, 2001

(As amended September
20, 2001)

TABLE OF
CONTENTS

Page

	§1.

	DEFINITIONS

	1

	§2.

	CERTAIN REGISTRATION RIGHTS

	5

	§3.

	PREEMPTIVE RIGHTS

	5

	 	3.1

	Anti-Dilution Provision

	5

	 	3.2

	Stockholders' Exercise of Right

	5

	 	3.3

	Company's Exercise of Right

	6

	 	3.4

	Compliance with Securities Purchase Agreement and Applicable Law

	6

	§4.

	BOARD OF DIRECTORS

	6

	 	4.1

	[Intentionally Omitted]

	6

	 	4.2

	Supermajority Voting of Directors for Certain Corporate Action

	6

	 	4.3	Supermajority Voting of Stockholders	7

	 	4.4

	Proxy

	8

	 	4.5

	Action by Stockholders

	8

	§5.

	TRANSFERS OF STOCK

	9

	§6.

	AMENDMENT AND WAIVER

	10

	§7.

	SEVERABILITY

	11

	§8.

	ENTIRE AGREEMENT

	11

	§9.

	SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

	11

	§10.

	SECURITIES LAWS

	11

	§11.

	COUNTERPARTS

	12

	§12.

	REMEDIES

	12

	§13.

	EMPLOYMENT

	12

	§14.

	NOTICES

	12

	§15.

	TERMINATION

	13

	§16.

	GOVERNING LAW

	13

	§17.

	DESCRIPTIVE HEADINGS

	13

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AMENDED AND
RESTATED STOCKHOLDERS’ AGREEMENT

        This Amended and Restated Stockholders' Agreement dated as of March 31, 2000, as amended by
Agreement dated September 20, 2001 (this "Agreement') is among NUVOX, INC. (formerly known as Gabriel
Communications, Inc.), a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and the stockholders of the Company that are
signatory hereto or that have executed an Instrument of Accession in the form of Schedule 1 hereto. [Note: This
document was created for informational purposes only and represents a composite conformed copy integrating the
amendment dated September 20, 2001.]

W I T N E S S E T H:

        WHEREAS,
pursuant to a Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of the date hereof (as
amended and in effect from time to time, the “Series B Purchase
Agreement”) among the Company and the Purchasers named therein (the
“Purchasers”), the Purchasers are purchasing and committing to
purchase shares of the Series B Preferred Stock (as hereinafter defined) of the
Company, as more specifically set forth on Exhibit A attached to the Series
B Purchase Agreement; and 

        WHEREAS,
certain parties to the Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of November 18,
1998, as amended as of December 14, 1998 (the “Series A Purchase
Agreement”), providing for the purchase of shares of Series A Preferred
Stock (as hereinafter defined) of the Company, and certain other stockholders of
the Company who are not also parties to the Series B Purchase Agreement desire
to amend and restate the Stockholders’ Agreement dated as of November 18,
1998, as amended as of December 14, 1998 and July 20, 1999; 

        WHEREAS,
the execution and delivery of this Agreement is a condition to the purchase by
the Purchasers of such shares of Series B Preferred Stock pursuant to the Series
B Purchase Agreement. 

        NOW, THEREFORE, the parties to this Agreement hereby agree as follows:

        §1.   DEFINITIONS. For all purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the
meanings set forth below (capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the
Series D Purchase Agreement for such terms):

        Affiliate. Affiliate shall mean, with respect to any Person, any other Person directly or
indirectly controlling, controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such Person and, in
addition, if such Person is a partnership, any limited or general partner of such partnership.

        Approved Sale. Approved Sale shall have the meaning specified in Section 4.3 hereof.

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        Charter. Charter shall include the articles or certificate of incorporation, statute,
constitution, joint venture or partnership agreement or articles or other organizational document of any Person
other than an individual, each as from time to time amended or modified.

        Common Stock. Common Stock shall mean (a) the Common Stock, $.01 par value per share ("Common
Stock"), of the Company and (b) any shares of any other class of capital stock of the Company hereafter issued
which is (i) not preferred in the Company's Charter as to dividends or assets over any class of stock of the
Company, (ii) not subject to redemption in the Company's Charter, or (iii) issued to the holders of shares of
Common Stock upon any reclassification thereof.

        Institutional Directors. Institutional Directors shall mean those directors of the Company's
Board of Directors who are not also executive officers of the Company.

        Institutional Stock. Institutional Stock shall mean (a) the shares of Preferred Stock held by
the Institutional Stockholders, (b) all shares of Common Stock issued upon the conversion of such Preferred
Stock, (c) all other shares of Common Stock and Preferred Stock of the Company now owned or hereafter acquired by
any Institutional Stockholder and (d) all shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock issued with respect to the
foregoing by way of stock dividend or stock split or in connection with any merger, consolidation,
recapitalization or other reorganization affecting the Common Stock or Preferred Stock. Institutional Stock will
continue to be Institutional Stock in the hands of any subsequent holder thereof (provided that the transfer to
such subsequent holder is permitted by this Agreement and the Securities Purchase Agreements) and each such
subsequent holder will succeed to the rights and obligations of a holder of Institutional Stock hereunder,
provided that shares of Institutional Stock will cease to be shares of Institutional Stock when transferred (i)
pursuant to a Public Sale or (ii) to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

        Institutional Stockholders. Institutional Stockholders shall mean, initially, the Stockholders
listed on Exhibit A hereto, and thereafter any Person who becomes a party to this Agreement as an Institutional
Stockholder by executing an Instrument of Accession in connection with the transfer to such Person from any
Stockholder (provided that the transfer to such subsequent holder is permitted by this Agreement and the
Securities Purchase Agreements) or acquisition by such Person of Stock from the Company which such Instrument of
Accession states that the Person is an Institutional Stockholder; provided that a Person shall cease to be an
Institutional Stockholder at such time as such Person ceases to own Stock.

        Instrument of Accession. Instrument of Accession shall mean an Instrument of Accession in the
form of Schedule 1 hereto.

        Management Stockholders. Management Stockholder shall mean, initially, the Stockholders listed
on Exhibit B hereto, and thereafter any Person who becomes a party to this Agreement as a Management Stockholder
by executing an Instrument of Accession in connection with the transfer to such Person from any Stockholder
(provided that the transfer to such subsequent holder is permitted by this Agreement and the Securities Purchase
Agreements) or acquisition by such Person of Stock from the Company which such Instrument of Accession states
that such Person is a Management Stockholder; provided that a Person shall cease to be a Management Stockholder
at such time as such Person ceases to own Stock.

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        Participating Stockholder. Participating Stockholder shall have the meaning specified in
Section 5(c) hereof.

        Person. Person shall mean an individual, partnership, corporation, association, trust, joint
venture, unincorporated organization, or any government, governmental department or agency or political
subdivision thereof.

        Preferred Stock. Preferred Stock shall mean (a) the Series A Preferred Stock, the Series A-1
Preferred Stock, and the Series B Preferred Stock and (b) any shares of any other class or series of preferred
stock of the Company hereafter issued, including any shares which are issued to the holders of shares of
Preferred Stock upon any reclassification thereof.

        Public Sale. Public Sale shall mean any sale of Restricted Securities to the public pursuant
to a public offering registered under the Securities Act or to the public through a broker or market-maker
pursuant to the provisions of Rule 144 (or any successor rule) adopted under the Securities Act.

        Purchasers. Purchasers shall mean the Persons identified as such on the signature pages to
this Agreement.

        Requisite Investors. Requisite Investors shall have the meaning specified in Section 4.3
hereof.

        Restricted Securities. Restricted Securities shall mean at any particular time all of the
Company's then outstanding shares of Stock, and all shares of Stock issuable upon exercise of outstanding options
or warrants, or conversion of outstanding securities convertible therefor which have not been sold in a Public
Sale, or which are not able to be sold in a Public Sale pursuant to the provisions of Rule 144 of the Securities
Act.

        Securities Act. Securities Act shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any
successor federal statute, and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder,
all as the same may be in effect at the time.

        Securities Purchase Agreements. The term "Securities Purchase Agreements" shall mean the Series
A Purchase Agreement, the Series A-1 Purchase Agreement, the Series B Purchase Agreement and the Series D
Securities Purchase Agreement.

        Selling Stockholder. Selling Stockholder shall have the meaning given to such term in Section
5(b) hereof.

        Series A Preferred Stock. Series A Preferred Stock shall mean the Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock, $.01 par value per share, of the Company.

        Series A Purchase Agreement. Series A Purchase Agreement shall have the meaning specified in
the recitals hereof.

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        Series A-1 Preferred Stock. Series A-1 Preferred Stock shall mean the Series A-1 Convertible
Preferred Stock, $.01 par value per share, of the Company.

        Series A-1 Purchase Agreement. Series A-1 Purchase Agreement shall mean the Securities
Purchase Agreement dated as of December 13, 1999 by and among the Company and the purchasers named therein
providing for the purchase of the Series A-1 Preferred Stock.

        Series B Preferred Stock. Series B Preferred Stock shall mean the Series B Convertible
Preferred Stock, $.01 par value per share, of the Company.

        Series B Purchase Agreement. Series B Purchase Agreement shall have the meaning specified in
the recitals hereof.

        Series D Purchase Agreement. The term "Series D Purchase Agreement" shall mean the Securities
Purchase Agreement dated as of September 20, 2001 among the Company and the Purchasers named therein providing
for the purchase by such Purchasers of certain Units, with each Unit consisting of one share of Series D
Convertible Preferred Stock of the Company, one warrant to purchase one share of Series D Convertible Preferred
Stock of the Company at $1.50 per share and additional warrants expiring March 31, 2002 to acquire shares of
various of the series of Series E Convertible Preferred Stock at $1.00 per share ($1.75 per share for holders of
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock who subscribe for less than 125% of their pro rata portion of the offering
based on their investment in Series B Preferred Stock).

        Stock. Stock shall mean all shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock now or hereafter owned
by the Stockholders. Stock will continue to be Stock in the hands of any subsequent holder thereof (provided
that the transfer to such subsequent holder is permitted by this Agreement and the Securities Purchase
Agreements) and, except as otherwise expressly provided herein, each such subsequent holder will succeed to the
rights and obligations of a holder of Stock hereunder, provided that shares of Stock will cease to be shares of
Stock when transferred (i) pursuant to a Public Sale or (ii) to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

        Stockholders. Stockholders shall mean, initially, the Institutional Stockholders and the
Management Stockholders of the Company, and thereafter any Person who becomes a party to this Agreement by
executing an Instrument of Accession in connection with the transfer to or acquisition by such Person of any
Stock from the Company or any Stockholder or any subsequent transferee of a Stockholder; provided that a Person
shall cease to be a Stockholder hereunder at such time as such Person ceases to own Restricted Securities.

        Subsidiary. Subsidiary shall mean any Person of which the Company or other specified Person
now or hereafter shall at the time own directly or indirectly through a Subsidiary at least a majority of the
outstanding capital stock (or other shares of beneficial interest) entitled to vote generally.

        Transferee. Transferee shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 5(b) hereof.

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        §2.   CERTAIN REGISTRATION RIGHTS. Each of the parties to this Agreement, contemporaneously
with the execution and delivery hereof, has executed and delivered an Amended and Restated Registration Rights
Agreement which entitles the Stockholders to certain registration rights in respect of Restricted Securities as
provided therein.

        §3.   PREEMPTIVE RIGHTS.

        3.1   
Anti-Dilution Provision. Subject to the terms of the Securities
Purchase Agreements and except for the issuance or sale of Stock (or securities
convertible into or containing options or rights to acquire shares of Stock)
(i) pursuant to a Public Sale, (ii) upon the exercise of any outstanding
warrants or options or the conversion of any outstanding convertible securities
the issuance of which does not violate the provisions of this Section 3,
(iii) pursuant to the Equity Incentive Plan as permitted under the Securities
Purchase Agreements, (iv) in an Acquisition approved by the Board of Directors
as provided in Section 4.2 hereof and (v) pursuant to the Securities Purchase
Agreements, if, after the date hereof, the Company authorizes the issuance and
sale of any equity securities or any securities convertible into or containing
options or rights to acquire any equity securities, the Company will first offer
to sell to the Stockholders who are “accredited investors” as defined
under Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act an aggregate of not less than eighty
percent (80%) of such securities. Each of the Stockholders who are
“accredited investors” as defined under Rule 501(a) under the
Securities Act shall be entitled to purchase that portion of such securities
equal to the percentage determined by dividing (A) the sum of (1) the
number of shares of Common Stock held by such Stockholder and (2) the
number of shares of Common Stock then purchasable by, or issuable to, such
Stockholder upon the exercise of all outstanding options, warrants and other
purchase rights and the conversion or exchange of all outstanding convertible or
exchangeable securities held by such Stockholder, by (B) the sum of
(x) the number of shares of Common Stock held by all Stockholders and
(y) the number of shares of Common Stock then purchasable or issuable upon
exercise of all outstanding options, warrants and other purchase rights and the
conversion or exchange of all outstanding convertible or exchangeable securities
held by all Stockholders. In the event the parties to that certain Shareholders
Agreement dated as of August 14, 1998, as amended, do not fully exercise
any of their respective options under Section 3, 4 or 5 thereof, each of
the Stockholders who are “accredited investors” as defined under Rule
501(a) under the Securities Act will be entitled to purchase its applicable
percentage (calculated as aforesaid) of any shares of Common Stock not so
purchased, in the same manner and upon the same terms as provided in
Section 3 of said Shareholders Agreement, within ten (10) days after the
expiration of the option periods specified therein. Stockholders who are
“accredited investors” as defined under Rule 501(a) under the
Securities Act will be entitled to purchase all or part of such stock or
securities at the same price and on the same terms as such stock or securities
are to be offered to any other Person. 

        3.2   Stockholders' Exercise of Right.  Each  Stockholder  must exercise  such  Stockholder's
purchase  rights  hereunder  within 35 days  after  receipt  of  written  notice  from the  Company  describing  in
reasonable  detail the stock or securities  being offered,  the purchase price thereof,  the payment terms and such
Stockholder's  percentage  allotment.  If all of the stock or securities  offered to the Stockholders are not fully
subscribed by the  Stockholders,  the stock or securities  which are not so subscribed for will be reoffered to the
Stockholders  purchasing  their  full  allotment  upon the  terms  set forth in this  Section 3,  except  that such
Stockholders must exercise their purchase rights within ten (10) days after receipt of such reoffer.

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        3.3   Company's  Exercise of Right.  Upon the  expiration  of the offering  periods  described
above,  the  Company  will be free to sell such stock or  securities  which the  Stockholders  have not  elected to
purchase  during  the 135 days  following  such  expiration  on  terms  and  conditions  no more  favorable  to the
purchasers  thereof  than  those  offered  to the  Stockholders.  Any stock or  securities  offered  or sold by the
Company after such 135-day period must be reoffered to the Stockholders pursuant to the terms of this Section.

        3.4   Compliance  with  Securities  Purchase  Agreements and  Applicable  Law. The Company and
each Stockholder hereby  acknowledges and agrees that,  notwithstanding  anything contained in this Section 3,  the
Company  will not  issue or sell any  shares of  Common  Stock or any  securities  convertible  into or  containing
options  or rights to  acquire  any  shares  of Common  Stock  except  in  accordance  with the  provisions  of the
Securities  Purchase  Agreements,  the Securities Act and applicable state blue sky laws and except to Stockholders
and `Persons who execute Instruments of Accession in accordance with Section 5(d) hereof.

        §4.   BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

        4.1   [Intentionally Omitted]

        4.2   Supermajority Voting of Directors for Certain Corporate Action.

                (a)     The  affirmative  vote of at least a majority of the  directors  of the Company
present  at any  meeting  at which a quorum  is  present  shall be  required  to take any  action  by the  Board of
Directors  not  specifically  addressed in  subsections  (b) below.  As set forth in the by-laws of the Company,  a
quorum  shall  consist  of a majority  of the  members of the Board of  Directors  of which at least  three must be
Institutional Directors.

                
(b)     Until the date of the consummation of the Public Sale of the Common Stock
pursuant to which all shares of Series A Preferred Stock are automatically
converted into shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Company’s Charter,
the affirmative vote of at least 66-2/3% of the directors of the Company present
at any meeting at which a quorum is present, which vote shall include the
affirmative vote of at least four Institutional Directors if there are six or
five Institutional Directors present at the meeting at which such vote occurs or
three Institutional Directors if there are four or three Institutional Directors
present at the meeting at which such vote occurs, shall be required for any of
the following corporate actions: 

	 	          (i)     
any Capital Transaction;

	 	         (ii)     
any material Acquisition;

	 	        (iii)     
the approval of annual budgets of the Company and its
Subsidiaries;

	 	        (iv)     
any amendment to the Charter or By-Laws of the Company;

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	 	          (v)     
any action  requiring  such vote under Section 7.20 of each of
the Securities Purchase Agreements;

	 	         (vi)     
any increase in the number of shares available for grants
under
the Equity Incentive Plan and the determination of the prices of any Awards
granted thereunder and the adoption of any other employee benefit plan
authorizing the issuance of or the grant of Awards based on Stock;

	 	        (vii)     
any transaction with any Affiliate (other than Subsidiaries)
except for transactions contemplated by the Related Agreements but including any amendments to
any Related Agreement;

	 	       (viii)     
the  selecting of investment  bankers to  underwrite  the sale
of securities of the Company; and

	 	         (ix)     
the  purchase  by the  Company of any  shares of Common  Stock
held by any of the Management Stockholders.

                
(c)     The Board of Directors voting provisions provided for in this Section 4
shall terminate upon consummation of the Public Sale of shares of Common Stock
pursuant to which all shares of Preferred Stock are automatically converted into
shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Company’s Charter. 

        4.3   
Supermajority Voting of Stockholders. The affirmative vote of the
holders of 66-2/3% of the outstanding Common Stock and Preferred Stock, voting
as a single class (the “Requisite Investors”), shall be required for
(i) the authorization of any additional class of capital stock or increase
in the number of shares of authorized capital stock from that set forth in
Section 4.5 of the Series D Purchase Agreement, except to the extent
specifically contemplated by the Equity Incentive Plan in effect on the date of
the Series D Purchase Agreement, and (ii) the approval of a sale of the
Company, whether by means of a merger, consolidation, sale of stock or assets or
otherwise (an “Approved Sale”). In the event of an Approved Sale, each
Stockholder, whether or not such Stockholder voted to approve such Approved
Sale, shall consent to and raise no objections against the Approved Sale;
provided that the terms of the Approved Sale do not provide that the
Stockholders would receive less than the amount that would be distributed to
such Stockholders in the event the proceeds of the Approved Sale were
distributed in accordance with the Company’s Amended and Restated
Certification of Incorporation. If such Approved Sale is structured as a merger
or consolidation of the Company, or a sale of all or substantially all of the
Company’s assets, then each Stockholder shall waive any dissenter’s
rights, appraisal rights or similar rights in connection with such merger,
consolidation or asset sale. If such Approved Sale is structured as a sale of
the stock of the Company, then each Stockholder shall agree to sell his
respective Stock on the terms and conditions approved by the Requisite
Investors. The Stockholders shall take all necessary and desirable actions
approved by the Requisite Investors in connection with the consummation of the
Approved Sale, including the execution of such agreements and instruments and
the taking of such other actions reasonably necessary to (i) provide the
representations and warranties as to their title and ownership of their Stock,
and (ii) effectuate the allocation and distribution of the aggregate
consideration upon consummation of the Approved Sale. 

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        4.4   Proxy.  IN THE  EVENT OF ANY  BREACH BY ANY  STOCKHOLDER  OF ITS  OBLIGATIONS  UNDER THE
VOTING  AGREEMENT  CONTAINED  HEREIN,  SUCH  STOCKHOLDER  HEREBY GRANTS TO THE  NON-BREACHING  STOCKHOLDERS  ACTING
THROUGH A MAJORITY IN INTEREST OF NON-BREACHING  STOCKHOLDERS AN IRREVOCABLE  PROXY,  COUPLED WITH AN INTEREST,  TO
VOTE ALL SHARES OF SUCH STOCKHOLDER'S STOCK,  INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO VOTE TO REMOVE SUCH STOCKHOLDER'S  DESIGNEE AS
DIRECTOR, TO THE EXTENT NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT THE PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS 4.1, 4.3 AND 4.5.

        4.5   Action by  Stockholders.  Each  Stockholder  further agrees that such  Stockholder  will
not vote any shares  owned by such  Stockholder  or over which such  Stockholder  has voting  control,  or take any
action by written  consent,  or take any other action as a stockholder  of the Company,  to  circumvent  the voting
arrangements  required by Sections 4.1, 4.3 and this Section 4.5. Each Stockholder  further agrees to vote or cause
to be voted all shares owned by such  Stockholder  or over which such  Stockholder  has voting control to carry out
any provisions of the Securities  Purchase  Agreements,  as they may apply to such shares,  requiring a stockholder
vote,  including without  limitation,  Section 7.26 of the Series D Purchase Agreement or Section 8.2 of any of the
Securities Purchase Agreements.

        4.6     Series E Voting Agreement.          Under    Section    242(b)(2)    of   the   General
Corporation  Law of the  State of  Delaware,  holders  of shares of each  series  of Series E  Preferred  Stock (as
defined  in the Series D  Purchase  Agreement)  are  entitled  to vote  separately  as a series  upon any  proposed
amendment to the Charter  which would alter or change the powers,  preferences  or special  rights of the shares of
such series to affect them adversely.  In exercising rights under Section 242(b)(2) or otherwise,  each Stockholder
agrees,  when and as requested by the Company in connection with a proposed amendment to the Company's Charter,  to
vote, or cause to be voted,  all shares of any series of Series E Preferred Stock which such  Stockholder owns from
time to time in favor of any  amendment to the Charter  provided  that (i) at least a majority of the shares of all
of the  series  of  Series E  Preferred  Stock,  voting  as a single  class,  have  agreed to vote in favor of such
amendment,  and (ii) to the extent that such  amendment  would affect the powers,  preferences or special rights of
the holders of the various  series of Series E Preferred  Stock,  it would  affect the holders of all of the series
of Series E Preferred Stock in an equivalent or  proportionate  manner (it being understood that, by way of example
only, the  requirements of (ii) above shall be deemed  satisfied in any situation where the respective  liquidation
preferences,  conversion  prices or conversion ratios applicable to all such series of Series E Preferred Stock are
affected or adjusted  proportionately  as among the various series of Series E Preferred  Stock,  regardless of the
fact that the actual effect upon or  adjustments  to each such series would involve  different  actual numbers as a
result of each such series  having  different  initial  liquidation  preferences,  conversion  prices or conversion
ratios).

        §5.     TRANSFERS OF STOCK.

                (a)     [Intentionally omitted]

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(b)     Other than in the event that any Stockholder or group of Stockholders shall
desire to sell more than fifty-one percent (51%) of the Stock then issued and
outstanding and shall have received a bona fide written offer for the purchase
thereof, in which event Section 5(c) applies, if any holder of Stock
desires to sell, assign, pledge, encumber or otherwise transfer any of its
shares of Stock (other than to an Affiliate or pursuant to a Public Sale or a
Capital Transaction or in a distribution to its partners, members or
stockholders and other than any holder of Stock whose shares of such Stock are
subject to the provisions of Section 3 of the Shareholders’ Agreement, in
which case the provisions of said Section 3 and not this Section 5(b) shall
apply to such shares of Stock), such holder (a “Selling Stockholder”)
shall so notify the Company and the other Stockholders in writing and shall
negotiate in good faith with the Company concerning the sale of such shares of
Stock to the Company or the other Stockholders during the 30 day period
following the receipt of such notice. If, after the expiration of such 30 day
period, the Company or the other Stockholders and such holder have not agreed to
the terms of the sale of such shares of Stock to the Company (or its designees),
such holder shall be entitled for a period of 90 days thereafter to sell such
shares of Stock to any Person (a “Transferee”) on terms no less
favorable to the Selling Stockholder than those offered to the Company and the
other Stockholders, so long as the Transferee executes an Instrument of
Accession and agrees in writing that it will not acquire additional shares of
the capital stock of the Company (other than such shares of capital stock which
such Transferee may be entitled to acquire or receive pursuant to the terms of
this Agreement, the Company’s Charter or in a transaction (such as a stock
split or dividend) in which such Transferee is treated equally with other
shareholders holding the same class of capital stock as such Transferee) without
the prior approval of the Board of Directors. Any right of the Selling
Stockholder to attend meetings of the Board of Directors of the Company pursuant
to Section 7.5 of the Securities Purchase Agreements will not inure (a) to the
benefit of the Transferee without the affirmative vote of the Board of Directors
or (b) to any partner, member or stockholder of an Institutional Stockholder who
receives such Stock in a distribution from such Institutional Stockholder. 

                
(c)     Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 5(b) above which shall not
apply under the following circumstances, in the event that any Stockholder or
group of Stockholders shall desire to sell not less than fifty-one percent (51%)
of the Stock then issued and outstanding and shall have received a bona fide
written offer for the purchase thereof, they shall furnish written notice, to
the Corporation and the other Stockholders of their intention to sell. Each
other Stockholder (a “Participating Stockholder”) may elect to
participate in the contemplated sale by delivering written notice to each
Selling Stockholder and to the Corporation not more than twenty-five (25) days
after the date of the notice provided by the Selling Stockholder(s). Each
Selling Stockholder and each Participating Stockholder shall be entitled to sell
in the contemplated sale, at the same price and on the same terms, a number of
shares of Stock equal to the product of (a) the number of shares of Stock to be
sold in the contemplated sale, and (b) a fraction, the numerator of which is the
number of shares of Stock held by such person and the denominator of which is
the aggregate number of shares of Stock held by all Stockholders participating
in the contemplated sale. Each Selling Stockholder agrees to use its best
efforts to obtain the agreement of the prospective transferee(s) to the
participation of the Participating Stockholders and agrees not to transfer any
shares of Stock to the prospective transferee(s) if such transferee(s) decline
to allow the participation of the Participating Stockholders in accordance with
the terms of this Section 5(c). 

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(d)     Every Stockholder shall become a party to this Agreement by signing or
causing to be signed on its behalf and delivering to the Company an Instrument
of Accession if such Person is not already a party to this Agreement. Except as
set forth herein, no Person shall become an owner of record of any shares of
Stock of the Company through subsequent transfer from any Stockholder unless and
until the Company has received an Instrument of Accession signed by such Person,
and no transfer of shares of Stock shall be effective for any purpose unless and
until recorded on the Company’s record of Stockholders upon surrender of
the certificates representing such Stock, duly endorsed for transfer. Stock
shall be issued and recorded only in the name of the beneficial owner thereof or
in the name or name(s) of the trustee or nominee or trustees or nominees holding
legal title thereto for such beneficial owner on a fully disclosed basis. 

                (e)     All  certificates  representing  shares  of Stock  issued  on or after the date
hereof shall be endorsed with the following statement:

	 	
“THE
SALE, TRANSFER, ASSIGNMENT, PLEDGE, ENCUMBRANCE AND VOTING OF THE SECURITIES
REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF AN
AMENDED AND RESTATED STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT DATED AS OF MARCH 31, 2000, AS
AMENDED AS OF SEPTEMBER 20, 2001, AMONG NUVOX, INC. AND HOLDERS OF THE STOCK OF
SUCH CORPORATION. COPIES OF SUCH AGREEMENT MAY BE OBTAINED AT NO COST BY WRITTEN
REQUEST MADE BY THE HOLDER OF RECORD OF THIS CERTIFICATE TO THE SECRETARY OF
NUVOX, INC.”	 

Each Stockholder, by
signing this Agreement or causing it to be signed, represents and warrants to
the Company that such Stockholder is acquiring or has acquired its or his shares
of Stock for its or his own account for investment and not with a view to, or
for resale in connection with, the distribution thereof. 

                (f)     Notwithstanding  the  foregoing,  this  Section  5 shall  not apply to a Person
acquiring shares of Stock in a Public Sale, and such Persons shall not be bound by this Agreement on
account of any such purchase. 

        §6.     AMENDMENT  AND WAIVER.  No  modification,  amendment or waiver of any  provision of this
Agreement will be effective against the Company or the Stockholders  unless such modification,  amendment or waiver
is approved  in writing by the  holders of at least  66-2/3% of the total  number of  outstanding  shares of Stock;
provided,  however,  that no amendment,  modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement that affects one
particular group of Stockholders  party to this Agreement (e.g., the Institutional  Stockholders and the Management
Stockholders,  without  limitation) in a manner  different from any other group of Stockholders  shall be effective
against such group of Stockholders  without the approval in writing of 66-2/3% of such group of  Stockholders,  and
no  modification,  amendment  or waiver of any  provision  of this  Agreement  that affects only one party shall be
effective  against such party  without the  approval in writing of such party.  The failure of any party to enforce
any of the  provisions of this  Agreement  will in no way be construed as a waiver of such  provisions and will not
affect the right of such party  thereafter  to enforce  each and every  provision of this  Agreement in  accordance
with its terms.

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        §7.     SEVERABILITY.  Whenever  possible,  each provision of this Agreement will be interpreted
in such manner as to be effective and valid under  applicable  law, but if any provision of this  Agreement is held
to be invalid,  illegal or unenforceable in any respect under any applicable law or rule in any jurisdiction,  such
invalidity,  illegality or  unenforceability  will not affect any other provision or other  jurisdiction,  but this
Agreement  will  be  reformed,  construed  and  enforced  in  such  jurisdiction  as if such  invalid,  illegal  or
unenforceable provision had never been contained herein.

        §8.     ENTIRE  AGREEMENT.   Except  as  otherwise   expressly  set  forth  herein  and  in  the
Securities  Purchase  Agreements and the Related  Agreements and except for the  Shareholders  Agreement made as of
August 14,  1998,  as amended as of November 18, 1998 and  December  13,  1999,  by and between the Company and the
parties named therein,  this document embodies the complete  agreement and  understanding  among the parties hereto
with  respect to the subject  matter  hereof and thereof and  supersedes  and  preempts  any prior  understandings,
agreements  or  representations  by or among the  parties,  written or oral,  which may have related to the subject
matter hereof in any way.

        §9.     SUCCESSORS  AND  ASSIGNS.  This  Agreement  will bind and inure to the benefit of and be
enforceable  by (i) the  Company and its  successors  and assigns  and (ii) the  Stockholders  and,  subject to the
provisions  of  Sections 5  and 10 hereof,  any  subsequent  holders of Restricted  Securities  and the  respective
successors and permitted assigns of each of them so long as they hold Restricted Securities.

        §10.     SECURITIES  LAWS.  (a)  Prior to any  transfer  of any  shares  of Stock  which  are not
registered under an effective  registration  statement under the Securities Act (other than a transfer  pursuant to
Rule 144 or any  comparable  rule under the  Securities  Act),  the holder  thereof will give written notice to the
Company of such holder's  intention to effect such  transfer and to comply in all other  respects with this Section
10. Each such  notice (i) shall  describe  the manner and  circumstances  of the  proposed  transfer in  sufficient
detail to enable counsel to render the opinion  referred to below,  and (ii) shall  designate  independent  counsel
for the holder  giving such  notice  (which  counsel  shall be  experienced  in  securities  law matters and may be
outside  counsel  for such  holder).  The holder  giving  such  notice  will  submit a copy  thereof to the counsel
designated in such notice.  The following provisions shall then apply:

	 	        (i)     
If in the written opinion of such counsel addressed to the Company and
reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Company, the proposed
transfer may be effected without registration, such holder shall thereupon be
entitled to transfer such security in accordance with the terms of the notice
delivered by such holder to the Company. Each certificate, if any, or other
evidence of ownership issued upon or in connection with such transfer shall bear
the restrictive legend set forth in Article V of the Securities Purchase
Agreements unless, in the opinion of counsel to the Company, such legend is no
longer required to insure compliance with the Securities Act. 

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	 	        (ii)     
If the condition set forth in clause (i) is not satisfied (unless waived in
writing by the Company), such holder shall not be entitled to transfer such
security (other than in a transfer pursuant to Rule 144 or any comparable rule
under the Securities Act) until the conditions specified in clause (a) of this
Section 10 shall be satisfied or until registration of such security under the
Securities Act has become effective. 

        The  holder of the  Stock  will pay the  reasonable  fees and  disbursements  of its  counsel  in
connection with all opinions rendered pursuant to this Section 10.

                (b)     The  restrictions  imposed by this Section 10 upon the  transferability  of the
shares of Stock shall cease
and terminate as to any particular security (i) when such securities shall have
been effectively registered under the Securities Act and disposed of in
accordance with the registration statement covering such securities, or (ii)
when, in the written opinion of counsel for the Company or counsel to any
Stockholder reasonably satisfactory to the Company addressed to the Company and
reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Company such restrictions
are no longer required in order to assure compliance with the Securities Act.
Whenever such restrictions shall terminate as to any securities, the holder
thereof shall be entitled to receive from the Company, without expense (other
than transfer taxes, if any), new securities of like tenor not bearing the
legend set forth in Article V of the Securities Purchase Agreements. 

                        §11.     COUNTERPARTS.  This  Agreement  may be executed in separate  counterparts  each of which
will be an original and all of which taken together will constitute one and the same agreement.

                        §12.     REMEDIES.  The  Stockholders  will be  entitled  to  enforce  their  rights  under  this
Agreement  specifically  (without posting a bond or other  security),  to recover damages by reason of any material
breach of any  provision of this  Agreement and to exercise all other rights  existing in their favor.  The parties
hereto agree and  acknowledge  that money damages may not be an adequate remedy for any breach of the provisions of
this  Agreement  and that any  Stockholder  may in its sole  discretion  apply  to any  court of law or  equity  of
competent  jurisdiction  for  specific  performance  and/or  injunctive  relief in order to enforce or prevent  any
violation  of the  provisions  of  this  Agreement.  In the  event  of any  dispute  involving  the  terms  of this
Agreement,  the  prevailing  party  shall be  entitled  to collect  reasonable  fees and  expenses  incurred by the
prevailing party in connection with such dispute from the other parties to such dispute.

                        §13.     EMPLOYMENT.  Nothing  contained  in  this  Agreement  is  intended  to  create  for  any
Stockholder  who is employed by the Company a right to continued  employment  with the Company or employment in the
same position or on the same terms as those currently in effect.

                        §14.     NOTICES.  Any notice or other  communication  in  connection  with this  Agreement,  any
Related  Agreement  or the Stock shall be deemed to be  delivered  and  received if in writing (or in the form of a
telex or  telecopy)  addressed  as provided  below (a) when  actually  delivered,  in person,  (b) when  telexed or
telecopied  to said address,  confirmed by  registered  or certified  mail, or (c) in the case of delivery by mail,
three  business  days shall have  elapsed  after the same shall have been  deposited  in the United  States  mails,
postage prepaid and registered or certified:

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	 	        (i)
     
If to the Company, at its principal executive offices, to the attention of the
Chief Executive Officer (FAX: 636/757-0000), or at such other address as the Company shall
have specified by notice actually received by the addressor,

with copies to:

        Bryan Cave LLP

        One Metropolitan Square

        211 North Broadway, Suite 3600

        St. Louis, Missouri 63102

        Attention: Denis McCusker, Esq.

        FAX: 314/259-2020

	 	       (ii)     
If to any purchaser of Series A Preferred Stock, Series A-1 Preferred Stock or
Series B Preferred Stock, then to its address set forth on Exhibit A to the
corresponding Securities Purchase Agreement, or at such other address as such
purchaser shall have specified by notice actually received by the addressor,
with a copy as provided on said Exhibit A; and 

	 	      (iii)     
If to any other holder of record of any Stock, to it at its address set forth in
the stock records of the Company. 

        §15.     TERMINATION.  This  Agreement  will terminate upon the earliest to occur of (i) the date on
which no Institutional Stock remains outstanding,  (ii) upon  consummation of the initial Public Sale of the Common
Stock pursuant to which all shares of Series A Preferred  Stock are  automatically  converted into shares of Common
Stock pursuant to the Company's  Charter,  or (iii) the  completion of any voluntary or involuntary  liquidation or
dissolution  of the  Company.  The voting  provisions  of  Section 4  of this  Agreement  will  terminate  upon the
termination of this Agreement pursuant to the preceding sentence.

                        §16.      GOVERNING LAW. ALL QUESTIONS  CONCERNING THE CONSTRUCTION,  VALIDITY AND  INTERPRETATION OF
THIS  AGREEMENT  WILL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF
LAW EXCEPT THAT ALL MATTERS OF CORPORATE  GOVERNANCE  OF THE COMPANY  SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE GENERAL  CORPORATION
LAW OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE.

                        §17.   DESCRIPTIVE  HEADINGS.  The  descriptive  headings  of  this  Agreement  are  inserted  for
convenience only and do not constitute a part of this Agreement.

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                          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Amended  Stockholders'  Agreement as of
the day and year first above written.

	 	THE COMPANY:

NUVOX, INC.

	 	By:	 

	 	Title:	    Executive Officer

[Signatures of stockholders]

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EXHIBIT
“A”

List of Institutional
Stockholders

EXHIBIT
“B”

List of Management
Stockholders

Schedule 1

to Stockholders' Agreement

Instrument of Accession

        Reference  is made to that  certain  Amended and  Restated  Stockholders'  Agreement  dated as of
March  31,  2000,  as amended as of  September  20,  2001,  a copy of which is  attached  hereto (as amended and in
effect  from time to time,  the  "Stockholders'  Agreement"),  among  NuVox,  Inc.,  a  Delaware  corporation  (the
"Company"), and the Stockholders of the Company (as defined therein).

        The undersigned,
__________________________________ in order to become the owner or
holder of _____________ shares (the "Shares") of _______________ $.01 par value per share, of the Company,
hereby agrees that by the undersigned's execution hereof (a) the undersigned is [an Institutional] [a]
Stockholder party to the Stockholders' Agreement subject to all of the restrictions, conditions and obligations
applicable to [Institutional] Stockholders set forth in the Stockholders' Agreement and the Securities Purchase
Agreements (as defined in the Stockholders' Agreement), and (b) all of the Shares (and any and all shares of
stock of the Company issued in respect thereof) constitute Restricted Securities subject to all the rights,
restrictions, conditions and obligations applicable to Restricted Securities as set forth in the Stockholders'
Agreement and such Securities Purchase Agreements. This Instrument of Accession shall take effect and shall
become a part of said Stockholders' Agreement immediately upon execution.

        Executed as of the date set forth below under the laws of the State of Delaware.

	 	Signature:	 

	 	Address:	 

	 	 	 

	 	Date:	 

	Accepted:

NUVOX, INC.

	 
	By:	 

	 
	Date:Exhibit 4.4 - NuVox, Inc. Registration Rights Agreement

Exhibit 4.4

COMPOSITE CONFORMED COPY

AMENDED AND
RESTATED REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

        This
Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement dated as of March 31, 2000,
as amended by Agreement dated as of September 20, 2001, is among NUVOX, INC.
(formerly known as Gabriel Communications, Inc.), a Delaware corporation (the
“Company”), and all other parties that are signatory hereto or that
have executed an Instrument of Accession in the form of Exhibit A hereto.
[Note: This document was created for informational purposes
only and represents a composite conformed copy integrating the amendment
dated September 20, 2001.] 

W I T N E S S E T H:

        WHEREAS,
pursuant to an Amended and Restated Stockholders’ Agreement of even date
herewith among the parties hereto (as amended and in effect from time to time,
the “Stockholders’ Agreement”) and a Securities Purchase
Agreement of even date herewith among the Company and the Purchasers named
therein providing for the purchase and sale of Series B Convertible Preferred
Stock of the Company (as amended and in effect from time to time, the
“Series B Purchase Agreement”), the parties hereto have agreed to
provide for the registration rights set forth in this Agreement; and 

        WHEREAS,
certain parties to the Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of November 18,
1998, as amended as of December 14, 1998, providing for the purchase of shares
of Series A Preferred Stock (as hereinafter defined) of the Company, and certain
other stockholders of the Company who are not also parties to the Series B
Purchase Agreement desire to amend and restate the Registration Rights Agreement
dated as of November 18, 1998; 

        NOW, THEREFORE, the parties to this Agreement hereby agree as follows:

        1.   Definitions.  For all purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings
set forth below (capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning set forth
in the Stockholders' Agreement for such term):

        Commission means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

        Common
Stock means (a) the Common Stock, $.01 par value per share, of the Company
and (b) any shares of any other class of capital stock of the Company hereafter
issued which is (i) not preferred in the Company’s charter as to
dividends or assets over any class of stock of the Company, (ii) not subject to
redemption in the Company’s charter, or (iii) issued to the holders of
shares of Common Stock upon any reclassification thereof. 

        Demand
Registration means any registration requested by the Stockholders pursuant
to Section 2(a)(i). 

        indemnified party.  As defined in Section 8(c).

        Instrument
of Accession means an Instrument of Accession in the form of Exhibit A
hereto. 

        Person
means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, trust, joint
venture, unincorporated organization, or any government, governmental department
or agency or political subdivision thereof. 

        Piggyback Registration.  As defined in Section 3(a)(i).

        Preferred
Stock means (a) the Series A Preferred Stock, the Series A-1 Preferred Stock
and the Series B Preferred Stock and (b) any shares of any other class or series
of preferred stock of the Company hereafter issued, including any shares which
are issued to the holders of shares of Preferred Stock upon any reclassification
thereof. 

        Public
Sale means any sale of Restricted Securities to the public pursuant to a
public offering registered under the Securities Act or to the public through a
broker or market-maker pursuant to the provisions of Rule 144 (or any successor
rule) adopted under the Securities Act or any other public offering not required
to be registered under the Securities Act. 

        Registration Expenses.  As defined in Section 7(a).

        registered
and registration refer to a registration effected by preparing and filing
a registration statement in compliance with the Securities Act and the
declaration or ordering by the Commission of the effectiveness of such
registration statement. 

        Restricted
Securities means at any particular time all of the Company’s then
outstanding shares of Stock, and all shares of Stock issuable upon exercise of
outstanding options or warrants or conversion of outstanding securities
convertible therefor, which have not been sold in a Public Sale, or which are
not able to be sold within any ninety (90) day period in a Public Sale pursuant
to the provisions of Rule 144 of the Securities Act. 

        Securities
Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any successor federal
statute, and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission
thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the time. 

        Series A Preferred Stock means the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, $.01 par value per share, of
the Company.

        Series A-1 Preferred Stock means the Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock, $.01 par value per share,
of the Company

        Series B Preferred Stock means the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, $.01 par value per share, of
the Company

        Stock
means all shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock now or hereafter owned by
the Stockholders. 

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        Stockholders
means, initially, the Purchasers and the Management Stockholders identified as
such on the signature pages of this Agreement, and thereafter any Person who
becomes a party to this Agreement by executing an Instrument of Accession in
connection with the transfer to or acquisition by such Person of any Stock from
any Purchaser or the Company or any subsequent transferee of a Purchaser;
provided that a Person shall cease to be a Stockholder hereunder at such
time as such Person ceases to own Restricted Securities. 

        Underwriters
Maximum Number means for any Piggyback Registration, Demand Registration or
other registration which is an underwritten registration, that number of
securities to which such registration should, in the opinion of the managing
underwriters of such registration in the light of marketing factors, be limited. 

        2.   
Stockholder Demand Registration.

                
(a)   Request for Demand Registration.

	 	        (i)   
Subject to the limitations contained in the following paragraphs of this Section
2, the holders of at least 20% of the total number of outstanding Restricted
Securities may at any time after an initial public offering of the
Company’s Common Stock that results in the automatic conversion of shares
of Preferred Stock, give to the Company, pursuant to this clause (i), a written
request for a Demand Registration of Restricted Securities on SEC Form S-1 or
any successor form (a “Long-Form Registration”). In addition, at such
time as the Company is eligible to utilize SEC Form S-3 or any successor form
thereto, the holders of at least 10% of the total number of outstanding
Restricted Securities may give to the Company pursuant to this clause (i) a
written request for a demand registration of Restricted Securities with an
anticipated aggregate public offering price of not less than $5,000,000 on SEC
Form S-3 or any successor form thereto (a “Short-Form Registration”).
Within 10 days after the receipt by the Company of any such written request, the
Company will give written notice of such registration request to all
Stockholders. 

	 	        (ii)   
Subject to the limitations contained in the following paragraphs of this Section
2, after the receipt of such written request for a Demand Registration, (A) the
Company will be obligated and required to include in such Demand Registration
all Restricted Securities with respect to which the Company shall receive from
Stockholders, within 30 days after the date on which the Company shall have
given to all Stockholders a written notice of registration request pursuant to
Section 2(a)(i) hereof, the written requests of such Stockholders for inclusion
of their respective shares of Restricted Securities in such Demand Registration,
and (B) the Company will use its reasonable best efforts in good faith to effect
promptly the registration of all such Restricted Securities; provided,
that, the Company shall not be obligated and required to cause the
effectiveness of a Demand Registration of any convertible Restricted Securities
unless and until such convertible Restricted Securities included in a Demand
Registration shall have been converted into Common Stock of the Company prior to
or simultaneously with the effectiveness of a Demand Registration; and
provided, further, that each Stockholder shall be entitled to
convert any Common Stock so converted back into convertible Restricted
Securities in the event such Demand Registration is not declared effective. All
written requests made by Stockholders pursuant to this clause (ii) will specify
the number of shares of Restricted Securities to be registered and will also
specify the intended method of disposition thereof. Such method of disposition
shall, in any case, be an underwritten offering if an underwritten offering is
requested by holders of 51% or more of the Restricted Securities to be included
in such Demand Registration. 

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	 	        (iii)   
The Stockholders shall be permitted to withdraw all or any part of the
Restricted Securities of such Stockholders from any Demand Registration at any
time prior to the effective date of such Demand Registration but only in the
case of an underwritten public offering, if such Stockholders are permitted to
do so by the managing underwriters or pursuant to any agreement therewith. Upon
such withdrawal, subject to Section 2(b)(ii), such Demand Registration shall
count as a Demand Registration for purposes of Section 7(a) hereof unless the
withdrawing Stockholder bears one-half of its pro rata share of the costs
associated with such Demand Registration. 

                (b)   Limitations on Demand Registration.

	 	        (i)   
The Stockholders will not be entitled to require the Company to effect any
Demand Registrations pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof more frequently than once
during any twelve-month period or within six months after the effective date of
any Demand or Piggyback Registration pursuant to Sections 2 or 3 hereof.
Registrations pursuant to this Section 2 shall be on Form S-1 or S-2 or, if any
Demand Registration would be eligible for registration on Form S-3, the Company
may effect such Demand Registration pursuant to Form S-3. 

	 	        (ii)   
Any registration initiated pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof shall not count as a
Demand Registration for purposes of Section 7(a) hereof unless and until such
registration shall have become effective and seventy-five percent (75%) of the
number of shares initially included in the first filing with the Commission on
Form S-1, S-2 or S-3, but not withdrawn under Section 2(a)(iii) above, shall
have been actually sold. 

	 	        (iii)   
The Company shall not be obligated or required to effect the Demand Registration
of any Restricted Securities pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof during the period
commencing on the date falling 60 days prior to the Company’s estimated
date of filing of, and ending on the date 180 days following the effective date
of, any registration statement pertaining to any underwritten registration
initiated by the Company, for the account of the Company, if the written request
of Stockholders for such Demand Registration pursuant to Section 2(a)(i) hereof
shall have been received by the Company after the Company shall have given to
all Stockholders a written notice stating that the Company is commencing an
underwritten registration initiated by the Company; provided,
however, that the Company will use its reasonable best efforts in
good faith to cause any such registration statement to be filed and to become
effective as expeditiously as shall be reasonably possible. The Company shall
not be required to maintain the effectiveness of any Demand Registration beyond
the earlier to occur of (i) the consummation of the distribution by Stockholders
of the Restricted Securities included therein or (ii) 120 days after the
effective date thereof. 

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                (c)   
Priority on Demand Registrations. If the managing underwriters in any
Demand Registration pursuant to this Section 2 shall give written advice to the
Company and the Stockholders that, in their opinion, there is an
Underwriters’ Maximum Number of shares of Restricted Securities that may
successfully be included in such registration, then: (i) if the
Underwriters’ Maximum Number is less than the number of shares of
Restricted Securities requested to be included in such registration, the Company
will be obligated and required to include in such registration that number of
shares of Restricted Securities which does not exceed the Underwriters’
Maximum Number, and such number of shares of Stock shall be allocated pro
rata among such Stockholders on the basis of the number of shares of
Restricted Securities requested to be included therein by each such Stockholder;
and (ii) if the Underwriters’ Maximum Number exceeds the number of shares
of Restricted Securities requested to be included in such registration, then the
Company will be entitled to include in such registration that number of
securities which shall have been requested by the Company to be included in such
registration for the account of the Company and which shall not be greater than
such excess. Neither the Company nor any of its security holders (other than the
Stockholders) shall be entitled to include any securities in any underwritten
Demand Registration unless (i) the holders of sixty-six and two thirds percent
(66 2/3%) of the Restricted Securities to be included in such Demand
Registration by the Stockholders consent in writing to such inclusion and (ii)
the Company or such security holders (as the case may be) shall have agreed in
writing to sell such securities on the same terms and conditions as shall apply
to the Restricted Securities to be included in such Demand Registration. 

                (d)   
Selection of Underwriters. If any Demand Registration or any registration
effected pursuant to Section 2 hereof is an underwritten offering, or a best
efforts underwritten offering, the investment bankers and managing underwriters
in such registration will be selected by the Company, subject to the approval of
the holders of 51% or more of the Restricted Securities to be included in such
registration. 

        3.   Piggyback Registrations.

                
(a)   Rights to Piggyback.

	 	        (i)   
If (and on each occasion that) the Company proposes to register any of its
equity securities or any other securities convertible into equity securities
under the Securities Act for its own account or for the account of any holder of
Restricted Securities (each such registration not withdrawn or abandoned prior
to the effective date thereof being herein called a “Piggyback
Registration”), the Company will give written notice to all Stockholders of
such proposal not later than 20 days prior to the anticipated filing date of
such Piggyback Registration. 

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	 	        (ii)   
Subject to the provisions contained in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this Section 3
and in the last sentence of this clause (ii), (A) the Company will be obligated
and required to include in each Piggyback Registration all Restricted Securities
with respect to which the Company shall receive from Stockholders, within 15
days after the date on which the Company shall have given written notice of such
Piggyback Registration to all Stockholders pursuant to Section 3(a)(i) hereof,
the written requests of such Stockholders for inclusion in such Piggyback
Registration, and (B) the Company will use its reasonable best efforts in good
faith to effect promptly the registration of all such Restricted Securities;
provided, that the Company shall not be obligated and required to
cause the effectiveness of a Piggyback Registration of any convertible
Restricted Securities unless and until such convertible Restricted Securities
included in a Piggyback Registration shall have been converted into Common Stock
of the Company prior to or simultaneously with the effectiveness of a Piggyback
Registration; and provided, further, that each Stockholder shall
be entitled to convert any Common Stock so converted back into convertible
Restricted Securities in the event such Piggyback Registration is not declared
effective. The Stockholders shall be permitted to withdraw all or any part of
the Restricted Securities of such Stockholders from any Piggyback Registration
at any time prior to the effective date of such Piggyback Registration but only
in the case of an underwritten offering if such Stockholders are permitted to do
so by the managing underwriters or pursuant to any agreement therewith. The
Company will not be obligated or required to include any Restricted Securities
in any registration effected solely to implement an employee benefit plan or a
transaction to which Rule 145 of the Commission is applicable. The Company shall
not be required to maintain the effectiveness of any Piggyback Registration
beyond the earlier to occur of (i) the consummation of the distribution by
holders of Restricted Securities included in such Piggyback Registration or (ii)
120 days after the effective date thereof. 

                (b)   Priority on Primary Registrations.  If a Piggyback Registration is an underwritten
primary registration initiated by the Company for its own account, and the managing underwriters shall give
written advice to the Company that, in their opinion, there is an Underwriters' Maximum Number of securities that
may successfully be included in such registration, then: (i) the Company shall be entitled to include in such
registration that number of securities which the Company proposes to offer and sell for its own account in such
registration and which does not exceed the Underwriters' Maximum Number; and (ii) the Company will be obligated
and required to include in such registration that number of shares of Restricted Securities which shall have been
requested by the holders thereof to be included in such registration and which does not exceed the difference
between the Underwriters' Maximum Number and that number of securities which the Company is entitled to include
therein pursuant to clause (i) above and such number of shares of Restricted Securities shall be allocated pro
rata among such Stockholders on the basis of the number of shares of Restricted Securities requested to be
included therein by each such Stockholder.

                (c)   In no event will shares of any holder of Restricted Stock (other than the
Stockholders) be included in any such Piggyback Registration if such inclusion would reduce the number of shares
which may be included by the Stockholders without the written consent of Stockholders holding no less than
sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the Restricted Securities proposed to be included in such Piggyback
Registration.

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                (d)   Selection of Underwriters.  In any Piggyback Registration, the Company shall (unless
the Company shall otherwise agree) have the right to select the investment bankers and managing underwriters in
such registration.

        4.   Lockup Agreements.

                (a)   Restrictions on Public Sale by Stockholders.  Each Stockholder, if the Company or the
managing underwriters so requests in connection with such registration, will not, without the prior written
consent of the Company or such underwriters, effect any Public Sale or other distribution of any equity
securities of the Company, including any sale pursuant to Rule 144, during the seven days prior to, and during
the ninety-day period (180 day period in the case of the Company's initial public offering of the Common Stock)
commencing on the effective date of such underwritten registration, except in connection with such underwritten
registration.

                (b)   Restrictions on Public Sale by the Company.  The Company agrees, unless it obtains the
consent of the managing underwriter(s) of any underwritten offering of Restricted Securities pursuant to Sections
2 or 3 hereof, not to effect any public sale or distribution of its equity securities, or any securities
convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for such equity securities, during the period commencing on the
seventh day prior to, and ending on the ninetieth day (in the case of the Company's initial public offering of
the Common Stock 180 day period) following, the effective date of any underwritten Demand or Piggyback
Registration, except in connection with any such underwritten registration, pursuant to any employee benefit plan
or, if the managing underwriter(s) agrees, as part of an acquisition.

        5.   
Registration Procedures. If (and on each occasion that) the Company shall
become obligated to effect any registration of any Restricted Securities
hereunder, the Company will use its reasonable best efforts in good faith to
effect promptly the registration of such Restricted Securities under the
Securities Act and to permit the public offering and sale of such Restricted
Securities in accordance with the intended method of disposition thereof, and,
in connection therewith, the Company, as expeditiously as shall be reasonably
possible, will: 

                (a)   prepare and file with the Commission a registration statement with respect to such
Restricted Securities, and use its reasonable best efforts in good faith to cause such registration statement to
become and remain effective as provided herein;

                (b)   prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and supplements to such
registration statement and the prospectus included in such registration statement as may be necessary or
advisable to comply in all material respects with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the
disposition of all securities covered by such registration statement or as may be necessary to keep such
registration statement effective and current as provided herein;

                
(c)   furnish to each seller of Restricted Securities such number of copies of such
registration statement, each amendment and supplement thereto (in each case including all exhibits thereto), the
prospectus included in such registration statement (including each preliminary prospectus), and such other
documents as any such seller may reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Restricted
Securities held by such seller;

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(d)   enter into such customary agreements (provided they do not require the issuance of
securities at a discount to any underwriter) and take all such other customary actions in connection therewith as
the Stockholders holding 51% or more of the Restricted Securities being registered reasonably request in order to
expedite or facilitate the disposition of such Restricted Securities;

                
(e)    use its reasonable best efforts in good faith to register and qualify the Restricted
Securities covered by such registration statement under such securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as
any seller (or the managing underwriter, in the case of any underwritten offering) shall reasonably request and
do any and all such other acts and things as may be reasonably necessary or advisable to permit the disposition
in such jurisdictions of the Restricted Securities covered by such registration statement; provided, however that
the Company shall not be required in connection therewith to qualify to do business or file a general consent to
service of process in any such jurisdiction or subject itself to taxation in any jurisdiction where the Company
is not already subject to taxation; and

                (f)   furnish to each prospective seller a signed counterpart, addressed to the prospective
sellers, (or to the underwriters, in the case of any underwritten offering) of (i) an opinion of counsel for the
Company, dated the effective date of the registration statement, and (ii) a "comfort" letter signed by the
independent public accountants who have certified the Company's financial statements included in the registration
statement, covering substantially the same matters with respect to the registration statement (and the prospectus
included therein) and (in the case of the "comfort" letter) with respect to events subsequent to the date of the
financial statements, as are customarily covered (at the time of such registration) in opinions of issuer's
counsel and in "comfort" letters delivered to the underwriters in underwritten public offerings of securities.

        6.   Cooperation by Prospective Sellers, Etc.

                (a)   Each prospective seller of Restricted Securities will furnish to the Company in
writing such information as the Company may reasonably require and which is customary in such transactions from
such seller (as to such seller, the Restricted Securities held by such seller and the intended method of
distribution of such Restricted Securities), and otherwise reasonably cooperate with the Company in connection
with any registration statement with respect to such Restricted Securities, and the Company may exclude from such
Registration Statement the Restricted Securities of any prospective seller who fails to furnish such reasonably
requested information within 30 days after receiving such request.

                (b)   The failure of any prospective seller of Restricted Securities to furnish any
information or documents in accordance with any provision contained in this Agreement shall not affect the
obligations of the Company under this Agreement to any remaining sellers who furnish such information and
documents unless in the reasonable opinion of counsel to the Company or the underwriters, such failure impairs or
may impair the viability of the offering or the legality of the registration statement or the underlying offering.

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                (c)   The Stockholders included in any registration statement will not (until further
notice) effect sales of Restricted Securities included in any registration statement after receipt of telegraphic
or written notice from the Company to suspend sales to permit the Company to correct or update such registration
statement or prospectus; but the obligations of the Company with respect to maintaining any registration
statement current and effective shall be extended by a period of days equal to the period such suspension is in
effect.

                (d)   At the end of any period during which the Company is obligated to keep any
registration statement current and effective as provided herein (and any extensions thereof required by the
preceding paragraph (c) of this Section 6), the Stockholders included in such registration statement shall
discontinue sales of shares pursuant to such registration statement upon receipt of notice from the Company of
its intention to remove from registration the shares covered by such registration statement which remain unsold,
and such Stockholders shall notify the Company of the number of shares registered which remain unsold promptly
after receipt of such notice from the Company.

        7.   Registration Expenses.

                (a)   Except as otherwise provided herein, all out of pocket costs and expenses incurred or
sustained by the Company in connection with or arising out of the first two Long-Form Demand Registrations and
two Short-Form Demand Registrations pursuant to Section 2 hereof and each registration pursuant to Section 3
hereof, including, without limitation, all registration and filing fees, fees and expenses of compliance with
federal and state securities or blue sky laws (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the
underwriters in connection with the blue sky qualification of Restricted Securities), printing expenses,
messenger, telephone and delivery expenses, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, reasonable fees
and disbursements of one counsel representing any or all of the holders of Stock, fees and disbursements of all
independent certified public accountants of the Company (including the expenses relating to the preparation and
delivery of any special audit or "cold comfort" letters required by or incident to such registration), and fees
and disbursements of underwriters, including any qualified independent underwriter (excluding discounts,
commissions and expenses representing disguised commissions), the reasonable fees and expenses of any special
experts retained by the Company of its own initiative or at the request of the managing underwriters in
connection with such registration, and fees and expenses of all (if any) other persons retained by the Company
(all such costs and expenses being herein called, collectively, the "Registration Expenses"), will be borne and
paid by the Company; provided, however, that the Company shall not pay nor otherwise be responsible for any legal
fees or disbursements of additional counsel other than as set forth above.  The Company will, in any case, pay
its internal expenses (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees
performing legal or accounting duties), the expense of any annual audit, and the fees and expenses incurred in
connection with the listing of the securities to be registered on each securities exchange on which similar
securities of the Company are then listed.

                
(b)   The Company will not bear the cost of nor pay for any stock transfer taxes imposed in
respect of the transfer of any Restricted Securities to any purchaser thereof by any Stockholder in connection
with any registration of Restricted Securities pursuant to this Agreement.

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                (c)   To the extent that Registration Expenses incident to any registration are, under the
terms of this Agreement, not required to be paid by the Company, each Stockholder included in such registration
will pay all Registration Expenses which are clearly solely attributable to the registration of such
Stockholder's Restricted Securities so included in such registration, and all other Registration Expenses not so
attributable to one Stockholder will be borne and paid by all sellers of securities included in such registration
in proportion to the number of securities so included by each such seller.

        8.   Indemnification.

                (a)   Indemnification by the Company.  To the full extent permitted by law, the Company will
indemnify each Stockholder requesting or joining in a registration and each underwriter of the securities so
registered, the officers, directors, agents, employees, members,  partners, trustees and fiduciaries of each such
Person and each Person, if any, who controls any thereof (within the meaning of the Securities Act) against any
and all claims, losses, damages and liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arising out of or based on any
untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) of any material fact contained in any registration statement,
prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any document filed pursuant to state securities laws (or in
any related registration statement, notification or the like) or any omission (or alleged omission) to state
therein any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading, or any violation by the Company of the Securities Act or any rule or regulation promulgated under the
Securities Act applicable to the Company and relating to any action or inaction required of the Company in
connection with any such registration, qualification or compliance, and the Company will reimburse each such
Stockholder, underwriter, and each other Person indemnified pursuant to this paragraph (a) for any legal and any
other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending any such claim, loss, damage,
liability or action; provided, however, that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that
any such claim, loss, damage, liability or expense arises out of or is based on any untrue statement or omission
(or alleged untrue statement or omission) made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information
furnished to the Company in an instrument duly executed by such Stockholder, underwriter, officer, director,
partner or controlling person and stated to be specifically for use therein.

                (b)   Indemnification by Each Stockholder.  Each Stockholder requesting or joining in a
registration will severally and not jointly indemnify each underwriter of the securities so registered, the
Company, each of the other Stockholders selling Restricted Securities in such registration and the officers,
directors, agents, employees, members, partners, trustees and fiduciaries of each such Person and each Person, if
any, who controls any thereof (within the meaning of the Securities Act) and their respective successors in title
and assigns against any and all claims, losses, damages and liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arising
out of or based on any untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) of any material fact contained in any
registration statement, prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any document filed pursuant to
state securities laws (or in any related registration statement, notification or the like) or any omission (or
alleged omission) to state therein any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading, or any violation by such Stockholder of any rule or regulation promulgated
under the Securities Act applicable to such Person and relating to any action or inaction required of such Person
in connection with any such registration, qualification or compliance, and such Stockholder will reimburse each
underwriter, the Company and each other Person indemnified pursuant to this paragraph (b) for any legal and any
other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending any such claim, loss, damage,
liability or action; provided, however, that this paragraph (b) shall apply only if (and only to the extent that)
such statement or omission (or alleged untrue statement or omission) was made in reliance upon and in conformity
with written information furnished to such underwriter or the Company in an instrument duly executed by any such
Stockholder or any officer, director, partner or controlling person of such Stockholder and stated to be
specifically for use therein, and provided further that each Stockholder's liability hereunder (including,
without limitation, Section 9) with respect to any particular registration shall be limited to an amount equal to
the net proceeds received by such Stockholder from the sale of the Restricted Securities sold by such Stockholder
in such registration.  The Company and the Stockholders shall be entitled to receive indemnities from
underwriters participating in any distribution of Restricted Securities to the same extent as provided above with
respect to information so furnished in writing by such underwriters expressly for use in any prospectus or
registration statement.

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                (c)   Indemnification Proceedings.  Each party entitled to indemnification pursuant to this
Section 8 (the "indemnified party") shall give notice to the party required to provide indemnification pursuant
to this Section 8 (the "indemnifying party") promptly after such indemnified party acquires actual knowledge of
any claim as to which indemnity may be sought, and shall permit the indemnifying party (at its expense), upon
written notice to the indemnified party within thirty (30) days after receipt of the indemnified party's notice,
to assume the defense of any claim or any litigation resulting therefrom; provided that counsel for the
indemnifying party, who shall conduct the defense of such claim or litigation, shall be reasonably acceptable to
the indemnified party (unless objected to within ten (10) days after the indemnifying party's notice, such
counsel shall be deemed acceptable), and the indemnified party may participate in such defense at the indemnified
party's expense; and provided, further, that (i) the failure by any indemnified party to give notice as provided
in this paragraph (c) shall not relieve the indemnifying party of its obligations under this Section 8 except to
the extent that the failure results in a failure of actual notice to the indemnifying party and such indemnifying
party is materially prejudiced solely as a result of the failure to give notice and (ii) in the event of any
failure of the indemnifying party to retain counsel to assume the defense of such claim or litigation within
thirty (30) days after receipt of the indemnified party's notice, the indemnified party may retain such counsel
at the indemnifying party's expense.  No indemnifying party, in the defense of any such claim or litigation,
shall, except with the consent of each indemnified party, consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any
settlement which does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to
such indemnified party of a release from all liability in respect to such claim or litigation or which includes
an admission of fault by the indemnified party or the entry of any injunction against the indemnified party.  The
reimbursement required by this Section 8 shall be made by periodic payments during the course of the
investigation or defense, as and when bills are received or expenses incurred.

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        9.   
Contribution in Lieu of Indemnification. If the indemnification provided
for in Section 8 hereof is unavailable to a party that would have been an
indemnified party under any such section in respect of any losses, claims,
damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to therein, then
each party that would have been an indemnifying party thereunder shall, in lieu
of indemnifying such indemnified party, contribute to the amount paid or payable
by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate
to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party on the one hand and such
indemnified party on the other in connection with the statements or omissions
which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in
respect thereof); provided that each Stockholder’s liability
hereunder (including, without limitation, Section 8) with respect to any
particular registration shall be limited to an amount equal to the net proceeds
received by such Stockholder from the sale of the Restricted Securities sold by
such Stockholder in such registration. The relative fault 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 indemnifying party or such indemnified
party and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information
and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Company
and each Stockholder agree that it would not be just and equitable if
contribution pursuant to this Section 9 were determined by pro rata
allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take account
the equitable considerations referred to above in this Section 9. The amount
paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims,
damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to above in this
Section 9 shall include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such
indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action
or claim. No Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning
of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to indemnification or
contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation. 

        10.   
Rule 144 Requirements; Form S-3. From time to time after the earlier to
occur of (a) the ninetieth day following the date on which there shall first
become effective a registration statement filed by the Company under the
Securities Act with respect to its equity securities, or (b) the date on which
the Company shall register a class of equity securities under Section 12 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company will use its reasonable best
efforts in good faith to take all steps necessary to ensure that the Company
will be eligible to register securities on Form S-3 (or any comparable form
adopted by the Commission) as soon thereafter as possible, and to file all
reports required to be filed by it under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 in
order that there will be publicly available current public information
concerning the Company within the meaning of Rule 144(c) of the Commission under
the Securities Act. The Company will furnish to any Stockholder, upon request
made by such Stockholder at any time after the undertaking of the Company in the
preceding sentence shall have first become effective, a written statement signed
by the Company, addressed to such Stockholder, describing briefly the action the
Company has taken or proposes to take to comply with the current public
information requirements of Rule 144. The Company will, at the request of any
Stockholder, upon receipt from such Stockholder of a certificate certifying (i)
that such Stockholder has held such Restricted Securities for a period of not
less than two (2) consecutive years calculated as described in paragraph (d) of
Rule 144, (ii) that such Stockholder has not been an affiliate (as defined
in paragraph (a) of Rule 144) of the Company for more than the preceding three
months, and (iii) as to such other matters as may be appropriate in accordance
with such Rule, remove from the stock certificates representing such Restricted
Securities that portion of any restrictive legend which relates to the
registration provisions of the Securities Act, and, thereupon, such Restricted
Securities will cease to be Restricted Securities for purposes of this
Agreement. 

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        11.   
Participation in Underwritten Registrations. No person may participate in
any underwritten registration pursuant to this Agreement unless such person (a)
agrees to sell such person’s securities on the basis provided in any
underwriting arrangements approved by the persons entitled, under the provisions
hereof, to approve such arrangements, and (b) completes and executes all
questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements and
other documents reasonably required by the terms of such underwriting
arrangements. Any Stockholder to be included in any underwritten registration
shall be entitled at any time to withdraw such Restricted Securities from such
registration prior to the execution of the related underwriting agreement in the
event that such Stockholder shall disapprove of any of the terms of such
agreement. 

        12.   Miscellaneous.

                (a)   No Inconsistent Agreements.  The Company hereby represents and warrants that it is not
a party to or bound in any manner under, and covenants that it will not enter into at any time after the date
hereof, any agreement or contract (whether written or oral) with respect to any of its securities which grants to
any securityholder (other than under this Agreement) any demand registration rights or prevents the Company from
complying in any respect with the registration rights granted by the Company to the Stockholders hereunder.

                (b)   Amendments and Waivers.  The provisions of this Agreement, including the provisions of
this paragraph (b), may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and any waiver or consent to or any departure
from any of the provisions of this Agreement may not be given and shall not become or be effective, unless and
until (in each case) the Company shall have received the prior written consent of the holders of at least 66 2/3%
of the Restricted Securities then outstanding to any such amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consent;
provided however, that any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement that affects only
one or more particular parties hereto to this Agreement may become effective only with the written approval of
such party or parties.

                (c)   Restricted Securities Held by the Company.  Whenever the consent or approval of
Stockholders is required pursuant to this Agreement, Restricted Securities held by the Company shall not be
counted in determining whether such consent or approval was duly and properly given by such Stockholders.

                (d)   Term.  The agreements of the Company contained in this Agreement shall continue in
full force and effect so long as any Stockholder holds any Restricted Securities.

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                (e)   Notices.  Any notice or other communication in connection with this Agreement shall be
deemed to be delivered if in writing (or in the form of a telex or telecopy) addressed as provided below (a) when
actually delivered, in person, (b) when telexed or telecopied to said address, confirmed by registered or
certified mail, (c) when received if delivered by overnight courier, or (d) in the case of delivery by mail,
three business days shall have elapsed after the same shall have been deposited in the United States mails,
postage prepaid and registered or certified:

	 	        (i)   
if to a Stockholder, at such Stockholder’s address on the stock transfer
books of the Company (which the Company shall make available for determining the
address of any Stockholder for notification purposes hereunder).

	 	       
(ii)    if to the Company, at

                16650 Chesterfield Grove Rd.

                Suite 110

                Chesterfield, MO 63006

                Attention: Chairman or President

        with a copy to:

                Nick H. Varsam, Esq.

                Bryan Cave, LLP

                One Metropolitan Square

                211 N. Broadway

                St. Louis, MO 63102

and thereafter at such other address, notice of which is given in accordance with the provisions of this Section
13(e).

                (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, subsequent holders of
Stock agreeing to be bound by all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement by executing an Instrument of
Accession in the form set forth in attached Exhibit A.

                (g)   Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more 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 instrument.

                (h)   Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and
shall not constitute a part of this Agreement, nor shall they affect the meaning, construction or effect of any
of the terms of this Agreement.

                (i)   Governing Law. The validity, performance, construction and effect of this Agreement
shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without giving
effect to principles of conflicts of law.

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                (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 by the Company with respect to the Restricted Securities.  This Agreement supersedes all prior
agreements and understandings between the parties with respect to such subject matter.

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

	 	NUVOX, INC.

	 	By:	 

	 	 	Name:
Title:

[Signatures of stockholders]

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EXHIBIT A

Instrument of Accession

        Reference
is made to that certain Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement dated
as of March 31, 2000, as amended by Agreement dated September 20, 2001, a copy
of which is attached hereto (as amended and in effect from time to time, the
“Registration Rights Agreement”), among NuVox, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the “Company”), and the Stockholders of the Company (as
defined therein). 

        The
undersigned, ___________________________________________, in order to become the owner or holder of
__________ shares (the “Shares”) of ________________________
Stock, hereby agrees that by the undersigned’s execution hereof (a) the
undersigned is a Stockholder party to the Registration Rights Agreement subject
to all of the rights, restrictions and conditions applicable to Stockholders set
forth in the Registration Rights Agreement, and (b) all of the Shares (and any
and all shares of stock of the Company issued in respect thereof) constitute
Restricted Securities subject to all the rights, restrictions and conditions
applicable to Restricted Securities as set forth in the Registration Rights
Agreement. This Instrument of Accession shall take effect and shall become a
part of said Registration Rights Agreement immediately upon execution. 

        Executed
as of the date set forth below under the laws of the State of Delaware. 

	 	Signature:	 

	 	Address:	 

	 	 	 

	 	Date:	 

	Accepted:

NUVOX, INC.

	 
	By:	 

	 
	Date:

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