Document:

Exhibit 4.2

                             Dated 19 November 2004
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                            THE REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA
                                 ACTING THROUGH
                            THE PRIVATISATION AGENCY
                           OF THE REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA

                                       and

                                   CEZ, a. s.

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                       SHARE PRIVATISATION SALE AGREEMENT
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1   Definitions and Interpretations............................................................3

2   Subject of the Agreement...................................................................8

3   Conditions precedent and consequences of conditionality....................................9

4   Completion................................................................................11

5   Seller's Pre-Completion Covenants.........................................................14

6   Buyer's Pre-Completion Covenants..........................................................16

7   Mutual Pre-Completion Covenants...........................................................17

8   Buyer's Post-Completion Covenants.........................................................17

9   Seller's Post-Completion Covenants........................................................21

10  Indemnification by Seller.................................................................22

11  Indemnification by Buyer..................................................................27

12  Warranties of the Seller..................................................................28

13  Warranties of the Buyer...................................................................31

14  Confidentiality and Public Announcement...................................................32

15  Arbitration...............................................................................33

16  Miscellaneous.............................................................................34

17  Classified Information....................................................................36

Schedule 1.1 (B)   Escrow Agreement...........................................................39

Schedule 1.1 (C)   Restated By-laws...........................................................40

Schedule 3.2.2   Territory of Electricity Distribution and Supply Licenses....................41

Schedule 3.2.3   Part A - Form of Settlement Agreement........................................42

Schedule 3.2.3   Part B - Form of Annex 1 to the Settlement Agreement.........................43

Schedule 4.3.3   Supervisory Board............................................................44

Schedule 10.9   Net Worth Auditor Procedures..................................................46

Schedule 11.4.1   Seller Claim Notice.........................................................47

Schedule 12.2.1  Information on the Companies.................................................48

Schedule 12.2.7  Subsidiaries of the Companies................................................50

Schedule 12.2.8  Litigation or Arbitration Proceedings........................................51
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Schedule 12.2.9  Permits, Approvals and Licences..............................................74

Schedule 12.2.10(a)  Disclosed Real Estate Claims.............................................75

Schedule 13.4.2   Buyer's Power of Attorney...................................................78

Schedule 13.4.23   Buyer Funds Declaration....................................................79
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SHARE PRIVATISATION SALE AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") is dated 19 November 2004
and is made BETWEEN:

(1)  THE REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA acting through THE PRIVATISATION AGENCY OF THE
     REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA (the "Privatisation Agency" or the "Seller"), duly
     empowered pursuant to the Privatisation and Post-Privatisation Control Act,
     promulgated in State Gazette Issue No. 28 of March 19, 2002, as amended
     (the "Privatisation Act"), duly represented by Mr. Atanas Kirilov
     Bangachev, Executive Director, holder of identity card no. 101175201,
     issued on 27.10.2000 by the Ministry of the Interior, Blagoevgrad
     Department, Personal Identification No. 7602190162; and

(2)  CEZ, a. s. (the "Buyer"), a joint stock company duly incorporated and
     validly existing under the laws of the Czech Republic, having its seat and
     registered office at Duhova 2/1444, 140 53 Prague 4, Czech Republic,
     Business Identification Number 45274649, registered in the commercial
     register maintained by the municipal court in Prague, Czech Republic, under
     section B, file number 1581, represented by Mr. Martin Roman, Chairman of
     the Board of Directors, citizen of the Czech Republic, Birth No.
     691029/5546, residing at Kamenice 26, Kamenice 251 68, Czech Republic,
     holding passport No, 34150108, issued in Ricany, Czech Republic, on 14 May
     2003 valid until 14 May 2013, and Mr. Radomir Lasak, Member of the Board of
     Directors, citizen of the Czech Republic, Birth No. 651202/1780, residing
     at Krajnikova 142, Dobrichovice 252 29, Czech Republic, holding passport
     No, 34435864, issued in Cernosice, Czech Republic, on 20 October 2003 valid
     until 20 October 2013;

The Seller and the Buyer together are referred to in this Agreement as the
"parties" and each of them is referred to as a "party".

WHEREAS:

This Agreement is executed pursuant to Art. 1, para 2, item 1, Art 3, para 1 and
para 7, Art. 4, para 1, Art 32, para 1, item 3 and Chapter VIIa of the
Privatisation Act; the Regulation on Auctions and Tenders (promulgated in State
Gazette issue No. 85 dated 26 September 2003), the strategy for the
privatisation of the Companies ratified by Parliament on 29 July 2003
(promulgated in State Gazette issue No.69 dated 5 August 2003), and in
accordance with Decision No. 2484-I dated 24 October 2003 of the Privatisation
Agency (promulgated in State Gazette issue No. 95 dated 28 October 2003), the
Decision No 581/16.07.2004 of the Council of Ministers on the selection of a
buyer, the Decision of the Supervisory Board of the Privatisation Agency dated 8
November 2004 (Minutes No. 69) and Decision No. 898 of the Council of Ministers
dated 12 November 2004 concerning approval of this agreement (together the
"Tender Regulations").

NOW IT IS HEREBY AGREED as follows:

1    Definitions and Interpretations

1.1  For the purposes of this Agreement unless the context otherwise requires
     the following words and expressions will have the following meaning:

     "Applicable Law" means the Bulgarian laws, decrees, ordinances, orders,
     regulations, instructions and other normative acts, Bulgarian court
     decisions or arbitral awards, and decisions of the Council of Ministers and
     of the Parliament.

     "Bank Guarantee" means the bank guarantee established with the Guarantee
     Bank pursuant to clause 4.2.2(b) in an amount equal to the Guarantee
     Amount.

     "Board of Directors" means the Board of Directors of a Company as appointed
     in accordance with the By-Laws.

     "Bulgarian Leva" or "BGN" means the currency of the Republic of Bulgaria
     which, at the time of payment, is legal tender in the Republic of Bulgaria.

     "Business Day" means a day on which banks are generally open in Sofia,
     Bulgaria, and Prague, Czech Republic, for the transaction of normal banking
     business.

     "Buyer Claim" has the meaning ascribed to such term in clause 10.5.2.

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     "Buyer Share" means a Share with respect to a Company owned by the Buyer
     who has acquired such Share pursuant to this Agreement.

     "Buyer's Warranties" means the warranties of the Buyer set out in clause
     13.

     "By-Laws" means the by-laws of each Company in effect as of the Signing
     Date.

     "Companies" means, together, Company 1, Company 2 and Company 3 and
     "Company" will mean any one of them.

     "Company 1" means the electricity distribution and supply company
     Elektrorazpredelenie - Stolichno EAD, Sofia, having its seat and address of
     management at 330, Tzar Simeon St., Ilinden Municipality, 1309 Sofia,
     Bulgaria, capital to the amount of BGN 1,928,000 (one million and nine
     hundred and twenty eight thousand Bulgarian Leva) entered into the Trade
     Register of the Sofia City Court with Decision No. 1 of 27 April 2000,
     under c.c. 6358.

     "Company 1 Shares" means the 129,176 (one hundred and twenty nine thousand
     one hundred and seventy six) physical ordinary registered voting shares in
     Company 1, each having a par value of BGN 10 (ten Bulgarian Leva),
     representing 67% (sixty seven percent) of the total voting share capital of
     Company 1.

     "Company 2" means the electricity distribution and supply company
     Elektrorazpredelenie - Sofia Oblast EAD, Sofia having its seat and address
     of management at 2, Evropa Blvd., Vrabnitsa Municipality, 1360 Sofia,
     Bulgaria, capital to the amount of BGN 2,149,000 (two million and one
     hundred and forty nine thousand Bulgarian Leva) entered into the Trade
     Register of the Sofia City Court with Decision No. 1 of 28 April 2000 under
     c.c. 6315.

     "Company 2 Shares" means the 143,983 (one hundred and forty three thousand
     nine hundred and eighty three) physical ordinary registered voting shares
     in Company 2, each having a par value of BGN 10 (ten Bulgarian Leva),
     representing 67% (sixty seven percent) of the total voting share capital of
     Company 2.

     "Company 3" means the electricity distribution and supply company
     Elektrorazpredelenie - Pleven EAD, Pleven having its seat and address of
     management at 73 Doiran St., 5800 Pleven, Bulgaria, capital to the amount
     of BGN 1,206,000 (one million and two hundred and six thousand Bulgarian
     Leva) entered into the Trade Register of the Pleven Regional Court with
     Decision No. 833 of 28 April 2000 under c.c. 833.

     "Company 3 Shares" means the 80,802 (eighty thousand eight hundred and two)
     physical ordinary registered voting shares in Company 3, each having a par
     value of BGN 10 (ten Bulgarian Leva), representing 67% (sixty seven
     percent) of the total voting share capital of Company 3.

     "Completion" means the completion of the privatisation sale and purchase of
     the Sale Shares under this Agreement by the performance by the Buyer and
     the Seller of their respective obligations under clause 4.

     "Completion Date" means either (a) 10 (ten) Business Days after the
     Condition Date or (b) such later date as contemplated by this Agreement, or
     (c) such later date as the parties may agree in writing.

     "Condition Date" means the date on which all Conditions Precedent set forth
     at clauses 3.1.1, 3.1.4, 3.2.1, 3.2.2 and 3.2.3 have been met (or waived,
     as the case may be).

     "Conditions Precedent" means the conditions precedent set out in clauses
     3.1 and 3.2.

     "CPC" means the Bulgarian Commission on Protection of the Competition
     established pursuant to the Protection of the Competition Act of Bulgaria,
     promulgated in State Gazette Issue No. 52 of 1998, last amended in State
     Gazette Issue No. 107 of 2003.

     "CPC Decision" means a decision by the CPC described in clauses 3.1.1 and
     3.2.1.

     "Deposit" will have the meaning given to it in clause 2.3.

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     "Encumbrances" means all claims, charges, mortgages (whether by fixed or
     floating charge), pledges, liens, security interests, encumbrances,
     equities, put and call options and other third party rights.

     "Energy Act" means the Energy Act promulgated in State Gazette Issue No.107
     of 9 December 2003.

     "Escrow Account" means the bank account established by the Buyer and the
     Seller pursuant to the terms of the Escrow Agreement.

     "Escrow Agent" means Bulbank AD, 7 Sveta Nedelia sq., 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria.

     "Escrow Agreement" means the escrow agreement attached hereto as Schedule
     1.1 (B).

     "Euro" or "EUR" means the currency defined in Art. 2 of Council Regulation
     (EC) No. 974/98 of 3 May 1998.

     "Financial Statements" means the audited balance sheets of each of the
     Companies as of 31 December 2002 and 2003 ("Balance Sheets") and the
     related audited statements of income, changes in stockholders' equity and
     cash flow for the financial years ended 2002 and 2003 in each case prepared
     in accordance with IFRS, together with the reports thereon of the
     Registered Auditors.

     "Governmental Entity" means any Bulgarian governmental or regulatory
     department, commission, board, agency or other similar entity, whether
     national, regional or municipal, acting pursuant to Applicable Law.

     "Guarantee Amount" means EUR 28,150,000 (twenty eight million and one
     hundred and fifty thousand Euro) an amount equal to 10% (ten percent) of
     the Purchase Price.

     "Guarantee Bank" means ING Bank N.V., with its registered seat at
     Amstelveenseweg 500, 1081 KL Amsterdam, The Netherlands, a company limited
     by shares and registered in the Trade Register of the Chamber of Commerce
     and Industry for Amsterdam under the file no. 33031431, acting in Bulgaria
     through its Sofia branch, registered with Sofia City Court, Company File
     11357/94, Batch 18182, Volume 227, Register 1, page 168, BULSTAT
     K831553811, having its registered office at 12 Emil Bersinski Street, Ivan
     Vazov Region, Sofia 1408.

     "Indebtedness" means (i) all debentures, bonds, notes or other instruments
     representing borrowings with banks, financial institutions or other
     entities (ii), all agreements classified as capital leases pursuant to IFRS
     and (iii) all guarantees, indemnities or similar assurances against
     financial loss of any person with respect to the foregoing; provided that
     the indemnities provided in connection with the Settlement Agreement will
     not qualify as Indebtedness for the purposes of this definition.

     "Indemnification Damages" means all damages, not including lost profits but
     including costs of investigation and defence and reasonable attorneys'
     fees.

     "Information" means all information, whether oral or written (on whatever
     medium stored) provided by the Seller and the Minister to the Buyer in
     connection with the privatisation sale of the Sale Shares, together with
     all notes, data, analyses, compilations, studies or other documents derived
     from or otherwise reflecting such information.

     "IFRS" means the International Financial Reporting Standards adopted by the
     International Accounting Standards Board (IASB).

     "Long Stop Date" means 30 April 2005 or such later date as contemplated by
     this Agreement.

     "Management Board" means the Management Board of a Company to be appointed
     in accordance with the Restated By-Laws and as constituted from time to
     time.

     "Minister" means the Minister of Energy and Energy Resources of the
     Republic of Bulgaria.

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     "NEK" means Natzionalna Elektricheska Kompania EAD (National Electric
     Company) a company incorporated under the Law on Commerce, registered with
     the Sofia City Court under company file # 29869/1991, having its registered
     address at 8 Triaditza st., Oborishte Municipality, Sofia, Bulgaria.

     "OCA" means the Obligations and Contracts Act promulgated in State Gazette
     issue No. 275 of 1950, as amended from time to time.

     "Officer's Certificate" means, if to be delivered by the Buyer, a
     certificate or letter signed by a duly authorised officer of the Buyer and,
     if to be delivered by the Seller, a certificate or letter signed by a duly
     authorised representative of the Seller, as set out in Annex 10 of the
     Escrow Agreement.

     "Ordinance on Price Regulation" means the Ordinance on the Electricity
     Price Regulation promulgated in State Gazette issue no. 17 of 2004, as
     amended from time to time.

     "PEA" means the Protection of the Environment Act promulgated in State
     Gazette issue No. 91 of 2002, as amended from time to time.

     "PEA Regulation" means the Regulation (adopted by virtue of Decree No. 173
     of the Council of Ministers dated 19 July 2004, promulgated in State
     Gazette issue No. 66 of 2004 and as amended from time to time) on the terms
     and conditions for determining the liability of the State and for negating
     damages to the environment arising, in the context of a privatisation
     transaction, as a direct result of the actions of the State prior to the
     date of the relevant privatisation.

     "Permitted Transferee" means either the European Bank for Reconstruction
     and Development, International Finance Corporation or the Black Sea Trade
     and Development Bank.

     "Post-Privatisation Control Agency" means a Governmental Entity within the
     meaning of Art. 18 of the Privatisation Act.

     "Pre-Completion Period" means the period from and including the Signing
     Date to and including the Completion Date.

     "Purchase Price" will have the meaning given to it in clause 2.2.

     "Registered Auditor" means a qualified chartered accountant or a firm of
     professional auditors registered with the special register of the Chartered
     Accountants Institute within the Republic of Bulgaria and approved in
     accordance with this Agreement.

     "Remaining Seller Share" means a Share in the capital of a Company owned by
     the Republic of Bulgaria following Completion.

     "Retention Amount" means EUR 56,300,000 (fifty six million and three
     hundred thousand Euro) an amount equal to 20% (twenty percent) of the
     Purchase Price.

     "Republic" or "Republic of Bulgaria" means the Bulgarian State acting
     through a Governmental Entity competent to act on its behalf.

     "Restated By-Laws" means the by-laws of each Company, substantially in the
     form of Schedule 1.1 (C), to be adopted at Completion as provided for in
     this Agreement.

     "Sale Shares" means the Company 1 Shares, the Company 2 Shares and the
     Company 3 Shares.

     "Seller's Account" means account of the Seller in Euro, opened at BNB -
     Head Office, Sofia, numbered 54 00150339, bank code 66196611, SWIFT
     BNBGBGSF.

     "Seller Indemnity Termination Date" means the date occurring 18 (eighteen)
     months after the date on which Completion occurs.

     "Seller's Warranties" means the warranties of the Seller set out in clause
     12.

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     "SERC" means the State Energy Regulation Commission of the Republic of
     Bulgaria established pursuant to the Energy Act.

     "SERC 2004 Filings" means the filings required to be made with the SERC for
     the regulatory period 1 July 2004 to 31 December 2004.

     "SERC 2005 Filings" means the filings required to be made with the SERC for
     the first regulatory period beginning 1 January 2005.

     "Share" means one ordinary physical registered voting share in the capital
     of a Company.

     "Shareholders Agreements" means the shareholders agreements between the
     Buyer and the Minister, in his capacity of a body exercising the ownership
     rights of the Republic of Bulgaria in each Company, with respect to each
     Company entered into simultaneously with the execution of this Agreement
     and which shareholders agreements will become effective upon Completion.

     "Signing Date" means the date hereof.

     "Supervisory Board" means the Supervisory Board of a Company to be
     appointed in accordance with the Restated By-Laws and as constituted from
     time to time.

     "Tax" or "Taxation" means all forms of taxes or any other imposition in the
     nature of taxation imposed in accordance with Applicable Law, as well as
     any mandatory social security and health insurance contributions, together
     with any related penalties, interest, fines, surcharges or other amounts
     due to a Tax Authority.

     "Tax Authority" means any Governmental Entity responsible for the
     imposition of Taxation.

     "Temporary Share Certificate" has the meaning provided in Article 167(1) of
     the Bulgarian Law on Commerce.

     "Third Party Proceeding" means any arbitration, audit, investigation or
     litigation commenced, brought or conducted by a third party or a
     Governmental Entity against a Company after Completion (with respect to any
     period prior to Completion) and with respect to which the Buyer (acting
     reasonably and in good faith) believes it has a claim against the Seller
     pursuant to this Agreement.

     "Transaction Documents" means this Agreement, the Escrow Agreement, the
     Bank Guarantee, the Shareholders Agreements and the Restated By-Laws and
     the documents entered into pursuant to these documents.

     "Transfer" means any of the following:

          (a)  the sale, transfer or other disposal or dealing of any share of
               capital stock (including of a Share), of any other equity
               interest or of any direct or indirect legal or beneficial
               interest in any of the foregoing or the entering into any
               agreement for any of the foregoing;

          (b)  the entering into any agreement with respect to the voting rights
               attached to any share of capital stock in any Company (including
               of a Share); or

          (c)  the Encumbrance of any share of capital stock in any Company
               (including of any Share) or of any other equity interest or in
               any legal or beneficial interest in any of the foregoing.

     1.2  In this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires:

1.2.1      references to a "party" include its legal successors and persons to
           whom rights or obligations may be assigned pursuant to the terms of
           this Agreement;

1.2.2      words importing the singular include the plural and vice versa, words
           importing a gender include every gender and references to "persons"
           will include individuals and legal entities;

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1.2.3      references to a clause or schedule are to a clause of, or a schedule
           to, this Agreement, references to this Agreement include its recitals
           and schedules and references in a schedule or part of a schedule to a
           paragraph are to a paragraph of that schedule or that part of that
           schedule;

1.2.4      references to this Agreement or any other document or to any
           specified provision of this Agreement or any other document are to
           this Agreement, that document or that provision as in force for the
           time being and as amended from time to time in accordance with the
           terms of this Agreement or that document or, as the case may be, with
           the agreement of the relevant parties;

1.2.5      the contents table and the descriptive headings to clauses, schedules
           and paragraphs are inserted for convenience only, have no legal
           effect and will be ignored in the interpretation of this Agreement;

1.2.6      references to any enactment (meaning any statute or statutory
           provision or any other subordinate legislation or regulations made
           under any such statute or statutory provision) will be construed as
           references to such enactment and any re-enactments, replacements, or
           modifications thereto made from time to time;

1.2.7      the words "herein", "hereto", "hereof" and other similar words refer
           to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of
           this Agreement;

1.2.8      the word "procure" in this Agreement will mean the taking of all
           required actions or refraining from taking actions for the
           achievement of a particular result to the extent permitted by
           Bulgarian Law;

1.2.9      if a date as provided for in this Agreement falls on a day that is
           not a Business Day, such date will be deemed to be the next Business
           Day after such date; and

1.2.10     the rule known as the eiusdem generis rule will not apply and
           accordingly:

         (a)  general words introduced by the words and phrases such as
              "include", "including", "other" and "in particular" will not be
              given a restrictive meaning or limit the generality of any
              preceding words or be construed as being limited to the same
              class as the preceding words where a wider construction is
              possible; and

         (b)  general words will not be given a restrictive meaning by reason
              of the fact that they are followed by particular examples
              intended to be embraced by the general words; and references to
              writing includes any method of reproducing words in a legible and
              non-transitory form.

     2    Subject of the Agreement

     2.1  Privatisation Sale

          On and subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Seller agrees to
          sell and the Buyer agrees to purchase the Sale Shares at Completion,
          free and clear from Encumbrances and together with all rights and
          obligations attaching to them as of Completion.

     2.2  Purchase Price

          The purchase price (the "Purchase Price") for the Sale Shares will be
          EUR 281,500,000 (two hundred and eighty one million and five hundred
          thousand Euro), allocated as follows:

2.2.1     EUR 188,793,000 (one hundred and eighty eight million and seven
          hundred and ninety three thousand Euro) for Company 1 Shares
          (equivalent to EUR 1,461.517 (one thousand four hundred and sixty one
          and five hundred and seventeen thousandths Euro) per Share for Company
          1);

2.2.2     EUR 35,689,000 (thirty five million and six hundred and eighty nine
          thousand Euro) for Company 2 Shares (equivalent to EUR 247.869 (two
          hundred and forty seven and eight hundred and sixty nine thousandths
          Euro) per Share for Company 2); and

2.2.3     EUR 57,018,000 (fifty seven million and eighteen thousand Euro) for
          Company 3 Shares (equivalent to EUR 705.65 (seven hundred and five
          and sixty five hundredths Euro) per Share for Company 3).

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     2.3  Payment of the Purchase Price

2.3.1      Deposit

          (a)  On the Signing Date, the Buyer shall deposit into the Escrow
               Account the amount of EUR 56,300,000 (fifty six million and three
               hundred thousand Euro) (the "Deposit"), representing 20% (twenty
               percent) of the Purchase Price, to be held by the Escrow Agent
               pursuant to the terms of the Escrow Agreement.

          (b)  Upon receipt by the Seller of written confirmation from the
               Escrow Agent of the Escrow Agent's receipt of the Deposit, the
               Seller shall (i) return the Bid Bond to the Buyer (or otherwise
               cancel the Bid Bond), and (ii) deliver a statement to the Buyer
               to the effect that the Seller has no further interest in the Bid
               Bond or that the Bid Bond has been cancelled, as applicable.

2.3.2      Payment of Balance of Purchase Price

             The Buyer shall pay an amount equal to the difference between the
             Purchase Price and the Deposit (the "Amount Due at Completion")
             pursuant to clause 4.

     2.4  Dividends

2.4.1      Financial year 2003

           In accordance with Decree No. 30 of the Council of Ministers for the
           Implementation of the Republic of Bulgaria's Budget for year 2004
           (promulgated in State Gazette issue No. 13 of 17 February 2004), the
           Companies have declared and distributed to the Seller dividends
           relating to the year ended 31 December 2003 equal to 50% (fifty
           percent) of the Companies' profits accrued in such year (after
           mandatory deductions for the Reserves Funds of the Companies). Such
           dividends are in a total amount of BGN 3,124,696 (three million one
           hundred and twenty four thousand six hundred and ninety six Bulgarian
           Leva) for Company 1, BGN 731,526.85 (seven hundred and thirty one
           thousand five hundred and twenty six and eighty five hundredths
           Bulgarian Leva) for Company 2 and BGN 2,597,400.98 (two million five
           hundred and ninety seven thousand four hundred and ninety eight
           hundredths Bulgarian Leva) for Company 3. In so far as the same (i)
           have not been paid at the Signing Date and (ii) may be paid in
           accordance with Applicable Law, the Buyer acknowledges that such
           payments shall be effected by the Companies prior to Completion. The
           Seller undertakes to procure that none of the Companies will declare
           or pay any other dividends relating to the year ended 31 December
           2003 prior to Completion.

2.4.2      Financial years 2004 and 2005

           The Seller undertakes to procure that none of the Companies will
           declare or pay any dividends relating to the year ending 31 December
           2004 prior to Completion, and any dividends of the Companies with
           respect to the years ending 31 December 2004 and 31 December 2005, as
           the case may be ("Post 2003 Dividends"), will be distributed between
           the Buyer and the Seller in the proportion of their respective
           shareholdings in the Companies as of the respective dates of
           declaration of the Post 2003 Dividends.

     2.5  Escrow Agreement

          The parties shall enter into the Escrow Agreement simultaneously with
          the execution of this Agreement.

     3    Conditions precedent and consequences of conditionality

     3.1  Completion of this Agreement by the Seller will be conditional upon
          fulfilment of the following conditions precedent:

3.1.1      CPC Decision

          (a)  the CPC having issued a decision (an "Unconditional CPC
               Decision") (i) to authorise the privatisation sale of the Sale
               Shares as contemplated by this Agreement and imposing no
               restrictions and/or conditions on such sale and such decision
               having entered into force, or (ii) that

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               no permit from the CPC authorising the privatisation sale of the
               Sale Shares is required under Applicable Law; or

          (b)  the CPC having issued a Conditional CPC Decision (as defined in
               clause 3.2.1), the Buyer having accepted the restrictions and/or
               conditions pursuant to clause 3.2.1 and such decision having
               entered into force.

3.1.2      the Buyer having fulfilled its pre-completion obligations pursuant to
           clause 6;

3.1.3      the Buyer's Warranties being true and correct as of both the Signing
           Date and the Completion Date; and

3.1.4      the Buyer not having been dissolved, not having entered into (or
           taken steps to enter into) liquidation, administration or
           administrative receivership and not being insolvent or unable to pay
           its debts as they become due.

     3.2  Completion of this Agreement by the Buyer is conditional upon
          fulfilment of the following conditions precedent:

3.2.1      CPC Decision

          (a)  The CPC having issued an Unconditional CPC Decision and such
               decision having entered into force; or

          (b)  the CPC having issued a decision authorising the privatisation
               sale of the Sale Shares as contemplated by this Agreement, but
               imposing restrictions and/or conditions to such authorisation in
               accordance with Applicable Law (a "Conditional CPC Decision") and
               (i) the Buyer, acting in accordance with clause 6.1.2, having
               accepted such restrictions and/or conditions by providing a
               written notice to the Seller within 10 (ten) days after the
               publication of such Conditional CPC Decision in the Bulgarian
               State Gazette and (ii) the Conditional CPC Decision having
               entered into force.

          In the event that the Buyer may decide not to accept a Conditional CPC
          Decision, it shall forthwith notify the Seller of such decision by
          providing a written notice to the Seller to that effect within 10
          (ten) days after publication of such decision in the Bulgarian State
          Gazette, setting out its substantial reasons for not accepting such
          restrictions and/or conditions. In the event that the Seller either
          (x) accepts the decision of the Buyer, this Agreement shall terminate
          and the provisions of clauses 4.6 through 4.8 shall apply, or (y)
          rejects the decision of the Buyer, the provisions of clause 4.8 shall
          apply and the matter shall be referred to arbitration pursuant to
          clause 15 hereof.

3.2.2      Each of the Companies having received licences for distribution and
           supply of electricity in compliance with paragraph 17 of the Energy
           Act, and such licenses having been issued for distribution and supply
           in the territories set out in Schedule 3.2.2 hereto.

3.2.3      Settlement Agreement

          (a)  NEK and each of the seven Bulgarian electricity distribution
               companies (the "EDCs" and each an "EDC") will have entered into a
               multi-lateral contractual arrangement (the "Settlement
               Agreement") in the form attached as Part A of Schedule 3.2.3 to
               this Agreement; and

          (b)  NEK and the Companies will have entered into an annex to the
               Settlement Agreement in the form attached as Part B of Schedule
               3.2.3 of this Agreement.

3.2.4      The Seller having fulfilled its pre-completion obligations contained
           at clauses 2.3.1(b), 2.4 and 5.

3.2.5      The Seller Title Warranties (as defined below) being true and correct
           as of the Completion Date, and all other Seller Warranties being true
           and correct in all material respects as of the Completion Date, it
           being agreed that:

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          (a)  the Seller Warranty contained at clause 12.2.13 will be deemed
               materially correct unless the Agreement Net Worth is less than
               90% (ninety percent) of the Aggregate 2003 B/S Date Net Worth
               (both as defined in, and to be determined in accordance with
               clause 10.9); and

          (b)  the Seller Warranty contained in clause 12.2.14 will be deemed
               materially correct if there are either (i) no proceedings or (ii)
               to the extent there are proceedings that they do not have a
               reasonable likelihood of success.

     3.3  If at any time the Buyer or the Seller becomes aware of a fact or
          circumstance that might prevent or materially delay any of the
          Conditions Precedent set out in clauses 3.1 or 3.2, respectively, from
          being satisfied, such party will promptly notify the other party.

     3.4  Except for the Conditions Precedent contained at clauses 3.1.1 and
          3.2.1 (which both parties agree cannot be waived, except for the
          condition therein that the CPC Decision should have entered into
          force, which can be waived only by both parties jointly), the Buyer
          may waive (to the extent thought fit by the Buyer) all or any of the
          Conditions Precedent set out in clause 3.2 or any part of them, and
          the Seller may waive (to the extent thought fit by the Seller) all or
          any of the Conditions Precedent set out in clause 3.1 or any part of
          them. Any waiver by the Buyer or the Seller under this clause is
          without prejudice to any other rights which each of them may have
          under this Agreement.

     4    Completion

     4.1  If all of the Conditions Precedent have been satisfied or waived (to
          the extent they can be waived), and if no termination has occurred
          pursuant to clause 4.6, Completion will take place at the premises of
          the Seller (or at such other place as the parties may agree) on the
          Completion Date.

     4.2  Actions undertaken on the Condition Date

          On the Condition Date, the following will occur:

4.2.1      The Buyer and the Seller will each issue a certificate (a "CP
           Certificate") confirming that, as of the Condition Date, (i) the
           Conditions Precedent applicable to it (other than those which relate
           to the Completion Date) have been met (or confirming that it has
           waived the same in accordance with clause 3.4, as the case may be),
           (ii) in the case of the Seller, that the Seller's Warranties are true
           and correct as of the Condition Date, in the case of the Buyer, that
           the Buyer's Warranties are true and correct as of the Condition Date
           and (iii) that it has performed those pre-completion obligations
           hereunder that are to be performed prior to the Condition Date. In
           the event that either party shall refuse to sign its CP Certificate,
           the matter shall be referred to arbitration pursuant to clause 15.

4.2.2      No later than 3 (three) Business Days following the issuance of the
           CP Certificates,

          (a)  the Buyer will pay the Amount Due at Completion by electronic
               funds transfer to the Escrow Agent; and

          (b)  the Buyer will cause the Bank Guarantee to be established in the
               amount of the Guarantee Amount and will procure that the
               Guarantee Bank forward the original Bank Guarantee to the Seller
               and a copy of the Bank Guarantee to the Escrow Agent.

4.2.3      Subject to the Buyer fulfilling its obligations referred to in clause
           6.2 and upon having received notice from the Escrow Agent that the
           Buyer has complied with its obligations pursuant to clause 4.2.2, the
           Seller will before the Completion Date:

          (a)  provide to the Buyer and to the Escrow Agent copies of the
               resolutions, in each case signed by the Minister of Energy and
               Energy Resources, (i) amending the By-Laws so that they are in
               the form of the Restated By-Laws as applicable to each Company,
               (ii) dismissing the members of the Board of Directors of each of
               the Companies and (iii) appointing the members of the Supervisory
               Board (as provided for in the Restated By-laws) in accordance
               with Schedule 4.3.3;

          (b)  provide to the Buyer, if available, copies of the settlement
               agreements of the outgoing members of the Companies' Boards of
               Directors confirming that they do not have any legal or financial

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               claims against the respective Company. The Seller will undertake
               reasonable efforts to cause each Company to obtain a settlement
               agreement from each outgoing member of the Companies' Boards of
               Directors, and in the absence of any such settlement agreement
               from a director the Seller shall indemnify the Buyer against any
               claim in relation to his dismissal as a member of such Company's
               Board of Directors brought by such director; and

          (c)  procure that the appropriate filings with the commercial courts
               are made by each Company for the registration in the respective
               commercial register in the jurisdiction of such Company of the
               changes to such Company's corporate status reflecting the
               resolutions at clause 4.2.3(a) as well as the appointment of the
               Company's new Management Board and Executive Directors (nominated
               by the Buyer as provided for in the Shareholders Agreement
               applicable to such Company).

     4.3  On the Completion Date, the following actions will be undertaken in
          the order stated below:

4.3.1      the Seller will provide to the Buyer, with a copy to the Escrow
           Agent, an Officer's Certificate confirming that the Seller Title
           Warranties are true and correct as of the Completion Date, that the
           other Seller's Warranties are true and correct in all material
           respects as of the Completion Date and that the Seller has performed
           its pre-completion obligations contained at clauses 2.3.1(b), 2.4 and
           5;

4.3.2      the Buyer will provide to the Seller, with a copy to the Escrow
           Agent, an Officer's Certificate confirming that the Buyer's
           Warranties are true and correct as of the Completion Date and that
           the Buyer has performed its pre-completion obligations contained at
           clause 6;

4.3.3      the Seller will provide to the Buyer, with a copy to the Escrow
           Agent, copies of the court decisions certified by the competent
           courts ordering the registration of the matters referred to in clause
           4.2.3(c); and

4.3.4      the Seller will endorse the Temporary Share Certificates relating to
           the Sale Shares to the Buyer's name and deliver the endorsed
           Temporary Share Certificates to the Buyer and will provide a copy
           thereof to the Escrow Agent.

     4.4  Deferral

4.4.1      Subject to clause 4.4.2, if either the Seller or the Buyer (as the
           case may be, the "Affected Party") fails to comply with any of its
           obligations under the preceding provisions of this clause 4 on the
           Completion Date other than the Seller's obligation pursuant to clause
           4.3.3, then the other (the "Unaffected Party") may, at its option and
           with notice to the Affected Party:

          (a)  defer Completion by 15 (fifteen) days (provided always that such
               deferral shall not extend beyond the Long Stop Date), in which
               case both the Affected Party and the Unaffected Party will
               provide notice to the Escrow Agent of such extension; or

          (b)  proceed to Completion so far as practicable but without prejudice
               to the Unaffected Party's rights where the Affected Party has not
               complied with its obligations under this Agreement.

4.4.2      In the event the Seller is unable to fulfil its obligation pursuant
           to clause 4.3.3 because of a delay by any court to make the
           registrations referred to in clause 4.2.3(c) for reasons outside the
           reasonable control of the Seller or the Company with respect to which
           such registration is to be made, the Seller shall be entitled to
           defer Completion until completion of the delayed registration
           provided that the Buyer will have received copies of the filings made
           by each Company as referred to in clause 4.2.3(c) (provided always
           that such deferral shall not extend beyond the Long Stop Date),
           unless the Buyer shall have agreed in writing to proceed with
           Completion without waiting for such registration to be made, in which
           case 2 (two) original copies of such written agreement shall be
           provided to the Seller. The Seller shall notify the Escrow Agent of
           any such deferral and such deferral shall be on a rolling 7 (seven)
           day basis.

     4.5  If the Buyer fails to comply with any of its obligations under clause
          4.2.1 or 4.2.2 as a result of which Completion is deferred or extended
          pursuant to clause 4.4.1(a), the Buyer shall pay to the Seller
          statutory interest for delay on the Amount Due at Completion,
          calculated from the date of due payment until the

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           date on which such amount is paid. Such payment shall be without
           prejudice to any other remedies the Seller may have against the
           Buyer.

     4.6  Termination

          If all Conditions Precedent are not fulfilled or waived (if capable of
          being waived) on or before the date occurring 10 (ten) Business Days
          prior to the Long Stop Date, then this Agreement will terminate and
          clause 4.7 will apply, provided always that in the event that (i) the
          CPC Decision referred to in clauses 3.1.1 and 3.2.1 has been issued
          but has not yet entered into force and the parties have not jointly
          waived such entry into force as a Condition Precedent in accordance
          with clause 3.4 (or the CPC has issued a refusal to authorise the
          privatisation sale of the Sale Shares as contemplated by this
          Agreement and such refusal, having been appealed by the Buyer, the
          Seller or both, has not yet been finalised) and (ii) all other
          Conditions Precedent have been duly satisfied, then the Long Stop Date
          shall automatically be extended for a period of 6 months to 31 October
          2005.

     4.7  Effect of Termination

          In the event of a termination pursuant to clauses 3.2.1 or 4.6 above,
          all of the provisions of this Agreement will terminate, except for
          clauses 4.8 (which will terminate only once the obligations provided
          for therein have been performed) and clauses 14 through 16, which will
          remain in full force and effect. Termination pursuant to this clause
          is without prejudice to a party's right to claim damages against the
          other party for a breach of the other party's obligations contained at
          clauses 5 and 6.

     4.8  Deposit

4.8.1      Subject to clause 4.8.2, (a) if Completion does not occur as a result
           of a breach by the Buyer of its obligations under this Agreement,
           then the Deposit (together with any interest accrued thereon) will be
           paid to the Seller as a penalty (liquidated damages) from the Escrow
           Account and (b), if Completion does not occur as a result of any
           reason other than as stated at clause 4.8.1(a) above, then the
           Deposit plus the Amount Due at Completion if the Buyer has already
           paid over the Amount Due at Completion (together with any interest
           accrued thereon) will be returned to the Buyer, all in accordance
           with the terms of the Escrow Agreement.

4.8.2      Subject to clause 4.8.3, if (a) Completion does not occur solely as a
           result of the Condition Precedent set out in clause 3.2.1(b) not
           being satisfied as a result of the Buyer not having accepted a
           condition and/or restriction as part of a Conditional CPC Decision on
           the basis that such condition and/or restriction would have had
           either (i) a material adverse economic impact on the Buyer, acting
           reasonably or (ii) a material adverse impact on the Companies in the
           aggregate (to be determined in accordance with clause 6.1.2) and (b)
           the Seller agrees with the Buyer's determination in accordance with
           clause 4.8.4 below, then the Deposit (together with any interest
           earned thereon) will be paid from the Escrow Account to the Buyer.

4.8.3      If the Seller receives notice pursuant to clause 3.2.1 that
           Completion will not occur solely as a result of the Condition
           Precedent set out in clause 3.2.1(b) not being satisfied and the
           Buyer is unable to prove, if applicable in an arbitration pursuant to
           clause 4.8.4, that such Conditional CPC Decision would have had a
           material adverse economic impact on the Buyer or the Companies as
           defined in clause 6.1.2, then the Seller shall be entitled to an
           amount of EUR 5,000,000 (five million Euro) (together with any
           interest earned thereon) from the Escrow Account (as liquidated
           damages). If the Buyer has acted fraudulently, with gross negligence
           or with wilful misconduct in making its determination as to whether
           such Conditional CPC Decision would have a material adverse economic
           impact on the Buyer or the Companies as defined in clause 6.1.2, then
           the Seller shall be entitled to an additional EUR 10,000,000 (ten
           million Euro) (together with any interest earned thereon) from the
           Escrow Account (as liquidated damages). Any moneys remaining to the
           credit of the Escrow Account (together with any interest earned
           thereon) shall belong to the Buyer, and shall be paid over to the
           Buyer in accordance with the procedure set out in clause 4.8.4 and
           the terms of the Escrow Agreement.

4.8.4      If the Seller receives notice from the Buyer pursuant to clause 3.2.1
           that Completion will not occur solely as a result of the failure of
           the Condition Precedent set out in clause 3.2.1(b), the Seller shall
           have 30 (thirty) Business Days to either accept or reject the Buyer's
           underlying determination provided that the Buyer agrees promptly to
           provide the Seller with any information or clarification reasonably

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           requested by the Seller in connection with such notice. If the Seller
           fails to notify the Buyer within the aforementioned period, the
           Seller shall be deemed to have accepted the Buyer's determination and
           the provisions of clause 4.8.2 shall apply. If the Seller desires to
           challenge the Buyer's decision in this regard, the Seller shall
           notify the Buyer as set out above and may initiate arbitration
           proceedings in accordance with clause 15 of this Agreement. With
           respect to such arbitration proceedings, the following additional
           provisions shall apply:

          (a)  If (i) the Seller commences arbitration proceedings in accordance
               with this clause, and (ii) the Seller specifies in its initial
               declaration commencing arbitration proceedings that it desires to
               claim that the Buyer has acted fraudulently, with gross
               negligence or with wilful misconduct in making its determination
               as to whether such Conditional CPC Decision would have a material
               adverse economic impact on the Buyer or the Companies, an amount
               equal to the Deposit less EUR 15,000,000 (fifteen million Euro)
               (together with interest accrued thereon) will be paid to the
               Buyer at the commencement of such proceedings; and provided
               further that an amount equal to EUR 10,000,000 (ten million Euro)
               (together with interest accrued thereon) will be paid to the
               Buyer from the Escrow Account as soon as the Buyer, bearing
               costs, posts a bank guarantee from the Guarantee Bank (or such
               other bank acceptable to the Seller) in favour of the Seller,
               pursuant to terms substantially similar to the Bank Guarantee and
               reflecting the terms of this clause, in the amount of EUR
               10,000,000 (ten million Euro) until such proceeding has been
               settled, terminated or finally determined.

          (b)  If (i) the Seller commences arbitration proceedings pursuant to
               this clause, and (ii) the Seller does not claim in its initial
               declaration commencing arbitration proceedings that it desires to
               claim that the Buyer has acted fraudulently, with gross
               negligence or with wilful misconduct in making its determination
               as to whether such Conditional CPC Decision would have a material
               adverse economic impact on the Buyer or the Companies, an amount
               equal to the Deposit less EUR 5,000,000 (five million Euro)
               (together with any interest earned thereon) will be paid from the
               Escrow Account to the Buyer at the commencement of such
               proceedings.

          (c)  If applicable, the arbitrator's award shall set forth whether the
               Buyer has acted fraudulently, with gross negligence or with
               wilful misconduct in making its determination as to whether such
               Conditional CPC Decision would have a material adverse economic
               impact on the Buyer or the Companies and will finally determine
               the amounts to which the Buyer and the Seller are entitled
               pursuant to clause 4.8.3. For the avoidance of doubt, the
               arbitrator in giving its decision shall act as an expert and not
               as an arbitrator.

4.8.5      Where a matter is referred to arbitration pursuant to the terms of
           this Agreement, the Deposit, if subject to such arbitration, shall be
           paid as is provided for in the arbitration award.

4.8.6      If following the provision of the bank guarantee referred to in
           clause 4.8.4(a) above the Seller loses such arbitration then the
           Seller will pay the reasonable costs of the Buyer incurred in
           providing the said bank guarantee.

     5    Seller's Pre-Completion Covenants

     5.1  Observer

5.1.1      During the Pre-Completion Period (or until the earlier termination of
           this Agreement), (i) the Seller will procure that the Companies will
           carry on their respective businesses in the ordinary course
           consistent with past practice (ii) the Buyer will, upon 3 (three)
           Business Days written notice, be allowed access to the Companies and
           to meet with management and (iii) the Buyer will be entitled to have
           an authorised representative attend any meeting of the Boards of
           Directors of the Companies as an observer (such authorised
           representative being referred to as an "Observer"). The Seller agrees
           to procure that the Companies will, at least 3 (three) Business Days
           in advance of each such meeting, provide the Buyer with notice of
           such meeting, together with copies of documents and materials
           distributed to the members of the Board of Directors with respect to
           such meeting.

5.1.2      The Seller agrees to procure that the Companies will provide the
           Observer with copies of the SERC 2005 Filings (together with all
           supplements and correspondence to and from SERC generated in
           connection therewith) in advance of the same being filed with the
           SERC and that each Company will

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           give its Observer a reasonable period of time to comment upon the
           SERC 2005 Filings and such additional supplements and correspondence.
           The Seller also will procure that the Observer will have an
           opportunity to, upon reasonable notice, (i) have access to such
           information and personnel as the Observer may reasonably request in
           connection with the SERC 2005 Filings and the underlying information
           upon which the same have been prepared, (ii) deliver and discuss with
           the Executive Director of such Company the Buyer's comments on such
           filings and (iii) participate in all meetings between the Companies
           and the SERC in relation to the SERC 2005 Filings. The Seller further
           agrees to procure that each Company will provide the Observer with a
           copy of any written communication by the SERC in response to any such
           filings within 2 (two) Business Days of the same being received and
           to provide the Observer with an opportunity to comment on any
           response to such communication. The Seller also agrees to procure
           that the Companies will agree to include in the SERC 2005 Filings a
           statement to the effect that the Companies intend to introduce and
           implement new investment programmes and that they would like such
           investment programmes to be taken into account by the SERC with a
           view to introducing subsequent changes to the prices to be applied by
           the Companies in 2005 and thereafter.

     5.2  Except as otherwise expressly provided for in this Agreement or
          consented to or approved in writing by the Buyer, or imposed by
          Applicable Law, the Seller will procure that during the Pre-Completion
          Period the Companies will not undertake any of the following actions
          without the prior written consent of the Buyer:

5.2.1      the change of a Company name or an alteration of its By-Laws (save
           for any resolution to adopt the Restated By-Laws);

5.2.2      the issue or agreement to issue any Shares of a Company, the grant or
           agreement to grant rights which confer on the holder any right to
           acquire or subscribe any such Shares, the change in the type, form,
           nominal value or any rights attaching to any of the Shares of a
           Company, or subjecting Company share capital or any Share or voting
           interests to any Encumbrance;

5.2.3      the repayment, redemption, purchase of its own shares or reduction of
           any of the share capital of a Company;

5.2.4      any resolution of a Company to be voluntarily liquidated;

5.2.5      change of the Registered Auditors of each Company;

5.2.6      change of (i) accounting principles or (ii) material accounting
           policies (in each case other than as required by IFRS or Applicable
           Law), provided that for the purposes of clause 5.2.6(ii), the term
           "material accounting policies" shall mean those accounting policies
           which are required to be disclosed in the footnotes to financial
           statements prepared in accordance with IFRS;

5.2.7      the entering into transactions or series of related transactions
           where the consideration of such transaction is in excess of 2% (two
           percent) of the balance sheet value of the assets of each such
           Company as of 31 December 2003, measured pursuant to the IFRS;

5.2.8      (a) the entering into an agreement to incur Indebtedness or the
           creation of any Encumbrance over any of such Company's properties or
           assets, (b) the amending or extending of any terms of any agreements
           related to Indebtedness or Encumbrances entered into prior to the
           Signing Date and (c) the drawing of any Indebtedness pursuant to any
           agreements related to Indebtedness entered into prior to the Signing
           Date, in each case in an amount exceeding 5% (five percent) of the
           balance sheet value of the assets of each such Company as of 31
           December 2003, measured pursuant to IFRS;

5.2.9      the sale, assignment, transfer or disposal of any material assets to
           third persons, provided that, for the purposes of this clause 5.2.9,
           the term "material" shall mean and include (i) any network assets of
           the Companies with an individual value of in excess of EUR 25,000
           (twenty five thousand Euro) and (ii) other assets with an individual
           value of in excess of EUR 250,000 (two hundred and fifty thousand
           Euro);

5.2.10     the entering into agreements or transactions or series of related
           agreements or transactions outside of the ordinary course of business
           the consideration for which exceeds EUR 50,000 (fifty thousand Euro);

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5.2.11     the taking of any action that would cause (i) any licence required
           pursuant to the Energy Act once granted or (ii) any other material
           licence required to operate the business of the Companies to be
           terminated;

5.2.12     the increase in the number of a Company's employees as from the
           Signing Date, the change of the terms of any collective labour
           agreement applicable to any Company or any existing employment
           agreement for any Company employee or the making of any new
           employment agreement or collective labour agreement applicable to any
           Company, except that, for clarification, a Company may replace (on
           terms substantially similar) employees whose employment relationship
           is terminated by resignation, removal, retirement or otherwise and
           may increase the compensation of its employees in accordance with
           past Company practice;

5.2.13     the issue of bonds or other debt instruments;

5.2.14     acquisition of or consolidation with any other entity or undergoing
           any other form of a reorganisation; or

5.2.15     the entering into, or the agreement to enter into, any transaction
           that is not on an arms' length basis.

     5.3  For the purposes of clause 5.2, the Buyer will be deemed to have given
          its consent if the Seller or the Company to which such action applies,
          will have submitted a written request with relevant supporting
          documentation to the Buyer requesting its consent to a particular
          course of action and the Buyer has not provided any instruction to
          such request by the expiry of the 15th (fifteenth) Business Day after
          the date of receipt by the Buyer of the original request, provided
          that the Buyer will have received a repeat request no later than 5
          (five) Business Days prior to expiry of such period. Notwithstanding
          the foregoing, if a response from the Buyer is required within a
          shorter period than is set out above as a result of public procurement
          requirements under Applicable Law, the Buyer shall respond to such
          request from the Seller or the Company within such time period so as
          to allow the Companies to comply with Applicable Law. In any event,
          the Observer, if attending the Board of Directors meeting or a General
          Meeting, may consent in writing on behalf of the Buyer to any action
          pursuant to clause 5.2. Any such requests shall comply with the notice
          provisions set out in clause 16.7.

     5.4  The Seller agrees to provide to the CPC all the information, documents
          and assistance that the CPC may require from the Seller, in accordance
          with the Applicable Law, in connection with the approval set out in
          clauses 3.1.1 and 3.2.1, as well as to procure that the Companies, NEK
          and any other Governmental Entities will provide such information,
          documents and assistance as required by the CPC from the Companies,
          NEK and any other Governmental Entities in accordance with the
          Applicable Law.

     5.5  The Seller undertakes to notify the Buyer in writing if it becomes
          aware of any circumstance arising during the Pre-Completion Period
          which would cause any of the warranties contained in clause 12 to
          become untrue or inaccurate in any material respect.

     6    Buyer's Pre-Completion Covenants

     6.1  CPC Matters

6.1.1      The Buyer warrants to the Seller that, within 7 (seven) days after
           being declared the Winning Bidder with respect to the Sale Shares
           under the Tender Regulations, the Buyer filed an application with the
           CPC for the issuance of a CPC Decision. The Buyer warrants that such
           application contained all such material information as was reasonably
           available to the Buyer at the time the application was filed. The
           Buyer agrees to provide to the CPC all such additional information
           and take all such other actions as the CPC may require in accordance
           with the Applicable Law in connection with such application so as to
           do anything that it can reasonably do to ensure the due and timely
           issuance of a CPC Decision as soon as possible after the Signing
           Date.

6.1.2      Subject to the provisions of clause 3.2.1, the Buyer undertakes to
           exercise its right not to accept any restrictions and/or conditions
           of a Conditional CPC Decision and not to proceed to Completion if
           such restrictions and/or conditions would have a material adverse
           economic impact either on the Companies in the aggregate as set out
           below or on the Buyer (acting reasonably). For the purposes of this
           Agreement, the parties agree that a Conditional CPC Decision will be
           deemed to have a material

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           adverse impact on the Companies if the conditions or restrictions
           imposed as part of such Conditional CPC Decision would adversely
           affect (i) the net asset value, (ii) the annual revenues, or (iii)
           the annual earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and
           amortization measured pursuant to IFRS, in each case by more than 10%
           (ten percent) when measured against the Financial Statements of the
           Companies for 2003 in the aggregate; the foregoing notwithstanding,
           however, the parties agree that any conditions and/or restrictions
           imposed by the CPC which are already imposed by the Energy Act and/or
           any other Applicable Law will be deemed not to have a material
           adverse impact on a Company.

     6.2  The Buyer undertakes to procure that the new members of the
          Supervisory Board and the Management Board nominated by the Buyer sign
          the necessary documents for applying for the courts decisions,
          ordering the registration of the Supervisory Board, the Management
          Board and the Executive Directors (if any) of each of the Companies in
          due time when requested by the Seller (and in any event not later than
          3 (three) Business Days after the Condition Date) so as not to
          prejudice the Seller's ability to fulfil its obligations pursuant to
          clause 4.2.3(c).

     6.3  The Buyer undertakes to notify the Seller in writing if it becomes
          aware of any circumstance arising during the Pre-Completion Period
          which would cause any of the warranties contained in clause 13 to
          become untrue or inaccurate in any material respect.

     7    Mutual Pre-Completion Covenants

     7.1  During the Pre-Completion Period, the Buyer and the Seller agree to
          keep each other informed of the progress of all applications and
          filings made with respect to this Agreement with any Governmental
          Entity.

     7.2  Each party undertakes to notify the other as soon as reasonably
          practicable of the satisfaction or waiver in accordance with its terms
          of all of their respective Conditions Precedent.

     8    Buyer's Post-Completion Covenants

     8.1  Certain Restrictions as to Transfers of Buyer Shares

8.1.1      Subject to clauses 8.1.2, 8.1.3 and 8.1.4, the Buyer agrees that,
           during the period beginning at Completion and ending on 31 December
           2008 (the "Buyer Lock-in Period"), it will not Transfer any Buyer
           Share.

8.1.2      Notwithstanding the provisions of clause 8.1.1, the Buyer may
           Transfer any number of the Buyer Shares to a Permitted Transferee so
           long as the Buyer always retains at least 51% (fifty one percent) or
           more of all shares of a Company. If the Buyer makes such a Transfer,
           it will provide written notice of such Transfer to the Seller at
           least 10 (ten) Business Days prior to making such Transfer.

8.1.3      Notwithstanding the provisions of clause 8.1.1, the Buyer may
           Transfer any Buyer Share to a Majority-owned Buyer Affiliate (as
           defined below), provided that (i) such Majority-owned Buyer Affiliate
           has experience in the energy sector, (ii) such Transfer does not have
           the effect of the Buyer, the Buyer together with such Majority-owned
           Buyer Affiliate or the Majority-owned Buyer Affiliate owning a lesser
           proportionate amount of the shares of such Company after such
           Transfer has become effective than the Buyer owned immediately prior
           to such Transfer and (iii) the Buyer has obtained the prior consent
           of the Seller (who will consult with the Minister prior to giving or
           withholding such consent) with respect to such Transfer.

          (a)  If the Buyer intends to effect a Transfer under this clause
               8.1.3, it will provide a written notice of such Transfer to the
               Seller and the Minister at least 30 (thirty) Business Days prior
               to the date of the intended Transfer. If the Seller consents to
               such Transfer, (i) the Buyer undertakes to procure that such
               Majority-owned Buyer Affiliate will assume (within the meaning of
               Art. 101 of the OCA) the Buyer's obligations under this Agreement
               and will become a party to this Agreement and any Shareholders
               Agreement or other agreement applicable to such Shares as a
               condition precedent to such Transfer taking effect.

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          (b)  In addition, if the Buyer intends to make a Transfer under this
               clause 8.1.3, the Buyer will procure that such Majority-owned
               Buyer Affiliate will not undergo a Change in Ownership Status
               during the Buyer Lock-in Period.

          (c)  For the purpose of this clause 8.1.3, the Seller's consent to the
               Transfer of Buyer Shares is deemed given only in the following
               circumstances:

              (i)    the Buyer establishes a Majority-owned Buyer Affiliate
                     (being a Bulgarian legal entity) and the Buyer subsequently
                     either (a) causes the merger or consolidation of one or
                     more of the Companies into such entity or (b) causes such
                     entity to acquire all of the Buyer's Shares in one or more
                     of the Companies, provided always that the Buyer may not
                     establish more than one such entity;

              (ii)   the Buyer merges the Companies so as to form one entity
                     comprising of the business of all of the Companies; or

              (iii)  the Buyer causes a reorganisation of one or more of the
                     Companies as required by Applicable Law.

          (d)  The consent provided for in clause (c) is deemed given only if
               (A) such acquisition, merger, consolidation or reorganisation
               does not have a dilutive effect on the Remaining Seller Shares
               owned by the Republic immediately preceding such transaction
               before and after such acquisition, merger, consolidation or
               reorganisation takes effect; (B) such acquisition, merger,
               consolidation or reorganisation does not have the direct or
               indirect effect of any party other than the Buyer, the Buyer and
               a Majority-owned Buyer Affiliate or a Majority-owned Buyer
               Affiliate obtaining any equity interest in any of the Companies;
               (C) the Republic is given at least 30 (thirty) Business Days'
               prior written notice of such acquisition, merger, consolidation
               or reorganisation which notice will describe such acquisition,
               merger, consolidation or reorganisation in reasonable detail and
               will confirm and explain in reasonable detail that the conditions
               contained in this clause are met as well as all of the other
               obligations of the Buyer under clause 8.1.3; and (D) the
               Republic's rights under clause 8.1.4 are preserved.

          (e)  For purposes of this clause 8.1, the following definitions will
               apply:

              (i)    "Majority-owned Buyer Affiliate" means any legal entity
                     with respect to which either (a) the Buyer or (b) the
                     Buyer's ultimate parent company both (i) owns an absolute
                     majority of all shares (voting and non-voting) and other
                     ownership interests in such legal entity (but at a minimum
                     more than 50% (fifty percent) of all of the foregoing) so
                     that no minority shareholder of such legal entity has the
                     right to prevent a decision from being taken that the Buyer
                     (or its ultimate parent) desires to take in its capacity as
                     majority shareholder (whether at a general meeting, by
                     resolution or otherwise) of such entity and (ii) possesses,
                     through a sufficient majority on such legal entity's
                     governing board, the power to fully control all management
                     and policies of such legal entity's governing boards so
                     that no member of such governing board who has not been
                     appointed by the Buyer or its ultimate parent has the
                     ability to prevent a decision from being taken that the
                     Buyer's (or its ultimate parent's) governing board
                     representatives desire to take in their capacity as members
                     on such governing board.

              (ii)   A legal entity's "governing board" means its management
                     board, its supervisory board, both its management and
                     supervisory boards, or its board of directors, as the case
                     may be depending on the legal structure and organisational
                     jurisdiction of such legal entity.

              (iii)  "Change in Ownership Status" with respect to a
                     Majority-owned Buyer Affiliate means, in each case by means
                     of a single transaction or a series of related
                     transactions, any one or more of (i) the sale of all or
                     substantially all of the assets of such Majority-owned
                     Buyer Affiliate to any person not also a Majority-owned
                     Buyer Affiliate, (ii) the completion of any consolidation,
                     merger or other transformation involving such
                     Majority-owned Buyer Affiliate (unless such consolidation,
                     merger or other transformation involves only entities all
                     of which, before and after such consolidation, merger or
                     other transformation takes effect, are Majority-owned Buyer
                     Affiliates), (iii) the issuance, assignment, sale, Transfer

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                     or other disposal (by contract or otherwise) of any equity
                     interest or any voting right in such Majority-owned Buyer
                     Affiliate to any person not also a Majority-owned Buyer
                     Affiliate or (iv) the Majority-owned Buyer Affiliate
                     otherwise ceasing to be a Majority-owned Buyer Affiliate as
                     defined herein.

8.1.4      During the Buyer Lock-in Period, the Buyer undertakes to vote the
           Buyer Shares at any general meeting of a Company and to cause all
           members of a Company's Supervisory and Management Boards nominated by
           the Buyer to vote at any meetings of such boards in a manner ensuring
           that a Company will not undergo (i) any capital increase, capital
           reduction, or other change in shareholding structure and (ii) any
           reorganisation (including pursuant to section 8.1.3(c)),
           notwithstanding the manner in which such reorganisation will be
           accomplished (including but not limited to splitting, separation of a
           new entity, transfer of ongoing concern, asset transfer, etc.) and/or
           liquidation (each a "Capital Event") having the effect that any
           person other than shareholders holding Shares immediately prior to
           such Capital Event becomes the owner, holder or beneficiary of any
           Shares. The Buyer agrees that in the event of any Capital Event
           (including following reorganisation of the Companies in accordance
           with ss. 17(1) of the Transitional and Final Provisions of the Energy
           Act), then this Agreement is hereby deemed modified so that the
           provisions of this clause 8 continue to apply to the Shares held in a
           Company in its altered form or to all shares held by the Buyer in the
           Company's successor, as the case may be.

8.1.5      Liquidated Damages

          (a)  Subject to clause (b) below, if the Buyer breaches any of its
               obligations to the Seller contained at clauses 8.1.1 through
               8.1.4 above, the Buyer will pay to the Seller a penalty
               (liquidated damages) of an amount equal to 100% (one hundred
               percent) of the amount of the Purchase Price apportioned
               (pursuant to clause 2.2 of this Agreement) to that Company with
               respect to which there has been a breach of these obligations.

          (b)  In relation to any breach of clause (a), (i) the Buyer shall be
               given a period of 45 (forty five) days to remedy such breach to
               the reasonable satisfaction of the Seller, such 45 (forty five)
               day period to run from the earlier of (A) the date on which the
               Buyer was notified by the Seller of such breach and (B) the date
               on which the Buyer knew or should have reasonably known of any
               such breach and (ii) in relation to the notification periods set
               out in clauses 8.1.2 and 8.1.3 above, any penalty which directly
               relates to a delay in notification (but not the actual breach
               itself) shall incur a "fine" of EUR 1,000 (one thousand Euro) per
               Business Day of delay, which will be the exclusive remedy of the
               Seller with respect to such delay in notification.

8.1.6      No Off-Shore Holding Company

           Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary contained in this
           clause 8, at no time will any Buyer Share be held through an
           affiliate of the Buyer which is an Off-Shore Entity and any Transfer
           to any affiliate of the Buyer shall be subject to the condition
           precedent that such affiliate is not an Off-Shore Entity. For
           purposes of this Agreement, an "Off-Shore Entity" is a business
           entity which is organized in a jurisdiction where (a) such entity has
           no operations other than the holding or administration of ownership
           interests in other business entities and (b) such entity receives
           material tax benefits not otherwise available to companies having
           operations in such jurisdiction beyond the holding or administration
           of ownership interests.

8.1.7      The Buyer agrees to procure that the Companies will not issue any
           bearer shares before the end of the Buyer Lock-in Period.

     8.2   Social Obligations

8.2.1      Subject to clause 8.2.3, if Completion occurs during the 2004
           calendar year, the Buyer will not, and will cause each Company not
           to, reduce the amount of Labour-related Expenses of each Company in
           each of the financial years ended 31 December 2004, 2005 and 2006
           below the amount of Labour-related Expenses that such Company has
           incurred during the year ended 31 December 2003 ("2003 Base
           Labour-related Expenses"). If Completion occurs during the 2005
           calendar year, the Buyer will not, and will cause each Company not
           to, reduce the amount of Labour-related Expenses of each Company in
           each of the financial years ended 31 December 2005 and 2006 below
           the amount of the 2004 Base

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           Labour-related Expenses. For the purposes of this clause 8.2, the
           "2004 Base Labour-related Expenses" means the 2003 Base
           Labour-related Expenses increased by 5% (five percent).

8.2.2      For the purposes of clause 8.2, "Labour-related Expenses" means
           (measured pursuant to IFRS) (i) the total costs and expenses for
           salaries and other remuneration (not including expense
           reimbursements) under employment and service contracts for each of
           the Companies' personnel, (ii) employment benefits associated with
           such costs and expenses and (iii) costs related to training,
           education and maintaining professional qualifications.

8.2.3      For clarification, the above provisions apply even where there have
           occurred Ordinary Labour Departures. Accordingly, the Buyer will
           cause such Company to apply any savings in Labour-related Expenses
           related to Ordinary Labour Departures to (i) employment benefits or
           (ii) additional training, education and maintaining or improving
           professional qualifications of employees who remain with the Company,
           so that the total amount of Labour-related Expenses incurred during a
           financial year equals or exceeds the 2003 Base Labour-related
           Expenses, or the 2004 Base Labour-related Expenses, as the case may
           be, irrespective of an Ordinary Labour Departure having occurred. For
           the purposes of this clause, an "Ordinary Labour Departure" means the
           termination of an employee's employment with a Company due to (a)
           bona fide disciplinary dismissal, (b) regularly scheduled or
           voluntary retirement, or (c) such employee's resignation or other
           voluntary departure.

8.2.4      For the avoidance of doubt, the Buyer will not be subject to any
           social obligation under this Agreement other than those included in
           this clause 8.2.

8.2.5      Liquidated Damages

           For each financial year with respect to which the Buyer breaches its
           obligations pursuant to clause 8.2.1 (and always provided that the
           Buyer has not remedied such breach prior to 30 April of the following
           year), the Buyer will pay to the Seller a penalty (liquidated
           damages) in an amount equal to 150% (one hundred-fifty percent) of
           the amount resulting by subtracting (i) the actual Labour-related
           Expenses incurred during a financial year with respect to which the
           obligation of clause 8.2.1 applies from (ii) the 2003 Labour-related
           Expenses or the 2004 Labour-related Expenses, as the case may be.

8.2.6      Until the expiration of the obligations pursuant to clause 8.2.1
           above, the Buyer agrees not to change any accounting policies,
           practices or estimates as they relate to or affect Labour-related
           Expenses without the prior written consent of the Republic.

8.2.7      The parties will act reasonably with regard to the social obligations
           under this clause 8.2 where the CPC issues a Conditional CPC Decision
           directly impacting the number of persons to be employed by the
           Companies.

     8.3  Obligations for Assistance

8.3.1      The Buyer agrees to assist the Seller in receiving relevant
           information about the performance of the Buyer's obligations under
           this Agreement and in making the required inspections of the
           Companies and their relevant documentation (including through
           ensuring access to the Companies) for the duration of the obligations
           of the Buyer assumed under this Agreement in accordance with
           Applicable Law. The Seller will notify the Buyer of such inspections
           in advance and will maintain information obtained during the course
           of such inspections confidential in accordance with Applicable Law.

8.3.2      The Buyer undertakes that, on or before 30 June of each calendar year
           and at its expense, it will submit to the Post-Privatisation Control
           Agency a written report (in the Bulgarian language) confirming in
           detail its performance of and compliance with the obligations assumed
           by it under this clause 8.

8.3.3      If the Buyer breaches its obligations pursuant to clauses 8.3.1 or
           8.3.2 and the Buyer fails to remedy such breach within 30 (thirty)
           days of receipt of a written notice from the Post-Privatisation
           Control Agency, the Buyer will pay to the Seller a penalty
           (liquidated damages) in an amount equal to EUR 1,000 (one thousand
           Euro) for each instance of non-compliance. In addition, (a) with
           respect to any breach of clause 8.3.1 that occurs more than once in a
           given financial year (and the Buyer fails to remedy the breach as set
           out above) or (b) if the Buyer does not amend, supplement or correct
           a report pursuant to a written request acting in accordance with
           Applicable Law by and to the satisfaction of the

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           Post-Privatisation Control Agency, the Buyer will pay to the Seller a
           penalty (liquidated damages) in an additional amount equal to EUR
           10,000 (ten thousand Euro) for each instance of non-compliance.

8.3.4      The Buyer undertakes not to suspend the provision of any services,
           which the Companies are obliged to provide in accordance with their
           licences issued by the SERC pursuant to the Energy Act.

     9    Seller's Post-Completion Covenants

     9.1  Certain Restrictions as to Transfers of Shares held by Republic

9.1.1      The Seller agrees that, during the period beginning at Completion and
           ending on 31 December 2008 (the "Seller Lock-in Period"), it will not
           Transfer any of the Remaining Seller Shares without having first
           obtained the written consent of the Buyer. For the purposes of this
           clause 9.1.1, the Buyer will be deemed to have given its consent if
           the Seller, will have submitted a written request to the Buyer
           requesting its consent to a particular course of action and the Buyer
           has not provided any instruction to such request by the expiry of the
           30th (thirtieth) Business Day after the date of receipt by the Buyer
           of the original request, provided that the Buyer will have received a
           repeat request no later than 10 (ten) Business Days prior to the
           expiry of such period. Any such requests shall comply with the notice
           provisions of clause 16.7 hereof.

9.1.2      During the Seller Lock-in Period, the provisions of clauses 9.2, 9.3
           and 9.4 shall be subject to the provisions of clause 9.1.1.

     9.2  Right of First Refusal

9.2.1      The parties acknowledge that Applicable Law presently in effect does
           not permit the Seller to grant the Buyer any right of first offer or
           right of first refusal to purchase any of the Remaining Seller
           Shares. Accordingly, the provisions contained in this clause, as well
           as the provisions of clauses 9.3 and 9.4, will be given effect only
           if the Applicable Law is changed so as to allow the applicability of
           such clauses.

9.2.2      If the Seller desires to Transfer all or any portion of its Remaining
           Seller Shares to a person other than to the Buyer, it will obtain
           from such third party purchaser ("Third Party Purchaser") a bona fide
           written offer to purchase such Remaining Seller Share, stating the
           terms and conditions upon which the purchase is to be made and the
           consideration offered therefore ("Third Party Offer"), accompanied by
           a copy of the Third Party Offer. The Seller will deliver the Third
           Party Offer to the Buyer (a "Notice of Sale").

9.2.3      The Buyer will have the right ("Buy Right") to purchase all, but not
           less than all, of the Remaining Seller Shares subject to the Third
           Party Offer. The Buy Right may be exercised by the Buyer by giving
           written notification ("Buy Notice") to the Seller within 30 (thirty)
           days after receiving the Notice of Sale ("Refusal Period"). If the
           Buyer does not provide a Buy Notice within the Refusal Period, the
           Seller will be entitled to consummate the sale upon terms no less
           favourable than are set forth in the Third Party Offer. If the Buyer
           provides a Buy Notice within the Refusal Period, the Buyer will
           designate a reasonable time, date and place (to be within Bulgaria)
           of closing of such sale, provided that the date of closing will be
           within 30 (thirty) days after the receipt of the Buy Notice. At the
           closing, the Buyer will purchase, and the Seller will sell, the
           Remaining Seller Shares subject to the Third Party Offer for an
           amount equal to the purchase price contained in the Third Party Offer
           and in accordance with such other terms and conditions as are set
           forth in the Third Party Offer.

9.2.4      The provisions contained in this clause 9.2 will be effective for so
           long as the Buyer or a Majority-owned Buyer Affiliate individually or
           together own at least 50% (fifty percent) plus one of the Shares of a
           relevant Company and will expire on 31 December 2009.

     9.3  The sale of any Remaining Seller Shares made pursuant to clause 9.2
          will be made at a price per Share at least equal to the price per
          Share paid by the Buyer for such Company pursuant to clause 2.2
          (subject to adjustments due to reorganisations and similar
          restructurings of the share capital of a Company).

     9.4  The provisions contained in clause 9.2 will not be given effect if the
          Seller decides to conduct a public offering for any of the Remaining
          Seller Shares. In the event the Seller intends to conduct a public

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          offering for the Remaining Seller Shares, the Seller agrees to provide
          the Buyer written notice of such intent (a "Public Offer Notice"). The
          Buyer may, within 30 (thirty) days after its receipt of the Public
          Offer Notice, make a firm and binding offer to purchase the Remaining
          Seller Shares, which offer will set forth the purchase price as well
          as other conditions of such purchase and sale. The Seller will then
          decide, within 30 (thirty) days, whether to accept the Buyer's offer
          to acquire the Remaining Seller Shares but shall not be under any
          obligation to accept such offer. During the period beginning on the
          date of the Public Offer Notice and ending on the date on which the
          Seller communicates its written acceptance or rejection of the Buyer's
          offer, the Seller will not sell the Remaining Seller Shares to any
          third party and will not conduct such a public offering. The
          provisions contained in this clause 9.4 will be effective for so long
          as the Buyer owns at least 50% (fifty percent) plus one of the Shares
          of any relevant Company and will expire on 31 December 2009.

     10   Indemnification by Seller

     10.1 General Indemnification

          Except as is provided for in clauses 10.2 and 10.3:

10.1.1     all Buyer Indemnifiable Seller Warranties (defined below) and the
           indemnification provided for at clause 10.1.2 will survive Completion
           and will expire on the Seller Indemnity Termination Date except that
           (i) the indemnification provided for at clause 10.1.2 as it relates
           to breaches of the Seller Warranty contained at clause 12.2.10
           expires at the end of the period required for the respective Company
           to acquire title by acquisitive prescription over the asset subject
           to the dispute underlying such Buyer Claim, but in any event no later
           than 31 May 2010, and (ii) the indemnification provided for at clause
           10.1.3 will expire on the third anniversary of the Completion Date.

10.1.2     the Seller will indemnify the Buyer against any Indemnification
           Damages incurred by the Buyer arising from or in connection with any
           misrepresentation of any Seller Warranty except the Seller Warranties
           in clauses 12.2.1, 12.2.2, 12.2.3 and 12.2.11 (together the "Buyer
           Indemnifiable Seller Warranties"); and

10.1.3     (a) the Seller will indemnify the Buyer against any Indemnification
           Damages incurred by the Buyer arising from or in connection with any
           Successful repayment claim of a customer of any Company against the
           latter claiming the return of any amount paid by such customer to
           such Company under one or more bills for electricity consumed by such
           customer and supplied to such customer by the Company where the legal
           basis for such claim is the revocation of any of the increases of the
           tariffs for electricity for customers of the Companies made pursuant
           to any SERC decision and applicable to any time period ending on
           Completion or at the end of the current regulatory period whichever
           is the first to occur. For the purposes of this clause 10.1.3,
           "Successful" shall mean a claim (i) which has been honoured by a
           final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, and (ii) which
           is not subject to any further appeals or challenges whatsoever. The
           Buyer undertakes to procure that the Companies shall reasonably and
           diligently defend themselves against any claims referred to above.
           The amount of any Indemnification Damages owing to the Buyer under
           this clause 10.1.3 shall accordingly be reduced to take into account
           any amounts the payment of which the Company could have avoided if
           the Buyer complied with its obligation under the immediately
           preceding sentence hereof.

           (b) the Buyer agrees that it will not directly or indirectly support,
           promote, elicit or solicit claims by customers referred to herein so
           as to be indemnified pursuant to this clause 10.1.3.

     10.2 Indemnification for Seller Title Warranties

10.2.1     The Seller Warranties made in clauses 12.2.1 to 12.2.3 (inclusive)
           (the "Seller Title Warranties") and the indemnification provided for
           at clause 10.2.2 will survive Completion and will expire on the third
           anniversary of the Completion Date.

10.2.2     The Seller will indemnify the Buyer against any Indemnification
           Damages arising from or in connection with any misrepresentation of
           any Seller Title Warranty.

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     10.3 Indemnification for Seller Tax Warranty

10.3.1     The Seller Warranty made in clause 12.2.11 (the "Seller Tax
           Warranty") and the indemnification provided for at clause 10.3.2 will
           survive Completion and will expire on 31 December of the fifth year
           after the year during which Completion occurs (the "Tax Indemnity
           Expiration Date"); provided, however, that if a Tax Authority has
           initiated against a Company proceedings related to Tax before the Tax
           Indemnity Expiration Date, the indemnification provided for at clause
           10.3.2 with respect to a Buyer Claim against the Seller relating to
           such proceedings will survive until the date 2 (two) months after the
           final settlement of such proceeding.

10.3.2     The Seller will indemnify the Buyer from and against any
           Indemnification Damages arising from or in connection with the
           following:

          (a)  any misrepresentation of the Seller Tax Warranty; and

          (b)  (i) all Taxes arising or occurring for the period beginning on
               the date of incorporation of such Company and ending on the
               Completion Date, which Taxes, (A) with respect to the financial
               years ending prior to or on 31 December 2003, have not been paid
               or accrued for in the 31 December 2003 Balance Sheet or (B) with
               respect to financial periods beginning on 1 January 2004, are
               unpaid when due or have not been accrued for by such Company in
               accordance with Applicable Law related to Taxation in effect for
               such periods; and (ii) any loss of a right to a repayment of
               Taxation arising from the method of submitting Taxation returns
               before Completion, the failure to file timely and accurate Tax
               returns becoming due before Completion, in each case of (i) and
               (ii) above as a result of any transaction, occurrence and/or
               treatment for Tax purposes arising or occurring on or before
               Completion;

          provided always, however, that the foregoing indemnity shall not apply
          to, and the Seller shall not be liable for Indemnification Damages
          with respect to, Taxes incurred by the Buyer which result from the
          Seller's payment to the Buyer of Indemnification Damages pursuant to
          this Agreement.

     10.4 The Seller will not be liable for a Buyer Claim (as defined below)
          unless the Buyer has given the Seller notice (a "Buyer Claim Notice")
          of that claim, stating in reasonable detail the nature of the Buyer
          Claim and the amount of the Buyer Claim on or before the applicable
          indemnification termination date as provided for in clauses 10.1.1,
          10.2.1 and 10.3.1 above, respectively. The Seller shall not be
          obligated to indemnify with respect to any Buyer Claim if the Buyer
          shall have specifically waived in writing any inaccuracy regarding the
          underlying Seller Warranty or has waived in writing the specific
          Condition Precedent regarding such inaccuracy of such Seller Warranty.

     10.5 Exclusive Remedy; Limitations

10.5.1     The indemnities provided for in clauses 10.1.2, 10.1.3, 10.2.2 and
           10.3.2 constitute the Buyer's sole and exclusive remedy against the
           Seller for any misrepresentation of any Seller Warranty with respect
           to which such indemnification is made and with respect to any other
           obligation of the Seller arising pursuant to or in relation with this
           Agreement in connection with any Seller Warranty.

10.5.2     Subject to the following sentence, the Seller will only be liable
           with respect to any claim by the Buyer for Indemnification Damages
           (each a "Buyer Claim") (i) if such Buyer Claim exceeds EUR 50,000
           (fifty thousand Euro) or (ii) if such Buyer Claim is less than EUR
           50,000 (fifty thousand Euro), but such Buyer Claim exceeds EUR 25,000
           (twenty five thousand Euro) ("Small Buyer Claim") and the aggregate
           of all Small Buyer Claims taken together exceeds EUR 250,000 (two
           hundred and fifty thousand Euro), in which case the Seller will be
           liable for the aggregate amount of Small Buyer Claims.
           Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) the Seller will only be liable
           with respect to any Buyer Claim made relating to the warranties made
           pursuant to clauses 12.2.17, 12.2.18 and 12.2.19 if such Buyer Claim
           exceeds EUR 150,000 (one hundred and fifty thousand Euro), (b) the
           limitations and amount contained in the first sentence of this clause
           do not apply with respect to Buyer Claims relating to the Seller Tax
           Warranty and the indemnity contained at clause 10.3.2 and (c) the
           Seller will only be liable with respect to any Buyer Claim made
           relating to the warranty made pursuant to clause 12.2.13 if such
           Buyer Claim exceeds EUR 5,000,000 (five million Euro).

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10.5.3     The Seller's total liability with respect to all Buyer Claims made
           with respect to the indemnity provided for at clauses 10.1.2 is
           limited to the Retention Amount.

10.5.4     The Seller's total liability with respect to all Buyer Claims made
           with respect to the indemnities provided at clauses 10.1.3, 10.2.2
           and 10.3.2 shall be limited to an amount equal to the Purchase Price,
           less any amounts paid to the Buyer in connection with the indemnities
           provided for at clause 10.1.2 or otherwise in connection with any
           breaches of this Agreement by the Seller.

10.5.5     The Seller will not be liable for Indemnification Damages with
           respect to a Buyer Claim to the extent that the matter giving rise to
           the claim:

          (a)  would not have arisen or occurred but for an act, omission or
               transaction on the part of the Buyer or the relevant Company or
               any of its respective directors, employees or agents after
               Completion otherwise than (i) as required by Applicable Law, (ii)
               pursuant to a legally binding commitment of the relevant Company
               created on or before Completion and (iii) otherwise than in the
               ordinary course of business as carried on immediately before
               Completion;

          (b)  results exclusively from (i) a change in the accounting or
               taxation policies, practices or estimates of the Buyer or any
               Company (including the method of submitting taxation returns
               after Completion) introduced or having effect after Completion or
               (ii) the failure to file timely and accurate Tax returns becoming
               due after Completion or (iii) the failure to pay any Taxes
               becoming due after Completion;

          (c)  is an amount (i) for which the Buyer or any Company has a right
               of recovery against or indemnity from any person other than the
               Seller (which right of recovery as well as all appeals the Buyer
               first has to exhaust), including under the terms of any insurance
               policy; provided, however, that where there is an outstanding
               claim against a third party (including an insurance company) that
               is unresolved and unpaid prior to the expiration of the
               applicable indemnification period, such limitation period will be
               extended pending final determination of such claim; or (ii) for
               which the Buyer or any Company would have had such a right but
               for (A) a change in the terms of or cancellation of its insurance
               cover after Completion or (B) any act or omission of the Buyer or
               any Company after Completion which results in such right being
               diminished or extinguished;

          (d)  arises as a consequence of any act or omission under the terms of
               this Agreement, by reason or in consequence of the execution and
               performance of this Agreement, or at the request of the Buyer or
               member of the Buyer's group of companies (including, following
               Completion, any Company);

          (e)  was taken into account in calculating an allowance, provision or
               reserve in the Financial Statements or which was specifically
               referred to and quantified in the notes to the Financial
               Statements;

          (f)  arises in consequence of an assessment, audit or other imposition
               of Tax by a Tax Authority, with respect to which the Buyer and
               the Company have not exhausted all possibilities of appeal,
               except that the foregoing limitation will not apply if the
               procedure contained in the remainder of this clause is followed.
               Accordingly, if the Company has received an assessment for any
               Tax prior to the expiration of the indemnity provided for at
               clause 10.3.2, the Buyer will reserve its right to bring a claim
               against the Seller hereunder by providing written notice thereof.
               Once Tax becomes due, and as the Company actually makes payment
               to the Tax Authority, the Seller will pay to the Buyer an amount
               equal to its Indemnification Damages. In addition and as a
               condition precedent to the indemnification provided for herein,
               the Buyer will cause such Company to appeal any final assessment
               of Tax unless the Seller waives this requirement; furthermore,
               any amounts of Tax paid that are returned to the Company or that
               are offset against a Company's Tax liability will be returned to
               the Seller forthwith.

10.5.6         Notwithstanding any other provision contained in this Agreement
               to the contrary, the Buyer agrees that, with respect to any
               matter which may give rise to a liability under this Agreement
               including a Buyer Claim, (a) the Seller will not meet any
               liability more than once and (b) the Seller's aggregate
               liability hereunder shall be limited to the Purchase Price.

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10.5.7     The Buyer agrees to use reasonable efforts for each Company to apply
           to the Ministry of Finance to commence an audit with respect to Taxes
           within 1 (one) year after Completion.

10.5.8     Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein to the contrary,
           the Seller's liability for breach of the Seller's Warranty in clause
           12.2.19 shall be only for Indemnification Damages with respect to
           which the Buyer obtains no indemnification pursuant to the PEA
           Regulation as amended from time to time.

     10.6 Third Party Claims

          The Buyer will notify the Seller of the initiation of any Third Party
          Proceedings and will provide to the Seller such assistance as is
          necessary for the Seller to take part in any Third Party Proceedings
          as an interested party or otherwise pursuant to the procedural and
          substantive law applicable to the particular Third Party Proceedings.

     10.7 Procedure for Indemnification

10.7.1     Subject always to the limitations and exclusions provided for at
           clause 10.5, if the Buyer desires to make a Buyer Claim, the Buyer
           will deliver the Buyer Claim Notice to the Seller on or before the
           applicable indemnification termination date as provided for in
           clauses 10.1.1, 10.2.1 and 10.3.1 above, respectively, and the
           Seller's obligation to indemnify the Buyer with respect to a timely
           Buyer Claim will survive until such time as such Buyer Claim is
           finally resolved and, if applicable, payment has been made to the
           Buyer pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. The Buyer shall be
           entitled to withdraw and/or reissue Buyer Claim Notices in accordance
           with clause 7.1 of the Escrow Agreement.

10.7.2     Upon receipt by the Seller of the Buyer Claim Notice and subject
           always to the limitations and exclusions provided for at clause 10.5,
           the Parties will agree within 45 (forty five) Business Days (or such
           other period of time as the Buyer and the Seller may agree) as to
           whether the Buyer Claim is proper (in which case a "Buyer Claim
           Event" has occurred) and, if so, the amount to be paid by the Seller
           or deducted from the Escrow Account (a "Buyer Claim Amount"), as the
           case may be.

10.7.3     If the Parties agree on the Buyer Claim Amount, then:

          (a)  If the Escrow Account is in operation and in funds, the Buyer and
               the Seller will send a joint notification (the form of which is
               attached to the Escrow Account Agreement) to the Escrow Agent; or

          (b)  If (i) the Buyer elects not to utilise the Escrow Account (with
               respect to a Buyer Claim which is not a Buyer Indemnifiable
               Seller Warranty) or (ii) if the Escrow Account is not in
               operation or (iii) to the extent the Escrow Account is not in
               sufficient funds to satisfy a Buyer Claim Amount (or any part
               thereof), the Seller shall pay to the Buyer such amount or such
               portion of the amount with respect to which the Escrow Account
               does not have funds sufficient to satisfy a Buyer Claim Amount.

10.7.4     If the Parties are unable to agree whether the Buyer's Claim is
           proper or on the Buyer Claim Amount within the time period described
           in clause 10.7.1, the Buyer will be entitled to initiate arbitration
           proceedings pursuant to clause 15.

     10.8 Escrow Account Matters

10.8.1     Where any payment is made to the Buyer out of the Escrow Account as
           provided in this clause, the Buyer will at the same time be entitled
           to a corresponding proportion of the interest accrued on the Escrow
           Account. Otherwise, all interest accrued on the Escrow Account will
           be payable to the Seller (by payment to the Seller's Account) on the
           Seller Indemnity Termination Date.

10.8.2     Unless clause 10.8.3 applies, any amount standing to the credit of
           the Escrow Account (including all interest accrued thereon) on the
           Seller Indemnity Termination Date will be paid to the Seller.

10.8.3     If the Buyer has delivered a Buyer Claim Notice to the Seller with
           respect to a Buyer Claim which has not been finally determined,
           settled or withdrawn on or before the Seller Indemnity Termination
           Date

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           and there is an amount standing to the credit of the Escrow Account
           on the Seller Indemnity Termination Date, then, at the Seller's
           option, and the Seller agrees to notify the Buyer of which option it
           chooses to exercise at the latest upon Completion (and provided that
           the Seller will have the right to choose (b) below, only after the
           Seller has delivered to the Buyer a copy of the relevant decision of
           the Council of Ministers enabling it to fulfil its obligations
           thereunder):

           EITHER

          (a)  an amount equal to the amount of Indemnification Damages
               contained in the Buyer Claim Notice up to the amount then
               standing to the credit of the Escrow Account will be paid to the
               Buyer. Within 5 (five) days after the Buyer Claim is finally
               determined, settled or withdrawn, the Buyer will pay to the
               Seller an amount equal to (a) the difference between the amount
               paid to the Buyer under this clause and the amount owed by the
               Companies to third parties if smaller, in respect of the relevant
               Buyer Claim made by it or (b) the amount paid to the Companies by
               third parties in respect of the relevant Buyer Claim up to the
               amount paid to the Buyer pursuant to this clause as applicable;
               in both cases pursuant to the final determination, settlement or
               withdrawal, if any, of the said claims. The Buyer agrees to
               procure that the Companies shall pursue such remedies and such
               appeals as are necessary to mitigate the amount of
               Indemnification Damages payable by the Seller unless the Seller
               waives in writing such pursuit of a remedy or appeal;

          OR

          (b)  an amount equal to the amount of Indemnification Damages
               contained in the Buyer Claim Notice will remain in the Escrow
               Account (or if the amount standing to the credit of the Escrow
               Account is less than the amount of such claim, then the full
               amount standing to the credit of the Escrow Account) until the
               Buyer Claim is finally determined, settled or withdrawn. Unless
               the Seller (i) agrees with the Buyer Claim or (ii) does not agree
               with the Buyer Claim and initiates arbitration proceedings in
               relation to such Buyer Claim, the Seller shall be obliged to
               issue a notice pursuant to clause 7.1 of the Escrow Agreement.
               Once such Buyer Claim or dispute has been determined, settled or
               withdrawn, and has been satisfied from the Escrow Account, any
               then remaining amount in the Escrow Account will be paid to the
               Seller's Account.

10.8.4     The Seller and the Buyer undertake to give prompt written
           instructions with regard to the Escrow Account where necessary or
           desirable in order to give proper effect to the provisions of this
           Agreement and the Escrow Agreement. Any such instructions given by
           the Buyer will also be given to the Seller and any such instructions
           given by the Seller will also be given to the Buyer.

     10.9 Calculation of Aggregate Net Worth

10.9.1     Whether the Seller Warranty contained at clause 12.2.13 is correct
           and whether the Buyer is entitled to indemnity provided for at clause
           10.1.2 as it relates to the warranty contained at clause 12.2.13
           shall be determined exclusively pursuant to the remainder of this
           clause.

          (a)  After Completion, the Buyer and the Seller will jointly cause
               each Company to prepare a statement (each a "Net Worth
               Statement") of Net Worth (defined below) of each Company as of
               Completion ("Completion Date Net Worth"). Each Net Worth
               Statement shall be prepared in accordance with IFRS and in a
               manner consistent with the accounting policies, assumptions,
               valuation methods and estimates used by the Company in connection
               with the preparation of the 2003 Balance Sheet, subject to
               clauses (b) and (c) below. For the purposes of this clause, the
               term "Net Worth" means a Company's total assets less its total
               liabilities, determined in accordance with IFRS and in a manner
               consistent with the accounting policies, assumptions, valuation
               methods and estimates used by such Company in connection with the
               preparation of the 2003 Balance Sheet; the term "Aggregate
               Completion Date Net Worth" means the sum of the Completion Date
               Net Worth for all 3 (three) Companies, and the term "Aggregate
               2003 B/S Date Net Worth" means the sum of the Net Worth of all 3
               (three) Companies as reflected in the 2003 Balance Sheets, and
               the term "Agreement Net Worth" is the Aggregate Completion Date
               Net Worth as adjusted pursuant to clauses (b) and (c) below.

          (b)  The parties agree that (i) fixed assets for the purposes of the
               Completion Date Net Worth shall be calculated using the
               revaluation undertaken for preparation of the 2003 Balance Sheet
               as

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               reflected in the 2003 balance sheet of each Company, with no new
               valuation of fixed assets being performed for purposes of the
               Completion Date Net Worth determination, (ii) dividends
               determined and/or paid in accordance with clause 2.4 will be
               added back in the calculation of Completion Date Net Worth and
               (iii) any liability of a Company that is accrued for in the Net
               Worth Statements of each of the Companies pursuant to IFRS will
               not reduce a Company's Completion Date Net Worth if such
               liability would give the Buyer the right to claim indemnification
               as such indemnification relates to clauses pursuant to clauses
               10.1.2, 10.1.3 and 10.3.2.

          (c)  If Completion occurs before the end of 2004, the Aggregate 2003
               B/S Date Net Worth will be adjusted downwards, with regard to the
               aggregate audited net income for the year 2003, by the percentage
               obtained by taking the number of uncompleted months left in 2004
               (including the month in which Completion occurs) and dividing it
               by 12 (twelve). By way of example, if Completion occurs in
               November 2004, the percentage is obtained by taking 2 (two)
               uncompleted months and dividing by 12 (twelve).

          (d)  Within 30 (thirty) days after the Completion Date, the Buyer and
               the Seller shall jointly engage either KPMG or
               PricewaterhouseCoopers (the "Net Worth Auditor") pursuant to the
               Net Worth Auditor's standard engagement letter to review the Net
               Worth Statements on the basis of clause 10.9.1(a),(b) and (c) and
               in accordance with the procedures attached hereto as Schedule
               10.9. The fees, costs and expenses of the Net Worth Auditor shall
               be borne by the Buyer.

          (e)  Within 45 (forty five) days after the Completion Date, the Buyer
               and the Seller shall cause each Company to deliver its Net Worth
               Statement to the Net Worth Auditor, with a copy to the Seller and
               the Buyer. The Buyer will procure that the Net Worth Auditor will
               have full access to the Companies' premises and will be able to
               make such inquiries of the Companies and their respective
               accountants and management so as to be able to perform such
               review. The Net Worth Auditor shall complete its review of the
               Net Worth Statements within 30 (thirty) days after the delivery
               of the Net Worth Statements. In its report, the Net Worth Auditor
               shall set forth the Aggregate 2003 B/S Date Net Worth, the
               Completion Date Net Worth for each Company, the Aggregate
               Completion Date Net Worth and the Agreement Net Worth. In its
               report, the Net Worth Auditor shall also set forth the amount by
               which the Agreement Net Worth exceeds or is less than the
               Aggregate 2003 B/S Date Net Worth. The determination by the Net
               Worth Auditor of the Agreement Net Worth shall be final and
               binding upon the Seller and the Buyer.

    10.10 Any payments received by the Buyer from the Seller or from the
          Escrow Account pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, as
          applicable, shall be deemed compensation for the lost value of the
          Buyer's investment in the Companies as a result of substantiated
          liabilities.

     11   Indemnification by Buyer

     11.1 Survival

          The indemnification provided for by the Buyer in this clause will
          survive Completion and will expire at the end of the Buyer Lock-in
          Period. The Buyer will not be liable for a Seller Claim (defined
          below) unless the Seller has given the Buyer and the Guarantee Bank
          notice of its claim, stating in reasonable detail the nature of the
          Seller Claim and the amount of the Seller Claim before the end of the
          Buyer Lock-in Period (a "Seller Claim Notice").

     11.2 Indemnification

11.2.1     The Buyer will indemnify the Seller against any damages (not
           including lost profits but including costs of investigation and
           defence and reasonable attorneys' fees) (together "Seller Damages"),
           arising from or in connection with:

          (a)  any misrepresentation of any Buyer Warranty; or

          (b)  any breach of the Buyer's obligations arising under clause 8.

           provided always that the Buyer's liability therefor is not limited by
           the Guarantee Amount.

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     11.3 Limitations

11.3.1     The Buyer will only be liable with respect to any claim by the Seller
           (each a "Seller Claim") for Seller Damages under this clause 11 if
           such Seller Claim exceeds EUR 100,000 (one hundred thousand Euro);
           provided, however, that the foregoing does not apply to provisions of
           this Agreement pursuant to which the Buyer is required to pay
           liquidated damages to the Seller.

11.3.2     The Seller agrees that, with respect to any matter which may give
           rise to a liability under this Agreement including a Seller Claim,
           but except where the Buyer is required to pay liquidated damages to
           the Seller, the Buyer will not meet any liability more than once.

     11.4 Procedure for Indemnification

11.4.1     If the Seller desires to make a Seller Claim against the Buyer, the
           Seller will deliver the Seller Claim Notice to the Buyer. Upon
           receipt by the Buyer of the Seller Claim Notice, the Parties will
           agree within 45 (forty five) Business Days (or such other period of
           time as the Buyer and the Seller may agree) as to whether the
           Seller's Claim is proper (in which case a "Seller Claim Event" has
           occurred) and, if so, the appropriate amount to be paid by the Buyer
           (a "Seller Claim Amount"). If the Parties agree on the Seller Claim
           Amount, the Buyer will pay the Seller Claim Amount to the Seller
           within 5 (five) Business Days. If the Buyer does not pay such amount
           to the Seller within 5 (five) Business Days, the Seller will send a
           notification to the Guarantee Bank ("Seller Claim Notice") in the
           form contained in Schedule 11.4.1 and the terms of the Bank Guarantee
           will provide that the Guarantee Bank is to pay to the Seller the
           Seller Claim Amount upon receipt of such notification and written
           confirmation. If a Seller Claim Amount is higher than the amount
           available under the Bank Guarantee, the Seller will be entitled to
           pursue such other remedies against the Buyer as it deems just and
           proper to recover such difference.

11.4.2     If the Parties are unable to agree whether the Seller's Claim is
           proper or on the Seller Claim Amount within the time period described
           in clause 11.4.1, the Seller will be entitled to initiate arbitration
           proceedings pursuant to clause 15.

     11.5 Payments from Bank Guarantee

11.5.1     If the Seller has delivered the Seller Claim Notice to the Buyer and
           the Guarantee Bank of a Seller Claim which has not been finally
           determined, settled or withdrawn on or before the end of the Buyer
           Lock-in Period, the Bank Guarantee will remain in place unaffected
           until the Buyer Claim is finally determined, settled or withdrawn.
           Once such Seller Claim or dispute has been determined, settled or
           withdrawn, and once all or the portion up to the then available
           Guarantee Amount has been satisfied from the Bank Guarantee, the Bank
           Guarantee will terminate.

     11.6 The Seller and the Buyer undertake to give prompt written instructions
          with regard to the Bank Guarantee where necessary or desirable in
          order to give proper effect to the provisions of this Agreement and
          the Bank Guarantee. Any such instructions given by the Seller will
          also be given to the Buyer and any such instructions given by the
          Buyer will also be given to the Seller.

     12   Warranties of the Seller

     12.1 The Seller hereby warrants to the Buyer that each of the statements
          contained in clause 12.2 is true, complete and accurate as of the
          Signing Date and will continue to be true, complete, and accurate as
          of the Completion Date.

     12.2 The Seller warrants as follows:

12.2.1     Organisation and Capitalisation

          (a)  Each Company is a joint stock company duly organised and validly
               existing under the laws of the Republic of Bulgaria.

          (b)  The registered share capital of each Company is set forth in
               Schedule 12.2.1.

          (c)  The Shares have been duly issued.

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          (d)  There are no options, warrants or other rights to purchase,
               agreements or other obligations to issue, or rights to convert
               any obligations into or exchange any securities for Shares or
               other securities of the Company.

          (e)  Upon the transfer of the Temporary Share Certificates pursuant to
               this Agreement, the Buyer will hold 67% (sixty seven percent) of
               the voting Shares of each Company.

          (f)  The endorsement and delivery to the Buyer of the Temporary Share
               Certificates pursuant to this Agreement will transfer to the
               Buyer the good and valid title to all of the Sale Shares, free
               and clear of all Encumbrances.

12.2.2     Authority; No Conflict

          (a)  This Agreement has been duly authorised, executed and delivered
               by the Seller and constitutes a legal, valid and binding
               obligation of the Seller enforceable against the Seller in
               accordance with its terms. Pursuant to the Tender Regulations,
               the Seller has the authority and capacity to execute and deliver
               this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder.

          (b)  The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the
               Seller will not (i) conflict with Applicable Law or (ii) violate
               any judicial or administrative decision to which the Seller is a
               party or by which it is bound.

          (c)  The terms and conditions of the Transaction Documents do not
               conflict with any provision of Applicable Law or with the Tender
               Regulations.

12.2.3     This Agreement and the actions taken by the Seller in furtherance of
           this Agreement are commercial or civil rather than public or
           governmental acts and the Seller is not entitled to claim immunity
           from legal proceedings or liability with respect to itself on the
           grounds of state sovereignty or otherwise under any law or in any
           jurisdiction where an action may be brought for the enforcement of
           any of the obligations arising under or relating to this Agreement.

12.2.4     Financial Statements

          (a)  The Seller has delivered to the Buyer the Financial Statements.

          (b)  The Financial Statements give a true and fair view of the
               financial position and results of operations and cash flows of
               each Company to which they apply as of the respective dates of
               and for the periods referred to in such Financial Statements, all
               in accordance with the IFRS.

          (c)  The Financial Statements fully disclose all material financial
               commitments of the Company in existence as of their respective
               dates of preparation to the extent required by IFRS.

          (d)  The statutory books and books of accounts of the Company are
               up-to-date and have been properly prepared and maintained in
               accordance with Applicable Law.

12.2.5     Insolvency

          (a)  No Company has been liquidated or entered into (or taken steps to
               enter into) liquidation, administration or administrative
               receivership.

          (b)  No Company is insolvent or unable to pay its debts as they become
               due.

12.2.6     No resolution was adopted by any of the Companies to issue new
           shares, bonds, convertible bonds or similar instruments. There are no
           options, warrants, or instruments convertible into shares of any of
           the Companies or other agreements applicable to each Company relating
           to the existing shares of each Company or for the issuance of any
           additional shares.

12.2.7     Except as listed in Schedule 12.2.7, none of the Companies has any
           subsidiaries and owns no shares or other ownership interests in any
           other entity.

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12.2.8     Except as is listed at Schedule 12.2.8, as of signing, no litigation
           or arbitral proceedings alleging a claim in excess of EUR 100,000
           (one hundred thousand Euro) have been brought against any Company,
           whether civil, administrative or criminal in nature, in, before or by
           any court, arbitrator or Governmental Entity.

12.2.9     Assuming the issue of the licences listed at Schedule 12.2.9, the
           Companies possess all permits, approvals and licences materially
           required to carry out their business and operations, and each Company
           is in compliance in all material respects with such licences,
           approvals and permits.

12.2.10    (a) (i) Neither NEK nor any of the other EDCs has or will have a
           Successful claim against any Company with respect to title or other
           property rights to real estate assets which pursuant to the
           Settlement Agreement are confirmed to be owned by such Company (a
           "Real Estate Claim") and (ii) except as disclosed in Schedule
           12.2.10(a), no third party has or will have a Successful Real Estate
           Claim against a Company with respect to any real estate asset
           confirmed in the Settlement Agreement to be owned by such Company.
           For the purposes of this clause 12.2.10, "Successful" shall mean a
           claim (i) which has been honoured by a final judgement of a court of
           competent jurisdiction, (ii) which is not subject to any further
           appeals or challenges whatsoever, and (iii) with respect to which the
           Company has reasonably and diligently defended itself.

           (b) Each Company owns, free of any encumbrances (except as disclosed
           to the Buyer prior to the Signing Date, such disclosure to be
           extracts from the various public registers dated no older than 5
           (five) Business Days prior to the Signing Date), or has a valid right
           to use (i) the real estate assets that are recorded in its 2003
           Financial Statements as owned by or subject to the right of use by
           such Company with the exception of those real estate assets that have
           been disposed of after 31 December 2003, and (ii) the tangible fixed
           assets that form part of the electricity distribution network of such
           Company. For the purposes of this clause 12.2.10(b), "encumbrance"
           shall mean any mortgage, pledge or other security interest. For the
           avoidance of doubt, the term "valid right to use" shall mean either
           property right to use or a contractual right to be used or a right to
           use in accordance with Applicable Law. The warranty pursuant to this
           clause 12.2.10(b) shall not apply to the assets with respect to which
           the warranty pursuant to clause 12.2.10(a) above applies.

12.2.11    Each Company (i) has filed all Tax-related returns, notices,
           declarations, registrations and any other necessary information
           related to Tax required to be filed with the Tax Authorities pursuant
           to Applicable Law on a timely basis as from the date of such
           Company's incorporation and such returns, notices, declarations and
           information were when given and are now accurate in all material
           respects, (ii) has paid all Taxes required to be paid in accordance
           with Applicable Law prior to Completion and (iii) has properly
           withheld, accounted for and paid over to the relevant Tax Authority
           all Tax required to be so withheld from payments made to third
           parties (including employees) in accordance with Applicable Law.

12.2.12    The Seller has incurred no obligation for brokerage or finders' fees
           or agents' commissions or other similar payments in connection with
           this Agreement that would impose a liability on (a) the Buyer or (b)
           any Company.

12.2.13    The Companies have an Agreement Net Worth as of the Completion Date
           that is at least equal to the Aggregate 2003 B/S Date Net Worth, both
           of which shall have been determined and adjusted in accordance with
           clause 10.9, which determination shall be final and conclusive with
           respect to the Seller Warranty contained in this clause being
           correct. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein,
           the Seller Warranty contained in this clause is given only as of the
           Completion Date.

12.2.14    No proceedings are being conducted before any court or Governmental
           Entity the purpose of which is to challenge the Seller's authority to
           enter into or perform its obligations under this Agreement.

12.2.15    The Companies have conducted, in all material respects, their
           respective business in accordance with Applicable Law.

12.2.16    The Buyer has been provided with true and complete copies of the SERC
           2004 Filings and, if already filed as of the date hereof, the SERC
           2005 Filings.

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12.2.17    All material intellectual property (whether registered or not) and
           all pending applications therefor which is being used in connection
           with the business of each Company is legally owned by such Company or
           is lawfully used with the consent of the owner pursuant to a license
           or otherwise.

12.2.18    All material information technology and related systems used in
           connection with the business of each Company is legally owned by such
           Company or is lawfully used with the consent of the owner pursuant to
           a license or otherwise.

12.2.19    Each Company has complied and is complying in all material respects
           with (a) Applicable Law as in effect prior to or as of the Completion
           Date of any competent Governmental Entity which protects or relates
           to the protection of the environment (including the production,
           emission, storage, transportation, treatment, recycling or disposal
           of any waste or any noxious, offensive or hazardous substance) and
           (b) all legally binding requests or demands from any Governmental
           Entity charged with overseeing or enforcing Applicable Law related to
           the environment. The Seller further warrants that there is no
           outstanding environmental liability (based on Applicable Law as in
           effect prior to or as of the Completion Date) with respect to a
           Company's real property as of the date hereof.

     13   Warranties of the Buyer

     13.1 The Buyer hereby warrants to the Seller that each of the statements
          contained in this clause is true, complete and accurate as of the
          Signing Date and will continue to be true, complete, and accurate as
          of the Completion Date.

     13.2 The Buyer declares that, except as specifically provided for in this
          Agreement, no representations or warranties of any kind with respect
          thereto have been made to the Buyer by the Seller, the Minister,
          Company personnel, the managing directors or the members of the Board
          of Directors of each of the Companies or by anyone else on behalf of
          the Seller, the Minister or each Company in connection with this
          Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated hereby. The Buyer
          (acting for itself, and all of its representatives and advisers)
          expressly confirms to the Seller, the Minister, all of the
          representatives and advisers of the foregoing, that it has not relied
          upon the Information Memoranda circulated to it by the Privatisation
          Agency as a basis on which to enter into this Agreement.

     13.3 The Buyer undertakes to notify the Seller in writing promptly if it
          becomes aware of any circumstance arising during the Pre-Completion
          Period which would cause any of the following warranties to become
          untrue or inaccurate in any material respect.

     13.4 The Buyer warrants as follows:

13.4.1     Organisation

           The Buyer is a duly organised, validly existing joint stock company
           in good standing under the laws of the Czech Republic.

13.4.2     Authority; No Conflict

          (a)  This Agreement has been duly authorised, executed and delivered
               by the Buyer and constitutes a legal, valid and binding
               obligation of the Buyer, enforceable against the Buyer in
               accordance with its terms. The Buyer has the authority and
               capacity to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its
               obligations hereunder. The power of attorney authorising the
               execution of this Agreement on behalf of the Buyer is attached
               hereby as Schedule 13.4.2.

          (b)  The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the
               Buyer will not (i) conflict with Applicable Law or with any other
               law, regulation, agreement, court order, contract or other
               restriction in force at Completion under which the Buyer is
               obligated, (ii) violate the provisions of any formation document
               regulating the internal organisation of the Buyer or (iii)
               violate any judicial or administrative decision to which the
               Buyer is a party or by which it is bound.

          (c)  Other than the CPC Decision, the Buyer has obtained all necessary
               consents, licences and permissions from third parties including
               Governmental Entities and other governmental entities

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               to which it may be subject to as to enable it to enter into each
               of the Transaction Documents and to own the Sale Shares.

13.4.3     Acquisition of Sale Shares and Financing

          (a)  The Buyer has the financial resources or obtained the required
               financing so as to be able to pay the Purchase Price in
               accordance with the terms of this Agreement, and has delivered to
               the Seller prior to the execution of this Agreement the
               declaration in the form of Schedule 13.4.3 as to the origin of
               the Buyer's funds.

          (b)  The Buyer has the financial and human resources to fulfil its
               obligations under this Agreement.

          (c)  The Buyer is acquiring the Sale Shares with the purpose of
               carrying out the business of the Companies in accordance with the
               terms of their respective licences, and not with the purpose of
               liquidating, closing down or discontinuing the provision of the
               services constituting the business of the Companies in violation
               of any such licence.

          (d)  All information and documents submitted by the Buyer to the
               Republic of Bulgaria during the process of the Buyer's selection
               as the bidder who won the Privatisation tender for the purchase
               of the Sale Shares were true, complete and accurate in all
               respects when given.

          (e)  The Buyer fully meets all of the eligibility criteria as set out
               in the Privatisation Agency's Decision No 2484-P/24.10.2003,
               Article 6, and the relevant tender documentation pursuant to
               which the Buyer was admitted to participate in the Privatisation
               tender for the purchase of the Sale Shares.

13.4.4     Insolvency

          (a)  The Buyer has not been dissolved or entered into (or taken steps
               to enter into) liquidation, administration or administrative
               receivership.

          (b)  The Buyer is not insolvent or unable to pay its debts as they
               become due.

          (c)  There is no pending litigation, and there are no claims against
               the Buyer for bankruptcy or liquidation and no judgements or
               governmental orders have been made against the Buyer and, to the
               best of the knowledge of the Buyer, there is no threat to the
               Buyer that may result in a material adverse effect on the
               property, assets or operations of the Buyer or that may prevent,
               delay or otherwise hinder the Buyer's performance of this
               Agreement.

13.4.5     The Buyer has incurred no obligation for brokerage or finders' fees
           or agents' commissions or other similar payments in connection with
           this Agreement that would impose a liability on Seller or the
           Companies.

14   Confidentiality and Public Announcement

     14.1 Until Completion or, if Completion does not occur, until the third
          anniversary of the Signing Date, all Information furnished by or on
          behalf of the Seller or each Company to the Buyer, its representatives
          (which will include, for the purposes of this clause 14, its advisers)
          or its employees in connection with the privatisation sale of the Sale
          Shares will be held and will not be revealed by the Buyer to any
          person other than its authorised representatives or employees. If
          Completion does not occur, the Buyer (and its representatives) will
          (a) (at the Seller's option) (i) return all Information to the Seller
          or to the respective Company or (ii) destroy all such Information and
          all copies on all media thereof and certify to the Seller that it has
          done so, (b) procure that all of its representatives, its employees
          and any transferees of any of the Sale Shares keep confidential all
          such Information, and (c) not directly or indirectly use such
          Information for any competitive or other commercial purpose. If
          Completion occurs, the Buyer will nonetheless maintain confidential
          all Information that pertains solely to the Seller or the Minister and
          will not reveal such Information to any person other than those
          representatives of the Buyer that have been involved in connection
          with the privatisation sale of the Sale Shares.

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     14.2 The obligation of the Buyer, its representatives and employees to keep
          the Information confidential will not apply to any Information which:

14.2.1     at the time of such disclosure is, or subsequently becomes, publicly
           available (other than as a result of its disclosure by such party,
           its representatives or employees in breach of this Agreement);

14.2.2     that party can conclusively prove, by written evidence, that at the
           time of disclosure is, or subsequently becomes, available to the
           Buyer on a non-confidential basis from a source other than the
           sources referred to in clause 14.1, provided that such source was not
           subject to any duty of confidentiality in respect thereof;

14.2.3     the Buyer can conclusively prove, by written evidence, that it has
           acquired or developed such Information without breaching any of its
           obligations under this Agreement; or

14.2.4     is required to be disclosed in accordance with Applicable Law or
           other law binding on the Buyer.

     14.3 Subject to clause 14.4, neither the Buyer nor the Seller (or their
          respective representatives or employees) will make or issue, or cause
          to be made or issued, any public disclosure, announcement or written
          statement concerning the Transaction Documents or the transactions
          contemplated thereby without the prior consent of the other party,
          such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed; provided that
          this clause 14.3 will not apply to any disclosure, announcement or
          written statement required to be made by Applicable Law or other law
          binding on a party to this Agreement.

     14.4 Notwithstanding the provisions of clause 14.3, the Buyer agrees that
          the Seller will be permitted to make public disclosure of the basic
          terms of this Agreement provided that the Seller will disclose details
          of the relevant announcement to the Buyer in advance and in good faith
          take into consideration all reasonable comments made by the Buyer. For
          this purpose, the basic terms of this Agreement include the name of
          each Company and the number and percentage of the Sale Shares.

     15   Arbitration

     15.1 The parties will attempt to resolve all and any disputes,
          controversies, claims or differences arising out of or in connection
          with this Agreement through amicable negotiations.

     15.2 If the parties are not able to resolve amicably such disputes,
          controversies, claims or differences within a reasonable period (and
          not later than 30 (thirty) Business Days) of one party giving notice
          to the other in writing of such disputes, controversies, differences
          or claims arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, all and
          any such disputes, controversies, differences or claims arising out of
          or in connection with this Agreement, including any dispute as to the
          existence, breach, termination or invalidity thereof, will be finally
          settled under the Rules of Arbitration of the International Chamber of
          Commerce ("ICC").

     15.3 The arbitration tribunal shall be appointed in accordance with the
          rules of the ICC. Where the amounts or the aggregate of the amounts in
          dispute are higher than EUR 1,000,000 (one million Euro), the
          arbitration tribunal shall be composed of 3 (three) arbitrators and
          where the amounts or the aggregate of the amounts in dispute are EUR
          1,000,000 (one million Euro) or less, the arbitration tribunal shall
          be composed of one arbitrator.

     15.4 The place and seat of the arbitration will be Paris, France, and the
          language of the arbitration will be the English language (except that
          a party may have the proceedings translated into a language of its
          choice at its expense).

     15.5 The parties agree that if an arbitral panel has been appointed under
          the Escrow Agreement, the same arbitral panel will be appointed to
          resolve a dispute pursuant to this Agreement. In addition, the parties
          agree that the arbitral panel has the power to consolidate arbitration
          proceedings if, as determined in the sole discretion of the arbitral
          panel, the dispute arising under the Escrow Agreement and under this
          Agreement is based on substantially similar facts or substantially
          similar issues or if the arbitration panel determines, in its sole
          discretion, that it would be cost-effective to consolidate such
          proceedings.

     15.6 To the extent expressly permitted by Applicable Law, it is expressly
          agreed that the right to appeal to the courts or to apply to such
          courts for the determination of a preliminary point of law is
          excluded.

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     15.7 The parties agree not to disclose any details of any arbitral
          proceedings pursuant to this clause 15 including the submissions and
          evidence of the parties and including any awards (their contents,
          reasons and results), except with the prior written consent of the
          other or to the extent that such information or documents are in the
          public domain or their disclosure is required by Applicable Law or any
          other law that is binding on a party or is necessary to protect or
          pursue a legal right or remedy, including for the purposes of
          enforcement.

     16   Miscellaneous

     16.1 Continuation after Completion; Further Assurances

16.1.1     Clauses 14, 15, 16 and 17 will survive Completion unless and until
           the parties otherwise agree in writing; the same applies to those
           provisions which are specifically provided for in this Agreement as
           provisions surviving Completion.

16.1.2     Each of the Buyer and the Seller will execute and/or cause to be
           delivered to the other all such instruments and other documents, as
           the other may from time to time reasonably require, prior to or after
           Completion, for the purpose of giving to one another the full benefit
           of all the provisions of this Agreement. Whichever of the Buyer or
           the Seller requests such further assurance will be liable for all
           reasonable costs incurred in connection with such request.

     16.2 Entire Agreement

          This Agreement, together with the other Transaction Documents and each
          of their respective schedules embodies and sets forth the entire
          agreement and understanding of the parties and supersedes all prior
          oral or written negotiations, agreements, representations,
          understandings or arrangements (if any) between the parties with
          respect to the subject matter contained herein. Neither party hereto
          will be entitled to rely on any document, agreement, understanding or
          arrangement which is not expressly set forth in this Agreement and the
          other Transaction Documents as well as the schedules hereto or
          thereto. Each of the parties hereby acknowledges that it has placed no
          reliance and will not at any time hereafter place reliance on any
          information or warranty (whether expressed or implied and whether
          written or oral) given by any other party relating to the transactions
          contemplated hereby other than information and warranties contained in
          this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents as well as the
          schedules hereto or thereto.

     16.3 Variation

          No purported variation of this Agreement will be effective unless it
          is in writing and is duly executed by or on behalf of the Buyer and
          the Seller. The expression "variation" will include any variation,
          supplement, deletion or replacement however effected.

     16.4 Governing Law

          This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with
          the laws of the Republic of Bulgaria.

     16.5 Copies and Language

          This Agreement will be executed in 3 (three) identical copies in both
          the English and Bulgarian languages: two sets for the Seller and one
          set for the Buyer. In the event of any conflict in the terms of this
          Agreement between the two language versions, the terms of the English
          language version of this Agreement will prevail.

     16.6 Assigns and Successors

16.6.1     No party may assign any rights under this Agreement without the prior
           written consent of the other party, subject only to the exceptions
           contained in this clause 16.6.

16.6.2     This Agreement will be binding upon and enure for the benefit of the
           successors in title of each of the parties.

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16.6.3     Subject to the provisions of clause 8.1 and 16.6.5, the Buyer may not
           assign its rights or delegate its duties or undertakings under this
           Agreement.

16.6.4     Each of the parties hereto acknowledges that the rights and
           obligations of the Seller pursuant to the terms of this Agreement are
           assigned, upon Completion, to the Post Privatisation and Control
           Agency of the Republic of Bulgaria by operation of law.

16.6.5     The Buyer may upon written notice to the Seller assign its right to
           make a claim and any resulting receivables of such claim under the
           indemnities contained in clause 10 above to a Majority-owned Buyer
           Affiliate provided that the Buyer shall remain liable for the
           reasonable costs of the Seller to the extent that the Seller is
           successful in defending such claim.

     16.7 Notices

          Any notice, request, demand, consent, approval or other communication
          to a party will be effective when received and will be given in
          writing in the English language, and delivered in person against
          receipt therefor, or sent by certified mail, postage prepaid, telefax
          confirmed by certified mail, or courier service at its authorised
          address as set out below or to such other address as it will hereafter
          furnish in writing to the other. All such notices and other
          communications will be deemed given on the date received by the
          addressee.
<TABLE>

           <S>                                            <C>
           If to the Buyer:                               If to the Seller:
           CEZ - Legal Department                         29 Aksakov St.
           Duhova 2/1444,                                 1000 Sofia
           140 53 Prague 4,                               Bulgaria
           Czech Republic
           Attn: Ms. Jarmila Ponikelska                   Attn: Atanas Bangachev, Executive Director
                Head of Legal Department
           Tel:+420 271 132 372                           Tel: +359 2 987 75 79; +359 2 980 38 46
           Fax: +420 271 132 008                          Fax: +359 2 981 13 07

                                                          If to the Post-Privatisation Control Agency:
                                                          52A G.M.Dimitrov Blvd.
                                                          1000 Sofia
                                                          Bulgaria

                                                          Attn: Atanaska Bozova, Executive Director
                                                          Tel: +359 2 971 24 56
                                                          Fax: +359 2 970 16 89
</TABLE>

     16.8 Waiver

16.8.1     A party may waive their respective rights, powers or privileges under
           this Agreement provided that such waiver will be in writing.

16.8.2     The parties agree that no failure or delay on the part of a party to
           exercise any right, power or privilege under this Agreement will
           operate as a waiver thereof.

16.8.3     The parties agree that no single or partial exercise of any right,
           power or privilege under this Agreement will preclude any other or
           further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or
           privilege by a party under the terms of this Agreement.

16.8.4     The parties agree that no waiver under clause 16.8.1 will operate or
           be construed as a future waiver of any right, power or privilege
           under this Agreement.

     16.9 Costs, Fees and Expenses

          Each party will bear its respective costs, fees and expenses incurred
          in connection with or incidental to the matters contained in this
          Agreement, including without limitation any fees and disbursements to
          its financial advisers, accountants and legal counsel.

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     16.10 Severability

          If any provision of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable then,
          to the extent possible, all of the remaining provisions of this
          Agreement will remain in full force and effect and will be binding
          upon the parties.

     16.11 Acknowledgement

16.11.1    The Seller hereby acknowledges that it has not entered into this
           Agreement in reliance on any warranties, representations, covenants,
           undertakings or indemnities howsoever or by whosoever or to
           whomsoever made except insofar as they are contained in this
           Agreement.

16.11.2    The Buyer hereby acknowledges that it has not entered into this
           Agreement in reliance on any warranties, representations, covenants,
           undertakings or indemnities howsoever or by whosoever or to
           whomsoever made except insofar as they are contained in this
           Agreement.

     16.12 Payments

          Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, all payments
          to be made under this Agreement will be made in full without any
          set-off or counterclaim and free from any deduction or withholding,
          except as may be required by law (in which event such deduction or
          withholding will not exceed the minimum amount required by Applicable
          Law and the payer will simultaneously pay to the payee whatever
          additional amount is required for the net amount received to equal
          what would have been received if no such deduction or withholding had
          been required).

     16.13 Environmental Matters

         The parties acknowledge that pursuant to Paragraph 9 of the Final and
         Transitional Provisions of the PEA the Seller shall be liable for any
         Past Environmental Damages (as such term is defined in the PEA) in
         accordance with the PEA Regulation. Both parties shall use their best
         endeavours to secure the execution of an agreement pursuant to Article
         8(1) of the PEA Regulation co-ordinating the liabilities of the
         Republic of Bulgaria with respect to past environmental damages and
         comprising the terms and conditions for financing and removing the past
         environmental damages as required by the Applicable Law within 9 (nine)
         months after the Completion Date.

     17   Classified Information

17.1.1     Following Completion, the Buyer will nominate one or more persons,
           which will be investigated in accordance with the requirements of the
           Protection of Classified Information Act ("PCIA") and the Regulation
           on Application of the PCIA. Upon the nomination of such person or
           persons, the Buyer will file the required documents for investigation
           of the officials pursuant to approved list of the positions under
           Art. 37 of the PCIA and for obtaining a permit for access to
           classified information in accordance with the requirements of
           Chapters V and VI of the PCIA and Chapter VI, Section II of the
           Regulation on Application of the PCIA.

17.1.2     The Buyer will procure that the Companies ensure the necessary
           conditions for creating, processing and storage of the classified
           information, as well as the granting of access to the same in
           accordance with the requirements of the PCIA.

17.1.3     The Buyer will procure that the Companies observe the requirements
           for protection of the classified information.

17.1.4     The Buyer will procure that the Companies will not admit unregulated
           access to classified information.

17.1.5     The Buyer will procure that the Companies submit the required
           information upon request of the competent bodies pursuant to Art. 10,
           Par.1, Art.11, Par.4 and Art. 16, Par.1 PCIA.

17.1.6     Upon request, the Buyer will procure that the Companies provide to
           the representatives of the State Information Security Commission and
           to the competent security divisions, immediate access to the

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premises where classified information related to the fulfilment of the functions
in accordance with the requirements set forth in Chapter II, Sections I and II
PCIA is being created, processed and stored.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have signed this Agreement in Sofia on 19
November 2004, in (3) three original copies in the Bulgarian and English
language, the Seller acknowledging receipt of two originals in each language and
the Buyer acknowledging receipt of one original in each language.

EXECUTED

signature

-----------------------
by Atanas Kirilov Bangachev
for and on behalf of
THE PRIVATISATION AGENCY OF THE REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA

EXECUTED

signature                                           signature

---------------------                               ----------------------
by Martin Roman                                     Radomir Lasak

for and on behalf of
CEZ, a. s.
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                                Schedule 1.1 (B)

                                Escrow Agreement

                                       39

<PAGE>

                                Schedule 1.1 (C)

                                Restated By-laws

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                                 Schedule 3.2.2

            Territory of Electricity Distribution and Supply Licenses

                                       41
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                                 Schedule 3.2.3

                      Part A - Form of Settlement Agreement

                                       42
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                                 Schedule 3.2.3

              Part B - Form of Annex 1 to the Settlement Agreement

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                                 Schedule 4.3.3

                                Supervisory Board

1.   Elektrorazpredelenie Stolichno EAD:
     -----------------------------------
     Nominees of the Buyer:
     ---------------------
     1.1 Mr. Martin Zmelik;

     1.2 Mr. Radomir Lasak;

     1.3 Mr. Vladimir Schmalz.

     Nominees of the Seller:
     -----------------------
     1.1 To be nominated prior to Completion;

     1.2 To be nominated prior to Completion.

2.   Elektrorazpredelenie Sofia Oblast EAD:
     --------------------------------------
     Nominees of the Buyer:
     ----------------------
     Mr. Martin Zmelik

     Mr. Bohdan Malaniuk

     Mr. Vladimir Johanes

     Nominees of the Seller:
     -----------------------
     1.1 To be nominated prior to Completion;

     1.2 To be nominated prior to Completion.

3.   Elektrorazpredelenie Pleven EAD:
     --------------------------------
     Nominees of the Buyer:
     ----------------------

     Mr. Martin Zmelik

     Mr. Jan Juchelka

     Mr. Tomas Petran

     Nominees of the Seller:
     -----------------------
     1.1 To be nominated prior to Completion;

     1.2 To be nominated prior to Completion.

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                                  Schedule 10.9

                          Net Worth Auditor Procedures

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                                 Schedule 11.4.1

                               Seller Claim Notice

To:  [Provide details of Guarantee Bank]

Pursuant to clause 11.4.1 of the Share Privatisation Sale Agreement by and among
The Privatisation Agency of the Republic of Bulgaria (the "Seller") and [o] (the
"Buyer"), made and entered into as of [ ] 2004 ("the Share Privatisation Sale
Agreement"), and pursuant to the Bank Guarantee established pursuant to clause
4.2.2(b) of the Share Privatisation Sale Agreement, the Seller hereby requests
the [Guarantee Bank] to immediately release and disburse to the Seller the
amount of [Euro ] pursuant to the terms of the above-mentioned Bank Guarantee.

Funds shall be delivered by [wire transfer] to the account designated below:

[Account details]

For the Post-Privatisation Control Agency:

----------------------
[name and title]

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                                 Schedule 12.2.1

                          Information on the Companies

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S>                                                    <C>
                                                      Part I
                                                      ------
Company name                                          Elektrorazpredelenie Stolichno EAD

Registered office                                     330,  Tzar Simeon  St.,  Ilinden  Municipality,  1309
                                                      Sofia, Bulgaria,

Share capital (BGN)                                   BGN 1,928,000

No. and date of court decision establishing           Decision No. 1 of 27 April 2000
Company as an independent regional company

Date of Registration of order with court              27 April 2000

Court at which order has been filed                   Sofia City Court

Company file no. held by the court                    c.c. 6358.

                                                      Part II
                                                      -------
Company name                                          Elektrorazpredelenie Sofia Oblast EAD

Registered office                                     2,  Evropa  Blvd.,  Vrabnitsa   Municipality, 1360
                                                      Sofia, Bulgaria

Share capital (BGN)                                   BGN 2,149,000

No. and date of court decision establishing           Decision No. 1 of 28 April 2000
Company as an independent regional company

Date of Registration of order with court              28 April 2000

Court at which order has been filed                   Sofia City Court

Company file no. held by the court                    c.c. 6315.

                                                      Part III
                                                      --------
Company name                                          Elektrorazpredelenie Pleven EAD

Registered office                                     73 Doiran St., 5800 Pleven, Bulgaria,

Share capital (BGN)                                   BGN 1,206,000

No. and date of court decision establishing           Decision No. 833 of 28 April 2000
Company as an independent regional company
</TABLE>
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Date of Registration of order with court              28 April 2000

Court at which order has been filed                   Pleven Regional Court

Company file no. held by the court                    c.c. 833.

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                                 Schedule 12.2.7

                          Subsidiaries of the Companies

Part I: EDC Stolichno EAD

EDC Stolichno EAD is a member of the National Committee of Bulgaria to the World
Energy Council - a non-for-profit legal entity.

Part II: EDC Sofia Oblast EAD

EDC Sofia Oblast EAD is a member of the National Committee of Bulgaria to the
World Energy Council - a non-for-profit legal entity.

Part III: EDC Pleven EAD

EDC Pleven EAD is a member of the National Committee of Bulgaria to the World
Energy Council - a non-for-profit legal entity.

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                                 Schedule 12.2.8

                      Litigation or Arbitration Proceedings

Part I: EDC Stolichno EAD
<TABLE>
<S>          <C>                        <C>                    <C>                     <C>                   <C>

-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
No          Parties                     Type, No of court        Legal ground              Amount of          Stage of the
                                        case, Court Name                                   claim              proceedings
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
1.         "Konex" STK                  Civil case No            unpaid construction       BGN 3,855.12       Court of 1st
                                        7226/2000 Regional       works                                        instance
                                        Court of Sofia,
                                        panel 74
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
2.         1. Stoyan Pancev             Civil case No            Compensation for losses   BGN 27,360          Court of 2nd
              Petrov                    1009/2001, Sofia         and missed profits                           instance
           2. Ludmila V.                City Court, division
              Milanova                  1, panel 3
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
3.         "Mladost" RPK                Civil case No 1304/      Compensation for          BGN 96,227         Court of 2nd
                                        2000, Sofia City         the exploitation of                          instance
                                        Court, division 6,       a kiosk
                                        panel 9
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
4.         1. Antonina Georg.           Civil case No            Losses under art.         BGN 60,000         Court of 2nd
              Bachvarova                358/2000, Sofia          49 of the Law on                             instance
           2. Georogi Rusl.             City Court, panel        Obligations and
              Bachvarov                 11                       Contracts, losses
           3. Katherina Bachvarova                               under art. 52 of
                                                                 the Law on
                                                                 Obligations and
                                                                 Contracts
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
5.         "Mladost" RPC                Civil case No            Compensation for          BGN 6,820          Court of 2nd
                                        000617/2002              the exploitation of                          instance
                                        Regional Court of        two kiosks
                                        Sofia, panel 28
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
6.         1. Sabka Daceva Stavreva     Civil case No            Losses                    BGN 5,300          Court of 1st
           2. Sophroni Dim. Stavrev     3692/2000, Regional                                                   instance
                                        Court of Sofia,
                                        panel 30
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
7.         "Mraz" AD                    Civil case No            Claim under               BGN 2,229.10       Court of 2nd
                                        2639/02, Sofia City      art.108 of the                               instance
                                        Court , panel II A       Ownership Act and
                                                                 compensation
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
8.         "Vinprom Service -           Civil case               Claim for                 BGN 15,626.16      Court of 2nd
           Portugal" AD                 846/2002, Sofia          establishment of                             instance
                                        City Court,              facts
                                        division 6, panel 10
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
9          Lilyana Vaskova Doynova      Civil case               Compensation for          BGN 7,735          Supreme
                                        No869/2001, SAC,         professional                                 Cassation Court
                                        panel 2                  disease
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
10.        Christo Atanassov            Civil case               Illegal dismissal         BGN 2,648.16       Supreme
           Palashki                     No3854/2002, Sofia       and compensation                             Cassation Court
                                        City Court, panel
                                        II-A
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
11.        Svetosalv Boyanov            Civil case No            Revocation of a           BGN 1,826.40       Court of 2nd
                                        9567/2000, Regional      Summery dismissal                            instance
                                        Court of Sofia,          and compensation
                                        panel 76
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
12.        1. Jordanka Gjurova          Civil case No            Compensation for          BGN 4,175.07       Court of 2nd
           2. Tzvetan Ivanov            1408/2002, Regional      losses                                       instance
                                        Court of Sofia,
                                        panel IV-B
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
13.        "Natasha Kiliovska" ET       Civil case No            Claim for                 BGN 897            Court of 2nd
                                        13907/2002,              establishment of                             instance
                                                                 lack of facts for
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<TABLE>
<S>          <C>                        <C>                    <C>                     <C>                   <C>

-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
                                        Regional Court of        unpaid electricity
                                        Sofia, panel 28          bills
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
14.        Bojidar Dim. Vassilev        Civil case No            Illegal dismissal         BGN 2,900          Court of 3d
                                        2339/03, Sofia City      and compensation                             instance
                                        Court, panel II-B
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
15.        Nikolina Krumova             Civil case No            Compensation for          BGN 9,770          Court of 2nd
           Vassileva                    4105/03, Regional        losses                                       instance
                                        Court of Sofia,
                                        panel 28
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
16.        Daphinka Evloguieva          Civil case               Illegal dismissal         BGN 1,800          Court of 2nd
           Petrova                      No1488/2003,             and compensation                             instance
                                        Regional Court of
                                        Sofia, panel 64
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
17.        Stephko Gueorgiev Kolev      Civil case No            Legally unjustified       BGN 1,200          Court of 1st
                                        17527/2002               enrichment                                   instance
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
18.        Ventzislav Cv.               Civil case No            Compensation for          BGN 1,000          Court of 1st
           Dudolenski                   4316/2003, Regional      losses                                       instance
                                        Court of Sofia,
                                        panel 26
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
19.        Ugo OOD                      Civil case               Claim for                 BGN 2,000          Court of 2nd
                                        No17527/02, Regional     establishment of                             instance
                                        Court of Sofia,          lack of facts
                                        panel 27
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
20.        Krassimira Assenova          Civil case No            Compensation for          BGN 530            Court of 2nd
           Bojilova                     3194/2003                losses                                       instance
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
21.        1. Christo Al. Mishev        Civil case No            Compensation for          BGN 1,000          Court of 1st
           2. Jana Korneva Misheva      3183/2003, Regional      losses                                       instance
                                        Court of Sofia,
                                        panel 24
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
22.        Gueorgy Simeonov Todorov     Civil case No            Compensation for          BGN 2,000,000      Court of 1st
                                        404/2003, Sofia          losses                                       instance
                                        City Court, panel
                                        I-7
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
23.        Jivka Vangelova              Civil case No            Claim for                 BGN 4,780.22       Court of 1st
           Gabrovska                    19013/03, Regional       establishment of                             instance
                                        Court of Sofia,          lack of facts -
                                        panel 52                 unpaid electricity
                                                                 bills
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
24.        "Veda-Danail Stojanov"       Civil case No            Claim for                 BGN 5,715.28       Court of 2nd
           ET                           7758/2003, Regional      establishment of                             instance
                                        Court of Sofia,          lack of facts -
                                        panel 31                 unpaid electricity
                                                                 bills
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
25.        "Nedibor - Krassimir         Civil case No            Claim for                 BGN 2,311.95       Court of 2nd
           Vassilev" ET                 6579/2003,               establishment of                             instance
                                        Regional Court of        lack of facts -
                                        Sofia, panel 33          unpaid electricity
                                                                 bills
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
26.        Tzvetan Vassilev Petrov      Civil case No            Claim for                 BGN 1,500          Court of 1st
                                        15313/02, Regional       establishment of                             instance
                                        Court of Sofia,          lack of facts -
                                        panel 25                 unpaid electricity
                                                                 bills
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
27.        Ahavni Tavitian              Civil case               Removal of                -                  Court of 2nd
                                        No3359/03, Sofia         electricity                                  instance
                                        City Court               distribution desk

-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
28.        "Zarian-5-Petko Petkov"      Civil case No            Compensation for          BGN 29,271         Court of 1st
           ET                           1461/02, Regional        losses                                       instance
                                        Court of Sofia,
                                        panel I-7

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<S>          <C>                        <C>                    <C>                     <C>                   <C>
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
29.        Bojidar Petrov               Civil case No             Bills paid, but not      BGN 660            Court of 1st
           Terzijski                    8037/03, Regional         due                                         instance
                                        Court of Sofia,
                                        panel 32
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
30.        Nikolaj Jordanov             Civil case No            Irregular dismissal       BGN 3,908          Court of 1st
           Jordanov                     20457/03                                                              instance
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
31.        Daphinka Dimitrova           Civil case No            Irregular dismissal       BGN 2,120          Court of 2nd
                                        9688/03, Regional        and compensation                             instance
                                        Court of Sofia,          for losses
                                        panel 33
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
32.        Valentina Assenova           Civil case No            Unlawful dismissal        BGN 2,160          Court of 1st
           Veleva                       8064/03, Regional        and compensation                             instance
                                        Court of Sofia,
                                        panel 68
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
33.        1. Metodi Stoyanov           Civil case No            Property claim for        BGN 16,981.20      Court of 1st
           Geshev 2. Tzvetan Ves.       7544/03, Regional        "Drujba"                                     instance
           Dimitrov 3. Gueorgi          Court of Sofia,          residential
           Geshev, etc.                 panel 42                 district - main
                                                                 warehouse
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
34.        1. Margarita Vas.            Civil case No            Claim for removal         -                  Court of 2nd
           Alexieva 2.Kiril Dim.        12444/02, Regional       of an electricity                            instance
           Alexiev                      Court of Sofia,          pole situated in
                                        panel 46                 "Gurubljiane"
                                                                 district
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
35.        Slavka Ilieva Cirilova       Civil case No            Irregular dismissal       BGN 1,050          Court of 1st
                                        6370/03, Regional        and compensation                             instance
                                        Court of Sofia,
                                        panel 65
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
36.        1. Milen Rajicev             Civil case No            Claim for                 BGN 5,000          Court of 1st
           Vassilev 2. Milena           9429/03, Regional        establishment of                             instance
           Trend. Vassileva             Court of Sofia,          lack of facts -
           3. Yanka Vassileva, etc.     panel 30                 unpaid electricity
                                                                 bills
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
37.        Nikola Dimitrov              Civil case No            Claim for                 BGN 4,664.50       Court of 2nd
           Doytchev                     6299/03, Regional        establishment of                             instance
                                        Court of Sofia,          lack of facts -
                                        panel 30                 unpaid electricity
                                                                 bills
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
38.        Marko G. Dimitrov            Civil case No            Claim for                 BGN 3,750          Court of 2nd
                                        14159/03, Regional       establishment of                             instance
                                        Court of Sofia,          lack of facts -
                                        panel 36                 unpaid electricity
                                                                 bills
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
39.        Minka Evtimova Zlatkova      Civil case No            Irregular dismissal       BGN 3,024          Court of 2nd
                                        11654/02, Regional       and compensation                             instance
                                        Court of Sofia,
                                        panel 73
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
40.        Toni Tzokov Stamenov         Civil case No            Irregular dismissal       BGN 3,000          Court of 1st
                                        21569/03, Regional       and compensation                             instance
                                        Court of Sofia,
                                        panel 79
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
41.        "Grigo-X" EOOD               Civil case No1635/       Legally unjustified       BGN 40,095         Court of 2nd
                                        03, SAC, panel 3         enrichment                                   instance

-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
42.        Galia Petrova Dimitrova      Civil case               Claim for                 BGN 4,214.95       Court of 2nd
                                        No22310/03, Regional     establishment of                             instance
                                        Court of Sofia,          lack of facts -
                                        panel 37                 unpaid electricity
                                                                 bills
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
43.        1.Kocho Rajichev             Civil case No            Compensation              BGN 3,000          Court of 1st
           Kochev                       21674/03, Regional                                                    instance
           2. Nadejda Kocheva 3.        Court of Sofia,
           Blagoj Kochev                panel  24
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
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<S>          <C>                        <C>                    <C>                     <C>                   <C>
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
44.        Vassilka Slavtcheva          Civil case No1050/       Claim for                 BGN 7,761.23       Court of 2nd
           Vassileva                    03, Sofia City           establishment of                             instance
                                        Court, panel IVB         lack of facts
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
45.        "Sandi" ET                   Civil case No 673/01,    Compensation for          BGN 12,882         Court of 2nd
                                        Sofia City Court,        losses                                       instance
                                        panel I-3
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
46.        Orlin Dim. Mashalov          Civil case No19011/      Claim for                 BGN 9,663.56       Court of 2nd
                                        03, Regional Court       establishment of                             instance
                                        of Sofia, panel 50       lack of facts
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
47.        "Poletinska zora" ET         Civil case No            Losses from illegal       BGN 10,035.44      Court of 1st
                                        1696/2004. Sofia         interruption of                              instance
                                        City Court, panel        electricity supply
                                        VI-2
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
48.        Krastjio Kirilov             Civil case               Claim for                                    Court of 1st
           Balabanov                    No21718/03, Regional     establishment of          BGN 2,736.96       instance
                                        Court of Sofia,          facts for corrected
                                        panel 31                 electricity bills
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
49.        Kocho Rajchev Kochov         Civil case               Non material              BGN 3,000          Court of 1st
                                        No22649/03, Regional     damages from racial                          instance
                                        Court of Sofia,          discrimination
                                        panel 31
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
50.        Toni Tzokov Stamenov         Civil case               Irregular dismissal       BGN 3,000          Court of 1st
                                        No21674/03, Regional     and compensation                             instance
                                        Court of Sofia,
                                        panel 24
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
51.        1. "Levski" SK               Civil case               Claim for                 BGN 9,309.91       Court of 1st
           2. " R-L                     No21818/03, Regional     establishment of                             instance
           Commerce-Rossen              Court of Sofia,          facts for corrected
           Pishiev" ET                  panel 35                 electricity bills
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
52.        1. Rossitza                  Civil case               Claim for                 BGN 2,467          Court of 1st
           Assenova                     15487/03, Regional       establishment of                             instance
           2. Evgueni Assenov           Court of Sofia,          facts for corrected
                                        panel 32                 electricity bills
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
53.        Tanya Atanassova Kitova      Civil case               Damages                   BGN 3,000          Court of 1st
                                        No22978/03, Regional                                                  instance
                                        Court of Sofia,
                                        panel 35
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
54.        1. Maria Damianova           Civil case No16/04,      Illegal damage            BGN 26,713         Court of 1st
           Sotirova                     Sofia City Court,                                                     instance
           2.Dessislava Gueorguieva     panel 1-6
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
55.        Boris Stoyanov Jelev         Civil case No679/04,     Claim for                 BGN 4,336.88       Court of 1st
                                        Regional Court of        establishment of                             instance
                                        Sofia  panel 46          facts for corrected
                                                                 electricity bills
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
56.        "Flo-Krum Nedkov" ET         Civil case No275/04,     Claim for                 BGN 4,192.61       Court of 2nd
                                        Sofia City Court         establishment of                             instance
                                                                 facts for corrected
                                                                 electricity bills
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
57.        Stoyna Gueorguieva           Civil case               Claim for                 BGN 648.31         Court of 1st
           Dimitrova                    No6800/04, Regional      establishment of                             instance
                                        Court of Sofia,          facts for corrected
                                        panel 36                 electricity bills
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
58.        Milen Krastanov Krastev      Civil case               Illegal damages as        BGN 900            Court of 1st
                                        No8463/03, Regional      a result of                                  instance
                                        Court of Sofia,          irregular
                                        panel 52                 interruption of
                                                                 electricity supply
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
59.        Bogdan Dimitrov Geshev       Civil case No375/04,     Unlawful dismissal        BGN 4,524          Court of 1st
                                        Regional Court of        and compensation                             instance
                                        Sofia, panel 69
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
60.        "Kontrax" OOD                Civil case No62/04       Compensation for          BGN 20,000         Court of 1st
                                                                 losses and missed                            instance
                                                                 profits
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
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<S>          <C>                        <C>                    <C>                     <C>                   <C>
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
61.        " Tanima-Angel               KZK - No20/04            Inpaid electricity        BGN 3,708.96       Court of 1st
           Vesselinov" ET                                        bills                                        instance
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
62.        Lubomir Hr. Privodanov       KZK-228/04               Irregular                 BGN 51,892.49      Court of 1st
                                                                 interruption of                              instance
                                                                 electricity supply
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
63.        1.Donka Iv. Vassileva,       Administrative case      Appeal of a               -                  Court of 1st
           2.Guerguin Krastev, etc.     No2581/03, Sofia         decision                                     instance
                                        City Court, panel        -PA-09-50-81/1999 -
                                        III-3                    "Studentski grad" CZP
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
64.        Dimitar Trenev               Civil case No1501/       Claim for                 BGN 3,370          Court of 1st
           Konakchijski                 04, Regional Court       establishment of                             instance
                                        of Sofia, panel 29       facts for corrected
                                                                 energy bills
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
65.        Jordan Vassilev              Civil case No1259/       Claim for                 BGN 1,149.11       Court of 1st
           Krastanov                    04, Regional Court       establishment of                             instance
                                        of Sofia, panel 44       facts for corrected
                                                                 energy bills
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
66.        Gueorgy Dimitrov Kolev       Civil case No1387/       Claim for                 BGN 2,345.01       Court of 1st
                                        04, Regional Court       establishment of                             instance
                                        of Sofia, panel 47       facts for corrected
                                                                 energy bills
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
67.        Foundation "Romani Bah"      Civil case No1262/       Claim for                 -                  Court of 1st
           and Bulgarian Helsinki       04, Regional Court       establishment of                             instance
           Committee                    of Sofia, panel 39       facts for racial
                                                                 discrimination
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
68.        "Aleko Sport 99" AD          Civil case No139/04,     Claim for                 BGN 71,101.07      Court of 1st
                                        Sofia City Court,        establishment of                             instance
                                        division III-6           facts for corrected
                                                                 energy bills
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
69.         "Anna - Raco Iv.            Civil case 317/04,       Claim for                 BGN 42,747         Court of 1st
           Mintzev" ET                  Regional Court of        establishment of                             instance
                                        Sofia, panel VI-1        facts for corrected
                                                                 energy bills
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
70.        Tzvetan Gueorgiev            Civil case No1663/       Claim for                 BGN 2,925.16       Court of 1st
           Ranguelov                    04, Regional Court       establishment of                             instance
                                        of Sofia, panel 36       facts for corrected
                                                                 energy bills
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
71.        Nikolaj Jordanov Batshki     Civil case               Claim for                 BGN 63,000         Court of 1st
                                        No21879/03, Regional     establishment of                             instance
                                        Court of Sofia,          facts for corrected
                                        panel 29                 energy bills
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
72.        "Tara-99" EOOD               Civil case No2873/       Claim for                 BGN 5,067.79       Court of 1st
                                        04, Regional Court       establishment of                             instance
                                        of Sofia, panel 55       facts for corrected
                                                                 energy bills and
                                                                 losses
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
73.        "Goriana" OOD                Civil case No2214/       Losses and                BGN 900            Court of 1st
                                        04, Regional Court       reestablishment to                           instance
                                        of Sofia, panel 77       power supply
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
74.        Yavor Damianov Arnaudov      Civil case No2894/       Claim for                 BGN 5,093.95       Court of 1st
                                        04,  Regional Court      establishment of                             instance
                                        of Sofia, panel 41       facts for corrected
                                                                 energy bills
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
75.        Detelin Vassilev Genkov      Civil case No2896/       Claim for                 BGN 4,537.78       Court of 1st
                                        04, Regional Court       establishment of                             instance
                                        of Sofia, panel 42       facts for corrected
                                                                 energy bills
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
76.        "Marven" EOOD                Civil case No2973/       Claim for                 BGN 4,831          Court of 1st
                                        04, Regional Court       establishment of                             instance
                                        of Sofia, panel 27       facts for corrected
                                                                 energy bills
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
77.        1. Smilen Petrov Todorov     Civil case No1277/       Losses from               BGN 2,000          Court of 1st
            2. Petar Simeonov           04, Regional Court       electric shock                               instance
           Todorov                      of Sofia, panel 26
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
78.        Rumen Kostadinov             Civil case               Claim for                 BGN 2,500          Court of 1st
           Grigorov                     No1184/04, Regional      establishment of                             instance
                                        Court of Sofia,          facts for racial
                                        panel 24                 discrimination
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
79.        Ivan Nikolov Ivanov          Civil case               Claim for                 BGN 6,330          Court of 1st
                                        No3586/04, Regional      establishment of                             instance
                                        Court of Sofia,          facts for corrected
                                        panel 50                 energy bills
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
80.        Anelia Jordanova             Civil case No2763/04,    Claim for establishment   BGN 893,13         Court of 1st
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
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<TABLE>
<S>          <C>                        <C>                    <C>                     <C>                   <C>
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
           Dimitrova                    Regional Court of        of facts for                                 instance
                                        Sofia, panel 50          corrected energy
                                                                 bills
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
81.        "Dimitraka-P Apostolov"      Civil case               Claim for                 BGN 5,000          Court of 1st
           ET                           No4148/04, Regional      establishment of                             instance
                                        Court of Sofia,          facts for corrected
                                        panel 47                 energy bills
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
82.        Nikolaj Petrov               Civil case               Labour dispute            BGN 2,520          Court of 1st
           Grantcharov                  No22876/03, Regional                                                  instance
                                        Court of Sofia,
                                        panel 74
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
83.        "Marti 11 - Alexander        Civil case               Claim for                 BGN 1,883.18       Court of 1st
           Assenov" ET                  No3921/04, Regional      establishment of                             instance
                                        Court of Sofia,          facts for corrected
                                        panel 49                 energy bills
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
84.        "TREP" OOD                   Civil case No576/04,     Claim for                 BGN 23,969.92      Court of 1st
                                        Sofia City Court,        establishment of                             instance
                                        division 4, panel 1      facts for corrected
                                                                 energy bills
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
85.        Petko Stoyanov               Civil case               Claim for                 BGN 16,000         Court of 1st
           Gueorguiev                   No1104/04, Sofia         establishment of                             instance
                                        City Court,              facts for corrected
                                        division 1, panel 5      energy bills
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
86.        "Karat-69"OOD                Civil caseNo 488/2004    Claim for                 BGN 13,600         Court of 1st
                                        Sofia City Court,        establishment of                             instance
                                        VI-4                     facts for corrected
                                                                 energy bills
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
87.        Krassimir Mitev              Civil case No            Buy out of kiosk                             Court of 1st
                                        5785/2004 Regional       and power lines                              instance
                                        Court of Sofia,
                                        panel 45
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
88.        Vladimir Iv. Georgiev        Civil case No            Buy out of equipment      BGN 9,040          Court of 1st
                                        5986/2004                                                             instance
                                        Regional Court of
                                        Sofia - panel 42
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
89.        Naiden Nikolov               Civil case No 6043/04    Claim for                 BGN 1,821          Court of 1st
                                        Regional Court of        establishment of                             instance
                                        Sofia, panel 29          facts for corrected
                                                                 energy bills
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
90.        Margarita Zaharieva          Civil case No            Claim for                 BGN 3,098          Court of 1st
                                        6139/2004                establishment of                             instance
                                                                 facts for corrected
                                                                 energy bills
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
91.        Nikolay Vukadinov            Civil case No            Claim for                 BGN 3,283          Court of 1st
                                        6450/04 Regional         establishment of                             instance
                                        Court of Sofia,          facts for corrected
                                        panel 42                 energy bills
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
92.        Romil Bogoev                 Civil case No            Claim for                 BGN 1,700          Court of 1st
                                        4977/2004                establishment of                             instance
                                        Regional Court of        facts for corrected
                                        Sofia, panel 43          energy bills
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
93.        Dessisslava Dorosieva        Civil case No            Restoring electricity                        Court of 1st
                                        6522/04 Regional         supply                                       instance
                                        Court of
                                        Sofia, panel 40
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
94.        ET Bobison-Miho Hristov      Civil case No            Claim for                 BGN 4,223          Court of 1st
                                        6322/04 Regional         establishment of                             instance
                                        Court of Sofia,          facts for corrected
                                        panel 46                 energy bills
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
95.        Metodi Popov                 Civil case No 6322/04    Claim for                 BGN 3,224          Court of 1st
                                        Regional Court of        establishment of                             instance
                                        Sofia, panel 46          facts for corrected
                                                                 energy bills
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
96.        Snezhanka Petrunova          Civil case No            Claim for                 BGN 1,259          Court of 1st
                                        8360/04 Regional         establishment of                             instance
                                        Court of Sofia,          facts for corrected
                                        panel 28                 energy bills
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
97.        Sava Ivanov Rachev           Civil case No8720/04     Claim for                 BGN 3,313          Court of 1st
                                        Regional Court of        establishment of                             instance
                                        Sofia, panel 41          facts for corrected
                                                                 energy bills
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
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<TABLE>
<S>          <C>                        <C>                    <C>                     <C>                   <C>
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------    ---------------------     ----------------   -----------------
98.        Georgi Metodiev Jugov        Civil case No6545/04     Under the Law on          BGN 250            Court of 1st
                                        Regional Court of        protection against                           instance
                                        Sofia, panel 51          discrimination
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Part II: EDC Sofia Oblast EAD
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<TABLE>
<S>          <C>                        <C>                       <C>                                <C>
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------       ----------------------------
No         Parties                      Type, No of court case,    Legal ground                        Amount of the claim
                                        Court name
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------       ----------------------------
1          Simeon Iliev Mavrov          Civil case No 2341/2003,   Art. 344, para. 1, item 1,          Principle of BGN
                                        Sofia City Court           2, 3 of the Labour Code             6,084  and lawful
                                                                                                       interests from
                                                                                                       30th of July, 2002
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------       ----------------------------
2          "Elprom Termo 97" AD         Civil case No 125/2003,    Appeal of an open procedure         Undetermined claim
                                        Sofia City Court           for assignment of a public
                                                                   offer  under the
                                                                   Public Procurement Act
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------       ----------------------------
3          Hotel "Botevgrad" EAD        Civil case No 384/2004     Claim for establishment of          BGN 39,097.29
                                        Sofia City Court           lack of facts
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------       ----------------------------
4          Svetoslav Momchilov Djeliov  Administrative case No     Claim for tacit refusal for         -
                                        1053/2003, Sofia City      issuance of a objective and
                                        Court                      fair recommendation
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------       ----------------------------
5          Svetoslav Momchilov Djeliov  Civil case No 1888/2004,   Non-material and material           BGN 6,000
                                        Sofia City Court           losses                              BGN 102.6
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------       ----------------------------
6          Svoge Municipality           Civil case No 278/2004,    Claim for payment of rent           Principle of BGN
                                        Sofia City Court           for kiosk and the installed         18,000 and
                                                                   equipments for the period           interest of BGN
                                                                   05, November 1998 - 05,             6,862.3
                                                                   November 2003.
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------       ----------------------------
7          Svoge Municipality           Civil case No 279/2004,    Claim for payment of rent           Principle of BGN
                                        Sofia City Court           for kiosk and the installed         18,000 and
                                                                   equipments for the period           interests of BGN
                                                                   05, November 1998 - 05,             6,862.3
                                                                   November 2003.
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------       ----------------------------
8          Svoge Municipality           Civil case No 280/2004,    Claim for payment of rent           Principle of BGN
                                        Sofia City Court           for kiosk and the installed         18,000 and
                                                                   equipment for the period            interests of BGN
                                                                   05, November 1998 - 05,             6,862.3
                                                                   November 2003.
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------       ----------------------------
9          Svoge Municipality           Civil case No 281/2004,    Claim for payment of rent           Principle of BGN
                                        Sofia City Court           for kiosk and the installed         18,000 and
                                                                   equipments for the period           interests of BGN
                                                                   05, November 1998 - 05,             6,862.3
                                                                   November 2003.
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------       ----------------------------
10         Svoge Municipality           Civil case No 282/2004,    Claim for payment of rent           Principle of BGN
                                        Sofia City Court           for kiosk and the installed         18,000 and
                                                                   equipments for the period           interests of BGN
                                                                   05, November 1998 - 05,             6,862.3
                                                                   November 2003.
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------       ----------------------------
11         Svoge Municipality           Civil case No 291/2004,    Claim for payment of rent           Principle of BGN
                                        Sofia City Court           for kiosk and the installed         18,000 and
                                                                   equipments for the period           interests of BGN
                                                                   05, November 1998 - 05,             6,862.3
                                                                   November 2003.
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------       ----------------------------
12         Svoge Municipality           Civil case No 284/2004,    Claim for payment of rent           Principle of BGN
                                        Sofia City Court           for kiosk and the installed         18,000 and interests
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------       ----------------------------
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<S>          <C>                        <C>                       <C>                                <C>
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------      -----------------------------
                                                                   equipments for the period          of BGN 6,862.3
                                                                   05, November 1998 - 05,
                                                                   November 2003.
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------       ----------------------------
13         Svoge Municipality           Civil case No 285/2004,    Claim for payment of rent          Principle of BGN
                                        Sofia City Court           for kiosk and the installed        18,000 and
                                                                   equipments for the period          interests of BGN
                                                                   05, November 1998 - 05,            6,862.3
                                                                   November 2003.
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------      -----------------------------
14         Svoge Municipality           Civil case No 286/2004,    Claim for payment of rent          Principle of BGN
                                        Sofia City Court           for kiosk and the installed        18,000 and
                                                                   equipments for the period          interests of BGN
                                                                   05, November 1998 - 05,            6,862.3
                                                                   November 2003.
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------      -----------------------------
15         Svoge Municipality           Civil case No 287/2004,    Claim for payment of rent          Principle of BGN
                                        Sofia City Court           for kiosk and the installed        18,000 and
                                                                   equipments for the period          interests of BGN
                                                                   05, November 1998 - 05,            6,862.3
                                                                   November 2003.
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------      -----------------------------
16         Svoge Municipality           Civil case No 288/2004,    Claim for payment of rent          Principle of BGN
                                        Sofia City Court           for kiosk and the installed        18,000 and
                                                                   equipments for the period          interests of BGN
                                                                   05, November 1998 - 05,            6,862.3
                                                                   November 2003.
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------      -----------------------------
17         Svoge Municipality           Civil case No 289/2004,    Claim for payment of rent          Principle of BGN
                                        Sofia City Court           for kiosk and the installed        18,000 and
                                                                   equipments for the period          interests of BGN
                                                                   05, November 1998 - 05,            6,862.3
                                                                   November 2003.
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------      -----------------------------
18         Svoge Municipality           Civil case No 283/2004,    Claim for payment of rent          Principle of BGN
                                        Sofia City Court           for kiosk and the installed        18,000 and
                                                                   equipments for the period          interests of BGN
                                                                   05, November 1998 - 05,            6,862.3
                                                                   November 2003.
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------      -----------------------------
19         Svoge Municipality           Civil case No 290/2004,    Claim for payment of rent          Principle of BGN
                                        Sofia City Court           for kiosk and the installed        18,000 and
                                                                   equipments for the period          interests of BGN
                                                                   05, November 1998 - 05,            6,862.3
                                                                   November 2003.
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------      -----------------------------
20         Svoge Municipality           Civil case No 301/2004,    Claim for payment of rent          Principle of BGN
                                        Sofia City Court           for kiosk and the installed        18,000 and
                                                                   equipments for the period          interests of BGN
                                                                   05, November 1998 - 05,            6,862.3
                                                                   November 2003.
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------      -----------------------------
21         Svoge Municipality           Civil case No 292/2004,    Claim for payment of rent          Principle of BGN
                                        Sofia City Court           for kiosk and the installed        18,000 and
                                                                   equipments for the period          interests of BGN
                                                                   05, November 1998 - 05,            6,862.3
                                                                   November 2003.
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------      -----------------------------
22         Svoge Municipality           Civil case No 294/2004,    Claim for payment of rent          Principle of BGN
                                        Sofia City Court           for kiosk and the installed        18,000 and
                                                                   equipments for the period          interests of BGN
                                                                   05, November 1998 - 05,            6,862.3
                                                                   November 2003.
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------      -----------------------------
23         Svoge Municipality           Civil case No 295/2004,    Claim for payment of rent          Principle of BGN
                                        Sofia City Court           for kiosk and the installed        18,000 and
                                                                   equipments for the period          interests of BGN
                                                                   05, November 1998 - 05,            6,862.3
                                                                   November 2003.
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------      -----------------------------
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<TABLE>
<S>          <C>                        <C>                       <C>                                <C>
-------    -------------------------    -------------------------  -----------------------------      -----------------------------
24         Svoge Municipality           Civil case No 296/2004,    Claim for payment of rent          Principle of BGN
                                        Sofia City Court           for kiosk and the installed        18,000 and
                                                                   equipments for the period          interests of BGN
                                                                   05, November 1998 - 05,            6,862.3
                                                                   November 2003.
-------    -------------------------    -------------------------  -----------------------------      -----------------------------
25         Svoge Municipality           Civil case No 297/2004,    Claim for payment of rent          Principle of BGN
                                        Sofia City Court           for kiosk and the installed        18,000 and
                                                                   equipments for the period          interests of BGN
                                                                   05, November 1998 - 05,            6,862.3
                                                                   November 2003.
-------    -------------------------    -------------------------  -----------------------------      -----------------------------
26         Svoge Municipality           Civil case No 298/2004,    Claim for payment of rent          Principle of BGN
                                        Sofia City Court           for kiosk and the installed        18,000 and
                                                                   equipments for the period          interests of BGN
                                                                   05, November 1998 - 05,            6,862.3
                                                                   November 2003.
-------    -------------------------    -------------------------  -----------------------------      -----------------------------
27         Svoge Municipality           Civil case No 293/2004,    Claim for payment of rent          Principle of BGN
                                        Sofia City Court           for kiosk and the installed        18,000 and
                                                                   equipments for the period          interests of BGN
                                                                   05, November 1998 - 05,            6,862.3
                                                                   November 2003.
-------    -------------------------    -------------------------  -----------------------------      -----------------------------
28         Svoge Municipality           Civil case No 299/2004,    Claim for payment of rent          Principle of BGN
                                        Sofia City Court           for kiosk and the installed        18,000 and
                                                                   equipments for the period          interests of BGN
                                                                   05, November 1998 - 05,            6,862.3
                                                                   November 2003.
-------    -------------------------    -------------------------  -----------------------------      -----------------------------
29         Svoge Municipality           Civil case No 300/2004,    Claim for payment of rent          Principle of BGN
                                        Sofia City Court           for kiosk and the installed        18,000 and
                                                                   equipments for the period          interests of BGN
                                                                   05, November 1998 - 05,            6,862.3
                                                                   November 2003.
-------    -------------------------    -------------------------  -----------------------------      -----------------------------
30         Svoge Municipality           Civil case No 302/2004,    Claim for payment of rent          Principle of BGN
                                        Sofia City Court           for kiosk and the installed        18,000 and
                                                                   equipments for the period          interests of BGN
                                                                   05, November 1998 - 05,            6,862.3
                                                                   November 2003.
-------    -------------------------    -------------------------  -----------------------------      -----------------------------
31         Svoge Municipality           Civil case No 303/2004,    Claim for payment of rent          Principle of BGN
                                        Sofia City Court           for kiosk and the installed        18,000 and
                                                                   equipments for the period          interests of BGN
                                                                   05, November 1998 - 05,            6,862.3
                                                                   November 2003.
-------    -------------------------    -------------------------  -----------------------------      -----------------------------
32         Svetoslav Momcilov Djeliov   Civil case No 15492/2003,  Art. 193, para. 1 of the           BGN 5,500 non
                                        Regional Court of Sofia    Labour Code                        material losses
                                                                                                      and lawful
                                                                                                      interests from 12,
                                                                                                      December 2002
-------    -------------------------    -------------------------  -----------------------------      -----------------------------
33         Svetoslav Momcilov Djeliov   Civil case                 Art. 344, para. 1, item 1,         BGN 2,400, lawful
                                        No 16988/2003              2, 3 of the Labour Code            interest, court
                                        No 1492/2003                                                  charges and
                                        No 10430/2003, Regional                                       collateral of BGN
                                        Court of Sofia                                                600 according to
                                                                                                      art. 221, para. 2 of the
                                                                                                      Labour Code
-------    -------------------------    -------------------------  -----------------------------      -----------------------------
34         Svetoslav Momcilov Djeliov   Civil case No 251/2003 of  Art. 213, para. 2 of the           BGN 1,291.3
                                        Regional Court of          Labour Code                        compensation with
                                        Blagoevgrad                                                   lawful interest
-------    -------------------------    -------------------------  -----------------------------      -----------------------------
35         Svetla Draganova Dimitrova   Civil case No 2479/2003,   Art. 344, para 1, p. 1, 2,         BGN 2,569.26 with
                                        Supreme Cassation Court    3 of the Labour Code               the lawful
                                                                                                      interests from 14,
                                                                                                      October 2002 and
                                                                                                      court charges
-------    -------------------------    -------------------------  -----------------------------      -----------------------------
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<TABLE>
<S>          <C>                        <C>                           <C>                                <C>
-------    -------------------------    -------------------------       ------------------------           ------------------------
36         Margarita Dimitrova          Civil case No 2486/2003,        Art. 344, para 1, p. 1, 2,         BGN 1,897.62 with
           Petrevska                    Supreme Cassation Court         3 of the Labour Code               the lawful
                                                                                                           interest from 16,
                                                                                                           December, 2002
                                                                                                           and court charges
-------    -------------------------    -------------------------       ------------------------           ------------------------
37         Zdravka Stoilova Toneva      Civil case No 2687/2003,        Art. 344, para 1, p. 1, 2,         BGN 1,738.8 with
                                        Supreme Cassation Court         3 of the Labour Code               the lawful
                                                                                                           interest from  14,
                                                                                                           October 2002 and
                                                                                                           court charges
-------    -------------------------    -------------------------       ------------------------           ------------------------
38         Vassilka Grozdanova          Civil case No 2692/2003,        Art. 344, para 1, p. 1, 2,         BGN 2,641.86 with
           Najdenska                    Supreme Cassation Court         3 of the Labour Code               the lawful
                                                                                                           interest from 11,
                                                                                                           October 2002 and
                                                                                                           court charges
-------    -------------------------    -------------------------       ------------------------           ------------------------
39         Lenka Jordanova Kostadinova  Civil case No 2693/2003,        Art. 344, para 1, p. 1, 2,         BGN 2,686.74 with
                                        Supreme Cassation Court         3 of the Labour Code               the lawful
                                                                                                           interests from 11,
                                                                                                           October 2002 and
                                                                                                           court charges
-------    -------------------------    -------------------------       ------------------------           ------------------------
40         Rumen Tontzev Apostolov      Civil case No 2928/2003,        Art. 344, para 1, p. 1, 2,         BGN 2,546.22 with
                                        Supreme Cassation Court         3 of the Labour Code               the lawful
                                                                                                           interest from 11,
                                                                                                           October 2002 and
                                                                                                           court charges
-------    -------------------------    -------------------------       ------------------------           ------------------------
41         Elena Momchilova Ilieva      Civil case No 167/2003,         Art. 344, para 1, p. 1, 2,         BGN 2,561.94 with
                                        Supreme Cassation Court         3 of the Labour Code               the lawful
                                                                                                           interest from 11,
                                                                                                           October 2002 and
                                                                                                           court charges
-------    -------------------------    -------------------------       ------------------------           ------------------------
42         Elena Mitova                 8/2003 Regional Court of        Art. 60-64 of the Penalty          BGN 9,982
                                        Elin Pelin                      Procedural Act
-------    -------------------------    -------------------------       ------------------------           ------------------------
43         Ana Krumova Chaprashnikova   Administrative case             Art.2, para 1 of the Law on        Decision for
                                        213/01 District Court of        Compensation of Owners of          compensation with
                                        Kjustendil                      Expropriated Property              Compensatory notes
                                                                                                           in the amount of
                                                                                                           BGN 86,784
-------    -------------------------    -------------------------       ------------------------           ------------------------
44         Kostadinka Vassileva         515/01, regional Court          Art.344, para 1,p.1,2 and 3        BGN 1,700
           Milenkova                    of Dupnitza                     of the Labour Code, art.
                                                                        225, p.1 of the Labour Code
-------    -------------------------    -------------------------       ------------------------           ------------------------
45         Gueorgy Krumov Vaklev        Civil case 983/01,              Art. 79, para.1 of the Law         BGN 3,500
                                        Regional Court of               on Obligation and Contracts
                                        Kjustendil
-------    -------------------------    -------------------------       ------------------------           ------------------------
46         Anastassia Alexandrova       Civil case 967/02,              Art.344, para.1, p.1,2 and         BGN 1,383.26
           Ilieva                       Regional Court of               3 of the Labour Code, art.
                                        Kjustendil                      225, para.1 of the Labour
                                                                        Code
-------    -------------------------    -------------------------       ------------------------           ------------------------
47         Vassilka Emilova Stoilova    Civil case 1304/02,             Art.344,para.1, item.1,2           BGN 1,646 /amounts
                                        Regional Court of               and 3 Labor Code,                  are paid /
                                        Kjustendil                      art.225,para.1 frorm Labor
                                                                        Code
-------    -------------------------    -------------------------       ------------------------           ------------------------
48         Natalia Christova            Civil case 822/02,              Art.344,para.1, p.1,2 and 3        BGN 4,000
           Gueorguieva                  regional Court of               of the Labour Code, art.
                                        Kjustendil                      225, para.1 of the Labour
                                                                        Code
-------    -------------------------    -------------------------       ------------------------           ------------------------
49         Kiril Verguilov Christov     Administrative case             Art.117 of the Mandatory           -
                                        390/02, District Court of       Social Security Code
-------    -------------------------    -------------------------       ------------------------           ------------------------
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<TABLE>
<S>          <C>                          <C>                           <C>                                <C>
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------     ------------------------------      ---------------------
                                            Kjustendil
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------     ------------------------------      ---------------------
50         Ekaterina Gueorguieva            Administrative case            Art.6, para. 6 of the Law          -
           Taushanova, Jordan Stoyanov      4437/02, Supreme Appeal        on the Compensation of
           Taushanov and Ana Krumova        Court                          Owners of Nationalised Real
           Chaprashnikova                                                  Estate
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------     ------------------------------      ---------------------
51         District Governor of             Administrative case            Art. 32, para. 2 of the Law        -
           Kjustendil                       114/02, District Court         on Administration and art.
                                            of Kjustendil                  14, para.2 of the Law on
                                                                           the Municipality Property
                                                                           and art. 21, 24 of the Law
                                                                           on the Local Government and
                                                                           Local Administration
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------     ------------------------------      ---------------------
52         Ivan Gueorguiev Angarev          Civil case 54/03,              Art. 344,para.1,p.1,2 and 3        BGN 3,000
                                            Regional Court of              of the Labour Code,
                                            Kjustendil                     art.225, para.1 of the
                                                                           Labour Code
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------     ------------------------------      ---------------------
53         Jordan Stoyanov Anichkin         Civil case 504/02,             Art.97, para.1 of the Civil        BGN 798,20
                                            Regional Court of              Procedural Act
                                            Kjustendil
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------     ------------------------------      ---------------------
54         Metodi Lubenov Belchinski        Civil case 1347/02,            Art. 344,para.1,p.1,2 and 3        BGN 3,869 /amounts
                                            Regional Court of              of the Labour Code,                are paid/
                                            Kjustendil                     art.225, para.1 of the
                                                                           Labour Code
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------     ------------------------------      ---------------------
55         Gueorguy Kirilov Dimitrov        Civil case 496/02,             Art. 344,para.1,p.1,2 and 3        BGN 5,000
                                            regional Court of              of the Labour Code,
                                            Kjustendil                     art.225, para.1 of the
                                                                           Labour Code
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------     ------------------------------      ---------------------
56         Vassil Nikolov Slatinski         Civil case 1335/02,            Art. 344,para.1,p.1,2 and 3        BGN 1,568
                                            Regional Court of              of the Labour Code,
                                            Dupnitza                       art.225, para.1 of the
                                                                           Labour Code
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------     ------------------------------      ---------------------
57         Todor Ivanov Iliev               Civil case 839/01,             Art. 344,para.1,p.1,2 and 3        BGN 3,600
                                            Regional Court of              of the Labour Code,
                                            Kjustendil                     art.225, para.1 of the
                                                                           Labour Code
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------     ------------------------------      ---------------------
58         Todor Ivanov Iliev               Civil case 1066/02,            Art.45 of the Law on               -
                                            Regional Court of              Obligation and Contracts
                                            Kjustendil
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------     ------------------------------      ---------------------
59         Spasenka Dimitrova Kostova       Civil case 446/03,             Art. 344,para.1,p.1,2 and 3        BGN 2,300
                                            Regional Court of              of the Labour Code,
                                            Kjustendil                     art.225, para.1 of the
                                                                           Labour Code
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------     ------------------------------      ---------------------
60         Julia Lubomirova Alexandrova     Civil case 755/02,             Art. 344,para.1,p.1,2 and 3        BGN 2,358 /amounts
                                            Regional Court of              of the Labour Code,                are paid/
                                            Kjustendil                     art.225, para.1 of the
                                                                           Labour Code
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------     ------------------------------      ---------------------
61         Koprinka Krumova Velichkova      Civil case 1317/02,            Art. 344,para.1,p.1,2 and 3        BGN 2,300  /
                                            Regional Court of              of the Labour Code,                amounts are paid /
                                            Kjustendil                     art.225, para.1 of the
                                                                           Labour Code
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------     ------------------------------      ---------------------
62         Jordan Stephanov Mirchev         Civil case 1382/01,            Art. 127, para.2 and art.49        BGN 6,000
                                            Regional Court of              and.53 of the Law on
                                            Kjustendil; civil case         Obligation and Contracts
                                            286/03, District Court
                                            of Kjustendil
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------     ------------------------------      ---------------------
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<TABLE>
<S>       <C>                             <C>                            <C>                                <C>
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
63         Todor Ivanov Iliev               Civil case 1641/01,            Art.200 of the Labour Code         BGN 10,000
                                            regional Court of
                                            Kjustendil
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
64         Kiril Stojchev Vassilev          Civil case 1342/03,            Art. 344,para.1,p.1,2 and 3        BGN 5,490
                                            Regional Court of              of the Labour Code,
                                            Kjustendil                     art.225, para.1 of the
                                                                           Labour Code
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
65         Borislav Assenov Djelepski       Civil case 815/02,             Art. 344,para.1,p.1,2 and 3        BGN 3,000
                                            Regional Court of              of the Labour Code,
                                            Kjustendil                     art.225, para.1 of the
                                                                           Labour Code
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
66         Stoya Alexandrova Velinova       Civil case 1299/02,            Art. 344,para.1,p.1,2 and 3        BGN 1,800 /amounts
                                            Regional Court of              of the Labour Code,                are paid/
                                            Kjustendil                     art.225, para.1 of the
                                                                           Labour Code
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
67         Gocho Gueorguiev Djigrev         Civil case 170/01,             Art. 109 of the Ownership
           and Assen Sokolov                Regional Court of              Act
                                            Dupnitza
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
68         Ivan Pavlov Simeonov             Administrative case            Art.&11, para. 2 of the            -
                                            7504/03, Supreme Appeal        Transitional Provisions of
                                            Court                          the Law on Property and Use
                                                                           of Agricultural Lands
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
69         Violeta Vassileva Gizdova        Civil case.1147/03,            Art.97 of the Civil                BGN 8,797.11
                                            Regional Court of              Procedural Act
                                            Kjustendil
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
70         Jordan Serafimov Peev            Civil case 902/02,             Art. 344,para.1,p.1,2 and 3        BGN 1,185
                                            Regional Court of              of the Labour Code,
                                            Kjustendil                     art.225, para.1 of the
                                                                           Labour Code
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
71         Galya Todorova Mitova            Civil case 1300/02,            Art. 344,para.1,p.1,2 and 3        BGN 2,283
                                            Regional Court of              of the Labour Code,
                                            Kjustendil                     art.225, para.1 of the
                                                                           Labour Code
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
72         Alexander Stanulov               3581/02, Sofia City Court      Art. 344 of the Labour Code        BGN 3,500 and the
                                                                                                              lawful interests
                                                                                                              and court charges
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
73         Ilia Iliev                       1961/03, SAC                   Art. 50 of the  Civil              BGN 35,000
                                                                           Procedural Act
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
74         Spaska Lobutova                  2896/02 Supreme Court of       Art. 344 of the Labour Code        BGN 4,291.30,
                                            Cassasion                                                         Decision pending
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
75         Bojana Vassileva                 185/01, Sofia City Court       Art.344 of the Labour Code         BGN 2,580 and
                                                                                                              lawful interest
                                                                                                              and court charges
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
76         Kostadin Kostadinov              4428/01, Sofia City Court      Art. 344 of the Labour Code        BGN 4,032 and
                                                                                                              lawful interest
                                                                                                              and court charges
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
77         Dinka Ignatova                   2625/02, Sofia City Court      Art. 344 of the Labour Code        BGN 2,400 and
                                                                                                              lawful interest
                                                                                                              and court charges
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
78         Valery Terzijski                 5548/00, Regional Court        Art. 12 of of the Law on           BGN 7,200 and
                                            of Sofia                       Obligation and Contracts           lawful interest
                                                                                                              and court charges
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
79         Heirs of Deyanka Bojilova        388/02, District Court         Art. 50-52 of the Law on           BGN 40,000 and
                                            of Sofia                       Obligation and Contracts           lawful interest
                                                                                                              and court charges
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
80         Spaska Lobutova                  8638/01, Regional Court        Art. 357 of the Labour Court       BGN 300 and court
                                            of Sofia                                                          charges
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
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<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<S>       <C>                             <C>                            <C>                                <C>
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
81         Nikolaj Nikolov                  63/01, Regional Court of       Court case of penalty              BGN 4,058
                                            Elin Pelin                     administrative character
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
82         Georgy Manolov                   Civil case 442/04 Sofia        Art. 45 of the Law on              BGN 1,480, Claim
                                            District Court                 Obligation and Contracts           sustained + BGN
                                                                                                              800, Second
                                                                                                              instance
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
83         Guerogy Todorov                  29931/03, regional Court       Art. 50 of the Law on              BGN 7,800
                                            of Elin Pelin                  Obligation and Contracts
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
84         Jordan Jordanov                  10985/ Regional Court of       Art. 325 of the Labour Code        BGN 6,000
                                            Sofia
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
85         "Mulin" SD                       1332/02, Sofia City Court      Art. 97 of the Civil               BGN 19,870
                                                                           Procedural Act
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
86         Ivan Boikin                      466/03, Regional Court         Art. 344 of the Labour Code        BGN 2,800
                                            of Botevgrad
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
87         Christo Petkov                   332/03, Regional Court         Penalty Procedural Act             BGN 2,954.00
                                            of Botevgrad
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
88         Emil Vassilev                    188/03, Regional Court         Art. 45 of the Law on              BGN 2,000
                                            of Slivnica                    Obligation and Contracts
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
89         Gueorgy Stefanov                 2093/03, Regional Court        Art. 45 of the Law on              BGN 7,800
                                            of Sofia                       Obligation and Contracts
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
90         "Ivender" ET                     11547/03,  Regional            Art. 97 of the Civil               BGN 2,648
                                            Court of Sofia                 Procedural Act
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
91         Borislav Draganov                3334/04, Regional Court        Art.55 of the Law on               BGN 1,391.23
                                            of Sofia                       Obligation and Contracts
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
92         Gueorgy Klestanov                4635/04, Regional Court        Claim for establishment of         BGN 955.45
                                            of Sofia                       lack of facts
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
93         Institut for animal breeding     777/04, Sofia City Court       Art.55 of the Law on               BGN 29,036.70
                                                                           Obligation and Contracts
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
94         Tzvetanka Krumova                1325/2001, Regional            Art. 93 of the Ownership Act       BGN 9,000
           Stoyanova, Ciril Krumov          Court of Pernik
           Kostov and Vita Krumova
           Manova
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
95         Gueorgy Simeonov Tarnev          No 389/2004, Regional           Art. 200 of the Labour Code        BGN 20,000
                                            Court of Pernik
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
96         Breznik Municipality             1057/2002, District            Art. 97 para.(1) of the             BGN 54,765
                                            Court of Pernik                Civil Procedural Act
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
97         Elincho Stoyanov Serdarov        318/2002, , District           Art. 200 of the Labour Code        BGN 14,000
                                            Court of Pernik
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
98         Emil Lazarov Anakiev             1274/2002, Regional            Art. 344 of the Labour Code        BGN 6,500
                                            Court of Pernik
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
99         Metodi Petrov Vassilev           1034/2002, Regional            Art. 59 of the Law on              BGN 8,000
                                            Court of Pernik                Obligation and Contracts
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
100        Nikolaj Iliev Milev              2043/2002, Regional            Art. 344 of the Labour Code        BGN 6,500
                                            Court of Pernik
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
101        "Balkancar ZFI"  AD, Breznik     1080/2002, District            Art. 59 of the Law on              BGN 12, 000
                                            Court of Pernik                Obligation and Contracts
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
102        "Jabliano" AD                    2144/2001, Regional            Art. 49 of the Law on              BGN 16,717
                                            Court of Pernik                Obligation and Contracts
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
103        Simeon Gueorguiev Spasov         152/2004,  Regional            Art. 59 of the Law on              BGN 400
                                            Court of Pernik                Obligation and Contracts
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
104        Simeon Gueorguiev Spasov         2160/2001, SAC                 Art. 59 of the Law on              BGN 400
                                                                           Obligation and Contracts
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
105        "Polia Dimitrova - Polding"      1068/2003, District            Art. 97 of the Civil               BGN 7,556
           ET                               Court of Pernik                Procedural Act
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
106        ZPK  "Uspeh" , Kosharevo         119/2003, Regional Court       Art. 97 of the Civil               BGN 2,473
           village                          of Pernik                      Procedural Act
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------

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<S>       <C>                             <C>                            <C>                                <C>
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
107        Bogomil Ivanov Slavcev           342/200, Regional Court        Art. 97 of the Civil               BGN 2,251
                                            of Pernik                      Procedural Act
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
108        Kiril Christov Milev             501/2003, Regional Court       Art. 49 of the Law on              BGN 1,104
                                            of Pernik                      Obligation and Contracts
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
109        Nikolaj Iliev Milev              39/2003,  Regional Court       Art. 344 of the Labour Code        BGN 3,150
                                            of Pernik
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
110        Nikolaj Iliev Milev              122/2003                       Art. 344 of the Labour Code        BGN 200
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
111        Radoslav Ninov Rajkov            747/2003, Regional Court       Art. 97 of the Civil               BGN 2,386
                                            of Pernik                      Procedural
                                                                           Act and art. 49 of the Law
                                                                           on Obligation and Contracts
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
112        Stephan Ivanov Andreev           64/2003, Regional Court        Art. 97 of the Civil               BGN 154.20
                                            of Pernik                      Procedural Act
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
113        Stephan Stoyanov Kostov          367/2003, Regional Court       Art. 49 of the Law on              BGN 2,350
                                            of Pernik                      Obligation and Contracts
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
114        Borislav Jivkov Stamenov         274/2004, District Court       Art. 49 of the Law on              BGN 10,000
                                            of Pernik                      Obligation and Contracts
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
115        "POLIPOST" AD and                651/2003                       Art. 56 of the Public              -
           "Bulgarian Post" EAD                                            Procurement Act
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
116        Dobri Kirilov Nikolov            1985/2003, Regional            Art. 97 of the Civil               BGN 1,635
                                            Court of Pernik                Procedural Act
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
117        Boris Kirilov Batalski           154/2004, District Court       Art. 344 of the Labour Code        BGN 2,000
                                            of Pernil
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
118        Sashka Vassileva                 No 242/04, Regional Court      Art. 344 of the Labour Code        BGN 1,600
                                            of Pernik
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
119        Daniel Evtimov                   No 239/04, Regional Court      Art. 344 of the Labour Code        BGN 2,400
                                            of Pernik
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
120        Valentin Metodiev                No 240/04                      Art. 344 of the Labour Code        BGN 2,400
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
121        Anastassia Kostadinova           758/04 Supreme Court of        Art. 344 of the Labour Code        BGN 2,532.60,
           Arsova                           Cassasion                                                         third instance
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
122        Nadka Ilieva Kitanova            32/04 Supreme Court of         Art. 344 of the Labour Code        BGN 3,331.20,
                                            Cassasion                                                         third instance
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
123        Maria Nikolova Vassileva         2570/03 Supreme Court of       Art. 344 of the Labour Code        BGN 1,641 third
                                            Cassasion                                                         instance
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
124        Valentina Hadjieva               454/04 Supreme Court of        Art. 344 of the Labour Code        BGN 2,411 third
                                            Cassasion                                                         instance
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
125        Gueorgy Strahilov Gracky         1117/04 Supreme Court of       Art. 344 of the Labour Code        BGN 5,599.80 third
                                            Cassasion                                                         instance
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
126        Emilia Ilieva Popilieva          No 917/2003, District          Art. 344 of the Labour Code        BGN 2,638.00
                                            Court of Blagoevgrad
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
127        Dimitar Krumov Ivanov            515/04 Supreme Court of        Art. 344 of the Labour Code        BGN 2,500 third
                                            Cassasion                                                         instance
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
128        Slavco Smilkov                   1272/04 Supreme Court of       Art. 344 of the Labour Code        BGN 4,224.18 third
                                            Cassasion                                                         instance
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
129        Luben Velinov Petrov             400/04 Blagoevgrad             Art. 344 of the Labour Code        BGN 2,763.12
                                            District Court                                                    second instance
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
130        Viktor Smochevski                1194/04 Supreme Court of       Art. 344 of the Labour Code        BGN 1,280.22 third
                                            Cassasion                                                         instance
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
131        Ekaterina Alexandrova            No 1156/2002, Regional         Art. 344 of the Labour Code        BGN 2,700.00
                                            Court of Blagoevgrad
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
132        Julieta Dumbanova                No 1374/2002, Regional         Art. 344 of the Labour Code        BGN 1,923.54
                                            Court of Blagoevgrad
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
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<S>       <C>                             <C>                            <C>                                <C>
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
133        "Riko - Snejana Tuparova" ET     No 639/2002, Regional          Art.49 of the Law on               BGN 3,000.00
                                            Court of Blagoevgrad           Obligations and Contracts
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
134        Elena Emilova Shishkova          2766/04 Supreme Court of       Art. 344 of the Labour Code        BGN 2,053 third
                                            Cassasion                                                         instance
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
135        "Super plam el. Elena            No 1170/2002, Regional         Claim of findings                  -
           Angova" ET                       Court of Blagoevgrad
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
136        Borislav Dimov Gueorguiev        No 1273/2002, Regional         Art. 344 of the Labour Code        BGN 1,536.00
                                            Court of Blagoevgrad
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
137        "Dimco Gueorguiev - Dig" ET      No 1169/2002, Regional         Art.97 of the Civil                -
                                            Court of Blagoevgrad           Procedural Act
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
138        Ganka Lubenova Tuleva            3155/04 Supreme Court of       Art. 344 of the Labour Code        BGN 3,000 third
                                            Cassasion                                                         instance
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
139        Guiorgi Ivanov Bojkov            3153/03 Supreme Court of       Art. 344 of the Labour Code        BGN 2,735 third
                                            Cassasion                                                         instance
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
140        Emil Kostadinov Perov            No 243/2003, Regional          Art.59 of the Law  on              BGN 2,000.00
                                            Court of Blagoevgrad           Obligations and Contracts
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
141        Svetoslav Momcilov Djeliov       No 1196/2003, District         Art. 344 of the Labour Code        BGN 907.00
                                            Court of Blagoevgrad
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
142        Maria Mirceva Dimitrova          224/04 Supreme Court of        Art. 344 of the Labour Code        BGN 2,555 third
                                            Cassasion                                                         instance
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
143        Alberto Vassilev Avedis          1538/04 Supreme Court of       Art. 344 of the Labour Code        BGN 2,000.00 third
                                            Cassasion                                                         instance
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
144        "Orbel"  AD                      557/04 Regional Court of       Claim of findings                  First instance,
                                            Gotse Delchev                                                     decision pending-
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
145        Jivko nikolov Lazarov            1320/04 Supreme Court of       Art. 344 of the Labour Code        Third instance
                                            Cassasion
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
146        Petko Krumov Olev                No 113/2004, District          Art.109 of the Ownership Act       BGN 450 second
                                            Court of Blagoevgrad                                              instance-
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
147        Svetoslav Momcilov Djeliov       No 251/2003, Regional          Art.213 of the Labour Code         -
                                            Court of Blagoevgrad
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
148        "MAK TURS" AD                    No 1203/2003, Regional         Claim of findings under            -
                                            Court of Blagoevgrad           art. 97 of the Civil
                                                                           Procedure code
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
149        Luben Iliev Gueorguiev           No 718/2003, Regional          Art. 109 of the Ownership          -
                                            Court of Blagoevgrad           Act
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
150        Kostadin Petrov Stoilkov         No 1007/2003, Regional         Art. 344 of the Labour Code        BGN 2,400.00
                                            Court of Blagoevgrad
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
151        Vassil Christov Bahtarliev       No 388/2003, Regional          Art. 344 of the Labour Code        BGN 1,878.00
                                            Court of Blagoevgrad
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
152        Jordan Nikolov Balev             No 632/2004, District          Art. 344 of the Labour Code        BGN 2,046 second
                                            Court of Blagoevgrad                                              instance
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
153        Franceska Gueorguieva            No 631/2004, District          Art. 344 of the Labour Code        BGN 2,497.32
           Pavlova                          Court of Blagoevgrad                                              second instance
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
154        "Hliab I Hlebni Izdelia"         No 1194/2003, Regional         Art.45 of the Law  on              BGN 8,100.00
                                            Court of Blagoevgrad           Obligations and Contracts
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
155        Maxim Jivkov Radev               No 879/2003, District          Art.97 of the Civil
                                            Court of Blagoevgrad           Procedural Act
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
156        Boris Nikolov Smilenov           No 698/2004, District          Art. 344 of the Labour Code        BGN 2,400 second
                                            Court of Blagoevgrad                                              instance
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
157        Angel Vesselinov Vaglarski       No 1409/2004, Sofia            Art.59 of the Law  on              BGN 1,300 first
                                            Regional Court                 Obligations and Contracts          instance
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
158        Sevda Bogdanova                  No 874/2002, District          Art. 344 of the Labour Code        BGN 2,155.86
                                            Court of Blagoevgrad
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
159        Iskra Vojnova                    No 878/2002, District          Art. 344 of the Labour Code        BGN 3,100.86
                                            Court of Blagoevgrad
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
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<S>       <C>                             <C>                            <C>                                <C>
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
160        Ivailo  Genchev                  No 1538/04 Supreme Court       Art. 344 of the Labour Code        BGN 2,500 third
                                            of Cassasion                                                      instance
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
161        Liliana Ivanceva                 No 319/2003, District          Art. 344 of the Labour Code        BGN 6,990.00
                                            Court of Blagoevgrad
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
162        Blagoj Simeonov Barzacki         No 1248/2001, District         Art. 344 of the Labour Code        BGN 4,466.2
                                            Court of Blagoevgrad
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
163        Emil Kostadinov Perov            No 566/1995, Regional          Art.97 of the Civil                Claim for
                                            Court of Blagoevgrad           Procedural Act                     establishment of
                                                                                                              facts
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
164        ET Kiril Borissov                Civil case 14018/02            Art.97 Civil Procedure Code        First instance
                                            Sofia Regional Court
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
165        Angel Vaglarski                  Civil case 1409/04             Art.97 Civil Procedure Code        First instance
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
166        Petar Petrov                     Civil case 3895/04 Sofia       Art. 357 Labor Code                First instance
                                            Regional Court
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
167        Mihail Madjunov                  Civil case 202/04              Art.97 Civil Procedure Code        BGN 7,502 First
                                                                                                              instance
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
168        Krastjo Tzolov                   Civil case 191/04              Art. 344 Labor Code                BGN 1,990 First
                                            Etropole Regional Court                                           instance
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
169        Kiril Ankov                      Civil case 183/04              Art. 49 Law on Obigations          BGN 2,500 First
                                            Regional court                 and Contracts                      instance
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
170        Bogomil Petrov                   Civil case 5435/04             Art. 79 Law on Obigations          BGN 2,000 First
                                            Pernik Regional Court          and Contracts                      instance
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
171        Tzvetanka Ilcheva                Civil case 1170/04             Art. 344 Labor Code                BGN 2,548 First
                                            Blagoevgrad Regional                                              instance
                                            Court
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
172        Verginia Mancheva                Civil case 1171/04             Art. 344 Labor Code                BGN 1,704 First
                                            Blagoevgrad Regional                                              instance
                                            Court
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
173        Rokon Trade                      Plea Incoming No. 19774        No movement
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
174        Filkab                           Administrative case            Law on Publc Procurement           First instance
                                            2808/04
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
175        Elkabel Co                       Administrative case            Law on Publc Procurement           First instance
                                            2401/03
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
176        Dragoman el                      Administrative case            Law on Publc Procurement           First instance
                                            2254/04
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
177        Integra                          Administrative case            Law on Publc Procurement           First instance
                                            3594/04
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
178        Progress Komers                  Administrative case            Law on Publc Procurement           First instance
                                            3142/04
-------    -----------------------------    -------------------------      ------------------------------     ---------------------
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Part III: EDC Pleven EAD
<TABLE>
<S>        <C>                           <C>                       <C>                                <C>

-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------       ----------------------------
No         Parties                      Type, No of court case,    Legal ground                        Amount of claim
                                        Court
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------       ----------------------------
1          "Tihomir Yacin" ET           Court case of penalty      Appeal of a Punitive Order          BGN 1,949
                                        administrative
                                        character No283/2004
                                        scheduled for
                                        30.11.2004  before the
                                        District Court of Pleven
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------       ----------------------------
2          Owners of Joint              Civil case No 596/2003,    Art. 108 of Ownership Act           BGN 100
           property in Block No         District Court of          Art. 109 of Ownership Act
           8,  "Mara Dencheva"          Pleven. With decision No   Art. 55 of the Law on
                                        91 dated 07.10.2004 the
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<S>        <C>                           <C>                       <C>                                <C>
           residential district,        demand of EDC Pleven       Obligations and Contracts
           bl. 8,                       for putting on hold the
                                        decision No 389 dated
                                        10.06.2004 issued in
                                        respect of the civil case
                                        No 596/2003 of District
                                        Court of Pleven
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------       ----------------------------
3          Rumianco Velichkov           Civil case in Supreme      Art.344, para.1, point 1,2          BGN 2,520
           Krastev                      Cassation Court (not       and 3 from Labour Code
                                        scheduled)
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------       ----------------------------
4          "Podempolimer" EOOD          41/2003 of the District    Art. 79  of the Law on              BGN 26,000
                                        Court of Pleven.           Obligations and Contracts
                                        Pending in front of
                                        VTAC - court case Civil
                                        case No 399/2004. The
                                        issuance of decision is
                                        pending
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------       ----------------------------
5          "Podempolimer" EOOD          Civil case 2108/2004 of    Claim for compensation for          BGN 9,900
                                        Regional Court of          breach of a contractual
                                        Pleven. Pendingin front    agreement under contract
                                        of the Regional Court      for sell of electricity
                                        of Pleven                  energy and use of a kiosk
                                                                   without legal grounds
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------       ----------------------------
6          "Pivi Compass" AD            16/2003 of District        Claim for establishment of          BGN 26,762
                                        Court of Pleven. The       facts Reimbursement of funds        BGN 3,367.2
                                        District Court of
                                        Pleven has honoured the
                                        claims. With decision
                                        under civil court case
                                        No 64/2004 VTAC has
                                        fully revoked the
                                        decions of the District
                                        Court of Pleven. A
                                        claim has been logged
                                        with respect to the
                                        decision of the VTAC.
                                        The case is pending at
                                        the Supreme Cassation
                                        Court
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------       ----------------------------
7          Veska Todorova Russeva       Civil case 2375/2003 of    Art. 357 from the Labour            -
                                        Regional Court of          Code
                                        Pleven. The first
                                        instance decision has
                                        been appealed in front
                                        of the District Court
                                        of Pleven, which has
                                        confirmed the decision
                                        of the Regional Court
                                        of Pleven. The decision
                                        is final and cannot be
                                        appealed further. The
                                        case has been
                                        terminated with the
                                        decision having entered
                                        into force.
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------       ----------------------------
8          Danail Gueorguiev            Civil case 2375/2003 of    Labour dispute                      BGN 6,343
           Gueorguiev                   Regional Court of                                              together with
                                        Pleven, pending in front                                       lawful interest
                                        of the Regional Court of
                                        Pleven.
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------       ----------------------------
9          Sasho Christov               Civil case 2723/2003 of    Labour dispute                      Principle BGN
           Radulovski                   Regional Court of                                              2,400 together
                                        Pleven, pending in                                             with lawful
                                        front of the Regional                                          interest
                                        Court of Pleven.
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------       ----------------------------
10         Yoto Dimitrov Dobrev         Civil case 2879/2003 of    Labour dispute                      Claim for
                                        Regional Court of                                              revocation of a
                                        Pleven. The claims have                                        dismissal and
                                        been refuted at first                                          reinstatement in
                                        and second instances.                                          former position
                                        The period for logging
                                        claim in front of the
                                        Supreme Cassation Court
                                        have not elapsed.
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------       ----------------------------
11         Pavlina Ninova Simeonova     Civil case 6/2004 of       Labour dispute                      Claim for
                                        Regional Court of                                              revocation of a
                                        Kneja. After
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<S>        <C>                          <C>                        <C>                                <C>
                                        contestation for local                                         dismissal and reinstatement
                                        suability, the court                                           in former position
                                        case is pending in
                                        front of the Regional
                                        Court of Pleven under No
                                        847/2004, 1st civil
                                        panel
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------       ----------------------------
12         Danail Tzvetanov             Civil case 16/2004 of      Labour dispute                      Claim for
           Kilogramski                  Regional Court of                                              revocation of a
                                        Kneja. After                                                   dismissal and reinstatement
                                        contestation for local                                         in former position
                                        suability, the court
                                        case is pending in front
                                        of the Regional
                                        Court of Pleven under No
                                        84/2004, 1st civil panel
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------       ----------------------------
13         Krasimir Blajev Kolev        Civil case 234/2004 of     Labour dispute                      BGN 2 592
                                        Regional Court of                                              together with
                                        Pleven. A decision at                                          interests
                                        this instance is
                                        pending.
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------       ----------------------------
14         Galina Gueorguieva           Civil case 388/2003 of     Art. 344 of the Labour Code         BGN 470
           Petrova                      Regional Court of Lovec
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------       ----------------------------
15         Nadka Peneva Valcheva        Civil case 563/2004 of     Art. 344 of the Labour Code         BGN 585
                                        Regional Court of Lovec
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------       ----------------------------
16         Pelo Petkov Triphonov        Civil case 607/2004 of     Art. 344 of the Labour Code         BGN 550
                                        Regional Court of Lovec
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------       ----------------------------
17         Stephan Ivanov Vetev         Civil case 498/2004 of     Art. 344 of the Labour Code         BGN 7,126.92
                                        Regional Court of Lovec
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------       ----------------------------
18         Krassimir Aldinov            Civil case 137/2004 of     Art. 109 of the Ownership           BGN 1,101
           Aldinov                      Regional Court of Lovec    Act
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------       ----------------------------
19         Valentin Atanassov Kotov     Civil case 95/2004 of      Art. 109 of the Ownership           Claim for moving
                                        Regional Court of          Act                                 a 20 KV overhead
                                        Teteven                                                        line
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------       ----------------------------
20         "ViK" OOD                    Civil case 588/1999 of     Legally unjustified                 BGN 167,609.92
                                        Regional Court of Vratza   enrichment; the claim has
                                                                   been honoured, the
                                                                   decions has been appealed
                                                                   by EDC Pleven in front
                                                                   of the Sofia Court of
                                                                   Appeal (civil court
                                                                   case No 1771/2001)
                                                                   which has confirmed
                                                                   the decision. This
                                                                   decision has been
                                                                   appealed in front
                                                                   of the Supreme Cassation
                                                                   Court (civil court
                                                                   case No 1833/2002)
                                                                   which has returned
                                                                   the case for new
                                                                   consideration by
                                                                   another panel of
                                                                   the Regional Court of
                                                                   Vratza - civil court
                                                                   case No 749/2003,
                                                                   court hearing
                                                                   scheduled for
                                                                   25.11.2004
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------       ----------------------------
21         Borovan Municipality         Civil case 374/2001 of     Claim for compensation for          BGN 137,820
                                        Regional Court of Vratza   the exploitation without
                                                                   legal grounds of kiosks
                                                                   and the respective land;
                                                                   the claim has been fully
                                                                   revoked and the decision
                                                                   has been appealed by the
                                                                   plaintiff in front of the
                                                                   Sofia Court of Appeal.
                                                                   Subsequently, the
                                                                   claim has been withdrawn
                                                                   and the decision of the
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<S>        <C>                          <C>                        <C>                                <C>
                                                                   Regional Curt of Vratza has
                                                                   entered into force.
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------       ----------------------------
22         Kozloduj Municipality        Civil case 609/2001 of     Litigation for a rent of a          BGN 57,393.87
                                        Regional Court of Vratza   premise. ; the claim has
                                                                   been fully revoked and the
                                                                   decision has been appealed
                                                                   by the plaintiff in front
                                                                   of the Sofia where no
                                                                   hearing has been scheduled
                                                                   yet
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------       ----------------------------
23         Svetlinka Kancheva           Civil case 2570/2000 of    Labour dispute; the calim           BGN 2,387.16 and
                                        Regional Court of Vratza   has been honoured at first          court charges of
                                                                   instance, but has been              BGN 135.49
                                                                   revoked at second instance
                                                                   - Regional Court of Vratza
                                                                   (civil court case No 1276 !
                                                                   2001) for which reason the
                                                                   plaintiff has appealed in
                                                                   front of the Supreme
                                                                   Cassation Court (civil
                                                                   court case No 1931/2002)
                                                                   where the decision of the
                                                                   second instance has been
                                                                   reconfirmed
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------       ----------------------------
24         "Avtotrans-97" OOD           Civil case 1265/2001 of    Claim for removal of                BGN 2,000
                                        Regional Court of Vratza   installed equipments and
                                                                   compensation for missed
                                                                   profits - art. 109 and
                                                                   art. 82 of the Law on
                                                                   Obligation and Contracts;
                                                                   the claim has been fully
                                                                   refuted and the plaintiff
                                                                   has appealed the decision
                                                                   in front of the Regional
                                                                   Court of Vratza (civil
                                                                   court case No 1004/2003)
                                                                   which has confirmed the
                                                                   decision; the decision
                                                                   of the second instance
                                                                   has been appealed in
                                                                   front of the Supreme
                                                                   Cassation Court but no
                                                                   hearing has been scheduled
                                                                   as of now
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------       ----------------------------
25         Ivan Gueorguiev Ivanov       Civil case 940/2002 of     Claim for Legally                   BGN 330
                                        Regional Court of Vratza   unjustified enrichment -
                                                                   art. 55 of the Law on
                                                                   Obligation and Contracts;
                                                                   the claim has been honoured
                                                                   and the decision has been
                                                                   appealed in front of the
                                                                   Regional Court of Vratza
                                                                   (civil court case No
                                                                   726/2003) which has
                                                                   confirmed this decision;
                                                                   an appeal in front
                                                                   of the Supreme Cassation
                                                                   Court (civil court
                                                                   case No 69/2004)
                                                                   with latest hearing
                                                                   on 27.10.2004 but no
                                                                   decision as of now.
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------       ----------------------------
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<PAGE>
<TABLE>
<S>        <C>                          <C>                        <C>                                <C>
26         Plamen Nikolov Christov      Civil case 934/2003 of     Claim for Legally                   BGN 150.22
                                        Regional Court of Vratza   unjustified enrichment -
                                                                   art. 55 of the Law on
                                                                   Obligation and
                                                                   Contracts; the
                                                                   claim has been
                                                                   honoured and the
                                                                   decision has
                                                                   entered into force.
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------       ----------------------------
27         DA "State reserves and       Civil case 1250/2002 of    Claim for                           BGN 6,288.44
           war-time inventory",         Regional Court of Vratza   Missing cables from DA
           Council of Ministers                                    "State reserves and
           Sofia                                                   war-time inventory"; the
                                                                   court case is currently
                                                                   pending and has been
                                                                   scheduled for 11.02.2005.
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------       ----------------------------
28         Kozloduj Municipality        Civil case 663/2003 of     Claim for compensation for          BGN 318,602.70
                                        Regional Court of Vratza   the use without legal
                                                                   grounds of the land on
                                                                   which kiosks are
                                                                   located; the claim
                                                                   has been fully refuted
                                                                   and the plaintiff has
                                                                   appealed the decision
                                                                   in front of the Sofia
                                                                   Court of Appeal (civil
                                                                   court case No 1493/2004)
                                                                   scheduled for 21.01.2005;
                                                                   currently the Municipal
                                                                   Council of Kozloduj
                                                                   has taken the
                                                                   decision to withdraw
                                                                   the claim
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------       ----------------------------
29         Leorita Tzenova              Civil case 1478/2003 of    Labour dispute for non paid         BGN 1,195.41
           Naidenova                    Regional Court of Vratza   work remuneration and
                                                                   compensation; the
                                                                   claim has been
                                                                   partially honoured
                                                                   and the decision
                                                                   has been appealed
                                                                   in front of the
                                                                   Regional Court of
                                                                   Vratza (civil
                                                                   court case No
                                                                   643/2004) which
                                                                   has confirmed
                                                                   it; it has been
                                                                   appealed in front
                                                                   of the Supreme
                                                                   Cassation Court
                                                                   but no hearing
                                                                   has been scheduled
                                                                   as of now
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------       ----------------------------
30         Pavlin Rebarkovski           Civil case 198/2004 of     Art. 108 of the Ownership           Establishment of
                                        Regional Court of Vratza   Act and art. 59 of the Law          the property
                                                                   on Obligations and                  rights on a
                                                                   Contracts; pending at this          kiosk, situated
                                                                   instance, next hearing on           in the village of
                                                                   24.11.2004.                         Tishevica
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------       ----------------------------
31         "Septemvri" PC -             Civil case 1575/2004 of    Art. 97, para 1 of the              Establishment of
           Krivodol                     Regional Court of Vratza   Civil Procedural Code and           the property rights on a
                                                                   art. 157 of the State               kiosk, situated
                                                                   Ownership Act; pending              in the city of
                                                                   at this instance;                   Krivodol
                                                                   next hearing
                                                                   on 17.11.2004
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------       ----------------------------
32         RKS /presently OKS/,         Civil case 528/1999        Claim for property rights           -
           Montana city                 (previous No 1064/1994)    on tangible assets -
                                        of Regional Court of       buildings
                                        Montana
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------       ----------------------------
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<PAGE>
<TABLE>
<S>        <C>                          <C>                        <C>                                <C>
33         Dimitar Lubenov Dimitrov     Civil case 38/2003 of      Art. 344, p. 1, 2, 3 of the         BGN 2,853 with
                                        the District Court of      Labour Code                         the interests
                                        Vratza                                                         from 25 Feb, 1998
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------       ----------------------------
34         Krassimir Markov Savov       Civil case 376/2000 of     Art. 344, p. 1, 2, 3 of the         BGN 2,700 with
                                        the District Court of      Labour Code                         the lawful
                                        Montana                                                        interests from 16
                                                                                                       of Feb, 2000
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------       ----------------------------
35         Svetlin Lubenov              Civil case 202/2003 of     Art. 59 of the Law on               Principle of BGN
                                        the District Court of      Obligations and Contracts           12,000 and
                                        Montana                                                        interests of BGN
                                                                                                       3,000
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------       ----------------------------
36         Borislav Arsov               Civil case 535/2003 of     Art. 49 and art. 45 of the          Claim of an
           Trendafirov                  the District Court of      Law on Obligations and              amount paid, but
                                        Montana                    Contracts                           not due
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------       ----------------------------
37         Margarita Lozanova           Civil case 566/2003 of     Art. 49 and art. 45 of the          BGN 600
                                        the Regional Court of      Law on Obligations and
                                        Montana                    Contracts
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------       ----------------------------
38         PKCMontana                   Civil case 477/2003 of     Art. 108 of the Ownership           Claim for
                                        the Regional Court of      Act                                 property rights
                                        Montana                                                        on a land
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------       ----------------------------
39         Tzvetan Ilarionov Tzakov     Civil case 276/2003 of     Art. 225, para 1 of the             BGN 2,504.22
                                        the District Court of      Labour Code and art. 344,
                                        Vidin                      para 1,2,3 of the Labour
                                                                   Code
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------       ----------------------------
38         Nedialko Ivanov Najdenov     Civil case 427/2003 of     Art. 225, para 1 of the             BGN 696.08
                                        the District Court of      Labour Code and art. 344,
                                        Vidin                      para 1,2,3 of the Labour
                                                                   Code
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------       ----------------------------
39         Tzvetana Gueorguieva         Civil case 590/2003 of     Art. 97, para. 1 of the             BGN 1,212.38
           Pueva                        the Regional Court of      Civil Procedural Code
                                        Vidin
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------       ----------------------------
40         Vladimir Tzvetkov Tzolov     Civil case 242/2003 of     Art. 97, para. 1 of the             BGN 5,394.92
                                        the Regional Court of      Civil Procedural Code
                                        Vidin (civil case No
                                        9/2004 of District
                                        Court of Vidin)
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------       ----------------------------
41         Ivan Gueorguiev Ivanov       Civil case 244/2003 of     Art. 49 and art. 45 of the          BGN 20,000
                                        the Regional Court of      Law on Obligations and
                                        Vidin PC (civil case No    Contracts
                                        2147/2003 of Sofia
                                        Appeal Court)
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------       ----------------------------
42         Tzetzka Zlatkova Ivanova     Civil case 424/2003 of     Art. 225, para 1 of the             BGN 2,612.4
                                        District Court of Vidin    Labour Code and art. 344,
                                                                   para 1,2,3 of the Labour
                                                                   Code
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------       ----------------------------
43         Verco Tincev Assenov         Civil case 602/2003 of     Art. 225, para 1 of the             BGN 2,650.32
                                        District Court of Vidin    Labour Code and art. 344,
                                                                   para 1,2,3 of the Labour
                                                                   Code
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------       ----------------------------
44         Penka Parvanova Goranova     Civil case 1042/2002 of    Art. 225, para 1 of the             BGN 2,082.90
                                        District Court of Vidin    Labour Code and art. 344,
                                                                   para 1,2,3 of the Labour
                                                                   Code
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------       ----------------------------
45         Milka Slavcheva              Civil case 638/2002 of     Art. 225, para 1 of the             BGN 1,482.78
           Gueorguieva                  District Court of Vidin    Labour Code and art. 344,
                                                                   para 1,2,3 of the Labour
                                                                   Code
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------       ----------------------------
46         Valentina Mladenova          Civil case 01879/2002      Art. 225, para 1 of the             BGN 1,849.26
           Nikolova                     Supreme Cassation          Labour Code and art. 344,
                                        Court. The court case      para 1,2,3 of the Labour
                                        has been terminated
                                        wereby the
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<PAGE>
<TABLE>
<S>        <C>                          <C>                        <C>                                <C>
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------       ----------------------------
                                        Supreme Cassation Court    Code
                                        has renoked the decision
                                        of the Regional
                                        Court of Vidin
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------       ----------------------------
47         Rossica Damianova Ivkova     Civil case 358/2004 of     Art. 55 and art. 86 of the          BGN 1,066.51
                                        District Court of          Law on Obligations and
                                        Vidin. The court case      Contracts
                                        has been terminated
                                        wereby the Supreme
                                        Cassation Court has
                                        maintained the decision
                                        of the Regional Court
                                        of Vidin
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------       ----------------------------
48         "SERBI-Biser Emilov          Civil case 361/2004 of     Art. 45 of the Law on               BGN 262.64
           Borisov" ET                  Regional Court of Vidin    Obligations and Contracts
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------       ----------------------------
49         Ciril Mikov Liliv            Civil case 63/2004         Art. 45 of the Law on               Principle of BGN
                                        KRC                        Obligations and Contracts           4,800 and
                                                                                                       interests of BGN
                                                                                                       200
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------       ----------------------------
50         "Podempolimer" EOOD          Civil case 97/2003 ,       Art. 79, art. 82 of the Law         BGN 10,000
                                        STAC. With decision        on Obligations and
                                        dated 04.03.2004 STAC      Contracts and art. 216,
                                        has revoked the first      para. 2 of the  Commercial
                                        instance decision in       Law; Art. 109 of the
                                        the part under which       Ownership Act
                                        EDC Pleven has been
                                        sentenced to pay
                                        together with NEK the
                                        amount of the
                                        difference between BGN
                                        5,222 and BGN 9,054.
                                        The decision is pending
                                        in front of the Supreme
                                        Cassation Court
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------       ----------------------------
51         Ivan Lenkov Stoyanov         Civil court case No        Art. 344 of the Labour Code         Restitution at
                                        2794/2004 PRC, 1st panel                                       the position held
                                                                                                       before dismissal
                                                                                                       and compensation
                                                                                                       of BGN 3,000 and
                                                                                                       lawful interest
                                                                                                       for remaining
                                                                                                       without work
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------       ----------------------------
52         Zlatna Panega Cement         Court case No102/2004 of   Refund of amounts paid but          BGN 41,021.21 of
           AD, city of Lovec            the Regional Court of      undue /legally unjustified          which BGN
                                        Pleven                     enrichment/ and interest            39,521.21
                                                                                                       principal and BGN
                                                                                                       1,500 interest
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------       ----------------------------
53         Julian Gueorgiev Todorov     Civil court case No        Art. 344, para. 1, 2 and 3          BGN 2,500
                                        2397/2004 of the           of the Labour Cade; first
                                        Regional Court of Vratza   hearing on 22.11.2004
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------       ----------------------------
54         Five heirs of Emil           Civil court case No        Art. 200, para. 1 and 2 of          BGN 90,000
           Andreev Gunovski             953/2004 of the            the Labour Code; first
                                        Regional Court of Vratza   hearing on 16.12.2004
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------       ----------------------------
55         Volodja Ivanov Iliev         Civil court case No        Art. 55 of the Law on               BGN 3,095.64
                                        647/2004 of the            Obligations and Contracts.          principal and BGN
                                        Regional Court of          Claim for legally                   414.08 interest.
                                        Vidin. The court case      unjustified enrichment as a         Expected outcome:
                                        has been established in    result of amount collected          the Regional
                                        October 2004. The case     for damage following                Court of Vidin to
                                        is pending in front of     correction of bill on the           renoke entirely
                                        the Regional Court of      basis of punitive order for         the claim as
                                        Vidin whereby a hearing    unlawful use of                     unjustified.  It is
                                        has been scheduled for     electricity, the punitive
                                        22.11.2004                 order being subsequently
                                                                   revoked being unproven
</TABLE>

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<PAGE>
<TABLE>
<S>        <C>                          <C>                        <C>                                <C>
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------       ----------------------------
                                                                                                       very likely the decision
                                                                                                       to be appealed in
                                                                                                       front of the
                                                                                                       District Court of
                                                                                                       Vidin. Time for
                                                                                                       completion: up to
                                                                                                       six months
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------       ----------------------------
56         HIOPLAST OOD                 Court case of penalty      Appeal against punitive             BGN 8,980.6
                                        administrative             order
                                        character No 280/2004 of
                                        the Regional Court of
                                        Berkovitza
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------       ----------------------------
57         HIOPLAST OOD                 Civil court case No        Art 55 of the Law of                BGN 8,980.6
                                        2041/2004 of the           Obligations and Contracts -
                                        Regional Court of          legally unjustified
                                        Montana                    enrichment
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------       ----------------------------
58         Anka Dimitrova Ahmedova      Civil court case           Art 55 of the Law of                BGN 304.18
                                        No434/2004, Regional       Obligations and Contracts -
                                        Court of Lom               legally unjustified
                                                                   enrichment
-------    -------------------------    ---------------------      -----------------------------       ----------------------------
</TABLE>

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<PAGE>
                                 Schedule 12.2.9

                         Permits, Approvals and Licences

Part I: EDC Stolichno EAD

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S>                           <C>                                       <C>                  <C>
-------------------------     -------------------------------------     -------------------  -----------
Type of license/permit        Number and date of issuance of            Issued by            Term
                              license/permit
-------------------------     -------------------------------------     -------------------  -----------
License for                   No E-135-07/13.08.2004                    SCER                 35 years
distribution of
electricity
-------------------------     -------------------------------------     -------------------  -----------
License for public            No E-135-11/13.08.2004                    SCER                 35 years
supply of electricity
-------------------------     -------------------------------------     -------------------  -----------
License for                   No 120-00175/06.07.2000                   Communications       12 years
construction,                 -amendment No 120-00175-01/26.10.2000     Regulation
maintenance and use of        -amendment No 120-00175-02/14.12.2000     Commission
a separate mobile radio       -amendment No 120-00175-03/12.04.2001
telephone network for
company's own needs
-------------------------     -------------------------------------     -------------------  -----------
</TABLE>

Part II: EDC Sofia Oblast EAD

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
-------------------------      -------------------------------     ----------------------------     -------------------
Type of license/permit         Number and date of issuance         Issued by                        Term
                               of license/permit
-------------------------      -------------------------------     ----------------------------     -------------------
<S>                            <C>                                 <C>                              <C>
License for public             No E- 136-11/13.08.2004             SCER                             35 years
supply of electricity
-------------------------      -------------------------------     ----------------------------     -------------------
License for                    No E -136-07/13.08.2004             SCER                             35 years
distribution of
electricity
-------------------------      -------------------------------     ----------------------------     -------------------
License for                    No 120 - 00174/06.07.2000           Communications Regulation        12 years
construction,                                                      Commission
maintenance and use of
a separate mobile radio
telephone network for
company's own needs
                               Amendment No. 120-00174-                                             12 years
Amendment No 120 -                  01/26.10.2000
00174/06.07.2000
-------------------------      -------------------------------     ----------------------------     -------------------
</TABLE>

Part III: EDC Pleven EAD

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
---------------------      ----------------------------------       ------------------------       --------------------
Type of                    Number and date of issuance of           Issued by                             Term
license/permit             license/permit
---------------------      ----------------------------------       ------------------------       --------------------
<S>                        <C>                                      <C>                            <C>
License for                No E-137-07/13.08.2004                   SCER                           35 years
distribution of
electricity
---------------------      ----------------------------------       ------------------------       --------------------
License for public         No E-137-11/13.08.2004                   SCER                           35 years
supply of
electricity
---------------------      ----------------------------------       ------------------------       --------------------
License for                No 120-02870/22.04.2004                  Communications                 15 years
telecommunications                                                  Regulation
via a separate                                                      Commission
telecommunications
mobile network
---------------------      ----------------------------------       ------------------------       --------------------
</TABLE>

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<PAGE>
                               Schedule 12.2.10(a)

                          Disclosed Real Estate Claims

Part I: EDC Stolichno EAD
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

-------------------------------       ----------------------      ---------------------------       ------------------------------
Claiming person                       Material interest           Description of the real           Stage of the proceedings
                                      of the claim                estate, subject to the
                                                                  claim
-------------------------------       ----------------------      ---------------------------       ------------------------------
<S>                                 <C>                        <C>                                <C>
-------------------------------       ----------------------      ---------------------------       ------------------------------
Boris Kirilov Antonov,                Recovered                   Real estate 1, 110 sq.            Appeal by the EDC against
Sultana Petrova Antonova,             ownership under             m., part of estate area           Order No -DA-09-530/18.10.2004
Nikolay Kirilov Antonov,              Art. 2 of                   No 4, polygon 4, quarter 8,       of the Mayor of Region
Velichka Angelova Maneva,             Restitution of              location Orion under the          Vrabnitsa
Done Angelov Antonov, Tinka           Nationalized Real           plan of Sofia City dated          PENDING
Doneva Antonova                       Property Act                1975.
-------------------------------       ----------------------      ---------------------------       ------------------------------
Angel Borisov Malinov                 Recovered ownership         Yard at 71, Iskar Str.            Rent contract with Omikron
                                                                  where a kiosk of the EDC          Firm, which purchased estate
                                                                  is built on area 24.5 sq.         by Mr. Malinov
                                                                  m.
-------------------------------       ----------------------      ---------------------------       ------------------------------
Ema Dimitrova Krasteva                Recovered                   Basement converted into           Rent contract
                                      ownership under             kiosk, located on 33,
                                      Restitution of              Alabin Str.
                                      Nationalized Real
                                      Property Act
-------------------------------       ----------------------      ---------------------------       ------------------------------
Bulgarian Doctors' Union              Claim for payment           Kiosk, located at a shop          No case initiated. No rent
                                      of rent on a                premises on 22,                   contract.
                                      kiosk, which is             Stamboliiski Str.
                                      located onto shop
                                      premises
-------------------------------       ----------------------      ---------------------------       ------------------------------
Elize OOD                             Recovered                   Part of estate on which a         Negotiations for right of
                                      ownership of a              kiosk is built on 245,            use of the location of the
                                      real estate                 Slivnitsa Blvd.                   equipment
-------------------------------       ----------------------      ---------------------------       ------------------------------
Hristina Georgieva Koleva,            1. Recovered                Real estate at Hadzi              1.Sofia City Court-Civil
Nikolay Tsvetanov Gueorguiev          ownership under             Dimitar, near Gintsi St.,         Case No 1333/02 - STOPPED 2.
and others - heirs to Gueorgi         Ownership and Use           under cadastral list 295,         Sofia Regional Court -Civil
Kolev Ionchev                         of Agricultural             with plan No 778, with area       Case No 2911/03 - negative
                                      Lands Act                   of 2,190 sq. m.                   claim of proof agianst the
                                                                                                    heirs -  decided in favor of EDC
                                      2. Negative claim EDC
                                      of proof by the EDC
-------------------------------       ----------------------      ---------------------------       ------------------------------
Agnelina Ognjanova Nedoklanova        Recovered                   Real estate, representing         No case initiated.
                                      ownership under             estate under plan .No
                                      Ownership and Use           4389, cadastral list No 15,
                                      of Agricultural             location Pardishteto with
                                      Lands Act                   area 1,500 sq. m. under
                                                                  cadastral plan dated
                                                                  1939, square 79
-------------------------------       ----------------------      ---------------------------       ------------------------------
Tzvetan Vesselinov Dimitrov.          1.Negative claim            Real estate with area of          1.Sofia City Court-Civil
Nikolina Vesselinova                  of proof under              1,060 sq. m., estate                Case No 8243/03-won at first
Krastanova, Katia Ivanova             art. 97 of the              No1211, identical with              instance by the EDC.
Stefanova, Stoyanka Ivanova           Civil Procedure             estate No 4388, square 79,        2.Sofia Regional
Netovska, Gueorgi Stoyanov            Code by the EDC             location Pardishteto,               Court-Civil Case 7544/03-
Geshev, Metodi Stoyanov               that the heirs are          Iskar Region                        claim under Art. 108 the
Geshev, Grigor Stoyanov Geshev        not owners of the                                               Ownership Act of the heirs -
                                      real estate. The                                                STOPPED.
                                      tax valuation is
                                      BGN 4,245.25 ea.
                                      2. Under Art. 108
                                      of the Ownership
                                      Act by the owners
                                      - case stopped
-------------------------------       ----------------------      ---------------------------       ------------------------------
</TABLE>
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<PAGE>

<TABLE>

<S>                                 <C>                        <C>                                <C>
-------------------------------       ----------------------      ---------------------------       ------------------------------
"Mladost" RPC                         Compensation for            Kiosk built in                    Case won at first instance,
                                      premises, where             Supermarket, located at           decision appealed, PENDING
                                      the kiosk is                area II of square 21 under        at second instance
                                      located. Kiosk              the plan of Sofia,
                                      relocated.                  Mladost, Kiosk built into
                                                                  a Supermarket, located at
                                                                  sq. V, area
                                                                  1 of the Sofia
                                                                  plan
-------------------------------       ----------------------      ---------------------------       ------------------------------
Stefan Raikov Dasklov and             By a Supreme                Yard, representing an             No case initiated. Rent
Svetla Raikova Daskalova              Administrative              estate area No1, square 1,        contract.
                                      Court decision,             location (2)(2)(2) Industrial
                                      ownership is                Zone Orion /Shahovets/
                                      recovered on a non
                                      built area in the
                                      yard of Zapad
                                      Region
-------------------------------       ----------------------      ---------------------------       ------------------------------
Joint property on 15, Gerlovo         Recovered                   Kiosk located at 15               No case initiated. Rent
Str.                                  ownership under             Gerlovo St., area of 20           contract.
                                      Restitution of              sq. m.
                                      Nationalized Real
                                      Property Act
-------------------------------       ----------------------      ---------------------------       ------------------------------
</TABLE>

Part II: EDC Sofia Oblast EAD
<TABLE>
<S>                            <C>                                <C>                            <C>
--------------------------     --------------------------------    -----------------------------    ------------------------------
Claiming person                Material interest of the claim      Description of the real          Stage of the proceedings
                                                                   estate, subject to the
                                                                   claim
--------------------------     --------------------------------    -----------------------------    ------------------------------
MAK TOURS AD                   Claim of findings under             Built-in kiosk, situated         Hearing to be scheduled
                               Art.97 of the Civil Procedure       at BOR Hotel in                  at the Blagoevgrad
                               Code, that the kiosk is owned       Blagoevgrad                      Regional Court
                               by MAK TOURS AD
--------------------------     --------------------------------    -----------------------------    ------------------------------
Ana Chaprashnikova,            Art.2, Para. 1 of Law on            1/2 Administrative               Claim denied by the
Ekaterina Taushanova           Compensation of Owners of           Building of EDC Sofia            previous instance
/In their capacity of          Expropriated Property,              Oblast, located in               court. Decision pending
heirs/                         pending at the Sofia Court of       Dupnitsa                         by the Sofia Court of
                               Appeal                                                               Appeal
--------------------------     --------------------------------    -----------------------------    ------------------------------
</TABLE>

Part III: EDC Pleven EAD

<TABLE>
<S>                            <C>                                <C>                            <C>
--------------------------        -----------------------------    ---------------------------    ------------------------------
Claiming person                   Material interest of the         Description of the real        Stage of the proceedings
                                  claim                            estate, subject to the
                                                                   claim
--------------------------        -----------------------------    ---------------------------    ------------------------------
Joint property at Block No        At first instance court,         Based on Art.108 of the        Pending at the Supreme Court
8, "Mara Dencheva"                the plaintiff has waived         Ownership Act, the claim       of Cassation /not yet
residential district,             the initially claimed rent.      is for return of the           scheduled/
Pleven                            At present a rent of BGN         ownership and delivery
                                  100 is claimed.                  of possession of the
                                                                   premises, located at the
                                                                   base floor of the block,
                                                                   which is used by the EDC
                                                                   as a kiosk. Based on
                                                                   Art. 109 of the
                                                                   Ownership Act, a
                                                                   dismantling of the
                                                                   equipment is requested.
--------------------------        -----------------------------    ---------------------------    ------------------------------
"Septemvri"  PC, Krivodol         Claim based on Art. 97 of        Kiosk located in               Civil case No 1575/2004 First
                                  the Civil Procedure Code         Krividol, Vratza Region        court hearing at the Regional
                                  and Art. 157, Para. 1 of the                                    Court is
--------------------------        -----------------------------    ---------------------------    ------------------------------
</TABLE>

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<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<S>                            <C>                                <C>                            <C>
--------------------------        -----------------------------    ---------------------------    ------------------------------
                                  State Ownership Act as                                          scheduled for 17.09.2004 in
                                  the claim is for proving                                        Vratza; pending at this instance;
                                  the ownership over a kiosk                                      next hearing scheduled for
                                  in Krivodol, Vratza Region                                      17.11.2004
--------------------------        -----------------------------    ---------------------------    ------------------------------
Pavlin Rebarkovski                Claim based on Art. 108 of       Kiosk located at               Civil case No 198/2004 at
                                  the Ownership Act and Art.       Tishevitsa, Vratza Region      Regional Court Vratza. First
                                  59 of the Obligations and                                       court hearing was held on
                                  Contracts Act, as the case                                      17.03.2004, in which the
                                  is for proving ownership                                        trueness of the notary deed
                                  over kiosk                                                      of the plaintiff was challenged.
                                                                                                  The statement of claim was
                                                                                                  entered into the Land Registry
                                                                                                  at Regional Court Vratza;
                                                                                                  pending at this instance --
                                                                                                  next hearing scheduled for
                                                                                                  24.11.2004
--------------------------        -----------------------------    ---------------------------    ------------------------------
 Kozloduj Municipality            The claim is for                 The claim is for               Civil case No 663/2003 at
                                  compensation for the use         compensation for the use       Regional Court-Vratza, the
                                  without legal ground by          without legal ground by        claim has been rejected
                                  the EDC of the land on           the EDC of the land on         completely by the first
                                  which kiosks are built;          which 119 kiosks are           instance, last hearing was on
                                  value of the claim - BGN         built                          04.05.2004; the claim has
                                  318,602.70                                                      been fully refuted and the
                                                                                                  plaintiff has appealed the
                                                                                                  decision in front of the Sofia
                                                                                                  Court of Appeal(civil court
                                                                                                  case No 1493/2004) scheduled
                                                                                                  for 21.01.2005; currently the
                                                                                                  Municipal Council of Kozloduj
                                                                                                  has taken the decision to with-
                                                                                                  draw the claim

--------------------------        -----------------------------    ---------------------------    ------------------------------
RKS /presently OKS/,              As at 31.08.2004 the             Real estate -                  Regional Court decided in
Montana city                      balance sheet value of the       administrative building        favor of the EDC. Case
                                  assets is BGN 88,595.40          and garages where              appealed before Supreme Court
                                                                   technical region "town"        of Cassation
                                                                   is located, excluding
                                                                   the land.
--------------------------- ----- ---------------------------- --- -------------------------- -------------------------------
</TABLE>

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                                 Schedule 13.4.2

                           Buyer's Power of Attorney

                                       78

<PAGE>
                                Schedule 13.4.23

                             Buyer Funds Declaration

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                                                                     Exhibit 4.5

                            CENTERPOINT ENERGY, INC.

                                       To

                              JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
                              NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

                                     Trustee

                          SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE NO. 6

                               Dated as of , 2005

                3.75% Convertible Senior Notes, Series B due 2023

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                            CENTERPOINT ENERGY, INC.

                          SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE NO. 6

                3.75% Convertible Senior Notes, Series B due 2023

      SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE No. 6 dated as of       , 2005, between CENTERPOINT
ENERGY, INC., a Texas corporation (the "Company"), and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (formerly named JPMorgan Chase Bank), as Trustee (the
"Trustee").

                                    RECITALS

      The Company has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an
Indenture, dated as of May 19, 2003, as amended and supplemented by the
Supplemental Indenture No. 1 dated as of May 19, 2003, the Supplemental
Indenture No. 2 dated as of May 27, 2003, the Supplemental Indenture No. 3 dated
as of September 9, 2003, the Supplemental Indenture No. 4 dated as of December
17, 2003 and the Supplemental Indenture No. 5 dated as of December 13, 2004 (the
"Original Indenture" and, as hereby supplemented and amended, the "Indenture"),
providing for the issuance from time to time of one or more series of the
Company's Securities.

      Pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, the Company desires to provide for
the establishment of one new series of Securities to be designated as the "3.75%
Convertible Senior Notes, Series B due 2023 (the "Notes"), the form and
substance of such Notes and the terms, provisions and conditions thereof to be
set forth as provided in the Original Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture
No. 6.

      Section 301 of the Original Indenture provides that various matters with
respect to any series of Securities issued under the Indenture may be
established in an indenture supplemental to the Indenture.

      Subparagraph (7) of Section 901 of the Original Indenture provides that
the Company and the Trustee may enter into an indenture supplemental to the
Indenture to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as
permitted by Sections 201 and 301 of the Original Indenture.

      For and in consideration of the premises and the issuance of the series of
Securities provided for herein, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the
equal and proportionate benefit of the Holders of the Securities of such series,
as follows:

                                   ARTICLE I

                  Relation to Indenture; Additional Definitions

      Section 101 Relation to Indenture.

This Supplemental Indenture No. 6 constitutes an integral part of the Indenture.

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      Section 102 Additional Definitions.

For all purposes of this Supplemental Indenture No. 6:

            Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meaning specified
      herein or in the Original Indenture, as the case may be;

            "Affiliate" of, or a Person "affiliated" with, a specific Person
      means a Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more
      intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control
      with, the Person specified. For purposes of this definition, "control"
      (including the terms "controlled by" and "under common control with")
      means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause
      the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through
      the ownership of voting shares, by contract, or otherwise;

            "Beneficial Owner" or "Beneficial Ownership" shall be determined in
      accordance with Rule 13d-3 promulgated by the Commission under the
      Exchange Act;

            "Bid Solicitation Agent" has the meaning set forth in Section 212
      hereof;

            "Business Day" means, with respect to any Note, any day other than a
      Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in The City of
      New York are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order
      to close. If any Interest Payment Date, Maturity Date, Redemption Date,
      Purchase Date or Fundamental Change Purchase Date of a Note falls on a day
      that is not a Business Day, the required payment will be made on the next
      succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the
      relevant date that the payment was due and no interest will accrue on such
      payment for the period from and after the Interest Payment Date, Maturity
      Date, Redemption Date, Purchase Date or Fundamental Change Purchase Date,
      as the case may be, to the date of that payment on the next succeeding
      Business Day. The definition of "Business Day" in this Supplemental
      Indenture and the provisions described in the preceding sentence shall
      supersede the definition of Business Day in the Original Indenture and
      Section 113 of the Original Indenture;

            "Capital Lease" means a lease that, in accordance with accounting
      principles generally accepted in the United States of America, would be
      recorded as a capital lease on the balance sheet of the lessee;

            "Cash" or "cash" means U.S. legal tender;

            "CenterPoint Houston" means CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric,
      LLC, a Texas limited liability company;

            "CERC" means CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp., a Delaware
      corporation;

            "Common Equity" of any Person means capital stock of such Person
      that is generally entitled to (1) vote in the election of directors of
      such Person or (2) if such Person is not a corporation, vote or otherwise
      participate in the selection of the governing

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      body, partners, managers or others that will control the management or
      policies of such Person;

            "Common Stock" means the common stock, par value $.01 per share, of
      the Company;

            "Company Notice" has the meaning provided in Section 701 hereof;

            "Company Notice Date" has the meaning provided in Section 701
      hereof;

            "Contingent Interest" has the meaning provided in Section 204(a)
      hereof;

            "Continuing Director" means a director who either was a member of
      the Board of Directors on May 13, 2003 or who becomes a member of the
      Board of Directors subsequent to that date and whose appointment, election
      or nomination for election by the Company's shareholders is duly approved
      by a majority of the Continuing Directors on the Board of Directors at the
      time of such approval, either by a specific vote or by approval of the
      proxy statement issued by the Company on behalf of the Board of Directors
      in which such individual is named as nominee for director;

            "Conversion Agent" means the office or agency designated by the
      Company where Notes may be presented for conversion;

            "Conversion Date" has the meaning provided in Section 802 hereof;

            "Conversion Price" means $1,000 divided by the Conversion Rate;

            "Conversion Rate" has the meaning provided in Section 801(a) hereof;

            "Conversion Value" has the meaning specified in Section 801(b)
      hereof;

            "CPDI Regulations" has the meaning provided in Section 213 hereof;

            "Determination Date" has the meaning provided in Section 801(e)
      hereof;

            "Distributed Assets or Securities" has the meaning provided in
      Section 806(c) hereof;

            "Effective Date" has the meaning provided in Section 501(b);

            "Equity Interests" means any capital stock, partnership, joint
      venture, member or limited liability or unlimited liability company
      interest, beneficial interest in a trust or similar entity or other equity
      interest or investment of whatever nature;

            "ex-date" has the meaning provided in the definition of Spin-off
      Market Price;

            "Exchange Property" has the meaning provided in Section 812 hereof;

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            "Exchange Property Average Price" has the meaning provided in
      Section 812 hereof;

            "Exchange Property Value" has the meaning provided in Section 812
      hereof;

            "Fair Market Value" means the amount which a willing buyer would pay
      a willing seller in an arm's length transaction;

            A "Fundamental Change" shall be deemed to have occurred at such time
      after the original issuance of the Notes as any of the following occurs:
      (a) the Common Stock or other common stock into which the Notes are
      convertible is neither listed for trading on a United States national
      securities exchange nor approved for trading on the Nasdaq National Market
      or another established automated over-the-counter trading market in the
      United States; (b) a "person" or "group" within the meaning of Section
      13(d) of the Exchange Act, other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the
      Company or any employee benefit plan of the Company or any such
      Subsidiary, files a Schedule TO (or any other schedule, form or report
      under the Exchange Act) disclosing that such person or group has become
      the direct or indirect ultimate Beneficial Owner of Common Equity of the
      Company representing more than 50% of the voting power of the Company's
      Common Equity; (c) consummation of any share exchange, consolidation or
      merger of the Company pursuant to which the Common Stock will be converted
      into Cash, securities or other property or any sale, lease or other
      transfer (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of all or
      substantially all of the consolidated assets of the Company and its
      Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any Person (other than the Company or
      one or more of the Company's Subsidiaries); provided, however, that a
      transaction where the holders of the Company's Common Equity immediately
      prior to such transaction own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of
      the aggregate voting power of all classes of Common Equity of the
      continuing or surviving corporation or transferee immediately after such
      event shall not be a Fundamental Change; or (d) Continuing Directors cease
      to constitute at least a majority of the Board of Directors; provided,
      however, that a Fundamental Change shall not be deemed to have occurred in
      respect of any of the foregoing if either (i) the Last Reported Sale Price
      of Common Stock for any five Trading Days within the period of ten
      consecutive Trading Days ending immediately before the later of the
      Fundamental Change or the public announcement thereof shall equal or
      exceed 105% of the Conversion Price of the Notes in effect immediately
      before the Fundamental Change or the public announcement thereof (the
      "105% Trading Exception"); or (ii) at least 90% of the consideration
      (excluding cash payments for fractional shares) in the transaction or
      transactions constituting the Fundamental Change consists of shares of
      Capital Stock traded on a national securities exchange or quoted on the
      Nasdaq National Market (or which shall be so traded or quoted when issued
      or exchanged in connection with such Fundamental Change) (such securities
      being referred to as "Publicly Traded Securities") and as a result of such
      transaction or transactions the Notes become convertible into such
      Publicly Traded Securities (excluding cash payments for fractional
      shares). For purposes of the foregoing the term "Capital Stock" of any
      Person means any and all shares (including ordinary shares or American
      Depositary Shares), interests, participations or other equivalents however
      designated of corporate stock or other equity participations, including
      partnership interests, whether general or limited, of such Person and any
      rights

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      (other than debt securities convertible or exchangeable into an equity
      interest), warrants or options to acquire an equity interest in such
      Person;

            "Fundamental Change Purchase Date" has the meaning provided in
      Section 501 hereof;

            "Fundamental Change Purchase Notice" has the meaning provided in
      Section 503 hereof;

            "Fundamental Change Purchase Price" has the meaning provided in
      Section 501 hereof;

            "Global Notes" has the meaning set forth in Section 208(a) hereof;

            The term "Indebtedness" as applied to any Person, means bonds,
      debentures, notes and other instruments or arrangements representing
      obligations created or assumed by any such Person, in respect of: (i)
      obligations for money borrowed (other than unamortized debt discount or
      premium); (ii) obligations evidenced by a note or similar instrument given
      in connection with the acquisition of any business, properties or assets
      of any kind; (iii) obligations as lessee under a Capital Lease; and (iv)
      any amendments, renewals, extensions, modifications and refundings of any
      such indebtedness or obligations listed in clause (i), (ii) or (iii)
      above. All indebtedness of such type secured by a lien upon property owned
      by such Person, although such Person has not assumed or become liable for
      the payment of such indebtedness, shall also for all purposes hereof be
      deemed to be indebtedness of such Person. All indebtedness for borrowed
      money incurred by any other Persons which is directly guaranteed as to
      payment of principal by such Person shall for all purposes hereof be
      deemed to be indebtedness of any such Person, but no other contingent
      obligation of such Person in respect of indebtedness incurred by any other
      Persons shall for any purpose be deemed to be indebtedness of such Person;

            "Interest Payment Date" has the meaning set forth in Section 204(a)
      hereof;

            "Last Reported Sale Price" means, with respect to Common Stock or
      any other Equity Interest, on any date, the closing sale price per share
      or other applicable unit (or, if no closing sale price is reported, the
      average of the bid and ask prices or, if more than one in either case, the
      average of the average bid and the average ask prices) on that date as
      reported in composite transactions for the principal U.S. securities
      exchange on which the Common Stock or such Equity Interest is traded or,
      if the Common Stock or such Equity Interest is not listed on a U.S.
      national or regional securities exchange, as reported by the Nasdaq
      National Market. If the Common Stock or such Equity Interest is not listed
      for trading on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange and not
      reported by the Nasdaq National Market on the relevant date, the "Last
      Reported Sale Price" with respect thereto shall be the last quoted bid
      price for Common Stock or such Equity Interest in the over-the-counter
      market on the relevant date as reported by the National Quotation Bureau
      or similar organization. If the Common Stock or such Equity Interest is
      not so quoted, the "Last Reported Sale Price" with respect thereto will be
      the average of the mid-point of

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      the last bid and ask prices for the Common Stock or such Equity Interest
      on the relevant date from each of at least three nationally recognized
      independent investment banking firms selected by the Company for this
      purpose;

            "Make-Whole Premium" has the meaning provided in Section 501(b);

            "Market Price per share of Common Stock" means the average of the
      Last Reported Sale Prices of Common Stock for the 20 Trading Day period
      ending on the applicable date of determination (if the applicable date of
      determination is a Trading Day or, if not, then on the last Trading Day
      prior to such applicable date of determination), appropriately adjusted to
      take into account the occurrence, during the period commencing on the
      first of the Trading Days during such 20 Trading Day period and ending on
      the applicable date of determination, of any event that would result in an
      adjustment of the Conversion Rate under this Supplemental Indenture;

            "Maturity Date" has the meaning set forth in Section 203 hereof;

            "Maximum Conversion Rate" has the meaning set forth in Section
      806(h) hereof;

            "Net Exchange Property Amount" has the meaning provided in Section
      812(d)(ii) hereof;

            "Net Share Amount" has the meaning provided in Section 801(c)
      hereof;

            "Net Shares" has the meaning provided in Section 801(c) hereof;

            "Non-Electing Share" has the meaning provided in Section 812(b)
      hereof;

            "Notes" has the meaning set forth in the second paragraph of the
      Recitals hereof;

            "105% Trading Exception" has the meaning provided in the definition
      of a Fundamental Change;

            "Original Indenture" has the meaning set forth in the first
      paragraph of the Recitals hereof;

            "Original Issue Date" means the first date on which any Notes are
      issued under this Supplemental Indenture;

            "Principal Return" has the meaning provided in Section 801(c)
      hereof;

            "Prior Notes" means the 3.75% Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes
      due 2023 issued by the Company pursuant to the Original Indenture;

            "Public Acquirer Change of Control" has the meaning provided in
      Section 501(c);

            "Public Acquirer Common Stock" has the meaning provided in Section
      501(c);

            "Purchase Date" has the meaning provided in Section 601(a) hereof;

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            "Purchase Notice" has the meaning provided in Section 601(a)(i)
      hereof;

            "Purchase Price" has the meaning provided in paragraph 8 of the
      Notes;

            "Redemption Price" has the meaning set forth in paragraph 6 of the
      Notes;

            "Regular Record Date" has the meaning set forth in Section 204(a)
      hereof;

            "Rights Plan" means that certain Rights Agreement dated January 1,
      2002, between the Company and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association
      (formerly JPMorgan Chase Bank) as rights agent, as amended from time to
      time;

            "Significant Subsidiary" means CERC and CenterPoint Houston, and any
      other Subsidiary which, at the time of the creation of a pledge, mortgage,
      security interest or other lien upon any Equity Interests of such
      Subsidiary, has consolidated gross assets (having regard to the Company's
      beneficial interest in the shares, or the like, of that Subsidiary) that
      represents at least 25% of the Company's consolidated gross assets
      appearing in the Company's most recent audited consolidated financial
      statements;

            "Spin-off Market Price" per share of Common Stock or per share or
      other applicable unit of Equity Interests in a subsidiary or other
      business unit of the Company on any day means the average of the Last
      Reported Sale Price with respect thereto for each of the ten consecutive
      Trading Days commencing on and including the fifth Trading Day after the
      "ex date" with respect to the issuance or distribution requiring such
      computations. As used herein, the term "ex date," when used with respect
      to any issuance or distribution, shall mean the first date on which the
      security trades regular way on the New York Stock Exchange or such other
      national regional exchange or market in which the security trades without
      the right to receive such issuance or distribution;

            "Stock Price" has the meaning provided in Section 501(b);

            "Subsidiary" of any entity means any corporation, partnership, joint
      venture, limited liability company, trust or estate of which (or in which)
      more than 50% of (i) the issued and outstanding Equity Interests having
      ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the Board of Directors or
      comparable governing body of such corporation or entity (irrespective of
      whether at the time capital stock of any other class or classes of such
      corporation or other entity shall or might have voting power upon the
      occurrence of any contingency), (ii) the interest in the capital or
      profits of such limited liability company, partnership, joint venture or
      other entity, or (iii) the beneficial interest in such trust or estate is
      at the time directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such entity, by
      such entity and one or more of its other Subsidiaries, or by one or more
      of such entity's other Subsidiaries;

            "Ten-Day Average Price" has the meaning provided in Section 801(b);

            "Trading Day" means (a) if the applicable security is listed,
      admitted for trading or quoted on the New York Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq
      National Market or another national security exchange, a day on which the
      New York Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq

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      National Market or another national security exchange is open for business
      or (b) if the applicable security is not so listed, admitted for trading
      or quoted, any day other than a Saturday or Sunday or a day on which
      banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized or obligated
      by law, regulation or executive order to close;

            "Trading Price" of the Notes on any date of determination means the
      average of the secondary market bid quotations per $1,000 principal amount
      of Notes obtained by the Bid Solicitation Agent for $10 million principal
      amount of Notes at approximately 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on such
      determination date from three unaffiliated, nationally recognized
      securities dealers the Company selects, provided that if: (i) at least
      three such bids are not obtained by the Bid Solicitation Agent, or (ii) in
      the Company's reasonable judgment, the bid quotations are not indicative
      of the secondary market value of the Notes, then the Trading Price of the
      Notes will equal (a) the then applicable Conversion Rate of the Notes
      multiplied by (b) the average of the Last Reported Sale Price of Common
      Stock for each of the five Trading Days ending on such determination date,
      appropriately adjusted to take into account the occurrence, during the
      period commencing on the first of such Trading Days during such five
      Trading Day period and ending on such determination date, of any event
      described in Section 806 of this Supplemental Indenture;

            All references herein to Articles and Sections, unless otherwise
      specified, refer to the corresponding Articles and Sections of this
      Supplemental Indenture; and

            The terms "herein," "hereof," "hereunder" and other words of similar
      import refer to this Supplemental Indenture.

                                   ARTICLE II

                            The Series of Securities

      Section 201 Title of the Securities.

  The Notes shall be designated as the "3.75% Convertible Senior Notes, Series B
due 2023." The Notes shall be treated for all purposes under the Indenture as a
single class or series of Securities.

      Section 202 Limitation on Aggregate Principal Amount.

  The Trustee shall authenticate and deliver Notes for original issue on the
Original Issue Date up to the aggregate principal amount of $575,000,000 upon a
Company Order for the authentication and delivery thereof and satisfaction of
Sections 301 and 303 of the Original Indenture. Such order shall specify the
amount of the Notes to be authenticated, the date on which the original issue of
Notes is to be authenticated and the name or names of the initial Holder or
Holders. Additional notes may be issued by the Company within 13 days after the
Original Issue Date without the consent of the existing Holders of the Notes and
shall be part of the same series as the Notes, but the aggregate principal
amount of Notes that may be outstanding shall not exceed $575,000,000.

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      Section 203 Stated Maturity.

  The Stated Maturity of the Notes shall be May 15, 2023 (the "Maturity Date").
The principal amount of the Notes shall be payable on the Maturity Date unless
the Notes are earlier redeemed, purchased or converted in accordance with the
terms of the Indenture.

      Section 204 Interest and Interest Rates.

      (a) The Notes shall bear interest at a rate of 3.75% per year, from May
15, 2005 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date (as defined below) to
which payment has been made or duly provided for, payable semiannually in
arrears on May 15 and November 15 of each year (each an "Interest Payment
Date"), beginning November 15, 2005, to the persons in whose names the Notes are
registered at the close of business on May 1 and November 1 (each a "Regular
Record Date") (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, immediately
preceding such Interest Payment Date. The Notes shall also provide for payment
of contingent interest ("Contingent Interest") in certain circumstances as
specified in paragraph 5 of the Notes.

      (b) Holders of Notes at the close of business on a Regular Record Date
will receive payment of interest, including Contingent Interest, if any, payable
on the corresponding Interest Payment Date notwithstanding the conversion of
such Notes at any time after the close of business on such Regular Record Date.
Notes surrendered for conversion by a Holder during the period from the close of
business on any Regular Record Date to the opening of business on the
immediately following Interest Payment Date must be accompanied by payment of an
amount equal to the interest, including Contingent Interest, if any, that the
Holder is to receive on the Notes; provided, however, that no such payment need
be made if (1) the Company has specified a Redemption Date that is after a
Regular Record Date and on or prior to the immediately following Interest
Payment Date, (2) the Company has specified a Purchase Date following a
Fundamental Change that is during such period or (3) any overdue interest
(including overdue Contingent Interest, if any) exists at the time of conversion
with respect to such Notes to the extent of such overdue interest.

      (c) Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for shall
forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and
shall either (i) be paid to the Person in whose name such Note (or one or more
Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Special
Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the
Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of the Notes not less than ten
days prior to such Special Record Date, or (ii) be paid at any time in any other
lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange
or automated quotation system on which the Notes may be listed or traded, and
upon such notice as may be required by such exchange or automated quotation
system, all as more fully provided in the Indenture.

      (d) The amount of interest, including Contingent Interest, if any, payable
for any period shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day
months. The amount of interest, including Contingent Interest, if any, payable
for any partial period shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of
twelve 30-day months and the days elapsed in any partial

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month. In the event that any date on which interest is payable on a Note is not
a Business Day, then a payment of the interest, including Contingent Interest,
if any, payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding day which is a
Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in respect of any such
delay) with the same force and effect as if made on the date the payment was
originally payable.

      (e) If any principal of the Notes or any portion of such principal is not
paid when due (whether upon acceleration, upon the date set for payment of the
Redemption Price pursuant to paragraph 6 of the Notes, upon the date set for
payment of a Purchase Price or Fundamental Change Purchase Price pursuant to
paragraph 8 of the Notes or upon the Stated Maturity) or if interest (including
Contingent Interest, if any) due hereon or any portion of such interest is not
paid when due in accordance with paragraph 1 or paragraph 5 or 11 of the Note,
then in each such case the overdue amount shall bear interest at the rate of
3.75% per annum, compounded semiannually (to the extent that the payment of such
interest shall be legally enforceable), which interest shall accrue from the
date such overdue amount was due to the date payment of such amount, including
interest thereon, has been made or duly provided for. All such interest shall be
payable on demand.

      Section 205 Paying Agent and Conversion Agent; Place of Payment.

  The Trustee shall initially serve as the Paying Agent and Conversion Agent for
the Notes. The Company may appoint and change any Paying Agent or Conversion
Agent or approve a change in the office through which any Paying Agent acts
without notice, other than notice to the Trustee. The Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or any of their Affiliates may act as Paying Agent or Conversion
Agent. The Place of Payment where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for
payment shall be the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.

      Section 206 Place of Registration or Exchange; Notices and Demands With
Respect to the Notes.

   The place where the Holders of the Notes may present the Notes for
registration of transfer or exchange and may make notices and demands to or upon
the Company in respect of the Notes shall be the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee.

      Section 207 Percentage of Principal Amount.

   The Notes shall be initially issued at 100% of their principal amount plus an
amount equal to the accrued and unpaid interest, if any, from May 15, 2005.

      Section 208 Global Notes.

      (a) The Notes shall be issued initially in the form of one or more
permanent Global Securities in definitive, fully registered, book-entry form,
without interest coupons (collectively, the "Global Notes").

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      (b) Each of the Global Notes shall represent such of the Notes as shall be
specified therein and shall each provide that it shall represent the aggregate
principal amount of Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the
aggregate principal amount of Notes represented thereby may from time to time be
reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges, redemptions,
purchases or conversions. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the
amount, or any increase or decrease in the aggregate principal amount, of Notes
represented thereby shall be reflected by the Trustee on Schedule A attached to
the Note and made by the Trustee in accordance with written instructions or such
other written form of instructions as is customary for the Depositary, from the
Depositary or its nominee on behalf of any Person having a beneficial interest
in the Global Note.

      (c) The Depository Trust Company shall initially serve as Depositary with
respect to the Global Notes. Such Global Notes shall bear the legends set forth
in the form of Note attached as Exhibit A hereto.

      Section 209 Form of Securities.

   The Global Notes shall be substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A
hereto.

      Section 210 Securities Registrar.

   The Trustee shall initially serve as the Security Registrar for the Notes.

      Section 211 Sinking Fund Obligations.

   The Company shall have no obligation to redeem or purchase any Notes pursuant
to any sinking fund or analogous requirement.

      Section 212 Bid Solicitation Agent.

   The Trustee shall initially serve as the bid solicitation agent (the "Bid
Solicitation Agent") for purposes of obtaining secondary market bid quotations
for determining Trading Prices. The Company may change the Bid Solicitation
Agent at any time; provided, however, the Bid Solicitation Agent shall not be an
Affiliate of the Company. The Bid Solicitation Agent shall solicit bids from
nationally recognized securities dealers that are believed by the Company to be
willing to bid for the Notes.

      Section 213 Tax Treatment of Notes.

   The Company agrees, and by purchasing a beneficial ownership interest in the
Notes each Holder, and any person (including an entity) that acquires a direct
or indirect beneficial interest in the Notes, will be deemed to have agreed,
unless otherwise required by applicable law, (i) for United States federal
income tax purposes to treat the Notes as Indebtedness of the Company that is
subject to the Contingent Payment Debt Instrument regulations under Treas. Reg.
Sec. 1.1275-4 (the "CPDI Regulations"), (ii) for all tax purposes to treat the
Notes as Indebtedness of the Company, (iii) for purposes of the CPDI
Regulations, to treat the fair market value of any stock beneficially received
by a beneficial holder upon any conversion of the Notes as a contingent payment,
(iv) to be bound by the Company's determination that the Notes are

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contingent payment debt instruments subject to the "noncontingent bond method"
of accruing original issue discount within the meaning of the CPDI Regulations
with respect to the Notes, (v) to accrue original issue discount at the
comparable yield as determined by the Company, and (vi) to be bound by the
Company's projected payment schedule with respect to the Notes. In addition,
unless otherwise required by applicable law, the Company will treat the exchange
of Prior Notes for Notes as not constituting a significant modification for
United States federal income tax purposes. The provisions of this Supplemental
Indenture shall be interpreted to further this intention and agreement of the
parties. The comparable yield and the schedule of projected payments are not
determined for any purpose other than for the determination of interest accruals
and adjustment thereof in respect of the Notes for United States federal income
tax purposes. Consistent with the Company's treatment of the exchange of Prior
Notes for Notes, as described above, the comparable yield and schedule of
projected payments governing the Notes is identical to the comparable yield and
schedule of projected payments that governed the Prior Notes. The comparable
yield and the schedule of projected payments do not constitute a projection or
representation regarding the future stock price or the amounts payable on the
Notes. For purposes of the foregoing, the Company's determination of the
"comparable yield" is 5.81% per annum, compounded semiannually. A Holder of
Notes may obtain the amount of original issue discount, issue date, comparable
yield and projected payment schedule (which schedule is attached as Exhibit F)
by telephoning the Company's Treasury Department at (713) 207-7019 or submitting
a written request for such information to: CenterPoint Energy, Inc., 1111
Louisiana, Houston, Texas 77002, Attention: Treasury Department.

      Section 214 Defeasance and Discharge; Covenant Defeasance.

      (a) Article Fourteen of the Original Indenture, including without
limitation, Sections 1402 and 1403 (as modified by Section 214(b) hereof)
thereof, shall apply to the Notes.

      (b) Notwithstanding Section 214(a), (i) the Company shall not be released
from its obligations under Article VIII hereof, which obligations shall survive
any defeasance and discharge under Section 1402 of the Original Indenture or
covenant defeasance under Section 1403 of the Original Indenture, and (ii) the
occurrence of any event specified in Section 501(4) of the Original Indenture
with respect to Article VIII hereof shall be deemed to be or result in an Event
of Default in accordance with the terms of Article Five of the Original
Indenture.

      (c) Notwithstanding Section 1403 of the Original Indenture, the occurrence
of any event specified in Section 1001(d)(i) hereof shall be deemed not to be or
result in an Event of Default with respect to the Notes on and after the date
the conditions set forth in Section 1404 of the Original Indenture with respect
to such Notes are satisfied and such covenant defeasance remains in full force
and effect pursuant to Article Fourteen of the Original Indenture.

                                  ARTICLE III

                               Additional Covenant

      Section 301 Limitations on Liens.

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   The Company shall not pledge, mortgage, hypothecate, or grant a security
interest in, or permit any such mortgage, pledge, security interest or other
lien upon any Equity Interests now or hereafter owned by the Company in any
Significant Subsidiary to secure any Indebtedness, without making effective
provisions whereby the outstanding Notes shall be equally and ratably secured
with or prior to any and all such Indebtedness and any other Indebtedness
similarly entitled to be equally and ratably secured; provided, however, that
this provision shall not apply to or prevent the creation or existence of:

      (a) [Reserved];

      (b) any mortgage, pledge, security interest, lien or encumbrance upon the
      Equity Interests of CenterPoint Energy Transition Bond Company, LLC or any
      other special purpose Subsidiary created on or after the date of this
      Supplemental Indenture by the Company in connection with the issuance of
      securitization bonds for the economic value of generation-related
      regulatory assets and stranded costs;

      (c) any mortgage, pledge, security interest, lien or encumbrance upon any
      Equity Interests in a Person which was not affiliated with the Company
      prior to one year before the grant of such mortgage, pledge, security
      interest, lien or encumbrance (or the Equity Interests of a holding
      company formed to acquire or hold such Equity Interests) created at the
      time of the Company's acquisition of the Equity Interests or within one
      year after such time to secure all or a portion of the purchase price for
      such Equity Interests; provided that the principal amount of any
      Indebtedness secured by such mortgage, pledge, security interest, lien or
      encumbrance does not exceed 100% of such purchase price and the fees,
      expenses and costs incurred in connection with such acquisition and
      acquisition financing;

      (d) any mortgage, pledge, security interest, lien or encumbrance existing
      upon Equity Interests in a Person which was not affiliated with the
      Company prior to one year before the grant of such mortgage, pledge,
      security interest, lien or encumbrance at the time of the Company's
      acquisition of such Equity Interests (whether or not the obligations
      secured thereby are assumed by the Company or such Subsidiary becomes a
      Significant Subsidiary); provided that (i) such mortgage, pledge, security
      interest, lien or encumbrance existed at the time such Person became a
      Significant Subsidiary and was not created in anticipation of the
      acquisition, and (ii) any such mortgage, pledge, security interest, lien
      or encumbrance does not by its terms secure any Indebtedness other than
      Indebtedness existing or committed immediately prior to the time such
      Person becomes a Significant Subsidiary;

      (e) liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or levies to the
      extent not past due or which are being contested in good faith by
      appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and for which the Company has
      provided adequate reserves for the payment thereof in accordance with
      generally accepted accounting principles;

      (f) pledges or deposits in the ordinary course of business to secure
      obligations under workers' compensation laws or similar legislation;

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      (g) materialmen's, mechanics', carriers', workers' and repairmen's liens
      imposed by law and other similar liens arising in the ordinary course of
      business for sums not yet due or currently being contested in good faith
      by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted;

      (h) attachment, judgment or other similar liens, which have not been
      effectively stayed, arising in connection with court proceedings; provided
      that such liens, in the aggregate, shall not secure judgments which exceed
      $50,000,000 aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding;
      provided further that the execution or enforcement of each such lien is
      effectively stayed within 30 days after entry of the corresponding
      judgment (or the corresponding judgment has been discharged within such 30
      day period) and the claims secured thereby are being contested in good
      faith by appropriate proceedings timely commenced and diligently
      prosecuted;

      (i) other liens not otherwise referred to in paragraphs (a) through (h)
      above, provided that the Indebtedness secured by such liens in the
      aggregate, shall not exceed 1% of the Company's consolidated gross assets
      appearing in the Company's most recent audited consolidated financial
      statements at any one time outstanding;

      (j) any mortgage, pledge, security interest, lien or encumbrance on the
      Equity Interests of any Subsidiary that was otherwise permitted under this
      Section 301 if such Subsidiary subsequently becomes a Significant
      Subsidiary; or

      (k) any extension, renewal or refunding of Indebtedness secured by any
      mortgage, pledge, security interest, lien or encumbrance described in
      paragraphs (a) through (j) above; provided that the principal amount of
      any such Indebtedness is not increased by an amount greater than the fees,
      expenses and costs incurred in connection with such extension, renewal or
      refunding.

                                   ARTICLE IV

                        Optional Redemption of the Notes

      Section 401 Right to Redeem; Notice to Trustee, Paying Agent and Holders.

   On or after May 15, 2008, the Company may, at its option, redeem the Notes in
whole, or in part, at any time in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 6
of the Notes. If the Company elects to redeem Notes pursuant to paragraph 6 of
the Notes, it shall notify in writing the Trustee, the Paying Agent and each
Holder of Notes to be redeemed, as provided in Section 1104 of the Indenture and
Section 404 hereof.

      Section 402 Fewer Than All Outstanding Notes to Be Redeemed.

   If fewer than all of the outstanding Notes are to be redeemed, the Trustee
shall select the Notes to be redeemed in principal amounts of $1,000 or integral
multiples thereof. In the case that the Trustee shall select the Notes to be
redeemed, the Trustee may effectuate such selection by lot, pro rata, or by any
other method that the Trustee considers fair and appropriate. The Trustee will

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make such selection promptly following receipt of the notice of redemption from
the Company provided pursuant to Section 404 hereof.

      Section 403 Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed.

   If any Notes selected for partial redemption are thereafter surrendered for
conversion in part before termination of the conversion right with respect to
the portion of the Notes so selected, the converted portion of such Notes shall
be deemed (so far as may be), solely for purposes of determining the aggregate
principal amount of Notes to be redeemed by the Company, to be the portion
selected for redemption. Notes which have been converted during a selection of
Notes to be redeemed may be treated by the Trustee as outstanding for the
purpose of such selection. Nothing in this Section 403 shall affect the right of
any Holder to convert any Notes pursuant to Article VIII hereof before the
termination of the conversion right with respect thereto.

      Section 404 Notice of Redemption.

   In addition to those matters set forth in Section 1104 of the Indenture, a
notice of redemption sent to Holders of Notes shall state:

      (a) the then current Conversion Rate;

      (b) the name and address of the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent;

      (c) that the Notes called for redemption may be converted at any time
before the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the
Redemption Date; and

      (d) that Holders who wish to convert Notes must comply with the procedures
in paragraph 10 of the Notes.

      Section 405 Effect of Notice of Redemption.

   Once notice of redemption is mailed, Notes called for redemption become due
and payable on the Redemption Date and at the Redemption Price, except for Notes
that are converted in accordance with the provisions of Article VIII hereof and
paragraph 10 of the Notes. Upon presentation and surrender to the Paying Agent,
Notes called for redemption shall be paid at the Redemption Price as defined in
paragraph 6 of the Notes.

      Section 406 Deposit of Redemption Price.

   On or before 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the Redemption Date, the
Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent (or if the Company or an Affiliate
of the Company is acting as the Paying Agent, shall segregate and hold in trust)
an amount of money sufficient to pay the aggregate Redemption Price of all the
Notes to be redeemed on that date other than the Notes or portions thereof
called for redemption which on or prior thereto have been delivered by the
Company to the Security Registrar for cancellation or have been converted. The
Trustee and Paying Agent shall, as promptly as practicable, return to the
Company any money not required for that purpose because of conversion of the
Notes in accordance with the provisions of

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Article VIII hereof. If such money is then held by the Company or a Subsidiary
in trust and is not required for such purpose, it shall be discharged from such
trust.

                                   ARTICLE V

      Purchase and Adjustments to Conversion Rate Upon a Fundamental Change

      Section 501 Purchase at the Option of the Holder Upon a Fundamental
Change.

      (a) If a Fundamental Change shall occur at any time prior to May 15, 2008,
each Holder shall have the right, at such Holder's option, to require the
Company to purchase any or all of such Holder's Notes for cash on the date
selected by the Company that is no later than 35 days after the date of the
Company Notice of the occurrence of such Fundamental Change (subject to
extension to comply with applicable law, as provided in Section 704) (the
"Fundamental Change Purchase Date"). The Notes shall be repurchased in integral
multiples of $1,000 of the principal amount. The Company shall purchase such
Notes at a price (the "Fundamental Change Purchase Price") equal to 100% of the
principal amount of the Notes to be purchased plus accrued and unpaid interest,
including Contingent Interest, if any, to the Fundamental Change Purchase Date.
No Notes may be purchased at the option of the Holders upon a Fundamental Change
if there has occurred and is continuing an Event of Default (other than an Event
of Default that is cured by the payment of the Fundamental Change Purchase Price
of the Notes).

      (b) Subject to Section 501(c), if a Holder elects to convert such Holder's
Notes in connection with a Fundamental Change pursuant to clause (c) of the
definition thereof set forth in Section 102 (or in connection with a transaction
that would have been a Fundamental Change under such clause (c) but for the
existence of the 105% Trading Price Exception), that occurs on or prior to May
15, 2008 pursuant to which 10% or more of the consideration for the Common Stock
(other than cash payments for fractional shares) in such Fundamental Change
transaction consists of cash or securities (or other property) that are not
traded or scheduled to be traded immediately following such transaction on a
U.S. national securities exchange or the Nasdaq National Market, the Company
will increase the Conversion Rate by the Make-Whole Premium.

      The "Make-Whole Premium" will be determined by reference to the table
below and is based on the date on which the Fundamental Change becomes effective
(the "Effective Date") and the price (the "Stock Price") paid per share of
Common Stock in the transaction constituting the Fundamental Change. If the
holders of Common Stock receive only cash in the transaction, the Stock Price
shall be the cash amount paid per share of Common Stock. Otherwise, the Stock
Price shall be equal to the average of the Last Reported Sale Price of Common
Stock for each of the five Trading Days ending on the Trading Day immediately
preceding the Effective Date.

      The following table shows what the Make-Whole Premium would be for each
hypothetical Stock Price and Effective Date set forth below, expressed as the
number of additional shares to be issuable per $1,000 of the principal amount of
the Notes.

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                            STOCK PRICE
             --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>          <C>    <C>    <C>    <C>    <C>    <C>    <C>    <C>    <C>    <C>    <C>    <C>    <C>    <C>    <C>    <C>
EFFECTIVE
DATE         $ 7.72 $ 8.25 $ 9.00 $10.00 $12.50 $15.00 $17.50 $20.00 $22.50 $25.00 $27.50 $30.00 $32.50 $35.00 $37.50 $40.00

November 15,
2005          43.18  35.00  26.51  19.44   9.38   4.72   2.50   1.40   0.88   0.58   0.39   0.27   0.18   0.12   0.07   0.00

May 15,
2006          43.18  34.98  26.37  18.97   8.66   4.12   2.04   1.08   0.66   0.43   0.29   0.20   0.13   0.08   0.00   0.00

November 15,
2006          43.18  34.95  26.27  18.18   7.24   2.81   0.98   0.80   0.40   0.19   0.11   0.08   0.01   0.00   0.00   0.00

May 15,
2007          43.18  34.93  26.03  17.64   6.72   2.53   0.65   0.20   0.22   0.13   0.07   0.02   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00

November 15,
2007          43.18  34.90  25.57  17.13   5.36   1.48   0.36   0.14   0.09   0.05   0.03   0.01   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00

May 15,
2008          43.18  34.88  25.31  16.40   3.25   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00
</TABLE>

      The Make-Whole Premiums set forth above are based upon a Stock Price of
$7.72 at the time of the initial offer of the Prior Notes on May 15, 2003 and an
initial Conversion Rate of 86.3558.

      The actual Stock Price and Effective Date may not be set forth on the
table, in which case:

            (i) If the actual Stock Price on the Effective Date is between two
      Stock Prices on the table or the actual Effective Date is between two
      Effective Dates on the table, the Make-Whole Premium will be determined by
      a straight-line interpolation between the Make-Whole Premiums set forth
      for the two Stock Prices and the two Effective Dates on the table based on
      a 365-day year, as applicable;

            (ii) If the Stock Price on the Effective Date exceeds $40.00 per
      share (subject to adjustment described below), no Make-Whole Premium will
      be paid; and

            (iii) If the Stock Price on the Effective Date is less than or equal
      to $7.72 per share (subject to adjustment described below), no Make-Whole
      Premium will be paid.

      Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event will the Conversion Rate exceed
the Maximum Conversion Rate, subject to adjustments in the same manner as set
forth in Section 806.

      The Stock Prices set forth in the first row of the table above will be
adjusted as of any date on which the Conversion Rate is adjusted. The adjusted
Stock Prices will equal the Stock Prices applicable immediately prior to such
adjustment multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the Conversion
Rate immediately prior to the adjustment giving rise to the Stock Price
adjustment and the denominator of which is the Conversion Rate so adjusted. The
Make-Whole

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Premium will be correspondingly adjusted in the same manner as the adjustments
described in Section 806.

      (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a Public Acquirer Change
of Control (as defined below), the Company may, in lieu of paying a Make-Whole
Premium as described in Section 501(b), elect to adjust the Conversion Rate and
the related conversion obligation such that from and after the effective date of
such Public Acquirer Change of Control, Holders of the Notes will be entitled to
convert the Notes into a number of shares of Public Acquirer Common Stock (as
defined below) by multiplying the Conversion Rate in effect immediately before
the Public Acquirer Change of Control by a fraction:

            (i) the numerator of which will be (i) in the case of a share
      exchange, consolidation or merger, pursuant to which the Common Stock is
      converted into cash, securities or other property, the average value of
      all cash and any other consideration (as determined by the Board of
      Directors) paid or payable per share of Common Stock or (ii) in the case
      of any other Public Acquirer Change of Control, the average of the Last
      Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock for the five Trading Days prior to
      but excluding the effective date of such Public Acquirer Change of
      Control, and

            (ii) the denominator of which will be the average Last Reported Sale
      Price of the Public Acquirer Common Stock for the five Trading Days
      commencing on the Trading Day next succeeding the effective date of such
      Public Acquirer Change of Control.

      A "Public Acquirer Change of Control" means any event that would otherwise
obligate the Company to pay a Make-Whole Premium as described in Section 501(b)
and the acquirer (or any entity that directly or indirectly has Beneficial
Ownership of more than 50% of the voting power of all shares of the acquirer's
capital stock that are entitled to vote generally in the election of directors
or that is a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the acquirer) has a
class of common stock traded on a national securities exchange or quoted on the
Nasdaq National Market or which will be so traded or quoted when issued or
exchanged in connection with such event (the "Public Acquirer Common Stock").

      After the adjustment of the Conversion Rate in connection with a Public
Acquirer Change of Control, the Conversion Rate will be subject to further
similar adjustments in the event that any of the events described in Section 806
occur thereafter.

      Upon a Public Acquirer Change of Control, if the Company so elects,
Holders may convert the Notes at the adjusted Conversion Rate described in the
third preceding paragraph but will not be entitled to the Make-Whole Premium
described under Section 501(b). The Company is required to notify Holders of its
election in writing. In addition, the Holder can also, subject to this Section
501, require the Company to repurchase all or a portion of the Notes as
described under Section 501(a).

      Section 502 Notice of Fundamental Change.

   The Company, or at its request (which must be received by the Paying Agent at
least five Business Days (or such lesser period as agreed to by the Paying
Agent) prior to the date the

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Paying Agent is requested to give such notice as described below), the Paying
Agent in the name of and at the expense of the Company, shall mail to all
Holders and the Trustee and the Paying Agent a Company Notice of the occurrence
of a Fundamental Change and of the purchase right arising as a result thereof,
including the information required by Section 701 hereof, on or before the 30th
day after the occurrence of such Fundamental Change.

      Section 503 Exercise of Option.

   For a Note to be so purchased at the option of the Holder, the Paying Agent
must receive such Note duly endorsed for transfer, together with a written
notice of purchase (a "Fundamental Change Purchase Notice") in the form entitled
"Form of Fundamental Change Purchase Notice" on the reverse thereof duly
completed, on or before the 35th day after the date of the Company Notice of the
occurrence of such Fundamental Change, subject to extension to comply with
applicable law. The Fundamental Change Purchase Notice shall state:

      (a) if certificated, the certificate numbers of the Notes which the Holder
      shall deliver to be purchased, or, if not certificated, the Fundamental
      Change Purchase Notice must comply with appropriate Depositary procedures;

      (b) the portion of the principal amount of the Notes which the Holder
      shall deliver to be purchased, which portion must be $1,000 in principal
      amount or an integral multiple thereof; and

      (c) that such Notes shall be purchased as of the Fundamental Change
      Purchase Date pursuant to the terms and conditions specified in paragraph
      8 of the Notes and in this Supplemental Indenture.

      Section 504 Procedures.

   The Company shall purchase from a Holder, pursuant to Article V hereof, Notes
if the principal amount of such Notes is $1,000 or an integral multiple of
$1,000 if so requested by such Holder.

      Any purchase by the Company contemplated pursuant to the provisions of
Article V hereof shall be consummated by the delivery of the Fundamental Change
Purchase Price to be received by the Holder promptly following the later of the
Fundamental Change Purchase Date or the time of book-entry transfer or delivery
of the Notes.

      Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any Holder delivering to
the Paying Agent the Fundamental Change Purchase Notice contemplated by Section
503 shall have the right at any time prior to the close of business on the
Business Day prior to the Fundamental Change Purchase Date to withdraw such
Fundamental Change Purchase Notice (in whole or in part) by delivery of a
written notice of withdrawal to the Paying Agent in accordance with Section 702.

      The Paying Agent shall promptly notify the Company of the receipt by it of
any Fundamental Change Purchase Notice or written notice of withdrawal thereof.

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      On or before 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the Fundamental Change
Purchase Date, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent (or if the
Company or an Affiliate of the Company is acting as the Paying Agent, shall
segregate and hold in trust) money sufficient to pay the aggregate Fundamental
Change Purchase Price of the Notes to be purchased pursuant to Article V hereof.
Payment by the Paying Agent of the Fundamental Change Purchase Price for such
Notes shall be made promptly following the later of the Fundamental Change
Purchase Date or the time of book-entry transfer or delivery of such Notes. If
the Paying Agent holds, in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, money
sufficient to pay the Fundamental Change Purchase Price of such Notes on the
Business Day following the Fundamental Change Purchase Date, then, on and after
such Fundamental Change Purchase Date, such Notes shall cease to be outstanding
and interest (including Contingent Interest, if any) on such Notes shall cease
to accrue, whether or not book-entry transfer of such Notes is made or such
Notes are delivered to the Paying Agent, and all other rights of the Holder
shall terminate (other than the right to receive the Fundamental Change Purchase
Price upon delivery or transfer of the Notes). Nothing herein shall preclude any
withholding tax required by law.

      The Company shall require each Paying Agent (other than the Trustee) to
agree in writing that the Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of
Holders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of the
Fundamental Change Purchase Price and shall notify the Trustee of any default by
the Company in making any such payment. If the Company or an Affiliate of the
Company acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate the money held by it as Paying
Agent and hold it as a separate trust fund. The Company at any time may require
a Paying Agent to deliver all money held by it to the Trustee and to account for
any funds disbursed by the Paying Agent. Upon doing so, the Paying Agent shall
have no further liability for the cash delivered to the Trustee.

      All questions as to the validity, eligibility (including time of receipt)
and acceptance of any Notes for redemption shall be determined by the Company,
whose determination shall be final and binding.

                                   ARTICLE VI

                                Optional Purchase

      Section 601 Purchase of Notes by the Company at the Option of the Holder.

      (a) On each of May 15, 2008, May 15, 2013 and May 15, 2018 (each, a
"Purchase Date"), Holders shall have the option to require the Company to
purchase any Notes at the Purchase Price specified in paragraph 8 of the Notes,
upon:

            (i) delivery to the Paying Agent by the Holder of a written notice
      of purchase (a "Purchase Notice") at any time from the opening of business
      on the date that is 20 Business Days prior to a Purchase Date until the
      close of business on the fifth Business Day prior to such Purchase Date,
      stating:

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                  (1) if certificated, the certificate numbers of the Notes
            which the Holder will deliver to be purchased, or, if not
            certificated, the Purchase Notice must comply with appropriate
            Depositary procedures;

                  (2) the portion of the principal amount of the Notes which the
            Holder will deliver to be purchased, which portion must be $1,000 in
            principal amount or an integral multiple thereof; and

                  (3) that such Notes shall be purchased as of the Purchase Date
            pursuant to the terms and conditions specified in paragraph 8 of the
            Notes and in this Supplemental Indenture; and

            (ii) delivery or book-entry transfer of such Notes to the Paying
      Agent prior to, on or after the Purchase Date (together with all necessary
      endorsements) at the offices of the Paying Agent, such delivery or
      transfer being a condition to receipt by the Holder of the Purchase Price
      therefor; provided, however, that such Purchase Price shall be so paid
      pursuant to this Section 601 only if the Notes so delivered or transferred
      to the Paying Agent shall conform in all respects to the description
      thereof in the related Purchase Notice.

      (b) The Company shall purchase from a Holder, pursuant to the terms of
this Section 601, Notes if the principal amount of such Notes is $1,000 or an
integral multiple of $1,000 if so requested by such Holder.

      (c) Any purchase by the Company contemplated pursuant to the provisions of
this Section 601 shall be consummated by the delivery of the Purchase Price to
be received by the Holder promptly following the later of the Purchase Date or
the time of book-entry transfer or delivery of the Notes.

      (d) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any Holder delivering
to the Paying Agent the Purchase Notice contemplated by this Section 601 shall
have the right at any time prior to the close of business on the Business Day
prior to the Purchase Date to withdraw such Purchase Notice (in whole or in
part) by delivery of a written notice of withdrawal to the Paying Agent in
accordance with Section 702.

      (e) The Paying Agent shall promptly notify the Company of the receipt by
it of any Purchase Notice or written notice of withdrawal thereof.

      (f) On or before 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the Purchase Date, the
Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent (or if the Company or an Affiliate
of the Company is acting as the Paying Agent, shall segregate and hold in trust)
money sufficient to pay the aggregate Purchase Price of the Notes to be
purchased pursuant to this Section 601. Payment by the Paying Agent of the
Purchase Price for such Notes shall be made promptly following the later of the
Purchase Date or the time of book-entry transfer or delivery of such Notes. If
the Paying Agent holds, in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, money
sufficient to pay the Purchase Price of such Notes on the Business Day following
the Purchase Date, then, on and after such Purchase Date, such Notes shall cease
to be outstanding and interest (including Contingent Interest, if any) on such
Notes shall cease to accrue, whether or not book-entry

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transfer of such Notes is made or such Notes are delivered to the Paying Agent,
and all other rights of the Holder shall terminate (other than the right to
receive the Purchase Price upon delivery or transfer of the Notes).

      (g) The Company shall require each Paying Agent (other than the Trustee)
to agree in writing that the Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of
Holders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of the
Purchase Price and shall notify the Trustee of any default by the Company in
making any such payment. If the Company or an Affiliate of the Company acts as
Paying Agent, it shall segregate the money held by it as Paying Agent and hold
it as a separate trust fund. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent
to deliver all money held by it to the Trustee and to account for any funds
disbursed by the Paying Agent. Upon doing so, the Paying Agent shall have no
further liability for the cash delivered to the Trustee.

                                  ARTICLE VII

          Conditions and Procedures for Purchases at Option of Holders

      Section 701 Notice of Purchase Date or Fundamental Change.

   The Company shall send notices (each, a "Company Notice") to the Holders (and
to beneficial owners as required by applicable law) at their addresses shown in
the Security Register maintained by the Security Registrar, and delivered to the
Trustee and Paying Agent, not less than 20 Business Days prior to each Purchase
Date, or on or before the 30th day after the occurrence of the Fundamental
Change, as the case may be (each such date of delivery, a "Company Notice
Date"). Each Company Notice shall include a form of Purchase Notice or
Fundamental Change Purchase Notice to be completed by a Holder and shall state:

      (a) the applicable Purchase Price or Fundamental Change Purchase Price,
      excluding accrued and unpaid interest, Conversion Rate at the time of such
      notice (and any adjustments to the Conversion Rate) and, to the extent
      known at the time of such notice, the amount of interest (including
      Contingent Interest, if any), if any, that will be payable with respect to
      the Notes on the applicable Purchase Date or Fundamental Change Purchase
      Date;

      (b) if the notice relates to a Fundamental Change, the events causing the
      Fundamental Change and the date of the Fundamental Change;

      (c) the Purchase Date or Fundamental Change Purchase Date;

      (d) the last date on which a Holder may exercise its purchase right;

      (e) the name and address of the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent;

      (f) that Notes must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect payment
      of the Purchase Price or Fundamental Change Purchase Price;

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      (g) that Notes as to which a Purchase Notice or Fundamental Change
      Purchase Notice has been given may be converted only if the applicable
      Purchase Notice or Fundamental Change Purchase Notice has been withdrawn
      in accordance with the terms of this Supplemental Indenture;

      (h) that the Purchase Price or Fundamental Change Purchase Price for any
      Notes as to which a Purchase Notice or a Fundamental Change Purchase
      Notice, as applicable, has been given and not withdrawn shall be paid by
      the Paying Agent promptly following the later of the Purchase Date or
      Fundamental Change Purchase Date, as applicable, or the time of book-entry
      transfer or delivery of such Notes;

      (i) the procedures the Holder must follow under Article V or VI hereof, as
      applicable, and Article VII hereof;

      (j) briefly, the conversion rights of the Notes;

      (k) that, unless the Company defaults in making payment of such Purchase
      Price or Fundamental Change Purchase Price on Notes covered by any
      Purchase Notice or Fundamental Change Purchase Notice, as applicable,
      interest (including Contingent Interest, if any) will cease to accrue on
      and after the Purchase Date or Fundamental Change Purchase Date, as
      applicable;

      (l) the CUSIP or ISIN number of the Notes; and

      (m) the procedures for withdrawing a Purchase Notice or Fundamental Change
      Purchase Notice.

      In connection with providing such Company Notice, the Company will issue a
press release and publish a notice containing the information in such Company
Notice in a newspaper of general circulation in The City of New York or publish
such information on the Company's then existing Web site or through such other
public medium as the Company may use at the time.

      At the Company's request, made at least five Business Days prior to the
date upon which such notice is to be mailed (or such lesser period as agreed to
by the Paying Agent), and at the Company's expense, the Paying Agent shall give
the Company Notice in the Company's name; provided, however, that, in all cases,
the text of the Company Notice shall be prepared by the Company.

      Section 702 Effect of Purchase Notice or Fundamental Change Purchase
Notice; Effect of Event of Default.

   Upon receipt by the Company of the Purchase Notice or Fundamental Change
Purchase Notice specified in Section 601 or Section 503, as applicable, the
Holder of the Notes in respect of which such Purchase Notice or Fundamental
Change Purchase Notice, as the case may be, was given shall (unless such
Purchase Notice or Fundamental Change Purchase Notice is withdrawn as specified
in the following two paragraphs) thereafter be entitled to receive solely the
Purchase Price or Fundamental Change Purchase Price with respect to such Notes.
Such Purchase Price or Fundamental Change Purchase Price shall be paid by the
Paying Agent to such Holder promptly

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following the later of (x) the Purchase Date or the Fundamental Change Purchase
Date, as the case may be, with respect to such Notes (provided the conditions in
Section 601 or Section 503, as applicable, have been satisfied) and (y) the time
of delivery or book-entry transfer of such Notes to the Paying Agent by the
Holder thereof in the manner required by Section 601 or Section 503, as
applicable. Notes in respect of which a Purchase Notice or Fundamental Change
Purchase Notice, as the case may be, has been given by the Holder thereof may
not be converted for shares of Common Stock on or after the date of the delivery
of such Purchase Notice or Fundamental Change Purchase Notice, as the case may
be, unless such Purchase Notice or Fundamental Change Purchase Notice, as the
case may be, has first been validly withdrawn as specified in the following two
paragraphs.

      A Purchase Notice or Fundamental Change Purchase Notice, as the case may
be, may be withdrawn by means of a written notice of withdrawal delivered to the
office of the Paying Agent at any time prior to 5:00 p.m. New York City time on
the Business Day prior to the Purchase Date or the Fundamental Change Purchase
Date, as the case may be, to which it relates specifying:

      (a) if certificated, the certificate number of the Notes in respect of
      which such notice of withdrawal is being submitted, or, if not
      certificated, the written notice of withdrawal must comply with
      appropriate Depositary procedures;

      (b) the principal amount of the Notes with respect to which such notice of
      withdrawal is being submitted; and

      (c) the principal amount, if any, of such Notes which remains subject to
      the original Purchase Notice or Fundamental Change Purchase Notice, as the
      case may be, and which has been or shall be delivered for purchase by the
      Company.

      There shall be no purchase of any Notes pursuant to Article V or Article
VI hereof if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing (other than a
default that is cured by the payment of the Purchase Price or Fundamental Change
Purchase Price, as the case may be). The Paying Agent shall promptly return to
the respective Holders thereof any Notes (x) with respect to which a Purchase
Notice or Fundamental Change Purchase Notice, as the case may be, has been
withdrawn in compliance with this Supplemental Indenture, or (y) held by it
during the continuance of an Event of Default (other than a default that is
cured by the payment of the Purchase Price or Fundamental Change Purchase Price,
as the case may be) in which case, upon such return, the Purchase Notice or
Fundamental Change Purchase Notice with respect thereto shall be deemed to have
been withdrawn.

      Section 703 Notes Purchased in Part.

   Any Notes that are to be purchased only in part shall be surrendered at the
office of the Paying Agent (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due
endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or such Holder's
attorney duly authorized in writing) and the Company shall execute and the
Trustee or the Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder
of such Notes, without service charge, a new Note or Notes, of any authorized
denomination as

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requested by such Holder in aggregate principal amount equal to, and in exchange
for, the portion of the principal amount of the Notes so surrendered which is
not purchased or redeemed.

      Section 704 Covenant to Comply with Securities Laws Upon Purchase of
Notes.

   In connection with any offer to purchase Notes under Article V or Article VI
hereof, the Company shall, to the extent applicable, (a) comply with Rules 13e-4
and 14e-1 (and any successor provisions thereto) under the Exchange Act, if
applicable; (b) file the related Schedule TO (or any successor schedule, form or
report) under the Exchange Act, if applicable; and (c) otherwise comply with all
applicable federal and state securities laws so as to permit the rights and
obligations under Article V or Article VI hereof to be exercised in the time and
in the manner specified in Article V or Article VI hereof.

      Section 705 Repayment to the Company.

   The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall return to the Company any cash or
property that remains unclaimed as provided in paragraph 14 of the Notes,
together with interest that the Trustee or Paying Agent, as the case may be, has
agreed to pay, if any, held by them for the payment of a Purchase Price or
Fundamental Change Purchase Price, as the case may be; provided, however, that
to the extent that the aggregate amount of cash or property deposited by the
Company pursuant to Section 601(f) or 504, as applicable, exceeds the aggregate
Purchase Price or Fundamental Change Purchase Price, as the case may be, of the
Notes or portions thereof which the Company is obligated to purchase as of the
Purchase Date or Fundamental Change Purchase Date, as the case may be, then
promptly on and after the Business Day following the Purchase Date or
Fundamental Change Purchase Date, as the case may be, the Trustee and the Paying
Agent shall return any such excess to the Company together with interest that
the Trustee or Paying Agent, as the case may be, has agreed to pay, if any.

      Section 706 Officers' Certificate.

   At least five Business Days before the Company Notice Date, the Company shall
deliver an Officers' Certificate to the Trustee (provided, that at the Company's
option, the matters to be addressed in such Officers' Certificate may be divided
among two such certificates) specifying:

      (a) the manner of payment selected by the Company; and

      (b) whether the Company desires the Trustee to give the Company Notice
required by Section 701 herein.

                                  ARTICLE VIII

                               Conversion of Notes

      Section 801 Right to Convert; Conversion Value; Method of Payment.

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      (a) Subject to and in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture, a
Holder may convert its Notes at any time during which any condition stated in
paragraph 10 of the Notes is met into Cash and, if applicable, shares of Common
Stock at a rate per $1,000 principal amount of Notes equivalent to 86.3558
shares of Common Stock, subject to adjustment as herein set forth (the
"Conversion Rate"). A Holder may convert a portion of the principal amount of
Notes if the portion is $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000.

      (b) Once Notes are tendered for conversion, subject to this Section 801
and to Section 806, Holders tendering the Notes will be entitled to receive, per
$1,000 principal amount of Notes, Cash and, if applicable, shares of Common
Stock, the aggregate value of which per $1,000 principal amount of Notes (the
"Conversion Value") will be equal to the product of (i) the Conversion Rate in
effect on the Conversion Date, and (ii) the average of the Last Reported Sale
Price of Common Stock for each of the ten consecutive Trading Days
(appropriately adjusted to take into account the occurrence during such period
of stock splits and similar events) beginning on the second Trading Day
immediately following the day the Notes are tendered for conversion (the
"Ten-Day Average Price").

      (c) The Company will deliver the Conversion Value of the Notes surrendered
for conversion to a converting Holder as follows:

            (i) an amount in Cash (in the case of each such conversion, the
      "Principal Return") equal to the lesser of (A) the aggregate Conversion
      Value of those Notes and (B) the aggregate principal amount of those
      Notes;

            (ii) if the aggregate Conversion Value of those Notes is greater
      than the Principal Return, a number of shares of Common Stock (in the case
      of each such conversion, the "Net Shares"), determined as set forth in
      clause (d) below, having a value equal to such aggregate Conversion Value
      less the Principal Return (in the case of each such conversion, the "Net
      Share Amount"); provided, however, that the Company may, at its option,
      deliver Cash or a combination of Cash and shares of Common Stock equal in
      value to the Net Share Amount. If and to the extent the Company makes such
      an election, references herein to "Net Shares" and "Net Share Amount"
      shall be deemed to be references to such amount in Cash or a combination
      of Cash and shares of Common Stock, as applicable.

      (d) The Cash payment and the number of Net Shares to be issued, if any,
will be determined by dividing the Net Share Amount by the Ten-Day Average
Price.

      (e) The Conversion Value, Principal Return, Net Share Amount and the
number of Net Shares with respect to any Notes tendered by a Holder for
conversion will be determined by the Company at the end of the ten consecutive
Trading Day period beginning on the second Trading Day immediately following the
day such Notes are tendered for conversion (in the case of each such conversion,
the "Determination Date"). The Company will pay the Cash and deliver the Net
Shares, if any, with respect to such Notes as contemplated by Section 802.

      Section 802 Conversion Procedures.

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   To convert Notes, a Holder must satisfy the requirements in this Section 802
and in paragraph 10 of the Notes. The later of (a) the date on which the Holder
satisfies all those requirements with respect to any Notes held by such Holder
and (b) the Determination Date with respect to such conversion is herein
referred to as the "Conversion Date". As soon as practicable, but in no event
later than the fifth Business Day following the Conversion Date, the Company
shall deliver to such Holder, through the Conversion Agent, the Principal
Return, a certificate for (or book-entry transfer through the Depositary of) the
number of Net Shares issuable upon the conversion and cash in lieu of any
fractional Net Shares determined pursuant to Section 803. The Person in whose
name any such shares of Common Stock are registered shall be treated as a
stockholder of record on and after the Conversion Date; provided, however, that
no surrender of Notes on any date when the stock transfer books of the Company
shall be closed shall be effective to constitute the Person or Persons entitled
to receive any shares of Common Stock upon such conversion as the record holder
or holders of such shares of Common Stock on such date, but such surrender shall
be effective to constitute the Person or Persons entitled to receive such shares
of Common Stock as the record holder or holders thereof for all purposes at the
close of business on the next succeeding day on which such stock transfer books
are open; such conversion shall be at the Conversion Rate in effect on the
Conversion Date, as if the stock transfer books of the Company had not been
closed. Upon conversion of Notes by a Holder, such Person shall no longer be a
Holder of such Notes.

      No payment or adjustment shall be made for dividends on, or other
distributions with respect to, any Common Stock, except as provided in Section
806 or as otherwise provided in this Indenture.

      On conversion of Notes, that portion of accrued interest including accrued
Contingent Interest, if any, with respect to the converted Notes shall not be
canceled, extinguished or forfeited, but rather shall be deemed to be paid in
full to the Holder thereof through delivery of the Principal Return and the Net
Shares, if any (together with the cash payment, if any, in lieu of any
fractional Net Shares), with respect to such Notes in exchange for the Notes
being converted pursuant to the provisions hereof, and the Fair Market Value of
any Net Shares (together with any such cash payment in lieu of any fractional
Net Shares) shall be treated as issued, to the extent thereof, first in exchange
for interest accrued and unpaid through the Conversion Date and accrued and
unpaid Contingent Interest, and the balance, if any, of such Fair Market Value
of such Net Shares (and any such cash payment) shall be treated as issued in
exchange for the principal amount of the Notes being converted pursuant to the
provisions hereof.

      If a Holder converts more than one Note at the same time, the Principal
Return and the number of Net Shares issuable upon the conversion shall be based
on the total principal amount of the Notes converted.

      Upon surrender of a Note that is converted in part, the Company shall
execute, and the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and
deliver to the Holder, a new Note in an authorized denomination equal in
principal amount to the unconverted portion of the Note surrendered.

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      If the last day on which Notes may be converted is a legal holiday in a
place where a Conversion Agent is located, the Notes may be surrendered to that
Conversion Agent on the next succeeding day that it is not a legal holiday.

      Section 803 Cash Payments in Lieu of Fractional Shares.

   The Company shall not issue a fractional share of Common Stock upon
conversion of Notes. Instead the Company shall deliver Cash for the current
market value of the fractional share. The current market value of a fractional
share shall be determined to the nearest 1/10,000th of a share by multiplying
the Ten-Day Average Price of a full share of Common Stock by the fractional
amount and rounding the product to the nearest whole cent.

      Section 804 Taxes on Conversion.

   If a Holder converts Notes, the Company shall pay any documentary, stamp or
similar issue or transfer tax due on the issue of shares of Common Stock upon
the conversion. However, the Holder shall pay any such tax which is due because
the Holder requests the shares to be issued in a name other than the Holder's
name. The Conversion Agent may refuse to deliver the certificates representing
(or to effect a book-entry transfer of) any Shares of Common Stock being issued
in a name other than the Holder's name until the Conversion Agent receives a sum
sufficient to pay any tax which shall be due because the shares are to be issued
in a name other than the Holder's name. Nothing herein shall preclude any
withholding tax required by law.

      Section 805 Covenants of the Company.

   The Company shall, prior to issuance of any Notes hereunder, and from time to
time as may be necessary, reserve out of its authorized but unissued Common
Stock a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock to permit the conversion of
the Notes.

      All shares of Common Stock delivered upon conversion of the Notes shall be
newly issued shares or treasury shares, shall be duly and validly issued and
fully paid and nonassessable and shall be free from preemptive rights and free
of any lien or adverse claim.

      The Company shall endeavor promptly to comply with all federal and state
securities laws regulating the order and delivery of shares of Common Stock upon
the conversion of Notes, if any, and shall cause to have listed or quoted all
such shares of Common Stock on each United States national securities exchange
or over-the-counter or other domestic market on which the Common Stock is then
listed or quoted.

      Section 806 Adjustments to Conversion Rate.

   The Conversion Rate shall be adjusted from time to time, without duplication,
as follows:

      (a) In case the Company shall (i) pay a dividend, or make a distribution
exclusively in shares of its capital stock, on the Common Stock; (ii) subdivide
its outstanding Common Stock into a greater number of shares; (iii) combine its
outstanding Common Stock into a smaller number of shares; or (iv) reclassify its
Common Stock, the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the record date
or effective date, as the case may be, for the adjustment

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pursuant to this Section 806(a) as described below, shall be adjusted so that
the Holder of any Notes thereafter surrendered for conversion shall be entitled
to receive the number of shares of Common Stock of the Company which such Holder
would have owned or have been entitled to receive after the happening of any of
the events described above had such Notes been converted immediately prior to
such record date or effective time, as the case may be.

      An adjustment made pursuant to this Section 806(a) shall become effective
immediately after the open of business on the day immediately following the
applicable record date, in the case of any such dividend or distribution, or
immediately after the applicable effective date of any such subdivision,
combination or reclassification of Common Stock. If any dividend or distribution
of the type described in clause (i) of the first sentence of this Section 806(a)
is not so paid or made, the Conversion Rate shall again be adjusted to the
Conversion Rate which would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution
had not been declared.

      (b) In case the Company shall issue rights or warrants to all holders of
the Common Stock entitling them (for a period expiring within 60 days after the
date of issuance of such rights or warrants) to subscribe for or purchase Common
Stock at a price per share less than the Market Price per share of Common Stock
on the record date fixed for determination of shareholders entitled to receive
such rights or warrants, the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted so that the same
shall equal the rate determined by multiplying the Conversion Rate in effect
immediately prior to the open of business on the day immediately following such
record date by a fraction of which (i) the numerator shall be the number of
shares of Common Stock outstanding at the close of business on such record date
plus the number of additional shares of Common Stock offered for subscription or
purchase, and (ii) the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding on such record date plus the number of shares which the aggregate
offering price of the total number of shares so offered would purchase at the
Market Price per share of Common Stock on the earlier of such record date or the
Trading Day immediately preceding the ex date for such issuance of rights or
warrants. Such adjustment shall be made successively whenever any such rights or
warrants are issued, and shall become effective immediately after the opening of
business on the day immediately following the record date for the determination
of shareholders entitled to receive such rights or warrants. To the extent that
shares of Common Stock are not delivered after the expiration of such rights or
warrants, the Conversion Rate shall be readjusted to the Conversion Rate which
would then be in effect had the adjustments made upon the issuance of such
rights or warrants been made on the basis of delivery of only the number of
shares of Common Stock actually delivered. If such rights or warrants are not so
issued, the Conversion Rate shall again be adjusted to be the Conversion Rate
which would then be in effect if such record date for the determination of
shareholders entitled to receive such rights or warrants had not been fixed. In
determining whether any rights or warrants entitle the holders to subscribe for
or purchase shares of Common Stock at less than such Market Price, and in
determining the aggregate offering price of such shares of Common Stock, there
shall be taken into account any consideration received by the Company for such
rights or warrants, the value of such consideration, if other than cash, to be
determined by the Board of Directors.

      (c) In case the Company shall, by dividend or otherwise, distribute to all
holders of Common Stock any assets, debt securities or rights or warrants to
purchase any of its securities (excluding (i) any dividend, distribution or
issuance covered by those referred to in Section 806(a) or 806(b) hereof and
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foregoing hereinafter in this Section 806(c) called the "Distributed Assets or
Securities") in an aggregate amount per share of Common Stock that, combined
together with the aggregate amount per share of Common Stock of any other such
distributions to all holders of its Common Stock made within the 12 months
preceding the date of payment of such distribution, and in respect of which no
adjustment pursuant to this Section 806(c) has been made, exceeds 15% of the
Market Price per share of Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding
the declaration of such distribution, then, the Conversion Rate shall be
adjusted so that the same shall equal the rate determined by multiplying the
Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the open of business on the date
immediately following the record date mentioned below by a fraction of which (A)
the numerator shall be the Market Price per share of the Common Stock on the
earlier of such record date or the Trading Day immediately preceding the ex date
for such dividend or distribution, and (B) the denominator shall be (1) the
Market Price per share of Common Stock on the earlier of such record date or the
Trading Day immediately preceding the ex date for such dividend or distribution
less (2) the Fair Market Value on the earlier of such record date or the Trading
Day immediately preceding the ex date for such dividend or distribution (as
determined by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be conclusive,
and described in a certificate filed with the Trustee and the Paying Agent) of
the Distributed Assets or Securities so distributed applicable to one share of
Common Stock. Such adjustment shall become effective immediately after the open
of business on the day immediately following the record date for the
determination of shareholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution;
provided, however, that, if (i) the Fair Market Value of the portion of the
Distributed Assets or Securities so distributed applicable to one share of
Common Stock is equal to or greater than the Market Price per share of Common
Stock on the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to
receive such distribution or (ii) the Market Price per share of Common Stock on
the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive such
distribution is greater than the Fair Market Value per share of such Distributed
Assets or Securities by less than $1.00, then, in lieu of the foregoing
adjustment, adequate provision shall be made so that each Holder shall have the
right to receive upon conversion, in addition to Cash, and, if applicable,
shares of Common Stock, the kind and amount of assets, debt securities, or
rights or warrants comprising the Distributed Assets or Securities the Holder
would have received had such Holder converted such Notes immediately prior to
the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such
distribution. In the event that such dividend or distribution is not so paid or
made, the Conversion Rate shall again be adjusted to the Conversion Rate which
would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared.

      (d) In case the Company shall make any distributions, by dividend or
otherwise, during any quarterly fiscal periods consisting exclusively of cash to
all holders of outstanding shares of Common Stock in an aggregate amount that,
together with (i) other all-cash distributions made to all holders of
outstanding shares of Common Stock during such quarterly fiscal period, and (ii)
any cash and the Fair Market Value, as of the expiration of any tender or
exchange offer (other than consideration payable in respect of any odd-lot
tender offer) of consideration payable in respect of any tender or exchange
offer by the Company or any of the Company's Subsidiaries for all or any portion
of shares of Common Stock concluded during such quarterly fiscal period, exceed
the product of $0.10 (appropriately adjusted from time to time for any stock
dividends on or subdivisions or combinations of the Common Stock) multiplied by
the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on the record date for such

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distribution, then, and in each such case, the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted
so that the same shall equal the rate determined by multiplying the Conversion
Rate in effect immediately prior to the open of business on the day immediately
following the record date fixed for the determination of holders of Common Stock
entitled to receive such dividend or distribution by a fraction of which (A) the
numerator shall be the Market Price per share of Common Stock on the earlier of
such record date or the Trading Day immediately preceding the ex date for such
dividend or distribution and (B) the denominator shall be (1) the Market Price
per share of Common Stock on the earlier of such record date or the Trading Day
immediately preceding the ex date for such dividend or distribution plus (2)
$0.10 (appropriately adjusted from time to time for any stock dividends on or
subdivisions or combination of Common Stock) less (3) an amount equal to the
quotient of (x) the combined amount distributed or payable in the transactions
described in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above during such quarterly fiscal
period and (y) the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on such record
date, such adjustment to become effective immediately after the open of business
on the day immediately following the record date for the determination of
shareholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution.

      (e) With respect to Section 806(c) above, in the event that the Company
makes any distribution to all holders of Common Stock consisting of Equity
Interests in a Subsidiary or other business unit of the Company, then,
notwithstanding the provisions of Section 806(c), the Conversion Rate shall be
adjusted so that the same shall equal the rate determined by multiplying the
Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the open of business on the day
immediately following the record date fixed for the determination of holders of
Common Stock entitled to receive such distribution by a fraction of which (i)
the numerator shall be (x) the Spin-off Market Price per share of Common Stock
on such record date plus (y) the Spin-off Market Price per share or other
applicable unit of Equity Interest of the Subsidiary or other business unit of
the Company on such record date and (ii) the denominator shall be the Spin-off
Market Price per share of the Common Stock on such record date, such adjustment
to become effective Ten Trading Days after the effective date of such
distribution of Equity Interests in a Subsidiary or other business unit of the
Company.

      (f) Upon conversion of the Notes, the Holders shall receive, with respect
to any shares of Common Stock issuable upon such conversion, the associated
rights issued under the Rights Plan or under any future shareholder rights plan
the Company implements (notwithstanding the occurrence of an event causing such
rights to separate from the Common Stock at or prior to the time of conversion)
unless, prior to conversion, the rights have expired, terminated or been
redeemed or exchanged in accordance with the Rights Plan. If, and only if, the
Holders of Notes receive rights under such shareholder rights plans as described
in the preceding sentence upon conversion of their Notes, then no other
adjustment pursuant to this Section 806 shall be made in connection with such
shareholder rights plans.

      (g) For purposes of this Section 806, the number of shares of Common Stock
at any time outstanding shall not include shares held in the treasury of the
Company but shall include shares issuable in respect of scrip certificates
issued in lieu of fractions of shares of Common Stock. The Company shall not pay
any dividend or make any distribution on shares of Common Stock held in the
treasury of the Company.

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      (h) Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Conversion Rate
exceed the maximum conversion rate specified under this Section 806(h) (the
"Maximum Conversion Rate") as a result of an adjustment pursuant to Section
501(b), Section 806(c) and Section 806(d) hereof. The Maximum Conversion Rate
shall initially be 129.5337 and shall be appropriately adjusted from time to
time for any stock dividends on or subdivisions or combinations of the Common
Stock. The Maximum Conversion Rate shall not apply to any adjustments made
pursuant to any of the events in Section 806(a) or Section 806(b) hereof.

      Section 807 Calculation Methodology.

   (a) No adjustment in the Conversion Price need be made unless the adjustment
would require an increase or decrease of at least 1% in the Conversion Price
then in effect, provided that any adjustment that would otherwise be required to
be made shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent
adjustment. Except as stated in this Article VIII, the Conversion Rate will not
be adjusted for the issuance of Common Stock or any securities convertible into
or exchangeable for Common Stock or carrying the right to purchase any of the
foregoing. Any adjustments that are made shall be carried forward and taken into
account in any subsequent adjustment. All calculations under Article VII,
Section 806 and this Section 807 shall be made to the nearest cent or to the
nearest 1/10,000th of a share, as the case may be.

   (b) Any adjustment to the Conversion Price shall take into account the
adjustment provided under Section 806(d) based on the payment of an aggregate
amount of $0.20 per share of Common Stock in dividends during the first fiscal
quarter of 2005. For purposes of calculating this adjustment, "the Conversion
Rate in effect immediately prior to the open of business on the day immediately
following the record date fixed for the determination of holders of Common Stock
entitled to receive such dividend or distribution" shall be 86.3558.

      Section 808 When No Adjustment Required.

   No adjustment to the Conversion Rate need be made:

      (a) upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to any
      present or future plan providing for the reinvestment of dividends or
      interest payable on securities of the Company and the investment of
      additional optional amounts in shares of Common Stock under any plan;

      (b) upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock or options or rights
      to purchase those shares pursuant to any present or future employee,
      director or consultant benefit plan or program of or assumed by the
      Company or any of its Subsidiaries;

      (c) upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to any
      option, warrant, right, or exercisable, exchangeable or convertible
      security not described in paragraph (b) above and outstanding as of the
      date of this Supplemental Indenture;

      (d) [Reserved];

      (e) for a change in the par value or no par value of the Common Stock; or

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      (f) for accrued and unpaid interest (including Contingent Interest, if
      any).

      Section 809 Notice of Adjustment.

   Whenever the Conversion Rate is adjusted (including any adjustment that the
Company may elect pursuant to Section 501(c)), the Company shall promptly mail
to Holders a notice of the adjustment. The Company shall file with the Trustee
and the Conversion Agent such notice. The notice shall, absent manifest error,
be conclusive evidence that the adjustment is correct. Neither the Trustee nor
any Conversion Agent shall be under any duty or responsibility with respect to
any such notice except to exhibit the same to any Holder desiring inspection
thereof.

      Section 810 Voluntary Increase.

   The Company may make such increases in the Conversion Rate, in addition to
those required by Section 806, as the Board of Directors considers to be
advisable to avoid or diminish any income tax to holders of Common Stock or
rights to purchase Common Stock resulting from any dividend or distribution of
stock (or rights to acquire stock) or from any event treated as such for income
tax purposes. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Company may from
time to time increase the Conversion Rate by any amount for any period of time
if the period is at least 20 days, the increase is irrevocable during the period
and the Board of Directors shall have made a determination that such increase
would be in the best interests of the Company, which determination shall be
conclusive. Whenever the Conversion Rate is so increased, the Company shall mail
to Holders and file with the Trustee and the Conversion Agent a notice of such
increase. Neither the Trustee nor any Conversion Agent shall be under any duty
or responsibility with respect to any such notice except to exhibit the same to
any Holder desiring inspection thereof. The Company shall mail the notice at
least 15 days before the date the increased Conversion Rate takes affect. The
notice shall state the increased Conversion Rate and the period it shall be in
effect.

      Section 811 Notice to Holders Prior to Certain Actions.

   In case:

      (a) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution) on
its Common Stock that would require an adjustment in the Conversion Rate
pursuant to Section 806;

      (b) the Company shall authorize the granting to all or substantially all
the holders of its Common Stock of rights or warrants to subscribe for or
purchase any share of any class or any other rights or warrants;

      (c) of any reclassification or reorganization of the Common Stock of the
Company (other than a subdivision or combination of its outstanding Common
Stock, or a change in par value, or from par value to no par value, or from no
par value to par value), or of any consolidation or merger to which the Company
is a party and for which approval of any shareholders of the Company is
required, or of the sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets
of the Company; or

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      (d) of the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding-up
of the Company;

the Company shall cause to be filed with the Trustee and to be mailed to each
Holder at its address appearing on the Security Register, as promptly as
possible but in any event at least 15 days prior to the applicable date
hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the date on which a record is to be
taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution or rights or warrants, or,
if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of Common Stock
of record to be entitled to such dividend, distribution, or rights or warrants
are to be determined or (y) the date on which such reclassification,
reorganization, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer, dissolution, liquidation
or winding-up is expected to become effective or occur, and the date as of which
it is expected that holders of Common Stock of record shall be entitled to
exchange their Common Stock for securities or other property deliverable upon
such reclassification, reorganization, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer,
dissolution, liquidation or winding-up. Failure to give such notice, or any
defect therein, shall not affect the legality or validity of such dividend,
distribution, reclassification, reorganization, consolidation, merger, sale,
transfer, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up.

      Section 812 Effect of Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger, Binding
Share Exchange or Sale.

      (a) If any of the following events occur, namely (i) any reclassification
or change of outstanding shares of Common Stock (other than a change in par
value, or from par value to no par value, or from no par value to par value, or
as a result of a reclassification, subdivision or combination); (ii) any
consolidation, merger, combination or binding share exchange of the Company with
another corporation as a result of which holders of Common Stock shall be
entitled to receive stock, securities or other property or assets (including
cash) with respect to or in exchange for such Common Stock; or (iii) any sale or
conveyance of the properties and assets of the Company as, or substantially as,
an entirety to any other corporation as a result of which holders of Common
Stock shall be entitled to receive stock, securities or other property or assets
(including cash) with respect to or in exchange for such Common Stock, then the
Company or the successor or purchasing corporation, as the case may be, shall
execute with the Trustee a supplemental indenture, providing for the conversion
and settlement of the Notes as set forth in this Indenture. Such supplemental
indenture shall provide for adjustments which shall be as nearly equivalent as
may be practicable to the adjustments provided for in this Article VIII. If, in
the case of any such reclassification, change, consolidation, merger,
combination, binding share exchange, sale or conveyance, the Exchange Property
includes shares of stock, other securities, property or assets of a Person other
than the successor or purchasing Person, as the case may be, in such
reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, combination, binding share
exchange, sale or conveyance, then such supplemental indenture shall also be
executed by such other Person and shall contain such additional provisions to
protect the interests of the Holders of the Notes as the Board of Directors
shall reasonably consider necessary by reason of the foregoing. The Company
shall cause notice of the execution of such supplemental indenture to be mailed
to each Holder, at its address appearing on the Security Register, within 20
days after execution thereof. Failure to deliver such notice shall not affect
the legality or validity of such supplemental indenture.

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      (b) Subject to the provisions of Section 801(b), the Conversion Value with
respect to each $1,000 principal amount of Notes converted following the
effective date of any such transaction referred to in Section 812(a) shall be
calculated (as provided in clause (c) below) based on the kind and amount of
stock, securities, other property, assets or cash received upon such
reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, binding share exchange, sale or
conveyance by a holder of Common Stock holding, immediately prior to the
transaction, a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate
immediately prior to such transaction (the "Exchange Property"), assuming such
holder of Common Stock did not exercise any rights of election, if any, as to
the kind or amount of stock, securities, other property, assets or cash
receivable upon such consolidation, merger, binding share exchange, sale or
conveyance (provided that, if the kind or amount of stock, securities, other
property, assets or cash receivable upon such consolidation, merger, binding
share exchange, sale or conveyance is not the same for each share of Common
Stock in respect of which such rights of election shall not have been exercised
("Non-Electing Share"), then for the purposes of this Section 812 the kind and
amount of stock, securities, other property, assets or cash receivable upon such
consolidation, merger, binding share exchange, sale or conveyance for each
non-electing share shall be deemed to be the kind and amount so receivable per
share by a plurality of the Non-Electing Shares).

      (c) The Conversion Value in respect of any Notes converted following the
effective date of any such transaction shall be equal to the average of the
daily values of the Exchange Property pertaining to such Notes as determined in
the next sentence (the "Exchange Property Value") for each of the ten
consecutive Trading Days (appropriately adjusted to take into account the
occurrence during such period of stock splits and similar events) beginning on
the later of (i) the second Trading Day immediately following the day the Notes
are tendered for conversion and (ii) the effective date of such transaction (the
"Exchange Property Average Price"). For the purpose of determining the value of
any Exchange Property:

            (i) any shares of common stock of the successor or purchasing Person
      or any other Person that are included in the Exchange Property shall be
      valued as set forth in Section 801(b) as if such shares were "Common
      Stock" using the procedures set forth in the definition of "Last Reported
      Sale Price" in Section 102; and

            (ii) any other securities, property or assets (other than cash)
      included in the Exchange Property shall be valued in good faith by the
      Board of Directors or by a New York Stock Exchange member firm selected by
      the Board of Directors.

      (d) The Company shall deliver such Conversion Value to holders of Notes so
converted as follows:

            (i) an amount in Cash equal to the Principal Return with respect to
      those Notes, determined as set forth in Section 801(c)(i); and

            (ii) if the Conversion Value of those Notes is greater than the
      Principal Return, an amount of Exchange Property, determined as set forth
      below, equal to such aggregate Conversion Value less the Principal Return
      (the "Net Exchange Property Amount"); provided, however, that the Company
      may, at its option, deliver cash or a combination of cash and Exchange
      Property equal to the Net Exchange Property Amount.

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The amount of Exchange Property to be delivered shall be determined by dividing
the Net Exchange Property Amount by the Exchange Property Average Price. If the
Exchange Property includes more than one kind of property, the amount of
Exchange Property of each kind to be delivered shall be in the proportion that
the Exchange Property Value of such kind of Exchange Property bears to the
Exchange Property Value of all the Exchange Property. If the foregoing
calculations would require the Company to deliver a fractional share or unit of
Exchange Property to a holder of Notes being converted, the Company shall
deliver cash in lieu of such fractional share or unit based on its Exchange
Property Average Price.

      (e) Notwithstanding clauses (b), (c) and (d) above, if the Notes are
tendered for conversion prior to the effective date of any such transaction
pursuant to this Section 812 above, and the amount in cash and number of shares
of Common Stock, if any, that a Holder will receive upon conversion have been
determined as of the effective date of such transaction, then the Company shall
(i) pay the amount in cash as set forth in Section 801 and (ii) instead of
delivering shares of Common Stock as set forth in Section 801, if applicable,
deliver an amount of Exchange Property that a holder of Common Stock, holding,
immediately prior to the transaction, a number of shares of Common Stock equal
to the number of shares of Common Stock as set forth in Section 801, would
receive, assuming such holder of Common Stock did not exercise his rights of
election, if any, as to the kind or amount of stock, securities, other property,
assets or cash receivable upon such consolidation, merger, binding share
exchange, sale or conveyance (provided that, if the kind or amount of stock,
securities, other property, assets or cash receivable upon such consolidation,
merger, binding share exchange, sale or conveyance is not the same for each
Non-Electing Share, then for the purposes of this Section 812 the kind and
amount of stock, securities, other property, assets or cash receivable upon such
consolidation, merger, binding share exchange, sale or conveyance for each
Non-Electing Share shall be deemed to be the kind and amount so receivable per
share by a plurality of the Non-Electing Shares). If the foregoing calculations
would require the Company to deliver a fractional share or unit of Exchange
Property to a holder of Notes being converted, the Company shall deliver cash in
lieu of such fractional share or unit based on the Exchange Property Value (as
so determined).

      The above provisions of this Section 812 shall similarly apply to
successive reclassifications, changes, consolidations, mergers, combinations,
binding share exchanges, sales and conveyances.

      If this Section 812 applies to any event or occurrence, Section 806 shall
not apply. Notwithstanding this Section 812, if a Public Acquirer Change of
Control occurs and the Company elects to adjust the Conversion Rate and its
conversion obligation pursuant to Section 501(c), the provisions of Section
501(c) shall apply to the conversion instead of this Section 812.

      Section 813 Responsibility of Trustee.

   The Trustee and any other Conversion Agent shall not at any time be under any
duty or responsibility to any Holder to either calculate the Conversion Rate or
determine whether any facts exist which may require any adjustment of the
Conversion Rate, or with respect to the nature or extent or calculation of any
such adjustment when made, or with respect to the method employed, or herein or
in any supplemental indenture provided to be employed, in making the same and
shall be protected in relying upon an Officers' Certificate with respect to the
same.

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The Trustee and any other Conversion Agent shall not be accountable with respect
to the validity or value (or the kind or amount) of any shares of Common Stock,
or of any other securities or property, which may at any time be issued or
delivered upon the conversion of any Notes and the Trustee and any other
Conversion Agent make no representations with respect thereto. Subject to the
provisions of Article Five of the Original Indenture, neither the Trustee nor
any Conversion Agent shall be responsible for any failure of the Company to
issue, transfer or deliver any Cash or shares of Common Stock or stock
certificates or other securities or property upon the surrender of any Notes for
the purpose of conversion or to comply with any of the duties, responsibilities
or covenants of the Company contained in this Section. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, neither the Trustee nor any Conversion Agent shall
be under any responsibility to determine the correctness of any provisions
contained in any Supplemental Indenture entered into pursuant to Article VIII
hereof relating either to the kind or amount of shares of stock or securities or
property (including cash) receivable by Holders upon the conversion of their
Notes after any event referred to in such Section 812 or to any adjustment to be
made with respect thereto, but, subject to the provisions of Article Five of the
Original Indenture, may accept as conclusive evidence of the correctness of any
such provisions, and shall be protected in relying upon, the Officers'
Certificate (which the Company shall be obligated to file with the Trustee prior
to the execution of any such supplemental indenture) with respect thereto.

      Section 814 Simultaneous Adjustments.

   In the event that Section 806 requires adjustments to the Conversion Rate
under more than one of Sections 806(a), (b), (c) or (d), and the Record Dates
for the distributions giving rise to such adjustments shall occur on the same
date, then such adjustments shall be made by applying, first, the provisions of
Section 806(c), second, the provisions of Section 806(a) and third, the
provisions of Section 806(b); provided, however, that nothing in this Section
814 shall be done to evade the principle set forth in Section 806(h) hereof that
the Maximum Conversion Rate shall not apply to any adjustments made with respect
to any of the events in Section 806(a) or Section 806(b) hereof.

      Section 815 Successive Adjustments.

   After an adjustment to the Conversion Rate under Section 806, any subsequent
event requiring an adjustment under Section 806 shall cause an adjustment to the
Conversion Rate as so adjusted.

      Section 816 General Considerations.

   Whenever successive adjustments to the Conversion Rate are called for
pursuant to this Article VIII, such adjustments shall be made to the Market
Price per share of Common Stock as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate
the intent of this Article VIII and to avoid unjust or inequitable results as
determined in good faith by the Board of Directors.

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                                   ARTICLE IX

                              Transfer and Exchange

      Section 901 Transfer and Exchange of the Notes.

      The transfer and exchange of Global Notes or beneficial interests therein
shall be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with Section 305 of the
Original Indenture and this Article IX (including the restrictions on transfer
set forth therein and herein) and the rules and procedures of the Depositary
therefor, which shall include restrictions on transfer comparable to those set
forth therein and herein to the extent required by the Securities Act. The
transfer and exchange of Global Notes or beneficial interests therein for
certificated notes (or vice versa) shall be effected through the Trustee and the
Depositary, as the case may be, in accordance with Section 305 of the Original
Indenture and this Article IX.

      Section 902 Legends.

      (a) Each certificate evidencing the Global Notes or certificated notes in
definitive form (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution
thereof) shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:

         THE HOLDER OF THE COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF THIS
         SECURITY IS SUBJECT TO, AND ENTITLED TO THE BENEFITS OF, A RIGHTS
         AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF JANUARY 1, 2002, BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND
         JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS RIGHTS AGENT.

Each certificate evidencing the Global Notes also shall bear the legend
specified for Global Notes in the form of Note attached hereto as Exhibit A.

                                    ARTICLE X

                        Remedies; Modification and Waiver

      Section 1001 Additional Events of Default; Acceleration of Maturity.

      (a) Solely with respect to the Notes issued hereby, Section 501(1) of the
Original Indenture is hereby deleted in its entirety, and the following is
substituted in lieu thereof as an Event of Default in addition to the other
events set forth in Section 501 of the Original Indenture:

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            "(1) default in the payment of any interest upon any Security of
      that series, including Contingent Interest, if any, when it becomes due
      and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days;"

      (b) Solely with respect of the Notes issued hereby, Section 501(5) of the
Original Indenture is hereby deleted in its entirety, and the following is
substituted in lieu thereof as an Event of Default in addition to the other
events set forth in Section 501 of the Original Indenture:

                  "(5) the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises
            of (A) a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company, CERC
            or CenterPoint Houston in an involuntary case or proceeding under
            any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency,
            reorganization or other similar law or (B) a decree or order
            adjudging the Company, CERC or CenterPoint Houston a bankrupt or
            insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking
            reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in
            respect of the Company, CERC or CenterPoint Houston under any
            applicable federal or state law, or appointing a custodian,
            receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other
            similar official of the Company, CERC or CenterPoint Houston or of
            any substantial part of its respective property, or ordering the
            winding up or liquidation of its respective affairs, and the
            continuance of any such decree or order for relief or any such other
            decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 90
            consecutive days; provided that any specified event in (A) or (B)
            involving CERC or CenterPoint Houston shall not constitute an Event
            of Default if, at the time such event occurs, CERC or CenterPoint
            Houston, as the case may be, shall no longer be an Affiliate of the
            Company; or"

      (c) Solely with respect to the Notes issued hereby, Section 501(6) of the
Original Indenture is hereby deleted in its entirety, and the following is
substituted in lieu thereof as an Event of Default in addition to the other
events set forth in Section 501 of the Original Indenture:

                  "(6) the commencement by the Company, CERC or CenterPoint
            Houston of a voluntary case or proceeding under any applicable
            federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other
            similar law or of any other case or proceeding to be adjudicated a
            bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by any of them to the entry of
            a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company, CERC or
            CenterPoint Houston in an involuntary case or proceeding under any
            applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization
            or other similar law or to the commencement of any bankruptcy or
            insolvency case or proceeding against any of them, or the filing by
            any of them of a petition or answer or consent seeking
            reorganization or relief under any applicable federal or state law,
            or the consent by any of them

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            to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking
            possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee,
            sequestrator or other similar official of the Company, CERC or
            CenterPoint Houston or of any substantial part of their respective
            property, or the making by any of them of an assignment of a
            substantial part of their respective property for the benefit of
            creditors, or the admission by any of them in writing of the
            inability of any of the Company, CERC or CenterPoint Houston to pay
            their respective debts generally as they become due, or the taking
            of corporate action by the Company, CERC or CenterPoint Houston in
            furtherance of any such action; provided that any such specified
            event involving CERC or CenterPoint Houston shall not constitute an
            Event of Default if, at the time such event occurs, CERC or
            CenterPoint Houston, as the case may be shall no longer be an
            Affiliate of the Company; or"

      (d) Solely with respect to the Notes issued hereby, and pursuant to
Section 501(7) of the Original Indenture, the following shall each constitute an
"Event of Default" in addition to the other events set forth in Section 501 of
the Original Indenture:

                  "(i) The default by the Company, CERC or CenterPoint Houston
            in a scheduled payment at maturity, upon redemption or otherwise, in
            the aggregate principal amount of $50 million or more, after the
            expiration of any applicable grace period, of any Indebtedness or
            the acceleration of any Indebtedness of the Company, CERC or
            CenterPoint Houston in such aggregate principal amount, so that it
            becomes due and payable prior to the date on which it would
            otherwise have become due and payable and such payment default is
            not cured or such acceleration is not rescinded within 30 days after
            notice to the Company in accordance with the terms of the
            Indebtedness; provided that such payment default or acceleration of
            CERC or CenterPoint Houston shall not to be an Event of Default if,
            at the time such event occurs, CERC or CenterPoint Houston, as the
            case may be, shall not be an Affiliate of the Company;

                  (ii) The Company defaults in its obligation to redeem the
            Notes after exercising its redemption option pursuant to Article IV
            hereof;

                  (iii) The Company defaults in its obligation to convert the
            Notes upon exercise of a Holder's conversion right in accordance
            with the terms of the Notes and Article VIII hereof; and

                  (iv) The Company defaults in its obligation to purchase Notes
            upon the occurrence of a Fundamental Change or the

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            exercise by a Holder of its option to require the Company to
            repurchase such Holder's Notes in accordance with the terms of
            Article V or Article VI hereof, as applicable."

      Section 1002 Modification and Waiver. In addition to those matters set
forth in Section 902 of the Original Indenture (including the terms and
conditions of the Notes set forth herein), with respect to the Notes, no
amendment or Supplemental Indenture shall without the consent of the Holder of
each Note affected thereby:

      (a) Reduce the Redemption Price, Purchase Price or Fundamental Change
      Purchase Price of the Notes;

      (b) Change the terms applicable to redemption or purchase of the Notes in
      a manner adverse to the Holder; or

      (c) Alter the manner of calculation or rate of Contingent Interest payable
      on any Note or extend the time for payment of any such amount.

In addition, with respect to the Notes, notwithstanding Sections 513 and 1006 of
the Original Indenture, approval of the Holders of each outstanding Note shall
be required to:

      (a) Waive any default by the Company in any payment of the Redemption
      Price, Purchase Price or Fundamental Change Purchase Price with respect to
      any Notes; or

      (b) Waive any default which constitutes a failure to convert any Note in
      accordance with its terms and the terms of Article VIII hereof.

The reference to "interest" in Section 513(1) of the Original Indenture shall
include Contingent Interest, if any.

                                   ARTICLE XI

                            Miscellaneous Provisions

      Section 1101 The Indenture, as supplemented and amended by this
Supplemental Indenture No. 6, is in all respects hereby adopted, ratified and
confirmed.

      Section 1102 This Supplemental Indenture No. 6 may be executed in any
number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but such
counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

      Section 1103 THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE NO. 6 AND EACH NOTE SHALL BE
DEEMED TO BE A CONTRACT MADE UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND SHALL
BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF.

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      Section 1104 If any provision in this Supplemental Indenture No. 6 limits,
qualifies or conflicts with another provision hereof which is required to be
included herein by any provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, such required
provision shall control.

      Section 1105 In case any provision in this Supplemental Indenture No. 6 or
the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and
enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or
impaired thereby.

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      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental
Indenture No. 6 to be duly executed, as of the day and year first written above.

                                          CENTERPOINT ENERGY, INC.

                                          By: __________________________________
                                              Name:
                                              Title:

Attest:

___________________________________
Name:
Title:

(SEAL)

                                          JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
                                          NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
                                          AS TRUSTEE

                                          By: __________________________________
                                              Name:
                                              Title:

(SEAL)

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                                    Exhibit A

                             [FORM OF FACE OF NOTE]

                                                                   [Global Note]
                                                             [Certificated Note]

[IF THIS SECURITY IS TO BE A GLOBAL NOTE -] THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY
WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN
THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF A DEPOSITARY. THIS SECURITY IS
EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE
DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE
INDENTURE AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A
NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR
ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY.

[For as long as this Global Security is deposited with or on behalf of The
Depository Trust Company it shall bear the following legend.] Unless this
certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust
Company, a New York corporation ("DTC"), to CenterPoint Energy, Inc. or its
agent for registration of transfer, exchange, or payment, and any certificate
issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is
requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to
Cede & Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized
representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR
OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner
hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.

                            CENTERPOINT ENERGY, INC.

                3.75% Convertible Senior Notes, Series B due 2023

No. __________                                                     $__________ *
                                                             CUSIP No. _______

      CENTERPOINT ENERGY, INC., a corporation duly organized and existing under
the laws of the State of Texas (herein called the "Company", which term includes
any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value
received, hereby promises to pay to _______________, or registered assigns, the
principal sum of ____________________ Dollars on May 15, 2023. This Note shall
bear interest as specified on the other side of this Note. This

-----------------
   *   REFERENCE IS MADE TO SCHEDULE A ATTACHED HERETO WITH RESPECT TO DECREASES
AND INCREASES IN THE AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOTES EVIDENCED BY THIS
CERTIFICATE.

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Note is convertible and is subject to redemption at the option of the Company
and to purchase by the Company at the option of the Holder as specified on the
other side of this Note.

      Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth
on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the
same effect as if set forth at this place.

            THE HOLDER OF THE COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF THIS
            SECURITY IS SUBJECT TO, AND ENTITLED TO THE BENEFITS OF, A RIGHTS
            AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF JANUARY 1, 2002, BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND
            JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS RIGHTS AGENT.

            FOR PURPOSES OF SECTIONS 1273 AND 1275 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE,
            THIS SECURITY IS A CONTINGENT PAYMENT DEBT INSTRUMENT AND WILL
            ACCRUE ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT AT THE ISSUER'S "COMPARABLE YIELD"
            FOR UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES. PURSUANT TO SECTION
            213 OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, THE COMPANY AGREES, AND BY
            ACCEPTANCE OF A BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP INTEREST IN THE SECURITY, EACH
            BENEFICIAL HOLDER OF THE SECURITIES WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE AGREED,
            FOR UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, (i) TO TREAT THE
            SECURITIES AS INDEBTEDNESS THAT IS SUBJECT TO THE CONTINGENT PAYMENT
            DEBT INSTRUMENT REGULATIONS UNDER SECTION 1.1275-4 OF THE UNITED
            STATES TREASURY REGULATIONS (THE "CPDI REGULATIONS"), AND, FOR
            PURPOSES OF THE CPDI REGULATIONS, TO TREAT THE FAIR MARKET VALUE OF
            COMMON STOCK RECEIVED BY A BENEFICIAL HOLDER UPON ANY CONVERSION OF
            THE NOTES AS A CONTINGENT PAYMENT AND (ii) TO BE BOUND BY THE
            COMPANY'S DETERMINATION OF THE "COMPARABLE YIELD" AND "PROJECTED
            PAYMENT SCHEDULE," WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE CPDI REGULATIONS, WITH
            RESPECT TO THE NOTES AND TO ACCRUE ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT AT THE
            COMPARABLE YIELD AS DETERMINED BY THE COMPANY. THE COMPANY'S
            DETERMINATION OF THE "COMPARABLE YIELD" IS 5.81% PER ANNUM,
            COMPOUNDED SEMIANNUALLY. THE PROJECTED PAYMENT SCHEDULE, DETERMINED
            BY THE COMPANY, IS ATTACHED TO THE SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AS EXHIBIT
            F. YOU MAY OBTAIN THE AMOUNT OF ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT, ISSUE DATE,
            COMPARABLE YIELD AND PROJECTED PAYMENT SCHEDULE FOR THE SECURITY BY
            TELEPHONING THE COMPANY'S TREASURY

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            DEPARTMENT AT (713) 207-7019 OR SUBMITTING A WRITTEN REQUEST FOR
            SUCH INFORMATION TO: CENTERPOINT ENERGY, INC., 1111 LOUISIANA,
            HOUSTON, TEXAS 77002, ATTENTION: TREASURER.

      Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the
Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Note shall
not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for
any purpose.

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      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly
executed under its corporate seal.

Dated:  __________________________        CENTERPOINT ENERGY, INC.

                                          By:    _______________________________
                                          Name:  _______________________________
(SEAL)                                    Title: _______________________________

Attest:

__________________________________
Name:
Title:

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

                                          JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
                                          NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
                                          AS TRUSTEE

Date of Authentication: ___________

                                          By: __________________________________
                                              Authorized Signatory

                                          By: __________________________________
                                              Authorized Signatory

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                         [FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF NOTE]

                            CENTERPOINT ENERGY, INC.

                3.75% CONVERTIBLE SENIOR NOTES, SERIES B DUE 2023

1. INTEREST

      This Note shall bear interest at a rate of 3.75% per year on the principal
hereof, from May 15, 2005 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date (as
defined below) to which payment has been made or duly provided for, payable
semiannually in arrears on May 15 and November 15 of each year (each an
"Interest Payment Date"), beginning November 15, 2005 to the persons in whose
names the Notes are registered at the close of business on May 1 and November 1
(each a "Regular Record Date") (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may
be, immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date. This Note shall also bear
Contingent Interest in certain circumstances as specified in paragraph 5 below.
The amount of interest payable for any period shall be computed on the basis of
a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. The amount of interest payable for any
partial period shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day
months and the days elapsed in any partial month.

      Holders of Notes at the close of business on a Regular Record Date will
receive payment of interest, including Contingent Interest, if any, payable on
the corresponding Interest Payment Date notwithstanding the conversion of such
Notes at any time after the close of business on such Regular Record Date. Notes
surrendered for conversion by a Holder during the period from the close of
business on any Regular Record Date to the opening of business on the
immediately following Interest Payment Date must be accompanied by payment of an
amount equal to the interest, including Contingent Interest, if any, that the
Holder is to receive on the Notes; provided, however, that no such payment need
be made if (1) the Company has specified a Redemption Date that is after a
Regular Record Date and on or prior to the immediately following Interest
Payment Date, (2) the Company has specified a Purchase Date following a
Fundamental Change that is during such period or (3) any overdue interest
(including overdue Contingent Interest, if any) exists at the time of conversion
with respect to such Notes to the extent of such overdue interest.

      If the principal hereof or any portion of such principal is not paid when
due (whether upon acceleration, upon the date set for payment of the Redemption
Price pursuant to paragraph 6 hereof, upon the date set for payment of a
Purchase Price or Fundamental Change Purchase Price pursuant to paragraph 8
hereof or upon the Stated Maturity of this Note) or if interest (including
Contingent Interest, if any) due hereon or any portion of such interest is not
paid when due in accordance with this paragraph or paragraph 5 or 11 hereof,
then in each such case the overdue amount shall bear interest at the rate of
3.75% per annum, compounded semiannually (to the extent that the payment of such
interest shall be legally enforceable), which interest shall accrue from the
date such overdue amount was due to the date payment of such amount, including
interest thereon, has been made or duly provided for. All such interest shall be
payable on demand.

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2. METHOD OF PAYMENT

      Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and any such interest on
this Note will be made at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, in such
coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is
legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that at
the option of the Company payment of interest may be made (i) by check mailed to
the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the
Security Register or (ii) by wire transfer in immediately available funds at
such place and to such account as may be designated in writing by the Person
entitled thereto as specified in the Security Register.

3. PAYING AGENT, CONVERSION AGENT AND SECURITY REGISTRAR

      Initially, the Trustee, shall act as Paying Agent, Conversion Agent and
Security Registrar. The Company may appoint and change any Paying Agent,
Conversion Agent, Security Registrar or co-registrar or approve a change in the
office through which any Paying Agent acts without notice, other than notice to
the Trustee. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their Affiliates
may act as Paying Agent, Conversion Agent, Security Registrar or co-registrar.

4. INDENTURE

      This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company,
issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of
May 19, 2003 (the "Original Indenture"), as amended and supplemented by the
Supplemental Indenture No. 1 thereto, dated as of May 19, 2003, the Supplemental
Indenture No. 2 thereto, dated as of May 27, 2003, the Supplemental Indenture
No. 3 thereto, dated as of September 9, 2003, the Supplemental Indenture No. 4
thereto, dated as of December 17, 2003, the Supplemental Indenture No. 5
thereto, dated as of December 13, 2004, and the Supplemental Indenture No. 6
thereto, dated as of     (the Original Indenture as so amended and supplemented,
the "Indenture"), between the Company and the Trustee. Capitalized terms used
herein and not defined herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the
Indenture. Reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the
respective rights thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders and the
terms upon which the Notes are to be authenticated and delivered. The terms,
conditions and provisions of the Notes are those stated in the Indenture, those
made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, and those set forth in the Notes.

      The Notes are general unsecured obligations of the Company limited to
$575,000,000 aggregate principal amount.

5. CONTINGENT INTEREST

      The Company will pay Contingent Interest to the Holders of the Notes in
respect of any six-month interest period from May 15 to November 14 or November
15 to May 14 commencing on or after May 15, 2008 for which the average Trading
Price of a Note for the applicable five Trading Day reference period equals or
exceeds 120% of $1,000 per $1,000 principal amount of Notes as of the day
immediately preceding the first day of the applicable six-month interest period.
The "five Trading Day reference period" means the five Trading Days ending on
the second Trading Day immediately preceding the relevant six-month interest
period. For any six-

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month interest period in respect of which Contingent Interest is payable, the
Contingent Interest payable on each $1,000 principal amount of Notes shall equal
0.25% of the average Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of Notes during
the applicable five Trading Day reference period.

      The record dates and payment dates for Contingent Interest, if any, will
be the same as the Regular Record Date and Interest Payment Dates for the
semi-annual interest payments on the Notes.

      Upon determination that Holders will be entitled to receive Contingent
Interest which may become payable, the Company shall notify the Holders. In
connection with providing such notice, the Company will issue a press release
and publish a notice containing information regarding the Contingent Interest
determination in a newspaper of general circulation in The City of New York or
publish such information on the Company's then existing Web site or through such
other public medium as the Company shall determine.

6. REDEMPTION AT THE OPTION OF THE COMPANY

      No sinking fund is provided for the Notes. The Notes are redeemable for
cash in whole, or in part, at any time on or after May 15, 2008 at the option of
the Company at a redemption price ("Redemption Price") equal to 100% of the
principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed plus any accrued and unpaid
interest (including Contingent Interest, if any) to the Redemption Date.

7. NOTICE OF REDEMPTION AT THE OPTION OF THE COMPANY

      Notice of redemption at the option of the Company shall be mailed at least
30 days but not more than 60 days before a Redemption Date to the Trustee, the
Paying Agent and each Holder of Notes to be redeemed at the Holder's registered
address. If money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of all Notes (or
portions thereof) to be redeemed on the Redemption Date is deposited with the
Paying Agent prior to or on the Redemption Date, on and after the Redemption
Date interest (including Contingent Interest, if any), if any, shall cease to
accrue on such Notes or portions thereof. Notes in denominations larger than
$1,000 principal amount may be redeemed in part but only in integral multiples
of $1,000 principal amount.

8. PURCHASE BY THE COMPANY AT THE OPTION OF THE HOLDER; PURCHASE AT THE OPTION
   OF THE HOLDER UPON A FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE

      (a) Subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture, a Holder shall
have the option to require the Company to purchase the Notes held by such Holder
on May 15, 2008, May 15, 2013 and May 15, 2018 (each, a "Purchase Date") at a
purchase price (the "Purchase Price") equal to 100% of the principal amount of
the Notes to be purchased plus any accrued and unpaid interest (including
Contingent Interest, if any) to such Purchase Date, upon delivery of a Purchase
Notice containing the information set forth in the Indenture, from the opening
of business on the date that is 20 Business Days prior to such Purchase Date
until the close of business on the fifth Business Day prior to such Purchase
Date and upon delivery of the Notes to the Paying Agent by the Holder as set
forth in the Indenture. The Company will pay the Purchase Price in cash.

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      Notes in denominations larger than $1,000 principal amount may be
purchased in part, but only in integral multiples of $1,000 principal amount.

      (b) If a Fundamental Change shall occur at any time prior to May 15, 2008,
each Holder shall have the right, at such Holder's option and subject to the
terms and conditions of the Indenture, to require the Company to purchase any or
all of such Holder's Notes or any portion of the principal amount thereof that
is equal to $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 on the date selected by the
Company that is no later than 35 days after the date of the Company Notice of
the occurrence of the Fundamental Change (subject to extension to comply with
applicable law) for a Fundamental Change Purchase Price equal to 100% of the
principal amount of Notes purchased plus accrued and unpaid interest (including
Contingent Interest, if any) to the Fundamental Change Purchase Date, which
Fundamental Change Purchase Price shall be paid by the Company in cash, as set
forth in the Indenture.

      (c) Holders have the right to withdraw any Purchase Notice or Fundamental
Change Purchase Notice, as the case may be, by delivery to the Paying Agent of a
written notice of withdrawal in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture.

      (d) If cash sufficient to pay a Fundamental Change Purchase Price or
Purchase Price, as the case may be, of all Notes or portions thereof to be
purchased as of the Purchase Date or the Fundamental Change Purchase Date, as
the case may be, is deposited with the Paying Agent on the Business Day
following the Purchase Date or the Fundamental Change Purchase Date, as the case
may be, interest (including Contingent Interest, if any) shall cease to accrue
on such Notes (or portions thereof) on and after such Purchase Date or
Fundamental Change Purchase Date, and the Holder thereof shall have no other
rights as such (other than the right to receive the Purchase Price or
Fundamental Change Purchase Price, as the case may be, upon surrender of such
Note).

9. RANKING

      The Notes shall be unsecured and shall rank equally in right of payment
with all of the Company's other existing and future unsecured and unsubordinated
Indebtedness.

10. CONVERSION

      Subject to the procedures set forth in the Indenture, a Holder may convert
Notes into Cash and, if applicable, shares of Common Stock (in accordance with
the provisions of the Indenture) on or before the close of business on May 15,
2023 during the periods and upon satisfaction of at least one of the conditions
set forth below:

      (a) in any calendar quarter (and only during such calendar quarter) if the
Last Reported Sale Price for Common Stock for at least 20 Trading Days during
the period of 30 consecutive Trading Days ending on the last Trading Day of the
previous calendar quarter is greater than or equal to 120% or, following May 15,
2008, 110% of the Conversion Price per share of Common Stock on such last
Trading Day;

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      (b) during any period in which both (A) the credit rating assigned to the
Notes by Moody's Investors Service, Inc. is lower than Ba2 and (B) the credit
rating assigned to the Notes by Standard & Poor's Rating Services is lower than
BB;

      (c) during any period in which the Notes no longer are assigned credit
ratings by at least one of Moody's Investors Services, Inc. and Standard &
Poor's Ratings Services or their successors;

      (d) in the event that the Company calls the Notes for redemption, at any
time prior to the close of business on the second Business Day immediately
preceding the Redemption Date; or

      (e) the Company becomes a party to a consolidation, merger or binding
share exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock would be converted into cash
or property (other than securities), or if a transaction described in clause (c)
of the definition of Fundamental Change set forth in Section 102 of the
Indenture (or in connection with a transaction that would have been a
Fundamental Change under such clause (c) but for the existence of the 105%
Trading Price Exception) that occurs on or prior to May 15, 2008 and results in
an increase in the Conversion Rate, in which case a Holder may surrender Notes
for conversion at any time from and after the date which is 15 days prior to the
anticipated effective date for the transaction until and including the date
which is 15 days after the actual effective date of such transaction (or if such
transaction also results in Holders having the right to require the Company to
repurchase their Notes, until the Fundamental Change Purchase Date); or

      (f) the Company elects to (i) distribute to all holders of Common Stock
assets, debt securities or rights to purchase securities of the Company, which
distribution has a per share value as determined by the Board of Directors
exceeding 15% of the Last Reported Sale Price of a share of Common Stock on the
Trading Day immediately preceding the declaration date for such distribution, or
(ii) distribute to all holders of Common Stock rights entitling them to
purchase, for a period expiring within 60 days after the date of such
distribution, shares of Common Stock at less than the Last Reported Sale Price
of Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the declaration date of
the distribution. In the case of the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), the Company
must notify the Holders at least 20 Business Days immediately prior to the ex
date for such distribution. Once the Company has given such notice, Holders may
surrender their Notes for conversion at any time thereafter until the earlier of
the close of business on the Business Day immediately prior to the ex date or
the Company's announcement that such distribution will not take place; provided,
however, that a Holder may not exercise this right to convert if the Holder may
participate in the distribution without conversion. As used herein, the term "ex
date," when used with respect to any issuance or distribution, shall mean the
first date on which the Common Stock trades regular way on such exchange or in
such market without the right to receive such issuance or distribution.

      If a Holder elects to convert such Holder's Notes in connection with a
Fundamental Change pursuant to clause (c) of the definition thereof set forth in
Section 102 of the Indenture (or in connection with a transaction that would
have been a Fundamental Change under such clause (c) but for the existence of
the 105% Trading Price Exception) that occurs on or prior to May 15, 2008
pursuant to which 10% or more of the consideration for the Common Stock (other

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than cash payments for fractional shares) in such Fundamental Change transaction
consists of cash or securities (or other property) that are not traded or
scheduled to be traded immediately following such transaction on a U.S. national
securities exchange or the Nasdaq National Market, the Company will increase the
Conversion Rate by the Make-Whole Premium as described under Section 501(b) of
Supplemental Indenture No. 6 or, in lieu thereof, the Company may in certain
circumstances elect to adjust the Conversion Rate and the related conversion
obligation so that the Notes are convertible into shares of the acquiring or
surviving entity as described under Section 501(c) of Supplemental Indenture No.
6.

      Notes in respect of which a Holder has delivered a notice of exercise of
the option to require the Company to purchase such Notes pursuant to Articles V
or VI of the Indenture may be converted only if the notice of exercise is
withdrawn in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.

      The initial Conversion Rate is 86.3558. The Conversion Rate is subject to
adjustment in certain events described in the Indenture.

      Holders of Notes at the close of business on a Regular Record Date will
receive payment of interest, including Contingent Interest, if any, payable on
the corresponding Interest Payment Date notwithstanding the conversion of such
Notes at any time after the close of business on such Regular Record Date. Notes
surrendered for conversion by a Holder during the period from the close of
business on any Regular Record Date to the opening of business on the
immediately following Interest Payment Date must be accompanied by payment of an
amount equal to the interest, including Contingent Interest, if any, that the
Holder is to receive on the Notes; provided, however, that no such payment need
be made if (1) the Company has specified a Redemption Date that is after a
Regular Record Date and on or prior to the immediately following Interest
Payment Date, (2) the Company has specified a Purchase Date following a
Fundamental Change that is during such period, or (3) any overdue interest
(including overdue Contingent Interest, if any) exists at the time of conversion
with respect to such Notes to the extent of such overdue interest.

      To convert the Notes a Holder must (1) complete and manually sign the
irrevocable conversion notice on the back of the Notes (or complete and manually
sign a facsimile of such notice) and deliver such notice to the Conversion Agent
at the office maintained by the Conversion Agent for such purpose, (2) surrender
the Notes to the Conversion Agent, (3) furnish appropriate endorsements and
transfer documents if required by the Conversion Agent, the Company or the
Trustee and (4) pay any transfer or similar tax, if required.

      A Holder may convert a portion of the Notes only if the principal amount
of such portion is $1,000 or a multiple of $1,000. No payment or adjustment
shall be made for dividends on the Common Stock except as provided in the
Indenture. On conversion of the Notes, that portion of accrued and unpaid
interest attributable to any period prior to and including the Conversion Date
and accrued and unpaid Contingent Interest with respect to the converted portion
of the Notes shall not be canceled, extinguished or forfeited, but rather shall
be deemed to be paid in full to the Holder thereof through the delivery of the
Cash and, if applicable, shares of Common Stock deliverable upon conversion in
exchange for the portion of the Notes being converted pursuant to the terms
hereof; and the Fair Market Value of any such shares of Common Stock (together
with

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any such cash payment in lieu of fractional shares) shall be treated as issued,
to the extent thereof, first in exchange for interest accrued and unpaid through
the Conversion Date and accrued and unpaid Contingent Interest, and the balance,
if any, of such Fair Market Value of such Common Stock (and any such cash
payment) shall be treated as issued in exchange for the principal amount of the
Notes being converted pursuant to the provisions hereof.

      If the Company engages in certain reclassifications of the Common Stock or
if the Company is a party to a consolidation, merger, binding share exchange or
a transfer of all or substantially all if its assets, in each case pursuant to
which shares of Common Stock are converted into cash, securities or other
property, then at the effective time of the transaction the Conversion Value and
the Net Share Amount will be based on the applicable Conversion Rate and the
kind and amount of cash, securities or other property which a Holder of one
share of Common Stock would have received in such transaction. In addition, if
the Holder converts its Notes following the effective time of the transaction,
the Net Share Amount will be paid, at the Company's option, in cash, in such
Exchange Property rather than Shares of Common Stock or in a combination of cash
and Exchange Property. Notwithstanding the first sentence of this paragraph, if
the Company elects to adjust the Conversion Rate and the Company's conversion
obligation as described in Section 501(c) of Supplemental Indenture No. 6, the
provisions described in that section will apply instead of the provisions
described in the first sentence of this paragraph.

11. DEFAULTED INTEREST

      Except as otherwise specified with respect to the Notes, any Defaulted
Interest on any Note shall forthwith cease to be payable to the registered
Holder thereof on the relevant Regular Record Date or accrual date, as the case
may be, by virtue of having been such Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be
paid by the Company as provided for in Section 204 of the Supplemental
Indenture.

12. DENOMINATIONS; TRANSFER; EXCHANGE

      The Notes are in registered form, without coupons, in denominations of
$1,000 principal amount and integral multiples of $1,000. A Holder may transfer
or convert Notes in accordance with the Indenture. The Security Registrar may
require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and
transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by
the Indenture. In the event of any redemption or purchase in part, the Security
Registrar need not register the transfer of or exchange any Notes selected for
redemption (except, in the case of a Note to be redeemed in part, the portion of
the Note not to be redeemed) or any Notes in respect of which a Purchase Notice
or Fundamental Change Purchase Notice has been given and not withdrawn (except,
in the case of a Note to be purchased in part, the portion of the Note not to be
purchased) for a period of 15 days before the mailing of a Redemption Notice,
Purchase Notice or Fundamental Change Purchase Notice.

13. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS

      The registered Holder of this Note may be treated as the owner of this
Note for all purposes.

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14. UNCLAIMED MONEY OR PROPERTY

      The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall return to the Company upon written
request any money or property held by them for the payment of any amount with
respect to the Notes that remains unclaimed for two years, provided, however,
that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such
return, shall at the expense of the Company cause to be published once in a
newspaper of general circulation in The City of New York or mail to each such
Holder notice that such money or property remains unclaimed and that, after a
date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of
such publication or mailing, any unclaimed money or property then remaining
shall be returned to the Company. After return to the Company, Holders entitled
to the money or property must look to the Company for payment as general
creditors unless an applicable abandoned property law designates another Person.

15. AMENDMENT; WAIVER

      Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, (i) the
Indenture or the Notes may be amended with the written consent of the Holders of
at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time
Outstanding and (ii) certain defaults or noncompliance with certain provisions
may be waived with the written consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding. The Indenture or the
Notes may be amended without the consent of any Holders under circumstances set
forth in Section 901 of the Original Indenture. Any such consent or waiver by
the Holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and
upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the
registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof,
whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.

16. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

      If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee, or the
Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time
outstanding, may declare the principal amount and any accrued and unpaid
interest (including Contingent Interest, if any), of all the Notes to be due and
payable immediately. Certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency are Events of
Default which shall result in the Notes being declared due and payable
immediately upon the occurrence of such Events of Default.

      Events of Default in respect of the Notes are set forth in Section 1001 of
the Supplemental Indenture and Section 501 of the Original Indenture. Holders
may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture.
The Trustee may refuse to enforce the Indenture or the Notes unless it receives
reasonable indemnity or security. Subject to certain limitations, conditions and
exceptions, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at
the time Outstanding may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or
power, including the annulment of a declaration of acceleration. The Trustee may
withhold from Holders notice of any continuing default (except a default in
payment on any Notes) if it determines that withholding notice is in their
interests.

17. CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, AND SALE OF ASSETS

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      In the event of a consolidation, merger, or a conveyance, transfer or
lease of all or substantially all of Company's property or assets as described
in Article VIII of the Original Indenture, the successor corporation to the
Company shall succeed to and be substituted for the Company, and may exercise
the Company's rights and powers under this Indenture, and thereafter, except in
the case of a lease, the Company shall be relieved of all obligations and
covenants under the Indenture and the Notes.

18. TRUSTEE AND AGENT DEALINGS WITH THE COMPANY

      The Trustee, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent and Security Registrar under
the Indenture, each in its individual or any other capacity, may become the
owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with and collect obligations
owed to it by the Company or its Affiliates and may otherwise deal with the
Company or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not
Trustee, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent or Security Registrar.

19. CALCULATIONS IN RESPECT OF THE NOTES

      The Company will be responsible for making all calculations called for
under the Notes. These calculations include, but are not limited to,
determination of the market prices for the Common Stock, accrued interest
payable on the Notes and Conversion Price of the Notes. The Company will make
these calculations in good faith and, absent manifest error, these calculations
will be final and binding on the Holders. The Company will provide to each of
the Trustee and the Conversion Agent a schedule of its calculations and each of
the Trustee and the Conversion Agent is entitled to rely upon the accuracy of
such calculations without independent verification. The Trustee will forward the
Company's calculations to any Holder upon the request of such Holder.

20. NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS

      A director, officer or employee, as such, of the Company or any Subsidiary
of the Company or any stockholder as such, of the Company shall not have any
liability for any obligations of the Company under the Notes or the Indenture or
for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their
creation. By accepting a Note, each Holder waives and releases all such
liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issue of
the Notes.

21. AUTHENTICATION

      This Note shall not be valid until an authorized officer of the Trustee or
Authenticating Agent manually signs the Trustee's Certificate of Authentication
on the other side of this Note.

22. ABBREVIATIONS

      Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an
assignee, such as TEN COM (=tenants in common), TENANT (=tenants by the
entireties), JT TEN (=joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as
tenants in common), CUST (=custodian), and U/G/M/A (=Uniform Gift to Minors
Act).

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23. GOVERNING LAW

      The Indenture and this Note shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York without regard to the
conflicts of law rules of said state.

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                                                                      SCHEDULE A

                             SCHEDULE OF ADJUSTMENTS

            The initial aggregate principal amount of Securities evidenced by
the Certificate to which this Schedule is attached is _______________. The
notations on the following table evidence decreases and increases in the
aggregate principal amount of Securities evidenced by such Certificate.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                       Aggregate Principal
                 Decrease in Aggregate     Increase in Aggregate       Amount of Securities       Notation by
 Date of          Principal Amount of       Principal Amount of        Remaining After Such         Security
Adjustment             Securities                Securities            Decrease or Increase        Registrar
----------       ---------------------     ---------------------       --------------------       -----------
<S>              <C>                       <C>                         <C>                        <C>
</TABLE>

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                                                                       Exhibit B

                            FORM OF CONVERSION NOTICE

To:  CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

      The undersigned registered holder of this Note hereby exercises the option
to convert this Note, or portion hereof (which is $1,000 principal amount or an
integral multiple thereof) designated below, for cash and shares, if any, of
Common Stock of CenterPoint Energy, Inc. in accordance with the terms of the
Indenture referred to in this Note, and directs that the shares, if any,
issuable and deliverable upon such conversion, together with any check for cash
deliverable upon such conversion, and any Notes representing any unconverted
principal amount hereof, be issued and delivered to the registered holder hereof
unless a different name has been indicated below. If shares or any portion of
this Note not converted are to be issued in the name of a Person other than the
undersigned, the undersigned shall pay all transfer taxes payable with respect
thereto.

      This notice shall be deemed to be an irrevocable exercise of the option to
convert this Note.

Dated:

                                          ______________________________________

                                          ______________________________________
                                                      Signature(s)

                        Signature(s) must be guaranteed by a commercial bank or
                        trust company or a member firm of a major stock exchange
                        if shares of Common Stock are to be issued, or Notes to
                        be delivered, other than to or in the name of the
                        registered holder.

                                          ______________________________________
                                                    Signature Guarantee

                                       B-1
<PAGE>

Fill in for registration of shares if to be delivered, and Notes if to be issued
other than to and in the name of registered holder:

________________________________        Principal Amount to be purchased (if
(Name)                                  less than all):

________________________________        $___________,000
(Street Address)

________________________________        Social Security or Other Taxpayer Number
(City, state and zip code)

Please print name and address

                                       B-2
<PAGE>

                                                                       Exhibit C

                   FORM OF FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE PURCHASE NOTICE

To:  CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

         The undersigned registered holder of this Note hereby acknowledges
receipt of a notice from CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (the "Company") as to the
occurrence of a Fundamental Change with respect to the Company and requests and
instructs the Company to repurchase this Note, or the portion hereof (which is
$1,000 principal amount or an integral multiple thereof) designated below, in
accordance with the terms of the Supplemental Indenture referred to in this Note
and directs that the check of the Company, in payment for this Note or the
portion thereof and any Notes representing any unrepurchased principal amount
hereof, be issued and delivered to the registered holder hereof unless a
different name has been indicated below. If any portion of this Note not
repurchased is to be issued in the name of a Person other than the undersigned,
the undersigned shall pay all transfer taxes payable with respect thereto.

Dated:

                                          ______________________________________
                                                       Signature(s)

                        Signature(s) must be guaranteed by a commercial bank or
                        trust company or a member firm of a major stock exchange
                        if Notes are to be delivered, other than to or in the
                        name of the registered holder.
                                          ______________________________________
                                                    Signature Guarantee

Fill in for registration of Notes if to be issued other than to and in the name
of registered holder:

_____________________
(Name)

_____________________
(Street Address)

_____________________
(City, state and zip code)

Please print name and address
                                          Principal Amount to be purchased (if
                                          less than all):  $__________,000

                                          Social Security or Other Taxpayer
                                          Number

                                      C-1
<PAGE>

                                                                       Exhibit D

                             FORM OF PURCHASE NOTICE

To:  CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

      The undersigned registered holder of this Note hereby acknowledges receipt
of a notice from CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (the "Company") as to the holder's
option to require the Company to repurchase this Note and requests and instructs
the Company to repurchase this Note, or the portion hereof (which is $1,000
principal amount or an integral multiple thereof) designated below, in
accordance with the terms of the Supplemental Indenture referred to in this Note
and directs that the check of the Company in payment for this Note or the
portion thereof and any Notes representing any unrepurchased principal amount
hereof, be issued and delivered to the registered holder hereof unless a
different name has been indicated below. If any portion of this Note not
repurchased is to be issued in the name of a Person other than the undersigned,
the undersigned shall pay all transfer taxes payable with respect thereto.

Dated:

                                          ______________________________________
                                                       Signature(s)

                        Signature(s) must be guaranteed by a commercial bank or
                        trust company or a member firm of a major stock exchange
                        if Notes are to be delivered, other than to or in the
                        name of the registered holder.

                                          ______________________________________
                                                    Signature Guarantee

Fill in for registration of Notes if to be issued other than to and in the name
of registered holder:

_____________________
(Name)

_____________________
(Street Address)

_____________________
(City, state and zip code)

Please print name and address
                                          Principal Amount to be purchased (if
                                          less than all):  $__________,000

                                          Social Security or Other Taxpayer
                                          Number

                                      D-1

<PAGE>

                                                                       Exhibit E

                                 ASSIGNMENT FORM

      For value received ___________________________ hereby sell(s), assign(s)
and transfer(s) unto _____________________ (Please insert social security or
other Taxpayer Identification Number of assignee) the within Note, and hereby
irrevocably constitutes and appoints __________ attorney to transfer the said
Note on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the
premises.

Dated:

                                          ______________________________________
                                                       Signature(s)

                                    Signature(s) must be guaranteed by a
                                    commercial bank or trust company or a member
                                    firm of a major stock exchange if shares of
                                    Common Stock are to be issued, or Notes to
                                    be delivered, other than to or in the name
                                    of the registered holder.

                                          ______________________________________
                                                    Signature Guarantee

NOTICE: The above signatures of the holder(s) hereof must correspond with the
name as written upon the face of the Note in every particular without alteration
or enlargement or any change whatever.

                                      E-1

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