Document:

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                                                                   Exhibit 10.13

                                                AMENDMENT NO. 2 AND
                                    ACKNOWLEDGEMENT dated as of March 25, 2003
                                    (this "Amendment"), to the WARRANT AGREEMENT
                                    dated as of May 31, 2000 (as amended,
                                    modified, supplemented or restated from time
                                    to time, the "Original Agreement"), among
                                    PLIANT CORPORATION, a Utah corporation (the
                                    "Company"), and the Persons signatory
                                    thereto.

            By executing and delivering this Amendment, the signatories hereto
hereby agree as set forth below. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein
shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the Original Agreement.

      Section 1.   Amendments.

            (a)    The Preamble of the Original Agreement is amended and
restated in its entirety to read as set forth below.

                  "The Company has entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement
            dated as of May 31, 2000 (the "First Securities Purchase
            Agreement"), pursuant to which the Company has issued to certain of
            the Initial Holders (i) 100,000 shares of Series A Cumulative
            Exchangeable Redeemable Preferred Stock (the "Preferred Stock") and
            (ii) Warrants (as defined below) to purchase 43,242 shares of the
            Company's common stock.

                   The Company has also entered into a second Securities
            Purchase Agreement dated as of July 16, 2001 (the "Second Securities
            Purchase Agreement"), pursuant to which the Company has issued to
            certain of the Initial Holders (i) 30,973 shares of Preferred Stock
            and (ii) Warrants to purchase 31,437.595 shares of the Company's
            common stock.

                   The Company has also entered into a third Securities Purchase
            Agreement dated as of March 25, 2003 (the "Third Securities Purchase
            Agreement"), pursuant to which the Company has issued or will issue
            to certain of the Initial Holders (i) up to 35,000 shares of
            Preferred Stock and (ii) Warrants to purchase up to 153,867 shares
            of the Company's common stock.

                   This Agreement sets forth terms and conditions applicable to
            the Warrants."

            (b)    Section 2.1 of the Original Agreement is amended and restated
in its entirety to read as set forth below.

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                  "Concurrently with the execution and delivery of the First
            Securities Purchase Agreement, the Company has issued and delivered
            Warrants to certain of the Initial Holders in accordance with the
            First Securities Purchase Agreement. In connection with the
            execution and delivery of the Second Securities Purchase Agreement,
            the Company has issued and delivered Warrants to certain of the
            Initial Holders in accordance with the Second Securities Purchase
            Agreement. The Company will issue and deliver Warrants to certain of
            the Initial Holders in accordance with the Third Securities Purchase
            Agreement on or after the date of the Third Securities Purchase
            Agreement. The provisions of this Agreement shall apply to all
            Warrants, and each Holder that is not a party to this Agreement, by
            its acceptance of a Warrant, agrees to be bound by the applicable
            provisions hereof."

            (c)    The Original Agreement is amended by deleting the fifth
sentence of Section 3.1(a) and inserting the following sentence in lieu thereof:

                  "Irrespective of any adjustments in the Exercise Price or the
            number or kind of shares or other securities or property issuable
            upon the exercise of Warrants, any Warrants theretofore or
            thereafter issued may, as a matter of form, continue to express the
            same Exercise Price and the same number of shares of Common Stock
            issuable upon the exercise of such Warrants as were stated in the
            Warrants initially issued pursuant to the First Securities Purchase
            Agreement, the Second Securities Purchase Agreement or the Third
            Securities Purchase Agreement, as applicable."

            (d)    The Original Agreement is amended by deleting the first
sentence of Section 4.3(a) and inserting the following sentence in lieu thereof:

                  "As promptly as practicable but in any event within seven (7)
            days (or if the Common Stock is publicly Traded at such time, within
            three (3) days or such other time period as is customary in the
            market for Publicly Traded securities) following the delivery date
            (the "Delivery Date") of (i) an Exercise Form or Exchange Form in
            accordance with Section 4.1 or 4.2, (ii) the related Warrant and
            (iii) any required payment of the Exercise Price, the Company shall,
            without charge, issue, register and deliver one or more stock
            certificates representing the aggregate number of shares of Common
            Stock to which the Holder of such Warrant is entitled and, upon
            compliance with the applicable provisions of this Warrant Agreement,
            the Other Equity Documents and the First Securities Purchase
            Agreement, the Second Securities Purchase Agreement or the Third
            Securities Purchase Agreement, as applicable, transfer to such
            Holder appropriate evidence of ownership of other securities or
            property (including any cash) to which such Holder is entitled, in

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            such denominations, and registered or otherwise placed in, or
            payable to the order of, such name or names, as may be directed in
            writing by such Holder."

            (e)    The Original Agreement is amended by deleting the last
sentence of Section 4.3(f) and inserting the following sentence in lieu thereof:

                  "Notwithstanding anything in this Warrant Agreement to the
            contrary, in no event shall a Holder be entitled to exercise a
            Warrant unless (i) a registration statement filed under the
            Securities Act in respect of the issuance of the Warrant Shares is
            then effective or (ii) the exercise of such Warrants is exempt from
            the registration requirements of the Securities Act and such
            securities are qualified for sale or exempt from qualification under
            the applicable securities laws of the states or other jurisdictions
            in which such Holders reside, such exemption to be evidenced by an
            opinion of counsel to the extent such an opinion would be required
            under Section 6.3 of the First Securities Purchase Agreement,
            Section 6.3 of the Second Securities Purchase Agreement or Section
            7.3 of the Third Securities Purchase Agreement, as applicable, in
            respect of a transfer to the Person to whom the Warrant Shares are
            to be issued."

            (f)    Section 7.3(c) of the Original Agreement shall be amended and
restated in its entirety to read as set forth below.

                  "(c) Additional Initial Holders. Any "Purchaser" (as defined
            in the Second Securities Purchase Agreement or the Third Securities
            Purchase Agreement) who is not already an Initial Holder hereunder
            shall become an `Initial Holder' upon execution of a counterpart to
            this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
            herein, Schedule I attached hereto may be amended from time to time
            without the consent of the Requisite Holders to add any "Purchasers"
            who have become Initial Holders and to otherwise update the number
            of Warrant Shares issued to the Initial Holders."

            (g)    Schedule I of the Original Agreement, as amended through the
date hereof, is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as set forth on
Exhibit A attached hereto.

      Section 2.   Acknowledgement.

            The Requisite Holders acknowledge that the adjustments set forth in
Article V of the Warrant Agreement are not applicable to the purchase of
Warrants issued pursuant to the Third Securities Purchase Agreement and the
issuance of any such Warrants Shares following the exercise of such Warrants
pursuant to the Warrant Agreement.

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      Section 3.   No other Amendments or Waivers.

            Except as modified by this Amendment, the Original Agreement shall
remain in full force and effect, enforceable in accordance with its terms. This
Amendment is not a consent to any waiver or modification of any other terms or
conditions of the Original Agreement or any of the instruments or documents
referred to in the Original Agreement and shall not prejudice any right or
rights which the parties thereto may now or hereafter have under or in
connection with the Original Agreement or any of the instruments or documents
referred to therein.

      Section 4.   Effectiveness; Counterparts.

            This Amendment may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of
which shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective
when one or more counterparts have been signed by the Requisite Holders and the
Company (by facsimile or otherwise), it being understood that all of the
foregoing need not sign the same counterpart. Any counterpart or other signature
to this Amendment that is delivered by facsimile shall be deemed for all
purposes as constituting good and valid execution and delivery by such party of
this Amendment.

      Section 5.   Governing Law.

            This Amendment shall be governed by and construed and enforced in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York without giving effect to any
choice or conflict of law provision or rule (whether in the State of New York or
any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the laws of any
jurisdiction other than the State of New York.

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            IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have duly executed this Amendment
No. 2 to the Warrant Agreement as of the date first above written.

                                       PLIANT CORPORATION

                                       By: /s/Brian E. Johnson
                                           -------------------------------------
                                           Name:  Brian E. Johnson
                                           Title: Executive Vice President and
                                                  Chief Financial Officer

                                       SOUTHWEST INDUSTRIAL FILMS, LLC

                                       By:  J.P. Morgan Partners (BHCA), L.P.
                                            its Member

                                       By:  JPMP Master Fund Manager, L.P.,
                                            its General Partner

                                       By:  JPMP Capital Corp.,
                                            its General Partner

                                       By: /s/ Timothy Walsh
                                           -------------------------------------
                                           Name:
                                           Title:

                                       WACHOVIA CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC

                                       By: /s/ Robert G. Calton
                                             Name:  Robert G. Calton
                                             Title:    Partner

                                       WACHOVIA CAPITAL PARTNERS 2001, LLC

                                       By: /s/ Robert G. Calton
                                           -------------------------------------
                                           Name:  Robert G. Calton
                                           Title: Partner

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                                       NEW YORK LIFE CAPITAL PARTNERS,
                                       L.P.

                                       By:  NYLCAP Manager LLC,
                                            its Investment Manager

                                       By: _____________________________________
                                           Name:
                                           Title:

                                       THE NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE
                                       INSURANCE COMPANY

                                       By: /s/David A. Barras
                                           -------------------------------------
                                           Name:  David A. Barras
                                           Title: Its Authorized Representative

                                       THE CHRISTENA KAREN H. DURHAM
                                       TRUST

                                       By: /s/ Richard P. Durham
                                           -------------------------------------
                                           Name:  Richard P. Durham
                                           Title: Trustee

                                       PERRY ACQUISITION PARTNERS-3, L.P.

                                       By:  Perry Investors-3, LLC,
                                               its General Partner

                                       By:  Perry Capital, LLC,
                                               its Managing Member

                                       By:  Perry Corp.,
                                               its Managing Member

                                       By: /s/ Randall Borkenstein
                                           -------------------------------------
                                           Name:  Randall Borkenstein
                                           Title: Managing Director and Chief
                                                  Financial Officer

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                                       PERRY ACQUISITION PARTNERS-2, L.P.

                                       By:  Perry Investors-2, LLC

                                       By: /s/ Randall Borkenstein
                                           -------------------------------------
                                           Name:  Randall Borkenstein
                                           Title: Managing Director and Chief
                                                  Financial Officer

                                       DURHAM CAPITAL, LTD.

                                       By: /s/ Richard P. Durham
                                           -------------------------------------
                                           Name:  Richard P. Durham
                                           Title: General Partner

                                       SORENSEN CAPITAL, LLC

                                       By: _____________________________________
                                           Name:
                                           Title:

                                       RONALD G. MOFFITT IRA

                                       By: _____________________________________
                                           Name:
                                           Title:

                                       /s/ Jack E. Knott
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Jack E. Knott

                                       /s/ Richard P. Durham
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Richard P. Durham

                                       _________________________________________
                                       Ronald G. Moffitt

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                                       _________________________________________
                                       Scott K. Sorensen

                                       /s/ Brian E. Johnson
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Brian E. Johnson

                                       _________________________________________
                                       Name:

                                       _________________________________________
                                       Name:

                                       _________________________________________
                                       Name:

                                       _________________________________________
                                       Name:

                                       _________________________________________
                                       Name:

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                                                                       Exhibit A
                                                                       ---------

                                  SCHEDULE I/1/

                                 Initial Holders
                                 ---------------
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                                                     NUMBER OF WARRANT
                    INVESTOR                              SHARES
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Southwest Industrial Films, LLC
c/o J.P. Morgan Partners, LLC
1221 Avenue of the Americas, 40th Floor
New York, New York  10020-1080
Attention: Official Notices Clerk
Telephone No.:  (212) 899-3400
Telecopier No.:  (212) 899-3401

with a copy to:

O'Melveny & Myers LLP
30 Rockefeller Plaza, 24th Floor
New York, New York 10112
Attention:  Frederick M. Bachman
Telephone No.:  (212) 408-2400
Telecopier No.:  (212) 728-5950

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New York Life Capital Partners, L.P.
51 Madison Avenue
Suite 3009
New York, New York 10010
Attention:  Steve Benevento
Telephone No.: (212) 576-7699
Telecopier No.: (212) 576-5591

With a copy to:

Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP
590 Madison Avenue
22nd Floor
New York, New York 10022
Attention:  Edward D. Sopher, Esq.
Telephone No.: (212) 872-1026
Telecopier No.: (212) 872-1002
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/1/ Schedule I needs to updated and completed by the Company.

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                                                     NUMBER OF WARRANT
                    INVESTOR                              SHARES
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

and to:

Office of the General Counsel
New York Life Insurance Company
51 Madison Avenue
Suite 1104
New York, New York  10010
Telephone No.: (212) 576-7000
Telecopier No.: (212) 576-8340
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The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
720 East Wisconsin Avenue
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202
Attention: Dave Barras
Telephone No.: (414) 299-1618
Telecopier No.: (414) 299-7124

With a copy to:

Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP
590 Madison Avenue
22nd Floor
New York, New York 10022
Attention:  Edward D. Sopher, Esq.
Telephone No.: (212) 872-1026
Telecopier No.: (212) 872-1002
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                                                     NUMBER OF WARRANT
                    INVESTOR                              SHARES
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Wachovia Capital Partners 2001, LLC
301 South College Street
One First Union Center, 5th Floor
Charlotte, North Carolina 28288-0732
Attention:  Robert G. Calton III
Telephone No.:  (704) 715-1481
Telecopier No.:  (704) 374-6711

With a copy to:

Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman, L.L.P.
Bank of America Corporate Center, Suite 4200
100 North Tryon Street
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202-4006
Attention: J. Norfleet Pruden, III
Telephone No.: (704) 331-7442
Telecopier No.: (704) 331-7598
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Perry Acquisition Partners-3, L.P.
599 Lexington Avenue, 36th Floor
New York, New York 10002
Attention: Peter Schweinfurth
Telephone No.: (212) 583-4000
Telecopier No.: (212) 583-4140

With a copy to:

Goodwin Procter LLP
599 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Attention: Kevin Sheridan
Telephone No.: (212) 813-8874
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                                                                   Exhibit 10.15

                          SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

                           DATED AS OF MARCH 25, 2003

                                      AMONG

                               PLIANT CORPORATION

                                       AND

                           THE PURCHASERS NAMED HEREIN

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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

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ARTICLE I         DEFINED TERMS; RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.........................1

     1.1      Defined Terms....................................................1

     1.2      Rules of Construction...........................................10

ARTICLE II        PURCHASE AND SALE OF SECURITIES;
                  COMMITMENT TO PURCHASE MANDATORY
                  SECURITIES..................................................10

     2.1      Articles of Incorporation.......................................10

     2.2      Authorization of Issuance of Purchased Securities...............11

     2.3      Sale of Purchased Securities at the Initial Closing;
              Commitment to Purchase Mandatory Securities.....................11

     2.4      Transfer of Purchased Securities and Assignment of
              Commitments at the Qualified Event Closing......................11

     2.5      Issuance of Preemptive Notice...................................12

     2.6      Transfer of Purchased Securities and Assignment of
              Commitments at the Second Closing...............................12

     2.7      Issuance of Mandatory Securities; Purchase of Participation
              Interests.......................................................13

     2.8      Issuance of Purchased Securities................................14

     2.9      Purchase Price..................................................14

     2.10     Allocation of Purchase Price....................................15

     2.11     Use of Proceeds.................................................15

ARTICLE III       CLOSINGS....................................................16

     3.1      Closings........................................................16

     3.2      Closing Deliverables............................................16

     3.3      Additional Initial Purchaser Commitment.........................18

ARTICLE IV        REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES ABOUT THE
                  COMPANY.....................................................19

     4.1      Private Sale....................................................19

     4.2      Organization Etc................................................19

     4.3      Capitalization..................................................19

     4.4      Authorization, Etc..............................................21

     4.5      Execution; Enforceability.......................................21
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     4.6      No Conflict; Consents...........................................21

     4.7      SEC Documents and Financial Reports, Etc........................22

     4.8      Litigation......................................................22

     4.9      Adverse Actions.................................................23

     4.10     No Violation of Charters, Etc...................................23

     4.11     Permits.........................................................23

     4.12     Taxes...........................................................23

     4.13     Investment Company; Holding Company.............................24

     4.14     Accounting Controls.............................................24

     4.15     Insurance.......................................................24

     4.16     Intellectual Property...........................................24

     4.17     Title to Assets Etc.............................................25

     4.18     Labor Matters...................................................25

     4.19     ERISA Matters...................................................25

     4.20     Environmental Matters...........................................25

     4.21     Illegal Payments................................................26

     4.22     Solvency........................................................26

     4.23     Brokers.........................................................26

     4.24     Absence of Changes..............................................27

ARTICLE V         REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE
                  PURCHASERS..................................................27

     5.1      Organization Etc................................................27

     5.2      Authorization of the Documents..................................27

     5.3      No Conflict; Consents...........................................28

     5.4      Litigation......................................................28

     5.5      Investment Representations......................................28

     5.6      Reliance on Representations of the Additional Purchasers........29

ARTICLE VI        CONDITIONS TO CLOSING.......................................30

     6.1      Conditions to Purchasers' Obligations...........................30

     6.2      Conditions to the Company's Obligations.........................31
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ARTICLE VII       TRANSFER OF SECURITIES......................................31

     7.1      Restriction on Transfer.........................................31

     7.2      Restrictive Legends.............................................31

     7.3      Notice of Transfer..............................................33

     7.4      Transfer Pursuant to Rule 144...................................34

     7.5      Minimum Transfer................................................34

ARTICLE VIII      COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY....................................35

     8.1      Transactions with Affiliates....................................35

     8.2      Information Rights..............................................36

     8.3      Books; Inspection Rights........................................38

     8.4      Merger and Consolidation........................................38

     8.5      Payments for Consents...........................................39

     8.6      Amendment of Charter............................................39

     8.7      Specified Equity Proceeds.......................................40

ARTICLE IX        MISCELLANEOUS...............................................40

     9.1      Expenses, Etc...................................................40

     9.2      Further Assurances..............................................41

     9.3      Specific Performance; Remedies..................................41

     9.4      Successors and Assigns..........................................41

     9.5      Entire Agreement................................................42

     9.6      Notices.........................................................42

     9.7      Amendments, Modifications and Waivers...........................43

     9.8      Governing Law...................................................44

     9.9      Third Party Reliance............................................44

     9.10     Submission to Jurisdiction......................................44

     9.11     Information.....................................................45

     9.12     Severability....................................................45

     9.13     Independence of Agreements, Covenants, Representations and
              Warranties......................................................45

     9.14     Survival of Representation, Warranties, Etc.....................45
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     9.15     Counterparts; Facsimile Signatures..............................46
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                             SCHEDULES AND EXHIBITS

Schedules

Schedule I                 Initial Purchaser
Schedule 4.3(a)(i)         Capitalization
Schedule 4.3(a)(ii)        Holders of Series A Preferred Stock
Schedule 4.3(f)            Redemption Obligations
Schedule 4.8               Litigation
Schedule 4.24              Absence of Changes

Exhibits

Exhibit A                  Amendment No. 2 to Registration Rights Agreement
Exhibit B                  Amendment No. 2 to Warrant Agreement
Exhibit C                  Amendment No. 3 to Stockholders' Agreement
Exhibit D                  Additional Purchaser Joinder Agreement
Exhibit E                  Qualified Equity Purchaser Joinder Agreement

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                                                 SECURITIES PURCHASE
                                      AGREEMENT dated as of March 25, 2003,
                                      among PLIANT CORPORATION, a Utah
                                      corporation (the "Company"), the Purchaser
                                      listed on Schedule I hereto (the "Initial
                                      Purchaser"), and the other Purchasers (as
                                      defined herein) signatory hereto from time
                                      to time.

                  WHEREAS, the Company is in the business of manufacturing and
selling value-added films and flexible packaging for food, personal care,
medical, agricultural and industrial applications (the "Business").

                  WHEREAS, the Company has previously raised preferred equity
financing pursuant to the terms of (a) the Securities Purchase Agreement dated
as of May 31, 2000, among the Company and certain of its stockholders and (b)
the Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of July 16, 2001, among the Company
and certain of its stockholders (the agreements referenced in the foregoing
clauses collectively, the "Original Purchase Agreements").

                  WHEREAS, the Company desires to issue and sell to the
Purchasers, and the Purchasers, severally and not jointly (except as otherwise
set forth herein), desire to purchase from the Company (a) up to 35,000 shares
of Series A Preferred Stock (as defined herein) and (b) warrants to purchase up
to 153,867 shares of Common Stock (as defined herein), in each case on the terms
and subject to the conditions provided herein;

                  NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the
covenants, agreements, representations and warranties contained in this
Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged by the parties, the parties hereto
hereby agree as follows:

                                    ARTICLE I

                      DEFINED TERMS; RULES OF CONSTRUCTION

1.1      Defined Terms.

         Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined in this Agreement
shall have the meanings given to them below or in the other locations of this
Agreement specified below (or, if not defined herein, shall have the meanings
ascribed to them either (i) in the Charter (as defined below) or (ii) in the
Credit Agreement, as in effect on the date hereof and proposed to be amended or
modified by the Credit Agreement Amendment or as such term is amended or
modified from time to time, solely for the purposes of this Agreement, if such
amendment or modification adversely affects the rights or obligations of the
Purchasers under this Agreement, with the consent of the Requisite Purchasers):

                  "2000 Notes" means the Company's 13% Senior Subordinated Notes
due 2010 issued on May 31, 2000 pursuant to the 2000 Notes Purchase Agreement.

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                  "2000 Notes Indenture" means the Indenture dated as of May 31,
2000, among the Company, as Issuer, the Guarantors party thereto and The Bank of
New York, as Trustee.

                  "2000 Notes Purchase Agreement" means the Purchase Agreement
dated as of May 25, 2000, among the Company and the purchasers signatory thereto
relating to the 2000 Notes and the Note Warrants.

                  "2000 Stock Incentive Plan" means the 2000 Stock Incentive
Plan adopted by the Board and the holders of the Voting Stock of the Company as
of May 31, 2000, as amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to
time.

                  "2002 Notes" means the Company's 13% Senior Subordinated Notes
due 2010 issued on April 10, 2002 pursuant to the 2002 Notes Purchase Agreement.

                  "2002 Notes Indenture" means the Indenture for 13% Senior
Subordinated Notes due 2010 dated as of April 10, 2002, between the Company and
The Bank of New York, as Trustee.

                  "2002 Notes Purchase Agreement" means the Purchase Agreement
dated as of April 5, 2002, among the Company and the purchasers signatory
thereto relating to the 2002 Notes.

                  "2002 Stock Incentive Plan" means the 2002 Stock Incentive
Plan adopted by the Board and the holders of the Voting Stock of the Company as
of August 28, 2002, as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented or
restated from time to time.

                  "Additional Purchaser" means each Person who executes an
Additional Purchaser Joinder Agreement pursuant to Section 2.5 and any Person
succeeding to the rights of an Additional Purchaser pursuant to the terms
hereof.

                  "Additional Purchaser Joinder Agreement" means the Joinder
Agreement in the form of Exhibit D attached hereto.

                  "Advance Purchase Date" has the meaning set forth in Section
2.7(b).

                  "Advance Purchase Notice" has the meaning set forth in Section
2.7(b).

                  "Advance Purchase Securities" has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.7(b).

                  "Affiliate" of any specified Person means (a) any other
Person, directly or indirectly, controlling or controlled by or under direct or
indirect common control with such specified Person and (b) for purposes of
Section 8.1 only, any beneficial owner of shares representing 10% or more of the
total voting power of the Voting Stock (on a fully diluted basis) of the Company
or of rights or warrants to purchase such Voting Stock (whether or not currently
exercisable) and any Person who would be an Affiliate of any such beneficial
owner pursuant to clause (a). For the purposes of this definition, "control"
when used with respect to any Person means the power to direct the

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management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through
the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms
"controlling" and "controlled" have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

                  "Affiliate Transaction" has the meaning given to such term in
Section 8.1(a).

                  "Agreement" has the meaning given to such term in Section 1.2.

                  "Amendment No. 2 to Registration Rights Agreement" means
Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Rights Agreement in the form attached hereto
as Exhibit A.

                  "Amendment No. 2 to Warrant Agreement" means Amendment No. 2
to the Warrant Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B.

                  "Amendment No. 3 to Stockholders' Agreement" means Amendment
No. 3 to the Stockholders' Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C.

                  "Board" means the Board of Directors of the Company or any
committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of the Board of Directors.

                  "Business" has the meaning given to such term in the recitals
to this Agreement.

                  "Business Day" means any day that is not (a) a Saturday,
Sunday, or legal holiday or (b) a day on which banks are not required to be open
in New York, New York.

                  "Capital Stock" of any Person means any and all shares,
interests, rights to purchase, warrants, options, participations or other
equivalents of, or interests in (however designated), equity of such Person,
including any preferred stock, but excluding any debt securities convertible
into such equity.

                  "Charter" means the Third Amended and Restated Articles of
Incorporation of the Company, as amended, modified, supplemented or restated
from time to time.

                  "Charter Amendment" has the meaning given to such term in
Section 2.1.

                  "Closing" means the Initial Closing, the Qualified Event
Closing, if any, the Second Closing, if any, and each Drawdown Closing, if any.

                  "Closing Date" means the date on which any Closing occurs.

                  "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended,
and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

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                  "Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission or
any other Federal agency at the time administering the Securities Act.

                  "Commitment Percentage" means (a) with respect to the Initial
Purchaser prior to the Second Closing, 100.0%; (b) with respect to each
Additional Purchaser at the Second Closing, the fraction expressed as a
percentage, the numerator of which is the total number of Preferred Shares such
Additional Purchaser has elected to purchase in accordance with the terms of the
Preemptive Notice as identified on the Additional Purchaser Joinder Agreement
executed by such Additional Purchaser and the denominator of which is the total
number of Preferred Shares to be held by all Purchasers immediately following
the Second Closing; and (c) with respect to each Purchaser from time to time
following the Second Closing, the fraction expressed as a percentage, the
numerator of which is the total number of Preferred Shares held by such
Purchaser at the time of determination and the denominator of which is the total
number of Preferred Shares held by all Purchasers at such time. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, immediately following a Qualified
Event, (i) the Commitment Percentage of the Initial Purchaser shall be 0.0%;
(ii) for purposes of calculating the Commitment Percentages of any Purchaser in
accordance with the foregoing clauses (b) and (c), the number of Preferred
Shares deemed to be held by all Purchasers at such time shall be reduced by (A)
the number of Preferred Shares held by the Initial Purchaser, if any, at such
time and (B) the number of Preferred Shares purchased by the Additional
Purchasers, if any, from the Initial Purchaser at the Second Closing; and (iii)
the Commitment Percentage of each Qualified Equity Purchaser shall be the amount
specified in such Qualified Equity Purchaser's Joinder Agreement. The Commitment
Percentage of each Defaulting Purchaser shall be deemed to equal the Commitment
Percentage such Defaulting Purchaser would have had if such Defaulting Purchaser
had purchased the Defaulted Securities in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement, and Defaulted Securities shall not be included in calculating the
Commitment Percentage of any Purchaser who purchases Defaulted Securities in
accordance with Section 3.3(a).

                  "Common Stock" means the Company's common stock, no par value.

                  "Company" has the meaning given to such term in the caption to
this Agreement.

                  "Credit Agreement" means the Credit Agreement dated as of May
31, 2000 among the Company, ASPEN Industrial, S.A. de C.V., the Lenders party
thereto, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, The Chase Manhattan
Bank, as Syndication Agent and The Bank of Nova Scotia, as Documentation Agent,
including the Credit Agreement Amendment, and as otherwise amended, modified,
supplemented or restated from time to time.

                  "Credit Agreement Amendment" means Amendment No. 5 to the
Credit Agreement dated as of March 24, 2003.

                  "Defaulting Purchaser" has the meaning given to such term in
Section 3.3(a).

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                  "Defaulted Securities" has the meaning given to such term in
Section 3.3(a).

                  "Designated Account" has the meaning given to such term in
Section 2.9(b).

                  "Documents" means the Charter, this Agreement, the Warrant
Agreement, Amendment No. 2 to Warrant Agreement, the Warrants, the Stockholders'
Agreement, Amendment No. 3 to Stockholders' Agreement, the Registration Rights
Agreement and Amendment No. 2 to Registration Rights Agreement.

                  "Drawdown Closing" has the meaning given to such term in
Section 3.1(d).

                  "ERISA" has the meaning given to such term in Section 4.19.

                  "Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder,
all as the same shall be in effect from time to time.

                  "Existing Management Stockholders" means each of Richard P.
Durham, Jack E. Knott and Brian E. Johnson.

                  "Expiration Date" has the meaning given to such term in the
JPMP (BHCA) Commitment Agreement.

                  "Fundamental Documents" means the documents by which any
Person (other than an individual) establishes its legal existence or which
govern its internal affairs. The Fundamental Documents of the Company as of the
date hereof are the Charter and the by-laws of the Company.

                  "Funding Day" means, with respect to each fiscal quarter of
the Company, the Business Day that is two Business Days prior to the Delivery
Day for such fiscal quarter.

                  "Funding Day Amount" means, with respect to any Funding Day,
the amount (if positive), rounded-up to the nearest $1,000 equal to (a) the
Compliance Amount with respect to the last day of the fiscal quarter ending
immediately prior to such Funding Day minus (b) the aggregate amount of all
Specified Equity Offering Proceeds received by the Company (or the
Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 2.7(b)) during the period
beginning on the first day following the last day of the most recently ended
fiscal quarter of the Company and ending one day prior to the Funding Day for
such fiscal quarter.

                  "GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles in the
United States, as in effect from time to time, consistently applied.

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                  "Indebtedness" has the meaning given to such term in the 2000
Notes Indenture.

                  "Indemnitee" has the meaning given to such term in Section
9.1(b).

                  "Initial Closing" has the meaning given to such term in
Section 3.1(a).

                  "Initial Purchaser" has the meaning given to such term in the
caption to this Agreement.

                  "Joinder Agreement" means each of the Additional Purchaser
Joinder Agreement and the Qualified Equity Purchaser Joinder Agreement.

                  "JPMP" means J.P. Morgan Partners, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company.

                  "JPMP (BHCA) Commitment Agreement" means the Securities
Purchase Agreement dated as of the date hereof between the Company and the
Initial Purchaser, as amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to
time.

                  "Lien" means any mortgage, pledge, security interest,
encumbrance, restriction, lien or charge of any kind (including any conditional
sale or other title retention agreement or lease in the nature thereof).

                  "Mandatory Securities" means Purchased Securities required to
be purchased pursuant to Section 2.7(a).

                  "Material Adverse Effect" has the meaning given to such term
in Section 4.2.

                  "Maximum Mandatory Amount" has the meaning given to such term
in Section 2.3(b).

                  "Maximum Mandatory Securities" has the meaning given to such
term in Section 2.3(b).

                  "Note Warrants" means the warrants to purchase shares of
Common Stock issued in connection with the 2000 Notes Purchase Agreement.

                  "Original Purchase Agreements" has the meaning given to such
term in the recitals to this Agreement.

                  "Original Purchaser" means each of SIF, New York Life Capital
Partners, L.P., The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company and Wachovia
Capital Partners, LLC (f/k/a First Union Capital Partners, LLC).

                  "Other Stockholder" has the meaning given to such term in
Section 2.5.

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                  "Percentage Ownership" has the meaning given to such term in
the Stockholders' Agreement.

                  "Permitted Holders" means each of (a) JPMP and its Affiliates,
(b) SIF and its Affiliates, (c) The Christena Karen H. Durham Trust, (d) the
Existing Management Stockholders and their Related Parties and (e) any Person
acting in the capacity of an underwriter in connection with a public or private
offering of the Company's Capital Stock.

                  "Person" shall be construed as broadly as possible and shall
include an individual or natural person, a partnership (including a limited
liability partnership), a corporation, an association, a joint stock company, a
limited liability company, a trust, a joint venture, an unincorporated
organization and a governmental authority.

                  "Preemptive Notice" means the preemptive notice issued by the
Company to each Other Stockholder, in accordance with the terms of the
Stockholders' Agreement, offering each Other Stockholder the right to purchase
their respective Percentage Ownership of the Purchased Securities and to assume
the obligation to commit to purchase their respective Percentage Ownership of
the Mandatory Securities.

                  "Preferred Shares" means the shares of Series A Preferred
Stock purchased pursuant to this Agreement.

                  "Purchased Securities" has the meaning given to such term in
Section 2.2.

                  "Purchaser" means each of the Initial Purchaser, the Qualified
Equity Purchasers, if any, and the Additional Purchasers.

                  "Qualified Equity Purchaser" means any Person, other than the
Company or one of its Subsidiaries, who (a) executes a Qualified Equity
Purchaser Joinder Agreement and (b) the Initial Purchaser determines, in its
reasonable discretion, is financially capable of satisfying, in full, the
obligations of the Initial Purchaser assumed by such Person in connection with a
Qualified Event throughout the period in which such obligations are to be
performed.

                  "Qualified Equity Purchaser Joinder Agreement" means the
Qualified Equity Purchaser Joinder Agreement in the form of Exhibit E attached
hereto.

                  "Qualified Event" means a transaction occurring on or before
June 25, 2003 in which one or more Qualified Equity Purchasers (a) subject to
Section 2.4(b), purchase from the Initial Purchaser all of the Preferred Shares
and Warrants (other than Warrants required to be delivered for cancellation
pursuant to Section 2.4(a)(iv)) held by the Initial Purchaser at such time at a
price per share (together with a pro rata portion of such Warrants to be
purchased) equal to the sum of $1,000 plus all accrued and unpaid dividends on
one Preferred Share; (b) assume from the Initial Purchaser all of the
obligations of the Initial Purchaser hereunder (including, but not limited to,
the obligation to purchase Mandatory Securities and Participation Interests in
accordance with the terms hereof) represented by 100.0% of the Commitment
Percentage of the Initial Purchaser;

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and (c) without prejudice to the Company's rights under Section 2.4(b), shall
have delivered to the Company and the Initial Purchaser (prior to any exercise
of the Company's rights under Section 2.4(b) or any disclosure by the Company of
its intentions with respect thereto) a binding commitment to purchase Purchased
Securities and assume obligations from the Initial Purchaser as contemplated by
Section 2.4(a) (assuming no request by the Company pursuant to Section 2.4(b)).

                  "Qualified Event Closing" has the meaning given to such term
in Section 3.1(b).

                  "Registration Rights Agreement" means the Registration Rights
Agreement dated as of May 31, 2000 among the Company, the Original Purchasers
and the other stockholders and other securityholders of the Company party
thereto, as amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time.

                  "Related Fund" has the meaning given to such term in Section
7.5.

                  "Related Parties" means with respect to a Person (a) that is a
natural person (i) any spouse, parent or lineal descendant (including adopted
children) of such Person or (ii) the estate of such Person during any period in
which such estate holds Capital Stock of the Company for the benefit of any
person referred to in clause (a)(i) and (b) any trust, corporation, partnership,
limited liability company or other entity, the beneficiaries, stockholders,
partners, owners or Persons beneficially owning an interest of more than 50% of
which consist of such Person and/or such other Persons referred to in the
immediately preceding clause (a).

                  "Requisite Purchasers" means, as of the date of determination,
those Purchasers who hold in the aggregate more than 50% of the Preferred Shares
issued hereunder at such time.

                  "Restricted Securities" means the Purchased Securities, any
securities issued with respect to the Purchased Securities by way of a stock
dividend or stock split or in connection with a combination of shares,
recapitalization, merger, consolidation or other reorganization, to the extent
such Purchased Securities have not been sold to the public pursuant to (a)
registration under the Securities Act or (b) Rule 144 (or similar or successor
rule) promulgated under the Securities Act.

                  "Restricted Subsidiary" has the meaning given to such term in
the 2000 Notes Indenture.

                  "SEC Documents" has the meaning given to such term in Section
4.7.

                  "Second Closing" has the meaning given to such term in Section
3.1(c).

                  "Security" has the meaning given to the term "security" in
Section 2(1) of the Securities Act.

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                  "Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
or any successor Federal statute, and the rules and regulations of the
Commission promulgated thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect from time
to time.

                  "Series A Preferred Stock" means the Company's Series A
Cumulative Exchangeable Redeemable Preferred Stock, no par value.

                  "SIF" means Southwest Industrial Films, LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company.

                  "Significant Holder" means a Person holding 1,000 or more
shares of Series A Preferred Stock.

                  "Solvent" has the meaning given to such term in Section 4.22.

                  "Stockholders' Agreement" means the Stockholders' Agreement
dated as of May 31, 2000, among the Company and the stockholders and other
securityholders of the Company party thereto, as amended, modified, supplemented
or restated from time to time.

                  "Subsidiary" or "subsidiary" means, with respect to any
Person, any other Person of which more than fifty percent (50%) of the shares of
stock or other interests entitled to vote in the election of directors or
comparable Persons performing similar functions (excluding shares or other
interests entitled to vote only upon the failure to pay dividends thereon or
other contingencies) are at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly
through one or more Subsidiaries, by such Person. Unless the context otherwise
requires, the term "Subsidiary" means a Subsidiary of the Company.

                  "Successor Company" has the meaning given to such term in
Section 8.4(a)(i).

                  "Voting Stock" of a Person means all classes of Capital Stock
or other interests (including partnership interests) of such Person then
outstanding and normally entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any
contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof.

                  "Warrant Agreement" means the Warrant Agreement dated as of
May 31, 2000, among the Company and the Purchasers, as amended, modified,
supplemented or restated from time to time.

                  "Warrant Factor" means 4.3962; provided that if a Qualified
Event occurs, then effective immediately prior to the Qualified Event Closing,
such number shall be reduced to an amount equal to the number of shares of
Common Stock to be issued upon the exercise of a Warrant to be issued as part of
a unit with each Preferred Share purchased by the Qualified Equity Purchasers in
accordance with the terms of the Qualified Event.

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                  "Warrants" means the warrants to purchase Common Stock issued
pursuant to this Agreement.

                  "Warrant Shares" has the meaning given to such term in the
Warrant Agreement.

1.2      Rules of Construction.

         The term this "Agreement" means this agreement together with all
schedules and exhibits hereto, as the same may from time to time be amended,
modified, supplemented or restated in accordance with the terms hereof. The use
in this Agreement of the term "including" means "including, without limitation."
The words "herein," "hereof," "hereunder" and other words of similar import
refer to this Agreement as a whole, including the schedules and exhibits, as the
same may from time to time be amended, modified, supplemented or restated, and
not to any particular section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph or clause
contained in this Agreement. All references to sections, schedules and exhibits
mean the sections of this Agreement and the schedules and exhibits attached to
this Agreement, except where otherwise stated. The title of and the section and
paragraph headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and
shall not govern or affect the interpretation of any of the terms or provisions
of this Agreement. The use herein of the masculine, feminine or neuter forms
shall also denote the other forms, as in each case the context may require or
permit. Where specific language is used to clarify by example a general
statement contained herein, such specific language shall not be deemed to
modify, limit or restrict in any manner the construction of the general
statement to which it relates. The language used in this Agreement has been
chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent, and no rule of strict
construction shall be applied against any party. Unless expressly provided
otherwise, the measure of a period of one month or year for purposes of this
Agreement shall be that date of the following month or year corresponding to the
starting date, provided that if no corresponding date exists, the measure shall
be that date of the following month or year corresponding to the next day
following the starting date. For example, one month following February 18 is
March 18, and one month following March 31 is May 1.

                                   ARTICLE II

                        PURCHASE AND SALE OF SECURITIES;
                   COMMITMENT TO PURCHASE MANDATORY SECURITIES

2.1      Articles of Incorporation.

         Prior to the Initial Closing, the Company shall have filed with the
Utah Department of Commerce, Division of Corporations and Commercial Code an
amendment to the Charter (the "Charter Amendment") increasing the authorized
number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock to 167,000.

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2.2      Authorization of Issuance of Purchased Securities.

         Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Company has authorized
the issuance and sale to the Purchasers of (a) an aggregate amount of up to
35,000 Preferred Shares and (b) Warrants to purchase an aggregate amount of up
to 153,867 shares of Common Stock (the Securities referenced in clauses (a) and
(b) collectively, the "Purchased Securities").

2.3      Sale of Purchased Securities at the Initial Closing; Commitment to
         Purchase Mandatory Securities.

                  (a)      At the Initial Closing, subject to the satisfaction
or waiver of the conditions set forth in Section 6.1(a), the Company shall issue
and sell to the Initial Purchaser, and the Initial Purchaser shall purchase from
the Company, the Preferred Shares and Warrants set forth opposite its name on
Schedule I.

                  (b)      Subject only to the terms and conditions hereof, the
Initial Purchaser hereby commits to the Company to purchase up to its Commitment
Percentage of an additional $25,000,000 (the "Maximum Mandatory Amount") of
Purchased Securities ("Maximum Mandatory Securities") consisting of (i) 25,000
Preferred Shares and (ii) Warrants to purchase up to 109,905 shares of Common
Stock.

2.4      Transfer of Purchased Securities and Assignment of Commitments at the
         Qualified Event Closing.

                  (a)      Subject to Section 2.4(b), at the Qualified Event
Closing, if any,

                           (i)      each Qualified Equity Purchaser shall
         execute a Qualified Equity Purchaser Joinder Agreement and shall be
         designated a "Purchaser" for all purposes hereunder;

                           (ii)     each Qualified Equity Purchaser shall
         purchase from the Initial Purchaser, and the Initial Purchaser shall
         sell to each Qualified Equity Purchaser, (A) such Qualified Equity
         Purchaser's Commitment Percentage of all of the Preferred Shares held
         by the Initial Purchaser at such time and (B) Warrants to purchase a
         number of shares of Common Stock equal to the product of (x) the number
         of Preferred Shares referred to in clause (A) above and (y) the Warrant
         Factor as in effect immediately prior to the Qualified Event Closing;

                           (iii)    each Qualified Equity Purchaser shall assume
         from the Initial Purchaser, and the Initial Purchaser shall assign to
         each Qualified Equity Purchaser, a portion of the commitment of the
         Initial Purchaser to purchase Mandatory Securities such that following
         such assumption and assignment, (A) each Qualified Equity Purchaser,
         severally and not jointly, shall be obligated to the Company and the
         Initial Purchaser to purchase up to such Qualified Equity Purchaser's
         Commitment Percentage of the unissued Maximum Mandatory Securities and
         (B) the Initial Purchaser's Commitment Percentage shall be reduced to
         zero; and

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                           (iv)     following the transfer of Warrants pursuant
         to Section 2.4(a)(ii), the Initial Purchaser shall deliver to the
         Company for cancellation all of the remaining Warrants (or if any such
         Warrants have been exercised, the Warrant Shares issued upon such
         exercise) held by the Initial Purchaser at such time.

                  (b)      Notwithstanding Section 2.4(a), upon the request of
the Company, the Initial Purchaser

                           (i)      shall retain, and shall not be obligated to
         transfer to the Qualified Equity Purchasers, (A) all, but not less than
         all, of the Preferred Shares held by the Initial Purchaser at such time
         and (B) Warrants to purchase a number of shares of Common Stock equal
         to the number of Preferred Shares referred to in clause (A) above
         multiplied by the greater of (x) the Warrant Factor as in effect
         immediately prior to the Qualified Event Closing and (y) 2.6377 and

                           (ii)     shall deliver to the Company for
         cancellation the Warrants (or if any such Warrants have been exercised,
         the Warrant Shares issued upon such exercise) held by the Initial
         Purchaser not being retained by the Initial Purchaser pursuant to
         Section 2.4(b)(i) above.

                  (c)      The Company hereby covenants not to disclose, or
cause to be disclosed, to any Qualified Equity Purchaser, prior to the delivery
of the commitment referred to in clause (c) of the last sentence of the
definition of "Qualified Event" the Company's exercise or intent to exercise its
rights under Section 2.4(b).

2.5      Issuance of Preemptive Notice.

         The Company, the Initial Purchaser and the Qualified Equity Purchasers,
if any, shall comply, to the extent required, with the preemptive rights
provisions set forth in Section 3.1 of the Stockholders' Agreement and, in
connection therewith, the Company shall deliver one or more Preemptive Notices
to each of its stockholders (each, an "Other Stockholder"). Each Other
Stockholder who exercises its respective preemptive rights in accordance with
the terms of the Stockholders' Agreement and executes an Additional Purchaser
Joinder Agreement shall be designated an "Additional Purchaser" for all purposes
hereunder.

2.6      Transfer of Purchased Securities and Assignment of Commitments at the
         Second Closing.

                  (a)      At the Second Closing, if any, each Additional
Purchaser shall purchase from the Initial Purchaser, and the Initial Purchaser
shall sell to each Additional Purchaser, an aggregate number of Purchased
Securities such that following the Second Closing such Additional Purchaser
shall own (i) the number of Preferred Shares set forth in such Additional
Purchaser's Joinder Agreement and (ii) Warrants to purchase a number of shares
of Common Stock equal to the product of (x) the number of Preferred Shares
referred to in Section 2.6(a)(i) above and (y) the Warrant Factor as in effect
immediately prior to the Second Closing.

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                  (b)      At the Second Closing, if any, each Additional
Purchaser shall assume from the Initial Purchaser, and the Initial Purchaser
shall assign to each Additional Purchaser, a portion of the commitment of the
Initial Purchaser to purchase Mandatory Securities such that following such
assumption and assignment, each Additional Purchaser, severally and not jointly,
shall be obligated to the Company and the Initial Purchaser to purchase up to
its Commitment Percentage of the unissued Maximum Mandatory Securities.

                  (c)      If a Qualified Event occurs then the provisions of
this Agreement shall be applied or modified as reasonably agreed among the
parties hereto in order to provide the Initial Purchaser and each Additional
Purchaser with their preemptive right (i) to purchase a number of Purchased
Securities and (ii) to assume a portion of the obligations to purchase Mandatory
Securities, Advance Purchase Securities and participation interests, in each
case in accordance with the terms of the Stockholders' Agreement.

2.7      Issuance of Mandatory Securities; Purchase of Participation Interests.

                  (a)      Subject to the further provisions of this Section
2.7, if a Trigger Event exists with respect to any fiscal quarter of the Company
ending on or before December 31, 2004, the Company shall as soon as practicable
following knowledge of such Trigger Event, but in no event later than five
Business Days prior to the applicable Funding Day, notify each Purchaser of the
Compliance Amount and the Funding Day Amount, if any, and the number of
Purchased Securities required to be issued by the Company and purchased by the
Purchasers on the applicable Funding Day; provided that no failure or delay by
the Company to provide such notice to any Purchaser shall discharge such
Purchaser's obligations under this Agreement. On each Funding Day on which
Mandatory Securities are required to be issued and purchased, the Company shall
issue to each Purchaser, and each Purchaser shall purchase from the Company,
such Purchaser's Commitment Percentage of (i) a number of Preferred Shares equal
to the quotient obtained by dividing (w) the Funding Day Amount by (x) 1,000 and
(ii) Warrants to purchase a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the
product of (y) the number of Preferred Shares referred to in Section 2.7(a)(i)
above and (z) the Warrant Factor as in effect at such time.

                  (b)      At any time on or following June 26, 2003, upon no
less than five Business Days' prior written notice (the "Advance Purchase
Notice") to the Purchasers, the Company may from time to time require the
Purchasers to purchase from the Company, Purchased Securities (the "Advance
Purchase Securities") in advance of any Funding Day if the Company reasonably
determines (and the issuance of any Advance Purchase Notice shall be deemed to
be a certification that the Company has made the determination) that (i) a
Trigger Event has occurred with respect to the most recently ended fiscal
quarter or (ii) a Trigger Event is likely to occur with respect to the current
fiscal quarter. On the date set forth in the Advance Purchase Notice (an
"Advance Purchase Date"), the Company shall issue and sell to each Purchaser,
and each Purchaser shall purchase from the Company, such Purchaser's Commitment
Percentage of (i) a number of Preferred Shares equal to the quotient obtained by
dividing (w) the anticipated

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Funding Day Amount reasonably calculated by the Company to exist on the last day
of the fiscal quarter nearest to the next Funding Day by (x) 1,000 and (ii)
Warrants to purchase a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the product of
(y) the number of Preferred Shares referred to in clause (i) above and (z) the
Warrant Factor as in effect at such time.

                  (c)      If at any time, and from time to time, the Initial
Purchaser is required to purchase a Participation Interest pursuant to the terms
of the JPMP (BHCA) Commitment Agreement, each Purchaser shall purchase its
respective Commitment Percentage of such Participation Interest in accordance
with the terms of the JPMP (BHCA) Commitment Agreement as if such Purchaser were
deemed to be "the Purchaser" thereunder and, following the purchase of such
Participation Interest by such Purchaser, the obligation of such Purchaser to
purchase Purchased Securities with respect to a particular Funding Day or
Advance Purchase Date, as applicable, shall be deemed to be satisfied in full.

                  (d)      Except as otherwise specified in Section 3.3, at no
time shall any Purchaser be required to purchase any Mandatory Securities or
Participation Interests for an aggregate purchase price in excess of such
Purchaser's Commitment Percentage of the Maximum Mandatory Amount.

                  (e)      The obligation of each Purchaser to purchase
Mandatory Securities and Participation Interests hereunder shall expire on the
Expiration Date.

2.8      Issuance of Purchased Securities.

         All Purchased Securities issued at each Closing, and all Warrant Shares
when issued, shall be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and shall be
issued free and clear of any Liens whatsoever and with no restrictions (in each
case other than pursuant to the Documents) on the voting rights thereof or any
other incidents of record and beneficial ownership pertaining thereto.

2.9      Purchase Price.

                  (a)      As payment for the Purchased Securities to be
purchased by each Purchaser at each Closing (other than the Second Closing or
Qualified Event Closing, if any), such Purchaser shall pay to the Company (i) a
price per Preferred Share to be purchased equal to $834.747 and (ii) a price for
each share of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants to be
purchased equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (x) $165.253 by (y) the
Warrant Factor as in effect at such time.

                  (b)      All consideration payable pursuant to Section 2.9(a)
shall be paid in cash by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an
account (the "Designated Account") designated by the Administrative Agent. The
Company acknowledges that payment of the foregoing consideration to the
Designated Account in accordance with the terms hereof shall satisfy the
obligations of such Purchaser to make payment of the purchase price with respect
to such Purchased Securities.

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                  (c)      As payment for each Purchased Security to be
purchased by each Qualified Equity Purchaser from the Initial Purchaser pursuant
to Section 2.4, such Qualified Equity Purchaser shall pay to the Initial
Purchaser (i) with respect to each Preferred Share, if any, an amount equal to
the price per Preferred Share paid to the Company by the Initial Purchaser plus
all accrued and unpaid dividends thereon and (ii) with respect to each portion
of a Warrant an amount equal to a pro rata portion of the price paid to the
Company by the Initial Purchaser for such Warrant. All consideration payable
pursuant to this Section 2.9(c) shall be paid in cash by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to an account designated by the Initial Purchaser.

                  (d)      As payment for each Purchased Security to be
purchased by each Additional Purchaser from the Initial Purchaser pursuant to
Section 2.6(a), such Additional Purchaser shall pay to the Initial Purchaser (i)
with respect to each Preferred Share, an amount equal to the price per Preferred
Share paid to the Company by the Initial Purchaser plus all accrued and unpaid
dividends thereon and (ii) with respect to each portion of a Warrant an amount
equal to a pro rata portion of the price paid to the Company by the Initial
Purchaser for such Warrant. All consideration payable pursuant to this Section
2.9(d) shall be paid in cash by wire transfer of immediately available funds to
an account designated by the Initial Purchaser.

2.10     Allocation of Purchase Price.

         The Purchasers and the Company hereby acknowledge and agree that the
Preferred Shares issued at each Closing (other than the Second Closing or
Qualified Event Closing, if any) are part of an "investment unit" under
principles of Section 1273(c)(2) of the Code, which includes the Warrants issued
on such date. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the
Purchasers and the Company hereby further acknowledge and agree that for United
States federal income tax purposes the "issue price" of each Purchased Security
under principles of Section 1273(b) of the Code (and for purposes of comparable
state and local income tax laws) shall equal the respective purchase prices set
forth in Section 2.9(a) or such other amount as the Requisite Purchasers and the
Company shall agree to from time to time. The Purchasers and the Company agree
to use the foregoing issue prices for all income tax purposes with respect to
this transaction.

2.11     Use of Proceeds.

         All of the proceeds from the sale of the Purchased Securities deposited
in the Designated Account shall be used by the Company to prepay Loans or cash
collateralize Letters of Credit pursuant to Section 2.11(b) of the Credit
Agreement; provided that the portion of such proceeds that the Company notifies
the Administrative Agent would not, pursuant to the definition of the term Net
Proceeds, be required to be applied as aforesaid may be transferred by the
Administrative Agent to the Company in which case such proceeds shall be used
for the general corporate purposes of the Company and its subsidiaries.

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                                   ARTICLE III

                                    CLOSINGS

3.1      Closings.

                  (a)      The closing (the "Initial Closing") of the sale and
issuance of the Purchased Securities pursuant to Section 2.3(a) shall, subject
to the satisfaction or waiver of the applicable conditions set forth in Section
6.1(a), take place on the date hereof.

                  (b)      The closing (the "Qualified Event Closing"), if any,
of the sale of the Purchased Securities pursuant to Section 2.4 shall take place
on or before June 25, 2003.

                  (c)      The closing (the "Second Closing"), if any, of the
sale of the Purchased Securities pursuant to Section 2.6 shall take place on or
before the date required by Article III of the Stockholders' Agreement.

                  (d)      Each closing (each, a "Drawdown Closing") of (i) the
sale of Mandatory Securities which occurs from time to time shall take place on
such date as may be agreed to by the Company and the Requisite Purchasers (but
in no event later than the applicable Funding Day) and (ii) the sale of Advance
Purchase Securities which occurs from time to time shall take place on the
respective Advance Purchase Date.

                  (e)      Each Closing shall take place at the offices of
O'Melveny & Myers LLP at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, New York 10112, or such
other place agreed to by the Company and the Requisite Purchasers.

3.2      Closing Deliverables.

                  (a)      On the date of the Initial Closing, (i) the Company
shall deliver to the Initial Purchaser (1) one or more stock certificates
registered in the name of the Initial Purchaser, representing, in the aggregate,
the number of Preferred Shares purchased by the Initial Purchaser and (2)
warrant certificates registered in the name of the Initial Purchaser,
representing, in the aggregate, the Warrants purchased by the Initial Purchaser
and (ii) the Initial Purchaser shall deliver to the Company the purchase price
(calculated and payable in accordance with Section 2.9) for the Purchased
Securities being purchased by the Initial Purchaser.

                  (b)      On the date of the Qualified Event Closing, if any,

                           (i)      the Initial Purchaser shall deliver to the
         Company the stock certificates and warrant certificates issued to it
         pursuant to Sections 3.2(a) and/or 3.2(d), as applicable, endorsed to
         transfer the portion of the Purchased Securities to be purchased by the
         Qualified Equity Purchasers, if any, from the Initial Purchaser
         pursuant to Section 2.4(a);

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                           (ii)     the Company shall deliver to each Qualified
         Equity Purchaser one or more stock certificates and warrant
         certificates registered in the name of such Qualified Equity Purchaser,
         representing, in the aggregate, the Purchased Securities purchased by
         such Qualified Equity Purchaser, if any, from the Initial Purchaser;

                           (iii)    each Qualified Equity Purchaser shall
         deliver to the Initial Purchaser the purchase price (calculated and
         payable in accordance with Section 2.9(c)) for the Purchased
         Securities, if any, being purchased by such Qualified Equity Purchaser
         from the Initial Purchaser;

                           (iv)     the Company shall deliver to the Initial
         Purchaser one or more stock certificates and warrant certificates
         registered in the name of such Purchaser, representing the Purchased
         Securities, if any, held by the Initial Purchaser after giving effect
         to the transactions contemplated by the Qualified Event Closing; and

                           (v)      each Qualified Equity Purchaser who is not a
         signatory to the Stockholders' Agreement at such time shall execute a
         joinder to the Stockholders' Agreement in accordance with the terms
         thereof.

                  (c)      On the date of the Second Closing,

                           (i)      the Initial Purchaser shall deliver to the
         Company the stock certificates and warrant certificates issued to it
         pursuant to Sections 3.2(a) and/or 3.2(d), as applicable, (after giving
         effect to Section 3.2(b)) endorsed to transfer the portion of the
         Purchased Securities to be purchased by the Additional Purchasers from
         the Initial Purchaser pursuant to Section 2.6(a);

                           (ii)     the Company shall deliver to each Additional
         Purchaser one or more stock certificates and warrant certificates
         registered in the name of such Additional Purchaser, representing, in
         the aggregate, the Purchased Securities purchased by such Additional
         Purchaser from the Initial Purchaser;

                           (iii)    each Additional Purchaser shall deliver to
         the Initial Purchaser the purchase price (calculated and payable in
         accordance with Section 2.9(d)) for the Purchased Securities being
         purchased by such Additional Purchaser from the Initial Purchaser; and

                           (iv)     the Company shall deliver to the Initial
         Purchaser one or more stock certificates and warrant certificates
         registered in the name of such Purchaser, representing the Purchased
         Securities held by the Initial Purchaser after giving effect to the
         transactions contemplated by the Second Closing and Section 3.2(b), as
         applicable.

                  (d)      On the date of each Drawdown Closing, (i) the Company
shall deliver to each Purchaser stock and warrant certificates registered in the
name of such Purchaser, representing, in the aggregate, the Mandatory Securities
purchased by such

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Purchaser in connection with such Drawdown Closing and (ii) each Purchaser shall
deliver to the Company the purchase price (calculated and payable in accordance
with Section 2.9(a)) for the Mandatory Securities being purchased by such
Purchaser.

3.3      Additional Initial Purchaser Commitment.

                  (a)      Upon the failure of any Purchaser (a "Defaulting
Purchaser") to purchase its respective Commitment Percentage of Mandatory
Securities in accordance with the terms hereof, the Initial Purchaser shall
purchase from the Company, and the Company shall issue to the Initial Purchaser,
the number of Mandatory Securities ("Defaulted Securities") required to be
purchased by such Defaulting Purchaser which have not been purchased by such
Defaulting Purchaser; provided, however, that for the purposes of determining
the number of Warrants to be issued as Defaulted Securities the Warrant Factor
shall equal 4.3962. The issuance and sale of such Purchased Securities shall be
effected in accordance with Section 2.9 and, other than with respect to the
timing of the Closing, Section 3.2(d). The Company shall provide the Initial
Purchaser with two Business Days' notice prior to any requirement by the Initial
Purchaser to purchase Defaulted Securities. The Company and the Initial
Purchaser shall provide each Additional Stockholder with their preemptive right
to purchase Defaulted Securities in accordance with the terms of the
Stockholders' Agreement.

                  (b)      Each Defaulting Purchaser shall be liable to the
Initial Purchaser for the full amount paid to the Company by the Initial
Purchaser for the Defaulted Securities of such Defaulting Purchaser and the
Initial Purchaser shall have the right to pursue all remedies available to the
Initial Purchaser in equity and at law against such Defaulting Purchaser.

                  (c)      Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
herein, to the extent that the Initial Purchaser purchases any "Equity Units" or
"Participation Interests" (each as defined in the JPMP (BHCA) Commitment
Agreement) pursuant to the terms of the JPMP (BHCA) Commitment Agreement, the
Initial Purchaser's obligation to purchase Purchased Securities or Participation
Interests shall be satisfied. Furthermore, at no time shall the Initial
Purchaser have any obligation to purchase any Securities or participation
interests after the Initial Closing, pursuant to this Agreement or the JPMP
(BHCA) Commitment Agreement if such purchase would cause the aggregate purchase
price payable for all such Securities and participation interests (under both of
the foregoing agreements in the aggregate) to exceed the Purchaser Maximum
Amount (as defined in the JPMP (BHCA) Commitment Agreement).

                                   ARTICLE IV

                REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES ABOUT THE COMPANY

                  The Company represents and warrants to the Purchasers on and
as of the Initial Closing that:

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4.1      Private Sale.

         Assuming (a) that the Purchased Securities are issued, sold and
delivered under the circumstances contemplated by this Agreement and (b) the
accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Purchasers contained in
Article V and their compliance with the agreements set forth herein, it is not
necessary, in connection with the issuance and sale of the Purchased Securities
to the Purchasers to register such Securities under the Securities Act.

4.2      Organization Etc.

         The Company and each of its subsidiaries have been duly incorporated or
formed and are validly existing as corporations or limited liability companies
in good standing under the laws of their respective jurisdictions of
incorporation or formation, are duly qualified to do business and are in good
standing as foreign corporations or limited liability companies in each
jurisdiction in which their respective ownership or lease of property or the
conduct of their respective businesses requires such qualification, and have all
power and authority necessary to own or hold their respective properties and to
conduct the businesses in which they are engaged, except where the failure to so
qualify or have such power or authority would not, singularly or in the
aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or
otherwise), results of operations, business or prospects of the Company and its
subsidiaries taken as a whole (a "Material Adverse Effect").

4.3      Capitalization.

                  (a)      The authorized capital stock of the Company
immediately prior to the Closing consists of:

                           (i)      10,000,000 duly authorized shares of Common
         Stock, of which (A) 576,878 (13,280 of such shares are restricted
         shares and are also included in the total shares referred to in Section
         4.3(a)(i)(D)) shares are duly and validly issued and outstanding, fully
         paid and nonassessable, with no personal liability attached to the
         ownership thereof, all of which are held of record by the Persons and
         in the amounts set forth on Schedule 4.3(a)(i), (B) no shares are held
         by the Company as treasury shares, (C) 8,902 shares are duly and
         validly reserved for issuance pursuant to outstanding options issued to
         Jack E. Knott pursuant to the Company's 1998 Stock Option Plan, (D)
         60,022 shares are duly and validly reserved for issuance pursuant to
         outstanding options or as restricted shares issued to employees of the
         Company pursuant to the Company's 2000 Stock Incentive Plan, (E) 74,245
         shares are duly and validly reserved for issuance pursuant to warrants
         issued on or before the date hereof pursuant to the terms of the
         Warrant Agreement and (F) 18,532 shares are duly and validly reserved
         for issuance pursuant to the Note Warrants.

                           (ii)     200,000 duly authorized shares of preferred
         stock, 167,000 of which are designated Series A Preferred Stock and
         130,973 of which are duly

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         and validly issued and outstanding, fully paid and nonassessable, with
         no personal liability attached to the ownership thereof, all of which
         are held of record by the Persons and in the amounts set forth on
         Schedule 4.3(a)(ii), free and clear of all Liens, other than Liens held
         by Persons claiming by, through or under the Persons set forth on
         Schedule 4.3(a)(ii), Liens imposed by the Documents and restrictions
         under federal or state securities laws.

                  In connection with this Agreement, the Company will issue up
to 35,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock and Warrants to purchase up to
153,867 shares of Common Stock.

                  (b)      All Warrant Shares, if and when issued in accordance
with the Warrants, will be duly and validly issued and outstanding, fully paid
and nonassessable, with no personal liability attached to the ownership thereof.

                  (c)      Other than the Warrants, the Note Warrants, options
to purchase 8,902 shares of Common Stock issued to Jack E. Knott pursuant to the
Company's 1998 Stock Option Plan, and 60,022 options and restricted shares
issued to employees of the Company pursuant to the Company's 2000 Stock
Incentive Plan, there are no outstanding warrants, options, agreements,
convertible securities and other commitments pursuant to which the Company is or
may become obligated to issue, sell or otherwise transfer any equity Securities
of the Company.

                  (d)      Except as contemplated by the Stockholders'
Agreement, there are no preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or other
similar rights to purchase or otherwise acquire shares of capital stock or other
equity Securities of the Company pursuant to any applicable law, any Fundamental
Document of the Company or any agreement to which the Company is a party or may
be bound.

                  (e)      Except as contemplated by the Documents and the
Fundamental Documents of the Company, there is no Lien (including any right of
first refusal, right of first offer, proxy, voting trust or voting agreement)
with respect to the sale or voting of any equity Securities of the Company
(whether outstanding or issuable upon the conversion, exchange or exercise of
outstanding Securities) under any agreement to which the Company is a party or
may be bound.

                  (f)      Other than as required by the Charter, the
Stockholders' Agreement or as set forth on Schedule 4.3(f), there are no
obligations to redeem, repurchase or otherwise acquire shares of capital stock
or other equity Securities of the Company pursuant to any applicable law, any
Fundamental Documents of the Company or any agreement to which the Company is a
party or may be bound.

                  (g)      Except as contemplated by the Registration Rights
Agreement, no Person has any right to cause the Company to effect the
registration under the Securities Act of any shares of Common Stock or any other
equity Securities of the Company.

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4.4      Authorization, Etc.

         The Company and each of its subsidiaries has full corporate right,
power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and the other
Documents to which it is a party and to perform their respective obligations
hereunder and thereunder; and all requisite action required to be taken for the
due and proper authorization, execution and delivery of each of the Documents to
which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party and the consummation of
the transactions contemplated thereby have been duly and validly taken.

4.5      Execution; Enforceability.

         This Agreement and each of the other Documents has been duly executed
and delivered by the Company and constitutes a valid and legally binding
agreement of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its
terms, except to the extent that such enforceability may be subject to (a)
bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and
other similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally and (b) general
equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

4.6      No Conflict; Consents.

         The execution, delivery and performance by the Company and each of its
subsidiaries of each of the Documents to which such entity is a party and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Documents do not (a)
conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or
provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or
imposition of any Lien upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries pursuant to, any material indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan
agreement or other material agreement or instrument to which the Company or any
of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company
or any of its subsidiaries is subject, except for such conflict, breach or
violation which would not, singularly or in the aggregate, have a Material
Adverse Effect, (b) result in any violation of the provisions of the Fundamental
Documents of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or (c) result in any
violation of any statute or any judgment, order, decree, rule or regulation of
any court or arbitrator or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over
the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their properties or assets
(assuming compliance by the Purchasers with their representations, warranties
and agreements set forth in Article V hereof), except for such conflict, breach
or violation which would not, singularly or in the aggregate, have a Material
Adverse Effect; and (d) (assuming compliance by the Purchasers with their
representations, warranties and agreements set forth in Article V hereof) no
consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing or registration with,
any such court or arbitrator or governmental agency or body under any such
statute, judgment, order, decree, rule or regulation is required for the
execution, delivery and performance by the Company and each of its subsidiaries
of each of the Documents to which each is a party and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by the Documents, except for such consents, approvals,
authorizations,

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filings, registrations or qualifications (i) which shall have been obtained or
made on or prior to the date of the Initial Closing, (ii) as may be required
under state or foreign securities and blue sky laws and the rules and
regulations of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. or (iii)
which the failure to obtain the same could not reasonably be expected,
singularly or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.

4.7      SEC Documents and Financial Reports, Etc.

         The Company has timely filed with the Commission all forms, reports,
schedules, statements and other documents required to be filed by it since May
31, 2000 under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act (such documents, as
supplemented and amended since the time of filing, collectively, the "SEC
Documents"). The SEC Documents, including, without limitation, any financial
statements or schedules included therein, at the time filed (and, in the case of
registration statements, on the dates of effectiveness) (a) did not contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to
be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and (b)
complied in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the
Exchange Act and the Securities Act, as the case may be. The financial
statements of the Company included in the SEC Documents at the time filed (and,
in the case of registration statements, on the dates of effectiveness) complied
as to form in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and
with the published rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto,
were prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis during the
periods involved (except as may be indicated in the notes thereto or, in the
case of unaudited statements, as permitted by Form 10-Q of the Commission), and
fairly present (subject in the case of unaudited statements to normal, recurring
audit adjustments) the combined financial position of the Company, as of the
dates thereof and the combined results of operations and cash flows for the
periods then ended.

4.8      Litigation.

         Except as set forth in Schedule 4.8 hereto, there are no legal or
governmental proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries
is a party or of which any property or assets of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is the subject which, (a) singularly or in the aggregate, if
determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, could reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (b) question the validity or
enforceability of any of the Documents or any action taken or to be taken by the
Company pursuant thereto; and to the best knowledge of the Company and each of
its subsidiaries, no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by
governmental authorities or threatened by others.

4.9      Adverse Actions.

         To the best knowledge of the Company and each of its subsidiaries, (a)
no action has been taken and no statute, rule, regulation or order has been
enacted, adopted or issued by any governmental agency or body which prevents the
issuance of the Purchased Securities or suspends the sale of the Purchased
Securities in any jurisdiction; and (b) no

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injunction, restraining order or order of any nature by any federal, state or
foreign court of competent jurisdiction has been issued with respect to the
Company or any of its subsidiaries which would prevent or suspend the issuance
or sale of the Purchased Securities in any jurisdiction; no action, suit or
proceeding is pending against or, to the best knowledge of the Company and each
of its subsidiaries, threatened against or affecting the Company or any of its
subsidiaries before any court or arbitrator or any governmental agency, body or
official, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to interfere
with or adversely affect the issuance of the Purchased Securities or in any
manner draw into question the validity or enforceability of any of the Documents
or any action taken or to be taken pursuant thereto.

4.10     No Violation of Charters, Etc.

         Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, is (a) in violation of
its Fundamental Documents, (b) in default, and no event has occurred which, with
notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default, in the due
performance or observance of any term, covenant or condition contained in any
material indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other material
agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound or to
which any of its property or assets is subject or (c) in violation of any law,
ordinance, governmental rule, regulation or court decree to which it or its
property or assets may be subject, except in the case of clauses (b) and (c) for
any such default or violation which would not, singularly or in the aggregate,
have a Material Adverse Effect.

4.11     Permits.

         The Company and each of its subsidiaries possess all material licenses,
certificates, authorizations and permits issued by, and have made all
declarations and filings with, the appropriate federal, state or foreign
regulatory agencies or bodies which are necessary or desirable for the ownership
of their respective properties or the conduct of their respective businesses,
except where the failure to possess or make the same would not, singularly or in
the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, and neither the Company nor any
of its subsidiaries has received notification of any revocation or modification
of any such license, certificate, authorization or permit or has any reason to
believe that any such license, certificate, authorization or permit will not be
renewed in the ordinary course.

4.12     Taxes.

         The Company and each of its subsidiaries has timely filed or caused to
be filed all federal, state, local and foreign income and franchise tax returns
and reports required to have been filed and has paid or caused to be paid all
taxes required to have been paid by it, except (a) any taxes that are being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which the Company or
such subsidiary, as applicable, has set aside on its books adequate reserves or
(b) to the extent that the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect.

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4.13     Investment Company; Holding Company.

         Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is (a) an "investment
company" or a company "controlled by" an investment company within the meaning
of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations
of the Commission thereunder or (b) a "holding company" or a "subsidiary
company" of a holding company or an "affiliate" thereof within the meaning of
the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended.

4.14     Accounting Controls.

         The Company and each of its subsidiaries maintain a system of internal
accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (a)
transactions are executed in accordance with management's general or specific
authorizations; (b) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation
of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles and to maintain asset accountability; (c) access to assets is
permitted only in accordance with management's general or specific
authorization; and (d) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with
the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with
respect to any differences.

4.15     Insurance.

         The Company and each of its subsidiaries maintains insurance covering
their respective properties, operations, personnel and businesses against loss
or damage of the kinds customarily insured against by entities engaged in the
same or similar businesses as the Company and its subsidiaries, and such
insurance is of such type and in such amounts in accordance with customary
industry practice.

4.16     Intellectual Property.

         The Company and each of its subsidiaries own or possess adequate rights
to use all material patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks,
trade names, trademark registrations, service mark registrations, copyrights,
licenses and know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or
unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures)
necessary for the conduct of their respective businesses; and the conduct of
their respective businesses will not conflict with, and the Company and its
subsidiaries have not received any notice of any claim of conflict with, any
such rights of others, except for such conflicts which would not, singularly or
in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

4.17     Title to Assets Etc.

         The Company and each of its subsidiaries have good and marketable title
in fee simple to, or have valid rights to lease or otherwise use, all items of
real and personal property which are material to the business of the Company and
its subsidiaries taken as a whole, in each case free and clear of all Liens,
claims and defects and imperfections of title except (a) for Liens permitted
under the Credit Agreement and (b) such as (i) do not

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materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property
by the Company and its subsidiaries or (ii) could not reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect.

4.18     Labor Matters.

         No labor disturbance by or dispute with any represented group of
employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the best
knowledge of the Company and its subsidiaries, is contemplated or threatened,
which could reasonably be expected, singularly or in the aggregate, to have a
Material Adverse Effect.

4.19     ERISA Matters.

         No "prohibited transaction" (as defined in Section 406 of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, including the regulations
and published interpretations thereunder ("ERISA"), or Section 4975 of the Code)
or "accumulated funding deficiency" (as defined in Section 302 of ERISA) or any
of the events set forth in Section 4043(b) of ERISA (other than events with
respect to which the 30-day notice requirement under Section 4043 of ERISA has
been waived) has occurred with respect to any employee benefit plan of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries which could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect; each such employee benefit plan is in compliance in all
material respects with applicable law, including ERISA and the Code; the Company
and each of its subsidiaries have not incurred and do not expect to incur
material liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of,
or withdrawal from, any pension plan for which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries would have any liability; and each such pension plan that is
intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified in all
material respects and nothing has occurred, whether by action or by failure to
act, which could reasonably be expected to cause the loss of such qualification.

4.20     Environmental Matters.

         There has been no storage, generation, transportation, handling,
treatment, disposal, discharge, emission or other release of any kind of toxic
or other wastes or other hazardous substances by, due to or caused by the
Company or any of its subsidiaries (or, to the best knowledge of the Company and
its subsidiaries, any other entity (including any predecessor) for whose acts or
omissions the Company or any of its subsidiaries is or could reasonably be
expected to be liable) upon any of the property now or previously owned or
leased by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or upon any other property, in
violation of any statute or any ordinance, rule, regulation, order, judgment,
decree or permit or which would, under any statute or any ordinance, rule
(including rule of common law), regulation, order, judgment, decree or permit,
give rise to any liability, except for any violation or liability that could not
reasonably be expected to have, singularly or in the aggregate with all such
violations and liabilities, a Material Adverse Effect; and there has been no
disposal, discharge, emission or other release of any kind onto such property or
into the environment surrounding such property of any toxic or other wastes or
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its subsidiaries has knowledge, except for any such disposal, discharge,
emission or other release of any kind which could not reasonably be expected to
have, singularly or in the aggregate with all such discharges and other
releases, a Material Adverse Effect.

4.21     Illegal Payments.

         Neither the Company nor, to the best knowledge of the Company and each
of its subsidiaries, any director, officer, agent, employee or other person
associated with or acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries
has (a) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift,
entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; (b) made
any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government
official or employee from corporate funds; (c) violated or is in violation of
any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977; or (d) made any
bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment.

4.22     Solvency.

         On and immediately after the Initial Closing, the Company will be
Solvent. As used in this paragraph, the term "Solvent" means, with respect to a
particular date, that on such date (a) the present fair market value (or present
fair saleable value) of the assets of the Company is not less than the total
amount required to pay the probable liabilities of the Company on its total
existing debts and liabilities (including contingent liabilities) as they become
absolute and matured, (b) the Company is able to realize upon its assets and pay
its debts and other liabilities, contingent obligations and commitments as they
mature and become due in the normal course of business, (c) the Company is not
incurring debts or liabilities beyond its ability to pay as such debts and
liabilities mature and (d) the Company is not engaged in any business or
transaction, and is not about to engage in any business or transaction, for
which its property would constitute unreasonably small capital after giving due
consideration to the prevailing practice in the industry in which the Company is
engaged. In computing the amount of such contingent liabilities at any time, it
is intended that such liabilities will be computed at the amount that, in the
light of all the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the
amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability.

4.23     Brokers.

         Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is a party to any
contract, agreement or understanding with any person that would give rise to a
valid claim against the Company or the Purchasers for a brokerage commission,
finder's fee or like payment in connection with the offering and sale of the
Preferred Shares and the Warrants.

4.24     Absence of Changes.

         Since December 31, 2001, except as set forth on Schedule 4.24, (a)
there has been no material adverse change or any development involving a
prospective material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or
in the earnings, business affairs, management or business prospects of the
Company or any of its

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subsidiaries, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, (b)
none of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has incurred any material
liability or obligation, direct or contingent, other than in the ordinary course
of business, (c) none of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has entered into
any material transaction other than in the ordinary course of business and (d)
there has not been any material change in the long-term debt of the Company or
any of its subsidiaries, or any dividend or distribution of any kind declared,
paid or made by the Company on any class of its capital stock.

                                    ARTICLE V

                REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE PURCHASERS

                  Each Purchaser represents and warrants severally, and not
jointly as to any other Purchaser, on and as of the Initial Closing (or in the
case of (a) any Qualified Equity Purchaser, on and as of the Qualified Event
Closing and (b) any Additional Purchaser, on and as of the Second Closing) as
follows:

5.1      Organization Etc.

         Each Purchaser who is not an individual has been duly formed and is
validly existing and is in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of
formation or organization, is duly qualified to do business and is in good
standing in each jurisdiction in which its ownership or lease of property or the
conduct of its businesses requires such qualification, and has all
organizational power and authority necessary to own or hold its properties and
to conduct the businesses in which it is engaged, except in each case where the
failure to so qualify or have such power or authority could not reasonably be
expected to adversely affect the ability of such Purchaser to perform its
material obligations under this Agreement.

5.2      Authorization of the Documents.

         Each Purchaser who is not an individual has all requisite
organizational power and authority to execute, deliver and perform the Documents
to which it is a party and the transactions contemplated thereby, and the
execution, delivery and performance by such Purchaser of the Documents to which
it is a party have been duly authorized by all requisite action by such
Purchaser. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by such Purchaser
and this Agreement constitutes and, when executed and delivered by such
Purchaser (assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by the other
parties thereto) each other Document to which such Purchaser is a party will
constitute, a valid and binding obligation of such Purchaser, enforceable
against such Purchaser in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium or
other similar laws and subject to general principles of equity.

5.3      No Conflict; Consents.

         The execution, delivery and performance by such Purchaser of each of
the Documents to which such Purchaser is a party and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by such Documents will not (a) result in any violation
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the Fundamental Documents of such Purchaser, as applicable; (b) except as could
not reasonably be expected to adversely affect the ability of such Purchaser to
perform its material obligations under the Documents to which such Purchaser is
a party (i) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms
or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or
imposition of any lien upon any property or assets of such Purchaser pursuant
to, any material indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other
material agreement or instrument to which such Purchaser is a party or by which
such Purchaser is bound or to which any of the property or assets of such
Purchaser is subject or (ii) result in any violation of any statute or any
judgment, order, decree, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or
governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over such Purchaser; or (c)
require the consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing or
registration with, any such court or arbitrator or governmental agency or body
under any such statute, judgment, order, decree, rule or regulation is required
for the execution, delivery and performance by such Purchaser of the Documents
to which such Purchaser is a party and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by hereby, except for such consents, approvals, authorizations,
orders, filings, registrations or qualifications (i) which shall have been
obtained or made on or prior to the date hereof, (ii) as may be required under
state or foreign securities and blue sky laws and the rules and regulations of
the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. or (iii) which the failure
to obtain the same could not reasonably be expected to adversely affect the
ability of such Purchaser to perform its material obligations under the
Documents to which such Purchaser is a party.

5.4      Litigation.

         There are no legal or governmental proceedings pending to which such
Purchaser is a party or of which any of its property or assets is the subject
which question the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any action
taken or to be taken by such Purchaser pursuant hereto; and to the knowledge of
any such Purchaser, no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by
governmental authorities or threatened by others.

5.5      Investment Representations.

         Solely for establishing that the sale or issuance of the Purchased
Securities to such Purchaser is exempt from the registration requirements of the
Securities Act and comparable provisions of state blue-sky laws and not in any
way to mitigate the responsibility or liability of the Company for any breach of
the representations and warranties made by it in this Agreement, on which such
Purchaser is relying in full in connection with its decision to invest in the
Company:

                  (a)      Such Purchaser is acquiring the Purchased Securities
for its own account, for investment and not with a view to the distribution
thereof in violation of the Securities Act or applicable state securities laws;

                  (b)      Such Purchaser (i) understands that (A) the Purchased
Securities have not been registered under the Securities Act or applicable state
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reason of their issuance by the Company in a transaction exempt from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities
laws and (B) the Purchased Securities and the Warrant Shares must be held by
such Purchaser indefinitely unless a subsequent disposition thereof is
registered under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or is
exempt from such registration and (ii) has had the opportunity to ask questions
of, and receive answers from, the Company and its management relating to the
business and financial condition of the Business;

                  (c)      Such Purchaser further understands that the exemption
from registration afforded by Rule 144 (the provisions of which are known to
such Purchaser) promulgated under the Securities Act depends on the satisfaction
of various conditions, and that, if applicable, Rule 144 may afford the basis
for sales of Purchased Securities and Warrant Shares in limited amounts;

                  (d)      Such Purchaser has not employed any broker or finder
in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; and

                  (e)      Such Purchaser is an "accredited investor" (as
defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act).
Such Purchaser has such knowledge and experience in financial and business
matters that it is capable of evaluating the risks and merits of this
investment. Such Purchaser's representations in this subsection shall in no way
limit the enforceability of any representations made by the Company in any of
the Documents to which it is a party.

5.6      Reliance on Representations of the Additional Purchasers.

                  Each Qualified Equity Purchaser, if any, and Additional
Purchaser hereby acknowledges and agrees that the Initial Purchaser shall be
entitled to rely on the foregoing representations of such Qualified Equity
Purchaser and such Additional Purchaser, as applicable, for the purposes of (a)
the transactions contemplated by the Qualified Event Closing and the Second
Closing, as applicable, and (b) the obligations of the Initial Purchaser
pursuant to Section 3.3(a).

                                   ARTICLE VI

                              CONDITIONS TO CLOSING

6.1      Conditions to Purchasers' Obligations.

                  (a)      The obligation of the Initial Purchaser to purchase
and pay for the Purchased Securities to be purchased hereunder at the Initial
Closing is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent
(unless waived by the Initial Purchaser):

                           (i)      The Company shall have filed the Charter
         Amendment with, and such filing shall have been accepted by, the Utah
         Department of Commerce, Division of Corporations and Commercial Code
         and the Initial Purchaser shall have received reasonably satisfactory
         evidence of such filing;

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                           (ii)     The Company shall have duly issued and
         delivered to the Initial Purchaser the certificates for the Preferred
         Shares and the Warrants pursuant to Section 3.2(a);

                           (iii)    The Company shall have performed its
         obligations under, and shall have complied with, all the covenants and
         agreements set forth in this Agreement and the other Documents and all
         representations and warranties contained in Article IV shall be true
         and correct as of the date of the Initial Closing and the Initial
         Purchaser shall have received a certificate to that effect signed by an
         officer of the Company;

                           (iv)     The Initial Purchaser shall have received an
         opinion from Stoel Rives LLP (counsel to the Company) in a form
         reasonably acceptable to the Initial Purchaser;

                           (v)      The Initial Purchaser shall have received a
         certificate from the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the
         Company, dated as of the date of the Initial Closing, certifying (i)
         that true and complete copies of the Fundamental Documents of the
         Company as in effect on such date are attached thereto, (ii) as to the
         incumbency and genuineness of the signatures of each Person executing
         this Agreement and the other Documents on behalf of the Company and
         (iii) the genuineness of the resolutions (attached thereto) of the
         board of directors or similar governing body of the Company authorizing
         the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other
         Documents to which the Company is a party and the consummation of the
         transactions contemplated hereby and thereby;

                           (vi)     Each of the Documents shall be in full force
         and effect and no material term or condition thereof shall have been
         amended, waived or otherwise modified without the prior written consent
         of the Initial Purchaser;

                           (vii)    The issuance and sale of the Purchased
         Securities to the Initial Purchaser shall have been consummated
         simultaneously with the Initial Closing; and

                           (viii)   Each Purchaser shall be satisfied that the
         conditions to effectiveness set forth in the Credit Agreement Amendment
         will be satisfied at the Initial Closing after giving effect to the
         transactions contemplated by Section 2.3(a).

                  (b)      The obligation of each Purchaser to purchase and pay
for Mandatory Securities to be purchased hereunder at each Drawdown Closing
occurring prior to the Expiration Date is subject to (i) the occurrence of a
Trigger Event with respect to the fiscal quarter ending immediately prior to the
date of such Drawdown Closing or (ii) receipt of an Advance Purchase Notice.

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6.2      Conditions to the Company's Obligations.

                  (a)      The obligation of the Company to issue the Purchased
Securities to the Purchasers at the Initial Closing is subject to payment by
such Purchaser of the consideration set forth in Section 2.9 in accordance with
the terms thereof.

                  (b)      The Initial Purchaser shall have performed its
obligations under, and shall have complied with, all the covenants and
agreements set forth in this Agreement and all representations and warranties
contained in Article V shall be true and correct as of the date of the Initial
Closing.

                  (c)      Each of the Documents shall be in full force and
effect and no material term or condition thereof shall have been amended, waived
or otherwise modified without the prior written consent of the Company.

                                   ARTICLE VII

                             TRANSFER OF SECURITIES

7.1      Restriction on Transfer.

         The Restricted Securities shall not be transferable except upon the
conditions specified in this Article VII, which conditions are intended to
insure compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act in respect of the
transfer thereof.

7.2      Restrictive Legends.

                  (a)      Each certificate evidencing shares of Series A
Preferred Stock which are Restricted Securities and each certificate for any
such securities issued to subsequent transferees of any such certificate shall
(unless otherwise permitted by the provisions of Section 7.3 hereof) be stamped
or otherwise imprinted with a legend in substantially the following form:

              "THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED
              FOR INVESTMENT AND HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES
              ACT OF 1933 OR ANY STATE SECURITIES OR BLUE SKY LAWS. THESE
              SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH
              REGISTRATION OR AN EXEMPTION THEREFROM UNDER SAID ACT OR
              APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES OR BLUE SKY LAWS.

              ADDITIONALLY, THE TRANSFER OF THESE SECURITIES IS SUBJECT TO THE
              CONDITIONS SPECIFIED IN THE SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT DATED AS
              OF MARCH 25, 2003, AMONG THE ISSUER HEREOF AND CERTAIN OTHER
              SIGNATORIES THERETO. THE TERMS

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              OF SUCH SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT INCLUDE, AMONG OTHER THINGS,
              RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER. A COPY OF THE SECURITIES PURCHASE
              AGREEMENT WILL BE FURNISHED WITHOUT CHARGE BY THE ISSUER HEREOF TO
              THE HOLDER OF RECORD OF THIS CERTIFICATE UPON WRITTEN REQUEST.

              THE CORPORATION IS AUTHORIZED TO ISSUE DIFFERENT CLASSES OF
              SHARES. IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 16-10a-625 OF THE UTAH REVISED
              BUSINESS CORPORATION ACT, UPON WRITTEN REQUEST BY THE SHAREHOLDER,
              THE CORPORATION WILL FURNISH, WITHOUT CHARGE, A SUMMARY OF THE
              DESIGNATIONS, PREFERENCES, LIMITATIONS AND RELATIVE RIGHTS
              APPLICABLE TO EACH CLASS OF SHARES."

                  (b)      Each certificate evidencing Warrants which are
Restricted Securities and each certificate for any such securities issued to
subsequent transferees of any such certificate shall (unless otherwise permitted
by the provisions of Section 7.3 hereof) be stamped or otherwise imprinted with
a legend in substantially the following form:

              "THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED
              FOR INVESTMENT AND HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES
              ACT OF 1933 OR ANY STATE SECURITIES OR BLUE SKY LAWS. THESE
              SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH
              REGISTRATION OR AN EXEMPTION THEREFROM UNDER SAID ACT OR
              APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES OR BLUE SKY LAWS.

              ADDITIONALLY, THE TRANSFER OF THESE SECURITIES IS SUBJECT TO THE
              CONDITIONS SPECIFIED IN THE SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT DATED AS
              OF MARCH 25, 2003 AND A STOCKHOLDERS' AGREEMENT DATED AS OF MAY
              31, 2000, AMONG THE ISSUER HEREOF AND CERTAIN OTHER SIGNATORIES
              THERETO, AS AMENDED, MODIFIED OR OTHERWISE RESTATED FROM TIME TO
              TIME. THE TERMS OF SUCH SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT AND
              STOCKHOLDERS' AGREEMENT INCLUDE, AMONG OTHER THINGS, RESTRICTIONS
              ON TRANSFER. A COPY OF THE SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT AND
              STOCKHOLDERS' AGREEMENT WILL BE FURNISHED WITHOUT CHARGE BY THE
              ISSUER HEREOF TO THE

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              HOLDER OF RECORD OF THIS CERTIFICATE UPON WRITTEN REQUEST.

              THE CORPORATION IS AUTHORIZED TO ISSUE DIFFERENT CLASSES OF
              SHARES. IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 16-10a-625 OF THE UTAH REVISED
              BUSINESS CORPORATION ACT, UPON WRITTEN REQUEST BY THE SHAREHOLDER,
              THE CORPORATION WILL FURNISH, WITHOUT CHARGE, A SUMMARY OF THE
              DESIGNATIONS, PREFERENCES, LIMITATIONS AND RELATIVE RIGHTS
              APPLICABLE TO EACH CLASS OF SHARES."

7.3      Notice of Transfer.

                  (a)      The holder of any Restricted Securities, by
acceptance thereof agrees, prior to any transfer of any Restricted Securities,
to give written notice to the Company of such holder's intention to effect such
transfer and to comply in all other respects with the provisions of this Section
7.3. Each such notice shall describe the manner and circumstances of the
proposed transfer and shall be accompanied, if reasonably requested by the
Company, by the written opinion, addressed to the Company, of counsel for the
holder of Restricted Securities, as to whether in the opinion of such counsel
(which opinion and counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company and
which counsel may be the in-house counsel of such holder) such proposed transfer
involves a transaction requiring registration of such Restricted Securities
under the Securities Act; provided, however, that (i) in the case of a holder of
Restricted Securities which is a partnership or a limited liability company, no
such opinion of counsel shall be necessary for a transfer by such holder of
Restricted Securities to a partner or member of such holder of Restricted
Securities, or a retired partner or member of such holder who retires after the
date hereof, or the estate of any such partner or member or retired partner or
member, if in each case the transferee agrees in writing to be subject to the
terms of this Article VII to the same extent as if such transferee were
originally a signatory to this Agreement, (ii) in the case of a holder of
Restricted Securities which is a corporation, partnership or a limited liability
company, no such opinion of counsel shall be necessary for a transfer by such
holder of Restricted Securities to an Affiliate, officer, director, member or
manager of such entity if in each case the transferee agrees in writing to be
subject to the terms of this Article VII to the same extent as if such
transferee were originally a signatory to this Agreement and (iii) no such
opinion shall be required in connection with a transfer pursuant to Rule 144 (as
amended from time to time) promulgated under the Securities Act (or successor
rule thereto), provided, that the Company, shall be provided with customary
written representations relating to such transaction.

                  (b)      If in the opinion of such counsel (if such opinion is
required hereunder) the proposed transfer of Restricted Securities may be
effected without registration under the Securities Act, the holder of Restricted
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be entitled to transfer Restricted Securities in accordance with the terms of
the notice delivered by it to the Company.

                  (c)      Each certificate or other instrument evidencing the
securities issued upon the transfer of any Restricted Securities (and each
certificate or other instrument evidencing any untransferred balance of such
securities) shall bear the legends set forth in Section 7.2 hereof unless (i) in
the opinion of such counsel registration of future transfer is not required by
the applicable provisions of the Securities Act or (ii) the Company shall have
waived the requirement of such legends; provided, however, that such legend
shall not be required on any certificate or other instrument evidencing the
securities issued upon such transfer in the event such transfer shall be made in
compliance with the requirements of Rule 144 (as amended from time to time)
promulgated under the Securities Act (or successor rule thereto).

7.4      Transfer Pursuant to Rule 144.

         The Company agrees to make publicly available the current information
with respect to the Company that is required by Rule 144(c) under the Securities
Act and otherwise to take any other action or to execute any certificates
necessary to permit a transfer by any holder of Restricted Securities to qualify
for the exemption set forth in Rule 144. Without limiting the foregoing, if such
information is not publicly available, then, upon a holder's request, the
Company will provide such information to such holder or any prospective
purchaser designated by such holder.

7.5      Minimum Transfer

         If the provisions of this Article VII have been complied with, any
Purchaser may transfer Series A Preferred Stock subject to a minimum transfer
amount of 4,000 shares (subject to adjustment for splits, reverse splits and
other like events) until such time as the Purchaser holds less than 4,000
shares, in which case the Purchaser shall not transfer less than all the shares
it holds. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Purchaser may transfer fewer than
4,000 shares (subject to adjustment for splits, reverse splits and other like
events) to a transferee that is an investment fund under common control, or
having a common investment manager or advisor, with the transferor (a "Related
Fund"), provided that in determining the number of shares constituting all the
shares held by any Purchaser for purposes of the immediately preceding sentence,
such determination shall be made on an aggregate basis including all shares held
by the Purchaser and all its Related Funds.

                                  ARTICLE VIII

                            COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY

8.1      Transactions with Affiliates.

                  (a)      The Company will not and will not permit any
Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, enter into or conduct any
transaction (including the purchase, sale, lease or exchange of any property or
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any Affiliate of the Company (an "Affiliate Transaction") unless such
transaction is on terms:

                           (i)      that are no less favorable to the Company or
         such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, than those that could
         be obtained at the time of such transaction in arm's-length dealings
         with a Person who is not such an Affiliate,

                           (ii)     that, in the event such Affiliate
         Transaction involves an aggregate amount in excess of five million
         dollars ($5,000,000), (A) are set forth in writing, and (B) except as
         provided in clause (a)(iii) below, have been approved by a majority of
         the members of the Board having no personal stake in such Affiliate
         Transaction (if any such members exist), and

                           (iii)    that, in the event (A) such Affiliate
         Transaction involves an amount in excess of ten million dollars
         ($10,000,000) or (B) if there are no members of the Board having no
         personal stake in such Affiliate Transaction and such Affiliate
         Transaction involves an aggregate amount in excess of five million
         dollars ($5,000,000), have been determined by a nationally recognized
         appraisal, accounting or investment banking firm to be fair, from a
         financial standpoint, to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries.

                  (b)      The provisions of the foregoing paragraph (a) will
not prohibit:

                           (i)      any payment or distribution permitted to be
         paid pursuant to Section 3.3(b)(i) of the Charter,

                           (ii)     any issuance of securities, or other
         payments, awards or grants in cash, securities or otherwise pursuant
         to, or the funding of, employment arrangements, options to purchase
         Capital Stock of the Company and equity ownership, restricted stock
         plans, long-term incentive plans, stock appreciation rights plans,
         participation plans or similar employee benefits plans approved by the
         Board,

                           (iii)    the grant of options (and the exercise
         thereof) to purchase Capital Stock of the Company or similar rights to
         employees and directors of the Company pursuant to plans approved by
         the Board;

                           (iv)     loans or advances to officers, directors or
         employees in the ordinary course of business, but in any event not to
         exceed two million dollars ($2,000,000) in the aggregate outstanding at
         any one time,

                           (v)      the payment of reasonable fees to directors
         of the Company and its Subsidiaries who are not employees of the
         Company or its Subsidiaries and other reasonable fees, compensation,
         benefits and indemnities paid or entered into by the Company or its
         Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business to or with
         the officers, directors or employees of the Company and its Restricted
         Subsidiaries,

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                           (vi)     any transaction between the Company and a
         Restricted Subsidiary or between Restricted Subsidiaries,

                           (vii)    the provision by Persons who may be deemed
         Affiliates or stockholders of the Company (other than JPMP and Persons
         controlled by JPMP) of investment banking, commercial banking, trust,
         lending or financing, investment, underwriting, placement agent,
         financial advisory or similar services to the Company or its
         Subsidiaries performed after the Initial Closing, provided that the
         terms are no less favorable to the Company or such Restricted
         Subsidiary, as the case may be, than those that could be obtained at
         the time of such transaction in arm's-length dealings with a Person who
         is not such an Affiliate (as determined in good faith by a majority of
         the members of the Board who do not have a material direct or indirect
         financial interest in or with respect to the transaction being
         considered),

                           (viii)   sales of Capital Stock to Permitted Holders
         approved by a majority of the members of the Board who do not have a
         material direct or indirect financial interest in or with respect to
         the transaction being considered, or

                           (ix)     the existence or performance by the Company
         or any Restricted Subsidiary under any agreement as in effect as of the
         Initial Closing or replacement agreement therefor or any transaction
         contemplated thereby (including pursuant to any amendment thereto or
         replacement agreement therefor) so long as such amendment or
         replacement is not more disadvantageous to the Purchasers in any
         material respect than the original agreement as in effect on the date
         of the Initial Closing.

8.2      Information Rights.

         The Company will furnish to each Significant Holder:

                  (a)      within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of
the Company, its audited consolidated balance sheet and related statements of
operations, stockholders' equity and cash flows as of the end of and for such
year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the
previous fiscal year, all reported on by Ernst & Young LLP or other independent
public accountants of recognized national standing (without a "going concern" or
like qualification or exception and without any qualification or exception as to
the scope of such audit other than as to Unrestricted Subsidiaries (as defined
in the Credit Agreement)) to the effect that such consolidated financial
statements present fairly in all material respects the financial condition and
results of operations of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied;

                  (b)      within 45 days after the end of each of the first
three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of the Company, its consolidated
balance sheet and related statements of operations, stockholders' equity and
cash flows as of the end of and for such fiscal quarter and the then elapsed
portion of the fiscal year, setting forth in each case in

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comparative form the figures for the corresponding period or periods of (or, in
the case of the balance sheet, as of the end of) the previous fiscal year, all
certified by one of its financial officers as presenting fairly in all material
respects the financial condition and results of operations of the Company and
its consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP
consistently applied, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the
absence of footnotes;

                  (c)      concurrently with any delivery of financial
statements under clause (a) or (b) above, a certificate of a financial officer
of the Company (i) certifying as to whether an Event of Non-Compliance (as
defined in the Charter) has occurred, or a default or event of default has
occurred under the 2000 Notes Indenture, the 2002 Notes Indenture or the Credit
Agreement and, if an Event of Non-Compliance or a default or event of default
has occurred, specifying the details thereof and any action taken or proposed to
be taken with respect thereto and (ii) stating whether any change in GAAP or in
the application thereof has occurred since December 31, 2000 that has not been
otherwise disclosed in a prior certificate and, if any such change has occurred,
specifying the effect of such change on the financial statements accompanying
such certificate;

                  (d)      at least 30 days prior to the commencement of each
fiscal year of the Company, a consolidated budget for such fiscal year (in the
form provided to the Lenders, including a projected consolidated balance sheet
and related statements of projected operations and cash flow as of the end of
and for such fiscal year) and, promptly when available, any significant
revisions of such budget;

                  (e)      promptly after the same become publicly available,
copies of all periodic and other reports, proxy statements and other materials
filed by the Company or any Subsidiary with the Commission or with any national
securities exchange, as the case may be;

                  (f)      promptly following the commencement thereof, notice
and description in reasonable detail of any litigation or proceeding to which
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party, except for any litigation or
proceeding which could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect;

                  (g)      promptly following the occurrence thereof, notice and
a description in reasonable detail of any Material Adverse Effect;

                  (h)      as promptly as practicable (but in any event no
earlier than required under the Credit Agreement, the 2000 Notes Indenture or
the 2002 Notes Indenture, as the case may be), notice of any Default (as defined
in the Credit Agreement) under the Credit Agreement or an Event of Default (as
defined in the 2000 Notes Indenture and under the 2002 Notes Indenture) under
the 2000 Notes Indenture or 2002 Notes Indenture; and

                  (i)      promptly following any request therefor, such other
information regarding the operations, business affairs and financial condition
of the Company or any

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Subsidiary, or compliance with the terms of any Document, as or any Significant
Holder may reasonably request.

8.3      Books; Inspection Rights

         The Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, keep
proper books of record and account in which full, true and correct entries are
made in all material respects of all dealings and transactions in relation to
its business and activities. In addition to statutory rights granted to any
stockholder under the Utah Revised Business Corporation Act, the Company will,
and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, permit any representatives
designated by any Significant Holder, upon reasonable prior notice, to visit and
inspect its properties, to examine and make extracts from its books and records,
and to discuss its affairs, finances and condition with its officers and
independent accountants (and the Company shall be provided the opportunity to
participate in any such discussions with such independent accountants), all at
such reasonable times and as often as reasonably requested.

8.4      Merger and Consolidation

                  (a)      The Company will not consolidate or consummate a
share exchange with, or merge with or into, or convey, transfer or lease all or
substantially all its assets to, any Person, unless, on or prior to the
consummation of such transaction, all the shares of Series A Preferred Stock are
redeemed in accordance with the Charter, or unless:

                           (i)      the resulting, surviving or transferee
         Person (the "Successor Company") will be a corporation organized and
         existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State
         thereof or the District of Columbia;

                           (ii)     (x) the Successor Company (if not the
         Company) shall expressly assume, by an amendment to this Agreement in
         form and substance satisfactory to the Requisite Purchasers, all the
         obligations of the Company hereunder and (y) the Series A Preferred
         Stock shall be converted or exchanged for and shall become shares of
         such Successor Company, having in respect of such Successor Company the
         same powers, preferences and relative participating, optional or other
         special rights, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions
         thereto, that the Series A Preferred Stock had immediately prior to
         such transaction;

                           (iii)    immediately after giving effect to such
         transaction (and treating any Indebtedness which becomes an obligation
         of the Successor Company or any Restricted Subsidiary as a result of
         such transaction as having been incurred by the Successor Company or
         such Restricted Subsidiary at the time of such transaction), no default
         or event of default shall have occurred and be continuing under the
         Credit Agreement, the 2000 Notes Indenture or the 2002 Notes Indenture
         and no Event of Non-Compliance shall have occurred and be continuing;

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                           (iv)     immediately after giving effect to such
         transaction, the Successor Company would be able to incur an additional
         $1.00 of Indebtedness under Section 4.03(a) of the 2000 Notes Indenture
         as in effect on the date hereof; and

                           (v)      the Company shall have delivered to the
         holders of the Series A Preferred Stock an Officers' Certificate
         stating that such consolidation, share exchange, merger, transfer or
         lease comply with this Section 8.4.

                  (b)      The Successor Company shall succeed to, and be
substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company to the
extent set forth in this Agreement, but in the case of a lease of all or
substantially all its assets, the Company shall not be released from its
obligations with respect to the Series A Preferred Stock. Notwithstanding
clauses (iii) and (iv) above, (A) any Subsidiary of the Company may consolidate
or consummate a share exchange with, merge into or transfer all or part of its
properties and assets to the Company and (B) the Company may merge with an
Affiliate incorporated solely for the purpose of reincorporating the Company in
another jurisdiction to realize tax or other benefits.

8.5      Payments for Consents.

         If the Company agrees to make any payment to any Purchaser in exchange
for the granting of any waiver or consent under, or the entering into of any
amendment to, the Charter or this Agreement or the Warrant Agreement, the
Company shall offer to all Purchasers to make payments, ratably based on the
number of Preferred Shares or Warrants, as applicable, held, to all Purchasers
who agree so such waiver, consent or amendment.

8.6      Amendment of Charter.

         The Company shall not amend Section 3.3(b)(vii)(B)(4) of the Charter
without the affirmative written consent or approval of holders of record of the
Series A Preferred Stock holding not less than 90% of the then outstanding
shares of Series A Preferred Stock.

8.7      Specified Equity Proceeds.

                  (a)      The Company shall not, and shall cause its
Subsidiaries not to, designate any Eligible Voluntary Offering Proceeds (as
defined in the Credit Agreement) to be Mandatory Equity Offering Proceeds (as
defined in the Credit Agreement) without the prior written consent of the
Requisite Purchasers.

                  (b)      At the request of the Requisite Purchasers, the
Company shall designate any Eligible Voluntary Offering Proceeds to be Mandatory
Equity Offering Proceeds.

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                                   ARTICLE IX

                                  MISCELLANEOUS

9.1      Expenses, Etc.

                  (a)      The Company shall pay (i) all reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Initial Purchaser, including the
reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel for the Initial Purchaser,
in connection with the preparation of the Documents or any amendments,
modifications or waivers of the provisions thereof (whether or not the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated), (ii) any
stamp or similar taxes which may be determined to be payable in connection with
the execution, delivery or performance of the Documents or any modification,
amendment or alteration of the terms or provisions of the Documents and any
issue taxes in respect of the issuance of any Purchased Securities to the
Purchasers and (iii) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the
Purchasers including reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel
for the Purchasers, in connection with the enforcement or protection of its
rights in connection with the Documents, including its rights under this
Section, or in connection with the Purchased Securities, including all such
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or
negotiations in respect of such Securities.

                  (b)      The Company shall indemnify the Purchasers and each
of their respective Affiliates (each such Person being called an "Indemnitee")
against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims,
damages, liabilities and related expenses (including, without limitation and as
incurred, reasonable costs of investigating, preparing or defending any such
claim or action, whether or not such Indemnitee is a party thereto), including
the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any
Indemnitee, incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in
connection with, or as a result of (i) the Company's execution, delivery or
performance of any Document or the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby, or (ii) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or
proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or
any other theory and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto;
provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to
the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses
resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or
any Affiliate of such Indemnitee (or of any officer, director, employee, advisor
or agent of such Indemnitee or any such Indemnitee's Affiliates) or to the
extent such damages constitute special, indirect or consequential damages (as
opposed to direct or actual damages); and provided further that, for the
purposes of the foregoing proviso, the Company and its Subsidiaries shall be
deemed not to be Affiliates of any Purchaser.

                  (c)      To the extent permitted by applicable law, the
Company shall not assert, and it hereby waives, any claim against any
Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or
punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in
connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement or any other

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Document, the transactions contemplated hereby or the use of the proceeds of the
Purchased Securities

                  (d)      All amounts due under this Section shall be payable
promptly after written demand therefor.

9.2      Further Assurances.

         The Company shall duly execute and deliver, or cause to be duly
executed and delivered, at its own cost and expense, such further instruments
and documents and to take all such action, in each case as may be necessary or
proper in the reasonable judgment of the Purchasers to carry out the provisions
and purposes of the Agreement and the other Documents.

9.3      Specific Performance; Remedies.

         Damages in the event of breach of this Agreement or any other Document
by the Company or any Purchaser would be difficult, if not impossible, to
ascertain, and it is therefore agreed that the Company and each Purchaser, in
addition to and without limiting any other remedy or right it may have (other
than the limitations on remedies specified in Section 3.3(b)(viii) of the
Charter), will have the right to an injunction or other equitable relief in any
court of competent jurisdiction, enjoining any such breach, and enforcing
specifically the terms and provisions hereof and thereof, and the Company and
each Purchaser hereby waives any and all defenses it may have on the ground of
lack of jurisdiction or competence of the court to grant such an injunction or
other equitable relief. Subject to the limitations set forth in Section
3.3(b)(viii) of the Charter, the existence of this right to specific performance
will not preclude the Company or any Purchaser from pursuing any other rights
and remedies at law or in equity which the Company or any Purchaser may have.

9.4      Successors and Assigns.

                  (a)      This Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of
the Company and the Purchasers and their respective successors, permitted
assigns, heirs and personal representatives. Upon the transfer of any Purchased
Securities in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Stockholders'
Agreement (to the extent that such Purchased Securities are subject to the terms
thereof), the transferee shall be bound by, and entitled to the benefits of,
this Agreement and the Stockholders' Agreement with respect to such transferred
Purchased Securities in the same manner as the transferring Purchaser.

                  (b)      Subject to compliance with the terms and conditions
of the Stockholders' Agreement (to the extent that such Purchased Securities are
subject to the terms thereof), the Initial Purchaser shall be permitted to
assign its rights to receive the Purchased Securities on any Closing Date to SIF
or any of its other Affiliates.

                  (c)      Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
herein, (i) the Company shall not assign any of its rights or obligations
hereunder without the prior

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written consent of the Requisite Purchasers and (ii) the sale, assignment,
transfer, hypothecation or other disposal by any Additional Purchaser or
Qualified Purchaser of any of its obligations hereunder shall not relieve such
Purchaser of any of its obligations hereunder to purchase Mandatory Securities,
Advance Purchase Securities or participation interests in accordance with the
terms hereof.

9.5      Entire Agreement.

         This Agreement and the other writings referred to herein or delivered
pursuant hereto which form a part hereof contain the entire agreement among the
parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all
prior and contemporaneous arrangements or understandings with respect thereto.

9.6      Notices.

                  (a)      All notices, claims, requests, demands or other
communications which are required or otherwise delivered hereunder shall be
deemed to be sufficient and duly given if contained in a written instrument (i)
personally delivered or sent by telecopier, (ii) sent by nationally-recognized
overnight courier guaranteeing next Business Day delivery or (iii) sent by first
class, registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested,
addressed as follows:

                           (i)      if to the Company, to:

                                    Pliant Corporation
                                    1475 Woodfield Road, Suite 700
                                    Schaumburg, Illinois 60173
                                    Attention: Jack E. Knott
                                               Michael Annes
                                    Telephone No.:  (847) 969-3330
                                    Telecopier No.: (847) 969-3338

                                    with copies to:

                                    Stoel Rives LLP
                                    One Utah Center
                                    201 S. Main Street, Suite 1100
                                    Salt Lake City, Utah 84111-4904
                                    Attention: Ronald G. Moffitt
                                    Telephone No.:  (818) 578-6966
                                    Telecopier No.: (801) 578-6999

                                    and to:

                                    J.P. Morgan Partners (BHCA), L.P.
                                    c/o J.P. Morgan Partners, LLC
                                    1221 Avenue of the Americas, 40th Floor
                                    New York, New York 10020-1080

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                                    Attention: Official Notices Clerk
                                    Telephone No.:  (212) 899-3400
                                    Telecopier No.: (212) 899-3401.

                           (ii)     if to the Initial Purchaser, to the address
         set forth on Schedule I hereto; and

                           (iii)    if to any Qualified Equity Purchaser or
         Additional Purchaser, to such Purchaser's address as set forth on such
         Purchaser's Joinder Agreement.

                  (b)      Any notice, demand or request so delivered shall
constitute valid notice under this Agreement and shall be deemed to have been
received (i) on the day of actual delivery in the case of personal delivery, if
delivered on a Business Day (otherwise on the next Business Day), (ii) on the
next Business Day after the date when sent in the case of delivery by
nationally-recognized overnight courier, (iii) on the fifth Business Day after
the date of deposit in the U.S. mail in the case of mailing or (iv) upon receipt
in the case of a facsimile transmission if received on a Business Day (otherwise
on the next Business Day). Any party hereto may from time to time by notice in
writing served upon the other as aforesaid designate a different mailing address
or a different Person to which all such notices, demands or requests thereafter
are to be addressed.

9.7      Amendments, Modifications and Waivers.

                  (a)      The terms and provisions of this Agreement may not be
modified or amended, nor may any of the provisions hereof be waived, temporarily
or permanently, except pursuant to a written instrument executed by the Company
and the Requisite Purchasers; provided, however, that (i) any such amendment,
modification or waiver that would adversely affect the rights hereunder of any
Purchaser, in its capacity as a Purchaser, without similarly affecting the
rights hereunder of all Purchasers, in their capacities as Purchasers, shall not
be effective as to such Purchaser without its prior written consent and (ii) any
such amendment, modification or waiver that would adversely affect the rights
hereunder of the Initial Purchaser other than as a "Purchaser" shall not be
effective without the consent of the Initial Purchaser. Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary contained herein, Additional Purchasers and Qualified Equity
Purchasers may be added hereto from time to time in accordance with the terms
hereof without the consent of the Requisite Purchasers.

                  (b)      In the event of any amendment, modification or waiver
of any provision of the Original Purchase Agreements made in accordance with the
terms and conditions thereof, a corresponding amendment, modification or waiver
shall automatically be made to this Agreement without further action of the
Company or the Requisite Purchasers.

                  (c)      No waiver by any party shall operate or be construed
as a waiver of any subsequent breach by any other party.

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9.8      Governing Law.

         THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO PRINCIPLES OF
CONFLICTS OF LAWS EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THAT THE NEW YORK CONFLICTS OF LAWS
PRINCIPLES WOULD APPLY THE APPLICABLE LAWS OF THE STATE OF THE COMPANY'S
ORGANIZATION TO INTERNAL MATTERS RELATING TO ENTITIES SUCH AS THE COMPANY
ORGANIZED THEREUNDER).

9.9      Third Party Reliance.

         Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the
representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement (i)
are being given by the Company as an inducement to the Purchasers to enter into
this Agreement and the other Documents (and the Company acknowledges that the
Purchasers have expressly relied thereon) and (ii) are solely for the benefit of
the Purchasers, their respective successors and assigns. No third party
(including, without limitation, any holder of capital stock of the Company) or
anyone acting on behalf of any thereof other than the Purchasers, and each of
them and their respective successors and assigns, shall be a third party or
other beneficiary of such representations and warranties. No such third party
shall have any rights of contribution against the Purchasers or the Company with
respect to such representations or warranties or any matter subject to or
resulting in indemnification under this Agreement or otherwise.

9.10     Submission to Jurisdiction.

         Any legal action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement may be
brought in the courts of the State of New York and the United States of America
for the Southern District of New York and, by execution and delivery of this
Agreement, the Company hereby accepts for itself and in respect of its property,
generally and unconditionally, the jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts. The
Company hereby irrevocably waives, in connection with any such action or
proceeding, any objection, including, without limitation, any objection to the
venue or based on the grounds of forum non conveniens, which it may now or
hereafter have to the bringing of any such action or proceeding in such
respective jurisdictions. The Company hereby irrevocably consents to the service
of process of any of the aforementioned courts in any such action or proceeding
by the mailing of copies thereof by registered or certified mail, postage
prepaid, to it at its address as set forth herein. Nothing herein shall affect
the right of the Purchasers to serve process in any other manner permitted by
law or to commence legal proceedings or otherwise proceed against the Company in
any other jurisdiction.

9.11     Information.

         Each Purchaser assumes all responsibility for being and keeping itself
informed of the Company's and its subsidiaries' financial condition and assets,
and of all other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the Loans
and the nature, scope

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and extent of the risks that each Purchaser assumes and incurs hereunder, and
agrees that no Purchaser will have any duty to advise any other Purchaser of
information known to it or any of them regarding such circumstances or risks.

9.12     Severability.

         It is the desire and intent of the parties that the provisions of this
Agreement be enforced to the fullest extent permissible under the law and public
policies applied in each jurisdiction in which enforcement is sought.
Accordingly, in the event that any provision of this Agreement would be held in
any jurisdiction to be invalid, prohibited or unenforceable for any reason, such
provision, as to such jurisdiction, shall be ineffective, without invalidating
the remaining provisions of this Agreement or affecting the validity or
enforceability of such provision in any jurisdiction. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if such provision could be more narrowly drawn so as not be invalid,
prohibited or unenforceable in such jurisdiction, it shall, as to such
jurisdiction, be so narrowly drawn, without invalidating the remaining
provisions of this Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability of such
provision in any other jurisdiction.

9.13     Independence of Agreements, Covenants, Representations and Warranties.

         All agreements and covenants hereunder shall be given independent
effect so that if a certain action or condition constitutes a default under a
certain agreement or covenant, the fact that such action or condition is
permitted by another agreement or covenant shall not affect the occurrence of
such default, unless expressly permitted under an exception to such initial
covenant. In addition, all representations and warranties hereunder shall be
given independent effect so that if a particular representation or warranty
proves to be incorrect or is breached, the fact that another representation or
warranty concerning the same or similar subject matter is correct or is not
breached will not affect the incorrectness of or a breach of a representation
and warranty hereunder.

9.14     Survival of Representation, Warranties, Etc.

         The representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained in
this Agreement or any other instrument delivered pursuant to this Agreement
shall survive the Initial Closing.

9.15     Counterparts; Facsimile Signatures.

         This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, and each
such counterpart hereof shall be deemed to be an original instrument, but all
such counterparts together shall constitute but one agreement. Facsimile
counterpart signatures to this Agreement shall be acceptable and binding.

                                     * * * *

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

                                       PLIANT CORPORATION

                                       By: /s/ Brian E. Johnson
                                           -------------------------------------
                                           Name:  Brian E. Johnson
                                           Title: Executive Vice President and
                                                  Chief Financial Officer

                                       J.P. Morgan Partners (BHCA), L.P.

                                       By: JPMP Master Fund Manager, L.P.,
                                           its General Partner

                                       By: JPMP Capital Corp.,
                                           its General Partner

                                       By: /s/ Timothy J. Walsh
                                           -------------------------------------
                                           Name:  Timothy J. Walsh
                                           Title: Partner

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                                                                       Exhibit D
                                                                       ---------

                     Additional Purchaser Joinder Agreement
                     --------------------------------------

                  The undersigned is executing and delivering this Joinder
Agreement pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of March 25,
2003 (as amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time, the
"Securities Purchase Agreement"), among Pliant Corporation, a Utah corporation
(the "Company"), the Initial Purchaser listed on Schedule I thereto and the
other Purchasers signatory thereto from time to time. Capitalized terms used
herein and not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings given to
such terms in the Securities Purchase Agreement.

                  By executing and delivering this Joinder Agreement to the
Company, the undersigned hereby agrees (a) to become an "Additional Purchaser";
(b) to commit to purchase its Commitment Percentage of Mandatory Securities in
accordance with the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement; and (c) to
comply with the provisions of the Securities Purchase Agreement in the same
manner as if the undersigned were an original signatory to such agreement. The
number of Preferred Shares to be purchased by the undersigned at the Second
Closing shall equal the amount designated below.

                  Accordingly, the undersigned has executed and delivered this
Joinder Agreement as of _____________________________, 2003.

                                       _________________________________________
                                       Signature of Additional Purchaser

                                       _________________________________________
                                       Print Name of Additional Purchaser

                                       _________________________________________

                                       _________________________________________

                                       _________________________________________
                                       Address

                                       Telephone:_______________________________

                                       Telecopier:______________________________

                                       Number of Preferred
                                       Shares to be
                                       purchased:_______________________________

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                                                                       Exhibit E
                                                                       ---------

                  Qualified Equity Purchaser Joinder Agreement
                  --------------------------------------------

                  The undersigned is executing and delivering this Joinder
Agreement pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of March 25,
2003 (as amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time, the
"Securities Purchase Agreement"), among Pliant Corporation, a Utah corporation
(the "Company"), the Initial Purchaser listed on Schedule I thereto and the
other Purchasers signatory thereto from time to time. Capitalized terms used
herein and not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings given to
such terms in the Securities Purchase Agreement.

                  By executing and delivering this Joinder Agreement to the
Company, the undersigned hereby agrees (a) to become an "Qualified Equity
Purchaser"; (b) to commit to purchase its Commitment Percentage of Mandatory
Securities in accordance with the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement;
and (c) to comply with the provisions of the Securities Purchase Agreement in
the same manner as if the undersigned were an original signatory to such
agreement. The Commitment Percentage of the undersigned shall equal the amount
designated below.

                  Accordingly, the undersigned has executed and delivered this
Joinder Agreement as of _____________________________, 2003.

                                       _________________________________________
                                       Signature of Qualified Equity
                                       Purchaser

                                       _________________________________________
                                       Print Name of Qualified Equity
                                       Purchaser

                                       _________________________________________

                                       _________________________________________

                                       _________________________________________
                                       Address

                                       Telephone:_______________________________

                                       Telecopier:______________________________

                                       Commitment Percentage:___________________

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                                                                                                                          Schedule I
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Name and Address of Initial Purchaser   Number of Preferred     Aggregate Purchase      Number of Shares of     Aggregate Purchase
                                               Shares        Price for the Preferred   Common Stock Issuable  Price for the Warrants
                                                                     Shares              upon Exercise of
                                                                                             Warrants

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<S>                                            <C>                  <C>                       <C>                    <C>
JP Morgan Partners (BHCA), L.P.
c/o J.P. Morgan Partners, LLC                  10,000               $8,347,468                43,962                 $1,652,532
1221 Avenue of the Americas, 40th Floor
New York, New York  10020-1080
Attention: Official Notices Clerk
Telephone No.:  (212) 899-3400
Telecopier No.: (212) 899-3401

     with a copy to:

     O'Melveny & Myers LLP
     30 Rockefeller Plaza, 24th Floor
     New York, New York  10112
     Attention: Ilan S. Nissan
     Telephone No.:  (212) 408-2400
     Telecopier No.:  (212) 728-5950

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