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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.2

                                   NUCO2 INC.
                          DIRECTORS' STOCK OPTION PLAN

                          (AMENDED DECEMBER 13, 2001)

                                    ARTICLE I
                                     PURPOSE

            The purpose of NuCo2 Inc.  Directors' Stock Option Plan (the "Plan")
is to secure for NuCo2 Inc. and its shareholders the benefits arising from stock
ownership by its Directors. The Plan will provide a means whereby such Directors
may purchase shares of the common stock, $.001 par value, of NuCo2 Inc. pursuant
to options granted in accordance with the Plan.

                                   ARTICLE II
                                   DEFINITIONS

            The  following  capitalized  terms  used in the Plan  shall have the
respective meanings set forth in this Article:

            2.1   "BOARD" shall mean the Board of Directors of NuCo2 Inc.

            2.2   "CODE"  shall  mean the  Internal  Revenue  Code of  1986,  as
amended.

            2.3   "COMPANY" shall mean NuCo2 Inc. and any of its Subsidiaries.

            2.4   "DIRECTOR"  shall mean any person who is a member of the Board
of Directors of the Company.

            2.5   "ELIGIBLE DIRECTOR" shall be any Director who is not a full or
part-time Employee of the Company.

            2.6   "EXCHANGE ACT" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended.

            2.7   "EXERCISE  PRICE"  shall  mean the price per Share at which an
Option may be exercised.

            2.8   "FAIR MARKET  VALUE" of the Shares means the closing  price of
publicly traded Shares on the national  securities  exchange on which the Shares
are  listed on the day before the Grant Date (if the Shares are so listed) or on
the Nasdaq  National  Market on the day before the Grant Date (if the Shares are
regularly  quoted  on the  Nasdaq  National  Market),  or,  if not so  listed or
regularly quoted,  the mean between the closing bid and asked prices of publicly
traded Shares in the  over-the-counter  market on the day before the Grant Date,

or, if such bid and asked  prices  shall not be  available,  as  reported by any
nationally  recognized  quotation  service  selected  by the  Company on the day
before the Grant Date, or as determined by the Board in a manner consistent with
the provisions of the Code.

            2.9   "GRANT  DATE"  shall  mean  the  Initial  Grant  Date  and any
Subsequent Grant Date.

            2.10  "INITIAL  GRANT DATE" shall mean with respect to each Eligible
Director  the date such  Eligible  Director is first  elected as a member of the
Board,  or if an  Eligible  Director is a member of the Board the date the Board
approved the Plan.

            2.11  "OPTION"  shall  mean an Option  to  purchase  Shares  granted
pursuant to the Plan.

            2.12  "OPTION AGREEMENT" shall mean the written agreement  described
in Article VI herein.

            2.13  "PERMANENT DISABILITY" shall mean the condition of an Eligible
Director who is unable to  participate as a member of the Board by reason of any
medically  determined  physical  or mental  impairment  that can be  expected to
result in death or which can be expected to last for a continuous  period of not
less than 12 months.

            2.14  "PURCHASE PRICE" shall be the Exercise Price multiplied by the
number of whole Shares with respect to an Option may be exercised.

            2.15  "SECURITIES  ACT" shall mean the  Securities  Act of 1933,  as
amended.

            2.16  "SHARES"  shall mean shares of common stock,  $.001 par value,
of the Company.

            2.17  "SUBSEQUENT  GRANT  DATE" shall mean any Grant Date other than
the Initial Grant Date.

            2.18  "SUBSIDIARIES"  shall  have the  meaning  provided  in Section
425(f) of the Code.

                                   ARTICLE III
                                 ADMINISTRATION

            3.1   GENERAL.  This  Plan  shall be  administered  by the  Board in
accordance with the express provisions of this Plan.

            3.2   POWERS OF THE BOARD.  The Board  shall have full and  complete
authority  to adopt  such  rules  and  regulations  and to make  all such  other
determinations  not  inconsistent  with  the  Plan as may be  necessary  for the
administration of the Plan.

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                                   ARTICLE IV
                             SHARES SUBJECT TO PLAN

            Subject to adjustment in accordance with Article IX, an aggregate of
110,000 Shares is reserved for issuance under this Plan.  Shares sold under this
Plan may be either  authorized but unissued Shares or reacquired  Shares.  If an
Option, or any portion thereof, shall expire or terminate for any reason without
having been  exercised in full,  the  unpurchased  Shares covered by such Option
shall be available for future grants of Option.

                                    ARTICLE V
                                     GRANTS

            5.1   INITIAL  GRANTS.  On the  Initial  Grant Date,  each  Eligible
Director  shall receive the grant of an option to purchase  6,000 Shares.  If an
Eligible  Director  was granted an option as of the date the Board  approved the
Plan, then such grant is subject to shareholder approval of the Plan.

            5.2   SUBSEQUENT  GRANTS. To the extent that Shares remain available
for the grant of Options under the Plan, on the third anniversary of the Initial
Grant  Date,  and on each  three  year  anniversary  thereafter,  each  Eligible
Director shall be granted an Option to purchase an additional 6,000 Shares.

            5.3   ADJUSTMENT  OF  GRANTS.  The  number  of  Shares  set forth in
Section  5.1 and 5.2 as to which  Options  shall be granted  shall be subject to
adjustment as provided in section 9.1 hereof.

            5.4   COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 16B-3. The terms for the grant of Options
to an Eligible  Director may only be changed if permitted under Rule 16b-3 under
the Exchange Act and, accordingly,  the formula for the grant of Options may not
be changed or otherwise  modified more than once in any six month period,  other
than to  comport  with  changes  in the Code,  the  employee  Retirement  Income
Security Act, or the rules and regulations thereunder.

                                   ARTICLE VI
                                 TERMS OF OPTION

            Each  Option  shall  be  evidenced  by a  written  Option  Agreement
executed by the Company and the Eligible  Director which shall specify the Grant
Date, the number of Shares  subject to the Option,  the Exercise Price and shall
also include or  incorporate  by reference the substance of all of the following
provisions and such other provisions  consistent with this Plan as the Board may
determine.

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            6.1   TERM. The term of each Option shall be 10 years from the Grant
Date thereof,  subject to earlier termination in accordance with Articles VI and
X.

            6.2   RESTRICTION ON EXERCISE. Options shall be exercisable in three
equal installments  beginning on the first anniversary of the Initial Grant Date
or any  Subsequent  Grant Date and subject to such terms and conditions as shall
be determined by the Board at grant, provided,  however, that in the case of the
Eligible Director's death or Permanent Disability,  the Options held by him will
become  immediately  exercisable,  unless a longer  vesting  period is otherwise
determined by the Board at grant.  The Board may waive any installment  exercise
provision at any time in whole or in part based on performance and/or such other
factors as the Board may determine in its sold  discretion,  provided,  however,
that no Option shall be exercisable until more than six months have elapsed from
the Grant Date and;  provided,  further that no Option will be exercisable until
shareholder approval of the Plan shall have been obtained.

            6.3   EXERCISE  PRICE.  The Exercise Price for each Share subject to
an Option shall be the Fair Market Value of the Share as  determined  in Section
2.8 herein.

            6.4   MANNER OF EXERCISE. An Option shall be exercised in accordance
with its terms, by delivery of a written notice of exercise to the Company,  and
payment of the full purchase  price of the Shares being  purchased.  An Eligible
Director  may  exercise  an Option  with  respect to all or less than all of the
Shares for which the Option may then be exercised,  but a Director must exercise
the Option in full Shares.

            6.5   PAYMENT. The Purchase Price of Shares purchased pursuant to an
Option or portion thereof, may be paid:

                  (a) in United States Dollars,  in cash or by check, bank draft
                  or money order payable to the Company;

                  (b) at the  discretion  of the  Board by  delivery  of  Shares
                  already owned by an Eligible  Director with an aggregate  Fair
                  Market  Value on the date of  exercise  equal to the  Purchase
                  Price,  subject  to the  provisions  of  Section  16(b) of the
                  Exchange Act; and

                  (c) through the written  election of the Eligible  Director to
                  have Shares withheld by the Company from the Shares  otherwise
                  to be received with such  withheld  Shares having an aggregate
                  Fair  Market  Value  on the  date  of  exercise  equal  to the
                  Purchase Price.

            6.6   TRANSFERABILITY.  No Option  shall be  transferable  otherwise
than by will or the laws of descent  and  distribution,  and an Option  shall be

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exercisable  during  the  Eligible  Director's  lifetime  only  by the  Eligible
Director, his guardian or legal representative.

            6.7   TERMINATION  OF  MEMBERSHIP  ON  THE  BOARD.  If  an  Eligible
Director's  membership on the Board  terminates for any reason other than cause,
including  the death of an  Eligible  Director,  an  Option  held on the date of
termination may be exercised in whole or in part at any time within one (1) year
after the date of such termination (but in no event after the term of the Option
expires) and shall thereafter terminate. If an Eligible Director's membership on
the Board is  terminated  for cause,  which  determination  shall be made by the
Board,  Options held by him shall  terminate  concurrently  with  termination of
membership.

                                   ARTICLE VII
                        GOVERNMENT AND OTHER REGULATIONS

            7.1   DELIVERY OF SHARES.  The obligation of the Company to issue or
transfer  and  deliver  Shares  for  exercised  Options  under the Plan shall be
subject to all applicable laws,  regulations,  rules, orders and approvals which
shall then be in effect.

            7.2   HOLDING  OF  STOCK  AFTER  EXERCISE  OF  OPTION.   The  Option
Agreement  shall provide that the Eligible  Director,  by accepting such Option,
represents and agrees,  for the Eligible Director and his permitted  transferees
hereunder that none of the Shares purchased upon exercise of the Option shall be
acquired  with a view to any sale,  transfer  or  distribution  of the Shares in
violation  of the  Securities  Act and the  person  exercising  an Option  shall
furnish  evidence  satisfactory  to that  Company to that  effect,  including an
indemnification  of the Company in the event of any violation of the Act by such
person.  Notwithstanding  the foregoing,  the Company in its sole discretion may
register  under the Act the Shares  issuable  upon exercise of the Options under
the Plan.

                                  ARTICLE VIII
                                 WITHHOLDING TAX

            The Company may in its discretion,  require an Eligible  Director to
pay to the  Company,  at the time of  exercise  of an Option an amount  that the
Company deems necessary to satisfy its obligations to withhold federal, state or
local  income or other taxes  (which for  purposes of this  Article  includes an
Eligible Director's FICA obligation)  incurred by reason of such exercise.  When
the  exercise  of an Option  does not give rise to the  obligation  to  withhold
federal  income  taxes  on  the  date  of  exercise,  the  Company  may,  in its
discretion,  require an eligible  Director to place Shares  purchased  under the
Option in escrow  for the  benefit  of the  Company  until  such time as federal

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income  tax  withholding  is  required  on  amounts  included  in  the  Eligible
Director's gross income as a result of the exercise of an Option.  At such time,
the Company,  in its discretion,  may require an Eligible Director to pay to the
Company an amount that the Company deems  necessary to satisfy its obligation to
withhold federal, state or local taxes incurred by reason of the exercise of the
Option,  in which case the Shares will be released from escrow upon such payment
by an Eligible Director.

                                   ARTICLE IX
                                   ADJUSTMENT

            9.1   PROPORTIONATE  ADJUSTMENTS.  If  the  outstanding  Shares  are
increased,  decreased, changed into or exchanged into a different number of kind
of Shares or securities of the Company through reorganization, recapitalization,
reclassification,  stock  dividend,  stock split,  reverse  stock split or other
similar transaction,  an appropriate and proportionate  adjustment shall be made
to the  maximum  number  and kind of Shares as to which  Options  may be granted
under this  Plan.  A  corresponding  adjustment  changing  the number or kind of
Shares allocated to unexercised  Options or portions  thereof,  which shall have
been  granted  prior to any  such  change,  shall  likewise  be  made.  Any such
adjustment  in the  outstanding  Options  shall be made  without  change  in the
Purchase  Price  applicable  to the  unexercised  portion of the  Option  with a
corresponding  adjustment  in the  Exercise  Price of the Shares  covered by the
Option.  Notwithstanding  the  foregoing,  there shall be no adjustment  for the
adjustment for the issuance of Shares on conversion of notes, preferred stock or
exercise of warrants or Shares issued by the Board for such consideration as the
Board deems appropriate.

            9.2   DISSOLUTION   OR   LIQUIDATION.   Upon  the   dissolution   or
liquidation of the Company, or upon a reorganization, merger or consolidation of
the Company  with one or more  corporations  as a result of which the Company is
not  the  surviving  corporation,  or upon a sale  of  substantially  all of the
property  or more  than 80% of the then  outstanding  Shares of the  Company  to
another  corporation,  the Company shall give to each  Eligible  Director at the
time of adoption of the plan for liquidation, dissolution, merger or sale either
(1) a reasonable  time  thereafter  within which to exercise the Option prior to
the effective date of such  liquidation or  dissolution,  merger or sale, or (2)
the right to exercise the Option as to an  equivalent  number of Shares of stock
of the corporation succeeding the Company or acquiring its business by reason of
such liquidation, dissolution, merger, consolidation or reorganization.

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                                    ARTICLE X
                        AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION OF PLAN

            10.1  AMENDMENTS.  The  Board may at any time  amend or  revise  the
terms  of the  Plan,  provided  no such  amendment  or  revision  shall,  unless
appropriate shareholder approval of such amendment or revision is obtained:

                  (a)  increase  the maximum  number of Shares which may be sold
                  pursuant  to  Options  granted  under  the  Plan,   except  as
                  permitted under the provisions of Article IX;

                  (b) change the minimum Exercise Price set forth in Article VI;

                  (c)  increase  the  maximum  term of Options  provided  for in
                  Article VI; or

                  (d) permit  the  granting  of Options to anyone  other than as
                  provided in Article V.

            10.2  TERMINATION.  The Board at any time may  suspend or  terminate
this Plan.  This Plan,  unless sooner  terminated,  shall terminate on the tenth
(10th)  anniversary of its adoption by the Board.  Termination of the Plan shall
not affect Options previously granted thereunder. No Option may be granted under
this Plan while this Plan is suspended or after it is terminated.

            10.3  CONSENT OF HOLDER. No amendment,  suspension or termination of
the Plan shall,  without  the consent of the holder of Options,  alter or impair
any rights or obligations under any Option theretofore granted under the Plan.

                                   ARTICLE XI
                            MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

            11.1  PRIVILEGE OF STOCK OWNERSHIP. No Eligible Director entitled to
exercise  any  Option  granted  under the Plan  shall  have any of the rights or
privileges of a shareholder  of the Company with respect to any Shares  issuable
upon exercise of an Option until certificates representing the Shares shall have
been issued and delivered.

            11.2  PLAN EXPENSES.  Any expenses incurred in the administration of
the Plan shall be borne by the Company.

            11.3  USE OF PROCEEDS.  Payments  received from an Eligible Director
upon the exercise of Options shall be used for general corporate purposes of the
Company.

            11.4  GOVERNING LAW. The Plan has been adopted under the laws of the
State of Florida.  The Plan and all Options  which may be granted  hereunder and
all matters related thereto,  shall be governed by and construed and enforceable
in accordance with the laws of the State of Florida as it then exists.

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                                   ARTICLE XII
                              SHAREHOLDER APPROVAL

            This Plan is  subject  to  approval,  at a duly  held  shareholders'
meeting  within 12 months after the date the Board  approves  this Plan,  by the
affirmative  vote of holders of a majority  of the voting  Shares of the Company
represented  in person or by proxy and entitled to vote at the meeting.  Options
may be granted, but not exercised, before such shareholder approval is obtained.
If the  shareholders  fail to approve the Plan within the required  time period,
any Options granted under this Plan shall be void, and no additional Options may
thereafter be granted.

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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.5

                                 AMENDMENT NO. 1

            AMENDMENT  NO.  1  dated  as of July 9,  2004 to the  Note  Purchase
Agreement referred to below, between:

            NUCO2 INC., a corporation  duly organized and validly existing under
      the laws of the State of Florida (the "COMPANY"); and

            each of the Investors appearing under the caption "INVESTORS" on the
      signature  pages  hereto  (each,  an  "INVESTOR",  and  collectively,  the
      "INVESTORS").

            WHEREAS,  the  Company  and the  Investors  are  party  to a  Senior
Subordinated Note Purchase  Agreement dated as of August 25, 2003 (as heretofore
modified and supplemented  and in effect on the date hereof,  the "NOTE PURCHASE
AGREEMENT"), pursuant to which the Company has issued to the Investors its 16.3%
Senior  Subordinated  Notes in an  aggregate  principal  amount  of  $30,000,000
outstanding on the date hereof; and

            WHEREAS,  the parties to the Note Purchase  Agreement  wish to amend
the Note Purchase Agreement to make certain modifications thereto;

            Accordingly, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

            Section  1.  DEFINITIONS.   Except  as  otherwise  defined  in  this
Amendment No. 1, terms defined in the Note Purchase Agreement are used herein as
defined therein.

            Section 2.  AMENDMENTS  TO NOTE PURCHASE  AGREEMENT.  Subject to the
satisfaction  of the  conditions  precedent  specified  in Section 4 below,  but
effective as of the date hereof, the Note Purchase Agreement shall be amended as
follows:

            A.  References  in the Note Purchase  Agreement to "this  Agreement"
(and indirect references such as "hereunder",  "hereby",  "herein" and "hereof")
shall be deemed to be  references  to the Note  Purchase  Agreement  as  amended
hereby.

            B. Section 3.01 of the Note Purchase  Agreement  shall be amended in
its entirety to read as follows:

            "SECTION 3.01 PREPAYMENTS.

            (a)  Subject to Article XI, the  Company  may,  at its option,  upon
      notice as provided in this Section 3.01, prepay all or, from time to time,
      part of the Notes  (including any PIK Interest  Amounts) at any time prior
      to  February  25,  2005 at a  price  equal  to the sum of (i)  100% of the
      principal  amount of the Notes being prepaid,  (ii) all accrued and unpaid
      interest on such principal  amount to but excluding the  prepayment  date,
      (iii) an amount  equal to the  interest  that would  have  accrued on such
      principal  amount for the period from and including the prepayment date to
      but excluding  February 25, 2005 and (iv) a prepayment premium equal to 6%
      of that  portion of the  Original  Principal  Amount being so prepaid (the
      amounts  under  clauses  (iii)  and  (iv)  collectively,  the  "Make-Whole
      Amount").

                   AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

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            (b) The Company may, at its option,  upon notice as provided  below,
      prepay all or,  from time to time,  part of the Notes  (including  any PIK
      Interest  Amounts) at any time from and after February 25, 2005 at a price
      equal to the sum of (i) the principal  amount of all PIK Interest  Amounts
      being prepaid and (ii) the applicable percentage for the applicable period
      listed  below of that  portion  of the  Original  Principal  Amount  being
      prepaid,  in each case,  together with interest  accrued and unpaid on the
      Notes (including any PIK Interest Amounts),  or part thereof,  as the case
      may be, to the prepayment date:

              PERIOD                                                  PRICE
              ------                                                  -----
              From  February  25, 2005 through  August 24, 2006        106%
              From  August 25, 2006  through  August 24, 2007          103%
              Thereafter                                               100%.

            (c)  Notwithstanding  clauses  (a) or (b)  above,  in the event of a
      Change  in  Control  prior  to  August  24,  2006 in  which  the net  cash
      consideration  received (or receivable) by the Company or its shareholders
      shall be at  least  equal  (or  equivalent)  to  $22.00  per  share of the
      Company's  authorized  common stock,  the Company,  in connection with the
      consummation  of such  Change in  Control,  may at its  option  prepay all
      outstanding Notes at a price equal to 103% of the principal amount of each
      Note, in each case, together with interest accrued and unpaid on each Note
      to the prepayment date.

            (d) The Company  will give each  holder of the Notes  notice of each
      optional  prepayment  under  paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 3.01 not
      less than 20 days prior to the date fixed for such prepayment,  specifying
      such date,  the aggregate  principal  amount of the Notes to be prepaid on
      such date,  the  principal  amount of each Note held by such  holder to be
      prepaid the interest to be prepaid to the prepayment  date with respect to
      such  principal  amount  being  prepaid  and  the  premium  (if  any),  as
      applicable, due in connection with such prepayment.

            (e) In the  case  of  each  partial  prepayment  of the  Notes,  the
      principal  amount of the Notes to be prepaid shall be allocated  among all
      of the  Notes  at  the  time  outstanding  in  proportion,  as  nearly  as
      practicable,  to the  respective  unpaid  principal  amounts  thereof  not
      theretofore called for prepayment;  PROVIDED that such prepayment shall be
      applied,  first, to the prepayment of all PIK Interest  Amounts,  together
      with the accrued and unpaid interest thereon, and, only after such amounts
      have been paid in full, to the prepayment of the Original Principal Amount
      of the  Notes.  At the  request  of the  Company,  any Note which is to be
      prepaid  only in part shall be  surrendered  to the  Company by the holder
      thereof,  and the  Company  shall issue to such holder a new Note equal in
      principal  amount to the unpaid  portion of the  surrendered  Note  (after
      giving effect to such prepayment) and in the form of Exhibit A.

            (f) In the case of each prepayment of Notes pursuant to this Section
      3.01,  the  principal  amount of each Note to be prepaid  shall mature and
      become due and  payable on the date  fixed for such  prepayment,  together
      with  interest and premium (if any) on such  principal  amount  accrued to
      such date. From and after such date,  unless the Company shall fail to pay
      such principal amount when so due and payable,  together with the interest

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      and premium (if any)  thereon,  interest on such  principal  amount  shall
      cease to accrue.  Any Note paid or prepaid in full shall be surrendered to
      the Company and canceled  and shall not be reissued,  and no Note shall be
      issued in lieu of any prepaid principal amount of any Note.

            (g) The Company  will not and will not permit any of its  Affiliates
      to purchase,  redeem, prepay or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly,
      any of the outstanding  Notes except upon the payment or prepayment of the
      Notes in accordance with the terms of this Agreement or otherwise on terms
      identical to those offered to all the other Investors (whether or not such
      terms have actually been accepted by all the Investors).  The Company will
      promptly cancel all Notes acquired by it or any Affiliate  pursuant to any
      payment, prepayment or purchase of Notes pursuant to any provision of this
      Agreement and no Notes may be issued in  substitution  or exchange for any
      such Notes."

            Section 3.  REPRESENTATIONS  AND WARRANTIES.  The Company represents
and warrants to the Investors that on the date that this Amendment No. 1 becomes
effective,  after  giving  effect  to  this  Amendment  No.  1 and  the  actions
contemplated hereby: (a) the representations and warranties set forth in Article
VI of the Note Purchase Agreement are true and complete on the date hereof as if
made on and as of the date hereof (it being  understood that any  representation
or warranty made as of a specific date shall be true and correct in all material
respects as of such  specified  date) and (b) no Default or Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing.

            Section 4. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT. The amendments to the Note Purchase
Agreement  set forth in Section 2 above shall become  effective,  as of the date
hereof, upon the satisfaction of the following conditions:

            (a)  AMENDMENT  NO. 1. The  execution  and  delivery  of one or more
      counterparts of this Amendment No. 1 by the Company and the Investors, and
      receipt by the  Investors of evidence that the lenders party to the Senior
      Credit Agreement shall have approved this Amendment No. 1; and

            (b)  AMENDMENT  FEE.  Receipt by each  Investor of an amendment  fee
      equal to 1.0% of the Original  Principal  Amount of the Notes held by such
      Investor.

            Section  5.  MISCELLANEOUS.  Except  as  herein  provided,  the Note
Purchase  Agreement  shall remain  unchanged and in full force and effect.  This
Amendment  No. 1 may be  executed  in any number of  counterparts,  all of which
taken together shall  constitute one and the same amendatory  instrument and any
of the  parties  hereto may  execute  this  Amendment  No. 1 by signing any such
counterpart.  This  Amendment  No. 1 shall be  governed  by,  and  construed  in
accordance with, the law of the State of New York.

                   AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

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            IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the parties  hereto have caused this Amendment
No. 1 to be duly  executed  and  delivered  as of the day and year  first  above
written.

                                   NUCO2 INC.

                                   By:     /s/ Robert R. Galvin
                                   Title:  Chief Financial Officer

                                   INVESTORS

                                   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/ Richard D. Waters
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                                        Name:
                                        Title:

                                   J.P. MORGAN PARTNERS GLOBAL
                                   INVESTORS, L.P.

                                   BY:  JPMP GLOBAL INVESTORS, L.P.,
                                         ITS GENERAL PARTNER

                                   BY:  JPMP CAPITAL CORP.,
                                         ITS GENERAL PARTNER

                                   By:  /s/ Richard D. Waters
                                        ---------------------
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

                                   J.P. MORGAN PARTNERS GLOBAL
                                   INVESTORS (CAYMAN), L.P.

                                   BY:  JPMP GLOBAL INVESTORS, L.P.,
                                         ITS GENERAL PARTNER

                                   BY:  JPMP CAPITAL CORP.,
                                         IT GENERAL PARTNER

                                   By:  /s/ Richard D. Waters
                                        ---------------------
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

                   AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

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                                   J.P. MORGAN PARTNERS GLOBAL
                                   INVESTORS A, L.P.

                                   BY:  JPMP GLOBAL INVESTORS, L.P.,
                                         ITS GENERAL PARTNER

                                   BY:  JPMP CAPITAL CORP.,
                                         IT GENERAL PARTNER

                                   By:  /s/ Richard D. Waters
                                        ---------------------
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

                                   J.P. MORGAN PARTNERS GLOBAL
                                   INVESTORS (CAYMAN) II, L.P.

                                   BY:  JPMP GLOBAL INVESTORS, L.P.,
                                         ITS GENERAL PARTNER

                                   BY:  JPMP CAPITAL CORP.,
                                         IT GENERAL PARTNER

                                   By:  /s/ Richard D. Waters
                                        ---------------------
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

                                   BETTINA LOORAM PRIVATSTIFTUNG

                                   By:  /s/ Craig Burr
                                        --------------
                                        Name:  Craig Burr
                                        Title: Trustee

                                   KBGM LLC

                                   By:  /s/ Francis F. Kingsley
                                        -----------------------
                                        Name: Francis F. Kingsley
                                        Title: UPOA

                                   THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC

                                   By:  /s/ Matthew Headington
                                        -------------------------
                                        Name:  Matthew Headington
                                        Title: Director

                   AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

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