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                                                                     EXHIBIT 4.1

                           THE MEN'S WEARHOUSE, INC.,

                                    AS ISSUER

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                              JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,

                                   AS TRUSTEE

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                UP TO $130,000,000 AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF

                    3.125% CONVERTIBLE SENIOR NOTES DUE 2023

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                                    INDENTURE

                          DATED AS OF OCTOBER 21, 2003

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Article I                DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE.............................................................1

           Section 1.1.         Definitions.....................................................................................1

           Section 1.2.         Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act..............................................10

           Section 1.3.         Rules of Construction..........................................................................11

           Section 1.4.         Acts of Holders................................................................................11

Article II               THE SECURITIES........................................................................................12

           Section 2.1.         Form and Dating................................................................................12

           Section 2.2.         Execution and Authentication...................................................................13

           Section 2.3.         Registrar, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent and Bid Solicitation Agent...........................14

           Section 2.4.         Paying Agent to Hold Cash and Securities in Trust..............................................15

           Section 2.5.         Holder Lists...................................................................................16

           Section 2.6.         Transfer and Exchange..........................................................................16

           Section 2.7.         Replacement Securities.........................................................................17

           Section 2.8.         Outstanding Securities; Determinations of Holders' Action......................................18

           Section 2.9.         Temporary Securities...........................................................................18

           Section 2.10.        Cancellation...................................................................................19

           Section 2.11.        Persons Deemed Owners..........................................................................19

           Section 2.12.        Additional Transfer and Exchange Requirements..................................................19

           Section 2.13.        CUSIP Numbers..................................................................................25
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           Section 2.14.        Ranking........................................................................................25

Article III              REDEMPTION............................................................................................26

           Section 3.1.         The Company's Right to Redeem; Notice to Trustee...............................................26

           Section 3.2.         Selection of Securities to Be Redeemed.........................................................26

           Section 3.3.         Notice of Redemption...........................................................................27

           Section 3.4.         Effect of Notice of Redemption.................................................................28

           Section 3.5.         Deposit of Redemption Price....................................................................28

           Section 3.6.         Securities Redeemed in Part....................................................................28

           Section 3.7.         Repayment to the Company.......................................................................28

           Section 3.8.         No Sinking Fund................................................................................29

Article IV               PURCHASE AT THE OPTION OF HOLDERS ON SPECIFIC DATES...................................................29

           Section 4.1.         Optional Put...................................................................................29

           Section 4.2.         Effect of Purchase Notice; Withdrawal of Purchase Notice.......................................31

           Section 4.3.         Deposit of Purchase Price......................................................................32

           Section 4.4.         Securities Purchased in Part...................................................................32

           Section 4.5.         Covenant to Comply With Securities Laws Upon Purchase of Securities............................33

           Section 4.6.         Repayment to the Company.......................................................................33

           Section 4.7.         No Purchase Upon Event of Default..............................................................33
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Article V                PURCHASE AT THE OPTION OF HOLDERS UPON A DESIGNATED EVENT.............................................34

           Section 5.1.         Designated Event Put...........................................................................34

           Section 5.2.         Effect of Designated Event Purchase Notice.....................................................36

           Section 5.3.         Deposit of Designated Event Purchase Price.....................................................37

           Section 5.4.         Securities Purchased in Part...................................................................38

           Section 5.5.         Covenant to Comply With Securities Laws Upon Purchase of Securities............................38

           Section 5.6.         Repayment to the Company.......................................................................38

Article VI               COVENANTS.............................................................................................38

           Section 6.1.         Payment of Securities..........................................................................38

           Section 6.2.         SEC and Other Reports to the Trustee...........................................................39

           Section 6.3.         Compliance Certificate.........................................................................40

           Section 6.4.         Further Instruments and Acts...................................................................40

           Section 6.5.         Maintenance of Office or Agency of the Trustee, Registrar, Paying Agent,
                                Conversion Agent and Bid Solicitation Agent....................................................41

           Section 6.6.         Delivery of Information Required Under Rule 144A...............................................41

           Section 6.7.         Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws........................................................41

           Section 6.8.         Statement by Officers as to Default............................................................42
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Article VII              SUCCESSOR CORPORATION.................................................................................42

           Section 7.1.         When Company May Merge or Transfer Assets......................................................42

Article VIII             DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES.................................................................................43

           Section 8.1.         Events of Default..............................................................................43

           Section 8.2.         Acceleration...................................................................................45

           Section 8.3.         Other Remedies.................................................................................45

           Section 8.4.         Waiver of Past Defaults........................................................................46

           Section 8.5.         Control by Majority............................................................................46

           Section 8.6.         Limitation on Suits............................................................................46

           Section 8.7.         Rights of Holders to Receive Payment or to Convert.............................................47

           Section 8.8.         Collection Suit by Trustee.....................................................................47

           Section 8.9.         Trustee May File Proofs of Claim...............................................................47

           Section 8.10.        Priorities.....................................................................................48

           Section 8.11.        Undertaking for Costs..........................................................................48

Article IX               TRUSTEE...............................................................................................49

           Section 9.1.         Duties of Trustee..............................................................................49

           Section 9.2.         Rights of Trustee..............................................................................50

           Section 9.3.         Individual Rights of Trustee...................................................................51

           Section 9.4.         Trustee's Disclaimer...........................................................................52
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           Section 9.5.         Notice of Defaults.............................................................................52

           Section 9.6.         Reports by Trustee to Holders..................................................................52

           Section 9.7.         Compensation and Indemnity.....................................................................52

           Section 9.8.         Replacement of Trustee.........................................................................53

           Section 9.9.         Successor Trustee by Merger....................................................................54

           Section 9.10.        Eligibility; Disqualification..................................................................54

           Section 9.11.        Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company..............................................54

Article X                DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE................................................................................55

           Section 10.1.        Discharge of Liability on Securities...........................................................55

           Section 10.2.        Repayment to the Company.......................................................................55

Article XI               AMENDMENTS............................................................................................55

           Section 11.1.        Without Consent of Holders.....................................................................55

           Section 11.2.        With Consent of Holders........................................................................56

           Section 11.3.        Compliance with Trust Indenture Act............................................................58

           Section 11.4.        Revocation and Effect of Consents, Waivers and Actions.........................................58

           Section 11.5.        Notation on or Exchange of Securities..........................................................58

           Section 11.6.        Trustee to Sign Supplemental Indentures........................................................58

           Section 11.7.        Effect of Supplemental Indentures..............................................................59
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Article XII              CONVERSION............................................................................................59

           Section 12.1.        Conversion Right...............................................................................59

           Section 12.2.        Conversion Procedures; Conversion Rate; Fractional Shares......................................60

           Section 12.3.        Adjustment of Conversion Rate..................................................................63

           Section 12.4.        Consolidation or Merger of the Company.........................................................72

           Section 12.5.        Notice of Adjustment...........................................................................73

           Section 12.6.        Notice in Certain Events.......................................................................74

           Section 12.7.        Company To Reserve Stock:  Registration; Listing...............................................74

           Section 12.8.        Taxes on Conversion............................................................................75

           Section 12.9.        Conversion After Regular Record Date...........................................................75

           Section 12.10.       Company Determination Final....................................................................76

           Section 12.11.       Responsibility of Trustee for Conversion Provisions............................................76

           Section 12.12.       Unconditional Right of Holders to Convert......................................................76

           Section 12.13.       Option to Satisfy Conversion Obligation with Cash, Common Stock or Combination
                                Thereof........................................................................................76

Article XIII             CONTINGENT INTEREST...................................................................................79

           Section 13.1.        Contingent Interest............................................................................79

           Section 13.2.        Payment of Contingent Interest; Contingent Interest Rights Preserved...........................79
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Article XIV              MISCELLANEOUS.........................................................................................79

           Section 14.1.        Trust Indenture Act Controls...................................................................79

           Section 14.2.        Notices........................................................................................79

           Section 14.3.        Communication by Holders with Other Holders....................................................80

           Section 14.4.        Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.............................................80

           Section 14.5.        Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion..................................................81

           Section 14.6.        Separability Clause............................................................................81

           Section 14.7.        Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent, Bid Solicitation Agent,
                                Registrar......................................................................................81

           Section 14.8.        Legal Holidays.................................................................................81

           Section 14.9.        Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Service of Process..................................82

           Section 14.10.       No Recourse Against Others.....................................................................82

           Section 14.11.       Successors.....................................................................................83

           Section 14.12.       Multiple Originals.............................................................................83

Article XV               TAX TREATMENT.........................................................................................83

           Section 15.1.        Tax Treatment..................................................................................83

EXHIBIT A              Form of Security
EXHIBIT B              Form of Certificate to be Delivered by Transferee in Connection
                       with Transfers to Institutional Accredited Investors
EXHIBIT C              Form of Restrictive Legend for Common Stock Issues Upon Conversion
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                  INDENTURE, dated as of October 21, 2003, between THE MEN'S
WEARHOUSE, INC., a Texas Corporation (the "COMPANY"), and JPMorgan Chase Bank, a
New York state banking organization, as Trustee (the "TRUSTEE").

                  Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other
party and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Company's
3.125% Convertible Senior Notes due 2023:

                                   ARTICLE I

                   DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

                  Section 1.1. Definitions.

                  "ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS" has the meaning set forth in the
Registration Rights Agreement. All references herein or in the Securities to
interest accrued or payable as of any date shall include any Additional Amounts
accrued or payable as of such date as provided in the Registration Rights
Agreement.

                  "AFFILIATE" of any specified person means any other person
directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect
common control with such specified person. For the purposes of this definition,
"control" when used with respect to any specified person means the power to
direct or cause the direction of the 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.

                  "AGENT MEMBERS" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(b).

                  "APPLICABLE PROCEDURES" means, with respect to any transfer or
transaction involving a Global Security or beneficial interest therein, the
rules and procedures of the Depositary for such Security, in each case to the
extent applicable to such transaction and as in effect from time to time.

                  "APPLICABLE STOCK" means (a) the Common Stock and (b) in the
event of a merger, consolidation or other similar transaction involving the
Company that is otherwise permitted hereunder in which the Company is not the
surviving corporation, the common stock of such surviving corporation or its
direct or indirect parent corporation.

                  "BANKRUPTCY LAW" means Title 11, United States Code, or any
similar Federal or State law for the relief of debtors.

                  "BID SOLICITATION AGENT" has the meaning set forth in Section
2.3.

                  "BOARD OF DIRECTORS" means either the board of directors of
the Company or any duly authorized committee of such board.

                  "BOARD RESOLUTION" means a resolution of the Board of
Directors.

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                  "BUSINESS DAY" means each day of the year other than a
Saturday or a Sunday or other day on which banking institutions in New York, New
York or Houston, Texas are required or authorized by law, regulation or
executive order to close.

                  "CASH" means such coin or currency of the United States as at
any time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

                  "CASH AMOUNT" has the meaning set forth in Section 12.13(a).

                  "CASH SETTLEMENT AVERAGING PERIOD" has the meaning set forth
in Section 12.13(a).

                  "CERTIFICATED SECURITIES" means Securities that are in
substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A and that do not include the
information called for by footnotes 1 and 4 thereof.

                  "CLOSING SALE PRICE" of a share of Applicable Stock on any
date means the closing per share sale price (or, if no closing sale price is
reported, the average of the bid and ask prices or, if more than one in either
case, the average of the average bid and the average ask prices) on such date as
reported on a national securities exchange or, if the shares of Applicable Stock
are not listed on a national securities exchange, as reported by the Nasdaq
National Market system. If the Applicable Stock is not listed for trading on a
national securities exchange and not reported by the Nasdaq National Market on
the relevant date, the "Closing Sale Price" shall be the last quoted bid for the
Applicable Stock in the over-the-counter market on the relevant date as reported
by the National Quotation Bureau or similar organization. If the Applicable
Stock is not so quoted, the "Closing Sale Price" shall be the average of the
midpoint of the last bid and ask prices for the Applicable Stock on the relevant
date from each of at least three nationally recognized independent investment
banking firms selected by us for this purpose.

                  "CODE" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

                  "COMMON STOCK" means the common stock, $0.01 par value per
share, of the Company as that stock exists on the date of this Indenture or any
other shares of Equity Interest of the Company into which such Common Stock
shall be reclassified or changed.

                  "COMPANY" means the party named as the "Company" in the first
paragraph of this Indenture until a successor replaces it pursuant to the
applicable provisions of this Indenture and, thereafter, means such successor.
The foregoing sentence shall likewise apply to any subsequent successor or
successors to such successors.

                  "COMPANY REQUEST" or "COMPANY ORDER" means a written request
or order signed in the name of the Company by any one Officer, who is the Chief
Executive Officer, the Vice Chairman or the Chief Financial Officer.

                  "CONTINGENT INTEREST" means all amounts to be paid pursuant to
Article XIII. All references herein or in the Securities to interest accrued or
payable as of any date shall include any Contingent Interest accrued or payable
as of such date.

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                  "CONTINGENT INTEREST PERIOD" has the meaning set forth in
Section 13.1.

                  "CONTINGENT PAYMENT REGULATIONS" has the meaning set forth in
Section 15.1.

                  "CONVERSION AGENT" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3.

                  "CONVERSION NOTICE" has the meaning set forth in Section
12.2(b).

                  "CONVERSION OBLIGATION" has the meaning set forth in Section
12.13(a).

                  "CONVERSION PERIOD" means the period from and including the
third Friday (or, if that day is not a Trading Day, then the next Trading Day
immediately following such third Friday) in a fiscal quarter of the Company to,
but not including, the third Friday (or if that day is not a Trading Day, then
the next Trading Day immediately following such third Friday) in the immediately
following fiscal quarter.

                  "CONVERSION PRICE" means, at any time, $1,000 divided by the
Conversion Rate in effect at such time, rounded to two decimal places (rounded
up if the third decimal place thereof is 5 or more and otherwise rounded down).

                  "CONVERSION RATE" means the number of shares of Common Stock
issuable upon conversion of each $1,000 of Principal Amount at Issuance of
Securities, which is initially 23.3187 shares, subject to adjustments as set
forth in this Indenture.

                  "CORPORATE TRUST OFFICE" means the principal office of the
Trustee at which at any time its corporate trust business shall be administered,
which office at the date hereof is located at 4 New York Plaza, Floor 15, New
York, New York 10004, or such other address as the Trustee may designate from
time to time by notice to the Holders and the Company, or the principal
corporate trust office of any successor Trustee (or such other address as a
successor Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and
the Company).

                  "CURRENT MARKET PRICE" has the meaning set forth in Section
12.3(g).

                  "CUSTODIAN" means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator,
custodian or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.

                  "DEFAULT" means, when used with respect to the Securities, any
event which is, or after notice or passage of time or both would be, an Event of
Default.

                  "DEPOSITARY" means, with respect to any Global Securities, a
clearing agency that is registered as such under the Exchange Act and is
designated by the Company to act as Depositary for such Global Securities (or
any successor securities clearing agency so registered), which shall initially
be DTC.

                  "DESIGNATED EVENT" means the occurrence of any of the
following events: (i) any "person" or "group" (as such terms are used in
Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), is or becomes the "beneficial
owner" (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that
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Person has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately
or only after the passage of time), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of
the total outstanding Voting Stock of the Company; (ii) during any period of two
consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constituted
the Board of Directors of the Company (together with any new directors whose
election to such Board of Directors or whose nomination for election by the
stockholders of the Company, was approved by a vote of at least 66-2/3% of the
directors then still in office who were either directors at the beginning of
such period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so
approved) cease for any reason to constitute a majority of such Board of
Directors then in office; (iii) the Company consolidates with or merges with or
into any Person or conveys, transfers or leases all or substantially all of its
assets to any Person, or any corporation consolidates with or merges into or
with the Company, in any such event pursuant to a transaction in which the
outstanding Voting Stock of the Company is changed into or exchanged for cash,
securities or other property, other than any such transaction where the
outstanding Voting Stock of the Company is not changed or exchanged at all
(except to the extent necessary to reflect a change in the jurisdiction of
incorporation of the Company) or where (A) the outstanding Voting Stock of the
Company is changed into or exchanged for (x) Voting Stock of the surviving
corporation which is not Disqualified Equity Interests or (y) cash, securities
and other property (other than Equity Interest of the surviving corporation) and
(B) no "person" or "group" owns immediately after such transaction, directly or
indirectly, more than 50% of the total outstanding Voting Stock of the surviving
corporation; (iv) the Company or any Designated Subsidiary (other than a Wholly
Owned Subsidiary) or any group of two or more Subsidiaries (other than Wholly
Owned Subsidiaries) that, taken as a whole, would constitute a Designated
Subsidiary, is liquidated or dissolved or adopts a plan of liquidation or
dissolution other than in a transaction which complies with the provisions
described under Article VII; or (v) the Company's Common Stock ceases to be
listed on a national securities exchange or quoted on the Nasdaq National Market
or another established automated over-the-counter trading market in the United
States.

         A "Designated Event" shall not be deemed to have occurred if either:

                  (1) the last Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock for each
    of at least five Trading Days within:

                  (i) the period of the ten consecutive Trading Days immediately
         after the later of the Designated Event or the public announcement of
         the Designated Event, in the case of a Designated Event resulting
         solely from a Designated Event in clause (i) of the definition of
         Designated Event; or

                  (ii) the period of the ten consecutive Trading Days
         immediately preceding the Designated Event, in the case of a Designated
         Event resulting from a Designated Event in clauses (ii), (iii) or (iv)
         of the definition of Designated Event;

is at least equal to 105% of the quotient where the numerator is the Principal
Amount at Issuance and the denominator is the Conversion Rate in effect on each
of such five Trading Days, with such calculation being made for each Trading
Day; or

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                  (2) in the case of a merger or consolidation, at least 95% of
         the consideration, excluding cash payments for fractional shares in the
         merger or consolidation constituting the Designated Event, consists of
         common stock traded on a U.S. national securities exchange or quoted on
         the Nasdaq National Market (or which shall be so traded or quoted when
         issued or exchanged in connection with such Designated Event) and as a
         result of such transaction or transactions the Securities become
         convertible solely into such common stock.

                  For purposes of clarification, a "Designated Event" shall not
be deemed to occur solely as a result of the transfer of all or substantially
all of the Company's assets to a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company where
that Subsidiary assumes all or substantially all of the Indebtedness of the
Company (other than the Securities).

                  "DESIGNATED EVENT PURCHASE DATE" has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.1(a).

                  "DESIGNATED EVENT PURCHASE NOTICE" has the meaning set forth
in Section 5.1(c).

                  "DESIGNATED EVENT PURCHASE PRICE" has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.1(a).

                  "DESIGNATED SUBSIDIARY" means any existing or future, direct
or indirect, Subsidiary of the Company whose assets constitute 15% or more of
the total assets of the Company on a consolidated basis.

                  "DISQUALIFIED EQUITY INTERESTS" means any Equity Interest
that, either by their terms or by the terms of any security into which they are
convertible or exchangeable or otherwise, are, or upon the happening of an event
or passage of time would be, required to be redeemed prior to any Stated
Maturity of the principal of the Securities or are redeemable at the option of
the holder thereof at any time prior to any such Stated Maturity (other than
upon a Designated Event or sale of assets by the Company in circumstances where
the holders of the Securities would have similar rights), or are convertible
into or exchangeable for debt securities at any time prior to any such Stated
Maturity at the option of the holder thereof.

                  "DISTRIBUTED ASSETS" has the meaning set forth in Section
12.3(d).

                  "DTC" means The Depository Trust Company, a New York
corporation.

                  "EDGAR" has the meaning set forth in Section 6.2(b).

                  "EQUITY INTEREST" of any Person means any and all shares,
interests, rights to purchase, warrants, options, participations or other
equivalents of or interests in (however designated) corporate stock or other
equity participations, including partnership interests, whether general or
limited, of such Person.

                  "EVENT OF DEFAULT" has the meaning set forth in Section 8.1.

                  "EXCESS AMOUNT" means, with respect to each $1,000 of
Principal Amount at Issuance of a Security, as of any conversion date, a dollar
amount equal to the excess of (a) the

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product of (i) the Conversion Rate at such time multiplied by (ii) the Closing
Sale Price on the last Trading Day prior to such conversion date over (b)
$1,000, if any.

                  "EXCESS AMOUNT CONVERSION OBLIGATION" has the meaning set
forth in Section 12.13(a).

                  "EXCHANGE ACT" means the United States Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended.

                  "EX-DIVIDEND TIME" means, with respect to any issuance or
distribution on Common Stock, the first Trading Day on which the Common Stock
trades regular way on the principal securities market on which the Common Stock
is then traded without the right to receive such issuance or distribution.

                  "EXPIRATION TIME" has the meaning set forth in Section
12.3(f).

                  "FAIR MARKET VALUE" has the meaning set forth in Section
12.3(g).

                  "FINAL NOTICE DATE" has the meaning set forth in Section
12.13(a)

                  "FIVE-TRADING-DAY MEASUREMENT PERIOD" means the five Trading
Days ending on the second Trading Day immediately preceding the first day of the
applicable Contingent Interest Period.

                  "GLOBAL SECURITIES" means Securities that are in substantially
the form attached hereto as Exhibit A and that include the information called
for by footnotes 1 and 4 thereof and that are deposited with the Depositary or
its custodian and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee.

                  "HOLDER" means a person in whose name a Security is registered
on the Registrar's books.

                  "INDEBTEDNESS" means, with respect to any Person, without
duplication, any liability of such Person:

                  (a) for borrowed money;

                  (b) evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes;

                  (c) in respect of letters of credit or bankers acceptances or
         similar instruments (or reimbursement obligations with respect
         thereto);

                  (d) to pay the deferred purchase price of property or
         services, except trade accounts payable or accrued expenses arising in
         the ordinary course of business;

                  (e) as lessee, the obligations of which are capitalized in
         accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; and

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                  (f) for Indebtedness of others guaranteed by such Person or
         for which such Person is legally responsible or liable (whether by
         agreement to purchase indebtedness of, or to supply funds or to invest
         in, others).

                  The amount of Indebtedness of any Person at any date shall be
(i) the outstanding principal amount of all unconditional obligations described
above, as such amount would be reflected on a balance sheet prepared in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and the maximum
liability at such date of such Person for any contingent obligations described
above, (ii) the accreted value thereof, in the case of any Indebtedness issued
with original issue discount, and (iii) the principal amount thereof, together
with any interest thereon that is more than 30 days past due, in the case of any
other Indebtedness.

                  "INDENTURE" means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented
from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof, including the provisions
of the TIA that are explicitly incorporated in this Indenture by reference to
the TIA.

                  "INTEREST PAYMENT DATE" has the meaning set forth in Exhibit A
attached hereto.

                  "ISSUE DATE" of any Security means the date on which such
Security was originally issued or deemed issued as set forth on the face of the
Security.

                  "LEGAL HOLIDAY" means any day other than a Business Day.

                  "MARKET PRICE" means the average of the Closing Sale Prices of
one share of Applicable Stock for the 20-Trading Day period immediately
preceding and including the Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Date
or Designated Event Purchase Date, as the case may be (or if the Business Day
immediately preceding the Purchase Date or Designated Event Purchase Date, as
the case may be, is not a Trading Day, then on the last Trading Day immediately
preceding the Business Day), appropriately adjusted to take into account the
occurrence, during the period commencing on the first of such Trading Days
during such 20-Trading Day period and ending on the Purchase Date or Designated
Event Purchase Date, as the case may be, of any event described in Section 12.3
or Section 12.4.

                  "NON-ELECTING SHARE" has the meaning set forth Section 12.4.

                  "OFFICER" means the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman,
the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Financial Officer, any
Vice President, the Treasurer, the Principal Accounting Officer, the Secretary,
any Assistant Treasurer or Assistant Secretary of the Company.

                  "OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE" means a written certificate containing
the information specified in Section 14.4 and Section 14.5, signed in the name
of the Company by any one Officer, who is the Chief Executive Officer, the Vice
Chairman or the Chief Financial Officer, and delivered to the Trustee. An
Officer's Certificate given pursuant to Section 6.3 shall be signed by the Chief
Financial Officer of the Company.

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                  "OPINION OF COUNSEL" means a written opinion containing the
information specified in Section 14.4 and Section 14.5, from legal counsel. The
counsel may be an employee of, or counsel to, the Company.

                  "PAYING AGENT" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3.

                  "PERSON" or "PERSON" means any individual, corporation,
limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock
company, trust, unincorporated organization, or government or any agency or
political subdivision thereof (and for purposes of the definition of "Designated
Event" shall also have the meaning set forth in such definition).

                  "PRINCIPAL AMOUNT AT ISSUANCE" of a Security means the initial
issue price of the Security as set forth on the face of the Security.

                  "PRINCIPAL CONVERSION SETTLEMENT ELECTION" has the meaning set
forth in Section 12.2.

                  "PURCHASE DATE" has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(a).

                  "PURCHASE NOTICE" has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(c).

                  "PURCHASE PRICE" has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(a).

                  "QIB" means a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined in
Rule 144A.

                  "RECORD DATE" has the meaning set forth in Section 12.3(g).

                  "REDEMPTION DATE" means, when used with respect to any
Security to be redeemed, the date fixed for redemption pursuant to this
Indenture.

                  "REDEMPTION PRICE" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.

                  "REFERENCE PERIOD" has the meaning set forth in Section
12.3(d).

                  "REGISTRAR" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3.

                  "REGISTER" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3.

                  "REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT" means the Registration Rights
Agreement, dated October 21, 2003, between the Company and Bear, Stearns & Co.
Inc., Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and Fleet
Securities, Inc., as amended or supplemented from time to time.

                  "REGULAR RECORD DATE" has the meaning set forth in Exhibit A
attached hereto.

                  "RESPONSIBLE OFFICER" means, when used with respect to the
Trustee, the officer within the Institutional Trust Services department of the
Trustee, having direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.

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         "RESTRICTED CERTIFICATED SECURITY" means a Certificated Security which
is a Transfer Restricted Security.

         "RESTRICTED GLOBAL SECURITY" means a Global Security that is a Transfer
Restricted Security.

         "RESTRICTED SECURITY" means a Restricted Certificated Security or a
Restricted Global Security.

         "RULE 144A" means Rule 144A under the Securities Act (or any successor
provision), as it may be amended from time to time.

         "SEC" means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

         "SECURITIES" means any of the Company's 3.125% Convertible Senior Notes
due 2023, as amended or supplemented from time to time, issued under this
Indenture.

         "SECURITIES ACT" means the United States Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.

         "SETTLEMENT NOTICE PERIOD" has the meaning set forth in Section
12.13(a)

         "SPECIAL RECORD DATE" has the meaning set forth in Exhibit A attached
hereto.

         "SPIN-OFF" has the meaning set forth in Section 12.3(d).

         "STATED MATURITY", when used with respect to any Security, means
October 15, 2023.

         "SUBSIDIARY" means any person of which at least a majority of the
outstanding Voting Stock shall at the time directly or indirectly be owned or
controlled by the Company or by one or more Subsidiaries or by the Company and
one or more Subsidiaries.

         "SURRENDERED SECURITY" has the meaning set forth in Section 12.2(a).

         "TIA" means the United States Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in effect
on the date of this Indenture, provided, however, that in the event the TIA is
amended after such date, TIA means, to the extent required by any such
amendment, the TIA as so amended.

         "TRADING DAY" means, with respect to any security:

                  (a) if the applicable security is listed or admitted for
         trading on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, a day on
         which such exchange is open for business;

                  (b) if the applicable security is quoted on the Nasdaq
         National Market, a day on which trades may be made on the Nasdaq
         National Market; or

                  (c) if the applicable security is not so listed or admitted
         for trading on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange and not
         so quoted on the Nasdaq

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         National Market, a day on which the principal U.S. exchange or trading
         system on which the Securities are listed or traded is open for
         business.

                  "TRANSFER CERTIFICATE" has the meaning set forth in Section
2.12(f).

                  "TRADING PRICE" means, for any Security on the date of
determination, the average of the secondary market bid quotations per Security
obtained by the Bid Solicitation Agent for $5,000,000 principal amount at
maturity of the Securities at approximately 4:00 p.m., New York city time, on
such determination date from three independent nationally recognized securities
dealers selected by the Company; provided, however that if at least three such
bids are not obtained by the Bid Solicitation Agent, but two bids are obtained
by the Bid Solicitation Agent, then the average of such two bids shall be used,
and if only one such bid can reasonably be obtained by the Bid Solicitation
Agent, such one bid shall be used, provided, however if, in the reasonable
judgment of the Company, the bid quotations are not indicative of the secondary
market value of the Securities, then the Trading Price will equal the then
applicable Conversion Rate multiplied by the average Closing Sale Price of the
Common Stock on the five Trading Days ending on such determination date,
appropriately adjusted.

                  "TRANSFER RESTRICTED SECURITY" has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.12(f).

                  "TRIGGER EVENT" has the meaning set forth in Section 12.3(d).

                  "TRUSTEE" means the party named as the "Trustee" in the first
paragraph of this Indenture until a successor replaces it pursuant to the
applicable provisions of this Indenture and, thereafter, shall mean such
successor. The foregoing sentence shall likewise apply to any subsequent such
successor or successors.

                  "UNRESTRICTED CERTIFICATED SECURITY" means a Certificated
Security that is not a Transfer Restricted Security.

                  "UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL SECURITY" means a Global Security that is
not a Transfer Restricted Security.

                  "VOTING STOCK" of a person means Equity Interest of such
person of the class or classes pursuant to which the holders thereof have the
general voting power under ordinary circumstances to elect at least a majority
of the board of directors, managers or trustees of such person (irrespective of
whether or not at the time Equity Interest of any other class or classes shall
have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency).
"WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY" means a Subsidiary all the Equity Interest of which is
owned by the Company or another Wholly Owned Subsidiary.

                  Section 1.2. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture
Act.

                  Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the
provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. The
following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:

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                  "COMMISSION" means the SEC.

                  "INDENTURE SECURITIES" means the Securities.

                  "INDENTURE SECURITY HOLDER" means a Holder.

                  "INDENTURE TO BE QUALIFIED" means this Indenture.

                  "INDENTURE TRUSTEE" or "institutional trustee" means the
Trustee.

                  "OBLIGOR" on the indenture securities means the Company.

                  All other TIA terms used but not defined in this Indenture
that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or
defined by SEC rule have the meanings assigned to them by such definitions.

                  Section 1.3. Rules of Construction.

                  Unless the context otherwise requires:

                  (a) a term has the meaning assigned to it;

                  (b) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning
         assigned to it in accordance with accounting principles generally
         accepted in the United States as in effect from time to time;

                  (c) "or" is not exclusive;

                  (d) "including" means including, without limitation; and

                  (e) words in the singular include the plural, and words in the
         plural include the singular.

                  Section 1.4. Acts of Holders.

                  (a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken
by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of
substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by an agent duly
appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such
action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered
to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company, as
described in Section 14.2. Such instrument or instruments (and the action
embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the
"Act" of Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of
any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be
sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and conclusive in favor of the
Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section 1.4.

                  (b) The fact and date of the execution by any person of any
such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such
execution or by a certificate of a

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notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of
deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing
acknowledged to such officer the execution thereof. Where such execution is by a
signer acting in a capacity other than such signer's individual capacity, such
certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of such signer's
authority, if it so states. The fact and date of the execution of any such
instrument or writing, or the authority of the person executing the same, may
also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.

                  (c) The principal amount and certificate number of any
Security and the ownership of Securities shall be proved by the register
maintained by the Registrar for the Securities.

                  (d) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every
future Holder of the same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon
the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof
in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or
the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made
upon such Security.

                  (e) If the Company shall solicit from the Holders any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, the
Company may, at its option, by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, fix in advance
a record date for the determination of Holders entitled to give such request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, but the
Company shall have no obligation to do so. If such a record date is fixed, such
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act
may be given before or after such record date, but only the Holders of record at
the close of business on such record date shall be deemed to be Holders for the
purposes of determining whether Holders of the requisite proportion of
outstanding Securities have authorized or agreed or consented to such request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, and for
that purpose the outstanding Securities shall be computed as of such record
date; provided that no such authorization, agreement or consent by the Holders
on such record date shall be deemed effective unless it shall become effective
pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later than six months after the
record date.

                                   ARTICLE II

                                 THE SECURITIES

                  Section 2.1. Form and Dating.

                  The Securities and the Trustee's certificate of authentication
shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto, which is a part
of this Indenture. The Securities may have notations, legends or endorsements
required by law, stock exchange rule or usage (provided that any such notation,
legend or endorsement required by usage is in a form acceptable to the Company).
The Company shall provide any such notations, legends or endorsements to the
Trustee in writing. Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.

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         (a) Restricted Global Securities. All of the Securities are being
offered and sold within the United States to QIBs in reliance on Rule 144A and
shall be issued, initially in the form of one or more Restricted Global
Securities, which shall be deposited with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust
Office, as custodian for the Depositary and registered in the name of DTC or the
nominee thereof, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee
as hereinafter provided. The aggregate principal amount of the Restricted Global
Securities may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made
on the records of the Trustee and the Depositary as hereinafter provided.

         (b) Global Securities in General. Each Global Security shall represent
such of the outstanding Securities as shall be specified therein and each shall
provide that it shall initially represent the aggregate amount of outstanding
Securities stated thereon, but that the aggregate amount of outstanding
Securities represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as
appropriate, to reflect exchanges, redemptions, purchases and conversions of
such Securities.

         Any adjustment of the aggregate principal amount of a Global Security
to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the amount of outstanding
Securities represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee in accordance with
instructions given by the Holder thereof as required by Section 2.12 and shall
be made on the records of the Trustee and the Depositary.

         Neither any members of, or participants in, the Depositary
(collectively, the "AGENT MEMBERS") nor any other persons on whose behalf Agent
Members may act shall have any rights under this Indenture with respect to any
Global Security registered in the name of the Depositary or any nominee thereof,
or under any such Global Security, and the Depositary or such nominee, as the
case may be, may be treated by the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the
Company or the Trustee as the absolute owner and holder of such Global Security
for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing contained
herein shall (A) prevent the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or
the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other
authorization furnished by the Depositary or such nominee, as the case may be,
or (B) impair, as between the Depositary, its Agent Members and any other person
on whose behalf an Agent Member may act, the operation of customary practices of
such Persons governing the exercise of the rights of a holder of any Security.

         (c) Certificated Securities. Certificated Securities shall be issued
only under the limited circumstances provided in Section 2.12(a)(i).

         Section 2.2. Execution and Authentication.

         The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by the Chief
Executive Officer, Vice Chairman or Chief Financial Officer. The signature of
such officer on the Securities may be manual or facsimile.

         A Security bearing the manual or facsimile signature of an individual
who was at the time of the execution of the Security an Officer shall bind the
Company, notwithstanding that such individual has ceased to hold such office(s)
prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not hold such
office(s) at the date of authentication of such Securities.

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                  No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this
Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such
Security a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for
herein duly executed by the Trustee by manual or facsimile signature of an
authorized signatory, and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive
evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated
and delivered hereunder.

                  The Trustee shall authenticate and deliver the Securities for
original issue in an aggregate principal amount of up to $130,000,000 upon one
or more Company Orders (which shall include the matters required to be set forth
in an Officer's Certificate pursuant to Section 14.4 and Section 14.5) without
any further action by the Company (other than as contemplated below and in
Section 14.4 and Section 14.5). The aggregate principal amount of the Securities
due at the Stated Maturity thereof outstanding at any time may not exceed the
amount set forth in the foregoing sentence except as provided in Section 2.7. In
authenticating such Securities, and accepting the additional responsibilities
under this Indenture in relation to such Securities, the Trustee shall receive
and shall be fully protected in relying upon:

                  (a) a copy of the Board Resolution in or pursuant to which the
         terms and form of the Securities were established, the issuance and
         sale of the Securities was authorized, this Indenture was authorized
         and specified Officers were authorized to establish the form and
         determine the terms of the Securities and the form of this Indenture,
         to execute the Securities and this Indenture on behalf of the Company
         and to take any other necessary actions relating thereto and evidence
         of any actions taken by authorized Officers pursuant to that Board
         Resolution, certified by the Secretary, an Assistant Secretary or the
         General Counsel of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board
         of Directors or taken by any authorized Officer and to be in full force
         and effect as of the date of such certificate; and

                  (b) an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance reasonably
         satisfactory to the Trustee.

                  The Trustee shall act as the initial authenticating agent.
Thereafter, the Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the
Company to authenticate Securities. An authenticating agent may authenticate
Securities whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to
authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent.

                  The Securities shall be issued only in registered form without
coupons and only in denominations of $1,000 of principal amount and any integral
multiple of $1,000.

                  Section 2.3. Registrar, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent and Bid
Solicitation Agent.

                  Pursuant to Section 6.5, the Company shall at all times
maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, New York city an office or agency where
Securities may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange
("REGISTRAR"), an office or agency where Securities may be presented for
redemption, purchase or payment ("PAYING AGENT"), an office or agency where
Securities may be presented for conversion ("CONVERSION AGENT"), an office or
agency that

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solicits Securities to be bid upon by securities dealers which it believes are
willing to bid for such Securities ("BID SOLICITATION AGENt") and an office or
agency where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the
Securities and this Indenture may be served. The Registrar shall keep a register
of the Securities (the "REGISTER") and of their transfer and exchange.

         The Company may have one or more co-registrars, one or more additional
paying agents, one or more additional conversion agents and one or more
additional bid solicitation agents. The term Paying Agent includes any
additional paying agent, including any named pursuant to Section 6.5. The term
Conversion Agent includes any additional conversion agent, including any named
pursuant to Section 6.5. The term Bid Solicitation Agent includes any additional
bid solicitation agent, including any named pursuant to Section 6.5.

         The Company shall enter into an appropriate limited agency agreement
with any Registrar, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent, Bid Solicitation Agent or
co-registrar (in each case, if such Registrar, agent or co-registrar is a Person
other than the Trustee). The agreement shall implement the provisions of this
Indenture that relate to such agent. The Company shall notify the Trustee of the
name and address of any such agent. If the Company fails to maintain a
Registrar, Paying Agent, or Bid Solicitation Agent, the Trustee shall act as
such and shall be entitled to appropriate compensation therefor pursuant to
Section 9.7. The Company or any Subsidiary or an Affiliate of either of them may
act as Paying Agent, Registrar, Conversion Agent or co-registrar and, if the
Company fails to maintain a Conversion Agent, the Company shall act as such. The
Company may change the Bid Solicitation Agent at its discretion, but the Bid
Solicitation Agent may not be the Company or an Affiliate of the Company.

         The Company hereby initially appoints the Trustee as Registrar, Paying
Agent, Conversion Agent and Bid Solicitation Agent in connection with the
Securities.

         Section 2.4. Paying Agent to Hold Cash and Securities in Trust.

         Except as otherwise provided herein, prior to 10:00 a.m., New York city
time, on each due date of payments in respect of any Security, the Company shall
deposit with the Paying Agent, cash (in immediately available funds if deposited
on the due date) or number of shares of Applicable Stock sufficient to make such
payments when so becoming due. The Company shall require each Paying Agent
(other than the Trustee) to agree in writing that the Paying Agent shall hold in
trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee all cash and Applicable Stock
held by the Paying Agent for the making of payments in respect of the Securities
and shall notify the Trustee of any default by the Company in making any such
payment. If the Company, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of either of them acts as
Paying Agent, it shall segregate the money and Applicable Stock held by it as
Paying Agent and hold it as a separate trust fund. The Company at any time may
require a Paying Agent to pay all cash and Applicable Stock held by it to the
Trustee, and to account for any funds and Applicable Stock disbursed by it, and
the Trustee may at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the
written request to the Paying Agent, require such Paying Agent to forthwith pay
to the Trustee all cash and Applicable Stock so held in trust. Upon doing so,
the Paying Agent shall have no further liability for the cash or Applicable
Stock.

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         Section 2.5. Holder Lists.

         The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably
practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of
Holders. If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall cause to be
furnished to the Trustee on or before each semiannual interest payment date and
at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing a list in such form
and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and
addresses of Holders.

         Section 2.6. Transfer and Exchange.

         (a) Subject to compliance with any applicable additional requirements
contained in Section 2.12, when a Security is presented to the Registrar with a
request to register a transfer thereof or to exchange such Security for an equal
principal amount of Securities of other authorized denominations, the Registrar
shall register the transfer or make the exchange as requested; provided,
however, that every Security presented or surrendered for registration of
transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed or accompanied by an assignment form
and, if applicable, a transfer certificate, each in the form included in Exhibit
A attached hereto and in form satisfactory to the Registrar and each duly
executed by the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. To
permit registration of transfers and exchanges, upon surrender of any Security
for registration of transfer or exchange at an office or agency maintained for
such purpose pursuant to Section 2.3, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee
shall authenticate Securities of a like aggregate principal amount at the
Registrar's request. Any transfer or exchange shall be without charge, except
that the Company or the Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to pay
all taxes, assessments or other governmental charges that may be imposed in
connection with the transfer or exchange of the Securities from the Holder
requesting such transfer or exchange.

         Neither the Company, the Registrar nor the Trustee shall be required to
exchange or register a transfer of (i) any Securities selected for redemption
(except, in the case of Securities to be redeemed in part, the portion thereof
not to be redeemed), (ii) any Securities in respect of which a Purchase Notice
or a Designated Event Purchase Notice has been given and not withdrawn by the
Holder thereof in accordance with the terms of this Indenture (except, in the
case of Securities to be purchased in part, the portion thereof not to be
purchased) or (iii) any Securities for a period of 15 days before the mailing of
a notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed.

         All Securities issued upon any transfer or exchange of Securities shall
be valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt and entitled to
the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such
transfer or exchange.

         (b) Any Registrar appointed pursuant to Section 2.3 shall provide to
the Trustee such information as the Trustee may reasonably require in connection
with the delivery by such Registrar of Securities upon transfer or exchange of
Securities.

         (c) Each Holder of a Security agrees to indemnify the Company, the
Registrar and the Trustee against any liability that may result from the
transfer, exchange or assignment of

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such Holder's Security in violation of any provision of this Indenture and/or
applicable United States federal or state securities law.

         The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or
inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this
Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest
in any Security (including any transfers between or among Agent Members or other
beneficial owners of interests in any Global Security) other than to require
delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are
expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by the terms
of, this Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance
as to form with the express requirements hereof.

         Section 2.7. Replacement Securities.

         If (a) any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Company, the
Registrar or the Trustee, or (b) the Company, the Registrar and the Trustee
receive evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any
Security, and there is delivered to the Company, the Registrar and the Trustee
such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them
harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Company, the Registrar or the
Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the
Company shall execute and upon its written request the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, in exchange for any such mutilated Security or in lieu
of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of like tenor and
principal amount, bearing a certificate number not contemporaneously
outstanding.

         In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has
become or is about to become due and payable, or is about to be redeemed by the
Company pursuant to Article III or purchased by the Company pursuant to Article
IV or Article V, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new
Security, pay, redeem or purchase such Security, as the case may be.

         Upon the issuance of any new Securities under this Section 2.7, the
Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, assessment
or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any
other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee or the Registrar)
connected therewith.

         Every new Security issued pursuant to this Section 2.7 in lieu of any
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original
additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed,
lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be
entitled to all benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any
and all other Securities duly issued hereunder.

         The provisions of this Section 2.7 are exclusive and shall preclude (to
the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement
or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.

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                  Section 2.8. Outstanding Securities; Determinations of
Holders' Action.

                  Securities outstanding at any time are all the Securities
authenticated by the Trustee, except for

                  (a) those cancelled by it,

                  (b) those paid, redeemed or purchased pursuant to Section 2.7,

                  (c) those delivered to it for cancellation, and

                  (d) those described in this Section 2.8 as not outstanding.

                  A Security does not cease to be outstanding because the
Company or an Affiliate thereof holds the Security; provided, however, that in
determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of Securities
have given or concurred in any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver, or other Act hereunder, Securities owned by the Company
or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or such
other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding, except
that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any
such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
Act, only Securities which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows
to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Subject to the foregoing, only
Securities outstanding at the time of such determination shall be considered in
any such determination.

                  If a Security is replaced pursuant to Section 2.7, the
replaced Security ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee receives proof
satisfactory to it that the replaced Security is held by a bona fide purchaser
unaware that such Security has been replaced.

                  If the Paying Agent holds, in accordance with the terms of
this Indenture, prior to 10:00 a.m., New York city time, on a Redemption Date, a
Purchase Date, a Designated Event Purchase Date or Stated Maturity, as the case
may be, cash or securities, if permitted hereunder, sufficient to pay Securities
payable on that date, then on such Redemption Date, Purchase Date, Designated
Event Purchase Date or Stated Maturity, as the case may be, such Securities
shall cease to be outstanding and interest, Contingent Interest and Additional
Amounts, if any, on such Securities shall cease to accrue.

                  If a Security is converted in accordance with Article XII,
then from and after the time of conversion on the date of conversion, such
Security shall cease to be outstanding and interest and Additional Amounts, if
any, on such Security shall cease to accrue.

                  Section 2.9. Temporary Securities.

                  Pending the preparation of definitive Securities, the Company
may execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver,
temporary Securities which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed
or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially of the
tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they are issued and with
such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as
the

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officers executing such Securities may determine, as conclusively evidenced by
their execution of such Securities.

         If temporary Securities are issued, the Company shall cause definitive
Securities to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of
definitive Securities, the temporary Securities shall be exchangeable for
definitive Securities upon surrender of the temporary Securities at the office
or agency of the Company designated for such purpose pursuant to Section 2.3,
without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more
temporary Securities the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like principal amount of
definitive Securities of authorized denominations. Until so exchanged the
temporary Securities shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits
under this Indenture as definitive Securities.

         Section 2.10. Cancellation.

         All Securities surrendered for payment, purchase by the Company
pursuant to Article IV or Article V, conversion, redemption or registration of
transfer or exchange shall, if surrendered to any person other than the Trustee,
be delivered to the Trustee and shall be promptly cancelled by it. The Company
may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities
previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may have
acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Securities so delivered shall be
promptly cancelled by the Trustee. The Company may not issue new Securities to
replace Securities it has paid or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation or
that any Holder has converted pursuant to Article XII No Securities shall be
authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities cancelled as provided
in this Section 2.10, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All
cancelled Securities held by the Trustee shall be disposed of by the Trustee in
accordance with the Trustee's customary procedure.

         Section 2.11. Persons Deemed Owners.

         Prior to due presentment of a Security for registration of transfer,
the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat
the person in whose name such Security is registered as the owner of such
Security for the purpose of receiving payment (whether in cash or Applicable
Stock) of principal of, Redemption Price, Purchase Price or Designated Event
Purchase Price, and interest and Additional Amounts, if any, on, the Security,
for the purpose of receiving cash or Applicable Stock upon conversion and for
all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and
neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee
shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

         Section 2.12. Additional Transfer and Exchange Requirements.

         (a) Transfer and Exchange of Global Securities.

                  (i) Certificated Securities shall be issued in exchange for
         interests in the Global Securities only if (x) the Depositary notifies
         the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary
         for the Global Securities or if it at any time ceases to be a "clearing
         agency" registered under the Exchange Act, if so required by applicable
         law or regulation and a successor Depositary is not appointed by the
         Company within 90

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         days, or (y) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the
         Registrar has received a request from the Depositary requesting such
         exchange. In either case, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee
         shall, upon receipt of a Company Order (which the Company agrees to
         deliver promptly), authenticate and deliver Certificated Securities in
         an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such
         Global Securities in exchange therefor. Only Restricted Certificated
         Securities shall be issued in exchange for beneficial interests in
         Restricted Global Securities, and only Unrestricted Certificated
         Securities shall be issued in exchange for beneficial interests in
         Unrestricted Global Securities. Certificated Securities issued in
         exchange for beneficial interests in Global Securities shall be
         registered in such names and shall be in such authorized denominations
         as the Depositary, pursuant to instructions from its Agent Members,
         shall instruct the Trustee. The Trustee shall deliver or cause to be
         delivered such Certificated Securities to the Persons in whose name
         such Securities are so registered. Such exchange shall be effected in
         accordance with the Applicable Procedures.

                  (ii) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture
         other than the provisions set forth in Section 2.12(a)(i), a Global
         Security may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to
         a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the
         Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or
         any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such
         successor Depositary.

                  (b) Transfer and Exchange of Certificated Securities. In the
event that Certificated Securities are issued in exchange for beneficial
interests in Global Securities in accordance with Section 2.12(a)(i), and, on or
after such event, Certificated Securities are presented by a Holder to the
Registrar with a request:

                  (x) to register the transfer of the Certificated Securities to
         a person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of Certificated
         Securities only; or

                  (y) to exchange such Certificated Securities for an equal
         principal amount of Certificated Securities of other authorized
         denominations,

such Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange as requested;
provided, however, that the Certificated Securities presented or surrendered for
register of transfer or exchange:

                           (i) shall be duly endorsed or accompanied by a
                  written instrument of transfer in accordance with the proviso
                  to the first paragraph of Section 2.6; and

                           (ii) in the case of a Restricted Certificated
                  Security, such request shall be accompanied by the following
                  additional information and documents, as applicable:

                                    (A) if such Restricted Certificated Security
                           is being delivered to the Registrar by a Holder for
                           registration in the name of such Holder, without
                           transfer, or such Restricted Certificated Security is
                           being transferred to the Company or a Subsidiary of
                           the Company, a certification to that effect from such
                           Holder (in substantially the form set forth in the
                           Transfer Certificate);

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                           (B) if such Restricted Certificated Security is being
                  transferred to a person the Holder reasonably believes is a
                  QIB in accordance with Rule 144A or pursuant to an effective
                  registration statement under the Securities Act, a
                  certification to that effect from such Holder (in
                  substantially the form set forth in the Transfer Certificate);
                  or

                           (C) if such Restricted Certificated Security is being
                  transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration
                  requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144
                  or to an institutional "accredited investor" (as defined in
                  Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the
                  Securities Act) pursuant to and in compliance with an
                  exemption from the registration requirements under the
                  Securities Act, a certification to that effect from the Holder
                  (in substantially the form set forth in the Transfer
                  Certificate) and, in the case of a transfer to an
                  institutional accredited investor, a certificate containing
                  certain representations and warranties (in substantially the
                  form set forth in Exhibit B) and, in either case, if the
                  Company or the Registrar so requests, a customary Opinion of
                  Counsel, certificates and other information reasonably
                  acceptable to the Company and the Registrar to the effect that
                  such transfer does not require registration under the
                  Securities Act.

                  (c) Transfer of a Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global
Security for a Beneficial Interest in an Unrestricted Global Security. Any
person having a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security may upon
request, subject to the Applicable Procedures, transfer such beneficial interest
to a person who is required or permitted to take delivery thereof in the form of
an Unrestricted Global Security. Upon receipt by the Trustee of written
instructions, or such other form of instructions as is customary for the
Depositary, from the Depositary or its nominee on behalf of any person having a
beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security and the following additional
information and documents in such form as is customary for the Depositary from
the Depositary or its nominee on behalf of the person having such beneficial
interest in the Restricted Global Security (all of which may be submitted by
facsimile or electronically):

                  (i) if such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant
         to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, a
         certification to that effect from the Holder (in substantially the form
         set forth in the Transfer Certificate); or

                  (ii) if such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant
         to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities
         Act in accordance with Rule 144, a certification to that effect from
         the Holder (in substantially the form set forth in the Transfer
         Certificate) and, if the Company or the Trustee so requests, a
         customary Opinion of Counsel, certificates and other information
         reasonably acceptable to the Company and the Trustee to the effect that
         such transfer does not require registration under the Securities Act,

the Trustee, as the Registrar, shall reduce or cause to be reduced the aggregate
principal amount of the Restricted Global Security by the appropriate principal
amount and shall increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal
amount of the Unrestricted Global Security by a like

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principal amount. Such transfer shall otherwise be effected in accordance with
the Applicable Procedures. If no Unrestricted Global Security is then
outstanding, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of a
Company Order (which the Company agrees to deliver promptly), authenticate and
deliver an Unrestricted Global Security.

                  (d) Transfer of a Beneficial Interest in an Unrestricted
Global Security for a Beneficial Interest in a Restricted Global Security. Any
person having a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security may upon
request, subject to the Applicable Procedures, transfer such beneficial interest
to a person who is required or permitted to take delivery thereof in the form of
a Restricted Global Security (it being understood that only QIBs may own
beneficial interests in Restricted Global Securities). Upon receipt by the
Trustee of written instructions, or such other form of instructions as is
customary for the Depositary, from the Depository or its nominee on behalf of
any person having a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security and
the following additional information and documents in such form as is customary
for the Depositary, from the Depositary or its nominee on behalf of the person
having such beneficial interest in the Unrestricted Global Security (all of
which may be submitted by facsimile or electronically): a certification from the
Holder (in substantially the form set forth in the Transfer Certificate) to the
effect that such beneficial interest is being transferred to a person that the
transferor reasonably believes is a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A. The
Trustee, as the Registrar, shall reduce or cause to be reduced the aggregate
principal amount of the Unrestricted Global Security by the appropriate
principal amount and shall increase or cause to be increased the aggregate
principal amount of the Restricted Global Security by a like principal amount.
Such transfer shall otherwise be effected in accordance with the Applicable
Procedures. If no Restricted Global Security is then outstanding, the Company
shall execute and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of a Company Order (which the
Company agrees to deliver promptly), authenticate and deliver a Restricted
Global Security.

                  (e) Transfers of Certificated Securities for Beneficial
Interest in Global Securities. In the event that Certificated Securities are
issued in exchange for beneficial interests in Global Securities and,
thereafter, the events or conditions specified in Section 2.12(a)(i) which
required such exchange shall cease to exist, the Company shall mail notice to
the Trustee and to the Holders stating that Holders may exchange Certificated
Securities or interests in Global Securities by complying with the procedures
set forth in this Indenture and briefly describing such procedures and the
events or circumstances requiring that such notice be given. Thereafter, if
Certificated Securities are presented by a Holder to a Registrar with a request:

                  (x) to register the transfer of such Certificated Securities
         to a person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial
         interest in a Global Security, which request shall specify whether such
         Global Security shall be a Restricted Global Security or an
         Unrestricted Global Security, or

                  (y) to exchange such Certificated Securities for an equal
         principal amount of beneficial interests in a Global Security, which
         beneficial interests shall be owned by the Holder transferring such
         Certificated Securities (provided that in the case of such an exchange,
         Restricted Certificated Securities may be exchanged only for Restricted
         Global Securities and Unrestricted Certificated Securities may be
         exchanged only for Unrestricted Global Securities), the Registrar shall
         register the transfer or make the

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         exchange as requested by canceling such Certificated Security and
         causing, or directing the Registrar to cause, the aggregate principal
         amount of the applicable Global Security to be increased accordingly
         and, if no such Global Security is then outstanding, the Company shall
         issue and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of a Company Order (which the
         Company agrees to deliver promptly) authenticate and deliver a new
         Global Security;

provided, however, that the Certificated Securities presented or surrendered for
registration of transfer or exchange:

                  (1) shall be duly endorsed or accompanied by a written
         instrument of transfer in accordance with the proviso to the first
         paragraph of Section 2.6;

                  (2) in the case of a Restricted Certificated Security to be
         transferred for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global
         Security, such request shall be accompanied by the following additional
         information and documents, as applicable:

                           (i) if such Restricted Certificated Security is being
                  transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement
                  under the Securities Act, a certification to that effect from
                  such Holder (in substantially the form set forth in the
                  Transfer Certificate); or

                           (ii) if such Restricted Certificated Security is
                  being transferred pursuant to an exemption from the
                  registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance
                  with Rule 144, a certification to that effect from such Holder
                  (in substantially the form set forth in the Transfer
                  Certificate) and, if the Company or the Registrar so requests,
                  a customary Opinion of Counsel, certificates and other
                  information reasonably acceptable to the Company and the
                  Trustee to the effect that such transfer does not require
                  registration under of the Securities Act;

                  (3) in the case of a Restricted Certificated Security to be
         transferred or exchanged for a beneficial interest in a Restricted
         Global Security, such request shall be accompanied by a certification
         from such Holder (in substantially the form set forth in the Transfer
         Certificate) to the effect that such Restricted Certificated Security
         is being transferred to a person the Holder reasonably believes is a
         QIB (which, in the case of an exchange, shall be such Holder) in
         accordance with Rule 144A;

                  (4) in the case of an Unrestricted Certificated Security to be
         transferred or exchanged for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted
         Global Security, such request need not be accompanied by any additional
         information or documents; and

                  (5) in the case of an Unrestricted Certificated Security to be
         transferred or exchanged for a beneficial interest in a Restricted
         Global Security,

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         such request shall be accompanied by a certification from such Holder
         (in substantially the form set forth in the Transfer Certificate) to
         the effect that such Unrestricted Certificated Security is being
         transferred to a person the Holder reasonably believes is a QIB (which,
         in the case of an exchange, shall be such Holder) in accordance with
         Rule 144A.

         (f) Legends.

                  (1) Except as permitted by the following paragraphs (2), (3)
         and (4), each Global Security and Certificated Security (and all
         Securities issued in exchange therefor or upon registration of transfer
         or replacement thereof) shall bear a legend in substantially the form
         called for by footnote 2 to Exhibit A attached hereto (each a "TRANSFER
         RESTRICTED SECURITY"), for so long as it is required by this Indenture
         to bear such legend. Each Transfer Restricted Security shall have
         attached thereto a certificate (a "TRANSFER CERTIFICATE") in
         substantially the form called for by footnote 5 to Exhibit A attached
         hereto.

                  (2) Upon any sale or transfer of a Transfer Restricted
         Security (x) after the expiration of the holding period applicable to
         sales of the Securities under Rule 144(k) of the Securities Act, (y)
         pursuant to Rule 144 or (z) pursuant to an effective registration
         statement under the Securities Act:

                           (i) in the case of any Restricted Certificated
                  Security, any Registrar shall permit the Holder thereof to
                  exchange such Restricted Certificated Security for an
                  Unrestricted Certificated Security, or (under the
                  circumstances described in Section 2.12(e)) to transfer such
                  Restricted Certificated Security to a transferee who shall
                  take such Security in the form of a beneficial interest in an
                  Unrestricted Global Security, and in each case shall rescind
                  any restriction on the transfer of such Security; provided,
                  however, that the Holder of such Restricted Certificated
                  Security shall, in connection with such exchange or transfer,
                  comply with the other applicable provisions of this Section
                  2.12; and

                           (ii) in the case of any beneficial interest in a
                  Restricted Global Security, the Trustee shall permit the
                  beneficial owner thereof to transfer such beneficial interest
                  to a transferee who shall take such interest in the form of a
                  beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security and
                  shall rescind any restriction on transfer of such beneficial
                  interest; provided, that such Unrestricted Global Security
                  shall continue to be subject to the provisions of Section
                  2.12(a)(ii); and provided, further, that the owner of such
                  beneficial interest shall, in connection with such transfer,
                  comply with the other applicable provisions of this Section
                  2.12.

                  (3) Upon the exchange, registration of transfer or replacement
         of Securities not bearing the legend described in paragraph (1) above,
         the

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         Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver
         Securities that do not bear such legend and that do not have a Transfer
         Certificate attached thereto.

                  (4) After the expiration of the holding period pursuant to
         Rule 144(k) of the Securities Act, the Company may with the consent of
         the Holder of a Restricted Global Security or a Restricted Certificated
         Security, remove any restriction of transfer on such Security, and the
         Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver
         Securities that do not bear such legend and that do not have a Transfer
         Certificate attached thereto.

                  (5) Until the expiration of the holding period applicable to
         sales of the Securities under Rule 144(k) of the Securities Act or a
         transfer pursuant to Rule 144 or pursuant to an effective registration
         statement under the Securities Act, the Common Stock issued upon
         conversion of the Securities shall bear the legend in substantially the
         form called for by Exhibit C attached hereto.

         (g) Transfers to the Company. Nothing contained in this Indenture or in
the Securities shall prohibit the sale or other transfer of any Securities
(including beneficial interests in Global Securities) to the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries, which Securities shall thereupon be cancelled in accordance
with Section 2.10.

         Section 2.13. CUSIP Numbers.

         The Company may issue the Securities with one or more "CUSIP" numbers
(if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use "CUSIP" numbers in
notices of redemption or purchase as a convenience to Holders; provided that any
such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of
such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice
of a redemption or purchase and that reliance may be placed only on the other
identification numbers printed on the Securities, and any such redemption or
purchase shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The
Company shall promptly notify the Trustee of any change in the CUSIP numbers.

         Section 2.14. Ranking.

         The indebtedness of the Company arising under or in connection with
this Indenture and every outstanding Security issued under this Indenture from
time to time constitutes and shall constitute a senior unsecured general
obligation of the Company, ranking equally with other existing and future senior
unsecured Indebtedness of the Company and ranking senior in right of payment to
any future Indebtedness of the Company that is expressly made subordinate to the
Securities by the terms of such Indebtedness.

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                                  ARTICLE III

                                   REDEMPTION

         Section 3.1. The Company's Right to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.

         Prior to October 20, 2006, the Securities shall not be redeemable at
the Company's option. On or after October 20, 2006, but prior to October 20,
2008, the Company may, at its option redeem the Securities in accordance with
this Article III for cash at any time as a whole, or from time to time in part,
at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of those Securities
called for redemption plus accrued and unpaid interest, Contingent Interest and
Additional Amounts, if any, on such Securities to, but excluding the applicable
Redemption Date (the "REDEMPTION PRICE") if, but only if, on each of at least 20
Trading Days within any period of 30 consecutive Trading Days ending on or after
October 20, 2006 but prior to October 20, 2008, the Closing Sale Price of the
Common Stock exceeds 140% of the Conversion Price of the Securities on the 30th
Trading Day of such period.

         On or after October 20, 2008, the Company, at its option, may redeem
the Securities in accordance with this Article III for cash at any time as a
whole, or from time to time in part, at the Redemption Price.

         In the event that the Company elects to redeem the Securities on a date
that is after any Regular Record Date but on or before the corresponding
Interest Payment Date, the Company shall be required to pay accrued and unpaid
interest, Contingent Interest and Additional Amounts, if any, to the holder of
the redeemed Security and not the Holder on the corresponding Regular Record
Date.

         If the Company elects to redeem Securities, it shall notify the Trustee
in writing of the Redemption Date, the principal amount of Securities to be
redeemed and the Redemption Price. The Company shall give this notice to the
Trustee by a Company Order at least 40 days before the Redemption Date (unless a
shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee).

         Section 3.2. Selection of Securities to Be Redeemed.

         If fewer than all of the outstanding Securities are to be redeemed,
unless the procedures of the Depositary provide otherwise, the Trustee shall
select the Securities to be redeemed by lot or on a pro rata basis or by another
method the Trustee considers fair and appropriate. The Trustee shall make the
selection within five Business Days after it receives the notice provided for in
Section 3.1 from outstanding Securities not previously called for redemption.

         Securities and portions of Securities that the Trustee selects shall be
in principal amounts of $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000. Provisions of
this Indenture that apply to Securities called for redemption also apply to
portions of Securities called for redemption. The Trustee shall notify the
Company promptly of the Securities or portions of the Securities to be redeemed.

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                  Securities and portions of Securities that are to be redeemed
are convertible by the Holder until 5:00 p.m., New York city time, on the second
Business Day immediately preceding the Redemption Date. If any Security selected
for partial redemption is converted in part before termination of the conversion
right with respect to the portion of the Security so selected, the converted
portion of such Security shall be deemed (so far as may be) to be the portion
selected for redemption. Securities which have been converted during a selection
of Securities to be redeemed may be treated by the Trustee as outstanding for
the purpose of such selection.

                  Section 3.3. Notice of Redemption.

                  At least 20 days but not more than 60 days before a Redemption
Date, the Company shall mail a notice of redemption by first-class mail, postage
prepaid, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed.

                  The notice of redemption shall identify the Securities to be
redeemed and shall state:

                  (a) the Redemption Date;

                  (b) the Redemption Price;

                  (c) the Conversion Rate and any adjustments thereto;

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

                  (e) that Securities called for redemption may be converted at
         any time prior to 5:00 p.m., New York city time, on the second Business
         Day preceding the Redemption Date;

                  (f) that Holders who want to convert their Securities must
         satisfy the requirements set forth in Article XII;

                  (g) that Securities called for redemption must be surrendered
         to the Paying Agent to collect the Redemption Price;

                  (h) if fewer than all of the outstanding Securities are to be
         redeemed, the certificate numbers, if any, and principal amounts of the
         particular Securities to be redeemed;

                  (i) that, unless the Company defaults in making payment of
         such Redemption Price, interest, Contingent Interest and Additional
         Amounts, if any, on Securities called for redemption shall cease to
         accrue on and after the Redemption Date;

                  (j) the CUSIP number(s) of the Securities; and

                  (k) any other information the Company wants to present.

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         At the Company's request, the Trustee shall give the notice of
redemption in the Company's name and at the Company's expense; provided,
however, that the Company makes such request at least five Business Days (unless
a shorter period shall be satisfactory to the Trustee) prior to the date by
which such notice of redemption must be given to Holders in accordance with this
Section 3.3; provided, further, that the text of the notice of redemption shall
be prepared by the Company.

         Section 3.4. Effect of Notice of Redemption.

         Once notice of redemption is given, Securities called for redemption
become due and payable on the Redemption Date and at the Redemption Price,
except for Securities which are converted in accordance with the terms of this
Indenture. Upon surrender to the Paying Agent, such Securities shall be paid at
the Redemption Price.

         Section 3.5. Deposit of Redemption Price.

         Prior to 10:00 a.m., New York city time, on the applicable Redemption
Date, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent (or if the Company or a
Subsidiary or an Affiliate of either of them is acting as the Paying Agent,
shall segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 2.4) an amount of cash
(in immediately available funds if deposited on the Redemption Date) sufficient
to pay the aggregate Redemption Price of all Securities or portions thereof
which are to be redeemed as of such Redemption Date other than Securities or
portions of Securities called for redemption which on or prior thereto have been
delivered by the Company to the Trustee for cancellation or have been converted.

         If the Paying Agent holds, in accordance with the terms hereof, at
10:00 a.m., New York city time, on the applicable Redemption Date, cash
sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of any Securities for which notice of
redemption is given, then, on such Redemption Date, such Securities shall cease
to be outstanding and interest, Contingent Interest, and Additional Amounts, if
any, on such Securities shall cease to accrue, whether or not such Securities
are delivered to the Paying Agent, and the rights of the Holders in respect
thereof shall terminate (other than the right to receive the Redemption Price
upon delivery of such Securities).

         Section 3.6. Securities Redeemed in Part.

         Any Certificated Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be
surrendered at the office of the Paying Agent and the Company shall execute and
the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security,
without charge, a new Security or Securities, of any authorized denomination as
requested by such Holder in aggregate principal amount equal to the unredeemed
portion of the Security surrendered.

         Section 3.7. Repayment to the Company.

         To the extent that the aggregate amount of cash deposited by the
Company pursuant to Section 3.5 exceeds the aggregate Redemption Price of the
Securities or portions thereof which the Company is redeeming as of the
Redemption Date, then, promptly after the Redemption Date, the Paying Agent
shall return any such excess to the Company.

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                  Section 3.8. No Sinking Fund.

                  The Securities shall not have a sinking fund.

                                   ARTICLE IV

                        PURCHASE AT THE OPTION OF HOLDERS
                                ON SPECIFIC DATES

                  Section 4.1. Optional Put.

                  (a) Each Holder shall have the right, at the Holder's option,
but subject to the provisions of this Section 4.1, to require the Company to
purchase, and upon the exercise of such right, the Company shall purchase, all
of such Holder's Securities not theretofore called for redemption, or any
portion of the Principal Amount at Issuance thereof that is equal to $1,000 or
an integral multiple thereof, as directed by such Holder pursuant to this
Section 4.1, on each of October 15, 2008, October 15, 2013 and October 15, 2018
(each a "PURCHASE DATE"). The Company shall be required to purchase such
Securities at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the Principal Amount at
Issuance plus any accrued and unpaid cash interest (including any Contingent
Interest and Additional Amounts) to, but excluding, the Purchase Date (the
"PURCHASE PRICE"). In the event that a Purchase Date is a date that is after any
Regular Record Date but on or before the corresponding Interest Payment Date,
the Company shall be required to pay accrued and unpaid interest, Contingent
Interest, and Additional Amounts, if any, to the holder of the repurchased
Security and not the Holder on the Regular Record Date.

                  (b) No later than 20 Business Days prior to each Purchase
Date, the Company shall mail a written notice of the purchase right by first
class mail to the Trustee (and the Paying Agent if the Trustee is not then
acting as a Paying Agent) and to each Holder at its address shown in the
Security Register of the Registrar, and to beneficial owners as required by
applicable law. The notice shall include a form of Purchase Notice to be
completed by the Holder and shall briefly state, as applicable:

                  (i) the date by which the Purchase Notice must be delivered to
         the Paying Agent in order for a Holder to exercise the purchase right
         pursuant to this Section 4.1;

                  (ii) the Purchase Date;

                  (iii) the Purchase Price;

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

                  (v) the Conversion Rate and any adjustments thereto;

                  (vi) that the Securities as to which a Purchase Notice has
         been given may be converted into Common Stock if they are otherwise
         convertible pursuant to

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         Article XII of this Indenture only if the Purchase Notice has been
         withdrawn in accordance with the terms of this Indenture;

                  (vii) that the Securities must be surrendered to the Paying
         Agent to collect payment;

                  (viii) that the Purchase Price for any Security as to which a
         Purchase Notice has been duly given and not withdrawn shall be paid
         promptly following the later of the Purchase Date and the time of
         surrender of such Security as described in Section 4.1(b)(vii);

                  (ix) the procedures the Holder must follow to exercise its
         rights under this Section 4.1 and a brief description of such rights;

                  (x) briefly, the conversion rights of the Securities, if any,
         and that the Holder must satisfy the requirements set forth in the
         Indenture in order to convert the Securities;

                  (xi) the procedures for withdrawing a Purchase Notice,
         including a form of notice of withdrawal;

                  (xii) that, unless the Company defaults in making payment of
         such Purchase Price, interest (including any Contingent Interest and
         Additional Amounts), if any, on Securities surrendered for purchase by
         the Company shall cease to accrue on and after the Purchase Date; and

                  (xiii) the CUSIP number(s) of the Securities.

                  At the Company's request, the Trustee shall give the notice of
purchase right in the Company's name and at the Company's expense; provided,
however, that the Company makes such request at least five Business Days (unless
a shorter period shall be satisfactory to the Trustee) prior to the date by
which such notice of purchase right must be given to the Holders in accordance
with this Section 4.1(b); provided, further, that the text of the notice of
purchase right shall be prepared by the Company.

                  If any of the Securities is in the form of a Global Security,
then the Company shall modify such notice to the extent necessary to accord with
the procedures of the Depositary applicable to the purchase of Global
Securities.

                  Simultaneously with delivering the written notice pursuant to
this Section 4.1(b), the Company shall publish a notice containing all
information specified in such written notice in a newspaper of general
circulation in New York, New York, or publish such information on the Company's
website, or through such other public medium that reasonably could be expected
to inform Holders of such information.

                  (c) A Holder may exercise its rights specified in clause (a)
of this Section 4.1 upon delivery of a written notice (which shall be in
substantially the form included on the reverse side of the Securities entitled
"Option of Holder to Elect Purchase" hereto and which may be

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delivered by letter, overnight courier, hand delivery, facsimile transmission or
in any other written form and, in the case of Global Securities, may be
delivered electronically or by other means in accordance with the Depositary's
customary procedures) of the exercise of such rights (a "PURCHASE NOTICE") to
the Paying Agent at any time from the opening of business on the date that is 20
Business Days prior to the relevant Purchase Date until the close of business on
the fifth Business Day prior to such Purchase Date.

         The Purchase Notice delivered by a Holder shall state (i) the relevant
Purchase Date, (ii) if certificated Securities, the certificate number or
numbers of the Security or Securities which the Holder shall deliver to be
purchased (if not certificated, the notice must comply with Applicable
Procedures), (iii) the portion of the Principal Amount at Issuance of the
Security which the Holder shall deliver to be purchased, which portion must be
$1,000 or an integral multiple thereof, and (iv) that such Security shall be
purchased pursuant to the terms and conditions specified in the Securities and
this Indenture.

         Delivery of a Security to the Paying Agent by book-entry transfer or
physical delivery prior to, on or after the applicable Purchase Date (together
with all necessary endorsements) at the offices of the Paying Agent is a
condition to receipt by the Holder of the Purchase Price therefor; provided,
however, that such Purchase Price shall be so paid pursuant to this Section 4.1
only if the Security so delivered to the Paying Agent shall conform in all
respects to the description thereof in the related Purchase Notice, as
determined by the Company.

         The Company shall purchase from the Holder thereof, pursuant to this
Section 4.1, a portion of a Security if the Principal Amount at Issuance of such
portion is $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000. Provisions of this
Indenture that apply to the purchase of all of a Security pursuant to Section
4.1 through Section 4.7 also apply to the purchase of such portion of such
Security.

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

         Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, in the case of Global
Securities, any Purchase Notice may be delivered or withdrawn and such
Securities may be surrendered or delivered for purchase in accordance with the
Applicable Procedures as in effect from time to time.

         Section 4.2. Effect of Purchase Notice; Withdrawal of Purchase Notice.

         (a) Upon receipt by the Paying Agent of the Purchase Notice specified
in Section 4.1(c), the Holder of the Security in respect of which such Purchase
Notice was given shall (unless such Purchase Notice is withdrawn as specified in
the following paragraph) thereafter be entitled to receive solely the Purchase
Price with respect to such Security. Such Purchase Price shall be paid to such
Holder, subject to receipt of cash by the Paying Agent, promptly following the
later of (a) the Purchase Date with respect to such Security (provided the
conditions in Section 4.1(c) have been satisfied) and (b) the time of book-entry
transfer or delivery of such Security to the Paying Agent by the Holder thereof
in the manner required by Section 4.1(c). Securities in respect of which a
Purchase Notice has been given by the Holder

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thereof may not be converted pursuant to Article XII on or after the date of the
delivery of such Purchase Notice unless such Purchase Notice has first been
validly withdrawn as specified in the following paragraph.

         (b) A Purchase Notice may be withdrawn by means of a written notice
(which may be delivered by letter, overnight courier, hand delivery, facsimile
transmission or in any other written form and, in the case of Global Securities,
may be delivered electronically or by other means in accordance with the
Depositary's customary procedures) of withdrawal delivered by the Holder to the
Paying Agent at any time prior to the close of business on the Business Day
immediately preceding the Purchase Date, specifying (a) the Principal Amount at
Issuance of the Security or portion thereof (which must be a Principal Amount at
Issuance of $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) with
respect to which such notice of withdrawal is being submitted, (b) if
certificated Securities have been issued, the certificate numbers of the
withdrawn Securities, or if not certificated, such notice must comply with
Applicable Procedures, and (c) the Principal Amount at Issuance, if any, which
remains subject to the Purchase Notice.

         Section 4.3. Deposit of Purchase Price.

         Prior to 10:00 a.m., New York city time, on the applicable Purchase
Date, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent (or if the Company or a
Subsidiary or an Affiliate of either of them is acting as the Paying Agent,
shall segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 2.4) an amount of cash
(in immediately available funds if deposited on such Business Day) sufficient to
pay the aggregate Purchase Price of all the Securities or portions thereof which
are to be purchased as of such Purchase Date.

         If the Paying Agent holds, in accordance with the terms hereof, at
10:00 a.m., New York city time, on the applicable Purchase Date, cash sufficient
to pay the Purchase Price of any Securities for which a Purchase Notice has been
tendered and not withdrawn pursuant to Section 4.2(b), then, on such Purchase
Date, such Securities shall cease to be outstanding and interest, Contingent
Interest and Additional Amounts, if any, on such Securities shall cease to
accrue, whether or not such Securities are delivered to the Paying Agent, and
the rights of the Holders in respect thereof shall terminate (other than the
right to receive the Purchase Price upon delivery of such Securities).

         The Company shall publicly announce the Principal Amount at Issuance of
Securities purchased on the applicable Purchase Date on such date or as soon as
practicable thereafter, by publishing a notice containing such information in a
newspaper of general circulation in New York, New York or by publishing such
information on the Company's website, or through such other public medium that
reasonably could be expected to inform Holders of such information.

         Section 4.4. Securities Purchased in Part.

         Any Certificated Security which is to be purchased only in part shall
be surrendered at the office of the Paying Agent (with, if the Company or the
Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in
form satisfactory to the Company and

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the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or such Holder's attorney duly
authorized in writing) and promptly after the applicable Purchase Date the
Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the
Holder of such Security, without charge, a new Security or Securities, of any
authorized denomination or denominations as may be requested by such Holder, in
aggregate principal amount equal to, and in exchange for, the portion of the
Principal Amount at Issuance of the Security so surrendered that is not
purchased.

         Section 4.5. Covenant to Comply With Securities Laws Upon Purchase of
Securities.

         When complying with the provisions of Section 4.1 hereof (provided that
such offer or purchase constitutes an "issuer tender offer" for purposes of Rule
13e-4 (which term, as used herein, includes any successor provision thereto)
under the Exchange Act at the time of such offer or purchase), and subject to
any exemptions available under applicable law, the Company shall:

                  (a) comply with Rule 13e-4 and Rule 14e-1 (or any successor
         provision) under the Exchange Act;

                  (b) file the related Schedule TO (or any successor schedule,
         form or report) under the Exchange Act; and

                  (c) otherwise comply with all Federal and state securities
         laws so as to permit the rights and obligations under this Article IV
         to be exercised in the time and in the manner specified therein.

         Section 4.6. Repayment to the Company.

         To the extent that the aggregate amount of cash deposited by the
Company pursuant to Section 4.3 exceeds the aggregate Purchase Price of the
Securities or portions thereof which the Company is obligated to purchase as of
the applicable Purchase Date, then, promptly after such Purchase Date, the
Paying Agent shall return any such excess to the Company.

         Section 4.7. No Purchase Upon Event of Default. There shall be no
purchase of any Securities pursuant to this Article IV if there has occurred
(prior to, on or after, as the case may be, the giving by each of the Holders of
such Securities of the required Purchase Notice but, in any event, prior to the
applicable Purchase Date) and is continuing, as of such Purchase Date, an Event
of Default (other than a default in the payment of the Purchase Price with
respect to such Securities). The Paying Agent shall promptly return to the
respective Holders thereof any Securities (a) with respect to which a Purchase
Notice has been delivered in compliance with this Indenture, or (b) held by it
during the continuance of an Event of Default (other than a default in the
payment of the Purchase Price with respect to such Securities), in which case,
upon such return, the Purchase Notice with respect thereto shall be deemed to
have been withdrawn.

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                                   ARTICLE V

                        PURCHASE AT THE OPTION OF HOLDERS
                             UPON A DESIGNATED EVENT

         Section 5.1. Designated Event Put.

         (a) In the event that a Designated Event shall occur, each Holder shall
have the right, at the Holder's option, but subject to the provisions of this
Section 5.1, to require the Company to purchase, and upon the exercise of such
right, the Company shall purchase, all of such Holder's Securities not
theretofore called for redemption, or any portion of the Principal Amount at
Issuance thereof that is equal to $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof, as
directed by such Holder pursuant to this Section 5.1, on the date designated by
the Company (the "DESIGNATED EVENT PURCHASE DATE") that is a Business Day no
later than 30 Business Days after the date of notice pursuant to Section 5.1(b)
of the occurrence of a Designated Event (subject to extension to comply with
applicable law). The Company shall be required to purchase such Securities at a
purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the Principal Amount at Issuance plus
any accrued and unpaid interest (including Contingent Interest and any
Additional Amounts) to, but excluding, the Designated Event Purchase Date (the
"DESIGNATED EVENT PURCHASE PRICE"). In the event that a Designated Event
Purchase Date is a date that is after any Regular Record Date but on or before
the corresponding Interest Payment Date, the Company shall be required to pay
accrued and unpaid interest, Contingent Interest, and Additional Amounts, if
any, to the holder of the repurchased Security and not the Holder on the Regular
Record Date.

         (b) No later than 20 calendar days after the occurrence of a Designated
Event, the Company shall mail a written notice of the Designated Event by first
class mail to the Trustee (and the Paying Agent if the Trustee is not then
acting as Paying Agent) and to each Holder at its address shown in the Security
Register of the Registrar, and to beneficial owners as required by applicable
law. The notice shall include a form of Designated Event Purchase Notice to be
completed by the Holder and shall briefly state, as applicable:

                  (i) the date of such Designated Event and, briefly, the events
         causing such Designated Event;

                  (ii) the date by which the Designated Event Purchase Notice
         must be delivered to the Paying Agent in order for a Holder to exercise
         the purchase right pursuant to this Section 5.1;

                  (iii) the Designated Event Purchase Date;

                  (iv) the Designated Event Purchase Price;

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

                  (vi) the Conversion Rate and any adjustments thereto;

                  (vii) that the Securities as to which a Designated Event
         Purchase Notice has been given may be converted into Common Stock
         pursuant to Article XII of this

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         Indenture only if the Designated Event Purchase Notice has been
         withdrawn in accordance with the terms of this Indenture;

                  (viii) that the Securities must be surrendered to the Paying
         Agent to collect payment;

                  (ix) that the Designated Event Purchase Price for any Security
         as to which a Designated Event Purchase Notice has been duly given and
         not withdrawn shall be paid promptly following the later of the
         Designated Event Purchase Date and the time of surrender of such
         Security as described in Section 5.1(b)(viii);

                  (x) the procedures the Holder must follow to exercise rights
         under this Section 5.1 and a brief description of such rights;

                  (xi) briefly, the conversion rights of the Securities, and
         that the Holder must satisfy the requirements set forth in the
         Indenture in order to convert the Securities;

                  (xii) the procedures for withdrawing a Designated Event
         Purchase Notice, including a form of notice of withdrawal;

                  (xiii) that, unless the Company defaults in making payment of
         such Designated Event Purchase Price, interest (including Contingent
         Interest and any Additional Amounts), if any, on Securities surrendered
         for purchase by the Company shall cease to accrue on and after the
         Designated Event Purchase Date; and

                  (xiv) the CUSIP number(s) of the Securities.

         At the Company's request, the Trustee shall give the notice of purchase
right in the Company's name and at the Company's expense; provided, however,
that the Company makes such request at least five Business Days (unless a
shorter period shall be satisfactory to the Trustee) prior to the date by which
such notice of purchase right must be given to the Holders in accordance with
this Section 5.1(b); provided, further, that the text of the notice of purchase
right shall be prepared by the Company.

         If any of the Securities is in the form of a Global Security, then the
Company shall modify such notice to the extent necessary to accord with the
procedures of the Depositary applicable to the purchase of Global Securities.

         Simultaneously with delivering the written notice pursuant to this
Section 5.1(b), the Company shall publish a notice containing all information
specified in such written notice in a newspaper of general circulation in New
York, New York or publish such information on the Company's website, or through
such other public medium that reasonably could be expected to inform Holders of
such information.

         (c) A Holder may exercise its rights specified in clause (a) of this
Section 5.1 upon delivery of a written notice (which shall be in substantially
the form included on the reverse side of the Securities entitled "Option of
Holder to Elect Purchase" hereto and which may be delivered by letter, overnight
courier, hand delivery, facsimile transmission or in any other

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written form and, in the case of Global Securities, may be delivered
electronically or by other means in accordance with the Depositary's customary
procedures) of the exercise of such rights (a "DESIGNATED EVENT PURCHASE
NOTICE") to the Paying Agent at any time on or before the 30th Business Day
after the date of the Company's notice of the Designated Event (subject to
extension to comply with applicable law).

         The Designated Event Purchase Notice delivered by a Holder shall state
(i) if certificated Securities, the certificate number or numbers of the
Security or Securities which the Holder shall deliver to be purchased (if not
certificated, the notice must comply with Applicable Procedures), (ii) the
portion of the Principal Amount at Issuance of the Security which the Holder
shall deliver to be purchased, which portion must be $1,000 or an integral
multiple thereof, and (iii) that such Security shall be purchased pursuant to
the terms and conditions specified in the Securities and this Indenture.

         Delivery of a Security to the Paying Agent by book-entry transfer or
physical delivery prior to, on or after the Designated Event Purchase Date
(together with all necessary endorsements) at the offices of the Paying Agent is
a condition to receipt by the Holder of the Designated Event Purchase Price
therefor; provided, however, that such Designated Event Purchase Price shall be
so paid pursuant to this Section 5.1 only if the Security so delivered to the
Paying Agent shall conform in all respects to the description thereof in the
related Designated Event Purchase Notice, as determined by the Company.

         The Company shall purchase from the Holder thereof, pursuant to this
Section 5.1, a portion of a Security if the Principal Amount at Issuance of such
portion is $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000. Provisions of the Indenture
that apply to the purchase of all of a Security pursuant to Section 5.1 through
Section 5.6 also apply to the purchase of such portion of such Security.

         A Paying Agent shall promptly notify the Company of the receipt by it
of any Designated Event Purchase Notice or written withdrawal thereof.

         Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, in the case of Global
Securities, any Designated Event Purchase Notice may be delivered or withdrawn
and such Securities may be surrendered or delivered for purchase in accordance
with the Applicable Procedures as in effect from time to time.

         Section 5.2. Effect of Designated Event Purchase Notice; Withdrawal.

         (a) Upon receipt by the Paying Agent of the Designated Event Purchase
Notice specified in Section 5.1(c), the Holder of the Security in respect of
which such Designated Event Purchase Notice was given shall (unless such
Designated Event Purchase Notice is withdrawn as specified in the following
paragraph) thereafter be entitled to receive the Designated Event Purchase Price
with respect to such Security. Such Designated Event Purchase Price shall be
paid to such Holder, subject to receipt of cash by the Paying Agent, promptly
following the later of (a) the Designated Event Purchase Date with respect to
such Security (provided the conditions in Section 5.1(c) have been satisfied)
and (b) the time of book-entry transfer or delivery of such Security to the
Paying Agent by the Holder thereof in the manner

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required by Section 5.1(c). Securities in respect of which a Designated Event
Purchase Notice has been given by the Holder thereof may not be converted
pursuant to Article XII on or after the date of the delivery of such Designated
Event Purchase Notice unless such Designated Event Purchase Notice has first
been validly withdrawn as specified in the following paragraph.

         (b) A Designated Event Purchase Notice may be withdrawn by means of a
written notice (which may be delivered by letter, overnight courier, hand
delivery, facsimile transmission or in any other written form and, in the case
of Global Securities, may be delivered electronically or by other means in
accordance with Applicable Procedures) of withdrawal delivered by the Holder to
the Paying Agent at any time prior to the close of business on the Business Day
immediately preceding the Designated Event Purchase Date, specifying (a) the
Principal Amount at Issuance of the Security or portion thereof (which must be a
Principal Amount at Issuance of $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in
excess thereof) with respect to which such notice of withdrawal is being
submitted, (b) if certificated Securities have been issued, the certificate
numbers of the withdrawn Securities, or if not certificated, such notice must
comply with Applicable Procedures, and (c) the Principal Amount at Issuance, if
any, which remains subject to the Designated Event Purchase Notice.

         Section 5.3. Deposit of Designated Event Purchase Price.

         Prior to 10:00 a.m., New York city time, on the applicable Designated
Event Purchase Date or the Business Day following the Designated Event Purchase
Date, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent (or if the Company or a
Subsidiary or an Affiliate of either of them is acting as the Paying Agent,
shall segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 2.4) an amount of cash
(in immediately available funds if deposited on such Business Day) sufficient to
pay the aggregate Designated Event Purchase Price of all the Securities or
portions thereof which are to be purchased as of such Designated Event Purchase
Date.

         If the Paying Agent holds, in accordance with the terms hereof, at
10:00 a.m., New York city time, on the applicable Designated Event Purchase
Date, cash sufficient to pay the Designated Event Purchase Price of any
Securities for which a Designated Event Purchase Notice has been tendered and
not withdrawn pursuant to Section 5.2(b), then, on such Designated Event
Purchase Date, such Securities shall cease to be outstanding and interest,
Contingent Interest, and Additional Amounts, if any, on such Securities shall
cease to accrue, whether or not such Securities are delivered to the Paying
Agent, and the rights of the Holders in respect thereof shall terminate (other
than the right to receive the Designated Event Purchase Price upon delivery of
such Securities).

         The Company shall publicly announce the Principal Amount at Issuance of
Securities purchased as a result of such Designated Event on or as soon as
practicable after the Designated Event Purchase Date by publishing a notice
containing such information in a newspaper of general circulation in New York,
New York or by publishing such information on the Company's website, or through
such other public medium that reasonably could be expected to inform Holders of
such information.

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                  Section 5.4. Securities Purchased in Part.

                  Any Certificated Security that is to be purchased only in part
shall be surrendered at the office of the Paying Agent (with, if the Company or
the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer
in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder
thereof or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing) and promptly after
the Designated Event Purchase Date the Company shall execute and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security, without charge, a
new Security or Securities, of any authorized denomination or denominations as
may be requested by such Holder, in aggregate Principal Amount at Issuance equal
to, and in exchange for, the portion of the Principal Amount at Issuance of the
Security so surrendered that is not purchased.

                  Section 5.5. Covenant to Comply With Securities Laws Upon
Purchase of Securities.

                  When complying with the provisions of Section 5.1 hereof
(provided that such offer or purchase constitutes an "issuer tender offer" for
purposes of Rule 13e-4 (which term, as used herein, includes any successor
provision thereto) under the Exchange Act at the time of such offer or
purchase), and subject to any exemptions available under applicable law, the
Company shall:

                  (a) comply with Rule 13e- 4 and Rule 14e-1 (or any successor
         provision) under the Exchange Act;

                  (b) file the related Schedule TO (or any successor schedule,
         form or report) under the Exchange Act; and

                  (c) otherwise comply with all Federal and state securities
         laws so as to permit the rights and obligations under this Article V to
         be exercised in the time and in the manner specified therein.

                  Section 5.6. Repayment to the Company.

                  To the extent that the aggregate amount of cash deposited by
the Company pursuant to Section 5.3 exceeds the aggregate Designated Event
Purchase Price of the Securities or portions thereof which the Company is
obligated to purchase as of the Designated Event Purchase Date then, promptly
after the Designated Event Purchase Date, the Paying Agent shall return any such
excess to the Company.

                                   ARTICLE VI

                                    COVENANTS

                  Section 6.1. Payment of Securities.

                  The Company shall promptly make all payments in respect of the
Securities on the dates and in the manner provided in the Securities or pursuant
to this Indenture. Principal amount, Redemption Price, Purchase Price and
Designated Event Purchase Price and accrued

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and unpaid interest, Contingent Interest and Additional Amounts, if any, shall
be considered paid on the applicable date due if by 10:00 a.m., New York city
time, on such date the Paying Agent holds, in accordance with this Indenture,
cash or securities, if permitted hereunder, sufficient to pay all such amounts
then due. The Company shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, pay
interest on overdue principal (whether at stated maturity or otherwise) and
overdue installments of interest, Contingent Interest and Additional Amounts, if
any, at the rate borne by the Securities per annum. All references in this
Indenture or the Securities to interest shall be deemed to include Contingent
Interest and Additional Amounts, if any, payable pursuant to the Registration
Rights Agreement.

         Payment of the principal of and interest, Contingent Interest and
Additional Amounts, if any, on the Securities shall be in such coin or currency
of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for
payment of public and private debts or in Applicable Stock, as the case may be.

         Subject to Section 3.1, Section 4.1and Section 5.1, the Company shall
pay interest, Contingent Interest and Additional Amounts, if any, on the
Securities to the Person in whose name the Securities are registered at the
close of business on the Regular Record Date next preceding the corresponding
Interest Payment Date. Any such interest, Contingent Interest, and Additional
Amounts, if any, not so punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith
cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may be paid
(a) to the Person in whose name the Securities are registered at the close of
business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such defaulted interest,
Contingent Interest and Additional Amounts, if any, to be fixed by the Trustee,
notice whereof shall be given to the Holders not less than 10 calendar days
prior to such Special Record Date or (b) at any time in any other lawful manner
not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the
Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such
exchange.

         The Holder must surrender the Securities to the Paying Agent to collect
payment of principal. Payment of interest, Contingent Interest and Additional
Amounts, if any, on Certificated Securities shall be made by check mailed to the
address of the Person entitled thereto as such address appears in the Register,
and payment of interest, Contingent Interest and Additional Amounts, if any, on
Certificated Securities in aggregate principal amount in excess of $5,000,000
shall be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds at the election of
such Holder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as the Securities are
registered in the name of a Depositary or its nominee, all payments with respect
to the Securities shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds
to the account of the Depositary or its nominee.

         Section 6.2. SEC and Other Reports to the Trustee.

         (a) The Company shall ensure delivery to the Trustee within 15 calendar
days after it files such annual and quarterly reports, information, documents
and other reports with the SEC, copies of its annual report and of the
information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of
the foregoing as the SEC may by rules and regulations prescribe) which the
Company is required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act in accordance with TIA Section 314(a). In the event the Company is
at any time no longer subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or
15(d) of the Exchange Act, it

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shall continue to provide the Trustee with reports containing substantially the
same information as would have been required to be filed with the SEC had the
Company continued to have been subject to such reporting requirements. In such
event, such reports shall be provided at the times the Company would have been
required to provide reports had it continued to have been subject to such
reporting requirements. The Company also shall comply with the other provisions
of TIA Section 314(a). Delivery of such reports, information and documents to
the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee's receipt of such
shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or
determinable from information contained therein, including the Company's
compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is
entitled to rely conclusively on Officer's Certificates). The Trustee shall have
no duty or responsibility to review such reports, information or documents.

         (b) The Company intends to file the reports referred to in paragraph
(a) above in this Section 6.2 hereof with the SEC in electronic form pursuant to
Regulation S-T of the SEC using the SEC's Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis
and Retrieval ("EDGAR") system. The Company shall notify the Trustee in the
manner prescribed herein of each such filing. The Trustee is hereby authorized
and directed to access the EDGAR system for purposes of retrieving the reports
so filed. Compliance with the foregoing shall constitute delivery by the Company
of such reports to the Trustee in compliance with the provisions of TIA Section
314(a). The Trustee shall have no duty to search for or obtain any electronic or
other filings that the Company makes with the SEC, regardless of whether such
filings are periodic, supplemental or otherwise. Delivery of the reports,
information and documents to the Trustee pursuant to this Section 6.2(b) shall
be solely for the purposes of compliance with this Section 6.2(b) and with TIA
Section 314(a). The Trustee's receipt of such reports, information and documents
shall not constitute notice to it of the consent thereof or of any matter
determinable from the content thereof, including the Company's compliance with
any of its covenants hereunder, as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely upon
Officer's Certificates.

         Section 6.3. Compliance Certificate.

         The Company shall deliver to the Trustee within 120 calendar days after
the end of each fiscal year of the Company (beginning with the fiscal year
ending January 31, 2004) an Officer's Certificate, stating whether or not to the
knowledge of the signers thereof, the Company is in Default in the performance
and observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture
and if the Company shall be in Default, specifying all such Defaults and the
nature and status thereof of which they may have knowledge.

         Section 6.4. Further Instruments and Acts.

         Upon request of the Trustee, or as otherwise necessary, the Company
shall execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts as
may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the purposes
of this Indenture.

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         Section 6.5. Maintenance of Office or Agency of the Trustee, Registrar,
Paying Agent, Conversion Agent and Bid Solicitation Agent.

         The Company shall maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, New York, New
York, an office or agency of the Trustee, Registrar, Paying Agent, Conversion
Agent and the Bid Solicitation Agent where Securities may be presented or
surrendered for payment, where Securities may be surrendered for registration of
transfer, exchange, redemption, purchase or conversion and where notices and
demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities and this Indenture
may be served. The office of JPMorgan Chase Bank, 4 New York Plaza, Floor 15,
New York, New York 10004 (Attention: Institutional Trust Services), shall
initially be such office or agency for all of the aforesaid purposes. The
Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and of
any change in the location, of any such office or agency (other than a change in
the location of the office of the Trustee). If at any time the Company shall
fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the
Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and
demands may be made or served at the address of the Trustee set forth in Section
14.2.

         The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other
offices or agencies where the Securities may be presented or surrendered for any
or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations;
provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner
relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in the
Borough of Manhattan, New York, New York, for such purposes.

         Section 6.6. Delivery of Information Required Under Rule 144A.

         At any time when the Company is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Exchange Act, upon the request of a Holder or any beneficial owner of
Securities or holder or beneficial owner of Common Stock issued upon conversion
thereof, the Company shall promptly furnish or cause to be furnished the
information required pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act to
such Holder or any beneficial owner of Securities or holder or beneficial owner
of Common Stock, or to a prospective purchaser of any such security designated
by any such holder, as the case may be, to the extent required to permit
compliance by such Holder or holder with Rule 144A under the Securities Act in
connection with the resale of any such security. Whether a person is a
beneficial owner shall be determined by the Company to the Company's reasonable
satisfaction.

         Section 6.7. Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws.

         The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that
it shall not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever
claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law or any
usury or other law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force,
which would prohibit or forgive the Company from paying all or any portion of
the principal amount, Redemption Price, Purchase Price or Designated Event
Purchase Price in respect of Securities, or any interest, Contingent Interest
and Additional Amounts, if any, on such amounts, as contemplated herein, or
which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the
Company (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all
benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it shall not hinder,

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delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but
shall suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law
had been enacted.

                  Section 6.8. Statement by Officers as to Default.

                  The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, promptly and in any
event within five days after an officer or corporate controller of the Company
knows or has reason to know of the occurrence of any Default or Event of
Default, an Officer's Certificate setting forth the details of such Default or
Event of Default and the action which the Company proposes to take with respect
thereto.

                                  ARTICLE VII

                              SUCCESSOR CORPORATION

                  Section 7.1. When Company May Merge or Transfer Assets.

                  The Company shall not consolidate with or merge with or into
any other person or convey, transfer, sell, lease or otherwise dispose of all or
substantially all of its properties and assets to any person, unless:

                  (a) either (i) the Company shall be the continuing corporation
         or (ii) the Person (if other than the Company) formed by such
         consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the Person which
         acquires by conveyance, transfer, sale, lease or other disposition all
         or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company
         substantially as an entirety (1) shall be organized and validly
         existing under the laws of the United States or any State thereof or
         the District of Columbia and (2) shall expressly assume, by an
         indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee,
         in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, all of the obligations
         of the Company under the Securities and this Indenture;

                  (b) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no
         Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and

                  (c) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an
         Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such
         consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer, sale, lease or other
         disposition and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection
         with such transaction, such supplemental indenture, comply with this
         Article VII and that all conditions precedent herein provided for
         relating to such transaction have been satisfied.

                  For purposes of the foregoing, the transfer (by lease,
assignment, sale or otherwise) of the properties and assets of one or more
Subsidiaries, which, if such assets were owned by the Company, together with the
assets of all of the other Subsidiaries of the Company, would constitute all or
substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company, shall be deemed
to be the transfer of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of
the Company unless such transfer is to the Company or another Subsidiary.

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                  The successor Person formed by such consolidation or into
which the Company is merged or the successor Person to which such conveyance,
transfer, sale, lease or other disposition is made shall succeed to, and be
substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under
this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor had been named as the
Company herein; and thereafter, except in the case of a conveyance, transfer,
sale, lease or other disposition and any obligations the Company may have under
a supplemental indenture, the Company shall be discharged from all obligations
and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities. Subject to Section 11.6,
the Company, the Trustee and the successor Person shall enter into a
supplemental indenture to evidence the succession and substitution of such
successor Person and such discharge and release of the Company.

                                  ARTICLE VIII

                              DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

                  Section 8.1. Events of Default.

                  So long as any Securities are outstanding, each of the
following shall be an "EVENT OF DEFAULT":

                  (a) the Company defaults in the payment of the principal
         amount of any Security when the same becomes due and payable as therein
         provided or as provided in this Indenture, whether at Stated Maturity
         or by declaration of acceleration;

                  (b) the Company defaults in the payment of any accrued and
         unpaid interest on any Security and Contingent Interest and Additional
         Amounts, if any, in each case, when due and payable, and such default
         shall continue for a period of 30 days;

                  (c) the Company fails to convert any portion of the principal
         amount of any Security following the exercise by the Holder of the
         right to convert such Security into Common Stock pursuant to and in
         accordance with Article XII unless the Company elects pursuant to
         Section 12.13, to deliver, in lieu of Common Stock, cash or a
         combination of cash and Common Stock, and fails to deliver such cash or
         such combination of cash and Common Stock;

                  (d) the Company defaults in its obligation to redeem any
         Security, or any portion thereof, called for redemption by the Company
         pursuant to and in accordance with Article III and;

                  (e) the Company defaults in its obligation to purchase any
         Security, or any portion thereof, upon the exercise by the Holder of
         such Holder's right to require the Company to purchase such Securities
         pursuant to and in accordance with Article IV or Article V;

                  (f) the Company defaults in its obligation to provide notice
         in the event of a Designated Event in accordance with Section 5.1(b);

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                  (g) there shall be a default in the performance, or breach, of
any covenant or agreement of the Company under this Indenture (other than a
default in the performance or breach of a covenant or agreement which is
specifically dealt with in clause (a), (b), (d) or (e)) and such default or
breach shall continue for a period of 30 days after written notice has been
given, by certified mail, (1) to the Company by the Trustee or (2) to the
Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal
amount of the Securities then outstanding;

                  (h) there shall have occurred a default under any credit
agreement, mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued or
by which there may be secured or evidenced any Indebtedness of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries whether such Indebtedness now exists, or is created
after the date of this Indenture, which default (i) involves the failure to pay
principal of or any premium or interest on such Indebtedness when such
Indebtedness becomes due and payable at the stated maturity thereof, and such
default shall continue after any applicable grace period or (ii) results in the
acceleration of such Indebtedness unpaid prior to the stated maturity thereof
(without such acceleration being rescinded or annulled) and, in the case of (i)
or (ii), the principal amount of such Indebtedness, together with the principal
amount of any other Indebtedness so unpaid at its stated maturity or the stated
maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregates $10,000,000 or more;

                  (i) there shall be a failure by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries to pay final judgments not covered by insurance aggregating in
excess of $5,000,000, which judgments are not paid, discharged or stayed for a
period of 60 days; and

                  (j) the Company or any Designated Subsidiary, or any group of
         two or more Subsidiaries that, taken as a whole, would constitute a
         Designated Subsidiary, pursuant to or under or within the meaning of
         any Bankruptcy Law:

                           (i) commences a voluntary case or proceeding;

                           (ii) consents to the entry of any order for relief
                  against it in an involuntary case or proceeding or the
                  commencement of any case against it;

                           (iii) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of
                  it or for any substantial part of its property;

                           (iv) makes a general assignment for the benefit of
                  its creditors;

                           (v) files a petition in bankruptcy or answer or
                  consent seeking reorganization or relief; or

                           (vi) consents to the filing of such petition or the
                  appointment of or taking possession by a Custodian; or

                  (k) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or
         decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:

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                  (i) is for relief against the Company or any Designated
         Subsidiary, or any group of two or more Subsidiaries that, taken as
         whole, would constitute a Designated Subsidiary, in an involuntary case
         or proceeding, or adjudicates the Company or any Designated Subsidiary,
         or any group of two or more Subsidiaries that, taken as whole, would
         constitute a Designated Subsidiary, insolvent or bankrupt;

                  (ii) appoints a Custodian of the Company or any Designated
         Subsidiary, or any group of two or more Subsidiaries that, taken as
         whole, would constitute a Designated Subsidiary, or for any substantial
         part of its property; or

                  (iii) orders the winding up or liquidation of the Company or
         any Designated Subsidiary, or any group of two or more Subsidiaries
         that, taken as whole, would constitute a Designated Subsidiary,

         and the order of decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 days.

                  Section 8.2. Acceleration.

                  If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default
specified in Section 8.1(j) or Section 8.1(k) with respect to the Company)
occurs and is continuing (including an Event of Default specified in Section
8.1(j) or Section 8.1(k) with respect to one or more Designated Subsidiaries),
the Trustee by notice to the Company, or the Holders of at least 25% in
aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time outstanding by notice
to the Company and the Trustee, may declare the principal amount plus accrued
and unpaid interest, Contingent Interest and Additional Amounts, if any, on all
the Securities to be immediately due and payable. Upon such a declaration, such
accelerated amount shall be due and payable immediately.

                  If an Event of Default specified in Section 8.1(j) or Section
8.1(k) occurs with respect to the Company and is continuing, the principal
amount plus accrued and unpaid interest, Contingent Interest and Additional
Amounts, if any, on all the Securities shall become and be immediately due and
payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any
Holders.

                  The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities at the time outstanding, by notice to the Trustee (and without notice
to any other Holder) may rescind an acceleration and its consequences if the
rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree and if all existing
Events of Default have been cured or waived except nonpayment of the principal
amount plus accrued and unpaid interest, Contingent Interest and Additional
Amounts, if any, that have become due solely as a result of acceleration and if
all amounts due to the Trustee under Section 9.7 have been paid. No such
rescission shall affect any subsequent Default or impair any right consequent
thereto.

                  Section 8.3. Other Remedies.

                  If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee
may, but shall not be obligated to, pursue any available remedy to collect the
payment of the principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest, Contingent
Interest and Additional Amounts, if any, on the Securities or to enforce the
performance of any provision of the Securities or this Indenture.

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                  The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if the Trustee does
not possess any of the Securities or does not produce any of the Securities in
the proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder in exercising
any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right
or remedy or constitute a waiver of, or acquiescence in, the Event of Default.
No remedy is exclusive of any other remedy. All available remedies are
cumulative.

                  Section 8.4. Waiver of Past Defaults.

                  Subject to Section 8.7 and Section 11.2, the Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time
outstanding, by notice to the Trustee (and without notice to any other Holder),
may waive an existing Default and its consequences except:

                  (a) an Event of Default described in Section 8.1(a), Section
         8.1(b), Section 8.1(d) or Section 8.1(e);

                  (b) a Default which constitutes a failure to convert any
         Security in accordance with the terms of Article XII; or

                  (c) a Default in respect of any provision of this Indenture or
         the Securities, which, under Section 11.2, cannot be amended or
         modified without the consent of each Holder affected thereby.

         When a Default is waived, it is deemed cured, but no such waiver shall
extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any consequent right. This
Section 8.4 shall be in lieu of Section 316(a)1(B) of the TIA and such Section
316(a)1(B) is hereby expressly excluded from this Indenture, as permitted by the
TIA.

                  Section 8.5. Control by Majority.

                  The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities at the time outstanding may direct the time, method and place of
conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or of
exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee. However, the Trustee may
refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture or that
the Trustee determines in good faith is prejudicial to the rights of other
Holders or would involve the Trustee in personal liability unless the Trustee is
provided indemnity satisfactory to it. This Section 8.5 shall be in lieu of
Section 316(a)1(A) of the TIA and such Section 316(a)1(A) is hereby expressly
excluded from this Indenture, as permitted by the TIA.

                  Section 8.6. Limitation on Suits.

                  A Holder may not pursue any remedy with respect to this
Indenture or the Securities unless:

                  (a) the Holder gives to the Trustee written notice stating
         that an Event of Default is continuing;

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                  (b) the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount
         of the Securities at the time outstanding make a written request to the
         Trustee to pursue the remedy;

                  (c) such Holder or Holders provide to the Trustee security or
         indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or
         expense;

                  (d) the Trustee does not comply with the request within 60
         days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of security or
         indemnity; and

                  (e) the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of
         the Securities at the time outstanding do not give the Trustee a
         direction inconsistent with the request during such 60-day period.

                  A Holder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of
any other Holder or to obtain a preference or priority over any other Holder.

                  Section 8.7. Rights of Holders to Receive Payment or to
Convert.

                  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the
right of any Holder to receive payment of the principal amount, Redemption
Price, Purchase Price, Designated Event Purchase Price or interest, Contingent
Interest and Additional Amounts, if any, in respect of the Securities held by
such Holder, on or after the respective due dates expressed in the Securities
and in this Indenture, and to convert such Securities in accordance with Article
XII, or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such
respective dates or the right to convert, is absolute and unconditional and
shall not be impaired or affected adversely without the consent of such Holder.

                  Section 8.8. Collection Suit by Trustee.

                  If an Event of Default described in Section 8.1(a), Section
8.1(b), Section 8.1(d) or Section 8.1(e) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee
may recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against
the Company or another obligor on the Securities for the whole amount owing with
respect to the Securities and the amounts provided for in Section 9.7.

                  Section 8.9. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.

                  In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency,
liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or
other judicial proceeding relative to the Company or any other obligor upon the
Securities or the property of the Company or of such other obligor or their
creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal amount, Redemption
Price, Purchase Price, Designated Event Purchase Price or interest, Contingent
Interest and Additional Amounts, if any, in respect of the Securities shall then
be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and
irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on the Company
for the payment of any such amount) shall be entitled and empowered, by
intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:

                  (a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the
         principal amount, Redemption Price, Purchase Price, Designated Event
         Purchase Price, or interest,

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         Contingent Interest and Additional Amounts, if any, and to file such
         other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to
         have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable
         compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its
         agents and counsel or any other amounts due the Trustee under Section
         9.7) and of the Holders allowed in such judicial proceeding, and

                  (b) to collect and receive any moneys or other property
         payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;

and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or
similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each
Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee
shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay the
Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other
amounts due the Trustee under Section 9.7.

                  Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the
Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder
any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the
Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to
vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.

                  Section 8.10. Priorities.

                  If the Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article
VIII, it shall pay out the money in the following order:

                  FIRST: to the Trustee for amounts due under Section 9.7;

                  SECOND: to Holders for amounts due and unpaid on the
         Securities for the principal amount, Redemption Price, Purchase Price,
         Designated Event Purchase Price or interest, Contingent Interest and
         Additional Amounts, if any, as the case may be, ratably, without
         preference or priority of any kind, according to such amounts due and
         payable on the Securities; and

                  THIRD: the balance, if any, to the Company.

                  The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any
payment to Holders pursuant to this Section 8.10. At least 10 calendar days
prior to such record date, the Trustee shall mail to each Holder and the Company
a notice that states the record date, the payment date and the amount to be
paid.

                  Section 8.11. Undertaking for Costs.

                  In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under
this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or
omitted by it as Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by
any party litigant (other than the Trustee) in the suit of an undertaking to pay
the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable
costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses, against any party
litigant in the suit,

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having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by
the party litigant. This Section 8.11 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a
suit by a Holder pursuant to Section 8.7 or a suit by Holders of more than 10%
in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time outstanding. This
Section 8.11 shall be in lieu of Section 315(e) of the TIA and such Section
315(e) is hereby expressly excluded from this Indenture, as permitted by the
TIA.

                                   ARTICLE IX

                                     TRUSTEE

                  Section 9.1. Duties of Trustee.

                  (a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the
Trustee shall exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture and
use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise of those rights and powers
as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct
of such person's own affairs.

                  (b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:

                           (i) the Trustee need perform only those duties that
                  are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no others;
                  and

                           (ii) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the
                  Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the
                  statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed
                  therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the
                  Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture,
                  but in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by
                  any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished
                  to the Trustee, the Trustee shall examine the certificates and
                  opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the
                  requirements of this Indenture, but need not confirm or
                  investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other
                  facts stated therein.

This Section 9.1(b) shall be in lieu of Section 315(a) of the TIA and such
Section 315(a) is hereby expressly excluded from this Indenture, as permitted by
the TIA.

                  (c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own
grossly negligent action, its own grossly negligent failure to act or its own
willful misconduct, except that:

                           (i) this clause (c) does not limit the effect of
                  clause (b) of this Section 9.1;

                           (ii) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of
                  judgment made in good faith unless it is proved that the
                  Trustee was grossly negligent in ascertaining the pertinent
                  facts; and

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                           (iii) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to
                  any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in
                  accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Section
                  8.5.

Subparagraphs (c)(i), (ii) and (iii) shall be in lieu of Sections 315(d)(1),
315(d)(2) and 315(d)(3) of the TIA, respectively, and such Sections 315(d)(1),
315(d)(2) and 315(d)(3) are hereby expressly excluded from this Indenture, as
permitted by the TIA.

                  (d) Every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates
to the Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (e) of this Section
9.1.

                  (e) The Trustee may refuse to perform any duty or exercise any
right or power or extend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial
liability unless it receives indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss,
liability or expense.

                  (f) Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be
segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee
(acting in any capacity hereunder) shall be under no liability for interest on
any money received by it hereunder unless otherwise agreed in writing with the
Company.

                  Section 9.2. Rights of Trustee.

                  Subject to its duties and responsibilities under the TIA,

                  (a) the Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be protected
         in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate,
         statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction,
         consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness
         or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have
         been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;

                  (b) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the
         Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established
         prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the
         Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may,
         in the absence of bad faith on its part, conclusively rely upon an
         Officer's Certificate;

                  (c) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers
         hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or
         through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible
         for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney
         appointed with due care by it hereunder;

                  (d) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken,
         suffered, or omitted to be taken by it in good faith which it believes
         to be authorized or within its rights or powers conferred under this
         Indenture;

                  (e) the Trustee may consult with counsel selected by it and
         any advice or Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete
         authorization and protection in respect of

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         any action taken or suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith
         and in reliance on such advice or Opinion of Counsel;

                  (f) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any
         of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request,
         order or direction of any of the Holders, pursuant to the provisions of
         this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have provided to the Trustee
         security or indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses
         and liabilities which may be incurred therein or thereby;

                  (g) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein
         shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order
         and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently
         evidenced by a Board Resolution;

                  (h) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation
         into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate,
         statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction,
         consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness
         or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may
         make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters
         as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such
         further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the
         books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or
         attorney at the sole cost of the Company and shall incur no liability
         or additional liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or
         investigation;

                  (i) the Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any
         Default or Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee
         has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event
         which is in fact such a default is received by the Trustee at the
         Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references the
         Securities and this Indenture;

                  (j) the rights, privileges, protections, immunities and
         benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right
         to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the
         Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and to each agent,
         custodian and other person employed to act hereunder; and

                  (k) the Trustee may request that the Company deliver an
         Officer's Certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or
         titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions
         pursuant to this Indenture, which Officer's Certificate may be signed
         by any person authorized to sign an Officer's Certificate, including
         any person specified as so authorized in any such certificate
         previously delivered and not superseded.

                  Section 9.3. Individual Rights of Trustee.

                  The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become
the owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with the Company or
its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any
Paying Agent, Registrar, Conversion Agent, Bid Solicitation Agent or
co-registrar may do the same with like rights. However, the Trustee must comply
with Section 9.10 and Section 9.11.

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                  Section 9.4. Trustee's Disclaimer.

                  The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or
adequacy of this Indenture or the Securities, it shall not be accountable for
the Company's use or application of the proceeds from the Securities, it shall
not be responsible for any statement in any registration statement for the
Securities under the Securities Act or in any offering document for the
Securities, this Indenture or the Securities (other than its certificate of
authentication), or the determination as to which beneficial owners are entitled
to receive any notices hereunder.

                  Section 9.5. Notice of Defaults.

                  If a Default occurs and if it is known to the Responsible
Officer of the Trustee, the Trustee shall give to each Holder notice of the
Default within 90 days after it occurs or, if later, within 15 days after it is
known to the Trustee, unless such Default shall have been cured or waived before
the giving of such notice. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, except in the
case of a Default described in Section 8.1(a), Section 8.1(b), Section 8.1(d) or
Section 8.1(e), the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as the
Responsible Officer in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in
the interest of the Holders. The preceding sentence shall be in lieu of the
proviso to Section 315(b) of the TIA and such proviso is hereby expressly
excluded from this Indenture, as permitted by the TIA.

                  Section 9.6. Reports by Trustee to Holders.

                  Within 60 days after each May 15 beginning with the May 15
following the date of this Indenture, the Trustee shall mail to each Holder a
brief report dated as of such May 15 that complies with TIA Section 313(a), if
required by such Section 313(a). The Trustee also shall comply with TIA Section
313(b).

                  A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Holders
shall be filed with the SEC and each securities exchange, if any, on which the
Securities are listed. The Company agrees to notify the Trustee promptly
whenever the Securities become listed on any securities exchange and of any
delisting thereof.

                  Section 9.7. Compensation and Indemnity.

                  The Company agrees to:

                  (a) pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation as
         the Company and the Trustee shall from time to time agree in writing
         for all services rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not
         be limited (to the extent permitted by law) by any provision of law in
         regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);

                  (b) reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all expenses,
         disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in
         accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the
         compensation and the expenses, advances and disbursements of its agents
         and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may
         be attributable to its own gross negligence or willful misconduct; and

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                  (c) fully indemnify the Trustee or any predecessor Trustee and
         their agents for, and to hold them harmless against, any and all loss,
         damage, claim, liability, cost or expense (including attorney's fees
         and expenses, and taxes (other than taxes based upon, measured by or
         determined by the income of the Trustee)) incurred without negligence
         or willful misconduct on its part, arising out of or in connection with
         the acceptance or administration of this trust, including the costs and
         expenses of defending itself against any claim (whether asserted by the
         Company or any Holder or any other person) or liability in connection
         with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties
         hereunder, or in connection with enforcing the provisions of this
         Section 9.7.

                  With regard to its indemnification rights under Section 9.7(c)
where the Company has assumed the defense in any action or proceeding, the
Trustee shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such action or
proceeding and participate in the investigation and defense thereof, and the
Company shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such separate counsel;
provided, however, that the Trustee may only employ separate counsel at the
expense of the Company if in the judgment of the Trustee (i) a conflict of
interest exists by reason of common representation or (ii) there are legal
defenses available to the Trustee that are different from or are in addition to
those available to the Company or if all parties commonly represented do not
agree as to the action (or inaction) of counsel.

                  To secure the Company's payment obligations in this Section
9.7, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities on all money or
property held or collected by the Trustee, except that held in trust to pay the
principal amount, Redemption Price, Purchase Price, Designated Event Purchase
Price or interest, Contingent Interest and Additional Amounts, if any, as the
case may be, on particular Securities.

                  The Company's payment obligations pursuant to this Section 9.7
shall survive the discharge of this Indenture and the resignation or removal of
the Trustee. When the Trustee incurs expenses after the occurrence of a Default
specified in Section 8.1(j) or Section 8.1(k), the expenses including the
reasonable charges and expenses of its counsel, are intended to constitute
expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law.

                  Section 9.8. Replacement of Trustee.

                  The Trustee may resign by so notifying the Company; provided,
however, that no such resignation shall be effective until a successor Trustee
has accepted its appointment pursuant to this Section 9.8. The Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time outstanding
may remove the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and the Company. The Company
shall remove the Trustee if:

                  (a) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 9.10;

                  (b) the Trustee is adjudged bankrupt or insolvent;

                  (c) a receiver or public officer takes charge of the Trustee
         or its property; or

                  (d) the Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of acting.

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                  If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in
the office of Trustee for any reason, the Company shall promptly appoint, by
resolution of its Board of Directors, a successor Trustee.

                  A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its
appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company satisfactory in form and
substance to the retiring Trustee and the Company. Thereupon the resignation or
removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor
Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this
Indenture. The successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession to
Holders. The retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as
Trustee to the successor Trustee, upon payment of all the retiring Trustee's
fees and expenses then due and payable and subject to the lien provided for in
Section 9.7.

                  If a successor Trustee does not take office within 30 days
after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the
Company or the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities at the time outstanding may petition at the expense of the Company
any court of competent jurisdiction at the expense of the Company for the
appointment of a successor Trustee.

                  If the Trustee fails to comply with Section 9.10, any Holder
may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee
and the appointment of a successor Trustee.

                  Section 9.9. Successor Trustee by Merger.

                  If the Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or
transfers all or substantially all its corporate trust business or assets to,
another corporation, the resulting, surviving or transferee corporation without
any further act shall be the successor Trustee.

                  Section 9.10. Eligibility; Disqualification.

                  The Trustee shall at all times satisfy the requirements of TIA
Sections 310(a)(1) and 310(b). The Trustee (or its parent holding company) shall
have a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 as set forth in its
most recent published annual report of condition. Nothing contained herein shall
prevent the Trustee from filing with the Commission the application referred to
in the penultimate paragraph of TIA Section 310(b).

                  Section 9.11. Preferential Collection of Claims Against
Company.

                  The Trustee shall comply with TIA Section 311(a), excluding
any creditor relationship listed in TIA Section 311(b). A Trustee who has
resigned or been removed shall be subject to TIA Section 311(a) to the extent
indicated therein.

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                                   ARTICLE X

                             DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE

                  Section 10.1. Discharge of Liability on Securities.

                  When (i) the Company delivers to the Trustee all outstanding
Securities (other than Securities replaced or repaid pursuant to Section 2.7)
for cancellation or (ii) all outstanding Securities have become due and payable
(whether at the Stated Maturity or upon acceleration, or on any Redemption Date,
Purchase Date or Designated Event Purchase Date, or upon conversion) and the
Company deposits with the Paying Agent or Conversion Agent cash or Applicable
Stock sufficient to pay all amounts due and owing on all outstanding Securities
(other than Securities replaced pursuant to Section 2.7), and if in either case
the Company pays all other sums payable hereunder by the Company, then this
Indenture shall, subject to Section 9.7, cease to be of further effect. The
Trustee shall join in the execution of a document prepared by the Company
acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture on demand of the
Company accompanied by an Officer's Certificate and Opinion of Counsel and at
the cost and expense of the Company.

                  Section 10.2. Repayment to the Company.

                  The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall return to the Company
upon written request any cash or securities held by them for the payment of any
amount with respect to the Securities that remains unclaimed for two years,
subject to applicable unclaimed property law. After return to the Company,
Holders entitled to the cash or securities must look to the Company for payment
as general creditors unless an applicable abandoned property law designates
another person and the Trustee and the Paying Agent shall have no further
liability to the Holders with respect to such cash or securities for that period
commencing after the return thereof.

                                   ARTICLE XI

                                   AMENDMENTS

                  Section 11.1. Without Consent of Holders.

                  The Company and the Trustee may amend this Indenture or the
Securities without the consent of any Holder to:

                  (a) add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the
         Holders of Securities;

                  (b) surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the
         Company;

                  (c) provide for conversion rights of Holders of Securities if
         any reclassification or change of the Common Stock or any
         consolidation, merger or sale of all or substantially all of the
         Company's assets occurs;

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                  (d) provide for the assumption of the Company's obligations to
         the Holders of Securities in the case of a merger, consolidation,
         conveyance, transfer, sale, lease or other disposition pursuant to
         Article VII;

                  (e) increase the Conversion Rate; provided, however, that such
         increase in the Conversion Rate shall not adversely affect the
         interests of the Holders of Securities (after taking into account tax
         and other consequences of such increase);

                  (f) comply with the requirements of the SEC in order to effect
         or maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the TIA;

                  (g) make any changes or modifications necessary in connection
         with the registration of the Securities under the Securities Act as
         contemplated in the Registration Rights Agreement; provided, however,
         that such action pursuant to this clause (g) does not, in the good
         faith opinion of the Board of Directors of the Company (as evidenced by
         a Board Resolution), adversely affect the interests of the Holders of
         Securities in any material respect;

                  (h) cure any ambiguity, correct or supplement any provision
         herein which may be inconsistent with any other provision herein or
         which is otherwise defective, or to make any other provisions with
         respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture which the
         Company may deem necessary or desirable and which shall not be
         inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture; provided, however,
         that such action pursuant to this clause (h) does not, in the good
         faith opinion of the Board of Directors of the Company (as evidenced by
         a Board Resolution), adversely affect the interests of the Holders of
         Securities in any material respect; and

                  (i) to evidence the succession of another Person to the
         Company or any other obligor upon the Securities, and the assumption by
         any such successor of the covenants of the Company or such obligor
         herein and in the Securities, in each case in compliance with the
         provisions of this Indenture;

                  (j) to evidence and provide the acceptance of the appointment
         of a successor trustee hereunder;

                  (k) add or modify any other provisions herein with respect to
         matters or questions arising hereunder which the Company and the
         Trustee may deem necessary or desirable and which shall not adversely
         affect the interests of the Holders of Securities.

                  Section 11.2. With Consent of Holders.

                  Except as provided below in this Section 11.2, this Indenture
or the Securities may be amended, modified or supplemented, and noncompliance in
any particular instance with any provision of this Indenture or the Securities
may be waived, in each case with the written consent or affirmative vote of the
Holders of at least a majority of the principal amount of the Securities at the
time outstanding.

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                  Without the written consent or the affirmative vote of each
Holder of Securities affected thereby (in addition to the written consent or the
affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the principal amount
of the Securities at the time outstanding), an amendment or waiver under this
Section 11.2 may not:

                  (a) change the maturity of the principal amount of, or the
         payment date of any installment of interest, Contingent Interest or
         Additional Amounts, if any, on, any Security;

                  (b) reduce the principal amount of, or interest, Contingent
         Interest or Additional Amounts, if any, on, or the Redemption Price,
         Purchase Price or Designated Event Purchase Price of, any Security;

                  (c) change the currency of payment of principal amount of, or
         interest, Contingent Interest or Additional Amounts, if any, on, or the
         Redemption Price, Purchase Price or Designated Event Purchase Price of,
         any Security from U.S. Dollars;

                  (d) impair or adversely affect the rate of accrual of
         interest, Contingent Interest or Additional Amounts, if any, on any
         Security, or the manner of calculation thereof;

                  (e) impair the right of any Holder to institute suit for the
         enforcement of any payment or with respect to, or conversion of, any
         Security;

                  (f) modify the obligation of the Company to maintain an agency
         in New York, New York pursuant to Section 6.5;

                  (g) impair or adversely affect the conversion rights of the
         Holder of the Securities as provided in Article XII;

                  (h) impair or adversely affect the purchase rights of the
         Holders of the Securities as provided in Article IV or Article V;

                  (i) modify the optional redemption provisions of Article III
         in a manner adverse to the Holders of the Securities;

                  (j) reduce the percentage of the principal amount of the
         outstanding Securities the written consent or affirmative vote of whose
         Holders is required for any such supplemental indenture;

                  (k) reduce the percentage of the principal amount of the
         outstanding Securities the written consent or affirmative vote of whose
         Holders is required for any waiver of any past Default provided for in
         this Indenture; or

                  (l) waive any matter set forth in Section 8.4(a), Section
         8.4(b), or Section 8.4(c).

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                  It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under
this Section 11.2 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, but
it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof.

                  After an amendment under this Section 11.2 becomes effective,
the Company shall mail to each Holder a notice briefly describing the amendment.

                  Nothing contained in this Section 11.2 shall impair the
ability of the Company and the Trustee to amend this Indenture or the Securities
without the consent of any Holder to provide for the assumption of the Company's
obligations to the Holders of Securities in the case of a merger, consolidation,
conveyance, transfer, sale, lease or other disposition pursuant to Article VII.

                  Section 11.3. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.

                  Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article
shall comply with the TIA.

                  Section 11.4. Revocation and Effect of Consents, Waivers and
Actions.

                  Until an amendment, waiver or other action by Holders becomes
effective, a consent thereto by a Holder of a Security hereunder is a continuing
consent by the Holder and every subsequent Holder of that Security or portion of
the Security that evidences the same obligation as the consenting Holder's
Security, even if notation of the consent, waiver or action is not made on the
Security. However, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the consent,
waiver or action as to such Holder's Security or portion of the Security if the
Trustee receives the notice of revocation before the date the amendment, waiver
or action becomes effective. After an amendment, waiver or action becomes
effective, it shall bind every Holder.

                  Section 11.5. Notation on or Exchange of Securities.

                  Securities authenticated and delivered after the execution of
any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article XI may, and shall if
required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to
any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so
determine, new Securities so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the
Trustee and the Board of Directors, to any such supplemental indenture may be
prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the
Trustee in exchange for outstanding Securities.

                  Section 11.6. Trustee to Sign Supplemental Indentures.

                  The Trustee shall sign any supplemental indenture authorized
pursuant to this Article XI if the amendment contained therein does not affect
the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. If it does, the
Trustee may, but need not, sign such supplemental indenture. In signing such
supplemental indenture the Trustee shall receive, and (subject to the provisions
of Section 9.1) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Officer's
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that such amendment is authorized
or permitted by this Indenture.

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                  Section 11.7. Effect of Supplemental Indentures.

                  Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this
Article, this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such
supplemental indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and
every Holder of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered
hereunder shall be bound thereby.

                                  ARTICLE XII

                                   CONVERSION

                  Section 12.1. Conversion Right.

                  (a) Subject to and upon compliance with the provisions of this
Article XII, a Holder of a Security shall have the right, at such Holder's
option, to convert all or any portion (if the portion to be converted is $1,000
or an integral multiple of $1,000) of such Security into Common Stock:

                  (i) during any Conversion Period, and only during such
         Conversion Period commencing after the date hereof, if, on each of at
         least 20 Trading Days in the period of 30 consecutive Trading Days
         ending on the first Trading Day of the Conversion Period, the Closing
         Sale Price of the Common Stock exceeds 120% of the Conversion Price in
         effect on such 30th Trading Day;

                  (ii) if such Security has been called for redemption pursuant
         to Article III; or

                  (iii) as provided in clause (b) of this Section 12.1.

                  The Conversion Agent shall, on behalf of the Company,
determine on the first Trading Day of any Conversion Period whether the
Securities shall be convertible as a result of the occurrence of an event
specified in clause (i) above and, if the Securities shall be so convertible,
the Conversion Agent shall promptly deliver to the Company and the Trustee
written notice thereof. Whenever the Securities shall become convertible
pursuant to this Section 12.1, the Company or, at the Company's request, the
Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall notify the Holders
of the event triggering such convertibility in the manner provided in Section
14.2, and the Company shall also publicly announce such information and publish
it on the Company's Website. Any notice so given shall be conclusively presumed
to have been duly given, whether or not the Holder receives such notice.
Securities called for redemption may be converted at any time on and after the
date that the Company gives notice to the Holders of such right until 5:00 p.m.,
New York city time, on the second Business Day preceding the corresponding
Redemption Date.

                  With respect to any conversion of a Security during a
Registration Default Period following satisfaction of any of the conditions to
conversion described in clauses (i) through (iii) above (and during the
prescribed time periods in respect thereof), a Holder shall be entitled to,
subject to Section 12.13, 103% of the number of shares of Common Stock that the
Holder would have otherwise been entitled to upon conversion.

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         (b) (i) In the event that:

                  (A) the Company distributes to all holders of its Common Stock
         rights or warrants entitling them (for a period expiring within 60 days
         of the Record Date for such distribution) to subscribe for or purchase
         Common Stock at a price per share of Common Stock less than the Closing
         Sale Price of the Common Stock on the Business Day immediately
         preceding the announcement of such distribution;

                  (B) the Company distributes to all holders of its Common Stock
         cash or other assets, debt securities or rights or warrants to purchase
         its securities, including the declaration of any cash dividends,
         payable quarterly or otherwise, where the Fair Market Value (as
         determined by the Board of Directors) of such distribution per share of
         Common Stock exceeds 5% of the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock
         on the Business Day immediately preceding the date of declaration of
         such distribution; or

                  (C) a Designated Event occurs,

then, in each case, the Securities may be surrendered for conversion at any time
on and after the date that the Company gives notice to the Holders of such
right, which shall be, in the case of (A) or (B), not less than 20 days prior to
the Ex-Dividend Time for such distribution, or, in the case of (C), within 20
days after the occurrence of the Designated Event, until 5:00 p.m., New York
city time, on the earlier of the Business Day immediately preceding the
Ex-Dividend Time and the date the Company announces that such distribution shall
not take place in the case of (A) or (B), or within 35 Business Days of the
Company's delivery of the notice of the Designated Event in the case of (C);
provided, however, that in the case of (A) or (B), a Holder of Securities may
not surrender Securities for conversion if the Holder shall otherwise
participate in such distribution without conversion.

              (ii) In addition, in the event that the Company consolidates with
       or merges into another corporation, or is a party to a binding share
       exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock would be converted into cash,
       securities or other property as set forth in Section 12.4, then the
       Securities may be surrendered for conversion at any time from and after
       the date which is 15 calendar days prior to the date announced by the
       Company as the anticipated effective time of such transaction until and
       including 15 calendar days after the actual date of such transaction.

                  Section 12.2. Conversion Procedures; Conversion Rate;
Fractional Shares.

                  (a) Subject to Section 12.13, each Security shall be
convertible at the office of the Conversion Agent into fully paid and
nonassessable shares of Common Stock (calculated to the nearest 1/10,000th of a
share).

                  On the first date the Securities become convertible under the
circumstances described in Section 12.1, the Company shall make an election (the
"PRINCIPAL CONVERSION SETTLEMENT ELECTION") and notify the Holders in writing
whether a Holder who surrenders a Security (each, a "SURRENDERED SECURITY") will
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Amount at Issuance of such Security upon surrender thereof, 100% Common Stock,
100% cash or a combination of cash and Common Stock. If the Company elects to
settle the Conversion Obligation relating to the Principal Amount at Issuance of
such Security in a combination of cash and Common Stock, the Company shall
specify the percentage of the Principal Amount at Issuance to be satisfied in
cash. This notification, once provided to a Holder on the date the Securities
first become convertible, is irrevocable and legally binding with regard to any
conversion of the Securities under the circumstances described in Section 12.1.

                  The Conversion Agent shall notify the Company when it receives
a Conversion Notice. Settlement of the conversion obligation relating to the
Principal Amount of any Surrendered Securities shall be in accordance with the
allocation set forth in the Principal Conversion Settlement Election. The
Company shall determine the Excess Amount, and shall set forth the method for
settling the Conversion Obligation in respect of the Excess Amount in accordance
with the procedure set forth in Section 12.13. If the Company elects to settle
in Common Stock only, a certificate for the number of full shares of Common
Stock into which the Securities are converted (and cash in lieu of fractional
shares) shall be delivered to such Holder, assuming all of the other
requirements have been satisfied by such Holder, as soon as practicable after
the Company issues its notification of its chosen method of settlement, in
accordance with Section 12.13. If the Company elects to settle in cash or a
combination of cash and Common Stock, the cash and, if applicable, a certificate
for the number of full shares of Common Stock into which the Securities are
converted (and cash in lieu of fractional shares) shall be delivered to such
Holder, assuming all of the other requirements have been satisfied by such
Holder, in accordance with Section 12.13. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Company shall not be required to deliver certificates for Common Stock while the
stock transfer books for such stock or the security register are duly closed for
any purpose, but certificates for Common Stock shall be issued and delivered as
soon as practicable after the opening of such books or security register.

                  No cash payment of accrued and unpaid interest, Contingent
Interest or Additional Amounts shall be paid by the Company on a converted
Security, except as described in Section 12.9. Accrued and unpaid interest,
Contingent Interest and Additional Amounts, if any, shall be deemed to be paid
in full with the shares of Common Stock issued or cash paid upon conversion,
rather than deemed cancelled, extinguished or forfeited.

                  If the Common Stock, cash or combination of Common Stock and
cash received upon conversion of a Security pursuant to this Article XII does
not include cash sufficient to comply with the United States federal withholding
tax obligations imposed by the Code with respect to accrued and unpaid interest
on the Securities payable to the beneficial owner of such Security, the Company
may, to the extent required by applicable law, recoup or set-off such liability
against either the Common Stock to be issued upon conversion to such beneficial
owner or any actual cash dividends or distributions subsequently made with
respect to such Common Stock to such beneficial owner.

                  In the event of a Designated Event, if a Holder has submitted
any or all of its Securities for repurchase, a Holder's conversion rights on the
Securities so subject to repurchase shall expire at 5:00 p.m., New York city
time, on the Business Day immediately preceding the Designated Event Purchase
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a Holder has delivered a Designated Event Purchase Notice exercising such
Holder's right to require the Company to repurchase such Security may be
converted only if such Designated Event Purchase Notice is withdrawn in
accordance with Section 4.2(b) prior to 5:00 p.m., New York city time, on the
Business Day immediately preceding the Designated Event Purchase Date.

                  (b) Before any Holder shall be entitled to convert the same
into Common Stock, such Holder shall, in the case of Global Securities, comply
with the Applicable Procedures of the Depositary in effect at that time, and in
the case of Certificated Securities, surrender such Securities, duly endorsed to
the Company or in blank, at the office of the Conversion Agent, and shall give
written notice to the Company at said office or place in the form of the
Conversion Notice attached to the Security (the "CONVERSION NOTICE") that such
Holder elects to convert the same and shall state in writing therein the
principal amount of Securities to be converted (in whole or in part so long as
the principal amount to be converted is in multiples of $1,000 principal amount)
and the name or names (with addresses) in which such Holder wishes the
certificate or certificates for Common Stock to be issued.

                  Before any such conversion, a Holder also shall pay all funds
required, if any, relating to interest, Contingent Interest or Additional
Interest, if any, on the Securities, as provided in Section 12.9 and all taxes
or duties, if any, as provided in Section 12.8.

                  If more than one Security shall be surrendered for conversion
at one time by the same Holder, the number of full shares of Common Stock that
shall be deliverable upon conversion shall be computed on the basis of the
aggregate principal amount of the Securities (or specified portions thereof to
the extent permitted thereby) so surrendered.

                  If shares of Common Stock to be issued upon conversion of a
Restricted Security are to be issued in the name of a Person other than the
Holder of such Restricted Security, such Holder shall deliver to the Conversion
Agent a certification in substantially the form set forth in a Transfer
Certificate dated the date of surrender of such Restricted Security and signed
by such Holder, as to compliance with the restrictions on transfer applicable to
such Restricted Security. The Company shall not be required to issue Common
Stock upon conversion of any such Restricted Security to a Person other than the
Holder if such Restricted Security is not so accompanied by a properly completed
certification, and the Registrar shall not be required to register Common Stock
upon conversion of any such Restricted Security in the name of a Person other
than the Holder if such Restricted Security is not so accompanied by a properly
completed certification.

                  (c) A Security shall be deemed to have been converted
immediately prior to 5:00 p.m., New York city time, on the date on which all of
the conversion requirements set forth in Section 12.2(b) have been satisfied,
and the person or persons entitled to receive the Common Stock issuable upon
such conversion shall be treated for all purposes as the record Holder or
Holders of such Common Stock as of 5:00 p.m., New York city time, on such date.

                  (d) In case any Certificated Security shall be surrendered for
partial conversion, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate
and deliver to or upon the written order of the Holder

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of the Security so surrendered, without charge to such Holder (subject to the
provisions of Section 12.8), a new Security or Securities in authorized
denominations in an aggregate principal amount equal to the unconverted portion
of the surrendered Certificated Securities.

                  Section 12.3. Adjustment of Conversion Rate.

                  The Conversion Rate shall be adjusted from time to time as
follows:

                  (a) In case the Company shall, at any time or from time to
time while any of the Securities are outstanding, pay a dividend or make a
distribution in Common Stock to all or substantially all holders of its
outstanding Common Stock, then the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior
to the close of business on the Record Date fixed for the determination of
stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or other distribution shall be
adjusted so that the Holder of any Security thereafter surrendered for
conversion shall be entitled to receive that number of shares of Common Stock
which it would have received had such Security been converted immediately prior
to the happening of such event as well as such additional shares it would have
received as a result of such event. Such adjustment shall become effective
immediately prior to the opening of business on the day following the Record
Date fixed for such determination. If any dividend or distribution of the type
described in this Section 12.3(a) is declared but not so paid or made, the
Conversion Rate shall again be adjusted to the Conversion Rate which would then
be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared.

                  (b) In case the Company shall, at any time or from time to
time while any of the Securities are outstanding, subdivide its outstanding
shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares of Common Stock or
combine its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares
of Common Stock, then the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the
close of business on the day upon which such subdivision or combination becomes
effective shall be adjusted so that the Holder of any Security thereafter
surrendered for conversion shall be entitled to receive that number of shares of
Common Stock which it would have received had such Security been converted
immediately prior to the happening of such event as well as such additional
shares as it would have received as a result of such event.

                  Such adjustment shall become effective immediately prior to
the opening of business on the day following the day upon which such subdivision
or combination becomes effective.

                  (c) In case the Company shall, at any time or from time to
time while any of the Securities are outstanding, issue rights or warrants for a
period expiring within 60 days (other than any rights or warrants referred to in
Section 12.3(d)) to all or substantially all holders of its outstanding Common
Stock entitling them to subscribe for or purchase Common Stock (or securities
convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Common Stock), at a price
per share of Common Stock (or having a conversion, exchange or exercise price
per share of Common Stock) less than the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock
on the Business Day immediately preceding the date of announcement of such
issuance (treating the conversion, exchange or exercise price per share of
Common Stock of the securities convertible into Common Stock as equal to (x) the
sum of (i) the price for a unit of the security convertible into or exchangeable
or exercisable for Common Stock and (ii) any additional consideration initially

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payable upon the conversion of or exchange or exercise for such security into
Common Stock divided by (y) the number of shares of Common Stock initially
underlying such convertible, exchangeable or exercisable security), then the
Conversion Rate shall be adjusted by multiplying the Conversion Rate in effect
at the opening of business on the date after such date of announcement by a
fraction:

                  (i) the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of
         Common Stock outstanding at the close of business on the date of
         announcement, plus the total number of additional shares of Common
         Stock so offered for subscription or purchase (or into which the
         convertible, exchangeable or exercisable securities so offered are
         convertible, exchangeable or exercisable); and

                  (ii) the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of
         Common Stock outstanding on the close of business on the date of
         announcement, plus the number of shares of Common Stock (or
         convertible, exchangeable or exercisable securities) which the
         aggregate offering price of the total number of shares of Common Stock
         (or convertible, exchangeable or exercisable securities) so offered for
         subscription or purchase (or the aggregate conversion, exchange or
         exercise price of the convertible, exchangeable or exercisable
         securities so offered) would purchase at such Closing Sale Price of the
         Common Stock.

         Such adjustment shall become effective immediately prior to the opening
of business on the day following the Record Date for such determination. To the
extent that shares of Common Stock (or securities convertible, exchangeable or
exercisable into shares of Common Stock) are not delivered pursuant to such
rights or warrants, upon the expiration or termination of such rights or
warrants, the Conversion Rate shall be readjusted to the Conversion Rate which
would then be in effect had the adjustments made upon the issuance of such
rights or warrants been made on the basis of the delivery of only the number of
shares of Common Stock (or securities convertible, exchangeable or exercisable
into shares of Common Stock) actually delivered. In the event that such rights
or warrants are not so issued, the Conversion Rate shall again be adjusted to be
the Conversion Rate which would then be in effect if the Record Date fixed for
the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such rights or warrants
had not been fixed. In determining whether any rights or warrants entitle the
holders to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock at less than such
Closing Sale Price, and in determining the aggregate offering price of such
shares of Common Stock, there shall be taken into account any consideration
received for such rights or warrants, the value of such consideration if other
than cash, to be determined by the Board of Directors.

         (d) (A) In case the Company shall, at any time or from time to time
while any of the Securities are outstanding, by dividend or otherwise,
distribute to all or substantially all holders of its outstanding shares of
Common Stock (including any such distribution made in connection with a
consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation and
the shares of Common Stock are not changed or exchanged), shares of its capital
stock, evidences of its Indebtedness or other assets, including securities, but
excluding (i) dividends or distributions of Common Stock referred to in Section
12.3(a), (ii) any rights or warrants referred to in Section 12.3(c), (iii)
dividends and distributions paid exclusively in cash referred to in Section
12.3(e) and (iv) dividends and distributions of stock, securities or other
property or assets

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(including cash) in connection with the reclassification, change, merger,
consolidation, statutory share exchange, combination, sale or conveyance to
which Section 12.4 applies (such capital stock, evidence of its indebtedness,
other assets or securities being distributed hereinafter in this Section 12.3(d)
called the "DISTRIBUTED ASSETS"), then, in each such case, subject to paragraphs
(D) and (E) of this Section 12.3(d), the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted by
multiplying the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the close of
business on the Record Date with respect to such distribution by a fraction:

                  (i) the numerator of which shall be the Current Market Price;
         and

                  (ii) the denominator of which shall be such Current Market
         Price of the Common Stock, less the Fair Market Value on such date of
         the portion of the distributed assets so distributed applicable to one
         share of Common Stock (determined on the basis of the number of shares
         of Common Stock outstanding on the Record Date) on such date.

         Such adjustment shall become effective immediately prior to the opening
of business on the day following the Record Date for such distribution. In the
event that such dividend or distribution is not so paid or made, the Conversion
Rate shall again be adjusted to be the Conversion Rate which would then be in
effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared.

                  (B) If the Board of Directors determines the Fair Market Value
         of any distribution for purposes of this Section 12.3(d) by reference
         to the actual or when issued trading market for any distributed assets
         comprising all or part of such distribution, it must in doing so
         consider the prices in such market over the same period (the "REFERENCE
         Period") used in computing the Current Market Price pursuant to Section
         12.3(g) to the extent possible, unless the Board of Directors
         determines in good faith that determining the Fair Market Value during
         the Reference Period would not be in the best interest of the Holders.

                  (C) In the event any such distribution consists of shares of
         capital stock of, or similar equity interests in, one or more of the
         Company's Subsidiaries (a "SPIN-OFF"), the Fair Market Value of the
         securities to be distributed shall equal the average of the Closing
         Sale Prices of such securities on the principal securities market on
         which such securities are traded for the five consecutive Trading Days
         commencing on and including the sixth Trading Day of those securities
         after the effectiveness of the Spin-Off, and the Current Market Price
         shall be measured for the same period. In the event, however, that an
         underwritten initial public offering of the securities in the Spin-Off
         occurs simultaneously with the Spin-Off, Fair Market Value of the
         securities distributed in the Spin-Off shall mean the initial public
         offering price of such securities and the Current Market Price shall
         mean the Closing Sale Price for the Common Stock on the same Trading
         Day.

                  (D) Rights or warrants distributed by the Company to all
         holders of its outstanding shares of Common Stock entitling them to
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         or purchase shares of Equity Interest (either initially or under
         certain circumstances), which rights or warrants, until the occurrence
         of a specified event or events ("TRIGGER EVENT"), (x) are deemed to be
         transferred with such Common Stock, (y) are not exercisable and (z) are
         also issued in respect of future issuances of Common Stock shall be
         deemed not to have been distributed for purposes of this Section
         12.3(d) (and no adjustment to the Conversion Rate under this Section
         12.3(d) shall be required) until the occurrence of the earliest Trigger
         Event. If such right or warrant is subject to subsequent events, upon
         the occurrence of which such right or warrant shall become exercisable
         to purchase different distributed assets, evidences of indebtedness or
         other assets, or entitle the holder to purchase a different number or
         amount of the foregoing or to purchase any of the foregoing at a
         different purchase price, then the occurrence of each such event shall
         be deemed to be the date of issuance and Record Date with respect to a
         new right or warrant (and a termination or expiration of the existing
         right or warrant without exercise by the holder thereof). In addition,
         in the event of any distribution (or deemed distribution) of rights or
         warrants, or any Trigger Event or other event (of the type described in
         the preceding sentence) with respect thereto, that resulted in an
         adjustment to the Conversion Rate under this Section 12.3(d):

                  (i) in the case of any such rights or warrants which shall all
         have been redeemed or purchased without exercise by any holders
         thereof, the Conversion Rate shall be readjusted upon such final
         redemption or purchase to give effect to such distribution or Trigger
         Event, as the case may be, as though it were a cash distribution, equal
         to the per share redemption or Purchase Price received by a holder of
         Common Stock with respect to such rights or warrants (assuming such
         holder had retained such rights or warrants), made to all holders of
         Common Stock as of the date of such redemption or purchase; and

                  (ii) in the case of such rights or warrants which shall have
         expired or been terminated without exercise, the Conversion Rate shall
         be readjusted as if such rights and warrants had never been issued.

                      (E) For purposes of this Section 12.3(d) and Section
         12.3(a), Section 12.3(b) and Section 12.3(c), any dividend or
         distribution to which this Section 12.3(d) is applicable that also
         includes (x) Common Stock, (y) a subdivision or combination of Common
         Stock to which Section 12.3(b) applies or (z) rights or warrants to
         subscribe for or purchase Common Stock to which Section 12.3(c) applies
         (or any combination thereof), shall be deemed instead to be:

                  (i) a dividend or distribution of the evidences of
         indebtedness, assets, shares of capital stock, rights or warrants,
         other than such Common Stock, such subdivision or combination or such
         rights or warrants to which Section 12.3(a), Section 12.3(b) and
         Section 12.3(c) apply, respectively (and any Conversion Rate adjustment
         required by this Section 12.3(d) with respect to such dividend or
         distribution shall then be made), immediately followed by

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                  (ii) a dividend or distribution of such Common Stock, such
         subdivision or combination or such rights or warrants (and any further
         Conversion Rate adjustment required by Section 12.3(a), Section 12.3(b)
         and Section 12.3(c) with respect to such dividend or distribution shall
         then be made), except:

                      (A) the Record Date of such dividend or distribution shall
         be substituted as (i) "the date fixed for the determination of
         stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or other distribution,"
         "Record Date fixed for such determinations" and "Record Date" within
         the meaning of Section 12.3(a), (ii) "the day upon which such
         subdivision or combination becomes effective" within the meaning of
         Section 12.3(b), and (iii) as "the Record Date fixed for the
         determination of the stockholders entitled to receive such rights or
         warrants" and such "Record Date" within the meaning of Section 12.3(c);
         and

                      (B) any reduction or increase in the number of shares of
         Common Stock resulting from such subdivision or combination shall be
         disregarded in connection with such dividend or distribution.

         (e) In case the Company shall, at any time or from time to time on or
prior to October 15, 2008, while any of the Securities are outstanding, by
dividend or otherwise, distribute to all holders of its outstanding shares of
Common Stock, cash (including any quarterly cash dividends, but excluding any
cash that is distributed upon a reclassification, change, merger, consolidation,
statutory share exchange, combination, sale or conveyance to which Section 12.4
applies or as part of a distribution referred to in Section 12.3(d)), then, and
in each case, immediately after the close of business on such date, the
Conversion Rate shall be adjusted by multiplying the Conversion Rate in effect
immediately prior to the close of business of such Record Date by a fraction:

                  (A) the numerator of which shall be equal to the Current
         Market Price on such date; and

                  (B) the denominator of which shall be equal to the Current
         Market Price on the Record Date, less an amount equal to the quotient
         of (x) the aggregate amount of such cash distribution and (y) the
         number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on the Record Date.

Such adjustment shall become effective immediately prior to the opening of
business on the day following the Record Date for such distribution. In the
event that such distribution is not so made, the Conversion Rate shall again be
adjusted to be the Conversion Rate which would then be in effect if such
distribution had not been declared.

         (f) In case a tender offer or exchange offer made by the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries for all or any portion of the Common Stock shall expire,
then and in each such case, immediately prior to the opening of business on the
day after the date of the last time (the "EXPIRATION TIME") tenders or exchanges
could have been made pursuant to such tender offer or exchange offer, the
Conversion Rate shall be adjusted so that the same shall equal the rate

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determined by multiplying the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the
close of business on the date of the Expiration Time by a fraction:

                  (A) the numerator of which shall be the sum of (x) the product
         of (i) the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding (excluding any
         tendered or exchanged shares) at the Expiration Time and (ii) the
         Current Market Price of the Common Stock at the Expiration Time, and
         (y) the Fair Market Value of the aggregate consideration payable to
         stockholders based on acceptance (up to any maximum specified in the
         terms of the tender offer or exchange offer) of all shares validly
         tendered and not withdrawn as of the Expiration Time; and

                  (B) the denominator shall be the product of the number of
         shares of Common Stock outstanding (including any tendered or exchanged
         shares) at the Expiration Time and the Current Market Price of the
         Common Stock at the Expiration Time.

         Such adjustment (if any) shall become effective immediately prior to
the opening of business on the day following the Expiration Time. In the event
that the Company is obligated to purchase shares pursuant to any such tender
offer or exchange offer, but the Company is permanently prevented by applicable
law from effecting any such purchases or all or a portion of such purchases are
rescinded, the Conversion Rate shall again be adjusted to be the Conversion Rate
which would then be in effect if such (or such portion of the) tender offer or
exchange offer had not been made. If the application of this Section 12.3(f) to
any tender offer or exchange offer would result in a decrease in the Conversion
Rate, no adjustment shall be made for such tender offer under this Section
12.3(f).

         Pursuant to rights issued under any of the Company's rights plans, if
Holders of the Securities exercising the right of conversion attaching after the
date the rights separate from the underlying Common Stock are not entitled to
receive the rights that would otherwise be attributable to the Common Stock
received upon conversion, the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted as though the
rights were being distributed to holders of Common Stock on the date of such
separation. If such an adjustment is made and the rights are later redeemed,
invalidated or terminated, then a corresponding reversing adjustment shall be
made to the Conversion Rate on an equitable basis.

         (g) In case the Company shall, at any time or from time to time after
October 15, 2008 while any of the Securities are outstanding, by dividend or
otherwise, distribute to all holders of its outstanding shares of Common Stock,
cash (including any quarterly cash dividends, but excluding any cash that is
distributed upon a reclassification, change, merger, consolidation, statutory
share exchange, combination, sale or conveyance to which Section 12.4 applies or
as part of a distribution referred to in Section 12.3(d)), to the extent that
the aggregate amount of cash distributions per share of Common Stock in any
twelve month period exceeds the greater of (x) the annualized amount per share
of Common Stock of the next preceding quarterly cash dividend on the Common
Stock to the extent that such preceding quarterly dividend did not require any
adjustment of the Conversion Rate pursuant to this Section 12.3(g) (as adjusted
to reflect subdivisions, or combinations of the Common Stock), and (y) 5% of the
average of the Closing Sale Price during the ten Trading Days immediately prior
to the date of declaration of

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such dividend, then, and in each case, immediately after the close of business
on such date, the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted by multiplying the
Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the close of business of such
Record Date by a fraction:

                  (A) the numerator of which shall be equal to the Current
         Market Price on such date; and

                  (B) the denominator of which shall be equal to the Current
         Market Price on the Record Date, less an amount equal to the quotient
         of (x) the aggregate amount of such cash distribution and (y) the
         number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on the Record Date;

provided that if the portion of the cash so distributed applicable to one share
of Common Stock is equal to or greater than the Current Market Price on the
Record date, in lieu of the foregoing adjustment, adequate provision shall be
made so that each Holder shall have the right to receive upon conversion the
amount of cash such holder would have received had such holder converted each
Security on the Record Date. Such adjustment shall become effective immediately
prior to the opening of business on the day following the Record Date for such
distribution. In the event that such distribution is not so made, the Conversion
Rate shall again be adjusted to be the Conversion Rate which would then be in
effect if such distribution had not been declared. If any adjustment is required
to be made as set forth in this Section 12.3(g) as a result of a distribution
that is a quarterly dividend, such adjustment shall be based upon the amount by
which such distribution exceeds the amount of the quarterly cash dividend
permitted to be excluded pursuant hereto. If an adjustment is required to be
made as set forth in this Section 12.3(g) above as a result of a distribution
that is not a quarterly dividend, such adjustment shall be based upon the full
amount of the distribution.

         (h) For purposes of this Article XII, the following terms shall have
the meanings indicated:

         "CURRENT MARKET PRICE" on any date means the average of the daily
Closing Sale Prices per share of Common Stock for the ten consecutive Trading
Days immediately prior to such date; provided, however, that if:

                  (i) the "ex" date (as hereinafter defined) for any event
         (other than the issuance or distribution requiring such computation)
         that requires an adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section
         12.3(a), Section 12.3(b), Section 12.3(c), Section 12.3(d), Section
         12.3(e), Section 12.3(f), or Section 12.3(g) occurs during such ten
         consecutive Trading Days, the Closing Sale Price for each Trading Day
         prior to the "ex" date for such other event shall be adjusted by
         multiplying such Closing Sale Price by the same fraction by which the
         Conversion Rate is so required to be adjusted as a result of such other
         event;

                  (ii) the "ex" date for any event (other than the issuance or
         distribution requiring such computation) that requires an adjustment to
         the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 12.3(a), Section 12.3(b),
         Section 12.3(c), Section 12.3(d), Section 12.3(e), Section 12.3(f), or
         Section 12.3(g) occurs on or after the "ex"

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         date for the issuance or distribution requiring such computation and
         prior to the day in question, the Closing Sale Price for each Trading
         Day on and after the "ex" date for such other event shall be adjusted
         by multiplying such Closing Sale Price by the reciprocal of the
         fraction by which the Conversion Rate is so required to be adjusted as
         a result of such other event; and

                  (iii) the "ex" date for the issuance or distribution requiring
         such computation is prior to the day in question, after taking into
         account any adjustment required pursuant to clause (1) or (2) of this
         proviso, the Closing Sale Price for each Trading Day on or after such
         "ex" date shall be adjusted by adding thereto the amount of any cash
         and the Fair Market Value (as determined by the Board of Directors in a
         manner consistent with any determination of such value for purposes of
         Section 12.3(d), Section 12.3(e), Section 12.3(f), or Section 12.3(g))
         of the evidences of Indebtedness, shares of capital stock or assets
         being distributed applicable to one share of Common Stock as of the
         close of business on the day before such "ex" date.

For purposes of any computation under Section 12.3(f), if the "ex" date for any
event (other than the tender offer requiring such computation) that requires an
adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 12.3(a), Section 12.3(b),
Section 12.3(c), Section 12.3(d), Section 12.3(e), Section 12.3(f) or Section
12.3(g)) occurs on or after the Expiration Time for the tender or exchange offer
requiring such computation and prior to the day in question, the Closing Sale
Price for each Trading Day on and after the "ex" date for such other event shall
be adjusted by multiplying such Closing Sale Price by the reciprocal of the
fraction by which the Conversion Rate is so required to be adjusted as a result
of such other event. For purposes of this paragraph, the term "ex" date, when
used:

                  (i) with respect to any issuance or distribution, means the
         first date on which the Common Stock trades regular way on the relevant
         exchange or in the relevant market from which the Closing Sale Price
         was obtained without the right to receive such issuance or
         distribution;

                  (ii) with respect to any subdivision or combination of Common
         Stock, means the first date on which the Common Stock trades regular
         way on such exchange or in such market after the time at which such
         subdivision or combination becomes effective; and

                  (iii) with respect to any tender offer or exchange offer,
         means the first date on which the Common Stock trades regular way on
         such exchange or in such market after the Expiration Time of such
         offer.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, whenever successive adjustments to the Conversion
Rate are called for pursuant to this Section 12.3, such adjustments shall be
made to the Current Market Price as may be necessary or appropriate to
effectuate the intent of this Section 12.3 and to avoid unjust or inequitable
results as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors.

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         "FAIR MARKET VALUE" means the amount which a willing buyer would pay a
willing seller in an arm's length transaction (as determined by the Board of
Directors, whose determination shall be conclusive).

         "RECORD DATE" means, with respect to any dividend, distribution or
other transaction or event in which the holders of Common Stock have the right
to receive any cash, securities or other property or in which the Common Stock
(or other applicable security) is exchanged for or converted into any
combination of cash, securities or other property, the date fixed for
determination of stockholders entitled to receive such cash, securities or other
property (whether such date is fixed by the Board of Directors or by statute,
contract or otherwise).

         (i) The Company shall be entitled to make such additional adjustments
in the Conversion Rate, in addition to those required by Section 12.3(a),
Section 12.3(b), Section 12.3(c), Section 12.3(d), Section 12.3(e), Section
12.3(f), or Section 12.3(g) as shall be necessary in order that any dividend or
distribution of Common Stock, any subdivision, reclassification or combination
of Common Stock or any issuance of rights or warrants referred to above shall
not be taxable to the holders of Common Stock for United States Federal income
tax purposes.

         (j) To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Company may, from
time to time, increase the Conversion Rate by any amount for any period of time
if such period is at least 20 days, the increase is irrevocable during the
period and the Board of Directors determines that such increase would be in the
best interest of the Company. Whenever the Conversion Rate is increased pursuant
to the preceding sentence, the Company shall mail to the Trustee and each Holder
at the address of such Holder as it appears in the register of the Securities
maintained by the Registrar, at least 15 days prior to the date the increased
Conversion Rate takes effect, a notice of the increase stating the increased
Conversion Rate and the period during which it shall be in effect.

         (k) In any case in which this Section 12.3 shall require that any
adjustment be made effective as of or retroactively immediately following a
Record Date, the Company may elect to defer (but only for five Trading Days
following the filing of the notice referred to in Section 12.5) issuing to the
Holder of any Securities converted after such Record Date the Common Stock
issuable upon such conversion over and above the Common Stock issuable upon such
conversion on the basis of the Conversion Rate prior to adjustment; provided,
however, that the Company shall deliver to such Holder a due bill or other
appropriate instrument evidencing such Holder's right to receive such additional
Common Stock upon the occurrence of the event requiring such adjustment.

         (l) All calculations under this Section 12.3 shall be made to the
nearest cent or one-hundredth of a share, with one-half cent and 0.005 of a
share, respectively, being rounded upward. Notwithstanding any other provision
of this Section 12.3, the Company shall not be required to make any adjustment
of the Conversion Rate unless such adjustment would require an increase or
decrease of at least 1% in the Conversion Rate as last adjusted. Any lesser
adjustment shall be carried forward and shall be made at the time of and
together with the next subsequent adjustment which, together with any adjustment
or adjustments so carried forward, shall amount to an increase or decrease of at
least 1% in the Conversion Rate as last adjusted.

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Any adjustments under this Section 12.3 shall be made successively whenever an
event requiring such an adjustment occurs.

                  (m) In the event that at any time, as a result of an
adjustment made pursuant to this Section 12.3, the Holder of any Securities
thereafter surrendered for conversion shall become entitled to receive any
shares of stock of the Company other than Common Stock into which the Securities
originally were convertible, the Conversion Rate of such other shares so
receivable upon conversion of any such Security shall be subject to adjustment
from time to time in a manner and on terms as nearly equivalent as practicable
to the provisions with respect to Common Stock contained in subparagraphs (a)
through (k) of this Section 12.3, and the provision of Section 12.1, Section
12.2 and Section 12.4 through Section 12.9 with respect to the Common Stock
shall apply on like or similar terms to any such other shares and the
determination of the Board of Directors as to any such adjustment shall be
conclusive.

                  (n) No adjustment shall be made pursuant to this Section 12.3
if (i) the effect thereof would be to reduce the Conversion Price below the par
value (if any) of the Common Stock or (ii) any dividend, distribution or
issuance that would otherwise give rise to an adjustment pursuant to this
Section 12.3 is made or paid to the Holders of the Securities.

                  Section 12.4. Consolidation or Merger of the Company.

                  If any of the following events occurs, namely:

                  (a) any reclassification or change of the outstanding shares
         of Common Stock (other than a change in par value, or from par value to
         no par value, or from no par value to par value, or as a result of a
         subdivision or combination);

                  (b) any merger, consolidation, statutory share exchange or
         combination of the Company with another corporation as a result of
         which holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive stock,
         securities or other property or assets (including cash) with respect to
         or in exchange for such Common Stock; or

                  (c) any sale or conveyance of the properties and assets of the
         Company as, or substantially as, an entirety to any other corporation
         as a result of which holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to
         receive stock, securities or other property or assets (including cash)
         with respect to or in exchange for such Common Stock;

the Company or the successor or purchasing corporation, as the case may be,
shall execute with the Trustee a supplemental indenture (which shall comply with
the Trust Indenture Act as in force at the date of execution of such
supplemental indenture, if such supplemental indenture is then required to so
comply) providing that such Securities shall be convertible into the kind and
amount of shares of stock and other securities or property or assets (including
cash) which such Holder would have been entitled to receive upon such
reclassification, change, merger, consolidation, statutory share exchange,
combination, sale or conveyance had such Securities been converted into Common
Stock immediately prior to such reclassification, change, merger, consolidation,
statutory share exchange, combination, sale or conveyance assuming such holder
of Common Stock did not exercise its rights of election, if any, as to the kind
or amount of securities, cash or other property receivable upon such merger,
consolidation, statutory share exchange, sale or conveyance (provided, that if
the kind or amount of securities, cash or other property receivable upon such
merger, consolidation, statutory share
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exchange, sale or conveyance is not the same for each share of Common Stock in
respect of which such rights of election shall not have been exercised
("NON-ELECTING SHARE"), then for the purposes of this Section 12.4, the kind and
amount of securities, cash or other property receivable upon such merger,
consolidation, statutory share exchange, sale or conveyance for each
Non-Electing Share shall be deemed to be the kind and amount so receivable per
share by a plurality of the Non-Electing Shares). Such supplemental indenture
shall provide for adjustments which shall be as nearly equivalent as may be
practicable to the adjustments provided for in this Article XII. If, in the case
of any such reclassification, change, merger, consolidation, statutory share
exchange, combination, sale or conveyance, the stock or other securities and
assets receivable thereupon by a holder of Common Stock includes shares of stock
or other securities and assets of a corporation other than the successor or
purchasing corporation, as the case may be, in such reclassification, change,
merger, consolidation, statutory share exchange, combination, sale or
conveyance, then such supplemental indenture shall also be executed by such
other corporation and shall contain such additional provisions to protect the
interests of the Holders of the Securities as the Board of Directors shall
reasonably consider necessary by reason of the foregoing.

                  The Company shall cause notice of the execution of such
supplemental indenture to be mailed to each Holder, at the address of such
Holder as it appears on the register of the Securities maintained by the
Registrar, within 20 days after execution thereof. Failure to deliver such
notice shall not affect the legality or validity of such supplemental indenture.

                  The above provisions of this Section 12.4 shall similarly
apply to successive reclassifications, mergers, consolidations, statutory share
exchanges, combinations, sales and conveyances.

                  If this Section 12.4 applies to any event or occurrence,
Section 12.3 shall not apply.

                  Section 12.5. Notice of Adjustment.

                  Whenever an adjustment in the Conversion Rate with respect to
the Securities is required:

                  (a) the Company shall forthwith place on file with the Trustee
         and any Conversion Agent for such securities a certificate of the
         Treasurer of the Company, stating the adjusted Conversion Rate
         determined as provided herein and setting forth in reasonable detail
         such facts as shall be necessary to show the reason for and the manner
         of computing such adjustment; and

                  (b) a notice stating that the Conversion Rate has been
         adjusted and setting forth the adjusted Conversion Rate shall forthwith
         be given by the Company or, at the Company's request, by the Trustee in
         the name and at the expense of the Company, to each Holder in the
         manner provided in Section 13.2. Any notice so given shall be
         conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the
         Holder receives such notice.

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                  Section 12.6. Notice in Certain Events.

                  In case of:

                  (a) a consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party
         and for which approval of any stockholders of the Company is required,
         or of the sale or conveyance to another Person or entity or group of
         Persons or entities acting in concert as a partnership, limited
         partnership, syndicate or other group (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3
         under the Exchange Act) of all or substantially all of the property and
         assets of the Company; or

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

                  (c) any action triggering an adjustment of the Conversion Rate
         referred to in clauses (x) or (y) below;

then, in each case, the Company shall cause to be filed with the Trustee and the
Conversion Agent, and shall cause to be given, to the Holders of the Securities
in the manner provided in Section 13.2, at least 15 days prior to the applicable
date hereinafter specified, a notice stating:

                  (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose
         of any distribution or grant of rights or warrants triggering an
         adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to this Article XII, or, if
         a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of record
         of Common Stock entitled to such distribution, rights or warrants are
         to be determined; or

                  (y) the date on which any reclassification, consolidation,
         merger, sale, conveyance, dissolution, liquidation or winding up
         triggering an adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to this
         Article XII is expected to become effective, and the date as of which
         it is expected that holders of Common Stock of record shall be entitled
         to exchange their shares of Common Stock for securities or other
         property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger,
         sale, conveyance, dissolution, liquidation or winding up.

                  Failure to give such notice or any defect therein shall not
affect the legality or validity of the proceedings described in Section 12.6(a),
Section 12.6(b) or Section 12.6(c).

                  Section 12.7. Company To Reserve Stock: Registration; Listing.

                  (a) The Company shall, prior to issuance of any Securities
hereunder, and from time to time as may be necessary, reserve and keep
available, free from preemptive rights, out of its authorized but unissued
Common Stock, for the purpose of effecting the conversion of the Securities,
such number of its duly authorized Common Stock as shall from time to time be
sufficient to effect the conversion of all Securities then outstanding into such
Common Stock at any time (assuming that, at the time of the computation of such
number of Common Stock, all such Securities would be held by a single Holder).
The Company covenants that all Common Stock which may be issued upon conversion
of Securities shall upon issue be fully paid and

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nonassessable and free from all liens and charges and, except as provided in
Section 12.8, taxes with respect to the issue thereof.

         (b) If any Common Stock which would be issuable upon conversion of
Securities hereunder require registration with or approval of any governmental
authority before such shares or securities may be issued upon such conversion,
the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause such shares or
securities to be duly registered or approved, as the case may be. The Company
further covenants that so long as the Common Stock shall be quoted on the New
York Stock Exchange, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts, if
permitted by the rules of the New York Stock Exchange, to keep so quoted all
Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Securities, and the Company shall
use its reasonable best efforts to list or obtain approval for the quotation of
the Common Stock to be delivered upon conversion of the Securities prior to such
delivery upon any other national securities exchange or quotation system upon
which the outstanding Common Stock is listed or quoted at the time of such
delivery.

         Section 12.8. Taxes on Conversion.

         The issue of stock certificates on conversion of Securities shall be
made without charge to the converting Holder for any documentary, stamp or
similar issue or transfer taxes in respect of the issue thereof, and the Company
shall pay any and all documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer taxes that
may be payable in respect of the issue or delivery of Common Stock on conversion
of Securities pursuant hereto. The Company shall not, however, be required to
pay any such tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the
issue or delivery of Common Stock or the portion, if any, of the Securities
which are not so converted in a name other than that in which the Securities so
converted were registered, and no such issue or delivery shall be made unless
and until the Person requesting such issue has paid to the Company the amount of
such tax or has established to the satisfaction of the Company that such tax has
been paid.

         Section 12.9. Conversion After Regular Record Date.

         Except as provided in the succeeding paragraph, the Holder of such
Securities shall not be entitled to receive any accrued and unpaid interest,
Contingent Interest or Additional Amounts, if any.

         If any Securities are surrendered for conversion subsequent to the
close of business on any Regular Record Date but prior to the opening of
business on the corresponding Interest Payment Date, the Holder of such
Securities at the close of business on such Regular Record Date shall receive
the interest, Contingent Interest and Additional Amounts, if any, payable on
such Securities on such Interest Payment Date notwithstanding the conversion
thereof. Securities surrendered for conversion during the period from the close
of business on any Regular Record Date to the opening of business on the
corresponding Interest Payment Date shall (except in the case of Securities
which have been called for redemption on a Redemption Date within such period)
be accompanied by payment by Holders, for the account of the Company, in New
York Clearing House funds or other funds acceptable to the Company of an amount
equal to the interest, Contingent Interest and Additional Amounts, if any,
payable on such interest payment date on the Securities being surrendered for
conversion.

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         Except as provided in Section 12.2(a) and this Section 12.9, no payment
or adjustment shall be made in respect of dividends or distributions on the
Common Stock issued upon conversion or accrued and unpaid interest, Contingent
Interest or Additional Amounts, if any, on a converted Security.

         Section 12.10. Company Determination Final.

         Any determination that the Company or the Board of Directors must make
pursuant to this Article XII shall be conclusive if made in good faith and in
accordance with the provisions of this Article, absent manifest error, and set
forth in a Board Resolution.

         Section 12.11. Responsibility of Trustee for Conversion Provisions.

         The Trustee has no duty to determine when an adjustment under this
Article XII should be made, how it should be made or what it should be. The
Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or value of any securities or
assets issued upon conversion of Securities. The Trustee shall not be
responsible for any failure of the Company to comply with this Article XII. Each
Conversion Agent other than the Company shall have the same protection under
this Section 12.11 as the Trustee.

         The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to
the Trustee under this Indenture including, without limitation, its rights to be
indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by the Trustee in each of
its capacities hereunder, and each Paying Agent or Conversion Agent, other than
the Company, acting hereunder.

         Section 12.12. Unconditional Right of Holders to Convert.

         Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of
any Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to
convert its Security in accordance with this Article XII and to bring an action
against the Company for the enforcement of any such right to convert, and such
rights shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.

         Section 12.13. Option to Satisfy Conversion Obligation with Cash,
Common Stock or Combination Thereof.

         (a) If the Company receives any Holder's Conversion Notice on or prior
to the day that is 31 Trading Days prior to the Stated Maturity (the "FINAL
NOTICE DATE"), then (i) as to the Principal Amount at Issuance of the Security,
the method for settlement shall be in accordance with the Principal Conversion
Settlement Election and (ii) as to the Excess Amount, the Company shall notify
the Holder through the Trustee, at any time on or before the date that is three
Trading Days following receipt of the Conversion Notice required pursuant to
Section 12.2 (such period, the "SETTLEMENT NOTICE PERIOD") of the method the
Company elects to settle its obligation upon conversion of the Excess Amount
(the "EXCESS AMOUNT CONVERSION OBLIGATION", which together with the obligation
upon conversion in respect of principal, constitutes the "CONVERSION
OBLIGATION"). Specifically, the Company shall notify the Holders through the
Trustee whether a Holder submitting a Conversion Notice is entitled to receive,
in respect of the Excess Amount Conversion Obligation, 100% cash, 100% Common
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combination of cash and Common Stock. If the Company elects to settle the Excess
Amount Conversion Obligation in a combination of cash and Common Stock, the
Company will specify the percentage of each obligation to be settled in cash.
The Company shall treat all Holders converting on the same Trading Day in the
same manner and the Company shall not have any obligation to settle Excess
Amount Conversion Obligations arising on different Trading Days in the same
manner.

                  Settlement of the Company's entire Conversion Obligation in
Common Stock only shall occur in accordance with Section 12.2(a). Settlement in
cash or in a combination of cash and Common Stock shall, subject to Section
12.13(c), occur on the third Trading Day following the final Trading Day of the
20 Trading Day period beginning on the final Trading Day of the Settlement
Notice Period (the "CASH SETTLEMENT AVERAGING PERIOD").

                  Settlement amounts shall be computed as follows:

                  (i) if the Company elects to satisfy its entire Conversion
         Obligation, including Principal Amount at Issuance and Excess Amount,
         in shares of Common Stock (other than with respect to fractional
         shares), the Company shall deliver to a Holder a number of shares of
         Common Stock for each $1,000 original Principal Amount at Issuance of a
         Security equal to the applicable Conversion Rate;

                  (ii) if the Company elects to satisfy its entire Conversion
         Obligation in cash, including Principal Amounts at Issuance and Excess
         Amount, the Company shall deliver to a Holder, for each $1,000 original
         Principal Amount at Issuance of Securities, cash in an amount equal to
         the product of (i)) the applicable Conversion Rate multiplied by (ii)
         the average Closing Sale Price of its Common Stock during the Cash
         Settlement Averaging Period;

                  (iii) if the Company elects to satisfy its Conversion
         Obligation, including Principal Amount at Issuance and Excess Amount,
         in a combination of cash and Common Stock, the Company shall deliver to
         a Holder, for each $1,000 original Principal Amount at Issuance of
         Securities;

                           (1) a cash amount (the "CASH AMOUNT") (excluding any
                  cash in lieu of fraction shares) equal to the sum of:

                                (A) the product of (x) $1,000 multiplied by (y)
                  the percentage of such Principal Amount at Issuance of a
                  Security to be satisfied in cash; plus

                                (B) if greater than zero, the product of (x) the
                  amount of cash that would be paid pursuant to clause (ii)
                  immediately above minus the aggregate Principal Amount at
                  Issuance of the Securities surrendered for conversion,
                  multiplied by (y) the percentage of the Excess Amount to be
                  satisfied in cash;

                                       and

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                           (2) a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the
                  difference between:

                                (A) the number of shares of Common Stock that
                  would be issued pursuant to clause (i) immediately above,
                  minus

                                (B) the number of shares equal to the quotient
                  of (x) the Cash Amount divided by (y) the average Closing Sale
                  Price of our common stock during the Cash Settlement Averaging
                  Period.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Security in respect of which a Holder has
delivered a Designated Event Purchase Notice exercising such Holder's right to
require the Company to repurchase such Security may be converted as described in
this Section 12.13(a) only if such notice of exercise is withdrawn in accordance
with Section 4.2(b) prior to 5:00 p.m., New York city time, on the Business Day
immediately preceding the Designated Event Purchase Date.

                  (b) The Company shall settle all of its Conversion Obligations
arising after the Final Notice Date in the same manner. Settlement of the
Conversion Obligation relating to the principal amount of the Securities shall
be according to the Principal Conversion Settlement Election. On or prior to the
Final Notice Date, the Company shall notify the Holders through the Trustee of
the method it chooses to settle any Excess Amount Conversion Obligations arising
after the Final Notice Date.

                  Settlement of Conversion Obligations arising after the Final
Notice Date in Common Stock shall occur in accordance with Section 12.2(a).
Subject to Section 12.13(c), settlement of Conversion Obligations arising after
the Final Notice Date in cash or in a combination of cash and Common Stock shall
occur on the third Trading Day following the final Trading Day of the Cash
Settlement Averaging Period described in the following sentence. The settlement
amount of Common Stock, cash or combination of cash and Common Stock in
satisfaction of Conversion Obligations arising after the Final Notice Date shall
be computed in the same manner as set forth in Section 12.13(a), except that the
Cash Settlement Averaging Period shall be the 20 Trading Day period beginning on
the date that is the 23rd Trading Day prior to the Stated Maturity.

                  (c) If any Trading Day during a Cash Settlement Averaging
Period is not an undisrupted Trading Day, then determination of the price for
that day shall be delayed until the next undisrupted Trading Day on which a
pricing is not otherwise observed and such day shall not count as one of the 20
Trading Days that constitute the Cash Settlement Averaging Period. If this
results in a price being observed later than the eighth Trading Day after the
last of the original 20 Trading Days in the Cash Settlement Averaging Period,
then the Company shall determine all prices for all delayed and undetermined
prices on that eighth Trading Day based on its good faith estimate of the value
of the Common Stock on that date. In the event that any Trading Day during the
Cash Settlement Averaging Period beginning on the date that is the 23rd Trading
Day prior to the Stated Maturity is not an undisrupted Trading Day, settlement
shall occur after the Stated Maturity.

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                                  ARTICLE XIII

                               CONTINGENT INTEREST

         Section 13.1. Contingent Interest.

         The Company shall make Contingent Interest payments to the Holders of
Securities, as set forth in Section 13.2 below, during any six month period from
October 15 to April 14 and from April 15 to October 14, beginning with the
six-month period commencing on October 15, 2008 (each a "CONTINGENT INTEREST
PERIOD") if the Trading Price of the Securities for each day of the applicable
Five-Trading-Day Measurement Period to, but excluding, the day immediately
preceding the first day of the relevant Contingent Interest Period equals 120%
or more of the Principal Amount at Issuance of such Security. During any
Contingent Interest Period when Contingent Interest is payable pursuant to this
Section 13.1, each Contingent Interest payment due and payable on each $1,000
Principal Amount at Issuance shall equal .25% per annum of the average Trading
Price for the five Trading Days in the relevant Five-Trading-Day Measurement
Period.

         Section 13.2. Payment of Contingent Interest; Contingent Interest
Rights Preserved.

         (a) The Issuer shall pay Contingent Interest owed pursuant to Section
13.1 for any Interest Period on the Interest Payment Date immediately succeeding
the applicable Interest Period to Holders of Securities as of the Regular Record
Date relating to such Interest Payment Date.

         (b) Upon determination that Holders of Securities shall be entitled to
receive Contingent Interest during a Contingent Interest Period, prior to the
start of such Contingent Interest Period, the Company shall issue a press
release, publish such information on its website (or through such other public
medium as the Company uses at that time), and notify the Trustee as soon as
practicable.

                                  ARTICLE XIV

                                  MISCELLANEOUS

         Section 14.1. Trust Indenture Act Controls. If any provision of this
Indenture limits, qualifies, or conflicts with the duties imposed by TIA Section
318(c), such section of the TIA shall control. If any provision of this
Indenture expressly modifies or excludes any provision of the TIA that may be so
modified or excluded, the Indenture provision so modifying or excluding such
provision of the TIA shall be deemed to apply.

         Section 14.2. Notices. Any request, demand, authorization, notice,
waiver, consent or communication shall be in writing and delivered in person
(including by commercial courier services) or mailed by first-class mail,
postage prepaid, addressed as follows or transmitted by facsimile transmission
(confirmed by guaranteed overnight courier) to the following facsimile numbers:

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           if to the Company:

           THE MEN'S WEARHOUSE, INC.
           5803 Glenmont
           Houston, Texas 77081
           Attention:  Claudia A. Pruitt
           Facsimile No.: (713) 592-7075

           if to the Trustee:
           JPMORGAN CHASE BANK
           600 Travis, Suite 1150
           Houston, Texas  77002
           Attention:  Institutional Trust Services
           Facsimile No.:  (713) 577-5200

                  The Company or the Trustee by notice given to the other in the
manner provided above may designate additional or different addresses for
subsequent notices or communications.

                  Any notice or communication given to a Holder shall be mailed
to the Holder, by first-class mail, postage prepaid, at the Holder's address as
it appears on the registration books of the Registrar and shall be sufficiently
given if so mailed within the time prescribed.

                  Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any
defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders. If
a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above, it is duly
given, whether or not received by the addressee.

                  If the Company mails a notice or communication to the Holders,
it shall mail a copy to the Trustee and each Registrar, Paying Agent, Conversion
Agent, Bid Solicitation Agent or co-registrar.

                  Section 14.3. Communication by Holders with Other Holders.

                  Holders may communicate pursuant to TIA Section 312(b) with
other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the
Securities. The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar, the Paying Agent, the
Conversion Agent, the Bid Solicitation Agent and anyone else shall have the
protection of TIA Section 312(c).

                  Section 14.4. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions
Precedent.

                  Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee
to take any action under this Indenture (except in connection with the original
issuance of Securities), the Company shall furnish to the Trustee:

                  (a) an Officer's Certificate stating that, in the opinion of
         the signers, all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this
         Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with; and

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                  (b) an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such
         counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied with.

                  Section 14.5. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.

                  Each Officer's Certificate or Opinion of Counsel with respect
to compliance with a covenant or condition provided for in this Indenture shall
include:

                  (a) a statement that each person making such Officer's
         Certificate or Opinion of Counsel has read such covenant or condition;

                  (b) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the
         examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions
         contained in such Officer's Certificate or Opinion of Counsel are
         based;

                  (c) a statement that, in the opinion of each such person, he
         has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable
         such person to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such
         covenant or condition has been complied with; and

                  (d) a statement that, in the opinion of such person, such
         covenant or condition has been complied with.

                  In giving such Opinion of Counsel, counsel may rely as to
factual matters on an Officer's Certificate or on certificates of public
officials.

                  Section 14.6. Separability Clause.

                  In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities
shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and
enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or
impaired thereby.

                  Section 14.7. Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent, Conversion
Agent, Bid Solicitation Agent, Registrar.

                  The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or a
meeting of Holders. The Registrar, the Conversion Agent, the Paying Agent and
the Bid Solicitation Agent may make reasonable rules for their functions.

                  Section 14.8. Legal Holidays.

                  If any specified date (including a date for giving notice) is
a Legal Holiday, the action shall be taken on the next succeeding day that is
not a Legal Holiday, and, if the action to be taken on such date is a payment in
respect of the Securities, no interest, if any, shall accrue for the intervening
period.

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                  Section 14.9. Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction;
Service of Process.

                  This Indenture shall be governed by, and construed in
accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

                  The Company submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the
courts of the State of New York and the courts of the United States of America,
in each case located in the Borough of Manhattan, New York, New York over any
suit, action or proceeding arising under or in connection with this Indenture or
the transactions contemplated hereby or the Securities. The Company waives any
objection that it may have to the venue of any suit, action or proceeding
arising under or in connection with this Indenture or the transactions
contemplated hereby or the Securities in the courts of the State of New York or
the courts of the United States of America, in each case located in the Borough
of Manhattan, New York, New York, or that such suit, action or proceeding
brought in the courts of the State of New York or the courts of the United
States of America, in each case located in the Borough of Manhattan, New York,
New York, was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim
the same.

                  The Company agrees that service of all writs, process and
summonses in any suit, action or proceeding arising under or in connection with
this Indenture or the transactions contemplated thereby or the Securities
against the Company in any court of the State of New York or any United States
Federal court, in each case, sitting in the Borough of Manhattan, New York, New
York, may be made upon CT Corporation System at 111 Eighth Avenue, New York, New
York 10011, whom the Company irrevocably appoints as its authorized agent for
service of process. The Company represents and warrants that CT Corporation
System has agreed to act as the Company's agent for service of process. The
Company agrees that such appointment shall be irrevocable until the irrevocable
appointment by the Company of a successor in New York, New York as its
authorized agent for such purpose and the acceptance of such appointment by such
successor. The Company further agrees to take any and all action, including the
filing of any and all documents and instruments that may be necessary to
continue such appointment in full force and effect as aforesaid. If CT
Corporation System shall cease to act as the agent for service of process for
the Company, the Company shall appoint without delay, another such agent and
provide prompt written notice to the Trustee of such appointment.

                  Section 14.10. No Recourse Against Others.

                  No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or
agreement contained in this Indenture, or in any Security, or because of any
indebtedness evidenced thereby, shall be had against any incorporator, as such,
or against any past, present or future stockholder, officer or director, as
such, of the Company or of any successor, either directly or through the Company
or any successor, under any rule of law, statute or constitutional provision or
by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding or
otherwise, all such liability being expressly waived and released by the
acceptance of the Securities by the Holders and as part of the consideration for
the issue of the Securities.

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                  Section 14.11. Successors.

                  All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the
Securities shall bind its successor. All agreements of the Trustee in this
Indenture shall bind its successor.

                  Section 14.12. Multiple Originals.

                  The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture.
Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the
same agreement. One signed copy is enough to prove this Indenture.

                                   ARTICLE XV

                                  TAX TREATMENT

                  Section 15.1. Tax Treatment. The Company agrees, and by
acceptance of beneficial ownership interest in the Securities each beneficial
holder of the Securities will be deemed to have agreed, for United States
federal income tax purposes (1) to treat the Securities as indebtedness that is
subject to Treas. Reg. Sec. 1.1275-4 (the "CONTINGENT PAYMENT REGULATIONS") and,
for purposes of the Contingent Payment Regulations, to treat the fair market
value of any stock beneficially received by a beneficial holder upon any
conversion or repurchase of the Securities as a contingent payment and (2) in
the absence of an administrative determination or judicial ruling to the
contrary, to be bound by the Company's application of the Contingent Payment
Regulations to the Securities, including the Company's determination of the
"comparable yield" and "projected payment schedule," within the meaning of the
Contingent Payment Regulations, with respect to the Securities. A Holder of
Securities may obtain the issue price, amount of original issue discount, issue
date, yield to maturity, comparable yield and projected payment schedule for
such Securities by submitting a written request for such information to the
Company at the following address: The Men's Wearhouse, Inc., 5803 Glenmont,
Houston, Texas 77081, Attention: Claudia A. Pruitt.

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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being duly authorized, have
executed this Indenture on behalf of the respective parties hereto as of the
date first above written.

                                     THE MEN'S WEARHOUSE, INC.

                                     By:  /s/ NEILL P. DAVIS
                                          ------------------------------------
                                     Name: Neill P. Davis
                                     Title:  Executive Vice President and
                                             Chief Financial Officer

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                                        JPMORGAN CHASE BANK
                                        As Trustee

                                        By:  /s/ FRANK W. MCCREARY
                                             ---------------------------------
                                        Name:  Frank W. McCreary
                                        Title: Trust Officer

                           SIGNATURE PAGE TO INDENTURE

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                                    EXHIBIT A

                           [FORM OF FACE OF SECURITY]

         [UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF
TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE
NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE
TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER
USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE
REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN. THIS SECURITY IS A
GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND
IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY IS
EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE
DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE
INDENTURE AND, UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR
SECURITIES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A
WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE
DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE
DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH
SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.](1)

         [THE SECURITY EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT OF 1933"), OR
ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN
THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER:

                  (1) REPRESENTS THAT (A) IT IS A "QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL
         BUYER" AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 OR (B)
         IT IS AN INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR THAT IS AN "ACCREDITED INVESTOR" AS
         DEFINED IN RULE 501(A)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
         1933 (AN "INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR");

                  (2) AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT WITHIN TWO YEARS AFTER THE
         ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF THIS SECURITY, RESELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THE
         SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY OR THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON
         CONVERSION OF SUCH SECURITY

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(1)      This legend should be included only if the Security is a Global
         Security.

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           EXCEPT (A) TO THE COMPANY OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (B) TO A PERSON
           THAT THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A "QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL
           BUYER" AS DEFINED IN, AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH, RULE 144A UNDER THE
           SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, (C) PURSUANT TO THE EXEMPTION FROM
           REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
           (IF AVAILABLE), (D) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION
           REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 (IF AVAILABLE) TO AN
           INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR THAT, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER,
           FURNISHES TO AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER AND TRUST COMPANY, AS TRANSFER
           AGENT (OR ANY SUCCESSOR TRANSFER AGENT, AS APPLICABLE), SUCH
           CERTIFICATIONS AND OPINION OF COUNSEL REQUIRED BY THE COMPANY OR THE
           TRANSFER AGENT OR (E) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT THAT HAS
           BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 AND THAT
           CONTINUES TO BE EFFECTIVE AT THE TIME OF SUCH TRANSFER; AND

                     (3) AGREES THAT IT WILL DELIVER TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THE
           SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY IS TRANSFERRED (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER
           PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 2(C) OR 2(E) ABOVE), A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE
           EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND.](2)

                  [THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY IS ENTITLED TO THE BENEFITS OF A
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED
TO ON THE REVERSE HEREOF) AND, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, AGREES TO BE BOUND BY
AND TO COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SUCH REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT.](2)

                  [THE COMPANY AGREES, AND BY ACCEPTANCE OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
INTEREST IN THE SECURITIES EACH BENEFICIAL HOLDER OF SUCH SECURITIES WILL BE
DEEMED TO HAVE AGREED, FOR UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES (1) TO
TREAT THE SECURITIES AS INDEBTEDNESS THAT IS SUBJECT TO TREAS. REG. SEC.
1.1275-4 (THE "CONTINGENT PAYMENT REGULATIONS") AND, FOR PURPOSES OF THE
CONTINGENT PAYMENT REGULATIONS, TO TREAT THE FAIR MARKET VALUE OF ANY STOCK
BENEFICIALLY RECEIVED BY A BENEFICIAL HOLDER UPON ANY CONVERSION OR REPURCHASE
OF SUCH SECURITIES AS A CONTINGENT PAYMENT AND (2) IN THE ABSENCE OF AN
ADMINISTRATIVE DETERMINATION OR JUDICIAL RULING TO THE CONTRARY, TO BE BOUND BY
THE COMPANY'S APPLICATION OF THE CONTINGENT PAYMENT REGULATIONS TO THE
SECURITIES, INCLUDING THE COMPANY'S DETERMINATION OF THE "COMPARABLE YIELD" AND
"PROJECTED PAYMENT SCHEDULE," WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE CONTINGENT PAYMENT
REGULATIONS, WITH RESPECT TO THE SECURITIES. A HOLDER OF SECURITIES MAY OBTAIN
THE ISSUE PRICE, AMOUNT OF ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT, ISSUE

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(2)      This legend should be included only if the Security is a Transfer
         Restricted Security.

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DATE, YIELD TO MATURITY, COMPARABLE YIELD AND PROJECTED PAYMENT SCHEDULE FOR
SUCH SECURITIES BY SUBMITTING A WRITTEN REQUEST FOR SUCH INFORMATION TO THE
COMPANY AT THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS: THE MEN'S WEARHOUSE, INC. 5803 GLENMONT,
HOUSTON, TEXAS 77081, ATTENTION: CLAUDIA A. PRUITT.](3)

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(3)      This legend should be included on the Global Security, the Transfer
         Restricted Security and the Certificated Security.

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                            THE MEN'S WEARHOUSE, INC.

                    3.125% CONVERTIBLE SENIOR NOTES DUE 2023

No. ___                                                      CUSIP: 587 118 AB6

THE MEN'S WEARHOUSE, INC., a Texas corporation (the "Company", which term shall
include any successor corporation under the Indenture referred to on the reverse
hereof) promises to pay to _____________________, or registered assigns, the
principal amount of _______________ Dollars ($_________) [, or such greater or
lesser amount as is indicated in the records of the Trustee and the
Depositary,](4) on October 15, 2023, and to pay interest thereon from October
21, 2003 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has
been paid or duly provided for, on October 15 and April 15 in each year (each,
an "INTEREST PAYMENT DATE"), commencing on April 15, 2004, at the rate of 3.125%
per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment at
October 15, 2023 or upon acceleration, or until such date on which the
Securities are converted, redeemed or purchased as provided herein, and at the
rate of 3.125% per annum on any overdue principal and on any overdue installment
of interest, Contingent Interest and Additional Amounts, if any. The interest so
payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date
shall, as provided in the Indenture (as hereinafter defined), be paid to the
Person in whose name this Security (or one or more predecessor Securities) is
registered at the close of business on the regular record date for such
interest, which shall be the October 1 or April 1 (whether or not a Business
Day), as the case may be, next preceding the corresponding Interest Payment Date
(a "REGULAR RECORD DATE"). Any such interest, Contingent Interest and Additional
Amounts, if any, not so punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith
cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may be paid
(a) to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more predecessor
Securities) is registered at the close of business on a special record date for
the payment of such defaulted interest to be fixed by the Trustee (a "SPECIAL
RECORD DATE"), notice whereof shall be given to Holders not less than 10
calendar days prior to such Special Record Date, or (b) at any time in any other
lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange
on which the Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required
by such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture.

         From and after the Contingent Interest Period commencing October 15,
2008, the Issuer will pay Contingent Interest on this Security under the
circumstances and in the amounts described in Article XIII of the Indenture.
Such Contingent Interest, if any, shall be payable semi-annually in arrears on
each Interest Payment Date to the Holder of this Security as of the close of
business on the Regular Record Date relating to such Interest Payment Date.

         Contingent Interest, if any, shall accrue from October 15 to April 14
and from April 15 to October 14, as applicable, and shall be payable on the next
succeeding Interest Payment Date. Contingent Interest shall be paid to the
Person in whose name a Security is registered on the next preceding Regular
Record Date on which Contingent Interest is payable.

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(4)      This phrase should be included only if the Security is a Global
         Security.

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         The amount of Contingent Interest payable per Security in respect of
any six-month period shall equal .25% per annum of the average Security Price
for the Five-Trading-Day Measurement Period.

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

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                     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument
to be duly executed.

Dated:                                       THE MEN'S WEARHOUSE, INC.

                                             By:
                                                -----------------------------
                                             Name:
                                                  ---------------------------
                                             Title:
                                                    -------------------------

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                     TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

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

Dated:                                  JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
                                        as Trustee

                                        By:

                                        ---------------------------------------
                                        Authorized Signatory

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                          [FORM OF REVERSE OF SECURITY]

                    3.125% Convertible Senior Notes due 2023

         This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of 3.125% Convertible
Senior Notes due 2023 (the "Securities") of THE MEN'S WEARHOUSE, INC., a Texas
corporation (including any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter
referred to, the "Company"), issued under an Indenture, dated as of October 21,
2003 (the "Indenture"), between the Company and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, as Trustee
(the "Trustee"). The terms of the Security include those stated in the
Indenture, those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture
Act of 1939, as amended ("TIA"), and those set forth in this Security. This
Security is subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture
and the TIA for a statement of all such terms. To the extent permitted by
applicable law, in the event of any inconsistency between the terms of this
Security and the terms of the Indenture, the terms of the Indenture shall
control. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings
assigned to them in the Indenture referred to below unless otherwise indicated.

1. Interest.

         Interest on the Securities shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day
year of twelve 30-day months.

         If this Security is redeemed pursuant to Section 5 or Section 6 of this
Security or the Holder elects to require the Company to purchase this Security
pursuant to Section 6 or Section 7 of this Security, on a date that is after the
Regular Record Date and on or before the corresponding Interest Payment Date,
interest, Contingent Interest and Additional Amounts, if any, accrued and unpaid
hereon to, but excluding, the applicable Redemption Date or Designated Event
Purchase Date shall be paid to the same Holder to whom the Company pays the
principal of this Security.

         Interest, Contingent Interest and Additional Amounts, if any, on
Securities converted after the close of business on a Regular Record Date but
prior to the opening of business on the corresponding Interest Payment Date
shall be paid to the Holder of the Securities on the Regular Record Date but,
upon conversion, the Holder must pay the Company the interest, Contingent
Interest and Additional Amounts, if any, which has accrued and shall be paid on
such Interest Payment Date. No such payment need be made with respect to
Securities which shall be converted after a Regular Record Date and prior to the
corresponding Interest Payment Date after being called for redemption.

         Any reference herein to interest accrued or payable as of any date
shall include any Contingent Interest and Additional Amounts accrued or payable
on such date as provided in the Registration Rights Agreement.

2. Method of Payment.

         Payment of the principal of and interest, Contingent Interest and
Additional Amounts, if any, on the Securities shall be in such coin or currency
of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for
payment of public and private debts or in

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Applicable Stock, as the case may be. The Holder must surrender the Securities
to the Paying Agent to collect payment of principal. Payment of interest,
Contingent Interest and Additional Amounts, if any, on Certificated Securities
shall be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as
such address appears in the Register and payment of interest, Contingent
Interest and Additional Amounts, if any, on Certificated Securities in aggregate
principal amount in excess of $5,000,000 shall be made by wire transfer in
immediately available funds at the written election of such Holder.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as the Securities are registered in the
name of a Depositary or its nominee, all payments with respect to the Securities
shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of
the Depositary or its nominee.

3. Paying Agent, Registrar, Conversion Agent, Bid Solicitation Agent.

         Initially, JPMorgan Chase Bank shall act as Paying Agent, Registrar,
Conversion Agent and Bid Solicitation Agent. The Company may appoint and change
any Paying Agent, Registrar, Conversion Agent and Bid Solicitation Agent without
notice, other than notice to the Trustee; provided that the Company shall
maintain at least one Paying Agent in Borough of Manhattan, New York, New York,
which shall initially be an office or agency of the Trustee. The Company or any
of its Subsidiaries or any of their Affiliates may act as Paying Agent,
Registrar or Conversion Agent. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of
their Affiliates may not act as Bid Solicitation Agent.

4. Indenture.

         The Securities are general unsecured obligations of the Company limited
to up to $130,000,000 aggregate principal amount. The Indenture does not limit
other indebtedness of the Company, secured or unsecured.

5. Provisional Redemption by the Company.

         The Securities are redeemable for cash at the option of the Company, in
whole or in part, at any time, or from time to time, on or after October 20,
2006 but prior to October 20, 2008, upon not less than 20 nor more than 60 days'
notice by mail for a redemption price equal to the principal amount of those
Securities plus accrued and unpaid interest, Contingent Interest and Additional
Amounts, if any, on those Securities, to, but excluding, the Redemption Date, if
but only if, for each of at least 20 Trading Days within any period of 30
consecutive Trading Days, the Closing Sale Price of our common stock exceeds
140% of the Conversion Price in effect on the 30th Trading Day of such period.

         Notice of redemption pursuant to this Section of this Security shall be
mailed at least 20 days but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to
each Holder of Securities to be redeemed at the Holder's registered address. If
cash sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of all Securities (or portions
thereof) to be redeemed on the Redemption Date is deposited with the Paying
Agent prior to 10:00 a.m., New York city time, on the Redemption Date, then, on
such Redemption Date interest, Contingent Interest and Additional Amounts, if
any ceases to accrue on such Securities or portions thereof. Securities in
denominations larger than $1,000 of

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Principal Amount at Issuance may be redeemed in part but only in integral
multiples of $1,000 of Principal Amount at Issuance.

6. Redemption of the Notes by the Company.

         The Securities are redeemable for cash at the option of the Company, in
whole or in part, at any time or from time to time on, or after October 20, 2008
upon not less than 20 days', nor more than 60 days', notice by mail for a
redemption price equal to the principal amount of those Securities plus accrued
and unpaid interest, Contingent Interest and Additional Amounts, if any, on
those Securities, to, but excluding, the Redemption Date.

         Notice of redemption pursuant to this Section of this Security shall be
mailed at least 20 days but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to
each Holder of Securities to be redeemed at the Holder's registered address. If
cash sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of all Securities (or portions
thereof) to be redeemed on the Redemption Date is deposited with the Paying
Agent prior to 10:00 a.m., New York city time, on the Redemption Date, then, on
such Redemption Date interest, Contingent Interest and Additional Amounts, if
any ceases to accrue on such Securities or portions thereof. Securities in
denominations larger than $1,000 of principal amount may be redeemed in part but
only in integral multiples of $1,000 of principal amount.

7. Purchase by the Company at the Option of the Holder or Upon a Designated
Event.

         Subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture, the Company shall
become obligated to purchase, at the option of the Holder, all or any portion of
the Securities held by such Holder on October 15, 2008, October 15, 2013 and
October 15, 2018 in integral multiples of $1,000 at the Purchase Price in cash.
To exercise such right, a Holder shall deliver to the Paying Agent a Purchase
Notice containing the information set forth in the Indenture, at any time from
the opening of business on the date that is 20 Business Days prior to the
relevant Purchase Date until the close of business on the fifth Business Day
prior to such Purchase Date, and shall deliver the Securities to the Paying
Agent as set forth in the Indenture.

         Subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture, the Company shall
become obligated to purchase, at the option of the Holder, all or any portion of
the Securities held by such Holder upon a Designated Event in integral multiples
of $1,000 at the Designated Event Purchase Price in cash. To exercise such
right, a Holder shall deliver to the Paying Agent a Designated Event Purchase
Notice containing the information set forth in the Indenture at any time on or
before the 30th Business Day after the date of the Company's notice of the
Designated Event (subject to extension to comply with applicable law), and shall
deliver the Securities to the Paying Agent as set forth in the Indenture.

         Holders have the right to withdraw any Purchase Notice or Designated
Event Purchase Notice by delivering to the Paying Agent a written notice of
withdrawal in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture.

         If cash sufficient to pay the Purchase Price or Designated Event
Purchase Price, as the case may be, of all Securities or portions thereof to be
purchased on the Purchase Date or the Designated Event Purchase Date, as the
case may be, is deposited with the Paying Agent, at

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10:00 a.m., New York city time, on the Purchase Date or the Designated Event
Purchase Date, as the case may be, such Securities shall cease to be outstanding
and interest, Contingent Interest and Additional Amounts, if any, on such
Securities shall cease to accrue and the Holder thereof shall have no other
rights as such other than the right to receive the Purchase Price or Designated
Event Purchase Price upon surrender of such Security.

8. Conversion.

         Subject to and in compliance with the provisions of the Indenture
(including, without limitation, the conditions to conversion of this Security
set forth in Section 12.1 thereof), a Holder is entitled, at such Holder's
option, to convert the Holder's Security (or any portion of the principal amount
thereof that is $1,000 or an integral multiple $1,000), into fully paid and
nonassessable shares of Common Stock at the Conversion Rate in effect on the
date of conversion.

         Upon conversion, the Company shall have the right to deliver, in lieu
of shares of Common Stock, cash or a combination of cash and shares of Common
Stock. If the Company elects to pay cash in lieu of shares, the payment amount
shall be based on the average Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock over a 20
consecutive Trading Day measurement period beginning on the fifth trading day
following the conversion date.

         On the first date the Securities become convertible under the above
circumstances, the Company shall notify Holders in writing of its Principal
Conversion Settlement Election. This notification once provided to a Holder on
the first conversion date, regardless of a Holder's decision to convert, is
irrevocable and legally binding with regard to any subsequent conversion of the
Securities.

         Until the Securities are surrendered for conversion, the Company shall
not be required to notify Holders of its method for settling the Excess Amount
of its conversion obligation of the $1,000 principal amount of the Securities.

         The Company shall notify Holders of any event triggering the right to
convert the Securities as specified above in accordance with the Indenture.

         A Security in respect of which a Holder has delivered a Purchase Notice
or Designated Event Purchase Notice, as the case may be, exercising the right of
such Holder to require the Company to purchase such Security may be converted
only if such Purchase Notice or Designated Event Purchase Notice is withdrawn in
accordance with the terms of the Indenture.

         The initial Conversion Rate is 23.3187 shares of Common Stock per
$1,000 principal amount of this Security, subject to adjustment in certain
events described in the Indenture. This reflects an initial Conversion Price of
$42.88.

         To surrender a Security for conversion, a Holder must, in the case of
Global Securities, comply with the Applicable Procedures of the Depositary in
effect at that time, and in the case of Certificated Securities, (1) surrender
the Security to the Conversion Agent, (2) complete and manually sign the
conversion notice below (or complete and manually sign a

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facsimile of such notice) and deliver such notice to the Conversion Agent, (3)
if required by the Conversion Agent, furnish appropriate endorsements and
transfer documents and (4) pay all funds required, if any, relating to interest
or Additional Amounts, if any, and any transfer or similar tax or duty, if
required.

         No fractional share of Common Stock shall be issued upon conversion of
any Security. Instead, the Company shall pay a cash adjustment as provided in
the Indenture.

         No payment or adjustment shall be made for accrued and unpaid interest,
Contingent Interest and Additional Amounts, if any, or dividends on the Common
Stock, except as provided in the Indenture.

         If the Company (i) is a party to a consolidation, merger or binding
share exchange (ii) reclassifies the Common Stock or (iii) conveys, transfers or
leases its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, the
right to convert a Security into shares of Common Stock may be changed into a
right to convert it into securities, cash or other assets of the Company or such
other Person, in each case in accordance with the Indenture.

9. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange.

         The Securities are in fully registered form (except in the case of a
Global Security), without coupons, in denominations of $1,000 of principal
amount and integral multiples of $1,000. A Holder may transfer or exchange
Securities in accordance with the Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder,
among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents
and to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The
Registrar need not transfer or exchange any Securities selected for redemption
(except, in the case of a Security to be redeemed in part, the portion of the
Security not to be redeemed) or any Securities in respect of which a Purchase
Notice or Designated Event Purchase Notice has been given and not withdrawn
(except, in the case of a Security to be purchased in part, the portion of the
Security not to be purchased) or any Securities for a period of 15 days before
the mailing of a notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed.

10. Persons Deemed Owners.

         The registered Holder of this Security may be treated as the owner of
this Security for all purposes.

11. Unclaimed Money or Securities.

         The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall return to the Company upon
written request any cash or securities held by them for the payment of any
amount with respect to the Securities that remains unclaimed for two years,
subject to applicable unclaimed property law. After return to the Company,
Holders entitled to the money or securities must look to the Company for payment
as general creditors unless an applicable abandoned property law designates
another person.

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12. Amendment; Waiver.

         Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, (i) the
Indenture or the Securities may be amended with the written consent or
affirmative vote of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the outstanding Securities and (ii) certain Defaults may be waived
with the written consent or affirmative vote of the Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Securities.

         Without the consent of any Holder, the Company and the Trustee may
amend the Indenture or the Securities to (i) add to the covenants of the Company
for the benefit of the Holders of Securities, (ii) surrender any right or power
conferred upon the Company in the Indenture, (iii) provide for conversion rights
of Holders of Securities if any reclassification or change of the Company's
Common Stock or any consolidation, merger or sale of all or substantially all of
the Company's assets occurs, (iv) provide for the assumption of the Company's
obligations to the Holders of Securities in the case of a merger, consolidation,
conveyance, transfer, sale, lease or other disposition pursuant to Article VII
of the Indenture, (v) increase the Conversion Rate; provided, however, that such
increase in the Conversion Rate shall not adversely affect the interest of the
Holders of Securities (after taking into account tax and other consequences of
such increase), (vi) comply with the requirements of the SEC in order to effect
or maintain the qualification of the Indenture under the TIA, (vii) make any
changes or modifications necessary in connection with the registration of the
Securities under the Securities Act as contemplated in the Registration Rights
Agreement; provided, however, that such action pursuant to this clause does not,
in the good faith opinion of the Board of Directors of the Company (as evidenced
by a Board Resolution) and the Trustee, adversely affect the interests of the
Holders of Securities in any material respect, (viii) cure any ambiguity,
correct or supplement any provision in the Indenture which may be inconsistent
with any other provision therein or which is otherwise defective, or to make any
other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the
Indenture which the Company may deem necessary or desirable and which shall not
be inconsistent with the provisions of the Indenture; provided, however, that
such action pursuant to this clause does not, in the good faith opinion of the
Board of Directors of the Company (as evidenced by a Board Resolution) and the
Trustee, adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities in any
material respect, (ix) to evidence the succession of another Person to the
Company or any other obligor upon the Securities, and the assumption by any such
successor of the covenants of the Company or such obligor herein and in the
Securities, in each case in compliance with the provisions of the Indenture, (x)
to evidence and provide the acceptance of the appointment of a successor trustee
thereunder and (xi) add or modify any other provisions in the Indenture with
respect to matters or questions arising thereunder which the Company and the
Trustee may deem necessary or desirable and which shall not adversely affect the
interests of the Holders of Securities.

13. Defaults and Remedies.

         If any Event of Default other than as a result of certain events of
bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Company or its Subsidiaries
occurs and is continuing, the principal of all the Securities may be declared
due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. If
an Event of Default occurs as a result of certain events of bankruptcy,
insolvency or reorganization of the Company or its Subsidiaries, the principal
of all

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the Securities shall become due and payable immediately without any declaration
or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder, all as and to the extent
provided in the Indenture.

14. Trustee Dealings with the Company.

         Subject to certain limitations imposed by the TIA, the Trustee under
the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or
pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with and collect obligations owed
to it by the Company or its Affiliates and may otherwise deal with the Company
or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.

15. Calculations in Respect of Securities.

         The Company or its agents shall be responsible for making all
calculations called for under the Securities including, but not limited to,
determination of the Market Price and Closing Sale Price of the Applicable
Stock, the number of shares of Applicable Stock and/or the amount of cash
issuable or payable upon conversion and the amounts of interest, Contingent
Interest and Additional Amounts, if any, on the Securities. Any calculations
made in good faith and without manifest error shall be final and binding on
Holders of the Securities. The Company or its agents shall be required to
deliver to the Trustee a schedule of its calculations and the Trustee shall be
entitled to conclusively rely upon the accuracy of such calculations without
independent verification.

16. No Recourse Against Others.

         No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement
contained in the Indenture, or in this Security, or because of any indebtedness
evidenced thereby, shall be had against any incorporator, as such, or against
any past, present or future stockholder, officer or director, as such, of the
Company or of any successor, either directly or through the Company or any
successor, under any rule of law, statute or constitutional provision or by the
enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding or
otherwise, all such liability being expressly waived and released by the
acceptance of the Securities by the Holders and as part of the consideration for
the issue of the Securities.

17. Authentication.

         This Security shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the
Trustee signs, manually or by facsimile, the Trustee's Certificate of
Authentication on the other side of this Security.

18. Abbreviations.

         Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an
assignee, such as TEN COM (=tenants in common), TEN ENT (=tenants by the
entireties), JT TEN (=joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as
tenants in common), CUST (=custodian), and U/G/M/A (=Uniform Gift to Minors
Act).

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19. INDENTURE TO CONTROL; GOVERNING LAW.

         IN THE CASE OF ANY CONFLICT BETWEEN THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECURITY AND
THE INDENTURE, THE PROVISIONS OF THE INDENTURE SHALL CONTROL. THE INDENTURE AND
THIS SECURITY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS
OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

         The Company shall furnish to any Holder upon written request and
without charge a copy of the Indenture which has in it the text of this Security
in larger type. Requests may be made to:

                     THE MEN'S WEARHOUSE, INC.
                     5803 Glenmont
                     Houston, Texas  77081
                     Attention:  Claudia A. Pruitt
                     Facsimile No.:  (713) 592-7075

20. Registration Rights.

         The Holders of the Securities are entitled to the benefits of a
Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of October 21, 2003, between the Company
and Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC, J.P. Morgan
Securities Inc. and Fleet Securities, Inc., including the receipt of Additional
Amounts upon a registration default (as defined in such agreement).

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                                 ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Security, fill in the form below:

I or we assign and transfer this Security to

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                   (Insert assignee's soc. sec. or tax ID no.)

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              (Print or type assignee's name, address and zip code)

and irrevocably appoint _______________________________________________________
agent to transfer this Security on the books of the Company. The agent may
substitute another to act for him.

                                            Your Signature(s):

Date:
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                                            (Sign exactly as your name(s)
                                            appears on the other side of this
                                            Security)

Signature Guaranteed

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Participant in a Recognized Signature
Guarantee Medallion Program

By:
   --------------------
   Authorized Signatory

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                       OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE

If you wish to have this Security purchased by the Company pursuant to Article
IV (Purchase at the Option of Holders on Specific Dates) or Article V (Purchase
at the Option of Holders Upon a Designated Event) of the Indenture, check the
box: Article IV [ ]Article V [ ].

If this Security is to be purchased by the Company pursuant to Article IV of the
Indenture, check the box for the applicable Purchase Date: October 15, 2008 [ ]
October 15, 2013 [ ]October 15, 2018 [ ].

If you wish to have a portion of this Security purchased by the Company pursuant
to Article IV or Article V of the Indenture, as applicable, state the amount (in
Principal Amount at Issuance): $ ______________.

If certificated, the certificate numbers of the Securities to be delivered for
purchase are: ______________.

Any purchase of Securities pursuant hereto shall be pursuant to the terms and
conditions specified in the Indenture.

                                            Your Signature(s):

Date:
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                                            (Sign exactly as your name(s)
                                            appears on the other side of this
                                            Security)

Signature Guaranteed

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Participant in a Recognized Signature
Guarantee Medallion Program

By:
   --------------------
   Authorized Signatory

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                                CONVERSION NOTICE

To convert this Security into Common Stock of the Company, check the box [ ].

To convert only part of this Security, state the principal amount to be
converted (which must be $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000): ___________.

Please check one:

[ ]        I certify that neither I nor any other Person shall become a 10%
           Stockholder upon satisfaction by the Company of the Conversion
           Obligation underlying this Conversion Notice in Common Stock.

[ ]        I do not certify that neither I nor any other Person shall become a
           10% Stockholder upon satisfaction by the Company of the Conversion
           Obligation underlying this Conversion Notice in Common Stock.

"10% Stockholder" means a Person that owns, directly or indirectly, applying the
provisions of Section 958(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
(the "Code"), or by attribution, applying the provisions of Section 958(b) of
the Code, 10% or more of the outstanding shares of Common Stock.

If you want the stock certificate made out in another person's name fill in the
form below:

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               (Insert the other person's soc. sec. or tax ID no.)

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          (Print or type the other person's name, address and zip code)

                                            Your Signature(s):

Date:
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                                            (Sign exactly as your name(s)
                                            appears on the other side of this
                                            Security)

Signature Guaranteed

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Participant in a Recognized Signature
Guarantee Medallion Program

By:
   --------------------
   Authorized Signatory

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                             TRANSFER CERTIFICATE(5)

                  Re: 3.125% Convertible Senior Notes due 2023
         (the "Securities") of The Men's Wearhouse, Inc. (the "Company")

         This certificate relates to $_______ principal amount of Securities
owned in (check applicable box)

    [ ]  book-entry    [ ] definitive form by ______________ (the "Transferor").

         The Transferor has requested a Registrar or the Trustee to exchange or
register the transfer of such Securities.

         In connection with such request and in respect of each such Security,
the Transferor does hereby certify that the Transferor is familiar with transfer
restrictions relating to the Securities as provided in Section 2.6 and Section
2.12 of the Indenture dated October 21, 2003 between the Company and JPMorgan
Chase Bank, as Trustee (the "Indenture"), and the transfer of such Security is
being made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") (check applicable box) or the
transfer or exchange, as the case may be, of such Security does not require
registration under the Securities Act because (check applicable box):

[ ]      Such Security is being transferred to the Company or a Subsidiary; or

[ ]      Such Security is being transferred to a Qualified Institutional Buyer
         in compliance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act; or

[ ]      Such Security is being transferred pursuant to and in compliance with
         an exemption from the registration requirements under the Securities
         Act in accordance with Rule 144 (or any successor thereto) ("Rule 144")
         under the Securities Act; or

[ ]      Such Security is being transferred to an institutional investor that is
         an "accredited investor" (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7)
         under the Securities Act) that has transferred a letter making certain
         representations, warranties and agreements relating to restrictions on
         transfer and an opinion of counsel to American Stock Transfer & Trust
         Company as transfer agent (or any successor transfer agent, as
         applicable) that such transfer is in compliance with the Securities
         Act.

[ ]      Such Security is being transferred pursuant to an effective
         registration statement under the Securities Act; or

[ ]      Such Security is being acquired for the Transferor's own account,
         without transfer.

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(5)      This certificate should only be included if this Security is a Transfer
         Restricted Security.

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         The Transferor acknowledges and agrees that, if the transferee shall
hold any such Securities in the form of beneficial interests in a Global
Security which is a "restricted security" within the meaning of Rule 144 under
the Securities Act, then such transfer can only be made pursuant to Rule 144A
under the Securities Act and such transferee must be a "qualified institutional
buyer" (as defined in Rule 144A).

Date:                                           --------------------------------
                                                Signature(s) of Transferor

(If the registered owner is a corporation, partnership or fiduciary, the title
of the person signing on behalf of such registered owner must be stated.)

Signature Guaranteed

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Participant in a Recognized Signature
Guarantee Medallion Program

By:
   -------------------------------
      Authorized Signatory

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                                    EXHIBIT B

                     [FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED BY
                     TRANSFEREE IN CONNECTION WITH TRANSFERS
                     TO INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTORS]

                                                                          [DATE]

JPMorgan Chase Bank, as Trustee
4 New York Plaza, 15th Floor
New York, New York  10004
Attention:  Institutional Trust Services

American Stock Transfer & Trust Company,
as Transfer Agent

            Re: The Men's Wearhouse, Inc.

Ladies and Gentlemen:

         In connection with the undersigned's proposed purchase of $____________
aggregate principal amount of 3.125% Convertible Senior Notes due 2023 (the
"Notes") of The Men's Wearhouse, Inc. (the "Company") or _____________ shares of
Common Stock of the Company issued upon conversion of the Notes, par value $.01
per share (the "Common Stock," and together with the Notes, the "Securities"),
the undersigned confirms, represents and warrants that:

         (1) The undersigned is an institutional "accredited investor" within
         the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act
         of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") (an "Institutional
         Accredited Investor").

         (2) (A) Any purchase of the Securities by the undersigned shall be for
         the undersigned's own account or for the account of one or more other
         Institutional Accredited Investors or as fiduciary for the account of
         one or more trusts, each of which is an "accredited investor" within
         the meaning of Rule 501(a)(7) under the Securities Act and for each of
         which the undersigned exercises sole investment discretion or (B) the
         undersigned is a "bank", within the meaning of Section 3(a)(2) of the
         Securities Act, or a "savings and loan association" or other
         institution described in Section 3(a)(5)(A) of the Securities Act that
         is acquiring the Securities as fiduciary for the account of one or more
         institutions for which the undersigned exercises sold investment
         discretion.

         (3) The undersigned has such knowledge and experience in financial and
         business matters that the undersigned is capable of evaluating the
         merits and risks of its investment in the Securities, and the
         undersigned and any accounts for which it is acting is each able to
         bear the economic risk of its or their investment.

         (4) The undersigned has been given an opportunity to ask questions and
         receive answers concerning the terms and conditions of the Securities
         and to obtain any

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         additional information which the Company possesses or can acquire
         without reasonable effort or expense that is necessary to verify the
         accuracy of the information furnished.

         (5) The undersigned is not acquiring the Securities with a view to
         distribution thereof or with any present intention of offering or
         selling any Securities, except as permitted below; provided that the
         disposition of the undersigned's property and the property of any
         accounts for which the undersigned is acting as fiduciary shall remain
         at all times within the undersigned's control.

         (6) The undersigned understands that the Securities have not been
         registered under the Securities Act or any applicable state securities
         laws.

         (7) The undersigned agrees, on its own behalf and on behalf of each
         account for which the undersigned acquires any Securities, that if in
         the future the undersigned decides to resell or otherwise transfer such
         Securities within two years after the original issuance of the Notes,
         such Securities may be resold or otherwise transferred only:

                           (A) to the Company or any subsidiary thereof;

                           (B) with respect to Notes only, to a person which is
                  a "qualified institutional buyer" (as defined in Rule 144A
                  under the Securities Act) in compliance with Rule 144A under
                  the Securities Act;

                           (C) pursuant to the exemption from registration
                  provided by Rule 144 under the Securities Act (if available);

                           (D) pursuant to an exemption from registration under
                  the Securities Act to an Institutional Accredited Investor
                  that prior to such transfer, furnishes to you (and the Trustee
                  or the Transfer Agent, as the case may be) a signed letter
                  substantially in the form of this letter, a transfer
                  certificate substantially in the form provided in the
                  Indenture and an opinion of counsel; or

                           (E) pursuant to a registration statement which has
                  been declared effective under the Securities Act and continues
                  to be effective at the time of such transfer.

         The undersigned further agrees to provide to any person purchasing any
         of the Securities from us a notice advising such purchaser that resales
         of the Securities are restricted as stated herein.

         (8) The undersigned understands that, on any proposed resale of any
         Securities, the undersigned shall be required to furnish to the Trustee
         or the Transfer Agent, as the case may be, and the Company such
         certifications, legal opinions and other information as you and the
         Company may reasonably require to confirm that the proposed sale
         complies with the foregoing restrictions. The undersigned further
         understands that the Securities purchased by the undersigned shall be
         certificated securities and shall bear a legend to the foregoing
         effect.

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         Each of the Company, the Trustee or the Transfer Agent, as the case may
be, and the initial purchasers of the Securities are entitled to rely upon this
letter and are irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to
any interested party in any administrative or legal proceedings or official
inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby.

                                Very truly yours,

                                By:
                                   ----------------------------------------
                                   Name:
                                   Title:
                                   Address:

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                                    EXHIBIT C

                         [FORM OF RESTRICTIVE LEGEND FOR
                      COMMON STOCK ISSUED UPON CONVERSION]

         THE SECURITY EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT OF 1933"), OR
ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN
THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER:

                  (1) REPRESENTS THAT (A) IT IS A "QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL
         BUYER" AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 OR (B)
         IT IS AN INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR THAT IS AN "ACCREDITED INVESTOR" AS
         DEFINED IN RULE 501(A)(1), (2), (3), OR (7) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
         (AN "INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR");

                  (2) AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT, WITHIN TWO YEARS AFTER THE
         ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF THE 3.125% CONVERTIBLE SENIOR NOTES DUE 2023 UPON
         THE CONVERSION OF WHICH THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK EVIDENCED HEREBY
         WERE ISSUED, RESELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY
         EXCEPT (A) TO THE COMPANY OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (B) PURSUANT TO
         THE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE
         SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 (IF AVAILABLE), (C) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION
         FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 (IF
         AVAILABLE) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR THAT PRIOR TO SUCH
         TRANSFER, FURNISHES TO AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, AS
         TRANSFER AGENT (OR ANY SUCCESSOR TRANSFER AGENT, AS APPLICABLE),
         CERTIFICATIONS AND OPINION OF COUNSEL REQUIRED BY THE COMPANY OR
         TRANSFER AGENT OR (D) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT THAT HAS
         BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 AND THAT
         CONTINUES TO BE EFFECTIVE AT THE TIME OF SUCH TRANSFER; AND

                  (3) AGREES THAT IT WILL DELIVER TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THE
         SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY IS TRANSFERRED (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER
         PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 2(B) OR 2(D) ABOVE), A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE
         EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND.]

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                                                                  EXECUTION COPY

                                                                     EXHIBIT 4.2

                            THE MEN'S WEARHOUSE, INC.

                                  $130,000,000

                    3.125% CONVERTIBLE SENIOR NOTES DUE 2023

                          REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

                                                                October 21, 2003

         The Men's Wearhouse, Inc., a Texas corporation (the "Company"),
proposes to issue and sell to the initial purchasers named in the purchase
agreement (the "Initial Purchasers"), upon the terms set forth in such purchase
agreement, dated October 15, 2003, (the "Purchase Agreement"), $130,000,000
aggregate principal amount (including an additional $20,000,000 principal amount
pursuant to an option granted thereunder) of its 3.125% Convertible Senior Notes
due 2023 (the "Securities"). The Securities will be convertible into fully paid,
nonassessable shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company
(the "Common Stock"), on the terms, and subject to the conditions, set forth in
the Indenture (as defined herein).

         As a condition to the Initial Purchasers' obligation to purchase the
Securities pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Company agrees with the
Initial Purchasers for the benefit of Holders (as defined herein) from time to
time of the Registrable Securities (as defined herein) as follows:

         1. Definitions.

                  (a) Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall
have the meanings ascribed to them in the Purchase Agreement. As used in this
Agreement, the following defined terms shall have the following meanings:

         "Additional Interest" has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 7(a)
hereof.

         "Additional Shares" has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 7(a)
hereof.

         "Affiliate" has the meaning assigned thereto in Rule 405 under the
Securities Act.

         "Agreement" means this Registration Rights Agreement, as amended,
modified or otherwise supplemented from time to time in accordance with the
terms hereof.

         "Business Day" means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday that is not a day on which banking institutions in the City of New York
are authorized or obligated by law, regulation or executive order to close.

         "Commission" means the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission, or any other federal agency at the time administering the Exchange
Act or the Securities Act, whichever is the relevant statute for the particular
purpose.

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         "Common Stock" has the meaning assigned thereto in the preamble hereto.

         "Company" has the meaning assigned thereto in the preamble hereto.

         "Conversion Price" has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 1.1 of
the Indenture.

         "Default Period" has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 7(a)
hereof.

         "Effective Time" means the time at which the Commission declares any
Shelf Registration Statement effective or at which any Shelf Registration
Statement otherwise becomes effective.

         "Effectiveness Period" has the meaning assigned thereto in Section
2(b)(i) hereof.

         "Effectiveness Target Date" has the meaning assigned thereto in Section
2(a) hereof.

         "Election and Questionnaire" means a Notice of Registration Statement
and Selling Securityholder Election and Questionnaire, which shall be
substantially in the form of Appendix A hereto.

         "Election Holder" has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 3(a)(i)
hereof.

         "Exchange Act" means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated
thereunder.

         "Holder" means any person who owns, beneficially or otherwise, any
Registrable Security.

         "Indenture" means the Indenture, dated as of October 21, 2003, between
the Company and JPMorgan Chase Bank, as trustee (the "Trustee"), pursuant to
which the Securities are to be issued, and as such Indenture is amended,
modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.

         "Initial Purchasers" has the meaning assigned thereto in the preamble
hereto.

         "Interest Payment Date" has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 1.1
of the Indenture.

         "Issue Date" means the first date of original issuance of the
Securities.

         "Majority of Election Holders" has the meaning assigned thereto in
Section 3(p) hereof.

         "Majority of Holders" means Holders holding more than 50% of the
aggregate principal amount of Securities outstanding; provided, that, for
purpose of this definition, a Holder of shares of Common Stock that constitute
Registrable Securities shall be deemed to hold an aggregate principal amount of
Securities (in addition to the principal amount of Securities held by such
Holder, if any) equal to the product of (x) the number of such shares of Common
Stock that constitute Registrable Securities held by such Holder and (y) the
Conversion Price in effect at the time of such calculation as determined in
accordance with the Indenture.

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         "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, trust or
unincorporated organization, or a government or agency or political subdivision
thereof.

         "Prospectus" means the prospectus included in any Shelf Registration
Statement, as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement and by all
other amendments to such prospectus, including all material incorporated by
reference in such prospectus and all documents filed after the date of such
prospectus by the Company under the Exchange Act and incorporated by reference
therein.

         "Purchase Agreement" has the meaning assigned thereto in the preamble
hereto.

         "Registrable Securities" means all or any portion of the Securities
issued from time to time under the Indenture and all of the shares of Common
Stock issued upon conversion of such Securities until, in the case of any such
securities, the earliest of:

                  (x) the date on which such security has been registered under
         the Securities Act and disposed of pursuant to an effective
         registration statement; provided that, if such security is a share of
         Common Stock issued upon conversion of a Security that has been so
         registered and disposed of, the date on which the Security that was
         converted was registered and disposed of;

                  (y) the date on which such security is distributed to the
         public pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or may be sold or
         transferred by a person who is not an Affiliate of the Company pursuant
         to Rule 144 under the Securities Act (or any other similar provision
         then in force) without any volume or manner of sale restrictions
         thereunder; provided that, if such security is a share of Common Stock
         issued upon conversion of a Security that has been so registered and
         disposed of, the date on which the Security that was converted was
         registered and disposed of; and

                  (z) the date on which such Securities cease to be outstanding
         (whether as a result of repurchase and cancellation, conversion or
         otherwise).

         "Registration Default" has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 7(a)
hereof.

         "Securities" has the meaning assigned thereto in the preamble hereto.

         "Securities Act" means the United States Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

         "Shelf Filing Deadline" has the meaning assigned thereto in Section
2(a) hereof.

         "Shelf Registration" means a registration effected pursuant to Section
2 hereof.

         "Shelf Registration Statement" means a registration statement filed (i)
under the Securities Act providing for the registration of, and the sale on a
continuous or delayed basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act and/or
any similar rule that may be adopted by the Commission by the Holders of, all of
the Registrable Securities for which Holders have

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completed, executed and delivered to the Company an Election and Questionnaire
and (ii) by the Company pursuant to the provisions of Section 2 hereof,
including the Prospectus contained therein, any amendments and supplements to
such registration statement, including post-effective amendments, and all
exhibits and all material incorporated by reference in such registration
statement, and any additional registration statements filed under the Securities
Act to permit the registration and sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to
Section 3(a)(ii) hereof.

         "Suspension Period" has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2(c)
hereof.

         "Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, or any successor thereto, and the rules, regulations and forms of the
Commission promulgated thereunder, as in effect on the date the Indenture is
qualified thereunder.

         "Underwriting Majority" means on any date, Holders holding at least 66
2/3% of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities outstanding on such
date; provided, that for the purpose of this definition, a Holder of shares of
Common Stock that constitute Registrable Securities shall be deemed to hold an
aggregate principal amount of Securities (in addition to the principal amount of
Securities held by such Holder, if any) equal to the product of (x) the number
of such shares of Common Stock that constitute Registrable Securities held by
such Holder and (y) the Conversion Price in effect at the time of such
calculation as determined in accordance with the Indenture.

         "Underwritten Offering" means an offering in which securities of the
Company are sold to one or more underwriters for reoffering to the public.

         2. Shelf Registration.

                  (a) The Company shall, no later than 90 calendar days
following the Issue Date (the "Shelf Filing Deadline"), file with the Commission
a Shelf Registration Statement relating to the offer and sale of the Registrable
Securities by the Holders from time to time in accordance with the methods of
distribution elected by such Holders and, thereafter, shall use its reasonable
best efforts to cause such initial Shelf Registration Statement to be declared
effective under the Securities Act no later than 180 calendar days following the
Issue Date (the "Effectiveness Target Date"); provided, however, that no Holder
shall be entitled to be named as a selling securityholder in any Shelf
Registration Statement as of the date it is declared effective or to use the
Prospectus forming a part thereof for offers and resales of Registrable
Securities unless such Holder is an Election Holder.

                  (b) Subject to Section 2(c) hereof, the Company shall use its
reasonable best efforts:

                  (i) to keep any Shelf Registration Statement continuously
         effective, supplemented and amended as required by the provisions of
         Section 3(j) hereof, in order to permit the Prospectus forming a part
         thereof to be usable by Holders until the earlier of: (1) two years
         from the last date of original issuance of any Securities or (2) such
         shorter period ending on the date that (x) all of the Holders of
         Registrable Securities are able to sell all Registrable Securities
         immediately without restriction pursuant to Rule 144(k) under the
         Securities Act or any successor rule thereto, (y) all Registrable

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         Securities registered under the Shelf Registration Statements have been
         sold or (z) all Registrable Securities have ceased to be outstanding
         (such period being referred to herein as the "Effectiveness Period");
         and

                  (ii) after the Effective Time of the initial Shelf
         Registration Statement, after the receipt of a completed and signed
         Election and Questionnaire from any Holder of Registrable Securities
         that is not then an Election Holder, to take the actions provided for
         in Section 3(a)(ii) hereof.

         The Company shall be deemed not to have used its reasonable best
efforts to keep any Shelf Registration Statement effective during the
Effectiveness Period if the Company voluntarily takes any action that would
result in Holders of Registrable Securities covered thereby not being able to
offer and sell any of such Registrable Securities under such Shelf Registration
Statement during that period, unless such action is (A) required by applicable
law and the Company thereafter promptly complies with the requirements of
Section 3(j) below or (B) permitted pursuant to Section 2(c) below.

                  (c) After the Effective Time of the initial Shelf Registration
Statement, the Company may suspend the use of any Prospectus by written notice
to the Election Holders for a period not to exceed an aggregate of 30 calendar
days in any 90-calendar day period (each such period, a "Suspension Period") if:

                  (i) an event has occurred and is continuing as a result of
         which the Shelf Registration Statement would, in the Company's
         judgment, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
         state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
         make the statements therein not misleading; and

                  (ii) the Company determines in good faith that the disclosure
         of such event at such time would have a material adverse effect on the
         Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole;

provided, that in the event the disclosure relates to a previously undisclosed
proposed or pending material business transaction, the disclosure of which would
impede the Company's ability to consummate such transaction, the Company may
extend a Suspension Period from 30 calendar days to 45 calendar days; provided,
however, that Suspension Periods (including, without limitation, any such
extension of a Suspension Period) shall not exceed an aggregate of 120 calendar
days in any 360-calendar day period.

         3. Registration Procedures.

         In connection with the Shelf Registration Statements, the following
provisions shall apply:

                  (a) (i) Not less than 30 calendar days prior to the intended
Effective Time of the initial Shelf Registration Statement, the Company shall
distribute the Election and Questionnaire to the Holders of Registrable
Securities. The Company shall take action to name as a selling securityholder in
the initial Shelf Registration Statement at the time of its effectiveness each
Holder that completes, executes and delivers an Election and Questionnaire to

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the Company at the address set forth in the Election and Questionnaire (an
"Election Holder") prior to or on the 20th calendar day after such Holder's
receipt thereof so that such Holder is permitted to deliver the Prospectus
forming a part thereof as of such time to purchasers of such Holder's
Registrable Securities in accordance with applicable law. The Company shall not
be required to take any action to name any Holder as a selling securityholder in
the initial Shelf Registration Statement at the time of its effectiveness or to
enable any Holder to use the Prospectus forming a part thereof for resales of
Registrable Securities unless such Holder has returned a completed and signed
Election and Questionnaire to the Company in a timely manner.

                  (ii) After the Effective Time of the initial Shelf
         Registration Statement, the Company shall, upon the request of any
         Holder of Registrable Securities that is not then an Election Holder,
         promptly send an Election and Questionnaire to such Holder. After the
         Effective Time of the initial Shelf Registration Statement, the Company
         shall (A) after the date a completed and signed Election and
         Questionnaire is delivered to the Company, prepare and file with the
         Commission (x) a supplement to the Prospectus as promptly as
         practicable or, if required by applicable law, a post-effective
         amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement or an additional Shelf
         Registration Statement as promptly as practicable after the end of each
         fiscal quarter and (y) any other document required by applicable law,
         so that the Holder delivering such Election and Questionnaire is named
         as a selling securityholder in a Shelf Registration Statement and is
         permitted to deliver the Prospectus to purchasers of such Holder's
         Registrable Securities in accordance with applicable law, and (B) if
         the Company shall file a post-effective amendment to the Shelf
         Registration Statement, or an additional Shelf Registration Statement,
         use its reasonable best efforts to cause such post-effective amendment
         or such additional Shelf Registration Statement to become effective
         under the Securities Act as promptly as is practicable; provided,
         however, that if an Election and -------- ------- Questionnaire is
         delivered to the Company during a Suspension Period, the Company shall
         not be obligated to take the actions set forth in this clause (ii)
         until the termination of such Suspension Period.

                  (b) Before filing any Shelf Registration Statement or
Prospectus or any amendments or supplements (other than supplements solely for
the purpose of naming one or more Election Holders as selling securityholders)
thereto with the Commission, furnish to the Initial Purchasers copies of all
such documents proposed to be filed and use reasonable best efforts to reflect
in each such document when so filed with the Commission such comments as the
Initial Purchasers reasonably shall propose within five Business Days of the
delivery of such copies to the Initial Purchasers.

                  (c) The Company shall promptly take such action as may be
necessary so that (i) each of the Shelf Registration Statements and any
amendment thereto and the Prospectus forming a part thereof and any amendment or
supplement thereto (and each report or other document incorporated therein by
reference in each case) complies in all material respects with the Securities
Act and the Exchange Act, as in effect at any relevant time, (ii) each of the
Shelf Registration Statements and any amendment thereto does not, when it
becomes effective, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading, and (iii) each of the Prospectus forming a
part of any Shelf Registration Statement, and any amendment or supplement to
such

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Prospectus, in the form delivered to purchasers of the Registrable Securities
during the Effectiveness Period does not include an untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading.

                  (d) The Company shall promptly give written notice to, in the
case of clauses (i) and (ii), the Initial Purchasers, and, in the case of clause
(ii) and the remaining clauses, each Election Holder (which written notice
pursuant to clauses (iv)-(vii) hereof shall be accompanied by an instruction to
such Election Holders to suspend the use of the Prospectus until the requisite
changes have been made, which written notice need not specify the nature of the
event giving rise to such suspension):

                  (i) when the initial Shelf Registration Statement has been
         filed with the Commission;

                  (ii) when the initial Shelf Registration Statement has become
         effective;

                  (iii) when any Prospectus supplement, Shelf Registration
         Statement or post-effective amendment to a Shelf Registration Statement
         has been filed with the Commission and, with respect to a Shelf
         Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the same
         has been declared effective by the Commission;

                  (iv) of any request by the Commission for amendments or
         supplements to any Shelf Registration Statement or the Prospectus
         included therein or for additional information;

                  (v) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order
         suspending the effectiveness of any Shelf Registration Statement under
         the Securities Act or the initiation of any proceedings for such
         purpose;

                  (vi) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with
         respect to the suspension of the qualification of the securities
         included in any Shelf Registration Statement for sale in any
         jurisdiction or the initiation of any proceeding for such purpose; and

                  (vii) of the occurrence of any event or any state of facts
         that requires the making of any changes in any Shelf Registration
         Statement or the Prospectus included therein so that, as of such date,
         such Shelf Registration Statement and Prospectus do not contain an
         untrue statement of a material fact and do not omit to state a material
         fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
         therein (in the case of the Prospectus, in light of the circumstances
         under which they were made) not misleading.

                  (e) The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to
prevent the issuance, and, if issued, to obtain the withdrawal at the earliest
possible time, of any order suspending the effectiveness of any Shelf
Registration Statement.

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         (f) As promptly as reasonably practicable furnish to the Initial
Purchasers and to each Election Holder, upon their request and without charge,
at least one conformed copy of the applicable Shelf Registration Statement and
any post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and
schedules but excluding all documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated
therein by reference and all exhibits (unless requested in writing to the
Company by the Initial Purchasers or such Election Holder, as the case may be).

         (g) The Company shall, during the Effectiveness Period, deliver to each
Election Holder, without charge, as many copies of each Prospectus in which the
Election Holder is listed as a selling securityholder included in the applicable
Shelf Registration Statement and any amendment or supplement thereto as such
Election Holder may reasonably request; and the Company consents (except during
a Suspension Period or during the continuance of any event described in Section
3(d)(iv)-(vii) above) to the use of the Prospectus and any amendment or
supplement thereto by each of the Election Holders in connection with the
offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by the Prospectus and
any amendment or supplement thereto during the Effectiveness Period.

                  (h) Prior to any offering of Registrable Securities pursuant
to a Shelf Registration Statement, the Company shall:

                  (i) register or qualify or cooperate with the Election Holders
         or underwriter, if any, and their respective counsel in connection with
         the registration or qualification of such Registrable Securities for
         offer and sale under the securities or "blue sky" laws of such
         jurisdictions within the United States as any Election Holder may
         reasonably request;

                  (ii) keep such registrations or qualifications in effect and
         comply with such laws so as to permit the continuance of offers and
         sales in such jurisdictions for so long as may be necessary to enable
         any Election Holder or underwriter, if any, to complete its
         distribution of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Shelf
         Registration Statement; and

                  (iii) take any and all other actions necessary or advisable to
         enable the offer and sale in such jurisdictions of such Registrable
         Securities;

provided, however, that in no event shall the Company be obligated to (A)
register or qualify as a foreign corporation or as a dealer of securities in any
jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to so qualify but for this
Section 3(h) or (B) subject itself to general or unlimited service of process or
to taxation in any such jurisdiction if it is not now so subject.

         (i) Unless the Registrable Securities shall be in book-entry only form,
the Company shall cooperate with the Election Holders to facilitate the timely
preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to
be sold pursuant to any Shelf Registration Statement, which certificates, if so
required by any securities market or exchange upon which any Registrable
Securities are listed or quoted, shall be penned, lithographed or engraved, or
produced by any combination of such methods, on steel engraved borders, and
which certificates shall be free of any restrictive legends and in such
permitted denominations

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and registered in such names as Election Holders may request in connection with
the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Shelf Registration
Statement.

         (j) During the Effectiveness Period, upon the occurrence of any fact or
event contemplated by Sections 3(d)(iv)-(vii) above, subject to Section 2(c)
hereof, the Company shall promptly prepare and file within five Business Days
following such occurrence, and, in the case of a post-effective amendment, use
reasonable best efforts to have declared effective a post-effective amendment to
any Shelf Registration Statement, a supplement to the related Prospectus
included therein or a report with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a),
13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act so that, as thereafter delivered to
Election Holders or purchasers of the Registrable Securities, the Prospectus
will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any
material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and will otherwise be
effective and usable for resale of Registrable Securities during the
Effectiveness Period. If the Company notifies the Election Holders of the
occurrence of any fact or event contemplated by Section 3(d)(iv)-(vii) above,
the Election Holders shall suspend the use of the Prospectus until the requisite
changes to the Prospectus have been made.

         (k) Not later than the Effective Time of a Shelf Registration
Statement, the Company shall obtain a CUSIP number for the Securities to be sold
pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement, and provide the Trustee with printed
certificates for the Securities in a form eligible for deposit with The
Depository Trust Company.

         (l) The Company shall comply with the Securities Act and the Exchange
Act, as in effect at any relevant time, and make generally available to its
securityholders earnings statements satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a)
of the Securities Act and Rule 158 thereunder (or any similar rule promulgated
under the Securities Act) no later than 45 days after the end of any 12-month
period (or 90 days after the end of any 12-month period if such period is a
fiscal year), or such shorter period as required by the Securities Act and the
Exchange Act, as in effect at any relevant time, commencing on the first day of
the first fiscal quarter of the Company commencing after (i) the Effective Time
of a Shelf Registration Statement, (ii) the effective date of each
post-effective amendment to such Shelf Registration Statement, or (iii) the date
of each filing by the Company with the Commission of an Annual Report on Form
10-K that is incorporated by reference in such Shelf Registration Statement,
which statements shall cover such 12-month periods.

         (m) Not later than the Effective Time of the initial Shelf Registration
Statement, the Company shall cause the Indenture to be qualified under the Trust
Indenture Act; in connection with such qualification, the Company shall
cooperate with the Trustee and the Holders (as defined in the Indenture) of the
Securities to effect such changes to the Indenture as may be required for such
Indenture to be so qualified in accordance with the terms of the Trust Indenture
Act; and the Company shall execute, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to
cause the Trustee to execute, all documents that may be required to effect such
changes and all other forms and documents required to be filed with the
Commission to enable such Indenture to be so qualified in a timely manner. In
the event that any such amendment or modification referred to in this Section
3(m) involves the appointment of a new trustee under the Indenture, the Company
shall appoint a new trustee thereunder pursuant to the applicable provisions of
the Indenture.

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         (n) The Company shall enter into such customary agreements (including,
if requested, an underwriting agreement) and take all such other actions, if
any, reasonably requested in connection therewith in order to expedite or
facilitate disposition of such Registrable Securities.

         (o) If an underwriting agreement is entered into and the offering is an
Underwritten Offering, the Company shall:

                  (i) upon request, furnish to each underwriter, in such
         substance and scope as they may reasonably request and as are
         customarily made by issuers to underwriters in primary underwritten
         offerings, upon the date of closing of any sale of Registrable
         Securities in an Underwritten Offering:

                           (A) a certificate, dated the date of such closing,
                  signed by (x) the Chief Executive Officer or Executive Vice
                  President and (y) the Chief Financial Officer of the Company
                  confirming, as of the date thereof, such matters as such
                  parties may reasonably request;

                           (B) opinions, each dated the date of such closing, of
                  counsel to the Company covering such matters as are
                  customarily covered in legal opinions to underwriters in
                  connection with primary underwritten offerings of securities;
                  and

                           (C) customary comfort letter(s), dated the date of
                  such closing, from the Company's independent accountants and
                  from any other accountants whose report is contained or
                  incorporated by reference in the Shelf Registration Statement,
                  in the customary form and covering matters of the type
                  customarily covered in comfort letters to underwriters in
                  connection with primary underwritten offerings of securities;

                  (ii) set forth in full in the underwriting agreement, if any,
         indemnification provisions and procedures which provide rights no less
         protective than those set forth in Section 5 hereof with respect to all
         parties to be indemnified; and

                  (iii) deliver such other documents and certificates as may be
         reasonably requested by such parties to evidence compliance with clause
         (i) above and with any customary conditions contained in the
         underwriting agreement or other agreement entered into by the Election
         Holders pursuant to this subsection (o).

         (p) The Company shall make (i) reasonably available for inspection by
one or more representatives of the selling Holders, designated in writing by a
Majority of Holders whose Registrable Securities are included in a Shelf
Registration Statement (the "Majority of Election Holders"), any underwriter
participating in any disposition pursuant to any Shelf Registration Statement,
and any attorney, accountant or other agent retained by such Election Holders or
any such underwriter all relevant financial and other records, pertinent
corporate documents and properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, and (ii)
cause the Company's officers, directors, employees and auditors to supply all
relevant information reasonably requested by such Majority of Election Holders
or any such underwriter, attorney, accountant or

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other agent in connection with such Shelf Registration Statement, in each case,
as is reasonably necessary to enable such persons to conduct a reasonable
investigation within the meaning of Section 11 of the Securities Act; provided,
however, that such persons shall, at the Company's request, first agree in
writing with the Company that any information that is reasonably and in good
faith designated by the Company in writing as confidential at the time of
delivery of such information shall be kept confidential by such persons and
shall be used solely for the purposes of exercising rights under this Agreement,
unless such disclosure is required by law (including, without limitation, in
connection with the disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Shelf
Registration Statement) or is made in connection with a court proceeding, or
such records, information or documents become available to the public generally
or through a third party without an accompanying obligation of confidentiality;
and provided, further, that, if the foregoing inspection and information
gathering would otherwise disrupt the Company's conduct of its business, such
inspection and information gathering shall, to the greatest extent possible, be
coordinated on behalf of the Election Holders and the other parties entitled
thereto by one counsel designated by such Majority of Election Holders and on
behalf of the Election Holders and the other parties.

         (q) If requested by the underwriters in an Underwritten Offering, make
appropriate officers of the Company reasonably available to the underwriters for
meetings with prospective purchasers of the Registrable Securities and prepare
and present to potential investors customary "road show" material in a manner
consistent with other new issuances of other securities similar to the
Registrable Securities.

         (r) The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to cause the
Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Securities to be listed on the New
York Stock Exchange or listed or quoted on the other market or stock exchange on
which the Common Stock primarily trades on or prior to the Effective Time of
each Shelf Registration Statement hereunder.

         (s) The Company will cooperate and assist in any filings or by taking
any other actions required to be made or taken with or by National Association
of Securities Dealers, Inc.

         (t) The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to take all other
steps necessary to effect the registration, offering and sale of the Registrable
Securities covered by each Shelf Registration Statement contemplated hereby.

         4. Registration Expenses.

         The Company shall bear all fees and expenses incurred in connection
with the performance by the Company of its obligations under Sections 2 and 3 of
this Agreement, whether or not any Shelf Registration Statement is declared
effective. Such fees and expenses shall include, without limitation:

                  (i) all registration and filing fees and expenses (including,
         without limitation, fees and expenses (x) with respect to filings
         required to be made with the National Association of Securities
         Dealers, Inc. and (y) of compliance with federal and state securities
         or Blue Sky laws to the extent such filings or compliance are required

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         pursuant to this Agreement (including, without limitation, reasonable
         fees and disbursements of the counsel specified in the next sentence in
         connection with Blue Sky qualifications of the Registrable Securities
         under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Majority of Election
         Holders may designate));

                  (ii) all expenses of printing (including, without limitation,
         expenses of printing certificates for Registrable Securities in a form
         eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust Company), duplication
         relating to copies of any Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus
         delivered to any Holders hereunder, messenger and delivery services and
         telephone;

                  (iii) all fees and expenses incurred in connection with the
         listing of the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Securities
         or any securities exchange on which similar securities of the Company
         are then listed;

                  (iv) all fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company;

                  (v) all fees and disbursements of independent certified public
         accounts or auditors of the Company (including the expenses of any
         special audit and comfort letters required by or incident to such
         performance); and

                  (vi) all reasonable fees and disbursements of the Trustee and
         its counsel and of the registrar and transfer agent for the Common
         Stock.

         In addition, the Company shall bear or reimburse the Election Holders
for the reasonable fees and disbursements of one counsel for the Holders, which
shall initially be counsel to the Initial Purchasers, but which may, upon the
written consent of the Company (which shall not be unreasonably withheld), be
another nationally recognized law firm experienced in securities law matters
designated by the Initial Purchasers.

         In addition, the Company shall pay the internal expenses of the Company
(including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of officers and
employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expense of any annual
audit and the fees and expenses of any person, including special experts,
retained by the Company.

         5. Indemnification and Contribution.

                  (a) Indemnification by the Company. The Company shall
indemnify and hold harmless each Holder, such Holder's officers, directors,
partners and employees and each person, if any, who controls any such Holder
within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the
Exchange Act, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities
and expenses whatsoever as incurred (including, but not limited to, reasonable
attorneys' fees and any and all reasonable expenses whatsoever incurred in
investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, commenced or
threatened, or any claim made whatsoever, and any and all amounts paid in
settlement of any claim or litigation), joint or several, to which they or any
of them may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or
otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities, expenses (or
actions in respect thereof) arise out of, or are based upon:

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                  (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
         material fact contained in the Shelf Registration Statement or any
         amendment thereto or any related preliminary prospectus or the
         Prospectus or any amendment thereto of supplement thereof; or

                  (ii) the omission or alleged omission to state in the Shelf
         Registration Statement or any amendment thereto or any related
         preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus or any amendment thereto of
         supplement thereof any material fact required to be stated therein or
         necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any related
         preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus, in light of the circumstances
         under which they were made) not misleading;

provided, however, that the Company shall not be liable to any such indemnified
party in any such case to the extent, but only to the extent, that any such
loss, claim, damage, liability or expense arises out of, or is based upon, any
such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged
omission made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with written
information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such indemnified party
expressly for use therein; and provided, further, that the foregoing indemnity
agreement with respect to any preliminary prospectus shall not inure to the
benefit of any Holder who failed to deliver a Prospectus (as then amended or
supplemented, provided by the Company to the Holders in the requisite quantity
and on a timely basis to permit proper delivery on or prior to resale) to the
person asserting any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense caused by the
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any
preliminary prospectus, or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state
therein a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, if such material
misstatement or omission or alleged material misstatement or omission was cured,
as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a decision not subject to
further appeal, in such Prospectus and such Prospectus was required by law to be
delivered at or prior to the written confirmation of the resale of such
Securities to such person. The foregoing indemnity agreement is in addition to
any liability that the Company may otherwise have to any indemnified party. The
Company also shall indemnify underwriters, their directors and officers and each
person who controls such underwriters within the meaning of the Securities Act
or Exchange Act to the same extent as provided above with respect to the
indemnification of Holders if requested by such Holders.

         (b) Indemnification by the Holders. Each Holder, severally and not
jointly, shall indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its officers, directors
and employees and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the
meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act,
from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses
whatsoever as incurred (including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys'
fees and any and all reasonable expenses whatsoever incurred in investigating,
preparing or defending against any litigation, commenced or threatened, or any
claim made whatsoever, and any and all amounts paid in settlement of any claim
or litigation), joint or several, to which they or any of them may become
subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such
losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses (or action in respect thereof)
arise out of, or are based upon:

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                  (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
         material fact contained in the Shelf Registration Statement or any
         amendment thereto or any related preliminary prospectus or the
         Prospectus or any amendment thereto of supplement thereof; or

                  (ii) the omission or alleged omission to state in the Shelf
         Registration Statement or any amendment thereto or any related
         preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus or any amendment thereto of
         supplement thereof any material fact required to be stated therein or
         necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any related
         preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus, in light of the circumstances
         under which they were made) not misleading,

in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that any such loss, claim,
damage, liability or expense arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement
or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made therein was
made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information pertaining to
such Holder and furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Holder
expressly for use therein. The foregoing indemnity agreement is in addition to
any liability that any Holder may otherwise have to any indemnified party.

         (c) Notices of Claims, Etc. Promptly after receipt by an indemnified
party under subsection (a) or (b) above of notice of any claim or the
commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect
thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under such subsection,
notify the indemnifying party in writing of the claim or the commencement of
that action; provided, however, that the failure to notify the indemnifying
party shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have under this
Section 5, except to the extent, but only to the extent, that it has been
materially prejudiced (including the forfeiture of important rights and
defenses). If any such claim or action is brought against any indemnified party,
and it notifies the indemnifying party thereof, the indemnifying party will be
entitled to participate, at its own expense in the defense of such action, and
to the extent it may elect by written notice delivered to such indemnified party
promptly after receiving the aforesaid notice from such indemnified party, to
assume the defense thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such
indemnified party; provided, however, that counsel to the indemnifying party
shall not (except with the written consent of the indemnified party) also be
counsel to the indemnified party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the indemnified
party or parties shall have the right to employ its or their own counsel (but,
in any case, only one counsel for all indemnified parties) in any such case, but
the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such
indemnified party or parties unless (1) the employment of such counsel has been
authorized in writing by the indemnifying party, or (2) such indemnifying party
shall not have employed counsel to take charge of the defense of such action
within a reasonable time after notice thereof, (3) the indemnifying party does
not diligently defend the action after assumption of the defense or (4) such
indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that the representation of
such indemnified party by the same counsel representing the indemnifying party
would be inappropriate under applicable standards of professional conduct due to
actual or potential differing interests between them or where there may be one
or more defenses available to them that are different from, additional to or in
conflict with those available to the indemnifying party, and in any such event
the fees and expenses of such separate counsel shall be paid by the indemnifying
party as incurred. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written
consent

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of the indemnified parties (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or
delayed), effect any settlement or compromise of, or consent to the entry of
judgment with respect to, any pending or threatened claim, investigation, action
or proceeding in respect of which indemnity or contribution may be or could have
been sought by an indemnified party under this Section 5 (whether or not the
indemnified party or parties are actual or potential parties thereto) unless (x)
such settlement, compromise or judgment (i) includes an unconditional release of
such indemnified party from all liability arising out of such claim, action,
suit or proceeding and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission
of fault, culpability or any unlawful failure to act by or on behalf of any
indemnified party and (y) the indemnifying party confirms in writing its
indemnification obligations hereunder with respect to such settlement,
compromise or judgment.

         (d) Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in this Section 5
is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under
subsections (a) or (b) above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to
the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of the losses,
claims, damages, liabilities and expenses referred to in subsection (a) or (b)
above:

                  (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the
         relative benefits received by the indemnifying party or parties, on the
         one hand, and the indemnified party, on the other hand, from the
         registration and sale of the Registrable Securities pursuant to the
         Shelf Registration; or

                  (ii) if the allocation provided by the foregoing clause (i) is
         not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate
         to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i)
         above but also the relative fault of the indemnifying party or parties
         on the one hand and the indemnified party on the other in connection
         with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims,
         damages, liabilities or expenses as well as any other relevant
         equitable considerations.

The relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and a Holder, on
the other hand, shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as (i) the total
net proceeds from the offering of the Securities purchased under the Purchase
Agreement (before deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to (ii) the
excess of the gross proceeds received by such Holder with respect to its sale of
Registrable Securities over the price paid by such Holder in its purchase of
such Registrable Securities. The relative fault of the Company, on the one hand,
and of a Holder, on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to, among
other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to
information supplied by the Company or such Holder and the parties' relative
intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent
such statement or omission. The Company and the Holders agree that it would not
be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 5(d) were
determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which
does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above. The
aggregate amount paid as a result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities or
expenses incurred by an indemnified party and referred to in the first sentence
of this subsection (d) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating,
preparing or defending against any action or

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claim which is the subject of this subsection (d). Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Section 5(d), (i) in no case shall any Holder be required to
contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the gross proceeds
received by such Holder from its sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to the
Shelf Registration Statement exceeds the amount of damages which such Holder has
otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission and (ii) no person guilty of
fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the
Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not
guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section 5(d),
each person, if any, who controls such indemnified party within the meaning of
the Securities Act or the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to
contribution as such indemnified party and each person, if any, who controls the
Company within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act shall have
the same rights to contribution as the Company. The Holders' respective
obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 5 are several in proportion
to the respective amount of Registrable Securities they have sold pursuant to a
Registration Statement and not joint. The remedies provided for in this Section
5 are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may
otherwise be available to any indemnified party at law or in equity.

                  (e) The indemnity and contribution provisions contained in
this Section 5 shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of
(i) any termination of this Agreement, or (ii) any investigation made by or on
behalf of any indemnified party.

         6. Holder's Obligations.

         Each Holder agrees, by acquisition of the Registrable Securities, that
no Holder of Registrable Securities shall be entitled to sell any of such
Registrable Securities pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement or to receive
a Prospectus relating thereto, unless such Holder has furnished the Company with
a completed and signed Election and Questionnaire (including the information
required to be included in such Election and Questionnaire) and the information
set forth in the next sentence. Each Election Holder agrees promptly to furnish
to the Company all information required to be disclosed in order to make the
information previously furnished to the Company by such Election Holder not
misleading and any other information regarding such Election Holder and the
distribution of such Registrable Securities as the Company may from time to time
reasonably request. Any sale of any Registrable Securities by any Election
Holder shall constitute a representation and warranty by such Election Holder
that (x) the information relating to such Election Holder and its plan of
distribution is as set forth in the Prospectus delivered by such Election Holder
in connection with such disposition, (y) such Prospectus does not as of the time
of such sale contain any untrue statement of a material fact relating to or
provided by such Election Holder or its plan of distribution and (z) such
Prospectus does not as of the time of such sale omit to state any material fact
relating to or provided by such Election Holder or its plan of distribution
necessary in order to make the statements in such Prospectus, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

         7. Additional Interest.

                  (a) If:

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                  (i) on or prior to the Shelf Filing Deadline, a Shelf
         Registration Statement has not been filed with the Commission;

                  (ii) on or prior to the Effectiveness Target Date, the initial
         Shelf Registration Statement has not been declared effective by the
         Commission (and includes, without limitation, any information with
         respect to an Election Holder that has properly completed, executed and
         delivered an Election and Questionnaire prior to or on the 20th
         calendar day after such Holder's receipt thereof that is required so
         that such Holder is named as a selling securityholder in the initial
         Shelf Registration Statement and is permitted to deliver the Prospectus
         forming a part thereof to purchasers of such Holder's Registrable
         Securities);

                  (iii) after the Effective Time of any Shelf Registration
         Statement, such Shelf Registration Statement ceases to be effective or
         usable for the offer and sale of Registrable Securities (other than due
         to a Suspension Period), and the Company fails to file and, in the case
         of a post-effective amendment, have declared effective, within five
         Business Days, a post-effective amendment to such Shelf Registration
         Statement, a supplement to the Prospectus contained therein or a report
         with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of
         the Exchange Act to make such Shelf Registration Statement effective or
         such Prospectus usable;

                  (iv) prior to or on the 30th calendar day or 45th calendar
         day, as the case may be, of any Suspension Period, such suspension has
         not been terminated, or Suspension Periods exceed an aggregate of 120
         calendar days in any 360-calendar day period; or

                  (v) the Company shall have failed to timely comply with any of
         its obligations set forth in Section 3(a)(ii) hereof

(each such event referred to in clauses (i) through (v), a "Registration
Default"), the Company shall be required to pay additional interest ("Additional
Interest"), from and including the day following such Registration Default to
but excluding the earlier of (x) the day on which such Registration Default is
cured or (y) the date the Shelf Registration Statement is no longer required to
be kept effective (the "Default Period"), at a rate per annum equal to an
additional one-quarter of one percent (0.25%) of the principal amount of the
Registrable Securities that are Securities to and including the 90th calendar
day following such Registration Default, and one-half of one percent (0.5%)
thereof from and after the 91st calendar day following such Registration
Default. In the event any Registrable Securities that are Securities are
converted into Common Stock during a Default Period, in lieu of Additional
Interest, the Company will deliver to the each Holder converting during the
Default Period 103% of the number of shares of Common Stock the Holder would
have otherwise received upon conversion ("Additional Shares").

         (b) Any amounts to be paid as Additional Interest pursuant to Section
7(a) hereof shall be paid in cash semi-annually in arrears, with the first
semi-annual payment due on the first Interest Payment Date following the date on
which such Additional Interest began to accrue, to the Holders in whose name the
Securities are registered at the close of business on

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October 1 or April 1 , whether or not a Business Day, immediately preceding the
relevant Interest Payment Date.

         (c) Except as provided in Section 10(a) hereof, the Additional Interest
or Additional Shares, as the case may be, as set forth in this Section 7 shall
be the exclusive remedy available to the Holders of Registrable Securities for
such Registration Default. In no event shall the Company be required to pay
Additional Interest in excess of a rate per annum equal to one-quarter of one
percent (0.25%) of the principal amount of the Registrable Securities that are
Securities to and including the 90th calendar day following such Registration
Default, and a rate per annum equal to one-half of one percent (0.5%) thereof
from and after the 91st calendar day following such Registration Default, as set
forth in Section 7(a), regardless of whether one or multiple Registration
Defaults exist. All obligations of the Company set forth in this Section 7 that
are outstanding with respect to any Registrable Security at the time such
security ceases to be a Registrable Security shall survive until such time as
all such obligations with respect to such Registrable Security shall have been
satisfied in full. Each of the Registration Defaults will constitute a
Registration Default whatever the reason for any such event and whether it is
voluntary or involuntary or is beyond the control of the Company or pursuant to
operation of law or as a result of any action or inaction by the Commission.

         8. Rule 144A.

         In the event the Company is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act, the Company hereby agrees with each Holder, for so long as any
Registrable Securities remain outstanding, to make available to any Holder in
connection with any sale thereof and any prospective purchaser of such
Registrable Securities from such Holder, the information required by Rule
144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act in order to permit resales of such
Registrable Securities pursuant to Rule 144A.

         9. Underwritten Offerings.

         (a) The Underwriting Majority may, by written notice to the Company,
sell its Registrable Securities in an Underwritten Offering pursuant to any
Shelf Registration Statement.

         (b) No Holder may participate in any Underwritten Offering hereunder
unless such Holder:

                  (i) agrees to sell such Holder's Registrable Securities on the
         basis provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the Persons
         entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements; and

                  (ii) completes and executes all reasonable questionnaires,
         powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements, lock-up
         letters and other documents required under the terms of such
         underwriting arrangements.

         (c) In any such Underwritten Offering, the investment banker or
investment bankers and manager or managers that will administer the offering
will be selected by a majority in aggregate principal amount of Registrable
Securities to be included in such Underwriting

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Offering; provided, that such investment bankers and managers must be reasonably
satisfactory to the Company.

         10. Miscellaneous.

                  (a) Specific Performance. The parties hereto acknowledge that
there would be no adequate remedy at law if the Company fails to perform any of
its obligations hereunder and that the Initial Purchasers and the Holders from
time to time may be irreparably harmed by any such failure, and accordingly
agree that the Initial Purchasers and such Holders, in addition to any other
remedy to which they may be entitled at law or in equity and without limiting
the remedies available to the Election Holders under Section 7 hereof, shall be
entitled to compel specific performance of the obligations of the Company under
this Agreement in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, in
any court of the United States or any State thereof having jurisdiction.

                  (b) Amendments and Waivers. Except as provided in the next two
sentences, this Agreement, including this Section 10(b), may be amended,
modified or supplemented and waivers or consents to departures from the
provisions hereof may be given, only by a written instrument duly executed by
the Company and a Majority of Holders. In the event of a merger or consolidation
or sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition of all or
substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the Company shall procure the assumption
of its obligations under this Agreement by the Person (if other than the
Company) formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the
Person who acquires by sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or other
disposition all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company
and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis and this Agreement may be amended,
modified or supplemented without the consent of any Holders to provide for such
assumption of the Company's obligations hereunder. Without the consent of the
Holder of each Security, no amendment or modification may change the provisions
relating to the payment of Additional Interest.

         Each Holder of Registrable Securities outstanding at the time of any
amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consent or thereafter shall be
bound by any amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consent effected
pursuant to this Section 10(b), whether or not any notice, writing or marking
indicating such amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consent appears
on the Registrable Securities or is delivered to such Holder.

                  (c) Notices. All notices and other communications provided for
or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand delivery, by telecopier,
by courier guaranteeing overnight delivery or by first-class mail, return
receipt requested, and shall be deemed given (i) when made, if made by hand
delivery, (ii) upon confirmation, if made by telecopier, (iii) one Business Day
after being deposited with such courier, if made by overnight courier or (iv) on
the date indicated on the notice of receipt, if made by first-class mail, to the
parties as follows:

                  (x) if to a Holder of Registrable Securities, at the most
         current address given by such Holder to the Company;

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                               (y)        if to the Company, to:

                                          The Men's Wearhouse, Inc.
                                          5803 Glenmont
                                          Houston, TX  77081
                                          Attention: Claudia A. Pruitt
                                          Facsimile: (713) 592-7075

                               and

                               (z)        if to the Initial Purchasers, to:

                                          Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc.
                                          383 Madison Avenue
                                          New York, NY  10179
                                          Attention: Stephen Parish
                                          Facsimile: (212) 272-3485

                               and

                                          Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC
                                          One Wachovia Center
                                          301 South College Street,
                                           5th Floor, NC0606
                                          Charlotte, North Carolina 28288
                                          Attention: Tim Schar

or to such other address as such person may have furnished to the other persons
identified in this Section 10(c) in writing in accordance herewith.

         (d) Parties in Interest. The parties to this Agreement intend that all
Holders of Registrable Securities shall be entitled to receive the benefits of
this Agreement and that any Election Holder shall be bound by the terms and
provisions of this Agreement by reason of such election with respect to the
Registrable Securities which are included in a Shelf Registration Statement. All
the terms and provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon, shall inure to
the benefit of and shall be enforceable by the respective successors and assigns
of the parties hereto and any Holder from time to time of the Registrable
Securities to the aforesaid extent. In the event that any transferee of any
Holder of Registrable Securities shall acquire Registrable Securities, in any
manner, whether by gift, bequest, purchase, operation of law or otherwise, such
transferee shall, without any further writing or action of any kind, be entitled
to receive the benefits of and, if an Election Holder, be conclusively deemed to
have agreed to be bound by and to perform all of the terms and provisions of
this Agreement to the aforesaid extent.

         (e) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which
when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken
together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

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         (f) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of
reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

         (g) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed
in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

         (h) Severability. In the event that any one or more of the provisions
contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstances, is held
invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect for any reason, the validity,
legality and enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of
the remaining provisions hereof shall not be in any way impaired or affected
thereby, it being intended that all of the rights and privileges of the parties
hereto shall be enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.

         (i) Survival. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations,
warranties and other provisions set forth in this Agreement or made pursuant
hereto shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation
(or any statement as to the results thereof) made by or on behalf of any
Election Holder, any director, officer or partner of such Election Holder, any
agent or underwriter, any director, officer or partner of such agent or
underwriter, or any controlling person of any of the foregoing, and shall
survive the transfer and registration of the Registrable Securities of such
Election Holder.

         (j) Securities Held by the Company. Whenever the consent or approval of
Holders of a specified percentage of principal amount of Securities is required
hereunder, Securities held by the Company or its Affiliates (other than
subsequent Holders of Securities if such subsequent Holders are deemed to be
affiliates solely by reason of their holdings of such Securities) shall not be
counted in determining whether such consent or approval was given by the Holders
of such required percentage.

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         Please confirm that the foregoing correctly sets forth the agreement
between the Company and you.

                                           Very truly yours,

                                           THE MEN'S WEARHOUSE, INC.

                                           By: /s/ NEILL P. DAVIS
                                               --------------------------------
                                           Name: Neill P. Davis
                                           Title: Executive Vice President and
                                                  Chief Financial Officer

                 SIGNATURE PAGE TO REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

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Accepted as of the date hereof:

BEAR, STEARNS & CO. INC.

By: /s/ STEPHEN PARISH
    ------------------
Name: Stephen Parish
Title: Senior Managing Director

WACHOVIA CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC

By: /s/ MARYLOU GUTTMAN
    -------------------
Name: Marylou Guttman
Title: Senior Vice President

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES, INC.

By: /s/ JEFF ZAJKOWSKI
    ------------------
Name: Jeff Zajkowski
Title: Managing Director

FLEET SECURITIES, INC.

By: /s/ R. BRADLEY STEWART
    ----------------------
Name: R. Bradley Stewart
Title: Director

                 SIGNATURE PAGE TO REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

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                                                                      APPENDIX A

                            THE MEN'S WEARHOUSE, INC.

                  FORM OF NOTICE OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND
                SELLING SECURITYHOLDER ELECTION AND QUESTIONNAIRE

                                     NOTICE

         The Men's Wearhouse, Inc. (the "Company") has filed, or intends shortly
to file, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"), a
registration statement on Form S-3 or such other Form as may be available (the
"Shelf Registration Statement") for the registration and resale under Rule 415
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), of the
Company's 3.125% Convertible Senior Notes due 2023 (CUSIP No. 587 118 AB6) (the
"Notes"), and common stock, par value $0.01 per share, issuable upon conversion
thereof (the "Shares" and together with the Notes, the "Transfer Restricted
Securities") in accordance with the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement,
dated as of October 21, 2003 (the "Registration Rights Agreement"), between the
Company and the Initial Purchasers. A copy of the Registration Rights Agreement
is available from the Company. All capitalized terms not otherwise defined
herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Registration Rights Agreement.

         To sell or otherwise dispose of any Transfer Restricted Securities
pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, a beneficial owner of Transfer
Restricted Securities generally will be required to be named as a Selling
Securityholder (as defined below) in the related Prospectus, deliver a
Prospectus to purchasers of Transfer Restricted Securities, be subject to
certain civil liability provisions of the Securities Act and be bound by those
provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement applicable to such beneficial
owner (including certain indemnification rights and obligations, as described
below). To be included in the Shelf Registration Statement, this Election and
Questionnaire must be completed, executed and delivered to the Company at the
address set forth herein for receipt PRIOR TO OR ON the 20th calendar day from
the receipt hereof (the "Election and Questionnaire Deadline"). Beneficial
Owners that do not complete this Election and Questionnaire and deliver it to
the Company prior to the Election and Questionnaire Deadline as provided below
will not be named as Selling Securityholders in the Shelf Registration Statement
at the time it is declared effective and, therefore, will not be permitted to
sell any Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration
Statement until we prepare and file a prospectus supplement or, if required, a
post-effective amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement or additional Shelf
Registration Statement.

         Certain legal consequences arise from being named as a Selling
Securityholder in the Shelf Registration Statement and the related Prospectus.
Accordingly, holders and beneficial owners of Transfer Restricted Securities are
advised to consult their own securities law counsel regarding the consequences
of being named or not being named as a Selling Securityholder in the Shelf
Registration Statement and the related Prospectus.

         Upon the initial sale of Transfer Restricted Securities, the Selling
Securityholder agrees to deliver a notice of such sale, in substantially the
form attached as Exhibit 1 hereto.

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                                    ELECTION

         The undersigned holder (the "Selling Securityholder") of Transfer
Restricted Securities hereby elects to include in the Prospectus forming a part
of the Shelf Registration Statement the Transfer Restricted Securities
beneficially owned by it and listed below in Item III (unless otherwise
specified under Item III). The undersigned, by signing and returning this
Election and Questionnaire, understands that it will be bound with respect to
such Transfer Restricted Securities by the terms and conditions of this Election
and Questionnaire and the Registration Rights Agreement.

         Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the Selling
Securityholder has agreed to indemnify and hold harmless the Initial Purchasers,
the Company and each person, if any, who controls any of such parties within the
meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act
and each of their respective directors, officers, employees, representatives and
agents, from and against certain losses arising in connection with statements
concerning the Selling Securityholder made in the Shelf Registration Statement
or the related Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto or any state
securities or "Blue Sky" application in reliance upon the information provided
in this Election and Questionnaire.

         The Selling Securityholder hereby provides the following information to
the Company and represents and warrants that such information is accurate and
complete:

         QUESTIONNAIRE

I. A. Full Legal Name of Selling Securityholder:

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B. Full legal name of registered holder (if not the same as (A) above) through
which Transfer Restricted Securities listed in (C) below are held:

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C. Full legal name of DTC participant (if applicable and if not the same as (B)
above) through which Transfer Restricted Securities listed in Item III are held:

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II. Address for notices to Selling Securityholders:

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Telephone:
          ------------------------------

Fax:
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Contact Person:
                ---------------------------------------------

Electronic Mail (Email) Address:
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III. Beneficial ownership of Transfer Restricted Securities:

A. Type of Transfer Restricted Securities beneficially owned, and principal
amount of Notes or number of shares of Common Stock, as the case may be,
beneficially owned:

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B. CUSIP No(s). of such Transfer Restricted Securities beneficially owned:

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IV. Beneficial ownership of the Company's securities owned by the Selling
Securityholder:

EXCEPT AS SET FORTH BELOW IN THIS ITEM IV, THE UNDERSIGNED IS NOT THE BENEFICIAL
OR REGISTERED OWNER OF ANY SECURITIES OF THE COMPANY OTHER THAN THE TRANSFER
RESTRICTED SECURITIES LISTED ABOVE IN ITEM III ("Other Securities").

A. Type and amount of Other Securities beneficially owned by the Selling
Securityholder:

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B. CUSIP No(s). of such Other Securities beneficially owned:

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V. Relationship with the Company

Except as set forth below, neither the undersigned nor any of its affiliates,
officers, directors or principal equity holders (5% or more) has held any
position or office or has had any other material relationship with the Company
(or their predecessors or affiliates) during the past three years.

State any exception here:

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VI. Plan of Distribution:

Except as set forth below, the undersigned (including its donees or pledgees)
intends to distribute the Transfer Restricted Securities listed above in Item
III pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement only as follows (if at all).
Such Transfer Restricted Securities may be sold from time to time directly by
the undersigned or, alternatively, through underwriters, broker-dealers or
agents. If the Transfer Restricted Securities are sold through underwriters or
broker-dealers, the Selling Securityholder will be responsible for underwriting
discounts or commissions or agent's

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commissions. Such Transfer Restricted Securities may be sold in one or more
transactions at fixed prices, at prevailing market prices at the time of sale,
at varying prices determined at the time of sale, or at negotiated prices. Such
sales may be effected in transactions (which may involve crosses or block
transactions):

1.       on any national securities exchange or quotation service on which the
         Transfer Restricted Securities may be listed or quoted at the time of
         sale;

2.       in the over-the-counter market;

3.       in transactions otherwise than on such exchanges or services or in the
         over-the-counter market; or

4.       through the writing of options.

         In connection with sales of the Transfer Restricted Securities or
otherwise, the undersigned may enter into hedging transactions with
broker-dealers, which may in turn engage in short sales of the Transfer
Restricted Securities and deliver Transfer Restricted Securities to close out
such short positions, or loan or pledge Transfer Restricted Securities to
broker-dealers that in turn may sell such securities. State any exceptions here:

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Note: In no event will such method(s) of distribution take the form of an
underwritten offering of the Transfer Restricted Securities without the prior
agreement of the Company.

         By signing below, the Selling Securityholder acknowledges that it
understands its obligation to comply, and agrees it will comply, with the
prospectus delivery requirements and other provisions of the Securities Act and
the Exchange Act and the respective rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder, particularly Regulation M thereunder (or any successor rules or
regulations), in connection with any offering of Transfer Restricted Securities
pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement.

         If the Selling Securityholder transfers all or any portion of the
Transfer Restricted Securities listed in Item III above after the date on which
such information is provided to the Company, the Selling Securityholder agrees
to notify the transferee(s) at the time of the transfer of its rights and
obligations under this Election and Questionnaire and the Registration Rights
Agreement.

         By signing below, the Selling Securityholder consents to the disclosure
of the information contained herein in its answers to Items I through VI above
and the inclusion of such information in the Shelf Registration Statement, the
related Prospectus and any state securities or "Blue Sky" applications. The
Selling Securityholder understands that such information will be relied upon by
the Company in connection with the preparation or amendment of the Shelf
Registration Statement, the related Prospectus and any state securities or "Blue
Sky" applications.

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         In accordance with the Selling Securityholder's obligation under the
Registration Rights Agreement to provide such information as may be required by
law for inclusion in the Shelf Registration Statement or the related Prospectus,
the Selling Securityholder agrees to promptly notify the Company of any
inaccuracies or changes in the information provided herein that may occur
subsequent to the date hereof at any time while the Shelf Registration Statement
remains effective. All notices hereunder and pursuant to the Registration Rights
Agreement shall be made in writing at the address set forth below.

         Once this Election and Questionnaire is executed by the Selling
Securityholders and received by the Company, the terms of this Election and
Questionnaire and the representations and warranties contained herein shall be
binding on, shall inure to the benefit of and shall be enforceable by the
respective successors, heirs, personal representatives and assigns of the
Company and the Selling Securityholder with respect to the Transfer Restricted
Securities beneficially owned by such Selling Securityholder and listed in Item
III above. This Election and Questionnaire shall be governed by, and construed
in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, by authority duly given, has
caused this Election and Questionnaire to be executed and delivered either in
person or by its authorized agent.

Dated:

                                               Beneficial Owner

                                               By:
                                                  -----------------------------
                                                  Name:
                                                  Title:

         Please return the completed and executed Election and Questionnaire for
receipt PRIOR TO OR ON THE 20TH CALENDAR DAY FROM RECEIPT HEREOF to The Men's
Wearhouse, Inc. at:

                                          The Men's Wearhouse, Inc.
                                          5803 Glenmont
                                          Houston, TX  77081
                                          Attention:  Claudia A. Pruitt

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                             EXHIBIT 1 TO APPENDIX A

                           NOTICE OF TRANSFER PURSUANT
                            TO REGISTRATION STATEMENT

The Men's Wearhouse, Inc.
5803 Glenmont
Houston, TX  77081
Attention:  Claudia A. Pruitt

Re:        The Men's Wearhouse, Inc. (the "Company")
           3.125% Convertible Senior Notes due 2023 (the "Notes")

Dear Sirs:

         Please be advised that _______________ has transferred $ ______________
aggregate principal amount of the above-referenced Notes or __________ shares of
the Company's common stock issued on conversion of Notes, pursuant to the
Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333- o) filed by the Company.

         We hereby certify that the prospectus delivery requirements, if any, of
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, have been satisfied with respect to the
transfer described above and that the above named beneficial owner of the Notes
or common stock is named as a selling securityholder in the Prospectus dated o,
2003 or in amendments or supplements thereto, and that the aggregate principal
amount of the Notes or number of shares of common stock transferred are [ALL] [A
PORTION OF] the Notes or common stock listed in such Prospectus, as amended or
supplemented, opposite such owner's name.

                                            Very truly yours,

                                            -----------------------------------
                                            Name

                                            By:
                                                -------------------------------
                                                    (Authorized signature)

Dated:
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