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                                                                    EXHIBIT 4.14

                          REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

         THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") is made and
entered into as of March 1, 2000 by and among ONEOK, Inc., an Oklahoma
corporation (the "Company"), and Banc of America Securities LLC, Banc One
Capital Markets, Inc., First Union Securities, Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities
Inc., PaineWebber Incorporated and Salomon Smith Barney Inc. (collectively, the
"Initial Purchasers").

         This Agreement is made pursuant to the Purchase Agreement dated as of
February 24, 2000 (the "Purchase Agreement"), by and between the Company, as
issuer of the 7.75% Notes due 2005 (the "Notes"), and the Initial Purchasers,
which provides for, among other things, the sale by the Company to the Initial
Purchasers of the aggregate principal amount of Notes specified therein. In
order to induce the Initial Purchasers to enter into the Purchase Agreement, the
Company has agreed to provide to the Initial Purchasers and their direct and
indirect transferees the registration rights set forth in this Agreement. The
execution and delivery of this Agreement is a condition to the closings under
the Purchase Agreement.

         In consideration of the foregoing, the parties hereto agree as follows:

         1. Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following capitalized
defined terms shall have the following meanings:

         "Advice" shall have the meaning set forth in the last paragraph of
Section 3(u) hereof.

         "Affiliate" has the same meaning as given to that term in Rule 405
under the Securities Act or any successor rule thereunder.

         "Applicable Period" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(u)
hereof.

         "Business Day" shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a
day on which banking institutions in The City of New York, New York are
authorized or required by law or executive order to remain closed.

         "Company" shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this
Agreement and also includes the Company's successors and permitted assigns.

         "Consummation Date" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)
hereof.

         "Depositary" shall mean The Depository Trust Company, or any other
depositary appointed by the Company; provided that such depositary must have an
address in the Borough of Manhattan, in The City of New York, New York.

         "Effective Date" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)
hereof.

         "Effectiveness Period" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b)
hereof.

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         "Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended from time to time.

         "Exchange Notes" shall mean the 7.75% Notes due 2005 issued by the
Company under the Indenture containing terms identical to the Notes (except that
(i) interest thereon shall accrue from the last date on which interest has been
paid on the Notes or, if no such interest has been paid, from the date of the
original issue of the Notes and (ii) they will not contain terms with respect to
transfer restrictions under the Securities Act and will not provide for any
Liquidated Damages thereon). Unless the context otherwise indicates, the term
Exchange Notes shall include Private Exchange Notes.

         "Exchange Offer" shall mean the offer by the Company to the Holders to
exchange all of the Registrable Notes for a like amount of Exchange Notes
pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof.

         "Exchange Offer Registration" shall mean a registration under the
Securities Act effected pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof.

         "Exchange Offer Registration Statement" shall mean an exchange offer
registration statement on Form S-4 (or, if applicable, on another appropriate
form), and all amendments and supplements to such registration statement, in
each case including the Prospectus contained therein, all exhibits thereto and
all documents incorporated by reference therein.

         "Exchange Period" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)
hereof.

         "Filing Date" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a) hereof.

         "Holder" shall mean any Initial Purchaser, for so long as it owns any
Registrable Notes, and each of its respective successors, assigns and direct and
indirect transferees who become registered owners of Registrable Notes under the
Indenture.

         "Indemnified Person" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a)
hereof.

         "Indemnified Person Information" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 4(a) hereof.

         "Indenture" shall mean the Indenture, dated as of September 24, 1998,
between the Company, as issuer, and Chase Bank of Texas, National Association,
as trustee, as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time in
accordance with the terms thereof.

         "Initial Purchasers" shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

         "Inspectors" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(o) hereof.

         "Issue Date" shall mean March 1, 2000, the date of delivery of the
Notes from the Company to the Initial Purchasers.

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         "Liquidated Damages" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(e)
hereof.

         "Majority Holders" shall mean the Holders of a majority of the
aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes.

         "NASD" shall mean the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.

         "Notes" shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this
Agreement.

         "Participating Broker-Dealer" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 3(u) hereof.

         "Person" shall mean an individual, partnership, corporation, trust or
unincorporated organization, limited liability company or a government or agency
or political subdivision thereof.

         "Private Exchange" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b)
hereof.

         "Private Exchange Notes" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2(b) hereof.

         "Process Agent" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(j)
hereof.

         "Prospectus" shall mean the prospectus included in a Registration
Statement, including any preliminary prospectus, and any such prospectus as
amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, including a prospectus
supplement with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the
Registrable Notes covered by a Shelf Registration Statement, and by all other
amendments and supplements to a prospectus, including post-effective amendments,
and in each case including all documents incorporated by reference therein.

         "Purchase Agreement" shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble
to this Agreement.

         "Records" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(o) hereof.

         "Registrable Notes" shall mean all Notes and Private Exchange Notes;
provided, however, that Notes shall cease to be Registrable Notes when the
earlier of the following occurs: (i) a Registration Statement with respect to
such Notes or Private Exchange Notes for the exchange or resale thereof shall
have been declared effective under the Securities Act and such Notes or Private
Exchange Notes shall have been exchanged or disposed of pursuant to such
Registration Statement, (ii) such Notes or Private Exchange Notes shall have
been sold pursuant to Rule 144(k) (or any similar provision then in force, but
not Rule 144A) under the Securities Act or are eligible to be sold without
restriction as contemplated by Rule 144(k), (iii) such Notes or Private Exchange
Notes shall have ceased to be outstanding, (iv) no Shelf Registration Event has
occurred and the Exchange Offer has concluded in accordance with the provisions
hereof or (v) upon consummation of the Exchange Offer but only with respect to
Notes held by a Holder that are eligible to receive fully tradeable Exchange
Notes in connection with the Exchange Offer.

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         "Registration Expenses" shall mean any and all expenses incident to
performance of or compliance by the Company with this Agreement, including
without limitation: (i) all SEC or NASD registration and filing fees, including,
if applicable, the fees and expenses of any "qualified independent underwriter"
(and its counsel) that is required to be retained by any Holder of Registrable
Notes in accordance with the rules and regulations of the NASD; (ii) all fees
and expenses incurred in connection with compliance with state securities or
blue sky laws (including reasonable fees and disbursements of one counsel for
all underwriters or Holders as a group in connection with blue sky qualification
of any of the Exchange Notes or Registrable Notes) and compliance with the rules
of the NASD; (iii) all expenses of any Persons in preparing or assisting in
preparing, word processing, printing and distributing any Registration
Statement, any Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, and in
preparing or assisting in preparing, printing and distributing any underwriting
agreements, securities sales agreements and other documents relating to the
performance of and compliance with this Agreement; (iv) all rating agency fees;
(v) all fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing, if any, of
any of the Exchange Notes on any securities exchange or exchanges; (vi) the fees
and disbursements of counsel for the Company and of the independent certified
public accountants of the Company, including the expenses of any "cold comfort"
letters required by or incident to the performance of and compliance with this
Agreement; (vii) the reasonable fees and expenses of the Trustee and its counsel
and any exchange agent, escrow agent or custodian; and (viii) any fees and
disbursements of the underwriters customarily required to be paid by issuers or
sellers of securities and the reasonable fees and expenses of any special
experts retained by the Company in connection with any Registration Statement,
but excluding fees of counsel to the underwriters and underwriting discounts and
commissions and transfer taxes, if any, relating to the sale or disposition of
Registrable Notes by a Holder.

         "Registration Statement" shall mean any registration statement of the
Company which covers any Exchange Notes or Registrable Notes pursuant to the
provisions of this Agreement, and all amendments and supplements to any such
Registration Statement, including post-effective amendments, in each case
including the Prospectus contained therein, all exhibits thereto and all
documents incorporated by reference therein.

         "Representative" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a)
hereof.

         "Rule 144(k) Period" shall mean the period of two years (or such other
period as may hereafter be referred to in Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act
(or similar successor rule)) commencing on the Issue Date.

         "SEC" shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.

         "Securities Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from
time to time.

         "Shelf Registration" shall mean a registration effected pursuant to
Section 2(b) hereof.

         "Shelf Registration Event" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2(b) hereof.

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         "Shelf Registration Event Date" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2(b) hereof.

         "Shelf Registration Statement" shall mean a "shelf" registration
statement of the Company pursuant to the provisions of Section 2(b) hereof which
covers all of the Registrable Notes on an appropriate form under Rule 415 under
the Securities Act, or any similar rule that may be adopted by the SEC, and all
amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including
post-effective amendments, in each case including the Prospectus contained
therein, all exhibits thereto and all documents incorporated by reference
therein.

         "TIA" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(l) hereof.

         "Trustee" shall mean the trustee under the Indenture.

         2. Registration Under the Securities Act.

         (a) Exchange Offer. Except as set forth in Section 2(b) below, the
Company shall, for the benefit of the Holders, at the Company's cost (i) cause
to be filed with the SEC an Exchange Offer Registration Statement on an
appropriate form under the Securities Act relating to the Exchange Offer within
120 calendar days after the Issue Date (the "Filing Date"), (ii) use its
reasonable best efforts to cause such Exchange Offer Registration Statement to
be declared effective under the Securities Act by the SEC within 210 calendar
days after the Issue Date (the "Effective Date"), (iii) use its reasonable best
efforts to keep such Exchange Offer Registration Statement effective for not
less than 20 Business Days (or longer if required by applicable law) after the
date notice of the Exchange Offer is mailed to the Holders and (iv) use its
reasonable best efforts to cause the Exchange Offer to be consummated within 35
calendar days after the date that the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is
declared effective (the "Consummation Date"). Promptly after the effectiveness
of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, the Company shall commence the
Exchange Offer, it being the objective of such Exchange Offer to enable each
eligible Holder to exchange Registrable Notes for a like principal amount of
Exchange Notes (provided that such Holder (A) is not an Affiliate of the
Company, (B) is not a broker-dealer tendering Registrable Notes acquired
directly from the Company, (C) acquires the Exchange Notes in the ordinary
course of such Holder's business and (D) has no arrangements or understandings
with any Person to participate in the Exchange Offer for the purpose of
distributing Exchange Notes).

         In connection with the Exchange Offer, the Company shall:

                  (1) mail to each Holder a copy of the Prospectus forming part
         of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, together with an
         appropriate letter of transmittal and related documents;

                  (2) keep the Exchange Offer open for acceptance for a period
         of not less than 20 Business Days after the date notice thereof is
         mailed to the Holders (or longer if required by applicable law) (such
         period referred to herein as the "Exchange Period");

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                  (3) utilize the services of the Depositary for the Exchange
         Offer with respect to Notes represented by a global certificate;

                  (4) permit each Holder to withdraw tendered Notes at any time
         prior to the close of business, New York City time, on the last
         Business Day of the Exchange Period, by sending to the institution
         specified in the notice to Holders, a telegram, telex, facsimile
         transmission or letter setting forth the name of such Holder, the
         series and amount of Notes delivered for exchange, and a statement that
         such Holder is withdrawing its election to have such Notes exchanged;

                  (5) notify each Holder that any Notes not tendered by such
         Holder in the Exchange Offer will remain outstanding and continue to
         accrue interest but will not retain any rights under this Agreement
         (except in the case of the Initial Purchasers and Participating
         Broker-Dealers as provided herein); and

                  (6) otherwise comply in all respects with all applicable laws
         relating to the Exchange Offer.

         As soon as practicable after the close of the Exchange Offer, the
Company shall:

                      (x) accept for exchange all Notes or portions thereof
         tendered and not validly withdrawn pursuant to the Exchange Offer;

                      (y) deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee for
         cancellation all Notes or portions thereof so accepted for exchange by
         the Company; and

                      (z) issue, and cause the Trustee under the Indenture to
         promptly authenticate and deliver to each Holder, Exchange Notes equal
         in principal amount to the principal amount of the Notes surrendered by
         such Holder.

         Interest on each of the Exchange Notes issued pursuant to the Exchange
Offer will accrue from the last date on which interest was paid on the Notes
surrendered in exchange therefor or, if no interest has been paid on such Notes,
from the Issue Date. To the extent not prohibited by any law or applicable
interpretation of the staff of the SEC, the Company shall use its reasonable
best efforts to complete the Exchange Offer as provided above, and shall comply
with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and
other applicable laws in connection with the Exchange Offer. The Exchange Offer
shall not be subject to any conditions other than the conditions referred to in
Section 2(b)(i) below and those conditions that are customary in similar
exchange offers. Each Holder of Registrable Notes who wishes to exchange such
Registrable Notes for Exchange Notes in the Exchange Offer will be required to
make certain customary representations in connection therewith, including
representations that (i) it is not an Affiliate of the Company, (ii) it is not a
broker-dealer tendering Registrable Notes acquired directly from the Company,
(iii) the Exchange Notes to be received by it are being acquired in the ordinary
course of its business and (iv) at the time of the Exchange Offer, it has no
arrangements or understandings with any Person to participate in the
distribution (within the

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meaning of the Securities Act) of Exchange Notes. The Company shall inform the
Initial Purchasers, after consultation with the Trustee, of the names and
addresses of the Holders to whom the Exchange Offer is made, and the Initial
Purchasers shall have the right to contact such Holders in order to facilitate
the tender of Registrable Notes in the Exchange Offer.

         Upon consummation of the Exchange Offer in accordance with this Section
2(a), the provisions of this Agreement shall continue to apply, mutatis
mutandis, solely with respect to Exchange Notes held by Participating
Broker-Dealers to the extent of any prospectus delivery requirement for a period
of 60 days after the Exchange Offer is consummated, and the Company shall not
have any further obligation to register the Registrable Notes held by any Holder
(other than any Initial Purchaser) pursuant to Section 2(b) of this Agreement.

         (b) Shelf Registration. In the event that (i) the Company reasonably
determines, after conferring with counsel (which may be in-house counsel), that
the Exchange Offer Registration provided in Section 2(a) above is not available
under applicable law and regulations and currently prevailing interpretations of
the staff of the SEC, (ii) the Exchange Offer is not consummated within 245
calendar days after the Issue Date or (iii) upon the request of any Initial
Purchaser with respect to any Registrable Notes held by it, if such Initial
Purchaser is not permitted, in the written opinion of Jones, Day, Reavis &
Pogue, pursuant to applicable law or applicable interpretations of the staff of
the SEC, to participate in the Exchange Offer and thereby receive securities
that are freely tradeable without restriction under the Securities Act and
applicable blue sky or state securities laws (any of the events specified in
(i), (ii) or (iii) being a "Shelf Registration Event," and the date of
occurrence thereof being the "Shelf Registration Event Date"), then in addition
to or in lieu of conducting the Exchange Offer contemplated by Section 2(a), as
the case may be, the Company shall promptly notify the Holders and shall, at its
cost, use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be filed as promptly as
practicable after such Shelf Registration Event Date, a Shelf Registration
Statement providing for the sale by the Holders of such Registrable Notes, and
shall use its reasonable best efforts to have such Shelf Registration Statement
declared effective by the SEC as soon as practicable. No Holder of Registrable
Notes shall be entitled to include any of its Registrable Notes in any Shelf
Registration pursuant to this Agreement unless and until such Holder agrees in
writing to be bound by all of the provisions of this Agreement applicable to
such Holder and furnishes to the Company in writing, within 10 days after
receipt of a request therefor, such information as the Company may, after
conferring with counsel with regard to information relating to Holders that
would be required by the SEC to be included in such Shelf Registration Statement
or Prospectus included therein, reasonably request for inclusion in any Shelf
Registration Statement or Prospectus included therein. Each Holder as to which
any Shelf Registration is being effected agrees to furnish to the Company all
information with respect to such Holder necessary to make the information
previously furnished to the Company by such Holder not materially misleading.

         In the case of a Shelf Registration Event arising under clause (iii) of
the preceding paragraph, the Company, upon request of such Initial Purchaser,
and to the extent permitted by applicable law, shall, simultaneously with the
delivery of the Exchange Notes in the Exchange Offer, issue and deliver to the
Initial Purchaser, in exchange (the "Private Exchange") for such Notes held by
the Initial Purchaser, a like principal amount of debt securities of the Company
that are identical in all material respects to the Exchange Notes other than
transfer restrictions (the "Private Exchange Notes") and which are issued
pursuant to the same indenture as the Exchange Notes. The term Exchange Notes
shall include the Private Exchange Notes unless the

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context otherwise requires and the Private Exchange Notes shall have such rights
in addition to the rights granted under this Section 2(b). To the extent
permitted the Private Exchange Notes shall bear the same CUSIP number as the
Exchange Notes.

         The Company agrees to use its reasonable best efforts to keep the Shelf
Registration Statement continuously effective and the Prospectus usable for
resales until the earlier of: (A) the end of the Rule 144(k) Period or (B) such
time as all of the Registrable Notes covered by the Shelf Registration Statement
have been sold pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement or cease to be
Registrable Notes (the "Effectiveness Period"). The Company shall not permit any
securities other than (1) the Company's issued and outstanding securities
currently possessing incidental registration rights and (2) Registrable Notes to
be included in the Shelf Registration. The Company will, in the event a Shelf
Registration Statement is declared effective, provide to each Holder a
reasonable number of copies of the Prospectus which is a part of the Shelf
Registration Statement, notify each such Holder when the Shelf Registration has
become effective and take any other action required to permit unrestricted
resales of the Registrable Notes. The Company further agrees, if necessary, to
supplement or amend the Shelf Registration Statement, if required by the rules,
regulations or instructions applicable to the registration form used by the
Company for such Shelf Registration Statement or by the Securities Act or by any
other rules and regulations thereunder for shelf registrations, and the Company
agrees to furnish to the Holders of Registrable Notes copies of any such
supplement or amendment promptly after it has been filed with the SEC.

         (c) Expenses. The Company shall pay all Registration Expenses in
connection with any Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2(a) or
2(b) hereof. Except as provided herein, each Holder shall pay all expenses of
its counsel, underwriting discounts and commissions and transfer taxes, if any,
relating to the sale or disposition of such Holder's Registrable Notes pursuant
to the Shelf Registration Statement.

         (d) Effective Registration Statement. An Exchange Offer Registration
Statement pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof or a Shelf Registration Statement
pursuant to Section 2(b) hereof will not be deemed to have become effective
unless it has been declared effective by the SEC; provided, however, that if,
after it has been declared effective, the Exchange Offer or the offering of
Registrable Notes pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement is interfered
with by any stop order, injunction or other order or requirement of the SEC or
any other governmental agency or court, the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement or Shelf Registration Statement will be deemed not to have been
effective during the period of such interference, until the Exchange Offer or
the offering of Registrable Notes pursuant to such Registration Statement may
legally resume. The Company will not be deemed to have used its reasonable best
efforts to cause the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or the Shelf
Registration Statement, as the case may be, to become or to remain effective
during the requisite period if it voluntarily takes any action that would result
in any such Registration Statement not being declared effective or that would
result in the Holders of Registrable Notes covered thereby not being able to
exchange or offer and sell such Registrable Notes during that period, unless
such action is required by applicable law.

         (e) Liquidated Damages. In the event that:

                  (i) the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not filed
         with the Commission by the Filing Date, the Exchange Offer Registration
         Statement is

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         not declared effective by the Commission by the Effective Date or the
         Exchange Offer is not consummated on or prior to the Consummation Date
         (unless changes in law or the applicable interpretation of the staff
         does not permit the Company to effect the Exchange Offer, in which case
         clause (ii) shall apply); or

                  (ii) any Shelf Registration Statement with respect to the
         Registrable Notes required to be filed pursuant to clause (i) or (iii)
         of Section 2(b) is not declared effective (or shall thereafter cease to
         be effective, except for a 60-day grace period within any 12 month
         period as the result of the occurrence of an event specified in Section
         3(e)(ii)(C), 3(e)(ii)(D), 3(e)(ii)(E) or 3(e)(ii)(F), prior to the
         earlier of the second anniversary of the Issue Date or until all
         Registrable Notes have been sold thereunder) under the Securities Act
         on or prior to the later of the 245th calendar day after the date of
         the original issuance of such Notes and the 60th calendar day after the
         publication of the change in law or interpretation referred to in
         Section 3(8)(ii) above;

         then liquidated damages ("Liquidated Damages") shall accrue on the
         principal amount of the Notes at a rate of 0.50% per annum for the
         first 90 days immediately following each such date and such Liquidated
         Damages rate shall increase to 1.0% per annum commencing on the 91st
         day following each such date; provided, however, that upon (A) filing
         of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement after the Filing Date or
         the declaration of the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration
         Statement after the Effective Date or the consummation of the Exchange
         Offer after the Consummation Date, as applicable as described in clause
         (i) above or (B) the effectiveness of a Shelf Registration Statement
         after the 245th or 60th calendar day, as applicable, described in
         clause (ii) above (or if the Shelf Registration Statement ceased to be
         effective as described above, once the Shelf Registration Statement
         again becomes effective), such Liquidated Damages shall cease to
         accrue.

         Any amounts of Liquidated Damages due pursuant to Section 2(e)(i) or
(ii) above will be payable in cash on the next succeeding March 1 or September
1, as the case may be, to Holders on the relevant record dates for the payment
of interest pursuant to the Indenture.

         3. Registration Procedures. In connection with the obligations of the
Company pursuant to Sections 2(a) and 2(b) hereof, the Company shall use its
reasonable best efforts to:

         (a) prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement or
Registration Statements as prescribed by Sections 2(a) and 2(b) hereof within
the relevant time periods specified in Section 2 hereof on the appropriate form
under the Securities Act, (i) which form shall (A) be selected by the Company
and (B) in the case of a Shelf Registration, be available for the sale of the
Registrable Notes by the selling Holders thereof and, in the case of an Exchange
Offer, be available for the exchange of Registrable Notes, and (ii) comply as to
form in all material respects with the requirements of the applicable form and
include all financial statements required by the SEC to be filed therewith; and
to cause such Registration Statement to become effective and remain effective
(and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Prospectus to remain
usable for resales) in accordance with Section 2 hereof; provided, however,

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that if (1) such filing is pursuant to Section 2(b) or (2) a Prospectus
contained in an Exchange Offer Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section
2(a) is required to be delivered under the Securities Act by any Participating
Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell Exchange Notes, before filing any such
Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto,
the Company shall furnish to a representative designated by the Majority Holders
(the "Representative") which, unless other notice is given to the Company, shall
be the Initial Purchasers and their counsel and afford such Persons a reasonable
opportunity to review copies of all such documents (including copies of any
documents to be incorporated by reference therein and all exhibits thereto which
have been previously filed with the SEC) proposed to be filed; and the Company
shall not file any such Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendments
or supplements thereto in respect of which the Representative must be afforded
an opportunity to review prior to the filing of such document if the
Representative and their counsel shall reasonably object in a timely manner
unless required by law;

         (b) prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and post-effective
amendments to each Registration Statement as may be necessary to keep such
Registration Statement effective for the Exchange Period, the Effectiveness
Period or the Applicable Period, as the case may be, and cause each Prospectus
to be supplemented, if determined by the Company or requested by the SEC, by any
required prospectus supplement and as so supplemented to be filed pursuant to
Rule 424 (or any similar provision then in force) under the Securities Act, and
comply with the provisions of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the rules
and regulations promulgated thereunder applicable to it with respect to the
disposition of all securities covered by a Registration Statement during the
Effectiveness Period or the Applicable Period, as the case may be, in accordance
with the intended method or methods of distribution by the selling Holders
thereof described in this Agreement (including sales by any Participating
Broker-Dealer);

         (c) in the case of a Shelf Registration, (i) notify each Holder of
Registrable Notes, at least three Business Days prior to filing, that the Shelf
Registration Statement with respect to the Registrable Notes is being filed and
advising such Holder that the distribution of Registrable Notes will be made in
accordance with the method selected by the Majority Holders, (ii) furnish to
each Holder of Registrable Notes included in the Shelf Registration Statement
and to each underwriter of an underwritten offering of Registrable Notes, if
any, without charge, as many copies of each Prospectus, including each
preliminary prospectus, and any amendment or supplement thereto, and such other
documents as such Holder or underwriter may reasonably request, in order to
facilitate the public sale or other disposition of the Registrable Notes and
(iii) consent to the use of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement
thereto by each of the selling Holders of Registrable Notes included in the
Shelf Registration Statement in connection with the offering and sale of the
Registrable Notes covered by the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement
thereto;

         (d) in the case of a Shelf Registration, register or qualify the
Registrable Notes under all applicable state securities or "blue sky" laws of
such jurisdictions by the time the Shelf Registration Statement is declared
effective by the SEC as any Holder of Registrable Notes covered by such
Registration Statement and each underwriter of an underwritten offering of
Registrable Notes shall reasonably request in writing in advance of such date of
effectiveness, and do any and all other acts and things which may be reasonably
necessary or advisable to enable such Holder and underwriter to consummate the
disposition in each such jurisdiction of

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such Registrable Notes owned by such Holder; provided, however, that the Company
shall not be required to (i) qualify as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in
securities in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to
qualify but for this Section 3(d), (ii) file any general consent to service of
process in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be subject to such
service of process or (iii) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction
if it is not then so subject;

         (e) (i) in the case of the Shelf Registration or (ii) if Participating
Broker-Dealers, from whom the Company has received prior written notice that
they will be utilizing the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement as provided in Section 3(u) hereof, are seeking to sell
Exchange Notes and are required to deliver Prospectuses, promptly notify each
Holder of Registrable Notes or such Participating Broker-Dealers, as the case
may be, their counsel and the managing underwriters, if any, and promptly
confirm such notice in writing (A) when the applicable Registration Statement
has become effective and when any post-effective amendments thereto become
effective, (B) of any request by the SEC or any state securities authority for
amendments and supplements to the applicable Registration Statement or
Prospectus or for additional information after such Registration Statement has
become effective, (C) of the issuance by the SEC or any state securities
authority of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the applicable
Registration Statement or the qualification of the Registrable Notes or the
Exchange Notes to be offered or sold by any Participating Broker-Dealer in any
jurisdiction described in Section 3(d) hereof or the initiation of any
proceedings for that purpose, (D) in the case of a Shelf Registration, if,
between the effective date of the Registration Statement and the closing of any
sale of Registrable Notes covered thereby, the representations and warranties of
the Company contained in any underwriting or other similar agreement cease to be
true and correct in all material respects, (E) of the happening of any event or
the failure of any event to occur or the discovery of any facts during the
Effectiveness Period, which makes any statement made in such Registration
Statement or the related Prospectus untrue in any material respect or which
causes such Registration Statement or Prospectus to 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, as well as any other
corporate developments, public filings with the SEC or similar events causing
such Registration Statement not to be effective or the Prospectus not useable
for resales and (F) of the reasonable determination of the Company that a
post-effective amendment to the applicable Registration Statement would be
appropriate;

         (f) obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of
a Registration Statement at the earliest possible moment;

         (g) in the case of the Shelf Registration, furnish to each Holder of
Registrable Notes included within the coverage of the Shelf Registration
Statement, at no charge, at least one conformed copy of such Registration
Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto (without documents
incorporated therein by reference or exhibits thereto, unless requested);

         (h) in the case of the Shelf Registration, cooperate with the selling
Holders of Registrable Notes to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery
of certificates representing Registrable Notes to be sold and not bearing any
restrictive legends and in such denominations (consistent with the provisions of
the Indenture) and registered in such names as the selling

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Holders or the underwriters may reasonably request at least two Business Days
prior to the closing of any sale of Registrable Notes pursuant to such Shelf
Registration Statement;

         (i) in the case of a Shelf Registration or an Exchange Offer
Registration, promptly after the occurrence of any event specified in Section
3(e)(ii)(C), 3(e)(ii)(E) (subject to a 60-day grace period within any 12-month
period) or 3(e)(ii)(F) hereof, prepare a supplement or post-effective amendment
to such Registration Statement or the related Prospectus or any document
incorporated therein by reference or file any other required document so that,
as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of Registrable Notes, such Prospectus
will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and to notify each
Holder to suspend use of the Prospectus as promptly as practicable after the
occurrence of such an event, and each Holder hereby agrees to suspend use of the
Prospectus until the Company has so amended or supplemented the Prospectus;

         (j) in the case of the Shelf Registration, a reasonable time prior to
the filing of any document which is to be incorporated by reference into the
Shelf Registration Statement or the Prospectus after the initial filing of the
Shelf Registration Statement, provide a reasonable number of copies of such
document to the Representative and make such of the representatives of the
Company as shall be reasonably requested by the Representative on behalf of such
Holders available for discussion of such document;

         (k) obtain a CUSIP number and ISIN for the Exchange Notes not later
than the effective date of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, and
provide the Trustee with certificates for the Exchange Notes in a form eligible
for deposit with the Depositary;

         (l) cause the Indenture to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act
of 1939, as amended (the "TIA"), in connection with the registration of the
Exchange Notes or Registrable Notes, as the case may be, and effect such changes
to such document as may be required for it to be so qualified in accordance with
the terms of the TIA and execute, and cause the Trustee to execute, all
documents as may be required to effect such changes, and all other forms and
documents required to be filed with the SEC to enable such documents to be so
qualified in a timely manner;

         (m) in the case of the Shelf Registration, enter into such agreements
(including underwriting agreements) as are customary in underwritten offerings
and take all such other appropriate actions in connection therewith as are
reasonably requested by the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal
amount of the Registrable Notes in order to facilitate the disposition of the
Registrable Notes;

         (n) in the case of the Shelf Registration, whether or not an
underwriting agreement is entered into and whether or not the registration is an
underwritten registration, if requested by an Initial Purchaser, in the case
where such Initial Purchaser holds Notes acquired by it as part of its initial
placement or Private Exchange Notes: (i) make such representations and
warranties to Initial Purchasers and the underwriters (if any) with respect to
the business of the Company and the subsidiaries of the Company as then
conducted and the Registration Statement, Prospectus and documents, if any,
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein, in each case, as
are customarily made by issuers to underwriters in

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underwritten offerings, and confirm the same if and when requested; (ii) obtain
opinions of counsel to the Company and updates thereof (which may be in the form
of a reliance letter) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
managing underwriters (if any) and the Initial Purchasers, addressed to the
Initial Purchasers and the underwriters (if any) covering the matters
customarily covered in opinions requested in underwritten offerings and such
other matters as may be reasonably requested by such underwriters (it being
agreed that the matters to be covered by such opinion may be subject to
customary qualifications and exceptions); (iii) obtain "cold comfort" letters
and updates thereof in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
managing underwriters from the independent certified public accountants of the
Company (and, if necessary, any other independent certified public accountants
of any business acquired by the Company for which financial statements and
financial data are, or are required to be, included in the Registration
Statement), addressed to each of the underwriters, such letters to be in
customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in "cold
comfort" letters in connection with underwritten offerings and such other
matters as reasonably requested by such underwriters in accordance with
Statement on Auditing Standards No. 72; and (iv) provide indemnification
provisions and procedures no less favorable than those set forth in Section 4
hereof (or such other provisions and procedures acceptable to Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of Registrable Notes covered by such
Registration Statement and the managing underwriters) customary for such
agreements with respect to all parties to be indemnified pursuant to said
Section (including, without limitation, such underwriters and selling Holders);

         (o) if (i) the Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to Section 2(b) or
(ii) a Prospectus contained in an Exchange Offer Registration Statement filed
pursuant to Section 2(a) is required to be delivered under the Securities Act by
any Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell Exchange Notes during the
Applicable Period, make reasonably available for inspection by any selling
Holder of Registrable Notes in such offering or Participating Broker-Dealer, as
applicable, any underwriter participating in any such disposition of Registrable
Notes, if any, and any attorney, accountant or other agent retained by any such
selling Holder, Participating Broker-Dealer, or underwriter (collectively, the
"Inspectors") at the offices where normally kept, during the Company's normal
business hours, all financial and other records, pertinent organizational and
operational documents and properties of the Company and its subsidiaries
(collectively, the "Records") as shall be reasonably necessary to enable them to
exercise any applicable due diligence responsibilities, and cause the officers,
trustees and employees of the Company and its subsidiaries to supply all
relevant information in each case reasonably requested by any such Person in
connection with such Registration Statement; and any Records and information
which the Company determines, in good faith, to be confidential and which it
notifies the Inspectors are confidential shall not be disclosed to any Inspector
except where (A) the disclosure of such Records or information is necessary to
avoid or correct a material misstatement or omission in such Registration
Statement, (B) the release of such Records or information is ordered pursuant to
a subpoena or other order from a court of competent jurisdiction or is necessary
in connection with any action, suit or proceeding or (C) such Records or
information previously have been made generally available to the public; and
each such selling Holder of Registrable Notes, Participating Broker-Dealer and
underwriter will be required to agree in writing that Records and information
obtained by it as a result of such inspections shall be deemed confidential and
shall not be used by it as the basis for any market transactions in the
securities of the Company unless and until such Records or information are made
generally available to the public through no fault of an Inspector; and each
such selling Holder, Participating Broker-Dealer and underwriter will be
required to further agree in writing that it

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will, upon learning that disclosure of such Records or information is sought in
a court of competent jurisdiction or in connection with any action, suit or
proceeding, give notice to the Company and allow the Company at its expense to
undertake appropriate action to prevent disclosure of the Records and
information deemed confidential;

         (p) comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC so long
as any provision of this Agreement shall be applicable and make generally
available to its securityholders earning 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) (i) commencing at the end of any fiscal quarter in which
Registrable Notes are sold to underwriters in a firm commitment or best efforts
underwritten offering and (ii) if not sold to underwriters in such an offering,
commencing on the first day of the first fiscal quarter of the Company after the
effective date of a Registration Statement, which statements shall cover said
12-month periods;

         (q) upon consummation of the Exchange Offer, if requested by the
Trustee, obtain an opinion of counsel to the Company addressed to the Trustee
for the benefit of all Holders of Registrable Notes participating in the
Exchange Offer, substantially to the effect that (i) the Company has duly
authorized, executed and delivered the Exchange Notes and (ii) each of the
Exchange Notes constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company,
enforceable against the Company, in accordance with its respective terms (in
each case, with customary exceptions);

         (r) if the Exchange Offer is to be consummated, upon delivery of the
Registrable Notes by Holders to the Company (or to such other Person as directed
by the Company) in exchange for Exchange Notes, the Company shall mark, or cause
to be marked, on such Registrable Notes delivered by such Holders that such
Registrable Notes are being cancelled in exchange for Exchange Notes; it being
understood that in no event shall such Registrable Notes be marked as paid or
otherwise satisfied;

         (s) cooperate with each seller of Registrable Notes covered by any
Registration Statement and each underwriter, if any, participating in the
disposition of such Registrable Notes and their respective counsel in connection
with any filings required to be made with the NASD;

         (t) take all other steps necessary to effect the registration of the
Registrable Notes covered by the Shelf Registration Statement contemplated
hereby;

         (u) (i) in the case of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (A)
include in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement a section entitled "Plan of
Distribution," which section shall be reasonably acceptable to the
Representative and which shall contain a summary statement of the positions
taken or policies made by the staff of the SEC with respect to the potential
"underwriter" status of any broker-dealer that holds Registrable Notes acquired
for its own account as a result of market-making activities or other trading
activities (a "Participating Broker-Dealer") and that will be the beneficial
owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of Exchange Notes to be
received by such broker-dealer in the Exchange Offer, whether such positions or
policies have been publicly disseminated by the staff of the SEC or

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such positions or policies, in the reasonable judgment of the Representatives or
such other representative, represent the prevailing views of the staff of the
SEC, including a statement that any such broker-dealer who receives Exchange
Notes for Registrable Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer may be deemed a
statutory underwriter and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of
the Securities Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Notes, (B)
furnish to each Participating Broker-Dealer who has delivered to the Company the
notice referred to in Section 3(e), without charge, as many copies of each
Prospectus included in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, including any
preliminary prospectus, and any amendment or supplement thereto, as such
Participating Broker-Dealer may reasonably request (the Company hereby consents
to the use of the Prospectus forming part of the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement or any amendment or supplement thereto by any Person subject to the
prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act, including all
Participating Broker-Dealers, in connection with the sale or transfer of the
Exchange Notes covered by the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement
thereto), (C) keep the Exchange Offer Registration Statement effective and amend
and supplement the Prospectus contained therein in order to permit such
Prospectus to be lawfully delivered by all Persons subject to the prospectus
delivery requirements of the Securities Act for such period of time as such
Persons must comply with such requirements under the Securities Act and
applicable rules and regulations in order to resell the Exchange Notes;
provided, however, that such period shall not be required to exceed 60 days (or
such longer period if extended pursuant to the last sentence of Section 3
hereof) (the "Applicable Period"), and (D) include in the transmittal letter or
similar documentation to be executed by an exchange offeree in order to
participate in the Exchange Offer (1) the following provision:

         "If the exchange offeree is a broker-dealer holding Registrable Notes
         acquired for its own account as a result of market-making activities or
         other trading activities, it will deliver a prospectus meeting the
         requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of
         Exchange Notes received in respect of such Registrable Notes pursuant
         to the Exchange Offer";

and (2) a statement to the effect that, by making the acknowledgment described
in clause (1) and by delivering a Prospectus in connection with the exchange of
Registrable Notes, the broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an
underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act; and

         (ii) in the case of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, the
Company agrees to deliver to the Initial Purchasers, if reasonably requested by
an Initial Purchaser on behalf of the Participating Broker-Dealers upon
consummation of the Exchange Offer (A) an opinion of counsel in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to such Initial Purchaser covering the matters
customarily covered in opinions requested in connection with exchange offer
registration statements and such other matters as may be reasonably requested
(it being agreed that the matters to be covered by such opinion may be subject
to customary qualifications and exceptions), (B) an officers' certificate
containing certifications substantially similar to those set forth in Section
5(c) of the Purchase Agreement and such additional certifications as are
customarily delivered in a public offering of debt securities and (C) upon the
effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, comfort letter(s),
in each case, in customary form if permitted by Statement on Auditing Standards
No. 72.

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         The Company may require each seller of Registrable Notes as to which
any registration is being effected to furnish to the Company such information
regarding such seller as may be required by the staff of the SEC to be included
in a Registration Statement. The Company may exclude from such registration the
Registrable Notes of any seller who unreasonably fails to furnish such
information within a reasonable time after receiving such request. The Company
shall not have any obligation to register under the Securities Act the
Registrable Notes of a seller who so fails to furnish such information.

         In the case of the Shelf Registration Statement, or if Participating
Broker-Dealers who have notified the Company that they will be utilizing the
Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement as provided in
this Section 3(u) hereof are seeking to sell Exchange Notes and are required to
deliver Prospectuses, each Holder agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from
the Company of the occurrence of any event specified in Section 3(e)(ii),
3(e)(ii)(C), 3(e)(ii)(E) or 3(e)(ii)(F) hereof, such Holder will forthwith
discontinue disposition of Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes, as the case may
be, pursuant to a Registration Statement until such Holder's receipt of the
copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 3(i)
hereof or until it is advised in writing (the "Advice") by the Company that the
use of the applicable Prospectus may be resumed, and, if so directed by the
Company, such Holder will deliver to the Company (at the Company's expense) all
copies in such Holder's possession, other than permanent file copies then in
such Holder's possession, of the Prospectus covering such Registrable Notes or
Exchange Notes, as the case may be, current at the time of receipt of such
notice. If the Company shall give any such notice to suspend the disposition of
Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes, as the case may be, pursuant to a
Registration Statement, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to
file and have declared effective (if an amendment) as soon as practicable after
the resolution of the related matters an amendment or supplement to the
applicable Registration Statement and shall extend the period during which such
Registration Statement is required to be maintained effective and the Prospectus
usable for resales pursuant to this Agreement by the number of days in the
period from and including the date of the giving of such notice to and including
the date when the Company shall have made available to the Holders (x) copies of
the supplemented or amended Prospectus necessary to resume such dispositions or
(y) the Advice.

         4. Indemnification and Contribution.

         (a) In connection with any Registration Statement, the Company shall
indemnify and hold harmless the Initial Purchasers, each Holder, each
underwriter who participates in an offering of Registrable Notes, each
Participating Broker-Dealer, 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 and
agents (each, an "Indemnified Person"), against any and all losses, claims,
damages, liabilities, judgments, actions and expenses (including without
limitation and as incurred, reimbursement of all reasonable costs of
investigating, preparing, pursuing or defending any claim or action, or any
investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or
threatened, including the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel to any
Indemnified Person) directly or indirectly caused by, related to, based upon,
arising out of or in connection with any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement (or any
amendment or supplement thereto) or any omission or alleged omission to state
therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein, in light of

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the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except insofar as
such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses are caused by an untrue
statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission that is (i) made
in reliance upon and in conformity with information ("Indemnified Person
Information") relating to any Holder or any other Indemnified Person furnished
in writing to the Company by such Indemnified Person expressly for use in a
Registration Statement or any Prospectus or (ii) with respect to the Indemnified
Person from whom the person asserting the loss, claim, damage or liability
purchased Notes or Private Exchange Notes, made in any preliminary prospectus if
a copy of the Prospectus (as amended or supplemented) shall have been furnished
to the Indemnified Person by the Company with such amendments or supplements
thereto on a timely basis and such Prospectus (as amended or supplemented) was
not delivered by or on behalf of the Indemnified Person to the person asserting
the claim or action, if required by law to have been so delivered by the
Indemnified Person seeking indemnification, at or prior to the written
confirmation of the sale of such Notes or Private Exchange Notes, and it shall
be finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction, by a judgment not
subject to appeal or review, that the Prospectus (as amended or supplemented)
would have corrected such untrue statement or omission. The Company shall notify
any applicable Indemnified Party promptly of the institution, threat or
assertion of any claim, proceeding (including any governmental investigation) or
litigation, of which it has knowledge, in connection with the matters addressed
by this Agreement which involves the Company or an Indemnified Person. In case
any action or proceeding (including any governmental investigation) shall be
brought or asserted against any Indemnified Person with respect to which
indemnity may be sought against an indemnifying party (or indemnifying parties),
such Indemnified Person shall promptly notify the indemnifying party (or
indemnifying parties) in writing (provided that the failure to give such notice
shall not relieve the indemnifying party (or indemnifying parties) of its or
their obligations pursuant to this Agreement unless and only to the extent such
failure to give notice results in the loss or compromise of any material rights
or defenses of the indemnifying party (or indemnifying parties) as determined by
a court of competent jurisdiction by a final judgment no longer subject to
appeal or review). Upon receiving such notice, the indemnifying party (or
indemnifying parties) shall be entitled to participate in any such action or
proceeding and to assume, at its or their sole expense, the defense thereof,
with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person (who shall not,
except with the consent of the Indemnified Person, be counsel to the
indemnifying party (or indemnifying parties) or an affiliate thereof) and, after
written notice from the indemnifying party (or indemnifying parties) to such
Indemnified Person of its or their election so to assume the defense thereof
within 15 business days after receipt of the notice from the Indemnified Person
of such action or proceeding, the indemnifying party (or indemnifying parties)
shall not be liable to such Indemnified Person hereunder for legal expenses of
other counsel subsequently incurred by such Indemnified Person in connection
with the defense thereof, other than reasonable costs of investigation, unless
(A) the indemnifying party (or indemnifying parties) agrees in writing to pay
such fees and expenses, or (B) the indemnifying party (or indemnifying parties)
fails to assume such defense within the 15 business days specified above or
fails to employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person or
(C) the named parties to any such action or proceeding (including any impleaded
parties) include both such Indemnified Person and the indemnifying party (or
indemnifying parties) or its or their affiliates, and such Indemnified Person
shall have been advised by counsel that a conflict (actual or potential) of
interest exists between such Indemnified Person and the indemnifying party (or
indemnifying parties) or its or their affiliates, in which case, if such
Indemnified Person notifies the indemnifying party (or indemnifying parties) in
writing, neither the indemnifying party (or

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indemnifying parties) nor its or their affiliates shall have the right to assume
the defense thereof, it being understood, however, that the indemnifying party
(or indemnifying parties) shall not, in connection with any one such action or
proceeding or separate but substantially similar or related actions or
proceedings in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations
or circumstances, be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of more than
one separate firm of attorneys (in addition to any local counsel) at any time
for all Indemnified Persons. No indemnifying party shall be liable for any
settlement of any such action or proceeding effected without its prior written
consent. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an Indemnified
Person shall have requested the indemnifying party (or indemnifying parties) to
reimburse the Indemnified Person for fees and expenses of counsel as
contemplated by the second sentence of this paragraph, the indemnifying party
(or indemnifying parties) agrees that it or they shall be liable for any
settlement of any proceeding effected without its or their written consent if
(1) such settlement is entered into more than 60 business days after receipt by
the indemnifying party (or indemnifying parties) of the aforesaid request and
(2) the indemnifying party (or indemnifying parties) shall not have reimbursed
the Indemnified Person in accordance with such request prior to the date of such
settlement. The indemnifying party (or indemnifying parties) shall not, without
the prior written consent of each Indemnified Person, settle or compromise or
consent to the entry of judgment in or otherwise seek to terminate any pending
or threatened action, claim, litigation or proceeding in respect of which
indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not any
Indemnified Person is a party thereto), unless such settlement, compromise,
consent or termination includes an unconditional release of each Indemnified
Person from all liability arising out of such action, claim, litigation or
proceeding.

         (b) Each of the Indemnified Persons agrees, severally and not jointly,
to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, its officers, and any
person controlling (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of
the Exchange Act) the Company, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity
from the Company to each of the Indemnified Persons, but only with respect to
claims and actions based on any Indemnified Person Information provided by such
Indemnified Person.

         (c) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 4 is for any
reason unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in
respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses referred to
herein, then the Company or the Indemnified Persons, as applicable, in lieu of
indemnifying such indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or
payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages,
liabilities and expenses in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the
relative fault of the indemnifying parties and the indemnified party, as well as
any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the Company
on the one hand, and the indemnified party, 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 related to information supplied by the Company, on the one hand,
or the Indemnified Persons, on the other hand, and the parties' relative intent,
knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such
statement or omission. The indemnity and contribution obligations of the Company
set forth in this Section 4 shall be in addition to any liability or obligation
that the Company may otherwise have (other than with respect to the matters
covered by this Section 4) to any Indemnified Person.

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         (d) The Company and the Indemnified Persons agree that it would not be
just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 4 were determined by
pro rata allocation (even if the Indemnified Persons were treated as one entity
for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take
account of the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding
paragraph. The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the
losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses referred to in the immediately
preceding paragraph shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating
or defending any such action or claim. No person guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the 1933 Act) shall be
entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation. The Indemnified Persons' obligations to contribute pursuant
to this Section 4 are several not joint. In no event shall any Holder, its
directors, officers or any Person who controls such Holder be liable or
responsible for any amount in excess of the amount by which the total amount
received by such Holder with respect to its sale of Registrable Notes pursuant
to a Registration Statement exceeds (i) the amount paid by such Holder for such
Registrable Notes and (ii) the amount of any damages that such Holder, its
directors, officers or any Person who controls such Holder has otherwise been
required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission
or alleged omission.

         5. Participation in an Underwritten Registration. No Holder may
participate in an underwritten registration hereunder unless such Holder (a)
agrees to sell such Holder's Registrable Notes on the basis provided in the
underwriting arrangement approved by the Persons entitled hereunder to approve
such arrangements and (b) completes and executes all reasonable questionnaires,
powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements, lock-up letters and
other documents reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting
arrangements.

         6. Selection of Underwriters. The Holders of Registrable Notes covered
by the Shelf Registration Statement who desire to do so may sell the Notes
covered by such Shelf Registration in an underwritten offering, subject to the
provisions of Section 3(m) hereof. In any such underwritten offering, the
underwriter or underwriters and manager or managers that will administer the
offering will be selected by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount, as applicable, of the Registrable Notes included in such offering;
provided, however, that such underwriters and managers must be reasonably
satisfactory to the Company.

         7. Miscellaneous.

         (a) Rule 144 and Rule 144A. For so long as the Company is subject to
the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15 of the Exchange Act and any
Registrable Notes remain outstanding, the Company will file the reports required
to be filed by it under the Securities Act and Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act and the rules and regulations adopted by the SEC thereunder;
provided, however, that if the Company ceases to be so required to file such
reports, it will, upon the request of any Holder of Registrable Notes (i) make
publicly available such information as is necessary to permit sales of its
securities pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, (ii) deliver such
information to a prospective purchaser as is necessary to permit sales of its
securities pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act and (iii) take such
further action that is reasonable in the circumstances, in each case, to the
extent required from time to time to enable such Holder to sell its Registrable
Notes without registration under the

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Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by (A) Rule 144
under the Securities Act, as such rule may be amended from time to time, (B)
Rule 144A under the Securities Act, as such rule may be amended from time to
time or (C) any similar rules or regulations hereafter adopted by the SEC. Upon
the request of any Holder of Registrable Notes, the Company will deliver to such
Holder a written statement as to whether it has complied with such requirements.

         (b) No Inconsistent Agreements. The Company has not entered into, nor
will the Company on or after the date of this Agreement enter into, any
agreement that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders of
Registrable Notes in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions
hereof, except to the extent that the other party to any such agreement has
waived such conflict. The rights granted to the Holders hereunder do not in any
way conflict with and are not inconsistent with the rights granted to the
holders of the Company's other issued and outstanding securities under any such
agreements.

         (c) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement, including
the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, modified or supplemented,
and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be
given, unless the Company has obtained the written consent of Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Registrable Notes
affected by such amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or departure;
provided that no amendment, modification or supplement or waiver or consent to
departure with respect to the provisions of Section 4 hereof shall be effective
as against any Holder of Registrable Notes unless consented to in writing by
such Holder of Registrable Notes. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, (i)
this Agreement may be amended, without the consent of any Holder of Registrable
Notes, by written agreement signed by the Company and the Initial Purchasers, to
cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision of this Agreement
that may be inconsistent with any other provision of this Agreement, (ii) this
Agreement may be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers and consents to
departures from the provisions hereof may be given, by written agreement signed
by the Company and the Initial Purchasers to the extent that any such amendment,
modification, supplement, waiver or consent is, in their reasonable judgment,
necessary or appropriate to comply with applicable law (including any
interpretation of the staff of the SEC) or any change therein and (iii) to the
extent any provision of this Agreement relates to an Initial Purchaser, such
provision may be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to
departures from such provisions may be given, by written agreement signed by
such Initial Purchaser and the Company.

         (d) Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or
permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, registered
first-class mail, telex, telecopier, or any courier guaranteeing overnight
delivery (i) if to a Holder, at the most current address given by such Holder to
the Company by means of a notice given in accordance with the provisions of this
Section 7(d), which address initially is, with respect to each Initial
Purchaser, the address set forth in the Purchase Agreement; and (ii) if to the
Company, initially at the Company's address set forth in the Purchase Agreement
and thereafter at such other address, notice of which is given in accordance
with the provisions of this Section 7(d).

         All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly
given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business
Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when
answered back, if telexed; when receipt is

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acknowledged, if telecopied; and on the next Business Day, if timely delivered
to an air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery.

         Copies of all such notices, demands, or other communications shall be
concurrently delivered by the Person giving the same to the Trustee, at the
address specified in the Indenture.

         (e) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit
of and be binding upon the successors, assigns and transferees of the Initial
Purchasers, including, without limitation and without the need for an express
assignment, subsequent Holders; provided, however, that nothing herein shall be
deemed to permit any assignment, transfer or other disposition of Registrable
Notes in violation of the terms of the Purchase Agreement or the Indenture. If
any transferee of any Holder shall acquire Registrable Notes, in any manner,
whether by operation of law or otherwise, such Registrable Notes shall be held
subject to all of the terms of this Agreement, and by taking and holding such
Registrable Notes, such Person shall be conclusively deemed to have agreed to be
bound by and to perform all of the terms and provisions of this Agreement and
such Person shall be entitled to receive the benefits hereof.

         (f) Third Party Beneficiaries. Each Holder and any Participating
Broker-Dealer shall be third party beneficiaries of the agreements made
hereunder among the Initial Purchasers and the Company, and the Initial
Purchasers shall have the right to enforce such agreements directly to the
extent it deems such enforcement necessary or advisable to protect its rights or
the rights of Holders hereunder.

         (g) 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.

         (h) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of
reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

         (i) GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN MADE IN
THE STATE OF NEW YORK. THE VALIDITY AND INTERPRETATION OF THIS AGREEMENT, AND
THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH HEREIN, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, INCLUDING, WITHOUT
LIMITATION, SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW
AND RULE 327(B) OF THE NEW YORK CIVIL PRACTICE LAWS AND RULES.

         (j) Jurisdiction, Etc.

                  (i) The Company hereby irrevocably and unconditionally
         submits, for itself and its property, to the nonexclusive jurisdiction
         of any New York State court or federal court of the United States of
         America sitting in The City of New York, and any appellate court from
         any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to
         this Agreement or the Notes, Exchange

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         Notes or the Private Exchange Notes, or for recognition or enforcement
         of any judgment, and the Company hereby irrevocably and unconditionally
         agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may
         be heard and determined in any such New York State court or, to the
         extent permitted by law, in such federal court. The Company hereby
         agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding brought
         in any such New York State court or in such federal court may be made
         upon the Company at its offices at 100 West Fifth Street, Tulsa,
         Oklahoma 74103, Attention: Corporate Secretary (the "Process Agent"),
         and hereby further agrees that the failure of the Process Agent to give
         any notice of any such service to the Company shall not impair or
         affect the validity of such service or of any judgment rendered in any
         action or proceeding based thereon. The Company agrees that a final
         judgement in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may
         be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any
         other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement shall affect
         any right that any party may otherwise have to bring any action or
         proceeding relating to this Agreement or the Notes, the Exchange Notes
         or the Private Exchange Notes in the courts of any jurisdiction.

                  (ii) The Company irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to
         the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection
         that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit,
         action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or
         the Notes, the Exchange Notes or the Private Exchange Notes in any New
         York State or federal court. The Company hereby irrevocably waives, to
         the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient
         forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such
         court.

                  (iii) To the extent that the Company has or hereafter may
         acquire any immunity from the jurisdiction of any court or from any
         legal process (whether through service of notice, attachment prior to
         judgment, attachment in aid of execution, execution or otherwise) with
         respect to itself or its property, the Company hereby irrevocably
         waives such immunity in respect of its obligations under this Agreement
         and the Notes, the Exchange Notes or the Private Exchange Notes.

         (k) Severability. In the event that any one or more of the provisions
contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstance, is held
invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of
any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions
contained herein shall not be affected or impaired thereby.

         (l) Securities Held by the Company or its Affiliates. Whenever the
consent or approval of Holders of a specified percentage of Registrable Notes is
required hereunder, Registrable Notes held by the Company or its Affiliates
shall not be counted in determining whether such consent or approval was given
by the Holders of such required percentage.

                            [signature page follows]

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

                              By: /s/ Jim Kneale
                                  ----------------------------------------------
                                  Name:  Jim Kneale
                                  Title: Vice President, Chief Financial
                                         Officer and Treasurer

Confirmed and accepted as of
      the date first above
      written:

BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC
On behalf of itself and the Initial Purchasers

By: /s/ Lynn McConnell
    -------------------------------------
    Name:  Lynn McConnell
    Title: Managing Director

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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.14

                   AMENDED AND RESTATED STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT

        THIS STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT (this "Stockholders Agreement") dated as of
June 6, 1997, is entered into by and among Viasystems Group, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), and the securityholders listed on the signature
pages hereof (the "Holders").

        In consideration of the premises, mutual covenants and agreements
hereinafter contained and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt
and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as
follows:

                                    ARTICLE 1

                                   DEFINITIONS

SECTION 1.1       Definitions.

        "ACCREDITED INVESTOR" means an "Accredited Investor," as defined in
Regulation D, or any successor rule then in effect.

        "ACCREDITED OFFEREE" shall have the meaning provided in Section 4.1
hereof.

        "ADVICE" shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.5 hereof.

        "AFFILIATE" means, with respect to any Person, any Person who, directly
or indirectly, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with that
Person.

        "AFFILIATED SUCCESSOR" shall have the meaning provided in Section 4.1
hereof.

        "BUSINESS DAY" means a day that is not a Legal Holiday.

        "CLASS A COMMON STOCK" means shares of Class A Common Stock, $.01 par
value per share, of the Company.

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        "COMMON STOCK" means shares of the Common Stock, $.01 par value per
share, of the Company, and any capital stock into which such Common Stock
thereafter may be changed.

        "COMMON STOCK EQUIVALENTS" means, without duplication with any other
Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents, any rights, warrants, options,
convertible securities or indebtedness, exchangeable securities or indebtedness,
or other rights, exercisable for or convertible or exchangeable into, directly
or indirectly, Common Stock of the Company and securities convertible or
exchangeable into Common Stock of the Company, whether at the time of issuance
or upon the passage of time or the occurrence of some future event.

        "COMPANY" shall have the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph
hereof.

        "CONVERSION STOCK" means Common Stock issued or issuable upon the
conversion of shares of Class A Common Stock.

        "CO-SELLER" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.2 hereof.

        "DEMAND REGISTRATION" means a registration effected pursuant to a demand
registration right which, by its terms, does not permit the inclusion of shares
of parties other than the holders of such demand registration rights.

        "ENTITLED HOLDERS" shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.1
hereof.

        "EXCHANGE ACT" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
and the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC thereunder.

        "FULLY-DILUTED COMMON STOCK" means, at any time, the then-outstanding
Common Stock of the Company plus (without duplication) all shares of Common
Stock issuable, whether at such time or upon the passage of time or the
occurrence of future events, upon the exercise, conversion, or exchange of all
then-outstanding Common Stock Equivalents.

        "HMTF" means Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Equity Fund III, L.P., a Delaware
limited partnership.

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        "HOLDER" means (i) a securityholder listed on the signature page hereof
and (ii) any direct or indirect transferee of any such securityholder.

        "LEGAL HOLIDAY" shall have the meaning provided in Section 8.2 hereof.

        "MILLS HOLDER" means (i) James N. Mills, David M. Sindelar, Larry S.
Bacon, W. Thomas McGhee, Robert N. Mills, Ellen L. Lipsitz, Timothy L. Conlon,
Judy A. Rowden, R. V. Linn, David J. Webster, William E. Stevens and any other
securityholders of Class A Common Stock who are employed by Mills & Partners,
Inc., and (ii) any direct or indirect transferee of any such securityholder.

        "NASD" shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.6 hereof.

        "OFFERED SECURITIES" shall have the meaning provided in Section 4.1
hereof.

        "OFFER NOTICE" shall have the meaning provided in Section 4.1 hereof.

        "PARTICIPATION OFFER" shall have the meaning provided in Section 4.3
hereof.

        "PERSON" or "PERSON" means any individual, corporation, partnership,
joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated
organization or government or other agency or political subdivision thereof.

        "PREEMPTIVE RIGHTS OFFER" shall have the meaning provided in Section 4.1
hereof.

        "PREEMPTIVE RIGHTS TRANSACTION" shall have the meaning provided in
Section 4.1 hereof.

        "REGISTRABLE SHARES" means at any time the Common Stock or Conversion
Stock of the Company owned by HMTF and its Affiliates and the Holders, whether
owned on the date hereof or acquired hereafter; provided, however, that
Registrable Shares shall not include any shares (i) the sale of which has been
registered pursuant to the Securities Act and which shares have been sold
pursuant to such registration, or (ii) which have been sold to the public
pursuant to Rule 144 or 144A of the SEC under the Securities Act.

        "REGISTRATION EXPENSES" shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.6
hereof.

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        "REGULATION D" means Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act
by the SEC.

        "REQUIRED HOLDERS" means Holders who then own beneficially more than 66-

2/3% of the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock and Class A Common Stock
(taken together as one class) subject to this Stockholder Agreement.

        "SEC" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

        "SECURITIES" means the Common Stock and the Class A Common Stock.

        "SECURITIES ACT" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the
rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC thereunder.

        "SELLER AFFILIATES" shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.7
hereof.

        "SIGNIFICANT SALE" shall have the meaning provided in Section 4.2
hereof.

        "STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT" means this Amended and Restated Stockholders
Agreement, as such from time to time may be amended.

        "SUBSIDIARY" of any Person means (i) a corporation a majority of whose
Equity Interests with voting power, under ordinary circumstances, to elect
directors, is at the time, directly or indirectly, owned by such Person, by one
or more subsidiaries of such Person or by such Person and one or more
subsidiaries of such Person, and (ii) any other Person (other than a
corporation) in which such Person, a subsidiary of such Person or such Person
and one or more subsidiaries of such Person, directly or indirectly, at the date
of determination thereof, has (x) at least a majority ownership interest or (y)
the power to elect or direct the election of the directors or other governing
body of such Person.

        "SUSPENSION NOTICE" shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.5
hereof.

        "TRANSFER" means any disposition of any Security or any interest therein
that would constitute a "sale" thereof within the meaning of the Securities Act.

        "TRANSFER NOTICE" shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.3 hereof.

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SECTION 1.2       Rules of Construction.

         Unless the context otherwise requires

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

                           (2) "or" is not exclusive;

                           (3) words in the singular include the plural, and
                  words in the plural include the singular;

                           (4) provisions apply to successive events and
                  transactions; and

                           (5) "herein," "hereof" and other words of similar
                  import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any
                  particular Article, Section or other subdivision.

                                    ARTICLE 2

                MANAGEMENT OF THE COMPANY AND CERTAIN ACTIVITIES

SECTION 2.1       Board of Directors.

        2.1.1 Board Representation. Subject to Section 2.1.3, HMTF shall be
entitled to designate all members of the Board of Directors of the Company at
all times during the term of this Stockholders Agreement. Accordingly, the
Holders and the Company agree to take all action within their respective power
(including, without limitation, the voting of capital stock of the Company)
required to cause the Board of Directors of the Company to at all times be
constituted in the manner provided in the previous sentence.

        2.1.2 Vacancies. In the event HMTF ceases to be entitled to designate
directors pursuant to this Stockholders Agreement, the vacancy or vacancies
resulting therefrom shall be filled by the remaining directors or by the
stockholders in the manner provided by applicable law.

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        2.1.3 Termination of Rights. The right of HMTF to designate directors
under Section 2.1.1, and the obligation of the Holders to vote their shares as
provided herein, shall terminate upon the first to occur of (i) the termination
or expiration of this Stockholders Agreement or this Article 2, (ii) such time
as HMTF elects in writing to terminate its rights under this Article 2, or (iii)
such time as HMTF, its Affiliates, and employees of it and its Affiliates cease
to own any shares of Common Stock or Class A Common Stock.

        2.1.4 Costs and Expenses. The Company will pay all reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the designees of HMTF in connection with
their participation in meetings of the Board of Directors (and committees
thereof) of the Company and the Boards of Directors (and committees thereof) of
the Subsidiaries of the Company.

SECTION 2.2       Voting of Capital Stock.

        To the extent any Holder owns shares of any class or series of capital
stock of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company which it may vote on any
particular matter which comes before such corporation's stockholders, as a class
or series separate from the common stock of such corporation ordinarily entitled
to vote for the election of directors, such Holder shall vote all such shares on
such matter in such separate class or series vote as holders of a majority of
the outstanding shares of common stock of such corporation vote thereon;
provided, however, that such Holder may nevertheless vote such shares as a
separate class or series without regard to the provisions of this Section 2.2 in
respect of (a) amendments to the certificate of incorporation of such
corporation, or the certificate of designation which created such class or
series, which change the provisions thereof expressly applicable to such
separate class or series, and (b) any matter as to which such class or series is
expressly entitled to vote as a separate class or series pursuant to such
corporation's certificate of incorporation or the certificate of designation
which created such class or series; provided further, however, that any
statement in such certificate of incorporation or certificate of designation
that such class or series may vote as a separate class or series "as required by
law" or similar language shall not permit such class or series to be voted
without regard to the provisions of this Section 2.2.

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SECTION 2.3       Other Activities of the Holders; Fiduciary Duties.

        It is understood and accepted that the Holders and their Affiliates have
interests in other business ventures which may be in conflict with the
activities of the Company and its Subsidiaries and that, subject to applicable
law, nothing in this Stockholders Agreement shall limit the current or future
business activities of the Holders whether or not such activities are
competitive with those of the Company and its Subsidiaries. Nothing in this
Agreement, express or implied, shall relieve any officer or director of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Holder, of any fiduciary or other
duties or obligations they may have to the Company's stockholders.

SECTION 2.4       Grant of Proxy.

        Each Mills Holder hereby constitutes and appoints James N. Mills (for so
long as he is an officer or director of the Company, or, in the event James N.
Mills is no longer a director or officer of the Company, HMTF), with full power
of substitution, as its true and lawful proxy and attorney-in-fact to vote any
and all shares of any class or series of capital stock of the Company or any
Subsidiary of the Company held by such Holder in accordance with the provisions
of Section 2.1 and 2.2 of this Stockholders Agreement. Each Mills Holder
acknowledges that the proxy granted hereby is irrevocable, being coupled with an
interest, and that such proxy will continue until the termination of such
Holder's obligation to vote any shares in accordance with this Article 2.

        Each Holder (other than HMTF and the Mills Holders) hereby constitutes
and appoints HMTF, with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful proxy
and attorney-in-fact to vote any and all shares of any class or series of
capital stock of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company held by such
Holder in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.1 and 2.2 of this
Stockholders Agreement. Each Holder acknowledges that the proxy granted hereby
is irrevocable, being coupled with an interest, and that such proxy will
continue until the termination of such Holder's obligation to vote any shares in
accordance with this Article 2.

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                                    ARTICLE 3

                             PIGGYBACK REGISTRATIONS

SECTION 3.1       Right to Piggyback.

        Each time the Company proposes to register any shares of its Common
Stock (other than pursuant to a Demand Registration) under the Securities Act
for cash sale through an underwriter or underwriters (other than through a
holder of Common Stock who may be deemed a statutory underwriter) and the
registration form to be used may be used for the registration of Registrable
Shares, the Company shall give prompt written notice to the Holders of
Registrable Shares of its intention to effect such a registration (which notice
shall be given not less than 10 days prior to the date the registration
statement is filed) and such notice shall offer such Holders (the "Entitled
Holders") the opportunity to have any or all of the Registrable Shares included
in such registration statement, subject to the limitations contained in Section
3.2. The Entitled Holders desiring to have their Registrable Shares registered
under this Article 3 will so advise the Company in writing within 20 days after
the date of receipt of such notice from the Company. Subject to Section 3.2
below, the Company shall include in such registration statement all such
Registrable Shares so requested to be included therein; provided, however, that
the Company may at any time withdraw or cease proceeding with any such
registration if it shall at the same time withdraw or cease proceeding with the
registration of all the shares of Common Stock originally proposed to be
registered.

SECTION 3.2       Priority on Registrations.

        If the managing underwriter advises the Company in writing that the
number of shares of Common Stock requested to be included in the registration by
all Persons (including the Company) exceeds the number of shares of Common Stock
which can be sold in such offering, the Company will be obligated to include in
such registration only (i) first, any and all shares of Common Stock for sale by
the Company, and (ii) second, pro rata among the Registrable Shares and any
other shares of Common Stock requested to be included pursuant to any other
registration rights that may have been, or may hereafter be, granted by the
Company (on the basis of the total number of shares of Common Stock that each
holder has requested to be registered). No Person may participate in any
registration hereunder unless such Person (x) agrees to sell such Person's
Registrable Shares on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements
approved by the Company and (y) completes and executes all

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questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements, and
other documents required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements.

SECTION 3.3       Holdback Agreement.

        Unless the managing underwriter otherwise agrees, each of HMTF and the
Entitled Holders agrees not to effect any public sale or private offer or
distribution of any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents during the ten
business days prior to any underwritten registration and during such time period
after any underwritten registration (not to exceed 180 days) (except, if
applicable, as part of such underwritten registration) as HMTF and the managing
underwriter may agree.

SECTION 3.4       Registration Procedures.

        Whenever the Entitled Holders have requested that any Registrable Shares
be registered pursuant to this Stockholders Agreement, the Company will use its
commercially reasonable efforts to effect the registration and the sale of such
Registrable Shares in accordance with the intended method of disposition
thereof, and pursuant thereto the Company will as expeditiously as possible:

            (a) prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement on any
        appropriate form under the Securities Act with respect to such
        Registrable Shares and use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause
        such registration statement to become effective;

            (b) prepare and file with the SEC such amendments, post-effective
        amendments, and supplements to such registration statement and the
        prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep such
        registration statement effective for a period of not less than 180 days
        (or such lesser period as is necessary for the underwriters in an
        underwritten offering to sell unsold allotments) and comply with the
        provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all
        securities covered by such registration statement during such period in
        accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the sellers
        thereof set forth in such registration statement;

            (c) furnish to each seller of Registrable Shares and the
        underwriters of the securities being registered such number of copies of
        such registration statement, each amendment and supplement thereto, the
        prospectus included in such registration statement (including each
        preliminary prospectus), and such

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        other documents as such seller or underwriters may reasonably request in
        order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Shares owned by
        such seller or the sale of such securities by such underwriters;

            (d) use its commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify
        such Registrable Shares under such other securities or blue sky laws of
        such jurisdictions as the managing underwriter reasonably requests and
        do any and all other acts and things which may be reasonably necessary
        or advisable to enable such seller to consummate the disposition of the
        Registrable Shares owned by such seller in such jurisdictions (provided,
        however, that the Company will not be required to (A) qualify generally
        to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be
        required to qualify but for this subparagraph or (B) consent to general
        service of process in any such jurisdiction);

            (e) notify each seller of Registrable Shares promptly after it shall
        receive notice thereof, of the time when such registration statement has
        become effective or a supplement to any prospectus forming a part of
        such registration statement has been filed;

            (f) notify each seller of Registrable Shares promptly of any request
        by the SEC for the amending or supplementing of such registration
        statement or prospectus or for additional information;

            (g) prepare and file with the SEC promptly any amendments or
        supplements to such registration statement or prospectus which, in the
        opinion of counsel for the Company or the managing underwriter, is
        required in connection with the distribution of the Registrable Shares;

            (h) enter into such agreements (including underwriting agreements in
        the managing underwriter's customary form) as are customary in
        connection with an underwritten registration; and

            (i) advise each seller of such Registrable Shares, promptly after it
        shall receive notice or obtain knowledge thereof, of the issuance of any
        stop order by the SEC suspending the effectiveness of such registration
        statement or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such
        purpose and promptly use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any
        stop order or to obtain its withdrawal if such stop order should be
        issued.

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SECTION 3.5       Suspension of Dispositions.

        Each Entitled Holder agrees by acquisition of any Registrable Shares
that, upon receipt of any notice (a "Suspension Notice") from the Company of the
happening of any event of the kind which, in the opinion of the Company,
requires the amendment or supplement of any prospectus, such Entitled Holder
will forthwith discontinue disposition of Registrable Shares until such Entitled
Holder's receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus, or
until it is advised in writing (the "Advice") by the Company that the use of the
prospectus may be resumed, and has received copies of any additional or
supplemental filings which are incorporated by reference in the prospectus, and,
if so directed by the Company, such Holder will deliver to the Company all
copies, other than permanent file copies then in such Holder's possession, of
the prospectus covering such Registrable Shares current at the time of receipt
of such notice. In the event the Company shall give any such notice, the time
period regarding the effectiveness of registration statements set forth in
Section 3.4(b) hereof shall be extended by the number of days during the period
from and including the date of the giving of the Suspension Notice to and
including the date when each seller of Registrable Shares covered by such
registration statement shall have received the copies of the supplemented or
amended prospectus or the Advice.

SECTION 3.6       Registration Expenses.

        All expenses incident to the Company's performance of or compliance with
this Article 3 including, without limitation, all registration and filing fees,
all fees and expenses associated with filings required to be made with the
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. ("NASD") (including, if
applicable, the fees and expenses of any "qualified independent underwriter" as
such term is defined in Schedule E of the By-Laws of the NASD, and of its
counsel), as may be required by the rules and regulations of the NASD, fees and
expenses of compliance with securities or "blue sky" laws (including reasonable
fees and disbursements of counsel in connection with "blue sky" qualifications
of the Registrable Shares), rating agency fees, printing expenses (including
expenses of printing certificates for the Registrable Shares in a form eligible
for deposit with Depositary Trust Company and of printing prospectuses if the
printing of prospectuses is requested by a holder of Registrable Shares),
messenger and delivery expenses, fees and expenses of counsel for the Company
and its independent certified public accountants (including the expenses of any
special audit or "cold comfort" letters required by or incident to such
performance), securities acts liability insurance (if the Company elects to
obtain such insurance), the fees and expenses of any special experts retained by
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such registration, and fees and expenses of other persons retained by the
Company (all such expenses being herein called "Registration Expenses") will be
borne by the Company whether or not any registration statement becomes
effective; provided that in no event shall Registration Expenses include any
underwriting discounts, commissions, or fees attributable to the sale of the
Registrable Shares or any counsel, accountants, or other persons retained or
employed by the Entitled Holders.

SECTION 3.7       Indemnification.

        (a) The Company agrees to indemnify and reimburse, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, each seller of Registrable Shares, and each of its employees,
advisors, agents, representatives, partners, officers, and directors and each
Person who controls such seller (within the meaning of the Securities Act or the
Exchange Act) (collectively, the "Seller Affiliates") (A) against all losses,
claims, damages, liabilities and expenses, joint or several (including, without
limitation, attorneys' fees except as limited by subparagraph (c) below) arising
out of or caused by any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
contained in any registration statement, prospectus, or preliminary prospectus
or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or any omission or alleged
omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein not misleading, (B) against any and all loss, liability,
claim, damage, and expense whatsoever, as incurred, to the extent of the
aggregate amount paid in settlement of any litigation, or investigation or
proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or of
any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, and (C)
against any and all costs and expenses (including reasonable fees and
disbursements of counsel and other agents) as may be reasonably incurred in
investigating, preparing, or defending against any litigation, or investigation
or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or
any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, to the
extent that any such expense or cost is not paid under subparagraph (A) or (B)
above; except insofar as the same are made in reliance upon and in strict
conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by such seller
or any Seller Affiliate for use therein or by such seller or any Seller
Affiliate's failure to deliver a copy of the registration statement or
prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto after the Company has
furnished such seller or Seller Affiliate with a sufficient number of copies of
the same. The reimbursements required by this Section 3.7(a) will be made by
periodic payments during the course of the investigation or defense, as and when
bills are received or expenses incurred.

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        (b) In connection with any registration statement in which a seller of
Registrable Shares is participating, each such seller will furnish to the
Company in writing such information and affidavits as the Company reasonably
requests for use in connection with any such registration statement or
prospectus and, to the fullest extent permitted by law, each such seller will
indemnify the Company, its directors, and officers and each Person who controls
the Company (within the meaning of the Securities Act) against any losses,
claims, damages, liabilities, and expenses (including, without limitation,
attorneys' fees except as limited by subparagraph (c) below) resulting from any
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the
registration statement, prospectus, or preliminary prospectus or any amendment
thereof or supplement thereto or any omission or alleged omission of a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein
not misleading, but only to the extent that such untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement, or omission or alleged omission, is contained in any
information or affidavit so furnished in writing by such seller or any of its
Seller Affiliates; provided that the obligation to indemnify will be several,
not joint and several, among such sellers of Registrable Shares, and the
liability of each such seller of Registrable Shares will be in proportion to,
and provided further that such liability will be limited to, the net amount
received by such seller from the sale of Registrable Shares pursuant to such
registration statement.

        (c) Any Person entitled to indemnification hereunder will (A) give
prompt written notice to the indemnifying party of any claim with respect to
which it seeks indemnification (provided that the failure to give such notice
shall not limit the rights of such Person) and (B) unless in such indemnified
party's reasonable judgment a conflict of interest between such indemnified and
indemnifying parties may exist with respect to such claim, permit such
indemnifying party to assume the defense of such claim with counsel reasonably
satisfactory to the indemnified party; provided, however, that any person
entitled to indemnification hereunder shall have the right to employ separate
counsel and to participate in the defense of such claim, but the fees and
expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such person unless (X) the
indemnifying party has agreed to pay such fees or expenses, or (Y) the
indemnifying party shall have failed to assume the defense of such claim or
employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to such person. If such defense is
assumed, the indemnifying party will not be subject to any liability for any
settlement made by the indemnified party without its consent (but such consent
will not be unreasonably withheld). An indemnifying party who is not entitled
to, or elects not to, assume the defense of a claim will not be obligated to pay
the fees and expenses of more than one counsel for all parties indemnified by
such indemnifying party with respect to such claim, unless

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in the reasonable judgment of any indemnified party, a conflict of interest may
exist between such indemnified party and any other of such indemnified parties
with respect to such claim.

        (d) Each party hereto agrees that, if for any reason the indemnification
provisions contemplated by Section 3.7(a) or Section 3.7(b) are unavailable to
or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses,
claims, damages, liabilities, or expenses (or actions in respect thereof)
indemnified herein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount
paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims,
liabilities, or expenses (or actions in respect thereof) in such proportion as
is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party and the
indemnified party as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The
relative fault of such indemnifying party and indemnified party shall be
determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a
material fact relates to information supplied by such indemnifying party or
indemnified party, and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to
information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution
pursuant to this Section 3.7(d) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if
the Entitled Holders or any underwriters or all of them were treated as one
entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not
take account of the equitable considerations referred to in this Section 3.7(d).
The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as result of the losses,
claims, damages, liabilities, or expenses (or actions in respect thereof)
referred to above shall be deemed to include any legal or other fees or expenses
reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating
or, except as provided in Section 3.7(c), defending any such action or claim.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 3.7(d), no Entitled Holder shall
be required to contribute an amount greater than the dollar amount of the
proceeds received by such Entitled Holder with respect to the sale of any
Registrable Shares. 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. The Entitled Holders' obligations in this Section 3.7(d) to
contribute shall be several in proportion to the amount of Registrable Shares
registered by them and not joint.

        (e) The indemnification and contribution provided for under this
Agreement will remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation
made by

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or on behalf of the indemnified party or any officer, director, or controlling
Person of such indemnified party and will survive the transfer of securities.
The Company also agrees to make such provisions as are reasonably requested by
any indemnified party for contribution to such party in the event the Company's
indemnification is unavailable for any reason.

                                    ARTICLE 4

                             TRANSFERS OF SECURITIES

SECTION 4.1       Preemptive Rights.

        4.1.1 Rights to Participate in Future Sales. In case the Company or any
Affiliated Successor (as hereinafter defined) proposes to issue or sell any
shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents (the "Offered Securities"),
the Company shall, no later than twenty days prior to the consummation of such
transaction (a "Preemptive Rights Transaction"), give notice in writing (the
"Offer Notice") of such Preemptive Rights Transaction to each Holder of Common
Stock or Class A Common Stock (each a "Common Stock Holder"). The Offer Notice
shall describe the proposed Preemptive Rights Transaction, identify the proposed
purchaser, and contain an offer (the "Preemptive Rights Offer") to sell to each
Common Stock Holder who certifies (to the reasonable satisfaction of the
Company) that such Holder is an Accredited Investor (an "Accredited Offeree"),
at the same price and for the same consideration to be paid by the proposed
purchaser, all or part of such Accredited Offeree's pro rata portion of the
Offered Securities (which shall be the percentage ownership of the Fully-Diluted
Common Stock of such Holder). As used herein, the term "Affiliated Successor"
means a successor entity to the Company (whether by merger, consolidation,
reorganization, or otherwise) in which HMTF owns at least the same percentage of
the fully-diluted common stock of such entity (after giving effect to the
merger, consolidation, reorganization, or other transaction) as HMTF owns of the
Fully-Diluted Common Stock of the Company. If any such Holder fails to accept
such offer by written notice fifteen days after its receipt of the Offer Notice,
the Company or such Affiliated Successor may proceed with the proposed issue or
sale of the Offered Securities, free of any right on the part of any Holder
under this Section 4.1.1 in respect thereof.

        4.1.2 Exceptions to Preemptive Rights. This Section 4.1 shall not apply
to (i) issuances or sales of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents to
employees,

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officers, and/or directors of the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries
pursuant to employee benefit or similar plans or arrangements of the Company
and/or its Subsidiaries, (ii) issuances or sales of Common Stock or Common Stock
Equivalents upon exercise of any Common Stock Equivalent which, when issued, was
exempt from the preemptive rights under this Section 4.1 (including, without
limitation, the Class A Common Stock), (iii) securities distributed or set aside
ratably to all holders of Common Stock and Common Stock Equivalents (or any
class or series thereof) on a per share equivalent basis, (iv) issuances or
sales of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents pursuant to a registered
underwritten public offering, a merger of the Company or a subsidiary of the
Company into or with another entity or an acquisition by the Company or a
subsidiary of the Company of another business or corporation or (v) issuances or
sales of Common Stock pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement of even date
herewith. In the event of any issuances or sales of Common Stock or Common Stock
Equivalents as a unit with any other security of the Company or its
Subsidiaries, the preemptive rights under this Section shall be applicable to
the entire unit rather than only the Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalent
included in the unit.

SECTION 4.2       Drag Along Rights.

        4.2.1 Applicability. In connection with any sale, transfer, exchange or
other disposition by HMTF or any of its Affiliates of shares of Common Stock
representing more than 5% of the Fully-Diluted Common Stock (a "Significant
Sale"), HMTF shall have the right to require each non-selling Holder (each, a
"Co-Seller") to sell a portion of its Common Stock and, if requested by HMTF as
provided below, Class A Common Stock, which represents the same percentage of
such Co-Seller's Fully-Diluted Common Stock as the shares being disposed of by
HMTF and its Affiliates represent of their Fully-Diluted Common Stock. (For
example, if HMTF and its Affiliates are selling 50% of their Fully-Diluted
Common Stock position, each Co-Seller shall be required to sell 50% of its
Fully-Diluted Common Stock position.) All Class A Common Stock and Common Stock
sold or transferred by Holders pursuant to this Section 4.2 shall be sold at the
same price (on a Common Stock equivalent basis) and otherwise treated
identically with the Common Stock being sold by HMTF and its Affiliates in all
respects; provided, that at HMTF's request, each Holder shall be required to
sell or transfer Class A Common Stock in lieu of Common Stock; and provided,
further, that the Co-Seller shall not be required to make any representations or
warranties in connection with such sale or transfer other than representations
and warranties as to (i) such Co-Seller's ownership of his Class A Common Stock
or

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Common Stock to be sold or transferred free and clear of all liens, claims and
encumbrances, (ii) such Co-Seller's power and authority to effect such transfer,
and (iii) such matters pertaining to compliance with securities laws as the
transferee may reasonably require except that the transferee may not require
that each transferring Co-Seller be an Accredited Investor.

        4.2.2 Notice of Significant Sale. HMTF shall give each Co-Seller at
least 30 days' prior written notice of any Significant Sale as to which HMTF
intends to exercise its rights under Section 4.2. If HMTF elects to exercise its
rights under Section 4.2, the Co-Sellers shall take such actions as may be
reasonably required and otherwise cooperate in good faith with HMTF in
connection with consummating the Significant Sale (including, without
limitation, the voting of any Common Stock or other voting capital stock of the
Company to approve such Significant Sale). At the closing of such Significant
Sale, each Co-Seller shall deliver certificates for all shares of Common Stock
(or, if applicable, Class A Common Stock) to be sold by such Co-Seller, duly
endorsed for transfer, with the signature guaranteed, to the purchaser against
payment of the appropriate purchase price.

SECTION 4.3       Tag Along Rights.

        4.3.1 Applicability. In the event HMTF or any of its Affiliates desires
to effect a Significant Sale and it does not elect to exercise its rights under
Section 4.2 hereof, then at least 30 days prior to the closing of such
Significant Sale, HMTF shall make an offer (the "Participation Offer") to each
Co-Seller to include in the proposed Significant Sale a portion of its Common
Stock and, if consented to by the transferee as provided below, Class A Common
Stock, which represent the same percentage of such Co-Seller's Fully-Diluted
Common Stock as the shares being sold by HMTF and its Affiliates represent of
their Fully-Diluted Common Stock; provided that, if the consideration to be
received by HMTF and its Affiliates includes any securities, only Co-Sellers who
have certified to the reasonable satisfaction of HMTF that they are Accredited
Investors shall be entitled to participate in such transfer, unless the
transferee consents otherwise and provided, further, that if the transferee in
the Significant Sale consents, any Holder may elect to dispose of Class A Common
Stock (on a Common Stock equivalent basis) in lieu of Common Stock.

        4.3.2 Terms of Participation Offer. The Participation Offer shall
describe the terms and conditions of the proposed Significant Sale and shall be
conditioned upon (i) the consummation of the transactions contemplated in the
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the transferee named therein, and (ii) each Co-Seller's execution and delivery
of all agreements and other documents as HMTF is required to execute and deliver
in connection with such Significant Sale (provided that the Co-Seller shall not
be required to make any representations or warranties in connection with such
sale or transfer other than representations and warranties as to (A) such
Co-Seller's ownership of his Class A Common Stock or Common Stock to be sold or
transferred free and clear of all liens, claims, and encumbrances, (B) such
Co-Seller's power and authority to effect such transfer and (C) such matters
pertaining to compliance with securities laws as the transferee may reasonably
require). If any Co-Seller shall accept the Participation Offer, HMTF shall
reduce, to the extent necessary, the number of shares of Common Stock it
otherwise would have sold in the proposed transfer so as to permit those
Co-Sellers who have accepted the Participation Offer to sell the number of
shares of Common Stock or, if applicable, Class A Common Stock that they are
entitled to sell under this Section 4.3, and HMTF and such Co-Sellers shall
transfer the number of shares Common Stock or, if applicable, Class A Common
Stock specified in the Participation Offer to the proposed transferee in
accordance with the terms of such transfer as set forth in the Participation
Offer.

SECTION 4.4       Certain Events Not Deemed Transfers.

        In no event shall any exchange, reclassification, or other conversion of
shares into any cash, securities, or other property pursuant to a merger or
consolidation of the Company or any Subsidiary with, or any sale or transfer by
the Company or any Subsidiary of all or substantially all its assets to, any
Person constitute a transfer of shares of Common Stock by HMTF for purposes of
Section 4.2 or 4.3. In addition, Sections 4.2 and 4.3 hereof shall not apply to
any transfer, sale, or disposition of shares of Common Stock solely among HMTF
and its Affiliates.

SECTION 4.5       Transfer and Exchange.

        When Securities are presented to the Company with a request to register
the transfer of such Securities or to exchange such Securities for Securities of
other authorized denominations, the Company shall register the transfer or make
the exchange as requested if the requirements of this Stockholders Agreement for
such transaction are met; provided, however, that the Securities surrendered for
transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed or accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company, duly executed by the
Holder thereof or its attorney and duly authorized in writing. No service charge
shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may
require payment of a sum sufficient to

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cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection
therewith.

SECTION 4.6       Replacement Securities.

        If a mutilated Security is surrendered to the Company or if the
Securityholder claims and submits an affidavit or other evidence, satisfactory
to the Company, to the effect that the Security has been lost, destroyed or
wrongfully taken, the Company shall issue a replacement Security if the
Company's requirements are met. If required by the Company, such Securityholder
must provide an indemnity bond, or other form of indemnity, sufficient in the
judgment of the Company to protect the Company against any loss which may be
suffered. The Company may charge such Securityholder for its reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses in replacing a Security which has been mutilated, lost,
destroyed or wrongfully taken.

                                    ARTICLE 5

                             LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS

SECTION 5.1       Restrictions on Transfer.

        The Securities shall not be Transferred, hypothecated or assigned before
satisfaction of (i) the conditions specified in this Section 5.1, Section 5.2
and Section 5.3, which conditions are intended to ensure compliance with the
provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the Transfer of any Security
and (ii) if applicable, Article 4 hereof. Any purported transfer in violation of
this Article 5 and/or, if applicable, Article 4 hereof shall be void ab initio
and of no force or effect. Other than transfers subject to Sections 4.2 or 4.3
hereof and other than transfers to the public pursuant to an effective
registration statement or sales to the public pursuant to Rule 144 under the
Securities Act and otherwise permitted hereunder, each Holder will cause any
proposed transferee of any Security or any interest therein held by it to agree
to take and hold such securities subject to the provisions and upon the
conditions specified in this Stockholders Agreement.

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SECTION 5.2       Restrictive Legends.

        5.2.1 Securities Act Legend. Except as otherwise provided in Section 5.4
hereof, each Security held by a Holder, and each Security issued to any
subsequent transferee of such Security, shall be stamped or otherwise imprinted
with a legend in substantially the following form:

                  THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN
                  REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, NOR
                  PURSUANT TO THE SECURITIES OR "BLUE SKY" LAWS OF ANY STATE.
                  SUCH SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, TRANSFERRED,
                  PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED OR OTHERWISE ASSIGNED, EXCEPT PURSUANT
                  TO (i) A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH RESPECT TO SUCH
                  SECURITIES WHICH IS EFFECTIVE UNDER SUCH ACT, (ii) RULE 144
                  UNDER SUCH ACT, OR (iii) ANY OTHER EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION
                  UNDER SUCH ACT.

        5.2.2 Other Legends. Except as otherwise permitted by the last sentence
of Section 5.1, each Security issued to each Holder or a subsequent transferee
shall include a legend in substantially the following form:

                  THIS SECURITY IS SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER, VOTING
                  AND OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN THE AMENDED AND
                  RESTATED STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT DATED AS OF JUNE 6, 1997, A
                  COPY OF WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED FROM VIASYSTEMS GROUP, INC. AT
                  ITS PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES.

SECTION 5.3       Notice of Proposed Transfers.

        Prior to any Transfer or attempted Transfer of any Security, the Holder
of such Security shall give ten days' prior written notice (a "Transfer Notice")
to the Company of such Holder's intention to effect such Transfer, describing
the manner and circumstances of the proposed Transfer, and (i) obtain from
counsel to such Holder who shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company, an
opinion reasonably satisfactory to the Company (or supply such other evidence
reasonably satisfactory to

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the Company) that the proposed Transfer of such Security may be effected without
registration under the Securities Act, or (ii) certify to the Company that the
Holder reasonably believes the proposed transferee is a "qualified institutional
buyer" and that such Holder has taken reasonable steps to make the proposed
transferee aware that such Holder may rely on Rule 144A under the Securities Act
in effecting such Transfer. After receipt of the Transfer Notice and opinion (if
required), the Company shall, within five days thereof, so notify the Holder of
such Security and such Holder shall thereupon be entitled to Transfer such
Security in accordance with the terms of the Transfer Notice. Each Security
issued upon such Transfer shall bear the restrictive legend set forth in Section
5.2, unless in the opinion of such counsel such legend is not required in order
to ensure compliance with the Securities Act. The Holder of the Security giving
the Transfer Notice shall not be entitled to Transfer such Security until
receipt of the notice from the Company under this Section 5.3.

SECTION 5.4       Termination of Certain Restrictions.

        Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 5, the
restrictions imposed by Section 5.2.1 upon the transferability of the Securities
and the legend requirements of Section 5.2.1 shall terminate as to any Security
(i) when and so long as such Security shall have been effectively registered
under the Securities Act and disposed of pursuant thereto or (ii) when the
Company shall have received an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to it
that such Security may be transferred without registration thereof under the
Securities Act and that such legend may be removed. Whenever the restrictions
imposed by Section 5.2 shall terminate as to any Security, the Holder thereof
shall be entitled to receive from the Company, at the Company's expense, a new
Security not bearing the restrictive legend set forth in Section 5.2.

                                    ARTICLE 6

                     OPTION BY CERTAIN UNACCREDITED HOLDERS

SECTION 6.1       Grant of Option.

        Each Holder acknowledges HMTF's desire that each stockholder of the
Company qualify as an Accredited Investor so that no disclosure document will be
required in order to exempt (pursuant to Regulation D) any future issuances of
securities to the existing stockholders of the Company. Accordingly, upon the
occurrence of an Option Transaction (as defined in Section 6.2 hereof) with
respect to

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the Company, each Holder shall be deemed to have granted to Hicks, Muse GP
Partners, L.P., a Texas limited partnership ("Optionee"), an option ("Option")
to purchase, upon the terms and conditions set forth herein, all securities of
the Company held by such Holder and all shares, notes, or other securities now
or hereafter issued or issuable in respect of any such securities (whether
issued or issuable by the Company or any other person or entity) (collectively,
the "Option Securities").

SECTION 6.2       Option Transaction.

        The Option may be exercised only if (a) the Company is engaged in or
proposes to engage in a transaction in which any shares, notes, or other
securities will be issued to such Holder in a transaction constituting a "sale"
within the meaning of Section 2(3) of the Securities Act (whether through a
merger, consolidation, exchange, recapitalization, purchase, or otherwise), (b)
the Holder is not an Accredited Investor at the time of the respective
transaction (an "Unaccredited Holder"), (c) no security holder (except for such
Unaccredited Holder or any other person granting a similar option to Optionee)
of the Company involved in the respective transaction fails at the time of such
transaction to qualify as an Accredited Investor, and (d) the issuer of the
shares, notes, or other securities involved in such transaction (as conclusively
evidenced by any notice signed in good faith by an executive officer or other
authorized representative of Optionee) has not prepared and is not expected to
prepare in connection with such transaction appropriate disclosure documents
that are sufficient to register such shares, notes, or other securities under
the Securities Act or to exempt such registration in accordance with Regulation
D. Each transaction for which the Option may be exercised as provided in this
Section 6.2 is herein referred to as an "Option Transaction."

SECTION 6.3       Exercise of Option.

        Optionee may exercise the Option solely with respect to all, but not
less than all, of such Unaccredited Holder's Option Securities involved in the
respective Option Transaction. The Option may be exercised with respect to such
Option Securities at any time before the consummation of the respective Option
Transaction for which the Option is then exercisable. The exercise of the Option
will be timely and effectively made if Optionee provides written notice of such
exercise to such Unaccredited Holder before such consummation of the respective
Option Transaction. The earliest date on which such notice is so mailed or
delivered will constitute the respective exercise date of the Option to which
such notice relates.

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SECTION 6.4       Closing.

        Unless otherwise agreed by Optionee and such Unaccredited Holder, the
closing of each exercise of the Option will take place at the offices of
Optionee in Dallas, Texas, on the fifth business day after notice of the
Option's exercise is mailed or delivered in accordance with Section 6.3. At the
closing, Optionee will pay the exercise price to such Unaccredited Holder in
cash (by certified or cashier's check) solely upon such Unaccredited Holder's
delivering to Optionee valid certificates evidencing all Option Securities then
being purchased pursuant to the exercise of the Option. Such certificates will
be duly endorsed (with signature guaranteed) for transfer to Optionee, and upon
delivery of such certificates to Optionee, such Unaccredited Holder will be
deemed to represent and warrant to Optionee that the transferred Option
Securities are owned by such Unaccredited Holder free and clear of all liens,
adverse claims, and other encumbrances other than as provided in this
Stockholders Agreement. Payment of the exercise price for the Option Securities
is not required in order to effect the timely exercise of the Option. In order
to ensure the transfer of the Option Securities purchased upon exercise of the
Option, each Unaccredited Holder hereby severally appoints Optionee as his or
her attorney in fact for the purpose of effecting any such transfer, and each
Unaccredited Holder acknowledges and agrees that such power of attorney is
coupled with an interest and is irrevocable. Moreover, Optionee and each
Unaccredited Holder will promptly perform, whether before or after any Option
closing, such additional acts (including without limitation executing and
delivering additional documents) as are reasonably required by either such party
to effect more fully the transactions contemplated hereby.

SECTION 6.5       Exercise Price.

        The exercise price for each Option Security will equal the price per
share (or, in the case of securities other than capital stock, other applicable
denomination) to be paid in connection with the Option Transaction as determined
in good faith by the Board of Directors or such other governing body (or
authorized committee thereof) of either (a) the issuer of such Option Security
or (b) Optionee if no such issuer determination is made, it being understood
that determinations made by the issuer or Optionee pursuant to this Section 6.5
will be final and conclusive.

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SECTION 6.6       Assignment of Option.

        The Option may be assigned or transferred in whole or in part by
Optionee without any consent or other action on the part of the affected Other
Holder, and all references herein to "Optionee" will include without limitation
each assignee or transferee of all or any part of the Option.

                                    ARTICLE 7

                                   TERMINATION

        The provisions of this Agreement shall terminate on September 30, 2006;
provided, however, that Sections 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, Article 5 (other than Sections
5.2 and 5.4) and Article 6 of this Agreement shall terminate upon the
consummation prior to the expiration of such 10-year period of a registered
underwritten public offering of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents.

                                    ARTICLE 8

                                  MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 8.1       Notices.

        Any notices or other communications required or permitted hereunder
shall be in writing, and shall be sufficiently given if made by hand delivery,
by telex, by telecopier or registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, return
receipt requested, addressed as follows (or at such other address as may be
substituted by notice given as herein provided):

         If to the Company:

                  Viasystems Group, Inc.
                  101 South Hanley Road
                  St. Louis, Missouri  63105
                  Attention:        David M. Sindelar

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         Copies to:

                  Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Incorporated
                  200 Crescent Court
                  Suite 1600
                  Dallas, Texas  75201
                  Attention:        Lawrence D. Stuart, Jr.

                  Mills & Partners, Inc.
                  101 South Hanley Road, Suite 400
                  St. Louis, MO  63105
                  Attention:        David M. Sindelar

                  Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
                  901 Main Street, Suite 4100
                  Dallas, Texas  75202
                  Attention:        Glenn D. West

         If to any Holder, at its address listed on the signature pages hereof.

        Any notice or communication hereunder shall be deemed to have been given
or made as of the date so delivered, if personally delivered; when answered
back, if telexed; when receipt is acknowledged, if telecopied; and three
calendar days after mailing if sent by registered or certified mail (except that
a notice of change of address shall not be deemed to have been given until
actually received by the addressee).

        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 the addressee receives it.

SECTION 8.2       Legal Holidays.

        A "Legal Holiday" used with respect to a particular place of payment is
a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions at such place are
not required to be open. If a payment date is a Legal Holiday at such place,
payment may be made at such place on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal
Holiday, and no interest on the amount of such payment shall accrue for the
intervening period.

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SECTION 8.3       Governing Law; Jurisdiction.

        THIS STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF
CONFLICTS OF LAW.

SECTION 8.4       Successors and Assigns.

        Whether or not an express assignment has been made pursuant to the
provisions of this Stockholders Agreement, provisions of this Stockholders
Agreement that are for the Holders' benefit as the holders of any Securities are
also for the benefit of, and enforceable by, all subsequent holders of
Securities, except as otherwise expressly provided herein. This Stockholders
Agreement shall be binding upon the Company, each Holder, and their respective
successors and assigns.

SECTION 8.5       Duplicate Originals.

        All parties may sign any number of copies of this Stockholders
Agreement. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together shall
represent the same agreement.

SECTION 8.6       Severability.

        In case any provision in this Stockholders Agreement shall be 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 the
remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby

SECTION 8.7       Additional Parties.

        Additional future stockholders of the Company may be added as parties to
this Agreement, thereby being bound by its terms and conditions and entitled to
its benefits, upon the execution by such future stockholders a separate
signature page to such effect and upon obtaining the consent of the Holders of a
majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock and Class A Common Stock.

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SECTION 8.8       No Waivers; Amendments.

        8.8.1 No failure or delay on the part of the Company or any Holder in
exercising any right, power or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver
thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, power or
remedy preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any
other right, power or remedy. The remedies provided for herein are cumulative
and are not exclusive of any remedies that may be available to the Company or
any Holder at law or in equity or otherwise.

        8.8.2 Any provision of this Stockholders Agreement may be amended or
waived if, but only if, such amendment or waiver is in writing and is signed by
the Company and the Required Holders; provided that no such amendment or waiver
shall, (i) unless signed by Holders who then own beneficially more than 66-2/3%
of the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock and 66-2/3% of the aggregate
number of shares of Class A Common Stock, subject to this Agreement, amend the
provisions of Section 2.2 and (ii) unless signed by all of the Holders affected,
(A) amend the provisions of this Section 8.7.2 or (B) change the number of
Holders which shall be required for the Holders or any of them to take any
action under this Section 8.7.2 or any other provision of this Stockholders
Agreement.

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                                  SIGNATURES TO

                   AMENDED AND RESTATED STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Stockholders
Agreement to be duly executed, all as of the date first written above.

                                   VIASYSTEMS GROUP, INC.

                                   By: /s/ ELLEN LIPSITZ
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                   Name: Ellen Lipsitz
                                         ---------------------------------------
                                   Title: Vice President
                                          --------------------------------------

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                                  SIGNATURES TO

                   AMENDED AND RESTATED STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT

                            NAME OF HOLDER:

                            HICKS, MUSE, TATE & FURST EQUITY FUND III, L.P.

                            By:  HM3/GP Partners, L.P., its General Partner

                                 By:  Hicks, Muse GP Partners III, L.P.,
                                      its General Partner

                                      By:  Hicks, Muse Fund III
                                           Incorporated, its General Partner

                                           By: /s/ DANIEL S. DROSS
                                               ---------------------------------
                                           Name:  Daniel S. Dross
                                                 -------------------------------
                                           Title: Vice President
                                                  ------------------------------

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                                  SIGNATURES TO

                   AMENDED AND RESTATED STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT

                              HM3 Coinvestors, L.P.

                              By:  Hicks, Muse GP Partners, L.P., its General
                                   Partner

                                   By:   Hicks, Muse Fund III
                                         Incorporated, its General Partner

                                   By: /s/ DANIEL S. DROSS
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                   Name:  Daniel S. Dross
                                         ---------------------------------------
                                   Title: Vice President
                                          --------------------------------------

                                   Address:

                                   c/o Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Incorporated
                                   200 Crescent Court, Suite 1600
                                   Dallas, Texas 75201
                                   Attention:        Lawrence D. Stuart, Jr.

                                   Copy to:

                                   Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
                                   100 Crescent Court, Suite 1300
                                   Dallas, Texas  75201
                                   Attention:        Glenn D. West

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                                  SIGNATURES TO

                   AMENDED AND RESTATED STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT

                                   NAME OF HOLDER:

                                   JAMES N. MILLS

                                   /s/ JAMES N. MILLS
                                   ---------------------------------------------
                                   Signature

                                   Address:

                                   c/o Mills & Partners, Inc.
                                   101 South Hanley Road
                                   St. Louis, Missouri  63105
                                   Attention: James N. Mills

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                                  SIGNATURES TO

                   AMENDED AND RESTATED STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT

                                   NAME OF HOLDER:

                                   DAVID M. SINDELAR

                                   /s/ DAVID M. SINDELAR
                                   ---------------------------------------------
                                   Signature

                                   Address:

                                   c/o Mills & Partners, Inc.
                                   101 South Hanley Road
                                   St. Louis, Missouri  63105
                                   Attention: David M. Sindelar

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                                  SIGNATURES TO

                   AMENDED AND RESTATED STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT

                                   NAME OF HOLDER:

                                   W. THOMAS McGHEE

                                   /s/ W. THOMAS McGHEE
                                   ---------------------------------------------
                                   Signature

                                   Address:

                                   c/o Mills & Partners, Inc.
                                   101 South Hanley Road
                                   St. Louis, Missouri  63105
                                   Attention: W. Thomas McGhee

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                                  SIGNATURES TO

                   AMENDED AND RESTATED STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT

                                   NAME OF HOLDER:

                                   ROBERT N. MILLS

                                   /s/ ROBERT N. MILLS
                                   ---------------------------------------------
                                   Signature

                                   Address:

                                   c/o Mills & Partners, Inc.
                                   101 South Hanley Road
                                   St. Louis, Missouri  63105
                                   Attention: Robert N. Mills

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                                  SIGNATURES TO

                   AMENDED AND RESTATED STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT

                                   NAME OF HOLDER:

                                   LARRY S. BACON

                                   /s/ LARRY S. BACON
                                   ---------------------------------------------
                                   Signature

                                   Address:

                                   c/o Mills & Partners, Inc.
                                   101 South Hanley Road
                                   St. Louis, Missouri  63105
                                   Attention: Larry S. Bacon

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                                  SIGNATURES TO

                   AMENDED AND RESTATED STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT

                                   NAME OF HOLDER:

                                   ELLEN L. LIPSITZ

                                   /s/ ELLEN L. LIPSITZ
                                   ---------------------------------------------
                                   Signature

                                   Address:

                                   c/o Mills & Partners, Inc.
                                   101 South Hanley Road
                                   St. Louis, Missouri  63105
                                   Attention: Ellen L. Lipsitz

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                                  SIGNATURES TO

                   AMENDED AND RESTATED STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT

                                   NAME OF HOLDER:

                                   R V LINN

                                   /s/ R V LINN
                                   ---------------------------------------------
                                   Signature

                                   Address:

                                   c/o Mills & Partners, Inc.
                                   101 South Hanley Road
                                   St. Louis, Missouri  63105
                                   Attention: R V Linn

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                                  SIGNATURES TO

                   AMENDED AND RESTATED STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT

                                   NAME OF HOLDER:

                                   JUDY A. ROWDEN

                                   /s/ JUDY A. ROWDEN
                                   ---------------------------------------------
                                   Signature

                                   Address:

                                   c/o Mills & Partners, Inc.
                                   101 South Hanley Road
                                   St. Louis, Missouri  63105
                                   Attention: Judy A. Rowden

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                                  SIGNATURES TO

                   AMENDED AND RESTATED STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT

                                   NAME OF HOLDER:

                                   TIMOTHY L. CONLON

                                   /s/ TIMOTHY L. CONLON
                                   ---------------------------------------------
                                   Signature

                                   Address:

                                   c/o Mills & Partners, Inc.
                                   101 South Hanley Road
                                   St. Louis, Missouri  63105
                                   Attention: Timothy L. Conlon

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                                  SIGNATURES TO

                   AMENDED AND RESTATED STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT

                                   NAME OF HOLDER:

                                   DAVID J. WEBSTER

                                   /s/ DAVID J. WEBSTER
                                   ---------------------------------------------
                                   Signature

                                   Address:

                                   c/o Mills & Partners, Inc.
                                   101 South Hanley Road
                                   St. Louis, Missouri  63105
                                   Attention: David J. Webster

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                                  SIGNATURES TO

                   AMENDED AND RESTATED STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT

                                   NAME OF HOLDER:

                                   WILLIAM E. STEVENS

                                   /s/ WILLIAM E. STEVENS
                                   ---------------------------------------------
                                   Signature

                                   Address:

                                   c/o Mills & Partners, Inc.
                                   101 South Hanley Road
                                   St. Louis, Missouri  63105
                                   Attention:  William E. Stevens

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                                  SIGNATURES TO

                   AMENDED AND RESTATED STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT

                                   NAME OF HOLDER:

                                   GERALD G. SAX

                                   /s/ GERALD G. SAX
                                   ---------------------------------------------
                                   Signature

                                   Address:

                                   c/o Mills & Partners, Inc.
                                   101 South Hanley Road
                                   St. Louis, Missouri  63105
                                   Attention: Gerald G. Sax

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                                  SIGNATURES TO

                   AMENDED AND RESTATED STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT

                                   NAME OF HOLDER:

                                   KELLY E. WETZLER

                                   /s/ KELLY E. WETZLER
                                   ---------------------------------------------
                                   Signature

                                   Address:

                                   c/o Mills & Partners, Inc.
                                   101 South Hanley Road
                                   St. Louis, Missouri  63105
                                   Attention: Kelly E. Wetzler

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