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                          REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

                           DATED AS OF AUGUST 8, 2003

                                  BY AND AMONG

                                ACC ESCROW CORP.

                                    AS ISSUER

                          AMERICAN CELLULAR CORPORATION

                   THE GUARANTORS LISTED ON SCHEDULE A HERETO

                                       AND

                          BEAR, STEARNS & CO., INC. AND
                        MORGAN STANLEY & CO. INCORPORATED

                              AS INITIAL PURCHASERS

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         This Registration Rights Agreement (this "AGREEMENT") is made and
entered into as of August 8, 2003, by and among ACC Escrow Corp., a Delaware
corporation (the "ISSUER"), American Cellular Corporation, a Delaware
corporation ("ACC"), ACC's domestic subsidiaries listed on Schedule A hereto
(the "GUARANTORS"), and Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. and Morgan Stanley & Co.
Incorporated (each an "INITIAL PURCHASER" and, collectively, the "INITIAL
PURCHASERS"), each of whom has agreed to purchase the 10% Series A Senior Notes
due 2011 (the "SERIES A NOTES") pursuant to the Purchase Agreement (as defined
below).

         This Agreement is made pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, dated July
25, 2003, (the "PURCHASE AGREEMENT"), by and among the Issuer, ACC, the
Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers. In order to induce the Initial Purchasers
to purchase the Series A Notes, the Company (as defined below) has agreed to
provide the registration rights set forth in this Agreement. The execution and
delivery of this Agreement is a condition to the obligations of the Initial
Purchasers set forth in Section 8 of the Purchase Agreement. Capitalized terms
used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meaning assigned to them in
the Indenture, dated August 8, 2003, between the Issuer and Bank of Oklahoma,
National Association, as Trustee, relating to the Series A Notes and the Series
B Notes (the "INDENTURE").

         The issuance of the Series A Notes is part of a series of transactions
designed to reorganize the ownership and capital structure of ACC. Such
transactions are referred to herein as the "REORGANIZATION." As part of the
consummation of the Reorganization, the Issuer will merge with and into ACC
after which ACC will be the surviving entity (the "MERGER"). The word "COMPANY"
as used herein refers only to the Issuer before the Merger and to ACC after the
Merger.

         The parties hereby agree as follows:

SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS

         As used in this Agreement, the following capitalized terms shall have
the following meanings:

         ACT: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

         AFFILIATE: As defined in Rule 144 of the Act.

         BROKER-DEALER: Any broker or dealer registered under the Exchange Act.

         CERTIFICATED SECURITIES: Definitive Notes, as defined in the Indenture.

         CLOSING DATE: The date hereof.

         COMMISSION: The Securities and Exchange Commission.

         CONSUMMATE: An Exchange Offer shall be deemed "Consummated" for
purposes of this Agreement upon the occurrence of (a) the filing and
effectiveness under the Act of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement
relating to the Series B Notes to be issued in the Exchange Offer, (b) the
maintenance of such Exchange Offer Registration Statement continuously effective
and

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the keeping of the Exchange Offer open for a period not less than the period
required pursuant to Section 3(b) hereof and (c) the delivery by the Company to
the Registrar under the Indenture of Series B Notes in the same aggregate
principal amount as the aggregate principal amount of Series A Notes tendered by
Holders thereof pursuant to the Exchange Offer.

         CONSUMMATION DEADLINE: As defined in Section 3(b) hereof.

         EFFECTIVENESS DEADLINE: As defined in Section 3(a) and Section 4(a)
hereof.

         EXCHANGE ACT: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

         EXCHANGE OFFER: The exchange and issuance by the Company of a principal
amount of Series B Notes (which shall be registered pursuant to the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement) equal to the outstanding principal amount of
Series A Notes that are tendered by such Holders in connection with such
exchange and issuance.

         EXCHANGE OFFER REGISTRATION STATEMENT: The Registration Statement
relating to the Exchange Offer, including the related Prospectus.

         EXEMPT RESALES: The transactions in which the Initial Purchasers
propose to sell the Series A Notes to certain "qualified institutional buyers,"
as such term is defined in Rule 144A under the Act and pursuant to Regulation S
under the Act.

         FILING DEADLINE: As defined in Sections 3(a) and 4(a) hereof.

         HOLDERS: As defined in Section 2 hereof.

         PROSPECTUS: The prospectus included in a Registration Statement at the
time such Registration Statement is declared effective, as amended or
supplemented by any prospectus supplement and by all other amendments thereto,
including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference
into such Prospectus.

         RECOMMENCEMENT DATE: As defined in Section 6(d) hereof.

         REGISTRATION DEFAULT: As defined in Section 5 hereof.

         REGISTRATION STATEMENT: Any registration statement of the Company and
the Guarantors relating to (a) an offering of Series B Notes pursuant to an
Exchange Offer or (b) the registration for resale of Transfer Restricted
Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, in each case, (i) that
is filed pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement and (ii) including the
Prospectus included therein, all amendments and supplements thereto (including
post-effective amendments) and all exhibits and material incorporated by
reference therein.

         REGULATION S: Regulation S promulgated under the Act.

         RULE 144: Rule 144 promulgated under the Act.

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         SERIES B NOTES: The Company's 10% Senior Notes due 2011 to be issued
pursuant to the Indenture: (i) in the Exchange Offer or (ii) as contemplated by
Section 4 hereof.

         SHELF REGISTRATION STATEMENT: As defined in Section 4 hereof.

         SUSPENSION NOTICE: As defined in Section 6(d) hereof.

         TIA: The Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. Section 77aaa-77bbbb)
as in effect on the date of the Indenture.

         TRANSFER RESTRICTED SECURITIES: Each Series A Note, until the earliest
to occur of (i) the date on which such Series A Note has been exchanged by a
Person other than a Broker-Dealer for a Series B Note in the Exchange Offer,
(ii) following the exchange by a Broker-Dealer in the Exchange Offer of a Series
A for a Series B Note, the date on which Series B Note is sold to a purchaser
who receives from such Broker-Dealer on or prior to the date of such sale a copy
of the Prospectus, (iii) the date on which such Series A Note has been
effectively registered under the Act and disposed of in accordance with the
Shelf Registration Statement (and the purchasers therof have been issued Series
B Notes) or (iv) the date on which such Series A Note is distributed to the
public pursuant to Rule 144 under the Act.

SECTION 2. HOLDERS

         A Person is deemed to be a holder of Transfer Restricted Securities
(each, a "HOLDER") whenever such Person owns Transfer Restricted Securities.

SECTION 3. REGISTERED EXCHANGE OFFER

         (a) Unless the Exchange Offer shall not be permitted by applicable
federal law (after the procedures set forth in Section 6(a)(i) hereof have been
complied with), the Company and the Guarantors shall (i) cause the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement to be filed with the Commission on or prior to the
later to occur of (A) 90 days after the Closing Date or (B) 30 days after the
closing of the Reorganization (such day being the "FILING DEADLINE"), (ii) use
all commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Exchange Offer Registration
Statement to be declared effective by the Commission on or prior to the later to
occur of (A) 180 days after the Closing Date or (B) 120 days after the closing
of the Reorganization (such day being the "EFFECTIVENESS DEADLINE"), (iii) in
connection with the foregoing, (A) file all pre-effective amendments to such
Exchange Offer Registration Statement as may be necessary in order to cause it
to become effective, (B) file, if applicable, a post-effective amendment to such
Exchange Offer Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430A under the Act and
(C) cause all necessary filings, if any, in connection with the registration and
qualification of the Series B Notes to be made under the Blue Sky laws of such
jurisdictions as are necessary to permit Consummation of the Exchange Offer, and
(iv) upon the effectiveness of such Exchange Offer Registration Statement,
commence and Consummate the Exchange Offer. The Exchange Offer shall be on the
appropriate form permitting (i) registration of the Series B Notes to be offered
in exchange for the Series A Notes that are Transfer Restricted Securities and
(ii) resales of Series B Notes by Broker-Dealers that tendered into the Exchange
Offer Series A Notes that such Broker-Dealer acquired for its own account as a
result of market making activities or other trading activities

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(other than Series A Notes acquired directly from the Company or any of its
Affiliates) as contemplated by Section 3(c) hereof.

         (b) The Company and the Guarantors shall use all commercially
reasonable efforts to cause the Exchange Offer Registration Statement to be
effective continuously, and shall keep the Exchange Offer open for a period of
not less than the minimum period required under applicable federal and state
securities laws to Consummate the Exchange Offer; provided, however, that in no
event shall such period be less than 20 Business Days. The Company and the
Guarantors shall cause the Exchange Offer to comply with all applicable federal
and state securities laws. No securities other than the Series B Notes shall be
included in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement. The Company and the
Guarantors shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Exchange
Offer to be Consummated within 30 Business Days, or longer if required by
federal securities laws, after the Exchange Offer Registration Statement has
become effective (the "CONSUMMATION DEADLINE").

         (c) The Company shall include a "Plan of Distribution" section in the
Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and indicate
therein that any Broker-Dealer who holds Transfer Restricted Securities that
were acquired for the account of such Broker-Dealer as a result of market-making
activities or other trading activities (other than Series A Notes acquired
directly from the Company or any Affiliate of the Company), may exchange such
Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer. Such "Plan of
Distribution" section shall also contain all other information with respect to
such sales by such Broker-Dealers that the Commission may require in order to
permit such sales pursuant thereto, but such "Plan of Distribution" shall not
name any such Broker-Dealer or disclose the amount of Transfer Restricted
Securities held by any such Broker-Dealer, except to the extent required by the
Commission as a result of a change in policy, rules or regulations after the
date of this Agreement. See the Shearman & Sterling no-action letter (available
July 2, 1993).

         Because such Broker-Dealer may be deemed to be an "underwriter" within
the meaning of the Act and must, therefore, deliver a prospectus meeting the
requirements of the Act in connection with its initial sale of any Series B
Notes received by such Broker-Dealer in the Exchange Offer, the Company and
Guarantors shall permit the use of the Prospectus contained in the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement by such Broker-Dealer to satisfy such prospectus
delivery requirement. To the extent necessary to ensure that the prospectus
contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is available for sales of
Series B Notes by Broker-Dealers, the Company and the Guarantors agree to use
their respective best efforts to keep the Exchange Offer Registration Statement
continuously effective, supplemented, amended and current as required by and
subject to the provisions of Section 6(a) and Section 6(c) hereof and in
conformity with the requirements of this Agreement, the Act and the policies,
rules and regulations of the Commission as announced from time to time, for a
period of one year from the Consummation Deadline or such shorter period as will
terminate when all Transfer Restricted Securities covered by such Registration
Statement have been sold pursuant thereto. The Company and the Guarantors shall
provide sufficient copies of the latest version of such Prospectus to such
Broker-Dealers, promptly upon request, and in no event later than one day after
such request, at any time during such period.

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SECTION 4. SHELF REGISTRATION

         (a) Shelf Registration. If (i) the Exchange Offer is not permitted by
applicable law (after the Company and the Guarantors have complied with the
procedures set forth in Section 6(a)(i) hereof) or (ii) if any Holder of
Transfer Restricted Securities shall notify the Company within 20 Business Days
following the Consummation Deadline that (A) such Holder was prohibited by law
or Commission policy from participating in the Exchange Offer or (B) such Holder
may not resell the Series B Notes acquired by it in the Exchange Offer to the
public without delivering a prospectus and the Prospectus contained in the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not appropriate or available for such
resales by such Holder or (C) such Holder is a Broker-Dealer and holds Series A
Notes acquired directly from the Company or any of its Affiliates, then the
Company and the Guarantors shall:

         (x) use their respective reasonable best efforts to cause to be filed,
on or prior to 90 days after the earlier of (i) the date on which the Company
determines that the Exchange Offer Registration Statement cannot be filed as a
result of clause (a)(i) of this Section 4 and (ii) the date on which the Company
receives the notice specified in clause (a)(ii) of this Section 4, (such earlier
date, the "FILING DEADLINE"), a shelf registration statement pursuant to Rule
415 under the Act (which may be an amendment to the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement (the "SHELF REGISTRATION STATEMENT")), relating to all Transfer
Restricted Securities, and

         (y) shall use all commercially reasonable best efforts to cause such
Shelf Registration Statement to become effective on or prior to 90 days after
the Filing Deadline for the Shelf Registration Statement (such 90th day the
"EFFECTIVENESS DEADLINE").

         If, after the Company has filed an Exchange Offer Registration
Statement that satisfies the requirements of Section 3(a) hereof, the Company is
required to file and make effective a Shelf Registration Statement solely
because the Exchange Offer is not permitted under applicable federal law (i.e.,
clause (a)(i) of this Section 4), then the filing of the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of clause (x)
above; provided that, in such event, the Company shall remain obligated to meet
the Effectiveness Deadline set forth in clause (y) above.

         To the extent necessary to ensure that the Shelf Registration Statement
is available for sales of Transfer Restricted Securities by the Holders thereof
entitled to the benefit of this Section 4(a) and the other securities required
to be registered therein pursuant to Section 6(b)(ii) hereof, the Company and
the Guarantors shall use their respective best efforts to keep any Shelf
Registration Statement required by this Section 4(a) continuously effective,
supplemented, amended and current as required by and subject to the provisions
of Section 6(b) and Section 6(c) hereof and in conformity with the requirements
of this Agreement, the Act and the policies, rules and regulations of the
Commission as announced from time to time, for a period of at least two years
(as extended pursuant to Section 6(c)(i) hereof) following the Closing Date, or
such shorter period as will terminate when all Transfer Restricted Securities
covered by such Shelf Registration Statement have been sold pursuant thereto.

         (b) Provision by Holders of Certain Information in Connection with the
Shelf Registration Statement. No Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities may
include any of its

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Transfer Restricted Securities in any Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to
this Agreement unless and until such Holder furnishes to the Company in writing,
within 20 days after receipt of a request therefor, the information specified in
Item 507 or Item 508 of Regulation S-K, as applicable, of the Act for use in
connection with any Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus or preliminary
Prospectus included therein. No Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities shall
be entitled to liquidated damages pursuant to Section 5 hereof unless and until
such Holder shall have provided all such information. Each selling Holder agrees
to promptly furnish additional information required to be disclosed in order to
make the information previously furnished to the Company by such Holder not
materially misleading.

SECTION 5. LIQUIDATED DAMAGES

         If (i) any Registration Statement required by this Agreement is not
filed with the Commission on or prior to the applicable Filing Deadline, (ii)
any such Registration Statement has not been declared effective by the
Commission on or prior to the applicable Effectiveness Deadline, (iii) the
Exchange Offer has not been Consummated on or prior to the Consummation Deadline
or (iv) any Registration Statement required by this Agreement is filed and
declared effective but shall thereafter cease to be effective or fail to be
usable for its intended purpose without being succeeded immediately by a
post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement that cures such failure
and that is itself declared effective immediately (each such event referred to
in clauses (i) through (iv) above, a "REGISTRATION DEFAULT"), then the Company
and the Guarantors hereby jointly and severally agree to pay to each Holder of
Transfer Restricted Securities affected thereby liquidated damages in an amount
equal to $.05 per week per $1,000 in principal amount of Transfer Restricted
Securities held by such Holder for each week or portion thereof that the
Registration Default continues for the first 90-day period immediately following
the occurrence of such Registration Default. The amount of the liquidated
damages shall increase by an additional $.05 per week per $1,000 in principal
amount of Transfer Restricted Securities with respect to each subsequent 90-day
period until all Registration Defaults have been cured, up to a maximum amount
of liquidated damages of $.50 per week per $1,000 in principal amount of
Transfer Restricted Securities; provided that the Company and the Guarantors
shall in no event be required to pay liquidated damages for more than one
Registration Default at any given time. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
set forth herein, (1) upon filing of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement
(and/or, if applicable, the Shelf Registration Statement), in the case of (i)
above, (2) upon the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement
(and/or, if applicable, the Shelf Registration Statement), in the case of (ii)
above, (3) upon Consummation of the Exchange Offer, in the case of (iii) above,
or (4) upon the filing of a post-effective amendment to the Registration
Statement or an additional Registration Statement that causes the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement (and/or, if applicable, the Shelf Registration Statement)
to again be declared effective or made usable in the case of (iv) above, the
liquidated damages payable with respect to the Transfer Restricted Securities as
a result of such clause (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv), as applicable, shall cease.

         All accrued liquidated damages shall be paid to the Holders entitled
thereto, in the manner provided for the payment of interest in the Indenture, on
each Interest Payment Date, as more fully set forth in the Indenture and the
Notes. Notwithstanding the fact that any securities for which liquidated damages
are due cease to be Transfer Restricted Securities, all obligations of the
Company and the Guarantors to pay liquidated damages with respect to securities
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survive until such time as such obligations with respect to such securities
shall have been satisfied in full.

SECTION 6. REGISTRATION PROCEDURES

         (a) Exchange Offer Registration Statement. In connection with the
Exchange Offer, the Company and the Guarantors shall (x) comply with all
applicable provisions of Section 6(c) hereof, (y) use their respective best
efforts to effect such exchange and to permit the resale of Series B Notes by
Broker-Dealers that tendered in the Exchange Offer Series A Notes that such
Broker-Dealer acquired for its own account as a result of its market making
activities or other trading activities (other than Series A Notes acquired
directly from the Company or any of its Affiliates) being sold in accordance
with the intended method or methods of distribution thereof, and (z) comply with
all of the following provisions:

                  (i) If, following the date hereof there has been announced a
         change in Commission policy with respect to exchange offers such as the
         Exchange Offer, that in the reasonable opinion of counsel to the
         Company raises a substantial question as to whether the Exchange Offer
         is permitted by applicable federal law, the Company and the Guarantors
         hereby agree to seek a no-action letter or other favorable decision
         from the Commission allowing the Company and the Guarantors to
         Consummate an Exchange Offer for such Transfer Restricted Securities.
         The Company and the Guarantors hereby agree to pursue the issuance of
         such a decision to the Commission staff level. In connection with the
         foregoing, the Company and the Guarantors hereby agree to take all such
         other actions as may be requested by the Commission or otherwise
         required in connection with the issuance of such decision, including
         without limitation (A) participating in telephonic conferences with the
         Commission, (B) delivering to the Commission staff an analysis prepared
         by counsel to the Company setting forth the legal bases, if any, upon
         which such counsel has concluded that such an Exchange Offer should be
         permitted and (C) diligently pursuing a resolution (which need not be
         favorable) by the Commission staff.

                  (ii) As a condition to its participation in the Exchange
         Offer, each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities (including,
         without limitation, any Holder who is a Broker Dealer) shall furnish,
         upon the request of the Company, prior to the Consummation of the
         Exchange Offer, a written representation to the Company and the
         Guarantors (which may be contained in the letter of transmittal
         contemplated by the Exchange Offer Registration Statement) to the
         effect that (A) it is not an Affiliate of the Company, (B) it is not
         engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, and has no arrangement or
         understanding with any person to participate in, a distribution of the
         Series B Notes to be issued in the Exchange Offer and (C) it is
         acquiring the Series B Notes in its ordinary course of business. As a
         condition to its participation in the Exchange Offer each Holder using
         the Exchange Offer to participate in a distribution of the Series B
         Notes shall acknowledge and agree that, if the resales are of Series B
         Notes obtained by such Holder in exchange for Series A Notes acquired
         directly from the Company or an Affiliate thereof, it (1) could not,
         under Commission policy as in effect on the date of this Agreement,
         rely on the position of the Commission enunciated in Morgan Stanley and
         Co., Inc. (available June 5, 1991) and Exxon Capital Holdings
         Corporation (available May 13, 1988), as

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         interpreted in the Commission's letter to Shearman & Sterling dated
         July 2, 1993, and similar no-action letters (including, if applicable,
         any no-action letter obtained pursuant to clause (i) above), and (2)
         must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements
         of the Act in connection with a secondary resale transaction and that
         such a secondary resale transaction must be covered by an effective
         registration statement containing the selling security holder
         information required by Item 507 or Item 508, as applicable, of
         Regulation S-K.

                  (iii) Prior to effectiveness of the Exchange Offer
         Registration Statement, the Company and the Guarantors shall provide a
         supplemental letter to the Commission (A) stating that the Company and
         the Guarantors are registering the Exchange Offer in reliance on the
         position of the Commission enunciated in Exxon Capital Holdings
         Corporation (available May 13, 1988), Morgan Stanley and Co., Inc.
         (available June 5, 1991) as interpreted in the Commission's letter to
         Shearman & Sterling dated July 2, 1993, and, if applicable, any
         no-action letter obtained pursuant to clause (i) above, (B) including a
         representation that neither the Company nor any Guarantor has entered
         into any arrangement or understanding with any Person to distribute the
         Series B Notes to be received in the Exchange Offer and that, to the
         best of the Company's and each Guarantor's information and belief, each
         Holder participating in the Exchange Offer is acquiring the Series B
         Notes in its ordinary course of business and has no arrangement or
         understanding with any Person to participate in the distribution of the
         Series B Notes received in the Exchange Offer and (C) any other
         undertaking or representation required by the Commission as set forth
         in any no-action letter obtained pursuant to clause (i) above, if
         applicable.

         (b) Shelf Registration Statement. In connection with the Shelf
Registration Statement, the Company and the Guarantors shall:

                  (i) comply with all the provisions of Section 6(c) hereof and
         use all commercially reasonable efforts to effect such registration to
         permit the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities being sold in
         accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution thereof
         (as indicated in the information furnished to the Company pursuant to
         Section 4(b) hereof), and pursuant thereto the Company and the
         Guarantors will prepare and file with the Commission a Registration
         Statement relating to the registration on any appropriate form under
         the Act, which form shall be available for the sale of the Transfer
         Restricted Securities in accordance with the intended method or methods
         of distribution thereof within the time periods and otherwise in
         accordance with the provisions hereof, and

                  (ii) issue, upon the request of any Holder or purchaser of
         Series A Notes covered by any Shelf Registration Statement contemplated
         by this Agreement, Series B Notes having an aggregate principal amount
         equal to the aggregate principal amount of Series A Notes sold pursuant
         to the Shelf Registration Statement and surrendered to the Company for
         cancellation; the Company shall register Series B Notes on the Shelf
         Registration Statement for this purpose and issue the Series B Notes to
         the purchasers of securities subject to the Shelf Registration
         Statement in the names as such purchasers shall designate.

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         (c) General Provisions. In connection with any Registration Statement
and any related Prospectus required by this Agreement, the Company and the
Guarantors shall:

                  (i) use all commercially reasonable efforts to keep such
         Registration Statement continuously effective and provide all requisite
         financial statements for the period specified in Section 3 or 4 of this
         Agreement, as applicable. Upon the occurrence of any event that would
         cause any such Registration Statement or the Prospectus contained
         therein (A) to contain an untrue statement of material fact or omit to
         state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein not
         misleading or (B) not to be effective and usable for resale of Transfer
         Restricted Securities during the period required by this Agreement, the
         Company and the Guarantors shall file promptly an appropriate amendment
         to such Registration Statement curing such defect, and, if Commission
         review is required, use their respective best efforts to cause such
         amendment to be declared effective as soon as practicable.

                  (ii) prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and
         post-effective amendments to the applicable Registration Statement as
         may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective for the
         applicable period set forth in Section 3 or Section 4 hereof, as the
         case may be; cause the Prospectus to be supplemented by any required
         Prospectus supplement, and as so supplemented to be filed pursuant to
         Rule 424 under the Act, and to comply fully with Rules 424, 430A and
         462, as applicable, under the Act in a timely manner; and comply with
         the provisions of the Act with respect to the disposition of all
         securities covered by such Registration Statement during the applicable
         period in accordance with the intended method or methods of
         distribution by the sellers thereof set forth in such Registration
         Statement or supplement to the Prospectus;

                  (iii) advise each Holder promptly and, if requested by such
         Holder, confirm such advice in writing, (A) when the Prospectus or any
         Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed, and,
         with respect to any applicable Registration Statement or any
         post-effective amendment thereto, when the same has become effective,
         (B) of any request by the Commission for amendments to the Registration
         Statement or amendments or supplements to the Prospectus or for
         additional information relating thereto, (C) of the issuance by the
         Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
         Registration Statement under the Act or of the suspension by any state
         securities commission of the qualification of the Transfer Restricted
         Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation
         of any proceeding for any of the preceding purposes and (D) of the
         existence of any fact or the happening of any event that makes any
         statement of a material fact made in the Registration Statement, the
         Prospectus, any amendment or supplement thereto or any document
         incorporated by reference therein untrue, or that requires the making
         of any additions to or changes in the Registration Statement in order
         to make the statements therein not misleading, or that requires the
         making of any additions to or changes in the Prospectus in order to
         make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
         which they were made, not misleading. If at any time the Commission
         shall issue any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
         Registration Statement, or any state securities commission or other
         regulatory authority shall issue an order suspending the qualification
         or exemption from qualification of the Transfer Restricted Securities
         under state securities or Blue Sky laws,

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         the Company and the Guarantors shall use their respective best efforts
         to obtain the withdrawal or lifting of such order at the earliest
         possible time;

                  (iv) subject to Section 6(c)(i) hereof, if any fact or event
         contemplated by Section 6(c)(iii)(D) hereof shall exist or have
         occurred, prepare a supplement or post-effective amendment to the
         Registration Statement or related Prospectus or any document
         incorporated therein by reference or file any other required document
         so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of Transfer
         Restricted Securities, the Prospectus will not contain an untrue
         statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
         necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
         circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;

                  (v) furnish to each Holder in connection with such exchange or
         sale, if any, before filing with the Commission, copies of any
         Registration Statement or any Prospectus included therein or any
         amendments or supplements to any such Registration Statement or
         Prospectus (including all documents incorporated by reference after the
         initial filing of such Registration Statement), which documents will be
         subject to the review and comment of such Holders in connection with
         such sale, if any, for a period of at least five Business Days, and the
         Company will not file any such Registration Statement or Prospectus or
         any amendment or supplement to any such Registration Statement or
         Prospectus (including all such documents incorporated by reference) to
         which such Holders shall reasonably object within five Business Days
         after the receipt thereof. A Holder shall be deemed to have reasonably
         objected to such filing if such Registration Statement, amendment,
         Prospectus or supplement, as applicable, as proposed to be filed,
         contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any
         material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading
         or fails to comply with the applicable requirements of the Act;

                  (vi) promptly prior to the filing of any document that is to
         be incorporated by reference into a Registration Statement or
         Prospectus, provide copies of such document to each Holder in
         connection with such exchange or sale, if any, make the Company's and
         the Guarantors' representatives available for discussion of such
         document and other customary due diligence matters, and include such
         information in such document prior to the filing thereof as such
         Holders may reasonably request;

                  (vii) make available, at reasonable times, for inspection by
         each Holder and any attorney or accountant retained by such Holders,
         all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents of the
         Company and the Guarantors and cause the Company's and the Guarantors'
         officers, directors and employees to supply all information reasonably
         requested by any such Holder, attorney or accountant in connection with
         such Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto
         subsequent to the filing thereof and prior to its effectiveness;

                  (viii) if requested by any Holders in connection with such
         exchange or sale, promptly include in any Registration Statement or
         Prospectus, pursuant to a supplement or post-effective amendment if
         necessary, such information as such Holders may reasonably request to
         have included therein, including, without limitation, information

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         relating to the "Plan of Distribution" of the Transfer Restricted
         Securities; and make all required filings of such Prospectus supplement
         or post-effective amendment as soon as practicable after the Company is
         notified of the matters to be included in such Prospectus supplement or
         post-effective amendment;

                  (ix) furnish to each Holder in connection with such exchange
         or sale, without charge, at least one copy of the Registration
         Statement, as first filed with the Commission, and of each amendment
         thereto, including all documents incorporated by reference therein and
         all exhibits (including exhibits incorporated therein by reference);

                  (x) deliver to each Holder without charge, as many copies of
         the Prospectus (including each preliminary prospectus) and any
         amendment or supplement thereto as such Persons reasonably may request;
         the Company and the Guarantors hereby consent to the use (in accordance
         with law) of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto by
         each selling Holder in connection with the offering and the sale of the
         Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Prospectus or any
         amendment or supplement thereto;

                  (xi) upon the request of any Holder, enter into such
         agreements (including underwriting agreements) and make such
         representations and warranties and take all such other actions in
         connection therewith in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition
         of the Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to any applicable
         Registration Statement contemplated by this Agreement as may be
         reasonably requested by any Holder in connection with any sale or
         resale pursuant to any applicable Registration Statement. In such
         connection, the Company and the Guarantors shall:

                           (A) upon request of any Holder, furnish (or in the
                  case of paragraphs (2) and (3) below, use its best efforts to
                  cause to be furnished) to such Holder, upon Consummation of
                  the Exchange Offer or upon the effectiveness of the Shelf
                  Registration Statement, as the case may be:

                                    (1) a certificate, dated such date, signed
                           on behalf of the Company and each Guarantor by (x)
                           the President or any Vice President and (y) a
                           principal financial or accounting officer of the
                           Company and such Guarantor, confirming, as of the
                           date thereof, the matters set forth in Sections 8(a),
                           8(b), 8(c) and 8(d) of the Purchase Agreement and
                           such other similar matters as such Holders may
                           reasonably request;

                                    (2) opinions, dated the date of Consummation
                           of the Exchange Offer or the date of effectiveness of
                           the Shelf Registration Statement, as the case may be,
                           of counsel for the Company and the Guarantors
                           covering matters similar to those set forth in
                           Sections 8(g) and 8(h) of the Purchase Agreement and
                           such other matter as such Holder may reasonably
                           request, and in any event including a statement to
                           the effect that such counsel has participated in
                           conferences with officers and other representatives
                           of the Company and the Guarantors, representatives of
                           the independent public accountants for the Company
                           and the Guarantors and have considered the matters
                           required to be stated therein and the statements
                           contained therein,

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                           although such counsel has not independently verified
                           the accuracy, completeness or fairness of such
                           statements; and that such counsel advises that, on
                           the basis of the foregoing (relying as to materiality
                           to the extent such counsel deems appropriate upon the
                           statements of officers and other representatives of
                           the Company and the Guarantors) and without
                           independent check or verification), no facts came to
                           such counsel's attention that caused such counsel to
                           believe that the applicable Registration Statement,
                           at the time such Registration Statement or any
                           post-effective amendment thereto became effective
                           and, in the case of the Exchange Offer Registration
                           Statement, as of the date of Consummation of the
                           Exchange Offer, contained an untrue statement of a
                           material fact or omitted to state a material fact
                           required to be stated therein or necessary to make
                           the statements therein not misleading, or that the
                           Prospectus contained in such Registration Statement
                           as of its date and, in the case of the opinion dated
                           the date of Consummation of the Exchange Offer, as of
                           the date of Consummation, contained an untrue
                           statement of a material fact or omitted 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. Without
                           limiting the foregoing, such counsel may state
                           further that such counsel assumes no responsibility
                           for, and has not independently verified, the
                           accuracy, completeness or fairness of the financial
                           statements, notes and schedules and other financial
                           data included in any Registration Statement
                           contemplated by this Agreement or the related
                           Prospectus; and

                                    (3) customary comfort letters, dated the
                           date of Consummation of the Exchange Offer, or as of
                           the date of effectiveness of the Shelf Registration
                           Statement, as the case may be, from the Company's
                           independent accountants, in the customary form and
                           covering matters of the type customarily covered in
                           comfort letters to underwriters in connection with
                           underwritten offerings, and affirming the matters set
                           forth in the comfort letters delivered pursuant to
                           Sections 8(i) and 8(j) of the Purchase Agreement; and

                           (B) deliver such other documents and certificates as
                  may be reasonably requested by the selling Holders to evidence
                  compliance with the matters covered in clause (A) above and
                  with any customary conditions contained in the any agreement
                  entered into by the Company and the Guarantors pursuant to
                  this clause (xi);

                  (xii) prior to any public offering of Transfer Restricted
         Securities, cooperate with the selling Holders and their counsel in
         connection with the registration and qualification of the Transfer
         Restricted Securities under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such
         jurisdictions as the selling Holders may request and do any and all
         other acts or things necessary or advisable to enable the disposition
         in such jurisdictions of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by
         the applicable Registration Statement; provided, however, that neither
         the Company nor any Guarantor shall be required to

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         register or qualify as a foreign corporation where it is not now so
         qualified or to take any action that would subject it to the service of
         process in suits or to taxation, other than as to matters and
         transactions relating to the Registration Statement, in any
         jurisdiction where it is not now so subject;

                  (xiii) in connection with any sale of Transfer Restricted
         Securities that will result in such securities no longer being Transfer
         Restricted Securities, cooperate with the selling Holders to facilitate
         the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing
         Transfer Restricted Securities to be sold and not bearing any
         restrictive legends; and to register such Transfer Restricted
         Securities in such denominations and such names as the selling Holders
         may request at least two Business Days prior to such sale of Transfer
         Restricted Securities;

                  (xiv) use their respective best efforts to cause the
         disposition of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the
         Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other
         governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary to enable the
         seller or sellers thereof to consummate the disposition of such
         Transfer Restricted Securities, subject to the proviso contained in
         clause (xii) above;

                  (xv) provide a CUSIP number for all Transfer Restricted
         Securities not later than the effective date of a Registration
         Statement covering such Transfer Restricted Securities and provide the
         Trustee under the Indenture with printed certificates for the Transfer
         Restricted Securities which are in a form eligible for deposit with the
         Depository Trust Company;

                  (xvi) otherwise use their respective best efforts to comply
         with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission, and make
         generally available to its security holders with regard to any
         applicable Registration Statement, as soon as practicable, a
         consolidated earnings statement meeting the requirements of Rule 158
         (which need not be audited) covering a twelve-month period beginning
         after the effective date of the Registration Statement (as such term is
         defined in paragraph (c) of Rule 158 under the Act);

                  (xvii) cause the Indenture to be qualified under the TIA not
         later than the effective date of the first Registration Statement
         required by this Agreement and, in connection therewith, cooperate with
         the Trustee and the Holders to effect such changes to the Indenture as
         may be required for such Indenture to be so qualified in accordance
         with the terms of the TIA; and execute and use its best efforts to
         cause the Trustee to execute, all documents that may be required to
         effect such changes and all other forms and documents required to be
         filed with the Commission to enable such Indenture to be so qualified
         in a timely manner; and

                  (xviii) provide promptly to each Holder, upon request, each
         document filed with the Commission pursuant to the requirements of
         Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

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         (d) Restrictions on Holders. Each Holder agrees by acquisition of a
Transfer Restricted Security that, upon receipt of the notice referred to in
Section 6(c)(iii)(C) hereof or any notice from the Company of the existence of
any fact of the kind described in Section 6(c)(iii)(D) hereof (in each case, a
"SUSPENSION NOTICE"), such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of
Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to the applicable Registration Statement
until (i) such Holder has received copies of the supplemented or amended
Prospectus contemplated by Section 6(c)(iv) hereof, or (ii) such Holder is
advised in writing by the Company that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed,
and has received copies of any additional or supplemental filings that are
incorporated by reference in the Prospectus (in each case, the "RECOMMENCEMENT
DATE"). Each Holder receiving a Suspension Notice hereby agrees that it will
either (i) destroy any Prospectuses, other than permanent file copies, then in
such Holder's possession which have been replaced by the Company with more
recently dated Prospectuses or (ii) deliver to the Company (at the Company's
expense) all copies, other than permanent file copies, then in such Holder's
possession of the Prospectus covering such Transfer Restricted Securities that
was current at the time of receipt of the Suspension Notice. The time period
regarding the effectiveness of such Registration Statement set forth in Section
3 or Section 4 hereof, as applicable, shall be extended by a number of days
equal to the number of days in the period from and including the date of
delivery of the Suspension Notice to the date of delivery of the Recommencement
Date.

SECTION 7. REGISTRATION EXPENSES

         (a) All expenses incident to the Company's and the Guarantors'
performance of or compliance with this Agreement will be borne by the Company,
regardless of whether a Registration Statement becomes effective, including
without limitation: (i) all registration and filing fees and expenses; (ii) all
fees and expenses of compliance with federal securities and state Blue Sky or
securities laws; (iii) all expenses of printing (including printing certificates
for the Series B Notes to be issued in the Exchange Offer and printing of
Prospectuses), messenger and delivery services and telephone; (iv) all fees and
disbursements of counsel for the Company, the Guarantors and the Holders of
Transfer Restricted Securities; (v) all application and filing fees in
connection with listing the Series B Notes on a national securities exchange or
automated quotation system pursuant to the requirements hereof; and (vi) all
fees and disbursements of independent certified public accountants of the
Company and the Guarantors (including the expenses of any special audit and
comfort letters required by or incident to such performance).

         The Company will, in any event, bear its and the Guarantors' internal
expenses (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its
officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expenses of
any annual audit and the fees and expenses of any Person, including special
experts, retained by the Company or the Guarantors.

         (b) In connection with any Registration Statement required by this
Agreement (including, without limitation, the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement and the Shelf Registration Statement), the Company and the Guarantors
will reimburse the Initial Purchasers and the Holders of Transfer Restricted
Securities who are tendering Series A Notes in the Exchange Offer and/or selling
or reselling Series A Notes or Series B Notes pursuant to the "Plan of
Distribution" contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or the
Shelf Registration Statement, as applicable, for the reasonable fees and
disbursements of not more than

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one counsel, who shall be Latham & Watkins LLP, unless another firm shall be
chosen by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Transfer
Restricted Securities for whose benefit such Registration Statement is being
prepared.

SECTION 8. INDEMNIFICATION

         (a) The Company and the Guarantors agree, jointly and severally, to
indemnify and hold harmless each Holder, its directors, officers and each
Person, if any, who controls such Holder (within the meaning of Section 15 of
the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act), from and against any and all losses,
claims, damages, liabilities, judgments, (including without limitation, any
legal or other expenses incurred in connection with investigating or defending
any matter, including any action that could give rise to any such losses,
claims, damages, liabilities or judgments) caused by any untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration
Statement, preliminary prospectus or Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement
thereto) provided by the Company to any Holder or any prospective purchaser of
Series B Notes or registered Series A Notes, or caused by any omission or
alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except insofar as
such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments are caused by an untrue
statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission that is based upon
information relating to any of the Holders furnished in writing to the Company
by any of the Holders.

         (b) Each Holder of Transfer Restricted agrees, severally and not
jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and the Guarantors, and
their respective directors and officers, and each person, if any, who controls
(within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act)
the Company, or the Guarantors to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity
from the Company and the Guarantors set forth in clause (a) above, but only with
reference to information relating to such Holder furnished in writing to the
Company by such Holder expressly for use in any Registration Statement. 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 Transfer
Restricted Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement exceeds (i) the
amount paid by such Holder for such Transfer Restricted Securities 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.

         (c) In case any action shall be commenced involving any person in
respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to Section 8(a) or Section
8(b) hereof (the "INDEMNIFIED PARTY"), the indemnified party shall promptly
notify the person against whom such indemnity may be sought (the "INDEMNIFYING
PERSON") in writing and the indemnifying party shall assume the defense of such
action, including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the
indemnified party and the payment of all fees and expenses of such counsel, as
incurred (except that in the case of any action in respect of which indemnity
may be sought pursuant to both Sections 8(a) and Section 8(b) hereof, a Holder
shall not be required to assume the defense of such action pursuant to this
Section 8(c) hereof, but may employ separate counsel and participate in the
defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel, except as provided
below, shall

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be at the expense of the Holder). Any indemnified party shall have the right to
employ separate counsel in any such action and participate in the defense
thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of
the indemnified party unless (i) the employment of such counsel shall have been
specifically authorized in writing by the indemnifying party, (ii) the
indemnifying party shall have failed to assume the defense of such action or
employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party or (iii) the
named parties to any such action (including any impleaded parties) include both
the indemnified party and the indemnifying party, and the indemnified party
shall have been advised by such counsel that there may be one or more legal
defenses available to it which are different from or additional to those
available to the indemnifying party (in which case the indemnifying party shall
not have the right to assume the defense of such action on behalf of the
indemnified party). In any such case, the indemnifying party shall not, in
connection with any one action or separate but substantially similar or related
actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or
circumstances, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate
firm of attorneys (in addition to any local counsel) for all indemnified parties
and all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. Such
firm shall be designated in writing by a majority of the Holders, in the case of
the parties indemnified pursuant to Section 8(a) hereof, and by the Company and
Guarantors, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 8(b) hereof.
The indemnifying party shall indemnify and hold harmless the indemnified party
from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and judgments
by reason of any settlement of any action (i) effected with its written consent
or (ii) effected without its written consent if the settlement is entered into
more than twenty business days after the indemnifying party shall have received
a request from the indemnified party for reimbursement for the fees and expenses
of counsel (in any case where such fees and expenses are at the expense of the
indemnifying party) and, prior to the date of such settlement, the indemnifying
party shall have failed to comply with such reimbursement request. No
indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified
party, effect any settlement or compromise of, or consent to the entry of
judgment with respect to, any pending or threatened action in respect of which
the indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity or
contribution may be or could have been sought hereunder by the indemnified
party, unless such settlement, compromise or judgment (i) includes an
unconditional release of the indemnified party from all liability on claims that
are or could have been the subject matter of such action and (ii) does not
include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to
act, by or on behalf of the indemnified party.

         (d) To the extent that the indemnification provided for in this Section
8 is unavailable to an indemnified party in respect of any losses, claims,
damages, liabilities or judgments referred to therein, then each indemnifying
party, 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 or judgments (i) in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the
Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders, on the other hand, from their sale
of Transfer Restricted Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause
8(d)(i) hereof is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause
8(d)(i) hereof but also the relative fault of the Company and the Guarantors, on
the one hand, and of

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the Holder, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions
which resulted in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments, as
well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the
Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and of the Holder, on the other
hand, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the
untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged
omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company
or such Guarantor, on the one hand, or by the Holder, on the other hand, and the
parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to
correct or prevent such statement or omission. The amount paid or payable by a
party as a result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities and judgments
referred to above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set
forth in the second paragraph of Section 8(a) hereof, any legal or other fees or
expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with investigating or
defending any action or claim.

         The Company, the Guarantors and each Holder agree that it would not be
just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 8(d) were determined
by pro rata allocation (even if the Holders 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 the immediately preceding paragraph. The
amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses,
claims, damages, liabilities or judgments referred to in the immediately
preceding paragraph shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set
forth above, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified
party in connection with investigating or defending any matter, including any
action that could have given rise to such losses, claims, damages, liabilities
or judgments. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8, no Holder, its
directors, its officers or any Person, if any, who controls such Holder shall be
required to contribute, in the aggregate, any amount in excess of the amount by
which the total received by such Holder with respect to the sale of Transfer
Restricted Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement exceeds (i) the
amount paid by such Holder for such Transfer Restricted Securities and (ii) the
amount of any damages which such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by
reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged
omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning
of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person
who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Holders'
obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 8(d) are several in
proportion to the respective principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities
held by each Holder hereunder and not joint.

SECTION 9. RULE 144A AND RULE 144

         The Company and each Guarantor agrees with each Holder, for so long as
any Transfer Restricted Securities remain outstanding and during any period in
which the Company or such Guarantor (i) is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Exchange Act, to make available, upon request of any Holder, to such Holder
or beneficial owner of Transfer Restricted Securities in connection with any
sale thereof and any prospective purchaser of such Transfer Restricted
Securities designated by such Holder or beneficial owner, the information
required by Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Act in order to permit resales of such
Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to Rule 144A, and (ii) is subject to
Section 13 or 15 (d) of the Exchange Act, to make all filings required thereby
in a timely manner in order to permit resales of such Transfer Restricted
Securities pursuant to Rule 144.

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SECTION 10. MISCELLANEOUS

         (a) Remedies. The Company and the Guarantors acknowledge and agree that
any failure by the Company and/or the Guarantors to comply with their respective
obligations under Section 3 and Section 4 hereof may result in material
irreparable injury to the Initial Purchasers or the Holder for which there is no
adequate remedy at law, that it will not be possible to measure damages for such
injuries precisely and that, in the event of any such failure, the Initial
Purchasers or any Holder may obtain such relief as may be required to
specifically enforce the Company's and the Guarantor's obligations under Section
3 and Section 4 hereof. The Company and the Guarantors further agree to waive
the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be
adequate.

         (b) No Inconsistent Agreements. Neither the Company nor any Guarantor
will, on or after the date of this Agreement, enter into any agreement with
respect to its securities that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the
Holders in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof.
Neither the Company nor any Guarantor has previously entered into any agreement
granting any registration rights with respect to its securities to any Person.
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 and
the Guarantors' securities under any agreement in effect on the date hereof.

         (c) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement may not be
amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to or departures from
the provisions hereof may not be given unless (i) in the case of Section 5
hereof and this Section 10(c)(i), the Company has obtained the written consent
of Holders of all outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities and (ii) in the
case of all other provisions hereof, the Company has obtained the written
consent of Holders of a majority of the outstanding principal amount of Transfer
Restricted Securities (excluding Transfer Restricted Securities held by the
Company or its Affiliates). Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or consent
to departure from the provisions hereof that relates exclusively to the rights
of Holders whose Transfer Restricted Securities are being tendered pursuant to
the Exchange Offer, and that does not affect directly or indirectly the rights
of other Holders whose Transfer Restricted Securities are not being tendered
pursuant to such Exchange Offer, may be given by the Holders of a majority of
the outstanding principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities subject to
such Exchange Offer.

         (d) Third Party Beneficiary. The Holders shall be third party
beneficiaries to the agreements made hereunder between the Company and the
Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, and
shall have the right to enforce such agreements directly to the extent they may
deem such enforcement necessary or advisable to protect its rights or the rights
of Holders hereunder.

         (e) Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or
permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, first-class mail
(registered or certified, return receipt requested), telex, telecopier, or air
courier guaranteeing overnight delivery:

                  (i) if to a Holder, at the address set forth on the records of
         the Registrar under the Indenture, with a copy to the Registrar under
         the Indenture; and

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                  (ii) if to the Company or the Guarantors:

                           American Cellular Corporation

                           14201 Wireless Way

                           Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73134

                           Telecopier No.:  (405) 529-8515

                           Attention:  Everett R. Dobson

                           With a copy to:

                           McAfee & Taft

                           211 North Robinson, Suite 1000

                           Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102

                           Telecopier No.:  (405) 235-0439

                           Attention:  Theodore M. Elam

         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 receipt
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.

         (f) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit
of and be binding upon the successors and assigns of each of the parties,
including without limitation and without the need for an express assignment,
subsequent Holders; provided, that nothing herein shall be deemed to permit any
assignment, transfer or other disposition of Transfer Restricted Securities in
violation of the terms hereof or of the Purchase Agreement or the Indenture. If
any transferee of any Holder shall acquire Transfer Restricted Securities in any
manner, whether by operation of law or otherwise, such Transfer Restricted
Securities shall be held subject to all of the terms of this Agreement, and by
taking and holding such Transfer Restricted Securities 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, including the restrictions on resale set
forth in this Agreement and, if applicable, the Purchase Agreement, and such
Person shall be entitled to receive the benefits hereof.

         (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.

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         (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 GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE
CONFLICT OF LAW RULES THEREOF.

         (j) 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.

         (k) Entire Agreement. This Agreement is intended by the parties as a
final expression of their agreement and intended to be a complete and exclusive
statement of the agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of
the subject matter contained herein. There are no restrictions, promises,
warranties or undertakings, other than those set forth or referred to herein
with respect to the registration rights granted with respect to the Transfer
Restricted Securities. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and
understandings between the parties with respect to such subject matter.

                         [Signatures on following page]

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

                                        By: /s/ BRUCE R. KNOOIHUIZEN
                                           ---------------------------------
                                             Name: Bruce Knooihuizen
                                             as Vice President of:

                                             ACC ESCROW CORP.;

                                             AMERICAN CELLULAR CORPORATION;

                                             ACC LEASE CO., INC.;

                                             AMERICAN CELLULAR WIRELESS LLC;

                                             ALEXANDRA CELLULAR CORPORATION;

                                             ACC OF WEST VIRGINIA CORPORATION;

                                             ACC OF PENNSYLVANIA LLC;

                                             ACC OF MICHIGAN CORPORATION;

                                             ACC OF MINNESOTA CORPORATION;

                                             ACC OF OHIO CORPORATION;

                                             ACC OF WISCONSIN LLC; and

                                             ACC OF KENTUCKY LLC

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BEAR, STEARNS & CO. INC.

By: /s/ JOSEPH B. SHECHAN
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   Name:  Joseph B. Shechan
   Title: Senior Managing Director

MORGAN STANLEY & CO. INCORPORATED

By: /s/ COSTA DARRAS
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   Name:  Costa Darras
   Title: Vice President

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                                   SCHEDULE A

                                   GUARANTORS

                               ACC Lease Co., Inc.
                         American Cellular Wireless LLC
                         Alexandra Cellular Corporation
                        ACC of West Virginia Corporation
                             ACC of Pennsylvania LLC
                          ACC of Minnesota Corporation
                           ACC of Michigan Corporation
                             ACC of Ohio Corporation
                              ACC of Wisconsin LLC
                               ACC of Kentucky LLC<PAGE>

                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.17

                                    AGREEMENT

                                       AND

                                 PLAN OF MERGER

                                       OF

                                ACC ESCROW CORP.

                                       AND

                          AMERICAN CELLULAR CORPORATION

                  AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this "Agreement") entered into
as of August 8, 2003, between ACC Escrow Corp., a Delaware corporation (the "ACC
Escrow"), and American Cellular Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Corporation"), and approved by resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors
and the sole shareholder of each such corporation.

                  WHEREAS, the respective Boards of Directors and the sole
shareholder of each of ACC Escrow and the Corporation have approved the merger
of the ACC Escrow into the Corporation pursuant and subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement and pursuant to the provisions of the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the "DGCL");

                  NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:

         1. On the Effective Date (as defined in Section 7 hereof), pursuant to
the provisions of the DGCL, ACC Escrow shall merge with and into Corporation,
which shall be the continuing and resulting corporation (hereinafter sometimes
referred to as the "Surviving Corporation"). The name of the Surviving
Corporation shall be American Cellular Corporation. The corporate existence of
the Corporation under the DGCL, with all of its purposes, powers and objects,
shall continue unaffected and unimpaired by the merger, and as the Surviving
Corporation, it shall, from and after the Effective Date, possess all the
rights, privileges, immunities, powers and purposes of ACC Escrow and all the
intangible property, causes of action and every other asset of ACC Escrow shall
vest in the Surviving Corporation, and the Surviving Corporation shall assume
all of the obligations and liabilities of ACC Escrow, all without further act or
deed. The separate corporate existence of ACC Escrow shall cease upon the
Effective Date.

         2. The Fifth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the
Corporation, attached hereto as Exhibit A, shall be the Certificate of
Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation.

         3. The By-laws of the Corporation, as in effect immediately preceding
the Effective Date, shall be the By-laws of the Surviving Corporation, and will
continue in full force

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and effect until changed, altered or amended as therein provided and in the
manner prescribed by the DGCL.

         4. The directors and officers of the Corporation in office immediately
preceding the Effective Date shall be the directors and officers of the
Surviving Corporation, and their respective terms of office shall not be changed
by the merger.

         5. Upon the Effective Date, all the shares of common stock and
preferred stock of the Corporation which are issued and outstanding immediately
prior to the filing by the Corporation of the Certificate of Merger of ACC
Escrow with and into the Corporation with the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware shall be canceled. Each share of common stock, par value $1.00 per
share, of ACC Escrow ("ACC Escrow Common Stock") which is issued and outstanding
shall, as a result of the merger, be converted, into one-twentieth of a fully
paid and non-assessable share of class A common stock, par value $.01 per share
of the Surviving Corporation (the "Class A Common Stock"). As soon as
practicable after the Effective Date, each holder of an outstanding certificate
or certificates representing ACC Escrow Common Stock shall be entitled to
surrender same to the Surviving Corporation and each such holder shall thereupon
receive in exchange a certificate or certificates representing the number of
full shares of Class A Common Stock of the Surviving Corporation to which the
certificate or certificates so surrendered shall entitle such holder. At the
Effective Date, all shares of ACC Escrow Common Stock shall no longer be
outstanding and shall be canceled and retired and shall cease to exist, and each
certificate representing any of such shares shall thereafter represent only the
right to receive the Class A Common Stock.

         6. The Boards of Directors and the proper officers of the parties
hereto are hereby authorized, empowered and directed to do any and all acts, and
to make, deliver, file and/or record any and all instruments, papers and
documents which shall be or become necessary, proper or convenient to carry out
and effectuate any of the provisions of this Agreement or of the merger herein
provided for.

         7. The effective date of this Agreement, and the date upon which the
merger herein provided for shall become effective, shall be the date the
Certificate of Merger is filed with the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware (the "Effective Date").

         8. Notwithstanding the full approval and adoption of this Agreement,
this Agreement may be terminated and abandoned by the Board of Directors of
either of the parties hereto at any time prior to the filing of any requisite
merger documents with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.

         9. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts each of
which shall be deemed an original but all of which together shall constitute one
and the same instrument, and all signatures need not appear on any one
counterpart.

                            [Signature page follows]

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                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement is hereby executed by each
of the parties hereto as of the date first written above.

                                       ACC Escrow Corp.

                                       By /s/ BRUCE R. KNOOIHUIZEN
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                                          Name: Bruce R. Knooihuizen
                                          Title: Vice President

                                       American Cellular Corporation

                                       By /s/ BRUCE R. KNOOIHUIZEN
                                          -------------------------------
                                          Name: Bruce R. Knooihuizen
                                          Title: Vice President

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                                                                       EXHIBIT A

           FIFTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF
                          AMERICAN CELLULAR CORPORATION

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