EXHIBIT 99.3
                          REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
                                      among
                             PLAYTEX PRODUCTS, INC.
                                       and
                        β.β. CHILDS EQUITY PARTNERS, L.P.
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                          Dated as of January 28, 1998
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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1.       Background......................................................................................1
2.       Registration Under Securities Act, etc..........................................................1
         2.1      Registration on Request................................................................1
         2.2      Incidental Registration................................................................5
         2.3      Registration Procedures................................................................9
         2.4      Underwritten Offerings................................................................12
         2.5      Preparation; Reasonable Investigation.................................................13
         2.6      Limitations, Conditions and Qualifications to Obligations under
                  Registration Covenants................................................................13
         2.7      Indemnification.......................................................................14
3.       Definitions....................................................................................17
4.       Rule 144 and Rule 144A.........................................................................20
5.       Amendments and Waivers.........................................................................20
6.       Nominees for Beneficial Owners.................................................................20
7.       Appointment of Representative..................................................................20
8.       Notices........................................................................................21
9.       Assignment.....................................................................................21
10.      Calculation of Percentage Interests in Registrable Securities..................................21
11.      No Inconsistent Agreements.....................................................................21
12.      Remedies.......................................................................................21
13.      Severability...................................................................................22
14.      Entire Agreement...............................................................................22
15.      Headings.......................................................................................22
16.      Governing Law..................................................................................22
17.      Counterparts...................................................................................22
         REGISTRATION  RIGHTS AGREEMENT (the  "Agreement"),  dated as of January
28, 1998, between PLAYTEX PRODUCTS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company")
and β.β.  CHILDS EQUITY  PARTNERS,  L.P., a Delaware  limited  partnership  (the
"Principal  Stockholder")  and the other persons who are set forth in Schedule A
hereto (collectively with the Principal Stockholder, the "Childs Holders").
         The parties hereby agree as follows:
         1.  Background.  Pursuant to that certain Merger Agreement (as amended,
the "Merger  Agreement"),  dated as of December 22, 1997, among the Company, PCG
Acquisition  Corp., a Delaware  corporation and  wholly-owned  subsidiary of the
Company  ("Subsidiary"),  Personal  Care Holdings  Inc., a Delaware  corporation
("Target"),  and the Principal Stockholder,  the Childs Holders received as part
of the consideration for their shares of common stock of Target,  par value $.01
per share, among other things, in the aggregate, 9,257,375 shares (the "Shares")
of Common Stock,  par value $.01 per share,  of the Company.  Capitalized  terms
used herein but not  otherwise  defined  shall have the  meanings  given them in
Section 3.
         2. Registration Under Securities Act, etc.
                  2.1 Registration on Request.
                      (a) Request. At any time after the date that is six months
after the Effective Date (as defined in the Merger Agreement),  upon the written
request  of the  Childs  Representative  on behalf of one or more  holders  (the
"Initiating  Holders") of  Registrable  Securities  that the Company  effect the
registration under the Securities Act of all or part of such Initiating Holders'
Registrable  Securities,  the Company  promptly will give written notice of such
requested registration to all registered holders of Registrable Securities,  and
thereupon  the  Company  will use its best  efforts to effect,  at the  earliest
possible date, the registration under the Securities Act of:
                           (i) the Registrable  Securities which the Company has
                  been so requested to register by such Initiating Holders; and
                           (ii)  all  other  Registrable  Securities  which  the
                  Company  has  been   requested   to  register  by  the  Childs
                  Representative  on behalf of the holders thereof (such holders
                  together with the Initiating Holders  hereinafter are referred
                  to as the "Selling  Holders") by written  request given to the
                  Company within 30 days after the giving of such written notice
                  by the
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         Company,  all to the extent  necessary to permit the disposition of the
         Registrable Securities so to be registered.
                      (b) Registration of Other Securities. Whenever the Company
shall effect a  registration  pursuant to this Section 2.1, no securities  other
than Registrable  Securities  shall be included among the securities  covered by
such  registration  unless the Selling  Holders of not less than  66-2/3% of all
Registrable  Securities to be covered by such registration  shall have consented
in writing to the inclusion of such other securities;  provided,  however,  that
such consent  shall not be required  with respect to  securities  required to be
registered by (a) the holders  thereof (the "HWH Selling  Holders")  pursuant to
Section 2.2(a) of the HWH Agreement (such securities,  "HWH Securities") and (b)
the holders thereof (the "Third Party Selling Holders" and together with the HWH
Selling Holders,  the "Other Selling  Holders")  pursuant to Section 3(a) of the
Stockholders Agreement (such securities,  "Third Party Securities" and, together
with the HWH Securities, the "Other Securities").
                      (c) Registration Statement Form.  Registrations under this
Section 2.1 shall be on such appropriate  registration form of the Commission as
shall be reasonably selected by the Company.
                      (d)  Effective  Registration   Statement.  A  registration
requested  pursuant to this Section 2.1 shall be deemed to have been effected if
a registration  statement with respect thereto has become effective and remained
effective in compliance  with the  provisions of the Securities Act with respect
to the disposition of all Registrable  Securities  covered by such  registration
statement  until  such  time as all of such  Registrable  Securities  have  been
disposed of in accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the seller
or sellers thereof set forth in such registration  statement (unless the failure
to so dispose of such Registrable Securities shall be caused solely by reason of
a failure on the part of the Selling Holders);  provided,  that such period need
not exceed 135 days.  Notwithstanding  the foregoing,  a registration  requested
pursuant to this  Section  2.1 shall not be deemed to have been  effected if (i)
after it has become effective,  such registration is interfered with by any stop
order,  injunction  or other order or  requirement  of the  Commission  or other
governmental  agency  or court for any  reason  not  attributable  solely to the
Selling Holders and has not thereafter become effective,  or (ii) the conditions
to closing  specified in the  underwriting  agreement,  if any,  entered into in
connection with such registration are not satisfied or waived, other than solely
by reason of a failure on the part of the Selling Holders.
                      (e)  Selection  of   Underwriters.   The   underwriter  or
underwriters of each underwritten  offering of the Registrable  Securities so to
be  registered  shall be  selected  by the  Childs  Representative  on behalf of
Selling  Holders of more than 50% of  Registrable  Securities  to be included in
such registration and
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shall be  reasonably  acceptable  to the  Company.  For purposes of this Section
2.1(e), the Company hereby acknowledges that each of the underwriters identified
on Schedule  2.1(e)  hereto  shall be deemed to be  acceptable  to the  Company;
provided that such  acknowledgment is subject to the condition that with respect
to any underwriter  identified on such Schedule selected by the Selling Holders,
there shall have not  occurred  since the date hereof any  material  change with
respect  to such  underwriter  which,  in the  reasonable  determination  of the
Company,  makes such  underwriter  unqualified to participate in an underwritten
offering of Common  Stock of which  change the Company  shall have  notified the
Childs  Representative  prior to any such  demand  under this  Section  2.1 upon
request from the Childs Representative.
                      (f)  Priority in Requested  Registration.  If the managing
underwriter  of any  underwritten  offering shall advise the Company in writ ing
(and the Company shall so advise each Selling Holder of  Registrable  Securities
requesting  registration  of such advice)  that,  in its opinion,  the number of
securities  requested  to be  included in such  registration  exceeds the number
which can be sold in such offering within a price range acceptable to the Childs
Representative  on behalf of  Selling  Holders  of  66-2/3%  of the  Registrable
Securities requested to be included in such registration, the Company, except as
provided below, will include in such  registration,  to the extent of the number
and type which the  Company is so advised can be sold in (or during the time of)
such offering (the "Maximum Amount"),
                  first, Third Party Securities requested to be included in such
registration  to the extent  required  to be  included  therein  pursuant to the
Stockholders Agreement,  pro rata (based on the number of Third Party Securities
requested  to be included in such  registration)  among the Third Party  Selling
Holders requesting participation in such registration;
                  second,  Registrable  Securities  requested  to be included in
such  registration  up to an  aggregate  amount  equal to the  lesser of (A) the
aggregate  amount of  Registrable  Securities  requested  to be included in such
registration and (B) (x) if such registration is the first requested pursuant to
this Section 2.1 (the "first registration"),  the excess, if any, of the Maximum
Amount over the amount of  securities  provided for in the  preceding  paragraph
(such amount,  the "Adjusted Maximum  Amount"),  but not in excess of 75% of the
Maximum Amount, or (y) if such registration is the second requested  pursuant to
this  Section 2.1 (the  "second  registration"),  the sum of 50% of the Adjusted
Maximum Amount plus the Recapture Amount;
                  third,  HWH  Securities  requested  to  be  included  in  such
registration up to an aggregate  amount equal to the lesser of (A) the aggregate
amount of HWH Securities  requested to be included in such  registration and (B)
(x) if such registration is the first  registration,  the excess, if any, of the
Maximum  Amount over the amount of securities  provided for in the two preceding
paragraphs but not in excess of 25% of
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the Maximum Amount, or (y) if such registration is the second registration,  50%
of the Adjusted Maximum Amount less the Recapture Amount;
                  fourth,  to the extent that the amount of securities  provided
for in the three  immediately  preceding  paragraphs  is less  than the  Maximum
Amount, Registrable Securities or HWH Securities, as applicable, requested to be
included in such  registration,  up to the  aggregate  amount  requested  by the
Selling Holders and HWH Selling  Holders,  respectively,  to be included in such
registration  in excess of the  amounts  provided  for in the three  immediately
preceding paragraphs; and
                  fifth,  all securities  proposed to be sold by the Company for
its own account;
provided, that from and after the date on which the Stockholders Agreement is no
longer in effect,  all  references  to Third Party  Securities  in the foregoing
priorities  shall be deleted and the  priorities  provided  for herein  shall be
automatically adjusted accordingly.
                  For purposes of the foregoing (A) all  Registrable  Securities
included in such  registration  shall be allocated pro rata (based on the number
of Registrable Securities held by each of the Selling Holders) among the Selling
Holders requesting such registration and (B) all HWH Securities included in such
registration  shall be allocated pro rata (based on the number of HWH Securities
held  by each  of the  HWH  Selling  Holders)  among  the  HWH  Selling  Holders
requesting participation in such registration.
                  Notwithstanding   the  foregoing,   if  the  total  number  of
Registrable  Securities  requested to be included in any registration  cannot be
included,  the Childs  Representative  on behalf of the  holders of  Registrable
Securities  requesting  registration  thereof  pursuant  to  this  Section  2.1,
representing  not less than 50% of the  Registrable  Securities  with respect to
which  registration  has been  requested,  shall have the right to withdraw  the
request for  registration by giving written notice to the Company within 20 days
after receipt of the notice from the managing underwriter described above by the
Company and, in the event of such withdrawal,  such request shall not be counted
for purposes of the requests for  registration  to which holders of  Registrable
Securities  are  entitled  pursuant  to  this  Section  2.1.  If a  request  for
registration is withdrawn pursuant to the immediately  preceding sentence and at
least 80% of the Registrable Securities requested to be included could have been
included  therein,  the  Registration   Expenses  incurred  by  the  Company  in
connection  with such withdrawn  registration  through the date of the Company's
receipt of the notice  requesting  such  withdrawal,  shall be reimbursed by the
Selling  Holders,  pro rata  (based  on the  number  of  registrable  securities
requested to be included therein) among the Selling Holders.
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                      (g) Limitations on Registration Requests.  Notwithstanding
anything in this  Section 2.1 to the  contrary,  in no event will the Company be
required to effect (i) in the aggregate, more than two registrations pursuant to
this Section  2.1;  provided  that in the event that the holders of  Registrable
Securities  are unable to include at least 50% of the  relevant  Maximum  Amount
with respect to any such registration  requested pursuant to Section 2.1(a) as a
result solely of the  participation  of the Third Party Selling  Holders in such
registration,  then,  unless  the  amount  requested  to  be  included  in  such
registration is less than 50% of the relevant Maximum Amount,  such registration
shall not be counted  for  purposes  of this  clause  (i),  (ii) a  registration
pursuant to this Section 2.1 within the six-month period  occurring  immediately
subsequent  to the  effectiveness  (within the  meaning of Section  2.1(d)) of a
registration  statement filed pursuant to this Section 2.1, unless a majority of
the Disinterested  Directors  determines that effecting such second registration
within the  six-month  period  would not have a material  adverse  effect on the
market price of the Common Stock,  or (iii) a  registration  pursuant to Section
2.1 covering less than 30% of the then outstanding Registrable Securities.
                      (h)  Expenses.  The  Company  will  pay  all  Registration
Expenses in connection with any registrations requested pursuant to this Section
2.1.
                  2.2 Incidental Registration.
                      (a)  Right  to  Include  Registrable  Securities.  If  the
Company at any time  proposes  to  register  any of its Common  Stock  under the
Securities Act by registration on any form other than Forms S-4 or S-8,  whether
or not for sale for its own account,  it will each such time give prompt written
notice to all registered  holders of Registrable  Securities of its intention to
do so and of such  holders'  rights  under this  Section  2.2.  Upon the written
request of any such holder (a "Requesting  Holder") (which request shall specify
the Registrable Securities intended to be disposed of by such Requesting Holder)
made as  promptly  as  practicable  and in any event  within  30 days  after the
receipt of any such notice  from the  Company (15 days if the Company  states in
such written notice or gives  telephonic or telecopied  notice to all registered
holders of Registrable Securities,  with written confirmation to follow promptly
thereafter, that (i) such registration will be on Form S-3 and (ii) such shorter
period of time is required  because of a planned filing date),  the Company will
use its best efforts to effect the registration  under the Securities Act of all
Registrable  Securities  which the Company has been so  requested to register by
the Requesting  Holders thereof;  provided,  that prior to the effective date of
the registration statement filed in connection with such registration,  promptly
upon  notification to the Company from the managing  underwriter of the price at
which such securities are to be sold, if such price is below the price which any
Requesting  Holder shall have  indicated  to be  acceptable  to such  Requesting
Holder,  the Company shall so advise such Requesting  Holder of such price,  and
such Requesting Holder shall then have the right to withdraw its request to have
its Registrable Securities included in such registration
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statement; provided, further, however, that if, at any time after giving written
notice of its  intention to register any  securities  and prior to the effective
date of the registra tion statement filed in connection with such  registration,
the  Company  shall  determine  for  any  reason  not to  register  or to  delay
registration of such securities,  the Company may, at its election, give written
notice of such determination to each Requesting Holder of Registrable Securities
and (x) in the case of a determination not to register, shall be relieved of its
obligation  to register  any  Registrable  Securities  in  connection  with such
registration (but not from any obligation of the Company to pay the Registration
Expenses in connection therewith),  without prejudice, however, to the rights of
any holder or holders of Registrable  Securities entitled to do so to cause such
registration to be effected as a registration  under Section 2.1, and (y) in the
case of a  determination  to  delay  registering,  shall be  permitted  to delay
registering  any  Registrable  Securities,  for the same  period as the delay in
registering such other securities.  No registration  effected under this Section
2.2 shall relieve the Company of its obligation to effect any registration  upon
request under Section 2.1.
                      (b) Priority in Incidental Registrations.  If the managing
underwriter of any  underwritten  offering shall inform the Company by letter of
its  opinion  that  the  number  or type of  Registrable  Securities  and  Other
Securities  requested  to be  included  in such  registration  would  materially
adversely  affect such  offering,  and the Company has so advised the Requesting
Holders and the holders of Other Securities that have requested Other Securities
to be included in such  registration  ("Other  Requesting  Holders") in writing,
then the Company will include in such registration,  to the extent of the number
and type which the  Company is so advised can be sold in (or during the time of)
such offering (the "Incidental Maximum Amount"):
                  (A) if such  registration is the first or second  registration
initiated pursuant to Section 2.1 of the HWH Agreement:
                  first, Registrable Securities requested to be included in such
registration up to the Recapture Amount;
                  second,  HWH  Securities  requested  to be  included  in  such
registration up to an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the aggregate  amount of
HWH Securities requested to be included in such registration and (ii) 85% of the
Incidental Maximum Amount less the Recapture Amount;
                  third, Third Party Securities requested to be included in such
registration  to the extent  required  to be  included  therein  pursuant to the
Stockholders Agreement,  pro rata (based on the number of Third Party Securities
requested to be included in such registration)  among the Third Party Requesting
Holders requesting participation in such registration;
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                  fourth,  Registrable  Securities  requested  to be included in
such  registration  up to an amount  equal to the  lesser  of (i) the  aggregate
amount of Registrable  Securities requested to be included in such registration,
(ii) the excess of the Incidental Maximum Amount over the amount provided for in
the three preceding paragraphs and (iii) 15% of the Incidental Maximum Amount;
                  fifth,  Registrable  Securities and Other Securities requested
to be included in such registration, up to the aggregate amount requested by the
Selling Holders and HWH Selling  Holders to be included in such  registration in
excess of the amounts provided for in the preceding paragraphs; and
                  sixth,  securities  proposed by the Company to be sold for its
own account;
                  (B) if such  registration is the third or fourth  registration
initiated pursuant to Section 2.1 of the HWH Agreement:
                  first, Third Party Securities requested to be included in such
registration  to the extent  required  to be  included  therein  pursuant to the
Stockholders Agreement,  pro rata (based on the number of Third Party Securities
requested to be included in such registration)  among the Third Party Requesting
Holders requesting participation in such registration;
                  second, Registrable Securities and HWH Securities requested to
be included in such registration, pro rata (based on the number of securities of
the Company held by each  Requesting  Holder and each HWH Selling  Holder) among
such Requesting Holders and HWH Selling Holders; and
                  third,  securities  proposed by the Company to be sold for its
own account;
                  (C) if such  registration  is  initiated  by the  Third  Party
Selling Holders pursuant to Section 3(b) of the Stockholders Agreement:
                  first, Third Party Securities requested to be included in such
registration by the Third Party Requesting  Holders to the extent required to be
included therein pursuant to the Stockholders Agreement,  pro rata (based on the
number of Third Party Securities requested to be included in such registration);
                  second, Registrable Securities and HWH Securities requested to
be included in such registration, pro rata (based on the number of securities of
the Company held by each Requesting Holder and each HWH Requesting Holder) among
such Requesting Holders and HWH Requesting Holders; and
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                  third,  securities  proposed by the Company to be sold for its
own account; and
                  (D) in all other incidental registrations:
                  first,  securities  proposed by the Company to be sold for its
own account;
                  second,  Third Party  Securities  requested  to be included in
such  registration to the extent required to be included therein pursuant to the
Stockholders  Agreement  and HWH  Securities,  pro rata  (based on the number of
Other  Securities  requested to be included in such  registration  by each Other
Requesting Holder) among the Other Requesting  Holders requesting  participation
in such registration; and
                  third,  Registrable Securities;
provided,  that from and after the date that the  Stockholders  Agreement  is no
longer in effect, (x) all references to Third Party Securities in the priorities
set forth in  clauses  (A) and (B) above  shall be  deleted  and the  priorities
provided for herein shall be automatically adjusted accordingly,  (y) clause (C)
above shall be deleted in its entirety, and (z) clause (D) shall be redesignated
as clause (C) and shall be amended in its entirety to read as follows:
                  "(C)  in all other incidental registrations:
                  first,  securities  proposed by the Company to be sold for its
own account; and
                  second, Registrable Securities and HWH Securities requested to
be included in such registration, pro rata (based on the number of securities of
the Company held by each Requesting Holder and each HWH Requesting Holder) among
the Requesting Holders and the HWH Requesting  Holders requesting  participation
in such registration."
                  For  purposes of the  foregoing,  to the extent not  otherwise
provided  for  above,  (x)  all  Registrable  Securities  included  in any  such
registration  shall be  allocated  pro rata (based on the number of  Registrable
Securities held by each of the Requesting  Holders) among the Requesting Holders
and (y) all HWH Securities  included in any such registration shall be allocated
pro  rata  (based  on the  number  of HWH  Securities  held  by  each of the HWH
Requesting Holders) among the HWH Requesting Holders.
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                      (c)  Expenses.  The  Company  will  pay  all  Registration
Expenses  in  connection  with any  registration  contemplated  pursuant to this
Section 2.2.
                  2.3  Registration  Procedures.  If and whenever the Company is
required to use its best efforts to effect the  registration  of any Registrable
Securities  under the  Securities  Act as provided in Sections  2.1 and 2.2, the
Company will, as expeditiously as possible:
                           (i)  prepare and (within 90 days after the end of the
                  period within which requests for  registration may be given to
                  the  Company)   file  with  the   Commission   the   requisite
                  registration   statement  to  effect  such   registration  and
                  thereafter  use its best  efforts to cause  such  registration
                  statement to become  effective;  provided,  however,  that the
                  Company may  discontinue  any  registration  of its securities
                  which  are  not  Registrable   Securities   (and,   under  the
                  circumstances   specified  in  Section   2.2(a),   Registrable
                  Securities)  at any time  prior to the  effective  date of the
                  registration statement relating thereto;
                           (ii)  prepare  and  file  with  the  Commission  such
                  amendments and supplements to such registration  statement and
                  the  prospectus  used  in  connection   therewith  as  may  be
                  necessary  to keep such  registration  statement  effective in
                  accordance  with Section  2.1(d) hereof and to comply with the
                  provisions  of  the   Securities   Act  with  respect  to  the
                  disposition  of all  Registrable  Securities  covered  by such
                  registration   statement  until  such  time  as  all  of  such
                  Registrable  Securities  have been  disposed of in  accordance
                  with the  intended  methods  of  disposition  by the seller or
                  sellers  thereof  set  forth in such  registration  statement;
                  provided,  that except with  respect to any such  registration
                  statement filed pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act,
                  such period need not exceed 135 days;
                           (iii)   furnish   to  each   seller  of   Registrable
                  Securities covered by such registration statement, such number
                  of conformed copies of such registration statement and of each
                  such amendment and supplement  thereto (in each case including
                  all  exhibits),  such  number  of  copies  of  the  prospectus
                  contained  in  such  registration  statement  (including  each
                  preliminary  prospectus  and any summary  prospectus)  and any
                  other  prospectus  filed  under Rule 424 under the  Securities
                  Act, in conformity  with the  requirements  of the  Securities
                  Act, and such other  documents,  as such seller may reasonably
                  request;
                           (iv) use its reasonable  best efforts (x) to register
                  or qualify all  Registrable  Securities  and other  securities
                  covered  by  such  registration  statement  under  such  other
                  securities  or blue  sky  laws of such  States  of the  United
                  States of America where an exemption is not available and
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                  as the  sellers  of  Registrable  Securities  covered  by such
                  registration  statement shall reasonably request,  (y) to keep
                  such  registration or  qualification  in effect for so long as
                  such registration  statement remains in effect and (z) to take
                  any  other  action  which  may  be  reasonably   necessary  or
                  advisable to enable such sellers to consummate the disposition
                  in such  jurisdictions  of the  securities  to be sold by such
                  sellers,  except  that  the  Company  shall  not for any  such
                  purpose be required to qualify  generally  to do business as a
                  foreign  corporation in any jurisdiction  wherein it would not
                  but for the requirements of this subdivision (iv) be obligated
                  to be so qualified or to consent to general service of process
                  in any such jurisdiction;
                           (v) use its best  efforts  to cause  all  Registrable
                  Securities  covered  by  such  registration  statement  to  be
                  registered  with or  approved  by such other  federal or state
                  governmental  agencies or  authorities  as may be necessary in
                  the  reasonable  opinion of counsel to the Company and counsel
                  to the seller or sellers of  Registrable  Securities to enable
                  the seller or sellers thereof to consummate the disposition of
                  such Registrable Securities;
                           (vi)   furnish   at  the   effective   date  of  such
                  registration   statement   to  each   seller  of   Registrable
                  Securities,  and each such  seller's  underwriters,  if any, a
                  signed counterpart of:
                           (x) an opinion of counsel for the Company,  dated the
                  effective  date  of  such   registration   statement  and,  if
                  applicable,  the date of the  closing  under the  underwriting
                  agreement; and
                           (y) a  "comfort"  letter  signed  by the  independent
                  public accountants who have certified the Company's  financial
                  statements  included  or  incorporated  by  reference  in such
                  registration statement,
                  covering  substantially  the same matters with respect to such
                  registration  statement (and the prospectus  included therein)
                  and,  in the case of the  accountants'  comfort  letter,  with
                  respect  to events  subsequent  to the date of such  financial
                  statements, as are customarily covered in opinions of issuer's
                  counsel and in accountants'  comfort letters  delivered to the
                  underwriters  in underwritten  public  offerings of securities
                  and,  in the case of the  accountants'  comfort  letter,  such
                  other  financial  matters,  and,  in the  case  of  the  legal
                  opinion,  such other legal matters,  as the  underwriters  may
                  reasonably request;
                           (vii)  notify each seller of  Registrable  Securities
                  covered  by such  registration  statement  at any time  when a
                  prospectus  relating thereto is required to be delivered under
                  the Securities Act, upon discovery that, or upon the happening
                  of any event as a result of which, the prospectus
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                  included in such  registration  statement,  as then in effect,
                  includes an untrue  statement  of a material  fact or omits to
                  state any  material  fact  required  to be stated  therein  or
                  necessary to make the statements  therein not  misleading,  in
                  the light of the circumstances under which they were made, and
                  at the request of any such seller promptly prepare and furnish
                  to it a reasonable  number of copies of a supplement  to or an
                  amendment of such  prospectus  as may be necessary so that, as
                  thereafter  delivered to the  purchasers  of such  securities,
                  such  prospectus  shall not include an untrue  statement  of a
                  material  fact or omit to state a material fact required to be
                  stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
                  misleading in the light of the circumstances  under which they
                  were made;
                           (viii)  otherwise use its best efforts to comply with
                  all applicable  rules and regulations of the  Commission,  and
                  make available to its security holders,  as soon as reasonably
                  practicable  (but not more  than  eighteen  months  after  the
                  effective date of such  registration  statement),  an earnings
                  statement  covering  the  period  of at  least  twelve  months
                  beginning  with  the  first  full  calendar  month  after  the
                  effective date of such registration statement,  which earnings
                  statement shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the
                  Securities Act and Rule 158 promulgated thereunder;
                           (ix)  provide and cause to be  maintained  a transfer
                  agent and registrar  (which, in each case, may be the Company)
                  for all Registrable  Securities  covered by such  registration
                  statement  from and after a date not later than the  effective
                  date of such registration; and
                           (x) use its  best  efforts  to list  all  Registrable
                  Securities  covered  by  such  registration  statement  on any
                  national securities  exchange on which Registrable  Securities
                  of the same class covered by such  registration  statement are
                  then  listed  and, if no such  Registrable  Securities  are so
                  listed,  on any  national  securities  exchange  on which  the
                  Common Stock is then listed.
The Company may require each seller of  Registrable  Securities  as to which any
registration is being effected to furnish the Company such information regarding
such seller and the distribution of such securities as the Company may from time
to time reasonably request in writing.
         Each holder of  Registrable  Securities  agrees by  acquisition of such
Registrable  Securities that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the
happening  of any  event  of the kind  described  in  subdivision  (vii) of this
Section 2.3, such holder will forthwith discontinue such holder's disposition of
Registrable  Securities pursuant to the registration  statement relating to such
Registrable  Securities  until  such  holder's  receipt  of  the  copies  of the
supplemented or amended  prospectus  contemplated  by subdivision  (vii) of this
Section 2.3 and, if so directed by the
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Company,  will  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  relating  to such  Registrable  Securities  current  at the  time of
receipt of such notice.
                  2.4 Underwritten Offerings.
                      (a) Requested Underwritten  Offerings. If requested by the
underwriters for any underwritten offering by holders of Registrable  Securities
pursuant to a registration  requested  under Section 2.1, the Company will enter
into an underwriting  agreement with such  underwriters for such offering,  such
agreement to be  reasonably  satisfactory  in  substance  and form to the Childs
Representative on behalf of the holders of Registrable  Securities  representing
at least 50% of all Registrable  Securities and the  underwriters and to contain
such  representations  and warranties by the Company and such other terms as are
generally prevailing in agreements of that type, including,  without limitation,
indemnities  to the  effect and to the extent  provided  in Section  2.7 or such
other  indemnities  as  are  customarily  received  by  underwriters  in  public
offerings  of similar  securities.  The  holders of the  Registrable  Securities
proposed to be sold by such  underwriters  will  reasonably  cooperate  with the
Company  in the  negotiation  of the  underwriting  agreement.  Such  holders of
Registrable  Securities to be sold by such underwriters shall be parties to such
underwriting  agreement and may, at their option, require that any or all of the
representations  and warranties by, and the other agreements on the part of, the
Company to and for the  benefit of such  underwriters  shall also be made to and
for the benefit of such holders of Registrable Securities and that any or all of
the  conditions  precedent to the  obligations of such  underwriters  under such
underwriting  agreement  be  conditions  precedent  to the  obligations  of such
holders of Registrable Securities.  No holder of Registrable Securities shall be
required to make any  representations  or warranties  to or agreements  with the
Company other than  representations,  warranties or  agreements  regarding  such
holder, such holder's  Registrable  Securities and such holder's intended method
of distribution or any other representations required by applicable law.
                      (b)  Incidental  Underwritten  Offerings.  If the  Company
proposes  to  register  any  of  its  securities  under  the  Securities  Act as
contemplated  by Section 2.2 and such  securities  are to be  distributed  by or
through  one or  more  underwriters,  the  Company  will,  if  requested  by any
Requesting Holder of Registrable Securities,  use its reasonable best efforts to
arrange for such  underwriters to include all the  Registrable  Securities to be
offered and sold by such  Requesting  Holder among the securities of the Company
to be  distributed  by such  underwriters,  subject to the provisions of Section
2.2(b).  The  holders  of  Registrable  Securities  to be  distributed  by  such
underwriters shall be parties to the underwriting  agreement between the Company
and such  underwriters and may, at their option,  require that any or all of the
representations  and warranties by, and the other agreements on the part of, the
Company to and for the benefit of such underwriters
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shall  also  be  made to and for the  benefit  of such  holders  of  Registrable
Securities and that any or all of the conditions precedent to the obligations of
such underwriters under such underwriting  agreement be conditions  precedent to
the obligations of such holders of Registrable  Securities.  Any such Requesting
Holder  of   Registrable   Securities   shall  not  be   required  to  make  any
representations  or  warranties  to  or  agreements  with  the  Company  or  the
underwriters other than representations, warranties or agreements regarding such
Requesting  Holder,  such Requesting  Holder's  Registrable  Securities and such
Requesting Holder's intended method of distribution or any other representations
required by applicable law.
                      2.5 Preparation;  Reasonable Investigation.  In connection
with the  preparation  and  filing  of each  registration  statement  under  the
Securities  Act  pursuant to this  Agreement,  the Company  will give the Childs
Representative  on  behalf  of  the  holders  of  Registrable  Securities  to be
registered under such registration  statement,  their underwriters,  if any, and
their  respective  counsel the  opportunity to participate in the preparation of
such registration statement,  each prospectus included therein or filed with the
Commission, and each amendment thereof or supplement thereto, and will give each
of them such reasonable  access to its books and records and such  opportunities
to discuss the business of the Company  with its  officers  and the  independent
public  accountants  who have  certified  its  financial  statements as shall be
necessary,  in the opinion of such  holders' and such  underwriters'  respective
counsel,  to  conduct a  reasonable  investigation  within  the  meaning  of the
Securities Act.
                      2.6   Limitations,   Conditions  and   Qualifications   to
Obligations  under  Registration  Covenants.  The  Company  shall be entitled to
postpone for a reasonable  period of time (but not exceeding 90 days) the filing
of any registration  statement otherwise required to be prepared and filed by it
pursuant to Section 2.1 if the Company determines,  in its reasonable  judgment,
that  such  registration  and  offering  would  interfere  with  any  financing,
acquisition,  corporate  reorganization or other material transaction  involving
the Company and promptly gives the holders of Registrable  Securities requesting
registration   thereof   pursuant  to  Section   2.1  written   notice  of  such
determination,   containing  a  general   statement  of  the  reasons  for  such
postponement and an approximation of the anticipated delay. If the Company shall
so  postpone  the filing of a  registration  statement,  holders of  Registrable
Securities requesting registration thereof pursuant to Section 2.1, representing
not  less  than  50%  of  the  Registrable  Securities  with  respect  to  which
registration  has been  requested,  shall have the right to withdraw the request
for  registration  by giving  written notice to the Company within 30 days after
receipt of the notice of postponement and, in the event of such withdrawal, such
request  shall not be counted for purposes of the requests for  registration  to
which holders of  Registrable  Securities  are entitled  pursuant to Section 2.1
hereof.
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                  2.7 Indemnification.
                      (a) Indemnification by the Company.  The Company will, and
hereby  does,  indemnify  and hold  harmless,  in the  case of any  registration
statement  filed pursuant to Section 2.1 or 2.2, each seller of any  Registrable
Securities  covered by such  registration  statement  and each other  Person who
participates  as an underwriter  in the offering or sale of such  securities and
each other  Person,  if any,  who controls  such seller or any such  underwriter
within  the  meaning  of the  Securities  Act or the  Exchange  Act,  and  their
respective directors,  officers,  partners,  agents and affiliates,  against any
losses, claims,  damages or liabilities,  joint or several, to which such seller
or underwriter  or any such  director,  officer,  partner,  agent,  affiliate or
controlling  person may become  subject under the  Securities  Act or otherwise,
including,  without  limitation,  the  reasonable  fees  and  expenses  of legal
counsel,  insofar as such losses,  claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or
proceedings,  whether commenced or threatened,  in respect thereof) arise out of
or are based  upon any  untrue  statement  or alleged  untrue  statement  of any
material  fact  contained  in  any  registration   statement  under  which  such
securities were registered under the Securities Act, any preliminary prospectus,
final prospectus or summary prospectus  contained  therein,  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  not  misleading,   and  the  Company  will  reimburse  such  seller  or
underwriter  and each such  director,  officer,  partner,  agent,  affiliate and
controlling  Person for any reasonable  legal or any other expenses  incurred by
them in  connection  with  investigating  or  defending  any such  loss,  claim,
liability,  action or proceeding;  provided, however, that the Company shall not
be liable in any such case to the  extent  that any such  loss,  claim,  damage,
liability (or action or proceeding in respect  thereof) or expense arises out of
or is based upon an untrue  statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or
alleged  omission  made in such  registration  statement,  any such  preliminary
prospectus,  final prospectus,  summary  prospectus,  amendment or supplement in
reliance  upon and in  conformity  with  written  information  furnished  to the
Company  by or on behalf  of such  seller  or  underwriter,  as the case may be,
specifically  stating that it is for use in the preparation  thereof;  provided,
further,  that the  Company  shall not be liable in any such case to the  extent
that any such loss,  claim,  damage,  liability  or expense  arises out of or is
based upon an untrue  statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact
contained in any such  registration  statement,  preliminary  prospectus,  final
prospectus  or summary  prospectus  contained  therein or any  omission to state
therein a material fact  required to be stated  therein or necessary to make the
statements  therein  in light of the  circumstances  in which they were made not
misleading in a prospectus or prospectus supplement, if such untrue statement or
omission  is  completely  corrected  in  an  amendment  or  supplement  to  such
prospectus or prospectus  supplement,  the seller of the Registrable  Securities
has an obligation under the Securities Act to deliver a prospectus or prospectus
supplement in connection with such sale of Registrable Securities and the seller
of Registrable
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Securities  thereafter fails to deliver such prospectus or prospectus supplement
as so  amended  or  supplemented  prior  to or  concurrently  with  the  sale of
Registrable  Securities  to the person  asserting  such loss,  claim,  damage or
liability  after the Company has furnished such seller with a sufficient  number
of copies of the same.  Such  indemnity  shall  remain in full  force and effect
regardless  of  any  investigation  made  by or on  behalf  of  such  seller  or
underwriter  or  any  such  director,  officer,  partner,  agent,  affiliate  or
controlling  person and shall  survive the transfer of such  securities  by such
seller or underwriter.
                      (b)  Indemnification  by the  Sellers.  As a condition  to
including any Registrable Securities in any registration statement,  the Company
shall  have  received  an  undertaking  reasonably  satisfactory  to it from the
prospective  seller  of such  Registrable  Securities,  to  indemnify  and  hold
harmless  (in the same  manner  and to the same  extent as set forth in  Section
2.7(a)) the  Company,  and each  director of the  Company,  each  officer of the
Company and each other Person, if any, who participates as an underwriter in the
offering  or sale of such  securities  and each other  Person who  controls  the
Company or any such underwriter  within the meaning of the Securities Act or the
Exchange Act, with respect to any statement or alleged  statement in or omission
or  alleged  omission  from  such   registration   statement,   any  preliminary
prospectus,  final prospectus or summary prospectus  contained  therein,  or any
amendment or  supplement  thereto,  if such  statement  or alleged  statement or
omission or alleged  omission was made in reliance upon and in  conformity  with
written information furnished to the Company by such seller specifically stating
that  it  is  for  use  in  the  preparation  of  such  registration  statement,
preliminary  prospectus,  final  prospectus,  summary  prospectus,  amendment or
supplement;  provided,  however,  that the liability of such indemnifying  party
under this Section 2.7(b) shall be limited to the amount of proceeds received by
such  indemnifying  party in the offering  giving rise to such  liability.  Such
indemnity shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation
made by or on behalf of the Company or any such director, officer or controlling
person and shall survive the transfer of such securities by such seller.
                      (c) Notices of Claims,  etc.  Promptly after receipt by an
indemnified  party of notice of the  commencement  of any  action or  proceeding
involving a claim referred to in Section 2.7(a) or (b), such  indemnified  party
will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against an indemnifying party,
give written notice to the latter of the commencement of such action;  provided,
however,  that the failure of any  indemnified  party to give notice as provided
herein shall not relieve the  indemnifying  party of its  obligations  under the
preceding  subdivisions  of this Sec tion  2.7,  except to the  extent  that the
indemnifying party is actually and materially prejudiced by such failure to give
notice.  In case any such action shall be brought against any indemnified  party
and it shall notify the  indemnifying  party of the  commencement  thereof,  the
indemnifying  party shall be entitled to participate  therein and, to the extent
that it may wish, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel
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reasonably  satisfactory to such indemnified party; provided,  however, that any
indemnified  party  may,  at  its  own  expense,   retain  separate  counsel  to
participate in such defense.  Notwithstanding  the  foregoing,  in any action or
proceeding  in  which  both the  Company  and an  indemnified  party  is,  or is
reasonably  likely to become,  a party,  such  indemnified  party shall have the
right to employ separate counsel at the Company's expense and to control its own
defense of such action or proceeding if, in the reasonable opinion of counsel to
such indemnified party, (a) there are or may be legal defenses available to such
indemnified  party or to other  indemnified  parties that are different  from or
additional  to those  available  to the Company or (b) any conflict or potential
conflict exists between the Company and such  indemnified  party that would make
such separate  representation  advisable;  provided,  however,  that in no event
shall the Company be required to pay fees and  expenses  under this  Section 2.7
for  more  than one  firm of  attorneys  representing  the  indemnified  parties
(together,  if appropriate,  with one firm of local counsel per jurisdiction) in
any one legal action or group of related legal actions.  No  indemnifying  party
shall be liable for any settle ment of any action or proceeding effected without
its written  consent,  which  consent  shall not be  unreasonably  withheld.  No
indemnifying  party shall,  without the consent of the indemnified  party, which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld,  consent to entry of any judgment or
enter into any settlement which does not include as a term thereof the giving by
the  claimant  or  plaintiff  to such  indemnified  party of a release  from all
liability in respect to such claim or litigation or which requires  action other
than the payment of money by the indemnifying party.
                      (d) Contribution.  If the indemnification  provided for in
this Section 2.7 shall for any reason be held by a court to be unavailable to an
indemnified  party  under  Section  2.7(a) or (b) hereof in respect of any loss,
claim, damage or liability,  or any action in respect thereof,  then, in lieu of
the amount paid or payable under Section  2.7(a) or (b), the  indemnified  party
and the  indemnifying  party under Section 2.7(a) or (b) shall contribute to the
aggregate  losses,  claims,  damages and liabilities  (including  legal or other
expenses  reasonably incurred in connection with investigating the same), (i) in
such  proportion as is  appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Company
and  the  prospective   sellers  of  Registrable   Securities   covered  by  the
registration  statement which resulted in such loss, claim, damage or liability,
or action or proceeding in respect  thereof,  with respect to the  statements or
omissions which resulted in such loss, claim, damage or liability,  or action or
proceeding  in  respect  thereof,  as  well  as  any  other  relevant  equitable
considerations  or (ii) if the  allocation  provided  by clause (i) above is not
permitted by  applicable  law, in such  proportion  as shall be  appropriate  to
reflect the  relative  benefits  received  by the  Company and such  prospective
sellers  from  the  offering  of the  securities  covered  by such  registration
statement,  provided,  that for  purposes  of this  clause  (ii),  the  relative
benefits  received by the prospective  sellers shall be deemed not to exceed the
amount of proceeds  received by such  prospective  sellers.  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
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guilty  of  such  fraudulent   misrepresentation.   Such  prospective   sellers'
obligations  to  contribute  as provided in this  Section  2.7(d) are several in
proportion  to the relative  value of their  respective  Registrable  Securities
covered by such  registration  statement and not joint.  In addition,  no Person
shall be  obligated  to  contribute  hereunder  any  amounts in payment  for any
settlement of any action or claim effected without such Person's consent,  which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
                      (e)    Other    Indemnification.    Indemnification    and
contribution  similar to that  specified in the preceding  subdivisions  of this
Section 2.7 (with appropriate  modifications)  shall be given by the Company and
each seller of Registrable  Securities with respect to any required registration
or  other  qualification  of  securities  under  any  federal  or  state  law or
regulation of any governmental authority other than the Securities Act.
                      (f)  Indemnification  Payments.  The  indemnification  and
contribution  required by this Section 2.7 shall be made by periodic payments of
the amount thereof  during the course of the  investigation  or defense,  as and
when bills are received or expense, loss, damage or liability is incurred.
         3. Definitions.  As used herein, unless the context otherwise requires,
the following terms have the following respective meanings:
                  "Commission"  means the Securities and Exchange  Commission or
any other federal agency at the time administering the Securities Act.
                  "Common  Stock" shall mean and include the Common  Stock,  par
value $.01 per share,  of the Company  and each other class of capital  stock of
the  Company  that does not have a  preference  over any other  class of capital
stock of the Company as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding
up of the Company  and, in each case,  shall  include any other class of capital
stock of the Company into which such stock is reclassified or reconstituted.
                  "Disinterested   Director"   means,   with   respect   to  any
transaction  or  series  of  related  transactions,  a  member  of the  board of
directors  of the  Company  who does not have any  material  direct or  indirect
financial  interest in or with respect to such  transaction or series of related
transactions.
                  "Exchange Act" means the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended,  or any  superseding  Federal  statute,  and the rules and  regulations
promulgated  thereunder,  all  as the  same  shall  be in  effect  at the  time.
Reference to a particular  section of the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,  as
amended,  shall include a reference to the  comparable  section,  if any, of any
such superseding Federal statute.
                                                                              ββ
                  "βββ βββββββββ" means the Registration  Rights Agreement dated
as of March  17,  1995  among the  Company,  HWH  Capital  Partners,  L.P.,  HWH
Valentine Partners, L.P., and HWH Surplus Valentine Partner, L.P.
                  "Incidental Maximum Amount" is defined in Section 2.2(b).
                  "Initiating Holder" is defined in Section 2.1.
                  "Person" means any individual, firm, corporation, partnership,
limited liability company or partnership,  trust, incorporated or unincorporated
association,  joint venture,  joint stock  company,  government (or an agency or
political subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind and shall include any
successor (by merger or otherwise) of such entity.
                  "Recapture  Amount"  means  the sum of (A) in the  event  that
Selling   Holders  have  requested   registration   of  Registrable   Securities
representing,  in the  aggregate,  more than the  Adjusted  Maximum  Amount with
respect to the first  registration  effected by the Company  pursuant to Section
2.1 hereof,  the excess,  if any, of (x) the lower of 75% of the Maximum  Amount
with  respect to such  registration  or the  aggregate  amount  requested by the
Selling  Holders to be  included  in such  registration,  over (y) the number of
Registrable Securities included in such registration, plus (B) in the event that
Requesting  Holders  have  requested   registration  of  Registrable  Securities
representing,  in the aggregate,  more than 15% of the Incidental Maximum Amount
with  respect to the first  registration  effected  by the  Company  pursuant to
Section  2.1 of the  HWH  Agreement,  the  excess,  if  any,  of (x) 15% of such
Incidental  Maximum  Amount,  over  (y) the  number  of  Registrable  Securities
included  in  such  registration.   The  Recapture  Amount  in  respect  of  any
registration  effected by the Company  pursuant to Section 2.1 hereof or Section
2.1 of the HWH  Agreement  shall be  adjusted to reflect  the  inclusion  of any
portion of the Recapture Amount included in any prior registration.
                  "Registrable  Securities"  means any  Shares  and any  Related
Registrable  Securities.  As to  any  particular  Registrable  Securities,  once
issued,  such  securities  shall cease to be Registrable  Securities  when (a) a
registration  statement with respect to the sale of such  securities  shall have
become  effective under the Securities Act and such  securities  shall have been
disposed of in accordance with such registration statement,  (b) they shall have
been  sold as  permitted  by Rule 144 (or any  successor  provision)  under  the
Securities Act, (c) they shall have been otherwise transferred, new certificates
for them not  bearing a legend  restricting  further  transfer  shall  have been
delivered by the Company and subsequent  public  distribution  of them shall not
require  registration  of such  distribution  under the Securities Act, (d) they
shall have been  transferred  or  distributed  to any limited  partner,  general
partner,  member or holder of interests (however called) of any Childs Holder or
(e) they shall have ceased to be outstanding.
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                  "Registration  Expenses"  means all  expenses  incident to the
Company's  performance  of or  compliance  with  Section 2,  including,  without
limitation,  all  registration  and filing fees,  all fees of the New York Stock
Exchange,  other national  securities  exchanges or the National  Association of
Securities Dealers,  Inc., all fees and expenses of complying with securities or
blue sky laws, all word processing, duplicating and printing expenses, messenger
and delivery expenses, the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and
of its  independent  public  accountants,  including  the  expenses of "comfort"
letters required by or incident to such performance and compliance, any fees and
disbursements  of  underwriters  customarily  paid  by  issuers  or  sellers  of
securities (excluding any underwriting  discounts or commissions with respect to
the Registrable  Securities) and the reasonable fees and expenses of one counsel
to the Selling Holders (selected by Selling Holders representing at least 50% of
the Registrable  Securities covered by such  registration);  provided,  however,
that in the event the Company shall determine, in accordance with Section 2.2(a)
or Section  2.6,  not to register  any  securities  with respect to which it had
given written  notice of its intention to so register to holders of  Registrable
Securities,  all of the costs of the type (and subject to any  limitation to the
extent)  set forth in this  definition  and  incurred by  Requesting  Holders in
connection with such  registration on or prior to the date the Company  notifies
the  Requesting  Holders  of such  determination  shall be  deemed  Registration
Expenses.
                  "Related  Registrable  Securities"  means with  respect to the
Shares any  securities of the Company  issued or issuable with respect to any of
the  Shares  by way  of a  dividend  or  stock  split  or in  connection  with a
combination  of  shares,   recapitalization,   merger,  consolidation  or  other
reorganization or otherwise.
                  "Requesting Holder" is defined in Section 2.2.
                  "Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
or any superseding  Federal statute,  and the rules and regulations  promulgated
thereunder,  all as the same  shall be in effect at the  time.  References  to a
particular  section of the Securities  Act of 1933, as amended,  shall include a
reference to the comparable  section,  if any, of any such  superseding  Federal
statute.
                  "Securityholder" means any of the parties to the HWH Agreement
and the  Stockholders  Agreement,  respectively,  in each  case  other  than the
Company.
                  "Selling Holder" is defined in Section 2.1.
                  "Stockholders   Agreement"  means  the  Amended  and  Restated
Stockholders  Agreement,  dated as of November 5, 1991,  by and among Playtex FP
Group  Incorporated,  the  management  investors  listed on  Schedule A thereto,
ββ-βββ  Acquisition  Fund,  L.P.,  ββββββ β. βββ Company and the related persons
thereof set forth on Schedule B thereto,  Chesterfield  Investments and ββββ βββ
Corporation, as
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amended by Amendment  No. 1, dated as of March 17, 1995 and effective as of June
6, 1995, by and among the Company, ββββ β. ββββββ, βββββββ ββββββ Trust, βββββββ
ββββββ Trust, βββββ βββββ Trust, Hercules β. βββββ, βββββββββ βββββ Trust, βββββ
βββββ Trust,  βββββββ  βββββ  Trust,  ββββββ β. βββββ and the 1989 ββββββ β. βββ
Nominee Trust, dated as of September 29, 1989.
         4.  Rule  144 and  Rule  144A.  The  Company  shall  take  all  actions
reasonably  necessary to enable holders of  Registrable  Securities to sell such
securities  without  registration under the Securities Act within the limitation
of the provisions of (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  Commission.  Upon  the  request  of any  holder  of
Registrable  Securities,  the  Company  will  deliver  to such  holder a written
statement as to whether it has complied with such requirements.
         5.  Amendments  and  Waivers.  This  Agreement  may be amended with the
consent of the Company and the Company may take any action herein prohibited, or
omit to perform  any act herein  required  to be  performed  by it,  only if the
Company shall have  obtained the written  consent to such  amendment,  action or
omission  to act,  of the holder or  holders of at least 50% of the  Registrable
Securities affected by such amendment, action or omission to act. Each holder of
any Registrable  Securities at the time or thereafter outstanding shall be bound
by any consent  authorized  by this Section 5,  whether or not such  Registrable
Securities shall have been marked to indicate such consent.
         6. Nominees for Beneficial  Owners.  In the event that any  Registrable
Securities  are  held  by a  nominee  for  the  beneficial  owner  thereof,  the
beneficial  owner  thereof  may,  at its  election in writing  delivered  to the
Company, be treated as the holder of such Registrable Securities for purposes of
any request or other action by any holder or holders of  Registrable  Securities
pursuant to this Agreement or any  determination  of any number or percentage of
shares of  Registrable  Securities  held by any holder or holders of Registrable
Securities  contemplated  by this  Agreement.  If the  beneficial  owner  of any
Registrable  Securities so elects, the Company may require assurances reasonably
satisfactory  to it of such owner's  beneficial  ownership  of such  Registrable
Securities.
         7. Appointment of Representative.  Each Childs Holder hereby authorizes
and appoints  the  Principal  Stockholder  as its  representative  and agent for
purposes of accepting and  delivering  notices and taking  actions  hereunder on
behalf of each such Childs  Holder  hereunder and the Company  acknowledges  and
consents thereto. The Principal Stockholder acting in such capacity is sometimes
referred to herein as the "Childs Representative."
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         8. Notices. All notices,  demands and other communications provided for
or permitted  hereunder  shall be made in writing and shall be by  registered or
certified  first-class  mail,  return  receipt  requested,  telecopier,  courier
service or personal delivery:
                  (a) if to the  Principal  Stockholder,  addressed to it in the
manner set forth in the Merger  Agreement,  or at such other address as it shall
have furnished to the Company in writing in the manner set forth herein; or
                  (b) if to the Company, addressed to it in the manner set forth
in the Merger  Agreement,  or at such other  address as the  Company  shall have
furnished to each holder of  Registrable  Securities at the time  outstanding in
the manner set forth herein.
                  All such  notices and  communications  shall be deemed to have
been duly given: when delivered by hand, if personally delivered; when delivered
by a courier,  if delivered by overnight  courier  service;  three business days
after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid,  if mailed; and when receipt
is acknowledged, if telecopied.
         9.  Assignment.  This Agreement  shall be binding upon and inure to the
benefit of and be  enforceable  by the parties  hereto and,  with respect to the
Company only, its respective successors and permitted assigns.
         10. Calculation of Percentage Interests in Registrable Securities.  For
purposes of this  Agreement,  all references to a percentage of the  Registrable
Securities shall be calculated  based upon the number of Registrable  Securities
out standing at the time such calculation is made.
         11. No  Inconsistent  Agreements.  The Company will not hereafter enter
into any agreement with respect to its securities,  or modify, amend, supplement
or extend any existing  agreement  with respect to its  securities,  which is or
will be  inconsistent  with the  rights  granted to the  holders of  Registrable
Securities in this Agreement.
         12.  Remedies.  Each holder of Registrable  Securities,  in addition to
being  entitled to exercise  all rights  granted by law,  including  recovery of
damages,  will be  entitled  to specific  performance  of its rights  under this
Agreement.  The  Company  agrees  that  monetary  damages  would not be adequate
compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of the provisions
of this  Agreement  and  hereby  agrees to waive the  defense  in any action for
specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.
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         13.  Severability.  In the event that any one or more of the provisions
contained  herein,  or the  application  thereof in any  circumstances,  is held
invalid,  illegal or unenforceable in any respect for any reason,  the validity,
legality and  enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of
the  remaining  provisions  contained  herein  shall not be in any way  impaired
thereby,  it  being  intended  that  all of the  rights  and  privileges  of the
Principal  Stockholder  shall be enforceable to the fullest extent  permitted by
law.
         14.  Entire  Agreement.  This  Agreement,   together  with  the  Merger
Agreement  (including the exhibits and schedules  thereto) and the  Stockholders
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  and  therein.  There  are  no  restrictions,   promises,  warranties  or
undertakings, other than those set forth or referred to herein and therein. This
Agreement,  the Merger Agreement  (including the exhibits and schedules thereto)
and the Stockholders Agreement supersede all prior agreements and understandings
between the parties with respect to such subject matter.
         15.  Headings.  The headings in this  Agreement are for  convenience of
reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
         16.  Governing  Law. This Agreement has been  negotiated,  executed and
delivered  in the State of New York and shall be  governed by and  construed  in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York,  without regard to principles
of conflicts of law.
         17.  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 an original  and all of which taken  together
shall constitute one and the same instrument.
         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
executed  and  delivered  by  their  respective  representatives  hereunto  duly
authorized as of the date first above written.
                                    PLAYTEX PRODUCTS, INC.
                                    By: /s/ βββββββ β. ββββ
                                       Name:  βββββββ β. ββββ
                                       Title: Executive Vice President
                                                 and Chief Financial Officer
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                                    β.β. CHILDS EQUITY PARTNERS, L.P.
                                    By: β.β. CHILDS ADVISORS, L.P., its
                                          general partner
                                    By: β.β. Childs Associates, L.P., its
                                          general partner
                                    By: β.β. Childs Associates, Inc.
                                           By: /s/ ββββ β. ββββββ
                                              Name: ββββ β. ββββββ
                                              Title: Vice President
                                                               Schedule 2.1(e)
                            Acceptable Underwriters:
βββββββ βββββ & Co., Inc.
ββββββ βββββββ, ββββ ββββββ, Discover & Co.
Salomon Brothers Inc.
βββββββββ ββββββ & ββββββββ
NationsBank ββββββββββ
βββββββ, βββββ & Co.
BT ββββ βββββ Incorporated
Credit Suisse First Boston
PaineWebber Incorporated
                                   Schedule A
                                           
ββββ Family Trust                               βββββ β. ββββββ and βββββ β. ββββββ
β.β. Childs Equity Partners, L.P.               ββββββ ββββββββ                  
βββββ β. Childs                                 ββββββ β. ββββββββ               
ββββ β. Childs                                  βββ β. ββββββ                    
βββββββ β. Childs                               βββββββ β. ββββββ                
The βββββ Family Investment Trust               ββββ βββββ                       
βββββββ β. βββββ                                ββββββ β. βββββ                  
ββββ β. βββββ                                   ββββ ββββββββ                    
βββββββ β. βββββ                                βββββ β. βββββ                   
βββββ β. βββββββ                                ββββββ β. βββββ                  
βββββ β. ββββ                                   ββββ β. ββββββββ                 
ββββ β. ββββ Revocable Living Trust             βββββββ ββββββββ                 
ββββ β. ββββ                                    βββββ β. August                  
βββββββ β. βββββββ                              ββββββ β. ββββββββ               
βββββββββ β. βββββββββ                          βββββ β. βββββββ                 
ββββββββ β. βββββββββ and βββββ β. βββββββββ    ββββ β. ββββββ                   
βββββ Childs βββββββ                            βββββββ β. βββββββ               
βββββββ β. ββββ                                 βββββββ ββββββ                   
ββββββ β. βββββ                                 βββββ β. ββββββ                  
ββββββ β. βββββ 1995 Irrevocable Trust          ββββββ β. ββββββββββ             
SGS 1995 Family Limited Partnership             βββββ ββββ                       
SGS-III Family Limited Partnership              βββ ββββββ                       
βββββ β. βββββββ                                βββββββ βββ                      
ββββ β. ββββββ                                  βββββββ βββββββ                 
Suttin Family Trust                             ββββββββ βββββββ                 
βββββ βββββ                                     βββββ βββββ                      
βββββββ β. ββββ                                 ββββββ ββββββ                    
βββββββββ ββββββ                                βββ ββββββ                       
βββββββ β. βββββ                                βββββ Block                      
βββββ β. βββββββ                                βββββββββ βββββββββ              
βββββ β. βββββββββ                              ββββββ ββββββ                    
βββββββ β. ββββββ                               
βββββββ β. βββββββ
ββββββ β. ββββββ
ββββββ β. βββββ
ββββββ β. ββββββ