STOCK AND WARRANT PURCHASE AGREEMENT


         STOCK AND WARRANT PURCHASE  AGREEMENT (this  "Agreement"),  dated as of
December 22, 1995, between Magellan Health Services, Inc. (f/n/a Charter Medical
Corporation),  a Delaware  corporation  (the  "Company"),  and the persons whose
names are set forth on Annex I hereto  (such  persons  being  referred to herein
individually as a "Buyer" and collectively as "Buyers").

         WHEREAS,  the Company  desires to sell to Buyers,  and Buyers desire to
purchase from the Company,  shares of Common Stock, par value $.25 per share, of
the Company ("Common Stock") and warrants to purchase shares of Common Stock;

         NOW,  THEREFORE,  in  consideration  of the  premises  and  the  mutual
covenants and  agreements  herein  contained,  and intending to be legally bound
hereby, the Company and Buyers hereby agree as follows:


                                    ARTICLE I

                           TERMS OF THE TRANSACTION

         1.1 Agreement to Sell and to Purchase Common Stock and Warrants. At the
Closing (as hereinafter defined), and on the terms and subject to the conditions
set forth in this  Agreement,  the Company shall sell and deliver to each Buyer,
and each Buyer shall purchase and accept from the Company,  the number of shares
of Common Stock  (collectively,  the "Shares") and warrants  (collectively,  the
"Warrants", and herein together with the Shares referred to as the "Securities")
to purchase the number of shares of Common  Stock  (subject to  adjustment  from
time to time as provided in the  Warrants),  set forth opposite the name of such
Buyer on Annex I hereto.  The Warrants  shall be in  substantially  the form set
forth as Exhibit A hereto.

         1.2 Purchase  Price and Payment.  The aggregate  purchase price for the
Securities is $69,732,000 (the "Purchase Price").  The parties  acknowledge that
the Purchase  Price,  as calculated on a per share basis, is equal to 95% of the
average closing price of the Common Stock as reported in the Wall Street Journal
over the ten trading days beginning on Monday,  November 13, 1995 and continuing
through the close of business on Monday,  November 27, 1995,  which  average was
$18.350 per share (i.e.  $18.350 x .95 = $17.433 per share).  The portion of the
Purchase Price payable by each Buyer for the Securities to be purchased by it is
set forth opposite the name of such Buyer on Annex I hereto and shall be paid by
each Buyer on or before the Closing Date (as hereinafter defined) in immediately
available funds by confirmed wire transfer to a bank account to be designated by
the Company (such  designation to occur no later than the third Business Day (as
hereinafter defined) prior to the Closing Date).

         1.3 Allocation of the Purchase  Price.  The parties hereto  acknowledge
that the  allocation  of the Purchase  Price between the Shares and the Warrants
was made by them in arm's length negotiation and agree that a written allocation
of the  Purchase  Price  between the Shares and the  Warrants  shall be provided
before  Closing  and  such  allocation  shall  be  made  as of the  date of this
Agreement.



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                                    ARTICLE II

                              CLOSING AND CLOSING DATE

         The closing of the  transactions  contemplated  hereby (the  "Closing")
shall take place (i) at the offices of  Thompson & Knight,  P.C.,  1700  Pacific
Avenue,  Suite 3300,  Dallas,  Texas,  at 9:00 a.m.,  local  time,  on the third
Business Day following the satisfaction or waiver (subject to Applicable Law [as
hereinafter  defined])  of  each of the  conditions  to the  obligations  of the
parties set forth in  Articles VI and VII hereof,  or (ii) at such other time or
place or on such other date as the parties hereto shall agree. The date on which
the  Closing is required  to take place is herein  referred  to as the  "Closing
Date". All Closing transactions shall be deemed to have occurred simultaneously.


                                   ARTICLE III

                   REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY

         The Company  represents  and  warrants  to each  Buyer,  as of the date
hereof, that:

         3.1  Corporate   Organization.   The  Company  is  a  corporation  duly
organized, validly existing, and in good standing under the laws of the State of
Delaware and has all  requisite  corporate  power and  authority in all material
respects to own, lease,  and operate its properties and to carry on its business
as now being  conducted.  No actions or  proceedings to dissolve the Company are
pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened.

         3.2  Qualification.  Each  of the  Company  and  the  Subsidiaries  (as
hereinafter defined) is duly qualified or licensed to do business and is in good
standing in each  jurisdiction in which the property owned,  leased, or operated
by it or the conduct of its business  requires such  qualification or licensing,
except  where the failure to do so would not have a material  adverse  effect on
the  business,  assets,  results of  operations  or  financial  condition of the
Company  or on the  ability  of  the  Company  to  consummate  the  transactions
contemplated hereby.

         3.3      Capitalization of the Company.

         (a)  The  authorized  capital  stock  of the  Company  consists  of (i)
80,000,000  shares of Common Stock, of which, as of the date hereof,  28,650,715
shares are  outstanding  and 187,435 shares are held in the Company's  treasury,
and (ii) 10,000,000  shares of Preferred Stock,  without par value, of which, as
of the date hereof, no shares are outstanding. All outstanding shares of capital
stock  of  the  Company  have  been  validly  issued  and  are  fully  paid  and
nonassessable, and no shares of capital stock of the Company are subject to, nor
have any been issued in violation of,  preemptive or similar  rights.  As of the
date hereof,  (i) an aggregate of 4,851,186  shares of Common Stock are reserved
for issuance pursuant to stock options granted to certain  directors,  officers,
and employees;  (ii) an aggregate of 172,981 shares of Common Stock are reserved
for issuance  and issuable  upon the  exercise of  outstanding  warrants;  (iii)
certain  shares of Common Stock are  reserved for issuance  upon the exercise of
certain  purchase rights which become  exercisable  pursuant to the terms of the
Rights  Agreement (as hereinafter  defined);  and (iv) an aggregate of 3,557,900
shares of Common stock are reserved for issuance and issuable under the Exchange
Agreement (as hereinafter defined).


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         (b) Except as set forth above in  subparagraph  (a) of this Section 3.3
and as contemplated  by this  Agreement,  there are outstanding (i) no shares of
capital stock or other voting  securities of the Company;  (ii) no securities of
the Company  convertible  into or  exchangeable  for shares of capital  stock or
other  voting  securities  of the  Company;  (iii) no options or other rights to
acquire from the Company, and no obligation of the Company to issue or sell, any
shares  of  capital  stock or other  voting  securities  of the  Company  or any
securities  of the Company  convertible  into or  exchangeable  for such capital
stock or voting  securities;  and (iv) other than  employee  compensation  plans
based on the Company's earnings and executive officer employment agreements,  no
equity  equivalents,  interests in the  ownership or earnings,  or other similar
rights of or with respect to the Company.  There are no outstanding  contractual
obligations of the Company to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any shares
of Common Stock or any other  securities of the type  described in clauses (i) -
(iv) of the preceding sentence.

         3.4  Authority  Relative  to  This  Agreement.  The  Company  has  full
corporate  power and authority to execute,  deliver,  and perform this Agreement
and the Ancillary Documents (as hereinafter  defined) to which it is a party and
to consummate the transactions  contemplated hereby and thereby.  The execution,
delivery,  and  performance  by the Company of this  Agreement and the Ancillary
Documents to which it is a party, and the consummation by it of the transactions
contemplated  hereby and thereby,  have been duly  authorized  by all  necessary
corporate  action of the  Company.  This  Agreement  has been duly  executed and
delivered by the Company and constitutes,  and each Ancillary  Document executed
or to be  executed  by the  Company  has been,  or when  executed  will be, duly
executed and  delivered  by the Company and  constitutes,  or when  executed and
delivered  will  constitute,  a valid  and  legally  binding  obligation  of the
Company,  enforceable  against the Company in accordance with its terms,  except
that  such   enforceability  may  be  limited  by  (i)  applicable   bankruptcy,
insolvency,  reorganization,  moratorium,  and similar laws affecting creditors'
rights generally, and (ii) equitable principles which may limit the availability
of  certain  equitable  remedies  (such  as  specific  performance)  in  certain
instances.

         3.5 Noncontravention.  The execution,  delivery, and performance by the
Company of this Agreement and the Ancillary Documents to which it is a party and
the  consummation by it of the transactions  contemplated  hereby and thereby do
not and will not (i) conflict  with or result in a violation of any provision of
the Company's Restated  Certificate of Incorporation or the Company's Bylaws, as
amended,  or  the  charter,   bylaws  or  other  governing  instruments  of  any
Subsidiary,  (ii) conflict with or result in a violation of any provision of, or
constitute (with or without the giving of notice or the passage of time or both)
a default  under,  or give rise  (with or  without  the  giving of notice or the
passage  of  time  or  both)  to any  right  of  termination,  cancellation,  or
acceleration  under, any bond,  debenture,  note,  mortgage,  indenture,  lease,
agreement,  or other  instrument  or  obligation  to which  the  Company  or any
Subsidiary is a party or by which the Company or any  Subsidiary or any of their
respective  properties may be bound,  (iii) result in the creation or imposition
of any Encumbrance upon the properties of the Company or any Subsidiary, or (iv)
assuming  compliance  with the matters  referred to in Section 3.6,  violate any
Applicable Law binding upon the Company or any Subsidiary,  except,  in the case
of clauses (ii),  (iii),  and (iv) above,  for any such  conflicts,  violations,
defaults,  terminations,  cancellations,  accelerations,  or Encumbrances  which
would not,  individually or in the aggregate,  have a material adverse effect on
the  business,  assets,  results of  operations,  or financial  condition of the
Company and the  Subsidiaries  taken as a whole or the ability of the Company to
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.

         3.6   Governmental   Approvals.   No  consent,   approval,   order,  or
authorization of, or declaration, filing, or registration with, any Governmental
Entity (as  hereinafter  defined)  is  required  to be  obtained  or made by the
Company  or any  Subsidiary  in  connection  with the  execution,  delivery,  or
performance  by the Company of this  Agreement  and the  Ancillary  Documents to
which it is a party or the consummation by it of the  transactions  contemplated
hereby and thereby, other than (i) compliance with any applicable

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requirements of the HSR Act (as hereinafter  defined);  (ii) compliance with any
applicable  requirements of the Securities Act (as hereinafter  defined);  (iii)
compliance with any applicable  requirements of the Exchange Act (as hereinafter
defined);  (iv) compliance with any applicable  state  securities  laws; and (v)
such consents,  approvals, orders, or authorizations which, if not obtained, and
such  declarations,  filings,  or  registrations  which, if not made, would not,
individually  or in  the  aggregate,  have  a  material  adverse  effect  on the
business,  assets, results of operations,  or financial condition of the Company
or on the ability of the Company to  consummate  the  transactions  contemplated
hereby.  The  representations  and  warranties of the Company  contained in this
Section  3.6,  insofar  as  such   representations  and  warranties  pertain  to
compliance  by the  Company  with the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act and
applicable  state  securities  laws,  are  based  on  the   representations  and
warranties of Buyers contained in Section 4.5.

         3.7 Authorization of Issuance;  Reservation of Shares.  When issued and
delivered  pursuant to this Agreement against payment  therefor,  the Securities
will have been duly  authorized,  issued and delivered and will constitute valid
and legally binding obligations of the Company entitled to the benefits provided
therein.  When issued and delivered  pursuant to the Agreement  against  payment
therefor,  the Shares  will be fully paid and  nonassessable.  During the period
within which the Warrants may be  exercised,  the Company will at all times have
authorized  and reserved for the purpose of issue upon exercise of the Warrants,
a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock to provide for the exercise of the
Warrants.  All shares of Common  Stock which are issuable  upon  exercise of the
Warrants (the "Warrant Shares") will, when issued, be validly issued, fully paid
and  nonassessable.  The issuance of the Shares is not, and upon exercise of the
Warrants  the  issuance  of the  Warrant  Shares  will  not be,  subject  to any
preemptive or similar rights.

         3.8  Subsidiaries.  Except as listed on  Section  3.8 of the  Company's
Disclosure  Schedule  attached hereto (the "Disclosure  Schedule),  there are no
"Significant Subsidiaries" as that term is defined in Regulation S-X promulgated
by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"). Each Subsidiary is
a corporation duly organized,  validly existing,  and in good standing under the
laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation. Each Subsidiary has all requisite
corporate  power  and  corporate  authority  to  own,  lease,  and  operate  its
properties  and to carry on its business as now being  conducted.  No actions or
proceedings to dissolve any Subsidiary are pending.

         3.9 SEC Filings.  The Company has filed with the  Commission all forms,
reports,  schedules,   statements,  and  other  documents  (excluding  exhibits)
required to be filed by it since  September 30, 1993 under the  Securities  Act,
the Exchange Act, and all other federal  securities  laws.  All forms,  reports,
schedules,  statements,  and other documents  (including all amendments thereto)
filed by the Company with the Commission since such date are herein collectively
referred to as the "SEC Filings".  The SEC Filings, at the time filed,  complied
in all material respects with all applicable  requirements of federal securities
laws.  None of the SEC Filings,  including,  without  limitation,  any financial
statements  or schedules  included  therein,  at the time filed,  contained  any
untrue  statement  of a  material  fact or omitted  to state any  material  fact
required  to be stated  therein  or  necessary  in order to make the  statements
contained therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading  except  as the same was  corrected  or  superseded  in a  subsequent
document duly filed with the  Commission.  Except as set forth in Section 3.9 of
the Disclosure  Schedule and except for those contracts not required to be filed
pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Commission,  all material contracts
of the Company and the Subsidiaries  have been included in the SEC Filings.  The
audited  consolidated  financial  statements and unaudited  consolidated interim
financial  statements of the Company  included in the SEC Filings present fairly
in all material  respects,  in conformity  with  generally  accepted  accounting
principles  applied on a  consistent  basis  (except as may be  indicated in the
notes thereto and, in the case of the unaudited  consolidated  interim financial
statements,  except to the extent that preparation of such financial  statements
in accordance with generally accepted  accounting  principles is not required by
applicable rules of the Commission), the

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consolidated  financial  position of the Company as of the dates thereof and its
consolidated  results of  operations  and cash flows for the periods  then ended
(subject  to normal  year-end  audit  adjustments  in the case of any  unaudited
interim financial statements).

         3.10 Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities. Except as set forth in Section
3.10 of the  Disclosure  Schedule or to the extent  disclosed in the SEC Filings
filed prior to the date hereof, (a) as of June 30, 1995, neither the Company nor
any Subsidiary had any liabilities or obligations  (whether  accrued,  absolute,
contingent,  unliquidated,  or  otherwise)  material  to  the  Company  and  the
Subsidiaries  considered  as a whole,  and (b) since June 30, 1995,  neither the
Company  nor any  Subsidiary  has  incurred  any such  material  liabilities  or
obligations,  other than  those  incurred  in the  ordinary  course of  business
consistent  with  past  practice  or  pursuant  to or as  contemplated  by  this
Agreement.

         3.11 Absence of Certain Changes. Except as disclosed in the SEC Filings
filed prior to the date hereof,  since June 30, 1995, (i) there has not been any
material  adverse change in, or any event or condition that might  reasonably be
expected to result in any  material  adverse  change in, the  business,  assets,
results of operations,  condition  (financial or otherwise),  of the Company and
the  Subsidiaries  considered  as a whole,  other  than as a result  of legal or
regulatory  changes  affecting the U.S. health care industry  generally and (ii)
neither the Company nor any  Subsidiary  has incurred  any  material  liability,
engaged in any material  transaction,  or entered into any material agreement in
each case outside the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice.

         3.12 Compliance  With Laws.  Except as set forth in Section 3.12 of the
Disclosure  Schedule,  since July 31, 1992, (i) the Company and the Subsidiaries
have  complied in all material  respects  with all  Applicable  Laws  (including
without limitation Applicable Laws relating to securities,  properties, Medicare
or Medicaid participation,  business products,  advertising and sales practices,
employment  practices,  terms and  conditions  of  employment,  wages and hours,
safety, occupational safety, health,  environmental protection,  product safety,
and civil rights);  (ii) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any
written notice,  which has not been dismissed or otherwise disposed of, that the
Company or any  Subsidiary has not so complied and (iii) neither the Company nor
any Subsidiary is charged or, to the best  knowledge of the Company,  threatened
with, or, to the best knowledge of the Company, under investigation with respect
to, any violation of any  Applicable  Law relating to any aspect of the business
of the Company or any Subsidiary  other than violations  which in the reasonable
judgement of the Company,  individually or in the aggregate, do not and will not
have a material adverse effect on the business,  assets, results of operation or
financial  condition of the Company or the ability of the Company to  consummate
the transactions contemplated hereby.

         3.13 Litigation.  Except as set forth in Section 3.13 of the Disclosure
Schedule,  (i)  there  is  (whether  insured  or  uninsured)  no  action,  suit,
proceeding  or  investigation  pending  or,  to the  knowledge  of the  Company,
threatened  in  writing,  at law  or in  equity,  in any  court  or  before  any
Governmental  Entity  against the Company or any  Subsidiary  or  affecting  the
Company or any Subsidiary or any of the  respective  assets or properties of the
Company or any  Subsidiary  that,  in the  reasonable  judgement of the Company,
individually  or in the aggregate  would have a material  adverse  effect on the
Company  or  would  prevent  the  Company  from  consummating  the  transactions
contemplated by this Agreement,  and (ii) the Company and the  Subsidiaries  and
their  respective  assets and  properties  are not subject to any order from any
Governmental  Entity that has or is likely to have a material  adverse effect on
the Company.

         3.14 Prior Private  Offerings.  Since July 31, 1992, (i) all securities
offered  or sold by the  Company  which  were  not  registered  pursuant  to the
Securities  Act and  applicable  state  securities  laws,  were  offered or sold
pursuant  to valid  exemptions  from the  Securities  Act and  applicable  state
securities  laws and (ii) no private  offering  memorandum or other  information
furnished (whether in writing or

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orally) to any offeree or purchaser of such securities,  at the time of delivery
of such private offering  memorandum or other information,  contained any untrue
statement of a material  fact or omitted to state any material  fact required to
be  stated  therein  or  necessary  in order to make  the  statements  contained
therein,  in  light  of the  circumstances  under  which  they  were  made,  not
misleading.

         3.15  Private  Offering  of the  Securities.  The  Company  agrees that
neither the  Company  nor anyone  acting on its behalf has offered or will offer
the  Securities or any part hereof or any similar  securities  for issue or sale
to, or has  solicited or will solicit any offer to acquire any of the same from,
anyone  so as to bring  the  issuance  and  sale of the  Securities  within  the
provisions of Section 5 of the Securities Act.


                                  ARTICLE IV

                    REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF BUYERS

         Each Buyer  severally (and not jointly)  represents and warrants to the
Company that:

         4.1  Organization.  If  Buyer  is a  corporation,  such  Buyer  is duly
organized,  validly  existing,  and in  good  standing  under  the  laws  of the
jurisdiction  of its  incorporation.  If Buyer is a partnership  or trust,  such
Buyer is duly formed and validly  existing as a  partnership  or trust under the
laws of the jurisdiction of its formation.

         4.2  Authority  Relative  to This  Agreement.  Buyer has full power and
authority to execute,  deliver,  and perform this  Agreement  and the  Ancillary
Documents to which it is a party and to consummate the transactions contemplated
hereby  and  thereby.  If Buyer is a  corporation,  partnership  or  trust,  the
execution,  delivery,  and  performance  by  Buyer  of  this  Agreement  and the
Ancillary  Documents to which it is a party,  and the  consummation by it of the
transactions  contemplated hereby and thereby,  have been duly authorized by all
necessary  action of Buyer.  This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered
by Buyer and constitutes, and each Ancillary Document executed or to be executed
by Buyer has been,  or when  executed  will be, duly  executed and  delivered by
Buyer and constitutes,  or when executed and delivered will constitute,  a valid
and legally binding obligation of Buyer, enforceable against Buyer in accordance
with its terms, except that such enforceability may be limited by (i) applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency,  reorganization,  moratorium, and similar laws affecting
creditors'  rights  generally and (ii) equitable  principles which may limit the
availability  of certain  equitable  remedies (such as specific  performance) in
certain instances.

         4.3 Noncontravention. The execution, delivery, and performance by Buyer
of this  Agreement  and the  Ancillary  Documents to which it is a party and the
consummation by it of the  transactions  contemplated  hereby and thereby do not
and will not (i) if Buyer is a corporation,  partnership or trust, conflict with
or result in a violation of any  provision of the  charter,  bylaws,  or similar
organizational  documents of Buyer,  (ii) conflict with or result in a violation
of any provision of, or constitute  (with or without the giving of notice or the
passage of time or both) a default  under,  or give rise  (with or  without  the
giving of notice or the  passage  of time or both) to any right of  termination,
cancellation,  or  acceleration  under,  any bond,  debenture,  note,  mortgage,
indenture, lease, agreement, or other instrument or obligation to which Buyer is
a party or by which Buyer or any of its properties may be bound, (iii) result in
the creation or imposition of any  Encumbrance  upon the properties of Buyer, or
(iv)  violate any  Applicable  Law binding  upon Buyer,  except,  in the case of
clauses  (ii),  (iii),  and  (iv)  above,  for any such  conflicts,  violations,
defaults,  terminations,  cancellations,  accelerations,  or Encumbrances  which
would not,  individually or in the aggregate,  have a material adverse effect on
the business, assets, results

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of  operations,  or  financial  condition of Buyer or on the ability of Buyer to
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.

         4.4 Governmental Approvals.  Other than any HSR Act filing, no consent,
approval,  order, or authorization  of, or declaration,  filing, or registration
with,  any  Governmental  Entity is  required to be obtained or made by Buyer in
connection  with  the  execution,  delivery,  or  performance  by  Buyer of this
Agreement or the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby.

         4.5  Purchase  for  Investment.  Buyer  has  been  furnished  with  all
information  that it has requested  for the purpose of  evaluating  the proposed
acquisition of the Securities  pursuant hereto, and Buyer has had an opportunity
to ask questions of and receive  answers from the Company  regarding the Company
and its business, assets, results of operations, and financial condition and the
terms and conditions of the issuance of the  Securities.  Buyer is acquiring the
Securities to be purchased by it for its own account for  investment and not for
distribution in any manner that would violate  applicable  securities  laws, but
without  prejudice to Buyer's rights to dispose of such  Securities or a portion
thereof to a transferee or transferee,  in accordance  with such laws if at some
time in the future Buyer deems is advisable to do so. Buyer can bear the risk of
an  investment  in the  Securities,  and has such  knowledge  and  experience in
financial and business  matters that it is capable of evaluating  the merits and
risks of a prospective  investment in the  Securities.  The  acquisition of such
Securities  by Buyer at Closing shall  constitute  Buyer's  confirmation  of the
foregoing representations. Buyer understands that such Securities are being sold
to it in a transaction which is exempt from the registration requirements of the
Securities Act, and that, in making the representations and warranties contained
in Section 3.6 pertaining to compliance by the Company with the  requirements of
the Securities Act and applicable  securities  laws, the Company is relying,  to
the extent applicable, upon Buyer's representations set forth herein.

         4.6      No Other Shares.  Except for such rights as may be conferred 
on Buyer by this Agreement and the Ancillary Documents, as of the date hereof,
Buyer does not beneficially own, directly or indirectly, any shares of capital
stock of the Company.


                                     ARTICLE V

                                ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS

         5.1 Press  Releases.  Except as may be required by Applicable Law or by
the rules of any national securities  exchange,  neither Buyer, on the one hand,
nor the  Company,  on the other,  shall issue any press  release with respect to
this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby without the prior written
consent of the other party (which  consent  shall not be  unreasonably  withheld
under the  circumstances).  Any such press release required by Applicable Law or
by the  rules of any  national  securities  exchange  shall  only be made  after
reasonable notice to the other party.

         5.2 Stock Exchange  Listing.  The Company shall use its reasonable best
efforts to cause the Shares and the Warrant Shares to be approved for listing on
the American Stock Exchange,  subject to official  notice of issuance,  prior to
the Closing Date, and at such time as the Common Stock is listed on the New York
Stock Exchange,  cause the Shares and the Warrant Shares to be listed on the New
York Stock Exchange as soon as practicable thereafter.


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         5.3      Registration Rights.

         (a) Registration of Shares.  Within 30 days following the Closing,  the
Company will prepare and file a registration statement under the Securities Act,
and shall use its best  efforts to cause such  registration  statement to become
effective as promptly as possible thereafter,  with respect to the resale of the
Registrable Shares (as hereinafter defined).

         (b)  Registration of Warrant  Shares.  Prior to the first date on which
the Warrant Shares are issuable upon exercise of the Warrants,  the Company will
prepare and file one or more  registration  statements under the Securities Act,
and cause such  registration  statements  to become  effective  as  promptly  as
possible,  with respect to the issuance of the Warrant  Shares upon  exercise of
the Warrants and the resale of the  Registrable  Warrant Shares (as  hereinafter
defined).

         (c)  Piggyback  Registrations.  Until such time as the Buyer  Group (as
hereinafter  defined) no longer  beneficially owns in the aggregate at least 10%
of the Shares and Underlying  Warrant Shares (as hereinafter  defined) initially
purchased  hereunder,  whenever the Company  proposes to register an offering of
any of its Common Stock under the  Securities  Act other than (i) under employee
compensation or benefit programs or otherwise on Form S-8 or an equivalent form,
(ii) an  exchange  offer or an  offering of  securities  solely to the  existing
stockholders  or  employees of the Company or to the  existing  stockholders  of
another  company in connection with a merger or acquisition or otherwise on Form
S-4 or an equivalent form or (iii) a secondary  registration solely on behalf of
holders of securities of the Company,  and the registration  form to be used may
be used for the  registration  of the  Registrable  Securities  (as  hereinafter
defined),  the  Company  will give  prompt  written  notice to all Buyers of its
intention to effect such a  registration  and will include in such  registration
and offering all Registrable  Securities  which are then owned by members of the
Buyer Group and with respect to which the Company has received  written requests
for inclusion  therein within 20 days after the receipt of the Company's  notice
(a "Piggyback Registration").  The Company shall use reasonable efforts to cause
the  managing  underwriters  of a proposed  underwritten  offering to permit the
Registrable  Securities then owned by members of the Buyer Group which have been
requested  to  be  included  in  the  registration  statement  (or  registration
statements) for such offering to be included  therein and in the prospectus used
in  connection  therewith on the same terms and  conditions  as are provided for
therein for persons other than Buyers.  Notwithstanding  the  foregoing,  if the
Company  gives  notice of such a  proposed  registration,  the  total  number of
Registrable  Securities  which shall be included in such  registration  shall be
reduced pro rata to such  number,  if any, as in the  reasonable  opinion of the
managing   underwriters  of  such  offering  would  not  adversely   affect  the
marketability or offering price of all of the securities  proposed to be offered
by the  Company  in such  offering;  provided  however,  that to the  extent not
prohibited by any registration rights agreements existing as of the date hereof,
the  securities to be included in the  registration  statement (or  registration
statements)  for any person  other than  Buyers and the  Company  shall be first
reduced prior to any such pro rata reduction. It is specifically agreed that the
Piggyback  Registration  rights set forth in this  subparagraph (c) shall not be
assignable to any transferee of Registrable Securities if such transferee is not
a member of the Buyer Group.

         (d)  Registration Procedures.  With respect to each registration 
statement filed in accordance with this Section 5.3 (the "Registration 
Statement"), the Company shall:

                  (i)  cause  the   Registration   Statement   and  the  related
         prospectus  and any  amendment  or  supplement,  (A) to  comply  in all
         material  respects with the applicable  requirements  of the Securities
         Act and under the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and (B)
         not to contain any 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;

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                  (ii) prepare and file with the Commission  such amendments and
         supplements to the  Registration  Statement and the prospectus  used in
         connection  therewith,   and  upon  the  mandatory  expiration  of  the
         Registration Statement, one or more additional registration statements,
         as may be necessary to keep the Registration  Statement  effective on a
         continual basis for so long as the Buyer Group collectively owns Shares
         and Underlying Warrant Shares  constituting more than 25% of the Shares
         and Underlying Warrant Shares initially purchased  hereunder;  provided
         that,  the Company shall not be required to maintain the  effectiveness
         of the  Registration  Statement filed for a Piggyback  Registration for
         more  than  90  days,  and  shall  not  be  required  to  maintain  the
         effectiveness of any other Registration Statement filed hereunder for a
         period in  excess of three  years  from the  Closing  Date if after the
         expiration  of such  period the  Registrable  Securities  may be resold
         without any restrictions under the Securities Act, it being agreed that
         if the Registrable  Securities remain subject to any restrictions under
         the  Securities Act  (including  any volume  restrictions  imposed upon
         "affiliates"  under Rule 144) the Company will continue to maintain the
         effectiveness of such statement beyond the three year period subject to
         the terms hereof;

                  (iii) furnish,  upon written request,  to each Buyer a copy of
         any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or prospectus
         prior to filing it after  effectiveness and not file any such amendment
         or supplement to which any such Buyer shall have reasonably objected on
         the grounds that such  amendment or  supplement  does not comply in all
         material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act or of the
         rules or regulations promulgated thereunder;

                  (iv)  furnish  to each  Buyer  such  number  of  copies of the
         Registration  Statement,  each  amendment and supplement  thereto,  the
         prospectus used in connection therewith (including, without limitation,
         each  preliminary  prospectus  and  final  prospectus)  and such  other
         document as such Buyer may  reasonably  request in order to  facilitate
         the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such Buyer;

                  (v)  use  its  best   efforts  to   register  or  qualify  all
         Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement under such
         other securities or blue sky laws of the states of the United States as
         may  be  required  for  the  issuance  and  sale  of  the   Registrable
         Securities, to keep such registration or qualification in effect for so
         long as the  Registration  Statement  remains in effect 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 in which it
         is not and would not, but for the  requirements of this Section 5.3, be
         obligated to be so qualified,  or to subject  itself to taxation in any
         such  jurisdiction,  or to consent to general service of process in any
         such jurisdiction;

                  (vi) prior to any sale of the Registrable  Securities effected
         on the  American  Stock  Exchange  or the New York Stock  Exchange,  as
         applicable,  deliver to such national securities exchange copies of the
         prospectus to be used in  connection  with the offering to be conducted
         pursuant to the Registration Statement;

                  (vii) upon discovery  that, or upon the happening of any event
         as a result of  which,  the  prospectus  included  in the  Registration
         Statement,  as then  in  effect,  includes  or in the  judgment  of the
         Company may include an untrue  statement of a material fact or omits or
         may omit to state  any  material  fact  required  to be  stated in such
         prospectus or necessary to make the  statements in such  prospectus not
         misleading in the light of the  circumstances  in which they were made,
         which circumstance requires amendment of the Registration  Statement or
         supplementation  of the  prospectus,  prepare  and file as  promptly as
         reasonably  possible a supplement to or an amendment of such prospectus
         as may be  necessary  so that,  as when  delivered  (if required by the
         Securities  Act)  to  a  purchaser  of  Registrable  Securities,   such
         prospectus shall not include an untrue statement

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         of a material  fact or omit to state a  material  fact  required  to be
         stated in such  prospectus or necessary to make the  statements in such
         prospectus  not misleading in the light of the  circumstances  in which
         they were made;

                  (viii)  otherwise  use its best  efforts  to  comply  with all
         applicable  rules and regulations  under the Securities Act and, in its
         discretion,  to make  available to its securities  holders,  as soon as
         reasonably practicable, an earnings statement covering the period of at
         least twelve months, but not more than eighteen months,  beginning with
         the first month of the first fiscal quarter after the effective date of
         the Registration Statement,  which earnings statement shall satisfy the
         provisions of section 11(a) of the Securities Act;

                  (ix) provide and cause to be  maintained a transfer  agent and
         registrar for all Registrable  Securities  covered by the  Registration
         Statement  from and after a date not later than the  effective  date of
         the Registration Statement;

                  (x) use its best  efforts to list all  Registrable  Securities
         covered  by  the  Registration  Statement  on any  national  securities
         exchange  on  which  securities  of the same  class as the  Registrable
         Securities are then listed;

                  (xi) after any sale of the Registrable  Securities pursuant to
         this  Section  5.3,  to the extent  not  prohibited  by law,  cause any
         restrictive  legends to be removed and any transfer  restrictions to be
         rescinded with respect to the Registrable Securities;

                  (xii) enter into such customary agreements (including, without
         limitation,  underwriting agreements in customary form, substance,  and
         scope) and take all such other  actions as the holders of a majority of
         the  Registrable  Securities  being sold or the  underwriters,  if any,
         reasonably  request in order to expedite or facilitate the  disposition
         of such Shares;

                  (xiii)  in  the  event  of the  issuance  of  any  stop  order
         suspending the effectiveness of the Registration  Statement,  or of any
         order  suspending  or preventing  the use of any related  prospectus or
         suspending  the  disqualification  of any Common Stock  included in the
         Registration  Statement for sale in any jurisdiction,  the Company will
         use its best efforts  promptly to obtain the  withdrawal of such order;
         and

                  (xiv)  use  its  best   efforts  to  cause  such   Registrable
         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 Buyers thereof to consummate the disposition
         of such Shares.

         (e)  Obligations  of Buyer.  Each  member of the  Buyer  Group  holding
Registrable  Securities shall furnish to the Company such information  regarding
such member as the Company may from time to time  reasonably  request in writing
(and will notify the Company of any changes in such information) and as shall be
required by the Securities Act in connection with such  registration.  Each such
member of the Buyer Group shall enter into such customary agreements (including,
without limitation,  underwriting  agreements,  custody agreements and powers of
attorney in customary form, substance and scope) and take all such other actions
as the  Company  or the  underwriters,  if any,  reasonably  request in order to
expedite or facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities.

         (f)  Delay of  Sales.  During  any  period  in  which  the  Company  is
maintaining the  effectiveness  of a Registration  Statement for the Registrable
Securities  pursuant to this Section 5.3, the Company shall have the right, upon
giving notice to the members of the Buyer Group holding  Registrable  Securities
of

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the exercise of such right,  to require such members not to sell any Registrable
Securities  pursuant  to such  Registration  Statement  for a period of time the
Company deems reasonably necessary, which time shall be specified in such notice
but in no event  longer than a period of 90 days,  if (i) the Company is engaged
in an  offering of shares by the Company for its own account or is engaged in or
proposes  to engage in  discussions  or  negotiations  with  respect  to, or has
proposed or taken a substantial step to commence, or there otherwise is pending,
any merger, acquisition, other form of business combination, divestiture, tender
offer,  financing or other  transaction,  or there is an event or state of facts
relating to the Company, in each case which is material to the Company (any such
negotiation,  step,  event or state of facts  being  herein  called a  "Material
Activity"), (ii) such Material Activity would, in the opinion of counsel for the
Company,  require  disclosure so as to permit the  Registrable  Securities to be
sold in compliance with applicable law, and (iii) such disclosure  would, in the
reasonable judgment of the Company, be adverse to its interests; provided, that,
the Company shall have no right to delay the filing of a Registration  Statement
or the selling of Registrable Securities if at any time during the twelve months
preceding  the date on which such  notice was given the  Company had delayed the
selling of Registrable Securities pursuant to this subparagraph (f). The Company
shall  have  no  obligation  to  include  in any  notice  contemplated  by  this
subparagraph  (f) any reference to or  description of the facts based upon which
the Company is delivering such notice.

         (g)      Indemnification.

                  (i) The Company shall  indemnify and hold harmless each member
         of the Buyer Group holding Registrable  Securities,  and if such member
         is  a  corporation  or  partnership,  its  directors,   Affiliates  (as
         hereinafter  defined) and officers,  and each other person, if any, who
         controls such member within the meaning of the  Securities  Act against
         any  losses,  claims,  damages,   liabilities  or  expenses  (including
         reasonable  fees and expenses of counsel),  joint or several,  to which
         such member or any such director, Affiliate or officer or participating
         or  controlling  person may become  subject under the Securities Act or
         otherwise in connection with or as a result of a sale by such member of
         the Registrable  Securities,  insofar as such losses, claims,  damages,
         liabilities or expenses (or related actions or  proceedings)  arise out
         of or are  based  upon  (i) any  untrue  statement  or  alleged  untrue
         statement of any material fact contained in the Registration Statement,
         any  preliminary  prospectus,  final  prospectus or summary  prospectus
         contained in the Registration Statement, or any amendment or supplement
         to  the  Registration   Statement,  or  any  document  incorporated  by
         reference  in the  Registration  Statement,  or (ii)  any  omission  or
         alleged omission to state in any such document a material fact required
         to be stated in any such  document or necessary to make the  statements
         in any such  document not  misleading,  and the Company will  reimburse
         such member and each such director, Affiliate,  officer,  participating
         person  and  controlling  person  for any legal or any  other  expenses
         reasonably  incurred  by  them  in  connection  with  investigating  or
         defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or expense (or action
         or proceeding in respect of any such loss, claim, damage,  liability or
         expense)  which  arises out of or is based upon an untrue  statement or
         alleged  untrue  statement or omission or alleged  omission made in the
         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 such  member  or any  such  director,  Affiliate,  officer,
         participating  person or controlling  person for use in the preparation
         of the  Registration  Statement.  Such  indemnity  shall remain in full
         force and effect regardless of any  investigation  made by or on behalf
         of such member or any such director, Affiliate, officer,  participating
         person or  controlling  person and shall  survive the  transfer of such
         securities by such member.


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                  (ii)  Each  member  of the  Buyer  Group  holding  Registrable
         Securities,  severally  and  not  jointly,  shall  indemnify  and  hold
         harmless  (in the same  manner  and to the same  extent as set forth in
         clause (i) of this subparagraph (g)) the Company,  each director of the
         Company,  each  officer of the Company who shall sign the  Registration
         Statement  and each other  person,  if any,  who  controls  the Company
         within the meaning of the  Securities  Act,  with respect to any untrue
         statement  in  or  omission  from  the  Registration   Statement,   any
         preliminary prospectus, final prospectus or summary prospectus included
         in the  Registration  Statement,  or any amendment or supplement to the
         Registration  Statement,  but only to the extent that such statement or
         omission  was  made in  direct  reliance  upon and in  conformity  with
         written information  furnished to the Company by such member for use in
         the preparation of the Registration Statement,  preliminary prospectus,
         final prospectus,  summary  prospectus,  amendment or supplement.  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 the
         Registrable Securities by such member.

                  (iii)  Indemnification under this Section 5.3 shall be made as
         set forth in Article IX hereof.

         (h)  Registration  Expenses.  All  expenses  incident to the  Company's
registration  of the Registrable  Securities  pursuant to the provisions of this
Section 5.3, including,  without  limitation,  all registration and filing fees,
fees and expenses of compliance with  securities or blue sky laws,  printing and
engraving  expenses,  messenger and delivery expenses and fees and disbursements
of counsel for the Company and all  independent  certified  public  accountants,
underwriters  (excluding underwriting discounts and any selling commissions) and
any persons  retained by the Company  (all such  expenses  being  herein  called
"Registration  Expenses"),  will be paid by the  Company;  provided,  that,  all
expenses incurred by members of the Buyer Group holding  Registrable  Securities
to retain any  counsel,  accountant  or other  advisor  will not be deemed to be
Registration  Expenses  and will be paid by such members pro rata based upon the
number of Registrable Securities included in the registration.  The underwriting
discounts or  commissions  and any selling  commissions  together with any stock
transfer or similar taxes  attributable to sales of the  Registrable  Securities
will be paid by the holders of the  Registrable  Securities  pro rata based upon
the number of Registrable Securities held by them.

         5.4 Board Representation.  In connection with the Company's 1996 annual
meeting of stockholders, the Company will nominate a designee of Rainwater, Inc.
(the "Initial  Designee") that is acceptable to the Company to fill a vacancy in
the Board of Directors  of the Company  existing on the date hereof and will use
its reasonable  best efforts to cause the Initial  Designee to become elected to
the Board. As long as Buyers and their  Affiliates  continue to beneficially own
in the  aggregate at least 600,000  Shares,  Warrant  Shares  and/or  Underlying
Warrant  Shares  (appropriately  adjusted  for stock  splits,  combinations  and
similar changes),  the Company will continue to nominate the Initial Designee or
other  designee of  Rainwater,  Inc.  that is  acceptable to the Company on each
subsequent date for re-nomination of the Initial Designee or other designee,  as
applicable,  and will use its reasonable  best efforts to cause such designee to
become elected to the Board.

         5.5 Fees  and  Expenses.  The  Company  shall  (i) at the  Closing  pay
Rainwater, Inc., the amount of $150,000; (ii) upon the earlier of the Closing or
the termination of this Agreement, unless this Agreement is terminated solely as
a result of any Buyer's breach of the terms hereof,  reimburse  Rainwater,  Inc.
for (A) up to two filing fees for HSR Act approval of the  transaction  proposed
herein together with all other fees and expenses (including fees and expenses of
counsel)  incurred in  connection  with such  filings and (B) all other fees and
expenses   (including  fees  and  expenses  of  counsel,   financial   advisors,
accountants and other third party consultants)  incurred in connection with this
Agreement and the

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Ancillary  Documents,  up to a  maximum  of  $100,000  for such  other  fees and
expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the Ancillary Documents;
and (iii) for so long as Buyers and their  Affiliates  continue to  beneficially
own in the aggregate at least 600,000 Shares,  Warrant Shares and/or  Underlying
Warrant  Shares  (appropriately  adjusted  for stock  splits,  combinations  and
similar changes), pay Rainwater, Inc. $75,000 annually, due quarterly in arrears
beginning March 31, 1995 (adjusted  pro-rata for any period which is less than a
full quarter),  and reimburse  Rainwater,  Inc. annually  (payable  quarterly in
arrears) for all fees and expenses, including legal fees, reasonably incurred by
Rainwater,  Inc. in  connection  with the ownership of the  Securities,  up to a
maximum of $25,000 for any calendar year, unless the Company shall have approved
a greater amount.

         5.6      Restrictions on Transfers; Restrictions on Exercise of 
Warrants.

         (a)      Restrictions on Transfer of Shares, Warrants and Warrant 
Shares.  Subject to the provisions of subsection (c), no member of the Buyer 
Group, without having obtained the prior written consent of the Company, shall:

                  (i) prior to the first  anniversary of the Closing Date,  sell
         or transfer any of the Shares held by such member to any other  person,
         except for (A) Excluded  Transfers  (as  hereinafter  defined),  or (B)
         sales or transfers of a number of Shares, which together with all other
         sales or  transfers  of Shares  made by  Rainwater,  Inc.  (or upon its
         approval,  other  members of the Buyer  Group)  pursuant to this clause
         (B), does not exceed 1% of the Shares initially purchased hereunder;

                  (ii) sell or transfer any of the Warrants held by such member
         to any other person, except for Excluded Transfers; and

                  (iii) prior to the fourth  anniversary  of the  Closing  Date,
         except  for an  Excluded  Transfer,  sell or  transfer  in a  privately
         negotiated transaction to a single purchaser and its Affiliates, or any
         "Group" (as such term is defined in Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange
         Act) any combination of Shares,  Warrants and/or Warrant Shares, if the
         aggregate  number of  Shares,  Warrant  Shares and  Underlying  Warrant
         Shares to be so transferred  equals 5% or more of the Common Stock then
         outstanding  on a  fully-diluted  basis (i.e.  including  all shares of
         Common  Stock  issuable  under the terms of any  options,  warrants and
         similar rights).

         (b) Restrictions on Exercise of Warrants.  Subject to the provisions of
subsection  (d),  the  members of the Buyer  Group  shall  not,  during the time
periods set forth below,  exercise  Warrants to purchase less than the number of
Warrant Shares set forth opposite such time period  (appropriately  adjusted for
stock splits, combinations and similar changes):



         Time Period                                           Warrant Shares
         -----------                                           --------------
                                                            

         From the date immediately following
         the first anniversary of the Closing Date                 400,000
         to and including the second Anniversary of
         Closing Date

         From the date immediately following
         the second Anniversary of the Closing Date
         to and including the third Anniversary of                 200,000
         Closing Date


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         From and after the third Anniversary
         of the Closing Date                                    No restriction


         (c)  Exceptions to Transfer  Restrictions.  Notwithstanding  subsection
(a),  any  member of the Buyer  Group may sell or  transfer  any of the  Shares,
Warrants  and/or Warrant Shares to any person pursuant to, as a result of, or in
connection with (i) a tender offer or an exchange offer approved by the Board of
Directors  of the  Company;  (ii) the  consummation  of a merger  (provided  the
Company is not the surviving  corporation in such merger),  consolidation,  or a
sale of all or substantially  all the assets of the Company;  or (iii) any other
"Fundamental Change Transaction" (as such term is defined in the Warrant).

         (d)  Exceptions to Warrant Exercise Restrictions. The limitations on 
the exercise of the Warrants during the Exercise Period (as defined in the 
Warrant) which are set forth in subsection (b) are subject to the following 
exceptions:

                  (i)  the holders may at any time exercise the balance of the 
         Warrants remaining outstanding at any time;

                  (ii) upon the written request of Rainwater,  Inc., the holders
         of the Warrants may exercise  once in each  calendar  year  Warrants to
         purchase up to 100,000 Warrant Shares; and

                  (iii)any of the Warrants may be exercised in connection with
         a transaction described in subsection (c).

         (e) Transferees; No Other Restrictions.  During the period in which the
restrictions set forth in this Section 5.6 remain applicable,  neither Buyer nor
any transferee who is a member of the Buyer Group shall be entitled to, directly
or  indirectly,  sell or transfer  any of the Shares,  Warrants  and/or  Warrant
Shares  in an  Excluded  Transfer  to any  person  who is not a  party  to  this
Agreement,  unless the purported transferee executes an instrument acknowledging
that it is  bound by the  terms  of this  Section  5.6 and  such  instrument  is
delivered  to the  Company.  Except  as  provided  in  subsection  (a) and  this
subsection (e), and subject to compliance with the applicable  provisions of the
Securities  Act,  the Shares,  the  Warrants  and the Warrant  Shares are freely
transferable.

         5.7   Indemnification  of  Brokerage.   The  Company  shall  be  solely
responsible  for the payment of any amounts owed to Dean Witter Reynolds Inc. in
connection with the transactions contemplated herein. Each of the parties hereto
agrees to  indemnify  and hold  harmless  each other  party from and against any
claim or demand for a commission or other compensation by any financial advisor,
broker, agent, finder, or similar intermediary claiming to have been employed by
or on behalf of such  indemnifying  party and to bear the cost of legal fees and
expenses incurred in defending against any such claim or demand.

         5.8  Delivery of  Information.  The Company  will deliver to each Buyer
promptly upon the filing thereof,  copies of all registration  statements (other
than the exhibits  thereto and any  registration  statements  on Form S-8 or its
equivalent) and reports on Forms 10-K (or their  equivalents)  which the Company
shall have filed with the Commission or any similar reports filed with any state
securities commission or office.

         5.9 Rule 144 and Rule 144A Information. With a view to making available
to each Buyer the benefits of Rule 144 and Rule 144A promulgated  under the 1933
Act and any other  rule or  regulation  of the  Commission  that may at any time
permit  the Buyers to sell  Common  Stock of the  Company to the public  without
registration, the Company agrees to:

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                  (i)  make and keep public information available, as those 
         terms are understood and defined in Rule 144;

                  (ii) file with the Commission in a timely manner all reports 
         and other documents required of the Company under the Securities Act 
         and the Exchange Act; and

                  (iii)furnish  to each Buyer  forthwith  upon  request  (A) a
         written  statement  by the  Company  that  it  has  complied  with  the
         reporting requirements of Rule 144, the Securities Act and the Exchange
         Act, (B) a copy of the most recent  annual or  quarterly  report of the
         Company and such other  reports and  documents  so filed by the Company
         under  the  Securities  Act and the  Exchange  Act and (C)  such  other
         information  as may be  reasonably  requested by each Buyer in availing
         itself of any rule or  regulation of the  Commission  which permits the
         selling of any such securities without registration.

                  (iv) comply with all rules and regulations of the Commission 
         applicable to the Company in connection with use of Rule 144A (or any 
         successor thereto); and

                  (v) within five business  days of the  Company's  receipt of a
         request made by, or on behalf of, any prospective  transferee of who is
         a Qualified  Institutional Buyer (as defined in Rule 144A) and would be
         purchasing  Common  Stock of the Company in  reliance  upon Rule 144A),
         provide to such  prospective  transferee  copies of annual  audited and
         quarterly  unaudited  financial  statements  of the  Company  for it to
         comply with Rule 144A.

         5.10     Standstill.

         (a) General.  Each Buyer agrees that during the two year period  ending
on the second  anniversary  of the Closing  Date, it will not, and it will cause
its Affiliates and employees not to, purchase additional shares of the Company's
Common Stock so that Buyers and their Affiliates and employees  collectively own
20% or more of the Company's Common Stock then outstanding;  provided,  however,
that Buyers and their Affiliates and employees shall not be deemed to own 20% or
more of the Common  Stock  then  outstanding  solely by reason of the  Company's
purchase of any Common Stock unless  thereafter  Buyers and their Affiliates and
employees  purchase  any  additional  shares  of  Common  Stock  (excluding  any
acquisition of Warrant Shares upon exercise of the Warrants,  which shall not be
restricted hereunder).

         (b) Additional Standstill  Obligations.  Each Buyer further agrees that
during the two year period ending on the second anniversary of the Closing Date,
it will not, and it will cause its  Affiliates  and  employees  not to,  without
prior Company consent, (i) effect or cause to be effected any (A) "solicitation"
of "proxies" (as such terms are used in the proxy rules of the Commission)  with
respect  to the  Company  or any  action  resulting  in such  person  becoming a
"participant"  in any  "election  contest"  (as such terms are used in the proxy
rules of the  Commission)  with  respect  to the  Company,  or (B) any tender or
exchange offer or offer for a merger, consolidation,  share exchange or business
combination  involving the Company or substantially  all of its assets,  or (ii)
propose any matter for submission to a vote of the stockholders of the Company.

         (c)  Amendments  to Rights  Agreement.  If the Company  undertakes  the
purchase  of any Common  Stock  under  circumstances  in which any  exercise  of
Warrants  would be considered to cause Buyers and their  Affiliates to become an
"Acquiring  Person" under the Rights Agreement,  the Company agrees to amend the
Rights  Agreement to either (i) include the Buyers and their  Affiliates  in the
definition of an "Initial Shareholder", or (ii) change the definition of "Exempt
Person" so as to exclude any exercise

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of the Warrants from being  considered  as an  additional  purchase of shares of
Common Stock for purposes of the Rights Agreement.

         5.11 Participation in Subsequent Private Placements. Until such time as
Buyers and their Affiliates no longer beneficially own in the aggregate at least
600,000 Shares,  Warrant Shares and/or  Underlying  Warrant Shares, in the event
that the Company desires to issue any Equity Securities (as hereinafter defined)
for cash in a private placement  transaction,  the Company shall,  prior to such
issuance,  provide  written notice to Rainwater,  Inc.  describing in detail the
Equity  Securities  to  be  issued,  the  potential   purchasers   thereof,   if
specifically   known,  and  the  consideration  to  be  received   therefrom  (a
"Preemptive  Notice").  The Buyer  Group  shall  have the  right,  during the 20
Business Days following  receipt of the Preemptive Notice (the "Preemptive Right
Offer Period"),  to elect to subscribe for and purchase (the "Preemptive Right")
at the same price,  and on such other terms and  conditions  as are set forth in
the  Preemptive  Notice,  such  number of shares  of Equity  Securities  (in the
Company's  sole  discretion  either as a portion of or in addition to the Equity
Securities  covered by the  Preemptive  Notice) as may be  required to cause the
Equity  Ownership   Interest  (as  hereinafter   defined)  of  the  Buyer  Group
immediately following such issuance to be equal to the Equity Ownership Interest
of the Buyer Group on the date of the Preemptive Notice. Any notice by the Buyer
Group of their  election to exercise the  Preemptive  Right shall be provided by
Rainwater,  Inc. on behalf of such group. Any Equity  Securities to be purchased
by the Buyer Group shall be  allocated  pro-rata  among the members of the Buyer
Group  electing to exercise the  Preemptive  Right,  as determined by Rainwater,
Inc.

         5.12 No Solicitation. From the date of this Agreement to the earlier of
(i) the Closing  Date,  (ii) January 31, 1996, or (ii) the  termination  of this
Agreement  in  accordance  with its terms  (but not  including  upon or due to a
breach of this  Agreement  by the  Company),  the Company  agrees  that,  except
pursuant to agreements in existence as of the date hereof,  (A) it will not, (B)
it will not permit any Subsidiary to and (C) it will not authorize or permit any
officer,  director  or  employee  of  the  Company  or  any  Subsidiary,  or any
investment  banker,  attorney,  financial  advisor,  accountant  or other person
retained by the Company or any Subsidiary,  directly or indirectly (including by
way of furnishing any information) to (i) solicit,  initiate,  assist, encourage
or accept  any  proposal  regarding  a  financing,  sale of stock,  or any other
transaction involving the Company, which in each case is similar to the proposed
investment   contemplated   herein  (a   "Transaction");   (ii)  engage  in  any
negotiations with respect to, or otherwise attempt to consummate, a Transaction;
(iii) provide any public or non-public information concerning the Company to any
person in connection  with any proposal for a Transaction  or to any person whom
the Company or any  Subsidiary  knows or has reason to believe is in the process
of  planning  or  considering  a  Transaction;  or (iv) reach any  agreement  or
understanding  for  or  with  respect  to  any  Transaction.  The  Company  will
immediately  advise Buyer orally and, within one Business Day, in writing of any
such inquiries,  requests for  information or Transaction  proposals of which it
has  knowledge.  If the Company or any  Subsidiary  receives from any person any
offer,  inquiry or  informational  request  referred to above,  the Company will
promptly  advise  such person in writing of the terms of this  Section  5.12 and
will send Buyer a copy of such notice.

         5.13  Amendment  of  Schedules.  Each party hereto  agrees  that,  with
respect to the  representations  and warranties of such party  contained in this
Agreement,  such party shall have the continuing obligation until the Closing to
supplement  or amend  promptly the  Schedules  hereto with respect to any matter
hereafter  arising or discovered which, if existing or known at the date of this
Agreement,  would  have  been  required  to be set  forth  or  described  in the
Schedules. For all purposes of this Agreement,  including without limitation for
purposes of determining whether the conditions set forth in Sections 6.1 and 7.1
have been fulfilled,  the Schedules  hereto shall be deemed to include only that
information  contained therein on the date of this Agreement and shall be deemed
to exclude all  information  contained in any  supplement or amendment  thereto;
provided, however, that if the Closing shall occur, then all matters

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disclosed  pursuant  to any  such  supplement  or  amendment  at or prior to the
Closing  shall be waived and no party shall be entitled to make a claim  thereon
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

         5.14 Access to  Information.  Between the date hereof and the  Closing,
the  Company  (i)  shall  give  Buyers  and  their  authorized   representatives
reasonable access to the Company's employees,  offices and other facilities, and
all books and  records of the Company and the  Subsidiaries,  (ii) shall  permit
Buyer and its authorized  representatives  to make such  inspections as they may
reasonably  require to verify the  accuracy  of any  representation  or warranty
contained  in Article  III,  and (iii)  shall  cause the  Company's  officers to
furnish  Buyer  and its  authorized  representatives  with  such  financial  and
operating  data and  other  information  with  respect  to the  Company  and the
Subsidiaries  as  Buyer  may from  time to time  reasonably  request;  provided,
however,  that no  investigation  pursuant  to this  Section  shall  affect  any
representation  or warranty of the Company contained in this Agreement or in any
agreement,  instrument,  or document  delivered pursuant hereto or in connection
herewith;  and provided  further that the Company shall have the right to have a
representative present at all times.

         5.15 HSR Act Notification.  To the extent it is determined that the HSR
Act will be  applicable  to the  transaction  contemplated  hereby,  each of the
parties  hereto shall (i) file or cause to be filed,  as promptly as practicable
after the  execution  and delivery of this  Agreement and in no event later than
January  10,  1996,  with the Federal  Trade  Commission  and the United  States
Department of Justice,  all reports and other documents  required to be filed by
such party under the HSR Act concerning the transactions contemplated hereby and
(ii)  promptly  comply  with or cause to be  complied  with any  requests by the
Federal  Trade  Commission  or the  United  States  Department  of  Justice  for
additional  information  concerning such transactions,  in each case so that the
waiting period  applicable to this Agreement and the  transactions  contemplated
hereby under the HSR Act shall expire as soon as practicable after the execution
and  delivery of this  Agreement.  Each party hereto  agrees to request,  and to
cooperate  with the other party or parties in requesting,  early  termination of
any applicable waiting period under the HSR Act.

         5.16 Survival of Covenants.  Except for any covenant or agreement which
by its terms  expressly  terminates  as of a specific  date,  the  covenants and
agreements of the parties hereto  contained in this Agreement  shall survive the
Closing without contractual limitation.


                                   ARTICLE VI

                   CONDITIONS TO OBLIGATIONS OF THE COMPANY

         The   obligations  of  the  Company  to  consummate  the   transactions
contemplated  by this Agreement  shall be subject to the fulfillment on or prior
to the Closing Date of each of the following conditions:


         6.1  Representations  and Warranties True. All the  representations and
warranties of Buyers  contained in this  Agreement  shall be true and correct on
and as of the Closing Date, except to the extent that any such representation or
warranty is made as of a specified  date, in which case such  representation  or
warranty shall have been true and correct as of such specified  date,  except to
the extent contemplated by this Agreement or the Ancillary Documents.

         6.2  Covenants and Agreements Performed.  Buyers shall have performed 
and complied with all covenants and agreements required by this Agreement, if 
any, to be performed or complied with by them on or prior to the Closing Date.


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         6.3 HSR  Act.  To the  extent  that  the HSR Act is  applicable  to the
transaction  contemplated  herein,  all  waiting  periods  (and  any  extensions
thereof)  applicable to this Agreement and the transactions  contemplated hereby
under the HSR Act shall have expired or been terminated.

         6.4 Legal Proceedings. No Proceeding (as hereinafter defined) shall, on
the Closing  Date, be pending or threatened  seeking to restrain,  prohibit,  or
obtain  damages  or other  relief  in  connection  with  this  Agreement  or the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

         6.5 Certificate. The Company shall have received a certificate executed
by each Buyer,  and if Buyer is a corporation,  partnership or trust,  by a duly
authorized  person on behalf of Buyer dated the Closing Date,  representing  and
certifying,  in such  detail as the  Company may  reasonably  request,  that the
conditions set forth in Sections 6.1 and 6.2 have been fulfilled.

         6.6 Private  Placement  Information.  The Company  shall have  received
evidence  reasonably  satisfactory  it  establishing  the status (as "accredited
investors" or otherwise) of all Buyers who are assignees of the Buyer  initially
executing this Agreement,  to the extent  reasonably  required to establish that
the  issuance  and  sale of the  Securities  is  exempt  from  the  registration
requirements of the Securities Act.


                                 ARTICLE VII

                     CONDITIONS TO OBLIGATIONS OF BUYERS

         The obligations of Buyers to consummate the  transactions  contemplated
by this Agreement shall be subject to the fulfillment on or prior to the Closing
Date of each of the following conditions:

         7.1  Representations  and Warranties True. All the  representations and
warranties  (other than Section 3.11) of the Company contained in this Agreement
shall  be true  and  correct  on and as of the  Closing  Date  (except  that the
representations  and  warranties  contained in Sections  3.3(a) and 3.8 shall be
true and correct in all material  respects),  except to the extent that any such
representation  or warranty is made as of a specified  date,  in which case such
representation or warranty shall have been true and correct as of such specified
date,  except to the extent  contemplated  by this  Agreement  or the  Ancillary
Documents.

         7.2  Covenants and Agreements Performed.  The Company shall have 
performed and complied with all covenants and agreements required by this 
Agreement to be performed or complied with by it on or prior to the Closing 
Date.

         7.3  Opinion of Counsel.  Each Buyer shall have  received an opinion of
legal  counsel to the Company,  dated the Closing  Date,  in form and  substance
satisfactory  to the Buyers and their counsel,  covering those matters set forth
in Exhibit 7.3 attached hereto.

         7.4 Legal  Proceedings.  No Proceeding  shall,  on the Closing Date, be
pending or threatened seeking to restrain,  prohibit, or obtain damages or other
relief in connection with this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby.


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         7.5  Certificates.  Each Buyer  shall have  received a  certificate  or
certificates  representing  the  Shares  and the  Warrants,  as  applicable,  in
definitive form  representing  the Shares and Warrants  purchased by it, (in the
case of the  Warrants in  substantially  the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto)
registered in the name of such Buyer and duly executed by the Company.

         7.6  Officer  Certificate.  Buyer  shall have  received  a  certificate
executed  on behalf of the Company by the chief  executive  officer or the chief
financial  officer of the  Company,  dated the Closing  Date,  representing  and
certifying,  in such  detail  as the  Buyer  may  reasonably  request,  that the
conditions set forth in Sections 7.1, 7.2 and 7.4 have been fulfilled.


                                ARTICLE VIII

                      TERMINATION, AMENDMENT, AND WAIVER

         8.1  Termination.  This Agreement may be terminated and the 
transactions contemplated hereby abandoned at any time prior to the Closing in 
the following manner:

         (a)  by mutual written consent of the Company and Buyers; or

         (b)  by the Company, if, on the Closing Date, any of the conditions set
forth in Article VI shall not have been satisfied and shall not have been waived
by the Company; or

         (c)  by Buyers, if, on the Closing Date, any of the conditions set 
forth in Article VII shall not have been satisfied and shall not have been 
waived by Buyers; or

         (d) by the  Company or Buyers if the  Closing  has not  occurred by the
close of business on January 31, 1996, so long as the failure to consummate  the
transaction  on or  before  such  date  does not  result  from a breach  of this
Agreement by the party seeking termination of this Agreement;  provided that, if
the failure to consummate  the  transaction on or before such date is due solely
to the failure to have satisfied the condition in Section 6.3, then the earliest
date upon which this Agreement may be terminated  pursuant to this  subparagraph
(d) is March 31, 1996; or

         (e) at any time before the Closing,  by Company or Buyers, in the event
(i) of a material breach of this Agreement by any non-terminating  party if such
non-terminating  party  fails to cure such  breach  within  five  Business  Days
following  notification  by any one or more  terminating  parties,  or (ii) upon
notification  to the  non-terminating  party by the  terminating  party that the
satisfaction of any condition to the terminating  party's obligations under this
Agreement has become impossible or impractical with the use of best efforts,  if
the failure of such  condition  to be satisfied is not caused by a breach by the
terminating party.

         8.2  Effect of  Termination.  In the event of the  termination  of this
Agreement pursuant to Section 8.1 by the Company, on the one hand, or Buyers, on
the other,  written notice  thereof shall  forthwith be given to the other party
specifying the provision  hereof pursuant to which such termination is made, and
this Agreement shall become void and have no effect,  except that the agreements
contained in this Section and in Sections  5.1, 5.5 and 5.7 and Article IX shall
survive the termination hereof.  Nothing contained in this Section shall relieve
any party from liability for any breach of this Agreement.

         8.3  Amendment.  This Agreement may not be amended except by an 
instrument in writing signed by or on behalf of all the parties hereto.

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         8.4 Waiver.  No failure or delay by a party  hereto in  exercising  any
right, power, or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall
any single or partial  exercise  thereof  preclude any other or further exercise
thereof or the exercise of any other right, power, or privilege.  The provisions
of this Agreement may not be waived except by an instrument in writing signed by
or on behalf of the party against whom such waiver is sought to be enforced.


                                ARTICLE IX

                      SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS;
                              INDEMNIFICATION

         9.1 Survival.  The representations and warranties of the parties hereto
contained  in this  Agreement  or in any  certificate,  instrument  or  document
delivered  pursuant  hereto  shall  survive  the  Closing,   regardless  of  any
investigation made by or on behalf of any party, until the second anniversary of
the Closing Date; provided,  however, that the representations and warranties of
the Company  contained in Sections 3.1, 3.3., 3.4 and 3.7 shall survive until 30
days after the expiration of the limitation period under the applicable  statute
of  limitations  (each such  anniversary  and time of  expiration,  a  "Survival
Date"). No action may be brought with respect to a breach of any  representation
after the Survival Date unless,  prior to such time,  the party seeking to bring
such an action has  notified  the other  parties of such  claim,  specifying  in
reasonable  detail  the  nature of the loss  suffered.  The  provisions  of this
Section  9.1 shall have no effect upon any of the  covenants  of the parties set
forth in Article V or any of the other  obligations  of the parties hereto under
the Agreement, whether to be performed later, at or after the Closing.

         9.2  Indemnification by Company.  The Company shall indemnify,  defend,
and hold harmless Buyers from and against any and all claims, actions, causes of
action, demands,  losses, damages,  liabilities,  costs, and expenses (including
reasonable  attorneys' fees and expenses)  (collectively,  "Damages"),  asserted
against,  resulting  to,  imposed  upon,  or  incurred  by Buyers,  directly  or
indirectly,  by reason of or resulting  from any breach by the Company of any of
its  representations,  warranties,  covenants,  or agreements  contained in this
Agreement or in any  certificate,  instrument,  or document  delivered  pursuant
hereto.

         9.3  Indemnification by Buyers.  Each Buyer severally (but not jointly)
shall indemnify,  defend, and hold harmless the Company from and against any and
all Damages  asserted  against,  resulting to,  imposed upon, or incurred by the
Company,  directly or  indirectly,  by reason of or resulting from any breach by
such Buyer of any of its representations,  warranties,  covenants, or agreements
contained  in this  Agreement  or in any  certificate,  instrument,  or document
delivered pursuant hereto.

         9.4  Procedure  for  Indemnification.  Promptly  after  receipt  by  an
indemnified  party under Section 9.2 or 9.3 of notice of the commencement of any
action,  such  indemnified  party shall,  if a claim in respect thereof is to be
made against an  indemnifying  party under such Section,  give written notice to
the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, but the failure so to notify
the indemnifying party shall not relieve it of any liability that it may have to
any indemnified party except to the extent the indemnifying  party  demonstrates
that the defense of such action is prejudiced  thereby.  In case any such action
shall be brought  against an indemnified  party and it shall give written notice
to 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  reasonably  satisfactory  to  such
indemnified  party.  If the  indemnifying  party elects to assume the defense of
such  action,  the  indemnified  party  shall have the right to employ  separate
counsel at its own expense and to  participate  in the defense  thereof.  If the
indemnifying party elects not to assume (or fails to assume) the defense of such
action,

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the  indemnified  party  shall be  entitled to assume the defense of such action
with counsel of its own choice, at the expense of the indemnifying party. If the
action is asserted against both the indemnifying party and the indemnified party
and there is a conflict of interests which renders it inappropriate for the same
counsel to represent both the indemnifying  party and the indemnified party, the
indemnifying  party shall be responsible for paying for separate counsel for the
indemnified party; provided, however, that if there is more than one indemnified
party, the indemnifying  party shall not be responsible for paying for more than
one separate firm of attorneys to represent the indemnified parties,  regardless
of the number of  indemnified  parties.  The  indemnifying  party  shall have no
liability  with respect to any  compromise or settlement of any action  effected
without its written consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld).


                                  ARTICLE X

                                MISCELLANEOUS

         10.1 Notices. All notices, requests,  demands, and other communications
required or permitted to be given or made hereunder by any party hereto shall be
in  writing  and shall be deemed  to have been duly  given or made if  delivered
personally,  or transmitted by first class registered or certified mail, postage
prepaid,  return  receipt  requested,  or sent  by  prepaid  overnight  delivery
service, or sent by cable, telegram, or telefax, to the parties at the addresses
and telefax  numbers set forth opposite their names on the signature page hereof
(in the case of the  Company)  and on Annex I hereto (in the case of Buyers) (or
at such other addresses and telefax numbers as shall be specified by the parties
by like notice).

         10.2 Entire Agreement.  This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement
between  the  parties  hereto  with  respect to the  subject  matter  hereof and
supersedes  all prior  agreements  and  understandings,  both  written and oral,
between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.

         10.3 Binding Effect; Assignment; No Third Party Benefit. This Agreement
shall be binding  upon and inure to the benefit of the parties  hereto and their
respective heirs,  legal  representatives,  successors,  and permitted  assigns.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, neither this Agreement
nor any of the rights,  interests, or obligations hereunder shall be assigned by
any of the  parties  hereto  without  the  prior  written  consent  of the other
parties, except that any Buyer may assign to any partnership in which Rainwater,
Inc. is the sole  managing  partner,  or to any other member of the Buyer Group,
any of Buyer's rights,  interests, or obligations hereunder,  upon notice to the
other party or parties.  Prior to the Closing, any assignee of the initial Buyer
executing this Agreement shall, upon such assignment,  execute this Agreement as
a Buyer and the provisions of Annex I shall be amended to accurately reflect the
portion of the  Securities to be purchased by each Buyer.  Except as provided in
Article IX,  nothing in this  Agreement,  express or implied,  is intended to or
shall confer upon any person other than the parties hereto, and their respective
heirs, legal  representatives,  successors,  and permitted assigns,  any rights,
benefits,  or  remedies  of any  nature  whatsoever  under or by  reason of this
Agreement.

         10.4  Severability.  If any  provision of this  Agreement is held to be
unenforceable,  this Agreement shall be considered  divisible and such provision
shall be deemed inoperative to the extent it is deemed unenforceable, and in all
other  respects this Agreement  shall remain in full force and effect;  provided
however,  that if any  such  provision  may be made  enforceable  by  limitation
thereof,  then such  provision  shall be deemed  to be so  limited  and shall be
enforceable to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law.

         10.5     Governing Law.  THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF

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DELAWARE, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS
THEREOF.

         10.6 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by the parties hereto
in any number of  counterparts,  each of which shall be deemed an original,  but
all of which shall  constitute one and the same agreement.  Each counterpart may
consist of a number of copies  hereof each signed by less than all, but together
signed by all, the parties hereto.


                                 ARTICLE XI

                                 DEFINITIONS

         11.1 Certain Defined Terms.  As used in this Agreement, each of the 
following terms has the meaning given it in this Article:

                  "Affiliate" has the meaning specified in Rule 12b-2 
         promulgated under the Exchange Act.

                  "Ancillary  Documents" means each agreement,  instrument,  and
         document (other than this Agreement)  executed or to be executed by the
         Company or Buyer in connection  with the  transactions  contemplated by
         this Agreement, including without limitation the Warrants.

                  "Applicable  Law" means any statute,  law, rule, or regulation
         or any judgment, order, writ, injunction, or decree of any Governmental
         Entity to which a specified person or property is subject.

                  "Business  Day" shall mean any day other  than a  Saturday,  a
         Sunday, or a day on which banking institutions in Atlanta,  Georgia are
         authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.

                  "Buyer  Group" shall mean  collectively,  all Buyers  together
         with their respective Affiliates and bona fide employees.

                  "Encumbrances"  means  liens,   charges,   pledges,   options,
         mortgages,  deeds of trust,  security interests,  claims,  restrictions
         (whether  on  voting,  sale,  transfer,   disposition,  or  otherwise),
         easements,  and  other  encumbrances  of every  type  and  description,
         whether imposed by law, agreement, understanding, or otherwise.

                  "Equity  Ownership  Interests" shall mean, with respect to the
         members of the Buyer Group, at any time, the fraction (a) having as its
         numerator the number of shares of Common Stock and  Underlying  Warrant
         Shares  held  beneficially  by all  members of the Buyer  Group at such
         time, and (b) having as its denominator the aggregate  number of shares
         of Common  Stock  (calculated  on a fully  diluted  basis)  issued  and
         outstanding at such time.

                  "Equity  Securities"  means any capital  stock of the Company,
         and  any  securities  directly  or  indirectly   convertible  into,  or
         exercisable or  exchangeable  for any capital stock of the Company,  or
         any right, option, warrant or other security which, with the payment of
         additional  consideration,  the expiration of time or the occurrence of
         any event  shall  give the  holder  thereof  the right to  acquire  any
         capital  stock  of the  company  or any  security  convertible  into or
         exercisable or exchangeable for, any capital stock of the Company.

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                  "Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
         amended.

                  "Exchange  Agreement"  means that certain  Exchange  Agreement
         among the Company and certain  other  parties  dated as of December 13,
         1995.

                  "Excluded  Transfer"  means  any  transfer  by a member of the
         Buyer  Group  to  (i)  an  affiliate  or  bona  fide  employee  of  the
         transferor,  (ii) any other  Buyer,  or (iii) to any  Affiliate or bona
         fide employee of another Buyer.

                  "Governmental  Entity"  means  any  court or  tribunal  in any
         jurisdiction  (domestic  or foreign) or any  public,  governmental,  or
         regulatory body,  agency,  department,  commission,  board,  bureau, or
         other authority or instrumentality (domestic or foreign).

                  "HSR Act" means the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements 
         Act of 1976, as amended.

                  "person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint
         venture,   association,   joint-stock   company,   trust,   enterprise,
         unincorporated organization, or Governmental Entity.

                  "Proceedings"   means   all   proceedings,   actions,   suits,
         investigations,   and   inquiries  by  or  before  any   arbitrator  or
         Governmental Entity.

                  "Registrable Securities" means the Registrable Shares and the
         Registrable Warrant Shares.

                  "Registrable  Shares" means the Shares and any Common Stock or
         other Equity  Securities  issued with  respect  thereto by way of stock
         dividend or stock split or in connection  with a combination of shares,
         recapitalization,  merger,  consolidation  or other  reorganization  or
         otherwise.

                  "Registrable  Warrant Shares" means the Warrant Shares and any
         Common Stock or other Equity  Securities issued with respect thereto by
         way  of  stock  dividend  or  stock  split  or  in  connection  with  a
         combination of shares, recapitalization, merger, consolidation or other
         reorganization or otherwise.

                  "Rights Agreement" means that certain Rights Agreement,  dated
         as of July 21, 1992 between the Company and First Union  National  Bank
         of North Carolina, as rights agent.

                  "Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

                  "Subsidiary"  means  any  corporation  more  than 50% of whose
         outstanding  voting  securities,  or  any  general  partnership,  joint
         venture,  or  similar  entity  more  than  50% of  whose  total  equity
         interests,  is owned,  directly or indirectly,  by the Company,  or any
         limited Partnership of which the Company or any Subsidiary is a general
         partner.

                  "Underlying  Warrant  Shares"  shall  mean,  at any time,  all
         shares of Common  Stock  which may be  acquired  upon  exercise  of the
         Warrants.  For purposes hereof,  any person who holds Warrants shall be
         deemed to be the holder of the  Underlying  Warrant  Shares  obtainable
         upon exercise of such Warrants.


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         11.2 Certain Additional Defined Terms.  In addition to such terms as
are defined in the opening paragraph of and the recitals to this Agreement and 
in Section 11.1, the following terms are used in this Agreement as defined in 
the Sections set forth opposite such terms:


         Defined Term                                                                Section Reference
         ------------                                                                -----------------

                                                                                  

Closing..................................................................................................Article II
Closing Date.............................................................................................Article II
Commission..................................................................................................... 3.8
Damages........................................................................................................ 9.2
Disclosure Schedule............................................................................................ 3.8
Initial Designee............................................................................................... 5.4
Material Activity...............................................................................................5.3
Preemptive Notice..............................................................................................5.11
Preemptive Right...............................................................................................5.11
Preemptive Right Offer Period..................................................................................5.11
Piggyback Registration......................................................................................... 5.3
Purchase Price..................................................................................................1.2
Registration Expenses...........................................................................................5.3
Registration Statement............................................................................................?
SEC Filings.................................................................................................... 3.9
Securities......................................................................................................1.1
Shares..........................................................................................................1.1
Survival Date.................................................................................................. 9.1
Transaction................................................................................................... 5.12
Warrant Registration Agreement....................................................................................?
Warrant Shares..................................................................................................3.7
Warrants........................................................................................................1.1



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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement, or caused
this Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized  representatives,  all as
of the day and year first above written.


                                        MAGELLAN HEALTH SERVICES, INC.
Address:
3414 Peachtree Road, N.E.
Suite 1400
Atlanta, Georgia  30326                 By:      /s/ E. Mac Crawford
Fax: (404) 814-5717                        -----------------------------------
                                           E. Mac Crawford, Chairman
                                           and Chief Executive Officer


                                        BUYER(S):




                                         /s/ Richard E. Rainwater
                                        ---------------------------------------
                                        Richard E. Rainwater



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                                     ANNEX I

                                                        Number of Shares        Shares Underlying               Total
Name of Buyer                  Address and Fax                    ------             Warrants               Purchase Price
- -------------                  ---------------                                      --------               --------------
                                                                                               

Richard E.                      777 Main St.               4,000,000                2,000,000               $69,732,000
Rainwater                        Suite 2700
                               Fort Worth, TX
                                    76102
                                (817)878-0460









                                 EXHIBIT A
                             (Form of Warrants)







THIS WARRANT AND ANY SHARES  ACQUIRED UPON THE EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT HAVE NOT
BEEN  REGISTERED  UNDER THE  SECURITIES  ACT OF 1933,  AS AMENDED,  OR ANY STATE
SECURITIES  LAWS  AND MAY  NOT BE  SOLD,  ASSIGNED,  TRANSFERRED,  OR  OTHERWISE
DISPOSED  OF IN UNLESS  REGISTERED  PURSUANT  TO THE  PROVISIONS  OF THAT ACT OR
UNLESS AN  OPINION  OF  COUNSEL  TO THE  COMPANY  OR OTHER  COUNSEL,  REASONABLY
SATISFACTORY  TO THE COMPANY IS OBTAINED  STATING  THAT SUCH  DISPOSITION  IS IN
COMPLIANCE WITH AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM SUCH REGISTRATION.

THE RIGHT TO SELL OR  OTHERWISE  TRANSFER  THIS  WARRANT  IS  SUBJECT TO CERTAIN
RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN A STOCK AND WARRANT PURCHASE  AGREEMENT DATED DECEMBER
22, 1995, BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND THE INITIAL BUYERS OF THE WARRANTS,  A COPY OF
WHICH AGREEMENT IS ON FILE AT THE PRINCIPAL OFFICES OF THE COMPANY. THIS WARRANT
MAY NOT BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED EXCEPT UPON THE CONDITIONS SPECIFIED IN THE STOCK
AND WARRANT PURCHASE  AGREEMENT AND IN THIS WARRANT,  AND NO SALE OR TRANSFER OF
THIS WARRANT SHALL BE VALID OR EFFECTIVE  UNLESS AND UNTIL SUCH CONDITIONS SHALL
HAVE BEEN COMPLIED WITH.
               -----------------------------------------------

                         MAGELLAN HEALTH SERVICES, INC.

            (Incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware)

               Void after 5:00 p.m., Atlanta, Georgia, local time, 
                              on January      , 2000.
                                         -----

No.                                                           Right to Purchase
   -----                                                                 Shares
                                                              ----------

                              STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT

         THIS  CERTIFIES  THAT, for value  received,  _________________________,
(the  "Holder"),  or registered  assigns,  is entitled to purchase from Magellan
Health  Services,   Inc.  (f/n/a  Charter  Medical   Corporation),   a  Delaware
Corporation (the "Company"),  at any time or from time to time during the period
specified in Paragraph 2 hereof,  ___________________________________________( )
fully paid and  nonassessable  shares of the Company's  Common Stock,  par value
$.25 per share (the "Common  Stock"),  at an exercise price per share of $26.150
(the "Exercise Price"). The term "Warrant Shares", as used herein, refers to the
shares of  Common  Stock  purchasable  hereunder.  The  Warrant  Shares  and the
Exercise Price are subject to adjustment as provided in Paragraph 4 hereof.

         This  Warrant is one of a series of Warrants  (the  "Warrants")  issued
pursuant to, and is subject to all terms,  provisions,  and conditions contained
in, that certain Stock and Warrant Purchase  Agreement,  dated December 22, 1995
(the  "Purchase  Agreement"),  by and among the  Company,  the  Holder and other
purchasers of the Warrants.  This Warrant is subject to the following additional
terms, provisions, and conditions:

         1.   Manner of Exercise; Issuance of Certificates; Payment for Shares.
Subject to the provisions hereof and the provisions of the Purchase Agreement 
which restrict the exercise of the Warrants, this Warrant may be exercised by 
the holder hereof, in whole or in part, by the surrender of this

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Warrant,  together  with a completed  Exercise  Agreement  in the form  attached
hereto,  to the Company during normal  business hours on any business day at the
Company's  principal office in Atlanta,  Georgia (or such other office or agency
of the Company as it may designate by notice to the holder  hereof),  during the
Exercise  Period (as defined in Paragraph 2), and upon payment to the Company of
the Exercise Price for the Warrant Shares specified in said Exercise  Agreement,
which such payment shall be made in cash or by certified or official bank check.
The Company shall not be required to issue  fractional  Warrant  Shares upon any
exercise of the Warrant, but instead shall pay to the holder of this Warrant the
cash  value of any  such  fractional  Warrant  Shares.  The  Warrant  Shares  so
purchased  shall be deemed to be issued to the holder  hereof or its designee as
the record owner of such shares as of the close of business on the date on which
this Warrant  shall have been  surrendered,  the  completed  Exercise  Agreement
delivered,  and payment made for such shares as aforesaid.  Certificates for the
Warrant  Shares  so  purchased,  representing  the  aggregate  number  of shares
specified in said  Exercise  Agreement,  shall be delivered to the holder hereof
within a reasonable  time, not exceeding ten business  days,  after this Warrant
shall have been so exercised.  The  certificates  so delivered  shall be in such
denominations as may be reasonably requested by the holder hereof, shall, unless
the Warrant Shares evidenced by such certificate have previously been registered
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") be imprinted
with a restrictive legend  substantially  similar to the legend appearing on the
face of this Warrant, and shall be registered in the name of said holder or such
other name as shall be  designated  by said holder.  If this Warrant  shall have
been exercised only in part, then, unless this Warrant has expired,  the Company
shall, at its expense, at the time of delivery of said certificates,  deliver to
said holder a new  Warrant  representing  the number of shares  with  respect to
which this Warrant  shall not then have been  exercised,  which Warrant shall be
imprinted  on its  face  with  the  same  legend  appearing  on the face of this
Warrant.  The Company shall pay all taxes and other expenses and charges payable
in  connection  with  the   preparation,   execution,   and  delivery  of  stock
certificates (and any new Warrants) pursuant to this Paragraph 1 except that, in
case such stock  certificates  shall be registered in a name or names other than
the holder of this Warrant,  funds  sufficient to pay all stock  transfer  taxes
which shall be payable in  connection  with the  execution  and delivery of such
stock certificates shall be paid by the holder hereof to the Company at the time
of the delivery of such stock certificates by the Company as mentioned above.

         2.  Period of  Exercise.  Subject  to the  provisions  of the  Purchase
Agreement  which  restrict  the  exercise  of  the  Warrants,  this  Warrant  is
exercisable  at any time or from time to time  during the period  commencing  on
January ____, 1997 and ending 5:00 p.m. Atlanta, Georgia, local time, on January
, 2000 (the "Exercise Period").

         3. Certain  Actions  Prohibited.  The Company will not, by amendment of
certificate of incorporation or through any reorganization,  transfer of assets,
consolidation,  merger,  dissolution,  issue or sale of securities, or any other
voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of
the terms to be observed or performed by it hereunder,  but will at all times in
good faith assist in the carrying out of all the  provisions of this Warrant and
in the taking of all such action as may reasonably be requested by the holder of
this  Warrant in order to protect the  exercise  privilege of the holder of this
Warrant  against  dilution or other  impairment,  consistent  with the tenor and
purpose of this Warrant.

         Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,

                  (i) the Company  will not increase the par value of the shares
         of Common Stock  receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant above the
         Exercise Price then in effect,

                  (ii) before  taking any action which would cause an adjustment
         reducing the  Exercise  Price below the then par value of the shares of
         Common Stock so receivable, the Company will

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         take all such  corporate  action as may be necessary or  appropriate in
         order that the Company  may  validly  and legally  issue fully paid and
         nonassessable  shares of Common Stock at such adjusted  Exercise  Price
         upon the exercise of this Warrant, or

                  (iii) the Company  will not take any action  which  results in
         any  adjustment of the Exercise  Price if the total number of shares of
         Common  Stock  issuable  after the  action  upon the  exercise  of this
         Warrant  would  exceed the total  number of shares of Common Stock then
         authorized by the Company's charter and available for other the purpose
         of issue upon such exercise.

         4.  Anti-dilution  Provisions.  The Exercise  Price shall be subject to
adjustment  from  time to time  as  provided  in this  Paragraph  4.  Upon  each
adjustment of the Exercise Price, the holder of this Warrant shall thereafter be
entitled to purchase, at the Exercise Price resulting from such adjustment,  the
largest number of Warrant Shares  obtained by multiplying  the Exercise Price in
effect  immediately  prior to such  adjustment  by the number of Warrant  Shares
purchasable  hereunder  immediately  prior to such  adjustment  and dividing the
product  thereof by the  Exercise  Price  resulting  from such  adjustment.  For
purposes of this Paragraph 4, the term "Capital Stock", as used herein, includes
the Common  Stock and any  additional  class of stock of the  Company  having no
preference  as to  dividends  or  distributions  on  liquidation  which  may  be
authorized in the future by an amendment to the Company's charter, provided that
the shares  purchasable  pursuant to this Warrant  shall  include only shares of
Common Stock,  or shares  resulting  from any  subdivision or combination of the
Common  Stock,  or  in  the  case  of  any   reorganization,   reclassification,
consolidation, merger, or sale of the character referred to in this Paragraph 4,
the stock or other securities or property provided for in this Paragraph 4.

         (a)  Subdivisions  and  Combinations.  In case at any time the  Company
shall (i)  subdivide  the  outstanding  shares of  Capital  Stock into a greater
number of shares, or (ii) combine the outstanding shares of Capital Stock into a
smaller number of shares, the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior thereto
shall be adjusted proportionately so that the adjusted Exercise Price shall bear
the same  relation to the  Exercise  Price in effect  immediately  prior to such
event as the total  number of shares of Capital  Stock  outstanding  immediately
prior to such event  shall bear to the total  number of shares of Capital  Stock
outstanding immediately after such event. Such adjustment shall become effective
immediately after the effective date of a subdivision or combination.

         (b) Stock  Dividends.  In case the  Company  at any time after the date
hereof shall declare,  order, pay or make any dividend or other  distribution to
all holders of the Capital  Stock  payable in Capital  Stock,  then in each such
case, subject to Paragraph 4(d) hereof, the Exercise Price in effect immediately
prior to the close of business on the record date fixed for the determination of
holders  of any  class of  securities  entitled  to  receive  such  dividend  or
distribution  shall be reduced to a price  (calculated  to the nearest .001 of a
cent) determined by multiplying such Exercise Price by a fraction

                  (i)  the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of 
         Capital Stock outstanding immediately prior to such dividend or 
         distribution, and

                  (ii) the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of
         Capital   Stock   outstanding   immediately   after  such  dividend  or
         distribution.

         Such adjustment shall be made on the date such dividend is paid or such
distribution is made and shall become  effective  retroactive to the record date
for the  determination  of  shareholders  entitled to receive  such  dividend or
distribution.


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         (c) Dividends  other than Stock  Dividends.  In case the Company at any
time after the date hereof  shall  declare,  order,  pay or make any dividend or
other  distribution  to all holders of the Capital Stock,  other than a dividend
payable in shares of Capital Stock (including, without limitation,  dividends or
distributions  payable in cash,  evidences of indebtedness,  rights,  options or
warrants to subscribe for or purchase any Capital Stock or other securities,  or
any other securities or other property), then, and in each such case, subject to
Paragraph  4(d) hereof,  the Exercise Price in effect  immediately  prior to the
close of business on the record date fixed for the  determination  of holders of
any class of securities  entitled to receive such dividend or distribution shall
be reduced to a price  (calculated to the nearest .001 of a cent)  determined by
multiplying such Exercise Price by a fraction

                  (i) the  numerator  of which shall be the  "Market  Price" (as
         defined  below)  in  effect  on such  record  date or,  if any class of
         Capital  Stock  trades  on  an  ex-dividend  basis,  the  trading  date
         immediately  prior to the date of commencement of ex-dividend  trading,
         less the value of such dividend or distribution  (as determined in good
         faith by the Board of Directors of the Company) applicable to one share
         of Capital Stock, and

                  (ii) the  denominator  of which shall be such Market  Price on
         such  record  date or,  if any  class of  Capital  Stock  trades  on an
         ex-dividend  basis, the trading date  immediately  prior to the date of
         commencement of ex-dividend trading.

         Such adjustment shall be made on the date such dividend is paid or such
distribution is made and shall become  effective  retroactive to the record date
for the  determination  of  shareholders  entitled to receive  such  dividend or
distribution.

         For  the  purpose  hereof,  "Market  Price"  shall  mean,  on any  date
specified  herein,  (A) if any class of Capital  Stock is listed or  admitted to
trading on any  national  securities  exchange,  the highest  price  obtained by
taking the arithmetic  mean over a period of 20  consecutive  days on which such
national  securities  exchange  (or if such  stock is  traded  on more  than one
national securities exchange,  the exchange the Company has designated under the
Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934 to  receive  copies  of  reports  filed by the
Company  under such act) is open for trading on a regular basis (any such day is
a "Trading  Day") ending the Trading Day  immediately  prior to such date of the
average,  on each such Trading Day, of the high and low sale prices of shares of
each such  class of Capital  Stock or if no such sale takes  place on such date,
the average of the highest  closing bid and lowest  closing asked prices thereof
on such date,  in each case as  officially  reported on all national  securities
exchanges  on which each such class of Capital  Stock is then listed or admitted
to trading, or (B) if no shares of any class of Capital Stock are then listed or
admitted to trading on any national  securities  exchange,  the highest  closing
price of any class of Capital Stock on such date in the over-the-counter  market
as shown by the NASDAQ National Market System or, if no such shares of any class
of Capital  Stock are then quoted in such  system,  as published by the National
Quotation Bureau, Inc. or any similar successor organization, and in either case
as reported by any member  firm of the New York Stock  Exchange  selected by the
Company.  If no shares of any class of Capital Stock are then listed or admitted
to trading on any national  securities  exchange and if no closing bid and asked
prices thereof are then so quoted or published in the  over-the-counter  market,
"Market  Price" shall mean the higher of (x) the book value per share of Capital
Stock (assuming for the purposes of this calculation the economic equivalence of
all shares of all classes of Capital  Stock) as  determined  on a fully  diluted
basis in accordance with generally accepted  accounting  principles by the Board
of  Directors  of the Company as of the last day of any month  ending  within 60
days preceding the date as of which the  determination  is to be made or (y) the
fair  value  per share of  Capital  Stock  (assuming  for the  purposes  of this
calculation  the  economic  equivalence  of all shares of all classes of Capital
Stock),  as  determined  on a fully  diluted basis in good faith by the Board of
Directors of the Company, as of a date which is 15 days preceding the date as of
which the determination is to be made.

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         (d)  Minimum  Adjustment  of  Exercise  Price.  If  the  amount  of any
adjustment of the Exercise Price required  pursuant to this Paragraph 4 would be
less  than one  percent  (1%) of the  Exercise  Price in effect at the time such
adjustment  is  otherwise  so required to be made,  such amount shall be carried
forward and  adjustment  with  respect  thereto made at the time of and together
with any subsequent  adjustment  which,  together with such amount and any other
amount or amounts so carried forward,  shall aggregate at least one percent (1%)
of such Exercise Price;  provided that,  upon the exercise of this Warrant,  all
adjustments  carried  forward and not  theretofore  made up to and including the
date of such  exercise  shall,  with respect to the portion of this Warrant then
exercised, be made to the nearest .001 of a cent.

         (e) Fundamental Change Transaction.  In case at any time after the date
hereof a  purchase,  tender,  or  exchange  offer  shall  have  been made to and
accepted  by the holders of more than 50% of the  outstanding  shares of Capital
Stock,  or the  Company  is  otherwise  a party to any  transaction  (including,
without limitation,  a merger,  consolidation,  sale of all or substantially all
the Company's assets,  liquidation,  or  recapitalization  of the Capital Stock)
which is to be  effected in such a way that as a result of such  transaction  or
offer (x) the holders of Common  Stock (or any other  securities  of the Company
then issuable  upon the exercise of this  Warrant)  shall be entitled to receive
stock or other  securities  or property  (including  cash) with respect to or in
exchange for Common Stock (or such other  securities),  or (y) the Capital Stock
ceases to be a publicly  traded  security  either  listed on the American  Stock
Exchange,  the New York Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ  National  Market System or
any successor  thereto or comparable  system (each such transaction being herein
called  a  "Fundamental  Change  Transaction"),  then,  as a  condition  of such
Fundamental  Change  Transaction,  lawful and adequate  provision  shall be made
whereby the holder of this Warrant shall  thereafter  have the right to purchase
and receive upon the basis and upon the terms and  conditions  specified in this
Warrant,  and in lieu of the shares of Common  Stock (or such other  securities)
purchasable  immediately before such transaction upon the exercise hereof,  such
stock or other  securities  or property  (including  cash) as may be issuable or
payable  with respect to or in exchange  for a number of  outstanding  shares of
Common Stock (or such other  securities) equal to the number of shares of Common
Stock (or such other securities) purchasable immediately before such transaction
upon the exercise  hereof,  had such  Fundamental  Change  Transaction not taken
place. In any such case appropriate  provision shall be made with respect to the
rights  and  interests  of the  holder  of  this  Warrant  to the end  that  the
provisions hereof (including, without limitation, the provisions for adjustments
of the  Exercise  Price and of the number of  Warrant  Shares  purchasable  upon
exercise hereof) shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly as reasonably may be,
in relation to the stock or other securities or property thereafter  deliverable
upon the exercise  hereof  (including  an immediate  adjustment  of the Exercise
Price if by reason of or in connection with such Fundamental  Change Transaction
any securities  are issued or event occurs which would,  under the terms hereof,
require an adjustment of the Exercise Price). In the event of a consolidation or
merger of the Company with or into another  corporation or entity as a result of
which a greater  or lesser  number  of shares of common  stock of the  surviving
corporation or entity are issuable to holders of Capital Stock in respect of the
number  of  shares  of  Capital  Stock  outstanding  immediately  prior  to such
consolidation or merger,  then the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to
such  consolidation  or merger  shall be  adjusted  in the same manner as though
there were a subdivision  or combination  of the  outstanding  shares of Capital
Stock.  The Company  shall not effect any such  Fundamental  Change  Transaction
unless prior to or  simultaneously  with the consummation  thereof the successor
corporation  or  entity  (if  other  than  the  Company)   resulting  from  such
consolidation or merger or the corporation or entity  purchasing such assets and
any other  corporation  or entity  the  shares of stock or other  securities  or
property of which are  receivable  thereupon by the holder of this Warrant shall
expressly assume, by written instrument executed and delivered (and satisfactory
in form) to the holder of this  Warrant,  (i) the  obligation to deliver to such
holder such stock or other securities or property

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as, in accordance with the foregoing provisions,  such holder may be entitled to
purchase and (ii) all other obligations of the Company hereunder.

         (f) Notice of Adjustment. Upon the occurrence of any event requiring an
adjustment of the Exercise  Price,  then and in each such case the Company shall
promptly  deliver to the holder of this  Warrant a notice  stating the  Exercise
Price  resulting from such  adjustment and the increase or decrease,  if any, in
the number of shares of Common Stock  issuable  upon  exercise of this  Warrant,
setting forth in reasonable  detail the method of calculation and the facts upon
which such calculation is based.  Within 90 days after each fiscal year in which
any such  adjustment  shall have  occurred,  or within 30 days after any request
therefor by the holder of this  Warrant  stating  that such holder  contemplates
exercise of this Warrant, the Company will deliver to the holder of this Warrant
a certificate of the Company's chief financial officer confirming the statements
in the most recent notice delivered under this Paragraph 4(f).


         (g)      Other Notices.  In case at any time:

                (i)    the Company shall declare or pay to all the holders of 
        Capital Stock any dividend (whether payable in Capital Stock, cash, 
        securities or other property);

                (ii)   the Company shall offer for subscription pro rata to all
        the holders of Capital Stock any additional shares of stock of any class
        or other rights;

                (iii)  there   shall   be  any   capital   reorganization,   or
        reclassification  of the Capital Stock of the Company,  or consolidation
        or merger of the Company with, or sale of all or  substantially  all its
        assets to, another corporation or other entity;

                (iv)   there shall be a voluntary or involuntary dissolution, 
        liquidation, or winding-up of the Company; or

                (v)    there shall be any other Fundamental Change Transaction;

then, in any one or more of such cases,  the Company shall give to the holder of
this  Warrant (a) at least 15 days prior to any event  referred to in clause (i)
above,  at least 30 days prior to any event  referred to in clause (ii),  (iii),
(iv) or (v) above,  written notice of the date on which the books of the Company
shall  close or a record  shall be taken  for such  dividend,  distribution,  or
subscription  rights or for  determining  rights to vote in  respect of any such
reorganization,  reclassification,  consolidation,  merger,  sale,  dissolution,
liquidation,  winding-up,  or  Transaction  and  (b) in  the  case  of any  such
reorganization,  reclassification,  consolidation,  merger,  sale,  dissolution,
liquidation,  winding-up,  or Transaction known to the Company, at least 30 days
prior  written  notice  of  the  date  (or,  if not  then  known,  a  reasonable
approximation  thereof by the  Company)  when the same shall  take  place.  Such
notice in accordance  with the foregoing  clause (a) shall also specify,  in the
case of any such dividend,  distribution,  or subscription  rights,  the date on
which such holders of Capital Stock shall be entitled  thereto,  and such notice
in accordance with the foregoing clause (b) shall also specify the date on which
such holders of Capital Stock shall be entitled to exchange  their Capital Stock
for  securities  or  other  property   deliverable  upon  such   reorganization,
reclassification,   consolidation,   merger,  sale,  dissolution,   liquidation,
winding-up,  or  Transaction,  as the case may be. Such notice  shall also state
that the action in question  or the record date is subject to the  effectiveness
of a registration  statement under the Securities Act, or to a favorable vote of
security holders, if either is required.


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        (h) Certain  Events.  If any event occurs as to which, in the good faith
judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company,  the other provisions of this
Paragraph 4 are not  strictly  applicable  or if strictly  applicable  would not
fairly  protect the exercise  rights of the holder of this Warrant in accordance
with the essential intent and principles of such  provisions,  then the Board of
Directors  of the  Company  shall  make  such  adjustment,  if  any,  on a basis
consistent  with such essential  intent and  principles,  necessary to preserve,
without dilution,  the rights of the holder of this Warrant;  provided,  that no
such  adjustment  shall  have the effect of  increasing  the  Exercise  Price as
otherwise determined pursuant to this Paragraph 4.

        5. Issue Tax. The issuance of  certificates  for Warrant Shares upon the
exercise  of this  Warrant  shall be made  without  charge to the holder of this
Warrant or such shares for any issuance tax in respect  thereof,  provided  that
the Company shall not be required to pay any tax which may be payable in respect
of any  transfer  involved  in the  issuance  and  delivery  of any  warrant  or
certificate in a name other than the holder of this Warrant.

        6. No Rights or  Liabilities  as a  Shareholder.  This Warrant shall not
entitle the holder  hereof to any voting rights or other rights as a shareholder
of the  Company.  No provision of this  Warrant,  in the absence of  affirmative
action by the holder hereof to purchase Warrant Shares,  and no mere enumeration
herein of the rights or privileges of the holder hereof,  shall give rise to any
liability  of such  holder for the  Exercise  Price or as a  shareholder  of the
Company,  whether  such  liability is asserted by the Company or by creditors of
the Company.

        7. Transfer, Exchange, and Replacement of Warrant; Registration Rights.

        (a) Warrant  Transferable.  The  transfer of this Warrant and all rights
hereunder,  in whole or in part, is  registrable  at the office or agency of the
Company  referred to in Paragraph  7(e) hereof by the holder hereof in person or
by his  duly  authorized  attorney,  upon  surrender  of this  Warrant  properly
endorsed.  Upon any transfer of this Warrant to any person,  other than a person
who is at that time a holder of other Warrants, the Company shall have the right
to require the holder and the  transferee to make customary  representations  to
the extent reasonably necessary to assure that the transfer will comply with the
Securities Act and any applicable  state  securities  laws.  Each holder of this
Warrant,  by taking or holding the same,  consents and agrees that this Warrant,
when endorsed in blank, shall be deemed negotiable,  and that the holder hereof,
when this Warrant shall have been so endorsed, may be treated by the Company and
all other  persons  dealing with this  Warrant as the absolute  owner and holder
hereof  for any  purpose  and as the  person  entitled  to  exercise  the rights
represented by this Warrant and to the  registration  of transfer  hereof on the
books of the Company;  but until due presentment for registration of transfer on
such books the Company may treat the  registered  holder hereof as the owner and
holder  hereof for all  purposes,  and the Company  shall not be affected by any
notice to the contrary.

        (b) Warrant  Exchangeable for Different  Denominations.  This Warrant is
exchangeable,  upon the  surrender  hereof by the holder hereof at the office or
agency of the Company referred to in Paragraph 7(e) hereof,  for new Warrants of
like tenor  representing  in the  aggregate  the right to purchase the number of
shares  of  Common  Stock  which may be  purchased  hereunder,  each of such new
Warrants  to be  imprinted  with the same legend  appearing  on the face of this
Warrant and to represent the right to purchase such number of shares as shall be
designated  by said holder  hereof at the time of such  surrender.  For purposes
hereof,  the  term  "Warrant"  shall  be  deemed  to  include  any and all  such
replacement  Warrants,  whether issued pursuant to this  subparagraph (b) or any
other Paragraph hereof.

        (c)   Replacement of Warrant.  Upon receipt of evidence reasonably 
satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction, or mutilation of 
this Warrant and, in the case of any such loss, theft, or

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destruction,  upon delivery of an indemnity agreement reasonably satisfactory in
form and amount to the  Company,  or, in the case of any such  mutilation,  upon
surrender and cancellation of this Warrant,  the Company,  at its expense,  will
execute and deliver, in lieu thereof, a new Warrant of like tenor.

        (d)  Cancellation;  Payment  of  Expenses.  Upon the  surrender  of this
Warrant in connection with any transfer, exchange, or replacement as provided in
this Paragraph 7, this Warrant shall be promptly  cancelled by the Company.  The
Company shall pay all taxes (other than securities transfer taxes) and all other
expenses and charges payable in connection with the preparation,  execution, and
delivery of Warrants pursuant to this Paragraph 7.

        (e) Register.  The Company shall  maintain,  at its principal  office in
Atlanta,  Georgia  (or such  other  office or agency  of the  Company  as it may
designate by notice to the holder hereof), a register for this Warrant, in which
the Company  shall  record the name and address of the person in whose name this
Warrant has been issued,  as well as the name and address of each transferee and
each prior owner of this Warrant.

        (f) Registration Rights.  The issuance of any Warrant Shares required to
be reserved for purposes of exercise of this Warrant and the resale of such 
Warrant Shares are entitled to the benefits of the registration rights set forth
in the Purchase Agreement.

        8. Notices. All notices,  requests, and other communications required or
permitted to be given or delivered hereunder to the holder of this Warrant shall
be in writing, and shall be personally delivered,  or shall be sent by certified
or registered mail, postage prepaid and addressed, to such holder at the address
shown for such holder on the books of the Company,  or at such other  address as
shall  have been  furnished  to the  Company  by notice  from such  holder.  All
notices, requests, and other communications required or permitted to be given or
delivered hereunder to the Company shall be in writing,  and shall be personally
delivered, or shall be sent by certified or registered mail, postage prepaid and
addressed,  to the office of the Company at 3414  Peachtree  Road,  N.E.,  Suite
1400, Atlanta, GA 30326, Attention:
                                   -------------------------------------------,
or at such other  address as shall have been  furnished to the holder of this
Warrant by notice from the Company. Any such notice,  request, or other  
communication may be sent by telegram or telex, but shall in such case be 
subsequently confirmed by a writing personally delivered or sent by certified or
registered  mail  as  provided   above.   All  notices,   requests,   and  other
communications  shall be  deemed to have  been  given  either at the time of the
delivery  thereof to (or the receipt by, in the case of a telegram or telex) the
person  entitled  to  receive  such  notice at the  address  of such  person for
purposes of this Paragraph 8, or, if mailed, at the completion of the third full
day following the time of such mailing thereof to such address,  as the case may
be.

        9.      GOVERNING LAW. THIS WARRANT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED
AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF DELAWARE, WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY 
CHOICE OF LAW PRINCIPLES OF SUCH STATE.

        10.  Remedies.  The Company  stipulates  that the remedies at law of the
holder of this Warrant in the event of any default or threatened  default by the
Company  in the  performance  of or  compliance  with  any of the  terms of this
Warrant  are  not  and  will  not  be  adequate,  and  that  such  terms  may be
specifically  enforced by a decree for the specific enforcement of any agreement
contained  herein or by an  injunction  against a violation  of any of the terms
hereof or otherwise.

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        11.  Miscellaneous.

        (a)  Amendments.  This  Warrant  and  any  provision  hereof  may not be
changed, waived,  discharged, or terminated orally, but only by an instrument in
writing  signed by the party (or any  predecessor in interest  thereof)  against
which enforcement of the same is sought.

        (b)  Descriptive Headings.  The descriptive headings of the several 
paragraphs of this Warrant are inserted for purposes of reference only, and 
shall not affect the meaning or construction of any of the provisions hereof.

        (c) Successors and Assigns.  This Warrant shall,  to the extent provided
in Section 4(e), be binding upon any entity succeeding to the Company by merger,
consolidation, or acquisition of all or substantially all the Company's assets.



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        IN WITNESS WHEREOF,  the Company has caused this Warrant to be signed by
its duly  authorized  officer  under its  corporate  seal,  attested by its duly
authorized officer, on this     day of                 1996.
                           ----        ------------------,
 
                                       MAGELLAN HEALTH SERVICES, INC.



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

[CORPORATE SEAL]


Attest:


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

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                            FORM OF EXERCISE AGREEMENT


                                                  Dated:
                                                        ----------, -----
To:
   --------------------------
   --------------------------
   --------------------------
   Attention:
             ----------------


         The  undersigned,  pursuant to the  provisions  set forth in the within
Warrant,  hereby  agrees to  purchase        shares of Common  Stock  covered  
                                      -----  
by such Warrant,  and makes  payment  herewith  in full  therefor at the price 
per share provided by such Warrant *[in cash or by certified or official bank 
check in the amount of  $        ]  held by the  undersigned  and any applicable
                         --------
taxes payable by  undersigned.  Please issue a certificate or certificates  for
such shares of Common Stock in the name of and pay any cash for any fractional
share to:


             Name:
                  -------------------------------------------------------------

             Signature:
                       --------------------------------------------------------
             Title of Signing Officer or Agent(if any):
                                                       ------------------------
             Note:       The above signature should correspond exactly with the
                         name on the face of the within Warrant or with the
                         name of the assignee appearing in the assignment form.

and,  if said  number  of shares of  Common  Stock  shall not be all the  shares
purchasable under the within Warrant,  a new Warrant is to be issued in the name
of said undersigned  covering the balance of the shares  purchasable  thereunder
less any fraction of a share paid in cash.

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                             FORM OF ASSIGNMENT

        FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns, and transfers
all the rights represented by and under the within Warrant,  with respect to the
number of shares of Common Stock covered thereby set forth hereinbelow, to:

Name of Assignee        Address          No. of Shares
- ----------------        -------          -------------









, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints                              
                                                 ------------------------------ 
as agent and attorney-in-fact to transfer said Warrant on the books of the
within-named corporation, with full power of substitution in the premises.


Dated:                      ,     .
      ---------------------- -----

In the presence of


- -----------------------------------

                                   Name:
                                        ---------------------------------------

                                   Signature:
                                             ----------------------------------
                                   Title of Signing Officer or Agent
                                   (if any):
                                            -----------------------------------
                                   Address:
                                           ------------------------------------
                                           ------------------------------------


                                   Note:  The above signature should correspond
                                          exactly with the name on the face of 
                                          the within Warrant.




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                          COMPANY DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE


Section 3.8.  -   List of Significant Subsidiaries


                  Charter Behavioral Health Systems Inc.




Section 3.9   -   List of Material Agreements


                  Employment  agreement of Craig L. McKnight is being filed with
the Company's 10-K for the year ended September 30, 1995.




Section 3.10  -   List of Material Liabilities/Obligations

         (a) the  litigation  and  non-compliance  with laws  referred to in the
letter from Steve J. Davis to Steve  Surbaugh  dated  November 10, 1995, and the
update  thereto  from Steve J.  Davis to Cherie  Fuzzell  and Bob  Miller  dated
November 21, 1995 (copies of which have been delivered to Buyers),  which in the
reasonable judgment of the Company, do not and will not, individually and in the
aggregate  have a material  adverse effect on the business,  assets,  results of
operations or financial condition of the Company.

         (b) acquisition of a majority interest in Green Springs Health Systems
Inc.



Section 3.12  -   Compliance with Laws


         (ii) those  notices of  noncompliance  referred  to in the letter  from
Steve J. Davis to Steve Surbaugh dated November 10, 1995, and the update thereto
from Steve J. Davis to Cherie  Fuzzell and Bob Miller  dated  November  21, 1995
(copies of which have been delivered to Buyers).


Section 3.13  -   Litigation

                          None







                                EXHIBIT 7.3



Matters to be Covered in Opinion of Counsel to Company
- ------------------------------------------------------

         - due  incorporation,  valid existence and good standing of Company and
significant  subsidiaries under the laws of the State of Delaware, and corporate
power to own, lease and operate properties and to carry on business as presently
conducted

         - qualification to do business and good standing as a foreign 
corporation in states necessary for conduct of current business

         - confirmation of authorized and outstanding capital stock of Company

         - issuance of shares duly authorized, and shares are validly issued, 
fully paid and nonassessable

         - warrant  shares to be issued are validly  authorized and reserved for
issuance and assuming no changes in law,  warrant shares will be validly issued,
fully paid and  nonassessable  upon  proper  exercise  of warrant and payment of
exercise price

         - issuance of the Securities and any Warrant Shares upon exercise of 
Warrants is not subject to any preemptive right under the Delaware General 
Corporation Law or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of Company

         - due authorization, execution, delivery and performance of agreements

         - agreements are legal, valid and binding upon Company

         -  agreements  and  transaction  will  not  conflict  with  or  violate
certificate of  incorporation,  bylaws or applicable  law or breach,  violate or
cause default under material  contracts,  judgements,  orders etc., or result in
creation of material lien upon properties

         - any required consents approvals, filings etc. required under 
applicable law have been obtained

         - confirmation of no material adverse litigation and proceedings

         - issuance of Securities exempt from registration requirements

         - confirmation that private offering of Warrants and Shares will not be
integrated with public offering of Warrant Shares and resale of Warrant Shares.



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