CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION

                                       OF

                       CLASS C CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK

                                       OF

                          CLEARVIEW CINEMA GROUP, INC.


                         Pursuant to Section 151 of the
                        Delaware General Corporation Law


         Clearview  Cinema  Group,  Inc., a  corporation  organized and existing
under the laws of the State of Delaware (the  "CORPORATION"),  hereby  certifies
that the  following  resolutions  were  adopted by the Board of Directors of the
Corporation  pursuant  to  authority  of the Board of  Directors  as required by
Section 151 of the Delaware General Corporation Law.

         RESOLVED,  that  pursuant  to the  authority  granted  to the  Board of
Directors in accordance with the provisions of the Corporation's  Certificate of
Incorporation,  the  Board  of  Directors  hereby  authorizes  a  series  of the
Corporation's  previously  authorized  Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share
(the  "PREFERRED  STOCK"),  to  be  issued  pursuant  to a  Securities  Purchase
Agreement   between  the  Corporation  and  the  Purchaser  named  therein  (the
"SECURITIES PURCHASE  AGREEMENT"),  and hereby states the designation and number
of  shares,  and  fixes  the  relative  rights,   preferences,   privileges  and
restrictions thereof as follows:

1.       DESIGNATION AND AMOUNT.

         The  designation  of this  series,  which  consists  of three  thousand
(3,000)  shares (the  "PREFERRED  SHARES") of  Preferred  Stock,  is the Class C
Convertible  Preferred Stock (the "CLASS C PREFERRED STOCK") and the face amount
shall be One Thousand Dollars ($1,000) per share (the "STATED VALUE").

2.       DIVIDENDS.

         (a) DIVIDEND  RATE;  PAYMENTS.  The holder (the  "HOLDER") of Preferred
Shares shall be entitled to receive,  to the extent permitted by applicable law,
subject to the prior,  full payment of any accumulated  and unpaid  dividends on
any class or series of Senior Securities (as defined below) and in preference to
the  payment of any  dividend  on any class or series of Junior  Securities  (as
defined below), cumulative dividends ("DIVIDENDS") on each Preferred Share in an
amount equal to, on an  annualized  basis,  the Stated  Value of such  Preferred
Share TIMES five percent (5%). Dividends shall accrue,  whether or not earned or
declared, on each Preferred Share from the date of the original issuance thereof
(the "ISSUE DATE") through the earlier to occur of (A) the Maturity






Date  (as  defined  below)  and (B) the  redemption  or  conversion  thereof  in
accordance with the terms hereof.  Accrued  Dividends on a Preferred Share shall
be payable on each  Conversion  Date (as defined below) and on the Maturity Date
(as defined below) for such Preferred  Share (each, a "DIVIDEND  PAYMENT DATE").
If, on any date,  Dividends on any  outstanding  Preferred  Shares have not been
paid or declared by the Board of Directors in accordance with applicable law and
set aside for payment with respect to all Dividend  Payment Dates preceding such
date, the aggregate amount of such Dividends shall be fully paid or declared and
set aside for  payment  before any  distribution,  whether by way of dividend or
otherwise,  shall be  declared,  paid or set apart  with  respect  to any Junior
Securities on or after such date.  Dividends shall be paid either in cash or, at
the option of the Corporation (the "STOCK PAYMENT  OPTION"),  and subject to the
satisfaction  of the  conditions  set forth in  paragraph  (b) below (the "STOCK
PAYMENT  CONDITIONS"),  in whole or in part in  shares  (the  "DIVIDEND  PAYMENT
SHARES") of the Corporation's Common Stock (the "COMMON STOCK").  Cash Dividends
shall  be paid to the  Holder  within  five  (5)  Business  Days  following  the
applicable  Dividend Payment Date by delivering  immediately  available funds to
the Holder in accordance  with the Holder's wiring  instructions.  Any amount of
Dividends payable in cash which is not paid within five (5) Business Days of the
applicable  Dividend Payment Date shall bear interest at an annual rate equal to
the lower of (x) the "prime" rate (as  published in the Wall Street  Journal) on
such  fifth  Business  Day PLUS  three  percent  (3%) and (y) the  highest  rate
permitted by  applicable  law, for the number of days elapsed from such Dividend
Payment Date until such amount is paid in full (the "DEFAULT INTEREST RATE").

         (b) CONDITIONS TO STOCK PAYMENT OPTION.  If the  Corporation  wishes to
exercise the Stock  Payment  Option,  it may do so only if each of the following
conditions has been satisfied as of the relevant Conversion Date:

                  (i) the number of shares of Common Stock authorized,  unissued
and unreserved for all other purposes, or held in the Corporation's treasury, is
sufficient to pay 125% of the aggregate number of (x) Conversion Shares issuable
upon the  conversion  in full of the  Preferred  Shares  and (y) the  number  of
Dividend Payment Shares issuable pursuant to such option;

                 (ii) the Dividend Payment Shares are listed for trading on the
American Stock Exchange  ("AMEX"),  the New York Stock Exchange  ("NYSE") or the
Nasdaq  National  Market System  ("NMS") and trading in the Common Stock has not
been suspended by such exchange;

                 (iii)   the   registration    statement   (the   "REGISTRATION
STATEMENT")   described  in  the  Registration   Rights  Agreement  between  the
Corporation and the Purchaser (the "REGISTRATION  RIGHTS AGREEMENT",  or another
registration  statement  with  respect  to which  the  Corporation  has  granted
"piggyback"  rights to the Holder under the Registration  Rights  Agreement,  is
effective  and  available  for the sale of the  Dividend  Payment  Shares by the
Holder or such shares may be sold to the public  pursuant  to Rule 144(k)  under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "SECURITIES ACT");

                 (iv) a Mandatory  Redemption  Event (as defined  herein) has
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                  (v) the Corporation has delivered to the Holder a certificate,
signed by an executive officer of the Corporation, setting forth:

                               o        the amount of the  Dividend to which the
                                        Holder is entitled and, if not the same,
                                        the amount of such payment to be made in
                                        Dividend Payment Shares;

                               o        the number of Dividend Payment Shares to
                                        be   delivered   in   payment   of  such
                                        Dividends, and the calculation therefor;
                                        and

                               o        a  statement  to the effect  that all of
                                        the     conditions    set    forth    in
                                        sub-paragraphs   i-iv  above  have  been
                                        satisfied.

         (c) EXERCISE OF STOCK PAYMENT  OPTION.  In order for the Corporation to
exercise the Stock Payment  Option,  it must deliver  written  notice thereof (a
"STOCK  PAYMENT  EXERCISE  NOTICE") to the Holder on or before the tenth  (10th)
Business Day prior to the Initial  Conversion  Date (as defined below) and on or
before the tenth  (10th)  Business  Day prior to the first day of each  calendar
quarter thereafter  specifying whether the Corporation  intends to pay Dividends
during  such  calendar  quarter  (or  shorter  period in the case of the  notice
delivered prior to the Initial  Conversion  Date) in Dividend  Payment Shares or
cash.  Upon  delivering  a Stock  Payment  Exercise  Notice to the  Holder,  the
Corporation  thereafter shall be irrevocably  bound by its election made therein
to  deliver  Dividend  Payment  Shares or cash,  as the case may be,  during the
period to which such notice relates.

         (d) DELIVERY OF DIVIDEND  PAYMENT  SHARES.  Upon  exercise of the Stock
Payment Option,  the Corporation  shall deliver to the Holder,  on or before the
third (3rd)  Business Day following the  applicable  Dividend  Payment Date (the
"DIVIDEND PAYMENT SHARE DELIVERY DATE"),  the aggregate number of whole Dividend
Payment  Shares that is determined by dividing (x) the amount of the Dividend to
which the Holder is entitled as of such  Dividend  Payment  Date with respect to
the  Preferred  Shares  being  converted  or  redeemed  by  (y)  the  applicable
Conversion  Price  (as  defined  below)  on  such  Dividend  Payment  Date.  The
Corporation  shall effect delivery of Dividend  Payment Shares to the Holder by,
as long as the Corporation's  transfer agent ("TRANSFER AGENT") is participating
in the  Depository  Trust Company  ("DTC") Fast  Automated  Securities  Transfer
program ("FAST"), crediting the account of the Holder or its nominee at DTC with
the number of Dividend  Payment Shares  required to be delivered,  no later than
the close of business on such Dividend Payment Share Delivery Date. In the event
that  the  condition  specified  above  with  respect  to the  Transfer  Agent's
participation  in FAST is not satisfied as of the  applicable  Dividend  Payment
Share  Delivery Date, or if the Holder  specifies in the  applicable  Conversion
Notice (as defined below) or otherwise notifies the Corporation in writing prior
to the  applicable  Dividend  Payment  Date that the  Holder  wishes to  receive
physical certificates, the Corporation shall effect delivery of Dividend Payment
Shares  by  delivering  to the  Holder  or  its  nominee  physical  certificates
representing  such Dividend Payment Shares,  no later than the close of business
on such Dividend  Payment Share  Delivery Date. No fractional  Dividend  Payment
Shares shall be issued; the Corporation  shall, in lieu thereof,  either issue a
number of Dividend Payment Shares which reflects


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a  rounding  up to the next whole  number of shares or pay such  amount in cash.
Dividend Payment Shares shall be fully paid and  non-assessable,  free and clear
of any liens,  claims,  preemptive rights or encumbrances  imposed by or through
the Corporation.

         (e) FAILURE TO DELIVER DIVIDEND  PAYMENT SHARES.  In the event that the
Corporation  fails  for  any  reason  to  deliver  to  the  Holder  certificates
representing the appropriate  number of Dividend Payment Shares on or before the
Dividend  Payment Share Delivery Date therefor,  and such failure  continues for
five (5) Business Days  following the Dividend  Payment Share Delivery Date, the
Corporation  shall pay to the  Holder  payments  in the  amount  of (i)  (N/365)
MULTIPLIED BY (ii) the amount of such Dividend  MULTIPLIED BY (iii) the lower of
twenty-four  percent  (24%) and the maximum rate  permitted by  applicable  law,
where "N"  equals the  number of days  elapsed  between  the  original  Dividend
Payment Share  Delivery Date for such  Dividend  Payment  Shares and the date on
which all of the  certificates  representing  such Dividend  Payment  Shares are
issued and delivered to the Holder.  Amounts payable under this subparagraph (e)
shall be paid to the  Holder in  immediately  available  funds on or before  the
fifth  (5th)  Business  Day of the  calendar  month  immediately  following  the
calendar  month in which such  amounts have  accrued.  The Holder shall have the
right to  pursue  actual  damages  for the  Corporation's  failure  to issue and
deliver  Dividend Payment Shares on the Dividend Payment Share Delivery Date for
a Dividend,  including, without limitation,  damages relating to any purchase of
shares of Common  Stock by the Holder to make  delivery  on a sale  effected  in
anticipation  of receiving  Dividend  Payment  Shares,  such damages to be in an
amount  equal to (A) the  aggregate  amount paid by the Holder for the shares of
Common Stock so purchased  MINUS (B) the aggregate  amount of net  proceeds,  if
any,  received by the Holder from the sale of the Dividend Payment Shares issued
by the Corporation with respect to such Dividend,  and the Holder shall have the
right  to  pursue  all  other  remedies  available  to it at  law  or in  equity
(including,   without  limitation,  a  decree  of  specific  performance  and/or
injunctive relief).

3.       PRIORITY.

         (a)      PAYMENT UPON DISSOLUTION.

                  (i) Upon the  occurrence  of (x) any  insolvency or bankruptcy
proceedings, or any receivership,  liquidation,  reorganization or other similar
proceedings  in connection  therewith,  commenced by the  Corporation  or by its
creditors,  as such, or relating to its assets or (y) the  dissolution  or other
winding up of the  Corporation  whether total or partial,  whether  voluntary or
involuntary and whether or not involving  insolvency or bankruptcy  proceedings,
or (z) any  assignment  for the benefit of creditors or any  marshalling  of the
material assets or material liabilities of the Corporation (each, a "LIQUIDATION
EVENT"),  no  distribution  shall be made to the holders of any shares of Junior
Securities  (as defined  below)  unless,  following the payment of  preferential
amounts on all Senior  Securities  (as  defined  below),  the Holder  shall have
received  the  Liquidation  Preference  (as defined  below) with respect to each
Preferred  Share then held by the Holder.  In the event that upon the occurrence
of a Liquidation Event, and following the payment of preferential amounts on all
Senior  Securities (as defined below),  the assets available for distribution to
the Holder and the holders of Pari Passu  Securities are insufficient to pay the
Liquidation  Preference with respect to all of the outstanding  Preferred Shares
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amounts payable to such holders,  the entire assets of the Corporation  shall be
distributed  ratably  among the  Preferred  Shares  and the shares of Pari Passu
Securities in proportion to the ratio that the  preferential  amount  payable on
each such share  (which  shall be the  Liquidation  Preference  in the case of a
Preferred Share) bears to the aggregate  preferential amount payable on all such
shares.

                  (ii) The "LIQUIDATION  PREFERENCE" with respect to a Preferred
Share shall mean an amount  equal to the Stated  Value of such  Preferred  Share
(subject to ratable adjustment in the event of any stock split or combination of
the  Class C  Preferred  Stock  and to  equitable  adjustment  in the event of a
reclassification of the Class C Preferred Stock or other similar event) plus any
accrued and unpaid Dividends thereon.  "JUNIOR SECURITIES" shall mean the Common
Stock and all other  capital  stock of the  Corporation  that are not Pari Passu
Securities  or do not have a  preference  over the  Class C  Preferred  Stock in
respect of dividends,  redemption or distribution upon liquidation.  "PARI PASSU
SECURITIES"  shall  mean  the  Class  A  Convertible   Preferred  Stock  of  the
Corporation  (the "Class A Preferred  Stock") and any other  securities  ranking
pari passu with the Class C Preferred Stock in respect of dividends,  redemption
or distribution  upon  liquidation.  "SENIOR  SECURITIES" shall mean the Class B
Nonvoting Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock of the Corporation (the "CLASS B
PREFERRED STOCK"),  any debt instrument of the Corporation and any securities of
the  Corporation  which by  their  terms  have a  preference  over  the  Class C
Preferred  Stock in  respect  of  dividends,  redemption  or  distribution  upon
liquidation.

4.       CONVERSION.

         (a) RIGHT TO CONVERT.  The Holder  shall have the right to convert,  at
any time after the earlier to occur of (i) the  ninetieth  (90th) day  following
the Issue Date and (ii) the date on which the  Registration  Statement  has been
declared  effective  (the  "INITIAL  CONVERSION  DATE"),  all or any part of the
Preferred  Shares  held by the  Holder  into  such  number  of  fully  paid  and
non-assessable  shares of Common Stock  ("CONVERSION  SHARES") as is computed in
accordance with the terms hereof (a "CONVERSION").

         (b) CONVERSION NOTICE. In order to convert Preferred Shares, the Holder
shall send by facsimile  transmission,  at any time prior to 11:59 p.m., eastern
time,  on the date on which the Holder  wishes to effect  such  Conversion  (the
"CONVERSION  DATE"),  (i) a notice of conversion  (a  "CONVERSION  NOTICE"),  in
substantially  the form of  Exhibit  A  hereto,  to the  Corporation  and to the
Transfer  Agent  stating the number of  Preferred  Shares to be  converted,  the
applicable  Conversion  Price (as defined below) and a calculation of the number
of shares of Common Stock  issuable upon such  Conversion and (ii) a copy of the
certificate or certificates  representing  the Preferred Shares being converted.
The Holder shall promptly  thereafter send the original of the Conversion Notice
and of such  certificate or certificates to the Transfer Agent.  The Corporation
shall issue a new certificate  for Preferred  Shares in the event that less than
all of the  Preferred  Shares  represented  by a  certificate  delivered  to the
Corporation in connection  with a Conversion are converted.  Except as otherwise
provided  herein,  upon  delivery  of a  Conversion  Notice  by  the  Holder  in
accordance  with the  terms  hereof,  the  Holder  shall,  as of the  applicable
Conversion  Date,  be deemed for all  purposes to be record  owner of the Common
Stock to which such Conversion Notice relates.  In the case of a dispute between
the Corporation and the Holder as to the calculation of the Conversion


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Price or the  number  of  Conversion  Shares  issuable  upon a  Conversion,  the
Corporation  shall promptly issue to the Holder the number of Conversion  Shares
that  are not  disputed  and  shall  submit  the  disputed  calculations  to its
independent  accountant  within two (2) Business Days of receipt of the Holder's
Conversion  Notice. The Corporation shall cause such accountant to calculate the
Conversion Price as provided herein and to notify the Corporation and the Holder
of the results in writing no later than three (3) Business  Days  following  the
day  on  which  it  received  the  disputed   calculations.   Such  accountant's
calculation  shall be deemed  conclusive  absent manifest error. The fees of any
such  accountant  shall be borne by the party  whose  calculations  were most at
variance with those of such accountant.

         (c)  NUMBER OF  CONVERSION  SHARES;  CONVERSION  PRICE.  The  number of
Conversion  Shares to be delivered by the  Corporation  pursuant to a Conversion
shall be  determined  by dividing the  aggregate  Stated Value of the  Preferred
Shares to be converted by the Conversion  Price (as defined herein) in effect on
the applicable  Conversion Date.  Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 6
below,  "CONVERSION  PRICE"  with  respect to a  Preferred  Share shall mean the
lesser of (i) $21.95 (the "FIXED  CONVERSION  PRICE") and (ii) eighty  seven and
one half  percent  (87.5%) of the average of the fourth,  fifth and sixth lowest
Closing  Trade  Prices for the  Common  Stock  during the period of twenty  (20)
Trading Days occurring  immediately  prior to (but not including) the applicable
Conversion Date (the "FLOATING CONVERSION PRICE").

         (d)  CERTAIN  DEFINITIONS.  "TRADING  DAY"  means  any day on which the
Common Stock is traded on the AMEX or on the  principal  securities  exchange or
market on which the Common Stock is then traded.  "CLOSING  TRADE PRICE"  means,
with  respect to the  Common  Stock,  the last sale  price for the Common  Stock
occurring  on a given  Trading  Day on the AMEX or on the  principal  securities
exchange or trading  market where such  security is listed or traded as reported
by Bloomberg  Financial  Markets or, if Bloomberg  Financial Markets is not then
reporting such sales, by a comparable  reporting service of national  reputation
selected  by  the   Corporation   and   reasonably   acceptable  to  the  Holder
(collectively,  "BLOOMBERG")  or, if a sale is not so reported on a Trading Day,
the  average  of the bid and asked  prices  of such  security  on the  principal
securities exchange or trading market where such security is listed or traded as
reported by Bloomberg  or if the  foregoing  does not apply,  the average of the
last  reported  bid and asked  prices of such  security in the  over-the-counter
market  on the  electronic  bulletin  board for such  security  as  reported  by
Bloomberg,  or, if no such prices are reported for such  security by  Bloomberg,
the average of the bid and asked prices of all market  makers for such  security
as reported in the "pink sheets" by the National  Quotation Bureau,  Inc. If the
Closing  Trade  Price  cannot  be  calculated  for such  security  on any of the
foregoing  bases,  the Closing  Trade Price of such  security  shall be the fair
market value as reasonably  determined by an investment banking firm selected by
the Holder (which may be an affiliate of the Holder) and  reasonably  acceptable
to the  Corporation,  with  the  costs  of such  appraisal  to be  borne  by the
Corporation.  "BUSINESS  DAY" means any day on which the New York Stock Exchange
and commercial banks located in the City of New York are open for business.

         (e)  DELIVERY  OF COMMON  STOCK  UPON  CONVERSION.  Upon  receipt  of a
Conversion  Notice  from the  Holder  pursuant  to  paragraph  4(b)  above,  the
Corporation  shall,  no later than the close of business on the later of (i) the
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in such  Conversion  Notice  and  (ii)  the  date on  which  the  certificate(s)
representing   the  Preferred  Shares  being  converted  are  delivered  to  the
Corporation or the Transfer Agent by the Holder (the "DELIVERY DATE"), issue and
deliver or cause to be delivered to the Holder the number of  Conversion  Shares
as shall be determined as provided herein. The Corporation shall effect delivery
of  Conversion  Shares  to the  Holder  by,  as long as the  Transfer  Agent  is
participating in FAST, crediting the account of the Holder or its nominee at DTC
with the number of Conversion Shares required to be delivered, no later than the
close of business on such Delivery Date. In the event that Transfer Agent is not
a  participant  in FAST or if the Holder so specifies in a Conversion  Notice or
otherwise in writing prior to the Conversion Date, the Corporation  shall effect
delivery  of  Conversion  Shares by  delivering  to the  Holder  or its  nominee
physical  certificates  representing  such Conversion  Shares, no later than the
close of  business on such  Delivery  Date.  If any  Conversion  would  create a
fractional   Conversion  Share,  such  fractional   Conversion  Share  shall  be
disregarded and the number of Conversion  Shares issuable upon such  Conversion,
in the  aggregate,  shall  be the  next  higher  number  of  Conversion  Shares.
Conversion  Shares and Dividend Payment Shares delivered to the Holder shall not
contain  any  restrictive  legend  as long as (A) the sale or  transfer  of such
Conversion Shares is covered by an effective  Registration  Statement,  (B) such
Conversion  Shares  can be sold  pursuant  to Rule 144  ("RULE  144")  under the
Securities  Act and a registered  broker  dealer  provides to the  Corporation a
customary   broker's  Rule  144  letter  and  such  Purchaser  delivers  to  the
Corporation  a customary  seller's  representation  letter  (including,  without
limitation,  a  representation  of the Holder's  present  intention to sell such
shares), or (C) such Conversion Shares are eligible for resale under Rule 144(k)
or any successor rule or provision.

         (f)      FAILURE TO DELIVER CONVERSION SHARES.

                  (i) In the event  that the  Corporation  fails for any  reason
(other  than by  operation  of  Section  5(b)  below) to  deliver  to the Holder
certificates  representing  the number of  Conversion  Shares  specified  in the
applicable  Conversion  Notice  on or  before  the  Delivery  Date  therefor  (a
"CONVERSION  DEFAULT"),  and such failure  continues  for five (5) Business Days
following the Delivery Date, the  Corporation  shall pay to the Holder  payments
("CONVERSION  DEFAULT PAYMENTS") in the amount of (i) (N/365) MULTIPLIED BY (ii)
the aggregate Liquidation  Preference of the Preferred Shares represented by the
Conversion Shares which remain the subject of such Conversion Default MULTIPLIED
BY (iii) the lower of  twenty-four  percent (24%) and the maximum rate permitted
by  applicable  law,  where "N" equals the number of days  elapsed  between  the
original  Delivery Date for such  Conversion  Shares and the earlier to occur of
(A) the date on  which  all of the  certificates  representing  such  Conversion
Shares  are  issued  and  delivered  to the  Holder,  (B) the date on which such
Preferred  Shares are redeemed  pursuant to the terms hereof and (C) the date on
which a Withdrawal  Notice (as defined  below) is delivered to the  Corporation.
Amounts  payable  under  this  subparagraph  (f) shall be paid to the  Holder in
immediately  available  funds on or before the fifth (5th)  Business  Day of the
calendar  month  immediately  following the calendar month in which such amounts
have accrued.

                  (ii)  In  the  event  that  the   Holder   has  not   received
certificates representing the Conversion Shares by the tenth (10th) Business Day
following  a  Conversion  Default,  the  Holder  may,  upon  written  notice  (a
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Day or on any Business  Day  thereafter  (unless,  prior to the delivery of such
notice,  such  Conversion  Shares are  delivered  to the  Holder),  withdraw its
Conversion  Notice with respect to such Conversion  Shares and regain its rights
as the Holder of the  Preferred  Shares that are the subject of such  Conversion
Default.  Upon delivery by the Holder of a Withdrawal  Notice,  the Holder shall
retain all of the Holder's rights and remedies with respect to the Corporation's
failure to deliver such  Conversion  Shares  (including  without  limitation the
right to receive the cash payments specified in subparagraph 4(f)(i) above).

                  (iii) Nothing  herein shall limit the Holder's right to pursue
actual  damages for the  Corporation's  failure to issue and deliver  Conversion
Shares on the applicable Delivery Date (including,  without limitation,  damages
relating  to any  purchase  of  shares  of  Common  Stock by the  Holder to make
delivery on a sale effected in anticipation of receiving  Conversion Shares upon
Conversion,  such damages to be in an amount equal to (A) the  aggregate  amount
paid by the  Holder for the shares of Common  Stock so  purchased  MINUS (B) the
aggregate amount of net proceeds,  if any,  received by the Holder from the sale
of the Conversion Shares issued by the Corporation pursuant to such Conversion),
and the Holder  shall have the right to pursue all  remedies  available to it at
law  or  in  equity  (including,   without  limitation,  a  decree  of  specific
performance and/or injunctive relief).

         (g)  CONVERSION  AT  MATURITY.  On the  date  which  is two  (2)  years
following  the Issue  Date (the  "MATURITY  DATE"),  each  Preferred  Share then
outstanding shall be automatically converted into the number of shares of Common
Stock equal to the Stated Value of such shares DIVIDED BY the  Conversion  Price
then in effect (a "MANDATORY  CONVERSION");  provided,  however, that if, on the
Maturity Date, (i) the number of shares of Common Stock authorized, unissued and
unreserved for all other purposes, or held in the Corporation's treasury, is not
sufficient  to effect the  issuance  and  delivery  of the number of  Conversion
Shares into which all outstanding  Preferred Shares are then  convertible,  (ii)
the  Common  Stock is not listed for  trading on the AMEX,  the NYSE,  or NMS or
(iii) a Mandatory  Redemption  Event (as defined  herein)  has  occurred  and is
continuing,  the  Holder  shall  have the  option,  upon  written  notice to the
Corporation at any time prior to the date on which the Holder's Preferred Shares
are redeemed  pursuant to the terms hereof,  to regain its rights as a holder of
Preferred  Shares,  including  without  limitation,  the right to  convert  such
Preferred  Shares in accordance  with the terms of paragraphs  4(a) through 4(f)
hereof and, upon  delivery of such notice,  such  Preferred  Shares shall not be
subject to a  Mandatory  Conversion  hereunder  until the  thirtieth  (30th) day
following  the later of (a) the date on which the event  specified  (i), (ii) or
(iii) is no longer continuing and (b) the date on which the Corporation delivers
to the Holder written notice to such effect,  and in such event,  such thirtieth
day shall be deemed to be the Maturity Date for purposes of this  Certificate of
Designation.  If a Mandatory  Conversion  occurs, the Corporation and the Holder
shall follow the procedures for Conversion set forth in this Section 4, with the
Maturity Date deemed to be the Conversion Date, except that the Holder shall not
be required to send a Conversion Notice as contemplated by paragraph 4(b).



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5.       CONVERSION LIMITATIONS.

         In no event  shall the Holder be  permitted  to convert  any  Preferred
Shares in excess of the number of such shares, upon the Conversion of which:

         (a) the  number of  Conversion  Shares to be  issued  pursuant  to such
Conversion,  when added to the number of shares of Common Stock issued  pursuant
to all prior  Conversions of Preferred  Shares and issuances of Dividend Payment
Shares would exceed 19.99% of the number of  outstanding  shares of Common Stock
on the Closing Date (subject to equitable  adjustments from time to time for the
events  described  in  Section 6 below)  (the "CAP  AMOUNT"),  except  that such
limitation  shall not apply in the event that (i) the  Corporation  obtains  the
requisite  approval of its  stockholders for issuances of Common Stock in excess
of such  amount  (it  being  understood  that (A) the  Holder,  upon  converting
Preferred  Shares into a number of  Conversion  Shares  which  equals or exceeds
seventy five percent (75%) of the Cap Amount (as defined below),  shall have the
right to require the  Corporation,  upon written notice to such effect,  to seek
such approval by means of a special meeting of stockholders promptly, but in any
case (i) within  sixty (60) days  following  the  Corporation's  receipt of such
notice  or  (ii)  if  earlier,  the  second  (2d)  Business  Day  following  the
Corporation's receipt of notice from the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"COMMISSION")  that the Commission has no comments or no further comments to the
Corporation's  related proxy statement,  and (B) if the Holder has not requested
such approval at such special meeting prior to the date on which the Corporation
has  delivered  a  proxy  statement  to its  stockholders  with  respect  to the
Corporation's  1999 annual  meeting of  stockholders,  the Holder shall have the
right to require the  Corporation,  upon written notice to such effect,  to seek
such  approval at such annual  meeting)  and to recommend  such  approval to its
stockholders  or (ii) the  Holder  obtains  an  opinion  of  counsel  reasonably
satisfactory to the Corporation  that such approval is not required.  Until such
approval or opinion is obtained, the Holder shall not be issued, upon Conversion
of the Preferred  Shares,  Conversion  Shares in an amount  greater than the Cap
Amount; and

         (b) (x) the number of shares of Common Stock  beneficially owned by the
Holder  (other than shares of Common  Stock  issuable  upon  conversion  of such
Preferred  Shares or which would otherwise be deemed  beneficially  owned except
for being subject to a limitation  on  conversion  or exercise  analogous to the
limitation  contained in this subparagraph (b)) PLUS (y) the number of shares of
Common Stock  issuable upon the Conversion of such  Preferred  Shares,  would be
equal to or exceed (z) 4.99% of the number of shares of Common Stock then issued
and  outstanding.  As used herein,  beneficial  ownership shall be determined in
accordance  with  Section  13(d) of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  as
amended,  and the rules thereunder.  To the extent that the limitation contained
in this paragraph 5(b) applies,  the  determination of whether  Preferred Shares
are  convertible  (in relation to other  securities  owned by the Holder) and of
which Preferred  Shares are  convertible  shall be in the sole discretion of the
Holder,  and the submission of Preferred  Shares for Conversion by the Holder as
provided  herein  shall be deemed  to be the  Holder's  determination  that such
Preferred  Shares  are  convertible  pursuant  to  the  terms  hereof,  and  the
Corporation  shall  have no  obligation  whatsoever  to  verify or  confirm  the
accuracy of such  determination.  This  paragraph may be amended (i) in order to
clarify an  ambiguity or  otherwise  to give effect to such  limitation,  by the
Holder and the Corporation and (ii) for any other reason, with the further


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requisite approval of the Corporation's  stockholders.  Nothing contained herein
shall be deemed to restrict the right of the Holder to convert  Preferred Shares
at such time as the  Conversion  thereof will not violate the provisions of this
subparagraph 5(b). The restriction contained in this subparagraph 5(b) shall not
apply in the event of a Mandatory Conversion.

6.       ADJUSTMENTS TO CONVERSION PRICE.

         (a)  ADJUSTMENT  TO FIXED  CONVERSION  PRICE DUE TO STOCK SPLIT,  STOCK
DIVIDEND,  ETC. If, prior to the Conversion of all of the Preferred Shares,  (A)
the number of outstanding  shares of Common Stock is increased by a stock split,
a stock  dividend on the Common Stock, a  reclassification  of the Common Stock,
the distribution to holders of Common Stock of rights or warrants entitling them
to subscribe for or purchase  Common Stock at less than the then current  market
price thereof (based upon the  subscription  or exercise price of such rights or
warrants at the time of the issuance  thereof) or other similar event, the Fixed
Conversion  Price  shall  be  proportionately  reduced,  or (B)  the  number  of
outstanding  shares of Common  Stock is  decreased  by a  reverse  stock  split,
combination  or  reclassification  of shares or other similar  event,  the Fixed
Conversion  Price  shall  be  proportionately  increased.  In  such  event,  the
Corporation  shall  notify the  Transfer  Agent of such  change on or before the
effective  date  thereof.  For  purposes  hereof,  the market price per share of
Common Stock on any date shall be the average Closing Trade Price for the Common
Stock on the five (5) consecutive  Trading Days occurring  immediately  prior to
but not  including  the earlier of such date and the Trading Day before the "ex"
date,  if any,  with  respect to the  issuance or  distribution  requiring  such
computation.  The term "'ex'  date",  when used with  respect to any issuance or
distribution,  means the first  Trading  Day on which the  Common  Stock  trades
regular way in the market from which such average Closing Trade Price is then to
be determined without the right to receive such issuance or distribution.

         (b) ADJUSTMENT TO CONVERSION PRICE DURING REFERENCE  PERIOD.  If, prior
to the  Conversion of all of the  Preferred  Shares,  the number of  outstanding
shares of Common Stock is  increased  or  decreased  by a stock  split,  a stock
dividend on the Common Stock, a combination,  a  reclassification  of the Common
Stock or other  similar  event,  and such event takes place during the reference
period for the determination of the Conversion Price for any Conversion thereof,
the Conversion Price shall be calculated giving  appropriate effect to the stock
split, stock dividend, combination,  reclassification or other similar event for
all Trading Days occurring during such reference period.

         (c)  ADJUSTMENT  DUE TO MERGER,  CONSOLIDATION,  ETC.  If, prior to the
Conversion  of  all  of  the  Preferred  Shares,  there  shall  be  any  merger,
consolidation,   business   combination,   tender  offer,  exchange  of  shares,
recapitalization, reorganization, redemption or other similar event, as a result
of which  shares of Common  Stock shall be changed  into the same or a different
number of shares of the same or another  class or classes of stock or securities
of the  Corporation  or another  entity (an  "EXCHANGE  TRANSACTION"),  then the
Holder shall (A) upon the  consummation of such Exchange  Transaction,  have the
right to receive,  with  respect to any shares of Common  Stock then held by the
Holder, or which the Holder is then entitled to receive pursuant to a Conversion
Notice previously delivered by the Holder as provided herein (and without regard
to whether such shares


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contain a restrictive legend or are freely-tradeable),  the same amount and type
of consideration  (including without limitation,  stock, securities and/or other
assets)  and on the same  terms as a holder of shares of Common  Stock  would be
entitled  to  receive  in  connection  with the  consummation  of such  Exchange
Transaction  (the  "EXCHANGE  CONSIDERATION"),  and (B) upon the  Conversion  of
Preferred  Shares  occurring  subsequent  to the  consummation  of such Exchange
Transaction,  have the right to receive  the  Exchange  Consideration  which the
Holder  would have been  entitled to receive in  connection  with such  Exchange
Transaction  had such shares been converted  immediately  prior to such Exchange
Transaction,  and in any such  case  appropriate  provisions  shall be made with
respect to the rights and interests of the Holder to the end that the provisions
hereof  (including,  without  limitation,  provisions  for the adjustment of the
Conversion  Price and of the number of shares issuable upon a Conversion)  shall
thereafter  be  applicable  as nearly as may be  practicable  in relation to any
securities thereafter  deliverable upon the Conversion of such Preferred Shares.
The Corporation  shall not effect any Exchange  Transaction  unless (i) it first
gives to the Holder  twenty  (20) days  prior  written  notice of such  Exchange
Transaction  (an "EXCHANGE  NOTICE"),  and makes a public  announcement  of such
event at the  same  time  that it  gives  such  notice  and  (ii) the  resulting
successor  or  acquiring  entity  (if not the  Corporation)  assumes  by written
instrument the obligations of the Corporation hereunder,  including the terms of
this  subparagraph  6(c),  and under the Securities  Purchase  Agreement and the
Registration Rights Agreement.

         (d)  DISTRIBUTION  OF  ASSETS.   If  the  Corporation  or  any  of  its
subsidiaries  shall  declare  or make any  distribution  of cash,  evidences  of
indebtedness  or other  securities  or  assets  (other  than cash  dividends  or
distributions  payable  out of earned  surplus or net profits for the current or
the immediately  preceding year), or any rights to acquire any of the foregoing,
to  holders  of Common  Stock (or to a holder  of the  common  stock of any such
subsidiary,  other than the  Corporation or any  wholly-owned  subsidiary of the
Corporation) as a partial liquidating  dividend,  by way of return of capital or
otherwise,  including any dividend or distribution in shares of capital stock of
a subsidiary of the Corporation (collectively,  a "DISTRIBUTION"),  then, upon a
Conversion  by the  Holder  occurring  after  the  record  date for  determining
stockholders  entitled  to such  Distribution,  the Fixed  Conversion  Price for
Preferred Shares not converted prior to the record date of a Distribution  shall
be reduced to a price  determined by decreasing  the Fixed  Conversion  Price in
effect  immediately  prior to the record date of the  Distribution  by an amount
equal to the fair market value of the assets so distributed with respect to each
share of Common Stock,  such fair market value to be determined by an investment
banking  firm  selected  by  the  Holder  and   reasonably   acceptable  to  the
Corporation.

         (e) ADJUSTMENT DUE TO MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT.  If the Corporation (i) makes
a public  announcement  that it  intends  to  enter  into a  Change  of  Control
Transaction  (as defined below) or (ii) any person,  group or entity  (including
the  Corporation)  publicly  announces a tender offer,  exchange  offer or other
transaction to purchase 50% or more of the Common Stock (such announcement being
referred  to  herein  as a  "MAJOR  ANNOUNCEMENT"  and the date on which a Major
Announcement  is made,  the  "ANNOUNCEMENT  DATE"),  then, in the event that the
Holder seeks to convert Preferred Shares on or following the Announcement  Date,
the Conversion Price shall,  effective upon the Announcement Date and continuing
through the fifth (5th) Business Day


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following the earlier to occur of the  consummation of the proposed  transaction
or tender offer,  exchange offer or other  transaction and the Abandonment  Date
(as defined below), be equal to the lower of (x) the average Closing Trade Price
for the Common Stock on the five (5) Trading Days immediately preceding (but not
including) the  Announcement  Date and (y) the Conversion Price in effect on the
Conversion Date for such Preferred Shares. "ABANDONMENT DATE" means with respect
to any proposed transaction or tender offer, exchange offer or other transaction
for which a public  announcement as contemplated by this paragraph 6(e) has been
made, the date upon which the  Corporation  (in the case of clause (i) above) or
the  person,  group  or  entity  (in the case of  clause  (ii)  above)  publicly
announces the  termination or abandonment of the proposed  transaction or tender
offer, exchange offer or another transaction which caused this paragraph 6(e) to
become  operative.  In the event that a Major  Announcement is made prior to the
Initial  Conversion Date, the Holder shall be permitted to convert the Preferred
Shares at any time following the Announcement Date. This paragraph (e) shall not
be deemed to apply to a bona fide registered public offering of the Common Stock
made otherwise than in connection with a Change of Control Transaction.

         (f) ADJUSTMENT PURSUANT TO REGISTRATION  RIGHTS AGREEMENT.  In addition
to and without  limiting in any way the adjustments  provided in this Section 6,
the  Conversion  Price shall be adjusted as may be required by the provisions of
the Registration Rights Agreement.

         (g) NO FRACTIONAL  SHARES.  If any adjustment  under this Section would
create a  fractional  share of Common  Stock or a right to acquire a  fractional
share of Common Stock, such fractional share shall be disregarded and the number
of shares of Common  Stock  issuable  upon  Conversion  shall be the next higher
number of shares or, at the option of the Corporation,  shall be paid in cash in
an amount calculated by multiplying the amount of the fractional share TIMES the
Closing Trade Price used to calculate the Conversion Price for such Conversion.

7.       MANDATORY REDEMPTION BY HOLDER.

         (a)  MANDATORY  REDEMPTION.  In the event that a  Mandatory  Redemption
Event (as defined below) occurs,  the Holder shall have the right, to the extent
permitted by  applicable  law and subject to the rights and  preferences  of the
Senior  Securities,  to have all or any portion of the Preferred  Shares held by
the  Holder  redeemed  by the  Corporation  (a  "MANDATORY  REDEMPTION")  at the
Mandatory  Redemption  Price (as defined  herein) in same day funds. In order to
exercise its right to effect a Mandatory  Redemption,  the Holder must deliver a
written notice (a "MANDATORY  REDEMPTION NOTICE") to the Corporation at any time
on or before the Business Day following the day on which such event is no longer
continuing;  provided, however, that, in the case of subparagraph (b)(vi) below,
the following  procedure  shall be followed in lieu thereof:  (a) no sooner than
fifteen (15) days nor later than ten (10) days prior to the  Corporation's  good
faith  estimate  of  the  date  of  the  consummation  of a  Change  of  Control
Transaction (as defined below), but not prior to the public announcement of such
Change of Control Transaction, the Corporation shall deliver a written notice (a
"NOTICE OF CHANGE OF CONTROL  TRANSACTION")  to the Holder,  and (b) within five
(5) days of  delivery  by the  Corporation  of a Notice  of  Change  of  Control
Transaction,  the Holder who wishes to exercise  its right to effect a Mandatory
Redemption  hereunder  shall  deliver  a  Mandatory  Redemption  Notice  to  the
Corporation. The Mandatory Redemption Notice shall specify


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the effective  date of such  Mandatory  Redemption  (the  "MANDATORY  REDEMPTION
DATE") and the number of such shares to be redeemed.  In the event that a Change
of Control Transaction occurs and the Corporation does not deliver to the Holder
a Notice of Change of Control Transaction,  the Holder may exercise its right to
a Mandatory  Redemption hereunder by delivering a Mandatory Redemption Notice to
the  Corporation  (or to the  surviving or  successor  entity) at any time on or
before the  twentieth  (20th)  Business  Day  following  such  Change of Control
Transaction.

         (b) MANDATORY  REDEMPTION  EVENT. Each of the following events shall be
deemed a "MANDATORY REDEMPTION EVENT":

                  (i) the Corporation  fails for any reason  (including  without
limitation  as a result of not  having a  sufficient  number of shares of Common
Stock  authorized  and reserved for issuance,  or as a result of the  limitation
contained in Section 5(a)  hereof),  due to voluntary  action  undertaken by the
Corporation or a failure by the  Corporation to take action,  to issue shares of
Common Stock to the Holder and deliver certificates  representing such shares to
the Holder as and when required by the provisions  hereof upon Conversion of any
Preferred Shares, and such failure continues for ten (10) Business Days;

                  (ii) the Corporation  breaches,  in a material respect, due to
voluntary  action  undertaken by the Corporation or a failure by the Corporation
to take  action,  any  covenant  or other  material  term or  condition  of this
Certificate,   the  Securities  Purchase  Agreement,   the  Registration  Rights
Agreement,  or any other  agreement,  document,  certificate or other instrument
delivered in connection with the  transactions  contemplated  thereby,  and such
breach  continues for a period of ten (10)  Business  Days after written  notice
thereof to the Corporation from the Holder;

                  (iii) any  material  representation  or  warranty  made by the
Corporation  in the  Securities  Purchase  Agreement,  the  Registration  Rights
Agreement or any other  agreement,  document,  certificate  or other  instrument
delivered in connection with the transactions  contemplated hereby or thereby is
inaccurate  or  misleading  in  any  material   respect  as  of  the  date  such
representation  or warranty was made due to voluntary  action  undertaken by the
Corporation or a failure by the Corporation to take action;

                  (iv) the Registration  Statement is not declared  effective by
the one  hundred and  eightieth  (180th) day  following  the initial  Issue Date
hereunder or if the Registration  Statement has been declared  effective by such
date and, while the  effectiveness of the Registration  Statement is required to
be maintained  pursuant to the terms of the Registration  Rights Agreement,  the
effectiveness  of the Registration  Statement  lapses for any reason  (including
without  limitation,  the  issuance  of a stop order) or is  unavailable  to the
Holder for the sale of  Conversion  Shares in  accordance  with the terms of the
Registration Rights Agreement,  and such lapse or unavailability continues for a
period of five (5)  Business  Days,  PROVIDED  that the  cause of such  lapse or
unavailability  is not due to factors  solely  within the control of the Holder;
and  PROVIDED,  FURTHER  that the failure of the  Registration  Statement  to be
declared  effective or the lapse or  unavailability  thereof is due to voluntary
action  undertaken by the  Corporation  or a failure by the  Corporation to take
action;


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                  (v) the Common Stock is not listed on the AMEX,  the NYSE,  or
NMS due to any voluntary action or the failure to take action on the part of the
Corporation; and

                  (vi) there occurs (i) the sale,  conveyance or  disposition of
all or  substantially  all  of  the  assets  of  the  Corporation  or any of its
subsidiaries  (including  without limitation the sale or other conveyance of any
common  stock  or  other  equity   securities   of  any  of  the   Corporation's
subsidiaries),  or (ii) the  effectuation  of a transaction or series of related
transactions,  in which more than 50% of the voting power of the  Corporation is
disposed of (other than a transaction which is either (A) a bona fide registered
public  offering  of the  Corporation's  securities  immediately  following  the
completion  of which no purchaser in such offering  beneficially  owns more than
five percent (5%) of the number of shares of Common  Stock then  outstanding  or
(B) a  private  placement  of the  Corporation's  securities  with  one or  more
investors each of which has been  identified by the Purchaser or an affiliate of
the  Purchaser  to  the  Corporation  for  the  purpose  of  investing  in  such
placement), or (iii) the consolidation,  merger or other business combination of
the  Corporation  or any of its  subsidiaries  with or into  any  other  entity,
immediately  following which the prior  stockholders of the Corporation  fail to
own,  directly or  indirectly,  at least fifty  percent  (50%) of the  surviving
entity (a  "CHANGE  OF  CONTROL  TRANSACTION"),  other  than a Change of Control
Transaction which is not approved by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.

         (c) MANDATORY REDEMPTION PRICE. The "MANDATORY  REDEMPTION PRICE" shall
be equal to the greater of (i)  Liquidation  Preference of the Preferred  Shares
being  redeemed  MULTIPLIED  BY one  hundred  and twenty five (125%) and (ii) an
amount determined by dividing the Liquidation Preference of the Preferred Shares
being  redeemed by the  Conversion  Price in effect on the Mandatory  Redemption
Date and multiplying  the resulting  quotient by the average Closing Trade Price
for the Common Stock on the five (5) Trading Days immediately preceding (but not
including) the Mandatory Redemption Date.

         (d) PAYMENT OF MANDATORY REDEMPTION PRICE.

                  (i) The Corporation  shall pay the Mandatory  Redemption Price
to the Holder  exercising  its right to  redemption on the later to occur of (i)
the fifth (5th)  Business Day following the Mandatory  Redemption  Date and (ii)
the date on which the  Preferred  Shares  being  redeemed  are  delivered by the
Purchaser to the Corporation for cancellation.

                  (ii) If  Corporation  fails  to pay the  Mandatory  Redemption
Price to the Holder within five (5) Business  Days of the  Mandatory  Redemption
Date,  the Holder  shall be  entitled to  interest  thereon,  from and after the
Mandatory  Redemption Date until the Mandatory Redemption Price has been paid in
full, at an annual rate equal to the Default Interest Rate.

                  (iii) If the Corporation fails to pay the Mandatory Redemption
Price within ten (10) Business Days of the Mandatory  Redemption  Date, then the
Holder shall have the right at any time, so long as the  Corporation  remains in
default, to require the Corporation,  upon written notice, to immediately issue,
in lieu of the Mandatory Redemption Price, the number of shares of Common


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Stock of the Corporation equal to the Mandatory  Redemption Price DIVIDED BY the
Conversion Price in effect on such Conversion Date as is specified by the Holder
in writing to the Corporation.

         (e) MODIFICATION OF MANDATORY REDEMPTION PROVISIONS.  The terms of this
Section 7 shall apply to the Class C Preferred Stock until such time, if any, as
such  terms  have  been  superseded,  in  whole or in  part,  by the  terms of a
Determination  Certificate (as defined  below).  A  "DETERMINATION  CERTIFICATE"
shall be a written instrument containing redemption provisions applicable to the
Class C  Preferred  Stock (or  affirming  the  absence  of any such  provisions)
proposed by the Holder of a majority of the shares of Class C Preferred Stock at
the time  outstanding and duly adopted by the Board of Directors,  PROVIDED that
the  approval  of the  Board of  Directors  shall be  deemed  to be given if the
adopting  Holder furnish the  Corporation  with a certificate to the effect that
the Determination Certificate reflects a determination made in consultation with
the  Corporation's  auditors that each of the changes  contemplated  thereby are
necessary to qualify the Class C Preferred Stock as  stockholders'  equity under
generally accepted  accounting  principles.  The Corporation shall promptly give
written notice of the adoption of any  Determination  Certificate to all holders
of  its  Class  C  Preferred  Stock,   shall  refer  to  the  existence  of  any
Determination  Certificate in its annual financial statement and shall supply to
any stockholder  upon request the full text thereof.  One or more  Determination
Certificates  may be adopted  pursuant  to this  paragraph.  The  contents  of a
Determination  Certificate shall be deemed to be "facts" for purposes of Section
151 of the Delaware General Corporation Law.

8.       MISCELLANEOUS.

         (a) TRANSFER OF PREFERRED  SHARES.  The Holder may sell or transfer all
(but not less than all) of the Preferred Shares to an affiliate of the Holder as
long as such  sale or  transfer  is the  subject  of an  effective  registration
statement under the Securities Act or is exempt from registration thereunder and
otherwise  is made in  accordance  with  the  terms of the  Securities  Purchase
Agreement.  From and  after the date of such sale or  transfer,  the  transferee
thereof  shall be deemed to be the Holder.  Upon any such sale or transfer,  the
Corporation  shall,   promptly  following  the  return  of  the  certificate  or
certificates representing the Preferred Shares that are the subject of such sale
or transfer,  issue and deliver to such transferee a new certificate in the name
of such transferee.

         (b) NOTICES. Except as otherwise provided herein, any notice, demand or
request required or permitted to be given pursuant to the terms hereof, the form
or  delivery  of which  notice,  demand or  request is not  otherwise  specified
herein,  shall be in  writing  and  shall be  deemed  given  (i) when  delivered
personally  or by  verifiable  facsimile  transmission  on or before  5:00 p.m.,
eastern  time,  on a Business Day or, if such day is not a Business  Day, on the
next  succeeding  Business  Day,  (ii) on the next  Business  Day  after  timely
delivery  to an  overnight  courier  and (iii) on the third  Business  Day after
deposit  in  the  U.S.  mail  (certified  or  registered  mail,  return  receipt
requested, postage prepaid), addressed to the parties as follows:




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                  IF TO THE CORPORATION:

                  Clearview Cinema Group, Inc.
                  97 Main Street
                  Chatham, New Jersey 07928
                  Attn: A. Dale Mayo
                  Tel:  973-377-4646
                  Fax:  973-377-4303

                  WITH A COPY TO:

                  Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP
                  1500 Oliver Building
                  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222-2312
                  Attn: Janice C. Hartman, Esq.
                  Tel:  412-355-6500
                  Fax:  412-355-6501

and if to the Holder,  to such address for the Holder as shall be  designated by
the Holder in writing to the Corporation.                                       

         (c) LOST OR STOLEN  CERTIFICATE.  Upon  receipt by the  Corporation  of
evidence  of  the  loss,  theft,  destruction  or  mutilation  of a  certificate
representing  Preferred Shares,  and (in the case of loss, theft or destruction)
of indemnity or security  reasonably  satisfactory to the Corporation,  and upon
surrender and  cancellation  of such  certificate if mutilated,  the Corporation
shall  execute  and  deliver to the Holder a new  certificate  identical  in all
respects to the original certificate.

         (d) NO  VOTING  RIGHTS.  Except  as  provided  by  applicable  law  and
paragraph  8(g) below,  the Holder of the Preferred  Shares shall have no voting
rights with respect to the business,  management or affairs of the  Corporation;
provided that the Corporation  shall provide the Holder with prior  notification
of each  meeting  of  stockholders  (and  copies of proxy  statements  and other
information sent to such stockholders).

         (e)  REMEDIES,   CHARACTERIZATION,   OTHER  OBLIGATIONS,  BREACHES  AND
INJUNCTIVE  RELIEF.  The remedies  provided to the Holder in this Certificate of
Designation shall be cumulative and in addition to all other remedies  available
to the Holder under this  Certificate of  Designation  or under any  Transaction
Document (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement),  at law or in equity
(including  without  limitation  a decree of specific  performance  and/or other
injunctive  relief),  no  remedy  contained  herein  shall be deemed a waiver of
compliance with the provisions  giving rise to such remedy and nothing contained
herein shall limit the Holder's  right to pursue actual  damages for any failure
by the Corporation to comply with the terms of this  Certificate of Designation.
The Corporation  agrees with the Holder that there shall be no  characterization
concerning this instrument other than as specifically  provided herein.  Amounts
set forth or provided for herein with respect to  payments,  conversion  and the
like (and the computation thereof) shall be the amounts to be


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received  by the  Holder  hereof  and shall not,  except as  expressly  provided
herein,  be  subject  to  any  other  obligation  of  the  Corporation  (or  the
performance  thereof).  The Corporation  acknowledges that a breach by it of its
obligations  hereunder  will cause  irreparable  harm to the Holder and that the
remedy at law for any such breach may be inadequate.  The Corporation agrees, in
the event of any such breach or threatened breach, the Holder shall be entitled,
in addition to all other available  remedies,  to an injunction  restraining any
breach,  without the necessity of showing  economic loss and without any bond or
other security being required.

         (f) FAILURE OR DELAY NOT WAIVER. No failure or delay on the part of the
Holder in the exercise of any power, right or privilege  hereunder shall operate
as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power,
right or privilege  preclude other or further  exercise  thereof or of any other
right, power or privilege.

         (g) PROTECTIVE PROVISIONS.

                  So long as shares of Class C Preferred Stock are  outstanding,
the Corporation shall not, without first obtaining the approval of the Holder:

                           (i)  alter  or  change  the  rights,  preferences  or
privileges  of the Class C  Preferred  Stock or any other  capital  stock of the
Corporation so as to affect adversely the Class C Preferred Stock;

                          (ii) create any new class or series of  capital  stock
having a preference  over or ranking pari passu with the Class C Preferred Stock
as to  redemption,  the payment of  dividends or  distribution  of assets upon a
Liquidation  Event or any other  liquidation,  dissolution  or winding up of the
Corporation;

                         (iii)  increase  the  authorized  number of  shares  of
Preferred Stock;

                          (iv)  re-issue any shares of  Class C Preferred  Stock
which have been converted in accordance with the terms hereof;

                           (v)  issue  any  Pari  Passu   Securities  or  Senior
Securities  (other than (i) debt securities  which are not  convertible  into or
exchangeable for Common Stock or any other equity or convertible security of the
Corporation  or (ii)  pursuant  to rights  granted to the holders of the Class B
Preferred Stock); or

                          (vi) redeem, or declare, pay or make any provision for
any  dividend or  distribution  with  respect to, the Common  Stock or any other
capital stock of the  Corporation  ranking junior to the Class C Preferred Stock
as  to  dividends  or  as  to  the  distribution  of  assets  upon  liquidation,
dissolution or winding up of the Corporation.



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         IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the Corporation has executed this  Certificate of
Designation as of the 24th day of April, 1998.


Clearview Cinema Group, Inc.



By:  ___________________________________
         Name: A. Dale Mayo
         Title: President















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                                                                       EXHIBIT A


                              NOTICE OF CONVERSION

The undersigned hereby elects to convert shares of Class C Convertible Preferred
Stock (the "Preferred Stock"),  represented by stock certificate No(s). ________
(the  "Preferred  Stock  Certificates"),  into shares of common  stock  ("Common
Stock") of Clearview Cinema Group, Inc. according to the terms and conditions of
the Certificate of Designation relating to the Preferred Stock (the "Certificate
of  Designation"),  as of the date written below.  Capitalized terms used herein
and not otherwise  defined shall have the  respective  meanings set forth in the
Certificate of Designation.

                           Date of Conversion: _________________________________

                           Number of Shares of
                           Preferred Stock to be Converted: ____________________

                           Applicable Conversion Price: ________________________

                           Number of Shares of
                           Common Stock to be Issued: __________________________

                           Name of Holder: _____________________________________

                           Address:        _____________________________________

                                           _____________________________________

                                           _____________________________________


                           Signature: __________________________________________
                                      Name:
                                      Title:



HOLDER REQUESTS DELIVERY TO BE MADE: (check one)

/_/   By Delivery of Physical Certificates to the Above Address

/_/   Through Depository Trust Corporation
      (Account __________________________________________)