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Subsidiaries and Ownership of Subsidiary • March 22nd, 2002 • Ace Hardware Corp • Wholesale-hardware & plumbing & heating equipment & supplies • Illinois

• Contract Type
  Subsidiaries and Ownership of Subsidiary
• Filed
  March 22nd, 2002
• Company
  Ace Hardware Corp
• Industry
  Wholesale-hardware & plumbing & heating equipment & supplies
• Jurisdiction
  Illinois

CONFORMED COPY ACE HARDWARE CORPORATION $100,000,000 Senior Notes Issuable In Series $70,000,000 7.27% Senior Notes, Series 2001-A due April 30, 2013 _________ NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT _________ Dated as of April 15, 2001 PPN: 00440* AG 3