SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

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Exhibit 4.4

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

        This Supplemental Indenture (this "Supplemental Indenture"), dated as of February 27, 2004, by and among JDC Soil Management & Development Inc., a Massachusetts corporation (the "Guaranteeing Subsidiary"), which is a direct subsidiary of Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Issuer"), the Issuer, Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company, a New Jersey corporation, Great Lakes Caribbean Dredging, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Xxxxxx Marine Services Company, a Delaware corporation, North American Site Developers, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation, and Fifty-Three Dredging Corporation, a New Jersey corporation (each an "Existing Guarantor" and, collectively, the "Existing Guarantors") and BNY Midwest Trust Company, as trustee under the Indenture referred to below (the "Trustee").

W I T N E S S E T H

        WHEREAS, the Issuer and the Existing Guarantors have previously executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture, dated as of December 22, 2003, as supplemented and amended from time to time (the "Indenture"), providing for the issuance of an aggregate principal amount of up to $175,000,000 of 7³/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2013 (the "Notes");

        WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 4.19 of the Indenture, the Guaranteeing Subsidiary is required to become a Subsidiary Guarantor and execute a supplemental indenture to the Indenture; and

        WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.06 of the Indenture, the Trustee is authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture.

        NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes as follows:

        1.    Capitalized Terms.    Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

        2.    Agreement to Guarantee.    The Guaranteeing Subsidiary hereby agrees as follows:

(1)

Along with all Subsidiary Guarantors named in the Indenture, to unconditionally guarantee (each such guarantee to be referred to herein as a "Subsidiary Guarantee") to each Holder of a Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns, irrespective of the validity and enforceability of this Supplemental Indenture, the Notes or the obligations of the Issuer hereunder or thereunder, that: (i) the principal of and interest on the Notes will be promptly paid in full when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal of and interest on the Notes, if any, if lawful, and all other obligations of the Issuer to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder will be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; and (ii) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, that same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. Failing payment when due of any amount so guaranteed or any performance so guaranteed for whatever reason, the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall be jointly and severally obligated to pay the same immediately. The Guaranteeing Subsidiary agrees that this is a guarantee of payment and not a guarantee of collection.



(2)

The Guaranteeing Subsidiary hereby agrees that its obligations hereunder shall be unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Notes or this Supplemental Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder of the Notes with respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, the

recovery of any judgment against the Issuer, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of any other Subsidiary Guarantor. The Guaranteeing Subsidiary hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Issuer, any right to require a proceeding first against the Issuer, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever and covenants that its Subsidiary Guarantee shall not be discharged except by complete performance of the obligations contained in the Notes, the Indenture and this Subsidiary Guarantee.

(3)

If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to return to the Issuer, to any Subsidiary Guarantor, or any custodian, trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting in relation to either the Issuer or to any Subsidiary Guarantor, any amount paid by either to the Trustee or such Holder, the Subsidiary Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall be reinstated in full force and effect.



(4)

The Guaranteeing Subsidiary agrees that it shall not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any Subsidiary Guarantee until payment in full of all obligations guaranteed under this Supplemental Indenture. The Guaranteeing Subsidiary further agrees that, as between it, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (x) the maturity of the obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 6 of the Indenture for the purposes of this Subsidiary Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby, and (y) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article 6 of the Indenture, such obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Guaranteeing Subsidiary for the purpose of this Subsidiary Guarantee. The Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall have the right to seek contribution from any non-paying Subsidiary Guarantor so long as the exercise of such right does not impair the rights of the Holders under this Subsidiary Guarantee.

        3.    Incorporation of Terms of Indenture.    The obligations of the Guaranteeing Subsidiary under the Subsidiary Guarantee shall be governed in all respects by the terms of the Indenture and shall constitute a Subsidiary Guarantee thereunder. Each of the parties hereto shall be bound by the terms of the Indenture as they relate to the Subsidiary Guarantees.

        4.    No Recourse Against Others.    No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall have any person liability under this Subsidiary Guarantee by reason of his, her or its status as such director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder.

        5.    Governing Law.    THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.

        6.    Counterparts.    The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.

        7.    Effect of Headings.    The headings in this Supplemental Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part of this Supplemental Indenture and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

        8.    Disclaimer by Trustee.    The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity of this Supplemental Indenture or the proper authorization or due execution of this Supplemental Indenture by the Issuer, the Existing Guarantors or the Guaranteeing Subsidiary.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed and attested, all as of February 27, 2004.

		JDC SOIL MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT INC.
		By:		/s/  XXXXXX X. XXXX
				Name:		Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
				Title:		Assistant Clerk and Assistant Treasurer
		GREAT LAKES DREDGE & DOCK CORPORATION
		By:		/s/  XXXXXXX X. XXXXXX
				Name:		Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
				Title:		Senior Vice President
		GREAT LAKES DREDGE & DOCK COMPANY
		By:		/s/  XXXXXXX X. XXXXXX
				Name:		Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
				Title:		Senior Vice President
		GREAT LAKES CARIBBEAN DREDGING, INC.
		By:		/s/  XXXXXXX X. XXXXXX
				Name:		Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
				Title:		Senior Vice President
		XXXXXX MARINE SERVICES COMPANY
		By:		/s/  XXXXXXX X. XXXXXX
				Name:		Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
				Title:		Senior Vice President

		NORTH AMERICAN SITE DEVELOPERS, INC.
		By:		/s/  XXXXXXX X. XXXXXX
				Name:		Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
				Title:		Vice President
		FIFTY-THREE DREDGING CORPORATION
		By:		/s/  XXXX XXXXXXX
				Name:		Xxxx Xxxxxxx
				Title:		Vice President
		BNY MIDWEST TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee
		By:		/s/  X. X. XXXXXXX
				Name:		X. X. Xxxxxxx
				Title:		Vice President

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