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<DESCRIPTION>JOINT FILING AGREEMENT
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                                                                   EXHIBIT (A)

                             JOINT FILING AGREEMENT

       In accordance with Rule 13d-1(k) promulgated under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the persons named below agree to the joint
filing on behalf of each of them a Statement on Schedule 13G (including
amendments thereto) with regard to the common stock of IHOP Corp., and further
agree that this Joint Filing Agreement be included as an Exhibit to such joint
filings. In evidence thereof, the undersigned, being duly authorized, hereby
execute this Joint Filing Agreement as of February 3, 2003.


                            MSD CAPITAL, L.P.

                            By: MSD Capital Management LLC, its general partner

                                By:  /s/ MARC R. LISKER
                                     -------------------------------------------
                                     Marc R. Lisker
                                     General Counsel


                            MSD SBI, L.P.

                            By: MSD Capital, L.P., its general partner

                                By:  /s/ MARC R. LISKER
                                     -------------------------------------------
                                     Marc R. Lisker
                                     General Counsel


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