EXHIBIT 4.3

                    AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION OF TRUST
                                       OF
                           SERVICE 1ST CAPITAL TRUST I
                                 August 17, 2006

         AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION OF TRUST (this "Declaration"), dated
and effective as of August 17, 2006, by the Trustees (as defined herein), the
Administrators (as defined herein), the Sponsor (as defined herein) and the
holders from time to time of undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the
Trust (as defined herein) to be issued pursuant to this Declaration.

         WHEREAS, certain of the Trustees, the Administrators and the Sponsor
established Service 1st Capital Trust I (the "Trust"), a statutory trust under
the Statutory Trust Act (as defined herein), pursuant to a Declaration of Trust,
dated as of August 15, 2006 (the "Original Declaration"), and a Certificate of
Trust filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on August 15,
2006, for the sole purpose of issuing and selling certain securities
representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust and
investing the proceeds thereof in the Debentures (as defined herein) of the
Debenture Issuer (as defined herein) in connection with the issuance of the
Capital Securities (as defined herein);

         WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, no interests in the assets of the Trust
have been issued; and

         WHEREAS, all of the Trustees, the Administrators and the Sponsor, by
this Declaration, amend and restate each and every term and provision of the
Original Declaration.

         NOW, THEREFORE, it being the intention of the parties hereto to
continue the Trust as a statutory trust under the Statutory Trust Act and that
this Declaration constitutes the governing instrument of such statutory trust,
and that all assets contributed to the Trust will be held in trust for the
benefit of the holders, from time to time, of the securities representing
undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust issued hereunder,
subject to the provisions of this Declaration, and, in consideration of the
mutual covenants contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties, intending to be legally
bound hereby, amend and restate in its entirety the Original Declaration and
agree as follows:

                    ARTICLE I INTERPRETATION AND DEFINITIONS

         SECTION 1.1. Definitions. Unless the context otherwise requires:

         (a)      capitalized terms used in this Declaration but not defined
in the preamble above or elsewhere herein have the respective meanings assigned
to them in this Section 1.1 or, if not defined in this Section 1.1 or elsewhere
herein, in the Indenture;

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         (b)      a term defined anywhere in this Declaration has the same
meaning throughout;

         (c)      all references to "the Declaration" or "this Declaration" are
to this Declaration as modified, supplemented or amended from time to time;

         (d)      all references in this Declaration to Articles and Sections
and Annexes and Exhibits are to Articles and Sections of and Annexes and
Exhibits to this Declaration unless otherwise specified;

         (e)      a term defined in the Trust Indenture Act (as defined herein)
has the same meaning when used in this Declaration unless otherwise defined in
this Declaration or unless the context otherwise requires; and

         (f)      a reference to the singular includes the plural and vice
versa.

         "Additional Interest" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.06 of the
Indenture.

         "Administrative Action" has the meaning set forth in paragraph 4(a) of
Annex I.

         "Administrators" means each of Robert E. Bloch and John O. Brooks,
solely in such Person's capacity as Administrator of the Trust continued
hereunder and not in such Person's individual capacity, or such Administrator's
successor in interest in such capacity, or any successor appointed as herein
provided.

          "Affiliate" has the same meaning as given to that term in Rule 405 of
 the Securities Act or any successor rule thereunder.

         "Applicable Depositary Procedures" means, with respect to any transfer
or transaction involving a Book-Entry Capital Security, the rules and procedures
of the Depositary for such Book-Entry Capital Security, in each case to the
extent applicable to such transaction and as in effect from time to time.

         "Authorized Officer" of a Person means any Person that is authorized to
bind such Person.

         "Bankruptcy Event" means, with respect to any Person:

         (a)      a court having jurisdiction in the premises enters a decree or
order for relief in respect of such Person in an involuntary case under any
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in
effect, or appoints a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee,
sequestrator or similar official of such Person or for any substantial part of
its property, or orders the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, and such
decree, appointment or order remains unstayed and in effect for a period of 90
consecutive days; or

         (b)      such Person commences a voluntary case under any applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, consents
to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law,
or consents to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver,

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liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official
of such Person of any substantial part of its property, or makes any general
assignment for the benefit of creditors, or fails generally to pay its debts as
they become due.

         "Book-Entry Capital Security" means a Capital Security, the ownership
and transfers of which shall be made through book entries by a Depositary.

         "Business Day" means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or any other
day on which banking institutions in Wilmington, Delaware or New York City or
are permitted or required by any applicable law or executive order to close.

         "Calculation Agent" has the meaning set forth in Section 1.01 of the
Indenture. "Capital Securities" has the meaning set forth in Section 6.1 (a).

         "Capital Security Certificate" means a definitive Certificate
registered in the name of the Holder representing Capital Securities, which
shall be substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A 1.

         "Capital Treatment Event" has the meaning set forth in paragraph 4(a)
of Annex I. "Certificate" means any certificate evidencing Securities.

         "Certificate of Trust" means the certificate of trust filed with the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware with respect to the Trust, as
amended and restated from time to time.

         "Closing Date" has the meaning set forth in the Purchase Agreement.

         "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to
time, or any successor legislation.

         "Commission" means the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission. "Common Securities" has the meaning set forth in Section 6.1 (a).

         "Common Security Certificate" means a definitive Certificate registered
in the name of the Holder representing a Common Security substantially in the
form of Exhibit A-2.

         "Company Indemnified Person" means (a) any Administrator; (b) any
Affiliate of any Administrator; (c) any officers, directors, shareholders,
members, partners, employees, representatives or agents of any Administrator; or
(d) any officer, employee or agent of the Trust or its Affiliates.

         "Corporate Trust Office" means the office of the Institutional Trustee
at which the corporate trust business of the Institutional Trustee shall, at any
particular time, be principally administered, which office shall at all times be
located in the United States and at the date of execution of this Declaration is
located at 919 Market Street Suite 700 Wilmington, DE 19801, Attention:
Corporate Trust Division.


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         "Coupon Rate" has the meaning set forth in paragraph 2(a) of Annex I.

         "Covered Person" means: (a) any Administrator, officer, director,
shareholder, partner, member, representative, employee or agent of (i) the Trust
or (ii) the Trust's Affiliates; and (b) any Holder of Securities.

         "Debenture Issuer" means Service 1st Bancorp, a bank holding company
incorporated in California, in its capacity as issuer of the Debentures under
the Indenture.

         "Debenture Trustee" means Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, a
national banking association with its principal place of business in the State
of Delaware, not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee under the
Indenture until a successor is appointed thereunder, and thereafter means such
successor trustee.

         "Debentures" means the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities due October
7, 2036 to be issued by the Debenture Issuer under the Indenture.

         "Deferred Interest" means any interest on the Debentures that would
have been overdue and unpaid for more than one Distribution Payment Date but for
the imposition of an Extension Period, and the interest that shall accrue (to
the extent that the payment of such interest is legally enforceable) on such
interest at the Coupon Rate applicable during such Extension Period, compounded
quarterly from the date on which such Deferred Interest would otherwise have
been due and payable until paid or made available for payment.

         "Definitive Capital Securities" means any Capital Securities in
definitive form issued by the Trust.

         "Delaware Trustee" has the meaning set forth in Section 4.2.

         "Depositary" means an organization registered as a clearing agency
under the Exchange Act that is designated as Depositary by the Sponsor or any
successor thereto. DTC will be the initial Depositary.

         "Depositary Participant" means a broker, dealer, bank, other financial
institution or other Person for whom from time to time the Depositary effects
book-entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with the Depositary.

         "Direct Action" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.8(e).

         "Distribution" means a distribution payable to Holders of Securities in
accordance with Section 5.1.

         "Distribution Payment Date" has the meaning set forth in paragraph 2(e)
of Annex I.

         "Distribution Payment Period" means the period from and including a
Distribution Payment Date, or in the case of the first Distribution Payment
Period, the original date of issuance of the Securities, to, but excluding, the
next succeeding Distribution Payment Date or, in the case of the last
Distribution Payment Period, the Redemption Date, Special Redemption


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Date or Maturity Date (each as defined in the Indenture), as the case may be,
for the related Debentures.

         "DTC" means The Depository Trust Company or any successor thereto.

         "Event of Default" means the occurrence of an Indenture Event of
Default.

         "Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
from time to time, or any successor legislation.

         "Extension Period" has the meaning set forth in paragraph 2(e) of Annex
I.

         "Fiduciary Indemnified Person" shall mean each of the Institutional
Trustee (including in its individual capacity), the Delaware Trustee (including
in its individual capacity), any Affiliate of the Institutional Trustee or the
Delaware Trustee, and any officers, directors, shareholders, members, partners,
employees, representatives, custodians, nominees or agents of the Institutional
Trustee or the Delaware Trustee.

         "Fiscal Year" has the meaning set forth in Section 10.1.

         "Global Capital Security" means a Capital Securities Certificate
evidencing ownership of Book-Entry Capital Securities.

         "Guarantee" means the Guarantee Agreement, dated as of August 17, 2006,
 of the Sponsor in respect of the Capital Securities.

         "Holder" means a Person in whose name a Certificate representing a
Security is registered on the register maintained by or on behalf of the
Registrar, such Person being a beneficial owner within the meaning of the
Statutory Trust Act.

         "Indemnified Person" means a Company Indemnified Person or a Fiduciary
Indemnified Person.

         "Indenture" means the Indenture, dated as of August 17, 2006, among the
Debenture Issuer and the Debenture Trustee, and any indenture supplemental
thereto pursuant to which the Debentures are to be issued.

         "Indenture Event of Default" means an "Event of Default" as defined in
the Indenture.

         "Initial Purchaser" means the initial purchaser of the Capital
Securities.

         "Institutional Trustee" means the Trustee meeting the eligibility
requirements set forth in Section 4.3.

         "Investment Company" means an investment company as defined in the
Investment Company Act.

         "Investment Company Act" means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended from time to time, or any successor legislation.


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         "Investment Company Event" has the meaning set forth in paragraph 4(a)
of Annex I.

         "Legal Action" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.8(e).

         "LIBOR" means the London Interbank Offered Rate for U.S. Dollar
deposits in Europe as determined by the Calculation Agent according to paragraph
2(b) of Annex I.

         "LIBOR Banking Day" has the meaning set forth in paragraph 2(b)(l) of
Annex I. "LIBOR Business Day" has the meaning set forth in paragraph 2(b)(l) of
Annex I. "LIBOR Determination Date" has the meaning set forth in paragraph
2(b)(l) of Annex I. "Liquidation" has the meaning set forth in paragraph 3 of
Annex I. "Liquidation Distribution" has the meaning set forth in paragraph 3 of
Annex I.

         "Majority in liquidation amount of the Securities" means Holders of
outstanding Securities voting together as a single class or, as the context may
require, Holders of outstanding Capital Securities or Holders of outstanding
Common Securities voting separately as a class, who are the record owners of
more than 50% of the aggregate liquidation amount (including the stated amount
that would be paid on redemption, liquidation or otherwise, plus accrued and
unpaid Distributions to the date upon which the voting percentages are
determined) of all outstanding Securities of the relevant class.

         "Notice" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.11 of the Indenture.

         "Officers' Certificate" means, with respect to any Person, a
certificate signed by two Authorized Officers of such Person. Any Officers'
Certificate delivered with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant
provided for in this Declaration shall include:

         (c)      a statement that each officer signing the Officers'
Certificate has read the covenant or condition and the definitions relating
thereto;

         (d)      a brief statement of the nature and scope of the examination
or investigation undertaken by each officer in rendering the Officers'
Certificate;

         (e)      a statement that each such officer has made such examination
or investigation as, in such officer's opinion, is necessary to enable such
officer to express an mformed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or
condition has been complied with; and

         (f)      a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such
officer, such condition or covenant has been complied with.

         "Owner" means each Person who is the beneficial owner of Book-Entry
Capital Securities as reflected in the records of the Depositary or, if a
Depositary Participant is not the beneficial owner, then the beneficial owner as
reflected in the records of the Depositary Participant.


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         "Paying Agent" has the meaning set forth in Section 6.2.

         "Payment Amount" has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1.

         "Person" means a legal person, including any individual, corporation,
estate, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, limited
liability company, trust, unincorporated association, or government or any
agency or political subdivision thereof, or any other entity of whatever nature.

         "PORTAL" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.6(a)(i).

         "Property Account" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.8(c).

         "Pro Rata" has the meaning set forth in paragraph 8 of Annex I.

         "Purchase Agreement" means the Purchase Agreement relating to the
offering and sale of Capital Securities.

         "QIB" means a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule
144A.

         "Quorum" means a majority of the Administrators or, if there are only
two Administrators, both of them.

         "Redemption Date" has the meaning set forth in paragraph 4(a) of Annex
I.

         "Redemption/Distribution Notice" has the meaning set forth in paragraph
4(e) of Annex I.

         "Redemption Price" has the meaning set forth in paragraph 4(a) of Annex
I.

         "Registrar" has the meaning set forth in Section 6.2.

         "Relevant Trustee" has the meaning set forth in Section 4.7(a).

         "Responsible Officer" means, with respect to the Institutional Trustee,
any officer within the Corporate Trust Office of the Institutional Trustee with
direct responsibility for the administration of this Declaration, including any
vice-president, any assistant vice-president, any secretary, any assistant
secretary, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer, any trust officer or other
officer of the Corporate Trust Office of the Institutional Trustee customarily
performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated
officers and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter,
any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of that officer's
knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.

         "Restricted Securities Legend" has the meaning set forth in Section
8.2(c).

         "Rule 144A" means Rule 144A under the Securities Act.

         "Rule 3a-5" means Rule 3a-5 under the Investment Company Act.

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          "Rule 3a-7" means Rule 3a-7 under the Investment Company Act.

         "Securities" means the Common Securities and the Capital Securities, as
applicable.

         "Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time
to time, or any successor legislation.

         "Special Event" has the meaning set forth in paragraph 4(a) of Annex I.

         "Special Redemption Price" has the meaning set forth in paragraph 4(a)
of Annex I.

         "Sponsor" means Service 1st Bancorp, a bank holding company that is a
U.S. Person incorporated in California, or any successor entity in a merger,
consolidation or amalgamation that is a U.S. Person, in its capacity as sponsor
of the Trust.

         "Statutory Trust Act" means Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the Delaware
Code, 12 Del. Code ss. 3801 et seq., as it may be amended from time to time, or
any successor legislation.

         "Successor Delaware Trustee" has the meaning set forth in Section
         4.7(e).

         "Successor Entity" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.15(b).

         "Successor Institutional Trustee" has the meaning set forth in Section
4.7(b).

         "Successor Securities" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.15(b).

         "Super Majority" has the meaning set forth in paragraph 5(b) of Annex
I.

         "Tax Event" has the meaning set forth in paragraph 4(a) of Annex I.

         "10% in liquidation amount of the Securities" means Holders of
outstanding Securities voting together as a single class or, as the context may
require, Holders of outstanding Capital Securities or Holders of outstanding
Common Securities voting separately as a class, who are the record owners of 10%
or more of the aggregate liquidation amount (including the stated amount that
would be paid on redemption, liquidation or otherwise, plus accrued and unpaid
Distributions to the date upon which the voting percentages are determined) of
all outstanding Securities of the relevant class.

         "Transfer Agent" has the meaning set forth in Section 6.2.

         "Transfer Notice" has the meaning set forth in Section 8.2(e).

         "Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended
from time-to-time, or any successor legislation.

         "Trustee" or "Trustees" means each Person who has signed this
Declaration as a trustee, so long as such Person shall continue in office in
accordance with the terms hereof, and all other Persons who may from time to
time be duly appointed, qualified and serving as Trustees in accordance

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with the provisions hereof, and references herein to a Trustee or the Trustees
shall refer to such Person or Persons solely in their capacity as trustees
hereunder.

         "Trust Property" means (a) the Debentures, (b) any cash on deposit in,
or owing to, the Property Account and (c) all proceeds and rights in respect of
the foregoing and any other property and assets for the time being held or
deemed to be held by the Institutional Trustee pursuant to the trusts of this
Declaration.

         "U.S. Person" means a United States Person as defined in Section
7701(a)(30) of the Code.

                                   ARTICLE II
                                  ORGANIZATION

         SECTION 2.1. Name. The Trust is named "Service 1st Capital Trust I," as
such name may be modified from time to time by the Administrators following
written notice to the Institutional Trustee and the Holders of the Securities.
The Trust's activities may be conducted under the name of the Trust or any other
name deemed advisable by the Administrators.

         SECTION 2.2. Office. The address of the principal office of the Trust,
which shall be in a state of the United States or the District of Columbia, is
49 West 10th Street, Tracy, California 95376. On ten Business Days' written
notice to the Institutional Trustee and the Holders of the Securities, the
Administrators may designate another principal office, which shall be in a state
of the United States or the District of Columbia.

         SECTION 2.3. Purpose. The exclusive purposes and functions of the Trust
are (a) to issue and sell the Securities representing undivided beneficial
interests in the assets of the Trust, (b) to invest the gross proceeds from such
sale to acquire the Debentures, (c) to facilitate direct investment in the
assets of the Trust through issuance of the Common Securities and the Capital
Securities and (d) except as otherwise limited herein, to engage in only those
other activities incidental thereto that are deemed necessary or advisable by
the Institutional Trustee, including, without limitation, those activities
specified in this Declaration. The Trust shall not borrow money, issue debt or
reinvest proceeds derived from investments, pledge any of its assets, or
otherwise undertake (or permit to be undertaken) any activity that would cause
the Trust not to be classified for United States federal income tax purposes as
a grantor trust.

         SECTION 2.4. Authority. Except as specifically provided in this
Declaration, the Institutional Trustee shall have exclusive and complete
authority to carry out the purposes of the Trust. An action taken by a Trustee
on behalf of the Trust and in accordance with such Trustee's powers shall
constitute the act of and serve to bind the Trust. In dealing with the Trustees
acting on behalf of the Trust, no Person shall be required to inquire into the
authority of the Trustees to bind the Trust. Persons dealing with the Trust are
entitled to rely conclusively on the power and authority of the Trustees as set
forth in this Declaration. The Administrators shall have only those ministerial
duties set forth herein with respect to accomplishing the purposes of the Trust
and are not intended to be trustees or fiduciaries with respect to the Trust or
the Holders. The Institutional Trustee shall have the right, but shall not be
obligated except as provided in Section 2.6, to perform those duties assigned to
the Administrators.

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         SECTION 2.5. Title to Property of the Trust. Except as provided in
Section 2.6(g) and Section 2.8 with respect to the Debentures and the Property
Account or as otherwise provided in this Declaration, legal title to all assets
of the Trust shall be vested in the Trust. The Holders shall not have legal
title to any part of the assets of the Trust, but shall have an undivided
beneficial interest in the assets of the Trust.

         SECTION 2.6. Powers and Duties of the Trustees and the Administrators.
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         (a)      The Trustees and the Administrators shall conduct the affairs
of the Trust in accordance with the terms of this Declaration. Subject to the
limitations set forth in paragraph (b) of this Section, and in accordance with
the following provisions (i) and (ii), the Administrators and, at the direction
of the Administrators, the Trustees, shall have the authority to enter into all
transactions and agreements determined by the Administrators to be appropriate
in exercising the authority, express or implied, otherwise granted to the
Trustees or the Administrators, as the case may be, under this Declaration, and
to perform all acts in furtherance thereof, including without limitation, the
following:

                  (i)      Each Administrator shall have the power, duty and
         authority, and is hereby authorized, to act on behalf of the Trust with
         respect to the following matters:

                           (A)      the issuance and sale of the Securities;

                           (B)      to acquire the Debentures with the proceeds
                  of the sale of the Securities; provided, however, that the
                  Administrators shall cause legal title to the Debentures to be
                  held of record in the name of the Institutional Trustee for
                  the benefit of the Holders;

                           (C)      to cause the Trust to enter into, and to
                  execute, deliver and perform on behalf of the Trust, such
                  agreements as may be necessary or desirable in connection with
                  the purposes and function of the Trust, including agreements
                  with the Paying Agent, a Debenture subscription agreement
                  between the Trust and the Sponsor and a Common Securities
                  subscription agreement between the Trust and the Sponsor;

                           (D)      ensuring compliance with the Securities
                  Act and applicable state securities or blue sky laws;

                           (E)      if and at such time determined solely by the
                  Sponsor at the request of the Holders, assisting in the
                  designation of the Capital Securities for trading in the
                  Private Offering, Resales and Trading through the Automatic
                  Linkages ("PORTAL") system if available;

                           (F)      the sending of notices (other than notices
                  of default) and other information regarding the Securities and
                  the Debentures to the Holders in accordance with this
                  Declaration, including notice of any notice received from the
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                  of interest on the Debentures by extending the interest
                  payment period under the Indenture;

                           (G)      the appointment of a Paying Agent, Transfer
                  Agent and Registrar in accordance with this Declaration;

                           (H)      execution and delivery of the Securities in
                  accordance with this Declaration;

                           (I)      execution and delivery of closing
                  certificates pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and the
                  application for a taxpayer identification number;

                           (J)      unless otherwise determined by the Holders
                  of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Securities or as
                  otherwise required by the Statutory Trust Act, to execute on
                  behalf of the Trust (either acting alone or together with any
                  or all of the Administrators) any documents that the
                  Administrators have the power to execute pursuant to this
                  Declaration;

                           (K)      the taking of any action incidental to the
                  foregoing as the Sponsor or an Administrator may from time to
                  time determine is necessary or advisable to give effect to the
                  terms of this Declaration for the benefit of the Holders
                  (without consideration of the effect of any such action on any
                  particular Holder);

                           (L)      to establish a record date with respect to
                  all actions to be taken hereunder that require a record date
                  be established, including Distributions, voting rights,
                  redemptions and exchanges, and to issue relevant notices to
                  the Holders of Capital Securities and Holders of Common
                  Securities as to such actions and applicable record dates;

                           (M)      to duly prepare and file on behalf of the
                  Trust all applicable tax returns and tax information reports
                  that are required to be filed with respect to the Trust;

                           (N)      to negotiate the terms of, and the execution
                  and delivery of, the Purchase Agreement providing for the sale
                  of the Capital Securities;

                           (O)      to employ or otherwise engage employees,
                  agents (who may be designated as officers with titles),
                  managers, contractors, advisors, attorneys and consultants and
                  pay reasonable compensation for such services;

                           (P)      to incur expenses that are necessary or
                  incidental to carry out any of the purposes of the Trust;

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                           (Q)      to give the certificate required by ss.
                  314(a)(4) of the Trust Indenture Act to the Institutional
                  Trustee, which certificate may be executed by an
                  Administrator; and

                           (R)      to take all action that may be necessary or
                  appropriate for the preservation and the continuation of the
                  Trust's valid existence, rights, franchises and privileges as
                  a statutory trust under the laws of each jurisdiction (other
                  than the State of Delaware) in which such existence is
                  necessary to protect the limited liability of the Holders of
                  the Capital Securities or to enable the Trust to effect the
                  purposes for which the Trust was created.

                  (ii)     As among the Trustees and the Administrators, the
         Institutional Trustee shall have the power, duty and authority, and is
         hereby authorized, to act on behalf of the Trust with respect to the
         following matters:

                           (A)      the establishment of the Property Account;

                           (B)      the receipt of the Debentures;

                           (C)      the collection of interest, principal and
                  any other payments made in respect of the Debentures in the
                  Property Account;

                           (D)      the distribution through the Paying Agent of
                  amounts owed to the Holders in respect of the Securities;

                           (E)      the exercise of all of the rights, powers
                  and privileges of a holder of the Debentures;

                           (F)      the sending of notices of default and other
                  information regarding the Securities and the Debentures to the
                  Holders in accordance with this Declaration;

                           (G)      the distribution of the Trust Property in
                  accordance with the terms of this Declaration;

                           (H)      to the extent provided in this Declaration,
                  the winding up of the affairs of and liquidation of the Trust
                  and the preparation, execution and filing of the certificate
                  of cancellation with the Secretary of State of the State of
                  Delaware;

                           (I)      after any Event of Default (of which the
                  Institutional Trustee has knowledge (as provided in Section
                  2.10(m) hereof)) (provided, that such Event of Default is not
                  by or with respect to the Institutional Trustee), the taking
                  of any action incidental to the foregoing as the Institutional
                  Trustee may from time to time determine is necessary or
                  advisable to give effect to the terms of this Declaration and
                  protect and

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                  conserve the Trust Property for the benefit of the Holders
                  (without consideration of the effect of any such action on any
                  particular Holder);

                           (J)      to take all action that may be necessary or
                  appropriate for the preservation and the continuation of the
                  Trust's valid existence, rights, franchises and privileges as
                  a statutory trust under the laws of the State of Delaware to
                  protect the limited liability of the Holders of the Capital
                  Securities or to enable the Trust to effect the purposes for
                  which the Trust was created; and

                           (K)      to undertake any actions set forth in ss.
                  317(a) of the Trust Indenture Act.

                  (iii)    The Institutional Trustee shall have the power and
         authority, and is hereby authorized, to act on behalf of the Trust with
         respect to any of the duties, liabilities, powers or the authority of
         the Administrators set forth in Section 2.6(a)(i)(F) and (G) herein but
         shall not have a duty to do any such act unless specifically requested
         to do so in writing by the Sponsor, and shall then be fully protected
         in acting pursuant to such written request; and in the event of a
         conflict between the action of the Administrators and the action of the
         Institutional Trustee, the action of the Institutional Trustee shall
         prevail.

         (b)      So long as this Declaration remains in effect, the Trust (or
the Trustees or Administrators acting on behalf of the Trust) shall not
undertake any business, activities or transaction except as expressly provided
herein or contemplated hereby. In particular, neither the Trustees nor the
Administrators may cause the Trust to (i) acquire any investments or engage in
any activities not authorized by this Declaration, (ii) sell, assign, transfer,
exchange, mortgage, pledge, set-off or otherwise dispose of any of the Trust
Property or interests therein, including to Holders, except as expressly
provided herein, (iii) take any action that would cause (or in the case of the
Institutional Trustee, to the actual knowledge of a Responsible Officer would
cause) the Trust to fail or cease to qualify as a "grantor trust" for United
States federal income tax purposes, (iv) incur any indebtedness for borrowed
money or issue any other debt or (v) take or consent to any action that would
result in the placement of a lien on any of the Trust Property. The
Institutional Trustee shall, at the sole cost and expense of the Trust, defend
all claims and demands of all Persons at any time claiming any lien on any of
the Trust Property adverse to the interest of the Trust or the Holders in their
capacity as Holders.

         (c)      In connection with the issuance and sale of the Capital
Securities, the Sponsor shall have the right and responsibility to assist the
Trust with respect to, or effect on behalf of the Trust, the following (and any
actions taken by the Sponsor in furtherance of the following prior to the date
of this Declaration are hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects):

                  (i)      the taking of any action necessary to obtain an
         exemption from the Securities Act;

                  (ii)     the determination of the States in which to take
         appropriate action to qualify or register for sale all or part of the
         Capital Securities and the

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         determination of any and all such acts, other than actions which must
         be taken by or on behalf of the Trust, and the advisement of and
         direction to the Trustees of actions they must take on behalf of the
         Trust, and the preparation for execution and filing of any documents to
         be executed and filed by the Trust or on behalf of the Trust, as the
         Sponsor deems necessary or advisable in order to comply with the
         applicable laws of any such States in connection with the sale of the
         Capital Securities; and

                  (iii)    the taking of any other actions necessary or
         desirable to carry out any of the foregoing activities.

         (d)      Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the
Administrators, the Institutional Trustee and the Holders of a Majority in
liquidation amount of the Common Securities are authorized and directed to
conduct the affairs of the Trust and to operate the Trust so that (i) the Trust
will not be deemed to be an Investment Company (in the case of the Institutional
Trustee, to the actual knowledge of a Responsible Officer), (ii) the Trust will
not fail to be classified as a grantor trust for United States federal income
tax purposes (in the case of the Institutional Trustee, to the actual knowledge
of a Responsible Officer) and (iii) the Trust will not take any action
inconsistent with the treatment of the Debentures as indebtedness of the
Debenture Issuer for United States federal income tax purposes (in the case of
the Institutional Trustee, to the actual knowledge of a Responsible Officer). In
this connection, the Institutional Trustee, the Administrators and the Holders
of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Common Securities are authorized to
take any action, not inconsistent with applicable laws or this Declaration, as
amended from time to time, that each of the Institutional Trustee, the
Administrators and such Holders determine in their discretion to be necessary or
desirable for such purposes, even if such action adversely affects the interests
of the Holders of the Capital Securities.

         (e)      All expenses incurred by the Administrators or the Trustees
pursuant to this Section 2.6 shall be reimbursed by the Sponsor, and the
Trustees shall have no obligations with respect to such expenses.

         (f)      The assets of the Trust shall consist of the Trust Property.

         (g)      Legal title to all Trust Property shall be vested at all times
in the Institutional Trustee (in its capacity as such) and shall be held and
administered by the Institutional Trustee for the benefit of the Trust in
accordance with this Declaration.

         (h)      If the Institutional Trustee or any Holder has instituted any
proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Declaration and such
proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been
determined adversely to the Institutional Trustee or to such Holder, then and in
every such case the Sponsor, the Institutional Trustee and the Holders shall,
subject to any determination in such proceeding, be restored severally and
respectively to their former positions hereunder, and thereafter all rights and
remedies of the Institutional Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though
no such proceeding had been instituted.

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         SECTION 2.7. Prohibition of Actions by the Trust and the Trustees. The
 Trust shall not, and the Institutional Trustee and the Administrators shall
 not, and the Administrators shall cause the Trust not to, engage in any
 activity other than as required or authorized by this Declaration. In
 particular, the Trust shall not, and the Institutional Trustee and the
 Administrators shall not cause the Trust to:

         (a)      invest any proceeds received by the Trust from holding the
Debentures, but shall distribute all such proceeds to Holders of the Securities
pursuant to the terms of this Declaration and of the Securities;

         (b)      acquire any assets other than as expressly provided herein;

         (c)      possess Trust Property for other than a Trust purpose;

         (d)      make any loans or incur any indebtedness other than loans
represented by the Debentures;

         (e)      possess any power or otherwise act in such a way as to vary
the Trust Property or the terms of the Securities;

         (f)      issue any securities or other evidences of beneficial
ownership of, or beneficial interest in, the Trust other than the Securities; or

         (g)      other than as provided in this Declaration (including Annex
I), (i) direct the time, method and place of exercising any trust or power
conferred upon the Debenture Trustee with respect to the Debentures, (ii) waive
any past default that is waivable under the Indenture, (iii) exercise any right
to rescind or annul any declaration that the principal of all the Debentures
shall be due and payable, or (iv) consent to any amendment, modification or
termination of the Indenture or the Debentures where such consent shall be
required unless the Trust shall have received a written opinion of counsel
experienced in such matters to the effect that such amendment, modification or
termination will not cause the Trust to cease to be classified as a grantor
trust for United States federal income tax purposes.

         SECTION 2.8. Powers and Duties of the Institutional Trustee.
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         (a)      The legal title to the Debentures shall be owned by and held
of record in the name of the Institutional Trustee in trust for the benefit of
the Trust. The right, title and interest of the Institutional Trustee to the
Debentures shall vest automatically in each Person who may hereafter be
appointed as Institutional Trustee in accordance with Section 4.7. Such vesting
and cessation of title shall be effective whether or not conveyancing documents
with regard to the Debentures have been executed and delivered.

         (b)      The Institutional Trustee shall not transfer its right, title
and interest in the Debentures to the Administrators or to the Delaware Trustee.

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                  (i)      establish and maintain a segregated non-interest
         bearing trust account (the "Property Account") in the United States (as
         defined in Treasury Regulations ss. 301.7701-7), in the name of and
         under the exclusive control of the Institutional Trustee, and
         maintained in the Institutional Trustee's trust department, on behalf
         of the Holders of the Securities and, upon the receipt of payments of
         funds made in respect of the Debentures held by the Institutional
         Trustee, deposit such funds into the Property Account and make payments
         to the Holders of the Capital Securities and Holders of the Common
         Securities from the Property Account in accordance with Section 5.1.
         Funds in the Property Account shall be held uninvested until disbursed
         in accordance with this Declaration;

                  (ii)     engage in such ministerial activities as shall be
         necessary or appropriate to effect the redemption of the Capital
         Securities and the Common Securities to the extent the Debentures are
         redeemed or mature; and

                  (iii)    upon written notice of distribution issued by the
         Administrators in accordance with the terms of the Securities, engage
         in such ministerial activities as shall be necessary or appropriate to
         effect the distribution of the Debentures to Holders of Securities upon
         the occurrence of certain circumstances pursuant to the terms of the
         Securities.

         (d)      The Institutional Trustee shall take all actions and perform
such duties as may be specifically required of the Institutional Trustee
pursuant to the terms of the Securities.

         (e)      The Institutional Trustee may bring or defend, pay, collect,
compromise, arbitrate, resort to legal action with respect to, or otherwise
adjust claims or demands of or against, the Trust (a "Legal Action") which arise
out of or in connection with an Event of Default of which a Responsible Officer
of the Institutional Trustee has actual knowledge or the Institutional Trustee's
duties and obligations under this Declaration or the Trust Indenture Act;
provided, however, that if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing
and such event is attributable to the failure of the Debenture Issuer to pay
interest or premium, if any, on or principal of the Debentures on the date such
interest, premium, if any, or principal is otherwise payable (or in the case of
redemption, on the redemption date), then a Holder of the Capital Securities may
directly institute a proceeding for enforcement of payment to such Holder of the
principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Debentures having a
principal amount equal to the aggregate liquidation amount of the Capital
Securities of such Holder (a "Direct Action") on or after the respective due
date specified in the Debentures. In connection with such Direct Action, the
rights of the Holders of the Common Securities will be subrogated to the rights
of such Holder of the Capital Securities to the extent of any payment made by
the Debenture Issuer to such Holder of the Capital Securities in such Direct
Action; provided, however, that a Holder of the Common Securities may exercise
such right of subrogation only if no Event of Default with respect to the
Capital Securities has occurred and is continuing.

         (f)      The Institutional Trustee shall continue to serve as a Trustee
until either:

                  (i)      the Trust has been completely liquidated and the
         proceeds of the liquidation distributed to the Holders of the
         Securities pursuant to the terms of the Securities and this Declaration

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         (including Annex I) and the certificate of cancellation referenced in
         Section 7.1(b) has been filed; or

                  (ii)     a Successor Institutional Trustee has been appointed
         and has accepted that appointment in accordance with Section 4.7.

         (g)      The Institutional Trustee shall have the legal power to
exercise all of the rights, powers and privileges of a holder of the Debentures
under the Indenture and, if an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the
Institutional Trustee may, for the benefit of Holders of the Securities, enforce
its rights as holder of the Debentures subject to the rights of the Holders
pursuant to this Declaration (including Annex I) and the terms of the
Securities.

         (h)      The Institutional Trustee must exercise the powers set forth
in this Section 2.8 in a manner that is consistent with the purposes and
functions of the Trust set out in Section 2.3, and the Institutional Trustee
shall not take any action that is inconsistent with the purposes and functions
of the Trust set out in Section 2.3.

         SECTION 2.9. Certain Duties and Responsibilities of the Trustees and
the Administrators.

         (a)      The Institutional Trustee, before the occurrence of any Event
of Default (of which the Institutional Trustee has knowledge (as provided in
Section 2.10(m) hereof)) and after the curing of all Events of Default that may
have occurred, shall undertake to perform only such duties as are specifically
set forth in this Declaration and no implied covenants shall be read into this
Declaration against the Institutional Trustee. In case an Event of Default (of
which the Institutional Trustee has knowledge (as provided in Section 2.10(m)
hereof)), has occurred (that has not been cured or waived pursuant to Section
6.8), the Institutional Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers
vested in it by this Declaration, and use the same degree of care and skill in
their exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the
circumstances in the conduct of his or her own affairs.

         (b)      The duties and responsibilities of the Trustees and the
Administrators shall be as provided by this Declaration and, in the case of the
Institutional Trustee, by the Trust Indenture Act. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, no provision of this Declaration shall require any Trustee or
Administrator to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial
liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise
of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for
believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity satisfactory to it
against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it. Whether or not
therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Declaration relating to
the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the
Trustees or the Administrators shall be subject to the provisions of this
Article. Nothing in this Declaration shall be construed to release a Trustee
from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act,
or its own willful misconduct or bad faith. Nothing in this Declaration shall be
construed to release an Administrator from liability for its own gross negligent
action, its own gross negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct or
bad faith. To the extent that, at law or in equity, a Trustee or an
Administrator has duties and liabilities relating to the Trust or to the
Holders, such Trustee or Administrator shall not be liable to the Trust or to
any Holder for such Trustee's or Administrator's good faith reliance on the

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provisions of this Declaration. The provisions of this Declaration, to the
extent that they restrict the duties and liabilities of the Administrators or
the Trustees otherwise existing at law or in equity, are agreed by the Sponsor
and the Holders to replace such other duties and liabilities of the
Administrators or the Trustees.

         (c)      All payments made by the Institutional Trustee or a Paying
Agent in respect of the Securities shall be made only from the revenue and
proceeds from the Trust Property and only to the extent that there shall be
sufficient revenue or proceeds from the Trust Property to enable the
Institutional Trustee or a Paying Agent to make payments in accordance with the
terms hereof. Each Holder, by its acceptance of a Security, agrees that it will
look solely to the revenue and proceeds from the Trust Property to the extent
legally available for distribution to it as herein provided and that the
Trustees and the Administrators are not personally liable to it for any amount
distributable in respect of any Security or for any other liability in respect
of any Security. This Section 2.9(c) does not limit the liability of the
Trustees expressly set forth elsewhere in this Declaration or, in the case of
the Institutional Trustee, in the Trust Indenture Act.

         (d)      No provision of this Declaration shall be construed to relieve
the Institutional Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own
negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct or bad faith with
respect to matters that are within the authority of the Institutional Trustee
under this Declaration, except that:

                  (i)      the Institutional Trustee shall not be liable for any
         error or judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer of the
         Institutional Trustee, unless it shall be proved that the Institutional
         Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;

                  (ii)     the Institutional Trustee shall not be liable with
         respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith
         in accordance with the direction of the Holders of not less than a
         Majority in liquidation amount of the Capital Securities or the Common
         Securities, as applicable, relating to the time, method and place of
         conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Institutional
         Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the
         Institutional Trustee under this Declaration;

                  (iii)    the Institutional Trustee's sole duty with respect to
         the custody, safe keeping and physical preservation of the Debentures
         and the Property Account shall be to deal with such property in a
         similar manner as the Institutional Trustee deals with similar property
         for its own account, subject to the protections and limitations on
         liability afforded to the Institutional Trustee under this Declaration
         and the Trust Indenture Act;

                  (iv)     the Institutional Trustee shall not be liable for any
         interest on any money received by it except as it may otherwise agree
         in writing with the Sponsor; and money held by the Institutional
         Trustee need not be segregated from other funds held by it except in
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         Trustee pursuant to Section 2.8(c)(i) and except to the extent
         otherwise required by law; and

                  (v)      the Institutional Trustee shall not be responsible
         for monitoring the compliance by the Administrators or the Sponsor with
         their respective duties under this Declaration, nor shall the
         Institutional Trustee be liable for any default or misconduct of the
         Administrators or the Sponsor.

         SECTION 2.10. Certain Rights of Institutional Trustee. Subject to the
provisions of Section 2.9:

         (a)      the Institutional Trustee may conclusively rely and shall
fully be protected in acting or refraining from acting in good faith upon any
resolution, written opinion of counsel, certificate, written representation of a
Holder or transferee, certificate of auditors or any other certificate,
statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent,
order, appraisal, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other
paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or
presented by the proper party or parties;

         (b)      if (i) in performing its duties under this Declaration, the
Institutional Trustee is required to decide between alternative courses of
action, (ii) in construing any of the provisions of this Declaration, the
Institutional Trustee finds the same ambiguous or inconsistent with any other
provisions contained herein, or (iii) the Institutional Trustee is unsure of the
application of any provision of this Declaration, then, except as to any matter
as to which the Holders of Capital Securities are entitled to vote under the
terms of this Declaration, the Institutional Trustee may deliver a notice to the
Sponsor requesting the Sponsor's opinion as to the course of action to be taken
and the Institutional Trustee shall take such action, or refrain from taking
such action, as the Institutional Trustee in its sole discretion shall deem
advisable and in the best interests of the Holders, in which event the
Institutional Trustee shall have no liability except for its own negligence,
willful misconduct or bad faith;

         (c)      any direction or act of the Sponsor or the Administrators
contemplated by this Declaration shall be sufficiently evidenced by an Officers'
Certificate;

         (d)      whenever in the administration of this Declaration, the
Institutional Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or
established before undertaking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the
Institutional Trustee (unless other evidence is herein specifically prescribed)
may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, request and conclusively rely upon
an Officers' Certificate which, upon receipt of such request, shall be promptly
delivered by the Sponsor or the Administrators;

         (e)      the Institutional Trustee shall have no duty to see to any
recording, filing or registration of any instrument (including any financing or
continuation statement or any filing under tax or securities laws) or any
rerecording, refiling or reregistration thereof;

         (f)      the Institutional Trustee may consult with counsel of its
selection (which counsel may be counsel to the Sponsor or any of its Affiliates)
and the advice of such counsel shall be full and complete authorization and
protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder

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hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon and in accordance with such
advice; the Institutional Trustee shall have the right at any time to seek
instructions concerning the administration of this Declaration from any court of
competent jurisdiction;

         (g)      the Institutional Trustee shall be under no obligation to
exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Declaration at the
request or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this Declaration, unless
such Holders shall have offered to the Institutional Trustee security or
indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and
liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or
direction; provided, that nothing contained in this Section 2.10(g) shall be
taken to relieve the Institutional Trustee, upon the occurrence of an Event of
Default (of which the Institutional Trustee has knowledge (as provided in
Section 2.10(m) hereof)) that has not been cured or waived, of its obligation to
exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Declaration;

         (h)      the Institutional Trustee shall not be bound to make any
investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate,
statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order,
approval, bond, debenture, note or other evidence of indebtedness or other paper
or document, unless requested in writing to do so by one or more Holders, but
the Institutional Trustee may make such further inquiry or investigation into
such facts or matters as it may see fit;

         (i)      the Institutional Trustee may execute any of the trusts or
powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or
through its agents or attorneys and the Institutional Trustee shall not be
responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of, or for the
supervision of, any such agent or attorney appointed with due care by it
hereunder;

         (j)      whenever in the administration of this Declaration the
Institutional Trustee shall deem it desirable to receive instructions with
respect to enforcing any remedy or right or taking any other action hereunder,
the Institutional Trustee (i) may request instructions from the Holders of the
Common Securities and the Capital Securities, which instructions may be given
only by the Holders of the same proportion in liquidation amount of the Common
Securities and the Capital Securities as would be entitled to direct the
Institutional Trustee under the terms of the Common Securities and the Capital
Securities in respect of such remedy, right or action, (ii) may refrain from
enforcing such remedy or right or taking such other action until such
instructions are received, and (iii) shall be fully protected in acting in
accordance with such instructions;

         (k)      except as otherwise expressly provided in this Declaration,
the Institutional Trustee shall not be under any obligation to take any action
that is discretionary under the provisions of this Declaration;

         (1)      when the Institutional Trustee incurs expenses or renders
services in connection with a Bankruptcy Event, such expenses (including the
fees and expenses of its counsel) and the compensation for such services are
intended to constitute expenses of administration under any bankruptcy law or
law relating to creditors rights generally;

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         (m)      the institutional Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge
of an Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the histitutional Trustee
has actual knowledge of such event or the Institutional Trustee receives written
notice of such event from any Holder, except with respect to an Event of Default
pursuant to Sections 5.01 (a) or 5.01 (b) of the Indenture (other than an Event
of Default resulting from the default in the payment of Additional Interest or
premium, if any, if the Institutional Trustee does not have actual knowledge or
written notice that such payment is due and payable), of which the Institutional
Trustee shall be deemed to have knowledge;

         (n)      any action taken by the Institutional Trustee or its agents
hereunder shall bind the Trust and the Holders of the Securities, and the
signature of the Institutional Trustee or its agents alone shall be sufficient
and effective to perform any such action and no third party shall be required to
inquire as to the authority of the Institutional Trustee to so act or as to its
compliance with any of the terms and provisions of this Declaration, both of
which shall be conclusively evidenced by the Institutional Trustee's or its
agent's taking such action; and

         (o)      no provision of this Declaration shall be deemed to impose any
duty or obligation on the Institutional Trustee to perform any act or acts or
exercise any right, power, duty or obligation conferred or imposed on it, in any
jurisdiction in which it shall be illegal, or in which the Institutional Trustee
shall be unqualified or incompetent in accordance with applicable law, to
perform any such act or acts, or to exercise any such right, power, duty or
obligation. No permissive power or authority available to the Institutional
Trustee shall be construed to be a duty.

         SECTION2.il. Delaware Trustee. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Declaration other than Section 4.2, the Delaware Trustee shall not be
entitled to exercise any powers, nor shall the Delaware Trustee have any of the
duties and responsibilities of any of the Trustees or the Administrators
described in this Declaration (except as may be required under the Statutory
Trust Act). Except as set forth in Section 4.2, the Delaware Trustee shall be a
Trustee for the sole and limited purpose of fulfilling the requirements of ss.
3807 of the Statutory Trust Act.

         SECTION 2.12. Execution of Documents. Unless otherwise determined in
writing by the Institutional Trustee, and except as otherwise required by the
Statutory Trust Act, the Institutional Trustee, or any one or more of the
Administrators, as the case may be, is authorized to execute and deliver on
behalf of the Trust any documents, agreements, instruments or certificates that
the Trustees or the Administrators, as the case may be, have the power and
authority to execute pursuant to Section 2.6.

         SECTION 2.13. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.
The recitals contained in this Declaration and the Securities shall be taken as
the statements of the Sponsor, and the Trustees do not assume any responsibility
for their correctness. The Trustees make no representations as to the value or
condition of the property of the Trust or any part thereof. The Trustees make no
representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Declaration, the
Debentures or the Securities.

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         SECTION 2.14. Duration of Trust. The Trust, unless dissolved pursuant
to the provisions of Article VII hereof, shall have existence for thirty-five
(35) years from the Closing Date.

         SECTION 2.15. Mergers.
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         (a)      The Trust may not consolidate, amalgamate, merge with or into,
or be replaced by, or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets
substantially as an entirety to any corporation or other Person, except as
described in this Section 2.15 and except with respect to the distribution of
Debentures to Holders of Securities pursuant to Section 7.1(a)(iv) of the
Declaration or Section 3 of Annex I.

         (b)      The Trust may, with the consent of the Administrators (which
consent will not be unreasonably withheld) and without the consent of the
Institutional Trustee, the Delaware Trustee or the Holders of the Capital
Securities, consolidate, amalgamate, merge with or into, or be replaced by, or
convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets as an entirety or
substantially as an entirety to a trust organized as such under the laws of any
state; provided, that:

                  (i)      if the Trust is not the survivor, such successor
         entity (the "Successor Entity") either:

                           (A)      expressly assumes all of the obligations of
                  the Trust under the Securities; or

                           (B)      substitutes for the Securities other
                  securities having substantially the same terms as the
                  Securities (the "Successor Securities") so that the Successor
                  Securities rank the same as the Securities rank with respect
                  to Distributions and payments upon Liquidation, redemption and
                  otherwise;

                  (ii)     the Sponsor expressly appoints, as the holder of the
         Common Securities, a trustee of the Successor Entity that possesses the
         same powers and duties as the Institutional Trustee;

                  (iii)    the Capital Securities or any Successor Securities
         (excluding any securities substituted for the Common Securities) are
         listed or quoted, or any Successor Securities will be listed or quoted
         upon notification of issuance, on any national securities exchange or
         with another organization on which the Capital Securities are then
         listed or quoted, if any;

                  (iv)     such merger, consolidation, amalgamation,
         replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease does not cause the rating,
         if any, on the Capital Securities (including any Successor Securities)
         to be downgraded or withdrawn by any nationally recognized statistical
         rating organization, if the Capital Securities are then rated;

                  (v)      such merger, consolidation, amalgamation,
         replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease does not adversely affect
         the rights, preferences and

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         privileges of the Holders of the Securities (including any Successor
         Securities) in any material respect (other than with respect to any
         dilution of such Holders' interests in the Successor Entity as a result
         of such merger, consolidation, amalgamation or replacement);

                  (vi)     such Successor Entity has a purpose substantially
         identical to that of the Trust;

                  (vii)    prior to such merger, consolidation, amalgamation,
         replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease, the Trust has received a
         written opinion of a nationally recognized independent counsel to the
         Trust experienced in such matters to the effect that:

                           (A)      such merger, consolidation, amalgamation,
                  replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease does not adversely
                  affect the rights, preferences and privileges of the Holders
                  of the Securities (including any Successor Securities) in any
                  material respect (other than with respect to any dilution of
                  the Holders' interests in the Successor Entity);

                           (B)      following such merger, consolidation,
                  amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease,
                  neither the Trust nor the Successor Entity will be required to
                  register as an Investment Company; and

                           (C)      following such merger, consolidation,
                  amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease, the
                  Trust (or the Successor Entity) will continue to be classified
                  as a grantor trust for United States federal income tax
                  purposes;

                  (viii)   the Sponsor guarantees the obligations of such
         Successor Entity under the Successor Securities to the same extent
         provided by the Guarantee, the Debentures and this Declaration; and

                  (ix)     prior to such merger, consolidation, amalgamation,
         replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease, the Institutional Trustee
         shall have received an Officers' Certificate of the Administrators and
         an opinion of counsel, each to the effect that all conditions precedent
         of this paragraph (b) to such transaction have been satisfied.

         (c)      Notwithstanding Section 2.15(b), the Trust shall not, except
with the consent of Holders of 100% in liquidation amount of the Securities,
consolidate, amalgamate, merge with or into, or be replaced by, or convey,
transfer or lease its properties and assets as an entirety or substantially as
an entirety to, any other Person or permit any other Person to consolidate,
amalgamate, merge with or into, or replace it if such consolidation,
amalgamation, merger, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease would cause the
Trust or Successor Entity to be classified as other than a grantor trust for
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                                   ARTICLE III
                                     SPONSOR

         SECTION 3.1. Sponsor's Purchase of Common Securities. On the Closing
Date, the Sponsor will purchase all of the Common Securities issued by the
Trust, in an amount at least equal to 3% of the capital of the Trust, at the
same time as the Capital Securities are sold.

         SECTION 3.2. Responsibilities of the Sponsor. In connection with the
issue and sale of the Capital Securities, the Sponsor shall have the exclusive
right and responsibility and sole decision to engage in, or direct the
Administrators to engage in, the following activities:

         (a)      to determine the States in which to take appropriate action to
qualify or register for sale of all or part of the Capital Securities and to do
any and all such acts, other than actions which must be taken by the Trust, and
advise the Trust of actions it must take, and prepare for execution and filing
any documents to be executed and filed by the Trust, as the Sponsor deems
necessary or advisable in order to comply with the applicable laws of any such
States;

         (b)      to prepare for filing and request the Administrators to cause
the filing by the Trust, as may be appropriate, of an application to the PORTAL
system, for listing or quotation upon notice of issuance of any Capital
Securities, as requested by the Holders of not less than a Majority in
liquidation amount of the Capital Securities; and

         (c)      to negotiate the terms of and/or execute and deliver on behalf
of the Trust, the Purchase Agreement and other related agreements providing for
the sale of the Capital Securities.

                                   ARTICLE IV
                          TRUSTEES AND ADMINISTRATORS

         SECTION 4.1. Number of Trustees. The number of Trustees initially shall
be two, and:


         (a)      at any time before the issuance of any Securities, the Sponsor
may, by written instrument, increase or decrease the number of Trustees; and

         (b)      after the issuance of any Securities, the number of Trustees
may be increased or decreased by vote of the Holder of a Majority in liquidation
amount of the Common Securities voting as a class at a meeting of the Holder of
the Common Securities; provided, however, that there shall be a Delaware Trustee
if required by Section 4.2; and there shall always be one Trustee who shall be
the Institutional Trustee, and such Trustee may also serve as Delaware Trustee
if it meets the applicable requirements, in which case Section 2.11 shall have
no application to such entity in its capacity as Institutional Trustee.

         SECTION 4.2. Delaware Trustee. If required by the Statutory Trust Act,
one Trustee (the "Delaware Trustee") shall be:

         (a)      a natural person who is a resident of the State of Delaware;
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         (b)      if not a natural person, an entity which is organized under
the laws of the United States or any state thereof or the District of Columbia,
has its principal place of business in the State of Delaware, and otherwise
meets the requirements of applicable law, including ss.3807 of the Statutory
Trust Act.

         SECTION 4.3. Institutional Trustee; Eligibility.
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         (a)      There shall at all times be one Trustee which shall act as
Institutional Trustee which shall:

                  (i)      not be an Affiliate of the Sponsor;

                  (ii)      not offer or provide credit or credit enhancement to
         the Trust; and

                  (iii)    be a banking corporation or national association
         organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of
         America or any state thereof or of the District of Columbia and
         authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a
         combined capital and surplus of at least fifty million U.S. dollars
         ($50,000,000), and subject to supervision or examination by federal,
         state or District of Columbia authority. If such corporation or
         national association publishes reports of condition at least annually,
         pursuant to law or to the requirements of the supervising or examining
         authority referred to above, then for the purposes of this Section
         4.3(a)(iii), the combined capital and surplus of such corporation or
         national association shall be deemed to be its combined capital and
         surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so
         published.

         (b)      If at any time the Institutional Trustee shall cease to be
eligible to so act under Section 4.3(a), the Institutional Trustee shall
immediately resign in the manner and with the effect set forth in Section 4.7.

         (c)      If the Institutional Trustee has or shall acquire any
"conflicting interest" within the meaning of ss. 310(b) of the Trust Indenture
Act, the Institutional Trustee shall either eliminate such interest or resign,
to the extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to this Declaration.

         (d)      The initial Institutional Trustee shall be Wells Fargo Bank,
National Association.

         SECTION 4.4. Certain Qualifications of the Delaware Trustee Generally.
The Delaware Trustee shall be a U.S. Person and either a natural person who is
at least 21 years of age or a legal entity that shall act through one or more
Authorized Officers.

         SECTION 4.5. Administrators. Each Administrator shall be a U.S. Person.

         There shall at all times be at least one Administrator. Except where a
requirement for action by a specific number of Administrators is expressly set
forth in this Declaration and except with respect to any action the taking of
which is the subject of a meeting of the Administrators, any action required or
permitted to be taken by the Administrators may be taken by, and any power of

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the Administrators may be exercised by, or with the consent of, any one such
Administrator acting alone.

         SECTION 4.6. Initial Delaware Trustee.
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         The initial Delaware Trustee shall be Wells Fargo Delaware Trust
Company.

         SECTION 4.7. Appointment, Removal and Resignation of the Trustees and
the Administrators.

         (a)      No resignation or removal of any Trustee (the "Relevant
Trustee") and no appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article
shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor
Trustee in accordance with the applicable requirements of this Section 4.7.

         (b)      Subject to Section 4.7(a), a Relevant Trustee may resign at
any time by giving written notice thereof to the Holders of the Securities and
by appointing a successor Relevant Trustee, except that the Delaware Trustee's
successor shall be appointed by Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of
the Common Securities. Upon the resignation of the Institutional Trustee, the
Institutional Trustee shall appoint a successor by requesting from at least
three Persons meeting the eligibility requirements their expenses and charges to
serve as the successor Institutional Trustee on a form provided by the
Administrators, and selecting the Person who agrees to the lowest reasonable
expense and charges (the "Successor Institutional Trustee"). If the instrument
of acceptance by the successor Relevant Trustee required by this Section 4.7
shall not have been delivered to the Relevant Trustee within 60 days after the
giving of such notice of resignation or delivery of the instrument of removal,
the Relevant Trustee may petition, at the expense of the Trust, any federal,
state or District of Columbia court of competent jurisdiction for the
appointment of a successor Relevant Trustee. Such court may thereupon, after
prescribing such notice, if any, as it may deem proper, appoint a Relevant
Trustee. The Institutional Trustee shall have no liability for the selection of
such successor pursuant to this Section 4.7.

         (c)      Unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, any Trustee may be removed at any time by an act of the Holders of a
Majority in liquidation amount of the Common Securities. If any Trustee shall be
so removed, the Holders of the Common Securities, by act of the Holders of a
Majority in liquidation amount of the Common Securities delivered to the
Relevant Trustee, shall promptly appoint a successor Relevant Trustee, and such
successor Trustee shall comply with the applicable requirements of this Section
4.7. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the
Institutional Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, or both of them, may be removed
by the act of the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Capital
Securities, delivered to the Relevant Trustee (in its individual capacity and on
behalf of the Trust). If any Trustee shall be so removed, the Holders of Capital
Securities, by act of the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the
Capital Securities then outstanding delivered to the Relevant Trustee, shall
promptly appoint a successor Relevant Trustee or Trustees, and such successor
Trustee shall comply with the applicable requirements of this Section 4.7. If no
successor Relevant Trustee shall have been so appointed by the Holders of a
Majority in liquidation amount of the Capital Securities and accepted
appointment in the manner required by this Section 4.7 within 30 days after
delivery of an instrument of removal, the Relevant Trustee or any Holder


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who has been a Holder of the Securities for at least six months may, on behalf
of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any federal, state or
District of Columbia court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a
successor Relevant Trustee. Such court may thereupon, after prescribing such
notice, if any, as it may deem proper, appoint a successor Relevant Trustee or
Trustees.

         (d)      The Institutional Trustee shall give notice of each
resignation and each removal of a Trustee and each appointment of a successor
Trustee to all Holders and to the Sponsor. Each notice shall include the name of
the successor Relevant Trustee and the address of its Corporate Trust Office if
it is the Institutional Trustee.

         (e)      Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision of this
Declaration, in the event a Delaware Trustee who is a natural person dies or is
adjudged by a court to have become incompetent or incapacitated, the vacancy
created by such death, incompetence or incapacity may be filled by the
Institutional Trustee (provided the Institutional Trustee satisfies the
requirements of a Delaware Trustee as set forth in Section 4.2) following the
procedures in this Section 4.7 (the "Successor Delaware Trustee").

         (f)      In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Relevant
Trustee, the retiring Relevant Trustee and each successor Relevant Trustee with
respect to the Securities shall execute and deliver an amendment hereto wherein
each successor Relevant Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (a)
shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and
confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Relevant Trustee all the rights,
powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Relevant Trustee with respect to the
Securities and the Trust and (b) shall add to or change any of the provisions of
this Declaration as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the
administration of the Trust by more than one Relevant Trustee, it being
understood that nothing herein or in such amendment shall constitute such
Relevant Trustees co-trustees and upon the execution and delivery of such
amendment the resignation or removal of the retiring Relevant Trustee shall
become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Relevant
Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with
all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Relevant Trustee; but,
on request of the Trust or any successor Relevant Trustee, such retiring
Relevant Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor
Relevant Trustee all Trust Property, all proceeds thereof and money held by such
retiring Relevant Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities and the Trust
subject to the payment of all unpaid fees, expenses and indemnities of such
retiring Relevant Trustee.

         (g)      No Institutional Trustee or Delaware Trustee shall be liable
for the acts or omissions of any Successor Institutional Trustee or Successor
Delaware Trustee, as the case may be.

         (h)      The Holders of the Capital Securities will have no right to
vote to appoint, remove or replace the Administrators, which voting rights are
vested exclusively in the Holders of the Common Securities.

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         (i)      Any successor Delaware Trustee shall file an amendment to the
Certificate of Trust with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware
identifying the name and principal place of business of such Delaware Trustee in
the State of Delaware.

         SECTION 4.8. Vacancies Among Trustees. If a Trustee ceases to hold
office for any reason and the number of Trustees is not reduced pursuant to
Section 4.1, or if the number of Trustees is increased pursuant to Section 4.1,
a vacancy shall occur. A resolution certifying the existence of such vacancy by
the Trustees or, if there are more than two, a majority of the Trustees shall be
conclusive evidence of the existence of such vacancy. The vacancy shall be
filled with a Trustee appointed in accordance with Section 4.7.

         SECTION 4.9. Effect of Vacancies. The death, resignation, retirement,
removal, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation, incompetence or incapacity to
perform the duties of a Trustee shall not operate to dissolve, terminate or
annul the Trust or terminate this Declaration. Whenever a vacancy in the number
of Trustees shall occur, until such vacancy is filled by the appointment of a
Trustee in accordance with Section 4.7, the Institutional Trustee shall have all
the powers granted to the Trustees and shall discharge all the duties imposed
upon the Trustees by this Declaration.

         SECTION 4.10. Meetings of the Trustees and the Administrators. Meetings
of the Trustees or the Administrators shall be held from time to time upon the
call of any Trustee or Administrator, as applicable. Regular meetings of the
Trustees and the Administrators, respectively, may be in person in the United
States or by telephone, at a place (if applicable) and time fixed by resolution
of the Trustees or the Administrators, as applicable. Notice of any in-person
meetings of the Trustees or the Administrators shall be hand delivered or
otherwise delivered in writing (including by facsimile, with a hard copy by
overnight courier) not less than 48 hours before such meeting. Notice of any
telephonic meetings of the Trustees or the Administrators or any committee
thereof shall be hand delivered or otherwise delivered in writing (including by
facsimile, with a hard copy by overnight courier) not less than 24 hours before
a meeting. Notices shall contain a brief statement of the time, place and
anticipated purposes of the meeting. The presence (whether in person or by
telephone) of a Trustee or an Administrator, as the case may be, at a meeting
shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting except where a Trustee or an
Administrator, as the case may be, attends a meeting for the express purpose of
objecting to the transaction of any activity on the ground that the meeting has
not been lawfully called or convened. Unless provided otherwise in this
Declaration, any action of the Trustees or the Administrators, as the case may
be, may be taken at a meeting by vote of a majority of the Trustees or the
Administrators present (whether in person or by telephone) and eligible to vote
with respect to such matter; provided, that, in the case of the Administrators,
a Quorum is present, or without a meeting by the unanimous written consent of
the Trustees or the Administrators, as the case may be. Meetings of the Trustees
and the Administrators together shall be held from time to time upon the call of
any Trustee or Administrator.

         SECTION4.il. Delegation of Power.
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         (a)      Any Trustee or any Administrator, as the case may be, may, by
power of attorney consistent with applicable law, delegate to any other natural
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of executing any documents, instruments or other writings contemplated in
Section 2.6.

         (b)      The Trustees shall have power to delegate from time to time to
such of their number or to any officer of the Trust that is a U.S. Person, the
doing of such things and the execution of such instruments or other writings
either in the name of the Trust or the names of the Trustees or otherwise as the
Trustees may deem expedient, to the extent such delegation is not prohibited by
applicable law or contrary to the provisions of the Trust, as set forth herein.

         SECTION 4.12. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to
Business. Any Person into which the Institutional Trustee or the Delaware
Trustee, as the case may be, may be merged or converted or with which either may
be consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger, conversion or
consolidation to which the Institutional Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, as the
case may be, shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to all or substantially
all the corporate trust business of the Institutional Trustee or the Delaware
Trustee, as the case may be, shall be the successor of the Institutional Trustee
or the Delaware Trustee, as the case may be, hereunder, without the execution or
filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto,
provided such Person shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this
Article and, provided, further, that such Person shall file an amendment to the
Certificate of Trust with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware as
contemplated in Section 4.7(i).

                                    ARTICLE V
                                  DISTRIBUTIONS

         SECTION 5.1. Distributions. Holders shall receive Distributions in
accordance with the applicable terms of the relevant Holder's Securities.
Distributions shall be made on the Capital Securities and the Common Securities
in accordance with the preferences set forth in their respective terms. If and
to the extent that the Debenture Issuer makes a payment of interest (including
any Additional Interest or Deferred Interest) or premium, if any, on and/or
principal on the Debentures held by the Institutional Trustee (the amount of any
such payment being a "Payment Amount"), the Institutional Trustee shall and is
directed, to the extent funds are available in the Property Account for that
purpose, to make a distribution (a "Distribution") of the Payment Amount to
Holders. For the avoidance of doubt, funds in the Property Account shall not be
distributed to Holders to the extent of any taxes payable by the Trust, in the
case of withholding taxes, as determined by the Institutional Trustee or any
Paying Agent and, in the case of taxes other than withholding tax taxes, as
determined by the Administrators in a written notice to the Institutional
Trustee.

                                   ARTICLE VI
                             ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES

         SECTION 6.1. General Provisions Regarding Securities.
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         (a)      The Administrators shall on behalf of the Trust issue one
series of capital securities, evidenced by a certificate substantially in the
form of Exhibit A-l, representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets
of the Trust and having such terms as are set forth in Annex I (the "Capital
Securities"), and one series of common securities, evidenced by a certificate

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substantially in the form of Exhibit A-2, representing undivided beneficial
interests in the assets of the Trust and having such terms as are set forth in
Annex I (the "Common Securities"). The Trust shall issue no securities or other
interests in the assets of the Trust other than the Capital Securities and the
Common Securities. The Capital Securities rank pari passu and payment thereon
shall be made Pro Rata with the Common Securities except that, where an Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing, the rights of Holders of the Common
Securities to payment in respect of Distributions and payments upon liquidation,
redemption and otherwise are subordinated to the rights to payment of the
Holders of the Capital Securities.

         (b)      The Certificates shall be signed on behalf of the Trust by one
or more Administrators. Such signature shall be the facsimile or manual
signature of any Administrator. In case any Administrator of the Trust who shall
have signed any of the Securities shall cease to be such Administrator before
the Certificates so signed shall be delivered by the Trust, such Certificates
nevertheless may be delivered as though the person who signed such Certificates
had not ceased to be such Administrator. Any Certificate may be signed on behalf
of the Trust by such person who, at the actual date of execution of such
Security, shall be an Administrator of the Trust, although at the date of the
execution and delivery of the Declaration any such person was not such an
Administrator. A Capital Security shall not be valid until authenticated by the
manual signature of an Authorized Officer of the Institutional Trustee. Such
signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Capital Security has been
authenticated under this Declaration. Upon written order of the Trust signed by
one Administrator, the Institutional Trustee shall authenticate the Capital
Securities for original issue. The Institutional Trustee may appoint an
authenticating agent that is a U.S. Person acceptable to the Trust to
authenticate the Capital Securities. A Common Security need not be so
authenticated and shall be valid upon execution by one or more Administrators.

         (c)      The Capital Securities shall be, except as provided in Section
6.4, Book- Entry Capital Securities issued in the form of one or more Global
Capital Securities registered in the name of the Depositary, or its nominee and
deposited with the Depositary or a custodian for the Depositary for credit by
the Depositary to the respective accounts of the Depositary Participants thereof
(or such other accounts as they may direct).

         (d)      The consideration received by the Trust for the issuance of
the Securities shall constitute a contribution to the capital of the Trust and
shall not constitute a loan to the Trust.

         (e)      Upon issuance of the Securities as provided in this
Declaration, the Securities so issued shall be deemed to be validly issued,
fully paid and non-assessable, and each Holder thereof shall be entitled to the
benefits provided by this Declaration.

         (f)      Every Person, by virtue of having become a Holder in
accordance with the terms of this Declaration, shall be deemed to have expressly
assented and agreed to the terms of, and shall be bound by, this Declaration and
the Guarantee.

         SECTION 6.2. Paving Agent, Transfer ARent, Calculation Agent and
Registrar.

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         (a)      The Trust shall maintain in Wilmington, Delaware, an office or
agency where the Securities may be presented for payment (the "Paying Agent"),
and an office or agency where Securities may be presented for registration of
transfer or exchange (the "Transfer Agent"). The Trust shall keep or cause to be
kept at such office or agency a register for the purpose of registering
Securities and transfers and exchanges of Securities, such register to be held
by a registrar (the "Registrar"). The Administrators may appoint the Paying
Agent, the Registrar and the Transfer Agent, and may appoint one or more
additional Paying Agents, one or more co-Registrars, or one or more co-Transfer
Agents in such other locations as it shall determine. The term "Paying Agent"
includes any additional Paying Agent, the term "Registrar" includes any
additional Registrar or co-Registrar and the term "Transfer Agent" includes any
additional Transfer Agent or co-Transfer Agent. The Administrators may change
any Paying Agent, Transfer Agent or Registrar at any time without prior notice
to any Holder. The Administrators shall notify the Institutional Trustee of the
name and address of any Paying Agent, Transfer Agent and Registrar not a party
to this Declaration. The Administrators hereby initially appoint the
Institutional Trustee to act as Paying Agent, Transfer Agent and Registrar for
the Capital Securities and the Common Securities at its Corporate Trust Office.
The Institutional Trustee or any of its Affiliates in the United States may act
as Paying Agent, Transfer Agent or Registrar.

         (b)      The Trust shall also appoint a Calculation Agent, which shall
determine the Coupon Rate in accordance with the terms of the Securities. The
Trust initially appoints the Institutional Trustee as Calculation Agent.

         SECTION 6.3. Form and Dating.
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         (a)      The Capital Securities and the Institutional Trustee's
certificate of authentication thereon shall be substantially in the form of
Exhibit A-l, and the Common Securities shall be substantially in the form of
Exhibit A-2, each of which is hereby incorporated in and expressly made a part
of this Declaration. Certificates may be typed, printed, lithographed or
engraved or may be produced in any other manner as is reasonably acceptable to
the Administrators, as conclusively evidenced by their execution thereof. The
Certificates may have letters, numbers, notations or other marks of
identification or designation and such legends or endorsements required by law,
stock exchange rule, agreements to which the Trust is subject, if any, or usage
(provided, that any such notation, legend or endorsement is in a form acceptable
to the Sponsor). The Trust at the direction of the Sponsor shall furnish any
such legend not contained in Exhibit A-l to the Institutional Trustee in
writing. Each Capital Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
The terms and provisions of the Securities set forth in Annex I and the forms of
Securities set forth in Exhibits A-l and A-2 are part of the terms of this
Declaration and to the extent applicable, the Institutional Trustee, the
Delaware Trustee, the Administrators and the Sponsor, by their execution and
delivery of this Declaration, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and
to be bound thereby. Capital Securities will be issued only in blocks having a
stated liquidation amount of not less than $100,000 and multiples of $1,000 in
excess thereof.

         (b)      The Capital Securities sold by the Trust to the Initial
Purchaser pursuant to the Purchase Agreement shall be issued in the form of a
Global Capital Security, registered in the name of the Depositary, without
coupons and with the Restricted Securities Legend.

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         SECTION 6.4. Book-Entry Capital Securities.
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         (a)      A Global Capital Security may be exchanged, in whole or in
part, for Definitive Capital Securities Certificates registered in the names of
Owners only if such exchange complies with Article VIII and (i) the Depositary
advises the Administrators and the Institutional Trustee in writing that the
Depositary is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its
responsibilities with respect to the Global Capital Security, and no qualified
successor is appointed by the Administrators within ninety (90) days of receipt
of such notice, (ii) the Depositary ceases to be a clearing agency registered
under the Exchange Act and the Administrators fail to appoint a qualified
successor within ninety (90) days of obtaining knowledge of such event, (iii)
the Administrators at their option advise the Institutional Trustee in writing
that the Trust elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depositary
or (iv) an Indenture Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. Upon the
occurrence of any event specified in clause (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) above, the
Administrators shall notify the Depositary and instruct the Depositary to notify
all Owners and the Institutional Trustee of the occurrence of such event and of
the availability of Definitive Capital Securities Certificates to Owners
requesting the same. Upon the issuance of Definitive Capital Securities
Certificates, the Administrators and the Institutional Trustee shall recognize
the Holders of the Definitive Capital Securities Certificates as Holders.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Owner wishes at any time to transfer an
interest in such Global Capital Security to a Person other than a QIB, such
transfer shall be effected, subject to the Applicable Depository Procedures, in
accordance with the provisions of this Section 6.4 and Article VIII, and the
transferee shall receive a Definitive Capital Securities Certificate in
connection with such transfer. A holder of a Definitive Capital Securities
Certificate that is a QIB may upon request, and in accordance with the
provisions of this Section 6.4 and Article VIII, exchange such Definitive
Capital Securities Certificate for a beneficial interest in a Global Capital
Security.

         (b)      If any Global Capital Security is to be exchanged for
Definitive Capital Securities Certificates or canceled in part, or if any
Definitive Capital Securities Certificate is to be exchanged in whole or in part
for any Global Capital Security, then either (i) such Global Capital Security
shall be so surrendered for exchange or cancellation as provided in this Section
6.4 and Article VIII or (ii) the aggregate liquidation amount represented by
such Global Capital Security shall be reduced, subject to Section 6.3, or
increased by an amount equal to the liquidation amount represented by that
portion of the Global Capital Security to be so exchanged or canceled, or equal
to the liquidation amount represented by such Definitive Capital Securities
Certificates to be so exchanged for any Global Capital Security, as the case may
be, by means of an appropriate adjustment made on the records of the Securities
Registrar, whereupon the Institutional Trustee, in accordance with the
Applicable Depositary Procedures, shall instruct the Depositary or its
authorized representative to make a corresponding adjustment to its records.
Upon any such surrender to the Administrators or the Registrar of any Global
Capital Security or Securities by the Depositary, accompanied by registration
instructions, the Administrators, or any one of them, shall execute the
Definitive Capital Securities Certificates in accordance with the instructions
of the Depositary. None of the Registrar, Administrators, or the Institutional
Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instructions and may
conclusively rely on, and shall be fully protected in relying on, such
instructions.

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         (c)      Every Definitive Capital Securities Certificate executed and
delivered upon registration or transfer of, or in exchange for or in lieu of, a
Global Capital Security or any portion thereof shall be executed and delivered
in the form of, and shall be, a Global Capital Security, unless such Definitive
Capital Securities Certificate is registered in the name of a Person other than
the Depositary for such Global Capital Security or a nominee thereof.

         (d)      The Depositary or its nominee, as registered owner of a Global
Capital Security, shall be the Holder of such Global Capital Security for all
purposes under this Declaration and the Global Capital Security, and Owners with
respect to a Global Capital Security shall hold such interests pursuant to the
Applicable Depositary Procedures. The Registrar, the Administrators and the
Institutional Trustee shall be entitled to deal with the Depositary for all
purposes of this Declaration relating to the Global Capital Securities
(including the payment of the liquidation amount of and Distributions on the
Book-Entry Capital Securities represented thereby and the giving of instructions
or directions by Owners represented thereby and the giving of notices) as the
sole Holder of the Book-Entry Capital Securities represented thereby and shall
have no obligations to the Owners thereof. None of the Administrators, the
Institutional Trustee nor the Registrar shall have any liability in respect of
any transfers effected by the Depositary.

         (e)      The rights of the Owners of the Book-Entry Capital Securities
shall be exercised only through the Depositary and shall be limited to those
established by law, the Applicable Depositary Procedures and agreements between
such Owners and the Depositary and/or the Depositary Participants; provided,
solely for the purpose of determining whether the Holders of the requisite
amount of Capital Securities have voted on any matter provided for in this
Declaration, to the extent that Capital Securities are represented by a Global
Capital Security, the Administrators and the Institutional Trustee may
conclusively rely on, and shall be fully protected in relying on, any written
instrument (including a proxy) delivered to the Institutional Trustee by the
Depositary setting forth the Owners' votes or assigning the right to vote on any
matter to any other Persons either in whole or in part. To the extent that
Capital Securities are represented by a Global Capital Security, the initial
Depositary will make book- entry transfers among the Depositary Participants and
receive and transmit payments on the Capital Securities that are represented by
a Global Capital Security to such Depositary Participants, and none of the
Sponsor, the Administrators or the Institutional Trustee shall have any
responsibility or obligation with respect thereto.

         (f)      To the extent that a notice or other communication to the
Holders is required under this Declaration, for so long as Capital Securities
are represented by a Global Capital Security, the Administrator and the
Institutional Trustee shall give all such notices and communications to the
Depositary, and shall have no obligations to the Owners.

         SECTION 6.5. Mutilated, Destroyed. Lost or Stolen Certificates. If:

         (a)      any mutilated Certificates should be surrendered to the
Registrar, or if the Registrar shall receive evidence to its satisfaction of the
destruction, loss or theft of any Certificate; and

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         (b)      there shall be delivered to the Registrar, the Administrators
and the Institutional Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by
them to hold each of them harmless; then, in the absence of notice that such
Certificate shall have been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, an Administrator
on behalf of the Trust shall execute (and in the case of a Capital Security
Certificate, the Institutional Trustee shall authenticate) and deliver, in
exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen
Certificate, a new Certificate of like denomination. In connection with the
issuance of any new Certificate under this Section 6.5, the Registrar or the
Administrators may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or
other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection therewith. Any
duplicate Certificate issued pursuant to this Section shall constitute
conclusive evidence of an ownership interest in the relevant Securities, as if
originally issued, whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate
shall be found at any time.

         SECTION 6.6. Temporary Securities. Until definitive Securities are
ready for delivery, the Administrators may prepare and, in the case of the
Capital Securities, the Institutional Trustee shall authenticate, temporary
Securities. Temporary Securities shall be substantially in form of definitive
Securities but may have variations that the Administrators consider appropriate
for temporary Securities. Without unreasonable delay, the Administrators shall
prepare and, in the case of the Capital Securities, the Institutional Trustee
shall authenticate definitive Securities in exchange for temporary Securities.

         SECTION 6.7. Cancellation. The Administrators at any time may deliver
Securities to the Institutional Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar shall
forward to the Institutional Trustee any Securities surrendered to it for
registration of transfer, redemption or payment. The Institutional Trustee shall
promptly cancel all Securities surrendered for registration of transfer,
payment, replacement or cancellation and shall dispose of such canceled
Securities in accordance with its standard procedures or otherwise as the
Administrators direct. The Administrators may not issue new Securities to
replace Securities that have been paid or that have been delivered to the
Institutional Trustee for cancellation.

         SECTION 6.8. Rights of Holders: Waivers of Past Defaults.

         (a)      The legal title to the Trust Property is vested exclusively in
the Institutional Trustee (in its capacity as such) in accordance with Section
2.6(g), and the Holders shall not have any right or title therein other than the
undivided beneficial interest in the assets of the Trust conferred by their
Securities and they shall have no right to call for any partition or division of
property, profits or rights of the Trust except as described below. The
Securities shall be personal property giving only the rights specifically set
forth therein and in this Declaration. The Securities shall have no, and the
issuance of the Securities shall not be subject to, preemptive or other similar
rights and when issued and delivered to Holders against payment of the purchase
price therefor, the Securities will be fully paid and nonassessable by the
Trust.

         (b)      For so long as any Capital Securities remain outstanding, if,
upon an Indenture Event of Default for which acceleration is permitted under
Section 5.01, the Debenture Trustee fails or the holders of not less than 25% in
principal amount of the outstanding Debentures fail to declare the principal of
all of the Debentures to be immediately due and payable, the Holders of not less
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outstanding shall have the right to make such declaration by a notice in writing
to the Institutional Trustee, the Sponsor and the Debenture Trustee.

         (c)      At any time after a declaration of acceleration of maturity of
the Debentures has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the
money due has been obtained by the Debenture Trustee as provided in the
Indenture, if the Institutional Trustee, subject to the provisions hereof, fails
to annul any such declaration and waive such default, the Holders of not less
than a Majority in liquidation amount of the Capital Securities, by written
notice to the Institutional Trustee, the Sponsor and the Debenture Trustee, may
rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if:

                  (i)      the Sponsor has paid or deposited with the Debenture
         Trustee a sum sufficient to pay

                           (A)      all overdue installments of interest on all
                  of the Debentures;

                           (B)      any accrued Deferred Interest on all of the
                  Debentures;

                           (C)      all payments on any Debentures that have
                  become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration
                  and interest and Deferred Interest thereon at the rate borne
                  by the Debentures; and

                           (D)      all sums paid or advanced by the Debenture
                  Trustee under the Indenture and the reasonable compensation,
                  documented expenses, disbursements and advances of the
                  Debenture Trustee and the Institutional Trustee, their agents
                  and counsel; and

                  (ii)     all Events of Default with respect to the Debentures,
         other than the non-payment of the principal of or premium, if any, on
         the Debentures that has become due solely by such acceleration, have
         been cured or waived as provided in Section 5.07 of the Indenture.


         (d)      The Holders of not less than a Majority in liquidation amount
of the Capital Securities may, on behalf of the Holders of all the Capital
Securities, waive any past default or Event of Default, except a default or
Event of Default in the payment of principal of or premium, if any, or interest
(unless such default or Event of Default has been cured and a sum sufficient to
pay all matured installments of interest and principal due otherwise than by
acceleration has been deposited with the Debenture Trustee) or a default or
Event of Default in respect of a covenant or provision that under the Indenture
cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the holder of each
outstanding Debenture. No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or
impair any right consequent thereon.

         (e)      Upon receipt by the Institutional Trustee of written notice
declaring such an acceleration, or rescission and annulment thereof, by Holders
of any part of the Capital Securities, a record date shall be established for
determining Holders of outstanding Capital Securities entitled to join in such
notice, which record date shall be at the close of business on the day the
Institutional Trustee receives such notice. The Holders on such record date, or
their duly designated proxies, and only such Persons, shall be entitled to join
in such notice, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record

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date; provided, that, unless such declaration of acceleration, or rescission and
annulment, as the case may be, shall have become effective by virtue of the
requisite percentage having joined in such notice prior to the day that is 90
days after such record date, such notice of declaration of acceleration, or
rescission and annulment, as the case may be, shall automatically and without
further action by any Holder be canceled and of no further effect. Nothing in
this paragraph shall prevent a Holder, or a proxy of a Holder, from giving,
after expiration of such 90-day period, a new written notice of declaration of
acceleration, or rescission and annulment thereof, as the case may be, that is
identical to a written notice that has been canceled pursuant to the proviso to
the preceding sentence, in which event a new record date shall be established
pursuant to the provisions of this Section 6.8.

         (f)      Except as otherwise provided in this Section 6.8, the Holders
of not less than a Majority in liquidation amount of the Capital Securities may,
on behalf of the Holders of all the Capital Securities, waive any past default
or Event of Default and its consequences. Upon such waiver, any such default or
Event of Default shall cease to exist, and any default or Event of Default
arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this
Declaration, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default
or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

                                   ARTICLE VII
                      DISSOLUTION AND TERMINATION OF TRUST

         SECTION 7.1. Dissolution and Termination of Trust.
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         (a)      The Trust shall dissolve on the first to occur of

                  (i)      unless earlier dissolved, on October 7, 2041, the
         expiration of the term of the Trust;

                  (ii)     a Bankruptcy Event with respect to the Sponsor, the
         Trust or the Debenture Issuer;

                  (iii)    (other than in connection with a merger,
         consolidation or similar transaction not prohibited by the Indenture,
         this Declaration or the Guarantee, as the case may be) the filing of a
         certificate of dissolution or its equivalent with respect to the
         Sponsor or upon the revocation of the charter of the Sponsor and the
         expiration of 90 days after the date of revocation without a
         reinstatement thereof;

                  (iv)     the distribution of the Debentures to the Holders of
         the Securities, upon exercise of the right of the Holders of all of the
         outstanding Common Securities to dissolve the Trust as provided in
         Annex I hereto;

                  (v)      the entry of a decree of judicial dissolution of any
         Holder of the Common Securities, the Sponsor, the Trust or the
         Debenture Issuer;

                  (vi)     when all of the Securities shall have been called for
         redemption and the amounts necessary for redemption thereof shall have
         been paid to the Holders in accordance with the terms of the
         Securities; or

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                  (vii)     before the issuance of any Securities, with the
         consent of all of the Trustees and the Sponsor.

         (b)      As soon as is practicable after the occurrence of an event
referred to in Section 7.1 (a), and after satisfaction of liabilities to
creditors of the Trust as required by applicable law, including Section 3808 of
the Statutory Trust Act, and subject to the terms set forth in Annex I, the
Institutional Trustee, when notified in writing of the completion of the winding
up of the Trust in accordance with the Statutory Trust Act, shall terminate the
Trust by filing, at the expense of the Sponsor, a certificate of cancellation
with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. (c) The provisions of
Section 2.9 and Article IX shall survive the termination of the Trust.

                                  ARTICLE VIII
                             TRANSFER OF INTERESTS

         SECTION 8.1. General.

         (a)      Subject to Section 6.4 and Section 8.1(c), when Capital
Securities are presented to the Registrar with a request to register a transfer
or to exchange them for an equal number of Capital Securities represented by
different Certificates, the Registrar shall register the transfer or make the
exchange if the requirements provided for herein for such transactions are met.
To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Trust shall issue and
the Institutional Trustee shall authenticate Capital Securities at the
Registrar's request.

         (b)      Upon issuance of the Common Securities, the Sponsor shall
acquire and retain beneficial and record ownership of the Common Securities and,
for so long as the Securities remain outstanding, the Sponsor shall maintain
100% ownership of the Common Securities; provided, however, that any permitted
successor of the Sponsor under the Indenture that is a U.S. Person may succeed
to the Sponsor's ownership of the Common Securities.

         (c)      Capital Securities may only be transferred, in whole or in
part, in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in this Declaration
and in the terms of the Capital Securities. To the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law, any transfer or purported transfer of any Security not made in
accordance with this Declaration shall be null and void and will be deemed to be
of no legal effect whatsoever and any such transferee shall be deemed not to be
the holder of such Capital Securities for any purpose, including but not limited
to the receipt of Distributions on such Capital Securities, and such transferee
shall be deemed to have no interest whatsoever in such Capital Securities.

         (d)      The Registrar shall provide for the registration of Securities
and of transfers of Securities, which will be effected without charge but only
upon payment (with such indemnity as the Registrar may require) in respect of
any tax or other governmental charges that may be imposed in relation to it.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Securities, the Registrar
shall cause one or more new Securities to be issued in the name of the
designated transferee or transferees. Any Security issued upon any registration
of transfer or exchange pursuant to the terms of this Declaration shall evidence
the same Security and shall be entitled to the same benefits under this

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Declaration as the Security surrendered upon such registration of transfer or
exchange. Every Security surrendered for registration of transfer shall be
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized
in writing. Each Security surrendered for registration of transfer shall be
canceled by the Institutional Trustee pursuant to Section 6. A transferee of a
Security shall be entitled to the rights and subject to the obligations of a
Holder hereunder upon the receipt by such transferee of a Security. By
acceptance of a Security, each transferee shall be deemed to have agreed to be
bound by this Declaration.

         (e)      Neither the Trust nor the Registrar shall be required (i) to
issue, register the transfer of, or exchange any Securities during a period
beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of any selection of
Securities for redemption and ending at the close of business on the earliest
date on which the relevant notice of redemption is deemed to have been given to
all Holders of the Securities to be redeemed, or (ii) to register the transfer
or exchange of any Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part,
except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part.

         SECTION 8.2. Transfer Procedures and Restrictions.
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         (a)      The Capital Securities shall bear the Restricted Securities
Legend (as defined below), which shall not be removed unless there is delivered
to the Trust such satisfactory evidence, which may include an opinion of counsel
reasonably acceptable to the Institutional Trustee, as may be reasonably
required by the Trust, that neither the legend nor the restrictions on transfer
set forth therein are required to ensure that transfers thereof comply with the
provisions of the Securities Act or that such Securities are not "restricted"
within the meaning of Rule 144 under the Securities Act. Upon provision of such
satisfactory evidence, the Institutional Trustee, at the written direction of
the Trust, shall authenticate and deliver Capital Securities that do not bear
the Restricted Securities Legend (other than the legend contemplated by Section
8.2(c)).

         (b)      When Capital Securities are presented to the Registrar (x) to
register the transfer of such Capital Securities, or (y) to exchange such
Capital Securities for an equal number of Capital Securities represented by
different Certificates, the Registrar shall register the transfer or make the
exchange as requested if its reasonable requirements for such transaction are
met; provided, however, that the Capital Securities surrendered for registration
of transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed or accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trust and the
Registrar, duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized
in writing.

         (c)      Except as permitted by Section 8.2(a), each Capital Security
shall bear a legend (the "Restricted Securities Legend") in substantially the
following form:

         THIS CAPITAL SECURITY IS A GLOBAL CAPITAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING
OF THE DECLARATION HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY ("DTC") OR A NOMINEE OF DTC. THIS CAPITAL SECURITY IS
EXCHANGEABLE FOR CAPITAL SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER
THAN DTC OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE

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DECLARATION, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS CAPITAL SECURITY (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER OF
THIS CAPITAL SECURITY AS A WHOLE BY DTC TO A NOMINEE OF DTC OR BY A NOMINEE OF
DTC TO DTC OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF DTC) MAY BE REGISTERED EXCEPT IN LIMITED
CIRCUMSTANCES.

         UNLESS THIS CAPITAL SECURITY IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC TO SERVICE 1ST CAPITAL TRUST I OR ITS AGENT FOR
REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CAPITAL SECURITY ISSUED
IS REGISTERED AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY
PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR
OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER
HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

         THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933,
AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR ANY OTHER
APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS. NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR
PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED,
ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR
UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT. THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY BY ITS
ACCEPTANCE HEREOF AGREES TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH SECURITY ONLY
(A) TO THE DEBENTURE ISSUER OR THE TRUST, (B) PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT ("RULE 144A"), TO A PERSON THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A
"QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER" AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS
OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE
IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (C) TO A "NON
U.S. PERSON" IN AN "OFFSHORE TRANSACTION" PURSUANT TO REGULATION S UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT, (D) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
OF THE SECURITIES ACT TO AN "ACCREDITED INVESTOR" WITHIN THE MEANING OF
SUBPARAGRAPH (a) (1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF RULE 501 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT
IS ACQUIRING THE SECURITY FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF AN
"ACCREDITED INVESTOR," FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO, OR FOR
OFFER OR SALE IN CONNECTION WITH, ANY DISTRIBUTION IN VIOLATION OF THE
SECURITIES ACT, OR (D) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO THE DEBENTURE
ISSUER'S AND THE TRUST'S RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER
PURSUANT TO CLAUSES (C) OR (D) TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL,
CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION OF TRUST, A COPY OF WHICH
MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE DEBENTURE ISSUER OR THE TRUST. THE HOLDER OF THIS
SECURITY BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF AGREES THAT IT WILL COMPLY WITH THE FOREGOING
RESTRICTIONS.

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         THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF AGREES, REPRESENTS
AND WARRANTS THAT IT WILL NOT ENGAGE IN HEDGING TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING THIS
SECURITY UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTIONS ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT OR
AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM.

         THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF ALSO AGREES,
REPRESENTS AND WARRANTS THAT IT IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT, INDIVIDUAL
RETIREMENT ACCOUNT OR OTHER PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF THE
EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), OR
SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE"),
(EACH A "PLAN"), OR AN ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS INCLUDE "PLAN ASSETS" BY
REASON OF ANY PLAN'S INVESTMENT IN THE ENTITY AND NO PERSON INVESTING "PLAN
ASSETS" OF ANY PLAN MAY ACQUIRE OR HOLD THIS SECURITY OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN,
UNLESS SUCH PURCHASER OR HOLDER IS ELIGIBLE FOR THE EXEMPTIVE RELIEF AVAILABLE
UNDER U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION 96-23,
95-60, 91-38, 90-1 OR 84-14 OR ANOTHER APPLICABLE EXEMPTION OR ITS PURCHASE AND
HOLDING OF THIS SECURITY IS NOT PROHIBITED BY SECTION 406 OF ERISA OR SECTION
4975 OF THE CODE WITH RESPECT TO SUCH PURCHASE OR HOLDING. ANY PURCHASER OR
HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE
REPRESENTED BY ITS PURCHASE AND HOLDING THEREOF THAT EITHER (i) IT IS NOT AN
EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 3(3) OF ERISA, OR A PLAN TO
WHICH SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE IS APPLICABLE, A TRUSTEE OR OTHER PERSON ACTING
ON BEHALF OF AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR PLAN, OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY
USING THE ASSETS OF ANY EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR PLAN TO FINANCE SUCH PURCHASE,
OR (ii) SUCH PURCHASE WILL NOT RESULT IN A PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER SECTION
406 OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE FOR WHICH THERE IS NO APPLICABLE
STATUTORY OR ADMINISTRATIVE EXEMPTION.

         IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE
REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS MAY BE
REQUIRED BY THE AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION OF TRUST TO CONFIRM THAT THE
TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.

         THIS SECURITY WILL BE ISSUED AND MAY BE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN BLOCKS
HAVING A LIQUIDATION AMOUNT OF NOT LESS THAN $100,000 AND MULTIPLES OF SI,000 IN
EXCESS THEREOF. ANY ATTEMPTED TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN A BLOCK HAVING A
LIQUIDATION AMOUNT OF LESS THAN $100,000 SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE VOID AND OF NO
LEGAL EFFECT WHATSOEVER. ANY SUCH PURPORTED TRANSFEREE SHALL BE DEEMED NOT TO BE
THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY FOR ANY PURPOSE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,

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THE RECEIPT OF DISTRIBUTIONS ON THIS SECURITY, AND SUCH PURPORTED TRANSFEREE
SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE NO INTEREST WHATSOEVER IN THIS SECURITY.

         (d)      Capital Securities may only be transferred in minimum blocks
of $ 100,000 aggregate liquidation amount (100 Capital Securities) and multiples
of $1,000 in excess thereof. Any attempted transfer of Capital Securities in a
block having an aggregate liquidation amount of less than $100,000 shall be
deemed to be void and of no legal effect whatsoever. Any such purported
transferee shall be deemed not to be a Holder of such Capital Securities for any
purpose, including, but not limited to, the receipt of Distributions on such
Capital Securities, and such purported transferee shall be deemed to have no
interest whatsoever in such Capital Securities.

         (e)      Each party hereto understands and hereby agrees that the
Initial Purchaser is intended solely to be an interim holder of the Capital
Securities and is purchasing such securities to facilitate consummation of the
transactions contemplated herein and in the documents ancillary hereto.
Notwithstanding any provision in this Declaration to the contrary, the Initial
Purchaser shall have the right upon notice (a "Transfer Notice") (such Transfer
Notice shall be required if, and only if, the Capital Securities are not listed
with the Depository Trust Company) to the Institutional Trustee and the Sponsor
to transfer title in and to the Capital Securities, provided the Initial
Purchaser shall take reasonable steps to ensure that such transfer is exempt
from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and rules
promulgated thereunder. Any Transfer Notice delivered to the Institutional
Trustee and Sponsor pursuant to the preceding sentence shall indicate the
aggregate liquidation amount of Capital Securities being transferred, the name
and address of the transferee thereof (the "Transferee") and the date of such
transfer. Notwithstanding any provision in this Declaration to the contrary, the
transfer by the Initial Purchaser of title in and to the Capital Securities
pursuant to a Transfer Notice shall not be subject to any requirement relating
to Opinions of Counsel, Certificates of Transfer or any other Opinion or
Certificate applicable to transfers hereunder and relating to Capital
Securities.

         SECTION 8.3. Deemed Security Holders. The Trust, the Administrators,
the Trustees, the Paying Agent, the Transfer Agent or the Registrar may treat
the Person in whose name any Certificate shall be registered on the books and
records of the Trust as the sole holder of such Certificate and of the
Securities represented by such Certificate for purposes of receiving
Distributions and for all other purposes whatsoever and, accordingly, shall not
be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such
Certificate or in the Securities represented by such Certificate on the part of
any Person, whether or not the Trust, the Administrators, the Trustees, the
Paying Agent, the Transfer Agent or the Registrar shall have actual or other
notice thereof.

                                   ARTICLE IX
                LIMITATION OF LIABILITY OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES,
                               TRUSTEES OR OTHERS

          SECTION 9.1. Liability.
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         (a)      Except as expressly set forth in this Declaration, the
Guarantee and the terms of the Securities, the Sponsor shall not be:

                  (i)      personally liable for the return of any portion of
         the capital contributions (or any return thereon) of the Holders of the
         Securities which shall be made solely from assets of the Trust; and

                  (ii)     required to pay to the Trust or to any Holder of the
         Securities any deficit upon dissolution of the Trust or otherwise.

         (b)      The Holder of the Common Securities shall be liable for all of
the debts and obligations of the Trust (other than with respect to the
Securities) to the extent not satisfied out of the Trust's assets.

         (c)      Except to the extent provided in Section 9.1(b), and pursuant
to ss. 3803(a) of the Statutory Trust Act, the Holders of the Securities shall
be entitled to the same limitation of personal liability extended to
stockholders of private corporations for profit organized under the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, except as otherwise specifically set
forth herein.

         SECTION 9.2. Exculpation.
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         (a)      No Indemnified Person shall be liable, responsible or
accountable in damages or otherwise to the Trust or any Covered Person for any
loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of any act or omission performed or
omitted by such Indemnified Person in good faith on behalf of the Trust and in a
manner such Indemnified Person reasonably believed to be within the scope of the
authority conferred on such Indemnified Person by this Declaration or by law,
except that an Indemnified Person (other than an Administrator) shall be liable
for any such loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of such Indemnified
Person's negligence or willful misconduct or bad faith with respect to such acts
or omissions and except that an Administrator shall be liable for any such loss,
damage or claim incurred by reason of such Administrator's gross negligence or
willful misconduct or bad faith with respect to such acts or omissions.

         (b)      An Indemnified Person shall be fully protected in relying in
good faith upon the records of the Trust and upon such information, opinions,
reports or statements presented to the Trust by any Person as to matters the
Indemnified Person reasonably believes are within such other Person's
professional or expert competence and, if selected by such Indemnified Person,
has been selected by such Indemnified Person with reasonable care by or on
behalf of the Trust, including information, opinions, reports or statements as
to the value and amount of the assets, liabilities, profits, losses or any other
facts pertinent to the existence and amount of assets from which Distributions
to Holders of Securities might properly be paid.

          SECTION 9.3. Fiduciary Duty.
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         (a)      To the extent that, at law or in equity, an Indemnified Person
has duties (including fiduciary duties) and liabilities relating thereto to the
Trust or to any other Covered Person, an Indemnified Person acting under this
Declaration shall not be liable to the Trust or to any other Covered Person for
its good faith reliance on the provisions of this Declaration. The provisions of

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this Declaration, to the extent that they restrict the duties and liabilities of
an Indemnified Person otherwise existing at law or in equity (other than the
duties imposed on the Institutional Trustee under the Trust Indenture Act), are
agreed by the parties hereto to replace such other duties and liabilities of the
Indemnified Person.

         (b)      Whenever in this Declaration an Indemnified Person is
permitted or required to make a decision:

                  (i)      in its "discretion" or under a grant of similar
         authority, the Indemnified Person shall be entitled to consider such
         interests and factors as it desires, including its own interests, and
         shall have no duty or obligation to give any consideration to any
         interest of or factors affecting the Trust or any other Person; or

                  (ii)     in its "good faith" or under another express
         standard, the Indemnified Person shall act under such express standard
         and shall not be subject to any other or different standard imposed by
         this Declaration or by applicable law.

         SECTION 9.4. Indemnification, (a) (i) The Sponsor shall indemnify, to
the fullest extent permitted by law, any Indemnified Person who was or is a
party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or
completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the Trust) by reason
of the fact that such Person is or was an Indemnified Person against expenses
(including attorneys' fees and expenses), judgments, fines and amounts paid in
settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such Person in connection with
such action, suit or proceeding if such Person acted in good faith and in a
manner such Person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the Trust, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding,
had no reasonable cause to believe such conduct was unlawful. The termination of
any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or
upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a
presumption that the Indemnified Person did not act in good faith and in a
manner which such Person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the Trust, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding,
had reasonable cause to believe that such conduct was unlawful.

                  (ii)     The Sponsor shall indemnify, to the fullest extent
         permitted by law, any Indemnified Person who was or is a party or is
         threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed
         action or suit by or in the right of the Trust to procure a judgment in
         its favor by reason of the fact that such Person is or was an
         Indemnified Person against expenses (including attorneys' fees and
         expenses) actually and reasonably incurred by such Person in connection
         with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if such Person
         acted in good faith and in a manner such Person reasonably believed to
         be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Trust and except that
         no such indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or
         matter as to which such Indemnified Person shall have been adjudged to
         be liable to the Trust unless and only to the extent that the Court of
         Chancery of Delaware or the court in which such action or suit was

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         brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication
         of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such
         Person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses
         which such Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.

                  (iii)    To the extent that an Indemnified Person shall be
         successful on the merits or otherwise (including dismissal of an action
         without prejudice or the settlement of an action without admission of
         liability) in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in
         paragraphs (i) and (ii) of this Section 9.4(a), or in defense of any
         claim, issue or matter therein, such Person shall be indemnified, to
         the fullest extent permitted by law, against expenses (including
         attorneys' fees and expenses) actually and reasonably incurred by such
         Person in connection therewith.

                  (iv)     Any indemnification of an Administrator under
         paragraphs (i) and (ii) of this Section 9.4(a) (unless ordered by a
         court) shall be made by the Sponsor only as authorized in the specific
         case upon a determination that indemnification of the Indemnified
         Person is proper in the circumstances because such Person has met the
         applicable standard of conduct set forth in paragraphs (i) and (ii).
         Such determination shall be made (A) by the Administrators by a
         majority vote of a Quorum consisting of such Administrators who were
         not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, (B) if such a Quorum is
         not obtainable, or, even if obtainable, if a Quorum of disinterested
         Administrators so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written
         opinion, or (C) by the Common Security Holder of the Trust.

                  (v)      To the fullest extent permitted by law, expenses
         (including attorneys' fees and expenses) incurred by an Indemnified
         Person in defending a civil, criminal, administrative or investigative
         action, suit or proceeding referred to in paragraphs (i) and (ii) of
         this Section 9.4(a) shall be paid by the Sponsor in advance of the
         final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an
         undertaking by or on behalf of such Indemnified Person to repay such
         amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such Person is not
         entitled to be indemnified by the Sponsor as authorized in this Section
         9.4(a). Notwithstanding the foregoing, no advance shall be made by the
         Sponsor if a determination is reasonably and promptly made (1) in the
         case of a Company Indemnified Person (A) by the Administrators by a
         majority vote of a Quorum of disinterested Administrators, (B) if such
         a Quorum is not obtainable, or, even if obtainable, if a Quorum of
         disinterested Administrators so directs, by independent legal counsel
         in a written opinion or (C) by the Common Security Holder of the Trust,
         that, based upon the facts known to the Administrators, counsel or the
         Common Security Holder at the time such determination is made, such
         Indemnified Person acted in bad faith or in a manner that such Person
         either believed to be opposed to or did not believe to be in the best
         interests of the Trust, or, with respect to any criminal proceeding,
         that such Indemnified Person believed or had reasonable cause to
         believe such conduct was unlawful, or (2) in the case of a Fiduciary
         Indemnified Person, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion
         that, based upon the facts known to the counsel at the time such
         determination is made, such Indemnified Person acted in bad faith or in

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         a manner that such Indemnified Person either believed to be opposed to
         or did not believe to be in the best interests of the Trust, or, with
         respect to any criminal proceeding, that such Indemnified Person
         believed or had reasonable cause to believe such conduct was unlawful.
         In no event shall any advance be made (i) to a Company Indemnified
         Person in instances where the Administrators, independent legal counsel
         or the Common Security Holder reasonably determine that such Person
         deliberately breached such Person's duty to the Trust or its Common or
         Capital Security Holders or (ii) to a Fiduciary Indemnified Person in
         instances where independent legal counsel promptly and reasonably
         determines in a written opinion that such Person deliberately breached
         such Person's duty to the Trust or its Common or Capital Security
         Holders.

         (b)      The Sponsor shall indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted
by applicable law, each Indemnified Person from and against any and all loss,
damage, liability, tax (other than taxes based on the income of such Indemnified
Person), penalty, expense or claim of any kind or nature whatsoever incurred by
such Indemnified Person arising out of or in connection with or by reason of the
creation, administration or termination of the Trust, or any act or omission of
such Indemnified Person in good faith on behalf of the Trust and in a manner
such Indemnified Person reasonably believed to be within the scope of authority
conferred on such Indemnified Person by this Declaration, except that no
Indemnified Person shall be entitled to be indemnified in respect of any loss,
damage, liability, tax, penalty, expense or claim incurred by such Indemnified
Person by reason of negligence, willful misconduct, or bad faith with respect to
such acts or omissions.

         (c)      The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by,
or granted pursuant to, the other paragraphs of this Section 9.4 shall not be
deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification and
advancement of expenses may be entitled under any agreement, vote of
stockholders or disinterested directors of the Sponsor or Capital Security
Holders of the Trust or otherwise, both as to action in such Person's official
capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office. All
rights to indemnification under this Section 9.4 shall be deemed to be provided
by a contract between the Sponsor and each Indemnified Person who serves in such
capacity at any time while this Section 9.4 is in effect. Any repeal or
modification of this Section 9.4 shall not affect any rights or obligations then
existing.

         (d)      The Sponsor or the Trust may purchase and maintain insurance
on behalf of any Person who is or was an Indemnified Person against any
liability asserted against such Person and incurred by such Person in any such
capacity, or arising out of such Person's status as such, whether or not the
Sponsor would have the power to indemnify such Person against such liability
under the provisions of this Section 9.4.

         (e)      For purposes of this Section 9.4, references to "the Trust"
shall include, in addition to the resulting or surviving entity, any constituent
entity (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation
or merger, so that any Person who is or was a director, trustee, officer or
employee of such constituent entity, or is or was serving at the request of such
constituent entity as a director, trustee, officer, employee or agent of another
entity, shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Section

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9.4 with respect to the resulting or surviving entity as such Person would have
with respect to such constituent entity if its separate existence had continued.

         (f)      The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by,
or granted pursuant to, this Section 9.4 shall, unless otherwise provided when
authorized or ratified, continue as to a Person who has ceased to be an
Indemnified Person and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and
administrators of such a Person.

         (g)      The provisions of this Section 9.4 shall survive the
termination of this Declaration or the earlier resignation or removal of the
Institutional Trustee. The obligations of the Sponsor under this Section 9.4 to
compensate and indemnify the Trustees and to pay or reimburse the Trustees for
expenses, disbursements and advances shall constitute additional indebtedness
hereunder. Such additional indebtedness shall be secured by a lien prior to that
of the Securities upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustees
as such, except funds held in trust for the benefit of the holders of particular
Capital Securities, provided, that the Sponsor is the holder of the Common
Securities.

         (h)      This Section 9.4 specifically supersedes and replaces Section
4 of the Original Declaration.

         SECTION 9.5. Outside Businesses. Any Covered Person, the Sponsor, the
Delaware Trustee and the Institutional Trustee (subject to Section 4.3(c)) may
engage in or possess an interest in other business ventures of any nature or
description, independently or with others, similar or dissimilar to the business
of the Trust, and the Trust and the Holders of Securities shall have no rights
by virtue of this Declaration in and to such independent ventures or the income
or profits derived therefrom, and the pursuit of any such venture, even if
competitive with the business of the Trust, shall not be deemed wrongful or
improper. None of any Covered Person, the Sponsor, the Delaware Trustee or the
Institutional Trustee shall be obligated to present any particular investment or
other opportunity to the Trust even if such opportunity is of a character that,
if presented to the Trust, could be taken by the Trust, and any Covered Person,
the Sponsor, the Delaware Trustee and the Institutional Trustee shall have the
right to take for its own account (individually or as a partner or fiduciary) or
to recommend to others any such particular investment or other opportunity. Any
Covered Person, the Delaware Trustee and the Institutional Trustee may engage or
be interested in any financial or other transaction with the Sponsor or any
Affiliate of the Sponsor, or may act as depositary for, trustee or agent for, or
act on any committee or body of holders of, securities or other obligations of
the Sponsor or its Affiliates.

         SECTION 9.6. Compensation; Fee.
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         (a)      Subject to the provisions set forth in the Fee Agreement of
even date herewith, by and among the Institutional Trustee, the Trust and the
Initial Purchaser (the "Fee Agreement"), the Sponsor agrees:

                  (i)      to pay to the Trustees from time to time such
         compensation for all services rendered by them hereunder as the parties
         shall agree in writing from time to time (which compensation shall not

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         be limited by any provision of law regard to the in compensation of a
         trustee of an express trust); and

                  (ii)     except as otherwise expressly provided herein or in
         the Fee Agreement, to reimburse the Trustees upon request for all
         reasonable, documented expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or
         made by the Trustees in accordance with any provision of this
         Declaration (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and
         disbursements of their respective agents and counsel), except any such
         expense, disbursement or advance attributable to their negligence or
         willful misconduct.

         (b)      The provisions of this Section 9.6 shall survive the
dissolution of the Trust and the termination of this Declaration and the removal
or resignation of any Trustee.

                                   ARTICLE X
                                   ACCOUNTING

         SECTION 10.1. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year (the "Fiscal Year") of the
Trust shall be the calendar year, or such other year as is required by the Code.

         SECTION 10.2. Certain Accounting Matters.
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         (a)      At all times during the existence of the Trust, the
Administrators shall keep, or cause to be kept at the principal office of the
Trust in the United States, as defined for purposes of Treasury Regulations ss.
301.7701-7, full books of account, records and supporting documents, which shall
reflect in reasonable detail each transaction of the Trust. The books of account
shall be maintained on the accrual method of accounting, in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied.

         (b)      The Administrators shall either (i) cause each Form 10-K and
Form 10-Q prepared by the Sponsor and filed with the Commission in accordance
with the Exchange Act to be delivered directly to each Holder of Securities,
within 90 days after the filing of each Form 10-K and within 30 days after the
filing of each Form 10-Q or (ii) cause to be prepared at the principal office of
the Trust in the United States, as defined for purposes of Treasury Regulations
ss. 301.7701-7, and delivered directly to each of the Holders of Securities,
within 90 days after the end of each Fiscal Year of the Trust, annual financial
statements of the Trust, including a balance sheet of the Trust as of the end of
such Fiscal Year, and the related statements of income or loss.

         (c)      The Administrators shall cause to be duly prepared and
delivered to each of the Holders of Securities Form 1099 or such other annual
United States federal income tax information statement required by the Code,
containing such information with regard to the Securities held by each Holder as
is required by the Code and the Treasury Regulations. Notwithstanding any right
under the Code to deliver any such statement at a later date, the Administrators
shall endeavor to deliver all such statements within 30 days after the end of
each Fiscal Year of the Trust.

         (d)      The Administrators shall cause to be duly prepared in the
United States, as defined for purposes of Treasury Regulations ss. 301.7701-7,
and filed an annual United States federal income tax return on a Form 1041

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or such other form required by United States federal income tax law, and any
other annual income tax returns required to be filed by the Administrators on
behalf of the Trust with any state or local taxing authority.

         (e)      The Administrators will cause the Sponsor's reports on Form FR
Y-9SP to be delivered to the Holders promptly following their filing with the
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the "Federal Reserve").

         SECTION 10.3. Banking. The Trust shall maintain one or more bank
accounts in the United States, as defined for purposes of Treasury Regulations
ss. 301.7701-7, in the name and for the sole benefit of the Trust; provided,
however, that all payments of funds in respect of the Debentures held by the
Institutional Trustee shall be made directly to the Property Account and no
other funds of the Trust shall be deposited in the Property Account. The sole
signatories for such accounts (including the Property Account) shall be
designated by the Institutional Trustee.

         SECTION 10.4. Withholding. The Institutional Trustee or any Paying
Agent and the Administrators shall comply with all withholding requirements
under United States federal, state and local law. The Institutional Trustee or
any Paying Agent shall request, and each Holder shall provide to the
Institutional Trustee or any Paying Agent, such forms or certificates as are
necessary to establish an exemption from withholding with respect to the Holder,
and any representations and forms as shall reasonably be requested by the
Institutional Trustee or any Paying Agent to assist it in determining the extent
of, and in fulfilling, its withholding obligations. The Administrators shall
file required forms with applicable jurisdictions and, unless an exemption from
withholding is properly established by a Holder, shall remit amounts withheld
with respect to the Holder to applicable jurisdictions. To the extent that the
Institutional Trustee or any Paying Agent is required to withhold and pay over
any amounts to any authority with respect to distributions or allocations to any
Holder, the amount withheld shall be deemed to be a Distribution to the Holder
in the amount of the withholding. In the event of any claimed overwithholding,
Holders shall be limited to an action against the applicable jurisdiction. If
the amount required to be withheld was not withheld from actual Distributions
made, the Institutional Trustee or any Paying Agent may reduce subsequent
Distributions by the amount of such withholding.

                                   ARTICLE XI
                            AMENDMENTS AND MEETINGS

         SECTION 11.1. Amendments.
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         (a)      Except as otherwise provided in this Declaration or by any
applicable terms of the Securities, this Declaration may only be amended by a
written instrument approved and executed by:

                  (i)      the Institutional Trustee,

                  (ii)     if the amendment affects the rights, powers, duties,
         obligations or immunities of the Delaware Trustee, the Delaware
         Trustee,

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                  (iii)    if the amendment affects the rights, powers, duties,
         obligations or immunities of the Administrators, the Administrators,
         and

                  (iv)     the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of
         the Common Securities.

         (b)      Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article XI, no
amendment shall be made, and any such purported amendment shall be void and
ineffective:

                  (i)      unless the Institutional Trustee shall have first
         received

                           (A)      an Officers' Certificate from each of the
                  Trust and the Sponsor that such amendment is permitted by, and
                  conforms to, the terms of this Declaration (including the
                  terms of the Securities); and

                           (B)      an opinion of counsel (who may be counsel to
                  the Sponsor or the Trust) that such amendment is permitted by,
                  and conforms to, the terms of this Declaration (including the
                  terms of the Securities) and that all conditions precedent to
                  the execution and delivery of such amendment have been
                  satisfied; or

                  (ii)     if the result of such amendment would be to

                           (A)      cause the Trust to cease to be classified
                  for purposes of United States federal income taxation as a
                  grantor trust;

                           (B)      reduce or otherwise adversely affect the
                  powers of the Institutional Trustee in contravention of the
                  Trust Indenture Act;

                           (C)      cause the Trust to be deemed to be an
                  Investment Company required to be registered under the
                  Investment Company Act; or

                           (D)      cause the Debenture Issuer to be unable to
                  treat an amount equal to the Liquidation Amount of the Capital
                  Securities as "Tier 1 Capital" for purposes of the capital
                  adequacy guidelines of (x) the Federal Reserve (or, if the
                  Debenture Issuer is not a bank holding company, such
                  guidelines or policies applied to the Debenture Issuer as if
                  the Debenture Issuer were subject to such guidelines of
                  policies) or of (y) any other regulatory authority having
                  jurisdiction over the Debenture Issuer.

         (c)      Except as provided in Section 11.1 (d), (e) or (g), no
amendment shall be made, and any such purported amendment shall be void and
ineffective, unless the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the
Capital Securities shall have consented to such amendment.

         (d)      In addition to and notwithstanding any other provision in this
Declaration, without the consent of each affected Holder, this Declaration may
not be amended to (i) change the amount or timing of any Distribution on the
Securities or any redemption or liquidation provisions applicable to the

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  Securities or otherwise adversely affect the
 amount of any Distribution required to be made in respect of the Securities as
 of a specified date or (ii) restrict the right of a Holder to institute suit
 for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such date.

         (e)      Sections 9.1 (b) and 9.1 (c) and this Section 11.1 shall not
be amended without the consent of all of the Holders of the Securities.

         (f)      The rights of the Holders of the Capital Securities and Common
Securities, as applicable, under Article IV to increase or decrease the number
of, and appoint and remove, Trustees shall not be amended without the consent of
the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Capital Securities or
Common Securities, as applicable.

         (g)      Subject to Section ll.l(a)(ii), this Declaration may be
amended by the Institutional Trustee and the Holder of a Majority in liquidation
amount of the Common Securities without the consent of the Holders of the
Capital Securities to:

                  (i)      cure any ambiguity;

                  (ii)     correct or supplement any provision in this
         Declaration that may be defective or inconsistent with any other
         provision of this Declaration;

                  (iii)    add to the covenants, restrictions or obligations of
         the Sponsor; or

                  (iv)     modify, eliminate or add to any provision of this
         Declaration to such extent as may be necessary or desirable, including,
         without limitation, to ensure that the Trust will be classified for
         United States federal income tax purposes at all times as a grantor
         trust and will not be required to register as an Investment Company
         under the Investment Company Act (including without limitation to
         conform to any change in Rule 3 a-5, Rule 3a-7 or any other applicable
         rule under the Investment Company Act or written change in
         interpretation or application thereof by any legislative body, court,
         government agency or regulatory authority) which amendment does not
         have a material adverse effect on the right, preferences or privileges
         of the Holders of Securities;

provided, however, that no such modification, elimination or addition referred
to in clauses (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) shall adversely affect the powers,
preferences or rights of Holders of Capital Securities.

         SECTION 11.2. Meetings of the Holders of the Securities; Action by
Written Consent.

         (a)      Meetings of the Holders of any class of Securities may be
called at any time by the Administrators (or as provided in the terms of the
Securities) to consider and act on any matter on which Holders of such class of
Securities are entitled to act under the terms of this Declaration, the terms of
the Securities or the rules of any stock exchange on which the Capital
Securities are listed or admitted for trading, if any. The Administrators shall
call a meeting of the Holders of such class if directed to do so by the Holders
of not less than 10% in liquidation amount of such class of Securities. Such
direction shall be given by delivering to the Administrators one or more

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notices in a writing stating that the signing Holders of the Securities wish to
call a meeting and indicating the general or specific purpose for which the
meeting is to be called. Any Holders of the Securities calling a meeting shall
specify in writing the Certificates held by the Holders of the Securities
exercising the right to call a meeting and only those Securities represented by
such Certificates shall be counted for purposes of determining whether the
required percentage set forth in the second sentence of this paragraph has been
met.

         (b)      Except to the extent otherwise provided in the terms of the
Securities, the following provisions shall apply to meetings of Holders of the
Securities:

                  (i)      notice of any such meeting shall be given to all the
         Holders of the Securities having a right to vote thereat at least 15
         days and not more than 60 days before the date of such meeting.
         Whenever a vote, consent or approval of the Holders of the Securities
         is permitted or required under this Declaration or the rules of any
         stock exchange on which the Capital Securities are listed or admitted
         for trading, if any, such vote, consent or approval may be given at a
         meeting of the Holders of the Securities. Any action that may be taken
         at a meeting of the Holders of the Securities may be taken without a
         meeting if a consent in writing setting forth the action so taken is
         signed by the Holders of the Securities owning not less than the
         minimum amount of Securities that would be necessary to authorize or
         take such action at a meeting at which all Holders of the Securities
         having a right to vote thereon were present and voting. Prompt notice
         of the taking of action without a meeting shall be given to the Holders
         of the Securities entitled to vote who have not consented in writing.
         The Administrators may specify that any written ballot submitted to the
         Holders of the Securities for the purpose of taking any action without
         a meeting shall be returned to the Trust within the time specified by
         the Administrators;

                  (ii)     each Holder of a Security may authorize any Person to
         act for it by proxy on all matters in which a Holder of Securities is
         entitled to participate, including waiving notice of any meeting, or
         voting or participating at a meeting. No proxy shall be valid after the
         expiration of 11 months from the date thereof unless otherwise provided
         in the proxy. Every proxy shall be revocable at the pleasure of the
         Holder of the Securities executing it. Except as otherwise provided
         herein, all matters relating to the giving, voting or validity of
         proxies shall be governed by the General Corporation Law of the State
         of Delaware relating to proxies, and judicial interpretations
         thereunder, as if the Trust were a Delaware corporation and the Holders
         of the Securities were stockholders of a Delaware corporation; each
         meeting of the Holders of the Securities shall be conducted by the
         Administrators or by such other Person that the Administrators may
         designate; and

                  (iii)    unless the Statutory Trust Act, this Declaration, the
         terms of the Securities, the Trust Indenture Act or the listing rules
         of any stock exchange on which the Capital Securities are then listed
         for trading, if any, otherwise provides, the Administrators, in their
         sole discretion, shall establish all other provisions relating to
         meetings of Holders of Securities, including notice of the time, place
         or purpose of any meeting at which any matter is to be voted on

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         by any Holders of the Securities, waiver of any such notice, action by
         consent without a meeting, the establishment of a record date, quorum
         requirements, voting in person or by proxy or any other matter with
         respect to the exercise of any such right to vote; provided, however,
         that each meeting shall be conducted in the United States (as that term
         is defined in Treasury Regulations ss. 301.7701-7).

                                   ARTICLE XII
          REPRESENTATIONS OF INSTITUTIONAL TRUSTEE AND DELAWARE TRUSTEE

          SECTION 12.1. Representations and Warranties of Institutional Trustee.
 The Trustee that acts as initial Institutional Trustee represents and warrants
 to the Trust and to the Sponsor at the date of this Declaration, and each
 Successor Institutional Trustee represents and warrants to the Trust and the
 Sponsor at the time of the Successor Institutional Trustee's acceptance of its
 appointment as Institutional Trustee, that:

         (a)      the Institutional Trustee is a banking corporation or national
association with trust powers, duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the State of Delaware or the United States of
America, respectively, with trust power and authority to execute and deliver,
and to carry out and perform its obligations under the terms of, this
Declaration;

         (b)      the Institutional Trustee has a combined capital and surplus
of at least fifty million U.S. dollars ($50,000,000);

         (c)      the Institutional Trustee is not an affiliate of the Sponsor,
nor does the Institutional Trustee offer or provide credit or credit enhancement
to the Trust;

         (d)      the execution, delivery and performance by the Institutional
Trustee of this Declaration has been duly authorized by all necessary action on
the part of the Institutional Trustee. This Declaration has been duly executed
and delivered by the Institutional Trustee, and under Delaware law (excluding
any securities laws) constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the
Institutional Trustee, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms,
subject to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, moratorium, insolvency and
other similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally and to general
principles of equity and the discretion of the court (regardless of whether
considered in a proceeding in equity or at law);

         (e)      the execution, delivery and performance of this Declaration by
the Institutional Trustee does not conflict with or constitute a breach of the
charter or by-laws of the Institutional Trustee; and

         (f)      no consent, approval or authorization of, or registration with
or notice to, any state or federal banking authority governing the trust powers
of the Institutional Trustee is required for the execution, delivery or
performance by the Institutional Trustee of this Declaration.

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         SECTION 12.2. Representations and Warranties of Delaware Trustee. The
 Trustee that acts as initial Delaware Trustee represents and warrants to the
 Trust and to the Sponsor at the date of this Declaration, and each Successor
 Delaware Trustee represents and warrants to the Trust and the Sponsor at the
 time of the Successor Delaware Trustee's acceptance of its appointment as
 Delaware Trustee that:

         (a)      if it is not a natural person, the Delaware Trustee has its
principal place of business in the State of Delaware;

         (b)      if it is not a natural person, the execution, delivery and
performance by the Delaware Trustee of this Declaration has been duly authorized
by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Delaware Trustee. This
Declaration has been duly executed and delivered by the Delaware Trustee, and
under Delaware law (excluding any securities laws) constitutes a legal, valid
and binding obligation of the Delaware Trustee, enforceable against it in
accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization,
moratorium, insolvency and other similar laws affecting creditors' rights
generally and to general principles of equity and the discretion of the court
(regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law);

         (c)      if it is not a natural person, the execution, delivery and
performance of this Declaration by the Delaware Trustee does not conflict with
or constitute a breach of the articles of association or by-laws of the Delaware
Trustee;

         (d)      it has trust power and authority to execute and deliver, and
to carry out and perform its obligations under the terms of, this Declaration;

         (e)      no consent, approval or authorization of, or registration with
or notice to, any state or federal banking authority governing the trust powers
of the Delaware Trustee is required for the execution, delivery or performance
by the Delaware Trustee of this Declaration; and

         (f)      if the Delaware Trustee is a natural person, it is a resident
of the State of Delaware.

                                  ARTICLE XIII
                                  MISCELLANEOUS

         SECTION 13.1. Notices. All notices provided for in this Declaration
shall be in writing, duly signed by the party giving such notice, and shall be
delivered, telecopied (which telecopy shall be followed by notice delivered or
mailed by first class mail) or mailed by first class mail, as follows:

         (a)      if given to the Trust, in care of the Administrators at the
Trust's mailing address set forth below (or such other address as the Trust may
give notice of to the Holders of the Securities):

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                           Service 1st Capital Trust I
                           c/o Service 1st Bancorp
                           49 West 10th Street
                           Tracy, California 95376
                           Attention: Robert E. Bloch
                           Telecopy: (209) 830-4456
                           Telephone: (209) 820-7923

         (b)      if given to the Delaware Trustee, at the mailing address set
forth below (or such other address as the Delaware Trustee may give notice of to
the Holders of the Securities):

                           Wells Fargo Delaware Trust Company
                           919 Market Street Suite 700
                           Wilmington, DE 19801
                           Attention: Corporate Trust Division
                           Telecopy: 302-575-2006
                           Telephone: 302-575-2005

         (c)      if given to the Institutional Trustee, at the Institutional
Trustee's mailing address set forth below (or such other address as the
Institutional Trustee may give notice of to the Holders of the Securities):

                           Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
                           919 Market Street Suite 700
                           Wilmington, DE 19801
                           Attention: Corporate Trust Division
                           Telecopy: 302-575-2006
                           Telephone: 302-575-2005

         (d)      if given to the Holder of the Common Securities, at the
mailing address of the Sponsor set forth below (or such other address as the
Holder of the Common Securities may give notice of to the Trust):

                           Service 1st Bancorp
                           49 West 10th Street
                           Tracy, California 95376
                           Attention: Robert E. Bloch
                           Telecopy: (209) 830-4456
                           Telephone: (209) 820-7923

         (e)      if given to any other Holder, at the address set forth on the
books and records of the Trust.

All such notices shall be deemed to have been given when received in person,
telecopied with receipt confirmed, or mailed by first class mail, postage
prepaid, except that if a notice or other document is refused delivery or cannot
be delivered because of a changed address of which no notice was given, such
notice or other document shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date of
such refusal or inability to deliver.

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         SECTION 13.2. Governing Law. This Declaration and the rights and
obligations of the parties hereunder shall be governed by and interpreted in
accordance with the law of the State of Delaware and all rights, obligations and
remedies shall be governed by such laws without regard to the principles of
conflict of laws of the State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction that would
call for the application of the law of any jurisdiction other than the State of
Delaware.

         SECTION 13.3. Submission to Jurisdiction.
                       --------------------------

         (a)      Each of the parties hereto agrees that any suit, action or
proceeding arising out of or based upon this Declaration, or the transactions
contemplated hereby, may be instituted in any of the state or federal courts of
the State of New York located in the Borough of Manhattan, City and State of New
York, and further agrees to submit to the jurisdiction of Delaware, and to any
actions that are instituted in state or Federal court in Wilmington, Delaware
and any competent court in the place of its corporate domicile in respect of
actions brought against it as a defendant. In addition, each such party
irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection which
it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of such suit, action or
proceeding brought in any such court and irrevocably waives any claim that any
such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an
inconvenient forum and irrevocably waives any right to which it may be entitled
on account of its place of corporate domicile. Each such party hereby
irrevocably waives any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding
arising out of or relating to this Declaration or the transactions contemplated
hereby. Each such party agrees that final judgment in any proceedings brought in
such a court shall be conclusive and binding upon it and may be enforced in any
court to the jurisdiction of which it is subject by a suit upon such judgment.

         (b)      Each of the Sponsor, the Trustees, the Administrators and the
Holder of the Common Securities irrevocably consents to the service of process
on it in any such suit, action or proceeding by the mailing thereof by
registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, to it at its address given in or
pursuant to Section 13.1 hereof.

         (c)      To the extent permitted by law, nothing herein contained shall
preclude any party from effecting service of process in any lawful manner or
from bringing any suit, action or proceeding in respect of this Declaration in
any other state, country or place.

         SECTION 13.4. Intention of the Parties. It is the intention of the
parties hereto that the Trust be classified for United States federal income tax
purposes as a grantor trust. The provisions of this Declaration shall be
interpreted to further this intention of the parties.

         SECTION 13.5. Headings. Headings contained in this Declaration are
inserted for convenience of reference only and do not affect the interpretation
of this Declaration or any provision hereof.

         SECTION 13.6. Successors and Assigns. Whenever in this Declaration any
of the parties hereto is named or referred to, the successors and assigns of
such party shall be deemed to be included, and all covenants and agreements in
this Declaration by the Sponsor and the Trustees shall bind and inure to the
benefit of their respective successors and assigns, whether or not so expressed.

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         SECTION 13.7. Partial Enforceabilitv. If any provision of this
Declaration, or the application of such provision to any Person or circumstance,
shall be held invalid, the remainder of this Declaration, or the application of
such provision to persons or circumstances other than those to which it is held
invalid, shall not be affected thereby.

         SECTION 13.8. Counterparts. This Declaration may contain more than one
counterpart of the signature page and this Declaration may be executed by the
affixing of the signature of each of the Trustees and Administrators to any of
such counterpart signature pages. All of such counterpart signature pages shall
be read as though one, and they shall have the same force and effect as though
all of the signers had signed a single signature page.


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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Declaration to be
duly executed as of the day and year first above written.

                                       WELLS FARGO DELAWARE TRUST COMPANY,
                                         as Delaware Trustee


                                       By:. /s/ Rosemary Kennard
                                            ------------------------------------
                                            Name:  Rosemary Kennard
                                            Title: Vice President

                                      WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
                                         as Institutional Trustee

                                       By:. /s/ Rosemary Kennard
                                            ------------------------------------
                                            Name:  Rosemary Kennard
                                            Title: Vice President


                                       SERVICE 1ST BANCORP as Sponsor

                                      By:.___________________________________
                                          Name:
                                          Title:


                                      By:.___________________________________
                                          Administrator


                                      By:.___________________________________
                                          Administrator


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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Declaration to be
duly executed as of the day and year first above written.


                                       WELLS FARGO DELAWARE TRUST COMPANY,
                                         as Delaware Trustee

                                      By:.___________________________________
                                          Name:
                                          Title:


                                       WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
                                         as Institutional Trustee

                                      By:.___________________________________
                                          Name:
                                          Title:


                                       SERVICE 1ST BANCORP as Sponsor

                                       By: /s/ Robert Bloch
                                           -------------------------------------
                                           Name: Robert Bloch
                                           Title: EVP/Chief  Financial Officer


                                       By:.
                                        Administrator

                                       By: [ILLEGIBLE]
                                           -------------------------------------
                                            Administrator


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