EXHIBIT 3.3

                                  DYNAGEN, INC.

                    CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS, PREFERENCES

                     AND RIGHTS OF SERIES J PREFERRED STOCK



         The undersigned officer of DynaGen, Inc., a corporation organized and
existing under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, does hereby
certify that, pursuant to authority conferred by the Certificate of
Incorporation, as amended to date, and pursuant to the provisions of Section 151
of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the Board of Directors
of DynaGen, Inc., on June 30, 1999 adopted a resolution providing for certain
powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other
rights, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, of certain
shares of Series J Preferred Stock, $.01 par value, of the Corporation, which
resolution is as follows:

         RESOLVED: That, pursuant to the authority vested in the Board of
Directors of the Corporation and in accordance with the General Corporation Law
of the State of Delaware and the provisions of the Corporation's Certificate of
Incorporation, a series of 15,000 shares of the class of authorized Preferred
Stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Corporation is hereby created as the
Series J Preferred Stock, and that the designation and number of shares thereof
and the voting powers, preferences and relative, participating, option and other
special rights of the shares of such series, and the qualifications, limitations
and restrictions thereof, are as set forth on Exhibit A attached hereto.

         EXECUTED as of this 8th day of July, 1999.

                                           DYNAGEN, INC.



                                           By: /s/ Dhananjay G. Wadekar
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                                               Dhananjay G. Wadekar
                                               Executive Vice President


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                                    EXHIBIT A
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(a)      Description and Designation of Series J Preferred Stock

     1. Designation and Definitions.

                  (a) Designation. A total of 15,000 shares of the Corporation's
previously undesignated Preferred Stock, $.01 par value, shall be designated as
the "Series J Preferred Stock." The original issue price per share of the Series
J Preferred Stock shall be $100 (the "Original Issue Price").

                  (b) Certain Definitions. As used herein, the following terms,
unless the context otherwise requires, have the following respective meanings:

                      (i) "Common Stock" means the common stock, par value $.01
per share, of the Corporation.

                      (ii) "Conversion Date" means (i) in the case of a
conversion upon the request of a holder of Series J Preferred Stock, 3 days from
the Conversion Notice Date, and (ii) in the case of a conversion upon the
request of the Corporation, the Conversion Notice Date.

                      (iii) "Conversion Notice Date" means (i) each date on
which the Corporation receives by telecopy written notice in accordance with
Section 5(h) hereof from a holder of Series J Preferred Stock that such holder
elects to convert shares of its Series J Preferred Stock, or (ii) the date on
which the Corporation gives by telecopy written notice to holders of Series J
Preferred Stock to convert shares of Series J Preferred Stock.

                      (iv) "Conversion Price" means 80% of the Five Day Average
Quoted Price for the five Trading Days immediately preceding the Conversion
Notice Date.

                      (v) "Discount Rate" means 20%.

                      (vi) "Effective Date" means the date on which a
registration of the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series J
Preferred Stock on Form SB-2 or Form S-3 (or any successor form) is declared
effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

                      (vii) "Five Day Average Quoted Price" means the average of
the closing bid price of the Common Stock of the Corporation as reported by the
OTC Bulletin Board or Bloomberg, for five (5) consecutive Trading Days.

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                      (viii) "Fundamental Change" means: (i) any sale, lease,
exchange or other transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the
Corporation; or (ii) any merger or consolidation to which the Corporation is a
party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the following shall not be a Fundamental
Change: A merger of consolidation (a) to which the Corporation is a party; (b)
in which it is the surviving corporation and there is no resulting
reclassification of the outstanding Common Stock; and (c) after giving effect to
which, persons who were, immediately before the consummation or closing of such
merger or consolidation, holders of outstanding Common Stock will be the direct
or indirect owners of securities of the Corporation possessing, on a fully
diluted basis, at least fifty-one percent (51%) of the voting power of all
voting securities of the Corporation (excluding, for purposes of such
computation, any such person who also is a party to such merger or
consolidation).

                      (ix) "Issue Date" means, with respect to each share of
Series J Preferred Stock held by any holder, the date on which the Corporation
originally issued such share to such holder (regardless of the number of times
transfer of such share is made on the stock transfer books maintained by or for
the Corporation, and regardless of the number of certificates which may be
issued to evidence such share, and irrespective of any subsequent transfer or
other disposition of such share to any other holder).

                      (x) "Quoted Price" means the closing bid price of the
Common Stock of the Corporation as reported by the OTC Bulletin Board or
Bloomberg.

                      (xi) "Trading Day" means a day on which the principal
securities exchange on which the Common Stock is listed or admitted to trading
is open for the transaction of business; or, if the Common Stock is not listed
or admitted to trading on any securities exchange but is listed on the Nasdaq
system (or such other trading system then in use by the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc.), a day on which such system is open for the
transaction of business; or, if the foregoing does not apply, any business day.

     2. Dividends. Except as expressly provided herein the holders of shares of
Series J Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to dividends.

                  (a) Declared Dividends on Common Stock. If the Board of
Directors shall declare a cash dividend payable upon the then outstanding shares
of Common Stock (other than a stock dividend on the Common Stock distributed
solely in the form of additional shares of Common Stock), the holders of the
Series J Preferred Stock shall be entitled to the amount of dividends on the
Series J Preferred Stock as would be declared payable on the largest number of
whole shares of Common Stock into which the shares of Series J Preferred Stock
held by each holder thereof could be converted pursuant to the provisions of
Section 5 hereof, such number determined as of the record date for the
determination of holders of Common Stock entitled to receive such dividend. Such
determination of "whole shares" shall be based upon the aggregate number of
shares of Series J Preferred Stock held by each holder, and not upon each share
of Series J Preferred Stock so held by the holder.

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                  (b) Dividends on Other Securities. The Board of Directors may
declare and the Corporation may pay or set apart for payment, or cause the
accrual of, stated or cumulative dividends and other distributions on any other
series of preferred stock, and may purchase or otherwise redeem any of the same
(or any warrants, rights, options or other securities exercisable therefor or
convertible or exchangeable therein), and the holders of Series J Preferred
Stock shall not be entitled to share therein.

     3. Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up.

                  (a) Treatment at Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up. In
the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation,
whether voluntary or involuntary, or in the event of its insolvency, before any
distribution or payment is made to any holders of Common Stock or any other
class or series of capital stock of the Corporation designated to be junior to
the Series J Preferred Stock, and subject to the liquidation rights and
preferences of any class or series of Preferred Stock designated by the Board of
Directors in the future to be senior to or on a parity with the Series J
Preferred Stock with respect to liquidation preferences, the holder of each
share of Series J Preferred Stock shall be entitled to be paid first out of the
assets of the Corporation available for distribution to holders of the
Corporation's capital stock of all classes, whether such assets are capital,
surplus or earnings, an amount equal to the Original Issue Price per share of
Series J Preferred Stock held by any holder (the "Liquidation Value"). For
purposes hereof, the Series J Preferred Stock shall rank on liquidation junior
to the Series A Preferred Stock, the Series B Preferred Stock, the Series C
Preferred Stock, the Series D Preferred Stock, the Series E Preferred Stock, the
Series F Preferred Stock, the Series G Preferred Stock, the Series H Preferred
Stock and the Series I Preferred Stock.

     If, upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, the
assets of the Corporation available for distribution to its stockholders shall
be insufficient to pay the holders of the Series J Preferred Stock the full
amount to which they otherwise would be entitled, the holders of Series J
Preferred Stock shall share ratably in any distribution of available assets pro
rata in proportion to the respective liquidation preference amounts which would
otherwise be payable upon liquidation with respect to the outstanding shares of
the Series J Preferred Stock if all liquidation preference amounts with respect
to such shares were paid in full, based upon the aggregate Liquidation Value
payable upon all shares of Series J Preferred Stock then outstanding.

     After such payment shall have been made in full to the holders of the
Series J Preferred Stock, or funds necessary for such payment shall have been
set aside by the Corporation in trust for the account of holders of the Series J
Preferred Stock so as to be available for such payment, the remaining assets
available for distribution shall be distributed ratably among the holders of the
Common Stock and any class or series of capital stock designated to be junior to
the Series J Preferred Stock (if any) in right of payment upon any liquidation,
dissolution or winding up of the Corporation.

     The amounts set forth above shall be subject to equitable adjustment by the
Board of Directors whenever there shall occur a stock dividend, stock split,
combination, reorganization,

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recapitalization, reclassification or other similar event involving a change in
the capital structure of the Series J Preferred Stock.

                  (b) Distributions Other Than Cash. Whenever the distributions
provided for in this Section shall be payable in property other than cash, the
value of such distribution shall be the fair market value of such property as
determined in good faith by the Board of Directors. All distributions (including
distributions other than cash) made hereunder shall be made pro rata to the
holders of Series J Preferred Stock.

                  (c) Events Not Deemed A Liquidation. A Fundamental Change will
not be deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation
under this Section 3.

     4. Voting Power.

                  (a) General. Except as expressly provided in this Section 4 or
as otherwise required by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware,
each holder of Series J Preferred Stock shall be entitled to vote on all matters
and shall be entitled to that number of votes equal to the largest number of
whole shares of Common Stock into which such holder's shares of Series J
Preferred Stock could be converted, pursuant to the provisions of Section 5
hereof, at the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to
vote on any matter or, if no such record date is established, at the date such
vote is taken or any written consent of stockholders is solicited. Except as
otherwise required by law, the holders of shares of Series J Preferred Stock and
Common Stock shall vote together (or render written consent in lieu of a vote)
as a single class on all matters submitted to the stockholders of the
Corporation. The determination as to the number of "whole shares" shall be based
upon the aggregate number of shares of Series J Preferred Stock held by each
holder, not upon each share of Series J Preferred Stock so held by the holder.

                  (b) Amendments to Charter. For so long as there are any shares
of Series J Preferred Stock outstanding, the Corporation shall not amend its
Certificate of Incorporation or this Certificate of Designation without the
approval, by vote or written consent, of the holders of at least a majority of
the then outstanding shares of Series J Preferred Stock, voting together as a
class, each share of Series J Preferred Stock to be entitled to one vote in each
instance, if such amendment would adversely affect the rights of the holders of
Series J Preferred Stock; provided that the creation, or increase in the
authorized number of shares, of any class or series of stock ranking senior to
or on a parity with the Series J Preferred Stock either as to dividends or upon
liquidation shall not be deemed to adversely affect the rights of the holders of
Series J Preferred Stock for purposes of this Section 4(b).

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     5. Conversion Rights,

                  (a) Conversion. Subject to Section 6 and as provided elsewhere
in this Section 5, each holder of Series J Preferred Stock shall have the right,
at such holder's option, to convert at any time on or after the earlier of (i)
90 days from the Issue Date or (ii) the Effective Date, any of the shares of
Series J Preferred Stock held by such holder into such number of fully paid and
nonassessable shares of Common Stock as shall be determined by multiplying the
number of shares of Series J Preferred Stock to be converted by a fraction, the
numerator of which is the Original Issue Price, and the denominator of which is
the Conversion Price; provided that in no event shall any holder of Series J
Preferred Stock convert more than twenty percent (20%) of such holder's shares
of Series J Preferred Stock in any period of five (5) consecutive Trading Days.
On or after the second anniversary of the date hereof, the Corporation may, at
its option, by giving written notice to the holders of shares of Series J
Preferred Stock to be converted, convert all outstanding shares of Series J
Preferred Stock into such number of fully paid and non-assessable shares of
Common Stock as shall be determined by multiplying the number of shares of
Series J Preferred Stock to be converted by a fraction, the numerator of which
is the Original Issue Price, and the denominator of which is the Conversion
Price.

                  (b) Limitation on Number of Shares. Notwithstanding anything
set forth in this Section 5 to the contrary, other than upon the delivery of a
Redemption Notice or upon a Fundamental Change, no holder of Series J Preferred
Stock shall be entitled to convert Series J Preferred Stock into shares of
Common Stock to the extent that such conversions when taken together with all
other conversions of shares of Series J Preferred Stock shall exceed 19.9% of
the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Corporation on the date
hereof, provided that if such conversion is to exceed 19.9%, the Corporation
shall redeem any shares of Series J Preferred Stock submitted for conversion in
excess of 19.9% for an amount equal to (x) the Original Issue Price, divided by
(y) one minus the Discount Rate. In addition, notwithstanding anything herein to
the contrary, except in the event of a Fundamental Change, no holder of Series J
Preferred Stock shall have the right, and the Corporation shall not have the
obligation, to convert all or any portion of the Series J Preferred Stock if and
to the extent that the issuance to such holder of shares of Series J Preferred
Stock upon such conversion would result in such holder being deemed the
beneficial owner of more than four and ninety nine one-hundredths (4.99%)
percent of the then outstanding shares of Common Stock within the meaning of
Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules
promulgated thereunder.

                  (c) Dividends Other Than Common Stock Dividends. In the event
the Corporation shall make or issue, or shall fix a record date for the
determination of holders of Common Stock entitled to receive a dividend or other
distribution (other than a distribution in liquidation or other distribution
otherwise provided for herein) with respect to the Common Stock payable in (i)
securities of the Corporation other than shares of Common Stock or (ii) other
assets (excluding cash dividends or distributions), then and in each such event
provision shall be made so that the holders of the Series J Preferred Stock
shall receive upon conversion thereof in

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addition to the number of shares of Common Stock receivable thereupon, the
number of securities or such other assets of the Corporation which they would
have received had their Series J Preferred Stock been converted into Common
Stock on the date of such event and had they thereafter, during the period from
the date of such event to and including the Conversion Date, retained such
securities or such other assets receivable by them during such period, giving
application to all other adjustments called for during such period under this
Section 5 with respect to the rights of the holders of the Series J Preferred
Stock.

                  (d) Subdivision or Combination of Common Stock. In case the
Corporation shall at any time subdivide (by any stock split, stock dividend or
otherwise) its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of
shares, the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such subdivision
shall be proportionately reduced, and, conversely, in case the outstanding
shares of Common Stock shall be combined into a smaller number of shares, the
Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such combination shall be
proportionately increased.

                  (e) Capital Reorganization or Reclassification. If the Common
Stock issuable upon the conversion of the Series J Preferred Stock shall be
changed into the same or different number of shares of any class or classes of
capital stock, whether by capital reorganization, recapitalization,
reclassification or otherwise (other than a subdivision or combination of shares
or stock dividend provided for elsewhere in this Section 5, or the sale of all
or substantially all of the Corporation's capital stock or assets to any other
person), then and in each such event the holders of Series J Preferred Stock
shall have the right thereafter to convert such shares into the kind and amount
of shares of capital stock and other securities and property receivable upon
such reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification or other change by the
holders of the number of shares of Common Stock into which such shares of Series
J Preferred Stock might have been converted immediately prior to such
reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification or change, all subject to
further adjustment as provided herein.

                  (f) Mandatory Conversion - Fundamental Change. If any
Fundamental Change shall occur, then each share of Series J Preferred Stock
outstanding as of the date of the consummation or closing thereof shall be (and
be deemed to have been) converted automatically, without any further action by
the holders thereof, into such number of fully paid and nonassessable shares of
Common Stock as shall be determined by multiplying the number of shares of
Series J Preferred Stock outstanding on the date of such consummation or closing
date by a fraction, the numerator of which is the Original Issue Price, and the
denominator of which is the Conversion Price. Such conversion shall be deemed to
have occurred whether or not the certificates representing such shares are
surrendered to the Corporation or its transfer agent.

     The Corporation shall give notice of a proposed or anticipated Fundamental
Change to all holders of the Series J Preferred Stock not later than thirty (30)
days before the expected closing or consummation of such Fundamental Change. The
Corporation also shall give prompt notice of the closing or consummation of such
Fundamental Change to all holders of record of the Series J Preferred Stock as
of the date of such closing or consummation. Each holder of Series J

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Preferred Stock shall thereupon promptly surrender for conversion, to the
Corporation at its principal office or to any transfer agent for the Series J
Preferred Stock or the Common Stock, all certificates representing all shares of
Series J Preferred Stock held by such holder, accompanied by a written notice
specifying the name or names in which such holder wishes the certificate(s) for
shares of Common Stock to be issued.

                  (g) Certificate as to Adjustments; Notice by Corporation. In
each case of an adjustment or readjustment of the Conversion Price, the
Corporation at its expense will furnish each holder of Series J Preferred Stock
so affected with a certificate prepared by an officer of the Corporation,
showing such adjustment or readjustment, and stating in detail the facts upon
which such adjustment or readjustment is based.

                  (h) Exercise of Conversion Privilege. To exercise its
conversion privilege, a holder of Series J Preferred Stock shall give written
notice by telecopy to the Corporation at its principal office that such holder
elects to convert shares of its Series J Preferred Stock and shall thereafter
surrender the original certificate(s) representing the shares being converted to
the Corporation at its principal office together with an originally executed
copy of such notice. Such notice shall also state the name or names (with its
address or addresses, as well as the address(es) for delivery) in which the
certificate(s) for shares of Common Stock issuable upon such conversion shall be
issued. The certificate(s) for the shares of Series J Preferred Stock
surrendered for conversion shall be accompanied by proper assignment thereof to
the Corporation or in blank. As promptly as practicable after the Corporation
receives the original certificate(s) for the shares of Series J Preferred Stock
surrendered for conversion, the proper assignment thereof to the Corporation or
in blank and the original notice of conversion (collectively, the "ORIGINAL
DOCUMENTATION"), but in no event more than three (3) Trading Days after the
later of the Corporation's receipt of the Original Documentation and the
Conversion Date (the "Delivery Date"), the Corporation shall issue and shall
deliver to the holder of the shares of Series J Preferred Stock being converted,
at the addresses set forth therefor by the holder, such certificate(s) as it may
request for the number of whole shares of Common Stock issuable upon the
conversion of such shares of Series J Preferred Stock in accordance with the
provisions of this Section 5, and cash, as provided in Section 5(i), in respect
of any fraction of a share of Common Stock issuable upon such conversion. Such
conversion or any conversion upon the request of the Corporation shall be deemed
to have been effected immediately prior to the close of business on the
applicable Conversion Date, and at such time the rights of the holder as holder
of the converted shares of Series J Preferred Stock shall cease and the
person(s) in whose name(s) any certificate(s) for shares of Common Stock shall
be issuable upon such conversion shall be deemed to have become the holder(s) of
record of the shares of Common Stock represented thereby.

                  (i) Cash in Lieu of Fractional Shares. No fractional shares of
Common Stock or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the
conversion of shares of Series J Preferred Stock. Instead of any fractional
shares of Common Stock that would otherwise be issuable upon conversion of
Series J Preferred Stock, the Corporation shall pay to the holder of the share
of Series J Preferred Stock being converted a cash adjustment in respect of such
fractional shares in an amount equal to the same fraction of the market price
per share of the

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Common Stock (as determined in a reasonable manner prescribed by the Board of
Directors) at the close of business on the Conversion Date. The determination as
to whether or not any fractional shares are issuable shall be based upon the
aggregate number of shares of Series J Preferred Stock being converted at any
one time by any holder thereof, not upon each share of Series J Preferred Stock
being converted.

                  (j) Partial Conversion. In the event some but not all of the
shares of Series J Preferred Stock represented by a certificate(s) surrendered
by a holder are converted, the Corporation shall execute and deliver to or on
the order of the holder, at the expense of the Corporation, a new certificate
representing the number of shares of Series J Preferred Stock which were not
converted. Such new certificate shall be so delivered on or prior to the date
set forth in Section 5(h) for the delivery of certificates for shares of Common
Stock.

                  (k) Reservation of Common Stock. The Corporation shall at all
times reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued shares of
Common Stock, solely for the purpose of effecting the conversion of the shares
of the Series J Preferred Stock, such number of its shares of Common Stock as
shall from time to time be sufficient to effect the conversion of all
outstanding shares of the Series J Preferred Stock (including any shares of
Series J Preferred Stock represented by any warrants, options, subscription or
purchase rights for the Series J Preferred Stock), and if at any time the number
of authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock shall not be sufficient to
effect the conversion of all then outstanding shares of the Series J Preferred
Stock (including any shares of Series J Preferred Stock represented by any
warrants, options, subscriptions or purchase rights for the Series J Preferred
Stock), then the Corporation shall use all means reasonably available to it, and
promptly take any and all actions as may be necessary, to increase its
authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock to such number of shares as shall
be sufficient for such purpose.

                  (l) Delivery of Common Stock. In the event that entirely due
to the Corporation's direct or indirect actions or to its failure to act (the
"Corporation's Actions"), the Corporation fails to deliver the number of whole
shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion pursuant to Section 5(i) (the
"Conversion Stock") within five (5) business days following the Delivery Date,
the Corporation shall pay late payments to the holder seeking conversion (the
"Converting Holder") pursuant to the following schedule: (i) for the sixth
business day following the Delivery Date, $100 for each $10,000 of Liquidation
Value of Conversion Stock, (ii) for the seventh business day following the
Delivery Date, $200 for each $10,000 of Liquidation Value of Conversion Stock,
(iii) for the eighth business day following the Delivery Date, $300 for each
$10,000 of Liquidation Value of Conversion Stock, (iv) for the eighth business
day following the Delivery Date, $400 for each $10,000 of Liquidation Value of
Conversion Stock, (v) for the ninth business day following the Delivery Date,
$500 for each $10,000 of Liquidation Value of Conversion Stock, for the tenth or
more business day following the Delivery Date, $500 plus an additional $200 for
each $10,000 of Liquidation Value of Conversion Stock for each additional
business day in which the Conversion Stock is not delivered.

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     The Corporation shall pay any payments incurred under this Section (5)(l)
in immediately available funds upon demand. Nothing herein shall limit the
Converting Holder's right to pursue actual damages for the Corporation's Actions
resulting in the Corporation's failure to issue and deliver the Conversion Stock
to the Converting Holder. Furthermore, in addition to any other remedies which
may be available to the to the Converting Holder, in the event that due to the
Corporation's Actions, the transfer agent fails to deliver such shares of Common
Stock within five (5) business days after the Delivery Date, the Converting
Holder will be entitled to revoke the relevant Notice of Conversion by
delivering a notice to such effect to the Corporation whereupon the Corporation
and the Converting Holder shall each be restored to their respective positions
immediately prior to delivery of such notice of conversion.

     If, by the relevant Delivery Date, due to the Corporation's Actions, the
transfer agent fails for any reason to deliver the Conversion Stock and after
such Delivery Date, the Converting Holder purchases, in an open market
transaction or otherwise, shares of Common Stock (the "Covering Shares") solely
in order to make delivery in satisfaction of a sale of Common Stock by the
Converting Holder (the "Sold Shares"), which delivery such Converting Holder
anticipated to make using the Conversion Stock (a "Buy-In"), the Corporation
shall pay to the Converting Holder, in addition to any other amounts due to such
holder hereunder, and not in lieu thereof, the Buy-In Adjustment Amount (as
defined below). The "Buy In Adjustment Amount" is the amount equal to the
excess, if any, of (x) the Converting Holder's total purchase price (including
brokerage commissions, if any) for the Converting Shares over (y) the net
proceeds (after brokerage commissions, if any) received by the Converting Holder
from the sale of the Sold Shares. The Corporation shall pay the Buy-In
Adjustment Amount to the Purchaser in immediately available funds immediately
upon demand by the Converting Holder. By way of illustration and not in
limitation of the foregoing, if the Converting Holder purchases shares of Common
Stock having a total purchase price (including brokerage commissions) of $11,000
to cover a Buy-In with respect to shares of Common Stock it sold for net
proceeds of $10,000, the Buy-In Adjustment Amount which Corporation will be
required to pay to the Converting Holder will be $1,000.

     6. Redemption Rights. At the Corporation's option, at any time, the
Corporation may redeem all or any of the then outstanding shares of Series J
Preferred Stock by giving written notice to the holders of shares of Series J
Preferred Stock to be redeemed (the "Redemption Notice") of its election to
redeem such shares. The Corporation shall pay in cash an amount equal to (i) the
Original Issue Price of the shares to be redeemed, divided by (ii) one minus the
Discount Rate, within 5 days after the Redemption Notice.

     Each holder of shares of Series J Preferred Stock being redeemed shall,
promptly after receipt of the Redemption Notice surrender for redemption to the
Corporation at its principal office or to any transfer agent for the Series J
Preferred Stock or the Common Stock all certificates representing all shares of
Series J Preferred Stock held by such holder, accompanied by a written notice
specifying the name or names and address or wire transfer information in which
such holder wishes the redemption payment to be made.

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     Effective as of the close of business on the date of the Redemption Notice,
each share of Series J Preferred Stock then outstanding shall be (and be deemed
to have been) redeemed automatically, without any further action by the holders.
Such redemption shall be deemed to have occurred whether or not the certificates
representing such shares are surrendered to the Corporation or its transfer
agent and shall cut off and supersede any pending conversion.

     7. Notices of Record Date. In the event of any:

                  (a) taking by the Corporation of a record of the holders of
any class of securities for the purpose of determining the holders thereof who
are entitled to receive any dividend or other distribution, or any right to
subscribe for, purchase or otherwise acquire any shares of capital stock of any
class or any other securities or property, or to receive any other right, or (b)
capital reorganization of the Corporation, any reclassification or
recapitalization of the capital stock of the Corporation, any merger or
consolidation of the Corporation, or any transfer of all or substantially all of
the assets of the Corporation to any other Corporation, or any other entity or
person, or

                  (c) voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or
winding up of the Corporation,

then and in each such event the Corporation shall telecopy and thereafter mail
or cause to be mailed to each holder of Series J Preferred Stock a notice
specifying (i) the date on which any such record is to be taken for the purpose
of such dividend, distribution or right and a description of such dividend,
distribution or right, (ii) the date on which any such reorganization,
reclassification, recapitalization, transfer, consolidation, merger,
dissolution, liquidation or winding up is expected to become effective, and
(iii) the time, if any, that is to be fixed, as to when the holders of record of
Common Stock (or other securities) shall be entitled to exchange their shares of
Common Stock (or other securities) for securities or other property deliverable
upon such reorganization, reclassification, recapitalization, transfer,
consolidation, merger, dissolution, liquidation or winding up. Such notice shall
be telecopied and thereafter mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, or by
express overnight courier service, at least ten (10) days prior to the date
specified in such notice on which such action is to be taken.

     8. General.

                  (a) Replacement of Certificates. Upon the Corporation's
receipt, from the holder of any certificate evidencing shares of Series J
Preferred Stock, of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation (an
affidavit of such holder will be satisfactory) of the ownership and the loss,
theft, destruction or mutilation of such certificate, and in the case of any
such loss, theft or destruction, upon receipt of indemnity reasonably
satisfactory to the Corporation, and in the case of any such mutilation, upon
surrender of such certificate, the Corporation (at its expense) shall execute
and deliver to such holder, in lieu of such certificate, a new certificate that
represents the number of shares represented by, is dated the date of, is issued
in the name of the

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holder of, and is substantially identical in form of, such lost, stolen,
destroyed or mutilated certificate.

                  (b) Payment of Taxes. The Corporation shall pay all taxes
(other than taxes based upon income) and other governmental charges that may be
imposed in connection with the issuance or delivery of any shares of Common
Stock (or other of the Corporation's securities) that results from the
conversion of shares of Series J Preferred Stock pursuant to this Certificate of
Designations. If the Corporation, pursuant to a notice from a holder of any
shares of Series J Preferred Stock, effects the issuance or delivery of any
shares of Common Stock (or other of the Corporation's securities) in any name(s)
other than such holder's name, then such holder shall deliver to the Corporation
with the aforesaid notice (A) all transfer taxes and other governmental charges
payable upon the issuance or delivery of securities in such other name(s) or (B)
evidence satisfactory to the Corporation that such taxes and charges have been
or shall be paid in full.

                  (c) Status of Redeemed or Converted Shares. Shares of Series J
Preferred Stock that are redeemed, converted or otherwise acquired by the
Corporation in any manner (including by purchase or exchange) shall be canceled
and upon cancellation (i) shall no longer be deemed to be outstanding, (ii)
shall become authorized but unissued shares of preferred stock undesignated as
to series, and (iii) may be reissued as part of another series of preferred
stock.


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