**Exhibit 4.41**

[Form of Security]

This Security may not be acquired by any Person who is, or who inacquiring this Security is using the assets of, an ERISA Plan unless thisSecurity is acquired pursuant to and in accordance with an applicableexemption, including but not limited to: (i) Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 90-1 (“PTE 90-1”), regardinginvestments by insurance company pooled separate accounts, (ii) ProhibitedTransaction Class Exemption 91-38 (“PTE 91-38”), regarding investments by bankcollective investment funds, (iii) Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 84-14(“PTE 84-14”), regarding transactions effected by qualified professional assetmanagers, (iv) Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 96-23 (“PTE 96-23”)regarding transactions effected by in-house asset managers, or (v) ProhibitedTransaction Class Exemption 95-60 (“PTE 95-60”), regarding investments byinsurance company general accounts.  Theacquisition of this Security by any person who is, or who in acquiring thisSecurity is using the assets of, an ERISA Plan shall deemed to constitute arepresentation by such Person to the Trust that (i) such Person is eligible forexemptive relief available pursuant to an applicable exemption, including butnot limited to, PTE 90-1, PTE 91-38, PTE 84-14, PTE 96-23 or PTE 95-60 withrespect to the acquisition and holding of this Security, and (ii) none ofCountrywide Home Loans Inc., Countrywide Credit Industries, Inc., CountrywideFinancial Services, Inc. or Countrywide Securities Corporation is a “fiduciary”,within the meaning of Section 3(21) of ERISA and the regulations thereunder,with respect to such Person’s interest in this Security.

COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC.

8.05% Junior Subordinated Debentures due

June 15, 2027, Series A

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COUNTYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC., a corporation duly organized and existingunder the laws of the State of New York (herein called the “Company”, whichterm includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referredto), for value received, hereby promises to pay               ,or registered assigns, the principal sum of                 ($                )on June 15, 2027 (the “Stated Maturity”; unless a Maturity Advancement (ashereinafter defined) occurs as a result of a Tax Event, in which case theStated Maturity shall be such advanced maturity date), and to pay interest onsaid principal from                ,199      or from the most recent interest payment dateto which interest on this Security has been paid or duly provided for,semi-annually (subject to deferral as set forth herein) in arrears on June 15and December 15 of each year (each, an “Interest Payment Date”), commencingDecember 15, 1997, at a rate of 8.05% per annum until the principal hereofshall have been paid or made available for payment, and on any overdueprincipal and (without duplication and to the extent that payment of suchinterest is enforceable under applicable law) on any overdue installment ofinterest at the same rate per annum compounded semi-annually.  In the event that a Registration Default (asdefined in the Registration Rights Agreement) occurs, additional interest (“AdditionalInterest”) shall become payable in respect of this Security with respect to thefirst 90-day period immediately following the occurrence of such RegistrationDefault, in an amount equal to $.05 per week per $1,000 liquidation amount ofthis Security for each week or portion thereof that the Registration Defaultcontinues, as provided in the Registration Rights Agreement.  Additional Interest will increase by anadditional $.05 per week per $1,000 liquidation amount of this 

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Securitywith respect to each subsequent 90-day period until all Registration Defaultshave been cured, up to a maximum amount of Additional Interest of $.25 per weekper $1,000 liquidation amount of this Security. The amount of interest payable for any semi-annual interest period willbe computed for any full 180-day semi-annual interest payment period, on thebasis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.  The amount of interest payable for any periodshorter than a full 180-day semi-annual interest payment period for whichinterest payments are computed, will be computed on the basis of actual numberof days elapsed in such 180-day period (assuming each full month elapsed insuch period consists of 30 days).  In theevent that any date on which interest is payable on this Security is not aBusiness Day (as hereinafter defined), then a payment of the interest payableon such date will be made on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day(and without any additional interest or other payment in respect of any suchdelay), except that, if such Business Day is in the next succeeding calendaryear, such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day, ineach case with the same force and effect as if made on the date such paymentwas originally payable; provided that no interest shall accrue for the periodfrom and after the date such payment was originally payable.  A “Business Day” shall mean any day otherthan a Saturday or a Sunday, or a day on which banking institutions in The Cityof New York or Los Angeles, California are authorized or required by law orexecutive order to remain closed or a day on which the Corporate Trust Officeof the Trustee, or the principal corporate trust office of the Property Trusteeunder the Declaration, is closed for business. The interest installment so payable, and punctually paid or dulyprovided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture,be paid to the Person in whose name the Securities (or one or more PredecessorSecurities, as defined in the Indenture) is registered at the close of businesson the Regular Record Date for such interest installment, which shall bedetermined as provided in the Indenture. Any such interest installment not so punctually paid or duly providedfor shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular RecordDate and may either be paid to the Person in whose name the Securities or oneor more Predecessor Securities is registered at the close of business on aSpecial Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed bythe Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities not lessthan 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in anyother lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securitiesexchange on which the Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may berequired by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.

So long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, theCompany shall have the right at any time during the term of this Security, fromtime to time, to defer payment of interest on such Security for a period not toexceed 10 semi-annual periods, (an “Extension period”), provided, that noExtension Period may extend past the Stated Maturity of this Security.  There may be multiple Extension Periods ofvarying lengths during the term of this Security.  At the end of any Extension Period, if any,the Company shall pay all interest then accrued and unpaid, together withinterest thereon, compounded semi-annually at the rate specified on thisSecurity to the extent permitted by applicable law.  During any such Extension Period, the Companyand the Guarantor shall not, declare or pay any dividends on, or make adistribution with respect to, or redeem, purchase or acquire, or make aliquidation payment with respect to, any of its capital stock or rights toacquire such capital stock (other than (i) purchases or acquisitions of sharesof any such capital stock or rights to acquire such capital stock in connectionwith the satisfaction by the Company or the Guarantor, respectively, of itsobligations under any employee benefit plans, (ii) as a result of areclassification of the Company’s or the Guarantor’s capital stock or rights toacquire such capital stock or the exchange or conversion of one class or seriesof the Company’s or the Guarantor’s capital stock or rights to acquire suchcapital stock for another class or series of the Company’s or the Guarantor’scapital stock or rights to acquire such capital stock, (iii) the purchase offractional interests in shares of the

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Company’sor the Guarantor’s capital stock pursuant to the conversion or exchangeprovisions of such capital stock or the security being converted or exchangedor (iv) dividends and distributions made on the Company’s or the Guarantor’scapital stock or rights to acquire such capital stock with the Company’s or theGuarantor’s capital stock or rights to acquire such capital stock) or make anyguarantee payments with respect to any of the foregoing and (b) the Company and the Guarantor shall not makeany payment of interest, principal or premium, if any, on or repay, repurchaseor redeem any debt securities (including any guarantees, other than theGuarantees) issued by the Company or the Guarantor that rank pari passu with orjunior to this Security and the Debt Guarantee. Prior to the termination of any such Extension Period, the Company mayfurther extend the Extension Period, provided that no Extension Period mayexceed 10 consecutive semi-annual periods or extend beyond the Stated Maturityof this Security.  Upon the terminationof any such Extension Period and the payment of all amounts then due on anyInterest Payment Date, the Company may elect to begin a new Extension Periodsubject to the above requirements.  Nointerest shall be due and payable during an Extension Period, except at the endthereof.  The Company shall give theGuarantor, the Property Trustee, the Regular Trustees and the Trustee writtennotice of its election of such Extension Period not less than one Business Dayprior to the record date for the applicable Interest Payment Date.

Payment of the principal of and interest on this Security will be madeat the office or agency of the Paying Agent maintained for that purpose in theUnited States,, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as atthe time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts;provided, however, that at the option of the Company, payment of interest maybe made (i) by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto assuch address shall appear in the Security Register or (ii) by wire transfer inimmediately available funds at such place and to such account as may bedesignated by the Person entitled thereto as specified in the SecurityRegister.

The indebtedness evidenced by this Security is, to the extent providedin the Indenture, subordinate and subject in right of payment to the priorpayment in full of all Senior Indebtedness, and this Security is issued subjectto the provisions of the Indenture with respect thereto.  Each Holder of this Security, by acceptingthe same, (a) agrees to and shall be bound by such provisions, (b) authorizesand directs the Trustee on his behalf to take such action as may be necessaryor appropriate to effectuate the subordination so provided and (c) appoints theTrustee his attorney-in-fact for any and all such  purposes. Each Holder hereof, by his acceptance hereof, waives all notice of theacceptance of the subordination provisions contained herein and in theIndenture by each holder of Indebtedness, whether now outstanding or hereafterincurred, and waives reliance by each such holder upon said provisions.

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of the Indenturesummarized on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for allpurposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed bythe Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, thisSecurity shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be validor obligatory for any purpose.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. has caused thisinstrument to be duly executed.

 
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[Form of Reverse of Security]

This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of Securities ofCountrywide Home Loans, Inc. (the “Company”), designated as its 8.05% JuniorSubordinated Debentures due June 15, 2027, Series A (herein called the “Securities”),limited in aggregate principal amount to $206,200,000 issued under anIndenture, dated as of June 4, 1997 (herein called the “Indenture”), among theCompany, Countrywide Credit Industries, Inc. (the “Guarantor”) and The Bank ofNew York, a New York banking corporation, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee,”which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to whichIndenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made fora statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties andimmunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company, the Guarantor and theHolders of the Securities, and of the terms upon which the Securities are, andare to be, authenticated and delivered.

All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indentureshall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

This Security is not redeemable at the option of the Company; providedthat this Security shall be redeemable at the option of the Company at any timein whole (but not in part), within 90 days of the occurrence of a Special Event(as defined in the Indenture), at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of theaggregate principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed, plus accrued andunpaid interest, if any, to the Redemption Date.  In addition, if a Tax Event shall occur andbe continuing and in the opinion of counsel, rendered by a law firm having arecognized national tax practice, there would in all cases, after effecting thedissolution of the Trust and the distribution of the Securities to the Holdersof the Capital Securities and Common Securities in exchange therefore uponliquidation of the Trust, be more than an insubstantial risk that the Tax Eventwould continue to exist, then the Company shall have the right to shorten theStated Maturity of the Securities to a date not earlier than December 15, 2011(a “Maturity Advancement”), such that, in the opinion of counsel to the Trust renderedby a law firm having a recognized national tax practice, after advancing theStated Maturity of the Debt Securities, interest paid on the Securities will bedeductible of the Company for United States federal income tax purposes.

For so long as the Trust is the Holder of all the SecuritiesOutstanding, the proceeds of any redemption described herein shall be used bythe Trust to redeem Common Securities and Capital Securities in accordance withtheir terms.

If an Event of Default with respect to the Securities shall occur andbe continuing, the principal of the Securities may be declared due and payablein the manner with the effect and subject to the conditions provided in theIndenture.

The Indenture contains provisions for satisfaction and discharge orlegal defeasance of the entire indebtedness of this Security and for thedefeasance of certain covenants under the Indenture at any time upon complianceby the Company with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.

The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company, the Guarantorand the Trustee, with the consent of Holders of not less than a majority inprincipal amount of the Outstanding Securities, to modify the Indenture in amanner affecting the rights of the Holders of the Securities; provided that nosuch modification may, without the consent of the Holder of each OutstandingSecurity affected thereby, (i) except to the extent permitted and subject tothe conditions set forth in the Indenture with respect to extension of theinstallments of interest on the

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Securitiesor shortening of the Stated Maturity of the Securities, change the StatedMaturity of, the principal of, or any installment of interest on, this Securityor reduce the principal amount thereof, or the rate of payment of interestthereon, or change the place of payment where, or the coin or currency inwhich, this Security or interest thereon is payable, or impair the right toinstitute suit for the enforcement of such payment on or after the StatedMaturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the RedemptionDate), or modify the provisions of the Indenture with respect to thesubordination of the Securities in a manner adverse to the Holders, (ii) reducethe percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities, the consentof whose Holders is required for such supplemental Indenture or the consent ofwhose Holders is required for any waiver (of compliance with certain provisionsof the Indenture or certain defaults thereunder and their consequences) providedfor in the Indenture, or (iii) modify any of the provisions of Section 7.13,Section 11.2 or Section 12.9 of the Indenture, except to increase any suchpercentage or to provide that certain other provisions of the Indenture cannotbe modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each OutstandingSecurity affected thereby, provided that, so long as any of the CapitalSecurities remain outstanding, no such amendment shall be made that adverselyaffects the holders of the Capital Securities, and no termination of theIndenture shall occur, and no waiver of an Event of Default or compliance withany covenant under the Indenture shall be effective, without the prior consentof the holders of at least a majority of the aggregate liquidation preferencesof the outstanding Capital Securities unless and until the principal of and anypremium of the Securities and all accrued and unpaid interest thereon have beenpaid in full.

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Securityor of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, whichis absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on thisSecurity at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, hereinprescribed.

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations thereinset forth, the transfer of this Security is registerable in the SecurityRegister, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at theoffice or agency of the Company in New York, New York, duly endorsed by, oraccompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to theCompany and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or hisattorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities orauthorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will beissued to the designated transferee or transferees.  No service charge shall be made for any suchregistration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of asum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable inconnection therewith.

Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer,the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treatthe Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof forall purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the company,the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

The Securities are issuable only in registered form without coupons indenominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.  As provided in the Indenture and subject tocertain limitations therein set forth, Securities are exchangeable for a likeaggregate principal amount of Securities of different authorized denominations,as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

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THE SECURITIES ANDTHE INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OFTHE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF.

This is one of the Securities referred to in the within-mentionedIndenture.
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Dated:

In connection with any transfer of this Security occurring prior to thedate which is the earlier of (i) the date of the declaration by the Commissionof the effectiveness of a registration statement under the Securities Actcovering resales of this Security (which effectiveness shall not have beensuspended or terminated at the date of the transfer) and (ii) two years afterthe later of the date of original issue and the last date on which the Companyor any affiliate of the Company was the owner of such Securities)(or anypredecessor thereto) (the “Resale Restriction Termination Date”), theundersigned confirms that it has not utilized any general solicitation orgeneral advertising in connection with the transfer:

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| (1)    | o      | to the Company or a subsidiary thereof; or                                                                                                               |
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| (2)    | o      | pursuant to and in compliance with Rule 144A under  the Securities Act of 1933, as amended; or                                                           |
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| (3)    | o      | outside the United  States to a “foreign person” in compliance with Rule 904 of Regulation S  under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended; or |
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| (4)    | o      | pursuant to the  exemption from registration provided by Rule 144 under the Securities Act of  1933, as amended, or                                      |
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| (5)    | o      | pursuant to an effective registration statement  under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended; or                                                        |
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| (6)    | o      | pursuant to another available exemption from the  registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.                                   |

 

Unlessone of the boxes is checked, the Trustee will refuse to register any of theSecurities evidenced by this certificate in the name of any Person other thanthe registered Holder thereof; provided, however, that if box (3), (4) or (6)is checked, the Company or the Trustee may require, prior to registering anysuch transfer of the Security, in its sole discretion, such written legalopinions, certifications (including an investment letter in the case of box(3)) and other information as the Trustee or the Company has reasonablyrequested to confirm that such transfer is being made pursuant to an exemptionfrom, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of theSecurities Act of 1933, as amended.

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Ifnone of the foregoing boxes is checked, the Trustee or Registrar shall not beobligated to register this Security in the name of any Person other than theHolder hereof unless and until the conditions to any such transfer ofregistration set forth herein and in Section 2.8 of the Indenture shall havebeen satisfied.
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TO BE COMPLETED BY PURCHASER IF (2) ABOVE IS CHECKED

The undersigned represents and warrants that it is purchasing thisSecurity for its own account or an account with respect to which it exercisessole investment discretion and that it and any such account is a “qualifiedinstitutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Actand is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A andacknowledges that it has received such information regarding the Company as theundersigned has requested pursuant to the Rule 144A or has determined not torequest such information and that it is aware that the transferor is relyingupon the undersigned’s foregoing representations in order to claim theexemption from registration provided by Rule 144A.
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TO BE COMPLETED BY PURCHASER IF (3) ABOVE IS CHECKED

The undersigned represents and warrants that it is purchasing thisSecurity outside the United States as a “foreign person” in compliance withRule 904 of Regulation S under the Securities Act and is aware that the sale toit is being made in reliance on Regulation S.
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FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the Guarantor hereby unconditionally guarantees tothe holder of this Security upon which this Guarantee is endorsed the due andpunctual payment of the principal, premium, if any, and interest on saidSecurity, when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at maturity,upon redemption or otherwise, according to the terms thereof and of theIndenture referred to therein.

The Guarantor agrees to determine, at least one Business Day prior tothe date upon which a payment of principal of and premium, if any, or intereston said Security is due and payable, whether the Company has available thefunds to make such payment as the same shall become due and payable.  In case of the failure of the Companypunctually to pay any such principal, premium, if any, or interest, the Guarantorhereby agrees to cause any such payment to be made punctually when and as thesame shall become due and payable, whether at maturity, upon redemption, orotherwise, and as if such payment were made by the Company.

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The Guarantor hereby agrees that its obligation hereunder shall beunconditional, irrevocable, and absolute, irrespective of the validity,regularity, or enforceability of said Security or said Indenture, the absenceof any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by the Holder of saidSecurity with respect to any provisions thereof, the recovery of any judgmentagainst the Company or any action to enforce the same, or any othercircumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge ordefense of a guarantor.  The Guarantorhereby waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims witha court in the event of merger or bankruptcy of the Company, any right torequire a proceeding first against the Company, protest or notice with respectto said Security or indebtedness evidenced thereby, and all demands whatsoeverand covenants that this Guarantee will not be discharged except by completeperformance of the obligations contained in said Security and in thisGuarantee.

The Guarantor shall be subrogated to all rights of the holder of saidSecurity against the Company in respect of any amounts paid by the Guarantorpursuant to the provisions of this Guarantee; provided, however, that theGuarantor shall not, without the consent of the holders of all of theSecurities then outstanding, be entitled to enforce or to receive any paymentsarising out of or based upon such right of subrogation until the principal ofand premium, if any, and interest on all Securities shall have been paid infull or payment thereof shall have been provided for in accordance with saidIndenture.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if followingany payment of principal or interest by the Company on the Securities to theholders of the Securities it is determined by a final decision of a court ofcompetent jurisdiction that such payment shall be avoided by a trustee inbankruptcy (including any debtor-in-possession) as a preference under 11 U.S.C.Section 547 and such payment is paid by such holder of such trustee inbankruptcy, then an to the extent of such repayment, the obligation of theGuarantor hereunder shall remain in full force and effect.

This Guarantee shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purposewith respect to a Security until the certification of authentication on suchSecurity shall have been signed by the Trustee (or the Authentication Agent).

This Guarantee shall be governed by the laws of the State of New Yorkwithout regard to conflict of laws principles thereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Countrywide Credit Industries, Inc. has caused thisGuarantee to be signed in its corporate name by the facsimile signature of twoof its officers thereunto duly authorized.

 
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