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                                                                     Exhibit 4.2

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                       AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.

                                       TO

                              THE BANK OF NEW YORK
                                     Trustee

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                           SUBORDINATED DEBT INDENTURE

                             Dated as of __________

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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

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PARTIES.................................................................................................     1

RECITALS OF THE COMPANY.................................................................................     1

                                              ARTICLE ONE

                        DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION

Section 101.  Definitions...............................................................................     1
Section 102.  Compliance Certificates and Opinions......................................................     7
Section 103.  Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee....................................................     7
Section 104.  Acts of Holders; Record Dates.............................................................     8
Section 105.  Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company.....................................................     9
Section 106.  Notice to Holders; Waiver.................................................................    10
Section 107.  Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.........................................................    10
Section 108.  Effect of Headings and Table of Contents..................................................    10
Section 109.  Successors and Assigns....................................................................    10
Section 110.  Separability Clause.......................................................................    10
Section 111.  Benefits of Indenture.....................................................................    11
Section 112.  Governing Law.............................................................................    11
Section 113.  Legal Holidays............................................................................    11

                                              ARTICLE TWO

                                             SECURITY FORMS

Section 201.  Forms Generally...........................................................................    11
Section 202.  Form of Face of Security..................................................................    12
Section 203.  Form of Reverse of Security...............................................................    13
Section 204.  Form of Legend for Global Securities......................................................    17
Section 205.  Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication...........................................    17

                                             ARTICLE THREE

                                             THE SECURITIES

Section 301.  Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series......................................................    17
Section 302.  Denominations.............................................................................    20
Section 303.  Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating............................................    20
Section 304.  Temporary Securities......................................................................    22
Section 305.  Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange.......................................    22
Section 306.  Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities..........................................    24
Section 307.  Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved............................................    24
Section 308.  Persons Deemed Owners.....................................................................    25
Section 309.  Cancellation..............................................................................    26
Section 310.  Computation of Interest...................................................................    26
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Section 311.  CUSIP Numbers.............................................................................    26
Section 312.  Original Issue Discount...................................................................    26

                                              ARTICLE FOUR

                                       SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

Section 401.  Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture...................................................    27
Section 402.  Application of Trust Money................................................................    28

                                              ARTICLE FIVE

                                                REMEDIES

Section 501.  Events of Default.........................................................................    28
Section 502.  Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment........................................    29
Section 503.  Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee...........................    30
Section 504.  Trustee May File Proofs of Claim..........................................................    31
Section 505.  Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities...............................    31
Section 506.  Application of Money Collected............................................................    31
Section 507.  Limitation on Suits.......................................................................    32
Section 508.  Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest.................    32
Section 509.  Restoration of Rights and Remedies........................................................    32
Section 510.  Rights and Remedies Cumulative............................................................    33
Section 511.  Delay or Omission Not Waiver..............................................................    33
Section 512.  Control by Holders........................................................................    33
Section 513.  Waiver of Past Defaults...................................................................    33
Section 514.  Undertaking for Costs.....................................................................    34
Section 515.  Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws...................................................    34

                                              ARTICLE SIX

                                              THE TRUSTEE

Section 601.  Certain Duties and Responsibilities.......................................................    34
Section 602.  Notice of Defaults........................................................................    34
Section 603.  Certain Rights of Trustee.................................................................    35
Section 604.  Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities....................................    36
Section 605.  May Hold Securities.......................................................................    36
Section 606.  Money Held in Trust.......................................................................    36
Section 607.  Compensation and Reimbursement............................................................    36
Section 608.  Conflicting Interests.....................................................................    37
Section 609.  Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility...................................................    37
Section 610.  Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.........................................    37
Section 611.  Acceptance of Appointment by Successor....................................................    38
Section 612.  Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business...............................    39
Section 613.  Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.........................................    40
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                                             ARTICLE SEVEN

                           HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY

Section 701.  Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.................................    40
Section 702.  Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders....................................    40
Section 703.  Reports by Trustee........................................................................    41
Section 704.  Reports by Company........................................................................    41

                                             ARTICLE EIGHT

                          CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE

Section 801.  Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms......................................    41
Section 802.  Successor Substituted.....................................................................    42

                                              ARTICLE NINE

                                        SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

Section 901.  Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders........................................    42
Section 902.  Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders...........................................    43
Section 903.  Execution of Supplemental Indentures......................................................    44
Section 904.  Effect of Supplemental Indentures.........................................................    44
Section 905.  Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.......................................................    45
Section 906.  Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures........................................    45
Section 907.  Subordination Unimpaired..................................................................    45

                                              ARTICLE TEN

                                               COVENANTS

Section 1001.  Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest...............................................    45
Section 1002.  Maintenance of Office or Agency..........................................................    45
Section 1003.  Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust........................................    46
Section 1004.  Statement by Officers as to Default......................................................    47
Section 1005.  Existence................................................................................    47
Section 1006.  Waiver of Certain Covenants..............................................................    47

                                             ARTICLE ELEVEN

                                        REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES

Section 1101.  Applicability of Article.................................................................    47
Section 1102.  Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee....................................................    47
Section 1103.  Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed........................................    48
Section 1104.  Notice of Redemption.....................................................................    48
Section 1105.  Deposit of Redemption Price..............................................................    49
Section 1106.  Securities Payable on Redemption Date....................................................    49
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Section 1107.  Securities Redeemed in Part..............................................................    50

                                             ARTICLE TWELVE

                                             SINKING FUNDS

Section 1201.  Applicability of Article.................................................................    50
Section 1202.  Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities....................................    50
Section 1203.  Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund................................................    50

                                            ARTICLE THIRTEEN

                                   DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

Section 1301.  Company's Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.............................    51
Section 1302.  Defeasance and Discharge.................................................................    51
Section 1303.  Covenant Defeasance......................................................................    52
Section 1304.  Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance..........................................    52
Section 1305.  Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations
                  to Be Held in Trust; Miscellaneous Provisions.........................................    54
Section 1306.  Reinstatement............................................................................    54

                                            ARTICLE FOURTEEN

                                      SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES

Section 1401.  Securities Subordinate to Senior Debt....................................................    55
Section 1402.  Payment Over of Proceeds Upon Dissolution, Etc...........................................    55
Section 1403.  Prior Payment to Senior Debt Upon Acceleration of Securities.............................    56
Section 1404.  No Payment When Senior Debt in Default...................................................    57
Section 1405.  Payment Permitted in Certain Situations..................................................    58
Section 1406.  Subrogation to Rights of Holders of Senior Debt..........................................    58
Section 1407.  Provisions Solely to Define Relative Rights..............................................    58
Section 1408.  Trustee to Effectuate Subordination......................................................    59
Section 1409.  No Waiver of Subordination Provisions....................................................    59
Section 1410.  Notice to Trustee........................................................................    59
Section 1411.  Reliance on Judicial Order or Certificate of Liquidating Agent...........................    60
Section 1412.  Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Debt.........................................    60
Section 1413.  Rights of Trustee as Holder of Senior Debt; Preservation
                  of Trustee's Rights...................................................................    60
Section 1414.  Article Applicable to Paying Agents......................................................    60

TESTIMONIUM.............................................................................................    61
SIGNATURES .............................................................................................    61
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.........................................................................................    62
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    CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THIS INDENTURE RELATING TO SECTIONS 310 THROUGH 318,
                 INCLUSIVE, OF THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939:

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Section 310(a)(1) ......................................................   609
(a)(2) .................................................................   609
(a)(3) .................................................................   Not Applicable
(a)(4) .................................................................   Not Applicable
(b) ....................................................................   608
                                                                           610
Section 311(a) .........................................................   613
(b) ....................................................................   613
Section 312(a) .........................................................   701
                                                                           702
(b) ....................................................................   702
(c) ....................................................................   702
Section 313(a) .........................................................   703
(b) ....................................................................   703
(c) ....................................................................   703
(d) ....................................................................   703
Section 314(a) .........................................................   704
(a)(4) .................................................................   101
                                                                           1004
(b) ....................................................................   Not Applicable
(c)(1) .................................................................   102
(c)(2) .................................................................   102
(c)(3) .................................................................   Not Applicable
(d) ....................................................................   Not Applicable
(e) ....................................................................   102
Section 315(a) .........................................................   601
(b) ....................................................................   602
(c) ....................................................................   601
(d) ....................................................................   601
(e) ....................................................................   514
Section 316(a) .........................................................   101
(a)(1)(A) ..............................................................   502
                                                                           512
(a)(1)(B) ..............................................................   513
(a)(2) .................................................................   Not Applicable
(b) ....................................................................   508
(c) ....................................................................   104
Section 317(a)(1) ......................................................   503
(a)(2) .................................................................   504
(b) ....................................................................   1003
Section 318(a) .........................................................   107
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Note:    This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be
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      SUBORDINATED DEBT INDENTURE, dated as of ________, between American
International Group, Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing under the
laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the "COMPANY"), having its
principal office at 70 Pine Street, New York, New York 10270, and The Bank of
New York, a New York banking corporation, as Trustee (herein called the
"TRUSTEE").

                             RECITALS OF THE COMPANY

      The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this
Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured
debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (herein called the
"SECURITIES"), to be issued in one or more series as in this Indenture provided.

      All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the
Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.

      NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

      For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the
Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually agreed, for the equal and
proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities or of series thereof, as
follows:

                                   ARTICLE ONE

                        DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS
                             OF GENERAL APPLICATION

Section 101. Definitions.

      For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided
or unless the context otherwise requires:

            (1) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to
      them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular;

            (2) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust
      Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings
      assigned to them therein;

            (3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the
      meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting
      principles, and, except as otherwise herein expressly provided, the term
      "generally accepted accounting principles" with respect to any computation
      required or permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting principles as
      are generally accepted at the date of such computation;

            (4) unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an
      "Article" or a "Section" refers to an Article or a Section, as the case
      may be, of this Indenture; and

            (5) the words "herein", "hereof" and "hereunder" and other words of
      similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any
      particular Article, Section or other subdivision.

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      "ACT", when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in
Section 104.

      "AFFILIATE" of any specified Person means any other Person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition,
"control" when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to
direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise;
and the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have meanings correlative to the
foregoing.

      "BOARD OF DIRECTORS" means either the board of directors of the Company or
any duly authorized committee of that board.

      "BOARD RESOLUTION" means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary
or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board
of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such
certification, and delivered to the Trustee.

      "BUSINESS DAY", when used with respect to any Place of Payment, means,
unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, each Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions
in that Place of Payment are authorized or obligated by law or executive order
to close.

      "COMMISSION" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, from time to
time constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time after the
execution of this instrument such Commission is not existing and performing the
duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body
performing such duties at such time.

      "COMPANY" means the Person named as the "Company" in the first paragraph
of this instrument until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to
the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Company" shall mean
such successor Person.

      "COMPANY REQUEST" or "COMPANY ORDER" means a written request or order
signed in the name of the Company by its Chairman, one of its Vice Chairman, its
President or one of its Vice Presidents (or any Person designated by one of them
in writing as authorized to execute and deliver Company Requests and Company
Orders), and by its Treasurer, one of its Assistant Treasurers, its Secretary or
one of its Assistant Secretaries (or any Person designated by one of them in
writing as authorized to execute and deliver Company Requests and Company
Orders), and delivered to the Trustee.

      "CORPORATE TRUST OFFICE" means the principal office of the Trustee in New
York, New York at which at any particular time its corporate trust business
shall be administered.

      "CORPORATION" means a corporation, association, company, limited liability
company, joint-stock company or business trust.

      "COVENANT DEFEASANCE" has the meaning specified in Section 1303.

      "DEFAULTED INTEREST" has the meaning specified in Section 307.

      "DEFEASANCE" has the meaning specified in Section 1302.

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      "DEPOSITARY" means, with respect to Securities of any series issuable in
whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, any Person that
is designated to act as Depositary for such Securities as contemplated by
Section 301.

      "EVENT OF DEFAULT" has the meaning specified in Section 501.

      "EXCHANGE ACT" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any statute
successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.

      "EXPIRATION DATE" has the meaning specified in Section 104.

      "GLOBAL SECURITY" means a Security that evidences all or part of the
Securities of any series and bears the legend set forth in Section 204 (or such
legend as may be specified as contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities).

      "GUARANTEE" means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the Company
guaranteeing, or having the economic effect of guaranteeing, any indebtedness or
other obligation of any other Person (the "primary obligor") in any manner,
whether directly or indirectly, and including without limitation, any obligation
of such Person, (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the
purchase or payment of) such indebtedness or obligation or to purchase (or to
advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment of
such indebtedness or obligation, (ii) to purchase property, securities or
services for the purpose of assuring the holders of such indebtedness or
obligation of the payment of such indebtedness or obligation, or (iii) to
maintain working capital, equity capital or other financial statement condition
or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay
such indebtedness or obligation.

      "HOLDER" means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the
Security Register.

      "INDENTURE" means this instrument as originally executed and as it may
from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures
supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof,
including, for all purposes of this instrument and any such supplemental
indenture, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a
part of and govern this instrument and any such supplemental indenture,
respectively. The term "Indenture" shall also include the terms of particular
series of Securities established as contemplated by Section 301.

      "INTEREST", when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount Security
which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest payable
after Maturity.

      "INTEREST PAYMENT DATE", when used with respect to any Security, means the
Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Security.

      "INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT" means the Investment Company Act of 1940 and any
statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.

      "MATURITY", when used with respect to any Security, means the date on
which the principal of such Security or an installment of principal becomes due
and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by
declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.

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      "NOTICE OF DEFAULT" means a written notice of the kind specified in
Section 501(4).

      "OFFICERS' CERTIFICATE" means a certificate signed by the Chairman, a Vice
Chairman, the President or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer, an Assistant
Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of the Company, and
delivered to the Trustee. One of the officers signing an Officers' Certificate
given pursuant to Section 1004 shall be the principal executive, financial or
accounting officer of the Company.

      "OPINION OF COUNSEL" means a written opinion of counsel, who may be
counsel for the Company, and who shall be acceptable to the Trustee.

      "ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT SECURITY" means any Security which provides for
an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a
declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502.

      "OUTSTANDING", when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the date
of determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture, except:

            (1) Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to
      the Trustee for cancellation;

            (2) Securities for whose payment or redemption money in the
      necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any
      Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated
      in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent)
      for the Holders of such Securities; provided that, if such Securities are
      to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to
      this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been
      made;

            (3) Securities as to which Defeasance has been effected pursuant to
      Section 1302; and

            (4) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 306 or in
      exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated
      and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Securities
      in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof
      satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser
      in whose hands such Securities are valid obligations of the Company;

provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given, made or taken any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action hereunder as of any date, (A) the principal amount of an Original Issue
Discount Security which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount of
the principal thereof which would be due and payable as of such date upon
acceleration of the Maturity thereof to such date pursuant to Section 502, (B)
if, as of such date, the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of a
Security is not determinable, the principal amount of such Security which shall
be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount as specified or determined as
contemplated by Section 301, (C) the principal amount of a Security denominated
in one or more foreign currencies or currency units which shall be deemed to be
Outstanding shall be the U.S. dollar equivalent, determined as of such date in
the manner provided as contemplated by Section 301, of the principal amount of
such Security (or, in the case

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of a Security described in Clause (A) or (B) above, of the amount determined as
provided in such Clause), and (D) Securities owned by the Company or any other
obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other
obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in
determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action, only Securities which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee knows to be
so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in
good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the
satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee's right so to act with respect to such
Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the
Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor.

      "PAYING AGENT" means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the
principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities on behalf of the
Company.

      "PERSON" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political
subdivision thereof.

      "PLACE OF PAYMENT", when used with respect to the Securities of any
series, means the place or places where the principal of and any premium and
interest on the Securities of that series are payable as specified as
contemplated by Section 301.

      "PREDECESSOR SECURITY" of any particular Security means every previous
Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such
particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security
authenticated and delivered under Section 306 in exchange for or in lieu of a
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the
same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security.

      "REDEMPTION DATE", when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed,
means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.

      "REDEMPTION PRICE", when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed,
means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.

      "REGULAR RECORD DATE" for the interest payable on any Interest Payment
Date on the Securities of any series means the date specified for that purpose
as contemplated by Section 301.

      "RESPONSIBLE OFFICER" when used with respect to the Trustee, means any
vice president, any assistant vice president, any senior trust officer or
assistant trust officer, any trust officer, or any other officer associated with
the corporate trust department of the 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 such person's knowledge of and
familiarity with the particular subject.

      "SECURITIES" has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture
and more particularly means any Securities authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture.

      "SECURITIES ACT" means the Securities Act of 1933 and any statute
successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.

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      "SECURITY REGISTER" and "SECURITY REGISTRAR" have the respective meanings
specified in Section 305.

      "SENIOR DEBT" means all indebtedness and obligations (other than the
Securities) of, or Guaranteed or assumed by, the Company that (i) are for
borrowed money (ii) are evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar
instruments, or (iii) represent obligations to policyholders of insurance or
investment contracts, in each case,  whether outstanding on the date of this
Indenture or thereafter created, incurred, assumed or Guaranteed, and all
amendments, renewals, extensions, modifications and refundings of such
indebtedness and obligations, unless in any such case the instrument by which
such indebtedness or obligations are created, incurred, assumed or Guaranteed by
the Company, or are evidenced, provides that they are subordinated, or are not
superior, in right of payment to the Securities.

      "SPECIAL RECORD DATE" for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a
date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 307.

      "STATED MATURITY", when used with respect to any Security or any
installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified
in such Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or
such installment of principal or interest is due and payable.

      "SUBSIDIARY" means a corporation more than 50% of the outstanding voting
stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company or by one or
more other Subsidiaries, or by the Company and one or more other Subsidiaries.
For the purposes of this definition, "voting stock" means stock which ordinarily
has voting power for the election of directors, whether at all times or only so
long as no senior class of stock has such voting power by reason of any
contingency.

      "TRUST INDENTURE ACT" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force at
the date as of which this instrument was executed; provided, however, that in
the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such date, "Trust
Indenture Act" means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.

      "TRUSTEE" means the Person named as the "Trustee" in the first paragraph
of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to
the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Trustee" shall mean
or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder, and if at any time there
is more than one such Person, "Trustee" as used with respect to the Securities
of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Securities of that series.

      "U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATION" has the meaning specified in Section 1304.

      "VICE PRESIDENT", when used with respect to the Company or the Trustee,
means any vice president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or
words added before or after the title "vice president".

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Section 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions.

      Upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any
action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the
Trustee such certificates and opinions as may be required under the Trust
Indenture Act. Each such certificate or opinion shall be given in the form of an
Officers' Certificate, if to be given by an officer of the Company, or an
Opinion of Counsel, if to be given by counsel, and shall comply with the
requirements of the Trust Indenture Act and any other requirements set forth in
this Indenture.

      Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition
or covenant provided for in this Indenture (except for certificates provided for
in Section 1004) shall include,

            (1) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or
      opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein
      relating thereto;

            (2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination
      or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such
      certificate or opinion are based;

            (3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, such
      individual has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to
      enable him or her to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such
      covenant or condition has been complied with; and

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

Section 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.

      In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or
covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all
such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such
Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one
such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one
or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify
or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.

      Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be based,
insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of
reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations
with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are
erroneous. Any such certificate or opinion of counsel may be based, insofar as
it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, an officer or officers of the Company stating that the
information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the
Company, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should
know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such
matters are erroneous.

      Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more
applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other
instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and
form one instrument.

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Section 104. Acts of Holders; Record Dates.

      Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or
other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given, made or taken
by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of
substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by agent duly
appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such
action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered
to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such
instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced
thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the "Act" of the Holders signing
such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of
a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this
Indenture and (subject to Section 601) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and
the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section.

      The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or
writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a
certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by law to take
acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument
or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution is by
a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual capacity, such
certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his
authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing,
or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any
other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.

      The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security Register.

      Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or
other Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the
same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the registration of
transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of
anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the Company in
reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such
Security.

      The Company may set any day as a record date for the purpose of
determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to
give, make or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be
given, made or taken by Holders of Securities of such series, provided that the
Company may not set a record date for, and the provisions of this paragraph
shall not apply with respect to, the giving or making of any notice,
declaration, request or direction referred to in the next paragraph. If any
record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding
Securities of the relevant series on such record date, and no other Holders,
shall be entitled to take the relevant action, whether or not such Holders
remain Holders after such record date; provided that no such action shall be
effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable Expiration Date
by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of such
series on such record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to
prevent the Company from setting a new record date for any action for which a
record date has previously been set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the
record date previously set shall automatically and with no action by any Person
be cancelled and of no effect), and nothing in this paragraph shall be construed
to render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the requisite principal
amount of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on the date such action
is taken. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the
Company, at its own expense, shall

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cause notice of such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the
applicable Expiration Date to be given to the Trustee in writing and to each
Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section
106.

      The Trustee may set any day as a record date for the purpose of
determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to join
in the giving or making of (i) any Notice of Default, (ii) any declaration of
acceleration referred to in Section 502, (iii) any request to institute
proceedings referred to in Section 507(2) or (iv) any direction referred to in
Section 512, in each case with respect to Securities of such series. If any
record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding
Securities of such series on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be
entitled to join in such notice, declaration, request or direction, whether or
not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided that no such
action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable
Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding
Securities of such series on such record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall
be construed to prevent the Trustee from setting a new record date for any
action for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to this
paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically and with
no action by any Person be cancelled and of no effect), and nothing in this
paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken by Holders
of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of the relevant
series on the date such action is taken. Promptly after any record date is set
pursuant to this paragraph, the Trustee, at the Company's expense, shall cause
notice of such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable
Expiration Date to be given to the Company in writing and to each Holder of
Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 106.

      With respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section, the party
hereto which sets such record dates may designate any day as the "Expiration
Date" and from time to time may change the Expiration Date to any earlier or
later day; provided that no such change shall be effective unless notice of the
proposed new Expiration Date is given to the other party hereto in writing, and
to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in
Section 106, on or prior to the existing Expiration Date. If an Expiration Date
is not designated with respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section,
the party hereto which set such record date shall be deemed to have initially
designated the 180th day after such record date as the Expiration Date with
respect thereto, subject to its right to change the Expiration Date as provided
in this paragraph.

      Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled hereunder to take any
action hereunder with regard to any particular Security may do so with regard to
all or any part of the principal amount of such Security or by one or more duly
appointed agents each of which may do so pursuant to such appointment with
regard to all or any part of such principal amount.

Section 105. Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company.

      Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or
Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be
made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,

            (1) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company shall be sufficient
      for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing
      to or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, or

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            (2) the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient
      for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided)
      if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Company
      addressed to it at the address of its principal office specified in the
      first paragraph of this instrument, Attention: Secretary, or at any other
      address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company.

Section 106. Notice to Holders; Waiver.

      Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, such
notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided)
if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder affected
by such event, at his or her address as it appears in the Security Register, not
later than the latest date (if any), and not earlier than the earliest date (if
any), prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to
Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any
defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the
sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders. Where this Indenture
provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the
Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and
such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders
shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition
precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.

      In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason
of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then
such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall
constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.

Section 107. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.

      If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of
the Trust Indenture Act which is required under such Act to be a part of and
govern this Indenture, the latter provision shall control. If any provision of
this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act
which may be so modified or excluded, the latter provision shall be deemed to
apply to this Indenture as so modified or to be excluded, as the case may be.

Section 108. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.

      The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for
convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

Section 109. Successors and Assigns.

      All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall bind
its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.

Section 110. Separability Clause.

      In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities shall be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of
the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

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Section 111. Benefits of Indenture.

      Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied, shall
give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder
and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim
under this Indenture.

Section 112. Governing Law.

      This Indenture and the Securities shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the law of the State of New York.

Section 113. Legal Holidays.

      In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated
Maturity of any Security shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment,
then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of the Securities
(other than a provision of any Security which specifically states that such
provision shall apply in lieu of this Section)) payment of interest or principal
(and premium, if any) need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date,
but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment
with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date or
Redemption Date, or at the Stated Maturity; provided, however, that no interest
shall accrue for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date,
Redemption Date or Stated Maturity, as the case may be, to the date of such
payment.

                                  ARTICLE TWO

                                 SECURITY FORMS

Section 201. Forms Generally.

      The Securities of each series shall be in substantially the form set forth
in this Article, or in such other form as shall be established by or pursuant to
a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in each
case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other
variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have such
letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or
endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any
securities exchange or Depositary therefor or as may, consistently herewith, be
determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their
execution thereof. If the form of Securities of any series is established by
action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of
such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the
Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Company
Order contemplated by Section 303 for the authentication and delivery of such
Securities. If all of the Securities of any series established by action taken
pursuant to a Board Resolution are not to be issued at one time, it shall not be
necessary to deliver a record of such action at the time of issuance of each
Security of such series, but an appropriate record of such action shall be
delivered at or before the time of issuance of the first Security of such
series.

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      The definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved on
steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined
by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of
such Securities.

Section 202. Form of Face of Security.

      [Insert any legend required by the Internal Revenue Code and the
regulations thereunder.]

                       American International Group, Inc.
                      ____________________________________

No. ______                                                               $ ____

      American International Group, Inc., a corporation duly organized and
existing under the laws of Delaware (herein called the "Company", which term
includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for
value received, hereby promises to pay to _________________, or registered
assigns, the principal sum of _________________ Dollars on _____________ [if the
Security is to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert -- , and to pay interest
thereon from ________ or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which
interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on _______ and
________ in each year, commencing ______, at the rate of ___% per annum, until
the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment [if applicable,
insert -- , provided that any principal and premium, and any such installment of
interest, which is overdue shall bear interest at the rate of ___% per annum (to
the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), from
the dates such amounts are due until they are paid or made available for
payment, and such interest shall be payable on demand]. The interest so payable,
and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as
provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security
(or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business
on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the ______ or _____
(whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such
Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided
for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date
and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more
Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special
Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the
Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series
not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time
in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any
securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and
upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided
in said Indenture].

      [If the Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert -- The
principal of this Security shall not bear interest except in the case of a
default in payment of principal upon acceleration, upon redemption or at Stated
Maturity and in such case the overdue principal and any overdue premium shall
bear interest at the rate of ____% per annum (to the extent that the payment of
such interest shall be legally enforceable), from the dates such amounts are due
until they are paid or made available for payment. Interest on any overdue
principal or premium shall be payable on demand.]

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      Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and [if applicable,
insert -- any such] interest on this Security will be made at the office or
agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan,
The City of New York], in such coin or currency of the United States of America
as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private
debts [if applicable, insert -- ; provided, however, that at the option of the
Company payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the
Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register].

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

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

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly
executed.

Dated:

                                         American International Group, Inc.

                                         By
                                           --------------------------------
Attest:

------------------------------

Section 203: Form of Reverse of Security.

      This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the
Company (herein called the "Securities"), issued and to be issued in one or more
series under a Subordinated Debt Indenture, dated as of __________, 20__ (herein
called the "Indenture", which term shall have the meaning assigned to it in such
instrument), between the Company and The Bank of New York, as Trustee (herein
called the "Trustee", which term includes any successor trustee under the
Indenture), and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the
respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of
the Company, the Trustee, the holders of Senior Debt and the Holders of the
Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be,
authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series designated on
the face hereof [if applicable, insert -- , [initially] limited in aggregate
principal amount to $___________][, provided that the Company may, without the
consent of any Holder, at any time and from time to time, increase the initial
principal amount.]

      [If applicable, insert -- The Securities of this series are subject to
redemption upon not less than 30 days' notice by mail, [if applicable, insert --
(1) on _____________ in any year commencing with the year ______ and ending with
the year __________ through operation of the sinking fund for this series at a
Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount, and (2)] at any time [if
applicable, insert -- on or after _________, ___], as a whole or in part, at the
election of the Company, at the following Redemption Prices (expressed as
percentages of the principal amount): If

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redeemed [if applicable, insert -- on or before __________, _____%, and if
redeemed] during the 12-month period beginning _______________ of the years
indicated,

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                 Redemption                     Redemption
Year               Price           Year           Price
---              ----------        ----         ----------
<S>              <C>               <C>          <C>
</TABLE>

and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to ______% of the principal amount,
together in the case of any such redemption [if applicable, insert -- (whether
through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise)] with accrued interest to
the Redemption Date, but interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or
prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities,
or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the
relevant Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the
Indenture.]

      [If applicable, insert -- The Securities of this series are subject to
redemption upon not less than 30 days' notice by mail, (1) on ____________ in
any year commencing with the year ____ and ending with the year ____ through
operation of the sinking fund for this series at the Redemption Prices for
redemption through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of
the principal amount) set forth in the table below, and (2) at any time [if
applicable, insert -- on or after ____________], as a whole or in part, at the
election of the Company, at the Redemption Prices for redemption otherwise than
through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of the principal
amount) set forth in the table below: If redeemed during the 12-month period
beginning ___________ of the years indicated,

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                 Redemption Price
                  For Redemption                   Redemption Price For
                Through Operation                 Redemption Otherwise
                      of the                      Than Through Operation
Year               Sinking Fund                    of the Sinking Fund
----            -----------------                 -----------------------
<S>             <C>                               <C>

</TABLE>

and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to ____% of the principal amount,
together in the case of any such redemption (whether through operation of the
sinking fund or otherwise) with accrued interest to the Redemption Date, but
interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption
Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more
Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant
Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.]

      [If applicable, insert -- Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may
not, prior to ____________, redeem any Securities of this series as contemplated
by [if applicable, insert -- Clause (2) of] the preceding paragraph as a part
of, or in anticipation of, any refunding operation by the application, directly
or indirectly, of moneys borrowed having an interest cost to the Company
(calculated in accordance with generally accepted financial practice) of less
than ____% per annum.]

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      [If applicable, insert -- The sinking fund for this series provides for
the redemption on ________ in each year beginning with the year _________ and
ending with the year __________ of [if applicable, insert -- not less than
$________ ("mandatory sinking fund") and not more than] $___________ aggregate
principal amount of Securities of this series. Securities of this series
acquired or redeemed by the Company otherwise than through [if applicable,
insert -- mandatory] sinking fund payments may be credited against subsequent
[if applicable, insert -- mandatory] sinking fund payments otherwise required to
be made [if applicable, insert -- , in the inverse order in which they become
due].]

      [If the Security is subject to redemption of any kind, insert -- In the
event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities
of this series and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be
issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.]

      The indebtedness evidenced by this Security is, to the extent provided in
the Indenture, subordinate and subject in right of payment to the prior payment
in full of all Senior Debt, and this Security is issued subject to the
provisions of the Indenture with respect thereto. Each Holder of this Security,
by accepting the same, (a) agrees to and shall be bound by such provisions, (b)
authorizes and directs the Trustee on his or her behalf to take such actions as
may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination so provided and
(c) appoints the Trustee his or her attorney-in-fact for any and all such
purposes. Each Holder hereof, by his or her acceptance hereof, waives all notice
of the acceptance of the subordination provisions contained herein and in the
Indenture by each holder of Senior Debt, whether now outstanding or hereafter
created, incurred, assumed or Guaranteed, and waives reliance by each such
holder upon said provisions.

      [If applicable, insert -- The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance
at any time of [the entire indebtedness of this Security] [or] [certain
restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Security] [, in
each case] upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.]

      [If the Security is not an Original Issue Discount Security, insert -- If
an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be
continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due
and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.]

      [If the Security is an Original Issue Discount Security, insert -- If an
Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be
continuing, an amount of principal of the Securities of this series may be
declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the
Indenture. Such amount shall be equal to -- insert formula for determining the
amount. Upon payment (i) of the amount of principal so declared due and payable
and (ii) of interest on any overdue principal, premium and interest (in each
case to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally
enforceable), all of the Company's obligations in respect of the payment of the
principal of and premium and interest, if any, on the Securities of this series
shall terminate.]

      The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be
affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the
consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the

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Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture
also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in
principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on
behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by
the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults
under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the
Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and
upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the
registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof,
whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.

      As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder
of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with
respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for
any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the
Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the
Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount
of the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written
request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of
Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee reasonable indemnity, and the Trustee
shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of
Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with
such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60
days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing
shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the
enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon
on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.

      No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or
of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is
absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest
on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency,
herein prescribed.

      As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein
set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security
Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the
office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of and any
premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his
attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of
this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same
aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or
transferees.

      The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without
coupons in denominations of $____________ and any integral multiple thereof. As
provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth,
Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount
of Securities of this series and of like tenor of a different authorized
denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

      No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or
exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any
tax or other governmental charge payable in connection 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 treat
the Person in whose name this

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Security is registered as the owner hereof for all 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.

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

Section 204.   Form of Legend for Global Securities.

      Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for the
Securities evidenced thereby, every Global Security authenticated and delivered
hereunder shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:

      THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE
HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A
NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A
SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE
REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE
THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.

Section 205.   Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication.

      The Trustee's certificates of authentication shall be in substantially the
following form:

      This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to
in the within-mentioned Indenture.

Dated:                                                     The Bank of New York,
                                                                      As Trustee

                                               By
                                                 -------------------------------
                                                            Authorized Signatory

                                 ARTICLE THREE

                                 THE SECURITIES

Section 301. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.

      The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated
and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.

      The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be
established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution and, subject to Section 303,
set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in an Officers' Certificate, or
established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance
of Securities of any series,

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            (1)   the title of the Securities of the series (which shall
      distinguish the Securities of the series from Securities of any other
      series);

            (2)   any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the
      Securities of the series which may be authenticated and delivered under
      this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon
      registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other
      Securities of the series pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 906, 1107 or
      1203 and except for any Securities which, pursuant to Section 303, are
      deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder);

            (3)   the Person to whom any interest on a Security of the series
      shall be payable, if other than the Person in whose name that Security (or
      one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business
      on the Regular Record Date for such interest;

            (4)   the date or dates on which the principal of any Securities of
      the series is payable;

            (5)   the rate or rates at which any Securities of the series shall
      bear interest, if any, the date or dates from which any such interest
      shall accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which any such interest shall
      be payable and the Regular Record Date for any such interest payable on
      any Interest Payment Date;

            (6)   the place or places where the principal of and any premium and
      interest on any Securities of the series shall be payable;

            (7)   the period or periods within which, the price or prices at
      which and the terms and conditions upon which any Securities of the series
      may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company and, if
      other than by a Board Resolution, the manner in which any election by the
      Company to redeem the Securities shall be evidenced;

            (8)   the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase
      any Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous
      provisions or at the option of the Holder thereof and the period or
      periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and
      conditions upon which any Securities of the series shall be redeemed or
      purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;

            (9)   if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral
      multiple thereof, the denominations in which any Securities of the series
      shall be issuable;

            (10)  if the amount of principal of or any premium or interest on
      any Securities of the series may be determined with reference to a
      financial or economic measure or pursuant to a formula, the manner in
      which such amounts shall be determined;

            (11)  if other than the currency of the United States of America,
      the currency, currencies or currency units in which the principal of or
      any premium or interest on any Securities of the series shall be payable
      and the manner of determining the equivalent

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      thereof in the currency of the United States of America for any purpose,
      including for purposes of the definition of "Outstanding" in Section 101;

            (12)  if the principal of or any premium or interest on any
      Securities of the series is to be payable, at the election of the Company
      or the Holder thereof, in one or more currencies or currency units other
      than that or those in which such Securities are stated to be payable, the
      currency, currencies or currency units in which the principal of or any
      premium or interest on such Securities as to which such election is made
      shall be payable, the periods within which and the terms and conditions
      upon which such election is to be made and the amount so payable (or the
      manner in which such amount shall be determined);

            (13)  if other than the entire principal amount thereof, the portion
      of the principal amount of any Securities of the series which shall be
      payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant
      to Section 502;

            (14)  if the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of any
      Securities of the series will not be determinable as of any one or more
      dates prior to the Stated Maturity, the amount which shall be deemed to be
      the principal amount of such Securities as of any such date for any
      purpose thereunder or hereunder, including the principal amount thereof
      which shall be due and payable upon any Maturity other than the Stated
      Maturity or which shall be deemed to be Outstanding as of any date prior
      to the Stated Maturity (or, in any such case, the manner in which such
      amount deemed to be the principal amount shall be determined);

            (15)  if other than by a Board Resolution, the manner in which any
      election by the Company to defease any Securities of the series pursuant
      to Section 1302 or Section 1303 shall be evidenced; whether any Securities
      of the series other than Securities denominated in U.S. dollars and
      bearing interest at a fixed rate are to be subject to Section 1302 or
      Section 1303; or, in the case of Securities denominated in U.S. dollars
      and bearing interest at a fixed rate, if applicable, that the Securities
      of the series, in whole or any specified part, shall not be defeasible
      pursuant to Section 1302 or Section 1303 or both such Sections;

            (16)  if applicable, that any Securities of the series shall be
      issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities
      and, in such case, the respective Depositaries for such Global Securities,
      the form of any legend or legends which shall be borne by any such Global
      Security in addition to or in lieu of that set forth in Section 204 and
      any circumstances in addition to or in lieu of those set forth in Clause
      (2) of the last paragraph of Section 305 in which any such Global Security
      may be exchanged in whole or in part for Securities registered, and any
      transfer of such Global Security in whole or in part may be registered, in
      the name or names of Persons other than the Depositary for such Global
      Security or a nominee thereof;

            (17)  any amendments or modifications to the subordination
      provisions in Article Fourteen;

            (18)  any addition to or change in the Events of Default which
      applies to any Securities of the series and any change in the right of the
      Trustee or the requisite Holders

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      of such Securities to declare the principal amount thereof due and payable
      pursuant to Section 502;

            (19)  any addition to, deletion from or change in the covenants set
      forth in Article Ten which applies to Securities of the series; and

            (20)  any other terms of the series (which terms shall not be
      inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, except as permitted by
      Section 901(5)).

      All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except
as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to the
Board Resolution referred to above and (subject to Section 303) set forth, or
determined in the manner provided, in the Officers' Certificate referred to
above or in any such indenture supplemental hereto. All Securities of any one
series need not be issued at one time and, unless otherwise provided in or
pursuant to the Board Resolution referred to above and (subject to Section 303)
set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in the Officers' Certificate
referred to above or in any such indenture supplemental hereto with respect to a
series of Securities, additional Securities of a series may be issued, at the
option of the Company, without the consent of any Holder, at any time and from
time to time.

      If any of the terms of the series are established by action taken pursuant
to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be
certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and
delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officers'
Certificate setting forth the terms of the series.

      The Securities shall be subordinated in right of payment to Senior Debt as
provided in Article Fourteen[, but shall be senior in right of payment to any
debentures, notes or other evidence of indebtedness issued pursuant to the
Junior Subordinated Debt Indenture, dated as of ________, between the Company
and the Trustee].

Section 302. Denominations.

      The Securities of each series shall be issuable only in registered form
without coupons and only in such denominations as shall be specified as
contemplated by Section 301. In the absence of any such specified denomination
with respect to the Securities of any series, the Securities of such series
shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.

Section 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.

      The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman,
one of its Vice Chairman, its President, its Treasurer or one of its Vice
Presidents and attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries.
The signature of any of these officers on the Securities may be manual or
facsimile.

      Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who
were at any time the proper officers of the Company shall bind the Company,
notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such
offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not
hold such offices at the date of such Securities.

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      At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this
Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series executed by the
Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for the
authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee in accordance
with the Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities. If the
form or terms of the Securities of the series have been established by or
pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions as permitted by Sections 201 and 301,
in authenticating such Securities, and accepting the additional responsibilities
under this Indenture in relation to such Securities, the Trustee shall be
entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 601) shall be fully protected in
relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating,

            (1)   if the form of such Securities has been established by or
      pursuant to Board Resolution as permitted by Section 201, that such form
      has been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;

            (2)   if the terms of such Securities have been established by or
      pursuant to Board Resolution as permitted by Section 301, that such terms
      have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;
      and

            (3)   that such Securities, when authenticated and delivered by the
      Trustee and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any
      conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and
      legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with
      their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer,
      reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability
      relating to or affecting creditors' rights and to general equity
      principles.

      If such form or terms have been so established, the Trustee shall not be
required to authenticate such Securities if the issue of such Securities
pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee's own rights, duties or
immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner
which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.

      Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 301 and of the preceding
paragraph, if all Securities of a series are not to be originally issued at one
time, including in the event that the size of a series of Outstanding Securities
is increased as contemplated by Section 301, it shall not be necessary to
deliver the Officers' Certificate otherwise required pursuant to Section 301 or
the Company Order and Opinion of Counsel otherwise required pursuant to such
preceding paragraph at or prior to the authentication of each Security of such
series if such documents are delivered at or prior to the authentication upon
original issuance of the first Security of such series to be issued.

      Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.

      No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be
valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a
certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein
executed by the Trustee by manual signature, and such certificate upon any
Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security
has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if any Security shall have been authenticated and delivered hereunder
but never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company shall deliver such
Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in

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Section 309, for all purposes of this Indenture such Security shall be deemed
never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never be
entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.

Section 304. Temporary Securities.

      Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the
Company may execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, temporary Securities which are printed, lithographed, typewritten,
mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination,
substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they
are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and
other variations as the officers executing such Securities may determine, as
evidenced by their execution of such Securities.

      If temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause
definitive Securities of that series to be prepared without unreasonable delay.
After the preparation of definitive Securities of such series, the temporary
Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities of
such series upon surrender of the temporary Securities of such series at the
office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series, without
charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more
temporary Securities of any series, the Company shall execute and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor one or more definitive
Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor
and aggregate principal amount. Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities of
any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this
Indenture as definitive Securities of such series and tenor.

Section 305. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange.

      The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee a register (the register maintained in such office and in any other
office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment being herein sometimes
collectively referred to as the "SECURITY REGISTER") in which, subject to such
reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the
registration of Securities and of transfers of Securities. The Trustee is hereby
appointed "Security Registrar" for the purpose of registering Securities and
transfers of Securities as herein provided.

      Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security of a series at
the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series, the
Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the
name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities of
the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate
principal amount.

      At the option of the Holder, Securities of any series may be exchanged for
other Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like
tenor and aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Securities to be
exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Securities are so surrendered
for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to
receive.

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      All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same
debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities
surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.

      Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or
for exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Trustee) be duly
endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed, by the
Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.

      No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange of Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient
to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection
with any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other than
exchanges pursuant to Section 304, 906, 1107 or 1203 not involving any transfer.

      If the Securities of any series (or of any series and specified tenor) are
to be redeemed in part, the Company shall not be required (A) to issue, register
the transfer of or exchange any Securities of that series (or of that series and
specified tenor, as the case may be) during a period beginning at the opening of
business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of any
such Securities selected for redemption under Section 1103 and ending at the
close of business on the day of such mailing, or (B) to register the transfer of
or exchange any Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except
the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part.

      The provisions of Clauses (1), (2), (3) and (4) below shall apply only to
Global Securities:

            (1)   Each Global Security authenticated under this Indenture shall
      be registered in the name of the Depositary designated for such Global
      Security or a nominee thereof and delivered to such Depositary or a
      nominee thereof or custodian therefor, and each such Global Security shall
      constitute a single Security for all purposes of this Indenture.

            (2)   Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, no
      Global Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for Securities
      registered, and no transfer of a Global Security in whole or in part may
      be registered, in the name of any Person other than the Depositary for
      such Global Security or a nominee thereof unless (A) such Depositary has
      notified the Company that it is unwilling or unable or no longer permitted
      under applicable law to continue as Depositary for such Global Security,
      (B) there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default with
      respect to such Global Security, (C) the Company so directs the Trustee by
      a Company Order or (D) there shall exist such circumstances, if any, in
      addition to or in lieu of the foregoing as have been specified for this
      purpose as contemplated by Section 301.

            (3)   Subject to Clause (2) above, any exchange of a Global Security
      for other Securities may be made in whole or in part, and all Securities
      issued in exchange for a Global Security or any portion thereof shall be
      registered in such names as the Depositary for such Global Security shall
      direct.

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            (4)   Every Security authenticated and delivered upon registration
      of transfer of, or in exchange for or in lieu of, a Global Security or any
      portion thereof, whether pursuant to this Section, Section 304, 306, 906,
      1107 or 1203 or otherwise, shall be authenticated and delivered in the
      form of, and shall be, a Global Security, unless such Security is
      registered in the name of a Person other than the Depositary for such
      Global Security or a nominee thereof.

Section 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.

      If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company shall
execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a
new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and
bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.

      If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee (i) evidence to
their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security and (ii)
such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and
any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the
Company or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide
purchaser, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security
of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number
not contemporaneously outstanding.

      In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become
or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may,
instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security.

      Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company may
require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental
charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including
the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.

      Every new Security of any series issued pursuant to this Section in lieu
of any mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an
original additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable
by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally
and proportionately with any and all other Securities of that series duly issued
hereunder.

      The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the
extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or
payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.

Section 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.

      Except as otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect
to any series of Securities, interest on any Security which is payable, and is
punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid
to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor
Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date
for such interest.

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      Any interest on any Security of any series which is payable, but is not
punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein
called "DEFAULTED INTEREST") shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder
on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and
such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each
case, as provided in Clause (1) or (2) below:

            (1)   The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted
      Interest to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or
      their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of
      business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted
      Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall
      notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed
      to be paid on each Security of such series and the date of the proposed
      payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee
      an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in
      respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory
      to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment,
      such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the
      Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this Clause provided.
      Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of
      such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 days and not less
      than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than
      10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed
      payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special
      Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall
      cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the
      Special Record Date therefor to be given to each Holder of Securities of
      such series in the manner set forth in Section 106, not less than 10 days
      prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such
      Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been so
      mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose
      names the Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor
      Securities) are registered at the close of business on such Special Record
      Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following Clause (2).

            (2)   The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the
      Securities of any series in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with
      the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Securities may
      be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if,
      after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment
      pursuant to this Clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed
      practicable by the Trustee.

      Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Security
delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange
for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued
and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Security.

Section 308. Persons Deemed Owners.

      Prior to due presentment of a Security for registration of transfer, the
Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the
Person in whose name such Security is registered as the owner of such Security
for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and any premium and
(subject to Section 307) any interest on such Security and for

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all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and
neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee
shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

Section 309. Cancellation.

      All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of
transfer or exchange or for credit against any sinking fund payment shall, if
surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee
and shall be promptly cancelled by it. The Company may at any time deliver to
the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and
delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any manner
whatsoever, and may deliver to the Trustee (or to any other Person for delivery
to the Trustee) for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated
hereunder which the Company has not issued and sold, and all Securities so
delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. No Securities shall be
authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities cancelled as provided
in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All cancelled
Securities held by the Trustee shall be disposed of in accordance with its
customary procedures.

Section 310. Computation of Interest.

      Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for
Securities of any series, interest on the Securities of each series shall be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

Section 311. CUSIP Numbers.

      The Company in issuing any series of the Securities may use CUSIP numbers,
if then generally in use, and thereafter with respect to such series, the
Trustee may use such numbers in any notice of redemption with respect to such
series, provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made
as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities of
that series or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may
be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Securities of
that series, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or
omission of such numbers.

Section 312. Original Issue Discount.

      If any of the Securities is an Original Issue Discount Security, the
Company shall file with the Trustee promptly at the end of each calendar year
(i) a written notice specifying the amount of original issue discount (including
daily rates and accrual periods) accrued on such Outstanding Original Issue
Discount Securities as of the end of such year and (ii) such other specific
information relating to such original issue discount as may then be relevant
under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

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                                  ARTICLE FOUR

                           SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

Section 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.

      This Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to be of further effect
(except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities herein expressly provided for), and the Trustee, at the expense of
the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture, when

            (1)   either

            (A)   all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other
      than (i) Securities which have been mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen
      and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 306 and (ii)
      Securities for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust
      or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to
      the Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 1003)
      have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or

            (B)   all such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee
      for cancellation

                  (i)   have become due and payable, or

                  (ii)  will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity
            within one year, or

                  (iii) are to be called for redemption within one year under
            arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of
            redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the
            Company,

      and the Company, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has deposited or
      caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the
      purpose money in an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire
      indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee
      for cancellation, for principal and any premium and interest to the date
      of such deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and
      payable) or to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be;

            (2)   the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums
      payable hereunder by the Company; and

            (3)   the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
      Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
      precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge
      of this Indenture have been complied with.

      Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the
obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 607 and, if money shall
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Trustee pursuant to subclause (B) of Clause (1) of this Section, the obligations
of the Trustee under Section 402 and the last paragraph of Section 1003 shall
survive.

Section 402. Application of Trust Money.

      Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money
deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 401 shall be held in trust and
applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities and this
Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent
(including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may
determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal and any premium and
interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee.

                                  ARTICLE FIVE

                                    REMEDIES

Section 501. Events of Default.

      "EVENT OF DEFAULT", wherever used herein with respect to Securities of any
series, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such
Event of Default and whether it shall be occasioned by the provisions of Article
Fourteen or be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or
pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or
regulation of any administrative or governmental body):

            (1)   default in the payment of any interest upon any Security of
      that series when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such
      default for a period of 30 days; or

            (2)   default in the payment of the principal of or any premium on
      any Security of that series at its Maturity, and continuance of such
      default for a period of five days; or

            (3)   default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when and
      as due by the terms of a Security of that series, and the continuance of
      such default for a period of five days; or

            (4)   default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or
      warranty of the Company in this Indenture (other than a covenant or
      warranty a default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in
      this Section specifically dealt with or which has expressly been included
      in this Indenture solely for the benefit of series of Securities other
      than that series), and continuance of such default or breach for a period
      of 60 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to
      the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the
      Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities
      of that series a written notice specifying such default or breach and
      requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a "Notice of
      Default" hereunder; or

            (5)   the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of
      (A) a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in an
      involuntary case or proceeding under any

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      applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or
      other similar law or (B) a decree or order adjudging the Company
      bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking
      reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of
      the Company under any applicable Federal or State law, or appointing a
      custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other
      similar official of the Company or of any substantial part of its
      property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and
      the continuance of any such decree or order for relief or any such other
      decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive
      days; or

            (6)   the commencement by the Company of a voluntary case or
      proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency,
      reorganization or other similar law or of any other case or proceeding to
      be adjudicated bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by it to the entry
      of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in an
      involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State
      bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or to the
      commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against
      it, or the filing by it of a petition or answer or consent seeking
      reorganization or relief under any applicable Federal or State law, or the
      consent by it to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or
      taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee,
      sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or of any
      substantial part of its property, or the making by it of an assignment for
      the benefit of creditors, or the admission by it in writing of its
      inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or the taking of
      corporate action by the Company in furtherance of any such action; or

            (7)   any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities
      of that series.

Section 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.

      If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series at the
time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the Trustee
or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of that series may declare the principal amount of all the Securities
of that series (or, if any Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount
Securities, such portion of the principal amount of such Securities as may be
specified by the terms thereof) to be due and payable immediately, by a notice
in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any
such declaration such principal amount (or specified amount) shall become
immediately due and payable.

      At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to
Securities of any series has been made and before a judgment or decree for
payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this
Article provided, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of that series, by written notice to the Company and the
Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if

            (1)   the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum
      sufficient to pay

            (A)   all overdue interest on all Securities of that series,

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            (B)   the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Securities of
      that series which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of
      acceleration and any interest thereon at the rate or rates prescribed
      therefor in such Securities,

            (C)   to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful,
      interest upon overdue interest at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in
      such Securities, and

            (D)   all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the
      reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
      Trustee, its agents and counsel;

      and

            (2)   all Events of Default with respect to Securities of that
      series, other than the non-payment of the principal of Securities of that
      series which have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration,
      have been cured or waived as provided in Section 513.

No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right
consequent thereon.

Section 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.

      The Company covenants that if

            (1)   default is made in the payment of any interest on any Security
      when such interest becomes due and payable and such default continues for
      a period of 30 days, or

            (2)   default is made in the payment of the principal of (or
      premium, if any, on) any Security at the Maturity thereof and such default
      continues for a period of five days,

the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the
Holders of such Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such
Securities for principal and any premium and interest and, to the extent that
payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest on any overdue
principal and premium and on any overdue interest, at the rate or rates
prescribed therefor in such Securities, and, in addition thereto, such further
amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection,
including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of
the Trustee, its agents and counsel.

      If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series occurs and
is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce
its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series by such
appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to
protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any
covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power
granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.

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Section 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.

      In case of any judicial proceeding relative to the Company (or any other
obligor upon the Securities), its property or its creditors, the Trustee shall
be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise, to
take any and all actions authorized under the Trust Indenture Act in order to
have claims of the Holders and the Trustee allowed in any such proceeding. In
particular, the Trustee shall be authorized to collect and receive any moneys or
other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the
same; and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator
or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized
by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the
Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to
pay to the Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other
amounts due the Trustee under Section 607.

      No provision of this Indenture shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to
authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities
or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in
respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding; provided, however,
that the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders, vote for the election of a
trustee in bankruptcy or similar official and be a member of a creditors' or
other similar committee.

Section 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities.

      All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities may
be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the
Securities or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any
such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as
trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision
for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and
advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of
the Holders of the Securities in respect of which such judgment has been
recovered.

Section 506. Application of Money Collected.

      Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be
applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and,
in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal or any premium
or interest, upon presentation of the Securities and the notation thereon of the
payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:

            FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section
607; and

            SECOND: Subject to Article Fourteen, to the payment of the amounts
      then due and unpaid for principal of and any premium and interest on the
      Securities in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has
      been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind,
      according to the amounts due and payable on such Securities for principal
      and any premium and interest, respectively.

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Section 507. Limitation on Suits.

      No Holder of any Security of any series shall have any right to institute
any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for
the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder,
unless

            (1)   such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee
      of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that
      series;

            (2)   the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the
      Outstanding Securities of that series shall have made written request to
      the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default
      in its own name as Trustee hereunder;

            (3)   such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable
      indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in
      compliance with such request;

            (4)   the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice,
      request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such
      proceeding; and

            (5)   no direction inconsistent with such written request has been
      given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a
      majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series;

it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have
any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision
of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other of
such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any
other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in
the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all of such
Holders.

Section 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and
Interest.

      Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any
Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive
payment of the principal of and any premium and (subject to Section 307)
interest on such Security on the respective Stated Maturities expressed in such
Security (or, in the case of redemption or repayment, on the Redemption Date or
date for repayment, as the case may be) and to institute suit for the
enforcement of any such payment, and such rights shall not be impaired without
the consent of such Holder.

Section 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies.

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

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Section 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative.

      Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in the last paragraph of Section
306, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to
the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every
right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in
addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter
existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any
right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent
assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.

Section 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver.

      No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Securities to
exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any
such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an
acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to
the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often
as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may
be.

Section 512. Control by Holders.

      The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of any series shall have the right to direct the time, method and
place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or
exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with respect to the
Securities of such series, provided that

            (1)   such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law
      or with this Indenture, and

            (2)   the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the
      Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction.

Section 513. Waiver of Past Defaults.

      The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any series may on behalf of the Holders of all the
Securities of such series waive any past default hereunder with respect to such
series and its consequences, except a default

            (1)   in the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest
      on any Security of such series, or

            (2)   in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under
      Article Nine cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the
      Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series affected.

      Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of
Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose
of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other
default or impair any right consequent thereon.

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Section 514. Undertaking for Costs.

      In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this
Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or
omitted by it as Trustee, a court may require any party litigant in such suit to
file an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and may assess reasonable
costs against any such party litigant, in the manner and to the extent provided
in the Trust Indenture Act; provided that neither this Section nor the Trust
Indenture Act shall be deemed to authorize any court to require such an
undertaking or to make such an assessment in any suit instituted by the Company.

Section 515. Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws.

      The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it
will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or
take the benefit or advantage of, any usury, stay or extension law wherever
enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants
or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it may
lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law
and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any
power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of
every such power as though no such law had been enacted.

                                  ARTICLE SIX

                                   THE TRUSTEE

Section 601. Certain Duties and Responsibilities.

      The duties and responsibilities of the Trustee shall be as provided by the
Trust Indenture Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision of this
Indenture shall require the Trustee 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 against
such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it. Whether or not therein
expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct
or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be
subject to the provisions of this Section.

Section 602. Notice of Defaults.

      If a default occurs hereunder with respect to Securities of any series,
the Trustee shall give the Holders of Securities of such series notice of such
default as and to the extent provided by the Trust Indenture Act; provided,
however, that in the case of any default of the character specified in Section
501(4) with respect to Securities of such series, no such notice to Holders
shall be given until at least 30 days after the occurrence thereof. For the
purpose of this Section, the term "default" means any event which is, or after
notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default with respect
to Securities of such series.

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Section 603. Certain Rights of Trustee.

      Subject to the provisions of Section 601:

            (1)   the Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be protected in
      acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate,
      statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction,
      consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or
      other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been
      signed or presented by the proper party or parties;

            (2)   any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall
      be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order, and any
      resolution of the Board of Directors shall be sufficiently evidenced by a
      Board Resolution;

            (3)   whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee
      shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to
      taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless
      other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of
      bad faith on its part, conclusively rely upon an Officers' Certificate;

            (4)   the Trustee may consult with counsel and the written advice of
      such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete
      authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or
      omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;

            (5)   the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of
      the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or
      direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture, unless such
      Holders shall have offered to the 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;

            (6)   the 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, direction, consent, order,
      bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or
      document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further
      inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit,
      and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or
      investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and
      premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney;

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

            (8)   the rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits
      given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be
      indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in
      each of its capacities hereunder.

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Section 604. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.

      The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the Trustee's
certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Company,
and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee
makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or
of the Securities. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or
application by the Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof.

Section 605. May Hold Securities.

      The Trustee, any Paying Agent, any Security Registrar or any other agent
of the Company, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or
pledgee of Securities and, subject to Sections 608 and 613, may otherwise deal
with the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee,
Paying Agent, Security Registrar or such other agent.

Section 606. Money Held in Trust.

      Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from
other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be under no
liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise
agreed with the Company.

Section 607. Compensation and Reimbursement.

      The Company agrees

            (1)   to pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation as
      shall be agreed to in writing between the Company and the Trustee for all
      services rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited
      by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an
      express trust);

            (2)   except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse
      the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements
      and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any
      provision of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the
      reasonable expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except
      any such expense, disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its
      negligence or bad faith; and

            (3)   to indemnify the Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against,
      any loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on
      its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or
      administration of the trust or trusts hereunder, including the reasonable
      costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in
      connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties
      hereunder.

      When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with an
Event of Default specified in Section 501(5) or Section 501(6), the expenses
(including the reasonable charges and expenses of its counsel) and the
compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of
administration under any applicable Federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or
other similar law.

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      The provisions of this Section shall survive the termination of this
Indenture and the resignation or removal of the Trustee.

Section 608. Conflicting Interests.

      If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the
meaning of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall either eliminate such
interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to
the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and this Indenture. To the extent
permitted by such Act, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have a conflicting
interest by virtue of being a trustee under this Indenture with respect to
Securities of more than one series.

Section 609. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.

      There shall at all times be one (and only one) Trustee hereunder with
respect to the Securities of each series, which may be Trustee hereunder for
Securities of one or more other series. Each Trustee shall be a Person that is
eligible pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act to act as such, has a combined
capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and has its Corporate Trust Office
in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York. If any such Person publishes
reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements
of its supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section
and to the extent permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, the combined capital and
surplus of such Person shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as
set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time
the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall cease to be
eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign
immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this
Article.

Section 610. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.

      No resignation or removal of the 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 Section 611.

      The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities of one
or more series by giving written notice thereof to the Company. If the
instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section 611 shall
not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such
notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee, at the expense of the Company, may
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor
Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.

      The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Securities of
any series by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series, delivered to the Trustee and to the
Company. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by
Section 611 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after
the giving of such notice of removal, the Trustee being removed, at the expense
of the Company, may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the
appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such
series.

      If at any time:

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            (1)   the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 608 after
      written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has been a
      bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months, or

            (2)   the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 609 and
      shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by
      any such Holder, or

            (3)   the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be
      adjudged bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its
      property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or
      control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of
      rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation,

then, in any such case, (A) the Company by a Board Resolution may remove the
Trustee with respect to all Securities, or (B) subject to Section 514, any
Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months
may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court
of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to all
Securities and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees.

      If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or
if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, with respect to
the Securities of one or more series, the Company, by a Board Resolution, shall
promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to the Securities
of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor Trustee may
be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more or all of such series
and that at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the
Securities of any particular series) and shall comply with the applicable
requirements of Section 611. If, within one year after such resignation, removal
or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act of the Holders
of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series
delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so
appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment in accordance
with the applicable requirements of Section 611, become the successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the
successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee with respect
to the Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the Company or
the Holders and accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 611, any
Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least
six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition
any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of such series.

      The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the
Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and each appointment of a
successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series to all Holders of
Securities of such series in the manner provided in Section 106. Each notice
shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities
of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.

Section 611. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.

      In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect
to all Securities, every such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute,
acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument
accepting such appointment, and thereupon

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the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and
such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall
become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring
Trustee; but, on the request of the Company or the successor Trustee, such
retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an
instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and
trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to
such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee
hereunder.

      In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect
to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the retiring
Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more
series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein each
successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (1) shall contain such
provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to
vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the
retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which
the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee
is not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall contain such provisions as
shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers,
trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that
or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue
to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and (3) shall add to or change any of the
provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate
the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being
understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall
constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such
Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from
any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee; and upon
the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture the resignation or
removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided
therein and each such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or
conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties
of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series
to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates; but, on request of
the Company or any successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly assign,
transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by
such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those
series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates.

      Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall execute any
and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to
such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in the
first or second preceding paragraph, as the case may be.

      No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of
such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under
this Article.

Section 612. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.

      Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with
which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger,
conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any
corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business
of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided such
corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article,
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execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the
parties hereto. In case any Securities shall have been authenticated, but not
delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger, conversion,
consolidation or sale to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such
authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same effect
as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities.

Section 613. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.

      If and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Company (or
any other obligor upon the Securities), the Trustee shall be subject to the
provisions of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection of claims against
the Company (or any such other obligor).

                                 ARTICLE SEVEN

                HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY

Section 701. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.

      The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee

            (1)   semi-annually either (i) not later than March 31 and September
      30 in each year in the case of any series of Securities consisting solely
      of Original Issue Discount Securities which by their terms do not bear
      interest prior to Maturity, or (ii) not more than 15 days after each
      Regular Record Date in the case of Securities of any other series, a list,
      in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and
      addresses of the Holders of Securities of each series as of the preceding
      March 16 or September 15 or as of such Regular Record Date, as the case
      may be; and

            (2)   at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing,
      within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a
      list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior
      to the time such list is furnished;

      excluding from any such list names and addresses received by the Trustee
in its capacity as Security Registrar.

Section 702. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders.

      The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably
practicable, the names and addresses of Holders contained in the most recent
list furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 701 and the names and
addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security
Registrar. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in
Section 701 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.

      The rights of Holders to communicate with other Holders with respect to
their rights under this Indenture or under the Securities, and the corresponding
rights and privileges of the Trustee, shall be as provided by the Trust
Indenture Act.

      Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with
the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any
agent of either of them shall be

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held accountable by reason of any disclosure of information as to names and
addresses of Holders made pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act.

Section 703. Reports by Trustee.

      The Trustee shall transmit to Holders such reports concerning the Trustee
and its actions under this Indenture as may be required pursuant to the Trust
Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided pursuant thereto.

      A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to
Holders, be filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange upon which any
Securities are listed, with the Commission and with the Company. The Company
will notify the Trustee when any Securities are listed on any stock exchange.

SECTION 704. Reports by Company.

      The Company shall file with the Trustee and the Commission, and transmit
to Holders, such information, documents and other reports, and such summaries
thereof, as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and
in the manner provided pursuant to such Act.

      Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for
informational purposes only and the Trustee's receipt of such shall not
constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or
determinable from information contained therein, including the Company's
compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is
entitled to conclusively rely exclusively on Officers' Certificates).

                                 ARTICLE EIGHT

              CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE

SECTION 801. Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.

      The Company shall not consolidate with or merge into any other Person or
convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety
to any Person, unless:

            (1)   in case the Company shall consolidate with or merge into
      another Person or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets
      substantially as an entirety to any Person, the Person formed by such
      consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the Person which
      acquires by conveyance or transfer, or which leases, the properties and
      assets of the Company substantially as an entirety shall be a corporation,
      partnership or trust, shall be organized and validly existing under the
      laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of
      Columbia and shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto,
      executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the
      Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and any premium
      and interest on all the Securities and the performance or observance of
      every covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Company to be
      performed or observed;

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            (2)   immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event
      of Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both,
      would become an Event of Default, shall have happened and be continuing;
      and

            (3)   the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
      Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such
      consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and, if a
      supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction,
      such supplemental indenture comply with this Article and that all
      conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have
      been complied with.

Section 802. Successor Substituted.

      Upon any consolidation of the Company with, or merger of the Company into,
any other Person or any conveyance, transfer or lease of the properties and
assets of the Company substantially as an entirety in accordance with Section
801, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company
is merged or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall succeed
to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the
Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person
had been named as the Company herein, and thereafter, except in the case of a
lease, the predecessor Person shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants
under this Indenture and the Securities.

                                  ARTICLE NINE

                             SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

Section 901. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.

      Without the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by a
Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter
into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the
Trustee, for any of the following purposes:

            (1)   to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company
      and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company
      herein and in the Securities; or

            (2)   to add to the covenants for the benefit of the Holders of all
      or any series of Securities (and if such covenants are to be for the
      benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such covenants
      are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series) or to
      surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company; or

            (3)   to add any additional Events of Default for the benefit of the
      Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such additional Events
      of Default are to be for the benefit of less than all series of
      Securities, stating that such additional Events of Default are expressly
      being included solely for the benefit of such series); or

            (4)   to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to
      such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of
      Securities in bearer form,

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      registrable or not registrable as to principal, and with or without
      interest coupons, or to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in
      uncertificated form; or

            (5) to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of this
      Indenture in respect of one or more series of Securities, provided that
      any such addition, change or elimination (A) shall neither (i) apply to
      any Security of any series created prior to the execution of such
      supplemental indenture and entitled to the benefit of such provision nor
      (ii) modify the rights of the Holder of any such Security with respect to
      such provision or (B) shall become effective only when there is no
      Security described in clause (i) Outstanding; or

            (6) to secure the Securities; or

            (7) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as
      permitted by Sections 201 and 301; or

            (8) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment
      hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or
      more series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this
      Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the
      administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant
      to the requirements of Section 611; or

            (9) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision
      herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision
      herein, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or
      questions arising under this Indenture, provided that such action pursuant
      to this Clause (9) shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders
      of Securities of any series in any material respect.

Section 902. Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders.

      With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series affected by such
supplemental indenture, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the
Trustee, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may
enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of
adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the
provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the
Holders of Securities of such series under this Indenture; provided, however,
that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of
each Outstanding Security affected thereby,

            (1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any
      installment of principal of or interest on, any Security, or reduce the
      principal amount thereof or the rate of interest thereon or any premium
      payable upon the redemption thereof, or reduce the amount of the principal
      of an Original Issue Discount Security or any other Security which would
      be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity
      thereof pursuant to Section 502, or change any Place of Payment where, or
      the coin or currency in which, any Security or any premium or interest
      thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the
      enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof
      (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date), or

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            (2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding
      Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any
      such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required
      for any waiver (of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or
      certain defaults hereunder and their consequences) provided for in this
      Indenture, or

            (3) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 513 or
      Section 1006, except to increase any such percentage or to provide that
      certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived
      without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected
      thereby; provided, however, that this clause shall not be deemed to
      require the consent of any Holder with respect to changes in the
      references to "the Trustee" and concomitant changes in this Section and
      Section 1006, or the deletion of this proviso, in accordance with the
      requirements of Sections 611 and 901(8).

A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other
provision of this Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the
benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, or which modifies the
rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with respect to such covenant
or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this
Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.

      It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to
approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall
be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.

      After a supplemental indenture under this Section 902 becomes effective,
the Company shall mail to the Trustee a notice briefly describing such
supplemental indenture or a copy of such supplemental indenture and the Trustee
shall mail such notice or supplemental indenture to Holders affected thereby.
Any failure of the Company to mail such notice, or any defect therein, or any
failure of the Company to mail such supplemental indenture, shall not in any way
impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture.

Section 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures.

      In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any
supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of
the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive,
and (subject to Section 601) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an
Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is
authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be
obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects the
Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.

Section 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures.

      Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article, this
Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental
indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder
of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder
shall be bound thereby.

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Section 905. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.

      Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall
conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act.

Section 906. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.

      Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution
of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall if
required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to
any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so
determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the
opinion of the Trustee and the Company, to any such supplemental indenture may
be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the
Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series.

Section 907. Subordination Unimpaired.

      This Indenture may not be amended at any time to alter the subordination,
as provided herein, of any of the Securities then Outstanding without the
written consent of each holder of Senior Debt then outstanding that would be
adversely affected thereby.

                                   ARTICLE TEN

                                    COVENANTS

Section 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.

      The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of each series of
Securities that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of and any premium
and interest on the Securities of that series in accordance with the terms of
the Securities and this Indenture.

Section 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency.

      The Company will maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of
Securities an office or agency where Securities of that series may be presented
or surrendered for payment, where Securities of that series may be surrendered
for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or
upon the Company in respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture
may be served. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the
location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any
time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or
shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations,
surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust
Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent
to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.

      The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices
or agencies where the Securities of one or more series may be presented or
surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such
designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in
any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency
in each Place of Payment for Securities of any series for such purposes. The

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Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation
or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or
agency.

Section 1003. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust.

      If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect
to any series of Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the
principal of or any premium or interest on any of the Securities of that series,
segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a
sum sufficient to pay the principal and any premium and interest so becoming due
until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein
provided and will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to
act.

      Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series
of Securities, it will, prior to each due date of the principal of or any
premium or interest on any Securities of that series, deposit with a Paying
Agent a sum sufficient to pay such amount, such sum to be held as provided by
the Trust Indenture Act, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the
Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.

      The Company will cause each Paying Agent for any series of Securities
other than the Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in
which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions
of this Section, that such Paying Agent will (1) comply with the provisions of
the Trust Indenture Act applicable to it as a Paying Agent and (2) during the
continuance of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the
Securities of that series) in the making of any payment in respect of the
Securities of that series, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith
pay to the Trustee all sums held in trust by such Paying Agent for payment in
respect of the Securities of that series.

      The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction
and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Company
Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by
the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the
same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such
Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such
Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such
money.

      Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by
the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of or any premium or
interest on any Security of any series and remaining unclaimed for two years
after such principal, premium or interest has become due and payable shall be
paid to the Company on Company Request, or (if then held by the Company) shall
be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security shall thereafter,
as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof,
and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust
money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon
cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being
required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to
be published once, in a newspaper published in the English language, customarily
published on each Business Day and of general circulation in the Borough of
Manhattan, The City of New York, notice that such money remains unclaimed and
that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from
the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining
will be repaid to the Company.

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Section 1004. Statement by Officers as to Default.

      The Company will deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of
each fiscal year of the Company ending after the date hereof, an Officers'
Certificate, stating whether or not to the best knowledge of the signers thereof
the Company is in default in the performance and observance of any of the terms,
provisions and conditions of this Indenture (without regard to any period of
grace or requirement of notice provided hereunder) and, if the Company shall be
in default, specifying all such defaults and the nature and status thereof of
which they may have knowledge.

Section 1005. Existence.

      Subject to Article Eight, the Company will do or cause to be done all
things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate
existence.

Section 1006. Waiver of Certain Covenants.

      Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for
Securities of such series, the Company may, with respect to the Securities of
any series, omit in any particular instance to comply with any term, provision
or condition set forth in any covenant provided pursuant to Section 301(19),
901(2) or 901(7) for the benefit of the Holders of such series or in Section
1005 if before the time for such compliance the Holders of at least a majority
in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall, by Act
of such Holders, either waive such compliance in such instance or generally
waive compliance with such term, provision or condition, but no such waiver
shall extend to or affect such term, provision or condition except to the extent
so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the
obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such
term, provision or condition shall remain in full force and effect.

                                 ARTICLE ELEVEN

                            REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES

Section 1101. Applicability of Article.

      Securities of any series which are redeemable before their Stated Maturity
shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and (except as otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities) in accordance with
this Article.

Section 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.

      The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by
a Board Resolution or in another manner specified as contemplated by Section 301
for such Securities. In case of any redemption at the election of the Company of
the Securities of any series (including any such redemption affecting only a
single Security), the Company shall, at least 60 days prior to the Redemption
Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the
Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date, of the principal amount of
Securities of such series to be redeemed and, if applicable, of the tenor of the
Securities to be redeemed. In the case of any redemption of Securities prior to
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provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, the
Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officers' Certificate evidencing
compliance with such restriction.

Section 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed.

      If less than all the Securities of any series are to be redeemed (unless
all the Securities of such series and of a specified tenor are to be redeemed or
unless such redemption affects only a single Security), the particular
Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the
Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of such series
not previously called for redemption, by such method as the Trustee shall deem
fair and appropriate and which may provide for the selection for redemption of a
portion of the principal amount of any Security of such series, provided that
the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of any Security shall be in an
authorized denomination (which shall not be less than the minimum authorized
denomination) for such Security. If less than all the Securities of such series
and of a specified tenor are to be redeemed (unless such redemption affects only
a single Security), the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected
not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the
Outstanding Securities of such series and specified tenor not previously called
for redemption in accordance with the preceding sentence.

      The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Securities
selected for redemption as aforesaid and, in case of any Securities selected for
partial redemption as aforesaid, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.

      The provisions of the two preceding paragraphs shall not apply with
respect to any redemption affecting only a single Security, whether such
Security is to be redeemed in whole or in part. In the case of any such
redemption in part, the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of the
Security shall be in an authorized denomination (which shall not be less than
the minimum authorized denomination) for such Security.

      For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires,
all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate, in the
case of any Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion
of the principal amount of such Securities which has been or is to be redeemed.

Section 1104. Notice of Redemption.

      Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid,
mailed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, to
each Holder of Securities to be redeemed, at his address appearing in the
Security Register.

      All notices of redemption shall state:

            (1) the Redemption Date;

            (2) the Redemption Price;

            (3) if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series
      consisting of more than a single Security are to be redeemed, the
      identification (and, in the case of partial redemption of any such
      Securities, the principal amounts) of the particular Securities to

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      be redeemed and, if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series
      consisting of a single Security are to be redeemed, the principal amount
      of the particular Security to be redeemed;

            (4) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due
      and payable upon each such Security to be redeemed and, if applicable,
      that interest thereon will cease to accrue on and after said date;

            (5) the place or places where each such Security is to be
      surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price;

            (6) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case;
      and

            (7) if applicable, the CUSIP numbers of the Securities of that
      series.

      Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the
Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company's request, by the
Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company and, unless otherwise
specified or contemplated by Section 301, shall be irrevocable.

Section 1105. Deposit of Redemption Price.

      Prior to any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee
or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent,
segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 1003) an amount of money
sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption Date
shall be an Interest Payment Date or the Securities of the series provide
otherwise) accrued interest on, all the Securities which are to be redeemed on
that date.

Section 1106. Securities Payable on Redemption Date.

      Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to
be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the
Redemption Price therein specified, and from and after such date (unless the
Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued
interest) such Securities shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any
such Security for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Security shall
be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price, together, if applicable, with
accrued interest to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that, unless
otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, installments of interest
whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date will be payable to
the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities,
registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates
according to their terms and the provisions of Section 307.

      If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender
thereof for redemption, the principal and any premium shall, until paid, bear
interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed therefor in the
Security.

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Section 1107. Securities Redeemed in Part.

      Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at
a Place of Payment therefor (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires,
due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to
the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney
duly authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security without service
charge, a new Security or Securities of the same series and of like tenor, of
any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal
amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of
the Security so surrendered.

                                 ARTICLE TWELVE

                                  SINKING FUNDS

Section 1201. Applicability of Article.

      The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund for
the retirement of Securities of any series except as otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities.

      The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms
of any series of Securities is herein referred to as a "mandatory sinking fund
payment", and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the
terms of such Securities is herein referred to as an "optional sinking fund
payment". If provided for by the terms of any series of Securities, the cash
amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in
Section 1202. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of
Securities of the series as provided for by the terms of such Securities.

Section 1202. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.

      The Company (1) may deliver Outstanding Securities of a series (other than
any previously called for redemption) and (2) may apply as a credit Securities
of a series which have been redeemed either at the election of the Company
pursuant to the terms of such Securities or through the application of permitted
optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such Securities, in each
case in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund payment with respect
to any Securities of such series required to be made pursuant to the terms of
such Securities as and to the extent provided for by the terms of such
Securities; provided that the Securities to be so credited have not been
previously so credited. The Securities to be so credited shall be received and
credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the Redemption Price, as specified
in the Securities so to be redeemed, for redemption through operation of the
sinking fund and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced
accordingly.

Section 1203. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.

      Not less than 60 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any
Securities, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate
specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for such
Securities pursuant to the terms of such Securities, the portion thereof, if
any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash and the portion thereof, if
any,

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which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities pursuant to
Section 1202 and will also deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so
delivered. Not less than 30 days prior to each such sinking fund payment date,
the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund
payment date in the manner specified in Section 1103 and cause notice of the
redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of the Company
in the manner provided in Section 1104. Such notice having been duly given, the
redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner
stated in Sections 1106 and 1107.

                                ARTICLE THIRTEEN

                       DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

Section 1301. Company's Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

      Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301, Sections 1302
and 1303 shall apply to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case
may be, in either case, denominated in U.S. dollars and bearing interest at a
fixed rate, in accordance with any applicable requirements provided pursuant to
Section 301 and upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this
Article; and the Company may elect, at its option at any time, to have Sections
1302 and 1303 applied to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case
may be, designated pursuant to Section 301 as being defeasible pursuant to such
Section 1302 or 1303, in accordance with any applicable requirements provided
pursuant to Section 301 and upon compliance with the conditions set forth below
in this Article. Any such election to have or not to have Sections 1302 and 1303
apply, as the case may be, shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution or in
another manner specified as contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities.

Section 1302. Defeasance and Discharge.

      Upon the Company's exercise of its option (if any) to have this Section
applied to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, or if
this Section shall otherwise apply to any Securities or any series of
Securities, as the case may be, the Company shall be deemed to have been
discharged from its obligations, and the provisions of Article Fourteen shall
cease to be effective, with respect to such Securities as provided in this
Section on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 1304 are
satisfied (hereinafter called "DEFEASANCE"). For this purpose, such Defeasance
means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire
indebtedness represented by such Securities and to have satisfied all its other
obligations under such Securities and this Indenture insofar as such Securities
are concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute
proper instruments acknowledging the same), subject to the following which shall
survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (1) the rights of
Holders of such Securities to receive, solely from the trust fund described in
Section 1304 and as more fully set forth in such Section, payments in respect of
the principal of and any premium and interest on such Securities when payments
are due, (2) the Company's obligations with respect to such Securities under
Sections 304, 305, 306, 1002 and 1003, (3) the rights, powers, trusts, duties
and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and (4) this Article. Subject to
compliance with this Article, the Company may exercise its option (if any) to
have this Section applied to the Securities of any series notwithstanding the
prior exercise of its option (if any) to have Section 1303 applied to such
Securities.

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Section 1303. Covenant Defeasance.

      Upon the Company's exercise of its option (if any) to have this Section
applied to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, or if
this Section shall otherwise apply to any Securities or any series of
Securities, as the case may be, (1) the Company shall be released from its
obligations under Section 1005 and any covenants provided pursuant to Section
301(19), 901(2) or 901(7) for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities and
(2) the occurrence of any event specified in Sections 501(4) (with respect to
Section 1005 and any such covenants provided pursuant to Section 301(19), 901(2)
or 901(7)) and 501(7) shall be deemed not to be or result in an Event of Default
and (3) the provisions of Article Fourteen shall cease to be effective, in each
case with respect to such Securities as provided in this Section on and after
the date the conditions set forth in Section 1304 are satisfied (hereinafter
called "COVENANT DEFEASANCE"). For this purpose, such Covenant Defeasance means
that, with respect to such Securities, the Company may omit to comply with and
shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set
forth in any such specified Section (to the extent so specified in the case of
Section 501(4)), whether directly or indirectly by reason of any reference
elsewhere herein to any such Section by reason of any reference in any such
Section or to any other provision herein or in any other document, but the
remainder of this Indenture and such Securities shall be unaffected thereby.

Section 1304. Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

      The following shall be the conditions to the application of Section 1302
or 1303 to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be:

            (1) The Company shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be
      deposited with the Trustee (or another trustee which satisfies the
      requirements contemplated by Section 609 and agrees to comply with the
      provisions of this Article applicable to it) as trust funds in trust for
      the purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged as
      security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefits of the Holders of such
      Securities, (A) money in an amount, or (B) U.S. Government Obligations
      which through the scheduled payment of principal and interest in respect
      thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than one
      day before the due date of any payment, money in an amount, or (C) a
      combination thereof, in each case sufficient, in the opinion of a
      nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in
      a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and
      discharge, and which shall be applied by the Trustee (or any such other
      qualifying trustee) to pay and discharge, the principal of and any premium
      and interest on such Securities on the respective Stated Maturities, in
      accordance with the terms of this Indenture and such Securities. As used
      herein, "U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATION" means (x) any security which is (i) a
      direct obligation of the United States of America for the payment of which
      the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged or
      (ii) an obligation of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as
      an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America the payment
      of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit
      obligation by the United States of America, which, in either case (i) or
      (ii), is not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof,
      and (y) any depositary receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section
      3(a)(2) of the Securities Act) as custodian with respect to any U.S.
      Government Obligation which is specified in Clause (x) above and held by
      such bank for the account of the holder of such depositary receipt, or
      with respect

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      to any specific payment of principal of or interest on any U.S. Government
      Obligation which is so specified and held, provided that (except as
      required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction
      from the amount payable to the holder of such depositary receipt from any
      amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government
      Obligation or the specific payment of principal or interest evidenced by
      such depositary receipt.

            (2) In the event of an election to have Section 1302 apply to any
      Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, the Company
      shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that (A)
      the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the
      Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (B) since the date of this
      instrument, there has been a change in the applicable Federal income tax
      law, in either case (A) or (B) to the effect that, and based thereon such
      opinion shall confirm that, the Holders of such Securities will not
      recognize gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of the
      deposit, Defeasance and discharge to be effected with respect to such
      Securities and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amount,
      in the same manner and at the same times as would be the case if such
      deposit, Defeasance and discharge were not to occur.

            (3) In the event of an election to have Section 1303 apply to any
      Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, the Company
      shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect
      that the Holders of such Securities will not recognize gain or loss for
      Federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit and Covenant
      Defeasance to be effected with respect to such Securities and will be
      subject to Federal income tax on the same amount, in the same manner and
      at the same times as would be the case if such deposit and Covenant
      Defeasance were not to occur.

            (4) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
      Certificate to the effect that neither such Securities nor any other
      Securities of the same series, if then listed on any securities exchange,
      will be delisted as a result of such deposit.

            (5) No event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both
      would become, an Event of Default with respect to such Securities or any
      other Securities shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such
      deposit or, with regard to any such event specified in Sections 501(5) and
      (6), at any time on or prior to the 90th day after the date of such
      deposit (it being understood that this condition shall not be deemed
      satisfied until after such 90th day).

            (6) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not cause the
      Trustee to have a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust
      Indenture Act (assuming all Securities are in default within the meaning
      of such Act).

            (7) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a
      breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other agreement
      or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound.

            (8) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in the
      trust arising from such deposit constituting an investment company within
      the meaning of the

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      Investment Company Act unless such trust shall be registered under such
      Act or exempt from registration thereunder.

            (9) No event or condition shall exist that, pursuant to the
      provisions of Article Fourteen, would prevent the Company from making
      payments of the principal of (and any premium) or interest on the
      Securities of such series on the date of such deposit or at any time on or
      prior to the 90th day after the date of such deposit (it being understood
      that this condition shall not be deemed satisfied until such 90th day
      shall have ended).

            (10) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
      Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
      precedent with respect to such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance have been
      complied with (in each case, subject to the satisfaction of the condition
      in clause (5)).

Section 1305. Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in
              Trust; Miscellaneous Provisions.

      Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money
and U.S. Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with
the Trustee or other qualifying trustee (solely for purposes of this Section and
Section 1306, the Trustee and any such other trustee are referred to
collectively as the "TRUSTEE") pursuant to Section 1304 in respect of any
Securities shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with
the provisions of such Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either
directly or through any such Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its
own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such
Securities, of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal
and any premium and interest, but money so held in trust need not be segregated
from other funds except to the extent required by law. Money and U.S. Government
Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) so held in trust shall not be
subject to the provisions of Article Fourteen, provided that the applicable
conditions of Section 1304 have been satisfied.

      The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or
other charge imposed on or assessed against the U.S. Government Obligations
deposited pursuant to Section 1304 or the principal and interest received in
respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for
the account of the Holders of Outstanding Securities.

      Anything in this Article to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee
shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company Request any
money or U.S. Government Obligations held by it as provided in Section 1304 with
respect to any Securities which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm
of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof
delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof which would then
be required to be deposited to effect the Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance, as
the case may be, with respect to such Securities.

Section 1306. Reinstatement.

      If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any money in
accordance with this Article with respect to any Securities by reason of any
order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining
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obligations under this Indenture and such Securities from which the Company has
been discharged or released pursuant to Section 1302 or 1303 shall be revived
and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article with
respect to such Securities, until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is
permitted to apply all money held in trust pursuant to Section 1305 with respect
to such Securities in accordance with this Article; provided, however, that if
the Company makes any payment of principal of or any premium or interest on any
such Security following such reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall
be subrogated to the rights (if any) of the Holders of such Securities to
receive such payment from the money so held in trust.

                                ARTICLE FOURTEEN

                           SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES

Section 1401. Securities Subordinate to Senior Debt.

      The Company covenants and agrees, and each Holder of a Security, by his
acceptance thereof, likewise covenants and agrees, that, to the extent and in
the manner hereinafter set forth in this Article, the indebtedness represented
by the Securities and the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and
interest on each and all of the Securities are hereby expressly made subordinate
and subject in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all Senior Debt.

      Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a deposit referred to in Section 1304(1)
is made pursuant to Section 1302 or Section 1303 with respect to any Securities
(and provided all other conditions set out in Section 1302 or 1303, as
applicable, shall have been satisfied with respect to such Securities), then,
when the 90th day after such deposit has ended, no money or U.S. Government
Obligations so deposited, and no proceeds thereon, will be subject to any rights
of holders of Senior Debt, including any such rights arising under this Article
Fourteen.

Section 1402. Payment Over of Proceeds Upon Dissolution, Etc.

      In the event of (a) any insolvency or bankruptcy case or proceeding, or
any receivership, liquidation, reorganization or other similar case or
proceeding in connection therewith, relative to the Company or to its creditors,
as such, or to its assets, or (b) any liquidation, dissolution or other winding
up of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary and whether or not involving
insolvency or bankruptcy, or (c) any assignment for the benefit of creditors or
any other marshalling of assets and liabilities of the Company, then and in any
such event the holders of Senior Debt shall be entitled to receive payment in
full of all amounts due or to become due on or in respect of all Senior Debt
(including any interest accruing thereon after the commencement of any such case
or proceeding), or provision shall be made for such payment in cash or cash
equivalents or otherwise in a manner satisfactory to the holders of Senior Debt,
before the Holders of the Securities are entitled to receive any payment on
account of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on the Securities, and
to that end the holders of Senior Debt shall be entitled to receive, for
application to the payment thereof, any payment or distribution of any kind or
character, whether in cash, property or securities, including any such payment
or distribution which may be payable or deliverable by reason of the payment of
any other indebtedness of the Company being subordinated to the payment of the
Securities, which may be payable or deliverable in respect of the Securities in
any such case, proceeding, liquidation, dissolution or other winding up event.

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      In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this
Section, the Trustee or the Holder of any Security shall have received any
payment or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character,
whether in cash, property or securities, including any such payment or
distribution which may be payable or deliverable by reason of the payment of any
other indebtedness of the Company being subordinated to the payment of the
Securities, before all Senior Debt is paid in full or payment thereof provided
for, and if such fact shall, at or prior to the time of such payment or
distribution, have been made known to the Trustee or, as the case may be, such
Holder, then and in such event such payment or distribution shall be paid over
or delivered forthwith to the trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, liquidating
trustee, custodian, assignee, agent or other Person making payment or
distribution of assets of the Company for application to the payment of all
Senior Debt remaining unpaid, to the extent necessary to pay all Senior Debt in
full, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to or for
the holders of Senior Debt. Any taxes that have been withheld or deducted from
any payment or distribution in respect of the Securities, or any taxes that
ought to have been withheld or deducted from any such payment or distribution
that have been remitted to the relevant taxing authority, shall not be
considered to be an amount that the Trustee or the Holder of any Security
receives for purposes of this Section.

      For purposes of this Article only, the words "cash, property or
securities" shall not be deemed to include shares of stock of the Company as
reorganized or readjusted, or securities of the Company or any other corporation
or other entity provided for by a plan of reorganization or readjustment which
are subordinated in right of payment to all Senior Debt which may at the time be
outstanding to substantially the same extent as, or to a greater extent than,
the Securities are so subordinated as provided in this Article. The
consolidation of the Company with, or the merger of the Company into, or the
conveyance, transfer or lease by the Company of its properties and assets
substantially as an entirety to, another Person upon the terms and conditions
set forth in Article Eight, or the liquidation or dissolution of the Company
following any such conveyance or transfer, shall not be deemed a dissolution,
winding up, liquidation, reorganization, assignment for the benefit of creditors
or marshalling of assets and liabilities of the Company for the purposes of this
Section if the Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is
merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance, transfer or lease of such
properties and assets substantially as an entirety, as the case may be, shall,
as a part of such consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer, comply with the
conditions set forth in Article Eight.

Section 1403. Prior Payment to Senior Debt Upon Acceleration of Securities.

      In the event that any Securities are declared due and payable before their
Stated Maturity, then and in such event the holders of Senior Debt shall be
entitled to receive payment in full of all amounts due or to become due on or in
respect of all Senior Debt or provision shall be made for such payment in cash
or cash equivalents, before the Holders of the Securities are entitled to
receive any payment (including any payment which may be payable by reason of the
payment of any other indebtedness of the Company being subordinated to the
payment of the Securities) by the Company on account of the principal of (or
premium, if any) or interest on the Securities or on account of the purchase or
other acquisition of Securities; provided, however, that nothing in this Section
shall prevent the satisfaction of any sinking fund payment in accordance with
Article Twelve by delivering and crediting pursuant to Section 1202 Securities
which have been acquired (upon redemption or otherwise) prior to such
declaration of acceleration.

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      In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall make
any payment to the Trustee or the Holder of any Security prohibited by the
foregoing provisions of this Section, and if such fact shall, at or prior to the
time of such payment, have been made known to the Trustee or, as the case may
be, such Holder, then and in such event such payment shall be paid over and
delivered forthwith to the Company.

Section 1404. No Payment When Senior Debt in Default.

      Subject to the last paragraph of this Section, (a) (i) in the event and
during the continuation of any default in the payment of principal of (or
premium, if any) or interest on any Senior Debt beyond any applicable grace
period with respect thereto, or (ii) in the event that any event of default with
respect to any Senior Debt shall have occurred and be continuing permitting the
holders of such Senior Debt (or a trustee on behalf of the holders thereof) to
declare such Senior Debt due and payable prior to the date on which it would
otherwise have become due and payable(provided that, in the case of Clause (i)
or Clause (ii), if such default in payment or event of default shall have been
cured or waived or shall have ceased to exist and any such declaration of
acceleration shall have been rescinded or annulled, then such default in payment
or event of default, as the case may be, shall be deemed not to have occurred
for the purpose of this Section) or (b) in the event any judicial proceeding
shall be pending with respect to any such default in payment or event of default
that shall be deemed to have occurred for the purpose of this Section, then no
payment (including any payment which may be payable by reason of the payment of
any other indebtedness of the Company being subordinated to the payment of the
Securities) shall be made by the Company on account of principal of (or premium,
if any) or interest on the Securities or on account of the purchase or other
acquisition of Securities; provided, however, that nothing in this Section shall
prevent the satisfaction of any sinking fund payment in accordance with Article
Twelve by delivering and crediting pursuant to Section 1202 Securities which
have been acquired (upon redemption or otherwise) prior to such default in
payment or event of default.

      In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall make
any payment to the Trustee or the Holder of any Security prohibited by the
provisions of this Section, and if such fact shall, at or prior to the time of
such payment, have been made known to the Trustee or, as the case may be, such
Holder, then and in such event such payment shall be paid over and delivered
forthwith to the Company.

      No default in payment or event of default with respect to any Senior Debt
shall be deemed to be a default in payment or event of default of the kind
specified in Clause (a)(i) or (a)(ii) of this Section, and no judicial
proceeding with respect to any such default in payment or event of default shall
be deemed to be a judicial proceeding of the kind specified in Clause (b) of
this Section, if (x) the Company shall be disputing the occurrence or
continuation of such default in payment or event of default, or any obligation
purportedly giving rise to such default in payment or event of default, and (y)
no final judgment holding that such default in payment or event of default has
occurred and is continuing shall have been issued. For this purpose, a "final
judgment" means a judgment that is issued by a court having jurisdiction over
the Company, is binding on the Company, is in full force and effect and is not
subject to judicial appeal or review (including because the time within which a
party may seek appeal or review has expired), provided that, if any such
judgment has been issued but is subject to judicial appeal or review, it shall
nevertheless be deemed to be a final judgment unless the Company shall in good
faith be prosecuting such appeal or a proceeding for such review.

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Section 1405. Payment Permitted in Certain Situations.

      Nothing contained in this Article or elsewhere in this Indenture or in any
of the Securities shall prevent (a) the Company, at any time except during the
pendency of any case, proceeding, dissolution, liquidation or other winding up,
assignment for the benefit of creditors or other marshalling of assets and
liabilities of the Company referred to in Section 1402 or under the conditions
described in Section 1403 or 1404, from making payments at any time of or on
account of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the Securities
or on account of the purchase or other acquisition of the Securities, or (b) the
application by the Trustee of any money deposited with it hereunder to the
payment of or on account of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest
on the Securities or the retention of such payment by the Holders, if, at the
time of such application by the Trustee, it did not have knowledge that such
payment would have been prohibited by the provisions of this Article.

Section 1406. Subrogation to Rights of Holders of Senior Debt.

      Subject to the payment in full of all Senior Debt or the provision for
such payment in cash or cash equivalents or otherwise in a manner satisfactory
to the holders of Senior Debt, the Holders of the Securities shall be subrogated
to the extent of the payments or distributions made to the holders of such
Senior Debt pursuant to the provisions of this Article (equally and ratably with
the holders of indebtedness of the Company which by its express terms is
subordinated to indebtedness of the Company to substantially the same extent as
the Securities are subordinated to the Senior Debt and is entitled to like
rights of subrogation) to the rights of the holders of such Senior Debt to
receive payments and distributions of cash, property and securities applicable
to the Senior Debt until the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on
the Securities shall be paid in full. For purposes of such subrogation, no
payments or distributions to the holders of the Senior Debt of any cash,
property or securities to which the Holders of the Securities or the Trustee
would be entitled except for the provisions of this Article, and no payments
over pursuant to the provisions of this Article to the holders of Senior Debt by
Holders of the Securities or the Trustee, shall, as among the Company, its
creditors other than holders of Senior Debt and the Holders of the Securities,
be deemed to be a payment or distribution by the Company to or on account of the
Senior Debt.

Section 1407. Provisions Solely to Define Relative Rights.

      The provisions of this Article are and are intended solely for the purpose
of defining the relative rights of the Holders of the Securities on the one hand
and the holders of Senior Debt on the other hand. Nothing contained in this
Article or elsewhere in this Indenture or in the Securities is intended to or
shall (a) impair, as among the Company, its creditors other than holders of
Senior Debt and the Holders of the Securities, the obligation of the Company,
which is absolute and unconditional (and which, subject to the rights under this
Article of the holders of Senior Debt, is intended to rank equally with all
other general obligations of the Company), to pay to the Holders of the
Securities the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities
as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with their
terms; or (b) affect the relative rights against the Company of the Holders of
the Securities and creditors of the Company other than the holders of Senior
Debt; or (c) prevent the Trustee or the Holder of any Security from exercising
all remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law upon default under this
Indenture, subject to the rights, if any, under this Article of the holders of
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to receive cash, property and securities otherwise payable or deliverable to the
Trustee or such Holder.

Section 1408. Trustee to Effectuate Subordination.

      Each Holder of a Security by his acceptance thereof authorizes and directs
the Trustee on his behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate
to effectuate the subordination provided in this Article and appoints the
Trustee his attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.

Section 1409. No Waiver of Subordination Provisions.

      No right of any present or future holder of any Senior Debt to enforce
subordination as herein provided shall at any time in any way be prejudiced or
impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of the Company or by any act
or failure to act, in good faith, by any such holder, or by any non-compliance
by the Company with the terms, provisions and covenants of this Indenture,
regardless of any knowledge thereof any such holder may have or be otherwise
charged with.

      Without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing paragraph, the
holders of Senior Debt may, at any time and from time to time, without the
consent of or notice to the Trustee or the Holders of the Securities, without
incurring responsibility to the Holders of the Securities and without impairing
or releasing the subordination provided in this Article or the obligations
hereunder of the Holders of the Securities to the holders of Senior Debt, do any
one or more of the following: (i) change the manner, place or terms of payment
or extend the time of payment of, or renew or alter, Senior Debt or otherwise
amend or supplement in any manner Senior Debt or any instrument evidencing the
same or any agreement under which Senior Debt is outstanding; (ii) sell,
exchange, release or otherwise deal with any property pledged, mortgaged or
otherwise securing Senior Debt; (iii) release any Person liable in any manner
for the collection of Senior Debt; and (iv) exercise or refrain from exercising
any rights against the Company and any other Person.

Section 1410. Notice to Trustee.

      The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any fact
known to the Company which would prohibit the making of any payment to or by the
Trustee in respect of the Securities. Notwithstanding the provisions of this
Article or any other provision of this Indenture, the Trustee shall not be
charged with knowledge of the existence of any facts which would prohibit the
making of any payment to or by the Trustee in respect of the Securities, unless
and until the Trustee shall have received written notice thereof from the
Company or a holder of Senior Debt or from any trustee therefor; and, prior to
the receipt of any such written notice, the Trustee, subject to the provisions
of Section 601, shall be entitled in all respects to assume that no such facts
exist.

      Subject to the provisions of Section 601, the Trustee shall be entitled to
rely on the delivery to it of a written notice by a Person representing himself
to be a holder of Senior Debt (or a trustee therefor) to establish that such
notice has been given by a holder of Senior Debt (or a trustee therefor). In the
event that the Trustee determines in good faith that further evidence is
required with respect to the right of any Person as a holder of Senior Debt to
participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to this Article, the Trustee
may request such Person to furnish

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evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount of
Senior Debt held by such Person, the extent to which such Person is entitled to
participate in such payment or distribution and any other facts pertinent to the
rights of such Person under this Article, and if such evidence is not furnished,
the Trustee may defer any payment to such Person pending judicial determination
as to the right of such Person to receive such payment.

Section 1411. Reliance on Judicial Order or Certificate of Liquidating Agent.

      Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company referred to in
this Article, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 601, and the
Holders of the Securities shall be entitled to rely upon any order or decree
entered by any court of competent jurisdiction in which such insolvency,
bankruptcy, receivership, liquidation, reorganization, dissolution, winding up
or similar case or proceeding is pending, or a certificate of the trustee in
bankruptcy, receiver, liquidating trustee, custodian, assignee for the benefit
of creditors, agent or other Person making such payment or distribution,
delivered to the Trustee or to the Holders of Securities, for the purpose of
ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such payment or
distribution, the holders of Senior Debt and other indebtedness of the Company,
the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed
thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article.

Section 1412. Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Debt.

      The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders
of Senior Debt and shall not be liable to any such holders or creditors if it
shall in good faith pay over or distribute to Holders of Securities or to the
Company or to any other Person cash, property or securities to which any holders
of Senior Debt shall be entitled by virtue of this Article or otherwise.

Section 1413. Rights of Trustee as Holder of Senior Debt; Preservation of
Trustee's Rights.

      The Trustee in its individual capacity shall be entitled to all the rights
set forth in this Article with respect to any Senior Debt which may at any time
be held by it, to the same extent as any other holder of Senior Debt and nothing
in this Indenture shall deprive the Trustee of any of its rights as such holder.

      Nothing in this Article shall apply to claims of, or payments to, the
Trustee under or pursuant to Section 607.

Section 1414. Article Applicable to Paying Agents.

      In case at any time any Paying Agent other than the Trustee shall have
been appointed by the Company and be then acting hereunder, the term "Trustee"
as used in this Article shall in such case (unless the context otherwise
requires) be construed as extending to and including such Paying Agent within
its meaning as fully for all intents and purposes as if such Paying Agent were
named in this Article in addition to or in place of the Trustee.

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      This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of
which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts
shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be
duly executed and attested, all as of the day and year first above written.

                                     AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.

                                     By________________________________________
                                       Name:
                                       Title:
Attest:

________________________
Name:
Title:
                                     THE BANK OF NEW YORK

                                     By________________________________________
                                       Name:
                                       Title:
Attest:

________________________
Name:
Title:

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STATE OF NEW YORK  )
                   )   ss.:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK )

      On the ____day of ________, ___, before me personally came ______________,
to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he or she is
the ____________of American International Group, Inc., one of the corporations
described in and which executed the foregoing instrument; and that he or she
signed his or her name thereto by authority of the Board of Directors.

                        ____________________________________

STATE OF NEW YORK  )
                   )   ss.:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK )

      On the ____day of _________, ___, before me personally came ______________
__________________, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say
that he or she is ______________________ of The Bank of New York, one of the
corporations described in and which executed the foregoing instrument; and that
he or she signed his or her name thereto by authority of the Board of Directors.

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