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                                                                    Exhibit 4.38

                                PLEDGE AGREEMENT

                                      AMONG

                               TECO ENERGY, INC.,

                              THE BANK OF NEW YORK,

                      AS COLLATERAL AGENT, CUSTODIAL AGENT

                           AND SECURITIES INTERMEDIARY

                                       AND

                              THE BANK OF NEW YORK,

                           AS PURCHASE CONTRACT AGENT

                          DATED AS OF JANUARY 15, 2002
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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

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ARTICLE I   DEFINITIONS........................................................2

         SECTION 1.1  Definitions..............................................2

ARTICLE II  PLEDGE; CONTROL AND PERFECTION.....................................6

         SECTION 2.1  The Pledge...............................................6

         SECTION 2.2  Control and Perfection...................................7

ARTICLE III DISTRIBUTIONS ON PLEDGED COLLATERAL................................9

ARTICLE IV  SUBSTITUTION, RELEASE, REPLEDGE AND SETTLEMENT
            OF PLEDGED SECURITIES.............................................10

         SECTION 4.1  Creation of Stripped Units..............................10

         SECTION 4.2  Reestablishment of Normal Units.........................11

         SECTION 4.3  Termination Event.......................................12

         SECTION 4.4  Early Settlement; Merger Early Settlement...............13

         SECTION 4.5  Remarketing; Application of Proceeds; Settlement........13

ARTICLE V   VOTING RIGHTS -- TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES.......................15

ARTICLE VI  RIGHTS AND REMEDIES; DISTRIBUTION OF THE SUBORDINATED
            NOTES; SPECIAL EVENT REDEMPTION...................................16

         SECTION 6.1  Rights and Remedies of the Collateral Agent.............16

         SECTION 6.2  Distribution of the LLC Preferred Securities
                      or the Notes............................................17

         SECTION 6.3  Substitutions...........................................17

         SECTION 6.4  Special Event Redemption................................18

ARTICLE VII REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; COVENANTS.........................20

         SECTION 7.1  Representations and Warranties..........................20

         SECTION 7.2  Covenants...............................................21

ARTICLE VIII THE COLLATERAL AGENT, CUSTODIAL AGENT AND SECURITIES
             INTERMEDIARY.....................................................21

         SECTION 8.1  Appointment, Powers and Immunities......................21

         SECTION 8.2  Instructions of TECO....................................22

         SECTION 8.3  Reliance by Agent.......................................23

         SECTION 8.4  Rights in Other Capacities..............................23

         SECTION 8.5  Non-Reliance on Collateral Agent........................23

         SECTION 8.6  Compensation and Indemnity..............................24

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         SECTION 8.7  Failure to Act..........................................24

         SECTION 8.8  Resignation of Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent
                      or Securities Intermediary..............................25

         SECTION 8.9  Right to Appoint Agent or Advisor.......................25

         SECTION 8.10 Survival................................................26

         SECTION 8.11 Exculpation.............................................26

ARTICLE IX  AMENDMENT.........................................................26

         SECTION 9.1  Amendment without Consent of Holders....................26

         SECTION 9.2  Amendment with Consent of Holders.......................27

         SECTION 9.3  Execution of Amendments.................................27

         SECTION 9.4  Effect of Amendments....................................27

         SECTION 9.5  Reference to Amendments.................................27

ARTICLE X   MISCELLANEOUS.....................................................28

         SECTION 10.1 No Waiver...............................................28

         SECTION 10.2 Governing Law...........................................28

         SECTION 10.3 Notices.................................................28

         SECTION 10.4 Successors and Assigns..................................29

         SECTION 10.5 Counterparts............................................29

         SECTION 10.6 Severability............................................29

         SECTION 10.7 Expenses, Etc...........................................29

         SECTION 10.8 Security Interest Absolute..............................30

         SECTION 10.9 Waiver of Jury Trial....................................30

EXHIBIT A   Instruction from Holder to Purchase Contract Agent

EXHIBIT B   Instruction from Purchase Contract Agent to Collateral Agent and
            Securities Intermediary

EXHIBIT C   Instruction from Property Trustee to Collateral Agent and Securities
            Intermediary

EXHIBIT D   Instruction from Holder to Custodial Agent Regarding Remarketing

EXHIBIT E   Instruction from Holder to Custodial Agent Regarding Withdrawal
            from Remarketing

EXHIBIT F   Instruction from TECO or Trust to Collateral Agent and Securities
            Intermediary

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                                PLEDGE AGREEMENT

                  PLEDGE AGREEMENT, dated as of January 15, 2002 (this
"Agreement"), among TECO Energy, Inc., a Florida corporation ("TECO"), The Bank
of New York, a New York banking corporation (in such capacity, together with its
successors in such capacity, the "Collateral Agent"), as custodial agent (in
such capacity, together with its successors in such capacity, the "Custodial
Agent") and as "securities intermediary" as defined in Section 8-102(a)(14) of
the Code (as defined herein) (in such capacity, together with its successors in
such capacity, the "Securities Intermediary"), and The Bank of New York, not
individually but solely as purchase contract agent and as attorney-in-fact of
the Holders from time to time of the Units (as hereinafter defined) (in such
capacity, together with its successors in such capacity, the "Purchase Contract
Agent") under the Purchase Contract Agreement (as hereinafter defined).

                                    RECITALS

                  TECO and the Purchase Contract Agent are parties to the
Purchase Contract Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as modified and
supplemented and in effect from time to time, the "Purchase Contract
Agreement"), pursuant to which there are being issued up to 16,000,000 Units of
TECO (18,400,000 if the Underwriters' over-allotment option pursuant to the
Underwriting Agreement (as defined in the Trust Agreement) is exercised), having
a Stated Amount of $25 per Unit, all of which will initially be Normal Units.

                  Each Normal Unit will be comprised of (a) a stock purchase
contract (the "Purchase Contract") under which the Holder will be required to
purchase from TECO and TECO will be required to sell to such Holder not later
than January 15, 2005 (the "Purchase Contract Settlement Date"), for $25.00, a
number of shares of common stock, $1.00 par value per share, of TECO equal to
the Settlement Rate (as defined below), and (b) either beneficial ownership of
(x) a Trust Preferred Security (as defined below) or (y) following the
remarketing of the Trust Preferred Securities in accordance with the Purchase
Contract Agreement and the Remarketing Agreement (as defined below), the
appropriate Treasury Consideration.

                  In accordance with the terms of the Purchase Contract
Agreement, a Holder of Normal Units may separate the Trust Preferred Securities
or the appropriate Treasury Consideration, as applicable, from the related
Purchase Contracts by substituting for such Trust Preferred Securities or the
appropriate Treasury Consideration, as the case may be, Treasury Securities that
will pay in the aggregate an amount equal to the aggregate Stated Amount (as
defined below) of such Normal Units. Upon such separation, the Normal Units will
become Stripped Units. Each Stripped Unit will be comprised of (a) a Purchase
Contract under which the holder will purchase from TECO not later than the
Purchase Contract Settlement Date, for $25.00, a number of shares of Common
Stock of TECO equal to the Settlement Rate, and (b) a 1/40 undivided beneficial
interest in a zero-coupon U.S. Treasury Security (CUSIP No. 912803AB9) maturing
on November 15, 2004 that will pay $1,000 on such maturity date (the "Treasury
Securities").

                  Pursuant to the terms of the Trust Agreement (as defined
below), TECO Capital Trust II, a statutory business trust formed under the laws
of the State of Delaware (the "Trust"),
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will issue 16,000,000 (up to 18,400,000 if the Underwriters' over-allotment
option pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement is exercised) of its 5.11% Trust
Preferred Securities (the "Trust Preferred Securities") and use the proceeds
therefrom to purchase from TECO Funding Company II, LLC ("LLC") its preferred
securities (the "LLC Preferred Securities") with an aggregate stated liquidation
value equal to the aggregate stated liquidation value (the "Stated Amount") of,
and with terms similar to those of, the Trust Preferred Securities;

                  Pursuant to the terms of the LLC Agreement (as defined below),
the LLC will use the proceeds from the issuance and sale of its LLC Preferred
Securities to the Trust and from the issuance and sale of its common securities
(the "LLC Common Securities") to TECO to purchase the 5.11% Junior Subordinated
Notes due 2007 issued by TECO pursuant to an Indenture, such Notes having an
aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate stated liquidation value of
the LLC Preferred Securities and LLC Common Securities combined.

                  Pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Contract Agreement and
the Purchase Contracts, the Holders, from time to time, of the Units have
irrevocably authorized the Purchase Contract Agent, as attorney-in-fact of such
Holders, among other things, to execute and deliver this Agreement on behalf of
such Holders and to grant the pledge provided hereby of the Trust Preferred
Securities, any Treasury Consideration and any Treasury Securities delivered in
exchange therefor to secure each Holder's obligations under the related Purchase
Contract, as provided herein and subject to the terms hereof. Upon such pledge,
the Trust Preferred Securities, any Treasury Consideration and the Treasury
Securities will be beneficially owned by the Holders but will be owned of record
by the Purchase Contract Agent subject to the Pledge hereunder.

                  Accordingly, TECO, the Collateral Agent, the Securities
Intermediary, the Custodial Agent and the Purchase Contract Agent, on its own
behalf and as attorney-in-fact of the Holders from time to time of the Units,
agree as follows:

                                   ARTICLE I

                                   DEFINITIONS

         SECTION 1.1 Definitions. For all purposes of this agreement, except as
otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:

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

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

                  (c) the following terms have the meanings assigned to them in
the Purchase Contract Agreement: (i) Act, (ii) Affiliate, (iii) Agent-Purchased
Treasury Consideration, (iv) Beneficial Owner, (v) Certificate, (vi) Early
Settlement, (vii) Early Settlement Amount, (viii) Failed Remarketing, (ix) Sixth
Supplemental Indenture, (x) Holder, (xi) Indenture, (xii) Merger Early
Settlement, (xiii) Merger Early Settlement Amount, (xiv) Notes (xv) Normal

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Unit, (xvi) Opinion of Counsel, (xvii) Outstanding Securities, (xviii) Payment
Date, (xix) Prospectus, (xx) Purchase Price, (xxi) Remarketing Agent, (xxii)
Remarketing Agreement, (xxiii) Remarketing Date, (xxiv) Remarketing Fee, (xxv)
Remarketing Value, (xxvi) Settlement Rate, (xvii) Stated Amount, (xxviii)
Stripped Unit, (xxix) Subsequent Remarketing Date, (xxx) Termination Event,
(xxxi) Treasury Consideration, (xxxii) Underwriting Agreement, and (xxxiii)
Unit.

                  "Agreement" means this instrument as originally executed or as
it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more agreements
supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof.

                  "Applicable Ownership Interest" shall mean, with respect to
Units and the U.S. treasury securities in the Treasury Portfolio, (A) a 1/40, or
2.5%, undivided beneficial ownership interest in a $1,000 face amount of a
principal or interest strip in a U.S. treasury security included in such
Treasury Portfolio that matures on or prior to November 15, 2004 and (B) for
each scheduled interest payment date on the Notes after the Special Event
Redemption Date, a 1/40, or 2.5%, undivided beneficial ownership interest in a
$1,000 face amount of a principal or interest strip in a U.S. treasury security
that matures on or prior to such date.

                  "Applicable Principal Amount" shall mean the aggregate
principal amount of the Notes corresponding to the aggregate stated liquidation
amount of the Trust Preferred Securities (or LLC Preferred Securities or Notes,
as the case may be) that are components of the Units on the Special Event
Redemption Date.

                  "Bankruptcy Code" means Title 11 of the United States Code, or
any other law of the United States that from time to time provides a uniform
system of bankruptcy laws.

                  "Business Day" means a day on which banks are open for
business in New York and Delaware.

                  "Code" has the meaning specified in Section 6.1 hereof.

                  "Collateral" has the meaning specified in Section 2.1 hereof.

                  "Collateral Account" means the securities account maintained
at The Bank of New York in the name "The Bank of New York, as Purchase Contract
Agent on behalf of the holders of certain securities of TECO Capital Trust II
and TECO, Collateral Account subject to the security interest of The Bank of New
York, as Collateral Agent, for the benefit of TECO Energy, Inc., as pledgee" and
any successor account.

                  "Collateral Agent" has the meaning specified in the first
paragraph of this Agreement.

                  "Common Stock" has the meaning specified in the Recitals.

                  "Custodial Agent" has the meaning specified in the first
paragraph of this Agreement.

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                  "Indenture Trustee" means The Bank of New York, a New York
banking corporation, in its capacity as trustee under the Indenture (as defined
in the Purchase Contract Agreement) until a successor is appointed thereunder,
and thereafter means such successor trustee.

                  "Intermediary" means any entity that in the ordinary course of
its business maintains securities accounts for others and is acting in that
capacity.

                  "LLC Agreement" means the Amended and Restated Limited
Liability Company Agreement of TECO Funding Company II, LLC dated as of January
15, 2002.

                  "LLC Preferred Security" has the meaning set forth in the LLC
Agreement.

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

                  "Pledge" has the meaning specified in Section 2.1 hereof.

                  "Pledged Treasury Consideration" has the meaning specified in
Section 2.1 hereof.

                  "Pledged Treasury Securities" has the meaning specified in
Section 2.1 hereof.

                  "Pledged Trust Preferred Securities" has the meaning specified
in Section 2.1 hereof.

                  "Proceeds" means all interest, dividends, cash, instruments,
securities, financial assets (as defined in Sections 8-102(a)(9) of the Code)
and other property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise
distributed upon the sale, exchange, collection or disposition of the Collateral
or any proceeds thereof.

                  "Purchase Contract" has the meaning specified in the Recitals.

                  "Purchase Contract Agent" has the meaning specified in the
first paragraph of this Agreement.

                  "Purchase Contract Agreement" has the meaning specified in the
Recitals.

                  "Purchase Contract Settlement Date" has the meaning specified
in the Recitals.

                  "Quotation Agent" shall mean any Primary Treasury Dealer
selected to act as the quotation agent in connection with a Special Event
Redemption.

                  "Redemption Price" has the meaning set forth in the Trust
Agreement.

                  "Securities Intermediary" has the meaning specified in the
first paragraph of this Agreement.

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                  "Security Entitlement" has the meaning set forth in Section
8-102(a)(17) of the Code.

                  "Separate Trust Preferred Securities" means any Trust
Preferred Securities that are not Pledged Trust Preferred Securities.

                  "Special Event" has the meaning set forth in the Indenture.

                  "Special Event Redemption" means that a Special Event has
occurred and is continuing and the Notes have been called for redemption
pursuant to the Indenture.

                  "Special Event Redemption Date" shall mean the date specified
by TECO on which the Notes are redeemed pursuant to a Special Event Redemption
pursuant to the Indenture.

                  "TECO" means TECO Energy, Inc., until a successor shall have
become such, and thereafter "TECO" shall mean such successor.

                  "TRADES" means the Treasury/Reserve Automated Debt Entry
System maintained by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York pursuant to the TRADES
Regulations.

                  "TRADES Regulations" means the regulations of the United
States Department of the Treasury, published at 31 C.F.R. Part 357, as amended
from time to time. Unless otherwise defined herein, all terms defined in the
TRADES Regulations are used herein as therein defined.

                  "Transfer" means, with respect to the Collateral and in
accordance with the instructions of the Collateral Agent, the Purchase Contract
Agent or the Holder, as applicable:

                  (i) in the case of Collateral consisting of securities which
         cannot be delivered by book-entry or which the parties agree are to be
         delivered in physical form, delivery in appropriate physical form to
         the recipient accompanied by any duly executed instruments of transfer,
         assignments in blank, transfer tax stamps and any other documents
         necessary to constitute a legally valid transfer to the recipient;

                  (ii) in the case of Collateral consisting of securities
         maintained in book-entry form by causing a "securities intermediary"
         (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(14) of the Code) to (a) credit a
         "security entitlement" (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(17) of the Code)
         with respect to such securities to a "securities account" (as defined
         in Section 8-501(a) of the Code) maintained by or on behalf of the
         recipient and (b) to issue a confirmation to the recipient with respect
         to such credit. In the case of Collateral to be delivered to the
         Collateral Agent, the Securities Intermediary shall be the securities
         intermediary and the securities account shall be the Collateral
         Account.

                  "Treasury Portfolio" shall have the meaning set forth in the
Purchase Contract Agreement.

                  "Trust" has the meaning specified in the Recitals.

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                  "Trust Agreement" means the Amended and Restated Trust
Agreement, dated as of January 15, 2002 among TECO Funding Company II, LLC, as
Depositor, and the trustees named therein for the benefit of the holders from
time to time of undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust.

                  "Trust Preferred Securities" has the meaning specified in the
Recitals.

                  "Units" means the Normal Units and Stripped Units, as the case
may be.

                                   ARTICLE II

                         PLEDGE; CONTROL AND PERFECTION

         SECTION 2.1 The Pledge. The Holders from time to time acting through
the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-fact, and the Purchase
Contract Agent, as such attorney-in-fact, hereby pledge and grant to the
Collateral Agent, for the benefit of TECO, as collateral for the performance
when due by such Holders of their respective obligations under the related
Purchase Contracts, a security interest in all of the right, title and interest
of the Purchase Contract Agent and such Holders (a) in (i) the Trust Preferred
Securities, Treasury Consideration and Treasury Securities constituting a part
of the Units, (ii) any Treasury Securities delivered in exchange for any Trust
Preferred Securities or Treasury Consideration, as applicable, in accordance
with Section 4.1 hereof, and (iii) any Trust Preferred Securities or Treasury
Consideration, as applicable, delivered in exchange for any Treasury Securities
in accordance with Section 4.2 hereof, in each case, that have been Transferred
to or otherwise received by the Collateral Agent and not released by the
Collateral Agent to such Holders under the provisions of this Agreement; (b) in
the Collateral Account and all securities, financial assets, security
entitlements, cash and other property credited thereto and all Security
Entitlements related thereto; (c) in any LLC Preferred Securities delivered to
the Collateral Agent upon the winding up, liquidation or termination of the
Trust as provided in Section 6.2; (d) in any Notes delivered to the Collateral
Agent upon the occurrence of a winding up, liquidation or termination of the
Trust as provided in Section 6.2; and (e) all Proceeds of the foregoing (all of
the foregoing, collectively, the "Collateral"). Prior to or concurrently with
the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Purchase Contract Agent, on
behalf of the initial Holders of the Units, shall cause the Trust Preferred
Securities comprising a part of the Normal Units to be Transferred to the
Collateral Agent for the benefit of TECO. Such Trust Preferred Securities shall
be Transferred by physically delivering the global certificate representing such
securities to the Securities Intermediary indorsed in blank and causing the
Securities Intermediary to credit the Collateral Account with such securities
and sending the Collateral Agent a confirmation of the deposit of such
securities. Treasury Securities and Treasury Consideration, as applicable, shall
be Transferred to the Collateral Account maintained by the Collateral Agent at
the Securities Intermediary by book-entry transfer to the Collateral Account in
accordance with the TRADES Regulations and other applicable law and by the
notation by the Securities Intermediary on its books that a Security Entitlement
with respect to such Treasury Securities or Treasury Consideration, has been
credited to the Collateral Account. For purposes of perfecting the pledge under
applicable law, including, to the extent applicable, the TRADES Regulations or
the Uniform Commercial Code as adopted and in effect in any applicable
jurisdiction, the Collateral Agent shall be the agent of TECO as provided
herein.

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                  The pledge provided in this Section 2.1 is herein referred to
as the "Pledge" and the Trust Preferred Securities (or any LLC Preferred
Securities or any Notes that are delivered pursuant to Section 6.2), Treasury
Consideration or Treasury Securities subject to the Pledge, excluding any Trust
Preferred Securities (or any LLC Preferred Securities or the Notes that are
delivered pursuant to Section 6.2), Treasury Consideration or Treasury
Securities released from the Pledge as provided in Sections 4.1 and 4.2,
respectively, are hereinafter referred to as "Pledged Trust Preferred
Securities," "Pledged Treasury Consideration" or the "Pledged Treasury
Securities," respectively. Subject to the Pledge and the provisions of Section
2.2, the Holders from time to time shall have full beneficial ownership of the
Collateral. Whenever directed by the Collateral Agent acting on behalf of TECO,
the Securities Intermediary shall have the right to reregister the Trust
Preferred Securities or any other securities held in physical form in its name.

                  Except as may be required in order to release Trust Preferred
Securities or Treasury Consideration, as applicable, in connection with a
Holder's election to convert its investment from a Normal Unit to a Stripped
Unit, or except as otherwise required to release Trust Preferred Securities as
specified herein, neither the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent nor the
Securities Intermediary shall relinquish physical possession of any certificate
evidencing a Trust Preferred Security prior to the termination of this
Agreement. If it becomes necessary for the Securities Intermediary to relinquish
physical possession of a certificate in order to release a portion of the Trust
Preferred Securities evidenced thereby from the Pledge, the Securities
Intermediary shall use its best efforts to obtain physical possession of a
replacement certificate evidencing any Trust Preferred Securities remaining
subject to the Pledge hereunder registered to it or endorsed in blank within
fifteen days of the date it relinquished possession. The Securities Intermediary
shall promptly notify TECO and the Collateral Agent of the Securities
Intermediary's failure to obtain possession of any such replacement certificate
as required hereby.

         SECTION 2.2 Control and Perfection. (a) In connection with the Pledge
granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement,
the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as
their attorney-in-fact, hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary
(without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract
Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply
with and follow any instructions and entitlement orders (as defined in Section 8
-102(a)(8) of the Code) that the Collateral Agent may deliver upon the written
direction of TECO with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral
credited thereto and any Security Entitlements with respect to any thereof. In
the event the Securities Intermediary receives from the Holders or the Purchase
Contract Agent entitlement orders which conflict with entitlement orders
received from the Collateral Agent, the Securities Intermediary shall follow the
entitlement orders received from the Collateral Agent. Such instructions and
entitlement orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary
to transfer, redeem, assign, or otherwise deliver the Trust Preferred
Securities, the Treasury Consideration, the Treasury Securities, and any
Security Entitlements with respect thereto or sell, liquidate or dispose of such
assets through a broker designated by TECO, and to pay and deliver any income,
proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to TECO. The Holders from time to time
acting through the Purchase Contract Agent hereby further authorize and direct
the Collateral Agent, as agent of TECO, to, upon written direction of TECO,
itself issue instructions and entitlement orders, and

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to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral
credited thereto and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to
the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the
further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The
Collateral Agent shall be the agent of TECO and shall act as directed in writing
by TECO. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent
shall issue entitlement orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as
directed in writing by TECO.

                  (b) The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms and agrees
that: (i) all securities or other property underlying any financial assets
credited to the Collateral Account shall be registered in the name of the
Securities Intermediary, or its nominee, indorsed to the Securities
Intermediary, or its nominee, or in blank or credited to another Collateral
Account maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary and in no case
will any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account be registered in the
name of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, TECO or any Holder,
payable to the order of, or specially indorsed to, the Purchase Contract Agent,
the Collateral Agent, TECO or any Holder except to the extent the foregoing have
been specially indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank; (ii) all
property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Pledge
Agreement (including, without limitation, any Trust Preferred Securities, the
Treasury Consideration or Treasury Securities) will be promptly credited to the
Collateral Account; (iii) the Collateral Account is an account to which
financial assets are or may be credited, and the Securities Intermediary shall,
subject to the terms of this Agreement, treat the Purchase Contract Agent as
entitled to exercise the rights of any financial asset credited to the
Collateral Account; (iv) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and
until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with
any other person relating to the Collateral Account and/or any financial assets
credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with entitlement
orders (as defined in Section 8 -102(a)(8) of the Code) of such other person;
and (v) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the
termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with TECO, the
Collateral Agent or the Purchase Contract Agent purporting to limit or condition
the obligation of the Securities Intermediary to comply with entitlement orders
as set forth in this Section 2.2.

                  (c) The Securities Intermediary hereby agrees that each item
of property (whether investment property, financial asset, security, instrument
or cash) credited to the Collateral Account shall be treated as a "financial
asset" within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the Code.

                  (d) In the event of any conflict between this Agreement (or
any portion thereof) and any other agreement now existing or hereafter entered
into, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail.

                  (e) The Purchase Contract Agent hereby irrevocably constitutes
and appoints the Collateral Agent and TECO, with full power of substitution, as
the Purchase Contract Agent's attorney-in-fact to take on behalf of, and in the
name, place and stead of the Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders, any action
necessary or desirable to perfect and to keep perfected the security interest in
the Collateral referred to in Section 2.1. The grant of such power-of-attorney
shall not be deemed to require of the Collateral Agent any specific duties or
obligations not otherwise assumed by the Collateral Agent hereunder.
Notwithstanding the

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foregoing, in no event shall the Collateral Agent, Securities Intermediary or
Purchase Contract Agent be responsible for the preparation or filing of any
financing or continuation statements in the appropriate jurisdictions or
responsible for maintenance or perfection of any Security Interest hereunder.

                  (f) As soon as practicable after the date of initial issuance
of the Units, TECO shall file in the Office of the Secretary of the State of New
York, a financing statement signed by the Purchase Contract Agent, as
attorney-in-fact for the Holders, as debtors, and the Collateral Agent,
describing the Collateral.

                  (g) The parties hereto confirm and agree that in order for the
Holder of a Normal Unit to effect in accordance with the terms and conditions of
the Trust Agreement a withdrawal of any LLC Preferred Security corresponding to
any Trust Preferred Security, such Trust Preferred Security must first have been
released from or otherwise not be subject to the Pledge, whether so released
through creation of a Stripped Unit under Section 4.1 hereof or otherwise
released from or made not subject to the Pledge.

                                  ARTICLE III

                       DISTRIBUTIONS ON PLEDGED COLLATERAL

                  So long as the Purchase Contract Agent is the registered owner
of the Pledged Trust Preferred Securities or Pledged Treasury Consideration, it
shall receive all payments thereon. If the Pledged Trust Preferred Securities
are reregistered, such that the Collateral Agent becomes the registered holder,
all payments of the Stated Amount of or cash distributions on the Pledged Trust
Preferred Securities and all payments of the principal of, or cash distributions
on, any Pledged Treasury Consideration or Pledged Treasury Securities, that are
received by the Collateral Agent and that are properly payable hereunder shall
be paid by the Collateral Agent by wire transfer in same day funds:

                  (i) In the case of (A) quarterly cash distributions on Normal
         Units which include Pledged Trust Preferred Securities or Pledged
         Treasury Consideration and (B) any payments with respect to any Trust
         Preferred Securities or Treasury Consideration, as the case may be,
         that have been released from the Pledge pursuant to Section 4.3, to the
         Purchase Contract Agent, for the benefit of the relevant Holders of the
         Normal Units, to the account designated by the Purchase Contract Agent
         for such purpose, no later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the
         Business Day such payment is received by the Collateral Agent (provided
         that in the event such payment is received by the Collateral Agent on a
         day that is not a Business Day or after 9:00 a.m., New York City time,
         on a Business Day, then such payment shall be made no later than 9:30
         a.m., New York City time, on the next succeeding Business Day);

                  (ii) In the case of any payments with respect to any Treasury
         Securities that have been released from the Pledge pursuant to Section
         4.3, to the Holders of the Stripped Units to the accounts designated by
         them in writing for such purpose no later than 2:00 p.m., New York City
         time, on the Business Day such payment is received by the Collateral
         Agent (provided that in the event such payment is received by the

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         Collateral Agent on a day that is not a Business Day or after 10:00
         a.m., New York City time, on a Business Day, then such payment shall be
         made no later than 10:30 a.m., New York City time, on the next
         succeeding Business Day); and

                  (iii) In the case of payments in respect of any Pledged Trust
         Preferred Securities, Pledged Treasury Consideration or Pledged
         Treasury Securities, to be paid upon settlement of such Holder's
         obligations to purchase Common Stock under the Purchase Contract, to
         TECO on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date in accordance with the
         procedure set forth in Section 4.5(a) or 4.5(b), in full satisfaction
         of the respective obligations of the Holders under the related Purchase
         Contracts.

                  All payments received by the Purchase Contract Agent as
provided herein shall be applied by the Purchase Contract Agent pursuant to the
provisions of the Purchase Contract Agreement. If, notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Purchase Contract Agent shall receive any payments of the Stated
Amount on account of any Trust Preferred Security or principal of any Treasury
Consideration, as applicable, that, at the time of such payment, is a Pledged
Trust Preferred Security or Pledged Treasury Consideration, as the case may be,
or a Holder of a Stripped Unit shall receive any payments of principal on
account of any Treasury Securities that, at the time of such payment, are
Pledged Treasury Securities, the Purchase Contract Agent or such Holder shall
hold the same as trustee of an express trust for the benefit of TECO (and
promptly deliver the same over to TECO) for application to the obligations of
the Holders under the related Purchase Contracts, and the Holders shall acquire
no right, title or interest in any such payments of Stated Amount or principal
so received.

                                   ARTICLE IV

                       SUBSTITUTION, RELEASE, REPLEDGE AND
                        SETTLEMENT OF PLEDGED SECURITIES

         SECTION 4.1 Creation of Stripped Units. So long as no Special Event
Redemption shall have occurred, then at any time on or prior to the second
Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date:

                  (a) A Holder of Normal Units shall have the right to
substitute Treasury Securities for the Pledged Trust Preferred Securities or
Pledged Treasury Consideration, as the case may be, securing such Holder's
obligations under the Purchase Contracts comprising a part of such Normal Units,
in integral multiples of 40 Normal Units (or, after a remarketing of the Trust
Preferred Securities, in integral multiples of Normal Units such that Treasury
Securities to be deposited and the applicable Treasury Consideration to be
released are in integral multiples of $1,000) by:

                           (i) Transferring to the Securities Intermediary for
credit to the Collateral Account Treasury Securities, having an aggregate
principal amount equal to the aggregate Stated Amount of such Normal Units;

                           (ii) delivering such Normal Units to the Purchase
Contract Agent; and

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                           (iii) delivering to the Purchase Contract Agent a
written notice, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, (A) stating that
such Holder has Transferred Treasury Securities to the Securities Intermediary
for the benefit of the Collateral Agent pursuant to clause (i) above (stating
the principal amount, the maturities and the CUSIP numbers of the Treasury
Securities Transferred by such Holder) and (B) requesting that the Purchase
Contract Agent instruct the Securities Intermediary to release from the Pledge
the Pledged Trust Preferred Securities or Pledged Treasury Consideration, as the
case may be, related to such Normal Units and Transfer the same, free and clear
of any lien, pledge or encumbrance, to the Purchase Contract Agent for
distribution to the Holder.

                  (b) Upon confirmation that such Treasury Securities have been
credited to the Collateral Account and notice from the Holder, the Purchase
Contract Agent shall promptly deliver a written notice to the Collateral Agent
and the Securities Intermediary, substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto,
requesting that the Collateral Agent cause the Securities Intermediary to
promptly release from the Pledge such Pledged Trust Preferred Securities or
Pledged Treasury Consideration, as the case may be, and Transfer the same, free
and clear of any lien, pledge or encumbrance, to the Purchase Contract Agent for
distribution to the Holder.

                  (c) Upon receipt of such Treasury Securities and the notice
from the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent shall cause the
Securities Intermediary to promptly release from the Pledge the Pledged Trust
Preferred Securities or Pledged Treasury Consideration, as the case may be, and
Transfer the same, free and clear of any lien, pledge or encumbrance, to the
Purchase Contract Agent for the distribution to the Holder.

         SECTION 4.2 Reestablishment of Normal Units. So long as no Special
Event Redemption shall have occurred, then at any time on or prior to the second
Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date:

                  (a) A Holder of Stripped Units shall have the right to
reestablish Normal Units, consisting of the Purchase Contracts and Trust
Preferred Securities, in integral multiples of 40 Normal Units (or after a
remarketing of the Trust Preferred Securities pursuant to the Purchase Contract
Agreement, consisting of the Purchase Contracts and the appropriate Treasury
Consideration (identified and calculated by reference to the Treasury
Consideration then comprising Normal Units) in integral multiples of Stripped
Units such that the Treasury Consideration to be deposited and the Treasury
Securities to be released are in integral multiples of $1,000) by:

                           (i) Transferring to the Securities Intermediary for
credit to the Collateral Account the number of Trust Preferred Securities or the
appropriate aggregate principal amount of Treasury Consideration then comprising
the Normal Units, as the case may be, in a liquidation amount or an aggregate
principal amount equal to the value of the Pledged Treasury Securities to be
released; and

                           (ii) delivering such Stripped Units to the Purchase
Contract Agent; and

                           (iii) delivering to the Purchase Contract Agent a
written notice, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, (A) stating that
such Holder has Transferred Trust

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Preferred Securities or Treasury Consideration to the Securities Intermediary
for the benefit of the Collateral Agent pursuant clause (i) above and (B)
requesting that the Purchase Contract Agent instruct the Securities Intermediary
to release from the Pledge the Pledged Treasury Securities related to such
Stripped Units, and Transfer the same, free and clear of any lien, claim or
encumbrance, to the Purchase Contract Agent for distribution to the Holder.

                  (b) Upon confirmation that such Trust Preferred Securities or
Treasury Consideration have been credited to the Collateral Account and notice
from the Holder, the Purchase Contract Agent shall promptly deliver a written
notice to the Collateral Agent and the Securities Intermediary, substantially in
the form of Exhibit B hereto, requesting that the Collateral Agent cause the
Securities Intermediary to promptly release from the Pledge such Treasury
Securities and Transfer the same, free and clear of any lien, pledge or
encumbrance, to the Purchase Contract Agent for distribution to the Holder.

                  (c) Upon receipt of such Trust Preferred Securities or
Treasury Consideration, as the case may be, and the notice from the Purchase
Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent shall cause the Securities Intermediary to
promptly release from the Pledge the Pledged Treasury Securities and Transfer
the same, free and clear of any lien, pledge or encumbrance, to the Purchase
Contract Agent for distribution to such Holder.

         SECTION 4.3 Termination Event. Upon receipt by the Collateral Agent of
written notice from TECO or the Purchase Contract Agent that there has occurred
a Termination Event, the Collateral Agent shall release all Collateral from the
Pledge and shall promptly Transfer all Pledged Trust Preferred Securities,
Pledged Treasury Consideration or Pledged Treasury Securities, as the case may
be, to the Purchase Contract Agent for the benefit of the Holders of the Normal
Units and the Stripped Units, respectively, free and clear of any lien, pledge
or encumbrance.

                  If such Termination Event shall result from TECO's becoming a
debtor under the Bankruptcy Code, and if the Collateral Agent shall for any
reason fail promptly to release and Transfer all Pledged Trust Preferred
Securities, Pledged Treasury Consideration or Pledged Treasury Securities, as
the case may be, as provided by this Section 4.3, the Purchase Contract Agent
shall (i) use its best efforts to obtain an opinion of a nationally recognized
law firm reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent to the effect that, as a
result of TECO's being the debtor in such a bankruptcy case, the Collateral
Agent will not be prohibited from releasing or Transferring the Collateral as
provided in this Section 4.3, and shall deliver such opinion to the Collateral
Agent within ten calendar days after the occurrence of such Termination Event,
and if (y) the Purchase Contract Agent shall be unable to obtain such opinion
within ten calendar days after the occurrence of such Termination Event or (z)
the Collateral Agent shall continue, after delivery of such opinion, to refuse
to release and Transfer all Pledged Trust Preferred Securities, Pledged Treasury
Consideration or Pledged Treasury Securities, as the case may be, as provided in
this Section 4.3, then the Purchase Contract Agent shall within fifteen calendar
days after the occurrence of such Termination Event commence an action or
proceeding in the court with jurisdiction of TECO's case under the Bankruptcy
Code seeking an order requiring the Collateral Agent to release and transfer all
Pledged Trust Preferred Securities, Pledged Treasury Consideration or Pledged
Treasury Securities, as the case may be, as provided by this Section 4.3

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or (ii) commence an action or proceeding like that described in clause (i)(z)
hereof within ten calendar days after the occurrence of such Termination Event.

         SECTION 4.4 Early Settlement; Merger Early Settlement. Upon written
notice to the Collateral Agent by the Purchase Contract Agent that one or more
Holders of Units have elected to effect Early Settlement or Merger Early
Settlement of their respective obligations under the Purchase Contracts forming
a part of such Securities in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Contracts
and the Purchase Contract Agreement (setting forth the number of such Purchase
Contracts as to which such Holders have elected to effect Early Settlement or
Merger Early Settlement), and that the Purchase Contract Agent has received from
such Holders, and paid to TECO as confirmed in writing by TECO, the related
Early Settlement Amounts or Merger Early Settlement Amounts, as the case may be,
pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Contracts and the Purchase Contract
Agreement, and that all conditions to such Early Settlement or Merger Early
Settlement, as the case may be, have been satisfied, then the Collateral Agent
shall release from the Pledge, (a) Pledged Trust Preferred Securities or Pledged
Treasury Consideration, as the case may be, in the case of a Holder of Normal
Units or (b) Pledged Treasury Securities, in the case of a Holder of Stripped
Units, relating to such Purchase Contracts as to which such Holders have elected
to effect Early Settlement or Merger Early Settlement, and shall Transfer all
such Pledged Trust Preferred Securities, Pledged Treasury Consideration or
Pledged Treasury Securities, as the case may be, free and clear of the Pledge
created hereby, to the Purchase Contract Agent for the benefit of the Holders.

         SECTION 4.5 Remarketing; Application of Proceeds; Settlement. (a)
Pursuant to the Purchase Contract Agreement, the Purchase Contract Agent shall
notify, by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day immediately
preceding the Remarketing Date or any Subsequent Remarketing Date, as the case
may be, the Remarketing Agent and the Collateral Agent of the aggregate number
of Trust Preferred Securities comprising part of Normal Units to be remarketed.
The Collateral Agent shall deliver, by 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the
first Business Day immediately preceding the Remarketing Date or any Subsequent
Remarketing Date, as the case may be: (i) the Pledged Trust Preferred Securities
to be remarketed to the Remarketing Agent for remarketing, without any
instruction from Holders of Normal Units, and (ii) upon (a) written notice,
pursuant to the Purchase Contract Agreement, from such Holders that have elected
to not participate in the remarketing and (b) the delivery by such Holders of
the Opt-out Treasury Consideration to the Collateral Agent (in substitution for
such previously Pledged Trust Preferred Securities the remaining Pledged Trust
Preferred Securities), the remaining Pledged Trust Preferred Securities to the
Purchase Contract Agent for distribution to such Holders. The Remarketing Agent
will deliver the Agent-Purchased Treasury Consideration (as defined in the
Purchase Contract Agreement) purchased from the proceeds of the remarketing to
the Purchase Contract Agent, which shall thereupon deliver such Agent-Purchased
Treasury Consideration to the Collateral Agent. Upon receipt of the
Agent-Purchased Treasury Consideration from the Purchase Contract Agent
following a successful remarketing, the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of
TECO, shall thereupon deposit such Treasury Consideration into the Collateral
Account to secure such Holders' obligations under the Purchase Contracts. On the
Purchase Contract Settlement Date, the Collateral Agent shall apply that portion
of the payments received in respect of the Pledged Treasury Consideration equal
to the aggregate Stated Amount of the related Normal Units to satisfy in full
the obligations of such Holders of Normal Units to pay the Purchase Price under
the related Purchase Contracts. The remaining

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portion of such Proceeds, if any, shall be distributed by the Collateral Agent
to the Purchase Contract Agent for prompt payment to such Holders.

                  Within three Business Days following a Failed Remarketing, the
Trust Preferred Securities delivered to the Remarketing Agent and the Purchase
Contract Agent pursuant to Section 4.5(a) shall be returned to the Collateral
Agent, together with written notice from the Remarketing Agent of the Failed
Remarketing. The Collateral Agent, for the benefit of TECO, shall thereupon
deposit such Trust Preferred Securities into the Collateral Account, to secure
the Normal Units Holders' obligations under the Purchase Contracts. The
Remarketing Agent may make one or more attempts to remarket the Trust Preferred
Securities in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Purchase Contract
Agreement and the Remarketing Agreement between the Remarketing Date and the
Purchase Contract Settlement Date, provided that the requirements of Section
5.2(b)(ii) of the Purchase Contract Agreement have been met. If by the Purchase
Contract Settlement Date the Remarketing Agent has failed to remarket the Trust
Preferred Securities at 100.25% of the Remarketing Value (as described in the
Purchase Contract Agreement), the Remarketing Agent shall advise the Collateral
Agent in writing that it cannot remarket the related Pledged Trust Preferred
Securities of such Holders of Normal Units. The Collateral Agent, for the
benefit of TECO will, at the written direction of TECO, retain or dispose of the
Pledged Trust Preferred Securities in accordance with applicable law and satisfy
in full, from any such disposition or retention, such Holders' obligations to
pay the Purchase Price for the Common Stock; provided, that if upon a Failed
Remarketing, the Collateral Agent exercises such rights for the benefit of TECO
with respect to such Trust Preferred Securities, any accumulated and unpaid
distributions on such Trust Preferred Securities will become payable by TECO to
the Purchase Contract Agent for payment to the Holder of the Normal Units to
which such Trust Preferred Securities relates in accordance with the Purchase
Contract Agreement.

                  (b) In the event a Holder of Stripped Units has not made an
Early Settlement or Merger Early Settlement of the Purchase Contracts underlying
its Stripped Units, such Holder shall be deemed to have elected to pay for the
shares of Common Stock to be issued under such Purchase Contracts from the
payments received in respect of the related Pledged Treasury Securities. Without
receiving any instruction from any such Holder of Stripped Units, the Collateral
Agent shall apply such payments to the settlement of such Purchase Contracts on
the Purchase Contract Settlement Date. In the event the payments received in
respect of the related Pledged Treasury Securities are in excess of the
aggregate Purchase Price of the Purchase Contracts being settled thereby, the
Collateral Agent shall promptly distribute such excess, when received, to the
Purchase Contract Agent for the benefit of the Holders.

                  (c) Pursuant to the Remarketing Agreement, on or prior to 10
a.m. on the fourth Business Day immediately preceding the Remarketing Date, but
no earlier than the Payment Date immediately preceding the Remarketing Date,
holders of Separate Trust Preferred Securities may elect to have their Separate
Trust Preferred Securities remarketed by delivering their Separate Trust
Preferred Securities, together with a notice of such election, substantially in
the form of Exhibit D hereto, to the Custodial Agent. The Custodial Agent will
hold such Separate Trust Preferred Securities in an account separate from the
Collateral Account. A holder of Separate Trust Preferred Securities electing to
have its Separate Trust Preferred Securities remarketed will also have the right
to withdraw such election by written notice to the Custodial Agent,
substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, on or prior to the second
Business Day

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immediately preceding the Remarketing Date and any Subsequent Remarketing Date,
upon which notice the Custodial Agent will return such Separate Trust Preferred
Securities to such holder. On the first Business Day immediately preceding the
Remarketing Date, by 10:00 a.m., New York City time, the Custodial Agent shall
notify the Remarketing Agent of the number of such Separate Trust Preferred
Securities to be remarketed, and, as promptly as reasonably practicable
thereafter on the same date, the Custodial Agent will deliver to the Remarketing
Agent for remarketing all Separate Trust Preferred Securities delivered (and not
withdrawn) to the Custodial Agent pursuant to this Section 4.5(c). The portion
of the proceeds from such remarketing equal to the amount calculated in respect
of such Separate Trust Preferred Securities as set forth in Section 5.2(b) of
the Purchase Contract Agreement will automatically be remitted promptly by the
Remarketing Agent to the Custodial Agent for the benefit of the holders of such
Separate Trust Preferred Securities. In addition, after deducting as the
remarketing fee an amount not exceeding 25 basis points (.25%) of the total
proceeds of such remarketing, the Remarketing Agent will remit to the Custodial
Agent the remaining portion of the proceeds, if any, for the benefit of such
holders. If, despite using its reasonable best efforts, the Remarketing Agent
advises the Custodial Agent in writing that there has been a Failed Remarketing,
the Remarketing Agent will promptly return such Trust Preferred Securities to
the Custodial Agent for redelivery to such holders. In the event of a
dissolution of the Trust and the distribution of the LLC Preferred Securities or
Notes, as the case may be, as described in the Trust Agreement, all references
to "Separate Trust Preferred Securities" in this Section 4.5(c) shall be deemed
to be references to LLC Preferred Securities or Notes, as the case may be, which
are not pledged hereunder or required to be part of the Collateral.

                  (d) With respect to any Separate Trust Preferred Security
accepted for remarketing under Section 4.5(c) hereof and the Remarketing
Agreement and not validly released thereunder from participation in such
remarketing, the Holder thereof hereby confirms, agrees and acknowledges that
such Holder shall have affirmatively waived during the time that the Trust
Preferred Security is subject to the remarketing such Holder's right to withdraw
any LLC Preferred Security corresponding to such Trust Preferred Security.

                  (e) Notwithstanding the foregoing Section 4.5(c), the parties
hereto confirm, agree and acknowledge that with respect to any Separate Trust
Preferred Security for which the Holder thereof has submitted to the Property
Trustee and not validly revoked in accordance with the Trust Agreement, a
request to withdraw any LLC Preferred Security corresponding to such Trust
Preferred Security, the Holder of such Separate Trust Preferred Security may not
elect to have such Separate Trust Preferred Security remarketed.

                                   ARTICLE V

                   VOTING RIGHTS -- TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES

                  The Purchase Contract Agent may exercise, or refrain from
exercising, any and all voting and other consensual rights pertaining to the
Pledged Trust Preferred Securities or any part thereof for any purpose not
inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement and in accordance with the terms
of the Purchase Contract Agreement; provided, that the Purchase Contract Agent
shall not exercise or, as the case may be, shall not refrain from exercising
such right if, in the judgment of TECO, such action would impair or otherwise
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value of all or any of the Pledged Trust Preferred Securities; and provided,
further, that the Purchase Contract Agent shall give TECO and the Collateral
Agent at least five days' prior written notice of the manner in which it intends
to exercise, or its reasons for refraining from exercising, any such right. Upon
receipt of any notices and other communications in respect of any Pledged Trust
Preferred Securities, including notice of any meeting at which holders of Trust
Preferred Securities are entitled to vote or solicitation of consents, waivers
or proxies of holders of Trust Preferred Securities, the Collateral Agent shall
use reasonable efforts to send promptly to the Purchase Contract Agent such
notice or communication, and as soon as reasonably practicable after receipt of
a written request therefor from the Purchase Contract Agent, execute and deliver
to the Purchase Contract Agent such proxies and other instruments in respect of
such Pledged Trust Preferred Securities (in form and substance satisfactory to
the Collateral Agent) as are prepared by the Purchase Contract Agent with
respect to the Pledged Trust Preferred Securities.

                                   ARTICLE VI

   RIGHTS AND REMEDIES; DISTRIBUTION OF THE SUBORDINATED NOTES; SPECIAL EVENT
                                   REDEMPTION

         SECTION 6.1 Rights and Remedies of the Collateral Agent. (a) In
addition to the rights and remedies available at law or in equity, after an
event of default hereunder, the Collateral Agent shall have all of the rights
and remedies with respect to the Collateral of a secured party under the Uniform
Commercial Code (or any successor thereto) as in effect in the State of New York
from time to time (the "Code") (whether or not the Code is in effect in the
jurisdiction where the rights and remedies are asserted) and the TRADES
Regulations and such additional rights and remedies to which a secured party is
entitled under the laws in effect in any jurisdiction where any rights and
remedies hereunder may be asserted. Wherever reference is made in this Agreement
to any section of the Code, such reference shall be deemed to include a
reference to any provision of the Code which is a successor to, or amendment of,
such section. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, such remedies
may include, to the extent permitted by applicable law, (i) retention of the
Pledged Trust Preferred Securities or other Collateral in full satisfaction of
the Holders' obligations under the Purchase Contracts or (ii) sale of the
Pledged Trust Preferred Securities or other Collateral in one or more public or
private sales at the written direction of TECO.

                  (b) Without limiting any rights or powers otherwise granted by
this Agreement to the Collateral Agent, in the event the Collateral Agent is
unable to make payments to TECO on account of any Pledged Treasury Consideration
or Pledged Treasury Securities as provided in Article III hereof in satisfaction
of the obligations of the Holder of the Units of which such Pledged Treasury
Consideration or Pledged Treasury Securities, as applicable, is a part under the
related Purchase Contracts, the inability to make such payments shall constitute
an event of default hereunder and the Collateral Agent shall have and may
exercise, with reference to such Pledged Treasury Securities or such Pledged
Treasury Consideration, as applicable, and such obligations of such Holder, any
and all of the rights and remedies available to a secured party under the Code
and the TRADES Regulations after default by a debtor, and as otherwise granted
herein or under any other law.

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                  (c) Without limiting any rights or powers otherwise granted by
this Agreement to the Collateral Agent, the Collateral Agent is hereby
irrevocably authorized to receive and collect all payments of (i) the Stated
Amount of, or cash distributions on, the Pledged Trust Preferred Securities, or
(ii) the principal amount of the Pledged Treasury Consideration or Pledged
Treasury Securities, subject, in each case, to the provisions of Article III,
and as otherwise granted herein.

                  (d) The Purchase Contract Agent, individually and as
attorney-in-fact for each Holder of Units, agrees that, from time to time, upon
the written request of TECO or the Collateral Agent (acting upon the written
request of TECO), the Purchase Contract Agent or such Holder shall execute and
deliver such further documents and do such other acts and things as TECO or the
Collateral Agent (acting upon the written request of TECO) may reasonably
request in order to maintain the Pledge, and the perfection and priority
thereof, and to confirm the rights of the Collateral Agent hereunder. The
Purchase Contract Agent shall have no liability to any Holder for executing any
documents or taking any such acts requested by TECO or the Collateral Agent
(acting upon the written request of TECO) hereunder, except for liability for
its own negligent act, its own negligent failure to act, its bad faith or its
own willful misconduct.

         SECTION 6.2 Distribution of the LLC Preferred Securities or the Notes.
Upon the occurrence of a dissolution of the Trust and satisfaction of the
liabilities to creditors of the Trust, if any, (a) if the LLC shall not have
been dissolved, liquidated or terminated, a stated liquidation amount of the LLC
Preferred Securities constituting the assets of the Trust and underlying the
Trust Preferred Securities equal to the aggregate Stated Amount of the Pledged
Trust Preferred Securities shall be delivered to the Collateral Agent in
exchange for the Pledged Trust Preferred Securities, or (b) if the LLC shall
have been dissolved, liquidated or terminated, a principal amount of the Notes
constituting the assets of the Trust and underlying the Trust Preferred
Securities equal to the aggregate Stated Amount of the Pledged Trust Preferred
Securities shall be delivered to the Collateral Agent in exchange for the
Pledged Trust Preferred Securities. In the event the Collateral Agent receives
such LLC Preferred Securities or Notes, as the case may be, in respect of
Pledged Trust Preferred Securities upon the occurrence of a dissolution of the
Trust, the Collateral Agent shall Transfer such LLC Preferred Securities or
Notes, as the case may be, to the Collateral Account in the manner specified
herein (including, without limitation, physical delivery thereof as set forth in
Section 2.1) in exchange for Pledged Trust Preferred Securities to secure the
obligations of the Holders of Normal Units to purchase TECO's Common Stock under
the related Purchase Contracts. Thereafter, the Collateral Agent shall have such
security interests, rights and obligations with respect to such LLC Preferred
Securities or Notes, as the case may be, as it had in respect of the Pledged
Trust Preferred Securities as provided in Articles II, III, IV, V and VI hereof,
and any reference herein (a) to the Trust Preferred Securities or Pledged Trust
Preferred Securities shall be deemed to be referring to such LLC Preferred
Securities or Notes, as appropriate, and (b) to the Trust, in the case of a
dissolution, liquidation or termination of the Trust but not of the LLC, shall
be deemed to be referring to the LLC.

         SECTION 6.3 Substitutions. Whenever a Holder has the right to
substitute Treasury Securities, Trust Preferred Securities or Treasury
Consideration, as the case may be, for Collateral held by the Collateral Agent,
such substitution shall not constitute a novation of the security interest
created hereby.

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         SECTION 6.4 Special Event Redemption.

                  (a) Special Event Redemption Prior to the Purchase Contract
Settlement Date. Upon the occurrence of a Special Event Redemption prior to the
Purchase Contract Settlement Date:

                           (i) the Property Trustee (or, if the Trust shall have
been dissolved, the LLC, or if the Trust and LLC shall have been dissolved, the
Indenture Trustee) shall cause the Redemption Price payable on the Special Event
Redemption Date with respect to the Applicable Principal Amount to be deposited
into the Collateral Account by federal funds check or wire transfer of
immediately available funds and shall notify the Collateral Agent and the
Securities Intermediary immediately in writing of such deposit;

                           (ii) the Property Trustee (or, if the Trust shall
have been dissolved, the LLC, or if the Trust and LLC shall have been dissolved,
the Indenture Trustee) shall deliver to the Collateral Agent and the Securities
Intermediary a written notice, substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto,
requesting that the Collateral Agent cause the Securities Intermediary to
present the Pledged Trust Preferred Securities to be redeemed by the Trust by
having the Collateral Agent cause the Securities Intermediary to release them
from the Pledge and to deliver them to the Property Trustee, upon receipt of the
funds as set forth in clause (a)(i) of this Section 6.4; and

                           (iii) upon confirmation of the deposit of such funds
and following written instructions from TECO or the Trust, substantially in the
form of Exhibit F, the Collateral Agent shall cause the Securities Intermediary
to: (1) release from the Pledge all the Pledged Trust Preferred Securities; (2)
Transfer such Pledged Trust Preferred Securities to the Purchase Contract Agent
for distribution to the Holders of Normal Units; (3) apply an amount equal to
the redemption amount of such Redemption Price to purchase the Treasury
Portfolio from the Quotation Agent; (4) credit such Treasury Portfolio to the
Collateral Account and (5) promptly remit the remaining portion of such
Redemption Price to the Purchase Contract Agent for payment to the Holders of
Normal Units, free and clear of any lien, pledge or encumbrance;

         provided that:

                  (x) following the occurrence of a Special Event Redemption
         prior to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, the Holders of Normal
         Units and the Collateral Agent shall have such security interest rights
         and obligations with respect to the Applicable Ownership Interest of
         the Treasury Portfolio as the Holders of Normal Units and the
         Collateral Agent had in respect of the Trust Preferred Securities or
         the Treasury Consideration, as the case may be, subject to the Pledge
         thereof as provided herein, and any references herein to the Trust
         Preferred Securities shall be deemed to be references to such Treasury
         Portfolio; and

                  (y) TECO may cause to be made in any Normal Units Certificates
         thereafter to be issued such change in form (but not in substance) as
         may be appropriate to reflect the winding up, liquidation and
         termination or dissolution of the Trust and the

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         substitution of the Applicable Ownership Interest of the Treasury
         Portfolio for Trust Preferred Securities as Collateral.

                  (b) Creation of Stripped Units On or After a Special Event
Redemption Prior to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date. If a Special Event
Redemption has occurred and the Treasury Portfolio has become a component of the
Normal Units, then any time on or prior to the second Business Day immediately
preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date:

                           (i) A Holder of Normal Units shall have the right to
substitute Treasury Securities for its Applicable Ownership Interest of the
Treasury Portfolio, securing such Holder's obligations under the Purchase
Contracts comprising a part of such Normal Units, in integral multiples of 40
Normal Units (or, after a remarketing of the Trust Preferred Securities, in
integral multiples of Normal Units such that Treasury Securities to be deposited
and the applicable Treasury Consideration to be released are in integral
multiples of $1,000) by:

                                   (A) Transferring to the Securities
Intermediary for credit to the Collateral Account Treasury Securities, having an
aggregate principal amount equal to its Applicable Ownership Interest of the
Treasury Portfolio;

                                   (B) delivering such Normal Units to the
Purchase Contract Agent; and

                                   (C) delivering to the Purchase Contract Agent
a written notice, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, (I) stating
that such Holder has Transferred Treasury Securities to the Securities
Intermediary for the benefit of the Collateral Agent pursuant to clause (A)
above (stating the principal amount, the maturities and the CUSIP numbers of the
Treasury Securities Transferred by such Holder) and (II) requesting that the
Purchase Contract Agent instruct the Securities Intermediary to release from the
Pledge such Applicable Ownership Interest of the Treasury Portfolio and Transfer
the same, free and clear of any lien, pledge or encumbrance, to the Purchase
Contract Agent for distribution to the Holder.

                           (ii) Upon confirmation that such Treasury Securities
have been credited to the Collateral Account and notice from the Holder, the
Purchase Contract Agent shall promptly deliver a written notice to the
Collateral Agent and the Securities Intermediary, substantially in the form of
Exhibit B hereto, requesting that the Collateral Agent cause the Securities
Intermediary to promptly release from the Pledge such Applicable Ownership
Interest of the Treasury Portfolio and Transfer the same, free and clear of any
lien, pledge or encumbrance, to the Purchase Contract Agent for distribution to
the Holder.

                           (iii) Upon receipt of such Treasury Securities and
the notice from the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent shall cause
the Securities Intermediary to promptly release from the Pledge the Applicable
Ownership Interest of the Treasury Portfolio and Transfer the same, free and
clear of any lien, pledge or encumbrance, to the Purchase Contract Agent for the
distribution to the Holder.

                  (c) Reestablishment of Normal Units on or after a Special
Event Redemption. If a Special Event Redemption has occurred and the Treasury
Portfolio has become a component

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of the Normal Units, then at any time on or prior to the second Business Day
immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date:

                           (i) A Holder of Stripped Units shall have the right
to reestablish Normal Units, consisting of the Purchase Contracts and the
Treasury Portfolio, in integral multiples of 40 Normal Units, by:

                                   (A) Transferring to the Securities
Intermediary for credit to the Collateral Account an Applicable Ownership
Interest of the Treasury Portfolio equal to the value of the Pledged Treasury
Securities to be released;

                                   (B) delivering the Stripped Units to the
Purchase Contract Agent; and

                                   (C) delivering to the Purchase Contract Agent
a written notice, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto; (I) stating
that such Holder has Transferred such Applicable Ownership Interest to the
Securities Intermediary for benefit of the Collateral Agent pursuant to clause
(A) above and (II) requesting that that the Purchase Contract Agent instruct the
Securities Intermediary to release from the Pledge the Pledged Treasury
Securities related to such Stripped Units and Transfer the same, free and clear
of any liens, claims and encumbrances, to the Purchase Contract Agent for
distribution to the Holder.

                           (ii) Upon confirmation that such Applicable Ownership
Interest of the Treasury Portfolio has been credited to the Collateral Account
and notice from the Holder, the Purchase Contract Agent shall promptly deliver a
written notice to the Collateral Agent and the Securities Intermediary,
substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, requesting that the Collateral
Agent cause the Securities Intermediary to promptly release from the Pledge such
Treasury Securities and Transfer the same, free and clear of any lien, pledge or
encumbrance, to the Purchase Contract Agent for distribution to the Holder.

                           (iii) Upon receipt of such Applicable Ownership
Interest of the Treasury Portfolio and notice from the Purchase Contract Agent,
the Collateral Agent shall cause the Securities Intermediary to promptly release
from the Pledge such Pledged Treasury Securities and Transfer the same, free and
clear of any liens, pledges or encumbrances, to the Purchase Contract Agent for
distribution to such Holder.

                                  ARTICLE VII

                    REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; COVENANTS

         SECTION 7.1 Representations and Warranties. The Holders from time to
time, acting through the Purchase Contract Agent as their attorney-in-fact (it
being understood that the Purchase Contract Agent shall not be liable for any
representation or warranty made by or on behalf of a Holder), hereby represent
and warrant to the Collateral Agent, which representations and warranties shall
be deemed repeated on each day a Holder Transfers Collateral that:

                  (a) such Holder has the power to grant a security interest in
and lien on the Collateral;

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                  (b) such Holder is the sole beneficial owner of the Collateral
and, in the case of Collateral delivered in physical form, is the sole holder of
such Collateral and is the sole beneficial owner of, or has the right to
Transfer, the Collateral it Transfers to the Collateral Agent, free and clear of
any security interest, lien, encumbrance, call, liability to pay money or other
restriction other than the security interest and lien granted under Section 2.1
hereof;

                  (c) upon the Transfer of the Collateral to the Collateral
Account, the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of TECO, will have a valid and
perfected first priority security interest therein (assuming that any central
clearing operation or any Intermediary or other entity not within the control of
the Holder involved in the Transfer of the Collateral, including the Collateral
Agent, gives the notices and takes the action required of it hereunder and under
applicable law for perfection of that interest and assuming the establishment
and exercise of control pursuant to Section 2.2 hereof); and

                  (d) the execution and performance by the Holder of its
obligations under this Agreement will not result in the creation of any security
interest, lien or other encumbrance on the Collateral other than the security
interest and lien granted under Section 2.1 hereof or violate any provision of
any existing law or regulation applicable to it or of any mortgage, charge,
pledge, indenture, contract or undertaking to which it is a party or which is
binding on it or any of its assets.

         SECTION 7.2 Covenants. The Holders from time to time, acting through
the Purchase Contract Agent as their attorney-in-fact (it being understood that
the Purchase Contract Agent shall not be liable for any covenant made by or on
behalf of a Holder), hereby covenant to the Collateral Agent that for so long as
the Collateral remains subject to the Pledge:

                  (a) neither the Purchase Contract Agent nor such Holders will
create or purport to create or allow to subsist any mortgage, charge, lien,
pledge or any other security interest whatsoever over the Collateral or any part
of it other than pursuant to this Agreement; and

                  (b) neither the Purchase Contract Agent nor such Holders will
sell or otherwise dispose (or attempt to dispose) of the Collateral or any part
of it except for the beneficial interest therein, subject to the pledge
hereunder, transferred in connection with the Transfer of the Units.

                                  ARTICLE VIII

        THE COLLATERAL AGENT, CUSTODIAL AGENT AND SECURITIES INTERMEDIARY

         SECTION 8.1 Appointment, Powers and Immunities. The Collateral Agent
shall act as Agent for TECO hereunder with such powers as are specifically
vested in the Collateral Agent by the terms of this Agreement, together with
such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each of the Collateral
Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary: (a) shall have no
duties or responsibilities except those expressly set forth in this Agreement
and no implied covenants or obligations shall be inferred from this Agreement
against any of them, nor

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shall any of them be bound by the provisions of any agreement by any party
hereto beyond the specific terms hereof; (b) shall not be responsible for any
recitals contained in this Agreement, or in any certificate or other document
referred to or provided for in, or received by it under, this Agreement, the
Units, the Trust Preferred Securities or the Purchase Contract Agreement, or for
the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency
of this Agreement (other than as against the Collateral Agent), the Units, the
Trust Preferred Securities or the Purchase Contract Agreement or any other
document referred to or provided for herein or therein or for any failure by
TECO or any other Person (except the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or
the Securities Intermediary, as the case may be) to perform any of its
obligations hereunder or thereunder or for the perfection, priority or, except
as expressly required hereby, existence, validity, perfection or maintenance of
any security interest created hereunder; (c) shall not be required to initiate
or conduct any litigation or collection proceedings hereunder (except in the
case of the Collateral Agent, pursuant to directions furnished under Section 8.2
hereof, subject to Section 8.6 hereof); (d) shall not be responsible for any
action taken or omitted to be taken by it hereunder or under any other document
or instrument referred to or provided for herein or in connection herewith or
therewith, except for its own negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct; and
(e) shall not be required to advise any party as to selling or retaining, or
taking or refraining from taking any action with respect to, the Trust Preferred
Securities or other property deposited hereunder. Subject to the foregoing,
during the term of this Agreement, the Collateral Agent shall take all
reasonable action in connection with the safekeeping and preservation of the
Collateral hereunder.

                  No provision of this Agreement shall require the Collateral
Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary to expend or risk its
own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any
of its duties hereunder. In no event shall the Collateral Agent, the Custodial
Agent or the Securities Intermediary be liable for any amount in excess of the
value of the Collateral or for indirect, special, punitive or consequential loss
or damage of any kind whatsoever, including lost profits, arising in connection
with this Agreement, whether or not the likelihood of such loss or damage was
known to the Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent, or the Securities Intermediary.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent, the
Purchase Contract Agent and Securities Intermediary, each in its individual
capacity, hereby waive any right of setoff, bankers lien, liens or perfection
rights as securities intermediary or any counterclaim with respect to any of the
Collateral.

                  The Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent and Securities
Intermediary shall have no liability whatsoever for the action or inaction of
the Book-Entry System or any Clearing Corporation. In no event shall the
Book-Entry System or any Clearing Corporation be deemed an agent or subcustodian
of the Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent and Securities Intermediary. The
Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent and Securities Intermediary shall not be
responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its
obligations under this Agreement arising out of or caused, directly or
indirectly, by circumstances beyond its reasonable control, including, without
limitation, acts of God, earthquakes, fires, floods, wars, civil or military
disturbances, sabotage, epidemics, riots, labor disputes, acts of civil or
military authority or governmental actions.

         SECTION 8.2 Instructions of TECO. TECO shall have the right, by one or
more instruments in writing executed and delivered to the Collateral Agent, the
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Securities Intermediary, as the case may be, to direct the time, method and
place of conducting any proceeding for the realization of any right or remedy
available to the Collateral Agent, or of exercising any power conferred on the
Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary, as the
case may be, or to direct the taking or refraining from taking of any action
authorized by this Agreement; provided, however, that (i) such direction shall
not conflict with the provisions of any law or of this Agreement and (ii) the
Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary shall
receive indemnity satisfactory to it as provided herein. Nothing in this Section
8.2 shall impair the right of the Collateral Agent in its discretion to take any
action or omit to take any action which it deems proper and which is not
inconsistent with such direction.

         SECTION 8.3 Reliance by Agent. Each of the Securities Intermediary, the
Custodial Agent and the Collateral Agent shall be entitled conclusively to rely
upon any certification, order, judgment, opinion, notice or other communication
(including, without limitation, any thereof by telephone, facsimile, e-mail or
similar electronic means) reasonably believed by it to be genuine and correct
and to have been signed or sent by or on behalf of the proper Person or Persons
(without being required to determine the correctness of any fact stated
therein), and upon opinions, advice and statements of legal counsel and other
experts selected by the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities
Intermediary, as the case may be. As to any matters not expressly provided for
by this Agreement, the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities
Intermediary shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining
from acting, hereunder in accordance with instructions given by TECO in
accordance with this Agreement.

         SECTION 8.4 Rights in Other Capacities. The Collateral Agent, the
Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary and their affiliates may
(without having to account therefor to TECO) accept deposits from, lend money
to, make their investments in and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust
or other business with the Purchase Contract Agent, any Holder of Units and any
holder of Separate Trust Preferred Securities (and any of their respective
subsidiaries or affiliates) as if it were not acting as the Collateral Agent,
the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary, as the case may be, and the
Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary and their
affiliates may accept fees and other consideration from the Purchase Contract
Agent, any Holder of Units or any holder of Separate Trust Preferred Securities
without having to account for the same to TECO; provided that each of the
Securities Intermediary, the Custodial Agent and the Collateral Agent covenants
and agrees with TECO that it shall not accept, receive or permit there to be
created in favor of itself (and waives any right of set-off or banker's lien
with respect to) and shall take no affirmative action to permit there to be
created in favor of any other Person, any security interest, lien or other
encumbrance of any kind in or upon the Collateral and the Collateral shall not
be commingled with any other assets of any such Person.

         SECTION 8.5 Non-Reliance on Collateral Agent. None of the Securities
Intermediary, the Custodial Agent or the Collateral Agent shall be required to
keep itself informed as to the performance or observance by the Purchase
Contract Agent or any Holder of Units of this Agreement, the Purchase Contract
Agreement, the Units, the Trust Preferred Securities or any other document
referred to or provided for herein or therein or to inspect the properties or
books of the Purchase Contract Agent or any Holder of Units. The Collateral
Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary shall not have any
duty or responsibility to provide TECO

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or the Remarketing Agent with any credit or other information concerning the
affairs, financial condition or business of the Purchase Contract Agent, any
Holder of Units or any holder of Separate Trust Preferred Securities (or any of
their respective subsidiaries or affiliates) that may come into the possession
of the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary or
any of their respective affiliates.

         SECTION 8.6 Compensation and Indemnity. TECO agrees: (i) to pay each of
the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary from
time to time such compensation as shall be agreed in writing between TECO and
the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary, as the
case may be, for all services rendered by each of them hereunder and (ii) to
indemnify the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities
Intermediary for, and to hold each of them harmless from and against, any loss,
liability or reasonable expense incurred without negligence, willful misconduct
or bad faith on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or
administration of its powers and duties under this Agreement, including the
reasonable costs and expenses (including reasonable fees and expenses of
counsel) of defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with
the exercise or performance of such powers and duties or collecting such
amounts. The Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities
Intermediary shall each promptly notify TECO of any third party claim which may
give rise to the indemnity hereunder and give TECO the opportunity to
participate in the defense of such claim with counsel reasonably satisfactory to
the indemnified party, and no such claim shall be settled without the written
consent of TECO, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.

         SECTION 8.7 Failure to Act. In the event of any ambiguity in the
provisions of this Agreement or any dispute between or conflicting claims by or
among the parties hereto or any other Person with respect to any funds or
property deposited hereunder, the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the
Securities Intermediary shall be entitled, after prompt notice to TECO and the
Purchase Contract Agent, at its sole option, to refuse to comply with any and
all claims, demands or instructions with respect to such property or funds so
long as such dispute or conflict shall continue, and neither the Collateral
Agent, the Custodial Agent nor the Securities Intermediary shall be or become
liable in any way to any of the parties hereto for its failure or refusal to
comply with such conflicting claims, demands or instructions. The Collateral
Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary shall be entitled to
refuse to act until either (i) such conflicting or adverse claims or demands
shall have been finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction or
settled by agreement between the conflicting parties as evidenced in a writing,
satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities
Intermediary, as the case may be, or (ii) the Collateral Agent, the Custodial
Agent or the Securities Intermediary, as the case may be, shall have received
security or an indemnity satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, the Custodial
Agent or the Securities Intermediary, as the case may be, sufficient to save the
Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary, as the
case may be, harmless from and against any and all loss, liability or reasonable
expense which the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities
Intermediary, as the case may be, may incur by reason of its acting without bad
faith, willful misconduct or negligence. The Collateral Agent, the Custodial
Agent or the Securities Intermediary may in addition elect to commence an
interpleader action or seek other judicial relief or orders as the Collateral
Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary, as the case may be,
may deem necessary. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary,
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the Securities Intermediary shall be required to take any action that is in its
opinion contrary to law or to the terms of this Agreement, or which would in its
opinion subject it or any of its officers, employees or directors to liability.

         SECTION 8.8 Resignation of Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent or
Securities Intermediary. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a
successor Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent or Securities Intermediary as
provided below, (a) the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities
Intermediary may resign at any time by giving notice thereof to TECO and the
Purchase Contract Agent as attorney-in-fact for the Holders of Units, (b) the
Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary may be
removed at any time by TECO and (c) if the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent
or the Securities Intermediary fails to perform any of its material obligations
hereunder in any material respect for a period of not less than 20 days after
receiving written notice of such failure by the Purchase Contract Agent and such
failure shall be continuing, the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the
Securities Intermediary may be removed by the Purchase Contract Agent. The
Purchase Contract Agent shall promptly notify TECO of any removal of the
Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary pursuant to
clause (c) of the immediately preceding sentence. Upon any such resignation or
removal, TECO shall have the right to appoint a successor Collateral Agent,
Custodial Agent or Securities Intermediary, as the case may be. If no successor
Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent or Securities Intermediary, as the case may
be, shall have been so appointed and shall have accepted such appointment within
30 days after the retiring Collateral Agent's, Custodial Agent's or Securities
Intermediary's giving of notice of resignation or such removal, then the
retiring Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent or Securities Intermediary, as the
case may be, may at TECO's expense petition any court of competent jurisdiction
for the appointment of a successor Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent or
Securities Intermediary, as the case may be. Each of the Collateral Agent, the
Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary shall be a bank which has an
office in New York, New York with a combined capital and surplus of at least
$50,000,000. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Collateral Agent,
Custodial Agent or Securities Intermediary, as the case may be, hereunder by a
successor Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent or Securities Intermediary, as the
case may be, such successor shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with
all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Collateral Agent,
Custodial Agent or Securities Intermediary, as the case may be, and the retiring
Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent or Securities Intermediary, as the case may
be, shall take all appropriate action to transfer any money and property held by
it hereunder (including the Collateral) to such successor. The retiring
Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent or Securities Intermediary shall, upon such
succession, be discharged from its duties and obligations as Collateral Agent,
Custodial Agent or Securities Intermediary hereunder. After any retiring
Collateral Agent's, Custodial Agent's or Securities Intermediary's resignation
hereunder as Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent or Securities Intermediary, the
provisions of this Section 8.8 shall continue in effect for its benefit in
respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as
the Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent or Securities Intermediary. Any
resignation or removal of the Collateral Agent hereunder shall be deemed for all
purposes of this Agreement as the simultaneous resignation or removal of the
Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary.

         SECTION 8.9 Right to Appoint Agent or Advisor. The Collateral Agent
shall have the right to appoint agents or advisors in connection with any of its
duties hereunder, and the

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Collateral Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted by, or in
reliance upon the opinion or advice of, such agents or advisors selected in good
faith. The appointment of agents (other than legal counsel) pursuant to this
Section 8.9 shall be subject to prior consent of TECO, which consent shall not
be unreasonably withheld.

         SECTION 8.10 Survival. The provisions of this Article VIII shall
survive termination of this Agreement and the resignation or removal of the
Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary.

         SECTION 8.11 Exculpation. Anything in this Agreement to the contrary
notwithstanding, in no event shall any of the Collateral Agent, the Custodial
Agent or the Securities Intermediary or their officers, employees or agents be
liable under this Agreement to any third party for indirect, special, punitive
or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever, including lost profits,
whether or not the likelihood of such loss or damage was known to the Collateral
Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary, or any of them,
incurred without any act or deed that is found to be attributable to negligence,
bad faith or willful misconduct on the part of the Collateral Agent, the
Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary.

                                   ARTICLE IX

                                    AMENDMENT

         SECTION 9.1 Amendment without Consent of Holders. Without the consent
of any Holders or the holders of any Separate Trust Preferred Securities, TECO,
the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent, the Securities Intermediary and the
Purchase Contract Agent, at any time and from time to time, may amend this
Agreement, in form satisfactory to TECO, the Collateral Agent, the Custodial
Agent, the Securities Intermediary and the Purchase Contract Agent, for any of
the following purposes:

                  (1) to evidence the succession of another Person to TECO, and
         the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of TECO; or

                  (2) to add to the covenants of TECO for the benefit of the
         Holders, or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon TECO
         so long as such covenants or such surrender do not adversely affect the
         validity, perfection or priority of the security interests granted or
         created hereunder; or

                  (3) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment
         hereunder by a successor Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent, Securities
         Intermediary or Purchase Contract Agent; or

                  (4) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any
         provisions herein which may be inconsistent with any other such
         provisions herein, or to make any other provisions with respect to such
         matters or questions arising under this Agreement, provided such action
         shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders.

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         SECTION 9.2 Amendment with Consent of Holders. With the consent of the
Holders of not less than a majority of the Purchase Contracts at the time
outstanding, by Act of said Holders delivered to TECO, the Purchase Contract
Agent or the Collateral Agent, as the case may be, TECO, when duly authorized,
the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the
Securities Intermediary may amend this Agreement for the purpose of modifying in
any manner the provisions of this Agreement or the rights of the Holders in
respect of the Units; provided, however, that no such supplemental agreement
shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security adversely
affected thereby,

                  (1) change the amount or type of Collateral underlying a
         Security (except for the rights of holders of Normal Units to
         substitute the Treasury Securities for the Pledged Trust Preferred
         Securities or the Pledged Treasury Consideration, as the case may be,
         or the rights of Holders of Stripped Units to substitute Trust
         Preferred Securities or the appropriate Treasury Consideration, as
         applicable, for the Pledged Treasury Securities), impair the right of
         the Holder of any Security to receive distributions on the underlying
         Collateral or otherwise adversely affect the Holder's rights in or to
         such Collateral; or

                  (2) otherwise effect any action that would require the consent
         of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby pursuant to
         the Purchase Contract Agreement if such action were effected by an
         agreement supplemental thereto; or

                  (3) reduce the percentage of Purchase Contracts the consent of
         whose Holders is required for any such amendment.

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

         SECTION 9.3 Execution of Amendments. In executing any amendment
permitted by this Section, the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent, the
Securities Intermediary and the Purchase Contract Agent shall receive and
(subject to Section 6.1 hereof, with respect to the Collateral Agent, and
Section 7.1 of the Purchase Contract Agreement, with respect to the Purchase
Contract Agent) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel
and Officers' Certificate stating that the execution of such amendment is
authorized or permitted by this Agreement and that all conditions precedent, if
any, to the execution and delivery of such amendment have been satisfied and, in
the case of an amendment pursuant to Section 9.1, that such amendment does not
adversely affect the validity, perfection or priority of the security interests
granted or created hereunder.

         SECTION 9.4 Effect of Amendments. Upon the execution of any amendment
under this Article IX, this Agreement shall be modified in accordance therewith,
and such amendment shall form a part of this Agreement for all purposes; and
every Holder of Certificates theretofore or thereafter authenticated, executed
on behalf of the Holders and delivered under the Purchase Contract Agreement
shall be bound thereby.

         SECTION 9.5 Reference to Amendments. Certificates authenticated,
executed on behalf of the Holders and delivered after the execution of any
amendment pursuant to this Section may,

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and shall if required by the Collateral Agent or the Purchase Contract Agent,
bear a notation in form approved by the Purchase Contract Agent and the
Collateral Agent as to any matter provided for in such amendment. If TECO shall
so determine, new Certificates so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the
Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent, the Securities Intermediary, the Purchase
Contract Agent and TECO, to any such amendment may be prepared and executed by
TECO and authenticated, executed on behalf of the Holders and delivered by the
Purchase Contract Agent in accordance with the Purchase Contract Agreement in
exchange for outstanding Certificates.

                                   ARTICLE X

                                  MISCELLANEOUS

         SECTION 10.1 No Waiver. No failure on the part of any party hereto or
any of its agents to exercise, and no course of dealing with respect to, and no
delay in exercising, any right, power or remedy hereunder shall operate as a
waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise by any party hereto or
any of its agents of any right, power or remedy hereunder preclude any other or
further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy.
The remedies herein are cumulative and are not exclusive of any remedies
provided by law.

         SECTION 10.2 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard
to conflicts of laws principles thereof.

         SECTION 10.3 Notices. Unless otherwise stated herein, all notices,
requests, consents and other communications provided for herein (including,
without limitation, any modifications of, or waivers or consents under, this
Agreement) shall be given or made in writing (including, without limitation, by
telecopy) delivered to the intended recipient at its name and address below or,
as to any party, at such other address as shall be designated by such party in a
notice to the other parties. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, all
such communications shall be deemed to have been duly given when personally
delivered or, in the case of a mailed notice or notice transmitted by
telecopier, upon receipt, in each case given or addressed as aforesaid.

                  TECO Energy, Inc.
                  TECO Plaza
                  702 North Franklin Street
                  Tampa, Florida  33602
                  Attention:  Secretary
                  Telecopy:  (813) 228-1328

                  The Bank of New York
                  101 Barclay Street, 21st Floor West
                  New York, New York  10286
                  Attention:  Corporate Trust Administration
                  Telecopy:  (212) 896-7298

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         SECTION 10.4 Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding
upon and inure to the benefit of the respective successors and assigns of TECO,
the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent, the Securities Intermediary and the
Purchase Contract Agent, and the Holders from time to time of the Units, by
their acceptance of the same, shall be deemed to have agreed to be bound by the
provisions hereof and to have ratified the agreements of, and the grant of the
Pledge hereunder by, the Purchase Contract Agent. TECO shall not consolidate or
merge with or into any other entity or convey or transfer its properties and
assets substantially as an entirety to any entity, unless the entity formed by
such consolidation or into which TECO is merged or the entity which acquires by
conveyance or transfer the properties and assets of TECO substantially as an
entirety shall expressly assume this Agreement and TECO's obligations hereunder.

         SECTION 10.5 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number
of counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same
instrument, and any of the parties hereto may execute this Agreement by signing
any such counterpart.

         SECTION 10.6 Severability. If any provision hereof is invalid and
unenforceable in any jurisdiction, then, to the fullest extent permitted by law,
(i) the other provisions hereof shall remain in full force and effect in such
jurisdiction and shall be liberally construed in order to carry out the
intentions of the parties hereto as nearly as may be possible and (ii) the
invalidity or unenforceability of any provision hereof in any jurisdiction shall
not affect the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other
jurisdiction.

         SECTION 10.7 Expenses, Etc. TECO agrees to reimburse the Collateral
Agent, the Securities Intermediary and the Custodial Agent for: (a) all
reasonable costs and expenses of the Collateral Agent, the Securities
Intermediary and the Custodial Agent (including, without limitation, the
reasonable fees and expenses of counsel to the Collateral Agent, the Securities
Intermediary and the Custodial Agent), in connection with (i) the negotiation,
preparation, execution and delivery or performance of this Agreement and (ii)
any modification, supplement or waiver of any of the terms of this Agreement;
(b) all reasonable costs and expenses of the Collateral Agent (including,
without limitation, reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) in connection with
(i) any enforcement or proceedings resulting or incurred in connection with
causing any Holder of Units to satisfy its obligations under the Purchase
Contracts forming a part of the Units and (ii) the enforcement of this Section
10.7; and (c) all transfer, stamp, documentary or other similar taxes,
assessments or charges levied by any governmental or revenue authority in
respect of this Agreement or any other document referred to herein and all
costs, expenses, taxes, assessments and other charges incurred in connection
with any filing, registration, recording or perfection of any security interest
contemplated hereby.

         SECTION 10.8 Security Interest Absolute. All rights of the Collateral
Agent and security interests hereunder, and all obligations of the Holders from
time to time hereunder, shall be absolute and unconditional irrespective of:

                  (a) any lack of validity or enforceability of any provision of
the Purchase Contracts or the Units or any other agreement or instrument
relating thereto;

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                  (b) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or
any other term of, or any increase in the amount of, all or any of the
obligations of Holders of Units under the related Purchase Contracts, or any
other amendment or waiver of any term of, or any consent to any departure from
any requirement of, the Purchase Contract Agreement or any Purchase Contract or
any other agreement or instrument relating thereto; or

                  (c) any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a
defense available to, or discharge of, a borrower, a guarantor or a pledgor.

         SECTION 10.9 Waiver of Jury Trial. Each party acknowledges and agrees
that any controversy which may arise under this Agreement is likely to involve
complicated and difficult issues, and therefore it hereby irrevocably and
unconditionally waives any right it may have to a trial by jury in respect of
any litigation directly or indirectly arising out of or relating to this
Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

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

                                        TECO ENERGY, INC.

                                        By:  /s/ Sandra W. Callahan
                                             ---------------------------------
                                             Name:  Sandra W. Callahan
                                             Title: Vice President - Treasurer

                                        THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
                                        as Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent and
                                        as Securities Intermediary

                                        By: /s/ Mary LaGumina
                                            ----------------------------------
                                            Name:  Mary LaGumina
                                            Title:  Vice President

                                        THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as
                                        Purchase Contract Agent

                                        By: /s/ Mary LaGumina
                                            ----------------------------------
                                            Name:  Mary LaGumina
                                            Title:   Vice President

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                                                                       EXHIBIT A

               INSTRUCTION FROM HOLDER TO PURCHASE CONTRACT AGENT

   PURSUANT TO SECTION 4.1(a)(iii), 4.2(a)(iii), 6.4(b)(i)(C) or 6.4(c)(i)(C)

The Bank of New York
101 Barclay Street, 21st Floor West
New York, New York  10286
Attention:  Corporate Trust Administration

                           Re: 9.50% Equity Security Units of TECO Energy, Inc.
                               and TECO Capital Trust II

                  The undersigned Holder hereby notifies you that, pursuant to
Section ___ of the Pledge Agreement, dated as of January 15, 2002 (the "Pledge
Agreement"), among TECO Energy, Inc. (the "Company"), The Bank of New York, as
Purchase Contract Agent (the "Purchase Contract Agent") and The Bank of New
York, as Collateral Agent (the "Collateral Agent"), Securities Intermediary (the
"Securities Intermediary") and Custodial Agent, it has delivered to the
Securities Intermediary for credit to the Collateral Account [$_______ aggregate
principal amount of Treasury Securities (CUSIP No. 912803AB9)][$_______
aggregate stated liquidation amount of Trust Preferred Securities][$_____
principal amount of Treasury Consideration (CUSIP No. 912803AB9)][$__ aggregate
principal amount of Notes][the appropriate Applicable Ownership Interest (as
specified in clause (A) of the definition of such term) of the Treasury
Portfolio, as the case may be] [$_______ aggregate principal amount of Notes] in
exchange for the related [Pledged Trust Preferred Securities][Pledged Treasury
Consideration] [Pledged Treasury Securities] [the appropriate Applicable
Ownership Interest (as specified in clause (A) of the definition of such term)
of the Treasury Portfolio][$___ in aggregate principal amount of Pledged
Treasury Securities, in integral multiples of 40 Stripped Units] held by the
Securities Intermediary in the Collateral Account for the Collateral Agent, in
accordance the Pledge Agreement.

                  The undersigned Holder hereby instructs you, as Purchase
Contract Agent, to instruct the Securities Intermediary to release to you on
behalf of the undersigned Holder the [Pledged Trust Preferred
Securities][Pledged Treasury Consideration] [Pledged Treasury
Securities][appropriate Applicable Ownership Interest (as specified in clause
(A) of the definition of such term) of the Treasury Portfolio][Pledged Trust
Securities] related to such [Normal Units] [Stripped Units].

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         Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meaning
set forth in the Pledge Agreement.

Date:______________________

                                     Signature Guarantee: ______________________

Please print name and address of Registered Holder:

     ______________________________        ___________________________________
                  Name                     Social Security or other Taxpayer
     ______________________________          Identification Number, if any
                 Address
     ______________________________
     ______________________________

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                                                                       EXHIBIT B

                   INSTRUCTION FROM PURCHASE CONTRACT AGENT TO

                  COLLATERAL AGENT AND SECURITIES INTERMEDIARY

          PURSUANT TO SECTION 4.1(b), 4.2(b), 6.4(b)(ii) or 6.4(c)(ii)

The Bank of New York
101 Barclay Street, 21st Floor West
New York, New York  10286
Attention:  Corporate Trust Administration

                           Re: 9.50% Equity Security Units of TECO Energy, Inc.
                               and TECO Capital Trust II

                  We hereby notify you in accordance with Section ____ of the
Pledge Agreement, dated as of January 15, 2002, (the "Pledge Agreement") among
TECO Energy, Inc. (the "Company"), The Bank of New York, as Collateral Agent,
Custodial Agent and Securities Intermediary, and ourselves, as Purchase Contract
Agent and as attorney-in-fact for the holders of [Normal Units] [Stripped Units
] from time to time, that the holder of securities listed below (the "Holder")
has elected to substitute [$_______ aggregate principal amount of Treasury
Securities (CUSIP No. 912803AB9)][$_______ aggregate stated liquidation amount
of Trust Preferred Securities][$_____ principal amount of Treasury
Consideration (CUSIP No. 912803AB9)][$__ aggregate principal amount of
Notes][the appropriate Applicable Ownership Interest (as specified in clause (A)
of the definition of such term) of the Treasury Portfolio, as the case may be]
[$_______ aggregate principal amount of Notes] in exchange for the related
[Pledged Trust Preferred Securities][Pledged Treasury Consideration] [Pledged
Treasury Securities] [the appropriate Applicable Ownership Interest (as
specified in clause (A) of the definition of such term) of the Treasury
Portfolio][$___ in aggregate principal amount of Pledged Treasury Securities, in
integral multiples of 40 Stripped Units] held by the Securities Intermediary in
the Collateral Account (as defined in the Pledge Agreement) in accordance with
the Pledge Agreement and has delivered to us a notice stating that the Holder
has Transferred [Treasury Securities] [Trust Preferred Securities or the
Treasury Consideration] to the Securities Intermediary, for the benefit of the
Collateral Agent.

                  We hereby instruct you, upon receipt of such [Pledged Treasury
Securities] [Pledged Trust Preferred Securities or Pledged Treasury
Consideration][such Applicable Ownership Interest], to release the [Trust
Preferred Securities or the Treasury Consideration] [Treasury Securities]
related to such [Normal Units] [Stripped Units] to us in accordance with the
Holder's instructions.

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                  Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the
meaning set forth in the Pledge Agreement.

Date:______________________                 THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as Purchase
                                            Contract Agent and not in its
                                            individual capacity

                                            By:   _________________________

                                            Title:_________________________

                  Please print name and address of Registered Holder electing to
substitute [Treasury Securities] [Trust Preferred Securities or Treasury
Consideration] for the [Pledged Trust Preferred Securities or the Pledged
Treasury Consideration] [Pledged Treasury Securities]:

      ______________________________         ___________________________________
                   Name                       Social Security or other Taxpayer
      ______________________________            Identification Number, if any
                  Address
      ______________________________
      ______________________________

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                                                                       EXHIBIT C

                      INSTRUCTION FROM PROPERTY TRUSTEE TO

                  COLLATERAL AGENT AND SECURITIES INTERMEDIARY

                         PURSUANT TO SECTION 6.4(a)(ii)

The Bank of New York
101 Barclay Street, 21st Floor West
New York, New York  10286
Attention:  Corporate Trust Administration

                           Re: 9.50% Equity Security Units of TECO Energy, Inc.
                               and TECO Capital Trust II

                  We hereby notify you in accordance with Section 6.4(a)(ii) of
the Pledge Agreement, dated as of January 15, 2002, (the "Pledge Agreement")
among TECO Energy, Inc. (the "Company"), The Bank of New York, as Collateral
Agent, Custodial Agent and Securities Intermediary, and ourselves, as Purchase
Contract Agent and as attorney-in-fact for the holders of [Normal Units] from
time to time, that the [Property Trustee][Indenture Trustee] [LLC] has caused
the Redemption Price payable on a Special Event Redemption Date with respect to
the Applicable Principal Amount to be deposited into the Collateral Account in
exchange for the related Pledged Trust Preferred Securities held by the
Securities Intermediary in the Collateral Account in accordance with the Pledge
Agreement and has delivered to us a notice to that effect.

                  We hereby instruct you, upon receipt of such Redemption Price,
to present the Pledged Trust Preferred Securities to be redeemed by the Trust by
having the Collateral Agent cause the Securities Intermediary to release them
from the Pledge and to deliver them to the Property Trustee of the Trust.

                  Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the
meaning set forth in the Pledge Agreement.

Date:______________________                THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as Trustee and
                                           not in its individual capacity

                                           By:   _________________________

                                           Title:_________________________

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                                                                       EXHIBIT D

                   INSTRUCTION FROM HOLDER TO CUSTODIAL AGENT

                              REGARDING REMARKETING

The Bank of New York
101 Barclay Street, 21st Floor West
New York, New York  10286
Attention:  Corporate Trust Administration

                        Re: 5.11% Preferred Securities of TECO Capital Trust II

                  The undersigned hereby notifies you in accordance with Section
4.5(c) of the Pledge Agreement, dated as of January 15, 2002 (the "Pledge
Agreement"), among TECO Energy, Inc., yourselves, as Collateral Agent,
Securities Intermediary and Custodial Agent, and The Bank of New York, as
Purchase Contract Agent and as attorney-in-fact for the Holders of Normal Units
and Stripped Units from time to time, that the undersigned elects to deliver
$__________ stated liquidation amount of Trust Preferred Securities for delivery
to the Remarketing Agent on the first Business Day immediately preceding the
Remarketing Date or any Subsequent Remarketing Date for remarketing pursuant to
Section 4.5(c) of the Pledge Agreement. The undersigned will, upon request of
the Remarketing Agent, execute and deliver any additional documents deemed by
the Remarketing Agent or by TECO to be necessary or desirable to complete the
sale, assignment and transfer of the Trust Preferred Securities tendered hereby.

                  The undersigned hereby instructs you, upon receipt of the
proceeds of such remarketing from the Remarketing Agent, net of amounts payable
to the Remarketing Agent in accordance with the Pledge Agreement, to deliver
such proceeds to the undersigned in accordance with the instructions indicated
herein under "A. Payment Instructions." The undersigned hereby instructs you, in
the event of Failed Remarketing, upon receipt of the Trust Preferred Securities
tendered herewith from the Remarketing Agent, to be delivered to the person(s)
and the address(es) indicated herein under "B. Delivery Instructions."

                  With this notice, the undersigned hereby (i) represents and
warrants that the undersigned has full power and authority to tender, sell,
assign and transfer the Trust Preferred Securities tendered hereby and that the
undersigned is the record owner of any Trust Preferred

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Securities tendered herewith in physical form or a participant in The Depository
Trust Company ("DTC") and the beneficial owner of any Trust Preferred Securities
tendered herewith by book-entry transfer to your account at DTC and (ii) agrees
to be bound by the terms and conditions of Section 4.5(c) of the Pledge
Agreement. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meaning
set forth in the Pledge Agreement.

Date: ____________________________     By:___________________________________

                                       Name: ________________________________

                                       Signature Guarantee:  ________________

   ______________________________
                Name                         __________________________________
   ______________________________             Social Security or other Taxpayer
              Address                           Identification Number, if any
   ______________________________
   ______________________________

A. PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS

Proceeds of the remarketing should be paid by check in the name of the person(s)
set forth below and mailed to the address set forth below.

Name(s)______________________________________
                (Please Print)

Address ______________________________________
                (Please Print)

______________________________________________

______________________________________________
                 (Zip Code)

______________________________________________
(Tax Identification or Social Security Number)

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B. DELIVERY INSTRUCTIONS

                  In the event of a Failed Remarketing, Trust Preferred
Securities which are in physical form should be delivered to the person(s) set
forth below and mailed to the address set forth below.

Name(s)_______________________________________
               (Please Print)

Address ______________________________________
               (Please Print)

______________________________________________

______________________________________________
                 (Zip Code)

______________________________________________
(Tax Identification or Social Security Number)

                  In the event of a Failed Remarketing, Trust Preferred
Securities which are in book-entry form should be credited to the account at The
Depository Trust Company set forth below.

                                    ____________________________________________
                                                    DTC Account Number
                    Name of Account Party:______________________________________

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                                                                       EXHIBIT E

              INSTRUCTION FROM HOLDER TO CUSTODIAL AGENT REGARDING
                           WITHDRAWAL FROM REMARKETING

The Bank of New York
101 Barclay Street, 21st Floor West
New York, New York  10286
Attention:  Corporate Trust Administration

                        Re: 5.11% Preferred Securities of TECO Capital Trust II

                  The undersigned hereby notifies you in accordance with Section
4.5(c) of the Pledge Agreement, dated as of January 15, 2002 (the "Pledge
Agreement"), among the TECO Energy, Inc. (the "Company"), yourselves, as
Collateral Agent, Securities Intermediary and Custodial Agent and The Bank of
New York, as Purchase Contract Agent and as attorney-in-fact for the Holders of
Normal Units and Stripped Units from time to time, that the undersigned elects
to withdraw the $_____ aggregate stated liquidation amount of Trust Preferred
Securities delivered to the Custodial Agent on ___________, 2004 for remarketing
pursuant to Section 4.5(c) of the Pledge Agreement. The undersigned hereby
instructs you to return such Trust Preferred Securities to the undersigned in
accordance with the undersigned's instructions. With this notice, the
Undersigned hereby agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of Section
4.5(c) of the Pledge Agreement. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined
shall have the meaning set forth in the Pledge Agreement.

Date:_________________________

                                   By:______________________________________

                                   Name: ___________________________________

                                   Title: __________________________________

                                   Signature Guarantee:_____________________

     ______________________________        ____________________________________
                  Name                       Social Security or other Taxpayer
     ______________________________            Identification Number, if any
                Address
     ______________________________
     ______________________________

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A. DELIVERY INSTRUCTIONS

                  In the event of a Failed Remarketing, Trust Preferred
Securities which are in physical form should be delivered to the person(s) set
forth below and mailed to the address set forth below.

Name(s)_______________________________________
                (Please Print)

Address ______________________________________
                (Please Print)

______________________________________________

______________________________________________
                 (Zip Code)

______________________________________________
(Tax Identification or Social Security Number)

                  In the event of a Failed Remarketing, Trust Preferred
Securities which are in book-entry form should be credited to the account at The
Depository Trust Company set forth below.

                                ________________________________________________
                                                DTC Account Number

                 Name of Account Party:_________________________________________

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                                                                       EXHIBIT F

                      INSTRUCTION FROM COMPANY OR TRUST TO

                  COLLATERAL AGENT AND SECURITIES INTERMEDIARY

                         PURSUANT TO SECTION 6.4(a)(iii)

The Bank of New York
101 Barclay Street, 21st Floor West
New York, New York  10286
Attention:  Corporate Trust Administration

                  Re: 9.50% Equity Security Units of TECO Energy, Inc. and TECO
                      Capital Trust II

         Pursuant to Section 6.4(a)(iii) of the Pledge Agreement, dated as of
January 15, 2002 (the "Pledge Agreement"), among the TECO Energy, Inc. (the
"Company"), yourselves, as Collateral Agent, Securities Intermediary and
Custodial Agent and The Bank of New York, as Purchase Contract Agent and as
attorney-in-fact for the Holders of Normal Units and Stripped Units from time to
time, the undersigned hereby directs the Collateral Agent, upon confirmation of
the deposit of $_______________ to the Collateral Account, which funds are the
Redemption Price payable on the Special Event Redemption Date with respect to
the Applicable Principal Amount, to cause the Securities Intermediary to:

         (1)      release from the Pledge all of the Pledged Treasury
                  Securities, Pledged Trust Preferred Securities or Pledged
                  Treasury Consideration, as the case may be;

         (2)      Transfer all of such Pledged Treasury Securities, Pledged
                  Trust Preferred Securities or Pledged Treasury Consideration,
                  as the case may be, to the Purchase Contract Agent for
                  distribution to the Holders of Normal Units or Stripped Units;

         (3)      apply $_________________ (which amount is equal to the
                  redemption amount of such Redemption Price) to purchase
                  __________________ (describe securities to be purchased with
                  particularity, including amount, maturity, CUSIPs, etc.),
                  which shall comprise the Treasury Portfolio from
                  _________________, who is the Quotation Agent;

         (4)      upon such purchase, credit the Treasury Portfolio to the
                  Collateral Account; and

         (5)      promptly remit $___________________, which is the remaining
                  portion of such Redemption Price to the Purchase Contract
                  Agent for payment to the Holders of Normal Units, free and
                  clear of any lien, pledge or encumbrance.

Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meaning set forth
in the Pledge Agreement.

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Date: _________________________

                                       [TECO ENERGY, INC.]
                                       [TECO CAPITAL TRUST II]

                                       By: ____________________________________

                                       Name: __________________________________

                                       Title: _________________________________

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                              EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

     This Employment Agreement (this "Agreement"), dated as of this 1st day of
October, 2001, is made by and between A.B. Watley Group, Inc., a Delaware
Corporation with offices located at 40 Wall Street, New York, New York 10005
(including any subsidiaries or affiliates thereof, the "Company") and Gary D.
Mednick, an individual residing at 86 Stillwell Lane, Woodbury, New York 11797
(the "Executive").

                                   WITNESSETH:

     WHEREAS, the Company desires to employ the Executive and to enter into an
agreement embodying the terms of such employment; and

     WHEREAS, the Executive desires to accept such employment and to enter into
such agreement;

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and mutual covenants
contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the Company and
the Executive (individually, each a "Party" and, together, the "Parties") agree
as provided herein.

     1.   EMPLOYMENT.

     Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the
Company agrees to employ the Executive during the Term of Employment (as defined
in Section 2 hereof) and the Executive accepts such employment.

     2.   TERM OF EMPLOYMENT.

     The term of employment under this Agreement shall commence on the date
hereof and, unless earlier terminated by the Company or the Executive pursuant
to Section 5 hereof, or extended by operation of Section 5.1(c )(iv) hereof,
shall continue until October 1, 2003 (the "Term of Employment"); provided,
however, that if the aggregate Revenues (as that term is defined and used in
Section 2.9 of the Asset Purchase Agreement dated as of October 1, 2001, between
A.B. Watley Group, Inc., and On-Site Trading, Inc. (the "Asset Purchase
Agreement")) for the first twenty-four (24) months of the Term of Employment
equals or exceeds $24 million, then the Term of Employment shall continue until
October 1, 2004.

     3.   POSITION, RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES.

     3.1 POSITION AND RESPONSIBILITIES. Under the terms and conditions herein
set forth, the Company hereby employs the Executive, and the Executive hereby
agrees to serve, during the Term of Employment, as Executive Vice President,
Business

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Development, of the Company. The Executive's duties shall be specified by the
Board of Directors or the President of the Company, or their designee, provided
that the Executive's duties shall be those of a senior executive focusing in the
fields of strategic planning, marketing and business development.

     3.2 ATTENTION TO RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES. During the Term of
Employment, The Executive shall devote his full time, energies, skills and
attention to the performance of his duties and responsibilities hereunder, and
shall perform them faithfully, diligently and competently. Nothing contained
herein shall be construed to preclude the Executive from (a) serving on the
board of directors of other corporations which do not directly or indirectly
themselves or through a subsidiary or affiliated entity compete with the
Company, (b) engaging in charitable and community affairs, (c) managing the
Executive's personal affairs and investments, and (d) continuing to act as the
president of On-Site Trading, Inc. ("OST") until such time as OST has finally
and fully withdrawn from membership in the NASD.

     3.3 PLACE OF PERFORMANCE.

     (a) Unless otherwise mutually agreed by the Company and the Executive, in
connection with the Executive's employment with the Company, the Executive shall
be employed at the Company's offices in New York County and Great Neck, New
York, except for required travel in relation to the Company's business.

     (b) The Company agrees to purchase all furniture, computers and other
office equipment reasonably necessary and proper for the Executive to undertake
and perform the services contemplated by this Agreement. The Company shall
provide Executive with a private office appropriate to his status as a senior
executive.

     4. COMPENSATION AND RELATED MATTERS. Subject to the provisions of this
Agreement, the Executive shall receive the compensation and other benefits
provided in this Section 4 as compensation for all the Executive's services
provided hereunder.

     4.1 SALARY. During the Term of Employment, the Executive shall receive from
the Company an annual base salary ("Salary") at a rate of $250,000.00 to be paid
in accordance with the Company payroll practices.

     4.2. GUARANTEED BONUS COMPENSATION. Executive shall receive as bonus
compensation the amount of $10,000 in each of the months of January, February,
March, April and May 2002, payable not later than the 2nd payroll period of the
month. In addition, if the aggregate Revenues generated during the thirteenth
through the twenty-fourth months of the Term of Employment equal or exceed $15
million, then the Executive shall receive as additional bonus compensation the
amount of $10,000 in each of the first five months of the third year of the Term
of Employment, payable not later than the second payroll period of the month.

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     4.3  STOCK OPTION GRANTS.

     (a) In addition to Salary, the Executive shall be eligible for incentive
stock options to purchase shares of the Company (the "Stock Options"), as
defined in and pursuant to and in accordance with the A.B. Watley Group Inc.
2000 Stock Option Plan, and particularly Section 6 thereof (annexed hereto as
Exhibit A), or any successor Plan as the Board may designate (the "Stock Option
Plan"). Within 30 days after the execution of this Agreement, Executive shall
receive Stock Options to purchase 25,000 shares of the Company. Thereafter,
Stock Options shall be granted after the end of each calendar month in a number
to be determined by dividing the value of a single Option (as determined below)
into a number equal to 10% of any such month's Excess Revenues, rounded to the
nearest integer. As used herein, "Excess Revenues" shall mean the monthly
Revenues minus $1 million.

     (b) The value of a Stock Option for purposes of this section shall be
determined by using the Black-Scholes valuation model for options, and adding
thereto the option strike price. The assumptions to be used in calculating the
Black-Scholes valuation will be:

           (i) The stock price will be that closing price of ABWG on the last
               business day of the month (the date of the grant);

          (ii) The option strike price will be the same as the stock price on
               the last business day of the month (the date of the grant);

         (iii) The years to maturity is ten (10) years, the life of the option
               grant;

          (iv) The risk-free rate will be determined by calculating the average
               interest rate from the last five (5) issues of the U.S Treasury
               ten (10) year note;

           (v) The volatility will be determined on the grant date and will be
               determined from Bloomberg information.

     (c) As an example only, if in any month the Revenues are $1.1 million, and
the price of ABWG at the close of that month is $3.00, and the Black-Scholes
model determines that the Stock Option should be valued at a 10% premium ($0.30
above the strike price), then the Executive shall be granted Stock Options to
purchase 3,030 shares of ABWG, determined as follows:

          $1.1 million - $1 million = $100,000 (the Excess Revenues)

          $100,000 X 10% = $10,000

          $10,000 / $3.30 = 3,030.3, rounded to 3,030.

     (d)The Stock Options shall vest over three years from the date of issuance
according to the following schedule: 25% upon the expiration of one (1) year
from the date of issuance; an additional 30% upon the expiration of two (2)
years from the date of issuance; and the balance of 45% upon the expiration of
three (3) years from the date of issuance, and shall otherwise be exercisable in
accordance with the Stock Option Plan. In the event the Executive's employment
with the Company is terminated by the Company within one (1) year of the
occurrence of a Change-in Control Event (as that term is defined in Section 10
of

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the Stock Option Plan), all outstanding Stock Options held by Executive at the
time of such termination shall become fully vested and exercisable.

     4.4 VACATION AND OTHER BENEFITS. During the Term of Employment, the
Executive shall be entitled to such paid vacation, fringe benefits and
perquisites as are provided from time to time by the Company to similarly
situated executives, including participation the qualified and non-qualified
pension and welfare and health and hospitalization benefit plans and
arrangements. The Company shall also provide the Executive reasonable
reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses incurred by him in connection with his
duties hereunder and for his current auto lease and for a comparable auto lease
following the expiration of the current lease, including insurance thereon. In
lieu of Executive's participation in the Company's health insurance plan, the
Company shall reimburse the Executive his out-of-pocket costs of the health and
hospital insurance in which he is enrolled as of the date hereof.

     4.5 DISCRETIONARY BONUS. The Executive may be eligible to receive
additional bonus compensation at the sole and unreviewable discretion of the
Board of Directors.

     5.   EARLY TERMINATION OF EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT.

     This Agreement may be terminated by either Party before the expiration of
the Term of Employment or any Subsequent Term of Employment (referred to in this
Section 5 collectively as the "Term of Employment") for any reason, but subject
to the terms, conditions and remedies set forth in this Section 5, which shall
provide the sole and exclusive remedy for any such termination.

     5.1  UNCOMPENSATED TERMINATIONS.

     (a) If the Executive resigns from the Executive's employment hereunder
without Cause, as hereinafter defined, or if the Company terminates the
Executive for Cause, as hereinafter defined, then the Executive shall be
entitled to receive only a cash lump sum payment of the portion of Salary or
Bonus that has accrued up to and including the Date of Termination (as defined
in Section 5.4(b) hereof). The amount payable to the Executive under this
Section 5.1 shall be payable in accordance with the Company's normal payroll
practices.

     (b) "Cause," when used by the Executive as the basis for resigning from his
employment hereunder, shall mean the Company's willful, material breach of any
material obligation of the Executive under this Agreement, after giving the
Company notice of such breach and thirty (30) days to cure such breach.

     (c) "Cause," when used by the Company as a basis for terminating the
Executive's employment hereunder, shall mean

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          (i)  The Executive's willful, material breach of any material
               obligation of the Executive under this Agreement, after giving
               the Executive notice of such breach and thirty (30) days to cure
               such breach;

          (ii) any willful misconduct in connection with his employment that
               could materially impair the financial condition or reputation of
               the Company;

         (iii) the Executive's conviction for, or plea of guilty or nolo
               contendre (or similar plea) to any criminal offense that is a
               felony or includes fraud as an element of the offense; or

          (iv) any suspension, revocation or limitation of any license of the
               Executive to engage in any aspect of the securities brokerage
               business by action of any self-regulatory organization or
               governmental authority, but only if Executive's duties at the
               time of any such suspension, revocation or limitation are such
               that Executive is legally required to hold such a license to
               perform them; and provided that in the event of a suspension or
               limitation lasting no longer than 90 days, this Agreement shall
               not be terminated, but shall be suspended during the period of
               the Executive's suspension or limitation, and the Executive shall
               be allowed to resume his duties and receive the benefits of this
               Agreement upon the conclusion of the period of suspension or
               limitation, and the term of the Agreement shall be extended by
               the time of the suspension or limitation; provided however, that
               in the event the Executive's duties at the time of such
               suspension, revocation or limitation are such that holding such a
               license is legally required, the Company and Executive shall
               negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement to consist of
               matters that do not require such a license.

     5.2 COMPENSATED TERMINATIONS. If the Executive resigns for Cause, or is
terminated by the Company without Cause, or with Cause pursuant to section 5.1
(c) (iv), in each case prior to the expiration of the Term of Employment, the
Executive's employment hereunder shall terminate on the Date of Termination and
the Executive (a) shall be entitled to receive a cash lump sum payment equal to
the sum of the unpaid portion of Salary due the Executive as of the Date of
Termination, payable in accordance with the Company's regular payroll practices,
and (b) shall be entitled to receive as a severance payment the present value,
as of the date of payment and using the prime rate published in the Wall Street
Journal on the Date of Termination as the discount rate, of the Salary that
would have been paid to the Executive through the expiration of the Term

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of Employment, expect if the termination is for Cause pursuant to Section
5.1(c)(iv), in which case such payment shall be 60% of such present value, and
(c) shall be deemed vested in all Stock Options theretofore granted, as of the
Date of Termination.

     5.3  TERMINATION DUE TO DEATH OR PERMANENT DISABILITY.

     (a) If the Executive becomes Permanently Disabled (as defined in Section
5.3(c) hereof) or dies prior to the expiration of the Term of Employment, the
Executive's employment hereunder shall terminate on the Date of Termination and
the Executive or, in the case of the Executive's death, the Executive's
beneficiary or estate, shall be entitled to receive a cash lump sum payment
equal to the sum of the unpaid portion of Salary due the Executive up to the
Date of Termination. The amounts payable to the Executive under this Section
5.3(a) hereof shall be payable in accordance with the Company's regular payroll
practices.

     (b) If the Executive becomes Permanently Disabled or dies prior to the
expiration of the Term of Employment, then as of the Date of Termination, the
Executive shall not be entitled to any compensation other than as provided in
this Section 5.3.

     (c) "Permanently Disabled" shall mean when, and only when, the Executive is
unable, by reason of illness or accident, to perform, for a continuous 180-day
period, the material elements of his duties hereunder, and the Company has
reasonably determined, based upon medical documentation, that the Executive for
such reason is unlikely to be able to resume such duties in the foreseeable
future.

     5.4  NOTICE AND DATE OF TERMINATION.

     (a) Any termination of the Executive's employment hereunder by the Company
or the Executive (other than termination due to the Executive's death) shall be
communicated by a written "Notice of Termination" to the other Party in
accordance with Section 11.4 hereof. A Notice of Termination shall indicate the
specific provision of this Section 5 relied upon and shall set forth in
reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for
termination of the Executive's employment under the provision so indicated.

     (b) "Date of Termination" shall mean

          (i)  If the Executive resigns, the date that the Executive sets forth
               as his last day;

          (ii) If the Executive's employment hereunder is terminated by the
               Company, the date specified in the Notice of Termination, which
               shall be such date determined by the Company; provided, however,
               that if such termination by the Company is for Cause, the Date of
               Termination shall not be earlier than the expiration of any
               applicable remedy period and no later than 60 days following the
               Notice of Termination; and

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         (iii) If the Executive's employment hereunder is terminated due to the
               Executive becoming Permanently Disabled, the date the Company
               reasonably determines that he has become Permanently Disabled;

          (iv) If the Executive's employment hereunder is terminated due to
               death, the date of death; and

          (iv) If the Executive's employment hereunder is terminated by reason
               of the expiration of the Term of Employment, the date determined
               or set forth in Section 2.

     6.   INDEMNIFICATION.

     The Executive (and the Executive's heirs, executors and administrators)
shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law against all expense, liability and loss (including,
without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees, judgments, fines, excise taxes
or penalties and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) incurred or suffered
by the Executive as a consequence of the Executive being or having been made a
party to, or being or having been involved in, any threatened, pending or
completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative, by reason of: (a) the fact that the Executive is or was an
officer or employee of the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the
Company as an officer or employee of another corporation (including, but not
limited to, a subsidiary or an affiliate of the Company), (b) any action taken
in good faith by the Executive as an officer or employee of the Company and (c)
any action taken by the Executive in connection with the negotiation, execution
and delivery of this Agreement, and such indemnification shall continue after
the Executive shall cease to be such an officer or employee. The Company agrees
that the provisions of this Section 6 shall survive the termination of this
Agreement and the Executive's employment with the Company, and shall be in
addition to any indemnity to which the Executive may be entitled under the
Certificate of Incorporation or the By-Laws of the Company.

     7.   DISPUTE RESOLUTION.

     7.1 GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York without regard for principles
of conflicts of laws that would require the application of the law of a
jurisdiction other than the State of New York; provided, however, that the law
applicable to Section 7.2 hereof or to the validity of Section 7.3 hereof, the
conduct of any arbitration, the resort to a court for a provisional or equitable
remedies, the enforcement of any award and any other question of arbitration law
or procedure shall be the Federal Arbitration Act.

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     7.2 ARBITRATION. Any and all disputes of whatsoever kind or nature arising
out of or concerning this Agreement, its interpretation or effect, shall be
determined by the exclusive means of arbitration in the City of New York before
the American Arbitration Association of the City of New York, in accordance with
its rules and regulations then in effect, and the decision upon such arbitration
in accordance with its rules and regulations then in effect, and the decision
upon such arbitration shall be final and binding upon all the parties to this
Agreement. The cost and expenses of arbitration, including the reasonable
attorney's fees, and disbursements of the successful party, shall be paid by the
party against whom the arbiters render a decision, unless the decision of the
arbiters specifically provides otherwise for good cause, and judgment upon such
award may be entered in the Supreme Court of the State of New York or any other
state in which any party to this Agreement is a resident. Such determination
shall be made by a panel of at least three (3) arbiters. The parties agree that
prior to the arbitration hearing each shall have the right, within thirty (30)
days after the selection of the arbitrators, to take the depositions of the
officers, agents and employees of the other party, provided all costs incident
to any such depositions shall be paid by the party requesting such depositions.
Either party within said period may request production of relevant documents
from the other parties and upon receipt of such request the party required to
supply such documents shall do so immediately and within ten (10) days of such
request. All discovery disputes shall be resolved by the American Arbitration
Association, and all discovery shall be completed within ninety (90) days unless
otherwise extended by agreement or order of the arbitrators. All costs and
expenses, including travel expenses, incident to any discovery requested by a
party shall be paid for by the requesting party; provided, however, that the
arbitrators may assess said costs against one or the other party following a
hearing of the dispute. The arbitrators may assess interest on any amount
awarded. In all other respects, the arbitration shall proceed under the rules
and regulations then obtaining of the American Arbitration Association.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, if a dispute arising hereunder is
required to be arbitrated before the National Association of Securities Dealers,
Inc., or the New York Stock Exchange, Inc., pursuant to constitutions or by-laws
of those organizations, then such arbitration shall take place in such forum and
shall conform to the rules and regulations thereof.

     7.3 CHOICE OF FORUM. Each Party hereby submits to the exclusive
jurisdiction of the United States Federal court having jurisdiction in New York,
New York, or, if such Court shall lack subject matter jurisdiction, to the New
York state court having such jurisdiction, with respect to all aspects of the
enforcement of any award or other decision by the arbitrators pursuant to
Section 7.2 hereof, and agrees that any action, suit or proceeding to enforce
any such award or decision, or seeking specific performance, injunction or
temporary restraining order, shall be brought only in such court; provided,
however, that such consent to jurisdiction is solely for the purpose referred to
in this Section 7.3 and shall not be deemed to be a general submission to the
jurisdiction of said courts or the State of New York other than for such
purpose. Each Party hereby irrevocably submits to the personal jurisdiction of
such Court, and waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection
that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such action,
suit or proceeding brought in such a court and

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any claim that any such action, suit or proceeding brought in such a court has
been brought in an inconvenient forum.

     7.4 COSTS AND ATTORNEYS' FEES OF PREVAILING PARTY. In the event that it
becomes necessary for either party to commence any action or proceeding pursuant
to this Section 7 to enforce any term or condition of this Agreement, or any
breach thereof, the prevailing party in such action or proceeding shall be
entitled to an award against the non-prevailing party in an amount equal to the
costs and reasonable attorney's fees incurred by the prevailing party in
connection with such action or proceeding, except to the extent legal fees are
determined pursuant to Section 7.2..

     8.   RESTRICTIONS, TRADE SECRETS, ETC.

     8.1. NON-COMPETITION DURING THE EMPLOYMENT PERIOD. The Executive shall not
at any time while he is employed during the Term of Employment directly or
indirectly have any Affiliation in, or individually engage in, any Competitive
Business; provided, however, that (i) the Executive may hold not more than 5% of
the outstanding securities of any corporation listed on a national securities
exchange or regularly traded in the over-the-counter market, unless such
securities are acquired by Executive through gift or inheritance, in which event
such securities may be held without limitation, and (ii) the Executive may
maintain interests in family-related investments of a passive nature that do not
require the Executive's active involvement in their day-to-day affairs.

     8.2. NON-DISCLOSURE OF PROSPECTIVE TERMINATION. The Executive shall not at
any time while he is employed during the Term of Employment disclose or
otherwise communicate to any Customer that he is considering terminating, or has
decided to terminate, employment with the Company and the Company shall have
sole discretion to determine who may notify its Customers of the termination of
the Executive's employment, and the form, substance and timing of such
notification.

     8.3. NON-DISCLOSURE OF TRADE SECRETS. The Executive shall not at any time,
except in the course of his employment by the Company, divulge, disclose or
communicate, directly or indirectly, to any person, corporation or other entity,
or use for his own benefit or for the benefit of anyone other than the Company,
any of the Company's trade secrets or proprietary information, including, but
not limited to, Customer identities and contracts; Customer lists; Customer
financial, business or personal information; financial and business information
relating to the Company and its transactions; and any other confidential
information relating to the Company, its business or its Customers. The
Executive acknowledges that the disclosure or use of any of the information
prohibited by this subparagraph 8.3 would have a substantial adverse impact on
the business and goodwill of the Company.

     8.4. RETURN OF COMPANY PROPERTY. Upon the termination of the Term of
Employment, the Executive shall return to the Company all originals and copies,
whether generated by the Executive or anyone else, of all documents, files,
lists, forms, contracts,

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notebooks, rolodexes, keys, credit cards, and any other material which came into
the Executive's possession during the Term of Employment and relate to the
Company, its business or its Customers.

     8.5. NON-COMPETITION AND NON-SOLICITATION AFTER TERMINATION.

     (a) In the event of any termination of the Term of Employment by the
Executive without Cause, or by the Company for Cause, then until the end of the
Term of Employment as the same may have been extended, the Executive, without
the prior written consent of the Company, shall not:

          (i) directly or indirectly, on behalf of or for the benefit of a
     Competitive Business perform services for, or engage in any transaction
     with, any Customer, nor

          (ii) engage in any act of Solicitation, nor

          (iii) permit or assist persons under his direct supervision,.
     including persons in a business with which he has an Affiliation, to so
     compete or Solicit.

     8.6. ENFORCEMENT. The Executive acknowledges that the provisions of this
paragraph 8 are essential to the continued goodwill and profitability of the
Company and have provided a substantial inducement to the Company to enter into
this Agreement. Should any court determine that the provisions of this paragraph
8 shall be unenforceable in respect of scope, duration or geographic area, such
court shall be empowered to substitute, to the extent enforceable, provisions
similar hereto or other provisions so as to provide to the Company, to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the benefits intended by this
paragraph 8.

     8.7. COURTS HAVING JURISDICTION. The parties hereto intend to and hereby
confer jurisdiction to enforce the covenants contained in this paragraph 8 upon
the courts of any state within the geographic scope of such covenants. In the
event that the courts of any one or more of such states shall hold such
covenants wholly unenforceable by reason of the breadth of such scope or
otherwise, it is the intention of the parties hereto that such determination not
bar or in any way affect the Company's right to the relief provided in this
Agreement in the courts of any other states within the geographic scope of such
covenants, as to breaches of such covenants in such other respective
jurisdictions, the above covenants as they relate to each state being, for this
purpose, severable into diverse and independent covenants.

     8.8. DEFINITIONS. As used in this Section 8, the following terms shall have
the following meanings:

     "Affiliation" shall include being a shareholder, member, partner, director,
employee, consultant or agent.

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     "Competitive Business" shall mean any person or entity that offers to the
public securities brokerage services to the public, or that engages in
securities trading for its own account.

     "Customer" shall mean any person or entity that had a customer agreement
with the Company during the Term of Employment, or with whom Executive was in
substantive discussions concerning becoming a customer of the Company prior to
the Date of Termination.

     "Solicit" shall mean to initiate a communication with a person or entity
with the overt objective to induce such person or entity to (a) cease to be a
Customer and to become a customer of a Competitive Business, or (b) cease to be
an employee of the Company and become an employee of a Competitive Business.

     9.   ASSIGNABILITY; BINDING NATURE.

     Except as provided in Section 11.2 below, no rights or obligations of the
Company or the Executive under this Agreement may be assigned or transferred by
either of the parties, except that the Company may assign this Contract to a
wholly-owned subsidiary or to an entity acquiring substantially all of the
business or assets of the Company.

     10.  SEVERABILITY.

     The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement shall
not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this
Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect.

     11.  MISCELLANEOUS.

     11.1 AMENDMENTS/WAIVERS. This Agreement may not be amended, waived, or
otherwise modified in any manner other than by a written agreement executed by
the Parties of their respective successors and legal representatives. No waiver
by either Party of any breach of any term, provision or condition of this
Agreement by the other Party shall be deemed a waiver of any other term,
provision or condition of this Agreement, nor of any subsequent breach by the
other Party of any term, provision or condition of this Agreement.

     11.2 BENEFICIARIES/REFERENCES. The Executive shall be entitled to select a
beneficiary or beneficiaries to receive any compensation or benefit payable
hereunder following the Executive's death, and may change such election, in
either case, by giving the Company written notice thereof. In the event of the
Executive's death or a judicial determination of the Executive's incompetence,
reference in this Agreement to the

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Executive shall be deemed, where appropriate, to refer to the Executive's
beneficiary, estate, committee or other legal representative.

     11.3 WITHHOLDING. All payments to be made to the Executive under this
Agreement shall be subject to required withholding of federal, state and local
income and employment taxes.

     11.4 NOTICES. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in
writing and shall be deemed given when received by hand-delivery to the other
Party, by facsimile transmission, by overnight courier, or by registered or
certified mail return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed to each
party as set forth on the first page of this Agreement, or to such other address
as either Party shall have furnished to the other in writing in accordance
herewith. Notices and communications shall be effective when actually received
by the addressee.

     11.5 COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in two counterparts, each
of which shall be deemed to be an original, but both counterparts shall together
constitute one and the same instrument.

     11.6 ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement contains the entire agreement between
the Parties concerning the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior
agreements, understandings, discussions, negotiations and undertakings, whether
written or oral, between the Parties with respect thereto.

     11.7 CAPTIONS. The captions of this Agreement are not part of the
provisions hereof and shall have no force or effect.

DATED:  NEW YORK, NEW YORK
           OCTOBER 1, 2001.

                                                     A.B. WATLEY GROUP, INC.

                                                     By: /s/ Steven Malin
                                                         -----------------------
                                                         Chairman and CEO

                                                         /s/ Gary D. Mednick
                                                         -----------------------
                                                         Gary D. Mednick

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