Document:

EXHIBIT 4.1

                    SOUTHEASTERN BANK FINANCIAL CORPORATION,
                                   as Company

                                    INDENTURE
                          Dated as of December 5, 2005

                         U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
                                   As Trustee

                       JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEBT SECURITIES

                              Due December 15, 2035

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                                       ARTICLE I
                                      DEFINITIONS

SECTION 1.01.  Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     1

                                       ARTICLE II
                                    DEBT SECURITIES

SECTION 2.01.  Authentication and Dating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     9
SECTION 2.02.  Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication . . . . . . . . .     9
SECTION 2.03.  Form and Denomination of Debt Securities. . . . . . . . . . . . .    10
SECTION 2.04.  Execution of Debt Securities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    10
SECTION 2.05.  Exchange and Registration of Transfer of Debt Securities. . . . .    10
SECTION 2.06.  Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Debt Securities. . . . . . .    14
SECTION 2.07.  Temporary Debt Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    15
SECTION 2.08.  Payment of Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    15
SECTION 2.09.  Cancellation of Debt Securities Paid, etc . . . . . . . . . . . .    16
SECTION 2.10.  Computation of Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    17
SECTION 2.11.  Extension of Interest Payment Period. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    19
SECTION 2.12.  CUSIP Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    19
SECTION 2.13.  Income Tax Certification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    20
SECTION 2.14.  Global Debentures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    20

                                      ARTICLE III
                           PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY

SECTION 3.01.  Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest; Agreed Treatment of
               the Debt Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    22
SECTION 3.02.  Offices for Notices and Payments, etc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    23
SECTION 3.03.  Appointments to Fill Vacancies in Trustee's Office. . . . . . . .    23
SECTION 3.04.  Provision as to Paying Agent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    23
SECTION 3.05.  Certificate to Trustee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    24
SECTION 3.06.  Additional Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    25
SECTION 3.07.  Compliance with Consolidation Provisions. . . . . . . . . . . . .    25
SECTION 3.08.  Limitation on Dividends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    25
SECTION 3.09.  Covenants as to the Trust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    26

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                                      ARTICLE IV
                   LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE

SECTION 4.01.  Securityholders' Lists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    26
SECTION 4.02.  Preservation and Disclosure of Lists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    27

                                      ARTICLE V
         REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS UPON AN EVENT OF DEFAULT

SECTION 5.01.  Events of Default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    28
SECTION 5.02.  Payment of Debt Securities on Default; Suit Therefor. . . . . . .    30
SECTION 5.03.  Application of Moneys Collected by Trustee. . . . . . . . . . . .    32
SECTION 5.04.  Proceedings by Securityholders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    32
SECTION 5.05.  Proceedings by Trustee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    33
SECTION 5.06.  Remedies Cumulative and Continuing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    33
SECTION 5.07.  Direction of Proceedings and Waiver of Defaults by Majority of
               Securityholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    33
SECTION 5.08.  Notice of Defaults. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    34
SECTION 5.09.  Undertaking to Pay Costs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    34

                                      ARTICLE VI
                                CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE

SECTION 6.01.  Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee. . . . . . . . . . . . . .    35
SECTION 6.02.  Reliance on Documents, Opinions, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    36
SECTION 6.03.  No Responsibility for Recitals, etc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    37
SECTION 6.04.  Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agents, Transfer Agents or
               Registrar May Own Debt Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    37
SECTION 6.05.  Moneys to be Held in Trust. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    37
SECTION 6.06.  Compensation and Expenses of Trustee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    38
SECTION 6.07.  Officers' Certificate as Evidence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    39
SECTION 6.08.  Eligibility of Trustee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    39
SECTION 6.09.  Resignation or Removal of Trustee, Calculation Agent, Paying
               Agent or Debt Security Registrar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    39
SECTION 6.10.  Acceptance by Successor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    41
SECTION 6.11.  Succession by Merger, etc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    42

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SECTION 6.12.  Authenticating Agents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    42

                                     ARTICLE VII
                           CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS

SECTION 7.01.  Action by Securityholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    43
SECTION 7.02.  Proof of Execution by Securityholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    44
SECTION 7.03.  Who Are Deemed Absolute Owners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    44
SECTION 7.04.  Debt Securities Owned by Company Deemed Not Outstanding . . . . .    45
SECTION 7.05.  Revocation of Consents; Future Securityholders Bound. . . . . . .    45

                                     ARTICLE VIII
                               SECURITYHOLDERS' MEETINGS

SECTION 8.01.  Purposes of Meetings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    45
SECTION 8.02.  Call of Meetings by Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    46
SECTION 8.03.  Call of Meetings by Company or Securityholders. . . . . . . . . .    46
SECTION 8.04.  Qualifications for Voting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    46
SECTION 8.05.  Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    47
SECTION 8.06.  Voting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    47
SECTION 8.07.  Quorum; Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    48
SECTION 8.08.  Written Consent Without a Meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    48

                                      ARTICLE IX
                                SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

SECTION 9.01.  Supplemental Indentures without Consent of Securityholders. . . .    49
SECTION 9.02.  Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Securityholders . . . . .    50
SECTION 9.03.  Effect of Supplemental Indentures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    51
SECTION 9.04.  Notation on Debt Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    51
SECTION 9.05.  Evidence of Compliance of Supplemental Indenture to be
               furnished to Trustee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    52

                                       ARTICLE X
                                REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES

SECTION 10.01.  Optional Redemption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    52
SECTION 10.02.  Special Event Redemption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    52
SECTION 10.03.  Notice of Redemption; Selection of Debt Securities . . . . . . .    52
SECTION 10.04.  Payment of Debt Securities Called for Redemption . . . . . . . .    53

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                                      ARTICLE XI
                  CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE, CONVEYANCE AND LEASE

SECTION 11.01.  Company May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms. . . . . . . . .    54
SECTION 11.02.  Successor Entity to be Substituted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    54
SECTION 11.03.  Opinion of Counsel to be Given to Trustee. . . . . . . . . . . .    55

                                     ARTICLE XII
                       SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE

SECTION 12.01.  Discharge of Indenture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    55
SECTION 12.02.  Deposited Moneys to be Held in Trust by Trustee. . . . . . . . .    56
SECTION 12.03.  Paying Agent to Repay Moneys Held. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    56
SECTION 12.04.  Return of Unclaimed Moneys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    56

                                     ARTICLE XIII
           IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

SECTION 13.01.  Indenture and Debt Securities Solely Corporate Obligations . . .    57

                                      ARTICLE XIV
                                MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

SECTION 14.01.  Successors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    57
SECTION 14.02.  Official Acts by Successor Entity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    57
SECTION 14.03.  Surrender of Company Powers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    57
SECTION 14.04.  Addresses for Notices, etc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    57
SECTION 14.05.  Governing Law. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    58
SECTION 14.06.  Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent . . . . . . . .    58
SECTION 14.07.  Non-Business Days. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    58
SECTION 14.08.  Table of Contents, Headings, etc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    59
SECTION 14.09.  Execution in Counterparts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    59
SECTION 14.10.  Severability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    59
SECTION 14.11.  Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    59
SECTION 14.12.  Acknowledgment of Rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    59

                                      ARTICLE XV
                           SUBORDINATION OF DEBT SECURITIES

SECTION 15.01.  Agreement to Subordinate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    60
SECTION 15.02.  Default on Senior Indebtedness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    60

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SECTION 15.03.  Liquidation; Dissolution; Bankruptcy . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    61
SECTION 15.04.  Subrogation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    62
SECTION 15.05.  Trustee to Effectuate Subordination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    63
SECTION 15.06.  Notice by the Company. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    63
SECTION 15.07.  Rights of the Trustee, Holders of Senior Indebtedness. . . . . .    64
SECTION 15.08.  Subordination May Not Be Impaired. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    64

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EXHIBITS

EXHIBIT A       FORM OF DEBT SECURITY
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          THIS  INDENTURE,  dated  as  of December 5, 2005, between Southeastern
Bank  Financial  Corporation,  a  bank  holding  company incorporated in Georgia
(hereinafter sometimes called the "Company"), and U.S. Bank National Association
as  trustee  (hereinafter  sometimes  called  the  "Trustee").

                              W I T N E S S E T H:

          WHEREAS,  for  its  lawful  corporate  purposes,  the Company has duly
authorized  the issuance of its Junior Subordinated Debt Securities due December
15,  2035  (the  "Debt  Securities")  under this Indenture and to provide, among
other  things, for the execution and authentication, delivery and administration
thereof, the Company has duly authorized the execution of this Indenture.

          NOW,  THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, and the purchase of
the  Debt  Securities  by  the holders thereof, the Company covenants and agrees
with  the  Trustee  for  the  equal  and proportionate benefit of the respective
holders from time to time of the Debt Securities as follows:

                                    ARTICLE I

                                   DEFINITIONS

     SECTION  1.01.  Definitions.
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          The  terms  defined  in  this Section 1.01 (except as herein otherwise
expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires) for all purposes of
this  Indenture  and  of  any  indenture  supplemental  hereto  shall  have  the
respective  meanings  specified  in this Section 1.01. All accounting terms used
herein  and not expressly defined shall have the meanings assigned to such terms
in  accordance  with  generally  accepted  accounting  principles  and  the term
"generally  accepted  accounting principles" means such accounting principles as
are  generally accepted in the United States at the time of any computation. The
words "herein," "hereof' and "hereunder" and other words of similar import refer
to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other
subdivision.

          "Additional  Interest"  shall  have  the  meaning set forth in Section
3.06.

          "Additional  Provisions"  shall  have the meaning set forth in Section
15.01.

          "Authenticating  Agent" means any agent or agents of the Trustee which
at the time shall be appointed and acting pursuant to Section 6.12.

          "Bankruptcy  Law" means Title 11, U.S. Code, or any similar federal or
state law for the relief of debtors.

          "Board  of  Directors"  means  the board of directors or the executive
committee  or  any  other  duly  authorized  designated officers of the Company.

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

          "Business  Day"  means  any  day  other than a Saturday, Sunday or any
other  day on which banking institutions in Boston, Massachusetts, New York City
or  the city of the Principal Office of the Trustee or the Company are permitted
or  required  by  any  applicable  law  or  executive  order  to  close.

          "Calculation  Agent"  means  the Person identified as "Trustee" in the
first paragraph hereof with respect to the Debt Securities and the Institutional
Trustee  with  respect  to  the  Trust  Securities.

          "Capital  Securities"  means  undivided  beneficial  interests  in the
assets  of the Trust which are designated as "TP Securities" and rank pari passu
with  Common Securities issued by the Trust; provided, however, that if an Event
of  Default  (as defined in the Declaration) has occurred and is continuing, the
rights  of  holders  of  such  Common  Securities  to  payment  in  respect  of
distributions  and  payments  upon  liquidation,  redemption  and  otherwise are
subordinated  to  the  rights  of  holders  of  such  Capital  Securities.

          "Capital  Securities Guarantee" means the guarantee agreement that the
Company  will  enter  into  with U.S. Bank National Association or other Persons
that  operates  directly  or  indirectly  for  the benefit of holders of Capital
Securities  of  the  Trust.

          "Capital  Treatment  Event"  means,  if  the  Company is organized and
existing  under  the  laws  of  the  United  States  or any state thereof or the
District  of Columbia, the receipt by the Company and the Trust of an Opinion of
Counsel  experienced  in such matters to the effect that, as a result of (a) any
amendment  to, or change in, the laws, rules or regulations of the United States
or  any  political  subdivision  thereof or therein, or any rules, guidelines or
policies  of  any  applicable  regulatory  authority  for the Company or (b) any
official  or  administrative pronouncement or action or decision interpreting or
applying such laws, rules or regulations, which amendment or change is effective
or  which pronouncement, action or decision is announced on or after the date of
original  issuance  of  the Debt Securities, there is more than an insubstantial
risk  that,  within  90  days  of  the  receipt  of  such opinion, the aggregate
Liquidation  Amount of the Capital Securities will not be eligible to be treated
by the Company as "Tier 1 Capital" (or the then equivalent thereof) for purposes
of  the  capital  adequacy  guidelines  of the Federal Reserve (or any successor
regulatory  authority  with  jurisdiction  over  bank  or  financial  holding
companies),  as  then in effect and applicable to the Company (or if the Company
is  not a bank holding company, such guidelines applied to the Company as if the
Company  were subject to such guidelines); provided, however, that the inability
of  the  Company to treat all or any portion of the aggregate Liquidation Amount
of the Capital Securities as Tier 1 Capital shall not constitute the basis for a
Capital  Treatment  Event,  if  such  inability  results from the Company having
cumulative  preferred stock, minority interests in consolidated subsidiaries, or
any  other  class  of  security or interest which the Federal Reserve or OTS, as
applicable,  may  now  or hereafter accord Tier 1 Capital treatment in excess of
the  amount  which  may now or hereafter qualify for treatment as Tier 1 Capital
under  applicable  capital  adequacy guidelines; provided further, however, that
the  distribution  of  the Debt Securities in connection with the liquidation of

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the  Trust  by  the  Company  shall  not  in  and of itself constitute a Capital
Treatment Event unless such liquidation shall have occurred in connection with a
Tax  Event  or  an  Investment  Company  Event.

          "Certificate"  means  a certificate signed by any one of the principal
executive  officer,  the principal financial officer or the principal accounting
officer  of  the  Company.

          "Common Securities" means undivided beneficial interests in the assets
of  the  Trust  which  are designated as "Common Securities" and rank pari passu
with Capital Securities issued by the Trust; provided, however, that if an Event
of  Default  (as defined in the Declaration) has occurred and is continuing, the
rights  of  holders  of  such  Common  Securities  to  payment  in  respect  of
distributions  and  payments  upon  liquidation,  redemption  and  otherwise are
subordinated  to  the  rights  of  holders  of  such  Capital  Securities.

          "Company"  means  Southeastern  Bank  Financial  Corporation,  a  bank
holding  company  incorporated  in  Georgia,  and,  subject to the provisions of
Article  XI,  shall  include  its  successors  and  assigns.

          "Debt  Security"  or  "Debt  Securities" has the meaning stated in the
first  recital  of  this  Indenture.

          "Debt Security Register" has the meaning specified in Section 2.05.

          "Declaration"  means  the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of
the  Trust dated as of December 5, 2005, as amended or supplemented from time to
time.

          "Default"  means any event, act or condition that with notice or lapse
of  time,  or  both,  would  constitute  an  Event  of  Default.

          "Defaulted Interest" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.08.

          "Deferred Interest" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.11.

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

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

          "DTC" means The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation.

          "Event  of  Default"  means any event specified in Section 5.01, which
has  continued  for  the  period  of  time,  if any, and after the giving of the
notice,  if  any,  therein  designated.

          "Extension Period" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.11.

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          "Federal  Reserve" means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System.

          "Global  Debenture" means a security that evidences all or part of the
Debt Securities, the ownership and transfers of which shall be made through book
entries  by  a  Depositary.

          "Indenture"  means  this  instrument  as  originally  executed  or, if
amended  or  supplemented  as herein provided, as so amended or supplemented, or
both.

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

          "Institutional Trustee" has the meaning set forth in the Declaration.

          "Interest  Payment  Date"  means  March  15, June 15, September 15 and
December  15 of each year, commencing on March 15, 2006, during the term of this
Indenture.

          "Interest  Payment  Period"  means  the  period  from and including an
Interest  Payment Date, or in the case of the first Interest Payment Period, the
original  date  of  issuance of the Debt Securities, to, but excluding, the next
succeeding  Interest  Payment  Date or, in the case of the last Interest Payment
Period,  the  Redemption  Date, Special Redemption Date or Maturity Date, as the
case  may  be.

          "Interest Rate" means the Variable Rate.

          "Investment  Company  Event"  means the receipt by the Company and the
Trust  of  an Opinion of Counsel experienced in such matters to the effect that,
as a result of a change in law or regulation or written change in interpretation
or application of law or regulation by any legislative body, court, governmental
agency  or  regulatory  authority, there is more than an insubstantial risk that
the  Trust is or, within 90 days of the date of such opinion will be, considered
an  "investment  company" that is required to be registered under the Investment
Company  Act  of  1940,  as  amended, which change or prospective change becomes
effective or would become effective, as the case may be, on or after the date of
the  original  issuance  of  the  Debt  Securities.

          "LIBOR"  means  the  London  Interbank  Offered  Rate  for U.S. Dollar
deposits  in  Europe as determined by the Calculation Agent according to Section
2.10(b).

          "LIBOR Banking Day" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.10(b)(1).

          "LIBOR Business Day" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.10(b)(1).

          "LIBOR  Determination  Date"  has  the  meaning  set  forth in Section
2.10(b).

          "Liquidation  Amount" means the liquidation amount of $1,000 per Trust
Security.

          "Maturity Date" means December 15, 2035.

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

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          "Officers'  Certificate" means a certificate signed by the Chairman of
the  Board,  the  Vice Chairman, the President or any Vice President, and by the
Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Comptroller,
an  Assistant  Comptroller,  the  Secretary  or  an  Assistant  Secretary of the
Company,  and  delivered to the Trustee. Each such certificate shall include the
statements  provided  for  in Section 14.06 if and to the extent required by the
provisions  of  such  Section.

          "Opinion  of  Counsel"  means  an  opinion  in writing signed by legal
counsel,  who  may  be an employee of or counsel to the Company, or may be other
counsel  reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee. Each such opinion shall include
the  statements  provided  for in Section 14.06 if and to the extent required by
the  provisions  of  such  Section.

          "OTS" means the Office of Thrift Supervision and any successor federal
agency  that  is  primarily responsible for regulating the activities of savings
and  loan  holding  companies.

          "Outstanding"  means,  when  used  with  reference to Debt Securities,
subject  to  the provisions of Section 7.04, as of any particular time, all Debt
Securities  authenticated  and  delivered  by  the Trustee or the Authenticating
Agent  under  this  Indenture,  except

          (a)  Debt  Securities  theretofore  canceled  by  the  Trustee  or the
Authenticating Agent or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;

          (b)  Debt  Securities,  or  portions  thereof,  for  the  payment  or
redemption  of which moneys in the necessary amount shall have been deposited in
trust  with  the  Trustee  or  with any Paying Agent (other than the Company) or
shall have been set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company
shall  act as its own Paying Agent); provided, that, if such Debt Securities, or
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portions  thereof,  are to be redeemed prior to maturity thereof, notice of such
redemption  shall have been given as provided in Articles X and XIV or provision
satisfactory  to  the  Trustee  shall have been made for giving such notice; and

          (c)  Debt Securities paid pursuant to Section 2.06 or in lieu of or in
substitution  for  which other Debt Securities shall have been authenticated and
delivered pursuant to the terms of Section 2.06 unless proof satisfactory to the
Company  and  the Trustee is presented that any such Debt Securities are held by
bona  fide  holders  in  due  course.

          "Paying Agent" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.04(e).

          "Person" means any individual, corporation, limited liability company,
partnership,  joint  venture,  association,  joint-stock  company,  trust,
unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision
thereof.

          "Predecessor  Security"  of  any  particular Debt Security means every
previous  Debt  Security  evidencing  all  or a portion of the same debt as that
evidenced  by  such  particular  Debt  Security;  and,  for the purposes of this
definition,  any Debt Security authenticated and delivered under Section 2.06 in
lieu  of  a  lost, destroyed or stolen Debt Security shall be deemed to evidence
the  same  debt  as  the  lost,  destroyed  or  stolen  Debt  Security.

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<PAGE>
          "Principal  Office of the Trustee" means the office of the Trustee, at
which  at  any particular time its corporate trust business shall be principally
administered,  which  at all times shall be located within the United States and
at  the time of the execution of this Indenture shall be One Federal Street, 3rd
Floor,  Boston,  Massachusetts  02110.

          "Redemption Date" has the meaning set forth in Section 10.01.

          "Redemption  Price"  means  100%  of  the principal amount of the Debt
Securities  being  redeemed  plus  accrued  and  unpaid  interest  on  such Debt
Securities  to  the  Redemption  Date.

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

          "Securityholder,"  "holder of Debt Securities" or other similar terms,
means  any  Person  in  whose  name  at  the  time a particular Debt Security is
registered  on  the  Debt  Security  Register.

          "Senior  Indebtedness"  means,  with  respect  to the Company, (i) the
principal,  premium,  if any, and interest in respect of (A) indebtedness of the
Company  for  money  borrowed  and  (B)  indebtedness  evidenced  by securities,
debentures,  notes,  bonds  or  other similar instruments issued by the Company;
(ii)  all capital lease obligations of the Company; (iii) all obligations of the
Company  issued  or  assumed  as  the  deferred  purchase price of property, all
conditional  sale  obligations of the Company and all obligations of the Company
under  any  title  retention  agreement  (but  excluding  trade accounts payable
arising in the ordinary course of business); (iv) all obligations of the Company
for  the  reimbursement  of  any  letter of credit, any banker's acceptance, any
security purchase facility, any repurchase agreement or similar arrangement, any
interest  rate swap, any other hedging arrangement, any obligation under options
or  any  similar  credit  or  other transaction; (v) all obligations of the type
referred  to  in clauses (i) through (iv) above of other Persons for the payment
of  which  the  Company  is  responsible  or  liable  as  obligor,  guarantor or
otherwise;  and  (vi)  all  obligations  of  the type referred to in clauses (i)
through  (v) above of other Persons secured by any lien on any property or asset
of  the  Company  (whether  or  not  such obligation is assumed by the Company),
whether  incurred  on  or  prior  to  the  date  of this Indenture or thereafter
incurred,  unless,  with  the  prior  approval  of  the  Federal  Reserve if not
otherwise  generally  approved,  it  is  provided  in the instrument creating or
evidencing  the  same  or  pursuant  to which the same is outstanding, that such
obligations  are  not superior or are pari passu in right of payment to the Debt
Securities;  provided,  however,  that Senior Indebtedness shall not include (A)
any  debt  securities  issued to any trust other than the Trust (or a trustee of
such  trust)  that is a financing vehicle of the Company (a "financing entity"),
in  connection  with  the  issuance  by such financing entity of equity or other
securities  in  transactions  substantially  similar  in  structure  to  the
transactions

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contemplated hereunder and in the Declaration, (B) any guarantees of the Company
in respect of the equity or other securities of any financing entity referred to
in  clause  (A)  above  or  (C)  any  other  instruments allowed as subordinated
securities  for purposes of the Debt Securities by the Federal Reserve from time
to  time  hereafter.

          "Special  Event" means any of a Tax Event, an Investment Company Event
or  a  Capital  Treatment  Event.

          "Special  Redemption Date" has the meaning set forth in Section 10.02.

          "Special  Redemption  Price"  means, with respect to the redemption of
any Debt Security following a Special Event, an amount in cash equal to 103.525%
of  the principal amount of Debt Securities to be redeemed prior to December 15,
2006  and thereafter equal to the percentage of the principal amount of the Debt
Securities that is specified below for the Special Redemption Date plus, in each
case,  unpaid  interest  accrued  thereon  to  the  Special  Redemption  Date:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
         Special Redemption During the
         -----------------------------
     12-Month Period Beginning December 15  Percentage of Principal Amount
     -------------------------------------  ------------------------------
<S>                                         <C>
                      2006                             103.140%
                      2007                             102.355%
                      2008                             101.570%
                      2009                             100.785%
              2010 and thereafter                      100.000%
</TABLE>

          "Subsidiary"  means,  with respect to any Person, (i) any corporation,
at  least a majority of the outstanding voting stock of which is owned, directly
or  indirectly, by such Person or by one or more of its Subsidiaries, or by such
Person  and one or more of its Subsidiaries, (ii) any general partnership, joint
venture or similar entity, at least a majority of the outstanding partnership or
similar  interests of which shall at the time be owned by such Person, or by one
or  more  of  its  Subsidiaries,  or  by  such  Person  and  one  or more of its
Subsidiaries,  and  (iii) any limited partnership of which such Person or any of
its  Subsidiaries  is  a  general  partner. For the purposes of this definition,
"voting  stock"  means shares, interests, participations or other equivalents in
the  equity  interest (however designated) in such Person having ordinary voting
power  for  the  election  of a majority of the directors (or the equivalent) of
such  Person,  other than shares, interests, participations or other equivalents
having such power only by reason of the occurrence of a contingency.

          "Tax  Event"  means  the  receipt  by  the Company and the Trust of an
Opinion  of  Counsel experienced in such matters to the effect that, as a result
of  any  amendment  to or change (including any announced prospective change) in
the  laws  or  any  regulations thereunder of the United States or any political
subdivision  or  taxing  authority  thereof  or  therein,  or as a result of any
official  administrative  pronouncement  (including  any  private letter ruling,
technical  advice  memorandum,  regulatory procedure, notice or announcement (an
"Administrative  Action"))  or  judicial  decision interpreting or applying such
laws  or  regulations,  regardless  of  whether  such  Administrative  Action or
judicial  decision  is  issued  to  or  in  connection  with  a  proceeding

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involving  the  Company  or  the  Trust  and whether or not subject to review or
appeal,  which  amendment,  clarification,  change,  Administrative  Action  or
decision is enacted, promulgated or announced, in each case on or after the date
of original issuance of the Debt Securities, there is more than an insubstantial
risk  that:  (i)  the  Trust  is,  or will be within 90 days of the date of such
opinion,  subject  to  United  States  federal income tax with respect to income
received or accrued on the Debt Securities; (ii) interest payable by the Company
on  the  Debt  Securities is not, or within 90 days of the date of such opinion,
will  not  be, deductible by the Company, in whole or in part, for United States
federal income tax purposes; or (iii) the Trust is, or will be within 90 days of
the  date  of such opinion, subject to or otherwise required to pay, or required
to  withhold  from  distributions to holders of Trust Securities, more than a de
minimis amount of other taxes (including withholding taxes), duties, assessments
or  other  governmental  charges.

          "Trust"  means  Southeastern  Bank  Financial  Statutory  Trust I, the
Connecticut  statutory trust, or any other similar trust created for the purpose
of issuing Capital Securities in connection with the issuance of Debt Securities
under this Indenture, of which the Company is the sponsor.

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

          "Trust  Securities"  means Common Securities and Capital Securities of
Southeastern  Bank  Financial  Statutory  Trust  I.

          "Trustee"  means  the  Person  identified  as  "Trustee"  in the first
paragraph  hereof,  and,  subject  to the provisions of Article VI hereof, shall
also  include  its  successors  and  assigns  as  Trustee  hereunder.

          "United States" means the United States of America and the District of
Columbia.

          "U.S.  Person"  has  the  meaning given to United States Person as set
forth  in  Section 7701(a)(30) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

          "Variable  Rate"  means  a  per annum rate of interest, equal to LIBOR
plus  1.40%,  as  determined  on  the  LIBOR  Determination  Date preceding each
Interest  Payment  Date,  reset  quarterly.

                                   ARTICLE II

                                 DEBT SECURITIES

     SECTION  2.01.  Authentication  and  Dating.
                     ---------------------------

          Upon  the  execution  and  delivery of this Indenture, or from time to
time  thereafter, Debt Securities in an aggregate principal amount not in excess
of  $10,310,000  may be executed and delivered by the Company to the Trustee for
authentication,  and the Trustee shall thereupon authenticate and make available
for  delivery  said Debt Securities to or upon the written order of the Company,
signed  by  its  Chairman of the Board of Directors, Vice Chairman, President or
Chief  Financial  Officer  or  one  of  its Vice Presidents, without any further
action  by  the  Company

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<PAGE>
hereunder.  In authenticating such Debt Securities, and accepting the additional
responsibilities  under  this Indenture in relation to such Debt Securities, the
Trustee  shall  be  entitled  to receive, and (subject to Section 6.01) shall be
fully  protected  in  relying  upon  a  copy  of  any  Board Resolution or Board
Resolutions  relating  thereto  and, if applicable, an appropriate record of any
action  taken  pursuant  to  such  resolution,  in  each  case  certified by the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or other officers with appropriate delegated
authority  of  the  Company  as  the  case  may  be.

          The  Trustee  shall  have  the  right  to  decline to authenticate and
deliver  any Debt Securities under this Section if the Trustee, being advised by
counsel,  determines  that  such  action  may  not  lawfully  be  taken  or if a
Responsible  Officer  of  the  Trustee  in  good faith shall determine that such
action  would  expose  the  Trustee  to  personal  liability  to  existing
Securityholders.  The  Trustee  shall  also be entitled to receive an opinion of
counsel  to  the  effect  that  (1)  all  conditions precedent to the execution,
delivery  and  authentication of the Securities have been complied with; (2) the
Securities  are  not required to be registered under the Securities Act; and (3)
the  Indenture  is  not  required to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act.

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

     SECTION  2.02.  Form  of  Trustee's  Certificate  of  Authentication.
                     ----------------------------------------------------

          The  Trustee's  certificate  of  authentication on all Debt Securities
shall  be  in  substantially  the  following  form:

          This is one of the Debt Securities referred to in the within-mentioned
Indenture.

          U.S.  Bank  National  Association,  not in its individual capacity but
solely  as  Trustee

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

     SECTION  2.03.  Form  and  Denomination  of  Debt  Securities.
                     ---------------------------------------------

          The  Debt  Securities  shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A
hereto.  The  Debt  Securities shall be in registered, certificated form without
coupons  and  in minimum denominations of $100,000 and any multiple of $1,000 in
excess  thereof.  The  Debt Securities shall be numbered, lettered, or otherwise
distinguished  in  such  manner or in accordance with such plans as the officers
executing  the  same may determine with the approval of the Trustee as evidenced
by  the  execution  and  authentication  thereof.

     SECTION  2.04.  Execution  of  Debt  Securities.
                     -------------------------------

          The  Debt  Securities shall be signed in the name and on behalf of the
Company by the manual or facsimile signature of any of its Chairman of the Board
of  Directors, Vice Chairman, President or Chief Financial Officer or one of its
Executive  Vice  Presidents,  Senior

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<PAGE>
Vice  Presidents  or  Vice  Presidents,  under  its  corporate  seal (if legally
required),  which  may  be  affixed  thereto  or  printed, engraved or otherwise
reproduced  thereon,  by facsimile or otherwise, and which need not be attested.
Only  such Debt Securities as shall bear thereon a certificate of authentication
substantially  in the form herein before recited, executed by the Trustee or the
Authenticating  Agent by the manual signature of an authorized officer, shall be
entitled  to  the  benefits  of this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any
purpose.  Such  certificate  by the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent upon any
Debt Security executed by the Company shall be conclusive evidence that the Debt
Security  so  authenticated  has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder
and that the holder is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.

          In  case  any  officer of the Company who shall have signed any of the
Debt  Securities  shall  cease  to be such officer before the Debt Securities so
signed  shall  have  been  authenticated  and  delivered  by  the Trustee or the
Authenticating  Agent,  or  disposed  of  by  the  Company, such Debt Securities
nevertheless  may  be  authenticated  and delivered or disposed of as though the
Person  who signed such Debt Securities had not ceased to be such officer of the
Company;  and  any  Debt Security may be signed on behalf of the Company by such
Persons  as, at the actual date of the execution of such Debt Security, shall be
the  proper  officers  of  the Company, although at the date of the execution of
this Indenture any such person was not such an officer.

          Every  Debt  Security  shall  be dated the date of its authentication.

     SECTION  2.05.  Exchange  and  Registration of Transfer of Debt Securities.
                     ----------------------------------------------------------

          The Company shall cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained
for  the  purpose  of  registration  of transfer and for exchange as provided in
Section  3.02, a register (the "Debt Security Register") for the Debt Securities
issued  hereunder  in  which,  subject  to such reasonable regulations as it may
prescribe,  the  Company  shall provide for the registration and transfer of all
Debt  Securities  as  provided  in  this  Article  II. Such register shall be in
written  form  or in any other form capable of being converted into written form
within  a  reasonable  time.

          Debt  Securities  to  be exchanged may be surrendered at the Principal
Office of the Trustee or at any office or agency to be maintained by the Company
for such purpose as provided in Section 3.02, and the Company shall execute, the
Company  or  the  Trustee  shall  register and the Trustee or the Authenticating
Agent  shall  authenticate  and make available for delivery in exchange therefor
the  Debt  Security  or  Debt  Securities  which  the  Securityholder making the
exchange  shall be entitled to receive. Upon due presentment for registration of
transfer  of  any Debt Security at the Principal Office of the Trustee or at any
office  or  agency  of  the  Company  maintained for such purpose as provided in
Section  3.02,  the  Company  shall  execute,  the  Company or the Trustee shall
register and the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and make
available  for  delivery in the name of the transferee or transferees a new Debt
Security  for a like aggregate principal amount. Registration or registration of
transfer  of  any  Debt  Security  by the Trustee or by any agent of the Company
appointed pursuant to Section 3.02, and delivery of such Debt Security, shall be
deemed  to  complete  the  registration or registration of transfer of such Debt
Security.

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<PAGE>
          All  Debt  Securities  presented  for  registration of transfer or for
exchange  or  payment shall (if so required by the Company or the Trustee or the
Authenticating  Agent)  be  duly  endorsed  by,  or be accompanied by, a written
instrument  or  instruments  of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and
either  the  Trustee or the Authenticating Agent duly executed by, the holder or
such  holder's  attorney  duly  authorized  in  writing.

          Neither  the  Trustee  nor  the  Debt  Security  Registrar  shall  be
responsible  for  ascertaining  whether any transfer hereunder complies with the
registration  provisions of or any exemptions from the Securities Act (under and
as  defined  in  the  Declaration),  applicable  state  securities  laws  or the
applicable  laws  of  any  other jurisdiction, ERISA, the United States Internal
Revenue  Code  of  1986, as amended, or the Investment Company Act (under and as
defined  in  the  Declaration).

          No  service  charge  shall be made for any exchange or registration of
transfer  of Debt Securities, but the Company or the Trustee may require payment
of  a sum sufficient to cover any tax, fee or other governmental charge that may
be  imposed  in  connection  therewith.

          The  Company  or  the  Trustee  shall  not  be required to exchange or
register  a  transfer  of  any Debt Security for a period of 15 days immediately
preceding  the  date  of  selection  of  Debt  Securities  for  redemption.

          Notwithstanding  the foregoing, Debt Securities may not be transferred
except  in  compliance  with  the  restricted securities legend set forth below,
unless  otherwise  determined  by the Company in accordance with applicable law,
which  legend  shall  be  placed  on  each  Debt  Security:

          THIS  CAPITAL  SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE
DECLARATION  HEREINAFTER  REFERRED  TO  AND  IS  REGISTERED  IN  THE NAME OF THE
DEPOSITORY  TRUST COMPANY ("DTC") OR A NOMINEE OF DTC.  THIS CAPITAL SECURITY IS
EXCHANGEABLE  FOR  CAPITAL  SECURITIES  REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER
THAN  DTC  OR  ITS  NOMINEE  ONLY  IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE
DECLARATION,  AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS CAPITAL SECURITY (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER OF
THIS  CAPITAL  SECURITY AS A WHOLE BY DTC TO A NOMINEE OF DTC OR BY A NOMINEE OF
DTC  TO  DTC  OR  ANOTHER  NOMINEE  OF  DTC) MAY BE REGISTERED EXCEPT IN LIMITED
CIRCUMSTANCES.

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

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

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

          THE  HOLDER  OF  THIS  SECURITY  BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF ALSO AGREES,
REPRESENTS  AND  WARRANTS  THAT  IT  IS  NOT  AN  EMPLOYEE  BENEFIT,  INDIVIDUAL
RETIREMENT  ACCOUNT  OR  OTHER  PLAN  OR  ARRANGEMENT  SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF THE
EMPLOYEE  RETIREMENT  INCOME  SECURITY  ACT  OF  1974,  AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), OR
SECTION  4975  OF  THE  INTERNAL  REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE"),
(EACH  A  "PLAN"), OR AN ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS INCLUDE "PLAN ASSETS" BY
REASON  OF  ANY  PLAN'S  INVESTMENT  IN THE ENTITY AND NO PERSON INVESTING "PLAN
ASSETS"  OF  ANY  PLAN  MAY  ACQUIRE  OR  HOLD  THIS  SECURITY  OR  ANY INTEREST

                                      -12-
<PAGE>
THEREIN,  UNLESS  SUCH  PURCHASER OR HOLDER IS ELIGIBLE FOR THE EXEMPTIVE RELIEF
AVAILABLE  UNDER U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION
96-23,  95-60,  91-38,  90-1  OR  84-14  OR  ANOTHER APPLICABLE EXEMPTION OR ITS
PURCHASE  AND HOLDING OF THIS SECURITY IS NOT PROHIBITED BY SECTION 406 OF ERISA
OR  SECTION  4975  OF  THE  CODE  WITH  RESPECT TO SUCH PURCHASE OR HOLDING. ANY
PURCHASER  OR  HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN WILL BE DEEMED TO
HAVE  REPRESENTED  BY ITS PURCHASE AND HOLDING THEREOF THAT EITHER (i) IT IS NOT
AN  EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 3(3) OF ERISA, OR A PLAN
TO  WHICH  SECTION  4975  OF  THE  CODE IS APPLICABLE, A TRUSTEE OR OTHER PERSON
ACTING  ON  BEHALF  OF  AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR PLAN, OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR
ENTITY  USING  THE  ASSETS  OF ANY EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR PLAN TO FINANCE SUCH
PURCHASE,  OR  (ii)  SUCH  PURCHASE  WILL NOT RESULT IN A PROHIBITED TRANSACTION
UNDER  SECTION  406  OF  ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE FOR WHICH THERE IS NO
APPLICABLE  STATUTORY  OR  ADMINISTRATIVE  EXEMPTION.

          IN  CONNECTION  WITH  ANY  TRANSFER,  THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY WILL
DELIVER  TO  THE  COMPANY AND TRUSTEE SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS
MAY  BE REQUIRED BY THE INDENTURE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE
FOREGOING  RESTRICTIONS.

          THIS  SECURITY  WILL  BE  ISSUED AND MAY BE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN BLOCKS
HAVING  A  PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOT LESS THAN $100,000 AND MULTIPLES OF $1,000 IN
EXCESS  THEREOF.  ANY  ATTEMPTED  TRANSFER  OF THIS SECURITY IN A BLOCK HAVING A
PRINCIPAL  AMOUNT  OF  LESS  THAN  $100,000 SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE VOID AND OF NO
LEGAL EFFECT WHATSOEVER. ANY SUCH PURPORTED TRANSFEREE SHALL BE DEEMED NOT TO BE
THE  HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY FOR ANY PURPOSE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
RECEIPT  OF  DISTRIBUTIONS ON THIS SECURITY, AND SUCH PURPORTED TRANSFEREE SHALL
BE  DEEMED  TO  HAVE  NO  INTEREST  WHATSOEVER  IN  THIS  SECURITY.

          THIS  OBLIGATION  IS  NOT  A  DEPOSIT AND IS NOT INSURED BY THE UNITED
STATES OR ANY AGENCY OR FUND OF THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT
INSURANCE  CORPORATION.  THIS  OBLIGATION  IS  SUBORDINATED  TO  THE  CLAIMS  OF
DEPOSITORS  AND  THE  CLAIMS OF GENERAL AND SECURED CREDITORS OF THE COMPANY, IS
INELIGIBLE  AS  COLLATERAL  FOR A LOAN BY THE COMPANY OR ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES
AND  IS  NOT  SECURED.

     SECTION  2.06.  Mutilated,  Destroyed,  Lost  or  Stolen  Debt  Securities.
                     ----------------------------------------------------------

          In case any Debt Security shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost
or  stolen,  the Company shall execute, and upon its written request the Trustee
shall  authenticate  and  deliver,  a  new  Debt  Security  bearing a number not
contemporaneously  outstanding,  in  exchange and substitution for the mutilated
Debt  Security,  or  in  lieu  of  and  in  substitution  for  the  Debt

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Security  so  destroyed,  lost  or  stolen.  In  every  case the applicant for a
substituted  Debt  Security  shall  furnish  to the Company and the Trustee such
security  or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless,
and,  in  every  case  of  destruction,  loss or theft, the applicant shall also
furnish  to  the  Company  and the Trustee evidence to their satisfaction of the
destruction,  loss  or theft of such Debt Security and of the ownership thereof.

          The  Trustee  may  authenticate any such substituted Debt Security and
deliver the same upon the written request or authorization of any officer of the
Company.  Upon  the  issuance  of any substituted Debt Security, the Company may
require  the  payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental
charge  that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses connected
therewith.  In case any Debt Security which has matured or is about to mature or
has  been  called for redemption in full shall become mutilated or be destroyed,
lost  or stolen, the Company may, instead of issuing a substitute Debt Security,
pay  or  authorize  the payment of the same (without surrender thereof except in
the  case  of a mutilated Debt Security) if the applicant for such payment shall
furnish  to  the  Company  and  the Trustee such security or indemnity as may be
required by them to save each of them harmless and, in case of destruction, loss
or  theft,  evidence  satisfactory  to  the  Company  and  to the Trustee of the
destruction, loss or theft of such Security and of the ownership thereof.

          Every  substituted  Debt Security issued pursuant to the provisions of
this  Section  2.06  by  virtue  of  the  fact  that  any  such Debt Security is
destroyed,  lost or stolen shall constitute an additional contractual obligation
of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Debt Security shall
be  found  at  any  time,  and  shall  be  entitled  to all the benefits of this
Indenture  equally  and  proportionately  with any and all other Debt Securities
duly  issued  hereunder.  All  Debt  Securities shall be held and owned upon the
express condition that, to the extent permitted by applicable law, the foregoing
provisions  are  exclusive  with  respect  to  the  replacement  or  payment  of
mutilated,  destroyed, lost or stolen Debt Securities and shall preclude any and
all  other  rights  or  remedies  notwithstanding any law or statute existing or
hereafter  enacted to the contrary with respect to the replacement or payment of
negotiable instruments or other securities without their surrender.

     SECTION  2.07.  Temporary  Debt  Securities.
                     ---------------------------

          Pending the preparation of definitive Debt Securities, the Company may
execute  and  the  Trustee  shall  authenticate  and make available for delivery
temporary  Debt  Securities  that  are typed, printed or lithographed. Temporary
Debt  Securities  shall  be  issuable  in  any  authorized  denomination,  and
substantially  in  the  form  of  the  definitive  Debt Securities but with such
omissions,  insertions  and  variations as may be appropriate for temporary Debt
Securities,  all  as may be determined by the Company. Every such temporary Debt
Security  shall  be  executed by the Company and be authenticated by the Trustee
upon the same conditions and in substantially the same manner, and with the same
effect,  as  the  definitive  Debt  Securities.  Without unreasonable delay, the
Company  will  execute  and  deliver  to the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent
definitive  Debt  Securities  and thereupon any or all temporary Debt Securities
may  be surrendered in exchange therefor, at the Principal Office of the Trustee
or  at  any  office  or  agency  maintained  by  the Company for such purpose as
provided  in  Section  3.02,  and  the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent shall
authenticate and make available for delivery in exchange for such temporary Debt
Securities a like aggregate principal amount of such definitive Debt Securities.

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Such  exchange  shall  be made by the Company at its own expense and without any
charge  therefor  except  that  in  case  of  any  such  exchange  involving  a
registration  of transfer the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to
cover  any tax, fee or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation
thereto. Until so exchanged, the temporary Debt Securities shall in all respects
be  entitled  to  the  same  benefits  under  this  Indenture as definitive Debt
Securities  authenticated  and  delivered  hereunder.

     SECTION  2.08.  Payment  of  Interest.
                     ---------------------

          Each  Debt Security will bear interest at the then applicable Variable
Rate  from and including each Interest Payment Date or, in the case of the first
Interest Payment Period, the original date of issuance of such Debt Security to,
but  excluding, the next succeeding Interest Payment Date or, in the case of the
last  Interest  Payment  Period, the Redemption Date, Special Redemption Date or
Maturity Date, as applicable, on the principal thereof, on any overdue principal
and (to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable
law)  on Deferred Interest and on any overdue installment of interest (including
Defaulted  Interest), payable (subject to the provisions of Article XII) on each
Interest  Payment  Date  commencing on March 15, 2006. Interest and any Deferred
Interest  on  any  Debt Security that is payable, and is punctually paid or duly
provided  for  by the Company, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the
Person  in whose name said Debt Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities)
is  registered  at  the  close  of  business on the regular record date for such
interest  installment, except that interest and any Deferred Interest payable on
the Maturity Date shall be paid to the Person to whom principal is paid. In case
(i)  the  Maturity  Date  of  any  Debt Security or (ii) the event that any Debt
Security  or portion thereof is called for redemption and the redemption date is
subsequent  to  a  regular record date with respect to any Interest Payment Date
and  either  on  or  prior  to such Interest Payment Date, interest on such Debt
Security  will  be  paid  upon presentation and surrender of such Debt Security.

          Any  interest on any Debt Security, other than Deferred Interest, that
is  payable,  but is not punctually paid or duly provided for by the Company, on
any  Interest  Payment Date (herein called "Defaulted Interest") shall forthwith
cease to be payable to the registered holder on the relevant regular record date
by  virtue of having been such holder, and such Defaulted Interest shall be paid
by  the  Company  to  the  Persons in whose names such Debt Securities (or their
respective  Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a
special  record  date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be
fixed  in  the following manner: the Company shall notify the Trustee in writing
of  the  amount  of  Defaulted  Interest  proposed  to be paid on each such Debt
Security  and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company
shall  deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount
proposed  to  be  paid  in  respect  of  such  Defaulted  Interest or shall make
arrangements  reasonably  satisfactory  to the Trustee for such deposit prior to
the  date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust
for  the  benefit  of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this
clause  provided.  Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a special record date for the
payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall not be more than fifteen nor less
than  ten  days  prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than ten
days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The
Trustee  shall  promptly  notify the Company of such special record date and, in
the  name  and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed
payment  of  such  Defaulted  Interest  and  the special record date therefor to

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be  mailed,  first  class  postage prepaid, to each Securityholder at his or her
address  as  it  appears  in  the Debt Security Register, not less than ten days
prior  to  such  special  record  date.  Notice  of the proposed payment of such
Defaulted  Interest  and  the special record date therefor having been mailed as
aforesaid,  such  Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names
such Debt Securities (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered
on  such  special  record  date and thereafter the Company shall have no further
payment  obligation  in  respect  of  the  Defaulted  Interest.

          Any  interest  scheduled to become payable on an Interest Payment Date
occurring  during  an Extension Period shall not be Defaulted Interest and shall
be  payable  on  such  other  date as may be specified in the terms of such Debt
Securities.

          The  term  "regular  record date" as used in this Indenture shall mean
the  fifteenth  day prior to the applicable Interest Payment Date whether or not
such  date  is  a  Business  Day.

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

     SECTION  2.09.  Cancellation  of  Debt  Securities  Paid,  etc.
                     -----------------------------------------------

          All  Debt  Securities  surrendered  for  the  purpose  of  payment,
redemption,  exchange  or registration of transfer, shall, if surrendered to the
Company or any Paying Agent, be surrendered to the Trustee and promptly canceled
by  it, or, if surrendered to the Trustee, shall be promptly canceled by it, and
no Debt Securities shall be issued in lieu thereof except as expressly permitted
by  any  of  the  provisions of this Indenture. The Trustee shall dispose of all
canceled  Debt Securities in accordance with its customary practices, unless the
Company  otherwise  directs  the  Trustee  in writing, in which case the Trustee
shall dispose of such Debt Securities as directed by the Company. If the Company
shall  acquire  any  of the Debt Securities, however, such acquisition shall not
operate  as a redemption or satisfaction of the indebtedness represented by such
Debt  Securities  unless  and  until the same are surrendered to the Trustee for
cancellation.

     SECTION  2.10.  Computation  of  Interest.
                     -------------------------

          (a)  The  amount  of  interest payable for any Interest Payment Period
will  be  computed  on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days
elapsed  in  the  relevant  interest  period;  provided,  however, that upon the
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occurrence  of  a Special Event Redemption pursuant to Section 10.02 the amounts
payable  pursuant  to  this  Indenture  shall  be calculated as set forth in the
definition  of  Special  Redemption  Price.

          (b)  LIBOR,  for  any  Interest Payment Period, shall be determined by
the  Calculation  Agent  in  accordance  with  the  following  provisions:

               (1)  On the second LIBOR Business Day (provided, that on such day
          commercial  banks are open for business (including dealings in foreign
          currency  deposits)  in  London (a "LIBOR Banking Day"), and otherwise
          the  next  preceding

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          LIBOR  Business  Day  that is also a LIBOR Banking Day) prior to March
          15,  June  15,  September  15 and December 15 (or, with respect to the
          first  Interest  Payment  Period  December  2, 2005) (each such day, a
          "LIBOR Determination Date" for the following Interest Payment Period),
          the  Calculation  Agent  shall  obtain  the  rate for three-month U.S.
          Dollar  deposits  in  Europe,  which appears on Telerate Page 3750 (as
          defined  in  the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc.
          2000  Interest  Rate  and Currency Exchange Definitions) or such other
          page as may replace such Telerate Page 3750 on the Moneyline Telerate,
          Inc. service (or such other service or services as may be nominated by
          the  British  Banker's  Association  as the information vendor for the
          purpose  of  displaying London Interbank offered rates for U.S. dollar
          deposits),  as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such LIBOR Determination
          Date,  and  the  rate  so  obtained  shall  be LIBOR for such Interest
          Payment  Period.  "LIBOR  Business  Day"  means  any day that is not a
          Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banking institutions
          in  The  City  of  New York or Boston, Massachusetts are authorized or
          obligated  by  law  or  executive  order to be closed. If such rate is
          superseded on Telerate Page 3750 by a corrected rate before 12:00 noon
          (London time) on the same LIBOR Determination Date, the corrected rate
          as  so  substituted  will  be  LIBOR for that Interest Payment Period.

               (2)  If,  on  any  LIBOR  Determination  Date, such rate does not
          appear  on  Telerate  Page 3750 or such other page as may replace such
          Telerate  Page  3750  on the Moneyline Telerate, Inc. service (or such
          other  service or services as may be nominated by the British Banker's
          Association  as  the  information vendor for the purpose of displaying
          London  Interbank  offered  rates  for  U.S.  dollar  deposits),  the
          Calculation  Agent  shall determine the arithmetic mean of the offered
          quotations  of the Reference Banks (as defined below) to leading banks
          in the London Interbank market for three-month U.S. Dollar deposits in
          Europe (in an amount determined by the Calculation Agent) by reference
          to  requests  for  quotations  as  of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London
          time) on the LIBOR Determination Date made by the Calculation Agent to
          the Reference Banks. If, on any LIBOR Determination Date, at least two
          of  the Reference Banks provide such quotations, LIBOR shall equal the
          arithmetic  mean  of  such  quotations. If, on any LIBOR Determination
          Date,  only  one  or  none  of  the  Reference  Banks  provide  such a
          quotation,  LIBOR  shall  be  deemed  to be the arithmetic mean of the
          offered  quotations that at least two leading banks in the City of New
          York  (as  selected  by  the  Calculation  Agent)  are  quoting on the
          relevant LIBOR Determination Date for three-month U.S. Dollar deposits
          in  Europe  at  approximately  11:00  a.m. (London time) (in an amount
          determined  by  the  Calculation  Agent).  As  used herein, "Reference
          Banks"  means four major banks in the London Interbank market selected
          by  the  Calculation  Agent.

               (3)  If  the  Calculation  Agent  is  required  but  is unable to
          determine  a  rate  in  accordance with at least one of the procedures
          provided above, LIBOR for the applicable Interest Payment Period shall
          be  LIBOR  in  effect  for  the immediately preceding Interest Payment
          Period.

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          (c)  All  percentages  resulting  from  any  calculations  on the Debt
Securities  will be rounded, if necessary, to the nearest one hundred-thousandth
of  a  percentage  point, with five one-millionths of a percentage point rounded
upward (e.g., 9.876545% (or .09876545) being rounded to 9.87655% (or .0987655)),
and  all  dollar  amounts  used  in  or  resulting from such calculation will be
rounded  to  the  nearest  cent  (with  one-half  cent  being  rounded  upward).

          (d)  As  soon  as practicable following each LIBOR Determination Date,
but in no event later than the 30th day following such LIBOR Determination Date,
the  Calculation  Agent shall notify, in writing, the Company, the Institutional
Trustee  and  the Paying Agent of the applicable Variable Rate in effect for the
related  Interest  Payment Period. The Calculation Agent shall, upon the request
of  the holder of any Debt Securities, provide the Variable Rate then in effect.
All  calculations made by the Calculation Agent in the absence of manifest error
shall  be conclusive for all purposes and binding on the Company and the Holders
of  the  Debt  Securities.  Any error in a calculation of the Coupon Rate by the
Calculation Agent may be corrected at any time by the delivery of notice of such
corrected  Coupon Rate as provided above.  The Paying Agent shall be entitled to
rely on information received from the Calculation Agent or the Company as to the
Variable  Rate.  The  Company  shall,  from  time to time, provide any necessary
information  to  the  Paying  Agent  relating to any original issue discount and
interest  on  the Debt Securities that is included in any payment and reportable
for  taxable  income  calculation  purposes.  Failure to notify the Company, the
Institutional  Trustee  or  the Paying Agent of the applicable Coupon Rate shall
not  affect  the obligation of the Company to make payment on Debentures at such
Coupon  Rate.

     SECTION  2.11.  Extension  of  Interest  Payment  Period.
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          As  long  as  it  is  acting in good faith, and so long as no Event of
Default  pursuant to paragraphs (c), (e) or (f) of Section 5.01 of the Indenture
has  occurred  and  is continuing the Company shall have the right, from time to
time  and  without causing an Event of Default, to defer payments of interest on
the  Debt  Securities  by extending the interest distribution period on the Debt
Securities  at  any  time  and  from  time  to  time during the term of the Debt
Securities,  for  up to twenty consecutive quarterly periods (each such extended
interest  distribution  period,  an  "Extension Period"), during which Extension
Period no interest shall be due and payable (except any Additional Interest that
may  be  due  and  payable). No Extension Period may end on a date other than an
Interest  Payment  Date  or extend beyond the Maturity Date, any Redemption Date
(to  the  extent  redeemed)  or any Special Redemption Date, as the case may be.
During  any  Extension  Period,  interest  will  continue  to accrue on the Debt
Securities,  and  interest  on  such accrued interest (such accrued interest and
interest  thereon  referred  to herein as "Deferred Interest") will accrue at an
annual  rate equal to the Interest Rate applicable during such Extension Period,
compounded  quarterly  from  the  date  such  Deferred  Interest would have been
payable were it not for the Extension Period, to the extent permitted by law. No
interest  or  Deferred  Interest  shall  be  due and payable during an Extension
Period,  except  at the end thereof. At the end of any such Extension Period the
Company  shall  pay  all  Deferred  Interest then accrued and unpaid on the Debt
Securities;  provided,  however,  that no Extension Period may extend beyond the
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Maturity  Date;  and  provided  further, however, that during any such Extension
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Period,  the  Company  shall be subject to the restrictions set forth in Section
3.08  of  this  Indenture. Prior to the termination of any Extension Period, the
Company may further extend such period, provided, that such period together with
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all  such  previous  and  further  consecutive

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extensions  thereof  shall  not  exceed twenty consecutive quarterly periods, or
extend  beyond  the  Maturity Date. Upon the termination of any Extension Period
and  upon  the  payment of all Deferred Interest, the Company may commence a new
Extension  Period,  subject to the foregoing requirements. The Company must give
the  Trustee notice of its election to begin such Extension Period ("Notice") at
least  one  Business Day prior to the earlier of (i) the next succeeding date on
which  interest  on  the  Debt Securities would have been payable except for the
election  to  begin  any  Extension  Period  or  (ii)  the date such interest is
payable, but in any event not later than the related regular record date for the
relevant  Interest  Payment Date.  The Notice shall describe why the Company has
elected  to  begin an Extension Period.  The Notice shall acknowledge and affirm
the  Company's  understanding  that  it is prohibited from issuing dividends and
other distributions during the Extension Period.  Upon receipt of the Notice, an
Initial  Purchaser shall have the right, at its sole discretion, to disclose the
name of the Company, the fact that the Company has elected to begin an Extension
Period  and  other  information  that  such  Initial  Purchaser,  at  its  sole
discretion,  deems  relevant  to  the  Company's  election to begin an Extension
Period.  The  Trustee shall give notice of the Company's election to begin a new
Extension  Period  to  the  Securityholders.

     SECTION  2.12.  CUSIP  Numbers.
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          The  Company  in  issuing the Debt Securities may use a "CUSIP" number
(if  then  generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use a "CUSIP" number
in notices of redemption as a convenience to Securityholders; provided, that any
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such  notice  may  state that no representation is made as to the correctness of
such  number  either  as  printed  on the Debt Securities or as contained in any
notice  of  a  redemption  and  that  reliance  may  be placed only on the other
identification  numbers  printed on the Debt Securities, and any such redemption
shall  not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company
will  promptly  notify the Trustee in writing of any change in the CUSIP number.

     SECTION  2.13.  Income  Tax  Certification.
                     ---------------------------

          As  a  condition to the payment of any principal of or interest on the
Debt  Securities  without  the  imposition of withholding tax, the Trustee shall
require  the  previous delivery of properly completed and signed applicable U.S.
federal  income  tax certifications (generally, an Internal Revenue Service Form
W-9  (or  applicable  successor  form) in the case of a person that is a "United
States person" within the meaning of Section 7701 (a)(30) of the Code (under and
as  defined  in  the  Declaration)  or  an Internal Revenue Service Form W-8 (or
applicable  successor form) in the case of a person that is not a "United States
person"  within  the  meaning  of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code, and any other
certification  acceptable  to  it  to  enable the Trustee or any Paying Agent to
determine  their  respective duties and liabilities with respect to any taxes or
other charges that they may be required to pay, deduct or withhold in respect of
such  Debt  Securities.

     SECTION  2.14.  Global  Debentures.
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          (a)  Upon  the  election of the holder of Outstanding Debt Securities,
which  election need not be in writing, the Debt Securities owned by such holder
shall  be  issued in the form of one or more Global Debentures registered in the
name  of  the  Depositary  or  its  nominee.

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Each  Global  Debenture  issued  under this Indenture shall be registered in the
name  of the Depositary designated by the Company for such Global Debenture or a
nominee  thereof  and  delivered  to  such  Depositary  or  a nominee thereof or
custodian  therefor,  and  each  such Global Debenture shall constitute a single
Debt  Security  for  all  purposes  of  this  Indenture.

          (b)  Notwithstanding  any other provision in this Indenture, no Global
Debenture  may  be exchanged in whole or in part for Debt Securities registered,
and  no transfer of a Global Debenture in whole or in part may be registered, in
the  name of any Person other than the Depositary for such Global Debenture or a
nominee  thereof  unless (i) such Depositary advises the Trustee and the Company
in  writing  that  such  Depositary  is  no  longer  willing or able to properly
discharge  its  responsibilities  as  Depositary  with  respect  to  such Global
Debenture,  and no qualified successor is appointed by the Company within ninety
(90)  days of receipt by the Company of such notice, (ii) such Depositary ceases
to  be  a  clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and no successor is
appointed  by  the  Company within ninety (90) days after obtaining knowledge of
such  event,  (iii)  the  Company executes and delivers to the Trustee a Company
Order stating that the Company elects to terminate the book-entry system through
the  Depositary  or  (iv)  an  Event  of  Default  shall  have  occurred  and be
continuing.  Upon  the  occurrence  of  any event specified in clause (i), (ii),
(iii)  or  (iv)  above, the Trustee shall notify the Depositary and instruct the
Depositary to notify all owners of beneficial interests in such Global Debenture
of  the  occurrence  of such event and of the availability of Debt Securities to
such  owners  of beneficial interests requesting the same.  Upon the issuance of
such  Debt Securities and the registration in the Debt Security Register of such
Debt Securities in the names of the Holders of the beneficial interests therein,
the  Trustee  shall  recognize  such holders of beneficial interests as Holders.

          (c)  If  any  Global  Debenture  is  to  be  exchanged  for other Debt
Securities  or  canceled in part, or if another Debt Security is to be exchanged
in  whole  or  in  part  for a beneficial interest in any Global Debenture, then
either  (i)  such  Global  Debenture  shall  be  so  surrendered for exchange or
cancellation as provided in this Article II or (ii) the principal amount thereof
                                 ----------
shall be reduced or increased by an amount equal to the portion thereof to be so
exchanged  or  canceled,  or  equal  to  the principal amount of such other Debt
Security  to  be so exchanged for a beneficial interest therein, as the case may
be,  by  means  of  an  appropriate  adjustment  made on the records of the Debt
Security  registrar,  whereupon  the  Trustee, in accordance with the Applicable
Depository  Procedures,  shall  instruct  the  Depositary  or  its  authorized
representative to make a corresponding adjustment to its records.  Upon any such
surrender  or adjustment of a Global Debenture by the Depositary, accompanied by
registration  instructions,  the  Company  shall  execute  and the Trustee shall
authenticate  and  deliver  any  Debt  Securities  issuable in exchange for such
Global Debenture (or any portion thereof) in accordance with the instructions of
the  Depositary.  The  Trustee  shall not be liable for any delay in delivery of
such  instructions and may conclusively rely on, and shall be fully protected in
relying  on,  such  instructions.

          (d)  Every Debt Security authenticated and delivered upon registration
of  transfer  of,  or  in  exchange for or in lieu of, a Global Debenture or any
portion  thereof  shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall
be, a Global Debenture, unless such Debt Security is registered in the name of a
Person other than the Depositary for such Global Debenture or a nominee thereof.

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          (e)  Debt  Securities  distributed  to  holders  of Book-Entry Capital
Securities (as defined in the Trust Agreement) upon the dissolution of the Trust
shall  be distributed in the form of one or more Global Debentures registered in
the  name of a Depositary or its nominee, and deposited with the Debt Securities
registrar, as custodian for such Depositary, or with such Depositary, for credit
by  the  Depositary  to  the respective accounts of the beneficial owners of the
Debt Securities represented thereby (or such other accounts as they may direct).
Debt  Securities  distributed  to  holders  of  Capital  Securities  other  than
Book-Entry  Capital  Securities  upon  the dissolution of the Trust shall not be
issued  in  the  form  of  a  Global  Debenture  or  any  other form intended to
facilitate  book-entry  trading in beneficial interests in such Debt Securities.

          (f)  The  Depositary  or  its  nominee,  as  the registered owner of a
Global  Debenture, shall be the Holder of such Global Debenture for all purposes
under this Indenture and the Debt Securities, and owners of beneficial interests
in  a  Global  Debenture  shall  hold  such interests pursuant to the Applicable
Depository  Procedures.  Accordingly,  any such owner's beneficial interest in a
Global Debenture shall be shown only on, and the transfer of such interest shall
be effected only through, records maintained by the Depositary or its nominee or
its  Depositary  Participants.  The  Debt  Securities  registrar and the Trustee
shall be entitled to deal with the Depositary for all purposes of this Indenture
relating  to a Global Debenture (including the payment of principal and interest
thereon  and  the  giving  of instructions or directions by owners of beneficial
interests  therein  and  the  giving  of notices) as the sole Holder of the Debt
Security  and  shall  have  no obligations to the owners of beneficial interests
therein.  Neither  the  Trustee nor the Debt Securities registrar shall have any
liability  in  respect  of  any  transfers  affected  by  the  Depositary.

          (g)  The  rights  of  owners  of  beneficial  interests  in  a  Global
Debenture shall be exercised only through the Depositary and shall be limited to
those  established  by law and agreements between such owners and the Depositary
and/or  its  Depositary  Participants.

          (h)  No holder of any beneficial interest in any Global Debenture held
on  its  behalf  by a Depositary shall have any rights under this Indenture with
respect  to  such  Global  Debenture,  and such Depositary may be treated by the
Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the owner of
such  Global  Debenture  for  all purposes whatsoever.  None of the Company, the
Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee will have any responsibility
or  liability  for  any  aspect  of  the records relating to or payments made on
account  of beneficial ownership interests of a Global Debenture or maintaining,
supervising  or  reviewing  any  records  relating  to such beneficial ownership
interests.  Notwithstanding  the  foregoing,  nothing  herein  shall prevent the
Company,  the  Trustee  or  any  agent of the Company or the Trustee from giving
effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by a
Depositary  or  impair,  as  between a Depositary and such holders of beneficial
interests,  the  operation  of customary practices governing the exercise of the
rights of the Depositary (or its nominee) as holder of any Debt Security.

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                                   ARTICLE III

                       PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY

     SECTION 3.01.  Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest; Agreed Treatment
                    ------------------------------------------------------------
of  the  Debt  Securities.
-------------------------

          (a)  The Company covenants and agrees that it will duly and punctually
pay or cause to be paid all payments due on the Debt Securities at the place, at
the  respective  times and in the manner provided in this Indenture and the Debt
Securities.  At  the  option of the Company, each installment of interest on the
Debt  Securities  may be paid (i) by mailing checks for such interest payable to
the  order  of the holders of Debt Securities entitled thereto as they appear on
the  Debt  Security  Register  or  (ii)  by  wire transfer to any account with a
banking  institution  located in the United States designated by such holders to
the Paying Agent no later than the related record date. Notwithstanding anything
to  the  contrary contained in this Indenture or any Debt Security, if the Trust
or  the  Trustee  of  the  Trust  is  the  holder of any Debt Security, then all
payments  in  respect  of  such  Debt  Security  shall be made by the Company in
immediately  available  funds  when  due.

          (b)  The  Company  will treat the Debt Securities as indebtedness, and
the  interest  payable  in  respect of such Debt Securities as interest, for all
U.S. federal income tax purposes. As a condition to the payment of any principal
of  or  interest on any Debt Security without the imposition of withholding tax,
the Company shall require the previous delivery of properly completed and signed
applicable  U.S.  federal  income  tax  certifications  (generally,  an Internal
Revenue  Service Form W-9 (or applicable successor form) in the case of a Person
that  is  a  U.S.  Person or an Internal Revenue Service Form W-8 (or applicable
successor  form) in the case of a Person that is not a U.S. Person and any other
certification  acceptable  to  it  to  enable  the  Company  and  the Trustee to
determine  their  respective duties and liabilities with respect to any taxes or
other  charges  that  they may be required to pay or withhold in respect of such
Debt  Security  or  the holder of such Debt Security under any present or future
law  or  regulation of the United States or any political subdivision thereof or
taxing  authority  therein or to comply with any reporting or other requirements
under  any  such  law  or  regulation.

          (c)  As  of the date of this Indenture, the Company represents that it
has  no  intention to exercise its right under Section 2.11 to defer payments of
interest on the Debt Securities by commencing an Extension Period.

     SECTION  3.02.  Offices  for  Notices  and  Payments,  etc.
                     -------------------------------------------

          So  long as any of the Debt Securities remain outstanding, the Company
will  maintain  in  New  York,  New  York  an  office  or  agency where the Debt
Securities  may  be  presented  for  payment, an office or agency where the Debt
Securities  may  be  presented  for registration of transfer and for exchange as
provided  in this Indenture and an office or agency where notices and demands to
or  upon  the Company in respect of the Debt Securities or of this Indenture may
be  served.  The  Company  hereby  appoints  the  Trustee  at U.S. Bank National
Association,  100  Wall Street, 19th Floor, New York, New York 10005, Attention:
Corporate Trust Services - Southeastern Bank Financial Statutory Trust I as such
office  or  agency.  In  case

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the  Company  shall  fail to maintain any such office or agency in New York, New
York  or  shall fail to give such notice of the location or of any change in the
location  thereof,  presentations  and  demands  may  be made and notices may be
served  at  the  Principal  Office  of  the  Trustee.

          In addition to any such office or agency, the Company may from time to
time  designate  one or more other offices or agencies where the Debt Securities
may  be  presented  for  registration of transfer and for exchange in the manner
provided  in  this Indenture, and the Company may from time to time rescind such
designation,  as the Company may deem desirable or expedient; provided, however,
                                                              --------  -------
that  no  such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company
of  its  obligation  to maintain any such office or agency in New York, New York
for  the  purposes  above mentioned. The Company will give to the Trustee prompt
written  notice  of  any  such  designation  or  rescission  thereof.

     SECTION  3.03.  Appointments  to  Fill  Vacancies  in  Trustee's  Office.
                     --------------------------------------------------------

          The  Company,  whenever  necessary  to  avoid or fill a vacancy in the
office  of  Trustee,  will  appoint,  in  the manner provided in Section 6.09, a
Trustee,  so  that  there  shall  at  all  times  be  a  Trustee  hereunder.

     SECTION  3.04.  Provision  as  to  Paying  Agent.
                     --------------------------------

          (a)  If  the  Company  shall  appoint  a  Paying  Agent other than the
Trustee,  it  will cause such Paying Agent to execute and deliver to the Trustee
an  instrument  in which such agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the
provision  of  this  Section  3.04:

               (1)  that  it will hold all sums held by it as such agent for the
          payment  of all payments due on the Debt Securities (whether such sums
          have  been  paid  to  it by the Company or by any other obligor on the
          Debt  Securities)  in trust for the benefit of the holders of the Debt
          Securities;

               (2)  that  it  will give the Trustee prompt written notice of any
          failure  by  the  Company  (or  by  any  other  obligor  on  the  Debt
          Securities)  to  make any payment on the Debt Securities when the same
          shall  be  due  and  payable;  and

               (3)  that  it  will,  at  any  time during the continuance of any
          Event  of  Default, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith
          pay  to  the  Trustee  all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent.

          (b)  If  the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent, it will, on or
before  each  due  date  of  the payments due on the Debt Securities, set aside,
segregate  and  hold  in  trust  for  the  benefit  of  the  holders of the Debt
Securities a sum sufficient to pay such payments so becoming due and will notify
the  Trustee in writing of any failure to take such action and of any failure by
the  Company  (or  by  any  other obligor under the Debt Securities) to make any
payment  on  the  Debt  Securities  when  the same shall become due and payable.

          Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for the Debt
Securities,  it  will,  on or prior to each due date of the payments on the Debt
Securities,  deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay all payments so
becoming  due,  such  sum  to  be  held

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in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto and (unless such Paying
Agent  is  the Trustee) the Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing
of  its  action  or  failure  to  act.

          (c)  Anything  in  this  Section 3.04 to the contrary notwithstanding,
the  Company  may,  at any time, for the purpose of obtaining a satisfaction and
discharge  with respect to the Debt Securities, or for any other reason, pay, or
direct  any  Paying  Agent  to  pay to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the
Company  or  any such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the
same  terms  and  conditions  herein  contained.

          (d)  Anything  in  this  Section 3.04 to the contrary notwithstanding,
the  agreement to hold sums in trust as provided in this Section 3.04 is subject
to  Sections  12.03  and  12.04.

          (e)  The  Company  hereby  initially  appoints  the  Trustee to act as
Paying  Agent  (the  "Paying  Agent").

     SECTION  3.05.  Certificate  to  Trustee.
                     ------------------------

          The  Company  will  deliver to the Trustee on or before 120 days after
the  end  of  each  fiscal  year,  so  long  as  Debt Securities are outstanding
hereunder,  a  Certificate  stating that in the course of the performance by the
signers  of  their  duties  as  officers of the Company they would normally have
knowledge  of  any default by the Company in the performance of any covenants of
the  Company contained herein, stating whether or not they have knowledge of any
such  default and, if so, specifying each such default of which the signers have
knowledge  and  the  nature  thereof.

     SECTION  3.06.  Additional  Interest.
                     --------------------

          If  and  for so long as the Trust is the holder of all Debt Securities
and  is subject to or otherwise required to pay, or is required to withhold from
distributions  to  holders  of Trust Securities, any additional taxes (including
withholding  taxes),  duties,  assessments  or  other  governmental charges as a
result  of  a  Tax  Event,  the  Company  will  pay such additional amounts (the
"Additional  Interest")  on the Debt Securities as shall be required so that the
net  amounts  received  and retained by the Trust for distribution to holders of
Trust  Securities  after paying all taxes (including withholding taxes), duties,
assessments or other governmental charges will be equal to the amounts the Trust
would have received and retained for distribution to holders of Trust Securities
after  paying all taxes (including withholding taxes on distributions to holders
of  Trust  Securities),  duties, assessments or other governmental charges if no
such  additional  taxes,  duties,  assessments or other governmental charges had
been  imposed.  Whenever  in  this  Indenture  or the Debt Securities there is a
reference  in  any context to the payment of principal of or premium, if any, or
interest on the Debt Securities, such mention shall be deemed to include mention
of  payments  of  the  Additional Interest provided for in this paragraph to the
extent that, in such context, Additional Interest is, was or would be payable in
respect thereof pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph and express mention
of  the  payment of Additional Interest (if applicable) in any provisions hereof
shall  not  be  construed  as  excluding Additional Interest in those provisions
hereof  where  such  express  mention  is  not  made;  provided,  however, that,
                                                       --------   -------
notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Indenture or any Debt
Security,  the

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deferral  of  the  payment  of  interest  during an Extension Period pursuant to
Section  2.11 shall not defer the payment of any Additional Interest that may be
due  and  payable.

     SECTION  3.07.  Compliance  with  Consolidation  Provisions.
                     -------------------------------------------

          The  Company  will  not,  while  any  of  the  Debt  Securities remain
outstanding,  consolidate  with,  or  merge into any other Person, or merge into
itself,  or  sell, convey, transfer or otherwise dispose of all or substantially
all  of  its property or capital stock to any other Person unless the provisions
of  Article  XI  hereof  are  complied  with.

     SECTION  3.08.  Limitation  on  Dividends.
                     -------------------------

          If  Debt  Securities are initially issued to the Trust or a trustee of
such  Trust  in  connection  with  the issuance of Trust Securities by the Trust
(regardless  of  whether  Debt Securities continue to be held by such Trust) and
(i)  there  shall  have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default, (ii) the
Company shall be in default with respect to its payment of any obligations under
the Capital Securities Guarantee or (iii) the Company shall have given notice of
its  election  to defer payments of interest on the Debt Securities by extending
the  interest  distribution  period  as  provided herein and such period, or any
extension  thereof, shall have commenced and be continuing, then the Company may
not  (A)  declare or pay any dividends or distributions on, or redeem, purchase,
acquire,  or  make  a  liquidation payment with respect to, any of the Company's
capital stock or (B) make any payment of principal of or interest or premium, if
any,  on  or repay, repurchase or redeem any debt securities of the Company that
rank  pari  passu  in  all  respects  with  or  junior  in  interest to the Debt
Securities or (C) make any payment under any guarantees of the Company that rank
pari  passu in all respects with or junior in interest to the Capital Securities
Guarantee  (other  than  (a)  repurchases,  redemptions or other acquisitions of
shares  of  capital  stock  of the Company (I) in connection with any employment
contract,  benefit  plan or other similar arrangement with or for the benefit of
one  or  more  employees, officers, directors or consultants, (II) in connection
with  a  dividend  reinvestment  or  stockholder stock purchase plan or (III) in
connection  with  the  issuance  of  capital stock of the Company (or securities
convertible  into or exercisable for such capital stock), as consideration in an
acquisition  transaction  entered  into  prior to the occurrence of (i), (ii) or
(iii)  above,  (b) as a result of any exchange, reclassification, combination or
conversion of any class or series of the Company's capital stock (or any capital
stock  of  a subsidiary of the Company) for any class or series of the Company's
capital  stock  or  of any class or series of the Company's indebtedness for any
class  or  series of the Company's capital stock, (c) the purchase of fractional
interests in shares of the Company's capital stock pursuant to the conversion or
exchange  provisions  of  such  capital stock or the security being converted or
exchanged,  (d)  any  declaration  of  a  dividend  in  connection  with  any
stockholder's  rights  plan,  or the issuance of rights, stock or other property
under  any  stockholder's rights plan, or the redemption or repurchase of rights
pursuant thereto, or (e) any dividend in the form of stock, warrants, options or
other  rights  where  the  dividend stock or the stock issuable upon exercise of
such  warrants,  options  or other rights is the same stock as that on which the
dividend is being paid or ranks pari passu with or junior to such stock).

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     SECTION  3.09.  Covenants  as  to  the  Trust.
                     -----------------------------

          For  so  long as such Trust Securities remain outstanding, the Company
shall  maintain 100% ownership of the Common Securities; provided, however, that
                                                         --------  -------
any  permitted  successor  of  the  Company  under this Indenture that is a U.S.
Person  may  succeed  to  the Company's ownership of such Common Securities. The
Company,  as  owner  of the Common Securities, shall use commercially reasonable
efforts to cause the Trust (a) to remain a statutory trust, except in connection
with  a  distribution  of  Debt Securities to the holders of Trust Securities in
liquidation  of  the  Trust,  the  redemption  of all of the Trust Securities or
certain  mergers,  consolidations  or  amalgamations,  each  as permitted by the
Declaration,  (b)  to otherwise continue to be classified as a grantor trust for
United  States federal income tax purposes and (c) to cause each holder of Trust
Securities  to be treated as owning an undivided beneficial interest in the Debt
Securities.

                                   ARTICLE IV

                LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE

     SECTION  4.01.  Securityholders'  Lists.
                     -----------------------

          The  Company  covenants and agrees that it will furnish or cause to be
furnished  to  the  Trustee:

          (a)  on each regular record date for an Interest Payment Date, a list,
in  such  form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses
of  the  Securityholders  of  the  Debt  Securities  as of such record date; and

          (b)  at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within
30  days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar
form  and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list
is  furnished,  except  that  no such lists need be furnished under this Section
4.01  so long as the Trustee is in possession thereof by reason of its acting as
Debt  Security  registrar.

     SECTION  4.02.  Preservation  and  Disclosure  of  Lists.
                     ----------------------------------------

          (a)  The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably
practicable,  all  information  as  to the names and addresses of the holders of
Debt  Securities  (1)  contained  in  the  most  recent  list furnished to it as
provided  in  Section  4.01  or  (2)  received  by  it  in  the capacity of Debt
Securities  registrar (if so acting) hereunder. The Trustee may destroy any list
furnished  to  it  as  provided  in  Section  4.01 upon receipt of a new list so
furnished.

          (b)  In  case  three  or  more holders of Debt Securities (hereinafter
referred  to as "applicants") apply in writing to the Trustee and furnish to the
Trustee  reasonable proof that each such applicant has owned a Debt Security for
a period of at least six months preceding the date of such application, and such
application  states that the applicants desire to communicate with other holders
of  Debt  Securities  with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under
such  Debt Securities and is accompanied by a copy of the form of proxy or other
communication

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which  such  applicants  propose to transmit, then the Trustee shall within five
Business  Days  after  the  receipt  of such application, at the election of the
Company,  either:

               (1)  afford  such  applicants access to the information preserved
          at  the  time  by  the  Trustee  in  accordance with the provisions of
          subsection  (a)  of  this  Section  4.02,  or

               (2)  inform  such  applicants  as  to  the  approximate number of
          holders  of  Debt  Securities  whose names and addresses appear in the
          information  preserved  at  the time by the Trustee in accordance with
          the  provisions  of subsection (a) of this Section 4.02, and as to the
          approximate  cost of mailing to such Securityholders the form of proxy
          or  other  communication,  if  any,  specified  in  such  application.

          If  the  Company  shall  elect not to afford such applicants access to
such  information,  the  Trustee  shall,  upon  the  written  request  of  such
applicants,  mail  to  each  Securityholder  of  Debt  Securities whose name and
address  appear  in  the  information  preserved  at  the time by the Trustee in
accordance  with the provisions of subsection (a) of this Section 4.02 a copy of
the form of proxy or other communication which is specified in such request with
reasonable promptness after a tender to the Trustee of the material to be mailed
and  of  payment,  or  provision  for the payment, of the reasonable expenses of
mailing,  unless  within  five days after such tender, the Trustee shall mail to
such  applicants,  and  file  with  the  Securities  and Exchange Commission, if
permitted or required by applicable law, together with a copy of the material to
be  mailed,  a  written statement of the Company to the effect that such mailing
would  be  contrary to the best interests of the holders of all Debt Securities,
as  the  case  may  be, or would be in violation of applicable law. Such written
statement  shall  specify  the  basis  of  such  opinion. If said Commission, as
permitted  or  required  by applicable law, after opportunity for a hearing upon
the objections specified in the written statement so filed, shall enter an order
refusing  to  sustain  any of such objections or if, after the entry of an order
sustaining  one  or  more  of such objections, said Commission shall find, after
notice  and  opportunity  for hearing, that all the objections so sustained have
been met and shall enter an order so declaring, the Trustee shall mail copies of
such  material  to all such Securityholders with reasonable promptness after the
entry  of such order and the renewal of such tender; otherwise the Trustee shall
be  relieved  of  any  obligation  or  duty  to such applicants respecting their
application.

          (c)  Each  and  every  holder  of  Debt  Securities,  by receiving and
holding  the  same,  agrees  with  the  Company and the Trustee that neither the
Company nor the Trustee nor any Paying Agent shall be held accountable by reason
of  the  disclosure of any such information as to the names and addresses of the
holders  of  Debt Securities in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b)
of  this  Section 4.02, regardless of the source from which such information was
derived, and that the Trustee shall not be held accountable by reason of mailing
any material pursuant to a request made under said subsection (b).

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                                    ARTICLE V

      REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS UPON AN EVENT OF DEFAULT

     SECTION  5.01.  Events  of  Default.
                     -------------------

          The following events shall be "Events of Default" with respect to Debt
Securities:

          (a)  the Company defaults in the payment of any interest upon any Debt
Security when it becomes due and payable (unless the Company has elected and may
defer  interest  payments  pursuant  to  Section  2.11), and continuance of such
default for a period of 30 days; for the avoidance of doubt, an extension of any
interest  distribution  period by the Company in accordance with Section 2.11 of
this Indenture shall not constitute a default under this clause 5.01(a); or

          (b)  the  Company  defaults  in  the payment of all or any part of the
principal  of  (or premium, if any, on) any Debt Securities as and when the same
shall become due and payable either at maturity, upon redemption, by declaration
of  acceleration  pursuant  to  Section  5.01 of this Indenture or otherwise; or

          (c)  the Company defaults in the payment of any interest upon any Debt
Security  when  it  becomes due and payable following the nonpayment of any such
interest  as  a  result of Extension Period for 20 or more consecutive quarterly
periods;  or

          (d)  the  Company  defaults in the performance of, or breaches, any of
its  covenants  or  agreements  in  Sections  3.06,  3.07,  3.08 or 3.09 of this
Indenture  (other than a covenant or agreement a default in whose performance or
whose  breach  is  elsewhere  in  this  Section  specifically  dealt  with), and
continuance  of  such  default or breach for a period of 90 days after there has
been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to
the  Company  and  the  Trustee by the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate
principal amount of the outstanding Debt Securities, a written notice specifying
such  default  or  breach  and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such
notice  is  a  "Notice  of  Default"  hereunder;  or

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

          (f)  the  Company shall commence a voluntary case under any applicable
bankruptcy,  insolvency  or  other similar law now or hereafter in effect, shall
consent  to  the  entry  of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any
such  law,  or  shall  consent  to  the appointment of or taking possession by a
receiver,  liquidator,  assignee,  trustee,  custodian,  sequestrator  (or other
similar  official) of the Company or of any substantial part of its property, or
shall  make  any  general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or shall fail
generally  to  pay  its  debts  as  they  become  due;  or

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          (g)  the  Trust  shall  have  voluntarily or involuntarily liquidated,
dissolved, wound-up its business or otherwise terminated its existence except in
connection  with  (1)  the distribution of the Debt Securities to holders of the
Trust  Securities  in  liquidation  of  their  interests  in  the Trust, (2) the
redemption  of  all  of the outstanding Trust Securities or (3) certain mergers,
consolidations or amalgamations, each as permitted by the Declaration.

          If an Event of Default specified under clause (c) of this Section 5.01
occurs  and is continuing with respect to the Debt Securities, then, and in each
and  every  such  case,  unless  the principal of the Debt Securities shall have
already  become  due  and payable, either the Trustee or the holders of not less
than  25%  in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities then outstanding
hereunder,  by  notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by
Securityholders),  may  declare  the entire principal of the Debt Securities and
any  premium  and  interest  accrued, but unpaid, thereon, if any, to be due and
payable  immediately,  and  upon  any  such  declaration  the  same shall become
immediately  due and payable.  If an Event of Default specified under clause (e)
or  (f)  of  this  Section  5.01  occurs, then, in each and every such case, the
entire  principal  amount  of  the  Debt Securities and any premium and interest
accrued, but unpaid, thereon shall ipso facto become immediately due and payable
without  further  action.  Notwithstanding  anything  to  the  contrary  in this
Section  5.01,  if at any time during the period in which this Indenture remains
in  force and effect, the Company ceases or elects to cease to be subject to the
supervision  and  regulations  of  the  Federal  Reserve,  OTS,  OCC  or similar
regulatory  authority  overseeing  bank,  thrift,  savings and loan or financial
holding  companies  or  similar  institutions  requiring  specifications for the
treatment  of capital similar in nature to the capital adequacy guidelines under
the  Federal  Reserve  rules  and  regulations,  then the first sentence of this
paragraph shall be deemed to include clauses (a), (b) and (d) under this Section
5.01  as an Event of Default resulting in an acceleration of payment of the Debt
Securities to the same extent as provided herein for clause (c).

          With  respect  to  clause (d) of this Section 5.01, the Company agrees
that  in  the  event  of  a breach by the Company of its covenants or agreements
mentioned  therein,  any  remedy  at  law or in damages may prove inadequate and
therefore  the  Company  agrees that the Trustee shall be entitled to injunctive
relief  against  the  Company in the event of any breach or threatened breach by
the  Company,  in  addition to any other relief (including damages) available to
the  Trustee  under  this  Indenture  or  under  law.

          The  foregoing  provisions, however, are subject to the condition that
if,  at  any  time after the principal of the Debt Securities shall have been so
declared  due  and payable, and before any judgment or decree for the payment of
the  moneys due shall have been obtained or entered as hereinafter provided, (i)
the  Company shall pay or shall deposit with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay
all  matured  installments  of  interest  upon  all  the Debt Securities and all
payments  on  the  Debt Securities which shall have become due otherwise than by
acceleration (with interest upon all such payments and Deferred Interest, to the
extent  permitted  by  law)  and  such  amount  as  shall be sufficient to cover
reasonable  compensation  to  the  Trustee  and  each predecessor Trustee, their
respective  agents,  attorneys  and  counsel,  and  all other amounts due to the
Trustee  pursuant  to Section 6.06, if any, and (ii) all Events of Default under
this  Indenture,  other  than the non-payment of the payments on Debt Securities
which  shall  have  become due by acceleration, shall have been cured, waived or
otherwise  remedied  as  provided  herein,  and  in each and every such case the
holders  of  a  majority  in  aggregate  principal  amount  of  the  Debt

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Securities  then  outstanding,  by  written  notice  to  the  Company and to the
Trustee,  may  waive all defaults and rescind and annul such declaration and its
consequences,  but no such waiver or rescission and annulment shall extend to or
shall  affect  any  subsequent  default  or  shall  impair  any right consequent
thereon; provided, however, that if the Debt Securities are held by the Trust or
a  trustee  of  the  Trust, such waiver or rescission and annulment shall not be
effective until the holders of a majority in aggregate liquidation amount of the
outstanding  Capital Securities of the Trust shall have consented to such waiver
or  rescission  and  annulment.

          In  case  the  Trustee shall have proceeded to enforce any right under
this  Indenture  and  such proceedings shall have been discontinued or abandoned
because  of  such  rescission or annulment or for any other reason or shall have
been  determined  adversely  to  the  Trustee,  then  and in every such case the
Company,  the  Trustee  and the holders of the Debt Securities shall be restored
respectively  to  their  several positions and rights hereunder, and all rights,
remedies  and  powers  of  the  Company, the Trustee and the holders of the Debt
Securities shall continue as though no such proceeding had been taken.

     SECTION  5.02.  Payment  of  Debt  Securities  on  Default;  Suit Therefor.
                     ----------------------------------------------------------

          The  Company covenants that upon the occurrence of an Event of Default
pursuant  to clause 5.01(a), 5.01(b) or 5.01(c), and upon demand of the Trustee,
the  Company will pay to the Trustee, for the benefit of the holders of the Debt
Securities,  the whole amount that then shall have become due and payable on all
Debt Securities including Deferred Interest accrued on the Debt Securities; and,
in  addition  thereto,  such  further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the
costs  and  expenses  of  collection, including a reasonable compensation to the
Trustee,  its  agents,  attorneys  and counsel, and any other amounts due to the
Trustee under Section 6.06. In case the Company shall fail forthwith to pay such
amounts  upon  such  demand,  the  Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an
express  trust,  shall  be  entitled  and  empowered to institute any actions or
proceedings  at  law  or  in  equity  for  the collection of the sums so due and
unpaid,  and  may  prosecute  any such action or proceeding to judgment or final
decree, and may enforce any such judgment or final decree against the Company or
any  other obligor on such Debt Securities and collect in the manner provided by
law  out  of  the  property  of  the  Company  or any other obligor on such Debt
Securities  wherever  situated  the  moneys  adjudged  or decreed to be payable.

          In  case  there shall be pending proceedings for the bankruptcy or for
the  reorganization  of  the Company or any other obligor on the Debt Securities
under Bankruptcy Law, or in case a receiver or trustee shall have been appointed
for  the  property  of  the Company or such other obligor, or in the case of any
other similar judicial proceedings relative to the Company or other obligor upon
the  Debt  Securities,  or  to  the creditors or property of the Company or such
other  obligor,  the  Trustee, irrespective of whether the principal of the Debt
Securities  shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration
of  acceleration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have
made  any  demand  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of this Section 5.02, shall be
entitled  and  empowered,  by  intervention in such proceedings or otherwise, to
file  and prove a claim or claims for the whole amount of principal and interest
owing  and unpaid in respect of the Debt Securities and, in case of any judicial
proceedings,  to  file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may
be  necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including
any  claim  for  reasonable  compensation  to  the  Trustee and each predecessor
Trustee,  and  their  respective  agents,  attorneys

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and counsel, and for reimbursement of all other amounts due to the Trustee under
Section  6.06)  and  of the Securityholders allowed in such judicial proceedings
relative  to  the Company or any other obligor on the Debt Securities, or to the
creditors or property of the Company or such other obligor, unless prohibited by
applicable  law  and  regulations,  to vote on behalf of the holders of the Debt
Securities  in  any  election  of a trustee or a standby trustee in arrangement,
reorganization,  liquidation  or  other  bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings or
Person  performing  similar  functions in comparable proceedings, and to collect
and  receive  any  moneys  or  other property payable or deliverable on any such
claims,  and  to  distribute  the  same  after  the deduction of its charges and
expenses;  and any receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization
is hereby authorized by each of the Securityholders to make such payments to the
Trustee,  and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such
payments  directly to the Securityholders, to pay to the Trustee such amounts as
shall  be  sufficient  to  cover  reasonable  compensation  to the Trustee, each
predecessor  Trustee and their respective agents, attorneys and counsel, and all
other  amounts  due  to  the  Trustee  under  Section  6.06.

          Nothing  herein  contained shall be construed to authorize the Trustee
to  authorize  or  consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Securityholder
any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the
Debt  Securities or the rights of any holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee
to  vote  in  respect of the claim of any Securityholder in any such proceeding.

          All  rights of action and of asserting claims under this Indenture, or
under  any  of  the  Debt Securities, may be enforced by the Trustee without the
possession of any of the Debt Securities, or the production thereof at any trial
or other proceeding relative thereto, and any such suit or proceeding instituted
by  the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust,
and  any recovery of judgment shall be for the ratable benefit of the holders of
the  Debt  Securities.

          In  any  proceedings  brought by the Trustee (and also any proceedings
involving  the  interpretation  of  any provision of this Indenture to which the
Trustee shall be a party) the Trustee shall be held to represent all the holders
of the Debt Securities, and it shall not be necessary to make any holders of the
Debt  Securities  parties  to  any  such  proceedings.

     SECTION  5.03.  Application  of  Moneys  Collected  by  Trustee.
                     -----------------------------------------------

          Any  moneys collected by the Trustee shall be applied in the following
order,  at  the  date or dates fixed by the Trustee for the distribution of such
moneys,  upon  presentation  of  the several Debt Securities in respect of which
moneys  have been collected, and stamping thereon the payment, if only partially
paid,  and  upon  surrender  thereof  if  fully  paid:

          First:  To  the  payment  of  costs  and  expenses  incurred  by,  and
reasonable  fees  of, the Trustee, its agents, attorneys and counsel, and of all
other  amounts  due  to  the  Trustee  under  Section  6.06;

          Second:  To  the  payment of all Senior Indebtedness of the Company if
and  to  the  extent  required  by  Article  XV;

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          Third:  To  the  payment  of the amounts then due and unpaid upon Debt
Securities,  in  respect  of  which  or  for the benefit of which money has been
collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the
amounts  due  on  such  Debt  Securities;  and

          Fourth: The balance, if any, to the Company.

     SECTION  5.04.  Proceedings  by  Securityholders.
                     --------------------------------

          No  holder  of any Debt Security shall have any right to institute any
suit,  action  or  proceeding  for  any  remedy  hereunder,  unless  such holder
previously shall have given to the Trustee written notice of an Event of Default
with  respect to the Debt Securities and unless the holders of not less than 25%
in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities then outstanding shall have
given the Trustee a written request to institute such action, suit or proceeding
and  shall  have  offered  to  the  Trustee  such reasonable indemnity as it may
require  against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred thereby, and
the  Trustee  for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of
indemnity  shall  have  failed to institute any such action, suit or proceeding;
provided,  that  no  holder of Debt Securities shall have any right to prejudice
--------
the rights of any other holder of Debt Securities, obtain priority or preference
over  any  other such holder or enforce any right under this Indenture except in
the  manner herein provided and for the equal, ratable and common benefit of all
holders  of  Debt  Securities.

          Notwithstanding  any  other provisions in this Indenture, however, the
right of any holder of any Debt Security to receive payment of the principal of,
premium,  if  any,  and interest on such Debt Security when due, or to institute
suit  for the enforcement of any such payment, shall not be impaired or affected
without  the  consent  of such holder. For the protection and enforcement of the
provisions  of this Section, each and every Securityholder and the Trustee shall
be entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or in equity.

     SECTION  5.05.  Proceedings  by  Trustee.
                     ------------------------

          In  case  of  an  Event  of  Default  hereunder the Trustee may in its
discretion  proceed  to  protect  and  enforce  the  rights vested in it by this
Indenture  by  such  appropriate  judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem
most  effectual  to  protect  and  enforce any of such rights, either by suit in
equity  or by action at law or by proceeding in bankruptcy or otherwise, whether
for  the  specific  enforcement  of  any covenant or agreement contained in this
Indenture  or  in aid of the exercise of any power granted in this Indenture, or
to  enforce  any  other  legal  or equitable right vested in the Trustee by this
Indenture  or  by  law.

     SECTION  5.06.  Remedies  Cumulative  and  Continuing.
                     -------------------------------------

          Except  as otherwise provided in Section 2.06, all powers and remedies
given  by  this Article V to the Trustee or to the Securityholders shall, to the
extent  permitted  by  law,  be deemed cumulative and not exclusive of any other
powers  and  remedies  available  to  the  Trustee  or  the  holders of the Debt
Securities,  by judicial proceedings or otherwise, to enforce the performance or
observance  of  the  covenants  and  agreements  contained  in this Indenture or
otherwise  established  with  respect  to  the  Debt Securities, and no delay or
omission  of  the  Trustee  or  of  any  holder of any of the Debt Securities to
exercise  any  right  or  power accruing upon any Event of Default occurring and
continuing  as  aforesaid  shall  impair  any  such  right  or  power,  or

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shall  be  construed  to  be  a  waiver  of  any such default or an acquiescence
therein;  and, subject to the provisions of Section 5.04, every power and remedy
given  by  this Article V or by law to the Trustee or to the Securityholders may
be  exercised  from  time to time, and as often as shall be deemed expedient, by
the  Trustee  or  by  the  Securityholders.

     SECTION  5.07.  Direction of Proceedings and Waiver of Defaults by Majority
                     -----------------------------------------------------------
of  Securityholders.
-------------------

          The  holders  of  a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Debt
Securities  affected  (voting  as one class) at the time outstanding and, if the
Debt  Securities are held by the Trust or a trustee of the Trust, the holders of
a majority in aggregate liquidation amount of the outstanding Capital Securities
of  the  Trust  shall  have  the  right  to direct the time, method and place of
conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising
any  trust  or  power  conferred  on  the  Trustee  with  respect  to  such Debt
Securities; provided, however, that if the Debt Securities are held by the Trust
            --------  -------
or  a trustee of the Trust, such time, method and place or such exercise, as the
case may be, may not be so directed until the holders of a majority in aggregate
liquidation amount of the outstanding Capital Securities of the Trust shall have
directed  such  time,  method  and  place  or such exercise, as the case may be;
provided,  further, that (subject to the provisions of Section 6.01) the Trustee
shall  have  the  right  to  decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee
being  advised  by  counsel shall determine that the action so directed would be
unjustly  prejudicial to the holders not taking part in such direction or if the
Trustee  being  advised  by  counsel determines that the action or proceeding so
directed  may  not  lawfully be taken or if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee
shall  determine  that  the  action or proceedings so directed would involve the
Trustee in personal liability. Prior to any declaration of acceleration, or ipso
facto  acceleration,  of  the  maturity of the Debt Securities, the holders of a
majority  in  aggregate  principal  amount  of  the  Debt Securities at the time
outstanding may on behalf of the holders of all of the Debt Securities waive (or
modify  any  previously  granted waiver of) any past default or Event of Default
and  its  consequences,  except  a  default  (a) in the payment of principal of,
premium,  if  any,  or interest on any of the Debt Securities, (b) in respect of
covenants  or  provisions hereof which cannot be modified or amended without the
consent  of  the holder of each Debt Security affected, or (c) in respect of the
covenants  contained  in  Section  3.09;  provided,  however,  that  if the Debt
                                          --------   -------
Securities  are  held  by  the  Trust  or a trustee of the Trust, such waiver or
modification  to  such  waiver  shall  not  be  effective until the holders of a
majority  in  Liquidation Amount of the Trust Securities of the Trust shall have
consented to such waiver or modification to such waiver; provided, further, that
                                                         --------  -------
if the consent of the holder of each outstanding Debt Security is required, such
waiver  or  modification to such waiver shall not be effective until each holder
of  the outstanding Capital Securities of the Trust shall have consented to such
waiver  or  modification to such waiver. Upon any such waiver or modification to
such  waiver, the Default or Event of Default covered thereby shall be deemed to
be cured for all purposes of this Indenture and the Company, the Trustee and the
holders  of  the Debt Securities shall be restored to their former positions and
rights  hereunder,  respectively;  but  no  such  waiver or modification to such
waiver  shall  extend  to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or
impair  any  right  consequent thereon. Whenever any Default or Event of Default
hereunder shall have been waived as permitted by this Section 5.07, said Default
or  Event  of  Default  shall  for  all purposes of the Debt Securities and this
Indenture  be  deemed  to  have  been  cured  and  to  be  not  continuing.

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     SECTION  5.08.  Notice  of  Defaults.
                     --------------------

          The  Trustee  shall, within 90 days after a Responsible Officer of the
Trustee shall have actual knowledge or received written notice of the occurrence
of  a  Default with respect to the Debt Securities, mail to all Securityholders,
as  the  names  and  addresses  of  such  holders  appear upon the Debt Security
Register,  notice  of  all Defaults with respect to the Debt Securities known to
the  Trustee,  unless  such  defaults shall have been cured before the giving of
such  notice  (the  term  "defaults"  for the purpose of this Section 5.08 being
hereby defined to be the events specified in subsections (a), (b), (c), (d), (e)
and  (f)  of  Section 5.01, not including periods of grace, if any, provided for
therein);  provided,  that,  except in the case of default in the payment of the
           --------
principal  of,  premium,  if any, or interest on any of the Debt Securities, the
Trustee  shall  be  protected  in  withholding  such  notice if and so long as a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding
of  such  notice  is  in  the  interests  of  the  Securityholders.

     SECTION  5.09.  Undertaking  to  Pay  Costs.
                     ---------------------------

          All  parties  to  this  Indenture  agree,  and each holder of any Debt
Security  by  such  holder's  acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed,
that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of
any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for
any  action  taken or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant
in  such  suit  of  an  undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such
court  may  in  its  discretion  assess  reasonable  costs, including reasonable
attorneys'  fees  and  expenses, against any party litigant in such suit, having
due  regard  to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such
party  litigant;  but the provisions of this Section 5.09 shall not apply to any
suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Securityholder, or
group  of  Securityholders,  holding in the aggregate more than 10% in principal
amount of the Debt Securities (or, if such Debt Securities are held by the Trust
or  a  trustee  of  the  Trust,  more  than  10%  in  liquidation  amount of the
outstanding  Capital  Securities),  to any suit instituted by any Securityholder
for  the  enforcement of the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or
interest  on  any  Debt  Security against the Company on or after the same shall
have  become  due  and  payable,  or  to  any suit instituted in accordance with
Section  14.12.

                                   ARTICLE VI

                             CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE

     SECTION  6.01.  Duties  and  Responsibilities  of  Trustee.
                     ------------------------------------------

          With  respect  to the holders of Debt Securities issued hereunder, the
Trustee, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to the Debt
Securities  and  after  the curing or waiving of all Events of Default which may
have  occurred,  with respect to the Debt Securities, undertakes to perform such
duties  and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture. In
case an Event of Default with respect to the Debt Securities has occurred (which
has not been cured or waived), the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and
powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill
in  their  exercise,  as  a  prudent

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person  would  exercise  or  use  under the circumstances in the conduct of such
person's  own  affairs.

          No  provision  of  this  Indenture  shall  be construed to relieve the
Trustee  from  liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure
to  act  or  its  own  willful  misconduct,  except  that:

          (a)  prior  to  the  occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to
the  Debt  Securities  and  after the curing or waiving of all Events of Default
which  may  have  occurred

               (1)  the  duties  and  obligations of the Trustee with respect to
          the  Debt  Securities  shall  be  determined  solely  by  the  express
          provisions  of  this  Indenture,  and  the Trustee shall not be liable
          except for the performance of such duties and obligations with respect
          to  the  Debt  Securities  as  are  specifically  set  forth  in  this
          Indenture,  and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into
          this  Indenture  against  the  Trustee;  and

               (2)  in  the absence of bad faith on the part of the Trustee, the
          Trustee  may  conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and
          the  correctness  of  the  opinions  expressed  therein,  upon  any
          certificates  or  opinions  furnished to the Trustee and conforming to
          the  requirements  of  this  Indenture;  but,  in the case of any such
          certificates  or  opinions  which  by  any  provision  hereof  are
          specifically  required  to  be  furnished  to the Trustee, the Trustee
          shall  be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not
          they  conform  on  their  face  to the requirements of this Indenture;

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

          (c)  the  Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken
or  omitted to be taken by it in good faith, in accordance with the direction of
the  Securityholders  pursuant to Section 5.07, relating to the time, method and
place  of  conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or
exercising  any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture;

          (d)  the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any Default or
Event  of  Default  with  respect  to  the  Debt  Securities unless either (1) a
Responsible  Officer  shall  have  actual  knowledge of such Default or Event of
Default  or  (2)  written  notice of such Default or Event of Default shall have
been  given  to  the  Trustee  by  the  Company or any other obligor on the Debt
Securities  or  by  any holder of the Debt Securities, except with respect to an
Event  of Default pursuant to Sections 5.01(a), 5.01(b) or 5.01(c) hereof (other
than an Event of Default resulting from the default in the payment of Additional
Interest  or  premium,  if any, if the Trustee does not have actual knowledge or
written notice that such payment is due and payable), of which the Trustee shall
be  deemed  to  have  knowledge;  and

          (e)  in  the  absence  of  bad  faith  on the part of the Trustee, the
Trustee  may  seek  and  rely  on  reasonable  instructions  from  the  Company.

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          None  of  the provisions contained in this Indenture shall require the
Trustee  to  expend  or risk its own funds or otherwise incur personal financial
liability  in  the performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of any of
its  rights  or  powers.

     SECTION  6.02.  Reliance  on  Documents,  Opinions,  etc.
                     ----------------------------------------

          Except as otherwise provided in Section 6.01:

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

          (b)  any  request, direction, order or demand of the Company mentioned
herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by an Officers' Certificate (unless other
evidence  in  respect  thereof be herein specifically prescribed); and any Board
Resolution  may  be  evidenced to the Trustee by a copy thereof certified by the
Secretary  or  an  Assistant  Secretary  of  the  Company;

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

          (d)  the  Trustee  shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the
rights  or  powers  vested  in  it  by  this  Indenture at the request, order or
direction  of  any  of  the  Securityholders, pursuant to the provisions of this
Indenture,  unless  such  Securityholders  shall  have  offered  to  the Trustee
reasonable  security  or  indemnity  against the costs, expenses and liabilities
which  may  be  incurred  therein  or  thereby;

          (e)  the  Trustee  shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted
by it in good faith and reasonably believed by it to be authorized or within the
discretion  or  rights  or  powers  conferred upon it by this Indenture; nothing
contained herein shall, however, relieve the Trustee of the obligation, upon the
occurrence  of an Event of Default with respect to the Debt Securities (that has
not  been  cured or waived) to exercise with respect to the Debt Securities such
of  the  rights  and  powers vested in it by this Indenture, and to use the same
degree  of  care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent person would exercise
or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person's own affairs;

          (f)  the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the
facts  or  matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument,
opinion,  report,  notice,  request,  consent, order, approval, bond, debenture,
coupon  or  other paper or document, unless requested in writing to do so by the
holders  of  not  less  than  a  majority  in  aggregate principal amount of the
outstanding  Debt  Securities  affected  thereby; provided, however, that if the
                                                  --------  -------
payment  within  a  reasonable  time  to  the  Trustee of the costs, expenses or
liabilities  likely to be incurred by it in the making of such investigation is,
in  the  opinion  of  the  Trustee, not reasonably assured to the Trustee by the
security  afforded to it by the terms of this Indenture, the Trustee may require
reasonable  indemnity  against  such  expense  or liability as a condition to so
proceeding;  and

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

     SECTION  6.03.  No  Responsibility  for  Recitals,  etc.
                     ----------------------------------------

          The  recitals  contained  herein and in the Debt Securities (except in
the  certificate  of  authentication of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent)
shall  be  taken  as  the  statements  of  the  Company  and the Trustee and the
Authenticating  Agent  assume no responsibility for the correctness of the same.
The  Trustee  and  the  Authenticating  Agent  make no representations as to the
validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Debt Securities. The Trustee
and the Authenticating Agent shall not be accountable for the use or application
by  the  Company  of  any Debt Securities or the proceeds of any Debt Securities
authenticated  and  delivered  by  the  Trustee  or  the Authenticating Agent in
conformity  with  the  provisions  of  this  Indenture.

     SECTION  6.04.  Trustee,  Authenticating  Agent,  Paying  Agents,  Transfer
                     -----------------------------------------------------------
Agents  or  Registrar  May  Own  Debt  Securities.
-------------------------------------------------

          The  Trustee  or  any  Authenticating Agent or any Paying Agent or any
transfer  agent  or  any Debt Security registrar, in its individual or any other
capacity,  may  become  the  owner  or  pledgee of Debt Securities with the same
rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent,
transfer  agent  or  Debt  Security  registrar.

     SECTION  6.05.  Moneys  to  be  Held  in  Trust.
                     -------------------------------

          Subject to the provisions of Section 12.04, all moneys received by the
Trustee  or any Paying Agent shall, until used or applied as herein provided, be
held  in  trust  for  the  purpose for which they were received, but need not be
segregated  from  other  funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee
and  any  Paying  Agent  shall  be  under no liability for interest on any money
received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed in writing with the Company.
So  long  as  no  Event  of  Default  shall have occurred and be continuing, all
interest  allowed on any such moneys, if any, shall be paid from time to time to
the Company upon the written order of the Company, signed by the Chairman of the
Board  of  Directors,  the  President,  the  Chief  Operating  Officer,  a  Vice
President,  the  Treasurer  or  an  Assistant  Treasurer  of  the  Company.

     SECTION  6.06.  Compensation  and  Expenses  of  Trustee.
                     ----------------------------------------

          Other  than  as  provided  in  the Fee Agreement of even date herewith
between  Cohen  Bros. & Company, the Trustee, and the Company (as defined in the
Declaration),  the  Company covenants and agrees to pay to the Trustee from time
to  time,  and  the  Trustee shall be entitled to, such compensation as shall be
agreed  to  in  writing  between the Company and the Trustee (which shall not be
limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an
express  trust),  and  the  Company  will  pay or reimburse the Trustee upon its
written  request  for  all  documented  reasonable  expenses,  disbursements and
advances  incurred  or  made  by  the  Trustee  in  accordance  with  any of the
provisions  of  this  Indenture  (including  the reasonable compensation and the
reasonable  expenses  and  disbursements  of  its counsel and of all Persons not
regularly  in  its employ) except any such expense, disbursement or advance that

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arises  from  its  negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith. The Company also
covenants  to  indemnify  each  of  the  Trustee  (including  in  its individual
capacity)  and  any predecessor Trustee (and its officers, agents, directors and
employees)  for,  and  to  hold  it  harmless against, any and all loss, damage,
claim,  liability  or  expense  including  taxes  (other than taxes based on the
income of the Trustee), except to the extent such loss, damage, claim, liability
or  expense results from the negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith of such
indemnitee,  arising  out  of  or  in  connection  with  the  acceptance  or
administration  of  this  Trust,  including  the costs and expenses of defending
itself  against  any  claim or liability in the premises. The obligations of the
Company  under  this Section 6.06 to compensate and indemnify the Trustee and to
pay or reimburse the Trustee for documented expenses, disbursements and advances
shall constitute additional indebtedness hereunder. Such additional indebtedness
shall be secured by (and the Company hereby grants and pledges to the Trustee) a
lien  prior  to  that of the Debt Securities upon all property and funds held or
collected  by the Trustee as such, except funds held in trust for the benefit of
the  holders  of  particular  Debt  Securities.

          Without  prejudice  to any other rights available to the Trustee under
applicable  law,  when  the  Trustee  incurs  expenses  or  renders  services in
connection  with an Event of Default specified in subsections (e), (f) or (g) of
Section 5.01, the expenses (including the reasonable charges and expenses of its
counsel)  and  the  compensation  for  the  services  are intended to constitute
expenses  of  administration  under  any applicable federal or state bankruptcy,
insolvency  or  other  similar  law.

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

          Notwithstanding anything in this Indenture or any Debt Security to the
contrary,  the  Trustee  shall have no obligation whatsoever to advance funds to
pay  any  principal  of or interest on or other amounts with respect to the Debt
Securities or otherwise advance funds to or on behalf of the Company.

     SECTION  6.07.  Officers'  Certificate  as  Evidence.
                     ------------------------------------

          Except  as  otherwise  provided in Sections 6.01 and 6.02, whenever in
the administration of the provisions of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it
necessary or desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking or
omitting  any  action  hereunder,  such matter (unless other evidence in respect
thereof  be  herein  specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of negligence,
willful  misconduct  or  bad  faith  on the part of the Trustee, be deemed to be
conclusively proved and established by an Officers' Certificate delivered to the
Trustee,  and such certificate, in the absence of negligence, willful misconduct
or  bad  faith  on the part of the Trustee, shall be full warrant to the Trustee
for  any  action  taken  or omitted by it under the provisions of this Indenture
upon  the  faith  thereof.

     SECTION  6.08.  Eligibility  of  Trustee.
                     ------------------------

          The  Trustee  hereunder  shall at all times be a U.S. Person that is a
banking  corporation  or national association organized and doing business under
the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof or of the District
of  Columbia  and  authorized  under  such

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laws  to  exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus
of  at least fifty million U.S. dollars ($50,000,000) and subject to supervision
or  examination  by  federal,  state, or District of Columbia authority. If such
corporation  or  national  association  publishes  reports of condition at least
annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or
examining  authority,  then  for  the purposes of this Section 6.08 the combined
capital  and surplus of such corporation or national association shall be deemed
to  be  its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent records
of  condition  so  published.

          The  Company  may  not,  nor  may  any  Person  directly or indirectly
controlling,  controlled  by, or under common control with the Company, serve as
Trustee,  notwithstanding that such corporation or national association shall be
otherwise  eligible  and  qualified  under  this  Article.

          In  case  at  any  time  the  Trustee  shall  cease  to be eligible in
accordance  with  the  provisions of this Section 6.08, the Trustee shall resign
immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 6.09.

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

     SECTION 6.09.  Resignation or Removal of Trustee, Calculation Agent, Paying
                    ------------------------------------------------------------
Agent  or  Debt  Security  Registrar.
------------------------------------

          (a)  The  Trustee, or any trustee or trustees hereafter appointed, the
Calculation  Agent,  the Paying Agent and any Debt Security Registrar may at any
time  resign  by giving written notice of such resignation to the Company and by
mailing  notice  thereof,  at  the Company's expense, to the holders of the Debt
Securities  at  their  addresses  as  they  shall  appear  on  the Debt Security
Register.  Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Company shall promptly
appoint  a successor or successors by written instrument, in duplicate, executed
by  order  of  its  Board  of  Directors,  one copy of which instrument shall be
delivered  to the resigning party and one copy to the successor. If no successor
shall  have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within 30 days after
the  mailing  of such notice of resignation to the affected Securityholders, the
resigning  party  may  petition  any  court  of  competent  jurisdiction for the
appointment  of  a  successor,  or  any  Securityholder who has been a bona fide
holder  of  a  Debt  Security  or  Debt  Securities for at least six months may,
subject  to  the provisions of Section 5.09, on behalf of himself or herself and
all  others similarly situated, petition any such court for the appointment of a
successor.  Such  court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem
proper  and  prescribe,  appoint  a  successor.

          (b)  In case at any time any of the following shall occur:

               (1)  the  Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of the
          last  paragraph  of Section 6.08 after written request therefor by the
          Company  or by any Securityholder who has been a bona fide holder of a
          Debt  Security  or  Debt  Securities  for  at  least  six  months,

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               (2)  the  Trustee  shall  cease to be eligible in accordance with
          the  provisions of Section 6.08 and shall fail to resign after written
          request  therefor  by  the  Company  or by any such Securityholder, or

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

     then,  in  any  such case, the Company may remove the Trustee and appoint a
successor  Trustee by written instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of the
Board  of  Directors,  one  copy  of  which instrument shall be delivered to the
Trustee  so  removed  and  one copy to the successor Trustee, or, subject to the
provisions of Section 5.09, if no successor Trustee shall have been so appointed
and  have  accepted  appointment within 30 days of the occurrence of any of (1),
(2)  or  (3) above, any Securityholder who has been a bona fide holder of a Debt
Security or Debt Securities for at least six months may, on behalf of himself or
herself  and  all  others  similarly  situated,  petition any court of competent
jurisdiction  for  the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor
Trustee.  Such  court  may  thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem
proper and prescribe, remove the Trustee and appoint a successor Trustee.

          (c)  Upon  prior  written  notice  to the Company and the Trustee, the
holders  of  a  majority in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities at
the time outstanding may at any time remove the Trustee and nominate a successor
Trustee,  which shall be deemed appointed as successor Trustee unless within ten
Business  Days  after such nomination the Company objects thereto, in which case
or in the case of a failure by such holders to nominate a successor Trustee, the
Trustee  so  removed  or  any  Securityholder, upon the terms and conditions and
otherwise  as  in subsection (a) of this Section 6.09 provided, may petition any
court of competent jurisdiction for an appointment of a successor.

          (d)  Any resignation or removal of the Trustee, the Calculation Agent,
the  Paying Agent and any Debt Security Registrar and appointment of a successor
pursuant  to  any  of the provisions of this Section 6.09 shall become effective
upon  acceptance  of  appointment  by the successor as provided in Section 6.10.

     SECTION  6.10.  Acceptance  by  Successor.
                     -------------------------

          Any  successor  Trustee,  Calculation  Agent,  Paying  Agent  or  Debt
Security  Registrar  appointed  as  provided  in  Section  6.09  shall  execute,
acknowledge  and  deliver  to  the  Company and to its predecessor an instrument
accepting  such  appointment hereunder, and thereupon the resignation or removal
of  the  retiring  party  shall become effective and such successor, without any
further  act,  deed  or  conveyance,  shall  become  vested with all the rights,
powers,  duties  and  obligations  with  respect  to  the Debt Securities of its
predecessor  hereunder,  with  like  effect  as if originally named herein; but,
nevertheless,  on  the  written  request of the Company or of the successor, the
party  ceasing to act shall, upon payment of the amounts then due it pursuant to
the  provisions  of Section 6.06, execute and deliver an instrument transferring
to  such  successor all the rights and powers of the party so ceasing to act and
shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor all property and money
held  by  such  retiring  party

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hereunder.  Upon  reasonable  request  of  any such successor, the Company shall
execute  any and all instruments in writing for more fully and certainly vesting
in  and  confirming  to  such  successor  all  such rights and powers. Any party
ceasing  to  act  shall,  nevertheless, retain a lien upon all property or funds
held  or  collected to secure any amounts then due it pursuant to the provisions
of  Section  6.06.

          If a successor Trustee is appointed, the Company, the retiring Trustee
and  the  successor  Trustee shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental
hereto  which  shall  contain  such  provisions  as shall be deemed necessary or
desirable  to  confirm  that  all  the  rights, powers, trusts and duties of the
retiring Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities as to which the predecessor
Trustee  is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the predecessor Trustee,
and  shall  add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be
necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the Trust hereunder
by  more  than  one  Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such
supplemental  indenture  shall  constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same
trust and that each such Trustee shall be Trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder
separate  and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other
such  Trustee.

          No  successor  Trustee  shall  accept  appointment as provided in this
Section  6.10 unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall
be eligible and qualified under the provisions of Section 6.08.

          In  no event shall a retiring Trustee, Calculation Agent, Paying Agent
or  Debt Security Registrar be liable for the acts or omissions of any successor
hereunder.

          Upon  acceptance  of  appointment  by a successor Trustee, Calculation
Agent, Paying Agent or Debt Security Registrar as provided in this Section 6.10,
the  Company  shall  mail  notice  of  the  succession  to  the  holders of Debt
Securities  at  their  addresses  as  they  shall  appear  on  the Debt Security
Register.  If  the  Company  fails  to mail such notice within ten Business Days
after  the acceptance of appointment by the successor, the successor shall cause
such  notice  to  be  mailed  at  the  expense  of  the  Company.

     SECTION  6.11.  Succession  by  Merger,  etc.
                     -----------------------------

          Any  Person  into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with
which  it  may  be  consolidated,  or  any  Person  resulting  from  any merger,
conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any Person
succeeding  to  all  or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the
Trustee,  shall  be the successor of the Trustee hereunder without the execution
or  filing  of  any  paper  or any further act on the part of any of the parties
hereto;  provided,  that  such  Person shall be otherwise eligible and qualified
         --------
under  this  Article.

          In case at the time such successor to the Trustee shall succeed to the
trusts  created  by  this  Indenture  any of the Debt Securities shall have been
authenticated but not delivered, any such successor to the Trustee may adopt the
certificate  of authentication of any predecessor Trustee, and deliver such Debt
Securities so authenticated; and in case at that time any of the Debt Securities
shall not have been authenticated, any successor to the Trustee may authenticate
such  Debt  Securities either in the name of any predecessor hereunder or in the
name  of  the

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successor  Trustee;  and in all such cases such certificates shall have the full
force  which it is anywhere in the Debt Securities or in this Indenture provided
that  the  certificate  of  the  Trustee shall have; provided, however, that the
                                                     --------  -------
right  to  adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor Trustee or
authenticate  Debt Securities in the name of any predecessor Trustee shall apply
only  to  its  successor  or  successors by merger, conversion or consolidation.

     SECTION  6.12.  Authenticating  Agents.
                     ----------------------

          There  may  be  one  or  more  Authenticating  Agents appointed by the
Trustee  upon  the  request  of  the Company with power to act on its behalf and
subject  to  its direction in the authentication and delivery of Debt Securities
issued upon exchange or registration of transfer thereof as fully to all intents
and  purposes  as  though  any  such  Authenticating  Agent  had  been expressly
authorized  to  authenticate  and  deliver  Debt  Securities; provided, that the
Trustee  shall have no liability to the Company for any acts or omissions of the
Authenticating  Agent  with  respect  to the authentication and delivery of Debt
Securities.  Any  such  Authenticating  Agent  shall  at  all  times be a Person
organized and doing business under the laws of the United States or of any state
or  territory  thereof or of the District of Columbia authorized under such laws
to  act  as  Authenticating  Agent,  having a combined capital and surplus of at
least  $50,000,000  and  being subject to supervision or examination by federal,
state,  territorial  or District of Columbia authority. If such Person publishes
reports  of  condition  at least annually pursuant to law or the requirements of
such  authority, then for the purposes of this Section 6.12 the combined capital
and  surplus  of  such  Person  shall  be  deemed to be its combined capital and
surplus  as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at
any  time  an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with
the  provisions  of  this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and
with  the  effect  herein  specified  in  this  Section.

          Any  Person  into  which  any  Authenticating  Agent  may be merged or
converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any Person resulting from any
merger, consolidation or conversion to which any Authenticating Agent shall be a
party,  or  any  Person  succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate
trust  business  of  any  Authenticating  Agent,  shall be the successor of such
Authenticating  Agent  hereunder, if such successor Person is otherwise eligible
under  this  Section  6.12  without  the execution or filing of any paper or any
further act on the part of the parties hereto or such Authenticating Agent.

          Any  Authenticating  Agent  may  at  any time resign by giving written
notice  of resignation to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any
time  terminate  the agency of any Authenticating Agent with respect to the Debt
Securities  by giving written notice of termination to such Authenticating Agent
and  to  the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a
termination,  or  in case at any time any Authenticating Agent shall cease to be
eligible  under  this Section 6.12, the Trustee may, and upon the request of the
Company  shall, promptly appoint a successor Authenticating Agent eligible under
this  Section 6.12, shall give written notice of such appointment to the Company
and  shall  mail notice of such appointment to all holders of Debt Securities as
the  names  and  addresses of such holders appear on the Debt Security Register.
Any  successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder
shall  become  vested  with all rights, powers, duties and responsibilities with
respect to the Debt Securities of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as
if  originally  named  as  Authenticating  Agent  herein.

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          Other  than  as  provided  in  the Fee Agreement of even date herewith
between  Cohen  Bros. & Company, the Company, and the Trustee (as defined in the
Declaration), the Company agrees to pay to any Authenticating Agent from time to
time  reasonable  compensation  for its services. Any Authenticating Agent shall
have  no  responsibility  or  liability  for  any  action taken by it as such in
accordance  with the directions of the Trustee and shall receive such reasonable
indemnity as it may require against the costs, expenses and liabilities incurred
in  furtherance  of  its  duties  under  this  Section  6.12.

                                   ARTICLE VII

                         CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS

     SECTION  7.01.  Action  by  Securityholders.
                     ---------------------------

          Whenever  in  this  Indenture  it  is  provided  that the holders of a
specified  percentage  in  aggregate  principal amount of the Debt Securities or
aggregate  Liquidation  Amount  of  the  Capital  Securities may take any action
(including  the  making  of  any  demand  or  request, the giving of any notice,
consent  or waiver or the taking of any other action), the fact that at the time
of  taking  any such action the holders of such specified percentage have joined
therein  may  be evidenced (a) by any instrument or any number of instruments of
similar tenor executed by such Securityholders or holders of Capital Securities,
as  the case may be, in person or by agent or proxy appointed in writing, or (b)
by  the record of such holders of Debt Securities voting in favor thereof at any
meeting  of  such  Securityholders  duly  called and held in accordance with the
provisions  of Article VIII or of such holders of Capital Securities duly called
and  held  in  accordance  with  the  provisions of the Declaration, or (c) by a
combination  of  such  instrument  or  instruments and any such record of such a
meeting  of  such  Securityholders or holders of Capital Securities, as the case
may be, or (d) by any other method the Trustee deems satisfactory.

          If  the  Company  shall  solicit from the Securityholders any request,
demand,  authorization,  direction,  notice,  consent, waiver or other action or
revocation  of  the  same,  the  Company  may, at its option, as evidenced by an
Officers' Certificate, fix in advance a record date for such Debt Securities for
the  determination  of  Securityholders  entitled  to give such request, demand,
authorization,  direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action or revocation
of the same, but the Company shall have no obligation to do so. If such a record
date  is fixed, such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver  or  other  action or revocation of the same may be given before or after
the record date, but only the Securityholders of record at the close of business
on  the  record  date  shall be deemed to be Securityholders for the purposes of
determining  whether  Securityholders of the requisite proportion of outstanding
Debt  Securities have authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand,
authorization,  direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action or revocation
of  the  same,  and  for  that  purpose the outstanding Debt Securities shall be
computed  as  of the record date; provided, however, that no such authorization,
                                  --------  -------
agreement  or consent by such Securityholders on the record date shall be deemed
effective  unless  it  shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this
Indenture  not  later  than  six  months  after  the  record  date.

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     SECTION  7.02.  Proof  of  Execution  by  Securityholders.
                     -----------------------------------------

          Subject  to  the  provisions of Sections 6.01, 6.02 and 8.05, proof of
the  execution  of  any  instrument by a Securityholder or such Securityholder's
agent  or  proxy  shall be sufficient if made in accordance with such reasonable
rules  and  regulations as may be prescribed by the Trustee or in such manner as
shall  be satisfactory to the Trustee. The ownership of Debt Securities shall be
proved  by  the  Debt Security Register or by a certificate of the Debt Security
Registrar.  The Trustee may require such additional proof of any matter referred
to  in  this  Section  as  it  shall  deem  necessary.

          The  record  of  any  Securityholders'  meeting shall be proved in the
manner  provided  in  Section  8.06.

     SECTION  7.03.  Who  Are  Deemed  Absolute  Owners.
                     ----------------------------------

          Prior  to  due  presentment  for  registration of transfer of any Debt
Security,  the Company, the Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent,
any  transfer agent and any Debt Security registrar may deem the Person in whose
name  such  Debt Security shall be registered upon the Debt Security Register to
be,  and  may  treat  such  Person  as, the absolute owner of such Debt Security
(whether  or  not  such  Debt  Security  shall  be  overdue)  for the purpose of
receiving  payment  of  or  on account of the principal of, premium, if any, and
interest  on  such  Debt  Security  and  for all other purposes; and neither the
Company  nor  the  Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent nor any Paying Agent nor
any  transfer  agent  nor  any  Debt Security registrar shall be affected by any
notice  to  the  contrary.  All such payments so made to any holder for the time
being  or upon such holder's order shall be valid, and, to the extent of the sum
or  sums  so  paid,  effectual to satisfy and discharge the liability for moneys
payable  upon  any  such  Debt  Security.

     SECTION  7.04.  Debt  Securities  Owned  by Company Deemed Not Outstanding.
                     ----------------------------------------------------------

          In  determining  whether  the  holders  of  the  requisite  aggregate
principal  amount of Debt Securities have concurred in any direction, consent or
waiver  under  this Indenture, Debt Securities which are owned by the Company or
any other obligor on the Debt Securities or by any Person directly or indirectly
controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the
Company (other than the Trust) or any other obligor on the Debt Securities shall
be  disregarded  and  deemed  not  to be outstanding for the purpose of any such
determination;  provided,  that  for  the  purposes  of  determining whether the
                --------
Trustee  shall be protected in relying on any such direction, consent or waiver,
only  Debt  Securities which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows
are  so  owned shall be so disregarded. Debt Securities so owned which have been
pledged  in  good  faith may be regarded as outstanding for the purposes of this
Section  7.04  if the pledgee shall establish to the satisfaction of the Trustee
the pledgee's right to vote such Debt Securities and that the pledgee is not the
Company  or  any such other obligor or Person directly or indirectly controlling
or  controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Company or
any  such other obligor. In the case of a dispute as to such right, any decision
by  the Trustee taken upon the advice of counsel shall be full protection to the
Trustee.

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     SECTION  7.05.  Revocation  of  Consents;  Future  Securityholders  Bound.
                     ---------------------------------------------------------

          At any time prior to (but not after) the evidencing to the Trustee, as
provided  in  Section  7.01,  of  the taking of any action by the holders of the
percentage  in  aggregate  principal  amount of the Debt Securities specified in
this  Indenture  in  connection  with such action, any holder (in cases where no
record  date  has  been  set  pursuant  to  Section 7.01) or any holder as of an
applicable  record  date  (in cases where a record date has been set pursuant to
Section  7.01)  of  a  Debt Security (or any Debt Security issued in whole or in
part  in  exchange or substitution therefor) the serial number of which is shown
by  the evidence to be included in the Debt Securities the holders of which have
consented  to  such action may, by filing written notice with the Trustee at the
Principal Office of the Trustee and upon proof of holding as provided in Section
7.02,  revoke  such  action  so far as concerns such Debt Security (or so far as
concerns  the  principal amount represented by any exchanged or substituted Debt
Security).  Except  as aforesaid any such action taken by the holder of any Debt
Security  shall  be  conclusive and binding upon such holder and upon all future
holders  and  owners  of  such Debt Security, and of any Debt Security issued in
exchange  or  substitution  therefor  or  on  registration  of transfer thereof,
irrespective  of whether or not any notation in regard thereto is made upon such
Debt  Security or any Debt Security issued in exchange or substitution therefor.

                                  ARTICLE VIII

                            SECURITYHOLDERS' MEETINGS

     SECTION  8.01.  Purposes  of  Meetings.
                     ----------------------

          A  meeting  of Securityholders may be called at any time and from time
to time pursuant to the provisions of this Article VIII for any of the following
purposes:

          (a)  to  give  any notice to the Company or to the Trustee, or to give
any  directions  to  the  Trustee,  or  to consent to the waiving of any default
hereunder  and  its  consequences,  or to take any other action authorized to be
taken by Securityholders pursuant to any of the provisions of Article V;

          (b)  to  remove  the Trustee and nominate a successor trustee pursuant
to  the  provisions  of  Article  VI;

          (c)  to  consent  to  the  execution  of  an  indenture  or indentures
supplemental hereto pursuant to the provisions of Section 9.02; or

          (d)  to  take  any other action authorized to be taken by or on behalf
of  the  holders  of  any  specified  aggregate  principal  amount  of such Debt
Securities  under any other provision of this Indenture or under applicable law.

     SECTION  8.02.  Call  of  Meetings  by  Trustee.
                     -------------------------------

          The  Trustee may at any time call a meeting of Securityholders to take
any  action specified in Section 8.01, to be held at such time and at such place
in  The City of New York, the Borough of Manhattan, or Boston, Massachusetts, as
the  Trustee  shall  determine.  Notice  of  every

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meeting  of  the  Securityholders,  setting forth the time and the place of such
meeting  and  in  general terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting,
shall  be  mailed  to  holders of Debt Securities affected at their addresses as
they  shall  appear on the Debt Securities Register. Such notice shall be mailed
not less than 20 nor more than 180 days prior to the date fixed for the meeting.

     SECTION  8.03.  Call  of  Meetings  by  Company  or  Securityholders.
                     ----------------------------------------------------

          In case at any time the Company pursuant to a Board Resolution, or the
holders of at least 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities, as
the  case  may  be, then outstanding, shall have requested the Trustee to call a
meeting  of  Securityholders,  by  written  request  setting forth in reasonable
detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not
have  mailed  the  notice  of  such meeting within 20 days after receipt of such
request, then the Company or such Securityholders may determine the time and the
place  in  for  such  meeting  and  may  call  such  meeting  to take any action
authorized  in  Section  8.01,  by mailing notice thereof as provided in Section
8.02.

     SECTION  8.04.  Qualifications  for  Voting.
                     ---------------------------

          To  be  entitled  to  vote  at any meeting of Securityholders a Person
shall  be  (a) a holder of one or more Debt Securities with respect to which the
meeting  is  being held or (b) a Person appointed by an instrument in writing as
proxy  by  a  holder  of  one or more such Debt Securities. The only Persons who
shall  be  entitled  to be present or to speak at any meeting of Securityholders
shall  be the Persons entitled to vote at such meeting and their counsel and any
representatives  of  the  Trustee and its counsel and any representatives of the
Company  and  its  counsel.

     SECTION  8.05.  Regulations.
                     -----------

          Notwithstanding  any  other  provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee
may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for any meeting of
Securityholders, in regard to proof of the holding of Debt Securities and of the
appointment  of  proxies,  and  in  regard  to  the  appointment  and  duties of
inspectors of votes, the submission and examination of proxies, certificates and
other  evidence  of  the  right  to  vote, and such other matters concerning the
conduct  of  the  meeting  as  it  shall  deem  appropriate.

          The  Trustee  shall,  by an instrument in writing, appoint a temporary
chairman  of  the  meeting,  unless  the  meeting  shall have been called by the
Company  or  by  Securityholders  as provided in Section 8.03, in which case the
Company or the Securityholders calling the meeting, as the case may be, shall in
like  manner  appoint a temporary chairman. A permanent chairman and a permanent
secretary  of  the  meeting  shall  be  elected by majority vote at the meeting.

          Subject  to the provisions of Section 7.04, at any meeting each holder
of  Debt  Securities  with  respect to which such meeting is being held or proxy
therefor  shall be entitled to one vote for each $1,000 principal amount of Debt
Securities  held  or represented by such holder; provided, however, that no vote
                                                 --------  -------
shall  be  cast  or  counted  at  any  meeting  in  respect of any Debt Security
challenged as not outstanding and ruled by the chairman of the meeting to be not
outstanding.  The chairman of the meeting shall have no right to vote other than
by  virtue  of  Debt

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Securities  held  by  such  chairman or instruments in writing as aforesaid duly
designating  such  chairman  as  the  Person  to  vote  on  behalf  of  other
Securityholders.  Any  meeting  of  Securityholders  duly called pursuant to the
provisions  of  Section  8.02  or  8.03  may be adjourned from time to time by a
majority of those present, whether or not constituting a quorum, and the meeting
may  be  held  as  so  adjourned  without  further  notice.

     SECTION  8.06.  Voting.
                     ------

          The  vote  upon  any resolution submitted to any meeting of holders of
Debt  Securities  with  respect  to which such meeting is being held shall be by
written  ballots  on which shall be subscribed the signatures of such holders or
of  their  representatives by proxy and the serial number or numbers of the Debt
Securities  held  or  represented by them. The permanent chairman of the meeting
shall  appoint  two  inspectors  of  votes who shall count all votes cast at the
meeting  for  or  against  any  resolution  and who shall make and file with the
secretary  of  the  meeting  their verified written reports in triplicate of all
votes  cast  at  the  meeting.  A record in duplicate of the proceedings of each
meeting of Securityholders shall be prepared by the secretary of the meeting and
there shall be attached to said record the original reports of the inspectors of
votes  on any vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by one or more Persons
having  knowledge of the facts setting forth a copy of the notice of the meeting
and  showing that said notice was mailed as provided in Section 8.02. The record
shall  show  the  serial  numbers  of  the Debt Securities voting in favor of or
against  any  resolution.  The  record  shall  be  signed  and  verified  by the
affidavits of the permanent chairman and secretary of the meeting and one of the
duplicates  shall be delivered to the Company and the other to the Trustee to be
preserved  by the Trustee, the latter to have attached thereto the ballots voted
at  the meeting.  Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence
of  the  matters  therein  stated.

     SECTION  8.07.  Quorum;  Actions.
                     ----------------

          The  Persons  entitled  to  vote  a  majority in outstanding principal
amount  of  the  Debt  Securities  shall  constitute  a  quorum for a meeting of
Securityholders;  provided,  however,  that if any action is to be taken at such
                  --------   -------
meeting  with  respect  to  a  consent,  waiver,  request,  demand,  notice,
authorization,  direction  or  other action which may be given by the holders of
not less than a specified percentage in outstanding principal amount of the Debt
Securities,  the  Persons  holding  or representing such specified percentage in
outstanding principal amount of the Debt Securities will constitute a quorum. In
the  absence  of  a  quorum within 30 minutes of the time appointed for any such
meeting,  the  meeting  shall, if convened at the request of Securityholders, be
dissolved.  In  any  other case the meeting may be adjourned for a period of not
less  than  10 days as determined by the permanent chairman of the meeting prior
to  the  adjournment  of  such  meeting.  In the absence of a quorum at any such
adjourned  meeting, such adjourned meeting may be further adjourned for a period
of  not less than 10 days as determined by the permanent chairman of the meeting
prior to the adjournment of such adjourned meeting. Notice of the reconvening of
any  adjourned  meeting  shall be given as provided in Section 8.02, except that
such notice need be given only once not less than five days prior to the date on
which the meeting is scheduled to be reconvened. Notice of the reconvening of an
adjourned  meeting  shall  state expressly the percentage, as provided above, of
the outstanding principal amount of the Debt Securities which shall constitute a
quorum.

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          Except  as  limited  by  the proviso in the first paragraph of Section
9.02, any resolution presented to a meeting or adjourned meeting duly reconvened
at which a quorum is present as aforesaid may be adopted by the affirmative vote
of  the  holders  of not less than a majority in outstanding principal amount of
the  Debt  Securities; provided, however, that, except as limited by the proviso
                       --------  -------
in  the  first  paragraph  of  Section  9.02, any resolution with respect to any
consent,  waiver,  request,  demand,  notice,  authorization, direction or other
action that this Indenture expressly provides may be given by the holders of not
less  than  a  specified  percentage in outstanding principal amount of the Debt
Securities  may  be adopted at a meeting or an adjourned meeting duly reconvened
and  at  which  a quorum is present as aforesaid only by the affirmative vote of
the  holders of not less than such specified percentage in outstanding principal
amount  of  the  Debt  Securities.

          Any  resolution  passed or decision taken at any meeting of holders of
Debt  Securities  duly  held in accordance with this Section shall be binding on
all  the  Securityholders, whether or not present or represented at the meeting.

     SECTION  8.08.  Written  Consent  Without  a  Meeting.
                     -------------------------------------

          Whenever  under  this  Indenture,  Securityholders  are  required  or
permitted to take any action by vote, such action may be taken without a meeting
on  written  consent,  setting  forth  the  action  so  taken,  signed  by  the
Securityholders of all outstanding Debt Securities entitled to vote thereon.  No
consent shall be effective to take the action referred to therein unless, within
sixty  days  of  the  earliest dated consent delivered in the manner required by
this paragraph to the Trustee, written consents signed by a sufficient number of
Securityholders  to  take  action  are delivered to the Trustee at its Principal
Office.  Delivery  made to the Trustee at its Principal Office, shall be by hand
or  by  certificated  or  registered  mail,  return  receipt requested.  Written
consent  thus  given by the Securityholders of such number of Debt Securities as
is  required  hereunder,  shall  have  the  same  effect  as  a  valid  vote  of
Securityholders  of  such  number  of  Debt  Securities.

                                   ARTICLE IX

                             SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

     SECTION  9.01.  Supplemental Indentures without Consent of Securityholders.
                     ----------------------------------------------------------

          The  Company,  when  authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee
may  from  time  to  time  and at any time enter into an indenture or indentures
supplemental hereto, without the consent of the Securityholders, for one or more
of  the  following  purposes:

          (a)  to  evidence  the succession of another Person to the Company, or
successive  successions,  and  the  assumption  by  the  successor Person of the
covenants,  agreements  and  obligations  of the Company, pursuant to Article XI
hereof;

          (b)  to  add  to  the covenants of the Company such further covenants,
restrictions  or conditions for the protection of the holders of Debt Securities
as the Board of Directors shall consider to be for the protection of the holders
of  such  Debt  Securities,  and  to  make the occurrence, or the occurrence and
continuance,  of  a  Default  in  any  of  such  additional

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covenants,  restrictions  or  conditions  a  Default  or  an  Event  of  Default
permitting  the  enforcement  of  all or any of the several remedies provided in
this  Indenture  as  herein set forth; provided, however, that in respect of any
                                       --------  -------
such  additional  covenant, restriction or condition such supplemental indenture
may  provide for a particular period of grace after default (which period may be
shorter  or  longer  than  that  allowed  in  the case of other defaults) or may
provide for an immediate enforcement upon such default or may limit the remedies
available  to  the  Trustee  upon  such  default;

          (c)  to  cure  any ambiguity or to correct or supplement any provision
contained  herein  or  in  any  supplemental indenture which may be defective or
inconsistent  with  any  other provision contained herein or in any supplemental
indenture,  or  to  make  or amend such other provisions in regard to matters or
questions arising under this Indenture; provided, that any such action shall not
                                        --------
adversely affect the interests of the holders of the Debt Securities;

          (d)  to  add  to, delete from, or revise the terms of Debt Securities,
including,  without  limitation,  any  terms relating to the issuance, exchange,
registration  or  transfer of Debt Securities, including to provide for transfer
procedures  and  restrictions  substantially  similar to those applicable to the
Capital  Securities,  as required by Section 2.05 (for purposes of assuring that
no registration of Debt Securities is required under the Securities Act of 1933,
as  amended);  provided,  that  any  such  action shall not adversely affect the
interests  of  the  holders  of  the  Debt Securities then outstanding (it being
understood,  for  purposes  of  this proviso, that transfer restrictions on Debt
Securities substantially similar to those applicable to Capital Securities shall
not be deemed to adversely affect the holders of the Debt Securities);

          (e)  to  evidence  and  provide  for  the  acceptance  of  appointment
hereunder  by a successor Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities and to add
to  or  change  any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to
provide  for  or  facilitate  the administration of the trusts hereunder by more
than  one  Trustee,  pursuant  to  the  requirements  of  Section  6.10;

          (f)  to  make  any  change  (other  than as elsewhere provided in this
paragraph)  that  does  not adversely affect the rights of any Securityholder in
any  material  respect;  or

          (g)  to  provide  for the issuance of and establish the form and terms
and  conditions  of  the  Debt  Securities,  to  establish  the  form  of  any
certifications  required to be furnished pursuant to the terms of this Indenture
or  the  Debt  Securities,  or  to  add  to  the  rights  of the holders of Debt
Securities.

          The  Trustee  is  hereby  authorized  to  join with the Company in the
execution  of  any  such supplemental indenture, to make any further appropriate
agreements  and  stipulations  which  may be therein contained and to accept the
conveyance,  transfer and assignment of any property thereunder, but the Trustee
shall  not  be  obligated  to,  but  may  in its discretion, enter into any such
supplemental  indenture  which  affects  the  Trustee's  own  rights,  duties or
immunities  under  this  Indenture  or  otherwise.

          Any  supplemental  indenture  authorized  by  the  provisions  of this
Section  9.01 may be executed by the Company and the Trustee without the consent
of  the  holders  of  any  of  the  Debt  Securities  at  the  time outstanding,
notwithstanding  any  of  the  provisions  of  Section  9.02.

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     SECTION  9.02.  Supplemental  Indentures  with  Consent of Securityholders.
                     ----------------------------------------------------------

          With  the  consent  (evidenced  as  provided  in  Section 7.01) of the
holders  of  not  less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Debt
Securities  at the time outstanding affected by such supplemental indenture, the
Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may from time to
time  and  at any time enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto
(which  shall  conform  to  the  provisions  of the Trust Indenture Act, then in
effect, applicable to indentures qualified thereunder) for the purpose of adding
any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions
of this Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner
the  rights  of  the  holders of the Debt Securities; provided, however, that no
                                                      --------  -------
such  supplemental  indenture  shall without such consent of the holders of each
Debt Security then outstanding and affected thereby (i) change the Maturity Date
of  any  Debt  Security,  or  reduce the principal amount thereof or any premium
thereon, or reduce the rate (or manner of calculation of the rate) or extend the
time  of  payment  of interest thereon, or reduce (other than as a result of the
maturity  or earlier redemption of any such Debt Security in accordance with the
terms  of  this  Indenture  and  such  Debt  Security) or increase the aggregate
principal  amount  of  Debt  Securities  then  outstanding, or change any of the
redemption  provisions, or make the principal thereof or any interest or premium
thereon  payable  in  any  coin or currency other than United States Dollars, or
impair  or  affect the right of any Securityholder to institute suit for payment
thereof  or  impair the right of repayment, if any, at the option of the holder,
or  (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Debt Securities the holders of which
are  required  to  consent  to  any  such  supplemental indenture; and provided,
                                                                       --------
further,  that if the Debt Securities are held by the Trust or a trustee of such
-------
trust, such supplemental indenture shall not be effective until the holders of a
majority  in Liquidation Amount of the outstanding Capital Securities shall have
consented to such supplemental indenture; provided, further, that if the consent
                                          --------  -------
of  the  Securityholder  of  each  outstanding  Debt  Security is required, such
supplemental  indenture  shall  not  be  effective  until  each  holder  of  the
outstanding  Capital  Securities  shall  have  consented  to  such  supplemental
indenture.

          Upon  the  request  of  the  Company accompanied by a Board Resolution
authorizing  the  execution  of  any  such  supplemental indenture, and upon the
filing  with  the  Trustee  of  evidence  of the consent of Securityholders (and
holders of Capital Securities, if required) as aforesaid, the Trustee shall join
with  the  Company  in  the execution of such supplemental indenture unless such
supplemental  indenture  affects  the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities
under  this  Indenture  or  otherwise,  in  which  case  the  Trustee may in its
discretion,  but  shall  not  be  obligated  to,  enter  into  such supplemental
indenture.

          Promptly  after  the  execution  by the Company and the Trustee of any
supplemental  indenture  pursuant to the provisions of this Section, the Trustee
shall  transmit  by mail, first class postage prepaid, a notice, prepared by the
Company,  setting  forth  in  general  terms  the substance of such supplemental
indenture,  to  the Securityholders as their names and addresses appear upon the
Debt  Security  Register. Any failure of the Trustee to mail such notice, or any
defect  therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of
any  such  supplemental  indenture.

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          It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Securityholders under
this  Section  9.02  to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental
indenture,  but  it  shall  be  sufficient  if  such  consent  shall approve the
substance  thereof.

     SECTION  9.03.  Effect  of  Supplemental  Indentures.
                     ------------------------------------

          Upon  the  execution  of  any  supplemental  indenture pursuant to the
provisions  of  this  Article  IX,  this  Indenture shall be and be deemed to be
modified  and  amended  in  accordance  therewith  and  the  respective  rights,
limitations  of  rights, obligations, duties and immunities under this Indenture
of  the Trustee, the Company and the holders of Debt Securities shall thereafter
be  determined, exercised and enforced hereunder subject in all respects to such
modifications  and  amendments  and  all  the  terms  and conditions of any such
supplemental  indenture  shall  be  and  be  deemed  to be part of the terms and
conditions  of  this  Indenture  for  any  and  all  purposes.

     SECTION  9.04.  Notation  on  Debt  Securities.
                     ------------------------------

          Debt Securities authenticated and delivered after the execution of any
supplemental  indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Article IX may bear a
notation  as  to  any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the
Company or the Trustee shall so determine, new Debt Securities so modified as to
conform,  in  the  opinion  of  the  Board  of  Directors of the Company, to any
modification  of this Indenture contained in any such supplemental indenture may
be  prepared  and  executed  by the Company, authenticated by the Trustee or the
Authenticating  Agent  and  delivered  in  exchange for the Debt Securities then
outstanding.

     SECTION  9.05.  Evidence  of  Compliance  of  Supplemental  Indenture to be
                     -----------------------------------------------------------
furnished  to  Trustee.
----------------------

          The  Trustee,  subject  to  the  provisions of Sections 6.01 and 6.02,
shall,  in  addition  to  the  documents  required  by Section 14.06, receive an
Officers'  Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any
supplemental  indenture  executed pursuant hereto complies with the requirements
of  this  Article  IX.  The  Trustee  shall  receive  an  Opinion  of Counsel as
conclusive  evidence  that  any supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this
Article  IX  is  authorized  or permitted by, and conforms to, the terms of this
Article  IX  and  that it is proper for the Trustee under the provisions of this
Article  IX  to  join  in  the  execution  thereof.

                                    ARTICLE X

                            REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES

     SECTION  10.01.  Optional  Redemption.
                      --------------------

          At  any  time the Company shall have the right, subject to the receipt
by the Company of prior approval from any regulatory authority with jurisdiction
over  the  Company  if  such  approval is then required under applicable capital
guidelines  or  policies  of  such  regulatory  authority,  to  redeem  the Debt
Securities,  in whole or (provided that all accrued and unpaid interest has been
paid  on all Debt Securities for all Interest Periods terminating on or prior to

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such  date) from time to time in part, on any March 15, June 15, September 15 or
December  15  on  or  after  December  15,  2010 (the "Redemption Date"), at the
Redemption  Price.

     SECTION  10.02.  Special  Event  Redemption.
                      --------------------------

          If  a  Special  Event shall occur and be continuing, the Company shall
have the right, subject to the receipt by the Company of prior approval from any
regulatory authority with jurisdiction over the Company if such approval is then
required  under  applicable  capital  guidelines  or policies of such regulatory
authority,  to  redeem  the  Debt  Securities,  in whole or in part, at any time
within  90  days  following  the  occurrence of such Special Event (the "Special
Redemption  Date"),  at  the  Special  Redemption  Price.

     SECTION  10.03.  Notice  of  Redemption;  Selection  of  Debt  Securities.
                      --------------------------------------------------------

          In  case the Company shall desire to exercise the right to redeem all,
or, as the case may be, any part of the Debt Securities, it shall fix a date for
redemption  and  shall mail, or cause the Trustee to mail (at the expense of the
Company) a notice of such redemption at least 30 and not more than 60 days prior
to  the  date  fixed  for  redemption to the holders of Debt Securities so to be
redeemed as a whole or in part at their last addresses as the same appear on the
Debt Security Register. Such mailing shall be by first class mail. The notice if
mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been
duly given, whether or not the holder receives such notice. In any case, failure
to  give  such  notice  by mail or any defect in the notice to the holder of any
Debt  Security  designated for redemption as a whole or in part shall not affect
the  validity  of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Debt Security.

          Each such notice of redemption shall specify the CUSIP number, if any,
of  the  Debt  Securities  to  be  redeemed,  the date fixed for redemption, the
redemption  price  (or  manner  of  calculation  of  the  price)  at  which Debt
Securities are to be redeemed, the place or places of payment, that payment will
be  made  upon presentation and surrender of such Debt Securities, that interest
accrued  to  the  date  fixed  for  redemption will be paid as specified in said
notice,  and  that  on  and  after said date interest thereon or on the portions
thereof  to  be  redeemed  will  cease  to  accrue.  If  less  than all the Debt
Securities are to be redeemed the notice of redemption shall specify the numbers
of  the  Debt  Securities  to be redeemed. In case the Debt Securities are to be
redeemed  in  part only, the notice of redemption shall state the portion of the
principal  amount  thereof  to be redeemed and shall state that on and after the
date  fixed  for  redemption,  upon  surrender of such Debt Security, a new Debt
Security  or Debt Securities in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion
thereof  will  be  issued.

          Prior  to  10:00 a.m. New York City time on the Redemption Date or the
Special  Redemption Date specified in the notice of redemption given as provided
in  this  Section, the Company will deposit with the Trustee or with one or more
Paying Agents an amount of money sufficient to redeem on the redemption date all
the  Debt  Securities  so  called  for  redemption at the appropriate redemption
price,  together  with  unpaid  interest  accrued  to  such  date.

          The  Company  will  give  the Trustee notice not less than 45 nor more
than  60  days  prior to the Redemption Date as to the Redemption Price at which
the  Debt  Securities  are  to be redeemed and the aggregate principal amount of
Debt  Securities  to  be  redeemed  and  the  Trustee

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shall select, in such manner as in its sole discretion it shall deem appropriate
and  fair,  the  Debt  Securities  or portions thereof (in integral multiples of
$1,000)  to  be  redeemed.

     SECTION  10.04.  Payment  of  Debt  Securities  Called  for  Redemption.
                      ------------------------------------------------------

          If  notice  of redemption has been given as provided in Section 10.03,
the  Debt  Securities  or portions of Debt Securities with respect to which such
notice has been given shall become due and payable on the Redemption Date or the
Special  Redemption  Date (as the case may be) and at the place or places stated
in  such  notice  at  the  applicable  redemption  price, together with interest
accrued  to the date fixed for redemption, and on and after said Redemption Date
or  the Special Redemption Date (unless the Company shall default in the payment
of  such  Debt Securities at the redemption price, together with unpaid interest
accrued  thereon  to  said  date) interest on the Debt Securities or portions of
Debt  Securities so called for redemption shall cease to accrue. On presentation
and  surrender  of  such Debt Securities at a place of payment specified in said
notice, such Debt Securities or the specified portions thereof shall be paid and
redeemed by the Company at the applicable redemption price, together with unpaid
interest  accrued  thereon to the Redemption Date or the Special Redemption Date
(as  the  case  may  be).

          Upon  presentation  of  any  Debt  Security redeemed in part only, the
Company  shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for
delivery  to  the  holder  thereof,  at  the  expense of the Company, a new Debt
Security  or  Debt  Securities  of  authorized denominations in principal amount
equal to the unredeemed portion of the Debt Security so presented.

                                   ARTICLE XI

                CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE, CONVEYANCE AND LEASE

     SECTION  11.01.  Company  May  Consolidate,  etc.,  on  Certain  Terms.
                      -----------------------------------------------------

          Nothing  contained  in  this Indenture or in the Debt Securities shall
prevent  any  consolidation  or  merger  of  the  Company with or into any other
corporation  or  corporations  (whether  or  not affiliated with the Company) or
successive  consolidations  or  mergers in which the Company or its successor or
successors  shall  be a party or parties, or shall prevent any sale, conveyance,
transfer  or  other  disposition  of all or substantially all of the property or
capital  stock  of  the  Company  or  its  successor  or successors to any other
corporation  (whether  or  not  affiliated with the Company, or its successor or
successors)  authorized to acquire and operate the same; provided, however, that
                                                         --------  -------
the  Company  hereby covenants and agrees that, (i) upon any such consolidation,
merger  (where  the Company is not the surviving corporation), sale, conveyance,
transfer  or  other  disposition,  the  successor  entity shall be a corporation
organized  and existing under the laws of the United States or any state thereof
or  the District of Columbia (unless such corporation has (1) agreed to make all
payments  due  in respect of the Debt Securities or, if outstanding, the Capital
Securities  and  Capital  Securities  Guarantee without withholding or deduction
for,  or  on  account  of,  any taxes, duties, assessments or other governmental
charges  under  the  laws  or regulations of the jurisdiction of organization or
residence (for tax purposes) of such corporation or any political subdivision or
taxing  authority thereof or therein unless required by applicable law, in which
case  such  corporation  shall  have  agreed  to  pay  such

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additional  amounts  as  shall  be required so that the net amounts received and
retained  by  the  holders of such Debt Securities or Capital Securities, as the
case  may  be, after payment of all taxes (including withholding taxes), duties,
assessments  or  other  governmental  charges, will be equal to the amounts that
such  holders  would  have  received  and  retained had no such taxes (including
withholding  taxes),  duties,  assessments  or  other  governmental charges been
imposed,  (2)  irrevocably  and  unconditionally  consented and submitted to the
jurisdiction of any United States federal court or New York state court, in each
case  located  in  The City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, in respect of any
action,  suit or proceeding against it arising out of or in connection with this
Indenture,  the  Debt  Securities,  the  Capital  Securities  Guarantee  or  the
Declaration  and  irrevocably  and unconditionally waived, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, any objection to the laying of venue in any such court or that
any  such  action,  suit or proceeding has been brought in an inconvenient forum
and  (3)  irrevocably  appointed an agent in The City of New York for service of
process  in  any action, suit or proceeding referred to in clause (2) above) and
such  corporation  expressly assumes all of the obligations of the Company under
the  Debt  Securities,  this Indenture, the Capital Securities Guarantee and the
Declaration  and  (ii)  after  giving  effect to any such consolidation, merger,
sale,  conveyance, transfer or other disposition, no Default or Event of Default
shall  have  occurred  and  be  continuing.

     SECTION  11.02.  Successor  Entity  to  be  Substituted.
                      --------------------------------------

          In  case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer
or  other  disposition  contemplated in Section 11.01 and upon the assumption by
the  successor  entity, by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the
Trustee  and  reasonably  satisfactory  in  form  to the Trustee, of the due and
punctual payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on all of
the  Debt  Securities and the due and punctual performance and observance of all
of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be performed or observed by
the  Company,  such successor entity shall succeed to and be substituted for the
Company, with the same effect as if it had been named herein as the Company, and
thereupon  the  predecessor entity shall be relieved of any further liability or
obligation  hereunder  or  upon  the  Debt  Securities.  Such  successor  entity
thereupon may cause to be signed, and may issue either in its own name or in the
name  of the Company, any or all of the Debt Securities issuable hereunder which
theretofore  shall  not  have  been  signed  by the Company and delivered to the
Trustee  or  the  Authenticating  Agent;  and,  upon the order of such successor
entity  instead  of  the  Company  and  subject to all the terms, conditions and
limitations  in  this  Indenture  prescribed,  the Trustee or the Authenticating
Agent  shall authenticate and deliver any Debt Securities which previously shall
have been signed and delivered by the officers of the Company, to the Trustee or
the  Authenticating Agent for authentication, and any Debt Securities which such
successor  entity  thereafter  shall  cause  to  be  signed and delivered to the
Trustee or the Authenticating Agent for that purpose. All the Debt Securities so
issued  shall  in  all  respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this
Indenture  as the Debt Securities theretofore or thereafter issued in accordance
with  the terms of this Indenture as though all of such Debt Securities had been
issued  at  the  date  of  the  execution  hereof.

     SECTION  11.03.  Opinion  of  Counsel  to  be  Given  to  Trustee.
                      ------------------------------------------------

          The  Trustee,  subject  to  the  provisions of Sections 6.01 and 6.02,
shall  receive,  in addition to the Opinion of Counsel required by Section 9.05,
an  Opinion  of  Counsel  as

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conclusive  evidence  that any consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer
or  other disposition, and any assumption, permitted or required by the terms of
this  Article  XI  complies  with  the  provisions  of  this  Article  XI.

                                   ARTICLE XII

                     SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE

     SECTION  12.01.  Discharge  of  Indenture.
                      ------------------------

          When (a) the Company shall deliver to the Trustee for cancellation all
Debt  Securities theretofore authenticated (other than any Debt Securities which
shall  have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which shall have been replaced or
paid  as  provided in Section 2.06) and not theretofore canceled, or (b) all the
Debt  Securities  not  theretofore  canceled  or  delivered  to  the Trustee for
cancellation  shall have become due and payable, or are by their terms to become
due  and  payable  within one year or are to be called for redemption within one
year  under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of
redemption,  and  the  Company  shall deposit with the Trustee, in trust, funds,
which  shall  be  immediately  due and payable, sufficient to pay at maturity or
upon redemption all of the Debt Securities (other than any Debt Securities which
shall  have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which shall have been replaced or
paid  as  provided in Section 2.06) not theretofore canceled or delivered to the
Trustee  for cancellation, including principal and premium, if any, and interest
due  or  to  become due to such date of maturity or redemption date, as the case
may  be,  but  excluding,  however,  the amount of any moneys for the payment of
principal  of,  and  premium,  if  any,  or  interest on the Debt Securities (1)
theretofore  repaid  to the Company in accordance with the provisions of Section
12.04,  or  (2) paid to any state or to the District of Columbia pursuant to its
unclaimed  property  or similar laws, and if in the case of either clause (a) or
clause (b) the Company shall also pay or cause to be paid all other sums payable
hereunder  by  the  Company,  then  this  Indenture shall cease to be of further
effect except for the provisions of Sections 2.05, 2.06, 3.01, 3.02, 3.04, 6.06,
6.09  and  12.04  hereof,  which  shall survive until such Debt Securities shall
mature  or  are  redeemed, as the case may be, and are paid in full. Thereafter,
Sections  6.06,  6.09 and 12.04 shall survive, and the Trustee, on demand of the
Company  accompanied by an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each
stating  that  all  conditions  precedent  herein  provided  for relating to the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with, and at the
cost  and expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging
satisfaction  of  and  discharging  this Indenture, the Company, however, hereby
agreeing  to  reimburse  the  Trustee  for  any  costs  or  expenses  thereafter
reasonably  and  properly  incurred  by  the  Trustee  in  connection  with this
Indenture  or  the  Debt  Securities.

     SECTION  12.02.  Deposited  Moneys  to  be  Held  in  Trust  by  Trustee.
                      -------------------------------------------------------

          Subject  to the provisions of Section 12.04, all moneys deposited with
the  Trustee  pursuant to Section 12.01 shall be held in trust and applied by it
to  the  payment,  either  directly  or  through any Paying Agent (including the
Company  if  acting  as  its own Paying Agent), to the holders of the particular
Debt  Securities  for  the payment of which such moneys have been deposited with
the  Trustee,  of  all  sums  due  and  to become due thereon for principal, and
premium,  if  any,  and  interest.

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     SECTION  12.03.  Paying  Agent  to  Repay  Moneys  Held.
                      --------------------------------------

          Upon the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, all moneys then
held  by any Paying Agent of the Debt Securities (other than the Trustee) shall,
upon demand of the Company, be repaid to the Company or paid to the Trustee, and
thereupon  such  Paying  Agent shall be released from all further liability with
respect  to  such  moneys.

     SECTION  12.04.  Return  of  Unclaimed  Moneys.
                      -----------------------------

          Any  moneys  deposited with or paid to the Trustee or any Paying Agent
for  payment  of  the  principal  of,  and  premium, if any, or interest on Debt
Securities  and  not  applied  but  remaining  unclaimed  by the holders of Debt
Securities  for  two  years  after  the  date  upon  which the principal of, and
premium,  if any, or interest on such Debt Securities, as the case may be, shall
have  become  due  and payable, shall be repaid to the Company by the Trustee or
such  Paying  Agent  on  written  demand;  and  the  holder  of  any of the Debt
Securities  shall thereafter look only to the Company for any payment which such
holder  may  be  entitled  to  collect  and all liability of the Trustee or such
Paying  Agent  with  respect  to  such  moneys  shall  thereupon  cease.

                                  ARTICLE XIII

         IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

     SECTION 13.01.  Indenture and Debt Securities Solely Corporate Obligations.
                     ----------------------------------------------------------

          No recourse for the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or
interest  on  any  Debt Security, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in
respect  thereof,  and  no  recourse  under  or upon any obligation, covenant or
agreement  of the Company in this Indenture or in any supplemental indenture, or
in  any  such  Debt  Security,  or  because  of the creation of any indebtedness
represented  thereby,  shall  be  had  against  any  incorporator,  stockholder,
officer,  director,  employee or agent, as such, past, present or future, of the
Company  or  of  any predecessor or successor corporation of the Company, either
directly  or  through  the  Company or any successor corporation of the Company,
whether  by  virtue  of  any  constitution,  statute  or  rule of law, or by the
enforcement  of  any  assessment  or  penalty  or  otherwise; it being expressly
understood  that all such liability is hereby expressly waived and released as a
condition  of,  and  as a consideration for, the execution of this Indenture and
the  issue  of  the  Debt  Securities.

                                   ARTICLE XIV

                            MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

     SECTION  14.01.  Successors.
                      ----------

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

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     SECTION  14.02.  Official  Acts  by  Successor  Entity.
                      -------------------------------------

          Any act or proceeding by any provision of this Indenture authorized or
required  to  be  done  or  performed  by any board, committee or officer of the
Company  shall  and  may be done and performed with like force and effect by the
like  board,  committee,  officer  or other authorized Person of any entity that
shall  at  the  time  be  the  lawful  successor  of  the  Company.

     SECTION  14.03.  Surrender  of  Company  Powers.
                      ------------------------------

          The  Company  by  instrument  in  writing executed by authority of 2/3
(two-thirds)  of  its  Board  of  Directors  and  delivered  to  the Trustee may
surrender  any of the powers reserved to the Company and thereupon such power so
surrendered  shall  terminate  both  as  to  the Company and as to any permitted
successor.

     SECTION  14.04.  Addresses  for  Notices,  etc.
                      ------------------------------

          Any  notice  or  demand  which  by  any provision of this Indenture is
required  or  permitted  to  be  given  or  served  by  the  Trustee  or  by the
Securityholders on the Company may be given or served in writing, duly signed by
the party giving such notice, and shall be delivered, telecopied (which telecopy
shall  be  followed by notice delivered or mailed by first class mail) or mailed
by  first  class  mail  to  the  Company  at:

                     Southeastern Bank Financial Corporation
                                3530 Wheeler Road
                             Augusta, Georgia  30909
                          Attention:  Ronald L. Thigpen

          Any  notice, direction, request or demand by any Securityholder or the
Company  to  or upon the Trustee shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given
or  made,  for  all  purposes, if given or made in writing at the office of U.S.
Bank  National  Association  at:

                          One Federal Street, 3rd Floor
                           Boston, Massachusetts 02110
 Attn: Corporate Trust Services - Southeastern Bank Financial Statutory Trust I

     SECTION  14.05.  Governing  Law.
                      --------------

          This  Indenture and the Debt Securities shall each be governed by, and
construed  in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, without regard
to  conflict  of  laws principles of said State other than Section 5-1401 of the
New  York  General  Obligations  Law.

     SECTION  14.06.  Evidence  of  Compliance  with  Conditions  Precedent.
                      -----------------------------------------------------

          Upon  any  application or demand by the Company to the Trustee to take
any  action  under  any  of  the provisions of this Indenture, the Company shall
furnish  to  the Trustee an Officers' Certificate stating that in the opinion of
the  signers  all  conditions  precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture
relating  to  the  proposed  action  have  been  complied with and an Opinion of
Counsel  stating  that,  in  the  opinion  of  such counsel, all such conditions
precedent

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have  been  complied with (except that no such Opinion of Counsel is required to
be  furnished  to the Trustee in connection with the authentication and issuance
of  Debt  Securities  issued  on  the  date  of  this  Indenture).

          Each  certificate  or  opinion  provided  for  in  this  Indenture and
delivered to the Trustee with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant
provided  for  in  this  Indenture  (except  certificates  delivered pursuant to
Section  3.05)  shall  include  (a)  a  statement  that  the  person making such
certificate  or  opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions
relating  thereto;  (b)  a  brief  statement  as  to the nature and scope of the
examination  or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in
such  certificate  or opinion are based; (c) a statement that, in the opinion of
such  person,  he  or  she  has  made  such  examination  or investigation as is
necessary  to  enable him or her to express an informed opinion as to whether or
not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and (d) a statement as to
whether  or  not,  in the opinion of such person, such condition or covenant has
been  complied  with.

     SECTION  14.07.  Non-Business  Days.
                      ------------------

          Notwithstanding  anything  to  the  contrary  contained herein, if any
Interest  Payment  Date, other than on the Maturity Date, any Redemption Date or
the Special Redemption Date, falls on a day that is not a Business Day, then any
interest  payable  will be paid on, and such Interest Payment Date will be moved
to,  the  next  succeeding Business Day, and additional interest will accrue for
each  day  that  such  payment  is delayed as a result thereof.  If the Maturity
Date,  any Redemption Date or the Special Redemption Date falls on a day that is
not a Business Day, then the principal, premium, if any, and/or interest payable
on such date will be paid on the next succeeding Business Day, and no additional
interest  will  accrue  in  respect of such payment made on such next succeeding
Business  Day.

     SECTION  14.08.  Table  of  Contents,  Headings,  etc.
                      -------------------------------------

          The  table of contents and the titles and headings of the articles and
sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only,
are  not  to be considered a part hereof, and shall in no way modify or restrict
any  of  the  terms  or  provisions  hereof.

     SECTION  14.09.  Execution  in  Counterparts.
                      ---------------------------

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

     SECTION  14.10.  Severability.
                      ------------

          In  case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Indenture
or in the Debt Securities shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable  in  any  respect, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability
shall  not  affect  any  other  provisions  of  this  Indenture  or of such Debt
Securities, but this Indenture and such Debt Securities shall be construed as if
such  invalid  or  illegal  or  unenforceable provision had never been contained
herein  or  therein.

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     SECTION  14.11.  Assignment.
                      ----------

          Subject to Article XI, the Company will have the right at all times to
assign  any  of  its  rights  or  obligations  under this Indenture and the Debt
Securities  to  a  direct  or  indirect  wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company;
provided,  however,  that, in the event of any such assignment, the Company will
--------   -------
remain liable for all such obligations. Subject to the foregoing, this Indenture
is  binding  upon  and  inures  to  the  benefit of the parties hereto and their
respective  successors and assigns. This Indenture may not otherwise be assigned
by  the  parties  thereto.

     SECTION  14.12.  Acknowledgment  of  Rights.
                      --------------------------

          The  Company  acknowledges  that,  with respect to any Debt Securities
held  by  the  Trust  or  the  Institutional  Trustee  of  the  Trust,  if  the
Institutional  Trustee  of  the  Trust  fails  to  enforce its rights under this
Indenture as the holder of Debt Securities held as the assets of the Trust after
the holders of a majority in Liquidation Amount of the Capital Securities of the
Trust have so directed in writing such Institutional Trustee, a holder of record
of  such Capital Securities may to the fullest extent permitted by law institute
legal  proceedings  directly  against  the Company to enforce such Institutional
Trustee's  rights  under  this  Indenture  without  first  instituting any legal
proceedings  against  such  Institutional  Trustee  or  any  other  Person.
Notwithstanding  the  foregoing,  if  an  Event  of  Default has occurred and is
continuing  and  such event is attributable to the failure of the Company to pay
interest  (or  premium,  if any) or principal on the Debt Securities on the date
such interest (or premium, if any) or principal is otherwise due and payable (or
in  the  case  of  redemption, on the redemption date), the Company acknowledges
that  a  holder  of  record  of  Capital  Securities  of  the Trust may directly
institute  a  proceeding  against the Company for enforcement of payment to such
holder directly of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on the Debt
Securities  having  an  aggregate  principal  amount  equal  to  the  aggregate
Liquidation  Amount  of  the  Capital  Securities of such holder on or after the
respective  due  date  specified  in  the  Debt  Securities.

                                   ARTICLE XV

                        SUBORDINATION OF DEBT SECURITIES

     SECTION  15.01.  Agreement  to  Subordinate.
                      --------------------------

          The  Company  covenants and agrees, and each holder of Debt Securities
issued  hereunder  and  under  any  supplemental  indenture  (the  "Additional
Provisions")  by such Securityholder's acceptance thereof likewise covenants and
agrees,  that  all  Debt Securities shall be issued subject to the provisions of
this Article XV; and each holder of a Debt Security, whether upon original issue
or  upon  transfer or assignment thereof, accepts and agrees to be bound by such
provisions.

          The  payment by the Company of the payments due on all Debt Securities
issued hereunder and under any Additional Provisions shall, to the extent and in
the manner hereinafter set forth, be subordinated and junior in right of payment
to  the prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness of the Company, whether
outstanding  at  the  date  of  this  Indenture  or  thereafter  incurred.

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          No  provision  of  this Article XV shall prevent the occurrence of any
Default  or  Event  of  Default  hereunder.

     SECTION  15.02.  Default  on  Senior  Indebtedness.
                      ---------------------------------

          In the event and during the continuation of any default by the Company
in  the  payment of principal, premium, interest or any other payment due on any
Senior  Indebtedness of the Company following any applicable grace period, or in
the  event  that the maturity of any Senior Indebtedness of the Company has been
accelerated  because  of a default, and such acceleration has not been rescinded
or  canceled  and  such  Senior Indebtedness has not been paid in full, then, in
either  case,  no  payment  shall  be  made  by  the Company with respect to the
payments  due  on  the  Debt  Securities.

          In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any payment shall be
received  by  the  Trustee  when  such  payment  is  prohibited by the preceding
paragraph  of  this Section 15.02, such payment shall, subject to Section 15.06,
be held in trust for the benefit of, and shall be paid over or delivered to, the
holders  of  Senior  Indebtedness or their respective representatives, or to the
trustee  or  trustees  under  any indenture pursuant to which any of such Senior
Indebtedness may have been issued, as their respective interests may appear, but
only  to  the  extent  that  the  holders  of  the Senior Indebtedness (or their
representative  or  representatives  or a trustee) notify the Trustee in writing
within  90  days of such payment of the amounts then due and owing on the Senior
Indebtedness  and only the amounts specified in such notice to the Trustee shall
be  paid  to  the  holders  of  Senior  Indebtedness.

     SECTION  15.03.  Liquidation;  Dissolution;  Bankruptcy.
                      --------------------------------------

          Upon  any  payment  by  the  Company  or distribution of assets of the
Company  of  any  kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, to
creditors upon any dissolution or winding-up or liquidation or reorganization of
the  Company,  whether  voluntary  or  involuntary or in bankruptcy, insolvency,
receivership  or other proceedings, all amounts due upon all Senior Indebtedness
of  the  Company shall first be paid in full, or payment thereof provided for in
money in accordance with its terms, before any payment is made by the Company on
the  Debt Securities; and upon any such dissolution or winding-up or liquidation
or  reorganization, any payment by the Company, or distribution of assets of the
Company  of  any  kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, to
which  the  Securityholders or the Trustee would be entitled to receive from the
Company,  except  for  the  provisions  of this Article XV, shall be paid by the
Company,  or  by any receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, agent
or  other  Person making such payment or distribution, or by the Securityholders
or  by  the  Trustee under this Indenture if received by them or it, directly to
the  holders  of Senior Indebtedness of the Company (pro rata to such holders on
the basis of the respective amounts of Senior Indebtedness held by such holders,
as  calculated by the Company) or their representative or representatives, or to
the  trustee  or  trustees under any indenture pursuant to which any instruments
evidencing  such  Senior  Indebtedness may have been issued, as their respective
interests may appear, to the extent necessary to pay such Senior Indebtedness in
full,  in  money or money's worth, after giving effect to any concurrent payment
or  distribution  to  or for the holders of such Senior Indebtedness, before any
payment  or  distribution  is  made  to  the  Securityholders.

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          In  the  event  that,  notwithstanding  the  foregoing, any payment or
distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character, whether in cash,
property  or  securities,  prohibited by the foregoing, shall be received by the
Trustee  before  all  Senior  Indebtedness  of  the  Company is paid in full, or
provision  is  made for such payment in money in accordance with its terms, such
payment  or  distribution shall be held in trust for the benefit of and shall be
paid  over  or  delivered  to  the  holders of such Senior Indebtedness or their
representative  or  representatives,  or  to  the  trustee or trustees under any
indenture  pursuant to which any instruments evidencing such Senior Indebtedness
may have been issued, as their respective interests may appear, as calculated by
the  Company,  for  application to the payment of all Senior Indebtedness of the
Company remaining unpaid to the extent necessary to pay such Senior Indebtedness
in  full  in  money  in  accordance  with  its terms, after giving effect to any
concurrent  payment or distribution to or for the benefit of the holders of such
Senior  Indebtedness.

          For  purposes  of  this  Article  XV,  the  words  "cash,  property or
securities"  shall  not  be  deemed to include shares of stock of the Company as
reorganized or readjusted, or securities of the Company or any other corporation
provided  for  by a plan of reorganization or readjustment, the payment of which
is  subordinated at least to the extent provided in this Article XV with respect
to the Debt Securities to the payment of all Senior Indebtedness of the Company,
that may at the time be outstanding, provided, that (a) such Senior Indebtedness
                                     --------
is  assumed  by  the  new  corporation,  if  any,  resulting  from  any  such
reorganization or readjustment, and (b) the rights of the holders of such Senior
Indebtedness  are  not,  without  the  consent  of such holders, altered by such
reorganization  or  readjustment.  The consolidation of the Company with, or the
merger  of  the  Company  into,  another  corporation  or  the  liquidation  or
dissolution  of  the  Company  following  the  conveyance,  transfer  or  other
disposition  of its property as an entirety, or substantially as an entirety, to
another  corporation upon the terms and conditions provided for in Article XI of
this  Indenture  shall  not  be deemed a dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or
reorganization  for the purposes of this Section 15.03 if such other corporation
shall,  as  a part of such consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer, comply
with  the  conditions stated in Article XI of this Indenture. Nothing in Section
15.02  or  in  this  Section 15.03 shall apply to claims of, or payments to, the
Trustee  under  or  pursuant  to  Section  6.06  of  this  Indenture.

     SECTION  15.04.  Subrogation.
                      -----------

          Subject  to  the  payment  in  full  of all Senior Indebtedness of the
Company, the Securityholders shall be subrogated to the rights of the holders of
such  Senior Indebtedness to receive payments or distributions of cash, property
or  securities  of  the Company applicable to such Senior Indebtedness until all
payments due on the Debt Securities shall be paid in full; and, for the purposes
of  such subrogation, no payments or distributions to the holders of such Senior
Indebtedness of any cash, property or securities to which the Securityholders or
the  Trustee would be entitled except for the provisions of this Article XV, and
no  payment  over  pursuant  to  the provisions of this Article XV to or for the
benefit  of  the  holders  of such Senior Indebtedness by Securityholders or the
Trustee,  shall,  as  between  the  Company, its creditors other than holders of
Senior  Indebtedness  of  the Company, and the holders of the Debt Securities be
deemed  to  be a payment or distribution by the Company to or on account of such
Senior Indebtedness. It is understood that the provisions of this Article XV are
and  are intended solely for the purposes of defining the relative rights of the
holders  of the Debt Securities, on the one hand, and the holders of such Senior
Indebtedness,  on  the  other  hand.

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          Nothing  contained  in this Article XV or elsewhere in this Indenture,
any  Additional  Provisions  or  in  the Debt Securities is intended to or shall
impair,  as  between the Company, its creditors other than the holders of Senior
Indebtedness  of  the  Company,  and  the  holders  of  the Debt Securities, the
obligation  of  the  Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay to the
holders  of  the Debt Securities all payments on the Debt Securities as and when
the  same  shall  become  due  and payable in accordance with their terms, or is
intended  to  or  shall  affect  the  relative rights of the holders of the Debt
Securities  and  creditors  of  the  Company,  other  than the holders of Senior
Indebtedness  of  the  Company, nor shall anything herein or therein prevent the
Trustee  or  the  holder  of  any  Debt  Security  from  exercising all remedies
otherwise permitted by applicable law upon default under this Indenture, subject
to  the  rights,  if  any,  under  this Article XV of the holders of such Senior
Indebtedness  in respect of cash, property or securities of the Company received
upon  the  exercise  of  any  such  remedy.

          Upon  any payment or distribution of assets of the Company referred to
in this Article XV, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Article VI of this
Indenture,  and  the Securityholders shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon
any  order  or  decree made by any court of competent jurisdiction in which such
dissolution,  winding-up, liquidation or reorganization proceedings are pending,
or  a  certificate  of the receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidation trustee,
agent  or  other  Person  making  such payment or distribution, delivered to the
Trustee  or to the Securityholders, for the purposes of ascertaining the Persons
entitled to participate in such distribution, the holders of Senior Indebtedness
and  other  indebtedness  of the Company, the amount thereof or payable thereon,
the  amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent
thereto  or  to  this  Article  XV.

     SECTION  15.05.  Trustee  to  Effectuate  Subordination.
                      --------------------------------------

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

     SECTION  15.06.  Notice  by  the  Company.
                      ------------------------

          The  Company shall give prompt written notice to a Responsible Officer
of  the  Trustee at the Principal Office of the Trustee of any fact known to the
Company  that  would  prohibit  the making of any payment of moneys to or by the
Trustee  in  respect  of  the Debt Securities pursuant to the provisions of this
Article  XV.  Notwithstanding  the  provisions  of  this Article XV or any other
provision  of this Indenture or any Additional Provisions, the Trustee shall not
be  charged with knowledge of the existence of any facts that would prohibit the
making  of  any  payment  of  moneys to or by the Trustee in respect of the Debt
Securities  pursuant  to  the  provisions of this Article XV, unless and until a
Responsible  Officer of the Trustee at the Principal Office of the Trustee shall
have  received written notice thereof from the Company or a holder or holders of
Senior  Indebtedness or from any trustee therefor; and before the receipt of any
such  written  notice,  the  Trustee, subject to the provisions of Article VI of
this  Indenture,  shall be entitled in all respects to assume that no such facts
exist; provided, however, that if the Trustee shall not have received the notice
       --------  -------
provided  for in this Section 15.06 at least two Business Days prior to the date
upon  which  by  the  terms  hereof  any  money  may  become  payable  for  any

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purpose  (including,  without  limitation,  the  payment of the principal of (or
premium,  if  any)  or  interest  on  any  Debt Security), then, anything herein
contained to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall have full power and
authority  to receive such money and to apply the same to the purposes for which
they were received, and shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary that
may be received by it within two Business Days prior to such date.

          The  Trustee,  subject  to  the  provisions  of  Article  VI  of  this
Indenture,  shall  be  entitled  to conclusively rely on the delivery to it of a
written  notice  by  a  Person representing himself or herself to be a holder of
Senior  Indebtedness of the Company (or a trustee or representative on behalf of
such  holder)  to  establish that such notice has been given by a holder of such
Senior  Indebtedness or a trustee or representative on behalf of any such holder
or  holders. In the event that the Trustee determines in good faith that further
evidence is required with respect to the right of any Person as a holder of such
Senior  Indebtedness  to  participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to
this  Article XV, the Trustee may request such Person to furnish evidence to the
reasonable  satisfaction  of  the  Trustee  as  to  the  amount  of  such Senior
Indebtedness held by such Person, the extent to which such Person is entitled to
participate in such payment or distribution and any other facts pertinent to the
rights  of  such  Person  under  this  Article  XV, and, if such evidence is not
furnished,  the  Trustee  may  defer any payment to such Person pending judicial
determination as to the right of such Person to receive such payment.

     SECTION  15.07.  Rights  of  the  Trustee,  Holders of Senior Indebtedness.
                      ---------------------------------------------------------

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

          With respect to the holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company, the
Trustee  undertakes  to  perform  or  to  observe only such of its covenants and
obligations  as  are  specifically  set forth in this Article XV, and no implied
covenants or obligations with respect to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness
shall  be  read  into  this  Indenture  or any Additional Provisions against the
Trustee. The Trustee shall not owe or be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the
holders of such Senior Indebtedness and, subject to the provisions of Article VI
of  this Indenture, the Trustee shall not be liable to any holder of such Senior
Indebtedness  if it shall pay over or deliver to Securityholders, the Company or
any other Person money or assets to which any holder of such Senior Indebtedness
shall  be  entitled  by  virtue  of  this  Article  XV  or  otherwise.

          Nothing  in  this Article XV shall apply to claims of, or payments to,
the  Trustee  under  or  pursuant  to  Section  6.06.

     SECTION  15.08.  Subordination  May  Not  Be  Impaired.
                      -------------------------------------

          No right of any present or future holder of any Senior Indebtedness of
the Company to enforce subordination as herein provided shall at any time in any
way  be  prejudiced  or impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of the
Company,  or by any act or failure to act, in good faith, by any such holder, or
by  any  noncompliance  by  the  Company,  with  the  terms,

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provisions  and covenants of this Indenture, regardless of any knowledge thereof
that  any  such  holder  may  have  or  otherwise  be  charged  with.

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

          U.S.  Bank  National  Association,  in its capacity as Trustee, hereby
accepts  the  trusts in this Indenture declared and provided, upon the terms and
conditions  herein  above  set  forth.

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          IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to
be  duly  executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of
the  day  and  year  first  above  written.

                                      Southeastern  Bank  Financial  Corporation

                                      By:
                                         ---------------------------------------
                                      Name:
                                           -------------------------------------
                                      Title:
                                            ------------------------------------

                                      U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee

                                      By:
                                         ---------------------------------------
                                      Name:
                                           -------------------------------------
                                      Title:
                                            ------------------------------------

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                                    EXHIBIT A

                    FORM OF JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEBT SECURITY
                                    DUE 2035

                           [FORM OF FACE OF SECURITY]
                            ------------------------

     THIS  CAPITAL  SECURITY  IS  A  GLOBAL  SECURITY  WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE
DECLARATION  HEREINAFTER  REFERRED  TO  AND  IS  REGISTERED  IN  THE NAME OF THE
DEPOSITORY  TRUST COMPANY ("DTC") OR A NOMINEE OF DTC.  THIS CAPITAL SECURITY IS
EXCHANGEABLE  FOR  CAPITAL  SECURITIES  REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER
THAN  DTC  OR  ITS  NOMINEE  ONLY  IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE
DECLARATION,  AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS CAPITAL SECURITY (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER OF
THIS  CAPITAL  SECURITY AS A WHOLE BY DTC TO A NOMINEE OF DTC OR BY A NOMINEE OF
DTC  TO  DTC  OR  ANOTHER  NOMINEE  OF  DTC) MAY BE REGISTERED EXCEPT IN LIMITED
CIRCUMSTANCES.

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

     THIS  SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS
AMENDED  (THE  "SECURITIES  ACT"),  OR  ANY  STATE  SECURITIES LAWS OR ANY OTHER
APPLICABLE  SECURITIES  LAWS.  NEITHER  THIS  SECURITY  NOR  ANY  INTEREST  OR
PARTICIPATION  HEREIN  MAY  BE  REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED,
ENCUMBERED  OR  OTHERWISE  DISPOSED  OF  IN  THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR
UNLESS  SUCH  TRANSACTION  IS  EXEMPT  FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS  OF  THE  SECURITIES  ACT.  THE  HOLDER  OF  THIS  SECURITY  BY ITS
ACCEPTANCE HEREOF AGREES TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH SECURITY ONLY
(A)  TO  THE  COMPANY, (B) PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT ("RULE
144A"), TO A PERSON THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A "QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL
BUYER"  AS  DEFINED  IN  RULE 144A THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE
ACCOUNT  OF  A  QUALIFIED  INSTITUTIONAL  BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE
TRANSFER  IS  BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (C) TO A "NON U.S. PERSON" IN
AN "OFFSHORE TRANSACTION" PURSUANT TO REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (D)
PURSUANT  TO  AN  EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES
ACT TO AN "ACCREDITED INVESTOR" WITHIN THE MEANING OF SUBPARAGRAPH (a) (1), (2),
(3)  OR  (7)  OF

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RULE  501  UNDER  THE  SECURITIES ACT THAT IS ACQUIRING THE SECURITY FOR ITS OWN
ACCOUNT,  OR  FOR  THE  ACCOUNT OF SUCH AN "ACCREDITED INVESTOR," FOR INVESTMENT
PURPOSES  AND  NOT  WITH A VIEW TO, OR FOR OFFER OR SALE IN CONNECTION WITH, ANY
DISTRIBUTION  IN  VIOLATION  OF  THE  SECURITIES ACT, OR (E) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER
AVAILABLE  EXEMPTION  FROM  THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT,
SUBJECT  TO  THE  COMPANY'S  RIGHT  PRIOR  TO  ANY  SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER
PURSUANT TO CLAUSES (D) OR (E) TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL,
CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO IT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
INDENTURE,  A COPY OF WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE COMPANY. THE HOLDER OF THIS
SECURITY  BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF AGREES THAT IT WILL COMPLY WITH THE FOREGOING
RESTRICTIONS.

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

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

     IN  CONNECTION  WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY WILL DELIVER
TO  THE  COMPANY  AND  TRUSTEE  SUCH  CERTIFICATES  AND

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OTHER  INFORMATION  AS  MAY  BE  REQUIRED  BY  THE INDENTURE TO CONFIRM THAT THE
TRANSFER  COMPLIES  WITH  THE  FOREGOING  RESTRICTIONS.

     THIS SECURITY WILL BE ISSUED AND MAY BE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN BLOCKS HAVING A
PRINCIPAL  AMOUNT  OF  NOT  LESS THAN $100,000 AND MULTIPLES OF $1,000 IN EXCESS
THEREOF.  ANY  ATTEMPTED TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN A BLOCK HAVING A PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT  OF  LESS THAN $100,000 SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE VOID AND OF NO LEGAL EFFECT
WHATSOEVER.  ANY  SUCH PURPORTED TRANSFEREE SHALL BE DEEMED NOT TO BE THE HOLDER
OF  THIS SECURITY FOR ANY PURPOSE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE RECEIPT OF
DISTRIBUTIONS ON THIS SECURITY, AND SUCH PURPORTED TRANSFEREE SHALL BE DEEMED TO
HAVE  NO  INTEREST  WHATSOEVER  IN  THIS  SECURITY.

     THIS OBLIGATION IS NOT A DEPOSIT AND IS NOT INSURED BY THE UNITED STATES OR
ANY AGENCY OR FUND OF THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE
CORPORATION. THIS OBLIGATION IS SUBORDINATED TO THE CLAIMS OF DEPOSITORS AND THE
CLAIMS  OF  GENERAL  AND  SECURED  CREDITORS  OF  THE  COMPANY, IS INELIGIBLE AS
COLLATERAL  FOR  A  LOAN  BY  THE  COMPANY OR ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES AND IS NOT
SECURED.

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                Form of Junior Subordinated Debt Security due 2035

                                       of

                     Southeastern Bank Financial Corporation

     Southeastern  Bank  Financial  Corporation,  a  bank  holding  company
incorporated  in  Georgia (the "Company"), for value received promises to pay to
U.S.  Bank  National  Association,  not in its individual capacity but solely as
Institutional  Trustee  for  Southeastern  Bank  Financial  Statutory Trust I, a
Connecticut statutory trust (the "Holder"), or registered assigns, the principal
sum  of  Ten Million Three Hundred Ten Thousand Dollars on December 15, 2035 and
to  pay  interest  on said principal sum from December 5, 2005, or from the most
recent  interest  payment  date  (each such date, an "Interest Payment Date") to
which  interest  has  been  paid  or  duly  provided  for, quarterly (subject to
deferral  as set forth herein) in arrears on March 15, June 15, September 15 and
December 15 of each year commencing March 15, 2006, at a variable per annum rate
equal  to  LIBOR  (as defined in the Indenture) plus 1.40% (the "Interest Rate")
(provided,  however,  that the Interest Rate for any Interest Payment Period may
not  exceed  the  highest  rate  permitted  by  New York law, as the same may be
modified  by  United  States  law  of general applicability) until the principal
hereof  shall  have  become  due  and  payable, and on any overdue principal and
(without  duplication  and  to  the  extent  that  payment  of  such interest is
enforceable  under  applicable law) on any overdue installment of interest at an
annual  rate equal to the Interest Rate in effect for each such Extension Period
compounded  quarterly.  The  amount  of interest payable on any Interest Payment
Date  shall  be  on  the  basis  of a 360-day year and the actual number of days
elapsed  in  the  relevant  interest  period.  Notwithstanding  anything  to the
contrary  contained  herein,  if  any  Interest  Payment Date, other than on the
Maturity  Date,  any  Redemption Date or the Special Redemption Date, falls on a
day  that  is not a Business Day, then any interest payable will be paid on, and
such  Interest  Payment Date will be moved to, the next succeeding Business Day,
and additional interest will accrue for each day that such payment is delayed as
a  result  thereof.  If  the  Maturity  Date, any Redemption Date or the Special
Redemption  Date  falls on a day that is not a Business Day, then the principal,
premium,  if  any, and/or interest payable on such date will be paid on the next
succeeding  Business  Day,  and no additional interest will accrue in respect of
such payment made on such next succeeding Business Day. The interest installment
so  payable,  and  punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment
Date  will,  as  provided  in the Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name
this  Debt  Security  (or one or more Predecessor Securities, as defined in said
Indenture) is registered at the close of business on the regular record date for
such  interest  installment,  except  that  interest  and  any Deferred Interest
payable  on  the  Maturity Date shall be paid to the Person to whom principal is
paid.  Any  such  interest  installment not punctually paid or duly provided for
shall  forthwith  cease  to be payable to the registered holders on such regular
record  date  and may be paid to the Person in whose name this Debt Security (or
one  or more Predecessor Debt Securities) is registered at the close of business
on  a  special  record  date  to be fixed by the Trustee for the payment of such
defaulted  interest,  notice whereof shall be given to the registered holders of
the Debt Securities not less than 10 days prior to such special record date, all
as  more  fully provided in the Indenture. The principal of and interest on this
Debt  Security shall be payable at the office or agency of the Trustee (or other
Paying  Agent  appointed by the Company) maintained for that purpose in any coin
or currency of the United States of America that at the time of payment is legal
tender  for  payment  of  public  and  private  debts;  provided,  however, that
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payment  of interest may be made at the option of the Company by check mailed to
the  registered  holder  at  such  address  as shall appear in the Debt Security
Register  or  by  wire  transfer  or  immediately  available funds to an account
appropriately designated by the holder hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, so
long  as  the holder of this Debt Security is the Institutional Trustee, payment
of  the  principal  of  and  premium, if any, and interest on this Debt Security
shall  be made in immediately available funds when due at such place and to such
account  as  may  be  designated  by  the Institutional Trustee. All payments in
respect  of  this  Debt Security shall be payable in any coin or currency of the
United States of America that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment
of  public  and  private  debts.

          Upon submission of Notice (as defined in the Indenture) and so long as
it  is  acting  in  good  faith,  and so long as no Event of Default pursuant to
paragraphs  (c), (e) or (f) of Section 5.01 of the Indenture has occurred and is
continuing  the  Company  shall  have  the  right, from time to time and without
causing  an  Event  of  Default,  to  defer  payments  of  interest  on the Debt
Securities  by extending the interest distribution period on the Debt Securities
at any time and from time to time during the term of the Debt Securities, for up
to  20  consecutive  quarterly periods (each such extended interest distribution
period,  an "Extension Period"), during which Extension Period no interest shall
be due and payable (except any Additional Interest that may be due and payable).
During  any  Extension  Period,  interest  will  continue  to accrue on the Debt
Securities,  and  interest  on  such accrued interest (such accrued interest and
interest  thereon  referred  to herein as "Deferred Interest") will accrue at an
annual  rate equal to the Interest Rate applicable during such Extension Period,
compounded  quarterly  from  the  date  such  Deferred  Interest would have been
payable were it not for the Extension Period, to the extent permitted by law. No
Extension  Period  may end on a date other than an Interest Payment Date. At the
end  of  any  such  Extension Period the Company shall pay all Deferred Interest
then  accrued  and  unpaid  on  the  Debt Securities; provided, however, that no
                                                      --------  -------
Extension  Period  may  extend beyond the Maturity Date, any Redemption Date (to
the  extent  redeemed),  or  any Special Redemption Date; and provided, further,
                                                              --------  -------
however,  during  any  such Extension Period, the Company may not (i) declare or
pay  any  dividends or distributions on, or redeem, purchase, acquire, or make a
liquidation  payment with respect to, any of the Company's capital stock or (ii)
make  any  payment  of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on or repay,
repurchase  or redeem any debt securities of the Company that rank pari passu in
all respects with or junior in interest to the Debt Securities or (iii) make any
payment under any guarantees of the Company that rank in all respects pari passu
with  or  junior  in respect to the Capital Securities Guarantee (other than (a)
repurchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of capital stock of the
Company  (A)  in  connection with any employment contract, benefit plan or other
similar  arrangement with or for the benefit of one or more employees, officers,
directors  or  consultants,  (B)  in  connection with a dividend reinvestment or
stockholder  stock  purchase  plan  or  (C)  in  connection with the issuance of
capital  stock of the Company (or securities convertible into or exercisable for
such capital stock), as consideration in an acquisition transaction entered into
prior  to  the  applicable  Extension  Period,  (b) as a result of any exchange,
reclassification,  combination  or  conversion  of  any  class  or series of the
Company's  capital  stock  (or any capital stock of a subsidiary of the Company)
for any class or series of the Company's capital stock or of any class or series
of  the  Company's indebtedness for any class or series of the Company's capital
stock,  (c)  the  purchase  of  fractional  interests in shares of the Company's
capital  stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such capital
stock  or  the  security  being converted or exchanged, (d) any declaration of a
dividend  in  connection  with any stockholder's rights plan, or the issuance of

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rights,  stock  or  other  property  under any stockholder's rights plan, or the
redemption  or repurchase of rights pursuant thereto, or (e) any dividend in the
form of stock, warrants, options or other rights where the dividend stock or the
stock  issuable  upon  exercise of such warrants, options or other rights is the
same  stock as that on which the dividend is being paid or ranks pari passu with
or  junior to such stock). Prior to the termination of any Extension Period, the
Company  may  further  extend such Extension Period; provided, that no Extension
                                                     --------
Period  (including all previous and further consecutive extensions that are part
of  such  Extension  Period)  shall  exceed 20 consecutive quarterly periods, or
extend  beyond  the  Maturity Date. Upon the termination of any Extension Period
and  upon  the  payment of all Deferred Interest, the Company may commence a new
Extension  Period, subject to the foregoing requirements.  The Company must give
the  Trustee notice of its election to begin any Extension Period ("Notice") not
later  than  the  related  regular record date for the relevant Interest Payment
Date.  The  Notice  shall  describe  why  the  Company  has  elected to begin an
Extension  Period.  The  Notice  shall  acknowledge  and  affirm  the  Company's
understanding  that  it  is  prohibited  from  issuing  dividends  and  other
distributions  during  the  Extension  Period.  Upon  receipt  of the Notice, an
Initial  Purchaser shall have the right, at its sole discretion, to disclose the
name of the Company, the fact that the Company has elected to begin an Extension
Period  and  other  information  that  such  Initial  Purchaser,  at  its  sole
discretion,  deems  relevant  to  the  Company's  election to begin an Extension
Period.  The  Trustee shall give notice of the Company's election to begin a new
Extension  Period  to  the  Securityholders.

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

     The  Company  waives  diligence, presentment, demand for payment, notice of
nonpayment,  notice  of  protest,  and  all  other  demands  and  notices.

     This Debt Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture
hereinafter  referred  to  and  shall  not be valid or become obligatory for any
purpose until the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been signed by
or  on  behalf  of  the  Trustee.

     The  provisions  of  this  Debt  Security are continued on the reverse side
hereof and such continued provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect
as  though  fully  set  forth  at  this  place.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has duly executed this certificate.

                                        Southeastern  Bank Financial Corporation

                                        By:
                                           -------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                             -----------------------------------
                                        Title:
                                              ----------------------------------

     Dated:                  ,  2005
           ------------------

                          CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
                          -----------------------------

     This  is  one  of  the  Debt Securities referred to in the within-mentioned
Indenture.

                                        U.S. Bank National Association, not in
                                        its individual capacity but solely as
                                        Trustee

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

     Dated:                  ,  2005
           ------------------

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                          [FORM OF REVERSE OF SECURITY]

     This Debt Security is one of a duly authorized series of Debt Securities of
the  Company,  all  issued  or  to  be  issued  pursuant  to  an  Indenture (the
"Indenture"),  dated as of December 5, 2005, duly executed and delivered between
the  Company  and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee (the "Trustee"), to
which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made
for  a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and
immunities  thereunder  of  the Trustee, the Company and the holders of the Debt
Securities  (referred  to  herein  as  the "Debt Securities") of which this Debt
Security  is  a  part.  The summary of the terms of this Debt Security contained
herein  does  not  purport  to  be complete and is qualified by reference to the
Indenture.

     Upon  the occurrence and continuation of a Tax Event, an Investment Company
Event  or a Capital Treatment Event (each a "Special Event"), this Debt Security
may  become  due  and  payable, in whole or in part, at any time, within 90 days
following  the occurrence of such Tax Event, Investment Company Event or Capital
Treatment  Event  (the  "Special  Redemption  Date"), as the case may be, at the
Special  Redemption  Price.

     The  Company  shall also have the right to redeem this Debt Security at the
option  of the Company, in whole or in part, on any March 15, June 15, September
15  or  December  15 on or after December 15, 2010 (a "Redemption Date"), at the
Redemption  Price.

     Any redemption pursuant to the preceding paragraph will be made, subject to
the  receipt by the Company of prior approval from any regulatory authority with
jurisdiction over the Company if such approval is then required under applicable
capital  guidelines or policies of such regulatory authority, upon not less than
30  days'  nor  more  than  60  days'  notice.  If  the Debt Securities are only
partially redeemed by the Company, the Debt Securities will be redeemed pro rata
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or by lot or by any other method utilized by the Trustee.

     "Redemption  Price"  means  100%  of  the  principal  amount  of  the  Debt
Securities  being  redeemed  plus  accrued  and  unpaid  interest  on  such Debt
Securities  to  the  Redemption  Date.

     "Special  Redemption  Price"  means,  with respect to the redemption of any
Debt  Security following a Special Event, an amount in cash equal to 103.525% of
the  principal  amount  of  Debt Securities to be redeemed prior to December 15,
2006  and thereafter equal to the percentage of the principal amount of the Debt
Securities that is specified below for the Special Redemption Date plus, in each
case, unpaid interest accrued thereon to the Special Redemption Date:

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         Special Redemption During the
     12-Month Period Beginning December 15  Percentage of Principal Amount
     -------------------------------------  ------------------------------
<S>                                        <C>
                      2006                             103.140%
                      2007                             102.355%
                      2008                             101.570%
                      2009                             100.785%
              2010 and thereafter                      100.000%
</TABLE>

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     In  the  event of redemption of this Debt Security in part only, a new Debt
Security  or Debt Securities for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in
the  name  of  the  holder  hereof  upon  the  cancellation  hereof.

     In  certain  cases  where an Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture,
shall  have  occurred  and  be  continuing,  the  principal  of  all of the Debt
Securities  may be declared, and, in certain cases, shall ipso facto become, due
and  payable,  and  upon  such  declaration of acceleration shall become due and
payable,  in  each  case,  in  the  manner,  with  the effect and subject to the
conditions  provided  in  the  Indenture.

     The  Indenture  contains provisions permitting the Company and the Trustee,
with  the  consent  of  the  holders  of  not  less than a majority in aggregate
principal  amount  of  the  Debt  Securities  at  the  time outstanding affected
thereby,  as  specified in the Indenture, to execute supplemental indentures for
the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating
any  of  the  provisions of the Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or of
modifying  in  any  manner  the  rights  of  the holders of the Debt Securities;
provided,  however,  that  no  such  supplemental  indenture  shall, among other
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things,  without  the  consent  of  the  holders  of  each  Debt  Security  then
outstanding  and  affected  thereby  (i)  change  the  Maturity Date of any Debt
Security,  or  reduce  the  principal  amount thereof or any premium thereon, or
reduce  the  rate  (or  manner of calculation of the rate) or extend the time of
payment  of  interest thereon, or reduce (other than as a result of the maturity
or  earlier redemption of any such Debt Security in accordance with the terms of
the Indenture and such Debt Security) or increase the aggregate principal amount
of Debt Securities then outstanding, or change any of the redemption provisions,
or  make the principal thereof or any interest or premium thereon payable in any
coin or currency other than United States Dollars, or impair or affect the right
of  any  holder of Debt Securities to institute suit for the payment thereof, or
(ii)  reduce  the  aforesaid percentage of Debt Securities, the holders of which
are  required  to consent to any such supplemental indenture. The Indenture also
contains  provisions permitting the holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount  of  the Debt Securities at the time outstanding, on behalf of all of the
holders  of the Debt Securities, to waive any past default in the performance of
any  of the covenants contained in the Indenture, or established pursuant to the
Indenture, and its consequences, except (a) a default in payments due in respect
of  any of the Debt Securities, (b) in respect of covenants or provisions of the
Indenture  which cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the holder
of  each  Debt  Security  affected,  or  (c)  in respect of the covenants of the
Company  relating  to  its ownership of Common Securities of the Trust. Any such
consent or waiver by the registered holder of this Debt Security (unless revoked
as  provided  in the Indenture) shall be conclusive and binding upon such holder
and  upon  all  future  holders and owners of this Debt Security and of any Debt
Security  issued in exchange herefor or in place hereof (whether by registration
of  transfer  or otherwise), irrespective of whether or not any notation of such
consent  or  waiver  is  made  upon  this  Debt  Security.

     No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Debt Security
or  of  the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which
is  absolute and unconditional, to pay all payments due on this Debt Security at
the time and place and at the rate and in the money herein prescribed.

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     As  provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations herein and
therein  set  forth, this Debt Security is transferable by the registered holder
hereof on the Debt Security Register of the Company, upon surrender of this Debt
Security  for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Trustee in
Boston,  Massachusetts  accompanied  by  a  written instrument or instruments of
transfer in form satisfactory to the Company or the Trustee duly executed by the
registered  holder  hereof or such holder's attorney duly authorized in writing,
and  thereupon  one  or more new Debt Securities of authorized denominations and
for  the  same  aggregate  principal  amount  will  be  issued to the designated
transferee  or  transferees.  No  service  charge  will  be  made  for  any such
registration  of  transfer,  but  the  Company  may  require  payment  of  a sum
sufficient  to  cover  any  tax or other governmental charge payable in relation
thereto.

     Prior  to  due  presentment  for  registration  of  transfer  of  this Debt
Security,  the Company, the Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent,
any  transfer  agent  and  the  Debt  Security  registrar may deem and treat the
registered  holder hereof as the absolute owner hereof (whether or not this Debt
Security shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notice of ownership or writing
hereon) for the purpose of receiving payment of the principal of and premium, if
any,  and interest on this Debt Security and for all other purposes, and neither
the  Company  nor  the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent nor any Paying Agent
nor  any transfer agent nor any Debt Security registrar shall be affected by any
notice  to  the  contrary.

     No  recourse  shall  be  had  for  the  payment  of the principal of or the
interest  on  this Debt Security, or for any claim based hereon, or otherwise in
respect  hereof,  or  based  on  or  in  respect  of  the Indenture, against any
incorporator,  stockholder,  officer  or  director,  past, present or future, as
such,  of the Company or of any predecessor or successor corporation, whether by
virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any
assessment  or penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by the acceptance
hereof  and  as  part  of  the  consideration for the issuance hereof, expressly
waived  and  released.

     The  Debt  Securities  are  issuable  only  in registered certificated form
without coupons. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations
herein  and  therein  set  forth,  Debt  Securities  are exchangeable for a like
aggregate  principal  amount  of  Debt  Securities  of  a  different  authorized
denomination,  as  requested  by  the  holder  surrendering  the  same.

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

     THE  LAW  OF  THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN THE INDENTURE AND THE DEBT
SECURITIES,  WITHOUT  REGARD  TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF (OTHER THAN
SECTION  5-1401  OF  THE  GENERAL  OBLIGATIONS  LAW).

                                      A-10EXHIBIT 4.2

                               GUARANTEE AGREEMENT

                     Southeastern Bank Financial Corporation

                          Dated as of December 5, 2005

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                                  Table of Contents

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                                      ARTICLE I
                           DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

SECTION 1.1.     Definitions and Interpretation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     1

                                     ARTICLE II
                 POWERS, DUTIES AND RIGHTS OF THE GUARANTEE TRUSTEE

SECTION 2.1.     Powers and Duties of the Guarantee Trustee. . . . . . . . . .     4

SECTION 2.2.     Certain Rights of the Guarantee Trustee . . . . . . . . . . .     5

SECTION 2.3.     Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Guarantee . . . .     7

SECTION 2.4.     Events of Default; Waiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     7

SECTION 2.5.     Events of Default; Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     8

                                    ARTICLE III
                              THE GUARANTEE TRUSTEE

SECTION 3.1.     The Guarantee Trustee; Eligibility. . . . . . . . . . . . . .     8

SECTION 3.2.     Appointment, Removal and Resignation of the Guarantee Trustee     9

                                    ARTICLE IV
                                    GUARANTEE

SECTION 4.1.     Guarantee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     9

SECTION 4.2.     Waiver of Notice and Demand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    10

SECTION 4.3.     Obligations Not Affected. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    10

SECTION 4.4.     Rights of Holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    11

SECTION 4.5.     Guarantee of Payment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    11

SECTION 4.6.     Subrogation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    11

SECTION 4.7.     Independent Obligations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    12

SECTION 4.8.     Enforcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    12

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                                  TABLE OF CONTENTS
                                     (continued)

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                                      ARTICLE V
                      LIMITATION OF TRANSACTIONS; SUBORDINATION

SECTION 5.1.     Limitation of Transactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     12

SECTION 5.2.     Ranking                                                          13

                                     ARTICLE VI
                                    TERMINATION

SECTION 6.1.     Termination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    13

                                    ARTICLE VII
                                  INDEMNIFICATION

SECTION 7.1.     Exculpation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    14

SECTION 7.2.     Indemnification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    14

SECTION 7.3.     Compensation; Reimbursement of Expenses . . . . . . . . . . .    15

                                    ARTICLE VIII
                                    MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 8.1.     Successors and Assigns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     16

SECTION 8.2.     Amendments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     16

SECTION 8.3.     Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    16

SECTION 8.4.     Benefit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    17

SECTION 8.5.     Governing Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    17

SECTION 8.6.     Counterparts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     17
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                               GUARANTEE AGREEMENT
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          This  GUARANTEE  AGREEMENT  (the "Guarantee"), dated as of December 5,
2005,  is  executed  and  delivered  by Southeastern Bank Financial Corporation,
incorporated  in  Georgia (the "Guarantor"), and U.S. Bank National Association,
as trustee (the "Guarantee Trustee"), for the benefit of the Holders (as defined
herein)  from  time  to  time  of  the Capital Securities (as defined herein) of
Southeastern  Bank  Financial  Statutory  Trust I, a Connecticut statutory trust
(the  "Issuer").

          WHEREAS, pursuant to an Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust (the
"Declaration"),  dated  as of December 5, 2005, among the trustees named therein
of  the  Issuer,  Southeastern  Bank  Financial Corporation, as sponsor, and the
Holders from time to time of undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the
Issuer, the Issuer is issuing on the date hereof securities, having an aggregate
liquidation  amount  of  up  to  $10,000,000,  designated the TP Securities (the
"Capital  Securities");  and

          WHEREAS,  as  incentive  for  the  Holders  to  purchase  the  Capital
Securities,  the  Guarantor desires irrevocably and unconditionally to agree, to
the  extent  set  forth  in  this  Guarantee,  to  pay to the Holders of Capital
Securities  the Guarantee Payments (as defined herein) and to make certain other
payments  on  the  terms  and  conditions  set  forth  herein.

          NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the purchase by each Holder of the
Capital Securities, which purchase the Guarantor hereby agrees shall benefit the
Guarantor, the Guarantor executes and delivers this Guarantee for the benefit of
the  Holders.

                                    ARTICLE I
                         DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

SECTION 1.1.  Definitions and Interpretation.
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          In this Guarantee, unless the context otherwise requires:

          (a)  capitalized  terms  used in this Guarantee but not defined in the
     preamble  above  have  the  respective  meanings  assigned  to them in this
     Section  1.1;

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

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

          (d)  all  references in this Guarantee to Articles and Sections are to
     Articles and Sections of this Guarantee, unless otherwise specified;

          (e)  terms  defined  in the Declaration as of the date of execution of
     this  Guarantee  have the same meanings when used in this Guarantee, unless
     otherwise  defined  in  this  Guarantee  or  unless  the  context otherwise
     requires;  and

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

          "Beneficiaries"  means  any  Person to whom the Issuer is or hereafter
becomes  indebted  or  liable.

          "Corporate  Trust Office" means the office of the Guarantee Trustee at
which  the  corporate  trust  business  of  the  Guarantee Trustee shall, at any
particular  time,  be  principally  administered.

          "Covered Person" means any Holder of Capital Securities.

          "Debentures"  means the junior subordinated debentures of Southeastern
Bank  Financial  Corporation, designated the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities
due  2035,  held by the Institutional Trustee (as defined in the Declaration) of
the  Issuer.

          "Event of Default" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4.

          "Guarantee  Payments"  means  the following payments or distributions,
without  duplication,  with respect to the Capital Securities, to the extent not
paid or made by the Issuer: (i) any accrued and unpaid Distributions (as defined
in  the Declaration) which are required to be paid on such Capital Securities to
the extent the Issuer has funds available in the Property Account (as defined in
the Declaration) therefor at such time, (ii) the Redemption Price (as defined in
the  Indenture)  to  the  extent  the Issuer has funds available in the Property
Account therefor at such time, with respect to any Capital Securities called for
redemption  by the Issuer, (iii) the Special Redemption Price (as defined in the
Indenture)  to the extent the Issuer has funds available in the Property Account
therefor  at such time, with respect to Capital Securities called for redemption
upon  the  occurrence of a Special Event (as defined in the Indenture), and (iv)
upon  a  voluntary  or  involuntary  liquidation,  dissolution,  winding-up  or
termination  of  the  Issuer  (other than in connection with the distribution of
Debentures  to  the  Holders  of  the Capital Securities in exchange therefor as
provided in the Declaration), the lesser of (a) the aggregate of the liquidation
amount and all accrued and unpaid Distributions on the Capital Securities to the
date  of  payment,  to the extent the Issuer has funds available in the Property
Account  therefor  at  such  time,  and  (b)  the amount of assets of the Issuer
remaining  available  for  distribution  to Holders in liquidation of the Issuer
after  satisfaction  of  liabilities  to  creditors of the Issuer as required by
applicable  law  (in  either  case,  the  "Liquidation  Distribution").

          "Guarantee  Trustee"  means  U.S.  Bank  National Association, until a
Successor Guarantee Trustee has been appointed and has accepted such appointment
pursuant to the terms of this Guarantee and thereafter means each such Successor
Guarantee  Trustee.

          "Holder"  means  any holder, as registered on the books and records of
the  Issuer,  of any Capital Securities; provided, however, that, in determining
whether the holders of the requisite percentage of Capital Securities have given
any request, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, "Holder" shall not include the
Guarantor  or  any  Affiliate  of  the  Guarantor.

          "Indemnified  Person"  means  the  Guarantee Trustee (including in its
individual  capacity),  any Affiliate of the Guarantee Trustee, or any officers,
directors,  shareholders,

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members, partners, employees, representatives, nominees, custodians or agents of
the  Guarantee  Trustee.

          "Indenture" means the Indenture, dated as of December 5, 2005, between
the Guarantor and U.S. Bank National Association, not in its individual capacity
but  solely as trustee, and any indenture supplemental thereto pursuant to which
the  Debentures  are  to  be  issued to the Institutional Trustee of the Issuer.

          "Liquidation Distribution" has the meaning set forth in the definition
of  "Guarantee  Payments"  herein.

          "Majority  in  liquidation  amount  of  the  Capital Securities" means
Holder(s)  of  outstanding  Capital  Securities, voting together as a class, but
separately  from  the  holders  of  Common  Securities,  of more than 50% of the
aggregate  liquidation amount (including the stated amount that would be paid on
redemption,  liquidation or otherwise, plus accrued and unpaid Distributions to,
but excluding, the date upon which the voting percentages are determined) of all
Capital  Securities  then  outstanding.

          "Obligations"  means  any  costs,  expenses  or  liabilities  (but not
including liabilities related to taxes) of the Issuer, other than obligations of
the  Issuer  to  pay  to  holders  of  any Trust Securities the amounts due such
holders  pursuant  to  the  terms  of  the  Trust  Securities.

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

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

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

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

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

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

          "Responsible  Officer"  means,  with respect to the Guarantee Trustee,
any  officer  within  the  Corporate  Trust Office of the Guarantee Trustee with
direct  responsibility  for  the  administration of any matters relating to this
Guarantee,  including  any  vice  president,  any

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assistant vice president, any secretary, any assistant secretary, the treasurer,
any  assistant  treasurer,  any  trust officer or other officer of the Corporate
Trust  Office  of the Guarantee Trustee customarily performing functions similar
to  those performed by any of the above designated officers and also means, with
respect  to  a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such
matter  is  referred because of that officer's knowledge of and familiarity with
the  particular  subject.

          "Successor  Guarantee  Trustee"  means  a  successor Guarantee Trustee
possessing the qualifications to act as Guarantee Trustee under Section 3.1.

          "Trust  Securities"  means  the  Common  Securities  and  the  Capital
Securities.

                                   ARTICLE II
               POWERS, DUTIES AND RIGHTS OF THE GUARANTEE TRUSTEE

SECTION 2.1.  Powers and Duties of the Guarantee Trustee.
              -------------------------------------------

          (a)  This  Guarantee  shall  be  held by the Guarantee Trustee for the
     benefit of the Holders of the Capital Securities, and the Guarantee Trustee
     shall  not transfer this Guarantee to any Person except a Holder of Capital
     Securities  exercising his or her rights pursuant to Section 4.4(b) or to a
     Successor  Guarantee  Trustee  on  acceptance  by  such Successor Guarantee
     Trustee  of  its  appointment  to  act  as Successor Guarantee Trustee. The
     right, title and interest of the Guarantee Trustee shall automatically vest
     in any Successor Guarantee Trustee, and such vesting and cessation of title
     shall be effective whether or not conveyancing documents have been executed
     and  delivered  pursuant  to  the  appointment  of such Successor Guarantee
     Trustee.

          (b)  If an Event of Default actually known to a Responsible Officer of
     the Guarantee Trustee has occurred and is continuing, the Guarantee Trustee
     shall  enforce this Guarantee for the benefit of the Holders of the Capital
     Securities.

          (c)  The  Guarantee  Trustee,  before  the  occurrence of any Event of
     Default  and  after the curing or waiving of all Events of Default that may
     have  occurred,  shall  undertake  to  perform  only  such  duties  as  are
     specifically set forth in this Guarantee, and no implied covenants shall be
     read into this Guarantee against the Guarantee Trustee. In case an Event of
     Default has occurred (that has not been cured or waived pursuant to Section
     2.4(b))  and  is  actually  known to a Responsible Officer of the Guarantee
     Trustee, the Guarantee Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers
     vested  in  it by this Guarantee, and use the same degree of care and skill
     in  its  exercise  thereof, as a prudent person would exercise or use under
     the  circumstances  in  the  conduct  of  his  or  her  own  affairs.

          (d)  No  provision of this Guarantee shall be construed to relieve the
     Guarantee  Trustee  from  liability  for  its own negligent action, its own
     negligent  failure  to  act,  or  its  own willful misconduct, except that:

               (i) prior to the occurrence of any Event of Default and after the
          curing  or  waiving  of  all Events of Default that may have occurred:

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                    (A)  the  duties  and  obligations  of the Guarantee Trustee
               shall  be  determined  solely  by  the express provisions of this
               Guarantee,  and  the Guarantee Trustee shall not be liable except
               for  the  performance  of  such  duties  and  obligations  as are
               specifically  set  forth  in  this  Guarantee,  and  no  implied
               covenants  or  obligations  shall  be  read  into  this Guarantee
               against  the  Guarantee  Trustee;  and

                    (B) in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Guarantee
               Trustee,  the  Guarantee Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the
               truth  of  the  statements  and  the  correctness of the opinions
               expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished to
               the  Guarantee Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this
               Guarantee;  but  in the case of any such certificates or opinions
               furnished  to  the Guarantee Trustee, the Guarantee Trustee shall
               be  under  a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not
               on their face they conform to the requirements of this Guarantee;

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

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

               (iv)  no  provision of this Guarantee shall require the Guarantee
          Trustee  to  expend  or risk its own funds or otherwise incur personal
          financial  liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the
          exercise  of  any  of  its  rights or powers, if the Guarantee Trustee
          shall have reasonable grounds for believing that the repayment of such
          funds  is  not  reasonably  assured  to  it  under  the  terms of this
          Guarantee,  or  security and indemnity, reasonably satisfactory to the
          Guarantee  Trustee,  against  such risk or liability is not reasonably
          assured  to  it.

SECTION 2.2.  Certain Rights of the Guarantee Trustee.
              ----------------------------------------

          (a)  Subject to the provisions of Section 2.1:

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

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               (ii)  Any  direction or act of the Guarantor contemplated by this
          Guarantee shall be sufficiently evidenced by an Officer's Certificate.

               (iii)  Whenever,  in  the  administration  of this Guarantee, the
          Guarantee  Trustee  shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or
          established before taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder,
          the  Guarantee  Trustee  (unless other evidence is herein specifically
          prescribed)  may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, request and
          conclusively  rely  upon  an  Officer's  Certificate  of the Guarantor
          which,  upon  receipt  of such request, shall be promptly delivered by
          the  Guarantor.

               (iv)  The  Guarantee  Trustee  shall  have  no duty to see to any
          recording,  filing  or registration of any instrument or other writing
          (or  any  rerecording,  refiling  or  reregistration  thereof).

               (v)  The  Guarantee  Trustee  may  consult  with  counsel  of its
          selection,  and  the advice or opinion of such counsel with respect to
          legal  matters shall be full and complete authorization and protection
          in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in
          good faith and in accordance with such advice or opinion. Such counsel
          may  be  counsel  to  the  Guarantor  or any of its Affiliates and may
          include  any  of  its  employees. The Guarantee Trustee shall have the
          right  at  any time to seek instructions concerning the administration
          of  this  Guarantee  from  any  court  of  competent  jurisdiction.

               (vi)  The  Guarantee  Trustee  shall  be  under  no obligation to
          exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Guarantee at
          the  request or direction of any Holder, unless such Holder shall have
          provided  to  the  Guarantee  Trustee  such  security  and  indemnity,
          reasonably  satisfactory  to the Guarantee Trustee, against the costs,
          expenses  (including  attorneys' fees and expenses and the expenses of
          the  Guarantee  Trustee's  agents,  nominees  or  custodians)  and
          liabilities  that  might  be  incurred  by  it  in complying with such
          request  or  direction,  including  such reasonable advances as may be
          requested  by  the  Guarantee Trustee; provided, however, that nothing
                                                 --------  -------
          contained  in  this  Section  2.2(a)(vi) shall be taken to relieve the
          Guarantee  Trustee, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, of its
          obligation  to  exercise  the  rights  and powers vested in it by this
          Guarantee.

               (vii)  The  Guarantee  Trustee  shall  not  be  bound to make any
          investigation  into  the  facts  or  matters stated in any resolution,
          certificate,  statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request,
          direction,  consent,  order,  bond, debenture, note, other evidence of
          indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Guarantee Trustee, in
          its  discretion,  may  make such further inquiry or investigation into
          such  facts  or  matters  as  it  may  see  fit.

               (viii)  The  Guarantee  Trustee  may execute any of the trusts or
          powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by
          or  through  agents,  nominees,  custodians  or  attorneys,  and  the
          Guarantee  Trustee  shall  not  be

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          responsible  for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent
          or  attorney  appointed  with  due  care  by  it  hereunder.

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

               (x)  Whenever  in  the  administration  of  this  Guarantee  the
          Guarantee Trustee shall deem it desirable to receive instructions with
          respect  to  enforcing  any remedy or right or taking any other action
          hereunder, the Guarantee Trustee (A) may request instructions from the
          Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Capital Securities,
          (B)  may  refrain  from  enforcing such remedy or right or taking such
          other  action  until  such  instructions are received and (C) shall be
          protected in conclusively relying on or acting in accordance with such
          instructions.

               (xi)  The  Guarantee  Trustee  shall not be liable for any action
          taken,  suffered,  or  omitted  to  be  taken  by it in good faith and
          reasonably believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or
          rights  or  powers  conferred  upon  it  by  this  Guarantee.

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

SECTION 2.3.  Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Guarantee.
              ------------------------------------------------------

          The  recitals  contained  in  this  Guarantee  shall  be  taken as the
statements  of  the  Guarantor,  and  the  Guarantee Trustee does not assume any
responsibility  for  their  correctness.  The  Guarantee  Trustee  makes  no
representation  as  to  the  validity  or  sufficiency  of  this  Guarantee.

SECTION 2.4.  Events of Default; Waiver.
              --------------------------

          (a)  An  Event  of  Default  under  this Guarantee will occur upon the
     failure of the Guarantor to perform any of its payment or other obligations
     hereunder.

          (b)  The  Holders  of  a Majority in liquidation amount of the Capital
     Securities  may,  voting or consenting as a class, on behalf of the Holders
     of  all  of the Capital Securities, waive any past Event of Default and its
     consequences.  Upon  such  waiver,  any

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

SECTION 2.5.  Events of Default; Notice.
              --------------------------

          (a)  The  Guarantee Trustee shall, within 90 days after the occurrence
     of  an  Event of Default, transmit by mail, first class postage prepaid, to
     the  Holders  of  the  Capital Securities, notices of all Events of Default
     actually  known  to  a Responsible Officer of the Guarantee Trustee, unless
     such  defaults  have been cured before the giving of such notice; provided,
                                                                       ---------
     however,  that the Guarantee Trustee shall be protected in withholding such
     -------
     notice  if and so long as a Responsible Officer of the Guarantee Trustee in
     good  faith  determines  that  the  withholding  of  such  notice is in the
     interests  of  the  Holders  of  the  Capital  Securities.

          (b)  The  Guarantee Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any
     Event  of  Default unless the Guarantee Trustee shall have received written
     notice thereof from the Guarantor or a Holder of the Capital Securities, or
     a  Responsible  Officer  of  the  Guarantee  Trustee  charged  with  the
     administration  of  this  Guarantee  shall  have  actual knowledge thereof.

                                   ARTICLE III
                              THE GUARANTEE TRUSTEE

SECTION 3.1.  The Guarantee Trustee; Eligibility.
              -----------------------------------

          (a)  There  shall  at  all  times  be a Guarantee Trustee which shall:

               (i)  not  be  an  Affiliate  of  the  Guarantor;  and

               (ii) be a corporation or national association organized and doing
          business  under  the laws of the United States of America or any state
          or  territory  thereof  or  of  the  District  of  Columbia, or Person
          authorized  under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having
          a  combined capital and surplus of at least Fifty Million U.S. Dollars
          ($50,000,000),  and  subject to supervision or examination by federal,
          state,  territorial  or  District  of  Columbia  authority.  If  such
          corporation  or national association publishes reports of condition at
          least  annually,  pursuant  to  law  or  to  the  requirements  of the
          supervising  or  examining  authority referred to above, then, for the
          purposes  of this Section 3.1(a)(ii), the combined capital and surplus
          of  such corporation or national association shall be deemed to be its
          combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of
          condition  so  published.

          (b) If at any time the Guarantee Trustee shall cease to be eligible to
     so act under Section 3.1(a), the Guarantee Trustee shall immediately resign
     in  the  manner  and  with  the  effect  set  forth  in  Section  3.2(c).

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

SECTION 3.2.  Appointment, Removal and Resignation of the Guarantee Trustee.
              --------------------------------------------------------------

          (a)  Subject to Section 3.2(b), the Guarantee Trustee may be appointed
     or  removed  without  cause  at  any time by the Guarantor except during an
     Event  of  Default.

          (b)  The  Guarantee  Trustee  shall  not be removed in accordance with
     Section  3.2(a)  until a Successor Guarantee Trustee has been appointed and
     has  accepted  such  appointment  by  written  instrument  executed by such
     Successor  Guarantee  Trustee  and  delivered  to  the  Guarantor.

          (c)  The Guarantee Trustee appointed to office shall hold office until
     a  Successor  Guarantee  Trustee  shall  have  been  appointed or until its
     removal  or  resignation.  The  Guarantee  Trustee  may  resign from office
     (without  need  for  prior  or  subsequent  accounting) by an instrument in
     writing  executed  by the Guarantee Trustee and delivered to the Guarantor,
     which resignation shall not take effect until a Successor Guarantee Trustee
     has  been  appointed  and has accepted such appointment by an instrument in
     writing  executed  by such Successor Guarantee Trustee and delivered to the
     Guarantor  and  the  resigning  Guarantee  Trustee.

          (d)  If  no  Successor Guarantee Trustee shall have been appointed and
     accepted  appointment  as provided in this Section 3.2 within 60 days after
     delivery  of an instrument of removal or resignation, the Guarantee Trustee
     resigning or being removed may petition any court of competent jurisdiction
     for appointment of a Successor Guarantee Trustee. Such court may thereupon,
     after  prescribing  such  notice,  if any, as it may deem proper, appoint a
     Successor  Guarantee  Trustee.

          (e)  No Guarantee Trustee shall be liable for the acts or omissions to
     act  of  any  Successor  Guarantee  Trustee.

          (f)  Upon  termination  of this Guarantee or removal or resignation of
     the Guarantee Trustee pursuant to this Section 3.2, the Guarantor shall pay
     to  the  Guarantee Trustee all amounts owing to the Guarantee Trustee under
     Sections  7.2  and  7.3 accrued to the date of such termination, removal or
     resignation.

                                   ARTICLE IV
                                    GUARANTEE

SECTION 4.1.  Guarantee.
              ----------

          (a)  The  Guarantor  irrevocably  and unconditionally agrees to pay in
     full  to the Holders the Guarantee Payments (without duplication of amounts
     theretofore paid by the Issuer), as and when due, regardless of any defense
     (except  as  defense  of  payment  by  the  Issuer),  right  of  set-off or
     counterclaim  that  the  Issuer  may  have  or  assert.  The

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     Guarantor's  obligation  to  make  a  Guarantee Payment may be satisfied by
     direct  payment  of the required amounts by the Guarantor to the Holders or
     by  causing  the  Issuer  to  pay  such  amounts  to  the  Holders.

          (b) The Guarantor hereby also agrees to assume any and all Obligations
     of  the  Issuer  and  in  the  event any such Obligation is not so assumed,
     subject  to  the  terms  and  conditions  hereof,  the  Guarantor  hereby
     irrevocably  and  unconditionally  guarantees  to each Beneficiary the full
     payment, when and as due, of any and all Obligations to such Beneficiaries.
     This  Guarantee  is  intended to be for the Beneficiaries who have received
     notice hereof.

SECTION 4.2.  Waiver of Notice and Demand.
              ----------------------------

          The Guarantor hereby waives notice of acceptance of this Guarantee and
of  any  liability  to  which  it  applies or may apply, presentment, demand for
payment, any right to require a proceeding first against the Issuer or any other
Person  before  proceeding against the Guarantor, protest, notice of nonpayment,
notice  of  dishonor,  notice  of  redemption and all other notices and demands.

SECTION 4.3.  Obligations Not Affected.
              -------------------------

          The  obligations,  covenants,  agreements  and duties of the Guarantor
under  this  Guarantee  shall in no way be affected or impaired by reason of the
happening  from  time  to  time  of  any  of  the  following:

          (a)  the  release  or waiver, by operation of law or otherwise, of the
     performance  or  observance  by  the  Issuer  of  any  express  or  implied
     agreement,  covenant,  term or condition relating to the Capital Securities
     to  be  performed  or  observed  by  the  Issuer;

          (b)  the extension of time for the payment by the Issuer of all or any
     portion  of  the Distributions, Redemption Price, Special Redemption Price,
     Liquidation  Distribution  or any other sums payable under the terms of the
     Capital  Securities  or  the  extension  of time for the performance of any
     other  obligation under, arising out of, or in connection with, the Capital
     Securities  (other  than  an  extension  of  time  for  the  payment of the
     Distributions,  Redemption  Price,  Special  Redemption  Price, Liquidation
     Distribution  or  other sums payable that results from the extension of any
     interest  payment period on the Debentures or any extension of the maturity
     date  of  the  Debentures  permitted  by  the  Indenture);

          (c)  any  failure, omission, delay or lack of diligence on the part of
     the  Holders  to enforce, assert or exercise any right, privilege, power or
     remedy  conferred  on  the  Holders  pursuant  to  the terms of the Capital
     Securities,  or any action on the part of the Issuer granting indulgence or
     extension  of  any  kind;

          (d) the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution, sale of any
     collateral,  receivership,  insolvency,  bankruptcy,  assignment  for  the
     benefit  of  creditors,  reorganization,  arrangement,  composition  or
     readjustment of debt of, or other similar proceedings affecting, the Issuer
     or  any  of  the  assets  of  the  Issuer;

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          (e)  any  invalidity  of,  or  defect  or  deficiency  in, the Capital
     Securities;

          (f)  the  settlement or compromise of any obligation guaranteed hereby
     or  hereby  incurred;  or

          (g)  any other circumstance whatsoever that might otherwise constitute
     a  legal  or  equitable  discharge  or defense of a guarantor, it being the
     intent  of this Section 4.3 that the obligations of the Guarantor hereunder
     shall  be  absolute  and  unconditional  under  any  and all circumstances.

          There  shall  be  no  obligation  of the Holders to give notice to, or
obtain  consent  of,  the  Guarantor with respect to the happening of any of the
foregoing.

SECTION 4.4.  Rights of Holders.
              ------------------

          (a)  The  Holders  of  a Majority in liquidation amount of the Capital
     Securities  have  the  right  to  direct  the  time,  method  and  place of
     conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Guarantee Trustee
     in  respect  of  this  Guarantee  or to direct the exercise of any trust or
     power  conferred upon the Guarantee Trustee under this Guarantee; provided,
                                                                       --------
     however, that (subject to Sections 2.1 and 2.2) the Guarantee Trustee shall
     -------
     have  the  right  to  decline to follow any such direction if the Guarantee
     Trustee  shall  determine  that  the  actions so directed would be unjustly
     prejudicial  to  the  Holders  not  taking part in such direction or if the
     Guarantee Trustee being advised by legal counsel determines that the action
     or  proceeding  so  directed  may not lawfully be taken or if the Guarantee
     Trustee  in  good  faith  by  its board of directors or trustees, executive
     committee  or a trust committee of directors or trustees and/or Responsible
     Officers  shall  determine  that the action or proceeding so directed would
     involve  the  Guarantee  Trustee  in  personal  liability.

          (b)  Any Holder of Capital Securities may institute a legal proceeding
     directly  against  the  Guarantor to enforce the Guarantee Trustee's rights
     under  this Guarantee, without first instituting a legal proceeding against
     the Issuer, the Guarantee Trustee or any other Person. The Guarantor waives
     any  right  or  remedy  to  require  that  any such action be brought first
     against  the  Issuer,  the  Guarantee Trustee or any other Person before so
     proceeding  directly  against  the  Guarantor.

SECTION 4.5.  Guarantee of Payment.
              ---------------------

          This  Guarantee  creates a guarantee of payment and not of collection.

SECTION 4.6.  Subrogation.
              ------------

          The  Guarantor  shall  be  subrogated  to  all  (if any) rights of the
Holders  of Capital Securities against the Issuer in respect of any amounts paid
to  such  Holders by the Guarantor under this Guarantee; provided, however, that
                                                         --------  -------
the  Guarantor shall not (except to the extent required by applicable provisions
of  law) be entitled to enforce or exercise any right that it may acquire by way
of  subrogation or any indemnity, reimbursement or other agreement, in all cases
as a result of payment under this Guarantee, if, after giving effect to any such
payment,  any

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amounts  are due and unpaid under this Guarantee. If any amount shall be paid to
the  Guarantor  in  violation of the preceding sentence, the Guarantor agrees to
hold  such  amount  in  trust for the Holders and to pay over such amount to the
Holders.

SECTION 4.7.  Independent Obligations.
              ------------------------

          The  Guarantor  acknowledges  that  its  obligations  hereunder  are
independent  of  the  obligations  of  the  Issuer  with  respect to the Capital
Securities  and  that  the  Guarantor shall be liable as principal and as debtor
hereunder  to  make  Guarantee  Payments pursuant to the terms of this Guarantee
notwithstanding  the  occurrence  of  any  event  referred to in subsections (a)
through  (g),  inclusive,  of  Section  4.3  hereof.

SECTION 4.8.  Enforcement.
              ------------

          A  Beneficiary  may enforce the Obligations of the Guarantor contained
in  Section  4.1(b) directly against the Guarantor, and the Guarantor waives any
right  or remedy to require that any action be brought against the Issuer or any
other  person  or  entity  before  proceeding  against  the  Guarantor.

          The  Guarantor  shall  be  subrogated  to  all  rights (if any) of any
Beneficiary  against  the  Issuer  in  respect  of  any  amounts  paid  to  the
Beneficiaries by the Guarantor under this Guarantee; provided, however, that the
                                                     --------  -------
Guarantor  shall  not (except to the extent required by applicable provisions of
law) be entitled to enforce or exercise any rights that it may acquire by way of
subrogation  or any indemnity, reimbursement or other agreement, in all cases as
a  result  of  payment  under  this  Guarantee,  if, after giving effect to such
payment,  any  amounts  are  due  and  unpaid  under  this  Guarantee.

                                    ARTICLE V
                    LIMITATION OF TRANSACTIONS; SUBORDINATION

SECTION 5.1.  Limitation of Transactions.
              ---------------------------

          So  long  as  any  Capital Securities remain outstanding, if (a) there
shall  have  occurred and be continuing an Event of Default or (b) the Guarantor
shall  have selected an Extension Period as provided in the Declaration and such
period,  or  any extension thereof, shall have commenced and be continuing, then
the  Guarantor  may not (x) declare or pay any dividends or distributions on, or
redeem, purchase, acquire, or make a liquidation payment with respect to, any of
the  Guarantor's  capital  stock  or  (y)  make  any  payment of principal of or
interest  or  premium,  if  any,  on  or  repay,  repurchase  or redeem any debt
securities  of the Guarantor that rank pari passu in all respects with or junior
in  interest  to  the  Debentures (other than (i) payments under this Guarantee,
(ii)  repurchases,  redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of capital stock
of the Guarantor (A) in connection with any employment contract, benefit plan or
other  similar  arrangement  with  or  for the benefit of one or more employees,
officers,  directors,  or  consultants,  (B)  in  connection  with  a  dividend
reinvestment  or  stockholder  stock purchase plan or (C) in connection with the
issuance  of  capital  stock of the Guarantor (or securities convertible into or
exercisable  for  such  capital  stock),  as  consideration  in  an  acquisition
transaction  entered into prior to the occurrence of the Event of Default or the
applicable  Extension  Period,  (iii)  as  a  result  of  any  exchange,
reclassification,  combination  or

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conversion  of  any  class  or  series  of the Guarantor's capital stock (or any
capital  stock  of a subsidiary of the Guarantor) for any class or series of the
Guarantor's  capital  stock  or  of  any  class  or  series  of  the Guarantor's
indebtedness  for any class or series of the Guarantor's capital stock, (iv) the
purchase  of  fractional  interests  in  shares of the Guarantor's capital stock
pursuant  to  the conversion or exchange provisions of such capital stock or the
security  being  converted  or  exchanged,  (v) any declaration of a dividend in
connection  with any stockholder's rights plan, or the issuance of rights, stock
or  other  property  under  any  stockholder's rights plan, or the redemption or
repurchase  of  rights  pursuant  thereto,  or  (vi) any dividend in the form of
stock,  warrants,  options or other rights where the dividend stock or the stock
issuable  upon  exercise  of  such warrants, options or other rights is the same
stock  as  that  on which the dividend is being paid or ranks pari passu with or
junior  to  such  stock).

SECTION 5.2.  Ranking.
              --------

          This  Guarantee  will  constitute  an  unsecured  obligation  of  the
Guarantor  and  will  rank  subordinate  and  junior  in right of payment to all
present  and  future  Senior  Indebtedness  (as defined in the Indenture) of the
Guarantor. By their acceptance thereof, each Holder of Capital Securities agrees
to  the  foregoing  provisions  of  this Guarantee and the other terms set forth
herein.

          The  right  of  the  Guarantor  to  participate in any distribution of
assets  of  any  of  its  subsidiaries upon any such subsidiary's liquidation or
reorganization  or otherwise is subject to the prior claims of creditors of that
subsidiary,  except  to  the  extent the Guarantor may itself be recognized as a
creditor of that subsidiary. Accordingly, the Guarantor's obligations under this
Guarantee  will  be  effectively  subordinated  to  all  existing  and  future
liabilities  of  the Guarantor's subsidiaries, and claimants should look only to
the  assets  of  the  Guarantor for payments thereunder. This Guarantee does not
limit  the  incurrence  or  issuance  of  other secured or unsecured debt of the
Guarantor,  including  Senior Indebtedness of the Guarantor, under any indenture
or  agreement  that  the  Guarantor  may  enter into in the future or otherwise.

                                   ARTICLE VI
                                   TERMINATION

SECTION 6.1.  Termination.
              ------------

          This  Guarantee  shall terminate as to the Capital Securities (i) upon
full  payment  of  the  Redemption Price or the Special Redemption Price, as the
case  may  be,  of  all  Capital  Securities  then  outstanding,  (ii)  upon the
distribution  of  all  of  the  Debentures  to the Holders of all of the Capital
Securities  or (iii) upon full payment of the amounts payable in accordance with
the  Declaration upon dissolution of the Issuer. This Guarantee will continue to
be  effective  or  will  be  reinstated,  as the case may be, if at any time any
Holder  of  Capital  Securities  must restore payment of any sums paid under the
Capital  Securities  or  under  this  Guarantee.

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                                   ARTICLE VII
                                 INDEMNIFICATION

SECTION 7.1.  Exculpation.
              ------------

          (a)  No Indemnified Person shall be liable, responsible or accountable
     in  damages  or  otherwise  to  the Guarantor or any Covered Person for any
     loss,  damage  or  claim  incurred by reason of any act or omission of such
     Indemnified Person in good faith in accordance with this Guarantee and in a
     manner  that  such  Indemnified Person reasonably believed to be within the
     scope  of  the  authority  conferred  on  such  Indemnified  Person by this
     Guarantee  or by law, except that an Indemnified Person shall be liable for
     any  such  loss,  damage  or  claim  incurred by reason of such Indemnified
     Person's  negligence  or  willful  misconduct  with respect to such acts or
     omissions.

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

SECTION 7.2.  Indemnification.
              ----------------

          (a) The Guarantor agrees to indemnify each Indemnified Person for, and
     to  hold  each  Indemnified  Person  harmless  against,  any  and all loss,
     liability,  damage, claim or expense incurred without negligence or willful
     misconduct  on  the  part  of  the Indemnified Person, arising out of or in
     connection  with  the  acceptance  or administration of the trust or trusts
     hereunder,  including  but not limited to the costs and expenses (including
     reasonable  legal  fees  and  expenses) of the Indemnified Person defending
     itself against, or investigating, any claim or liability in connection with
     the  exercise  or  performance of any of the Indemnified Person's powers or
     duties  hereunder. The obligation to indemnify as set forth in this Section
     7.2  shall  survive the resignation or removal of the Guarantee Trustee and
     the  termination  of  this  Guarantee.

          (b) Promptly after receipt by an Indemnified Person under this Section
     7.2  of  notice  of the commencement of any action, such Indemnified Person
     will,  if  a  claim  in respect thereof is to be made against the Guarantor
     under this Section 7.2, notify the Guarantor in writing of the commencement
     thereof;  but  the  failure so to notify the Guarantor (i) will not relieve
     the  Guarantor  from  liability under paragraph (a) above unless and to the
     extent  that  the Guarantor did not otherwise learn of such action and such
     failure  results  in  the forfeiture by the Guarantor of substantial rights
     and  defenses  and  (ii) will not, in any event, relieve the Guarantor from
     any  obligations  to  any Indemnified Person other than the indemnification
     obligation provided in paragraph (a) above. The Guarantor shall be entitled
     to  appoint  counsel  of  the  Guarantor's  choice  at  the  Guarantor's

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     expense  to  represent  the  Indemnified  Person  in  any  action for which
     indemnification is sought (in which case the Guarantor shall not thereafter
     be  responsible  for the fees and expenses of any separate counsel retained
     by  the Indemnified Person or Persons except as set forth below); provided,
                                                                       --------
     however, that such counsel shall be satisfactory to the Indemnified Person.
     -------
     Notwithstanding  the  Guarantor's  election to appoint counsel to represent
     the Indemnified Person in any action, the Indemnified Person shall have the
     right  to  employ  separate  counsel  (including  local  counsel),  and the
     Guarantor  shall  bear  the  reasonable  fees,  costs  and expenses of such
     separate  counsel  (and local counsel), if (i) the use of counsel chosen by
     the  Guarantor  to  represent  the  Indemnified  Person  would present such
     counsel  with  a  conflict  of  interest,  (ii)  the  actual  or  potential
     defendants  in, or targets of, any such action include both the Indemnified
     Person  and  the Guarantor and the Indemnified Person shall have reasonably
     concluded  that  there  may  be legal defenses available to it and/or other
     Indemnified  Persons  which  are  different  from  or  additional  to those
     available  to  the  Guarantor,  (iii) the Guarantor shall not have employed
     counsel satisfactory to the Indemnified Person to represent the Indemnified
     Person  within  a  reasonable  time after notice of the institution of such
     action  or  (iv)  the  Guarantor  shall authorize the Indemnified Person to
     employ separate counsel at the expense of the Guarantor. The Guarantor will
     not,  without  the prior written consent of the Indemnified Persons, settle
     or  compromise  or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any
     pending or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which
     indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the
     Indemnified  Persons  are  actual  or  potential  parties  to such claim or
     action)  unless  such  settlement,  compromise  or  consent  includes  an
     unconditional release of each Indemnified Person from all liability arising
     out  of  such  claim,  action,  suit  or  proceeding.

SECTION 7.3.  Compensation; Reimbursement of Expenses.
              ----------------------------------------

          Other  than  as  provided  in  the Fee Agreement of even date herewith
between  Cohen  Bros. & Company and the Guarantee Trustee, the Guarantor agrees:

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

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

          The  provisions  of  this Section 7.3 shall survive the resignation or
removal of the Guarantee Trustee and the termination of this Guarantee.

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                                  ARTICLE VIII
                                  MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 8.1.  Successors and Assigns.
              -----------------------

          All  guarantees  and agreements contained in this Guarantee shall bind
the  successors,  assigns,  receivers,  trustees  and  representatives  of  the
Guarantor  and  shall  inure  to  the  benefit  of  the  Holders  of the Capital
Securities  then  outstanding.  Except  in  connection  with  any  merger  or
consolidation of the Guarantor with or into another entity or any sale, transfer
or  lease  of the Guarantor's assets or capital stock to another entity, in each
case  to  the extent permitted under the Indenture, the Guarantor may not assign
its  rights  or  delegate its obligations under this Guarantee without the prior
approval of the Holders of not less than a Majority in liquidation amount of the
Capital  Securities.

SECTION 8.2.  Amendments.
              -----------

          Except  with  respect  to any changes that do not adversely affect the
rights  of  Holders  of the Capital Securities in any material respect (in which
case no consent of Holders will be required), this Guarantee may be amended only
with  the  prior  approval  of  the  Holders  of  not  less  than  a Majority in
liquidation  amount of the Capital Securities. The provisions of the Declaration
with  respect  to  amendments  thereof  shall  apply  equally  with  respect  to
amendments  of  the  Guarantee.

SECTION 8.3.  Notices.
              --------

          All  notices  provided for in this Guarantee shall be in writing, duly
signed  by  the  party giving such notice, and shall be delivered, telecopied or
mailed  by  first  class  mail,  as  follows:

          (a)  If  given  to  the  Guarantee Trustee, at the Guarantee Trustee's
     mailing  address  set  forth  below (or such other address as the Guarantee
     Trustee  may  give  notice  of  to  the Holders of the Capital Securities):

               U.S. Bank National Association
               225 Asylum Street, 23rd Floor
               Hartford, CT 06103
               Attention:  Corporate Trust Services
               Southeastern Bank Financial Statutory Trust I

With a copy to:
               U.S. Bank National Association
               One Federal Street, 3rd Floor
               Boston, MA  02110
               Attention:  Corporate Trust Services
               Southeastern Bank Financial Statutory Trust I
               Telecopy:  (617) 603-6683
               Telephone: (617) 603-6549

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          (b)  If given to the Guarantor, at the Guarantor's mailing address set
     forth  below  (or such other address as the Guarantor may give notice of to
     the  Holders  of  the  Capital  Securities  and  to the Guarantee Trustee):

               Southeastern Bank Financial Corporation
               3530 Wheeler Road
               Augusta, Georgia  30909
               Attention: Ronald L. Thigpen
               Telecopy: (706) 481-9869
               Telephone: (706) 481-1014

          (c)  If  given to any Holder of the Capital Securities, at the address
     set  forth  on  the  books  and  records  of  the  Issuer.

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

SECTION 8.4.  Benefit.
              --------

          This Guarantee is solely for the benefit of the Holders of the Capital
Securities  and,  subject to Section 2.1(a), is not separately transferable from
the  Capital  Securities.

SECTION 8.5.  Governing Law.
              --------------

          THIS GUARANTEE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH,
THE  LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES
THEREOF (OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW).

SECTION 8.6.  Counterparts.
              -------------

          This  Guarantee may contain more than one counterpart of the signature
page  and this Guarantee may be executed by the affixing of the signature of the
Guarantor  and the Guarantee Trustee to any of such counterpart signature pages.
All  of  such  counterpart signature pages shall be read as though one, and they
shall  have  the same force and effect as though all of the signers had signed a
single  signature  page.

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          THIS GUARANTEE is executed as of the day and year first above written.

                                        Southeastern Bank Financial Corporation,
                                        as Guarantor

                                        By:
                                           -------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                             -----------------------------------
                                        Title:
                                              ----------------------------------

                                        U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as
                                        Guarantee Trustee

                                        By:
                                           -------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                             -----------------------------------
                                        Title:
                                              ----------------------------------

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