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GLOBAL SIGNAL INC.
                         OMNIBUS STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN(1)

SECTION 1. PURPOSE OF PLAN.

                  The name of this plan (formerly the Pinnacle Holdings Inc.
Stock Option Plan and prior to that the Pinnacle Holdings Inc. Employee Stock
Option Plan) is the Global Signal Inc. Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan (the
"Plan"). The Plan was adopted by the Board (as hereinafter defined) on October
31, 2002, amended and restated on August 20, 2003, and further amended and
restated on February 11, 2004 (the "2004 Amendments"). The purpose of the Plan
is to provide additional incentive to selected management employees, directors
and Consultants of the Company or its parents or subsidiaries whose
contributions are essential to the growth and success of the Company's business,
in order to strengthen the commitment of such persons to the Company or its
parents or subsidiaries, motivate such persons to faithfully and diligently
perform their responsibilities and attract and retain competent and dedicated
persons whose efforts will result in the long-term growth and profitability of
the Company. To accomplish such purposes, the Plan provides that the Company may
grant (a) Options, (b) Stock Appreciation Rights, (c) awards of Restricted
Shares, Deferred Shares, Performance Shares or unrestricted Shares, or (d) any
combination of the foregoing.

SECTION 2. DEFINITIONS.

                  For purposes of the Plan, the following terms shall be defined
as set forth below:

                  (a) "Administrator" means the Board, or if and to the extent
the Board does not administer the Plan, the Committee in accordance with Section
3 hereof.

                  (b) "Affiliate" means an affiliate of the Company (or other
referenced entity, as the case may be) as defined in Rule 12b-2 promulgated
under Section 12 of the Exchange Act; provided, that, for the sake of clarity,
with respect to the Company, the term Affiliate shall not be understood to apply
to any of the limited partners of Greenhill Capital Partners, L.P. solely as a
result of their status as such.

                  (c) "Beneficial Owner" (or any variant thereof) has the
meaning defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act.

                  (d) "Board" means the Board of Directors of the Company.

                  (e) "Cause" means (i) the continued failure by the Participant
substantially to perform his or her duties and obligations to the Company or any
of its parents or subsidiaries, including without limitation repeated refusal to
follow the reasonable directions of his or her employer, knowing violation of
law in the course of

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(1) All shares number reflect post-split shares.

performance of the duties of Participant's employment with the Company or any of
its parents or subsidiaries, engagement in misconduct which is materially
injurious to the Company or any of its parents or subsidiaries, repeated
absences from work without a reasonable excuse, or intoxication with alcohol or
illegal drugs while on the Company's or any its parents or subsidiaries'
premises during regular business hours (other than any such failure resulting
from his or her incapacity due to physical or mental illness); (ii) fraud or
material dishonesty against the Company or any of its parents or subsidiaries;
or (iii) a conviction or plea of guilty or nolo contendere for the commission of
a felony or a crime involving material dishonesty. Determination of Cause shall
be made by the Administrator in its sole discretion.

                  (f) "Change in Capitalization" means any increase, reduction,
or change or exchange of Shares for a different number or kind of shares or
other securities or property by reason of a (i) merger, consolidation,
reclassification, recapitalization, or other reorganization, (ii) stock
dividend, stock split or reverse stock split, (iii) combination or exchange of
shares, (iv) other change in corporate structure or (v) declaration of a special
dividend or other distribution, which, in any such case, the Administrator
determines, in its sole discretion, affects the Shares such that an adjustment
pursuant to Section 5 hereof is appropriate.

                  (g) "Change in Control" means the first to occur of (i) any
Person becoming the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50%
of the total voting power of the then outstanding voting stock (stock then
entitled to vote generally in the election of directors) of the Company or any
entity controlling the Company, including, without limitation, pursuant to a
merger, consolidation or other reorganization or (ii) a sale (a "Qualifying
Asset Sale") of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company to another
entity where stockholders of the Company immediately prior to the effectiveness
of such asset sale do not own, immediately following the effectiveness of such
asset sale, 50% or more of the total voting power of the voting stock of the
purchasing entity in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of
the Company prior to such asset sale (it being understood that no transaction
determined by the Administrator, in its good faith, to be a securitization or
financing transaction shall be deemed a sale of all or substantially all of the
assets of the Company).

                  (h) "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
from time to time, or any successor thereto.

                  (i) "Committee" means any committee or subcommittee the Board
may appoint to administer the Plan. To the extent necessary and desirable, the
Committee shall be composed entirely of individuals who meet the qualifications
referred to in Section 162(m) of the Code, Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act and
the applicable stock exchanges. If at any time or to any extent the Board shall
not administer the Plan, then the functions of the Administrator specified in
the Plan shall be exercised by the Committee. Except as otherwise provided in
the Company's Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, as amended from time to
time, any action of the Committee with respect to

the administration of the Plan shall be taken by a majority vote at a meeting at
which a quorum is duly constituted or unanimous written consent of the
Committee's members.

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

                  (k) "Company" means Global Signal Inc., a Delaware corporation
(or any successor corporation).

                  (l) "Consultant" means a consultant or advisor, whether or not
a natural person, engaged to render bona fide services to the Company, or any of
its parents or subsidiaries.

                  (m) "Deferred Shares" means the right to receive Shares at the
end of a specified deferral period granted pursuant to Section 9 below.

                  (n) "Disability" means (i) any physical or mental condition
that would qualify a Participant for a disability benefit under any long-term
disability plan maintained by the Company, (ii) when used in connection with the
exercise of an Incentive Stock Option following termination of employment,
disability within the meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Code, or (iii) such
other condition as may be determined in the sole discretion of the Administrator
to constitute Disability.

                  (o) "Eligible Recipient" means a key employee, director or
Consultant of the Company or any its parents or subsidiaries who has been
selected as an eligible participant by the Administrator.

                  (p) "Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended from time to time.

                  (q) "Exercise Price" means the per share price at which a
holder of an award granted hereunder may purchase the Shares issuable upon
exercise of such award.

                  (r) "Fair Market Value" as of a particular date shall mean the
fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by the Administrator
in its sole discretion; provided, however, that (i) if the Common Stock is
admitted to trading on a national securities exchange, fair market value of a
share of Common Stock on any date shall be the closing sale price reported for
such share on such exchange on the last day preceding such date on which a sale
was reported, (ii) if the Common Stock is admitted to quotation on the National
Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation ("Nasdaq") System or other
comparable quotation system and has been designated as a National Market System
("NMS") security, fair market value of a share of Common Stock on any date shall
be the closing sale price reported for such share on such system on the last
date preceding such date on which a sale was reported, or (iii) if the Common
Stock is admitted to quotation on the Nasdaq System but has not been designated
as an NMS security, fair market value of a share of Common Stock on any date
shall be the

average of the highest bid and lowest asked prices of such share on such system
on the last date preceding such date on which both bid and ask prices were
reported.

                  (s) "Incentive Stock Option" shall mean an Option that is an
"incentive stock option" within the meaning of section 422 of the Code, or any
successor provision, and that is designated in the applicable Option agreement
as an Incentive Stock Option.

                  (t) "Non-Officer Director" means a director of the Company who
is not (i) an officer or employee of the Company or of any of its parents or
subsidiaries or (ii) the Beneficial Owner, whether directly or indirectly, of
ten percent (10%) or more of the Common Stock.

                  (u) "Nonqualified Stock Option" means any Option that is not
an Incentive Stock Option, including any Option that provides (as of the time
such Option is granted) that it will not be treated as an Incentive Stock
Option.

                  (v) "Option" means an option to purchase shares of Common
Stock granted pursuant to Section 7 hereof.

                  (w) "Participant" means (i) any Eligible Recipient selected by
the Administrator, pursuant to the Administrator's authority in Section 3 below,
to receive grants of Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, awards of Restricted
Shares, Deferred Shares, or Performance Shares or any combination of the
foregoing, and upon his or her death, his or her successors, heirs, executors
and administrators, as the case may be and (ii) any Non-Officer Director who is
eligible to receive Shares pursuant to Section 10 below.

                  (x) "Performance Shares" means Shares that are subject to
restrictions based upon the attainment of specified performance objectives
granted pursuant to Section 9 below.

                  (y) "Person" shall have the meaning given in Section 3(a)(9)
of the Exchange Act, as modified and used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) thereof,
except that such term shall not include (i) the Company or any of its
subsidiaries, (ii) Fortress Investment Group LLC or any of its Affiliates, (iii)
Greenhill Capital Partners, L.P. or any of its Affiliates, (iv) any member of
any group (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of which any of the
entities indicated in the foregoing clauses (i)-(iii) is a member, other than
any of such entities indicated in the foregoing clauses (i)-(iii), for so long
as such member of such group does not own, directly or indirectly, more than 50%
of the economic interest in the Shares Beneficially Owned by such group, (v) a
trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (vi) an underwriter temporarily holding
securities pursuant to an offering of such securities, or (vii) a corporation
owned, directly or indirectly, by the stockholders of the Company in
substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company.

                  (z) "Restricted Shares" means Shares subject to certain
restrictions granted pursuant to Section 9 below.

                  (aa) "Retirement" means a termination of a Participant's
employment, other than for Cause, on or after attainment of age 65.

                  (bb) "Shares" means shares of Common Stock reserved for
issuance under the Plan, as adjusted pursuant to the Plan, and any successor
(pursuant to a merger, consolidation or other reorganization) security.

                  (cc) "Stock Appreciation Right" means the right pursuant to an
award granted under Section 8 below to receive an amount equal to the excess, if
any, of (i) the aggregate Fair Market Value, as of the date such Stock
Appreciation Right or portion thereof is surrendered, of the Shares covered by
such right or such portion thereof, over (ii) the aggregate Exercise Price of
such right or such portion thereof.

SECTION 3. ADMINISTRATION.

                  (a) The Plan shall be administered in accordance with the
requirements of Section 162(m) of the Code (but only to the extent necessary and
desirable to maintain qualification of awards under the Plan under Section
162(m) of the Code) and, to the extent applicable, Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange
Act ("Rule 16b-3"), by the Board or, at the Board's sole discretion, by the
Committee, which shall be appointed by the Board, and which shall serve at the
pleasure of the Board.

                  (b) Pursuant to the terms of the Plan, the Administrator,
subject, in the case of any Committee, to any restrictions on the authority
delegated to it by the Board, shall have the power and authority, without
limitation:

                  (1) to select those Eligible Recipients who shall be
Participants;

                    (2) to determine whether and to what extent Stock Options,
Stock Appreciation Rights, awards of Restricted Shares, Deferred Shares or
Performance Shares or a combination of any of the foregoing, are to be granted
hereunder to Participants;

                    (3) to determine whether Options are intended to be
Incentive Stock Options or Nonqualified Stock Options, provided, however, that
Incentive Stock Options can only be granted to employees of the Company or any
of its parents or subsidiaries (within the meaning of Section 424(e) and (f) of
the Code);

                    (4) to determine the number of Shares to be covered by each
award granted hereunder;

                    (5) to determine the terms and conditions, not inconsistent
with the terms of the Plan, of each award granted hereunder (including, but not
limited to, (x)

the restrictions applicable to awards of Restricted Shares or Deferred Shares
and the conditions under which restrictions applicable to such awards of
Restricted Shares or Deferred Shares shall lapse, and (y) the performance goals
and periods applicable to awards of Performance Shares);

                    (6) to determine the terms and conditions, not inconsistent
with the terms of the Plan, which shall govern all written instruments
evidencing Stock Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, awards of Restricted
Shares, Deferred Shares or Performance Shares or any combination of the
foregoing granted hereunder;

                    (7) to determine the Fair Market Value;

                    (8) to determine the duration and purpose of leaves of
absence which may be granted to a Participant without constituting termination
of their employment for purposes Nonqualified Stock Options granted under the
Plan;

                    (9) to reduce the Exercise Price of any award granted
hereunder to the then current Fair Market Value if the Fair Market Value of the
Shares covered by such award has declined since the date such award was granted;

                    (10) to adopt, alter and repeal such administrative rules,
guidelines and practices governing the Plan as it shall from time to time deem
advisable; and

                    (11) to interpret the terms and provisions of the Plan and
any award issued under the Plan (and any award agreement relating thereto), and
to otherwise supervise the administration of the Plan.

                  (c) Notwithstanding paragraph (b) of this Section 3, the
automatic, nondiscretionary grants of Shares shall be made to Non-Officer
Directors pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of Section 10 below.

                  (d) All decisions made by the Administrator pursuant to the
provisions of the Plan shall be final, conclusive and binding on all persons,
including the Company and the Participants. No member of the Board or the
Committee, nor any officer or employee of the Company or any of its parents or
subsidiaries acting on behalf of the Board or the Committee, shall be personally
liable for any action, omission, determination, or interpretation taken or made
in good faith with respect to the Plan, and all members of the Board or the
Committee and each and any officer or employee of the Company and of any of its
parents or subsidiaries acting on their behalf shall, to the maximum extent
permitted by law, be fully indemnified and protected by the Company in respect
of any such action, omission, determination or interpretation.

SECTION 4. SHARES RESERVED FOR ISSUANCE UNDER THE PLAN.

                  (a) Subject to Section 5 hereof, the total number of shares of
Common Stock reserved and available for issuance under the Plan shall be equal
to 6,715,000 shares, provided however, that commencing on the first day of the
Company's fiscal year beginning in calendar year 2005, the number of shares
reserved and available for issuance shall be increased by an amount equal to the
lesser of (i) 1,000,000 shares or (ii) two percent (2%) of the number of
outstanding shares of Common Stock on the last day of the immediately preceding
fiscal year. Such Shares may consist, in whole or in part, of authorized and
unissued Shares or treasury shares. From and after the date that Section 162(m)
of the Code becomes applicable to the Company, the aggregate number of Shares
with respect to which Options may be granted to any individual Participant
during the Company's fiscal year shall not exceed 2,000,000 Shares. If an Option
previously granted to any individual Participant is canceled in the same fiscal
year of the Company in which it was granted, the canceled option will be counted
against the limitation described in the immediately preceding sentence of this
Section 4(a).

                  (b) To the extent that (i) an Option expires or is otherwise
terminated without being exercised, or (ii) any Shares subject to any award of
Restricted Shares, Deferred Shares or Performance Shares granted hereunder are
forfeited, such Shares shall again be available for issuance in connection with
future awards granted under the Plan. If any Shares have been pledged as
collateral for indebtedness incurred by a Participant in connection with the
exercise of an award granted hereunder, such Shares as are returned to the
Company in satisfaction of such indebtedness shall again be available for
issuance in connection with future awards granted under the Plan.

SECTION 5. EQUITABLE ADJUSTMENTS.

                  In the event of any Change in Capitalization, an equitable
substitution or proportionate adjustment shall be made, in each case, as may be
determined by the Administrator, in its sole discretion, in (i) the aggregate
number of shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under the Plan and the
maximum number of Shares that may be granted to any Participant in any calendar
year, (ii) the kind, number and Exercise Price subject to outstanding Options
and Stock Appreciation Rights granted under the Plan, and (iii) the kind, number
and purchase price of Shares subject to outstanding awards of Restricted Shares,
Deferred Shares and Performance Shares granted under the Plan, in each case as
may be determined by the Administrator, in its sole discretion, provided,
however, that any fractional shares resulting from the adjustment shall be
eliminated. Such other equitable substitutions or adjustments shall be made as
may be determined by the Administrator, in its sole discretion. Without limiting
the generality of the foregoing, in connection with a Change in Capitalization,
the Administrator may provide, in its sole discretion, for the cancellation of
any outstanding award granted hereunder in exchange for payment in cash or other
property of the aggregate Fair Market Value of the Shares covered by such award,
reduced by the aggregate Exercise Price or purchase price thereof, if any. The
Administrator's determinations pursuant to this Section 5 shall be final,
binding and conclusive.

SECTION 6. ELIGIBILITY.

                  Except as set forth in Section 10 below, the Participants
under the Plan shall be selected from time to time by the Administrator, in its
sole discretion, from among Eligible Recipients; provided however that Incentive
Stock Options may only be granted to employees of the Company or any of its
parents or subsidiaries (within the meaning of Section 424 (e) and (f) of the
Code). Notwithstanding the foregoing, Non-Officer Directors shall be eligible
for awards other than those set forth in Section 10, as determined by the
Administrator from time to time.

SECTION 7. OPTIONS.

                  (a) General. Each Participant who is granted an Option shall
enter into an Option agreement with the Company, containing such terms and
conditions as the Administrator shall determine, in its discretion, which Option
agreement shall set forth, among other things, the Exercise Price of the Option,
the term of the Option and provisions regarding exercisability of the Option
granted thereunder. Each Option shall be clearly identified in the applicable
Option agreement as either an Incentive Stock Option or a Nonqualified Stock
Option. The provisions of each Option need not be the same with respect to each
Participant. More than one Option may be granted to the same Participant and be
outstanding concurrently hereunder. Options granted under the Plan shall be
subject to the terms and conditions set forth in paragraphs (b)-(l) of this
Section 7 and shall contain such additional terms and conditions, not
inconsistent with the terms of the Plan, as the Administrator shall deem
desirable.

                  (b) Exercise Price. The Exercise Price of Shares purchasable
under an Option shall be determined by the Administrator in its sole discretion
at the time of grant but shall not, (i) in the case of Incentive Stock Options,
be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value on such date, (ii) in the case of
Nonqualified Stock Options intended to qualify as "performance-based
compensation" within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code, be less than
100% of the Fair Market Value on such date and (iii) in any event, be less than
the par value (if any) of a Share. If a Participant owns or is deemed to own (by
reason of the attribution rules applicable under Section 424(d) of the Code)
more than 10% of the combined voting power of all classes of stock of the
Company or of any parents or subsidiaries (within the meaning of Section 424(e)
and (f) of the Code) and an Incentive Stock Option is granted to such
Participant, the option price of such Incentive Stock Option (to the extent
required at the time of grant by the Code) shall be no less than 110% of the
Fair Market Value on the date such Incentive Stock Option is granted.

                  (c) Option Term. The maximum term of each Option shall be
fixed by the Administrator, but no Option shall be exercisable more than ten
years after the date such Option is granted. Each Option's term is subject to
earlier expiration pursuant to Section 7(i) upon a termination of employment,
pursuant to Section 7(k) following any Change-in-Control-related acceleration of
vesting and exercisability and pursuant to Section 7(l) following any
dissolution-or-liquidation-related acceleration of exercisability

                  (d) Exercisability. Each Option shall be exercisable at such
time or times and subject to such terms and conditions, including the attainment
of preestablished corporate performance goals, as shall be determined by the
Administrator in the applicable Option agreement. The Administrator may also
provide that any Option shall be exercisable only in installments, and the
Administrator may waive such installment exercise provisions at any time, in
whole or in part, based on such factors as the Administrator may determine in
its sole discretion. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein,
an Option may not be exercised for a fraction of a share.

                  (e) Method of Exercise. Options may be exercised in whole or
in part by giving written notice of exercise to the Company specifying the
number of Shares to be purchased, accompanied by payment in full of the
aggregate Exercise Price of the Shares so purchased in cash or its equivalent,
as determined by the Administrator. As determined by the Administrator, in its
sole discretion, with respect to any Option or category of Options, payment in
whole or in part may also be made (i) by means of consideration received under
any cashless exercise procedure approved by the Administrator (including the
withholding of Shares otherwise issuable upon exercise), (ii) in the form of
unrestricted Shares already owned by the Participant which, (x) in the case of
unrestricted Shares acquired upon exercise of an Option, have been owned by the
Participant for more than six months on the date of surrender, and (y) have a
Fair Market Value on the date of surrender equal to the aggregate option price
of the Shares as to which such Option shall be exercised, (iii) any other form
of consideration approved by the Administrator and permitted by applicable law
or (iv) any combination of the foregoing.

                  (f) Limitations on Incentive Stock Options. To the extent that
the aggregate Fair Market Value with respect to which Incentive Stock Options
are exercisable for the first time by a Participant during any calendar year
under the Plan and any other stock option plan of the Company shall exceed
$100,000, the portion of such Incentive Stock Options in excess of $100,000
shall be treated as Nonqualified Stock Options. Such Fair Market Value shall be
determined as of the date on which each such Incentive Stock Option is granted.
No Incentive Stock Option may be granted to an individual if, at the time of the
proposed grant, such individual owns (or is deemed to own under the Code) stock
possessing more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of
stock of the Company unless (i) the Exercise Price of such Incentive Stock
Option is at least 110% of the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock at
the time such Incentive Stock Option is granted and (ii) such Incentive Stock
Option is not exercisable after the expiration of five years from the date such
Incentive Stock Option is granted.

                  (g) Rights as Stockholder. A Participant shall have no rights
to dividends or any other rights of a stockholder with respect to the Shares
subject to an Option until the Participant has given written notice of exercise,
has paid in full for such Shares, has satisfied the requirements of Section 13
hereof and, if requested, has given the representation described in paragraph
(b) of Section 14 hereof.

                  (h) Transfers of Options. Except as otherwise determined by
the Administrator, and in any event in the case of an Incentive Stock Option, no
Option granted under the Plan shall be transferable by a Participant otherwise
than by will or the laws of descent and distribution. Unless otherwise
determined by the Administrator in accord with the provisions of the immediately
preceding sentence, an Option may be exercised, during the lifetime of the
Participant, only by the Participant or, during the period the Participant is
under a legal disability, by the Participant's guardian or legal representative.
The Administrator may, in its sole discretion, subject to applicable law, permit
the gratuitous transfer during a Participant's lifetime of a Nonqualified Stock
Option, (i) by gift to a member of the Participant's immediate family, (ii) by
transfer by instrument to a trust for the benefit of such immediate family
members, or (iii) to a partnership or limited liability company in which such
family members are the only partners or members; provided, however, that, in
addition to such other terms and conditions as the Administrator may determine
in connection with any such transfer, no transferee may further assign, sell,
hypothecate or otherwise transfer the transferred Option, in whole or in part,
other than by will or by operation of the laws of descent and distribution. Each
permitted transferee shall agree to be bound by the provisions of this Plan and
the applicable Option agreement.

                  (i) Termination of Employment or Service.

                    (1) Unless the applicable Option agreement provides
otherwise, in the event that the employment or service of a Participant with the
Company or any of its parents or subsidiaries shall terminate for any reason
other than Cause, Retirement, Disability, or death, (A) Options granted to such
Participant, to the extent that they are exercisable at the time of such
termination, shall remain exercisable until the date that is 90 days after such
termination, on which date they shall expire, and (B) Options granted to such
Participant, to the extent that they were not exercisable at the time of such
termination, shall expire at the close of business on the date of such
termination. The 90-day period described in this Section 7(i)(1) shall be
extended to one year after the date of such termination in the event of the
Participant's death during such 90-day period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no
Option shall be exercisable after the expiration of its term.

                    (2) Unless the applicable Option agreement provides
otherwise, in the event that the employment or service of a Participant with the
Company or any its parents or subsidiaries shall terminate on account of the
Retirement, Disability, or death of the Participant, (A) Options granted to such
Participant, to the extent that they were exercisable at the time of such
termination, shall remain exercisable until the date that is one year after such
termination, on which date they shall expire and (B) Options granted to such
Participant, to the extent that they were not exercisable at the time of such
termination, shall expire at the close of business on the date of such
termination. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Option shall be exercisable after
the expiration of its term.

                    (3) In the event of the termination of a Participant's
employment or service for Cause, all outstanding Options granted to such
Participant shall expire at the commencement of business on the date of such
termination.

                  (j) Other Change in Employment Status. An Option shall be
affected, both with regard to vesting schedule and termination, by leaves of
absence, changes from full-time to part-time employment, partial disability or
other changes in the employment status of an Participant, in the discretion of
the Administrator. The Administrator shall follow the written policies of the
Company (if any), including such rules, guidelines and practices as may be
adopted pursuant to Section 3 hereof, as they may be in effect from time to
time, with regard to such matters.

                  (k) Acceleration Upon Change in Control. In the event of a
Change in Control, if each outstanding Option is not assumed or continued, or an
equivalent option or right is not substituted therefor pursuant to the
Change-in-Control transaction's governing document (provided that such document
need not address such continuation in the case where all Options continue
following a Change in Control in accordance with their terms as in existence
immediately prior to such Change in Control, as would be the case, for example,
in the case of a single Person's acquisition by purchase of Shares of more than
50% of the total voting power of the Company), each Participant's outstanding
Options that are not then vested and/or exercisable shall become fully vested
and exercisable "immediately prior to" the effective date of such Change in
Control and shall expire upon the effective date of such Change in Control. For
purposes of this Section 7(k), "immediately prior to" shall mean sufficiently in
advance of the Change-in-Control transaction that there will be time for the
Participant to exercise his or her Option and participate in the
Change-in-Control transaction in the same manner as all other holders of Common
Stock. If an Option becomes fully vested and exercisable immediately prior to a
Change in Control, the Administrator shall notify the Participant in writing or
electronically that the Option has become fully vested and exercisable, and that
the Option will terminate upon the Change in Control.

                  For the purposes of this Section 7(k), an Option shall be
considered assumed or an equivalent option or right substituted if, following
the Change in Control, the Option or substituted option or right confers the
right to purchase or receive, for each Share subject to the Option immediately
prior to the Change in Control, the consideration (whether stock, cash, or other
securities or property) received in the Change-in-Control transaction by holders
of Common Stock for each Share held on the effective date of the transaction
(and if holders were offered a choice of consideration, the type of
consideration chosen by the holders of a majority of the outstanding Shares);
provided, however, that if such consideration received in the Change-in-Control
transaction is not solely common stock of the acquiring entity or its Affiliate,
the Administrator may determine prior to the effective date of such transaction,
with the consent of the acquiring entity, to provide for the consideration to be
received upon the exercise of the Option, for each Share subject to the Option,
to be solely common stock of the acquiring entity or its Affiliate equal in fair
market value to the per share consideration received by holders of shares of the
Company's common stock in the Change-in-Control transaction.

                  If a Change-in-Control transaction occurs which is a
Qualifying Asset Sale or which includes a continuation, assumption or
substitution with respect to the Options, and a Participant's employment with
the Company or any acquiring entity or Affiliate thereof is terminated by the
employer other than for Cause on or after the effective date of the
Change-in-Control transaction and prior to the first anniversary of the
effective date of the Change-in-Control transaction, the Participant's
outstanding Options that are not vested and/or exercisable on the date of such
termination shall become fully vested and exercisable as of such date.

(l) Acceleration Upon Dissolution or Liquidation. In the event of a dissolution
or liquidation of the Company (it being under stood that no merger or other
reorganization shall qualify as a liquidation or dissolution of the Company
unless the Administrator so determines, in its sole discretion) the
Administrator shall notify each Participant as soon as practicable prior to the
effective date of such proposed transaction. The Administrator in its discretion
may provide for a Participant to have the right to exercise his or her Option
until ten (10) days prior to such transaction as to all of the Shares covered
thereby, including Shares as to which the option would not otherwise be
exercisable. To the extent that it has not been previously exercised, an Option
will terminate immediately prior to the consummation of such proposed action.

SECTION 8. STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS.

                  (a) General. Stock Appreciation Rights may be granted either
alone ("Free Standing Rights") or in conjunction with all or part of any Stock
Option granted under the Plan ("Related Rights"). In the case of a Nonqualified
Stock Option, Related Rights may be granted either at or after the time of the
grant of such Stock Option. In the case of an Incentive Stock Option, Related
Rights may be granted only at the time of the grant of the Incentive Stock
Option. The Administrator shall determine the Eligible Recipients to whom, and
the time or times at which, grants of Stock Appreciation Rights shall be made;
the number of Shares to be awarded, the price per share, and all other
conditions of Stock Appreciation Rights. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no
Related Right may be granted for more shares than are subject to the Stock
Option to which it relates. The provisions of Stock Appreciation Rights need not
be the same with respect to each Participant. Stock Appreciation Rights granted
under the Plan shall be subject to the following terms and conditions set forth
in paragraphs (b)-(g) of this Section 8 and shall contain such additional terms
and conditions, not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan, as the
Administrator shall deem desirable.

                  (b) Awards. The prospective recipient of a Stock Appreciation
Right shall not have any rights with respect to such award, unless and until
such recipient has executed an agreement evidencing the award (a "Stock
Appreciation Right Agreement") and delivered a fully executed copy thereof to
the Company, within a period of sixty days (or such other period as the
Administrator may specify) after the award date. Participants who are granted
Stock Appreciation Rights shall have no rights as stockholders of the Company
with respect to the grant or exercise of such rights.

                  (c) Exercisability.

                    (1) Stock Appreciation Rights that are Free Standing Rights
("Free Standing Stock Appreciation Rights") shall be exercisable at such time or
times and subject to such terms and conditions as shall be determined by the
Administrator at or after grant; provided, however, that no Free Standing Stock
Appreciation Right shall be exercisable during the first six months of its term,
except that this additional limitation shall not apply in the event of a
Participant's death or Disability prior to the expiration of such six-month
period.

                    (2) Stock Appreciation Rights that are Related Rights
("Related Stock Appreciation Rights") shall be exercisable only at such time or
times and to the extent that the Stock Options to which they relate shall be
exercisable in accordance with the provisions of Section 7 above and this
Section 8 of the Plan; provided, however, that a Related Stock Appreciation
Right granted in connection with an Incentive Stock Option shall be exercisable
only if and when the Fair Market Value of the Stock subject to the Incentive
Stock Option exceeds the Exercise Price of such Option; provided, further, that
no Related Stock Appreciation Right shall be exercisable during the first six
months of its term, except that this additional limitation shall not apply in
the event of a Participant's death or Disability prior to the expiration of such
six-month period.

                  (d) Payment Upon Exercise.

                    (1) Upon the exercise of a Free Standing Stock Appreciation
Right, the Participant shall be entitled to receive up to, but not more than, an
amount in cash or that number of Shares (or any combination of cash and Shares)
equal in value to the excess of the Fair Market Value as of the date of exercise
over the price per share specified in the Free Standing Stock Appreciation Right
(which price shall be no less than 100% of the Fair Market Value on the date of
grant) multiplied by the number of Shares in respect of which the Free Standing
Stock Appreciation Right is being exercised, with the Administrator having the
right to determine the form of payment.

                    (2) A Related Right may be exercised by a Participant by
surrendering the applicable portion of the related Option. Upon such exercise
and surrender, the Participant shall be entitled to receive up to, but not more
than, an amount in cash or that number of Shares (or any combination of cash and
Shares) equal in value to the excess of the Fair Market Value as of the date of
exercise over the Exercise Price specified in the related Option multiplied by
the number of Shares in respect of which the Related Stock Appreciation Right is
being exercised, with the Administrator having the right to determine the form
of payment. Options which have been so surrendered, in whole or in part, shall
no longer be exercisable to the extent the Related Rights have been so
exercised.

                  (e) Non-Transferability.

                    (1) Free Standing Stock Appreciation Rights shall be
transferable only when and to the extent that an Option would be transferable
under Section 7 of the Plan.

                    (2) Related Stock Appreciation Rights shall be transferable
only when and to the extent that the underlying Option would be transferable
under Section 7 of the Plan.

                  (f) Termination of Employment or Service.

                    (1) In the event of the termination of employment or service
with the Company or any its parents or subsidiaries of a Participant who has
been granted one or more Free Standing Stock Appreciation Rights, such rights
shall be exercisable at such time or times and subject to such terms and
conditions as shall be determined by the Administrator at or after grant.

                    (2) In the event of the termination of employment or service
with the Company or any its parents or subsidiaries of a Participant who has
been granted one or more Related Stock Appreciation Rights, such rights shall be
exercisable at such time or times and subject to such terms and conditions as
set forth in the related Stock Options.

                  (g) Term.

                    (1) The term of each Free Standing Stock Appreciation Right
shall be fixed by the Administrator, but no Free Standing Stock Appreciation
Right shall be exercisable more than ten years after the date such right is
granted.

                    (2) The term of each Related Stock Appreciation Right shall
be the term of the Stock Option to which it relates, but no Related Stock
Appreciation Right shall be exercisable more than ten years after the date such
right is granted.

SECTION 9. RESTRICTED SHARES, DEFERRED SHARES AND PERFORMANCE SHARES.

                  (a) General. Awards of Restricted Shares, Deferred Shares or
Performance Shares may be issued either alone or in addition to other awards
granted under the Plan. The Administrator shall determine the Eligible
Recipients to whom, and the time or times at which, awards of Restricted Shares,
Deferred Shares or Performance Shares shall be made; the number of Shares to be
awarded; the price, if any, to be paid by the Participant for the acquisition of
Restricted Shares, Deferred Shares or Performance Shares; the Restricted Period
(as defined in paragraph (c) of this Section 9), if any, applicable to awards of
Restricted Shares or Deferred Shares; the performance objectives applicable to
awards of Deferred Shares or Performance Shares; and all other conditions of the
awards of Restricted Shares, Deferred Shares and Performance Shares. The
Administrator may also condition the grant of the award of Restricted Shares,
Deferred Shares or Performance Shares upon the exercise of Options, or upon such
other criteria as the Administrator may determine, in its sole discretion. The
provisions of the awards of

Restricted Shares, Deferred Shares or Performance Shares need not be the same
with respect to each Participant.

                  (b) Awards and Certificates. The prospective recipient of
awards of Restricted Shares, Deferred Shares or Performance Shares shall not
have any rights with respect to any such award, unless and until such recipient
has executed an agreement evidencing the award (a "Restricted Shares Award
Agreement," "Deferred Shares Award Agreement" or "Performance Shares Award
Agreement," as appropriate) and delivered a fully executed copy thereof to the
Company, within a period of sixty days (or such other period as the
Administrator may specify) after the award date. Except as otherwise provided
below in this Section 9(c), (i) each Participant who is granted an award of
Restricted Shares or Performance Shares shall be issued a stock certificate in
respect of such shares of Restricted Shares or Performance Shares; and (ii) such
certificate shall be registered in the name of the Participant, and shall bear
an appropriate legend referring to the terms, conditions, and restrictions
applicable to any such award.

                  The Company may require that the stock certificates evidencing
Restricted Shares or Performance Shares granted hereunder be held in the custody
of the Company until the restrictions thereon shall have lapsed, and that, as a
condition of any award of Restricted Shares or Performance Shares, the
Participant shall have delivered a stock power, endorsed in blank, relating to
the Shares covered by such award.

                  With respect to awards of Deferred Shares, at the expiration
of the Restricted Period, stock certificates in respect of such shares of
Deferred Shares shall be delivered to the Participant, or his legal
representative, in a number equal to the number of Shares covered by the
Deferred Shares award.

                  (c) Restrictions and Conditions. The awards of Restricted
Shares, Deferred Shares and Performance Shares granted pursuant to this Section
9 shall be subject to the following restrictions and conditions:

                    (1) Subject to the provisions of the Plan and the Restricted
Shares Award Agreement, Deferred Shares Award Agreement or Performance Shares
Award Agreement, as appropriate, governing any such award, during such period as
may be set by the Administrator commencing on the date of grant (the "Restricted
Period"), the Participant shall not be permitted to sell, transfer, pledge or
assign shares of Restricted Shares, Deferred Shares or Performance Shares
awarded under the Plan; provided, however, that the Administrator may, in its
sole discretion, provide for the lapse of such restrictions in installments and
may accelerate or waive such restrictions in whole or in part based on such
factors and such circumstances as the Administrator may determine, in its sole
discretion, including, but not limited to, the attainment of certain performance
related goals, the Participant's termination of employment or service as a
director or Consultant to the Company or any its parents or subsidiaries, the
Participant's death or Disability or the occurrence of a "change in control" as
defined in the Restricted Shares Award Agreement, Deferred Shares Award
Agreement or Performance Shares Award Agreement, as appropriate, evidencing such
award.

                    (2) Except as provided in paragraph (c )(l) of this Section
9, the Participant shall generally have the rights of a stockholder of the
Company with respect to Restricted Shares or Performance Shares during the
Restricted Period. The Participant shall generally not have the rights of a
stockholder with respect to Shares subject to awards of Deferred Shares during
the Restricted Period; provided, however, that dividends declared during the
Restricted Period with respect to the number of Shares covered by Deferred
Shares shall be paid to the Participant. Certificates for Shares of unrestricted
Common Stock shall be delivered to the Participant promptly after, and only
after, the Restricted Period shall expire without forfeiture in respect of such
awards of Restricted Shares, Deferred Shares or Performance Shares except as the
Administrator, in its sole discretion, shall otherwise determine.

                  The rights of Participants granted awards of Restricted
Shares, Deferred Shares or Performance Shares upon termination of employment or
service as a director or Consultant to the Company or to any its parents or
subsidiaries terminates for any reason during the Restricted Period shall be set
forth in the Restricted Shares Award Agreement, Deferred Shares Award Agreement
or Performance Shares Award Agreement, as appropriate, governing such awards.

SECTION 10. NON-OFFICER DIRECTOR GRANTS.

                  (a) Annual Grant. On the first business day after the annual
stockholders' meeting of the Company and each annual stockholders' meeting
thereafter during the term of the Plan (beginning with the annual stockholders'
meeting in 2005), each Non-Officer Director shall be granted that number of
Shares, the aggregate Fair Market Value of which shall equal $15,000 on the date
of grant (the "Non-Officer Director Shares"). The Non-Officer Director Shares
shall be fully vested as of the date of grant.

                   (b) Stock Availability. In the event that the number of
Shares available for grant under the Plan is not sufficient to accommodate the
awards of Non-Officer Director Shares, then the remaining Shares available for
such automatic awards shall be granted to each Non-Officer Director who is to
receive such an award on a pro-rata basis. No further grants shall be made until
such time, if any, as additional Shares become available for grant under the
Plan.

SECTION 11. AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION.

                  The Board may amend, alter or discontinue the Plan, but no
amendment, alteration, or discontinuation shall be made that would impair the
rights of a Participant under any award theretofore granted without such
Participant's consent. Unless the Board determines otherwise, the Board shall
obtain approval of the Company's stockholders for any amendment that would
require such approval in order to satisfy the requirements of sections 162(m) or
422 of the Code, any stock exchange rules on which the Common Stock is traded or
other applicable law. The Administrator may amend the terms of any award
theretofore granted, prospectively or retroactively, but, subject to

Section 5 of Plan, no such amendment shall impair the rights of any Participant
without his or her consent.

SECTION 12. UNFUNDED STATUS OF PLAN.

                  The Plan is intended to constitute an "unfunded" plan for
incentive compensation. With respect to any payments not yet made to a
Participant by the Company, nothing contained herein shall give any such
Participant any rights that are greater than those of a general creditor of the
Company.

SECTION 13. WITHHOLDING TAXES.

                  Whenever cash is to be paid pursuant to an award granted
hereunder, the Company shall have the right to deduct therefrom an amount
sufficient to satisfy any federal, state and local withholding tax requirements
related thereto. Whenever Shares are to be delivered pursuant to an award, the
Company shall have the right to require the Participant to remit to the Company
in cash an amount sufficient to satisfy any federal, state and local withholding
tax requirements related thereto. With the approval of the Administrator, a
Participant may satisfy the foregoing requirement by electing to have the
Company withhold from delivery of Shares or by delivering already owned
unrestricted shares of Common Stock, in each case, having a value equal to the
minimum amount of tax required to be withheld. Such shares shall be valued at
their Fair Market Value on the date of which the amount of tax to be withheld is
determined. Fractional share amounts shall be settled in cash. Such a election
may be made with respect to all or any portion of the Shares to be delivered
pursuant to an award.

SECTION 14. GENERAL PROVISIONS.

                  (a) Shares shall not be issued pursuant to the exercise of any
Option granted hereunder unless the exercise of such Option and the issuance and
delivery of such Shares pursuant thereto shall comply with all relevant
provisions of law, including, without limitation, the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, the Exchange Act and the requirements of any stock exchange upon which
the Common Stock may then be listed, and shall be further subject to the
approval of counsel for the Company with respect to such compliance.

                  (b) The Administrator may require each person acquiring Shares
to represent to and agree with the Company in writing that such person is
acquiring the Shares without a view to distribution thereof. The certificates
for such Shares may include any legend that the Administrator deems appropriate
to reflect any restrictions on transfer which the Administrator determines, in
its sole discretion, arise under applicable securities laws or are otherwise
applicable.

                  (c) All certificates for Shares delivered under the Plan shall
be subject to such stop-transfer orders and other restrictions as the
Administrator may deem advisable under the rules, regulations, and other
requirements of the Securities and Exchange

Commission, any stock exchange upon which the Common Stock may then be listed,
and any applicable federal or state securities law, and the Administrator may
cause a legend or legends to be placed on any such certificates to make
appropriate reference to such restrictions.

                  (h) The adoption of the Plan shall not confer upon any
Eligible Recipient any right to continued employment or service with the Company
or any its parents or subsidiaries, as the case may be, nor shall it interfere
in any way with the right of the Company or any its parents or subsidiaries to
terminate the employment or service of any of its Eligible Recipients at any
time.

SECTION 15. EFFECTIVE DATE.

                  (a) The Plan became effective on November 1, 2002 (the
"Effective Date").

                  (b) Subject to stockholder approval of the 2004 Amendments
within twelve months following the adoption of such amendments by the Board, the
2004 Amendments shall become effective on February 11, 2004.

SECTION 16. TERM OF PLAN.

                  No award shall be granted pursuant to the Plan on or after the
tenth anniversary of the Effective Date, but awards theretofore granted may
extend beyond that date.UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
BEFORE THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
RELEASE NO. 45135 / DECEMBER 6, 2001

ACCOUNTING AND AUDITING ENFORCEMENT
RELEASE NO. 1476 / DECEMBER 6, 2001

ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING
FILE NO. 3-10647

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In the Matter of                :
                                :
                                :      ORDER INSTITUTING PROCEEDINGS PURSUANT
PINNACLE HOLDINGS, INC.,        :      TO SECTION 21C OF THE SECURITIES
                                :      EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AND MAKING
                                :      FINDINGS, AND ISSUING A CEASE-AND-DESIST
                                :      ORDER
      Respondent                :
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                                       I.

The Commission deems it appropriate that public administrative proceedings be,
and they hereby are, instituted against Pinnacle Holdings, Inc. ("Pinnacle" or
the "Company") pursuant to Section 21C of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(the "Exchange Act").

In anticipation of the institution of these administrative proceedings, Pinnacle
has submitted an Offer of Settlement, which the Commission has determined to
accept. Solely for the purpose of this proceeding and any other proceeding
brought by or on behalf of the Commission or to which the Commission is a party,
and without admitting or denying the findings set forth therein, except as to
the jurisdiction of the Commission over the matters set forth herein, which is
admitted, Pinnacle consents to the issuance of this Order Instituting
Proceedings Pursuant to Section 21C of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Making Findings, and Issuing A Cease and Desist Order ("Order").

                                       II.
                                    FINDINGS

On the basis of this Order and Pinnacle's Offer of Settlement, the Commission
makes the following findings:(1)

A.       RESPONDENT

Pinnacle is a holding company structured as a real estate investment trust whose
primary subsidiaries and operating divisions are engaged in the business of
acquiring, integrating, operating and leasing communications site space,
principally antenna space for wireless telephony, land mobile, two way radio
systems and paging service providers and other wireless devices. Pinnacle's
headquarters are in Sarasota, Florida, and its common stock is registered with
the Commission pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act. Pinnacle's common
stock is quoted on the Nasdaq National Market System. Pinnacle conducted an
initial public offering in February 1999.

B.       FACTS

1.       SUMMARY

This matter involves Pinnacle's improper accounting for its acquisition of
Motorola, Inc.'s ("Motorola") North American Antenna Site Business (the
"Motorola Acquisition"). Pinnacle improperly established liabilities and
improperly capitalized costs in connection with the acquisition. As a result,
Pinnacle understated reported expenses for the year 1999 and the first three
quarters of 2000.

Pinnacle's business strategy is focused on creating a portfolio of
communications sites through the acquisition of sites and operation of antenna
and other communications sites. In furtherance of that strategy, in August 1999
Pinnacle acquired from Motorola over 1,800 antenna towers, management agreements
and leases, the result of which was effectively to double the number of
communications sites operated by Pinnacle. Pinnacle's establishment of
liabilities and capitalization of certain costs incurred following the Motorola
Acquisition did not comply with generally accepted accounting principles
("GAAP") and resulted in violations of the periodic reporting, books and
records, and internal controls provisions of the federal securities laws.

In connection with the Motorola Acquisition, Pinnacle improperly established at
least $24 million of liabilities, including over $8.5 million in costs that were
improperly capitalized. The costs related to the integration and ongoing
business operation of assets acquired from Motorola, and, under GAAP, should
have been expensed. By capitalizing these costs as directly and incrementally
related to the Motorola Acquisition, instead of treating them as ongoing
operating expenses, Pinnacle understated its general and administrative

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(1)      The Commission's findings herein are made pursuant to Pinnacle's Offer
         of Settlement and are not binding on any other person or entity in this
         or any other proceeding.

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and corporate development expenses for the periods ended from September 30, 1999
to September 30, 2000.

On March 14, 2001, Pinnacle retained a new auditor, which audited Pinnacle's
financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2000, and re-audited
Pinnacle's financial statements for the year ended December 31, 1999.(2) In
amended filings,(3) Pinnacle restated its 1999 audited financial statements,
increasing its net losses by $300,000, and restated its results for the first
three quarters of 2000 to increase its net losses by $1.7 million and reduce its
earnings per share by $0.04.(4) The restatements resulted in Pinnacle being out
of compliance as to certain negotiated debt covenants Pinnacle had with certain
lenders, requiring Pinnacle to obtain a waiver of those covenants from those
lenders.(5)

2.       THE MOTOROLA ACQUISITION

a.       BACKGROUND

From its inception in 1995 through 1999, Pinnacle aggressively acquired
communications sites, largely from owners of small numbers of communications
sites. To supplement its internal acquisitions department, Pinnacle engaged its
former (then current) auditor to perform due diligence and related integration
activities with respect to certain of its tower acquisitions. In addition, the
former auditor provided management and strategic

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(2)      Pinnacle's new auditor was retained to succeed its former auditor,
         which had audited Pinnacle's financial statements from 1995, the date
         of the company's inception ("former auditor").

(3)      On April 26, 2001, Pinnacle filed an amended Form 10-K for the year
         ended December 31, 1999, and on May 4, 2001, Pinnacle filed amended
         Forms 10-Q for the quarters ended September 30, 1999, March 31, 2000,
         June 30, 2000, and September 30, 2000.

(4)      As described in the amended Form 8-K filed by Pinnacle on April 26,
         2001, Pinnacle's former auditor disagreed with Pinnacle's decision, in
         its restatement, to expense costs previously capitalized in 1999 as
         direct costs in the Motorola Acquisition.

(5)      Pinnacle's reported earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and
         amortization ("EBITDA"), is used in calculating compliance with certain
         covenants in a Senior Credit Facility to which Pinnacle is a party.
         Under the agreement, Pinnacle was not allowed to permit the ratio of
         senior debt to annualized EBITDA to exceed certain amounts, as defined
         in the agreement. In addition, as a result of the restated financial
         statements, Pinnacle's EBITDA, a pro forma measure of earnings used by
         Pinnacle's lenders, analysts and investors, was reduced by amounts of
         between five percent and fifteen percent for each of Pinnacle's five
         quarters between and including the quarter ended September 30, 1999 and
         the quarter ended September 30, 2000.

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consulting, information technology consulting, acquisition accounting and tax
consulting services to Pinnacle.

In June 1999, Pinnacle entered into an agreement to purchase 1,858
communications sites and related assets from Motorola for approximately $254
million. The transaction closed on August 31, 1999, but a working capital
adjustment provision allowed for subsequent adjustment of the final purchase
price. This transaction posed a significant challenge to Pinnacle management in
conducting pre-closing due diligence on the towers. In addition, the
transaction, which effectively doubled the number of towers managed by Pinnacle,
posed a significant challenge to Pinnacle management in gaining operational
control of the towers and effectively integrating the towers, and information
related to the towers, into Pinnacle's operations.

b.       ACCOUNTING ISSUES

In accounting for the Motorola Acquisition, Pinnacle established a liability of
$31.45 million for estimated acquisition costs ("the acquisition liability").(6)
The acquisition liability was established after the August 31, 1999 closing date
for the Motorola Acquisition, in connection with the preparation of Pinnacle's
quarterly report filed with the Commission on November 15, 1999, for the period
ended September 30, 1999.

The acquisition liability included several categories of estimated costs. The
costs included estimates for fees for consulting services that had not yet been
performed, and $4 million in back tax, utility, and rent payment liabilities
that, under the terms of the purchase and sale agreement between Motorola and
Pinnacle, were Motorola liabilities unless discovered by Pinnacle after December
31, 1999. The acquisition liability also included $5 million for "non-specific
liabilities" and, based on a potential severance obligation to former Motorola
employees contained in the Motorola Acquisition agreement, a liability of $1.5
million for involuntary termination of acquired employees.

Subsequent to the establishment of the acquisition liability, Pinnacle
reallocated the accrual amounts among various categories during 2000 in order to
account for revisions to its estimates of certain costs arising out of the
Motorola Acquisition and Pinnacle's operations.

Pinnacle ultimately paid its former auditor approximately $14 million in fees
associated with consulting work on the Motorola Acquisition and capitalized
substantially all of those fees. Included in the fees that Pinnacle improperly
applied against the accruals and capitalized, and subsequently restated, were
approximately $6.8 million in post closing fees for services that Pinnacle
incurred as a result of its ongoing business practices and obligations, such as
(1) operating, managing and integrating Motorola's assets into existing
operations, (2) assessing the Motorola assets for impairment, and (3) assisting
Pinnacle in identifying revenue enhancement opportunities after closing.

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(6)      As noted earlier, at least $24 million of the liabilities were
         improperly established.

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Pinnacle also improperly posted other operating expenses against its Motorola
Acquisition accruals in 1999 and 2000, including $922,932 in office rental and
administrative items, employee bonuses, information technology consulting, and
repair, maintenance and other expenses.

The capitalization of costs reduced Pinnacle's reported operating expenses
because the costs would be amortized over the useful lives of the acquired
assets and would not be reported as current operating expenses by Pinnacle.

3.       PINNACLE'S RESTATEMENT AND RELATED FILINGS

On April 26, 2001, Pinnacle filed an amended Form 10-K for fiscal year 1999 and
on May 4, 2001, filed amended Forms 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30,
1999 and the first three quarters of fiscal year 2000. In those filings,
Pinnacle restated its financial statements for fiscal year 1999, including the
third and fourth quarters of fiscal year 1999, and the first three quarters of
fiscal year 2000. The restatements reflected Pinnacle's determination (1) to
accrue direct costs of the Motorola Acquisition only as the related services
were performed, and (2) to expense approximately $8.5 million in professional
fees and other miscellaneous adjustments related to ongoing business expenses
necessary to integrate the Motorola assets and liabilities into Pinnacle's
operations. Of the approximately $8.5 million of previously capitalized costs
that were restated to current period expenses, approximately $6.8 million or
approximately 80 percent, were consulting fees related to the Motorola
Acquisition.

The failure to account properly for the consulting fees and other expenses
related to the Motorola Acquisition caused Pinnacle to misstate its general and
administrative expenses and its corporate development expenses as set forth
below:

     o   THREE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1999: Corporate Development Expense
         increased from $2,459,995 to $2,920,787, an increase of 18.73 percent;

     o   THREE MONTHS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1999: Corporate Development Expense
         increased from $4,180,837 to $5,445,269, an increase of 30.24 percent;

     o   THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2000: Corporate Development Expense
         increased from $3,870,986 to $6,567,815, an increase of 69.67 percent;
         General and Administrative Expense increased from $1,906,605 to
         $2,093,068, an increase of 9.78 percent;

     o   THREE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2000: Corporate Development Expense
         increased from $4,276,878 to $6,954,531, an increase of 62.61 percent;

     o   THREE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2000: Corporate Development Expense
         increased from $13,619,585 to $14,187,345, an increase of 4.17 percent.

The changes in Pinnacle's restated financial statements placed Pinnacle in
violation of debt covenants contained in agreements under which Pinnacle had
borrowed funds from

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institutional lenders. Those agreements required compliance with, among other
things, certain "leverage ratios," which were negatively affected by the
restatements. Pinnacle was required to obtain a waiver from its lender of those
debt covenants.

                                      III.
                                 LEGAL ANALYSIS

A.       THE IMPROPER ACCOUNTING FOR ITEMS CAPITALIZED BY PINNACLE

Pinnacle's accounting for post acquisition costs associated with the Motorola
Acquisition was improper in at least two respects: (1) Pinnacle improperly
accrued costs that did not meet the criteria for the establishment of a
liability, and (2) Pinnacle improperly capitalized certain costs associated with
the integration and operation of the sites it acquired from Motorola.

Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 16, BUSINESS COMBINATIONS ("APB 16"),
paragraph 76 states: "the cost of a company acquired in a business combination
accounted for by the purchase method includes the direct costs of acquisition .
.... However, indirect and general expenses related to acquisitions are deducted
as incurred in determining net income." Furthermore, Accounting Interpretation
No. 33 of APB 16 states: "all internal costs associated with a business
combination are deducted as incurred in determining net income."

Pursuant to this guidance, capitalized acquisition costs may not include a
company's costs, whether incurred internally or paid to third parties, that may
relate to the acquired assets but that were incurred as a result of the
company's ongoing business practices and obligations, such as establishing books
and records for acquired operations, preparing its financial statements,
developing budgets or operating and strategic plans, or operating, managing and
integrating acquired assets into existing operations.

In connection with the Motorola Acquisition, Pinnacle improperly capitalized
indirect and general costs associated with the integration of the acquired
assets into the operations of Pinnacle as well as certain costs associated with
the management and operation of the acquired assets. Pinnacle also improperly
capitalized internal costs, such as employee bonuses, building rents, and other
operating expenses in connection with the Motorola Acquisition.

Certain liabilities recorded in connection with the Motorola Acquisition were
also improper. Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 5 ("FAS 5")
Accounting for Contingencies, paragraph 8 provides that an estimated loss from a
loss contingency should be accrued if information available prior to the
issuance of the financial statements indicates that it is probable that an asset
had been impaired or a liability had been incurred at the date of the financial
statements and the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated. Implicit in
FAS 5 is the notion that one or more future events will occur confirming the
fact of the loss.

Emerging Issues Task Force Issue Nos. 95 - 3 and 94 - 3 interpret the
requirements of SFAS No. 5 with respect to the recognition of liabilities for
planned business integration

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and restructuring costs. That guidance provides that these expected costs should
not be recognized as liabilities unless they are directly related to a
management plan to exit an activity and the cost has no future economic benefit
to the entity. The costs accrued by Pinnacle did not satisfy either of those
criteria.

Statement of Financial Accounting Concepts No. 6, Elements of Financial
Statements paragraphs 35 - 36 further states that a liability has three
essential characteristics:

               (a) it embodies a present duty or responsibility to one or more
               other entities that entails settlement by probable future
               transfer or use of assets at a specified or determinable date, on
               occurrence of a specified event, or on demand, (b) the duty or
               responsibility obligates a particular entity, leaving it little
               or no discretion to avoid the future sacrifice, and (c) the
               transaction or other event obligating the entity has already
               happened.

Thus, whether a particular cost constitutes a liability at the date of
acquisition requires a determination of (1) whether there exists a legal,
equitable or constructive obligation for the company to sacrifice its assets in
the future, and (2) whether that obligation existed at the date of acquisition.
Only present obligations, that is, those obligations resulting from a past
transaction or event, are liabilities. See Statement of Financial Accounting
Concepts No. 6, Elements of Financial Statements, paragraphs 195 - 206.

The liability that Pinnacle recorded with respect to the Motorola Acquisition
did not meet the requirements of Concepts Statement No. 6 because Pinnacle did
not have "a present duty or responsibility" to pay third parties for the planned
activities before they were performed. Pinnacle's premature recognition of a
liability at the time it reported the business combination was improper.
Recognition of the liabilities in accordance with GAAP as the activities were
performed makes more transparent their character as arising from the integration
and management of the acquired assets.

Also included in the accrual Pinnacle recorded were reserves for "nonspecific
liabilities" that might be incurred with respect to the Motorola Acquisition.
Reserves for "general or unspecified business risks" may not be accrued under
FAS 5, paragraph 14.

B.       PINNACLE VIOLATED THE PERIODIC REPORTING REQUIREMENTS OF THE EXCHANGE
         ACT.

Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act and Rules 13a-1 and 13a-13 thereunder require
issuers of securities registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act to
file certain annual and quarterly reports with the Commission. Implicit in these
rules is the requirement that the reports accurately reflect the financial
condition and operating results of the issuer. See SEC v. IMC International,
Inc., 384 F. Supp. 889, 893 (N.D. Tex.), aff'd mem., 505 F. 2d 733 (5th Cir.
1974), cert. denied sub nom. Evans v. SEC, 420 U.S. 930 (1975) (citing the need
for "complete, accurate and timely reports"). No showing of scienter is
necessary to establish a violation of Section 13(a). See SEC v. Savoy
Industries, Inc., 587 F.2d 1149, 1167 (D.C. Cir. 1978). Rule 12b-20 further
requires the inclusion of any

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additional material information that is necessary to make required statements,
in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
Information regarding the financial condition of a company is presumptively
material. SEC v. Blavin, 760 F.2d 706, 711 (6th Cir. 1985).

Pinnacle's accrual for and capitalization of costs relating to the Motorola
Acquisition, including the professional fees paid to its former auditor, failed
to comply with GAAP and to reflect accurately Pinnacle's assets, liabilities and
operating expenses following the transaction. Pinnacle corrected these
inaccuracies in its amended annual and quarterly filings made on April 26 and
May 4, 2001. Accordingly, Pinnacle's financial statements contained in its
initial public filings following the Motorola Acquisition (that is, those made
prior to Pinnacle's restatement) violated Exchange Act Section 13(a) and Rules
12b-20, 13a-1 and 13a-13 thereunder.

C.       PINNACLE VIOLATED THE RECORDKEEPING AND INTERNAL CONTROL PROVISIONS OF
         THE EXCHANGE ACT.

Section 13(b)(2)(A) of the Exchange Act requires issuers to "make and keep
books, records, and accounts, which, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly
reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the issuer." Section
13(b)(2)(B) of the Exchange Act requires issuers to devise and maintain a system
of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that
transactions are recorded as necessary to permit the preparation of financial
statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain the accountability of assets.
No showing of scienter is necessary to establish a violation of Section 13(b).
See SEC v. World-Wide Coin Investments, Ltd., et al., 567 F. Supp. 724, 749-51
(N.D. Ga. 1983).

Pinnacle's improper accrual for and capitalization of certain professional fee
costs billed by its outside consultants, software costs, employee bonuses and
other general and administrative expenses relating to the Motorola Acquisition
made its internal accounting records inaccurate in the manner in which they
reflected Pinnacle's assets, liabilities and operating expenses. Pinnacle's
failure to maintain records that accurately accounted for its assets,
liabilities and certain expenses violated Sections 13(b)(2)(A) and 13 (b)(2)(B)
of the Exchange Act.

                                       IV.

Based on the foregoing, the Commission finds that Pinnacle violated Sections
13(a), 13(b)(2)(A) and 13(b)(2)(B) of the Exchange Act and Rules 12b-20, 13a-1
and 13a-13 thereunder.

                                       V.
                                      ORDER

Based on the foregoing, the Commission deems it appropriate to accept Pinnacle's
Offer of Settlement and impose the sanctions agreed to therein.

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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:

A. That Pinnacle shall cease and desist from committing or causing any violation
or any future violation of Sections 13(a), 13(b)(2)(A) and 13(b)(2) (B) of the
Exchange Act and Rules 12b-20, 13a -1 and 13a-13 thereunder; and

B. That Pinnacle comply with its undertaking to, upon reasonable request by the
Commission or its staff, and on reasonable notice and without service of a
subpoena, provide documents or other information, and accept service and take
all reasonable actions to make its officers, directors, employees and agents
available to testify truthfully at any interview, investigative testimony,
deposition, judicial proceeding related to this Order or administrative
proceeding arising as a result of the Commission's investigation entitled In the
Matter of Pinnacle Holdings, Inc. This provision shall not be construed to waive
applicable attorney client, work product or other privileges recognized under
federal law held by Pinnacle, its officers, directors, employees or agents, if
asserted on a timely basis and in good faith.

By the Commission.
                                                                Jonathan G. Katz
                                                                       Secretary

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