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                                                                    EXHIBIT 4(c)

                              SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE

         For value received, each Guarantor (which term includes any successor
Person under the Indenture and the First Supplemental Indenture) has, jointly
and severally, unconditionally guaranteed, to the extent set forth in the
Indenture and the First Supplemental Indenture and subject to the provisions in
the Indenture and the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November
29, 1999, among CheckFree Holdings Corporation, the Guarantors party thereto and
Fifth Third Bank as trustee (the "Trustee"), (a) the due and punctual payment of
the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Series 6-1/2% Notes (as
defined in the Indenture), whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption or
otherwise, the due and punctual payment of interest on overdue principal and
premium, and, to the extent permitted by law, interest, as the due and punctual
performance of all other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the
Trustee all in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and (b) in case of any
extension of time of payment or renewal of any Series 6-1/2% Notes or any such
obligations, that the same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed
in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated
maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. The obligations of the Guarantors to the
Holders of Series 6-1/2% Notes and to the Trustee pursuant to this Subsidiary
Guarantee, the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article V-A of the First
Supplemental Indenture and reference is hereby made to the First Supplemental
Indenture for the precise terms of the Subsidiary Guarantee. The obligations of
the Guarantors will be released only in accordance with the provisions of
Article V-A of the First Supplemental Indenture. Each Holder of a Series 6-1/2%
Note, by accepting the same, (a) agrees to and shall be bound by such
provisions, (b) authorizes and directs the Trustee, on behalf of such Holder, to
take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the
subordination as provided in the Indenture and (c) appoints the Trustee
attorney-in-fact of such Holder for such purpose; provided, however, that the
indebtedness evidenced by this Subsidiary Guarantee shall cease to be so
subordinated and subject in right of payment upon any defeasance of this Note in
accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and the First Supplemental
Indenture.
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                                        CHECKFREE CORPORATION

                                          /s/ Allen L. Shulman
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        By: Allen L. Shulman
                                        Title: Executive Vice President and
                                                 Chief Financial Officer

                                        CHECKFREE MANAGEMENT CORPORATION

                                          /s/ Allen L. Shulman
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        By: Allen L. Shulman
                                        Title: Executive Vice President and
                                                 Treasurer

                                        CHECKFREE INVESTMENT CORPORATION

                                          /s/ Allen L. Shulman
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        By: Allen L. Shulman
                                        Title: Executive Vice President and
                                                 Chief Financial Officer

                                        CHECKFREE INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.

                                          /s/  Allen L. Shulman
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        By: Allen L. Shulman
                                        Title:  Vice President<PAGE>   1
                                                                    Exhibit 4(d)

                                                                  EXECUTION COPY
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                         CHECKFREE HOLDINGS CORPORATION

                                       AND

                                FIFTH THIRD BANK

                                    INDENTURE

                          Dated as of November 29, 1999

                      Subordinated Indebtedness Securities

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ARTICLE 1
     DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION.......................................................2
         SECTION 1.1             Definitions.......................................................................2
         SECTION 1.2             Compliance Certificates and Opinions.............................................11
         SECTION 1.3             Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee...........................................12
         SECTION 1.4             Acts of Holders..................................................................12
         SECTION 1.6             Notice to Holders; Waiver........................................................15
         SECTION 1.7             Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.........................................16
         SECTION 1.8             Successors and Assigns...........................................................17
         SECTION 1.9             Separability Clause..............................................................17
         SECTION 1.10            Benefits of Indenture............................................................17
         SECTION 1.11            Governing Law....................................................................17
         SECTION 1.12            Legal Holidays...................................................................17
         SECTION 1.13            Personal Immunity from Liability for Incorporators,
                                          Stockholders, Etc.......................................................17
         SECTION 1.14            Conflict with Trust Indenture Act................................................18

ARTICLE 2
     SECURITIES FORMS.............................................................................................18
         SECTION 2.1             Forms of Securities..............................................................18
         SECTION 2.2             Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication. ................................18
         SECTION 2.3             Securities Issuable in Global Form. .............................................18

     ARTICLE 3
     THE SECURITIES...............................................................................................19
         SECTION 3.1             Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.............................................19
         SECTION 3.2             Denominations....................................................................24
         SECTION 3.3             Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating...................................24
         SECTION 3.4             Temporary Securities.............................................................26
         SECTION 3.5             Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange..............................29
         SECTION 3.6             Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.................................32
         SECTION 3.7             Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved...................................33
         SECTION 3.8             Persons Deemed Owners............................................................35
         SECTION 3.9             Cancellation.....................................................................36
         SECTION 3.10            Computation of Interest..........................................................37

ARTICLE 4
     SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE...................................................................................37
         SECTION 4.1             Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture..........................................37
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ARTICLE 5
     REMEDIES....................................................................................................38
         SECTION 5.1             Events of Default...............................................................39
         SECTION 5.2             Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment..............................40
         SECTION 5.3             Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for
                                          Enforcement by Trustee.................................................41
         SECTION 5.4             Trustee May File Proofs of Claim................................................42
         SECTION 5.5             Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of
                                          Securities or Coupons..................................................43
         SECTION 5.6             Application of Money Collected..................................................43
         SECTION 5.7             Limitation on Suits.............................................................43
         SECTION 5.8             Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal,
                                 Premium, if any, Interest and Additional Amounts................................44
         SECTION 5.9             Restoration of Rights and Remedies..............................................44
         SECTION 5.10            Rights and Remedies Cumulative..................................................44
         SECTION 5.11            Delay or Omission Not Waiver....................................................45
         SECTION 5.12            Control by Holders of Securities................................................45
         SECTION 5.13            Waiver of Past Defaults.........................................................45
         SECTION 5.14            Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws.........................................46
         SECTION 5.15            Undertaking for Costs...........................................................46

ARTICLE 6
     THE TRUSTEE.................................................................................................46
         SECTION 6.1             Certain Duties and Responsibilities.............................................46
         SECTION 6.2             Notice of Defaults..............................................................48
         SECTION 6.3             Certain Rights of Trustee.......................................................48
         SECTION 6.4             Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities..........................49
         SECTION 6.5             May Hold Securities.............................................................50
         SECTION 6.6             Money Held in Trust.............................................................50
         SECTION 6.7             Compensation and Reimbursement..................................................50
         SECTION 6.8             Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility;
                                 Conflicting Interests...........................................................51
         SECTION 6.9             Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor...............................51
         SECTION 6.10            Acceptance of Appointment by Successor..........................................52
         SECTION 6.11            Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or
                                 Succession to Business..........................................................54
         SECTION 6.12            Appointment of Authenticating Agent.............................................54

ARTICLE 7
     HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY...........................................................56
         SECTION 7.1             Disclosure of Names and Addresses of Holders....................................56
         SECTION 7.2             Reports by Trustee..............................................................56
         SECTION 7.3             Reports by Company..............................................................56
         SECTION 7.4             Company to Furnish Trustee Names and

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                                          Addresses of Holders...................................................57

ARTICLE 8
     CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE, LEASE OR CONVEYANCE............................................................58
         SECTION 8.1             Consolidations and Mergers of Company and Sales,
                                 Leases and Conveyances Permitted Subject to Certain Conditions..................58
         SECTION 8.2             Rights and Duties of Successor Person...........................................58
         SECTION 8.3             Officers' Certificate and Opinion of Counsel....................................59

ARTICLE 9
     SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.....................................................................................59
         SECTION 9.1             Supplemental Indentures without Consent of Holders..............................59
         SECTION 9.2             Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders.................................61
         SECTION 9.3             Execution of Supplemental Indentures............................................62
         SECTION 9.4             Effect of Supplemental Indentures...............................................62
         SECTION 9.5             Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.............................................62
         SECTION 9.6             Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures..............................62

ARTICLE 10
     COVENANTS...................................................................................................63
         SECTION 10.1            Payment of Principal, Premium, if any, Interest and
                                 Additional Amounts..............................................................63
         SECTION 10.2            Maintenance of Office or Agency.................................................63
         SECTION 10.3            Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust...............................65
         SECTION 10.4            Existence.......................................................................66
         SECTION 10.5            Maintenance of Properties.......................................................66
         SECTION 10.6            Payment of Taxes and Other Claims...............................................67
         SECTION 10.7            Statement as to Compliance......................................................67
         SECTION 10.8            Additional Amounts..............................................................67
         SECTION 10.9            Waiver of Certain Covenants.....................................................68

ARTICLE 11
     REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES....................................................................................68
         SECTION 11.1            Applicability of Article........................................................68
         SECTION 11.2            Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee...........................................69
         SECTION 11.3            Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed...............................69
         SECTION 11.4            Notice of Redemption............................................................69
         SECTION 11.5            Deposit of Redemption Price.....................................................71
         SECTION 11.6            Securities Payable on Redemption Date...........................................71
         SECTION 11.7            Securities Redeemed in Part.....................................................72
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ARTICLE 12
         SINKING FUNDS............................................................................................72
         SECTION 12.1            Applicability of Article.........................................................72
         SECTION 12.2            Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with
                                 Securities.......................................................................72
         SECTION 12.3            Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund........................................73

ARTICLE 13
     REPURCHASE AT THE OPTION OF HOLDERS..........................................................................73
         SECTION 13.1            Applicability of Article.........................................................73
         SECTION 13.2            Repurchase of Securities.........................................................73
         SECTION 13.3            Notice; Exercise of Repurchase Right.............................................74
         SECTION 13.4            When Securities Presented for Repurchase
                                 Become Due and Payable...........................................................75
         SECTION 13.5            Securities Not Repurchased on Repurchase Date....................................76
         SECTION 13.6            Securities Repaid in Part........................................................76

ARTICLE 14
     DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE...........................................................................76
         SECTION 14.1            Applicability of Article; Company's Option to Effect
                                 Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance................................................76
         SECTION 14.2            Defeasance and Discharge.........................................................76
         SECTION 14.3            Covenant Defeasance..............................................................77
         SECTION 14.4            Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance..................................77
         SECTION 14.5            Deposited Money and Government Obligations to Be
                                 Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions....................................79
         SECTION 14.6            Reinstatement....................................................................80

ARTICLE 15
     SUBORDINATION................................................................................................81
         SECTION 15.1            Agreement to Subordinate.........................................................81
         SECTION 15.2            Liquidation; Dissolution; Bankruptcy.............................................81
         SECTION 15.3            Default on Senior Indebtedness...................................................81
         SECTION 15.4            Acceleration of Securities.......................................................82
         SECTION 15.5            When Distribution Must Be Paid Over..............................................82
         SECTION 15.6            Notice by Company................................................................82
         SECTION 15.7            Subrogation..................................................................... 82
         SECTION 15.8            Relative Rights................................................................. 82
         SECTION 15.9            Subordination May Not Be Impaired by Trust...................................... 83
         SECTION 15.10           Distribution or Notice to Representative........................................ 83
         SECTION 15.11           Rights of Trustee and Paying Agent.............................................. 83
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                         CHECKFREE HOLDINGS CORPORATION

         Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the "TIA")
and Indenture, dated as of November 29, 1999.

Trust Indenture Act Section                                  Indenture Section
---------------------------                         -----------------

310(a)(1)................................................    6.7
   (b)(2)................................................    6.7
   (b)...................................................    6.7, 6.8
312(a)...................................................    7.4
312(c)...................................................    7.1
313(a)...................................................    7.2
   (c)...................................................    7.2
314(a)...................................................    7.3
   (a)(4)................................................    10.9
   (c)(1) ...............................................    1.2
   (c)(2)................................................    1.2
   (e)...................................................    1.2
315(b) ..................................................    6.1
316(a) (last sentence)...................................    1.1("Outstanding")
   (a)(1)(A).............................................    5.12
   (a)(1)(B) ............................................    5.13
   (b) ..................................................    5.8
317(a)(1)................................................    5.3
   (a)(2)................................................    5.4
318(a)...................................................    1.11
   (c) ..................................................    1.11

NOTE: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a
part of the Indenture.

         Attention should also be directed to Section 318(c) of the TIA, which
provides that the provisions of Sections 310 through 317 of the TIA are a part
of and govern every qualified indenture, whether or not physically contained in
the Indenture.

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         INDENTURE, dated as of November 29, 1999, between CHECKFREE HOLDINGS
CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (hereinafter called the "Company"), having
its principal office at 4411 East Jones Bridge Road, Norcross, Georgia 30092 and
Fifth Third Bank, a state banking corporation organized under the laws of the
State of Ohio, as Trustee hereunder (hereinafter called the "Trustee"), having
its Corporate Trust Office at Cincinnati, Ohio.

                             RECITALS OF THE COMPANY

         The Company deems it necessary to issue from time to time for its
lawful purposes subordinated debt securities (hereinafter called the
"Securities") evidencing its subordinated indebtedness, and has duly authorized
the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance from
time to time of the Securities, unlimited as to principal amount, to bear
interest at the rates or formulas, to mature at such times and to have such
other provisions as shall be fixed as hereinafter provided.

         This Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act
of 1939 that are deemed to be incorporated into this Indenture and shall, to the
extent applicable, be governed by such provisions.

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

         NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

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

                                   ARTICLE 1
             DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION

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

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

         (2) all other terms used herein which are defined in the TIA, either
directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein,
and the terms "cash transaction" and "self-liquidating paper," as used in TIA
Section 311, shall have the meanings assigned to them in the rules of the
Commission adopted under the TIA;

         (3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings
assigned to them in accordance with GAAP;

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         (4) the word "including" means "including without limitation," and

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

         "Act," when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified
in Section 1.4.

         "Additional Amounts" means any additional amounts which are required by
a Security or by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, under circumstances
specified therein, to be paid by the Company in respect of certain taxes imposed
on certain Holders and which are owing to such Holders.

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

         "Authenticating Agent" means any authenticating agent appointed by the
Trustee pursuant to Section 6.12.

         "Authorized Newspaper" means a newspaper, printed in the English
language or in an official language of the country of publication, customarily
published on each Business Day, whether or not published on Saturdays, Sundays
or holidays, and of general circulation in each place in connection with which
the term is used or in the financial community of each such place. Whenever
successive publications are required to be made in Authorized Newspapers, the
successive publications may be made in the same or in different Authorized
Newspapers in the same city meeting the foregoing requirements and in each case
on any Business Day.

         "Bankruptcy Law" has the meaning specified in Section 5.1.

         "Bearer Security" means any Security established pursuant to Section
2.1 which is payable to bearer.

         "Board of Directors" means the board of directors of the Company, the
executive committee of that board or any committee of that board duly authorized
to act hereunder.

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

         "Business Day," when used with respect to any Place of Payment or any
other particular location referred to in this Indenture or in the Securities,
means, unless otherwise specified with

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respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 3.1, any day, other than a
Saturday or Sunday, that is neither a legal holiday nor a day on which banking
institutions in that Place of Payment or particular location are authorized or
required by law, regulation or executive order to close.

         "CEDEL" means Centrale de Livraison de Valeurs Mobilieres, S.A., or its
successor.

         "Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time
to time constituted, created under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as
amended, or, if at any time after execution of this instrument such Commission
is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust
Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties on such date.

         "Common Depositary" has the meaning specified in Section 3.4.

         "Common Stock" means, with respect to any Person, capital stock issued
by such Person other than Preferred Stock.

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

         "Company Request" and "Company Order" mean, respectively, a written
request or order signed in the name of the Company by the Chief Executive
Officer, Chief Financial Officer, the President or a Vice President of the
Company and delivered to the Trustee.

         "Corporate Trust Office" means the office of the Trustee at which, at
any particular time, its corporate trust business shall be principally
administered, which office at the date hereof is located at Cincinnati, Ohio.

         "corporation" means a corporation, association, partnership, companies
(including limited liability companies) joint-stock company or business trust.

         "coupon" means any interest coupon appertaining to a Bearer Security.

         "Currency Conversion Event" means the cessation of use of (i) a Foreign
Currency both by the government of the country which issued such currency and
for the settlement of transactions by a central bank or other public
institutions of or within the international banking community, (ii) the ECU both
within the European Monetary System and for the settlement of transactions by
public institutions of or within the European Communities or (iii) any currency
unit (or composite currency) other than the ECU for the purposes for which it
was established.

         "Custodian" has the meaning specified in Section 5.1.

         "Defaulted Interest" has the meaning specified in Section 3.7.

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         "Dollar" or "$" means a dollar or other equivalent unit in such coin or
currency of the United States of America as at the time shall be legal tender
for the payment of public and private debts.

         "DTC" has the meaning specified in Section 3.4.

         "ECU" means the European Currency Unit as defined and revised from time
to time by the Council of the European Communities.

         "Euroclear" means Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York, Brussels
Office, or its successor as operator of the Euroclear System.

         "European Communities" means the European Economic Community, the
European Coal and Steel Community and the European Atomic Energy Community.

         "European Monetary System" means the European Monetary System
established by the Resolution of December 5, 1978 of the Council of the European
Communities.

         "Event of Default" has the meaning specified in Article 5.

         "Foreign Currency" means any currency, currency unit or composite
currency, including the ECU, issued by the government of one or more countries
other than the United States of America or by any recognized confederation or
association of such governments.

         "GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles, as in effect
from time to time, as used in the United States, applied on a consistent basis.

         "Government Obligations" means securities which are (i) direct
obligations of the United States of America or the government which issued the
Foreign Currency in which the Securities of a particular series are payable, for
the payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged or (ii) obligations of
a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality
of the United States of America or such government which issued the foreign
currency in which the Securities of such series are payable, the payment of
which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the
United States of America or such other government, which, in either case, are
not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also
include a depository receipt issued by a bank or trust company as custodian with
respect to any such Government Obligation or a specific payment of interest on
or principal of any such Government Obligation held by such custodian for the
account of the holder of a depository receipt, provided that (except as required
by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount
payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by the
custodian in respect of the Government Obligation or the specific payment of
interest on or principal of the Government Obligation evidenced by such
depository receipt.

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         "Holder" means, in the case of a Registered Security, the Person in
whose name a Security is registered in the Security Register and, in the case of
a Bearer Security, the bearer thereof and, when used with respect to any coupon,
shall mean the bearer thereof.

         "Indenture" means this instrument as originally executed or as it may
from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures
supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof,
and shall include the terms of particular series of Securities established as
contemplated by Section 3.1; provided, however, that, if at any time more than
one Person is acting as Trustee under this instrument, "Indenture" shall mean,
with respect to any one or more series of Securities for which such Person is
Trustee, this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time to time
be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered
into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof and shall include the terms of
the particular series of Securities for which such Person is Trustee established
as contemplated by Section 3.1, exclusive, however, of any provisions or terms
which relate solely to other series of Securities for which such Person is not
Trustee, regardless of when such terms or provisions were adopted, and exclusive
of any provisions or terms adopted by means of one or more indentures
supplemental hereto executed and delivered after such Person had become such
Trustee but to which such Person, as such Trustee, was not a party.

         "Indexed Security" means a Security the terms of which provide that the
principal amount thereof payable at Stated Maturity may be more or less than the
principal face amount thereof at original issuance.

         "interest," when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount
Security which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, shall mean
interest payable after Maturity, and, when used with respect to a Security which
provides for the payment of Additional Amounts pursuant to Section 10.8,
includes such Additional Amounts.

         "Interest Payment Date," when used with respect to any Security, means
the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Security.

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

         "Material Adverse Effect" has the meaning specified in Section 10.4.

         "Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by the Chairman of
the Board of Directors, the President or a Vice President and by the Treasurer,
an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company,
and delivered to the Trustee.

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         "Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel, who may be
counsel for the Company or who may be an employee of or other counsel for the
Company and who shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee.

         "Original Issue Discount Security" means any Security which provides
for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon
a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.2.

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

         (i) Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation;

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

         (iii) Securities, except to the extent provided in Sections 14.2 and
14.3, with respect to which the Company has effected defeasance and/or covenant
defeasance as provided in Article 14;

         (iv) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 3.6 or in
exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated and
delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Securities in respect
of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it
that such Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such
Securities are valid obligations of the Company; and

         (v) Securities converted into Common Stock or Preferred Stock pursuant
to or in accordance with this Indenture if the terms of such Securities provide
for convertibility pursuant to Section 3.1;

provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder or are present at
a meeting of Holders for quorum purposes, and for the purpose of making the
calculations required by TIA Section 313, (A) the principal amount of an
Original Issue Discount Security that may be counted in making such
determination or calculation and that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such
purpose shall be equal to the amount of principal thereof that would be (or
shall have been declared to be) due and payable, at the time of such
determination, upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof

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pursuant to Section 5.2, (B) the principal amount of any Security denominated in
a Foreign Currency that may be counted in making such determination or
calculation and that shall be deemed Outstanding for such purpose shall be equal
to the Dollar equivalent, determined pursuant to Section 3.1 as of the date such
Security is originally issued by the Company, of the principal amount (or, in
the case of an Original Issue Discount Security, the Dollar equivalent as of
such date of original issuance of the amount determined as provided in clause
(A) above) of such Security, (C) the principal amount of any Indexed Security
that may be counted in making such determination or calculation and that shall
be deemed outstanding for such purpose shall be equal to the principal face
amount of such Indexed Security at original issuance, unless otherwise provided
with respect to such Security pursuant to Section 3.1, and (D) Securities owned
by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the
Company or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be
Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected
in making such calculation or in relying upon any such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Securities which the
Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which
have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee
establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee's right so to act
with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any
other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such
other obligor.

         "Paying Agent" means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the
principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Securities or coupons on
behalf of the Company.

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

         "Place of Payment," when used with respect to the Securities of or
within any series, means the place or places where the principal of (and
premium, if any) and interest on such Securities are payable as specified as
contemplated by Sections 3.1 and 10.2.

         "Predecessor Security" of any particular Security means every previous
Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such
particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security
authenticated and delivered under Section 3.6 in exchange for or in lieu of a
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security or a Security to which a
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains shall be deemed to
evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security or
the Security to which the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen coupon
appertains.

         "Preferred Stock" means, with respect to any Person, capital shares
issued by such Person that are entitled to a preference or priority over any
other capital shares issued by such Person upon any distribution of such
Person's assets, whether by dividend or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding
up.

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         "Redemption Date," when used with respect to any Security to be
redeemed, in whole or in part, means the date fixed for such redemption by or
pursuant to this Indenture as set forth in such Security.

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

         "Registered Security" shall mean any Security which is registered in
the Security Register.

         "Regular Record Date" for the interest payable on any Interest Payment
Date on the Registered Securities of or within any series means the date
specified for that purpose as contemplated by Section 3.1, whether or not a
Business Day.

         "Repurchase Date" means, when used with respect to any Security to be
repaid at the option of the Holder, the date fixed for such repayment by or
pursuant to this Indenture.

         "Repurchase Price" means, when used with respect to any Security to be
repaid at the option of the Holder, the price at which it is to be repaid by or
pursuant to this Indenture.

         "Representative" means the indenture trustee or other trustee, agent or
representative for an issue of Senior Indebtedness.

         "Responsible Officer," when used with respect to the Trustee, means the
chairman or vice-chairman of the Board of Directors, the chairman or
vice-chairman of the executive committee of the Board of Directors, the
president, any vice president (whether or not designated by a number or a word
or words added before or after the title "vice president,") the secretary, any
assistant secretary, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer, any corporate trust
officer, the controller or any other officer of the Trustee customarily
performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated
officers and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter,
any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of such officer's
knowledge and familiarity with the particular subject.

         "Security" has the meaning stated in the first recital of this
Indenture and, more particularly, means any Security or Securities authenticated
and delivered under this Indenture; provided, however, that, if at any time
there is more than one Person acting as Trustee under this Indenture,
"Securities" with respect to the Indenture as to which such Person is Trustee
shall have the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and shall
more particularly mean Securities authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture, exclusive, however, of Securities of any series as to which such
Person is not Trustee.

         "Security Register" and "Security Registrar" have the respective
meanings specified in Section 3.5.

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         "Senior Indebtedness" means: (1) the principal, premium, if any,
interest and all other amounts owed in respect of all the Company's (A)
indebtedness for money borrowed and (B) indebtedness evidenced by securities,
debentures, bonds or other similar instruments, (2) all of the Company's capital
lease obligations, (3) all obligations issued or assumed by the Company as the
deferred purchase price of property, all of the Company's conditional sale
obligations and all of the Company's obligations under any title retention
agreement (but excluding trade accounts payable arising in the ordinary course
of business), (4) all of the Company's obligations for the reimbursement of any
letter of credit, banker's acceptance, security purchase facility or similar
credit transaction, (5) all obligations of the type referred to in clauses (1)
through (4) above of other persons for the payment of which the Company is
responsible or liable as obligor, guarantor or otherwise, and (6) all
obligations of the type referred to in clauses (1) through (5) above of other
persons secured by any lien on any of the Company's properties or assets
(whether or not such obligation is assumed by the Company), except for (x) any
such indebtedness that is by its terms subordinated to or pari passu with the
Securities and (y) any indebtedness between or among the Company or affiliates
of the Company, including all other debt securities and guarantees in respect of
those debt securities issued to any trust, or trustees of such trust,
partnership or other entity affiliated with the Company that is, directly or
indirectly, a financing vehicle of the Company (a "Financing Entity") in
connection with the issuance by such Financing Entity of preferred securities or
other securities that rank pari passu with, or junior to, the Securities.

         "Significant Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary which is a "significant
subsidiary" (as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated
under the Securities Act of 1933) of the Company.

         "Special Record Date" for the payment of any Defaulted Interest on the
Registered Securities of or within any series means a date fixed by the Trustee
pursuant to Section 3.7.

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

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

         "Trust Indenture Act" or "TIA" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939,
as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as in force at
the date hereof; provided, however, that in the event the Trust Indenture Act of
1939 or such rules and regulations are

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amended after such date, "Trust Indenture Act" means, to the extent required by
any such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and such rules and
regulations as so amended.

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

         "Trustee" as used with respect to the Securities of any series shall
mean only the Trustee with respect to Securities of that series.

         "United States" means, unless otherwise specified with respect to any
Securities pursuant to Section 3.1, the United States of America (including the
states and the District of Columbia), its territories, its possessions and other
areas subject to its jurisdiction.

         "United States person" means, unless otherwise specified with respect
to any Securities pursuant to Section 3.1, an individual who is a citizen or
resident of the United States, a corporation, partnership, limited liability
company or other entity created or organized in or under the laws of the United
States or an estate or trust the income of which is subject to United States
federal income taxation regardless of its source.

         "Yield to Maturity" means the yield to maturity, computed at the time
of issuance of a Security (or, if applicable, at the most recent redetermination
of interest on such Security) and as set forth in such Security in accordance
with generally accepted United States bond yield computation principles.

         SECTION 1.2 COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATES AND OPINIONS. Upon any application
or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any provision
of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate stating that 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, if any, have been complied with, except that in the case of any such
application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents is
specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating to such
particular application or request, no additional certificate or opinion need be
furnished.

         Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a
condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (including certificates
delivered pursuant to Section 10.8) shall include:

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

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

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

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

         SECTION 1.3 FORM OF DOCUMENTS DELIVERED TO TRUSTEE. In any case where
several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of,
any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by,
or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified
or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an
opinion as to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to other
matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters
in one or several documents.

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

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

         SECTION 1.4 ACTS OF HOLDERS.

         (a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by
Holders of the Outstanding Securities of all series or one or more series, as
the case may be, may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of
substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by agents duly
appointed in writing. If Securities of a series are issuable as Bearer
Securities, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by
Holders of Securities of such series may, alternatively, be embodied in and
evidenced by the record of Holders of Securities of such series voting in favor
thereof, either in person or by proxies duly appointed in writing, at any
meeting of Holders of Securities of such series duly called and held in
accordance with the provisions of the

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supplemental indenture with respect to such series, or a combination of such
instruments and any such record. Except as herein otherwise expressly provided,
such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments or record
or both are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required,
to the Company. Such instrument or instruments and any such record (and the
action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to
as the "Act" of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments or so voting
at any such meeting. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing
appointing any such agent, or of the holding by any Person of a Security, shall
be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and conclusive in favor of the
Trustee and the Company and any agent of the Trustee or the Company, if made in
the manner provided in this Section 1.4.

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

         (c) The ownership of Registered Securities shall be proved by the
Security Register.

         (d) The ownership of Bearer Securities may be proved by the production
of such Bearer Securities or by a certificate executed, as depositary, by any
trust company, bank, banker or other depositary, wherever situated, if such
certificate shall be deemed by the Trustee to be satisfactory, showing that at
the date therein mentioned such Person had on deposit with such depositary, or
exhibited, the Bearer Securities therein described; or such facts may be proved
by the certificate or affidavit of the Person holding such Bearer Securities, if
such certificate or affidavit is deemed by the Trustee to be satisfactory. The
Trustee and the Company may assume that such ownership of any Bearer Security
continues until (1) another certificate or affidavit bearing a later date issued
in respect of the same Bearer Security is produced, or (2) such Bearer Security
is produced to the Trustee by some other Person, or (3) such Bearer Security is
surrendered in exchange for a Registered Security, or (4) such Bearer Security
is no longer Outstanding. The ownership of Bearer Securities may also be proved
in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.

         (e) (i) If the Company shall solicit from the Holders of Registered
             Securities any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
             consent, waiver or other Act, the Company may, at its option, in
             or pursuant to a Board Resolution, fix in advance a record date
             for the determination of Holders entitled to give such request,
             demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or
             other Act, but the Company shall have no obligation to do so;
             provided that the

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         Company may not set a record date for, and the provisions of this
         paragraph shall not apply with respect to, the giving or making of any
         notice, declaration, request or direction referred to in clause
         (e)(iii) below. Notwithstanding TIA Section 316(c), such record date
         shall be the record date specified in or pursuant to such Board
         Resolution, which shall be a date not earlier than the date 30 days
         prior to the first solicitation of Holders generally in connection
         therewith and not later than the date such solicitation is completed.

         If such a record date is fixed, such request, demand, authorization,
         direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act may be given before or
         after such record date, but only the Holders of record at the close of
         business on such record date shall be deemed to be Holders for the
         purposes of determining whether Holders of the requisite proportion of
         Outstanding Securities have authorized or agreed or consented to such
         request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or
         other Act, and for that purpose the Outstanding Securities shall be
         computed as of such record date; provided that no such authorization,
         agreement or consent by the Holders on such record date shall be deemed
         effective unless it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions
         of this Indenture not later than eleven months after the record date.

         (ii) Subject to clause (e)(iii) below, in the absence of any such
         record date fixed by the Company, regardless as to whether a
         solicitation of the Holders is occurring on behalf of the Company or
         any Holder, the Trustee may, at its option, fix in advance a record
         date for the determination of such Holders entitled to give such
         request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or
         other Act, but the Trustee shall have no obligation to do so. Any such
         record date shall be a date not more than 30 days prior to the first
         solicitation of Holders generally in connection therewith and no later
         than the date of such solicitation.

         (iii) The Trustee may set any day as a record date for the purpose of
         determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities entitled to join in
         the giving or making of (A) any Notice of Default, (B) any declaration
         of acceleration referred to in Section 5.2, (C) any request to
         institute proceedings referred to in Section 5.7(2), or (D) any
         direction referred to in Section 5.12.

         If any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of
         Outstanding Securities on such record date, and no other Holders, shall
         be entitled to join in such notice, declaration, request or direction,
         whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date;
         provided that no

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         such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to
         any applicable expiration date by Holders of the requisite principal
         amount of Outstanding Securities on such record date. Nothing in this
         paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Trustee from setting a new
         record date for any action (whereupon the record date previously set
         shall automatically and without any action by any Person be canceled
         and of no effect), nor shall anything in this paragraph be construed to
         render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the requisite
         principal amount of Outstanding Securities on the date such action is
         taken. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this
         paragraph, the Trustee, at the Company's expense, shall cause notice of
         such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable
         expiration date to be given to the Company in writing and to each
         Holder of Securities in the manner set forth in Section 1.6.

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

         SECTION 1.5 NOTICES, ETC., TO TRUSTEE AND COMPANY. Any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders or other
document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or
furnished to, or filed with,

         (1) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company shall be sufficient for
every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing to or with
the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, Attention: Corporate Trust
Administration; provided that notices to the Trustee shall only be deemed given
when actually received by the Trustee,

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

         SECTION 1.6 NOTICE TO HOLDERS; WAIVER. Where this Indenture provides
for notice of any event to Holders of Registered Securities by the Company or
the Trustee, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein
expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to
each such Holder affected by such event, at his address as it appears in the
Security Register, not later than the latest date, and not earlier than the
earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where
notice to Holders of Registered Securities is given by mail, neither the failure
to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular
Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other

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Holders of Registered Securities or the sufficiency of any notice to Holders of
Bearer Securities given as provided herein. Any notice mailed to a Holder in the
manner herein prescribed shall be conclusively deemed to have been received by
such Holder, whether or not such Holder actually receives such notice.

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

         Except as otherwise expressly provided herein or otherwise specified
with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 3.1, where this Indenture
provides for notice to Holders of Bearer Securities of any event, such notice
shall be sufficiently given if published in an Authorized Newspaper in New York
City and in such other city or cities as may be specified in such Securities on
a Business Day, such publication to be not later than the latest date, and not
earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such notice. Any
such notice shall be deemed to have been given on the date of such publication
or, if published more than once, on the date of the first such publication.

         If by reason of the suspension of publication of any Authorized
Newspaper or Authorized Newspapers or by reason of any other cause it shall be
impracticable to publish any notice to Holders of Bearer Securities as provided
above, then such notification to Holders of Bearer Securities as shall be given
with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute sufficient notice to such
Holders for every purpose hereunder. Neither the failure to give notice by
publication to any particular Holder of Bearer Securities as provided above, nor
any defect in any notice so published, shall affect the sufficiency of such
notice with respect to other Holders of Bearer Securities or the sufficiency of
any notice to Holders of Registered Securities given as provided herein.

         Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or
waiver required or permitted under this Indenture shall be in the English
language, except that any published notice may be in an official language of the
country of publication.

         Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may
be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either
before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such
notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such
filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in
reliance upon such waiver.

         SECTION 1.7 EFFECT OF HEADINGS AND TABLE OF CONTENTS. The Article and
Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and
shall not affect the construction hereof.

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         SECTION 1.8 SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. All covenants and agreements in
this Indenture by the Company shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so
expressed or not.

         SECTION 1.9 SEPARABILITY CLAUSE. In case any provision in this
Indenture or in any Security or coupon shall be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining
provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

         SECTION 1.10 BENEFITS OF INDENTURE. Nothing in this Indenture or in the
Securities or coupons, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than
the parties hereto, any Security Registrar, any Paying Agent, any Authenticating
Agent and their successors hereunder and the Holders any benefit or any legal or
equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.

         SECTION 1.11 GOVERNING LAW. This Indenture and the Securities and
coupons shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the
State of New York without regard to conflicts of laws principles. This Indenture
is subject to the provisions of the TIA that are required to be part of this
Indenture and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions.

         SECTION 1.12 LEGAL HOLIDAYS. In any case where any Interest Payment
Date, Redemption Date, Repurchase Date, sinking fund payment date, Stated
Maturity or Maturity of any Security or the last date on which a Holder has the
right to convert his Securities shall not be a Business Day at any Place of
Payment, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or any
Security or coupon other than a provision in the Securities of any series which
specifically states that such provision shall apply in lieu hereof), payment of
interest or any Additional Amounts or principal (and premium, if any) need not
be made at such Place of Payment on such date, but may be made on the next
succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same force and effect
as if made on the Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Repurchase Date or
sinking fund payment date, or at the Stated Maturity or Maturity or on such last
day for conversion; provided that no interest shall accrue on the amount so
payable for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption
Date, Repurchase Date, sinking fund payment date, Stated Maturity or Maturity or
on such last day for conversion, as the case may be.

         SECTION 1.13 PERSONAL IMMUNITY FROM LIABILITY FOR INCORPORATORS,
STOCKHOLDERS, ETC. No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of
or premium, if any, or interest, if any, on any Security, or for any claim based
thereon, or otherwise in respect of any Security, or based on or in respect of
this Indenture or any indenture supplemental hereto, against any incorporator,
or against any past, present or future stockholder, director or officer, as
such, of the Company or of any 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 expressly waived and released as
a condition of, and as consideration for, the execution of this Indenture and
the issue of Securities.

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         SECTION 1.14 CONFLICT WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT. If any provision hereof
limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of the TIA which is required
under such Act to be a part of and govern this Indenture, the latter provision
shall control. If any provision of this Indenture modifies or excludes any
provision of the TIA which may be so modified or excluded, the latter provision
shall be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so modified or to be excluded, as
the case may be. To the extent a Security conflicts with a provision in the
Indenture, the Indenture governs.

                                   ARTICLE 2
                                SECURITIES FORMS

         SECTION 2.1 FORMS OF SECURITIES. The Registered Securities, if any, of
each series and the Bearer Securities, if any, of each series and related
coupons shall be in substantially the forms as shall be established in one or
more indentures supplemental hereto or approved from time to time by or pursuant
to a Board Resolution in accordance with Section 3.1, shall have such
appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are
required or permitted by this Indenture or any indenture supplemental hereto,
and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification or
designation and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required
to comply with any law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or
with any rule or regulation of any securities exchange on which the Securities
may be listed or any depositary therefor, or to conform to usage or as may,
consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Securities,
as evidenced by their execution of the Securities.

         Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1, Bearer
Securities shall have interest coupons attached.

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

         SECTION 2.2 FORM OF TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION. Subject to
Section 6.12, the Trustee's certificate of authentication shall be in
substantially the following form:

         This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred
to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
                                                    FIFTH THIRD BANK
                                                    as Trustee
                                                    Authorized Signatory

         SECTION 2.3 SECURITIES ISSUABLE IN GLOBAL FORM. If Securities of or
within a series are issuable in global form, as specified as contemplated by
Section 3.1, then, notwithstanding clause (10) of Section 3.1 and the provisions
of Section 3.2, any such Security shall represent such of the Outstanding
Securities of such series as shall be specified therein and may provide

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that it shall represent the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities of such
series from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate amount of
Outstanding Securities of such series represented thereby may from time to time
be increased or decreased to reflect exchanges. Any endorsement of a Security in
global form to reflect the amount, or any increase or decrease in the amount, of
Outstanding Securities represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee in such
manner and upon instructions given by such Person or Persons as shall be
specified therein or in the Company Order to be delivered to the Trustee
pursuant to Section 3.3 or 3.4. Subject to the provisions of Section 3.3 and, if
applicable, Section 3.4, the Trustee shall deliver and redeliver any Security in
permanent global form in the manner and upon instructions given by the Person or
Persons specified therein or in the applicable Company Order. If a Company Order
pursuant to Section 3.3 or 3.4 has been, or simultaneously is, delivered, any
instructions by the Company with respect to endorsement or delivery or
redelivery of a Security in global form shall be in writing but need not comply
with Section 1.2 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel.

         The provisions of the last sentence of Section 3.3 shall apply to any
Security represented by a Security in global form if such Security was never
issued and sold by the Company and the Company delivers to the Trustee the
Security in global form together with written instructions (which need not
comply with Section 1.2 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel)
with regard to the reduction in the principal amount of Securities represented
thereby, together with the written statement contemplated by the last sentence
of Section 3.3.

         Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.7, unless otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 3.1, payment of principal of and any
premium and interest on any Security in permanent global form shall be made to
the Person or Persons specified therein.

         Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.8 and except as provided in
the preceding paragraph, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company
and the Trustee shall treat as the Holder of such principal amount of
Outstanding Securities represented by a permanent global Security (i) in the
case of a permanent global Security in registered form, the Holder of such
permanent global Security in registered form, or (ii) in the case of a permanent
global Security in bearer form, Euroclear or CEDEL.

                                   ARTICLE 3
                                 THE SECURITIES

         SECTION 3.1 AMOUNT UNLIMITED; ISSUABLE IN SERIES. The aggregate
principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture is unlimited.

         The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be
established in one or more Board Resolutions or pursuant to authority granted by
one or more Board Resolutions and, subject to Section 3.3, set forth, or
determined in the manner provided, in an Officers' Certificate, or established
in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of
Securities of any series, any or all of the following, as applicable (each of
which (except for the matters set

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forth in clauses (1), (2) and (22) below) if so provided, may be determined from
time to time by the Company with respect to unissued Securities of the series
when issued from time to time):

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

         (2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of
the series that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except
for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or
in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the series pursuant to
Section 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 9.6, 11.7 or 13.6);

         (3) the Person to whom any interest on any Registered Security of the
series shall be payable, if other than the Person in whose name that Security
(or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business
on the Regular Record Date for such interest, the manner in which, or the Person
to whom, any interest on any Bearer Security of the series shall be payable, if
otherwise than upon presentation and surrender of the coupons appertaining
thereto as they severally mature, and the extent to which, or the manner in
which, any interest payable on a temporary global Security on an Interest
Payment Date will be paid if other than in the manner provided in Section 3.4;

         (4) the date or dates, or the method by which such date or dates will
be determined, on which the principal and premium, if any, of the Securities of
the series shall be payable or the method of that determination or the right to
defer any interest payments;

         (5) the rate or rates (which may be fixed or variable) at which the
Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, or the method by which
such rate or rates shall be determined, the date or dates from which such
interest shall accrue or the method by which such date or dates shall be
determined, the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest will be payable
and the Regular Record Date, if any, for the interest payable on any Registered
Security on any Interest Payment Date, or the method by which such date shall be
determined, and the basis upon which interest shall be calculated if other than
that of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months;

         (6) the place or places, if any, other than or in addition to the
Borough of Manhattan, New York City, where the principal of (and premium, if
any), interest, if any, on, and Additional Amounts, if any, payable in respect
of, Securities of the series shall be payable, any Registered Securities of the
series may be surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange or conversion
and notices or demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of
the series and this Indenture may be served;

         (7) the period or periods within which, the date or dates on which, the
price or prices at which, the currency or currencies, currency unit or units or
composite currency or currencies in which, and other terms and conditions upon
which Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the
option of the Company, if the Company is to have the option;

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         (8) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem, repay or purchase
Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provision or
at the option of a Holder thereof, and the period or periods within which or the
date or dates on which, the price or prices at which, the currency or
currencies, currency unit or units or composite currency or currencies in which,
and other terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series shall be
redeemed, repaid or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;

         (9) the terms, if any, upon which the Securities of the series may be
convertible into or exchanged for Securities of another series, Common Stock or
Preferred Stock, as the case may be, and the terms and conditions upon which
such conversion shall be effected (including the initial conversion or exchange
price or rate, the conversion or exchange period, any adjustment of the
applicable conversion price and any requirements relative to the reservation of
such shares for purposes of conversion or exchange);

         (10) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple
thereof, the denominations in which any Registered Securities of the series
shall be issuable and, if other than the denomination of $5,000, the
denomination or denominations in which any Bearer Securities of the series shall
be issuable;

         (11) if other than Dollars, the Foreign Currency or Currencies in which
payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest or Additional
Amounts, if any, on the Securities of the series shall be payable or in which
the Securities of the series shall be denominated;

         (12) whether the amount of payments of principal of (and premium, if
any) or interest, if any, on the Securities of the series may be determined with
reference to an index, formula or other method (which index, formula or method
may be based, without limitation, on one or more currencies, currency units,
composite currencies, commodities, equity indices or other indices), and the
manner in which such amounts shall be determined;

         (13) if the principal amount payable at the stated maturity of the
Securities of the series will not be determinable as of any one or more dates
before the Stated Maturity, the amount that will be deemed to be the principal
amount as of any date for any purpose, including the principal amount thereof
which will be due and payable upon any Maturity other than the Stated Maturity
or which will be deemed to be outstanding as of any date (or, in any such case,
the manner in which the deemed principal amount is to be determined), and if
necessary, the manner of determining the equivalent thereof in United States
currency;

         (14) whether the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest or
Additional Amounts, if any, on the Securities of the series are to be payable,
at the election of the Company or a Holder thereof, in a currency or currencies,
currency unit or units or composite currency or currencies other than that in
which such Securities are denominated or stated to be payable, the period or
periods within which, and the terms and conditions upon which, such election may
be made, and the time and manner of, and identity of the exchange rate agent
with responsibility for,

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determining the exchange rate between the currency or currencies, currency unit
or units or composite currency or currencies in which such Securities are
denominated or stated to be payable and the currency or currencies, currency
unit or units or composite currency or currencies in which such Securities are
to be so payable;

         (15) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the
principal amount of Securities of the series that shall be payable upon
declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.2 or,
if applicable, the portion of the principal amount of Securities of the series
that is convertible in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture, or the
method by which such portion shall be determined;

         (16) the applicability of, and any addition to or change in, the
covenants and definitions then set forth in the Indenture or in the terms then
set forth in such Indenture relating to permitted consolidations, mergers or
sales of assets;

         (17) the applicability, if any, of Section 14.2 and/or Section 14.3 to
the Securities of the series and any provisions in modification of, in addition
to or in lieu of any of the provisions of Article 14;

         (18) (a) whether Securities of the series are to be issuable as
              Registered Securities, Bearer Securities (with or without
              coupons) or both, any restrictions applicable to the offer, sale
              or delivery of Bearer Securities and the terms upon which Bearer
              Securities of the series may be exchanged for Registered
              Securities of the series and vice versa (if permitted by
              applicable laws and regulations), whether any Securities of the
              series are to be issuable initially in temporary global form and
              whether any Securities of the series are to be issuable in
              permanent global form with or without coupons and, if so, whether
              beneficial owners of interests in any such permanent global
              Security may exchange such interests for Securities of such
              series and of like tenor of any authorized form and denomination
              and the circumstances under which any such exchanges may occur,
              if other than in the manner provided in Section 3.5, and, if
              Registered Securities of the series are to be issuable as a
              global Security, the identity of the depositary for such series;

              (b)  the date as of which any Bearer Securities of the series and
              any temporary global Security representing Outstanding Securities
              of the series shall be dated if other than the date of original
              issuance of the first Security of the series to be issued;

              (c)  if the Securities of such series are to be issuable in
              definitive form (whether upon original issue or upon exchange of a

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              temporary Security of such series) only upon receipt of certain
              certificates or other documents or satisfaction of other
              conditions, then the form and/or terms of such
              certificates, documents or conditions;

         (19) the appointment of any trustee, any authenticating or paying
agents, transfer agent or registrars;

         (20) the terms, if any, of any guarantee of the payment of principal,
premium and interest with respect to the Securities of the series and any
corresponding changes to the provisions of the applicable indenture as then in
effect;

         (21) the terms, if any, of the transfer, mortgage, pledge or assignment
as security for the Securities of the series of any properties, assets, moneys,
proceeds, securities or other collateral, including whether certain provisions
of the TIA are applicable and any corresponding changes to provisions of the
applicable indenture as then in effect and including provisions addressing
priority, perfection and escrow arrangements related to the security interest;

         (22) any deletions from, modifications of or additions to the Events of
Default or covenants of the Company with respect to Securities of the series,
whether or not such Events of Default or covenants are consistent with the
Events of Default or covenants set forth herein, and any change in the right of
the Trustee or the Holders of the Securities to declare the principal, premium
and interest with respect to debt securities due and payable;

         (23) provisions, if any, granting special rights to the Holders of
Securities of the series upon the occurrence of such events as may be specified;

         (24) if the Securities of the series are to be issued upon the exercise
of warrants, the time, manner and place for such Securities to be authenticated
and delivered;

         (25) whether and under what circumstances the Company will pay
Additional Amounts as contemplated by Section 10.8 on the Securities of the
series to any Holder who is not a United States person (including any
modification to the definition of such term) in respect of any tax, assessment
or governmental charge and, if so, whether the Company will have the option to
redeem such Securities rather than pay such Additional Amounts (and the terms of
any such option); and

         (26) any other terms of the series.

         Securities of any one series and the coupons appertaining to any Bearer
Securities of such series shall be substantially identical except, in the case
of Registered Securities, as to denomination and except as may otherwise be
provided in or pursuant to such Board Resolution (subject to Section 3.3) and
set forth in such Officers' Certificate or in any such indenture supplemental
hereto. All Securities of any one series need not be issued at the same time
and,

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unless otherwise provided, a series may be reopened, without the consent of the
Holders, for issuances of additional Securities of such series.

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

         SECTION 3.2 DENOMINATIONS. The Securities of each series shall be
issuable in such denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by Section
3.1. With respect to Securities of any series denominated in Dollars, in the
absence of any such provisions with respect to the Securities of any series, the
Registered Securities of such series, other than Registered Securities issued in
global form (which may be of any denomination), shall be issuable in
denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof and the Bearer
Securities of such series, other than Bearer Securities issued in global form
(which may be of any denomination), shall be issuable in a denomination of
$5,000.

         SECTION 3.3 EXECUTION, AUTHENTICATION, DELIVERY AND DATING. The
Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto shall be executed on behalf of
the Company by the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, the
President or a Vice President of the Company and attested by its Secretary or
one of its Assistant Secretaries. The signature of any of these individuals on
the Securities and coupons may be manual or facsimile signatures of the present
or any future such authorized officer and may be imprinted or otherwise
reproduced on the Securities.

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

         At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of
this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series, together with
any coupons appertaining thereto, executed by the Company to the Trustee for
authentication, together with a Company Order for the authentication and
delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee in accordance with the Company
Order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities; provided, however, that,
in connection with its original issuance, no Bearer Security shall be mailed or
otherwise delivered to any location in the United States; and provided further
that, unless otherwise specified with respect to any series of Securities
pursuant to Section 3.1, a Bearer Security may be delivered in connection with
its original issuance only if the Person entitled to receive such Bearer
Security shall have furnished a certificate to Euroclear or CEDEL, as the case
may be, in the form set forth in Exhibit A-1 to this Indenture or such other
certificate as may be specified with respect to any series of Securities
pursuant to Section 3.1, dated no earlier than 15 days prior to the earlier

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of the date on which such Bearer Security is delivered and the date on which any
temporary Security first becomes exchangeable for such Bearer Security in
accordance with the terms of such temporary Security and this Indenture. If any
Security shall be represented by a permanent global Bearer Security, then, for
purposes of this Section and Section 3.4, the notation of a beneficial owner's
interest therein upon original issuance of such Security or upon exchange of a
portion of a temporary global Security shall be deemed to be delivery in
connection with its original issuance of such beneficial owner's interest in
such permanent global Security. Except as permitted by Section 3.6, the Trustee
shall not authenticate and deliver any Bearer Security unless all appurtenant
coupons for interest then matured have been detached and canceled.

         If all the Securities of any series are not to be issued at one time
and if the Board Resolution or supplemental indenture establishing such series
shall so permit, such Company Order may set forth procedures acceptable to the
Trustee for the issuance of such Securities and determining the terms of
particular Securities of such series, such as interest rate or formula, maturity
date, date of issuance and date from which interest shall accrue. In
authenticating such Securities, and accepting the additional responsibilities
under this Indenture in relation to such Securities, the Trustee shall be
entitled to receive, and (subject to TIA Section 315(a) through 315(d)) shall be
fully protected in relying upon,

         (i)      an Opinion of Counsel stating that:

                  (a) the form or forms of such Securities and any coupons have
         been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;

                  (b) the terms of such Securities and any coupons have been
         established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture; and

                  (c) such Securities, together with any coupons appertaining
         thereto, when completed by appropriate insertions and executed and
         delivered by the Company to the Trustee for authentication in
         accordance with this Indenture, authenticated and delivered by the
         Trustee in accordance with this Indenture and issued by the Company in
         the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of
         Counsel, will constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the
         Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to
         applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and other
         similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting the
         enforcement of creditors' rights generally and to general equitable
         principles; and

         (ii) an Officers' Certificate stating that all conditions precedent
provided for in this Indenture relating to the issuance of the Securities have
been complied with and that, to the best of the knowledge of the signers of such
certificate, no Event of Default with respect to any of the Securities shall
have occurred and be continuing. If such form or terms have been so established,
the Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such Securities if the issue
of such Securities

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pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee's own rights, duties,
obligations or immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise
in a manner which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.

         Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.1 and of the preceding
paragraph, if all the Securities of any series are not to be issued at one time,
it shall not be necessary to deliver an Officers' Certificate otherwise required
pursuant to Section 3.1 or a Company Order, or an Opinion of Counsel or an
Officers' Certificate otherwise required pursuant to the preceding paragraph at
the time of issuance of each Security of such series; provided that such order,
opinion and certificates, with appropriate modifications to cover such future
issuances, shall be delivered at or before the time of issuance of the first
Security of such series.

         Each Registered Security shall be dated the date of its authentication
and each Bearer Security shall be dated as of the date specified as contemplated
by Section 3.1.

         No Security or coupon shall be entitled to any benefit under this
Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such
Security or Security to which such coupon appertains a certificate of
authentication substantially in the form provided for herein duly executed by
the Trustee by manual signature of an authorized signatory, and such certificate
upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such
Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and is entitled to
the benefits of this Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security
shall have been authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold
by the Company, and the Company shall deliver such Security to the Trustee for
cancellation as provided in Section 3.9 together with a written statement (which
need not comply with Section 1.2 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of
Counsel) stating that such Security has never been issued and sold by the
Company, for all purposes of this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never
to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled
to the benefits of this Indenture.

         SECTION 3.4 TEMPORARY SECURITIES.

         (a) Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the
Company may execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, temporary Securities which are printed, lithographed, typewritten,
mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination,
substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they
are issued, in registered form, or, if authorized, in bearer form with one or
more coupons or without coupons, and with such appropriate insertions,
omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such
Securities may determine, as conclusively evidenced by their execution of such
Securities. In the case of Securities of any series, such temporary Securities
may be in global form.

         Except in the case of temporary Securities in global form (which shall
be exchanged in accordance with Section 3.4(b) or as otherwise provided in or
pursuant to a Board Resolution) if

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temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause definitive
Securities of that series to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the
preparation of definitive Securities of such series, the temporary Securities of
such series shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities of such series upon
surrender of the temporary Securities of such series at the office or agency of
the Company in a Place of Payment for that series, without charge to the Holder.
Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities of any
series (accompanied by any non-matured coupons appertaining thereto) the Company
shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange
therefor a like principal amount of definitive Securities of the same series of
authorized denominations; provided, however, that no definitive Bearer Security
shall be delivered in exchange for a temporary Registered Security; and provided
further that a definitive Bearer Security shall be delivered in exchange for a
temporary Bearer Security only in compliance with the conditions set forth in
Section 3.3. Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities of any series shall be
entitled to in all respects the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive
Securities of such series.

         (b) Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to a Board Resolution,
this Section 3.4(b) shall govern the exchange of temporary Securities issued in
global form other than through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company
("DTC"). If any such temporary Security is issued in global form, then such
temporary global Security shall, unless otherwise provided therein, be delivered
to the London office of a depositary or common depositary (the "Common
Depositary"), for the benefit of Euroclear and CEDEL, for credit to the
respective accounts of the beneficial owners of such Securities (or to such
other accounts as they may direct).

         Without unnecessary delay but in any event not later than the date
specified in, or determined pursuant to the terms of, any such temporary global
Security (the "Exchange Date"), the Company shall deliver to the Trustee
definitive Securities, in aggregate principal amount equal to the principal
amount of such temporary global Security, executed by the Company. On or after
the Exchange Date, such temporary global Security shall be surrendered by the
Common Depositary to the Trustee, as the Company's agent for such purpose, to be
exchanged, in whole or from time to time in part, for definitive Securities
without charge, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for
each portion of such temporary global Security, an equal aggregate principal
amount of definitive Securities of the same series of authorized denominations
and of like tenor as the portion of such temporary global Security to be
exchanged. The definitive Securities to be delivered in exchange for any such
temporary global Security shall be in bearer form, registered form, permanent
global bearer form or permanent global registered form, or any combination
thereof, as specified as contemplated by Section 3.1, and, if any combination
thereof is so specified, as requested by the beneficial owner thereof; provided,
however, that, unless otherwise specified in such temporary global Security,
upon such presentation by the Common Depositary, such temporary global Security
is accompanied by a certificate dated the Exchange Date or a subsequent date and
signed by Euroclear as to the portion of such temporary global Security held for
its account then to be exchanged and a certificate dated the Exchange Date or a
subsequent date and signed by CEDEL as to the portion of such temporary global
Security held for its account then to be exchanged, each in the form set

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forth in Exhibit A-2 to this Indenture or in such other form as may be
established pursuant to Section 3.1; and provided further that definitive Bearer
Securities shall be delivered in exchange for a portion of a temporary global
Security only in compliance with the requirements of Section 3.3.

         Unless otherwise specified in such temporary global Security, the
interest of a beneficial owner of Securities of a series in a temporary global
Security shall be exchanged for definitive Securities of the same series and of
like tenor following the Exchange Date when the account holder instructs
Euroclear or CEDEL, as the case may be, to request such exchange on his behalf
and delivers to Euroclear or CEDEL, as the case may be, a certificate in the
form set forth in Exhibit A-1 to this Indenture (or in such other form as may be
established pursuant to Section 3.1), dated no earlier than 15 days prior to the
Exchange Date, copies of which certificate shall be available from the offices
of Euroclear and CEDEL, the Trustee, any Authenticating Agent appointed for such
series of Securities and each Paying Agent. Unless otherwise specified in such
temporary global Security, any such exchange shall be made free of charge to the
beneficial owners of such temporary global Security, except that a Person
receiving definitive Securities must bear the cost of insurance, postage,
transportation and the like unless such Person takes delivery of such definitive
Securities in person at the offices of Euroclear or CEDEL. Definitive Securities
in bearer form to be delivered in exchange for any portion of a temporary global
Security shall be delivered only outside the United States.

         Until exchanged in full as hereinabove provided, the temporary
Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits
under this Indenture as definitive Securities of the same series and of like
tenor authenticated and delivered hereunder, except that, unless otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 3.1, interest payable on a temporary global
Security on an Interest Payment Date for Securities of such series occurring
prior to the applicable Exchange Date shall be payable to Euroclear and CEDEL on
such Interest Payment Date upon delivery by Euroclear and CEDEL to the Trustee
of a certificate or certificates in the form set forth in Exhibit A-2 to this
Indenture (or in such other forms as may be established pursuant to Section
3.1), for credit without further interest on or after such Interest Payment Date
to the respective accounts of Persons who are the beneficial owners of such
temporary global Security on such Interest Payment Date and who have each
delivered to Euroclear or CEDEL, as the case may be, a certificate dated no
earlier than 15 days prior to the Interest Payment Date occurring prior to such
Exchange Date in the form set forth as Exhibit A-1 to this Indenture (or in such
other forms as may be established pursuant to Section 3.1). Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary herein contained, the certifications made pursuant to
this paragraph shall satisfy the certification requirements of the preceding two
paragraphs of this Section 3.4(b) and of the third paragraph of Section 3.3 of
this Indenture and the interests of the Persons who are the beneficial owners of
the temporary global Security with respect to which such certification was made
will be exchanged for definitive Securities of the same series and of like tenor
on the Exchange Date or the date of certification if such date occurs after the
Exchange Date, without further act or deed by such beneficial owners. Except as
otherwise provided in this paragraph, no payments of principal or interest owing
with respect to a beneficial interest in a temporary global Security will

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be made unless and until such interest in such temporary global Security shall
have been exchanged for an interest in a definitive Security. Any interest so
received by Euroclear and CEDEL and not paid as herein provided shall be
returned to the Trustee prior to the expiration of two years after such Interest
Payment Date in order to be repaid to the Company.

         SECTION 3.5 REGISTRATION, REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE. The
Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or
in any office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment a register for each
series of Securities (the registers maintained in such office or in any such
office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment being herein sometimes
referred to collectively as the "Security Register") in which, subject to such
reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the
registration of Registered Securities and of transfers of Registered Securities.

         The Security Register shall be in written form or any other form
capable of being converted into written form within a reasonable time. The
Trustee, at its Corporate Trust Office, is hereby appointed "Security Registrar"
for the purpose of registering Registered Securities and transfers of Registered
Securities on such Security Register as herein provided. In the event that the
Trustee shall cease to be Security Registrar, it shall have the right to examine
the Security Register at all reasonable times.

         Subject to the provisions of this Section 3.5, upon surrender for
registration of transfer of any Registered Security of any series at any office
or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series, the Company
shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of
the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Registered Securities
of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate
principal amount, bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, and
containing identical terms and provisions.

         Subject to the provisions of this Section 3.5, at the option of the
Holder, Registered Securities of any series may be exchanged for other
Registered Securities of the same series, of any authorized denomination or
denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount, containing identical
terms and provisions, upon surrender of the Registered Securities to be
exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any such Registered Securities
are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver, the Registered Securities which the Holder
making the exchange is entitled to receive. Unless otherwise specified with
respect to any series of Securities as contemplated by Section 3.1, Bearer
Securities may not be issued in exchange for Registered Securities.

         If (but only if) permitted by the applicable Board Resolution and
(subject to Section 3.3) set forth in the applicable Officers' Certificate, or
in any indenture supplemental hereto, delivered as contemplated by Section 3.1,
at the option of the Holder, Bearer Securities of any series may be exchanged
for Registered Securities of the same series of any authorized denominations and
of a like aggregate principal amount and tenor, upon surrender of the Bearer
Securities to be

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exchanged at any such office or agency, with all unmatured coupons and all
matured coupons in default thereto appertaining. If the Holder of a Bearer
Security is unable to produce any such unmatured coupon or coupons or matured
coupon or coupons in default, any such permitted exchange may be effected if the
Bearer Securities are accompanied by payment in funds acceptable to the Company
in an amount equal to the face amount of such missing coupon or coupons, or the
surrender of such missing coupon or coupons may be waived by the Company and the
Trustee if there is furnished to them such security or indemnity as they may
require to save each of them and any Paying Agent harmless. If thereafter the
Holder of such Security shall surrender to any Paying Agent any such missing
coupon in respect of which such a payment shall have been made, such Holder
shall be entitled to receive the amount of such payment; provided, however,
that, except as otherwise provided in Section 10.2, interest represented by
coupons shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of those coupons
at an office or agency located outside the United States.

         Notwithstanding the foregoing, in case a Bearer Security of any series
is surrendered at any such office or agency in a permitted exchange for a
Registered Security of the same series and like tenor after the close of
business at such office or agency on (i) any Regular Record Date and before the
opening of business at such office or agency on the relevant Interest Payment
Date, or (ii) any Special Record Date and before the opening of business at such
office or agency on the related proposed date for payment of Defaulted Interest,
such Bearer Security shall be surrendered without the coupon relating to such
Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be, and
interest or Defaulted Interest, as the case may be, will not be payable on such
Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be, in
respect of the Registered Security issued in exchange for such Bearer Security,
but will be payable only to the Holder of such coupon when due in accordance
with the provisions of this Indenture. Whenever any Securities are so
surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is
entitled to receive.

         Notwithstanding the foregoing, except as otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 3.1, any permanent global Security shall be exchangeable
only as provided in this paragraph. If the depositary for any permanent global
Security is DTC, then, unless the terms of such global Security expressly permit
such global Security to be exchanged in whole or in part for definitive
Securities, a global Security may be transferred, in whole but not in part, only
to a nominee of DTC, or by a nominee of DTC to DTC, or to a successor depositary
to DTC for such global Security selected or approved by the Company or to a
nominee of such successor depositary to DTC. If at any time DTC notifies the
Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as depositary for the
applicable global Security or Securities or if at any time DTC ceases to be a
clearing agency registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 if so
required by applicable law or regulation, the Company shall appoint a successor
depositary with respect to such global Security or Securities. If (x) a
successor depositary for such global Security or Securities is not appointed by
the Company within 90 days after the Company receives such notice or becomes
aware of such unwillingness, inability or ineligibility, (y) an Event of Default

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has occurred and is continuing and the beneficial owners representing a majority
in principal amount of the applicable series of Securities represented by such
global Security or Securities advise DTC to cease acting as depositary for such
global Security or Securities or (z) the Company, in its sole discretion,
determines at any time that all Outstanding Securities (but not less than all)
of any series issued or issuable in the form of one or more global Securities
shall no longer be represented by such global Security or Securities, then the
Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver,
definitive Securities of like series, rank, tenor and terms in definitive form
in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such global
Security or Securities. If any beneficial owner of an interest in a permanent
global Security is otherwise entitled to exchange such interest for Securities
of such series and of like tenor and principal amount of another authorized form
and denomination, as specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 and provided that
any applicable notice provided in the permanent global Security shall have been
given, then without unnecessary delay but in any event not later than the
earliest date on which such interest may be so exchanged, the Company shall
execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, definitive Securities
in aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such beneficial
owner's interest in such permanent global Security. On or after the earliest
date on which such interests may be so exchanged, such permanent global Security
shall be surrendered for exchange by DTC or such other depositary as shall be
specified in the Company Order with respect thereto to the Trustee, as the
Company's agent for such purpose; provided, however, that no such exchanges may
occur during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before any
selection of Securities to be redeemed and ending on the relevant Redemption
Date if the Security for which exchange is requested may be among those selected
for redemption; and provided further that no Bearer Security delivered in
exchange for a portion of a permanent global Security shall be mailed or
otherwise delivered to any location in the United States. If a Registered
Security is issued in exchange for any portion of a permanent global Security
after the close of business at the office or agency where such exchange occurs
on (i) any Regular Record Date and before the opening of business at such office
or agency on the relevant Interest Payment Date or (ii) any Special Record Date
and the opening of business at such office or agency on the related proposed
date for payment of Defaulted Interest, interest or Defaulted Interest, as the
case may be, will not be payable on such Interest Payment Date or proposed date
for payment, as the case may be, in respect of such Registered Security, but
will be payable on such Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as
the case may be, only to the Person to whom interest in respect of such portion
of such permanent global Security is payable in accordance with the provisions
of this Indenture.

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

         Every Registered Security presented or surrendered for registration of
transfer or for exchange or redemption shall (if so required by the Company or
the Security Registrar) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the

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Company and the Security Registrar, duly executed by the Holder thereof or his
attorney duly authorized in writing.

         No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange of Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient
to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection
with any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other than
exchanges pursuant to Section 3.4, 9.6, 11.7 or 13.6 not involving any transfer.

         The Company or the Trustee, as applicable, shall not be required (i) to
issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Security if such Security may be
among those selected for redemption during a period beginning at the opening of
business 15 days before selection of the Securities to be redeemed under Section
11.3 and ending at the close of business on (A) if such Securities are issuable
only as Registered Securities, the day of the mailing of the relevant notice of
redemption and (B) if such Securities are issuable as Bearer Securities, the day
of the first publication of the relevant notice of redemption or, if such
Securities are also issuable as Registered Securities and there is no
publication, the mailing of the relevant notice of redemption, or (ii) to
register the transfer of or exchange any Registered Security so selected for
redemption in whole or in part, except, in the case of any Registered Security
to be redeemed in part, the portion thereof not to be redeemed, or (iii) to
exchange any Bearer Security so selected for redemption except that such a
Bearer Security may be exchanged for a Registered Security of that series and
like tenor, provided that such Registered Security shall be simultaneously
surrendered for redemption or (iv) to issue, register the transfer of or
exchange any Security which has been surrendered for repayment at the option of
the Holder, except the portion, if any, of such Security not to be so repaid.

         SECTION 3.6 MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST AND STOLEN SECURITIES. If any
mutilated Security or a Security with a mutilated coupon appertaining to it is
surrendered to the Trustee or the Company, together with, in proper cases, such
security or indemnity as may be required by the Company or the Trustee to save
each of them or any agent of either of them harmless, the Company shall execute
and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a new
Security of the same series and principal amount, containing identical terms and
provisions and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, with coupons
corresponding to the coupons, if any, appertaining to the surrendered Security.

         If there shall be delivered to the Company and to the Trustee (i)
evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security
or coupon and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save
each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence of
notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security or coupon has been
acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute and upon its
request the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such
destroyed, lost or stolen Security or in exchange for the Security to which a
destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains (with all appurtenant coupons not
destroyed, lost or stolen), a new Security of the same series

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and principal amount, containing identical terms and provisions and bearing a
number not contemporaneously outstanding, with coupons corresponding to the
coupons, if any, appertaining to such destroyed, lost or stolen Security or to
the Security to which such destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains.

         Notwithstanding the provisions of the previous two paragraphs, in case
any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security or coupon has become or
is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead
of issuing a new Security, with coupons corresponding to the coupons, if any,
appertaining to such destroyed, lost or stolen Security or to the Security to
which such destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains, pay such Security or
coupon; provided, however, that payment of principal of (and premium, if any),
any interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to, Bearer Securities
shall, except as otherwise provided in Section 10.2, be payable only at an
office or agency located outside the United States and, unless otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 3.1, any interest on Bearer Securities
shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of the coupons
appertaining thereto.

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

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

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

         SECTION 3.7 PAYMENT OF INTEREST; INTEREST RIGHTS PRESERVED. Except as
otherwise specified with respect to a series of Securities in accordance with
the provisions of Section 3.1, interest on any Registered Security that is
payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any interest Payment
Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more
Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular
Record Date for such interest at the office or agency of the Company maintained
for such purpose pursuant to Section 10.2; provided, however, that each
installment of interest on any Registered Security may at the Company's option
be paid by (i) mailing a check for such interest, payable to or upon the written
order of the Person entitled thereto pursuant to Section 3.8, to the address of
such

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Person as it appears on the Security Register or (ii) transfer to an account
maintained by the payee located inside the United States.

         Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 3.1 with respect
to the Securities of any series, payment of interest may be made, in the case of
a Bearer Security, by transfer to an account maintained by the payee with a bank
located outside the United States.

         Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 3.1, every
permanent global Security will provide that interest, if any, payable on any
Interest Payment Date will be paid to DTC, Euroclear and/or CEDEL, as the case
may be, with respect to that portion of such permanent global Security held for
its account by Cede & Co. or the Common Depositary, as the case may be, for the
purpose of permitting such party to credit the interest received by it in
respect of such permanent global Security to the accounts of the beneficial
owners thereof.

         In case a Bearer Security of any series is surrendered in exchange for
a Registered Security of such series after the close of business (at an office
or agency in a Place of Payment for such series) on any Regular Record Date and
before the opening of business (at such office or agency) on the next succeeding
Interest Payment Date, such Bearer Security shall be surrendered without the
coupon relating to such Interest Payment Date and interest will not be payable
on such Interest Payment Date in respect of the Registered Security issued in
exchange for such Bearer Security, but will be payable only to the Holder of
such coupon when due in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.

         Except as otherwise specified with respect to a series of Securities in
accordance with the provisions of Section 3.1, any interest on any Registered
Security of any series that is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly
provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein called "Defaulted Interest")
shall forthwith cease to be payable to the registered Holder thereof on the
relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and such
Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as
provided in clause (1) or (2) below:

         (1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to
the Persons in whose names the Registered Securities of such series (or their
respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a
Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be
fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing
of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Registered
Security of such series and the date of the proposed payment (which shall not be
less than 30 days after such notice is received by the Trustee) and at the same
time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money in the
currency or currencies, currency unit or units or composite currency or
currencies in which the Securities of such series are payable (except as
otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.1 for the Securities of such series)
equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted
Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit
on or 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

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such Defaulted Interest as in this clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall
fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall
be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the
proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special
Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause
notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record
Date therefor to be mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder of
Registered Securities of such series at his address as it appears in the
Security Register not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. The
Trustee may, in its discretion, in the name and at the expense of the Company,
cause a similar notice to be published at least once in an Authorized Newspaper
in each place of payment, but such publications shall not be a condition
precedent to the establishment of 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 the Registered Securities of such series (or their
respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on
such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the
following clause (2). In case a Bearer Security of any series is surrendered at
the office or agency in a Place of Payment for such series in exchange for a
Registered Security of such series after the close of business at such office or
agency on any Special Record Date and before the opening of business at such
office or agency on the related proposed date for payment of Defaulted Interest,
such Bearer Security shall be surrendered without the coupon or coupons relating
to such proposed date of payment and Defaulted Interest will not be payable on
such proposed date of payment in respect of the Registered Security issued in
exchange for such Bearer Security, but will be payable only to the Holder of
such coupon or coupons when due in accordance with the provisions of this
Indenture.

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

         Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section and Section 3.5,
each Security delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or
in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to
interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other
Security.

         SECTION 3.8 PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS. Prior to due presentment of a
Registered Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and
any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such
Registered Security is registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose
of receiving payment of principal of (and premium, if any), and (subject to
Sections 3.5 and 3.7) interest on, such Registered Security and for all other

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

         Title to any Bearer Security and any coupons appertaining thereto shall
pass by delivery. The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the
Trustee may treat the Holder of any Bearer Security and the Holder of any coupon
as the absolute owner of such Security or coupon for the purpose of receiving
payment thereof or on account thereof and for all other purposes whatsoever,
whether or not such Security or coupon be overdue, and neither the Company, the
Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice
to the contrary.

         None of the Company, the Trustee, any Paying Agent or the Security
Registrar 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 Security in global form or for maintaining, supervising or
reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests.

         Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any global Security,
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 any depositary, as a Holder, with respect to
such global Security or impair, as between such depositary and owners of
beneficial interests in such global Security, the operation of customary
practices governing the exercise of the rights of such depositary (or its
nominee) as Holder of such global Security.

         SECTION 3.9 CANCELLATION. All Securities and coupons surrendered for
payment, redemption, repayment at the option of the Holder, registration of
transfer or exchange or for credit against any sinking fund payment shall, if
surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee,
and any such Securities and coupons and Securities and coupons surrendered
directly to the Trustee for any such purpose shall be promptly canceled by it;
provided, however, where the Place of Payment is located outside of the United
States, the Paying Agent at such Place of Payment may cancel the Securities
surrendered to it for such purposes prior to delivering the Securities to the
Trustee. The Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any
Securities previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company
may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and may deliver to the Trustee (or
to any other Person for delivery to the Trustee) for cancellation any Securities
previously authenticated hereunder which the Company has not issued and sold,
and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly canceled by the Trustee. If
the Company shall so acquire any of the Securities, however, such acquisition
shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the indebtedness
represented by such Securities unless and until the same are surrendered to the
Trustee for cancellation. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in
exchange for any Securities canceled as provided in this Section, except as
expressly permitted by this Indenture. Canceled Securities and coupons held by
the Trustee shall be destroyed by the

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Trustee and the Trustee shall deliver a certificate of such destruction to the
Company, unless by a Company Order the Company directs their return to it.

         SECTION 3.10 COMPUTATION OF INTEREST. Except as otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 3.1 with respect to Securities of any series, interest
on the Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day
year consisting of twelve 30-day months.

                                   ARTICLE 4
                           SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

         SECTION 4.1 SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE. This Indenture
shall upon Company Request cease to be of further effect with respect to any
series of Securities specified in such Company Request (except as to any
surviving rights of conversion, registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities of such series herein expressly provided for and any right to receive
Additional Amounts), and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order, and at
the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture as to such series when:

         (1) either

               (A) all Securities of such series theretofore authenticated and
delivered and all coupons, if any, appertaining thereto (other than (i) coupons
appertaining to Bearer Securities surrendered for exchange for Registered
Securities and maturing after such exchange, whose surrender is not required or
has been waived as provided in Section 3.5, (ii) Securities and coupons of such
series which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or
paid as provided in Section 3.6, (iii) coupons appertaining to Securities called
for redemption and maturing after the relevant Redemption Date, whose surrender
has been waived as provided in Section 11.6, and (iv) Securities and coupons of
such series for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or
segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company
or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 10.3) have been delivered
to the Trustee for cancellation; or

               (B) all Securities of such series and, in the case of (i) or (ii)
below, any coupons appertaining thereto not theretofore delivered to the Trustee
for cancellation

                      (i)  have become due and payable, or

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

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

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                             and the Company, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii)
                             above, has irrevocably deposited or caused to be
                             deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust
                             for the purpose (A) an amount of money in the
                             currency or currencies, currency unit or units or
                             composite currency or currencies in which the
                             Securities of such series are payable, (B)
                             Government Obligations that through the scheduled
                             payment of principal and interest in respect
                             thereof in accordance with their terms will
                             provide, not later than one day before the due date
                             of any payment, money in an amount, or (C) a
                             combination thereof, sufficient in each case to pay
                             and discharge the entire indebtedness on such
                             Securities and such coupons not theretofore
                             delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for
                             principal (and premium, if any) and interest, and
                             any Additional Amounts with respect thereto, to the
                             date of such deposit (in the case of Securities
                             which have become due and payable) or to the Stated
                             Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be;

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

         (3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate
and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein
provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture as to
such series have been complied with. Notwithstanding the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee and
any predecessor Trustee under Section 6.7, the obligations of the Company to any
Authenticating Agent under Section 6.12 and, if money shall have been deposited
with and held by the Trustee pursuant to subclause (B) of clause (1) of this
Section, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 4.2 and the last paragraph
of Section 10.3 shall survive.

         SECTION 4.1 APPLICATION OF TRUST FUNDS. Subject to the provisions of
the last paragraph of Section 10.3, all amounts deposited with the Trustee
pursuant to Section 4.1 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance
with the provisions of the Securities, the coupons and this Indenture, to the
payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company
acting as its own Paying Agent), as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons
entitled thereto, of the principal (and premium, if any), and any interest and
Additional Amounts for whose payment such amounts have been deposited with or
received by the Trustee, but such amounts need not be segregated from other
funds except to the extent required by law. All moneys deposited with the
Trustee pursuant to Section 4.01 (and held by it or any Paying Agent) for the
payment of Securities subsequently converted shall be returned to the Company
upon Company Request.

                                    ARTICLE 5
                                    REMEDIES

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         SECTION 5.1 EVENTS OF DEFAULT. "Event of Default," wherever used herein
with respect to any particular series of Securities, means any one of the
following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether or
not it shall be occasioned by the provisions of Article 15 or be voluntary or
involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment,
decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any
administrative or governmental body)

         (1) default in the payment of any interest upon or any Additional
Amounts payable in respect of any Security of that series or of any coupon
appertaining thereto, when such interest, Additional Amounts or coupon becomes
due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days
(whether or not such payment is prohibited by the provisions of Article 15); or

         (2) default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on)
any Security of that series when it becomes due and payable at its Maturity
(whether or not such payment is prohibited by the provisions of Article 15); or

         (3) default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when and as due
by the terms of any Security of that series; or

         (4) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or warranty
of the Company in this Indenture with respect to any Security of that series
(other than a covenant or warranty 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 at least 25% in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of that series a written notice specifying such default
or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a
"Notice of Default" hereunder; or

         (5) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary pursuant to or within the
meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:

               (A)commences a voluntary case,

               (B)consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an
                  involuntary case,

               (C)consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for all or
                  substantially all of its property, or

               (D)makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors;
                  or

         (6) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under
any Bankruptcy Law that:

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               (A)is for relief against the Company or any Significant
                  Subsidiary in an involuntary case,

               (B)appoints a Custodian of the Company or any Significant
                  Subsidiary or for all or substantially all of the property of
                  any of them, or

               (C)orders the winding up or liquidation of the Company or any
                  Significant Subsidiary, and the order or decree remains
                  unstayed and in effect for 60 days; or

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

         As used in this Section 5.1, the term "Bankruptcy Law" means title 11,
U.S. Code or any similar Federal or State law for the relief of debtors and the
term "Custodian" means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or other
similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.

         SECTION 5.2 ACCELERATION OF MATURITY; RESCISSION AND ANNULMENT. If an
Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series at the time
Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then and in every such case the Trustee or
the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of that series may declare the principal (or, if any Securities are
Original Issue Discount Securities or Indexed Securities, such portion of the
principal as may be specified in the terms thereof) of all the Securities of
that series to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the
Company (and to the Trustee if given by the Holders), and upon any such
declaration such principal or specified portion thereof shall become immediately
due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in Section 5.1(5) or 5.1(6)
occurs, the principal of, and accrued interest (including Additional Amounts)
on, all the Securities shall automatically, and without any declaration or other
action on the part of the Trustee or any Holder, become immediately due and
payable.

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

         (1) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient
to pay in the currency or currency unit or composite currency in which the
Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to
Section 3.1 for the Securities of such series):

               (A)    all overdue installments of interest on and any Additional
                      Amounts payable in respect of all Outstanding Securities
                      of that series and any related coupons,

               (B)    the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Outstanding
                      Securities of that series which have become due otherwise
                      than by such declaration of

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                      acceleration and interest thereon at the rate or rates
                      borne by or provided for in such Securities,

               (C)    to  the extent that payment of such interest is lawful,
                      interest upon overdue installments of interest and any
                      Additional Amounts at the rate or rates borne by or
                      provided for in such Securities, and

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

         (2) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of that series,
other than the nonpayment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest
on Securities of that series which have become due solely by such declaration of
acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 5.13.

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

         SECTION 5.3 COLLECTION OF INDEBTEDNESS AND SUITS FOR ENFORCEMENT BY
TRUSTEE. The Company covenants that if:

         (1) default is made in the payment of any installment of interest or
Additional Amounts, if any, on any Security of any series and any related coupon
when such interest or Additional Amount becomes due and payable and such default
continues for a period of 30 days, or

         (2) default is made in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if
any, on) any Security of any series at its Maturity, then the Company will, upon
demand of the Trustee, pay to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of
such Securities of such series and coupons, the whole amount then due and
payable on such Securities and coupons for principal (and premium, if any) and
interest and Additional Amounts, with interest upon any overdue principal (and
premium, if any) and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be
legally enforceable, upon any overdue installments of interest or Additional
Amounts, if any, at the rate or rates borne by or provided for in such
Securities, and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient
to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents
and counsel.

         If the Company fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand,
the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a
judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may
prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce the same
against the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities of such series and
collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by
law

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out of the property of the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities of
such series, wherever situated.

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

         SECTION 5.4 TRUSTEE MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM. In case of the pendency
of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization,
arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to
the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or the property of the
Company or of such other obligor or their creditors, the Trustee (irrespective
of whether the principal of the Securities of any series shall then be due and
payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of
whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on the Company for the payment of
overdue principal, premium, if any, or interest) shall be entitled and
empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:

         (i) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount, or such lesser
amount as may be provided for in the Securities of such series, of principal
(and premium, if any) and interest and Additional Amounts, if any, owing and
unpaid in respect of the Securities and to file such other papers or documents
as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee
(including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements
and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and of the Holders allowed
in such judicial proceeding, and

         (ii) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or
deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same; and any custodian,
receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator (or other similar
official) in any such judicial proceeding is hereby directed by each Holder of
Securities of such series and coupons to make such payments to the Trustee, and
in the event that the Trustee shall request the making of such payments directly
to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee and any
predecessor Trustee, their agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the
Trustee or any predecessor Trustee under Section 6.7.

         Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to
authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder of a Security
or coupon any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition
affecting the Securities or coupons or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to
authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder of a
Security or coupon in any such proceeding; provided; however, that the Trustee
may, on behalf

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of the Holders, vote for the election of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar
official and be a member of a creditors' or other similar committee.

         SECTION 5.5 TRUSTEE MAY ENFORCE CLAIMS WITHOUT POSSESSION OF SECURITIES
OR COUPONS. All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or any of the
Securities or coupons may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the
possession of any of the Securities or coupons or the production thereof in any
proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee
shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any
recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents
and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities and
coupons in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.

         SECTION 5.6 APPLICATION OF MONEY COLLECTED. Any money collected by the
Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the following order, at the
date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such
money on account of principal (or premium, if any) or interest and any
Additional Amounts, upon presentation of the Securities or coupons, or both, as
the case may be, and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid
and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:

         FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee and any
predecessor Trustee under Section 6.7;

         SECOND: To the holders of Senior Indebtedness to the extent required by
the provisions of Article 15;

         THIRD: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid upon the
Securities and coupons for principal (and premium, if any) and interest and any
Additional Amounts payable, in respect of which or for the benefit of which such
money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind,
according to the aggregate amounts due and payable on such Securities and
coupons for principal (and premium, if any), interest and Additional Amounts,
respectively; and

         FOURTH:  To the payment of the remainder, if any, to the Company.

         SECTION 5.7 LIMITATION ON SUITS. No Holder of any Security of any
series or any related coupon shall have any right to institute any proceeding,
judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of
a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless:

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

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

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

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

         (5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given
to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series; it being
understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have any right
in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this
Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other of such
Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other
of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the
manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all such
Holders.

         SECTION 5.8 UNCONDITIONAL RIGHT OF HOLDERS TO RECEIVE PRINCIPAL,
PREMIUM, IF ANY, INTEREST AND ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS. Notwithstanding any other
provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Security or coupon shall have the
right which is absolute and unconditional to receive payment of the principal of
(and premium, if any) and (subject to Sections 3.5 and 3.7) interest on, and any
Additional Amounts in respect of, such Security or payment of such coupon on the
respective due dates expressed in such Security or coupon (or, in the case of
redemption or repurchase, on the Redemption Date or Repurchase Date, as the case
may be) and, if applicable, to convert such Security in accordance with the
provisions of the applicable supplemental indenture or Board Resolutions and to
institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such rights shall
not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.

         SECTION 5.9 RESTORATION OF RIGHTS AND REMEDIES. If the Trustee or any
Holder of a Security or coupon has instituted any proceeding to enforce any
right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued
or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or
to such Holder, then and in every such case, the Company, the Trustee and the
Holders of Securities and coupons shall, subject to any determination in such
proceeding, be restored severally and respectively to their former positions
hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders
shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.

         SECTION 5.10 RIGHTS AND REMEDIES CUMULATIVE. Except as otherwise
provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed,
lost or stolen Securities or coupons in the last paragraph of Section 3.6, no
right or remedy herein conferred upon or

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reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders of Securities or coupons is intended
to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall,
to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other
right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in
equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy
hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or
employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.

         SECTION 5.11 DELAY OR OMISSION NOT WAIVER. No delay or omission of the
Trustee or of any Holder of any Security or coupon to exercise any right or
remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy
or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein.
Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee or to the
Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed
expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders of Securities or coupons, as the
case may be.

         SECTION 5.12 CONTROL BY HOLDERS OF SECURITIES. The Holders of not less
than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series
shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any
proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or
power conferred on the Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series,
provided that

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

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

         (3) the Trustee need not take any action which might involve it in
personal liability or be unduly prejudicial to the Holders of Securities of such
series not joining therein.

         SECTION 5.13 WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS. The Holders of not less than a
majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series may on
behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series and any related
coupons waive any past default hereunder with respect to such series and its
consequences, except a default

         (1) in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest
on or Additional Amounts payable in respect of any Security of such series or
any related coupons, or

         (2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article 9
cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each
Outstanding Security of such series affected.

         Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event
of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every
purpose of this Indenture; but no such

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waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or Event of Default or
impair any right consequent thereon.

         SECTION 5.14 WAIVER OF USURY, STAY OR EXTENSION LAWS. The Company
covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any
time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the
benefit or advantage of, any usury, stay or extension law wherever enacted, now
or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the
performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it may
lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such
law, and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any
power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of
every such power as though no such law had been enacted.

         SECTION 5.15 UNDERTAKING FOR COSTS. All parties to this Indenture
agree, and each Holder of any Security by his 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 any undertaking to pay the costs of such
suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs,
including reasonable attorneys' fees, 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 shall not apply to any
suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder, or group
of Holders, holding in the aggregate more than 10% in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities, or to any suit instituted by any Holder for the
enforcement of the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest
on any Security on or after the respective Stated Maturities expressed in such
Security (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date).

                                    ARTICLE 6
                                   THE TRUSTEE

         SECTION 6.1 CERTAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.

         (a)   Except during the continuance of an Event of Default,

               (1)    the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only
                      such duties 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 its part, the Trustee may
                      conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and
                      the correctness of the opinions

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                      expressed therein, upon 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 to the requirements of this Indenture.

         (b) In case an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, 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 person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of
his or her own affairs.

         (c) 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

               (1)    this paragraph (c) shall not be construed to limit the
                      effect of paragraph (a) of this Section;

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

               (3)    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 Holders of a majority
                      in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities 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; and

               (4)    no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee
                      to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any
                      financial liability in the performance of any of its
                      duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights
                      or powers.

         (d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of
this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or
affording protection to the Trustee (as Trustee, Paying Agent, Authenticating
Agent or Security Registrar) shall be subject to the provisions of this Section.

           SECTION 6.2 NOTICE OF DEFAULTS. Within 90 days after the occurrence
of any default hereunder with respect to the Securities of any series, the
Trustee shall transmit in the manner and to the extent provided in TIA Section
313(c), notice of such default hereunder known to the Trustee, unless such
default shall have been cured or waived; provided, however, that, except in

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the case of a default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or
interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any Security of such
series, or in the payment of any sinking fund installment with respect to the
Securities of such series, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such
notice if and so long as Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith
determine that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Holders
of the Securities and coupons of such series; and provided further that in the
case of any default or breach of the character specified in Section 5.1(4) with
respect to the Securities and coupons of such series, no such notice to Holders
shall be given until at least 90 days after the occurrence thereof. For the
purpose of this Section, the term "default" means any event which is, or after
notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default with respect
to the Securities of such series.

         SECTION 6.3 CERTAIN RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE. Subject to the provisions of TIA
Section 315(a) through 315(d):

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

         (2) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be
sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order (other than
delivery of any Security, together with any coupons appertaining thereto, to the
Trustee for authentication and delivery pursuant to Section 3.3 which shall be
sufficiently evidenced as provided therein) and any resolution of the Board of
Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;

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

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

         (5) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the
rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of
any of the Holders of Securities of any series or any related coupons pursuant
to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee
security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs,
expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such
request or direction;

         (6) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the
facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument,
opinion, report, notice, request,

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

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

         (8) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered 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.

         The Trustee shall not be required to expend or risk its own funds or
otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties
hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have
reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate
indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.

         Except during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Trustee
undertakes to perform only such duties as are specifically set forth in this
Indenture, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this
Indenture against the Trustee.

         SECTION 6.4 NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR RECITALS OR ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES. The
recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the Trustee's
certificate of authentication, and in any coupons shall be taken as the
statements of the Company, and neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent
assumes any responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no
representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the
Securities or coupons, except that the Trustee represents that it is duly
authorized to execute and deliver this Indenture, authenticate the Securities
and perform its obligations hereunder. Neither the Trustee nor any
Authenticating Agent shall be accountable for the use or application by the
Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof.

         SECTION 6.5 MAY HOLD SECURITIES. The Trustee, any Paying Agent,
Security Registrar, Authenticating Agent or any other agent of the Company, in
its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of
Securities and coupons and, subject to TIA Sections 310(b) and 311, may
otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it would have if it were
not Trustee, Paying Agent, Security Registrar, Authenticating Agent or such
other agent.

         SECTION 6.6 MONEY HELD IN TRUST. Money held by the Trustee in trust
hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required
by law. The Trustee shall be

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under no liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as
otherwise agreed with the Company.

         SECTION 6.7 COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT. The Company agrees:

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

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

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

         When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with
an Event of Default specified in Section 5.l(5) or Section 5.1(6), the expenses
(including the reasonable charges and expenses of its counsel) and the
compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of
administration under any applicable Federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or
other similar law.

         As security for the performance of the obligations of the Company under
this Section, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities upon all
property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held
in trust for the payment of principal of (or premium, if any), interest on or
Additional Amounts payable with respect to particular Securities or any coupons.

         The provisions of this Section shall survive the termination of this
Indenture.

         SECTION 6.8 CORPORATE TRUSTEE REQUIRED; ELIGIBILITY; CONFLICTING
INTERESTS. There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be
eligible to act as Trustee under TIA Section 310(a)(1) and shall have a combined
capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000. If such corporation or association
publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or the
requirements of Federal, State, Territorial or District of Columbia supervising
or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined
capital and surplus of such corporation or association shall be deemed to be its
combined capital and surplus as set forth in

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its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time the Trustee
shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it
shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified
in this Article. If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest
within the meaning of the TIA, the Trustee shall either eliminate such interest
or resign to the extent and in the manner provided by and subject to the
provisions of the TIA and this Indenture.

         SECTION 6.9 RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL; APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR.

         (a) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a
successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the
acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the
applicable requirements of Section 6.10.

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

         (c) The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the
Securities of any series by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount
of the Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the Trustee and to the
Company.

         (d) If at any time:

              (1)    the Trustee shall fail to comply with the
                     provisions of TIA Section 310(b) after written
                     request therefor by the Company or by any Holder of
                     a Security who has been a bona fide Holder of a
                     Security for at least six months, or

              (2)    the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under
                     Section 6.8 and shall fail to resign after written
                     request therefor by the Company or by any Holder of
                     a Security who has been a bona fide Holder of a
                     Security for at least six months, or

              (3)    the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or
                     shall be adjudged a 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

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                  any such case, (i) the Company by or pursuant to a Board
                  Resolution may remove the Trustee and appoint a successor
                  Trustee with respect to all Securities, or (ii) subject to TIA
                  Section 315(e), any Holder of a Security who has been a bona
                  fide Holder of a Security for at least six months may, on
                  behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition
                  any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the
                  Trustee with respect to all Securities and the appointment of
                  a successor Trustee or Trustees.

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

         (f) The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal
of the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and each appointment
of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series in the
manner provided for notices to the Holders of Securities in Section 1.6. Each
notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.

         SECTION 6.10 ACCEPTANCE OF APPOINTMENT BY SUCCESSOR.

         (a) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with
respect to all Securities, every such successor Trustee shall execute,
acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument
accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the
retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any
further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights,
powers,

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trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on request of the Company or the
successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges,
execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the
rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee, and shall duly assign,
transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by
such retiring Trustee hereunder.

         (b) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the
retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of
one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto,
pursuant to Article 9 hereof, wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such
appointment and which (1) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or
desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all
the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to
the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such
successor Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with
respect to all Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed
necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties
of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series
as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in
the retiring Trustee, and (3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of
this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the
administration of trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood
that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such
Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such Trustee shall be
trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or
trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee; and upon the execution
and delivery of such supplemental indenture the resignation or removal of the
retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein and each
such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall
become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring
Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the
appointment of such successor Trustee relates; but, on request of the Company or
any successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and
deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring
Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those series to
which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates.

         (c) Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall
execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and
confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred
to in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, as the case may be.

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

         SECTION 6.11 MERGER, CONVERSION, CONSOLIDATION OR SUCCESSION TO
BUSINESS. Any corporation or association into which the Trustee may be merged or
converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting
from any merger, conversion or consolidation

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to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation or association
succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the
Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided such
corporation or association shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this
Article, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the
part of any of the parties hereto. In case any Securities or coupons shall have
been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any
successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee
may adopt such authentication and deliver the Securities or coupons so
authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself
authenticated such Securities or coupons. In case any Securities or coupons
shall not have been authenticated by such predecessor Trustee, any such
successor Trustee may authenticate and deliver such Securities or coupons, in
either its own name or that of its predecessor Trustee, with the full force and
effect which this Indenture provides for the certificate of authentication of
the Trustee.

         SECTION 6.12 APPOINTMENT OF AUTHENTICATING AGENT. At any time when any
of the Securities remain Outstanding, the Trustee may appoint an Authenticating
Agent or Agents with respect to one or more series of Securities which shall be
authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such
series issued upon exchange, registration of transfer or partial redemption or
repayment thereof, and Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the
benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as
if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Any such appointment shall be
evidenced by an instrument in writing signed by a Responsible Officer of the
Trustee, a copy of which instrument shall be promptly furnished to the Company.
Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery
of Securities by the Trustee or the Trustee's certificate of authentication,
such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf
of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication
executed on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. Each
Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Company and shall at all times
be a bank or trust company or corporation organized and doing business and in
good standing under the laws of the United States of America or of any State or
the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating
Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000 and
subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authorities. If such
Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant
to law or the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority,
then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such
Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as
set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. In case at any
time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section, such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately
in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section.

         Any corporation or association into which an Authenticating Agent may
be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation
or association resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which
such Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation or association
succeeding to the corporate agency or corporate trust business of an
Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an Authenticating Agent, provided
such

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corporation shall be otherwise eligible under this Section, without the
execution or filing of any paper or further act on the part of the Trustee or
the Authenticating Agent.

         An Authenticating Agent for any series of Securities may at any time
resign by giving written notice of resignation to the Trustee for such series
and to the Company. The Trustee for any series of Securities may at any time
terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent 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 such
Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section, the Trustee for such series may appoint a successor
Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall give
notice of such appointment to all Holders of Securities of the series with
respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve in the manner set forth in
Section 1.6. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its
appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties
of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an
Authenticating Agent herein. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be
appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this Section.

         The Company agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to
time reasonable compensation including reimbursement of its reasonable expenses
for its services under this Section.

         If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant
to this Section, the Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in
addition to or in lieu of the Trustee's certificate of authentication, an
alternate certificate of authentication substantially in the following form:

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

                                      [NAME OF TRUSTEE]
                                      as Trustee

                                      By: __________________________________
                                          as Authenticating Agent

                                      By: _________________________________
                                          Authorized Signatory

                                   ARTICLE 7
                HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY

         SECTION 7.1 DISCLOSURE OF NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF HOLDERS. Every Holder
of Securities or coupons, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the
Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any
Authenticating Agent nor any Paying Agent nor any Security Registrar shall be
held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any information as to the names
and addresses of the Holders of Securities in accordance with TIA Section 312,
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 TIA Section 312(b).

         SECTION 7.2 REPORTS BY TRUSTEE. Within 60 days after May 15 of each
year commencing with the first May 15 after the first issuance of Securities
pursuant to this Indenture, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Holders of
Securities as provided in TIA Section 313(c) a brief report dated as of such May
15 if required by TIA Section 313(a). A copy of each such report shall at the
time of such transmission to Holders be filed by the Trustee with each stock
exchange upon which any Securities are listed with the Commission and the
Company. The Company will notify the Trustee when any Securities are listed on
any stock exchange and of any delisting thereof.

         SECTION 7.3 REPORTS BY COMPANY. THE COMPANY WILL:

         (1) file with the Trustee, within 15 days after the Company is required
to file the same with the Commission, copies of the annual reports and of the
information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of
the foregoing as the Commission may from time to time by rules and regulations
prescribe) which the Company may be required to file with the Commission
pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 13(b) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act

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of 1934; or, if the Company is not required to file information, documents or
reports pursuant to either of such Sections, then it will file with the Trustee,
in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the
Commission, such of the supplementary and periodic information, documents and
reports which may be required pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 in respect of a security listed and registered on a national
securities exchange as may be prescribed from time to time in such rules and
regulations;

         (2) file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules
and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such additional
information, documents and reports with respect to compliance by the Company
with the conditions and covenants of this Indenture as may be required from time
to time by such rules and regulations; and

         (3) file with the Trustee and the Commission, if applicable, and
transmit by mail to the Holders of Securities, within 30 days after the filing
thereof with the Trustee, in the manner and to the extent provided in TIA
Section 313(c), such summaries of any information, documents and reports
required to be filed by the Company pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of this
Section as may be required by rules and regulations prescribed from time to time
by the Commission and other information as may be required pursuant to the TIA
at the time and in the manner provided pursuant to such Act.

         SECTION 7.4 COMPANY TO FURNISH TRUSTEE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF HOLDERS.

         (a) the Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee:

               (i)    semi-annually, not later than 10 days after the Regular
                      Record Date for interest for each series of Securities, a
                      list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require,
                      of the names and addresses of the Holders of Registered
                      Securities of such series as of such Regular Record Date,
                      or if there is no Regular Record Date for interest for
                      such series of Securities, semi-annually, upon such dates
                      as are set forth in the Board Resolution or indenture
                      supplemental hereto authorizing such series, and such
                      information, if any, concerning the holders of Bearer
                      Securities that is known to the Company or any Paying
                      Agent other than the Company; provided, however, that the
                      Company and such Paying Agents shall have no obligation to
                      investigate any matter relating to any holder of a Bearer
                      Security or a coupon appertaining thereto; and

               (ii)   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, provided, however, that, so long as the Trustee
                      is the Security Registrar, no such list shall be required
                      to be furnished.

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         (b) The Company shall provide the Trustee with at least 30 days' prior
notice of any change in location of its principal executive offices or other
principal place of business.

                                   ARTICLE 8
                CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE, LEASE OR CONVEYANCE

           SECTION 8.1 CONSOLIDATIONS AND MERGERS OF COMPANY AND SALES, LEASES
AND CONVEYANCES PERMITTED SUBJECT TO CERTAIN CONDITIONS. The Company may
consolidate with, or sell, lease, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all
or substantially all of its assets to, or merge with or into any other Person,
provided that in any such case, (1) either the Company shall be the continuing
corporation, or the Person (if other than the Company) formed by such
consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the Person which acquires
or leases the Company's assets substantially as an entirety is a corporation,
partnership, limited liability company or trust organized and existing under the
laws of any United States jurisdiction and expressly assumes the due and
punctual payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and any interest
(including all Additional Amounts, if any, payable pursuant to this Indenture on
all of the Securities, according to their tenor, and the due and punctual
performance and observance of all of the covenants and conditions of this
Indenture to be performed by the Company and shall have provided for conversion
rights, if applicable, in accordance with the relevant supplemental indenture or
Board Resolution, by supplemental indenture, complying with Article 9 hereof,
satisfactory to the Trustee, executed and delivered to the Trustee by such
Person and (2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction and treating
any indebtedness which becomes an obligation of the Company or such Person or
any Subsidiary as a result thereof as having been incurred by the Company or
such Subsidiary at the time of such transaction, no Event of Default, and no
event which, after notice or the lapse of time, or both, would become an Event
of Default, shall have occurred and be continuing.

           SECTION 8.2 RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF SUCCESSOR PERSON. In case of any
such consolidation, merger, sale, lease or conveyance and upon any such
assumption by the successor Person, such successor Person shall succeed to and
be substituted for the Company, with the same effect as if it had been named
herein as the party of the first part, and the Company, except in the event of a
lease, shall be relieved of any further obligation under this Indenture and the
Securities. Such successor Person 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
Securities issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by
the Company and delivered to the Trustee; and, upon the order of such successor
Person, instead of the Company, and subject to all the terms, conditions and
limitations in this Indenture prescribed, the Trustee shall authenticate and
shall deliver any Securities which previously shall have been signed and
delivered by the officers of the Company to the Trustee for authentication, and
any Securities which such successor Person thereafter shall cause to be signed
and delivered to the Trustee for that purpose. All the Securities so issued
shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this Indenture
as the Securities theretofore or thereafter issued in accordance with the terms
of this Indenture as though all of such Securities had been issued at the date
of the execution hereof.

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         In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, lease or conveyance,
such changes in phraseology and form (but not in substance) may be made in the
Securities thereafter to be issued as may be appropriate.

           SECTION 8.3 OFFICERS' CERTIFICATE AND OPINION OF COUNSEL. Any
consolidation, merger, sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition
permitted under Section 8.1 is also subject to the condition that the Trustee
receive an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that
any such consolidation, merger, sale, lease, transfer or conveyance or other
disposition and the assumption by any successor Person, complies with the
provisions of this Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided for
relating to such transaction have been complied with.

                                   ARTICLE 9
                             SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

           SECTION 9.1 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITHOUT CONSENT OF HOLDERS.
Without the consent of any Holders of Securities or coupons, the Company, when
authorized by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time
and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental
hereto, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:

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

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

           (3) to add any additional Events of Default for the benefit of the
Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such Events of Default are to
be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such
Events of Default are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such
series); provided, however, that in respect of any such additional Events of
Default 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 or
may limit the right of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount
of that or those series of Securities to which such additional Events of Default
apply to waive such default; or

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           (4) to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to
provide that Bearer Securities may be registrable as to principal, to change or
eliminate any restrictions on the payment of principal of or any premium or
interest on Bearer Securities, to permit Bearer Securities to be issued in
exchange for Registered Securities, to permit Bearer Securities to be issued in
exchange for Bearer Securities of other authorized denominations or to permit or
facilitate the issuance of Securities in uncertificated form, provided that any
such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of
Securities of any series or any related coupons in any material respect; or

           (5) to change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture,
provided that any such change or elimination shall become effective only when
there is no Security Outstanding of any series created prior to the execution of
such supplemental indenture which is entitled to the benefit of such provision;
or

           (6) to secure the Securities; or

           (7) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series and
any related coupons as permitted by Sections 2.1 and 3.1, including the
provisions and procedures relating to Securities convertible into Common Stock
or Preferred Stock, as the case may be; or

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

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

           (10) to supplement any of the provisions of this Indenture to such
extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the defeasance and
discharge of any series of Securities pursuant to Sections 4.1, 14.2 and 14.3;
provided that any such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the
Holders of Securities of such series and any related coupons or any other series
of Securities in any material respect; or

           (11) to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of
any holder of Securities of the applicable series; or

           (12) to make any change to comply with any requirement of the
Commission in connection with the qualification of the Indenture under TIA; or

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           (13) to provide for the issuance of uncertificated Securities of one
or more series in addition to or in place of certificated Securities; provided,
however, that the uncertificated Securities are issued in registered form for
purposes of Section 163(f) of the Code or in a manner such that the
uncertificated Securities are described in Section 163(f)(2)(B) of the Code.

           SECTION 9.2 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITH CONSENT OF HOLDERS. With the
consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of all
Outstanding Securities affected by such supplemental indenture, by Act of said
Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the Company, when authorized
by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may enter into an
indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any
provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of
this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of
Securities and any related coupons under this Indenture; provided, however, that
no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each
Outstanding Security affected thereby:

           (1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of (or premium, if
any, on) or any installment of principal of or interest on, any Security; or
reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate or amount of interest thereon or
any Additional Amounts payable in respect thereof, or any premium payable upon
the redemption thereof, or change any obligation of the Company to pay
Additional Amounts pursuant to Section 10.8 (except as contemplated by Section
8.1(1) and permitted by Section 9.1(1)), or reduce the amount of the principal
of an Original Issue Discount Security that would be due and payable upon a
declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.2 or
the amount thereof provable in bankruptcy pursuant to Section 5.4, or adversely
affect any right of repayment at the option of the Holder of any Security, or
change any Place of Payment where, or the currency or currencies, currency unit
or units or composite currency or currencies in which, any Security or any
premium or the interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute
suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity
thereof (or, in the case of redemption or repayment at the option of the Holder,
on or after the Redemption Date or the Repurchase Date, as the case may be); or

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

           (3) make any change that adversely affects the right to convert any
Security;

           (4) modify the provisions of the Indenture relating to the ranking of
the Securities in a manner adverse to the Holders of the Securities;

           (5) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any
payment with respect to, or conversion of, the Securities; or

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           (6) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 5.13 or
Section 10.8, except to increase the required percentage to effect such action
or to provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified
or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security
affected thereby.

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

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

           SECTION 9.3 EXECUTION OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES. In executing, or
accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted
by this Article or the modification thereby of the trusts created by this
Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section
6.1) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating
that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by
this Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any
such supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or
immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.

           SECTION 9.4 EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES. Upon the execution of
any supplemental indenture under this Article, this Indenture shall be modified
in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall form a part of
this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Securities theretofore or
thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder and of any coupon appertaining
thereto shall be bound thereby.

           SECTION 9.5 CONFORMITY WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT. Every supplemental
indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall conform to the requirements of
the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect.

           SECTION 9.6 REFERENCE IN SECURITIES TO SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.
Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any
supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall, if required by
the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter
provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine,
new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the
Trustee and the Company, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and
executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in
exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series.

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                                   ARTICLE 10
                                    COVENANTS

           SECTION 10.1 PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM, IF ANY, INTEREST AND
ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS. The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of the
Holders of each series of Securities that it will duly and punctually pay the
principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on and any Additional Amounts
payable in respect of the Securities of that series in accordance with the terms
of such series of Securities, any coupons appertaining thereto and this
Indenture. Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 with
respect to any series of Securities, any interest due on and any Additional
Amounts payable in respect of Bearer Securities on or before Maturity, other
than Additional Amounts, if any, payable as provided in Section 10.8 in respect
of principal of (or premium, if any, on) such a Security, shall be payable only
upon presentation and surrender of the several coupons for such interest
installments as are evidenced thereby as they severally mature. Unless otherwise
specified with respect to Securities of any series pursuant to Section 3.1, at
the option of the Company, all payments of principal may be paid by check to the
registered Holder of the Registered Security or other person entitled thereto
against surrender of such Security.

           SECTION 10.2 MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY. If Securities of a
series are issuable only as Registered Securities, the Company shall maintain in
each Place of Payment for any series of Securities an office or agency where
Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered for payment or
conversion, where Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration
of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in
respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served. The
Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any
change in the location, of each such office or agency.

         If Securities of a series are issuable as Bearer Securities, the
Company will maintain: (A) in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, an
office or agency where any Registered Securities of that series may be presented
or surrendered for payment or conversion, where any Registered Securities of
that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer, where Securities of
that series may be surrendered for exchange, where notices and demands to or
upon the Company in respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture
may be served and where Bearer Securities of that series and related coupons may
be presented or surrendered for payment or conversion in the circumstances
described in the following paragraph (and not otherwise); (B) subject to any
laws or regulations applicable thereto, in a Place of Payment for that series
which is located outside the United States, an office or agency where Securities
of that series and related coupons may be presented and surrendered for payment
(including payment of any Additional Amounts payable on Securities of that
series pursuant to Section 10.8) or conversion; provided, however, that if the
Securities of that series are listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange or any
other stock exchange located outside the United States and such stock exchange
shall so require, the Company will maintain a Paying Agent for the Securities of
that series in Luxembourg or any other required city located outside the United
States, as the case

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may be, so long as the Securities of that series are listed on such exchange;
and (C) subject to any laws or regulations applicable thereto, in a Place of
Payment for that series located outside the United States an office or agency
where any Registered Securities of that series may be surrendered for
registration of transfer, where Securities of that series may be surrendered for
exchange and where notices and demand to or upon the Company in respect of the
Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served. The Company will
give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the
location, of each such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail
to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the
Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and
demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee
(except that Bearer Securities of that series and the related coupons may be
presented and surrendered for payment (including payment of any Additional
Amounts payable on Bearer Securities of that series pursuant to Section 10.8) or
conversion at the offices specified in the Security, in London, England, and the
Company hereby appoints the same as its agent to receive such presentations,
surrenders, notices and demands), and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee
its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.

         Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to
Section 3.1, no payment of principal, premium or interest on or Additional
Amounts in respect of Bearer Securities shall be made at any office or agency of
the Company in the United States or by check mailed to any address in the United
States or by transfer to an account maintained with a bank located in the United
States; provided, however, that, if the Securities of a series are payable in
Dollars, payment of principal of and any premium and interest on any Bearer
Security (including any Additional Amounts payable on Securities of such series
pursuant to Section 10.8) shall be made at the office of the Company's Paying
Agent in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, if (but only if)
payment in Dollars of the full amount of such principal, premium, interest or
Additional Amounts, as the case may be, at all offices or agencies outside the
United States maintained for the purpose by the Company in accordance with this
Indenture, is illegal or effectively precluded by exchange controls or other
similar restrictions.

         The Company may from time to time designate one or more other offices
or agencies where the Securities of one or more series may be presented or
surrendered for any or all of such purposes, and may from time to time rescind
such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission
shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office
or agency in accordance with the requirements set forth above for Securities of
any series for such purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the
Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location
of any such other office or agency. Unless otherwise specified with respect to
any Securities pursuant to Section 3.1 with respect to a series of Securities,
the Company hereby designates as a Place of Payment for each series of
Securities the office or agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The
City of New York, and initially appoints the Trustee at its Corporate Trust
Office as Paying Agent in such city and as its agent to receive all such
presentations, surrenders, notice and demands.

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         Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to
Section 3.1, if and so long as the Securities of any series (i) are denominated
in a Foreign Currency or (ii) may be payable in a Foreign Currency, or so long
as it is required under any other provision of the Indenture, then the Company
will maintain with respect to each such series of Securities, or as so required,
at least one exchange rate agent.

           SECTION 10.3 MONEY FOR SECURITIES PAYMENTS TO BE HELD IN TRUST. If
the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to any
series of any Securities and any related coupons, it will, on or before each due
date of the principal of (and premium, if any), or interest on or Additional
Amounts in respect of, any of the Securities of that series, segregate and hold
in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum in the currency
or currencies, currency unit or units or composite currency or currencies in
which the Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified
pursuant to Section 3.1 for the Securities of such series) sufficient to pay the
principal (and premium, if any) or interest or Additional Amounts so becoming
due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as
herein provided, and will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure
so to act.

         Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any
series of Securities and any related coupons, it will, before each due date of
the principal of (and premium, if any), or interest on or Additional Amounts in
respect of, any Securities of that series, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum (in
the currency or currencies, currency unit or units or composite currency or
currencies described in the preceding paragraph) sufficient to pay the principal
(and premium, if any) or interest or Additional Amounts, so becoming due, such
sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such
principal, premium or interest or Additional Amounts and (unless such Paying
Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its action
or failure so to act.

         The Company will cause each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to
execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent
shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section, that
such Paying Agent will (1) hold all sums held by it for the payment of principal
of (and premium, if any) or interest on Securities or Additional Amounts in
trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall be
paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided; (2) give the
Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the
Securities) in the making of any such payment of principal (and premium, if any)
or interest or Additional Amounts; and (3) 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.

         The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or
by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in
trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee
upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were

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held by the Company or such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying
Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further
liability with respect to such sums.

         Except as otherwise provided in the Securities of any series, any money
deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in
trust for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on,
or any Additional Amounts in respect of, any Security of any series and
remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal (and premium, if any),
interest or Additional Amounts has become due and payable shall be paid to the
Company upon Company Request or (if then held by the Company) shall be
discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security shall thereafter, as
an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for payment of such
principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on, or any Additional Amounts in
respect of, any Security, without interest thereon, and all liability of the
Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability
of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however,
that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such
repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in an
Authorized Newspaper, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a
date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of
such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be
repaid to the Company.

           SECTION 10.4 EXISTENCE. Subject to Article 8, the Company will do or
cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and
effect its corporate existence, rights (charter and statutory) and franchises,
except to the extent that the Board of Directors shall determine that the
failure to do so would not have a material adverse effect on the business,
assets, financial condition or results of operation of the Company (a "Material
Adverse Effect"); provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to
preserve any right or franchise if the Board of Directors shall determine that
the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business
of the Company and that the loss thereof is not disadvantageous in any material
respect to the Holders.

           SECTION 10.5 MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTIES. The Company will cause all of
it properties used or useful in the conduct of its business or the business of
any Subsidiary to be maintained and kept in good condition, repair and working
order and supplied with all necessary equipment and will cause to be made all
necessary repairs, renewals, replacements, betterments and improvements thereof,
all as in the judgment of the Company may be necessary so that the business
carried on in connection therewith may be properly and advantageously conducted
at all times, except to the extent that the failure to do so would not have a
Material Adverse Effect on the Company; provided, however, that the Company
shall not be required to continue the operation or maintenance of any such
property or be prevented from disposing of such property if the Board of
Directors shall determine that such discontinuance or disposal is desirable in
the conduct of the business of the Company or the business of any Subsidiary and
not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders.

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           SECTION 10.6 PAYMENT OF TAXES AND OTHER CLAIMS. The Company will pay
or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged, before the same shall become
delinquent, (1) all taxes, assessments and governmental charges levied or
imposed upon it or any Subsidiary or upon the income, profits or property of the
Company or any Subsidiary, and (2) all lawful claims for labor, materials and
supplies which, if unpaid, might by law become a lien upon the property of the
Company or any Subsidiary and have a Material Adverse Effect; provided, however,
that the Company shall not be required to pay or discharge or cause to be paid
or discharged any such tax, assessment, charge or claim whose amount,
applicability or validity is being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings.

           SECTION 10.7 STATEMENT AS TO COMPLIANCE. The Company will deliver to
the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, a
certificate from the principal executive officer, principal financial officer or
principal accounting officer as to his or her knowledge of the Company's
compliance with all terms, conditions and provisions under this Indenture and,
in the event of any noncompliance, specifying such noncompliance and the nature
and status thereof. For purposes of this Section 10.7, such compliance shall be
determined without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice under
this Indenture.

           SECTION 10.8 ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS. If any Securities of a series
provide for the payment of Additional Amounts, the Company will pay to the
Holder of any Security of such series or any coupon appertaining thereto
Additional Amounts as may be specified as contemplated by Section 3.1. Whenever
in this Indenture there is mentioned, in any context except in the case of
Section 5.2(1), the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on,
or in respect of, any Security of any series or payment of any related coupon or
the net proceeds received on the sale or exchange of any Security of any series,
such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional
Amounts provided by the terms of such series established pursuant to Section 3.1
to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be
payable in respect thereof pursuant to such terms and express mention of the
payment of Additional Amounts (if applicable) in any provisions hereof shall not
be construed as excluding Additional Amounts in those provisions hereof where
such express mention is not made.

         Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1, if the
Securities of a series provide for the payment of Additional Amounts, at least
10 days prior to the first Interest Payment Date with respect to that series of
Securities or if the Securities of that series will not bear interest prior to
Maturity, the first day on which a payment of principal and any premium is made,
and at least 10 days prior to each date of payment of principal and any premium
or interest if there has been any change with respect to the matters set forth
in the below-mentioned Officers' Certificate, the Company will furnish the
Trustee and the Company's principal Paying Agent or Paying Agents, if other than
the Trustee, with an Officers' Certificate instructing the Trustee and such
Paying Agent or Paying Agents whether such payment of principal of and any
premium or interest on the Securities of that series shall be made to Holders of
Securities of that series or any related coupons who are not United States
persons without

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withholding for or on account of any tax, assessment or other governmental
charge described in the Securities of the series. If any such withholding shall
be required, then such Officers' Certificate shall specify by country the
amount, if any, required to be withheld on such payments to such Holders of
Securities of that series or related coupons and the Company will pay to the
Trustee or such Paying Agent the Additional Amounts required by the terms of
such Securities. In the event that the Trustee or any Paying Agent, as the case
may be, shall not so receive the above-mentioned certificate, then the Trustee
or such Paying Agent shall be entitled (i) to assume that no such withholding or
deduction is required with respect to any payment of principal or interest with
respect to any Securities of a series or related coupons until it shall have
received a certificate advising otherwise and (ii) to make all payments of
principal and interest with respect to the Securities of a series or related
coupons without withholding or deductions until otherwise advised. The Company
covenants to indemnify the Trustee and any Paying Agent for, and to hold them
harmless against, any loss, liability or expense reasonably incurred without
negligence or bad faith on their part arising out of or in connection with
actions taken or omitted by any of them or in reliance on any Officers'
Certificate furnished pursuant to this Section or in reliance on the Company's
not furnishing such an Officers' Certificate.

         The obligations of the Company under this Section shall survive any
termination, defeasance or discharge of the Indenture or applicable Security.

           SECTION 10.9 WAIVER OF CERTAIN COVENANTS. The Company may omit in any
particular instance to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in
Sections 10.4 to 10.6, inclusive, with respect to such series, if before the
time for such compliance the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount
of all outstanding Securities of such series, by Act of such Holders, either
waive such compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such
covenant or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such
covenant or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such
waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company and the duties of
the Trustee in respect of any such term, provision or condition shall remain in
full force and effect.

                                   ARTICLE 11
                            REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES

           SECTION 11.1 APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE. Securities of any series which
are redeemable before their Stated Maturity shall be redeemable in accordance
with their terms and (except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section
3.1 for Securities of any series) in accordance with this Article.

           SECTION 11.2 ELECTION TO REDEEM; NOTICE TO TRUSTEE. The election of
the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by or pursuant to a
Board Resolution. In case of any redemption at the election of the Company of
all or any part of the Securities of any series, the Company shall, at least 45
days prior to the giving of the notice of redemption in Section 11.4 (unless a
shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such

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Redemption Date and of the principal amount of Securities of such series to be
redeemed. In the case of any redemption of Securities prior to the expiration of
any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or
elsewhere in this Indenture, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an
Officers' Certificate evidencing compliance with such restriction.

           SECTION 11.3 SELECTION BY TRUSTEE OF SECURITIES TO BE REDEEMED. If
less than all the Securities of any series issued on the same day with the same
terms are to be redeemed, the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be
selected not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from
the Outstanding Securities of such series issued on such date with the same
terms not previously called for redemption, by such method as the Trustee shall
deem fair and appropriate and which may provide for the selection for redemption
of portions (equal to the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of that
series or any integral multiple thereof) of the principal amount of Securities
of such series of a denomination larger than the minimum authorized denomination
for Securities of that series.

         The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company and the Security
Registrar (if other than itself) in writing of the Securities selected for
redemption and, in the case of any Securities selected for partial redemption,
the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.

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

           SECTION 11.4 NOTICE OF REDEMPTION. Notice of redemption shall be
given in the manner provided in Section 1.6, not less than 30 days nor more than
60 days prior to the Redemption Date, unless a shorter period is specified by
the terms of such series established pursuant to Section 3.1, to each Holder of
Securities to be redeemed, but failure to give such notice in the manner herein
provided to the Holder of any Security designated for redemption as a whole or
in part, or any defect in the notice to any such Holder, shall not affect the
validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other such Security or
portion thereof.

         Any notice that is mailed to the Holders of Registered Securities in
the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly
given, whether or not the Holder receives the notice.

         All notices of redemption shall state:

         (1)      the Redemption Date,

         (2)      the Redemption Price, accrued interest to the Redemption Date
payable as provided in Section 11.6, if any, and Additional Amounts, if any,

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           (3) if less than all Outstanding Securities of any series are to be
redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the
principal amount) of the particular Security or Securities to be redeemed,

           (4) in case any Security is to be redeemed in part only, the notice
which relates to such Security shall state that on and after the Redemption
Date, upon surrender of such Security, the holder will receive, without a
charge, a new Security or Securities of authorized denominations for the
principal amount thereof remaining unredeemed,

           (5) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price and accrued
interest to the Redemption Date payable as provided in Section 11.6, if any,
will become due and payable upon each such Security, or the portion thereof, to
be redeemed and, if applicable, that interest thereon shall cease to accrue on
and after said date,

           (6) the Place or Places of Payment where such Securities, together in
the case of Bearer Securities with all coupons appertaining thereto, if any,
maturing after the Redemption Date, are to be surrendered for payment of the
Redemption Price and accrued interest, if any, or for conversion,

           (7) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case,

           (8) that, unless otherwise specified in such notice, Bearer
Securities of any series, if any, surrendered for redemption must be accompanied
by all coupons maturing subsequent to the date fixed for redemption or the
amount of any such missing coupon or coupons will be deducted from the
Redemption Price, unless security or indemnity satisfactory to the Company, the
Trustee for such series and any Paying Agent is furnished,

           (9) if Bearer Securities of any series are to be redeemed and any
Registered Securities of such series are not to be redeemed, and if such Bearer
Securities may be exchanged for Registered Securities not subject to redemption
on this Redemption Date pursuant to Section 3.5 or otherwise, the last date, as
determined by the Company, on which such exchanges may be made,

           (10) the CUSIP number of such Security, if any, and

           (11) if applicable, that a Holder of Securities who desires to
convert Securities for redemption must satisfy the requirements for conversion
contained in such Securities, the then existing conversion price or rate and the
date and time when the option to convert shall expire.

         Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed shall be given by the
Company or, at the Company's request, by the Trustee in the name and at the
expense of the Company.

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           SECTION 11.5 DEPOSIT OF REDEMPTION PRICE. Not later than 11:00 a.m.
on the Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a
Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, which it may
not do in the case of a sinking fund payment under Article 12, segregate and
hold in trust as provided in Section 10.3) an amount of money in the currency or
currencies, currency unit or units or composite currency or currencies in which
the Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified
pursuant to Section 3.1 for the Securities of such series) sufficient to pay on
the Redemption Date the Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption Date
shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest on, all the Securities or
portions thereof which are to be redeemed on that date.

           SECTION 11.6 SECURITIES PAYABLE ON REDEMPTION DATE. Notice of
redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to be redeemed
shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price
therein specified in the currency or currencies, currency unit or units or
composite currency or currencies in which the Securities of such series are
payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.1 for the
Securities of such series) (together with accrued interest, if any, to the
Redemption Date), and from and after such date (unless the Company shall default
in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest) such Securities
shall, if the same were interest-bearing, cease to bear interest and the coupons
for such interest appertaining to any Bearer Securities so to be redeemed,
except to the extent provided below, shall be void. Upon surrender of any such
Security for redemption in accordance with said notice, together with all
coupons, if any, appertaining thereto maturing after the Redemption Date, such
Security shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price, together with
accrued interest, if any, to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that
installments of interest on Bearer Securities whose Stated Maturity is on or
prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable only at an office or agency
located outside the United States (except as otherwise provided in Section 10.2)
and, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1, only upon
presentation and surrender of coupons for such interest; and provided further
that, except as otherwise provided with respect to Securities convertible into
Common Stock or Preferred Stock, installments of interest on Registered
Securities whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be
payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor
Securities, registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Record
Dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section 3.7.

         If any Bearer Security surrendered for redemption shall not be
accompanied by all appurtenant coupons maturing after the Redemption Date, such
Security may be paid after deducting from the Redemption Price an amount equal
to the face amount of all such missing coupons, or the surrender of such missing
coupon or coupons may be waived by the Company and the Trustee if there be
furnished to them such security or indemnity as they may require to save each of
them and any Paying Agent harmless. If thereafter the Holder of such Security
shall surrender to the Trustee or any Paying Agent any such missing coupon in
respect of which a deduction shall have been made from the Redemption Price,
such Holder shall be entitled to receive the amount so deducted; provided,
however, that interest represented by coupons shall be payable only at an office
or agency located outside the United States (except as otherwise

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provided in Section 10.2) and, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by
Section 3.1, only upon presentation and surrender of those coupons.

         If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon
surrender thereof for redemption, the principal (and premium, if any) shall,
until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate borne by the
Security.

           SECTION 11.7 SECURITIES REDEEMED IN PART. Any Registered Security
which is to be redeemed only in part (pursuant to the provisions of this Article
or of Article 12) shall be surrendered at a Place of Payment therefor (with, if
the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly
executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing) and
the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the
Holder of such Security without service charge a new Security or Securities of
the same series, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder in
aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion
of the principal of the Security so surrendered.

                                   ARTICLE 12
                                  SINKING FUNDS

           SECTION 12.1 APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE. The provisions of this Article
shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of Securities of a
series except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 for
Securities of such series.

         The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the
terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as a "mandatory sinking
fund payment," and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by
the terms of such Securities of any series is herein referred to as an "optional
sinking fund payment." If provided for by the terms of any Securities of any
series, the cash amount of any mandatory sinking fund payment may be subject to
reduction as provided in Section 12.2. Each sinking fund payment shall be
applied to the redemption of Securities of any series as provided for by the
terms of Securities of such series.

           SECTION 12.2 SATISFACTION OF SINKING FUND PAYMENTS WITH SECURITIES.
The Company may, in satisfaction of all or any part of any mandatory sinking
fund payment with respect to the Securities of a series required to be made
pursuant to the terms of such Securities as provided for by the terms of such
series, (1) deliver Outstanding Securities of such series (other than any
previously called for redemption) together, in the case of any Bearer Securities
of such series, with all unmatured coupons appertaining thereto and (2) apply as
a credit Securities of such series which have been redeemed either at the
election of the Company pursuant to the terms of such Securities or through the
application of permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of
such Securities, as provided for by the terms of such Securities, or which have
otherwise been acquired by the Company; provided that such Securities so
delivered or applied

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as a credit have not been previously so credited. Such Securities shall be
received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the applicable
Redemption Price specified in such Securities for redemption through operation
of the sinking fund and the amount of such mandatory sinking fund payment shall
be reduced accordingly.

           SECTION 12.3 REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES FOR SINKING FUND. Not less than
60 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for Securities of any series,
the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate specifying the
amount of the next ensuing mandatory sinking fund payment for that series
pursuant to the terms of that series, the portion thereof, if any, which is to
be satisfied by payment of cash in the currency or currencies, currency unit or
units or composite currency or currencies in which the Securities of such series
are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.1 for the
Securities of such series) and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be
satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities of that series pursuant to
Section 12.2, and the optional amount, if any, to be added in cash to the next
ensuing mandatory sinking fund payment, and will also deliver to the Trustee any
Securities to be so delivered and credited. If such Officers' Certificate shall
specify an optional amount to be added in cash to the next ensuing mandatory
sinking fund payment, the Company shall thereupon be obligated to pay the amount
therein specified. Not less than 30 days before each such sinking fund payment
date the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking
fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 11.3 and cause notice of
the redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of the
Company in the manner provided in Section 11.4. Such notice having been duly
given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the
manner stated in Sections 11.6 and 11.7.

                                   ARTICLE 13
                       REPURCHASE AT THE OPTION OF HOLDERS

           SECTION 13.1 APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE. Repurchase of Securities of
any series before their Stated Maturity at the option of Holders thereof shall
be made in accordance with the terms of such Securities, if any, and (except as
otherwise specified by the terms of such series established pursuant to Section
3.1) in accordance with this Article.

           SECTION 13.2 REPURCHASE OF SECURITIES. Securities of any series
subject to repayment in whole or in part at the option of the Holders thereof
will, unless otherwise provided in the terms of such Securities, be repaid at a
price equal to the principal amount thereof, together with interest, if any,
thereon accrued to the Repurchase Date specified in or pursuant to the terms of
such Securities. The Company covenants that not later than 12:00 noon on the
Repurchase Date it will deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if
the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as
provided in Section 10.3) an amount of money in the currency or currencies,
currency unit or units or composite currency or currencies in which the
Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to
Section 3.1 for the Securities of such series) sufficient to pay the principal
(or, if so provided by the terms of the Securities of any series, a percentage
of the principal) of, and (except if the Repurchase Date

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shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest on, all the Securities or
portions thereof, as the case may be, to be repaid on such date.

           SECTION 13.3 NOTICE; EXERCISE OF REPURCHASE RIGHT. (a) On or before
the 15th day after the Company knows or reasonably should know an event giving
rise to a repurchase right has occurred, the Company, or at the written request
of the Company, the Trustee (in the name and at the expense of the Company),
shall give notice of the occurrence of such event and of the repurchase right
set forth herein arising as a result thereof by first-class mail, postage
prepaid, or by telefacsimile with written acknowledgment of transmittal to each
Holder of the Securities at such Holder's address appearing in the Security
Register. The Company shall also deliver a copy of such notice of a repurchase
right to the Trustee.

         Each notice of a repurchase right shall state:

         (1)   the Repurchase Date,

         (2)   the date by which the repurchase right must be exercised,

         (3)   the Repurchase Price, and

         (4)   the instructions a Holder must follow to exercise its
               repurchase right.

         No failure of the Company to give the foregoing notice shall limit any
Holder's right to exercise a repurchase right. The Trustee shall have no
affirmative obligation to determine if there shall have occurred such an event.

         (b) To exercise a repurchase right, a Holder shall deliver to the
Company (or an agent designated by the Company for such purpose in the notice
referred to in (a) above) and to the Trustee on or before the 30th day after the
date of transmittal of the notice referred to in (a) above (i) written notice of
the Holder's exercise of such right, which notice shall set forth the name of
the Holder, the principal amount of the Security or Securities (or portion of a
Security) to be repurchased, and a statement that an election to exercise the
repurchase right is being made thereby, and (ii) the Security or Securities with
respect to which the repurchase right is being exercised, duly endorsed for
transfer to the Company. Such written notice shall be irrevocable. If the
Repurchase Date falls between any Regular Record Date and the corresponding
succeeding Interest Payment Date, Securities to be repurchased must be
accompanied by payment from the Holder of an amount equal to the interest
thereon which the registered Holder thereof is to receive on such Interest
Payment Date.

           SECTION 13.4 WHEN SECURITIES PRESENTED FOR REPURCHASE BECOME DUE AND
PAYABLE. If Securities of any series providing for repayment at the option of
the Holders thereof shall have been surrendered as provided in this Article and
as provided by or pursuant to the terms of such Securities, such Securities or
the portions thereof, as the case may be, to be repaid shall become

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due and payable and shall be paid by the Company on the Repurchase Date therein
specified, and on and after such Repurchase Date (unless the Company shall
default in the payment of such Securities on such Repurchase Date) such
Securities shall, if the same were interest-bearing, cease to bear interest and
the coupons for such interest appertaining to any Bearer Securities so to be
repaid, except to the extent provided below, shall be void. Upon surrender of
any such Security for repayment in accordance with such provisions, together
with all coupons, if any, appertaining thereto maturing after the Repurchase
Date, the principal amount of such Security so to be repaid shall be paid by the
Company, together with accrued interest, if any, to the Repurchase Date;
provided, however, that coupons whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the
Repurchase Date shall be payable only at an office or agency located outside the
United States (except as otherwise provided in Section 10.2) and, unless
otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.1, only upon presentation and
surrender of such coupons; and provided further that, in the case of Registered
Securities, installments of interest, if any, whose Stated Maturity is on or
prior to the Repurchase Date shall be payable (but without interest thereon,
unless the Company shall default in the payment thereof) to the Holders of such
Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the
close of business on the relevant Record Dates according to their terms and the
provisions of Section 3.7.

         If any Bearer Security surrendered for repayment shall not be
accompanied by all appurtenant coupons maturing after the Repurchase Date, such
Security may be paid after deducting from the amount payable therefor as
provided in Section 13.2 an amount equal to the face amount of all such missing
coupons, or the surrender of such missing coupon or coupons may be waived by the
Company and the Trustee if there be furnished to them such security or indemnity
as they may require to save each of them and any Paying Agent harmless. If
thereafter the Holder of such Security shall surrender to the Trustee or any
Paying Agent any such missing coupon in respect of which a deduction shall have
been made as provided in the preceding sentence, such Holder shall be entitled
to receive the amount so deducted; provided, however, that interest represented
by coupons shall be payable only at an office or agency located outside the
United States (except as otherwise provided in Section 10.2) and, unless
otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1, only upon presentation and
surrender of those coupons.

         If the principal amount of any Security surrendered for repayment shall
not be so repaid upon surrender thereof, such principal amount (together with
interest, if any, thereon accrued to such Repurchase Date) shall, until paid,
bear interest from the Repurchase Date at the rate of interest or Yield to
Maturity (in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities) set forth in such
Security.

           SECTION 13.5 SECURITIES NOT REPURCHASED ON REPURCHASE DATE. If any
Security surrendered for repurchase shall not be so paid on the Repurchase Date,
the principal of such Security shall, until paid, bear interest from the
Repurchase Date at a rate borne by such Security.

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           SECTION 13.6 SECURITIES REPAID IN PART. Upon surrender of any
Registered Security which is to be repaid in part only, the Company shall
execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such
Security, without service charge and at the expense of the Company, a new
Registered Security or Securities of the same series, of any authorized
denomination specified by the Holder, in an aggregate principal amount equal to
and in exchange for the portion of the principal of such Security so surrendered
which is not to be repaid.

                                   ARTICLE 14
                       DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

           SECTION 14.1 APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE; COMPANY'S OPTION TO EFFECT
DEFEASANCE OR COVENANT DEFEASANCE. The Company may at its option by Board
Resolution, at any time, with respect to such Securities and any coupons
appertaining thereto, elect to have Section 14.2 (if applicable) or Section 14.3
(if applicable) be applied to such Outstanding Securities and any coupons
appertaining thereto upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this
Article.

           SECTION 14.2 DEFEASANCE AND DISCHARGE. Upon the Company's exercise of
the above option applicable to this Section with respect to any Securities of or
within a series, the Company shall be deemed to have been discharged from its
obligations with respect to such Outstanding Securities and any coupons
appertaining thereto and the provisions of Article 15 hereof shall cease to be
effective on the date the conditions set forth in Section 14.4 are satisfied
(hereinafter, "defeasance"). For this purpose, such defeasance means that the
Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness
represented by such Outstanding Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto,
which shall thereafter be deemed to be "Outstanding" only for the purposes of
Section 14.5 and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in clauses (A)
and (B) below, and to have satisfied all of its other obligations under such
Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto and this Indenture insofar as
such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto are concerned (and the
Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments
acknowledging the same), except for the following which shall survive until
otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (A) the rights of Holders of such
Outstanding Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto to receive, solely
from the trust fund described in Section 14.4 and as more fully set forth in
such Section, payments in respect of the principal of (and premium, if any) and
interest, if any, on such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto when
such payments are due, (B) the Company's obligations with respect to such
Securities under Sections 3.5, 3.6, 10.2 and 10.3 and with respect to the
payment of Additional Amounts, if any, on such Securities as contemplated by
Section 10.8, (C) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the
Trustee hereunder and (D) this Article. Subject to compliance with this Article
14, the Company may exercise its option under this Section notwithstanding the
prior exercise of its option under Section 14.3 with respect to such Securities
and any coupons appertaining thereto.

           SECTION 14.3 COVENANT DEFEASANCE. Upon the Company's exercise of the
above option applicable to this Section with respect to any Securities of or
within a series, the Company

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shall be released from its obligations under Sections 10.4 to 10.6, inclusive,
and, if specified pursuant to Section 3.1, its obligations under any other
covenant, with respect to such Outstanding Securities and any coupons
appertaining thereto and the provisions of Article 15 hereof shall cease to be
effective, on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 14.4 are
satisfied (hereinafter, "covenant defeasance"), and such Securities and any
coupons appertaining thereto shall thereafter be deemed to be not "Outstanding"
for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or Act of
Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with Sections 10.4
to 10.6, inclusive, or such other covenant, but shall continue to be deemed
"Outstanding" for all other purposes hereunder. For this purpose, such covenant
defeasance means that, with respect to such Outstanding Securities and any
coupons appertaining thereto, the Company may omit to comply with and shall have
no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any
such Section or such other covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason
of any reference elsewhere herein to any such Section or such other covenant or
by reason of reference in any such Section or such other covenant to any other
provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply shall not
constitute a default or an Event of Default under Section 5.1(4) (with respect
to any of Sections 10.4, 10.5 or 10.6) or 5.1(7) or otherwise, as the case may
be, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such
Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto shall be unaffected thereby.

           SECTION 14.4 CONDITIONS TO DEFEASANCE OR COVENANT DEFEASANCE. The
following shall be the conditions to application of Section 14.2 or Section 14.3
to any Outstanding Securities of or within a series and any coupons appertaining
thereto:

               (a)The Company shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be
deposited with the Trustee (or another trustee satisfying the requirements of
Section 6.8 who shall agree to comply with the provisions of this Article 14
applicable to it) as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the
following payments, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely
to, the benefit of the Holders of such Securities and any coupons appertaining
thereto, (1) an amount in such currency, currencies or currency unit or units or
composite currency or currencies in which such Securities and any coupons
appertaining thereto are then specified as payable at Stated Maturity, or (2)
Government Obligations applicable to such Securities and coupons appertaining
thereto (determined on the basis of the currency, currencies or currency unit or
units or composite currency or currencies in which such Securities and coupons
appertaining thereto are then specified as payable at Stated Maturity) which
through the scheduled payment of principal and interest in respect thereof in
accordance with their terms will provide, not later than one day before the due
date of any payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and interest and
Additional Amounts, if any, on such Securities and any coupons appertaining
thereto, money in an amount, or (3) a combination thereof, in any case, in an
amount, sufficient, without consideration of any reinvestment of such principal
and interest, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent
public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the
Trustee, to pay and discharge, and which shall be applied by the Trustee (or
other qualifying trustee) to pay and discharge, (i) the principal of (and

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premium, if any) and interest, if any, on such Outstanding Securities and any
coupons appertaining thereto on the Stated Maturity of such principal or
installment of principal or interest and (ii) any mandatory sinking fund
payments or analogous payments applicable to such Outstanding Securities and any
coupons appertaining thereto on the day on which such payments are due and
payable in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and of such Securities
and any coupons appertaining thereto.

         (b)At the time of such deposit: (A) no default in the payment of all or
a portion of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on or other
obligations in respect of any Senior Indebtedness shall have occurred and be
continuing, and no event of default with respect to any Senior Indebtedness
shall have occurred and be continuing and shall have resulted in such Senior
Indebtedness becoming or being declared due and payable prior to the date on
which it would otherwise have become due and payable and (B) no other event with
respect to any Senior Indebtedness shall have occurred and be continuing
permitting (after notice or the lapse of time, or both) the holders of such
Senior Indebtedness (or a trustee on behalf of the holders thereof) to declare
such Senior Indebtedness due and payable prior to the date on which it would
otherwise have become due and payable, or, in the case of either clause (A) or
clause (B) above, each such default or event of default shall have been cured or
waived or shall have ceased to exist.

         (c)Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not result in a breach
or violation of, or constitute a default under, this Indenture or any other
material agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it
is bound.

         (d)No Event of Default or event which with notice or lapse of time or
both would become an Event of Default with respect to such Securities and any
coupons appertaining thereto shall have occurred and be continuing on the date
of such deposit or, insofar as Sections 5.1(5) and 5.1(6) are concerned, at any
time during the period ending on the 91st day after the date of such deposit (it
being understood that this condition shall not be deemed satisfied until the
expiration of such period).

         (e)In the case of an election under Section 14.2, the Company shall
have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that (i) the Company
has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service
a ruling, or (ii) since the date of execution of this Indenture, there has been
a change in the applicable Federal income tax law, in either case to the effect
that, and based thereon such opinion shall confirm that, the Holders of such
Outstanding Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto will not recognize
income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such
defeasance and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amounts, in the
same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such defeasance
had not occurred.

         (f)In the case of an election under Section 14.3, the Company shall
have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the
Holders of such Outstanding Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto will
not recognize income, gain or loss for

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Federal income tax purposes as a result of such covenant defeasance and will be
subject to Federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the
same times as would have been the case if such covenant defeasance had not
occurred.

         (g)The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent to the defeasance under Section 14.2 or the covenant defeasance under
Section 14.3 (as the case may be) have been complied with and an Opinion of
Counsel to the effect that either (i) as a result of a deposit pursuant to
subsection (a) above and the related exercise of the Company's option under
Section 14.2 or Section 14.3 (as the case may be), registration is not required
under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, by the Company, with
respect to the trust funds representing such deposit or by the Trustee for such
trust funds or (ii) all necessary registrations under said Act have been
effected.

         (h)The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate to the effect that the Securities, if then listed on any securities
exchange, will not be delisted as a result of such deposit.

         (i) Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not cause the Trustee
to have a conflicting interest as defined in Article 6 and for purposes of the
TIA with respect to any securities of the Company.

         (j)Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section, such
defeasance or covenant defeasance shall be effected in compliance with any
additional or substitute terms, conditions or limitations which may be imposed
on the Company in connection therewith pursuant to Section 3.1.

         SECTION 14.5 DEPOSITED MONEY AND GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS TO BE HELD IN
TRUST; OTHER MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. Subject to the provisions of the last
paragraph of Section 10.3, all money and Government Obligations (or other
property as may be provided pursuant to Section 3.1) (including the proceeds
thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee, collectively
for purposes of this Section 14.5, the "Trustee") pursuant to Section 14.4 in
respect of any Outstanding Securities of any series and any coupons appertaining
thereto shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with
the provisions of such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto and this
Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent
(including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may
determine, to the Holders of such Securities and any coupons appertaining
thereto of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal (and
premium, if any) and interest and Additional Amounts, if any, but such money
need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
Money so held in trust shall not be subject to the provisions of Article 15.

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         Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Security pursuant to
Section 3.1, if, after a deposit referred to in Section 14.4(a) has been made,
(a) the Holder of a Security in respect of which such deposit was made is
entitled to, and does, elect pursuant to Section 3.1 or the terms of such
Security to receive payment in a currency or currency unit other than that in
which the deposit pursuant to Section 14.4(a) has been made in respect of such
Security, or (b) a Currency Conversion Event occurs in respect of the currency
or currency unit in which the deposit pursuant to Section 14.4(a) has been made,
the indebtedness represented by such Security and any coupons appertaining
thereto shall be deemed to have been, and will be, fully discharged and
satisfied through the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any), and
interest, if any, on such Security as the same becomes due out of the proceeds
yielded by converting (from time to time in the case of any such election) the
amount or other property deposited in respect of such Security into the currency
or currency unit in which such Security becomes payable as a result of such
election or Currency Conversion Event based on the applicable market exchange
rate for such currency or currency unit in effect on the second Business Day
prior to each payment date, except, with respect to a Currency Conversion Event,
for such currency or currency unit in effect (as nearly as feasible) at the time
of the Currency Conversion Event.

         The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or
other charge imposed on or assessed against the Government Obligations deposited
pursuant to Section 14.4 or the principal and interest received in respect
thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the
account of the Holders of such Outstanding Securities and any coupons
appertaining thereto.

         Anything in this Article to the contrary notwithstanding, subject to
Section 6.7, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time
upon Company Request any money or Government Obligations (or other property and
any proceeds therefrom) held by it as provided in Section 14.4 which, in the
opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants
expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are in
excess of the amount thereof which would then be required to be deposited to
effect an equivalent defeasance or covenant defeasance, as applicable, in
accordance with this Article.

         SECTION 14.6 REINSTATEMENT. If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is
unable to apply any money in accordance with Section 14.2 or 14.3 by reason of
any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining,
restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the Company's
obligations under this Indenture and the Securities shall be revived and
reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article until such
time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in
accordance with Section 14.2 or 14.3; provided, however, that if the Company
makes any payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Security
following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated
to the rights of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the
money held by the Trustee or the Paying Agent.

                                   ARTICLE 15

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                                  SUBORDINATION

           SECTION 15.1 AGREEMENT TO SUBORDINATE. The Company agrees, and each
Holder of Securities by accepting a Security agrees, that the indebtedness
evidenced by the Securities is subordinated in right of payment, to the extent
and in the manner provided in this Article, to the prior payment in full of all
Senior Indebtedness and that the subordination is for the benefit of the holders
of Senior Indebtedness.

           SECTION 15.2 LIQUIDATION; DISSOLUTION; BANKRUPTCY. Upon any
distribution to creditors of the Company in a liquidation or dissolution of the
Company or in a bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, receivership or similar
proceeding relating to the Company or its property:

           (1) holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled to receive
payment in full in cash of the principal of and interest (including interest
accruing after the commencement of any such proceeding) to the date of payment
on the Senior Indebtedness before Holders of Securities shall be entitled to
receive any payment of principal of or interest on Securities; and

           (2) until the Senior Indebtedness is paid in full in cash, any
distribution to which Holders of Securities would be entitled but for this
Article shall be made to holders of Senior Indebtedness as their interests may
appear, except that Holders of Securities may receive securities that are
subordinated to Senior Indebtedness to at least the same extent as the
Securities.

           SECTION 15.3 DEFAULT ON SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS. The Company may not pay
principal of or interest on the Securities and may not acquire any Securities
for cash or property other than capital stock of the Company if:

           (1) a default on Senior Indebtedness occurs and is continuing that
permits holders of such Senior Indebtedness to accelerate its maturity, and (2)
the default is the subject of judicial proceedings or the Company receives a
notice of the default from a person who may give it pursuant to Section 15.11.
If the Company receives any such notice, a similar notice received within nine
months thereafter relating to the same default on the same issue of Senior Debt
shall not be effective for purposes of this Section.

         The Company may resume payments on the Securities and may acquire them
when:

         (1)  the default is cured or waived, or

         (2) 120 days pass after the notice is given if the default is not the
subject of judicial proceedings, if this Article otherwise permits the payment
or acquisition at that time.

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           SECTION 15.4 ACCELERATION OF SECURITIES. If payment of the Securities
is accelerated because of an Event of Default, the Company shall promptly notify
holders of Senior Indebtedness of the acceleration. The Company may pay the
Securities when 120 days pass after the acceleration occurs if this Article
permits the payment at that time.

           SECTION 15.5 WHEN DISTRIBUTION MUST BE PAID OVER. If a distribution
is made to Holders of Securities that because of this Article should not have
been made to them, the Holders of Securities who receive the distribution shall
hold it in trust for holders of Senior Indebtedness and pay it over to them as
their interests may appear.

           SECTION 15.6 NOTICE BY COMPANY. The Company shall promptly notify the
Trustee and any Paying Agent of any facts known to the Company that would cause
a payment of principal of or interest on Securities to violate this Article.

           SECTION 15.7 SUBROGATION. After all Senior Indebtedness is paid in
full and until the Securities are paid in full, Holders of Securities shall be
subrogated to the rights of holders of Senior Indebtedness to receive
distributions applicable to Senior Indebtedness to the extent that distributions
otherwise payable to the Holders of Securities have been applied to the payment
of Senior Indebtedness. A distribution made under this Article to holders of
Senior Indebtedness which otherwise would have been made to Holders of
Securities is not, as between the Company and Holders of Securities, a payment
by the Company on Senior Indebtedness.

           SECTION 15.8 RELATIVE RIGHTS. This Article defines the relative
rights of Holders of Securities and holders of Senior Indebtedness. Nothing in
this Indenture shall:

           (1) impair, as between the Company and Holders of Securities, the
obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay principal
of and interest on the Securities in accordance with their terms;

           (2) affect the relative rights of Holders of Securities and creditors
of the Company other than holders of Senior Indebtedness; or

           (3) prevent the Trustee or any Holders of Securities from exercising
its available remedies upon an Event of Default, subject to the rights of
holders of Senior Indebtedness to receive distributions otherwise payable to
Holders of Securities.

         If the Company fails because of this Article to pay principal of or
interest on a Security on the due date, the failure is still an Event of Default
as provided elsewhere herein.

           SECTION 15.9 SUBORDINATION MAY NOT BE IMPAIRED BY TRUST. No right of
any holder of Senior Indebtedness to enforce the subordination of the
Indebtedness evidenced by the Securities shall be impaired by any act or failure
to act by the Company or by its failure to comply with this Indenture.

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           SECTION 15.10 DISTRIBUTION OR NOTICE TO REPRESENTATIVE. Whenever a
distribution is to be made or a notice given to holders of Senior Indebtedness,
the distribution may be made and the notice given to their Representative.

           SECTION 15.11 RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE AND PAYING AGENT. The Trustee or any
Paying Agent may continue to make payments on the Securities until it receives
notice of facts that would cause a payment of principal of or interest on the
Securities to violate this Article. Only the Company, a Representative or a
holder of an issue of Senior Indebtedness that has no Representative may give
the notice.

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

                            [SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]

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

                                    CHECKFREE HOLDINGS CORPORATION

                                    By:/s/ Allan L. Shulman
                                       ----------------------------------------
                                    Title: Executive Vice President & Chief
                                             Financial Officer

                                    Attest:/s/ Robert J. Tannous
                                           ------------------------------------
                                    Title: Assistant Secretary

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STATE OF Georgia             )
                                      )   ss:
COUNTY OF Cobb               )

           On the 20th day of November, 1999, before me personally came Allen
L. Schulman to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that
he resides at Norcross, GA, that he is Executive Vice President and CFO of
CHECKFREE HOLDINGS CORPORATION, one of the parties described in and which
executed the foregoing instrument, and that he/she signed his/her name thereto
by authority of the Board of Trustees.

                                            [Notarial Seal]

                                            /s/M. L. Shulman
                                            Notary Public, Cobb County, GA
                                            My Commission Expires
                                            June 12, 2000

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                                    FIFTH THIRD BANK
                                    as Trustee

                                    By: /s/ Kerry Byrne
                                        ---------------------------------------
                                    Title: Vice President

                                    Attest:/s/ Gregory Hahn
                                           ------------------------------------
                                    Title: Assistant Vice President

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STATE OF OHIO                         )
                                      )   ss:
COUNTY OF HAMILTON                    )

           On the 29th day of November, before me personally came Kerry Byrne,
to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he resides at
Cincinnati, OH that he is Vice President of Fifth Third Bank, one of the
parties described in and which executed the foregoing instrument, and that
he/she signed his/her name thereto by authority of the Board of Directors.

                                            [Notarial Seal]

                                            /s/ Amy L. Hartung
                                            Notary Public, State of Ohio
                                            My Commission Expires
                                            Apr. 7, 2003

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STATE OF OHIO                         )
                                      )   ss:
COUNTY OF HAMILTON                    )

           On the 29th day of November, before me personally came Gregory Hahn,
to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he resides at
Cincinnati, OH, that he is Assistant Vice President of Fifth Third Bank, one of
the parties described in and which executed the foregoing instrument, and that
he signed his name thereto by authority of Board of Directors.

                                            [Notarial Seal]

                                            /s/ Amy L. Hartung
                                            Notary Public, State of Ohio
                                            My Commission Expires
                                            Apr. 7, 2003

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                                                                       EXHIBIT A

                             FORMS OF CERTIFICATION

                                   EXHIBIT A-1

               FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE GIVEN BY PERSON ENTITLED
                TO RECEIVE BEARER SECURITY OR TO OBTAIN INTEREST
                       PAYABLE PRIOR TO THE EXCHANGE DATE

                                   CERTIFICATE

[Insert title or sufficient description of Securities to be delivered]

         This is to certify that, as of the date hereof, and except as set forth
below, the above-captioned Securities held by you for our account (i) are owned
by person(s) that are not citizens or residents of the United States, domestic
partnerships, domestic corporations or any estate or trust the income of which
is subject to United States federal income taxation regardless of its source
("United States person(s)"), (ii) are owned by United States person(s) that are
(a) foreign branches of United States financial institutions (financial
institutions, as defined in United States Treasury Regulations Section
1.165-12(c)(1)(v) are herein referred to as "financial institutions") purchasing
for their own account or for resale, or (b) United States person(s) who acquired
the Securities through foreign branches of United States financial institutions
and who hold the Securities through such United States financial institutions on
the date hereof (and in either case (a) or (b), each such United States
financial institution hereby agrees, on its own behalf or through its agent,
that you may advise CheckFree Holdings Corporation or its agent that such
financial institution will comply with the requirements of Section 165(j)(3)(A),
(B) or (C) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and
the regulations thereunder), or (iii) are owned by United States or foreign
financial institution(s) for purposes of resale during the restricted period (as
defined in United States Treasury Regulations Section 1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(D)(7)),
and, in addition, if the owner is a United States or foreign financial
institution described in clause (iii) above (whether or not also described in
clause (i) or (ii)), this is to further certify that such financial institution
has not acquired the Securities for purposes of resale directly or indirectly to
a United States person or to a person within the United States or its
possessions.

         As used herein, "United States" means the United States of America
(including the States and the District of Columbia); and its "possessions"
include Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island
and the Northern Mariana Islands.

         We undertake to advise you promptly by tested telex on or prior to the
date on which you intend to submit your certification relating to the
above-captioned Securities held by you for our account in accordance with your
Operating Procedures if any applicable statement herein is not

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correct on such date, and in the absence of any such notification it may be
assumed that this certification applies as of such date.

         This certificate excepts and does not relate to [U.S.$] __________ of
such interest in the above-captioned Securities in respect of which we are not
able to certify and as to which we understand an exchange for an interest in a
Permanent Global Security or an exchange for and delivery of definitive
Securities (or, if relevant, collection of any interest) cannot be made until we
do so certify.

         We understand that this certificate may be required in connection with
certain tax legislation in the United States. If administrative or legal
proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection with which this
certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce
this certificate or a copy thereof to any interested party in such proceedings.

Dated:             , 19

[To be dated no earlier than the 15th day prior to (i) the Exchange Date or (ii)
the relevant Interest Payment Date occurring prior to the Exchange Date, as
applicable]

[Name of Person Making Certification]

(Authorized Signatory)
Name:
Title:

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                                   EXHIBIT A-2

    FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE GIVEN BY EUROCLEAR AND CEDEL IN CONNECTION WITH
      THE EXCHANGE OF A PORTION OF A TEMPORARY GLOBAL SECURITY OR TO OBTAIN
             INTEREST PAYABLE PRIOR TO THE EXCHANGE DATE CERTIFICATE

[Insert title or sufficient description of Securities to be delivered]

         This is to certify that, based solely on written certifications that we
have received in writing, by tested telex or by electronic transmission from
each of the persons appearing in our records as persons entitled to a portion of
the principal amount set forth below (our "Member Organizations") substantially
in the form attached hereto, as of the date hereof, [U.S.$] _____________
principal amount of the above-captioned Securities (i) is owned by person(s)
that are not citizens or residents of the United States, domestic partnerships,
domestic corporations or any estate or trust the income of which is subject to
United States Federal income taxation regardless of its source ("United States
person(s)"), (ii) is owned by United States person(s) that are (a) foreign
branches of United States financial institutions (financial institutions, as
defined in U.S. Treasury Regulations Section 1.165-12(c)(1)(v) are herein
referred to as "financial institutions") purchasing for their own account or for
resale, or (b) United States person(s) who acquired the Securities through
foreign branches of United States financial institutions and who hold the
Securities through such United States financial institutions on the date hereof
(and in either case (a) or (b), each such financial institution has agreed, on
its own behalf or through its agent, that we may advise CheckFree Holdings
Corporation or its agent that such financial institution will comply with the
requirements of Section 165(j)(3)(A), (B) or (C) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended, and the regulations thereunder), or (iii) is owned by United
States or foreign financial institution(s) for purposes of resale during the
restricted period (as defined in United States Treasury Regulations Section
1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(D)(7)), and, to the further effect, that financial institutions
described in clause (iii) above (whether or not also described in clause (i) or
(ii)) have certified that they have not acquired the Securities for purposes of
resale directly or indirectly to a United States person or to a person within
the United States or its possessions.

         As used herein, "United States" means the United States of America
(including the States and the District of Columbia); and its "possessions"
include Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island
and the Northern Mariana Islands.

         We further certify that (i) we are not making available herewith for
exchange (or, if relevant, collection of any interest) any portion of the
temporary global Security representing the above-captioned Securities excepted
in the above-referenced certificates of Member Organizations and (ii) as of the
date hereof we have not received any notification from any of our Member
Organizations to the effect that the statements made by such Member
Organizations

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with respect to any portion of the part submitted herewith for exchange (or, if
relevant, collection of any interest) are no longer true and cannot be relied
upon as of the date hereof.

         We understand that this certification is required in connection with
certain tax legislation in the United States. If administrative or legal
proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection with which this
certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce
this certificate or a copy thereof to any interested party in such proceedings.

Dated:             , 19

[To be dated no earlier than the Exchange Date or the relevant Interest Payment
Date occurring prior to the Exchange Date, as applicable]

[Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York, Brussels Office,] as Operator of the
Euroclear System [Cedel]

                                            By:

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