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                                                                 EXHIBIT 4.2(b)

                      FLOATING RATE GLOBAL MEDIUM-TERM NOTE

         Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of
The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation ("DTC"), to Issuer or its
agent for registration of transfer, exchange, or payment, and any certificate
issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is
requested by an authorized representative of (and any payment is made to Cede &
Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of
DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO
ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has
an interest herein.

REGISTERED             CUSIP No.                     PRINCIPAL OR FACE AMOUNT
No. BFLR                        -------------        $
         ----                                         -------------------------

                         TOYOTA MOTOR CREDIT CORPORATION
                                MEDIUM-TERM NOTE
                                 (Floating Rate)
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                * * * [ ] CHECK IF A PRINCIPAL INDEXED NOTE * * *

If this is a Principal Indexed Note, references herein to "principal" shall
be deemed to be the face amount hereof, except that the amount payable upon
Maturity of this Note shall be determined in accordance with the formula or
formulas set forth below or in an attached Addendum hereto.

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INTEREST RATE BASIS:     ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE:            STATED MATURITY DATE:
<S>                      <C>                             <C>

INDEX MATURITY:          INITIAL INTEREST RATE:          INTEREST PAYMENT PERIOD:

SPREAD:                  INITIAL INTEREST RESET DATE:    INTEREST PAYMENT DATES:

SPREAD MULTIPLIER:       INTEREST RATE RESET PERIOD:     INTEREST RESET DATES:

MAXIMUM INTEREST RATE:   MINIMUM INTEREST RATE:          IF INTEREST RATE BASIS IS CMT RATE:

                                                         DESIGNATED CMT MATURITY INDEX:
                                                                      year(s).
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                                                         DESIGNATED CMT TELERATE PAGE:

                                                         [  ] 7051
                                                         [  ] 7052
                                                         IF 7052:  [  ] WEEK
                                                                   [  ] MONTH
<S>                      <C>                             <C>

INITIAL REDEMPTION PERCENTAGE:    ANNUAL REDEMPTION PERCENTAGE        OPTIONAL REPAYMENT DATE(S):
                                  REDUCTION:

CALCULATION AGENT:                                                    IF INTEREST RATE BASIS IS LIBOR:
                                                                      INDEX CURRENCY:
                                                                      DESIGNATED LIBOR PAGE:

                                                                      [  ]  Reuters Page:
                                                                      [  ]  Telerate Page:

INTEREST CALCULATION:                                                 DAY COUNT CONVENTION

[  ]Regular Floating Rate                                             [  ]  Actual/360 for the period
    Note                                                                    from            to
                                                                      [  ]  Actual/Actual for the period
[  ]Floating Rate/Fixed                                                     from            to
    Rate                                                              [  ]  30/360 for the period
                                                                            from            to
    Fixed Rate Commencement Date:
    Fixed Interest Rate:
[  ]Inverse Floating Rate
    Note
    Fixed Interest Rate:

ADDENDUM ATTACHED:                                                    ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT

[  ]     Yes                                                          [  ]  Yes
[  ]     No                                                           [  ]  No
                                                                      Total Amount of OID:
                                                                      Yield to Maturity:
                                                                      Initial Accrual Period:

OTHER PROVISIONS:

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         TOYOTA MOTOR CREDIT CORPORATION, a California corporation ("Issuer"
or the "Company," which terms include any successor corporation under the
Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to
pay to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, the principal sum of

DOLLARS, or if this is a Principal Indexed Note, the principal amount as
determined in accordance with the terms set forth under "Other Provisions"
above and/or in the Addendum attached hereto, on the Stated Maturity Date
specified above (except to the extent redeemed or repaid prior to the Stated
Maturity Date), and to pay interest on the principal or face amount hereof as
set forth above, at a rate per annum equal to the Initial Interest Rate
specified above until the Initial Interest Reset Date specified above and
thereafter at a rate per annum determined in accordance with the provisions
hereof and any Addendum relating hereto depending upon the Interest Rate
Basis or Bases, if any, and such other terms specified above, until the
principal hereof is paid or duly made available for payment. Reference herein
to "this Note," "hereof," "herein," "as specified above" and comparable terms
shall include an Addendum hereto if an Addendum is specified above.

         The Company will pay interest monthly, quarterly, semi-annually,
annually or such other period as specified above under "Interest Payment
Period," on each Interest Payment Date specified above, commencing on the
first Interest Payment Date specified above next succeeding the Original
Issue Date specified above, and on the Stated Maturity Date or any Redemption
Date or Optional Repayment Date (if specified as repayable at the option of
the Holder in an attached Addendum) (the date of each such Stated Maturity
Date, Redemption Date and Optional Repayment Date and the date on which
principal or an installment of principal is due and payable by declaration of
acceleration pursuant to the Indenture being referred to hereinafter as a
"Maturity" with respect to principal payable on such date); PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that if the Original Issue Date is between a Regular Record Date (as
defined below) and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest
payments will commence on the second Interest Payment Date succeeding the
Original Issue Date; and PROVIDED FURTHER, unless specified otherwise in an
Addendum attached hereto, that if an Interest Payment Date (other than an
Interest Payment Date at Maturity) would fall on a day that is not a Business
Day (as defined below), such Interest Payment Date shall be the following day
that is a Business Day, except that in the case the Interest Rate Basis is
LIBOR, as indicated above, if such next Business Day falls in the next
calendar month, such Interest Payment Date shall be the next preceding day
that is a Business Day. Except as provided above, interest payments will be
made on the Interest Payment Dates shown above. Unless otherwise specified
above, the "Regular Record Date" shall be the date 15 calendar days (whether
or not a Business Day) prior to the applicable Interest Payment Date.
Interest on this Note will accrue from and including the Original Issue Date
specified above, at the rates determined from time to time as specified
herein, until the principal hereof has been paid or made available for
payment. If the Maturity falls on a day which is not a Business Day as
defined below, the payment due on such Maturity will be paid on the next
succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on such
Maturity and no interest shall accrue with respect to such payment for the
period from and after such Maturity. The interest so payable and punctually
paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date will as provided in
the Indenture be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more
Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular
Record Date for such

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Interest Payment Date. Any such interest which is payable, but 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 on such Regular Record Date, and may be paid to the Person in whose
name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the
close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted
Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to the
Holder of this Note not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date,
or may be paid at any time in any other lawful manner, all as more fully
provided in the Indenture.

         Payment of the principal of and interest on this Note will be made
at the Office or Agency of the Company maintained by the Company for such
purpose, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the
time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that at the option of the Company, payment of interest may
be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such
address shall appear in the Security Register; and PROVIDED, FURTHER, that AT
THE OPTION OF THE COMPANY, the Holder of this Note may be entitled to receive
payments of principal of and interest on this Note by wire transfer of
immediately available funds if appropriate wire transfer instructions have
been received by the Trustee not less than 15 days prior to the applicable
payment date.

         Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by
or on behalf of Bankers Trust Company, the Trustee with respect to the Notes
under the Indenture, or its successor thereunder, by the manual signature of
one of its authorized officers, this Note shall not be entitled to any
benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

         This Note is one of a duly authorized series of Securities
(hereinafter called the "Securities") of the Company designated as its
Medium-Term Notes (the "Notes"). The Notes are issued and to be issued under
an Indenture dated as of August 1, 1991 as amended and supplemented by the
First Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 1, 1991 (herein called the
"Indenture") between the Company, The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A. and Bankers
Trust Company, to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto
reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights thereunder
for the Company, the Trustee (as defined below) and the Holders of the Notes
and the terms upon which the Notes are to be authenticated and delivered.
Bankers Trust Company shall act as Trustee with respect to the Notes (herein
called the "Trustee," which term includes any successor Trustee with respect
to the Notes under the Indenture). The terms of individual Notes may vary
with respect to interest rates or interest rate formulas, issue dates,
maturity, redemption, repayment, currency of payment and otherwise.

         Except as otherwise provided in the Indenture, the Notes will be
issued in global form only registered in the name of The Depository Trust
Company (the "Depositary") or its nominee. The Notes will not be issued in
definitive form, except as otherwise provided in the Indenture, and ownership
of the Notes shall be maintained in book entry form by the Depositary for the
accounts of participating organizations of the Depositary.

         This Note is not subject to any sinking fund and, unless otherwise
provided above in accordance with the provisions of the following paragraphs,
is not redeemable or repayable prior to the Stated Maturity Date.

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         If so provided above, this Note may be redeemed by the Company on
any date on and after the Initial Redemption Date, if any, specified above.
If no Initial Redemption Date is set forth above, this Note may not be
redeemed prior to the Stated Maturity Date. On and after the Initial
Redemption Date, if any, this Note may be redeemed at any time in whole or
from time to time in part in increments of $1,000 (provided that any
remaining principal hereof shall be at least $1,000) at the option of the
Company at the applicable Redemption Price (as defined below) together with
accrued interest hereon at the applicable rate payable to the date of
redemption (each such date, a "Redemption Date"), on written notice given not
more than 60 nor less than 30 days prior to the Redemption Date or such other
notice specified in an Addendum attached hereto. In the event of redemption
of this Note in part only, a new Note for the unredeemed portion hereof shall
be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the surrender hereof.

         Unless otherwise specified above, the "Redemption Price" shall
initially be the Initial Redemption Percentage, specified above, of the
principal amount of this Note to be redeemed and shall decline at each
anniversary of the Initial Redemption Date, shown above, by the Annual
Redemption Percentage Reduction, if any specified on the face hereof, of the
principal amount to be redeemed until the Redemption Price is 100% of such
principal amount.

         Unless otherwise specified in an Addendum attached hereto, this Note
is not subject to repayment at the option of the Holder. If this Note shall
be repayable at the option of the Holder as specified in an attached addendum
hereto, unless otherwise specified in such Addendum, on any Optional
Repayment Date, this Note shall be repayable in whole or in part in
increments of $1,000 (provided that any remaining principal hereof shall be
at least $1,000) at the option of the Holder hereof at a repayment price
equal to 100% of the principal amount to be repaid, together with interest
thereon payable to the date of repayment. If specified as repayable at the
option of the Holder in such Addendum, for this Note to be repaid in whole or
in part at the option of the Holder hereof, this Note must be received, with
the form entitled "Option to Elect Repayment" below duly completed, by the
Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, or such address which the Company
shall from time to time notify the Holders of the Notes, not more than 60 nor
less than 30 days prior to the related Optional Repayment Date or such other
time as is specified in an Addendum attached hereto. Exercise of such
repayment option by the Holder hereof shall be irrevocable.

         The interest rate borne by this Note shall be determined as follows:

                  1. If this Note is designated as a Regular Floating Rate Note
         above, then, except as described below, this Note shall bear interest
         at the rate determined by reference to the applicable Interest Rate
         Basis shown above (i) plus or minus the applicable Spread, if any,
         and/or (ii) multiplied by the applicable Spread Multiplier, if any,
         specified and applied in the manner described above. Commencing on the
         Initial Interest Reset Date, the rate at which interest on this Note is
         payable shall be reset as of each Interest Reset Date specified above;
         PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the interest rate in effect for the period from
         the Original Issue Date to the Initial Interest Reset Date will be the
         Initial Interest Rate.

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                  2. If this Note is designated as a Floating Rate/Fixed Rate
         Note above, then, except as described below, this Note shall bear
         interest at the rate determined by reference to the applicable Interest
         Rate Basis shown above (i) plus or minus the applicable Spread, if any,
         and/or (ii) multiplied by the applicable Spread Multiplier, if any,
         specified and applied in the manner described above. Commencing on the
         Initial Interest Reset Date, the rate at which interest on this Note is
         payable shall be reset as of each Interest Reset Date specified above;
         PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (i) the interest rate in effect for the period
         from the Original Issue Date to the Initial Interest Reset Date shall
         be the Initial Interest Rate; and (ii) unless specified above, the
         interest rate in effect commencing on, and including, the Fixed Rate
         Commencement Date to the Maturity shall be the Fixed Interest Rate, if
         such a rate is specified above, or if no such Fixed Interest Rate is so
         specified, the interest rate in effect hereon the day immediately
         preceding the Fixed Rate Commencement Date.

                  3. If this Note is designated as an Inverse Floating Rate Note
         above, then, except as described below, this Note will bear interest
         equal to the Fixed Interest Rate indicated above minus the rate
         determined by reference to the applicable Interest Rate Basis shown
         above (i) plus or minus the applicable Spread, if any, and/or (ii)
         multiplied by the applicable Spread Multiplier, if any, specified and
         applied in the manner described above; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the
         interest rate hereon will not be less than zero percent. Commencing on
         the Initial Interest Reset Date, the rate at which interest on this
         Note is payable shall be reset as of each Interest Rate Reset Date
         specified above; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the interest rate in effect
         for the period from the Original Issue Date to the Initial Interest
         Reset Date shall be the Initial Interest Rate.

                  4. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if this Note is designated
         above as having an Addendum attached, the Note shall bear interest in
         accordance with the terms described in such Addendum. If interest on
         this Note is to be calculated in accordance with the terms of an
         attached Addendum, unless otherwise specified in such Addendum,
         commencing on the Initial Interest Reset Date, the rate at which
         interest on this Note is payable shall be reset as of each Interest
         Rate Reset Date specified above; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the interest
         rate in effect for the period from the Original Issue Date to the
         Initial Interest Reset Date shall be the Initial Interest Rate.

         Except as provided above, the interest rate in effect on each day
shall be (a) if such day is an Interest Reset Date, the interest rate
determined on the applicable Interest Determination Date (as defined below)
immediately preceding such Interest Reset Date or (b) if such day is not an
Interest Reset Date, the interest rate determined on the Interest
Determination Date immediately preceding the most recent Interest Reset Date.
Each Interest Rate Basis shall be the rate determined in accordance with the
applicable provision below. Unless specified otherwise in an Addendum
attached hereto, if any Interest Reset Date (which term includes the term
Initial Interest Reset Date unless the context otherwise requires) would
otherwise be a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Reset Date shall
be postponed to the next succeeding day that is a Business Day, except that
if an Interest Rate Basis specified on the face hereof is LIBOR and such next
Business Day falls in the next succeeding calendar month, such Interest Reset
Date shall be the next preceding Business Day. In addition, if the applicable
Interest Rate Basis for this Note is the Treasury Rate and if the Interest
Determination Date would otherwise fall on an

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Interest Reset Date then the applicable Interest Reset Date will be postponed
to the next succeeding Business Day.

         Unless otherwise specified above, interest payable on this Note on
any Interest Payment Date shall be the amount of interest accrued from and
including the next preceding Interest Payment Date in respect of which
interest has been paid (or from and including the Original Issue Date
specified above, if no interest has been paid), to but excluding the related
Interest Payment Date; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the interest payments on
Maturity will include interest accrued to but excluding such Maturity. Unless
otherwise specified above, if this Note is calculated on an Actual/360 basis
or an Actual/Actual basis (as specified above), the accrued interest for each
Interest Calculation Period will be calculated by multiplying (i) the face
amount hereof, (ii) the applicable interest rate, and (iii) the actual number
of days in the related Interest Calculation Period, and dividing the
resulting product by 360 or 365, as applicable (or, with respect to an
Actual/Actual basis Note, if any portion of the related Interest Calculation
Period falls in a leap year, the product of (i) and (ii) above will be
multiplied by the sum of (X) the actual number of days in that portion of
such Interest Calculation Period falling in a leap year divided by 366 and
(Y) the actual number of days in that portion of such Interest Calculation
Period falling in a non-leap year divided by 365). If this Note is calculated
on a 30/360 basis (as specified above), accrued interest for an Interest
Calculation Period will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve
30-day months, irrespective of how many days are actually in such Interest
Calculation Period. Unless otherwise specified above and/or in an attached
Addendum hereto, if this Note accrues interest on a 30/360 basis, if any
Interest Payment Date or the date of Maturity falls on a day that is not a
Business Day, the related payment of principal or interest will be made on
the next succeeding Business Day as if made on the date such payment was due,
and no interest will accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and
after such Interest Payment Date or Maturity, as the case may be. As used
herein, "Interest Calculation Period" means with respect to any period, the
period from and including the most recent Interest Reset Date (or from and
including the Original Issue Date in the case of the first Interest Reset
Date), to but excluding the next succeeding Interest Reset Date for which
accrued interest is being calculated. Unless otherwise specified above,
interest with respect to Notes for which the interest rate is calculated with
reference to two or more Interest Rate Bases will be calculated in the same
manner as if only one of the applicable Interest Rate Bases applied.

         Unless otherwise specified above, the "Interest Determination Date"
with respect to the CD Rate, the CMT Rate, the Commercial Paper Rate, the
Federal Funds Rate and the Prime Rate will be the second Business Day
preceding each Interest Reset Date; the "Interest Determination Date" with
respect to LIBOR shall be the second London Banking Day (as defined below)
preceding each Interest Reset Date; the "Interest Determination Date" with
respect to the Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate shall be the last working
day of the month immediately preceding each Interest Reset Date on which the
Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco publishes the Index (as defined
below); the "Interest Determination Date" with respect to the Treasury Rate
will be the day in the week in which the related Interest Reset Date falls on
which day Treasury Bills (as defined below) are normally auctioned (Treasury
Bills are normally sold at auction on Monday of each week, unless that day is
a legal holiday, in which case the auction is normally held on the following
Tuesday, except that such auction may be held on the preceding Friday);
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if an auction is held on the Friday of the week
preceding the related Interest Reset Date, the related Interest Determination
Date shall be such

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preceding Friday; and PROVIDED, FURTHER, that if an auction shall fall on any
Interest Reset Date, then the Interest Reset Date shall instead be the first
Business Day following such auction. If the interest rate of this Note is
determined with reference to two or more Interest Rate Bases, the Interest
Determination Date pertaining to this Note will be the most recent Business
Day which is at least two Business Days prior to such Interest Reset Date on
which each Interest Rate Basis is determinable. Each Interest Rate Basis
shall be determined and compared on such date, and the applicable interest
rate shall take effect on the related Interest Reset Date.

         Unless otherwise specified above, the "Calculation Date" pertaining
to any Interest Determination Date will be the earlier of (i) the tenth
calendar day after such Interest Determination Date or, if such day is not a
Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day, or (ii) the Business Day
preceding the applicable Interest Payment Date or date of Maturity, as the
case may be. All calculations on this Note shall be made by the Calculation
Agent specified above or such successor thereto as is duly appointed by the
Company.

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

         As used herein, "Business Day" means:

                  1.       for United States Dollar denominated Notes for which
                           LIBOR is not an applicable Interest Rate Basis: any
                           day other than a Saturday or Sunday, that is neither
                           a legal holiday nor a day on which commercial banks
                           are authorized or required by law, regulation or
                           executive order to close in The City of New York (a
                           "New York Business Day");

                  2.       for United States Dollar denominated Notes for which
                           LIBOR is an applicable Interest Rate Basis: a day
                           that is both (x) a day on which commercial banks are
                           open for business, including dealings in the
                           designated Index Currency (as defined below) in
                           London (a "London Business Day") and (y) a New York
                           Business Day;

                  3.       for non-United States Dollar denominated Notes (other
                           than Notes denominated in euro) for which LIBOR is
                           not an applicable Interest Rate Basis: a day that is
                           both (x) a day other than a day on which commercial
                           banks are authorized or required by law, regulation
                           or executive order to close in the Principal
                           Financial Center (as defined below) of the country
                           issuing the Specified Currency (as defined below) (a
                           "Principal Financial Center Business Day") and (y) a
                           New York Business Day;

                  4.       for non-United States Dollar denominated Notes (other
                           than Notes denominated in euro) for which LIBOR is an
                           applicable Interest Rate Basis: a day that is all of:
                           (x) a Principal Financial Center Business Day; (y) a
                           New York Business Day; and (z) a London Business Day;

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                  5.       for euro denominated Notes for which LIBOR is not an
                           applicable Interest Rate Basis: a day that is both
                           (x) a day on which the Trans-European Automated
                           Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer (TARGET)
                           System is open (a "TARGET Business Day"); and (y) a
                           New York Business Day; and

                  6.       for euro denominated Notes for which LIBOR is an
                           applicable Interest Rate Basis: a day that is all of:
                           (x) a TARGET Business Day; (y) a New York Business
                           Day; and (z) a London Business Day.

         "Principal Financial Center" means:

                  1.       the capital city of the country issuing the Specified
                           Currency except that with respect to United States
                           dollars, Australian dollars, Canadian dollars,
                           Deutsche marks, Dutch guilders, South African rand
                           and Swiss francs, the Principal Financial Center will
                           be the City of New York, Sydney and Melbourne,
                           Toronto, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Johannesburg and
                           Zurich, respectively, or

                  2.       the capital city of the country to which the Index
                           Currency relates, except that with respect to United
                           States dollars, Canadian dollars, Deutsche marks,
                           Dutch guilders, Portuguese escudos, South African
                           rand and Swiss francs, the Principal Financial Center
                           will be the City of New York, Toronto, Frankfurt,
                           Amsterdam, London, Johannesburg and Zurich,
                           respectively.

         "Index Currency" means the currency for which LIBOR will be
calculated as specified above. If no currency is specified, the Index
Currency will be U.S. dollars.

         "Specified Currency" means the currency in which a particular Note
is denominated (or, if the currency is no longer legal tender for the payment
of public and private debts, any other currency of the relevant country which
is then legal tender for the payment of such debts).

         "London Banking Day" means any day on which commercial banks are
open for business (including dealings in the specified Index Currency) in
London.

         DETERMINATION OF CD RATE. If an Interest Rate Basis for this Note is
the CD Rate, as indicated above, the CD Rate shall be determined on the
applicable Interest Determination Date (a "CD Rate Interest Determination
Date"), as the rate on such CD Rate Interest Determination Date for
negotiable United States dollar certificates of deposit having the Index
Maturity specified above as published in H.15 (519) (as defined below) under
the heading "CDs (secondary market)", or, if such rate is not so published by
3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, then the CD
Rate on such CD Rate Interest Determination Date will be the rate for
negotiable United States dollar certificates of deposit of the Index Maturity
specified above as published in H.15 Daily Update (as defined below), or
other recognized electronic source used for the purpose of displaying the
applicable rate, under the caption "CDs (Secondary Market"). If the rate in
the preceding sentence is not so published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time,
on the related Calculation Date, then the CD Rate on the applicable CD

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Rate Interest Determination Date will be the rate calculated by the
Calculation Agent as the arithmetic mean of the secondary market offered
rates as of 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on the applicable CD Rate
Interest Determination Date of three leading nonbank dealers in negotiable
United States dollar certificates of deposit in the City of New York selected
by the Calculation Agent for negotiable United States dollar certificates of
deposit of major United States money market banks for negotiable certificates
of deposits with a remaining maturity closest to the Index Maturity specified
above in an amount that is representative for a single transaction in that
market at that time; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if the dealers selected as
aforesaid by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as set forth above, the CD
Rate determined on the applicable CD Rate Interest Determination Date shall
be the CD Rate in effect on such CD Rate Interest Determination Date.

         "H.15(519)" means the weekly statistical release designated as
H.15(519), or any successor publication, published by the Board of Governors
of the Federal Reserve System.

         "H.15 Daily Update" means the daily update of H.15(519), available
through the world-wide-web site of the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System at http://www.bog.frb.fed.us/releases/h15/update, or any
successor site or publication.

         CMT RATE NOTES. If an Interest Rate Basis for this Note is the CMT
Rate, the CMT rate shall be determined on the related Interest Determination
Date (a "CMT Rate Interest Determination Date"), as the rate displayed on the
Designated CMT Telerate Page under the caption "...Treasury Constant
Maturities...Federal Reserve Board Release H.15...Mondays Approximately 3:45
P.M.," under the column for the Designated CMT Maturity Index for: (i) if the
Designated CMT Telerate Page is 7051, the rate on such CMT Rate Interest
Determination Date and (ii) if the Designated CMT Telerate Page is 7052, the
weekly or monthly average, as specified above, for the week or month, as
applicable, ended immediately preceding the week or month, as applicable, in
which the related CMT Rate Interest Determination Date occurs. If such rate
is no longer displayed on the relevant page, or if not displayed by 3:00
P.M., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, then the CMT Rate
for the applicable CMT Rate Interest Determination Date will be the treasury
constant maturity rate for the Designated CMT Maturity Index as published in
H.15 (519). If the rate referred to in the preceding sentence is no longer
published, or if not published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the
related Calculation Date, then the CMT Rate for the applicable CMT Rate
Interest Determination Date will be the treasury constant maturity rate for
the Designated CMT Maturity Index (or other United States Treasury rate for
the Designated CMT Maturity Index) for the applicable CMT Rate Interest
Determination Date with respect to the applicable Interest Reset Date as may
then be published by either the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System or the United States Department of the Treasury that the Calculation
Agent determines to be comparable to the rate formerly displayed on the
Designated CMT Telerate Page and published in H.15 (519). If the rate
referred to in the preceding sentence is not so published by 3:00 P.M., New
York City time, on the related Calculation Date, then the CMT Rate for the
applicable CMT Rate Interest Determination Date will be calculated by the
Calculation Agent as a yield to maturity, as the arithmetic mean of the
secondary market bid prices as of approximately 3:30 P.M., New York City
time, on the applicable CMT Rate Interest Determination Date reported,
according to their written records, by three leading primary United States
government securities dealers in the City of New York (each, a "Reference
Dealer"), which may include the Calculation Agent or its affiliates, selected

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by the Calculation Agent from five such Reference Dealers selected by the
Calculation Agent after eliminating the highest quotation (or, in the event
of equality, one of the highest) and the lowest quotation (or, in the event
of equality, one of the lowest) for the most recently issued direct
noncallable fixed rate obligations of the United States ("Treasury Note")
with an original maturity of approximately the Designated CMT Maturity Index
and a remaining term to maturity of not less than such Designated CMT
Maturity Index minus one year and in a principal amount that is
representative for a single transaction in that market at that time. If three
or four and not five of the Reference Dealers are quoting as referred to in
the preceding sentence, then the CMT Rate for the applicable CMT Rate
Interest Determination Date will be calculated by the Calculation Agent as
the arithmetic mean of the bid prices obtained and neither the highest nor
lowest of the quotes will be eliminated. If the Calculation Agent cannot
obtain three such Treasury Note quotations as referred to in the preceding
sentence, the CMT Rate for the applicable CMT Interest Determination Date
will be calculated by the Calculation Agent as a yield to maturity based on
the arithmetic mean of the secondary market bid prices as of approximately
3:30 P.M., New York City time, on the applicable CMT Rate Interest
Determination Date of three Reference Dealers in the City of New York
selected by the Calculation Agent from five such Reference Dealers selected
by the Calculation Agent after eliminating the highest quotation (or, in the
event of equality, one of the highest) and the lowest quotation (or, in the
event of equality, one of the lowest) for Treasury Notes with an original
maturity of the number of years that is the next highest to the Designated
CMT Maturity Index and a remaining term to maturity closest to the Designated
CMT Maturity Index and in a principal amount that is representative for a
single transaction in that market at that time. If three or four and not five
of such Reference Dealers are quoting as described in the preceding sentence,
then the CMT Rate for the applicable CMT Rate Interest Determination Date
will be calculated by the Calculation Agent based on the arithmetic mean of
the bid prices obtained and neither the highest nor lowest of such quotes
will be eliminated; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if fewer than three Reference
Dealers as selected as aforesaid by the Calculation Agent are quoting as
described above, the CMT Rate will be the rate in effect on such CMT Rate
Interest Determination Date. If two Treasury Notes with an original maturity
as described in the second preceding sentence, have remaining terms to
maturity equally close to the Designated CMT Maturity Index, the quotes for
the Treasury Note with the shorter remaining term to maturity will be used.

         "Designated CMT Telerate Page" means the display on the Bridge
Telerate, Inc. or any successor service on the page designated above or any
other page as may replace such page on that service for the purpose of
displaying Treasury Constant Maturities as reported in H.15 (519). If no such
page is specified above, the Designated CMT Telerate Page shall be 7052.

         "Designated CMT Maturity Index" means the original period to
maturity of the U.S. Treasury securities either 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 10, 20, or 30
years specified above with respect to which the CMT Rate will be calculated.
If no such maturity is specified above, the Designated CMT Maturity Index
shall be 2 years.

         DETERMINATION OF COMMERCIAL PAPER RATE. If an Interest Rate Basis
for this Note is the Commercial Paper Rate, as indicated above, the
Commercial Paper Rate shall be determined on the applicable Interest
Determination Date (a "Commercial Paper Rate Interest Determination Date"),
as the Money Market Yield (as defined below) on such date of the rate for
commercial

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paper having the Index Maturity specified above as published in H.15 (519)
under the heading "Commercial Paper - Nonfinancial". If such rate is not
published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date,
then the Commercial Paper Rate will be the Money Market Yield on the
applicable Commercial Paper Interest Determination Date of the rate for
commercial paper having the Index Maturity specified above published in H.15
Daily Update, or other recognized electronic source for the purpose of
displaying the applicable rate under the caption "Commercial
Paper--Nonfinancial". If the rate in the preceding sentence is not published
by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date in either
H.15 (519) or H.15 Daily Update, then the Commercial Paper Rate for the
applicable Commercial Paper Rate Interest Determination Date shall be
calculated by the Calculation Agent as the Money Market Yield of the
arithmetic mean of the offered rates at approximately 11:00 A.M., New York
City time, on such Commercial Paper Rate Interest Determination Date of three
leading dealers of United States dollar commercial paper in the City of New
York, which may include the Calculation Agent and its affiliates, selected by
the Calculation Agent for commercial paper having the Index Maturity
specified above placed for industrial issuers whose bond rating is "Aa," or
the equivalent, from a nationally recognized securities rating organization;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if the dealers selected as aforesaid by the
Calculation Agent are not quoting as mentioned in this sentence, the
Commercial Paper Rate determined on the applicable Commercial Paper Rate
Interest Determination Date shall be the rate in effect on such Commercial
Paper Rate Interest Determination Date.

         "Money Market Yield" shall be a yield (expressed as a percentage
rounded upwards to the nearest one hundred-thousandth of a percentage point)
calculated in accordance with the following formula:

                  Money Market Yield =     D X 360          x 100
                                      -----------------
                                         360-(D x M)

where "D" refers to the applicable per annum rate for commercial paper quoted
on a bank discount basis and expressed as a decimal and "M" refers to the
actual number of days in the interest period for which interest is being
calculated.

         ELEVENTH DISTRICT COST OF FUNDS RATE. If an Interest Rate Basis for
this Note is the Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate, as indicated above,
the Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate shall be determined on the
applicable Interest Determination Date (an "Eleventh District Cost of Funds
Rate Interest Determination Date"), and shall be the rate equal to the
monthly weighted average cost of funds for the calendar month immediately
preceding the month in which the applicable Eleventh District Cost of Funds
Rate Interest Determination Date falls as set forth under the caption "11th
District" on the display on Bridge Telerate, Inc. or any successor service on
page 7058 or any other page as may replace the specified page on that service
("Telerate Page 7058") as of 11:00 a.m., San Francisco time, on such Eleventh
District Cost of Funds Rate Interest Determination Date. If such rate does
not appear on Telerate Page 7058 on the applicable Eleventh District Cost of
Funds Rate Interest Determination Date, the Eleventh District Cost of Funds
Rate for such Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate Interest Determination
Date will be the monthly weighted average cost of funds paid by member
institutions of the Eleventh Federal Home Loan Bank District that was most
recently announced (the "Index") by the Federal Home Loan Bank of San
Francisco as the cost of funds for the

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calendar month immediately preceding for the applicable Eleventh District
Cost of Funds Rate Interest Determination Date; if the Federal Home Loan Bank
of San Francisco fails to announce the Index on or before the applicable
Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate Interest Determination Date for the
calendar month immediately preceding such applicable Eleventh District Cost
of Funds Rate Interest Determination Date, then the Eleventh District Cost of
Funds Rate for such Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate Interest
Determination Date will be the Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate in effect
on such Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate Interest Determination Date.

         DETERMINATION OF FEDERAL FUNDS RATE. If an Interest Rate Basis for
this Note is the Federal Funds Rate, as indicated above, the Federal Funds
Rate shall be determined on the applicable Interest Determination Date (a
"Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date"), as the rate on such
Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date for United States dollar
federal funds as published in H.15 (519) under the heading "Federal Funds
(Effective)" as displayed on Bridge Telerate, Inc. or any successor service
on page 120 or any other page as may replace the applicable page on that
service ("Telerate Page 120") or, if such rate does not appear on Telerate
Page 120 or is not so published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the
related Calculation Date, the Federal Funds Rate on the applicable Federal
Funds Rate Interest Determination Date will be the rate on the applicable
Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date for United States dollar
federal funds published in H.15 Daily Update, or other recognized electronic
source for the purpose of displaying the applicable rate under the heading
"Federal Funds (Effective)." If the rate in the preceding sentence is not so
published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date,
the Federal Funds Rate for the applicable Federal Funds Rate Interest
Determination Date shall be calculated by the Calculation Agent and shall be
the arithmetic mean of the rates for the last transaction in overnight United
States dollar federal funds arranged by three leading brokers of United
States dollar federal funds transactions in The City of New York, which may
include the Calculation Agent and its affiliates, selected by the Calculation
Agent prior to 9:00 A.M., New York City time on such Federal Funds Rate
Interest Determination Date; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if the brokers selected
as aforesaid by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as mentioned above, the
Federal Funds Rate for such Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date
shall be the Federal Funds Rate in effect on such Federal Funds Rate Interest
Determination Date.

         DETERMINATION OF LIBOR. If an Interest Rate Basis for this Note is
LIBOR, as indicated above, LIBOR will be determined on the applicable
Interest Determination Date (a "LIBOR Interest Determination Date"), and will
be, either: (a) if "LIBOR Telerate" is specified above, or if neither "LIBOR
Reuters" nor "LIBOR Telerate" is specified above, the rate for deposits in
the Index Currency having the Index Maturity designated above commencing on
the second London Banking Day immediately following such LIBOR Interest
Determination Date, that appears on the Designated LIBOR Page specified above
as of 11:00 A.M. London time, on such LIBOR Interest Determination Date, or
(b) if "LIBOR Reuters" is specified above, the arithmetic mean of the offered
rates for deposits in the Index Currency having the Index Maturity designated
above, commencing on the second London Banking Day immediately following that
LIBOR Interest Determination Date, that appear on the Designated LIBOR Page
specified above as of 11:00 A.M. London time, on that LIBOR Interest
Determination Date, if at least two such offered rates appear (except as
provided in the following sentence) on such Designated LIBOR

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Page. If the Designated LIBOR Page by its terms provides for only a single
rate, then the single rate wil be used.

         With respect to a LIBOR Interest Determination Date on which fewer
than two offered rates appear, or no rate appears, as the case may be, on the
applicable Designated LIBOR Page, as specified above, LIBOR for the
applicable LIBOR Interest Determination Date shall be the rate calculated by
the Calculation Agent as the arithmetic mean of at least two quotations
obtained by the Calculation Agent after requesting the principal London
offices of each of four major reference banks in the London interbank market,
which may include the Calculation Agent and its affiliates, as selected by
the Calculation Agent, to provide the Calculation Agent with its offered
quotation for deposits in the Index Currency for the period of the Index
Maturity specified above, commencing on the second London Banking Day
immediately following such LIBOR Interest Determination Date, to prime banks
in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00 A.M., London time, on
such LIBOR Interest Determination Date and in a principal amount that is
representative for a single transaction in such Index Currency in such market
at such time; if at least two such quotations are provided, LIBOR determined
on such LIBOR Interest Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean of the
quotations. If fewer than two quotations referred to in the preceding
sentence are provided, LIBOR determined on the applicable LIBOR Interest
Determination Date will be the rate calculated by the Calculation Agent as
the arithmetic mean of the rates quoted at approximately 11:00 A.M. (or such
other time specified above under "OTHER PROVISIONS" or in the Addendum) in
the applicable Principal Financial Center, on such LIBOR Interest
Determination Date by three major banks, which may include the Calculation
Agent and its affiliates, in that Principal Financial Center selected by the
Calculation Agent for loans in such Index Currency to leading European banks
having the Index Maturity specified above and in a principal amount that is
representative for a single transaction in such Index Currency in such market
at such time; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if the banks selected as aforesaid by
the Calculation Agent are not quoting as mentioned in this sentence, LIBOR
for the applicable LIBOR Interest Determination Date shall be LIBOR in effect
on such LIBOR Interest Determination Date.

         "Designated LIBOR Page" means either:

         1.       If "LIBOR Telerate" is designated above or neither "LIBOR
                  Reuters" nor "LIBOR Telerate" is specified above as the method
                  for calculating LIBOR, the display on Bridge Telerate, Inc. or
                  any successor service on the page designated above or any page
                  as may replace the designated page on that service or for the
                  purpose of displaying the London interbank rates of major
                  banks for the applicable Index Currency; or

         2.       if "LIBOR Reuters" is designated above, the display on the
                  Reuters Monitor Money Rates Service or any successor service
                  on the page designated above or any other page as may replace
                  the designated page on that service for the purpose of
                  displaying the London interbank offered rates of major banks
                  for the applicable Index Currency.

         DETERMINATION OF PRIME RATE. If an Interest Rate Basis for this Note
is the Prime Rate, as indicated above, the Prime Rate shall be determined on
the applicable Interest Determination

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Date (a "Prime Rate Interest Determination Date") as the rate on such Prime
Rate Interest Determination Date published in H.15(519) under the heading
"Bank Prime Loan." If such rate is not so published by 3:00 p.m., New York
City time, on the related Calculation Date, the Prime Rate for the applicable
Prime Rate Interest Determination Date will be the rate on such Prime Rate
Interest Determination Date published in H.15 Daily Update, or such other
recognized electronic source used for the purpose of displaying the
applicable rate under the caption "Bank Prime Loan." If the rate referred to
in the preceding sentence is not so published by 3:00 P.M., New York City
time, on the related Calculation Date, then the Prime Rate for the applicable
Prime Rate Interest Determination Date shall be the rate calculated by the
Calculation Agent as the arithmetic mean of the rates of interest publicly
announced by the banks that appear on the Reuters Screen US PRIME 1 Page (as
defined below) as the particular bank's prime rate or base lending rate as of
11:00 A.M., New York City time, on such Prime Rate Interest Determination
Date, so long as at least four rates appear on the page. If fewer than four
rates described in the preceding sentence appear in Reuters Screen US PRIME 1
by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, then the
Prime Rate for the applicable Prime Rate Interest Determination Date will be
the rate calculated by the Calculation Agent as the arithmetic mean of the
prime rates or base lending rates quoted on the basis of the actual number of
days in the year divided by a 360-day year as of the close of business on
such Prime Rate Interest Determination Date by three major banks, which may
include the Calculation Agent and its affiliates, in The City of New York
selected by the Calculation Agent; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if the banks
selected as aforesaid are not quoting as mentioned in this sentence, the
Prime Rate for the applicable Prime Rate Interest Determination Date will be
the Prime Rate in effect on such Prime Rate Interest Determination Date.

         "Reuters Screen US PRIME1 Page" means the display designated as the
"US PRIME 1" page on the Reuters Monitor Money Rates Service or such other
page as may replace the US PRIME 1 page on that service or any successor
service for the purpose of displaying prime rates or base lending rates of
major United States banks.

         DETERMINATION OF TREASURY RATE. If an Interest Rate Basis for this
Note is the Treasury Rate, as specified above, the Treasury Rate shall be
determined on the applicable Interest Determination Date (a "Treasury Rate
Interest Determination Date") as the rate from the auction held on the
applicable Treasury Interest Rate Determination Date ("Auction") of direct
obligations of the United States ("Treasury bills") having the Index Maturity
specified above under the caption "INVESTMENT RATE" on the display on Bridge
Telerate, Inc. or any successor service on page 56 or any other page as may
replace page 56 on that service ("Telerate Page 56") or page 57 or any other
page that may replace page 57 on that service ("Telerate Page 57"). If such
rate is not so published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the related
Calculation Date, the Treasury Rate for the applicable Treasury Rate Interest
Determination Date will be the Bond Equivalent Yield of the rate for the
applicable Treasury Bills as published in H.15 Daily Update, or other
recognized electronic source used for the purpose of displaying the
applicable rate, under the caption "U.S. Government Securities/Treasury
Bills/Auction High". If such rate is not so published by 3:00 P.M., New York
City time, on the related Calculation Date, the Treasury Rate for the
applicable Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date will be the Bond
Equivalent Yield of the auction rate of the applicable Treasury Bills
announced by the United States Department of the Treasury. If the rate
described in the preceding sentence is not announced by the United States
Department of the Treasury, or if the Auction is not held, the

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Treasury Rate for the applicable Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date
will be the Bond Equivalent Yield of the rate on such Treasury Rate Interest
Determination Date of Treasury Bills having the Index Maturity specified
above published in H.15(519) under the caption "U.S. Government
Securities/Treasury Bills/Secondary Market." If the rate described in the
preceding sentence is not so published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on
the related Calculation Date, the Treasury Rate for the applicable Treasury
Rate Interest Determination Date will be the rate on the applicable Treasury
Rate Interest Determination Date of the applicable Treasury Bills as
published in H.15 Daily Update, or other recognized electronic source used
for the purpose of displaying the applicable rate, under the caption "U.S.
Government Securities/Treasury Bills/Secondary Market." If the rate described
in the preceding sentence is not so published by 3:00 P.M., New York City
time, on the related Calculation Date, the Treasury Rate for the applicable
Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date will be the rate on such Treasury
Rate Interest Determination Date calculated by the Calculation Agent as the
Bond Equivalent Yield of the arithmetic mean of the secondary market bid
rates, as of approximately 3:30 P.M., New York City time, on the applicable
Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date, of three primary United States
government securities dealers, which may include the Calculation Agent or its
affiliates, selected by the Calculation Agent, for the issue of Treasury
Bills with a remaining maturity closest to the Index Maturity specified
above; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if the dealers selected as aforesaid by the
Calculation Agent are not quoting as mentioned in this sentence, the Treasury
Rate will be the Treasury Rate in effect on such Treasury Rate Interest
Determination Date.

         "Bond Equivalent Yield" means a yield calculated in accordance with
the following formula and expressed as a percentage:

           Bond Equivalent Yield =             D x N        x 100
                                        ------------------
                                           360 - (D x M)

where "D" refers to the applicable per annum rate for Treasury Bills quoted
on a bank discount basis, "N" refers to 365 or 366, as the case may be, and
"M" refers to the actual number of days in the interest period for which
interest is being calculated.

         Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in the
Indenture, for purposes of determining the rights of a Holder of a Note for
which the principal thereof is determined by reference to the price or prices
of specified commodities or stocks, interest rate indices, interest or
exchange rate swap indices, the exchange rate of one or more specified
currencies relative to another currency or such other price, exchange rate or
other financial index or indices as specified above (a "Principal Indexed
Note"), in respect of voting for or against amendments to the Indenture and
modifications and the waiver or rights thereunder, the principal amount of
any such Principal Indexed Note shall be deemed to be equal to the face
amount thereof upon issuance. The method for determining the amount of
principal payable at Maturity on a Principal Indexed Note will be specified
in an attached Addendum.

         Any provision contained herein with respect to the determination of
an Interest Rate Basis, the specification of Interest Rate Basis, calculation
of the Interest Rate applicable to this Note, its payment dates or any other
matter relating hereto may be modified as specified in an Addendum relating
hereto and references herein to "this Note," "hereof," "herein," "as
specified above" or similar language of like import shall also be references
to any such Addendum.

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         Notwithstanding the foregoing, the interest rate hereon shall not be
greater than the Maximum Interest Rate, if any, or less than the Minimum
Interest Rate, if any, specified above. The Calculation Agent shall calculate
the interest rate hereon in accordance with the foregoing on or before each
Calculation Date. The interest rate on this Note will in no event be higher
than the maximum rate permitted by New York law, as the same may be modified
by United States law of general application.

         At the request of the Holder hereof, the Calculation Agent shall
provide to the Holder hereof the interest rate hereon then in effect and, if
determined, the interest rate which shall become effective as of the next
Interest Reset Date.

         If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall occur and be
continuing, the principal of all the Notes may be declared due and payable in
the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

         The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided,
the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of
the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to
be affected thereby at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the
consent of the Holders of 66 2/3% in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of each series affected thereby. The Indenture also
contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in
aggregate principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time
Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series,
to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture
and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any
such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note shall be conclusive and
binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any
Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor
or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made
upon this Note.

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

         As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations
therein set forth, the transfer of this Note may be registered on the
Security Register of the Company, upon surrender of this Note for
registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in the
Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, duly endorsed by, or accompanied
by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and
the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or by its attorney
duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes of authorized
denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to
the designated transferee or transferees.

         The Notes are issuable only in registered form without coupons in
denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof. As provided in the
Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the Notes are
exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes as requested by
the Holder surrendering the same.

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

         Prior to due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer,
the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may
treat the Person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof
for all purposes, whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither the
Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the
contrary.

         The Indenture and the Notes shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

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

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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be
duly executed, manually or in facsimile, and an imprint or facsimile of its
corporate seal to be imprinted hereon.

                                           TOYOTA MOTOR CREDIT CORPORATION

                                           By:
                                              -------------------------------
                                                  George E. Borst
                                                  Senior Vice President
                                                  and General Manager

Attest:

By:
    ----------------------------
       Robert Pitts
       Secretary

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

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

By:                                 Dated:
    ----------------------------          -------------------
       Authorized Officer

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                            OPTION TO ELECT REPAYMENT

         The undersigned hereby irrevocably request(s) and instruct(s) the
Company to repay this Note (or portion hereof specified below) pursuant to
its terms and at a price equal to the principal amount hereof together with
interest to the repayment date, to the undersigned, at

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(Please print or typewrite name and address of the undersigned)

         For this Note to be repaid, the Trustee must receive at its
Corporate Trust Office, or at such other place or places of which the Company
shall from time to time notify the Holder of this Note, not more than 60 nor
less than 30 days prior to an Optional Repayment Date, if any, shown on the
face of this Note, this Note with this "Option to Elect Repayment" form duly
completed.

         If less than the entire principal amount of this Note is to be
repaid, specify the portion hereof (which shall be increments of $1,000)
which the Holder elects to have repaid and specify the denomination or
denominations (which shall be $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof) of the
Notes to be issued to the Holder for the portion of this Note not being
repaid (in the absence of any such specification, one such Note will be
issued for the portion not being repaid).

$
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                             NOTICE: The signature on this Option to Elect
Date:                        Repayment must correspond with the name as written
     ---------------------   upon the face of this Note in every particular,
                             without alteration or enlargement or any change
                             whatever.

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                            ASSIGNMENT/TRANSFER FORM
                            ------------------------

         FOR VALUE RECEIVED the undersigned registered Holder hereby sell(s),
assign(s) and transfer(s) unto (insert Taxpayer Identification No.)
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(Please print or typewrite name and address including postal zip code of
assignee)

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the within Note and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and
appointing                             attorney to transfer said Note on the
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books of the Company with full power of substitution in the premises.

Dated:
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         NOTICE: The signature of the registered Holder to this assignment must
         correspond with the name as written upon the face of the within
         instrument in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or
         any change whatsoever.

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                                  ABBREVIATIONS

                  The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on
         the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were
         written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations.

                  TEN COM - as tenants in common

        UNIF  GIFT MIN ACT--..................Custodian........................
                                  (Cust)                        (Minor)

                        Under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act

               ...................................................

                                     (State)

               TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties

               JT TEN - as joint tenants with right of survivorship
               and not as tenants in common

     Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.EXHIBIT 7.1(E)

                              EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

          This  Employment  Agreement,  dated  as of  December  29,  1999  (this
"Agreement"),  is by and  between  American  Home  Mortgage  Holdings,  Inc.,  a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and John Johnston (the "Executive").

          WHEREAS,  the Company  wishes to assure  itself of the services of the
Executive,  and the  Executive  desires to be employed by the Company,  upon the
terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.

          NOW, THEREFORE, the Company and the Executive hereby agree as follows:

          1.   Definitions.   Unless  defined   elsewhere  in  this   Agreement,
capitalized  terms  contained  herein  shall  have  the  meanings  set  forth or
incorporated by reference in Section 17.

          2.  Employment.  The Company agrees to employ the  Executive,  and the
Executive hereby accepts such employment by the Company and/or any subsidiary of
the  Company,  during the term set forth in Section 3 and on the other terms and
conditions of this Agreement.

          3.  Term.

          (a) The term of this Agreement shall commence as of the closing of the
transactions contemplated by that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as
of the date hereof,  by and among the  Company,  American  Home  Mortgage Sub I,
Inc., Marina Mortgage Company,  Inc. (the  "Subsidiary") and the stockholders of
the Subsidiary  listed on the signature pages thereto (the "Merger  Agreement"),
and,  subject to Section 3(b),  shall  terminate at the close of business on the
fifth anniversary of that date.

          (b) The term of this  Agreement  set forth in  Section  3(a)  shall be
extended  or further  extended,  as the case may be,  without  any action by the
Company or the  Executive,  on the fifth  anniversary  of the date hereof and on
each subsequent  anniversary of the date hereof, for an additional period of one
year,  until either party gives written  notice to the other party in advance of
any anniversary of the date hereof,  in the manner set forth in Section 14, that
the term in effect  when such  notice is given is not to be  extended or further
extended, as the case may be, beyond the year following the next anniversary. If
the Executive  shall  continue in the full-time  employment of the Company after
the term of this  Agreement,  such  continued  employment  shall be at will, and
otherwise subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

          4. Position, Duties and Responsibilities, Rights.

          (a) During the term of this  Agreement,  the Executive shall serve as,
and be elected to and hold the  office and title of Chief  Executive  Officer of
the  Subsidiary  or a similar  division of the Company.  As such,  the Executive
shall  report only to the  Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company and
the Boards of Directors of the Company and the Subsidiary or a similar  division
of the Company,  and shall have all of the powers and duties usually incident to
the office of Chief Executive Officer of the Subsidiary or a similar division of
the Company,  and shall have powers to perform such other reasonable  additional
duties as may from time to time be  lawfully  assigned to the  Executive  by the
Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company, the Subsidiary and the Boards
of Directors.

          (b) During the term of this Agreement,  the Executive agrees to devote
substantially all the Executive's time, efforts and skills to the affairs of the
Company  during the  Company's  normal  business  hours,  except for  vacations,
illness  and  incapacity,  but  nothing in this  Agreement  shall  preclude  the
Executive  from  devoting  reasonable  periods  to (i)  manage  the  Executive's
personal  investments,  (ii)  participate in professional,  educational,  public
interest,  charitable,  civic  or  community  activities,  including  activities
sponsored by trade organizations,  and (iii) serve as a director or member of an
advisory committee of any corporation not in competition with the Company or any
of its  subsidiaries,  or as an officer,  trustee or director of any charitable,
EDUCATIONAL,  PHILANTHROPIC,  CIVIC, SOCIAL OR INDUSTRY  ORGANIZATIONS,  OR AS A
SPEAKER  OR  ARBITRATOR;   PROVIDED,   HOWEVER,  that  the  performance  of  the
Executive's  duties  or  responsibilities  in any of such  capacities  does  not
materially  interfere with the regular performance of the Executive's duties and
responsibilities hereunder.

          5. Place of Performance. In connection with the Executive's employment
by the  Company,  the  Executive  shall be based at the  Subsidiary's  principal
executive  offices,  and shall not be required to be absent  therefrom on travel
status or otherwise  for more than a  reasonable  time each year as necessary or
appropriate for the performance of the Executive's duties hereunder.

          6. Compensation.

          (a)  During  the term of this  Agreement,  the  Company  shall pay the
Executive,  and the Executive  agrees to accept a base salary at the rate of not
less than $150,000.00 per year (the annual base salary as increased from time to
time  during the term of this  Agreement  being  hereinafter  referred to as the
"Base Salary"). The Base Salary shall be paid in installments no less frequently
than monthly.  Any increase in Base Salary or other compensation shall not limit
or reduce any other obligation of the Company hereunder, and once established at
an increased  specified  rate, the Executive's  Base Salary  hereunder shall not
thereafter be reduced.

          (b) On June 30 and December 31 of each  calendar  year during the term
of this Agreement,  the Executive shall be entitled to semi-annual bonus payment
at the  discretion of the of the Board of Directors of the Company in the amount
of not less than $24,100 per annum.

          (c) During the term of this Agreement, the Executive shall be entitled
to (i) perquisites, including, without limitation, an office and secretarial and
clerical staff, and (ii) fringe benefits,  including, without limitation, health
insurance,  in each case at least equal to, and on the same terms and conditions
as, those attached to the Executive's office on the date hereof, as the same may
be improved from time to time during the term of this  Agreement,  as well as to
reimbursement,   upon  proper  accounting,   of  all  reasonable   expenses  and
disbursements incurred by the Executive in the course of the Executive's duties.

          (d) The Executive,  the Executive's dependents and beneficiaries shall
be entitled to all benefits and service  credit for benefits  during the term of
this Agreement to which senior officers of the Company and their  dependents and
beneficiaries  are  entitled as the result of the  employment  of such  officers
during  the term of this  Agreement  under  the  terms  of  employee  plans  and
practices of the Company and its subsidiaries,  including,  without  limitation,
any pension plans, profit sharing plans, any non-qualified deferred compensation
plans and related  "rabbi"  trusts,  the Company's  life  insurance  plans,  its
disability  benefit  plans,  its  vacation  and holiday pay plans,  its medical,
dental and welfare plans,  and other present or successor plans and practices of
the Company and its subsidiaries for which senior officers, their dependents and
beneficiaries  are eligible,  and to all payments and other  benefits  under any
such plan or practice  subsequent  to the term of this  Agreement as a result of
participation in such plan or practice during the term of this Agreement.

          7.  Termination of Employment.

          (a) The term of this Agreement  shall  terminate upon the death of the
Executive.

          (b) The Company may terminate the  Executive's  employment  during the
term of this Agreement for Cause as provided in Section  7(b)(i) or in the event
of Disability as provided in Section 7(b)(ii).

              (i)  This  Agreement shall be  considered  terminated  for "Cause"
     only:

                   (A)  if the  Executive  willfully  and  repeatedly  fails  to
          substantially perform the Executive's duties hereunder,  other than by
          reason of a Disability;

                   (B) if the Executive is grossly negligent or engages in gross
          misconduct in the performance of the Executive's duties hereunder;

                   (C)  if  the  Executive   knowingly  engages  in  an  act  of
          dishonesty that is materially financially  detrimental to the Company,
          an act of fraud or embezzlement,  or any conduct resulting in a felony
          conviction;

                   (D)  if  the  Executive   violates  the   provisions  of  the
          Non-Competition  Agreement of even date hereof  between the  Executive
          and the Company (the "Non-Competition Agreement") in substantially the
          form of Exhibit A hereof

     and,  in the  case of each  of  clauses  (A),  (B) (C) and (D)  above,  the
     applicable conditions set forth in Section 7(e) are satisfied.

               Anything in this Section  7(b) to the  contrary  notwithstanding,
     the Executive's  employment  shall in no event be considered  terminated by
     the Company for Cause if  termination  takes place (I) as the result of bad
     judgment  or  negligence  on the part of the  Executive  other  than  gross
     negligence or willful or reckless misconduct,  (II) for any act or omission
     in  respect  of  which a  determination  could  properly  be made  that the
     Executive  met  the   applicable   standard  of  conduct   prescribed   for
     indemnification  or  reimbursement  or payment of expenses of an officer or
     director under the Bylaws or Certificate of Incorporation of the Company or
     the  Subsidiary  or the laws of the State of Delaware or the  directors' or
     officers' liability insurance of the Company or the Subsidiary in each case
     as in effect at the time of such act or omission, (III) as the result of an
     act or omission which occurred more than three calendar months prior to the
     Executive's  having  been  given  Notice  of  Termination  for  such act or
     omission  unless the  commission  of such act or such  omission  was not or
     could not reasonably have been, at the time of such commission or omission,
     known to a member of the Boards of Directors (other than the Executive), in
     which case more than three calendar  months from the date the commission of
     such act or such omission was or could reasonably have been so known,  (IV)
     as the result of a continuing  course of action which  commenced and was or
     could  reasonably  have been known to a member of the  Boards of  Directors
     (other than the Executive)  more than three calendar months prior to Notice
     of  Termination  having  been  given to the  Executive  for such  course of
     action,  or (V) because of an act or omission  believed by the Executive in
     good  faith to have  been in,  or not  opposed  to,  the  interests  of the
     Company.

               (ii) The term  "Disability"  as used in this  Agreement  means an
     accident or physical or mental  illness which  prevents the Executive  from
     substantially   performing  the  Executive's   duties   hereunder  for  six
     consecutive months. The term of this Agreement shall end as of the close of
     business on the last day of such six month period but without  prejudice to
     any  payments  due to the  Executive  in respect of  disability  under this
     Agreement  or any  plan or  practice  of the  Company.  The  amount  of any
     payments  payable  under Section 6(a) during such six month period shall be
     reduced by any payments to which the Executive may be entitled for the same
     period  because of  disability  under any  disability  or  pension  plan or
     arrangement of the Company or any subsidiary or affiliate thereof.

          (c) The Executive may terminate the Executive's  employment during the
term of this Agreement for Good Reason.  For purposes of this  Agreement,  "Good
Reason" shall mean (i) a reduction of the  Executive's  rate of  compensation or
any other  failure by the Company to comply with  Section 6, (ii) failure by the
Company to comply  with  Section 5, (iii)  failure by the  Company to obtain the
assumption of, and the agreement to perform,  this Agreement by any successor as
contemplated  in  Section  11(a),  (iv)  material  breach by the  Company of its
obligations under the Merger Agreement,  or (v) such reduction  described in the
foregoing  clause (i) or failure or breach  described in the  foregoing  clauses
(ii),  (iii),  or (iv) as the case may be,  is not cured  within  30 days  after
receipt by the Company of written  notice  from the  Executive  describing  such
event.

          (d)  Notwithstanding  anything to the contrary set forth  herein,  the
Company shall have the right to terminate  the  Executive's  employment  for any
reason  other  than  Cause at any  time,  subject  to the  consequences  of such
termination as set forth in Section 8.

          (e) In no event  shall  the  Company  be  entitled  to  terminate  the
Executive's  employment  during the term of this Agreement for Cause pursuant to
Section 7(b),  unless and until all of the following  take place,  provided that
Sections  7(e)(i)  through  (iii) shall not apply to any  termination  for Cause
pursuant to Section 7(b)(i)(C):

               (i) the  Secretary  of the Company  gives  written  notice to the
     Executive (the "Warning  Notice") setting forth (A) the specific  provision
     of this  Agreement that the Executive is alleged to have failed to satisfy,
     (B) the acts or omissions alleged to constitute such failure,  (C) the date
     on which the Executive  shall be given a reasonable  opportunity  to appear
     before and be heard by the Board of Directors of the Company concerning the
     allegations,  which  date  shall be not less  than 30 nor more than 90 days
     after the Executive's  receipt of the Warning  Notice,  and (D) the loss of
     rights  under  this   Agreement  that  shall  occur  unless  the  Executive
     diligently and in good faith takes  reasonable steps to remedy such failure
     within 30 days after the Executive's receipt of the Warning Notice;

              (ii) the Executive does not diligently and in good faith take  all
     reasonable   steps  to  remedy  such  failure  within  30  days  after  the
     Executive's receipt of the Warning Notice; and

             (iii) the Executive  is given  a reasonable  opportunity  to appear
     before and be heard by the Board of Directors  concerning the  allegations,
     in accordance with the Warning Notice.

          (f) Any termination by the Company  pursuant to Section 7(b) or by the
Executive  pursuant to Section 7(c) shall be communicated by a written Notice of
Termination to the other party hereto. For purposes of this Agreement, a "Notice
of  Termination"  shall mean a notice which  indicates the specific  termination
provision in this Agreement relied upon and sets forth in reasonable  detail the
facts and  circumstances  claimed  to  provide a basis  for  termination  of the
Executive's employment under the provisions so indicated.

          (g) "Date of Termination" shall mean (i) if the Executive's employment
is terminated by the Executive's  death, the date of the Executive's death, (ii)
if the Executive's  employment is terminated  pursuant to Section  7(b)(ii),  30
days after Notice of Termination is given (provided that the Executive shall not
have returned to the performance of the Executive's  duties on a full-time basis
during  such  30 day  period),  and  (iii)  if  the  Executive's  employment  is
terminated  for any other reason,  the date on which a Notice of  Termination is
given.

          8. Compensation on Termination.  The parties recognize and agree that,
if the Company  terminates the  Executive's  employment  during the term of this
Agreement  other than pursuant to Section  7(b), or if the Executive  terminates
the  Executive's  employment  during the term of this  Agreement for Good Reason
pursuant to Section 7(c), the actual damages to the Executive would be difficult
if not impossible to ascertain and agree that the Executive's  sole remedy shall
be a right  to  receive  amounts  determined  and  paid in  accordance  with the
provisions  of this Section 8. The  Executive  shall not be required to mitigate
the  amount of any  payment  provided  for in this  Section 8 by  seeking  other
employment or otherwise,  nor shall any compensation  earned by the Executive in
other  employment or otherwise  reduce the amount of any payment provided for in
this Section 8.

          (a) If the Company shall terminate the Executive's  employment  during
the term of this  Agreement  other  than  pursuant  to Section  7(b),  or if the
Executive  shall terminate the  Executive's  employment  during the term of this
Agreement for Good Reason  pursuant to Section  7(c),  then, as severance pay or
liquidated damages or both:

               (i) the Company  shall pay the Executive a lump sum payment equal
     to the  Executive's  full Base Salary  times three at the rate in effect at
     the time Notice of  Termination  is given,  together with any other amounts
     payable to the  Executive  under Section 6 for periods prior to the Date of
     Termination; and

               (ii) the Company shall make any payments, if and when, due to the
     Executive under the Merger Agreement.

          (b)  Notwithstanding  anything herein to the contrary,  if the Company
shall  terminate the  Executive's  employment  during the term of this Agreement
other  than  pursuant  to  Section  7(b),  the  Executive  shall be  subject  to
restrictions set forth in the Non-Competition Agreement until the earlier of two
years from the Date of  Termination  or the  expiration  of the  Non-Competition
Period,  unless  grounds  exist at such time that would permit the  Executive to
terminate his  employment  for Good Reason under Section 7(c), in which case the
Executive  shall  only be  subject to the  restrictions  in the  Non-Competition
Agreement  until the earlier of nine months from the Date of  Termination or the
expiration of the Non-Competition Period.

          (c) Notwithstanding  anything herein to the contrary, if the Executive
shall terminate the Executive's employment during the term of this Agreement for
Good  Reason  pursuant  to  Section  7(c),  the  Executive  shall be  subject to
restrictions  set forth in the  Non-Competition  Agreement  until the earlier of
nine  months  from  the  Date  of   Termination   or  the   expiration   of  the
Non-Competition Period.

          (d) If the Executive's  employment  terminates  under any circumstance
that does not entitle the Executive to payments under Section 8(a)  (including a
termination by reason of the death or Disability of the Executive,  or by reason
of the Company or the  Executive  electing  not to extend or further  extend the
term of this Agreement pursuant to Section 3(b)), the Executive shall (i) not be
entitled to receive any compensation  under Section 6 accruing after the Date of
Termination,  or any payment  under Section  2.4(f) of the Merger  Agreement and
(ii) be subject to the restrictions set forth in the  Non-Competition  Agreement
until  the  expiration  of  the  Non-Competition   Period  (as  defined  in  the
Non-Competition  Agreement);  provided,  however,  that if the  termination is a
result of the death or  Disability  of the  Executive,  the  Executive  shall be
entitled to payments  under the Merger  Agreement as if the Executive were still
in the employ of the Company.

          9.  Indemnification.  The Company shall indemnify the Executive to the
fullest  extent  permitted  by the  General  Corporation  Law of  the  State  of
Delaware, as amended from time to time.

          10. Successors; Binding Agreement.

          (a)  The  Company  will  require  any  successor  (whether  direct  or
indirect,   by  purchase,   merger,   consolidation  or  otherwise)  to  all  or
substantially  all of the  business  and/or  assets of the Company to  expressly
assume and agree to perform this  Agreement in the same manner and to the extent
that the Company would be required to perform it if no such succession had taken
place; provided, however, that  no such agreement with a successor shall release
the Company without the  Executive's  express  written  consent.  Failure of the
Company  to  obtain  such  agreement  prior  to the  effectiveness  of any  such
succession  shall be a breach of this  Agreement and shall entitle the Executive
to compensation from the Company in the same amount and on the same terms as the
Executive  would be entitled to hereunder  if the  Executive's  employment  were
terminated by the Company  other than pursuant to Section 7(b),  except that for
purposes of  implementing  the foregoing,  the date on which any such succession
becomes effective shall be deemed the Date of Termination.

          (b) If the Executive  should die while any amounts are due and payable
to the Executive hereunder,  all such amounts, unless otherwise provided herein,
shall be paid in accordance  with the terms of the Agreement to the  Executive's
devisees,  legatee,  or other designee or, if there be no such designee,  to the
Executive's estate.

          (c) Except as to  withholding  of any tax under the laws of the United
States  or any  state or  locality,  neither  this  Agreement  nor any  right or
interest hereunder nor any amount payable at any time hereunder shall be subject
in any manner to alienation, sale, transfer,  assignment, pledge, attachment, or
other  legal  process,  or  encumbrance  of any  kind  by the  Executive  or the
beneficiaries of the Executive or by legal representatives without the Company's
prior written  consent,  nor shall there be any right of set-off or counterclaim
in  respect  of any  debts or  liabilities  of the  Executive,  the  Executive's
beneficiaries or legal  representatives  against any right or interest hereunder
or any amount  payable at any time  hereunder to the  Executive,  the Executives
Beneficiaries or legal representatives;  provided, however, that nothing in this
Section 11 shall  preclude the  Executive  from  designating  a  beneficiary  to
receive  any  benefit   payable  on  the   Executive's   death,   or  the  legal
representatives  of the Executive  from  assigning  any rights  hereunder to the
Person or Persons  entitled  thereto under the  Executive's  will or, in case of
intestacy, to the Person or Persons entitled thereto under the laws of intestacy
applicable to the Executive's estate.

          11.  Parties.  This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to
the  benefit  of  the  Company  and  the  Executive,   the  Executive's   heirs,
beneficiaries and legal representatives.

          12. Entire Agreement; Amendment.

          (a) This Agreement  contains the entire  understanding  of the parties
with  respect to the  subject  matter  hereof and  supersedes  any and all other
agreements between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.

          (b) Any  amendment of this  Agreement  shall not be binding  unless in
writing  and signed by both (i) an  officer  or  director  of the  Company  duly
authorized to do so and (ii) the Executive.

          13. Enforceability.  In the event that any provision of this Agreement
is determined to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining terms and conditions
of this Agreement shall be unaffected and shall remain in full force and effect,
and any such determination of invalidity or enforceability  shall not affect the
validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement.

          14.  Notices.  All notices which may be necessary or proper for either
the Company or the  Executive to give to the other shall be in writing and shall
be  sent  by  hand  delivery,  registered  or  certified  mail,  return  receipt
requested, overnight courier or facsimile, if to the Executive, to him at Marina
Mortgage  Company,  Inc.,  15635 Alton  Parkway,  Suite 450,  Irvine,  CA 92618,
Attention: John Johnston, Facsimile: 949-753-7424, with a copy to King, Purtich,
Holmes,  Paterno & Berliner,  LLP,  1900 Avenue of the Stars,  Los  Angeles,  CA
90067-4506,  Attention: Keith T. Homes, Esq., Facsimile: 310-282-8903 and, if to
the Company,  to it at its principal  executive  offices at 12 East 49th Street,
New York, NY 10017, Attention: Human Resources Officer, Facsimile: 212-546-6834,
with a copy to  Cadwalader,  Wickersham & Taft,  100 Maiden Lane,  New York, New
York 10038,  Attention:  Louis Bevilacqua,  Esq., Facsimile:  212-504-6666,  and
shall be deemed  given when sent,  provided  that any Notice of  Termination  or
other  notice  given  pursuant  to  Section  7 shall be deemed  given  only when
received.  Either party may by like notice to the other party change the address
at which the Executive or it is to receive notices hereunder.

          15. Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT IS EXECUTED IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK
AND SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND BE ENFORCEABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT  GIVING EFFECT TO THE  PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS
THEREOF.

          16.  Effective Date.  This  Agreement  shall  become  effective  upon
consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement.

          17.  Definitions.  The  following  terms,  when  capitalized  in  this
Agreement,  shall have the  meanings set forth or  incorporated  by reference in
this Section 17.

          (a) "Base Salary" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a).

          (b) "Board of Directors"  means the Board of Directors of the Company,
as constituted from time to time.

          (c) "Cause" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(b)(i).

          (d) "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

          (e) "Company" means American Home Mortgage Holdings,  Inc., a Delaware
corporation,  and any successors to its business  and/or assets,  which executes
and  delivers an  agreement  provided  for in Section  11(a) or which  otherwise
becomes bound by all the terms and  conditions of this Agreement by operation of
law.

          (f) "Date of Termination"  shall have the meaning set forth in Section
7(g).

          (g) "Disability" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(b)(ii).

          (h) "Exchange  Act" means  the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934,  as
amended.

          (i) "Fair  Market  Value"  means Fair  Market  Value as defined in the
Stock Incentive Plan.

          (j) "Good Reason" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(c).

          (k) "Notice  of  Termination"  shall  have  the  meaning  set forth in
section 7(f).

          (l) "Person" means any individual,  corporation,  partnership, limited
liability company, limited duration company, trust or other entity of any nature
whatsoever.

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

                                           American Home Mortgage Holdings, Inc.

                                           By:  /s/   Michael Strauss
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                                           Name:  Michael Strauss
                                           Title:  President and CEO

                                                /s/ John Johnston
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                                                  John Johnston

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