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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.8

                        AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION

                                    OF TRUST

                           VINEYARD STATUTORY TRUST II

                          Dated as of December 19, 2002

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                               TABLE OF CONTENTS

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                    ARTICLE I INTERPRETATION AND DEFINITIONS

SECTION 1.1.     Definitions....................................................       1

                            ARTICLE II - ORGANIZATION

SECTION 2.1.     Name...........................................................       9
SECTION 2.2.     Office.........................................................       9
SECTION 2.3.     Purpose........................................................       9
SECTION 2.4.     Authority......................................................       9
SECTION 2.5.     Title to Property of the Trust.................................       9
SECTION 2.6.     Powers and Duties of the Trustees and the Administrators.......      10
SECTION 2.7.     Prohibition of Actions by the Trust and the Trustees...........      14
SECTION 2.8.     Powers and Duties of the Institutional Trustee.................      15
SECTION 2.9.     Certain Duties and Responsibilities of the Trustees and the
                 Administrators.................................................      17
SECTION 2.10.    Certain Rights of Institutional Trustee........................      19
SECTION 2.11.    Delaware Trustee...............................................      21
SECTION 2.12.    Execution of Documents.........................................      21
SECTION 2.13.    Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.........      21
SECTION 2.14.    Duration of Trust .............................................      22
SECTION 2.15.    Mergers........................................................      22

                              ARTICLE III - SPONSOR

SECTION 3.1.     Sponsor's Purchase of Common Securities........................      24
SECTION 3.2.     Responsibilities of the Sponsor................................      24

                    ARTICLE IV - TRUSTEES AND ADMINISTRATORS

SECTION 4.1.     Number of Trustees.............................................      24
SECTION 4.2.     Delaware Trustee...............................................      25
SECTION 4.3.     Institutional Trustee; Eligibility.............................      25
SECTION 4.4.     Certain Qualifications of the Delaware Trustee Generally.......      25
SECTION 4.5.     Administrators.................................................      25
SECTION 4.6.     Initial Delaware Trustee.......................................      26
SECTION 4.7.     Appointment, Removal and Resignation of the Trustees and the
                 Administrators.................................................      26
SECTION 4.8.     Vacancies Among Trustees.......................................      28
SECTION 4.9.     Effect of Vacancies............................................      28
SECTION 4.10.    Meetings of the Trustees and the Administrators................      28
SECTION 4.11.    Delegation of Power............................................      28
SECTION 4.12.    Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business ...      29
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                            ARTICLE V - DISTRIBUTIONS

SECTION 5.1.     Distributions..................................................      29

                       ARTICLE VI - ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES

SECTION 6.1.     General Provisions Regarding Securities........................      29
SECTION 6.2.     Paying Agent, Transfer Agent, Calculation Agent and Registrar..      30
SECTION 6.3.     Form and Dating................................................      31
SECTION 6.4.     Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates..............      32
SECTION 6.5.     Temporary Securities...........................................      32
SECTION 6.6.     Cancellation...................................................      32
SECTION 6.7.     Rights of Holders; Waivers of Past Defaults....................      32

               ARTICLE VII - DISSOLUTION AND TERMINATION OF TRUST

SECTION 7.1.     Dissolution and Termination of Trust...........................      34

                      ARTICLE VIII - TRANSFER OF INTERESTS

SECTION 8.1.     General........................................................      35
SECTION 8.2.     Transfer Procedures and Restrictions...........................      36
SECTION 8.3.     Deemed Security Holders........................................      39

   ARTICLE IX - LIMITATION OF LIABILITY OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES, TRUSTEES OR OTHERS

SECTION 9.1.     Liability......................................................      39
SECTION 9.2.     Exculpation....................................................      39
SECTION 9.3.     Fiduciary Duty.................................................      40
SECTION 9.4.     Indemnification................................................      40
SECTION 9.5.     Outside Businesses.............................................      43
SECTION 9.6.     Compensation; Fee..............................................      44

                             ARTICLE X - ACCOUNTING

SECTION 10.1.    Fiscal Year....................................................      44
SECTION 10.2.    Certain Accounting Matters ....................................      44
SECTION 10.3.    Banking........................................................      45
SECTION 10.4.    Withholding....................................................      45

                      ARTICLE XI - AMENDMENTS AND MEETINGS

SECTION 11.1.    Amendments                                                           46
SECTION 11.2.    Meetings of the Holders of the Securities; Action by Written
                  Consent.......................................................      48

        ARTICLE XII - REPRESENTATIONS OF INSTITUTIONAL TRUSTEE AND DELAWARE TRUSTEE

SECTION 12.1.    Representations and Warranties of Institutional Trustee........      49
SECTION 12.2.    Representations and Warranties of Delaware Trustee.............      50
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                          ARTICLE XIII - MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 13.1.    Notices .......................................................      51
SECTION 13.2.    Governing Law .................................................      52
SECTION 13.3.    Submission to Jurisdiction ....................................      52
SECTION 13.4.    Intention of the Parties ......................................      53
SECTION 13.5.    Headings ......................................................      53
SECTION 13.6.    Successors and Assigns ........................................      53
SECTION 13.7.    Partial Enforceability ........................................      53
SECTION 13.8.    Counterparts ..................................................      53
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                              ANNEXES AND EXHIBITS

ANNEX I          Terms of Floating Rate TRUPS(R) and Floating Rate Common
                 Securities

EXHIBIT A-1      Form of Capital Security Certificate

EXHIBIT A-2      Form of Common Security Certificate

EXHIBIT B        Form of Transferee Certificate to be Executed by Transferees
                 Other than QIBs

EXHIBIT C        Form of Transferor Certificate to be Executed for QIBs

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                    AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION OF TRUST

                                       OF

                           VINEYARD STATUTORY TRUST II

                                December 19, 2002

                  AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION OF TRUST (this
"Declaration"), dated and effective as of December 19, 2002, by the Trustees (as
defined herein), the Administrators (as defined herein), the Sponsor (as defined
herein) and the holders from time to time of undivided beneficial interests in
the assets of the Trust (as defined herein) to be issued pursuant to this
Declaration.

                  WHEREAS, certain of the Trustees, the Administrators and the
Sponsor established Vineyard Statutory Trust II (the "Trust"), a statutory trust
under the Statutory Trust Act (as defined herein), pursuant to a Declaration of
Trust, dated as of December 10, 2002 (the "Original Declaration"), and a
Certificate of Trust filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware
on December 10, 2002, for the sole purpose of issuing and selling certain
securities representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the
Trust and investing the proceeds thereof in certain debentures of the Debenture
Issuer (as defined herein) in connection with the TPref Funding III, Ltd.
transaction;

                  WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, no interests in the assets of
the Trust have been issued; and

                  WHEREAS, all of the Trustees, the Administrators and the
Sponsor, by this Declaration, amend and restate each and every term and
provision of the Original Declaration.

                  NOW, THEREFORE, it being the intention of the parties hereto
to continue the Trust as a statutory trust under the Statutory Trust Act and
that this Declaration constitutes the governing instrument of such statutory
trust, and that all assets contributed to the Trust will be held in trust for
the benefit of the holders, from time to time, of the securities representing
undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust issued hereunder,
subject to the provisions of this Declaration, and, in consideration of the
mutual covenants contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties, intending to be legally
bound hereby, amend and restate in its entirety the Original Declaration and
agree as follows:

                                    ARTICLE I
                         INTERPRETATION AND DEFINITIONS

                  SECTION 1.1.      Definitions. Unless the context otherwise
requires:

                  (a)      capitalized terms used in this Declaration but not
defined in the preamble above or elsewhere herein have the respective meanings
assigned to them in this Section 1.1 or, if not defined in this Section 1.1 or
elsewhere herein, in the Indenture;

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

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

                  (d)      all references in this Declaration to Articles and
Sections and Annexes and Exhibits are to Articles and Sections of and Annexes
and Exhibits to this Declaration unless otherwise specified;

                  (e)      a term defined in the Trust Indenture Act (as defined
herein) has the same meaning when used in this Declaration unless otherwise
defined in this Declaration or unless the context otherwise requires; and

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

                  "Additional Interest" has the meaning set forth in Section
3.06 of the Indenture.

                  "Administrative Action" has the meaning set forth in paragraph
4(a) of Annex I.

                  "Administrators" means each of Norman Morales and Gordon Fong,
solely in such Person's capacity as Administrator of the Trust continued
hereunder and not in such Person's individual capacity, or such Administrator's
successor in interest in such capacity, or any successor appointed as herein
provided.

                  "Affiliate" has the same meaning as given to that term in Rule
405 of the Securities Act or any successor rule thereunder.

                  "Authorized Officer" of a Person means any Person that is
authorized to bind such Person.

                  "Bankruptcy Event" means, with respect to any Person:

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

                  (b)      such Person commences a voluntary case under any
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in
effect, consents to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case
under any such law, or consents to the appointment of or taking possession by a
receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other
similar official of such Person of any substantial part of its property, or
makes any general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or fails generally to
pay its debts as they become due.

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                  "Business Day" means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or
any other day on which banking institutions in Wilmington, Delaware, New York
City or Rancho Cucamonga, California are permitted or required by any applicable
law or executive order to close.

                  "Calculation Agent" has the meaning set forth in Section 1.01
of the Indenture.

                  "Capital Securities" has the meaning set forth in Section
6.1(a).

                  "Capital Security Certificate" means a definitive Certificate
registered in the name of the Holder representing a Capital Security
substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1.

                  "Capital Treatment Event" has the meaning set forth in
paragraph 4(a) of Annex I.

                  "Certificate" means any certificate evidencing Securities.

                  "Certificate of Trust" means the certificate of trust filed
with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware with respect to the Trust,
as amended and restated from time to time.

                  "Closing Date" has the meaning set forth in the Placement
Agreement.

                  "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
from time to time, or any successor legislation.

                  "Commission" means the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission.

                  "Common Securities" has the meaning set forth in Section
6.1(a).

                  "Common Security Certificate" means a definitive Certificate
registered in the name of the Holder representing a Common Security
substantially in the form of Exhibit A-2.

                  "Company Indemnified Person" means (a) any Administrator; (b)
any Affiliate of any Administrator; (c) any officers, directors, shareholders,
members, partners, employees, representatives or agents of any Administrator; or
(d) any officer, employee or agent of the Trust or its Affiliates.

                  "Comparable Treasury Issue" has the meaning set forth in
paragraph 4(a) of Annex I.

                  "Comparable Treasury Price" has the meaning set forth in
paragraph 4(a) of Annex I.

                  "Corporate Trust Office" means the office of the Institutional
Trustee at which the corporate trust business of the Institutional Trustee
shall, at any particular time, be principally administered, which office shall
at all times be located in the United States and at the date of execution of
this Declaration is located at Rodney Square North 1100 North Market Street
Wilmington, DE 19890-0001, Attention: Corporate Trust Administrator.

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                  "Coupon Rate" has the meaning set forth in paragraph 2(a) of
Annex I.

                  "Covered Person" means: (a) any Administrator, officer,
director, shareholder, partner, member, representative, employee or agent of (i)
the Trust or (ii) the Trust's Affiliates; and (b) any Holder of Securities.

                  "Debenture Issuer" means Vineyard National Bancorp, a bank
holding company incorporated in California, in its capacity as issuer of the
Debentures under the Indenture.

                  "Debenture Trustee" means Wilmington Trust Company, a Delaware
banking corporation, not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee under
the Indenture until a successor is appointed thereunder, and thereafter means
such successor trustee.

                  "Debentures" means the Floating Rate Junior Subordinated Debt
Securities due 2033 to be issued by the Debenture Issuer under the Indenture.

                  "Deferred Interest" means any interest on the Debentures that
would have been overdue and unpaid for more than one Distribution Payment Date
but for the imposition of an Extension Period, and the interest that shall
accrue (to the extent that the payment of such interest is legally enforceable)
on such interest at the Coupon Rate in effect for each such Extension Period,
compounded quarterly from the date on which such Deferred Interest would
otherwise have been due and payable until paid or made available for payment.

                  "Definitive Capital Securities" means any Capital Securities
in definitive form issued by the Trust.

                  "Delaware Trustee" has the meaning set forth in Section 4.2.

                  "Direct Action" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.8(e).

                  "Distribution" means a distribution payable to Holders of
Securities in accordance with Section 5.1.

                  "Distribution Payment Date" has the meaning set forth in
paragraph 2(e) of Annex I.

                  "Event of Default" means the occurrence of an Indenture Event
of Default.

                  "Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended from time to time, or any successor legislation.

                  "Extension Period" has the meaning set forth in paragraph 2(e)
of Annex I.

                  "Federal Reserve" has the meaning set forth in paragraph 3 of
Annex I.

                  "Fiduciary Indemnified Person" shall mean each of the
Institutional Trustee (including in its individual capacity), the Delaware
Trustee (including in its individual capacity),

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any Affiliate of the Institutional Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, and any
officers, directors, shareholders, members, partners, employees,
representatives, custodians, nominees or agents of the Institutional Trustee or
the Delaware Trustee.

                  "Fiscal Year" has the meaning set forth in Section 10.1

                  "Guarantee" means the Guarantee Agreement, dated as of
December 19, 2002, of the Sponsor in respect of the Capital Securities.

                  "Holder" means a Person in whose name a Certificate
representing a Security is registered on the register maintained by or on behalf
of the Registrar, such Person being a beneficial owner within the meaning of the
Statutory Trust Act.

                  "Indemnified Person" means a Company Indemnified Person or a
Fiduciary Indemnified Person.

                  "Indenture" means the Indenture, dated as of December 19,
2002, among the Debenture Issuer and the Debenture Trustee, and any indenture
supplemental thereto pursuant to which the Debentures are to be issued.

                  "Indenture Event of Default" means an "Event of Default" as
defined in the Indenture.

                  "Institutional Trustee" means the Trustee meeting the
eligibility requirements set forth in Section 4.3.

                  "Investment Company" means an investment company as defined in
the Investment Company Act.

                  "Investment Company Act" means the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended from time to time, or any successor legislation.

                  "Investment Company Event" has the meaning set forth in
paragraph 4(a) of Annex I.

                  "Legal Action" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.8(e).

                  "LIBOR" means the London Interbank Offered Rate for U.S.
Dollar deposits in Europe as determined by the Calculation Agent according to
paragraph 2(b) of Annex I.

                  "LIBOR Banking Day" has the meaning set forth in paragraph
2(b)(1) of Annex I.

                  "LIBOR Business Day" has the meaning set forth in paragraph
2(b)(1) of Annex I.

                  "LIBOR Determination Date" has the meaning set forth in
paragraph 2(b)(1) of Annex I.

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                  "Liquidation" has the meaning set forth in paragraph 3 of
Annex I.

                  "Liquidation Distribution" has the meaning set forth in
paragraph 3 of Annex I.

                  "Majority in liquidation amount of the Securities" means
Holders of outstanding Securities voting together as a single class or, as the
context may require, Holders of outstanding Capital Securities or Holders of
outstanding Common Securities voting separately as a class, who are the record
owners of more than 50% of the aggregate liquidation amount (including the
stated amount that would be paid on redemption, liquidation or otherwise, plus
accrued and unpaid Distributions to the date upon which the voting percentages
are determined) of all outstanding Securities of the relevant class.

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

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

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

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

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

                  "Paying Agent" has the meaning set forth in Section 6.2.

                  "Payment Amount" has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1.

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

                  "Placement Agreement" means the Placement Agreement relating
to the offering and sale of Capital Securities.

                  "PORTAL" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.6(a)(i).

                  "Primary Treasury Dealer" has the meaning set forth in
paragraph 4(a) of Annex I.

                  "Property Account" has the meaning set forth in Section
2.8(c).

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                  "Pro Rata" has the meaning set forth in paragraph 8 of Annex
I.

                  "QIB" means a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under
Rule 144A.

                  "Quorum" means a majority of the Administrators or, if there
are only two Administrators, both of them.

                  "Quotation Agent" has the meaning set forth in paragraph 4(a)
of Annex I.

                  "Redemption/Distribution Notice" has the meaning set forth in
paragraph 4(e) of Annex I.

                  "Redemption Price" has the meaning set forth in paragraph 4(a)
of Annex I.

                  "Registrar" has the meaning set forth in Section 6.2.

                  "Reference Treasury Dealer" has the meaning set forth in
paragraph 4(a) of Annex I.

                  "Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations" has the meaning set
forth in paragraph 4(a) of Annex I.

                  "Relevant Trustee" has the meaning set forth in Section
4.7(a).

                  "Remaining Life" has the meaning set forth in paragraph 4(a)
of Annex I.

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

                  "Restricted Securities Legend" has the meaning set forth in
Section 8.2(c).

                  "Rule 144A" means Rule 144A under the Securities Act.

                  "Rule 3a-5" means Rule 3a-5 under the Investment Company Act.

                  "Rule 3a-7" means Rule 3a-7 under the Investment Company Act.

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

                  "Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
from time to time, or any successor legislation.

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                  "Sponsor" means Vineyard National Bancorp, a bank holding
company that is a U.S. Person incorporated in California, or any successor
entity in a merger, consolidation or amalgamation that is a U.S. Person, in its
capacity as sponsor of the Trust.

                  "Statutory Trust Act" means Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the
Delaware Code, 12 Del. Code Section 3801 et seq., as it may be amended from time
to time, or any successor legislation.

                  "Successor Delaware Trustee" has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.7(e).

                  "Successor Entity" has the meaning set forth in Section
2.15(b).

                  "Successor Institutional Trustee" has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.7(b).

                  "Successor Securities" has the meaning set forth in Section
2.15(b).

                  "Super Majority" has the meaning set forth in paragraph 5(b)
of Annex I.

                  "Tax Event" has the meaning set forth in paragraph 4(a) of
Annex I.

                  "10% in liquidation amount of the Securities" means Holders of
outstanding Securities voting together as a single class or, as the context may
require, Holders of outstanding Capital Securities or Holders of outstanding
Common Securities voting separately as a class, who are the record owners of 10%
or more of the aggregate liquidation amount (including the stated amount that
would be paid on redemption, liquidation or otherwise, plus accrued and unpaid
Distributions to the date upon which the voting percentages are determined) of
all outstanding Securities of the relevant class.

                  "Transfer Agent" has the meaning set forth in Section 6.2.

                  "Treasury Rate" has the meaning set forth in paragraph 4(a) of
Annex I.

                  "Treasury Regulations" means the income tax regulations,
including temporary and proposed regulations, promulgated under the Code by the
United States Treasury, as such regulations may be amended from time to time
(including corresponding provisions of succeeding regulations).

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

                  "Trustee" or "Trustees" means each Person who has signed this
Declaration as a trustee, so long as such Person shall continue in office in
accordance with the terms hereof, and all other Persons who may from time to
time be duly appointed, qualified and serving as Trustees in accordance with the
provisions hereof, and references herein to a Trustee or the Trustees shall
refer to such Person or Persons solely in their capacity as trustees hereunder.

                  "Trust Property" means (a) the Debentures, (b) any cash on
deposit in, or owing to, the Property Account and (c) all proceeds and rights in
respect of the foregoing and any other

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property and assets for the time being held or deemed to be held by the
Institutional Trustee pursuant to the trusts of this Declaration.

                  "U.S. Person" means a United States Person as defined in
Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.

                                   ARTICLE II
                                  ORGANIZATION

                  SECTION 2.1.      Name. The Trust is named "Vineyard Statutory
Trust II," as such name may be modified from time to time by the Administrators
following written notice to the Institutional Trustee and the Holders of the
Securities. The Trust's activities may be conducted under the name of the Trust
or any other name deemed advisable by the Administrators.

                  SECTION 2.2.      Office. The address of the principal office
of the Trust, which shall be in a state of the United States or the District of
Columbia, is 9590 Foothill Boulevard, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730. On ten
Business Days' written notice to the Institutional Trustee and the Holders of
the Securities, the Administrators may designate another principal office, which
shall be in a state of the United States or the District of Columbia.

                  SECTION 2.3.      Purpose. The exclusive purposes and
functions of the Trust are (a) to issue and sell the Securities representing
undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust, (b) to invest the
gross proceeds from such sale in the Debentures and (c) except as otherwise
limited herein, to engage in only those other activities incidental thereto that
are deemed necessary or advisable by the Institutional Trustee, including,
without limitation, those activities specified in this Declaration. The Trust
shall not borrow money, issue debt or reinvest proceeds derived from
investments, pledge any of its assets, or otherwise undertake (or permit to be
undertaken) any activity that would cause the Trust not to be classified for
United States federal income tax purposes as a grantor trust.

                  SECTION 2.4.      Authority. Except as specifically provided
in this Declaration, the Institutional Trustee shall have exclusive and complete
authority to carry out the purposes of the Trust. An action taken by a Trustee
on behalf of the Trust and in accordance with such Trustee's powers shall
constitute the act of and serve to bind the Trust. In dealing with the Trustees
acting on behalf of the Trust, no Person shall be required to inquire into the
authority of the Trustees to bind the Trust. Persons dealing with the Trust are
entitled to rely conclusively on the power and authority of the Trustees as set
forth in this Declaration. The Administrators shall have only those ministerial
duties set forth herein with respect to accomplishing the purposes of the Trust
and are not intended to be trustees or fiduciaries with respect to the Trust or
the Holders. The Institutional Trustee shall have the right, but shall not be
obligated except as provided in Section 2.6, to perform those duties assigned to
the Administrators.

                  SECTION 2.5.      Title to Property of the Trust. Except as
provided in Section 2.8 with respect to the Debentures and the Property Account
or as otherwise provided in

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this Declaration, legal title to all assets of the Trust shall be vested in the
Trust. The Holders shall not have legal title to any part of the assets of the
Trust, but shall have an undivided beneficial interest in the assets of the
Trust.

                  SECTION 2.6.      Powers and Duties of the Trustees and the
Administrators.

                  (a)      The Trustees and the Administrators shall conduct the
affairs of the Trust in accordance with the terms of this Declaration. Subject
to the limitations set forth in paragraph (b) of this Section, and in accordance
with the following provisions (i) and (ii), the Administrators and, at the
direction of the Administrators, the Trustees, shall have the authority to enter
into all transactions and agreements determined by the Administrators to be
appropriate in exercising the authority, express or implied, otherwise granted
to the Trustees or the Administrators, as the case may be, under this
Declaration, and to perform all acts in furtherance thereof, including without
limitation, the following:

                           (i)      Each Administrator shall have the power,
                  duty and authority, and is hereby authorized, to act on behalf
                  of the Trust with respect to the following matters:

                                    (A)      the issuance and sale of the
                           Securities;

                                    (B)      to cause the Trust to enter into,
                           and to execute, deliver and perform on behalf of the
                           Trust, such agreements as may be necessary or
                           desirable in connection with the purposes and
                           function of the Trust, including agreements with the
                           Paying Agent, a Debenture subscription agreement
                           between the Trust and the Sponsor and a Common
                           Securities subscription agreement between the Trust
                           and the Sponsor;

                                    (C)      ensuring compliance with the
                           Securities Act and applicable state securities or
                           blue sky laws;

                                    (D)      if and at such time determined
                           solely by the Sponsor at the request of the Holders,
                           assisting in the designation of the Capital
                           Securities for trading in the Private Offering,
                           Resales and Trading through the Automatic Linkages
                           ("PORTAL") system if available;

                                    (E)      the sending of notices (other than
                           notices of default) and other information regarding
                           the Securities and the Debentures to the Holders in
                           accordance with this Declaration, including notice of
                           any notice received from the Debenture Issuer of its
                           election to defer payments of interest on the
                           Debentures by extending the interest payment period
                           under the Indenture;

                                    (F)      the appointment of a Paying Agent,
                           Transfer Agent and Registrar in accordance with this
                           Declaration;

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                                    (G)      execution and delivery of the
                           Securities in accordance with this Declaration;

                                    (H)      execution and delivery of closing
                           certificates pursuant to the Placement Agreement and
                           the application for a taxpayer identification number;

                                    (I)      unless otherwise determined by the
                           Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the
                           Securities or as otherwise required by the Statutory
                           Trust Act, to execute on behalf of the Trust (either
                           acting alone or together with any or all of the
                           Administrators) any documents that the Administrators
                           have the power to execute pursuant to this
                           Declaration;

                                    (J)      the taking of any action incidental
                           to the foregoing as the Sponsor or an Administrator
                           may from time to time determine is necessary or
                           advisable to give effect to the terms of this
                           Declaration for the benefit of the Holders (without
                           consideration of the effect of any such action on any
                           particular Holder);

                                    (K)      to establish a record date with
                           respect to all actions to be taken hereunder that
                           require a record date be established, including
                           Distributions, voting rights, redemptions and
                           exchanges, and to issue relevant notices to the
                           Holders of Capital Securities and Holders of Common
                           Securities as to such actions and applicable record
                           dates;

                                    (L)      to duly prepare and file on behalf
                           of the Trust all applicable tax returns and tax
                           information reports that are required to be filed
                           with respect to the Trust;

                                    (M)      to negotiate the terms of, and the
                           execution and delivery of, the Placement Agreement
                           providing for the sale of the Capital Securities;

                                    (N)      to employ or otherwise engage
                           employees, agents (who may be designated as officers
                           with titles), managers, contractors, advisors,
                           attorneys and consultants and pay reasonable
                           compensation for such services;

                                    (O)      to incur expenses that are
                           necessary or incidental to carry out any of the
                           purposes of the Trust;

                                    (P)      to give the certificate required by
                           Section 314(a)(4) of the Trust Indenture Act to the
                           Institutional Trustee, which certificate may be
                           executed by an Administrator; and

                                    (Q)      to take all action that may be
                           necessary or appropriate for the preservation and the
                           continuation of the Trust's valid existence, rights,
                           franchises and privileges as a statutory trust under
                           the laws of each

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                           jurisdiction (other than the State of Delaware) in
                           which such existence is necessary to protect the
                           limited liability of the Holders of the Capital
                           Securities or to enable the Trust to effect the
                           purposes for which the Trust was created.

                           (ii)     As among the Trustees and the
                  Administrators, the Institutional Trustee shall have the
                  power, duty and authority, and is hereby authorized, to act on
                  behalf of the Trust with respect to the following matters:

                                    (A)      the establishment of the Property
                           Account;

                                    (B)      the receipt of the Debentures;

                                    (C)      the collection of interest,
                           principal and any other payments made in respect of
                           the Debentures in the Property Account;

                                    (D)      the distribution through the Paying
                           Agent of amounts owed to the Holders in respect of
                           the Securities;

                                    (E)      the exercise of all of the rights,
                           powers and privileges of a holder of the Debentures;

                                    (F)      the sending of notices of default
                           and other information regarding the Securities and
                           the Debentures to the Holders in accordance with this
                           Declaration;

                                    (G)      the distribution of the Trust
                           Property in accordance with the terms of this
                           Declaration;

                                    (H)      to the extent provided in this
                           Declaration, the winding up of the affairs of and
                           liquidation of the Trust and the preparation,
                           execution and filing of the certificate of
                           cancellation with the Secretary of State of the State
                           of Delaware;

                                    (I)      after any Event of Default (of
                           which the Institutional Trustee has knowledge (as
                           provided in Section 2.10(m) hereof)) (provided, that
                           such Event of Default is not by or with respect to
                           the Institutional Trustee), the taking of any action
                           incidental to the foregoing as the Institutional
                           Trustee may from time to time determine is necessary
                           or advisable to give effect to the terms of this
                           Declaration and protect and conserve the Trust
                           Property for the benefit of the Holders (without
                           consideration of the effect of any such action on any
                           particular Holder);

                                    (J)      to take all action that may be
                           necessary or appropriate for the preservation and the
                           continuation of the Trust's valid existence, rights,
                           franchises and privileges as a statutory trust under
                           the laws of the State of Delaware to protect the
                           limited liability of the Holders of the Capital

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                           Securities or to enable the Trust to effect the
                           purposes for which the Trust was created; and

                                    (K)      to undertake any actions set forth
                           in Section 317(a) of the Trust Indenture Act.

                           (iii)    The Institutional Trustee shall have the
                  power and authority, and is hereby authorized, to act on
                  behalf of the Trust with respect to any of the duties,
                  liabilities, powers or the authority of the Administrators set
                  forth in Section 2.6(a)(i)(E) and (F) herein but shall not
                  have a duty to do any such act unless specifically requested
                  to do so in writing by the Sponsor, and shall then be fully
                  protected in acting pursuant to such written request; and in
                  the event of a conflict between the action of the
                  Administrators and the action of the Institutional Trustee,
                  the action of the Institutional Trustee shall prevail.

                  (b)      So long as this Declaration remains in effect, the
Trust (or the Trustees or Administrators acting on behalf of the Trust) shall
not undertake any business, activities or transaction except as expressly
provided herein or contemplated hereby. In particular, neither the Trustees nor
the Administrators may cause the Trust to (i) acquire any investments or engage
in any activities not authorized by this Declaration, (ii) sell, assign,
transfer, exchange, mortgage, pledge, set-off or otherwise dispose of any of the
Trust Property or interests therein, including to Holders, except as expressly
provided herein, (iii) take any action that would cause (or in the case of the
Institutional Trustee, to the actual knowledge of a Responsible Officer would
cause) the Trust to fail or cease to qualify as a "grantor trust" for United
States federal income tax purposes, (iv) incur any indebtedness for borrowed
money or issue any other debt or (v) take or consent to any action that would
result in the placement of a lien on any of the Trust Property. The
Institutional Trustee shall, at the sole cost and expense of the Trust subject
to reimbursement under Section 9.6(a), defend all claims and demands of all
Persons at any time claiming any lien on any of the Trust Property adverse to
the interest of the Trust or the Holders in their capacity as Holders.

                  (c)      In connection with the issuance and sale of the
Capital Securities, the Sponsor shall have the right and responsibility to
assist the Trust with respect to, or effect on behalf of the Trust, the
following (and any actions taken by the Sponsor in furtherance of the following
prior to the date of this Declaration are hereby ratified and confirmed in all
respects):

                           (i)      the taking of any action necessary to obtain
                  an exemption from the Securities Act;

                           (ii)     the determination of the States in which to
                  take appropriate action to qualify or register for sale all or
                  part of the Capital Securities and the determination of any
                  and all such acts, other than actions which must be taken by
                  or on behalf of the Trust, and the advisement of and direction
                  to the Trustees of actions they must take on behalf of the
                  Trust, and the preparation for execution and filing of any
                  documents to be executed and filed by the Trust or on behalf
                  of the Trust, as the Sponsor deems necessary or advisable in
                  order to comply with

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                  the applicable laws of any such States in connection with the
                  sale of the Capital Securities; and

                           (iii)    the taking of any other actions necessary or
                  desirable to carry out any of the foregoing activities.

                  (d)      Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the
Administrators, the Institutional Trustee and the Holders of a Majority in
liquidation amount of the Common Securities are authorized and directed to
conduct the affairs of the Trust and to operate the Trust so that (i) the Trust
will not be deemed to be an "investment company" required to be registered under
the Investment Company Act (in the case of the Institutional Trustee, to the
actual knowledge of a Responsible Officer), and (ii) the Trust will not fail to
be classified as a grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes
(in the case of the Institutional Trustee, to the actual knowledge of a
Responsible Officer) and (iii) the Trust will not take any action inconsistent
with the treatment of the Debentures as indebtedness of the Debenture Issuer for
United States federal income tax purposes (in the case of the Institutional
Trustee, to the actual knowledge of a Responsible Officer). In this connection,
the Institutional Trustee, the Administrators and the Holders of a Majority in
liquidation amount of the Common Securities are authorized to take any action,
not inconsistent with applicable laws or this Declaration, as amended from time
to time, that each of the Institutional Trustee, the Administrators and such
Holders determine in their discretion to be necessary or desirable for such
purposes, even if such action adversely affects the interests of the Holders of
the Capital Securities.

                  (e)      All expenses incurred by the Administrators or the
Trustees pursuant to this Section 2.6 shall be reimbursed by the Sponsor, and
the Trustees shall have no obligations with respect to such expenses.

                  (f)      The assets of the Trust shall consist of the Trust
Property.

                  (g)      Legal title to all Trust Property shall be vested at
all times in the Institutional Trustee (in its capacity as such) and shall be
held and administered by the Institutional Trustee for the benefit of the Trust
in accordance with this Declaration.

                  (h)      If the Institutional Trustee or any Holder has
instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Declaration
and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has
been determined adversely to the Institutional Trustee or to such Holder, then
and in every such case the Sponsor, the Institutional Trustee and the Holders
shall, subject to any determination in such proceeding, be restored severally
and respectively to their former positions hereunder, and thereafter all rights
and remedies of the Institutional Trustee and the Holders shall continue as
though no such proceeding had been instituted.

                  SECTION 2.7.      Prohibition of Actions by the Trust and the
Trustees.

                  The Trust shall not, and the Institutional Trustee and the
Administrators shall not, and the Administrators shall cause the Trust not to,
engage in any activity other than as required

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or authorized by this Declaration. In particular, the Trust shall not, and the
Institutional Trustee and the Administrators shall not cause the Trust to:

                  (a)      invest any proceeds received by the Trust from
         holding the Debentures, but shall distribute all such proceeds to
         Holders of the Securities pursuant to the terms of this Declaration and
         of the Securities;

                  (b)      acquire any assets other than as expressly provided
         herein;

                  (c)      possess Trust Property for other than a Trust
         purpose;

                  (d)      make any loans or incur any indebtedness other than
         loans represented by the Debentures;

                  (e)      possess any power or otherwise act in such a way as
         to vary the Trust Property or the terms of the Securities;

                  (f)      issue any securities or other evidences of beneficial
         ownership of, or beneficial interest in, the Trust other than the
         Securities; or

                  (g)      other than as provided in this Declaration (including
         Annex I), (i) direct the time, method and place of exercising any trust
         or power conferred upon the Debenture Trustee with respect to the
         Debentures, (ii) waive any past default that is waivable under the
         Indenture, (iii) exercise any right to rescind or annul any declaration
         that the principal of all the Debentures shall be due and payable, or
         (iv) consent to any amendment, modification or termination of the
         Indenture or the Debentures where such consent shall be required unless
         the Trust shall have received a written opinion of counsel experienced
         in such matters to the effect that such amendment, modification or
         termination will not cause the Trust to cease to be classified as a
         grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes.

                  SECTION 2.8.      Powers and Duties of the Institutional
Trustee.

                  (a)      The legal title to the Debentures shall be owned by
and held of record in the name of the Institutional Trustee in trust for the
benefit of the Trust. The right, title and interest of the Institutional Trustee
to the Debentures shall vest automatically in each Person who may hereafter be
appointed as Institutional Trustee in accordance with Section 4.7. Such vesting
and cessation of title shall be effective whether or not conveyancing documents
with regard to the Debentures have been executed and delivered.

                  (b)      The Institutional Trustee shall not transfer its
right, title and interest in the Debentures to the Administrators or to the
Delaware Trustee.

                  (c)      The Institutional Trustee shall:

                           (i)      establish and maintain a segregated
                  non-interest bearing trust account (the "Property Account") in
                  the United States (as defined in Treasury

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                  Regulations Section 301.7701-7), in the name of and under the
                  exclusive control of the Institutional Trustee, and maintained
                  in the Institutional Trustee's trust department, on behalf of
                  the Holders of the Securities and, upon the receipt of
                  payments of funds made in respect of the Debentures held by
                  the Institutional Trustee, deposit such funds into the
                  Property Account and make payments to the Holders of the
                  Capital Securities and Holders of the Common Securities from
                  the Property Account in accordance with Section 5.1. Funds in
                  the Property Account shall be held uninvested until disbursed
                  in accordance with this Declaration;

                           (ii)     engage in such ministerial activities as
                  shall be necessary or appropriate to effect the redemption of
                  the Capital Securities and the Common Securities to the extent
                  the Debentures are redeemed or mature; and

                           (iii)    upon written notice of distribution issued
                  by the Administrators in accordance with the terms of the
                  Securities, engage in such ministerial activities as shall be
                  necessary or appropriate to effect the distribution of the
                  Debentures to Holders of Securities upon the occurrence of
                  certain circumstances pursuant to the terms of the Securities.

                  (d)      The Institutional Trustee shall take all actions and
perform such duties as may be specifically required of the Institutional Trustee
pursuant to the terms of the Securities.

                  (e)      The Institutional Trustee may bring or defend, pay,
collect, compromise, arbitrate, resort to legal action with respect to, or
otherwise adjust claims or demands of or against, the Trust (a "Legal Action")
which arise out of or in connection with an Event of Default of which a
Responsible Officer of the Institutional Trustee has actual knowledge or the
Institutional Trustee's duties and obligations under this Declaration or the
Trust Indenture Act; provided, however, that if an Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing and such event is attributable to the failure of the Debenture
Issuer to pay interest or principal on the Debentures on the date such interest
or principal is otherwise payable (or in the case of redemption, on the
redemption date), then a Holder of the Capital Securities may directly institute
a proceeding for enforcement of payment to such Holder of the principal of or
interest on the Debentures having a principal amount equal to the aggregate
liquidation amount of the Capital Securities of such Holder (a "Direct Action")
on or after the respective due date specified in the Debentures. In connection
with such Direct Action, the rights of the Holders of the Common Securities will
be subrogated to the rights of such Holder of the Capital Securities to the
extent of any payment made by the Debenture Issuer to such Holder of the Capital
Securities in such Direct Action; provided, however, that a Holder of the Common
Securities may exercise such right of subrogation only if no Event of Default
with respect to the Capital Securities has occurred and is continuing.

                  (f)      The Institutional Trustee shall continue to serve as
a Trustee until either:

                           (i)      the Trust has been completely liquidated and
                  the proceeds of the liquidation distributed to the Holders of
                  the Securities pursuant to the terms of the Securities and
                  this Declaration (including Annex I); or

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                           (ii)     a Successor Institutional Trustee has been
                  appointed and has accepted that appointment in accordance with
                  Section 4.7.

                  (g)      The Institutional Trustee shall have the legal power
to exercise all of the rights, powers and privileges of a holder of the
Debentures under the Indenture and, if an Event of Default occurs and is
continuing, the Institutional Trustee may, for the benefit of Holders of the
Securities, enforce its rights as holder of the Debentures subject to the rights
of the Holders pursuant to this Declaration (including Annex I) and the terms of
the Securities.

                  (h)      The Institutional Trustee must exercise the powers
set forth in this Section 2.8 in a manner that is consistent with the purposes
and functions of the Trust set out in Section 2.3, and the Institutional Trustee
shall not take any action that is inconsistent with the purposes and functions
of the Trust set out in Section 2.3.

                  SECTION 2.9.      Certain Duties and Responsibilities of the
Trustees and the Administrators.

                  (a)      The Institutional Trustee, before the occurrence of
any Event of Default (of which the Institutional Trustee has knowledge (as
provided in Section 2.10(m) hereof)) and after the curing of all Events of
Default that may have occurred, shall undertake to perform only such duties as
are specifically set forth in this Declaration and no implied covenants shall be
read into this Declaration against the Institutional Trustee. In case an Event
of Default (of which the Institutional Trustee has knowledge (as provided in
Section 2.10(m) hereof)), has occurred (that has not been cured or waived
pursuant to Section 6.7), the Institutional Trustee shall exercise such of the
rights and powers vested in it by this Declaration, and use the same degree of
care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use
under the circumstances in the conduct of his or her own affairs.

                  (b)      The duties and responsibilities of the Trustees and
the Administrators shall be as provided by this Declaration and, in the case of
the Institutional Trustee, by the Trust Indenture Act. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, no provision of this Declaration shall require any Trustee or
Administrator to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial
liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise
of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for
believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity satisfactory to it
against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it. Whether or not
therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Declaration relating to
the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the
Trustees or the Administrators shall be subject to the provisions of this
Article. Nothing in this Declaration shall be construed to release a Trustee
from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act,
or its own willful misconduct. Nothing in this Declaration shall be construed to
release an Administrator from liability for its own gross negligent action, its
own gross negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct. To the extent
that, at law or in equity, a Trustee or an Administrator has duties and
liabilities relating to the Trust or to the Holders, such Trustee or
Administrator shall not be liable to the Trust or to any Holder for such
Trustee's or Administrator's good faith reliance on the provisions of this
Declaration. The provisions of this Declaration, to the extent that they
restrict the duties and liabilities of the Administrators or the Trustees
otherwise existing

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at law or in equity, are agreed by the Sponsor and the Holders to replace such
other duties and liabilities of the Administrators or the Trustees.

                  (c)      All payments made by the Institutional Trustee or a
Paying Agent in respect of the Securities shall be made only from the revenue
and proceeds from the Trust Property and only to the extent that there shall be
sufficient revenue or proceeds from the Trust Property to enable the
Institutional Trustee or a Paying Agent to make payments in accordance with the
terms hereof. Each Holder, by its acceptance of a Security, agrees that it will
look solely to the revenue and proceeds from the Trust Property to the extent
legally available for distribution to it as herein provided and that the
Trustees and the Administrators are not personally liable to it for any amount
distributable in respect of any Security or for any other liability in respect
of any Security. This Section 2.9(c) does not limit the liability of the
Trustees expressly set forth elsewhere in this Declaration or, in the case of
the Institutional Trustee, in the Trust Indenture Act.

                  (d)      No provision of this Declaration shall be construed
to relieve the Institutional Trustee from liability for its own negligent
action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct with
respect to matters that are within the authority of the Institutional Trustee
under this Declaration, except that:

                           (i)      the Institutional Trustee shall not be
                  liable for any error or judgment made in good faith by an
                  Authorized Officer of the Institutional Trustee, unless it
                  shall be proved that the Institutional Trustee was negligent
                  in ascertaining the pertinent facts;

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

                           (iii)    the Institutional Trustee's sole duty with
                  respect to the custody, safe keeping and physical preservation
                  of the Debentures and the Property Account shall be to deal
                  with such property in a similar manner as the Institutional
                  Trustee deals with similar property for its own account,
                  subject to the protections and limitations on liability
                  afforded to the Institutional Trustee under this Declaration
                  and the Trust Indenture Act;

                           (iv)     the Institutional Trustee shall not be
                  liable for any interest on any money received by it except as
                  it may otherwise agree in writing with the Sponsor; and money
                  held by the Institutional Trustee need not be segregated from
                  other funds held by it except in relation to the Property
                  Account maintained by the Institutional Trustee pursuant to
                  Section 2.8(c)(i) and except to the extent otherwise required
                  by law; and

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                           (v)      the Institutional Trustee shall not be
                  responsible for monitoring the compliance by the
                  Administrators or the Sponsor with their respective duties
                  under this Declaration, nor shall the Institutional Trustee be
                  liable for any default or misconduct of the Administrators or
                  the Sponsor.

                  SECTION 2.10. Certain Rights of Institutional Trustee. Subject
to the provisions of Section 2.9:

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

                  (b)      if (i) in performing its duties under this
Declaration, the Institutional Trustee is required to decide between alternative
courses of action, (ii) in construing any of the provisions of this Declaration,
the Institutional Trustee finds the same ambiguous or inconsistent with any
other provisions contained herein, or (iii) the Institutional Trustee is unsure
of the application of any provision of this Declaration, then, except as to any
matter as to which the Holders of Capital Securities are entitled to vote under
the terms of this Declaration, the Institutional Trustee may deliver a notice to
the Sponsor requesting the Sponsor's opinion as to the course of action to be
taken and the Institutional Trustee shall take such action, or refrain from
taking such action, as the Institutional Trustee in its sole discretion shall
deem advisable and in the best interests of the Holders, in which event the
Institutional Trustee shall have no liability except for its own negligence or
willful misconduct;

                  (c)      any direction or act of the Sponsor or the
Administrators contemplated by this Declaration shall be sufficiently evidenced
by an Officers' Certificate;

                  (d)      whenever in the administration of this Declaration,
the Institutional Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or
established before undertaking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the
Institutional Trustee (unless other evidence is herein specifically prescribed)
may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, request and conclusively rely upon
an Officers' Certificate which, upon receipt of such request, shall be promptly
delivered by the Sponsor or the Administrators;

                  (e)      the Institutional Trustee shall have no duty to see
to any recording, filing or registration of any instrument (including any
financing or continuation statement or any filing under tax or securities laws)
or any rerecording, refiling or reregistration thereof;

                  (f)      the Institutional Trustee may consult with counsel of
its selection (which counsel may be counsel to the Sponsor or any of its
Affiliates) and the advice of such counsel shall be full and complete
authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted
by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon and in accordance with
such advice;

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the Institutional Trustee shall have the right at any time to seek instructions
concerning the administration of this Declaration from any court of competent
jurisdiction;

                  (g)      the Institutional Trustee shall be under no
obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this
Declaration at the request or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this
Declaration, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Institutional Trustee
security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses
and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or
direction; provided, that nothing contained in this Section 2.10(g) shall be
taken to relieve the Institutional Trustee, upon the occurrence of an Event of
Default (of which the Institutional Trustee has knowledge (as provided in
Section 2.10(m) hereof)) that has not been cured or waived, of its obligation to
exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Declaration;

                  (h)      the Institutional Trustee shall not be bound to make
any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution,
certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent,
order, approval, bond, debenture, note or other evidence of indebtedness or
other paper or document, unless requested in writing to do so by one or more
Holders, but the Institutional Trustee may make such further inquiry or
investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit;

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

                  (j)      whenever in the administration of this Declaration
the Institutional Trustee shall deem it desirable to receive instructions with
respect to enforcing any remedy or right or taking any other action hereunder,
the Institutional Trustee (i) may request instructions from the Holders of the
Common Securities and the Capital Securities, which instructions may be given
only by the Holders of the same proportion in liquidation amount of the Common
Securities and the Capital Securities as would be entitled to direct the
Institutional Trustee under the terms of the Common Securities and the Capital
Securities in respect of such remedy, right or action, (ii) may refrain from
enforcing such remedy or right or taking such other action until such
instructions are received, and (iii) shall be fully protected in acting in
accordance with such instructions;

                  (k)      except as otherwise expressly provided in this
Declaration, the Institutional Trustee shall not be under any obligation to take
any action that is discretionary under the provisions of this Declaration;

                  (l)      when the Institutional Trustee incurs expenses or
renders services in connection with a Bankruptcy Event, such expenses (including
the fees and expenses of its counsel) and the compensation for such services are
intended to constitute expenses of administration under any bankruptcy law or
law relating to creditors rights generally;

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                  (m)      the Institutional Trustee shall not be charged with
knowledge of an Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the
Institutional Trustee has actual knowledge of such event or the Institutional
Trustee receives written notice of such event from any Holder, except with
respect to an Event of Default pursuant to Sections 5.01(a) or 5.01(b) of the
Indenture (other than an Event of Default resulting from the default in the
payment of Additional Interest or premium, if any, if the Institutional Trustee
does not have actual knowledge or written notice that such payment is due and
payable), of which the Institutional Trustee shall be deemed to have knowledge;

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

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

                  SECTION 2.11. Delaware Trustee. Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Declaration other than Section 4.2, the Delaware Trustee shall
not be entitled to exercise any powers, nor shall the Delaware Trustee have any
of the duties and responsibilities of any of the Trustees or the Administrators
described in this Declaration (except as may be required under the Statutory
Trust Act). Except as set forth in Section 4.2, the Delaware Trustee shall be a
Trustee for the sole and limited purpose of fulfilling the requirements of
Section 3807 of the Statutory Trust Act.

                  SECTION 2.12. Execution of Documents. Unless otherwise
determined in writing by the Institutional Trustee, and except as otherwise
required by the Statutory Trust Act, the Institutional Trustee, or any one or
more of the Administrators, as the case may be, is authorized to execute and
deliver on behalf of the Trust any documents, agreements, instruments or
certificates that the Trustees or the Administrators, as the case may be, have
the power and authority to execute pursuant to Section 2.6.

                  SECTION 2.13. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of
Securities. The recitals contained in this Declaration and the Securities shall
be taken as the statements of the Sponsor, and the Trustees do not assume any
responsibility for their correctness. The Trustees make no representations as to
the value or condition of the property of the Trust or any part thereof. The
Trustees make no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this
Declaration, the Debentures or the Securities.

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                  SECTION 2.14. Duration of Trust. The Trust, unless dissolved
pursuant to the provisions of Article VII hereof, shall have existence for
thirty-five (35) years from the Closing Date.

                  SECTION 2.15. Mergers. (a) The Trust may not consolidate,
amalgamate, merge with or into, or be replaced by, or convey, transfer or lease
its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any corporation or
other Person, except as described in this Section 2.15 and except with respect
to the distribution of Debentures to Holders of Securities pursuant to Section
7.1(a)(iv) of the Declaration or Section 4 of Annex I.

                  (b)      The Trust may, with the consent of the Administrators
(which consent will not be unreasonably withheld) and without the consent of the
Institutional Trustee, the Delaware Trustee or the Holders of the Capital
Securities, consolidate, amalgamate, merge with or into, or be replaced by, or
convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets as an entirety or
substantially as an entirety to a trust organized as such under the laws of any
state; provided, that:

                           (i)      if the Trust is not the survivor, such
                  successor entity (the "Successor Entity") either:

                                    (A)      expressly assumes all of the
                           obligations of the Trust under the Securities; or

                                    (B)      substitutes for the Securities
                           other securities having substantially the same terms
                           as the Securities (the "Successor Securities") so
                           that the Successor Securities rank the same as the
                           Securities rank with respect to Distributions and
                           payments upon Liquidation, redemption and otherwise;

                           (ii)     the Sponsor expressly appoints, as the
                  holder of the Debentures, a trustee of the Successor Entity
                  that possesses the same powers and duties as the Institutional
                  Trustee;

                           (iii)    the Capital Securities or any Successor
                  Securities (excluding any securities substituted for the
                  Common Securities) are listed or quoted, or any Successor
                  Securities will be listed or quoted upon notification of
                  issuance, on any national securities exchange or with another
                  organization on which the Capital Securities are then listed
                  or quoted, if any;

                           (iv)     such merger, consolidation, amalgamation,
                  replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease does not cause the
                  Capital Securities (including any Successor Securities) to be
                  downgraded by any nationally recognized statistical rating
                  organization, if the Capital Securities are then rated;

                           (v)      such merger, consolidation, amalgamation,
                  replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease does not adversely
                  affect the rights, preferences and privileges of the Holders
                  of the Securities (including any Successor Securities) in any
                  material respect (other than with respect to any dilution of
                  such Holders'

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                  interests in the Successor Entity as a result of such merger,
                  consolidation, amalgamation or replacement);

                           (vi)     such Successor Entity has a purpose
                  substantially identical to that of the Trust;

                           (vii)    prior to such merger, consolidation,
                  amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease, the
                  Trust has received a written opinion of a nationally
                  recognized independent counsel to the Trust experienced in
                  such matters to the effect that:

                                    (A)      such merger, consolidation,
                           amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or
                           lease does not adversely affect the rights,
                           preferences and privileges of the Holders of the
                           Securities (including any Successor Securities) in
                           any material respect (other than with respect to any
                           dilution of the Holders' interests in the Successor
                           Entity);

                                    (B)      following such merger,
                           consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance,
                           transfer or lease, neither the Trust nor the
                           Successor Entity will be required to register as an
                           Investment Company; and

                                    (C)      following such merger,
                           consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance,
                           transfer or lease, the Trust (or the Successor
                           Entity) will continue to be classified as a grantor
                           trust for United States federal income tax purposes;

                           (viii)   the Sponsor guarantees the obligations of
                  such Successor Entity under the Successor Securities to the
                  same extent provided by the Guarantee, the Debentures and this
                  Declaration; and

                           (ix)     prior to such merger, consolidation,
                  amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease, the
                  Institutional Trustee shall have received an Officers'
                  Certificate of the Administrators and an opinion of counsel,
                  each to the effect that all conditions precedent of this
                  paragraph (b) to such transaction have been satisfied.

                  (c)      Notwithstanding Section 2.15(b), the Trust shall not,
except with the consent of Holders of 100% in liquidation amount of the
Securities, consolidate, amalgamate, merge with or into, or be replaced by, or
convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets as an entirety or
substantially as an entirety to, any other Person or permit any other Person to
consolidate, amalgamate, merge with or into, or replace it if such
consolidation, amalgamation, merger, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease
would cause the Trust or Successor Entity to be classified as other than a
grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes.

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                                   ARTICLE III

                                     SPONSOR

                  SECTION 3.1. Sponsor's Purchase of Common Securities. On the
Closing Date, the Sponsor will purchase all of the Common Securities issued by
the Trust, in an amount at least equal to 3% of the capital of the Trust, at the
same time as the Capital Securities are sold.

                  SECTION 3.2. Responsibilities of the Sponsor. In connection
with the issue and sale of the Capital Securities, the Sponsor shall have the
exclusive right and responsibility and sole decision to engage in, or direct the
Administrators to engage in, the following activities:

                  (a)      to determine the States in which to take appropriate
action to qualify or register for sale of all or part of the Capital Securities
and to do any and all such acts, other than actions which must be taken by the
Trust, and advise the Trust of actions it must take, and prepare for execution
and filing any documents to be executed and filed by the Trust, as the Sponsor
deems necessary or advisable in order to comply with the applicable laws of any
such States;

                  (b)      to prepare for filing and request the Administrators
to cause the filing by the Trust, as may be appropriate, of an application to
the PORTAL system, for listing or quotation upon notice of issuance of any
Capital Securities, as requested by the Holders of not less than a Majority in
liquidation amount of the Capital Securities; and

                  (c)      to negotiate the terms of and/or execute and deliver
on behalf of the Trust, the Placement Agreement and other related agreements
providing for the sale of the Capital Securities.

                                   ARTICLE IV

                           TRUSTEES AND ADMINISTRATORS

                  SECTION 4.1. Number of Trustees. The number of Trustees
initially shall be two, and:

                  (a)      at any time before the issuance of any Securities,
the Sponsor may, by written instrument, increase or decrease the number of
Trustees; and

                  (b)      after the issuance of any Securities, the number of
Trustees may be increased or decreased by vote of the Holder of a Majority in
liquidation amount of the Common Securities voting as a class at a meeting of
the Holder of the Common Securities; provided, however, that there shall be a
Delaware Trustee if required by Section 4.2; and there shall always be one
Trustee who shall be the Institutional Trustee, and such Trustee may also serve
as Delaware Trustee if it meets the applicable requirements, in which case
Section 2.11 shall have no application to such entity in its capacity as
Institutional Trustee.

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                  SECTION 4.2. Delaware Trustee. If required by the Statutory
Trust Act, one Trustee (the "Delaware Trustee") shall be:

                  (a)      a natural person who is a resident of the State of
Delaware; or

                  (b)      if not a natural person, an entity which is organized
under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or the District of
Columbia, has its principal place of business in the State of Delaware, and
otherwise meets the requirements of applicable law, including Section 3807 of
the Statutory Trust Act.

                  SECTION 4.3. Institutional Trustee; Eligibility. (a) There
shall at all times be one Trustee which shall act as Institutional Trustee which
shall:

                           (i)      not be an Affiliate of the Sponsor;

                           (ii)     not offer or provide credit or credit
                  enhancement to the Trust; and

                           (iii)    be a banking corporation or national
                  association organized and doing business under the laws of the
                  United States of America or any state thereof or of the
                  District of Columbia and authorized under such laws to
                  exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and
                  surplus of at least fifty million U.S. dollars ($50,000,000),
                  and subject to supervision or examination by federal, state or
                  District of Columbia authority. If such corporation or
                  national association publishes reports of condition at least
                  annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the
                  supervising or examining authority referred to above, then for
                  the purposes of this Section 4.3(a)(iii), the combined capital
                  and surplus of such corporation or national association shall
                  be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth
                  in its most recent report of condition so published.

                  (b)      If at any time the Institutional Trustee shall cease
to be eligible to so act under Section 4.3(a), the Institutional Trustee shall
immediately resign in the manner and with the effect set forth in Section 4.7.

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

                  (d)      The initial Institutional Trustee shall be Wilmington
Trust Company.

                  SECTION 4.4. Certain Qualifications of the Delaware Trustee
Generally. The Delaware Trustee shall be a U.S. Person and either a natural
person who is at least 21 years of age or a legal entity that shall act through
one or more Authorized Officers.

                  SECTION 4.5. Administrators. Each Administrator shall be a
U.S. Person. There shall at all times be at least one Administrator. Except
where a requirement for action by a specific number of Administrators is
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respect to any action the taking of which is the subject of a meeting of the
Administrators, any action required or permitted to be taken by the
Administrators may be taken by, and any power of the Administrators may be
exercised by, or with the consent of, any one such Administrator acting alone.

                  SECTION 4.6. Initial Delaware Trustee. The initial Delaware
Trustee shall be Wilmington Trust Company.

                  SECTION 4.7. Appointment, Removal and Resignation of the
Trustees and the Administrators.

                  (a)      No resignation or removal of any Trustee (the
"Relevant Trustee") and no appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this
Article shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the
successor Trustee in accordance with the applicable requirements of this Section
4.7.

                  (b)      Subject to Section 4.7(a), a Relevant Trustee may
resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Holders of the
Securities and by appointing a successor Relevant Trustee. Upon the resignation
of the Institutional Trustee, the Institutional Trustee shall appoint a
successor by requesting from at least three Persons meeting the eligibility
requirements their expenses and charges to serve as the successor Institutional
Trustee on a form provided by the Administrators, and selecting the Person who
agrees to the lowest expense and charges (the "Successor Institutional
Trustee"). If the instrument of acceptance by the successor Relevant Trustee
required by this Section 4.7 shall not have been delivered to the Relevant
Trustee within 60 days after the giving of such notice of resignation or
delivery of the instrument of removal, the Relevant Trustee may petition, at the
expense of the Trust, any federal, state or District of Columbia court of
competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Relevant Trustee. Such
court may thereupon, after prescribing such notice, if any, as it may deem
proper, appoint a Relevant Trustee. The Institutional Trustee shall have no
liability for the selection of such successor pursuant to this Section 4.7.

                  (c)      Unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, any Trustee may be removed at any time by an act of the Holders of a
Majority in liquidation amount of the Common Securities. If any Trustee shall be
so removed, the Holders of the Common Securities, by act of the Holders of a
Majority in liquidation amount of the Common Securities delivered to the
Relevant Trustee, shall promptly appoint a successor Relevant Trustee, and such
successor Trustee shall comply with the applicable requirements of this Section
4.7. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the
Institutional Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, or both of them, may be removed
by the act of the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Capital
Securities, delivered to the Relevant Trustee (in its individual capacity and on
behalf of the Trust). If any Trustee shall be so removed, the Holders of Capital
Securities, by act of the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the
Capital Securities then outstanding delivered to the Relevant Trustee, shall
promptly appoint a successor Relevant Trustee or Trustees, and such successor
Trustee shall comply with the applicable requirements of this Section 4.7. If no
successor Relevant Trustee shall have been so appointed by the Holders of a
Majority in liquidation amount of the Capital Securities and accepted
appointment in the manner

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required by this Section 4.7 within 30 days after delivery of an instrument of
removal, the Relevant Trustee or any Holder who has been a Holder of the
Securities for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others
similarly situated, petition any federal, state or District of Columbia court of
competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Relevant Trustee. Such
court may thereupon, after prescribing such notice, if any, as it may deem
proper, appoint a successor Relevant Trustee or Trustees.

                  (d)      The Institutional Trustee shall give notice of each
resignation and each removal of a Trustee and each appointment of a successor
Trustee to all Holders and to the Sponsor. Each notice shall include the name of
the successor Relevant Trustee and the address of its Corporate Trust Office if
it is the Institutional Trustee.

                  (e)      Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision
of this Declaration, in the event a Delaware Trustee who is a natural person
dies or is adjudged by a court to have become incompetent or incapacitated, the
vacancy created by such death, incompetence or incapacity may be filled by the
Institutional Trustee following the procedures in this Section 4.7 (with the
successor being a Person who satisfies the eligibility requirement for a
Delaware Trustee set forth in this Declaration) (the "Successor Delaware
Trustee").

                  (f)      In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor
Relevant Trustee, the retiring Relevant Trustee and each successor Relevant
Trustee with respect to the Securities shall execute and deliver an amendment
hereto wherein each successor Relevant Trustee shall accept such appointment and
which (a) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to
transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Relevant Trustee all the
rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Relevant Trustee with respect
to the Securities and the Trust and (b) shall add to or change any of the
provisions of this Declaration as shall be necessary to provide for or
facilitate the administration of the Trust by more than one Relevant Trustee, it
being understood that nothing herein or in such amendment shall constitute such
Relevant Trustees co-trustees and upon the execution and delivery of such
amendment the resignation or removal of the retiring Relevant Trustee shall
become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Relevant
Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with
all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Relevant Trustee; but,
on request of the Trust or any successor Relevant Trustee, such retiring
Relevant Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor
Relevant Trustee all Trust Property, all proceeds thereof and money held by such
retiring Relevant Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities and the Trust
subject to the payment of all unpaid fees, expenses and indemnities of such
retiring Relevant Trustee.

                  (g)      No Institutional Trustee or Delaware Trustee shall be
liable for the acts or omissions to act of any Successor Institutional Trustee
or Successor Delaware Trustee, as the case may be.

                  (h)      The Holders of the Capital Securities will have no
right to vote to appoint, remove or replace the Administrators, which voting
rights are vested exclusively in the Holders of the Common Securities.

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                  (i)      Any successor Delaware Trustee shall file an
amendment to the Certificate of Trust with the Secretary of State of the State
of Delaware identifying the name and principal place of business of such
Delaware Trustee in the State of Delaware.

                  SECTION 4.8. Vacancies Among Trustees. If a Trustee ceases to
hold office for any reason and the number of Trustees is not reduced pursuant to
Section 4.1, or if the number of Trustees is increased pursuant to Section 4.1,
a vacancy shall occur. A resolution certifying the existence of such vacancy by
the Trustees or, if there are more than two, a majority of the Trustees shall be
conclusive evidence of the existence of such vacancy. The vacancy shall be
filled with a Trustee appointed in accordance with Section 4.7.

                  SECTION 4.9. Effect of Vacancies. The death, resignation,
retirement, removal, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation, incompetence or
incapacity to perform the duties of a Trustee shall not operate to dissolve,
terminate or annul the Trust or terminate this Declaration. Whenever a vacancy
in the number of Trustees shall occur, until such vacancy is filled by the
appointment of a Trustee in accordance with Section 4.7, the Institutional
Trustee shall have all the powers granted to the Trustees and shall discharge
all the duties imposed upon the Trustees by this Declaration.

                  SECTION 4.10. Meetings of the Trustees and the Administrators.
Meetings of the Trustees or the Administrators shall be held from time to time
upon the call of any Trustee or Administrator, as applicable. Regular meetings
of the Trustees and the Administrators, respectively, may be in person in the
United States or by telephone, at a place (if applicable) and time fixed by
resolution of the Trustees or the Administrators, as applicable. Notice of any
in-person meetings of the Trustees or the Administrators shall be hand delivered
or otherwise delivered in writing (including by facsimile, with a hard copy by
overnight courier) not less than 48 hours before such meeting. Notice of any
telephonic meetings of the Trustees or the Administrators or any committee
thereof shall be hand delivered or otherwise delivered in writing (including by
facsimile, with a hard copy by overnight courier) not less than 24 hours before
a meeting. Notices shall contain a brief statement of the time, place and
anticipated purposes of the meeting. The presence (whether in person or by
telephone) of a Trustee or an Administrator, as the case may be, at a meeting
shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting except where a Trustee or an
Administrator, as the case may be, attends a meeting for the express purpose of
objecting to the transaction of any activity on the ground that the meeting has
not been lawfully called or convened. Unless provided otherwise in this
Declaration, any action of the Trustees or the Administrators, as the case may
be, may be taken at a meeting by vote of a majority of the Trustees or the
Administrators present (whether in person or by telephone) and eligible to vote
with respect to such matter; provided, that, in the case of the Administrators,
a Quorum is present, or without a meeting by the unanimous written consent of
the Trustees or the Administrators, as the case may be. Meetings of the Trustees
and the Administrators together shall be held from time to time upon the call of
any Trustee or Administrator.

                  SECTION 4.11. Delegation of Power. (a) Any Trustee or any
Administrator, as the case may be, may, by power of attorney consistent with
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natural person over the age of 21 that is a U.S. Person his or her power for the
purpose of executing any documents, instruments or other writings contemplated
in Section 2.6.

                  (b)      The Trustees shall have power to delegate from time
to time to such of their number or to any officer of the Trust that is a U.S.
Person, the doing of such things and the execution of such instruments or other
writings either in the name of the Trust or the names of the Trustees or
otherwise as the Trustees may deem expedient, to the extent such delegation is
not prohibited by applicable law or contrary to the provisions of the Trust, as
set forth herein.

                  SECTION 4.12. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession
to Business. Any Person into which the Institutional Trustee or the Delaware
Trustee, as the case may be, may be merged or converted or with which either may
be consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger, conversion or
consolidation to which the Institutional Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, as the
case may be, shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to all or substantially
all the corporate trust business of the Institutional Trustee or the Delaware
Trustee, as the case may be, shall be the successor of the Institutional Trustee
or the Delaware Trustee, as the case may be, hereunder, without the execution or
filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto,
provided such Person shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this
Article and, provided, further, that such Person shall file an amendment to the
Certificate of Trust with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware as
contemplated in Section 4.7(i).

                                    ARTICLE V

                                  DISTRIBUTIONS

                  SECTION 5.1. Distributions. Holders shall receive
Distributions in accordance with the applicable terms of the relevant Holder's
Securities. Distributions shall be made on the Capital Securities and the Common
Securities in accordance with the preferences set forth in their respective
terms. If and to the extent that the Debenture Issuer makes a payment of
interest (including any Additional Interest or Deferred Interest) and/or
principal on the Debentures held by the Institutional Trustee (the amount of any
such payment being a "Payment Amount"), the Institutional Trustee shall and is
directed, to the extent funds are available in the Property Account for that
purpose, to make a distribution (a "Distribution") of the Payment Amount to
Holders. For the avoidance of doubt, funds in the Property Account shall not be
distributed to Holders to the extent of any taxes payable by the Trust, in the
case of withholding taxes, as determined by the Institutional Trustee or any
Paying Agent and, in the case of taxes other than withholding tax taxes, as
determined by the Administrators in a written notice to the Institutional
Trustee.

                                   ARTICLE VI

                             ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES

                  SECTION 6.1. General Provisions Regarding Securities.

                  (a)      The Administrators shall on behalf of the Trust issue
one series of capital securities, evidenced by a certificate substantially in
the form of Exhibit A-1, representing

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undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust and having such terms
as are set forth in Annex I (the "Capital Securities"), and one series of common
securities, evidenced by a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit A-2,
representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust and
having such terms as are set forth in Annex I (the "Common Securities"). The
Trust shall issue no securities or other interests in the assets of the Trust
other than the Capital Securities and the Common Securities. The Capital
Securities rank pari passu and payment thereon shall be made Pro Rata with the
Common Securities except that, where an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, the rights of Holders of the Common Securities to payment in respect
of Distributions and payments upon liquidation, redemption and otherwise are
subordinated to the rights to payment of the Holders of the Capital Securities.

                  (b)      The Certificates shall be signed on behalf of the
Trust by one or more Administrators. Such signature shall be the facsimile or
manual signature of any Administrator. In case any Administrator of the Trust
who shall have signed any of the Securities shall cease to be such Administrator
before the Certificates so signed shall be delivered by the Trust, such
Certificates nevertheless may be delivered as though the person who signed such
Certificates had not ceased to be such Administrator. Any Certificate may be
signed on behalf of the Trust by such person who, at the actual date of
execution of such Security, shall be an Administrator of the Trust, although at
the date of the execution and delivery of the Declaration any such person was
not such an Administrator. A Capital Security shall not be valid until
authenticated by the manual signature of an Authorized Officer of the
Institutional Trustee. Such signature shall be conclusive evidence that the
Capital Security has been authenticated under this Declaration. Upon written
order of the Trust signed by one Administrator, the Institutional Trustee shall
authenticate the Capital Securities for original issue. The Institutional
Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent that is a U.S. Person acceptable to
the Trust to authenticate the Capital Securities. A Common Security need not be
so authenticated and shall be valid upon execution by one or more
Administrators.

                  (c)      The consideration received by the Trust for the
issuance of the Securities shall constitute a contribution to the capital of the
Trust and shall not constitute a loan to the Trust.

                  (d)      Upon issuance of the Securities as provided in this
Declaration, the Securities so issued shall be deemed to be validly issued,
fully paid and non-assessable, and each Holder thereof shall be entitled to the
benefits provided by this Declaration.

                  (e)      Every Person, by virtue of having become a Holder in
accordance with the terms of this Declaration, shall be deemed to have expressly
assented and agreed to the terms of, and shall be bound by, this Declaration and
the Guarantee.

                  SECTION  6.2. Paying Agent, Transfer Agent, Calculation Agent
and Registrar.

                  (a)      The Trust shall maintain in Wilmington, Delaware, an
office or agency where the Securities may be presented for payment (the "Paying
Agent"), and an office or agency where Securities may be presented for
registration of transfer or exchange (the "Transfer Agent"). The Trust shall
keep or cause to be kept at such office or agency a register for the

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purpose of registering Securities and transfers and exchanges of Securities,
such register to be held by a registrar (the "Registrar"). The Administrators
may appoint the Paying Agent, the Registrar and the Transfer Agent, and may
appoint one or more additional Paying Agents, one or more co-Registrars, or one
or more co-Transfer Agents in such other locations as it shall determine. The
term "Paying Agent" includes any additional Paying Agent, the term "Registrar"
includes any additional Registrar or co-Registrar and the term "Transfer Agent"
includes any additional Transfer Agent or co-Transfer Agent. The Administrators
may change any Paying Agent, Transfer Agent or Registrar at any time without
prior notice to any Holder. The Administrators shall notify the Institutional
Trustee of the name and address of any Paying Agent, Transfer Agent and
Registrar not a party to this Declaration. The Administrators hereby initially
appoint the Institutional Trustee to act as Paying Agent, Transfer Agent and
Registrar for the Capital Securities and the Common Securities at its Corporate
Trust Office. The Institutional Trustee or any of its Affiliates in the United
States may act as Paying Agent, Transfer Agent or Registrar.

                  (b)      The Trust shall also appoint a Calculation Agent,
which shall determine the Coupon Rate in accordance with the terms of the
Securities. The Trust initially appoints the Institutional Trustee as
Calculation Agent.

                  SECTION 6.3. Form and Dating.

                  (a)      The Capital Securities and the Institutional
Trustee's certificate of authentication thereon shall be substantially in the
form of Exhibit A-1, and the Common Securities shall be substantially in the
form of Exhibit A-2, each of which is hereby incorporated in and expressly made
a part of this Declaration. Certificates may be typed, printed, lithographed or
engraved or may be produced in any other manner as is reasonably acceptable to
the Administrators, as conclusively evidenced by their execution thereof. The
Securities may have letters, numbers, notations or other marks of identification
or designation and such legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange
rule, agreements to which the Trust is subject, if any, or usage (provided, that
any such notation, legend or endorsement is in a form acceptable to the
Sponsor). The Trust at the direction of the Sponsor shall furnish any such
legend not contained in Exhibit A-1 to the Institutional Trustee in writing.
Each Capital Security shall be dated the date of its authentication. The terms
and provisions of the Securities set forth in Annex I and the forms of
Securities set forth in Exhibits A-1 and A-2 are part of the terms of this
Declaration and to the extent applicable, the Institutional Trustee, the
Delaware Trustee, the Administrators and the Sponsor, by their execution and
delivery of this Declaration, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and
to be bound thereby. Capital Securities will be issued only in blocks having a
stated liquidation amount of not less than $100,000.

                  (b)      The Capital Securities are being offered and sold by
the Trust pursuant to the Placement Agreement in definitive form, registered in
the name of the Holder thereof, without coupons and with the Restricted
Securities Legend.

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                  SECTION 6.4. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen
Certificates. If:

                  (a)      any mutilated Certificates should be surrendered to
the Registrar, or if the Registrar shall receive evidence to its satisfaction of
the destruction, loss or theft of any Certificate; and

                  (b)      there shall be delivered to the Registrar, the
Administrators and the Institutional Trustee such security or indemnity as may
be required by them to keep each of them harmless; then, in the absence of
notice that such Certificate shall have been acquired by a bona fide purchaser,
an Administrator on behalf of the Trust shall execute (and in the case of a
Capital Security Certificate, the Institutional Trustee shall authenticate) and
deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or
stolen Certificate, a new Certificate of like denomination. In connection with
the issuance of any new Certificate under this Section 6.4, the Registrar or the
Administrators may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or
other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection therewith. Any
duplicate Certificate issued pursuant to this Section shall constitute
conclusive evidence of an ownership interest in the relevant Securities, as if
originally issued, whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate
shall be found at any time.

                  SECTION 6.5. Temporary Securities. Until definitive Securities
are ready for delivery, the Administrators may prepare and, in the case of the
Capital Securities, the Institutional Trustee shall authenticate, temporary
Securities. Temporary Securities shall be substantially in form of definitive
Securities but may have variations that the Administrators consider appropriate
for temporary Securities. Without unreasonable delay, the Administrators shall
prepare and, in the case of the Capital Securities, the Institutional Trustee
shall authenticate definitive Securities in exchange for temporary Securities.

                  SECTION 6.6. Cancellation. The Administrators at any time may
deliver Securities to the Institutional Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar
shall forward to the Institutional Trustee any Securities surrendered to it for
registration of transfer, redemption or payment. The Institutional Trustee shall
promptly cancel all Securities surrendered for registration of transfer,
payment, replacement or cancellation and shall dispose of such canceled
Securities as the Administrators direct. The Administrators may not issue new
Securities to replace Securities that have been paid or that have been delivered
to the Institutional Trustee for cancellation.

                  SECTION 6.7. Rights of Holders; Waivers of Past Defaults.

                  (a)      The legal title to the Trust Property is vested
exclusively in the Institutional Trustee (in its capacity as such) in accordance
with Section 2.5, and the Holders shall not have any right or title therein
other than the undivided beneficial interest in the assets of the Trust
conferred by their Securities and they shall have no right to call for any
partition or division of property, profits or rights of the Trust except as
described below. The Securities shall be personal property giving only the
rights specifically set forth therein and in this Declaration. The Securities
shall have no, and the issuance of the Securities shall not be subject to,

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preemptive or other similar rights and when issued and delivered to Holders
against payment of the purchase price therefor, the Securities will be fully
paid and nonassessable by the Trust.

                  (b)      For so long as any Capital Securities remain
outstanding, if, upon an Indenture Event of Default, the Debenture Trustee fails
or the holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the outstanding
Debentures fail to declare the principal of all of the Debentures to be
immediately due and payable, the Holders of not less than a Majority in
liquidation amount of the Capital Securities then outstanding shall have the
right to make such declaration by a notice in writing to the Institutional
Trustee, the Sponsor and the Debenture Trustee.

                  (c)      At any time after a declaration of acceleration with
respect to the Debentures has been made and before a judgment or decree for
payment of the money due has been obtained by the Debenture Trustee as provided
in the Indenture, if the Institutional Trustee, subject to the provisions
hereof, fails to annul any such declaration and waive such default, the Holders
of not less than a Majority in liquidation amount of the Capital Securities, by
written notice to the Institutional Trustee, the Sponsor and the Debenture
Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if:

                           (i)      the Sponsor has paid or deposited with the
                  Debenture Trustee a sum sufficient to pay

                                    (A)      all overdue installments of
                           interest on all of the Debentures;

                                    (B)      any accrued Deferred Interest on
                           all of the Debentures;

                                    (C)      all payments on any Debentures that
                           have become due otherwise than by such declaration of
                           acceleration and interest and Deferred Interest
                           thereon at the rate borne by the Debentures; and

                                    (D)      all sums paid or advanced by the
                           Debenture Trustee under the Indenture and the
                           reasonable compensation, documented expenses,
                           disbursements and advances of the Debenture Trustee
                           and the Institutional Trustee, their agents and
                           counsel; and

                           (ii)     all Events of Default with respect to the
                  Debentures, other than the non-payment of the principal of the
                  Debentures that has become due solely by such acceleration,
                  have been cured or waived as provided in Section 5.07 of the
                  Indenture.

                  (d)      The Holders of not less than a Majority in
liquidation amount of the Capital Securities may, on behalf of the Holders of
all the Capital Securities, waive any past default or Event of Default, except a
default or Event of Default in the payment of principal or interest (unless such
default or Event of Default has been cured and a sum sufficient to pay all
matured installments of interest and principal due otherwise than by
acceleration has been deposited with the Debenture Trustee) or a default or
Event of Default in respect of a covenant or provision that under the Indenture
cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the

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holder of each outstanding Debenture. No such rescission shall affect any
subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon.

                  (e)      Upon receipt by the Institutional Trustee of written
notice declaring such an acceleration, or rescission and annulment thereof, by
Holders of any part of the Capital Securities, a record date shall be
established for determining Holders of outstanding Capital Securities entitled
to join in such notice, which record date shall be at the close of business on
the day the Institutional Trustee receives such notice. The Holders on such
record date, or their duly designated proxies, and only such Persons, shall be
entitled to join in such notice, whether or not such Holders remain Holders
after such record date; provided, that, unless such declaration of acceleration,
or rescission and annulment, as the case may be, shall have become effective by
virtue of the requisite percentage having joined in such notice prior to the day
that is 90 days after such record date, such notice of declaration of
acceleration, or rescission and annulment, as the case may be, shall
automatically and without further action by any Holder be canceled and of no
further effect. Nothing in this paragraph shall prevent a Holder, or a proxy of
a Holder, from giving, after expiration of such 90-day period, a new written
notice of declaration of acceleration, or rescission and annulment thereof, as
the case may be, that is identical to a written notice that has been canceled
pursuant to the proviso to the preceding sentence, in which event a new record
date shall be established pursuant to the provisions of this Section 6.7.

                  (f)      Except as otherwise provided in this Section 6.7, the
Holders of not less than a Majority in liquidation amount of the Capital
Securities may, on behalf of the Holders of all the Capital Securities, waive
any past default or Event of Default and its consequences. Upon such waiver, any
such default or Event of Default shall cease to exist, and any default or Event
of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every
purpose of this Declaration, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent
or other default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

                                   ARTICLE VII

                      DISSOLUTION AND TERMINATION OF TRUST

                  SECTION 7.1. Dissolution and Termination of Trust. (a) The
Trust shall dissolve on the first to occur of:

                           (i)      unless earlier dissolved, on December 19,
                  2037, the expiration of the term of the Trust;

                           (ii)     a Bankruptcy Event with respect to the
                  Sponsor, the Trust or the Debenture Issuer;

                           (iii)    (other than in connection with a merger,
                  consolidation or similar transaction not prohibited by the
                  Indenture, this Declaration or the Guarantee, as the case may
                  be) the filing of a certificate of dissolution or its
                  equivalent with respect to the Sponsor or upon the revocation
                  of the charter of the Sponsor and the expiration of 90 days
                  after the date of revocation without a reinstatement thereof;

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                           (iv)     the distribution of the Debentures to the
                  Holders of the Securities, upon exercise of the right of the
                  Holders of all of the outstanding Common Securities to
                  dissolve the Trust as provided in Annex I hereto;

                           (v)      the entry of a decree of judicial
                  dissolution of any Holder of the Common Securities, the
                  Sponsor, the Trust or the Debenture Issuer;

                           (vi)     when all of the Securities shall have been
                  called for redemption and the amounts necessary for redemption
                  thereof shall have been paid to the Holders in accordance with
                  the terms of the Securities; or

                           (vii)    before the issuance of any Securities, with
                  the consent of all of the Trustees and the Sponsor.

                  (b)      As soon as is practicable after the occurrence of an
event referred to in Section 7.1(a), and after satisfaction of liabilities to
creditors of the Trust as required by applicable law, including Section 3808 of
the Statutory Trust Act, and subject to the terms set forth in Annex I, the
Institutional Trustee shall terminate the Trust by filing a certificate of
cancellation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.

                  (c)      The provisions of Section 2.9 and Article IX shall
survive the termination of the Trust.

                                  ARTICLE VIII

                              TRANSFER OF INTERESTS

                  SECTION 8.1. General. (a) Where Capital Securities are
presented to the Registrar with a request to register a transfer or to exchange
them for an equal number of Capital Securities represented by different
Certificates, the Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange if
its requirements for such transactions are met. To permit registrations of
transfers and exchanges, the Trust shall issue and the Institutional Trustee
shall authenticate Capital Securities at the Registrar's request.

                  (b)      Upon issuance of the Common Securities, the Sponsor
shall acquire and retain beneficial and record ownership of the Common
Securities and, for so long as the Securities remain outstanding, the Sponsor
shall maintain 100% ownership of the Common Securities; provided, however, that
any permitted successor of the Sponsor under the Indenture that is a U.S. Person
may succeed to the Sponsor's ownership of the Common Securities.

                  (c)      Capital Securities may only be transferred, in whole
or in part, in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in this
Declaration and in the terms of the Capital Securities. To the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law, any transfer or purported transfer of any Security
not made in accordance with this Declaration shall be null and void and will be
deemed to be of no legal effect whatsoever and any such transferee shall be
deemed not to be the holder of such Capital Securities for any purpose,
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receipt of Distributions on such Capital Securities, and such transferee shall
be deemed to have no interest whatsoever in such Capital Securities.

                  (d)      The Registrar shall provide for the registration of
Securities and of transfers of Securities, which will be effected without charge
but only upon payment (with such indemnity as the Registrar may require) in
respect of any tax or other governmental charges that may be imposed in relation
to it. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Securities, the
Registrar shall cause one or more new Securities to be issued in the name of the
designated transferee or transferees. Any Security issued upon any registration
of transfer or exchange pursuant to the terms of this Declaration shall evidence
the same Security and shall be entitled to the same benefits under this
Declaration as the Security surrendered upon such registration of transfer or
exchange. Every Security surrendered for registration of transfer shall be
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form similar to Exhibits B or
C attached hereto satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by the Holder or
such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Security surrendered for
registration of transfer shall be canceled by the Institutional Trustee pursuant
to Section 6.6. A transferee of a Security shall be entitled to the rights and
subject to the obligations of a Holder hereunder upon the receipt by such
transferee of a Security. By acceptance of a Security, each transferee shall be
deemed to have agreed to be bound by this Declaration.

                  (e)      Neither the Trust nor the Registrar shall be required
(i) to issue, register the transfer of, or exchange any Securities during a
period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of any
selection of Securities for redemption and ending at the close of business on
the earliest date on which the relevant notice of redemption is deemed to have
been given to all Holders of the Securities to be redeemed, or (ii) to register
the transfer or exchange of any Security so selected for redemption in whole or
in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part.

                  SECTION 8.2. Transfer Procedures and Restrictions.

                  (a)      The Capital Securities shall bear the Restricted
Securities Legend (as defined below), which shall not be removed unless there is
delivered to the Trust such satisfactory evidence, which may include an opinion
of counsel licensed to practice law in the State of New York, as may be
reasonably required by the Trust, that neither the legend nor the restrictions
on transfer set forth therein are required to ensure that transfers thereof
comply with the provisions of the Securities Act or that such Securities are not
"restricted" within the meaning of Rule 144 under the Securities Act. Upon
provision of such satisfactory evidence, the Institutional Trustee, at the
written direction of the Trust, shall authenticate and deliver Capital
Securities that do not bear the Restricted Securities Legend.

                  (b)      When Capital Securities are presented to the
Registrar (x) to register the transfer of such Capital Securities, or (y) to
exchange such Capital Securities for an equal number of Capital Securities
represented by different Certificates, the Registrar shall register the transfer
or make the exchange as requested if its reasonable requirements for such
transaction are met; provided, however, that the Capital Securities surrendered
for registration of transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed or accompanied
by a written instrument of transfer in form

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reasonably satisfactory to the Trust and the Registrar, duly executed by the
Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing and (i) if such
Capital Securities are being transferred to a QIB, accompanied by a certificate
of the transferor substantially in the form set forth as Exhibit C hereto or
(ii) if such Capital Securities are being transferred otherwise than to a QIB,
accompanied by a certificate of the transferee substantially in the form set
forth as Exhibit B hereto.

                  (c)      Except as permitted by Section 8.2(a), each Capital
Security shall bear a legend (the "Restricted Securities Legend") in
substantially the following form:

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

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

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

                  IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO
THE REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS MAY
BE REQUIRED BY THE AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION OF TRUST TO CONFIRM THAT THE
TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.

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

                  (d)      Capital Securities may only be transferred in minimum
blocks of $100,000 aggregate liquidation amount (100 Capital Securities) and
multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. Any attempted transfer of Capital
Securities in a block having an aggregate liquidation amount

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of less than $100,000 shall be deemed to be void and of no legal effect
whatsoever. Any such purported transferee shall be deemed not to be a Holder of
such Capital Securities for any purpose, including, but not limited to, the
receipt of Distributions on such Capital Securities, and such purported
transferee shall be deemed to have no interest whatsoever in such Capital
Securities.

                  SECTION 8.3. Deemed Security Holders. The Trust, the
Administrators, the Trustees, the Paying Agent, the Transfer Agent or the
Registrar may treat the Person in whose name any Certificate shall be registered
on the books and records of the Trust as the sole holder of such Certificate and
of the Securities represented by such Certificate for purposes of receiving
Distributions and for all other purposes whatsoever and, accordingly, shall not
be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such
Certificate or in the Securities represented by such Certificate on the part of
any Person, whether or not the Trust, the Administrators, the Trustees, the
Paying Agent, the Transfer Agent or the Registrar shall have actual or other
notice thereof.

                                   ARTICLE IX

                           LIMITATION OF LIABILITY OF
                    HOLDERS OF SECURITIES, TRUSTEES OR OTHERS

                  SECTION 9.1. Liability. (a) Except as expressly set forth in
this Declaration, the Guarantee and the terms of the Securities, the Sponsor
shall not be:

                           (i)      personally liable for the return of any
                  portion of the capital contributions (or any return thereon)
                  of the Holders of the Securities which shall be made solely
                  from assets of the Trust; and

                           (ii)     required to pay to the Trust or to any
                  Holder of the Securities any deficit upon dissolution of the
                  Trust or otherwise.

                  (b)      The Holder of the Common Securities shall be liable
for all of the debts and obligations of the Trust (other than with respect to
the Securities) to the extent not satisfied out of the Trust's assets.

                  (c)      Pursuant to Section 3803(a) of the Statutory Trust
Act, the Holders of the Securities shall be entitled to the same limitation of
personal liability extended to stockholders of private corporations for profit
organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, except as
otherwise specifically set forth herein.

                  SECTION 9.2. Exculpation. (a) No Indemnified Person shall be
liable, responsible or accountable in damages or otherwise to the Trust or any
Covered Person for any loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of any act or
omission performed or omitted by such Indemnified Person in good faith on behalf
of the Trust and in a manner such Indemnified Person reasonably believed to be
within the scope of the authority conferred on such Indemnified Person by this
Declaration or by law, except that an Indemnified Person (other than an
Administrator) shall be liable for any such loss, damage or claim incurred by
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Person's negligence or willful misconduct with respect to such acts or omissions
and except that an Administrator shall be liable for any such loss, damage or
claim incurred by reason of such Administrator's gross negligence or willful
misconduct with respect to such acts or omissions.

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

                  SECTION 9.3. Fiduciary Duty. (a) To the extent that, at law or
in equity, an Indemnified Person has duties (including fiduciary duties) and
liabilities relating thereto to the Trust or to any other Covered Person, an
Indemnified Person acting under this Declaration shall not be liable to the
Trust or to any other Covered Person for its good faith reliance on the
provisions of this Declaration. The provisions of this Declaration, to the
extent that they restrict the duties and liabilities of an Indemnified Person
otherwise existing at law or in equity (other than the duties imposed on the
Institutional Trustee under the Trust Indenture Act), are agreed by the parties
hereto to replace such other duties and liabilities of the Indemnified Person.

                  (b)      Whenever in this Declaration an Indemnified Person is
permitted or required to make a decision:

                           (i)      in its "discretion" or under a grant of
                  similar authority, the Indemnified Person shall be entitled to
                  consider such interests and factors as it desires, including
                  its own interests, and shall have no duty or obligation to
                  give any consideration to any interest of or factors affecting
                  the Trust or any other Person; or

                           (ii)     in its "good faith" or under another express
                  standard, the Indemnified Person shall act under such express
                  standard and shall not be subject to any other or different
                  standard imposed by this Declaration or by applicable law.

                  SECTION 9.4. Indemnification. (a) (i) The Sponsor shall
indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any Indemnified Person who
was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending
or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative
or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the Trust) by
reason of the fact that such Person is or was an Indemnified Person against
expenses (including attorneys' fees and expenses), judgments, fines and amounts
paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such Person in connection
with such action, suit or proceeding if such Person acted in good faith and in a
manner such Person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the Trust, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding,
had no reasonable cause to believe such conduct was unlawful. The termination

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of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or
upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a
presumption that the Indemnified Person did not act in good faith and in a
manner which such Person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the Trust, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding,
had reasonable cause to believe that such conduct was unlawful.

                           (ii)     The Sponsor shall indemnify, to the fullest
                  extent permitted by law, any Indemnified Person who was or is
                  a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened,
                  pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the
                  Trust to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact
                  that such Person is or was an Indemnified Person against
                  expenses (including attorneys' fees and expenses) actually and
                  reasonably incurred by such Person in connection with the
                  defense or settlement of such action or suit if such Person
                  acted in good faith and in a manner such Person reasonably
                  believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
                  Trust and except that no such indemnification shall be made in
                  respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such
                  Indemnified Person shall have been adjudged to be liable to
                  the Trust unless and only to the extent that the Court of
                  Chancery of Delaware or the court in which such action or suit
                  was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the
                  adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances
                  of the case, such Person is fairly and reasonably entitled to
                  indemnity for such expenses which such Court of Chancery or
                  such other court shall deem proper.

                           (iii)    To the extent that an Indemnified Person
                  shall be successful on the merits or otherwise (including
                  dismissal of an action without prejudice or the settlement of
                  an action without admission of liability) in defense of any
                  action, suit or proceeding referred to in paragraphs (i) and
                  (ii) of this Section 9.4(a), or in defense of any claim, issue
                  or matter therein, such Person shall be indemnified, to the
                  fullest extent permitted by law, against expenses (including
                  attorneys' fees and expenses) actually and reasonably incurred
                  by such Person in connection therewith.

                           (iv)     Any indemnification of an Administrator
                  under paragraphs (i) and (ii) of this Section 9.4(a) (unless
                  ordered by a court) shall be made by the Sponsor only as
                  authorized in the specific case upon a determination that
                  indemnification of the Indemnified Person is proper in the
                  circumstances because such Person has met the applicable
                  standard of conduct set forth in paragraphs (i) and (ii). Such
                  determination shall be made (A) by the Administrators by a
                  majority vote of a Quorum consisting of such Administrators
                  who were not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, (B)
                  if such a Quorum is not obtainable, or, even if obtainable, if
                  a Quorum of disinterested Administrators so directs, by
                  independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (C) by the
                  Common Security Holder of the Trust.

                           (v)      To the fullest extent permitted by law,
                  expenses (including attorneys' fees and expenses) incurred by
                  an Indemnified Person in defending a civil, criminal,
                  administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding
                  referred

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                  to in paragraphs (i) and (ii) of this Section 9.4(a) shall be
                  paid by the Sponsor in advance of the final disposition of
                  such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking
                  by or on behalf of such Indemnified Person to repay such
                  amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such Person
                  is not entitled to be indemnified by the Sponsor as authorized
                  in this Section 9.4(a). Notwithstanding the foregoing, no
                  advance shall be made by the Sponsor if a determination is
                  reasonably and promptly made (1) in the case of a Company
                  Indemnified Person (A) by the Administrators by a majority
                  vote of a Quorum of disinterested Administrators, (B) if such
                  a Quorum is not obtainable, or, even if obtainable, if a
                  Quorum of disinterested Administrators so directs, by
                  independent legal counsel in a written opinion or (C) by the
                  Common Security Holder of the Trust, that, based upon the
                  facts known to the Administrators, counsel or the Common
                  Security Holder at the time such determination is made, such
                  Indemnified Person acted in bad faith or in a manner that such
                  Person either believed to be opposed to or did not believe to
                  be in the best interests of the Trust, or, with respect to any
                  criminal proceeding, that such Indemnified Person believed or
                  had reasonable cause to believe such conduct was unlawful, or
                  (2) in the case of a Fiduciary Indemnified Person, by
                  independent legal counsel in a written opinion that, based
                  upon the facts known to the counsel at the time such
                  determination is made, such Indemnified Person acted in bad
                  faith or in a manner that such Indemnified Person either
                  believed to be opposed to or did not believe to be in the best
                  interests of the Trust, or, with respect to any criminal
                  proceeding, that such Indemnified Person believed or had
                  reasonable cause to believe such conduct was unlawful. In no
                  event shall any advance be made (i) to a Company Indemnified
                  Person in instances where the Administrators, independent
                  legal counsel or the Common Security Holder reasonably
                  determine that such Person deliberately breached such Person's
                  duty to the Trust or its Common or Capital Security Holders or
                  (ii) to a Fiduciary Indemnified Person in instances where
                  independent legal counsel promptly and reasonably determines
                  in a written opinion that such Person deliberately breached
                  such Person's duty to the Trust or its Common or Capital
                  Security Holders.

                  (b)      The Sponsor shall indemnify, to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law, each Indemnified Person from and against any and
all loss, damage, liability, tax (other than taxes based on the income of such
Indemnified Person), penalty, expense or claim of any kind or nature whatsoever
incurred by such Indemnified Person arising out of or in connection with or by
reason of the creation, administration or termination of the Trust, or any act
or omission of such Indemnified Person in good faith on behalf of the Trust and
in a manner such Indemnified Person reasonably believed to be within the scope
of authority conferred on such Indemnified Person by this Declaration, except
that no Indemnified Person shall be entitled to be indemnified in respect of any
loss, damage, liability, tax, penalty, expense or claim incurred by such
Indemnified Person by reason of negligence or willful misconduct with respect to
such acts or omissions.

                  (c)      The indemnification and advancement of expenses
provided by, or granted pursuant to, the other paragraphs of this Section 9.4
shall not be deemed exclusive of any other

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rights to which those seeking indemnification and advancement of expenses may be
entitled under any agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors of
the Sponsor or Capital Security Holders of the Trust or otherwise, both as to
action in such Person's official capacity and as to action in another capacity
while holding such office. All rights to indemnification under this Section 9.4
shall be deemed to be provided by a contract between the Sponsor and each
Indemnified Person who serves in such capacity at any time while this Section
9.4 is in effect. Any repeal or modification of this Section 9.4 shall not
affect any rights or obligations then existing.

                  (d)      The Sponsor or the Trust may purchase and maintain
insurance on behalf of any Person who is or was an Indemnified Person against
any liability asserted against such Person and incurred by such Person in any
such capacity, or arising out of such Person's status as such, whether or not
the Sponsor would have the power to indemnify such Person against such liability
under the provisions of this Section 9.4.

                  (e)      For purposes of this Section 9.4, references to "the
Trust" shall include, in addition to the resulting or surviving entity, any
constituent entity (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a
consolidation or merger, so that any Person who is or was a director, trustee,
officer or employee of such constituent entity, or is or was serving at the
request of such constituent entity as a director, trustee, officer, employee or
agent of another entity, shall stand in the same position under the provisions
of this Section 9.4 with respect to the resulting or surviving entity as such
Person would have with respect to such constituent entity if its separate
existence had continued.

                  (f)      The indemnification and advancement of expenses
provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Section 9.4 shall, unless otherwise
provided when authorized or ratified, continue as to a Person who has ceased to
be an Indemnified Person and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors
and administrators of such a Person.

                  (g)      The provisions of this Section 9.4 shall survive the
termination of this Declaration or the earlier resignation or removal of the
Institutional Trustee. The obligations of the Sponsor under this Section 9.4 to
compensate and indemnify the Trustees and to pay or reimburse the Trustees for
expenses, disbursements and advances shall constitute additional indebtedness
hereunder. Such additional indebtedness shall be secured by a lien prior to that
of the Securities upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustees
as such, except funds held in trust for the benefit of the holders of particular
Capital Securities, provided, that the Sponsor is the holder of the Common
Securities.

                  SECTION 9.5. Outside Businesses. Any Covered Person, the
Sponsor, the Delaware Trustee and the Institutional Trustee (subject to Section
4.3(c)) may engage in or possess an interest in other business ventures of any
nature or description, independently or with others, similar or dissimilar to
the business of the Trust, and the Trust and the Holders of Securities shall
have no rights by virtue of this Declaration in and to such independent ventures
or the income or profits derived therefrom, and the pursuit of any such venture,
even if competitive with the business of the Trust, shall not be deemed wrongful
or improper. None of any Covered Person, the Sponsor, the Delaware Trustee or
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obligated to present any particular investment or other opportunity to the Trust
even if such opportunity is of a character that, if presented to the Trust,
could be taken by the Trust, and any Covered Person, the Sponsor, the Delaware
Trustee and the Institutional Trustee shall have the right to take for its own
account (individually or as a partner or fiduciary) or to recommend to others
any such particular investment or other opportunity. Any Covered Person, the
Delaware Trustee and the Institutional Trustee may engage or be interested in
any financial or other transaction with the Sponsor or any Affiliate of the
Sponsor, or may act as depositary for, trustee or agent for, or act on any
committee or body of holders of, securities or other obligations of the Sponsor
or its Affiliates.

                  SECTION 9.6. Compensation; Fee. (a) The Sponsor agrees:

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

                                    (ii)     except as otherwise expressly
                           provided herein, to reimburse the Trustees upon
                           request for all reasonable, documented expenses,
                           disbursements and advances incurred or made by the
                           Trustees in accordance with any provision of this
                           Declaration (including the reasonable compensation
                           and the expenses and disbursements of their
                           respective agents and counsel), except any such
                           expense, disbursement or advance attributable to
                           their negligence or willful misconduct.

                  (b)      The provisions of this Section 9.6 shall survive the
dissolution of the Trust and the termination of this Declaration and the removal
or resignation of any Trustee.

                                    ARTICLE X

                                   ACCOUNTING

                  SECTION 10.1. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year (the "Fiscal Year")
of the Trust shall be the calendar year, or such other year as is required by
the Code.

                  SECTION 10.2. Certain Accounting Matters.

                  (a)      At all times during the existence of the Trust, the
Administrators shall keep, or cause to be kept at the principal office of the
Trust in the United States, as defined for purposes of Treasury Regulations
Section 301.7701-7, full books of account, records and supporting documents,
which shall reflect in reasonable detail each transaction of the Trust. The
books of account shall be maintained on the accrual method of accounting, in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied.

                  (b)      The Administrators shall either (i) cause each Form
10-K and Form 10-Q prepared by the Sponsor and filed with the Commission in
accordance with the Exchange Act to

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be delivered to each Holder of Securities, within 90 days after the filing of
each Form 10-K and within 30 days after the filing of each Form 10-Q or (ii)
cause to be prepared at the principal office of the Trust in the United States,
as defined for purposes of Treasury Regulations Section 301.7701-7, and
delivered to each of the Holders of Securities, within 90 days after the end of
each Fiscal Year of the Trust, annual financial statements of the Trust,
including a balance sheet of the Trust as of the end of such Fiscal Year, and
the related statements of income or loss.

                  (c)      The Administrators shall cause to be duly prepared
and delivered to each of the Holders of Securities Form 1099 or such other
annual United States federal income tax information statement required by the
Code, containing such information with regard to the Securities held by each
Holder as is required by the Code and the Treasury Regulations. Notwithstanding
any right under the Code to deliver any such statement at a later date, the
Administrators shall endeavor to deliver all such statements within 30 days
after the end of each Fiscal Year of the Trust.

                  (d)      The Administrators shall cause to be duly prepared in
the United States, as defined for purposes of Treasury Regulations Section
301.7701-7, and filed an annual United States federal income tax return on a
Form 1041 or such other form required by United States federal income tax law,
and any other annual income tax returns required to be filed by the
Administrators on behalf of the Trust with any state or local taxing authority.

                  (e)      So long as the only Holder of the Capital Securities
is TPref Funding III, Ltd., the Administrators will cause the Sponsor's reports
on Form FR Y-9C to be delivered to the Holder promptly following their filing
with the Federal Reserve.

                  SECTION 10.3. Banking. The Trust shall maintain one or more
bank accounts in the United States, as defined for purposes of Treasury
Regulations Section 301.7701-7, in the name and for the sole benefit of the
Trust; provided, however, that all payments of funds in respect of the
Debentures held by the Institutional Trustee shall be made directly to the
Property Account and no other funds of the Trust shall be deposited in the
Property Account. The sole signatories for such accounts (including the Property
Account) shall be designated by the Institutional Trustee.

                  SECTION 10.4. Withholding. The Institutional Trustee or any
Paying Agent and the Administrators shall comply with all withholding
requirements under United States federal, state and local law. The Institutional
Trustee or any Paying Agent shall request, and each Holder shall provide to the
Institutional Trustee or any Paying Agent, such forms or certificates as are
necessary to establish an exemption from withholding with respect to the Holder,
and any representations and forms as shall reasonably be requested by the
Institutional Trustee or any Paying Agent to assist it in determining the extent
of, and in fulfilling, its withholding obligations. The Administrators shall
file required forms with applicable jurisdictions and, unless an exemption from
withholding is properly established by a Holder, shall remit amounts withheld
with respect to the Holder to applicable jurisdictions. To the extent that the
Institutional Trustee or any Paying Agent is required to withhold and pay over
any amounts to any authority with respect to distributions or allocations to any
Holder, the amount withheld shall be deemed to be a Distribution to the Holder
in the amount of the withholding. In the event of any claimed overwithholding,
Holders shall be limited to an action against the applicable

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jurisdiction. If the amount required to be withheld was not withheld from actual
Distributions made, the Institutional Trustee or any Paying Agent may reduce
subsequent Distributions by the amount of such withholding.

                                   ARTICLE XI

                             AMENDMENTS AND MEETINGS

                  SECTION 11.1. Amendments. (a) Except as otherwise provided in
this Declaration or by any applicable terms of the Securities, this Declaration
may only be amended by a written instrument approved and executed by

                           (i)      the Institutional Trustee,

                           (ii)     if the amendment affects the rights, powers,
                  duties, obligations or immunities of the Delaware Trustee, the
                  Delaware Trustee,

                           (iii)    if the amendment affects the rights, powers,
                  duties, obligations or immunities of the Administrators, the
                  Administrators, and

                           (iv)     the Holders of a Majority in liquidation
                  amount of the Common Securities.

                  (b)      Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article
XI, no amendment shall be made, and any such purported amendment shall be void
and ineffective:

                           (i)      unless the Institutional Trustee shall have
first received

                                    (A)      an Officers' Certificate from each
                           of the Trust and the Sponsor that such amendment is
                           permitted by, and conforms to, the terms of this
                           Declaration (including the terms of the Securities);
                           and

                                    (B)      an opinion of counsel (who may be
                           counsel to the Sponsor or the Trust) that such
                           amendment is permitted by, and conforms to, the terms
                           of this Declaration (including the terms of the
                           Securities) and that all conditions precedent to the
                           execution and delivery of such amendment have been
                           satisfied; or

                           (ii)     if the result of such amendment would be to

                                    (A)      cause the Trust to cease to be
                           classified for purposes of United States federal
                           income taxation as a grantor trust;

                                    (B)      reduce or otherwise adversely
                           affect the powers of the Institutional Trustee in
                           contravention of the Trust Indenture Act;

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                                    (C)      cause the Trust to be deemed to be
                           an Investment Company required to be registered under
                           the Investment Company Act; or

                                    (D)      cause the Debenture Issuer to be
                           unable to treat an amount equal to the Liquidation
                           Amount of the Debentures as "Tier 1 Capital" for
                           purposes of the capital adequacy guidelines of the
                           Federal Reserve.

                  (c)      Except as provided in Section 11.1(d),(e) or (g), no
amendment shall be made, and any such purported amendment shall be void and
ineffective, unless the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the
Capital Securities shall have consented to such amendment.

                  (d)      In addition to and notwithstanding any other
provision in this Declaration, without the consent of each affected Holder, this
Declaration may not be amended to (i) change the amount or timing of any
Distribution on the Securities or otherwise adversely affect the amount of any
Distribution required to be made in respect of the Securities as of a specified
date or (ii) restrict the right of a Holder to institute suit for the
enforcement of any such payment on or after such date.

                  (e)      Sections 9.1(b) and 9.1(c) and this Section 11.1
shall not be amended without the consent of all of the Holders of the
Securities.

                  (f)      The rights of the Holders of the Capital Securities
and Common Securities, as applicable, under Article IV to increase or decrease
the number of, and appoint and remove, Trustees shall not be amended without the
consent of the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Capital
Securities or Common Securities, as applicable.

                  (g)      This Declaration may be amended by the Institutional
Trustee and the Holder of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Common
Securities without the consent of the Holders of the Capital Securities to:

                           (i)      cure any ambiguity;

                           (ii)     correct or supplement any provision in this
                  Declaration that may be defective or inconsistent with any
                  other provision of this Declaration;

                           (iii)    add to the covenants, restrictions or
                  obligations of the Sponsor; or

                           (iv)     modify, eliminate or add to any provision of
                  this Declaration to such extent as may be necessary or
                  desirable, including, without limitation, to ensure that the
                  Trust will be classified for United States federal income tax
                  purposes at all times as a grantor trust and will not be
                  required to register as an Investment Company under the
                  Investment Company Act (including without limitation to
                  conform to any change in Rule 3a-5, Rule 3a-7 or any other
                  applicable rule under the Investment Company Act or written
                  change in interpretation or application thereof by any
                  legislative body, court, government

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                  agency or regulatory authority) which amendment does not have
                  a material adverse effect on the right, preferences or
                  privileges of the Holders of Securities;

provided, however, that no such modification, elimination or addition referred
to in clauses (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) shall adversely affect the powers,
preferences or rights of Holders of Capital Securities.

                  SECTION 11.2. Meetings of the Holders of the Securities;
Action by Written Consent.

                  (a)      Meetings of the Holders of any class of Securities
may be called at any time by the Administrators (or as provided in the terms of
the Securities) to consider and act on any matter on which Holders of such class
of Securities are entitled to act under the terms of this Declaration, the terms
of the Securities or the rules of any stock exchange on which the Capital
Securities are listed or admitted for trading, if any. The Administrators shall
call a meeting of the Holders of such class if directed to do so by the Holders
of not less than 10% in liquidation amount of such class of Securities. Such
direction shall be given by delivering to the Administrators one or more calls
in a writing stating that the signing Holders of the Securities wish to call a
meeting and indicating the general or specific purpose for which the meeting is
to be called. Any Holders of the Securities calling a meeting shall specify in
writing the Certificates held by the Holders of the Securities exercising the
right to call a meeting and only those Securities represented by such
Certificates shall be counted for purposes of determining whether the required
percentage set forth in the second sentence of this paragraph has been met.

                  (b)      Except to the extent otherwise provided in the terms
of the Securities, the following provisions shall apply to meetings of Holders
of the Securities:

                           (i)      notice of any such meeting shall be given to
                  all the Holders of the Securities having a right to vote
                  thereat at least 7 days and not more than 60 days before the
                  date of such meeting. Whenever a vote, consent or approval of
                  the Holders of the Securities is permitted or required under
                  this Declaration or the rules of any stock exchange on which
                  the Capital Securities are listed or admitted for trading, if
                  any, such vote, consent or approval may be given at a meeting
                  of the Holders of the Securities. Any action that may be taken
                  at a meeting of the Holders of the Securities may be taken
                  without a meeting if a consent in writing setting forth the
                  action so taken is signed by the Holders of the Securities
                  owning not less than the minimum amount of Securities that
                  would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a
                  meeting at which all Holders of the Securities having a right
                  to vote thereon were present and voting. Prompt notice of the
                  taking of action without a meeting shall be given to the
                  Holders of the Securities entitled to vote who have not
                  consented in writing. The Administrators may specify that any
                  written ballot submitted to the Holders of the Securities for
                  the purpose of taking any action without a meeting shall be
                  returned to the Trust within the time specified by the
                  Administrators;

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                           (ii)     each Holder of a Security may authorize any
                  Person to act for it by proxy on all matters in which a Holder
                  of Securities is entitled to participate, including waiving
                  notice of any meeting, or voting or participating at a
                  meeting. No proxy shall be valid after the expiration of 11
                  months from the date thereof unless otherwise provided in the
                  proxy. Every proxy shall be revocable at the pleasure of the
                  Holder of the Securities executing it. Except as otherwise
                  provided herein, all matters relating to the giving, voting or
                  validity of proxies shall be governed by the General
                  Corporation Law of the State of Delaware relating to proxies,
                  and judicial interpretations thereunder, as if the Trust were
                  a Delaware corporation and the Holders of the Securities were
                  stockholders of a Delaware corporation; each meeting of the
                  Holders of the Securities shall be conducted by the
                  Administrators or by such other Person that the Administrators
                  may designate; and

                           (iii)    unless the Statutory Trust Act, this
                  Declaration, the terms of the Securities, the Trust Indenture
                  Act or the listing rules of any stock exchange on which the
                  Capital Securities are then listed for trading, if any,
                  otherwise provides, the Administrators, in their sole
                  discretion, shall establish all other provisions relating to
                  meetings of Holders of Securities, including notice of the
                  time, place or purpose of any meeting at which any matter is
                  to be voted on by any Holders of the Securities, waiver of any
                  such notice, action by consent without a meeting, the
                  establishment of a record date, quorum requirements, voting in
                  person or by proxy or any other matter with respect to the
                  exercise of any such right to vote; provided, however, that
                  each meeting shall be conducted in the United States (as that
                  term is defined in Treasury Regulations Section 301.7701-7).

                                   ARTICLE XII

          REPRESENTATIONS OF INSTITUTIONAL TRUSTEE AND DELAWARE TRUSTEE

                  SECTION 12.1. Representations and Warranties of Institutional
Trustee. The Trustee that acts as initial Institutional Trustee represents and
warrants to the Trust and to the Sponsor at the date of this Declaration, and
each Successor Institutional Trustee represents and warrants to the Trust and
the Sponsor at the time of the Successor Institutional Trustee's acceptance of
its appointment as Institutional Trustee, that:

                  (a)      the Institutional Trustee is a banking corporation or
national association with trust powers, duly organized, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware or the United States of
America, respectively, with trust power and authority to execute and deliver,
and to carry out and perform its obligations under the terms of, this
Declaration;

                  (b)      the Institutional Trustee has a combined capital and
surplus of at least fifty million U.S. dollars ($50,000,000);

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                  (c)      the Institutional Trustee is not an affiliate of the
Sponsor, nor does the Institutional Trustee offer or provide credit or credit
enhancement to the Trust;

                  (d)      the execution, delivery and performance by the
Institutional Trustee of this Declaration has been duly authorized by all
necessary action on the part of the Institutional Trustee. This Declaration has
been duly executed and delivered by the Institutional Trustee, and under
Delaware law (excluding any securities laws) constitutes a legal, valid and
binding obligation of the Institutional Trustee, enforceable against it in
accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization,
moratorium, insolvency and other similar laws affecting creditors' rights
generally and to general principles of equity and the discretion of the court
(regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law);

                  (e)      the execution, delivery and performance of this
Declaration by the Institutional Trustee does not conflict with or constitute a
breach of the charter or by-laws of the Institutional Trustee; and

                  (f)      no consent, approval or authorization of, or
registration with or notice to, any state or federal banking authority governing
the trust powers of the Institutional Trustee is required for the execution,
delivery or performance by the Institutional Trustee of this Declaration.

                  SECTION 12.2. Representations and Warranties of Delaware
Trustee. The Trustee that acts as initial Delaware Trustee represents and
warrants to the Trust and to the Sponsor at the date of this Declaration, and
each Successor Delaware Trustee represents and warrants to the Trust and the
Sponsor at the time of the Successor Delaware Trustee's acceptance of its
appointment as Delaware Trustee that:

                  (a)      if it is not a natural person, the Delaware Trustee
is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
State of Delaware;

                  (b)      if it is not a natural person, the execution,
delivery and performance by the Delaware Trustee of this Declaration has been
duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Delaware
Trustee. This Declaration has been duly executed and delivered by the Delaware
Trustee, and under Delaware law (excluding any securities laws) constitutes a
legal, valid and binding obligation of the Delaware Trustee, enforceable against
it in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy,
reorganization, moratorium, insolvency and other similar laws affecting
creditors' rights generally and to general principles of equity and the
discretion of the court (regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in
equity or at law);

                  (c)      if it is not a natural person, the execution,
delivery and performance of this Declaration by the Delaware Trustee does not
conflict with or constitute a breach of the charter or by-laws of the Delaware
Trustee;

                  (d)      it has trust power and authority to execute and
deliver, and to carry out and perform its obligations under the terms of, this
Declaration;

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                  (e)      no consent, approval or authorization of, or
registration with or notice to, any state or federal banking authority governing
the trust powers of the Delaware Trustee is required for the execution, delivery
or performance by the Delaware Trustee of this Declaration; and

                  (f)      the Delaware Trustee is a natural person who is a
resident of the State of Delaware or, if not a natural person, it is an entity
which has its principal place of business in the State of Delaware and, in
either case, a Person that satisfies for the Trust the requirements of Section
3807 of the Statutory Trust Act.

                                  ARTICLE XIII

                                  MISCELLANEOUS

                  SECTION 13.1. Notices. All notices provided for in this
Declaration shall be in writing, duly signed by the party giving such notice,
and shall be delivered, telecopied (which telecopy shall be followed by notice
delivered or mailed by first class mail) or mailed by first class mail, as
follows:

                  (a)      if given to the Trust, in care of the Administrators
at the Trust's mailing address set forth below (or such other address as the
Trust may give notice of to the Holders of the Securities):

                                    Vineyard Statutory Trust II
                                    c/o Vineyard National Bancorp
                                    9590 Foothill Boulevard
                                    Rancho Cucamonga, CA  91730
                                    Attention: Gordon Fong
                                    Telecopy: 909-945-2975
                                    Telephone: 909-581-1667

                  (b)      if given to the Delaware Trustee, at the mailing
address set forth below (or such other address as the Delaware Trustee may give
notice of to the Holders of the Securities):

                                    Wilmington Trust Company
                                    Rodney Square North
                                    1100 North Market Street
                                    Wilmington, DE 19890-0001
                                    Attention: Corporate Trust Administrator
                                    Telecopy: 302-651-8882
                                    Telephone: 302-651-1000

                  (c)      if given to the Institutional Trustee, at the
Institutional Trustee's mailing address set forth below (or such other address
as the Institutional Trustee may give notice of to the Holders of the
Securities):

                                    Wilmington Trust Company

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                                    Rodney Square North
                                    1100 North Market Street
                                    Wilmington, DE 19890-0001
                                    Attention: Corporate Trust Administrator
                                    Telecopy: 302-651-8882
                                    Telephone: 302-651-1000

                  (d)      if given to the Holder of the Common Securities, at
the mailing address of the Sponsor set forth below (or such other address as the
Holder of the Common Securities may give notice of to the Trust):

                                    Vineyard National Bancorp
                                    9590 Foothill Boulevard
                                    Rancho Cucamonga, CA  91730
                                    Attention: Gordon Fong
                                    Telecopy: 909-945-2975
                                    Telephone: 909-581-1667

                  (e)      if given to any other Holder, at the address set
forth on the books and records of the Trust.

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

                  SECTION 13.2. Governing Law. This Declaration and the rights
and obligations of the parties hereunder shall be governed by and interpreted in
accordance with the law of the State of Delaware and all rights, obligations and
remedies shall be governed by such laws without regard to the principles of
conflict of laws of the State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction that would
call for the application of the law of any jurisdiction other than the State of
Delaware.

                  SECTION 13.3.     Submission to Jurisdiction.

                  (a)      Each of the parties hereto agrees that any suit,
action or proceeding arising out of or based upon this Declaration, or the
transactions contemplated hereby, may be instituted in any of the courts of the
State of New York and the United States District Courts, in each case located in
the Borough of Manhattan, City and State of New York, and further agrees to
submit to the jurisdiction of any competent court in the place of its corporate
domicile in respect of actions brought against it as a defendant. In addition,
each such party irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any
objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of such
suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court and irrevocably waives any
claim that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court has
been brought in an inconvenient forum and irrevocably waives any right to which
it may be entitled on account of its place of corporate domicile. Each such
party hereby irrevocably waives any and all right to

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trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this
Declaration or the transactions contemplated hereby. Each such party agrees that
final judgment in any proceedings brought in such a court shall be conclusive
and binding upon it and may be enforced in any court to the jurisdiction of
which it is subject by a suit upon such judgment.

                  (b)      Each of the Sponsor, the Trustees, the Administrators
and the Holder of the Common Securities irrevocably consents to the service of
process on it in any such suit, action or proceeding by the mailing thereof by
registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, to it at its address given in or
pursuant to Section 13.1 hereof.

                  (c)      To the extent permitted by law, nothing herein
contained shall preclude any party from effecting service of process in any
lawful manner or from bringing any suit, action or proceeding in respect of this
Declaration in any other state, country or place.

                  SECTION 13.4. Intention of the Parties. It is the intention of
the parties hereto that the Trust be classified for United States federal income
tax purposes as a grantor trust. The provisions of this Declaration shall be
interpreted to further this intention of the parties.

                  SECTION 13.5. Headings. Headings contained in this Declaration
are inserted for convenience of reference only and do not affect the
interpretation of this Declaration or any provision hereof.

                  SECTION 13.6. Successors and Assigns. Whenever in this
Declaration any of the parties hereto is named or referred to, the successors
and assigns of such party shall be deemed to be included, and all covenants and
agreements in this Declaration by the Sponsor and the Trustees shall bind and
inure to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns, whether or not
so expressed.

                  SECTION 13.7. Partial Enforceability. If any provision of this
Declaration, or the application of such provision to any Person or circumstance,
shall be held invalid, the remainder of this Declaration, or the application of
such provision to persons or circumstances other than those to which it is held
invalid, shall not be affected thereby.

                  SECTION 13.8. Counterparts. This Declaration may contain more
than one counterpart of the signature page and this Declaration may be executed
by the affixing of the signature of each of the Trustees and Administrators to
any of such counterpart signature pages. All of such counterpart signature pages
shall be read as though one, and they shall have the same force and effect as
though all of the signers had signed a single signature page.

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

                                    WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
                                        as Delaware Trustee

                                    By:/s/ Donald G. MacKelcan
                                       _____________________________
                                       Name: Donald G. MacKelcan
                                       Title:Vice President

                                    WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
                                        as Institutional Trustee

                                    By:/s/ Donald G. MacKelcan
                                       _____________________________
                                       Name: Donald G. MacKelcan
                                       Title:Vice President

                                    VINEYARD NATIONAL BANCORP
                                        as Sponsor

                                    By:/s/ Norman Morales
                                       _____________________________
                                       Name: Norman Morales
                                       Title:President and CEO

                                    By:/s/ Norman Morales
                                       _____________________________
                                       Administrator

                                    By:/s/ Gordon Fong
                                       _____________________________
                                       Administrator

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                                     ANNEX I

                                    TERMS OF
                           FLOATING RATE TRUPS(R) AND
                         FLOATING RATE COMMON SECURITIES

                  Pursuant to Section 6.1 of the Amended and Restated
Declaration of Trust, dated as of December 19, 2002 (as amended from time to
time, the "Declaration"), the designation, rights, privileges, restrictions,
preferences and other terms and provisions of the Capital Securities and the
Common Securities are set out below (each capitalized term used but not defined
herein has the meaning set forth in the Declaration):

                  1.       Designation and Number.

                  (a)      Capital Securities. 5,000 Capital Securities of
Vineyard Statutory Trust II (the "Trust"), with an aggregate stated liquidation
amount with respect to the assets of the Trust of Five Million Dollars
($5,000,000) and a stated liquidation amount with respect to the assets of the
Trust of $1,000 per Capital Security, are hereby designated for the purposes of
identification only as the "Floating Rate TRUPS(R)" (the "Capital Securities").
The Capital Security Certificates evidencing the Capital Securities shall be
substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 to the Declaration, with such changes
and additions thereto or deletions therefrom as may be required by ordinary
usage, custom or practice or to conform to the rules of any stock exchange on
which the Capital Securities are listed, if any.

                  (b)      Common Securities. 155 Common Securities of the Trust
(the "Common Securities") will be evidenced by Common Security Certificates
substantially in the form of Exhibit A-2 to the Declaration, with such changes
and additions thereto or deletions therefrom as may be required by ordinary
usage, custom or practice. In the absence of an Event of Default, the Common
Securities will have an aggregate stated liquidation amount with respect to the
assets of the Trust of One Hundred Fifty-Five Thousand Dollars ($155,000) and a
stated liquidation amount with respect to the assets of the Trust of $1,000 per
Common Security.

                  2.       Distributions. (a) Distributions payable on each
Security will be payable at a variable per annum rate of interest, reset
quarterly, equal to LIBOR, as determined on the LIBOR Determination Date
immediately preceding each Distribution Payment Date, plus 3.35% (the "Coupon
Rate") of the stated liquidation amount of $1,000 per Security, such rate being
the rate of interest payable on the Debentures to be held by the Institutional
Trustee provided, that the applicable Coupon Rate may not exceed 12.5% through
the Distribution Payment Date in January 2008. Except as set forth below in
respect of an Extension Period, Distributions in arrears for more than one
quarterly period will bear interest thereon compounded quarterly at the
applicable Coupon Rate for each such quarterly period (to the extent permitted
by applicable law). The term "Distributions" as used herein includes cash
distributions, any such compounded distributions and any Additional Interest
payable on the Debentures unless otherwise stated. A Distribution is payable
only to the extent that payments are made in respect of the Debentures held by
the Institutional Trustee and to the extent the Institutional Trustee has funds
legally available in the Property Account therefor. The amount of Distributions
payable for any period

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will be computed for any full quarterly Distribution period on the basis of a
360-day year and the actual number of days elapsed in the relevant Distribution
period; provided, however, that upon the occurrence of a Special Event
redemption pursuant to paragraph 4(a) below the amounts payable pursuant to this
Declaration shall be calculated as set forth in the definition of Special
Redemption Price.

                  (b)      LIBOR shall be determined by the Calculation Agent in
accordance with the following provisions:

                           (1)      On the second LIBOR Business Day (provided,
                  that on such day commercial banks are open for business
                  (including dealings in foreign currency deposits) in London (a
                  "LIBOR Banking Day"), and otherwise the next preceding LIBOR
                  Business Day that is also a LIBOR Banking Day) prior to
                  January 15, April 15, July 15 and October 15 (except, with
                  respect to the first interest payment period, on December 17,
                  2002), (each such day, a "LIBOR Determination Date"), LIBOR
                  shall equal the rate, as obtained by the Calculation Agent for
                  three-month U.S. Dollar deposits in Europe, which appears on
                  Telerate Page 3750 (as defined in the International Swaps and
                  Derivatives Association, Inc. 1991 Interest Rate and Currency
                  Exchange Definitions) or such other page as may replace such
                  Telerate Page 3750, as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such
                  LIBOR Determination Date, as reported by Bloomberg Financial
                  Markets Commodities News. "LIBOR Business Day" means any day
                  that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which
                  commercial banking institutions in New York, New York or
                  Wilmington, Delaware are authorized or obligated by law or
                  executive order to be closed. If such rate is superseded on
                  Telerate Page 3750 by a corrected rate before 12:00 noon
                  (London time) on the same LIBOR Determination Date, the
                  corrected rate as so substituted will be the applicable LIBOR
                  for that LIBOR Determination Date.

                           (2)      If, on any LIBOR Determination Date, such
                  rate does not appear on Telerate Page 3750 as reported by
                  Bloomberg Financial Markets Commodities News or such other
                  page as may replace such Telerate Page 3750, the Calculation
                  Agent shall determine the arithmetic mean of the offered
                  quotations of the Reference Banks (as defined below) to
                  leading banks in the London interbank market for three-month
                  U.S. Dollar deposits in Europe (in an amount determined by the
                  Calculation Agent) by reference to requests for quotations as
                  of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the LIBOR
                  Determination Date made by the Calculation Agent to the
                  Reference Banks. If, on any LIBOR Determination Date, at least
                  two of the Reference Banks provide such quotations, LIBOR
                  shall equal the arithmetic mean of such quotations. If, on any
                  LIBOR Determination Date, only one or none of the Reference
                  Banks provide such a quotation, LIBOR shall be deemed to be
                  the arithmetic mean of the offered quotations that at least
                  two leading banks in the City of New York (as selected by the
                  Calculation Agent) are quoting on the relevant LIBOR
                  Determination Date for three-month U.S. Dollar deposits in
                  Europe at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) (in an amount
                  determined by the Calculation Agent). As used herein,

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                  "Reference Banks" means four major banks in the London
                  interbank market selected by the Calculation Agent.

                           (3)      If the Calculation Agent is required but is
                  unable to determine a rate in accordance with at least one of
                  the procedures provided above, LIBOR shall be LIBOR in effect
                  on the previous LIBOR Determination Date (whether or not LIBOR
                  for such period was in fact determined on such LIBOR
                  Determination Date).

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

                  (d)      On each LIBOR Determination Date, the Calculation
Agent shall notify, in writing, the Sponsor and the Paying Agent of the
applicable Coupon Rate in effect for the related Distribution payment period.
The Calculation Agent shall, upon the request of the Holder of any Securities,
provide the Coupon Rate then in effect. All calculations made by the Calculation
Agent in the absence of manifest error shall be conclusive for all purposes and
binding on the Sponsor and the Holders of the Securities. The Paying Agent shall
be entitled to rely on information received from the Calculation Agent or the
Sponsor as to the Coupon Rate. The Sponsor shall, from time to time, provide any
necessary information to the Paying Agent relating to any original issue
discount and interest on the Securities that is included in any payment and
reportable for taxable income calculation purposes.

                  (e)      Distributions on the Securities will be cumulative,
will accrue from the date of original issuance, and will be payable, subject to
extension of Distribution payment periods as described herein, quarterly in
arrears on April 7, July 7, October 7 and January 7 of each year, commencing on
April 7, 2003 (each, a "Distribution Payment Date"). The Debenture Issuer has
the right under the Indenture to defer payments of interest on the Debentures by
extending the interest payment period for up to 20 consecutive quarterly periods
(each, an "Extension Period") at any time and from time to time on the
Debentures, subject to the conditions described below, during which Extension
Period no interest shall be due and payable (except any Additional Interest that
may be due and payable). During any Extension Period, interest will continue to
accrue on the Debentures, and interest on such accrued interest (such accrued
interest and interest thereon referred to herein as "Deferred Interest") will
accrue at an annual rate equal to the Coupon Rate in effect for each such
Extension Period, compounded quarterly from the date such Deferred Interest
would have been payable were it not for the Extension Period, to the extent
permitted by law. No Extension Period may end on a date other than a
Distribution Payment Date. At the end of any such Extension Period, the
Debenture Issuer shall pay all Deferred Interest then accrued and unpaid on the
Debentures; provided, however, that no Extension Period may extend beyond the
Maturity Date and provided, further, that, during any such Extension Period, the
Debenture Issuer may not (i) declare or pay any dividends or distributions on,
or redeem, purchase, acquire, or make a liquidation payment with respect to, any
of the Debenture Issuer's capital stock or (ii) make any payment due on or
repay,

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repurchase or redeem any debt securities of the Debenture Issuer that rank pari
passu in all respects with or junior in interest to the Debentures (other than
(a) repurchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of capital stock of
the Debenture Issuer (A) in connection with any employment contract, benefit
plan or other similar arrangement with or for the benefit of one or more
employees, officers, directors or consultants, (B) in connection with a dividend
reinvestment or stockholder stock purchase plan or (C) in connection with the
issuance of capital stock of the Debenture Issuer (or securities convertible
into or exercisable for such capital stock), as consideration in an acquisition
transaction entered into prior to the applicable Extension Period, (b) as a
result of any exchange or conversion of any class or series of the Debenture
Issuer's capital stock (or any capital stock of a subsidiary of the Debenture
Issuer) for any class or series of the Debenture Issuer's capital stock or of
any class or series of the Debenture Issuer's indebtedness for any class or
series of the Debenture Issuer's capital stock, (c) the purchase of fractional
interests in shares of the Debenture Issuer's capital stock pursuant to the
conversion or exchange provisions of such capital stock or the security being
converted or exchanged, (d) any declaration of a dividend in connection with any
stockholder's rights plan, or the issuance of rights, stock or other property
under any stockholder's rights plan, or the redemption or repurchase of rights
pursuant thereto, or (e) any dividend in the form of stock, warrants, options or
other rights where the dividend stock or the stock issuable upon exercise of
such warrants, options or other rights is the same stock as that on which the
dividend is being paid or ranks pari passu with or junior to such stock). Prior
to the termination of any Extension Period, the Debenture Issuer may further
extend such period, provided, that such period together with all such previous
and further consecutive extensions thereof shall not exceed 20 consecutive
quarterly periods, or extend beyond the Maturity Date. Upon the termination of
any Extension Period and upon the payment of all Deferred Interest, the
Debenture Issuer may commence a new Extension Period, subject to the foregoing
requirements. No interest or Deferred Interest shall be due and payable during
an Extension Period, except at the end thereof, but Deferred Interest shall
accrue upon each installment of interest that would otherwise have been due and
payable during such Extension Period until such installment is paid. If
Distributions are deferred, the Distributions due shall be paid on the date that
the related Extension Period terminates, or, if such date is not a Distribution
Payment Date, on the immediately following Distribution Payment Date, to Holders
of the Securities as they appear on the books and records of the Trust on the
record date immediately preceding such date. Distributions on the Securities
must be paid on the dates payable (after giving effect to any Extension Period)
to the extent that the Trust has funds legally available for the payment of such
distributions in the Property Account of the Trust. The Trust's funds available
for Distribution to the Holders of the Securities will be limited to payments
received from the Debenture Issuer. The payment of Distributions out of moneys
held by the Trust is guaranteed by the Guarantor pursuant to the Guarantee.

                  (f)      Distributions on the Securities will be payable to
the Holders thereof as they appear on the books and records of the Registrar on
the relevant record dates. The relevant record dates shall be selected by the
Administrators, which dates shall be 15 days before the relevant payment dates.
Distributions payable on any Securities that are not punctually paid on any
Distribution Payment Date, as a result of the Debenture Issuer having failed to
make a payment under the Debentures, as the case may be, when due (taking into
account any Extension

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Period), will cease to be payable to the Person in whose name such Securities
are registered on the relevant record date, and such defaulted Distribution will
instead be payable to the Person in whose name such Securities are registered on
the special record date or other specified date determined in accordance with
the Indenture. If any date on which Distributions are payable on the Securities
is not a Business Day, then payment of the Distribution payable on such date
will be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day except that, if
such Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar year, such payment shall be
made on the immediately preceding Business Day, in each case with the same force
and effect as if made on such payment date.

                  (g)      In the event that there is any money or other
property held by or for the Trust that is not accounted for hereunder, such
property shall be distributed pro rata (as defined herein) among the Holders of
the Securities.

                  3.       Liquidation Distribution Upon Dissolution. In the
event of the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution, winding-up or
termination of the Trust (each, a "Liquidation") other than in connection with a
redemption of the Debentures, the Holders of the Securities will be entitled to
receive out of the assets of the Trust available for distribution to Holders of
the Securities, after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the Trust (to
the extent not satisfied by the Debenture Issuer), distributions equal to the
aggregate of the stated liquidation amount of $1,000 per Security plus accrued
and unpaid Distributions thereon to the date of payment (such amount being the
"Liquidation Distribution"), unless in connection with such Liquidation, the
Debentures in an aggregate stated principal amount equal to the aggregate stated
liquidation amount of such Securities, with an interest rate equal to the Coupon
Rate of, and bearing accrued and unpaid interest in an amount equal to the
accrued and unpaid Distributions on, and having the same record date as, such
Securities, after paying or making reasonable provision to pay all claims and
obligations of the Trust in accordance with Section 3808(e) of the Statutory
Trust Act, shall be distributed on a Pro Rata basis to the Holders of the
Securities in exchange for such Securities.

                  The Sponsor, as the Holder of all of the Common Securities,
has the right at any time to dissolve the Trust (including without limitation
upon the occurrence of a Tax Event, an Investment Company Event or a Capital
Treatment Event), subject to the receipt by the Debenture Issuer of prior
approval from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the "Federal
Reserve"), if then required under applicable capital guidelines or policies of
the Federal Reserve and, after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the
Trust, cause the Debentures to be distributed to the Holders of the Securities
on a Pro Rata basis in accordance with the aggregate stated liquidation amount
thereof.

                  The Trust shall dissolve on the first to occur of (i) December
19, 2037, the expiration of the term of the Trust, (ii) a Bankruptcy Event with
respect to the Sponsor, the Trust or the Debenture Issuer, (iii) (other than in
connection with a merger, consolidation or similar transaction not prohibited by
the Indenture, this Declaration or the Guarantee, as the case may be) the filing
of a certificate of dissolution of the Sponsor or upon the revocation of the
charter of the Sponsor and the expiration of 90 days after the date of
revocation without a reinstatement thereof, (iv) the distribution to the Holders
of the Securities of the Debentures, upon exercise of the right of the Holder of
all of the outstanding Common Securities to dissolve the Trust as

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described above, (v) the entry of a decree of a judicial dissolution of the
Sponsor or the Trust, or (vi) when all of the Securities shall have been called
for redemption and the amounts necessary for redemption thereof shall have been
paid to the Holders in accordance with the terms of the Securities. As soon as
practicable after the dissolution of the Trust and upon completion of the
winding up of the Trust, the Trust shall terminate upon the filing of a
certificate of cancellation with the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware.

                  If a Liquidation of the Trust occurs as described in clause
(i), (ii), (iii) or (v) in the immediately preceding paragraph, the Trust shall
be liquidated by the Institutional Trustee of the Trust as expeditiously as such
Trustee determines to be possible by distributing, after satisfaction of
liabilities to creditors of the Trust as provided by applicable law, to the
Holders of the Securities, the Debentures on a Pro Rata basis to the extent not
satisfied by the Debenture Issuer, unless such distribution is determined by the
Institutional Trustee not to be practical, in which event such Holders will be
entitled to receive out of the assets of the Trust available for distribution to
the Holders, after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the Trust to the
extent not satisfied by the Debenture Issuer, an amount equal to the Liquidation
Distribution. An early Liquidation of the Trust pursuant to clause (iv) of the
immediately preceding paragraph shall occur if the Institutional Trustee
determines that such Liquidation is possible by distributing, after satisfaction
of liabilities to creditors of Trust, to the Holders of the Securities on a Pro
Rata basis, the Debentures, and such distribution occurs.

                  If, upon any such Liquidation, the Liquidation Distribution
can be paid only in part because the Trust has insufficient assets available to
pay in full the aggregate Liquidation Distribution, then the amounts payable
directly by the Trust on such Capital Securities shall be paid to the Holders of
the Securities on a Pro Rata basis, except that if an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, the Capital Securities shall have a preference over
the Common Securities with regard to such distributions.

                  Upon any such Liquidation of the Trust involving a
distribution of the Debentures, if at the time of such Liquidation, the Capital
Securities were rated by at least one nationally-recognized statistical rating
organization, the Debenture Issuer will use its reasonable best efforts to
obtain from at least one such or other rating organization a rating for the
Debentures.

                  After the date for any distribution of the Debentures upon
dissolution of the Trust, (i) the Securities of the Trust will be deemed to be
no longer outstanding, (ii) any certificates representing the Capital Securities
will be deemed to represent undivided beneficial interests in such of the
Debentures as have an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate stated
liquidation amount of, with an interest rate identical to the distribution rate
of, and bearing accrued and unpaid interest equal to accrued and unpaid
distributions on, the Securities until such certificates are presented to the
Debenture Issuer or its agent for transfer or reissuance (and until such
certificates are so surrendered, no payments of interest or principal shall be
made to Holders of Securities in respect of any payments due and payable under
the Debentures) and (iii) all rights of Holders of Securities under the Capital
Securities or the Common Securities, as applicable, shall cease, except the
right of such Holders to receive Debentures upon surrender of certificates
representing such Securities.

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                  4.       Redemption and Distribution.

                  (a)      The Debentures will mature on January 7, 2033. The
Debentures may be redeemed by the Debenture Issuer, in whole or in part, on any
April 7, July 7, October 7 or January 7 on or after January 7, 2008, at the
Redemption Price, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' notice to Holders
of such Debentures. In addition, upon the occurrence and continuation of a Tax
Event, an Investment Company Event or a Capital Treatment Event, the Debentures
may be redeemed by the Debenture Issuer in whole but not in part, at any time
within 90 days following the occurrence of such Tax Event, Investment Company
Event or Capital Treatment Event, as the case may be (the "Special Redemption
Date"), at the Special Redemption Price, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60
days' notice to Holders of the Debentures so long as such Tax Event, Investment
Company Event or Capital Treatment Event, as the case may be, is continuing. In
each case, the right of the Debenture Issuer to redeem the Debentures is subject
to the Debenture Issuer having received prior approval from the Federal Reserve,
if then required under applicable capital guidelines or policies of the Federal
Reserve.

                  "Tax Event" means the receipt by the Debenture Issuer and the
Trust of an opinion of counsel experienced in such matters to the effect that,
as a result of any amendment to or change (including any announced prospective
change) in the laws or any regulations thereunder of the United States or any
political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, or as a result of
any official administrative pronouncement (including any private letter ruling,
technical advice memorandum, regulatory procedure, notice or announcement)(an
"Administrative Action") or judicial decision interpreting or applying such laws
or regulations, regardless of whether such Administrative Action or judicial
decision is issued to or in connection with a proceeding involving the Debenture
Issuer or the Trust and whether or not subject to review or appeal, which
amendment, clarification, change, Administrative Action or decision is enacted,
promulgated or announced, in each case on or after the date of original issuance
of the Debentures, there is more than an insubstantial risk that: (i) the Trust
is, or will be within 90 days of the date of such opinion, subject to United
States federal income tax with respect to income received or accrued on the
Debentures; (ii) interest payable by the Debenture Issuer on the Debentures is
not, or within 90 days of the date of such opinion, will not be, deductible by
the Debenture Issuer, in whole or in part, for United States federal income tax
purposes; or (iii) the Trust is, or will be within 90 days of the date of such
opinion, subject to more than a de minimis amount of other taxes (including
withholding taxes), duties, assessments or other governmental charges.

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

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                  "Capital Treatment Event" means the receipt by the Debenture
Issuer and the Trust of an opinion of counsel experienced in such matters to the
effect that, as a result of any amendment to, or change in, the laws, rules or
regulations of the United States or any political subdivision thereof or
therein, or as the result of any official or administrative pronouncement or
action or decision interpreting or applying such laws, rules or regulations,
which amendment or change is effective or which pronouncement, action or
decision is announced on or after the date of original issuance of the
Debentures, there is more than an insubstantial risk that the Debenture Issuer
will not, within 90 days of the date of such opinion, be entitled to treat an
amount equal to the aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Capital Securities as
"Tier 1 Capital" (or the then equivalent thereof) for purposes of the capital
adequacy guidelines of the Federal Reserve (or any successor regulatory
authority with jurisdiction over bank holding companies), as then in effect and
applicable to the Debenture Issuer; provided, however, that the distribution of
the Debentures in connection with the Liquidation of the Trust by the Debenture
Issuer shall not in and of itself constitute a Capital Treatment Event unless
such Liquidation shall have occurred in connection with a Tax Event or an
Investment Company Event.

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

                  "Redemption Price" means 100% of the principal amount of the
Debentures being redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest on such Debentures to
the Redemption Date or, in the case of a redemption due to the occurrence of a
Special Event, to the Special Redemption Date if such Special Redemption Date is
on or after January 7, 2008.

                  "Special Redemption Price" means (1) if the Special Redemption
Date is before January 7, 2008, the greater of (a) 100% of the principal amount
of the Debentures being redeemed pursuant to Section 10.02 of the Indenture or
(b) as determined by a Quotation Agent, the sum of the present values of the
principal amount payable as part of the Redemption Price with respect to a
redemption as of January 7, 2008, together with the present value of interest
payments calculated at a fixed per annum rate of interest equal to 7.125% over
the Remaining Life of such Debentures, discounted to the Special Redemption Date
on a quarterly basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day
months) at the Treasury Rate plus 0.50%, plus, in the case of either (a) or (b),
accrued and unpaid interest on such Debentures to the Special Redemption Date
and (2) if the Special Redemption Date is on or after January 7, 2008, the
Redemption Price for such Special Redemption Date.

                  "Comparable Treasury Issue" means with respect to any Special
Redemption Date, the United States Treasury security selected by the Quotation
Agent as having a maturity comparable to the Remaining Life that would be
utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial
practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable
maturity to the Remaining Life. If no United States Treasury security has a
maturity which is within a period from three months before to three months after
January 7, 2008, the two most closely corresponding United States Treasury
securities shall be used as the Comparable Treasury Issue, and the Treasury Rate
shall be interpolated or extrapolated on a straight-line basis, rounding to the
nearest month using such securities.

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                  "Comparable Treasury Price" means (a) the average of five
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Special Redemption Date, after
excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or
(b) if the Quotation Agent obtains fewer than five such Reference Treasury
Dealer Quotations, the average of all such Quotations.

                  "Primary Treasury Dealer" means a primary United States
Government securities dealer in New York City.

                  "Quotation Agent" means Salomon Smith Barney Inc. and its
successors; provided, however, that if the foregoing shall cease to be a Primary
Treasury Dealer, the Debenture Issuer shall substitute therefor another Primary
Treasury Dealer.

                  "Redemption Date" means the date fixed for the redemption of
Capital Securities, which shall be any April 7, July 7, October 7 or January 7
on or after January 7, 2008.

                  "Reference Treasury Dealer" means (i) the Quotation Agent and
(ii) any other Primary Treasury Dealer selected by the Debenture Trustee after
consultation with the Debenture Issuer.

                  "Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations" means, with respect to
each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Special Redemption Date, the average, as
determined by the Quotation Agent, of the bid and asked prices for the
Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its
principal amount) quoted in writing to the Debenture Trustee by such Reference
Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day
preceding such Special Redemption Date.

                  "Remaining Life" means, with respect to any Debentures the
period from the Special Redemption Date for such Debentures to January 7, 2008.

                  "Treasury Rate" means (i) the yield, under the heading which
represents the average for the week immediately prior to the date of
calculation, appearing in the most recently published statistical release
designated H.15 (519) or any successor publication which is published weekly by
the Federal Reserve and which establishes yields on actively traded United
States Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity under the caption
"Treasury Constant Maturities," for the maturity corresponding to the Remaining
Life (if no maturity is within three months before or after the Remaining Life,
yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the
Remaining Life shall be determined and the Treasury Rate shall be interpolated
or extrapolated from such yields on a straight-line basis, rounding to the
nearest month) or (ii) if such release (or any successor release) is not
published during the week preceding the calculation date or does not contain
such yields, the rate per annum equal to the quarterly equivalent yield to
maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated using a price for the
Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount)
equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Special Redemption Date. The
Treasury Rate shall be calculated on the third Business Day preceding the
Special Redemption Date.

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                  (b)      Upon the repayment in full at maturity or redemption
in whole or in part of the Debentures (other than following the distribution of
the Debentures to the Holders of the Securities), the proceeds from such
repayment or payment shall concurrently be applied to redeem Pro Rata at the
applicable Redemption Price, Securities having an aggregate liquidation amount
equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Debentures so repaid or redeemed;
provided, however, that holders of such Securities shall be given not less than
30 nor more than 60 days' notice of such redemption (other than at the scheduled
maturity of the Debentures).

                  (c)      If fewer than all the outstanding Securities are to
be so redeemed, the Common Securities and the Capital Securities will be
redeemed Pro Rata and the Capital Securities to be redeemed will be as described
in Section 4(e)(ii) below.

                  (d)      The Trust may not redeem fewer than all the
outstanding Capital Securities unless all accrued and unpaid Distributions have
been paid on all Capital Securities for all quarterly Distribution periods
terminating on or before the date of redemption.

                  (e)      Redemption or Distribution Procedures.

                           (i)      Notice of any redemption of, or notice of
         distribution of the Debentures in exchange for, the Securities (a
         "Redemption/Distribution Notice") will be given by the Trust by mail to
         each Holder of Securities to be redeemed or exchanged not fewer than 30
         nor more than 60 days before the date fixed for redemption or exchange
         thereof which, in the case of a redemption, will be the date fixed for
         redemption of the Debentures. For purposes of the calculation of the
         date of redemption or exchange and the dates on which notices are given
         pursuant to this Section 4(e)(i), a Redemption/Distribution Notice
         shall be deemed to be given on the day such notice is first mailed by
         first-class mail, postage prepaid, to Holders of such Securities. Each
         Redemption/Distribution Notice shall be addressed to the Holders of
         such Securities at the address of each such Holder appearing on the
         books and records of the Registrar. No defect in the
         Redemption/Distribution Notice or in the mailing thereof with respect
         to any Holder shall affect the validity of the redemption or exchange
         proceedings with respect to any other Holder.

                           (ii)     In the event that fewer than all the
         outstanding Securities are to be redeemed, the Securities to be
         redeemed shall be redeemed Pro Rata from each Holder of Capital
         Securities.

                           (iii)    If the Securities are to be redeemed and the
         Trust gives a Redemption/Distribution Notice, which notice may only be
         issued if the Debentures are redeemed as set out in this Section 4
         (which notice will be irrevocable), then, provided, that the
         Institutional Trustee has a sufficient amount of cash in connection
         with the related redemption or maturity of the Debentures, the
         Institutional Trustee will pay the relevant Redemption Price to the
         Holders of such Securities by check mailed to the address of each such
         Holder appearing on the books and records of the Trust on the
         redemption date. If a Redemption/Distribution Notice shall have been
         given and funds deposited as required, then immediately prior to the
         close of business on the date of such

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         deposit, Distributions will cease to accrue on the Securities so called
         for redemption and all rights of Holders of such Securities so called
         for redemption will cease, except the right of the Holders of such
         Securities to receive the applicable Redemption Price specified in
         Section 4(a), but without interest on such Redemption Price. If any
         date fixed for redemption of Securities is not a Business Day, then
         payment of any such Redemption Price payable on such date will be made
         on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day except that, if such
         Business Day falls in the next calendar year, such payment will be made
         on the immediately preceding Business Day, in each case with the same
         force and effect as if made on such date fixed for redemption. If
         payment of the Redemption Price in respect of any Securities is
         improperly withheld or refused and not paid either by the Trust or by
         the Debenture Issuer as guarantor pursuant to the Guarantee,
         Distributions on such Securities will continue to accrue at the then
         applicable rate from the original redemption date to the actual date of
         payment, in which case the actual payment date will be considered the
         date fixed for redemption for purposes of calculating the Redemption
         Price. In the event of any redemption of the Capital Securities issued
         by the Trust in part, the Trust shall not be required to (i) issue,
         register the transfer of or exchange any Security during a period
         beginning at the opening of business 15 days before any selection for
         redemption of the Capital Securities and ending at the close of
         business on the earliest date on which the relevant notice of
         redemption is deemed to have been given to all Holders of the Capital
         Securities to be so redeemed or (ii) register the transfer of or
         exchange any Capital Securities so selected for redemption, in whole or
         in part, except for the unredeemed portion of any Capital Securities
         being redeemed in part.

                           (iv)     Redemption/Distribution Notices shall be
         sent by the Administrators on behalf of the Trust (A) in respect of the
         Capital Securities, to the Holders thereof, and (B) in respect of the
         Common Securities, to the Holder thereof.

                           (v)      Subject to the foregoing and applicable law
         (including, without limitation, United States federal securities laws),
         and provided, that the acquiror is not the Holder of the Common
         Securities or the obligor under the Indenture, the Sponsor or any of
         its subsidiaries may at any time and from time to time purchase
         outstanding Capital Securities by tender, in the open market or by
         private agreement.

                  5.       Voting Rights - Capital Securities. (a) Except as
provided under Sections 5(b) and 7 and as otherwise required by law and the
Declaration, the Holders of the Capital Securities will have no voting rights.
The Administrators are required to call a meeting of the Holders of the Capital
Securities if directed to do so by Holders of not less than 10% in liquidation
amount of the Capital Securities.

                  (b)      Subject to the requirements of obtaining a tax
opinion by the Institutional Trustee in certain circumstances set forth in the
last sentence of this paragraph, the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount
of the Capital Securities, voting separately as a class, have the right to
direct the time, method, and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy
available to the Institutional Trustee, or exercising any trust or power
conferred upon the Institutional Trustee under the Declaration, including the
right to direct the Institutional Trustee,

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as holder of the Debentures, to (i) exercise the remedies available under the
Indenture as the holder of the Debentures, (ii) waive any past default that is
waivable under the Indenture, (iii) exercise any right to rescind or annul a
declaration that the principal of all the Debentures shall be due and payable or
(iv) consent on behalf of all the Holders of the Capital Securities to any
amendment, modification or termination of the Indenture or the Debentures where
such consent shall be required; provided, however, that, where a consent or
action under the Indenture would require the consent or act of the holders of
greater than a simple majority in principal amount of Debentures (a "Super
Majority") affected thereby, the Institutional Trustee may only give such
consent or take such action at the written direction of the Holders of not less
than the proportion in liquidation amount of the Capital Securities outstanding
which the relevant Super Majority represents of the aggregate principal amount
of the Debentures outstanding. If the Institutional Trustee fails to enforce its
rights under the Debentures after the Holders of a Majority in liquidation
amount of such Capital Securities have so directed the Institutional Trustee, to
the fullest extent permitted by law, a Holder of the Capital Securities may
institute a legal proceeding directly against the Debenture Issuer to enforce
the Institutional Trustee's rights under the Debentures without first
instituting any legal proceeding against the Institutional Trustee or any other
person or entity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing and such event is attributable to the failure of the
Debenture Issuer to pay interest or principal on the Debentures on the date the
interest or principal is payable (or in the case of redemption, the redemption
date), then a Holder of record of the Capital Securities may directly institute
a proceeding for enforcement of payment, on or after the respective due dates
specified in the Debentures, to such Holder directly of the principal of or
interest on the Debentures having an aggregate principal amount equal to the
aggregate liquidation amount of the Capital Securities of such Holder. The
Institutional Trustee shall notify all Holders of the Capital Securities of any
default actually known to the Institutional Trustee with respect to the
Debentures unless (x) such default has been cured prior to the giving of such
notice or (y) the Institutional Trustee determines in good faith that the
withholding of such notice is in the interest of the Holders of such Capital
Securities, except where the default relates to the payment of principal of or
interest on any of the Debentures. Such notice shall state that such Indenture
Event of Default also constitutes an Event of Default hereunder. Except with
respect to directing the time, method and place of conducting a proceeding for a
remedy, the Institutional Trustee shall not take any of the actions described in
clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above unless the Institutional Trustee has obtained an
opinion of tax counsel to the effect that, as a result of such action, the Trust
will not be classified as other than a grantor trust for United States federal
income tax purposes.

                  In the event the consent of the Institutional Trustee, as the
holder of the Debentures is required under the Indenture with respect to any
amendment, modification or termination of the Indenture, the Institutional
Trustee shall request the written direction of the Holders of the Securities
with respect to such amendment, modification or termination and shall vote with
respect to such amendment, modification or termination as directed by a Majority
in liquidation amount of the Securities voting together as a single class;
provided, however, that where a consent under the Indenture would require the
consent of a Super Majority, the Institutional Trustee may only give such
consent at the written direction of the Holders of not less than the proportion
in liquidation amount of such Securities outstanding which the relevant

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Super Majority represents of the aggregate principal amount of the Debentures
outstanding. The Institutional Trustee shall not take any such action in
accordance with the written directions of the Holders of the Securities unless
the Institutional Trustee has obtained an opinion of tax counsel to the effect
that, as a result of such action, the Trust will not be classified as other than
a grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes.

                  A waiver of an Indenture Event of Default will constitute a
waiver of the corresponding Event of Default hereunder. Any required approval or
direction of Holders of the Capital Securities may be given at a separate
meeting of Holders of the Capital Securities convened for such purpose, at a
meeting of all of the Holders of the Securities in the Trust or pursuant to
written consent. The Institutional Trustee will cause a notice of any meeting at
which Holders of the Capital Securities are entitled to vote, or of any matter
upon which action by written consent of such Holders is to be taken, to be
mailed to each Holder of record of the Capital Securities. Each such notice will
include a statement setting forth the following information (i) the date of such
meeting or the date by which such action is to be taken, (ii) a description of
any resolution proposed for adoption at such meeting on which such Holders are
entitled to vote or of such matter upon which written consent is sought and
(iii) instructions for the delivery of proxies or consents. No vote or consent
of the Holders of the Capital Securities will be required for the Trust to
redeem and cancel Capital Securities or to distribute the Debentures in
accordance with the Declaration and the terms of the Securities.

                  Notwithstanding that Holders of the Capital Securities are
entitled to vote or consent under any of the circumstances described above, any
of the Capital Securities that are owned by the Sponsor or any Affiliate of the
Sponsor shall not entitle the Holder thereof to vote or consent and shall, for
purposes of such vote or consent, be treated as if such Capital Securities were
not outstanding.

                  In no event will Holders of the Capital Securities have the
right to vote to appoint, remove or replace the Administrators, which voting
rights are vested exclusively in the Sponsor as the Holder of all of the Common
Securities of the Trust. Under certain circumstances as more fully described in
the Declaration, Holders of Capital Securities have the right to vote to
appoint, remove or replace the Institutional Trustee and the Delaware Trustee.

                  6.       Voting Rights - Common Securities. (a) Except as
provided under Sections 6(b), 6(c) and 7 and as otherwise required by law and
the Declaration, the Common Securities will have no voting rights.

                  (b)      The Holders of the Common Securities are entitled, in
accordance with Article IV of the Declaration, to vote to appoint, remove or
replace any Administrators.

                  (c)      Subject to Section 6.7 of the Declaration and only
after each Event of Default (if any) with respect to the Capital Securities has
been cured, waived or otherwise eliminated and subject to the requirements of
the second to last sentence of this paragraph, the Holders of a Majority in
liquidation amount of the Common Securities, voting separately as a class, may
direct the time, method, and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy
available to the Institutional Trustee, or exercising any trust or power
conferred upon the

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Institutional Trustee under the Declaration, including (i) directing the time,
method, place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the
Debenture Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Debenture
Trustee with respect to the Debentures, (ii) waiving any past default and its
consequences that are waivable under the Indenture, or (iii) exercising any
right to rescind or annul a declaration that the principal of all the Debentures
shall be due and payable, provided, however, that, where a consent or action
under the Indenture would require a Super Majority, the Institutional Trustee
may only give such consent or take such action at the written direction of the
Holders of not less than the proportion in liquidation amount of the Common
Securities which the relevant Super Majority represents of the aggregate
principal amount of the Debentures outstanding. Notwithstanding this Section
6(c), the Institutional Trustee shall not revoke any action previously
authorized or approved by a vote or consent of the Holders of the Capital
Securities. Other than with respect to directing the time, method and place of
conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Institutional Trustee
or the Debenture Trustee as set forth above, the Institutional Trustee shall not
take any action described in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above, unless the
Institutional Trustee has obtained an opinion of tax counsel to the effect that
for the purposes of United States federal income tax the Trust will not be
classified as other than a grantor trust on account of such action. If the
Institutional Trustee fails to enforce its rights under the Declaration, to the
fullest extent permitted by law any Holder of the Common Securities may
institute a legal proceeding directly against any Person to enforce the
Institutional Trustee's rights under the Declaration, without first instituting
a legal proceeding against the Institutional Trustee or any other Person.

                  Any approval or direction of Holders of the Common Securities
may be given at a separate meeting of Holders of the Common Securities convened
for such purpose, at a meeting of all of the Holders of the Securities in the
Trust or pursuant to written consent. The Administrators will cause a notice of
any meeting at which Holders of the Common Securities are entitled to vote, or
of any matter upon which action by written consent of such Holders is to be
taken, to be mailed to each Holder of the Common Securities. Each such notice
will include a statement setting forth (i) the date of such meeting or the date
by which such action is to be taken, (ii) a description of any resolution
proposed for adoption at such meeting on which such Holders are entitled to vote
or of such matter upon which written consent is sought and (iii) instructions
for the delivery of proxies or consents.

                  No vote or consent of the Holders of the Common Securities
will be required for the Trust to redeem and cancel Common Securities or to
distribute the Debentures in accordance with the Declaration and the terms of
the Securities.

                  7.       Amendments to Declaration and Indenture. (a) In
addition to any requirements under Section 11.1 of the Declaration, if any
proposed amendment to the Declaration provides for, or the Trustees otherwise
propose to effect, (i) any action that would adversely affect the powers,
preferences or special rights of the Securities, whether by way of amendment to
the Declaration or otherwise, or (ii) the Liquidation of the Trust, other than
as described in Section 7.1 of the Declaration, then the Holders of outstanding
Securities, voting together as a single class, will be entitled to vote on such
amendment or proposal and such amendment or proposal shall not be effective
except with the approval of the Holders of not less than a Majority in
liquidation amount of the Securities affected thereby; provided, however, if

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any amendment or proposal referred to in clause (i) above would adversely affect
only the Capital Securities or only the Common Securities, then only the
affected class will be entitled to vote on such amendment or proposal and such
amendment or proposal shall not be effective except with the approval of a
Majority in liquidation amount of such class of Securities.

                  (b)      In the event the consent of the Institutional Trustee
as the holder of the Debentures is required under the Indenture with respect to
any amendment, modification or termination of the Indenture or the Debentures,
the Institutional Trustee shall request the written direction of the Holders of
the Securities with respect to such amendment, modification or termination and
shall vote with respect to such amendment, modification, or termination as
directed by a Majority in liquidation amount of the Securities voting together
as a single class; provided, however, that where a consent under the Indenture
would require a Super Majority, the Institutional Trustee may only give such
consent at the written direction of the Holders of not less than the proportion
in liquidation amount of the Securities which the relevant Super Majority
represents of the aggregate principal amount of the Debentures outstanding.

                  (c)      Notwithstanding the foregoing, no amendment or
modification may be made to the Declaration if such amendment or modification
would (i) cause the Trust to be classified for purposes of United States federal
income taxation as other than a grantor trust, (ii) reduce or otherwise
adversely affect the powers of the Institutional Trustee or (iii) cause the
Trust to be deemed an "investment company" which is required to be registered
under the Investment Company Act.

                  (d)      Notwithstanding any provision of the Declaration, the
right of any Holder of the Capital Securities to receive payment of
distributions and other payments upon redemption or otherwise, on or after their
respective due dates, or to institute a suit for the enforcement of any such
payment on or after such respective dates, shall not be impaired or affected
without the consent of such Holder. For the protection and enforcement of the
foregoing provision, each and every Holder of the Capital Securities shall be
entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or equity.

                  8.       Pro Rata. A reference in these terms of the
Securities to any payment, distribution or treatment as being "Pro Rata" shall
mean pro rata to each Holder of the Securities according to the aggregate
liquidation amount of the Securities held by the relevant Holder in relation to
the aggregate liquidation amount of all Securities outstanding unless, in
relation to a payment, an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, in
which case any funds available to make such payment shall be paid first to each
Holder of the Capital Securities Pro Rata according to the aggregate liquidation
amount of the Capital Securities held by the relevant Holder relative to the
aggregate liquidation amount of all Capital Securities outstanding, and only
after satisfaction of all amounts owed to the Holders of the Capital Securities,
to each Holder of the Common Securities Pro Rata according to the aggregate
liquidation amount of the Common Securities held by the relevant Holder relative
to the aggregate liquidation amount of all Common Securities outstanding.

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                  9.       Ranking. The Capital Securities rank pari passu with,
and payment thereon shall be made Pro Rata with, the Common Securities except
that, where an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the rights of
Holders of the Common Securities to receive payment of Distributions and
payments upon liquidation, redemption and otherwise are subordinated to the
rights of the Holders of the Capital Securities with the result that no payment
of any Distribution on, or Redemption Price of, any Common Security, and no
other payment on account of redemption, liquidation or other acquisition of
Common Securities, shall be made unless payment in full in cash of all
accumulated and unpaid Distributions on all outstanding Capital Securities for
all distribution periods terminating on or prior thereto, or in the case of
payment of the Redemption Price the full amount of such Redemption Price on all
outstanding Capital Securities then called for redemption, shall have been made
or provided for, and all funds immediately available to the Institutional
Trustee shall first be applied to the payment in full in cash of all
Distributions on, or the Redemption Price of, the Capital Securities then due
and payable.

                  10.      Acceptance of Guarantee and Indenture. Each Holder of
the Capital Securities and the Common Securities, by the acceptance of such
Securities, agrees to the provisions of the Guarantee, including the
subordination provisions therein and to the provisions of the Indenture.

                  11.      No Preemptive Rights. The Holders of the Securities
shall have no, and the issuance of the Securities is not subject to, preemptive
or similar rights to subscribe for any additional securities.

                  12.      Miscellaneous. These terms constitute a part of the
Declaration. The Sponsor will provide a copy of the Declaration, the Guarantee,
and the Indenture to a Holder without charge on written request to the Sponsor
at its principal place of business.

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                                   EXHIBIT A-1

                      FORM OF CAPITAL SECURITY CERTIFICATE

                           [FORM OF FACE OF SECURITY]

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

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

                  THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF ALSO
AGREES, REPRESENTS AND WARRANTS THAT IT IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT, INDIVIDUAL
RETIREMENT ACCOUNT OR OTHER PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT

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

                  IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO
THE REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS MAY
BE REQUIRED BY THE AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION OF TRUST TO CONFIRM THAT THE
TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.

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

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Certificate Number P-1                        Number of Capital Securities 5,000

                             CUSIP NO [___________]

                   Certificate Evidencing Capital Securities

                                       of

                          VINEYARD STATUTORY TRUST II

                             Floating Rate TRUPS(R)

                (liquidation amount $1,000 per Capital Security)

                  Vineyard Statutory Trust II, a statutory trust created under
the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Trust"), hereby certifies that
[______________] (the "Holder") is the registered owner of 5,000 capital
securities of the Trust representing undivided beneficial interests in the
assets of the Trust, designated the Floating Rate TRUPS(R) (liquidation amount
$1,000 per Capital Security) (the "Capital Securities"). Subject to the
Declaration (as defined below), the Capital Securities are transferable on the
books and records of the Trust, in person or by a duly authorized attorney, upon
surrender of this Certificate duly endorsed and in proper form for transfer. The
Capital Securities represented hereby are issued pursuant to, and the
designation, rights, privileges, restrictions, preferences and other terms and
provisions of the Capital Securities shall in all respects be subject to, the
provisions of the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of the Trust, dated
as of December 19, 2002, among Norman Morales and Gordon Fong, as
Administrators, Wilmington Trust Company, as Delaware Trustee, Wilmington Trust
Company, as Institutional Trustee, Vineyard National Bancorp, as Sponsor, and
the holders from time to time of undivided beneficial interests in the assets of
the Trust, including the designation of the terms of the Capital Securities as
set forth in Annex I to the Declaration, as the same may be amended from time to
time (the "Declaration"). Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall
have the meaning given them in the Declaration. The Holder is entitled to the
benefits of the Guarantee to the extent provided therein. The Sponsor will
provide a copy of the Declaration, the Guarantee, and the Indenture to the
Holder without charge upon written request to the Sponsor at its principal place
of business.

                  By acceptance of this Security, the Holder is bound by the
Declaration and is entitled to the benefits thereunder.

                  By acceptance of this Security, the Holder agrees to treat,
for United States federal income tax purposes, the Debentures as indebtedness
and the Capital Securities as evidence of beneficial ownership in the
Debentures.

                  This Capital Security is governed by, and shall be construed
in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to
principles of conflict of laws.

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

                                             VINEYARD STATUTORY TRUST II

                                             By: _______________________
                                                 Name:
                                                 Title: Administrator

                                             Dated: ____________________

                          CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

                  This is one of the Capital Securities referred to in the
within-mentioned Declaration.

                                             WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
                                             not in its individual capacity but
                                             solely as the Institutional Trustee

                                             By: _______________________________
                                                       Authorized Officer

                                             Dated: ____________________________

                                      A-1-4

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                          [FORM OF REVERSE OF SECURITY]

                  Distributions payable on each Capital Security will be payable
at a variable per annum rate of interest, reset quarterly, equal to LIBOR (as
defined in the Declaration) plus 3.35% (the "Coupon Rate") of the stated
liquidation amount of $1,000 per Capital Security, such rate being the rate of
interest payable on the Debentures to be held by the Institutional Trustee
(provided, that the applicable Coupon Rate may not exceed 12.5% through the
Distribution Payment Date in January 2008). Except as set forth below in respect
of an Extension Period, Distributions in arrears for more than one quarterly
period will bear interest thereon compounded quarterly at the applicable Coupon
Rate for each such quarterly period (to the extent permitted by applicable law).
The term "Distributions" as used herein includes cash distributions, any such
compounded distributions and any Additional Interest payable on the Debentures
unless otherwise stated. A Distribution is payable only to the extent that
payments are made in respect of the Debentures held by the Institutional Trustee
and to the extent the Institutional Trustee has funds legally available in the
Property Account therefor. The amount of Distributions payable for any period
will be computed for any full quarterly Distribution period on the basis of a
360-day year and the actual number of days elapsed in the relevant Distribution
period.

                  Except as otherwise described below, Distributions on the
Capital Securities will be cumulative, will accrue from the date of original
issuance and will be payable quarterly in arrears on April 7, July 7, October 7
and January 7 of each year, commencing on April 7, 2003 (each, a "Distribution
Payment Date"). The Debenture Issuer has the right under the Indenture to defer
payments of interest on the Debentures by extending the interest payment period
for up to 20 consecutive quarterly periods (each, an "Extension Period") at any
time and from time to time on the Debentures, subject to the conditions
described below, during which Extension Period no interest shall be due and
payable (except any Additional Interest that may be due and payable). During any
Extension Period, interest will continue to accrue on the Debentures, and
interest on such accrued interest (such accrued interest and interest thereon
referred to herein as "Deferred Interest") will accrue at an annual rate equal
to the Coupon Rate in effect for each such Extension Period, compounded
quarterly from the date such Deferred Interest would have been payable were it
not for the Extension Period, to the extent permitted by law. No Extension
Period may end on a date other than a Distribution Payment Date. At the end of
any such Extension Period, the Debenture Issuer shall pay all Deferred Interest
then accrued and unpaid on the Debentures; provided, however, that no Extension
Period may extend beyond the Maturity Date. Prior to the termination of any
Extension Period, the Debenture Issuer may further extend such period, provided,
that such period together with all such previous and further consecutive
extensions thereof shall not exceed 20 consecutive quarterly periods, or extend
beyond the Maturity Date. Upon the termination of any Extension Period and upon
the payment of all Deferred Interest, the Debenture Issuer may commence a new
Extension Period, subject to the foregoing requirements. No interest or Deferred
Interest shall be due and payable during an Extension Period, except at the end
thereof, but Deferred Interest shall accrue upon each installment of interest
that would otherwise have been due and payable during such Extension Period
until such installment is paid. If Distributions are deferred, the Distributions
due shall be paid on the date that the related Extension Period terminates to
Holders of the Securities as they appear on the books and records of the Trust
on the record date immediately preceding such date. Distributions on the
Securities must be paid on the dates payable (after giving effect to any
Extension Period) to the extent that the Trust has funds legally available for
the payment of such distributions in the Property Account of the Trust. The
Trust's funds available for Distribution to the Holders of the Securities will
be limited to payments received from the Debenture Issuer.

                                      A-1-5

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The payment of Distributions out of moneys held by the Trust is guaranteed by
the Guarantor pursuant to the Guarantee.

                  The Capital Securities shall be redeemable as provided in the
Declaration.

                                     A-1-6

<PAGE>

                                   ASSIGNMENT

                  FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned assigns and transfers this
Capital Security Certificate to:

___________________

___________________

___________________

(Insert assignee's social security or tax identification number)

___________________

___________________

___________________

(Insert address and zip code of assignee),

and irrevocably appoints _______________________________________________________
as agent to transfer this Capital Security Certificate on the books of the
Trust. The agent may substitute another to act for it, him or her.

                  Date:______________________

                  Signature:_________________

                  (Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this
Capital Security Certificate)

                  Signature Guarantee:(1)____________________________

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(1)      Signature must be guaranteed by an "eligible guarantor institution"
that is a bank, stockbroker, savings and loan association or credit union
meeting the requirements of the Security registrar, which requirements include
membership or participation in the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program
("STAMP") or such other "signature guarantee program" as may be determined by
the Security registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in
accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

                                      A-1-7

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                                   EXHIBIT A-2

                       FORM OF COMMON SECURITY CERTIFICATE

                  THIS COMMON SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR ANY OTHER
APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE
TRANSFERRED EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION.

                  EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN SECTION 8.1(b) OF THE DECLARATION (AS
DEFINED BELOW), THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE
TRANSFERRED.

                                      A-2-1

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Certificate Number C-1                           Number of Common Securities 155

                    Certificate Evidencing Common Securities

                                       of

                          VINEYARD STATUTORY TRUST II

                  Vineyard Statutory Trust II, a statutory trust created under
the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Trust"), hereby certifies that Vineyard
National Bancorp (the "Holder") is the registered owner of 155 common securities
of the Trust representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the
Trust (liquidation amount $1,000 per Common Security)(the "Common Securities").
The Common Securities represented hereby are issued pursuant to, and the
designation, rights, privileges, restrictions, preferences and other terms and
provisions of the Common Securities shall in all respects be subject to, the
provisions of the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of the Trust, dated
as of December 19, 2002, among Norman Morales and Gordon Fong, as
Administrators, Wilmington Trust Company, as Delaware Trustee, Wilmington Trust
Company, as Institutional Trustee, the Holder, as Sponsor, and the holders from
time to time of undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust,
including the designation of the terms of the Common Securities as set forth in
Annex I to the Declaration, as the same may be amended from time to time (the
"Declaration"). Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the
meaning given them in the Declaration. The Sponsor will provide a copy of the
Declaration and the Indenture to the Holder without charge upon written request
to the Sponsor at its principal place of business.

                  As set forth in the Declaration, when an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, the rights of Holders of Common Securities to
payment in respect of Distributions and payments upon Liquidation, redemption or
otherwise are subordinated to the rights of payment of Holders of the Capital
Securities.

                  By acceptance of this Certificate, the Holder is bound by the
Declaration and is entitled to the benefits thereunder.

                  By acceptance of this Certificate, the Holder agrees to treat,
for United States federal income tax purposes, the Debentures as indebtedness
and the Common Securities as evidence of undivided beneficial ownership in the
Debentures.

                  This Common Security is governed by, and shall be construed in
accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to principles
of conflict of laws.

                                      A-2-2

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                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trust has executed this certificate
this ___ day of ____, 2002.

                                             VINEYARD STATUTORY TRUST II

                                             By:________________________
                                                Name:
                                                Title: Administrator

                                     A-2-3

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                          [FORM OF REVERSE OF SECURITY]

                  Distributions payable on each Common Security will be
identical in amount to the Distributions payable on each Capital Security, which
is at a variable per annum rate of interest, reset quarterly, equal to LIBOR (as
defined in the Declaration) plus 3.35% (the "Coupon Rate") of the stated
liquidation amount of $1,000 per Capital Security, such rate being the rate of
interest payable on the Debentures to be held by the Institutional Trustee
(provided, that the applicable Coupon Rate may not exceed 12.5% through the
Distribution Payment Date in January 2008). Except as set forth below in respect
of an Extension Period, Distributions in arrears for more than one quarterly
period will bear interest thereon compounded quarterly at the applicable Coupon
Rate for each such quarterly period (to the extent permitted by applicable law).
The term "Distributions" as used herein includes cash distributions, any such
compounded distributions and any Additional Interest payable on the Debentures
unless otherwise stated. A Distribution is payable only to the extent that
payments are made in respect of the Debentures held by the Institutional Trustee
and to the extent the Institutional Trustee has funds legally available in the
Property Account therefor. The amount of Distributions payable for any period
will be computed for any full quarterly Distribution period on the basis of a
360-day year and the actual number of days elapsed in the relevant Distribution
period.

                  Except as otherwise described below, Distributions on the
Common Securities will be cumulative, will accrue from the date of original
issuance and will be payable quarterly in arrears on April 7, July 7, October 7
and January 7 of each year, commencing on April 7, 2003 (each, a "Distribution
Payment Date"). The Debenture Issuer has the right under the Indenture to defer
payments of interest on the Debentures by extending the interest payment period
for up to 20 consecutive quarterly periods (each, an "Extension Period") at any
time and from time to time on the Debentures, subject to the conditions
described below, during which Extension Period no interest shall be due and
payable (except any Additional Interest that may be due and payable). During any
Extension Period, interest will continue to accrue on the Debentures, and
interest on such accrued interest (such accrued interest and interest thereon
referred to herein as "Deferred Interest") will accrue at an annual rate equal
to the Coupon Rate in effect for each such Extension Period, compounded
quarterly from the date such Deferred Interest would have been payable were it
not for the Extension Period, to the extent permitted by law. No Extension
Period may end on a date other than a Distribution Payment Date. At the end of
any such Extension Period, the Debenture Issuer shall pay all Deferred Interest
then accrued and unpaid on the Debentures; provided, however, that no Extension
Period may extend beyond the Maturity Date. Prior to the termination of any
Extension Period, the Debenture Issuer may further extend such period, provided,
that such period together with all such previous and further consecutive
extensions thereof shall not exceed 20 consecutive quarterly periods, or extend
beyond the Maturity Date. Upon the termination of any Extension Period and upon
the payment of all Deferred Interest, the Debenture Issuer may commence a new
Extension Period, subject to the foregoing requirements. No interest or Deferred
Interest shall be due and payable during an Extension Period, except at the end
thereof, but Deferred Interest shall accrue upon each installment of interest
that would otherwise have been due and payable during such Extension Period
until such installment is paid. If Distributions are deferred, the Distributions
due shall be paid on the date that the related Extension Period terminates to
Holders of the Securities as they appear on the books and records of the Trust
on the record date immediately preceding such date.

                                      A-2-4

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Distributions on the Securities must be paid on the dates payable (after giving
effect to any Extension Period) to the extent that the Trust has funds legally
available for the payment of such distributions in the Property Account of the
Trust. The Trust's funds legally available for Distribution to the Holders of
the Securities will be limited to payments received from the Debenture Issuer.
The payment of Distributions out of moneys held by the Trust is guaranteed by
the Guarantor pursuant to the Guarantee.

                  The Common Securities shall be redeemable as provided in the
Declaration.

                                      A-2-5

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                                   ASSIGNMENT

                  FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned assigns and transfers this
Common Security Certificate to:

___________________

___________________

___________________

(Insert assignee's social security or tax identification number)

___________________

___________________

___________________

(Insert address and zip code of assignee),

and irrevocably appoints as__________ agent to transfer this Common Security
Certificate on the books of the Trust. The agent may substitute another to act
for him or her.

                  Date: _____________________

                  Signature: ________________

                  (Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this
Common Security Certificate)

                  Signature Guarantee:(1)____________________________

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(1)      Signature must be guaranteed by an "eligible guarantor institution"
that is a bank, stockbroker, savings and loan association or credit union,
meeting the requirements of the Security registrar, which requirements include
membership or participation in the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program
("STAMP") or such other "signature guarantee program" as may be determined by
the Security registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in
accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

                                      A-2-6

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                                                                       EXHIBIT B

                         FORM OF TRANSFEREE CERTIFICATE
                  TO BE EXECUTED BY TRANSFEREES OTHER THAN QIBS

                                                                 __________, [ ]

Vineyard National Bancorp
Vineyard Statutory Trust II
9590 Foothill Boulevard
Rancho Cucamonga, CA  91730

Re:  Purchase of $1,000 stated liquidation amount of Floating Rate TRUPS(R) (the
     "Capital Securities") of Vineyard Statutory Trust II

Ladies and Gentlemen:

                  In connection with our purchase of the Capital Securities we
confirm that:

                  1.       We understand that the Floating Rate TRUPS(R) (the
"Capital Securities") of Vineyard Statutory Trust II (the "Trust") (including
the guarantee (the "Guarantee") of Vineyard National Bancorp (the "Company")
executed in connection therewith) and the Floating Rate Junior Subordinated Debt
Securities due 2033 of the Company (the "Subordinated Debt Securities") (the
Capital Securities, the Guarantee and the Subordinated Debt Securities together
being referred to herein as the "Offered Securities"), have not been registered
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and may not
be offered or sold except as permitted in the following sentence. We agree on
our own behalf and on behalf of any investor account for which we are purchasing
the Offered Securities that, if we decide to offer, sell or otherwise transfer
any such Offered Securities, such offer, sale or transfer will be made only (a)
to the Company or the Trust, (b) pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act,
to a person we reasonably believe is a qualified institutional buyer under Rule
144A (a "QIB") that purchases for its own account or for the account of a QIB
and to whom notice is given that the transfer is being made in reliance on Rule
144A, (c) pursuant to an exemption from registration, to an "accredited
investor" within the meaning of subparagraph (a) (1), (2), (3) or (7) of Rule
501 under the Securities Act that is acquiring Offered Securities for its own
account or for the account of such an accredited investor for investment
purposes and not with a view to, or for offer or sale in connection with, any
distribution thereof in violation of the Securities Act, or (d) pursuant to
another available exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities
Act, and in each of the foregoing cases in accordance with any applicable state
securities laws and any requirements of law that govern the disposition of our
property. The foregoing restrictions on resale will not apply subsequent to the
date on which, in the written opinion of counsel, the Capital Securities are not
"restricted securities" within the meaning of Rule 144 under the Securities Act.
If any resale or other transfer of the Offered Securities is proposed to be made
pursuant to clause (c) or (d) above, the transferor shall deliver a letter from
the transferee substantially in the form of this letter to the Institutional
Trustee as Transfer Agent, which shall provide as applicable, among other
things, that the transferee is an "accredited investor" within

                                       B-1

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the meaning of subparagraph (a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Rule 501 under the
Securities Act that is acquiring such Securities for investment purposes and not
for distribution in violation of the Securities Act. We acknowledge on our
behalf and on behalf of any investor account for which we are purchasing
Securities that the Trust and the Company reserve the right prior to any offer,
sale or other transfer pursuant to clause (c) or (d) to require the delivery of
any opinion of counsel, certifications and/or other information satisfactory to
the Trust and the Company. We understand that the certificates for any Offered
Security that we receive will bear a legend substantially to the effect of the
foregoing.

                  2.       We are an "accredited investor" within the meaning of
subparagraph (a) (1), (2), (3) or (7) of Rule 501 under the Securities Act
purchasing for our own account or for the account of such an "accredited
investor," and we are acquiring the Offered Securities for investment purposes
and not with view to, or for offer or sale in connection with, any distribution
in violation of the Securities Act, and we have such knowledge and experience in
financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and
risks of our investment in the Offered Securities, and we and any account for
which we are acting are each able to bear the economic risks of our or its
investment.

                  3.       We are acquiring the Offered Securities purchased by
us for our own account (or for one or more accounts as to each of which we
exercise sole investment discretion and have authority to make, and do make, the
statements contained in this letter) and not with a view to any distribution of
the Offered Securities, subject, nevertheless, to the understanding that the
disposition of our property will at all times be and remain within our control.

                  4.       In the event that we purchase any Capital Securities
or any Subordinated Debt Securities, we will acquire such Capital Securities
having an aggregate stated liquidation amount of not less than $100,000 or such
Subordinated Debt Securities having an aggregate principal amount not less than
$100,000, for our own account and for each separate account for which we are
acting.

                  5.       We acknowledge that we either (A) are not a fiduciary
of a pension, profit-sharing or other employee benefit plan subject to the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA") (a
"Plan"), or an entity whose assets include "plan assets" by reason of any Plan's
investment in the entity and are not purchasing the Offered Securities on behalf
of or with "plan assets" by reason of any Plan's investment in the entity and
are not purchasing the Offered Securities on behalf of or with "plan assets" of
any Plan or (B) are eligible for the exemptive relief available under one or
more of the following prohibited transaction class exemptions ("PTCEs") issued
by the U.S. Department of Labor: PTCE 96-23, 95-60, 91-38, 90-1 or 84-14.

                  6.       We acknowledge that the Trust and the Company and
others will rely upon the truth and accuracy of the foregoing acknowledgments,
representations, warranties and agreements and agree that if any of the
acknowledgments, representations, warranties and agreements deemed to have been
made by our purchase of the Offered Securities are no longer accurate, we shall
promptly notify the Placement Agent. If we are acquiring any Offered Securities
as a fiduciary or agent for one or more investor accounts, we represent that we
have

                                       B-2

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sole discretion with respect to each such investor account and that we have full
power to make the foregoing acknowledgments, representations and agreement on
behalf of each such investor account.

                                             ________________________
                                                (Name of Purchaser)

                                             By:_____________________

                                             Date:___________________

                  Upon transfer, the Offered Securities would be registered in
the name of the new beneficial owner as follows.

Name:______________________

Address:___________________

Taxpayer ID Number:________

                                       B-3

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                                                                       EXHIBIT C

                         FORM OF TRANSFEROR CERTIFICATE
                            TO BE EXECUTED FOR QIBs

                                                                 __________, [ ]

Vineyard National Bancorp
Vineyard Statutory Trust II
9590 Foothill Boulevard
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730

Re:  Purchase of $1,000 stated liquidation amount of Floating Rate TRUPS(R) (the
     "Capital Securities") of Vineyard Statutory Trust II

                  Reference is hereby made to the Amended and Restated
Declaration of Trust of Vineyard Statutory Trust II, dated as of December 19,
2002 (the "Declaration"), among Norman Morales and Gordon Fong, as
Administrators, Wilmington Trust Company, as Delaware Trustee, Wilmington Trust
Company, as Institutional Trustee, Vineyard National Bancorp, as Sponsor, and
the holders from time to time of undivided beneficial interests in the assets of
Vineyard Statutory Trust II. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall
have the meanings given them in the Declaration.

                  This letter relates to $[_______________] aggregate
liquidation amount of Capital Securities which are held in the name of [name of
transferor] (the "Transferor").

                  In accordance with Section 8.2(b) of the Declaration, the
Transferor does hereby certify that such Capital Securities are being
transferred in accordance with (i) the transfer restrictions set forth in the
Capital Securities and (ii) Rule 144A under the Securities Act ("Rule 144A"), to
a transferee that the Transferor reasonably believes is purchasing the Capital
Securities for its own account or an account with respect to which the
transferee exercises sole investment discretion and the transferee and any such
account is a "qualified institutional buyer" within the meaning of Rule 144A, in
a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A and in accordance with
applicable securities laws of any state of the United States or any other
jurisdiction.

                  You are entitled to rely upon this letter and are irrevocably
authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested party in
any administrative or legal proceeding or official inquiry with respect to the
matters covered hereby.

                                       C-1

<PAGE>

                                             ________________________
                                               (Name of Transferor)

                                             By:_____________________
                                                Name:________________
                                                Title:_______________

                                             Date:___________________

                                       C-2<PAGE>

                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.9

                               GUARANTEE AGREEMENT

                            VINEYARD NATIONAL BANCORP

                          Dated as of December 19, 2002

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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

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                                    ARTICLE I
                         DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

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

                                   ARTICLE II
                        POWERS, DUTIES AND RIGHTS OF THE
                                GUARANTEE TRUSTEE

SECTION 2.1  Powers and Duties of the Guarantee Trustee.........................   4
SECTION 2.2  Certain Rights of the Guarantee Trustee............................   5
SECTION 2.3  Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Guarantee..............   7
SECTION 2.4  Events of Default; Waiver..........................................   7
SECTION 2.5  Events of Default; Notice..........................................   8

                                   ARTICLE III
                              THE GUARANTEE TRUSTEE

SECTION 3.1  The Guarantee Trustee; Eligibility.................................   8
SECTION 3.2  Appointment, Removal and Resignation of the Guarantee Trustee......   9

                                   ARTICLE IV
                                    GUARANTEE

SECTION 4.1  Guarantee .........................................................   9
SECTION 4.2  Waiver of Notice and Demand........................................  10
SECTION 4.3  Obligations Not Affected...........................................  10
SECTION 4.4  Rights of Holders .................................................  11
SECTION 4.5  Guarantee of Payment...............................................  11
SECTION 4.6  Subrogation .......................................................  11
SECTION 4.7  Independent Obligations ...........................................  12
SECTION 4.8  Enforcement........................................................  12

                                    ARTICLE V
                           LIMITATION OF TRANSACTIONS;
                                  SUBORDINATION

SECTION 5.1  Limitation of Transactions.........................................  12
SECTION 5.2  Ranking ...........................................................  13
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                                   ARTICLE VI
                                   TERMINATION

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

                                   ARTICLE VII
                                 INDEMNIFICATION

SECTION 7.1  Exculpation .......................................................  14
SECTION 7.2  Indemnification ...................................................  14
SECTION 7.3  Compensation; Reimbursement of Expenses............................  15

                                  ARTICLE VIII
                                  MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 8.1  Successors and Assigns.............................................  16
SECTION 8.2  Amendments ........................................................  16
SECTION 8.3  Notices ...........................................................  16
SECTION 8.4  Benefit............................................................  17
SECTION 8.5  Governing Law .....................................................  17
SECTION 8.6  Counterparts.......................................................  17
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                               GUARANTEE AGREEMENT

                  This GUARANTEE AGREEMENT (the "Guarantee"), dated as of
December 19, 2002, is executed and delivered by Vineyard National Bancorp, a
bank holding company incorporated in California (the "Guarantor"), and
Wilmington Trust Company, a Delaware banking corporation, as trustee (the
"Guarantee Trustee"), for the benefit of the Holders (as defined herein) from
time to time of the Capital Securities (as defined herein) of Vineyard Statutory
Trust II, a Delaware statutory trust (the "Issuer").

                  WHEREAS, pursuant to an Amended and Restated Declaration of
Trust (the "Declaration"), dated as of December 19, 2002, among the trustees
named therein of the Issuer, Vineyard National Bancorp, as sponsor, and the
Holders from time to time of undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the
Issuer, the Issuer is issuing on the date hereof securities, having an aggregate
liquidation amount of up to $5,000,000, designated the Floating Rate TruPS(R)
(the "Capital Securities"); and

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

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

                                    ARTICLE I
                         DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

SECTION 1.1. Definitions and Interpretation.

In this Guarantee, unless the context otherwise requires:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

                  "Corporate Trust Office" means the office of the Guarantee
Trustee at which the corporate trust business of the Guarantee Trustee shall, at
any particular time, be principally administered, which office at the date of
execution of this Guarantee is located at Rodney Square North, 1100 North Market
Street, Wilmington, DE 19890-0001.

                  "Covered Person" means any Holder of Capital Securities.

                  "Debentures" means the junior subordinated debentures of
Vineyard National Bancorp, designated the Floating Rate Junior Subordinated Debt
Securities due 2033, held by the Institutional Trustee (as defined in the
Declaration) of the Issuer.

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

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

                  "Guarantee Trustee" means Wilmington Trust Company, until a
Successor Guarantee Trustee has been appointed and has accepted such appointment
pursuant to the terms of this Guarantee and thereafter means each such Successor
Guarantee Trustee.

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

                  "Indemnified Person" means the Guarantee Trustee (including in
its individual capacity), any Affiliate of the Guarantee Trustee, or any
officers, directors, shareholders, members, partners, employees,
representatives, nominees, custodians or agents of the Guarantee Trustee.

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                  "Indenture" means the Indenture, dated as of December 19,
2002, between the Guarantor and Wilmington Trust Company, not in its individual
capacity but solely as trustee, and any indenture supplemental thereto pursuant
to which the Debentures are to be issued to the Institutional Trustee of the
Issuer.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

                                   ARTICLE II
               POWERS, DUTIES AND RIGHTS OF THE GUARANTEE TRUSTEE

                    SECTION 2.1. Powers and Duties of the Guarantee Trustee.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SECTION 2.2. Certain Rights of the Guarantee Trustee.

                  (a) Subject to the provisions of Section 2.1:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SECTION 2.4. Events of Default; Waiver.

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

                  (b) The Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the
         Capital Securities may, voting or consenting as a class, on behalf of
         the Holders of all of the Capital Securities, waive any past Event of
         Default and its consequences. Upon such waiver, any such Event of
         Default shall cease to exist, and shall be deemed to have been cured,
         for every purpose of this Guarantee, but no such waiver shall extend to
         any subsequent or other default or Event of Default or impair any right
         consequent thereon.

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SECTION 2.5. Events of Default; Notice.

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

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

                                   ARTICLE III
                              THE GUARANTEE TRUSTEE

SECTION 3.1. The Guarantee Trustee; Eligibility.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

                                   ARTICLE IV
                                    GUARANTEE

SECTION 4.1. Guarantee.

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

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

SECTION 4.2. Waiver of Notice and Demand.

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

SECTION 4.3. Obligations Not Affected.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SECTION 4.4. Rights of Holders.

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

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

SECTION 4.5. Guarantee of Payment.

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

SECTION 4.6. Subrogation.

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

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in violation of the preceding sentence, the Guarantor agrees to hold such amount
in trust for the Holders and to pay over such amount to the Holders.

SECTION 4.7. Independent Obligations.

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

SECTION 4.8. Enforcement.

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

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

                                    ARTICLE V
                    LIMITATION OF TRANSACTIONS; SUBORDINATION

SECTION 5.1. Limitation of Transactions.

                  So long as any Capital Securities remain outstanding, if (a)
there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default or (b) the
Guarantor shall have selected an Extension Period as provided in the Declaration
and such period, or any extension thereof, shall have commenced and be
continuing, then the Guarantor may not (x) declare or pay any dividends or
distributions on, or redeem, purchase, acquire, or make a liquidation payment
with respect to, any of the Guarantor's capital stock or (y) make any payment of
principal of or interest or premium, if any, on or repay, repurchase or redeem
any debt securities of the Guarantor that rank pari passu in all respects with
or junior in interest to the Debentures (other than (i) payments under this
Guarantee, (ii) repurchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of
capital stock of the Guarantor (A) in connection with any employment contract,
benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or for the benefit of one or more
employees, officers, directors, or consultants, (B) in connection with a
dividend reinvestment or stockholder stock purchase plan or (C) in connection
with the issuance of capital stock of the Guarantor (or securities convertible
into or exercisable for such capital stock), as consideration in an acquisition
transaction entered into prior to the occurrence of the Event of Default or the
applicable Extension Period, (iii) as a result of any exchange or conversion of
any class or series of the Guarantor's capital stock (or any capital stock of a
subsidiary of the Guarantor) for any 12 class or series of the Guarantor's
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class or series of the Guarantor's indebtedness for any class or series of the
Guarantor's capital stock, (iv) the purchase of fractional interests in shares
of the Guarantor's capital stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange
provisions of such capital stock or the security being converted or exchanged,
(v) any declaration of a dividend in connection with any stockholder's rights
plan, or the issuance of rights, stock or other property under any stockholder's
rights plan, or the redemption or repurchase of rights pursuant thereto, or (vi)
any dividend in the form of stock, warrants, options or other rights where the
dividend stock or the stock issuable upon exercise of such warrants, options or
other rights is the same stock as that on which the dividend is being paid or
ranks pari passu with or junior to such stock).

SECTION 5.2. Ranking.

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

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

                                   ARTICLE VI
                                   TERMINATION

SECTION 6.1. Termination.

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

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                                   ARTICLE VII
                                INDEMNIFICATION

SECTION 7.1. Exculpation.

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

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

SECTION 7.2. Indemnification.

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

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

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

SECTION 7.3. Compensation; Reimbursement of Expenses.

                  The Guarantor agrees:

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

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

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

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                                  ARTICLE VIII
                                 MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 8.1. Successors and Assigns.

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

SECTION 8.2. Amendments.

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

SECTION 8.3. Notices.

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

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

                          Wilmington Trust Company
                          Rodney Square North
                          1100 North Market Street
                          Wilmington, DE 19890-0001
                          Attention: Corporate Trust Administrator
                          Telecopy:  302-651-8882
                          Telephone: 302-651-1000

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

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                          Vineyard National Bancorp
                          9590 Foothill Boulevard
                          Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730
                          Attention: Gordon Fong
                          Telecopy: 909-945-2975
                          Telephone: 909-581-1667

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

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

SECTION 8.4. Benefit.

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

SECTION 8.5. Governing Law.

                  THIS GUARANTEE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF
LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF.

SECTION 8.6. Counterparts.

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

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

                                                    VINEYARD NATIONAL BANCORP,
                                                       as Guarantor

                                                    By:/s/ Norman Morales
                                                       _________________________
                                                       Name: Norman Morales
                                                       Title:President and CEO

                                                    WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, as
                                                    Guarantee Trustee

                                                    By:/s/ Donald G. MacKelcan
                                                       _________________________
                                                       Name: Donald G. MacKelcan
                                                       Title:Vice President

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