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                                                                     EXHIBIT 4.5

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                              MBHI CAPITAL TRUST I

                              AMENDED AND RESTATED

                                 TRUST AGREEMENT

                                      AMONG

                   MIDWEST BANC HOLDINGS, INC., AS DEPOSITOR,

                 WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, AS PROPERTY TRUSTEE,

                 WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, AS DELAWARE TRUSTEE,

                                       AND

                    THE ADMINISTRATIVE TRUSTEES NAMED HEREIN

                            DATED AS OF JUNE   , 2000

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                               TABLE OF CONTENTS

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ARTICLE I
         DEFINED TERMS............................................................................................2
         Section 101.      Definitions............................................................................2

ARTICLE II
         ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TRUST..............................................................................10
         Section 201.      Name..................................................................................10
         Section 202.      Office of the Delaware Trustee; Principal Place of Business...........................10
         Section 203.      Initial Contribution of Trust Property; Organizational Expenses.......................11
         Section 204.      Issuance of the Preferred Securities..................................................11
         Section 205.      Issuance of the Common Securities; Subscription and Purchase of
                           Debentures............................................................................11
         Section 206.      Declaration of Trust..................................................................11
         Section 207.      Authorization to Enter into Certain Transactions......................................12
         Section 208.      Assets of Trust.......................................................................15
         Section 209.      Title to Trust Property...............................................................15

ARTICLE III
         PAYMENT ACCOUNT.........................................................................................16
         Section 301.      Payment Account.......................................................................16

ARTICLE IV
         DISTRIBUTIONS; REDEMPTION...............................................................................16
         Section 401.      Distributions.........................................................................16
         Section 402.      Redemption............................................................................17
         Section 403.      Subordination of Common Securities....................................................19
         Section 404.      Payment Procedures....................................................................20
         Section 405.      Tax Returns and Reports...............................................................20
         Section 406.      Payment of Taxes, Duties, etc. of the Trust...........................................20
         Section 407.      Payments Under Indenture..............................................................20

ARTICLE V
         TRUST SECURITIES CERTIFICATES...........................................................................21
         Section 501.      Initial Ownership.....................................................................21
         Section 502.      The Trust Securities Certificates.....................................................21
         Section 503.      Execution, Authentication and Delivery of Trust Securities
                           Certificates..........................................................................21
         Section 503A.     Global Preferred Security.............................................................22
         Section 504.      Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Preferred Securities
                           Certificates..........................................................................23
         Section 505.      Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Trust Securities Certificates....................24
         Section 506.      Persons Deemed Securityholders........................................................25
         Section 507.      Access to List of Securityholders' Names and Addresses................................25
         Section 508.      Maintenance of Office or Agency.......................................................25
         Section 509.      Appointment of Paying Agent...........................................................25
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         Section 510.      Ownership of Common Securities by Depositor...........................................26
         Section 511.      Trust Securities Certificates.........................................................26
         Section 512.      Notices to Clearing Agency............................................................27
         Section 513.      Rights of Securityholders.............................................................27

ARTICLE VI
         ACTS OF SECURITYHOLDERS; MEETINGS; VOTING...............................................................28
         Section 601.      Limitations on Voting Rights..........................................................28
         Section 602.      Notice of Meetings....................................................................29
         Section 603.      Meetings of Preferred Securityholders.................................................29
         Section 604.      Voting Rights.........................................................................29
         Section 605.      Proxies, etc..........................................................................29
         Section 606.      Securityholder Action by Written Consent..............................................30
         Section 607.      Record Date for Voting and Other Purposes.............................................30
         Section 608.      Acts of Securityholders...............................................................30
         Section 609.      Inspection of Records.................................................................31

ARTICLE VII
         REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES..........................................................................31
         Section 701.      Representations and Warranties of the Bank and the Property
                           Trustee.31..............................................................................
         Section 702.      Representations and Warranties of the Delaware Bank and the
                           Delaware Trustee......................................................................32
         Section 703.      Representations and Warranties of Depositor...........................................34

ARTICLE VIII
         TRUSTEES................................................................................................34
         Section 801.      Certain Duties and Responsibilities...................................................34
         Section 802.      Certain Notices.......................................................................36
         Section 803.      Certain Rights of Property Trustee....................................................36
         Section 804.      Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities................................38
         Section 805.      May Hold Securities...................................................................38
         Section 806.      Compensation; Indemnity; Fees.........................................................38
         Section 807.      Corporate Property Trustee Required; Eligibility of Trustees..........................39
         Section 808.      Conflicting Interests.................................................................39
         Section 809.      Co-Trustees and Separate Trustee......................................................40
         Section 810.      Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.....................................41
         Section 811.      Acceptance of Appointment by Successor................................................42
         Section 812.      Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business...........................43
         Section 813.      Preferential Collection of Claims Against Depositor or Trust..........................43
         Section 814.      Reports by Property Trustee...........................................................43
         Section 815.      Reports to the Property Trustee.......................................................44
         Section 816.      Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent......................................44
         Section 817.      Number of Trustees....................................................................44
         Section 818.      Delegation of Power...................................................................45
         Section 819.      Voting................................................................................45
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ARTICLE IX
         TERMINATION, LIQUIDATION AND MERGER.....................................................................45
         Section 901.      Termination Upon Expiration Date......................................................45
         Section 902.      Early Termination.....................................................................45
         Section 903.      Termination...........................................................................46
         Section 904.      Liquidation...........................................................................46
         Section 905.      Mergers, Consolidations, Amalgamations or Replacements of the
                           Trust.................................................................................47

ARTICLE X
         MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS................................................................................48
         Section 1001.     Limitation of Rights of Securityholders...............................................48
         Section 1002.     Amendment.............................................................................49
         Section 1003.     Separability..........................................................................50
         Section 1004.     Governing Law.........................................................................50
         Section 1005.     Payments Due on Non-Business Day......................................................50
         Section 1006.     Successors............................................................................50
         Section 1007.     Headings..............................................................................51
         Section 1008.     Reports, Notices and Demands..........................................................51
         Section 1009.     Agreement Not to Petition.............................................................51
         Section 1010.     Trust Indenture Act; Conflict with Trust Indenture Act................................52
         Section 1011.     Acceptance of Terms of Trust Agreement,
                           Guarantee and Indenture...............................................................52
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EXHIBITS
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      Exhibit A       Certificate of Trust
      Exhibit B       Form of Common Securities Certificate
      Exhibit C       Form of Expense Agreement
      Exhibit D       Form of Preferred Securities Certificate
      Exhibit E       Form of Preferred Securities Certificate of Authentication
      Exhibit F       Certificate Depositary Agreement

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                             CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE
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Section of
Trust Indenture Act                                                                                      Section of
of 1939, as amended                                                            Amended and Restated Trust Agreement
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310(a)(1).......................................................................................................807
310(a)(2).......................................................................................................807
310(a)(3).......................................................................................................807
310(a)(4)................................................................................................207(a)(ii)
310(b)..........................................................................................................808
311(a)..........................................................................................................813
311(b)..........................................................................................................813
312(a)..........................................................................................................507
312(b)..........................................................................................................507
312(c)..........................................................................................................507
313(a).......................................................................................................814(a)
313(a)(4)....................................................................................................814(b)
313(b).......................................................................................................814(b)
313(c).........................................................................................................1008
313(d).......................................................................................................814(c)
314(a)..........................................................................................................815
314(b)...............................................................................................Not Applicable
314(c)(1).......................................................................................................816
314(c)(2).......................................................................................................816
314(c)(3)............................................................................................Not Applicable
314(d)...............................................................................................Not Applicable
314(e).....................................................................................................101, 816
315(a)...............................................................................................801(a), 803(a)
315(b)....................................................................................................802, 1008
315(c).......................................................................................................801(a)
315(d).....................................................................................................801, 803
316(a)(2)............................................................................................Not Applicable
316(b)...............................................................................................Not Applicable
316(c)..........................................................................................................607
317(a)(1)............................................................................................Not Applicable
317(a)(2)............................................................................................Not Applicable
317(b)..........................................................................................................509
318(a).........................................................................................................1010
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Note: This Cross-Reference Table does not constitute part of this Agreement and
      shall not affect the interpretation of any of its terms or provisions.

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                      AMENDED AND RESTATED TRUST AGREEMENT

     AMENDED AND RESTATED TRUST AGREEMENT, dated as of June __, 2000, among
(i) MIDWEST BANC HOLDINGS, INC., a Delaware corporation (including any
successors or assigns, the "Depositor"), (ii) Wilmington Trust Company, a
Delaware banking corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the
State of Delaware, as property trustee (the "Property Trustee" and, in its
separate corporate capacity and not in its capacity as Property Trustee, the
"Bank"), (iii) WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, a Delaware banking corporation duly
organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, as Delaware
trustee (the "Delaware Trustee," and, in its separate corporate capacity and not
in its capacity as Delaware Trustee, the "Delaware Bank") (iv) ROBERT L. WOODS,
an individual, EDWARD H. SIBBALD, an individual, and DANIEL R. KADOLPH, an
individual, each of whose address is c/o Company (each an "Administrative
Trustee" and collectively the "Administrative Trustees") (the Property Trustee,
the Delaware Trustee and the Administrative Trustees referred to collectively as
the "Trustees"), and (v) the several Holders (as hereinafter defined).

                                    RECITALS

     WHEREAS, the Depositor, the Delaware Trustee, and Robert L. Woods,
Edward H. Sibbald and Daniel R. Kadolph, each as an Administrative Trustee, have
heretofore duly declared and established a business trust pursuant to the
Delaware Business Trust Act by the entering into of that certain Trust
Agreement, dated as of May 4, 2000 (the "Original Trust Agreement"), and by the
execution and filing by the Delaware Trustee, the Depositor and the
Administrative Trustees with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware of
the Certificate of Trust, filed on May 5, 2000, the form of which is attached as
Exhibit A; and

     WHEREAS, the Depositor, the Delaware Trustee, the Property Trustee and the
Administrative Trustees desire to amend and restate the Original Trust Agreement
in its entirety as set forth herein to provide for, among other things, (i) the
issuance of the Common Securities (as defined herein) by the Trust (as defined
herein) to the Depositor; (ii) the issuance and sale of the Preferred Securities
(as defined herein) by the Trust pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement (as
defined herein); (iii) the acquisition by the Trust from the Depositor of all of
the right, title and interest in the Debentures (as defined herein); and (iv)
the appointment of the Trustees;

     NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements and obligations set forth
herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, each party, for the benefit of the
other parties and for the benefit of the Securityholders (as defined herein),
hereby amends and restates the Original Trust Agreement in its entirety and
agrees as follows:

                                    ARTICLE I
                                  DEFINED TERMS

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     SECTION 101. DEFINITIONS.

     For all purposes of this Trust Agreement, except as otherwise expressly
provided or unless the context otherwise requires:

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

     (b) all other terms used herein that are defined in the Trust Indenture
Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them
therein;

     (c) unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an "Article" or
a "Section" refers to an Article or a Section, as the case may be, of this Trust
Agreement; and

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

     "Act" has the meaning specified in Section 608.

     "Additional Amount" means, with respect to Trust Securities of a given
Liquidation Amount and/or a given period, the amount of Additional Interest
accrued on interest in arrears and paid by the Depositor on a Like Amount of
Debentures for such period.

     "Additional Interest" has the meaning specified in Section 1.1 of the
Indenture.

     "Administrative Trustee" means each of Robert L. Woods, Edward H. Sibbald
and Daniel R. Kadolph, solely in his or her capacity as Administrative Trustee
of the Trust formed and continued hereunder and not in his or her individual
capacity, or such Administrative Trustee's successor in interest in such
capacity, or any successor trustee appointed as herein provided.

     "Affiliate" means, with respect to a specified Person, (a) any Person
directly or indirectly owning, controlling or holding with power to vote 10% or
more of the outstanding voting securities or other ownership interests of the
specified Person, any Person 10% or more of whose outstanding voting securities
or other ownership interests are directly or indirectly owned, controlled or
held with power to vote by the specified Person; (b) any Person directly or
indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the
specified Person; (c) a partnership in which the specified Person is a general
partner; (d) any officer or director of the specified Person; and (e) if the
specified Person is an individual, any entity of which the specified Person is
an officer, director or general partner.

     "Authenticating Agent" means an authenticating agent with respect to the
Preferred Securities appointed by the Property Trustee pursuant to Section 503.

     "Bank" has the meaning specified in the Preamble to this Trust Agreement.

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

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     (a) the entry of a decree or order by a court having jurisdiction in the
premises adjudging such Person a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly
filed a petition seeking liquidation or reorganization of or in respect of such
Person under the United States Bankruptcy Code of 1978, as amended, or any other
similar applicable federal or state law, and the continuance of any such decree
or order unvacated and unstayed for a period of 90 days; or the commencement of
an involuntary case under the United States Bankruptcy Code of 1978, as amended,
in respect of such Person, which shall continue undismissed for a period of 90
days or entry of an order for relief in such case; or the entry of a decree or
order of a court having jurisdiction in the premises for the appointment on the
ground of insolvency or bankruptcy of a receiver, custodian, liquidator, trustee
or assignee in bankruptcy or insolvency of such Person or of its property, or
for the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and such decree or order shall
have remained in force unvacated and unstayed for a period of 90 days; or

     (b) the institution by such Person of proceedings to be adjudicated a
voluntary bankrupt, or the consent by such Person to the filing of a bankruptcy
proceeding against it, or the filing by such Person of a petition or answer or
consent seeking liquidation or reorganization under the United States Bankruptcy
Code of 1978, as amended, or other similar applicable federal or state law, or
the consent by such Person to the filing of any such petition or to the
appointment on the ground of insolvency or bankruptcy of a receiver or custodian
or liquidator or trustee or assignee in bankruptcy or insolvency of such Person
or of its property, or shall make a general assignment for the benefit of
creditors.

     "Bankruptcy Laws" has the meaning specified in Section 1009.

     "Board Resolution" means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary
of the Depositor to have been duly adopted by the Depositor's Board of
Directors, or such committee of the Board of Directors or officers of the
Depositor to which authority to act on behalf of the Board of Directors has been
delegated, and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification,
and delivered to the appropriate Trustee.

     "Business Day" means a day other than a Saturday or Sunday, a day on
which banking institutions in The City of New York are authorized or required by
law, executive order or regulation to remain closed, or a day on which the
Property Trustee's Corporate Trust Office or the Corporate Trust Office of the
Debenture Trustee is closed for business.

     "Certificate Depositary Agreement" means the agreement among Depositor,
Trust and DTC, as the initial Clearing Agency, dated as of the Closing Date,
substantially in the form attached as Exhibit F as the same may be amended and
supplemented from time to time.

     "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 or restated from time to time.

     "Change in 1940 Act Law" shall have the meaning set forth in the definition
of "Investment Company Event."

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     "Clearing Agency" means an organization registered as a "clearing agency"
pursuant to Section 17A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. DTC
shall be the initial Clearing Agency.

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

     "Closing Date" means the date of execution and delivery of this Trust
Agreement.

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

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

     "Common Security" means an undivided beneficial interest in the assets
of the Trust, having a Liquidation Amount of $25 and having the rights provided
therefor in this Trust Agreement, including the right to receive Distributions
and a Liquidation Distribution as provided herein.

     "Common Securities Certificate" means a certificate evidencing
ownership of Common Securities, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit C.

     "Company" means Midwest Banc Holdings, Inc.

     "Corporate Trust Office" means the office at which, at any particular time,
the corporate trust business of the Property Trustee or the Debenture Trustee,
as the case may be, shall be principally administered, which office at the date
hereof, in each such case, is located at Rodney Square North, 1100 North Market
Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890-0001, Attn: Corporate Trust Administration.

     "Debenture Event of Default" means an "Event of Default" as defined in
Section 7.1 of the Indenture.

     "Debenture Redemption Date" means, with respect to any Debentures to be
redeemed under the Indenture, the date fixed for redemption under the Indenture.

     "Debenture Tax Event" means a "Tax Event" as specified in Section 1.1 of
the Indenture.

     "Debenture Trustee" means Wilmington Trust Company, a state chartered trust
company organized under the laws of the State of Delaware and any successor
thereto, as trustee under the Indenture.

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     "Debentures" means the $25,773,200 aggregate principal amount of the
Depositor's     % Junior Subordinated Debentures due 2030, issued pursuant to
the Indenture.

     "Definitive Preferred Securities Certificates" means Preferred
Securities Certificates issued in certified, fully registered form as provided
in Section 513.

     "Delaware Bank" has the meaning specified in the Preamble to this Trust
Agreement.

     "Delaware Business Trust Act" means Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the Delaware
Code, 12 Delaware Code Sections 3801 et seq. as it may be amended from time to
time.

     "Delaware Trustee" means the commercial bank or trust company identified as
the "Delaware Trustee" in the Preamble to this Trust Agreement solely in its
capacity as Delaware Trustee of the Trust formed and continued hereunder and not
in its individual capacity, or its successor in interest in such capacity, or
any successor trustee appointed as herein provided.

     "Depositary" means DTC or any successor thereto.

     "Depositor" has the meaning specified in the Preamble to this Trust
Agreement.

     "Distribution Date" has the meaning specified in Section 401(a).

     "Distributions" means amounts payable in respect of the Trust
Securities as provided in Section 401.

     "DTC" means The Depository Trust Company.

     "Event of Default" means any one of the following events (whatever the
reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or
involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment,
decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any
administrative or governmental body):

     (a) the occurrence of a Debenture Event of Default; or

     (b) default by the Trust in the payment of any Distribution when it becomes
due and payable, and continuation of such default for a period of 30 days; or

     (c) default by the Trust in the payment of any Redemption Price of any
Trust Security when it becomes due and payable; or

     (d) default in the performance, or breach, in any material respect, of
any covenant or warranty of the Trustees in this Trust Agreement (other than a
covenant or warranty a default in the performance of which or the breach of
which is dealt with in clause (b) or (c), above) and

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continuation of such default or breach for a period of 60 days after there has
been given, by registered or certified mail, to the defaulting Trustee or
Trustees by the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate liquidation preference of
the Outstanding Preferred Securities a written notice specifying such default or
breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a "Notice
of Default" hereunder; or

     (e) the occurrence of a Bankruptcy Event with respect to the Property
Trustee and the failure by the Depositor to appoint a successor Property Trustee
within 60 days thereof.

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

     "Expense Agreement" means the Agreement as to Expenses and Liabilities
between the Depositor and the Trust, substantially in the form attached as
Exhibit C, as amended from time to time.

     "Expiration Date" has the meaning specified in Section 901.

     "Extended Interest Payment Period" has the meaning specified in Section 4.1
of the Indenture.

     "Global Preferred Securities Certificate" means a Preferred Securities
Certificate evidencing ownership of Global Preferred Securities.

     "Global Preferred Security" means a Preferred Security, the ownership
and transfer of which shall be made through book entries by a Clearing Agency as
described herein.

     "Guarantee" means the Preferred Securities Guarantee Agreement executed
and delivered by the Depositor and Wilmington Trust Company, as trustee,
contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Trust Agreement, for
the benefit of the holders of the Preferred Securities, as amended from time to
time.

     "Indenture" means the Indenture, dated as of June __, 2000, between the
Depositor and the Debenture Trustee, as trustee, as amended or supplemented from
time to time.

     "Investment Company Act," means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended, as in effect at the date of execution of this instrument.

     "Investment Company Event" means the receipt by the Trust and the Depositor
of an Opinion of Counsel, rendered by a law firm having a recognized national
tax and securities law practice, to the effect that, as a result of the
occurrence of a change in law or regulation or a change in interpretation or
application of law or regulation by any legislative body, court, governmental
agency or regulatory authority (a "Change in 1940 Act Law"), the Trust is or
shall be considered and "investment company" that is required to be registered
under the Investment Company Act, which Change in 1940 Act Law becomes effective
on or after the date of original issuance of the Preferred

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Securities under this Trust Agreement, provided, however, that the Depositor or
the Trust shall have requested and received such an Opinion of Counsel with
regard to such matters within a reasonable period of time after the Depositor or
the Trust shall have become aware of the possible occurrence of any such event.

     "Lien" means any lien, pledge, charge, encumbrance, mortgage, deed of
trust, adverse ownership interest, hypothecation, assignment, security interest
or preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement
of any kind or nature whatsoever.

     "Like Amount" means (a) with respect to a redemption of Trust Securities,
Trust Securities having an aggregate Liquidation Amount equal to the aggregate
principal amount of Debentures to be contemporaneously redeemed in accordance
with the Indenture and the proceeds of which shall be used to pay the Redemption
Price of such Trust Securities; and (b) with respect to a distribution of
Debentures to Holders of Trust Securities in connection with a termination or
liquidation of the Trust, Debentures having a principal amount equal to the
Liquidation Amount of the Trust Securities of the Holder to whom such Debentures
are distributed. Each Debenture distributed pursuant to clause (b) above shall
carry with it accrued interest in an amount equal to the accrued and unpaid
interest then due on such Debentures.

     "Liquidation Amount" means the stated amount of $25 per Trust Security.

     "Liquidation Date" means the date on which Debentures are to be distributed
to Holders of Trust Securities in connection with a termination and liquidation
of the Trust pursuant to Section 904(a).

     "Liquidation Distribution" has the meaning specified in Section 904(d).

     "Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by the President or
an Executive Vice President and by the Chief Financial Officer of the Depositor,
and delivered to the appropriate Trustee. One of the officers signing an
Officers' Certificate given pursuant to Section 816 shall be the principal
executive, financial or accounting officer of the Depositor. Any Officers'
Certificate delivered with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant
provided for in this Trust Agreement 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

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

     "Opinion of Counsel" means an opinion in writing of independent, outside
legal counsel for the Trust, the Property Trustee, the Delaware Trustee or the
Depositor, who shall be reasonably acceptable to the Property Trustee.

     "Original Trust Agreement" has the meaning specified in the Recitals to
this Trust Agreement.

     "Outstanding", when used with respect to Preferred Securities, means, as of
the date of determination, all Preferred Securities theretofore executed and
delivered under this Trust Agreement, except:

     (a) Preferred Securities theretofore canceled by the Property Trustee or
delivered to the Property Trustee for cancellation;

     (b) Preferred Securities for whose payment or redemption money in the
necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Property Trustee or any
Paying Agent for the Holders of such Preferred Securities; provided that, if
such Preferred Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been
duly given pursuant to this Trust Agreement; and

     (c) Preferred Securities which have been paid or in exchange for or in lieu
of which other Preferred Securities have been executed and delivered pursuant to
Sections 504, 505, 511 and 513;

provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite
Liquidation Amount of the Outstanding Preferred Securities have given any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder,
Preferred Securities owned by the Depositor, any Trustee or any Affiliate of the
Depositor or any Trustee shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding,
except that (a) in determining whether any Trustee shall be protected in relying
upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or
waiver, only Preferred Securities that such Trustee knows to be so owned shall
be so disregarded; and (b) the foregoing shall not apply at any time when all of
the outstanding Preferred Securities are owned by the Depositor, one or more of
the Trustees and/or any such Affiliate. Preferred Securities so owned which have
been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee
establishes to the satisfaction of the Administrative Trustees the pledgee's
right as to such Preferred Securities so owned.

     "Paying Agent" means any paying agent or co-paying agent appointed pursuant
to Section 509 and shall initially be the Bank.

     "Payment Account" means a segregated non-interest-bearing corporate trust
account maintained by the Property Trustee with the Bank in its trust department
for the benefit of the Securityholders in which all amounts paid in respect of
the Debentures shall be held and from which the Property Trustee shall make
payments to the Securityholders in accordance with Sections 401 and 402.

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

     "Preferred Security" means an undivided beneficial interest in the assets
of the Trust, having a Liquidation Amount of $25 and having the rights provided
therefor in this Trust Agreement, including the right to receive Distributions
and a Liquidation Distribution as provided herein.

     "Preferred Securities Certificate", means a certificate evidencing
ownership of Preferred Securities, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit
D.

     "Property Trustee" means the commercial bank or trust company identified as
the "Property Trustee," in the Preamble to this Trust Agreement solely in its
capacity as Property Trustee of the Trust heretofore formed and continued
hereunder and not in its individual capacity, or its successor in interest in
such capacity, or any successor property trustee appointed as herein provided.

     "Redemption Date" means, with respect to any Trust Security to be redeemed,
the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Trust Agreement;
provided that each Debenture Redemption Date and the stated maturity of the
Debentures shall be a Redemption Date for a Like Amount of Trust Securities.

     "Redemption Price" means, with respect to any Trust Security, the
Liquidation Amount of such Trust Security, plus accumulated and unpaid
Distributions to the Redemption Date, allocated on a pro rata basis (based on
Liquidation Amounts) among the Trust Securities.

     "Relevant Trustee" shall have the meaning specified in Section 810.

     "Securities Register" and "Securities Registrar" have the respective
meanings specified in Section 504.

     "Securityholder" or "Holder" means a Person in whose name a Trust Security
or Trust Securities is registered in the Securities Register; any such Person is
a beneficial owner within the meaning of the Delaware Business Trust Act.

     "Trust" means the Delaware business trust created and continued hereby and
identified on the cover page to this Trust Agreement.

     "Trust Agreement" means this Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, as the
same may be modified, amended or supplemented in accordance with the applicable
provisions hereof, including all exhibits hereto, including, for all purposes of
this Trust Agreement and any such modification, amendment or supplement, the
provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a part of and govern
this Trust Agreement and any such modification, amendment or supplement,
respectively.

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     "Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, as in force at the date as of which this instrument was executed;
provided, however, that in the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, is amended after such date, "Trust Indenture Act" means, to the extent
required by any such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.

     "Trust Property" means (a) the Debentures; (b) the rights of the Property
Trustee under the Guarantee; (c) any cash on deposit in, or owing to, the
Payment Account; and (d) all proceeds and rights in respect of the foregoing and
any other property and assets for the time being held or deemed to be held by
the Property Trustee pursuant to the trusts of this Trust Agreement.

     "Trust Security" means any one of the Common Securities or the Preferred
Securities.

     "Trust Securities Certificate" means any one of the Common Securities
Certificates or the Preferred Securities Certificates.

     "Trustees" means, collectively, the Property Trustee, the Delaware Trustee
and the Administrative Trustees.

     "Underwriting Agreement" means the Underwriting Agreement, dated as of June
     , 2000, among the Trust, the Depositor and the Underwriters named therein.

                                   ARTICLE II
                           ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TRUST

     SECTION 201. NAME.

     The Trust continued hereby shall be known as "MBHI Capital Trust I," as
such name may be modified from time to time by the Administrative Trustees
following written notice to the Holders of Trust Securities and the other
Trustees, in which name the Trustees may engage in the transactions contemplated
hereby, make and execute contracts and other instruments on behalf of the Trust
and sue and be sued.

     SECTION 202. OFFICE OF THE DELAWARE TRUSTEE; PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS.

     The address of the Delaware Trustee in the State of Delaware is c/o
Wilmington Trust Company, Rodney Square North, 1100 North Market Street,
Wilmington, Delaware 19890-0001, Attn: Corporate Trust Administration, or such
other address in the State of Delaware as the Delaware Trustee may designate by
written notice to the Securityholders and the Depositor. The principal executive
office of the Trust is c/o Midwest Banc Holdings, Inc., 501 West North Avenue,
Melrose Park, Illinois 60160.

     SECTION 203. INITIAL CONTRIBUTION OF TRUST PROPERTY; ORGANIZATIONAL
EXPENSES.

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     The Trustees acknowledge receipt in trust from the Depositor in connection
with the Original Trust Agreement of the sum of $25, which constituted the
initial Trust Property. The Depositor shall pay organizational expenses of the
Trust as they arise or shall, upon request of any Trustee, promptly reimburse
such Trustee for any such expenses paid by such Trustee. The Depositor shall
make no claim upon the Trust Property for the payment of such expenses.

     SECTION 204. ISSUANCE OF THE PREFERRED SECURITIES.

     On June   , 2000, the Depositor and an Administrative Trustee, on behalf of
the Trust and pursuant to the Original Trust Agreement, executed and delivered
the Underwriting Agreement. Contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of
this Trust Agreement, an Administrative Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, shall
execute in accordance with Section 502 and deliver in accordance with the
Underwriting Agreement, Preferred Securities Certificates, registered in the
name of Persons entitled thereto in an aggregate amount of 1,000,000 Preferred
Securities having an aggregate Liquidation Amount of $25,000,000 against receipt
of the aggregate purchase price of such Preferred Securities of $25,000,000,
which amount such Administrative Trustee shall promptly deliver to the Property
Trustee.

     SECTION 205. ISSUANCE OF THE COMMON SECURITIES; SUBSCRIPTION AND PURCHASE
OF DEBENTURES.

     Contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Trust Agreement,
an Administrative Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, shall execute in accordance
with Section 502 and deliver to the Depositor, Common Securities Certificates,
registered in the name of the Depositor, in an aggregate amount of Common
Securities having an aggregate Liquidation Amount of $773,200 against payment by
the Depositor of such amount. Contemporaneously therewith, an Administrative
Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, shall subscribe to and purchase from the
Depositor Debentures, registered in the name of the Property Trustee on behalf
of the Trust and having an aggregate principal amount equal to $25,773,200 and,
in satisfaction of the purchase price for such Debentures, the Property Trustee,
on behalf of the Trust, shall deliver to the Depositor the sum of $25,773,200.

     SECTION 206. DECLARATION OF TRUST.

     The exclusive purposes and functions of the Trust are (a) to issue and sell
Trust Securities and use the proceeds from such sale to acquire the Debentures;
and (b) to engage in those activities necessary, advisable or incidental
thereto. The Depositor hereby appoints the Trustees as trustees of the Trust, to
have all the rights, powers and duties to the extent set forth herein, and the
Trustees hereby accept such appointment. The Property Trustee hereby declares
that it shall hold the Trust Property in trust upon and subject to the
conditions set forth herein for the benefit of the Securityholders. The
Administrative Trustees shall have all rights, powers and duties set forth
herein and in accordance with applicable law with respect to accomplishing the
purposes of the Trust. The Delaware Trustee shall not be entitled to exercise
any powers, nor shall the Delaware Trustee have any of the duties and
responsibilities, of the Property Trustee or the Administrative Trustees set
forth herein. The Delaware Trustee shall be one of the Trustees of the Trust for
the sole and limited purpose of fulfilling the requirements of Section 3807 of
the Delaware Business Trust Act.

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     SECTION 207. AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER INTO CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS.

     (a) The Trustees shall conduct the affairs of the Trust in accordance with
the terms of this Trust Agreement. Subject to the limitations set forth in
paragraph (b) of this Section 207 and Article VIII, and in accordance with the
following provisions (i) and (ii), the Administrative Trustees shall have the
authority to enter into all transactions and agreements determined by the
Administrative Trustees to be appropriate in exercising the authority, express
or implied, otherwise granted to the Administrative Trustees under this Trust
Agreement, and to perform all acts in furtherance thereof, including without
limitation, the acts set forth in the following provision (i) and the Property
Trustee shall have the authority to act, each as set forth below:

          (i)  As among the Trustees, each Administrative Trustee, acting singly
               or jointly, shall have the power and authority to act on behalf
               of the Trust with respect to the following matters:

               (A)  the issuance and sale of the Trust Securities and the
                    compliance with the Underwriting Agreement in connection
                    therewith;

               (B)  to cause the Trust to enter into, and to execute, deliver
                    and perform on behalf of the Trust, the Expense Agreement
                    and such other agreements or documents as may be necessary
                    or desirable in connection with the purposes and function of
                    the Trust;

               (C)  assisting in the registration of the Preferred Securities
                    under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and under
                    state securities or blue sky laws, and the qualification of
                    this Trust Agreement as a trust indenture under the Trust
                    Indenture Act;

               (D)  assisting in the listing of the Preferred Securities upon
                    the American Stock Exchange or such other securities
                    exchange or exchanges as shall be determined by the
                    Depositor, the registration of the Preferred Securities
                    under the Exchange Act, the compliance with the listing
                    requirements of the American Stock Exchange or the
                    applicable securities exchanges and the preparation and
                    filing of all periodic and other reports and other documents
                    pursuant to the foregoing;

               (E)  the sending of notices (other than notices of default) and
                    other information regarding the Trust Securities and the
                    Debentures to the Securityholders in accordance with this
                    Trust Agreement;

               (F)  the appointment of a Paying Agent, authenticating agent and
                    Securities Registrar in accordance with this Trust
                    Agreement;

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               (G)  to the extent provided in this Trust Agreement, 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;

               (H)  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
                    business trust under the laws of the State of Delaware and
                    of each other jurisdiction in which such existence is
                    necessary to protect the limited liability of the Holders of
                    the Preferred Securities or to enable the Trust to effect
                    the purposes for which the Trust was created; and

               (I)  the taking of any action incidental to the foregoing as the
                    Administrative Trustees may from time to time determine is
                    necessary or advisable to give effect to the terms of this
                    Trust Agreement for the benefit of the Securityholders
                    (without consideration of the effect of any such action on
                    any particular Securityholder).

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

               (A)  the establishment of the Payment 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 Payment Account;

               (D)  the distribution of amounts owed to the Securityholders in
                    respect of the Trust Securities in accordance with the terms
                    of this Trust Agreement;

               (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 Trust Securities and the Debentures to the
                    Securityholders in accordance with this Trust Agreement;

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

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          (H)  to the extent provided in this Trust Agreement, the winding up of
               the affairs of and liquidation of the Trust;

          (I)  after an Event of Default, the taking of any action incidental to
               the foregoing as the Property Trustee may from time to time
               determine is necessary or advisable to give effect to the terms
               of this Trust Agreement and protect and conserve the Trust
               Property for the benefit of the Securityholders (without
               consideration of the effect of any such action on any particular
               Securityholder);

          (J)  registering transfers of the Trust Securities in accordance with
               this Trust Agreement; and

          (K)  except as otherwise provided in this Section 207(a)(ii), the
               Property Trustee shall have none of the duties, liabilities,
               powers or the authority of the Administrative Trustees set forth
               in Section 207(a)(i).

     (b) So long as this Trust Agreement remains in effect, the Trust (or the
Trustees acting on behalf of the Trust) shall not undertake any business,
activities or transaction except as expressly provided herein or contemplated
hereby. In particular, the Trustees shall not (i) acquire any investments or
engage in any activities not authorized by this Trust Agreement; (ii) sell,
assign, transfer, exchange, mortgage, pledge, set-off or otherwise dispose of
any of the Trust Property or interests therein, including to Securityholders,
except as expressly provided herein; (iii) take any action that 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 Administrative Trustees
shall 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
Securityholders in their capacity as Securityholders.

     (c) In connection with the issue and sale of the Preferred Securities, the
Depositor 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 Depositor in furtherance of the following prior to the date of this
Trust Agreement are hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects):

          (i)  the preparation and filing by the Trust with the Commission and
               the execution on behalf of the Trust of a registration statement
               on the appropriate form in relation to the Preferred Securities,
               the Debentures, and the Guarantee, including any amendments
               thereto;

          (ii) the determination of the states in which to take appropriate
               action to qualify or, register for sale all or part of the
               Preferred Securities and to do any and all such acts, other than
               actions which must be taken by or on behalf of the Trust, and
               advise the Trustees of actions they must take on behalf of the
               Trust, and

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               prepare for execution and filing any documents to be executed and
               filed by the Trust or on behalf of the Trust, as the Depositor
               deems necessary or advisable in order to comply with the
               applicable laws of any such States;

         (iii) the preparation for filing by the Trust and execution on behalf
               of the Trust of an application to the American Stock Exchange or
               a national stock exchange or other organizations for listing upon
               notice of issuance of any Preferred Securities and to file or
               cause an Administrative Trustee to file thereafter with such
               exchange or organization such notifications and documents as may
               be necessary from time to time;

          (iv) the preparation for filing by the Trust with the Commission and
               the execution on behalf of the Trust of a registration statement
               on Form 8-A relating to the registration of the Preferred
               Securities under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act,
               including any amendments thereto;

          (v)  the negotiation of the terms of, and the execution and delivery
               of, the Underwriting Agreement providing for the sale of the
               Preferred Securities; and

          (vi) 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 Trustees are
authorized and directed to conduct the affairs of the Trust and to operate the
Trust so that the Trust shall not be deemed to be an "investment company"
required to be registered under the Investment Company Act, shall be classified
as a "grantor trust" and not as an association taxable as a corporation for
United States federal income tax purposes and so that the Debentures shall be
treated as indebtedness of the Depositor for United States federal income tax
purposes. In this connection, subject to Section 1002, the Depositor and the
Administrative Trustees are authorized to take any action, not inconsistent with
applicable law or this Trust Agreement, that each of the Depositor and the
Trustees determines in their discretion to be necessary or desirable for such
purposes.

     SECTION 208. ASSETS OF TRUST.

     The assets of the Trust shall consist of the Trust Property.

     SECTION 209. TITLE TO TRUST PROPERTY.

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

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               prepare for execution and filing any documents to be executed and
               filed by the Trust or on behalf of the Trust, as the Depositor
               deems necessary or advisable in order to comply with the
               applicable laws of any such States;

          (iii) the preparation for filing by the Trust and execution on behalf
               of the Trust of an application to the American Stock Exchange or
               a national stock exchange or other organizations for listing upon
               notice of issuance of any Preferred Securities and to file or
               cause an Administrative Trustee to file thereafter with such
               exchange or organization such notifications and documents as may
               be necessary from time to time;

          (iv) the preparation for filing by the Trust with the Commission and
               the execution on behalf of the Trust of a registration statement
               on Form 8-A relating to the registration of the Preferred
               Securities under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act,
               including any amendments thereto;

          (v)  the negotiation of the terms of, and the execution and delivery
               of, the Underwriting Agreement providing for the sale of the
               Preferred Securities; and

          (vi) 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 Trustees are
          authorized and directed to conduct the affairs of the Trust and to
          operate the Trust so that the Trust shall not be deemed to be an
          "investment company" required to be registered under the Investment
          Company Act, shall be classified as a "grantor trust" and not as an
          association taxable as a corporation for United States federal income
          tax purposes and so that the Debentures shall be treated as
          indebtedness of the Depositor for United States federal income tax
          purposes. In this connection, subject to Section 1002, the Depositor
          and the Administrative Trustees are authorized to take any action, not
          inconsistent with applicable law or this Trust Agreement, that each of
          the Depositor and the Trustees determines in their discretion to be
          necessary or desirable for such purposes.

          SECTION 208. ASSETS OF TRUST.

          The assets of the Trust shall consist of the Trust Property.

          SECTION 209. TITLE TO TRUST PROPERTY.

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

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                                   ARTICLE III
                                 PAYMENT ACCOUNT

     SECTION 301. PAYMENT ACCOUNT.

     (a) On or prior to the Closing Date, the Property Trustee shall establish
the Payment Account. The Property Trustee and any agent of the Property Trustee
shall have exclusive control and sole right of withdrawal with respect to the
Payment Account for the purpose of making deposits and withdrawals from the
Payment Account in accordance with this Trust Agreement. All monies and other
property deposited or held from time to time in the Payment Account shall be
held by the Property Trustee in the Payment Account for the exclusive benefit of
the Securityholders and for distribution as herein provided, including (and
subject to) any priority of payments provided for herein.

     (b) The Property Trustee shall deposit in the Payment Account, promptly
upon receipt, all payments of principal of or interest on, and any other
payments or proceeds with respect to, the Debentures. Amounts held in the
Payment Account shall not be invested by the Property Trustee pending
distribution thereof.

                                   ARTICLE IV
                            DISTRIBUTIONS; REDEMPTION

     SECTION 401. DISTRIBUTIONS.

     (a) Distributions on the Trust Securities shall be cumulative, and shall
accumulate whether or not there are funds of the Trust available for the payment
of Distributions. Distributions shall accumulate from June __, 2000, and, except
during any Extended Interest Payment Period with respect to the Debentures,
shall be payable quarterly in arrears on the last calendar day of March, June,
September and December of each year, commencing on September 30, 2000. If any
date on which a Distribution is otherwise payable on the Trust Securities is not
a Business Day, then the payment of such Distribution shall be made on the next
succeeding day that is a Business Day (and without any interest or other payment
in respect of any such delay) except that, if such Business Day is in the next
succeeding calendar year, such payment shall be made on the immediately
preceding Business Day (and without any reduction of interest or any other
payment in respect of any such acceleration), in each case with the same force
and effect as if made on such date (each date on which distributions are payable
in accordance with this Section 401(a), a "Distribution Date").

     (b) The Trust Securities represent undivided beneficial interests in the
Trust Property, and, as a practical matter, the Distributions on the Trust
Securities shall be payable at a rate of _____% per annum of the Liquidation
Amount of the Trust Securities. The amount of Distributions payable for any full
period shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
The amount of Distributions for any partial period shall be computed on the
basis of the number of days elapsed in a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
During any Extended Interest Payment

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Period with respect to the Debentures, Distributions on the Preferred Securities
shall be deferred for a period equal to the Extended Interest Payment Period.

     (c) Distributions on the Trust Securities shall be made by the Property
Trustee solely from the Payment Account and shall be payable on each
Distribution Date only to the extent that the Trust has funds on hand and
immediately available by 12:30 p.m. on each Distribution Date in the Payment
Account for the payment of such Distributions.

     (d) Distributions on the Trust Securities with respect to a Distribution
Date shall be payable to the record holders thereof as they appear on the
Securities Register for the Trust Securities on the relevant record date, which
shall be the 15th day of March, June, September or December for Distributions
payable on the last calendar day of the respective month; provided, however,
that for any Trust Securities held in global form, Distributions shall be
payable to the record holder thereof as of one Business Day immediately
preceding the Distribution Date.

     SECTION 402. REDEMPTION.

     (a) On each Debenture Redemption Date and on the maturity of the
Debentures, the Trust shall be required to redeem a Like Amount of Trust
Securities at the Redemption Price.

     (b) Notice of redemption shall be given by the Property Trustee by
first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days
prior to the Redemption Date to each Holder of Trust Securities to be redeemed,
at such Holder's address appearing in the Securities Register. The Property
Trustee shall have no responsibility for the accuracy of any CUSIP number
contained in such notice. All notices of redemption shall state:

          (i)   the Redemption Date;

          (ii)  the Redemption Price;

          (iii) the CUSIP number;

          (iv)  if less than all the Outstanding Trust Securities are to be
                redeemed, the identification and the aggregate Liquidation
                Amount of the particular Trust Securities to be redeemed;

          (v)   that, on the Redemption Date, the Redemption Price shall become
                due and payable upon each such Trust Security to be redeemed and
                that Distributions thereon shall cease to accumulate on and
                after said date, except as provided in Section 4.2(d); and

          (vi)  the place or places at which Trust Securities are to be
                surrendered for the payment of the Redemption Price; and

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     (c) The Trust Securities redeemed on each Redemption Date shall be redeemed
at the Redemption Price with the proceeds from the contemporaneous redemption of
Debentures. Redemptions of the Trust Securities shall be made and the Redemption
Price shall be payable on each Redemption Date only to the extent that the Trust
has immediately available funds then on hand and available in the Payment
Account for the payment of such Redemption Price.

     (d) If the Property Trustee gives a notice of redemption in respect of any
Preferred Securities, then, by 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the Redemption
Date, subject to Section 402(c), the Property Trustee, subject to Section
402(c), shall, with respect to Preferred Securities held in global form, deposit
with the Clearing Agency for such Preferred Securities, to the extent available
therefor, funds sufficient to pay the applicable Redemption Price and will give
such Clearing Agency irrevocable instructions and authority to pay the
Redemption Price to the Holders of the Preferred Securities. With respect to
Trust Securities that are not held in global form, the Property Trustee, subject
to Section 402(c), shall deposit with the Paying Agent funds sufficient to pay
the applicable Redemption Price and shall give the Paying Agent irrevocable
instructions and authority to pay the Redemption Price to the record holders
thereof upon surrender of their Preferred Securities Certificates.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Distributions payable on or prior to the
Redemption Date for any Trust Securities called for redemption shall be payable
to the Holders of such Trust Securities as they appear on the Register for the
Trust Securities on the relevant record dates for the related Distribution
Dates. If notice of redemption shall have been given and funds deposited as
required, then upon the date of such deposit, (i) all rights of Securityholders
holding Trust Securities so called for redemption shall cease, except the right
of such Securityholders to receive the Redemption Price, (ii) such Securities
shall cease to be Outstanding, (iii) the Clearing Agency for the Preferred
Securities or its nominee, as the registered Holder of the Global Preferred
Securities Certificate, shall receive a registered global certificate or
certificates representing the Debentures to be delivered upon such distribution
with respect to Preferred Securities held by the Clearing Agency or its nominee,
and (iv) any Trust Securities Certificates not held by the Clearing Agency for
the Preferred Securities or its nominee as specified in clause (iii) above will
be deemed to represent Debentures having a principal amount equal to the stated
Liquidation Amount of the Trust Securities represented thereby and bearing
accrued and unpaid interest in an amount equal to the accumulated and unpaid
Distributions on such Trust Securities until such certificates are presented to
the Securities Registrar for transfer or reissuance. In the event that any date
on which any Redemption Price is payable is not a Business Day, then payment of
the Redemption Price payable on such date shall be made on the next succeeding
day that is a Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in respect
of any such delay) except that, if such Business Day is in the next succeeding
calendar year, such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business
Day (and without any reduction of interest or any other payment in respect of
any such acceleration), in each case with the same force and effect as if made
on such date. In the event that payment of the Redemption Price in respect of
any Trust Securities called for redemption is improperly withheld or refused and
not paid either by the Trust or by the Depositor pursuant to the Guarantee,
Distributions on such Trust Securities shall continue to accumulate, at the then
applicable rate, from the Redemption Date originally established by the Trust
for such Trust Securities to the date such Redemption Price is actually paid, in
which case the actual payment date shall be the date fixed for redemption for
purposes of calculating the Redemption Price.

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     (e) Payment of the Redemption Price on the Trust Securities shall be made
to the record holders thereof as they appear on the Securities Register for the
Trust Securities on the relevant record date, which shall be the date 15 days
prior to the relevant Redemption Date.

     (f) Subject to Section 403(a), if less than all the Outstanding Trust
Securities are to be redeemed on a Redemption Date, then the aggregate
Liquidation Amount of Trust Securities to be redeemed shall be allocated on a
pro rata basis (based on Liquidation Amounts) among the Common Securities and
the Preferred Securities. The particular Preferred Securities to be redeemed
shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the
Property Trustee from the Outstanding Preferred Securities not previously called
for redemption, by such method (including, without limitation, by lot) as the
Property Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and which may provide for the
selection for redemption of portions (equal to $25 or an integral multiple of
$25 in excess thereof) of the Liquidation Amount of Preferred Securities of a
denomination larger than $25; provided, however, in the event the redemption
relates only to Preferred Securities purchased and held by the Depositor that
are being redeemed prior to _________, 2005, in exchange for a Like Amount of
Debentures, the Property Trustee shall select those particular Preferred
Securities for redemption. The Property Trustee shall promptly notify the
Securities Registrar in writing of the Preferred Securities selected for
redemption and, in the case of any Preferred Securities selected for partial
redemption, the Liquidation Amount thereof to be redeemed. For all purposes of
this Trust Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions
relating to the redemption of Preferred Securities shall relate, in the case of
any Preferred Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion
of the Liquidation Amount of Preferred Securities which has been or is to be
redeemed.

     SECTION 403. SUBORDINATION OF COMMON SECURITIES.

     (a) Payment of Distributions (including Additional Amounts, if applicable)
on, and the Redemption Price of, the Trust Securities, as applicable, shall be
made, subject to Section 402(f), pro rata among the Common Securities and the
Preferred Securities based on the Liquidation Amount of the Trust Securities;
provided, however, that if on any Distribution Date or Redemption Date any Event
of Default resulting from a Debenture Event of Default shall have occurred and
be continuing, no payment of any Distribution (including Additional Amounts, if
applicable) on, or Redemption Price of, any Common Security, and no other
payment on account of the redemption, liquidation or other acquisition of Common
Securities, shall be made unless payment in full in cash of all accumulated and
unpaid Distributions (including Additional Amounts, if applicable) on all
Outstanding Preferred 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 Preferred Securities then called for
redemption, shall have been made or provided for, and all funds immediately
available to the Property Trustee shall first be applied to the payment in full
in cash of all Distributions (including Additional Amounts, if applicable) on,
or the Redemption Price of, Preferred Securities then due and payable.

     (b) In the case of the occurrence of any Event of Default resulting from a
Debenture Event of Default, the record holder of Common Securities, the
Depositor, shall be deemed to have waived any right to act with respect to any
such Event of Default under this Trust Agreement until the effect of all such
Events of Default with respect to the Preferred Securities shall have been
cured,

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waived or otherwise eliminated. Until any such Event of Default under this Trust
Agreement with respect to the Preferred Securities shall have been so cured,
waived or otherwise eliminated, the Property Trustee shall act solely on behalf
of the record holders of the Preferred Securities and not the record holder of
the Common Securities, and only the Holders of the Preferred Securities shall
have the right to direct the Property Trustee to act on their behalf.

     SECTION 404. PAYMENT PROCEDURES.

     Payments of Distributions (including Additional Amounts, if applicable) in
respect of the Preferred Securities shall be made by check mailed to the address
of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear on the Securities
Register or, if the Preferred Securities are held by a Clearing Agency, such
Distributions shall be made to the Clearing Agency in immediately available
funds, which will credit the relevant accounts on the applicable Distribution
Dates. Payments in respect of the Common Securities shall be made in such manner
as shall be mutually agreed between the Property Trustee and the Common
Securityholder.

     SECTION 405. TAX RETURNS AND REPORTS.

     The Administrative Trustees shall prepare (or cause to be prepared), at the
Depositor's expense, and file all United States federal, state and local tax and
information returns and reports required to be filed by or in respect of the
Trust. In this regard, the Administrative Trustees shall (a) prepare and file
(or cause to be prepared and filed) the appropriate Internal Revenue Service
forms required to be filed in respect of the Trust in each taxable year of the
Trust; and (b) prepare and furnish (or cause to be prepared and furnished) to
each Securityholder the appropriate Internal Revenue Service forms required to
be furnished to such Securityholder or the information required to be provided
on such form. The Administrative Trustees shall provide the Depositor with a
copy of all such returns and reports promptly after such filing or furnishing.
The Property Trustee shall comply with United States federal withholding and
backup withholding tax laws and information reporting requirements with respect
to any payments to Securityholders under the Trust Securities.

     SECTION 406. PAYMENT OF TAXES, DUTIES, ETC. OF THE TRUST.

     Upon receipt under the Debentures of Additional Interest (as defined in
Section 1.1 of the Indenture), the Property Trustee, at the direction of an
Administrative Trustee or the Depositor, shall promptly pay any taxes, duties or
governmental charges of whatsoever nature (other than withholding taxes) imposed
on the Trust by the United States or any other taxing authority.

     SECTION 407. PAYMENTS UNDER INDENTURE.

     Any amount payable hereunder to any record holder of Preferred Securities
shall be reduced by the amount of any corresponding payment such Holder has
directly received under the Indenture pursuant to Section 513(b) or (c) hereof.

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                                    ARTICLE V
                          TRUST SECURITIES CERTIFICATES

     SECTION 501. INITIAL OWNERSHIP.

     Upon the creation of the Trust and the contribution by the Depositor
pursuant to Section 203 and until the issuance of the Trust Securities, and at
any time during which no Trust Securities are outstanding, the Depositor shall
be the sole beneficial owner of the Trust.

     SECTION 502. THE TRUST SECURITIES CERTIFICATES.

     The Preferred Securities Certificates shall be issued in minimum
denominations of $25 Liquidation Amount and integral multiples of $25 in excess
thereof, and the Common Securities Certificates shall be issued in denominations
of $25 Liquidation Amount and multiples thereof (which may, in the case of the
Common Securities, include fractional amounts). The Trust Securities
Certificates shall be executed on behalf of the Trust by manual or facsimile
signature of at least one Administrative Trustee. Trust Securities Certificates
bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were, at the time
when such signatures shall have been affixed, authorized to sign on behalf of
the Trust, shall be validly issued and entitled to the benefits of this Trust
Agreement, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them shall have
ceased to be so authorized prior to the delivery of such Trust Securities
Certificates or did not hold such offices at the date of delivery of such Trust
Securities Certificates. A transferee of a Trust Securities Certificate shall
become a Securityholder, and shall be entitled to the rights and subject to the
obligations of a Securityholder hereunder, upon due registration of such Trust
Securities Certificate in such transferee's name pursuant to Sections 504, 511
and 513.

     SECTION 503. EXECUTION, AUTHENTICATION AND DELIVERY OF TRUST SECURITIES
CERTIFICATES.

     (a) On the Closing Date, the Administrative Trustees shall cause Trust
Securities Certificates, in an aggregate Liquidation Amount as provided in
Sections 204 and 205, to be executed on behalf of the Trust by at least one of
the Administrative Trustees and delivered to or upon the written order of the
Depositor, signed by its Chief Executive Officer, President, any Vice President
or its Treasurer without further corporate action by the Depositor, in
authorized denominations.

     (b) A Preferred Securities Certificate shall not be valid until
authenticated by the manual signature of an authorized signatory of the Property
Trustee in substantially the form of Exhibit E attached hereto. The signature
shall be conclusive evidence that the Preferred Securities Certificate has been
authenticated under this Trust Agreement. Each Preferred Security Certificate
shall be dated the date of its authentication.

     Upon the written order of the Trust signed by one of the Administrative
Trustees, the Property Trustee shall authenticate and make available for
delivery the Preferred Securities Certificates.

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     The Property Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent acceptable to the
Trust to authenticate the Preferred Securities. An Authenticating Agent may
authenticate the Preferred Securities whenever the Property Trustee may do so.
Each reference in this Trust Agreement to authentication by the Property Trustee
includes authentication by such agent. An Authenticating Agent has the same
rights as the Property Trustee to deal with the Company or the Trust.

     SECTION 503A. GLOBAL PREFERRED SECURITY.

     (a) Any Global Preferred Security issued under this Trust Agreement shall
be registered in the name of the nominee of the Clearing Agency and delivered to
such custodian therefor, and such Global Preferred Security shall constitute a
single Preferred Security for all purposes of this Trust Agreement.

     (b) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Trust Agreement, no Global
Preferred Security may be exchanged for Preferred Securities registered in the
names of persons other than the Depositary or its nominee unless (i) the
Depositary notifies the Debenture Trustee that it is unwilling or unable to
continue as a depositary for such Global Preferred Securities and the Depositor
is unable to locate a qualified successor depositary, (ii) the Depositor
executes and delivers to the Debenture Trustee a written order stating that it
elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depositary or (iii) there
shall have occurred and be continuing a Debenture Event of Default.

     (c) If a Preferred Security is to be exchanged in whole or in part for a
beneficial interest in a Global Preferred Security, then either (i) such Global
Preferred Security shall be so surrendered for exchange or cancellation as
provided in this Article V or (ii) the Liquidation amount thereof shall be
reduced or increased by an amount equal to the portion thereof to be so
exchanged or cancelled, or equal to the Liquidation Amount of such other
Preferred Securities to be so exchanged for a beneficial interest therein, as
the case may be, by means of an appropriate adjustment made on the records of
the Securities Registrar, whereupon the Property Trustee, in accordance with the
rules and procedures of the Depositary for such Global Preferred Security (the
"Applicable Procedures"), shall instruct the Clearing Agency or its authorized
representative to make a corresponding adjustment to its records. Upon any such
surrender or adjustment of a Global Preferred Security by the Clearing Agency,
accompanied by registration instructions, the Administrative Trustees shall
execute and the Property Trustee shall, subject to Section 504(b) and as
otherwise provided in this Article V, authenticate and deliver any Preferred
Securities issuable in exchange for such Global Preferred Security (or any
portion thereof) in accordance with the instructions of the Clearing Agency. The
Property Trustee shall not be liable for any delay in delivery of such
instructions and may conclusively rely on, and shall be fully protected in
relying on, such instructions.

     (d) Every Preferred Security executed, authenticated and delivered upon
registration of transfer of, or in exchange for or in lieu of, a Global
Preferred Security or any portion thereof, whether pursuant to this Article V or
otherwise, shall be executed, authenticated and delivered in the form of, and
shall be, a Global Preferred Security, unless such Global Preferred Security is
registered in the name of a Person other than the Clearing Agency for such
Global Preferred Security or a nominee thereof.

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     (e) The Clearing Agency or its nominee, as the registered owner of a Global
Preferred Security, shall be considered the Holder of the Preferred Securities
represented by such Global Preferred Security for all purposes under this Trust
Agreement and the Preferred Securities, and owners of beneficial interests in
such Global Preferred Security shall hold such interests pursuant to the
Applicable Procedures and, except as otherwise provided herein, shall not be
entitled to receive physical delivery of any such Preferred Securities in
definitive form and shall not be considered the Holders thereof under this Trust
Agreement. Accordingly, any such owner's beneficial interest in the Global
Preferred Securities shall be shown only on, and the transfer of such interest
shall be effected only through, records maintained by the Clearing Agency or its
nominee. Neither the Property Trustee, the Securities Registrar nor Depositor
shall have any liability in respect of any transfers effected by the Clearing
Agency.

     (f) The rights of owners of beneficial interests in a Global Preferred
Security shall be exercised only through the Clearing Agency and shall be
limited to those established by law and agreements between such owners and the
Clearing Agency.

     SECTION 504. REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE OF PREFERRED SECURITIES
CERTIFICATES.

     (a) The Depositor shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency
maintained pursuant to Section 508, a register or registers for the purpose of
registering Trust Securities Certificates and, subject to the provisions of
Section 503A, transfers and exchanges of Preferred Securities Certificates
(herein referred to as the "Securities Register") in which the registrar
designated by the Depositor (the "Securities Registrar"), subject to such
reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, shall provide for the registration
of Preferred Securities Certificates and Common Securities Certificates (subject
to Section 510 in the case of the Common Securities Certificates) and
registration of transfers and exchanges of Preferred Securities Certificates as
herein provided. The Property Trustee shall be the initial Securities Registrar.

     (b) Subject to the provisions of Section 503A, upon surrender for
registration of transfer of any Preferred Securities Certificate at the office
or agency maintained pursuant to Section 508, the Administrative Trustees or any
one of them shall execute and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee
or transferees, one or more new Preferred Securities Certificates in authorized
denominations of a like aggregate Liquidation Amount dated the date of execution
by such Administrative Trustee or Trustees. The Securities Registrar shall not
be required to register the transfer of any Preferred Securities that have been
called for redemption. At the option of a record holder, Preferred Securities
Certificates may be exchanged for other Preferred Securities Certificates in
authorized denominations of the same class and of a like aggregate Liquidation
Amount upon surrender of the Preferred Securities Certificates to be exchanged
at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 508.

     (c) Every Preferred Securities Certificate presented or surrendered for
registration of transfer or exchange, subject to the provisions of Section 503A,
shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to
the Property Trustee and the Securities Registrar duly

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executed by the Holder or his attorney duly authorized in writing. Each
Preferred Securities Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or
exchange shall be canceled and subsequently disposed of by the Property Trustee
in accordance with its customary practice. The Trust shall not be required to
(i) issue, register the transfer of, or exchange any Preferred Securities during
a period beginning at the opening of business 15 calendar days before the date
of mailing of a notice of redemption of any Preferred Securities called for
redemption and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing; or
(ii) register the transfer of or exchange any Preferred Securities so selected
for redemption, in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any such
Preferred Securities being redeemed in part.

     (d) No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange of Preferred Securities Certificates, subject to the provisions of
Section 503A, but the Securities Registrar may require payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in
connection with any transfer or exchange of Preferred Securities Certificates.

     (e) Preferred Securities may only be transferred, in whole or in part, in
accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in this Trust Agreement. Any
transfer or purported transfer of any Preferred Security not made in accordance
with this Trust Agreement shall be null and void. A Preferred Security that is
not a Global Preferred Security may be transferred, in whole or in part, to a
Person who takes delivery in the form of another Preferred Security that is not
a Global Preferred Security as provided in Section 504(a). A beneficial interest
in a Global Preferred Security may be exchanged for a Preferred Security that is
not a Global Preferred Security only as provided in Section 503A.

     SECTION 505. MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST OR STOLEN TRUST SECURITIES
CERTIFICATES.

     If (a) any mutilated Trust Securities certificate shall be surrendered to
the Securities Registrar, or if the Securities Registrar shall receive evidence
to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Trust Securities
Certificate; and (b) there shall be delivered to the Securities Registrar and
the Administrative Trustees such security or indemnity as may be required by
them to save each of them harmless, then in the absence of notice that such
Trust Securities Certificate shall have been acquired by a bona fide purchaser,
the Administrative Trustees, or any one of them, on behalf of the Trust shall
execute and make available for delivery, in exchange for or in lieu of any such
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Trust Securities Certificate, a new Trust
Securities Certificate of like class, tenor and denomination. In connection with
the issuance of any new Trust Securities Certificate under this Section 505, the
Administrative Trustees or the Securities Registrar 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 Trust Securities Certificate issued
pursuant to this Section 505 shall constitute conclusive evidence of an
undivided beneficial interest in the assets of the Trust, as if originally
issued, whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed Trust Securities
Certificate shall be found at any time.

     SECTION 506. PERSONS DEEMED SECURITYHOLDERS.

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     The Trustees, the Paying Agent and the Securities Registrar shall treat the
Person in whose name any Trust Securities Certificate shall be registered in the
Securities Register as the owner of such Trust Securities Certificate for the
purpose of receiving Distributions and for all other purposes whatsoever, and
neither the Trustees nor the Securities Registrar shall be bound by any notice
to the contrary.

     SECTION 507. ACCESS TO LIST OF SECURITYHOLDERS' NAMES AND ADDRESSES.

     At any time when the Property Trustee is not also acting as the Securities
Registrar, the Administrative Trustees or the Depositor shall furnish or cause
to be furnished to the Property Trustee (a) within five Business Days of March
15, June 15, September 15 and December 15 of each year, a list, in such form as
the Property Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the
Securityholders as of the most recent record date; and (b) promptly after
receipt by any Administrative Trustee or the Depositor of a request therefor
from the Property Trustee in order to enable the Property Trustee to discharge
its obligations under this Trust Agreement, in each case to the extent such
information is in the possession or control of the Administrative Trustees or
the Depositor and is not identical to a previously supplied list or has not
otherwise been received by the Property Trustee in its capacity as Securities
Registrar. The rights of Securityholders to communicate with other
Securityholders with respect to their rights under this Trust Agreement or under
the Trust Securities, and the corresponding rights of the Trustee shall be as
provided in the Trust Indenture Act. Each Holder, by receiving and holding a
Trust Securities Certificate, and each owner shall be deemed to have agreed not
to hold the Depositor, the Property Trustee or the Administrative Trustees
accountable by reason of the disclosure of its name and address, regardless of
the source from which such information was derived.

     SECTION 508. MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY.

     The Administrative Trustees shall maintain, or cause to be maintained, in
The City of New York, or other location designated by the Administrative
Trustees, an office or offices or agency or agencies where Preferred Securities
Certificates may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and
where notices and demands to or upon the Trustees in respect of the Trust
Securities Certificates may be served. The Administrative Trustees initially
designate the Corporate Trust Office of the Property Trustee, Wilmington Trust
Company, as the principal corporate trust office for such purposes. The
Administrative Trustees shall give prompt written notice to the Depositor and to
the Securityholders of any change in the location of the Securities Register or
any such office or agency.

     SECTION 509. APPOINTMENT OF PAYING AGENT.

     The Paying Agent shall make Distributions to Securityholders from the
Payment Account and shall report the amounts of such Distributions to the
Property Trustee and the Administrative Trustees. Any Paying Agent shall have
the revocable power to withdraw funds from the Payment Account for the purpose
of making the Distributions referred to above. The Administrative Trustees may
revoke such power and remove the Paying Agent if such Trustees determine in
their sole discretion that the Paying Agent shall have failed to perform its
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Agreement in any material respect. The Paying Agent shall initially be the
Property Trustee, and any co-paying agent chosen by the Property Trustee, and
acceptable to the Administrative Trustees and the Depositor. Any Person acting
as Paying Agent shall be permitted to resign as Paying Agent upon 30 days'
written notice to the Administrative Trustees, the Property Trustee and the
Depositor. In the event that the Property Trustee shall no longer be the Paying
Agent or a successor Paying Agent shall resign or its authority to act be
revoked, the Administrative Trustees shall appoint a successor that is
acceptable to the Property Trustee and the Depositor to act as Paying Agent
(which shall be a bank or trust company). The Administrative Trustees shall
cause such successor Paying Agent or any additional Paying Agent appointed by
the Administrative Trustees to execute and deliver to the Trustees an instrument
in which such successor Paying Agent or additional Paying Agent shall agree with
the Trustees that as Paying Agent, such successor Paying Agent or additional
Paying Agent shall hold all sums, if any, held by it for payment to the
Securityholders in trust for the benefit of the Securityholders entitled thereto
until such sums shall be paid to such Securityholders. The Paying Agent shall
return all unclaimed funds to the Property Trustee and, upon removal of a Paying
Agent, such Paying Agent shall also return all funds in its possession to the
Property Trustee. The provisions of Sections 801, 803 and 806 shall apply to the
Property Trustee also in its role as Paying Agent, for so long as the Property
Trustee shall act as Paying Agent and, to the extent applicable, to any other
paying agent appointed hereunder. Any reference in this Agreement to the Paying
Agent shall include any co-paying agent unless the context requires otherwise.

     SECTION 510. OWNERSHIP OF COMMON SECURITIES BY DEPOSITOR.

     On the Closing Date, the Depositor shall acquire and retain beneficial and
record ownership of the Common Securities. To the fullest extent permitted by
law, any attempted transfer of the Common Securities (other than a transfer in
connection with a merger or consolidation of the Depositor into another
corporation pursuant to Section 12.1 of the Indenture) shall be void. The
Administrative Trustees shall cause each Common Securities Certificate issued to
the Depositor to contain a legend stating "THIS CERTIFICATE IS NOT
TRANSFERABLE."

     SECTION 511. TRUST SECURITIES CERTIFICATES.

     (a) Upon their original issuance, Preferred Securities Certificates shall
be issued in the form of one or more fully registered Global Preferred
Securities Certificates which will be deposited with or on behalf of the
Clearing Agency and registered in the name of the Clearing Agency's nominee.
Unless and until it is exchangeable in whole or in part for the Preferred
Securities in definitive form, a global security may not be transferred except
as a whole by the Clearing Agency to a nominee of the Clearing Agency or by a
nominee of the Clearing Agency to the Clearing Agency or another nominee of the
Clearing Agency or by the Clearing Agency or any such nominee to a successor of
such Clearing Agency or a nominee of such successor.

     (b) A single Common Securities Certificate representing the Common
Securities shall be issued to the Depositor in the form of a definitive Common
Securities Certificate.

     SECTION 512. NOTICES TO CLEARING AGENCY.

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     To the extent that a notice or other communication to the Holders is
required under this Trust Agreement, for so long as Preferred Securities are
represented by a Global Preferred Securities Certificate, the Trustees shall
give all such notices and communications specified herein to be given to the
Clearing Agency, and shall have no obligations to provide notice to the owners
of the beneficial interest in the Global Preferred Securities.

     SECTION 513. RIGHTS OF SECURITYHOLDERS.

     (a) The legal title to the Trust Property is vested exclusively in the
Property Trustee (in its capacity as such) in accordance with Section 209, and
the Securityholders shall not have any right or title therein other than the
undivided beneficial interest in the assets of the Trust conferred by their
Trust 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 Trust Securities shall be personal property giving only the rights
specifically set forth therein and in this Trust Agreement. The Trust Securities
shall have no preemptive or similar rights. When issued and delivered to Holders
of the Preferred Securities against payment of the purchase price therefor, the
Preferred Securities shall be fully paid and nonassessable interests in the
Trust. The Holders of the Preferred Securities, in their capacities as such,
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.

     (b) For so long as any Preferred Securities remain Outstanding, if, upon a
Debenture 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 at least 25% in Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities then
Outstanding shall have such right by a notice in writing to the Depositor and
the Debenture Trustee; and upon any such declaration such principal amount of
and the accrued interest on all of the Debentures shall become immediately due
and payable, provided that the payment of principal and interest on such
Debentures shall remain subordinated to the extent provided in the Indenture.

     (c) For so long as any Preferred Securities remain outstanding, upon a
Debenture Event of Default arising from the failure to pay interest or principal
on the Debentures, the Holders of any Preferred Securities then Outstanding
shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, have the right to directly
institute proceedings for enforcement of payment to such Holders of principal of
or interest on the Debentures having a principal amount equal to the Liquidation
Amount of the Preferred Securities of such Holders.

                                   ARTICLE VI
                    ACTS OF SECURITYHOLDERS; MEETINGS; VOTING

     SECTION 601. LIMITATIONS ON VOTING RIGHTS.

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     (a) Except as provided in this Section 601, in Sections 512, 810 and 1002
and in the Indenture and as otherwise required by law, no record Holder of
Preferred Securities shall have any right to vote or in any manner otherwise
control the administration, operation and management of the Trust or the
obligations of the parties hereto, nor shall anything herein set forth, or
contained in the terms of the Trust Securities Certificates, be construed so as
to constitute the Securityholders from time to time as partners or members of an
association.

     (b) So long as any Debentures are held by the Property Trustee on behalf of
the Trust, the Trustees shall not (i) direct the time, method and place of
conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Debenture Trustee, or
executing any trust or power conferred on the Debenture Trustee with respect to
such Debentures; (ii) waive any past default which is waivable under Article VII
of 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 to any amendment, modification or termination of the Indenture or the
Debentures, where such consent shall be required, without, in each case,
obtaining the prior approval of the Holders of at least a majority in
Liquidation Amount of all Outstanding Preferred Securities; provided, however,
that where a consent under the Indenture would require the consent of each
Holder of Outstanding Debentures affected thereby, no such consent shall be
given by the Property Trustee without the prior written consent of each holder
of Preferred Securities. The Trustees shall not revoke any action previously
authorized or approved by a vote of the Holders of the Outstanding Preferred
Securities, except by a subsequent vote of the Holders of the Outstanding
Preferred Securities. The Property Trustee shall notify each Holder of the
Outstanding Preferred Securities of any notice of default received from the
Debenture Trustee with respect to the Debentures. In addition to obtaining the
foregoing approvals of the Holders of the Preferred Securities, prior to taking
any of the foregoing actions, the Trustees shall, at the expense of the
Depositor, obtain an Opinion of Counsel experienced in such matters to the
effect that the Trust shall continue to be classified as a grantor trust and not
as an association taxable as a corporation for United States federal income tax
purposes on account of such action.

     (c) If any proposed amendment to the Trust Agreement provides for, or the
Trustees otherwise propose to effect, (i) any action that would adversely affect
in any material respect the powers, preferences or special rights of the
Preferred Securities, whether by way of amendment to the Trust Agreement or
otherwise; or (ii) the dissolution, winding-up or termination of the Trust,
other than pursuant to the terms of this Trust Agreement, then the Holders of
Outstanding Preferred Securities as a class shall 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 at least a majority in Liquidation
Amount of the Outstanding Preferred Securities. No amendment to this Trust
Agreement may be made if, as a result of such amendment, the Trust would cease
to be classified as a grantor trust or would be classified as an association
taxable as a corporation for United States federal income tax purposes.

     SECTION 602. NOTICE OF MEETINGS.

     Notice of all meetings of the Preferred Securityholders, stating the time,
place and purpose of the meeting, shall be given by the Property Trustee
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Securityholder of record, at his registered address, at least 15 days and not
more than 90 days before the meeting. At any such meeting, any business properly
before the meeting may be so considered whether or not stated in the notice of
the meeting. Any adjourned meeting may be held as adjourned without further
notice.

     SECTION 603. MEETINGS OF PREFERRED SECURITYHOLDERS.

     (a) No annual meeting of Securityholders is required to be held. The
Administrative Trustees, however, shall call a meeting of Securityholders to
vote on any matter in respect of which Preferred Securityholders are entitled to
vote upon the written request of the Preferred Securityholders of 25% of the
Outstanding Preferred Securities (based upon their aggregate Liquidation Amount)
and the Administrative Trustees or the Property Trustee may, at any time in
their discretion, call a meeting of Preferred Securityholders to vote on any
matters as to which the Preferred Securityholders are entitled to vote.

     (b) Preferred Securityholders of record of 50% of the Outstanding Preferred
Securities (based upon their aggregate Liquidation Amount), present in person or
by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at any meeting of Securityholders.

     (c) If a quorum is present at a meeting, an affirmative vote by the
Preferred Securityholders of record present, in person or by proxy, holding more
than a majority of the Preferred Securities (based upon their aggregate
Liquidation Amount) held by the Preferred Securityholders of record present,
either in person or by proxy, at such meeting shall constitute the action of the
Securityholders, unless this Trust Agreement requires a greater number of
affirmative votes.

     SECTION 604. VOTING RIGHTS.

     Securityholders shall be entitled to one vote for each $25 of Liquidation
Amount represented by their Trust Securities (with any fractional multiple
thereof rounded up or down as the case may be to the closest integral multiple)
in respect of any matter as to which such Securityholders are entitled to vote.

     SECTION 605. PROXIES, ETC.

     At any meeting of Securityholders, any Securityholder entitled to vote
thereat may vote by proxy, provided that no proxy, shall be voted at any meeting
unless it shall have been placed on file with the Administrative Trustees, or
with such other officer or agent of the Trust as the Administrative Trustees may
direct, for verification prior to the time at which such vote shall be taken.
Only Holders of record shall be entitled to vote. When Trust Securities are held
jointly by several persons, any one of them may vote at any meeting in person or
by proxy in respect of such Trust Securities, but if more than one of them shall
be present at such meeting in person or by proxy, and such joint owners or their
proxies so present disagree as to any vote to be cast, such vote shall not be
received in respect of such Trust Securities. A proxy purporting to be executed
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behalf of a Securityholder shall be deemed valid unless challenged at or prior
to its exercise, and, the burden of proving invalidity shall rest on the
challenger. No proxy shall be valid more than three years after its date of
execution.

     SECTION 606. SECURITYHOLDER ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT.

     Any action which may be taken by Securityholders at a meeting may be taken
without a meeting if Securityholders holding more than a majority of all
outstanding Trust Securities (based upon their aggregate Liquidation Amount)
entitled to vote in respect of such action (or such larger proportion thereof as
shall be required by any express provision of this Trust Agreement) shall
consent to the action in writing (based upon their aggregate Liquidation
Amount).

     SECTION 607. RECORD DATE FOR VOTING AND OTHER PURPOSES.

     For the purposes of determining the Securityholders who are entitled to
notice of and to vote at any meeting or by written consent, or to participate in
any Distribution on the Trust Securities in respect of which a record date is
not otherwise provided for in this Trust Agreement, or for the purpose of any
other action, the Administrative Trustees or the Property Trustee may from time
to time fix a date, not more than 90 days prior to the date of any meeting of
Securityholders or the payment of Distribution or other action, as the case may
be, as a record date for the determination of the identity of the
Securityholders of record for such purposes.

     SECTION 608. ACTS OF SECURITYHOLDERS.

     (a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other action provided or permitted by this Trust Agreement to be given, made
or taken by Securityholders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more
instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Securityholders or
owners in person or by an agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as
otherwise expressly provided herein, such action shall become effective when
such instrument or instruments are delivered to an Administrative Trustee. Such
instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced
thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the "Act" of the Securityholders
signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such
instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any
purpose of this Trust Agreement and (subject to Section 801) conclusive in favor
of the Trustees, if made in the manner provided in this Section 608.

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

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

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

     (e) Without limiting the foregoing, a Securityholder entitled hereunder to
take any action hereunder with regard to any particular Trust Security may do so
with regard to all or any part of the Liquidation Amount of such Trust Security
or by one or more duly appointed agents each of which may do so pursuant to such
appointment with regard to all or any part of such liquidation amount.

     (f) A Securityholder may institute a legal proceeding directly against the
Depositor under the Guarantee to enforce its rights under the Guarantee without
first instituting a legal proceeding against the Guarantee Trustee (as defined
in the Guarantee), the Trust or any Person.

     SECTION 609. INSPECTION OF RECORDS.

     Upon reasonable notice to the Administrative Trustees and the Property
Trustee, the records of the Trust shall be open to inspection at the principal
executive office of the Trust (as indicated in Section 202) by record holders of
the Trust Securities during normal business hours for any purpose reasonably
related to such record holder's interest as a record holder.

                                   ARTICLE VII
                         REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

     SECTION 701. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE BANK AND THE PROPERTY
TRUSTEE.

     The Bank and the Property Trustee, each severally on behalf of and as to
itself, as of the date hereof, and each Successor Property Trustee at the time
of the Successor Property Trustee's acceptance of its appointment as Property
Trustee hereunder (in the case of a Successor Property Trustee, the term "Bank"
as used herein shall be deemed to refer to such Successor Property Trustee in
its separate corporate capacity), hereby represents and warrants (as applicable)
for the benefit of the Depositor and the Securityholders that:

     (a) the Bank is a state chartered trust company duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware;

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     (b) the Bank has full corporate power, authority and legal right to
execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Trust Agreement and has
taken all necessary action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance
by it of this Trust Agreement;

     (c) this Trust Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered
by the Property Trustee and constitutes the valid and legally binding agreement
of the Property Trustee enforceable against it in accordance with its terms,
subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization,
moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting
creditors, rights and to general equity principles;

     (d) the execution, delivery and performance by the Property Trustee of this
Trust Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other
action on the part of the Property Trustee and does not require any approval of
stockholders of the Bank and such execution, delivery and performance shall not
(i) violate the Bank's charter or by-laws; (ii) violate any provision of, or
constitute, with or without notice or lapse of time, a default under, or result
in the creation or imposition of, any Lien on any properties included in the
Trust Property pursuant to the provisions of, any indenture, mortgage, credit
agreement, license or other agreement or instrument to which the Property
Trustee or the Bank is a party or by which it is bound; or (iii) violate any
law, governmental rule or regulation of the United States or the State of
Delaware, as the case may be, governing the banking or trust powers of the Bank
or the Property Trustee (as appropriate in context) or any order, judgment or
decree applicable to the Property Trustee or the Bank;

     (e) neither the authorization, execution or delivery by the Property
Trustee of this Trust Agreement nor the consummation of any of the transactions
by the Property Trustee contemplated herein or therein requires the consent or
approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with or the taking of any
other action with respect to any governmental authority or agency under any
existing federal law governing the banking or trust powers of the Bank or the
Property Trustee, as the case may be, under the laws of the United States or the
State of Delaware;

     (f) there are no proceedings pending or, to the best of the Property
Trustee's knowledge, threatened against or affecting the Bank or the Property
Trustee in any court or before any governmental authority, agency or arbitration
board or tribunal which, individually or in the aggregate, would materially and
adversely affect the Trust or would question the right, power and authority of
the Property Trustee to enter into or perform its obligations as one of the
Trustees under this Trust Agreement; and

     (g) the Property Trustee is a Person eligible pursuant to the Trust
Indenture Act to act as such and has a combined capital and surplus of at least
$50,000,000.

     SECTION 702. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE DELAWARE BANK AND THE
DELAWARE TRUSTEE.

     The Delaware Bank and the Delaware Trustee, each severally on behalf of and
as to itself, as of the date hereof, and each Successor Delaware

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Trustee at the time of the Successor Delaware Trustee's acceptance of
appointment as Delaware Trustee hereunder (the term "Delaware Bank" being used
to refer to such Successor Delaware Trustee in its separate corporate capacity),
hereby represents and warrants (as applicable) for the benefit of the Depositor
and the Securityholders that:

     (a) the Delaware Bank is a Delaware banking corporation duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware;

     (b) the Delaware Bank has full corporate power, authority and legal right
to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Trust Agreement and
has taken all necessary action to authorize the execution, delivery and
performance by it of this Trust Agreement;

     (c) this Trust Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered
by the Delaware Trustee and constitutes the valid and legally binding agreement
of the Delaware Trustee enforceable against it in accordance with its terms,
subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization,
moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting
creditors, rights and to general equity principles;

     (d) the execution, delivery and performance by the Delaware Trustee of this
Trust Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other
action on the part of the Delaware Trustee and does not require any approval of
stockholders of the Delaware Bank and such execution, delivery and performance
shall not (i) violate the Delaware Bank's charter or by-laws; (ii) violate any
provision of, or constitute, with or without notice or lapse of time, a default
under, or result in the creation or imposition of, any Lien on any properties
included in the Trust Property pursuant to the provisions of, any indenture,
mortgage, credit agreement, license or other agreement or instrument to which
the Delaware Bank or the Delaware Trustee is a party or by which it is bound; or
(iii) violate any law, governmental rule or regulation of the United States or
the State of Delaware, as the case may be, governing the banking or trust powers
of the Delaware Bank or the Delaware Trustee (as appropriate in context) or any
order, judgment or decree applicable to the Delaware Bank or the Delaware
Trustee;

     (e) neither the authorization, execution or delivery by the Delaware
Trustee of this Trust Agreement nor the consummation of any of the transactions
by the Delaware Trustee contemplated herein or therein requires the consent or
approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with or the taking of any
other action with respect to any governmental authority or agency under any
existing federal law governing the banking or trust powers of the Delaware Bank
or the Delaware Trustee, as the case may be, under the laws of the United States
or the State of Delaware; and

     (f) there are no proceedings pending or, to the best of the Delaware
Trustee's knowledge, threatened against or affecting the Delaware Bank or the
Delaware Trustee in any court or before any governmental authority, agency or
arbitration board or tribunal which, individually or in the aggregate, would
materially and adversely affect the Trust or would question the right, power and
authority of the Delaware Trustee to enter into or perform its obligations as
one of the Trustees under this Trust Agreement.

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     SECTION 703. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF DEPOSITOR.

     The Depositor hereby represents and warrants for the benefit of the
Securityholders that:

     (a)  the Trust Securities Certificates issued on the Closing Date or the
Option Closing Date, if applicable, on behalf of the Trust have been duly
authorized and, shall have been, duly and validly executed, issued and delivered
by the Administrative Trustees pursuant to the terms and provisions of, and in
accordance with the requirements of, this Trust Agreement and the
Securityholders shall be, as of such date, entitled to the benefits of this
Trust Agreement; and

     (b)  there are no taxes, fees or other governmental charges payable by
the Trust (or the Trustees on behalf of the Trust) under the laws of the State
of Delaware or any political subdivision thereof in connection with the
execution, delivery and performance by the Bank, the Property Trustee or the
Delaware Trustee, as the case may be, of this Trust Agreement.

                                  ARTICLE VIII
                                    TRUSTEES

     SECTION 801. CERTAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.

     (a) The duties and responsibilities of the Trustees shall be as provided by
this Trust Agreement and, in the case of the Property Trustee, by the Trust
Indenture Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision of this Trust
Agreement shall require the Trustees to expend or risk their own funds or
otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of their
duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of their rights or powers, if they
shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or
adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to
it. No Administrative Trustee nor the Delaware Trustee shall be liable for its
act or omissions hereunder except as a result of its own gross negligence or
willful misconduct. The Property Trustee's liability shall be determined under
the Trust Indenture Act. Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every
provision of this Trust Agreement relating to the conduct or affecting the
liability of or affording protection to the Trustees shall be subject to the
provisions of this Section 801. To the extent that, at law or in equity, the
Delaware Trustee or an Administrative Trustee has duties (including fiduciary
duties) and liabilities relating thereto to the Trust or to the Securityholders,
the Delaware Trustee or such Administrative Trustee shall not be liable to the
Trust or to any Securityholder for such Trustee's good faith reliance on the
provisions of this Trust Agreement. The provisions of this Trust Agreement, to
the extent that they restrict the duties and liabilities of the Delaware Trustee
or the Administrative Trustees otherwise existing at law or in equity, are
agreed by the Depositor and the Securityholders to replace such other duties and
liabilities of the Delaware Trustee or the Administrative Trustees, as the case
may be.

     (b)  All payments made by the Property Trustee or a Paying Agent in respect
of the Trust 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

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Property Trustee or a Paying Agent to make payments in accordance with the terms
hereof. Each Securityholder, by its acceptance of a Trust Security, agrees that
it shall 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 are not personally liable to it for any amount distributable in respect
of any Trust Security or for any other liability in respect of any Trust
Security. This Section 801(b) does not limit the liability of the Trustees
expressly set forth elsewhere in this Trust Agreement or, in the case of the
Property Trustee, in the Trust Indenture Act.

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

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

          (ii) the Property 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 Trust Securities relating
               to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for
               any remedy available to the Property Trustee, or exercising any
               trust or power conferred upon the Property Trustee under this
               Trust Agreement;

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

          (iv) the Property Trustee shall not be liable for any interest on any
               money received by it except as it may otherwise agree with the
               Depositor and money held by the Property Trustee need not be
               segregated from other funds held by it except in relation to the
               Payment Account maintained by the Property Trustee pursuant to
               Section 301 and except to the extent otherwise required by law;
               and

     (d) the Property Trustee shall not be responsible for monitoring the
compliance by the Administrative Trustees or the Depositor with their respective
duties under this Trust Agreement, nor shall the Property Trustee be liable for
the negligence, default or misconduct of the Administrative Trustees or the
Depositor.

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     SECTION 802. CERTAIN NOTICES.

     (a) Within five Business Days after the occurrence of any Event of Default
actually known to the Property Trustee, the Property Trustee shall transmit, in
the manner and to the extent provided in Section 1008, notice of such Event of
Default to the Securityholders, the Administrative Trustees and the Depositor,
unless such Event of Default shall have been cured or waived. For purposes of
this Section 802 the term "Event of Default" means any event that is, or after
notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default.

     (b) The Administrative Trustees shall transmit, to the Securityholders in
the manner and to the extent provided in Section 1008, notice of the Depositor's
election to begin or further extend an Extended Interest Payment Period on the
Debentures (unless such election shall have been revoked) within the time
specified for transmitting such notice to the holders of the Debentures pursuant
to the Indenture as originally executed.

     SECTION 803. CERTAIN RIGHTS OF PROPERTY TRUSTEE.

     Subject to the provisions of Section 801:

     (a) the Property Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or
refraining from acting in good faith upon any resolution, Opinion of Counsel,
certificate, written representation of a Holder or transferee, certificate of
auditors or any other certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report,
notice, request, 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 or presented by the proper party or parties;

     (b) if (i) in performing its duties under this Trust Agreement the Property
Trustee is required to decide between alternative courses of action; or (ii) in
construing any of the provisions of this Trust Agreement the Property Trustee
finds the same ambiguous or inconsistent with other provisions contained herein;
or (iii) the Property Trustee is unsure of the application of any provision of
this Trust Agreement, then, except as to any matter as to which the Preferred
Securityholders are entitled to vote under the terms of this Trust Agreement,
the Property Trustee shall deliver a notice to the Depositor requesting written
instructions of the Depositor as to the course of action to be taken and the
Property Trustee shall take such action, or refrain from taking such action, as
the Property Trustee shall be instructed in writing to take, or to refrain from
taking, by the Depositor; provided, however, that if the Property Trustee does
not receive such instructions of the Depositor within 10 Business Days after it
has delivered such notice, or such reasonably shorter period of time set forth
in such notice (which to the extent practicable shall not be less than 2
Business Days), it may, but shall be under no duty to, take or refrain from
taking such action not inconsistent with this Trust Agreement as it shall deem
advisable and in the best interests of the Securityholders, in which event the
Property Trustee shall have no liability except for its own bad faith,
negligence or willful misconduct;

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     (c) any direction or act of the Depositor or the Administrative
Trustees contemplated by this Trust Agreement shall be sufficiently evidenced by
an Officers' Certificate;

     (d) whenever in the administration of this Trust Agreement, the Property
Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be established before undertaking,
suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Property 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 which,
upon receipt of such request, shall be promptly delivered by the Depositor or
the Administrative Trustees;

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

     (f) the Property Trustee may consult with counsel of its choice (which
counsel may be counsel to the Depositor 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, such counsel may be
counsel to the Depositor or any of its Affiliates, and may include any of its
employees; the Property Trustee shall have the right at any time to seek
instructions concerning the administration of this Trust Agreement from any
court of competent jurisdiction;

     (g) the Property Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of
the rights or powers vested in it by this Trust Agreement at the request or
direction of any of the Securityholders pursuant to this Trust Agreement, unless
such Securityholders shall have offered to the Property Trustee reasonable
security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be
incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction;

     (h) the Property 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 Securityholders, but the
Property Trustee may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts
or matters as it may see fit;

     (i) the Property 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 Property Trustee shall not be liable for the default or
misconduct of such other agents or attorneys, provided that the Property Trustee
shall be responsible for its own negligence or recklessness with respect to
selection of any agent or attorney appointed by it hereunder;

     (j) whenever in the administration of this Trust Agreement the Property
Trustee shall deem it desirable to receive instructions with respect to
enforcing any remedy or right or taking any other action hereunder the Property
Trustee (i) may request instructions from the Holders of the Trust Securities
which instructions may only be given by the Holders of the same proportion in

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Liquidation Amount of the Trust Securities as would be entitled to direct the
Property Trustee under the terms of the Trust 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 protected in acting in accordance with such instructions; and

     (k) except as otherwise expressly provided by this Trust Agreement, the
Property Trustee shall not be under any obligation to take any action that is
discretionary under the provisions of this Trust Agreement. No provision of this
Trust Agreement shall be deemed to impose any duty or obligation on the Property
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 Property 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 Property Trustee shall be construed to be a duty.

     SECTION 804. NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR RECITALS OR ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES.

     The Recitals contained herein and in the Trust Securities Certificates
shall be taken as the statements of the Trust, and the Trustees do not assume
any responsibility for their correctness. The Trustees shall not be accountable
for the use or application by the Depositor of the proceeds of the Debentures.

     SECTION 805. MAY HOLD SECURITIES.

     Any Trustee or any other agent of any Trustee or the Trust, in its
individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Trust
Securities and, subject to Sections 808 and 813 and except as provided in the
definition of the term "Outstanding" in Article I, may otherwise deal with the
Trust with the same rights it would have if it were not a Trustee or such other
agent.

     SECTION 806. COMPENSATION; INDEMNITY; FEES.

     The Depositor agrees:

     (a) to pay to the Trustees from time to time compensation for all services
rendered by them hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any
provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express
trust), in the case of the Property Trustee, as set forth in a written agreement
between the Depositor and the Property Trustee;

     (b) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the
Trustees upon request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances
incurred or made by the Trustees in accordance with any provision of this Trust
Agreement (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 such Trustee's negligence, bad faith or
willful misconduct (or, in the case of the Administrative Trustees or the
Delaware Trustee, any such expense, disbursement

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or advance as may be attributable to its, his or her gross negligence, bad faith
or willful misconduct); and

     (c) to indemnify each of the Trustees or any predecessor Trustee for, and
to hold the Trustees harmless against, any loss, damage, claims, liability,
penalty or expense of any kind or nature whatsoever, arising out of or in
connection with the acceptance or administration of this Trust Agreement,
including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim or
liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or
duties hereunder, except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may be
attributable to such Trustee's negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct for
(or, in the case of the Administrative Trustees or the Delaware Trustee, any
such expense, disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its, his or her
gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct).

     Each Trustee may claim a Lien or charge on Trust Property as a result of
any amount due and unpaid pursuant to this Section 806. The Property Trustee and
the Delaware Trustee may be the same Person.

     SECTION 807. CORPORATE PROPERTY TRUSTEE REQUIRED; ELIGIBILITY OF TRUSTEES.

     (a) There shall at all times be a Property Trustee hereunder with respect
to the Trust Securities. The Property Trustee shall be a Person that is eligible
pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act to act as such and has a combined capital
and surplus of at least $50,000,000. If any such Person publishes reports of
condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of its
supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section 807,
the combined capital and surplus of such Person shall be deemed to be its
combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition
so published. If at any time the Property Trustee with respect to the Trust
Securities shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this
Section 807, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect
hereinafter specified in this Article VIII.

     (b) There shall at all times be one or more Administrative Trustees
hereunder with respect to the Trust Securities. Each Administrative Trustee
shall be either a natural person who is at least 21 years of age or a legal
entity that shall act through one or more persons authorized to bind that
entity.

     (c) There shall at all times be a Delaware Trustee with respect to the
Trust Securities. The Delaware Trustee shall either be (i) a natural person who
is at least 21 years of age and a resident of the State of Delaware; or (ii) a
legal entity with its principal place of business in the State of Delaware and
that otherwise meets the requirements of applicable Delaware law that shall act
through one or more persons authorized to bind such entity.

     SECTION 808. CONFLICTING INTERESTS.

     If the Property Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within
the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act, the Property Trustee shall either
eliminate such interest or resign, to the extent

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and in the manner provided by, and subject to the provisions of, the Trust
Indenture Act and this Trust Agreement.

     SECTION 809. CO-TRUSTEES AND SEPARATE TRUSTEE.

     (a) Unless a Debenture Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, at any time or times, for the purpose of meeting the legal
requirements of the Trust Indenture Act or of any jurisdiction in which any part
of the Trust Property may at the time be located, the Depositor shall have power
to appoint, and upon the written request of the Property Trustee, the Depositor
shall for such purpose join with the Property Trustee in the execution, delivery
and performance of all instruments and agreements necessary or proper to
appoint, one or more Persons approved by the Property Trustee either to act as
co-trustee, jointly with the Property Trustee, of all or any part of such Trust
Property, or to the extent required by law to act as separate trustee of any
such property, in either case with such powers as may be provided in the
instrument of appointment, and to vest in such Person or Persons in the capacity
aforesaid, any property, title, right or power deemed necessary or desirable,
subject to the other provisions of this Section 809. If the Depositor does not
join in such appointment within 15 days after the receipt by it of a request so
to do, or in case a Debenture Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
the Property Trustee alone shall have power to make such appointment. Any
co-trustee or separate trustee appointed pursuant to this Section 809 shall
either be (i) a natural person who is at least 21 years of age and a resident of
the United States; or (ii) a legal entity with its principal place of business
in the United States that shall act through one or more persons authorized to
bind such entity.

     (b)  Should any written instrument from the Depositor be required by any
co-trustee or separate trustee so appointed for more fully confirming to such
co-trustee or separate trustee such property, title, right, or power, any and
all such instruments shall, on request, be executed, acknowledged, and delivered
by the Depositor.

     (c)  Every co-trustee or separate trustee shall, to the extent permitted by
law, but to such extent only, be appointed subject to the following terms,
namely:

          (i)  The Trust Securities shall be executed and delivered and all
               rights, powers, duties and obligations hereunder in respect of
               the custody of securities, cash and other personal property held
               by, or required to be deposited or pledged with, the Trustees
               specified hereunder, shall be exercised, solely by such Trustees
               and not by such co-trustee or separate trustee.

          (ii) The rights, powers, duties and obligations hereby conferred or
               imposed upon the Property Trustee in respect of any property
               covered by such appointment shall be conferred or imposed upon
               and exercised or performed by the Property Trustee or by the
               Property Trustee and such co-trustee or separate trustee jointly,
               as shall be provided in the instrument appointing such co-trustee
               or separate trustee, except to the extent that under any law of
               any jurisdiction in which any particular act is to be performed,
               the Property
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                 Trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified to perform such
                 act, in which event such rights, powers, duties and obligations
                 shall be exercised and performed by such co-trustee or separate
                 trustee.

          (iii)  The Property Trustee at any time, by an instrument in
                 writing executed by it, with the written concurrence of the
                 Depositor, may accept the resignation of or remove any
                 co-trustee or separate trustee appointed under this Section
                 809, and, in case a Debenture Event of Default has occurred and
                 is continuing, the Property Trustee shall have the power to
                 accept the resignation of, or remove, any such co-trustee or
                 separate trustee without the concurrence of the Depositor. Upon
                 the written request of the Property Trustee, the Depositor
                 shall join with the Property Trustee in the execution, delivery
                 and performance of all instruments and agreements necessary or
                 proper to effectuate such resignation or removal. A successor
                 to any co-trustee or separate trustee so resigned or removed
                 may be appointed in the manner provided in this Section 809.

          (iv)   No co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder shall be personally
                 liable by reason of any act or omission of the Property Trustee
                 or any other trustee hereunder.

          (v)    The Property Trustee shall not be liable by reason of any act
                 of a co-trustee or separate trustee.

          (vi)   Any Act of Holders delivered to the Property Trustee shall be
                 deemed to have been delivered to each such co-trustee and
                 separate trustee.

     SECTION 810. RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL; APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR.

     (a) No resignation or removal of any Trustee (the "Relevant Trustee") and
no appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article VIII shall become
effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in
accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 811.

     (b) Subject to the immediately preceding paragraph, the Relevant
Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Trust Securities by giving
written notice thereof to the Securityholders. If the instrument of acceptance
by the successor Trustee required by Section 811 shall not have been delivered
     to the Relevant Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of
resignation, the Relevant Trustee may petition, at the expense of the Depositor,
any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Relevant
Trustee with respect to the Trust Securities.

     (c) Unless a Debenture Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, any Trustee may be removed at any time by Act of the Common
Securityholder. If a Debenture Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, or both of them, may
be removed at such time by Act of the Holders of a majority in Liquidation

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Amount of the Preferred Securities, delivered to the Relevant Trustee (in its
individual capacity and on behalf of the Trust). An Administrative Trustee may
be removed by the Common Securityholder at any time.

     (d) If any Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting
as Trustee, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of any Trustee for any
cause, at a time when no Debenture Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, the Common Securityholder, by Act of the Common Securityholder
delivered to the retiring Trustee, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or
Trustees with respect to the Trust Securities and the Trust, and the successor
Trustee shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 811. If the
Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee shall resign, be removed or become
incapable of continuing to act as the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee,
as the case may be, at a time when a Debenture Event of Default shall have
occurred and is continuing, the Preferred Securityholders, by Act of the
Securityholders of a majority in Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities
then Outstanding delivered to the retiring Relevant Trustee, shall promptly
appoint a successor Relevant Trustee or Trustees with respect to the Trust
Securities and the Trust, and such successor Trustee shall comply with the
applicable requirements of Section 811. If an Administrative Trustee shall
resign, be removed or become incapable of acting as Administrative Trustee, at a
time when a Debenture Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing,
the Common Securityholder, by Act of the Common Securityholder delivered to an
Administrative Trustee, shall promptly appoint a successor Administrative
Trustee or Administrative Trustees with respect to the Trust Securities and the
Trust, and such successor Administrative Trustee or Administrative Trustees
shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 811. If no successor
Relevant Trustee with respect to the Trust Securities shall have been so
appointed by the Common Securityholder or the Preferred Securityholders and
accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 811, any Securityholder
who has been a Securityholder of Trust Securities on behalf of himself and all
others similarly situated may petition a court of competent jurisdiction for the
appointment Trustee with respect to the Trust Securities.

     (e) The Property Trustee shall give notice of each resignation and each
removal of a Trustee and each appointment of a successor Trustee to all
Securityholders in the manner provided in Section 1008 and shall give notice to
the Depositor. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Relevant
Trustee and the address of its Corporate Trust office if it is the Property
Trustee.

     (f) Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision of this Trust
Agreement, in the event any Administrative Trustee or a Delaware Trustee who is
a natural person dies or becomes, in the opinion of the Depositor, incompetent
or incapacitated, the vacancy created by such death, incompetence or incapacity
may be filled by (a) the unanimous act of remaining Administrative Trustees if
there are at least two of them; or (b) otherwise by the Depositor (with the
successor in each case being a Person who satisfies the eligibility requirement
for Administrative Trustees set forth in Section 807).

     SECTION 811. ACCEPTANCE OF APPOINTMENT BY SUCCESSOR.

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     (a) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Relevant Trustee
with respect to the Trust Securities and the Trust, the retiring Relevant
Trustee and each successor Relevant Trustee with respect to the Trust Securities
shall execute and deliver an instrument hereto wherein each successor Relevant
Trustee shall accept such appointment and which 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 Trust Securities and the Trust and
upon the execution and delivery of such instrument 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 with respect to the Trust Securities and
the Trust; 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 Trust
Securities and the Trust.

     (b) Upon request of any such successor Relevant Trustee, the Trust shall
execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and
confirming to such successor Relevant Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts
referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph, as the case may be.

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

     SECTION 812. MERGER, CONVERSION, CONSOLIDATION OR SUCCESSION TO BUSINESS.

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

     SECTION 813. PREFERENTIAL COLLECTION OF CLAIMS AGAINST DEPOSITOR OR TRUST.

     If and when the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee shall be or become
a creditor of the Depositor or the Trust (or any other obligor upon the
Debentures or the Trust Securities), the Property Trustee or the Delaware
Trustee, as the case may be, shall be subject to and shall take all actions
necessary in order to comply with the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act
regarding the collection of claims against the Depositor or Trust (or any such
other obligor).

     SECTION 814. REPORTS BY PROPERTY TRUSTEE.

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     (a)  Not later than July 31 of each year commencing with July 31, 2001, the
Property Trustee shall transmit to all Securityholders in accordance with
Section 1008, and to the Depositor, a brief report dated as of June 30 with
respect to:

          (i)  its eligibility under Section 807 or, in lieu thereof, if to the
               best of its knowledge it has continued to be eligible under said
               Section, a written statement to such effect; and

          (ii) any change in the property and funds in its possession as
               Property Trustee since the date of its last report and any action
               taken by the Property Trustee in the performance of its duties
               hereunder which it has not previously reported and which in its
               opinion materially affects the Trust Securities.

     (b) In addition the Property Trustee shall transmit to Securityholders such
reports concerning the Property Trustee and its actions under this Trust
Agreement as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times
and in the manner provided pursuant thereto.

     (c) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to
Holders, be filed by the Property Trustee with the American Stock Exchange, and
each national securities exchange or other organization upon which the Trust
Securities are listed, and also with the Commission and the Depositor.

     SECTION 815. REPORTS TO THE PROPERTY TRUSTEE.

     The Depositor and the Administrative Trustees on behalf of the Trust shall
provide to the Property Trustee such documents, reports and information as
required by Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act (if any) and the compliance
certificate required by Section 314(a) of the Trust Indenture Act in the form,
in the manner and at the times required by Section 314 of the Trust Indenture
Act.

     SECTION 816. EVIDENCE OF COMPLIANCE WITH CONDITIONS PRECEDENT.

     Each of the Depositor and the Administrative Trustees on behalf of the
Trust shall provide to the Property Trustee such evidence of compliance with any
conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Trust Agreement that relate
to any of the matters set forth in Section 314(c) of the Trust Indenture Act.
Any certificate or opinion required to be given by an officer pursuant to
Section 314(c)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act shall be given in the form of an
Officers' Certificate.

     SECTION 817. NUMBER OF TRUSTEES.

     (a) The number of Trustees shall be five, provided that the Holder of all
of the Common Securities by written instrument may increase or decrease the
number of Administrative Trustees. The Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee
may be the same Person.
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     (b) If a Trustee ceases to hold office for any reason and the number of
Administrative Trustees is not reduced pursuant to Section 817(a), or if the
number of Trustees is increased pursuant to Section 817(a), a vacancy shall
occur. The vacancy shall be filled with a Trustee appointed in accordance with
Section 810.

     (c) The death, resignation, retirement, removal, bankruptcy, incompetence
or incapacity to perform the duties of a Trustee shall not operate to annul the
Trust. Whenever a vacancy in the number of Administrative Trustees shall occur,
until such vacancy is filled by the appointment of an Administrative Trustee in
accordance with Section 810, the Administrative Trustees in office, regardless
of their number (and notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement),
shall have all the powers granted to the Administrative Trustees and shall
discharge all the duties imposed upon the Administrative Trustees by this Trust
Agreement.

     SECTION 818. DELEGATION OF POWER.

     (a) Any Administrative Trustee may, by power of attorney consistent with
applicable law, delegate to any other natural person over the age of 21 his or
her power for the purpose of executing any documents contemplated in Section
207(a); and

     (b) The Administrative Trustees shall have power to delegate from time to
time to such of their number or to the Depositor the doing of such things and
the execution of such instruments either in the name of the Trust or the names
of the Administrative Trustees or otherwise as the Administrative 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 819. VOTING.

     Except as otherwise provided in this Trust Agreement, the consent or
approval of the Administrative Trustees shall require consent or approval by not
less than a majority of the Administrative Trustees, unless there are only two,
in which case both must consent.

                                   ARTICLE IX
                       TERMINATION, LIQUIDATION AND MERGER

     SECTION 901. TERMINATION UPON EXPIRATION DATE.

     Unless earlier dissolved, the Trust shall automatically dissolve on,
June 30, 2031 (the "Expiration Date") subject to distribution of the Trust
Property in accordance with Section 904.

     SECTION 902. EARLY TERMINATION.

     The first to occur of any of the following events is an "Early Termination
Event:"

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     (a) the occurrence of a Bankruptcy Event in respect of, or the dissolution
or liquidation of, the Depositor;

     (b) delivery of written direction to the Property Trustee by the Depositor
at any time (which direction is wholly optional and within the discretion of the
Depositor, subject to Depositor having received prior approval of the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System if so required under applicable
guidelines, policies or regulations thereof) to dissolve the Trust and
distribute the Debentures to Securityholders in exchange for the Preferred
Securities in accordance with Section 904;

     (c) the redemption of all of the Preferred Securities in connection with
the redemption of all of the Debentures (whether upon a Debenture Redemption
Date or the maturity of the Debenture); or

     (d) an order for dissolution of the Trust shall have been entered by a
court of competent jurisdiction.

     SECTION 903. TERMINATION.

     The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Trustees and the
Trust created and continued hereby shall terminate upon the latest to occur of
the following: (a) the distribution by the Property Trustee to Securityholders
upon the liquidation of the Trust pursuant to Section 904, or upon the
redemption of all of the Trust Securities pursuant to Section 402, of all
amounts required to be distributed hereunder upon the final payment of the Trust
Securities; (b) the payment of any expenses owed by the Trust; (c) the discharge
of all administrative duties of the Administrative Trustees, including the
performance of any tax reporting obligations with respect to the Trust or the
Securityholders; and (d) the filing of a Certificate of Cancellation by an
Administrative Trustee under the Business Trust Act.

     SECTION 904. LIQUIDATION.

     (a) If an Early Termination Event specified in clause (a), (b), or (d) of
Section 902 occurs or upon the Expiration Date, the Trust shall be liquidated by
the Trustees as expeditiously as the Trustees determine to be possible by
distributing, after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the Trust as
provided by applicable law, to each Securityholder a Like Amount of Debentures,
subject to Section 904(d). Notice of liquidation shall be given by the Property
Trustee by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not later than 30 nor more
than 60 days prior to the Liquidation Date to each Holder of Trust Securities at
such Holder's address appearing in the Securities Register. All notices of
liquidation shall:

               (i)  state the Liquidation Date;

               (ii) state that from and after the Liquidation Date, the Trust
                    Securities shall no longer be deemed to be Outstanding and
                    any Trust Securities Certificates not

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                surrendered for exchange shall be deemed to represent a Like
                Amount of Debentures; and

          (iii) provide such information with respect to the mechanics by which
                Holders may exchange Trust Securities Certificates for
                Debentures, or, if Section 904(d) applies, receive a Liquidation
                Distribution, as the Administrative Trustees or the Property
                Trustee shall deem appropriate.

     (b) Except where Section 902(c) or 904(d) applies, in order to effect the
liquidation of the Trust and distribution of the Debentures to Securityholders,
the Property Trustee shall establish a record date for such distribution (which
shall be not more than 45 days prior to the Liquidation Date) and, either itself
acting as exchange agent or through the appointment of a separate exchange
agent, shall establish such procedures as it shall deem appropriate to effect
the distribution of Debentures in exchange for the Outstanding Trust Securities
Certificates.

     (c) Except where Section 902(c) or 904(d) applies, after the Liquidation
Date, (i) the Trust Securities shall no longer be deemed to be outstanding; (ii)
certificates representing a Like Amount of Debentures shall be issued to holders
of Trust Securities Certificates upon surrender of such certificates to the
Administrative Trustees or their agent for exchange; (iii) the Depositor shall
use its reasonable efforts to have the Debentures listed on the American Stock
Exchange or on such other securities exchange or other organization as the
Preferred Securities are then listed or traded; (iv) any Trust Securities
Certificates not so surrendered for exchange shall be deemed to represent a Like
Amount of Debentures, accruing interest at the rate provided for in the
Debentures from the last Distribution Date on which a Distribution was made on
such Trust Securities Certificates until such certificates are so surrendered
(and until such certificates are so surrendered, no payments of interest or
principal shall be made to holders of Trust Securities Certificates with respect
to such Debentures); and (v) all rights of Securityholders holding Trust
Securities shall cease, except the right of such Securityholders to receive
Debentures upon surrender of Trust Securities Certificates.

     (d) In the event that, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section
904, whether because of an order for dissolution entered by a court of competent
jurisdiction or otherwise, distribution of the Debentures in the manner provided
herein is determined by the Property Trustee not to be practical, the Trust
Property shall be liquidated, and the Trust shall be dissolved, wound-up or
terminated, by the Property Trustee in such manner as the Property Trustee
determines. In such event, on the date of the dissolution, winding-up or other
termination of the Trust, Securityholders shall be entitled to receive out of
the assets of the Trust available for distribution to Securityholders, after
satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the Trust as provided by applicable
law, an amount equal to the Liquidation Amount per Trust Security plus
accumulated and unpaid Distributions thereon to the date of payment (such amount
being the "Liquidation Distribution"). If, upon any such dissolution, winding-up
or termination, 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, subject to the next succeeding sentence, the
amounts payable by the Trust on the Trust Securities shall be paid on a pro rata
basis (based upon Liquidation Amounts). The holder of the Common Securities
shall be entitled to receive Liquidation Distributions upon any such
dissolution, winding-up

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or termination pro rata (determined as aforesaid) with Holders of Preferred
Securities, except that, if a Debenture Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, the Preferred Securities shall have a priority over the Common
Securities.

     SECTION 905. MERGERS, CONSOLIDATIONS, AMALGAMATIONS OR REPLACEMENTS OF THE
TRUST.

     The Trust may not merge with or into, consolidate, amalgamate, or be
replaced by, or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets
substantially as an entirety to any corporation or other Person, except pursuant
to this Section 905. At the request of the Depositor, with the consent of the
Administrative Trustees and without the consent of the holders of the Preferred
Securities, the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, the Trust may merge
with or into, consolidate, amalgamate, be replaced by or convey, transfer or
lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to a trust
organized as such under the laws of any state; provided, that (i) such successor
entity either (a) expressly assumes all of the obligations of the Trust with
respect to the Preferred Securities; or (b) substitutes for the Preferred
Securities other securities having substantially the same terms as the Preferred
Securities (the "Successor Securities) so long as the Successor Securities rank
the same as the Preferred Securities rank in priority with respect to
distributions and payments upon liquidation, redemption and otherwise; (ii) the
Depositor expressly appoints a trustee of such successor entity possessing
substantially the same powers and duties as the Property Trustee as the holder
of the Debentures; (iii) the Successor Securities are listed or traded, or any
Successor Securities shall be listed or traded upon notification of issuance, on
any national securities exchange or other organization on which the Preferred
Securities are then listed, if any; (iv) such merger, consolidation,
amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease does not adversely
affect the rights, preferences and privileges of the holders of the Preferred
Securities (including any Successor Securities) in any material respect; (v)
such successor entity has a purpose substantially identical to that of the
Trust; (vi) prior to such merger, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement,
conveyance, transfer or lease, the Depositor has received an Opinion of Counsel
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 Preferred Securities (including any
Successor Securities) in any material respect; and (b) following such merger,
consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease, neither
the Trust nor such successor entity shall be required to register as an
"investment company" under the Investment Company Act; and (vii) the Depositor
owns all of the Common Securities of such successor entity and guarantees the
obligations of such successor entity under the Successor Securities at least to
the extent provided by the Guarantee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Trust
shall not, except with the consent of holders of 100% in Liquidation Amount of
the Preferred Securities, 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 other Person or permit any other Person to consolidate,
amalgamate, merge with or into, or replace it if such consolidation,
amalgamation, merger or replacement would cause the Trust or the successor
entity to be classified as other than a grantor trust for United States federal
income tax purposes.

                                    ARTICLE X

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                            MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

     SECTION 1001. LIMITATION OF RIGHTS OF SECURITYHOLDERS.

     The death or incapacity of any Person having an interest, beneficial or
otherwise, in Trust Securities shall not operate to terminate this Trust
Agreement, nor entitle the legal representatives or heirs of such Person or any
Securityholder for such Person, to claim an accounting, take any action or bring
any proceeding in any court for a partition or winding-up of the arrangements
contemplated hereby, nor otherwise affect the rights, obligations and
liabilities of the parties hereto or any of them.

     SECTION 1002. AMENDMENT.

     (a) This Trust Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Trustees
and the Depositor, without the consent of any Securityholders, (i) as provided
in Section 811 with respect to acceptance of appointment by a successor Trustee;
(ii) to cure any ambiguity, correct or supplement any provision herein or
therein which may be inconsistent with any other provision herein or therein, or
to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under
this Trust Agreement, that shall not be inconsistent with the other provisions
of this Trust Agreement; or (iii) to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions
of this Trust Agreement to such extent as shall be necessary to ensure that the
Trust shall be classified for United States federal income tax purposes as a
grantor trust at all times that any Trust Securities are outstanding or to
ensure that the Trust shall not be required to register as an "investment
company" under the Investment Company Act; provided, however, that in the case
of clause (ii), such action shall not adversely affect in any material respect
the interests of any Securityholder, and any amendments of this Trust Agreement
shall become effective when notice thereof is given to the Securityholders.

     (b) Except as provided in Section 601(c) or Section 1002(c) hereof, any
provision of this Trust Agreement may be amended by the Trustees and the
Depositor (i) with the consent of Trust Securityholders representing not less
than a majority (based upon Liquidation Amounts) of the Trust Securities then
Outstanding; and (ii) upon receipt by the Trustees of an Opinion of Counsel to
the effect that such amendment or the exercise of any power granted to the
Trustees in accordance with such amendment shall not affect the Trust's status
as a grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes or the Trust's
exemption from status of an "investment company" under the Investment Company
Act.

     (c) In addition to and notwithstanding any other provision in this Trust
Agreement, without the consent of each affected Securityholder (such consent
being obtained in accordance with Section 603 or 606 hereof), this Trust
Agreement may not be amended to (i) change the amount or timing of any
Distribution on the Trust Securities or otherwise adversely affect the amount of
any Distribution required to be made in respect of the Trust Securities as of a
specified date; or (ii) restrict the right of a Securityholder to institute suit
for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such date; notwithstanding
any other provision herein, without the unanimous consent of the Securityholders
(such consent being obtained in accordance with Section 603 or 606 hereof), this
paragraph (c) of this Section 1002 may not be amended.

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     (d) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Trust Agreement, no
Trustee shall enter into or consent to any amendment to this Trust Agreement
which would cause the Trust to fail or cease to qualify for the exemption from
status of an "investment company" under the Investment Company Act or to fail or
cease to be classified as a grantor trust for United States federal income tax
purposes.

     (e) Notwithstanding anything in this Trust Agreement to the contrary,
without the consent of the Depositor, this Trust Agreement may not be amended in
a manner which imposes any additional obligation on the Depositor.

     (f) In the event that any amendment to this Trust Agreement is made, the
Administrative Trustees shall promptly provide to the Depositor a copy of such
amendment.

     (g) Neither the Property Trustee nor the Delaware Trustee shall be required
to enter into any amendment to this Trust Agreement which affects its own
rights, duties or immunities under this Trust Agreement. The Property Trustee
shall be entitled to receive an Opinion of Counsel and an Officers' Certificate
stating that any amendment to this Trust Agreement is in compliance with this
Trust Agreement.

     SECTION 1003. SEPARABILITY.

     In case any provision in this Trust Agreement or in the Trust Securities
Certificates shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality
and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected
or impaired thereby.

     SECTION 1004. GOVERNING LAW.

     THIS TRUST AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF EACH OF THE
SECURITYHOLDERS, THE TRUST AND THE TRUSTEES WITH RESPECT TO THIS TRUST AGREEMENT
AND THE TRUST SECURITIES SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY
THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE (WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES
THEREOF).

     SECTION 1005. PAYMENTS DUE ON NON-BUSINESS DAY.

     If the date fixed for any payment on any Trust Security shall be a day that
is not a Business Day, then such payment need not be made on such date but may
be made on the next succeeding day which 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 (and without any reduction of interest
or any other payment in respect of any such acceleration), in each case with the
same force and effect as though made on the date fixed for such payment, and no
distribution shall accumulate thereon for the period after such date.

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     SECTION 1006. SUCCESSORS.

     This Trust Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit
of any successor to the Depositor, the Trust or the Relevant Trustee(s),
including any successor by operation of law. Except in connection with a
consolidation, merger or sale involving the Depositor that is permitted under
Article XII of the Indenture and pursuant to which the assignee agrees in
writing to perform the Depositor's obligations hereunder, the Depositor shall
not assign its obligations hereunder.

     SECTION 1007. HEADINGS.

     The Article and Section headings are for convenience only and shall not
affect the construction of this Trust Agreement.

     SECTION 1008. REPORTS, NOTICES AND DEMANDS.

     Any report, notice, demand or other communication which by any provision of
this Trust Agreement is required or permitted to be given or served to or upon
any Securityholder or the Depositor may be given or served in writing by deposit
thereof, first-class postage prepaid, in the United States mail, hand delivery
or facsimile transmission, in each case, addressed, (a) in the case of a
Preferred Securityholder, to such Preferred Securityholder as such
Securityholder's name and address may appear on the Securities Register; and (b)
in the case of the Common Securityholder or the Depositor, to Midwest Banc
Holdings, Inc., 501 West North Avenue, Melrose Park, Illinois, 60160, Attention:
Chief Financial Officer, facsimile no.: (708) 865-7273. Any notice to Preferred
Securityholders shall also be given to such owners as have, within two years
preceding the giving of such notice, filed their names and addresses with the
Property Trustee for that purpose. Such notice, demand or other communication to
or upon a Securityholder shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or
made, for all purposes, upon hand delivery, mailing or transmission.

     Any notice, demand or other communication which by any provision of this
Trust Agreement is required or permitted to be given or served to or upon the
Trust, the Property Trustee or the Administrative Trustees shall be given in
writing addressed (until another address is published by the Trust) as follows:
(a) with respect to the Property Trustee to Wilmington Trust Company, Rodney
Square North, 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890-0001,
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration; (b) with respect to the Delaware
Trustee, to Wilmington Trust Company at the above address; and (c) with respect
to the Administrative Trustees, to them at the address above for notices to the
Depositor, marked "Attention: Administrative Trustees of MBHI Capital Trust I."
Such notice, demand or other communication to or upon the Trust or the Property
Trustee shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or made only upon actual
receipt of the writing by the Trust or the Property Trustee.

     SECTION 1009. AGREEMENT NOT TO PETITION.

     Each of the Trustees and the Depositor agree for the benefit of the
Securityholders that, until at least one year and one day after the Trust has
been terminated in accordance with Article IX, they

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shall not file, or join in the filing of, a petition against the Trust under any
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law (including, without
limitation, the United States Bankruptcy Code of 1978, as amended)
(collectively, "Bankruptcy Laws") or otherwise join in the commencement of any
proceeding against the Trust under any Bankruptcy Law. In the event the
Depositor or any of the Trustees takes action in violation of this Section 1009,
the Property Trustee agrees, for the benefit of Securityholders, that at the
expense of the Depositor (which expense shall be paid prior to the filing), it
shall file an answer with the bankruptcy court or otherwise properly contest the
filing of such petition by the Depositor or such Trustee against the Trust or
the commencement of such action and raise the defense that the Depositor or such
Trustee has agreed in writing not to take such action and should be stopped and
precluded therefrom. The provisions of this Section 1009 shall survive the
termination of this Trust Agreement.

     SECTION 1010. TRUST INDENTURE ACT; CONFLICT WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT.

     (a) This Trust Agreement is subject to the provisions of the Trust
Indenture Act that are required to be part of this Trust Agreement and shall, to
the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions.

     (b) The Property Trustee shall be the only Trustee which is a trustee for
the purposes of the Trust Indenture Act.

     (c) If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with another
provision hereof which is required to be included in this Trust Agreement by any
of the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, such required provision shall
control. If any provision of this Trust Agreement modifies or excludes any
provision of the Trust Indenture Act which may be so modified or excluded, the
latter provision shall be deemed to apply to this Trust Agreement as so modified
or to be excluded, as the case may be.

     (d) The application of the Trust Indenture Act to this Trust Agreement
shall not affect the nature of the Trust Securities as equity securities
representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust.

     SECTION 1011. ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS OF TRUST AGREEMENT, GUARANTEE AND
INDENTURE.

     THE RECEIPT AND ACCEPTANCE OF A TRUST SECURITY OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN BY
OR ON BEHALF OF A SECURITYHOLDER OR ANY BENEFICIAL OWNER, WITHOUT ANY SIGNATURE
OR FURTHER MANIFESTATION OF ASSENT, SHALL CONSTITUTE THE UNCONDITIONAL
ACCEPTANCE BY THE SECURITYHOLDER AND ALL OTHERS HAVING A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN
SUCH TRUST SECURITY OF ALL THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF THIS TRUST AGREEMENT AND
AGREEMENT TO THE SUBORDINATION PROVISIONS AND OTHER TERMS OF THE GUARANTEE AND
THE INDENTURE, AND SHALL CONSTITUTE THE AGREEMENT OF THE TRUST, SUCH
SECURITYHOLDER AND SUCH OTHERS THAT THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF THIS

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TRUST AGREEMENT SHALL BE BINDING, OPERATIVE AND EFFECTIVE AS BETWEEN THE TRUST
AND SUCH SECURITYHOLDER AND SUCH OTHERS.

                            [SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]

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                             MIDWEST BANC HOLDINGS, INC.

                             By:
                                ----------------------------------------
                                Name:  Robert L. Woods
                                Title:  President and CEO

                             WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, as
                                Property Trustee

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

                             WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, as
                                Delaware Trustee

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

                             --------------------------------------------
                             Robert L. Woods, as Administrative Trustee

                             --------------------------------------------
                             Edward H. Sibbald, as Administrative Trustee

                             --------------------------------------------
                             Daniel R. Kadolph, as Administrative Trustee

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                                    EXHIBIT A

                              CERTIFICATE OF TRUST
                                       OF
                              MBHI CAPITAL TRUST I

     THIS CERTIFICATE OF TRUST OF MBHI Capital Trust I (the "Trust"), is
being duly executed and filed by Wilmington Trust Company, a Delaware banking
corporation, Robert L. Woods, Edward H. Sibbald and Daniel R. Kadolph, each an
individual, as trustees, to form a business trust under the Delaware Business
Trust Act (12 Del. C. Section 3801 et seq.) (the "Act").

     1.   NAME. The name of the business trust formed hereby is MBHI Capital
          Trust I.

     2.   DELAWARE TRUSTEE. The name and business address of the trustee of the
          Trust in the State of Delaware is Wilmington Trust Company, Rodney
          Square North, 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware
          19890-0001, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration.

     3.   EFFECTIVE DATE. This Certificate of Trust shall be effective on May
          5, 2000.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Certificate of Trust
in accordance with Section 3811(a)(1) of the Act.

                                                WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, as
                                                trustee

                                                By:
                                                   -----------------------------

                                                   Name:
                                                        ------------------------

                                                   Title:
                                                         -----------------------

                                                --------------------------------
                                                Robert L. Woods, as Trustee

                                                --------------------------------
                                                Edward H. Sibbald, as Trustee

                                                --------------------------------
                                                Daniel R. Kadolph, as Trustee

                                       A-1

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                                    EXHIBIT B

                      THIS CERTIFICATE IS NOT TRANSFERABLE

CERTIFICATE NUMBER                            NUMBER OF COMMON SECURITIES
                   -----                                                 -----
                    CERTIFICATE EVIDENCING COMMON SECURITIES
                                       OF
                              MBHI CAPITAL TRUST I

                                COMMON SECURITIES
                  (LIQUIDATION AMOUNT $25 PER COMMON SECURITY)

     MBHI CAPITAL TRUST I, a statutory business trust created under the laws
of the State of Delaware (the "Trust"), hereby certifies that MIDWEST BANC
HOLDINGS, INC. (the "Holder") is the registered owner of
(          ) common securities of the Trust representing undivided beneficial
interests in the assets of the Trust and designated the Common Securities
(liquidation amount $25 per Common Security) (the "Common Securities"). In
accordance with Section 510 of the Trust Agreement (as defined below), the
Common Securities are not transferable and any attempted transfer hereof shall
be void. The designations, rights, privileges, restrictions, preferences, and
other terms and provisions of the Common Securities are set forth in, and this
certificate and the Common Securities represented hereby are issued and shall in
all respects be subject to the terms and provisions of, the Amended and Restated
Trust Agreement of the Trust dated as of June   , 2000, as the same may be
amended from time to time (the "Trust Agreement"), including the designation of
the terms of the Common Securities as set forth therein. The Trust shall furnish
a copy of the Trust Agreement to the Holder without charge upon written request
to the Trust at its principal place of business or registered office.

     Upon receipt of this certificate, the Holder is bound by the Trust
Agreement and is entitled to the benefits thereunder.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, one of the Administrative Trustees of the Trust has
executed this certificate this   th day of June, 2000.

                                 MBHI CAPITAL TRUST I

                                 By:
                                    --------------------------------------
                                    Name: Edward H. Sibbald, Trustee
                                          --------------------------------
                                    Title: Administrative Trustee
                                          --------------------------------

                                       B-1

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                                    EXHIBIT C

                    AGREEMENT AS TO EXPENSES AND LIABILITIES

         AGREEMENT AS TO EXPENSES AND LIABILITIES (this "Agreement") dated as of
June __, 2000, between MIDWEST BANC HOLDINGS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), and MBHI CAPITAL TRUST I, a Delaware business trust (the "Trust").

                                    RECITALS

         WHEREAS, the Trust intends to issue its common securities (the "Common
Securities") to, and receive _____% Junior Subordinated Debentures (the
"Debentures") from, the Company and to issue and sell MBHI Capital Trust I
_____% Cumulative Preferred Securities (the "Preferred Securities") with such
powers, preferences and special rights and restrictions as are set forth in the
Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of the Trust dated as of June __, 2000, as
the same may be amended from time to time (the "Trust Agreement");

         WHEREAS, the Company shall directly or indirectly own all of the Common
Securities of the Trust and shall issue the Debentures;

         NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the purchase by each holder of the
Preferred Securities, which purchase the Company hereby agrees shall benefit the
Company and which purchase the Company acknowledges shall be made in reliance
upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company, including in its
capacity as holder of the Common Securities, and the Trust hereby agree as
follows:

                                    ARTICLE I

         SECTION 1.1       Guarantee by the Company.

         Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Company, including in
its capacity as holder of the Common Securities, hereby irrevocably and
unconditionally guarantees to each person or entity to whom the Trust is now or
hereafter becomes indebted or liable (the "Beneficiaries") the full payment when
and as due, of any and all Obligations (as hereinafter defined) to such
Beneficiaries. As used herein, "Obligations" means any costs, expenses or
liabilities of the Trust other than obligations of the Trust to pay to holders
of any Preferred Securities or other similar interests in the Trust the amounts
due such holders pursuant to the terms of the Preferred Securities or such other
similar interests, as the case may be. This

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Agreement is intended to be for the benefit of, and to be enforceable by, all
such Beneficiaries, whether or not such Beneficiaries have received notice
hereof.

         SECTION 1.2       Term of Agreement.

         This Agreement shall terminate and be of no further force and effect
upon the later of (a) the date on which full payment has been made of all
amounts payable to all holders of all the Preferred Securities (whether upon
redemption, liquidation, exchange or otherwise); and (b) the date on which there
are no Beneficiaries remaining; provided, however, that this Agreement shall
continue to be effective or shall be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any
time any holder of Preferred Securities or any Beneficiary must restore payment
of any sums paid under the Preferred Securities, under any obligation, under the
Preferred Securities Guarantee Agreement dated the date hereof by the Company
and Wilmington Trust Company as guarantee trustee or under this Agreement for
any reason whatsoever. This Agreement is continuing, irrevocable, unconditional
and absolute.

         SECTION 1.3       Waiver of Notice.

         The Company hereby waives notice of acceptance of this Agreement and of
any obligation to which it applies or may apply, and the Company hereby waives
presentment, demand for payment, protest, notice of nonpayment, notice of
dishonor, notice of redemption and all other notices and demands.

         SECTION 1.4       No Impairment.

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

         (a) the extension of time for the payment by the Trust of all or any
portion of the obligations or for the performance of any other obligation under,
arising out of, or in connection with, the obligations;

         (b) any failure, omission, delay or lack of diligence on the part of
the Beneficiaries to enforce, assert or exercise any right, privilege, power or
remedy conferred on the Beneficiaries with respect to the obligations or any
action on the part of the Trust granting indulgence or extension of any kind; or

         (c) 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 Trust or any of the assets of the
Trust.

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

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         SECTION 1.5       Enforcement.

         A Beneficiary may enforce this Agreement directly against the Company,
and the Company waives any right or remedy to require that any action be brought
against the Trust or any other person or entity before proceeding against the
Company.

                                   ARTICLE II

         SECTION 2.1       Binding Effect.

         All guarantees and agreements contained in this Agreement shall bind
the successors, assigns, receivers, trustees and representatives of the Company
and shall inure to the benefit of the Beneficiaries.

         SECTION 2.2       Amendment.

         So long as there remains any Beneficiary or any Preferred Securities of
any series are outstanding, this Agreement shall not be modified or amended in
any manner adverse to such Beneficiary or to any of the holders of the Preferred
Securities.

         SECTION 2.3       Notices.

         Any notice, request or other communication required or permitted to be
given hereunder shall be given in writing by delivering the same by facsimile
transmission (confirmed by mail), telex, or by registered or certified mail,
addressed as follows (and if so given, shall be deemed given when mailed or upon
receipt of an answer back, if sent by facsimile):

         MBHI Capital Trust I
         c/o Wilmington Trust Company
         Rodney Square North
         1100 North Market Street
         Wilmington, DE  19890-0001
         Facsimile No.: (302) 427-7664
         Attention:  Corporate Trust Administration

         Midwest Banc Holdings, Inc.
         501 West North Avenue
         Melrose Park, Illinois  60160
         Facsimile No.:  (708) 865-7273
         Attention:  Chief Financial Officer

         SECTION 2.4 This agreement shall be governed by and construed and
interpreted in

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accordance with the laws of the State of Illinois (without regard to conflict
of laws principles).

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

                                         MIDWEST BANC HOLDINGS, INC.

                                         By:
                                             Name:  Robert L. Woods
                                             --------------------------------
                                             Title:  President and CEO

                                         MBHI CAPITAL TRUST I

                                         By:
                                             Name:  Edward H. Sibbald
                                             --------------------------------
                                             Title:  Administrative Trustee

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                                    EXHIBIT D

CERTIFICATE NUMBER                          NUMBER OF PREFERRED SECURITIES

                   CERTIFICATE EVIDENCING PREFERRED SECURITIES
                                       OF
                              MBHI CAPITAL TRUST I

                          % CUMULATIVE PREFERRED SECURITIES
                 (LIQUIDATION AMOUNT $25 PER PREFERRED SECURITY)

                                                               CUSIP

     MBHI Capital Trust I, a statutory business trust created under the laws of
the State of Delaware (the "Trust"), hereby certifies that          (the
"Holder") is the registered owner of        preferred securities of the Trust
representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust and
designated the      % Cumulative Preferred Securities (liquidation amount $25
per Preferred Security) (the "Preferred Securities"). The Preferred 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 as provided in Section 504 of the Trust Agreement (as
defined herein). The designations, rights, privileges, restrictions,
preferences, and other terms and provisions of the Preferred Securities are set
forth in, and this certificate and the Preferred Securities represented hereby
are issued and shall in all respects be subject to the terms and provisions of,
the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of the Trust dated as of June   , 2000,
as the same may be amended from time to time (the "Trust Agreement"), including
the designation of the terms of Preferred Securities as set forth therein. The
Holder is entitled to the benefits of the Preferred Securities Guarantee
Agreement entered into by Midwest Banc Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation,
and Wilmington Trust Company as guarantee trustee, dated as of June   , 2000, as
the same may be amended from time to time (the "Guarantee"), to the extent
provided therein. The Trust shall furnish a copy of the Trust Agreement and the
Guarantee to the Holder without charge upon written request to the Trust at its
principal place of business or registered office.

     Upon receipt of this certificate, the Holder is bound by the Trust
Agreement and is entitled to the benefits thereunder.

     Unless the Certificate of Authentication has been manually executed by the
Authentication Agent, this certificate is not valid or effective.

                                       D-1

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Administrative Trustees of the Trust have executed
this Certificate this    th day of June, 2000.

                                                MBHI CAPITAL TRUST I

                                                By:
                                                   ----------------------------
                                                   Robert L. Woods, as Trustee

                                                By:
                                                   ----------------------------
                                                   Edward H. Sibbald, as Trustee

                                                By:
                                                   -----------------------------
                                                   Daniel R. Kadolph, as Trustee

                                       D-2

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                                     LEGEND
                           FOR CERTIFICATES EVIDENCING
                        GLOBAL PREFERRED SECURITIES ONLY:

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

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                                    EXHIBIT E

                      FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

     This is one of the    % Cumulative Preferred Securities referred to in the
within-mentioned Amended and Restated Trust Agreement.

                                   WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
                                    as Authentication Agent and Registrar

                                   By:
                                        ----------------------------------
                                            AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE

                                       E-1<PAGE>   1
                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.1

                            STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT

                                     AMONG

                                INTERLAND, INC.

                      CREST COMMUNICATIONS PARTNERS L.P.,

                         CREST ENTREPRENEURS FUND L.P.,

                           BOULDER VENTURES III, L.P.

                                      AND

               THE OTHER INVESTORS SET FORTH ON EXHIBIT C HERETO

                             DATED DECEMBER 2, 1999

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

<TABLE>
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1.    DEFINITIONS............................................................
2.    SALE AND PURCHASE OF SHARES............................................
      2.1.     Sale and Purchase of Shares...................................
      2.2      Closing.......................................................
3.    REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY..........................
      3.1.     Organization and Standing.....................................
      3.2.     Subsidiaries..................................................
      3.3.     Certificate or Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws...........
      3.4.     Capital Structure of the Company..............................
      3.5.     Directors, Officers and Employees.............................
      3.6.     Financial Statements..........................................
      3.7.     No Liabilities................................................
      3.8.     Accounts Receivable; Accounts Payable.........................
      3.9.     Taxes.........................................................
      3.10.    Conduct of Business; Absence of Material Adverse Change.......
      3.11.    Title to Property and Assets..................................
      3.12.    Insurance.....................................................
      3.13.    Intellectual Property.........................................
      3.14.    Year 2000 Compliance..........................................
      3.15.    Debt Instruments..............................................
      3.16.    Leases........................................................
      3.17.    Other Agreements..............................................
      3.18.    Books and Records.............................................
      3.19.    Litigation; Disputes..........................................
      3.20.    Labor Relations...............................................
      3.21.    Pension and Benefit Plans.....................................
               3.21.1.  Disclosure Schedule..................................
               3.21.2.  Copies of Documents..................................
               3.21.3.  Multiemployer Plans..................................
               3.21.4.  ESOPs................................................
               3.21.5.  Funding..............................................
               3.21.6.  Contributions and Other Obligations..................
               3.21.7.  Qualified Plans......................................
               3.21.8.  Compliance with Law..................................
               3.21.9.  Non-deductible Payments..............................
               3.21.10. Reportable Events....................................
               3.21.11. Foreign Plan.........................................
</TABLE>

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<TABLE>
<S>            <C>
               3.21.12.   Tax Form 5330......................................
               3.21.13.   Welfare Plans......................................
               3.21.14.   Post-Retirement Plans..............................
               3.21.15.   Health Care Continuation Coverage Requirements.....
               3.21.16.   Filed Returns and Reports..........................
      3.22.    Environmental.................................................
      3.23.    Transactions with Related Parties.............................
      3.24.    Restrictions and Consents.....................................
      3.25.    Authority; Authorization; No Conflict.........................
      3.26.    Absence of Violation..........................................
      3.27.    Compliance with Law; Approvals................................
      3.28.    Copies of Documents...........................................
      3.29.    Binding Obligation............................................
      3.30.    Disclosure....................................................
      3.31.    Use of Proceeds...............................................
      3.32.    Systems.......................................................
      3.33.    Customers.....................................................
      3.34.    Company's Names, Business and Location of Company Assets......
      3.35.    Small Business Concern........................................
      3.36.    Real Property Holding Corporation.............................
4.    REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE INVESTORS........................
      4.1.     Organization and Standing.....................................
      4.2.     Authorization.................................................
      4.3.     Binding Obligation............................................
      4.4.     No Registration Under the Securities Act......................
      4.5.     Acquisition for Investment....................................
      4.6.     Evaluation of Merits and Risks of Investment..................
      4.7.     Additional Information........................................
      4.8.     Stock Certificate Legend......................................
5.    CLOSING DELIVERABLES...................................................
      5.1.     Opinion of Counsel............................................
      5.2.     Stockholders' Agreement.......................................
      5.3.     Registration Rights Agreement.................................
      5.4.     Corporate Documents...........................................
      5.5.     Documents at Closing..........................................
      5.6.     Consents......................................................
      5.7.     Composition of the Board of Directors.........................
      5.8.     Investor Representatives Letter...............................
      5.9.     Gavranovic Employment Agreement...............................
      5.10     Fernandez Agreement...........................................
6.    SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS; INDEMNIFICATION REMEDIES..................
      6.1.     Survival of Representations...................................
      6.2.     Agreement of the Company and the Investors to Indemnify.......
</TABLE>

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      6.3.     Conditions of Indemnification.................................
      6.4.     Specific Performance..........................................
      6.5.     Remedies Cumulative...........................................
      6.6.     Limits for Recovery of Losses.................................
7.    MISCELLANEOUS..........................................................
      7.1.     Additional Actions and Documents..............................
      7.2.     No Brokers....................................................
      7.3.     Jury Waiver...................................................
      7.4.     Publicity.....................................................
      7.5.     Expenses......................................................
      7.6.     Assignment....................................................
      7.7.     Entire Agreement; Amendment...................................
      7.8.     Waiver........................................................
      7.9.     Severability..................................................
      7.10.    Governing Law.................................................
      7.11.    Notices.......................................................
      7.12.    Headings......................................................
      7.13.    Execution in Counterparts.....................................
      7.14.    Limitation on Benefits........................................
      7.15.    Binding Effect................................................
      7.16.    Additional Covenants of the Company...........................
      7.17.    Key Man Life Insurance........................................
      7.18.    Proprietary Information Agreement.............................
      7.19.    SBIC Covenants of the Company.................................
      7.20.    Regulatory Compliance Cooperation.............................
      7.21.    Real Property Holding Corporation Covenant....................
</TABLE>

EXHIBIT A                  DEFINITIONS
EXHIBIT B                  TERMS OF SERIES A PREFERRED STOCK
EXHIBIT C                  INVESTORS
EXHIBIT D                  FORM OF KILPATRICK STOCKTON LLP LEGAL OPINION
EXHIBIT E                  STOCKHOLDERS' AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT F                  REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT G                  INVESTOR REPRESENTATIVES' LETTER
EXHIBIT H                  FORM OF KEN GAVRANOVIC EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT I                  FORM OF FERNANDEZ AGREEMENT

<PAGE>   5

STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT

                  THIS STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this "Purchase Agreement") is
entered into as of December 2, 1999 by and among Interland, Inc., a Georgia
corporation (the "Company"), Crest Communications Partners L.P., a Delaware
limited partnership, and Crest Entrepreneurs Fund L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership (collectively, "Crest"), Boulder Ventures III, L.P., a Delaware
limited partnership ("Boulder"), and the other investors set forth on Exhibit C
hereto ("Other Investors" and, together with Crest and Boulder, the
"Investors").

                  WHEREAS, the Company desires to issue and sell to the
Investors, and the Investors desire to subscribe for and acquire from the
Company, a substantial equity interest in the Company, upon the terms and
conditions hereinafter set forth;

                  NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and of the
mutual covenants and agreements hereinafter set forth, the parties hereto agree
as follows:

1        DEFINITIONS

For all purposes of this Purchase Agreement, certain capitalized terms
specified in Exhibit A shall have the meanings set forth in that Exhibit A,
except as otherwise expressly provided.

1        SALE AND PURCHASE OF SHARES

2.1.     SALE AND PURCHASE OF SHARES

                  On the basis of the representations, warranties and
agreements contained herein, and subject to the terms and conditions hereof,
the Company agrees to issue and sell to the Investors, and the Investors,
severally and not jointly, agree to purchase from the Company, an aggregate of
9,174,313 shares of Series A Convertible Participating Preferred Stock, no par
value per share ("Series A Stock"), having the rights, preferences and other
terms set forth on Exhibit B hereto, at a price per share of Series A Stock of
$2.18 for an aggregate purchase price of $20.0 million. The number of shares of
Series A Stock to be purchased by each Investor and the purchase price to be
paid by each Investor is as set forth on Exhibit C hereto.

                                      -2-
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2.2      CLOSING

The closing of the sale and purchase of the shares of Series A Stock shall take
place at the offices of Hogan & Hartson L.L.P., 111 South Calvert Street, Suite
1600, Baltimore, Maryland 21202, at 10:00 a.m., Baltimore time, on the date
hereof or at such other location, date and time as may be agreed upon between
the Investors and the Company (the "Closing"). At the Closing, the Company
shall issue and deliver to each Investor a stock certificate or certificates in
definitive form, registered in the name of such Investor, representing the
Series A Stock. As payment in full for the shares of Series A Stock being
purchased by it at the Closing, and against delivery of the stock certificate
or certificates therefor as aforesaid, on the Closing Date each Investor shall
deliver to the Company by wire transfer of immediately available funds the
amount set forth opposite the name of such Investor under the heading "Purchase
Price for Shares at Closing" on Exhibit C.

1        REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY

                  Except as specifically set forth in the Disclosure Schedule,
the Company represents and warrants (which representation and warranty shall be
deemed to include the disclosure with respect thereto so specified in the
Disclosure Schedule) to the Investors as set forth below in this SECTION 3. The
disclosures made in the Disclosure Schedule with respect to a Section of this
Purchase Agreement shall also be deemed disclosures with respect to all other
applicable Sections of this Agreement. For purposes of this SECTION, the term
"Company" shall include any predecessor entity and any and all Subsidiaries,
unless the context requires otherwise.

3.1.     ORGANIZATION AND STANDING

                  The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing
and in good standing under the laws of the State of Georgia and has all
requisite corporate power and corporate authority to own, operate and lease its
Assets, to carry on its business as currently conducted and to carry out the
transactions contemplated hereby. The Company has made available to the
Investor Representatives complete and correct copies of the certificate or
articles of incorporation and by-laws of the Company, with all amendments
thereto, as in effect on the date of this Purchase Agreement. The Company is
not qualified to conduct business in any other jurisdiction which is not listed
on the Disclosure Schedule, and neither the nature of the business conducted
by, nor the character of the Assets owned, leased or

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<PAGE>   7

otherwise held by, the Company makes such qualification necessary except where
the failure to be so qualified would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

3.2.     SUBSIDIARIES

                  Except as set forth on the Disclosure Schedule, the Company
has no Subsidiaries and no equity investment or other interest in, nor has the
Company made advances or loans to, any corporation, association, partnership,
joint venture or other entity, other than credit extended in the Ordinary
Course of Business, except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule. The
Disclosure Schedule sets forth (a) the authorized capital stock of each direct
and indirect Subsidiary of the Company and the percentage of the outstanding
capital stock of each Subsidiary directly or indirectly owned by the Company,
and (b) the nature and amount of any such equity investment, other interest or
advance. All of such shares of capital stock of Subsidiaries directly or
indirectly held by the Company have been duly authorized and validly issued and
are outstanding, fully paid and nonassessable. The Company directly, or
indirectly through wholly owned Subsidiaries, owns all such shares of capital
stock of the direct or indirect Subsidiaries free and clear of all
Encumbrances. Each Subsidiary is a corporation duly organized, validly existing
and in good standing under the laws of its state or jurisdiction of
incorporation (as listed in the Disclosure Schedule), and has all requisite
corporate power and authority to own, operate and lease its Assets and to carry
on its business as currently conducted. Each Subsidiary is qualified to conduct
business and is in good standing in the states, countries and territories
listed in the Disclosure Schedule. The Subsidiaries are not qualified to
conduct business in any other jurisdictions, and neither the nature of their
businesses nor the character of the Assets owned, leased or otherwise held by
them makes any such qualification necessary. There is no state, country or
territory wherein the absence of licensing or qualification as a foreign
corporation would have a Material Adverse Effect.

3.3.     CERTIFICATE OR ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION AND BYLAWS

                  The Company has Furnished to the Investor Representatives a
true and complete copy of the certificate or articles of incorporation of the
Company and of each Subsidiary, as currently in effect, certified as of a
recent date by the Secretary of State (or comparable governmental authority) of
the respective jurisdictions of incorporation, and a true and complete copy of
the bylaws of the Company and of each Subsidiary, as currently in effect,
certified by their respective corporate secretaries. Such certified copies are
attached as exhibits to, and part of, the Disclosure Schedule.

3.4.     CAPITAL STRUCTURE OF THE COMPANY

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                  The Disclosure Schedule sets forth the authorized capital
stock of the Company. Upon consummation of the purchase by the Investors of the
shares of Series A Stock contemplated hereby, the authorized capital stock of
the Company will consist solely of (i) 100,000,000 shares of Common Stock, of
which (a) 21,742,975 shares are currently issued and outstanding, (b) 9,174,313
shares are reserved for issuance upon conversion of the Series A Stock, (c)
4,500,000 shares are reserved for issuance pursuant to the Company's Option
Plan, (d) 1,300,000 shares are reserved for issuance pursuant to options issued
to consultants and advisors to the Company and (d) 63,282,712 shares are
authorized but unissued and unreserved and (ii) 10,000,000 shares of Preferred
Stock, of which (a) 9,174,313 shares of Series A Stock are to be issued to the
Investors pursuant to the terms of this Purchase Agreement and (b) 825,687
shares of Series A-1 Convertible Participating Preferred Stock, no par value
per share, are authorized but unissued. All issued and outstanding shares of
capital stock of the Company have been duly authorized and validly issued and
are fully paid and nonassessable and free of any preemptive rights. Except as
set forth on the Disclosure Schedule or in this SECTION 3.4, no shares of
capital stock of the Company or any Subsidiary have been reserved for any
purpose. Except as set forth on the Disclosure Schedule, there are no
outstanding securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for the
capital stock of the Company or any Subsidiary, or warrants or options to
purchase or to subscribe for any shares of such stock or other securities of
the Company or the Subsidiary. There are no outstanding Agreements affecting or
relating to the voting, issuance, purchase, redemption, repurchase, transfer or
registration for sale under the Securities Act of any securities of the Company
or any Subsidiary, except as contemplated hereunder or described in the
Disclosure Schedule.

3.5.     DIRECTORS, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

                  The Disclosure Schedule lists all current directors and
officers of the Company and all managers and consultants of the Company who,
individually, receive or are entitled to receive annual compensation from the
Company in excess of $50,000, showing each such person's name, position, and
annual remuneration, bonuses and fringe benefits for the current fiscal year.
To the Knowledge of the Company, during the past ten years no director or
officer of the Company has: (i) been arrested or convicted for any crime
material to an evaluation of such person's ability or integrity, including,
without limitation, any violation of any federal or state law which currently
or has previously regulated the types of business in which the Company is
currently or has previously been engaged; (ii) filed a petition under federal
bankruptcy or any state insolvency laws; (iii) been a director or officer of a
business entity which has filed a petition under federal bankruptcy or any
state insolvency laws, or had a receiver or similar officer appointed by a
court to administer the business or property of such entity; (iv) lost a civil
suit in which the

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judgment was in excess of $100,000 or (v) had the Internal Revenue Service file
a lien against his or her property.

3.6.     FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

                  (a)      The Company has prepared and Furnished to the
Investors and there are included as exhibits that are part of the Disclosure
Schedule, the audited consolidated balance sheets of the Company as of the end
of the fiscal year ending December 31, 1998, and the audited consolidated
statements of income, stockholders' equity and cash flow for such period (the
"Audited Financial Statements"). The Company has Furnished to the Investors the
unaudited balance sheet of the Company for the nine months ended September 30,
1999, and the unaudited statements of income, stockholders' equity and cash
flow for such period. (The September 30, 1999 unaudited financial statements
and the Audited Financial Statements are herein referred to collectively as the
"Financial Statements"). All of the Financial Statements, including, without
limitation, the notes thereto, referred to in this SECTION or Furnished to the
Investors after the date hereof pursuant to this Purchase Agreement: (i) are in
accordance with the books and records of the Company, (ii) present fairly in
all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Company as of
the respective dates and the results of operations and cash flow for the
respective periods indicated, and (iii) have been prepared in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles applied on a basis consistent with
prior accounting periods except for the absence of footnotes and customary
year-end adjustments in the case of the September 30, 1999 unaudited financial
statements (which will not deviate Materially from the other Financial
Statements). The Financial Statements set forth all changes in accounting
methods (for financial accounting purposes) at any time made, agreed to, or
required with respect to the Company.

                  (b)      The financial forecasts of the Company for the
fiscal years 1999-2003 Furnished to the Investors and attached to this Purchase
Agreement as part of the Disclosure Schedule were prepared by the Company in
good faith on the basis of the assumptions stated therein, and the Company has
no reason to believe that the assumptions or the financial forecasts themselves
are not reasonable; provided, however, that the Company makes no representation
or warranty that the results projected in the financial forecasts will actually
be achieved.

3.7.     NO LIABILITIES

                  Except as reflected in the Financial Statements, as of
September 30, 1999, there existed no liabilities (whether contingent or
absolute, matured or unmatured, known or unknown) of the Company other than (i)
incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business and in amounts that are not
individually Material, and (ii) for taxes, assessments and other governmental
charges, if such taxes, assessments and other charges (x) are not yet due and
payable, or (y) are due and

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payable but can be paid hereafter without penalty or interest and for which
a proper accrual relating thereto is reflected in the Financial Statements and
which will be paid before penalty or interest begins to accrue thereon. Except
as described in the Disclosure Schedule, since September 30, 1999, the Company
has not incurred any liabilities (whether contingent or absolute, matured or
unmatured, known or unknown) other than in the Ordinary Course of Business and
in amounts that are not individually or in the aggregate Material.

3.8.     ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE;  ACCOUNTS PAYABLE

                  (a)      The accounts receivable of the Company shown on the
Financial Statements Furnished to the Investors, or thereafter acquired by the
Company, have been collected or, to the Company's Knowledge, represent valid
rights to receive payment for bona fide services rendered or goods sold, and
except as set forth on the Disclosure Schedule, are not subject to discounts,
rebates or to offsets of any kind.

                  (b)      Except as set forth on the Disclosure Schedule, the
Company is current on all accounts payable.

3.9.     TAXES

                  (a)      Except as set forth on the Disclosure Schedule, the
Company has (or, in the case of returns becoming due after the date hereof and
on or before the Closing Date, will have prior to the Closing Date) duly filed
(or obtained extensions with respect to) all Tax Returns required to be filed
on or before the Closing Date with respect to all applicable Taxes. No
penalties or other charges are or will become due with respect to any such Tax
Returns as the result of the late filing thereof. All of the Tax Returns are
(or, in the case of returns becoming due after the date hereof and on or before
the Closing Date, will be) true and complete in all Material respects. The
Company: (i) has paid all Taxes due or claimed to be due by any taxing
authority in connection with any such Tax Returns; or (ii) has established (or,
in the case of amounts becoming due after the date hereof, prior to the Closing
Date will have paid or established) in the Financial Statements provided to the
Investors adequate reserves (in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles consistently applied) for the payment of such Taxes. The amounts set
up as reserves for Taxes on the Financial Statements are sufficient for the
payment of all unpaid Taxes as of the dates thereof, whether or not such Taxes
are disputed or are yet due and payable, for or with respect to the period, and
for which the Company may be liable in its own right or as a transferee of the
Assets of, or successor to, any corporation, person, association, partnership,
joint venture or other entity.

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                  (b)      The Company, either individually or in its own right
or as a transferee, does not have and on the Closing Date will not have any
liability for Taxes payable for or with respect to any periods prior to and
including the Closing Date in excess of the amounts actually paid prior to the
Closing Date or reserved for in the Financial Statements (other than Taxes
accruing after September 30, 1999 in the Ordinary Course of Business which are
not payable on or prior to the Closing Date).

                  (c)      Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule,
there is no action, suit, proceeding, audit, investigation or claim pending or,
to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened in respect of any Taxes for which
the Company is or may become liable, nor has any deficiency or claim for any
such Taxes been proposed, asserted or, to the Knowledge of the Company,
threatened. The Company has not consented to any waivers or extensions of any
statute of limitations with respect to the collection or assessment of any
Taxes against the Company. There is no Agreement, waiver or consent providing
for an extension of time with respect to the assessment or collection of any
Taxes against the Company and no power of attorney granted by the Company with
respect to any tax matters is currently in force.

                  (d)      The Company has Furnished or otherwise made
available to the Investor Representatives true and complete copies of all Tax
Returns and all written communications relating to any such Tax Returns or to
any deficiency or claim proposed and/or asserted, irrespective of the outcome
of such matter, but only to the extent such items relate to tax years (i) which
are subject to an audit, investigation, examination or other proceeding, or
(ii) with respect to which the statute of limitations has not expired.

                  (e)      The Disclosure Schedule sets forth (i) all federal
tax elections that currently are in effect with respect to the Company, and
(ii) all elections for purposes of foreign, state or local Taxes and all
consents or Agreements for purposes of federal, foreign, state or local Taxes
in each case that reasonably could be expected to affect or be binding upon the
Company or its Assets or operations after Closing. The Disclosure Schedule sets
forth all Material changes in accounting methods for Tax purposes at any time
made, agreed to, or required with respect to the Company.

                  (f)      Except as set forth on the Disclosure Schedule, the
Company has not: (i) been a partner in a partnership or an owner of an interest
in an entity treated as a partnership for federal income tax purposes; (ii)
executed or filed with the Internal Revenue Service any consent to have the
provisions of Section 341(f) of the Code apply to it; (iii) been subject to
Section 999 of the Code; (iv) been a passive foreign investment company as
defined in Section 1296(a) of the Code; or (v) been a party to any Agreement
relating to the sharing, allocation or payment of, or indemnity for, Taxes.

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3.10.    CONDUCT OF BUSINESS; ABSENCE OF MATERIAL ADVERSE CHANGE

                  Except as otherwise contemplated by the terms of this
Purchase Agreement or as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule, since September
30, 1999 there has been no material adverse change in the business, operations,
prospects, condition (financial or otherwise), Assets or liabilities of the
Company. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule or as contemplated
hereunder, since September 30, 1999, the Company has conducted business
substantially in the manner heretofore conducted and only in the Ordinary
Course of Business, and the Company has not:

                  (a)      incurred any loss Materially and adversely affecting
any of its Assets as the result of any fire, explosion, flood, windstorm,
earthquake, labor trouble, riot, accident, act of God or public enemy or armed
forces, or other casualty;

                  (b)      issued any capital stock or member interests, bonds
or other corporate securities or debt instruments, granted any options,
warrants or other rights calling for the issuance thereof, or borrowed any
funds (other than borrowings in the Ordinary Course of Business in amounts,
individually or in the aggregate, that do not exceed $50,000);

                  (c)      incurred, or become subject to, any obligation or
liability (absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, known or unknown),
except current liabilities incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business and
liens for current taxes, assessments or governmental charges or levies on
property not yet due and delinquent;

                  (d)      discharged or satisfied any Encumbrance or paid any
obligation or liability (absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, known or
unknown) other than current liabilities shown in the Financial Statements and
current liabilities incurred since September 30, 1999 in the Ordinary Course of
Business;

                  (e)      declared or made payment of, or set aside for
payment, any dividends or distributions of any Assets, or purchased, redeemed
or otherwise acquired any of its capital stock, any securities convertible into
capital stock, or any other securities;

                  (f)      mortgaged, pledged or subjected to any Encumbrance
any Material Assets, except for (i) Encumbrances reflected in the Financial
Statements of the Company or on the Disclosure Schedule, (ii) Encumbrances
consisting of zoning or planning restrictions, easements, permits and other
restrictions or limitations on the use of real property or irregularities in
title thereto which do not Materially detract from the value of, or impair the
use of, such property by the Company in the operation of its business, and
(iii) liens for current taxes,

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assessments or governmental charges or levies on property not yet due and
delinquent;

                  (g)      sold, exchanged, transferred or otherwise disposed
of any Material Assets, or canceled any Material debts or claims, except in
each case in the Ordinary Course of Business;

                  (h)      written down the value of any Material Assets or
written off as uncollectible any Material notes or accounts receivable, except
write-downs and write-offs in the Ordinary Course of Business, none of which,
individually or in the aggregate, are Material;

                  (i)      entered into any transactions other than in the
Ordinary Course of Business;

                  (j)      increased by more than five percent (5%) the rate of
compensation payable, or to become payable, by the Company to any of its
officers, employees, agents or independent contractors over the rate being paid
to them on September 30, 1999;

                  (k)      made or permitted any amendment or termination of
any Material Agreement to which it is a party or which it owns;

                  (l)      through negotiation or otherwise made any commitment
or incurred any liability to any labor organization;

                  (m)      made any accrual or arrangement for or payment of
bonuses or special compensation of any kind to any director, officer or
employee other than in the Ordinary Course of Business;

                  (n)      directly or indirectly paid any severance or
termination pay to any officer or employee in excess of three months' salary;

                  (o)      made capital expenditures, or entered into
commitments therefor, aggregating more than $50,000;

                  (p)      made any change in any method of accounting or
accounting practice;

                  (q)      entered into any transaction of the type described
in SECTION 3.23 or

                  (r)      made an Agreement to do any of the foregoing.

3.11.    TITLE TO PROPERTY AND ASSETS

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                  The Company has good, valid and marketable title to all
Material Assets owned by it, free and clear of all Encumbrances other than
those referred to in the Financial Statements (or the notes thereto) and liens
for taxes not yet due and payable. The Company does not own any real estate,
and the Company is not a United States Real Property Holding Company as defined
under Section 897 of the Code. All personal property of the Company is in good
operating condition and repair in all Material respects (ordinary wear and tear
and routinely scheduled maintenance excepted) and is suitable and adequate for
the uses for which it is intended or is being used.

3.12.    INSURANCE

                  (a)      Set forth on the Disclosure Schedule is the
following information with respect to each insurance policy (including policies
providing property, casualty, liability and workers' compensation coverage and
bond and surety arrangements) to which the Company has been a party, a named
insured, or otherwise the beneficiary of coverage at any time within the past
three (3) years: (i) the name, address and telephone number of the agent, (ii)
the name of the insurer, (iii) the name of the policyholder, (iv) the name of
each covered insured, (v) the policy number and the period of coverage, (vi)
the scope and amount (including a description of how deductibles and ceilings
are calculated and operate) of coverage, and (vii) a description of any
material retroactive premium adjustments or other loss sharing arrangements.

                  (b)      Other than as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule,
the Company has insurance coverage under policies that (a) are with insurance
companies reasonably believed by the Company to be financially sound and
reputable; (b) are in amounts customary for companies in similar businesses
similarly situated; (c) are legal, valid, binding, enforceable and in full
force and effect; (d) will continue to be legal, valid, binding, enforceable
and in full force and effect on identical terms immediately following the
Closing Date; (e) are sufficient for compliance by the Company with all
requirements of Law and of all Agreements to which the Company is a party; (f)
to the Company's Knowledge are valid and outstanding policies enforceable
against the insurer; and (g) in the Company's reasonable belief, provide
adequate insurance coverage for the Assets and business of the Company.

                  (c)      The Company is not in breach or default (including
with respect to the payment of premiums or the giving of notices), and no event
has occurred which, with notice or the lapse of time, would constitute such a
breach or default or permit termination, modification or acceleration under any
policy.

                  (d)      The Company has not and to the Knowledge of the
Company, no other party to the policy has repudiated any provision of any such
policy.

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                  (e)      The Company currently has no and has never had any
self-insurance arrangements.

3.13.    INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

                  (a)      The Company owns, or is licensed or otherwise
possesses all necessary rights to use all patents, trademarks, trade names,
service marks, trade dress, logos, domain names, copyrights and any
applications or registrations therefor, maskworks, schematics, technology,
know-how, trade secrets, formulas, compositions, technical data, designs,
drawings, specifications, inventory, inventions, ideas, algorithms, processes,
computer software programs and applications (in both source code and object
code form), and tangible or intangible proprietary information or material and
all reissues, extensions and renewals thereof ("Intellectual Property") that
are used in the business or products of the Company as the business is now
conducted and as proposed to be conducted. The Intellectual Property owned or
used by the Company is free and clear of all Encumbrances.

                  (b)      The Disclosure Schedule lists all (i) patents,
patent applications, registered and unregistered trademarks, trade names and
service marks, registered and unregistered copyrights, and maskworks included
in the Intellectual Property that are owned by the Company, including the
jurisdictions, both domestic and foreign, in which each such item of
Intellectual Property right has been issued or registered or in which any
application for such issuance and registration has been filed, (ii) licenses,
sublicenses and other agreements as to which the Company is a party and
pursuant to which any person is authorized to use any Intellectual Property
owned by the Company, and (iii) licenses, sublicenses and other agreements to
which the Company is a party and pursuant to which the Company is authorized to
use any third party patents, trademarks or copyrights, including software
("Third Party Intellectual Property Rights").

                  (c)      Except as disclosed on the Disclosure Schedule, the
Company has taken (or, with respect to Third Party Intellectual Property Rights
that are Material to the Company's business or products, has ensured that the
owner thereof has taken) all necessary action in all appropriate jurisdictions,
both domestic and foreign, to register and maintain the registration of all
Intellectual Property that is Material to the Company's business or products
that may be registered.

                  (d)      To the Knowledge of the Company, there is no actual
or suspected unauthorized use, disclosure, infringement or misappropriation of
any Intellectual Property rights of the Company, or any Third Party
Intellectual Property Rights, that are Material to the Company's business or
properties, to the extent licensed by or through the Company, by any third
party, including any employee or former employee of the Company. The Company
has not notified any third party that it believes such third party is
interfering with, infringing or

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misappropriating any of the Company's Intellectual Property or engaging in any
act of unfair competition. The Company has the right to bring an action for the
infringement of all of its Intellectual Property. The Company has taken all
reasonably necessary measures to protect and maintain its rights in the
Intellectual Property. Except as set forth on the Disclosure Schedule, there
are no royalties, fees or other payments or compensation payable by the Company
to any person by reason of the ownership, use, sale or disposition of
Intellectual Property.

                  (e)      The Company is not, nor will it be as a result of
the execution and delivery of this Purchase Agreement, the Series A Stock or
the Agreements contemplated hereby, or the performance of its obligations
thereunder, in breach of any license, sublicense or other agreement relating to
the Intellectual Property, including Third Party Intellectual Property Rights.

                  (f)      The Company has no Knowledge that the conduct of the
business of the Company infringes any patent, trademark, service mark,
copyright, trade secret or other proprietary right of any third party. There
are no pending or, to the Company's Knowledge, threatened claims against the
Company alleging that the conduct of its business infringes any Intellectual
Property rights of others. The Intellectual Property of the Company is not
subject to any outstanding injunction, judgment, order, decree, ruling or
charge. To the Company's Knowledge, the Company has not engaged in unfair
competition against any third party.

                  (g)      All present or former officers, directors, employees
and consultants of the Company have executed and delivered to the Company an
agreement regarding assignment to the Company of any Intellectual Property
arising from services performed for the Company by such persons. Except as
disclosed on the Disclosure Schedule, there is no Intellectual Property
developed by a present or former stockholder, director, officer, consultant or
employee of the Company that is used in the business of the Company that has
not been transferred to, or is not owned free and clear of any liens or
encumbrances by, the Company.

                  (h)      The Company has entered into written confidentiality
agreements with all third parties having access to Company-owned Intellectual
Property in connection with the disclosure to, or use or appropriation by,
those third parties, of Intellectual Property owned by the Company that is not
otherwise protected by a patent, a patent application, copyright, trademark, or
other registration or legal scheme.

3.14.    YEAR 2000 COMPLIANCE

(a)      Each system owned or used by the Company comprised of software,
hardware or databases, the operational failure of which would be reasonably
likely to result in

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a Material Adverse Effect (collectively, a "System") will be able to accurately
process date data, including, but not limited to, calculating, comparing and
sequencing from, into and between the twentieth century (through year 1999),
the year 2000 and the twenty-first century, including leap year calculations
(having such ability being referred to herein as "Year 2000 Compliant"). The
Company has no reason to believe that it or any of its Subsidiaries will incur
material expenses arising from or relating to the failure of any of their
Systems to be Year 2000 Compliant.

(b)      All vendors of products to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, the
operational failure of which due to a failure to be Year 2000 Compliant would
be reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and such
respective products, to the Knowledge of the Company, are (or prior to December
31, 1999, will be) Year 2000 Compliant. To the knowledge of the Company, each
such vendor will continue to furnish its products to the Company or its
Subsidiaries, as applicable, without interruption or material delay, on and
after January 1, 2000.

3.15.    DEBT INSTRUMENTS

                  The Disclosure Schedule lists all mortgages, indentures,
notes, guarantees and other Agreements for or relating to borrowed money
(including, without limitation, conditional sales agreements and capital
leases) involving payments by the Company aggregating in excess of $25,000 per
year to which the Company is a party or which have been assumed by the Company
or to which any Material Assets are subject. The Company has performed all the
Material obligations under such Agreements listed on the Disclosure Schedule
required to be performed by it to date and are not in default in any Material
respect under any of the foregoing, and, to the Knowledge of the Company, there
has not occurred any event which (whether with or without notice, lapse of time
or the happening or occurrence of any other event) would constitute such a
default.

3.16.    LEASES

                  The Disclosure Schedule lists all leases and other Agreements
under which the Company is a lessee or lessor of any Material Asset (including
Real Property), or holds, manages or operates any Material Asset owned by any
third party, or under which any Material Asset owned by the Company is held,
operated or managed by a third party. Except as described in the Disclosure
Schedule, the Company is the owner and holder of all the leasehold estates
purported to be granted by the leases or other Agreements listed in the
Disclosure Schedule. Each such lease and other Agreement is in full force and
effect and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of, and is legally
enforceable against, the Company, and, to the Company's Knowledge, the other
parties thereto (except as enforceability may be limited or affected by
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,

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moratorium, fraudulent conveyance and other similar laws and equitable
principles now or hereafter in effect and affecting the rights and remedies of
creditors generally), and grants the leasehold estate it purports to grant free
and clear of all Encumbrances. All necessary governmental approvals with
respect thereto have been obtained and all necessary filings or registrations
therefor have been made, in each case to the extent that the Company is
responsible therefor, other than where the failure to obtain any such approvals
would not have a Material Adverse Effect, and there are no outstanding disputes
thereunder and, to the Knowledge of the Company, there have been no threatened
cancellations thereof. The Company has in all respects performed all material
obligations thereunder required to be performed by it to date. Neither the
Company nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, any other party is in default in
any Material respect under any of the foregoing, and, to the Knowledge of the
Company, there has not occurred any event which (whether with or without
notice, lapse of time or the happening or occurrence of any other event) would
constitute such a default.

3.17.    OTHER AGREEMENTS

                  (a)      The Disclosure Schedule lists all Material
Agreements to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound at
the date hereof. Each such Material Agreement is in full force and effect and
constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of, and is legally
enforceable against the Company and to the Company's Knowledge, the other
parties thereto (except as enforceability may be limited or affected by
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance and
other similar laws and equitable principles now or hereafter in effect and
affecting the rights and remedies of creditors generally). All necessary
governmental approvals with respect thereto have been obtained and all
necessary filings or registrations therefor have been made, in each case to the
extent that the Company is responsible therefor, other than where the failure
to obtain any such approvals would not have a Material Adverse Effect, and
there are no outstanding disputes thereunder and, to the Knowledge of the
Company, there have been no threatened cancellations thereof. The Company has
performed all the material obligations thereunder required to be performed to
date. Neither the Company nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, any other party
is in default in any Material respect under any of the Agreements listed in the
Disclosure Schedule, and, to the Knowledge of the Company, there has not
occurred any event which (whether with or without notice, lapse of time or the
happening or occurrence of any other event) would constitute such a default.

                  (b)      Except as listed in the Disclosure Schedule (and
without limiting the foregoing), the Company is not a party to any oral or
written:

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                  (i)      Agreement for the employment of any officer,
employee, consultant or independent contractor;

                  (ii)     license agreement or distributor, dealer,
manufacturer's representative, sales agency, advertising, property management
or brokerage agreement;

                  (iii)    Agreement with any labor organization or other
collective bargaining unit;

                  (iv)     Agreement for the future purchase of materials,
supplies, services, merchandise or equipment involving payments of more than
$50,000 over its remaining term (including, without limitation, periods covered
by any option to renew by either party);

                  (v)      Agreement for the purchase, sale or lease of any
real estate or other Assets involving payments of more than $50,000 over its
remaining term (including, without limitation, periods covered by any option to
renew by either party);

                  (vi)     profit-sharing, bonus, incentive compensation,
deferred compensation, stock option, severance pay, stock purchase, employee
benefit, insurance, hospitalization, pension, retirement or other similar plan
or Agreement;

                  (vii)    Agreement for the sale of any of its Material Assets
or the grant of any preferential rights to purchase any of its Material Assets
or rights, other than in the Ordinary Course of Business;

                  (viii)   Agreement which contains any provisions requiring
the Company to indemnify any other party thereto;

                  (ix)     joint venture agreement or other Agreement involving
the sharing of profits;

                  (x)      outstanding loan to any person or entity or
receivable due from any stockholder of the Company or persons or entities
controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Company;

                  (xi)     Agreement (including, without limitation, Agreements
not to compete and exclusivity Agreements) that reasonably could be interpreted
to impose any restriction on any business operations of the Company; or

                  (xii)    other Material Agreement which by its terms does not
terminate or is not terminable by the Company within 30 days or upon 30 days'
(or less) notice.

3.18.    BOOKS AND RECORDS

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                  The books of account, stock records, minute books and other
records of the Company are true and accurate in all Material respects and have
been maintained in accordance with good business practices and the matters
contained therein are appropriately and accurately reflected in the Financial
Statements.

3.19.    LITIGATION; DISPUTES

                  (a)      Except as described in the Disclosure Schedule,
there are no actions, suits, claims, arbitrations, proceedings or known
investigations pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened or
reasonably anticipated against, affecting or involving the Company, or its
business or Assets, or the transactions contemplated by this Purchase Agreement
before or by any court, arbitrator or governmental authority, domestic or
foreign. The Company is not operating under, subject to or in default with
respect to any order, award, writ, injunction, decree or judgment of any court,
arbitrator or governmental authority. The Company has Furnished to the Investor
Representatives copies of all pleadings filed with respect to any Material
litigation in which the Company is engaged.

                  (b)      Except as set forth on the Disclosure Schedule, the
Company is not currently involved in nor, to the Knowledge of the Company,
reasonably anticipates any material dispute with any of its current or former
employees, agents, brokers, distributors, vendors, customers, business
consultants, franchisees, franchisers, representatives or independent
contractors (or any current or former employees of any of the foregoing persons
or entities) which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.

3.20.    LABOR RELATIONS

                  There are no strikes, work stoppages, grievance proceedings,
union organization efforts or other controversies pending or, to the Knowledge
of the Company, threatened or reasonably anticipated between the Company and
(a) any current or former employees of the Company, or (b) any union or other
collective bargaining unit representing the employees. Except as set forth in
the Disclosure Schedule, the Company is in compliance in all Material respects
with all Laws relating to employment or the workplace, including, without
limitation, provisions relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, safety
and health, work authorization, equal employment opportunity, immigration,
withholding, unemployment compensation, worker's compensation, employee privacy
and right to know. Except as set forth on the Disclosure Schedule, there are no
collective bargaining agreements, employment agreements between the Company and
any of its employees, or professional service agreements not terminable at will
without penalty relating to the businesses and Assets of the Company. The
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not cause the Company
or the

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Investors to incur or suffer any liability relating to, or obligation to pay,
severance, termination or other payments to any person or entity.

         3.21.    PENSION AND BENEFIT PLANS

3.21.1.   DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE

                  Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule, the Company
(a) does not maintain and has never has maintained any Plan or Other
Arrangement, (b) is not nor ever has been a party to any Plan or Other
Arrangement and (c) has no obligations under any Plan or Other Arrangement.

3.21.2.   COPIES OF DOCUMENTS

                  The Company has Furnished to the Investor Representatives
true and complete copies of each of the following Documents: (a) the Documents
setting forth the terms of each Plan; (b) all related trust agreements or
annuity agreements (and any other funding Document) for each Plan; (c) for the
three most recent plan years, all annual reports (Form 5500 series) on each
Plan that have been filed with any governmental agency; (d) the current summary
plan description and subsequent summaries of material modifications for each
Title I Plan; (e) all DOL opinions on any Plan and all correspondence relating
to the request for and receipt of each opinion; (f) all correspondence with the
PBGC on any Plan; (g) all IRS rulings, opinions or technical advice relating to
any Plan and all correspondence relating to the request for and receipt of each
ruling, opinion or technical advice; and (h) all Agreements with service
providers or fiduciaries for providing services on behalf of any Plan. For each
Other Arrangement, the Company has Furnished to the Investor Representatives
true and complete copies of each policy, Agreement or other Document setting
forth or explaining the terms of the Other Arrangement, all related trust
agreements or other funding Documents (including, without limitation, insurance
contracts, certificates of deposit, money market accounts, etc.), all material
employee communications, all material correspondence or other submissions with
any governmental agency, and all Agreements with service providers or
fiduciaries for providing services on behalf of any Other Arrangement.

3.21.3.   MULTIEMPLOYER PLANS

                  No Plan is a Multiemployer Plan.

3.21.4.   ESOPS

                  No Plan is an ESOP.

3.21.5.   FUNDING

                  No Plan is a Defined Benefit Plan.

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3.21.6.  CONTRIBUTIONS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS

                  To the Knowledge of the Company, the Company has made all
contributions and other payments required by and due under the terms of each
Plan and Other Arrangement and has taken no action (including, without
limitation, actions required by Law) relating to any Plan or Other Arrangement
that will Materially increase the Company's obligations under any Plan or Other
Arrangement.

3.21.7.  QUALIFIED PLANS

                  The Disclosure Schedule sets forth a list of all Qualified
Plans. All Qualified Plans and any related trust agreements or annuity
agreements (or any other funding Document) comply and have complied, in all
material respects, with ERISA, the Code (including, without limitation, the
requirements for Tax qualification described in Section 401 thereof), and all
other Laws. To the Knowledge of the Company, the trusts established under the
Plans are exempt from federal income taxes under Section 501(a) of the Code.
The Company has received determination letters issued by the IRS with respect
to each Qualified Plan, and the Company has Furnished to the Investor
Representatives true and complete copies of all such determination letters and
all correspondence relating to applications therefor. All statements made by or
on behalf of the Company to the IRS in connection with applications for
determination with respect to each Qualified Plan were true and complete when
made and continue to be true and complete and nothing has occurred since the
date of the most recent applicable determination letter that would adversely
affect the tax-qualified status of any Qualified Plan.

3.21.8.  COMPLIANCE WITH LAW

                  The Company has complied in all Material respects with all
applicable provisions of the Code, ERISA, the National Labor Relations Act,
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment
Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Securities Act, the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, and all other Laws pertaining to the Plans, Other Arrangements and
other employee or employment related benefits, and all premiums and assessments
relating to all Plans or Other Arrangements. To the Knowledge of the Company,
the Company does not have any liability for any delinquent contributions within
the meaning of Section 515 of ERISA (including, without limitation, related
attorneys' fees, costs, liquidated damages and interest) or for any arrearages
of wages. The Company does not have any pending unfair labor practice charges,
contract grievances under any collective bargaining agreement, other
administrative charges, claims, grievances or lawsuits before any court,
governmental agency, regulatory body, or arbiter arising under any Law
governing any Plan, and to the Knowledge of the Company, there exist no facts
that could give rise to such a claim.

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3.21.9.  NON-DEDUCTIBLE PAYMENTS

                  No Plan or Other Arrangement, individually or collectively,
provides for any payment by the Company to any employee or independent
contractor that is not deductible under Section 162(a)(1) or 404 of the Code or
that is an "excess parachute payment" pursuant to Section 280G of the Code.

3.21.10. REPORTABLE EVENTS

                  To the Knowledge of the Company, no Plan has experienced a
"reportable event" (as the term is defined in Section 4043(b) of ERISA) that is
not subject to an administrative or statutory waiver from the reporting
requirement.

3.21.11. FOREIGN PLAN

                  No Plan is a "qualified foreign plan" (as the term is defined
in Section 404A(e) of the Code), and no Plan is subject to the Laws of any
jurisdiction other than the United States of America or one of its political
subdivisions.

3.21.12. TAX FORM 5330

                  To the Knowledge of the Company, the Company has timely filed
and the Company has Furnished to the Investor true and complete copies of each
Form 5330 (Return of Excise Taxes Related to Employee Benefit Plans) that the
Company has filed on any Plan. To the Knowledge of the Company, the Company has
no liability for Taxes required to be reported on Form 5330.

3.21.13. WELFARE PLANS

                  No Plan is a funded Welfare Plan.

3.21.14. POST-RETIREMENT PLANS

                  No Plan promises or provides post-retirement medical, life
insurance or other benefits due now or in the future to current, former or
retired employees of the Company (including any predecessor entities).

3.21.15. HEALTH CARE CONTINUATION COVERAGE REQUIREMENTS

                  To the Knowledge of the Company, all Welfare Plans and the
related trusts that are subject to Section 4980B(f) of the Code and Sections 601
through 607 of ERISA comply with and have been administered in compliance with
the health care continuation-coverage requirements of Section 4980B(f) of the
Code, Sections 601 through 607 of ERISA, and all proposed or final Treasury
regulations under Section 162 of the Code explaining those requirements.

3.21.16. FILED RETURNS AND REPORTS

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                  To the Knowledge of the Company, the Company has (i) filed or
caused to be filed all returns and reports on the Plans that they are required
to file, except where the failure to file would not have a Material Adverse
Effect and (ii) paid or made adequate provision for all Material fees,
interest, penalties, assessments or deficiencies that have become due pursuant
to those returns or reports or pursuant to any assessment or adjustment that
has been made relating to those returns or reports. To the Knowledge of the
Company, all other fees, interest, penalties and assessments that are payable
by or for the Company with respect to any Plan have been timely reported, fully
paid and discharged except for failures that would not have a Material Adverse
Effect. To the Knowledge of the Company, there are no unpaid fees, penalties,
interest or assessments relating to any Plan due from the Company or from any
other person that are or could become a lien on any Asset or could otherwise
have a Material Adverse Effect. To the Knowledge of the Company, the Company
has collected or withheld all amounts that are required to be collected or
withheld by them to discharge their obligations with respect to any Plan, and
all of those amounts have been paid to the appropriate governmental agencies or
set aside in appropriate accounts for future payment when due.

3.22.    ENVIRONMENTAL

                  (a)      The Company has complied and is in compliance with,
and the facilities occupied by the Company and all improvements thereon are in
compliance with, all Environmental Laws relating to or affecting the Company,
except where the failure to comply would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

                  (b)      The Company has no liability under any Environmental
Law that would have a Material Adverse Effect and it is not responsible for any
liability of any other person under any Environmental Law. There are no pending
or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened actions, suits, orders, claims,
legal proceedings or other proceedings based on, nor has the Company or any
officer or director, directly or indirectly received any formal or informal
notice of any complaint, order, directive, citation, notice of responsibility,
notice of potential responsibility, or information request from any
governmental authority or any other person or entity or knows or suspects any
fact(s) which might reasonably form the basis for any such actions or notices
arising out of or attributable to: (i) the current or past presence, Release,
or threatened Release of Hazardous Materials at or from any part of the Real
Property; (ii) the off-site disposal or treatment of Hazardous Materials
originating on or from the Real Property or the business or Assets of the
Company; or (iii) any violation of Environmental Laws at any part of the Real
Property or arising from the Company's activities (or the activities of such
Person's predecessors in title) involving Hazardous Materials.

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                  (c)      The Company has been duly issued, and currently has
and will maintain through the Closing Date, all permits, licenses, certificates
and approvals required under any Environmental Law with respect to its Assets
and business that the failure to have and maintain would cause a Material
Adverse Effect. A true and complete list of such permits, licenses,
certificates and approvals, all of which are valid and in full force and
effect, is set out in the Disclosure Schedule. Except in accordance with such
permits, licenses, certificates and approvals, to the Knowledge of the Company,
there has been no Release of Hazardous Materials at, or, under, or from the
Real Property occupied by the Company. There are no permits, licenses,
certificates or approvals required under any Environmental Law that are
non-transferable or which require consent, notification or other action to
remain in full force and effect following consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Purchase Agreement.

                  (d)      No Real Property owned or previously owned by the
Company and, to the Knowledge of the Company, no Real Property currently leased
by the Company from third parties, either (i) contains any underground
improvements, including but not limited to treatment or storage tanks, or
underground piping associated with such tanks, used currently or in the past
for the management of Hazardous Materials, or (ii) is or has been used as a
dump or landfill or consists of filled in land or wetlands.

                  (e)      The Company has Furnished to the Investor
Representatives all of the information in its possession pertaining to the
environmental history of the Real Property currently and formerly occupied by
the Company and the operations of the Company (or any predecessor entity or
predecessor entitled to the Assets).

                  (f)      To the Knowledge of the Company, neither PCBs nor
asbestos-containing materials are present on or in the Real Property occupied
by the Company.

                  (g)      To the Knowledge of the Company, no Encumbrance in
favor of any person relating to or in connection with any Claim under any
Environmental Law has been filed or attached to Real Property currently leased
by the Company from a third party.

3.23.    TRANSACTIONS WITH RELATED PARTIES

                  Except as set forth on the Disclosure Schedule, neither any
present or former officer, director or stockholder of the Company, nor any
Affiliates of the officers, directors or stockholders, are currently a party to
any transaction with the Company, including, without limitation, any Agreement
providing for the employment of, furnishing of services by, rental of Assets
from or to, or otherwise requiring payments to, any of the officers, directors,
stockholders or Affiliates.

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3.24.    RESTRICTIONS AND CONSENTS

                  Except as set forth on the Disclosure Schedule, there are no
Agreements, Laws or other restrictions of any kind to which the Company is a
party or to which the Company's Assets are subject that would prevent or
restrict the execution, delivery or performance of this Purchase Agreement or
prohibit or limit the continued operation of the business of the Company after
the date hereof on substantially the same basis as heretofore operated, as a
result of the execution, delivery or performance of this Purchase Agreement.
The Disclosure Schedule lists all Agreements and Laws that require the consent
or acquiescence of any person or entity not party to this Purchase Agreement
with respect to any aspect of the execution, delivery or performance of this
Purchase Agreement by the Company.

3.25.    AUTHORITY; AUTHORIZATION; NO CONFLICT

                  (a)      The Company has all requisite corporate power and
authority to enter into this Purchase Agreement and the other Documents
contemplated hereby and to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder.
The execution, delivery and performance of this Purchase Agreement and the
other Documents contemplated hereby by the Company have been duly authorized by
all necessary corporate action. The issuance of the shares of Series A Stock to
be purchased by the Investors hereunder has been duly authorized by all
requisite corporate action of the Company and, upon delivery to the Investors
of certificates therefor against payment in accordance with the terms of this
Purchase Agreement, the shares of Series A Stock will (i) be validly issued,
fully paid and nonassessable, (ii) have the rights, preferences and privileges
described in Exhibit B hereto, (iii) be free and clear of preemptive rights,
(iv) subject to the Investors' representations and warranties contained herein,
be issued in compliance with the Securities Act and any applicable state
securities laws and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and (v)
be free and clear of Encumbrances, other than Encumbrances that might have been
created by the Investors and the Encumbrances imposed under this Purchase
Agreement and the Documents contemplated hereby. The issuance of the Common
Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series A Stock has been duly authorized
by all requisite corporate action and such Common Stock has been reserved for
issuance upon conversion of the Series A Stock and, when issued upon conversion
of the Series A Stock in accordance with the terms of Exhibit B hereto, will be
(i) validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, (ii) free and clear of
preemptive rights, (iii) issued in compliance with the Securities Act and any
applicable state securities laws and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder and (iv) free and clear of Encumbrances, other than Encumbrances
that might have been created by the Investors and the Encumbrances imposed
under this Purchase Agreement and the Documents contemplated hereby.

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                  (b)      The execution, delivery and performance by the
Company of this Purchase Agreement and all other Documents contemplated hereby,
the fulfillment of and compliance with the respective terms and provisions
hereof and thereof, and the consummation by the Company of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby, do not and will not: (a) conflict with, or
violate any provision of, any Law having applicability to the Company or any of
its Assets, or any provision of the certificate or articles of incorporation or
bylaws of the Company; (b) conflict with, or result in any breach of, or
constitute a default under any Material Agreement to which the Company is a
party or by which the Company or any of its Assets may be bound; or (c) result
in or require the creation or imposition of or result in the acceleration of
any indebtedness, or of any Encumbrance of any nature upon, or with respect to
any of the Material Assets of the Company.

3.26.    ABSENCE OF VIOLATION

                  The Company is not in violation of or default under, nor has
the Company breached, any term or provision of its certificate or articles of
incorporation or bylaws or any Material Agreement or restriction to which the
Company is a party or by which the Company is bound or any of its Material
Assets are bound or affected. Neither the Company nor any of its officers,
directors, employees or agents (or, to the Company's Knowledge, stockholders,
distributors, representatives or other persons acting on the express, implied
or apparent authority of such entity) have paid, given or received or have
offered or promised to pay, give or receive, any bribe or other unlawful,
questionable payment of money or other thing of value, any extraordinary
discount, or any other unlawful or unusual inducement, to or from any person,
business association or governmental official or entity in the United States or
elsewhere in connection with or in furtherance of the business of the Company
(including, without limitation, any offer, payment or promise to pay money or
other thing of value (a) to any foreign official or political party (or
official thereof) for the purposes of influencing any act, decision or omission
in order to assist the Company in obtaining business for or with, or directing
business to, any person, or (b) to any person, while knowing that all or a
portion of such money or other thing of value will be offered, given or
promised to any such official or party for such purposes. The business of the
Company is not in any manner dependent upon the making or receipt of such
payments, discounts or other inducements.

3.27.    COMPLIANCE WITH LAW; APPROVALS

                  Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule:

                  (a)      The operations of the Company have been conducted,
in all Material respects, in compliance with all Laws and regulations
applicable to the Company's business.

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                  (b)      The Company has not received notice of any violation
(or of any investigation, inspection, audit, or other proceeding by any
governmental authority involving allegations of any violation) of any Law, nor
is it in material default with respect to any Law, and to the Knowledge of the
Company, no investigation, inspection, audit, or other proceeding by any
governmental authority involving allegations of violation of any Law is
threatened or contemplated;

                  (c)      The Company has all licenses, franchises, permits,
authorizations or approvals from all governmental authorities ("Approvals")
required for the conduct of the business of the Company and the occupancy and
operation, for its present uses, of the real and personal property which the
Company owns or leases, except where the failure to have such Approvals would
not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, and the
Company is not in violation of any such Approvals or any terms or conditions
thereof.

                  (d)      All such Approvals are in full force and effect,
have been issued to and fully paid for by the holder thereof and, to the
Knowledge of the Company, no suspension or cancellation thereof has been
threatened; and

                  (e)      No such Approvals will in any way be affected by, or
terminate or lapse by reason of, the transactions contemplated by this Purchase
Agreement or any of the other agreements contemplated hereunder or executed
herewith.

3.28.    COPIES OF DOCUMENTS

                  True and complete copies of all Documents listed in the
Disclosure Schedule have been Furnished to the Investor Representatives.

3.29.    BINDING OBLIGATION

                  This Purchase Agreement constitutes a valid and binding
obligation of the Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms, is in full
force and effect and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of, and
is legally enforceable against, the Company, and, to the Company's Knowledge,
the other parties thereto (except as enforceability may be limited or affected
by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance
and other similar laws and equitable principles now or hereafter in effect and
affecting the rights and remedies of creditors generally); and each Document to
be executed by the Company pursuant hereto, when executed and delivered in
accordance with the provisions thereof, shall be a valid and binding obligation
of the Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms.

3.30.    DISCLOSURE

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                  No representation or warranty by the Company in this Purchase
Agreement, and no Document Furnished or to be Furnished to the Investors
pursuant to this Purchase Agreement, contains or will contain any untrue or
misleading statement of a Material fact or omits or will omit any Material fact
necessary to make the statements contained herein or therein, in light of the
circumstances under which made, not misleading.

3.31.    USE OF PROCEEDS

                   The Company shall use the proceeds from the sale of the
shares of Series A Stock solely to fund any acquisitions or capital expenditures
as approved by the Company's Board of Directors or for working capital or other
general corporate purposes.

3.32.    SYSTEMS

                  Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule and with such
other exceptions as will not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material
Adverse Effect, (i) all of the Systems services' and platform servers are
running, or peaking, at no higher than 60% of capacity, (ii) all of the Systems'
services are replicated in a redundant manner across available platform servers,
(iii) all remote physical points of presence ("POPs") are secure, conform to
equipment manufacturers' recommended environmental parameters, and contain an
uninterrupted power supply with a battery backup of at least 30 minutes, (iv)
the existing power plant at the Company's main location is equipped with an
uninterrupted power supply with a battery backup of at least 60 minutes, (v) all
deployed dial-in modem, modem shelf and corresponding technology conform to
applicable industry standards necessary to support traffic at a rate of 44.5
Mgbps or above, and (vi) all Systems owned, leased by or licensed to or by the
Company are Year 2000 Compliant.

3.33.    CUSTOMERS

                  The Disclosure Schedule sets forth (a) the number of customers
served by the Company by type of business (i.e., segregated by the following
categories, if applicable to the Company: (i) shared hosting, (ii) dedicated
hosting, (iii) co-located hosting and (iv) application hosting) as of September
30, 1999 and the Company's standard rates for such customers for each type of
business; (b) for the period commencing January 1, 1998, the Company's monthly
churn rate (consisting of (i) cancellations of month-to-month service and/or
long-term subscription or service contracts prior to expiration, (ii)
termination of any such contracts, and (iii) non-renewal of any such contracts
upon expiration) by business type during each full calendar month prior to the
date hereof for the period commencing January 1, 1998; and (c) as of September
30, 1999, detail as to the amount of prepaid subscription or service contracts
and the amount of unearned revenue for all customer contracts

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with a remaining term of (i) less than or equal to 90 days, (ii) greater than
90 days and less than or equal to one year, (iii) greater than one year and
less than or equal to two years, (iv) greater than two years and less than or
equal to three years and (v) greater than three years.

3.34.    COMPANY'S NAMES, BUSINESS AND LOCATION OF COMPANY ASSETS

                  The Company has conducted business under the names "Interland,
Inc." and "Cumberland Title and Closing Corporation" and no other names. The
Company is in the business of providing web hosting services. Other than
engaging in business as a real estate title company under the name "Cumberland
Title and Closing Corporation," the Company has not engaged in and does not
currently engage in any other business. The Company has not engaged in business
as a real estate title company at any time within the past ten (10) years. The
Company's chief executive office and principal place of business is located at
101 Marietta Street, Atlanta, Georgia 30303. Substantially all of the Company's
physical Assets are located at the same address as its chief executive office
and the Company does not currently have any places of business other than at
such address or as disclosed in the Disclosure Schedule. Set forth in the
Disclosure Schedule is a complete and accurate listing of all locations at which
the Company has conducted business over the last ten (10) years.

3.35.    SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN

                  The Company together with its "affiliates" (as that term is
defined in Section 121.103 of Title 13 of the Code of Federal Regulations) meets
the size standard requirements set forth in Title 13, C.F.R. ss. 121.301(c) as a
"small business concern" within the meaning of the Small Business Act of 1958,
as amended ("SBIA"). . The information pertaining to the Company set forth in
Small Business Administration Forms 480, 652 and 1031 delivered to each Investor
that is a Small Business Investment Company ("SBIC") licensed by the United
States Small Business Administration (each an "SBIC Purchaser") is accurate and
complete. Neither the Company nor any subsidiary of the Company presently
engages in, or shall hereafter engage in, any activities, nor shall the Company
or any subsidiary of the Company use the proceeds of the sale of the Series A
Stock directly or indirectly for any purpose for which an SBIC is prohibited
from providing funds by the regulations under the SBIA (the "SBIC Regulations")
(including, without limitation, 13 C.F.R. ss. 107.720). To the best knowledge of
the Company, each SBIC that owns any securities issued by the Company, together
with a description of the kinds and amounts of securities held, are listed on
the Disclosure Schedule.

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3.36.    REAL PROPERTY HOLDING CORPORATION

The Company is not a United States Real Property Holding Corporation within the
meaning of Section 897(c) of the Code.

         REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE INVESTORS

                  Each Investor hereby represents and warrants, severally and
not jointly, to the Company as follows:

4.1.     ORGANIZATION AND STANDING

                  The Investor is duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the state or jurisdiction of its formation and each
has the full and unrestricted power and authority to enter into this Purchase
Agreement and to carry out the transactions contemplated hereby.

4.2.     AUTHORIZATION

                  The execution, delivery and performance by that Investor of
this Purchase Agreement and all other Documents contemplated hereby, the
fulfillment of and the compliance with the respective terms and provisions
hereof and thereof, and the consummation by the Investor of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly authorized, and will not: (a)
conflict with, or violate any term or provision of the Investor's certificate
or agreement of limited partnership or other governing documents or (b)
conflict with, or result in any breach of, or constitute a default under, any
Agreement to which the Investor is a party or by which such Investor is bound.
No other action is necessary for the Investor to enter into this Purchase
Agreement and all other Documents contemplated hereby and to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

4.3.     BINDING OBLIGATION

                  This Purchase Agreement constitutes a valid and binding
obligation of the Investor, enforceable in accordance with its terms, is in
full force and effect and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of,
and is legally enforceable against, the Company, and, to the Company's
Knowledge, the other parties thereto (except as enforceability may be limited
or affected by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent
conveyance and other similar laws and equitable principles now or hereafter in
effect and affecting the rights and remedies of creditors generally). Each
Document to be executed by the Investor pursuant hereto, when executed and
delivered in accordance with the provisions hereof, shall be a valid and
binding obligation of the Investor, enforceable in accordance with its terms,
shall be in full force and effect and shall constitute a legal, valid and
binding

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obligation of, and shall be legally enforceable against, the Investor, and, to
the Investor's Knowledge, the other parties thereto (except as enforceability
may be limited or affected by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium, fraudulent conveyance and other similar laws and equitable
principles now or hereafter in effect and affecting the rights and remedies of
creditors generally).

4.4.     NO REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT

                  The Investor understands that the Series A Stock to be
purchased by it at Closing pursuant to the terms of this Purchase Agreement,
and the Common Stock of the Company into which the Series A Stock is
convertible, have not and will not be registered under the Securities Act or
any state securities laws and will be issued in reliance upon exemptions
contained in the Securities Act or interpretations thereof and in the
applicable state securities laws, and cannot be offered for sale, sold or
otherwise transferred unless the Series A Stock being acquired hereunder or the
Common Stock of the Company into which the Series A Stock is convertible
subsequently are so registered or qualify for exemption from registration under
the Securities Act.

4.5.     ACQUISITION FOR INVESTMENT

                  The Series A Stock and the Common Stock issuable upon
conversion thereof, respectively, are being acquired under this Purchase
Agreement by the Investor in good faith solely for its own account, for
investment and not with a view toward distribution within the meaning of the
Securities Act. The Series A Stock will not be offered for sale, sold or
otherwise transferred by the Investor without either registration or exemption
from registration under the Securities Act and any applicable state securities
laws (and the delivery of investment representation letters and legal opinions
reasonably satisfactory to the Company, as reasonably requested by the
Company).

4.6.     EVALUATION OF MERITS AND RISKS OF INVESTMENT

                  The Investor has knowledge and experience in financial and
business matters such that it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of
its investment in the Series A Stock being acquired hereunder. The Investor is
an "accredited investor" within the meaning of Rule 501(a) under the Securities
Act. The Investor understands and is able to bear any economic risks associated
with such investment (including, without limitation, the necessity of holding
the Series A Stock for an indefinite period of time, inasmuch as the Series A
Stock have not been registered under the Securities Act or any state securities
laws).

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4.7.     ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

                  The Investor acknowledges that it has been afforded the
opportunity to ask questions and receive answers concerning the Company and to
obtain additional information that it has requested to verify the accuracy of
the information contained herein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing
contained herein shall operate to modify or limit in any respect the
representations and warranties of the Company or to relieve it from any
obligations to the Investors for breach thereof or the making of misleading
statements of material fact or the omission of material facts in connection
with the transactions contemplated herein.

4.8.     STOCK CERTIFICATE LEGEND

                  Each Investor acknowledges and agrees that each certificate
representing the Series A Stock and the Common Stock issuable upon conversion
thereof shall bear the following legend:

                  THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE BEEN
                  ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT AND HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER
                  THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY STATE
                  SECURITIES LAWS. SUCH SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD OR
                  TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN
                  EXEMPTION THEREFROM UNDER SAID ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE
                  SECURITIES LAWS.

         CLOSING DELIVERABLES

                  Contemporaneously with the execution of this Agreement, the
Company shall deliver to the Investors the following:

5.1.     OPINION OF COUNSEL

                  The Purchasers shall have received an opinion of Kilpatrick
Stockton LLP, counsel to the Company, dated as of the Closing Date, to the
effect and in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D.

5.2.     STOCKHOLDERS' AGREEMENT

                  Prior to or concurrently with Closing, the Company, certain
of the Company's securityholders and the Investors shall execute and deliver a
Stockholders' Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E.

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5.3.     REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

                  Prior to or concurrently with Closing, the Company and the
Investors shall execute and deliver a Registration Rights Agreement in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit F.

5.4.     CORPORATE DOCUMENTS

                  Concurrently with Closing, the Company shall have provided to
the Investors an incumbency certificate for the officers of the Company
executing this Purchase Agreement and any other documents pursuant hereto and a
copy of each of the following: (a) the certificate or articles of incorporation
of the Company and any other filings required to authorize the issuance of, and
designate the terms of, the Series A Stock, as certified by the Secretary of
State of the State of Georgia and by the secretary of the Company as being true
and complete as of the Closing Date; (b) certificates certifying that the
Company is in good standing (or its equivalent) in its state of incorporation
and in any jurisdiction where it is qualified to do business and in which the
Company maintains an office, in each case dated not more than ten days prior to
the Closing Date; (c) the Company's By-laws certified by the secretary of the
Company as being true and complete as of the Closing Date; and (d) a copy of
the resolutions of the Company's Board of Directors and, if necessary, the
Stockholders certified by the secretary of the Company as of the Closing Date
authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Purchase Agreement
and the issuance of the Series A Stock to the Investors pursuant hereto.

5.5.     DOCUMENTS AT CLOSING

                  All documents required to be furnished by the Company to the
Investors prior to or at Closing shall have been so furnished.

5.6.     CONSENTS

                  (a)      The Investors shall have received all consents,
authorizations and approvals of governmental and private parties which are
required to be obtained in order to consummate the transactions contemplated
hereby, and such consents, authorizations and approvals shall be in full force
and effect on the Closing Date.

                  (b)      The Company shall have received all consents,
authorizations and approvals of governmental and private parties which are
required to be obtained in order to consummate the transactions contemplated
hereby, and such consents, authorizations and approvals be in full force and
effect on the Closing Date.

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5.7.     COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

                  The following individuals shall constitute the entire Board
of Directors of the Company (effective as of the Closing): Ken Gavranovic,
Maryjane Stevens, Rahim Shah, Andrew E. Jones, and Gregg A. Mockenhaupt.

5.8.     INVESTOR REPRESENTATIVES LETTER

                  Prior to or concurrently with Closing, the Company shall have
delivered to the Investor Representatives a certificate substantially in the
form of Exhibit G.

5.9.     GAVRANOVIC EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

                  Prior to or concurrently with Closing, the Company shall have
delivered to the Investor Representatives an executed employment agreement
between the Company and Ken Gavranovic in the form of Exhibit H.

5.10     FERNANDEZ AGREEMENT

                  Prior to or concurrently with the Closing, the Company shall
have delivered to the Investor Representatives an executed agreement between
the Company and Waldemar Fernandez in the form of Exhibit I.

All such documents shall be satisfactory in form and substance to the Investors
and their counsel.

         SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS; INDEMNIFICATION REMEDIES

6.1.     SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS

                  All representations, warranties, covenants, and other
Agreements made by any party to this Purchase Agreement herein or pursuant
hereto shall also be deemed made on and as of the Closing Date as though such
representations, warranties, covenants, indemnities and other Agreements were
made on and as of such date, and all the representations, warranties,
covenants, indemnities and other Agreements shall survive the Closing Date for
a period of two years, except for the Company's indemnification of the Investor
Indemnified Persons pursuant to Section 6.2(a), (i) relating to the Company's
prior activities as a real estate title company, (ii) for any unlawful or
fraudulent actions taken by Waldemar Fernandez prior to the date of this
Purchase Agreement, (iii) for any Claims which may be brought by Waldemar
Fernandez against the Company or the Investors for any actions taken prior to
the date of this Purchase Agreement, and (iv) for any Claims

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arising out of the information contained in that certain side letter delivered
to the Investors by the Company on the date hereof, each of which shall survive
indefinitely without limitation.

6.2.     AGREEMENT OF THE COMPANY AND THE INVESTORS TO INDEMNIFY

                  (a)      Subject to the conditions and provisions of this
SECTION, the Company hereby agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the
Investor Indemnified Persons from and against and in any respect of all Claims
asserted against, resulting to, imposed upon or incurred by the Investor
Indemnified Persons (whether such Claims are by, against or relate to the
Company or any other party, including a governmental entity), directly or
indirectly, by reason of or resulting from (i) any misrepresentation or breach
of any representation or warranty, or noncompliance with any covenants or other
Agreements, given or made by the Company in this Purchase Agreement or in the
Disclosure Schedule or Exhibits attached hereto or in any Document Furnished by
or on behalf of the Company pursuant to this Purchase Agreement, (ii) the
Company's prior activities as a real estate title company, (iii) any unlawful
or fraudulent actions taken by Waldemar Fernandez prior to the date of this
Purchase Agreement, (iv) any Claims which may be brought by Waldemar Fernandez
against the Company or the Investors for any actions taken prior to the date of
this Purchase Agreement and (v) any Claims arising out of the information
contained in that certain side letter delivered to the Investors by the Company
on the date hereof.

                  (b)      Subject to the conditions and provisions of this
Section 6, each Investor hereby, severally but not jointly, agrees to
indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Company Indemnified Persons from and
against and in any respect of all Claims asserted against, resulting to,
imposed upon or incurred by the Company Indemnified Persons, directly or
indirectly, by reason of or resulting from any misrepresentation or breach of
any representation or warranty, or noncompliance with any covenants or other
Agreements, given or made by the Investor in this Purchase Agreement or in any
Document Furnished by or behalf of the Investor pursuant to this Purchase
Agreement.

                  (b)      Except as set forth below, it shall be a condition
to the right of any Indemnified Person to indemnification pursuant to this
SECTION that such Indemnified Person shall assert a Claim for indemnification
within two years following the Closing Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (x)
any Claim made pursuant to this SECTION relating to a breach of SECTION 3.9 may
be made throughout the period ending one year following the latter of (i) the
expiration of all applicable statutes of limitation (including extensions), and
(ii) the final determination of (and the expiration of time to appeal) any
audit, examination, investigation or other proceeding relating to Taxes covered
by, or any Claim under,

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SECTION 3.9 hereof and (y) any Claim made pursuant to this SECTION 6 relating
to the items set forth in SECTION 6.2(A)(II) through (V) may be made at any
time.

6.3.     CONDITIONS OF INDEMNIFICATION

                  The obligations and liabilities of the Company and each
Investor hereunder with respect to their respective indemnities pursuant to
this SECTION , resulting from any Claim shall be subject to the following
additional terms and conditions:

                  (a)      The indemnified party shall give prompt written
notice to the indemnifying party of any Claim which is asserted against,
resulting to, imposed upon or incurred by such indemnified party and which may
give rise to liability of the indemnifying party pursuant to this SECTION ,
stating (to the extent known or reasonably anticipated) the nature and basis of
such Claim and the amount thereof. The omission of the indemnified party so to
notify the indemnifying party of any Claim shall not relieve the indemnifying
party from any liability it may have hereunder except to the extent that (i)
the liability was caused or increased by such omission, or (ii) the ability of
the indemnifying party to reduce or defend against the liability was materially
adversely affected by the omission.

                  (b)      The indemnifying party may engage counsel with
respect to any such Claim, the representation (including the compromise or
settlement of any Claim) to be undertaken on behalf of the indemnified party,
and the indemnified party shall have right to approve counsel (which approval
shall not be unreasonably withheld). The indemnified party shall have the prior
right to approve any compromise or settlement of any Claim by counsel engaged
by the indemnifying party (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld),
unless such compromise or settlement contains a full release of the indemnified
party of any and all liability and does not impose any restrictions on the
indemnified party or its business or affairs. In the event the indemnifying
party elects not to undertake the defense of the Claim by its own counsel, or
in the event that the indemnified party reasonably believes that representation
by counsel designated by the indemnifying party would be inappropriate due to
actual or potential conflicts of interest, the indemnified party will undertake
the defense thereof by one counsel or other representatives designated by it,
at the cost and expense of the indemnifying party. In any event, the
indemnifying parties will advance all expenses of the indemnified parties as
incurred.

6.4.     SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE

                  In addition to any other remedies which the Investors may
have at law or in equity, the Company hereby acknowledges that the Series A
Stock and the Company are unique, and that the harm to the Investors resulting
from breaches by the Company of its obligations cannot be adequately
compensated by damages.

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Accordingly, the Company agrees that the Investors shall have the right to have
all obligations, undertakings, Agreements, covenants and other provisions of
this Purchase Agreement specifically performed by the Company and that the
Investors shall have the right to seek an order or decree of such specific
performance in any of the courts of the United States of America or of any
state or other political subdivision thereof.

6.5.     REMEDIES CUMULATIVE

                  The remedies provided herein shall be cumulative and shall
not preclude the assertion by the Company or the Investors of any other rights
or the seeking of any other remedies against the other, or their respective
successors or assigns.

6.6.     LIMITS FOR RECOVERY OF LOSSES

                  The Company shall not be liable as the indemnifying party for
any Claims under this Section 6 unless and until the aggregate amount of all
Claims hereunder by the Investors or other indemnified parties equals or
exceeds $250,000, in which case the Company shall be liable for all Claims in
the aggregate in excess of $250,000. The limitations set forth in the prior
sentence shall not apply to Claims against the Company relating to the items
set forth in SECTION 6.2(A)(II) through (V) and the Investor Indemnified
Persons shall be entitled to indemnification from the Company for any Claims
relating to the items set forth in SECTION 6.2(A)(II) through (V) without any
limitation. In all cases, and notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary,
the Company shall be subject to a maximum aggregate limit of all Claims against
it equal to the aggregate purchase price paid by the Investors for the Series A
Stock purchased hereunder.

         MISCELLANEOUS

7.1.     ADDITIONAL ACTIONS AND DOCUMENTS

                  After Closing, each of the parties hereto hereby agrees to
take or cause to be taken such further actions, to execute, deliver and file or
cause to be executed, delivered and filed such further Documents, and will
obtain such consents, as may be necessary or as may be reasonably requested in
order to fully effectuate the purposes, terms and conditions of this Purchase
Agreement.

7.2.     NO BROKERS

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                  Each of the parties hereto represents and warrants to the
other parties (and to each of them) that, other than fees payable to Chase
Securities Inc., for which the Company shall be solely responsible, such party
has not engaged any broker, finder or agent in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Purchase Agreement and has not incurred (and will not
incur) any unpaid liability to any broker, finder or agent for any brokerage
fees, finders' fees or commissions, with respect to the transactions
contemplated by this Purchase Agreement. Each party agrees to indemnify, defend
and hold harmless each of the other parties from and against any and all claims
asserted against such parties for any such fees or commissions by any persons
purporting to act or to have acted for or on behalf of the indemnifying party.

7.3.     JURY WAIVER

THE PARTIES HERETO WAIVE ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN AN ACTION OR PROCEEDING
TO ENFORCE OR DEFEND ANY RIGHTS UNDER THIS PURCHASE AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE
TRANSACTIONS OR AGREEMENTS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

7.4.     PUBLICITY

Neither the Investors nor the Company shall issue any press release or make any
public disclosure regarding the transaction contemplated hereby unless such
press release or public disclosure is approved by those parties expressly
mentioned by name in the press release in advance. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, each of the parties hereto may, in documents required to be filed by
it with the SEC or other regulatory bodies, make such statements with respect
to the transactions contemplated hereby as each may be advised by counsel as
legally necessary or advisable and may make such disclosure as it is advised by
its counsel as required by law.

7.5.     EXPENSES

                  Subject to the provisions of this SECTION 7.5, each party
hereto shall pay its own expenses incident to this Purchase Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereunder, including all legal and accounting fees
and disbursements, except that the Company agrees to pay all reasonable out-of
pocket expenses of the Investors, including the legal fees and expenses of
Hogan & Hartson L.L.P., not to exceed an aggregate of $50,000 without the prior
approval of the Company.

7.6.     ASSIGNMENT

                  Each Investor shall have the right to assign its rights and
obligations under this Purchase Agreement, in whole or in part, to any
Affiliate of an Investor

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or to designate any of its Affiliates (to the extent permitted by Law) to
receive directly the shares of Series A Stock to be purchased hereunder or to
exercise any of the rights of such Investor, or to perform its obligations,
provided that such assignee shall have been deemed to have made the
representations and warranties contained in Article 4 hereof. The Company shall
not assign its rights and obligations under this Purchase Agreement, in whole
or in part, whether by operation of law or otherwise, without the prior written
consent of the Investor Representatives, and any such assignment contrary to
the terms hereof shall be null and void and of no force and effect. In no event
shall the assignment by the Company or any Investor of its rights or
obligations under this Purchase Agreement, whether before or after the Closing,
release the Company or the Investor from their respective liabilities and
obligations hereunder.

7.7.     ENTIRE AGREEMENT; AMENDMENT

                  This Purchase Agreement, including the Disclosure Schedule,
the Exhibits and other Documents referred to herein or Furnished pursuant
hereto, constitutes the entire Agreement among the parties hereto with respect
to the transactions contemplated herein, and it supersedes all prior oral or
written Agreements, commitments or understandings with respect to the matters
provided for herein. No amendment or modification of this Purchase Agreement
shall be valid or binding unless set forth in writing and duly executed and
delivered by the Company and the Investor Representatives.

7.8.     WAIVER

                  No delay or failure on the part of any party hereto in
exercising any right, power or privilege under this Purchase Agreement or under
any other Documents Furnished in connection with or pursuant to this Purchase
Agreement shall impair any such right, power or privilege or be construed as a
waiver of any default or any acquiescence therein. No single or partial
exercise of any such right, power or privilege shall preclude the further
exercise of such right, power or privilege, or the exercise of any other right,
power or privilege. No waiver shall be valid against any party hereto unless
made in writing and signed by the party against whom enforcement of such waiver
is sought and then only to the extent expressly specified therein.

7.9.     SEVERABILITY

                  If any part of any provision of this Purchase Agreement or
any other Agreement or document given pursuant to or in connection with this
Purchase Agreement shall be invalid or unenforceable in any respect, such part
shall be

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ineffective to the extent of such invalidity or unenforceability only, without
in any way affecting the remaining parts of such provision or the remaining
provisions of this Purchase Agreement.

7.10.    GOVERNING LAW

This Purchase Agreement, the rights and obligations of the parties hereto, and
any claims or disputes relating thereto, shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware (excluding the choice of law
rules thereof).

7.11.    NOTICES

                  All notices, demands, requests, or other communications which
may be or are required to be given, served, or sent by any party to any other
party pursuant to this Purchase Agreement shall be in writing and shall be hand
delivered, sent by overnight courier or mailed by first-class, registered or
certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, or transmitted by
telecopy addressed as follows:

                  (i)      If to Crest:

                  Crest Communications Holdings LLC
                           2852 Jackson Street
                           San Francisco, CA 94115
                           Telecopy No.: (415) 928-1247
                           Attention:  Gregg Mockenhaupt

                  If to Boulder:

                  Boulder Ventures Ltd.
                           4750 Owings Mills Blvd.
                           Owings Mills, MD 21117
                           Telecopy No.: (410) 356-5492
                           Attention: Andrew E. Jones

                           If to the other Investors, then to the names and
                           addresses set forth on the books and records of the
                           Company

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                  in each case with a copy (which shall not constitute notice)
                  to:

                  Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.
                           111 South Calvert Street, Suite 1600
                           Baltimore, Maryland  21202
                           Telecopy No: (410) 539-6981
                           Attention:  Lawrence R. Seidman

                  (ii)     If to the Company:

                  Interland, Inc.
                           101 Marietta Street, Suite 200
                           Atlanta, GA 30303
                           Telecopy No.: (404) 720-3707
                           Attention:  Ken Gavranovic

                  with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

                  Kilpatrick Stockton LLP
                           1100 Peachtree Street, Suite 2800
                           Atlanta, GA 30309-4530
                           Telecopy No.: (404) 815-6555
                           Attention:  David A. Stockton

Each party may designate by notice in writing a new address to which any
notice, demand, request or communication may thereafter be so given, served or
sent. Each notice, demand, request, or communication which shall be hand
delivered, sent, mailed or telecopied in the manner described above, shall be
deemed sufficiently given, served, sent, received or delivered for all purposes
at such time as it is delivered to the addressee (with the return receipt, the
delivery receipt, or (with respect to a telecopy) the answerback or
confirmation being deemed conclusive, but not exclusive, evidence of such
delivery) or at such time as delivery is refused by the addressee upon
presentation.

7.12.    HEADINGS

                  Section headings contained in this Purchase Agreement are
inserted for convenience of reference only, shall not be deemed to be a part of
this Purchase Agreement for any purpose, and shall not in any way define or
affect the meaning, construction or scope of any of the provisions hereof.

7.13.    EXECUTION IN COUNTERPARTS

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                  To facilitate execution, this Purchase Agreement may be
executed in as many counterparts as may be required. It shall not be necessary
that the signatures of, or on behalf of, each party, or that the signatures of
all persons required to bind any party, appear on each counterpart; but it
shall be sufficient that the signature of, or on behalf of, each party, or that
the signatures of the persons required to bind any party, appear on one or more
of the counterparts. All counterparts shall collectively constitute a single
Agreement. It shall not be necessary in making proof of this Purchase Agreement
to produce or account for more than a number of counterparts containing the
respective signatures of, or on behalf of, all of the parties hereto.

7.14.    LIMITATION ON BENEFITS

                  The covenants, undertakings and agreements set forth in this
Purchase Agreement shall be solely for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable
only by, the parties hereto and their respective successors, heirs, executors,
administrators, legal representatives and permitted assigns (including
specifically, without limitation, any third party transferees acquiring shares
of Series A Stock purchased by the Investors pursuant hereto).

7.15.    BINDING EFFECT

                  Subject to any provisions hereof restricting assignment, this
Purchase Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the
parties hereto and their respective successors, heirs, executors,
administrators, legal representatives and assigns.

7.16.    ADDITIONAL COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY

                  (a)      The Company covenants and agrees that, no later than
January 31, 2000, it will have initiated and kept open for thirty days a
rescission offer to those holders of its Common Stock who (i) reside in the
states of Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, New Jersey, New York and Virginia
and (ii) purchased the Common Stock between November 1, 1998 and November 1,
1999, which rescission offer satisfies the requirements of those states in
which the rescission offer was made.

                  (b)      The Company covenants and agrees to obtain, within a
reasonable period of time following the Closing, directors' and officers'
liability insurance covering the Company's officers and the members of its board
of directors with such coverage, with such insurer and with such terms and
conditions as may be reasonably acceptable to the Board of Directors of the
Company.

7.17.    KEY MAN LIFE INSURANCE

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The Company covenants and agrees, that within a reasonable period of time
following the Closing, it will obtain key man life insurance on the life of Ken
Gavranovic in the amount of $5 million, with all proceeds payable to the
Company.

7.18.    PROPRIETARY INFORMATION AGREEMENT

The Company covenants and agrees that (i) all future officers, directors,
employees and consultants of the Company will execute and deliver to the
Company an agreement regarding assignment to the Company of any Intellectual
Property arising for services performed for the Company by such persons, and
(ii) it will enter into written agreements with all third parties having access
to the Company-owned Intellectual Property in connection with the disclosure
to, or use or appropriation by, those third parties, of Intellectual Property
owned by the Company that is not otherwise protected by a patent, a patent
application, copyrights, trademark or legal scheme.

7.19.    SBIC COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY

(a)      Without the consent of each SBIC Purchaser, the Company will not issue
securities to any SBIC in the future if such issuance would cause such SBIC
Purchaser to be deemed to be a member of an "Investor Group" in "Control" of the
Company (as such terms are defined in 13 C.F.R. ss. 107.865).

(b)      The Company shall permit representatives of each SBIC Purchaser access
to the Company's records. Upon the request of an SBIC Purchaser or any of its
affiliates, the Company will furnish to such person all information reasonably
requested by it in order for it to comply with its recordkeeping, reporting and
other obligations under the SBIA or any SBIC Regulation. Each SBIC Purchaser
agrees to keep such information confidential, except as required to be
disclosed under the SBIA or any SBIC Regulation.

(c)      For a period of one year following the date hereof, neither the
Company nor any of its subsidiaries (if any) will change its business activity
if such change would render the Company ineligible to receive financial
assistance from an SBIC under the SBIA and the regulations thereunder (within
the meanings of 13 C.F.R. ss.ss. 107.720 and 107.760(b)).

(d)      The Company will at all times comply with the non-discrimination
requirements of 13 C.F.R., Parts 112, 113 and 117.

7.20.    REGULATORY COMPLIANCE COOPERATION

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(a)      In the event that an SBIC Purchaser determines that it has a
Regulatory Problem (as defined below), such SBIC Purchaser shall have the right
to transfer its Shares without regard to any restriction on transfer, provided,
however, that no such transfer will be made to any of the Company's competitors
and that each SBIC Purchaser will ensure that such transfers are made in
compliance with the federal securities laws, and the Company shall (i) take all
such actions as are reasonably requested by such SBIC Purchaser in order to
effectuate and facilitate any transfer by such SBIC Purchaser of any securities
of the Company then held by such SBIC Purchaser to any person designated by
such SBIC Purchaser or (ii) use its best efforts to take all actions reasonably
necessary to address and cure such Regulatory Problem.

(b)      For purposes of this Agreement, a "Regulatory Problem" means any set
of facts or circumstances wherein it has been asserted by any governmental
regulatory agency (or an SBIC Purchaser reasonably believes that there is a
substantial risk of such assertion) that such SBIC Purchaser is not entitled to
hold, or exercise any significant right with respect to, the underlying common
stock of the Company.

7.21.    REAL PROPERTY HOLDING CORPORATION COVENANT

The Company will use best efforts to avoid being a United States Real Property
Holding Company within the meaning of Section 897(c) of the Code.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have duly executed this Agreement, or have
caused this Stock Purchase Agreement to be duly executed on their behalf, as of
the day and year first hereinabove set forth.

                           THE COMPANY:

                           INTERLAND, INC.

                           By:  /s/ Ken Gavranovic
                              --------------------------------------------
                           Name:  Ken Gavranovic
                           Title: President and Chief Executive
                                  Officer

                           THE INVESTORS

                           CREST COMMUNICATIONS
                           PARTNERS L.P.

                           By:  Crest Communications Holdings LLC
                           Its: Authorized Representative

                           By:  /s/ Gregg A. Mockenhaupt
                              --------------------------------------------
                           Name:  Gregg A. Mockenhaupt
                           Title: Managing Director

                           CREST ENTREPRENEURS FUND
                           L.P.

                           By:  Crest Communications Holdings LLC
                           Its: Authorized Representative

                           By:  /s/ Gregg A. Mockenhaupt
                              --------------------------------------------
                           Name:  Gregg A. Mockenhaupt
                           Title: Managing Director

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                           BOULDER VENTURES III, L.P.

                           By:  /s/ Andrew E. Jones
                              --------------------------------------------
                           Name:  Andrew E. Jones
                           Title: Partner

                           BANCBOSTON VENTURES INC.

                           By:  /s/ M. Scott McCormack
                              --------------------------------------------
                           Name:  M. Scott McCormack
                           Title: Vice President

                           PRIVATE EQUITY CO-INVEST LTD.

                           By:    VBTC Management, Ltd.
                           Its:   Sole Director

                           By:  /s/ John Arnold
                              --------------------------------------------
                           Name:  John Arnold
                           Title: Chairman

                           BOULDER VENTURES III (ANNEX), L.P.

                           By:  /s/ Andrew E. Jones
                              --------------------------------------------
                           Name:  Andrew E. Jones
                           Title: Partner

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EXHIBIT A
                          TO STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT
                          DATED AS OF DECEMBER 2, 1999

                                  DEFINITIONS

                   "AFFILIATE" means: (a) with respect to a person, any member
of such person's family; (b) with respect to an entity, any officer, director,
stockholder, partner or investor of or in such entity or of or in any Affiliate
of such entity; and (c) with respect to a person or entity, any person or
entity which directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries,
Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with such person or
entity.

                  "AGREEMENT" means any concurrence of understanding and
intention between two or more persons (or entities) with respect to their
relative rights and/or obligations or with respect to a thing done or to be
done (whether or not conditional, executory, express, implied, in writing or
meeting the requirements of contract), including, without limitation,
contracts, leases, promissory notes, covenants, easements, rights of way,
covenants, commitments, arrangements and understandings.

                  "ASSETS" means assets of every kind and everything that is or
may be available for the payment of liabilities (whether inchoate, tangible or
intangible), including, without limitation, real and personal property.

                  "BOULDER" means Boulder Ventures III, L.P., a Delaware
limited partnership.

                  "CLAIMS" means all demands, claims, actions or causes of
action, assessments, losses, damages (including, without limitation, diminution
in value), liabilities, costs and expenses, including, without limitation,
interest, penalties and reasonable attorneys' fees and disbursements.

                  "CLOSING" means the Closing of the sale of shares of Series A
Stock to the Investors under this Purchase Agreement.

                  "CODE" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended,
and all Laws promulgated pursuant thereto or in connection therewith.

                  "COMMON STOCK" means the Company's Common Stock, no par value
per share.

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                  "COMPANY" means Interland, Inc., a Georgia corporation.

                  "COMPANY INDEMNIFIED PERSON" means the Company and its
Affiliates, employees, representatives, agents, officers, directors and each
other person who "controls" the Company within the meaning of the Securities
Act.

                  "CONTROL" means possession, directly or indirectly, of power
to direct or cause the direction of management or policies (whether through
ownership of voting securities, by Agreement or otherwise).

                  "CREST" means Crest Communications Partners L.P., a Delaware
limited partnership and Crest Entrepreneurs Fund L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership.

                  "DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN" means a Plan that is or was a "defined
benefit plan" as such term is defined in Section 3(35) of ERISA.

                  "DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE" means the disclosure schedule
identified as the Disclosure Schedule to the Purchase Agreement.

                  "DOCUMENTS" means any paper or other material (including,
without limitation, computer storage media) on which is recorded (by letters,
numbers or other marks) information that may be evidentially used, including,
without limitation, legal opinions, mortgages, indentures, notes, instruments,
leases, Agreements, insurance policies, reports, studies, Financial Statements
(including, without limitation, the notes thereto), other written financial
information, schedules, certificates, charts, maps, plans, photographs,
letters, memoranda and all similar materials.

                  "DOL" means the Department of Labor or its successors.

                  "ENCUMBRANCE" means, with respect to any Asset, any mortgage,
lien, pledge, encumbrance, security interest, deed of trust, option,
encroachment, reservation, order, decree, judgment, condition, restriction,
charge, Agreement, claim or equity of any kind.

                  "ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS" means any Laws (including, without
limitation, the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act, the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide and Rodenticide Act and the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act),
now or hereafter in effect relating to the generation, production,
installation, use, storage, treatment, transportation, release, threatened
release, or disposal of Hazardous Materials, noise control, or the protection
of human health, safety, natural resources, animal health or welfare, or the
environment.

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                  "ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, as amended, and all Laws promulgated pursuant thereto or in connection
therewith.

                  "ESOP" means an "employee stock ownership plan" as such term
is defined in Section 407(d)(6) of ERISA or Section 4975(e)(7) of the Code.

                  "EXHIBIT" means an exhibit attached to the Agreement.

                  "FINANCIAL STATEMENTS" has the meaning set forth in SECTION
3.6.

                  "FURNISHED" means supplied, delivered or provided in any way,
including through attorneys, employees or officers.

                  "HAZARDOUS MATERIALS" means any wastes, substances,
radiation, or materials (whether solids, liquids or gases) (i) which are
hazardous, toxic, infectious, explosive, radioactive, carcinogenic, or
mutagenic; (ii) which are or become defined as a "pollutants" "contaminants",
"hazardous materials," "hazardous wastes," "hazardous substances," "toxic
substances," "radioactive materials," "solid wastes," or other similar
designations in, or otherwise subject to regulation under, any Environmental
Laws; (iii) without limitation, which contain polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs),
asbestos, lead-based paints, urea-formaldehyde foam insulation, and petroleum
or petroleum products (including, without limitation, crude oil or any fraction
thereof) or (iv) which pose a hazard to human health, safety, natural
resources, industrial hygiene, or the environment, or an impediment to working
conditions.

                  "INDEMNIFIED PERSON" means an Investor Indemnified Person or
a Company Indemnified Person, as applicable.

                  "INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY" means all patents, trademarks, trade
names, service marks, trade dress, logos, domain names, copyrights and any
applications or registrations therefore, maskworks, schematics, technology,
know-how, trade secrets, formulas, compositions, technical data, designs,
drawings, specifications, inventory, inventions, ideas, algorithms, processes,
computer software programs and applications (in both source code and object
code form), and tangible or intangible proprietary information or material and
all reissues, extensions or renewals thereof.

                  "INVESTOR INDEMNIFIED PERSONS" means each Investor and its
Affiliates, employees, representatives, agents, representatives, officers,
partners, members and directors, and each other person who "controls" an
Investor within the meaning of the Securities Act.

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                  "INVESTOR REPRESENTATIVES" means Crest and Boulder.

                  "KNOWLEDGE" means to the actual knowledge of the party making
the representation, and, in the case of the Company, "Knowledge" shall mean the
actual Knowledge of the officers and directors of the Company.

                  "LAWS" means all foreign, federal, state and local statutes,
laws, ordinances, regulations, rules, resolutions, orders, determinations,
writs, injunctions, awards (including, without limitation, awards of any
arbitrator), judgments and decrees applicable to the specified persons or
entities and to the businesses and Assets thereof (including, without
limitation, Laws relating to securities registration and regulation; the sale,
leasing, ownership or management of real property; employment practices, terms
and conditions, and wages and hours; building standards, land use and zoning;
safety, health and fire prevention; and environmental protection, including
Environmental Laws).

                  "MATERIAL" means material to the Company and its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

                  "MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT" means any material adverse effect
on the Assets, properties, business, operations, prospects, condition
(financial or otherwise) or liabilities of the Company and its Subsidiaries,
taken as a whole.

                  "MATERIAL ASSET" means an Asset having a value equal to or in
excess of $25,000, or Assets having an aggregate value in excess of $50,000.

                  "MULTIEMPLOYER PLAN" means a "multiemployer plan" as such
term is defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA.

                  "ORDINARY COURSE OF BUSINESS" means ordinary course of the
Company's business consistent with past practices and business operations.

                  "OTHER ARRANGEMENT" means a benefit program or practice
providing for bonuses, incentive compensation, vacation pay, severance pay,
insurance, reimbursement or any other perquisite or benefit (including, without
limitation, any fringe benefit under Section 132 of the Code) to employees,
officers or independent contractors that is not a Plan.

                  "PBGC" means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or its
successor.

                  "PENSION PLAN" means an "employee pension benefit plan" as
such term is defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA.

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                  "PERSON" means any individual, partnership, joint venture,
corporation, trust, unincorporated organization or entity, government or
department or agency of a government.

                  "PLAN" means any plan, program or arrangement, whether or not
written, that is or was an "employee benefit plan" as such term is defined in
Section 3(3) of ERISA and (a) which was or is established or maintained by the
Company or any Subsidiary (or any predecessor entity); (b) to which the Company
or any Subsidiary (or any predecessor entity) contributed or was obligated to
contribute or to fund or provide benefits; or (c) which provides or promises
benefits to any person who performs or who has performed services for the
Company or any Subsidiary and because of those services is or has been (i) a
participant therein or (ii) entitled to benefits thereunder.

                   "QUALIFIED PLAN" means a Pension Plan that satisfies, or is
intended by the Company to satisfy, the requirements for tax qualification
described in Section 401 of the Code.

                  "REAL PROPERTY" means any real property owned, operated or
used by the Company as of the date hereof or previously.

                  "RELEASE" means any emission, spill, seepage, leak, escape,
leaching, discharge, injection, pumping, pouring, emptying, dumping, disposal,
or release of Hazardous Materials from any source (including without limitation
the Real Property) into or upon the environment, including the air, soil,
improvements, surface water, groundwater, the sewer, septic system, or waste
treatment, storage, or disposal systems at, on, above, or under the Real
Property.

                  "SECTION" means a Section (or a subsection) of this Purchase
Agreement.

                  "SECURITIES ACT" means the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and all Laws promulgated pursuant thereto or in connection therewith.

                  "SERIES A STOCK" means the Company's Series A Convertible
Participating Preferred Stock, no par value per share.

                  "SHARES" means the Series A Stock being purchased by the
Investors pursuant to the terms of this Purchase Agreement.

                  "SUBSIDIARY" means a corporation or other entity of which at
least 50% of the outstanding securities or other interests having rights to
vote or otherwise exercise Control are held, directly or indirectly, by the
Company.

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                  "SYSTEMS" means the infrastructure used to provide web
hosting services, including network components, communications facilities,
servers, services and service platforms, power plants, data processing
platforms, MIS systems, office automation systems and internal LAN network
management systems.

                  "TAXES" means all federal, state, local and foreign taxes
(including, without limitation, income, profit, franchise, sales, use, real
property, personal property, ad valorem, excise, employment, social security
and wage withholding taxes) and installments of estimated taxes, assessments,
deficiencies, levies, imports, duties, license fees, registration fees,
withholdings, or other similar charges of every kind, character or description
imposed by any governmental or quasi-governmental authorities, and any
interest, penalties or additions to tax imposed thereon or in connection
therewith.

                  "TAX RETURNS" means all federal, state, local, foreign and
other applicable tax returns, declarations of estimated tax reports required to
be filed by the Company or any Subsidiary (without regard to extensions of time
permitted by law or otherwise).

                  "TITLE I PLAN" means an Employee Plan that is subject to
Title I of ERISA.

                  "WELFARE PLAN" means an "employee welfare benefit plan" as
such term is defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA.

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                                                                       EXHIBIT B
                          TO STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT
                          DATED AS OF DECEMBER 2, 1999

                       TERMS OF SERIES A PREFERRED STOCK

<PAGE>   55

                                                                       EXHIBIT C
                          TO STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT
                          DATED AS OF DECEMBER 2, 1999

                                   INVESTORS

<PAGE>   56

                                                                     EXHIBIT D
                          TO STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT
                          DATED AS OF DECEMBER 2, 1999

                 FORM OF KILPATRICK STOCKTON LLP LEGAL OPINION

<PAGE>   57

                                                                       EXHIBIT E
                          TO STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT
                          DATED AS OF DECEMBER 2, 1999

                            STOCKHOLDERS' AGREEMENT

<PAGE>   58

                                                                       EXHIBIT F
                          TO STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT
                          DATED AS OF DECEMBER 2, 1999

                         REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

<PAGE>   59

                                                                       EXHIBIT G
                          TO STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT
                          DATED AS OF DECEMBER 2, 1999

                        INVESTOR REPRESENTATIVES' LETTER

<PAGE>   60

                                                                       EXHIBIT H
                          TO STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT
                          DATED AS OF DECEMBER 2, 1999

                  FORM OF KEN GAVRANOVIC EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

<PAGE>   61

                                                                       EXHIBIT I
                          TO STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT
                          DATED AS OF DECEMBER 2, 1999

                          FORM OF FERNANDEZ AGREEMENT

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