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                                                                     Exhibit 4.3
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                        AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION

                                    OF TRUST

                        FIRST COMMUNITY CAPITAL TRUST II

                          Dated as of November 28, 2001

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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

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                         ARTICLE I - INTERPRETATION AND DEFINITIONS

SECTION 1.1.  Definitions ....................................................................      2

                                  ARTICLE II - ORGANIZATION

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

                                    ARTICLE III - SPONSOR

SECTION 3.1.  Sponsor's Purchase of Common Securities ........................................     23
SECTION 3.2.  Responsibilities of the Sponsor ................................................     24

                          ARTICLE IV - TRUSTEES AND ADMINISTRATORS

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

                                  ARTICLE V - DISTRIBUTIONS

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

                             ARTICLE VI - ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES

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

                     ARTICLE VII - DISSOLUTION AND TERMINATION OF TRUST

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

                            ARTICLE VIII - TRANSFER OF INTERESTS

SECTION 8.1  General .........................................................................      35
SECTION 8.2  Transfer Procedures and Restrictions ............................................      36
SECTION 8.3  Deemed Security Holders .........................................................      38

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

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

                                   ARTICLE X - ACCOUNTING

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

                            ARTICLE XI - AMENDMENTS AND MEETINGS

   SECTION 11.1 Amendments ...................................................................     45
   SECTION 11.2 Meetings of the Holders of Securities; Action by Written Consent .............     47

                       ARTICLE XII - REPRESENTATIONS OF INSTITUTIONAL
                                TRUSTEE AND DELAWARE TRUSTEE

   SECTION 12.1 Representations and Warranties of Institutional Trustee ......................     49
   SECTION 12.2 Representations and Warranties of Delaware Trustee ...........................     49

                                ARTICLE XIII - MISCELLANEOUS

   SECTION 13.1 Notices ......................................................................     50
   SECTION 13.2 Governing Law ................................................................     51
   SECTION 13.3 Submission to Jurisdiction ...................................................     52
   SECTION 13.3 Intention of the Parties .....................................................     52
   SECTION 13.4 Headings .....................................................................     52
   SECTION 13.5 Successors and Assigns .......................................................     52
   SECTION 13.6 Partial Enforceability .......................................................     52
   SECTION 13.7 Counterparts .................................................................     53

                                    ANNEXES AND EXHIBITS

   ANNEX I      Terms of Floating Rate MMCapS(SM)
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EXHIBIT A-1  Form of Capital Securities Certificate
EXHIBIT A-2  Form of Common Security Certificate
EXHIBIT B    Form of Transferee Certificate to be Executed by Transferees Other
             than QIBs
EXHIBIT C    Form of Transferee Certificate to be Executed for QIBs

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                    AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION OF TRUST

                                       OF

                        FIRST COMMUNITY CAPITAL TRUST II

                                November 28, 2001

          AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION OF TRUST (this "Declaration") dated
and effective as of November 28, 2001, by the Trustees (as defined herein), the
Administrators (as defined herein), the Sponsor (as defined herein) and the
holders, from time to time, of undivided beneficial interests in the assets of
the Trust (as defined herein) to be issued pursuant to this Declaration;

          WHEREAS, certain of the Trustees, the Administrators and the Sponsor
established First Community Capital Trust II (the "Trust"), a statutory business
trust under the Business Trust Act (as defined herein) pursuant to a Declaration
of Trust dated as of November 9, 2001 (the "Original Declaration"), and a
Certificate of Trust filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware
on November 9, 2001, for the sole purpose of issuing and selling certain
securities representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the
Trust and investing the proceeds thereof in certain debentures of the Debenture
Issuer (as defined herein) in connection with the MM Community Funding II, Ltd
transaction;

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

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

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

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                                    ARTICLE I

                         INTERPRETATION AND DEFINITIONS

          SECTION 1.1. Definitions
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          Unless the context otherwise requires:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

          "Administrators" means each of Nigel J. Harrison and Wesley A.
           --------------
Morehead, solely in such Person's capacity as Administrator of the Trust created
and continued hereunder and not in such Person's individual capacity, or such
Administrator's successor in interest in such capacity, or any successor
appointed as herein provided.

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

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

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

          (a) a court having jurisdiction in the premises enters a decree or
order for relief in respect of such Person in an involuntary case under any
applicable bankruptcy,

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insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or appoints a
receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar
official of such Person or for any substantial part of its property, or orders
the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, and such decree, appointment or
order remains unstayed and in effect for a period of 90 consecutive days; or

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

          "Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
           ----------

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

          "Debenture Issuer" means First Community Capital Corporation, a bank
           ----------------
holding company incorporated in Texas, in its capacity as issuer of the
Debentures under the Indenture.

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

          "Debentures" means the Floating Rate Junior Subordinated Debt
           ----------
Securities due 2031 to be issued by the Debenture Issuer under the Indenture.

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

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

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

          "Direct Action" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.8(e).
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          "Distribution" means a distribution payable to Holders of Securities
           ------------
in accordance with Section 5.1.

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

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

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

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

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

          "Fiduciary Indemnified Person" shall mean each of the Institutional
           ----------------------------
Trustee (including in its individual capacity), the Delaware Trustee (including
in its individual capacity), any Affiliate of the Institutional Trustee or the
Delaware Trustee, and any officers, directors, shareholders, members, partners,
employees, representatives, custodians, nominees or agents of the Institutional
Trustee and the Delaware Trustee.

          "Fiscal Year" has the meaning set forth in Section 10.1
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          "Guarantee" means the guarantee agreement to be dated as of November
           ---------
28, 2001, of the Sponsor in respect of the Capital Securities.

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

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

          "Indenture" means the Indenture dated as of November 28, 2001, among
           ---------
the Debenture Issuer and the Debenture Trustee, and any indenture supplemental
thereto pursuant to which the Debentures are to be issued.

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

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

          "Interest" means any interest due on the Debentures, including any
           --------
Deferred Interest and Defaulted Interest (as each such term is defined in the
Indenture).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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                  "Paying Agent" has the meaning specified in Section 6.2.
                   ------------

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

                  "Registrar" has the meaning set forth in Section 6.2.
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                  "Reference Treasury Dealer" has the meaning set forth in
                   -------------------------
paragraph 4(a) of Annex I.

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

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

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

                  "Responsible Officer" means, with respect to the Institutional
                   -------------------
Trustee, any officer within the Corporate Trust Office of the Institutional
Trustee with direct responsibility for the administration of this Declaration,
including any vice-president, any assistant vice-president, any assistant
secretary, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer, any trust officer or other
officer of the

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Corporate Trust Office of the Institutional Trustee customarily performing
functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and
also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other
officer to whom such matter is referred because of that officer's knowledge of
and familiarity with the particular subject.

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

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

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

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

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

                  "Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
                   --------------

                  "Sponsor" means First Community Capital Corporation, a bank
                   -------
holding company that is a U.S. Person incorporated in Texas, or any successor
entity in a merger, consolidation or amalgamation that is a U.S. Person, in its
capacity as sponsor of the Trust.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

                  "Treasury Regulations" means the income tax regulations,
                   --------------------
including temporary and proposed regulations, promulgated under the Code by the
United States Treasury, as such

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regulations may be amended from time to time (including corresponding provisions
of succeeding regulations).

                  "Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939,
                   -------------------
as amended.

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

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

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

                                   ARTICLE II

                                  ORGANIZATION

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

                  SECTION 2.2. Office. The address of the principal office of
                               ------
the Trust, which shall be in a State of the United States or the District of
Columbia, is 14200 Gulf Freeway, Houston, Texas 77275-2289. On ten Business Days
written notice to the Institutional Trustee and the Holders of the Securities,
the Administrators may designate another principal office, which shall be in a
State of the United States or the District of Columbia.

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

                  SECTION 2.4. Authority. Except as specifically provided in
                               ---------
this Declaration, the Institutional Trustee shall have exclusive and complete
authority to carry out the purposes of the

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

                  SECTION 2.5. Title to Property of the Trust. Except as
                               ------------------------------
provided in Section 2.8 with respect to the Debentures and the Property Account
or as otherwise provided in this Declaration, legal title to all assets of the
Trust shall be vested in the Trust. The Holders shall not have legal title to
any part of the assets of the Trust, but shall have an undivided beneficial
interest in the assets of the Trust.

                  SECTION 2.6. Powers and Duties of the Trustees and the
                               -----------------------------------------
Administrators.
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                  (a) The Trustees and the Administrators shall conduct the
affairs of the Trust in accordance with the terms of this Declaration. Subject
to the limitations set forth in paragraph (b) of this Section, and in accordance
with the following provisions (i) and (ii), the Administrators and, at the
direction of the Administrators, the Trustees, shall have the authority to enter
into all transactions and agreements determined by the Administrators to be
appropriate in exercising the authority, express or implied, otherwise granted
to the Trustees or the Administrators, as the case may be, under this
Declaration, and to perform all acts in furtherance thereof, including without
limitation, the following:

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

                           (A)  the issuance and sale of the Securities;

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

                (Q)      to take all action that may be necessary or appropriate
         for the preservation and the continuation of the Trust's valid
         existence, rights, franchises and privileges as a statutory business
         trust under the laws of each jurisdiction (other than the State of
         Delaware) in which such existence is necessary to protect the limited
         liability of the Holders of the Capital Securities or to enable the
         Trust to effect the purposes for which the Trust was created.

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

                (A)      the establishment of the Property Account;

                (B)      the receipt of the Debentures;

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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         the Trust, and the preparation for execution and filing of any
         documents to be executed and filed by the Trust or on behalf of the
         Trust, as the Sponsor deems necessary or advisable in order to comply
         with the applicable laws of any such States in connection with the sale
         of the Capital Securities; and

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

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

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

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

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

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

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                SECTION 2.7. Prohibition of Actions by the Trust and the
                             -------------------------------------------
Trustees.
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                The Trust shall not, and the Institutional Trustee and the
Administrators shall not, and the Administrators shall cause the Trust not to,
engage in any activity other than as required or authorized by this Declaration.
In particular, the Trust shall not, and the Institutional Trustee and the
Administrators shall not cause the Trust to:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

                SECTION 2.8. Powers and Duties of the Institutional Trustee.
                             ----------------------------------------------

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

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

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          (c)   The Institutional Trustee shall:

          (i)   establish and maintain a segregated non-interest bearing trust
     account (the "Property Account") in the United States (as defined in
     Treasury Regulations section 301.7701-7), in the name of and under the
     exclusive control of the Institutional Trustee, and maintained in the
     Institutional Trustee's trust department, on behalf of the Holders of the
     Securities and, upon the receipt of payments of funds made in respect of
     the Debentures held by the Institutional Trustee, deposit such funds into
     the Property Account and make payments to the Holders of the Capital
     Securities and Holders of the Common Securities from the Property Account
     in accordance with Section 5.1. Funds in the Property Account shall be held
     uninvested until disbursed in accordance with this Declaration;

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

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

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

          (e)   The Institutional Trustee may bring or defend, pay, collect,
compromise, arbitrate, resort to legal action with respect to, or otherwise
adjust claims or demands of or against, the Trust (a "Legal Action") which arise
out of or in connection with an Event of Default of which a Responsible Officer
of the Institutional Trustee has actual knowledge or the Institutional Trustee's
duties and obligations under this Declaration or the Trust Indenture Act;
provided, however, that if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing
--------  -------
and such event is attributable to the failure of the Debenture Issuer to pay
interest or principal on the Debentures on the date such interest or principal
is otherwise payable (or in the case of redemption, on the redemption date),
then a Holder of the Capital Securities may directly institute a proceeding for
enforcement of payment to such Holder of the principal of or interest on the
Debentures having a principal amount equal to the aggregate liquidation amount
of the Capital Securities of such Holder (a "Direct Action") on or after the
respective due date specified in the Debentures. In connection with such Direct
Action, the rights of the Holders of the Common Securities will be subrogated to
the rights of such Holder of the Capital Securities to the extent of any payment
made by the Debenture Issuer to such Holder of the Capital Securities in such
Direct Action; provided, however, that a Holder of the Capital Securities may
               --------  -------
exercise such right of subrogation only so long as an Event of Default with
respect to the Capital Securities has occurred and is continuing.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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duties and liabilities relating to the Trust or to the Holders, such Trustee or
Administrator shall not be liable to the Trust or to any Holder for such
Trustee's or Administrator's good faith reliance on the provisions of this
Declaration. The provisions of this Declaration, to the extent that they
restrict the duties and liabilities of the Administrators or the Trustees
otherwise existing at law or in equity, are agreed by the Sponsor and the
Holders to replace such other duties and liabilities of the Administrators or
the Trustees.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

                                   ARTICLE III

                                     SPONSOR

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

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

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

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

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

                                   ARTICLE IV

                           TRUSTEES AND ADMINISTRATORS

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

                  (i)     not be an Affiliate of the Sponsor;

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

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

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

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

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

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

                  SECTION 4.5. Administrators. Each Administrator shall be a
                               --------------
U.S. Person. There shall at all times be at least one Administrator.

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               Except where a requirement for action by a specific number of
Administrators is expressly set forth in this Declaration and except with
respect to any action the taking of which is the subject of a meeting of the
Administrators, any action required or permitted to be taken by the
Administrators may be taken by, and any power of the Administrators may be
exercised by, or with the consent of, any one such Administrator acting alone.

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

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

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

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

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

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

               The Institutional Trustee shall give notice of each resignation
and each removal of a Trustee and each appointment of a successor Trustee to all
Holders in the manner provided in Section 4.7(b) and shall give notice to the
Sponsor. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Relevant Trustee
and the address of its Corporate Trust Office if it is the Institutional
Trustee.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

                                    ARTICLE V

                                  DISTRIBUTIONS

               SECTION 5.1.  Distributions. Holders shall receive Distributions
                             -------------
in accordance with the applicable terms of the relevant Holder's Securities.
Distributions shall be made on the Capital Securities and the Common Securities
in accordance with the preferences set forth in their respective terms. If and
to the extent that the Debenture Issuer makes a payment of interest (including
any Additional Interest or Deferred Interest) and/or principal on the Debentures
held by the Institutional Trustee (the amount of any such payment being a
"Payment Amount"), the Institutional Trustee shall and is directed, to the
extent funds are available in the Property Account for that purpose, to make a
distribution (a "Distribution") of the Payment Amount to Holders.

                                   ARTICLE VI

                             ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES

               SECTION 6.1.  General Provisions Regarding Securities.
                             ---------------------------------------

               (a) The Administrators shall on behalf of the Trust issue one
series of capital securities, evidenced by a certificate substantially in the
form of Exhibit A-1, representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets
of the Trust having such terms as are set forth in Annex I (the "Capital
Securities") and one series of common securities, evidenced by a

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

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

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

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

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

               SECTION 6.2. Paying Agent, Transfer Agent, Calculation Agent and
                            ---------------------------------------------------
Registrar. The Trust shall maintain in Wilmington, Delaware, an office or agency
---------
where the Securities may be presented for payment (the "Paying Agent"), and an
office or agency where Securities may be presented for registration of transfer
or exchange (the "Transfer Agent"). The Trust shall keep or cause to be kept at
such office or agency a register for the purpose of registering Securities and
transfers and exchanges of Securities, such register to be held by a registrar
(the "Registrar"). The Administrators may appoint the Paying Agent, the
Registrar and the Transfer Agent, and may appoint one or more additional Paying
Agents or one or more co-Registrars, or one or more

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co-Transfer Agents in such other locations as it shall determine. The term
"Paying Agent" includes any additional paying agent, the term "Registrar"
includes any additional registrar or co-Registrar and the term "Transfer Agent"
includes any additional transfer agent. The Administrators may change any Paying
Agent, Transfer Agent or Registrar at any time without prior notice to any
Holder. The Administrators shall notify the Institutional Trustee of the name
and address of any Paying Agent, Transfer Agent and Registrar not a party to
this Declaration. The Administrators hereby initially appoint the Institutional
Trustee to act as Paying Agent, Transfer Agent and Registrar for the Capital
Securities and the Common Securities at its Corporate Trust Office. The
Institutional Trustee or any of its Affiliates in the United States may act as
Paying Agent, Transfer Agent or Registrar.

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

               SECTION 6.3. Form and Dating. The Capital Securities and the
                            ---------------
Institutional Trustee's certificate of authentication thereon shall be
substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1, and the Common Securities shall be
substantially in the form of Exhibit A-2, each of which is hereby incorporated
in and expressly made a part of this Declaration. Certificates may be typed,
printed, lithographed or engraved or may be produced in any other manner as is
reasonably acceptable to the Administrators, as conclusively evidenced by their
execution thereof. The Securities may have letters, numbers, notations or other
marks of identification or designation and such legends or endorsements required
by law, stock exchange rule, agreements to which the Trust is subject, if any,
or usage (provided, that any such notation, legend or endorsement is in a form
acceptable to the Sponsor). The Trust at the direction of the Sponsor shall
furnish any such legend not contained in Exhibit A-1 to the Institutional
Trustee in writing. Each Capital Security shall be dated the date of its
authentication. The terms and provisions of the Securities set forth in Annex I
and the forms of Securities set forth in Exhibits A-1 and A-2 are part of the
terms of this Declaration and to the extent applicable, the Institutional
Trustee, the Delaware Trustee, the Administrators and the Sponsor, by their
execution and delivery of this Declaration, expressly agree to such terms and
provisions and to be bound thereby. Capital Securities will be issued only in
blocks having a stated liquidation amount of not less than $100,000.

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

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

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

               (b) there shall be delivered to the Registrar, the Administrators
and the Institutional Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by
them to keep each of them harmless; then, in the absence of notice that such
Certificate shall have been acquired by a bona

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

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

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

               SECTION 6.7. Rights of Holders; Waivers of Past Defaults.
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               (a) The legal title to the Trust Property is vested exclusively
in the Institutional Trustee (in its capacity as such) in accordance with
Section 2.5, and the Holders shall not have any right or title therein other
than the undivided beneficial interest in the assets of the Trust conferred by
their Securities and they shall have no right to call for any partition or
division of property, profits or rights of the Trust except as described below.
The Securities shall be personal property giving only the rights specifically
set forth therein and in this Declaration. The Securities shall have no, and the
issuance of the Securities shall not be subject to, preemptive or other similar
rights and when issued and delivered to Holders against payment of the purchase
price therefor, the Securities will be fully paid and nonassessable by the
Trust.

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

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

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

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

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

                    (C) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any
               Debentures that have become due otherwise than by such
               declaration of acceleration and interest and Deferred Interest
               thereon at the rate borne by the Debentures, and

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

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

               The Holders of not less than a Majority in liquidation amount of
the Capital Securities may, on behalf of the Holders of all the Capital
Securities, waive any past default or Event of Default, except a default or
Event of Default in the payment of principal or interest (unless such default or
Event of Default has been cured and a sum sufficient to pay all matured
installments of interest and principal due otherwise than by acceleration has
been deposited with the Debenture Trustee) or a default or Event of Default in
respect of a covenant or provision that under the Indenture cannot be modified
or amended without the consent of the holder of each outstanding Debenture. No
such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right
consequent thereon.

               Upon receipt by the Institutional Trustee of written notice
declaring such an acceleration, or rescission and annulment thereof by Holders
of any part of the Capital Securities, a record date shall be established for
determining Holders of outstanding Capital Securities entitled to join in such
notice, which record date shall be at the close of business on the day the
Institutional Trustee receives such notice. The Holders on such record date, or
their duly designated proxies, and only such Persons, shall be entitled to join
in such notice, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record
date; provided, that, unless such declaration of acceleration, or rescission and
annulment, as the case may be, shall have become effective by

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virtue of the requisite percentage having joined in such notice prior to the day
that is 90 days after such record date, such notice of declaration of
acceleration, or rescission and annulment, as the case may be, shall
automatically and without further action by any Holder be canceled and of no
further effect. Nothing in this paragraph shall prevent a Holder, or a proxy of
a Holder, from giving, after expiration of such 90-day period, a new written
notice of declaration of acceleration, or rescission and annulment thereof, as
the case may be, that is identical to a written notice that has been canceled
pursuant to the proviso to the preceding sentence, in which event a new record
date shall be established pursuant to the provisions of this Section 6.7.

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

                                   ARTICLE VII

                      DISSOLUTION AND TERMINATION OF TRUST

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

               (i)   unless earlier dissolved, on December 8, 2036, the
        expiration of the term of the Trust;

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

                                  ARTICLE VIII

                              TRANSFER OF INTERESTS

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

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

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

               (d)   The Registrar shall provide for the registration of
Securities and of transfers of Securities, which will be effected without charge
but only upon payment (with such indemnity as the Registrar may require) in
respect of any tax or other governmental charges that may be imposed in relation
to it. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Securities, the
Registrar shall cause one or more new Securities to be issued in the name of the
designated transferee or transferees. Any Security issued upon any registration
of transfer or exchange pursuant to the terms of this Declaration shall evidence
the same Security and shall be entitled to the same benefits under this
Declaration as the Security surrendered upon such registration of

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transfer or exchange. Every Security surrendered for registration of transfer
shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form similar to
Exhibits B and C satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by the Holder or
such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Security surrendered for
registration of transfer shall be canceled by the Institutional Trustee pursuant
to Section 6.6. A transferee of a Security shall be entitled to the rights and
subject to the obligations of a Holder hereunder upon the receipt by such
transferee of a Security. By acceptance of a Security, each transferee shall be
deemed to have agreed to be bound by this Declaration.

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

          SECTION 8.2. Transfer Procedures and Restrictions.

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

          (b) Transfer and Exchange of Capital Securities. When Capital
Securities are presented to the Registrar (x) to register the transfer of such
Capital Securities, or (y) to exchange such Capital Securities for an equal
number of Capital Securities of another number, the Registrar shall register the
transfer or make the exchange as requested if its reasonable requirements for
such transaction are met; provided, however, that the Capital Securities
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surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed or
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form reasonably satisfactory
to the Trust and the Registrar, duly executed by the Holder thereof or his
attorney duly authorized in writing and (i) if such Capital Securities are being
transferred to a QIB, accompanied by a certificate of the transferee
substantially in the form set forth as Exhibit C hereto or (ii) if such Capital
Securities are being transferred otherwise than to a QIB, accompanied by a
certificate of the transferee substantially in the form set forth as Exhibit B
hereto.

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

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

          THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF ALSO AGREES,
REPRESENTS AND WARRANTS THAT IT IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT, INDIVIDUAL
RETIREMENT ACCOUNT OR OTHER PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF THE
EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), OR
SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE"),
(EACH A "PLAN"), OR AN ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS INCLUDE "PLAN ASSETS" BY
REASON OF ANY PLAN'S INVESTMENT IN THE ENTITY AND NO PERSON INVESTING "PLAN
ASSETS" OF ANY PLAN MAY ACQUIRE OR HOLD THIS SECURITY OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN,
UNLESS SUCH PURCHASER OR HOLDER IS ELIGIBLE FOR THE EXEMPTIVE RELIEF AVAILABLE
UNDER U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION 96-23,
95-60, 91-38, 90-1 OR 84-14

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OR ANOTHER APPLICABLE EXEMPTION OR ITS PURCHASE AND HOLDING OF THIS SECURITY IS
NOT PROHIBITED BY SECTION 406 OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE WITH RESPECT
TO SUCH PURCHASE OR HOLDING. ANY PURCHASER OR HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY OR ANY
INTEREST THEREIN WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE REPRESENTED BY ITS PURCHASE AND HOLDING
THEREOF THAT EITHER (i) IT IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN WITHIN THE MEANING OF
SECTION 3(3) OF ERISA, OR A PLAN TO WHICH SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE IS
APPLICABLE, A TRUSTEE OR OTHER PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT
PLAN OR PLAN, OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY USING THE ASSETS OF ANY EMPLOYEE
BENEFIT PLAN OR PLAN TO FINANCE SUCH PURCHASE, OR (ii) SUCH PURCHASE WILL NOT
RESULT IN A PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER SECTION 406 OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF
THE CODE FOR WHICH THERE IS NO APPLICABLE STATUTORY OR ADMINISTRATIVE EXEMPTION.

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

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

          (d) Minimum Transfers. Capital Securities may only be transferred in
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minimum blocks of $100,000 aggregate liquidation amount (100 Capital Securities)
and multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. Any attempted transfer of Capital
Securities in a block having an aggregate liquidation amount of less than
$100,000 shall be deemed to be voided and of no legal effect whatsoever. Any
such purported transferee shall be deemed not to be a Holder of such Capital
Securities for any purpose, including, but not limited to, the receipt of
Distributions on such Capital Securities, and such purported transferee shall be
deemed to have no interest whatsoever in such Capital Securities.

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

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represented by such Certificate on the part of any Person, whether or not the
Trust, the Administrators, the Trustees, the Paying Agent, the Transfer Agent or
the Registrar shall have actual or other notice thereof.

                                   ARTICLE IX

                           LIMITATION OF LIABILITY OF
                    HOLDERS OF SECURITIES, TRUSTEES OR OTHERS

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

          (ii) The Sponsor shall indemnify, to the full extent permitted by law,
      any Indemnified Person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a
      party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the
      right of the Trust to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the
      fact that he is or was an Indemnified Person against expenses (including
      attorneys' fees and expenses) actually and reasonably incurred by him in
      connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if he
      acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not
      opposed to the best interests of the Trust and except that no such
      indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as
      to which such Indemnified Person shall have been adjudged to

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be liable to the Trust unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery
of Delaware or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall
determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in
view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably
entitled to indemnity for such expenses which such Court of Chancery or such
other court shall deem proper.

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

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

          (v)    To the fullest extent permitted by law, expenses (including
attorneys' fees and expenses) incurred by an Indemnified Person in defending a
civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding
referred to in paragraphs (i) and (ii) of this Section 9.4(a) shall be paid by
the Sponsor in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or
proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such Indemnified
Person to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he is not
entitled to be indemnified by the Sponsor as authorized in this Section 9.4(a).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no advance shall be made by the Sponsor if a
determination is reasonably and promptly made (1) in the case of a Company
Indemnified Person (A) by the Administrators by a majority vote of a Quorum of
disinterested Administrators, (B) if such a Quorum is not obtainable, or, even
if obtainable, if a Quorum of disinterested Administrators so directs, by
independent legal counsel in a written opinion or (C) by the Common Security
Holder of the Trust, that, based upon the facts known to the Administrators,
counsel or the Common Security Holder at the time such determination is made,
such Indemnified Person acted in bad faith or in a manner that such Person did
not believe to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Trust, or, with
respect to any criminal proceeding, that such Indemnified Person believed or had
reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful, or (2) in the case of a
Fiduciary Indemnified Person, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion
that, based upon the facts known to the counsel at the time such determination
is made, such Indemnified Person acted in bad faith or in a manner that such
Indemnified Person

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          either believed to be opposed to or did not believe to be in the best
          interests of the Trust, or, with respect to any criminal proceeding,
          that such Indemnified Person believed or had reasonable cause to
          believe his conduct was unlawful. In no event shall any advance be
          made (i) to a Company Indemnified Person in instances where the
          Administrators, independent legal counsel or the Common Security
          Holder reasonably determine that such Person deliberately breached his
          duty to the Trust or its Common or Capital Security Holders or (ii) to
          a Fiduciary Indemnified Person in instances where independent legal
          counsel promptly and reasonably determines in a written opinion that
          such Person deliberately breached his duty to the Trust or its Common
          or Capital Security Holders.

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

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

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

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

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surviving entity as he would have with respect to such constituent entity if its
separate existence had continued.

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

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

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

                  SECTION 9.6. Compensation; Fee. The Sponsor agrees:
                               -----------------

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

                  (b) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to
reimburse the Trustees upon request for all reasonable documented expenses,
disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustees in accordance with
any provision of this Declaration (including the reasonable compensation and the
expenses and disbursements of their respective agents and

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counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance attributable to their
negligence or willful misconduct.

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

                                    ARTICLE X

                                   ACCOUNTING

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

                  SECTION 10.2. Certain Accounting Matters.
                                --------------------------

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

                  (b) The Administrators shall either (i) cause each Form 10K
and Form 10Q prepared by the Sponsor and filed with the Commission in accordance
with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to be delivered to each Holder of
Securities, within 90 days after the filing of each Form 10K and within 30 days
after the filing of each Form 10Q or (ii) cause to be prepared at the principal
office of the Trust in the United States, as defined for purposes of Treasury
regulations section 301.7701-7, and delivered to each of the Holders of
Securities, within 90 days after the end of each Fiscal Year of the Trust,
annual financial statements of the Trust, including a balance sheet of the Trust
as of the end of such Fiscal Year, and the related statements of income or loss.

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

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

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

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

                  SECTION 10.4. Withholding. The Institutional Trustee or any
                                -----------
Paying Agent and the Administrators shall comply with all withholding
requirements under United States federal, state and local law. The Institutional
Trustee or any Paying Agent shall request, and each Holder shall provide to the
Institutional Trustee or any Paying Agent, such forms or certificates as are
necessary to establish an exemption from withholding with respect to the Holder,
and any representations and forms as shall reasonably be requested by the
Institutional Trustee or any Paying Agent to assist it in determining the extent
of, and in fulfilling, its withholding obligations. The Administrators shall
file required forms with applicable jurisdictions and, unless an exemption from
withholding is properly established by a Holder, shall remit amounts withheld
with respect to the Holder to applicable jurisdictions. To the extent that the
Institutional Trustee or any Paying Agent is required to withhold and pay over
any amounts to any authority with respect to distributions or allocations to any
Holder, the amount withheld shall be deemed to be a Distribution to the Holder
in the amount of the withholding. In the event of any claimed overwithholding,
Holders shall be limited to an action against the applicable jurisdiction. If
the amount required to be withheld was not withheld from actual Distributions
made, the Institutional Trustee or any Paying Agent may reduce subsequent
Distributions by the amount of such withholding.

                                   ARTICLE XI

                             AMENDMENTS AND MEETINGS

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

                  (i)   the Institutional Trustee,

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

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

                  (iv)  the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the

          Common Securities.

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

               (i)  unless the Institutional Trustee shall have first received

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

              (f)   The rights of the Holders of the Capital Securities and
Common Securities, as applicable, under Article IV to increase or decrease the
number of, and appoint and

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remove, Trustees shall not be amended without the consent of the Holders of a
Majority in liquidation amount of the Capital Securities or Common Securities,
as applicable.

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

               (i)   cure any ambiguity;

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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                                  ARTICLE XII

                    REPRESENTATIONS OF INSTITUTIONAL TRUSTEE
                              AND DELAWARE TRUSTEE

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

                                  ARTICLE XIII

                                  MISCELLANEOUS

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

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

                             First Community Capital Trust II
                             c/o First Community Capital Corporation
                             14200 Gulf Freeway
                             Houston, Texas 77275-2289
                             Attention: Nigel J. Harrison

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

                         Wilmington Trust Company
                         Rodney Square North
                         1100 North Market Street
                         Wilmington, Delaware 19890-0001
                         Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
                         Telecopy: (302) 651-8882
                         Telephone: (302) 651-1000

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

                         Wilmington Trust Company
                         Rodney Square North
                         1100 North Market Street
                         Wilmington, Delaware 19890-0001
                         Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
                         Telecopy: (302) 651-8882
                         Telephone: (302) 651-1000

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

                         First Community Capital Corporation
                         14200 Gulf Freeway
                         Houston, Texas 77275-2289
                         Attention: Nigel J. Harrison

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

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

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

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               SECTION 13.3. Submission to Jurisdiction. Each of the parties
                             --------------------------
hereto agrees that any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon
this Declaration, or the transactions contemplated hereby, may be instituted in
any of the courts of the State of New York and the United State District Courts,
in each case located in the Borough of Manhattan, City and State of New York,
and further agrees to submit to the jurisdiction of any competent court in the
place of its corporate domicile in respect of actions brought against it as a
defendant. In addition, each such party irrevocably waives, to the fullest
extent permitted by law, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the
laying of the venue of such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court
and irrevocably waives any claim that any such suit, action or proceeding
brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum and
irrevocably waives any right to which it may be entitled on account of its place
of corporate domicile. Each such party hereby irrevocably waives any and all
right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to
this Declaration or the transactions contemplated hereby. Each such party agrees
that final judgment in any proceedings brought in such a court shall be
conclusive and binding upon it and may be enforced in any court to the
jurisdiction of which it is subject by a suit upon such judgment.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

                                        WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, as
                                           Delaware Trustee

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

                                        WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
                                           as Institutional Trustee

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

                                        FIRST COMMUNITY CAPITAL
                                           CORPORATION
                                           as Sponsor

                                        By: /s/ Nigel J. Harrison
                                            -----------------------------
                                           Name: Nigel J. Harrison
                                           Title: President

                                        By: /s/ Nigel J. Harrison
                                           ------------------------------
                                           Administrator

                                        By: /s/ Wesley A. Morehead
                                           ------------------------------
                                           Administrator

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                                     ANNEX I

                                    TERMS OF
                            FLOATING RATE MMCapS(SM)

               Pursuant to Section 6.1 of the Amended and Restated Declaration
of Trust, dated as of November 28, 2001 (as amended from time to time, the
"Declaration"), the designation, rights, privileges, restrictions, preferences
and other terms and provisions of the Capital Securities and the Common
Securities are set out below (each capitalized term used but not defined herein
has the meaning set forth in the Declaration):

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

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

               2.  Distributions. (a) Distributions payable on each Security
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will be payable at a variable per annum rate of interest, reset semi-annually,
equal to LIBOR (as defined in the Indenture) plus 3.75% (the "Coupon Rate") of
the stated liquidation amount of $1,000 per Security, such rate being the rate
of interest payable on the Debentures to be held by the Institutional Trustee;
provided, that the applicable Coupon Rate may not exceed 11.0% through the
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Interest Payment Date in December 2006. Except as set forth below in respect of
an Extension Period, Distributions in arrears for more than one semi-annual
period will bear interest thereon compounded semi-annually at the applicable
Coupon Rate for each such semi-annual period (to the extent permitted by
applicable law). The term "Distributions" as used herein includes cash
distributions and any such compounded distributions payable unless otherwise
stated. A Distribution is payable only to the extent that payments are made in
respect of the Debentures held by the Institutional Trustee and to the extent
the Institutional Trustee has funds available in the Property Account therefor.
The amount of Distributions payable for any period will be computed for any full
semi-annual period on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days
elapsed in the relevant period.

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

               (1) On the second LIBOR Business Day (provided that on such day
       commercial banks are open for business (including dealings in foreign
       currency deposits) in London (a "LIBOR Banking Day"), and otherwise the
       next preceding LIBOR Business Day that is also a LIBOR Banking Day) prior
       to December 15 and June 15 (except, with respect to the first interest
       payment period, on November 26, 2001), (each such day, a "LIBOR
       Determination Date"), LIBOR shall equal the rate, as obtained by the
       Calculation Agent for six-month Eurodollar deposits in Europe which
       appears on Telerate Page 3750 (as defined in the International Swaps and
       Derivatives Association, Inc. 1991 Interest Rate and Currency Exchange
       Definitions) or such other page as may replace such Page 3750, as of
       11:00 a.m. (London time) on such LIBOR Determination Date, as reported by
       Bloomberg Financial Markets Commodities News. "LIBOR Business Day" means
       any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial
       banking institutions in New York, New York or Wilmington, Delaware, are
       authorized or obligated by law or executive order to be closed. If such
       rate is superseded on Telerate Page 3750 by a corrected rate before 12:00
       noon (London time) on the same LIBOR Determination Date, the corrected
       rate as so substituted will be the applicable LIBOR for that LIBOR
       Determination Date.

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

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

               (c) All percentages resulting from any calculations on the Debt
Securities will be rounded, if necessary, to the nearest one hundred-thousandth
of a percentage point, with five one-millionths of a percentage point rounded
upward (e.g., 9.876545% (or .09876545) being

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rounded to 9.87655% (or .0987655)), and all dollar amounts used in or resulting
from such calculation will be rounded to the nearest cent (with one-half cent
being rounded upward).

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

               (e) Distributions on the Securities will be cumulative, will
accrue from the date of original issuance, and will be payable, subject to
extension of distribution payment periods as described herein, semi-annually in
arrears on June 8 and December 8 of each year, commencing on June 8, 2002 (each,
a "Distribution Payment Date"). The Debenture Issuer has the right under the
Indenture to defer payments of interest on the Debentures by extending the
interest payment period for up to 10 consecutive semi-annual periods (each, an
"Extension Period") at any time and from time to time on the Debentures, subject
to the conditions described below, during which Extension Period no interest
shall be due and payable (except any Additional Interest that may be due and
payable). During any Extension Period, interest will continue to accrue on the
Debentures, and interest on such accrued interest (such accrued interest thereon
referred to herein as "Deferred Interest") will accrue at an annual rate equal
to the Coupon Rate in effect for each such Extension Period, compounded
semi-annually from the date such Deferred Interest would have been payable were
it not for the Extension Period, to the extent permitted by law. No Extension
Period may end on a date other than a Distribution Payment Date. At the end of
any such Extension Period the Debenture Issuer shall pay all Deferred Interest;
provided, however, that no Extension Period may extend beyond the Maturity Date
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and provided, further, that, during any such Extension Period, the Debenture
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Issuer may not (i) declare or pay any dividends or distributions on, or redeem,
purchase, acquire, or make a liquidation payment with respect to, any of the
Debenture Issuer's capital stock or (ii) make any payment of principal of or
interest or premium, if any, on or repay, repurchase or redeem any debt
securities of the Debenture Issuer that rank pari passu in all respects with or
junior in interest to the Debentures (other than (a) repurchases, redemptions or
other acquisitions of shares of capital stock of the Debenture Issuer (A) in
connection with any employment contract, benefit plan or other similar
arrangement with or for the benefit of one or more employees, officers,
directors or consultants, (B) in connection with a dividend reinvestment or
stockholder stock purchase plan or (C) in connection with the issuance of
capital stock of the Debenture Issuer (or securities convertible into or
exercisable for such capital stock), as consideration in an acquisition
transaction entered into prior to the applicable Extension Period, (b) as a
result of any exchange or conversion of any class or series of the Debenture
Issuer's capital stock (or any capital stock of a subsidiary of the Debenture
Issuer) for any class or series of the Debenture Issuer's capital stock or of
any class or series of the Debenture Issuer's indebtedness for any class or
series of the Debenture Issuer's capital stock, (c) the purchase of fractional
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shares of the Debenture Issuer's capital stock pursuant to the conversion or
exchange provisions of such capital stock or the security being converted or
exchanged, (d) any declaration of a dividend in connection with any
stockholder's rights plan, or the issuance of rights, stock or other property
under any stockholder's rights plan, or the redemption or repurchase of rights
pursuant thereto, or (e) any dividend in the form of stock, warrants, options or
other rights where the dividend stock or the stock issuable upon exercise of
such warrants, options or other rights is the same stock as that on which the
dividend is being paid or ranks pari passu with or junior to such stock). Prior
to the termination of any Extension Period, the Debenture Issuer may further
extend such period, provided, that such period together with all such previous
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and further consecutive extensions thereof shall not exceed 10 consecutive
semi-annual periods, or extend beyond the Maturity Date. Upon the termination of
any Extension Period and upon the payment of all Deferred Interest, the
Debenture Issuer may commence a new Extension Period, subject to the foregoing
requirements. No interest or Deferred Interest shall be due and payable during
an Extension Period, except at the end thereof, but each installment of interest
that would otherwise have been due and payable during such Extension Period
shall bear Deferred Interest. If Distributions are deferred, the Distributions
due shall be paid on the date that the related Extension Period terminates, or,
if such date is not a Distribution Payment Date, on the immediately following
Distribution Payment Date, to Holders of the Securities as they appear on the
books and records of the Trust on the record date immediately preceding such
date. Distributions on the Securities must be paid on the dates payable (after
giving effect to any Extension Period) to the extent that the Trust has funds
available for the payment of such distributions in the Property Account of the
Trust. The Trust's funds available for Distribution to the Holders of the
Securities will be limited to payments received from the Debenture Issuer. The
payment of Distributions out of moneys held by the Trust is guaranteed by the
Guarantor pursuant to the Guarantee.

               (f) Distributions on the Securities will be payable to the
Holders thereof as they appear on the books and records of the Registrar on the
relevant record dates. The relevant record dates shall be selected by the
Administrators, which dates shall be 15 days before the relevant payment dates.
Distributions payable on any Securities that are not punctually paid on any
Distribution Payment Date, as a result of the Debenture Issuer having failed to
make a payment under the Debentures, as the case may be, when due (taking into
account any Extension Period), will cease to be payable to the Person in whose
name such Securities are registered on the relevant record date, and such
defaulted Distribution will instead be payable to the Person in whose name such
Securities are registered on the special record date or other specified date
determined in accordance with the Indenture. If any date on which Distributions
are payable on the Securities is not a Business Day, then payment of the
Distribution payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding day that
is a Business Day (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, in
each case with the same force and effect as if made on such payment date.

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

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

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

               The Trust shall dissolve on the first to occur of (i) December 8,
2036, the expiration of the term of the Trust, (ii) a Bankruptcy Event with
respect to the Sponsor, Trust or the Debenture Issuer, (iii) (other than in
connection with a merger, consolidation or similar transaction not prohibited by
the Indenture, this Declaration or the Guarantee, as the case may be) the filing
of a certificate of dissolution of the Sponsor or upon the revocation of the
charter of the Sponsor and the expiration of 90 days after the date of
revocation without a reinstatement thereof, (iv) the distribution to the Holders
of the Securities of the Debentures, upon exercise of the right of the Holder of
all of the outstanding Common Securities to dissolve the Trust as described
above, (v) the entry of a decree of a judicial dissolution of the Sponsor or the
Trust, or (vi) when all of the Securities shall have been called for redemption
and the amounts necessary for redemption thereof shall have been paid to the
Holders in accordance with the terms of the Securities. As soon as practicable
after the dissolution of the Trust and upon completion of the winding up of the
Trust, the Trust shall terminate upon the filing of a certificate of
cancellation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.

               If a Liquidation of the Trust occurs as described in clause (i),
(ii), (iii) or (v) in the immediately preceding paragraph, the Trust shall be
liquidated by the Institutional Trustee of the Trust as expeditiously as such
Trustee determines to be possible by distributing, after satisfaction of
liabilities to creditors of the Trust as provided by applicable law, to the
Holders of the Securities, the Debentures on a Pro Rata basis to the extent not
satisfied by the Debenture Issuer, unless such distribution is determined by the
Institutional Trustee not to be practical, in which

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event such Holders will be entitled to receive out of the assets of the Trust
available for distribution to the Holders, after satisfaction of liabilities to
creditors of the Trust to the extent not satisfied by the Debenture Issuer, an
amount equal to the Liquidation Distribution. An early Liquidation of the Trust
pursuant to clause (iv) of the immediately preceding paragraph shall occur if
the Institutional Trustee determines that such Liquidation is possible by
distributing, after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of Trust, to the
Holders of the Securities on a Pro Rata basis, the Debentures, and such
distribution occurs.

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

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

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

               4.  Redemption and Distribution.
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               (a) The Debentures will mature on December 8, 2031. The
Debentures may be redeemed by the Debenture Issuer, in whole or in part, on any
June 8 or December 8 on or after December 8, 2006, at the Redemption Price, upon
not less than 30 days nor more than 60 day's notice to Holders of such
Debentures. In addition, upon the occurrence and continuation of a Tax Event, an
Investment Company Event or a Capital Treatment Event, the Debentures may be
redeemed by the Debenture Issuer in whole but not in part, at any time within 90
days following the occurrence of such Tax Event, Investment Company Event or
Capital Treatment Event, as the case may be (the "Special Redemption Date"), at
the Special Redemption Price, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days'
notice to Holders of the Debentures so long as such Tax Event, Investment
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continuing. In each case, the right of the Debenture Issuer to redeem the
Debentures is subject to the Debenture Issuer having received prior approval
from the Federal Reserve, if then required under applicable capital guidelines
or policies of the Federal Reserve.

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

               "Investment Company Event" means the receipt by the Company and
the Trust of an opinion of counsel experienced in such matters to the effect
that, as a result of a change in law or regulation or written change in
interpretation or application of law or regulation by any legislative body,
court, governmental agency or regulatory authority, there is more than an
insubstantial risk that the Trust is or, within 90 days of the date of such
opinion will be, considered an "investment company" that is required to be
registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, which change or
prospective change becomes effective or would become effective, as the case may
be, on or after the date of the original issuance of the Debentures.

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

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

               "Redemption Price" means 100% of the principal amount of the
Debentures being redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest on such Debentures to
the Redemption Date or, in the case of a redemption due to the occurrence of a
Special Event, to the Special Redemption Date if such Special Redemption Date is
on or after December 8, 2006.

               "Special Redemption Price" means (1) if the Special Redemption
Date is before December 8, 2006, the greater of (a) 100% of the principal amount
of the Debentures being redeemed pursuant to Section 10.02 of the Indenture or
(b) as determined by a Quotation Agent, the sum of the present values of the
principal amount payable as part of the Redemption Price with respect to a
redemption as of December 8, 2006, together with the present value of interest
payments calculated at a fixed per annum rate of interest equal to 9.95% over
the Remaining Life of such Debentures, discounted to the Special Redemption Date
on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day
months) at the Treasury Rate plus 0.50%, plus, in the case of either (a) or (b),
accrued and unpaid interest on such Debentures to the Special Redemption Date
and (2) if the Special Redemption Date is on or after December 8, 2006, the
Redemption Price for such Special Redemption Date.

               "Comparable Treasury Issue" means, with respect to any Special
Redemption Date, the United States Treasury security selected by the Quotation
Agent as having a maturity comparable to the Remaining Life that would be
utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial
practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable
maturity to the Remaining Life. If no United States Treasury security has a
maturity which is within a period from three months before to three months after
December 8, 2006, the two most closely corresponding United States Treasury
securities shall be used as the Comparable Treasury Issue, and the Treasury Rate
shall be interpolated or extrapolated on a straight-line basis, rounding to the
nearest month using such securities.

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

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

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

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               "Redemption Date" shall mean the date fixed for the redemption of
Capital Securities, which shall be any June 8 or December 8 on or after December
8, 2006.

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

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

               "Remaining Life" means, with respect to any Debentures the period
from the Special Redemption Date for such Debentures to December 8, 2006.

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

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

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

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

               (e)  Redemption or Distribution Procedures.

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

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

                    (iii) If the Securities are to be redeemed and the Trust
       gives a Redemption/Distribution Notice, which notice may only be issued
       if the Debentures are redeemed as set out in this Section 4 (which notice
       will be irrevocable), then, provided, that the Institutional Trustee has
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       a sufficient amount of cash in connection with the related redemption or
       maturity of the Debentures, the Institutional Trustee will pay the
       relevant Redemption Price to the Holders of such Securities by check
       mailed to the address of each such Holder appearing on the books and
       records of the Trust on the redemption date. If a Redemption/Distribution
       Notice shall have been given and funds deposited as required then
       immediately prior to the close of business on the date of such deposit
       Distributions will cease to accrue on the Securities so called for
       redemption and all rights of Holders of such Securities so called for
       redemption will cease, except the right of the Holders of such Securities
       to receive the applicable Redemption Price specified in Section 4(a), but
       without interest on such Redemption Price. If any date fixed for
       redemption of Securities is not a Business Day, then payment of any such
       Redemption Price payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding
       day that is a Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in
       respect of any such delay) except that, if such Business Day falls in the
       next calendar year, such payment will be made on the immediately
       preceding Business Day, in each case with the same force and effect as if
       made on such date fixed for redemption. If payment of the Redemption
       Price in respect of any Securities is improperly withheld or refused and
       not paid either by the Trust or by the Debenture Issuer as guarantor
       pursuant to the Guarantee, Distributions on

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       such Securities will continue to accrue at the then applicable rate from
       the original redemption date to the actual date of payment, in which case
       the actual payment date will be considered the date fixed for redemption
       for purposes of calculating the Redemption Price. In the event of any
       redemption of the Capital Securities issued by the Trust in part, the
       Trust shall not be required to (i) issue, register the transfer of or
       exchange any Security during a period beginning at the opening of
       business 15 days before any selection for redemption of the Capital
       Securities and ending at the close of business on the earliest date on
       which the relevant notice of redemption is deemed to have been given to
       all Holders of the Capital Securities to be so redeemed or (ii) register
       the transfer of or exchange any Capital Securities so selected for
       redemption, in whole or in part, except for the unredeemed portion of any
       Capital Securities being redeemed in part.

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

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

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

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

               In the event the consent of the Institutional Trustee, as the
holder of the Debentures is required under the Indenture with respect to any
amendment, modification or termination of the Indenture, the Institutional
Trustee shall request the written direction of the Holders of the Securities
with respect to such amendment, modification or termination and shall vote with
respect to such amendment, modification or termination as directed by a Majority
in liquidation amount of the Securities voting together as a single class;
provided, however, that where a consent under the Indenture would require the
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consent of a Super Majority, the Institutional Trustee may only give such
consent at the written direction of the Holders of not less than the proportion
in liquidation amount of such Securities outstanding which the relevant Super
Majority represents of the aggregate principal amount of the Debentures
outstanding. The Institutional Trustee shall not take any such action in
accordance with the written directions of the Holders of the Securities unless
the Institutional Trustee has obtained an opinion of tax counsel to the effect
that, as a result of such action, the Trust will not be classified as other than
a grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes.

               A waiver of an Indenture Event of Default will constitute a
waiver of the corresponding Event of Default hereunder. Any required approval or
direction of Holders of the Capital Securities may be given at a separate
meeting of Holders of the Capital Securities convened for such purpose, at a
meeting of all of the Holders of the Securities in the Trust or pursuant to
written consent. The Institutional Trustee will cause a notice of any meeting at
which Holders of the Capital Securities are entitled to vote, or of any matter
upon which action by written consent of such Holders is to be taken, to be
mailed to each Holder of record of the

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Capital Securities. Each such notice will include a statement setting forth the
following information (i) the date of such meeting or the date by which such
action is to be taken, (ii) a description of any resolution proposed for
adoption at such meeting on which such Holders are entitled to vote or of such
matter upon which written consent is sought and (iii) instructions for the
delivery of proxies or consents. No vote or consent of the Holders of the
Capital Securities will be required for the Trust to redeem and cancel Capital
Securities or to distribute the Debentures in accordance with the Declaration
and the terms of the Securities.

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

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

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

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

               (c) Subject to Section 6.7 of the Declaration and only after each
Event of Default (if any) with respect to the Capital Securities has been cured,
waived or otherwise eliminated and subject to the requirements of the second to
last sentence of this paragraph, the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount
of the Common Securities, voting separately as a class, may direct the time,
method, and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the
Institutional Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the
Institutional Trustee under the Declaration, including (i) directing the time,
method, place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the
Debenture Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Debenture
Trustee with respect to the Debentures, (ii) waive any past default and its
consequences that are waivable under the Indenture or (iii) exercise any right
to rescind or annul a declaration that the principal of all the Debentures shall
be due and payable, provided, however, that, where a consent or action under the
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Indenture would require a Super Majority, the Institutional Trustee may only
give such consent or take such action at the written direction of the Holders of
not less than the proportion in liquidation amount of the Common Securities
which the relevant Super Majority represents of the aggregate principal amount
of the Debentures outstanding. Notwithstanding this Section 6(c), the
Institutional Trustee shall not revoke any action previously authorized or
approved by a vote or consent of the Holders of the Capital Securities. Other
than with respect to directing the time, method and place of conducting any
proceeding for any remedy available to the Institutional Trustee or the
Debenture Trustee as

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set forth above, the Institutional Trustee shall not take any action described
in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above, unless the Institutional Trustee has
obtained an opinion of tax counsel to the effect that for the purposes of United
States federal income tax the Trust will not be classified as other than a
grantor trust on account of such action. If the Institutional Trustee fails to
enforce its rights under the Declaration, to the fullest extent permitted by law
any Holder of the Common Securities may institute a legal proceeding directly
against any Person to enforce the Institutional Trustee's rights under the
Declaration, without first instituting a legal proceeding against the
Institutional Trustee or any other Person.

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

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

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

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

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less than the proportion in liquidation amount of the Securities which the
relevant Super Majority represents of the aggregate principal amount of the
Debentures outstanding.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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                                   EXHIBIT A-1

                      FORM OF CAPITAL SECURITY CERTIFICATE

                           [FORM OF FACE OF SECURITY]

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

     THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF ALSO AGREES,
REPRESENTS AND WARRANTS THAT IT IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT, INDIVIDUAL
RETIREMENT ACCOUNT OR OTHER PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF THE
EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), OR
SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE"),
(EACH A "PLAN"), OR AN ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS INCLUDE "PLAN ASSETS" BY
REASON OF ANY PLAN'S INVESTMENT IN THE ENTITY AND NO PERSON INVESTING "PLAN
ASSETS" OF ANY PLAN MAY ACQUIRE OR HOLD THIS SECURITY OR ANY INTEREST

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THEREIN, UNLESS SUCH PURCHASER OR HOLDER IS ELIGIBLE FOR THE EXEMPTIVE RELIEF
AVAILABLE UNDER U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION
96-23, 95-60, 91-38, 90-1 OR 84-14 OR ANOTHER APPLICABLE EXEMPTION OR ITS
PURCHASE AND HOLDING OF THIS SECURITY IS NOT PROHIBITED BY SECTION 406 OF ERISA
OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE WITH RESPECT TO SUCH PURCHASE OR HOLDING. ANY
PURCHASER OR HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN WILL BE DEEMED TO
HAVE REPRESENTED BY ITS PURCHASE AND HOLDING THEREOF THAT EITHER (i) IT IS NOT
AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 3(3) OF ERISA, OR A PLAN
TO WHICH SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE IS APPLICABLE, A TRUSTEE OR OTHER PERSON
ACTING ON BEHALF OF AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR PLAN, OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR
ENTITY USING THE ASSETS OF ANY EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR PLAN TO FINANCE SUCH
PURCHASE, OR (ii) SUCH PURCHASE WILL NOT RESULT IN A PROHIBITED TRANSACTION
UNDER SECTION 406 OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE FOR WHICH THERE IS NO
APPLICABLE STATUTORY OR ADMINISTRATIVE EXEMPTION.

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

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

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Certificate Number [_____]                  Number of Capital Securities [_____]

                             CUSIP NO [___________]

                    Certificate Evidencing Capital Securities

                                       of

                        FIRST COMMUNITY CAPITAL TRUST II

                            Floating Rate MMCapS(SM)

                (liquidation amount $1,000 per Capital Security)

          First Community Capital Trust II, 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 5,000 capital
securities of the Trust representing undivided beneficial interests in the
assets of the Trust, designated the Floating Rate MMCapS(SM) (liquidation amount
$1,000 per Capital Security) (the "Capital Securities"). Subject to the
Declaration (as defined below), the Capital Securities are transferable on the
books and records of the Trust, in person or by a duly authorized attorney, upon
surrender of this Certificate duly endorsed and in proper form for transfer. The
Capital Securities represented hereby are issued pursuant to, and the
designation, rights, privileges, restrictions, preferences and other terms and
provisions of the Capital Securities shall in all respects be subject to, the
provisions of the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of the Trust dated
as of November 28, 2001, among Nigel J. Harrison and Wesley A. Morehead, as
Administrators, Wilmington Trust Company, as Delaware Trustee, Wilmington Trust
Company, as Institutional Trustee, First Community Capital Corporation, as
Sponsor, and the holders from time to time of undivided beneficial interests in
the assets of the Trust, including the designation of the terms of the Capital
Securities as set forth in Annex I to the Declaration, as the same may be
amended from time to time (the "Declaration"). Capitalized terms used herein but
not defined shall have the meaning given them in the Declaration. The Holder is
entitled to the benefits of the Guarantee to the extent provided therein. The
Sponsor will provide a copy of the Declaration, the Guarantee, and the Indenture
to the Holder without charge upon written request to the Trust at its principal
place of business.

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

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

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

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

                                             FIRST COMMUNITY CAPITAL TRUST II

                                             By:_______________________________
                                                Name:
                                                Title: Administrator

                                             Dated: ___________________________

                          CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

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

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

                                             By:_______________________________
                                                       Authorized Officer

                                             Dated: ___________________________

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                          [FORM OF REVERSE OF SECURITY]

          Distributions payable on each Capital Security will be payable at a
variable per annum rate of interest, reset semi-annually, equal to LIBOR (as
defined in the Declaration) plus 3.75% (the "Coupon Rate") (provided, that the
applicable Coupon Rate may not exceed 11.0% through the Interest Payment Date in
December 2006) of the stated liquidation amount of $1,000 per Capital Security,
such rate being the rate of interest payable on the Debentures to be held by the
Institutional Trustee. Except as set forth below in respect of an Extension
Period, Distributions in arrears for more than one semi-annual period will bear
interest thereon compounded semi-annually at the applicable Coupon Rate for each
such semi-annual period (to the extent permitted by applicable law). The term
"Distributions" as used herein includes cash distributions, any such compounded
distributions and any Additional Interest payable on the Debentures unless
otherwise stated. A Distribution is payable only to the extent that payments are
made in respect of the Debentures held by the Institutional Trustee and to the
extent the Institutional Trustee has funds available in the Property Account
therefor. The amount of Distributions payable for any period will be computed
for any full semi-annual Distribution period on the basis of a 360-day year and
the actual number of days elapsed in the relevant Distribution period.

          Except as otherwise described below, Distributions on the Capital
Securities will be cumulative, will accrue from the date of original issuance
and will be payable semi-annually in arrears on June 8 and December 8 of each
year, commencing on June 8, 2002 (each, a "Distribution Payment Date"). The
Debenture Issuer has the right under the Indenture to defer payments of interest
on the Debentures by extending the interest payment period for up to 10
consecutive semi-annual periods (each, an "Extension Period") at any time and
from time to time on the Debentures, subject to the conditions described below,
during which Extension Period no interest shall be due and payable (except any
Additional Interest that may be due and payable). During any Extension Period,
interest will continue to accrue on the Debentures, and interest on such accrued
interest (such accrued interest and interest thereon referred to herein as
"Deferred Interest") will accrue at an annual rate equal to the Coupon Rate in
effect for each such Extension Period, compounded semi-annually from the date
such Deferred Interest would have been payable were it not for the Extension
Period, to the extent permitted by law. No Extension Period may end on a date
other than a Distribution Payment Date. At the end of any such Extension Period,
the Debenture Issuer shall pay all Deferred Interest then accrued and unpaid on
the Debentures; provided, however, that no Extension Period may extend beyond
                --------  -------
the Maturity Date. Prior to the termination of any Extension Period, the
Debenture Issuer may further extend such period, provided, that such period
                                                 --------
together with all such previous and further consecutive extensions thereof shall
not exceed 10 consecutive semi-annual periods, or extend beyond the Maturity
Date. Upon the termination of any Extension Period and upon the payment of all
Deferred Interest, the Debenture Issuer may commence a new Extension Period,
subject to the foregoing requirements. No interest or Deferred Interest shall be
due and payable during an Extension Period, except at the end thereof, but each
installment of interest that would otherwise have been due and payable during
such Extension Period shall bear Deferred Interest. If Distributions are
deferred, the Distributions due shall be paid on the date that the related
Extension Period terminates, or, if such date is not a Distribution Payment
Date, on the immediately following Distribution Payment Date, to Holders of the
Securities as they appear on the books and records of the Trust on the record
date immediately preceding such date. Distributions on the Securities must be
paid on the dates payable (after giving effect to any Extension Period) to the
extent that the Trust has funds available for the payment of such

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distributions in the Property Account of the Trust. The Trust's funds available
for Distribution to the Holders of the Securities will be limited to payments
received from the Debenture Issuer. The payment of Distributions out of moneys
held by the Trust is guaranteed by the Guarantor pursuant to the Guarantee.

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

                                     A-1-6

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                                   ASSIGNMENT

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

_____________________

_____________________

_____________________

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

_____________________

_____________________

_____________________

(Insert address and zip code of assignee), and irrevocably appoints ____________
_________ as agent to transfer this Capital Security Certificate on the books of
the Trust. The agent may substitute another to act for it, him or her.

          Date:_______________________________

          Signature:__________________________

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

          Signature Guarantee:/1/____________________________________

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

                                      A-1-7

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                                   EXHIBIT A-2

                       FORM OF COMMON SECURITY CERTIFICATE

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

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

     Certificate Number [_____]               Number of Common Securities [____]

                    Certificate Evidencing Common Securities

                                       of

                        FIRST COMMUNITY CAPITAL TRUST II

          First Community Capital Trust II, a statutory business trust created
under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Trust"), hereby certifies that
First Community Capital Corporation (the "Holder") is the registered owner of
155 common securities of the Trust representing undivided beneficial interests
in the assets of the Trust (the "Common Securities"). The Common Securities
represented hereby are issued pursuant to, and the designation, rights,
privileges, restrictions, preferences and other terms and provisions of the
Common Securities shall in all respects be subject to, the provisions of the
Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of the Trust dated as of November 28,
2001, among Nigel J. Harrison and Wesley A. Morehead, as Administrators,
Wilmington Trust Company, as Delaware Trustee, Wilmington Trust Company, as
Institutional Trustee, the Holder, as Sponsor, and the holders from time to time
of undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust, including the
designation of the terms of the Common Securities as set forth in Annex I to the
Declaration, as the same may be amended from time to time (the "Declaration").
Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meaning given them
in the Declaration. The Sponsor will provide a copy of the Declaration and the
Indenture to the Holder without charge upon written request to the Sponsor at
its principal place of business.

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

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

                                      A-2-1

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

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

                                     A-2-2

<PAGE>

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trust has executed this certificate this ___
day of ____, 2001.

                                                FIRST COMMUNITY CAPITAL TRUST II

                                                By:_____________________________
                                                   Name:
                                                   Title: Administrator

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                          [FORM OF REVERSE OF SECURITY]

          Distributions payable on each Common Security will be identical in
amount to the Distributions payable on each Capital Security, which is at a
variable per annum rate of interest, reset semi-annually, equal to LIBOR (as
defined in the Declaration) plus 3.75% (the "Coupon Rate") (provided, that the
applicable Coupon Rate may not exceed 11.0% through the Interest Payment Date in
December 2006) of the stated liquidation amount of $1,000 per Capital Security,
such rate being the rate of interest payable on the Debentures to be held by the
Institutional Trustee. Except as set forth below in respect of an Extension
Period, Distributions in arrears for more than one semi-annual period will bear
interest thereon compounded semi-annually at the applicable Coupon Rate for each
such semi-annual period (to the extent permitted by applicable law). The term
"Distributions" as used herein includes cash distributions, any such compounded
distributions and any Additional Interest payable on the Debentures unless
otherwise stated. A Distribution is payable only to the extent that payments are
made in respect of the Debentures held by the Institutional Trustee and to the
extent the Institutional Trustee has funds available in the Property Account
therefor. The amount of Distributions payable for any period will be computed
for any full semi-annual Distribution period on the basis of a 360-day year and
the actual number of days elapsed in the relevant Distribution period.

          Except as otherwise described below, Distributions on the Common
Securities will be cumulative, will accrue from the date of original issuance
and will be payable semi-annually in arrears on June 8 and December 8 of each
year, commencing on June 8, 2002 (each, a "Distribution Payment Date"). The
Debenture Issuer has the right under the Indenture to defer payments of interest
on the Debentures by extending the interest payment period for up to 10
consecutive semi-annual periods (each, an "Extension Period") at any time and
from time to time on the Debentures, subject to the conditions described below,
during which Extension Period no interest shall be due and payable (except any
Additional Interest that may be due and payable). During any Extension Period,
interest will continue to accrue on the Debentures, and interest on such accrued
interest (such accrued interest and interest thereon referred to herein as
"Deferred Interest") will accrue at an annual rate equal to the Coupon Rate in
effect for each such Extension Period, compounded semi-annually from the date
such Deferred Interest would have been payable were it not for the Extension
Period, to the extent permitted by law. No Extension Period may end on a date
other than a Distribution Payment Date. At the end of any such Extension Period
the Debenture Issuer shall pay all Deferred Interest then accrued and unpaid on
the Debentures; provided, however, that no Extension Period may extend beyond
                --------  -------
the Maturity Date. Prior to the termination of any Extension Period, the
Debenture Issuer may further extend such period, provided,
                                                 --------

that such period together with all such previous and further consecutive
extensions thereof shall not exceed 10 consecutive semi-annual periods, or
extend beyond the Maturity Date. Upon the termination of any Extension Period
and upon the payment of all Deferred Interest, the Debenture Issuer may commence
a new Extension Period, subject to the foregoing requirements. No interest or
Deferred Interest shall be due and payable during an Extension Period, except at
the end thereof, but each installment of interest that would otherwise have been
due and payable during such Extension Period shall bear Deferred Interest. If
Distributions are deferred, the Distributions due shall be paid on the date that
the related Extension Period terminates, or, if such date is not a Distribution
Payment Date, on the immediately following Distribution Payment Date, to Holders
of the Securities as they appear on

                                      A-2-4

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

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

                                     A-2-5

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                                   ASSIGNMENT

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

_____________________________

_____________________________

_____________________________

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

_____________________________

_____________________________

_____________________________

          (Insert address and zip code of assignee), and irrevocably appoints
____________ as agent to transfer this Common Security Certificate on the books
of the Trust. The agent may substitute another to act for him or her.

          Date: _____________________________

          Signature: ________________________

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

          Signature Guarantee:/1/ ____________________________

_____________________________

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

                                      A-2-6

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                                                                       EXHIBIT B

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

                                                                ___________, [_]

First Community Capital Corporation
First Community Capital Trust II
14200 Gulf Freeway
Houston, Texas 77275-2289

Re: Purchase of $1,000 stated liquidation amount of Floating Rate MMCapS(SM)
    (the "Capital Securities") of First Community Capital Trust II
                  ------------------------------------------------

Ladies and Gentlemen:

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

            1. We understand that the Floating Rate MMCapS(SM)(the "Capital
Securities") of First Community Capital Trust II (the "Trust") (including the
guarantee (the "Guarantee") of First Community Capital Corporation (the
"Company") executed in connection therewith) and the Floating Rate Junior
Subordinated Debt Securities due 2031 of the Company (the "Subordinated Debt
Securities") (the Capital Securities, the Guarantee and the Subordinated Debt
Securities together being referred to herein as "Offered Securities"), have not
been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act"), and may not be offered or sold except as permitted in the following
sentence. We agree on our own behalf and on behalf of any investor account for
which we are purchasing the Offered Securities that, if, we decide to offer,
sell or otherwise transfer any such Offered Securities, such offer, sale or
transfer will be made only (a) to the Company or the Trust, (b) pursuant to Rule
144A under the Securities Act, to a person we reasonably believe is a qualified
institutional buyer under Rule 144A (a "QIB") that purchases for its own account
or for the account of a QIB and to whom notice is given that the transfer is
being made in reliance on Rule 144A, (c) pursuant to an exemption from
registration, to an "accredited investor" within the meaning of subparagraph (a)
(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Rule 501 under the Securities Act that is acquiring
Offered Securities for its own account or for the account of such an accredited
investor for investment purposes and not with a view to, or for offer or sale in
connection with, any distribution thereof in violation of the Securities Act, or
(d) pursuant to another available exemption from the registration requirements
of the Securities Act, and in each of the foregoing cases in accordance with any
applicable state securities laws and any requirements of law that govern the
disposition of our property. The foregoing restrictions on resale will not apply
subsequent to the date on which, in the written opinion of counsel, the Capital
Securities are not "restricted securities" within the meaning of Rule 144 under
the Securities Act. If any resale or other transfer of the Offered Securities is
proposed to be made pursuant to clause (c) or (d) above the transferor shall
deliver a letter from the transferee substantially in the form of this letter to
the Institutional Trustee as Transfer Agent, which shall provide as applicable,
among other things, that the transferee is an "accredited investor" within the
meaning of subparagraph (a) (1), (2), (3) or (7) of Rule 501 under the

                                       B-1

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

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

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

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

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

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

                                       B-2

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the foregoing acknowledgments, representations and agreement on behalf of each
such investor account.

                                               ________________________________
                                                  (Name of Purchaser)

                                               By:_____________________________

                                               Date:___________________________

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

Name:__________________________________

Address:_______________________________

Taxpayer ID Number:____________________

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                                                                       EXHIBIT C

                         FORM OF TRANSFEROR CERTIFICATE
                             TO BE EXECUTED FOR QIBs

                                                                 ----------, [ ]

First Community Capital Corporation
First Community Capital Trust II
14200 Gulf Freeway
Houston, Texas 77275-2289

Re:  Purchase of $1,000 stated liquidation amount of Floating Rate MMCapS(SM)
     (the "Capital Securities") of First Community Capital Trust II
           --------------------------------------------------------

               Reference is hereby made to the Amended and Restated Declaration
dated as of November 28, 2001 (the "Declaration") among Nigel J. Harrison and
Wesley A. Morehead, as Administrators, Wilmington Trust Company, as Delaware
Trustee, Wilmington Trust Company, as Institutional Trustee, First Community
Capital Corporation, as Sponsor, and the holders from time to time of undivided
beneficial interest in the assets of First Community Capital Trust II.
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given them
in the Declaration.

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

               In connection with such request, and in respect to such Capital
Securities, the transferor does hereby certify that such Capital Securities are
being transferred in accordance with (i) the transfer restrictions set forth in
the Capital Securities and (ii) Rule 144A under the United States Securities Act
of 1933, as amended ("Rule 144A"), to a transferee that the Transferor
reasonably believes is purchasing the Capital Securities for its own account or
an account with respect to which the transferee exercises sole investment
discretion and the transferee and any such account is a "qualified institutional
buyer" within the meaning of Rule 144A, in a transaction meeting the
requirements of Rule 144A and in accordance with applicable securities laws of
any state of the United States or any other jurisdiction.

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

<PAGE>

                                                _______________________________
                                                   (Name of Transferor)

                                                By:____________________________
                                                   Name:_______________________
                                                   Title:______________________

                                                Date:__________________________<PAGE>

                                                                     Exhibit 4.4

                               GUARANTEE AGREEMENT

                      FIRST COMMUNITY CAPITAL CORPORATION

                          Dated as of November 28, 2001

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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

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<S>                                                                                       <C>
                                   ARTICLE I

                         DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

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

                                   ARTICLE II

                 POWERS, DUTIES AND RIGHTS OF GUARANTEE TRUSTEE

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

                                   ARTICLE III

                                GUARANTEE TRUSTEE

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

                                   ARTICLE IV

                                    GUARANTEE

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

                    LIMITATION OF TRANSACTIONS; SUBORDINATION

SECTION 5.1  Limitation of Transactions ........................................   12
SECTION 5.2  Ranking ...........................................................   13

                                   ARTICLE VI

                                   TERMINATION

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

                                   ARTICLE VII

                                 INDEMNIFICATION

SECTION 7.1  Exculpation .......................................................   13
SECTION 7.2  Indemnification ...................................................   14
SECTION 7.3  Compensation; Reimbursement of Expenses ...........................   15

                                  ARTICLE VIII

                                  MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 8.1  Successors and Assigns ............................................   15
SECTION 8.2  Amendments ........................................................   16
SECTION 8.3  Notices ...........................................................   16
SECTION 8.4  Benefit ...........................................................   16
SECTION 8.5  Governing Law .....................................................   17
SECTION 8.6  Counterparts ......................................................   17
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                               GUARANTEE AGREEMENT
                               -------------------

                  This GUARANTEE AGREEMENT (the "Guarantee"), dated as of
November 28, 2001, is executed and delivered by First Community Capital
Corporation, a bank holding company incorporated in Texas (the "Guarantor"), and
Wilmington Trust Company, a Delaware banking corporation, as trustee (the
"Guarantee Trustee"), for the benefit of the Holders (as defined herein) from
time to time of the Capital Securities (as defined herein) of First Community
Capital Trust II, a Delaware statutory business trust (the "Issuer").

                  WHEREAS, pursuant to an Amended and Restated Declaration of
Trust (the "Declaration"), dated as of November 28, 2001, among the trustees
named therein of the Issuer, First Community Capital Corporation, as sponsor,
and the Holders from time to time of undivided beneficial interests in the
assets of the Issuer, the Issuer is issuing on the date hereof securities,
having an aggregate liquidation amount of up to $5,000,000, designated the
Floating Rate MMCapS(SM) (the "Capital Securities");

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

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

                                    ARTICLE I
                         DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

SECTION 1.1. Definitions and Interpretation
             ------------------------------

In this Guarantee, unless the context otherwise requires:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

                  "Covered Person" means any Holder of Capital Securities.

                  "Debentures" means the junior subordinated debentures of First
Community Capital Corporation, designated the Floating Rate Junior Subordinated
Debt Securities due 2031, held by the Institutional Trustee (as defined in the
Declaration) of the Issuer.

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

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

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

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

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

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                  "Indenture" means the Indenture dated as of November 28, 2001,
between the Guarantor and Wilmington Trust Company, not in its individual
capacity but solely as trustee, and any indenture supplemental thereto pursuant
to which the Debentures are to be issued to the Institutional Trustee of the
Issuer.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

                   "Responsible Officer" means, with respect to the Guarantee
Trustee, any officer within the Corporate Trust Office of the Guarantee Trustee
with direct responsibility for the administration of any matters relating to
this Guarantee, including any Vice President, Assistant Vice President,
Secretary, Assistant Secretary or any other officer of the Guarantee Trustee
customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above
designated officers and also, with respect to a particular corporate trust
matter, any other officer to whom

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such matter is referred because of that officer's knowledge of and familiarity
with the particular subject.

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

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

                                   ARTICLE II
                 POWERS, DUTIES AND RIGHTS OF GUARANTEE TRUSTEE

                      SECTION 2.1. Powers and Duties of the Guarantee Trustee
                                   ------------------------------------------

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

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

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

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

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

                                    (A) the duties and obligations of the
                           Guarantee Trustee shall be determined solely by the
                           express provisions of this Guarantee, and the
                           Guarantee Trustee shall not be liable except for the
                           performance of such duties and obligations as are
                           specifically set forth in this Guarantee, and

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               no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this
               Guarantee against the Guarantee Trustee; and

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

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

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

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

SECTION 2.2. Certain Rights of Guarantee Trustee
             -----------------------------------

          a) Subject to the provisions of Section 2.1:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SECTION 2.4. Events of Default; Waiver
             -------------------------

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

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

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SECTION 2.5. Events of Default; Notice
             -------------------------

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

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

                                   ARTICLE III
                                GUARANTEE TRUSTEE

SECTION 3.1. Guarantee Trustee; Eligibility
             ------------------------------

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

                              ARTICLE IV
                              GUARANTEE

SECTION 4.1. Guarantee
             ---------

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

                  (b) The Guarantor hereby also agrees to assume any and all
         Obligations of the Issuer and in the event any such Obligation is not
         so assumed, subject to the terms and conditions

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hereof, the Guarantor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees to each
Beneficiary the full payment, when and as due, of any and all obligations to
such Beneficiaries. This Agreement is intended to be for the Beneficiaries who
have received notice hereof.

SECTION 4.2. Waiver of Notice and Demand
             ---------------------------

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

SECTION 4.3. Obligations Not Affected
             ------------------------

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

                  (g) any other circumstance whatsoever that might otherwise
         constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor, it
         being the intent of this Section 4.3 that

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         the obligations of the Guarantor hereunder shall be absolute and
         unconditional under any and all circumstances.

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

SECTION 4.4. Rights of Holders
             -----------------

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

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

SECTION 4.5. Guarantee of Payment
             --------------------

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

SECTION 4.6. Subrogation
             -----------

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

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SECTION 4.7. Independent Obligations
             -----------------------

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

SECTION 4.8. Enforcement
             -----------

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

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

                                    ARTICLE V
                    LIMITATION OF TRANSACTIONS; SUBORDINATION

SECTION 5.1. Limitation of Transactions
             --------------------------

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

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for any class or series of the Guarantor's capital stock, (iv) the purchase of
fractional interests in shares of the Guarantor's capital stock pursuant to the
conversion or exchange provisions of such capital stock or the security being
converted or exchanged, (v) any declaration of a dividend in connection with any
stockholder's rights plan, or the issuance of rights, stock or other property
under any stockholder's rights plan, or the redemption or repurchase of rights
pursuant thereto, or (vi) any dividend in the form of stock, warrants, options
or other rights where the dividend stock or the stock issuable upon exercise of
such warrants, options or other rights is the same stock as that on which the
dividend is being paid or ranks pari passu with or junior to such stock).
                                ---- -----

SECTION 5.2. Ranking
             -------

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

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

                                   ARTICLE VI
                                   TERMINATION

SECTION 6.1. Termination
             -----------

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

                                   ARTICLE VII
                                 INDEMNIFICATION

SECTION 7.1. Exculpation
             -----------

             (a) No Indemnified Person shall be liable, responsible or
accountable in damages or otherwise to the Guarantor or any Covered Person for
any loss, damage or claim

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         incurred by reason of any act or omission performed or omitted by such
         Indemnified Person in good faith in accordance with this Guarantee and
         in a manner that such Indemnified Person reasonably believed to be
         within the scope of the authority conferred on such Indemnified Person
         by this Guarantee or by law, except that an Indemnified Person shall be
         liable for any such loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of such
         Indemnified Person's negligence or willful misconduct with respect to
         such acts or omissions.

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

SECTION 7.2. Indemnification
             ---------------

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

             (b) Promptly after receipt by an Indemnified Person under this
Section 7.2 of notice of the commencement of any action, such Indemnified Person
will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the Guarantor under
this Section 7.2, notify the Guarantor in writing of the commencement thereof;
but the failure so to notify the Guarantor (i) will not relieve the Guarantor
from liability under paragraph (a) above unless and to the extent that the
Guarantor did not otherwise learn of such action and such failure results in the
forfeiture by the Guarantor of substantial rights and defenses and (ii) will
not, in any event, relieve the Guarantor from any obligations to any Indemnified
Person other than the indemnification obligation provided in paragraph (a)
above. The Guarantor shall be entitled to appoint counsel of the Guarantor's
choice at the Guarantor's expense to represent the Indemnified Person in any
action for which indemnification is sought (in which case the Guarantor shall
not thereafter be responsible for the fees and expenses of any separate counsel
retained by the Indemnified Person or Persons except as set forth below);
provided, however, that such counsel shall be satisfactory to the Indemnified
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Person. Notwithstanding the Guarantor's election to appoint counsel to represent
the Guarantor in an action, the Indemnified Person shall have the right to
employ separate counsel (including local counsel), and the Guarantor shall bear
the reasonable fees, costs

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

SECTION 7.3. Compensation; Reimbursement of Expenses
             ---------------------------------------

             The Guarantor agrees:

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

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

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

                                  ARTICLE VIII
                                  MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 8.1. Successors and Assigns
             ----------------------

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

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SECTION 8.2. Amendments
             ----------

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

SECTION 8.3. Notices
             -------

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

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

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

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

                      First Community Capital Corporation
                      14200 Gulf Freeway
                      Houston, Texas 77275-2289
                      Attention: Nigel J. Harrison

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

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

SECTION 8.4. Benefit
             -------

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

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SECTION 8.5. Governing Law
             -------------

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

SECTION 8.6. Counterparts
             ------------

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

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

                                             FIRST COMMUNITY CAPITAL
                                                 CORPORATION,
                                                 as Guarantor

                                             By: /s/ Nigel J. Harrison
                                                -------------------------------
                                                Name:  Nigel J. Harrison
                                                Title: President

                                             WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, as
                                             Guarantee Trustee

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

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