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                                                                 EXHIBIT 4.01(b)

     WHEREAS, the Company desires to enter into a Purchase Agreement (the
"Purchase Agreement") by and among the Company and other initial purchasers
(collectively, the "Initial Purchasers") pursuant to which the Company will
issue and sell to the Initial Purchasers Notes due after 2012 in an aggregate
principal amount of up to $200,000,000 with an interest rate that shall not
exceed 6.00% (the "Notes");

     WHEREAS, the Notes will be issued under the July 1, 1996 Indenture (the
"Indenture") between the Company and Bank of New York, as successor to Bank of
Montreal Trust Company, in its capacity as trustee (the "Trustee"), which will
be amended in connection with the Note Transaction;

     WHEREAS, the Company is in the process of preparing a Preliminary Offering
Memorandum (the "Preliminary Offering Memorandum") with respect to the Notes to
be distributed to the Initial Purchasers and other prospective investors;

     WHEREAS, the Company desires to circulate a final Offering Memorandum (the
"Final Offering Memorandum") with respect to the Notes to the Initial Purchasers
and other investors;

     WHEREAS, the Company desires to enter into a Registration Rights Agreement
(the "Registration Rights Agreement") by and among the Company and the Initial
Purchasers pursuant to which the Company agrees to file with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission a registration statement (the "Registration
Statement") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"),
relating to another series of debt securities of the Company with terms
substantially identical to the Notes (the "Exchange Notes") to be offered in
exchange for the Notes (the "Exchange Offer"); and

     WHEREAS, the issuance and sale of the Notes, the execution, delivery and
performance of the Purchase Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement, the
amendment of the Indenture, the circulation of the Preliminary Offering
Memorandum and the Final Offering Memorandum, the Exchange Offer and the other
actions of the Company related to and in furtherance of the foregoing are herein
referred to as the "Note Transaction".

AUTHORIZATION OF THE NOTES

     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Directors hereby approves
the proposed issuance and sale (the "Offering") by the Company of the Notes to
the Initial Purchasers for purposes of resale by the Initial Purchasers pursuant
to Rule 144A and Regulation S under the Securities Act;

     RESOLVED FURTHER, that the Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer
and the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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and any other officers or assistant officers of the Company or its subsidiaries
that any of them may designate in writing from time to time (the "Designated
Officers"), be, and each of them hereby is, authorized and directed, in the name
and on behalf of the Company to negotiate the form, terms and provisions of the
Notes, and to execute and deliver up to $200,000,000 aggregate principal amount
of the Notes, with an interest rate not to exceed 6.00%, in accordance with the
terms and provisions of the Indenture and these resolutions;

PURCHASE AGREEMENT

     RESOLVED FURTHER, that the Designated Officers be, and each of them hereby
is, authorized and directed, in the name and on behalf of the Company and under
its corporate seal or otherwise, to negotiate the form, terms and provisions of
the Purchase Agreement, and to execute and deliver the Purchase Agreement;

INDENTURE

     RESOLVED FURTHER, if the Company and the Initial Purchasers agree that the
Indenture be amended pursuant to the Note Transaction, that the Designated
Officers be, and each of them hereby is, authorized and directed, in the name
and on behalf of the Company and under its corporate seal or otherwise, to
negotiate the form, terms and provisions of the amendments to the Indenture, and
to execute and deliver the amended Indenture;

     RESOLVED FURTHER, that the Trustee be, and it hereby is, directed to
authenticate, when executed by the Company, up to $200,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of the Notes with an interest rate not to exceed 6.00%, and if
and when issued in the Exchange Offer pursuant to the terms and conditions of
the Registration Rights Agreement, the Exchange Notes, and to deliver the same
to the Company upon written order, signed by any Designated Officer in
accordance with the Indenture, and thereafter to authenticate and deliver all
such other securities as may be necessary upon surrender of, or in exchange for,
or in lieu of, any outstanding securities, in accordance with the terms of the
Indenture;

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

     RESOLVED FURTHER, that the Designated Officers be, and each of them hereby
is, authorized and directed, in the name and on behalf of the Company and under
its corporate seal or otherwise, to negotiate the form, terms and provisions of
the Registration Rights Agreement, and to execute and deliver the Registration
Rights Agreement, providing for, among other things, an agreement by the Company
to prepare and file, (i) the Registration Statement with respect to the Exchange
Offer of the Notes for the Exchange Notes in order to permit the Exchange Notes
to be freely tradable after the Exchange Offer without further registration
under the Securities Act, or (ii) in lieu thereof or in addition

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thereto, a shelf registration statement with respect to the resale of the
Exchange Notes (the "Shelf Registration Statement") under the Securities Act;

AUTHORIZATION OF EXCHANGE NOTES

     RESOLVED FURTHER, that the Designated Officers be, and each of them hereby
is, authorized and directed, in the name and on behalf of the Company and under
its corporate seal or otherwise, to negotiate the form, terms and provisions of
the Exchange Notes, and to execute and deliver the Exchange Notes or any
certificates or other instruments evidencing the Exchange Notes in accordance
with the terms and provisions of the Indenture and the Registration Rights
Agreement;

LETTER OF REPRESENTATIONS

     RESOLVED FURTHER, that the Company be, and it hereby is, authorized to
deposit the Notes with the Trustee as agent for The Depository Trust Corporation
("DTC") and that the Designated Officers be, and each of them hereby is,
authorized and directed, in the name and on behalf of the Company and under its
corporate seal or otherwise, to negotiate the form, terms and provisions of the
Letter of Representations (the "Letter of Representations") proposed to be
entered into among the Company, the Trustee and DTC, and to execute and deliver
the Letter of Representations;

     RESOLVED FURTHER, that the appointment of DTC as depositary for the Notes
and the Exchange Notes is hereby approved and authorized;

OFFERING MEMORANDUM

     RESOLVED FURTHER, that the Designated Officers be, and each of them hereby
is, authorized and empowered, in the name and on behalf of the Company and under
its corporate seal or otherwise, to negotiate the form and provisions of the
Preliminary Offering Memorandum and to create the Final Offering Memorandum and
to make such other amendments, modifications or supplements to the Final
Offering Memorandum after its circulation, and to cause the distribution of the
Final Offering Memorandum and such amendments, modifications or supplements, in
such form as such officer or officers shall, in his or their sole discretion,
determine to be necessary, proper or advisable in connection with the offering
of the Notes; and that the Designated Officers be, and each of them hereby is,
authorized and directed, in the name and on behalf of the Company and under its
corporate seal or otherwise, to take such other actions with respect thereto as
they shall deem necessary or advisable;

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AUTHORIZATION WITH RESPECT TO PRICING

     RESOLVED FURTHER, that the Designated Officers be, and hereby are,
authorized to determine and agree for and on behalf of the Company, the price at
which the Notes shall be offered, the interest rate to be borne by the Notes and
the dates of payment thereof, the maturity date of the Notes, the redemption
prices of the Notes, and the dates on and after which any such redemption shall
be permitted and the other terms of such redemption, and the discount rate for
purposes of determining additional interest;

     RESOLVED FURTHER, that the Notes shall be sold to the Initial Purchasers
pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, in such denominations as requested pursuant
to the Purchase Agreement for resale by the Initial Purchasers to qualified
institutional buyers within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act,
and to persons outside the United States in accordance with Regulation S under
the Securities Act;

BLUE SKY AND OTHER STATE SECURITIES LAWS

     RESOLVED FURTHER, that the Designated Officers be, and each of them hereby
is, authorized and directed in the name and on behalf of the Company and under
its corporate seal or otherwise, to take any and all action which they may deem
necessary or advisable in order to effect the registration or qualification (or
exemption therefrom) of the Notes and the Exchange Notes under the "blue sky" or
securities laws of any of the states of the United States of America or of any
other jurisdiction where the Notes or Exchange Notes may be offered or sold, and
in connection therewith to execute, acknowledge, verify, deliver, file or cause
to be published any applications, reports, consents to service of process,
appointments of attorneys to receive service of process and other papers and
instruments which may be required under such laws, and to take any and all
further action which they may deem necessary or advisable in order to maintain
any such registration or qualification for as long as they deem necessary or as
required by law or requested by the Initial Purchasers and that any and all such
actions previously taken by any proper officer be, and they are, in all
respects, approved, ratified and confirmed;

     RESOLVED FURTHER, that if in any state or other jurisdiction in which
action is taken to register or qualify (or exempt therefrom) the Notes and/or
the Exchange Notes, a prescribed form of resolution or resolutions relating to
such registration or qualification (or exemption), or to any application,
report, surety bond, issuer's covenant, consent to service of process,
appointment of attorneys to receive service of process or other paper or
instrument in connection therewith, is required, each such resolution shall be
deemed to have been and it hereby is adopted by this Board of Directors, and the
Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Company is hereby authorized to
certify the adoption of any such resolution as though the same were now
presented to and adopted at this meeting, all such

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resolutions to be inserted in the minute book of the Company as part of the
minutes of this meeting;

UTILITY FILINGS

     RESOLVED FURTHER, that the Designated Officers be, and hereby they are,
authorized, empowered and directed to execute and file on behalf of the Company
a Securities Certificate with the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission and an
Application for an Order Authorizing the Issuance and Sale of Debt Securities
with the Kentucky Public Service Commission, in each case relating to the Note
Transaction, and to execute and file with the Pennsylvania Public Utility
Commission and the Kentucky Public Service Commission and all other regulatory
authorities such amendments or additional applications, agreements and other
documents, or amendments to the same, and to take any and all such further
actions, as such officers may deem necessary or advisable in order to make all
filings with all such regulatory authorities effective and to authorize the
issuance and sale of the debt securities;

USE OF PROCEEDS

     RESOLVED FURTHER, that the Company be, and hereby is, authorized to use the
proceeds of the Note Transaction to reduce or refinance the Company's
outstanding commercial paper and other short-term or long-term debt or to redeem
the Company's 7.35% Junior Subordinated Deferrable Interest Debentures due April
15, 2038 or for general corporate purposes;

GENERAL

     RESOLVED FURTHER, that the Designated Officers be, and each individually
hereby is, authorized, empowered, and directed, for and on behalf of the Company
to deliver such corporate papers, certificates and other documents, and to affix
and attest to the seal of the Company, as may be deemed necessary or advisable
by any one of them in connection with the Purchase Agreement, the Indenture, the
Notes, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Registration Statement, the Shelf
Registration Statement or any of the other documents required to executed in
connection with the Note Transaction and to do any and all other acts and things
(including, without limitation, affixing the seal of the Company to any and all
instruments, agreements, papers, certificates and documents) and to enter into
and execute any and all documents or instruments which in the opinion of any of
said officers shall be necessary or desirable in connection with carrying out by
the Company of the transaction authorized by the foregoing resolutions; and

     RESOLVED FURTHER, that any and all actions heretofore taken in furtherance
of the transactions contemplated herein be, and they hereby are, ratified,
approved and confirmed in all respects.

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                                                                 EXHIBIT 4.01(c)

                            EQUITABLE RESOURCES, INC.

                              OFFICER'S DECLARATION

                                February 20, 2003

          WHEREAS, resolutions of the Board of Directors of Equitable Resources,
Inc. (the "Company") duly adopted on January 16, 2003 (the "Resolutions")
authorized and ratified, INTER ALIA, the Designated Officers (as defined
therein) (i) to negotiate the form, terms and provisions of the Notes (as
defined below), (ii) to execute and deliver up to $200,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of the Notes, with an interest rate not to exceed 6.00%, in
accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and this declaration, (iii) to
negotiate the form, terms and provisions of the amendments to the Indenture, if
any, and (iv) to determine and agree to the price at which the Notes shall be
offered, the interest rate to be borne by the Notes and the dates of payment
thereof, the maturity date of the Notes, the redemption prices of the Notes, and
the dates on and after which any such redemption shall be permitted and the
other terms of such redemption, and the discount rate for purposes of
determining additional interest.

          WHEREAS, the terms not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned
to them in the Indenture (the "Indenture") dated as of July 1, 1996 between the
Company and The Bank of New York (as successor to the Bank of Montreal Trust
Company), as trustee (the "Trustee"); and

          WHEREAS, this Designated Officer has been authorized by the
Resolutions to establish the terms of the issuance and sale of the Notes of the
Company in an aggregate principal amount of up to $200,000,000, and to take
other actions in connection therewith as specified in the Resolutions;

          NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that pursuant to and in accordance
with the Resolutions, $200,000,000 of aggregate principal amount of Notes of the
Company shall be issued with the following terms:

          (1) The title of the Notes shall be the "5.15% Notes due 2018"
     (referred to herein as the "Notes").

          (2) The aggregate principal amount of the Notes shall initially be
     limited to $200,000,000. The Company may also at any time and from time to
     time, without notice to or consent of the Holders, issue additional Notes
     of the same tenor, coupon and other terms as the Notes offered hereby, so
     that such additional Notes and the Notes offered hereby shall form a single
     series.

          (3) The Notes shall be issued on February 27, 2003 and shall mature on
     March 1, 2018.

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          (4) The Notes shall bear interest at the rate of 5.15% per annum
     calculated on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months; interest
     in respect of each of the Notes shall accrue from February 27, 2003, or
     from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid
     or duly provided for until the principal thereof is paid or made available
     for payment; the Interest Payment Dates shall be March 1 and September 1 of
     each year, commencing September 1, 2003; and the Regular Record Date for
     interest payable on any Interest Payment Dates shall be the close of
     business on February 15 or August 15, as the case may be, immediately
     preceding such Interest Payment Date.

          (5) The interest rate on the Notes is subject to increase in certain
     circumstances relating to the registration of the Exchange Notes up to a
     maximum additional interest rate of 0.50% per year.

          (6) Payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on each
     of the Notes shall be payable as provided for in the Indenture.

          (7) The Notes shall be redeemable, at the option of the Company, at
     any time in whole or from time to time in part, upon not less than 30 and
     not more than 60 days' notice mailed to each registered Holder of Notes to
     be redeemed, on any date prior to maturity at a price equal to the greater
     of (i) 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest to the
     Redemption Date or (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining
     scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Notes to be redeemed
     (exclusive of interest accrued to the Redemption Date) discounted to the
     Redemption Date on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting
     of twelve 30 day months) at the applicable Treasury Rate plus 20 basis
     points plus accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount being
     redeemed to the Redemption Date;

          "Treasury Rate" means, with respect to any Redemption Date for the
     securities,

          -    the yield, under the heading which represents the average for the
               immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently
               published statistical release designated "H.15(519)" or any
               successor publication which is published weekly by the Board of
               Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which establishes
               yields on actively traded U.S. Treasury securities adjusted to
               constant maturity under the caption "Treasury Constant
               Maturities," for the maturity corresponding to the Comparable
               Treasury Issue (if no maturity is within three months before or
               after the remaining life (as defined below), yields for the two
               published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable
               Treasury Issue will be determined and the Treasury Rate shall be
               interpolated or extrapolated from those yields on a straight line
               basis, rounding to the nearest month); or

          -    if the release referred to in the previous bullet (or any
               successor release) is not published during the week preceding the
               calculation date or does not contain the yields referred to
               above, the rate per year equal to the semi-annual equivalent
               yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated
               using

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               a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a
               percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable
               Treasury Price for that Redemption Date.

          The Treasury Rate will be calculated on the third business day
     preceding the Redemption Date.

          "Comparable Treasury Issue" means the U.S. Treasury security selected
     by an Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the
     remaining term ("remaining life") of the Notes 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 terms of the Notes.

          "Comparable Treasury Price" means, with respect to any Redemption
     Date:

          -    the average of five Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such
               Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest Reference
               Treasury Dealer Quotations, or

          -    if the Independent Investment Banker is unable to obtain at least
               four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of
               all Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations obtained by the
               Independent Investment Banker.

          "Independent Investment Banker" means either Goldman, Sachs & Co.,
     Lehman Brothers Inc. or Salomon Smith Barney Inc., as specified by the
     Company, or if these firms are unwilling or unable to select the applicable
     Comparable Treasury Issue, an independent investment banking institution of
     national standing appointed by the Company.

          "Reference Treasury Dealer" means (1) Goldman, Sachs & Co., Lehman
     Brothers Inc. and Salomon Smith Barney Inc. (and their respective
     successors), provided, however, that if either of the foregoing shall cease
     to be a primary U.S. government securities dealer (a "Primary Treasury
     Dealer"), the Company will substitute therefore another Primary Treasury
     Dealer and (2) any other Primary Treasury Dealer selected by the Company
     after consultation with the Independent Investment Banker.

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

          In the event of redemption of this Note in part only, a new Note or
     Notes of this series and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof
     will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation
     hereof.

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          If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall
     select the Notes to be redeemed by such method as the Trustee shall deem
     fair and appropriate.

          (8) The Company shall have no sinking fund or analogous obligations in
     respect of the Notes.

          (9) The Notes shall be issued in denominations of $1,000 or any
     integral multiple of $1,000 in excess of $1,000.

          (10) Principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes shall be
     payable in U.S. dollars.

          (11) The Company shall not elect to have payments of principal of,
     premium, if any, or interest on the Notes made in a currency other than
     that in which the Notes are denominated or designated to be payable; the
     Notes may be satisfied and discharged only as provided in Article 4 of the
     Indenture.

          (12) Amounts of payments of principal of, premium, if any, and
     interest shall not be payable on the Notes with reference to an index,
     formula or other similar method.

          (13) Upon a declaration of acceleration of the Notes, the principal of
     the Notes may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect
     provided in the Indenture. Upon (i) payment of the amount of principal so
     declared due and payable, (ii) payment of interest on any overdue principal
     and overdue interest (in each case to the extent that the payment of such
     interest shall be legally enforceable) and (iii) the occurrence of certain
     other events as set forth in the Indenture, all of the Company's
     obligations in respect of the payment of the principal of and interest, if
     any, on the Notes shall terminate.

          (14) Interest on any Note shall be payable to the Person in whose name
     such Note is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date
     for such interest, pursuant to Section 307 of the Indenture.

          (15) There are no deletions from, modifications of or additions to the
     Events of Default set forth in Section 501 of the Indenture (except that
     under Section 501(5) $25,000,000 has been changed to $50,000,000), or
     covenants of the Company set forth in Article 10 of the Indenture.

          (16) The global notes representing the Notes shall be dated the date
of original issuance of the Notes.

          (17) The Security Registrar and Paying Agent shall initially be The
     Bank of New York.

          (18)  Initially, there shall be no Exchange Rate Agent.

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          (19) The Notes are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount
     of Notes of the same series of like tenor of a different authorized
     denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

          (20) The initial price at which the Notes shall be sold to the public
     shall be 99.916% of their aggregate principal amount, and the underwriting
     discount payable to the Initial Purchasers pursuant to the Purchase
     Agreement dated February 20, 2003 among the Company and the Initial
     Purchasers shall be 0.750% of their aggregate principal amount.

          (21) The Notes shall be in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit
     A attached hereto, with such changes and modifications as the Designated
     Officer executing the same shall approve, such approval to be conclusively
     evidenced by such execution, and the Trustee's Certificate of
     Authentication shall be as set forth in the Indenture.

          (22) Each Note will be represented by either a global security
     registered in the name of a nominee of The Depository Trust Company or
     other depository or a certificate issued in definitive form as set forth in
     Annex A, and the transfer and exchange of the Notes shall be subject to the
     provisions set forth in Annex A.

          (23) The terms and conditions of the Notes not otherwise specified
     herein or in the form of each of the Notes shall be as specified in the
     Indenture; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, to the extent that any provision herein
     with respect to the Notes is inconsistent with any provision in the
     Indenture, the provisions enumerated herein shall control.

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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name on this 20th day of
     February, 2003.

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                                        Name:  David L. Porges
                                        Title: Executive Vice President and
                                               Chief Financial Officer

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                                                ANNEX A TO OFFICER'S DECLARATION

          (1) The Notes offered and sold in reliance on Rule 144A under the
     Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), shall be issued
     initially in the form of one or more Global Notes (the "Rule 144A Global
     Notes") registered in the name of The Depository Trust Company ("DTC") or a
     nominee of DTC.

          (2) The Notes offered and sold in reliance on Regulation S under the
     Securities Act shall be issued initially in the form of one or more Global
     Notes (the "Regulation S Global Notes") registered in the name of DTC or a
     nominee of DTC. Each Regulation S Global Note will be deposited upon
     issuance with, or on behalf of, a custodian for DTC for credit to the
     respective accounts of the purchasers, or to other accounts as they may
     direct, at Euroclear Bank, S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear System
     ("Euroclear"), or at Clearstream Banking, societe anonyme, Luxembourg
     ("Clearstream"). During the 40-day restricted period as defined in
     Regulation S under the Securities Act (the "Restricted Period"), interests
     in the Regulation S Global Note may only be held through Euroclear or
     Clearstream, as direct participants in DTC, unless exchanged for interests
     in the Rule 144A Global Note or the Institutional Accredited Investor
     Global Note, in accordance with the transfer and certification requirements
     described below.

          (3) The initial resale of the Notes shall not be to an institution
     that is an "accredited investor" as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or
     (7) under the Securities Act ("Institutional Accredited Investors"), who is
     not also a "qualified institutional buyer". The Notes resold to
     Institutional Accredited Investors shall be issued initially in the form of
     one or more Global Notes (the "Institutional Accredited Investor Global
     Notes") registered in the name of DTC or a nominee of DTC.

          (4) Notes exchanged for interests in the Rule 144A Global Note, the
     Regulation S Global Note and the Institutional Accredited Investor Global
     Note pursuant to the Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement will be
     issued in the form of one or more Global Notes (the "Exchange Global
     Notes") registered in the name of DTC or a nominee of DTC.

          (5) The Rule 144A Global Notes, Regulation S Global Notes,
     Institutional Accredited Investor Notes and the Exchange Global Notes are
     referred to as the "Global Notes".

          (6) The following provisions shall apply with respect to any proposed
     transfer of a beneficial interest in a Rule 144A Global Note or an
     Institutional Accredited Investor Global Note or a certificated Note issued
     in exchange therefor prior to the date which is two years after the later
     of the date of its original issue and the last date on which the Company or
     any affiliate of the Company was the owner of such Note (or any predecessor
     thereto) (the "Resale Restriction Termination Date") unless prior to such
     transfer the Notes have been registered under the Securities Act:

          a.    a transfer of a beneficial interest in a Rule 144A Global Note
     or an Institutional Accredited Investor Global Note or a certificated Note
     issued in exchange

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     therefor to a "qualified institutional buyer" shall be made upon the
     representation of the transferee in the form as set forth in the form of
     assignment on the reverse of the Note that it is purchasing for its own
     account or an account with respect to which it exercises sole investment
     discretion and that it and any such account is a "qualified institutional
     buyer" within the meaning of Rule 144A, is aware that the sale to it is
     being made in reliance on Rule 144A and acknowledges that it has received
     such information regarding the Company as the undersigned has requested
     pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined not to request such information and
     that it is aware that the transferor is relying upon its foregoing
     representations in order to claim the exemption from registration provided
     by Rule 144A;

          b.    a transfer of a beneficial interest in a Rule 144A Global Note
     or an Institutional Accredited Investor Global Note or a certificated Note
     issued in exchange therefor to an Institutional Accredited Investor shall
     be made upon receipt by the Trustee or its agent of a certificate
     substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit B from the proposed
     transferee and, if requested by the Company or the Trustee, the delivery of
     an opinion of counsel, certification and/or other information satisfactory
     to each of them; and

          c.    a transfer of a beneficial interest in a Rule 144A Global Note
     or an Institutional Accredited Investor Global Note or a certificated Note
     issued in exchange therefor to a person that is not a U.S. Person (as
     defined in Rule 902(o) under the Securities Act (a "Non-U.S. Person"))
     shall be made upon receipt by the Trustee or its agent of a certificate
     substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit C from the proposed
     transferor and, if requested by the Company or the Trustee, the delivery of
     an opinion of counsel, certification and/or other information satisfactory
     to each of them.

          (7) After the Resale Restriction Termination Date, interests in the
     Rule 144A Global Note may be transferred without requiring the
     certification set forth in Exhibit B or any additional certification.

          (8) The following provisions shall apply with respect to any proposed
     transfer of a Regulation S Global Note or a beneficial interest therein
     prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period:

          a.    a transfer of a Regulation S Global Note or a beneficial
     interest therein to a "qualified institutional buyer" shall be made upon
     the representation of the transferee, in the form of assignment on the
     reverse of the Note, that it is purchasing the Note for its own account or
     an account with respect to which it exercises sole investment discretion
     and that it and any such account is a "qualified institutional buyer"
     within the meaning of Rule 144A, and is aware that the sale to it is being
     made in reliance on Rule 144A and acknowledges that it has received such
     information regarding the Company as the undersigned has requested pursuant
     to Rule 144A or has determined not to request such information and that it
     is aware that the transferor is relying upon its foregoing representations
     in order to claim the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A;

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          b.    a transfer of a Regulation S Global Note or a beneficial
     interest therein to an Institutional Accredited Investor shall be made upon
     receipt by the Trustee or its agent of a certificate substantially in the
     form set forth in Exhibit B from the proposed transferee and, if requested
     by the Company or the Trustee, the delivery of an opinion of counsel,
     certification and/or other information satisfactory to each of them; and

          c.    a transfer of a Regulation S Global Note or a beneficial
     interest therein to a Non-U.S. Person shall be made upon receipt by the
     Trustee or its agent of a certificate substantially in the form set forth
     in Exhibit C hereof from the proposed transferor and, if requested by the
     Company or the Trustee, receipt by the Trustee or its agent of an opinion
     of counsel, certification and/or other information satisfactory to each of
     them.

          (9) After the expiration of the Restricted Period, interests in the
     Regulation S Global Note may be transferred without requiring the
     certifications set forth in Exhibit B, Exhibit C or any additional
     certification.

          (10) a. The Rule 144A Global Note and the Institutional Accredited
     Investor Global Note shall bear the following legend (the "Private
     Placement Legend") on the face thereof:

          "THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
          1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY
          STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION. 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, SUCH REGISTRATION. THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE
          HEREOF, AGREES ON ITS OWN BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF ANY INVESTOR ACCOUNT
          FOR WHICH IT HAS PURCHASED SECURITIES TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE
          TRANSFER SUCH SECURITY, PRIOR TO THE DATE (THE "RESALE RESTRICTION
          TERMINATION DATE") THAT IS TWO YEARS AFTER THE LATER OF THE ORIGINAL
          ISSUE DATE HEREOF AND THE LAST DATE ON WHICH THE COMPANY OR ANY
          AFFILIATE OF THE COMPANY WAS THE OWNER OF THIS SECURITY (OR ANY
          PREDECESSOR OF SUCH SECURITY), ONLY (A) TO THE COMPANY, (B) PURSUANT
          TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT THAT HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE
          SECURITIES ACT, (C) FOR SO LONG AS THE SECURITIES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR
          RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, TO A PERSON IT
          REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A "QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER" AS DEFINED IN
          RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT 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,

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          (D) PURSUANT TO OFFERS AND SALES THAT OCCUR OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES
          WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (E) TO AN
          INSTITUTIONAL "ACCREDITED INVESTOR" WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501
          (a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT IS AN
          INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR ACQUIRING THE SECURITY FOR ITS OWN
          ACCOUNT, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF SUCH AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED
          INVESTOR, IN EACH CASE IN A MINIMUM PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THE SECURITIES
          OF $250,000, 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 AND THAT, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, SUCH INSTITUTIONAL
          ACCREDITED INVESTOR FURNISHES TO THE TRUSTEE A SIGNED LETTER
          CONTAINING CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS AND AGREEMENTS RELATING TO THE
          RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY, OR (F) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER
          AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE
          SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO THE COMPANY'S AND THE TRUSTEE'S RIGHT PRIOR
          TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSES (D), (E) OR
          (F) TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION
          AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM. THIS LEGEND
          WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE REQUEST OF THE HOLDER AFTER THE RESALE
          RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE."

          b.    The Regulation S Global Note shall bear the following legend
     (the "Regulation S Legend") on the face thereof:

          "THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT
          OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT
          BE OFFERED OR SOLD WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OR TO OR FOR THE ACCOUNT
          OF BENEFIT OF, U.S. PERSONS EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN THE FOLLOWING
          SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER (1) REPRESENTS THAT IT
          IS NOT A U.S. PERSON NOR IS IT PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A U.S.
          PERSON AND IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN
          ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT ("REGULATION
          S"), (2) BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF AGREES, ON ITS OWN BEHALF AND ON
          BEHALF OF ANY INVESTOR ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT HAS PURCHASED THE
          SECURITIES, TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH SECURITY, PRIOR
          TO THE DATE (THE "RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE") THAT IS TWO
          YEARS AFTER THE LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE HEREOF AND THE LAST
          DATE ON WHICH THE COMPANY OR ANY AFFILIATE OF THE COMPANY WAS THE
          OWNER OF THIS SECURITY (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF SUCH SECURITY), ONLY (A)
          TO THE

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          COMPANY, (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT HAS BEEN DECLARED
          EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) FOR SO LONG AS THE SECURITIES
          ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES
          ACT, TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A "QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL
          BUYER" AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT 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, (D) PURSUANT TO OFFERS AND SALES THAT OCCUR
          OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE
          SECURITIES ACT, (E) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL "ACCREDITED INVESTOR" WITHIN
          THE MEANING OF RULE 501 (A) (1), (2), (3) OR (7) UNDER THE SECURITIES
          ACT THAT IS AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR ACQUIRING THE
          SECURITY FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF SUCH AN
          INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR, IN EACH CASE IN A MINIMUM PRINCIPAL
          AMOUNT OF THE SECURITIES OF $250,000, 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 AND THAT, PRIOR TO
          SUCH TRANSFER, SUCH INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR FURNISHES TO THE
          TRUSTEE A SIGNED LETTER CONTAINING CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS AND
          AGREEMENTS RELATING TO THE RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY,
          OR (F) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION
          REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO THE COMPANY'S AND THE
          TRUSTEE'S RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER PURSUANT TO
          CLAUSES (D), (E) OR (F) TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF
          COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH
          OF THEM AND IN THE CASE OF THE FOREGOING CLAUSE (E), A CERTIFICATE OF
          TRANSFER IN THE FORM APPEARING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS SECURITY IS
          COMPLETED AND DELIVERED BY THE TRANSFEROR TO THE COMPANY AND THE
          TRUSTEE. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED AFTER 40 CONSECUTIVE DAYS
          BEGINNING ON AND INCLUDING THE LATER OF (A) THE DAY ON WHICH THE
          SECURITIES ARE OFFERED TO PERSONS OTHER THAN DISTRIBUTORS (AS DEFINED
          IN REGULATION S) AND (B) THE DATE OF THE CLOSING OF THE ORIGINAL
          OFFERING. AS USED HEREIN, THE TERMS "OFFSHORE TRANSACTION," "UNITED
          STATES" AND "U.S. PERSON" HAVE THE MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM BY
          REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT."

          (11) Upon the transfer, exchange or replacement of the Notes not
     bearing a Private Placement Legend or a Regulation S Legend, the Trustee
     shall deliver Notes that do not bear a Private Placement Legend or a
     Regulation S Legend. Upon the transfer,

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     exchange or replacement of the Notes bearing a Private Placement Legend or
     a Regulation S Legend, the Trustee shall deliver only Notes that bear a
     Private Placement Legend or a Regulation S Legend unless (i) such transfer
     exchange or replacement is made on or after (A) a Note is sold pursuant to
     an effective registration statement pursuant to the Exchange and
     Registration Rights Agreement, (B) a Note is exchanged for a Note in the
     exchange offer under an effective registration statement, pursuant to the
     Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement or (C) the Resale Restriction
     Termination Date, in the case of the Restricted Securities Legend, or the
     Restricted Period, in the case of the Regulation S Legend, or (ii) there is
     delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that neither
     such legend nor the related restrictions on transfer are required in order
     to maintain compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act.

          (12) The following shall apply only to Global Notes deposited with the
     Trustee, as custodian for DTC.

          a.    Each Global Note initially shall (x) be registered in the name
     of DTC for such Global Security or the nominee of DTC, (y) be delivered to
     the Trustee as custodian for DTC and (z) bear the following legend (the
     "Global Notes Legend") on the face thereof:

          "THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE
          INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A
          DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE OF A DEPOSITORY OR A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY.
          THIS SECURITY IS NOT EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE
          NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITORY OR ITS NOMINEE EXCEPT IN
          THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE, AND NO TRANSFER
          OF THIS SECURITY (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY AS A WHOLE BY
          THE DEPOSITORY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE
          DEPOSITORY TO THE DEPOSITORY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY) MAY
          BE REGISTERED EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE
          INDENTURE."

          b.    Members of, or participants in, DTC ("Agent Members") shall have
     no rights under these resolutions or the Indenture with respect to any
     Global Note held on their behalf by DTC or by the Trustee as the custodian
     of DTC or under such Global Note, and DTC may be treated by the Company,
     the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the absolute
     owner of such Global Note for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the
     foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee or any
     agent of the Company or the Trustee from giving effect to any written
     certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by DTC or impair, as
     between DTC and its Agent Members, the operation of customary practices of
     DTC governing the exercise of the rights of a beneficial owner of any
     Global Note.

          c.    In connection with any transfer of a portion of the beneficial
     interest in a Global Note pursuant to paragraph (vi) below to beneficial
     owners who are required to

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     hold certificated Notes, the Trustee shall reflect on its books and records
     the date and a decrease in the principal amount of such Global Note in an
     amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial interest in the
     Global Note to be transferred, and the Company shall execute, and the
     Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, one or more certificated Notes of
     like tenor and amount.

          d.    In connection with the transfer of an entire Global Note to
     beneficial owners pursuant to paragraph (vi) below, such Global Note shall
     be deemed to be surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation, and the
     Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, to
     each beneficial owner identified by DTC in exchange for its beneficial
     interest in such Global Note, an equal aggregate principal amount of
     certificated Notes of authorized denominations.

          e.    The registered Holder of a Global Note may grant proxies and
     otherwise authorize any person, including Agent Members and persons that
     may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action which a Holder
     is entitled to take under these resolutions, the Indenture or the Notes.

          f.    Except as provided below, owners of beneficial interests in
     Global Notes will not be entitled to receive certificated Notes. If
     required to do so pursuant to any applicable law or regulation, beneficial
     owners may obtain certificated Notes in exchange for their beneficial
     interests in a Global Note upon written request in accordance with DTC's
     and the Trustee's procedures. In addition, certificated Notes shall be
     transferred to all beneficial owners in exchange for their beneficial
     interests in a Global Note if (a) DTC notifies the Company that it is
     unwilling or unable to continue as depositary for such Global Security or
     DTC ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, at a
     time when DTC is required to be so registered in order to act as
     depositary, and in each case a successor depositary is not appointed by the
     Company within 90 days of such notice or, (b) the Company executes and
     delivers to the Trustee an officers' certificate stating that such Global
     Note shall be so exchangeable or (c) an Event of Default has occurred and
     is continuing and the Trustee has received a request from DTC for such
     transfer and exchange.

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                                              EXHIBIT A TO OFFICER'S DECLARATION

                               FORM OF GLOBAL NOTE

                        [Insert appropriate legend here]

                                                                   CUSIP________

                            EQUITABLE RESOURCES, INC.

No.____                                               $______________

                                                      As revised by the
                                                      Schedule of Increases or
                                                      Decreases in Global
                                                      Security attached hereto

Equitable Resources, Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing under the
laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (herein called the "Company", which
term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to),
for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co. or registered assigns,
the principal sum of _______, as revised by the Schedule of Increases or
Decreases in Global Security attached hereto, on __________and to pay interest
thereon from _________or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which
interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on March 1 and
September 1in each year, commencing __________at the rate of per ____annum,
until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment. The interest
so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment
Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name
this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close
of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be
_________or_________ (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next
preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid
or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such
Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this
Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of
business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to
be fixed by the Trustee, notice thereof having been given to Holders of
Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record
Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with
the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this
series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange,
all as more fully provided in said Indenture.

Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and any such interest on this
Security will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that
purpose in New York, New York in such coin or currency of the United States of
America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and
private debts. Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this
Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all
purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee
referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security shall not
be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any
purpose.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed
under its corporate seal. Dated:

                                            EQUITABLE RESOURCES, INC.

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

Attest:

------------------------------

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                     TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the _________described in the within-mentioned Indenture.

                                           THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
                                           as Trustee

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

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                               Reverse of Security

This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company
(herein called the "Securities"), issued and to be issued in one or more series
under an Indenture, dated as of July 1, 1996, as modified by the Officer's
Certificate dated February 27, 2003 (as so modified, herein called the
"Indenture"), between the Company and The Bank of New York (as successor to the
Bank of Montreal Trust Company), as Trustee (herein called the "Trustee", which
term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and
all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of
the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder
of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms
upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This
Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof, initially limited
in aggregate principal amount to $_________.

The Securities of this series are subject to redemption upon not less than 30
days' but not more than 60 days' notice by mail at any time and from time to
time, at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of (a) 100% of the principal
amount to be redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the Redemption
Date, or (b) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments
of principal and interest on the Security to be redeemed (exclusive of interest
accrued to the Redemption Date) discounted to the Redemption Date on a
semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30 day months) at
the applicable Treasury Rate (as defined below) plus 20 basis points plus
accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount being redeemed to the
Redemption Date.

For purposes of determining the redemption price, the following definitions are
applicable:

"Treasury Rate" means, with respect to any Redemption Date for the securities,

-    the yield, under the heading which represents the average for the
     immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently published
     statistical release designated "H.15(519)" or any successor publication
     which is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
     System and which establishes yields on actively traded U.S. Treasury
     securities adjusted to constant maturity under the caption "Treasury
     Constant Maturities," for the maturity corresponding to the Comparable
     Treasury Issue (if no maturity is within three months before or after the
     remaining life (as defined below), yields for the two published maturities
     most closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue will be
     determined and the Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from
     those yields on a straight line basis, rounding to the nearest month); or

-    if the release referred to in the previous bullet (or any successor
     release) is not published during the week preceding the calculation date or
     does not contain the yields referred to above, the rate per year 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 that Redemption Date.

The Treasury Rate will be calculated on the third business day preceding the
Redemption Date.

"Comparable Treasury Issue" means the U.S. Treasury security selected by an
Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining
term ("remaining life") of the Securities 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
terms of the Securities.

"Comparable Treasury Price" means, with respect to any Redemption Date:

-  the average of five Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption
   Date, after excluding the highest and lowest Reference Treasury Dealer
   Quotations, or

-  if the Independent Investment Banker is unable to obtain at least four such
   Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all Reference Treasury
   Dealer Quotations obtained by the Independent Investment Banker.

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"Independent Investment Banker" means either Goldman, Sachs & Co., Lehman
Brothers Inc. or Salomon Smith Barney Inc., as specified by the Company, or if
these firms are unwilling or unable to select the applicable Comparable Treasury
Issue, an independent investment banking institution of national standing
appointed by the Company.

"Reference Treasury Dealer" means (1) Goldman, Sachs & Co., Lehman Brothers Inc.
and Salomon Smith Barney Inc. (and their respective successors), provided,
however, that if either of the foregoing shall cease to be a primary U.S.
government securities dealer (a "Primary Treasury Dealer"), the Company will
substitute therefore another Primary Treasury Dealer and (2) any other Primary
Treasury Dealer selected by the Company after consultation with the Independent
Investment Banker.

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

In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or
Securities of this series and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof
will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof. If
an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be
continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due
and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

This Security will be entitled to the benefits of the Registration Rights
Agreement, dated February 27, 2003, by and among Goldman, Sachs & Co., Lehman
Brothers Inc., Salomon Smith Barney Inc., Banc One Capital Markets, Inc.,
Barclays Capital Inc., SunTrust Capital Markets, Inc., BNY Capital Markets,
Inc., and Fifth Third Securities, Inc., as initial purchasers, and the Company
(the "Registration Rights Agreement"). In the event of a Registration Default
(as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement), the Company will be obligated
to pay additional interest on the Notes during the period of one or more such
registration defaults in an amount equal to 0.25% per annum during the first 90
day period following such Registration Default, increasing by an additional
0.25% per annum during each subsequent 90 day period up to a maximum of 0.50%
per annum. Following the cure of all Registration Defaults the accrual of such
additional interest will cease. Whenever there is mentioned herein, in any
context, the payment of interest on this Security, such mention shall be deemed
to include mention of the payment of any additional interest to the extent that,
in such context, any such additional interest is, was or would be payable in
respect thereof pursuant to the provisions of this Security, the Indenture and
the Registration Rights Agreement and express mention of the payment of
additional interest (if applicable) in any provisions hereof shall not be
construed as excluding additional interest in those provisions hereof where such
express mention is not made.

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be
affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the
consent of the Holders of 66 2/3% in principal amount of the Securities at the
time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains
provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount
of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the
Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company
with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the
Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of
this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all
future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration
of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not
notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security. No reference
herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture
shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and
unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on this
Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein
prescribed. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations
therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registerable in the Security
Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the
office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of and any
premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his
attorney duly authorized in writing, and

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thereupon one or more new Securities of this series and of like tenor, of
authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be
issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without
coupons in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. As
provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth,
Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount
of Securities of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested
by the Holder surrendering the same.

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

Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the
Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the
Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all
purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the
Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary. All
terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the
meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

The Indenture and this Security shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, without regard to the
conflicts of law rules of said Commonwealth.

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                              [FORM OF ASSIGNMENT]

To assign this Security, fill in the form below:

          I or we assign and transfer this Security to

          ------------------------------------------------------------
              (Print or type assignee's name, address and zip code)

          ------------------------------------------------------------
                  (Insert assignee's soc. sec. or tax I.D. No.)

     and irrevocably appoint ________________ as agent for the transfer of this
     Security on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to
     act for him.

Date:                                 Your Signature:
      ---------------------                          ---------------------------

Signature Guarantee:
                     ----------------------------------------------------------
                      (Signature must be guaranteed)

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Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Security.

The signature(s) should be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution
(banks, stockbrokers, savings and loan associations and credit unions with
membership in an approved signature guarantee medallion program), pursuant to
S.E.C. Rule 17Ad-15.

THE REMAINDER OF THIS FORM OF ASSIGNMENT SHALL NOT BE INCLUDED IN THE SECURITIES
WHICH HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.

In connection with any transfer or exchange of any of the Securities evidenced
by this certificate occurring prior to the date that is two years after the
later of the date of original issuance of such Securities and the last date, if
any, on which such Securities were owned by the Company or any Affiliate of the
Company, the undersigned confirms that such Securities are being:

CHECK ONE BOX BELOW:

     1    / /  acquired for the undersigned's own account, without transfer;

     2    / /  transferred to the Company; or

     3    / /  transferred pursuant to and in compliance with Rule 144A under
               the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "SECURITIES ACT"); or

     4    / /  transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement under
               the Securities Act; or

     5    / /  transferred pursuant to and in compliance with Regulation S under
               the Securities Act; or

     6    / /  transferred to an institutional "accredited investor" (as defined
               in Rule 501(a)(1), EQUAL TO (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities
               Act), that has furnished to the Trustee a signed letter
               containing certain representations and agreements that it is
               acquiring this Security for investment and not with a view to, or
               for offer or sale in connection with, any distribution (as
               contemplated in the Securities Act) or fractionalization thereof
               or with any intention of reselling this Security or any part
               thereof, subject to any requirement of

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               law that the disposition of its property will be at all times
               within its control and subject to its ability to resell this
               Security pursuant to Rule 144A, Regulation S or other exemption
               from registration available under the Securities Act; or

     7    / /  transferred pursuant to another available exemption from the
               registration requirements of the Securities Act.

Unless one of the boxes is checked, the Trustee will refuse to register any of
the Securities evidenced by this certificate in the name of any person other
than the registered holder thereof; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if box (5), (6) or
(7) is checked, the Trustee or the Company may require, prior to registering any
such transfer of the Securities, in their sole discretion, such legal opinions,
certifications and other information as the Trustee or the Company may
reasonably request to confirm that such transfer is being made pursuant to an
exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration
requirements of the Securities Act, such as the exemption provided by Rule 144
under such Act.

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                                        Signature

Signature Guarantee:

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(Signature must be guaranteed)          Signature

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The signature(s) should be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution
(banks, stockbrokers, savings and loan associations and credit unions with
membership in an approved signature guarantee medallion program), pursuant to
S.E.C. Rule 17Ad-15.

TO BE COMPLETED BY PURCHASER IF (1) OR (3) ABOVE IS CHECKED.

          The undersigned represents and warrants that it is purchasing this
Security for its own account or an account with respect to which it exercises
sole investment discretion and that it and any such account is a "qualified
institutional buyer" within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act,
and is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A and
acknowledges that it has received such information regarding the Company as the
undersigned has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined not to request
such information and that it is aware that the transferor is relying upon the
undersigned's foregoing representations in order to claim the exemption from
registration provided by Rule 144A.

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Dated:

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                       [TO BE ATTACHED TO GLOBAL SECURITY]

              SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL SECURITY

     The following increases or decreases in this Global Note have been made

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<Caption>
                                                                     Principal Amount of
                    Amount of increase in    Amount of decrease in   this Global Note         Signature of
                    Principal Amount of      Principal Amount        following each           authorized signatory
Date of Exchange    this Global Note         of this Global Note     decrease or increase     of Trustee
----------------    ---------------------    ---------------------   ---------------------    ----------------------
<S>                 <C>                      <C>                     <C>                      <C>
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                                              EXHIBIT B TO OFFICER'S DECLARATION

             FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED IN CONNECTION WITH
                 TRANSFERS TO INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTORS

                                                       [Date]
[Issuer]

[Trustee]

Ladies and Gentlemen:

          This certificate is delivered to request a transfer of $_________
principal amount of the ____% Notes due ____ (the "SECURITIES") of
__________________ (the "COMPANY").

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

          Name: ___________________________________

          Address: ________________________________

          Taxpayer ID Number: _____________________

          The undersigned represents and warrants to you that:

          1. We are an institutional "accredited investor" (as defined in Rule
501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"SECURITIES ACT")) purchasing for our own account or for the account of such an
institutional "accredited investor" at least $250,000 principal amount of the
Securities, and we are acquiring the Securities not with a view to, or for offer
or sale in connection with, any distribution in violation of the Securities Act.
We have such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be
capable of evaluating the merits and risk of our investment in the Securities
and we invest in or purchase securities similar to the Securities in the normal
course of our business. We and any accounts for which we are acting are each
able to bear the economic risk of our or its investment.

          2. We understand that the Securities have not been registered under
the Securities Act and, unless so registered, may not be 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 Securities to offer, sell or
otherwise transfer such Securities prior to the date that is two years after the
later of the date of original issue and the last date on which the Company or

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any affiliate of the Company was the owner of such Securities (or any
predecessor thereto) (the "RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE") only (a) to the
Company, (b) pursuant to a registration statement which has been declared
effective under the Securities Act, (c) in a transaction complying with the
requirements of 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, (d) pursuant to
offers and sales that occur outside the United States within the meaning of
Regulation S under the Securities Act, (e) to an institutional "accredited
investor" within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the
Securities Act that is purchasing for its own account or for the account of such
an institutional "accredited investor," in each case in a minimum principal
amount of Securities of $250,000 or (f) pursuant to any other available
exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, subject in
each of the foregoing cases to any requirement of law that the disposition of
our property or the property of such investor account or accounts be at all
times within our or their control and in compliance with any applicable state
securities laws. The foregoing restrictions on resale will not apply subsequent
to the Resale Restriction Termination Date. If any resale or other transfer of
the Securities is proposed to be made pursuant to clause (e) above prior to the
Resale Restriction Termination Date, the transferor shall deliver a letter from
the transferee substantially in the form of this letter to the Company and the
Trustee, which shall provide, among other things, that the transferee is an
institutional "accredited investor" (within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2),
(3) or (7) under the Securities Act) and that it is acquiring such Securities
for investment purposes and not for distribution in violation of the Securities
Act. Each purchaser acknowledges that the Company and the Trustee reserve the
right prior to any offer, sale or other transfer prior to the Resale Termination
Date of the Securities pursuant to clauses (d), (e) or (f) above to require the
delivery of an opinion of counsel, certifications and/or other information
satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee.

                                        TRANSFEREE:
                                                   ----------------------

                                        BY:
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                                              EXHIBIT C TO OFFICER'S DECLARATION

                FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED IN CONNECTION
                     WITH TRANSFERS PURSUANT TO REGULATION S

                                                       [Date]

[Issuer]

[Trustee

          Re:   ____% Notes due ____ (the "Securities")

Ladies and Gentlemen:

          In connection with our proposed sale of $________ aggregate principal
amount of the Securities, we confirm that such sale has been effected pursuant
to and in accordance with Regulation S under the United States Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "SECURITIES ACT"), and, accordingly, we represent that:

           the offer of the Securities was not made to a person in the United
 States;
         i.   either (i) at the time the buy order was originated, the
     transferee was outside the United States or we and any person acting on our
     behalf reasonably believed that the transferee was outside the United
     States or (ii) the transaction was executed in, on or through the
     facilities of a designated off-shore securities market and neither we nor
     any person acting on our behalf knows that the transaction has been
     pre-arranged with a buyer in the United States;

         ii.  no directed selling efforts have been made in the United States
     in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or Rule 904(b) of
     Regulation S, as applicable; and

        iii.  the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the
     registration requirements of the Securities Act.

          In addition, if the sale is made during a restricted period and the
provisions of Rule 903(c)(3) or Rule 904(c)(1) of Regulation S are applicable
thereto, we confirm that such sale has been made in accordance with the
applicable provisions of Rule 903(c)(3) or Rule 904(c)(1), as the case may be.

          You and the Company 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

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legal proceedings or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered
hereby. Terms used in this certificate have the meanings set forth in Regulation
S.

                                            Very truly yours,

                                            [Name of Transferor]

                                            By:
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     Authorized Signature

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