Document:

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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.2

                                 SIERRA BANCORP
                                    as Issuer

                                    INDENTURE

                          Dated as of November 28, 2001

                            WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY
                                   as Trustee

           FLOATING RATE JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEBT SECURITIES DUE 2031
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                          TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Parties................................................................................1
Recitals...............................................................................1
Authorization of Indenture.............................................................1
Compliance with Legal Requirements.....................................................1
Purpose of and Consideration for Indenture.............................................1
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                              ARTICLE I

                             DEFINITIONS

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SECTION 1.01. Definitions..............................................................1
Additional Interest....................................................................1
Additional Provisions..................................................................1
Authenticating Agent...................................................................1
Bankruptcy Law.........................................................................1
Board of Directors.....................................................................1
Board Resolution.......................................................................2
Business Day...........................................................................2
Calculation Agent......................................................................2
Capital Securities.....................................................................2
Capital Securities Guarantee...........................................................2
Capital Treatment Event................................................................2
Certificate............................................................................2
Common Securities......................................................................2
Company................................................................................3
Comparable Treasury Issue..............................................................3
Comparable Treasury Price..............................................................3
Debt Security or Debt Securities.......................................................3
Debt Security Register.................................................................3
Declaration............................................................................3
Default................................................................................3
Defaulted Interest.....................................................................3
Deferred Interest......................................................................3
Event of Default.......................................................................3
Extension Period.......................................................................3
Federal Reserve........................................................................3
Indenture..............................................................................3
Institutional Trustee..................................................................3
Interest Payment Date..................................................................4
Interest Rate..........................................................................4
Investment Company Event...............................................................4
LIBOR..................................................................................4
LIBOR Banking Day......................................................................4
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LIBOR Business Day.....................................................................4
LIBOR Determination Date...............................................................4
Liquidation Amount.....................................................................4
Maturity Date..........................................................................4
Officers' Certificate..................................................................4
Opinion of Councel.....................................................................4
outstanding............................................................................4
Person.................................................................................5
Predecessor Security...................................................................5
Primary Treasury Dealer................................................................5
Principal Office of the Trustee........................................................5
Quotation Agent........................................................................5
Redemption Date........................................................................5
Redemption Price.......................................................................5
Reference Treasury Dealer..............................................................6
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations...................................................6
Remaining Life.........................................................................6
Responsible Officer....................................................................6
Securityholder, holder of Debt Securities..............................................6
Senior Indebtedness....................................................................6
Special Event..........................................................................7
Special Redemption Date................................................................7
Special Redemption Price...............................................................7
Subsidiary.............................................................................7
Tax Event..............................................................................7
Treasury Rate..........................................................................8
Trust..................................................................................8
Trust Indenture Act....................................................................8
Trust Securities.......................................................................8
Trustee................................................................................8
United States..........................................................................8
U.S. Person............................................................................8
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                              ARTICLE II

                           DEBT SECURITIES

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SECTION 2.01. Authentication and Dating................................................8
SECTION 2.02. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication..........................9
SECTION 2.03. Form and Denomination of Debt Securities.................................9
SECTION 2.04. Execution of Debt Securities.............................................9
SECTION 2.05. Exchange and Registration of Transfer of Debt Securities................10
SECTION 2.06. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Debt Securities....................12
SECTION 2.07. Temporary Debt Securities...............................................13
SECTION 2.08. Payment of Interest.....................................................14
SECTION 2.09. Cancellation of Debt Securities Paid, etc...............................15
SECTION 2.10. Computation of Interest.................................................15
SECTION 2.11. Extension of Interest Payment Period....................................17
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SECTION 2.12. CUSIP Numbers...........................................................18
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                             ARTICLE III

                 PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY

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SECTION 3.01. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest; Agreed Treatment of the
              Debt Securities.........................................................18
SECTION 3.02. Offices for Notices and Payments, etc...................................19
SECTION 3.03. Appointments to Fill Vacancies in Trustee's Office......................19
SECTION 3.04. Provision as to Paying Agent............................................19
SECTION 3.05. Certificate to Trustee..................................................20
SECTION 3.06. Additional Interest.....................................................20
SECTION 3.07. Compliance with Consolidation Provisions................................21
SECTION 3.08. Limitation on Dividends.................................................21
SECTION 3.09. Covenants as to the Trust...............................................22
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                              ARTICLE IV

               LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE COMPANY AND THE
                               TRUSTEE

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SECTION 4.01. Securityholders' Lists..................................................22
SECTION 4.02. Preservation and Disclosure of Lists....................................22
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                              ARTICLE V

             REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS
                       UPON AN EVENT OF DEFAULT

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SECTION 5.01. Events of Default.......................................................24
SECTION 5.02. Payment of Debt Securities on Default; Suit Therefor....................25
SECTION 5.03. Application of Moneys Collected by Trustee..............................27
SECTION 5.04. Proceedings by Securityholders..........................................27
SECTION 5.05. Proceedings by Trustee..................................................28
SECTION 5.06. Remedies Cumulative and Continuing......................................28
SECTION 5.07. Direction of Proceedings and Waiver of Defaults by Majority of
              Securityholders.........................................................28
SECTION 5.08. Notice of Defaults......................................................29
SECTION 5.09. Undertaking to Pay Costs................................................29
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                              ARTICLE VI

                        CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE

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SECTION 6.01. Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee..................................30
SECTION 6.02. Reliance on Documents, Opinions, etc....................................31
SECTION 6.03. No Responsibility for Recitals, etc.....................................32
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SECTION 6.04. Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agents, Transfer Agents or
              Registrar May Own Debt Securities.......................................32
SECTION 6.05. Moneys to be Held in Trust..............................................32
SECTION 6.06. Compensation and Expenses of Trustee....................................32
SECTION 6.07. Officers' Certificate as Evidence.......................................33
SECTION 6.08. Eligibility of Trustee..................................................34
SECTION 6.09. Resignation or Removal of Trustee.......................................34
SECTION 6.10. Acceptance by Successor Trustee.........................................35
SECTION 6.11. Succession by Merger, etc...............................................36
SECTION 6.12. Authenticating Agents...................................................37
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                             ARTICLE VII

                    CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS

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SECTION 7.01. Action by Securityholders...............................................38
SECTION 7.02. Proof of Execution by Securityholders...................................38
SECTION 7.03. Who Are Deemed Absolute Owners..........................................39
SECTION 7.04. Debt Securities Owned by Company Deemed Not Outstanding.................39
SECTION 7.05. Revocation of Consents; Future Holders Bound............................39
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                             ARTICLE VIII

                      SECURITYHOLDERS' MEETINGS

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SECTION 8.01. Purposes of Meetings....................................................40
SECTION 8.02. Call of Meetings by Trustee.............................................40
SECTION 8.03. Call of Meetings by Company or Securityholders..........................41
SECTION 8.04. Qualifications for Voting...............................................41
SECTION 8.05. Regulations.............................................................41
SECTION 8.06. Voting..................................................................42
SECTION 8.07. Quorum; Actions.........................................................42
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                              ARTICLE IX

                       SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

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SECTION 9.01. Supplemental Indentures without Consent of Securityholders..............43
SECTION 9.02. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Securityholders.................44
SECTION 9.03. Effect of Supplemental Indentures.......................................45
SECTION 9.04. Notation on Debt Securities.............................................45
SECTION 9.05. Evidence of Compliance of Supplemental Indenture to be Furnished to
              Trustee.................................................................46
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                              ARTICLE X

                       REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES

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SECTION 10.01. Optional Redemption....................................................46
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SECTION 10.02. Special Event Redemption...............................................46
SECTION 10.03. Notice of Redemption; Selection of Debt Securities.....................46
SECTION 10.04. Payment of Debt Securities Called for Redemption.......................47
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                              ARTICLE XI

             CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE, CONVEYANCE AND
                                LEASE

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SECTION 11.01. Company May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms........................48
SECTION 11.02. Successor Entity to be Substituted.....................................48
SECTION 11.03. Opinion of Counsel to be Given to Trustee..............................49
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                             ARTICLE XII

               SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE

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SECTION 12.01. Discharge of Indenture.................................................49
SECTION 12.02. Deposited Moneys to be Held in Trust by Trustee........................50
SECTION 12.03. Paying Agent to Repay Moneys Held......................................50
SECTION 12.04. Return of Unclaimed Moneys.............................................50
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                             ARTICLE XIII

               IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS,
                        OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

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SECTION 13.01. Indenture and Debt Securities Solely Corporate Obligations.............50
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                             ARTICLE XIV

                       MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

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SECTION 14.01. Successors.............................................................51
SECTION 14.02. Official Acts by Successor Entity......................................51
SECTION 14.03. Surrender of Company Powers............................................51
SECTION 14.04. Addresses for Notices, etc.............................................51
SECTION 14.05. Governing Law..........................................................51
SECTION 14.06. Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent.......................51
SECTION 14.07. Non-Business Days......................................................52
SECTION 14.08. Table of Contents, Headings, etc.......................................52
SECTION 14.09. Execution in Counterparts..............................................52
SECTION 14.10. Separability...........................................................52
SECTION 14.11. Assignment.............................................................52
SECTION 14.12. Acknowledgment of Rights...............................................53
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                              ARTICLE XV

                   SUBORDINATION OF DEBT SECURITIES

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SECTION 15.01. Agreement to Subordinate...............................................53
SECTION 15.02. Default on Senior Indebtedness.........................................54
SECTION 15.03. Liquidation; Dissolution; Bankruptcy...................................54
SECTION 15.04. Subrogation............................................................56
SECTION 15.05. Trustee to Effectuate Subordination....................................56
SECTION 15.06. Notice by the Company..................................................57
SECTION 15.07. Rights of the Trustee; Holders of Senior Indebtedness..................58
SECTION 15.08. Subordination May Not Be Impaired......................................58
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EXHIBITS

EXHIBIT A      FORM OF DEBT SECURITY

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         THIS INDENTURE, dated as of November 28, 2001, between Sierra Bancorp,
a bank holding company incorporated in California (hereinafter sometimes called
the "Company"), and Wilmington Trust Company, a Delaware banking corporation,
as trustee (hereinafter sometimes called the "Trustee"),

                                  W I T N E S S E T H:

         WHEREAS, for its lawful corporate purposes, the Company has duly
authorized the issuance of its Floating Rate Junior Subordinated Debt
Securities due 2031 (the "Debt Securities") under this Indenture and to
provide, among other things, for the execution and authentication, delivery and
administration thereof, the Company has duly authorized the execution of this
Indenture,

         NOW, THEREFORE, This Indenture Witnesseth:

         In consideration of the premises, and the purchase of the Debt
Securities by the holders thereof, the Company covenants and agrees with the
Trustee for the equal and proportionate benefit of the respective holders from
time to time of the Debt Securities as follows:

                                   ARTICLE I

                                  DEFINITIONS

         SECTION 1.01.  Definitions.
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         The terms defined in this Section 1.01 (except as herein otherwise
expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires) for all purposes
of this Indenture and of any indenture supplemental hereto shall have the
respective meanings specified in this Section 1.01.  All accounting terms used
herein and not expressly defined shall have the meanings assigned to such terms
in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and the term
"generally accepted accounting principles" means such accounting principles as
are generally accepted at the time of any computation.  The words "herein,"
"hereof" and "hereunder" and other words of similar import refer to this
Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other
subdivision.

         "Additional Interest" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.06.

         "Additional Provisions" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
          15.01.

         "Authenticating Agent" means any agent or agents of the Trustee which
at the time shall be appointed and acting pursuant to Section 6.12.

         "Bankruptcy Law" means Title 11, U.S. Code, or any similar federal
or state law for the relief of debtors.

         "Board of Directors" means the board of directors or the executive
committee or any other duly authorized designated officers of the Company.
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         "Board Resolution" means a copy of a resolution certified by the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by
the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such
certification and delivered to the Trustee.

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

         "Calculation Agent" means the Person identified as "Trustee" in the
first paragraph hereof with respect to the Debt Securities and the
Institutional Trustee with respect to the Trust Securities.

         "Capital Securities" means undivided beneficial interests in the
assets of the Trust which  are designated as "TRUPS /R/ " and rank pari passu
with Common Securities issued by the Trust; provided, however, that if an Event
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of Default (as defined in the Declaration) has occurred and is continuing, the
rights of holders of such Common Securities to payment in respect of
distributions and payments upon liquidation, redemption and otherwise are
subordinated to the rights of holders of such Capital Securities.

         "Capital Securities Guarantee" means the guarantee agreement that the
Company will enter into with Wilmington Trust Company or other Persons that
operates directly or indirectly for the benefit of holders of Capital
Securities of the Trust.

         "Capital Treatment 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 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 Debt Securities, there is more
than an insubstantial risk that the Company 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 Company,
provided, however, that the distribution of the Debt Securities in connection
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with the liquidation of the Trust by the Company 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.

         "Certificate" means a certificate signed by any one of the principal
executive officer, the principal financial officer or the principal accounting
officer of the Company.

         "Common Securities" means undivided beneficial interests in the assets
of the Trust which are designated as "Common Securities" and rank pari passu
with Capital Securities issued by the Trust; provided, however, that if an
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Event of Default (as defined in the Declaration) has occurred and is
continuing, the rights of holders of such Common Securities to payment in

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respect of distributions and payments upon liquidation, redemption and
otherwise are subordinated to the rights of holders of such Capital Securities.

         "Company" means Sierra Bancorp, a bank holding company incorporated in
California, and, subject to the provisions of Article XI, shall include its
successors and assigns.

         "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
Trustee receives fewer than five such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the
average of all such Quotations.

         "Debt Security" or "Debt Securities" has the meaning stated in the
first recital of this Indenture.

         "Debt Security Register" has the meaning specified in Section 2.05.

         "Declaration" means the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of
the Trust, as amended or supplemented from time to time.

         "Default" means any event, act or condition that with notice or lapse
of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default.

         "Defaulted Interest" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.08.

         "Deferred Interest" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.11.

         "Event of Default" means any event specified in Section 5.01, which has
continued for the period of time, if any, and after the giving of the notice,
if any, therein designated.

         "Extension Period" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.11.

         "Federal Reserve " means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
         System.

         "Indenture" means this instrument as originally executed or, if
amended or supplemented as herein provided, as so amended or supplemented, or
both.

         "Institutional Trustee"  has the meaning set forth in the Declaration.

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         "Interest Payment Date" means June 8 and December 8 of each year,
commencing on June 8, 2002, during the term of this Indenture.

         "Interest Rate" means a per annum rate of interest, reset
semi-annually, equal to LIBOR, as determined on the LIBOR Determination Date
immediately preceding each Interest Payment Date, plus 3.75%; provided, that
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the applicable Interest Rate may not exceed 11.0% through the Interest Payment
Date in December 2006.

         "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 Debt Securities.

         "LIBOR"  means the London Interbank Offered Rate for six-month
Eurodollar deposits in Europe as determined by the Calculation Agent according
to Section 2.10(b).

         "LIBOR Banking Day" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.10(b)(1).

         "LIBOR Business Day" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.10(b)(1).

         "LIBOR Determination Date" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.10
          (b).

         "Liquidation Amount " means the stated amount of $1,000 per Trust
         Security.

         "Maturity Date" means December 8, 2031.

         "Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by the Chairman of
the Board, the Vice Chairman, the President or any Vice President, and by the
Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the
Comptroller, an Assistant Comptroller, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary
of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee.  Each such certificate shall
include the statements provided for in Section 14.06 if and to the extent
required by the provisions of such Section.

         "Opinion of Counsel" means an opinion in writing signed by legal
counsel, who may be an employee of or counsel to the Company, or may be other
counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee.  Each such opinion shall
include the statements provided for in Section 14.06 if and to the extent
required by the provisions of such Section.

         The term "outstanding," when used with reference to Debt Securities,
subject to the provisions of Section 7.04, means, as of any particular time,
all Debt Securities authenticated and delivered by the Trustee or the
Authenticating Agent under this Indenture, except

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         (a)     Debt Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee or the
     Authenticating Agent or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;

         (b)     Debt Securities, or portions thereof, for the payment or
     redemption of which moneys in the necessary amount shall have been
     deposited in trust with the Trustee or with any paying agent (other than
     the Company) or shall have been set aside and segregated in trust by the
     Company (if the Company shall act as its own paying agent); provided,
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     that, if such Debt Securities, or portions thereof, are to be redeemed
     prior to maturity thereof, notice of such redemption shall have been given
     as provided in Articles Ten and Fourteen or provision satisfactory to the
     Trustee shall have been made for giving such notice; and

         (c)     Debt Securities paid pursuant to Section 2.06 or in lieu of or
     in substitution for which other Debt Securities shall have been
     authenticated and delivered pursuant to the terms of Section 2.06 unless
     proof satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee is presented that any
     such Debt Securities are held by bona fide holders in due course.

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

         "Predecessor Security" of any particular Debt Security means every
previous Debt Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as
that evidenced by such particular Debt Security; and, for the purposes of this
definition, any Debt Security authenticated and delivered under Section 2.06 in
lieu of a lost, destroyed or stolen Debt Security shall be deemed to evidence
the same debt as the lost, destroyed or stolen Debt Security.

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

         "Principal Office of the Trustee," or other similar term, means the
office of the Trustee, at which at any particular time its corporate trust
business shall be principally administered, which at all times shall be located
within the United States and at the time of the execution of this Indenture
shall be Rodney Square North, 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware
19890-0001.

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

         "Redemption Date" has the meaning set forth in Section 10.01.

         "Redemption Price" means 100% of the principal amount of the Debt
Securities being redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest on such Debt
Securities 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.

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

         "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 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 Debt Security, the period
from the Special Redemption Date for such Debt Security to December 8, 2006.

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

         "Securityholder," "holder of Debt Securities" or other similar terms,
means any Person in whose name at the time a particular Debt Security is
registered on the Debt Security Register.

         "Senior Indebtedness" means, with respect to the Company, (i) the
principal, premium, if any, and interest in respect of (A) indebtedness of the
Company for money borrowed and (B) indebtedness evidenced by securities,
debentures, notes, bonds or other similar instruments issued by the Company;
(ii) all capital lease obligations of the Company; (iii) all obligations of the
Company issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property, all
conditional sale obligations of the Company and all obligations of the Company
under any title retention agreement (but excluding trade accounts payable
arising in the ordinary course of business); (iv) all obligations of the
Company for the reimbursement of any letter of credit, any banker's acceptance,
any security purchase facility, any repurchase agreement or similar
arrangement, any interest rate swap, any other hedging arrangement, any
obligation under options or any similar credit or other transaction; (v) all
obligations of the type referred to in clauses (i) through (iv) above of other
Persons for the payment of which the Company is responsible or liable as
obligor, guarantor or otherwise; and (vi) all obligations of the type referred
to in clauses (i) through (v) above of other Persons secured by any lien on any
property or asset of the Company (whether or not such obligation is assumed by
the Company), whether incurred on or prior to the date of this Indenture or
thereafter incurred, unless, with the prior approval of the Federal Reserve if
not otherwise generally approved, in the instrument creating or evidencing the
same or pursuant to which the same is outstanding, it is provided that such
obligations are not superior or are pari passu in right of payment to the Debt
Securities.

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

         "Special Redemption Date" has the meaning set forth in 10.02.

         "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
Debt Securities being redeemed pursuant to Section 10.02 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 Debt Securities, 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 Debt Securities 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.

         "Subsidiary" means, with respect to any Person, (i) any corporation at
least a majority of the outstanding voting stock of which is owned, directly or
indirectly, by such Person or by one or more of its Subsidiaries, or by such
Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries, (ii) any general partnership, joint
venture or similar entity, at least a majority of the outstanding partnership
or similar interests of which shall at the time be owned by such Person, or by
one or more of its Subsidiaries, or by such Person and one or more of its
Subsidiaries, and (iii) any limited partnership of which such Person or any of
its Subsidiaries is a general partner.  For the purposes of this definition,
"voting stock" means shares, interests, participations or other equivalents in
the equity interest (however designated) in such Person having ordinary voting
power for the election of a majority of the directors (or the equivalent) of
such Person, other than shares, interests, participations or other equivalents
having such power only by reason of the occurrence of a contingency.

         "Tax 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 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
Company 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 Debt Securities, 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 Debt Securities; (ii) interest payable by the Company on the
Debt Securities is not, or within 90 days of the date of such opinion, will not
be, deductible by the Company, in whole or in part, for United States federal
income tax purposes; or (iii) the Trust is, or will be within 90

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days of the date of such opinion, subject to more than a de minimis amount of
other taxes (including withholding taxes), duties, assessments or other
governmental charges.

          "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.

          "Trust" means Sierra Capital Trust I, the Delaware business trust, or
any other similar trust created for the purpose of issuing Capital Securities
in connection with the issuance of Debt Securities under this Indenture, of
which the Company is the sponsor.

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

          "Trust Securities" means Common Securities and Capital Securities of
Sierra Capital Trust I.

          "Trustee" means the Person identified as "Trustee" in the first
paragraph hereof, and, subject to the provisions of Article VI hereof, shall
also include its successors and assigns as Trustee hereunder.

          "United States" means the United States of America and the District
of Columbia.

          "U.S. Person" has the meaning given to United States Person as set
forth in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

                                    ARTICLE II

                                  DEBT SECURITIES

     SECTION 2.01. Authentication and Dating.
                   -------------------------

          Upon the execution and delivery of this Indenture, or from time to
time thereafter, Debt Securities in an aggregate principal amount not in excess
of $15,464,000 may be executed and delivered by the Company to the Trustee for
authentication, and the Trustee shall thereupon authenticate and make available
for delivery said Debt Securities to or upon the written order of the Company,
signed by its Chairman of the Board of Directors, Vice Chairman, President or

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Chief Financial Officer or one of its Vice Presidents, without any further
action by the Company hereunder. In authenticating such Debt Securities, and
accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to
such Debt Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to
Section 6.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon a copy of any Board
Resolution or Board Resolutions relating thereto and, if applicable, an
appropriate record of any action taken pursuant to such resolution, in each
case certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company as the
case may be.

          The Trustee shall have the right to decline to authenticate and
deliver any Debt Securities under this Section if the Trustee, being advised by
counsel, determines that such action may not lawfully be taken or if a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee in good faith shall determine that such
action would expose the Trustee to personal liability to existing holders.

          The definitive Debt Securities shall be typed, printed, lithographed
or engraved on steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner,
all as determined by the officers executing such Debt Securities, as evidenced
by their execution of such Debt Securities.

     SECTION 2.02. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication.
                   -----------------------------------------------

          The Trustee's certificate of authentication on all Debt Securities
shall be in substantially the following form:

          This is one of the Debt Securities referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.

          ______________________________________________, not in its individual
capacity but solely as trustee

          By_________________________
            Authorized Officer

     SECTION 2.03. Form and Denomination of Debt Securities.
                   ----------------------------------------

          The Debt Securities shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A
hereto. The Debt Securities shall be in registered, certificated form without
coupons and in minimum denominations of $100,000 and any multiple of $1,000 in
excess thereof. The Debt Securities shall be numbered, lettered, or otherwise
distinguished in such manner or in accordance with such plans as the officers
executing the same may determine with the approval of the Trustee as evidenced
by the execution and authentication thereof.

     SECTION 2.04. Execution of Debt Securities.
                   ----------------------------

          The Debt Securities shall be signed in the name and on behalf of the
Company by the manual or facsimile signature of its Chairman of the Board of
Directors, Vice Chairman, President or Chief Financial Officer or one of its
Executive Vice Presidents, Senior Vice Presidents or Vice Presidents, under its
corporate seal which may be affixed thereto or printed, engraved or otherwise
reproduced thereon, by facsimile or otherwise, and which need not be attested.
Only such Debt Securities as shall bear thereon a certificate of authentication
substantially in the form herein before recited, executed by the Trustee or the
Authenticating

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Agent by the manual signature of an authorized officer, shall be entitled to
the benefits of this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. Such
certificate by the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent upon any Debt Security
executed by the Company shall be conclusive evidence that the Debt Security so
authenticated has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and that the
holder is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.

          In case any officer of the Company who shall have signed any of the
Debt Securities shall cease to be such officer before the Debt Securities so
signed shall have been authenticated and delivered by the Trustee or the
Authenticating Agent, or disposed of by the Company, such Debt Securities
nevertheless may be authenticated and delivered or disposed of as though the
Person who signed such Debt Securities had not ceased to be such officer of the
Company; and any Debt Security may be signed on behalf of the Company by such
Persons as, at the actual date of the execution of such Debt Security, shall be
the proper officers of the Company, although at the date of the execution of
this Indenture any such person was not such an officer.

          Every Debt Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.

     SECTION 2.05. Exchange and Registration of Transfer of Debt Securities.
                   --------------------------------------------------------

          The Company shall cause to be kept, at the office or agency
maintained for the purpose of registration of transfer and for exchange as
provided in Section 3.02, a register (the "Debt Security Register") for the
Debt Securities issued hereunder in which, subject to such reasonable
regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration
and transfer of all Debt Securities as in this Article Two provided. Such
register shall be in written form or in any other form capable of being
converted into written form within a reasonable time.

          Debt Securities to be exchanged may be surrendered at the Principal
Office of the Trustee or at any office or agency to be maintained by the
Company for such purpose as provided in Section 3.02, and the Company shall
execute, the Company or the Trustee shall register and the Trustee or the
Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and make available for delivery in
exchange therefor the Debt Security or Debt Securities which the Securityholder
making the exchange shall be entitled to receive. Upon due presentment for
registration of transfer of any Debt Security at the Principal Office of the
Trustee or at any office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose
as provided in Section 3.02, the Company shall execute, the Company or the
Trustee shall register and the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent shall
authenticate and make available for delivery in the name of the transferee or
transferees a new Debt Security for a like aggregate principal amount.
Registration or registration of transfer of any Debt Security by the Trustee or
by any agent of the Company appointed pursuant to Section 3.02, and delivery of
such Debt Security, shall be deemed to complete the registration or
registration of transfer of such Debt Security.

          All Debt Securities presented for registration of transfer or for
exchange or payment shall (if so required by the Company or the Trustee or the
Authenticating Agent) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written
instrument or instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and
either the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent duly executed by, the holder or
his attorney duly authorized in writing.

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

          The Company or the Trustee shall not be required to exchange or
register a transfer of any Debt Security for a period of 15 days next preceding
the date of selection of Debt Securities for redemption.

          Notwithstanding the foregoing, Debt Securities may not be transferred
except in compliance with the restricted securities legend set forth below,
unless otherwise determined by the Company in accordance with applicable law,
which legend shall be placed on each Debt 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 COMPANY, (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 COMPANY'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 IT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INDENTURE, A COPY OF
WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE COMPANY. 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

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

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

          THIS SECURITY WILL BE ISSUED AND MAY BE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN BLOCKS
HAVING A PRINCIPAL 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
PRINCIPAL 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.

     SECTION 2.06. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Debt Securities.
                   ----------------------------------------------------

          In case any Debt Security shall become mutilated or be destroyed,
lost or stolen, the Company shall execute, and upon its written request the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, a new Debt Security bearing a number
not contemporaneously outstanding, in exchange and substitution for the
mutilated Debt Security, or in lieu of and in substitution for the Debt
Security so destroyed, lost or stolen. In every case the applicant for a
substituted Debt Security shall furnish to the Company and the Trustee such
security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless,
and, in every case of destruction, loss or theft, the applicant

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shall also furnish to the Company and the Trustee evidence to their
satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of such Debt Security and of the
ownership thereof.

          The Trustee may authenticate any such substituted Debt Security and
deliver the same upon the written request or authorization of any officer of
the Company. Upon the issuance of any substituted Debt Security, the Company
may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other
expenses connected therewith. In case any Debt Security which has matured or is
about to mature or has been called for redemption in full shall become
mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company may, instead of issuing
a substitute Debt Security, pay or authorize the payment of the same (without
surrender thereof except in the case of a mutilated Debt Security) if the
applicant for such payment shall furnish to the Company and the Trustee such
security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless
and, in case of destruction, loss or theft, evidence satisfactory to the
Company and to the Trustee of the destruction, loss or theft of such Security
and of the ownership thereof.

          Every substituted Debt Security issued pursuant to the provisions of
this Section 2.06 by virtue of the fact that any such Debt Security is
destroyed, lost or stolen shall constitute an additional contractual obligation
of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Debt Security
shall be found at any time, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this
Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Debt Securities
duly issued hereunder. All Debt Securities shall be held and owned upon the
express condition that, to the extent permitted by applicable law, the
foregoing provisions are exclusive with respect to the replacement or payment
of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Debt Securities and shall preclude any
and all other rights or remedies notwithstanding any law or statute existing or
hereafter enacted to the contrary with respect to the replacement or payment of
negotiable instruments or other securities without their surrender.

     SECTION 2.07. Temporary Debt Securities.
                   -------------------------

          Pending the preparation of definitive Debt Securities, the Company
may execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery
temporary Debt Securities that are typed, printed or lithographed. Temporary
Debt Securities shall be issuable in any authorized denomination, and
substantially in the form of the definitive Debt Securities but with such
omissions, insertions and variations as may be appropriate for temporary Debt
Securities, all as may be determined by the Company. Every such temporary Debt
Security shall be executed by the Company and be authenticated by the Trustee
upon the same conditions and in substantially the same manner, and with the
same effect, as the definitive Debt Securities. Without unreasonable delay the
Company will execute and deliver to the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent
definitive Debt Securities and thereupon any or all temporary Debt Securities
may be surrendered in exchange therefor, at the principal corporate trust
office of the Trustee or at any office or agency maintained by the Company for
such purpose as provided in Section 3.02, and the Trustee or the Authenticating
Agent shall authenticate and make available for delivery in exchange for such
temporary Debt Securities a like aggregate principal amount of such definitive
Debt Securities. Such exchange shall be made by the Company at its own expense
and without any charge therefor except that in case of any such exchange
involving a registration of transfer the Company may require payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax, fee or other

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governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto. Until so
exchanged, the temporary Debt Securities shall in all respects be entitled to
the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Debt Securities
authenticated and delivered hereunder.

     SECTION 2.08. Payment of Interest.
                   -------------------

          Each Debt Security will bear interest at the then applicable Interest
Rate from and including each Interest Payment Date or, in the case of the first
interest period, the original date of issuance of such Debt Security to, but
excluding, the next succeeding Interest Payment Date or, in the case of the
last interest period, the Redemption Date, Special Redemption Date or Maturity
Date, as applicable, on the principal thereof, on any overdue principal and (to
the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law)
on Deferred Interest and on any overdue installment of interest (including
Defaulted Interest), payable (subject to the provisions of Article XII) on each
Interest Payment Date commencing on June 8, 2002. Interest and any Deferred
Interest on any Debt Security that is payable, and is punctually paid or duly
provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose
name said Debt Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered
at the close of business on the regular record date for such interest
installment, except that interest and any Deferred Interest payable on the
Maturity Date shall be paid to the Person to whom principal is paid. In the
event that any Debt Security or portion thereof is called for redemption and
the redemption date is subsequent to a regular record date with respect to any
Interest Payment Date and prior to such Interest Payment Date, interest on such
Debt Security will be paid upon presentation and surrender of such Debt
Security.

          Any interest on any Debt Security, other than Deferred Interest, that
is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest
Payment Date (herein called "Defaulted Interest") shall forthwith cease to be
payable to the registered holder on the relevant regular record date by virtue
of having been such holder, and such Defaulted Interest shall be paid by the
Company to the Persons in whose names such Debt Securities (or their respective
Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a special
record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in
the following manner: the Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the
amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each such Debt Security and
the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall
deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount
proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make
arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of
the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the
benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this clause
provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a special record date for the payment
of such Defaulted Interest which shall not be more than fifteen nor less than
ten days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than ten days
after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The
Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such special record date and, in
the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed
payment of such Defaulted Interest and the special record date therefor to be
mailed, first class postage prepaid, to each Securityholder at his or her
address as it appears in the Debt Security Register, not less than ten days
prior to such special record date. Notice of the proposed payment of such
Defaulted Interest and the special record date therefor having been mailed as
aforesaid, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names
such Debt

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Securities (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered on such
special record date and thereafter the Company shall have no further payment
obligation in respect of the Defaulted Interest.

          Any interest scheduled to become payable on an Interest Payment Date
occurring during an Extension Period shall not be Defaulted Interest and shall
be payable on such other date as may be specified in the terms of such Debt
Securities.

          The term "regular record date" as used in this Section shall mean
the fifteenth day prior to an Interest Payment Date whether or not such date is
a Business Day.

          Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Debt
Security delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in
exchange for or in lieu of any other Debt Security shall carry the rights to
interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, that were carried by such other
Debt Security.

     SECTION 2.09. Cancellation of Debt Securities Paid, etc.
                   ------------------------------------------

          All Debt Securities surrendered for the purpose of payment,
redemption, exchange or registration of transfer, shall, if surrendered to the
Company or any paying agent, be surrendered to the Trustee and promptly
canceled by it, or, if surrendered to the Trustee or any Authenticating Agent,
shall be promptly canceled by it, and no Debt Securities shall be issued in
lieu thereof except as expressly permitted by any of the provisions of this
Indenture. All Debt Securities canceled by any Authenticating Agent shall be
delivered to the Trustee. The Trustee shall destroy all canceled Debt
Securities unless the Company otherwise directs the Trustee in writing. If the
Company shall acquire any of the Debt Securities, however, such acquisition
shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the indebtedness
represented by such Debt Securities unless and until the same are surrendered
to the Trustee for cancellation.

     SECTION 2.10. Computation of Interest.
                   ------------------------

          (a)     The amount of interest payable for any interest period will
be computed on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days
elapsed in the relevant interest period; provided, however, that upon the
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occurrence of a Special Event Redemption pursuant to Section 10.02 the amounts
payable pursuant to this Indenture shall be calculated as set forth in the
definition of Special Redemption Price.

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

                  (1)     On the second LIBOR Business Day (provided, that on
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          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

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          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 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 Interest
Rate in effect for the related Interest Payment.  The Calculation Agent shall,
upon the request of the holder of any Debt Securities, provide the Interest
Rate then in effect. All calculations made by the

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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 Interest 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.

     SECTION 2.11. Extension of Interest Payment Period.
                   ------------------------------------

          So long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the
Company shall have the right, from time to time and without causing an Event of
Default, to defer payments of interest on the Debt Securities by extending the
interest payment period on the Debt Securities at any time and from time to
time during the term of the Debt Securities, for up to ten consecutive
semi-annual periods (each such extended interest payment period, an "Extension
Period"), during which Extension Period no interest shall be due and payable
(except any Additional Interest that may be due and payable). No Extension
Period may end on a date other than an Interest Payment Date. During any
Extension Period, interest will continue to accrue on the Debt Securities and
interest on such accrued interest (such accrued interest and interest thereon
referred to herein as "Deferred Interest") will accrue at the Interest Rate,
compounded semi-annually from the date such Deferred Interest would have been
payable were it not for the Extension Period, both to the extent permitted by
law. No interest or Deferred Interest shall be due and payable during an
Extension Period, except at the end thereof. At the end of any such Extension
Period the Company shall pay all Deferred Interest then accrued and unpaid on
the Debt Securities; provided, however, that no Extension Period may extend
                     --------  -------
beyond the Maturity Date; and provided further, however, that during any such
                              -------- -------  -------
Extension Period, the Company shall be subject to the restrictions set forth in
Section 3.08 of this Indenture. Prior to the termination of any Extension
Period, the Company may further extend such period, provided, that such period
                                                    --------
together with all such previous and further consecutive extensions thereof
shall not exceed ten 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 Company may commence a new Extension
Period, subject to the foregoing requirements. The Company must give the
Trustee notice of its election to begin such Extension Period at least one
Business Day prior to the earlier of (i) the next succeeding date on which
interest on the Debt Securities would have been payable except for the election
to begin such Extension Period or (ii) the date such interest is payable, but
in any event not later than the related regular record date. The Trustee shall
give notice of the Company's election to begin a new Extension Period to the
Securityholders.

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     SECTION 2.12. CUSIP Numbers.
                   -------------

          The Company in issuing the Debt Securities may use "CUSIP" numbers
(if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use "CUSIP" numbers
in notices of redemption as a convenience to Securityholders; provided, that
                                                              --------
any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness
of such numbers either as printed on the Debt Securities or as contained in any
notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other
identification numbers printed on the Debt Securities, and any such redemption
shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company
will promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any change in the CUSIP numbers.

                                 ARTICLE III

                     PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY

     SECTION 3.01. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest; Agreed Treatment
                   ------------------------------------------------------------
of the Debt Securities.
----------------------

          (a)     The Company covenants and agrees that it will duly and
punctually pay or cause to be paid the principal of and premium, if any, and
interest on the Debt Securities at the place, at the respective times and in
the manner provided in this Indenture and the Debt Securities. At the option of
the Company, each installment of interest on the Debt Securities may be paid
(i) by mailing checks for such interest payable to the order of the holders of
Debt Securities entitled thereto as they appear on the Debt Security Register
or (ii) by wire transfer to any account with a banking institution located in
the United States designated by such Person to the paying agent no later than
the related record date.

          (b)     The Company will treat the Debt Securities as indebtedness,
and the interest payable in respect of such Debt Securities as interest, for
all U.S. federal income tax purposes. All payments in respect of such Debt
Securities will be made free and clear of U.S.  withholding tax to any
beneficial owner thereof that has provided an Internal Revenue Service Form W8
BEN (or any substitute or successor form) establishing its non-US status for
U.S.  federal income tax purposes.

          (c)     As of the date of this Indenture, the Company has no
intention to exercise its right under Section 2.11 to defer payments of
interest on the Debt Securities by commencing an Extension Period.

          (d)     As of the date of this Indenture, the Company believes that
the likelihood that it would exercise its right under Section 2.11 to defer
payments of interest on the Debt Securities by commencing an Extension Period
at any time during which the Debt Securities are outstanding is remote because
of the restrictions that would be imposed on the Company's ability to declare
or pay dividends or distributions on, or to redeem, purchase or make a
liquidation payment with respect to, any of its outstanding equity and on the
Company's ability to make any payments of principal of or interest on, or
repurchase or redeem, any of its debt securities that rank pari passu in all
respects with (or junior in interest to) the Debt Securities.

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     SECTION 3.02. Offices for Notices and Payments, etc.
                   --------------------------------------

          So long as any of the Debt Securities remain outstanding, the Company
will maintain in Wilmington, Delaware or in California, an office or agency
where the Debt Securities may be presented for payment, an office or agency
where the Debt Securities may be presented for registration of transfer and for
exchange as in this Indenture provided and an office or agency where notices
and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Debt Securities or of this
Indenture may be served. The Company will give to the Trustee written notice of
the location of any such office or agency and of any change of location
thereof. Until otherwise designated from time to time by the Company in a
notice to the Trustee, or specified as contemplated by Section 2.05, such
office or agency for all of the above purposes shall be the Principal Office of
the Trustee. In case the Company shall fail to maintain any such office or
agency in Wilmington, Delaware or in California, or shall fail to give such
notice of the location or of any change in the location thereof, presentations
and demands may be made and notices may be served at the Principal Office of
the Trustee.

          In addition to any such office or agency, the Company may from time
to time designate one or more offices or agencies outside Wilmington, Delaware
or California, where the Debt Securities may be presented for registration of
transfer and for exchange in the manner provided in this Indenture, and the
Company may from time to time rescind such designation, as the Company may deem
desirable or expedient; provided, however, that no such designation or
                        --------  -------
rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to
maintain any such office or agency in Wilmington, Delaware or in California ,
for the purposes above mentioned. The Company will give to the Trustee prompt
written notice of any such designation or rescission thereof.

     SECTION 3.03. Appointments to Fill Vacancies in Trustee's Office.
                   ---------------------------------------------------

          The Company, whenever necessary to avoid or fill a vacancy in the
office of Trustee, will appoint, in the manner provided in Section 6.09, a
Trustee, so that there shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder.

     SECTION 3.04. Provision as to Paying Agent.
                   ----------------------------

          (a)     If the Company shall appoint a paying agent other than the
Trustee, it will cause such paying agent to execute and deliver to the Trustee
an instrument in which such agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the
provision of this Section 3.04,

                  (1)     that it will hold all sums held by it as such agent
          for the payment of the principal of and premium, if any, or interest,
          if any, on the Debt Securities (whether such sums have been paid to
          it by the Company or by any other obligor on the Debt Securities) in
          trust for the benefit of the holders of the Debt Securities;

                  (2)     that it will give the Trustee prompt written notice of
any failure by the Company (or by any other obligor on the Debt
Securities) to make any payment of the principal of and premium, if
any, or interest, if any, on the Debt Securities when the same shall
be due and payable; and

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                  (3)     that it will, at any time during the continuance of
          any Event of Default, upon the written request of the Trustee,
          forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such paying
          agent.

          (b)     If the Company shall act as its own paying agent, it will, on
or before each due date of the principal of and premium, if any, or interest,
if any, on the Debt Securities, set aside, segregate and hold in trust for the
benefit of the holders of the Debt Securities a sum sufficient to pay such
principal, premium or interest so becoming due and will notify the Trustee in
writing of any failure to take such action and of any failure by the Company
(or by any other obligor under the Debt Securities) to make any payment of the
principal of and premium, if any, or interest, if any, on the Debt Securities
when the same shall become due and payable.

          Whenever the Company shall have one or more paying agents for the Debt
Securities, it will, on or prior to each due date of the principal of and
premium, if any, or interest, if any, on the Debt Securities, deposit with a
paying agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal, premium or interest so
becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons
entitled thereto and (unless such paying agent is the Trustee) the Company
shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing of its action or failure to act.

          (c)     Anything in this Section 3.04 to the contrary notwithstanding,
the Company may, at any time, for the purpose of obtaining a satisfaction and
discharge with respect to the Debt Securities, or for any other reason, pay, or
direct any paying agent to pay to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the
Company or any such paying agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the
same terms and conditions herein contained.

          (d)     Anything in this Section 3.04 to the contrary
notwithstanding, the agreement to hold sums in trust as provided in this
Section 3.04 is subject to Sections 12.03 and 12.04.

          (e)     The Company hereby initially appoints the Trustee to act as
paying agent.

     SECTION 3.05. Certificate to Trustee.
                   ----------------------

          The Company will deliver to the Trustee on or before 120 days after
the end of each fiscal year, so long as Debt Securities are outstanding
hereunder, a Certificate stating that in the course of the performance by the
signers of their duties as officers of the Company they would normally have
knowledge of any default by the Company in the performance of any covenants
contained herein, stating whether or not they have knowledge of any such
default and, if so, specifying each such default of which the signers have
knowledge and the nature thereof.

     SECTION 3.06. Additional Interest.
                   -------------------

          If and for so long as the Trust is the holder of all Debt Securities
and is subject to any additional taxes (including withholding taxes), duties,
assessments or other governmental charges as a result of a Tax Event, the
Company will pay such additional amounts (the "Additional Interest") on the
Debt Securities as shall be required so that the net amounts received and
retained by the Trust after paying taxes, duties, assessments or other
governmental charges will be equal to the amounts the Trust would have received
if no such taxes, duties, assessments

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or other governmental charges had been imposed. Whenever in this Indenture or
the Debt Securities there is a reference in any context to the payment of
principal of or interest on the Debt Securities, such mention shall be deemed
to include mention of payments of the Additional Interest provided for in this
paragraph to the extent that, in such context, Additional Interest is, was or
would be payable in respect thereof pursuant to the provisions of this
paragraph 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, provided, however, that the deferral of the payment of interest
          --------  -------
during an Extension Period pursuant to Section 2.11 shall not defer the payment
of any Additional Interest that may be due and payable.

     SECTION 3.07. Compliance with Consolidation Provisions.
                   ----------------------------------------

          The Company will not, while any of the Debt Securities remain
outstanding, consolidate with, or merge into, or merge into itself, or sell or
convey all or substantially all of its property to any other Person unless the
provisions of Article XI hereof are complied with.

     SECTION 3.08. Limitation on Dividends.
                   -----------------------

          If Debt Securities are initially issued to the Trust or a trustee of
such Trust in connection with the issuance of Trust Securities by the Trust
(regardless of whether Debt Securities continue to be held by such Trust) and
(i) there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default, (ii) the
Company shall be in default with respect to its payment of any obligations
under the Capital Securities Guarantee or (iii) the Company shall have given
notice of its election to defer payments of interest on the Debt Securities by
extending the interest payment period as provided herein and such period, or
any extension thereof, shall have commenced and be continuing, then the Company
may not (A) declare or pay any dividends or distributions on, or redeem,
purchase, acquire, or make a liquidation payment with respect to, any of the
Company's capital stock or (B) make any payment of principal of or interest or
premium, if any, on or repay, repurchase or redeem any debt securities of the
Company that rank pari passu in all respects with or junior in interest to the
Debt Securities (other than (a) repurchases, redemptions or other acquisitions
of shares of capital stock of the Company (I) 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, (II) in connection
with a dividend reinvestment or stockholder stock purchase plan or (III) in
connection with the issuance of capital stock of the Company (or securities
convertible into or exercisable for such capital stock), as consideration in an
acquisition transaction entered into prior to the occurrence of (i), (ii) or
(iii) above, (b) as a result of any exchange or conversion of any class or
series of the Company's capital stock (or any capital stock of a subsidiary of
the Company) for any class or series of the Company's capital stock or of any
class or series of the Company's indebtedness for any class or series of the
Company's capital stock, (c) the purchase of fractional interests in shares of
the Company'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

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stock as that on which the dividend is being paid or ranks pari passu with or
junior to such stock).

          SECTION 3.09. Covenants as to the Trust.
                        -------------------------

          For so long as such Trust Securities remain outstanding, the Company
shall maintain 100% ownership of the Common Securities; provided, however, that
                                                        --------  -------
any permitted successor of the Company under this Indenture that is a U.S.
Person may succeed to the Company's ownership of such Common Securities. The
Company, as owner of the Common Securities, shall use commercially reasonable
efforts to cause the Trust (a) to remain a statutory business trust, except in
connection with a distribution of Debt Securities to the holders of Trust
Securities in liquidation of the Trust, the redemption of all of the Trust
Securities or certain mergers, consolidations or amalgamations, each as
permitted by the Declaration, (b) to otherwise continue to be classified as a
grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes and (c) to cause
each holder of Trust Securities to be treated as owning an undivided beneficial
interest in the Debt Securities.

                                  ARTICLE IV

                               LISTS AND REPORTS
                        BY THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE

     SECTION 4.01. Securityholders' Lists.
                   ----------------------

          The Company covenants and agrees that it will furnish or cause to be
furnished to the Trustee:

          (a)  on each regular record date for an Interest Payment Date, a list,
in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses
of the Securityholders of the Debt Securities as of such record date; and

          (b)  at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within
30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar
form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list
is furnished;

except that no such lists need be furnished under this Section 4.01 so long as
the Trustee is in possession thereof by reason of its acting as Debt Security
registrar.

     SECTION 4.02. Preservation and Disclosure of Lists.
                   ------------------------------------

          (a)  The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably
practicable, all information as to the names and addresses of the holders of
Debt Securities (1) contained in the most recent list furnished to it as
provided in Section 4.01 or (2) received by it in the capacity of Debt
Securities registrar (if so acting) hereunder. The Trustee may destroy any list
furnished to it as provided in Section 4.01 upon receipt of a new list so
furnished.

          (b)  In case three or more holders of Debt Securities (hereinafter
referred to as "applicants") apply in writing to the Trustee and furnish to the
Trustee reasonable proof that each

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such applicant has owned a Debt Security for a period of at least six months
preceding the date of such application, and such application states that the
applicants desire to communicate with other holders of Debt Securities with
respect to their rights under this Indenture or under such Debt Securities and
is accompanied by a copy of the form of proxy or other communication which such
applicants propose to transmit, then the Trustee shall within five Business Days
after the receipt of such application, at its election, either:

               (1)  afford such applicants access to the information preserved
     at the time by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions of subsection
     (a) of this Section 4.02, or

               (2)  inform such applicants as to the approximate number of
     holders of Debt Securities whose names and addresses appear in the
     information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with the
     provisions of subsection (a) of this Section 4.02, and as to the
     approximate cost of mailing to such Securityholders the form of proxy or
     other communication, if any, specified in such application.

          If the Trustee shall elect not to afford such applicants access to
such information, the Trustee shall, upon the written request of such
applicants, mail to each Securityholder of Debt Securities whose name and
address appear in the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in
accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of this Section 4.02 a copy of
the form of proxy or other communication which is specified in such request with
reasonable promptness after a tender to the Trustee of the material to be mailed
and of payment, or provision for the payment, of the reasonable expenses of
mailing, unless within five days after such tender, the Trustee shall mail to
such applicants and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, if
permitted or required by applicable law, together with a copy of the material to
be mailed, a written statement to the effect that, in the opinion of the
Trustee, such mailing would be contrary to the best interests of the holders of
all Debt Securities, as the case may be, or would be in violation of applicable
law. Such written statement shall specify the basis of such opinion. If said
Commission, as permitted or required by applicable law, after opportunity for a
hearing upon the objections specified in the written statement so filed, shall
enter an order refusing to sustain any of such objections or if, after the entry
of an order sustaining one or more of such objections, said Commission shall
find, after notice and opportunity for hearing, that all the objections so
sustained have been met and shall enter an order so declaring, the Trustee shall
mail copies of such material to all such Securityholders with reasonable
promptness after the entry of such order and the renewal of such tender;
otherwise the Trustee shall be relieved of any obligation or duty to such
applicants respecting their application.

          (c)  Each and every holder of Debt Securities, by receiving and
holding the same, agrees with the Company and the Trustee that neither the
Company nor the Trustee nor any paying agent shall be held accountable by reason
of the disclosure of any such information as to the names and addresses of the
holders of Debt Securities in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b)
of this Section 4.02, regardless of the source from which such information was
derived, and that the Trustee shall not be held accountable by reason of mailing
any material pursuant to a request made under said subsection (b).

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                                   ARTICLE V

                  REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS
                            UPON AN EVENT OF DEFAULT

     SECTION 5.01. Events of Default.
                   -----------------

          The following events shall be "Events of Default" with respect to Debt
Securities:

          (a)  the Company defaults in the payment of any interest upon any Debt
Security when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a
period of 30 days; for the avoidance of doubt, an extension of any interest
payment period by the Company in accordance with Section 2.11 of this Indenture
shall not constitute a default under this clause 5.01(a); or

          (b)  the Company defaults in the payment of all or any part of the
principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Debt Securities as and when the same
shall become due and payable either at maturity, upon redemption, by declaration
of acceleration or otherwise; or

          (c)  the Company defaults in the performance of, or breaches, any of
its covenants or agreements in Sections 3.06, 3.07, 3.08 and 3.09 of this
Indenture (other than a covenant or agreement a default in whose performance or
whose breach is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with), and
continuance of such default or breach for a period of 90 days after there has
been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to
the Company and the Trustee by the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate
principal amount of the outstanding Debt Securities, a written notice specifying
such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such
notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder; or

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

          (e)  the Company shall commence a voluntary case under any applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, shall
consent to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any
such law, or shall consent to the appointment of or taking possession by a
receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator (or other
similar official) of the Company or of any substantial part of its property, or
shall make any general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or shall fail
generally to pay its debts as they become due; or

          (f)  the Trust shall have voluntarily or involuntarily liquidated,
dissolved, wound-up its business or otherwise terminated its existence except in
connection with (1) the distribution of the Debt Securities to holders of such
Trust Securities in liquidation of their interests in the Trust, (2) the
redemption of all of the outstanding Trust Securities or (3) certain mergers,
consolidations or amalgamations, each as permitted by the Declaration.

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          If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing with respect to the
Debt Securities, then, and in each and every such case, unless the principal of
the Debt Securities shall have already become due and payable, either the
Trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the
Debt Securities then outstanding hereunder, by notice in writing to the Company
(and to the Trustee if given by Securityholders), may declare the entire
principal of the Debt Securities and the interest accrued thereon, if any, to be
due and payable immediately, and upon any such declaration the same shall become
immediately due and payable.

          The foregoing provisions, however, are subject to the condition that
if, at any time after the principal of the Debt Securities shall have been so
declared due and payable, and before any judgment or decree for the payment of
the moneys due shall have been obtained or entered as hereinafter provided, (i)
the Company shall pay or shall deposit with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay
all matured installments of interest upon all the Debt Securities and the
principal of and premium, if any, on the Debt Securities which shall have become
due otherwise than by acceleration (with interest upon such principal and
premium, if any, and Deferred Interest, to the extent permitted by law) and such
amount as shall be sufficient to cover reasonable compensation to the Trustee
and each predecessor Trustee, their respective agents, attorneys and counsel,
and all other amounts due to the Trustee pursuant to Section 6.06, if any, and
(ii) all Events of Default under this Indenture, other than the non-payment of
the principal of or premium, if any, on Debt Securities which shall have become
due by acceleration, shall have been cured, waived or otherwise remedied as
provided herein -- then and in every such case the holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities then outstanding, by written
notice to the Company and to the Trustee, may waive all defaults and rescind and
annul such declaration and its consequences, but no such waiver or rescission
and annulment shall extend to or shall affect any subsequent default or shall
impair any right consequent thereon.

          In case the Trustee shall have proceeded to enforce any right under
this Indenture and such proceedings shall have been discontinued or abandoned
because of such rescission or annulment or for any other reason or shall have
been determined adversely to the Trustee, then and in every such case the
Company, the Trustee and the holders of the Debt Securities shall be restored
respectively to their several positions and rights hereunder, and all rights,
remedies and powers of the Company, the Trustee and the holders of the Debt
Securities shall continue as though no such proceeding had been taken.

     SECTION 5.02. Payment of Debt Securities on Default; Suit Therefor.
                   ----------------------------------------------------

          The Company covenants that upon the occurrence of an Event of Default
pursuant to clause 5.01(a) or 5.01(b) and upon demand of the Trustee, the
Company will pay to the Trustee, for the benefit of the holders of the Debt
Securities, the whole amount that then shall have become due and payable on all
Debt Securities for principal and premium, if any, or interest, or both, as the
case may be, including Deferred Interest accrued on the Debt Securities; and, in
addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs
and expenses of collection, including a reasonable compensation to the Trustee,
its agents, attorneys and counsel, and any other amounts due to the Trustee
under Section 6.06. In case the Company shall fail forthwith to pay such amounts
upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express
trust, shall be entitled and empowered to institute any actions or

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proceedings at law or in equity for the collection of the sums so due and
unpaid, and may prosecute any such action or proceeding to judgment or final
decree, and may enforce any such judgment or final decree against the Company or
any other obligor on such Debt Securities and collect in the manner provided by
law out of the property of the Company or any other obligor on such Debt
Securities wherever situated the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable.

          In case there shall be pending proceedings for the bankruptcy or for
the reorganization of the Company or any other obligor on the Debt Securities
under Bankruptcy Law, or in case a receiver or trustee shall have been appointed
for the property of the Company or such other obligor, or in the case of any
other similar judicial proceedings relative to the Company or other obligor upon
the Debt Securities, or to the creditors or property of the Company or such
other obligor, the Trustee, irrespective of whether the principal of the Debt
Securities shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration
of acceleration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have
made any demand pursuant to the provisions of this Section 5.02, shall be
entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceedings or otherwise, to
file and prove a claim or claims for the whole amount of principal and interest
owing and unpaid in respect of the Debt Securities and, in case of any judicial
proceedings, to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may
be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including
any claim for reasonable compensation to the Trustee and each predecessor
Trustee, and their respective agents, attorneys and counsel, and for
reimbursement of all other amounts due to the Trustee under Section 6.06) and of
the Securityholders allowed in such judicial proceedings relative to the Company
or any other obligor on the Debt Securities, or to the creditors or property of
the Company or such other obligor, unless prohibited by applicable law and
regulations, to vote on behalf of the holders of the Debt Securities in any
election of a trustee or a standby trustee in arrangement, reorganization,
liquidation or other bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings or Person performing
similar functions in comparable proceedings, and to collect and receive any
moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims, and to
distribute the same after the deduction of its charges and expenses; and any
receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization is hereby
authorized by each of the Securityholders to make such payments to the Trustee,
and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments
directly to the Securityholders, to pay to the Trustee such amounts as shall be
sufficient to cover reasonable compensation to the Trustee, each predecessor
Trustee and their respective agents, attorneys and counsel, and all other
amounts due to the Trustee under Section 6.06.

          Nothing herein contained shall be construed to authorize the Trustee
to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Securityholder
any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the
Debt Securities or the rights of any holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee
to vote in respect of the claim of any Securityholder in any such proceeding.

          All rights of action and of asserting claims under this Indenture, or
under any of the Debt Securities, may be enforced by the Trustee without the
possession of any of the Debt Securities, or the production thereof at any trial
or other proceeding relative thereto, and any such suit or proceeding instituted
by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust,
and any recovery of judgment shall be for the ratable benefit of the holders of
the Debt Securities.

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          In any proceedings brought by the Trustee (and also any proceedings
involving the interpretation of any provision of this Indenture to which the
Trustee shall be a party) the Trustee shall be held to represent all the holders
of the Debt Securities, and it shall not be necessary to make any holders of the
Debt Securities parties to any such proceedings.

     SECTION 5.03. Application of Moneys Collected by Trustee.
                   ------------------------------------------

          Any moneys collected by the Trustee shall be applied in the following
order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee for the distribution of such
moneys, upon presentation of the several Debt Securities in respect of which
moneys have been collected, and stamping thereon the payment, if only partially
paid, and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:

          First: To the payment of costs and expenses incurred by, and
reasonable fees of, the Trustee, its agents, attorneys and counsel, and of all
other amounts due to the Trustee under Section 6.06;

          Second: To the payment of all Senior Indebtedness of the Company if
and to the extent required by Article XV;

          Third: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid upon Debt
Securities for principal (and premium, if any), and interest on the Debt
Securities, in respect of which or for the benefit of which money has been
collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the
amounts due on such Debt Securities for principal (and premium, if any) and
interest, respectively; and

          Fourth: The balance, if any, to the Company.

     SECTION 5.04. Proceedings by Securityholders.
                   ------------------------------

          No holder of any Debt Security shall have any right to institute any
suit, action or proceeding for any remedy hereunder, unless such holder
previously shall have given to the Trustee written notice of an Event of Default
with respect to the Debt Securities and unless the holders of not less than 25%
in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities then outstanding shall have
given the Trustee a written request to institute such action, suit or proceeding
and shall have offered to the Trustee such reasonable indemnity as it may
require against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred thereby, and
the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of
indemnity shall have failed to institute any such action, suit or proceeding;
provided, that no holder of Debt Securities shall have any right to prejudice
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the rights of any other holder of Debt Securities, obtain priority or preference
over any other such holder or enforce any right under this Indenture except in
the manner herein provided and for the equal, ratable and common benefit of all
holders of Debt Securities.

          Notwithstanding any other provisions in this Indenture, however, the
right of any holder of any Debt Security to receive payment of the principal of,
premium, if any, and interest on such Debt Security when due, or to institute
suit for the enforcement of any such payment, shall not be impaired or affected
without the consent of such holder. For the protection and enforcement of the
provisions of this Section, each and every Securityholder and the Trustee shall
be entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or in equity.

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     SECTION 5.05. Proceedings by Trustee.
                   ----------------------

          In case of an Event of Default hereunder the Trustee may in its
discretion proceed to protect and enforce the rights vested in it by this
Indenture by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem
most effectual to protect and enforce any of such rights, either by suit in
equity or by action at law or by proceeding in bankruptcy or otherwise, whether
for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement contained in this
Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted in this Indenture, or
to enforce any other legal or equitable right vested in the Trustee by this
Indenture or by law.

     SECTION 5.06. Remedies Cumulative and Continuing.
                   ----------------------------------

          Except as otherwise provided in Section 2.06, all powers and remedies
given by this Article V to the Trustee or to the Securityholders shall, to the
extent permitted by law, be deemed cumulative and not exclusive of any other
powers and remedies available to the Trustee or the holders of the Debt
Securities, by judicial proceedings or otherwise, to enforce the performance or
observance of the covenants and agreements contained in this Indenture or
otherwise established with respect to the Debt Securities, and no delay or
omission of the Trustee or of any holder of any of the Debt Securities to
exercise any right or power accruing upon any Event of Default occurring and
continuing as aforesaid shall impair any such right or power, or shall be
construed to be a waiver of any such default or an acquiescence therein; and,
subject to the provisions of Section 5.04, every power and remedy given by this
Article V or by law to the Trustee or to the Securityholders may be exercised
from time to time, and as often as shall be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or
by the Securityholders.

     SECTION 5.07. Direction of Proceedings and Waiver of Defaults by Majority
                   -----------------------------------------------------------
of Securityholders.
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          The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Debt
Securities affected (voting as one class) at the time outstanding shall have the
right to direct the time, method, and place of conducting any proceeding for any
remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on
the Trustee with respect to such Debt Securities; provided, however, that
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(subject to the provisions of Section 6.01) the Trustee shall have the right to
decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee shall determine that the
action so directed would be unjustly prejudicial to the holders not taking part
in such direction or if the Trustee being advised by counsel determines that the
action or proceeding so directed may not lawfully be taken or if a Responsible
Officer of the Trustee shall determine that the action or proceedings so
directed would involve the Trustee in personal liability. Prior to any
declaration accelerating the maturity of the Debt Securities, the holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities at the time
outstanding may on behalf of the holders of all of the Debt Securities waive (or
modify any previously granted waiver of) any past default or Event of Default
and its consequences, except a default (a) in the payment of principal of,
premium, if any, or interest on any of the Debt Securities, (b) in respect of
covenants or provisions hereof which cannot be modified or amended without the
consent of the holder of each Debt Security affected, or (c) in respect of the
covenants contained in Section 3.09; provided, however, that if the Debt
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Securities are held by the Trust or a trustee of such trust, such waiver or
modification to such waiver shall not be effective until the holders of a
majority in liquidation preference of

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Trust Securities of the Trust shall have consented to such waiver or
modification to such waiver; provided, further, that if the consent of the
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holder of each outstanding Debt Security is required, such waiver shall not be
effective until each holder of the Trust Securities of the Trust shall have
consented to such waiver. Upon any such waiver, the default covered thereby
shall be deemed to be cured for all purposes of this Indenture and the Company,
the Trustee and the holders of the Debt Securities shall be restored to their
former positions and rights hereunder, respectively; but no such waiver shall
extend to any subsequent or other default or Event of Default or impair any
right consequent thereon. Whenever any default or Event of Default hereunder
shall have been waived as permitted by this Section 5.07, said default or Event
of Default shall for all purposes of the Debt Securities and this Indenture be
deemed to have been cured and to be not continuing.

     SECTION 5.08. Notice of Defaults.
                   ------------------

          The Trustee shall, within 90 days after a Responsible Officer of the
Trustee shall have actual knowledge or received written notice of the
occurrence of a default with respect to the Debt Securities, mail to all
Securityholders, as the names and addresses of such holders appear upon the
Debt Security Register, notice of all defaults with respect to the Debt
Securities known to the Trustee, unless such defaults shall have been cured
before the giving of such notice (the term "defaults" for the purpose of this
Section 5.08 being hereby defined to be the events specified in subsections
(a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) of Section 5.01, not including periods of grace, if
any, provided for therein); provided, that, except in the case of default in
                            --------
the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any of the
Debt Securities, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if
and so long as a Responsible Officer of the Trustee in good faith determines
that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Securityholders.

     SECTION 5.09. Undertaking to Pay Costs.
                   ------------------------

          All parties to this Indenture agree, and each holder of any Debt
Security by his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any
court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any
right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for
any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant
in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such
court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable
attorneys' fees and expenses, against any party litigant in such suit, having
due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such
party litigant; but the provisions of this Section 5.09 shall not apply to any
suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Securityholder,
or group of Securityholders, holding in the aggregate more than 10% in
principal amount of the Debt Securities outstanding, or to any suit instituted
by any Securityholder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of
(or premium, if any) or interest on any Debt Security against the Company on or
after the same shall have become due and payable.

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                                   ARTICLE VI

                             CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE

     SECTION 6.01. Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee.
                   --------------------------------------

          With respect to the holders of Debt Securities issued hereunder, the
Trustee, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to the Debt
Securities and after the curing or waiving of all Events of Default which may
have occurred, with respect to the Debt Securities, undertakes to perform such
duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture. In
case an Event of Default with respect to the Debt Securities has occurred (which
has not been cured or waived) the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and
powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill
in their exercise, as a prudent man would exercise or use under the
circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.

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

          (a)     prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to
Debt Securities and after the curing or waiving of all Events of Default which
may have occurred

                  (1)     the duties and obligations of the Trustee with respect
     to Debt Securities shall be determined solely by the express provisions of
     this Indenture, and the Trustee shall not be liable except for the
     performance of such duties and obligations with respect to the Debt
     Securities as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied
     covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the
     Trustee, and

                  (2)     in the absence of bad faith on the part of the
     Trustee, the 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 Trustee and conforming to the
     requirements of this Indenture; but, in the case of any such certificates
     or opinions which by any provision hereof are specifically required to be
     furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the
     same to determine whether or not they conform on their face to the
     requirements of this Indenture;

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

          (c)     the 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 Securityholders pursuant to Section 5.07, relating to the time,
method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the
Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this
Indenture; and

          (d)     the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any Default
or Event of Default with respect to the Debt Securities unless either (1) a
Responsible Officer shall have

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actual knowledge of such Default or Event of Default or (2) written notice of
such Default or Event of Default shall have been given to the Trustee by the
Company or any other obligor on the Debt Securities or by any holder of the Debt
Securities, except with respect to an Event of Default pursuant to Sections
5.01(a) or 5.01(b) hereof (other than an Event of Default resulting from the
default in the payment of Additional Interest or premium, if any, if the Trustee
does not have actual knowledge or written notice that such payment is due and
payable), of which the Trustee shall be deemed to have knowledge.

          None of the provisions contained in this Indenture shall require the
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.

     SECTION 6.02. Reliance on Documents, Opinions, etc.
                   ------------------------------------

          Except as otherwise provided in Section 6.01:

          (a) the 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, consent, order, bond, note,
debenture or other paper or document believed by it in good faith to be genuine
and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;

          (b) any request, direction, order or demand of the Company mentioned
herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by an Officers' Certificate (unless other
evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed); and any Board
Resolution may be evidenced to the Trustee by a copy thereof certified by the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company;

          (c) the Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection and any
advice or Opinion of 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 accordance with such advice or Opinion of Counsel;

          (d) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the
rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request, order or
direction of any of the Securityholders, pursuant to the provisions of this
Indenture, unless such Securityholders shall have offered to the Trustee
reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities
which may be incurred therein or thereby;

          (e) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted by
it in good faith and believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or
rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture; nothing contained herein
shall, however, relieve the Trustee of the obligation, upon the occurrence of an
Event of Default with respect to the Debt Securities (that has not been cured or
waived) to exercise with respect to Debt Securities such of the rights and
powers vested in it by this Indenture, and to use the same degree of care and
skill in their exercise, as a prudent man would exercise or use under the
circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs;

          (f) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the
facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument,
opinion, report, notice,

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request, consent, order, approval, bond, debenture, coupon or other paper or
document, unless requested in writing to do so by the holders of not less than a
majority in principal amount of the outstanding Debt Securities affected
thereby; provided, however, that if the payment within a reasonable time to the
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Trustee of the costs, expenses or liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the
making of such investigation is, in the opinion of the Trustee, not reasonably
assured to the Trustee by the security afforded to it by the terms of this
Indenture, the Trustee may require reasonable indemnity against such expense or
liability as a condition to so proceeding; and

          (g) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or
perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents (including
any Authenticating Agent) or attorneys, and the Trustee shall not be responsible
for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any such agent or attorney
appointed by it with due care.

     SECTION 6.03. No Responsibility for Recitals, etc.
                   -----------------------------------

          The recitals contained herein and in the Debt Securities (except in
the certificate of authentication of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent)
shall be taken as the statements of the Company and the Trustee and the
Authenticating Agent assume no responsibility for the correctness of the same.
The Trustee and the Authenticating Agent make no representations as to the
validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Debt Securities. The Trustee
and the Authenticating Agent shall not be accountable for the use or application
by the Company of any Debt Securities or the proceeds of any Debt Securities
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent in
conformity with the provisions of this Indenture.

     SECTION 6.04. Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agents, Transfer Agents
                   -------------------------------------------------------------
or Registrar May Own Debt Securities.
------------------------------------

          The Trustee or any Authenticating Agent or any paying agent or any
transfer agent or any Debt Security registrar, in its individual or any other
capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Debt Securities with the same
rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, paying agent,
transfer agent or Debt Security registrar.

     SECTION 6.05. Moneys to be Held in Trust.
                   --------------------------

          Subject to the provisions of Section 12.04, all moneys received by the
Trustee or any paying agent shall, until used or applied as herein provided, be
held in trust for the purpose for which they were received, but need not be
segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee
and any paying agent shall be under no liability for interest on any money
received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed in writing with the Company.
So long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, all
interest allowed on any such moneys, if any, shall be paid from time to time to
the Company upon the written order of the Company, signed by the Chairman of the
Board of Directors, the President, the Chief Operating Officer, a Vice
President, the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer of the Company.

     SECTION 6.06. Compensation and Expenses of Trustee.
                   ------------------------------------

          The Company covenants and agrees to pay to the Trustee from time to
time, and the Trustee shall be entitled to, such compensation as shall be agreed
to in writing between the

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Company and the Trustee (which shall not be limited by any provision of law in
regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust), and the Company
will pay or reimburse the Trustee upon its written request for all documented
reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee
in accordance with any of the provisions of this Indenture (including the
reasonable compensation and the reasonable expenses and disbursements of its
counsel and of all Persons not regularly in its employ) except any such expense,
disbursement or advance that arises from its negligence or bad faith. The
Company also covenants to indemnify each of the Trustee (including in its
individual capacity) and any predecessor Trustee (and its officers, agents,
directors and employees) for, and to hold it harmless against, any and all loss,
damage, claim, liability or expense including taxes (other than taxes based on
the income of the Trustee), except to the extent such loss, damage, claim,
liability or expense results from the negligence or bad faith of such
indemnitee, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or
administration of this trust, including the costs and expenses of defending
itself against any claim or liability in the premises. The obligations of the
Company under this Section 6.06 to compensate and indemnify the Trustee and to
pay or reimburse the Trustee for documented expenses, disbursements and advances
shall constitute additional indebtedness hereunder. Such additional indebtedness
shall be secured by a lien prior to that of the Debt Securities upon all
property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held
in trust for the benefit of the holders of particular Debt Securities.

          Without prejudice to any other rights available to the Trustee under
applicable law, when the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in
connection with an Event of Default specified in subsections (d), (e) or (f) of
Section 5.01, the expenses (including the reasonable charges and expenses of its
counsel) and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute
expenses of administration under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy,
insolvency or other similar law.

          The provisions of this Section shall survive the resignation or
removal of the Trustee and the defeasance or other termination of this
Indenture.

     SECTION 6.07. Officers' Certificate as Evidence.
                   ---------------------------------

          Except as otherwise provided in Sections 6.01 and 6.02, whenever in
the administration of the provisions of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it
necessary or desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking or
omitting any action hereunder, such matter (unless other evidence in respect
thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of negligence or
bad faith on the part of the Trustee, be deemed to be conclusively proved and
established by an Officers' Certificate delivered to the Trustee, and such
certificate, in the absence of negligence or bad faith on the part of the
Trustee, shall be full warrant to the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by
it under the provisions of this Indenture upon the faith thereof.

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     SECTION 6.08. Eligibility of Trustee.
                   ----------------------

          The Trustee hereunder shall at all times be a U.S. Person that is 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 aforesaid supervising or examining
authority, then for the purposes of this Section 6.08 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 records of condition so published.

          The Company may not, nor may any Person directly or indirectly
controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Company, serve as
Trustee, notwithstanding that such corporation shall be otherwise eligible and
qualified under this Article.

          In case at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in
accordance with the provisions of this Section 6.08, the Trustee shall resign
immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 6.09.

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

     SECTION 6.09. Resignation or Removal of Trustee.
                   ---------------------------------

          (a)     The Trustee, or any trustee or trustees hereafter appointed,
may at any time resign by giving written notice of such resignation to the
Company and by mailing notice thereof, at the Company's expense, to the holders
of the Debt Securities at their addresses as they shall appear on the Debt
Security Register. Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Company shall
promptly appoint a successor trustee or trustees by written instrument, in
duplicate, executed by order of its Board of Directors, one copy of which
instrument shall be delivered to the resigning Trustee and one copy to the
successor Trustee. If no successor Trustee shall have been so appointed and have
accepted appointment within 30 days after the mailing of such notice of
resignation to the affected Securityholders, the resigning Trustee may petition
any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee,
or any Securityholder who has been a bona fide holder of a Debt Security or Debt
Securities for at least six months may, subject to the provisions of Section
5.09, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any such
court for the appointment of a successor Trustee. Such court may thereupon,
after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, appoint a
successor Trustee.

          (b)     In case at any time any of the following shall occur --

                  (1)     the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions
     of the last paragraph of Section 6.08 after written request therefor by the
     Company or by any

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     Securityholder who has been a bona fide holder of a Debt Security or Debt
     Securities for at least six months,

                  (2)     the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance
     with the provisions of Section 6.08 and shall fail to resign after written
     request therefor by the Company or by any such Securityholder, or

                  (3)     the Trustee shall become incapable of acting, or shall
     be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent, or a receiver of the Trustee or of its
     property shall be appointed, or any public officer shall take charge or
     control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of
     rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation,

then, in any such case, the Company may remove the Trustee and appoint a
successor Trustee by written instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of the
Board of Directors, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the
Trustee so removed and one copy to the successor Trustee, or, subject to the
provisions of Section 5.09, if no successor Trustee shall have been so appointed
and have accepted appointment within 30 days of the occurrence of any of (1),(2)
or (3) above, any Securityholder who has been a bona fide holder of a Debt
Security or Debt Securities for at least six months may, on behalf of himself
and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction
for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.  Such
court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and
prescribe, remove the Trustee and appoint a successor Trustee.

          (c)     Upon prior written notice to the Company and the Trustee, the
holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities at
the time outstanding may at any time remove the Trustee and nominate a successor
Trustee, which shall be deemed appointed as successor Trustee unless within ten
Business Days after such nomination the Company objects thereto, in which case
or in the case of a failure by such holders to nominate a successor Trustee, the
Trustee so removed or any Securityholder, upon the terms and conditions and
otherwise as in subsection (a) of this Section 6.09 provided, may petition any
court of competent jurisdiction for an appointment of a successor.

          (d)     Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a
successor Trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section 6.09 shall
become effective upon acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee as
provided in Section 6.10.

     SECTION 6.10. Acceptance by Successor Trustee.
                   -------------------------------

          Any successor Trustee appointed as provided in Section 6.09 shall
execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to its predecessor Trustee
an instrument accepting such appointment hereunder, and thereupon the
resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such
successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become
vested with all the rights, powers, duties and obligations with respect to the
Debt Securities of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally
named as Trustee herein; but, nevertheless, on the written request of the
Company or of the successor Trustee, the Trustee ceasing to act shall, upon
payment of the amounts then due it pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.06,
execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the

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rights and powers of the Trustee so ceasing to act and shall duly assign,
transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by
such retiring Trustee thereunder. Upon request of any such successor Trustee,
the Company shall execute any and all instruments in writing for more fully and
certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights
and powers. Any Trustee ceasing to act shall, nevertheless, retain a lien upon
all property or funds held or collected by such Trustee to secure any amounts
then due it pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.06.

          If a successor Trustee is appointed, the Company, the retiring Trustee
and the successor Trustee shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental
hereto which shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or
desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the
retiring Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities as to which the
predecessor Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the
predecessor Trustee, and shall add to or change any of the provisions of this
Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration
of the Trust hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that
nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees
co-trustees of the same trust and that each such Trustee shall be Trustee of a
trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder
administered by any other such Trustee.

          No successor Trustee shall accept appointment as provided in this
Section 6.10 unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall
be eligible under the provisions of Section 6.08.

          In no event shall a retiring Trustee be liable for the acts or
omissions of any successor Trustee hereunder.

          Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor Trustee as provided in
this Section 6.10, the Company shall mail notice of the succession of such
Trustee hereunder to the holders of Debt Securities at their addresses as they
shall appear on the Debt Security Register.  If the Company fails to mail such
notice within ten Business Days after the acceptance of appointment by the
successor Trustee, the successor Trustee shall cause such notice to be mailed
at the expense of the Company.

     SECTION 6.11. Succession by Merger, etc.
                   -------------------------

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

          In case at the time such successor to the Trustee shall succeed to
the trusts created by this Indenture any of the Debt Securities shall have been
authenticated but not delivered, any such successor to the Trustee may adopt
the certificate of authentication of any predecessor

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Trustee, and deliver such Debt Securities so authenticated; and in case at that
time any of the Debt Securities shall not have been authenticated, any
successor to the Trustee may authenticate such Debt Securities either in the
name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor Trustee; and
in all such cases such certificates shall have the full force which it is
anywhere in the Debt Securities or in this Indenture provided that the
certificate of the Trustee shall have; provided, however, that the right to
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adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor Trustee or
authenticate Debt Securities in the name of any predecessor Trustee shall apply
only to its successor or successors by merger, conversion or consolidation.

     SECTION 6.12. Authenticating Agents.
                   ---------------------

          There may be one or more Authenticating Agents appointed by the
Trustee upon the request of the Company with power to act on its behalf and
subject to its direction in the authentication and delivery of Debt Securities
issued upon exchange or registration of transfer thereof as fully to all
intents and purposes as though any such Authenticating Agent had been expressly
authorized to authenticate and deliver Debt Securities; provided, that the
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Trustee shall have no liability to the Company for any acts or omissions of the
Authenticating Agent with respect to the authentication and delivery of Debt
Securities. Any such Authenticating Agent shall at all times be a corporation
organized and doing business under the laws of the United States or of any
state or territory thereof or of the District of Columbia authorized under such
laws to act as Authenticating Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of
at least $50,000,000 and being 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
the requirements of such authority, then for the purposes of this Section 6.12
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. If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to
be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign
immediately in the manner and with the effect herein specified in this Section.

          Any corporation into which any Authenticating Agent may be merged or
converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting
from any merger, consolidation or conversion to which any Authenticating Agent
shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of
the corporate trust business of any Authenticating Agent, shall be the
successor of such Authenticating Agent hereunder, if such successor corporation
is otherwise eligible under this Section 6.12 without the execution or filing
of any paper or any further act on the part of the parties hereto or such
Authenticating Agent.

          Any Authenticating Agent may at any time resign by giving written
notice of resignation to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any
time terminate the agency of any Authenticating Agent with respect to the Debt
Securities by giving written notice of termination to such Authenticating Agent
and to the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a
termination, or in case at any time any Authenticating Agent shall cease to be
eligible under this Section 6.12, the Trustee may, and upon the request of the
Company shall, promptly appoint a successor Authenticating Agent eligible under
this Section 6.12, shall give written notice of such appointment to the Company
and shall mail notice of such appointment to all holders of Debt Securities as
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on the Debt Security Register. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon
acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all rights,
powers, duties and responsibilities with respect to the Debt Securities of its
predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as
Authenticating Agent herein.

          The Company agrees to pay to any Authenticating Agent from time to
time reasonable compensation for its services. Any Authenticating Agent shall
have no responsibility or liability for any action taken by it as such in
accordance with the directions of the Trustee.

                                 ARTICLE VII

                        CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS

     SECTION 7.01. Action by Securityholders.
                   -------------------------

          Whenever in this Indenture it is provided that the holders of a
specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities may
take any action (including the making of any demand or request, the giving of
any notice, consent or waiver or the taking of any other action), the fact that
at the time of taking any such action the holders of such specified percentage
have joined therein may be evidenced (a) by any instrument or any number of
instruments of similar tenor executed by such Securityholders in person or by
agent or proxy appointed in writing, or (b) by the record of such holders of
Debt Securities voting in favor thereof at any meeting of such Securityholders
duly called and held in accordance with the provisions of Article VIII, or (c)
by a combination of such instrument or instruments and any such record of such
a meeting of such Securityholders or (d) by any other method the Trustee deems
satisfactory.

          If the Company shall solicit from the Securityholders any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action or
revocation of the same, the Company may, at its option, as evidenced by an
Officers' Certificate, fix in advance a record date for such Debt Securities
for the determination of Securityholders entitled to give such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action or revocation
of the same, but the Company shall have no obligation to do so. If such a
record date is fixed, such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other action or revocation of the same may be given before
or after the record date, but only the Securityholders of record at the close
of business on the record date shall be deemed to be Securityholders for the
purposes of determining whether Securityholders of the requisite proportion of
outstanding Debt Securities have authorized or agreed or consented to such
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action or revocation of the same, and for that purpose the outstanding Debt
Securities shall be computed as of the record date; provided, however, that no
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such authorization, agreement or consent by such Securityholders on the record
date shall be deemed effective unless it shall become effective pursuant to the
provisions of this Indenture not later than six months after the record date.

     SECTION 7.02. Proof of Execution by Securityholders.
                   -------------------------------------

          Subject to the provisions of Sections 6.01, 6.02 and 8.05, proof of
the execution of any instrument by a Securityholder or his agent or proxy shall
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accordance with such reasonable rules and regulations as may be prescribed by
the Trustee or in such manner as shall be satisfactory to the Trustee. The
ownership of Debt Securities shall be proved by the Debt Security Register or
by a certificate of the Debt Security registrar. The Trustee may require such
additional proof of any matter referred to in this Section as it shall deem
necessary.

          The record of any Securityholders' meeting shall be proved in the
manner provided in Section 8.06.

     SECTION 7.03. Who Are Deemed Absolute Owners.
                   ------------------------------

          Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of any Debt
Security, the Company, the Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any paying agent,
any transfer agent and any Debt Security registrar may deem the Person in whose
name such Debt Security shall be registered upon the Debt Security Register to
be, and may treat him as, the absolute owner of such Debt Security (whether or
not such Debt Security shall be overdue) for the purpose of receiving payment
of or on account of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on such
Debt Security and for all other purposes; and neither the Company nor the
Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent nor any paying agent nor any transfer
agent nor any Debt Security registrar shall be affected by any notice to the
contrary.  All such payments so made to any holder for the time being or upon
his order shall be valid, and, to the extent of the sum or sums so paid,
effectual to satisfy and discharge the liability for moneys payable upon any
such Debt Security.

     SECTION 7.04.  Debt Securities Owned by Company Deemed Not Outstanding.
                    -------------------------------------------------------

          In determining whether the holders of the requisite aggregate
principal amount of Debt Securities have concurred in any direction, consent or
waiver under this Indenture, Debt Securities which are owned by the Company or
any other obligor on the Debt Securities or by any Person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with the Company or any other obligor on the Debt Securities shall be
disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding for the purpose of any such
determination; provided, that for the purposes of determining whether the
               --------
Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, consent or waiver,
only Debt Securities which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows
are so owned shall be so disregarded. Debt Securities so owned which have been
pledged in good faith may be regarded as outstanding for the purposes of this
Section 7.04 if the pledgee shall establish to the satisfaction of the Trustee
the pledgee's right to vote such Debt Securities and that the pledgee is not
the Company or any such other obligor or Person directly or indirectly
controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with
the Company or any such other obligor.  In the case of a dispute as to such
right, any decision by the Trustee taken upon the advice of counsel shall be
full protection to the Trustee.

     SECTION 7.05. Revocation of Consents; Future Holders Bound.
                   --------------------------------------------

          At any time prior to (but not after) the evidencing to the Trustee,
as provided in Section 7.01, of the taking of any action by the holders of the
percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities specified in
this Indenture in connection with such action, any holder (in cases where no
record date has been set pursuant to Section 7.01) or any holder as of

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an applicable record date (in cases where a record date has been set pursuant
to Section 7.01) of a Debt Security (or any Debt Security issued in whole or in
part in exchange or substitution therefor) the serial number of which is shown
by the evidence to be included in the Debt Securities the holders of which have
consented to such action may, by filing written notice with the Trustee at the
Principal Office of the Trustee and upon proof of holding as provided in
Section 7.02, revoke such action so far as concerns such Debt Security (or so
far as concerns the principal amount represented by any exchanged or
substituted Debt Security). Except as aforesaid any such action taken by the
holder of any Debt Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such holder
and upon all future holders and owners of such Debt Security, and of any Debt
Security issued in exchange or substitution therefor or on registration of
transfer thereof, irrespective of whether or not any notation in regard thereto
is made upon such Debt Security or any Debt Security issued in exchange or
substitution therefor.

                                 ARTICLE VIII

                           SECURITYHOLDERS' MEETINGS

     SECTION 8.01. Purposes of Meetings.
                   --------------------

          A meeting of Securityholders may be called at any time and from time
to time pursuant to the provisions of this Article VIII for any of the
following purposes:

          (a)     to give any notice to the Company or to the Trustee, or to
give any directions to the Trustee, or to consent to the waiving of any default
hereunder and its consequences, or to take any other action authorized to be
taken by Securityholders pursuant to any of the provisions of Article V;

          (b)     to remove the Trustee and nominate a successor trustee
pursuant to the provisions of Article VI;

          (c)     to consent to the execution of an indenture or indentures
supplemental hereto pursuant to the provisions of Section 9.02; or

          (d)     to take any other action authorized to be taken by or on
behalf of the holders of any specified aggregate principal amount of such Debt
Securities under any other provision of this Indenture or under applicable law.

     SECTION 8.02. Call of Meetings by Trustee.
                   ---------------------------

          The Trustee may at any time call a meeting of Securityholders to take
any action specified in Section 8.01, to be held at such time and at such place
in New York or Wilmington, Delaware, as the Trustee shall determine. Notice of
every meeting of the Securityholders, setting forth the time and the place of
such meeting and in general terms the action proposed to be taken at such
meeting, shall be mailed to holders of Debt Securities affected at their
addresses as they shall appear on the Debt Securities Register. Such notice
shall be mailed not less than 20 nor more than 180 days prior to the date fixed
for the meeting.

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     SECTION 8.03. Call of Meetings by Company or Securityholders.
                   ----------------------------------------------

          In case at any time the Company pursuant to a Board Resolution, or
the holders of at least 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Debt
Securities, as the case may be, then outstanding, shall have requested the
Trustee to call a meeting of Securityholders, by written request setting forth
in reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the
Trustee shall not have mailed the notice of such meeting within 20 days after
receipt of such request, then the Company or such Securityholders may determine
the time and the place in Porterville, California for such meeting and may call
such meeting to take any action authorized in Section 8.01, by mailing notice
thereof as provided in Section 8.02.

     SECTION 8.04. Qualifications for Voting.
                   -------------------------

          To be entitled to vote at any meeting of Securityholders a Person
shall (a) be a holder of one or more Debt Securities with respect to which the
meeting is being held or (b) a Person appointed by an instrument in writing as
proxy by a holder of one or more such Debt Securities.  The only Persons who
shall be entitled to be present or to speak at any meeting of Securityholders
shall be the Persons entitled to vote at such meeting and their counsel and any
representatives of the Trustee and its counsel and any representatives of the
Company and its counsel.

     SECTION 8.05. Regulations.
                   -----------

          Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee
may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for any meeting
of Securityholders, in regard to proof of the holding of Debt Securities and of
the appointment of proxies, and in regard to the appointment and duties of
inspectors of votes, the submission and examination of proxies, certificates
and other evidence of the right to vote, and such other matters concerning the
conduct of the meeting as it shall think fit.

          The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing, appoint a temporary
chairman of the meeting, unless the meeting shall have been called by the
Company or by Securityholders as provided in Section 8.03, in which case the
Company or the Securityholders calling the meeting, as the case may be, shall
in like manner appoint a temporary chairman.  A permanent chairman and a
permanent secretary of the meeting shall be elected by majority vote of the
meeting.

          Subject to the provisions of Section 7.04, at any meeting each holder
of Debt Securities with respect to which such meeting is being held or proxy
therefor shall be entitled to one vote for each $1,000 principal amount of Debt
Securities held or represented by him; provided, however, that no vote shall be
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cast or counted at any meeting in respect of any Debt Security challenged as
not outstanding and ruled by the chairman of the meeting to be not outstanding.
The chairman of the meeting shall have no right to vote other than by virtue of
Debt Securities held by him or instruments in writing as aforesaid duly
designating him as the Person to vote on behalf of other Securityholders. Any
meeting of Securityholders duly called pursuant to the provisions of Section
8.02 or 8.03 may be adjourned from time to time by a majority of those present,
whether or not constituting a quorum, and the meeting may be held as so
adjourned without further notice.

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     SECTION 8.06.  Voting.
                    ------

          The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of holders of
Debt Securities with respect to which such meeting is being held shall be by
written ballots on which shall be subscribed the signatures of such holders or
of their representatives by proxy and the serial number or numbers of the Debt
Securities held or represented by them. The permanent chairman of the meeting
shall appoint two inspectors of votes who shall count all votes cast at the
meeting for or against any resolution and who shall make and file with the
secretary of the meeting their verified written reports in triplicate of all
votes cast at the meeting. A record in duplicate of the proceedings of each
meeting of Securityholders shall be prepared by the secretary of the meeting
and there shall be attached to said record the original reports of the
inspectors of votes on any vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by one
or more Persons having knowledge of the facts setting forth a copy of the
notice of the meeting and showing that said notice was mailed as provided in
Section 8.02. The record shall show the serial numbers of the Debt Securities
voting in favor of or against any resolution.  The record shall be signed and
verified by the affidavits of the permanent chairman and secretary of the
meeting and one of the duplicates shall be delivered to the Company and the
other to the Trustee to be preserved by the Trustee, the latter to have
attached thereto the ballots voted at the meeting.

          Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence of the
matters therein stated.

     SECTION 8.07. Quorum; Actions.
                   ---------------

          The Persons entitled to vote a majority in outstanding principal
amount of the Debt Securities shall constitute a quorum for a meeting of
Securityholders; provided, however, that if any action is to be taken at such
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meeting with respect to a consent, waiver, request, demand, notice,
authorization, direction or other action which may be given by the holders of
not less than a specified percentage in outstanding principal amount of the
Debt Securities, the Persons holding or representing such specified percentage
in outstanding principal amount of the Debt Securities will constitute a
quorum. In the absence of a quorum within 30 minutes of the time appointed for
any such meeting, the meeting shall, if convened at the request of
Securityholders, be dissolved. In any other case the meeting may be adjourned
for a period of not less than 10 days as determined by the permanent chairman
of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such meeting.  In the absence of a
quorum at any such adjourned meeting, such adjourned meeting may be further
adjourned for a period of not less than 10 days as determined by the permanent
chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such adjourned meeting.
Notice of the reconvening of any adjourned meeting shall be given as provided
in Section 8.02, except that such notice need be given only once not less than
five days prior to the date on which the meeting is scheduled to be reconvened.
Notice of the reconvening of an adjourned meeting shall state expressly the
percentage, as provided above, of the outstanding principal amount of the Debt
Securities which shall constitute a quorum.

          Except as limited by the proviso in the first paragraph of Section
9.02, any resolution presented to a meeting or adjourned meeting duly
reconvened at which a quorum is present as aforesaid may be adopted by the
affirmative vote of the holders of not less than a majority in outstanding
principal amount of the Debt Securities; provided, however, that, except
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as limited by the proviso in the first paragraph of Section 9.02, any
resolution with respect to any consent, waiver, request, demand, notice,
authorization, direction or other action that this Indenture expressly provides
may be given by the holders of not less than a specified percentage in
outstanding principal amount of the Debt Securities may be adopted at a meeting
or an adjourned meeting duly reconvened and at which a quorum is present as
aforesaid only by the affirmative vote of the holders of not less than such
specified percentage in outstanding principal amount of the Debt Securities.

          Any resolution passed or decision taken at any meeting of holders of
Debt Securities duly held in accordance with this Section shall be binding on
all the Securityholders, whether or not present or represented at the meeting.

                                  ARTICLE IX

                           SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

     SECTION 9.01. Supplemental Indentures without Consent of Securityholders
                   ----------------------------------------------------------

          The Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee
may from time to time and at any time enter into an indenture or indentures
supplemental hereto, without the consent of the Securityholders, for one or
more of the following purposes:

          (a) to evidence the succession of another corporation to the Company,
or successive successions, and the assumption by the successor corporation of
the covenants, agreements and obligations of the Company, pursuant to Article
XI hereof;

          (b) to add to the covenants of the Company such further covenants,
restrictions or conditions for the protection of the holders of Debt Securities
as the Board of Directors shall consider to be for the protection of the
holders of such Debt Securities, and to make the occurrence, or the occurrence
and continuance, of a default in any of such additional covenants, restrictions
or conditions a default or an Event of Default permitting the enforcement of
all or any of the several remedies provided in this Indenture as herein set
forth; provided, however, that in respect of any such additional covenant,
       --------  -------
restriction or condition such supplemental indenture may provide for a
particular period of grace after default (which period may be shorter or longer
than that allowed in the case of other defaults) or may provide for an
immediate enforcement upon such default or may limit the remedies available to
the Trustee upon such default;

          (c) to cure any ambiguity or to correct or supplement any provision
contained herein or in any supplemental indenture which may be defective or
inconsistent with any other provision contained herein or in any supplemental
indenture, or to make such other provisions in regard to matters or questions
arising under this Indenture; provided, that any such action shall not
                              --------
adversely affect the interests of the holders of the Debt Securities;

          (d) to add to, delete from, or revise the terms of Debt Securities,
including, without limitation, any terms relating to the issuance, exchange,
registration or transfer of Debt Securities, including to provide for transfer
procedures and restrictions substantially similar to those applicable to the
Capital Securities as required by Section 2.05 (for purposes of assuring

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that no registration of Debt Securities is required under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended); provided, that any such action shall not adversely affect
                   --------
the interests of the holders of the Debt Securities then outstanding (it being
understood, for purposes of this proviso, that transfer restrictions on Debt
Securities substantially similar to those that were applicable to Capital
Securities shall not be deemed to adversely affect the holders of the Debt
Securities);

          (e) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment
hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities and to add
to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to
provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more
than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 6.10;

          (f) to make any change (other than as elsewhere provided in this
paragraph) that does not adversely affect the rights of any Securityholder in
any material respect; or

          (g) to provide for the issuance of and establish the form and terms
and conditions of the Debt Securities, to establish the form of any
certifications required to be furnished pursuant to the terms of this Indenture
or the Debt Securities, or to add to the rights of the holders of Debt
Securities.

          The Trustee is hereby authorized to join with the Company in the
execution of any such supplemental indenture, to make any further appropriate
agreements and stipulations which may be therein contained and to accept the
conveyance, transfer and assignment of any property thereunder, but the Trustee
shall not be obligated to, but may in its discretion, enter into any such
supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or
immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.

          Any supplemental indenture authorized by the provisions of this
Section 9.01 may be executed by the Company and the Trustee without the consent
of the holders of any of the Debt Securities at the time outstanding,
notwithstanding any of the provisions of Section 9.02.

     SECTION 9.02. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Securityholders.
                   -------------------------------------------------------

          With the consent (evidenced as provided in Section 7.01) of the
holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Debt
Securities at the time outstanding affected by such supplemental indenture
(voting as a class), the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and
the Trustee may from time to time and at any time enter into an indenture or
indentures supplemental hereto (which shall conform to the provisions of the
Trust Indenture Act, then in effect, applicable to indentures qualified
thereunder) for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any
manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of any
supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the holders
of the Debt Securities; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture
                        --------  -------
shall without such consent of the holders of each Debt Security then
outstanding and affected thereby (i) extend the fixed maturity of any Debt
Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or any premium thereon, or
reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of interest thereon, or reduce
any amount payable on redemption thereof or make the principal thereof or any
interest or premium thereon payable in any coin or currency other than that
provided in the Debt Securities, or impair or affect the right of any
Securityholder to institute suit for payment thereof or impair the right of

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repayment, if any, at the option of the holder, or (ii) reduce the aforesaid
percentage of Debt Securities the holders of which are required to consent to
any such supplemental indenture; and provided, further, that if the Debt
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Securities are held by the Trust or a trustee of such trust, such supplemental
indenture shall not be effective until the holders of a majority in liquidation
preference of Trust Securities shall have consented to such supplemental
indenture; provided, further, that if the consent of the Securityholder of each
           --------
outstanding Debt Security is required, such supplemental indenture shall not be
effective until each holder of the Trust Securities shall have consented to
such supplemental indenture.

          Upon the request of the Company accompanied by a Board Resolution
authorizing the execution of any such supplemental indenture, and upon the
filing with the Trustee of evidence of the consent of Securityholders as
aforesaid, the Trustee shall join with the Company in the execution of such
supplemental indenture unless such supplemental indenture affects the Trustee's
own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which
case the Trustee may in its discretion, but shall not be obligated to, enter
into such supplemental indenture.

          Promptly after the execution by the Company and the Trustee of any
supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Section, the Trustee
shall transmit by mail, first class postage prepaid, a notice, prepared by the
Company, setting forth in general terms the substance of such supplemental
indenture, to the Securityholders thereby as their names and addresses appear
upon the Debt Security Register. Any failure of the Trustee to mail such
notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect
the validity of any such supplemental indenture.

          It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Securityholders
under this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed
supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall
approve the substance thereof.

     SECTION 9.03. Effect of Supplemental Indentures.
                   ---------------------------------

          Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the
provisions of this Article IX, this Indenture shall be and be deemed to be
modified and amended in accordance therewith and the respective rights,
limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities under this Indenture
of the Trustee, the Company and the holders of Debt Securities shall thereafter
be determined, exercised and enforced hereunder subject in all respects to such
modifications and amendments and all the terms and conditions of any such
supplemental indenture shall be and be deemed to be part of the terms and
conditions of this Indenture for any and all purposes.

     SECTION 9.04. Notation on Debt Securities.
                   ---------------------------

          Debt Securities authenticated and delivered after the execution of
any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Article IX may
bear a notation as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture
If the Company or the Trustee shall so determine, new Debt Securities so
modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Board of Directors of the
Company, to any modification of this Indenture contained in any such
supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company,
authenticated by the

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Trustee or the Authenticating Agent and delivered in exchange for the Debt
Securities then outstanding.

     SECTION 9.05. Evidence of Compliance of Supplemental Indenture to be
                   ------------------------------------------------------
Furnished to Trustee.
--------------------

          The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Sections 6.01 and 6.02,
shall, in addition to the documents required by Section 14.06, receive an
Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any
supplemental indenture executed pursuant hereto complies with the requirements
of this Article IX. The Trustee shall receive an Opinion of Counsel as
conclusive evidence that any supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this
Article IX is authorized or permitted by, and conforms to, the terms of this
Article IX and that it is proper for the Trustee under the provisions of this
Article IX to join in the execution thereof.

                                  ARTICLE X

                           REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES

     SECTION 10.01. Optional Redemption.
                    -------------------

          At any time the Company shall have the right, subject to the receipt
by the Company of prior approval from the Federal Reserve, if then required
under applicable capital guidelines or policies of the Federal Reserve, to
redeem the Debt Securities, in whole or in part, on any June 8 or December 8 on
or after December 8, 2006 (the "Redemption Date"), at the Redemption Price.

     SECTION 10.02. Special Event Redemption.
                    ------------------------

          If a Special Event shall occur and be continuing, the Company shall
have the right, subject to the receipt by the Company of prior approval from
the Federal Reserve if then required under applicable capital guidelines or
policies of the Federal Reserve, to redeem the Debt Securities, in whole but
not in part, at any time within 90 days following the occurrence of such
Special Event (the "Special Redemption Date"), at the Special Redemption Price.

     SECTION 10.03. Notice of Redemption; Selection of Debt Securities.
                    --------------------------------------------------

          In case the Company shall desire to exercise the right to redeem all,
or, as the case may be, any part of the Debt Securities, it shall fix a date
for redemption and shall mail a notice of such redemption at least 30 and not
more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption to the holders of Debt
Securities so to be redeemed as a whole or in part at their last addresses as
the same appear on the Debt Security Register. Such mailing shall be by first
class mail. The notice if mailed in the manner herein provided shall be
conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the holder
receives such notice. In any case, failure to give such notice by mail or any
defect in the notice to the holder of any Debt Security designated for
redemption as a whole or in part shall not affect the validity of the
proceedings for the redemption of any other Debt Security.

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          Each such notice of redemption shall specify the CUSIP number, if
any, of the Debt Securities to be redeemed, the date fixed for redemption, the
redemption price at which Debt Securities are to be redeemed, the place or
places of payment, that payment will be made upon presentation and surrender of
such Debt Securities, that interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption
will be paid as specified in said notice, and that on and after said date
interest thereon or on the portions thereof to be redeemed will cease to
accrue. If less than all the Debt Securities are to be redeemed the notice of
redemption shall specify the numbers of the Debt Securities to be redeemed. In
case the Debt Securities are to be redeemed in part only, the notice of
redemption shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be
redeemed and shall state that on and after the date fixed for redemption, upon
surrender of such Debt Security, a new Debt Security or Debt Securities in
principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued.

          Prior to 10:00 a.m. New York City time on the Redemption Date or the
Special Redemption Date specified in the notice of redemption given as provided
in this Section, the Company will deposit with the Trustee or with one or more
paying agents an amount of money sufficient to redeem on the redemption date
all the Debt Securities so called for redemption at the appropriate redemption
price, together with accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption.

          The Company will give the Trustee notice not less than 45 nor more
than 60 days prior to the redemption date as to the redemption price at which
the Debt Securities are to be redeemed and the aggregate principal amount of
Debt Securities to be redeemed and the Trustee shall select, in such manner as
in its sole discretion it shall deem appropriate and fair, the Debt Securities
or portions thereof (in integral multiples of $1,000) to be redeemed.

     SECTION 10.04. Payment of Debt Securities Called for Redemption.
                    ------------------------------------------------

          If notice of redemption has been given as provided in Section 10.03,
the Debt Securities or portions of Debt Securities with respect to which such
notice has been given shall become due and payable on the Redemption Date or
the Special Redemption Date (as the case may be) and at the place or places
stated in such notice at the applicable redemption price, together with
interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption, and on and after said
Redemption Date or the Special Redemption Date (unless the Company shall
default in the payment of such Debt Securities at the redemption price,
together with interest accrued to said date) interest on the Debt Securities or
portions of Debt Securities so called for redemption shall cease to accrue.  On
presentation and surrender of such Debt Securities at a place of payment
specified in said notice, such Debt Securities or the specified portions
thereof shall be paid and redeemed by the Company at the applicable redemption
price, together with interest accrued thereon to the Redemption Date or the
Special Redemption Date (as the case may be).

          Upon presentation of any Debt Security redeemed in part only, the
Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for
delivery to the holder thereof, at the expense of the Company, a new Debt
Security or Debt Securities of authorized denominations in principal amount
equal to the unredeemed portion of the Debt Security so presented.

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                                  ARTICLE XI

              CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE, CONVEYANCE AND LEASE

     SECTION 11.01. Company May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms.
                    -----------------------------------------------

          Nothing contained in this Indenture or in the Debt Securities shall
prevent any consolidation or merger of the Company with or into any other
corporation or corporations (whether or not affiliated with the Company) or
successive consolidations or mergers in which the Company or its successor or
successors shall be a party or parties, or shall prevent any sale, conveyance,
transfer or other disposition of the property or capital stock of the Company
or its successor or successors as an entirety, or substantially as an entirety,
to any other corporation (whether or not affiliated with the Company, or its
successor or successors) authorized to acquire and operate the same; provided,
                                                                     --------
however, that the Company hereby covenants and agrees that, upon any such
-------
consolidation, merger (where the Company is not the surviving corporation),
sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition, the due and punctual payment
of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on all of the Debt
Securities in accordance with their terms, according to their tenor, and the
due and punctual performance and observance of all the covenants and conditions
of this Indenture to be kept or performed by the Company, shall be expressly
assumed by supplemental indenture satisfactory in form to the Trustee executed
and delivered to the Trustee by the entity formed by such consolidation, or
into which the Company shall have been merged, or by the entity which shall
have acquired such property or capital stock.

     SECTION 11.02. Successor Entity to be Substituted.
                    ----------------------------------

          In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer
or other disposition and upon the assumption by the successor entity, by
supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee and satisfactory
in form to the Trustee, of the due and punctual payment of the principal of and
premium, if any, and interest on all of the Debt Securities and the due and
punctual performance and observance of all of the covenants and conditions of
this Indenture to be performed or observed by the Company, such successor
entity shall succeed to and be substituted for the Company, with the same
effect as if it had been named herein as the Company, and thereupon the
predecessor entity shall be relieved of any further liability or obligation
hereunder or upon the Debt Securities. Such successor entity thereupon may
cause to be signed, and may issue either in its own name or in the name of the
Company, any or all of the Debt Securities issuable hereunder which theretofore
shall not have been signed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee or the
Authenticating Agent; and, upon the order of such successor entity instead of
the Company and subject to all the terms, conditions and limitations in this
Indenture prescribed, the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent shall
authenticate and deliver any Debt Securities which previously shall have been
signed and delivered by the officers of the Company, to the Trustee or the
Authenticating Agent for authentication, and any Debt Securities which such
successor entity thereafter shall cause to be signed and delivered to the
Trustee or the Authenticating Agent for that purpose. All the Debt Securities
so issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this
Indenture as the Debt Securities theretofore or thereafter issued in accordance
with the terms of this Indenture as though all of such Debt Securities had been
issued at the date of the execution hereof.

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     SECTION 11.03. Opinion of Counsel to be Given to Trustee.
                    -----------------------------------------

          The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Sections 6.01 and 6.02,
shall receive, in addition to the Opinion of Counsel required by Section 9.05,
an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any consolidation, merger,
sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition, and any assumption, permitted
or required by the terms of this Article XI complies with the provisions of
this Article XI.

                                  ARTICLE XII

                   SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE

     SECTION 12.01. Discharge of Indenture.
                    ----------------------

          When (a) the Company shall deliver to the Trustee for cancellation
all Debt Securities theretofore authenticated (other than any Debt Securities
which shall have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which shall have been
replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.06) and not theretofore canceled, or
(b) all the Debt Securities not theretofore canceled or delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation shall have become due and payable, or are by their
terms to become due and payable within one year or are to be called for
redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for
the giving of notice of redemption, and the Company shall deposit with the
Trustee, in trust, funds, which shall be immediately due and payable,
sufficient to pay at maturity or upon redemption all of the Debt Securities
(other than any Debt Securities which shall have been destroyed, lost or stolen
and which shall have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.06) not
theretofore canceled or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, including
principal and premium, if any, and interest due or to become due to such date
of maturity or redemption date, as the case may be, but excluding, however, the
amount of any moneys for the payment of principal of, and premium, if any, or
interest on the Debt Securities (1) theretofore repaid to the Company in
accordance with the provisions of Section 12.04, or (2) paid to any state or to
the District of Columbia pursuant to its unclaimed property or similar laws,
and if in the case of either clause (a) or clause (b) the Company shall also
pay or cause to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company, then
this Indenture shall cease to be of further effect except for the provisions of
Sections 2.05, 2.06, 3.01, 3.02, 3.04, 6.06, 6.09 and 12.04 hereof, which shall
survive until such Debt Securities shall mature or are redeemed, as the case
may be, and are paid. Thereafter, Sections 6.06, 6.09 and 12.04 shall survive,
and the Trustee, on demand of the Company accompanied by an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of
this Indenture have been complied with, and at the cost and expense of the
Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction of and
discharging this Indenture, the Company, however, hereby agreeing to reimburse
the Trustee for any costs or expenses thereafter reasonably and properly
incurred by the Trustee in connection with this Indenture or the Debt
Securities.

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     SECTION 12.02. Deposited Moneys to be Held in Trust by Trustee.
                    -----------------------------------------------

          Subject to the provisions of Section 12.04, all moneys deposited with
the Trustee pursuant to Section 12.01 shall be held in trust and applied by it
to the payment, either directly or through any paying agent (including the
Company if acting as its own paying agent), to the holders of the particular
Debt Securities for the payment of which such moneys have been deposited with
the Trustee, of all sums due and to become due thereon for principal, and
premium, if any, and interest.

     SECTION 12.03. Paying Agent to Repay Moneys Held.
                    ---------------------------------

          Upon the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, all moneys
then held by any paying agent of the Debt Securities (other than the Trustee)
shall, upon demand of the Company, be repaid to it or paid to the Trustee, and
thereupon such paying agent shall be released from all further liability with
respect to such moneys.

     SECTION 12.04. Return of Unclaimed Moneys.
                    --------------------------

          Any moneys deposited with or paid to the Trustee or any paying agent
for payment of the principal of, and premium, if any, or interest on Debt
Securities and not applied but remaining unclaimed by the holders of Debt
Securities for two years after the date upon which the principal of, and
premium, if any, or interest on such Debt Securities, as the case may be, shall
have become due and payable, shall be repaid to the Company by the Trustee or
such paying agent on written demand; and the holder of any of the Debt
Securities shall thereafter look only to the Company for any payment which such
holder may be entitled to collect and all liability of the Trustee or such
paying agent with respect to such moneys shall thereupon cease.

                                  ARTICLE XIII

                    IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS,
                            OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

     SECTION 13.01. Indenture and Debt Securities Solely Corporate Obligations.
                    -----------------------------------------------------------

          No recourse for the payment of the principal of or premium, if any,
or interest on any Debt Security, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise
in respect thereof, and no recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or
agreement of the Company in this Indenture or in any supplemental indenture, or
in any such Debt Security, or because of the creation of any indebtedness
represented thereby, shall be had against any incorporator, stockholder,
officer, director, employee or agent, as such, past, present or future, of the
Company or of any successor corporation of the Company, either directly or
through the Company or any successor corporation of the Company, whether by
virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of
any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly understood that all
such liability is hereby expressly waived and released as a condition of, and
as a consideration for, the execution of this Indenture and the issue of the
Debt Securities.

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                                 ARTICLE XIV

                           MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

     SECTION 14.01. Successors.
                    ----------

          All the covenants, stipulations, promises and agreements of the
Company contained in this Indenture shall bind its successors and assigns
whether so expressed or not.

     SECTION 14.02. Official Acts by Successor Entity.
                    ---------------------------------

          Any act or proceeding by any provision of this Indenture authorized
or required to be done or performed by any board, committee or officer of the
Company shall and may be done and performed with like force and effect by the
like board, committee, officer or other authorized Person of any entity that
shall at the time be the lawful successor of the Company.

     SECTION 14.03. Surrender of Company Powers.
                    ---------------------------

          The Company by instrument in writing executed by authority of 2/3
(two-thirds) of its Board of Directors and delivered to the Trustee may
surrender any of the powers reserved to the Company and thereupon such power so
surrendered shall terminate both as to the Company, and as to any permitted
successor.

     SECTION 14.04. Addresses for Notices, etc.
                    ---------------------------

          Any notice or demand which by any provision of this Indenture is
required or permitted to be given or served by the Trustee or by the
Securityholders on the Company may be given or served in writing by being
deposited postage prepaid by registered or certified mail in a post office
letter box addressed (until another address is filed by the Company, with the
Trustee for the purpose) to the Company at 86 North Main Street, Porterville,
CA 93257, Attention: James C. Holly. Copy to: Nikki Wolontis, Esq. Fried, Bird
& Crumpacker, 1900 Avenue of the Stars, 25th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90067. Any
notice, direction, request or demand by any Securityholder or the Company to or
upon the Trustee shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or made, for
all purposes, if given or made in writing at the office of Wilmington Trust
Company at Rodney Square North, 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware
19890, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration.

     SECTION 14.05. Governing Law.
                    -------------

          This Indenture and each Debt Security shall be deemed to be a
contract made under the law of the State of New York, and for all purposes
shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of said State,
without regard to conflict of laws principles thereof.

     SECTION 14.06. Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent.
                    ------------------------------------------------

          Upon any application or demand by the Company to the Trustee to take
any action under any of the provisions of this Indenture, the Company shall
furnish to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate stating that in the opinion of
the signers all conditions precedent, if any,

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provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been
complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such
counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied with.

          Each certificate or opinion provided for in this Indenture and
delivered to the Trustee with respect to compliance with a condition or
covenant provided for in this Indenture (except certificates delivered pursuant
to Section 3.05) shall include (a) a statement that the person making such
certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition; (b) a brief
statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon
which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are
based; (c) a statement that, in the opinion of such person, he has made such
examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him 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 or not, in the opinion of such
person, such condition or covenant has been complied with.

     SECTION 14.07. Non-Business Days.
                    -----------------
          In any case where the date of payment of interest on or principal of
the Debt Securities is not a Business Day, the payment of such interest on or
principal of the Debt Securities need not be made on such date but may be made
on the next succeeding Business Day, with the same force and effect as if made
on the date of payment and no interest shall accrue for the period from and
after such date, except if such Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar
year, such payment will be made on the immediately preceding Business Day.

     SECTION 14.08. Table of Contents, Headings, etc.
                    --------------------------------

          The table of contents and the titles and headings of the articles and
sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference
only, are not to be considered a part hereof, and shall in no way modify or
restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

     SECTION 14.09. Execution in Counterparts.
                    -------------------------

          This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of
which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute but
one and the same instrument.

     SECTION 14.10. Separability.
                    ------------

          In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Indenture
or in the Debt Securities shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal
or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality or
unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions of this Indenture or of
such Debt Securities, but this Indenture and such Debt Securities shall be
construed as if such invalid or illegal or unenforceable provision had never
been contained herein or therein.

     SECTION 14.11. Assignment.
                    ----------

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          The Company will have the right at all times to assign any of its
rights or obligations under this Indenture to a direct or indirect wholly owned
Subsidiary of the Company, provided, that, in the event of any such assignment,
                           --------
the Company will remain liable for all such obligations. Subject to the
foregoing, this Indenture is binding upon and inures to the benefit of the
parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. This Indenture may
not otherwise be assigned by the parties thereto.

     SECTION 14.12. Acknowledgment of Rights.
                    ------------------------

          The Company acknowledges that, with respect to any Debt Securities
held by the Trust or the Institutional Trustee of the Trust, if the
Institutional Trustee of the Trust fails to enforce its rights under this
Indenture as the holder of Debt Securities held as the assets of the Trust
after the holders of a majority in Liquidation Amount of the Capital Securities
of the Trust have so directed in writing such Institutional Trustee, a holder
of record of such Capital Securities may to the fullest extent permitted by law
institute legal proceedings directly against the Company to enforce such
Institutional Trustee's rights under this Indenture without first instituting
any legal proceedings against such Institutional Trustee or any other Person.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing and such event is attributable to the failure of the Company to pay
interest (or premium, if any) or principal on the Debt Securities on the date
such interest (or premium, if any) or principal is otherwise due and payable
(or in the case of redemption, on the redemption date), the Company
acknowledges that a holder of record of Capital Securities of the Trust may
directly institute a proceeding against the Company for enforcement of payment
to such holder directly of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on
the Debt Securities having an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate
Liquidation Amount of the Capital Securities of such holder on or after the
respective due date specified in the Debt Securities.

                                 ARTICLE XV

                      SUBORDINATION OF DEBT SECURITIES

     SECTION 15.01. Agreement to Subordinate.
                    ------------------------

          The Company covenants and agrees, and each holder of Debt Securities
issued hereunder and under any supplemental indenture (the "Additional
Provisions") by such Securityholder's acceptance thereof likewise covenants and
agrees, that all Debt Securities shall be issued subject to the provisions of
this Article XV; and each holder of a Debt Security, whether upon original
issue or upon transfer or assignment thereof, accepts and agrees to be bound by
such provisions.

          The payment by the Company of the principal of, and premium, if any,
and interest on all Debt Securities issued hereunder and under any Additional
Provisions shall, to the extent and in the manner hereinafter set forth, be
subordinated and junior in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all
Senior Indebtedness of the Company, whether outstanding at the date of this
Indenture or thereafter incurred.

          No provision of this Article XV shall prevent the occurrence of any
default or Event of Default hereunder.

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     SECTION 15.02. Default on Senior Indebtedness.
                    ------------------------------

          In the event and during the continuation of any default by the
Company in the payment of principal, premium, interest or any other payment due
on any Senior Indebtedness of the Company following any applicable grace
period, or in the event that the maturity of any Senior Indebtedness of the
Company has been accelerated because of a default, and such acceleration has
not been rescinded or canceled and such Senior Indebtedness has not been paid
in full then, in either case, no payment shall be made by the Company with
respect to the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on the Debt
Securities.

          In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any payment shall
be received by the Trustee when such payment is prohibited by the preceding
paragraph of this Section 15.02, such payment shall, subject to Section 15.06,
be held in trust for the benefit of, and shall be paid over or delivered to,
the holders of Senior Indebtedness or their respective representatives, or to
the trustee or trustees under any indenture pursuant to which any of such
Senior Indebtedness may have been issued, as their respective interests may
appear, but only to the extent that the holders of the Senior Indebtedness (or
their representative or representatives or a trustee) notify the Trustee in
writing within 90 days of such payment of the amounts then due and owing on the
Senior Indebtedness and only the amounts specified in such notice to the
Trustee shall be paid to the holders of Senior Indebtedness.

     SECTION 15.03. Liquidation; Dissolution; Bankruptcy.
                    ------------------------------------

          Upon any payment by the Company or distribution of assets of the
Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, to
creditors upon any dissolution or winding-up or liquidation or reorganization
of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary or in bankruptcy, insolvency,
receivership or other proceedings, all amounts due upon all Senior Indebtedness
of the Company shall first be paid in full, or payment thereof provided for in
money in accordance with its terms, before any payment is made by the Company,
on account of the principal (and premium, if any) or interest on the Debt
Securities; and upon any such dissolution or winding-up or liquidation or
reorganization, any payment by the Company, or distribution of assets of the
Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, to
which the Securityholders or the Trustee would be entitled to receive from the
Company, except for the provisions of this Article XV, shall be paid by the
Company, or by any receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, agent
or other Person making such payment or distribution, or by the Securityholders
or by the Trustee under this Indenture if received by them or it, directly to
the holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company (pro rata to such holders on
the basis of the respective amounts of Senior Indebtedness held by such
holders, as calculated by the Company) or their representative or
representatives, or to the trustee or trustees under any indenture pursuant to
which any instruments evidencing such Senior Indebtedness may have been issued,
as their respective interests may appear, to the extent necessary to pay such
Senior Indebtedness in full, in money or money's worth, after giving effect to
any concurrent payment or distribution to or for the holders of such Senior
Indebtedness, before any payment or distribution is made to the Securityholders.

          In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any payment or
distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character, whether in cash,
property or securities,

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prohibited by the foregoing, shall be received by the Trustee before all Senior
Indebtedness of the Company is paid in full, or provision is made for such
payment in money in accordance with its terms, such payment or distribution
shall be held in trust for the benefit of and shall be paid over or delivered
to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness or their representative or
representatives, or to the trustee or trustees under any indenture pursuant to
which any instruments evidencing such Senior Indebtedness may have been issued,
as their respective interests may appear, as calculated by the Company, for
application to the payment of all Senior Indebtedness of the Company, remaining
unpaid to the extent necessary to pay such Senior Indebtedness in full in money
in accordance with its terms, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or
distribution to or for the benefit of the holders of such Senior Indebtedness.

          For purposes of this Article XV, the words "cash, property or
securities" shall not be deemed to include shares of stock of the Company as
reorganized or readjusted, or securities of the Company or any other
corporation provided for by a plan of reorganization or readjustment, the
payment of which is subordinated at least to the extent provided in this
Article XV with respect to the Debt Securities to the payment of all Senior
Indebtedness of the Company, that may at the time be outstanding, provided,
                                                                  --------
that (a) such Senior Indebtedness is assumed by the new corporation, if any,
resulting from any such reorganization or readjustment, and (b) the rights of
the holders of such Senior Indebtedness are not, without the consent of such
holders, altered by such reorganization or readjustment. The consolidation of
the Company with, or the merger of the Company into, another corporation or the
liquidation or dissolution of the Company following the conveyance or transfer
of its property as an entirety, or substantially as an entirety, to another
corporation upon the terms and conditions provided for in Article IX of this
Indenture shall not be deemed a dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or
reorganization for the purposes of this Section 15.03 if such other corporation
shall, as a part of such consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer, comply
with the conditions stated in Article IX of this Indenture.  Nothing in Section
15.02 or in this Section 15.03 shall apply to claims of, or payments to, the
Trustee under or pursuant to Section 6.06 of this Indenture.

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     SECTION 15.04. Subrogation.
                    -----------

          Subject to the payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness of the
Company, the Securityholders shall be subrogated to the rights of the holders
of such Senior Indebtedness to receive payments or distributions of cash,
property or securities of the Company, applicable to such Senior Indebtedness
until the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Debt
Securities shall be paid in full; and, for the purposes of such subrogation, no
payments or distributions to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness of any
cash, property or securities to which the Securityholders or the Trustee would
be entitled except for the provisions of this Article XV, and no payment over
pursuant to the provisions of this Article XV to or for the benefit of the
holders of such Senior Indebtedness by Securityholders or the Trustee, shall,
as between the Company, its creditors other than holders of Senior Indebtedness
of the Company, and the holders of the Debt Securities be deemed to be a
payment or distribution by the Company to or on account of such Senior
Indebtedness. It is understood that the provisions of this Article XV are and
are intended solely for the purposes of defining the relative rights of the
holders of the Debt Securities, on the one hand, and the holders of such Senior
Indebtedness, on the other hand.

          Nothing contained in this Article XV or elsewhere in this Indenture,
any Additional Provisions or in the Debt Securities is intended to or shall
impair, as between the Company, its creditors other than the holders of Senior
Indebtedness of the Company, and the holders of the Debt Securities, the
obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay to the
holders of the Debt Securities the principal of (and premium, if any) and
interest on the Debt Securities as and when the same shall become due and
payable in accordance with their terms, or is intended to or shall affect the
relative rights of the holders of the Debt Securities and creditors of the
Company, other than the holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company, nor
shall anything herein or therein prevent the Trustee or the holder of any Debt
Security from exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law
upon default under this Indenture, subject to the rights, if any, under this
Article XV of the holders of such Senior Indebtedness in respect of cash,
property or securities of the Company, received upon the exercise of any such
remedy.

          Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company referred to
in this Article XV, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Article VI of
this Indenture, and the Securityholders shall be entitled to conclusively rely
upon any order or decree made by any court of competent jurisdiction in which
such dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization proceedings are
pending, or a certificate of the receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidation
trustee, agent or other Person making such payment or distribution, delivered
to the Trustee or to the Securityholders, for the purposes of ascertaining the
Persons entitled to participate in such distribution, the holders of Senior
Indebtedness and other indebtedness of the Company, the amount thereof or
payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all
other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article XV.

     SECTION 15.05. Trustee to Effectuate Subordination.
                    -----------------------------------

          Each Securityholder by such Securityholder's acceptance thereof
authorizes and directs the Trustee on such Securityholder's behalf to take such
action as may be necessary or

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appropriate to effectuate the subordination provided in this Article XV and
appoints the Trustee such Securityholder's attorney-in-fact for any and all
such purposes.

     SECTION 15.06. Notice by the Company.
                    ---------------------

          The Company shall give prompt written notice to a Responsible Officer
of the Trustee at the Principal Office of the Trustee of any fact known to the
Company that would prohibit the making of any payment of monies to or by the
Trustee in respect of the Debt Securities pursuant to the provisions of this
Article XV. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article XV or any other
provision of this Indenture or any Additional Provisions, the Trustee shall not
be charged with knowledge of the existence of any facts that would prohibit the
making of any payment of monies to or by the Trustee in respect of the Debt
Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Article XV, unless and until a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee at the Principal Office of the Trustee shall
have received written notice thereof from the Company or a holder or holders of
Senior Indebtedness or from any trustee therefor; and before the receipt of any
such written notice, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Article VI of
this Indenture, shall be entitled in all respects to assume that no such facts
exist; provided, however, that if the Trustee shall not have received the
       --------  -------
notice provided for in this Section 15.06 at least two Business Days prior to
the date upon which by the terms hereof any money may become payable for any
purpose (including, without limitation, the payment of the principal of (or
premium, if any) or interest on any Debt Security), then, anything herein
contained to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall have full power
and authority to receive such money and to apply the same to the purposes for
which they were received, and shall not be affected by any notice to the
contrary that may be received by it within two Business Days prior to such date.

          The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Article VI of this
Indenture, shall be entitled to conclusively rely on the delivery to it of a
written notice by a Person representing himself to be a holder of Senior
Indebtedness of the Company (or a trustee or representative on behalf of such
holder), to establish that such notice has been given by a holder of such
Senior Indebtedness or a trustee or representative on behalf of any such holder
or holders. In the event that the Trustee determines in good faith that further
evidence is required with respect to the right of any Person as a holder of
such Senior Indebtedness to participate in any payment or distribution pursuant
to this Article XV, the Trustee may request such Person to furnish evidence to
the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount of such Senior
Indebtedness held by such Person, the extent to which such Person is entitled
to participate in such payment or distribution and any other facts pertinent to
the rights of such Person under this Article XV, and, if such evidence is not
furnished, the Trustee may defer any payment to such Person pending judicial
determination as to the right of such Person to receive such payment.

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     SECTION 15.07. Rights of the Trustee; Holders of Senior Indebtedness.
                    -----------------------------------------------------

          The Trustee in its individual capacity shall be entitled to all the
rights set forth in this Article XV in respect of any Senior Indebtedness at
any time held by it, to the same extent as any other holder of Senior
Indebtedness, and nothing in this Indenture or any Additional Provisions shall
deprive the Trustee of any of its rights as such holder.

          With respect to the holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company,
the Trustee undertakes to perform or to observe only such of its covenants and
obligations as are specifically set forth in this Article XV, and no implied
covenants or obligations with respect to the holders of such Senior
Indebtedness shall be read into this Indenture or any Additional Provisions
against the Trustee. The Trustee shall not owe or be deemed to owe any
fiduciary duty to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness and, subject to the
provisions of Article VI of this Indenture, the Trustee shall not be liable to
any holder of such Senior Indebtedness if it shall pay over or deliver to
Securityholders, the Company or any other Person money or assets to which any
holder of such Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled by virtue of this Article
XV or otherwise.

          Nothing in this Article XV shall apply to claims of, or payments to,
the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 6.06.

     SECTION 15.08. Subordination May Not Be Impaired.
                    ---------------------------------

          No right of any present or future holder of any Senior Indebtedness
of the Company to enforce subordination as herein provided shall at any time in
any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of
the Company, or by any act or failure to act, in good faith, by any such
holder, or by any noncompliance by the Company, with the terms, provisions and
covenants of this Indenture, regardless of any knowledge thereof that any such
holder may have or otherwise be charged with.

          Without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing
paragraph, the holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company may, at any time
and from time to time, without the consent of or notice to the Trustee or the
Securityholders, without incurring responsibility to the Securityholders and
without impairing or releasing the subordination provided in this Article XV or
the obligations hereunder of the holders of the Debt Securities to the holders
of such Senior Indebtedness, do any one or more of the following: (a) change
the manner, place or terms of payment or extend the time of payment of, or
renew or alter, such Senior Indebtedness, or otherwise amend or supplement in
any manner such Senior Indebtedness or any instrument evidencing the same or
any agreement under which such Senior Indebtedness is outstanding; (b) sell,
exchange, release or otherwise deal with any property pledged, mortgaged or
otherwise securing such Senior Indebtedness; (c) release any Person liable in
any manner for the collection of such Senior Indebtedness; and (d) exercise or
refrain from exercising any rights against the Company, and any other Person.

          Wilmington Trust Company, in its capacity as Trustee, hereby accepts
the trusts in this Indenture declared and provided, upon the terms and
conditions herein above set forth.

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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to
be duly executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of
the day and year first above written.

                                                   SIERRA BANCORP

                                                   By /s/ James C. Holly
                                                      --------------------------
                                                      Name: James C. Holly
                                                      Title: President and Chief
                                                             Executive Officer

                                                   WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, as
                                                      Trustee

                                                   By /s/ Donald C. Mackelcan
                                                      --------------------------
                                                      Name: Donald C. Mackelcan
                                                      Title: Vice President

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                                                                      EXHIBIT A

FORM OF FLOATING RATE JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEBT SECURITY DUE 2031

                          [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 COMPANY, (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 COMPANY'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 IT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INDENTURE, A COPY OF
WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE COMPANY. 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

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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 INDENTURE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE
FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.

          THIS SECURITY WILL BE ISSUED AND MAY BE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN BLOCKS
HAVING A PRINCIPAL 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
PRINCIPAL 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.

          THIS OBLIGATION IS NOT A DEPOSIT AND IS NOT INSURED BY THE UNITED
STATES OR ANY AGENCY OR FUND OF THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING THE FEDERAL
DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION (THE "FDIC"). THIS OBLIGATION IS SUBORDINATED TO
THE CLAIMS OF DEPOSITORS AND THE CLAIMS OF GENERAL AND SECURED CREDITORS OF THE
COMPANY, IS INELIGIBLE AS COLLATERAL FOR A LOAN BY THE COMPANY OR ANY OF ITS
SUBSIDIARIES AND IS NOT SECURED.

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           Floating Rate Junior Subordinated Debt Security due 2031

                                      of

                                SIERRA BANCORP
                                --------------

          Sierra Bancorp, a bank holding company (the "Company"), for value
received promises to pay to Wilmington Trust Company, not in its individual
capacity but solely as Institutional Trustee for Sierra Capital Trust I (the
"Holder") or registered assigns, the principal sum of Fifteen Million Four
Hundred Sixty Four Thousand Dollars ($15,464,000) on December 8, 2031, and to
pay interest on said principal sum from November 28, 2001, or from the most
recent interest payment date (each such date, an "Interest Payment Date") to
which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually (subject to
deferral as set forth herein) in arrears on June 8 and December 8 of each year
commencing June 8, 2002, at a variable per annum rate equal to LIBOR (as
defined in the Indenture) plus 3.75% (the "Interest Rate") (provided, that the
                                                            --------
applicable Interest Rate may not exceed 11.0% through the Interest Payment Date
in December 2006) until the principal hereof shall have become due and payable,
and on any overdue principal and (without duplication and to the extent that
payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law) on any overdue
installment of interest at an annual rate equal to the Interest Rate in effect
for each such Extension Period compounded semi-annually. The amount of interest
payable on any Interest Payment Date shall be computed on the basis of a
360-day year and the actual number of days elapsed in the relevant interest
period. In the event that any date on which the principal or interest is
payable on this Debt Security is not a Business Day, then payment 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 date. The interest
installment so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any
Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person
in whose name this Debt Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities, as
defined in said Indenture) is registered at the close of business on the
regular record date for such interest installment, except that interest and any
Deferred Interest payable on the Maturity Date shall be paid to the Person to
whom principal is paid. Any such interest installment not punctually paid or
duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the registered holders
on such regular record date and may be paid to the Person in whose name this
Debt Security (or one or more Predecessor Debt Securities) is registered at the
close of business on a special record date to be fixed by the Trustee for the
payment of such defaulted interest, notice whereof shall be given to the
registered holders of the Debt Securities not less than 10 days prior to such
special record date, all as more fully provided in the Indenture. The principal
of and interest on this Debt Security shall be payable at the office or agency
of the Trustee (or other paying agent appointed by the Company) maintained for
that purpose in any coin or currency of the United States of America that at
the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts;
provided, however, that payment of interest may be made at the option of the
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Company by check mailed to the registered holder at such address as shall
appear in the Debt Security Register or by wire transfer to an account
appropriately designated by the holder hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
so long as the holder of this Debt Security is the Institutional Trustee, the
payment of the principal of and

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interest on this Debt Security will be made in immediately available funds at
such place and to such account as may be designated by the Trustee.

          So long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the
Company shall have the right, from time to time, to defer payments of interest
on the Debt Securities by extending the interest payment period on the Debt
Securities at any time and from time to time during the term of the Debt
Securities, for up to 10 consecutive semi-annual periods (each such extended
interest payment period, an "Extension Period"), 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 Debt Securities, and interest on such accrued interest (such
accrued interest and interest thereon referred to herein as "Deferred
Interest") will accrue at the Interest Rate, compounded semi-annually from the
date such Deferred Interest would have been payable were it not for the
Extension Period, both to the extent permitted by law. No Extension Period may
end on a date other than an Interest Payment Date. At the end of any such
Extension Period the Company shall pay all Deferred Interest then accrued and
unpaid on the Debt Securities; provided, however, that no Extension Period may
                               --------  -------
extend beyond the Maturity Date and provided, further, however, during any such
                                    --------  -------  -------
Extension Period, the Company 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 Company'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 Company that rank pari passu in all respects with or
junior in interest to the Debt Securities (other than (a) repurchases,
redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of capital stock of the Company (I)
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, (II) in connection with a dividend reinvestment or
stockholder stock purchase plan or (III) in connection with the issuance of
capital stock of the Company (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 Company's capital stock (or any
capital stock of a subsidiary of the Company) for any class or series of the
Company's capital stock or of any class or series of the Company's indebtedness
for any class or series of the Company's capital stock, (c) the purchase of
fractional interests in shares of the Company'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 Company 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 Company 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

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Extension Period shall bear Deferred Interest. The Company must give the
Trustee notice of its election to begin such Extension Period at least one
Business Day prior to the earlier of (i) the date interest on the Debt
Securities would have been payable except for the election to begin such
Extension Period or (ii) the date such interest is payable, but in any event
not later than the related regular record date.

          The indebtedness evidenced by this Debt Security is, to the extent
provided in the Indenture, subordinate and junior in right of payment to the
prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness, and this Debt Security is
issued subject to the provisions of the Indenture with respect thereto. Each
holder of this Debt Security, by accepting the same, (a) agrees to and shall be
bound by such provisions, (b) authorizes and directs the Trustee on such
holder's behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to
acknowledge or effectuate the subordination so provided and (c) appoints the
Trustee such holder's attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes. Each
holder hereof, by such holder's acceptance hereof, hereby waives all notice of
the acceptance of the subordination provisions contained herein and in the
Indenture by each holder of Senior Indebtedness, whether now outstanding or
hereafter incurred, and waives reliance by each such holder upon said
provisions.

          The Company waives demand, presentment for payment, notice of
nonpayment, notice of protest, and all other notices.

          This Debt Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the
Indenture hereinafter referred to and shall not be valid or become obligatory
for any purpose until the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been
signed by or on behalf of the Trustee.

          The provisions of this Debt Security are continued on the reverse
side hereof and such continued provisions shall for all purposes have the same
effect as though fully set forth at this place.

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<PAGE>

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

                                   SIERRA BANCORP

                                   By:________________________________
                                      Name:
                                      Title:

Dated: _______

                        CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
                        -----------------------------

          This is one of the Debt Securities referred to in the within-mentioned
Indenture.

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

                                   By:________________________________
                                            Authorized Officer
Dated: _______

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<PAGE>

                        [FORM OF REVERSE OF SECURITY]
                        -----------------------------

          This Debt Security is one of a duly authorized series of Debt
Securities of the Company, all issued or to be issued pursuant to an Indenture
(the "Indenture") dated as of November 28, 2001, duly executed and delivered
between the Company and Wilmington Trust Company, as Trustee (the "Trustee"),
to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby
made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations,
duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company and the holders of
the Debt Securities (referred to herein as the "Debt Securities") of which this
Debt Security is a part. The summary of the terms of this Debt Security
contained herein does not purport to be complete and is qualified by reference
to the Indenture.

          Upon the occurrence and continuation of a Tax Event, an Investment
Company Event or a Capital Treatment Event, this Debt Security may become due
and payable, 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 (the "Special Redemption Date"), as the case may be, at the Special
Redemption Price. The Company shall also have the right to redeem this Debt
Security at the option of the Company, in whole or in part, on any June 8 or
December 8 on or after December 8, 2006 (a "Redemption Date"), at the
Redemption Price.

          Any redemption pursuant to the preceding paragraph will be made,
subject to the receipt by the Company 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, upon not less than 30 days' nor more than 60 days' notice. If the Debt
Securities are only partially redeemed by the Company, the Debt Securities will
be redeemed pro rata or by lot or by any other method utilized by the Trustee.
            --- ----
          "Redemption Price" means 100% of the principal amount of the Debt
Securities being redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest on such Debt
Securities 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 Debt Securities being redeemed pursuant to Section 10.02 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 Debt Securities, 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 Debt Securities 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

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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
Trustee receives 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 Company shall substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer.

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

          "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 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.

          "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.

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          In the event of redemption of this Debt Security in part only, a new
Debt Security or Debt Securities for the unredeemed portion hereof will be
issued in the name of the holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.

          In case an Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture, shall have
occurred and be continuing, the principal of all of the Debt Securities may be
declared due and payable, and upon such declaration of acceleration shall
become due and payable, in the manner, with the effect and subject to the
conditions provided in the Indenture.

          The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company and the
Trustee, with the consent of the holders of not less than a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities at the time outstanding
affected thereby, as specified in the Indenture, to execute supplemental
indentures for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any
manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Indenture or of any
supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the holders
of the Debt Securities; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture
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shall, among other things, without the consent of the holders of each Debt
Security then outstanding and affected thereby (i) extend the fixed maturity of
the Debt Securities, or reduce the principal amount thereof or any redemption
premium thereon, or reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of interest
thereon, or make the principal of, or any interest or premium on, the Debt
Securities payable in any coin or currency other than that provided in the Debt
Securities, or impair or affect the right of any holder of Debt Securities to
institute suit for the payment thereof, or (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage
of Debt Securities, the holders of which are required to consent to any such
supplemental indenture. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the
holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities at
the time outstanding, on behalf of all of the holders of the Debt Securities,
to waive any past default in the performance of any of the covenants contained
in the Indenture, or established pursuant to the Indenture, and its
consequences, except a default in the payment of the principal of or premium,
if any, or interest on any of the Debt Securities. Any such consent or waiver
by the registered holder of this Debt Security (unless revoked as provided in
the Indenture) shall be conclusive and binding upon such holder and upon all
future holders and owners of this Debt Security and of any Debt Security issued
in exchange herefor or in place hereof (whether by registration of transfer or
otherwise), irrespective of whether or not any notation of such consent or
waiver is made upon this Debt Security.

          No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Debt
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
premium, if any, and interest on this Debt Security at the time and place and
at the rate and in the money herein prescribed.

          As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations
herein and therein set forth, this Debt Security is transferable by the
registered holder hereof on the Debt Security Register of the Company, upon
surrender of this Debt Security for registration of transfer at the office or
agency of the Trustee in Wilmington, Delaware accompanied by a written
instrument or instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company or
the Trustee duly executed by the registered holder hereof or such holder's
attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Debt
Securities of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal
amount will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. No service
charge will be

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made for any such registration of transfer, but the Company may require payment
of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in
relation thereto.

          Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of this Debt
Security, the Company, the Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any paying agent,
any transfer agent and the Debt Security registrar may deem and treat the
registered holder hereof as the absolute owner hereof (whether or not this Debt
Security shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notice of ownership or
writing hereon) for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the
principal hereof and interest due hereon and for all other purposes, and
neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent nor any paying
agent nor any transfer agent nor any Debt Security registrar shall be affected
by any notice to the contrary.

          No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of or the
interest on this Debt Security, or for any claim based hereon, or otherwise in
respect hereof, or based on or in respect of the Indenture, against any
incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, past, present or future, as
such, of the Company or of any predecessor or successor corporation, whether by
virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of
any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by the
acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issuance hereof,
expressly waived and released.

          The Debt Securities are issuable only in registered certificated form
without coupons. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain
limitations herein and therein set forth, Debt Securities are exchangeable for
a like aggregate principal amount of Debt Securities of a different authorized
denomination, as requested by the holder surrendering the same.

          All terms used in this Debt Security that are defined in the
Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

          THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN THE INDENTURE AND THE
DEBT SECURITIES, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF.

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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.3

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                        AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION
                                    OF TRUST
                             SIERRA CAPITAL TRUST I
                          Dated as of November 28, 2001

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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 ...............................................52
  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.......................................53
  SECTION 13.6  Partial Enforceability.......................................53
  SECTION 13.7  Counterparts.................................................53

                              ANNEXES AND EXHIBITS

ANNEX I       Terms of Floating Rate TRUPS(R)

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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

                             SIERRA CAPITAL TRUST I

                                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 Sierra Capital Trust I (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
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the Indenture.

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

          "Administrators" means each of James C. Holly and Kenneth R. Taylor,
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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
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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 Porterville, California 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 [sec] 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).
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          "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 Sierra Bancorp, a bank holding company
           ----------------
incorporated in California, in its capacity as issuer of the Debentures under
the Indenture.

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

          "Debentures" means the Floating Rate Junior Subordinated Debt
           ----------
Securities due 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 examinatio n
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
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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
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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 Sierra Bancorp, a bank holding company that is a
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U.S. Person incorporated in California, or any successor entity in a
merger, consolidation or amalgamation that is a U.S. Person, in its capacity as
sponsor of the Trust.

          "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
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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
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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.
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          "Treasury Rate" has the meaning set forth in paragraph 4(a) of Annex
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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 "Sierra Capital Trust I," 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
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Trust, which shall be in a State of the United States or the District of
Columbia, is 86 North Main Street, Porterville, CA 93257. 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
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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
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Declaration, the Institutional Trustee shall have exclusive and complete
authority to carry out the purposes of the Trust. An action taken by a Trustee
on behalf of the Trust and in accordance with its powers

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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 othe rwise 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 [sec] 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
          payment s 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 [sec] 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.
                       ----------------------------------------------------

          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.
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          (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 Ins titutional 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 [sec]
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
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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,
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 [sec]3807 of the Business
Trust Act.

          SECTION 4.3. Institutional Trustee; Eligibility. (a)  There shall at
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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 [sec] 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.
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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.
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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
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shall be Wilmington Trust Company.

          SECTION 4.7. Appointment, Removal and Resignation of Trustees and
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Administrators.
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          (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.
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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
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file an amendment to the 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.
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          (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
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Registrar. The Trust shall maintain in Wilmington, Delaware, an office or
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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
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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:
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          (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 nonpayment 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 to
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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)     Upon issuance of the Common Securities, the Sponsor shall
acquire and retain beneficial and record ownership of the Common Securities and
for so long as the Securities remain outstanding, the Sponsor shall maintain
100% ownership of the Common Securities; provided, however, that any permitted
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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.
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          (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
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transferred in minimum blocks of $100,000 aggregate liquidation amount (100
Capital Securities) and multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. Any attempted
transfer of Capital Securities in a block having an aggregate liquidation
amount 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
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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 [sec] 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
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liable, responsible or accountable in damages or otherwise to the Trust or any
Covered Person for any loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of any act or
omission performed or omitted by such Indemnified Person in good faith on
behalf of the Trust and in a manner such Indemnified Person reasonably believed
to be within the scope of the authority conferred on such Indemnified Person by
this Declaration or by law, except that an Indemnified Person (other than an
Administrator) shall be liable for any such loss, damage or claim incurred by
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
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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,
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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, 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
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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 amend ed 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 Declaratio n 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.
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          (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
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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):

                          Sierra Capital Trust I
                          c/o Sierra Bancorp
                          86 North Main Street
                          Porterville, CA 93257

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                          Attention: James C. Holly

                          Copy to: Nikki Wolontis, Esq.
                          Fried, Bird & Crumpacker
                          1900 Avenue of the Stars, 25th Floor
                          Los Angeles, CA 90067

          (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 setforth below (or such other address as the
Holder of the Common Securities may givenotice of to the Trust):

                          Sierra Bancorp
                          86 North Main Street
                          Porterville, CA 93257
                          Attention: James C. Holly

                          Copy to: Nikki Wolontis, Esq.
                          Fried, Bird & Crumpacker
                          1900 Avenue of the Stars, 25th Floor
                          Los Angeles, CA 90067

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

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

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

          SECTION 13.3. Submission to Jurisdiction. 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.

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

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

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

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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused 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

                                              SIERRA BANCORP
                                                  as Sponsor

                                              By: /s/ James C. Holly
                                                  ----------------------------
                                                  Name:  James C. Holly
                                                  Title: President and Chief
                                                         Executive Officer

                                              By: /s/ James C. Holly
                                                  --------------------------
                                                  Administrator

                                              By: /s/ Ker Taylor
                                                  --------------------------
                                                  Administrator

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                                    ANNEX I

                                    TERMS OF
                              FLOATING RATE TRUPS(R)

          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.
               ----------------------

          (a)  Capital Securities. 15,000 Capital Securities of Sierra
Capital Trust I (the "Trust"), with an aggregate stated liquidation amount with
respect to the assets of the Trust of Fifteen Million Dollars ($15,000,000) and
a stated liquidation amount with respect to the assets of the Trust of $1,000
per Capital Security, are hereby designated for the purposes of identification
only as the "Floating Rate TRUPS(R)" (the "Capital Securities"). The Capital
Security Certificates evidencing the Capital Securities shall be substantially
in the form of Exhibit A-1 to the Declaration, with such changes and additions
thereto or deletions therefrom as may be required by ordinary usage, custom or
practice or to conform to the rules of any stock exchange on which the Capital
Securities are listed, if any.

          (b)  Common Securities. 464 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 Four Hundred Sixty Four Thousand Dollars ($464,000) 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
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beyond the Maturity Date and provided, further, that, during any such Extension
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Period, the Debenture Issuer may not (i) declare or pay any dividends or
distributions on, or redeem, purchase, acquire, or make a liquidation payment
with respect to, any of the Debenture Issuer's capital stock or (ii) make any
payment 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
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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
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the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution, winding-up or
termination of the Trust (each, a "Liquidation") other than in connection with
a redemption of the Debentures, the Holders of the Securities will be entitled
to receive out of the assets of the Trust available for distribution to Holders
of the Securities, after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the Trust
(to the extent not satisfied by the Debenture Issuer), distributions equal to
the aggregate of the stated liquidation amount of $1,000 per Security plus
accrued and unpaid Distributions thereon to the date of payment (such amount
being the "Liquidation Distribution"), unless in connection with such
Liquidation, the Debentures in an aggregate stated principal amount equal to
the aggregate stated liquidation amount of such Securities, with an interest
rate equal to the Coupon Rate of, and bearing accrued and unpaid interest in an
amount equal to the accrued and unpaid Distributions on, and having the same
record date as, such Securities, after paying or making reasonable provision to
pay all claims and obligations of the Trust in accordance with Section 3808(e)
of the 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
Company Event or Capital Treatment Event, as the case may be, is

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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 a
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     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,
                                                                     --------
     that the acquiror is not the Holder of the Common Securities or the
     obligor under the Indenture, the Sponsor or any of its subsidiaries may at
     any time and from time to time purchase outstanding Capital Securities by
     tender, in the open market or by private agreement.

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

          (b)  Subject to the requirements of obtaining a tax opinion by
the Institutional Trustee in certain circumstances set forth in the last
sentence of this paragraph, the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of
the Capital Securities, voting separately as a class, have the right to direct
the time, method, and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy
available to the Institutional Trustee, or exercising any trust or power
conferred upon the Institutional Trustee under the Declaration, including the
right to direct the Institutional Trustee, 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
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under the Indenture would require the consent or act of the holders of greater
than a simple majority in principal amount of Debentures (a "Super Majority")
affected thereby, the Institutional Trustee may only give such consent or take
such action at the written direction of the Holders of not less than the
proportion in liquidation amount of the Capital Securities outstanding which
the relevant Super Majority represents of the aggregate principal amount of the
Debentures outstanding. If the Institutional Trustee fails to enforce its
rights under the Debentures after the Holders of a

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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
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require the consent of a Super Majority, the Institutional Trustee may only
give such consent at the written direction of the Holders of not less than the
proportion in liquidation amount of such Securities outstanding which the
relevant 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
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consent or action under the Indenture would require a Super Majority, the
Institutional Trustee may only give such consent or take such action at the
written direction of the Holders of not less than the proportion in liquidation
amount of the Common Securities which the relevant Super Majority represents of
the aggregate principal amount of the Debentures outstanding. Notwithstanding
this Section 6(c), the Institutional Trustee shall not revoke any action
previously authorized or approved by a vote or consent of the Holders of the
Capital Securities. Other than with respect to directing the time, method and
place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the
Institutional Trustee or the Debenture Trustee as

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

          (b)  In the event the consent of the Institutional Trustee as the
holder of the Debentures is required under the Indenture with respect to any
amendment, modification or termination of the Indenture or the Debentures, the
Institutional Trustee shall request the written direction of the Holders of the
Securities with respect to such amendment, modification or termination and
shall vote with respect to such amendment, modification, or termination as
directed by a Majority in liquidation amount of the Securities voting together
as a single class; provided, however, that where a consent under the Indenture
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would require 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
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any payment, distribution or treatment as being "Pro Rata" shall mean pro rata
to each Holder of the Securities according to the aggregate liquidation amount
of the Securities held by the relevant Holder in relation to the aggregate
liquidation amount of all Securities outstanding unless, in relation to a
payment, an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, in which case any
funds available to make such payment shall be paid first to each Holder of the
Capital Securities Pro Rata according to the aggregate liquidation amount of
the Capital Securities held by the relevant Holder relative to the aggregate
liquidation amount of all Capital Securities outstanding, and only after
satisfaction of all amounts owed to the Holders of the Capital Securities, to
each Holder of the Common Securities Pro Rata according to the aggregate
liquidation amount of the Common Securities held by the relevant Holder
relative to the aggregate liquidation amount of all Common Securities
outstanding.

          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
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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

                             SIERRA CAPITAL TRUST I

                           Floating Rate TRUPS(R)

                (liquidation amount $1,000 per Capital Security)

          Sierra Capital Trust I, a statutory business trust created under the
laws of the State of Delaware (the "Trust"), hereby certifies that
[______________] (the "Holder") is the registered owner of 15,000 capital
securities of the Trust representing undivided beneficial interests in the
assets of the Trust, designated the Floating Rate TRUPS(R) (liquidation
amount $1,000 per Capital Security) (the "Capital Securities"). Subject to the
Declaration (as defined below), the Capital Securities are transferable on the
books and records of the Trust, in person or by a duly authorized attorney,
upon surrender of this Certificate duly endorsed and in proper form for
transfer. The Capital Securities represented hereby are issued pursuant to, and
the designation, rights, privileges, restrictions, preferences and other terms
and provisions of the Capital Securities shall in all respects be subject to,
the provisions of the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of the Trust
dated as of November 28, 2001, among James C. Holly and Kenneth R. Taylor, as
Administrators, Wilmington Trust Company, as Delaware Trustee, Wilmington Trust
Company, as Institutional Trustee, Sierra Bancorp, as Sponsor, and the holders
from time to time of undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust,
including the designation of the terms of the Capital Securities as set forth
in Annex I to the Declaration, as the same may be amended from time to time
(the "Declaration"). Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have
the meaning given them in the Declaration. The Holder is entitled to the
benefits of the Guarantee to the extent provided therein. The Sponsor will
provide a copy of the Declaration, the Guarantee, and the Indenture to the
Holder without charge upon written request to the 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.

                                         SIERRA CAPITAL TRUST I
                                         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.

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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
<PAGE>

                                  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

                             SIERRA CAPITAL TRUST I

          Sierra Capital Trust I, a statutory business trust created under the
laws of the State of Delaware (the "Trust"), hereby certifies that Sierra
Bancorp (the "Holder") is the registered owner of 464 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 James C. Holly and Kenneth R.
Taylor, 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
<PAGE>

          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.

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<PAGE>

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

                                              SIERRA CAPITAL TRUST I

                                              By:______________________________
                                                 Name:
                                                 Title: Administrator

                                     A-2-3
<PAGE>

                          [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 semiannually 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 semiannually 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

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<PAGE>

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.

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<PAGE>

                                   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
<PAGE>

                                                                      EXHIBIT B

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

                                                                __________, [ ]

Sierra Bancorp
Sierra Capital Trust I
86 North Main Street
Porterville, CA 93257

Re:  Purchase of $1,000 stated liquidation amount of Floating Rate TRUPS(R)
     (the "Capital Securities") of Sierra Capital Trust I
                   --------------------------------------

Ladies and Gentlemen:

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

          1.   We understand that the Floating Rate TRUPS(R) (the "Capital
Securities") of Sierra Capital Trust I (the "Trust") (including the guarantee
(the "Guarantee") of Sierra Bancorp (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
Securities Act that is acquiring such Securities for investment

                                     B-1
<PAGE>

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 Securitie s 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, profitsharing 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
<PAGE>

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

                                                _______________________________
                                                      (Name of Purchaser)

                                                By:____________________________

                                                Date:__________________________

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

Name:_______________________________

Address:____________________________

Taxpayer ID Number:_________________

                                     B-3
<PAGE>

                                                                      EXHIBIT C

                         FORM OF TRANSFEROR CERTIFICATE
                            TO BE EXECUTED FOR QIBS

                                                                __________, [ ]

Sierra Bancorp
Sierra Capital Trust I
86 North Main Street
Porterville, CA 93257

Re:  Purchase of $1,000 stated liquidation amount of Floating Rate TRUPS(R)
     (the "Capital Securities") of Sierra Capital Trust I
                   --------------------------------------

          Reference is hereby made to the Amended and Restated Declaration dated
as of November 28, 2001 (the "Declaration") among James C. Holly and Kenneth R.
Taylor, as Administrators, Wilmington Trust Company, as Delaware Trustee,
Wilmington Trust Company, as Institutional Trustee, Sierra Bancorp, as Sponsor,
and the holders from time to time of undivided beneficial interest in the
assets of Sierra Capital Trust I. 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:______________

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