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                                                            Executed in 6 Parts
                                                           Counterpart No. (   )

                              NATIONAL EQUITY TRUST

                           OTC GROWTH TRUST SERIES 17

                            REFERENCE TRUST AGREEMENT

     This Reference Trust Agreement dated November 20, 2001 among Prudential
Investment Management Services LLC, as Depositor, Prudential Securities
Incorporated, as Portfolio Supervisor, and The Bank of New York, as Trustee,
sets forth certain provisions in full and incorporates other provisions by
reference to the document entitled "National Equity Trust, Trust Indenture and
Agreement" (the "Basic Agreement") dated February 2, 2000. Such provisions as
are set forth in full herein and such provisions as are incorporated by
reference constitute a single instrument (the "Indenture").

                                WITNESSETH THAT:

     In consideration of the premises and of the mutual agreements herein
contained, the Depositor and the Trustee agree as follows:

                                     Part I.

                     STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF TRUST

     Subject to the provisions of Part II hereof, all the provisions contained
in the Basic Agreement are herein incorporated by reference in their entirety
and shall be deemed to be a part of this instrument as fully and to the same
extent as though said provisions had been set forth in full in this instrument.

A.   Article I, entitled "Definitions," shall be amended as follows:

(i)  Section  1.01-Definitions  shall be amended to add the following definition
     at the end thereof:

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     "Portfolio Supervisor" of the Trust shall have the meaning assigned to it
in Part II of the Reference Trust Agreement.

B.   Article III, entitled "Administration of Trust," shall be amended as
     follows:

(i)  The third paragraph of Section 3.05-Distribution shall be amended by
     deleting any reference to Depositor and replacing it with Portfolio
     Supervisor.

(ii) Section 3.14-Deferred Sales Charge shall be amended to add the following
     sentences at the end thereof:

     "References to Deferred Sales Charge in this Trust Indenture and Agreement
     shall include any Creation and Development Fee indicated in the prospectus
     for a Trust. The Creation and Development Fee shall be payable on each date
     so designated and in an amount determined as specified in the prospectus
     for a Trust."

C.   Article VIII, entitled "Depositor," shall be amended as follows:

(i)  Section  8.07-Compensation  shall be amended by deleting  any  reference to
     Depositor and replacing it with Portfolio Supervisor.

D.   Article IX, entitled "Additional Covenants; Miscellaneous Provisions,"
     shall be amended as follows:

(i)  The first sentence of Section 9.05 - Written Notice shall be amended by
     deleting the language "Prudential Securities Incorporated at One Seaport
     Plaza, New York, New York 10292" and replacing it with "Prudential
     Investment Management LLC at 100 Mulberry Street, Gateway Center Three,
     Newark, New Jersey 07102".

                                    Part II.

                      SPECIAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF TRUST

     The following special terms and conditions are hereby agreed to:

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A.   The Trust is denominated National Equity Trust, OTC Growth Trust Series 17.

B.   The Units of the Trust shall be subject to a deferred sales charge.

C.   The publicly traded stocks listed in Schedule A hereto are those which,
     subject to the terms of this Indenture, have been or are to be deposited in
     Trust under this Indenture as of the date hereof.

D.   The term "Depositor" shall mean Prudential Investment Management Services
     LLC.

E.   The term "Portfolio Supervisor" shall mean Prudential Securities
     Incorporated.

F.   The aggregate number of Units referred to in Sections 2.03 and 9.01 of the
     Basic Agreement is 125,000 as of the date hereof.

G.   A Unit of the Trust is hereby declared initially equal to 1/125,000th of
     the Trust.

H.   The term "First Settlement Date" shall mean November 27, 2001.

I.   The terms "Computation Day" and "Record Date" shall be on such dates as the
     Sponsor shall direct.

J.   The term "Distribution Date" shall be on such dates as the Sponsor shall
     direct.

K.   The term "Termination Date" shall mean January 7, 2003.

L.   The Trustee's Annual Fee shall be $.90 (per 1,000 Units) for 49,999,999 and
     below units outstanding $.84 (per 1,000 Units) on the next 50,000,000
     Units, $.78 (per 1,000 Units) on the next 100,000,000 Units, and $.66 (per
     1,000 Units) on Units in excess of 200,000,000 Units. In calculating the
     Trustee's annual fee, the fee applicable to the number of units outstanding
     shall apply to all units outstanding.

M.   The Portfolio Supervisor's portfolio supervisory service fee shall be $.25
     per 1,000 Units.

               [Signatures and acknowledgments on separate pages]

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The Schedule of Portfolio Securities in Part A of the prospectus included in
this Registration Statement for National Equity Trust, OTC Growth Trust Series
17 is hereby incorporated by reference herein as Schedule A hereto.Exhibit 4.1

                    CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS, PREFERENCES
               AND RIGHTS OF SERIES D CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK
                                       OF
                               REGENT GROUP, INC.

      Regent Group, Inc. (the "Company"), a corporation organized and existing
under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, does hereby certify
that, pursuant to authority conferred upon the Board of Directors of the Company
by the Company's Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, and pursuant to
Section 151(g) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, on July
26, 2001, the Board of Directors of the Company by unanimous written consent,
adopted the following resolutions: (i) redesignating as authorized but
undesignated shares of preferred stock all 100,000 authorized but unissued
shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, all 114,719 authorized but
unissued shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock and all 95,737
authorized but unissued shares of Series C Preferred Stock; and (ii)
establishing a new series of Three Hundred and Seventy Thousand (370,000) shares
of the Company's preferred stock, $1.00 par value per share, to be designated as
its Series D Convertible Preferred Stock:

            RESOLVED, that pursuant to the authority vested in the Board of
      Directors of the Company (the "Board") by the Certificate of Incorporation
      of the Company, the Board hereby redesignates as authorized but unissued
      and undesignated shares of the Company's preferred stock the following:
      all 100,000 authorized but unissued shares of Series A Convertible
      Preferred Stock, all 114,719 authorized but unissued shares of Series B
      Convertible Preferred Stock and all 95,737 authorized but unissued shares
      of Series C Preferred Stock; and it is further

            RESOLVED, that pursuant to the authority vested in the Board by the
      Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, the Board hereby establishes
      an additional series of preferred stock of the Company and hereby states
      the number of shares, and fixes the powers, designations, preferences and
      relative, participating, optional and other rights, and the
      qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof, of such series of
      shares, as follows:

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      (1) Designation; Number of Shares. The shares of such series shall be
designated as "Series D Preferred Stock", par value $1.00 per share, and the
number of shares constituting the Series D Preferred Stock shall be Three
Hundred and Seventy Thousand (370,000).

      (2) Rank. The Series D Preferred Stock shall rank prior to all of the
Company's common stock, $.06-2/3 par value per share (the "Common Stock"), and
any other capital stock of the Company, now outstanding or hereafter issued
(such Common Stock and other capital stock being referred to herein collectively
as "Junior Stock,"), except for preferred stock of any class established after
the date of the certificate of designations of the Series D Preferred Stock,
which ranks on a par with the Series D Preferred Stock and Senior Stock (as
hereinafter defined), as to declaration of dividends and distributions of assets
upon the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, whether
voluntary or involuntary. "Senior Stock" shall mean one or more series of
preferred stock hereafter authorized and designated as ranking prior to the
Series D Preferred Stock, both as to payments of dividends and as to
distributions of assets upon the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the
Company, whether voluntary or involuntary. The Series D Preferred Stock shall
rank junior to all Senior Stock, both as to payments of dividends and as to
distributions of assets upon the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the
Company, whether voluntary or involuntary.

      (3) Dividends. The shares of Series D Preferred Stock shall not bear any
dividends.

      (4) Distribution of Assets Upon Liquidation. Subject to the preferential
rights of the Senior Stock, in the event the Company shall be liquidated,
dissolved or wound up, whether voluntarily or involuntarily, each holder of
shares of Series D Preferred Stock and the holders of shares of any other class
of stock ranking on parity with the Series D Preferred Stock as to distribution
of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company shall be
entitled to receive, ratably with the other holders of shares of Series D
Preferred Stock, that portion of the assets of the Company available for
distribution to its stockholders as the liquidation preference of the Series D
Preferred Stock held by such holder bears to the aggregate liquidation
preference of the total number of (a) shares of Series D Preferred Stock and (b)
shares of any other class or series of preferred stock equal in rank with Series
D Preferred Stock as to the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution
or winding up of the Company.

      (5) Voting Rights. Each holder of outstanding shares of Series D Preferred
Stock shall be entitled to the number of votes equal to the number of whole
shares of Common Stock into which the share of Series D Preferred Stock held by
such holder would then be convertible assuming a sufficient number of shares of
Common Stock were then authorized and available for issuance (as adjusted from
time to time pursuant to Section 6 hereof), at each meeting of the stockholders
of the Company (and written actions of stockholders in lieu of meetings) with
respect to any and all matters presented to the stockholders of the Company for
their action or consideration (including without limitation, any matter voted on
together with the holders of Common Stock). Except as provided by law, by any of
the provisions contained herein or by the provisions establishing any other
series of stock, holders of Series D Preferred Stock shall vote together with
the holders of Common Stock as a single class.

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      (6) Conversion of Preferred Shares. The shares of Series D Preferred Stock
shall be convertible into shares of Common Stock at the rate of 641.215 shares
of Common Stock for each share of Series D Preferred Stock, subject to
adjustment as set forth in Section 6(c) below (the "Conversion Rate"), on the
terms and conditions set forth in this Section 6.

            (a) Mandatory Conversion. At any time, at the Company's option, upon
the vote of the majority of the Board of Directors of the Company, all but not
less than all of the shares of Series D Preferred Stock shall be automatically
converted into shares of Common Stock at the Conversion Rate then in effect (a
"Mandatory Conversion"); provided, in no event shall the Company require a
Mandatory Conversion until such time as there is a sufficient number of
authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock available for issuance upon
conversion of all of the issued and outstanding shares of Series D Preferred
Stock.

            In the event that the Company elects to effect a Mandatory
Conversion, the Company shall deliver to each holder of outstanding shares of
Series D Preferred Stock a notice setting forth such election to effect
Mandatory Conversion (the "Mandatory Conversion Notice"). Upon receipt of the
Mandatory Conversion Notice, each holder of Series D Preferred Stock shall, as
soon as practical, surrender its or his/her certificate or certificates of
Series D Preferred Stock, duly endorsed, at the principal executive office of
the Company or of any transfer agent for the Series D Preferred Stock and shall
give written notice to the Company at its principal executive office of the
names or names in which the certificate or certificates for shares of Common
Stock are to be issued. The Company shall, as soon as practical thereafter,
issue or cause to be issued and deliver to such holder of Series D Preferred
Stock, or to the nominee or nominees thereof, a certificate or certificates for
the number of shares of Common Stock to which such holder shall be entitled.
Mandatory Conversion under this Section 6(b) shall be deemed to have been made,
and the person or persons entitled to receive shares of Common Stock issuable
upon the Mandatory Conversion shall be treated for all purposes as the record
holder or holders of such shares of Common Stock, immediately prior to the close
of business on the date the Board of Directors of the Company approves the
Mandatory Conversion.

            (b) No Fractional Shares. No fractional shares of Common Stock shall
be issued upon conversion of shares of Series D Preferred Stock; instead, the
Company shall round such fraction of a share of Common Stock up or down to the
nearest whole number.

            (c) Adjustments of Conversion Rate for Stock Dividends,
Subdivisions, Combinations or Consolidation of Common Stock.

                  (i) If the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at any
time after the date hereof is increased by a stock dividend payable in shares of
Common Stock or by a subdivision or split-up of shares of Common Stock, then on
the date such payment is made or such change is effective, the Conversion Rate
of the Series D Preferred Stock shall be increased so that the number of shares
of Common Stock issuable on conversion of any shares of the Series D Preferred
Stock shall be increased in proportion to such increase of outstanding shares.

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                  (ii) If the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at
any time after the date hereof is decreased by a combination of the outstanding
shares of Common Stock, then on the effective date of such combination, the
Conversion Rate for each series of Series D Preferred Stock shall be decreased
so that the number of shares of Common Stock issuable on conversion of shares of
the Series D Preferred Stock shall be decreased in proportion to such decrease
in outstanding shares.

            (d) In the event any shares of Series D Preferred Stock shall be
converted pursuant to this Section 6 or otherwise reacquired by the Company, the
shares so converted or reacquired shall be canceled, may not be reissued as
Series D Preferred Stock and shall revert to the status of authorized but
unissued and undesignated shares of Preferred Stock and may be redesignated and
reissued.

      (7) Reservation of Shares. As soon as practicable, the Company shall hold
a meeting of its stockholders for the authorization of (i) an increase in the
number of authorized shares of Common Stock or (ii) a subdivision of the
outstanding shares of Common Stock and to take any other action as may be
necessary to have available out of the Company's authorized and unissued Common
Stock, a number of shares of Common Stock as shall be sufficient to effect the
Mandatory Conversion. Thereafter, the Company shall, so long as any of shares of
Series D Preferred Stock are outstanding, reserve and keep available out of its
authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock, for the purpose of effecting the
Mandatory Conversion, such number of its authorized shares of Common Stock as
shall from time to time be sufficient to effect the Mandatory Conversion.

      (8) Lost or Stolen Certificates. Upon receipt by the Company of evidence
reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or
mutilation of any certificate representing the shares of Series D Preferred
Stock and, in the case of loss, theft or destruction, of any indemnification
undertaking by the holder to the Company in customary form and, in the case of
mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of the certificate, the Company
shall execute and deliver a new preferred stock certificate of like tenor and
date.

      (9) Specific Shall Not Limit General; Construction. No specific provision
contained in this Certificate of Designations shall limit or modify any more
general provision contained herein.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Certificate of
Designations to be signed by Robert M. Long, its Chairman of the Board, as of
the 26th day of July 2001.

                                       REGENT GROUP, INC.

                                       By: /s/ Robert M. Long
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                                           Robert M. Long
                                           Chairman of the Board

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